Industry On N.G. Goldfields
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Three photographs, by Rev. V. H. Sherwin, of Wau, showing phases of the activity on the Morobe goldfield, New Guinea. Top: Winning gold by sluicing on Bulolo Gold' Deposits’ claim. The overburden and wash, are sluiced away and run through a box, from 6ft. to 20ft. long, at the end of which are riffles. The gold, being heavy, is deposited in the riffles and the overburden is carried away to the stream. Centre: A saw-mill at Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd.’s No. 6 dredge site. Bottom: A tractor excavating a site for one of the new Bulolo dredges.