A CLAIM TO PRIORITY.
■ ; 'TO THE EDITOR. Sir.—lt may be news to your Arrowtown correspondent that the! Messrs Smith Bros on the Shotover, are not the first miners who have used the hydraulic suction pump for the purpose or; elevating, gravel.'•/As far back as 18S0 U Jirien s Deep Lead at Waipori was worked on that principle. In fact, all the bottom wash throughout, that lead was lifted by that means, and sometimes from a distance of nine ehams from the elevator. The vertical height lifted by tne- sucker to the elevator was as much as 25ft.vertical from that distance The principle is undoubtedly a good one where narrow leads or gutters have-to be dealt with — I any etc..
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11452, 17 June 1899, Page 6
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120A CLAIM TO PRIORITY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11452, 17 June 1899, Page 6
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