GOLD DISCOVERY
PROSPECTORS RUSH TO DARWIN.AREA 1 OFFICER’S SECRET REVEALED (Rec. 12.30 p.m.) DARWIN, Ap. 23. The report of a rich gold discovery at “Rum Jungle,” 60 miles from Darwin, has bought a rush of prospectors. The current story is that in 1943 an Army officer on service discovered a rich gold lode on Stapleton station, between the Adelaide and Batchelor rivers. He kept his secret until after his discharge and is now standing by a pegged claim. A local resident said that one day in 1943 an officer walked in with a pickle bottle full of nuggets. A police constable confirms that in 1943 an Army officer took to the Government crushing battery at Maran Bay, a parcel of quartz which gave a heavy yield of gold.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 April 1946, Page 7
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