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Colonist, Volume XLIV, Issue 9939, 25 October 1900, Page 2

long reaches of the Qroixellea Harbor, with the blue waters o* the Pelorus Sound beyond, as well as /D'Urville Island, with the French Pass between it and the mainland, and the Ch*fc W ood Islands in the distance are spreaJd out beneath the beholder. Arriving Jt the crest of the hill, and having first passed the camp of the miners, the works came pa view. Operations were fiist commenced/at the outcrop, which was followed down for some distance, and a considerable qua ptity of chrome was bagged and stacked. A , slip came down, however, and rendered tlfie working unsafe, whereupon a drive/ was put in some twentyfive feet bfelow the upper working, and on IhuLJsday last Mr Geo. Millef, the manager, aid his men were rewarded by striking chygme in this drive. They have met _ with J*,he same hanging wall of serpentine m_ i s observable above, and a thoroughly well-defined wall it is, and the striking M chrome of similar appearance to that/found higher up indicates that at tbis ptfini they, are on the lode. Beyond the saddle there are other outcrops and detacjbed masses of chrome, which will doubtless be followed, but already some 250 tonjg of stone is stacked ready for sending down for shipment. It will naturally be appreciated that it is no easy task to convey /Stone which weighs about as heavy as solid iron down from a height of 1200 feet, but it may be mentioned that 30 tons was shipped some months ago on board the Margaret Galbraith,_which vessel, however, had occasion to put into Rio de Janiero, andis just about due in London. In order to ship the chrome now on the hill top, an aerial tramway, a mile and a half long, is in course of construction, and though a good deal of the work has been done, the possibilities are that a couple of months will elapse before it is completed. Wben it is finished, it will be possible to send down to the beach about a ton of chrome an hour without difficulty, and by that time it is hoped that there will be plenty of chrome within sight. As we have already indicated, there are some 250 tons waiting to be sent down,' this quantity having been got out from some dozen outcrops within a distance of about 150 yards. This quantity of chrome is worth not less than £8 a ton, and as it can be shipped Home at a nominal freight, its value is apparent. Only those who have inspected the locality can appreciate the difficulties that have had to be contended with, but all will join us in the wish that the enterprising men who have made up their minds to turn the chrome to acoount may- bG richly rewarded.