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Shewing the number of mines at work, days labour performed, quantities of quartz, crushed, yield of gold, 1877

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Shewing the number of mines at work, days labour performed, quantities of quartz, crushed, yield of gold, 1877
  Renfrew Sherbrooke Stormont Tangier Total
  number
Mines 1 13 1 2 47
Days' labour 3,543 47,725 3,310 5,102 123,565
Mills employed 1 5 - 2 23
Steam power - 2 - - 10
Water power 1 3   2 13
Quartz, etc., crushed 294 8,654 96 364 17,369
Yield per ton          
oz. - - 2 1 -
d.w.t.* 14 19 10 2 19
g 3 1 4 13 10
Maximum yield per ton          
oz. 1 3 4 3 42
d.w.t.* 3 16 - 8 17
g 14 16 - 9 -
Total yield per ton          
oz. 207 8,237 240 410 16,882
d.w.t.* 13 3 19 14 6
g 4 10 - 15 1
    $
Average yield per man per day for 12 months, at $18.00 per oz. 1.05 3.10 1.30 1.42 2.46
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1879.