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THE NILLINGHOO GOLDFIELD.
Nillinnrhoo, January 19.
Sinking has been delayed at Kerkeek's
Treasure Mine this week in order to allow
of the breaking of ore for the Mount Torrent
Oyanide Works. A drive wag started and
oarried into the west at the 40-ft. level, and
some very rioh stone is being won ; 24 lb. of
picked stone was dollied, returning 2 oz. 1
dwt. of rough gold. There is a nioe heuo of
the same class of stone lying in the offioe,
wMoh^will. have :fhe :©oar«e gold;• dollied .<m%
Wore Wng sentawayiorfurther treatment.
Another 12tons <of era left theinine to-day;
it will bs treated at Sloan* Torrent. The re- •
cent rains have deleyed.thebarting very muoh.
It haa taken thetsami fourteen dsys to oom
plete the return trip to TTunta.
A croisaat hai been driven 20 ft. eouthnt
40 ft. from braoe in Cookram'e Sh»ft.
Loolcont Hill Mine, with the view of belting i
Urge lode formation that was passed through
in the shaft.' A "fault" hai been exposed,
whiah has evidently thrown the lode to the
south. Thie explains why the lode wai not
out in the 104-ft. oroeiout. The Manager
does not consider the dialooated lode worth
pioking np at bo ehallow a depth, as the
oountry is of an unsettled nature, and will
diBOontinae work at the 40-ft. level to-day.
He will probably continue the crossout on the
" Big Reef" next week.
\ oool change tet in on Sunday, accom
panied by light ahowera, which continued to
fail at intervale until Friday. One and a
half inohet of rain was registered for the week.
There is an abundanoe of feed throughout the
whole district.
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