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not been satisfactory. The gold is of the same description as that found in the veins, but associated with minute grains of cinnabar and magnetic iron sand; it appears to be greatest in quantity in the upper three feet of the deposit, and but little has been found among the larger boulders below this depth.
RESULTS, KARAKA CREEK.
The best results that I heard of in the Karaka were half-an-ounce in three days with one sluice-box.
WAIOTAHI CREEK.
Since then better prospects have been obtained in the Waiotahi Creek, but not, I think, sufficient to justify the opinion that payable alluvial gold exists there in any quantity.
BRITISH CLAIM.
A shaft, the British claim, is now being sunk by subscription, in the flat at the embouchure of the Karaka, with the intention of bottoming the alluvial deposits. No gold has been found as yet during the sinking, and as the bottom, when reached, will be an old coast line sloping probably seawards, there is no reason for hoping that gold will reward their labors.
TARARU.
The alluvial deposits at the mouth of the Tararu is about 150 acres, one-third of which is Maori cultivation, and could not be touched. At the mouth of the Maeroero 300 acres, two-thirds of which are tapu; and at the mouth of the Whakatete about 300 acres, two-thirds of which are burial grounds and tapu. Thus the whole of the alluvial deposits in the district available for gold mining purposes are—
| Creek | Acres |
|---|---|
| Karaka | 400 |
| Tararu | 100 |
| Maeroero | 200 |
| Whakatete | 100 |
| Total | 800 |
This, of course, does not include the small quantity of alluvium up the beds of each of the creeks.
Judging from the smallness of the particles of gold found, and that it occurs most plentifully in the upper portion of the alluvium, I am of opinion that the greater part of the gold broken off from the veins by the streams, is carried out to sea before it has had time to clear itself from the quartz matrix; that fine projecting particles of gold are rubbed off during the passage of the quartz down to the sea, in the ordinary state of the stream, and are deposited in the upper part of the alluvium; but the first considerable fresh clears out all these deposits and takes them out to sea, and on the subsidence of the water to its ordinary flow they have to begin again to accumulate, until they are again swept away.
Gold is reported to have been also found in the Puru, Whakatete, Waihanga, and Tararu streams.
F. W. Hutton.
ADDITIONAL WHOLESALE LICENSE.
Provincial Treasury,
Auckland, November 6th, 1867.
A Wholesale Wine & Spirit License has been issued to the undermentioned person, in conformity with clause 25 of the “Licensing Act, 1863”:
Buchoz & Co, Auckland.
ADDITIONAL AUCTIONEER’S LICENSE.
Provincial Treasury,
Auckland, November 6th, 1867.
In conformity with the 5th clause of the “Auctioneer’s Licensing Act, 1863” the following License has been issued for the year ending 14th April, 1868:
John Douglas Hill, Alexandra.
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Report on Geology of Thames Gold Fields
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🌾 Primary Industries & Resources17 September 1867
Geological survey, Gold fields, Thames, Karaka Creek, Prospecting
- F. W. Hutton, Author of geological report
- F. W. Hutton
🏭 Wholesale Wine & Spirit License Issuance
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry6 November 1867
Wholesale license, Wine, Spirits, Auckland
- Buchoz, Issued Wholesale Wine & Spirit License
🏭 Auctioneer’s License Issuance
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry6 November 1867
Auctioneer license, Alexandra
- John Douglas Hill, Issued Auctioneer’s License