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1871.
VICTORIA. ,r
REPOI~TS
OF THI~
MINING StJRVEYORS AND REGISTRARS. "
• QUARTER ENDING 31sT MARCH 1871.
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PHESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES, OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAXD_
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No. 26. JOHN }o'ERREB, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE.
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APPROXfMATE, COST OF REPORTS.
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INDEX.
Snmmary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ending 31st March 1871. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ending 31st March 1871. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ending 31st March 1871. Number and Distribution of Miners on the' GoldfIelds of the Colony, 31st March 1871.
Ballarat Central Division Ballarat Southern Division Buninyong Division Smythesdale Division Creswick Division ... Gordon Subdivision ' Steiglitz Subdivision
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar .•. Mr. J. Ir. Coleman, Mining Registrar Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, Mr. Thomas Cow;an, Mining,Surveyor and Registrar_ •.• Mr. J. S. Cooper, Minihg Registrar... , •.
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7, 17, 18,23 7, 14, 18, 23
7, 18, 24 14, 18,24
Blackwood Division and ·Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar
\4,17,18,24 7, 18, 25 8, 18, 25 8, 18,25
Subdivision -BRRCHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
Beechworth Division Yackandandah Division Indigo Division Buckland Division .•• Alexandra Subdivision Maindample Subdivision Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Wood's Point'Subdivision • Big River Subdivision Mitta-mitta Division Ja~ies()n Subdivision
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Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar Mr. Thos. G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••• Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar "', Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar . ... Mr. R. A. F. Murray, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••.
... Mr. W. Frewen, Mining Registrar Mr. A, B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, ;Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. .
... Mr. Andrew Trench, Mining Registrar ~ Mr. H. C. Geneste, ?tIining Registrar "'.
8, 18, 26
8, 14, 19, 26
.. 8, 19,'26
9,14, 19,27 9, 14, 19, 27
19 10, 19, 28 10, 19,28 10, 19, 28
19 10, 19, 29
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. . Sandhurst Division •••
Kilmore Division Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar
10, 1p, 17, 19, 29 10, 20, 80
Heatheote Division and Waranga division
South Sub-' Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••• 10, 15, 20, 30
Waranga North Subdivision ... Mr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 15, 20, 30
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Amherst Division ... Avoca Subdivision ...
.... Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar
Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions \ .,. Korong Division
11,15,17,20,30 11, 15, 20, 31 11, 1'5, 20, 31 ll, 15, 20, 31 :.. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ...
Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions St. Arnaud North Subdivision
Mr. Henry J. Hughes, Mining Registrar Mr. P. Simpson, Miujng Surveyor and Registrar Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar
11, 15, 20, 32 12, 15, 17, -20, 32 ... 12, i5, 20, 32
CASTLRMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Fryer's Creek Division Hepburn Division ••• Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Tarrangower Division St. Andrew's East and St. Andrew's Central
Subdivisions St. Andrew's West and South Subdivisions Blue Mountain North Subdivision
Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surv,eyor and Registrar 12; 16, 20, 33 Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 16, 20, 33 Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar - ... 12, 16, 17, 21, 34 Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12, 21, 34 1rfr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 16, 17, 21, 35 Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 13, 16, 21, 35
Mr. C. Johnstone, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar ...
36 13, 21, 36
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat ,Division
Pleasant Creek Division Barkly Division Raglan'Division
Mr. Charles Jas. Wm. Russell, 'Mining Surveyor and Registrar'
Mr. W. Crellin, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. W. Crellin, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Augustus Poep:pel, Mining Registrar
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Oilleo Subdivision Mitchell River Subdivision Boggy Creek Subdivision Crooked River Division • Jericho Division Donnelly's Creek Division Stringer's Creek Division Russell's Creek Division Bendoe Subdivision Tarwin Subdivision
Plan of Hepburn Reefs, with Sections
Mr. W. Phi:p:ps, Mining Registrar Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. H. Sutton, Mining Registrar Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Registrar. Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar ••. Mr. E. W. Turner, Mining Surveyor ~nd Registrar
Appendix A.-Notes on the Rocks and Minerals of the Ovens District, with Sketch Map and Sections A:ppendix B.-Succinct Observations on Il. New Genus of Fossil Coniferre, with Lithogram Plan of Haddon Goldfield, with SectiOllJ ...
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13, 16, 21, 36 13, 16, 21, 3&
21, 37 21,37
2J,37 13,21, 38
21,38 13, 22, 38 14, 22, 38 14, 22, 39 14, 22, 39
22,39 22, 39 22, 4(}
34 41 48 48
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SUMM.i
GOLD MINING STATISTICS. FOR THE ,
TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, TH:
DISTRICT, DIVISION,
AND
RUBDIVISlON.
BALLARAT. Central Division .. .. .. Southern Division •• • • . • Buninyong Division'. • .. ., Smythesdaie.. .. .. ..
Alluvial Miners.
3,~~ 1,080 1,465
Quartz Jllinars.
Total Number
IN THE COLONY C
Compiled from' tke Mining Surveyors, and Registrars' ~
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: Steam Engines employed in Winding, Pumping1 &o~
lIIAOHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING.
~~rs, 1------:-'-1
6~~'3 t:~ ~ 3'm Hi 25 ~ 4~ Ii .. 2 320.. 1,050 30 820 26 '7 20 13 1 2
'io 17 31
Oreswick •• .• •• ..: 950 20
215 32U
495 ! 111 250 300 400
9 115 390
30 •• 1, 195 ~A 1,;!!li 5166
6 11160 14 '2' 50 650.. 2,200 "'" 1 13 1,000
~:: ~~ I':: :: :: :: .. 8 .~ :: ·ioo.. .. Gordon.. .. .. .. ..
~1i~:;~~d a.nd Blue JlI~Untain South
Totals •• 8489 2,610 3,:: .~ 1:::: ~-6-:4-'6-1-1--~-~1-'--3-'~-I'-~-~- ~ ~> 1,: ~ :: -~~
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13EEOHWORTH, Beeehworth .. Yackanda.ndah Indigo.. ••
~y=~ ::- 1,143 420 140 174 484 110
960 492 186
1,2tii
100
115 250 81
501 320
40 iii
2,218 1,162
407 1,967
654 250
25 1
15 2 6
270 4
300 22
104
10
'39 'is
1
15 1
10
ii
5
38 . 6
5,000 3,000
250 2,000
48 136
3
"86 "so 'i30 50 '200 :: :: :: :: :: :: :1: '340200 ,:'.' 190 16 250.. 456 .. " .. .. " .,
59 24 15 39
28 24
41 2
31 " lfaindample ., Benalla.. .• Gaffney's Oreek Wood'sPoint .. Big River .. * lIIitta-mltta .. Jamieson •.
120 30 6U.. 210 " .. .. .. .. .. .. 360 .. .. 230 240 12 4 486 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 3 .. 12 150 192 414.. .. .. .. .. I" .. 400 ..
'so '31 24 S
18
24 8
18
Totals .. ------- ---- :--'!-,--I
.. 3,169 3,530 1,951 10 8,120 49 190 20.. 68 37 50 13,914 12 ,254 182 ,-1- I~-'-"-I-I-I-I'-I-I
SANDHURST. SandhurBt .. •• • . • • Kilmor... .. .. •. .. He~theote and Wara,nga South .. Waranga.North .. .. ..
Totals.. .. ..
MARYBOROUGH.
2,305 685 4,079 67 74 22
445 40 482 239 90 325
3,056 889 4, 869
7,069 114
.~ i ~ 10: 8,824
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37
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542 67 28
: : 64 '4. 1 io "74:: :: :: .. 40 "I" ........
