OKARITO GOLD DREDGING COMPANY
In a report on the progress of the Okarito Gold Dredging Company’s works, the “Otago Daily Times” states:—
To prevent the workings carried out with the elevating plant from now on affecting the water level in die paddock, it was necessary that the plant should be removed to a considerable distance. Last week a branch pipe line 13in in diameter was laid from the main line to a point some twenty-seven chains northwards from the dredge paddock, and there the sinking elevator was assembled, and an opening was made for the main elevator.
At a. depth of 14ft from the surface, the gold-bearing sands were found—a depth of 9ft of alternate layers of black and mixed sands, carrying gold to the same extent as the ground worked by the elevator at the, dredge paddock. On three sides of the cut or opening made with the sinking plant, good prospects have been obtainable. A run of boxes has been erected, and it now only requires the addition of the gold-saving tables to enable a start to be made. Work at the claim has been suspended for the holidays, and .will be resumed on January 12 and continued until the dredge is ready to commence operations.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1930, Page 1
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208OKARITO GOLD DREDGING COMPANY Hokitika Guardian, 22 December 1930, Page 1
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