Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Ourawera Gold Mining Company, Limited , Round Hill; registered office, Esk Street, Invercargill; legal manager, Mr R. Erskine. This company, which was floated in 1894, has been very successful; and, on the ground now being worked, the metal is being elevated sixty-five feet. There are two lines of thirteen-inch pipes—No. 1 line, 446 feet, having a dead pressure of 195 feet, and No. 2 line, of 300 feet, having a dead pressure of 125 feet. The plant includes an eight horse-power hydraulic engine, driven by a Pelton wheel.