MINING.

Lake County Press, Issue 3192, 5 May 1927, Page 3

MINING.

Upper N«t1« Gold Drudging Company. Mr 8 C Faobe, general manager aid dredgsmastor of the Upper Navis Gold Dredging Company, reports from tbs Nevis aa follows: Tba pontoons ware laoseaifally launched and are a tribute to tbs excellent workmanship of Mr Noble Raff, tba forman in oharga of tbair areelitn and building. Tba pontoons may be iasatibad as newt They are 10(t longer and 9ft wider than formerly. Tary little of the old timber has bean used ia the building. They have bean eaasidarably strengthened by tbe addition of interne! diagonal bracing end by an extra thickness of planking on tba sides and in tba will hols, which make the planking Bsin thick instead of 9in as formerly Tba work of launching baa been coniidarably da layed through a series of vary severs storms of snow and rain, which hare rendered the roads impassible for most of the last' month. Daring tba past week tbe weather has taken ap, thus enabling tbe necessary limber for tbe completion of tbe pontoons to be carted The carrying contractors are now busily engaged making daily trips from Garston railway to the claim, and given a oontionaoca of fine weather it ia anticipated that a fortnight’s carting will sea tbe whole of tbe dredging material on tbe claim. Tbe tumbler framing and most of tbe necessary timber for tba decking and tba gantry are on tba ground, and Ihara ara (till hopes for a start before this season closes. All other work in eonoeetion with installing electrical plant, pipp lines and races, is well in band.