From New Guinea

Sandy Ck. Gold Sluicing Ltd.

PREPARATIONS are being made by Sandy ' Creek Gold Sluicing Limited, New Guinea, for the installation of a second hydraulic sluicing and elevating plant. The new plant will be located on the Poverty Creek area, and is expected to be in operation before the end of May.

To provide a thoroughly satisfactory water supply with which to operate the plant, use is being made of the company’s water right on Coldwater Creek. Two water races will be neces sary, one to bring water from Coldwater Creek to the company’s property, and the other, in the vicinity of Poverty Creek, to carry water to the site of operations. Both races are under construc tion.

The estimated total cost of the races, the new plant and everything necessary to allow the plant to reach the stage of production, is well within the company’s available funds.

Preliminary testing operations recently carried out on the breccia deposit were considered by Mr.

R. J. Winters, consulting geologist, to warrant further prospecting. Arrangements have been made for him to carry out further testing opera tions on this deposit. Mr. Winters is now on the property.

Yields for the last three months are compared in the following table: —

Dec. Jan. Feb.

Cubic yards 11,890 7,345 9.420 Gold, oz 311 139 219 Average, cub. yd 3/11 2/10 3/52

Sunshine Gold Development Ltd.

Sunshine Gold Development Limited reports that the re-welding internally of the balance of the syphon pipe line was completed on February 9. The pressure pipe line was finished on Febru ary 19, and the re-bedding of the high pressure pipe line and the re-laying of the nozzle pipe line on February 25. Sluicing recommenced on Febru ary 26.

Bulolo Gold Deposits Ltd.

Bulolo~~Gold Deposits Limited issued the follow ing report on production and general activities, oh March s: Nov. Dec, Jan. Feb.

Wash. cub. yd. 9.200 40.000 37.000 24,200 Cold, oz 238 80 120 86 The return from the Morobe property repre sents about 10 days’ work only, mostly in the process of opening out the face. From now on a much larger yardage will be sluiced pending the completion of the water race and installation of elevating plant.

The company has taken up an area of 45 acres on the run of gold adjoining the Morobe pro perty.

Upper Watut Gold Alluvials N.L.

A brief radio message from Wau, New Guinea, early in March stated that a heavy flood has caused two breaks in the water race of Upper Watut Gold Alluvials N.L. It was estimated the damage would take five or six days to repair.

Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd.

Production for the four dredges of the Bulo'o Gold Dredging Ltd., for February, compares with that of the previous two periods as follows:

New Guinea Goldfields Ltd.

The last report issued by New Guinea Goldfields Limited shows productions as follows: —

Reduced production at Edie Creek in December was due to stope preparation on lower levels.

Fall in production at Golden Ridges for December was due to a lower grade of available ore reserves.

Enterprise Of N.G. Gold And Petro

Leum Development N.L.

Reporting for the period to February 6, Mr.

Harold Taylour, manager of Enterprise of New Guinea Gold and Petroleum Development N.L., New Guinea, stated: —- Monitor sluicing and elevating in very heavy wash continued at mines in Surprise Creek and Oriabanda areas. In Edie Creek area development work continued on Edie mine. Drainage adit ad vanced to 250 ft. from portal. Heavy ground

encountered, requires much timbering. Retimber ing No. 1 W. drive on main lode continued.

Metallurgical testing of mine ore commenced.

Excavations for mine ore bin commenced. Timber landed for construction of pilot plant. Arrange ments made for erection of housing to cover cyanide vats. Start made with erection of addi tional native labour quarters. Employees now number 12 Europeans, two Asiatics and 155 natives employed on mines.

A later message said that the gold yield for February was 81ozs. 2dwts. of retorted alluvial gold. This was obtained from 7655 cubic yai’ds, consisting of over-burden 3775 cubic yards and wash dirt 3880 cubic yards.

Dec. Tan. Feb.

Cubic yard 785 000 899.000 885.00"* Bullion, oz 17,471 16.978 18.358 Gold, fine oz 12,027 11,797 12,726

Value—

Aust, currency * £105.236 £103.223 £111.352* Per cubic yard ... /32.1 /27.5 /30.2 Workimr profit ... £75.451 £75,285 £77,6511 * At £A8/15/- per fine ounce.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Edie Creek mills— Gold. oz. fine 793 860 1,435 Silver, oz., fine 2,462 3,067 Alluvial— Gold, oz., fine 941 645 714 Silver, oz., fine 673 476 535 Golden Ridges mill — Gold, oz., fine 1.592 1,132 1.643 Silver, oz., fine 1,169 908 1,176 Operating profit— Edie Creek £1.049f £93 £4,333 Alluvial £3,798 £1.942 £2,732 Golden Ridges £6,874 £3,359 £8,562 t Operating loss.