MINING NEWS.
DISCOVERY OF COAL. I'ivss A.-«H-iaUon -liv Telem'aph-C'oiivrigliT JiHISHAXK," August "IS. An important discovery of coals has b en made mar Dalby. The beds aro a portion (if an apparently continuous belt stretching about 100 miles. Tl:e new discovery is a seam three feet eight thick with two thin bauds an<i can bj easily worked.
« THE STEWART FIELD. USE OF BALLOONS. Received 10.20 p.m.. August ISth. [ LONDON, August IS Lord Strathcona publishes tho official report of the surveyor, Mr R. McConnell. on the Stewart- gold discovery. The prospectors' assays run from three to oicht dollars' worth of gold to the ton. The vein is abundant, hut it is doubtful if the gold is extractable at a profit. The ore, however, is sufficiently promising to justify some exploration. Much of the. mountain is only prospeetable by balloon. Transportation difficulties will be surmountable, if the deposits prove valuable. The find does not justify a wild rush to rugged alpine country which is dangerous to inexperienced men.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14278, 19 August 1910, Page 5
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165MINING NEWS. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14278, 19 August 1910, Page 5
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