542 - -299' 16 n 74.. 28 .. -1 -----I'--I-------i---I------'-----,-- - -
lIIaryborough.. .. .. .. 2,145 400 655.. 3,200 24 851 26 .. 148 W 4 .. 2, :,'
1:~!"<lrSt.. :: :: :: :: 1,~~ 1,3~! ~'6 H~~ ~ ~; 3§ :: l~ 1~ ~~ .. ~~:: iag .~ Dunolly and Tanlagulla.. ., _ 1,~ ~gg 1 ~ 23 1,480 ~ ~~"" 74 23 8 .. .. .. "
:t~~k;nd St', Ar';~ud South:: 128 191 43" 2,~"g " i" :: .. i2 '4. . i .. 5 .. .. .. St. Arnaud North .. .. .. lIO 90 140:: 346 .. .. .. :: 13 .... 8" 'i4 ..
Totals.. •• .. 6;583' 3,W3 11.711 -29-1--ll,'-58-6-"--:7:::0---::-1,-:60=1-1~68::-\---I407 78 1'57--li7-I---- 153 1- 3- 1
OASTLEMAlNE. OastleIlliline •• , • Fryer'. Creek .. , , Hepburn .. .. Tamdale and Kyneton Tarrangower .. . . St~ Andrew~B •• • • Blue Mounta.in·North
Totala ..
ARARAT. Ararat.. .. Pleasant Oreek !larkly.. .. Raglan.. ..
TotaJs ..
GIPPSLAND, Omeo .. ,. .. .. .. Mitchell River and Boggy Creek •• Crooked River.. .. •• .. Jericho.. .,
ft~::;,~s g~~ik Russell's Creek Bendoe .. Tarwin.~ •.
Totals ..
GRAND TOTALS
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560 525 450 ,. 1,210 1,165 265 ..
954 450 650 .-~:~ ~ Igg 4:: i~ '6 1~ 5~g:: ~'2 11 2,054 5 100 "2.. 63 11 55 214.. 4Q 3
273 269 386 .. 296 253 485 ..
928 4 102.... 31 35 39.. 0 ..
1,~ ~ ig:::: sg ·6!.~ 1~~" BE ~ ; 184 125 135 .• 85 10 46 ..
----1-3,562 2,797 2,417 " -8-,~--~-6-1,I,--·-~4--i~ -~~ 459 -5~-i-~ --- 213 I-fo- 1:
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472 431 81 984 2 26 2'" 16 4 4' 14 .. 25 ..
5~ 1~ ,~04:: 1'~j ~ ~:::: 2~ 'j" ~~:::::: 312400 .... 1122 24 .. 3912 21 ......
"":301 ....:O~, ~ -.. -1--3-:0--73-1--9-1--142-1-_--2_ 1-85IJ~:J_~ 145 25 __ ,_
156 273 202 200 93 05
120 42
220
1.361 . -
;i30 135 133 90 15
4 .. 4901 .. .. 49 .. 448, .. .. 72 .. 407 .. .. 80.. 370 '.. .. 44 .. 152 ....
412.. 467 .. .. 75.. 195 .. •• 30 .. 132 .... 8.. 228 ._ ..
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763-1~ 2;8&J - ..
27,527 14,933 15,648 112 58,220 404
1,000 100 600 230
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20' 20
'44 50 18 18
"2 '2 :: 'i95:: 'i2"9 " 2 .. . i 4~:: :: .: f
-4 21-1~ 94, 104 •
-1---'-1-- ---"--39 1,582 296 268 18,902 12 841 301 2i
• The Mo.indample and Mitta.-mitta reports not having
Office of Mines, Melbourne, 25th April 1871.
No. 26.
NDING 31st MARCH 1871.
USE AND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDF.I]jLDS
)1' ending 31st Marek 1871.
HINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ MI~ING.
oes 11 ping, IC.
Approxima to Value
Number of
Square Miles of
Number of
distinc.t Quartz :Reefs
actually
Price of Gold pel' ounce ..
of Mining Plant.
Auriferous Ground actUl>llY worked upon.
proved
A~f~;'us.I ____ I __ _
From I To
,18 45 SO 26 29 63 99 30
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374 00
102 45
256 85 70
270
16 6
'4 7 3
13
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£ 243,300 27,550 43,200 32,000
116,000 13)559 23,725 48,500
7 6
14 13 12 3~
40 4
24 14 13 11 15 19 64 23
~ _11_ 1,202 i~ ___ ~_4_9 _ ~~ 3 I 547,634 _1._-m...2.._I __ 1-83_-1
99 SO ,4 19 lO J4
is 15 l6
18
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io 10 2
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64 75 58
284 68 28
lim 255 43
'119
'i 5 2 1
'4
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53,980 47 14,565 112~ 34,298 ~
~ggg ~¥ 9,500 11
28:029 ~~ 62,943 IS 9,026 30 2,003 3
.. •• .. 14,500 7*
90 65 25
~ 20 3
18 93 III 5
20
£ s. d.
406 <I (J (J 4 0 0 4 0 3 400 318 0
, 318 0 316 0
319 6 310 0 4 0 0 316 6 316 0 315 0
3'9 0 290 380 3 5 0 316 6
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1) 4 o 3
1.160 68
128 91
.~ I' .. 206
i3 10
231
24 16
393,000 21 312 3,600 21 120
20.910 81 184 17.960 10~ 102
2 1,448 .. 229 211 1 435,47Q 139~ 698 - -- --I--,----i---I---�--·�--:.-.;~I----:-il,.,---I
2 '.. 171 •. .. 21 16 .. 164.030 5 135 o •• 60.. .. 8 5 ,. 43,550 6 45
1 :: 2~ :: :: 33 i6 :: ~~:~~ ,t~ 1~~ l :: I~g :: :: ~ 2i 'i 2~:g~ If! ~~ l .. 98.. .. 15 15 .. 29,362 7 64
;1_-__ 1_52_1~_ ll476 _1_1._-284,.:,-33_8 _1.~-7...:1:1::""'-I-_002 __ 1
232 lOS 212 156 318 60 8
'2 1
29 6
31 28 66
'2
39 11 73
19 'i
55,965 9l: 101 57,698 281 30 94,684 82 81 28,808 22 31 89.516, In 14 10,614 67
540 4
168 _ ~i ~ __ 3_1• __ 2_'1---1._20_ 2 _:_1_1_._2-77,:.,S_25_ 1_-l.......:;71l!:......1-_3- 94_-1
11 276
'i2
1 1
' .. 2
46 1
10 21,158 34 23 81,044 25 35 3.011 16 9 5.600 6 5
_ I' ,_3_65_1 __ 2_1 __ "_.1 __ 48_1_1._1 ___ .2+--.-:.1:..:,11.:,.413.::....-+--.-:.8:......1_1._...:1:....2_1
" 15.. .. .. .. .. 4,400 8 19
'7 Ig :: :: :: :: 1 aH1l8 4~6 ~ 3 80.. .. .. .. ,. 18,780 26 33
1 1~ 'i ::' 'i :: :: J:~X~ ¥ tJ ~ ~., .. ~ '3" H~ 2~ Ii
•• I .. . :: :: I,. ..:: 'S70 2 1
-1),5 1i321~1" 6 3 1 145,559 132! 459 ---1-- --1--1-:......--1----=--1--:......-1 74 6.003 32 3 630 586 10 2.103,548 941~ 3.084
'cen adopted.
318 3 311 0 31810 315 0
400 319 6 311. 0 319 0 310 0 317 0 315 0
317 3 318 0 316 0 3 11 6 311 6 400 317 0
318 6 311 6 318 0 318 6
310 0 310 0 312 0 300 380 312 0 310 0 310 0 315 0
R. BROUGH SMYTI,;I, SecretalTfor Mines.
£ s. d.
