OUR THAMES LETTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 2423, 31 October 1871, Page 3

OUR THAMES LETTER.

Monday, 5 p.m. JMOANATAIBI.—Tho usual fortnightly cleanup for this company took place late oh Saturday evening, and was fiuished this morning. The result is 427* ounces of re-

torted gold from 666 tons, and this weight whs only reduced, by melting, to 424 ozs. 9 dwts., which speaks well for the cure bestowed upon it by the amalgamators. This large yield is owing to the good stone that was obtained from the winze down on No. 9 reef, and obtained only on Thursday and Friday, otherwise the yield wuuld huve been very poor. This winze is known as No. 1, below the main level; and at a distance of sixty feet to the north there is another beiug put down on the slide of clay, and it was upon thi3 latter that great expectations w> re based. But I am sorry to say that the influx of water is very great, and it is feared that nothing can be done here until the beach tunnel is up into the ground, it now being within 170 feet. This No. 1 winze showed gold freely this nioruing, and the reef at the bottom is four to five feet wide. All Nations.—ln consequence of the Eurunui battery being short of silver, it has been found necessary to retort the amalgam that this company have taken off the plates, and the result is a splendid turn out of 384 ounces of retorted gold. The boxes of the twenty head, when opened a few days ago, shoned the amalgam very thk-k ; and when the usual clean-up of Saturday takes place it will be found that the yield' of tho present month will be beyond that of last, although not bo many heads of utampers were at work. The main reef in the beaeh level, and also in the stopes, is about the sumo as reported from tune to time, specimens, more or leas, comin , * out daily. Waiotahi Association.—The tribute™ of this company are still crushing at the machine, but I am sorry to say, judging from the amount of gold lodged to-day, that it is not quite so good as tue last run by a long chalk, considering over 200 tons have bnen reduced for the return of 93£ ozs. melted gold. A portion of this stuff is from a lender which the tributers have cut in a shaft eloae to the boundary of the Manukau claim, and the remainder from the surface and shallow levels. INVERNESS.—SchofieId and party, the tributers On the Long Drive leader from Kelly's tunnel, are crushing about 25 U>n3 of dirt at the Prince Alfred machine, and the show, so far, promises to give a liandiome yield, the plates having a thick coating of amalgam, independent of a nice lot of specimens that will have to pass through.

I Sons op Freedom.—When the Flying Cloud drove into their own ground with tho new low level, they intersected the main reef eight feet within this company's boundary, and thence drove into their own, and it is well known that no eooner had the lode been tapped than good gold waa got, and in passing through this eight feet, of grouifd some three to four tons of dirt were broken out, which is being crushed at the Manukau machine, and I am glad to Bay that it is looking splendid—the yield expected to be about four ounces. Now that the old workings are thoroughly drained by this tunnel, it U expected that work will be resumed in this part, while the main adit from the Moanatairi Creek is also being carried on. Standahd.—Tl>" manager of this mine is to-day engaged i.. • nding down tho paddock of dirt to Partington's machine, no other machine nearer being available. The dirt that will be put through is from the mid and upper levels, from a lode that averages from 12 to 15 inches, and as gold has beeiiho frequently seen in the breaking out of tho stone, it is expected that a fine yield will be obtained from tho general stuff alone, while there is 59 or 60 lbs. of very fine picked stone iu hand.