THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6485, 30 August 1882, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

PiyiPOEs;—The Boird r of Directors met y«3terday. : at the ; compknyi - office, '"and opeiied applications for the* position of mine .manager. - Mr.Bobert Corner, >late of ' the : Moanataiari, was - unaniraoiislyappointed, with instructions to coatinue operalaons as carried on by : the late proprietors, and to prepare for putting intheintermediaieleveL Mr. James Hickey, . the -Thames director, - ■Jwaa ajjpointed. to jhand oTer the mine to.the. charge: of Mr. Comer, and to consult with him ail to future work. ..All the directors were |iresent at the meeting. - ~ [TBOX OUB OWS CSEEZSPOyDEST.j < ■* r . ! : TiiAilis, Tuesday. * After a lengthy period of depression,: the' Thames goldfield appears io be again likely to come prominently into public favcrar. For a considerable 7 time the. attention of the mining community here has Ueen ~ attracted' to thaS portian of the field lying between the Waiotahi and Karaka Creeks. The gradual improvement in the deep levels of the mines ritnated betweea these two points, and the j £ict of the'ccmhtry in w-hich the d eep v> orkingsare sitnated hever having before been mined to any extest, are no doubt tbe prmcipal closes which have led practical miners and thinking inen to asert that payable deposit3of gold would be foimd at lower levels than' any hitherto worked in the celebrated old mines of the field. • This has caused the workings of _ the Queen of Beauty fc> be watched - with an increasing inteand for a considerable time there has ; Bean a growing opinion from the splendid which have been observable "as worfc that, sooner or later, a rich diacorery - vonld be made. This resalfclas at last been brought about, and the- rich ran of gold'which is now visible in the workings of the'mine wonld: tend to show that prognoatieations in this respect: have proved pretty • generally _conect. There can beco doubt that the; existence of! gold, st a jd?gth o£ nearly GOO feet below the level of the sea, noir being worked.in the Qaeen of Bsajity,; i 3 a splendid omen of the future ' welfare'of the field, and cne which i 3 likdy - to .turn. the tide of -prosperity ono; more ; in onr favour. . \s iierethe gold is. so i strong, and the reef so well dereloped as ; in this mine, there is no reason to doubt that ' it will be'foknd in others at an equal, or : ;even relative depth, if -work be' only carried . oil in'a vigorouis and proper manner. Tha . fact is geDeraliy admitted on all sf.des, and I ; thiakwith every show of reasoii. ■ Gold is : now proved to eiist at a' considerable depth : thersnrface both in. the Prince Imperial, and Queen of Beauty mines (340 feet . and 600 feet respectively); and I should not -be surprised, from the favourable indications now .-being obtained in the: reefs, of the Southern Cress, to hear of something good -being met with in that portion of the field. The Southern Cross contemplate opening out on the southern portion of their mine-also .by-means', of the old; Crown Princess shaft. This is a move in the rightdirection, for there can be no doubt that.a .portion of the Crown Princess , and Prince ■ Imperial lodes, from all of .which good results were formerly/and are now being obtained, will be met with in this portion of their ground. With these, favourable changes in the pros-* -pects of several of our mines situated on the flat;'it is not to be wondered at that the surrounding counby should noir be attracting attentiom. A few weeks ago a large area of country/was \ unoccupied, and although, several' of this mines of ' which 7 it formed a part formerly, gave -good - returns,-' they became defunct through the general depression, and" the "workings, although sunk at Mnsierable expense, .