MURRAY CREEK.

Inangahua Times, Volume 73, Issue 73, 23 August 1878, Page 2

MURRAY CREEK.

(PBOM OUII MINING nKPOTER.) WEALTH OF NATIONS. WBDNRSDA.Y, Au«USt 21. Tho battery itartod with full powor on aton« taken from tho uppor lovol, known ns tho old Entcrpriso (unnol. Tho stono is being got out by oontraot. The r«of in thin part of tbo raino is not thick, being only from two to tbroo foot, but onrries gold of a suporior quality. Stono is also ooming from tho low lovol, whoro stopos havo boen oponcd out on two different blocks, ono north, towards the Enorgotia boundary, and tho other south j in both of which the rcof is improving in thick— ness tho furlhor it is oponcd nbovo tho lovi'l of tho tunnol, and shows gold freely. The shaft on tho now find has been sunk a distavco of twenty^fivo feot sinco my lust, thus making a total distance of forty eight foot from tho surface, and although sufllcicnt has scarcely yot boon dono to justify an opinion ns to tho future, yot ho /ur us prosont nppoarancos go tho pros* peot is of a very satisfactory nature Tho roof in tho shaft continues to ho of about tho sumo description and thickness as that fivieu iv my last week's report. Some samples of stono taken prcmisouously from tho stack nt tho mouth of tho shaft and roughly crushed, produced ft prospoct calculated to bo equal to from fifteen pennyweights to ono ounco to tho ton. Acrosscut tins boon startod from No 3 lovol at n distui)co of 200 foot from tho mouth, and whioh is oxpootod to intersect tho rocf at eighty fcot or thereabouts from tho starting point, When this is completed and j connected with tho shaft now being pro • ooccled with, tho work of opening un tho lord may bo said to bo completed, as tramways, shoots, and paddocks aro already providod, and a sufficient quantity of stono will thon, it in believed, bo forthcoming to kcop tho mnchino constantly employed. Taken altogothor, tho prospects of this company aro of a vory oncouraging naturo, and a markod inoroaso in tho gold rotvrns of tho next six months may bo confidently looked forward to;