MINING.
Tho manager of tho Champion Alines, Ltd., reported on February o as follows ;■ —The drive to cut tho Britannia reef has boon extended'a further distance of 13ft., making the total distance now driven 7J.lt. After passing through the large Unity ami quartz formation a nice class of sandstone „ was met; this, however, only lasted a few foot, when there was again met a more disturbed class of country, which at the present time is showing in tho face. Tho manager of the Golden Bolt mine reported on February 5 that at-No. 1 level the drive south on the roof ivas last week extended Bft., and at this point a new.reef was cut in tho hanging wall. The reef was not cut through, but it was cut into a distance of 4ft. with no signs of tho wall. Tho new reef forms a junction with tho reef which has been driven on towards tho Bluffs. The No. 2 rise was extended Bft. __
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14131, 10 February 1910, Page 5
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162MINING. Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 14131, 10 February 1910, Page 5
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