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Fame and Fortune Syndicate.— -This syndicate is represented by Mr. Kersey Cooper, who has afforded profitable employment to a large "number of men for several years past, working ground that formerly was abandoned as valueless. The returns for the last year are not nearly so good as for the year previous. There is still a large quantity of gold in the ground, and richer stone may be again cut at any time. There are several lodes passing through the claim, with auriferous veins of quartz traversing the country rock, branching off from the main lodes. The principal portion of the gold was obtained last 'year from the upper levels. The low adit level, which was constructed at great expense, did not open out payable ground at the deep levels. During last year thirty men were employed on wages, and ten men as tributers. The wages-men got 1,928 tons of quartz, which yielded 9820z. gold; and the tributers 43 tons of stone, which yielded about 550z. gold. . .... m , The following statement will show all the gold-producing mining companies in the 1 names County, with the area of ground held by each, the number of wages-men and tributers employed, and the quantity of quartz and mullock treated during the year ended the 31st March last, with the yield of gold therefrom : —

Average Number of Men employed. For Owners. For Tri ibuters. Tail: ings. Locality and Name of Mine. Area. Quartz crushed. Mullock crushed. Retorted Gold. Quartz ci ushed. Retorted Gold. Quantity treated. Gold, obtained. South Hauraki. Tapu— Sheridan's Ball's A. B. P. Tons cwt. lb. Tons. Oz. dwt. Tons cwt. lb. Oz. dwt. gr. Tons cwt. lb. Oz. dwt. gr, 20 3 4 4 0 0 5 2 23 0 0 50 0 0 185 0 34 12 24 3 & 73 0 0 219 12 Tararu — Norfolk Sylvia* 30 0 179 3 0 6 0 GO 20 0 0 3,480 9 94 8 0 1,152 12 I 209 3 6 56 3,500 9 94 1,160 12 Shellback— Nordenfeldt Waitemata Mountain Flower .. 15 3 31 15 0 0 13 1 26 1 2 2 15 0 0 25 0 0 31 0 0 9 10 26 0 69 0 44 1 17 71 0 0 104 16 Kuranui — Hansen's Comer's Hazelbank 14 3 10 13 1 37 7 2 11 13 16 22 4 10 4 2,197"o 0 8,862 13,091 416 15 753 10 2,049 15 35 0 40 228 0 0 375 0 0 62 1 0 319 5 0 163 11 0 35 3 18 51 18! 2,197 0 0 3,220 0 638 0 40 544 17 0 Moanataiari— Moanataiari Alfred Freedom Orlando Calliope Flying Cloud New Whau New Alburnia Dixon's Extended .. New Chum 94 3 26 10 1 5 6 1 10 15 0 0 8 0 0 10 2 30 60 4 6 6 3 4 12 3 2 ! 65 2 3 9,985 0 0 121 0 0 350 0 0 127 0 0 82 0 0 40 0 0 300 0 0 4,493 5 92 0 471 0 168 19 39 10 16 0 270 0 1,252 0 0 41 0 0 97 0 0 038 12 0 100 12 0 48 17 0 15 1 0 3 2 18 5 0 0 6 10 12 109 0 0 212 0 0 4,142 0 0 056 0 0 132 0 0 999 11 0 83 10 169 0 9 100 88 11,005 1 22 5,634 4 5,853 0 0 2,575 12 0 Grahamstown— Saxon Victoria Caledonian 17 1 21 34 1 30 8 3 12 92 6 11 "e 11,078 0 0 4,764 17 157 19 570 0 0 228* 0 0 243"o 0 60 2 23 109 6 11,321 0 0 4,922 16 570 0 0 228 0 0 Waiotahi — Waiotahi New Manukau Cambria Trenton Fame and Fortune.. McOurdy's Berry's Monarch 19 3 15 3 0 15 15 2 17 22 1 16 55 0 11 3 0 0 10 0 36 6 33 10 30 2 1 J 2,262 0 0 55 0 0 1,900 0 0 127 0 0 1,928 0 0 18 0 0 9 0 0 23 0 0 2,859 5 39 18 1,564 19 197 13 981 12 77 0 57 9 15 18 10 43 0 0 UU o 119 3 34 118 10 6,322 0 0 5,793 14 43 0 0 54 14 0 ♦Also bullion, 9,8C4oz. 7 dwt., value £ 7,874 Bβ.