OUR MINES

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 67, 9 August 1878, Page 2

OUR MINES

MURRAY CREEK. (FBOM OUR MINING HEPOTBB.) Whdnbspay, August 7. Mining nowa nt tlio proaont Mmo is of a decidedly nogniivo character. Tlio hulk of Iho companion, nro frozen in and tho hands nro consequently froxan out, and, of course, out of nothing, nothing can oomo. Tho difficulty and delay in procuring mining timbor, owing to tho grent dopth of snow on tho rangow, interferes with tho underground work, while tho accumulation, blockading of paddocks, shoots, and tramways prosonts nn cflbclual barrier to nil sutfnoo works. '.Jnfil tlio hulk of tho snow is gone, littlo work onn ho done As, liowovcr, ninny of Iho claims in Murray Orook nro ripo for crushing, tho coming spring will no doubt find this portion of tho district full ofproHporoua hustle. NIL DESIMtttANDUM. Tho lmm'9 in this mine nro omployod in constructing nn unpriso, which will lake nboul; a week to complete, Whon this is finished stono will ngnin bo forthooming in suffloiont quantify to (coop tho original number of stomps— nnmoly ten— going, At tho battery, tho manngor ia taking ndvnntngo of Iho occasion to fix on some now oamfl nnd ciFuoling other slight ro« pairs nocossury boforo starting again. WML'JJJI OF NATIONS. All outsido work in connection with this mine, nnd iudood, with all tho othot mines in Murray Creok is suspended until moro fnvornblo woathor sots in, Tramways, shoots, paddooks,nnd all other outsido Roar hoing eompletoly covored with snow, which in somo places is reported to bs throo foot doep. It is to bo hoped, howevor, this will soon disappear and tho pin co assumo its usunl nnitnatod appoam ance. INDEPENDENT. Tho upriso oontinuos to show a splendid body of stone, and is cxpootod to bo con« noetcd with tho winzo in a very fow days, This will givo tho mine thorough vontiltu

) tion, and onablo tlio company lo proceed I with operations on a moro cxtoiioivo 1 scale 1 JCKKJMT.DAIMC. Hands etartid this morning to lake out , stono from tho top lovol. Tho lower i tunnel is being ptoooi'dcd with in a satis* fuotory mannor. ' KNBKGKTIO, ' Tho mnohino was idlo at tho hour of 1 my visit, bufc Connolly wun engaged in k elonring tho tramway of s iow in order to 1 rcsumo running stono and ooul to tho 1 machine. Work will probnbly bo resumed during to-day. Tho interior of tho mino 1 in in good working order, and offers nothing for comwont this week. ' PHOENIX. Thia company aro still pushing on with their low loyel tunnol and very fair 1 progress is being made^ An extraordinary moolingof tho shafoholdors will, I boliovo, bo hold shortly for Ih'o purpose of oonsi»< dering tho advisability {of reforming tho company, and enlarging tho numbor of slinios i this is regarded as a vory pru* dent courso, as it will place tho company in a position, not ohfy to proceod with tho dovolopmont of tho mino upon a propor scale, but also provido tho Binows of war for tho erection of crushing uiaohinory, UNION. Tho snowfall has interrupted tho transport of tho company's maohinory, but tho work will no do«!>t bo resuraod to-day, and every effort will bo mado to land tho whole of it on tho machino site by Monday or Tuosday noxt.