MINING.
DREDGING RETURNS. (PEKM ASSOCIATION TBLEOIUM.) DUNEDIN, December 4. Sandy Point, 250z 17dwt; Chicago, 1601 3dwt; Olrig, Hob 16dwt. OPERATIONS IN POERUA DISTRICT. Lying a few miles to the westward of the dividing range between Canterbury and Westland ia a belt of country that hm long been known to be turiforoue, but in which no eericus effort* hare Jiitherto been made to work some of the vcin3 which are known to be gold bearing, but the appearance of which ■wae very difierent ■ from that of the proved ttUriferoua reef* of Rwtton end other disttieta on the Wtii Coaet. The** are generally known to tninfcr* ac lode-fortnjrtibne Knd are realty xones of cruslurd eohtst, which become 'gold-bearing- quartz, the vein* of which ramify it in oil directions and often cerry high values in gold. At Poema a deposit of ihis description is now being opened up by a local mining: company. Some of the ore is stated to have yielded by assay as high ac 3J ounces of gold b*t ton, whilst a*»aye of I.s ounces and: 2 ounces have been obtained from ore taken from various parte of the lode over a dbtance of 30 chains. Contrary to the g*ner*l rule, thi* lode does not appear to carry any blank stone for the poorest e«mple» yet obtained are reported to have yielded gold at the rate of nearly two pennyweights per ton.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13907, 5 December 1910, Page 9
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232MINING. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13907, 5 December 1910, Page 9
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