ORIENTAL.
The contr.iciors for tlio further extension of the main iovi.'i havo experienced very hard driving since the start, owing to which, an.' also to tho time lost in altering tho dirci-Aon of tho tunnel further to the wort, pro-.-rers hss been soni'-**. what retarded this week. 'J he true direction havi!!-,: been fixed upon, and Ihe necessary alteration?* having been made iv the tunnel to allow room for tho. curve, belter advancement it is hoped will ho attained henceforlh. The wages hands having finished securing the old shaft •vere daring the wc*<k directed to open out east about midway in the shaft, and after driving six or seven feet came on a block of quarts, which 'hey report gold-be.-iring. Further operations in this quarter will prove the value of the stone, and whether any connection exists be* tween this and the block above.
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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 12 September 1881, Page 2
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144ORIENTAL. Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 12 September 1881, Page 2
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