(FROM SATURDAY'S "THAMES ADVERTISER,")

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3972, 16 May 1870, Page 7

(FROM SATURDAY'S "THAMES ADVERTISER,")

The Long Drive. — A parcel of about 401b. of lich specimen stone was taken out of the working in this claim, on Friday night. The Eureka. — From the small leader there are now from 501b. to 6<ilb. of good specimens to hand, besides about 10 or 12 : tons of general stone. The Just in Time. — The manager has laid down a branch line from the Moanataiari i tramway to the quartz paddock, and is i about sending down a lot of quartz to the Tramway battery to be crushed. The Wild Missouri. — The manager of the Wild Missouri, in prospecting this company's ground on the low-level tunnel, first cut the Wild Missouri ree/ proper, and, on con tinning the drive 30 feet further on, met with another. He proved that the reef of the Little Nell had not yet been reached, but was in fact 30 feet further off, and that the intermediate reef was what is known as Firth's reef. The main tunnel he is now continuing, for the purpose of cutting the reef of the Little Nell. The Sons of Freedom. — The Sons of Fraedom is sending down a large parcel of stone to be crushed at Partington's battery, Shellback. The Emerald. — A trial parcel of stone from the Emerald, next the Wild Missouri, has been crushed, but the gold obtained only weighed an ounce. It was not any means picked stuff, and indeed was much inferior in quality to the usual run of the stone. The Little Nell, — The tributers of the Little Nell Company 1 have within the last few days broken out a lot of stone, in which gold is visible, from a leader of good size. The' Kuranui Company.— The new main tunnel that is foi* the future to be' the main outlet from this company's mine has been commenced at the back of the machinehouse, on the south bank of the creek. A substantial tramway has been laid from the mouth 'of the tunnel, around the mill-house, and across the main road to Tararu.