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MOSSY CREEK. The Mossy Creek dredge washed up for a r.eturn of 19ozs ldwt of gold from 7821 yards for 132 hours. ALEXANDER. The mine report for January states: —No. ‘ 6 Cross-Cut was extended 94 feet making 1140 feet from the mouth. The country has been good driving, and is carrying very little water. The stopes above No. 5 level and below No. 4 level are being worked in four faces. The stopes south of the bottom of tTie winze below No. 4 level maintains its width of 27in. The battery crushed 290 tons, of ore for a return of 177'ozs Bdwts of melted gold. The Cyanide Department did not clean up. The estimated value of gold won is £1197. In addition, 4.8 tons of concentrates were saved, valued at £IBO.
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 February 1938, Page 4
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