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MX ft*. r<Mi—»/**■* WSSJ&S treated amounted to 2,862,000 cubic yards. operated for 3,808 hours during the year and dug Gillespie s Beach Dredge, Weheka. This diedge, , , (h previous yolvr . It was anticipated that the as as ass {sscasasw**&<— — *- <~ Alluvial Mining Butter County Addison's Flat Gold-mining Co Ltd,, Addison's During tile lattof the yew the company oommenced To shift the plant to a more suitable, area, and sluicing will be resumed early in 1944. Inangahua County "^ C, "^™ t ' dwhiCh lowered the level of the Big River to a degree that made it impossible to fill the Mount David race. Grey County yield6d satiBfactor y returns for the amou,lt of ground treated ' Miscellaneous Minerals D oSiSS South Westland, Md sufficient liihiriri-itioe WM l "' .'. 11 climatic conditions it was not completed until cress, - wrs. f » «,. M .*. <* «»<*, -*- **«.» .1.M.. M hulc at Marsden and then terminated their opoia '° ofl ura) , ri!|j|| „ making a total of 1,3(14 ft. drilled by rotary Exploration, Ltd., Carried out an additional 57 . 1 , company's behalf the Superior Oil Co. drilled a hole k" N^o. r L "°in'the Arahura V'alley. Th'c boring of this hole was quickly completed, and the results obtained thC £? i* «>" 129 ' E- £ 190, TheU- ore is used chiefly %»«om the Upper Takaka Motueka, and subsequently delivered to various users throughout the Dominion. General Remarks : Mining and Prospecting A repetition of the previous year's difficulties was experienced by the metalliferous mining industry, and the weaker concerns had to cease production diffieultv in obtaining replacements, led to a diminished gold return, Contraction of operations, due principally^to^difficulty_m > g ex p ting a sma ll am ount of check boring on and prospecting has now' P™^ 10 * 11 ? cease d P wa s drilled l.y larger operating companies, the work being SS'ZttSS :Sn„ £SS£SX. or line .< boreholes a, cir.um.tanee. warranted. Fatal Accidents On, f.„„ accident n.crred during ,h. e direction and trapped Tagg.rt, who ... cru.lieil between th, ribs of the screen and the screen casing, suffering fatal injuries. Serious Non-fatal Accidents . , , . • „ rtu Arahura Dredge. received a fractured skull and rib injuries. He was dearing'bush aheafof tl7dredge whence strop holding the bush block carried away, and Gougich was struck dOWI h otu T rr w R Po.mer labourer employed as assistant wash-up man and general hand on the Marsden Dr6d £ li'tlf July 1 G' e! buffered While priming the highpressure pump, he was hit by the handle of a small crab winch. Prosecutions under the Mining Act 1937. He was convicted and filled £1 and costs.

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