GOLD RUSH.
PEPORT ON THE 'STEWART I DISCUVKRV. [Press Association-— Copyright. ) LONDON. Thursday. Lord Strafhcoua has published tnco.'lic.;al report of Mr IJ. Mc'ConneM, a surveyor, oi> the .Stewart gold discovery. ]lc states that the prospector-" assays ran three to eight dollars' v,-ortii of goid to the ton. Vein matter was abundant; but it was doub-trul if it was extractable at a profit. The ore. howe\er. was suflicii'iitly promising to justify some ex-ji!ora*--on; .but much more of the mountain was only prospeetable 'by 'bal Icoj. Tht* transportation difliculties would *..e surmountable if the depoirs j'Tuvifl vaJuable. I'he find does nor justify a wild russ. Tt is in ii\ggi'd alpine country, which is dangerous to inexperienced met'.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 19 August 1910, Page 5
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