In the northern and north-western portions of
the district of Zambezia considerable mineral wealth

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has been found to exist, and there can be no doubt
that some of the claims pegged, especially at
Missale and Chifumbazi, have given most encourag-
ing results. In all the prazoes of Maravia and
Macanga traces of gold are found, and payable
areas, both reef and alluvial, are not uncommon ;
thus in one of the localities to which my attention
was recently drawn, and wherein considerable work
had been done, two galleries had been cut, one of
6 metres, the other of 13 metres, the quartz reef
showing visible gold. At the end of 1906 some
500 tons of this reef already exposed was believed
to contain over 1 oz. of gold to the ton. Other
mining propositions in the district have been shown
to contain anything from 1 dwt. to 8 dwts., whilst,
in very rare cases, as much as 15 oz. to the ton
are said to have been proved. All these results
were obtained within the district of Chifumbazi.
