OUR THAMES LETTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 2342, 28 July 1871, Page 3

OUR THAMES LETTER.

Thursday, 2 p.m. < .%i.i'ix >Ni vs.— 1 hiring tho past, night, tin* i • >1111 >;j 11 v broke out. over 12 cwt. of rich specimen" from the mum lode una winze, and "till tl-cre remains si •ili'iw ol gold m Tie ft.>|>«■ mi 1 No. 2 winze, which Ins never been surpassed tunce Ihe Caledonian came upon gold It would be superlliious on niv part toco into dcl :iils a-< to the permanency

"I the gold, lut I cannot help Baying tint tin l large blocks >it* hard quart/, whie i were :; is'i ■11 thin morning luid such a st rong run ol gold til liiom, that the tr mage:-could not. help hut remark that tl:e* stability of (he gold was getting stronger as they wen' down. '1 Im is fully continued from wlmt I have seen myself, and by the remarks passed by some of the best men on the field, who have been nr. derground with mo. The quantity of specimens now in hand is over three tons, and will be considerably increased before the day .s out j this will necessitate the crushing of them early nexl week.

North I)i:von.— The tributers of this mine have luid a -rushing of GO tons ot Weston's mnchinc, and the result is below the expectations formed; not more than 55 oa*. of gold were obtained. This yield will pay the tnbuters well, as the reef is very large; and now that, the ground is fairly opened at the low level, I expect that the crushing* will be miu.h more frequent than heretofore.

Tookky.—Wool and party, tributers on the upper portion of the lielfast leader, and also on a part of the celebrated erors-leadcr, have nad a eni-diing of fit:y t his at the Manukau mnehine ; and, although i!h> result is much below that of the last, which was expected, on a-count, of *') very little of the cross-lender being crushed, yet the yield is u handsome ones, highly proflta'd" to the tributers and the company. The fifty tons yi.-l.ted 11'.' o/s. X d-.vts. incited gold, lodged with the Hank of Australasia. Ckntiiw It v ! v.—There i< ;i report current •i town that, this company have at length cut the .Nonpareil lode in their shaft, and t.iiut gold has been seen. As I have only just r.-eeivid the above from the legal manager's 'dire, I am not, in a position to give any further details, but. will do so by wire if necessary. Mo a N'AT.vntr. —"Ibis eo .■npany still employ six heads of the Tramway machine, besides the whole of their own plant, and yet the Tramway mill paddocks are oversowing with quartz, which will necessitate the employment of a few more additional stampers, and that, very speedily. At this muchi/ie the show is not very good, but [ remember that it was the h line during the first day or two of the last f rtinght; and no doubt stone will bo going t here short ly that will pull it up considerably. At the company's butterv, as far as can be ascertained, the show is about the averuge, but the last day or two several small patches of specimens have been obtained, which indicates that there are more at hand. A very strong ctl'irt. is now being made to rcducethe debt t hat i ia»so heavily burdened the company for years ; and a few more yields like the last will have the desired effect.

OF CALEDONIAN TAILINGS. This inorn infill pursuance of tlie ad vertiscmi'iil, Mr. I). J. O'lvnclf'c sold by auction, at 'lnraru and the company's mill yard, a very lirary lot, of tailings that had accumulated during (lie pant, two month*, and the prices rciih-od cui)ii',t fail to bo satisfactory to the shareholders, us the sum that will be at the disposal of the directors is equal to 30s diviTend. TAUAIiU BATTKEY. 473 tons, average result 0 ozs. per ton, sold to Blea/.urd at 22s 0d £532 2 G CALKDONIAN IJATTCUY. Lot 1, 125 tons, average result 8 ozs. per ton, Bold to .J. R. Perry at GOs 375 0 0 Lots 2 arid .3, 450 ton", average result, 8 ozs. per ton, sold to J, K. Perry at SfJs 1035 0 0 UEIUMJ JSATTBUY. Lot 1, 175 ton;', average 8 ozs. per ton, sold co Captain Ninnin at 10s ... ... 350 0 0 l ot 2, 100 foris, average 8 ozs. per t.Oll, sold to Mr. Do llirsch at 40# 200 0 0 rniNCB AfcFHKD UATTEBY. tons, averago 8 ozs. per ton, nold to Messrs. iiaithby and Muir at 90s 1012 10 0 Total £1401 12 6