CARRICK RANGE QUARTZ BEEFS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 219, 11 April 1872, Page 8

CARRICK RANGE QUARTZ BEEFS.

(From the " Cromwell Aryus")

The supply of water for machine purposes has again run very short, and there can be no doubt that much gold is lost in crushing through the unavoidable use of dirty water on the tables.

A new reef situtae at the head of Paddy's Gully, was recently taken up by a party chiefly composed of shareholders in the United Bannockbura Company. We are not in possession of any reliable particulars regarding the new discovery.

Vale of Atoca. — The test-crushing from this claim was finished at the Standard battery last Tuesday. The result, we are informed, was 10 ozs. 10 dwts. from 20 tons of stone, — an average of 10J dwts. per ton.

Rob Rot.— A small lot of 12 tons from this claim was crushed at the Standard Battery last week, with the satisfactory result of 7 ozs, 1 1 dwts. 3 grs. The manager (Mr John Bruce) informs us that a quantity of slate rock, estimated at five tons, was sent down to the battery and crushed along with the quartz, so that the actual quantity of gold-bearing stone operated upon was not more than seven tons. The stuff was taken from a drive on the fifty-foot level, in which are numerous small leaders, varying from three inches to two feet wide, and intermixed with the rock which formed the casing. The nature of the ground rendered it a matter of difficulty to separate this quartz from the circumjacent rock, and to save time and trouble,Jthe material for the trial crushing was milled just as it came from the mine. We have been shown some excellent specimens from the extremity of the drive above mentioned ; and judging from the appearance of the stone and the result of trial-crushing, there seems every probability that the claim will give an average yield of an ounce to the ton. The Manager intends carrying the shaft down other 15 or 20 feet, and then driving for the reef at the lower level.

Colleen Bawn. — This claim, situate above the Rob Roy, close to Hancock's dam, is showing signs of renewed vitality. We hear that a good reef was struck in the shaft on Saturday last, bnc not having been cut through, its thickness cannot yet be ascertained. A good prospect, however, has been washed out.

Stab of the East. — There is now an almost unlimited quantity of stone in view, and the prospects of the Coraauy are b ighter than ever. Under the able managementof MrS. Williams, the mine is getting into first-rate working condition. The reef lately struck in the upper level was found to havo jumped 10 feet eastward from where it was formerly lost sight of. The stove in this part of the claim is from three to four fi ee L j thick. A crushing of 1(50 tons at the Star-and-Oak Battery was finished on Saturday, the result being 184 ozs. 10 dwts. 14 grs. ; average; per ton, 1 oz. 3 dwts, 1 gr. A dividend of £oQ per full share of 200 scrip has since been made payable, and a fair proportion of the profits is reserved for contingencies.

Green's, Claim, Adam's Gully. — A second crushing from this reef is now going through at the Standard Battery.

The Pipeclay Reefs.— The John Bull and Nil Desporandum are busily engaged grassing stone. The latter company and the Robert Burns are both sinking permatnent shafts. The Golden Gate tunnel is in about 160 feet, and we learn that a chansje in the appearance of the ground, indicating the proximity of a reef, is observabha-ti't the extremity of the drive.

Elizabeth. — This company's battery is now crushing at the rate of 50 tons a «e?k. New stamp-heads are urgently required, and when supplied, a few more tons weekly may be got through.