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G to 8 i11C1.0S till.<t vi.Ll, run 50 ~ leud. 20 0". l ilV01' n d .J'~ boll.

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money to :ix l1y tun-io l iE 'ly l,ropprt:7 i:: r)~.1'7or\in ,[f' I ha v e

1 1~ r.o r ea mill

sit C &YlU dump r oom in c r e olr , l'our 0.(> .11^' rv ,. c, r ... tented. "'hi

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an d 1 huvo j'hilJ!.ed some G'lrr, ce are I'ror; it tI r.t r ot urr oc ,64 per tOD. rre upper t^{un ne} L or ^~,sin T'Vorl:inJu ^{e re} ell ^{c uv ed} i:.n 'tnt I h av e been &110 to get hold of' tn old !"ep oj' +1](0 un(lorrroup'1 worl:iY1 £.

bl,t old ~i~or~ '011 no they shiPred f'evf'r~l o~r 1 1s ~o f'Del~er~.

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t on. "'hie oye V" u all mine,' fron t' tunn·,l vloll U[ tl" hill '-TId U tunnel [,lrGI.:.dy strrtcd ne:.:-r creek ,.:ill cut t1:cse choots 90 fect doeper telso the rroperty I o~:n c n te ",or;,fht ''.:eou·h thjo l'w'8r

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tunnel o)r [) c r cs s out 0"' &00'11. 50 -Pt. one veil' 1 eir£;' c north ).Jit- ch or , tre othcr c~s: nth.

On 'top of the hill those vei»e arc 160 ft. spart un,1 [.1. the Lowar tunnel they ar e Lese then 50 ft. r"'hoy t re camire; to -ethe r on the pi ton at 1."e r ete of 100 -Pt. in 400 vert Jcu L,

In the bottom of trw 50 ft. '1;inze the r o is aupp o s ed to 11e :'rom 4 to 6 inches of ore thct r un s s e j o r [;,88[,,:-" o er t iftce to wh I ch I

Poth rmners vho dare the l·~t '''ork for the roo in t])i e vinze E.:,ro deed 111:' tl:e~T told me theCa. ^~~.r[G ,just '"ettiY1C' into this

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cif 'this interests you, ^{VlO 'ld} 11 ,:0 further. I \'11' s,;y I am ^U prao- tied minor of 18 Yol-rc exj.er a en co ir this and oth er camps ,

"-ao with the I'"!oldfield Cons. lJ1 :Tcvc.d& 2 ;j'e&r, t-Y'c1 re f'or yor to the First ^"'Tat. Ba nk of' centra 1 Oi ty to honesty or urili ":,.

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Cn to;:1 of tho hill th oc o v oin s ere 160 ft. apart ""cd 9.t t110

on tlle pi tc h ut the rf..to of 100 ft. in 400 v er t fcu L,

In tno tott.om of t'oo 50 ft. vtn s e thoro is currpo s od to be from

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