OUTLOOK AT THE THAMES.
PES PBESS ASSOCIATION. Thames, February 10. Steps are being taken by t! • G vernment for cutting a large dr.an oa tlic Piako swamp, which should render available a large area of good land, [Over a quarter of a million acres win be available when that scheme, of j which present work is but a part, is completed. Th. improved mining prospects at Thames has directed attention to large quantities of auriferous ore, a goodly proportion of which has already been pegged out. British capitalists arc also making inquiries regarding the field, and some of the properties wil be put on the London mi'.ket fo • flotation. Cinnabar and what" is termed " Ful lcr's Earth" deposits arc also to be worked out, while a proposal is on foot to erect smelter works for the treatment of refractory ores from the Peninsula, etc., and especially from Great Barrier, Waiomo and Mi"atoto, near Thames, and To Arolia.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8051, 19 February 1906, Page 3
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157OUTLOOK AT THE THAMES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8051, 19 February 1906, Page 3
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