MINING
WESTPORT OUTPUT. The output from the Westport Coal Company’s mine for the month of May was 21,865 tons, compared with 32,209 tons for the same month last year, a decrease of 10,344 tons. WESTPORT-STOCKTON RETURN. During the month of May the Wcst-port-Stockton mines produced 12,692 tons of coal, compared with 15,934 tons for May, 1930, a decrease of 3242 tons. BLACKWATER MINES. The following is the report of the mine manager of Blnckwater Mines, Ltd., for the month of May;— The plant crushed 4157 tons, yielding 1597 fine ounces of gold, valued at £6782. Working expenses were £5506. In addition, the furnace treated 93 tons concentrates for a return of 116 fine ounces of gold, valued at £492. Working expenses were £127, working profit £1641, capital expenditure £76, development expenditure £656, and profit over all is £909.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21356, 9 June 1931, Page 4
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