GOLD PROSPECTOR
TRAVELLING TO AFGHANISTAN RECENTLY ENGAGED IN N.Z. SYDNEY, Nov. IC. Mr Gilbert Paterson Blue, a 71-vear-old prospector, arrived in Sydney yesterday by the Marama on route for Afghanistan, where he will search for gold on behalf of the Government.' He left his home in -Scotland at the age of 18 yoars for New Zealand, and has prospected for various minerals and served with many mining companies in most parts of the world during the last 50 years. lie met a consul for Afghanistan in Quetta four years ago. lie was unable to accept an offer to prospect the rivers near Kabul, owing to a contract with a tin-dredging company, but when this expired ho accepted the -offer. Mr Blue said that the country lie was to prospect was rugged, with swiftlyrushing streams. lie did not know if it was gold-hearing, but the presence of the metal had been reported by soldiers.
The prospector will travel to Kabul in an armoured car, as a protection against sniping from unruly tribesmen.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17948, 28 November 1932, Page 5
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