LATEST THAMES NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Tuesday, 4.30 p.m. (FROM YESTERDAY'S "THAMES ADVERTISER.")

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3968, 11 May 1870, Page 5

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Tuesday, 4.30 p.m.

(FROM YESTERDAY'S "THAMES ADVERTISER.")

ALL NATIONS. A parcel of gold from the crushing now foing on at the Ktiranui Company's machine as been lodged in the Bank of New ZeaHtnd a short time ago, and melted by them, the weight thereof being 3200z. 4dwt. 6gr. melted gold.

WHAU. The trial of the 29 tons of stuff from the surface of this company's ground has been tested at the Thames Company's machine during the last day or two, and the retorfe is now off the fire, the result a paying one, giving a little over i|oz. to the ton. It is understood a lot more will go through until the shaft, which is now bemg deepened, is at its required depth. Thirty -two feet is the quantity done for the fortnight, but the ground is now a little harder, powder having to be used.

IMPERIAL CEOWN. The leader intersected in the drive towards the Golden Crown Company is now through, and its thickness is ascertained to be fully nine inches. It is thought that, if opened out upon, it ■will gradually increase in size. Gold has been frequently taken out, and when opened, the manager reports it will prove itself to be a valuable lode, and bear favourably in comparison with the extraordinarily rich, one which was found in the shaft.

SUCCESS. The stuff going through at the Pioneer battery for this company, on examination, proves to be superior to that lately crushed, and the amount of amalgam taken from off the plates alone, after a five days' run, fully bears this out, no less than 2500z, being the weight in hand.

DAUNTLESS AND SINK TO RISE. For the last few weeks the manager has been steadily swelling the amount of specimens in hand ; but during the last few shifts rich stone has come to grass, which is something out of the usual fortune of this celebrated claim. A candle-box holding 251b. of these useful articles is generally in vogue on this field as the de ository of rich stone, and in these shifts at times they have been filled and almost refilled again. Some of the stone has been taken down by a director to the company's offices in your city, and 1 understand some of them are splendid. They are from the new leader on the Union level, and the manager anticipates the next crushing to equal, if not surpass, any ever made by the company. Eighty-five or ninetv tons of stone are in paddock, and as soon as a mill can be sot iliis will so thronsrh.

Poverty and Charleston : Tho hands ,vere struck off work at this company's mine on Saturday, owing, we understand, to the unpayable character of the last crushing. There is still a parcel of stone to grass, which we learn will be crushed at Goodall's machine. The Young American : The Young American mine haa been let on tribute to a party of men well acquainted with the resources of the mine, and who will probably make a good paying speculation out of it. It was let on tender, and the company rec 'ive 30 per cent, of the gold. About 10 tons of stone is now being crushed at Souter's battery. The Just in Time : The little bailing and winding engine that has been erected for this mine appears to perform its duties admirably, so far. A winze has been commenced within some distance of the shaft, where the reef ia 3 feet thick, and ia a fine body of stone. A parcel of stone that has been knocked about the claim for the last two years, was crushed on Saturday at the Tramway battery, but the result was very small. Kelly's Claim : Yesterday the tramway was partially employed bringing down stone from Kelly's Claim to the Hauraki battery. The Inverness : The contractors started to work yesterday to drive -the main tunnel that will intersect the workings at present going on at the 100-feet level in the shaft, A commencement was also made towards forming a line of tramway from the mouth of the new tunnel to the hopper of the shoot. Yesterday the manager brought about 301b. of specimens io town, and deposited them in he company's office. The Morning Star: An increased mine force has been set to work, and the battery will now be kept permanently at work. The stuff is showing up richly on the tables. The TuUp : We are glad to find that some of_ those mines recently taken up under miners' rights promise well for the miners. On the other side of the creek a very finelooking reef running parallel with the creek has been found. The shareholders assert that they have seen gold in the atone, and that a small lot crushed in a mortar has given a very favourable result. The lode is believed, to be a continuation of the main leader of the Little and Good. The Dawn of Hope : In the Dawn of Hope mine the manager is engaged opening it up, both reefs being driven on. The Dawn of Hope reef has been driven on to the westward to the boundary of the Point Russell, where it is two feet thick. There is a large paddock of stone to grass. The Eureka : The Eureka mine will crush 10 tons of it this week, which is expected to turn out from 40oz. to 50oz. of gold. Yesterday the contractors started to work sinking the shaft. A couple of men will be kept at work on the small leader, and, if this continues as rich as it at present shows, it will more than defray the expenses of the shaft. This mine will again assume a leading position, amongst the mines on the Kuranui. The Plying Cloud : A partial cleaning up for the Plying Cloud, which still continues cmshing at Souter's machine with the same encouraging prospects that it has lately become celebrated for, took place on Saturday. The, amount of gold obtained from the retorting was 520z. 13cVi, after a few days' run. The gold was, as usual, deposited in the Bank of Australasia.