Reported Gold Discovery in Auckland
Gold lisifpgffttd te hare been ,di«eoverrtlin HeUyejk creek, a inert distanee^^iran Jkaekltn&L Aboat nine mortgage Mr..Bimei a»ked ;Jlr Hamer. M , a gen|lepiiMi. of eoui^erable West CoiMt exparieiusF, to iuicttiptte the di«eofftj. On », puffery examination be tlieiA(l*t nethijif of it» but be took three lamplei. bjruued them together in a moirtar, *ad. irave a ' lample of the mixed ■fMiiiiTif into flfrfin'Viniith, asaajer, AnckiM^diitrtbatingthe balance teothem who teoVt&tulerest in the proceedings. Mr GtdbHiph* HMfoiwhmt wna aubmttted to Kirn WMit we are informed, 2ozJ6d«t I7j?r. to the to'ni irrespective of silver. Mr n lFbTftß*t#ii, ; of' the Thamei, J made another a say. of the samples, which- reiulttrf"Hr4o^)dwt: 12ur. of gold to. the to«v«*d'Mr Burn>i, of the Bank of New Showed a- return of 2oz 9dwt. to ihe too. A number of the leading •men of: Auckland hare Rone to the spot to miwtiKare tht matter und examine the ground. -.■"•
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 145, 20 May 1886, Page 3
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151Reported Gold Discovery in Auckland Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 145, 20 May 1886, Page 3
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