The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-11 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA.

We hare just recevcd our letters and papers
by the White Star line, mail ship Sardinian, which
left Melbourne on the with of June, from which
we make the following extracts :
EXTRAORDINARY YIELD FROM QUARTZ.
(Front the Mount Alexander Mail, of June 20 )

FITE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE OUNCES OF GOLD
FROM TWO TONS OF QUARTZ, AT WATTLE GULLT,

FOREST CREEK.

Last week we stated our belief in the quartz reefs in this
district being extreordirnuily rich, but they are as yet
scarcely touched upon. We refrained from giving pub-
licity to floating reports, lest the public mind should be
misled. 'When, however, reverts are -verified and proved
to be facts, it is our duty to give them. It will be in the
recollection of our readers that last week. in speaking of
Wattle Gully Reef, we made mention of a party of two
men who had had a claim for some length of time on that
reef, and who were laying up their questz to be crushed
at a future period, and that they were nuggeting out
as much as paid current expenses. We have
now much pleasure in stating that the above party
sent two tons of their quartz, on Wednesday last,
to be crushed at the superior machine of Messrs. e ten-art,
Robins and Co., of Westley Flat, and that no less than
533 ounces of gold were obtained from the two tons. The
lucky owners were as much surprised as gratified at the
astonishing yield from their quartz. They expected from
perceptible indications that 21 to 25 ounces per ton would
be obtained ; but as the eel:shines prooee.led it became
evident that the whole mass of quartz was impregnated
with the precious metal. As the stompers descended, nug-
gets of gold, several ounces in weight, were revealed to
the eye, and from the stamper board, after the crarcz had
been taken fro n the box, no less then 3 live of gold were
cleaned by ;,Ir. Stewart, wh el4o ser sped from the wheel
of the mill i a which the qsote:z woe ground, flakes of gold
as large as half-crown pieces.
This valuable quartz was not, we understand, selected
with any particulir care from the rest of the heap, which,
it may reasonably be supposed, will yield enormously. Th,
vein from which it is taken lies irregularly, and is in-
terlined with layers of sandetene. The depth to which the
owners have penetrated is about 41 feet, but they believe
they are not yet on the permancet reef. They
have had possession of the claim about eleven
months, during which time, as we have already
remarked, they nuggeted snficient to support themselves.
When the wet broke in on their shaft they determined to
suspend operations until the summer, working just enough
to preserve the claim. It occurred to them, however, that
they mightiest as well try the quartz they had excavated,
and thus they became acquainted with the existence of the
immense treasure of which they were possessed. They have
still 23 tons to crush, which we hope will turn out equally
well. This testimoey to the richness of the quartz in this
district will doubtless stimulate the opening and working
of many of the reefs of this neghbourhood.
We append the following statement, taken from the
books of Messrs. Stewart and Co., which will at once settle
all disputes on the subject :
Victoria Quartz Crushing Machine, June 17.—Crushed
two tons of quarts for Makia and Radford, of Wattle
Gully.

Yield of Gold—

Amalgamated
From stamper box
Washed from same after being crushed

Oz.
17,8
186
189

Total yield from two tons 533
STEWART, ROBINS And Co., Forest Creek,

Another instance of luck occurred a day or two ago in
a quartz claim adjoining Messrs. Stewart and Robins.
The side of the shaft gave way about six feet from the top,
and disclosed a stone for which the proprietor of the claim
refused ono pound weight :of gold. He estimates it to
contain at least sixteen ounces. There was nothing in the
immediate vicinity of the stone to lead to the supposition
that anything of the sort was contained thero, and but for
the accidental falling of the earth, its discovery would
have been postponed until a more effectual and thorough
system of working our quartz reefs is adopted.

VICTORIA.
( From the Melbourne Herald of June 23.)

The price during the week has been steady at 31. 163. to
31. 16a. 31. though the business has not been large on ac-
count of the high prices paid for most of that which has
been forwarded by escort. For Ballarat gold our price
has been 3/. 17s. 3d., and for bars 3/. 13s. 9d. per standard
ounce.

As we expected, now that a slight fall in the price has
been noted, there have been several inquiries made for
gold for the Sydney market, and we may expect that in
another week or two the mint in Sydney will be arrair,
supplied with Victoria gold.
We are happy to note a decided improvement at Mary
borough and several adjacent diggings. A correspondent,
writing from Korong, also says—" We have plenty of golf'
getting here, and business is very good." At present tin.
Avoca diggings are not yielding so satisfactorily as for some
time past, and many of the diggers have been leaving for
Dunolly and other neighbouring places ; but the Avoca has
always fluctuated more than any other diggings, on account
of the exceeding "patchy" nature of the gold.

RECEIPTS PER ESCORT.
f Name of gold-field
Castlemaine
• Sandhurst
Heathcote
egriffi Ballarat
Avoca
• Creswick Creek
Fiery Creek
kel:: Mount Franklyn

on. ilwbe.
4,085 0
10,263 0

990 10
14,133 5
1,007 0
2,528 10
3,676 0
2,761 15
1,256 0
2,053 10

Amherst
Mary borough
Blackwood
Bi3echworth

Z 6 10
11,718 0

Total 4G2 0
•
GOLD EXPORTED DURINIR THE WEEK
Ended June 21, 1556.
Calcutta, per Beverley
Sydney, per Wonga Wonga

9,005 5
93 0

SPECIE.
Calcutta, per Beverby

£5Bl

The price of gold remains -without alteration. v The en-
tries for shipment into the Custom-house to-day consisted
of 4,958 i ounces for Calcutta and 6 ounces for Liverpool.
A Sandhurst paper of this day reports—Very little is
doing in bar gold, in consequence of some recent not very
patatable discoveries made by -one of the banks here. So
far as We can learn, some bar gold, bought without any
suspicion, has turned out to b 3 very inferior to its assumed
value, and there are other 'circumstances connected with