426 4' 1 0 410 403 400 4 0 0 400 311 6
41:1 400 4 1 0
.318 6 4 0 0 311 0
3 if 6 317 6 317 6 312 0 318 0
318 3 318 6 410 406
;I 1 3 4 1 (J 4 0 0 4 0 6 1n 400
311 6 318 a S 19 0 318 6 319 3 410 317 0
318 6 319 0 319 0 318 9
317 6 316 9 318 0 311 6 315 0 311 0 315 0 316 G 315 0
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ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY QF GOLD EXPORTED. q
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FROM information obtained from Gold Buyers and othe;s by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars,
the TOTAL QUANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QUARTZ REEFS are as follow:-
I Alluvial. Quartz, Total.
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- oz, dwt, oz, dwt, oz, dwt, Qual'tey ending 31st Ma;rch 1811 n. ... 173,200 2 139,934 15 313,134 17
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THE QUANTITY OF GOLD, the produce of this Colony, EXPORTED, ,according to Returns furnished by order
of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows:-
oz, dwt. Quarter ending 31st March 187l 439,363 5
SUMMARY.
, 'THE following information has,been obt!!-ined relative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ and QUARTZ TAILINGS,
CEMENT, and MULLOOK Crushed, and PnuTEs and ~LANKETING8 opeJ;,ated on, during the Quarter, and
the,'GoLD obtained therefr~m :--
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MINING DISTRICTS. quantity Crushed, Anrn.ge Yield of Total Yield of Gold from Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c" Crushed.
QU/1,rtz, tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr: 01, dwt. gr, Ballarat , .. , ... ... .. . '" ... 82,752 10 0 0 5 18'53 23,883 6 3 Beechworth ... ... ... , .. ... . .. 25,166 10, 0 0 8 20'47 11,140 8 4 Sandhurst ... ... .. , ... ... ., . 50,072 0 0 0 10 7'93 25,864 2 17 Maryborough ... .. ' ... ... ... ... 10,933 0 0 0 9 16'82 5,303 0 16 Castlemaine ... ... ... ... . .. ... 29,764 0 0 0 8 13'69 12,754 19 8 Ararat ... ... ... . .. .. . .. : 22;539 15 1 0 IS 2'49 14,767 17 6 Gippsland ... ... ... ... ... .. . 7,249 0 0 2 3, 10'13 15,738 8 0
Total Quartz ... ... ... 228,476 15 1 0 9 13'94 109,452 2 6 ------
Quart:; Tailings, Cement, and MulWck. 0'78 Ballarat ... '" .. , ... ... 2,710 0 0 0 2 281 10 12
Beechworth ... ... ... .. . ... . .. 245 0 0 1 11 17'82 388 17 0 Sandhurst ... ... ... ... . .. .. . 24,437 0 0 0 2 22'32 3,580 10 13 Maryborough ••• ... ... .., ... . .. 5,582 0 0 0 1 23'74 555 4 8 Castlemaine ••• .. , ... ... ... ... 21,797 0 0 0 1 13'36 1,696 17 21 Ararat ... ... ... ... .. . . .. 6,440 18 0 0 I 20'15 592 10 1 Gippsland I ... ... ... . .. ... ... ... . .. ...
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Total Quartz Tailings, Cement, &0. ... 61,271 18 0 0 2 7'58 7,095 10 7
P!/1'ites and Blanketings operated on. v
Ballarat ... ... ... .... .. . . .. 456 10 0 2 12 6'07 1,192 13 12 Beechworth ... . .. ... ... .. . ... ... . .. , ... Sandhurst ... ... ,
430 16 2 1 7 10'96 591 9 0 , .. ... . .. '
Maryborough ... ... I ... ... ... ... 49 0 0 1 9 21'30 73 4 12 Castlemaine ... ... ... . .. . .. 34 0 0 I 6 19'50 45 11 15 Ararat ... ... . .. ... ... ... ... .. . ... Gippsland
, ... ... ... ... . .. . .. ... .. . . .. Total Pyrites and B1anketings -------.. , 970 6 2 1 9 5'34 1,902 18 15
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NOTE.-Thia Summary does not ahow tile total quantities of qnartz, &~" crushed or operated on, but only the yield of .ertain cruslllngs. &c., respecting which tho Mining Surveyora and Reglstra.rs have been able to obtam Information, Owing to the circumstance that many of the machineowners are unable to give, or .. ro precluded from giving information, it Is Impossible to get complete returns from every district; and In consjderlJlg the relative Importance of each district, as regards quartz mining, &c., the ttlbles relating to machinery should be examined and compared,
Office of Mines, Melbourne, 25th April 1871.
R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines.
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QUARTZ.,
THE following information ha,s .b~eI\ Qbtamed,n:o% ~~rnsln,ade b~ tIt'? }\~i;Iing S¥rveyor~ .~~~ ~~is.trars . leJative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ Crushed. 'Ill tpe several DlVlslQns all;~)?~.~d\VlS!ons:of;'~~a~h.
Min~~ pi~trict during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom :-, . ' ,
tons e"rl. qr. oz. dwt. . gr. ' .011. dwt. I?":
BAr.;LARAT MINING ·DISTRICT .. CENTW DIVISION. ., ;
Terrible HilL . . ••• •••. Terrible Hill '" 200 {) {) {) 1 () () 100 {) 0 St. Andrew... ... White:.horse Ranges _." -"1;170 O· '0'" 0'2 "O'S2-119 0-'0 Mount Clear .,. ... White-horse Ranges... 1,100 0 0 0 2 0'S7 112 0 0 Fountain -and Co. ••• Sailor's Gully.... .,. .. 60 0 0 .0 16 ~6. 50 0 0 Crocodile ... • •• Black Hill ': .. ' ... 1;568 o· o· ,0 423'38 390 0 0 Do. (crushed on hire) ,., Dead-horse· .... _........._. 200; 0 ,0. 0 12 0 I 120 0 0 Two-ton ... ••• Black Hill ,.. ... 600 0 0 .. O· If 0' "'" T8l:rif"o Prince of Wales ... ... Cobbler's ... ... 3,432 0 0 0 6 15'96 1,143 15 0 Britannia ••• ••• Specimen Gully ... 727 0 0 0 4 0'47 146 2 12 Temperance ... • •• Little Bendigo . /.... 3,000 0 0 () 4 15'65 697 16 12
50 feet 60·feeh .. ····- "
50 feet 150 feet 60 feet 'Surface'to 50'feet 500 feet . 130 feet 550 to 650 feet
Llanberris ... ... Gum-tree Flat ... 2,511 0 0 0 2 14'91 329 3 0 Do. (for various companies) . ... , ... . ... '860 0 0 0 8 8'06 358 9 0
200 feet and 400 feet ~
Endeavour .... ... Specimen Gully: ••• 1,096 0 0 0 4 2'95 225 19 0 Old Pust-ofliceHill ••• : .GoldenPoint ... , '" I ~~. ·821 0, 0 0 022'58 381218
150 to 200 feet: 150 feet '
Black Hill •• ", ••• Black Hill \ .... ••• 4,305 0"0 0 l' 8'44' 290 19 '17 Redstreak ... , " .... Poverty Point '. "', 1,253 0"0 0 2' 12'03 156 14 5
Surface to 100 feet 200 feet ..
Band of Hope (crushed on Little Bendigo : .. ' ,530 00 0 3 12 92!,5 0 hire, for various companies)
Queen Victoria •• :, . • ... Canadian Hill ... 3,430 0 ,0 o 3' 7'~q 565 19 0 410.feet --------
To~l ... SOUTHERN DIVISION.
