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BICE DI3DOVERY AT BOATMAN’S. v.. By Telegraph.—Press Association. IvEEPTon, December 12. News is just to hand of the discovery of a rich reef in the Boatman’s District, about 11 miloa from Boatman’s township. The stono is remarkably rich, the show of gold in the now find! being equal to anything that was ever sceninthe early days of Boataman’s. The specimens, which all contain gold, have attracted a good deal of attention in town. Some 500 acres have already boon taken up in the locality. Beeftok, December The gold returns for the week were : Bailer dredge, 28£ ounces of gold for 132 hours* run; Hercules, 01 ounces amalgam from 108 tons ; Keep it Dark, 200 ounces amalgam from 82 tons. • Aucklind, December 12. The . Hauraki Gold Mining Company’s return for four weeks is 20390? s gold, valued at £0207. That of the Royal Oak Company is Uooz, valued at .£345.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3002, 14 December 1896, Page 2
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150MINING. New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 3002, 14 December 1896, Page 2
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