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(2.) Dredge Mining. The following is a statement showing the capacity, production, and profits of bucket golddredges during ,1922. (Note. —The profits made by privately owned dredges are not obtainable for publication.)

(3.) Alluvial Mining. The following is a statement showing the value of production and dividends declared from alluvial gold-mines during 1922 :—

V. MINERALS OTHER THAN GOLD. Tungsten-ore. The price for scheelite was too low throughout the year to allow this mineral to be produced at a profit, and the deposits were not worked. Cinnabar. There; was practically no quicksilver produced during the year. Such mining as was done was merely prospecting and development. In connection with the Mount Mitchell claim a Navak type of furnace was erected, and at the Rising Sun Mine, Puhipuhi, a plant for treating the ore was constructed during the year. Iron. The blast furnace at the Onakaka Iron and Steel Company's work at Onakaka was given a nintdays trial run, and produced an excellent quality of foundry pig iron. The first half of the run was with coke from New South Wales as fuel for the blast furnace, and the second half on gas coke made in this country. In both cases the results were highly satisfactory to the company. It was of particular importance to the future prospects of the company that the trial damonstrated that a good grey foundry pig iron could be produced from the Onakaka ore with gas coke as fuel. The blast furance has been idle since the trial run, which concluded in May, pending the completion of a wharf to serve the works. v

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Name of Dredge. Locality. MS %%$ rf [3 OJ 'o o'Sc O f-i <p O jjjj p III la 5 to J If I '"J Sh gig ii ii ss P o a Dividends declared. During 1922. Total. Otago and Southland. Rise and Shine No. 1 .. Clutha River Rising Sun .. ., „ Electric No. 1 . . . . j Kawarau River Earnscleugh No. 3 . . I Clutha River Earnscleugh No. 5 .. ,, The Gorge Nevis Crossing .. .. j Novis River McGeorge's Freehold No. 3 I Waikaka Valley Kura .. .. .. j Waikaia .. Sir 7 5 7 6 10 20 10 25 10 16 12 150 13 150 Ft. S 40 S 45 S 35 E 50 E 35 £ 3,264 2,942 840 2,266 571 184 522 7,215 700 £ £ 53,700 24,000 J 30,250 3* 34 10 12 9 20 9 16 S 10 S 35 S 30 West Coast. Rimu .. .. . . Rimu Awatuna .. .. Awatuna Beach 10 8 19 125 15 20 E 58 S 12 44,802 3,933 ri* . m -m -■* ,■■* Totals, 1922 Totals, 1921 67,289 36,179 600 Unknown Unknown

Dividends declared. .Name of Company. Estimated Value o( Gold produced. During 1022. Total to End of l'jaa. Scandinavian Water-raeo Company Gabriel's Gully Sluicing Company Lawrence Sluicing Company . . Golden Croscent Sluicing Company Sailor's Gully Sluicing Company.. Havelock Sluicing Company Ellis and Party Graham and Party Nokomai Hydraulic Sluicing Company Round Hill Gold-mining Company All other claims £ 2,486 3,800 2,707 1,064 3,498 1,078 2,056 2,868 5,977 4,432 37,694 £ Nil £ Nil 15,615 250 12,862 5,840 11,400 840 200 Nil 54,684 12,287 t> Totals 68,260 1,040 Unknown.