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Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Bullion obtained in the West Coast Inspection District for the Year ended 31st December, 1930.

Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Bullion obtained in the Southern Inspection District for the Year ended 31st December, 1930.

Summary of Inspection Districts.

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Average Bullion obtained by Locality and Name of Mine. °* ! Quartz crushed. j Value. employed. Amalgamation. Marlborough County. Wakamarina — j Tons. cwt. qr. I Oz. dwt. gr. Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. Dominion Consolidated .. 8 I 780 0 0 141 2 0 .. 528 9 4 Inangahua County. Waiuta — Blackwater Mine .. .. 170 41,112 0 0 14,135 2 0 3,646 7 0 70,094 0 1 Crushington— Progress .. .. .. .. .. .. 467 6 14 . 1,259 18 1 Wealth of Nations .. .. 6 1,070 0 0 .. 131 11 10 369 .10 10 Alexander River— Alexander .. .. .. 34 3,686 0 0 2,457 2 6 639 0 4 13,927 11 6 Ross Borough. Ross — Mt. Greenland .. .. 3 15 0 0 6 10 0 .. 26 0 0 Totals, 1930 .. 221 j 46,663 0 0 16,739 16 6 4,884 5 4 86,205 9 10 Totals, 1929 .. 211 47,806 0 0 15,228 6 0 5,239 4 0 80,854 1 1

Average Bullion obtained by Locality and Name of Mine. %J of i~ — Va,lle - employed. Amalgamation. Concentration. Lake County. Upper Shotover— I 1 Tons cwt. qr. i Oz. dwt. gr. I Oz. dwt. gr. i f s. d. J. Thompson and J. R. Tripp .. | 1 I 1 0 0 1 0 7 J .. ! 3 18 7 Waihbmo County. Stoneburn— Ounce .. .. .. | 1 .. | 4 16 12 .. 18 4 8 Macrae's FlatHugh Fraser .. .. .. 1 1100 0 17 0 .. 320 Totals, 1930 .. 3 12 0 0 | 6 13 19 .. 25 5 3 Totals, 1929 .. 2 135 0 0 19 0 0 .. 73 12 6

Inspection District. AV Meif employed °'' Q uartz crashed. ! Bullion obtained. Value. j Statute Tons. Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. Northern (North Island) .. . . | 705 201,770 , 598,672 12 13 386,610 17 4 West Coast (South Island) .. .. 1 221 46,663 j 21,624 1 10 86,205 9 10 Southern (Otago and Southland) .. 3 j 12 j 6 13 19 25 5 3 Totals, 1930 .. .. I 929 j 248,445 620,303 7 18 472,841 12 5 Totals, 1929 .. . . 965 242,342 548,689 7 11 437,286 17 8 1 In addition, 40 persons were employed at unproductive quartz-mining.