EARTHQUAKES AND GOLD.
Recently a Wanganui business man was approached by two veteran gold miners who asked to be assisted to the West. Coast of the South Island, where! they wanted to prospect again after so many years (says the Herald). They (believed that the earthquake had probably revealed gold deposits that had long been hidden. AH. John A. Spencer writes to the Nelson Alail from Auckland as follows: “With regard to the several mining and oil interests with which the writer is connected in the Alurchison district you will lie glad to know that notwithstanding the recent interruptions in consequence of the ’quakes, it has been decided to continue active development work, and the writer had received instructions to preoeed to Murchison for that purpose. An oil plant is in course of construction which will be placed on Block 2, Upper Manila, at an early date. Considerable intetrest has ” been aroused in Sydney aind othe|r parts of Australia as to the possible effects of the Upheavals on gold deposits. That can only he decided by a close investigation on the spot.” . .
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3977, 30 July 1929, Page 2
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182EARTHQUAKES AND GOLD. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3977, 30 July 1929, Page 2
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