GOLD PROSPECTING
A PROMISING OUTLOOK j MAORI CLAIM HOLDERS I Per Press Association. I THAMES, Aug. 14. I I Or. Thursday rhe Maori claim-holders j s ‘who have been putting in levels at the ’ ' lira that Tapu was successful in cutting an entirely new reef and obtain | ing a considerable quantity of picked stone. A ton of stone, crushed with primitive appliances, yielded loz. 3dwt. and was valued at £3 17s 6d per ounce. The Maoris will not allow anyone on their claim, bur state that the stone ; look more promising as the drive pro I grosses. At the rear of this claim a Taranalc i syndicate, when putting in a level, dis I e covered a reef about fourteen feet wide - A ton of this crushed yielded 17dwt. I Some of the stone is exhibited in t Thames and experienced miners say that it is particularly good.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 192, 15 August 1931, Page 6
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148GOLD PROSPECTING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 192, 15 August 1931, Page 6
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