KOMATA REEFS.
The first bar of bullion from the Komata Reefs Battery has been turned out. The final cleaning up has not yet been completed. TEMPLE BAR. ' The manager telegraphed yesterday afternoon: —"Cut reef. Colours of gold seen in the stone. Not through reef yet." This telegram refers to the low level which was put in to intersect the reef underneath where specimens were got in the upper workings. WAIOTAHI RETURN. The manager telegraphed to-day that he had cleaned up for a return of 1430z of gold. This should be worth about £394. NONPARIEL RETURN. The manager telegraphed to-day :— " Crushed 45 loads of quartz from the Liverpool reef for a return of 550z lOdwts of retorted gold." This yield should be worth about £252. j
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 257, 5 November 1897, Page 5
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