THE BRIGHT SMILE.
- The foreman of the miae reports that the shaft lode running, toward the sea is increasing in size, and gold has been seen in the stuff last knocked down. . No. 2 reef is six feet wide in the face. The country this reef ii in is a little hard, but not sufficiently hard to pinch it in. Gold is also visible in the stone knocked down. No. 1 reef looks very well in driving up towards the winze No. 2. Sinking the shaft will h" resumed this afternoon, ready for fresh blocks to be opened out when the present stopes shall be exhausted. The Bright Smile company now employ 32 head of stamps-22 at the company's own mill, and 10 at the Imperiaf Crown. The amalgam accumulated promises a return fully equal to the last.
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Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1691, 4 June 1874, Page 2
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138THE BRIGHT SMILE. Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1691, 4 June 1874, Page 2
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