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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 235, 5 September 1873, Page 3

Faith in the reefs of the Inangahua district, says the ' Gray River' Argus,' should surely be inspired, hy such specimens.of retorted gold as were received in Gt-reyinouth from. Reefton last week, and' are now ' either to be seen or are in process of melting at the Bank of New Zealand. They consist •of three cakes of retorted "gold, the largest weighing 1010 dunces, another 521 ounces, and the third 265' ounces. The two first, representing 1531 ounces, are from the (3*>ldffl Fleece Claim, and are about the tiest- speJ mens of retorting and of gold that have; jm been received. This weight of gold is. tr| result of crushing a thousand ton of ,stunej averaging an ounce and" a-half to the ton, or i 1000 a v w£ek for seven weeks' work, that time having been occupied in the crushing. , The other case is from the Wealth of Nationa claim, and weighs 265 ounces. With-such results from these and other olaiths,'" who dare say that the district is'dona, brtSfct 1 th»development of. its resources''has than merely begtia? ' "-'" •■•■ -•:^'-.' i