Notes from Reefton.
(Frosi Oue Own Cokrespondent.)
REEPTON, August 13.
Latest quotations:— Alpine Extended, 5s iO 5s Cd; Big River, 6s Cd to 7s Cd; Buller Dredge, 11s to 12s; Boatman's Exploration, 6d to Od; Boatman's Creek, 4d to 6d; Cumberland Extended, 2s to 2s 3d; Dillon Extended, Cd to 9d; Hercules, 6d to Od, Keep it Dark, Sis to 225; No. 2 Keep it Dark, 4d to Cd; Kirwan' s Reward, 4s Gd to 5 s 6d; Progress Mines <paid up), 22s 6d to 2&s; Snowy Creek, 9d to Is; Welcome (paid up), 2s to 2s 3d; Electrjc iii Hit Company, 9d to Is. Returns : — Buller Dredge, 450z 13dwt gold for nine days' dredging; Alpine, 187oz amal gam. from 410 tona (top plates). The manager of the Keep-it-Dark Company reports that the solid reef was struck in the face of the drive at Wo. 2 level. Some stone taken out showed gold freely.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2320, 18 August 1898, Page 17
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154Notes from Reefton. Otago Witness, Issue 2320, 18 August 1898, Page 17
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