MINING.
LOSS OF A DREDGE* (SPECIAL TO "THE PIUSS.") GEEYMOL-rH, March .1The Government eteamcr Hincmoa. left here last r-ight towing a gold dredge for a claim ii v e xoilca couth of Okarilo. All w»nt well till 2 p.m. to-day, wlien the dredge opened out and foundered, ihe towline hating to be suddenly cut. Aβ there waa no insurance <m the dredge, the loss is » total one to the owner*. The dredge and plant, which belonged to -he Five Mile Beach Goid Extraction Co., were valned »t £7000.
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Press, Volume LI, Issue 15218, 4 March 1915, Page 9
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88MINING. Press, Volume LI, Issue 15218, 4 March 1915, Page 9
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