PROSPECTING IN TARANAKI.
(FROM' OUR' SPECIAI. " '" '.New''Plymouth, December 19. For - mftny \•months-; 'prist' prospecting has been-going on .in the ' ranges near Mount Egmoptj nnil Bpccimons-. Rtf )ri>n ore, copper ore, manganese,-sulphur, gold-bearing quartz, aha vei'y fine, pottery clay luvo been sccurcd. To-day ~a prospectors party waited on ' tho Egmont National Paris, Board with tho view of obtaining permission to prospect the Kaitake range thoroughly, ana asking that tho Board should afford some measure of protection to any discovery. After considerable .discussion in which it was pointed out that ttio. Board had absolutely no power to grant tlie-request, it was decided to notify the Government that the Board sees no objection to the'Kaitake ranges; being thrown open for prospecting for twofte months*
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 74, 20 December 1907, Page 8
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