GOLD MINING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7741, 17 February 1905, Page 2

GOLD MINING.

UEI'OUTS OF KEF.FTON COMPANIES. (IVr Press Association.) ItEKFTON., Feb. It. The I'rogiess mines, New /jcalaml. Ltd., report operations for tliemouih ;—0212 tons sioue were mined und transported by aerial tramway lotheti.V stamp mill,, where I<>B2 tons wera crushed, praluring 1 ."i.Vjo/ ludwt 12 gr bullion, valued at £(i Hid lys. JXihely tons of concentrates were chorinated yesterday, yielding bullion of th'e value of ii'JTO Os 0d ; HilOO tons of tailings were cyanidod, yielding bufiiooi of the value of X'JOC •Js !>d.

| I'he Cons-olid.iU';! Coldfields .New Zealand, -l.tril., Ocilden Fleece nine jieports :—ll2o tons of stone weie crush* d at the 20-stamp mill for u return of 4u2oz 18dwt of bullion, valued u t £lB 50 IDs 3d. Eighteen ' tous „_ lW ' .concentrates were produced, and *SO tony of coarse sand cyunidcd, the latter yioutfiug bullion of the value of £3ll 4s. | The Wealth of Nations mine reports Nine tons of concentrates ( weie produced, and 720 tons coarse sands cyanided, the latter voiding bullion valued at £IUH lHs ilrf. At the Energetic mine the 'mnMi shalt has been put down bv the contractors a further .distance of :tj feet, making a total depthof 12,-> leet,, making a total depth of 1101 feet,