A Promising "Wash Up.”—After working away without return for a lengthy period the Aluiv party, which is engaged cn a claim on the Hope Polo Greek, a tributary of the Wiikakalio, secured a sudden and very promising wash-up recently (reports the Marlborough Express). Their fallh was Justified when they broko through and found pure wash, having struck the old creek bed. The washup revealed £3O worth of gold, including two nuggets, one weighing 3oz 12Adwt, valued at £22 15s, and the ■other weighing 15dwt, valued at £4 JOs. Keen interest is being evinced in the next wash-up, which is expected to demonstrate conclusively that the old riverbed Is studded with gold
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18952, 23 May 1933, Page 6
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