A PROSPECT IN THE DISH
[Contributed.]
A conspicuous incident which cu.ll’ 5 back the old prospecting days of the goldfields was practically illustrated on Friday afternoon,’ lash The place was in the yard of a well-known simithy, ami the scene depicted a trio of ancient identities, with hearts of hope and anxiqus eyes watching the result of a “prospect” which an “old pioneer” was panning off in .the inevitable tin dish. The stone treated was part qf a consignment frojm Karangahake. Although 'the manipulator had dreams of untold wealth along tlie Thames coast in the vicinity of Tapu, 'he seemed to have, forgotten the art of “panning off.” However, with the dish til'tiqg this way Vid that way, and every other way but the right, way, by a providential fluke the dish disclosed a few grains of fine gold. The “Prospect” was not a remunerative proposition, but the “old pioneer”, intends to follow up the trail of “drcams that will lead him on to fortune.”
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5315, 20 August 1928, Page 2
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165A PROSPECT IN THE DISH Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5315, 20 August 1928, Page 2
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