RICH IN GOLD.
]OLD RIVERBED ON WESIJ I COAST. | DISCOVERY BY PROSPECTOR [THE PEEBB SpscUl Strrite.] ■». DUNEDIK, December 13. Information of That appears to be * gold discovery of considerable import, ance on the West Coast has been ceired by a Dunedin raining engine*,. Mr K. T. Stewart. ' It is stated that an old riverbed ritk. in gold has been discovered wifhia the last few days, and that tha wash so far exposed is of a particularly rich nature." Some difficulty in sinking a shaft was experienced by the prospect*** vrh» made the discovery' owing to the wet nature o* thfl ground, but they ■*«. able to cope with the water by using a» engine and pump. * ■ The information received by tr, Stewart was to the effect that om bucketful of wash had yielded £5 *ortk of gold. * The course of the old river ehanasL i the exact location of which Sir Steiwrt declined to disclose, has been peeerf '< out for a distance of six miles ■** j
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20729, 14 December 1932, Page 10
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