THE MYSTERIOUS RADIUM.
MAY BE FOUNT) IX SKW ZEALAND. Xew Zealand is fortunate in having been so plentifully endowed with mineral resources, but tile actual extent of these resources is not yet known. Shall we one day make a dazzling find of radium in this country r
Mr Clement Wragge. F.H.C.S.. in a lecture at Auckland, speaking of radium and its enormous commercial value, viz., e:l.-JOH.IiOO to the lb avoirdupois, said he had noticed that a rich lind of coal hail recently been made in the neighbourhood of Whangaroi. If those engaged in prospecting could only discover pitch blende I from which radium was obtained I the ■oft. of a Dreadnought I" Ihe nation would he as nothing compared with it. From what he knew of New Zealand, pilch blende, if ever discovered in the Dominion, would be found .North ol Auckland.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 55, 30 March 1909, Page 3
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142THE MYSTERIOUS RADIUM. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 55, 30 March 1909, Page 3
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