OUR GOLDFIELDS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 4016, 6 July 1870, Page 7

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

Wk extract the following from reports of crushing bold (lining the mouth :

r» i , ™ . Juno 3. Royal Oak Claim, Coromandel : Eich Stone: A parcel of one hundred and fifty pounds of stone from this claim was retorted, .111 d yielded SOoz. of gold. 1 i,An rp °^ Boys ' : A crnsl »in ff consisting o f J.fiflOlh. of stone, yielded at the rate of 3oz to the ton.

Juno 0. Long Drivo ; Good YHd : Tvctoitmg the amalgam collected during the last fortniglil v,\vi finished on Saturday nighf', ami ilic no\i[, y\]no\\ weighed 7120/. Gdwt., lodged in the Bank, of Nf.\' Zealand It was incited 1 fu c J mousing, «v-i<l tuincd ou|; threo flue lu^uU/wci^lnn^ hi the aggict;atcG93oz. 3d\vt. 'h>o Atlantic : TJio yield amounted to 30nz avoirdupois of retorted gold, which, on Ijeuv.,' welted, was reduced to 20.(0z. tiqy

June 7. All Nations Company : Cleaning Up : Retorting the amalgam was fiuisliccl this morning ai the Kuramu Company's machine, .and the goM lodged for molting at the Bank qf Jfow Zealand m two fine cakes, oi which one weighed 3490z. 10<l\vfc., and tlie other 2270z lOdwt The larger is the produce of 5001b of specimen's and choice stone which had boon picked <vit of -15 ioijg of quait?, New 3vjay ijo;t v . 'Che ci'ishmq f.ir this claim was concluded at the Hape Check battery ycituulay, the return fiom 32 tons being at the rate of 2|oz. the ton ncaily.

June H. All Nations : Tho retorted gold from the late crushing \v.n melted at tlie Bank of New Zealand yesterday afternoon, and turned oat sG2oi. l.'Jdw I , the low being only Hoz, Kidwfc, Tl\ii rosuUgi\-e4 \2107. to the ton. U-ol'len 'go: Tlio 900~, of letoited gold that vcro obtained fioni 7-"> tons of sfc'UiQ, wevo melted at tlio lia.uk ot' New Zealand, ant 1 , yieldoil Sloa ]vl .t. Just in Time: Foity-fivo tons of stone, crushed at the Tramway i^altery, gave 440z. lOdwt of retorted gold, winch, on being melted yesterday at the Bank of Now gcilaud, ti^usd gut 4-'o^. 17c1m,1.

JTtme 9. golden Belt, C'oromandcl : A crushing pf oue ton of picked stuff was finished tq-ifyy, fiucUHoielcH tod gold molted, atthoß-ink 01 j^cv Zealand ; tlio result being 2iioz, 3dwt, of roduced mcl.il. Thoßanlv of New Zealand shipped I.TOOoj-. of gold on Thursday, Juno o | m , Aucklauc't! jn the sfcean)pv ' <

June )0. Specimen dusking s A specimen crusJiing of some importance took plaoo afc Bull's batteiy on Wednesday, when 3''lb. weight of atone was cuishcd, and yioldotl 290z. 17<l\\'t. of re tot toil gold. The Golden Belt, Cui omamlel ; A ton of stone which hag been sent up fiom the single-stamper battery, gave the astouisluny noli return of 2Goz, 3dwt, pf retnfceil gold,

Jane 11. Golden Ciown : The usual h ookly cloaiiing up of this company took place to-day, the lctuvn being 77uK, Bd\vt. of melted gold. Kuranui Company : The amalgam collected i>y tins company during tho past fortnight Mis retorted this morning, and gave CiOo/.. of gold. City of Glasgow : The Czfcy of Glasgow pared, crushed at tho KiuainU battery, has been llnisluul oft and molted — the lotuui being tSioz. lodwt. Ogr,, rather boiler than lnz the ton. Berkeley Castle : 38 tons of stone from tins imuo haye just been crnshoil at Claikpon's battery, Wiseman's, to a icUuu of 790z. of retorted gold. The Gap of Dtmloo ; A crushhic; of stone from the Gap of Dunloe C'lann, To Papa Gully, has been completed at the "F.M.K- battery, Hape Crook, and yielded an average of nearly 1 .'oz. to the ton. .Bull's battery has been all the week employed with nine head of stanipeia on stone from the Moa. Goldminiag 1 Compa.uy. About ftOlb, from s lino unknown olaim yielded UQaz. of gold, Tho p,s 'Wdliaio')' brought up fi om the Thames, on Juno 11, three boxes of qohl, containing 4,2300z , shipped by the Union Bank of Australia.

