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Number Amount of Amount of Distance Name of Prospecting Party. of Pro- Locality of Operations. a llbgi(iv wanted Subsidy driven Nature of Claim Character of Operations. Remarks. spectors. 3 ° * expended. or sank. Northern Inspection District. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ft. Sylvia Gold-mining Company .. .. 6 Thames .. 200 0 0 185 18 0 429 Quartz .. Rising .. .. Work suspended. Caledonia - Kuranui - Moanataiari Gold- 7 ,, .. 216 13 4 171 3 4 395 „ ., Driving .. .. Testing reef system on western side main fault; so far mining Company nothing of payable character has been discovered. Monowai Syndicate .. .. .. 2 ,, .. 130 0 0 130 0 0 300 ,, .. ,, .. .. Large reef intersected carrying low values. Majestic Gold-mining Company .. 8 Maratoto .. 3,000 0 0 2,901 7 0 1,049 „ .. Driving and crosscut- £1 for £1. Work in progress; in low-grade ore. ting Ohinemuri Gold and Silver Mines .. 10 ,, .. 47 13 4 .. .. ,, .. Driving .. .. Driving on large lode; promising bands of ore met with. Alburnia Gold-mining Company .. 4 Thames .. 216 13 4 .. .. „ .. „ .. .. Work in progress. Muir s Gold-reefs .. .. .. 29 Te Puke .. 5,000 0 0 4,314 7 8 .. .. Driving and sinking .. ,, Four-in-hand Gold-mining Company .. .. Waikoromiko .. 86 13 4 .. .. .. .. No work done. Imperial .. .. .. .. 2 Karangahake .. 250 0 0 125 13 7 250 Quartz .. Crosscutting .. .. Several quartz veins of low value intersected. West. Coast Inspection District. Britannia Mine (Fry's) .. .. 2 Mokihinui .. 53 6 8 53 6 8 100 „ .. Driving .. .. Reef exposed; said to be payable. H. F. Chaffev .. .. .. 1 Takaka .. .. 20 0 0 18 10 0 .. .. Prospecting .. .. Nothing of value discovered. Dominion Consolidated Development .. Wakamarina .. 86 13 4 69 13 4 182 Quartz .. Driving .... Syndicate Hart and Ahern .. .. .. 2 ,, .. 35 2 0 .. .. .. Prospecting .. .. No work reported. Linkwater Prospecting Syndicate .. 2 Mahakipawa .. 101 8 0 39 0 0 .. Alluvial ,. „ .. .. Nothing of value found. Mahakipawa Goldfields (Limited) .. .. „ .. 362 19 2 362 19 2 .. .. Drilling .. .. Subsidy on past expenditure. Murray Creek Mine (G. Kremmer) .. 4 Reefton .. 120 0 0 80 17 0 .. Quartz .. Repairing .. .. Small pay-shoots located. New Keep-it-dark Mine (Moyle) .. 5 „ .. 53 6 8 53 6 8 .. „ .. Prospecting .. .. Drive on reef-track; gold-bearing boulders found, but nothing solid. New Keep-it-dark Mine (Wilson) .. .. „ .. 250 0 0 127 19 2 .. „ .. Development .... Rice, Browning, and Kearns .. .. 3 Ngakawau .. 50 14 0 11 14 0 .. .. Prospecting .. .. Work in progress. South Big River Mines (Limited) .. 6 Big River .. 466 9 3 73 3 10 .. Quartz .. Driving .. .. Nothing of value located. Wealth of Nations Mines (Limited) .. .. Reefton .. 1,500 0 0 736 12 3 .. „ .. Driving and shaft-repairs Pay reef developed. Wise, Haynes, and Grace . . .. 3 Baton Valley .. 35 2 0 8 15 6 .. .. Prospecting .. .. Work in progress. H. R. Young (Strathconor Reefs Syndicate) .. Seddonville .. 43 6 8 .. .. Quartz .. Driving .. .. Southern Inspection District. R. T. Horner .. . . .. 2 Longwood Range 90 16 8 90 16 8 200 „ .. Driving .. No reefs found. Mount Moore Gold-mining Syndicate .. 2 Stoneburn .. 156 13 4 109 10 0 130 „ .. Sinking .. .. Work in progress. Reid and Lynch .. * .. .. 2 Skipper's .. 128 16 8 67 2 7 139 „ .. Driving .. .! Gold-bearing reef'located. E. Oxenbridge .. .. .. 2 Twelve - mile, Lake 124 12 2 63 10 2 400 Alluvial .. „ .. .. Work in progress. Wakatipu H. and E. Barker .. .. .. 2 Mount Pisa .. 50 14 0 .. .. „ .. Prospecting .. .. „ 106 .. 12,877 13 11 9,795 6 7