SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 452, 22 June 1871, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

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THE. CALEEiOKIAN—PISTE cMty ;': GrEA.HAkSTOWK, 1 p'.frl.. The Caledonian have brought jpjjp^a&e cwt s more specimens-this morning/ three ewt. of which are quite'equal in richness, to those of yesterday:", V-",. TH^E LATEST. ' THE C 1-LEDONIA>H r.--6,302 . OZS. LODGED: ?r<"^ j-rv POVERTY AND CHARLESTON. SPECIMENS. THE LOWLAND LASS: — 'SPEMENS. ■ 2 p.m. The ahow iv the Caledonian this morniDg is splendid, and the next shift or two, will bringdown a. heavy lot—almost solid gold. During this morning p.,330 oza, have been,,lodged, making the total in bank 6,302 ozs. It is reported that' the Lowland Lass, adjoining the" Vulcan;'"have"' taken out some good stone to-day. ■ The Poverty and Charleston is looking well. About thirty pounds of very good stone was taken, out to-day. ' The Vale of.Avoca.—The crushing for this company is taming' but' fu'r-better-'lban mas expected, and from present appearances is expected to yield li ozs. to the ton, although the stuff now going though has all ( been taken out of the No. 4 reef, l<wnicli during-previous orushings only averaged, from ;14, to 16----dvvts. Considerable prb^reßß''JliaV'fe'e^n'i'mal(3e t' with the low level tunnel, which is being driven through tko old Thunderbolt claim, and is expected that the reef wi'l soon bs in hand in these workings, i, . - The Rl'd, White, and Blub.—The crushing for this company did not turn ;out equal to expectation. There were from seventh-five to eighty tons of stone put through, and the yield obtained amounted to 75 0Z • ~ /■»;•• f_, >.T< r. , The Brunswick-Oi,iisi:---Thp nevf; company has comaferfeM operatibns. A manager was appointed, and several, hands were put on ;to clean out did workings^find j^ropace for'contractors. It is intended toinrc'Rk'.out 100 tons of stone from the reef already terliand, and have it crushed as soon as poss^ble.ftV-- '•,. ;. . Tue Caledonia^. — A. -lot of specimens of] the most extraordinary richness, scarcely ever equalled by, this mine.j were taken, out of, fchfrmain run of gold .yesterday; and a sample <of them, which was, placed on view at the Bank of New Zealaud, 'nttptfcfed'i'pbodV^ll.oVi attention. Rich as these, undoubtedly were, they yf&ei surpassed by some of those at the .battery. Specimen crushing; wa»com|Bencied op, Tuesday, evening,, and a firafc retorting, which^tppk place yesjier-.1 day morning, yielded-'a lump1 weighing about 874 ozs. Two other "lairge, retorts* will bo ready this morning.^ rThe .stone in the, mine . still looking extraordinarily-rich. In both \ drives towards the Otagothe^Veef looks remark-"* ably well, and goo/I . gold' was l||p?,dut of these workings yesterday. ,~, t ~'•' . ",\", The Just-in-riME—.iGf-old liaai lt)een ■struck in the Lucks-All claim, which fv.rms part' of the company's ground. The Ein-eka men have been working on the present lode, and. tho present find promises well for the latter claim. The Middle Star ; Company.—The''.coni>pany Js machine is afc present em ployed'on a lot of stuff %h?ch was thrQ\Vn;<".*6yer the tip when the mine was first'';"qjjened, as well as a lot of eurfaco stuff which lias hitherto been looked on as valueless. ,On the whole, it is "averaging about. an ounce to the ton, and a fine patch' of very rich specimens have; been met ,with-wnlch ; will further enhance the quality of tlie"crushing. The manager is.at present entering a ; tunnel through the point of the spur from.thbljattery level to open a passage to .'the .Shodting^tar wire tramway by .wjjyich^it'is .intendecV to send crushing Stuff' id some of: the "batteries!^ on th,e, , flat.. It will ■'serve, the double!, , purpose- of-; epemn-g '■' :a'~ ■ direct'! 'course 'jjtoeP the wire'tramwiiy'stStionV and'thiis prbyeri't' the- necessity, of constructing a long't'rntkf way around the spur, but it will also intersect two well-know4-,vaurisar'6us lodes, which, are expected to prove sufficiently rich to pay expenses. ■ The iwel^portion of the mine isi • ngt , jbeingi' wprkedi at spresept ■as the pump is 'undergoing* Vep&irs, an&Hhfese •workings arc flooded., (TJjeresareisaveral good , blocks of, ground i r ) eacl'y, I ;t9 \yprk ; upou, but want ofr6dm"afj&ut'th'/.battery^ pr'M^the'-'paH-doctoj in'which; tpistqw; the/s£nffj ;preyentsjit^| being broken out' ijt* present1 .. \ ■". '■■ .TiiK JuNCiip^-^Thi's^poaiDany now pocu pies fifteen head of stampers ab the Euranui battery^ .and the stuff"Ujshowing up in a very satisfactpi-y manner all round* . G-old can .hiseen in the' yar^oup i .woyliiiigßx<)f : '-.thej;jpiri'e, although 'no spedime'ris •oi?'*uriy'-cdtfeeq-oence been met.with;;b,ut"the imprqyement: in the crushing stuffisjparticularly noticeable. 'All the stuff froih'tliis*mih ce'i3"h6w taken out through tne. IHinrfel 'Conapany'a I?ttnn4l, al-

the greater .portion of, 0 "is ;-lfroken at a higher level. At present •t-bS^lodejnet with at the tunnel-level is only ".Bern;; -"driven on and opened up for future r-TiicCiTY of London.—A nice patch of Hftbou^ten pounds of specimens was met with yesterday by the men who are driving along the iiodein the City of London claim.-■ A cross leader, which strikes obliquely into'the main lode, was also met with, and good goldliwas visible in it.— Advertiser. ','"' i