Juno 12. The Qjbralfc.ir cvuahjug of 24. tons gave a result of 16oz. 7divt.' of re toiled gold. Melted, it was reduced to looz. The Mariner's lieef had a small ciusliing of 12 tons of stone from an old leader in the Mariner's Itr-of, which yielded lOoz. 2dwt. of rptqrted gold, The Queen of Shooba ; The parcel of atone yielded 12az. 12dwt, of gold from 29 tons of stouo. Tho gold only lost 3dwt. when melted. . Manukau Claim : Tho crashing of 330 toii3 from tina mine wag finished at Goodall's machine, to a total re turn of 1620z. 2d\vfc. Flying Cloud : Ojio hundred pounds Y/eight of nioo specimens from this mine were crashed at Souters inaohine to-day, and yielded 50oz. lldwt. retorted gold. John o'Groats : A crushing of 30 tons of stone from the John o' Groats (now iv the hands of tributers) has resulted in a yield of 430z. 12dwt. of gold. Eureka : Eight tons of stone taken fiom the rich branch leader, and crushed at the Moauataiari machine, turned outGsoz. 18dwfc. Moauataiari Flower : lloz. 14dwt. of gold from this mine were lodged at one of the banks to day. The Shotover Company cleaned \ip at Tookey's battery y eater lay, the return of Mnalgam being 7310g. fartlio week.

Juno 14. The Onehnnga : One battery of three stampers was cleaned up on Saturday, after a fortnight's run on very poor stuff, and the result obtained was 17 ounces of gold. The Mountain Flower : The Mountain Flower has had a trial crushing of 10 tons, crushed at the Prido of the Kuranni, which yielded lOoz. ldwfc. of molted gold. Vickery's : The crushing of five tons of atone from the Macdonald Claim has just been.flnished to a barely payable return, Moanataiari Company : The fortnight's return of retorted gold was melted this morning at the Bank of New Zealand, and turned out 1520z, 15dwt. Shotover Company : A final cleaning up at the Tramway battery was finished this morning, the return being 251 oz. from 101 j ♦ tons of lode stuff. ! j June 15. Th> Flying Cloud : At the fjnalldearing up an.4 rptqrting, ,tW gqld obtained , from "the generalstuffput f trough, was, 51a?., . astT there was! another Igt at 5Qq2. lldwt. ' 'obt&iuM from 'a parcel 61 atf'outf 1001b. of specimeni, making the total result lOloz. Udyrt, of olejva retorted gold,

The Moa G-.M.C. : Prom a BOHon lot of stone crushed at Bull's battery,! the result obtained was 31oz. 18dwt. of retorted gold Odd Fellows' : The amalgam collected from 19 tons of sfcone crushed at the ICuramu machine was retorted last night;, and the gold melted at the Bank of New Zealand today, the result being lOoz. Tweedside : The 3001b. of specimens crushed at Bell's machine yesterday yielded lljoz. of gold.

Juno 16. Waitemata Company: The %oz. Sdwt ■ of retorted gold ycsfcerday obtained by this ' company fiom a crushing at the Criterion machine was melted to-day at the Bank of New Zealand, and reduced to 9ioz. 3dwt Clyde Company : Twenty-eight ounces of gold was the yield of the stufl* crushed at Grove's Hape Creek battery, Wandering Star : The crushing at the F.D.K. machine for this company has turned out very well, the return of retorted gold from the 22Goz. amalgam being 430z. Junction : The gold yielded by the late crushing was melted to-day at the Bank of J\ r e\v Zealand, and came out of the pots 1390z. Sdwt. The quantity of stuff f rushed was 100 tons. The Ballarat Star: A crushing of 5-i tons wag completed at the Thames Company's battery, and yielded an average of one ounce to the ton. ° j

June 17. Allan nia Company: This company lias just cleaned up at Wesfcon's machine, after running through J4O tons, which has given the magnificent yield of ISOoz. melted gold. Australasian Battery : This plant was again put up by Mr. Clavlc, and only one bid was made — that by the Bank of Australasia for £1,000, at which it wad knocked down. The Lord Nelson : A tiial parcel has beon crushed at the Hokianga battery, and yielded 2J,oz. of gold from five tons of stone.

