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Mercury.—At Puhipuhi 1,172 tons of ore was treated, which yielded over 3 tons of mercury, valued at £6,840. Work has ceased at the cinnabar-mine at Karangahake. Mica. —Work was abandoned on the deposit at the 4,000 ft. level on the Matukituki Range, South Westland. A start was then made at about the 1,700 ft. level, and from there 700 lb., yielding about 300 lb. of useable material, was recovered. Petroleum.—From the three producing wells owned by Moturoa Oilfields, Ltd., a total of 73,588 gallons was obtained, and was treated by N.Z. Oil Refineries Ltd., New Plymouth. The borehole at Kamaka, West Coast District, reached basement rock at 6,942 ft. with negative results. Phosphate.—From the Clarendon deposit 19,931 tons, worth £20,551, was quarried. Pottery Clay.—Near Kaka, in the Nelson District, 2,330 tons of pottery clay, worth £3,087, and about 50 tons of inferior clay, worth £44, was mined. At Benhar, South Otago, 3,374 tons of pottery clay was quarried ; and at Kakahu, South Canterbury, 914 tons of clay used for making insulators was produced. Pumice.—ln the Northern District 2,931 tons of pumice, valued at £11,856, was quarried. Serpentine.—To augment the supply of fertilizers, 17,699 tons of serpentine was obtained from Wayby Quarries and 20,022 tons from Kaukapakapa Quarries. Silica.—From the Wanganui and North Auckland districts, 22,214 tons of silica, valued at £54,857, was produced. From Canterbury and Central Otago, 2,105 tons of silica sand, valued at £2,538, was mined. Tungsten.—From the Glenorchy and Macraes districts of Otago, 136 tons of scbeelitc concentrates, valued at about £62,000, was mined. STONE-QUARRY INSPECTION AND STATISTICS The following is a table showing the number of quarries under the Stone-quarries Act, also the number of persons ordinarily employed thereat, and the annual output and value of crude stone during 1944
Quarry Accidents The following is a summary of serious accidents during 1944 at quarries under the Stone-quarries Act:—
One accident, causing two deaths, occurred in a North Island quarry, and a quarry-manager was killed in an accident in a South Island quarry, during 1944.
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S>8 S-d Output of Stone. .5i3 op m M n K <\ % |.S S g fi | | k' r 2 a o o® S Provincial Name and Address of § <§ 51 € Sg "6 "7, " ® g uistrict Government Inspector of ti „ o ►. ,2 W S ag ng a District. Stone-quarries. $ B R«1 5 S® °f ° «| o § IS- ij 1| II si 11 11. fl I « it 1° is sf sla ! | « S 00 GO M iJ P* g f Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. £ Auckland.. R. C. Ruffin, Mines 180 775 554,533 .. .. 234,740251,395 .. 203,922 296 299 Dept., Huntly E. J. Scobie, Mines 28 89 78,064 .. 351 .. .. .. .. 31,531 Dept., Waiki (Hauraki Mining District only) Hawke's Bay R. C. Ruffin, Mines 17 31 16,081 .. .. 45,828 .. .. 1,950 21,717 Dept., Huntly Taranaki .. Ditto .. .. 21 64- 20,630 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,183 Wellington „ .. ..25 72 35,571 .. .. 90,487 .. .. 22,500 Nelson .. "") Westland .. I G. W. Lowes, Mines 24 103 13,852 .. 4,321 24,899 70,335 .. 4,003 13,504 Buller .. j Dept., Grey mouth Marlborough J Canterbury ] Otago .. J-T. McMillan, Mines 52 417 101,304 52,587 7,513 507,854 58,575 19,931 .. 234,708 Southland J Dept., Dunedin Totals, 1944 .. 347 1,551 820,035 52,587 12,185 903,808 380,30519,931232,375*649,245 Totals, 1943 .. 325 1,672 774,993 51,914 17,712 752,603411,045 9,241237,056 580,297 "Includes 25 tons talc, value £10; 3,931 tons dolomite, value £1,474; 47 tons quartzite, value £85.
Number of Accidents. Number of Sufferers. Cause. — — Fatal. Serious. Killed. I Seriously | injured. Haulage Machinery Explosives .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 Falls of ground .. . . . . .. .. .. I . . X Miscellaneous .. . . .. .. . . .. . . 1 ., 1 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 2 1 3 1