A GOLD FIND.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1959, 16 January 1914, Page 8

A GOLD FIND.

IX ANDERSON PARK. A discoverV 'of gold hiss, been made in Anderson Park, "flic, find was made by Mr; Douglas Bwart, who, has pros* pected for gold over all the hills and valleys round Wellington for very many years jp.st. -Tlie g«ld', :, Mr. .Ewart says, is , in a; streak.of-'.tub-bio or deronippsea rock'in a foraijiticn-known to geologists as'a "dyke," nnd.tho oiitcro;) appeal's ini.tfe face on. the western Bido of'the playing fiqld. , . A'.'good deal of ■ tlio spoil from . Mat place w.ns , taken for filling the gully, and "some .rubble- was tised' for tho paths, •Mγ. Kwart,. by ■ihofliost primitive of methods, , tested a pi<sco:of stoho weighing abo'iit half 'a pound, , and got from, it.Reverat'coarse.speckn-of gold, which he showed Va Domision- rtpo-rte-y yesterdny. He tried another' picoo of stofto also, but-did- not got a. colour, Subsequently rough, teste roveitkd . the preseneo of go-Id in. sereral of the specimen pieces which ho picked. Tho cpld appears to be associated wi.Ut something like ;iron pyrites. x ' Tile find'has been reported to tho Mayor and to tho Mines Department.'■ ' ■ : . .

It is Mr. Effort's- opinion that ilie gold is ffcli< fifiotigli to te ; profitably worked, hut'.it.'.is extremely improbable that anything wilHw'<lono to-ascertain whether' the do'posit.is rich or »ot. Theso dieooferies of little ftocMs 'of goW'lioaring stone-'ft're-of-not infrwittea't occurrence round aboftt fhd hills-of' Wellington. Xbefa was sonio flxeiifhtent nbout .a strife.of «old »f th&'Karofi vesei'Toir sp'iio.'twelyo. years asso, .ajid otbflr spots' hato Won worked ffith illsiicc'ess.. It is: ; a : fart t-liat a prospector ffljo knows■- where ii look '«m cet dish prbspects all' ofer tKe country round.-the citf, and ftat'-'tJioVoid is^never ni-pay-ablo quantity. • Bni it »wy iiiterest Iμ cueual stroller in ihe nark to that.tlic.natli'j on whicflbe Talks are paved- Trith ■gold. . ■