WEST COAST PROSPECTORS,
Qrstmouth, April 9. Kirk and party, who left Dunedin some two months ago for Milford Sound with a whaleboat and miner's tools, and six months’ provisions, have just called at the Greymouth Evening Star office to give an account of their two months’ search. They complain loudly of having been misled, and desire to warn others from following their example. The ground which they were informed was auriferous is situated about 15 miles north of Milford Sound. This ground they thoroughly prospected without scarcely finding a color. They then prospected the ground occupied by Sutherland and party, and found ten 'inches of wash dirt, carrying hero and there a mere color on the reef, and about the best prospect they could find was about one grain to the dish, and this only after many trials. They describe the country as very rough and difficult, and desire to warn the people of Dunedin against proceeding to that locality. They wish to thank Captain Grey, of the Stella, for his kindness in bringing them on to Greymouth.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1567, 12 April 1887, Page 3
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178WEST COAST PROSPECTORS, Temuka Leader, Issue 1567, 12 April 1887, Page 3
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