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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, 1916— continued.

Average Locality and Name ol Mine. Quartz crushed.* employed. Goldr Amalgam. Gold obtained. obtai lined. Cyanide. Value. Coromandel. County. Coromandel CounTons cwt. qr. lb. 514 9 0 0 'Y. f. Waikoromika — Tons cwt. qr. lb. Pour-in-Hand .. .. 18 514 9 0 0 Tokatea —• Royal Oak . . . . .. 2 0 0 I 12 Lismore .. .. .. 1 0 2 0 0 Verdun .. .. .. 3 5 0 1 22 Luok-at-last.. .. .. 1 8 0 0 0 Mount Welcome .. .. 4 40 0 1 12 Marguerite .. .. .. I Tailings re-treated Kapanga — Coromandel Hydraulic Sluicing 4 Tailings re-treated Company Kapanga .. . . .. 1 Cleaning up mill Hauraki Blook— Hauraki Reefs .. .. 15 90 13 I 21 Kuaotunu— NewWaitaia .. .. 13 254 0 (I 0 Prospectors . . .. .. 2 0 0 2 4 Totals .. .. 65 912 6 0 15 0 0 I 12 I) 2 (I 0 5 0 1 22 8 0 0 0 40 0 1 12 Tailings re-treated Tailings re-treated Oz. dw 1,796 I 13 : 3 { 40 ( 7 : 62 { 15 If 62 1( 10 li 1,104 : 657 It 37 i 3,810 li Oz. dwt. 1,796 I 13 3 3 5 40 0 7 3 62 5 15 16 62 10 ft. 1 3 5 0 3 5 6 0 8 7 6 8 2 Oz. dw Oz. dwt. vt. £ I 5,042 : 33 : 9 109 18 : 175 43 241 28 3,151 1,902 94 10,849 £ s. d. 5,042 1 4 33 14 6 9 2 0 109 5 11 18 15 2 175 6 6 43 1 7 241 19 9 Cleaning up mill 10 18 28 0 6 90 13 I 21 I,104 7 3,151 14 5 254 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 657 16 37 8 1,902 8 9 94 5 7 65 912 6 0 15 3,810 12 10,849 16 0 Te Puke Tauranga County. To Puke Reefs .. . . I 3 1 4 15 3 (I 3 Tauranga County. I 4 15 3 0 1 13 I 13 0 °| —I— 20 26 11 6 SUMMARY. Thames County and Borough .. 141 10,832 3 2 11 Waihi Borough .. .. 1,082 285.723 0 0 0 Ohinemiiri County .. .. 340 20,984 0 0 0 Fiako County .. . . .. 3 Coromandel County . . .. 65 912 6 0 15 Tauranga County .. .. 3 4 15 3 0 141 1,082 340 3 65 3 SUMMARY. 10,832 3 2 11 285.723 0 0 0 20,984 0 0 0 13,075 : 45 1. 19,212 1 208 3,810 1 13 13,075 8 45 15 19,212 11 208 1 3,810 12 13 0 8 15 11 1 12 0 8,980 I 755,822 129,695 8,980 12 755,822 0 129,695 2 12 0 l 2 33,298 574,731 140,835 68 10,849 26 33,298 9 11 574,731 0 0 140,835 2 8 68 2 3 10,849 16 0 26 11 6 912"6 0 15 4 15 3 0 Totals, 1916 .. .. 1,640 318,456 5 126 Totals, 1915 .. .. 1,814 330,198 17 0 18 1,640 1,814 174 318,456 5 I 26 330,198 17 0 18 36,965 44,972 36,965 7 44,972 7 7 7 894,497 1 929,910 1 894,497 14 929,910 12 14 12 759,809 796,684 759,809 2 4 796,684 17 8 Decrease .. .. 174 11,742 11 2 20 11,742 11 2 20 8,007 i 8,007 0 0 35,412 I 35,412 18 18 36,875 36,875 15 4 * Ore treated given in " long" tons. During the year fifty-three men were employed on unproductive quar :tz-mining operations. Statement showing the Quantity op Quartz crushed and Gold i and Westland Districts for the Year ended 31st D: OBTAINED IN MARLBOROUGH 'ECEMBER, 1916. Locality and Namo of Mine. Average Number of Men employed. Quartz crushed. — Goldo Amalgamation. Gold obtained by olit Estimated Valrre. Cyanide. Marlbori IUGH. Wakamarina — Dominion Consolidated* ..-| 80 Tons. 15,550 ■ I Oz. dwt. gr. 1,855 19 0 Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d, 6,734 15 5 SO Inangahua County— Blackwater Progress Wealth of Nations New Big River Keep-it-Dark . . Murray Creek Progress Junction old tailings 176 117 102 47 40 50 1 176 117 102 47 40 50 1 Westl 40,247 26,780 24,186 5,548 5,617 3,138 t .nd. . 16,619 12 0 5,112 15 0 6,717 16 0 4,245 5 0 677 2 18 2,812 12 0 2,900 10 0 1,010 8 0 2,642 9 0 498 18 0 464 7 5 290 4 0 80 16 0 78,589 11 3 24,508 7 2 37,299 17 2 19,362 11 0 4,162 10 5 12,252 0 0 230 2 1 Totals 533 533 105,516 36,185 2 18 7,887 18 5 176,404 19 I Marlborough Westland 80 533 SUMMA] 15,550 ,Y. 1,855 19 0 6,734 15 5 105,516 36,185 2 18 7,887 18 5 176,404 19 I Totals, 1916 Totals, 1915 Increase 613 J 714 121,066 151,161 38,041 1 18 48,458 10 5 7,887 18 5 9,246 6 0 183,139 14 6 231,150 6 II Decrease 101 30,095 10,417 8 11. 1,358 7 19 48,010 12 5 * Also produced 07 tons of scheelite-ore, valus above statement, having been 11 corded when the on employed ou unproductive quartz-ruining operations. £11,849 4s. Ild. was originally en t 387 tons of old tai rshed. 1 In ar ilirrgs ; this tonnage is no ldrtion to whieli eiglity-e: it included In the ight persons were