MINING NEWS.
(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) NELSON, March 16. An assay of 81bs of stone taken from the reef which was lately struck in the Pioneer Company's claim on the Taitapu block at West Wanganui yielded at the rate of lloz lOdwts to the ton. The reef is 4ft wide. AUCKLAND, March 16. The yield of gold for the month is valued at £32,400, a slight decrease on the yield for the previous month, owing to a number of stampers being hung up through the want of water. ' Share market—Business done — Moanatairi 7s, sellers 7s, buyers 6s 9d; Waihi Silverton 6s Id, 5s 3d, sellers 6a 6d, buyers 4s 6d.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 9987, 17 March 1898, Page 5
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