KAWARAU RIVER GOLD
SECOND DAM PBOPOSED. In view of the benefit that would follow greater gold production in Otago, residents of the Cromwell district aro showing increased interest in the possibilities of mining. Experienced miners are still obtaining gold in small quantities from the Kawarau River while the level is low, and the opinion is freely expressed that considerable quantities of gold have yet to be recovered from the river if suitable means of obtaining it could be devised. A suggestion that is gaining wide support, in the district is that a second dam should bo constructed below the Shotover and Arrow Rivers in order to hold back the watei from them and expose ledges which have not so far been reached. It. is claimed that this could be done at a cost which would enab 1 e gold to bo obtained profitably.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 147, 24 June 1931, Page 9
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143KAWARAU RIVER GOLD Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 147, 24 June 1931, Page 9
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