• ... 26,863 q 0 0 3 19'43 5,117 ~ 16
Scandinavian Hopewell Speedwell
... Dutchman's Gully
... Stafforushire Re'ef
... Staffordshire REief
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BUNINYONG 'DIVISION,
One-and-all ... • .. Imperial... ... Alfred .. " .,. Homeward-bound: ... Tower Hill ... • .. Trial crushings from various
reefs :
CRESWICK DIVISION. '!. I'" .'.
Port Phillip i,. ".:.'." ...
New North .Clunes i:: ... South Clunes... '" New Criterion ... . ,' .. .
; Total..: ....
HiilCock's ... . .. . Hiscock's ... .. . Hiscock's '..." ... Homeward· bound,Reef ... Tower Hill Reef " ... ,
, Total : ••
; .... '
·120 0 0 300 00
1,530 0 ·0 , o 8 0·40 48 '2 0 70 fEi~t, 2-foqt lode ." ~ o 2 21 43 ll,15 Surfa,ceto50ft,,5-ft.lod~ o 2. 9'20, .' 182 !i 20 70-f~t level:~: .
,1,950 ~.o 0 2.19'34 273 11 11
2,000 () 0 2,345 () 0 )?OO 0 0
2,160 .90 900 ,0 "0 :-,50 00 , '. ~~ ~
o 1 7'09 o 2 23'41 o 2 19'20 04'7;'" 0' 2 7''4if'' o 12 0 .. '
129 11 0 348 17 12 ,70 0 0
463 1;0 0 104 0 ,0 30 0' 0
.7,955 0 '0, 0 221'14 1,14~ 1,8 12 \. .. ,. ,
140 feet 130 to 320 feet 220 feet 150 feet 120 feet
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17;008 0 0 0 5 - il'~l ~4,38i.7 0 From 300 to 590 feet. 13,072 op. ~00 0 9-lf?~' ,6,279 11 0 From 200 t6'590 feet, .4,628 0 313'37'.' 823 . 2 12 From 100 to 316 feet. 1,028 0"0 0 6~14:.11j . 338,16 '0 619 feef ' ..
Waterman and party , ; .. . Bradley and party" .. . Marks and party ' ...
Clunes Reefs ... elunes Reefs .' .. Climes Reefs ~ .. Clunes Reefs :.. .\ Sulky' Gully ReefS Bullarook Reefs . George's Reef C
Sulky Gully •••.
;. 18 t)"O 0 1514'66' 14 l' 0 ,20 to 60 feet" ,.... 60" 0 0 3 8' ,. : ' i.' '0 0 Surface ' .". :::., , .. ~:. rg g ; ~~:: I; '2f '~ ~ ~:~~~~i' .. , .,.~", Bradshaw and party , ....
Total ... GoRDON SUBDIVISION.
• .. 1-3-5-,8-7-9-0-'-'0-1--0--6''''''~-4-'~-O .U,8787I7 Egerton ... ... Big Hill Reef. ..! Billilk·horse i ; i) •••• ·_~ ,.... Big Hill Reef .. ,I ! ., .. ,; Victoria ,. '; (\.: ,'.1; I '1 ••• ; Pa.rker's Reef .. ,.; , t,_ Maxwell' ... ... Argyle Reef :.. • .. Jenny Lind ... ... Reef: on the southern
} "' ,",
! Kangaroo Bob •••
boundary of Morrow's .. pre-emptive right. " Reef: on· the' southern:
borind~ry of :.Morrow's pre-emptive right
''', .Fishel's Reef.,... .
'0 . 0 0 11 9'02 1,536 ,18 0, 200 to 400 feet !o 0 0 9 10'67 , 170 0 0 324-foot level ;0:' 0 ,0' 8 23'58 :":'i27 : 2 . 2 480"foot level ;0"'«)0 . 5 .'.0 ," .. 30! 0 '0' Aboiit20 feet' :0' 0 "0 12 "1'78489· 0 0 50-foot level
, . ~ I. [
1 '" 1-; -.~ If: t ~ " ,1,' ; ,
. : 40 jgj'~!2i' ;.O..l,o}.;,.;" (;,~bl 0. ,0,: .Ilp.;fr>:t:!~y:el ;.:: .. _., I ,.1 j' , o ~ ,.0 ". 22;.0 0 150-foot level
'----~--I--~~~I~~~--I .,' 4,425 : ~ 0 0' ~O 1~-80 2,3951 0 2 , , : ...
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdivision, I Quartz Crushed.
I
Where-Quariz was obtaIned. Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the
and Yield of Gold Gold. ,. Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. Quariz was obtained, &e.
------------------, I
ewt. qr. i - tons oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr. STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.
Aibion ... ... ... Portuguese Reef . .. 1,216 10 Q f 2 3'09 i 1,346 0 0 i 755 feet Gladstone ... ... Waterloo Reef ... 53 0 0 0 9 10'41 25 0 0 240 feet' Tam 0' Shanter ... , .. Tam 0' Shanter Reef ... 46 0 0 2 S 12'52 111 12 Il 35 feet Al ... ... ... A 1 Reef ... .. . 26 0 0 1 16 22'15 48 0 0 47 feet Steiglitz ... ... Boxing Reef ... .. . 30 0 o i 1 12 0 48 0 0 400 feet
--------'--" BLACKWOOD DIVISION Total ... ... 1,371 10 . 0 1 ,3 0'48 1,57S 12 O .
..\NO BLUE MOUNTAL'I' SOUTH ' .. .{f ------ ------- -----
SUBDIVISION.
Mornirig Star ... ... Bald Hill . . .. .. -. 200 0 0 o 10 1740 107 5 0 80 to 104 feet Great Extended Tunnel Johnson's Reef i93 0·0
., . 0' 4' 0'4.5 38 15 15 200 feet ... . ..
Kohinoor ... . .. Simmons' Reef ... 250 0 0 0 S 5'76 J03 0 0 34 feet. Crown ... ... Simmons' Reef' , . .. 1,750 '0 0 0 I 0'10 87 '17 0 90 feet Star of the West ... ... Star of the West Reef ... 1 200 0 0 0 2 064 20 5 8 . 50 feet Mount Rogers' ... ... BigHill ... ... 1I5 0 0 0 I l1'S4 8 'Il IS 30 feet Lerderderg ... ... Simmons' Reef . .. 300. 0 0 0 3 16'80 55 10 0 80 feet Trewhella Brothers ... Barry's Reef ... ... 167 0 0 o 19 3'02 159 14 0 Surface to 60 feet Triumph ... ... Snake Gully ... . .. 680 0 0 o 19 2'22 649 3 0 130 feet Cosmo ... ... ... Sn::ke Gully ... . .. 454 o ·0 o 11 15'91 264 15 0 70 feet
Total ... ... 4,3!,)9 0 0 0 6 22'51 J ,494 16 17
BEEpHWORTH MINING' DISTRICT.
'" I , BEECRwORXl1 DIVISION. I
Sunburst Rref ... HurdJe Flat ... '" 4 0 0 2 17 0 Jl 8 0 Cited Mille If ailtha . -- Hurdle Flat 56 0 0 011 0 30 16 0 .. ' .. , ... Teetotal Reef .. ~ , ... Hurdle Flat ... . .. 23 0 0 1 1 0 24 3 0 Hart and Co. ... ... Myrtleford ." . .. 85 0 0 o 14 11'29 61 10 0 60 feet Reform ... ...
