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Name of Prospecting Party. Sumber \mount of of Pro- Locality of Operations. SaMd y granted, spectors. - & Amount of Subsidy »g*WI expended. driven. Nature of Claim. Character of Operations. Remarks. Northern Inspection District. Waitangi Gold-mining Company W. H. Madill Campbell Bros. Rising Sun Gold-mining Company Ohinemuri Gold and Silver Mines (Ltd.) Caledonian-Kuranui J. H. Benny and George Doel J. H. Barrett and Falvey W. F. McNeil 2 3 2 2 2 I £ s. d. £ s. d. Thames .. I 130 0 0 Tairua .. .. 50 14 0 39 0 0 Puru Creek .. 50 14 0 50 14 0 Owharoa .. 2.000 0 0 2,000 0 0 (£1 for £1) Maratoto .. 433 6 8 264 6 8 Thames .. 2,000 0 0 324 1 3 Komata . . 50 14 0 50 14 0 Rotokohu .. 50 14 0 ; 0 14 0 Tokatea .. 50 14 0 I 19 10 0 Ft. Nil Quartz 100 610 234 Driving .. Surface prospecting .. Nothing payable discovered. ,, .. Prospecting lode 12 ft. in width; assay value encouraging. Sinking shaft .. .. Sinking shaft 100 ft. to develop lode at lower depth. Assay value for 300 ft. along floor of upper level over £6 per ton. Average w-idth, 12 in. Driving a low level to in- ' Intersected 21 ft. lode ; 8 in. of footw-all portion contersects Camoola lode tains high silver values. Testing lode system on Prospecting lode system on the eastern side of main eastern side main fault | fault. Surface prospecting .. ! Gold seen in ore broken out; nothing payable. ,, .. Nothing payable discovered. .. ,, .. I Gold freely seen in leader, but nothing payable. West Coast Inspection District. Alpine Consols (Limited) C. Anderson and party T. Barrett and R. Johnson Blackwater Miners' Prospecting Association J. Fayne and D. Danks C. N. Hodder and party P. Hughes and Samson Inangahua Miners' Prospecting Association E. Kean Mount Greenland Gold and Quartz Mining Syndicate E. McNair and party George Pettigrew .. K. Ross and party . . J. Timpson and P. McQuillan F. D. Walker and H. Honey Webster, Knight, and party G. Wise and J. O'Donnell T. Williams and S. Taylor Hokitika Prospecting Syndicate Forrester Bros. 2 2 41 2 2 7 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 i Lyell .. .. .. 19 1 4 Wataroa River .. 50 14 0 Upper Takaka . . 62 8 0 15 12 0 Grey River .. 93 12 0 148 18 0 Waimangaroa .. 85 16 0 50 14 0 Karamea River .. 93 12 0 Punakaiki River .. 50 14 0 j 21 9 0 Inangahua .. 150 0 0 I 46 16 0 Greenstone ... 132 0 0 Ross .. .. 30 0 0 j 61 19 4 Karamea .. 101 8 0 15 12 0 ' Slab Hut Creek .. 50 14 0 Taipo River .. 62 8 0 7 16 0 Browning's Pass .. 62 8 0 27 6 0 Capleston .. 43 6 8 24 5 4 Rimu .. .. .. 28 3 2 ' Wangapeka .. 50 14 0 j Brown Grey . - 50 14 0 23 8 0 1 Arahura River .. 66 6 0 ; Mount Domett .. 66 6 0 44 Quartz 143 Quartz ' 5 6 , .'. 109 Alluvial Driving .. .. Nothing of value located. Prospecting . . .. i ,, . . .. I Nothing of any value found. „ .. .. | Auriferous lode found at Alexander Stream, Big Grey River. „ .. .. Small leaders carrying gold found, but values low. ,, .. .. j Number of small unpayable lodes located. ,, .. .. | Several unpayable lodes located. ■! Construction of tail-race j No work done. .. j Driving .. .. Lode located, but too poor to work. Prospecting .. .. No discovery of any value recorded. ,, .. .. No work done yet. ,, .. .. ! Several lodes examined, but nothing payable found. ,, .. .. | Prospecting several small veins ; nothing of value found. Driving .. .. Fissure driven on, but quartz pinched out. ,, .. .. Considerable area of pay-gravel opened up. Prospecting .... ,, .. .. Several unpavable lodes located. ,, .. .. Prospecting just started. Southern Inspection District. Otago Central Gold-mines H. Fraser and J. McAuley Ballingall and Nicol R. Symes and partv P. and W. H. Thomas R. F. Landreth and party 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 Bendigo .. j 150 0 0 I 114 12 6 ! and half-cost i of timber .. ! 14 19 0 13 13 0 Nenthorn .. 15 12 0 15 12 0 Nevis .. .. 125 0 0 125 0 0 Old Man Range .. 101 8 0 50 14 0 Hamilton's .. 92 19 8 65 8 8 Red Hills, north- 76 1 0 76 1 0 ! I west Otago 400 Alluvial 75 j „ 500 " Quartz 151 Alluvial Driving .. .. Work in progress. Sinking .. .. Shaft sunk to ventilate prospecting-drive. Surface prospecting .. Nothing payable discovered. Driving .. . . No paj-able ground found. Surface prospecting .. Prospects encouraging. Driving .. .. Work in progress. Prospecting .. No mineral deposits "of value found.