43

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No. 13. NUMBER of MACHINES employed in ALLUVIAL and QUARTZ MINING, for the YEAR ending 31st MARCH, 1878.

Machinery Employed in Alluvial- \ ining. Machinery Employed in Quartz-mining. Mixing Districts. ,S_a la %• to o.S = ■ _£ J. o CO r. - ,__ e _, 3OO to 'Z "lav- — -So lie Sou in «_> a la Steam employe! Crush i-encines d Winding, ling, &e. 6 is i ii ttl Is .1 is Approximate Valur op all Mining Plant included IN this Return. Si a Oh No. Aggregate Hone* power. to a Auckland — North Hauraki South Hauraki ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 10 too 234 1,715 11 40 136 824 7 I 25 32 7 i 1 - •18 £ 60.000 208.900 268,900 ... I 1 ... 25 ... 32 I 1 1 1 I Marlborough — Pelorus and Wairau 200 6_l 1 1 - 1 1 1 - 1 i - I 70 1,949 51 960 I 1 18 I 1 - i - I I - ... ... ... ... i - i 400 Nelson — Collingwood and Takaka West Wanganui Inangahua Charleston Lyell Westport Ahaura Nelson Creek Orwell Creek Half-Ounce ... Moonlight Waipuna ... ' Cobden and No Town ... 55 250 43 2,100 2 "23 I 6 3 7 180 48 200 2 I I ... 50 1 ... 1 20 2 i'20 2 ... 6 I 14 ... 98 1 1 10 3 1 10 170 23 10 '"l i 6 ! ... j ... 1 ... 6 j 1 ... 3! 1 O 3 j ... 1 1 ... 1 3 14 - ... ... 1,750 100 68,930 1,000 6,000 7,500 3,750 100 100 100 ... 2 7 4 1 2 ... ... 1 i 100 675 Westland — Waimea Totara Kanieri Greymouth Clifton Arnold Greenstone Okarito Kumara ... H " 3 3 1 2 168 2,616 3,180 100 120 851 34 1 8 53 488 122 60 70 92 6 58 1 8 1 - I 20 I - 2 12(1 - I 1 - 1 1 ... 112 32 218 ... ! ... 11 l_ - 1 - *l ... I 14 I 90,105 3,500 8,000 1,500 997 ... 1 i ... ... i 2,000 90 2,500 8,S 11 40~ 500 11 3 60 418 ! ! 4 5 6 91 " 3 20 12 41 ■■■ 12 12 2 1 1 I ... 4 1 2,500 600 2,500 19.597 12 ... 1 1 I ... ... Otago — Hindon Tuapeka Clyde, Cromwell,'Alexandra, Black's, Teviot, Nevis Orepuki Switzer's Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field) ... Naseby Kyeburn and Clarke's ... Hamilton's, Sowburn, Rock and Pillar Hyde and Fullarton'a ... Macrae's, Strath Taicri, and Shag Valley ... Serpentine and Mnerewhenua St. Bathans, Ida Valley, and other localities. 4 - 1 1,000 180 1,100 256 270 100 40 15 50 40 70 3,661 20 30 2 7 2 10 700 30 7 70 160 20 25 10 2 20 55 "30 40 8 40 ... 'l 4 1 100 3 150 105 4 80 ... 4 9 8 2 29 60 "87 5 6 "5 ... 4 ... "'2 760 12,500 50,000 420 2,800 20,000 2,050 1,200 450 200 350 500 2,600 ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... I ... 1 16 "l "io I 15 7 4 1 59 ... I ... I 150 105 i - I I... I 1,111 118 6 105 I -. I 96 23 188 93,830 * Berdans. t Five of these engines i of 585 aggregate horse-power were employed in pumping.