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Table 1— continued. Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Hauraki Mining District for the Year ended 31st December, 1915— continued.

Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in Marlborough and Westland Districts for the Year ended 31st December, 1915.

Locality and Name of Mine. Average Number of Men employed. Quartz cruBhed. Gold obtained. Amalgam. Cyanide. Value. Coromandel Coun' Tons cwt. qr. lb. 0 6 0 18 'Y. Waikoromiko— Four-in-Hand Tokatea— Royal Oak Kapanga— Kapanga Tailing Gold-reclaiming 5 2 1 0 1 18 Oz. dwt. 459 17 43 5 Oz. dwt. £ s. d. 1,313 14 <) 110 0 0 6 Re - treating old tailings 2 0 0 0 42 0 109 15 0 Coromandel Hydraulic Sluicing Company Venture Claim " '.." Kapanga Hauraki Block — Hauraki Reefs Kuaotunu— Now Waitaia Mountain King Great Barrier— White Cliffs Prospectors 6 4 4 9 0 0 1 2 2 10 0 0 64 0 0 0 7 14 64 2 22 10 0 161 12 2 14 20 0 0 0 457 7 1,291 10 4 12 2 373 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 906 0 66 1 2,471 Hi 10 169 19 6 1 4 0 0 2 23 5 0 0 0 11 17 0 17 26 12 3 1 15 0 Totals 55 477 17 1 3 1,049 3 1,014 1 5,688 11 10 To PukeTo Puke Reefs 2 Tauranga County'. 5 0 0 0 15 18 43 14 6 Thames County and Borough Waihi Borough Ohinemuri County Piako County Coromandel County Tauranga County 194 1,191 370 2 55 2 SUMMARY. 19,372 7 3 15 284,046 0 0 0 26,297 12 0 0 6,018 6 33 0 37,871 18 | 1,049 3 " I 18,775 12 700,905 8 205,107 19 4,091 14 1,014 1 15 18 32,018 2 11 527,676 6 8 229,854 8 (i 1,403 13 3 5,688 11 10 43 14 6 477 17 1 3 5 0 0 0 Totals, 1915 Totals, 1914 1,814 1,854 330,198 17 0 18 347,193 13 0 2 44,972 7 | 929,910 12 55,583 18 | 1,073,614 3 796,684 17 8 911,732 14 7 Decrease 40 16,994 15 3 12 10,611 11 143,703 11 115,047 16 11 During the year 58 men were ei iployed on nproductive quartz-mining operations.

Locality and Name of Mine. Average Number of Men employed. / Quartz crushed. Gold obtained by Estimated Value. Amalgamation. Cyanide. Marlboro rGH. Wakamarina — Dominion Consolidated* " L 80 Tons. 17,484 Ol. dwt. gr. 3,334 12 0 Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. 12,471 12 8 Inangahua County— Keep-it-Dark Wealth of Nations .. Progress Murray Creek Lankey's Creek Tributors. Progress.. New Big River Blackwater W. E. Gardiner (iO 105 165 30 3 3 60 207 1 (iO 105 165 30 3 3 60 207 1 j Westla: 10,985 25,844 36,160 1,680 830 597 2,938 54,643 D. 2,005 4 0 7,617 13 0 7,532 8 0 1,522 6 0 184 13 7 109 7 22 1,951 4 0 24,201 2 0 996 5 0 2,032 7 0 1,912 14 0 179 15 0 11,064 14 0 40,710 2 6 37,695 3 2 6,739 9 0 735 16 2 383 7 7 11,868 16 7 109,284 17 8 196 7 7 564 3 0 2,895 16 0 65 6 0 Totals 634 634 133,677 45,123 18 5 9,246 6 0 9,246 (> 0 218,678 14 3 Marlborough* 80 SUMMA ,Y. 12,471 12 8 80 17,484 3,334 12 0 Wostland 631 634 133,677 45,123 18 5 9,245 6 0 218,678 14 3 Total, 1915 714 714f 151,161 48,458 10 5 9,246 (i 0 .231,150 6 11 Total, 1914 752 752 148,069 49,646 7 17 10,891 0 0 239,237 3 I Increaso .. 3,092 1,187 17 12 1,644 14 0 •I 8,086 16 2 Decrease .. 38 38 J * Also produced 110 tons of scheelite concentrates, value £14,182 12s. 3d. quartz-mining operations not shown in this table, f Seventy men were employed in non-productive