More Gold
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New Discoveries Reported From Three Widely Separated Points
THE district officer at Aitape (on the mainland of New Guinea) has advised the Administration that prospectors report the discovery of payable gold, approxi mately nine miles south of Wewak. We wak is on the north coast of New Guinea, a few miles west of the mouth of the Sepik River.
Later, an official report on the new find was issued stating that the discovery is not a payable proposition.
Several parties are also said to be exam ining reef propositions at the other end of the district behind Vanimo, and near the Dutch border, where good results are an ticipated.
A report from Wau states that the As sistant Warden has left for Mount Law son (in the interior of New Guinea, near the border of Papua) to report on the re ported discovery there of rich alluvial deposits.