GOLDFIELDS SUMMARY.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXI, Issue 5700, 20 December 1875, Page 3

GOLDFIELDS SUMMARY.

Wi u>< o u't tU.it tho depit,ssum to which we i." fuiicd in our 1 ist siitiiiu.iiy still exists in consc • |iicncc of the llooi'ing of the pi incip.il mines of the W.uu-Kaiaka hy the stoppage of the Jiught Sinili* pumps. AW < M hopo tli.it he f 010 the ctlects ol this stoppage hec.iuie so v 'desprcadas they Hie .it piesent, th.it by the nmtn.il action of tho companes intoicsted suino steps would have been taken to cause these pumps to rosrnic opeiationa. Negotiations have been going on foi the fonnation of a dunnage association, und the purchase of the Bright Smile plant and shaft ; hut ho far those negotiations have been fruitless, and the consequence is that many of the nuiicn which wcic ablo to cany on vigorous opeiations up till leccntly arc now flooded out, and woiks aie suspended upon which tho welfare and l>i ogress of the field depended, in addition to which a l.ugc number of miners nro thrown out of employment. Tho City of London and Queen of JiiMutj, although tho'r mnjn lovols were llooileil, wcie enabled to opcrato on blocks loft in the uppri le\els, and tho former by opening an intei mediate level above the water level, was en il>h'il to work out a vuluablo block of one of then nclipst u'ofH. This block ii now exhausted, and although thoro tiro other reefs lieing opened up, they aie not sufficiently developed to enable the manager to continue crushing. The null is therefore idle. The Queen of Bounty having exhausted their only payable blocks in tho upper levels, havo also suspended operations, and, in fuct, every gold-producing niino in the AVaioKaraku dish ict is now either idlo or non-pio-ductivo, and thiu distiict, which could atl'oid ample employment for 1,000 miners, now hurdly envoys 50 all tolJ. This ia certainly a gloomy Btnte of affair* at the close of the yeai , but it is satisfactory to know that it in not any falling off in tho resources of the (''strict which causes tliii itatc of affairs ; it in only tho result of the deadlock which has occurred in rcupcct to the drainage question. This question once settled, thero would be a renewal of operations on the same scale as before, and instead of idlo mines and batteries, we should havo busy times, and good gold returns. Operation! in tho Pumping Association, shaft have made good progress since our last summary, and the shaft has now reached a depth of 045ft., the depth at which the main level or gallery is to be opened out for the purpose of intersecting the Caledonian and other roofs, and ascertaining whether at this depth they are auriferous and payable. The theory hitherto hai boon that there is a iccond belt of auriferous country beneath that which was f onnei ly worked by the Caledonian and other companies with such mngnificenfc results, so that ,the importance of the Pumping Association's works does not depend alone on its being tho great drainago works of a lingo district ; it in also tho most important prospecting work which has ever been started on thti field. A further depth of 14ft. has to be sunk to make room for the new i>lunger and cistern, and these must be fixed in position bofoie tho level is stinted. Taiitia h.H bo far failed to meet the extravagant expectations of tho sangaiuo shareholdeis, who took up small farms there as claims, ami the disappointment has created a re\ .iKion of feeling, which is qnito ns bnscles» as the \v51d hope which led shareholders to expect enormous yields. It is true that the l'rospectoi ■»' (Jhiim, iustcad of yielding 10oz. to the ton, which Homo wero sanguine enough to expect, only avoruged 3oz. per ton from the lust 1CJ tons, but surely that is no reason for discouragement. So far as regaids Ohiuemuri, we have i cully nothing now to record. Tho reefs in Waitokauri are held in high favour, und the orection of the powerful -lO-stamper battery is being pushed ahead as speedily as possible. Itoads uro now being fonnod, which, in the courso of a month, will be available foi the transit of tho heavy machinery, and in the meantime everything is being put m as toi waul a wtato as possiblo at tho mine and m ichinc site.

