SUBSIDISED PROSPECTING
During the year ended 31st March, 1916, 34 approved mining prospecting" parties were granted Government subsidies, amounting to ' £5151 8s 4d, of which £2736 17s lid was expended during that period; in addition to which £1111, granted during previous years, was expended by 20 parties. Altogether 36 parties, employing 86 miners, were engaged upon prospecting operations during 1915; and, although no discover}' of much commercial value was made, ground has been', proved in a few instances which may be profitably work-; cd. '
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Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 42, 18 August 1916, Page 3
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84SUBSIDISED PROSPECTING Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 42, 18 August 1916, Page 3
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