OKARITO DREDGING RETURN.
(By Telegraph.) ' r (Special, to "The Evening Post.") 1 ■ - DUNEDIN, February 13. For four weeks from January 1 to January 25 the Okarito Five-mile Dredging Company reports that the total gold won was 181oz lOdwt, the total time worked was'37l hours, and the total non-working time was 69 -hours. (Dredging was resumed after the holidays on Friday, January 6.) The total yardage treated^ was 23,500, an average of 63' cubic yards per hour. The average- value of the ground (on the basis of gold being worth £4 per ounce) was 7%d per cubic yard.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 37, 14 February 1933, Page 10
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97OKARITO DREDGING RETURN. Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 37, 14 February 1933, Page 10
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