DR CARL PETERS'S EXPEDITION
According to reports from Dr Peters, the explorer, at the beginning of August . left Portuguese territory and crossed into j Mashonaland, taking with Mm two of his prospectors, Messrs JJlocker and Gramann. . The rest of his expedition he left in the neighbourhood of the ancient ruins re-dis'- \ covered by him near the Zambesi. He expresses his intention of establishing a 1 permanent station on the Inyanga Highlands, and from that point of exploring the whole of Mashonaland from north to south. Besides gold, -Dr Peters claims to have ( discovered mica, saltpetre and diamonds in | a. district practically uninhabited, at an al- / titude of 8000 ft, and, he believes, easily capable of cultivation. Dr Peters has entered into most friendly relations with the i-owerful chief Macombe, who, although being in Portuguese territory, is indcpeiiT dent. As the rainy reason is setting in, Dr Peters will, after exploring nome dis- j tricts on the Pungwe River, proceed to | Beira tn route for England.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 23 November 1899, Page 1
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165DR CARL PETERS'S EXPEDITION Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 23 November 1899, Page 1
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