GOLD DREDGING.
The contractor for the erection of machinery on the Marsden No 3 Company's dredge has made a start. This is a large dredge and will take at least ten weeks before dredging is commenced. The Marsden No 1 a smaller dredge than the Marsden No 3 is well on towards completion and should start at the end of May.
The return of the Four River Plain Gold Dredging Company for list week was lOoz lOdwtj for 126 hours work. The New River recommenced work on Wednesday morning—after having been temporarly closed for the Easter holidays, the returns are expected to be quite as good as last week. Erickson's Reward and Ahaura dredges are stuck up owing to the non-arrival of a portion of the machinery from Wellington. The former dredge will only take a few days to finish and naturally residents in that locality are impatient to see the bucket 3 turning. Should this dredge come up to expectations that district has a bright future before it. The Maori Queen dredge started work permanently yesterday morning and is working admirably. The dredge has good ground for to start io. An official commencement will be made next week when the Wanganui directors arrive. There is to ba a big ceremony. The Grey River dredge does not show a great deal of gold ontho tables, and unless an improvement takes place Saturday's return will bs rather poor. The shingle treated is loose drift the reef diping. The Grey River so far has shown the best gold on a rising reef.
That long delayed dredge Ford's Creek, is likely to come on to something good at last. The wash is about 28 feet deep but unfortunately the ladder is only capable of dreeging about 24 feet. By lowering the ladder to its utmost limit 2G feet of dirt was obtained in which a fine sample of gold was got.. We understand, that sufficient length can be given the ladder at an expenditure of less than £SO, and as this expenditure will be sanctioned we shall ere long see Ford's Creek among the weekly returns of gold winners.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 12 April 1901, Page 2
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