THE UNA.
On last Thursday the contractors for driving the long tunnel, which has now reached 1010 feet, struck the hanging-wall of the rsef which they hare for some time past been expecting to cut. As stated, it is only the wall of the reef which has been struck, and the principal evidence of the reef is a black vein. Driving will be continued till the reef is cut through, when the level will be opened up, preparatory to taking out the quartz, 1 for the cpriveyence -pf. which to the' Company's battery a tramway will have to be constructed; thus, it will be some time ere any return can be expected;
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1998, 31 May 1875, Page 2
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112THE UNA. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1998, 31 May 1875, Page 2
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