MURRAY CREEK.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 19, 11 January 1878, Page 2

MURRAY CREEK.

' Wednesday, 9th .Tununry, . 'Vends. ■'.'./ ' ' . Although a Rtflndy oounsp of work has been par.nod on (p^fiomo co^sidpvnblo tim.o pnojj m ii\\n oo.fu^^y's ground,, fnw porspii's indoed with tlio exception of thoso directly intorbotcd until within tho last'fow dayn, know that what promises to be an in^por*' tarit and valuable discovery had boon made. A groat deal of lu.toroqt having manifeated itflolf respecting tho prospeot'n of ihis mine during'"tho past week, and, shares, being oagorly, sought after X miide « \ spooial visit to. tho^ 91'nitu, this morning, and froiti which I anj, enabled to, furnish fcho following particulars, Tho ground whfoh is now known ns tho y-enus Company's mino was originally tokon up in tlio early days and tormod Qpriaan Jacks, it js situated sou,th of tho Aj,n^ on tho Murray Crook sido, of tho rar^o/ and, from moroly passing 6/cv tho su^rtaoe might bo rougfily onlculatpd as boing bojbwopn, 10,0 and 200^ fopjb west ofr tho Dpfl^noo, or hot-* tor known nn tho o|d Bandi of Hppo. OVorl^months ago a trial cruHhing wan, mado from a small vcjn ofstope 2foot v thick at tho Ajax battory, w^h^h' 'reaujtod in an average yiojd of ],7 dwts to t tholonl.. SinoD, ljljpn, M[Qrk has, boon kept constantly going, and a vory careful courso of prose pecking oarricd on, and ffom what ia, now exposed in the various workings must bo sot down as a most suocossfuji result, The Bruno vein of stotio from, v^hioh tho trial oriishinff roforrocUto was takou has' now been sunk on for. ovor 7.0 feet, and will avorago ovor thick. Tho samp', stono is also shown in a, small upriao from tho lower tunriol Bp,feet' bolow tno,preopnt boltonx 1 of tlio shaft. 'But thijTbpdy of' stono is mp,r,oly a secondary consideration las ih^orpjs nnothor blpoli; df. s vtbne. fully 4> ; foo(^ thick intprspqted in, thp l^wpr tunnel an^! &tj.ffi}\ foir,about 70ifoot, and in driv« inp(,thp abovo distance nearly 100, tous of stono 'lyifl been' obtainod whfoii is now' stacked at tho tunnol mouth, and although somp of it, dis.cloflofl exoollont gold I^, will vonturo to, estimate tho gonpriil bullc as fiiirpayablo stono. Tho fnqoof tho tup* nol shows nt tbo proHonfc timo. ugopd A : fc'ofc of a roof. T f ho abovo.is afl that'oan ■bo fliid of,this b^dy, so, fur, until, moro worl« has boon done, it has boondrivon on for 70 foot with spiondul rising ground for an injmonuo height ovprhond. TJao ;looal|ty.in v dpoidpdly good, and ,tlip quartz has a highly gold-boaring' appoar^noo, boing full of antimony veins, and altogether is of a most promising, oharaotpr. Work is now being very enorgotioaliy carriod on, an inolino tramway, is in coiir/jo of construction a distnnco of SOQ.foot, and by which mpaiis, with the aid of a whim, it is intoiyW to risp the stone from tho tunnol mouth to tho naddlo of tho range and from thence tfio transit; to tho Ajax battery will bo a matter of oompanttivo onso. shares have ohangod hands to«day at £Bfl a quarter, aud are now on tho advance/ ' '

KNRKGRIIC. Tho wiiolo of tho mttouinery haring during tho last fortnight 'been thoroa^hly ovcrhuulod, steam was gfltup, nnd crushing operations „ aßaj^ at 4, o'bltfcVon Tuesday Inst. Tho iutoriof of tho' jnino nsaumas;a ifjtf busy .fpeot. Tho i«inl Shaft is hoin/j atoadily oarrfod !:down%itli Uio splendidly lodfaa mentioned' to prcyjous rdpprtfl. rbo Wealth' East roof ha« yastly improved of lato, and during tho lust 8 feet driven over 0 foot of fitojjo i» being carried .n tho faoo. Some voryimp^rtAnl! and ottflnsiVo works aro to bo oonin|iencod, tho prinoi* pal of which is the .sinking fif »n - pnginp shaft 25|0 fjaot, the con»truotion also of a branch ooal foam way (6t supp)y]l»ff fUfil \b tho wfnding ongino, with' pihpr inojdintfir.^jff'fbr' tho farthor of the 'fyino upon a l6wor lovel'. fbp ftbovdare works (o,f jj fory (DOBtly finturoj and may sitnply denote the coiifldoupo flharcholderj mi|sfc |j»fo jn tho future of their, pVofjorty. . Thp ayeragq numbpr of hands onaplqy<s4 flt (ibis mi no during tho past l|'u|onths hag boon 75, and notwithstanding tljo heavy working oKpon^c^ a very JifttiaPijctory amount has TI?P, ■wftt[^ui^|n/uct}an afjftiu I fqr tl)o first tin^o |iis yoar, on Mondny I last, and is now erushjng with tho full! nuipbor of sfcan^ps.l Tho various stopes aliqw a supply of sbno for many months to eomc, and tho mino upon tho wbolo lqqks exceedingly will. Terider.H are to bo apcoptod on Satqrd|y next for Binlting n qhaft to the now Utol now in coumo of ( construction. 3