The Pegasus Tin Field.
WHAT AN EXPERT HAS GOT TO SAY. (Bv Telegraph.) INVERCARGILL, June 10. Mr Conliffe, the Tasmanian expert, who has been prospecting the tin claims at Pegasus for several holders, came over to-day bringing samples of stream tin that will pay to work, being 70 per cent of metal and to be got in quantity. He is of opinion that the field will turn out good, but disapproves of the way the whole country has been marked off into claims as only a few can ever possibly be worth working. Ihe movement hitherto has been more that of land speculation than a search for minerals. Very few claims have yet been touched with pick and shovel, and most of them are not worth spending money on. Even those that are payable will require a considerable expenditure of cash and time before any return is obtained. The lode, he believes, will yet be found, and will probably equal that of Bisehoff, but may take a great deal of labour to discover. The difficulty of getting plant and supplies up the mountain, and the climatic conditions, are much against the development of the field.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 5030, 11 June 1889, Page 2
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195The Pegasus Tin Field. South Canterbury Times, Issue 5030, 11 June 1889, Page 2
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