GOLD RETURNS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XIX, 9 November 1895, Page 589

GOLD RETURNS.

MAY QUEEN. The monthly return from this Thames mine was again a very satisfactory one, although not quite equal to the previous one, which was the largest to date. During the past month 96*2 loads of quartz and 100 pounds of picked stone were crushed for a yield of 810 oz of retorted gold, the estimated value of which is £2,230. This makes the total output of gold from this mine to date since last February £14,472 8s 3d. This is not quite equal to last nionth’s yield, when IOOIbs additional picked stone was crushed. The falling off of the return was due to the usual quantity and quality of picked stone not coming to hand, there being 1001 b le-s this month than in September. At the same time ore continues of the same average grade as formerly Now that this mine has been taken over by a strong English Company with a large working capital its further development should result in a largely increased output of gold. VICTORIA. The trial crushing of 29 tons of quartz from the new reef returned about *29ozs of melted gold. As 'in the mine, 1 the tributers were more fortunate than the shareholders. Cleave and party of tributers in the Tookey section crushed two loads of quartz on Friday for a yield of lOoz of melted gold.

The Cambria mine crushed 45 loads of quartz for a yield of 390 z of retorted gold.