PIGEONGRAMS.
OHI2TEMURI.
(FROM OtTB OWK COBRESPOHDENT.)
WAiTEKAtrBi, This day, 12 30. Waitekauri G.M.Co.—-Just had a run through this mine, and it looks as well or belter than I have ever seen it before. At the 160 feet level a person at first sight is confused with the immense body of quartz in course of breaking out and the large timbers in course of erection and others laying about. Upon the best blocks of stone splatches of a bright, silvery color are discernible, which, the manager informs me, covers over, the" gold. None of it is to be seen when first the stone is broken, but shortly after* wards wherever gold was.seen is covered over with this silvery coating. From the quantity of it which I saw the pre-: cious metal must be pretty rich. At the low level there is a large body of the finest looking stone I have ever seen in this mine, and there is no doubt as to its richness. Welcome. —A. total distance of 200 feet has been driven on the No. 4 leader since operations were started in January, and a nice body of stone has been carried" the whole distance, in which the manager is confident there are three distinct shots of gold, which will pay well as soon as cheap crushing is available. The contractors for Shannon and Fergus drives have made a fair start on No. 1 lode, and are in a distance of 10 . feet in a nice, sandstone country. The lode is about 1 foot in thickness, the course being about north* east, which direction, if followed, will take it right into the middle of this company's ground.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2590, 26 April 1877, Page 2
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279PIGEONGRAMS. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2590, 26 April 1877, Page 2
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