ALBURNIA.
-The old contractor! bare reramedx ■tang in the Sons of Freedom, tunnel. x .BkflMxon's section the sinking of the ''[ winze from the, Whau lerel is making fair,.. progress,,and gold is seen every time, the., lode is broken. The manager Uunks that: the block could be worked to better advantage by sinking farther, to the westward. His report for the, past week: says: —" Sons of Freedom tunnel:,-. According to instructions I - hare again started the men to drive this tnnnet on the 1 > same.terms as before. Since the fresh ; start there has been nothing hew to report. 160 feet lerel east: In my, last I mentioned a splice having appeared in the reef,, which cut it off, rendering it very small. There has been no improvement in it as yet. Daring the last fortnight I hare started a fresh stope on the back of this lerel. The reef is 7 or 8 feet through, and, although firing no picked stone or specimens, yet appears toshape well at the battery. 160 feet lerel, west: Stoping is still being carried on here. We are taking down, about two feet of the reef, which proves to be good payable dirt. Intermediate lerel: Stop* ing is still being carried on east and west, ' where good crushing dirt, with some •' picked stone, is obtained. 70 feet lerel, hanging-wall leader: Driring is 1 carried on here, where we see good strong colours of gold at every breaking down. Stoping , with same satisfactory results on Sons of s Freedom reef. The men are still working in the. oid s topes, and producing good pay* able orushing dirt. Whan lerel, Dixon'i reef: Sinking has been carried on daring the fortnight. The leader is small, bat always shows gold when broken down*. We are now close to a slide from which we are rather inconvenienced by water. I hare had a surrey made since the crosscut was cleaned out, and find it would be much more advantageous to sink the winze 120 or 130 feet further west. Battery: 17 head stampers are constantly employed for the company, and I hare this day sent; down some picked sfame. The. general dirt is shaping well fora payable return at end of month. Battery and all its appliances working well." r , :
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3611, 23 July 1880, Page 2
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379ALBURNIA. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3611, 23 July 1880, Page 2
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