Niue's Water Drillers

Reach Marble Bar

In Australia, the name Marble Bar (a place in the interior of the continent) is synonymous with ap palling heat and big thirsts. On Niue, a marble bar is what drillers encountered when they were drill ing for water at Avatele village.

For almost 200 ft., the drillers had to use diamond drills to cut through the marble. Mr. Gilberd, who was in charge of the work, said he had never struck such extensive deposits.

It would seem, therefore, that if there is a market for marble it would be worthwhile mining it. It would make an intriguing export from a remote Pacific island.