COLD DIVINER.
'WOMAN WITH THE POWER OF
(: . FINDING MINERALS- ' '•*' VIENNA, May 30„ - A woman '-.jvater diviner, whd also has the gift of locating naphtha springs and gold and silver deposits,' has been discovered. \ She has made several extraordinary finds recently, and there has been- a rush to secure her services.
An association of petroleufn-w'ell owners mac-e her an offer of a large sum to give them her exclusive services, but she has accepted another offer from an American multi-millionaire to go to the Upited States on his\ behalf. He is understood to be seeking for potash - fields. The diviner is to be paid a fee tihat , runs into five figures, and is to have, moreover, a princely allowance for travelling, expenses. Potash is used extensively m agricultural fertilisers. The. supply at present is'' almost entirely m German hands, and the demand for it m North America, owing to the extension of agricultural activity, is rapidly growing.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12814, 13 July 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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156COLD DIVINER. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12814, 13 July 1912, Page 3 (Supplement)
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