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Men Employed and Output
BASE-METAL MINING Production of Metals (Other Than Gold or Silver)
MINE ACCIDENTS Two fatal accidents were reported from metal mines during 1949. A chamberman in a shaft met Ms death by falling out of a cage while travelling between levels, and a prospector was killed by a fall of earth while making an open cut to start tunnelling. Two serious non-fatal accidents were reported from metal mines, a miner being struck by a fall from the back of a stope and sustaining a broken arm, and a surface worker losing his thumb and forefinger while using a circular saw. Two fatal accidents and one serious non-fatal accident occurred at dredges. Both fatalities were due to drowning, one man being drowned when the Arahura Dredge capsized, while the other fell from a boat while working outboard on the Rimu Dredge. To counter this latter form of accident, steps were taken to amend the regulations, and men working from boats or outboards on dredges are now required to wear life-jackets.
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— Yardage. Depth. Men Employed. i Gold. "Value. West Coast DistrictGrey River, Ikamatua Arahura, Arahura Rimu, Rimu Kaniere, Kaniere Ngahere, Ngahere Snowy River, Ikamatua Cu. yds. 3,337,000 441,253 1,565,000 2,789,372 1,498,351 1,000,000 Ft. 30-2 1310 42-0 113-0 78-0 20-0 25 39 41 42 27 13 Oz. 5,667 1,832 4,849 11,300 4,971 4,735 £ 64,146 22,390 49,613 123,627 46,784 37,564 Totals 187 33,354 344,124 Southern District— Austral-IST.Z., Lowburn Clutha, Alexandra Rainbow, Gore 2,990,000 2,521,000 150,000 47-0 78-0 6-0 47 25 2 7,090 6,400 156 67,835 62,021 1,407 Totals 13,646 131,263
1 Location. 1 Men Employed. Quantity. Ore Treated. Value. Arsenic Antimony Copper Iron (limonite) Iron (limonite) Iron (limonite) Manganese Tungsten Blackwater Mine, Waiutu Taieri Sylvia and Monowai Mines, Thames Onekaka Qkaihau Quarries, Okaihau WMtelawg, Kamo Manings, Clevedon Glenorchy and Macrae's .. By-product only By-product only 5 5 3 1 17 Tons. 19-0 50 13-0 408-0 2,441-0 1,503-0 305-0 25-2 Tons. 390 £ 343 209 28 408 7,628 1,691 1,879 7,882 Totals 20,068