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Mining Notes.
Mr Potter, manager of the Mary
Mac G.M., Laverton, has pegged a
12-acre lease south of and adjoining
the Lady Harriet (late Enniskillen)
for the above company, and also a
5-acre lease west of and adjoining the
same property. This latter is to give
the company ample room for a mill
site and tailings area should they be
warranted.
The trial crushing of 100 tons from
the Lady Harriet is now going through,
but progress is greatly hampered on
account of the poor supply of water
for milling purposes. For the quantity
so far put through, the plates
present a satisfactory appearance. It
is the intention of the company to
start sinking a main shaft, 9ft x 3ft
6in at once. This will give ample
room for hauling and pumping. If
the trial crushing confirms the values
obtained by former owners (of which
there is little doubt), then the manager
can s e a good future for the mine.
He has c so much faith in its successful
development that he has secured for
another Melbourne syndicate 20 acres
north of and adjoining the Lady
Harriet, and taking in the Pinnacles.
The syndicate is a strong one, and so
soon as the values of the Harriet are
demonstrated, active operations will
be commenced However, the battery
will tell its tale in a week or two, and
if sufficient inducement offers the show
will be equipped and a strong endeavor
made to prove whether the big lowgrade
proposition can be worked to
advantage.: It has often been prophesied
that some day the Enniskillen
and other large lodes of low values
on the same line or in the same
vicinity would be worked to a profit,
and it is to be hoped that that some
day" is "just about to materialise.
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knowledge of large low-grade propositions
teaches that every care and
economy have to be utilised in order
to keep them floating, and it is not
the first time that it was thought the
Enniskillen was going to be a great
factor in the development of the town
and district, as others have previously
worked it with the firm belief that
they were on the way to fortune, but
results proved such was not the case.
It may be said, however, that a much
higher yield was looked for than that
at which the present holder considers
he can make it pay. The last parcel,
of upwards of 200 tons, taken from
the Enniskillen by Heffernan and
O'Brien, ai\d treated at the State
battery, gave an average of a little
more than 5dwt all told. Mr Potter
may be too sanguine about his chance,
but let it be hoped not. Nothing
would give the townspeople of Laverton
greater pleasure than to listen to
the music of the Lady Harriet battery,
accompanied by a profit for the conj*
pany at the end of each month.
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