GOLD IN THE MOUNTAINS'
PROSPECTING IN THE TARARUAS. j An experienced prospector has been prospecting in the Tararuas for the past few weeks, and like all his predecessors has found gold and silver-bear-ing quartz. This he has sent to Wellington. and the result of the assay is reported as 2oz gold and 1-loz silver to the ton of rock. Further than this, the prospector has discovered a huge deposit, estimated at thousands of tons, of pure white marble. This find is re- j ported to iiu in the vicinity of Mount Hold-worth, some distance further in. —Carterton “News.”
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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 21 April 1920, Page 3
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