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Cromwell Argus, 28 November 1927, Page 5

One of the latest developments in mining - is thoroughly testing- the ground by boring- as a preliminary to more expensive ' work. \Yhcre this is dune, ufltjc~r- the latest and most up-to-date methods " it has proved very reliable, put primitive methods are apt t<> be misleading. Proof of 'this 'Was uivt'n '-'v US last .vo'k- ' l'■> e mneciioiT with a dredging- concern in an ' adjacent field a proposal wa.3 made to the g-iouij • ahead, jhefpre negotiating for another machine 10 replace Jho one i. piiafiny, The proposed new I i arty juined with the original ownRr« in the work and the giov.:*,."! ' was bored with a. small : plant-. Re- | suits were disappointing in the exj treme —in fact 'most of the bores were voted valueless arid, the- new I proposal lv.as dropped*. The old diedge \vas reconditioned by the | original holders and kept at work [with very payable results. The ; machine gradually approached a I line of bores with equal results. The bores, some pi ihc worst in Iprospecting', we.re diedged out, ami ; n doing- this the dredge w*on. the I best return for many yearr.