\ .. , Myrtleford . .. ... 17. 0 0 010 0 8 '10 0 1 190 feet
Wells and Co.' ... . .. Bowman's Forest .., . 22 0 0 o 12 0 13 4 0 50 feet Rath and Co, Buffalo 10 0 0 o 10 0 5 0 0 Surface
, ... \ ... ... '" Dwyer and Co, ... .. , :M:yrtleford . .. 55 0 0 0 3 0 8 5 0 20 feet Darling Grant ... ... Granite Creek •• r I 50 0 0 1 l.~ 0 87 10 0 Racecourse ... ... Myrtleford .. . ... 150 0 0 0 4 12 33 15 0 160 feet Abyssinian ... ... Myrtlefol'd ... . .. 53 0 0 0 5 0 13 5 0 Evening Star ... ... Stony Creek . .. 17 0 0 0 9 (> , 7 13 0 Wright and Co, ... . .. Stanley ... ... 36 0 0 o 18 0 32 8 0 80 fe.et Li.ttle Magpie ... ... Basin Creek .. . ... 12 '0 0 o 10. 0 6 0 0 9.0 feet Kangaroo ... . .. Stanley .. , '" 17 0 0 o 19 0 16 3 o i 50 feet Golden Bar Reef .. '. ... Six-mile Range ... 60 0 0, o 19 0 i 57 0 o i Surface
1-Total. .. '" 667 0 9 o 12 11'73' 416 10 0
- . Y ACKANDANDAR DIVISION,
H omeward-bound ... Hillsborough ... ... 560 0 '0 0 7 0 196 0 0 Surface to 100 feet Homeward .. bound '" Hillsborough ... ... 240 0 0 0 7 12 90 0 0 100 feet Eureka Reef ... . .. Hillsborough ... '" 350 0 () 0 3 0 52 10 0 50 to 80 f~et TaW Reef 1 •• ... Sutton ... .. . '163 0 0 0 6 0 48 18 0 75 feet I
Danish Reef ... ." Twist's Creek ... 1.2 0 0 0 7 2 4 5 0 Homeward-bound Twist's Creek 9 0 0 0 2 13'33 1 3 0 150 feet I ... ... Homeward-bound ... Twist's Creek ... 23 0 0 I 5 15'65 29 10 0 15H feet Polar Star ... ... Twist's Creek '" 37 0 0 0 2 19'45 5 4,0 80 to 1 00 feet Polar S,tar Twist's Creek 1 14 0 :0 0 2 5'14. 1 II 0 80.to J 60 feet ... ... ... Friday ... . .. Twist's Creek ... 4 0 0 1 13 0 6 12 0 30 to 60 feet Twist's Creek
, Twist's Creek 7 O' '0 1 0 0 7 0 0 aOJeet ... ... .. .
Scandinavian ... ... Twist's Creek ... 18 0 ·0 o 17 IS'66 16 0 0 : 130 feet Wallace ... ... Twist's Creek .. . 10 0 '0 0 9 2'40 4'11 0 Surface Souter J'ohnny . ,. ... TwisVs Creek' - . .. " 13 0 '0 : o 12 16'61 8 5 0 Surface to 70 feet
Total ... ... 1,460 O' 0 0, 6 10'99 '471 9. 0 -------------------,
I .
INDIGO DIVISION. " ...
United Consols ... West's Reef . .. 369 0 0 0 6 19'96 126 t· 0 250.to 300 feet Quartz Mining and Crusbing :I'rial crushhfgs in small 24 '0 0 o '611 7 15 8 10 to 50 feet
parcels from various ... . .. reefs .. ' ..
O'Neil and Co. ... . .. Happy-go-lucky Reef ... 57 0 ·0 ' 5 2 8 '291 13 0 Surface to 50 feet Buchan and Co, ... .., Banner's Reef ... ... 100 0 0 1 5 8'88 126 1.7 0 50 to 100 feet Various small companies .. : Trial crushing. in ·small 112 0" O· 9 14 JI'35 SI ·1· 0 Surface to 100 feet
parcels from various , .. reefs
Rutberg1!in ... Two-to-one Reef ... 255 0·0 (> ·3 4'32 40 11 0 180, feet . Total ; .. ' 0+i'16;7S
' , ... 917: o· 0 67318 8 . -. ~
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of I Remarkll relative to the and Where Quartz waS obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at which the
per Ton, Gold. Quart. WaS obtained, &e. Name of Company. , (' ----- i
. , BUCKLAND DIVISION. tons cwt. qt. ()z.ldwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. M()rse's Creek •
Peabody ... ... Alston Ree~ ",' ... 50 0 0 0 6 9'60 16 0 0 170 feet Rawlings and Co. - ... Cobbler's Reef . .. 50 0 0 o 18, 0 45 0 0 , 50 feet Oriental Persevera,nce ... Oriental Reef ... 550 0 0 o ,6 4'14 169 15 0 . 235 feet Townsend, Charles '" Berkshire Reef ... 8 0 0 I io 0 12 0 0 40 feet J. Stephens ... . .. Chinaman's Reef ... 6 0 0 .J. 16 16 ~9 0 0 80 feet
Growler's Creek. Hall, Kissane, and Co. ... New Moon Reef ... 90 0 0 1 11 22'40 143 14 0 40 feet Rickards, Habey, and Co. Gunnieslake Reef ... 180 0 0 I 0 7'46 182 16 0 100 feet Home Reef ... ~ ... Horne Reef ... . .. 530 0 0 0 5 21'28 156 0 0 65 feet Gladders and Co .•• ... Albion Reef ,., ... 33 0 0 o 12,16'72 20 19 0 Beekton and Co, ... ... Albion Heef '"
n 0 0 I 0 0 II 0 0 James and Co. ... ... Dreadnought Reef ... 19 0 0 0 2 0 1 IS 0 Meulman and Co. ... Gander's Old Reef ... 8 0 0 0 6 22'25 2 15 10 Lewis and Co, ... ... ... ... . .. 10 0 ° o 13 4'80 6 12 0 Brennan and Co, ... ... Rising Star Reef ... 9 ,0 0 1.15 13'33 , 16 0 0 Smart and Co. ... ... ... .., ... 10 0 0 0 6 17'40 3 7 6 Wallaby ... . .. Wallaby Reef... ... 213 0 0 o 10 7'88 110 0 0 429 feet
I H arrietville. /
Gitchell and Co, , .• ... ,Tohnson's Reef ... 150 0 0 OlO 0 75 0 0 200 feet Law, Hanna, and Co. ... United Miners' Reef ... 1,200 0 o· 0 7 5'20 433 0 0 280 feet Johnson and Co .••• ... Mouey King Reef . .. 50 0 0 1 9 4'80 73 0 0 40 feet Grimsley and Co. ... Try-again Reef ... 10 0 0 o 16 0 8 0 0 60 feet McIver and Co. ... . .. Kangaroo Reef . .. 90 0 0 1'10 10'66 137 0 0 18 feet Robius and Co. , .. ... Crysoli to Reef .. . 40 '0 0 llO 0 60 0 0 50 feet Dale and Hansen ... Albion Reef ... 10 0 0 1 6 0 13 0 0 25 feet Howman and Co. ... Morning Light Reef . .. 200 0 0 0 9 16'80 97 0 0 90 feet James and Co, ... . .. Shamrock and Thistle 40,0 0 o 16' 0 32 0 0 18 feet
Reef' Hockin and Co., tributors .•• Unity Reef ' .. .. , 37 0 0 1 12 13'62 60 5 0
Ovens River. Harp of Erin ... . .. Harp of Erin Lease . .. 132 0 0 0 4 2309 32 15 0 Surface McGuire and Co. ... Harp of Erin Reef ... 15 0 0 011 16 8 15 0 70 feet Finnie and Co, , .. ... W oolshed Reef .. . 12 0 0 1 322 14 7 0 G. Sharp and Co. ... Lisbon Reef '" 51 0 0 0 5 21'17 15 0 0 200 feet J. Burnett ... .. , Heape's Reef ... '" 19 0 0 2 0 0 38 0 0 80 feet
One-mile Reef ... 2 0 0 1 lO 0 3 0 0 12 feet
Happy Valley ... ... Running Creek, Happy Valley Reef ... 1,304 0 0 o 17 1'69 1,113 0 0 349 feet
Buckland. Alps, ... ... . .. Leinster Reef ... ... 540 0 0 0 4 19'55 130 0 0 80 feet Cherry and Co. ... Rock 'of Cashel Reef ... 151 0 0 0 7 16'37 58 0 0 100 feet Farrelly, Kelly, and Co. ... New-churn Reef . .. 52 0 0 o 18 1'84 47 0 0 30 feet Brian Born ... ... Brian Boru Reef .. . 26 0 0 o 17 16'61 23 0 ° 50 feet Red Jacket ... . .. Red Jacket Reef ' .. 600 0 0 011 16 350 0 0 260 feet
\ Red, White, and Blue Reef 25 0 0 011 l4'88 1410 12 30 feet Curry and Co. ... ... Perfect Cure Reef . .. 51 0 0 0 8 5'64 21 0 0 60 feet ,Tributors ... ... Chance Reef ... . .. 23 0 0 o 15 1:;'65 18 0 0 Surface Learmonth and Co. ... Miners' Hight Reef . .. 274 0 0 o 12 23'82 178 0 0 Surface to 70ifeet R Ward and Co. ... Chinese Reef , .• 54 0 0 I I 9'33 ' 57 15 0 ' Surface to 20ifeet D. Murdock ... ... Happy-go-lucky Reef ... 7 0 0 2 2 20'57 I 15 0 0 Surface to 30.feet
-------, \ Total ... 6,942 0 0 0, II 16'18 4,052 4 4 ALl!:XANDRA. SUBDIVISION. ...
