AIR SURVEY
PROSPECTING FOR GOLD. ■LONDON, October 19. JJble in a single day to - prospect thoroughly more country than a man on a camel could cover in months, the Western Australian Air Survey’s two new six-heater Dragon Moths came through their trials very successfully to-day. The up-to-date stereoscopic cameras and other modern instruments, inevitably recalled the tin dishes and swags with which Australian mining fields were first prospected. ■ The new aeroplanes have a range of 600 miles, and it is estimated that a two-year gold survey will cost £67,000. The aeroplanes are valued at £SOOO each. Experiments have revealed the effectiveness of reef spotting from the air, the camera having 'uncovered a reef beneath black loam at the westernmost point of the Kalgoorlie field survey. British military experts also recognise the value of such work from a strategic point of view. Mil’s W. S. Robinson christened the two new machines, the '‘Golden West’’ ■and the “Gay Prospector” respectively. The ceremony took .place at Stag Lane Aerodrome. The .machines were ■shipped on October 14.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1933, Page 8
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