OUR GOLDFIELDS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 146, 23 June 1887, Page 5

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORBESPONDENT.) '

Thames, this day.

Cambria.—The fortnightly cleaning up took pla.ce yesterday, for a return of 2020zs gold, of' which 175-loads of quartz produced 1540z5, and 4Qlbs of' specimens the reiriairi-' ing 480z5..'. Briving has'been started;on No. 1 footwall leader at No. 3 .level, :and 71b of picked stone,' was selected "frdru the general dirt Avheri breaking down to-day. «J Saxon.*—lslb of picked stoneJ has -been obtained from the reef in the drive hill-, ward of the winze, at No. 4 level. {.... _.

Karanoahake, Friday..... The proprietors of the Crown mirie.haye instructed J their' manager to bag and "for-. to Auckland.a 10-tQri. parcel of 'quartz which' they intend ."shipping for London at an early date,'. and as -this stone is.un-; doubtedly rich the1 results'should be highly satisfactory.y;-Glemerits ! arid paftyj;: owners of the Imperial .mine, are sending a.5-tori triallbt to Railey's r mill,*and if appeariarices We worth' noting, this'stuff' should, jdeld a* good return.*' The tributers in the'Kenilworth mine ' are still breaking - gi*arid stone from their'section .where the reef is fully 3ft thick, and the whole of the, stuff broken out is said to be-worthy ;on a^say^ value, at leastLls-per ton: j - }r ,,.t,

Waitekauri. — Mason and*-partyf tributers in the .Young ;New .Zealand mine, crushed a . ten-ton parcel of quartz Uast Week, from which they obtained' a return of llozs 15dwts.retorted gold. This; will pay handsomely,, and there is more' of the same sort in sight-ready for breaking out.''. ;Hollis. and., party, tributers in the Waitekauri mine, are breaking out enough stuff to keep ten head; of stampers fully employed, and their next • clean-up, which will take place;about the end of.the month, should result in a handsome return.