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Thames, this day. The new roef cub in tbe low level fally lft in thickness, and is comP°«ed of a rubbly class of ore with silica tv class of mineral accompanying 1.7 ?? ld- wt»«ch also shows very freely. So bmtvtiere_ 19 on!.y a portion of the qaartz "roseo. Owing to the lode's underlie it ttnn "I 01™ a little *ime to strip other porS'a n that wiU Blß° fae broken down ■»a the crosscub continued upon its course. £v n p h r? s«n*MrGartrighb ie doabbfal as to t£ n °J? h" has in hand» but) according to £ „ •'T o£ the lod«s on the top level, but T ]i lßb ? eb with BhoQld be McCurdy'e. teof f h "v lS provea t0 be fche Queensland HetinnTM. t manager anticioates interctlD* the hnngingwall leader In ft few
feet more of driving. The bangingwall lead is looked upon as a vein of even greatar importance, and as the channel of country thab the croescob is passing through is apparently of a conducive nature for gold, similar results should also, be revealed when fche Wade reef comes to hand, i.e., judging by promising prospects met with in fehia crosscafc. In my remarks regarding position of the low level made soma. time ago, I pointed out thab what ia now known ac the bobbom level w&j the lowest available level in; the mine I might here eorreeb that statement and point out that if necessary another level can be opened up which would provide fully lOOfb of backs. This is very, important, inasmuch &ts the lodes have so far shown a tendency to carry gold down to the deep level aroas.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 22, 27 January 1897, Page 5
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