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-: $- —' ■ . <Dy Tulcßrapli.-Sporlal Correspondent! '. • Auckland,"August 18. If only the mining boom,bad not slackened' off somewhat there would have been a fine opportunity to place a .desirable proposition on tho market in/;which at least more than "good dabs and'cplours of gold" could have been.shown., AnrAuckland-paper-is respon-. sible for a story-'to the' effect that a scow was recently' laid/, up for: repairs.;. It, was necessary'to rem&Vc the shingle , bHilaist from : tho vessel, and, xri tho course; of operations, a remarkably fine stone wa3 picked out, which is, about one-half.gold, and should bo worth several poiuuls. ..It is 'badly .waterworn and polished, having either rolled for a long while on , : the .beach, or else been knocked about for years in the'hold of the scow. But for the growing prejudice against rushing, new ventures on to. the market,this would have been a fine opportunity to float that scow as a mining venture. The , question, naturally arises as to where that particular piece of ballast was'got in tho (irst instance, '•.,-«'.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 9
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