Mineral resources . shaft of the Mount Boppy lode was sunk to adepth of 100 feet, and cross-cutting for the reef was commenced. Prepara-tions were also made against drought conditions, but as subsequent eventsproved, with only incomplete success. After years of prospecting, Budds prospecting area was changed in1903 to the South Mount Boppy Gold-mining Company, Limited. The areaworked by this company adjoins the Mount Boppy blocks immediately to thesouth. During the same year Hardie and party were prospecting the NorthBoppy area. So rapid had been the progress of the Mount Boppy Gold-mining Com
Mineral resources . shaft of the Mount Boppy lode was sunk to adepth of 100 feet, and cross-cutting for the reef was commenced. Prepara-tions were also made against drought conditions, but as subsequent eventsproved, with only incomplete success. After years of prospecting, Budds prospecting area was changed in1903 to the South Mount Boppy Gold-mining Company, Limited. The areaworked by this company adjoins the Mount Boppy blocks immediately to thesouth. During the same year Hardie and party were prospecting the NorthBoppy area. So rapid had been the progress of the Mount Boppy Gold-mining Companythat already in 1904 Canbelego was recognised as the premier gold mineof the State. A place which in 1S97 was used only for depasturing sheepwas now a populous township. During 1904 the main lode had beenfound at 400 feet depth. Twenty stampers had been added to the battery,making sixty stampers in all, and six cyanide vats had been constructed. * Annual Report, 1901, p. 89. t Annual Report, 1C02, p. 16. &F.
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