WATER RUSHES UPHILL FOR GOLD engineers set out to provide a head of water for hydraulic sluicing at Lawson's Flat gold claim, Westland, there were many in the Kumara district who said it could not be done. But the engineers accomplished the seemingly impossible An 18m P'P° ">«' 3500 ft in length, fed by a powerful pump, was carried uphill to a height of 400 ft. A rise of 2 0 shown in the section illustrated. The nozzle (right) discharges 2600 gallons per minute, giving a head • of 100 ft for gold sluicing.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 147, 24 June 1933, Page 7
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92WATER RUSHES UPHILL FOR GOLD engineers set out to provide a head of water for hydraulic sluicing at Lawson's Flat gold claim, Westland, there were many in the Kumara district who said it could not be done. But the engineers accomplished the seemingly impossible An 18m P'P° ">«' 3500 ft in length, fed by a powerful pump, was carried uphill to a height of 400 ft. A rise of 2 0 shown in the section illustrated. The nozzle (right) discharges 2600 gallons per minute, giving a head • of 100 ft for gold sluicing. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 147, 24 June 1933, Page 7
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