BIG RIVER MINE
The report of the mine manager (Mr Thomas Thomson) for the week ended on Thursday, September 13. is as follows: No 3 crosscut; Distance driven 7 feet; distance from south drive 217 feet; distance from shaft 414 feet. The country is still hard. No. 3 stopes; Four men stoping below No. 3 south level; stone 2ft 6ins wide. No. 4 north drive: 311 feet from shaft; advanced 10ft on reef itralek; cut reef three feet, carrying gold—a most promising discovery No. 1 level: Drive on fault line holed into old workings, Prospecting operations will be continued from these old workings. Note: Since the above was written, reef in No. 4 north drive has widened out to sft. without disclosing any hanging wall. Gold -can be seen in Stone in all parts of the face.
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Grey River Argus, 15 September 1934, Page 3
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