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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1950Vol. XXI, No. 3

Gold Mines of New Guinea

p. 110 · Read in the full issue

NL, Adelaide, reports that Mr J. C.

Coldham, after a visit to New Guinea, considers that five areas investigated are worthy of further testing.

Four of these are dredging areas and one a sluicing project.

Good values from preliminary investi gations are reported from area No. L, which is stated to be eight miles long; and to average at least a Quarter of mile -wide; and area No. 2. which is esti mated to contain about 4,000,000 cubic, yards of sluicing material.