Tons. cwt. lit Alliuitii.i . . 200 0 1) Ditto tiiliuto . 1JJ 0 0 r.ulhon (Tapu) ... 81 10 0 IMilIc Aiijjcl UilMito 15 0 0 Ditto . ... 10 0 0 oitto ... no o o r.ui.l of l[o[io . 2 0 0 City of London . . 3">0 0 0 Ditto . ... 350 0 U Ditto . 150 0 0 (Jrown Piincess . . ill) 0 0 Centuil Italy ... 20 0 0 due . . '.no 0 0 C.ileiloni.ui . . 201) 0 0 D.umtlcsa .ind hink to-Hiso . . 0 0 15 Ditto . ... 18 0 0 Eagle . ... 10 0 (JoMonC.ilf . 30 0 0 Ditto 20 0 0 Golden Spur tubutc 5 0 0 Ditto . . fi 0 0 Ditto . . . 4 0 0 Golden Ago tiibuto 21 0 0 Ditto . (.0 0 Ditto . 14 0 0 Goklen Haip 10 0 0 Hii7.elb.uik tiibute 7 0 0 Independent (Tui run) 2 0 0 Inverness tiilmte . .'50 0 0 Ditto .. HO 0 0 Km. inui tiibuto . 100 0 0 Lord Nelson . <>2 0 0 LongDiive ... 250 0 0 Morning SUr tiibuto .'(() 0 0 Mo.umUuui . . 023 0 0 Ditto 050 0 0 Middle Star tiibuto 10 0 0 Ditto tribute . 1 10 0 Messenger* tiibuto 13 0 0 Nonpareil 0 0 20 Now Kcef, Tiki (Coro.) 0 0 8 Old Whau . 52 0 0 President Lincoln 0 'A 0 Prince Imperial . 9 0 <> Queen of Jieauty . .T>0 0 0 Ditto . 250 (I 0 Kocky Point 2.S 0 !> Hough nu<l Heady 1 10 0 Ditto . .200 Red White uudr.luo tributa . ;W 0 0 Shotover tiibuto .. 15 0 0 South St.itfoul . 15 0 0 Ditto .. . -10 0 Sundries, including gold from tailing*, about Spiinghill 10 0 Ditto . ... r > 0 0 Tok.itcu(Ooi-oni.uutol) 100 0 0 TairuaCo. (T.uriu) 20 0 0 Tuuuglo (Taiiuu) . 0 17 0 TrufuUai . - r »0 (I 0 'flumes Scottish . 0 10 0 Tookcy tiibute . . 12 0 0 Umou*B«.ichlCoio.) 130 0 0 Una tiibutu ... 10 0 0 Ditto tiibuto ... "> 0 0 "Waiotala . ... U*'» «> 0 Windsor C.istlo ... bO 0 0 nz Uttt gr. 1J7 10 0 i;r» o o Ht77 18 12 /«]!) 17 0 /,(!(! 15 12 77 0 0 0 0 18 091 0 0 5«)7 0 0 193 0 0 88 13 0 12 0 0 2«J5 0 0 293 15 0 j*j2 10 0 115 5 0 0 5 12 )//*il 14 0 K 0 0 3 5 0 5 1 0 1 11 0 15 0 0 »((» 7 0 mV.i 10 0 1.1 1 0 9 17 0 2 18 0 »//25 15 0 wSO 2 0 122 9 0 104 8 0 w2J8 0 0 ,/d (2 0 0 31.4 0 0 315 0 0 //fit 10 0 0 15 0 18 15 0 1 10 0 (i 0 0 \>) l.{ 0 Hi 5 0 2 18 0 Ml 0 0 V.l 15 0 w)2 18 0 «(2 9 0 m'i 11 0 w24 7 0 1.1 0 0 2 11 It •JO 0 0 7M> 0 0 1 II 0 1 7 0 H»2 0 0 21 )0 0 (i ;i o hi2"i 15 0 "i 0 0 12 12 0 7<i^ 0 (J m'\ 0 0 "i 10 0 ll.H I) 0 11 0 0 Tutu •~',17(j 0 !J O.MiJ Id U

GOLD KETUIINS FBOM NOVKMIiKIt 20 TO DECEMBER Hi.