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MOONLIGHT GOLDFIELDS A company is now in course of formation to work by means of hydraulic sluicing an area of .more than 'BOO acres of lalltuvial 'deposits near Blackball (West Coast). It is estimated that the area will provide a sluicing life of 50 years. From the e"r.]y days of mining on the West Coaa;-, the area has been known to bp auriferous, and the records show that very rich ’ returns were secured by a small party with an iivdequate water supply. The scheme of the proposed, company is to divert direct from its source water which will supply 50 heads -on to the area. This, it is estimated. will allow three faces >o be worked simultaneously ’'and enable 200 cubic yards of material to be sluiced every hour at an overall cost of less than 2d ar yard. The prospectus of the oompany is now available.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1933, Page 5
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148MINING Hokitika Guardian, 26 August 1933, Page 5
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