Notes from Lyell. (From Our Own Correspondent.)
l.TErx, July 22. Al(jine.— The mine manner rtpjrls :— The reef in the lower stopes at the bark Ot No. 10 level vaiies fiom 4ft to 14ft, a'-l of which it faiily cUan ; stone, and the quality shows a slight improvement. In the upper stopes all the stone has now be; n taken our, and a diive is being I»ken along to connect with the nouUi wi»z* from No. i) k-vel. The crosscut fiom No 10 f tope into the fnotwAll has been driven a further distance of 7ft, nicking the total length pf crcs cut 4t't. The country ia a nice slate of a kindly eh srsclsr, aad 1 intend to continue tho crosscut still liuther. The No. 11 level has been driven south ty contract for a distance of lift. The body ot <j"a»lz oonUuued so'id until jcs'tr.l.iy, when it pinched, hut tha country i'j of a. very favourable chav.ieter, and ihfre is evtry iatiicati n of plone HU'kins p.g.iin bcfoie nt»ny fe>t aie drlvtn. The reef in the stones at the hack of this level i^ from 4ft to (if t, and in thn s ulh end of th 1 siopea a sliftht impi'ovenunt in the quality cf the 6t'>ne is noticeablf. 'J lie coiitraolov-s for repairing the pro?pectii){j diive to the not thin No. 10 lavi-l have completed a disfcaic-i cf 47ffc for the week. The number of tons of st^ne fent to the b ittrry is 220. The foll"wi»g is the result of the bci aping of the top plates : -178Joz amalgam fiom 225 tons.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2317, 28 July 1898, Page 20
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266Notes from Lyell. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Otago Witness, Issue 2317, 28 July 1898, Page 20
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