A NICE "PRESENT"
690 Z. BAR OF GOLD The satisfaction of handling a 69ounce' bar of gold, the result of a week's operations at the Stafford dredge, was experienced by the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. I?. Semple, and the Minister of Mines, the Hon. P. C. Webb, and party, when a brief stop was made at the area 'being worked by the Stafford Gold Dredging Company. The bar, which is valued at £SOO, was obtained from 15,000 yards of material, which is considered a very good return, for the company, in the past, has been dredging about an average of 500. z. a week. In answer to a question Mr .Serriple was told that there still remained enough country to be worked 'for'.lo'year?. The dredge has been operating for about two years and employs 18 men. • Mr Semple jocularly presented the bar to Mr Webb as a memento of the visit. Later in the day the party went over the big Eimu dredge, which Wprks 24 hours with shifts and has covered many hundreds of acres, leaving behind huge piles of tailings. It is understood that the Eimu yield for a recent week was 3500 z., while the record during the time it has been working is 700 oz. for a week.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18920, 23 January 1936, Page 14
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214A NICE "PRESENT" Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18920, 23 January 1936, Page 14
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