GOLD DISCOVERY.
Newo from DunetUn, nnder date 7th imt , etattfs :- John herJand and p:«rty, who hftve been prospecting for Home time v» 9fc () u tho- West (Joast, applied yes erday to IWfr Oarew, the Warden for the Ot.igo D.'Btrlct, for the grant of a apodal cluim ns v reward under the .Act for tiiesr discovery of piyabie god. The cluim *hey apply for ia n mile m length and haif a tnilo m width, and is Bituatfd about half way between Martin's Bay and Mlfoni Sound. Tho ground is near the sea, and of terrace format i,n Tho flpt j cimt ns of gold found there by the-" f.nd submitted to the Warden are coarse and rnixtd with quartz. They Btnto that they can^eHrn from £3 to £8 per week per man, and thnt, there la ro m m the vicinty for a couple of hundred minei'B. The Wnrdon intimated that tho applicants w uld have to supply written otntementa confirmatory of what they had flaid, and that t. v same Ayould be forwardod to the •* 1. horitles. r .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1479, 10 February 1887, Page 3
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179GOLD DISCOVERY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1479, 10 February 1887, Page 3
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