KOMATA REEFS RETURN.
During the past month this company treated 250 tons of ore for a return of bullion worth £400. At the mine exploration work has been conducted on the southern extension of Wilson's lode, a drive having been put in a distance, of 82 feet from the surface along the strike of the reef. The lode bears a well defined appearance and is of large size. A crosscut, which was put in throfcgh it shows it, to be 17 feet between the walls. The quartz •is of a friable nature and carries a small quantity of gold. The low level, or No. 4 tunnel, was advanced 110 feet for the month, making the total distance driven 1535 feet. '
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 230, 28 September 1899, Page 7
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