MINING.
Our Reefton correspondent telegraphs thdf) the return,from thR Buller dredge is 420z _ch»l of gold for _32.hoti-s' dredging. ,y ■_- ■ Mr A. C. P. Comniin, .secretary, of: the -_yt, * ■ burn Gold Dredging Company, re-Sorts a. retu^-1 of 15o_ _dwt gold for 13S hours' dredging. The Waihi's return is a .record, bemg f2u.,255 worth of gold from 768-1 tons., The total yield for. the year, is, £2.2,285.. The total gold, won since IS9O is valued.at'-3879,-35., . ■■- - .: An Auckland telegram states, that for the.past 24 days, which represent a crushing period of 20 days, the returns from Thames to hand con-, st.tute a record.. The total to date is £02,75J, which is £m more, than tho to al -return! tot the .whole of-the, previous-month, .-852,317 a .few small returns are yet tc.come, to ham so that the I'eturnsJor'themonth.ivillhe.cons.de*;-. ably ahead of those for any-preyious month.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11302, 21 December 1898, Page 2
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