Mining News.
The extension of the Moanataian main tunnel luas baen oantried along a total diLsibance of 200 ft to date, but during the .past week the cc.ntrßJcb.vs haive ibeen cihieny employed in cuttingl a drain on the floor of the level. The country and leadersl in the ;fa«ei looHi as promising as eve;-. Air-pipes hare been carried in the tonnel right \xy to the face;, so that tlhe ventilation ;•» now all that can ba desiredNEIW ECLIPSE The new low level is in a total distance of 247 ft upon, the main reef, and dn the present face there is a junction of leadera over 7ffc in widt!t. Some of the quartz looks very promising for .goldl, and the, surrounding country is a good class of sandstone.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10499, 15 December 1903, Page 4
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