-were abandoned. It ia; now, however, likely that they will oooa - be again in operation, and are likely to be of conaderahle valne in ojsening out the new leases, which hare , been retaken up on the old sites and:should, the necessary capital be.brought:to" it is-reiy probable that good results will be obtained. The first of these to be taken up a'ld successfully "floated was .tfie old Exchange,- how called <3ty of London. This claiim'takes in the area'.of ground on She least/ado of Pollenstreet, • between'.the Crown Princess and Queen of Beauty mines. This srround contains a shaft sunk: to a death of ; about 200 feet, from which the Exchange lodes were •worked. It has not been definitely decided/yet whether the new .lease -trill be worked from',ibis shaft or not, as every posable.' arrangement vrill bs made with tho Queen of Keamty to work from thdr" shaft. " The nest and larcest lease , to, be taken up was what is cow_ called tho V Queen of .. England," . embracing an area, of some"3o.acres, and which* takes in the v remaining portion of the fiat, exfehlicg from the southern boundary of &e Crown Princess and Southern Cross minus, aloes; ' the' western boundary of the Qaeea -of Beaaty. to ;tha ate of the old Eako battery (Kara^a. Creek),' th ence ia a" direct line to ,It ttierefore stands in a position ] to get the lodes of the Crown Princess, CSty , ,of liondoivQae«n, of Beauty, together wito I thoae of.tha'tYaaguard andi Bird-in-Hand. ] The two latter claims are how merged into ; -the Queen of Beauty license. Many of these 1

lodes,maybe ai«,^ —"? treOUown, tod « * teroas r .Trbawrtx rfbej: bare' be«i il*® 5 *- r int.' , I'imfofaid'it is proposal £? en - e * the Qneen of Ecgliod ' too ft** £« 'oM whica hM already beea wA'toi'dSSPViftHJeeV and likewise' fro m the OnEm ; Beaniy6oCT£eetlere!;ifiatiafactofraS? ■ mai'j«a-T» aud& oat ln.tteri!^<7s?: capital, I Slink, a new and important w!t-_ ; ' X&at the gold U torrarda thi< ' faon of tie firfd, in tte ioTrer levelj, tf£l' can be no doabt, lor it has illuitrat^ from the Shotorer to the Queen ofim .of gold wis found on Si •nifeee, aad each net fioJ. fcetweea this theQnseaofßewily, hi*bacn diswrerrfS * farther it Uy towards tj£ •Tata. -....••••• * ]. COB&2gPOyDESTq 1 1' ; , - '' _Tkahj3, Tuesday evening. ' : KraAsn Hnt—Cleaning up for ft* .and. resulted in a. yield oI lafezt of melted gold. For tMj teinraTatoat 2& tons cf general dirt were crashed... • ' " • ■ &LZUZSIA.—McDonaId and party : crafted 8 loadi fora yield of 3000. 13dwt!. 510ASAX4IAEI.—White and party crashed 10 loads for the fine yield of 50oa. rstivted gold. Pasley • sod party,: party'hav« cleaned up for sez3.- lld-irts. a^:2oz&.;Bd'»sla. : .of gold gpeetirely. ; ; Prince Imperial 9s'; Qaeeaof Beauty, 23s 6d, 22s 6d> YiiiaSotii 2s Gd. i: Sellers : Prince Imperial! 9s; Qaoea of Beanty; -22a 6d; Yomw Colonial,"': 2s ; ~ Pinafore, ■- 2s 7d. - Buyers: Ponce Imperial,'Sj"6<3. v — ■'■'■-"< Qcrics or ~Buim.—Tbt iiriae'iniaajtr fsrtS&a tlr fcifcrrfcx report; Dnrioy tbs fortaiAt t6« d3m os&sxee{'i& ; :6s-beUoa:krd bu 251*5, asithsztei sbza&uat that diitiacehs,' iTcrajtd li feci In tMstneni from wxll to nil Oi' ■aialecl vSdtJi ho' beesscet tof}K bitferr ud[i tSsseriwraycp lor.zit excellent retmn. Tlnsu*. cat tbz f<*fcz£|£t EOld tti lwa-la tight tTKTdiT aaddamgtias 3 est. of tpeeuaeiu tod lc*t' of pided it 9» tire bsca-obtained, vMct nob «!I for the qcjSty of tbs ml; opMiaOr oltbsTKn.Ja wikh tid»rcM*»» fcnad, *trt cat la tb« *iaz, the-Mimj bfis* to tie ltft ot thsauiM. eus« fsta Ua'tiEjlnrwiH tida of tit tw}. Tit thus was IsoJefi S3oxie^i r lot« ;tb; bxioa Im] !itt *ree3c. *nd the drfre ii bctt seiij/ np dcz* . - totl» laec. Jai'lb9;XaL 7 lent. tl» ddr« ca tic * reef .TOtiusbeea ezSesded 31 feet, tbe net aa. • - tincesfco be 2 feet tMrk, and otf the nms chiricter S; \; » : ax Urt xrprotid/apoti. 32«r« bij beta bet liuie wcrx i'a. 6 lerei, as 'tia roaTEock in tb« lent it bej2g k-j>t for tia pcrpOK D? fining op the itn«i telo*-, wian it cnuoa.eL paapc x&l mtrHnrry araaH In fosd. vaklsg steajcomllftß, aad Vwytng don ths -sitcr at Ita this bill tprt, ;oe ; <£: arckei per aintiSe.—Giaicr -Buck. •— ■•• ■"• -y- ■ ' :