MINING.
WEST COAST NOTES. (srECIAL TO "THR' PRESS"). GREYMOUTH, March 18. It is expected that the damage to the Keop-It-Dark winding engine will be repaired to-night, and that operations will be resumed to-morrow. Great excitement prevaileS at Blackball to-day when it became known that a rich find had been made in the Paparoa Ranges in a. claim adjoining tr-e old Tcffoy. It is reported thet from a erupting of 20 tone of etone 30oa of was obtained. Tho owners of the claim have been for the last three years prospecting varions parts of the Paparoa Ranges without any definite lesults. (rBESS ASSOCIATION .TF.IEGIUM.) I REEFTON, March 18. Tlio Pactolus dredge obtained 3Soz 17dwt for' 117 hours' work. ■■
A reef was struck lato'.y at the head of Broadway's. Driving di?c'osed atono 3 feet ■wide. A good deal of interest is taken in tho find, an it. is only a lew yards from the town boundary.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14307, 19 March 1912, Page 8
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