THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6362, 8 April 1882, Page 5

THE GOLDFIELDS.

LFROM OCP. OWN COKKKSI'OSDKNTS.]

Thames, Thursday. Diamond (Waitkkaup.i.) — Messrs. Mason and party, proprietors of this claim, brought into town late yestenliiy evening VSAo/.s. lOdwts. retorted gold, which is the result of 44 tons of general dirt. This quartz lias been lying '» the paddock For 1 -J months, which they were unable to crush until lately, owing to the tramway which connects the ground with the battery being so much out of repair. Butler and party (Waitekaun) have.; finished (heir crushing. The amalgam was not retorted when our informant left, but it is thought there will be about :(00 ounces. KcKA.vri Hn.L.—Have started :S0 head stampers on the company's quart/., and 10 on the tribtiters, working ten hours ,i day. in driving from the face of the hill, on the course of mi old fallen-in drive, they have come across several leaders. A trial parcel is now being saved to test the value. The following mine managers' reports have been received :— IIdMK Ri-i.k (Tiki).—Tlio mine is loiikiuir much better sinuo my last. As lam at present Beltini; very rood crushing din from all working parts r.f the mine. 1 have put in a small crosK-out Iroiu the upper stones in the lower working for the purpr.se of cuttins tho new leader higher up. mid am *lad to inform you thai, in the Ilrsl hreakin<; down of tlio leader. I obtained some very fair .stone. 1 will nov%have a verv eood blnek tn work on this leader. I urn also jfuttil'lß fair ur.lshini.' dirt from the unworked l,loi:k. between .Wμ. 1 and 1 lev.d.s. The contractors ■ have been makim; very slow progress up to the pre »unt. lint a change has come in the face to day. very much for the butter, should it continue—lnns '"x'l'w I'ruM-K IjlrKiuu..- Xo. :! leader in the winze is still looking very well. mninUiiiiiiK it" former si/.0. aod carries ("old all through it Yesterday, in breaking down lli.j portion that was .stripped, we (tot :i few p.,undf; of nice picked stone. The lender is rather lame at present for makim; sped.ucu.--. the small sto«l veins that run through tins sandstone into the lead, and make the fold, have not the same clfceL on it when it is so larfje. I ha.l two shifts- two men in each — working here all last week, but did not miiki; as ~ii,a headway as 1 would have liked on account of the ground beint;".'i little tinnier, and tile greater portion of the winze having to be tiinbi.cd. I am carrying down n good lar K .= winze, so that we can dividu it into two compartments for the purpose of ventilation, for if the shaft should be sunk .leeper this winze would have to be sunk also. Winze on No. -J reef, further seaward : I have two men employed here, and have sunk ii few feet into the solid, but have not broken «lo»ii the liunffintjwttll portion of the lead yet. The leader ia split liy a band of sandstone, but I believe will come together again in about live or six feet of sinking, when I expect it miijht to make some K olil. The sroiini! here looks just us well as it does in the other winze, where wo urn yetting the sold. We have sh»uid tlio lead continue as at present we rmi;]it to 1 have a payable crushing by tho end of the mouth.-C. j K. Ci.AllK.

lii.Auioioßi: (Tiki).—No. 1 roof: In the drive Roinjc eastward oil this reef, we have still ii line lioily of stone In haml. tlirc- feet tlii<:k. anil of n payablu quality. The quartz coming to hiiiici from the winze to wcatw.ir.Ha rather low ifrudo stuff, but still ,»)•« for taking out. .•mil the surface Mock is yielding very f.iir.Ttisllliig.stiiir. No. -I reef (No. 1 level): I have recommenced tlio clrivo nil this reef, going northward nml currying n good body of stone two foot thick. I am also follow ins the drive iilonu with a leading Btoiic. Tin; stone from both places looks very well for Bold, iillhoimli wo have not seen much of lute. Nn. 4 reuf i'No. U level): Driving north on this reef, from bottoni of winze, lias been resuitoil this week, and will bi! pushed ahead with all possible sp.ioil, ull.l when a sutllciuiit distance ahead, a leading stojie will lie commenced, to follow the drive al.m K . 1 also intend starting tu drive tliis week, on tin. leader lately cut near tlio bottom of the winze. Crushing : 1 am only able to keep the battery employed twelve h.-.urs per day at present, owing to having so many hands nngagoil doing dead work, but. in the cimrvc of a week or so, I will be rightly under way in No. 2 luvel. whan I will be able to keep the battery fully employed. Wo cleaned up and retorted on Tuesday last, after nine days run, for a return of lS:Iozs. retorted koW. I put through 'JOOlbs. of picked stone, and 1 have lOulbs. on hand at present.—William SrBADcnAN.