FIJI MINING PROSPECTS.
IMPRESSIONS OF AN EXPERT. \(By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, May 24. slr. U. D. Cochrane, the mining engineer selected by the New Zealand Government to fulfil a year's engagement with the Government of Fiji as their mining adviser, returned to the Dominion by the yesterday, having completed his term. Mr. Cochrane speaks not unfavourably of the mining prospects of Fiji where favourable andesitic rock occurs over extensive areas, and in some cases, with out- i crops having considerable promise. Mr. Cochrane will remain in New Zealand for about 12 months, aftor which ho returns to Fiji for another term, when it is expected that the mining industry which, at present, is seeking capital for further developments, will bo in a moro »J-»«nc«d ruigß.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 825, 25 May 1910, Page 8
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125FIJI MINING PROSPECTS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 825, 25 May 1910, Page 8
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