THE DOBSON BORE HOLE.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 31 May 1901, Page 4

THE DOBSON BORE HOLE.

Mr Smith,‘in charge of the boring, reported to the Harbor Board last night as follows on the work done : "Sir,—l intended forwarding for the Board’s information a daily report of the progress of the diamond drill plant under my charge, but unfortunately my tally board has gone astray, therefore I kindly ask you to accept one from the 21st inst, from which date the drill has been constantly at work, the hours increasing daily until to-day a second [shift was arranged for. Work started at 6 am and , it i 8 intended to keep on until midnight; the same to-morrow. If things go so favorable as they are going at present I fully expect, and hope, to have the bore down 100 ft. It is now doing fully 4ft per hour. On Sunday midnight I intend starting a third shift and going right on until finished. This would have been started to-night only I find the shift requires a great deal of learning, and the plant must not be trifled! with. Mr Thompson, the Board’s Engineer, visited the work yesterday and made exhaustive enquiries and appeared perfectly satisfied. He took charge of three cores for the Board’s information, marked 1,2, and 3. With • this, parts of core lifted at 10-30 a.m. today from a depth of 26 feet which Is marked No. 4. At a depth of 48 feet the water from pumps left sight. To-day I found it was caused by striking a fissure, •which does not interfere with the boring, except that you cannot tell what is being bored until the core is down. The borels down nearly 60 feet. From now you will got for the Board’s information particulars ' of each day’s work performed, also a part of all cores lifted, giving depth and all particulars which, I trust, will be satisfactory I “ay mention that lam greatly bothered by a largo number of men who consider they should get the preference before all others for employment. They may be all decent follows, but they cannot all be employed, and although lam only too tenacious to meet the Board’s wishes in every respect, 1 think I should be allowed a little rope in having those I find the most suitable. I have taken lodgings next the work and will be on the job the whole of the twentyfour hours practically. I must have smart and reliable men on each shift. I trust I have not bored you with such a Ion" letter for I feel that I could go on for hours explaining. Please let me know it their is any special report wanted. I forward you pay-shqet for men employed for the week ending to-day the 24th last. A subsequent report stated that the boro was down 165 foot,