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By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Covyright. Perth, October 19. The alluvial rush at Kanomia is causing oon iderable excitement, and some sensa* tional finds are reported. On Friday a man named Whelan bottomed and obtained 20oz of gold in one dish. Two dishes of wash from the same claim yielded 50oz. There are other claims equally rich, A. prospector named Hellinga has secured 120 oz. About GOO men are nt the new find. 'Oie sinking is in cement averaging from 20ft to 50ft in dopth. The lead has been proved for over a mile long. The rich chute of gold recently struck in the Londonderry mine, Coolgardb, continues to yield enormously rich specimens. Thirty men working in the Leviathan Battery, Coolgardie, have been arrested for gold-stealing from the battery plates. An unaccountable' difference in the yield of different parcels of similar atone aroused suspicion. Brisbane, October 10. A miser has unearthed a 50oz nugget at Clermont,
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3262, 20 October 1897, Page 2
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155MINING. New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3262, 20 October 1897, Page 2
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