MINING CONFERENCE.
NEW ZEALAND'S MINERAL WEALTH.
By Telegraph—Press Association.
At the oonclusion of the.; 'Mining Engineers' Conference at Te Aroha;Captain Richards, manager of the Mount Morgan mine, expressed the belief that twenty years hence New Zealand would show remarkable strides in the development of> mineral wealth/ He mentioned iron, copper, and, petroleum deposits',' and urged that, it was ; the duty of the Government to. turn .itSj attention to these sources, of Iweaith and extend . the geological 'swvey of the country''4'rid' pay. a-ttention to metallurgy. . If. New, Zealand prosecuted the developments of her •, mineral wealth and observed what at Mount Morgan and .Mount Lyell, the results would be a revelation. It was his candid opinion of New Zealand that it was going to he a copper producing country,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10158, 7 February 1911, Page 6
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127MINING CONFERENCE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10158, 7 February 1911, Page 6
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