The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1882.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4290, 30 September 1882, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1882.

The amount of gold\f banked during tbs past;month, though hardly so much as Woain August, is jery r satisfactory, and proves that the outlook of the field is brightening up. At. is also encouraging-to ,fee r that thi«^month'the gold ii almost entirely from mines in the Thames district proper, while in August the amount from !tbe'T7pper Country was about 700oas! Not only is the field as a whole looking better' —m is indicated by the f gooH prospects met with at Otunui, the £araka. Creek, and the Funga Flat—but the older mines nearer the town are also improving. The Golden Crown has had" a fine yield forrthe month, and ( the mine all through ia reported to be looking better than it has done forborneJtim^ f* *0^ " chiefly fram^feneral dirt, there it every >SMWon to'believe that "good returns will eome^to hand for tome time'yet. One of the reefs now being, worked (the No. 2 in the Core section) is about \0 feet thick,

and all of payable grade. The Waiotahi return also shows an improvement ob last montn'i^ crashing. The Mcanatairi yield Is a^ood oneMmsidering the amount of* qifcrtz treated, and so is the return from the "Caledonian. The result of the > trial parcel from below No. 2 level should have an encouraging effect, as it is the first payable reef yet found there. The Queen of Beauty ia producing excellent general dirt, and the amount of gold won Bince^ August is the largest banked from one' mine in the same time since the Alburnia patch. The New Prince Imperial return is well to the front, andY it would not be going too far to predict that when crushing is fairly started the monthly yields will equal if not ', excel those of many of the now leading mines. The Alburnia also, after a long period of dead work, seems to be likely to again produce some good gold. Another mos,t encouraging fact is that* it is likely the directors of the Deep Level .Tribute Company will continue the south crosscut at the 640 ft level. This course is recommended by all who have the welfare of the district at heart, for it is Well known that the country in this part of the field is congenial for gold to a much greater depth than at the northward end.