THE GOLDFIELDS.
The Wellington correspondent of our Auckland contemporary telegraphs the following precis of the annual report of gold fields which was issued ou Friday last:— Tha returns for the June quarter were 40,944 ounces ; September quarter, 74,776 ounces ; December quarter, 62, 175 ounces f March quarter (1883), 70,967 oiuioe»'f total yajup qf gold £994,555. In Auckland the result? of the year are aa follows j— Qoromandel, 7577 ounces of gold'; Thames 43,311 'ounces of gold, The report on the Te Aroha goldfield is very favourable. It is stated that the gold on the Te Aroha, Thames, and Ooromandel goldfields are remarkably fine, and more or, leas mixed with silver. It is diffused through the stone in . layers or bonds as though it had been forced by heavy, pressure through the quartz in vapour when it was in the plastic' state, ana therefore presents a totally different appearance to the gold-bearing quart/, hi the SWtb. Island aud on the Victorian gqldfielde. 'The pale appearance of the gold does not present a grand contrast with the colour of the stone, so that when oven rich specimens are shown to experienced; quartz miners who are not acquainted with this character of stone, fcfieljr'#fe < Wn?e,time' before they 'can' realuo their value,
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1721, 17 July 1883, Page 2
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208THE GOLDFIELDS. Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1721, 17 July 1883, Page 2
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