GABRIELS GULLY CLAIM
.. SLUICING OPERATIONS. Although the great rush to Gabliois Guily goldfield, Otago, took place in 1861, Biuespur, at the head of that gully, has been tackled by miners anu aiming companies years after the alluvial works were first considered uone. Sjji.ee l£6i millions of tons of tailings have been treated over and over again by all soils of processes, and .stßl ' gold js fieipg won by tlilei Gabriels ' Gully Sluicing Company, which was foypied in ljjjlji by a party pf eight men wlio purchased the claim, plant and water rights of the Biuespur Consolidated Company. It is stated that in tjiy last 17 years the /shareholders in Gabriels Gully Sluicing Company have received dividends aggregating £29,000. There is still a largo body of payable cement' to be treated by gojng tbrqugh roller’s before reaching itlie .tables. The directors contemplate that by the utilisation of electricity and modern methods of treatment this cement can Ua worked at a profit. It is estimated that if the new methods prove successful there is enough cement ip Gajbrjels Gully anti the Biuespur to . last frorn 50 to 70 years. -
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1929, Page 3
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187GABRIELS GULLY CLAIM Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1929, Page 3
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