THE THAMES DISTRICT.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 46, 18 November 1867, Page 283

THE THAMES DISTRICT.

G?romthe Southern Cross, The ,Claud Hamilton, which steamed for Sydney on the 2nd November, took the second parcel of 'gold, the product of the newly-opened reefs at Kauwaeranga, ,-Thames. The amount was 1,1690 z. sdwt., valued at ,£3,115, and divided as follows:—Shipped by the Bant of New Zealand’ 3260 z. 19dtft.; shipped by the Union Bank of Australia, 8320 z. 13dwt., 5570 z. 9dwt. of which were the product of Hunt’s reef, 98oz. lOdwt. from Kelly’s, and 176wZ. 14dwt. from other sources; shipped by the Bank of New South Wales, 9 oz. 13dwt.; total, 1,1h90z. sdwt. A parcel of 1740 z. from the Kapanga Company’s claim at Coromandel arrived in town too late to be shipped by the Claud Hamilton..

ARRIVAL OF 138 oz. GOLD.

The s.s. Midge, which arrived from the Thames on November 6, brought up 138 oz. lodwt. of gold, the product of Hunt’s claim.

DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER RICH QUARTZ

LEADER.

MrHayes, of No. 2 claim, Kauwaeranga, called at our printing-office on November 6, with three surprisingly rich specimens of gold-bearing quartz, weighing about four pounds, and which are estimated to contain about 25 per cent, of gold. A new ldftder, about two feet wide, including casing, was struck on the 4th, and, in the space of about an hour, over l|cwt. of quartz, equalling in richness the specimens shown to us, was taken out for crushing. The casing is also reported to be richly charged with the precious metal. - ,

ARRIVAL OF 80oz. GOLD.

The s.s. Midge and Tauranga arrived from the Thames on November 8. A passenger by the former was the bearer of 80 ounces of gold from the Eureka reef, crushed from lcwt. of stone tli’e small Berdan machine erected at Barry’s reef. The claim is of recent discovery, and promises to be of unequalled richness, if we may judge from the quantity of gold obtained from so small a parcel of quartz. The claim is the property of Messrs. Goldsworthy, Grattan, and others, and situ ated in close proximity to Barry’s reef.

The s.s. Tauranga brought up 270 z. of gold on Saturday evening, which was in the possession of Mr Pollard, of the Caledonian claim. The gold is the proceeds of only 701 b of quartz, and is unusually rich in quality.

PTTRU CREEK, GULF OF HAURAKL Our correspondent writes under date November 4:—“ I write from the first block on the new land opened to the north. Mr Mackay having placed his cutter at the disposal of a limited number of diggers to proceed to Manaia, the steamer Enterprise towed the Emma into deep water, when the Commissioner took the tiller, and, with three hearty cheers for Mr Holmes, he made his way for the Tuta —the boundary of the old ground where the surveyors landed. Mr W. Williamson, one of the prospecting party, landed here, preferring this district to Manaia. Three of Dr. Pollen’s original prospecting party, with Major Yon Tempsky, and others —all of the right sort —remained on board.. Mr Mackay promised to return here on Saturday next, when I shall be able to report their progress. I found a party ol seven, who had been in advance of me working on the Puru Creek, This is a very likely spot; and I. hope to hear that some good fields have been made.”

We learn, by the steamers, that Mr Mackay, Mr Sands; surveyor, Mr Walter .Williamson,.: and a party ol prospectors ileft Kauwaeranga on November . 6, in the cutter Emma for Manaia harbour, between Kaiiwaeranga. and, Coromandel. .This'district will, be; and steps at once; taken toi testits capacities asagbldfields 'lijAt : ajlate,meoeing of ; aii Shortlahd Town, inquiries were made as to when the Manaia district would be opened; and we expect good

mumber will :go there as soon as possible, as there is a pretty wideband apparently well-founded, belief 1 that the locality will be productive in gold. ; f; :

NEWS FROMvTHE UPPER THAMES. We have Received intelligence from the Upper Thames through natives who are in thp most secret councils of Te Hira and Te Pakaroa. . The question of openihg' up the country is being eagerly discussed amongst the natives all over the district from Ohinemuri right up to Matamata, but there is no sign of yielding on the part of tiie men of the extreme party. They are, however, restless and agitated, and somewhat dismayed, knowing that many of their own people are willing to give up their land for gold-working. The section headed by Robert say thai, unless they, can come to some agreement about opening the land, they will by-and-by appeal to the Native Lan< ; a Court, which will individualise their titles, and so enable them to allow gold-digging on their own pieces. The introduction , 'pf , the Native Lauds Court in the Thames would be a most excellent thing for the province, as u would enable arrangements to be made in a more satisfactory manner than at Kauwaeranga, by settling all disputes as to ownership. The quiet action, however, of Robert’s party would be injured by any agitation on the part of the Government, or any ill-judged efforts on the part of the miners at Shortland Town. We may say that every expression used at the meeting* at Shortland' Town—especially anything , vioient~is repeated up the Thames, and these expressions are used to fortify the position-of the obstructive party.