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to effect such alterations as will make it a useful machine, and if this is done, and its crushingcapacity proved to be such as the patentee claims, it will be one of the cheapest crushers yet invented—its price being £250. The cost of erection is, however, considerably more than what the patentee gave last year when he waited on me to show his model, and quoted the cost of erection at £5, which appeared to me at the time to be a sum totally inadequate for constructing foundations for any crusher. [A full description of this machine was given by me last year in my annual report, page 126.] During the year ending 31st of March last the battery returns show that 8,650 tons of quartz were crushed, which yielded 3,7830z. gold. Lyell Greek Extended. —This mine adjoins the boundary of the United Alpine Mine, and the adit-level from which the workings are carried on is about 200 ft. under the lowest level of the Alpine Company's workings. The company owning this property has been thirteen years engaged in constructing an adit-level, which is 3,700 ft. in length, and has expended about £11,800 in construction and in prospecting operations. During the past year the lode was cut, which proved to be about 10ft. in thickness, showing fair prospects of gold, such that leaves little doubt but that the lode will give good returns for working. Some alterations are being made in the adit-level, and, when these are completed, men will be employed in breaking out this ore to send to the crushing-battery. This company has adopted a wise precaution. Instead of erecting crushing machinery at once, it has arranged with the Croesus Company to get the quartz crushed at their crushing-battery at 7s. per ton; but should there be 1,000 tons crushed the price is to be 6s. per ton. The cost of carting from the mine will be about 2s. 6d. per ton, so that the whole cost of treatment will be from Bs. 6d. to 9s. 6d. per ton according to the quantity of stone crushed. From the present appearance of the mine it is likely to prove a valuable property if the crushing turns out satisfactorily ; and there is a great probability that the time is not far distant when arrangements will be made to amalgamate the United Alpine and this company's property, as the adit-level commands the whole of the workings of the Alpine Mine, and do away with incline haulage in the latter mine. United Italy. —This is a mine in which the gold-bearing stone is got in leaders and veins of quartz, and consequently rich specimens are sometimes obtained. During the past year six tributers have been employed in the mine, and they have had 110 tons of quartz crushed, which yielded 4650z. gold. The operations are now principally confined to the construction of a lower level, which is expected to cut the leader of quartz on which they have been working on the upper levels in about 600 ft. Tyrconnel. —There has been no stone crushed from this mine during the past year, the operations being confined to the construction of a new adit-level, which is now completed, the distance being about I,oooft. A branch drive was constructed from this adit for 240 ft. to the south, and it is believed that they have struck the same leader of quartz which was remarkably rich on the fifth level, giving 13oz. of gold per ton, or 7500z. gold was obtained. So far, a thin leader has been cut, showing gold in the face, and the stone is similar to that on No. 5 level. Six men have been employed last year in this mine. Grcesus. —The gold found in this mine is also in leaders and veins of quartz. Formerly some rich specimen stone was found in some of these leaders, but the operations last year were disappointing, as 175 tons of quartz only yielded 620z. gold. There are only two tributers working in this mine. The following statement shows the quantity of quartz crushed, and the yield of gold therefrom in the several quartz-mining localities on the West Coast and Marlborough for the year ending the 31st March, 1895 :—

Name of Locality and Company. Quartz crushed. Quantity of Amalgam. Quantity of Gold obtained. Marlhorough District. "Waikakaho—Ravenscliff Tons. 25 Oz. 50 Oz. 14 Nelson District. Collingwood—Johnson's United 3,554 1,526 657 Beefton District. Boatman's — Fiery Cross Fiery Cross, for Harold and party ... Fiery Cross, for McCaffrey and party 688 10 18 982 16 75 325 4 17 716 346 Painkiller —Sir Charles Russell 470 1,020 298 Murray Creek— Inglewood Golden Fleece Tributers Golden Treasure Tributers Golden Treasure, for Victoria Venus Extended, for Energy 200 1,054 48 326 30 1,059 38 155 30 73 397 10-5 98 8 1,658 586-5