Prospecting ... ... I,ucky Reef . .. 9 0 1 4 6'66 10 18 12 50 feet ' Albert ... ... ... No, 2 North Reef . .. I1S 0 0 ' 4 2 16'27 475 8 0 I 50 to 220 feet Ajltx ... ... ... No. ;, North Reef .. . 4 0 0 25 10 0 102 0 0 200 to 250 feet Mysterious ... . .. Mysterious Heef . .. 325 0 0 o 13 17:42 223 I 0 80 to 140 feet Just-in-time ... . .. Mysterious Reef ... 17 10 0 0 4 0 3 10 0 90 feet Homeward-bound ... Homeward-bound Heef 50 0 () 0 5 20'64 14 13 0 50 to 80 feet No.1 South ... . .. Homeward-bound Reef 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 Surface to 50 feet Galatea '" ... ... Gal!ttea Beef ... ... 4 0 0 2 7 6 9 9 0 50 to 80 feet Morning Star ... . .. Morning Star Reef . .. 910 0 0 8 10'\0 4 0 0 Surfaee to 30 feet Montezuma ... ." Montezuma Heef ... '21 0 0 o 15 5'71 16 0 0 70 feet Prospecting '" ... Lily Reef . .. ... 5 0 0 2 ,2 Q 10 10 0 60 to 80 feet Cr<llsus ... ... Lily Heef ... . .. 30 0 0 0 ]2 20 19 5 0 50 feet Main Fairy '" Lily Reef ' .. '" 11 0 0 1 I 1.5'27 II 18 0 Surface to 40 feet Union "." ... . .. Union Reef ... ... 171 0 0 0 8 9'54 71 16 0 45 to 70 feet Nos. 1 and 2 North ... Union Reef ... . .. 304- 0 0 o 14 16'S5 223 9 12 45 feet Albion ... , .... ... Albion Reef ... .. . 39 0 0 0 9 5'3:1 17 19 16 50 to 70 feet Nos. 1 and 2 North ... Albion Heef ... ... 50 0 0 0 7 16'56 19 4 12 15 to 30 feet Nos, I and 2 South ... Albion Reef ... . .. 14 0 0 0 8 2'14 ;) 13 6 50 feet Topsy... • .. ... Topsy Heef ... . .. 24 10 0 2 7 22'04 58 14 0 60 feet Stoddart and Co. '" AmicU!!' Reef ... '" 10 0 0 o 11 9'641 5 14 0 15 feet Last Chance ... ... Last Chance Reef 32 .0 0 2 5 19'68 73 6 6 45 feet Happy-go-lucky ... ... Happy-go-lucky Reef ... 15 0 0 1 11 16 2.3 15 0 70 feet MeLean and Co .... ... Head of Growler's Gully 8 0 0 1 2 12 9 0 0 25 feet Providenee ... Providence Reef ... 14 0 0 I 3' 6'S5 16 6 0 10 feet I . .. Result ... . .. . .. Pig-and-whistle Reef ... 20 0 0 0 9 12 9 10 0
I
Total ... '" 1,307 10 0 1 2 0'65 1,440 o 16 ,
:N:o. 26. B
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Division and Snbdivision, Average ,
Remarks relative to the
'N~;:;;t~;;;;~any." ", ; .. Who;e Qunrtz WM obtained, Total Yield ,of Yield of GOld .. . ;' .' "'~." ~, :: Q,~~rt~" ctus,I'ed. t per Ton~ Gold. ' ,. Depth 'at which the
Qnllr!z ,Vas obtamed, &0. '. --------------------
GAFFNEY'S Cmi:EK'SuB- tons owt. qt'. oz. dwt. gr. Oz. dwt. gr.
DIVISION. Al Castle Heef
. , '" SOO ,0 0 14'88 '" ... '" ... 0 6 99 , 6 0 .. Hunt's , .. . .. '" Homeward-bound HeeL. 900 0 0 0 1 12 67 10 ° Victoria - Homeward-bound Heef ... 0· ° cf 9'40' '183 ,
~ -..... ... 1,080 8 3 0 Golden Belt ... . ~ .. Homeward· bound Reef ... 820 0 0 0 4 0 64 0'0 . 'I'
Wallaby , Wallaby Reef. .. 967 0 0 0 3 0'02' 145 2 0 .... '" Rose of Deumark '" :Eureka Reef ... '" 2,500 '0 0 ,0 3 1'63' 883 10 6
Cornhill ... ; ... Cornhill Heef no . .. 800 0 O. 0 3 0'51 120 17 0
WOOD'S P~)INT ~'l~DIVISION .. Total. •• ... 6~867 0, 0 0 8 2'33' 1,063,8 0 :""!I j. "
~ , , '. ,;; ,,,
ctors' Morning' Star Morning Star Reef, '" " '250 0 0 0 5 0'67' 62 0 , ,,' .... • ... :\l .1:' Morning Star Heef ' ... 1,754 0 0 0 ,8 1'56 707 6 0 " " ... " ~()rning Star. Heef 501 0 0 0.6 1'24 151 12 0 ... .. .
Age of Progress ... ... . .. . .. .. .. a. 70 0 0 0 10 '8'57 36 5 0 Franklin ... ... Franklin Heef '" 872 0 0 o 10 :0'06" 486 '2 0 " All Nations ... ... All Nations Reef . .. 920 0 0 o 9 5'22 424 0 0 Oriental ... ... Oriental Heef ... ... 495 0,0 0' 5 10'013' 134' 8 0 \ , Express ... ... ... Wuve'rley Reef ... 200 0 0 0,5 0 50 () 0 ..
, Leviathan Leviathan'Reef 100 0 0 0 8 O· ,
40 Q 0 ... '" New All Nations ... ... Great;Atlantic Reef ... 14 0 0 o 10 '0 7 0 0 Alliance ... ... Johnson's Reef . .. 80 0 0, .2 7 14'10 190 ·7 0 Sons of Freedom ... ; ... Sons of :Freedom Reef '" '400 0 0 0 1 17'16 84' ,6· 0 ,
,- '. , " -------- ------BIG RIVER
"'J' ' Total ... 5,656 O. 0 0 ,8 0'97 2,273 ,18 0 .".! " " ., SUBDIVISION. ...
