NEW ALPINE MINE.
(From Oxra Own Cobbespondent.) GREYMOUTH, August 13. In consequence of the cam shaft breaking" towards the end of last week, the battery has stopped, and a clean-up took place; 2550z 12d\vfc of melted gold was obtained from the plates and boxes. The cyanide' extractions from sands, etc., will be completed and sent down by the end of the week. Nine hundred and eighty tons of stone were treated. The manager reports that the reef remains a good size. The gold is irregular, and, roughly speaking, the best stone is on the hanging wall side of the reef, whereas south of the middle winze the good stone is in the footwali side. There is an improvement in No. 7 stope north, and it appears to correspond to No. 6 stope south. This would indicate that there is another run of gold coming' in from the 'north. The other stopes south are in the old run of gold. Repairs to the battery are npw being effected, and will shortly be completed, and crushing again commenced. August 14. The New Alpine Gold Mining Com.- . pany's return fronv the battery is 2550z of concentrates and from sands 650z, «. total of 3200z from 986 tons crushed. The value , is £1240. The extraction from the slimes is, not yet completed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 28
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217NEW ALPINE MINE. Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 28
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