Juno IS. Golden Ciowti : "New Lode Struck : The weekly cleaning up of this company took place to day. The quantity of retoi led gold obtained was 2260z. Una Company ■ Tliig company clewed up to-day a good return— l Hoz, molted gold bemji the result. Tins is the product of eight days' crushing oaily. f Perry's Machine : The total return j fiom the sivty tons of Moa. OJ.iim. Uane Litely crushed n,t \\\h machji}o~ id a,\\a\\\t 'I^o7. cjf Hidtcd gold, TliQ 41UiU'nii i A further pa7-cel of 320z. Bdwt., the final cleaning up for the Alhiirnia Company, was deposited in the Bank of New Zealand to-day, and melted. It only Joat a few pennyweights, for the weight after inciting was 31oz. ISdut. %i*. T^is iua,kes the total yiud, of \ka l4olo,jis crushed, 2200z. 19ilwt.' Sgv. of pelted gold. The Moanataiari No. 2 : A parcel of ! stone for the trib liters of the Moanataiari No. 2 yielded 230z. 17dwt. of retftftpcj go^d.

ihmo 20. City of London : The crushing ot 13 tons gave 27 oz. 10 dw t. 12gr. Belfast : The gold obtained from the late crushing at Gooda]l' s battery was deposited at the Bank of New Zealand this morning, and amounted to 240z. 21dwt. Ugr. retorted. Long Drive ; Another lot nf retorted gold was lodged and melted at the Bank qf New Zealand list night, bringing up tho return to 8*)oo/. lHdwt, of welted gold. This nvruing (i 202 more of retorted gold were brought in, being the balance of tho gold fiom this cinching. Tho total return ! may be put down at about 9550z. melted gold, * Sheffield Claim : The thiM lou^ of stone from this claim crushed*" ftt Bull's b^ttety ga.vc 2oz. lftclwfc. of gold. Ruby Claim : A parcel qf 12oz Hdwt. of gold from, this claim Sv as lol\^oc^ r t tj \\\% iianlt of New 7;ea|au4 \\d^ u^hxv^ O\\cc Utinmauy ! 7 4^" '" t^old is t-' 11 ' 0 -. iod\vfc. of melted - letarn from tho ten tons of general stuff ci'iishod at the Tramway battery, and tho specimens crushed at the luiifUiiu b.it Lor}', Tho Una Company : About ISO tons of atone, wore put through, and the yield was Vy.Un. lOdut. of retoitod gold. Gold from Coromandel : A .small parcel of gold win koiight up from Coromandel and deposited in the Bank of Now Zealand yesteiday. It weighed lloz. odwt., and was of a good quality. Hie City of Loadon : The amalgam vctultmg from 13 tons of stone crushed at Wck<n-y's h^tfcory last week was rctoited yostoiday, and yielded 28oz. 14dwt of retonej gold. The weight when melted was 270z. lOdwt. 14«r. TJio Flagship: A crushing at the F.M.R. battery has resulted in a i.;turn of 30oz. 12d\vt. 12gi-. of retorted gold from 13 tons of stone.

June 23. Golden Ago i A pai-cel of gold from tins claim, weighing 490z. 17clwi , was deposited at the Bank of New Zealand to day, and subsequently melted to 470z. ldwt. Sgr. Dauntless and Sink-to-l^u ; Crushing 52 tons of stouc a.fc the Morning .Star battery lias been completed. The amalgam was retorted last night, and the gold melted to-day at the Union Bank to a return of 3-loz. Gdivt. Ggr. Inverness Company : Owing to an accident to the spur and pinion wheels of the driving gear at Goodall's battery, crushing for this company is at a standstill for the present. The amalgam that had been collected during six days' run was retorted last night, and gave 112oz. 13dwfc. of gold. The Bank of New Zealand shipped 2, 1450z. of gold for Auckland m the steamer ' Royal Alfred' on June 23, this being for the week just expired.

