MINING

Hokitika Guardian, 11 September 1931, Page 2

MINING

ROSS PROSPECTING ASSOCIATION A meeting of the Executive of the Ross Prospecting Association was held in the Coronation Hall on Wednesday when the enclosed letter from the Minister of Mines was read. Appreciation arts expressed at the prompt rep > and the evident desire of the Ministei to encourage prospecting in the Ross District. Owing to some of the public considering that they had not been invited to the first public meeting, it was decided to hold a"further meeting, on Wednesday 16th inst., at which all interested in mining, and the benefit of the district are invited to attend.

It was a'lso decided that applications for subsidies should be received by the Association not only from the Ross Miners, hut all miners requiring assistance throughout Westland, and that the 'Association would do all in their power to assist. Some very fine specimens of quartz were shown at the meeting, and were estimated to produce about 6ozs of gold per ton. This stone came from a reef at the back of Ross, where development work is now being carrWd out, The Association hopes, by sysmatic prospecting to unearth another two or three reefs of equal value, which will mean that we will soon have a very much increased population here, The letter from the Hon. Minister of Mines was as follow:

I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the 2ist ultimo, and note with pleasure that a prospecting Association with neair.y thirty members had been formed at Ross under thp Chairmanship of Mr John Murdoch, Mayor of Ross, Regarding the matter of making a grant to clear a number of prospecting tracks, j will be pleased if your will kindly forward the names of the tracks proposed to clear also the names oi the prospectors who are willing to go out prospecting, and who will be using the tracks in the course of their prospecting operations.. As to tile question of granting prospecting assistance, it is assumed mat' any parties, who go out will be under the auspices of ■ the Association, bat it will be necessary in the first plact for your Association to Varnish full particulars of the area to be prospected, together with the names oi the men to he engaged and their experience in prospecting or mining. I’ll this collection I am forwarding herewith a questionaire seating out the information required to he supplied by all applicants for prospecting assistance, and if you would be good enough to supply the information set out therein, together with the information asked for in regard to the tracks, ] will be pleased to give the requests made by the Association careful consideration. A. J. MURDOCH, Minister of Mines.