Coal and Gold.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3393, 29 June 1920, Page 5

Coal and Gold.

J DISCOVERIES AT LOVELL'S FLAT. Mr John Motley, while pros pec ting for coal with his radio-Lad ca lor on the farm of Mr D. Lyons, at Lovell's Flat, made an u lexpeoiol di. Co-very the otner day. To a 'Free P e>s repie en.aiive Mr Mo -ley «:.a ed that he located an ancieni river bed full of lich f, r oJd deposit-; at a dep.h of from ltitli to 90,'t. He is of opinio 1 that the- "di I" would prove- highly remunerative, and that the piecious metal could be got by dredging. I'rbelieves thai thee i- untold wealth ji. thai ancient river bed now lying -0 comparatively near ! he surface in places. A few shafts could be ]-u: down at comparatively small expense in ordjr to 10-t the find. The liver lied ave-ages 80 yards in width, ami Mr Mo-ley con-pleres that it I'orim.s paitt of t' : e i-arne anc.ionti stieam wherein tie lir.-l payable gold was found ii Or ago by Gale ie I Hear! in 18(51.. Mr Mosley traced llie river bed th.'ougii Adam's (Bon Accord), then i-ouih'to Lovell's Flat, the. 1 east as far n- the boundary of 1 lie Elliotvale property, and he thinks it will moba.'dy debouch to the sea ar Measly Beach, on the Waugadoa coast. There is gold at Measly Beach, as was proved by digger.- some years ago. Mr Moslry think- the old river bed ought to be trace! from Blue spur 10 see if hi- liieory is correct.He i' was attempted in Gab:i 1 Read's time, but tiie ore 11 was abandoned a! Glcnote aid in any case the pa: lies who undertook i, did not have llie aid of the "raJio-ind'i-cator.'

Al Mr Lyons' farm the ua-h dirt of this aneieui river bed reds 011 a coalfield., and the i rdi/aior showed 10 seams of coal on the farm,' ranging [lO-1.1 the common lig.die to a semibiruiniiioas coal, only oue.giade below Westjiort, and the .-earns vary to thicknes- from fifi to 21ft. This property •is only two and a-lialf miles fiioni the Lovell's Flai railway siaii\)ii, wiih w'ni-h it is conne.-led by a good roa 1, so it shoal 1 o\:1y be a ira te'o;' a short time I e'o e cleveloiiment wo 'k is u-ide: taken thee. The whole neighborhood i- li.di i: 1 oil, and the adjoi ing El hi vale p;o----pe:ty has been held by the Kaita.ngala' Company for 40 years 0:1 account of its rich coal measures, although Ihe e have neve: be 11 de- • .'loped. If, ho-'-pve-. a sit;e io..' coa could acttrUlv be pui in the market it might lead to tin' open,! ig of quite a jiumbiv of new coal-pits, a- ha.-; been the ca-e at Wa \gaba within the pa<t yea- or I wo. The ci cutn-tance that a? Lovell's Flat the ei; a liklihood of striking payable go! I slimuld add to 'he. zesi of the coal miuoiis.