MERCURY
North Auckland possesses the only payable mercury deposits in tne British Empire, and as time went on it would prove one of the most valuable assets in the world declared Mr Frank Bird, in the course of a send off at Wliangarei recently. Mercury was one of the most valuable ingredients of medicines, and was extensively used in the manufactvre of high explosives. At Ngawha this deposit was being worked by Industrial Chemicals, Ltd, which manufactured something like 900,000 tons of product per annum. Of this output, 70,000 ,tons consisted of explosives. Foreign countries were dependent on Britain for all the mercury they required. The price of mercury had risen in recent years from £G to £8 10s for a bottle of 7511). The firm of Rothschilds, since 1902 had controlled the output from Spain, the only other mercury deposit known. At Ngawha, IndusfriaL Chemicals Ltd. were erecting a very extensive works and when completed they would be the biggest of their kind in the British Empire. The output would be in the vicinity of 100 tons per day. This would mean a big thing.for the North Auckland district.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1929, Page 8
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190MERCURY Hokitika Guardian, 27 July 1929, Page 8
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