GEOLOGISTS’ TOUR.
INDICATIONS OF GOLD. WEST COAST OF OTAGO. (Pek United Psess Association.) INVERCARGILL, February 18., A party of. geologists, consisting of Professors Benson (Dunedin), Bertrand (Auckland), King (Wellington), and Keble (Melbourne) returned from a six weeks’ expedition in Preservation and Chalky Inlets (West Coast Sounds) by the ketch Scout, bringing a large quantity of specimens for analysis. Professor Keble said: “From my researches I have come to the conclusion that there is untold wealth in auriferous metals in the Sounds, but to wrest the treasure from Nature work will have to be carried out under scientific methods. The indications and reefs met with were exactly similar to the gold bearing area of Australia. In no part of New Zealand is there such promise of rich results being obtained as in the vicinity of Preservation Inlet.” He suggested that a number of men should be employed making tracks to open up the inaccessible regions.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21264, 19 February 1931, Page 13
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