HOKITIKA. February 12.
Mr Cox, General Government Geologist, has made valuable discoveries in the southern psrts of the Province. He has found copper ore, iron, and slate in abundance. He ascended Mount Cook to an altitude of 7000 feet, which is believed to be the highest elevation yet reached. He states that he found inexhaustible quantities — in fact solid cliffs — of iron ore, conI taining fully seventy-five per cent, of mineral, and also slate equal to the best j Welsh.
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North Otago Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1198, 14 February 1876, Page 2
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80HOKITIKA. February 12. North Otago Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1198, 14 February 1876, Page 2
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