N.Z’S LARGEST GOLD DREDGE
TENDERS LET FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, April 20. The tender for the construction at Lowburn of what will be the largest gold dredge in New Zealand has been let to two Dunedin firms, A. and T. Burt, Ltd., and The Dunedin Engineering and Steel Company. The contract at present covers the supply and erection of the pontoons only, the material for which will come from Australia. The approximate weight of the dredge will be 700 tons, while its dimensions will be: Length 176 feet, width 75 feet, death 13 feet 6 inches. The plant, as originally proposed by the company, will be capable of dredging at least 3,500,000 cubic yards a year. The Australia and New Zealand Mining Company Ltd., is a New Zealand company registered in Christchurch, with a capital of £605,000, and it was formed in July of last year to acquire and work by bucket dredging gold bearing lands in New Zealand. The area to be worked is approximately 1600 acres in the Lowburn district.
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Southland Times, Issue 23179, 21 April 1937, Page 4
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