Sluicing Gear for Wau.
p. 45 · Read in the full issue
AT the end of last month the first con signment of sluicing equipment for the Bulolo Gold Deposits Co. left Adelaide for Sydney, whence it will be taken to Salamaua for transport to Wau. By September it is expected that 20 tons of plant will be operating at the junction of Koranga Creek and Bulolo River.
The gear is capable of sluicing 100,000 cubic yards of material a month, the water discharge capacity of the nozzle being 14,000 gallons a minute. Half a mile of piping, mostly 18 inch and 22 inch, will be used.
The first consignment left for Sala maua by the “Macdhui” on June 8.