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Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the West Coast Inspection District for the Year ended 31st December, 1927.

Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Southern Mining District for the Year ended 31st December, 1927.

Summary of Inspection Districts.

Locality and Name of Mine Average Num eu r0t Quartz crushed, i employed. _J Gold obt Amalgamation. ;ained by Cyanide and Concentrates. Value. Maelbobough. Maelboboui £ s. d501 11 5 Wakamarina— Dominion Consolidated marina— ninion Consolidated Tons cwt. qr. 8 800 0 0 NTtiit «mHi 8 Tons cwt. qr. 800 0 0 Oz. dwt. gr. 140 8 0 Oz. dwt. gr. Waiuta— Blackwater Mines-— Reefton— Wealth of Nations Crushington— New Keep-it-Dark Alexander River— Aloxander Reefs Big River— New Big River Nelson. 4,133 13 0 68,645 3 6 ,a— ckwatcr Minos— an— JNELSON. 190 41,362 0 0 : 190 41,362 0 0 13,423 16 0 jn— ilth of Nations inirf.nn— 25 1,924 0 0 25 1,924 0 0 877 15 0 638 7 0 5,876 9 2 mguin— v Keep-it-Dark nrlnr River— 8 430 0 0 8 430 0 0 88 13 0 33 7 0 440 12 0 naer i.tivcr— xander Reefs iver— 17 628 0 0 17 628 0 0 929 14 0 246 19 0 4,525 18 0 aver— v Big River 15 1,024 0 0 15 1,024 0 0 713 9 0 325 7 14 3,253 3 2 Totals, 1927 263 46,168 0 0 16,173 15 0 5,377 13 14 83,242 17 3 Totals, 1926 236 47,395 0 0 18,127 18 4 5,852 14 0 93,061 11 7

Average Number of Gold obtained by juartz Locality and Name of Mine. Men employed. crushed. Amalgamation. Ooncentratss. Waihemo County. itoneburn— Golden Bar 6 Tons cwt. qr. Oz. dwt. gr. I 28 0 0 4 10 0 Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. 17 6 6 Totals, 1927 6 28 0 0 4 10 0 17 6 6 Totals, 1926 5 135 0 0 I 88 1 18 15 6 12 ! ! 416 3 8 i I __

Inspection District. Persons employed* Quartz crushed. Bullion obtained. 1 Value. Statute Tons. Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. Northern (North Island) .. .. 669 208,372 459,421 17 ' 0 366,020 16 8 West Coast (South Island) .. .. 263 46,168 21,551 8 14 83,242 17 3 Southern (Otago and Southland) .. 6 28 4 10 0 17 6 6 Totals, 1927 .. .. 938 j 254,568 480,977 15 14 449,281 0 5 Totals, 1926 .. ,,'j 937 238,168 530,087 11 10 442,673 14 4 In addition, 151 persons were oinployod at unproductive quartz-mining.