THE LYELL REEFS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 689, 18 June 1870, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE LYELL REEFS.

fWBSTPOBT TIMES, lllH INST.] ' X party just arrived from the Lyell,' furnishes the following mining' items :— j The prospectors at the Lyell, we hear,] have decided to work their daimi by means of a private company, . and are; about to make a start in the erection or machinery. Nos, 1 and 2 South have amalgamated their claim, with a view of. forming a public company, and we hear the prospectus will be issued in a few days, ln-N6.il. the reef ; is. found crop-; ping out on the surface, and in a tunnel; ?,put in by them 40ft, -they struck the reef oft thick with a layer of washdirt 10ft. On i the easterly side .they, also sunk a shaft! 12ft deep in the reef, and drove along the: reef 25ftj;: as a, means of prospecting it, and found the reef becoming thicker asj thejr went' deeper. Nor 1 North has also: struck the same reef, of a total width of * 16ft, 'wnich goes to prove that it is fe<£ular. No. 3 North Hunter and party, »re pushing on with their tunnel with 3 shifts, and are in about 240 f t; they expect to strike the reef in at least 50ft; nrpre. ;Nos. 4 and 5, North, are erecting; huts preparatory to making a commence-/ ment. No. 4 and 5. South, are ready to. commence work at an early date. The population has increased 1 considerably within the past few weeks. :