THE THAMES.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 676, 19 May 1870, Page 4

THE THAMES.

[southern cross, 9th inst.] The. Shamrock; iCompany; halve deposited 260z sdwt from the crushing of a lot of surface stuffy the result of which proves it payablei "' '-. ; ■ '•! ; . •■ -r/': ■;:;.. ;.■■>, . Caledonian : The stone taken from the leader found , in this company's shaft the other day 'has'been tested by' 'the assayer to the Bank of New Zealand, and found to yield 2oz sdwt 2gr to the ton.; / Castle and Galatea :" A week or two ago arrangements were made by the directors {of ithis company with .Mr,Go,pdall, to crush 'the* lot 1 ' of * stuff whicli ' has been lying at . the mouth of the shaft about a year or more,. and thid hasbepn dd^e • the whole lot, 5^ tons, have gone through, and the yield is 240z 15dwt retorted gold. 1 understand; some of the ;st jiff showed-re-markably well, and other portions scarcely any. Care will now have to be taken not to mixithe; stuff as, it comes lip.; ' Long Drive : The usual fortnightly cleaning-up has just taken, place, .and the /re3ul^is!l7spzretorfed>gold./ i : "-' iv^h\ '.' Goldfinch : This claim has, to-day, paid a dividend, of L 25 .to the .full share, and has yet' r^idy ( little balance ! at it's bahkers for working expenses. Candlelight No. 1 : The crushing of the 2451 bof specimens for this claim, at the Tramway amalgamating barrel, was ..finished this afternoon, and the yield '■■ therefrom is 1390z retorted gold. The general talk herd is that a dividend will be declared as soon as the crushing of the general stuff at the Australasian machine is, through, which is making -a >yery good •how indeed. KLiJi^ ; L-'-iiU , w