THE GOLD FIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13369, 26 December 1906, Page 5

THE GOLD FIELDS.

WATOTAHI.

THK DECEMBER RETURN",

£18.308 FROM 1226 TONS OF ORE,

7001.H PICKED STONE.

TOTAL TO DATE, £489,675.

During the month of December, up to the 22nd inst.. the Waiotahi Gold Mining Company crushed and treated 1226 tons of ore, 6cwt and 281b of picked stone, for a. yield of 6724 of melted gold, valued at £118,308 15.? lid. The total output from the mine to dale is £489,675 8s Id, as shown in the following table of details: — To December, 1904 £195.079 6 8 In 190 a 73,918 9 1 .January. 19C6. 875 tons ore. 30cwt 1021b picked stone ... 15,376 12 2 February, 1506, 1252 tons ore, ll£cwt picked stone 18,243 3 5 March, 1906. 1174 tons ore. 9icwt picked stone 18.495 0 0 April. 19C6. 1552 tons ore. lOJcwt picked stone .. ...... 18,648 0 0 May, 1996. 1417 tons ore, lOcwt picked stone ... 18.741 7 3 June. 1906. 1742 tons ore, 7661b picked stone ... ... .... 19,051 16 1 July. 1906. 1783 tons ore, 9cwt 121b picked stone 18,933 11 9 August. 1906, 1764 tons ore, scwt 201b picked sto;;e ... ■ ... 19,087 10 4 September. 1916. 1745 ton 3 ore, 7091b picked stone ... 19,057 17 0 October, 1906, 1804 tons ore, 7131b picked stone, 50 tons slimes 20,010 17 0 ; November. 19C6, 1663 tons ore, 8691b picked stone, 75 tons slimes'' 19,168 1 5 December. 1906, 1226 tons ore 7001b picked stone 18.308 15 11 Total to date £489.675 8 1 Total dividends, etc., paid ... £244,800 0 0 DREDGING. [by TEI.t: ;rapu.—PRESS association.] Du.vedin, Monday. During the past week the total yield of gold from the dredges has been 9700z lldwt, or an average of over 32 per dredge.