GOLDMINING
DREDGING RETURNS. Red Jacks, 72 oz. for 124 hours, 23,000 yards Clutha 161 oz. for 124 hours. - Okarito 8 oz. 18 dwts. for 122 hours. r h o-i Gillespies. 36 oz. 9 dwts. for 131 hours, 16,240. f Maori Gold. 118 ozs 5 dwts. for 136 hours, 12,500 yards.
BIG RIVER GOLD MINES REPORT.
Big River gold mines report for December is as follows:— No. 7 Level Intermediate: —A total distance of 15 feet has been driven south on reef, which has averaged 24 inches in width. Dish prospects have disclosed that the ore is of good grade No.’ -6 Level Intermediate:—Th#' reef was followed north for a distance of 28 feet from the winze, at which point it narrowed in at the fae’e, although still showing in the roof. The last work done also gives some indication that the quartz is making again under foot. Main Shaft: —The shaft has been retimbered for a depth of 64 teet below the No. 7 level.
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Grey River Argus, 27 December 1941, Page 1
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