Development at Tavua
pp. 19-20 · Read in the full issue
Fiji’S Gold
From a Special Correspondent.
TAVUA, (Fiji), Feb. 1.
DEVELOPMENT work is still going on at the Tavua goldfield, in Northern Fiji.
The ground has been proved at a depth of 50 feet, and assays taken from that depth have given over 3oz. to the ton. It has been proved that the lode is over 40 feet wide in many places, and extends for a considerable distance.
Mr. E. G. Theodore was the first to bring Australian capital into this field, and he has the best wishes of Fiji resi dents for his success. He was in early, and naturally secured some valuable pro perties. There are some other very pro mising leases, I understand, which have been opened up lately and which only re quire more capital to permit thorough in vestigation.
It is hoped here that people with some experience and sufficient capital will take an interest in this goldfield, as the pros pects are too good to be “mucked up” by inexperienced people. Emphatically, we do not want the “go-getter” type of pro moter here. But there is a good future for the genuine man, who can get in well at this early stage.
At a meeting of the Levuka Municipal Council, Fiji, held on December 5, Mr.
R. W. Robinson was re-elected Mayor of Levuka. Rev. R. H. Green was elected a Councillor of the Municipality.