Twenty-nino liiiltioxr jiounds worth of stores and cquipuicnt wero used by youth African mincs during 1936, according tu tho latcst figures published by tho Department of Mines at Johaniiesburg. More'than 300 dilfercnt commodities are fincluded in thc relurns, and very i'ow cssontial lines iu ordinary conmierco canuot be diseovered in tho Jist. Ordinary and eloctrica] plant wero rosponsible for £3,600,000, and mining macJiinery proper for £1,757,000. of whieh tlio W.twatersrand took twotlrirds. Nearly £2.000,000 worth of electrieal equipment was userl on tho mines notwilbstandiiig the luigo cxpenditure by vaxioiT-s power stations which are supplyxig electrical power to the mincs.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 153, 16 July 1937, Page 11
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