MARITOTO.
T!io winxe in tlio Proqpeotoi's mine is , now down to u cli-ptli of 18 ft . nnil Hie oiv lioily in tl>3 bottom is fully 2ft. 6 inche j in \\idrh and curries -a very !"«» ■ * per ciMit.i^c of the prei'i'Mi i mef.iN. Tin* proprie-toi-x of this mint* hiivo « Id 17 tons of their ore iit Ilikntain lo Mi' H C. Wick nnd the piiuos vhi-iod nccnrliny; to the quality of the stnff from £17 to £24 per ton. In Mclkjmi-'h cl.iim the reef li.ih Uo»-n intor sofled in fhf low k-vol ;it a depth of 70ft. hencJith th«» tinp"'' workings whor«j it i-> ab-Mit 12 ft. in thirknes •. At the p>>int of pro-ent opi-r.-itions rxcollent prospects of «£o!d aro obtainable by the panning pi ocoss, .md thi-. an^iird null for the i'utuic o£ the mine. Burns and pnty owners of a cl.iim south of McK-iiica h.ive elso cut the Kime lin ; of reel' in a n.nv level 50 ft l-eueith the surface fttvl the pronpeets of j»dld obtainib'e ther.'fi )in are wry encjuiM^ i»£-
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 232, 10 December 1887, Page 3
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174MARITOTO. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 232, 10 December 1887, Page 3
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