RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
Green and party, the tributers of this, mine,'who have»been '.keeping up a continuous crushing at the Moanatairi battery "for ,sonic month's hack, have been obliged to make a temporary stoppage, :andin'view"of that they had a cleaning up and retorted all the amalgam on hand for"a yield' of TTosa'^tLirti gold": Since their last retorting about,.. 75 tons .have been reducedi'and thougu'the average is .small yet jt t pays pretty,fair wages. < The re^ef^he* tributers are working is nearly 14 fept through, and jupf t'p the they have been crushing nearly the whole face, but now it haabeen discovered that by o^ly crushing certain portions which "are richer than the "rest, they could make their, section more Temunerative. f ~)Thp s'to'pppge'is partly to allow them to select the best parts, and? after, i,hat they will fill their hoppers and re-commen^e crushing. As the .facil'ties for getting the quartz to the are good, and the stuff can be easilj - taken out, a small average pays.
QUEEN OF THE MAY. - ,The Queen of the May crushing:-at Bull's battery terminated yesterday, .and the retorting of all the amalgam on^hand took place to-day,, and the really fine" return of 41^ozs gold was the result. For several days at the commencement of the crushing the full power'of the battery was not employecTana though more than a fortnight has'•elapsed since the start, calculating a's if 27 nc?d had been used all thiough, this crushinghas only taken a day or so^'overra fortnight., The average is nearly an ounce to the load, and considering 'that this is, the first crushing .-taken from the new level even better returns may be expected when the level is more opened out. Nor is the amount above mentioned the.total yield of the crushing, for the quicksilver yet remains to be retorted and will yield several ounces more* Judging from the fine clean appearance of the retorted gold it may be predicted that the loss from melting will be sma! 1. ''
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2524, 7 February 1877, Page 2
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329RED, WHITE AND BLUE. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2524, 7 February 1877, Page 2
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