The Ross Goldfields.
VERY RICH AURIFEROUS STONE. < [Feb Press Association.] Boss, June 26. A quantity of stone, the like of which for rich gold-bearing properties, has never been equalled at Reefton, was brought down from Cedar Creek reefs on Saturday, since changing hands at £5O. A company was floated last night, with a capital of £24,000, and men in its employ have left to-day to get out quartz, so as to have it ready by the time the battery is finished. Some of the pieces of stone were studded with globules of gold, some as large as peas. Yesterday, the trial crushing of stone showing gold was made in the presence of some of the Greymouth leading quartz reefers, and it yielded highly payable results. The stone was obtained from the William Tell Company. The Excelsior Company, peg and peg with the above-named, has got a reef, and are busy getting out stone to-day. A piece of stone from the latter was crushed, and yielded at the rate of 8 ozs. to the ton. Fresh ground is being rushed.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 167, 26 June 1884, Page 2
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179The Ross Goldfields. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 167, 26 June 1884, Page 2
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