CHRISTCHURCH.
This day. Messrs Smart, Payne and .Russell, who are holders of an acre of Government land for mining purposes, in prospecting for coal have discovered a seam of amorphous | plumbago or black lead below the anthracite coal seam. It is horizontal, with an easterly dip, and has increased in thickness from two inches at the outcrop to nearly four feet nine. The locality is about five miles from the White Cliffs railway station, and a dray road is already formed and is now being metalled to within one mile of the workings. Analysis is as follows :—" November 23, 1880.— Specimen of amorphous graphite analysis: water, 1.6; iron, alumana and lime, 8.9 ; graphite, 89.5—100.0.—Signed, J. B. Statjnseli., Assayer." " The above is a very fair specimen of the graphite, and might be used for domestic purposes with very little preparation. For superior purposes it would require cleansing, which is not a difficult or an expensive process. —Signed, J. B. Staunsell." The prospectors are anxious to utilise this valuable discovery, and invite communications from anyone who is conversant with the manufacture of black lead.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3721, 27 November 1880, Page 2
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