MINING.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17206, 28 June 1916, Page 9

MINING.

CONSOLIDATED GOLDFIELDS OF NX LTD. The Christchurch Stock Exchange has re‘ ceived the following telegram from the attorerys of the Consolidated Group , of mines at Kccfton:— ‘.‘.Quarterly report on operations Wealth of Nations, Blackwater and Progress mines for the period ending March 31 March figures given in above order: Development—Feet" driven 460,' 576, 174, docs not include crosscuts; feet risen and sunk, exclusive of stopee, 190 i, .1361, 19U. Reef— Foot exposed- 271, 255, 2824; width, inches, 27 151 234; assay value, dwt, 0.28, 11.44, lo’s Stoping tonnage, including ore won from '’development, 6475, 11225, 10075; ore milled,' 6460, 10,868. 0490; tons evamded,

4113, G2G6, 5G10; yield per ton. five dwta. 7 51, 9.43, 6.88; working expendnure, £o7u4, £12,239, £9061; cost per ton milled, 17s 9d, 22s 7d, 19s 3d; value of gold produced, including concentrates, £10,347, £21.789, £11,781; valuo per ton milled, 325, 40s Id. 255; working profit, £4613, £9190, £27-40, cost per ton milled, 14s 3d, 17s Gd. os 9(1: ernital expenditure, £253. £1979, £3l; dcve opment expenditure, £2210, £2114, £1511; experimental expenses and proapocting, £34, £53.”