MINING.
The manager of the Moanataiari mines re-' ports that in No. 9 drive tunnel level virgin country was met with, and is likely to con- 1 tinue until cross-cutting for the various reefs ensues. The work has. been let on contract. Two men commenced work on January 24 on the Waiotahi-Cambria reef in the end opposite where strong; blotches of gold were seen in tlio reef. This’ drive on the line of reef / has also been let on; compact; The; reef is I fully sft wide. The quartz contains, a large percentage of minerals, favourable to the presence of gold. , ,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18170, 15 February 1921, Page 7
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101MINING. Otago Daily Times, Issue 18170, 15 February 1921, Page 7
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