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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 48, 1 December 1871, Page 3

Hague Smith’s—Wandering Star : 7dwt 22trr ; yield, jlioz*; from shoot; fine, feebly pyritous. ■ * - ' 1 U n!l —by her clan, Bdwt 6gr ; by moriar, llcbvt Bgr ; yield* 1 jo2oz ; from shoot; fine, feebly pyritous; color pale red. Kuranui— by berdan, 12dwt 22gr ; yield, 2oz ; from heap ; pyritous, quantity 500 tons. Russell’s —City of Dunedin : by berdan, 13,1 tvt 2gr; after roasting, lodvrt ljfgr; yield, 2oz ; from shoot; coarse, non-pyritons, blackbrown. Tookcy’s—Belfast: by berdan, loz 13dwt; after roasting, 14dwts Bgr ; yield, sozs : from shoot; coarse. Tookey’s—Belfast: loz sdwts 21 gr ; after roasting, 17dwt sgr ; assay, loz 9dwt 2gr ; yield, 4 to soz; from heap ; rather coarse, pyritous, GO tons. Golden Crown —by berdan, loz lOdwt 18gr; from I’crry’s heap ; rather coarse, pyritous.

Result* of the Analysis of certain of the Gold Alloys referred, to in List, shoiriny the ‘ proportion of Gold to Silver and other Metals. rcr-ccntnjrc of Gold, l’cr-ccntnge of Silver, &c. 43-2 60S 45*4 54-fi 48-1 .'MI 4!H> 50.4 43-7 50-3 50-2 40-8 53'4 4G*G 63-7 40*3 50*4 43*0 57*1 42!) 57*3 42*7 GO** 33*4

Mr. Skcy continues:— Restricted, ns I necessarily was, in the quantity of alloy for analysis, I was unable to determine the percentage of any other metal possibly present along with the gold aucl silver, but with reference to the quantity of these, I believe it to be uniformly small. As a general rale, the employment of cyanide of potassium in the amalgamation, raised the proportion of silver to that of the gold in the resulting amalgam, but all the results fourth column refer to the gold obtained by using the berdan, in which case the cyanide u*ns never administered. The foUoiriny are the Results of the Examination of various samples of Pyrites, for Gold :— No. 882 Terry’s Battery: to mortar, roasted, Bdwt Mgr. No. 890 —The Moanatniari : to berdan, loz 17dwt9gr ; to mortar, roasted, loz l*ldwtßgr; assay yield of pure gold, loz lldwt ‘Jgs, loz 12dwt 12gr. No. 81)2—Kuranui, Long Drive : to berdan, loz 2d\vt lGgr ; to roasted, 3oz 17dwt lOgr ; assay yield of pure gold, 3oz 17dwt llgr. No. 882 was concentrated by hand ; 890 and 892 were taken from the huddle. All these samples were nearly pure iron pyrites.

