MINING REVIVAL
THAMES-COROMAND EL EFFORT PROSPECTING SCHEMES WELLINGTON, Nov. 11. The Minister of Mines, Hon. D. Jones, said,'in aii interview yesterday, that in order to organise gold-pros-) pecting as a means of relieving unemployment, Mr A. H. Kimbell, Under-' Secretary of Mines, had visited Ihanies and Coromandel during the week-end. At Coromandel a largely-attended and enthusiastic meeting had been held and thirty-seven men had undertaken to prospect approved areas. Arrangements for supervision had been made and the organisation would function immediately. At Thaanes three meetings had been held and a number of men were commencing work that day.
Mr Jones said that he had been advised that the consenus of opinion in the district wa s that the prospecting schemes arranged at Thames and Coromandel were the best effort made for many years,, to revive mining.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 November 1931, Page 6
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