MINING NEWS.
THE NEW GOLD RUSH. Press As»ociation-By Telegraph-Copyright OTTAWA, June 30. Mr William Pigot, president of the Stewart Land Company, declares that the new find is an excellent strike, but it is a mistake to call it a. ledge of free milling gold. Other reports show that the entire country was staked out before the majority of the prospectors arrived.
PRESS CORJIESPONDENT'S
CAUTION. THE HARDSHIPS OF. IRAVJSIy Received 8.80 p.m.,. July Ist. LONDON, July 1. The "" Times 77 Toronto correspondent, reports that it is difficult to get accurate information regarding Stewart, and that the glowing reports should be received with caution.
Every Alaskan liner ia eiwwd#d, and it was estimated tlint 15,000 persons went to Bitter Creek in Juiie. The excitement resembles Klondyke. Hearing of the discovery at Stewart, half the population left Prince Rupert arid travelled by the Stewart router tmffering great hardship and difficulty owing Ito inadequate fgod and
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14238, 2 July 1910, Page 5
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152MINING NEWS. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14238, 2 July 1910, Page 5
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