THE GOLDFIELDS.
";■ .•-'■■ '■'.. t .'*,[ ■!;.'.♦ ,".,' ','..';/.. ;;'--.'.;''■!.: •■;■ [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ; <!■ : /_ Thames, Saturday.. Granting of Special Claims.—A public meeting,' under the; auspices of the Miners' Union, will: be held in the Academy of Music on Thursday evening next, for the purpose of protesting against the granting; of special claims on the.Thames Goldfields. It is generally understood , that this step has been taken .in : consequence"of an \ application "* lodged at the Warden's office by the \ Jlay Queen old Mining Company for the granting of a special claim license to cover the three licensed'holdings "now held by the jjompany, and known -as the Saxon, May ftueen, and Trenton holdings.; The hearing of this application comes on at the Warden's Court on the 19th:.inst.,i! The idea is also to object to the granting of any special claims, in future as well. " '.« ;/ : May Queen.—The * quartz v coming m. to hand from the May Queen section, both in the lasb stope that is 1 being taken along upon No. 5 reef in the floor of No. 2 level in the stope upon the same reef westward of Moore's -winze is of fair quality, colours of gold being seen at every breaking down, \ ■ a few pounds of picked stone have also been secured during the week. Colours of gold .are also seen in the quartz coming from the winze .that; is being , sunk; upon Clarkin's leader, below No. 1 level, in; the Saxon sec-. tion. There is every indication of a highly remunerative block of ground being opened up at the latter point very shortly. QUARTERLy GOLD' RETURNS.;,; Thames, Saturday. ;;. • The following is a statement of the gold purchased by; the local banks during the quarter ending M arc » 31 —- ; "o;;^;:;:; t^; . : ra ! -County. Borough. •' Total. ,? ;'; ' .ozdwtgc ozdwtgr >ozdwtgr Bank of N.Z.;.",» * - :••-".'.' : •''.'-' „ ''' ~M „ „ . r■■ January. - .740!. 0; 8 ":>'- 399 13 ;, oj , 1,139 13 f. 8 iI. February.. 1,470 10-0 ;i• 680 8. 8 0? > ,2,050 13 ; ? 0 March .. 1,620 18 0 889 9 0 2,610 7 0 Total, 5,7f100z 13d w J Bgr.-;, "' '. Bank6f N.S.W.: „ ■~0.. M , January ;v.S 113 112 25 15; 0; i 1381612 February;. 05 18 :0v;;:61 3 0 ,i/.;157 : av0; March' ■';; 52 1* J2: ; ... 2, 0 0 . 64 14 12 :■? Total, 3500z 12dwt Ogr. ~" ' Thus making a grand total of 6,0510z sdwt Bgr. > Of the above 67$ per cent, was, obtained from 1 the mines in the county, and ; 37i from the borough.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9480, 9 April 1894, Page 5
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