OUR GOLDFIELDS.
The s.b. 'Egtnont,' which left for Sydney en April 4th, took 1,0210z. lgr. gold on account of the Union Bank of Australia, and 4370z. shipped by the Bank of Australasia. The receipt of gold in Auckland within the past few days, from the various olaimi now being worked at the Thames goldfields, has been very satisfactory. On the 2nd inst. 1,100 ounces were brought up by the ' Midge,' on account of the banks, and the 'Tauranga was the bearer on the 3rd inst. of 1,200 ounces, 900 ounces of which were the product of Hunt and Co.'s claim. By thearriral of the s.s. 'Midge,' on April 8, we learn that the owners of the Little Angel Claim have obtained 300oz. gold from the crushing of one ton of quartz ; and the holders of the Manukau Claim have crushed 18cwb. of quartz, with » return of 4500z. / .. . 83 ounces of gold were brought up on the «tt by the cutter 'Wanderer' from the Kapanga Gold Mine, Coromandel, being the product of a months Cf A^ece of quartz, thickly impregnated with gold, weighing about 37 pounds, has been brought to town. | he stone had been washed down the creek, and its value has been estimated at £50.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3349, 10 April 1868, Page 3
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