Mining at Wakatipu.
Mr J. P. Healey supplies the Lake County Press with the following table, showing the yield of tho various reefri at Macetown during the past year :— OK9. dwts. grs. Tipperary .. .. 1000 0 0 Premier.. .. .- 1058 4 .0 Gladstone .. .. 427 0 0 New All Wationa .. .. 260 O O Garibaldi .. .. 213 14 0 Homeward-Bound.. .. 112 " « Ladye 4 Fayre .. .. 83 1 0 Keep-it-Dark .. .. ** 0 0 Mountain Maid .. .. 40 IB 0 Treasure .. .. IB W 21 Batchelors .. •• 1° }° °. Albion .. .. •• 6 1° ° Total .. •• 3326 18 21 The above yield is from about 3700 tons of stone, averaging 18dwt $o the ton. TUB INVINCIBLB REEF. The return from the Invincible Company's mine at the head of the Lake is the highest in tho county this Eea3on— namely, llS4oz 2dwt 19gr, the outcome of six cakos, which were produced with great regularity as follows : - Ounces. Dwts. Grains. 117 12 0 349 15 0 m o o 421 ll> 21 108 0 16 165 10 C —making & total of 1184oz 2dwt 19gr. The reef is from 4ft to Bft wWe, and thero is a good show of profitable work in the mine for many years to come.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18840823.2.39
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 1709, 23 August 1884, Page 12
Word Count
191Mining at Wakatipu. Otago Witness, Issue 1709, 23 August 1884, Page 12
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.