THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1840, 7 December 1869, Page 4

THE GOLDFIELDS.

THE CITY OF GLASGOW. About 50 !bs. weight of very rich specimens were takeu out of the City of Glasgow leader on Saturday. Thoy are calculated to run about three ounces to the lb. They were taken out near the Long Drive boundary, at the lower level workings. THE 3ONB OF FREEDOM. The Flying Cloud reef has been cut through T d l ive l i ou t the shaft - uis ftbout f<^ feet thick, and shows gold right through the reef. The preaence of the barren side °which ia so remarkable in tha Flying Cloud workings is cot discernible.— Advertiser.

COROMANDEL.

[FRO!! O OWN CORRESPONDENT?.] December 6. The crushing mentioned in my last as bein-r about to take place for the Middle Star at Sing's machine, was finished o.i Friday, and the machine cleaned up. The result from tl* •■ ton of stone wa3 ten ounc:e3 of amalgam, whieh they expect will yield rather mora than three ounces of retorted gold. This yield is raore than the most Banguine of the sbareholderantieipatad, uud has put them in high spirits. A 8 the reef from which the stone was taken ig a large one, the Middle Star may be now considered fas a very valuable claim, and all it requires is systematic working to give handsomo returns to the shareholders. The Lake of Killarney, a claim just above the township, has been getting out some good stone lately, and the shareholders have determined to have a quantity cruehed. This w : "i take place at the Nil Desperandum claim in the course of next week, and tho result will be forwarded. The King of tho Ranges has been turning out some fine specimens during the week, and one, weighing about twenty pounds, has been shown in one of the stores on the ranges. It is thickly impregnated with gold throughoi? , -, and will, I understand, be forwarded Auckland for exhibition. A few apecimene snch as this will convince tbe most Eceptical that gold is to be obtained at Coromandel. The weath6r has been very severe during the week, but it is now clearing up. Wednesday night it blew a perfect gale, with rain in "torrents, and the tents and Tcalicocovered houses were almost inundattd with water. Tho roads next day were knee-deep in mud, but the farm sun soon dried it up, and they are now again passable. There is no news of the new Warden yet, and we are beginning to doubt whether the appointment has ever been made. He is 'ong in coming. Can you give us any information on this point. Again a wharf has been surveyed several times, but this really essential work is not vet begun. In the meantime, passengers and cargo can only ba landed at high water, except at great inconvenience, on the new flats.