WELCOME.
Tho difficulty which has been ex* pcriencod from foul air for tho past few duyn in this mine wns ovcrcomo on Saturday by breaking, through from tlio intermediate to No <l lovel. Tho mine is now well ventilated, nnd stono in coming froth nine stopos openad out at difforout intervals along tho^ lino of roef ovei 1 tho main tunnel. This tunnel v now driven a distnnco of 350 foot from the Hopot'ul boundary, nnd carries a wall defined lodo of highly payable quartz, visiblo all along to within a fow feet of the presmtt face, wher« what is knowu as a jump has taken plnco, which in this onso simply means tho shelving off of tho roof towards tho bunging wall, and about ton foot has been driven since Ibis was first noticed ; and to-day, when I was «t tho faco of tho tunnel, thero wns a body ot qunriz mrnsaring from ton to fifieon inches, cnnni noing in tho roof and iv ning down cloßo to tho fl or of tho drive, hugging the huging wull all tho nay, wh eh wall cotibtitutcs the sirlo of tho lun>I un> el. Tho stono, to all ft) poiraticc, is a ) oxaot cou ilcrpart of 'thai which has boon cnrrioil along tho tunnel all tho way, and thoreforo may bo ctpcotcd (o ' pen out to fully its former dimoi>» sioi.s in tho course of a tow foot further alioati,
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Inangahua Times, Volume 9, 23 October 1878, Page 2
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239WELCOME. Inangahua Times, Volume 9, 23 October 1878, Page 2
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