THE MAKARA GOLD REEF CONDEMNED BY AN EXPERT.
♦■ (per united press association.) Weliington, Nov 1. J. W. Walker, a Thames mining expert, and well known as "Long Drive Walker," who erne down to inspect the Makara reef, from which 10 tons of stone were recently crushed at the Thames, yielding some 16 ounces of gold, writes as follows to the New Zealand Times :—Sir,—l: — Sir,— l yesterday made a careful examination of two reefs in the Queen of Beauty mine, North Makara. Iv the crown vein I found faint colors of gold, probably sufficient to warrant further prospecting ; in the clay course I found no gold, and I have uo hesitation in assarting that the bar of gold now on exhibition and represented as being the product of 10 tons recently conveyed to and crushed at the Thames, wherever it was obtained, certainly was not got at the Queen of Beauty, Makara.— Yours, J. W. Walker. Later. The directors of the Queen of Beauty Gold-mining Company, Makara. have instructed Messrs Buller and Gully to take proceedings against Mr Walker for his letter in the New Zealand Times, published this morning.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5204, 1 November 1883, Page 2
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190THE MAKARA GOLD REEF CONDEMNED BY AN EXPERT. Wanganui Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5204, 1 November 1883, Page 2
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