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Name of Mine and Locality. Name of Manager. £■=■ 1 1 1 I d s e I 2 1 I I 3 IT. o 5 a bo II o 1 O B Depth of Size of Shaft Shaft or or Length Adit. 1 of Adit. Dimensions of Shafts. o Output for 1897. •3 S H o n" ill |l| < si Number of Men ordinarily ; employed. 1 . o o ■a a I p * Pumps. n s a 49 I & 03 EG Cβ IS} w-t 1 Coal, j Slack. Total. CO 1 NOKTH ISLANE i Kawakawa District. Kawakawa New Bay of Islands Coal Co. Boss, John 3& semibitum. 1 3' to'lO' the whole Iin5 bord and pillar i 5' x 3' 40' adit incline Tons. , 11,134 Tons. Tons. I 11,134 Tons. 794,845 27,041 Tons. 794,845 38,175 10 12 horse natural 11/10/97 HlKOBANGI DlSTEICT. West Bryans Smith, Charles .. 6' to 7' 1 in 7 6' x 5' 420' adit rail 2,142 2,142 32,183 34,325 horse 28/5/97 10 Walfcon and Graham's adit and engine incline aditinol. incline 1,210 1,210 -{ "I ■•: Hikurangi Goal Company .. Moody, T. P. £ semibitum. 7' to 16' the whole 6'to 10' 8' Iin6 bord and pillar 6'x9' 30,663 30,663 61,038 91,701 7 42 49 engine natural 9/10/97 Phoenix .. Hikurangi Colliery.. Gould, Charles L. Kerr, George 3 1 tf 1 1 10' 12' Iin8 irregular opencast 11 4' x 2' 6" 240' 5,026 4,484 5,026 4,484 4,997 10,023 4,484 1 16 9 10 16 horse horse 9/10/97 9/10/97 .. .. ■• Whangabei District. Kamo Kamo New Griffin, I. brown 3' 3 -, irregular bord and pillar 4'8"x2'8" adit l^037 1,037 225,037 5,848 225,037 6,885 natural 12/10/97 3JS 1 1 157' li 4 "5 horse Whauwhau 70,853 70,853 NGUNGURU DlSTEICT. Kiripaka Wright, EdwardS. semibitum. 2'to 10' the whole V in 9' 2" bord and pillar 8'x5' 1,848' adit incline 16,248 16,248 55,454 71,702 horse natural 13/10/97 5 10 34' 44 Waikato District. Waikato .. Wallace, William I brown 8' to 16' I 12' Iin7£ 6'x5' 5' x 4' 10'diam. 522' adit 13,317 13,317 180,938 194,255 ( du \ 13" ( 24" 2' 18/12/97 9 10 20 30 plex 5" 7" 5" Taupiri Extended Taupiri Keserve Tattley, William Harrison, Jonathan 11 11 21' to 50' 18' to 24' 7'to 22' 10' to 16' irregular Iin4£ 9'x6' 170' and 204' 2,000' shaft adit engineincline 33,066 18,870 847 33,913 18,870 518,465 141,592 552,378 160,462 12 14 52 45 64 59 engine 170' 204' 210' I fan exhaust steam 18/12/97 17/12/97 Ealph's Taupiri Miranda, Bridgewater Bombay .. Long, George '7 ' •• i 5' the whole irregular driving 6'x5' 200' adit 25 '*25 23,019 20,668 50 23,019 20,668 75 " ••I .sioi 21 ially 2 natural - occ; Mokao District. Lobb, Joseph V Iin36 bord and pillar 8' x7' 1,155' adit 9,565 12,713 horse not inspected. Mokau 13 i< 3,148 3,148 5 12 •• Go-operative 940 940 - •• Totals - .. \ 139,160 847 140,007 2,173,743 2,313,750 81 232 3131