Rich Gold Discoveries at Transvaal.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 199, 16 April 1887, Page 3

Rich Gold Discoveries at Transvaal.

ViceCojtsul Knight reports to the Department of State, Washington, concerning the Transvaal goldfield that the wonderful Shelba reef has been eclipsed, by another reef discovered' last summer and known as the Thomas reef, from which samples of quartz weighing 3,000 pounds, it is claimed, yielded 148 ounces of gold. These dia- i

cowries naturally gave an impetus to proajkcflng^tlafgto §fcat# raiting ' ; U <&*• disooverfjrpf^&x'v.eiiouaty extensive! ando rich gold quartz veins. i • •> • The' ViQfe'Qoaeui say A that;he,belibve»yi after making inquiries &nd from the 1 best information obtainable', that the Transvaal' fields, when' fully developed, v will; proved among /.the. , ricbeat in , t^e j The recent diacoveriee have naturally, , given » rise to no encT'tif speculation and miaing ventures, and a- great rueh of capitaHsts, miners and 'adventurers has set in to the field. Near Shelba reef a oity called 'Barberton has Bprung up as if by magic, numbering already 7,000 to 8,000 people, and is rapidly increasing in population. The report conoludea by cautioning persons without means not to venture into the gold country unless they be thoroughly practical miners,' as the conditions existing are very hard, and many will be doomed to bitter disappointment.