KARANGAHAKE.
New Zealand Crown Mines.
£4,443 FOR THE MONTH.
The return for the past month from the New Zealand Crown Mines Karangahake is a satisfactory one, 2,034 tons of ore treated by the wet process having yielded bullion valued at £4,443 10s, which gives an average value per ton of about £2 3s Bel. This return is very nearly two tons of ore treated per stamp per day, instead of one ton when the dry process of crushing was used. At present the battery is being supplied with poor ore from Cowards' workings. When the pump can be started in the hew underlie shaft operations will be resumed on the reef at No. 6 level, which is 15 feet wide, and the return per ton should show considerable improvement, as the value of the ore is said to be about £5 10s per ton. It is expected that this reef will be worked some time in the New Year. The present return of bullion is the largest this year, and the only other bigger one Avas December, 1896, which amounted to £4,628 10s. Last month's yield was £4,230.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 298, 23 December 1897, Page 7
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