MINING NEWS.
MINE MANAGERS* REPORTS.
Moanataiari.—The drive on the Cambria Reef was advanced 7ft., making the total from the crosscut 48ft. The reef formation is 31ft. wide, and the auartz is well mineralised and carrying a fair amount of antimony. The country on the wall is of a Rood, description and is interlaced with mineral seams. The quarts is now of a much firmer nature with mineral in the stone. The drive on Wie Ca.'odcnia Reef wan-advanced -Jit., making; a totj; 1 from the crosscut of 02ft.' The hanging-wall hn« not yet been reached. The quartz is of a rice class for carrying \alues, and is heavily mineralised. At present it is difficult to determine the width of the reef.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18761, 15 July 1924, Page 5
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