Our Mineral Resources.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43067, 12 March 1907, Page 2

Our Mineral Resources.

Under the above heading in the . “ Ohinemuri Gazette ” the write? of * continued article' under, the nom-de- - plume of “ Diamond Drill,” says :? ; .y “ Take the immense mass of mineral ; atTe Aroha —complex and reftfactr ry / / certainly but with known metal boiled up withTl;,*#?dme day someone will cojne along And build a big. smelting works at Kopu, Thames, where there is a deep water frontage; and lo 1 we shall have- one of the largest and most successful re« duction works in the world Te Aroha is simply a mountain of mineral, and if there was ever any place that deserved the attention of a State Mining Departments is this range. It will be a sad day when this mass of wealth passes into foreign hands.” After : advocating the employment of selected . prospectors by the Government, the writer goes on to say: “ Undoubtedly the Cape Colville-Waihi-Te Aroha field is the most prolific in the colony of all sorts and conditions of valuable and occult ores, and I think if the |g|t Government geologist gave it’ a turn, showing us where good prospecting work may be well put in, it would be better for the. industry. There are \ more Waihi mines than one, but they have to be'unearthed. -- v\J