OUR MINES. MURRAY CREEK.
[iE'jM OUR M15T170 REPORTER.] KEEP IT DARE, Wcdaeadaj, Jarmary 17, A portion of the pipng which vas recently purchased from the Victoria Company has been already conveyed to this mine, and is now Leinsr £sed in tlic inrua i drive for ventilating purpose, At (be same time the reel is hoing uiiren on, ' a?ui continues to sbw i vary well formed body of stons about six feet tliicL'. The ! lode Vina during the la-t few days taken a very sharp turn to the footwiU! side, -ud stone is soil! shown k a strong body in tho opposite direction. The stone that is therefore henuj follower' gt th* pv\ ; --onf titno is gppirpnt'y ur offshoot frcui trie I;;: lode, Tbe mine m\y however be rro> n^urced n- looking bH'er than on prsrion? occasion, an 1 fho !''».o now bens operated upon 12 certainly thu best iormed of any prerio3;-!y opened, it vrill be some time yet before crushing operations can ba resumed, for as soon as the pipe; arc extended to the face a ri?e will be at ence started on the lode acd carried to the surface, which will be a distance of about lEO feot, Thic work is indispensable, and trill act as a filling shaft.
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Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 6, 22 January 1877, Page 2
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211OUR MINES. MURRAY CREEK. Inangahua Times, Volume III, Issue 6, 22 January 1877, Page 2
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