JUST IN TIME.

Inangahua Times, Volume 12, 30 October 1878, Page 2

JUST IN TIME.

The contrnotors for driving tho oom» pany's low level tuunol aro in forty foot from their starting point, and this is 0011---sidored fair progress. An arrangoment, which if) to not as a shoot, paddock, and | tramway, is now in couwo of construction nt tho mouth of tho tvnncl. The plan of tho work whioh is quite now as well as economical, und is thoroforo worthy of publication for tho information it may nfXord to othor companies on this Hold, who may porchauoa be placed in situations of a somewhat similar nnturo in tho future, From tbo mouth of iho tun. nel to th« level of the tmrnway loading to the machine (whioh trumway was origitn ally construetod by tho Boatman's Creek Company) thore is a distance of about one hundred loot, while tho difforenoo iv tho levels is only about sixty foot, a gradually moling terrace intervening. To havo constructed a paddock in the usual way, out of timber nt the mouth of the tunnel, would havo Jocossitatod tho Use of a wire tramway leading from it to tha level of tho lower line, and also tho construction of an intonnocliato paddock for tho vecop* lion of Htono ou that luvol, Tho present plan, howovcr, obviates all thoso difh\ ouHies, and will bo undoubtedly simple and effective Tho wridns opthtntti now* tihb* in forming a tunnel from tho levol of the original trumway to a point undor' noath the tip head, wlioro it will bo intorseotbd by a largo shaft dp excavation, starting from tho surfaoo nt thnl; point and Wing ft eapuoity for holding two hundred and fifty tons of quarts. By thin arvaugeraont, tho managor has succtodod in Rottinp an uninterrupted run for the tricks from Oio mino to tho bat* tovy, which alone will bo a suving to tho oompnuy in tho future, bosidos muob tighter timber will bo sufficient for this design, a commodity whioh ia gettinu much moro expensive than formerly about ' the locality. There is nothing of impor* tvnve to report from the upper levels sinco my last. About the same quantity of stone in coining to grass doily, und tho somo nuwbor of hands oontinuo (o b? employed.