MURRAY CREEK.

Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 81, 23 February 1877, Page 2

MURRAY CREEK.

[from our mining bbpobteb.] WEALTH OF Z^TIONS Wednesday, February 20. Oa Tuesday nis'.ifc hist the coatiaelors broke through from t'ne uprise to tbe winze, and thus coui: >letpd a vety important wo/k which lias baen ia course of consnuclion for tbe J;"t three monthsThe constvucliou of this work is anothe^ nrocf of tho lar^e qu • titv of yiryable .sione thnt cm be co nmnoded from the present main level, ami f *om wYch it may be confidently c^'ulnied 10 &iv,rvy tbe lirutery for a rcy lenjtheve:* pc iofl. Thed:3taiice fi-on the mm level toihp iniper tunnel is 185 feet, and the nar» towest ni.-t of tie reef To. 1 the whole of the r.bore distance is s'lo.vn from the novise to be not le'-s tim t'.iree feet, a lote that wiil avenge aoont 15 dnU !o Hie ton of lite above dimension*, and with 185 feet of bacus now re;idy to ooen out nr, nnd this iDdepeiidenlly of t!.e iure known ps the big east reef, with a.so about 85 feet of backs, and a large quality of stone siill to be broken down from between the ur»per level to the savf.iee, it m?y ceria^nly be slated that the mine is in a most promising condiion. 'ihe hands engaged in the ol.t Enterprise tun»el have been fol'oniug a broken foi"n;ition of country for some 20 or 30 feet with no important di>eovery at present, and are now following another vein of stone of a more soli < appearance. Among sundry improvements at the machine house recently, a very ?<vt'ble building lias been erecteu for carpenter's sliop, and it is scarcely necessary to rdd that .extensive machinery such as this company h^ve no'V in constnnt action, a suitable buildup forexecutin? repairs regardless of blacksmith's is undoubiedly neeessivy. and considerably aid the general fac'lisv of operations. An ori'Jnnl appliance for gold s^vins purposes is being constvneted, nnd which it is mien 'el to be plteed at the tail of the berda js. When completed and a test made, if snccess"nl a full description of its consti-uciiou will be ;;iveu.