June 2-1. All Nations : The retorting was finished last evening, and the yield, 4420z. 9dwt., Imperial Crown : The gold from the late crushing at the Tramway machine was lodged in the BaDk of New Zealand tins morning aud melted, tlie final result being 520z. 3dwt., or at the rate of 3oz. 14dwt. A parcol of 9oz. 3dwt. of gold, from the late crushing of Excelsior stone at the F.D.K. battery, Hape Creek, was lodged iv the Bank of New Zealand this morning. Shotover Company: 301ez. 18dwt. of gold, the result of the crushing at Partiugton's battery, were lodged in the Union Bank to-day, on account of the Shotover Company. Royal Blue : Coz. B.\dwb. of gold have been obtained from 18 tons of stone taken out of the Time Bine Claim, Moanataiari. Twoedside : 9oz. 16dwt. of gold from the Tweedside Claim have been lodged in the Bank of New Zealand to-day. Goldfinch Claim : The late crushing for this claim was completed last night at the Tramway battery ; the return being 230z. 13dwt. retorted, which turned out 21oz. of melted gold at the Bank of New Zealand. The stuff i-an. 2oz. the ton.

June 25. Golden Crown Company : The usual weekly cleaning up was finished to-day, to a total return o£ 2540z, of retorted gold. Kuvanui Company : The fortnightly cleaning up was accomplished to-day ; the return being 4500z. retorted gold. Tapu: A small parcel of 17oz. of gold from Buckland's Battery, Tapu, was lodged at the Bank of New Zealand to-day. Specimen Lots : Several small lots of gold, the result of trial crushings and specimen lots, were melted yesterday in the Baiik of New Zealand. One parcel weighed 4oz. \ 9dwt. 19gr., another 3oz. lOdwt., and another 2oz. 15dwt. ' All Nations No. 3 (Coromandel) : A I crushing of 34 tons has just been completed" at the Nil Besperandum, battery for this claim, and has given 420z. ldwt.of retorted, or 3Soz. 17dwt. of melted gold.

with on Saturday. Over 300oz. of retorted gold was lodged at the Union Bank of Australia. k The Golden Crowjj : A trial crushing of one ton of stone from the Golden Key, Waiotahi, has taken place at the Criterion battery, and the result obtained was 6dwfc. of gold,

1 June 28. Moanaiaiari Company: The fortnightlj return of this company is to hand, and amounts to 790z. of retorted gold. Dixon's N"o. 1 : The balance of the gold obtaiued from the late crashing at the Halcyon machine was lodged and melted at the Union Bank this morning, the result being 81oz. 12dwt. of the reduced metal. Tim, added to the first lot deposited, makes a total of 3970z. 15dwt. 12gr., being at the rate of nearly 2oz. to the ton. The Imperial Crown : A small lot of stone from tho Imperial Crown, taken oat of Lundon's old shaft, has been crashed at the Tramway Battery, and yielded a result of 4oz. 2dwfc. from 9 tons of stone. Gold from Tapu : A small parcel of gold from Tapu, weighing 17oz. 15dwt., was yesterday lodged in the Bank of New Zealand. The Union Bank of Australia at Grahamstown shipped for Auckland, per p.s. 'Williams,' one box containing 2,3000z. of gold. J

June 29. Slav of the South Company : 430z. 3il\vfc. of retorted gold were obtained fioin loss than 100 tons. The gold, when melted, weighed 41oz. 15dwfc. 12gr. Kurcinui Machine : The following' returns are for the month just expired :— 1,015 tons stone, taken from six different mines, were crushed, and yielded 3,7950z. of gold, or an average of 3oz. 14dwl. 20gr. the ton; the money value, at £2 12s. 6d. per oz., beino£9,969 15s.

June 30. Goodall'a Battevy_ : Monthly Keport. — We have been furnished wibh the monthly returna from Goodall's battery tip to date. During the month there have been 296 tons of stone oi'u&hod, and the result in gold is 4030z. 'J he All Nations Goldminm«j Company ha? declared a dividend of six shillings. A divitlcml of ss. per share in the Kurauui Goldmining Co. has been made payable at the Company's office.

