GOLD REEF LOCATED.
DISCOVERY BY MINER.
SPECIMENS WOETH £200. [BX TKUSGaAVH OWS CORBE.'iPONDENr.I WHITIANGA, Monday! ' < Twenty-five years ago a named Reynolds, sinking holes for gurq ini the Mahakirau Valley found loose gold in v a slip. Further search led to the recovery of £2000 worth of the precious metal. V From time to time unavailing efforts wer»; made to locate' the reef from which the V gold came. Four years ago Mr. 0. % , Andrews, a miner with 40 years' Austria lian experience, commenced the quest and - ,; . single-handed and without Government help, persevered in a. claim, which he named "The Lone Hand." He has now " discovered a re-if, which is exceedingly ;; I promising, and from which, in a few feet, he has secured specimens and quartz tov the value of over £200. „»V Gold is showing freely in the face { . and as there is a prospect ef the reef ; junctioning with another .a short distance : ; away, there should be something exceed- •■ | ingly good in store. The claim is clow; to the main road to Coromandel, 400 ft,; above, the creek, • and nine -mjiefc frm; ;?. Mercury \Bay. ''■ * ' *
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18235, 31 October 1922, Page 6
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185GOLD REEF LOCATED. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18235, 31 October 1922, Page 6
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