MINING NEWS
Ngaliere Dredge.—On June 11 the dredge ceased operating for the purpose of installing a new bucket line and carrying out the annual overhaul. It is expected that these repairs will take five or six we;ks to complete, after which dredging will recommence. The return for the period until dredging ceased, which included a general clean-up of the tables, elc., was 109 oz, the estimated yardage being 19,000, dredged in 47 hours. Slab Hut Creek Dredge.—The return for the week ended June 22 was 520 z from 19,800 yards in 124 hours. Austral New Zealand Dredge.—The return for the fortnight ended June 23 •was 3550 z, obtained in 236 hours.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25881, 27 June 1945, Page 2
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