CROMWELL FLAT
GOLD PROSPECTS. DUNEDIN, Wednesday. Messrs Mexted and Davis, of Wellington, who have returned north, are most enthusiastic regarding the prospects of winning gold from 'Cromwell Flat.
Mr-Mexted had no hesitation in expressing the opinion that the possibilities of securing payable gold were really excellent as a result of the prospecting work he had carried out. The field, considering its size, was the richest in the world. Both, of th'd’Wellington men have financial backing from London. ... Mr Davis said lie had just received a cablegram .from London,, .instructing ■him simply to: secure ap area ■of goldbearing ground, no locality even being named, the 'seleetidp .1/einggdft to his discretion.The sensational strike of gold on the Cromwell Flat during the past two or three days has forcibly demonstrated the possibilities of gold production in this area. During the past, few ..days, the wash has improved from 2oz. to the ton to 2400 z. to the ton. —(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 29 June 1933, Page 5
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