The Canterbury Gold FIELD.
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(888 UNITED PBBSS ASSOOIAHOH.) y t .^- Christohurch, JuW 23 Frederick Bmith, of s ou h . bridge, has applied to the Government for the remmi for a payable goldfidd m Canterbury. It was he wh o submitted the samples of wash dirt to Dr iSkse The fi« ; d exteuas a(o !g the ninetymile beach, .from the ifckaia riTer. Aa auriferous layer of sand may. be tracd both north and south of the river for more then sateen miles between high andUow water mark. The depth of worka D;e Band rangeß from th | Ih? 168 u f6et ' * nd the depthf '- Mr Smith estimates L yteiaat £3 a ma n a weeir. He has touttd a second deposit of equally rich S *ad pending from the beaoh^ along he western.saore of Lake JEHesmer? for a distance of twbor three d&u
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 194, 24 July 1883, Page 2
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143The Canterbury Gold FIELD. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 194, 24 July 1883, Page 2
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