NEW REEF.
QUANTITY OF GOLD NOT PAYABLE
(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 24. Recently publicity was given to the fact that a quartz reef, supposed to be had been discovered in the Rotorua district, somewhere in the vicinity of Mount Edgecombe, and hopes were entertained that the find might prove,valuable. One specimen of quartz has now been examined by assayers, and it is stated that the sample submitted by the prospectors showed noi face . gold. The specimens taken by the officials of the Mines Department showed the reef to be goldbearing, but only to the value of 20s per tony which is not at all a payable proposition. It is understood that the prospectors have been advised to put in cross-drives, and when these are finished Government experts will take further samples of the reef.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 September 1924, Page 9
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136NEW REEF. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 September 1924, Page 9
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