MINING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1648, 15 January 1913, Page 10

MINING NEWS.

WELLINGTON - SHARK MARKET. At the mornins'.calKy&tcrday, a' sale of E059. Reconstructed at ss. id. was reported. At the afternoon sitting.sales woro recorded of Hurray , Creek, now issuo,, at is. premium, and - Talisman .Consolidated at 365. 3d. MTJic! quotations were as under:—

•Promium. TBo Queensland gold yield for the month 1 ol December, 1912, was 27,0340z., as compared with 33,8730z. in December,-1911. The approximate yield for tho 12 months ended December 31 was 346,39002., being a doorcase . of 35,<550z. as compared' with the previous • year.' Tho mineral production of tlio United States in 1911 is officially returned at £393,- ■ 227,798, including coal £128,405,208, aad pier iron" £67;1W,59« OTi, For 1912 ' the totals. will> ; bo considerably groa,tor. Tho value of the mineral otrtput of India' in 1911 is returned-at £7,657,261, including; > ' coal at under'4s. "a ton, £2,502,616;■ gold, > £2,238,143 i petroleum, £884,398; manganese ore, £648,701; salt, £469,235; saltpetre, £220,012; mica, ij.18,642; lead-ore, £181,989; tune--1 sten ore, £99,989; rubies, sapphires, etc., £69,917:. iron ore, £44,487; jade, £41,660;' tin .ore, £24,931; and silver, £11,575.i ... ' STOCK EXCHANGE, . | ; (By, Telegraph.—Aess^issodation.h '' ■ Auckland, January 14. Business done kt this'morning's call:— Watchman, 2s. 2d. ' i Ross, ss. 6d. "'k ; ' ' ! Waihi, £1 12s. 3d. . . i ' New, Zealand Insuranco. £4 14s. 6d. i New Zealand Portland" Dement, £1 2s. 6d. The following business waa done at the . 3.15 call 1 to-day:— \ New. Waitaia, Is. sd, | • Dunedln, January 14 - l The following sales wcro mado on tho i Stock Exchange to-day:—. I Union Steam. £2 6s. 6d. (threo parccls). .The [following, sales wero reported:— I Westport Coal, £1 75.. ■ . Waihi, £1' 12s. 3d. (two, parcels). !•' KOMATA 'BEEFS G.M. CO. ! ' Auckland, January. 14 During the .four' weeks ended December--21 last, the Komata Hoefs G.M. Companycrushed and treated 460 tons of ore. for bullion worth JEIC9I. The expenditure for the period was £948. Compared with the f yield for tho corresponding period la-at . year, when 500 tons gavo £1516, this shows' ; a decrease of £425.' The return nop-; pub- ' lislied completes the company's output for tho year 1912, which Mows a total of £15,377, as compared with £17,111 In: 1911, a decrcaso of. £1734.: Thc-tota.l won- from'tho . mine 1 to dat© is '£394,957. ~ • r

■ "v '■> Buyere. Sellers. ' . . . £ 8, dt '£ 8. d. Blackwater •: 1. 5.-0 . Oon. Goldficdds — . 0 16 3 Kuranui Caledonian .!.... 0 11 0. 1 2 Murray Creek (new).0 5 0 *0 7 0 New .Big River- — 5 5 0 Now Sylvia' 0 10' 012 Ross Reconstructed <...... 0 5 5 0 5 7 TalUtaan 116 * 0 • 116 6 Waihi "... 112 0 112 6 Wailii Grand Junction ... 1 2 3 12 9 Waiotahi ; 0 2 0 .0 2 3, Waitangi ............i....... 0 0 7 0 0 8 ' Watchman • 0 2 0 ,0 2 3