Progress as Planned
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Gold Ridge
THE Clutha Development Co. (a subsidiary of Placer Develop ment) has completed the sur face costeaning (sinking pits down to rock to ascertain the direction
of a lode) it planned to do during the dry season at Gold Ridge, BSIP.
The company is not yet in a posi tion to disclose what has been yielded.
Twenty-four New Guinea natives were taken to Gold Ridge to strengthen the local native labour force, and are reported to have settled down well.