MURRAY CREEK.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 58, 19 July 1878, Page 2

MURRAY CREEK.

(ffaoM OVB MINING BBP0T8B.) KEKP.IT.DARK. Wai>wni»AT f 17thJoly, f The appftarance of the roof in tbo new low ionnol which was interlocked some tea; doy> apo is a daoided improvement comparatively to last woek. The body of •toot which was first struck wM 'from its appearance not of a highly gold bearing eharaotor, and after being dnveo on for a few foet pinohod ottt,but sinoo thona horse of mullock lin« been.pissed through, and another body of stone mado its appearano*. The faoo of tho tunnel this morning disclosed a ranss of olean stone showing the oxistooco of n reef of no small dimensions. Although it oannot be said that any extraordinary amount of gold is visible, the appoaranoa of tho quartz is goldboitring, and tho situation of the mine in relation to the batter? with all surrounding oiroum«tano*s are so favorable for economising labor and facilitating the general operations that a yield of seven poany weights would leave a handioae margin of profit, to that the striking of this new blook of stone is undoubtedly a vahable Ueai for tho future of the mine. The working oat of tho old level at the present soaaon being so near the surface is a very unpleasant operation, thereby oaasing some difficulty in keeping tho stampers fully employod. WEALTH OF NATIONS. Intolligenoo having teaehed town somo few days ago that tbe reef had been piokod up in tbe now lovol, I proooodod to tho mino this morning, and aftor passing through the lower, or tunnel whioh is nearly a qunrtor of a mile in longth, I find that a body of 9tono was mot somo few days ago carrying payable gold, but until thosntno ia opened out upon.itoan* not bo said an to what oxtent or chnrnotor it may asaumo. Thoro is now only twenty flvo foot to drivo to opon communication with tho shaft, and as soon an this is nooomplishod sovoral blooks of atono will bo openod upon, and tho mino thoroughly prospootod. Tho battery has boon oooupiod n short time this wook orushing a small pared of stono. ' A

vory favorable, and shares arc mm quoted fry in 3s to 3m 3.1.