The Gold Returns.

Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10632, 4 February 1909, Page 1

The Gold Returns.

SOME IA.TJCIELAMD: MINES

THE YElAlttf® OiUTPUT.

The gold returns from] the Auckland district mines far 1908 show «< value of £1,317,419 8s lOd, as oonipared! with £.1,42,1,2(16 14a Id for 1907. This is a deoreasie of £103,, 797 5® 3d, due to: a Wiring' off in tihe Thiameis returns of £144,710 Is. 2d. and of the CoHMnandiei Tleturna of £356 9s Bd, the Ohinemuri increase of £41,2i69 5s 7d lessening the deficit to the figure stated. The 190s oxiitiput is, njetrartiheless, the third highest in the history of the field since the early days, the 1907 and 1906 outputs liav© exceeded it only to the phenomenally rich run. in the Waiotiaihi during those periods. Th-i past year's output is made up as follows : Oihiniewm'Hi £1,2i82',600, Thames £2-9,853, CoiiomaiuM ,£4962. The corrected returns are as unafer: —

OHEMEMUiRL ! Wa,ihi, 392^214 tons... 923,172 0 0 TaiEsnmn, 46,4,17 thus 218,992 4 i Grand Junction, 48,505 tons 70,918 13 9 Eoraiiata! 'ißefefs, 28,270 tons 44,309-0 0; Crown Mines, 14,359 tons 24,455> 0 0 New Waitekauri ....... 630 10' 0 Rising Sun C 0.... 123. 9 0 Total for Ohinemtiri District* i,2«2i,600 17 1 TBGAMIOSL Wa^talii, 3497 tons and picked 5t0ne....... 14,670 0 S May Queen, 276 loads and picked stone.;. 3,271 17 '3 Day Itewn and Norfolk (Tkrairu.) ........... 1,427 O 1 0 Victoria, 75 loads and picked stone ...... ,1,221 13' 9 Southern Queen 503 0 0 I Kui-dmiui-^CSaiedoniani ' 295 0 0 Waitangi, 16 loads... 108 01 9 Kuranui ■ 49> 0 0 Nlew Tina 36' 0 0 IjNlejW Da,rt 300 0 Temple Bar, 10 tons 18 0 0 Mbanataiarr, 8 loads l'2i 0 -C 1 Watchinaini '. 11 0 0 Soandiniaiviiiain, 2 tons 10 0 0 Tkalmies Co., 5 loads... 10.0 I) -' 21,677 00 TAIRtfA A'NjD" MKAiVESVILIiE, Tairua Broken Bills, 4467 tons -8,735 0 0 Golden Belt 480 tons 709 0 0 Champion' Co. ....... 159 0 0 Total Thames District ............. 29,858 0: 0