MINING NEWS.
MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS.
PICKED I STONE AT •NEW; WATOTAHI • New Waiotahi.— men employed on the footwall drive have been engaged v cutting through the reef to 'reach : tho hangrinswall, which is now; exposed. ;i The, lode •-> at!J this point is fully: 4ft wide) composed of two nice ribs of stone. ■ That on the hangingwall side is about 18in of friable quartz, carrying ■ a fair amount of silica -with blotches of bright mineral and blond. 'No sold has so far been seen : in it. and ■ only-a small portion < has been broken out, but this band of stone looks well. On the footwall side there >is ; a rjb of stone 16in I wide,, which has shown gold freelyi' A small parcel of, picked-atono has been secured. Work on the footwall stopes on the small leader ha* been temporarily suspended to enable work .in the drive to be carried; on with two shifts.
MINE MANAGERS' "REPORTS. . Moanataiari. — crosscut was advanced last week 151 ft., and is now in 80Stft. from the main level. The country has been fairly firm, and is now easier to work.'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 7
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184MINING NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18388, 2 May 1923, Page 7
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