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Kauri-gum to the value of £497,444 was exported, being £51,662 less than that of thelprevious year, but as a considerable quantity of this resin is ordinarily utilized on the Continent of Europe by the nations now at war the decline is not remarkable. The value of other minerals exported was small. MINERAL - PRODUCTION. The following table shows the quantity and value of gold, silver, and other minerals, coal, and kauri-gum, exported during the years 1913 and 1914, also the quantity of native coal consumed in the Dominion during the same periods :—
AURIFEROUS-QUARTZ MINING. The value of bullion obtained from our quartz-mines during 1914 amounted to £1,154,214, as a result of treating 501,339 statute tons of ore, in addition to which scheelite concentrates, value £21,825, was also obtained from such ore. The dividends distributed by|[gold-quartz mining companies amounted to £288,265. The above-recorded output shows an increase of £82,401 above that for 1913. The following is a statement of the quantity of quartz treated, the value of bullion obtained, and the amount of dividends paid by the more important quartzmining companies during 1914 :• —
During the past year the development of new ore-bodies at our quartz-mines generally has been unimportant. At the Talisman Consolidated Company's property at Karangahake, the Woodstock and Talisman Mines have quite recently been connected by a lengthy crosscut at level No. 14 of the last-named mine. Satisfactory development of ore iu the Bonanza section between levels Nos, 14 and 15 has recently been effected,
Year ending Product. 31st Decembe 31st December, 1913. 31st Decembei r, 1914. Quantity. I Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold ... ... ... ... 376,161 oz. Silver ... ... ... ... 975,616 „ Mixed minerals ... ... ... 2,927 tons New Zealand coal exported ... ... 211,749 „ New Zealand coal used in New Zealand 1,676,256 „ Kauri-gum ... ... ... 8,780 „ Coke ... ... ... ... 28 „ £ 1,459,4991 227,954 oz.* 103,8661 599,162 „ * 31,532 5,395 tons 205,010 ; 302,908 „ 838,128 1,972,685 „ 549,106 8,473 „ 50 17 „ £ 895,367* 62,085* 29,224 282,163 986,342 497,444 48 Total value for 1914 1913 £ ... 2,752/ ... 3,187,: '30*1 .91 * The value of the bullion produced as stated in the official retui t Tho total value of minerals produced during 1914 amounted tc •ns from tho mines amounted to £7. £3,297,984. ,502,649.
i Name of Company. Quantity of Quartz treated. Value of Bullion. Divide: Total to End of December. 1914. ids paid. 1914. Waihi Gold-mining Company (Limited) Waihi Grand Junction Gold-mining Company (Limited) Talisman Consolidated (Limited) New Big River Gold-mining Company (Limited) Blackwater Mines (Limited) Other quartz-mines Statute Tons. 163,754 103,321 52,210 6,273 50,426 125,355 £ 324,038 227,637 263,516 30,185 93,848 214,990 £ 99,181 48,047 116,437 9,606 12,500 2,500 £ 4,577,720 105,703 935,478 91,200 112,496 * Totals .. 501,339 1,154,214 288,265 * * Unknown.