GOLDMINING AT THAMES
FAULT IN WATER-RACE
TWENTY MEN DISMISSED [by telegraph—own correspondent] THAMES. Friday Owing to a breakdown in the waterrace, the new battery erected by the Kuranui Golden Hills Company, Limited, cannot be operated. This has resulted in the dismissal of 20 men. The 9in. and 12in. pipe-lines, which have been erected across the break in th« water-race, cannot supply the quantity of water that is required to fill the Waiokaraka reservojr*SSvhich supplies mining plants, although the other two reservoirs are full. The Kuranui Company requires a sluice head of water to operate. When the borough commissioner, Mr. C. L. Grange, was approached regarding the erection of another 12in. pipeline, he stated that lack of funds rendered the proposal impracticable. The manager of the mine, Mr. R. M. Aitken, said -there were still seven married men engaged on the plant, but unless water was available next, week they would be dismissed. This was a serious matter for Thames and a setback to the low-grade ore development. Mr. Aitken said he contemplated approaching the Mines Department for assistance as the plant was ready to commence crushing operations.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21426, 25 February 1933, Page 7
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