JUST-IN-TIME.
Doth tho paddooki belonging to this cornpuny nro nourly full of quartz tho amount being nbont 260 tons, llio contractors for extending tbo low lovol tunnel have gouo SG foot. Sinco starting they report tlio ground ua boing good for driving in. An ingenious and at tho same timo cheap nnd efficient machine h»a brcn constructed to supply them with air. It connists of a small undonhot water wheel which ii placed in tbo raco lend* ing to the crushing machine. Tho momentum of the water o>iu«o9 tho vrhole to revolve, nnd a fan ie goarfid on to it by moans of a belt. Tho air gonoratod by this mon-.il i» conducted to tho faoo through zinc pipos and thus a con* tinual curront is kept up night and day.
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Inangahua Times, Volume 9, 23 October 1878, Page 2
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131JUST-IN-TIME. Inangahua Times, Volume 9, 23 October 1878, Page 2
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