THE GOLDFIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6590, 1 January 1883, Page 6

THE GOLDFIELDS.

MONTHLY SMMMARY,

We take the following from the monthly summary of the Thames Advertiser :-Tke intense excitement of last month has been followed by a few weeks of comparative quiet, though none of the companies have slackened thair energy in prospectm Ihe manager of the Prince Imperial mine avi driven the No. 4 level west nomu to tho Southern Cross boundary, has timbered up the drive, and sloping operations are now in full swing between the chamber and the boundary, as well as on the eastern sule of the shaft. A contract was let on the 10th instant to McPeake and party, at i 2 5a per foot, for deepening the shaft another 70 feet. The contractors are making first-rate progress, having already sunk about 40 feet. A crossrcut is being extended into the hangingwall of No. 2 reef, about 30 feet westward of the "break." for the purpose _ of intersecting the Mariners reef, which has not been worked below Kb. 2 level. Last week, at a distance of about 30 feet from the main drive, an entirely new lode was intersected, having a course slightly more northerly than the other reefs. It is about IS inches in thickness, comprising a most kindly description of quartz, and a few specimens were secured near the floor Oi the drive. The crosscut is being continued through a good class of country, and when it is sufficiently advanced the mauager intends driving upon the new reef. — Mariner and Loudon : The cross-cut connecting the Crown Princess and Exchange shafts has been cleaned out, and the manager is now removing the debris from i a winze sunk below JSo. 2 level upon No. 2 reef in order to provide ventilation when working at No. 3 level. Very little work lias bean done during the past week, o."ing to the prevalence of gas in the levels. The contractors under the Winding Association, for the erection of the machinery, have started work, and have now a large portion of their material on tho ground.—Queen of Beauty: At the annual meeting of shareholders it was shown that the overdraft, which at one time exceeded £3000, had been reduced to a little more than £400 during the year. Messrs. Pond, Alexander, McCabe, R. McDonald, and Rawlinson were elected directors. —The matter of mining on the foreshore has been satisfactorily adjusted by the Governor empowering the Warden to receive applications tor claims and recommend them to the Governor, who alone has authority to grant leases under the Thames Harbour Board Act, 18S0. Prospecting licenses will be issued on liberal terms, and should a payable goldfield be discovered under the harbour, the present goldfield boundary will be extended. —Deep Level Tribute : The contractors have continued the south cross-cut at the (j-10-teet level during the month, and are are now 40 feet beyond the reef which was recently intersected, but no quartz has been met with since passing through this body. During the holidays the men have been engaged iu enlarging tUe air-boxes, and driving will probably be commenced upon tho reef seaward of the cross cut next week, the directors havingauthorisedthisimportantundertaking. —Alburnia: The manager has put up a second rise on Dixon's reef, and holed to the intermediate level, and obtained a double pass. He has now commenced stoping above the western drive.—Owharoa ; The return from the Smile of Fortune mine for the past six weeks' operations is 3140z5. gold, which enables the directors to pay a dividend of Is per scrip share, this being the fourth ■while the mine has been under the present management. —Waihi : The turbines ordered for the Martha Extended Company came to hand from San Francisco by the last mail steamer, and contracts have been let by the manager for their erection, for strengthening the battery, raising the water-race, and completing the tramway from the Young Colonial to the Waihi sections. These works are to be completed by the end of February. SUMMARY GOLD RETURNS, FROM THE 2sd TO THE 29th DECEMBER (INCLUSIVE.)

[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Thames, Saturday evening. Prince Imperial.—l9s loads and 3c\vt. of picked stone, crushed during the month, have yieldedsl7ozs. lOdv.ts. of retorted gold. Qoeen of Beauty.—Connolly's tribute : The week's return amounts tos9ozs. lOdwts., which with the previous return of ISOozs. gives the handsome yield of 2300z5. from 10 loads of stone, crushed during the month.

Oz. dt. gr. Adelaide, from 90 tons .. .. 97 10 0 Alburnia, from 105 ton3 .. .. .. G6 10 0 Ditto tr (McLean), frora 3Slbs. .. .. 40 7 0 Ditto (Brown), from 9 tons Gibs. .. 14 10 0 Ditto (Whitaker), from 21 ton& .. .. 113 10 C Ditto (Ross), from G tons 7 15 0 Ditto (Connon), from 15 tons .. .. 29 0 0 Ditto (Sawyer), from 6 tons .. .. 15 15 0 Ditto (Pollock), from 3 tons .. .. 8 17 0 Ditto McDonald), from 18 tons .. .. 1G 17 0 Caledonia tr. (Williams), from 15 tons .. 20 1G 0 Ditto (Lewis), from 18 tons .. .. 17 12 0 Ditto (Carter), from 10 tons 10 cwfc. .. 7 2 0 Coliban, from SO tons 74 S 0 Dan tr. (Stewart), from 33 ton3 .. .. 139 11 0 Ditto (Greenville), from 6 tons .. .. 35 14 0 Ditto (McCurdy), from 10 tons 10 cwt. .. 7 110 Don Pedro (tr. from 40 tons .. 35 IS 0 Golden Hill No. 1 (To Aroha), from 15cwt. 8 10 0 Haxbour View claim, from 12 tons .. 16 0 0 Kuranui Hill, from 100 tons 03 0 0 Ditto tr (James), from 15 tons .. .. 537 10 0 Ditto (Mills), from 7 tons .. .. 11 0 0 Ditto (Grubb), from 13 tons 10:wt. .. 48 4 0 Ditto (Ash), from 1 ton lOcwt. .. .. 2 1G 0 Ditto (Le ilanquais), from 13 tans lOcwt. 52 1 0 Ditto (Carter), from 7 tons 3 3 0 Mo&nfttaiari, from 170 tons .. .. .. 330 0 0 Ditto tr. (Guthrie), from 10 tens lOcwt,.. 7 10 0 Ditto (Lukey), from Q tons lOcwt. .. 39 11 0 Ditto (Quaelly), from 15 tons .. .. 9 11 0 Ditto (Sarieh), from 1G tons IGcwt. «. 20 4 0 Ditto (G. White), from 3 tons .. .. 21 17 0 Ditto (F. White), from 1 ton lOcwt. .. 1' 3 0 Lucky llit (Owharoa), from 40 tons .. 58 0 0 New Princo Imperial .. .. .. .. 44 12 O Ditto tr. (Scanlan), frora 18 tons.. .. 8 17 0 Prospectincs 49 12 0 Queen of Beauly, from 150 tons .. .. 90 3 0 Ditto tr. (Connelly). 19 ions llcwt. SSlbs. ISO 0 0 Reuben Parr, from 10 tons lOcwt. .. .. IK IS 0 Jtadical (Owharoa) tx. (Reid), from 30 tons 145 10 0 Southern Cross, from 3G ton6 .. .. 3G8 3 C Smile of Portune (Owharoa). from 400 tons 314 3 0 Ditto tr. (Farmer), fiom ]2 tons .. .. 27 0 0 Ditto (Campbell), from 25 tons .. .. 28 7 0 Sundries 500 0 0 Thames Golden Crown, from 390 tons .. 200 10 0 "Waiotahi, from 370 tons .. .. .. 3SS S O Waitekauri No. 2. tr. (Morton), 200 t<">ns.. 308 10 0 Ditto Butler, from 40 tons 87 10 0 West Coast tr. (Vine), from 1 ton lOcwt. .. 4 4 0 Total, from 2,496 tons lGcwt. 771bs. . .4.3GS13 0