Important Discovery.
(Pee Pbess Association.)
KUMAEA.
This day.
A most important c^scoveiy of gold has been made by ths Long Tmnel taU race. They have been two rad a lr-"f yerrs biiuf>:ng ii a vwDnel through the reef which exists between the Dnaedia flat and the Teremakau rive, Pid have just broke through ioto the wa^h which for thirty feet averages one gi'ain to the dish. This is 1,300 feet below the surface. As to the west the ground at present is worked 40 feet. This discovery is very impor tant, as all the ground below th.s depth U workable by ground sluices, which means nearly the whole of the gold fields.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3574, 10 June 1880, Page 2
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112Important Discovery. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3574, 10 June 1880, Page 2
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