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Pacific Islands Monthly, 24 March 1938Vol. VIII, No. 8

Where Much Rich Gold Has Been Won.

p. 36 · Read in the full issue

Mount Kaindi (7,000

ft.), New Guinea—a view from the Bulolo River, In the foreground is a prospector’s camp. This huge range is drained by the famous Edie Creek (where the discovery of gold by Messrs Royal and Glas son led to the 1926 “rush”) and its tributaries, the chief of which are Merri, Slate, and Midas Creeks— all very rich streams from which much highly pay able gold has been taken.

On the lower slopes of Mt.

Kaindi, at 4,000 ft., are several large ore deposits.