MINING.
WEST COAST RETURNS. (United Pukss Association.). . REEFTON, Monday. The Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand, Ltd., crushing returns for. tho • VroTcas, Wealth of Nations, and Blackwater mines for the month of l'obruary, 1912, arc a* follows : Progress (mill ran 10 days} : Crushed 1980 tons, yielding 2020zs 4dwts bullion, valued at £829 17s 6d; cyanided 2050 tons, yielding 2440zs lldwts bullion, valued at £463 12s 6d ; estimated valueof sulphurets (17A tons), £260. Wealth of Nations (mill ran 22 days).: Crushed 1886 tons, yielding 606 ozs 17 dwts bullion, valued at £2464 :'ss lid ; cyanided 1373 tons, yielding 1860/.s bullion, valued at £521 lis 3d ; estimated ' value of sulphurets produced (7£ tons), £lO3. Blatkwater (mill ran 15A. days): Crushed 2512 tons, yielding 1080 ozs 8 dwts bullion, valued iit'£44l6 2sißd; cyanided ' 1433 tons, yielding 3300zs 6 dwts bullion, valued at £967 10s Id; estimated value sulphurets produced 34 tons), £89.5. : New Big River: Battery, 630 tons for 581ozs; syanide, 7ozs lOdwts; approximate value.. £2520.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 5 March 1912, Page 2
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162MINING. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 5 March 1912, Page 2
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