MINING NOTES.
"• There were'Sß;4lo tons of cchl,"c?Poi:£c'd from the port'of' V/esiporf--"during the' month of August—Westport Coal Company,' ; "33,638 tops; Westport-Cardifr,, Coal. f Cpm- .. f . pany, 4772 ions/ 1 . ;T,ne S: &por^;4rbm ; '- port of ; GTevmbutri "fb'r thefradn'th bf skt§*ckt included 14,676 tons of coal, 989,083 superficial feet of timber and 13,2.9-2 sleepers..," -.,/r A license to .mine for copper has been granted by the Warden at, Havelo.ck. (the nearest Warden's Court) -to James Liddlo.c;" of Wellington, the area being .10 "acres'..and 22 perches, situated at Maharahara, in.the Woodville Survey district, -at .an '.-annual ;'i rental of M 2s 6d, and a royalty, of onefiftieth of the value.of all specified metals. There .is' no booming"in rconnection the Hauraki but there is a marked improvement ; »and --r more assured confidence in the stability of- the mines■ at":- Cororoaßdel;, Karangahake. ' Waihi and Waitekauri. Fresh discoveries of an important .character (says the "Mines Record''!) are reported from the great Waihi mine, which gives promise ofcheing bnenf tliermost;importanfe r I gold mines in the world, if it has not 'already attained to that distinction.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1440, 5 October 1899, Page 25
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178MINING NOTES. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1440, 5 October 1899, Page 25
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