MINING NEWS.
MINE MANAGERS' REPORTS. NEW WAIOTAHI PICKED STONE. New Waiotahi.— in the south-east crosscut has been continued, and is penetrating a firm class of country with mineral seams running through it. The intermediate level on footwall leader continues to show gold . and about Blb. of picked stone has been selected from that broken out. Ohinemuri Mines.—The crosscut at 650 ft. south to the hanging wall of the Camoola reef system is now out 35ft. Clean sandstone rock has been passed through, with a few small veins of quartz traversing it. A bore of 6ft. Gin, from the present face of the footwall crosscut disclosed quartz the whole ! distance. Moanataiari. During the week the rise was advanced 18ft., the total distance from the floor now being 87ft. The reef is a strong body of ore v and iB fairly well mineralised, carrying a fair amount of antimony and a little zinc blende.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18567, 27 November 1923, Page 5
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