MAORILAND.
" WIAJfIT, January 17. iSinoe starting operations, the Maorilan dcomipany's 'batteiy tes crushed 400 tons of ore for a Return o( £701 10s sd, made uip as follows: Bullion banked! £382: _ 18s Id, biullion on hand since icileam up £80 Is 10d', slimies under treatment £100 16s, sands 'under, ti'eaifcmenfc £67 14s 6d, bullion in slags, zinc and plates £70; "total, i£7or 10s sd. The largo amount "of slimes and sands in covr-; of trteia:tment has adoumiulated duvinr the time the slimies' plant was boin^ erected. During thi© past week, the value of the ore being, treated shows decided improvement, the nxna-lgain obtained being, 31ozs for four days, which is the highest obtained sinoei the battery 'c^mmiencled crushing;. Tlilere; ia now an abundance of wa.ter power for 1 some timie to> come. Since the holidays, work hias been resumed 1 iiu the minei, both in thie lower .and 1 intermediate levels- The ore being, broken, assays from £3 13s 2d to £6r 16s: 2d peri ton.
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Thames Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 10195, 18 January 1907, Page 1
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