MINING NEWS.
WEST COAST XOTBS. \SPKCIAI. Ti» nil. '• I GREYMOUTH, April 11. Thirteen prospecting lease* have been secured between Blackwatcr and Snowy Creek. Prospectors are working the district between Snowy Creek and the Grey, a*id Jir Bntira has opened out a fine look ng reef, ob ut two feet thick, carrying excellent gold m the cap. There seem* no reason to doubt that tho
line of reels extends to the big Grey. The country, though diversified by gully and terrace, is by no means rough, but undergrowth and tiiick mom »omowh.t retard the prospecting operations probably. The density or the bush accounts for the fid thet until lately scarcely a pick or a ■ spear had ever entered it.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12477, 12 April 1906, Page 9
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118MINING NEWS. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12477, 12 April 1906, Page 9
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