Production

New Guinea Gold

SOME interesting statements about the condition of the New Guinea gold industry are made by Mr. H. T. Allan, of Wau, in a letter recently published in the ‘ Rabaul Times”.

Challenged to name half-dozen miners who have each won 1,000 oz. in the oast two years, Mr. Allan “selected the fol lowing names at random from many more to show that piany individual miners (not tributers) are winning fair quantities of gold. The names are - Parer, Schrater, Symes, Cameron, Hoile, Booth, Hadley, Chapman, Shoppee.

Wales Thomas and Zoffman. The total production of these people far exceeds an average of 1,000 oz. and each one individually exceeds it. In addition many tributers and small companies are producing on a large scale”.

On the subject of New Guinea Gold fields Ltd. (who were producing sub stantially from Edie Creek Mines, Golden Ridges Mill and alluvial operations, last year but who now do not show the same production) Mr. Allan says:— “As regards Golden Ridges Mill . the new mill, built to deal with the Up per Ridges and Golden Peaks deposits . has just commenced operations, and promises to far exceed the respectable production of the old mill, which, how ever, proved unsuitable to deal with the different type of manganese at Upper Ridges. In addition, at Edie Creek, the Company is making plans to work in a big way, as soon as the intolerable cost of air freight is replaced by reasonable transport costs by road”