MINING JOTTINGS.
The gold yield last year at Bullfinch W. Australia, was 124,636 ounces below that of the previous year. The scheme for supplying the Bullfinch field with water w nearly completed, while the construction of the railway is making progress. Labor troubles are still unsettled, delaying the development of the work. A wwdcarter at Kalgoorlie struck and a thousand men are out. The outlook for the supply of fuel to the mines is grave. The value of gold ? lmd silver shipped from New Zealand for the year 1910 was *1,896,328 and £171,562 respectively as against £2,006,900 and £180,872 for 1909, f-eases of £110,582 and £9,310 respecThe Mount LyeU returns from December k£«? ecem , ber 28 show that 27,022 tons of ore were treated, besides 25 tons that were purchased. The ore converters produced 697 tons of blister copper containing 609 tons of copper. The yield of silver was 44,8300z, and of gold 878 or
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2901, 10 January 1911, Page 4
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