BOATMAN'S LOW LEVEL
Since th.-: appointment of <Mr jVl'Gvei-gor as supervising engineer some altfciuuioud have been effected iv the m.sichim.'.ry, aud on Friday last an experimental trial was made, when everything woi-.ki-d completely satisfactory. The miv.) level has already i l>een driven 700 i ..-t by hand labour, and the entire distance remaining, to be driven is about 3000 ft. To complete this work more ex pedu iously the present air-compressing and rock- boring machinery has been erected. The tunnel is going in on about the sa/ne level as the Welcome No, 6, though further north and across country. «s soon as the whole of the contributing companies have signed the joint agrecine'it binding each to contribute the fixed quota of cost, the prosecution of the work will proceed.
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Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1348, 14 January 1884, Page 2
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129BOATMAN'S LOW LEVEL Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1348, 14 January 1884, Page 2
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