THE GOLD FIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6213, 15 October 1881, Page 5

THE GOLD FIELDS.

[BY TELEGRAPn. —OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] Thames, Friday evening. GeLi> Returns. — Moanataiari tributes — Rea 740z5., Hucker loz. odwts.; Pride of Karaka claim, sozs. lGdwts. Moanataiari.—Rea aud party, tributers iu this mine, have completed another crushing for the return of 72ozs 13dwts. of melted gold. Mr. Miller, counsel for defendants in the celebrated Martha case of Nicholls v. Nioholls and Marjery, succeeded in getting the transfer of the property from Nicholls to the company registered to-day, and it is probable that any further action on the part of the plaintiffs will not affect the company. It is thought that the result of this will be to free the mine, and allow operations to be commenced. It is stated that seventeen leases have been applied for in the vicinity of the new discovery at Te Aroha. Part of the claims lie in the Piako district, and Mr. Kendrick has telegraphed to the Piako County Council, advising the cutting of a track to the locality of the discovery. Su\iiEM*.RKfcT.—Sales : Smile of Fortune, Ss ; Young Colonial, £22 10s ; Waitekauri No. 3, quarter-share, £500 ; Sash and Door, £7 03. Sellers : Alburnia, 20s ; Caledonian, 10s ; Kuranui, 4s 6d ; Devon, 12s 6d ; Queen of Beauty, 5s ; Smile of Fortune, 8s 6d ; Waitekauri Success, 3s; Moonstone, 2s; Young Colonial, £24. Buyers : Welcome, Is 3d. Two quarter-shares in the Waitekauri No. 3, have bee.n sold at the nbove price.

The following mine managers' reports have come to hand :— Tokate\ —There is no change in tho country in the low level. Wβ arc still going light ground, with the lea'ler pinched and not looking bo well as at date of last report. Since tho hard belt came in tho driving has been unusually dry, and nothing has been seen in the quartz broken out. The contractors have driven 20 feet for tho week. Tho rise is up 43 feet The country is much tliu same as that we are going through in the main level. The leader in tho roof has slightly improved, but is still broken and mixed up with the clay in the dig. The winze is down 72 feet, leaving about 75 feet to break through. As the sinking is now getting rather troublesome owing to the strong underlie and a little water making in the country, all work in tins direction will be stopped to-uiorrow. Its present depth is as far as we intended to go. leaving the rise to flmsh tho balance, whicli, I expect, will be completed in about three weeks. Stoping will be commoncod in the main level on Saturday with some of the men taken from tho winze. Tributes : Knox and McNeil s parties are Betting a little gold. Boswell s are not Retting much. The other parties are prospecting.— Sinco my last report tin upper level" lias beeu driven 5 feet, making the disU P nee 37 feet in all Tho low level has not been kept on the whole time-the distance driven being i.eet. It carries a strong leader, and l° ol £well. total length, 55 feet. The stopo has been carried on 16 feet, and about 451b3. of specimens obtained therefrom.— J. ? J l s3 n SiDE VioBOMAKDEL).-I commenced work on rich crushing dirt at every breaking down. Two men were started to work on No. 2 lead ahead, to get under a good shot of gold worked above. It is expected that about 90 feet of driving will cut the run of gold, giving about 30 or 40 feet of backs. I banked 4»lbs. of specimens on Monday, making a total of -Bibs, now iu the bank.—AMiUS McNeili.. . Thrush (Tokatea).—Total distance now driven is 10 feet 6 inches, 45 more feet will bring us up to our boundary- There is little or no change in the e roun <* or leader. I have been following up a trail of sold on the surface, and have traced it up to the lead" about 30 feet south of where we first cut the leader in tno IX leader 1 , &^& V tt££?s£ a rule, if they get loose gold In the Colonial U»ey ar ° not far away from specimens —HekJ'.y TiiodE. TiEitXAx'u (Tiki).—There is not much change g. the mine. The main drive is in 53 feet. The reef in the face is two feet six inches thick; it ehow s no gold, yet higher up I found another leader about one foot, and obtained a few pounds of stone fro m jt ( showing coarse gold freely. lam putting in ft drive to cut it, about twelve feet from the crop, to test its value. The result of tho crushing is 1350z5. 15dwts. of melted gold.—Jajies Murray.