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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 965, 1 August 1868, Page 2

The Thames Gold Fields. — Mr. J. L. Hall has written to an acquaintance in Chris tchurch, relative to the Thames diggings. In his letter he gives a most encouraging account of the field ; states that he has been on Hunt's claim, and was astonished on beholding the extreme richness of the stone. Mr. Hall has been on most of the diggings in Australia ; and after noting this fact, he assures his friend that the Thames diggings are the richest that he has ever visited. Another private letter contains the following :— " The Thames gold field is nearly certain to be one of the richest, as a quartz field, ever discovered in the world. There is no exaggeration in the reports of the richness of the deposits. The Melbourne firms aro sending over crushing machinery, which will be a great boon to the diggers, their present appliances being very indifferent. Everybody is in high glee about the Thames, and if they continue to strike gold as they are doing now, the North will completely outstrip the South this summer. 1 '