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Number Amount of Amount of Distance Name of Prospecting Pafty. of Pro- Locality of Operations. Subsidy driven Nature of Claim. Character of Operations. Remarks. spectors. j & expended. j or sunk. _ . ___ Northern Inspection District. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ft. ; Sylvia Gold-mining Company .. 6 ! Thames . . 200 0 0 j 185 18 0 429 ' Quartz . . i Rising .. . . Work suspended. Caledonia-Kuranui-Moanataiari Gold- 7 „ . . 433 6 8 j 329 15 4 761 „ . . Driving .. . . Testing the reef system on eastern side of main fault. mining Company I | So far nothing of payable character discovered. Monowai Syndicate.. .. • • 2 ,, .. 130 0 0 1 60 13 4 140 j »» • • „ .. .. j Work in progress. Renown Mine .. .. .. .. ,, • . 86 13 4 .. ! .. .. No work done. Majestic Gold-mining Company (£1 for 8 Maratoto .. 3,000 0 0 649 5 11 262 Quartz .. Driving and cross-cutting Work in progress. £1 ) | j Glen Isla Gold-mining Syndicate .. 5 Whangamata . . 43 6 8 j 43 6 8 100 ,, .. Driving .. . . Results proved very disappointing. Ohinemuri Gold and Silver Mines .. 10 Maratoto .. 292 10 0 272 11 4 629 „ . . „ .. . . Driving on large lode ; so far nothing payable found. Thomas Parker .. ., .. j 2 Waitekauri . . 23 8 0 .. .. .. .. Work suspended. Hardy's Mine .. .. • • • • I Te Aroha . . 130 0 0 .. .. .. .. No work done. Muir's Gold Reefs, Limited (£1 for £1). . 1 39 j Te Puke .. 16,489 12 4 113,563 7 2 .. Quartz .. Sinking shaft and cross- Work in progress. cutting Four-in-hand Mine .. • • .. Waikoromiko . . 86 13 4 .. .. .. .. No work done. West Coast Inspection District. H. F. Chaffey .. .. • . 1 j Matawai S.D. . . 53 B 0 53 6 0 .. .. Prospecting .. .. Several small copper lodes located, but of no special value. No payable gold found. Foley and Lockhead .. . . 2 j Gallery Creek 50 14 0 ; .. .. Alluvial . . „ .. .. No work reported yet. Holmes and Barnett .. .. , 2 Alfred River . . 31 4 0 7160 .. „ .. „ .. .. Several reefs located, but no values. Kearns and party .. .. . . 2 Fall Creek . . 24 14 0 15 12 0 .. ,, .. j „ .. .. No discovery of any value reported. C. Lewis and party .. .. 2 Parapara 5183 5183 .. ,, .. „ .. .. Work proceeding; no payable values yet located. New Keep-it-dark Tribute party • .. .. Crushington . . 43 6 S .. .. Quartz . . Driving .. .. Work only just started. South Big River Mines, Limited (£1 for .. Big River .. 500 0 0 33 10 9 .. „ . . Driving and rising .. Work only recently started. £!) | . | | Southern Inspection District. R. T. Horner .. .. . . 2 Longwood Range 90 16 8 45 8 4 100 Quartz . . Driving . . . . Work in progress. Phelan and Donaldson .. .. I 2 Upper Nevis . . 31 4 0 15 12 0 „ Prospecting . . . . No gold-bearing reef found. Coal Creek Prospecting Association .. 2 Old Man Range .. 50 14 0 12 0 6 1 „ .. „ .. .. Good surface prospects, but no payable reef discovered. J. G. Black and party .. . . 2 South of Dusk}" 50 14 0 50 14 0 .. .. „ .. . . Nothing of any value found. Point Mount Moore Gold-mining Syndicate . . 3 Stoneburn . . 156 13 4 22 5 0 33 Quartz . . Sinking . . . . Work in progress. J. Reid and P. Lynch . . .. 2 Skipper's .. 128 16 8 18 3 4 40 ,, . Driving . - „ H. Denford and party . . .. ; 2 Orepuki . . 60 0 0 26 8 0 146 Alluvial . ,, . Narrow lead of auriferous gravel found. E. Oxenbridge .. . . .. j 2 Twelve-mile, Lake 63 10 2 .. .. „ . „ . . . . Work in progress. Wakatipu I 105 22,257 2 1 15,411 11 11 1