Auckland Diamond Field.
(FEOM OUE OWN COKEBBPOITDENT.)
Auckland, This day. The locality of the diamond field has now been fixed almost to a certainty. One of the prospectors, Douglas, was formally a schoolmaster in the district, and lived at Hadßeld's farm, Tuhikaramea, and passed the spot daily in walking to and from the school. The formation is volcanic, and since ■ the prospectors were here, some very pretty stones of a crystalline nature have been picked up.^ The diamond field is within the delta, indeed it is said the prospectors never crossed the river at all to Raglan side, but went at once to the spot where the indications were pointed out by Douglas.
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4428, 14 March 1883, Page 2
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113Auckland Diamond Field. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4428, 14 March 1883, Page 2
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