HIGH “STRIKE” 0F GOLD

Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1932, Page 6

HIGH “STRIKE” 0F GOLD

YEILD OF BEAUMONT CLAIM

MILD RUSH TO THE DIGGINGS. * HOPES WITH PROPER PLANT. POSSIBLY AN OLD RIVER BED. .• ■ ’ ’■ ■ ■ •••, ■ ’ - By Telegraph.—-Press Association. < Dunedin, Last From Beaumont comes news of a rich strike of gold by Messrs. James Bell, a farmer of the district, and Leonard Mason, who is in his employ. For the past 14 mopths Messrs. Bell and Mason have in their spare, time been prospecting on the property of Mr. Harold Paterson, but they met with indifferent success until -about a week ago, when they commenced to strike some good prospects. which’ increased in value with each successive pan and which appeared to indicate that rich yields would be forthcoming when proper plant, for ..workingthe ground was obtained. . . r The spot on which the prospector# made the lucky find is about a mile and a-half below the Beaumont township towards Chinaman’s Flat. They hope that with proper machinery they will be able to reach the bottom, and when that is achieved they J will' commence exploiting the field in real earnest. - '■ • The report.of the discovery, caused a considerable stir in the township, and already thei’e has been a rush, to peg claims. Old residents of the district and others well acquainted with the locality consider 'that Messrs. .Bell and Mason have hit on an bld. river bed. Gold seekers are of the opinion that if a sufficient pressure of water, Js obtained the ground cdpld be easily sluiced—more easily. than that bh the Cromwell Flat. But they have not yet struck the bottom of the • claim! adjacent to. that of Messrs.,J Bell .and Mason, who have’ lodged their' application’for registration with the mining registrar at Lawrence.