A MOUNTAIN OF METAL
HARD, BLUE HOCK'AT OKAUIA. BEST MEANS OP WORKING. A sample of hard, dark 1)1110 racial was deposited for the inspection of the Matamata County Council at, its meeting yesterday by Mr Pilkington (Oknuia), who said he had taken it. from a fare in a mountain side on Mr Storey's property. There was an unlimited supply in the mountain, and the further they went into the hill |hn better became the quality. He suggested thai the Council should put : u a. light railway from the quarry to Waharoa, which could he made a main dump. Cr. Pohlen said that, he and Cr. Banks had visited the quarry, and the quality and quantity were undoubted. The question wis as to how they were going to raise money fur opening up -ibe quarry and In provide the necessary machinery. 'Hie distance in a. straight line from Waharoa was about Ih miles, with the river intervening at the fivemile distance.
Cr. Banks said the face of the rock stood several hundred feet above sea. level. There was an unlimited supply ami the metal was of excellent- quality. He estimated, roughly, that, a light railway from the quarry In Waharoa would cost about £15,000, and Hie question arose, as to whether it would pay 111 • Council lo open up the quarry by this means. Hood metal was badly needed throughout the whole county, and Mm question would require to be carefully v'one into.
' In a report upon the metal, the County engineer, Mr Shannon, was in agreement as to the quantity and excellent quality, and said the method of transit that appealed to him as most likely to solve Ihe difficulty was an aerial, ropeway tramway. It could be carried lo any distance and be worked at any elevation, while grades need not. bo considered. Before a definite opinion could be expressed, however, in view of the present inflated prices of ma-te-rial, it would be necessary to get an estimate of the cost of couslrtielinii.
The engineer was instructed to prepare a report on the whole question.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14364, 15 May 1920, Page 2
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346A MOUNTAIN OF METAL Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14364, 15 May 1920, Page 2
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