GEMS AND GOLD.
Rich Finds Reported from N.S.W. and Queensland.
VALUABLE BLACK OPALS.
(Received 11.30 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day,
Two miners at Grawin, near Walgett (476 miles north-north-west of Sydney) report a rich find of black opal in new country. The gems raised are worth about £000.
A rich gold reef has been discovered near the old reef at Pratton, Queensland. Prospectors say the reef contains free gold estimated at 50 ounces to the ton.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 195, 19 August 1930, Page 7
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