AN EXPLANATION.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 139, 9 July 1872, Page 6

AN EXPLANATION.

To the Editor of the Cromwell Arcus. Sir, A paragraph appeared in your last respecting the crushing of Star of the Last stone at the Elizabeth battery, which, in justice to the manager of the Star and-Oak, cannot be ul- i lowed to pass unchallenged. You stated that the last crushing at the Btar-aud-Oak, and that at the Elizabeth battery, were taken from the sef-same heap, and that the Elizabeth averaged four dwts. per ton more than the other. 1 thought it right to see into this matter, and I find there were three heaps of stone (etch from different parts of the mine) that were carted from. The crushing at the Star-aird-Oak was principally taken from a portion of the reef that is of great width (some ten or twelve feet), and, as would be anticipated, the stone here is not so rich as where it is narrower ; whilst a large prop union of the stone crushed at the Elizabeth was taken from another part, where the reef was narrower, with far better prospects. 1 passed a remark at the time t > one of the directors who was then working in the claim, that the Elizabeth had turned out hotter than the other, and he informed me that from the prospects he had seen tried, he expected it to have averaged an ounce to the ton, as the stone was so much better than had been crushed lately. Mr 8. Williams, the manager of the Star of the East, was so - convinced that gold was being lost at this same crushing at the Elizabeth, through tie frost, that he came and advised the directors to discontinue, which they did much sooner than was intended. Trusting you will insert this in justice to Mr W. Menzies, in whom the directors have every confidence.—l am &c., Jas. Marshall, Legal Manager Star of the East Co. Bannockburn, July (>. 1872.