ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS
GOLD IN THE KAWARAU.
(By Telegraph.) (Special to "The Evening Post.") . ' ■ .. DUNEDIN, This Day. The 'latest report of the. activity on the Kawarau shows that, given the usual 'winter conditions and low rivers next year, the miners will be able to reach ground which has never been mined before. At Claim 34, in the gorge proper, Mr. Sidney Smith, of Auckland, director of the Consolidated Company, and his party of experienced miners are cradling in the crevices under the cliffs with comnarntive success, about Soa of gold having" been won in the first tlirec days of. aclivity. With .the river yft. lower, Mr. ftmith is confident of finding rich tlirl. Encouraging ;prospecls have been made by Voxel's Vision Company, workins at C'.im 41. At Claims 43 and M, the Natural Bridge Company js doing rather well, and much oC the gold is (fiu'to heavy. Vine gold has been secured by Mr. O'Donncll, who is in charge of the party working three sots of claims. Golden Kivcr, Golden Gorge, and Golden Bed, hold by Auckland companies. The water, however, is too high lo allow of (ho miners got tins down ito virgin ground.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1926, Page 9
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194ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 60, 8 September 1926, Page 9
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