GOLDMINING
MOSSY CREEK
Mossy Creek dredge return for the past week was 33 ozs. 10 dwts. for 132 hours’ dredging, and 7,585 yards of wash. gold our-wr. Gold produced on the West Coast and entered for export during the three months ended March 31, 1928. amounted to 14,272 ounces, as compared with 16,176 ounces in the corresponding quarter 1 last year, all of the four Counties, except Grey, showing a decrease. The total Dominion production for the three months was 41,780 ounces, as compared with 45.865 ounces in the corresponding period of last year. The returns from each district, according to a return supplied by the Comptroller of Customs. were: Province of Auckland 20,052 ounces, County of Buller 329 ounces, County of Grey, 5,502 ounces. Couaty of Inangahua 4,609 ounces, Coumty of Westland ,832 ounces, Marlborough and Nelson 1,543 . ounces, Otago ,4,520 ouncefe, Southland 483 ounces.
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Grey River Argus, 20 May 1938, Page 5
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146GOLDMINING Grey River Argus, 20 May 1938, Page 5
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