THE THAMES.

West Coast Times, Issue 913, 26 August 1868, Page 3

THE THAMES.

(fBOM NEW ZEALAND HERALD, ATC. 15.) MINING- MATTERS. Mulligan's No. 1 have crushed 10 tons of- stuff at Graham's machine, the yield of which is 562 ounces of amalgam. We would recommend some of the enterprising gentlemen of this field to turn their attention to the Tararu Valley. We have been creditably informed that the cla-'^p there are all looking well ; the only tpng required to make them pay well is machinery. Within the last tew days there has been some splendid looking stuff got out of the' British Empire, the Golden Knob, and the City of London claims, adjoining the British Empire, which appear to turn out well. They have got some splendid leaders in the above claims. The Star of Auckland, and the Star of Otahuhu, the Mount Albert, and the Stonewall Jackson, and other claims too numerous to mention, all in the same locality, arc tinning out well. There is scarcely an inch, of ground al present unoccupied for miles along Tinker's Gully, which is a great proof of the quality of the ground. The Gibraltar claim, Murphy's Hill, containing four men's ground, next the claim known as ihe Perseverance, has been worked since last September. A drive has been put in 150 feet, another 70 feet, and another 80 feel, together with a shaft of 40 feet deep, and several smaller drives in other |>arts of the ground, all of which are for the purpose of pros- j pecting in search of a leader yielding six ounces to the ton. The party have just completed a crushing of four tons of stone at Gibbon's battery, the yield of which was 24ozs 6d^ts of retorted gold. TheMid-Lothi-sn claim, Kurunui ßange, j has been taken up a fortnight as six men's j ground, and the party have struck several good leaders, in which the colour of gold has been obtained. It is bounded by the Melbourne Star, the Mt. Egmont, Jubilee, &c, all of which are likely to turn out well when the machine, now in course of erection, in the Shellback Creek is completed, which will take about a fortnight. The Golden Age is next to the Harp of Erin claim, on the Waiotalu, and has produced some good specimens from a reef four feet in thickness, from which the party are capable of producing twenty tons cf stone a week. Out of the latter a fair proportion of specimens can be selected at all times, which must be a faci entirely satisfactory to the shareholders interested in the claim. The Scotia Claim, Moanatairi, struck a mullocky leader on their ground a few days ago in a drive at a distance of 150 feet from the surface, v. hich is. expected to yield about -iozs to the ton. From Tapu Creek we have had favourable reports this week. The party working the Marquis cf Hastings ciaim struck heavy gold a few days ago. Out of one i prospect, a nugget weighing odnt. was j washed, and the stuff accompanying it j was equally rich. The ground comprises the line of reef opened in the Tapu Mint claim, and was taken up about five week's ago as seven men's ground. The heavy gold was struck a week ago, auu since" then the party have made a tail-race for sluicing, and are about to make a head race. A shaft has been put down fifteen feet, but a prospect was also obtained in a shaft opened on a hi^hc-i 1 level which has since been filled up. The Try Again is the name of a claim near the Little Manukau and Pretty Jans, taken up a month ago as five men's gfifund. Tho part}- are at present at York on both sides the spur iv anticipation of opening the Little Manukau leader. A mulloeky leader was opened a few days ago, which yielded, when tested, a quarter of a pennyweight to the d>sh. A. rush has taken place this week to a locality in the vicinity of the claim known as the Wheel of Fortune. This claim was producing good stone for several days previously, and on Monday nearly 60 lbs. of specimens were got out of the shaft, although the ground has only boon opened since the 4th of July last. There are four leaders on the claim, and the stuff' produced bears an excellent appearance. On Tuesday morning at daylight there were nearly 2< 0 persons on the ground in the neighbourhood busily engaged pegging off the land adjacent, and since then sluicing has been pretty extensively carried on with fair success in most cases. There is no doubt the ground in this locality will yet prove of a very valuable nature, and good paying claims will continue to be pegged off.