MINING.
The following head office report of the Mount Lyell Mining and Eailway Company for the week ending April 2 has been received from Dunedin from our special correspondent : — Smelting plant — Furnace No. 2, shut down for a couple of days for repairs to the xipper water-jackets of the furnace. No. 1 is in continuous operation. Extension of smelting plantMinor carpenter work on the building is in progress. Newengineroom. — The foundations for the new roots of blowers- and air culverts are completed. The retaining wall is in progress. The storage bins are awaiting the arrival of timber from I-lobart. No. 3 furnace— The downcast flue is completed and in place. The brickwork above the same is in progress. The plant has been working continuously with one vessel. . About 500 tons of copper have been shipped to date.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5851, 23 April 1897, Page 4
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137MINING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5851, 23 April 1897, Page 4
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