UNITED ALPINE.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1651, 11 January 1886, Page 2

UNITED ALPINE.

j ! Fni< ay, January 8. f ! The manager, Mr Martin Conrad--3 ! son, has had all hamls busily engaged ; filling-in the woike-l portion of the 1 j mine since the holidays, and every ! thing, Itoth inside and outside, has • been placed in thorough woi kit. g order to start the New Y 3 ar. The shoot has boon repaired. Inside the mine j the men started to break down stone 1 last Wednesday, and a supply 1 has been continued to the hatiery, j » siuce Thursday. There is no change ■ vi ill the stopes. with the exception of j I t!ie north end, wlhtg lbn reef is ; ; gradually rutting ont the horse of j mnllock The reef is also thrre ranch j wider than üßii.il, having uuid^ out to j 5 50 f.'-et i:i t'.io wv u-at place. In Xo. 6 { , lewl they have startled to drive for i the north block. Tim estiin^ted dia tivnc*' to b i driven to reru-h this block, is betwfi-n 150 and 160 feet. There me six men engaged in three shifts, j 5 The battery started oa Thursday j 3 evening with 15 stamps. The full . complement could not be s'.arted owing to scarcity of water consequent on the late dry weather. Mr Waters has 5 given the battery a thorough and ? complete overhauling since the holi 1 days. The tunnel race-deviation con--3 tract was accepted on Tuesday last ; tin- price, with timber, bein^ £1 3s 6d ; , without timber, 16* per foot, the con. ' tractors are O'Brien and party. They ' commenced work on Thursday.