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Two new dredges, the Bendigo-Goldlight and the Waipapa Beach, commenced operating about the middle of the year. Of the total of 2,775 oz. of gold, valued at £20,427, recovered by Southern District dredges, Aitken's dredge in the Waikaka Valley recovered 1,190 oz., valued at £9,084, and the Goldfields Dredging Co.'s dredge at Big Beach 503 oz., valued at £3,543. (3) Alluvial Mining. The following is a statement showing the value of production of, and dividends declared by alluvial gold-mines during 1935 : —■

Prospecting by driving, shafting, and boring in Southland, Otago, and the West Coast of the South Island continued unabated during 1935. Many possible dredging areas were proved, but little of importance was discovered in alluvial mining during the year. At Wetherstones the inclined shaft, at the end of the year had reached a distance of 1,672 ft. from the portal. At the 1,511 ft. mark the schist dipped away much more steeply than could be followed by the drive. Consequently the drive had to be extended in the conglomerate some distance above the contact.

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Dividends declared. Wime of Owner Estimated Quantity and Value JN ame ol owner. of Go[d produced _ During 1935. Total to End of 1935 oz. £ £ £ Mahakipawa Goldfields, Ltd. .. .. 316 2,410 Glenroy Gold, Ltd. .. .. .. j 202 1,472 Giles Terrace Sluicing Party .. .. j 57 424 Addison's Flat Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 466 3,578 .. 2,795 Charleston Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 235 1,710 Waitahu Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. .. 762 5,791 Mount David Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 174 1,308 Blackwater Creek Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 162 1,166 Deep Lead, Ltd. .. . . .. .. 457 3,304 .. 500 Golden Sands, Ltd. .. .. .. 650 5,284 700 3,200 Stafford Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. .. 90 675 Lawson's Flat Gold-sluicing Co., Ltd. .. 659 4,747 Hohonu Gold-sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 137 1,003 Golden Gully Sluicing and Dredging Co., Ltd. 9 66 Koura Mining Co., Ltd. .. .. .. 18 132 Branch Creek Development Co., Ltd. .. 17 127 Snowy River Sluicing Co., Ltd. .... 5 38 Moonlight-Nelson Creek Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. 4 30 Bell Hill Gold-sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 35 249 Bell-Hooper Cromwell Gold, Ltd. .. .. 73 542 Bell-Kilgour Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. .. 15 106 Jones Nevis Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 450 3,257 813 813 Reward Gold-mining Co. .. .. .. 77 565 Nevis Sluicing Claims, Ltd. .. .. .. 89 632 New Cornish Point Mines, Ltd. .... 6 42 Verdon Sluicing Co. .. .. .. 12 90 Cairnmuir Sluicing, Ltd. .. .. .. 8 59 Fourteen Mile Beach Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 69 524 Macrae's Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. .. 1,327 9,965 1,250 2,250 Maerewhenua Gold Development Co., Ltd. .. 165 1,391 Round Hill Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. .. 928 6,716 Kildare Consolidated Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 165 1,213 Golden Arrow Mining Co., Ltd. .. .. 217 1,492 1,100 1,100 Junction Reward Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 151 1,073 166 166 Arthurs Point Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 195 1,424 Central Shotover Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 117 851 Upper Arrow Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 24 165 Moonlight Mining Syndicate .. .. 90 656 .. 3,700 Upper Shotover Gold-mining and Hydraulic 36 276 Elevating Co., Ltd. Skippers Ltd. .. .. .. .. 308 2,251 Mountain Terrace Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 55 384 Sandhills Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. .. 105 791 Ben Lomond Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .... 10 71 Oxenbridge Shotover Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 30 215 Shotover Crevices Gold-mining Syndicate .. 179 1,291 Skippers Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. .. 69 506 King Solomon Deep Lead, Ltd. .. .. 3,670 27,528 3,250 19,500 Coastal Mining Co., Ltd. .. .. .. 282 2,021 Waimumu Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 258 1,975 Nokomai Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. .. 709 4,978 Sailors'Gully Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. .. 263 1,908 Paddy's Point Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 470 3,435 New Gabriel's Gully Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 166 1,252 Molyneux Deep Lead, Ltd. .. .. .. 28 197 Ben Ledi Sluicing Co., Ltd. .. .. 30 213 Fruidburn Sluicing Co. .. .. .. 21 154 All other claims .. .. .. .. 21,812 155,383 Totals .. .. .. 37,134 269,106 7,279 Unknown.