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11. PERSONS EMPLOYED. The following statement shows the number of persons ordinarily employed in or about the metalliferous mines of the Dominion during the year:

in addition, the following persons were employed in oil-bormg operations Geologists, geophysicists, &c. .. .. • • • • • • Surveyors Draughtsmen Laboratory assistants .. ■ • • • • • • • "no Drillers, &c. .. .. • • • • • • • • "of Others .. • ■ • • • • • • ■ • " _ Total • ■ • • ■ ■ 132 111. ACCIDENTS..

During 1939 three fatal and nine serious but non-fatal accidents occurred in or about metalliferous mines, at which 2,824 persons were ordinarily employed.

±OT>aiB rr •• • • I 1 : The three fatalities which occurred in 1939 in metalliferous mines were all in the Southern District and were caused by fails- of earth or stone. One occurred underground in a " deep lead " working, one in a tail-race, aind the third at the 1 bottom of an elevatoi. A short statement concerning these fatalities appears in the report of the Inspector of Mines for the Southern District. . It is pleasing to records the absence of fatal accidents during 1939 m the Northern and West, Coast Inspection Districts. . There were eight serious non-fatal accidents m the West Coast District, three of them on dredges and of the others, three were caused by falling rock. There was one serious non-fatal accident in the' Southern District. No serious non-fatal accidents occurred in the Northern District during the year. IV. GOLD-MINING. The following statement showsv the val&e of the bullion-production, also the dividends declared 1 number of persons employed, and the number of gold mines and dredges

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Inspection District. Total, 1939. Classification. Northern. West Coast. Southern. Gold, silver, and tungsten ?07 1.388 659 2,794 Cinnabar .. .. •• •• •• • • „ " j ' 7 Iron-ore .. .. •• •• •• ... " J3 Manganese .. .. , - • • • • • • ' '' " g Silica .. •• '• •- ■" " 1 Pumice Fuller's earth Diatomaceous earth .. ■ • • • • • ■ • "J_ Totals for 1939 .. .. • • • • 826 1 > 339 2,824 TotaJs far 1938 .. 8W; 1,488 653

Fatal Accidents. Serious Non-fatal Accidents. Cause. Number of w„ m h», , lf ; Number of Number of Separate nliti, I Separate Persons Accidents. Deatlis. Accidents. injured. _ Falls of ground.. Explosives .. .. •• •• •• •• " Miscellaneous, on surface .. • • • * •' • • • • . MiseeHaneous, underground .. " • • •» • • Totals * 3 5 L_

tv / t> ,nu„ i Aon * / a 11 \f i«oa \ Number of PersonB I Number ot Production of Bullion, 1930. (All Mines.) Dlv | dendg pa | d) ordinarily employed Productive Quartz(By Registered Com- at Productive and mines, Alluvial 1 panics only.)t Unproductive Mines, Mines, and Quantity. | Value. j 1939. | Dredges. 1939. (>/.. £ £ Quartz-Kiiniii" » 472,309 717.210 86,987 1,126 62 Allwfef MiM&gt UW12 150,169 10,809 1,190 774 Dredge mining .. 78,476 699,589 90254 23 Totals, 1939 .. 569,297 1,566,977 193,050 2,754 859 Totals, 1938 .. 509,759 1,214,054 217,748 2,955 1,171 • In addition to the gold produced from the gold-mines, silver was obtained from them, hence the word " bullion" Is used In preference to g of privately owned dredges and mines are unobtainable, which renders this statement incomplete. I The bullion-production is from 774 alluvial claims, but the dividends are only obtainable from those few that are the property Of registered companies.