Gabriel's Gully Tailings Company.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3857, 10 May 1881, Page 3

Gabriel's Gully Tailings Company.

Worjjai.the Gabriel's Gully Tailings Companf to progress stead:ly, altfcooglliojwpfopl*ißay^hey wou'd like to fee better, retnlts. It aeems almost certain tk« Campairj bare'opened npt o far dowk'lbe fpMjr and in order to get on payable gold >il Will' be ncce«saiy to get some dWtaiie#i»gber up.' Beaiistng this fact, Mf^er^j, tbr'Werprismg and enthus^sl^ i^anjlxer^ backed up by his able assistant,; Mr Attains, is now directing all tbe eper^ics pf the workmen to the pavryinfc up of the tail race, wwch consists of a laraeJigMi pipe. In performing this work, tfiey mt_e baring the bottom to the width of 6&or 60 feet, so that a gcod prospect of the tilings will be obt-ined »t they proceed. The difficulty of bringing thegtaff ta the jet has been overcome. A pine -Iwrtibe»n attached to tlie lagoon supply pipe, with a hinged nozzle rffixed. FroJi this^a-strong jet: of water is thrown, which, when on. to the tail'ngs, brings tjhei down in great quantities; The force with which the- water flow a thoroughly deans the bedrock and washes out ererj «rerice. Oa^ our lisit one Jet was at work, a»d the quantity of stuff it put through in a few minutes was some thingmatwKoua. Therecaa be no doubt of the soundness ofithe pr'nciple'adopted and the means employed for the raising and washing of.the. tailings; and as soon as the/ get higher up the gully to.ground that is kte^a^oeooWin^dd, the sttceess of the Company, * We. bTeJiere, fill Je K demooitnrtei by the best 'dP'iM tests - namely, a good yield of gold an^ a bandcome ttividend. A few weeks back the manager secured the Taluable water rights pf the rutpflfl Plltoiq., .Inaime^ of flood; I weur crstand,' there is a large flow of water h that tributary of the T«apeka Birer fc , wbieh at present goes to ■> waßte. By c*isevring it »>mosfr Taltfable #ater supply w'H. be. obtained by the Company* The natural foimatioaof the Tuapeka Basin, as ks name would indicate, could not be surpassed as a piece for the con.traction tf;a^es«Toir. To briiig in a water-race to Gabriel s G«Hy would not be a rery costly undertaking; -and to a ComMay like the Tailings Company, it would £ro«e of iaesti-nable »alue.—<Puai>eka fw .■ • • ••- - ' '••'"