COROMANDEL GOLD
DISCOVERY IN BOULDERS. SAMPLES SENT TO WELLINGTON. Coromandel, March 4. A visit to the scene of the recent 1 gold find at Coromandel shows that the I boulders which contain values ale distributed over a fairly wide area. None ' of them is fully exposed, all being covered by earth and clay, with only tho ■ tops showing. There is no knowing how deep tiny are buried. The line runs , through the hospital grounds due : orth ■ and south. One theory is that Driv- . j tug Creek at one time followed this j course. Mr F. H. Shepherd, mining supervisor. states that he has long considered there wa? a primary source of all Coromandel gold, and in his report i.ii the Hauraki Mine he emphasised the fact that all gold found in that ground I was secondary enrichment and was ciystallised. Cold found in the boulders is i not crystallised and is therefore primary gold. I Mr Shepherd has forwarded samples I of the orc to the Under-Secretary of
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 71, 6 March 1933, Page 7
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168COROMANDEL GOLD Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 71, 6 March 1933, Page 7
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