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." : ■•-,- :; . — l— «. (from our .0 \vn (,'orrespondents. ) .. , Nelson, Feb. 2. , The Surveyor's official report' states that Wangapeka ; is miles within the soutl-. : west Gold Fields. Next week the Superintendent will proclaim an extension of the Gold Field boundaries sp as to embrace a large aclditional district. . The result of the enquiry gives the; miners all they have contended for. A rich lode of copper ore has.been found at Collingwood, in the Pioneer Company's ground. The ore is like that from the ,Burra mine. On testing, it yielded twenty and a half per cent of copper. reefs have lately been found; at- Wangapeka. ; ........ .. i ;...-., f Welltngtok., Feb. 4. A man named Bilwell has lodged a claihi for the Government reward for the discovery of a payable gold field on his pr.operty at Ngahliahga, five miles from town. He' declares' that he ' has had the quartz analysed at Melbourne, and it was found highly remunerative. He. announces- his ■ willingness any 1 day to prbdube ( fr|>m a, cwt. to,ato^ of .highly auriferqus stOhl. .■ , . Simthj the contractor for Government. House, has filed his schedule. Tiie Government' has called on his sureties to. proceed- with the work. .i
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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 632, 5 February 1870, Page 2
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