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(1). Quartz-mining. The following is a statement showing the tons of ore treated, the value of bullion produced, and the amount of dividends paid by quartz-mining companies in each of the inspection districts during the years 1911 and 1912 :—
The following is a statement of the production, working-cost, dividends declared, and the number of persons employed at the principal quartz-mines during 1912 : —
Northern Inspection District. Waihi Goldfield. —Owing to the Federation of Labour refusing to allow its members to work with the Waihi Engine-drivers' Union, who had seceded from the Federation and formed a new union (subsequently registered under the Arbitration Act), for nearly six months following the 13th May mining operations were suspended at Waihi. The result, therefore, of operations during 1912 is no criterion of the capacity of the mines. On the 13th May, 1913, I inspected this mine, and found at the 1,151 ft. or deepest level that the Martha lode maintained its width at the western face, but pinched out to the eastward, and, with the exception of small isolated pockets of sulphide ore, the quartz had been leached of its value throughout the level, especially towards the north, or foot-wall side, from whence the impoverishment commenced in the levels immediately above. As the greater portion of the bullion won by this company has been obtained from the Martha lode this continued impoverishment is unfortunate, but it is satis-
Tons of 0: (2,24 re treated. ; 0 lb,) Value of Bullion. Dividends paid. (By registered companies only.) Inspection District. 1912. 1911. 1912. 1911. 1912. 1911. Northern West Coast Southern 264,831 55,098 15,722 507,280 128,244 10,467 £ 781,716 116,408 8,065 £ 1,141,235 228,512 5,506 £ £ 299,303 401,273 15,600 50,696 Totals ... 335,651 645,991 906,189 1,375,253 314,903 451,969
Name of Company. During 1912 Quantity Value of Quartz of treated. | Bullion. Average Value per Ton. Dividends paid. *C T? CO ■ O QT3 u ■R CD Total to -9 o ° .„.„ EndofDe- | § g" U)U - cember, fc g § 1912. | I iTYmflTMQ.l Northern District— Tons. £ £ s. d. j £ £ Waihi Gold-mining Company (Ltd.)* 131,989 316,724-f 2 7 11-9 148,772 4,379,357 Waihi Grand Junction Gold-mining i 37,242 74,371 1 19 1P2 19,219 38.437 Company (Ltd.) New Zealand Crown Mines (Ltd.) .. 22,839 40,798 1 15 8'7 .. 70.000 Talisman Consolidated (Ltd.) .. 42,780 246,569 5 15 32 125.062 685,353 Komata Reefs (Ltd.) .. ..I 5,464 16,636 3 0 10-7 ... 33,333 New Sylvia Gold-mining Company j 10,459 15,044 18 9-2 .. (Ltd.) Waihi-Paeroa Gold-extraction Com- $ 33,811 0 8 O'S 6,250 6,250 pany (Ltd.) West Coast District — Blackwater Mines (Ltd.) .. .. 11,538 26,604 2 6 13 .. 87,496 Progress Mines of New Zealand 8,770 12,543 18 7-2 .. 326,562 (Ltd.) Consolidated Goldfields of New Zea- 10,936 17,509 1 12 0-2 j .. land (Ltd.) New Big River Gold-mining Com- 7,666 36,657 4 15 7*6 15,600 67,200 pany (Ltd.) 112 other quartz-mines throughout 45,968 68,922 1 10 3'6 .. § New Zealand i imperial Tons. £ 131,989 316,724f 37,242 74,371 Imperial Tons. 131,989 37,242 £ s. d. j 2 7 11-9 t 1 19 11-2 I £ £ 148,772 14.379,357 1,200 19,219 38,437 250 I I 22,839 40,798 42,780 246,569 5,464 10,636 10,459 15,044 22,839 '12,780 5,464 10,459 1 15 8-7 5 15 3-2 3 0 10-7 j 1 8 9-2 70,000 170 125,062 685,353 320 33,333 65 55 % 33,811 X 0 8 0-3 6,250 6,250 67 11,538 26,604 8,770 12,543 11.538 8,770 2 6 13 1 8 7-2 87,496 100 326,562 100 10,936 17,509 10,936 1 12 0-2; 60 7,666 36,657 7,666 4 15 7-6 15,600 j 67,200 57 45,968 45,968 68,922 1 10 3-6 § 846 ___ i Totals, 1912.. .. .. 335,651 906,189 .. 314,903 § 335,651 906,189 314,903 § 3,290 314,903 i I * The total value of the output of this company at the end of the year]was £10,118,217. The divider given are free of income-tax. t In the annual report of the directors"6f this company for 1912 the value of the bullion-production is stati £332,786, but the figures given in the table above are the official returns from the company to the Inspi Mines. The discrepancy occurs owing to the actual value of the bullion not being known until it is refined in E J 84,178 imperial tons of old tailings from Waihi and Karangahake Mines dredged from Ohinemuri River channel, crushed during former years and recorded therein, but re-treated during 1912. § Unknown. ids here ed to be eotor of !ngland. sludge-