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Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Auckland District for the Nine Months ended the 31st December, 1900— continued.

Number of men employed in prospecting and development-work in the whole district from which no returns of gold have been obtained, 320.

Battery Returns from Quartz-mines in the Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast Mining Districts for the Nine Months ended the 31st December, 1900.

Locality and Name of Mine. £ H o o »O Quartz crushed. Gold obtained. Estimated Value of Gold or Bullion. Amalgamation. Cyanide. Ohi: [emoei County. Waini— Waihi Waihi Union 1,036 164 Tons cwt. lb. 79,808 0 0 4,199 0 0 Oz. dwt. Oz. dwt. 201,014 0 3,385 0 £ a. fl. 223,576 11 5 4,558 3 0 Waitekauri— Waitekauri Jubilee Grace Darling 350 12 l> 1,200 84,007 0 19,813 0 46 0 827 0 0 0 0 0 17 13 204,399 0 56,458 0 321 15 222 0 228,134 14 5 49,836 15 9 257 14 0 266 8 0 373 Karangahake— New Zealand Crown New Zealand Talisman Imperial Crown Woodstock Junction.. 240 150 4 2 20,686 0 26,133 0 7,961 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 13 26,397 16 29,725 4 12 0 4 3 57,001 15 50,360 17 9 52,339 12 6 21,980 2 1 30 0 0 10 11 6 Komata — Komata Eeefs 396 34,106 0 0 56,139 3 74,360 G 1 35 •4 0 0 134 0 299 6 2 Maratoto— Waitekauri Extended Maratoto United ■10 n 2,255 0 580 0 0 0 532 3 2,117 6 3,262 8 2,223 3 0 812 3 9 Totals, Ohinemuri County.. 51 2,835 0 0 532 3 5,879 14 3,035 6 9 2,055 141,038 0 0 549 16 323,053 12 356,190 11 2 Waiorongomai— Empire and New Find Loyalty 20 2 Pi. ako County. 1,189 0 0 ! 882 9 30 0 0 27 1 1,918 11 9 67 12 6 Totals, Piako County 22 I 1,219 0 0 I 909 10 1,986 4 3 Grand totals 3,370 I J |195,369 3 7 28,919 10 338,868 1 457,037 4 1 * Tailings.

Name of Mine. Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold. Lpproximate Values. larlborough District — Jubilee lollingwood District — Golden Blocks Golden Kidge .. Vestport District — Britannia jyell District — Alpine Extended teefton District— Kirwan's Reward Progress Mines Golden Fleece Wealth of Nations Keep-it-Dark New Inkerman Last Chance New Scotia Big River 'aparoa Ranges— Croesus Taffy .. Tons. 500 1,732 420 16 899 1,763 40,564 1,918 1,979 9,022 2,608 44 900 216 Oz. dwt. gr. 90 11 6 1,849 6 0 363 6 17 24 18 0 294 9 3 1,873 7 7 15,536 17 7 1,946 15 9 711 5 23 3,312 3 9 165 0 0 85 0 0 190 15 6 113 9 22 £ a. d. 317 19 11 6,914 12 4 1,136 13 7 98 7 0 1,042 18 11 7,465 14 4 63,952 7 11 3,859 5 0 2,834 7 11 12,198 0 0 659 15 9 331 13 6 640 13 9 571 16 4 1,643 873 857 13 6 318 19 2 3,495 5 4 1,287 12 0 Totals 65,092 27,733 17 21 106,807 3 7