DEEP LEVEL MINING

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43215, 15 August 1907, Page 4

DEEP LEVEL MINING

j In 'connection; with the Government subsidy of £15,000 for umvatering : and working the dean-alluvial leads a t Ross Flat, the Government has notified that, favourable consideration wi l : be given to the amdiciation for a subsidy on the following l among other conditions. In - view of the proposals to develop the deep levels of Thames, the following; should be read ,'with interest:—• ' j A com many be formed to carry 'out: the work with a- working capital of not less than £05,Q00. A water supply of forty Govern- i j merit sluice herds he available for the | generation of electricity at Kanieri , Forks for transmission to Ross Fiat, j After its erection none of the generating or mining plant or machinery j shall be removed or taken away from j the , place on which it was erected j without the consent of the Minister; of Mines, except in the event of it be-! ing desired (to remove any of the generating plant to another site approved j of by the Minister for use in transmit- '

ting tliC" power to Ross Flat. Pumps c-s'l.]••a.blo of raising 2000 gallons of water per minute from a depth of 400 ft fo the surface shall he erected, and that, working drawings of alternative pumping hints for use on this work—of the /Cornish lift and plunger and the verti id and centrifugal types—he submitted to this department for approval. Sidijecif (o appropriation hv Parliament. the payment of the subsidy of Cl 5.000 will he made on a gTOSs expenditure of £50.000 on all mac.ltmery. plant, buildings, and necessary cpii]nnent for umvatering and sinking in the deer* ground a.f. Ross Flat, which shall include headrace and hydraulic works, and the restoration of the drainage adit.