WAITEKAURI COMPANY.
(By Telegraph.—O .vn Correspondent.)
PAEROA, this day.
At the above company's No. 1 shaft the crosscut at No. 4 level is in fortythree feet north. The rock is tight, but there are signs of water and a change of country. No. 3 level is in 318 feet on a good class of ore. At 300 feet in the lode was crosscut, and proved to be 17 feet Avide, of Avhich 12 feet was payable. The No. 3 rise from this level is up 34 feet on good ore. At No. 3 level there is no change to report. At No. 2 shaft, No. 2 level, a crosscut is being driA'en, whilst the shaft is also being sunk to the No. 3 level. In the old Waitekauri mine the rise is 7S feet above the smithy level, and the ore Avon is of excellent grade. At the battery the alteration of the second ten head of stamps to suit Av'et crushing will be completed in another week. The Gates' stone crusher is in position below the kilns, and awaits the construction of the hoppers.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 77, 3 April 1899, Page 5
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