7

C.—3

Tabulated Statement showing Parcels of Ore treated at Thames School of Mines Experimental Plant during 1898-99.

Name of Mine or Owner and District. Description of Ore. Weight of Ore. Assai Gold. Assay-value of Ore per Ton. ,y-val ,lue of Ore Silver. per Ton. Value. Bullion saved. Value pe Ounce. ier Percentage saved. Gold. Silver. Value. A.— B Pan-a: algamatto: Caledonian, Nenthorn ... H. Gordon, Tairua H. Gordon, Tairua H. Gordon, Tairua H. Gordon, Tairua H. Gordon, Tairua H. Gordon, Tairua Chicago, Thames Chicago (south drive) Chicago (north drive) Progress Castle Bock Progress Castle Bock E. Godsal, New Plymouth Busty-coloured and clayey, with strings of quartz Grey-earthy, with little quartz Pine earthy rubble, with little quartz Hard flinty quartz, mullocky Hard and flinty Earthy, with a little flinty quartz Grey decomposed country, with quartz stringers White and glassy quartz and iron-pyrites White quartz, with iron-pyrites White quartz, Be S 2 , and andesite Blue quartz, with Fe and As pyrites ... Blue quartz, with Fe and As pyrites Quartz stringers, in brown-and-blue mottled country Blue mottled country, with quartz stringers White quartz and dense iron-pyrites ... Hard white quartz, mineralised Pyritous tailings, acid and clayey White quartz, with blue veins Hard white quartz, mineralised Hard white quartz, oxidized Clay, with quartz stringers ... Hard white quartz, with clay Hard white quartz Hard white quartz White quartz, with iron -pyrites and arsenic ... White quartz, with pyrites and arsenic Brown-and-black rubble, little quartz Botten quartz, with brown iron-oxides Lb. 2,300 1,280 1,200 1,180 410 750 1,900 910 1,120 1,120 1,800 1,380 2,000 Oz. dwt. gr. 0 2 12 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 5 1 0 1 21 0 12 14 0 3 0 1 6 11 0 .18 22 0 6 17 0 10 2 0 11 Oz. dwt. gr. 0 0 21 0 16 0 1 21 0 2 0 0 3 18 0 16 0 8 19 0 1 21 0 15 3 0 11 7 0 3 18 0 5 16 0 0 12 £ s. d. 0 10 1 0 8 If 0 12 2 0 12 8* 1 0 6| 0 7 7* 2 11 2 0 12 2 5 7 4 3 16 9 17 3 2 0 11 0 4 2 Oz. dwt. gr. 0 3 6 0 1 14 0 2 7 0 2 8 0 18 0 0 20 0 18 13 0 1 15 0 18 18 0 13 0 0 7 12 0 8 12 0 13 £ s. d. 2 17 11 2 11 0 2 10 7 2 9 9 2 9 6 2 9 0 2 1 lOJ 2 11 11 2 10 4| 2 9 9 2 10 11 2 11 6i 2 13 7 90-8 87-1 88-9 86-7 88-1 79-9 89-2 83-6 88-0 84-2 87-3 87-0 79-5 91-3 80-2 83-3 82-3 74-3 78-4 90-8 79-4 89-9 85-8 88-8 83-0 84-7 90-9 86-9 88-8 86-5 87-7 79-8 89-2 83-6 88-0 84-2 87-2 86-9 80-0 E. Godsal, New Plymouth Young New Zealand Waitaia, Kuaotunu Mahara Boyal, Tapu H. Gordon, Tairua Waitaia, Kuaotunu J. Hope, Waitekauri E. Wigmore, Puru E. Wigmore, Puru Top Valley, Blenheim ... Top Valley, Blenheim ... Wentworth, Whangamata Wentworth, Whangamata J. Mclsaac, Mercury Bay Three Sisters, Tapu 2,800 900 910 1,800 1,420 1,200 1,200 2,000 2,240 1,080 910 1,940 840 3,360 900 0 0 7 15 5 0 1 14 0 6 7 11 19 12 0 18 19 0 7 3 0 1 21 0 3 18 0 15 3 2 6 15 4 18 8 4 10 18 11 14 9 0 16 9 0 0 5 0 17 13 0 16 0 5 21 44 7 6 0 18 19 10 4 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 9 0 7 13 3 14 9 3 15 15 2 11 6 5 13 12 0 12 5 2 7 0 6 5J 15 9 52 6 8 3 17 0i 1 10 6 0 7 8-| 0 15 5 3 0 11 9 7 3 20 0 9 18 10 6 47 2 8 3 16 10 0 0 12 0 9 0 0 10 0 7 12 30 5 0 0 17 22 0 7 0 0 2 17 0 7 0 0 8 14 10 0 4 0 10 1 16 6 21 9 0 110 I 2 5 4£ 2 5 li 2 3 bi 0 19 9 1 18 9 1 18 7 2 0 5 2 0 4 3 18 3 7 5 2 5 5 2 4 7 3 3 10 14 4 49-4 85-8 78-9 90-9 84-1 86-2 79-9 91-8 901 88-6 52-6 58-6 97-5 91-8 55-4 88-0 72-7 80-9 87-1 32-2 73-8 86-1 90-7 83-8 53-5 37-8 89-3 30-9 49-5 85-8 78-8 84-1 82-6 79-6 91-5 901 88-6 52-6 58-2 97-5 82-8 H. Eeynolds, Coromandel Keep-it-Dark, Beefton ... Young New Zealand Waitaia Mahara Boyal ... Waitaia J. Hope, Waitekauri Wentworth, Whangamata Wentworth, Whangamata B.By Cvi HIDE. 0 4 10 1 15 7 0 10 0 5 2 7 0 5 1 15 9 3 17 0i 1 10 6 16 19 8 19 11 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 13 12 0 0 20 0 7 0 0 5 5 0 7 12 1 12 12 2 6 22 2 12 8 3 18 0 2 10 4 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 3i 10 9 2 13 8 2 13 4 55-1 60-3 82-6 79-3 75-5 39-1 63-2 25-9 90-4 56-3 55-2 60-3 82-4 79-3 75-5 39-0 63-5 25-6 89-6 Blue quartz, with Fe and As pyrites ... Tailings ... White quartz and dense pyrites Hard white quartz, mineralised Tailings, acid and clayey Hard white quartz, mineralised Hard, and oxidized Clean quartz, with pyrites and arsenic Clean quartz, with pyrites and arsenic 600 1,600 900 900 1,700 1,200 900 2,240 800 0 8 19 0 2 12 15 5 0 16 0 6 7 0 18 19 0 7 3 4 3 4 4 15 19 0 17 13 0 13 0 5 21 0 18 19 10 4 3 10 14 3 18 3 71-9 77-8 74-7 36-3 67-9 13-8 50-5