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Southland Times, Issue 1233, 5 April 1870, Page 3

The miners of Auckland ought to be • rich indeed, if the following calculation, given by the Southern Cross, be true:— > " The following figures, which may: bo > relied upon as authentic, will show the expense involved in working quartz reefs. "We may observe that the claim is • considered a very good one : — "Quarts crushed, 306 tons, yielding 6390z Bdwt lgr, producing £1,401 115. 6d.; average . value per ounce, 435. 9d.; average value r per ton of quartz, £4 lls. 6d. ; average yield per ton, 2oz 2dwt ; average - amount of quartz produced per week (for 20 weeks), 15 tons 6c wt. Average cost per . ton for wages only (this item, includes labor on pennament improvement! to the mine), £2 7s. 10d.; expense of getting, carting, charges, and crashing, £1 14s. 2d.; total coat per ton, including* crushing, £4 2i. . .... : . ;...'., .:^\x