ALEXANDER MINES.
The monthly report for October states, Inter alia:—No. S north intermediate, McVicar reef: A level was started from the top of the rise recently risen 24 feet above the back of No. 3 north level. After driving a few feet, a lode was struck which is probably the . continuation of McVlcar block on its downward course. The lode has been driven on 89 feet, the face showing a strong body of good battery ore, 9 feet wide. This block looks vory promising, shoxving but a small variation in size for the distance drivem Value, 132/8 per ton over a width of 7 feet. No. S north levd* McVicar reef: This level was extruded with the object Of ' proving the stone going underfoot from the intermediate above. At 35 feet from the crosscut, stone came in and has been driven on 19 feet. The face shows stone 4 feet 6 inches wide. Gold can be seen freely in the ore: only one assay has been taken, the result being 120/ per ton.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 263, 6 November 1931, Page 4
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