REEFTON NOTES
— :_ «qp. (Our Correspondent.) Messrs \V. Kirwan and party on last Friday located the reef in the .Dig River north, claim. The width is 4ft 6in, and carrying payable gold i'he lode haying now ,been traced some 200 feet below the surfacei outcrop means a. big. thing to the party. in tlie Merrijigs district Messrs Jiie worth and Billet were granted 300 acres. A . new ■ discovery has been made in this district, samples orought into town show very good gold. The prospectors are very sanguine that they have got something really good, but are keeping- rather reticent regarding: any further particulars of their discovery. Messrs McMahon and Lee sold by auction'iasE Saturday ' the privileges in connection with the 'Reef ton Jockey Club's autumn meeting. The grandstand booth and outside booth were purchased by Mrs Gamble for £43 and £7 respectively, and the cards for the races by the Inangahua Times for £9
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Grey River Argus, 12 April 1911, Page 6
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