MINING NEWS
HAURAKI. —The manager reports follows:—“The draw lift which had to bo installed to replace the plunger at thn 400 ft level, which gave out some tm2 ago, has been completed, and has been pumping for three days. When pumpin'' was commenced there were 20ft of water on the 300 ft flatsheet, all the workings being full of water.. To-day there are only sft on the fketsheet, and most of the workings are clear. On completion of the drawlift the men have been transferred to the drive at the 180 ft level in the Union Beach section. The estimated distance to reach its objective, the junction of the Gross reef and the Stocfcwood reef, is 10ft. the rock in the face g moist and mild, indicating that the reef is not far off.'*
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 495, 26 October 1928, Page 14
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134MINING NEWS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 495, 26 October 1928, Page 14
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