WAIHI REEFS-GIGANTIC.
The mine manager reports on operations at the mine for week ending April 24th as follows: —The contractors have advanced the north crosscut at. J 000 feet level 18ft., making total length frjom shaft 368 ft. This face is still in the dark hard country, but during the week a cross-eoureo formation about 4 inches in thickness has been passed through, causing a slight change for the better, some of the holes being much easier to drill. The S.E. face"has been advanced 17ft, making total length from chamber 288 ft. We are now on the line as directed by the surveyor, and are penetrating first-class audesito country, showing strong veins of pyrites; the country in this face has improved during the week; the total driven for week is 35ft. All machinery is kept in good running order, and every effort is being made to get crosscuts Tip to the estimated line of reefs.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14271, 30 April 1915, Page 5
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155WAIHI REEFS-GIGANTIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14271, 30 April 1915, Page 5
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