MISSING PROSPECTOR
SEARCH PARTY ORGANISED FEARS FOR SAFETY ENTERTAINED. NELSON, August 6. Albert Darwin Bromell, who left Tui on-June 18 on a prospecting expedition to Mount Owen, has not yet been heard of, and but slight hopes are held of the man’s safety. The country is very treacherous, with pot holes,. 20 feet deep, covered up to 15 feet in snow. Bromell intended to go through the pass of Mount Owen (6400 feet) to Nug-get-y Creek, then to make his headquarters at Owen Valley. A search party, including the man’s two brothers, intends to spend six days on the mountain.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4039, 11 August 1931, Page 28
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100MISSING PROSPECTOR Otago Witness, Issue 4039, 11 August 1931, Page 28
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