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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47

Gold. — General Statement for the Year 1877

Gold.

General Statement for the Year 1877.

Shewing the number of Mines at work, days labour performed, quantities of Quartz, &c., crushed, yield of Gold, &c., &c., for the twelve months ended December 31st.

Districts. Number of Mines. Day's Labour. Mills Employed. Steam Power. Watr Power Quartz &c, Crushed Yield per Ton. Maximum yield per Ton. Total yield of Gold. Average yield per man per day for 12 months, at $18.00 per oz. oz. duat. gr. oz. duat. gr. oz. duat. gr. Caribou .... 5 14,579 2 2 .... 1,735 1 9 21 42 17 .... 2,596 13 23 $3 20 Gay's River 2 3,151 1 1 .... 859 .... 5 20 .... 14 22 251 3 15 1 39 Montagu .. 2 1,404 1 1 .... 55 .... 18 5 1 7 .... 50 1 9 0 64 Oldham.... 8 14,144 2 .... 2 2,015 1 5 2 17 14 12 2,527 19 13 3 21 Renfrew... 1 3,543 1 .... 1 294 .... 14 3 1 3 14 207 13 4 1 05 Sherbrooke 13 47,725 5 2 3 8,651 .... 19 1 3 16 16 8,237 3 10 3 10 Stormont.. 1 3,310 .... .... .... 96 2 10 4 4 .... .... 240 19 .... 1 30 Tangier.... 2 5,102 2 .... 2 361 1 2 13 3 8 9 410 14 15 1 42 Unlacke.... 4 7,252 2 2 .... 470 1 8 6 4 19 9 663 15 9 1 64 Waverley.. 4 14,261 2 1 1 1,422 .... 12 4 2 11 20 866 18 10 1 09 Wine Harbour.. 3 5,772 2 1 1 1,068 .... 10 21 2 4 12 580 14 3 1 80 Unproclaimed, &c.... 2 3,322 3 .... 3 337 .... 14 15 2 9 19 248 9 10 1 34 47 123,585 23 10 13 17,369 .... 19 10 42 17 .... 16,882 6 1 $2 46

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These figures show a satisfactory increase over those of the preceding year, in which only 12,039 ounces of gold were produced, the average daily yield per man being $1.94. The average number of men omployed in gold mining in 1877 was 411.