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Hartley and Riley, Molyneux River Alpine, Molyneux River .. Golden Terrace, Shotover River Shotover (late Golden Terrace No. 1), above Lower Shotover Bridge Shag River. Inch Valley, Dunback Hartley and Riley Gold-dredging Company Alpine Gold-dredging Company .. Golden Terrace Gold - dredging Company Shotover Gold-dredging Company George MoLay Dredge and applianoes in good order 13/3/0O W. Shore.. Dredge being shifted up stream ; all hands being occupied thereat.. Two life-belts, but only one buoy and one boat-hook. This dredge has exoellent gold-saving appliances, which are necessary owing to the gold being very fine. Tables have 336 square feet of spread Recently bought, and being shifted on to olaim 13/3/00 26/3/00 26/3/00 Inch Valley George Bennett Projecting sleeve required on end of crank-shaft, and air-pump plunger to be covered; no boat-hooks or light-lines 27/2/00 Macrae's Flat. Maorae's Flat Macrae's Flat Gold-dredging Company No one about, directors having stopped dredge owing to gold got not being sufficient to pay workingexpenses 2/3/00 Matakanui, Klondike .. Klondike Gold-dredging Company E. Lawson New dredge on the point of starting 15/1/00 Gore. Mataura Enterprise Graham Brothers T. A. Graham Dredge very comfortable and well found generally. Boats —one heavy coal-punt and one small skiff, which I condemned as being unfit for the work. This was the boat that Winchman Turner fell out and was drowned (22nd November, 1899) Driving pulley of pump requires fencing 2/12/99 Gold Creek, Chatton Gold. Creek Gold-dredging Company W. Robins 24/1/00 Nevis. Ngapara No. 2 .. Ngapara No. 2 Gold-dredging Company Nevis Gold-dredging Company .. John McLean No boat hooks; only one buoy; boat old and almost done 12/3/00 Nevis A. Robertson Only one buoy; no light-lines or boat-hooks; to protect bevel-gearing, fence driving-pulley and belt, and also winch-drive; boat lying on heaps of tailings away from the dredge Not working; no one about Not working owing to broken winch-shaft; no one about 12/3/00 Carrick Success Carrick Gold-dredging Company.. Success Gold-dredging Company.. J. Thomson 12/3/00 12/3/00