"WILD-CAT" MINING.
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC. The ieed of somo way of protecting the public from "wild-cat" gold-mining schemes was stressed by Mr. R. T. Stewart, a mining engineer of Dtinedin, who is at prevent on a visit to Wellington. Ho suggeucd thai, no company should bo allow 1 .1 to solicit the support of the public until the claim had been approved by an advisory board on which (lie Mines Depart merit was represented. The ground would have to be properly prospected, and would have to bear indications that, given proper methods, it could be profitably worker for somo years. The suggested advisory board would take no responsibility foi the floating or subsequent operations of the company, its part being merely to protect the public against the launching of gold-mining schemes which were doomed to failure from the start.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21132, 15 March 1932, Page 12
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