Developed.

Bougainville Gold.

Kieta Lode Now Being Developed.

VERY satisfactory developments at the Kupei mine, eight miles from Kieta, in Bougainville (northern Solomons) are reported by Bougainville Gold Options, Ltd., an Adelaide com pany.

The existence of rich ore there has been suspected for years; but it was only during the last year that a small company got to the point of putting in some, machinery and examining the lode.

It is in difficult country—eight miles in land and 3,500 feet high—and it is not an alluvial proposition There is no chance there for the individual miner: but a company big enough to overcome transport difficulties, and mine and crush on a big scale, undoubtedly will reap, rich rewards.