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Table 3 -continued. Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Hauraki Mining District for the Year ended 31st December, 1914— continued.

Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz Crushed and Gold obtained in Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast Districts for the Year ended 31st December, 1914.

Locality and Name of Mine. Average Number of Men employed. Quartz crushed. Gold obtained. Amalgand. Cyanide. Value. SUMMARY. Thames County and Borough 171 Tons. cwt. qr. lb. 19,320 I 2 6 Oz. dwt. 7,052 5 Oz. dwt. 20,868 14 £ s. d 32,931 18 I. Waihi Borough 1,142 267,075 0 0 0 778,660 11 551,688 19 8 Ohinemuri County 489 58,559 0 0 0 46,351 8 270,738 3 319,538 13 9 Piako County 2 1,570 0 0 0 3,346 15 1,427 7 8 Coromandel County 50 669 11 I 24 2,180 5 6,145 15 5 Totals, 1914 .. 1,854* 347,193 13 0 2 55,583 18 I ,073,614 3 911,732 14 7 Totals, 1913 . . 2,136 327,589 17 2 3 86,453 7 1,031,976 1 865,618 19 10 Increase 19,603 15 12 7 41,638 2 46,113 14 9 Deorease 282 30,869 9 * During the yi lar 117 men wi ire employed on unprodi ictive quartz-mininf operations.

Number of Men Employed. Gold obtained by Locality and Name of Mine. Statute Tons Quartz crushed. Estimated Value. Amalgamation. Cyanide. Marlborough— Dominion Consolidated 7(1 15,814 Oi. dwt. gr. 2,113 17 18 Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. *7,833 12 10 Collingwood County — Golden Blocks io 322 258 6 1 990 6 II Buller County — Mokihinui Swastika 60 II 7 85 .15 7 18 Inangahua County— Keep-it-Dark Wealth of Nations Progress Murray Creek Lankey's Creek Gardner's (Progress Junction) New Big River Blackwater 70 114 162 25 4 2 75 213 13,627 25,470 33,150 1,824 1,078 Old tailingt 6,273 50,426 3,341 1 0 7,503 19 0 7,626 9 0 1,540 6 0 285 3 16 1,403 1 0 2,476 4 0 2,868 6 0 148 10 0 89 1.8 0 1,271 I 0 2,634 0 0 18,199 9 0 39,452 .14 3 40,750 7 5 6,551 4 0 1,147 7 3 218 1.0 2 30,184 15 10 93,848 3 10 6,196 4 12 20,765 14 0 Marlborough SUMMARY. 70 16,814 2,113 17 18 J7.833 12 10 Collingwood County 10 322 258 8 1 990 6 11 Buller County 7 85 15 7 18 60 11 7 Inangahua County 665 131,848 7,258 16 4 10,891 0 0 230,352 I I 9 Grey County Total, 1914 £752 148,069 49,646 7 17 1.0,891 0 0 239,237 3 1 Total, 1913 631 126,260 41,662 3 18 10.128 2 0 201,987 10 7 Increase .. 121 21,809 7,984 3 19 762 18 0 37,249 12 6 * Also produced 83 tons 15 cwt. of si yanidcd. i 58 men wore employi cheelite concei cd in non-prodi itrate, value £9,301 ictive quartz-mini] I. t 420 tons off i ig operations not shown i o tiling previously recorded as crushed now i til is table. c;