MINING MATTERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VI, Issue 1630, 11 February 1869, Page 4

MINING MATTERS.

BATTKKY RETURNS

(From the Advertiser, February 10.) The monthly returns from Harrison, Howard and Co.'s battery show the amount crushed to be 303 tons of quartz, yielding 619 ounces of retorted gold, or a little over two ounces to the ton; the value of which, at £2 10s per ounce, is £1,547 10a, and the export duty, 2s 6d per ounce, amounts to £77 7s 6d. Greenway's battery is crushing for the Ben Lomond, Sheffield, and Aladdin's Lamp alaims. There has been no washing up for any of the claims yet. .... The Hape Gold Mining Company s battery crushed a parcel of stone from the -K oyal Standard claim, which averaged about three ounces to the ton. A lot from the Hape Gold Mining Company's claim has also been put through, which was scarely payable. The battery will start to-day on some stone from Murphy s claimBull's one stamper crushed 10 cwt. of stone for the Highland claim, with a yield of half an ounce of gold. The battery was employed on a parcel of specimens yesterday from the Bendigo Independent claim. The Una Quartz Crushing Company's battery crushed live tons for a claim that has bo § taken up next the Lord Nelson, and consists of scarcely one man's ground, which yielded ounces of gold. One battery is still crushing for the Monarch claim, and the other has started on stone from the Duke of Edinburgh claim. Souter's battery is still crushing for the Golden Crown. Tho specimen crushing is finished, and yielded 2,750 ounces of gold; the stuff that is now going through is also very rich. Only one battery is at work, the other being stopped in order to connect the new battery, when this is finished 10 Btampers will be kept continually going for the Golden Crown, and the other five for general crushings. Harrison, Howard, and Co.'s battery is still crushing for Kelly's claim. Victoria Battery. —Since last report the Alburnia has finished crushing with a second retorting of 70 oz. The Morning Star is emyloying 12 head of stamps, and from 130 lb. stone they obtained over 200 oz. of amalgam; the bulk of the stuff is equally rich in proportion. The Coburg Castle and Tradesmen's have had trial crushings, the result not yet to hand. The 8 stamp is engaged on the Royal Blue stone, also on some stuff from the Moanatairi Claim; the Moanatairi takes the 12 head battery to-night. Perry's Battery crushed a parcel of stone from the Mariner's Reef Claim, which hardly turned out payable. It is now crushing stone from the Little and Good Claim.

The Kuranui Company's batteries are crush- I injr for the Dawn of Hope, Kuranui Company's claim, and Long Drive. Bleazard's Battery crushed a parcel of stone from an extraordinary large reef in the Boyal Sovereign claim, which turned out three-quar-ters of an ounce to the ton. The yield is at present scarcely payable, but if amachinc were on the ground no doubt it would prove a fortune to the shareholders. The battery is now crushing for Dixon's, Madman No. 1, after which a quantity from Dixon's No. 3 will be put through. The Pioneer Battery, at the head of the Moanataicri, crushed a quantity of stuff for the Star of the South claim, which yielded an ounce to the ton, although very little wa9 expected from it, as it was'merely a quantity ot debris and mixed stuff which had been lying on the claim for a length of time. The bsfttery is now crushing a parcel for the Star of the North claim. Weston, Bros. Battery will shortly commence a crushing for the Rough Diamond claim; the stuff is expected to yield five ounces to the ton.

Thirtjr-five tons of stone from the Fearnaught claim, crushed at the company's own machine during the past week, yielded 2840z5. 14dwts. of retorted gold, or over eight ounces to the ton. The Lake Takapuna claim, twelve men's grevnd, close to Mclsaac's, has been turning out some rich stuff. A small parcel of stone ivas tried at the Bank of Australasia with good results.

GREAT YIELD FROM THE FEARNAUGHT CLAIM. We have learned from, the shareholders of the above claim that they have just finished crushing one ton of quartz, with which was mixed a quantity of specimens. The crushing gave two hundred ounces, less two pennyweights, a yield which will bear comparison with almost any on the field. We are aware that a different and inaccurate report of the above yield may appear outside the columns of this journal.—Thames Times, Feb-10.