Tiveri Gold Dredging Co.’S Light Dredge At

Work In Interior Of Papua

Good reports continue to reach Sydney each month of the progress made by the Tiveri Gold Dredging Co., which is operating a light dredge in the interior of Papua.

The accompanying photograph shows the dredge at work in a small clearing in the Papuan jungle, in the Lake-

kamu district. It gives a good indication of the surrounding country, and the difficulties that had to be surmounted in transporting the dredge 100 miles from the coast into a little hole in the interior.

The white patches behind the dredge show the passage it has cut along the creek bed.

This light dredge, which was specially designed for Tiveri Gold Dredging Co. by Mr. J. W. Hinks, a well-known mining engineer, was shipped in portable sections from Sydney to Papua at the end of 1933.

From Port Moresby it was taken along

the coast to the Lakekamu River and then transferred to small boats. The machinery was transported 90 miles up the river and then carried by natives for 10 miles through the low, swampy country to the dredging claim, The pieces were assembled by Mr.

Hinks, and on April 2 of last year the dredge commenced operations. Since then it has maintained satisfactory gold yields. Its two engines are driven by dry gas, obtained from charcoal made in the nearby jungle.