Waihi Dredging Plant
Waihi site first known as Waihi Dredging Company.
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1897 |
Waihi Dredging Company formed by E. H. Barber. Capital of 5 thousand pounds. Use of primitive dragline. |
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1902 |
Sands Tailings Syndicate stated treating tailings deposits. |
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1903 |
Ohinemuri River Syndicate. Mr. Brown and Mr. Thompson. Inventors of Air Agitation Tanks (World wide patent). Letters Patent No. 14883 applied for, 17th August, 1903 (for Air Agitation Tanks). |
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1904 |
First full year of operation. Tube Mill erected. Letters Patent No. 17982 applied for, 25th May, 1904 (this appears to be a modification or update of the previous patent). |
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1908 |
Waihi Paeroa Gold Extraction Company. Mr. Kingswell Director. Robert Mark Aitken manager. New machinery installed costing £16,000; tube mills, agitators, concentrators and air compressing plant. Suction Dredge. |
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1909 |
A full year of operating. Treated 23,950 tons. |
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1910. March |
Last financial year and of operation at Waihi. Treated a total of 32,800 tons of tailings. Public company formed. Waihi Paeroa Gold Extraction Company Limited |
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1910. April |
Tender accepted for dismantling and removal of the plant to Mill Road Paeroa. |