LONGWOOD NOTES.
The erection of the Pioneer Battery is now all but completed, and it is expected that steam will be got; up about Wednesday next, and the first crushing a few days later, provided no unforeseen difficulty arises. The company apparently intend to work tiro mine in‘>] thorough systematic
manner, and for this purpose they are soliciting applications from persons competent to undertake the duties of working manager, and offer a salary of £.' 100 per
A small quantity of atone from the Fussieker mine was tested in Invercargill this week, the returns _ from which were so satisfactory that'the proprietors intend to prove a large body of stone.
Good progress is being made with the drive in Daniel’s No. 1 claim. Eighty' feet was the measurement last evening, country changing and leadepmaking.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 942, 7 May 1880, Page 3
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