MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



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Quantity produced in 



Estimated Value in 



Description of Mineral. , ,~ 











1889. 



1890. 



1889. 



1890. 





Ozs. 



Ozs. 



£ 



£ 



Gold ... 



119,759 



127,760 



434,070 



460,284 



Silver Bullion 



416,895 

 Tons. 



496,552 

 Tons. 



72,001 



95,410 



Silver Lead and Silver Lead Ore ... 



81,545 



131,038 



1,899,197 



2,667,144 



Antimony and Antimony Ore 



221 



1,026 



3,344 



20,240 



Copper and Copper Kegulus 



4,182 



3,745 



206,641 



173,311 



Tin and Tin Ore 



4,650 



3,668 



415,171 



329,841 



Coal ... 



3,655,632 



3,060,876 



1,632,848 



1,279,088 



Coke ... 



... 



31,097 





41,147 



Shale ... 



40,561 



56,010 



77,666 



104,103 



Limestone Flux ... ~ ... 





41,436 





41,989 



Alum ... 





220 





3,000 



Manganese 





100 

 lbs. 





.325 



Opals ... 





195 





15,600 



" The value of the above enumerated metals and minerals, produced 

 in New Soutli Wales in 1890, amounts to no less than £5,231,482, an 

 increase of nearly half a million sterling over 1889. A comparison of 

 the returns for 1890 with the previous year, shows an increase of 8.000 

 ounces in Gold ; while the produce of Silver Bullion, Silver Lead 

 Bullion and Silver Lead Ore amounted together to no less than 

 £2,762,554, being nearly £800,000 more than the output of 1889, and 

 nearly 2-| times as much as that of 1888. The increase has been most 

 remarkable, and shows the wonderful development of this industry 

 during the last few years, fully confirming the anticipation of Mr. C. S. 

 Wilkinson, Government Geolologist, as foreshadowed in his report to 

 the Minister for Mines in 1884. As is well known, the Broken Hill 

 Proprietary Company is the chief producer. From May, 1886, to 30th 

 November, 1890, this Company has produced out of 483,078 tons of 

 ore treated, 84,127 tons of Silver Lead Bullion, containing 20,594,272 

 ounces of fine Silver and 83,413 tons of Lead. The production of Anti- 

 mony and Antimony Ore has also increased during last year by about 

 £17,000 in value. 



" A special feature in last year's production is to be noticed in the 

 last item of the above list, viz. — 1951bs. Opals, valued at £15,600; they 

 are found at Whitecliffs, Momba Station, about 57 miles from Wil- 

 cannia. The principal reductions in last year's output are 1,000 tons 

 less of Tin and Tin Ore to the value of about £85,000, and of Coal a 

 diminished production of no less than about 600,000 tons of a value 

 of £353,000. Deducting therefrom £41,147 as the value of Coke 

 produced in 1890, we have a nett deficiency in the value of Coal 

 produced in 1890, as compared with 1889, of about £312,000 — the 

 direct result of last year's lamentable strike. 



" The amount of New South Wales Gold received at the Mint in 

 1890 was 119,564 ounces, against an average of 110,650 ounces during 

 the previous ten years. The Gold from this colony, however, is only 

 I486 per cent, of the total amount received by the Mint in 1890 

 (804,123 ounces), while Queensland contributed 619,367 ounces, or, a 

 little over 77 per cent., of which Mount Morgan furnished 227,053 

 ounces, Charters Towers and other Queensland Goldfields 392,314 

 ounces. 



