NEW MINING METHOD

Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)

NEW MINING METHOD

PROSPECTING FOR GOLD. SURVEYS FROM THE AIR. London, Oct. 3. Able in a single day to prospect thoroughly more country than a man on a camel could cover in months, the Western Australian Air Survey’s two new six-seater Dragon Moths came through their trials very successfully today. The up-to-date steroscopic cameras and other modern instruments, inevitably recalled the tin dishes and swags with which Australian mining fields were first prospected. The new aeroplanes have a range of 600 miles, and it is estimated that a twoyear gold survey will cost £67,000. The aeroplanes are valued at £5OOO each. Experiments have revealed the effectiveness of reef spotting from the air, the camera having uncovered a reef beneath black loam at the westernmost point of the Kalgoorlie field survey. British military experts also recognise the value of such work from a strategic point of view. Mrs. W. S. Robinson christened the two new machines, the “Golden West” and the “Gay Prospector” respectively. The ceremony took place at Stag Lane Aerodrome. The machines will be shipped on October 14.