New Guinea Sulphur
p. 45 · Read in the full issue
PROVIDED that a bounty is given, the Farmers’ Fertilizers Corporation, Ltd., proposes to float a company, with a capital of £50,000, to exploit the sulphur deposits on Lolobau Island, near New Britain.
This statement was made by Mr. Arthur H. Hasell, managing director of the com pany, when giving evidence before the Tariff Board in Sydney in September.
“Most of the sulphur can be hand-picked, and will not have to be refined”, he said.
Lolobau is of volcanic origin, and it is estimated that there is 100,000 tons of al most pure sulphur covered by a thin layer of pumice. It is estimated that 10,000 tons a year can be obtained. The mining of it will be a simple operation. It is pro posed that the sulphur shall be collected and loaded by aerial ropeway from a gap in the crater to the port of loading two miles and a half away.