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Greymouth Evening Star, 19 December 1934, Page 13

Although feats of determination and fortitude are by no means rare among those who spend their lives scouting in the out-of-the-way places for gold, the performance of two miners in the Wakamarina. would surely take some equalling. It was reported to a meeting of the Marlborough Goldmining Executive (says the “Express”) that the pair had been engaged in diving bodily into the icy waters of the Wakamarina stream in an attempt to trace deposits of the precious metal. Armed with a small suction pump they would dive down to the bottom, and dredge a deposit of sand and mud into the pump, returning to the shore to pan it out. In this way they had obtained about £lO worth of gold in three days. The meeting decided to investigate the possibility of obtaining an old diving suit for the men.