THE SEARCH FOR GOLD

Evening Star, Issue 21717, 11 May 1934, Page 7

THE SEARCH FOR GOLD

PROGRESS AT SKIPPER'S CLAIM Mr W. Morgan Ginison, the company’s consulting engineer, visited the claim of Skippers Ltd., on May 5, and. reports to the directors that only 300ft’of fluming now remains, to. be placed in position in the Maori Point Beach section. The 900 ft already installed had suffered no ill-effects whatever from the recent floods. A span of 50ft of sheet piling had yet to be driven, but the housing accommodation had been completed; During the last five weeks there had been a number of floods, two of which had been of considerable magnitude, but no damage whatever had been done to the plant or machinery. In this 1 connection the management were at a loss to know why it was that they were continually receiving notice from both Dunedin and Invercargill of alarming . reports reaching these centres to the effect that irreparable damage had been done by the various floods. The floods in two instances had been big, but there was no .need to fear even if floods four times the magnitude of the biggest to date should occur. HAEREWHEHUA DEVELOPMENT The claim manager (Mr E. Williams) of the Maerewheuua Goldfields Development Company Ltd., reports that rain and snow have greatly increased the water supply, and forty-five heads had been entering the dams on certain days. The water supply for the last, three weeks had been the best and most consistent since the races had been in operation. The mosquito race was carrying at least thirty-five heads, and by building lip a few low sections the race could he made to carry at least another ten heads. • •