------- ------Retriever ... ~' Railway Reef ",' ... ,420 0 .. 0 O' '6 1'1'4': 127 :0 0 About 120,feet $'" [ ... ~ Luck's-all .... \ ... 'Varner's Reef ... 480 0 0 0 11 20 ' 284 ,0 0 About 250·feet Maid of Erin c' ... Star of Erin Reef . .. 100 0 ,0 '0 1 14'40 S ,0, 0 About 50 feet
" '.
.JAMIESON SUBDIVII!.ION. Total... ... .1,000 0 0 0 8 9'12' ,419 0 0 "
Star of the West ... ... Mack's Creek ... . .. 100 0 0 1 0 19'20 104 0 0 Valiolis depths Ptlrdy's Lease ... '" Sailor Bill's Creek ... ' 150 0 0 1 I 8 160 0 0 Various depths Alabama ... ... Mack's Creek .•• , . .. 50 .0 0 ,0 1\ \4'40 29 '0 0 Various depths Queen of the Alps ... Evening Star Creek . .. -, '50 0 0 '0 '14 19'20' 87 0 ° Surface to 20 feet· "
~
I ------TotaL. 850 0 01 o 18 20'57 330 0 0
, ... . "-" ~
~AN:bHU MINING DISTRICT.
SANDIlURST'DIVISION.
H. Koch (Pioneer Works)' ... Long \Jully ... Eagle... : ,.,. ... E~glel).awk ... Metropolitan., ,'''' .... Golden Sqqare Bendigo and Melbourne, ... l~angal'O\l:Jl'lat' "
6,099 0 0 '1:\ 15· 15'39 4,769 16 18 'I 4.800 0 0 0 9, 0'05 2;160 10 0 I 4,091 0 0 0" 8 0'68' 1,642 4 12 3,957 0, 0 0 10 5'83 2;026' 12 0
Wm, Hae ' ... Happy, Valley: ' Catherine Heef United ... Pegleg Gully .. ·• ,3,087 0 0 0 6 3'21 946 16 0 .. Hustler's Reef... ... ,Hustler'a.Reel Bii:d's'Reef ... ' Kangarqo Flat
;3,415 0 0 0 '18 10'12 3,145 110 l .2,925 o· 0 0:'11, 1'94' '1,620 12 0 . 2,434 0 0 0 12 18'55 1,554 10 0 M.ixed )ots frorp.' ;2,279 0 .. 0 0 9 805 1,063 16 g6 I various reefs . Johnson's Reef, ...... .." Johnson's Reef, t'. ... '
Nil Desperandum ,... Raywood ... ,: '1';800 0 0 '0' 5 0'26 451 0, Ellesmere ... , ... Ne.w,-chum Gully' , ... Murchison ... .., Star Reef .. .
1.;635 O' 0 0 6 22'69 '567 l~, 1,500 O. 0 0 1 2'24' 82 0 0 I
Hercules ... ... Victoria Reef .. . Union Jack .... .., Napoleou Reef Beehive' ... ... Eaglehawk .. . Sundry small lots, ... Various reefs ... ,
Total. .. KILMORE D·r~IsION.
Ryan and Co:',.... , ... J Sunday Crdek:.~ " lIuddart and.Go~... '''! Higinbotham .. . Cheetham and,Co.'. ... Higinbotham .. . ilUlndell a.nd Co. ... ... Higinbotham .:.
'" I, HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND
W.i.RANGA SOL'TH 'Sl:B-Total. ..
1,307 0 0 0 7 4'24 469 0 0
::: ,,~:gg~ g g g ~ !::~ ;~~ ~ ,~, I _.'" (
... 1-",,3,...' 1_5_°---:0--:-_°-1-_0 __ 11--1-3-'2_7' ~~ )
.... ;
45,483 0 0 o 10 3'72' 23,094 1 5 ---------- ------,
',10000 ... ,. 20
20, .:. 8
o 0 o 0 o 0
o 12 0 ',0'10 0 0" 3 0 200
,61) ..10
a ,16
o 0, Various Q 0 60 'feet, o 0 Various o 0 Surface
, ____ ------1-----1 o 12 0'65' --89 0 0
I--'~-.:'---II--,-- ----I DIYISION+ "I d j ,: "~ 11 ... t
·G. P. Greenshield's' machine Various crushIDgs,Majors- . '410 0 0 o 9 18'14 200 '0 0 I
Average depth' 20 fElet ,town i ': ., ' " i
G. p, Grce'Ushi~ld'~s ~acJ~ine, Doncaster Reef,U'ooborac ' ",100 0 ,0 Tipper and Williams ... Old Hacecourse Reef... 1",195 0 0 ,Costerfield ,I, ,.. ••• Costerfield, ;;." ,.. "282 9, ,0 Archibald and Co.'s maehine 'Miscellaneous crullbfngs i' 74 0 0 Parker's machine ... I' Miscellaneous crushiilgs • " 33 9 0
o 19 9'60~
1 ,0 6'52 o 10 0'34 o 9 13:62 o It 12'36: " o 2 0'
97' 'Q HI7 13 141 ,4 ,35 '8 . 19' 0 ,ll 0
" .1
o Aver!LgEl depth 40 feet o o o o o
420 feet" ,0
V a\iolls:'deptha ' Various depths. 160 feet
, ""Reefs ;!, " J , ' •• :;
Alison ... ... "'I'Kelbourn and 'Babidge's llO 0 0
:>Marehesi and Hall, (; ' ... ,'l'IIiscellaneous crushings· I' 70 00, 0 11 10'28,' ,40' 0 0 Va,ljous Ql!pths Von der Luft's machine ... : Miscellaneous erus:hings 219 0 0, l'- 5 0'99' 274' '4 0 Various, depths .. , Harrison's machine', ... ,: M-iseellane1)us crullhrngtt I' 351 0 .. 0 0 13 2'94 280'.6 0 Various depths ,Collins' maehine ••• . , "'j I1iise~l!ao:~s erushings '--','c 1_2_9--,0_"_0_
1 __ 1_'_1_9 __ 1'_8_6_
1,,,' ,_2_5_2_',_1_0_
_ '.. Total... . .... .1,973 O .. ~O 0 1.5 4'39 1,497 16 0 1 ' ,
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QUANTITY' Or-QUARTZ Ci'ushet1 in-each D}vision:aud,Subdivision during, th~ Quarter, &c:~continued.
Divlsl~n ahd SubdiVision, V{hrre Q1unrtz was obtained~
I Average Total Yield of RemllIk. relative to the und ' QU'aHz' Crushed. Yield of G<Jld ' 'Gold. Depth at w hieb the
'Name'of Company; , per 'ton. Quartz was obtained, &0. ----------
WARANGA NORTH SUD- tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
DIVISION. Happy-gd-Iucky Reef ••. Lloyd and Co. 'r ... 27 0 ,0 4 18 2'22 132 8 12 90 feet
Anglade and others ... Rodney Reef .. ~ -. ... -42 0 0 0 9 16'85 20 7 12 50 feet Thompson Fontainehleau , 174 0 0 1 6 15"51 231 16 12 75 feet . ... ... Keys and others ...
