IRON ORE
DOMINION DEPOSITS. (Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This day. Giving evidence before the Industrial Committee Mr Morgan, Government Geologist, stated that the Parapara block would probably contain sixty-three million tons of iron ore, averaging about 45 per cent, of metallic ore, which would therefore be of medium grade. The most extensive deposits of ironsand were nearer Patea, where 5,474,000 tons of high grade ore was believed to exist. In the production of pig iron he would try Parapara ore first, as it could be worked more cheaply than Taranaki ironsand. He thought it better for the Government to build its own works than pay the subsidy that had been asked to assist private enterprise.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8186, 24 May 1919, Page 3
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115IRON ORE Waipawa Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8186, 24 May 1919, Page 3
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