MINING NEWS.
j>* TELEOJ&ArH.— rur.ns association,.] AUCKLAND, Thin Day. During the 21 days ended 25th January last, tho Waihi CJolilmininj; Company crushed and trcnttd 25,133 lo'ib of ore fpi- a retrj'ii o[ bullion \ahio;l at £60,241. This shows en increase compared with tiie corresponding period of las.l y<\ir, wlipii 22.L07 - tons yielded £55,389. The p»ovjiou&. return, thai fov December last, wn.j £C 4,085, nil increase compared with tho present reliun, yeMiking from jv'lurgc-r lonuaga, namoly. 25,067 ions. The January yield is, as t'iitiattor ot fact, above the average, working out at tho rate of £^0,081 per week, or £00,324 per month. The total amount won trom' the' mine to date ia £6,346,869, and the total dividends, etc., declared to dale amount to £2,926,215. During January the New Zealand Crown- mines crushed and treat nd 1C46 tons of ore for a return of bullion valued at £2669. This shows a decrease compared with the return for the corresponding period of last year, whan 2673 tons yielded £6003. It is also a decrease upon the return for December last, whon bullion worlh £3691 was won from 1449 tons. Tho total amount won from the mine to dato is £721,436. . The Waihi Grand Junction return for two weeks ending 25th January was £2571 from 2071 tons. This is a "decrease upon the return for the corresponding month last year, when 2426 tons yielded £4729. Tho total won from tho mine to date is £92,198.' Talisman Consolidated returns for the month amountsd to £18,216 from 3350 tons. [Br TELEGEArn.— Spkcial to The Post.] REEFTON, This Day. Returns: Pactolus 1., 640 a 14dwt, for 291 hours; Pactolus 11., 61oz So wt, for 115 hours; Callaghan's Creek, 30oz 13 dwt, for 130 hours.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1908, Page 5
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287MINING NEWS. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 33, 8 February 1908, Page 5
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