KAWARAU RIVER GOLD.
SECOND DAM PROPOSED.
In viow of the benefit that would follow greater gold production in Otago, resi: dents of the Cromwell district are showing increased interest in the possibilities of mining. Experienced miners are still obtaining gold in small quantities from the Kawaraii River while the level is low, and tho opinion is freely expressed that considerable quantities of gold have vet to be recovered from the river if suitable means of obtaining it could be devised. A suggestion that is gaining, wide support in the district is that a ; sccond dam should bo constructed below the Shotover and Arrow Rivers in order td hold back tho .water from them and expose ledges which have not so far been reached. It is claimed that this could bo done at a cost which would enable gold to bo obtained profitably.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20902, 18 June 1931, Page 12
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142KAWARAU RIVER GOLD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20902, 18 June 1931, Page 12
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