THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5629, 1 December 1879, Page 5

THE GOLDFIELDS.

[s v.cn rjk cosß»arosi>iisr>,] T:iames, Saturday. ALIHJKNTA. p iri reef in the. tace of the we?t drive, on Ih > >-.! feet level, h now a iiue compact body / - On the ioof of the drivo the lode if stiU tvi / but towards tbe fl .or the r.'Otw'ill lo'.lo runs into tho hangingwall branch, aDT i re ii is only about four feet thick. No y/M was showing in tho face today, but the quartz contains first-'ilcss minerals, aucl wbea shot down, A q laut f,y of piek -cl stone is al.vays obtained. A!la:"og u ■Hv.v tho drive a ;ino bo'iy of stonu ia '•;..ig Mi:. t! i-"i; epial.j . ir;, highly for the : ii: Ho.k l-t-n- . In the stopes i:» r.of ' iti'. j , oc'j Wo-c'desday. In it; the io.)is o." both walls I iok vc.-y ftvl!, anti gr'.i ia stili shoving. In the sec >n 1 atupe, the hangingwall branch ia a fine body of stone about three feet tlvck, and contaios cxe.'llout miner,d indkatioiiß. A little gold is also showing, but the gold is so bla-jk that it is diliicu'.t to see i'. 'I bis branch is making away eastward, and gold can be traced ail along au far as tho stopes have been carried towards the No. 4 winze. The footwa'l lode is not quite so largo as it was, bat the quartz whiqh 13 now showing is healthy-loukiug i-foae, and in several places gold is showing, This afternoon, in stripping this lod_o, some very nice-looking golden stG.ic was exposed. The most encouraging | change that has taken place durinp, the last ' d»y or two ia in the or mafn lode, as the stopes are carried outward. The lode in this direction is making in a fine, healthy-looking body of stone, over the unpayable gro.ind which was driven through on the drive below. The quartz contained the most favourable indications, and every time the lode is shot down gold i-j eeen in the stone. In connection with these works the manager has started to cut a chamber at the foot of the " jump up" for the purpose of sinking a winze. The main lode here is a fine - looking body of stone. On Dixon's lower level the manager has again started to drive westward, and in a few days some idea will be given of what may be expected in this direction. The other portions of the mine are without change. The general crushing has been showing up very well lately. Another retorting for tho company took place to-day, and produced 5320z5. o£ gold, bringing tho total up to 29650z3. The final retorting will be on Monday, and, judging from the amount of amalgam which is now on hand, the total return will be considerably over 3000uzs.

GOLD RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Oz.dwt.gr Alburnia Company 1,303 0 0 ~ Percey's tribute 14 0 ~ Kneebone's tribute ... 11 2 0 M Clout's tribute 16 16 0 ~ Foster's tribute ... ... 2 5 0 Caledonian, Paltridge's tribute ... 21 8 0 Californian claim 30 0 0 Decide claim 21 0 0 Hopeful claim 13 18 0 Kuranui, Howe's tribute 2 15 0 Little Sissy claim 740 Moanataiari, Christie's tribute ... 3 18 0 ~ SlcEwen's tribute ... 37 7 0 Messenger's, Brown's tribute ... 410 0 Old Whau, Wingate's tribute ... 11 9 0 Prince claim... ... ... ... 4 13 0 Radical claim 23 12 0 Smile of Fortune, Hart's tribute... 33 2 0 ~ ~ Rowse'a tribnte 5 0 0 Total 1,554 3 0 [BY TELEGRAPH, OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Thames, Saturday. Gold Returns. — Alburnia Company, 5320z~. ; ditto, CloutZ-a tribute, 16ozs. lOAwts. ; ditto, Foster's tribute, 2ozs. sdwts. ; Caledonian, Pultridge's tribute, 2lozs. Sdwts. ; Moanataiari, McEwen's tribute, 37ozs. 7dwtß. ; Old Whau, tribute, liozs. 9dwts. ; "Little Sissy, c ! vim, 7oza 4dwts. ; total, 62iiozs. Odwts. Alburnia.—Another retorting for this company took place to-day, and produced 5320£5. of gold. The total amount o'. retorted flold now on hand is 2960073. Th« final retorting for tue month takes placo on M'»r.day, and w ; V' "iring up tho yield to over 30Cv»o?a. The s•? is IcH/xiag very well, rjc» 1 i* still sh'ivi'ig r*!-g t>>o atopic C'otifc su>g jawty, ivif in the mir>.e, crushed a pircei ot general for the return of I6cz?. i6dwt*s. of mJ:"'?... gold.

Calelonkm. — ?.;ltriugo and party, tributers in this mine, have 16 loads of general stuff for the return of 21oz*. Sdwts. of melted gold. Moan'ataiart.—McEwen and party, who are tributing in this min: J , have crushed 901bs. of picked Btons for the return of 37ozs. Tdwts. of melted j-old. Old Whab. —Wingateand party, tributers in this mine, have crushed a small parcel of general stuff for the return of lloza. 9dwts. of melted gold. LijTle Sissy.—A crushing for the proprietors of this claim of a parcel of general stuff has resulted in the return of 7ozs. of melted gold. Skarkmarkrt.—Alburnia, sales, 75s to 72s 6d; sellers, 72a 6d; buyers, 70s ; Moanataiari, sellers, 50s ; buyers, 4Sa ; Kuranui Hill, sale 3, 5s ; Queen of Bemty, buyers, 4s 9d.