Mr J. 11. Carey will sell by auction, to-day, at Messrs Must and Co.’s stores, Albertstrcct, in lots to suit purchasers, a quantity of Adelaide flour, and a large assortment of ivines, ales, tobacco, groceries, oilman's stoics, and sundries, enumerated in our advertising columns. Persons desirous of layin"* in a stock of useful articles for domestic consumption will do well to pay a visit to Mr Carey’s auction to-day, as this offers one of those opportunities not to be found every day, of which the prudent housekeeper should take advantage. Bacliclder's attractive entertainment is drawing to a close, and very few nights now remain during which the panorama will be on view here. To-night, iu addition to sixty other prizes, two watches, gold and silver, and a very handsome electro-plated silver tea and coffee service will be given to the holders of fortunately numbered tickets. As the Caledonian games were proceeding yesterday Volunteer Walker arrived by the Auckland steamer, but ns no notice preceded his arrival he was received only by a few of liis friends who were aware of the event. A more public demonstration on the return of the Thames champion will shortly be given, in which, we have no doubt, a very lorge number of [the Volunteers and the inhabitants generally will take part. There was a rumor current yesterday that two men had been killed in the Imperial Crown, but on making enquiry we learned that there was no foundation for the report, except that a slight accident had occurred by the fall of some loose earth, by which one of the workmen was slightly injured. Mr C. O’Neill, C.E., informs us that when Mr Walker, the rifle champion, and manager of the Long Drive Gold Mining Company, was in Wellington, a few days ago, he showed him the specimen stones which he (Mr O'Neill) had obtained with his own hands out of the various claims about Wellington, and explained the features of the country, and what he had seen about the claims, Mr Walker expressed his conviction, judging from the specimens, and from the quantity of stulf to be obtained, that the claims *\\eic most valuable, and that Mr O,Neill s report had only been too guarded, and not sufficient ly strong as to the payable nature of the ground, We may say that Mr Walker is a man of perhaps as large experience in quartz mining as anyone in the Southern Seas, and that lie was specially selected in Victoria to manage the Long Drive on account of lus thorough knowledge of the subject. Wellington Post The D. S. Cross of yesterduy contains the following :—An item of important information reached town yesterday. A good deal ot closeness was shown respecting it by those in the secret. We understand that the new "•old discovery has been made in the country between Tc Aroba and Tnuranga. where prospectors have been out for some time. Hie names of the successful parties have not yet reached us. We hope the discovery will fully justify the anticipations at present entertained in respect of it. V c give this for what it. is worth. Humour says gold lias bccu foundin several streams that run in the dis. tvict; but wc know from experience that gold is to be found in the Walii stream, which takes its rise in the Aroha.

On Wednesday afternoon a sheep escaped from a butcher’s shop in Queen-street. and ran into the middle of the mam thoroughfare. Here it was worried, bitten, and torn by from ten to fifteen mougerel dogs, the sheep, in its terror, rushed headlong into the auction mart of Messrs Cohen and Co., where it knocked down a quantity of furniture . tlieu leaped over tlic counter, but was turned back by tlic dogs. More furniture was thrown down and injured : the mart was rushed by an excited multitude ; and for a few seconds the scene presented an admixture of wild dogs, with men and boys still more wild, an enraged auctioneer and his clerk a butcher's slaughterman in shirtsleeves tucked up to his shoulders a quantity of over-turned furniture, aud (the cause of all) a poor affrighted sheep, which was held bv the neck in canine grip, and by the bind Ic<t by the butcher's slaughterman. After much trouble, and a great nmoiin of bad language, the sheep was conveyed to its original quarters, and there was disappointment to those who delight m a prolongation of such a scene.* — D. b. Cross.

The Moa Outdone.— a couple of eggs, which throw those of the Moa into the shade, have recently been purchased by theaufhouties of the British Museum. The Tun,* savs “ Eggs of an extinct bird of Madagascar. which mi,"ht well have suggested the idea of the gigantic roc of Arabian romance, have from time to time reached Europe ot late, and the British Museum has now acquired by purchase two specimens of these eggs from fluviatile deposits in Madagascar The larger egg has a circumference of o(sin. iu the long and i3oiu, in the short axis.

Some Walk.—An American named June Weston lias accomplished the “ biggest walk” on record.,, file has completed bis undertaking to walk-400 miles in five days. Ho had eighteen minutes to spare at last. A NEAT LITTLE SWInDLE, which it. is as well the authorities should be informed of, is being perpetrated with regard to the postage stamps, the recent changes in the colors giving every facility to those who would stoop to such tricks. Thus the old twopenny and the present sixpenny stamps being the same color, the “ twopence” at the bottom of the new stamp is torn off, and the stamp used for an old sixpenny one, detection being impossible. In the same way the old twopenny stamp can be made available for the present sixpenny, and the old penny for the new twopenny stamp. Wc might suggest that the obvious way to prevent such practices would be to have the value of thestamps not in letters at the bottom, but in large figures, over the whole stamp, a custom which is adopted in many countries, and which, with a little ingenuity, might be managed so as not to interfere with the tastcfulncss of the design.— Wellington Post.

Provincial System.— To show the political part of the Provincial system, Mr Vogel stated, when introducing the Provincial Government Bill, that the expenditure of the provincial departments of Superintendents, Provincial Executives, (exclusive of Provincial auditors), and Provincial Councils, have averaged for the last four years L 33.320 a year, or over L 120.000 for the four years.