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HATCH: THE KOLAR GOLD-FIELD. 



The following table shows some details of the working expenses, 

 per ton milled, of six leading mines during 1899 : — 



Heads of expenditure. 



,. Champion 

 Mysore. Ree £ 



Ooregum. 



Nundy- 

 droog. 



Bala- 

 ghat. 1 



Coroman- 

 del. 





s. d. 



s. 



d. 



s. 



d. 



S. 



rf. 



s. 



</. 



s. d. 



Mine costs . 



23 9*1 



29 



37 



1 





28 



9'5 



48 



io'4 



19 U'9 



Mill 

 Wheeler pans 



5 3 - o 



6 

 2 



11*2 



IO'I 



r 



97 



5 

 



9-6 

 10-5 



5 



9-6 



6 6-8 



Cyanide . 



2 105 



3 



T9 



/ 





3 



I '2 



2 



09 



1 1 1 4 



Administration 



1 20 



1 



19 



1 



9'8 



2 



V2 



3 



3-2 



3 1*5 



General charges . 



3 I"2 



2 



6-3 



2 



o*i 



2 



OO 



1 



36 



2 o'3 



Total of the above 



36 rs 



46 



5 1 



42 



7-6 



42 



8-o 



61 



37 



33 84 



Royalty on gold won 



6 6'2 



6 



25 



3 



6-5 



4 



7*5 



2 



7'5 



107 



Depieciation of plant 

 and machinery. 



1 8-6 



1 



i'i 







7*3 



1 



8-3 



9 



p-6 



2 0-9 



London office . 



1 7-8 



1 



3'o 



1 



4 - 3 



2 



8-4 



3 



74 



3 o-8 



Grand Total 



46 0-4 



54 



Ji'7 



48 



17 



5i 



8-2 



76 



1 

 7-2 



39 9"8 



The average total working cost for these six mines works out 

 505. 6'$d. per ton. "Administration" in the above table comprises 

 the salaries of the superintendent, mine-agents, cashier, accountant, 

 storekeeper, clerk?, engineers and reduction-officers. " General 

 charges" comprises transport of ore, pumping of surface water, 

 transport and insurance of the bullion, 2 medical establishment, survey 

 department, passages and travelling expenses of employes between 

 London and India, agency at Madras, law charges, telegrams, 



1 The high working cost of the Balaghat Mine is due to the mine being still 

 in the developing stage, so that the cost of a large amount of development work 

 has to be distributed over a small amount of ore milled. 



8 The bullion is sent to England for realization and is subject to the following 

 charges : freight to Bombay Rio per 1,000 ounces ; insurance at the rate of j per 

 cent, of the declared value. From Bombay to London it is carried and insured by 

 the P. and O. Company for | per cent, of the declared value. The London bank 

 charge for refining amounts to 2|rf. per ounce. 



