GOLDEN FLEECE- EXTENDED.
Wie battery will, be started on Mon-' daj^iorning next, on a" parcel of about 140. \ tons of stone, but owing to the scarmty of water and Works going on in connection with the erection of the iieawr-coajpressto^eiStampers cannot be riln at full speed; The winze is still being carried clown, and a couple of 'men are engaged breaking out stone fromthe old faces in the northern part of the mine. Hands are also employed prospecting in the northern part of the mine, and as soon as the new plant is erected the diamond drill will be set to work/ in the lower level to prospect for the Ajax block. The works on the surface display great activity and the erection of the additional air-compressor is baiug pushed on as quickly as possible. The castings for the air-winch are also on the ground, and its erection is in progress. A very short time will see the two air-compressors, the airwinch, two rock-borers and the diamond drill all in full work, and the company may "then be congratulated upon the possession of undoubtedly the most complete and efficient mining plant in the colony.
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Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1223, 22 January 1883, Page 2
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194GOLDEN FLEECE- EXTENDED. Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1223, 22 January 1883, Page 2
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