A Satisfactory Gold Test.
(PER PRESS ASSOCIATION/. Wellington, January 27. About throe cwt. of stone was broken down across the whole width of the newly discovered reef at Wakamariua and sent to the School of Mine 3, Thames, fur crucial test. A telegram was received today giving the result as follows :- Gold, per ton, lon. 2dwts. 16 grains; silver per ton, 2ozs. Odwts. 8 grains ; value, £4 16s 8d per tou. This mining expert who examined the reef estimates 4dwts. or 16s per ton will pay all the mine, battery, and mauaßement expenses and that a 20-beud battery will put through 200 tons per week, the stone being of an
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 225, 29 January 1894, Page 2
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110A Satisfactory Gold Test. Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 225, 29 January 1894, Page 2
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