TOO MUCH WATER

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 56, 3 September 1926, Page 6

TOO MUCH WATER

KAWARAU OPERATIONS AMALGAMATION CONSIDERED NECESSARY.' . (By Telegraph.) >' (Special to "The Evening; Port.")' DUNEDIN, This Day.' Kawarau, claim-holders generally are' . agreed that expert advice ;':'a?,". to. the best manner of working is. required, and that unless amalgamation takes place it is believed that the,river will never be satisfactorily worked..".'Mm- - ers say that all will have to sink/petty selfishness over the value of'individual claims and co-operate for theJ mining. If 3in of wateip remain on the bed of the Kawarau the main purpose can-' not be achieved.' However, if all .the claims are united in one company'pipes could be laid over half-mile. stretches to take tho water over the.claims to be worked. The construction of a dam at the Shotover is also considered necessary. How the money is to be raised, is a question now exercising the minds of the. holders, who propose, application for financial assistance to the Gpyernment. A section of the Mining , Act provides for the making of.a grant to companies needing assistance- if- recommended by the inspectors as a worthy proposition. Two companies in Otago and one in the North Island are reported as having received such assistance, which, however, probably would not be granted unless the claims were amalgamated. Orfe small company has obtained over 4oz of rough gold in two daiy., which shows that some virgin ground has been uncovered. '.'_'."_..