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MT- BATTER*- 1 1 Ni
X The Managerp^-Mt:' Battery. Ain; \™±!--
reports, {Jan.:7)^Nb.* lode, ^unrieh/Thei
tunnel. has beenv advanced. two feet, total
214 fiiet? : The lode has widened to' two' feet:
6 inches; Rvalue, 2 per cent, tin pxiae. yhotk
yfaa 'commenced '-on this drive on January.
3- :We have not started work in the No. 1
Bh af fc since the holidays. The men have
beeii employed' on the housing and cutting
tfirewpod.;. ,. No. 7 tunnel: ? Work has \been
'started again in. this, tunnel. A chamber js'
being 'cut out. in the tunnel to start, nhk-.
ing a winze from the , floor of ' the drive ; to'
prove -the continuation. , of. : the -; lode
at a, depths Thev. drive will also,
be- continued when _; the ^chamber.
is cut. .'.-'.'. The housing; ; is '. being com
pleted ; over -the -compressor, plant and.- a'
blacksmith's shop is starte'd at the PJant,
for the drill sharpening. machine. The.;
Iiigersoll drill and parts have arrived and
have been unpacked and the -.drill .tried;.
Everything isin' order. (The Holman drills
and sharpening, machine ;from. Tasmania'
arrived on Saturday night last, and arenow,
being unpacked. These, items were- delay;
ed onf'the 'railways owing1 to the -holidays/
We will' erect the drill sharpener, at;onjee::
and as soon as the steel is cut, ' ?shanKejd.
and sharpened- we ,wiUK8tart-:the' machines/,
Un-;il. this is dpne:T -.'j^ilL^zipt put ^pmextra?
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