BIG NEW GOLD DREDGE
FOR WEST COAST MINING N.Z. FIRM GETS CONTRACT Press Association WELLING TON, Todu y. The largest goldmining dredge ever built in New Zealand, and said to be one of the largest in the world, is being constructed by the Hansford and Mills Construction Company for the Rimu Gold Dredging Company, an American enterprise which has been working on “pay dirt” a few miles out of Hokitika, apparently with sufficient success to warrant a new and larger steel dredge to take the place of the existing wooden one. The contract for construction was secured by the Hansford and Mills Company against American competition and the progress which has been made with the work during the past eight weeks has satisfied all the parties concerned. The main part ol' the dredge is a huge punt built of British steel plates in varying sizes. The punt is 108 ft in length, 15Gft in breadth, and lilt in depth. The strength of the hull may be gathered from the fact that the side “stiffeners,” or ribs, are only 2ft apart. This strength is needed not only to carry the enormously heavy super-structure, but to withstand the strain of the severe vibration that is experienced on such a dredge when the machinery is at work.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1062, 28 August 1930, Page 8
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214BIG NEW GOLD DREDGE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1062, 28 August 1930, Page 8
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