THE KARAKA FEILD.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 889, 2 November 1867, Page 2

THE KARAKA FEILD.

ARRIVAL OF 7uo oz OF GOLD,

(From the " Southern Cross," October 28.) By the jj.s. Tauranga and p.s. Enterprise No. 2, whicK arrived from the Thames on Saturday night, 700oz. of gold were brought to town for export per next Sydney steamer, Mr. Hunt, of Hunt's Eeef, brought up 6000z., the result of- their crushing by the small Berdan machine erected near the claim. The gold, judging from the value of Tookey's as assayed at the Sydney mint, is worth £1,650, and was lodged by Mr. Hunt in the Union Bank . yesterday morning. We believe it is the intention of the reef-holders to patronise the various banks alternately, with a view of avoiding any monopoly which would otherwise ensue. Mr. Kelly, whose reef has hitherto been unknown to fame, also came up in the p.s. Enterprise on Saturday night, bringing with nim 99 ounces of gold, the product of the claim bearing his name. The weather of the past fortnight has been anything but favourable for the prosecution of mining pursuits, or we understand a much larger amount would have been sent up for export by the Sydney steamer on Saturday next. , There will, however, be fully 1,000 ounces, and which, when we remember the poor facilities the miners at present possess for crushing the yield of their claims, must be allowed to be most satisfactory. Gold. — Yesterday evening Mr. Beck showed us a bar of gold, one of nine, which he had cast from the retorted gold sent up from Hunt's Claim. The bar weighed between sixty and seventy ounces, and was very pretty to look at. We understand that the whole quantity will be sent up to Sydney by the s.s. Auckland. — "N.Z. Herald," October 30. .