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other or both of the two mines, the Vigra and Clogau and the Gwyn- 
fynydd. J. M. Maclaren, speaking of the years 1900 and 1901 (88, 
p. 447), said: ‘‘The net profits of the St. David’s Gold and Copper 
Mines, Ltd. (the former Vigra and Clogau), for the year 1900 were 
£39,729, which admitted of the payments of dividends of 60 per cent. 
on the capital. While the gross receipts for that year were £51,544, 
the total expenses were only £8423, or 8s. 7$d. per ton. The royalties 
paid to the Crown were £2088, at the rate of 2s. 1d. per ton of ore 
erushed.”’ In 1903 the St. David’s Gold Mining Company controlled 
practically all the gold-mines of the district ; work was actively 
pushed forward in the St. David’s and Clogau Mine and in the Gwyn- 
tynydd Mine, and good results were obtained. This Company also did 
a great amount of development work at the Voel Mine—an amalgamation 
of the old Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, Moel Ispri, and Cambrian 
Mines. A large and well-designed mill was erected, principally for 
saving lead and zine, but it did very little work. 
A table is inserted on p. 206 showing the total production of gold and 
gold-ore in Merionethshire from 1861 to the present date, and at the 
same time showing the collective output of the St. David’s (Clogau) 
and the Gwyn-fynydd Mines, the principal mines of the district. 
Note.—The table is compiled from that given by J. M. Maclaren, 
and also from the Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom for the 
years 1861 to 1896; from the Inspectors of Mines, Reports, 1880 to 
1893; from the Mineral Industry of the United Kingdom, 1894 to 
1896; from Mines and Quarries for 1896 to 1907. ‘‘ Estimated 
value” of the ore at the mine as furnished to the Mines Depart- 
ment of the Home Office merely means the estimated profit that 
should accrue from the treatment of the ore, the estimated expenses of 
the year having been deducted. From 1865 to 1874, and also in 1877, 
1883, and 1885, the value (actual) of the gold has been calculated 
from the weight, taking the value of the gold as £38 17s. per ounce. 
For the years 1905 to 1907 the value has been calculated from that of 
the total gold output of Wales. 
Tur Lopes oF tHE DoLGELLEY GOLD-BELT. 
Practically all the auriferous veins of the Dolgelley Gold-belt have 
been worked to a certain extent; on many, operations have never 
proceeded beyond the prospecting stage ; on others a very considerable 
amount of work has been done in opening up and developing the ore 
body. An account will now be given of the various lodes of the belt, 
commencing in the neighbourhood of Barmouth, and running thence 
eastward and northward. 
Panorama Copper Lodes, Barmouth.—Vhese are situated just above 
the main road from Barmouth to Dolgelley, and about 2 miles from 
_ the former place. There are numerous lodes on the property, of which 
four are prominent— 
1. The gold lode, striking 30° east of north and usually nearly 
vertical ; a few hand-specimens of gold were found here about 1860. 
In places this lode is well mineralized, chiefly with galena and also 
