GOLD AT RUSSELL.
REPORTED RICH ITND.
It is reported;that a.very rich gold deposit has been discovered at Russell. According to the somewhat meagre details to hand, it appears' that a wellknown Russell jrm has been engaged in clearing some vacant land quite close to. the town itself. While clearing operations were in progress, the uprooting.of some gorse led to the discovery of highly coloured stone, Tvhich, upon analysis, proves to be rich in mineral. Further investigation led to the realisation of the fact that a spur, running dcewn almost to the sea frontage, possesses a wonderfully rich reef.' Some excitement prevails ovef the reported discovery, and, according to a gentleman who* has seen the locality, it is "the richest gold find in the Dominion." TEe land on which the reef is situated is owned by natives, and a syndicate is negotiating for a lease. The circumstances of the find recalls the incident of Australia's greatest gold find, when a Victorian ploughman turned up the richest nugget that has ever been uneaTthed on an Australian goldfield.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 71, 23 March 1908, Page 5
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