MINING

Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1931, Page 3

MINING

QUICKSILVER MINE CLOSED v DOWN. ' . . •* * • * » •Owing to the depressed state of world industry, the cinnabar mine operated at Ngawha Springs, near Kaikohe, on behalf of Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd,, one of the largest industrial concerns in the world, has v been closed and the employees dis•Vcharged. The. “NeV Zealand Heralc' .states that it is nndetstood that tne valuable plant which' has been installed with the assistance of British engineers is being dismantled. 7 The the mine, Mr R. H. G cod win, 4 left by the Aorangi on his .return th. England. He declined to indicate whether there was any possibility -of operations being resumed i-when. conditions improve. ;; ,The works wete coriilrienced iff 1929 ■ by Kaikohe Development, Ltd., an offshoot of the British/ concern. The de- " posits were believed th be yery valuable v/And a great deal/bf capital was spent in purchasing the'land, some 600 acres ' in'.extent,*qnd in erecting the machin- . ery, the greater pai’t of which was .manufactured in/ AuCkland. v ; ; •■•''<?, v/ • -'/iv. ' '' y GOLD IN PAPUA. News is ; filtering ‘through of a reported discovery of , valuable gold deposits at Tauri river “ Papua. The new mining*-’area-v is said th’he located in very mountainous country, but it would be possible for an aeroplane to cover , the distaneh to Port/Moresby in one arid' a quarter hours.” Thfe nearest sea. oort is Kupipi, ; but owing to the <xpo‘ed position, mail boats 'Had abandoned calling . there' driring recent ’ moriths. 7 : ’ “ ;‘ r The/discovery 'is described as the biggest gold reef yet found in Papua. There' afe twb reefs, ' running side by side, both being of good width and ' in/solid wall foundations. ’ It is claimed there is not one", reef at the Edie Creek field one quarter of the size. ‘•'Where Tauri' rCef shows 3 feet wide assays have returned 4oz 2dwt ' per t&L" i