SEARCH FOR GOLD

Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1932, Page 6

SEARCH FOR GOLD

PROSPECTING IN X.S.W

SYDNEY, May 11

'No important discoveries of gold have been reported as a result of the prospecting that has 'been proceeding in New South Wales in the last two years but many men are obtaining a living who otherwise would nut he doing so. Many men who went, prospecting from Sydney have returned with the tale 'that “there is nothing i.i it.” They do not convince, all who hear their stories. Some consider that they have returned because it is easier to 101 l about 'the city on the do'e. “Others go out and thus, perhaps, keep the number of i'ossickers about the -iiiiir. The approaching cold weather will solid some prospectors home, but there is proof that many who are in what they consider to be good situations will see the winttr through (here. Oberoii, on the western side of (lie Blue Mountains, i- one area that is holding a number of men who have lively hopes of procuring something worth while. They*' are content if tor 1 tlit* present they make only a little. | They have not only gold as the lure, bill precious stones also. The largest I diamond obtained in New South Wales | is supposed to have been found there, j Vcb/hboiiriiig milling country with well-I known names such as Mill End and iSimny Corner C receiving close attention.

The North Coast is another district of which inucli is expected. ’Phe <]uant i|y of gold won ill the first quarter of Ibis year shows that die amateur prospectors are finding something. They j are encouraged to continue hv the rolled- i •lion (bat the earliest gold-seekers were-] 1 1 lost I v ialil'l telirs. |