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Tabulated Statement showing Parcels of Ore treated at Thames School of Mines Experimental Plant during 1897-98— continued.

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Name of Mine or Owner and District. Description of Ore. Dry Weight of Ore. Assay-value of Ore per Ton. Bullion saved. Value pe Ounce. ier Percentage saved. Gold. Silver. Value. Gold. Silver. Value. By Cy, .NIDE. E. J. Banks, Maratoto ... Waitekauri King Glassy quartz, with iron-oxides Splintery, and containing iron manganese Crystalline, with blue veins... Tailings Glassy quartz, mineralised ... Light-brown and flinty quartz Clean white quartz Clean white quartz Black mud and shells White quartz, with blue veins Coarse tailings, clean Tailings Glassy quartz, mullocky and Lb. 2,250 4,000 Oz. dwt. gr. 0 10 22 1 11 4 Oz. dwt. gr. 2 19 14 1 5 12 £ a. d. 2 8 7 6 7 2 Oz. dwt. gr. 1 16 19 4 12 15 £ a. d. 0 17 31 2 3 2 66-9 88-0 57-6 87-8 65-8 88-0 Alpha, Waitekauri Alpha, Waitekauri Waitangi, Thames Kawakawa Boyal Standard, Wharekiraupunga Eoyal Standard, Wharekiraupunga Union Beach ... Ohui Mahara Eoyal, Tapu Sheridan, Tapu Golden Point, Tapu 2,000 2,100 1,750 1,400 7,500 800 1,300 2,880 4,480 2,520 1,500 0 12 13 0 5 1 0 10 2 0 2 12 1 3 22 2 1 14 0 4 0 2 7 22 0 5 13 0 2 18 0 0 22 5 5 21 3 10 14 2 10 10 0 19 2 12 22 8 18 21 0 5 1 8 18 0 5 16 0 3 0 0 0 14 3 0 9 17 3 2 5 4 0 10 1 5 10 9 4 2 0 16 6 10 7 9 12 9 0 11 3| 0 3 9 2 14 16 1 16 16 1 11 20 0 0 17 12 3 0 2 16 6 0 0 20 6 3 18 0 18 12 0 5 0 0 0 15 0 9 4 0 11 0 0 16 6 1 13 2 15 9 0 16 2 1 6 10 0 16 3 1 19 4i 1 18 21 2 10 5 46-1 89-9 75-3 18-2 92-9 70-2 11-3 37-4 80-0 75-0 63-1 51-5 48-3 62-9 49-3 87-4 60-4 19-1 42-2 81-0 77-4 60-8 47-0 79-1 74-0 18-2 92-6 69-3 11-5 37-7 80-1 75-0 63-0 The tailings from two of the above parcels treated by cyanide were pan-amal gamated, and an extn percentage of bullion recovered thereby ■— Percentage Saving of Original Assay-value. Gold. Silver. Value. Eoyal Standard Lb. 800 | By cyanide By pan 70-2 10-5 60-4 4-1 69-3 9-9 Total extraction ... 80-7 64-5 79-2 Ohui 2,880By cyanide By pan 37-4 30-9 42-2 25-8 37-7 30-5 Total extraction ... 68-3 68-0 68-2