LONG DRIVE—ALL NATIONS.
The workings in the above company's mine are a perfect net-work, so numerous and complicated are they. The several levels are being worked from the two shafts (their respective depths being 212 and 272 feet) by winzes and drives. The main lodes haying been worked out, efforts are now directed towards taking out the stringy leaders which were left untouched while the larger lodes were being worked out. Communication has been opened in different directions with the 60 feet level from the Kuranui Tunnel. Stopiag lias" been carried on and good stone obtained. Five head of s:amps are constantly employed, and, though the yield is apt to vary somewhat, it averages very well. Indications are not wanting that the deeper levels will offer good prospects. '. ' . . ' :'i :-
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1942, 25 March 1875, Page 2
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129LONG DRIVE—ALL NATIONS. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1942, 25 March 1875, Page 2
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