MINING

Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1932, Page 2

MINING

OK AM TO RETURN. The- following is a a-eport of -the Okarito Company for the four weeks from June 19 to July-16 Total gold won, 940 z Bdwt; total time worked, 344 hours ; total non-working time, 232 hours .(dredge stopped for overhaul) ; total yardage treated, 19,600 (an average of fifty-seven cubic yards per hour); average value of ground (on basis of gold worth £4 per oz), 41 d per cubic yard. Any idea that prospecting for gold was being carried out in the Jaw-era County has been dissipated by advice received by the “Taranaki Daily News’’ from, the Receiver-General of the Treasury Department, who state' 1 that owing to a mistake in information supplied 'the amount of 16s, representing fees for three miners’ .rights, was indicated as a credit to the, Hawera county instead of to the Murchison county. At the last meeting of the ■Hawera County Council advice was received by the clerk to the effect that the Council had been credited with IS* representing goldfields revenue for the’ month of May. The clerk (Air J W. J. Harding) reported that he by l instituted enquiries in view of the fact that there did not .seem to be any goldbearing land in the county. As a result of those enquiries, the information was race.vcJ stat’’’.g 'that the amount was lees lor three miners lights payable to Hawera. •