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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 74, 9 March 1933, Page 7

Several reports have recently been published to the effect that gold has been found coating the teeth of sheep, and tho opinion thus formulated that gold-bearing deposits must exist in the vicinity where the animals were grazing. The experience of a Waihi Plains farmer, who has conjured up visions of a gold mine, however, considerably discounts the value of these so-called “discoveries.” In his case the “glittering” teeth —and. by the way, gold does not glitter—were submitted to a metallurgist for examination, with the result that the gold-like _ substance turned out to be oxide of iron, which had evidently come from the basic slag, or similar fertiliser, with which the pastures had been top-dressed. Mica is another mineral which, under certain conditions, bears a remarkable resemblance to gold—Auckland “Star.”