WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.
THE WATER DIFFICULTY. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Perth, March 7. Mr Owen, the representative of the well-known English and American engineering firms, who have erected a number of batteries on the goldfields, has expressed the opinion that the best way to solve the difficulty of obtaining water for crushing purposes would be to bring the ore to the water. This would be much cheaper and better than taking water to the mines. He estimates that the mines now going on for development require 10,000 head of stampers, which means an enormous quantity of water, more than he sees any likelihood of obtaining. The Government ought to be able to arrange railway freights, which would pay both'the Government to carry and the companies to' send thtf ore;% the seaboard.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9860, 9 March 1896, Page 5
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