GOLD DREDGING.
The Faotolus return this week will be> about the same as last week. The contractor for the erection of the Premier dredge is making good progress, and expects to have the work completed in a couple of months time. The dredge will be floated down to the claim, which lies a mile or a mile and a half below the dredge’s present position. The two grab hooks required for the Island Creek dredge arrived at Westport last week, and will, with the two extra buckets, be added to those at present on the dredge giving a dredging depth o£ about 27 feet. ... .i tv.
The Welcome pontoons are now completed, and the superstructure is erected. As it will be necessary for the river to rise fully 10ff before these pontoons can be floated, some delay in dredging may occur. The contractors for the erection of machinery are, however, placing ,oh some of the lighter parts so that no unnecessary delay may be occasioned.
The Buller Junction dredge continues to work steadily on a good face, and should maintain fairly good returns for some time to oomq. Her best ground is thought to be below the Bull Pup Fall, hut there seems to he no present intention to remove the dredge to that part of the claim. ■ : J' ■
The Bocklands dredge obtains coal from, a mine close to the claim at a cost of 8a per ton, and consumes 3 tons a day. The Premier dredge, several miles higher up the river, also, we understand intends to be supplied from this mine. The. El Dorado and the Old Diggings dredge will j. also benefit by their proximity to it.
The Mokoia is working a face of.!l6oft wide and is banking her tailings right aoross to the road so as to keep the current of the river away from the present workings. When this is completed the dredge will be in still water and perfectly safe in times of flood. The machinery worked very smoothly and required few repairs. At the flrst opportunity the dredgemaster, we believe, intends to increase the size of the tables, which at present are considered too small to save all she gold that passes over them. This alteration should improve the returns,
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 2 August 1901, Page 2
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377GOLD DREDGING. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 2 August 1901, Page 2
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