REPORTED NEW GOLD FIND.
W ELLINGTON.thi sday
Several samples of quartz have been shown in Stratford during the week, which are alleged to have been found near Wangamomona in the creek by men in Sladden's survey party. The quartz shows gold freely; Several leading men in Stratford have subscribed to send out a party for prospecting purposes.
[Wangamomona Creek is about fiftj' miles from Stratford, and is on the line of the proposed Auckland-Strat-ford railway. The discovery of a payable goldfield there -would settle the question of the rival routes.]
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 29, 4 February 1899, Page 5
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