PACTOLUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume 9, 23 October 1878, Page 2

PACTOLUS.

i This claim is situated about forty • two f chains from fcho crushing mnoliino, loading up | the right hand branch of Cupel's Crook, and : ou tho samo torrneo as tho iTust-in-Time, but forthor cast. Tho company hiiro boon in active oporation for tho lnst twclre months, nnd during that timo they have given tho claim a good trial with oortninly fayourablo rosults, so fnr rs can bo judged by tho cyo of a casual obsorvor. Tho loader, is irom two to ' thrco nnd u«lulf inches thick, and carries > exceptionally rich sold, nnd ha* boon followed : in a tunnel fora distonco of 142 frot, And it 1 still snowing in tho face, and although tho 1 ground from its oloso proximity to tho sur- ! fuoe was of a brokon naluro, ytt tho smnll ' rain of quartz lived and carried almost tho • sumo uniform thickness all tho way through^ | though at times thoro was a groat Tari&y||| ' in tho underlay, and also in tho diractid^H its courso. A winze has a!so boon nitnl^H depth of 77 feet currying stono nil fch« wv| down, ond bearing the sumo dcviaHons as»ffs tunnol. For tho prosont, tho further oution of thesn works hns been abivn^^H and stopiug out is tho order of tho^^^Bf tho Company oontomplato having crushing as booh as tho track is pas^^^H thov machine. ,