MURRAY CREEK.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 September 1881, Page 2

MURRAY CREEK.

GOLDEN TREASURE.

The necessary repairs to the stamper boxes have now been completed, and the mill ha 9 been going on stone raised from the si opes. The bottom level south is now advanced 15 feet bejond tho midway distance between the two shafts, and only about 45 feet remains to be driven to establish the connection. The shot of stone in this block has now been passed in the stopes, and some inferior quartz has been milled this week, consequently the plates do not show as well as during former crushing", but as, according to calculations, another streak of good stone will be reached shortly the yield will doubtless soon improve. The double whip is solar completed, only requiring the steel rope, which it is proposed to use in carrying out the plan. Should this, however, not be obtainable on the Coast it is probable that a Manilla make shift will have to do for a while, until the proner rope can be ordered from Victoria. The main level is being extended by contract along the track of the reef, but except seme broken quartz showing g"ld

no properly defined reef has yet been met with, although indications are promts ing. It is probable that the shaft, from which the main operations are now conducted, will shortly be deepened to give access to some good stone, which is known to exist under foot and below the bottom of the shaft, but which could not at the time be followed any deeper owing to the then crude appliances for winding.