MINING.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13671, 9 April 1908, Page 5

MINING.

TALISMAN YIELDS. Per (Press Association; 2 \ • ' . - AUCKLiIIPi AfHl A: i During March the' Talisman Consojidated orushed and treated 4015 tons' of ore for a return of bullion^ valued ,at £17,675 2s 4d. This is an increase on the re&Mimi&sbWmtitteli 36|8 tons yielded £16,662. ..Compared with the return for March, 190? (£11,559), the present' figures Bhow 'a stiH- larger increase. The ' costs • for,^ Ma^bh last amounted to £1 14s Id per' ton, made up us follows : -Mint fleyelop^BJit » fa 2d, mining .12s. ad^-.miUihg. \l3s l\a f general egtpenses <l*lod. Wto Februaw cost per ton was £1 17s 3d... v Tho , total amount M won,fjronx tb.e -mine- tp date is £835^887 19s sd/ * '< ;

The Rotorua Times is informed that a prospector in the Taupo district, who 'is engaged, by a- ,"\follisgton syndicate, has dfifcoVerod %om. The *atfsay» fer Some places, evidently pockets or patches, run half a pehnyttfeigfttfto the dish.' . if is evident that m**s I*: a belt of auriferous country about Lake Taupo, but -the Aloof is, who own all the land, declined to grant any mining areas. , The place should be -proclaimed a gold field. , ",»/,.,,• '».,