YEAR'S GOLD OUTPUT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16757, 25 January 1918, Page 3

YEAR'S GOLD OUTPUT.

o AUCKLAND'S TOTAL £741,534. INCREASE OF £27,336. i OHINEMURI TOTAL, £730,899. ■ Tire gold returns from the mines of the 1 Auckland district for the year 1917 have 1 now been completed, and show a total of £741,534 7s Bd. Compared with the total ! yield for 1916. namely, £714.148 4s, this , shows an increase of £27.306 3s Bd. The , total output in 1915 was £782,032 14s lOd. i Of the total yield for the past vear the . Ohinemuri field contributed £730.899 5s 9d, i Thames £9536 Is lid, and Coromandel | £1099. In comparison with 1916 these figures -show an increase in the case of , Ohinemuri of £53.239 19s 2d. and decreases ) in the cases of Thames and Coromandel of I £16,974 12s 8d and £8879 2s lOd, Tespec- , lively. As in past years, the Oliinemnri 1 ! field was again responsible for by far the t greatest proportion of the total bullion M output, and the Waihi mine alone pror j dticed £330,482 of the £730,899 constitute 3. ing that district's total. Both at Thames , and at Coromandel the number of bullionj producing properties in 1917 was less than in previous years. r Eighteen Years' Returns. 9 t The yearly returns from the Auckland " district mines for the past 18 years have r reached a total of £17.717,088 19s 3d, - Details are: , 1917 £7-11.534 7 8 9 1916 714,118 4 0 I 1915 782,032 14 10 ' 1914 913.952 17 7 ' -1913 660,447 15 10 ? 1912 780.134 4 5 1 1911 1,137,965 18 9 3 1910 1.335.682 14 9 f 1909 1,312,824 12 7 1908 1,317.419 8 10 i 1907 " 1.421.216 0 0 1906 1.338,395 0 0 3 1905 1,030.382 0 0 i 1904 871.561 0 0 l 1903 959.665 0 0 !> 1902 803.094 0 0 r 1901 758.600 0 0 j 1900 635.033 0 0 £17,717,088 19 S i Ohineraurl Production. t ! Following are the totals from the Ohine- ' muri district for the past 18 years, showing . that the field has produced £16.334,075 > 16s 7d of tho total yield for that I period: — 1917 £730,699 5 9 1916 677,659 6 7 1915 752,836 15 0 , 1914 875,734 9 0 1913 826.967 8 3 1912 739,397 5 6 1911 ■ 1.109,215 0 4 1910 1,296.115 3 10 1909 1.287.899 2 5 1908 1.282,600 0 0 J 1907 1,241,331 0 0 . -1906 1,079.013 0 0 ; 1905 931.(ha 0 0 1901 820.134 0 0 1903 869.739 0 0 1902 686.790 0 0 1901 635,004 0 0 -- 1900 491,720 0 0 £16,334,075 16 7 Returns from the Mines. The returns from the Auckland district mines for the year 1917 are —" ohisemtjki. . Waihi G.M. Co., 191.742 tons £330,482 0 0 ■ Waihi Grand Junction' G. Co., . 116,130 tons ... .. 203,917 13 0 : Talisman Consolidated Co., l 16,313 tons .. ... 139,320 13 1 i Waihi-Paeroa Qold Extraction Co.. 147,700 tons tailings.. 51,300' 0 Rising Sun G.M. Co., 1255 i /tons .. .. .. 5.878 19 8 Total, Ohinemuri district £730,899 5 9 THAMES. ! Sylvia Reefs, Ltd . 2129 tons ! and 58 tons concentrates.. £7,325 10 7 ', Waiotahi GM. Co., 107 tons. .. 201b picked stone .. 1,157 II 8 Occidental Consolidated G.M. Co., 60 loads. 601b picked stone 418 10 7, Golden Belt G.M. Co., 281 tons 391 9 6 Tairaa broken Hills G.M. Co. ... 70 tons '210 0" 0 I, _ Total, Thames district.: £9,536 111 I- COnOMAOTEIi. 0 Four-in-Hand G.M. Co., 205 '• tons, 761b picked stone .. £869 0 0 Hauraki Reefs! Ltd., 20 tons, i. 35lb»picked stone .. 230 0 0 Total Coromandel district £1.099 0 0 SUMMARY. Ohinemuri .. .. ..£730,899 5 9 i Thames 9,536 111 1 Coromandel 1,099 0 0 " Total Auckland district. 1917 £741.534 7 8 1 Total Auckland/district, 1916 714,148 4 0 Increase. 1917 .. .. £27.386 3 8 LATEST MONTHLY RETURNS. } TOTAL FOR JANUARY £57,201. The gold returns from the Auckland district mines to hand during the J month, and representing the final clean-ups i for the year 1917, reached a total of £57.201 ' 13s 9d, as against £62,157 lis Id for 1916, , a decrease of £4955 17s 4d. The total value of the bullion won from the mines of the district during the past 12 months was £741.534 7s Bd. as compared with £714.148 4s in 1916, an increase of £27,580 3s Bd. The returns toxhand this month are: OHINEMURI Waihi Company, 18,876 tons >. £30,613 0 0 Waihi Grand Junction Com--0 pany, 6880 tons .. .. 12,045 7 6 Talismiin Consolidated Com--5 pany, 1030' tons .. .. 11,340 6 5 . Total Ohinemuri district .. £5.5,993 13 9 THAMES. Sylvia Reefs, 58 tons concentrates .. £5.205 0 0 Total Auckland district .. £57,201 13 9 Total Auckland district. 1917.. £741.554 7 8 WAIHI GRAND' JUNCTION. The following is a copy of a cablegram sent to the head office in London of the Waihi Grand Junction Gold Mining Comel pany on Tuesday last:—"We are crushing l « 334 tons per 24 hours; the extraction is ' £1 12s Gd per ion. No. 8 Level, Empire footwall branch: East drive— Breaking down from 250 ft to 325 ft. the average value for a. width of 103 in is 17s 3d per ton West drive-Breaking down from 205 ft to 250 ft: the average value for a width of 161 in is £2 4s per ton: from 250 ft to 270 ft the average 8 value for a width of lOOin is 9s lOd per ton. 3 Royal Lode: The cast drive is now out 32^f * the average value for a width of 58m is' 18s 6d per ton. The crosscut at 2Soft shows the re<-f to be 126 in wide, the average value being 15s 6d per ton. Tho west drive is now out 217 ft. The average value for a width of 54in is lis 4d per ton. WAIHI WARDEN'S COURT. [BY TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WAIHI, Thursday. 1 A sitting of the Waihi Warden's Court 11 was held, at which Mr. E. Page, th« e warden, decided to recommend the Minister a for Mines to grant extension of protection, 4 over the Great Northern Waihi Gold Mining Company's Quartz claims at Whare--7 keraupuuga for a further period of sir , t months. An (application by Jas. W. Blackman for a reduction of rent in respect to five special quartz claims at Waihir'on be- ' half of an English syndicate, was adjourned 6 until next .Court day.