REUBEN PARR.
After going through a crosscut 300 feet in length the present workings of the company on the large lode are reached. In ' be face, in which only a small portion of the reef is carried, there is fine heavilymineralised quartz, copper apparently being predomirant, large green crystals being interspersed with the quartz. I was shown several large blocks of quartz that he.d been broken out this morning showing a few colors of gold—nothing rery rich, but highly encouraging from a lofle of such a she. At a point a few feet back from the face the old ownet's of the claim drove into the reef about 20 feet but the wall waii not reached. I was informed that the quartz broken in this drive yielded lSdwts to the tons. In this crosscut in the early days a leader running
parallel with the reef was intersected an driveu and stoped on nearly up to where the comi^ny is now working. Some distance back a small cross leader was also cut whitih. was wrought for some distance aud I was told produced 1000oz3 of gold. Speaking generally the country is in every way favorable to the existence of auriferous quartz, and the prospects met with in respect to the lode is very encouraging.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3563, 28 May 1880, Page 2
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213REUBEN PARR. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3563, 28 May 1880, Page 2
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