MINING NEWS.
• •; DIAMOND j i)RILLS. • J
Mr expresses Jh^cipinj , ion ;j& diamonc dfillsfqr the purpose of boring to test ': : the deep levels •'in the goldmining ■■■'. djstricte of the'cblobylhae' ii'ot up to the present proved to be a success. j which the^b'y ! has l to°bV taken has militated .against; the profiljable.use, pi drill the depwtraent had done, useful v work .in the^Kapan^a'' 'mine; , 'where; 'thia strata was of a suitable nature for its • employment. 'DiatnVnd* drills had in .the, pa|§t ,| successfully, [Used an prospecting'' 1 'the eodl-meaeures &i Kawakawa and -Karno.,. Applications for the.-hire or loan oi'drilU for prospecting .for, coal j haying, been /frequently received," it may" be' well "to state .thW the department:|iq /.pot. at present in possession of any! drills or rods snitdble for this,classlpfropera--1 tiona. , '"' ""■■"-:": ; ... VWiGOMBfIND. ; : The, reports ;~ "No^.3 level ;S- f has been further ex- '' tended southerly 12ft, but there is no * change of aoy consequence to report. ■'•'■ The new; crosscut.-just startep)/afc the ■ same level is in Bft"s6utnwes't from the main drive, A most promisiug leader, (Showing;! iiiClthe .face; its course is southerly, the same as the Juetin-Tiwe-No; 1 lode un which we are ? driving, and its, ( diivjs 2/fc\in y 6f^weßtwani; ; the\ country is '■ first class. Stopes . above the N0. ; 3 level on'the junction: Wβ have seen a little gold :■ in pieces of :, stone brokeniflowu'vthis wee!crt' j, Th ! e : leader which is being stripped at present averages about6inches in;width. The stopes above the No. 2, level ; will . be the; stopes'at ,No. 3* next week, as there are much better'indications here of coming across something more tangible.— J. G. Viviati" ;".
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9156, 28 September 1898, Page 4
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263MINING NEWS. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXIX, Issue 9156, 28 September 1898, Page 4
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