, Carr's and other reef's ... 62 0 ,0 0 7 5'41 22 8 0 Various depths ... Holmes and others ... NuggetyReef ... 141 0 0 o 15 16'68 110 13 0, 60 to 130 feet Steward and Day Crocker'a,Reef 9 0 0 7 15 ,13'33 70 0 0 65 feet
. ... Cracknell Frenehman's Reef i '9 0 0 3 3,8 28 10 0 160 feet ... ... .. , Dunlop' .. , ". ... Dunlop Reef , .. 14 0 0 2 4 13'71 31 4 0 60 feet Johnson and Prescott Hard-up and Thunderbolt 25 0 0, 0 9 16'32 12 i ,0 20 feet .. , Reefs / . r . London Reef ... ... London Reef ... ... 44 0 0 1 16 7'77 79 18 6 40 to 200 feet Bourke , .. ... ... IIalf~moon Reef .. , ,10 0 0 o 17 0 810 0 80 feet Perseverance engine Calladian and other reefs .. 191 0 '0 OIl 5'15 .. 107 2 0 Variolls depths ... Perseverance ... ... Sonth Nuggety l:{eef, ... 120 0 0, 1 5 0 ' 150 0 0 460 feet Balaela va
, ... Baladava Beef .. . '1,600 '0 0 0 2 5:48 5 18 250 feet ... .' -------,
Total .. ; 2;~68 0 0 0 9 14'13 1,183 5 12
MARynOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
MARYllOROUGR DIVISION. '" , Perseverance ... .... Leviathan Reef \,
, . .. 911 0 ,0. 0 9 15'43 439 5 0 250 feet Penny and Claussen ... Public erushings ... 743 0 0 o 10 16'IS " :396 11 ' 0 Various Mariner's Reef ... North Mariner's Reef , .• ' 639 0 0 0 8 2'4() 258 16 ' 0 650 feet Mariners's Reef ... ... Public crushings ... 563 0 0, 0 7 11'42 ,"210 9 0 Various Johnstone and Sons ... Public crushings ." 835 0 0, o 14 15'99 612 6. 13 Various North German ... .. , Public crushings .. , 937 0 0 o 10 0 468 10 0 Various
" " '" Total, .. ... 4,628 0 .0 10 7"46 l1,385 17 13
.AMIIERST DIVISION. " -Deed Brothers .... ... Prince Alfred Reef , .. 15 0 0 1 16 0 27 0 0 150 feet, dry Hogan and Co. ... ... Welcome &. Prussian Reef 94 0 0 0 4 9'19 20 12 0 50 to 60 feet, dry Brass and Co. ,,, ... Prussian.Reef' , .. "4'1 0 O· 0 8 20'85 18 3 ,15' 50 feet, dry Tribute ... Dana. Reef : ,
212 0 0 0 3 0:31 32 o 12 270 feet; water-level ... ... .., ... I 110 feet
Cosstick and Co, . " Laura Reef ... .. , 540.0' 0 0 4 21:09 131 14 12 150 feet, dry Busch und Co. ~ .. ... Prince of Wales Reef . .. 8 0 0' o 12 '18'37 '5 2 3 11 0 feet, dry Fentoll and Co. .. , ... Prince of Wales Reef . .. 7 0 0 o 10 O'S6 3 10 6 90 feet, dry Paterson and Co, ." Prince of Wales Reef ... "'9 0 iO o 12 6'66 5 10 12 50 feet, dry Ansell and Co. ... ..' Big Reef , .. . .. 15 0 0 0 9 0 6 15 0 130 feet; water-level ..
120 feet Victoria ... ... .. ' WlJite Star Reef : .. ; 207 0 :~ I 0 5 3'60
i 53 6 3' , 140 feet
Victoria ... ... .,/ . Churchill Reef . .. 64 0 0 2 0 6 8 0' 100 feet, qry
Total ... ... 1,212 0 0 0 5 2'82 310 2 15 AVOCA SL'DDIVISION. ------: ,
Barnes Brothers .;. ... Plumb Reef, ... , •• !' n 14 0 '0 o 17 S'57 12 3 0 140 feet Barnes Brothers ... •••• 1 Plumb R.eef' ~"'" . ... 6 '0 ,0 o 16 16 5 0 0 Surface to 20 feet Griffith and Co. ... .. , W est of England Reef ... 24 0 0 0 6 12 7 16 0 Schultz ... ... . .. Vale's Reef' ... 7 o 0 1 5, 0 8 15 0 Clapperton's Mill ... Percy dale Reefs . .. 500 o 0 I~ 14':40 90 0 0
--~--
Total ... 551 0 ,0 0 4 11:76 123 14 '0 DUN~LLY AND TARNAGULLA ,
DniISIONIiI. I
Bet-bet .. , ... Bet-bet ... . .. 238 0 0 0 7 20'23 93 6,16 McCay and Co, ' ... , ... Wayman's Reef ... 86 0 0 0 8 2'51 13 7 0 Glenmorganshire ... Bealiba ..... ... 198 0 0 0 8 ,0: 79 4 0 About 40 feet Goldsborough ' ... ' .. _Goldsborough, ... , .... 87 o ,Q 0: 4 2'03 17 15 9 Arvon '" ... ... Arvon Reef , .. .. . 224 0 0 0 '7 ]0'80 83 8 21 , Arvon ••• 1<.; ... ... Mona Reef' ... ... 37 0 0 014,14'27 27 0 0
., '"
.{ Sandstone Reef ... 260 o 0 011 6'55 146 11 .0
Bousfield " J Newchum Reefs ... 69
g 'Z] 0 8 8'69 ,28 17 0 ... ,Star Reef 14 o 16 5'14 11 7 Q .. , ...
'Vatt's Reef ... . .. ~6 '0 ,0 0 9 10'15' 12 5 0 ------
Total ... ... 1,239 0 0 0 8 6'77 513 1 22 " KORONG DIVISI!>N. ------ ..
Liliputian ,
Burke's Flat < .. ' 450 ... . .. ... 0 0 o 13,22'30 313 8 6 220 feet Liliputian , .. ... Burke's Flat ~ .. ... 750 0 0 o 15 4'60 569 13 20 220 feet Bedford Reef ... ... Bur~e's Flat ; ... , ' .. 28 0 0 1 2' 20'57 32 0 0 130 feet Deadlock Reef' ... ... Burke's Flat' ... .. . 30 0 o· o 14'23'20 22 9 0 100 feet Reality ... Inglewood
, 62 0 '0 1 1 16'64 67 5 0 90 to 110 feet ...
-' " ... ... . .. Reality_ .. ... Inglewood ... ... 94 0 '0 011 9'19 53 10, 0 90 to 110 feet Great Extended .... : ... Inglewood .. 50 0 0 0 9 11-52 23 14 0 ,. f .~. ... .. . Great Extended .... ' ... Inglewood ... ... 44 '0 0 0 2 19'09 6 3 0 Blake's Reef ... , ... Thompson's Gully ... 6 0 0 o 13 8 ,4 0 0 Surface to 10 feet Rainbow ... ... Inglewood .. . . .. 27 0 0 0 1 10'88 '1 19 6 120 feet Various crushings " Morning Star Reef,lngle- 41 0 Q 0 814'09 11, 12 2 140 to 180 feet ...
"
' w,o'od ,'::, Dunlop's party '" Greek's Reef,-Inglewood S 0 0 0 4"0 1 12 0 130 feet Great Western ... ... Ingle!ood . .. .. . 40 0 '0 0 3 16'8 '7 8 0 145 feet
Total ... , ... 1,63() 0 0 0 13 18-03 1,120 14 10 . - -
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
DITision ann.~:ubdivision;
Name of Company. Where Quar • was obtained. Quartz Crushed.
Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the Yield 01 Gold Depth at which the , per Ton. Gold. Quart. was obtained, &c.
------------------.---.1------1-------------'---
wns cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, oz, dwt. gr. REDllANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUllDIVISIONS.
New Isis ... ... Oxonian Reef ...
ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUll-
• •• ~~1_0_6_4_'8_0 ___ 1_95 __ 6 _0 240 to 300 feet
DIVISION. Allardyce and Co. ... Paddy's ... , Chrysolite .... ..: Ballarat ... • •• Higgins and Co. .•• ." