Bright Outlook For Fiji
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Gold Industry
T tt SUVA, Aug, 20.
HE Emperor Goldmine at Vatu koula, Fiji, was seeking 200 additional labourers early August, in connection with what Mr. N. E. Nilsen (general manager of Associated Companies) called encouraging values encountered in recent months. The area of interest is at No. 9 level, in the eastern part of the lease.
Mr. Nilsen said that an increase in the price of gold, though per haps not immediate, is on the horizon.
A Melbourne report says that
Emperor has cut a “series of flat makes of higher than average values ’ in the 2,195 north crosscut east at No. 9 level. This is the crosscut that previously intersected two 20 ft. wide orebodies averaging 9 dwt. and 14 dwt. gold a ton respectively.
The first orebody was cut at 730 ft. from the shaft and the series of flatmakes just reported extended from 868 ft. to 1,055 ft. Drives north and south on the newly-discovered flatmakes show values averaging up to 15 dwt.
All of the ore discovered in this crosscut is completely new to the mine and will lift tonnage and grade of ore reserves substantially.