Mining review . To facepfS.] 9 This is much to be regretted, as a large company formed to work the Bird-in-Handand adjoining mines would have every reasonable prospect of success. No work except the cyanidation of tailings, fi-om which good results were obtained,has been done since 1897, when the Bird-in-Hand Mine was unwatered by , and was then examined by Mr. Joel PhiUips, formerly manager of theBroken ffill Junction, down to the 350ft. level. He found the lode to be from8ffc to 12ft- wide, and his sampling averaged 16dwts. pei- ton. His report generallywas very favorable, and h
Mining review . To facepfS.] 9 This is much to be regretted, as a large company formed to work the Bird-in-Handand adjoining mines would have every reasonable prospect of success. No work except the cyanidation of tailings, fi-om which good results were obtained,has been done since 1897, when the Bird-in-Hand Mine was unwatered by , and was then examined by Mr. Joel PhiUips, formerly manager of theBroken ffill Junction, down to the 350ft. level. He found the lode to be from8ffc to 12ft- wide, and his sampling averaged 16dwts. pei- ton. His report generallywas very favorable, and he states that there is a long stretch of auriferous countrywhich if properly opened up, would give excellent returns. The last crushmgsof the original company (Captain J. WaiTen, manager) m 1889 ^v;ere from thebottom levels, and 4,170 tons of stone yielded 2,776ozs. of smelted gold, o^ per ton. In 1897, 10,605 tons of tailings were cyanided and gave l,^4^^fine cTold The mines are only a short
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