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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1053, 29 July 1904, Page 3

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WAIHI EXTENDED MINE REEF IN 10 FEET NO SIGN OF THE FOOTWAIL The news 1 f tlio cutting of« reef at tho 500 feet level in tho Wailii ExtomL od Mine last Saturday morning created no little excitemen l , 111 tho community, but up till within tho lastday or two informal ion of an authentic oharactor was more or less difficult to obtain, and all Kinds of rumours wore in circulation as to the size and quality oi the lode. It is tharoforo satisfactory to bo in a position to furnish our readers with a report nf this important development as the outconi 1 of a personal visit to tho mine ibis morning and an inspection of tho reef it appears in the fuco. A rough measure, '""lit taken whiloour reporter was standing by showed that the- lodo had boen penotra led a distanco of 10 feet, with no sign of tho fool wall. The lode, as far as penetratod, ■P ' sents a solid body of heavily mineral' isel quartz, and is splendid in appoarancc, I'oyoiid a slight trijklo from a portion of tin 1 , lodo thoro is no water. Moanwhi'o r 'l"' 0l '° as it is cut out is being trucked w.iy and deposited in a heap at tho end of 1 lio ilrivo in tho sauio lovol, and convoiiicnt lo tho shaft. Already tlicro aro w-ral tons of oro heaped up. Whilo our representative was oxamiiiing tho lodo ho Wis somewhat surprised to hear the sounds of work going 011 near by, 111 reply to a question ono of tho men remarkod ' riii't. s I ho Junction people working their drill, Wo'vo been following that sound for a long and now wo'vo got about opposite to them, ai,d .within about liO feet of each othor," Mr, Johns is to bo congratulated on having got thereof, after so many yoars of patient working CONGRATULATORY WlliE

Mr f, Johns, nmimnoi' of tho mine, ra« coived this morning tho coiw g'ratulatory tolcgram from Mr W, 11. Horrics:—"Dcnrty congratulations on sinking reef, What a splendid thing for Waihi,"

Mr Johns is also in rocoipt of many other wires in tho sanu strain from Auckland and other cities. My Telofjraph.—Press Association.

''ii'i.Axn. this d:u llio milling markoi, is excited by tho cutting of ijj eof in the Waiiii Extended mn.elo the extent of overtoil feet with no sign of the footwnll. Tho shares, which Imvo been constantly risin" since last week, Imvo reached fVcd,