BULOLO GOLDFIELD

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 212, 21 August 1934, Page 5

BULOLO GOLDFIELD

In the Heart of New Guinea ROMANTIC DEVELOPMENT Fleet of Aeroplanes Engaged IBy Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 21. The romantic development of the Bulolo Goldfield in the heart of New Guinea was described by Mr. J. Hanibridge, chairman of New Guinea Goldfields, Limited. Mr. Hambrtdgc is passing through Auckland on the Aorangi on a business trip to Canada, New York, and England. Ihe wonderful auriferous deposits iu the Bulolo valley, said Mr. Hambridge, were discovered by one or two hardy- prospectors who braved the dangers of the vast jungle with its cannibal tribes to find upland valleys 'that, arc now regarded as one of the richest prospects in the world to-day. A magnificent fleet of aeroplanes enables passengers and freight to reach the valley in 35 minutes from oue coast or one hour and a half from the other. This 'transport service alone constitutes a inhrvel of modern travel. During the past five years over 20,000 tons of freight has been carried over wild and precipitous country. Dredges I and mills in sections have been safely ■ landed at the mines. Fresh food is delivered from cold storage at I’alamana and even cricket teams are carried to their matches from time to time. The younger children at Bulolo know of no other means of travel than by aeroplane. Thirty aeroplanes arc in constant use.'transporting passengers, mining gear, and food, and carrying out gold won in the mines. Within a few years the field has progressed from the stage when n few pioneers were living in constant danger among hostile tribes to that of to-day, with huge dredges each handling 250,000 yards of material a month with an average return of about 3/- a yard.