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PROSPECTING BATTERY.

At the meeting of the Chamber of Mines held last month resolutions v*ere passed suggesting that the Government should erect three prospect-, ing batteries to assist mining. The Under-Seeretary for Mines has written to Mr G. S. Kissling, secretary to the Chamber of Mines, as follows:— 'I have the honour by direction of the Hon. Minister for Mines' to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo stating that it had been resolved by the Chamber of Mines to ask the Government to erect three prospecting batteries, one in Coromandel district, one at the Upper Thames, and one on the eastern watershed of the Hauraki Peninsula. In reply I am to inform you that arrangements are being made to erect a small prospecting plant at Mahakirau in the Mercury Bay district, and it will depend upon the result of the experiment whether or not the scheme will be extended to other localities.'

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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 86, 13 April 1899, Page 7

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PROSPECTING BATTERY. Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 86, 13 April 1899, Page 7

PROSPECTING BATTERY. Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 86, 13 April 1899, Page 7