IMPORTANT GOLD DISCOVERY.
[By Telegraph] Eeefton, Nov. 2, Gassier and party, alluvial miners at Marina, within a mile of the route of the proposed East and West Coast railway, report’the discovery of a quartz reef, forty miles from Eeefton in the direction of Christchurch and near Cannibal Gorge. They obtained fine gold in all of the reefs, and near another lode they found a piece of quartz with sdwts of , gold in it. The reef is four feet thick. They will take up tools from here to cross cut the reef and test it. The formation of the country is said to be the same as at Eeefton. They also report the existence of several coal seams in the same locality.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2996, 2 November 1882, Page 3
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121IMPORTANT GOLD DISCOVERY. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2996, 2 November 1882, Page 3
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