THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY.
In his annual report to Pailianient, the Minister for Mines says in reference to the future of the gold mining industry in the Dominion:-—I would like to emphasise the fact that, as the miner gave a great impetus to settlement in the early days, so he will be found the settler's best friend in time to come for he will provide the nucleus for industries and pettlements which must eventually become the backbone of this Dominion. New Zealand has great stretches of mountain ranges that are as yet but partially explored. If we cast our eyes around the world we see that it
is from similar chains of mountains that, a large portion of the mineral wealth is obtained. It is our bounden duty to neglect no opportunity of exploring the back country, for it is there, to a great degree, we must look for new discoveries of auriferous quartz lodes and economic minerals. The construction of roads and tracks has already done much to open up places that were to a great extent formerly inaccessible, and that policy must be continued so as to allow the pioneer miner every opportunity of pursuing hid hazardous and often illrequited labours.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9155, 31 July 1908, Page 4
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203THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9155, 31 July 1908, Page 4
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