MINING

Evening Star, Issue 16263, 4 November 1916, Page 5

MINING

The manager of the Waibi Extended mine reports that the shaft has been sunk a. further 4ft, making a total of 200 ft below No. 6 level, and 1.300 ft from the surface. At this point a set of bearers is also being put in. A marked improvement is now noticeable in the country in the shaft, the last two brings showing a particularly good-looking class of stone.° AUCKLAND GOLD YIELD. The gold returns to band from the Auckland district mines during the month of October totalled £60.444 3s 3d, as compared with £68,675 'ss - 9d for the corresponding month of last year, a decrease of £8,251 2s 6d. Tho following are the details of the returns : —Obinemuri.— Waibi G.M. Co., 15,576 tons ... £26,462 Waihi Grand Junction G.M. Co., 10,010 tons ... 17,526 Talisman Consolidated Co., 1,550 tons s^g Waihi-Paeroa Gold Extraction Co., 16,700 tons 4.850 Rising Sun G.M. Co., 292 tons ... 1,510 Total Ohinemuri district ... £59,298 —Thames.— Occidental Consolidated G.M. Co., 47 loads £325 Total Thames district £325 —Coromandel.— Four-in-Hand G.M. Co., 80 tons, 1121b picked stone £B2l Total Coromandel district ... £B2l Total Auckland district for October £60,444