QUEST FOR GOLD
SLUICING SCHEME AT • SHOTOVER
(Special to "The Evening Post.")
DUNEDIN, This Day. It is evident that very shortly a determined effort will be made to wrest from the Shotover Kiver, near Lake Wakatipu, as much gold as a party of skilled miners, aided by an unfailing water supply and a good sluicing plant, can win. The principal scene of action will be at the "Sugar Loaf," an auriferous hillock at Big Beach, a few miles from the mouth of Shotover Biver. Mr. Sydney Smith, manager of the Big Beach Gold Mining Company, Limited, stated that practically all the preparations had been completed in connection with this work. A serviceable pipe line had been laid to the Sugar Loaf Dam, which was the largest of its kind in Wakatipu. It had been thoroughly tested and there were no signs of a leakage. Arrangements had been made for Mr. Vickerman, of Vickerman and Lancaster, consulting engineers, to inspect tfie scfne of the operations at an early date. He fully expected that the company would have its first wash-up at the end of this month.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 8
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185QUEST FOR GOLD Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 125, 31 May 1927, Page 8
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