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THE; KUIUOTI MIKE*
At) tho tirossauit 25ft Mow tbo shaft level tho manager expect© the No. 1 and Shotovor ]odic« will be met with, iiiixd from, the appearance o|f the co'LMitny it is likely gold will be met with in this quarter- In tho workings on the intermediate' level the footwall portion of the; reef is the be#tThe Shot-over reef in the crosscut, on tho shaft level is a. good deal split up, ko nwKjhi s'ui itjhnt the whole of the lode> couihl not be taken in the drive- and the hangingwall part looked the be-*, i-fc is tolng driven njvon thcorefore- The footwall porfion was not seen before reaching tho intorinivjia,te' level where the reef looks ko 1 well- Tlie Shotover reef nt tho interinodinto lovol is r strong and well defined, 'beiug about three feet thick in fine, gold bearing country, with h'trang; ictoloi-s and daibs of gold in the quartz from wall to wall.. So fur this is a highly payalble reef. Bich loi'e 'ni'iiy 1« met (ajli 'any breaking
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Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10456, 3 November 1904, Page 2
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