A FEW WEEKS' CRUSHINGS FROM AUCKLAND GOLD CLAIMS.

Colonist, Volume XII, Issue 1215, 31 August 1869, Page 6

A FEW WEEKS' CRUSHINGS FROM AUCKLAND GOLD CLAIMS.

{From the Neio Zealand Herald, August 2.)

V specimen crushing of 5501bs for the Long Drive nas completed on the 6th ult., -yielding 2093 ounces. 44501b5. of stone from the Long Drive crushed on

i he 21at ult. gave 2032 ounces. A general crushing for the Long Drive on the 3rd u!t. yielded 143 ounces.

210 tons of the Long Drive stuff, exclusive of specimens, gave 920 ounces.

The specimen crushing from the City of Glasgow ('adjoining the Long Drive) gave from 3301b5. of ■ione the handsome yield of 718 ounces, or 2 ounces ■!• clwts. 21 grs. to the pound, of retorted gold. One .(' the specimens was not crushed ; by the hydrostatic iM'oee.-s it. was ascertained to contain 81 ounces of :!okl, and will be sold by auction on Monday (to-day.)

- iuce the above crushing a quantity of specimens have been taken out of the claim, of the same charac!av a3 those in the Long Drive, some of whose leaders traverse the claim, and will shortly be '•rushed. It is stated that a dividend of £1 per crip (4000) will be paid soon.

A crushing for the All Nations, on the 7th ult, crave 730 ounces.

The gold which baa been deposited in the Bant of few Zealand, Grahamstown, as the result of the late

n lecijien crushing., and the crushing at the Victoria ! ittery, both for the Eureka claim, was melted on lie 22nd ult., by Mr. Smith, hank assayer, and \ 'elded 1094- ozs. 14 dwts. of melted gold.

A crushing for the Eureka, at the Kuranui battery, mi the 26th ult., gave some 300 ozs.

A monthly dividend of £12 scrip (224) was recently ; aid by the Shotover Gold-mining Company. 60 tons from Golden Crown crushing during the l.:ie week ending the 17th ult. gave 483 ozs. A crushing for the Golden Crown, completed at ''loodall's battery, on the 7th ult., yielded over 200 winces.

For the week ending the 13th ult, the yielding of lie Golden Crown stuff, was 340 ozs.

50 tons from the Golden Crown, crushed at Good'l's battery, gave 350 ozs. A parcel of specimens from the Golden Crown gave 14 ozs.

The monthly return of the Golden Crown amounted o 1310 ozs.

A crushing from the Whau claim gave 430 ozs. A crushing of stuff from Kelly's claim gave 581 (;:3. of amalgam.

A crushing from Dixon's No. 1 gave 700 ounces of inalgam.

7 tons from the Monarch claim, crushed at the claim, gave 200 ozs. of amalgam. A crashing for the Pai Marire gave 158 our.ces of .-.malgam. 20 tons from the Clyde claim, crushed at the Una battery, gave 34 ozs. 32 tons from Well's Eeef claim gave 28 ozs. The Homeward Bound fortnightly cleaning up gave 139 ozs.

15 tons from the Point Kuesel claim, crushed at ihe Victoria battery, gave 21 ozs.

The last cleaning up of the Middle Star gave 118 ounces.

A reef has been discovered in a new district on the goldfield—the OtunuL Mr. D. Tookey, the prospector, has applied for a lease of fifteen acres. The Long Drive specimens which were obtained from the lower workings of the claim recently certainly excel any which have been previously obtained even from this celebrated mine. The gold is of a much coarser description than it was on the upper levels, and the atone, what little is to he seen of it, is dark blue j but we were shown a number of what the manager called specimens yesterday, which weighed almost as heavy as solid gold. There are now about 250 pounds of specimens again ready for the mill, and when the crushing comes off we certainly expect it to be richer than any of the previous ones. ! 183 ozs. of gold, got afc Ohinemuri, was recently deposited at one of the Shortland banks.