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METALLIFEROUS MINES Men Employed and Output

ALLUVIAL MINING Two of fhe three companies operating in the West Coast District, the Moonlight, Blackball, and the Golden Sands, Barrytown, suspended operations during the early part of the year due to the exhaustion of available payable ground. In the Southern District the Golden Arrow Mining Co. worked during the early part of the year on the Arrow River. Operations were then suspended and the company went into voluntary liquidation. A number of small parties are still working alluvial claims in these districts, but there have been no major developments.

Men Employed and Output

31

— Ore. Development. Men Employed. Gold. Silver. Value. .Northern District— Martha, Waihi Lucy Amelia, Komata Charlton's, Kuaotunu Jubilee, Coromandel Sundry prospectors Tons. 95,804 Tailings 20 Ft. 5,761 449 2 2 5 Oz. dwt. 26,974 14 3 11 137 17 6 2 Oz. dwt. 231,753 5 18 1 91 9 2 6 £ 328,316 42 1,287 51 Totals 458 27,122 4 231,865 1 329,696 West Coast District — Blackwater, Waiuta 24,328 111 9,976 7 96,023 Southern District — Callery Party, Macrae's Flat Fraser Party, Macrae's Flat Mount Arnum Syndicate, Skipper's Creek 100 24 15 1 1 1 24 4 6 16 18 9 250 48 58 Totals 139 3 36 3 356

— Yardage. Average Depth. Men Employed. Gold. Value. West Coast District — Golden Sands, Ltd., Barrytown Waitahu Gold-mining Co., Ltd. - Moonlight Goldfields, Ltd. Sundry alluvial claims 61,216 30,000 Ft. 40 15 175 2 3 3 100 Oz. dwt. gr. 39 0 0 144 3 0 62 15 11 588 0 0 £ 366 1,248 483 5,767 Totals 108 834 0 0 7,864 Southern District— Round Hill Mining Co., Ltd. . . Golden Arrow Mining Co., Ltd. Sundry alluvial claims '6 2 52 453 0 0 29 0 0 808 0 0 4,291 309 7,870 Totals' 60 1,290 0 0 12,470