Fox Bros. Safe
p. 54 · Read in the full issue
N.G. Prospectors Return from the Interior
ANXIOUS fears regarding the safety of Messrs. T. and J. Fox, well-known New Guinea gold prospectors, were al layed when they reached Salamaua in December. For four months they had been on a strenuous prospecting trip into the region near the Sepik River head waters and the borders of the Mandated Territory, Dutch New Guinea, and Papua.
Rumours had been received in Salamaua that the brothers had been murdered in the hostile interior. Mr. “Mick” Leahy, in a Guinea Airways’ machine, piloted by C. R. Gurney, flew 150 miles over the district in which they were known to be prospecting, but could not locate them.
The fliers then returned to Mount Hagen landing ground, and, on arriving at their base, found the missing miners already encamped there.
Messrs. Fox Brothers reported that all the unexplored country they covered was limestone, with no traces of gold. They encountered few natives, but in places were menaced by unfriendly warriors with bows and arrows.