July 1. Shotover Company : The quantity of gold extracted from the ShoLover mine during the month just uxpircd was lodged and melted at the Union Bank to day, the return being 1,3910z, 17dwt, The Hamaki M.O.Ghlnb lias disposed of I^3. to,us ot stone for Dixon's Wo. 1 Company during the past month, the total yield being SGSoz. The batteries of the machine are undergoing a few needful repairs, and will start again on Monday next, on a large parcel of 200 tuna from Kellys Claim. &p\\ tor's Machine ; 124 tons of stone have been orushed at this machine during the month, with a return of 2300z. 17clwt. I2 ff r. The Tramway Machine has been busy dining the past month, the ten head of stamper:! having got through 283 tons 120wt., the yield from which waa 5360z. lldwt. Of this quantity, 14 tony and 9 tons came from the Imperial Grown mine, and gavo 550z. and 40/. ; Belfast Company, 2G tons, 230z. ; Beaoh Claim, 33 tons, 200z. ; Cure Company, i.O tons, 330 a.; Flying Cloud, 55 tons, 520z. ; Royal Oak, Coiomandcl, 2001b., 380z.; Shotover, 101 tons, 2500z Just in Time : A first crushing of 49 tpns g t ive43oz.; and a second, i\-m\\ \vl\idi <$oz. of gold has beep, qlutained, i^ proceeding. Th,e, Inverness.' Company : $0 tana are through,) and gave l\%oz % e\A& fch*"" IGOoz. o,f harcl s<y\ee.go,c} tn**-' „ vwere tips nior.nhu< ..^gam on hand to tar : Heavy Yield : This claim, from which such heavy returns have bee i from time to time obtained, is re-assert-mg its li^ht to bo lankcd amongst the firstclass gold producers by producing quartz that yields over 12oz. the ton. A crushing of some good stone had been going on for several days at the Middle Star battery, and the result was made known to-day, when Jo3oz. retorted gold weie lodged and melted at the Bank of .New Zealand, and after the process weighed 18Qoz. 13dwt. Only 15 tons of .stone were crushed, and came from a rich surface leader about the old workings. Pretty Nelly, Haps Creek : The gold obtained from the late crushing of Pretty Nelly stove, afc the Hape Creek battery, was melted at the Bank of New South Wales to-day, and gave 31oz. Sdwt. 15«;r. of the reduced metal. Flying Cloud Company : The month's returns of tin's promising company amount to 22] oz. of gold, of which 70oz. ldwt. came out of the last lot of stone (55 tons) crushed at Soutev's mill. A few more ounces will be added to this when the tailings from the blanketings are treated. The Nil Desperandum, Coromandel, dum have been crushing for the Flying Cloud, and the yield was 3oz. to the ton. The machine is now crushing for the Eiin's Hope. Some splendid stone has been taken from the Tokatea during the week, some of the specimens weighing over 201b., and calculated to yield a very large amount of gold. A specimen and general crushing will take place as soon as it can be got down the hills. The Independent Claim, on the old Kapanga ground, has been yielding some of the best aud richest stone I have seen for along time. This will turn out a very valuable claim, as the stone is very rich and easily procured. The Homeward-Bound, at the Tiki, have been getting good stone, quite equal, I'am told, to the Piide of the Hills.

July 2. Golden Crown Company : The usual weekly cleaning up took place to-day, and I am pleased to be able to record a very marked ijn.proveiu.ejat in tlie yield of gold. The quantity of stone crushed was 113 tons, -which gave 3960z, 15dwt. of gold. About 18 tons of the stuff came out of the new leader, and is estimated to have yielded 160oz. of gold. Hence it is evident that the quality of the general stuff has vastly improved ; last week it was less than loz. to the ton, this week it is considerably above it. The gold waa melted at the Bank of New Zealand, and then weighed 381oz. 4dwfc. The Una Company : This company cleaned-up to-day after a fortnight's cuishing, which has given 1750z. of melted gold. Wild Missouri : A parcel of gold weighing 170z., from this claim, was lodged in the Bank of New Zealand to-day. Another small parcel of 12oz. was also deposited on account of Tookey's battery. Ballarat Star : The gold obtained from 1 tho seven tons of stone crushed at the Manukau machine was melted at the Bank of New Zealand to day, and weighed soz. lOdwt,

July 4. Halcyon Machine: The crushing for the Young Australian Company, that is going on at this machine, is looking up for loz. return. ! Cleaning up will take place to-morrow or the I day after. Two tons of stone from the All- i Eight Claim gave a total return of 12dwt. Inverness Company : Thia mine is showing up magnificently, and promises to soon be second to no other in the field. Over 200oz. of hard-squeezed amalgam were taken off the plates on Saturday, and the plates were again loaded this morning, when 1 visited the battery.