NELSON.
This day.
The first general meeting of the Cham* pion Copper Mining Co. was held last night. The prospectus provided for 60.0C9 shares, and 50,462 were taken up by 254 persons. It was decided to hold the remaining shares in trust for the company. At the meeting two pieces of smelted copper from the mine were exhibited. lEpylbs of native copper were taken from the lode and smelted in a local foundry, and after being melted twice the copper from the mould weighed 12f lbs. It is proposed to send a specimen to the Christchurch Exhibition.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4694, 23 January 1884, Page 2
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97NELSON. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4694, 23 January 1884, Page 2
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