AFRICAN GOLD REEF,
EXTENDED 40 MILES FURTHER. Potential gold ore deposits, estimated roughly at 278.000,000 tons, and possibly of vast importance to the Rand gold mining industry, have been discovered in a forty-mile extension of the famous Wit waters Rand main reef. South Africa. This announcement was a con--11 rmation following an elaborate survey that has been going on for two years. The main reef series now is known to continue beyond the present western limit for forty miles, and the operating company has obtained an extension or options on a line of farms occupying Hie entire belt. The venture is regarded as a gamble holding the promise of big developments.
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18807, 1 December 1932, Page 9
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111AFRICAN GOLD REEF, Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18807, 1 December 1932, Page 9
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