MOUNT THOMAS COPPER

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 36, 25 May 1938, Page 1

MOUNT THOMAS COPPER

m J pWf T ■ -A- nmKlflXKnS |lXs,T l . Vv ‘j/j|in* possibilities m foreign tioif- oi .y*xtessi.yp*. in t-lie-far s. cussed\ijivW-taho; : ,G lyisifr;. 'to^He^spoi^of’n Japanese firm. hi vowipnnyV;W^tt’-‘ New Zealander, this mAn ,fle w-||||j|||p ; way from Auckland to anotlier aeroplane to "tboi same day, and rode site of the copper ore Jepdsitsfffl’lieyi |l|iep Hew back direct tc f ' j .y.; Tlit* name of the Japanese is Mr tgpßtinuo, which is tlie name of a firm f-trailing in Auckland. Inquiries made in official quarters indicate that so far no new lease of«mipnig privilege lias been taken cut over the urea of the deposit, and it is n,ot possible to discover whether an arqa pegged out by the Japanese artd KigjCO.Ufrftanr ion. ' \ ;J ' .Many years ago sputa mens op ore taken from all over this are a- were' sent to i.Vustralia ami assayed with* very fine.copper content. Alter this attempts were made in Australia to float a company to work the When Australian interests tempted with tlie prospects of the .prop_ ject. the price of copper tell (and sharply, n rimppj- miiy> in Australia went into liquidation, and finance was not available for the New Zealand ..proposal. ’•t The new Haast I’a'ss road and the ‘ news.harbour -at Jackson’s Bay, providing'easy access to the area, will remove tin 1 greatest obstacle that prevented. Local intorests'lcijcyr ,of the visit a week or so. ago of tlte;• Jmd. his companion are 1 jai>prejiqusive over the prospect® : ing the area. " .V- 54 * ■■ •