MURRY AY CREEK.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 7 November 1881, Page 2

MURRY AY CREEK.

KEEP- IT -PARK. Tim larcf I'Ofly of rrpf, t! i ■-]; *!•■•>• ' s'm.-lf in fl-e )'>«• ifVt'! ot t'>(> n, .. , Mral which at thr*- "!■" 's-^t ro,v-r f 'nad i'epn cul Bcrn«s n^ou* 14 ct" ii;rr\ij'<fone of moderately good quality, ius Mnce tl»pj» devp'oti-d inio t lie most e\<itin»! disr-'v^ry rrcr ytt m-;do in t!i» Murray C * e<> l* district. A.s the foe;* wall was betcg approached the riclinesd

of the P'O'ia increased by nttn »st etery inch driven until it reached mcb a height as «lm"St to Hiartlo th« form* nnte shareholder*, director*, and mann* gers, who bad hitherto only been accus'omed to ordinarily pav«hlo result* and who did not exnect anvlbing be« yond that. However, the plensinsj r-nlity h now mastered to its foil «« ten', and on examination prove 1 * tlmt for a distance of about 6 feet noarest adjoining the footw:»ll. which i» now reached, the stone press's 80 nppe»rance of nnpqualled richness for thu portion of the district, and i* variomly estimated at all sorts of almost fibnlom valae?, ba f even allovrinj? (or owr coloring and exaggerations dn« to t\w heiuht of excitement preTiilintr, th« disrorery is of incnlcueil'le importarn*o to the whole field, inisrotich as it i* made »t the yery lowest dpptii ere«* yet reached in ihe In^neahus, and goe* to dfin>nstrate the o'teti «xpros»ed npinion of rxoeris that nona of our mining ventures have yet pamod be* yond the siaye of infa.icy» nnd that a future is in I'tore for the finlii. ih« higli importance of which it would be ditEoult to anticipate even in im«|ji n '» t » on: Former experifnce has demonstrated ihft important fact that the most of our ree'p are becoming more r«lu<tble and be'ter defined as a lower depth ii at* tamed, when lo this fncf U added the weight of the Keep it-Dirk dweotfv, which is roade at n depth of orer 10f> feet below the level of the river, Hi* arguments in favor of the correctness of the opinions of experts receives mich * sfronc 'orce as to coovinoe the mu«-t sceptical opponents, if any unch yet ho found. Again reverting to tha magnitude of the lode it) this instance it. will easiest he coraorehendei by the qittUitv or quaitz, tbken out in the procem of crossing it vrhioh is measured at 4& tons, and which will be opcrutpd upon during the incoming w?ek, as soon a« the tail«rar« from the baMery ahull have received some ne**e"snrv repairs: