A CURIOUS DISCOVERY.
A lump of coal which was found alongside the skeleton of a long-missing prospector named Amoisin the Kaitake ranges, Taranaki, about a month ago, has been analysed by Mr Skey, Government analyst, who reports that it is bituminous coal, resembling that from the Westport mines, and, consequently, very valuable. The Taranaki Herald remarks that, though it is impossible to say at present where the coal came from, it is hardly likely that the' dead prospector wonld have carried Westport coal with him, therefore it may^ be assumed that he picked up this lump while fossicking about the ranges, and was on his way out to report his discovery when he met his death. It suggests that the matter is worth following up. *
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5698, 17 October 1896, Page 7
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125A CURIOUS DISCOVERY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 5698, 17 October 1896, Page 7
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