CHEISTCHURCH.
Yesterday,
Mr Smart, Managing Director of the Premier^ Prospecting Company, who for some three weeks has been engaged prospecting in the valley of the Bakaia Biver, returned to town yesterday. He reports that the weather during his stay was beautiful until the last two or three ('ays. He found some " boulders" of quartz showing gold, and also came across large deposits of sand iv the river bed precisely similar to that on Southbridge Beach, in which gold is found. In addition to these indications of gold, Mr Smart discovered certain signs of copper, which induced him to come to town and secure a license to search for this metal on 250 acres of land in Fighting Hill district.
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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4727, 1 March 1884, Page 2
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119CHEISTCHURCH. Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4727, 1 March 1884, Page 2
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