MINING NEWS
MAORI GULLY DREDGE [by telegraph—press association] GREYMOUTH, Sunday The Maori Gully dredge discontinued operations at Stillwater Creek on Wednesday, having worked out the company's dredgeable area. The final return was 2907.. odwt. retorted gold for 219 hours. The heavy machinery, including stacker, screen ladder and buckets are now being removed and the dredge will be beached in a safe place pending consideration of the results of boring operations being carried on by the company on areas south and east of Grey mouth.
SYLVIA DEVELOPMENT [by telegraph—own correspondent] THAMES, Saturday In order to permit the immediate commencement of the construction of a shaft at the Sylvia mine. Tararu Crook, as a first stage in deep level development, as recommended by the consulting engineer, Mr. E. t. Adams, application for a temporary Government loan of £IO,OOO has been made by the directors.
YIELDS OF COMPANIES Argo (West Coast).—92oz. from 13.000 vards in 111 hours. Central Shotover (Otago).—34oz, from paddock just completed. Gillespie's Beach (South_ AVest,land). —l7oz. lSdwt. from 15,552 yards in 127 hours. , , , Waitalui (West Coast) .—Elevated operations in No. 16 paddock , wer ® tia j menced on August 13. A 1 ndJrt P fo° M P Ste r iv r .tinp of efcht hours each. From the .jj$ pp j$ k s[£ a this paddock..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23134, 5 September 1938, Page 5
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