THE THAMES GOLDFIELD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VI, Issue 1706, 11 May 1869, Page 5

THE THAMES GOLDFIELD.

THAMES ANNUAL "RACKS.. Thb following aro tho weights for v \ba undermentioned races, acceptance for which mnai be declared by eiVht o'clock p.m. the night before th« races, to iho Secretary, at the Governor Bowen Uotol.'V Fiyino Stakbs. Slander, 5 year?, 9at 9lba. New Zealan>ler, ag»d, 7st lOlbs. Jjucenfeed, 3 years 7«t lOlbs. Misfortune, 3 years, 7ot 41bs. Race. Echo, aged, list lOlbs. King Din, aged,'list 51bs. \Vurwiok, 5 yo*ra, list 3lbs. New Z alander, aged, 11st. Harkaway, aged, 10?t lOlbs. . BATTERY returns.. Holmes and Co.'s Battery, on the HVpa, oruihtd fiv.-) tons from a new claim on the Hnpo CreeK, oalled the ft»r -of the South. The yield was ton ouuoea of retorted g°ld- The earns ground had. been in possesion of another party, but was abandoned as a duffer, before it was taken up by the present share holders. Fourteen tons were crushed for the Golden Cable for a yield of s-jmnteen ouacrs. The battery is now employed on stuff from the Wheel of foituuo claim, which is shaping well for a payable return, and is to oru«h for the Good Hope and Wandering !>tar on Monday. The Knueranga Qu-irlz-Orn«hing Co. a Battery crushed a trial parcel from the Junotion claim, on th» Karaka, but the result was not p yable. & iver.il other lots have been put through with the suuie result. The battery is at present engaged on a lot from the Queen of slieba claim. Bleazard's Battery is atill fully employed on Dixon's No. 1 stuff. The budJle which has been oieoted is working admirably in c ncentr.Ving tho tailings, which, when deposited in the tank formed for their reception, ia nothing but a mass of mundio and pyrites. Some person# bavo been under the impression that the buddle "erccto'd by Mr. Hl«»z .rd is tbs same as those in me in Cornwall ; but it is not, and it is worked *n an entirely new principle. YTtißloa'i.-iDWsMne crushed 15 tons of ordinary stuff for the .North Dovon, nhioli , vie.lded the hand-_ some return of 31 ozs. "retirteil gold. ' The"share'-. holders intend on the completion of the tramway lo hive ICO tons cruihed at the Knronui Compmj'e battery. From an advertisement in another column, we see'the shareholders intend forming the clui :i into a company, for tho more effectual working of tbe ground. It is supposed that Dixon's reef runs through the Albumie and North Dotou claims. The Hope G->ld Mining Company's battery crushed 44 tons for the Prince of Wales claim, th ' result of which was 73 ounoas of gold. Ten tons ■ rushed for the Golden Run was being retorted jeiterday. One battery is now crushing tor the Lord Nelson, and the other is cru hint; for Well'* Reef and the Shannonside. Tho Well's Beef stuff is making a better show on the tables than it has dono at any of tho former crushings, and is likely eventually to prove one of the beat claims on the Eaton's battery will Btart on tho Atlantic stuff on Monday. . * i , Souter'i battery is still crashing for the Golden Grown with ten stampers. The" third battery is to start on the' Newmarket stuff as soon as it can be , brought to the maohirtj. '"-'Oompany'abattery " of (tuff from the Peep o' Day olsim, ' which cleaned expenses. The battery is now tm- ! ployed en stuff fiom the Uni ed Company's claim ; about 20 tons altogether have to be passed through, and Sli ounces of amalgam has already been taken L from the 24 lbi. of specimens, and the run of the stuff is shaping for a good return. The present i owners of the claim have taken the mine from the original shareholders for throe months, each one of ' them receiving ten shillings per m<inth towards the 1 development of the claim, besMes all the quartz they ' can take out. It would appear a» if the speculation ' ib likely to prove a profitable one to the present occu-piers,-for the appearance of the plates at present shows a payable return. , The HauraUi battery waa stopped on Monday for l the purpose of clearing 6ut tho boiler, and started r on Tuesday on a parcel of stuff from the Loug i Drive clium. The "Victoria Bat'ery.—The Moanatvri Company ' have obtained, 1000 ounces of amalgam from their ' crushing at this battery, which has been retorted ' for a yield of 368 ounces of gold. Thirty tw» tons f have been crushed for the Inverness, for a jield of 43J ounces of retorted gold. Eighteen tons have l been crushed for the Point Russell, lor a jinld of 1 of 22J ounces. Eight tons for the Golden Terrace were crushed, but net retorted. The >1 onnr*t»i&ri b Company's stuff at present oocupies the whole availt able force of the battery. The Tramway Battery oruehed 44 tons of stuff 5 from the Sink-to-Eise for a yield of 120 ounces ot gold.' The .buttery ia at present employed on i stuff from Tookey's claim; 70 ounces of amalgam biave been taken off the pla'es after tho first twenty four hours' orushing, Thin stuff will occupytLe battery for about three weeks. a Go'-dall's battery crushed 35 tons for the Poverty - claim, which yielded 60 ounces of gold; the amount g of amalgam obtained from the stuff waa 2Q lbs. Ut>t y battery is still crushing tor tho Golden Crown. The ' amalgamators were started tViis week, and aro pfr- ' forming their duties admirably. The Kuranui Company's 1 ugo battery is still 6 employed for the Deep Lead, and Kuranui Compauj'i claim. The small battery was canned up for tin Kuranui Company's claim with a yitld of 2-0 ounm s of amalgam from about three and a-hfjf days' crushs ing. We elsewhore give the retult of the Lonj Drive specimen crushing at this batterj. 'i'he ole battery is at present employed on stufl from tht j Lone Star, Karaka, and tho Young American „ Moanatairi. Tho Halcyon Company's Battery, Karaka t'reek p is now crushing for the Colleen Bawn oluim, «nc from the appearance of the tables, a return of abi>ji 4ozs. per ton ia expected. The Koyal Exchange uri< e Union Jack are waiting their turn, and a qunil.it; f of 100 tons from the Golden itun No. 1 will be ;pu through at on early dale. I, ILU.I II - Hill lIIU I I MM**