GOLD ON THE EAST COAST.
We take the following from the Lyttelton Times , sent to them by their Auckland correspondent:— “Turning to matters that more immediately affect pakeha prospects, it is with great pleasure I first record that alluvial gold has been found, and is at present being worked, on confiscation land not far from Tauratiga, on the East Coast of this island. The fact would have been telegraphed a week back bad I not been bound to strict secrecy for a time by the discoverers. I may now state that for several weeks a small party lias been getting good results from the locality indicated. One of the party actually brought a bag of alluvial specimens to Auckland a week ago. He left again for Tauranga on Monday or Tuesday last. At present Ido not feel justified in mentioning names, as the party wish to learn more before applying for a lease. The discovery, I have every reason to believe, is known to a very few people here—and as yet has not been referred to in a local paper.”
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 192, 21 May 1872, Page 2
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