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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18592, 28 June 1922, Page 9

The recent discovery of glass-making sand deposits at Mount Somers was a matter of pure accident, says the Ashburton Guardian. Prospecting operations had been carried on for about 12 months with a view to locating coal seams within easy access of the Government railway. It was not until a 7ft drive had been made to a length of 400 ft that it was proved beyond doubt that an immense body of silica (glass sand) was present. When tbo substance was first encountered it was looked upon as an obstruction to the ooalseeking operations. The Government analyst has reported that the sand is almost .pure silica —in fact, it contains 99 per cent, of that commodity. Such a percentage has probably never been recorded in any part of the world. Experts from glass-manufacturing concerns have also examined tho sand, and declare it to be the finest they have seen. The deposit is to be exploited, and when this industry is working alongside that of limestone and coal-mining. Mount Somers district should be revolutionised.

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