OUR GOLDFIELDS
Thamks, this day,
Loi <•£ Hand.—There being now some 25 or 30 loads of quart, on hand, the crushing was \ 'ommenced this morning at the Cambria '. Battery. Dabs r-nd colours of gold are seen in the reef in the drive, and the quartz is of a highly promising description. A. leading stope is in progress on i lie same ■.ode -over this drive, and about 10 feet has alrea.dy been stripped, bub no breaking . down: has yet taken place. The sbopes in tho '.Manchester section continue to look well, strong colours of gold being frequently discernible in bhe .quart...
May' QUEEN. — The contractors to-d.-iy finished1, their allotted depth of 100 feet for cleaning out and repairing this Company's shaft, but ib will baks the remainder of bhe present; weak before the whole is bimbered up. Tenders are now invited, receivable until 4 p.m. on Friday next, for excavating the site for (ihe engine house, and as soon as this is completed the winding engine recently pure ihased from the Trenton Company will boi erected, and operations vigorous.'/ oroceed ed with.
New Mantj, katj.—The mine manager reports that ho has crushed the lasb of the dirt from tho block on Mulligan's leader, 16 tons, for : the good payable return of 260z 7dwb mcl tod gold.
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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 103, 2 May 1889, Page 5
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