PIAKO.
The water is now about 4 feet on the Wo. 7 flat-sheet, and by to-morrow it is expected that the level will be dry enough to enable operations to re-com-mence. Of course it will take several days after that to empty the well-hole, which is a considerable depth. Sloping is proceeding on the No. 6 level, and the contractors for sinking the winze in the Bird-in-Hand shaft have been working on all through the stoppage of the pump, and are making good progress. As an instance of the heavy drainage with which the pump has to contend the following may be taken:—At five yesterday a stoppage of an hour and • twenty minutes was made to change buckets, and during that time the water rose 14 feet. This shows that for some day? yet until the adjacent country gets thoroughly drained the -water will be heavy.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2536, 21 February 1877, Page 2
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146PIAKO. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2536, 21 February 1877, Page 2
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