Show gold to be had in cites streets digging digging fo for r gold in the street with penknives is not a sign ol of lunacy in kalgoorlie western australia prospectors walking through the main thoroughfare of hannan street sometimes notice gleaming patches of gold in the pavements and stoop to chip out pieces with their knives the explanation given is that when in 1899 the municipal council c r sought a su suitable a e rn mixture ure of metal and concrete they bought ore from the golden zone mine at one shilling a ton while the ore carried tour four pennyweights penny weights of gold to the ton it was unprofitable to recover it but now the tread of thousands of feet has worn the pavements till bits of gold in the ore have begun to show |