DISCOVERY OF A GOLDFEILD.
(PER UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION). , Chkistchueoh, June 25. Ir 4 brmaiibri 1 ' J wa's received to-day by Mr Ei Wicks, of the Mining Exchange, that a payable goldfield has been discovered in Canterbury by three prospectors; The wash-dirt ifisand, showing fine gold 'very plainly, and minute garnets and rubies. The locality will ■not be' published till £500 is guaranteed I to the discoverer's, who state that; the field is of 'considerable are,a, and) the sinking' riot more than four feet. The disoov'. \j. was .made four. months ago, "land the samples analysed by the Government analyst at Wellington show an average at between 26J-"and 34 dwts to the toi..
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10234, 26 June 1883, Page 2
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112DISCOVERY OF A GOLDFEILD. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 10234, 26 June 1883, Page 2
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