THE SEARCH FOB GOLD
Further evidence of an impending revival of the mining industry was conveyed in the Warden’s Court afc Cromwell, when 15 applications for prospecting licenses each being for 100 acres of the Clutha River above Lowburn, on behalf of a big mining syndicate were granted (says the Otago Daily Times). Five applications for prospecting licenses of 100 acres each at Nevis were also granted. The intention of both syndicates is to bore areas with keystone drills to ascertain the prospects for dredging with large machines. A local syndicate which recently acquired Shine Company’s dredge and claims on the Gutha. River is now engaged in effecting a complete overhaul and repairs, and the dredge is likely to resume work at an early date.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8476, 22 December 1923, Page 4
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125THE SEARCH FOB GOLD Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8476, 22 December 1923, Page 4
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