LATEST THAMES NEWS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3961, 3 May 1870, Page 5

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Monday, 5 p.m. Shotovke No. 1. — The pumps are now in order, and work is resumed aa before. Tne new leader, which is fully 18 inches thick, found in the 70-feet level a short time ago, is now being tested, ten tons going through the machine. Gold is not visible to the eye but still the prospects got therefrom are pood. Moanataiaei Company.— The fortnightly retorting- for this company is also just closed, and tin* returns are about the same as what has been the state of things lor the laßt few retortings. During this ti.ne the battery has not been engaged fully upon the company's stuff; therefore, the return i« very satisfactory, being no ltss than 140oz. lOdwt. retorted gold, now in the hands of the Bank of New Zealand for melting. .Peep Lead —The return for the number of tons crushed for this claim at their small battery is very encouraging, showing, as stated some time ago, that it is participating in the prosperity which is now characterising the whole of this field. -The directory are leaving no stone unturned to fully develop that portion of the mine in which Barry's leader is found. The crushing during the fortnight— 6s tons -yielded 730z. 15dwt. retorted gold. Albuknia Company. — Ihe manager of the joint stock companies which form the above brought into town, late on Saturday evening, a further parcel of gold, which, when melted by the bank, gave 730z. ]ldwt. West Coast. — For the past week the above claim has occupied a portion of the Hauraki battery with 30 tons of stuff, and the return is just to hand, giving 260z. 6dwt. retorted gold. A few tons of this was very inferior stuff City of Glasgow — The 103 tons put though at the Kuranui Company's machine for this claim is now finished, and the result therefrom is 2830z. 17dwt. retorted gold. Shooting M»ir,lnverness,and Mariner's Reef are now retorting, but will finish too late for despatch.

(FROSI YESTEBDAY'B '" STAB.") The Gibraltar Claim : From a few tons crushed for this claim. 31oz. 18dwfc. of retorted gold was obtained. The gold, when melted at the Bank of New Zealand, turned out a bar of pure metal, weighing 30oz. 19dwt. 12gr.

(FKO.U LV.VT EVr.XINC'h ".MAT!,.") The fchnt over : The monthly retorting for this ulairn took place to-day, and the result was a yield of 4970z. gold from general stuff. ihe City of Glasgow : The City of G-lasgow crushing is at length finished, and the result to hand is 2830z. 17d^t., tr m a parcel of 102 tons of stone. The return is. no doubt, highly satisfactory. The^ Whau Company :' The result of the Wl.au crushing for the past foitnight at tho Thamis battery is 150oz. of retorted gold. This, on being melted, was reduced to Il6oz lOdwt.

(fj?oai Monday's " tiiames advhrtisfr. ") Tho Morning Star: Late on Saturday evening the retorting for the Morning Star Company at their own battery was com pleted, and the result obta ned was 1370z. ld-n t. of retorted gold of a very clean and appaiently a rich colour. The yield is fully equal to the average usually resulting from the crashing? for this fine claim. The stamper boxes eie not cleaned out. The Inverness : For some time past a crushing for the Inverness Claim has occupied ten head of stampers at Goodall's battery. The crushing was completed on Saturday night. Judging by the amalgam, an average of at least 3oz. to the ton will be the result. The Providence: The crushing for the Providence now going on at Souters battery gives promise of a return much greater than was anticipated. The whole parcel sent down for crushing v> as only 17 A tons. Up to Satuiday theie weie from 10 to 12 tons put thiough, and vheve was then 5407. of hard amalgam to hand off tho platos alone.