MINING NEWS.
Mr W. Bringans has been appoiu. «. dredgemaster of the -Morning S*.. • df The e * Otago No 2 dredge belou Millers Flat, obtained USoz for 125 hours work last week, This hj the l-iigest return obtained in the Island Blfck district, _ ..„ The Unity, at Clyde, obtamei 40oz last week and if the river keeps steady good returns are expected. The Fourteen-mile had to stop on S iturday morning for some necessary repairs but stirtel again on Monday. Quite a flutter of excitement was create! about 6.30, ou Friday evening last, by an unusual noise coming from the direction of the Moa dredge. In the space of a very bhor't time, the bank was lined with spectators, and it soon became apparent that the elevator buckets had become disconnected ana had fallen into the river. Mr Nicholson, the dredgemaster, was soon on the scene, and the crew worked all night at the buckets, the majority of which, we are pleased to report, were recovered. Dredging was resumed again on Monday evening.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 446, 3 November 1904, Page 5
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171MINING NEWS. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 446, 3 November 1904, Page 5
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