THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11842, 20 December 1901, Page 5

THE GOLDFIELDS.

THE GOLD RETURNS.

TOTAL FOR THREE WEEKS, £59,960.

A RECORD YEAR.

The gold returns for the Auckland district for the past three . weeks amount to a total of £59,960 7s lOd, which is one of the highest periodical outputs recorded during the year. TI -: gross yield for 1901 to date now amount-3 to £696,724 9s 2d, an increase upon the previous recbrd output of 1899 (£641,150 14s sd) of £55.573 14s 9d. Compared with last year the total shows an excess of £61,690 9s lid, and these increases will be materially augmented by the inclusion of tie returns yet to come to hand. The past three weeks' output is made up as follows —Ohinemuri, £55,449 ss; Thames, £2255 7s 4d; Ccromandel, £2255 15s 6d: total, £59,960 7s lOd. WATHUI G.M. CO. Some very good news has been coming,to hand lately from the Waihni Gold Mining Company's mine in the Whangamata district. Work has been carried on steadily for several months, with very cheering results. Several reefs have been intersected, varying in size from 12iti to 6ft in width, and assaying from £3 16s 3d to £13 6s. Within the past week, in the crosscut going north, a reef sft wide has been intersected, which assays £7 per ton, while yet another reef has just been cut into about 20in, which gives promising prospects. Samples of stone are to be seen at the office of the company. . - WEST TOKATEA TRIBUTERS. '' [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRKSPONDKNT.] Handel, Thursday. Messrs. Kelly and Woods, txibuters in the West Tokatea mine, have cleaned up from half-a-ton' of geperal ore and 3011), of picked stone, for a return of 28oz.!dwt of bullion, valued at £74 6s 7d. (This return came to hand too late for. inclusion in our table of gold returns published in the Summary.) MONOWAI G.M. CO. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Thames, Thursday. A further shipment of 37 tons •of concentrates is being despatched from the Monowai mine to the Dapto Smelting Works. The parcel is the result of the crushing operations conducted during the past six weeks.

PAEROA WARDEN'S COURT.| [BY TELEGEArn. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] }, Paeroa, ' Thursday. The ordinary meeting of the Paeroa Warden's Court was held to-day before Mr. Bush, when the following 1 applications wero granted: John James Broadbent, :Waitekauri King quartz claim ; Waihi Gold Mining Company, special site of five acres at Waikino; Alfred Long, six months' protection for the Waihi Monument claim; Albert Da.vis, 20 acres,, timber warrant, Waihi; W. Broomfield, sixlnonths' protection for Waihi Standard claim; Herman Luks, six months' protection for Alma claim; Waihi Grand Junction Gold Mining Company, six months'.protection for two special sites; It. Council, six months'l protection for residence site . No. 4161; Rising Sun' Gold Mining Company, permission to work the Rising Sim claim with four men for six months; Waihi Grand Junction Gold Mining Company, special site, section 4-, Waihi South. Residence site grants: W. Price, l section .123, ■ Waitekauri ; W. J. Taylor, part of section 27, Karangahake; E. 11. James, part of section 27, Karangahake ; R. Darrows, seotion 475, Waihi; Harry Phillips, section 474, Waihi; James Donnelly, one acre, Waihi.

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION-] I Dunedin, Thursday. Dunedin a Exchange sales: Ahauri River, 3s; Cromwell, 635; First Chance, 8s; GoM&n River, 7s, 7s l^-d; Junction Electric, 235; leaning Rock, 16s; Msg and Annie, 19s 9d; Monte Christo, 31s; Notown Creek, 17s 6;1, 17s, 17s 6d; Point' d'Or, Is 9d dis..; ' Rise and Shine, 15s; Royal Maori, 20s 6d, 20s 3d, 20s, 18s 9d; Upper Magnetic, 2s 4 : >id. Otago Exchange-; Boundary Creek, ss; Leaning Rock, 15s 3d; Trafalgar, 18s 9d.