PUMPING ASSOCIATION.
The work of sinking has made fair progress, eleven feet being put down during the past fornight. The frequent change of buckets, owing to the quartz grit cutting the leather, has rather retarded
operations in the bottom, where several I well defined stringers of quartz are being cut through. gold can be dis"thenjby chemical and mortar i tests, ihejriare^valueleßs at present. Th«v ; total Efepth, o^shaft is 635 feet. ; "' ■ |
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2156, 1 December 1875, Page 2
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70PUMPING ASSOCIATION. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2156, 1 December 1875, Page 2
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