"ALL THAT GLITTERS"
NELSON "GOLD" DISCOVERY.
[BY TELEGBAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Nelson, Monday. The reported discovery of gold on the mud flat near the town turns out to have been 'the result of a practical joke, a quantity of brass filings having been scattered over the ground, where the drainage works were being carried on. Before the story was exploded several claims: were pegged off, and prospecting licenses were issued to two well-known residents.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13646, 14 January 1908, Page 5
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