Papua’S Gold
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Activity on Lakekamu
From Our Own Correspondent.
Port Moresby, July 12.
MUCH mining activity continues in Papua.
Gold dredging claims covering 6343 acres were applied for in June and July on the Lakekamu field on behalf of Guinea Gold N.L. and Tiveri Gold Dredg ing Co., Ltd. —six applications covering 5766 acres came from Tiveri G.D. Co. One of these applications represented 4438 acres, covering what is known as Kuku kuku No. 10.
Charles Nelson applied for extended al luvial claims on Quartz Creek.
There is keen local interest in the flota tion of Mandated Gold Options N.L.. in Sydney, to deal with an option over the “Moresby King” lease, near Sapphire Creek (18 miles outside Port Moresby), held in the name of A. Christie. Investi gations have been made here by Mr. J.
Spence and the lode is said to be ex tremely rich —one report says 20 ozs.
The Sunshine Gold Development Co.’s activity at Sunset Creek on the Lake kamu has been discontinued. Mr. Todd, geologist, has departed, and Mr. J. A. Boi leau, boring engineer, is now working on the Golden Stream dredging claims on the Tauri River, which is associated with Guinea Gold’s operations.
A landing ground for aeroplanes was cleared near the Tauri River (slightly westward of the Lakekamu) in June and the men there are now awaiting the inau guration of an aeroplane service. The prolonged local drought has reduced the flow in the Tauri, so that launches can not get any distance up the river. The Tauri miners have been for several weeks compelled to obtain supplies by native carriers and by canoes. The commence ment of aeroplane communication will make a great difference to this field.
Mr. Kienzle, who is in charge of the Yodda enterprise (taken over by Yodda Goldfields Ltd. in March. 1934), reports satisfactory progress. He left for Sydney by the Macdhui on July 11.
Mr. Ward Williams, who tested the Yodda dredging claims, is now in charge of the Oroville Co.’s prospecting opera tic ns, which are proceeding up the Fly River, in the vicinity of D’Albertis Junc tion, covering the 29,000 square miles con cession granted by the Administration to this company in July, 1934.
Seaplane For Daru.
The seaplane which was brought out from England recently by Oroville Dredg ing Co., Ltd., to assist- in making a survey of a large concession in Western Papua, left Sydney on July 12, piloted by Flight- Lieutenant Stuart Campbell. The sea plane was to fly up the east coast to Thursday Island and thence across Tor res Strait to Daru, near the mouth of the Fly River.