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The following is a table showing the result of boring done by Government prospecting-drills during 1913 :—

Particulars of Boring by Government Prospecting-drills.

Type of Drill. Name of Superintendent. To whom lent. Minerals sought for. Number of Holes drilled. Approximate Depth drilled. Diameter of Hole. Character of Country penetrated. Average Cost per Foot, including Transport. Result of Drilling. Percussion cable W. H. Warburton Point Elizabeth State Colliery Nil 1 Ft. 400 In. 9 Mudstone, sandstone, shale s. d. 6 8J Hole drilled above mine for pump delivery column. No coal found. No coal proved. 17 ft. coal proved at 723 ft. Sullivan CN diamond Blackball Colliery (Roa Road) Blackball Colliery (Hughes' Track) Westport Harbour Board Coal 1 1 1 945 650 750 2i Mudstone, sandstone, shale, grit Mudstone, sandstone, shale 2 11* 2 Hi 4 10 Schram - Harker diamond Ditto Sullivan CN diamond T. F. Smith W. Carter Nelson Coalfields (Limited) (Stoke) Waikaia Gold-mining Company J. C. Ellis (Upper Nevis) Frosty Creek Prospecting Association (Rimu) A. Cederman (Rimu Flat) 1 1 1 79 80 239 10 8 6 Gravel, running sand, boulders River drift, clay, gravel, sand, boulders Gravel and sand * * Drill proved unsuitable; hole aban doned. Ditto. Holefailed to reach bed-rock, and was abandoned owing to high cost. Successfully tested the claim. 38 6 No. 1 Keystone T. McMath Alluvial gold 13 31 1 339 688 54 6 6 8 to 6 * No. 2 Keystone G. E.' D. Seale .. Cemented gravel * 15 0 Ground very poor. 5 200 6 Rough, tight, river-bed gravel 4 10 Very satisfactory ; ground averaged 2s. per yard. Fairly satisfactory, but pug and log! excessive. Very poor. Stafford Dredging Company (Stafford) G. Linklater, Auckland lead (Awatuna) Donnelly's Creek Prospecting Syndicate (Ross) Saltwater and Maori Creek Prospecting Association Murray and Tindale (Marsden) Golconda Prospecting Syndicate (Cameron's) Marsden Prospecting Syndicate 18 684 6 Pug and river-bed gravel 2 1 9 236 6 Sand and beach-gravel 3 10 5 164 6 Very rough river-bed gravel .. 8 2 12 158 6 Fairly rough river-bed gravel.. 8 0 5 7 110 156 6 6 Sand and gravel 3 8 6 3 Fairly satisfactory. Very poor. 6 160 6 Fairly rough river-bed gravel.. 5 8 * Private operations, cost not available.