MINING AT OWHAROA.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 14555, 24 June 1913, Page 4

MINING AT OWHAROA.

THEi RISING SUN MINEi,

In the Rising Sun Mine ait o.wmuroa, which is now uncfer the <ui.u,nageimeait of iMr Tihos. (jMlian. the work that-has been canned orfair some: consideralbde tiim© should soon ;bea;r good fruit. Th& winch .?z axe well opened up ;aawl some mc« (Booking Kjjuiairtz wihiich. 'gives gou.l dish prospects 'by just rou,gh pounding;, naisi ■ ibieen sitiaclfied. Of. kite the principal trouibiie has teen tihe Ten tilation of" the mine and now every effort, is -."hieing 1! made to remedy the defect. A rise is "being; put op from tlhe biack of the loiw levels tuii iiiel, while a; winze is beiaijg, sunk fe>m fhie top jleveL The rise is now up 34. feet, and is about 17 feel; foelow the txottom of the -winze -v in ia, few weeks should see the de-

sired connecit*oin toa'd®. When this is effected, good natural venta.l--■ajtion will be assured. iAte'tlhe present time the San Is woirked b>y means off .an oad engine, .and as the ree| „at the low level is about I,G"J feet from tlhe iirioiutlh. of the. drnie

teeouirinig! n-atiir-al ■ remitilatiioin .•will prove a considerable saving to. the Company. In addlition to making, the wm-k less arduous to the me • In the winz© and! the rise is .abo-it l'2i inches wide and as stated. give 3 good prospects in the daslh. .., Th'S .mine .is ■ particulaiiiy well opened uo andl should be heard of before Ion?. Oine work that will -reqiuire attenti >n hpiwever, is that of re-timbering tfh. c low level. In the past, on tihe score of economy prdbaMy, Irewa,rewa '„-- stead, of (klauri was used for timbering! and the frequency with which sets of timlber eaiTy away, togethier w'th. its condition, render the work neces-

sary.