For the purpose of making a concrete road to Colorado, ore from the dump of a local gold mine was used. It was the most suitable material available, although it contained about six shillings worth of gold per ton. There is £6OO worth of precious metal in % every mile of the road.
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Southland Times, Issue 20447, 27 March 1928, Page 5
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