No. 6 Bulolo Ready In March

THE small No. 6 dredge for work on the A area acquired by Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd. from Bulolo Gold Deposits Ltd. near Wau, New Guinea, is almost completed and will commence operations at the end of March.

The erection of this dredge was held up for a time because of a shortage of steel for the fabrication and the non-arrival of machinery from America. No. 6 is a replica of the dredge built by one of B.G.D.’s associate companies in Columbia, South America.

The first Bulolo deep-digger, No. 5 started in December on the Bulolo flats.

It is working at* considerably less than normal capacity, and will continue so for several months until a new driving mo tor is installed. No. 7, similar to No. 5, is now being built.