MINING JOTTINGS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2645, 11 September 1906, Page 5

MINING JOTTINGS.

The annual report of the Mines Department states that the amount of gold for export to December 31st, 1905, was 520,4850/, valued at 2,093,936, and of silver 1,171,7440z, valued at £120,542, making'a total valuo of £2,214,478, an increase of £814,102 as compared with the returns of 1904. The quantity of gold exported from Otago and Southland was 172,09S oz. Gold dredging is now being worked on a commercial instead of a speculative basis, and a steady output of gold is maintained. The manner in which dredging is carried on in the Southland flats proves that theso areas are very valuable, and if the planting of forest trees on the ground operated on is proceeded with the dredging of these flats will not be so detrimental from the pastoral point of view as the land is improved rather than deteriorated. Notable examples of this improvement can be seen in the Waikaka Valley, Southland, where the sluice-box method of dredging is generally in vogue. DREDGING RKTUPNS. Following are the dredging returns for the .-. eek eudeti Saturday last : oz dwt

Golden Treasure 60 0 Otago 2 53 0 Laiy Annie 52 3 Mnstcrtou 50 9 Muddy Oeek 43 3 Ki*e anrl Shiue 1 37 lb' Samly Point ... 36 10 Lady Roxburgh 28 0 Golden Bed • 28 0 Punt 27 14 Electric No 2 26 10 Rising Sun 26 10 Electric No 1 ... 25 0 Central Charltou 22 11 N«w Perseverance No 2... 21 6 Kura 21 3 Otago 1 ... 20 0 Alexandra Lead 19 15 Royal Waimumu .« 18 18 Waikaia 15 17 Hartley & Riley 15 0