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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 28, 15 December 1883, Page 2

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We are glad to be in a position tcf inform our rwuteix th-it a second 1 bhtt3i%:foKf cbw golJfield will shortly be an accompiis'hed fact. Some time ago Mr Stacey, of Auckland, pwrohtfsrtd the old Te^AMhTlQunrfz Crushing XJomp^aqvJs ten-heud milt 'Thk he proposes -to move to* the^Hill J and add thirty head to it, making 4 machine fljiifce MR powerful as that belonging to'MeSrs Firth and Clark. • For a month past Mr H. Crump has been engaged laying off the water race. \lt coniin 'nces al the junction of the two creeks in the Windfa]J« ftiwihd, and .runs three-quarters, of a mile to Butler's Spur incline. Thendefthe water will be conveyed in pipes to tli€ bHtery site, which "is .near the head of Firth's race, giving ahead of water of 460 feet, equal tq a pressure of^GOlbs to the square inch. The battery site is well adant^d for the purpose, and is only aboul four or five chains below the tramway with which an easy connection cau bt made, the grade being very gr.idnal. Mi Crump in this issue calls tenders foi clearing the site and pipe track. This battery will be of immense advantage to tnt Waiorongomai, Inverness, Welcome, and adjoining mines above the tramway Those can easily connect with the hoi\se grade below the May Queen Spur, then quartz will come down the tramway te the foot of Butler's Spur, and thonce by s connection to^he battery.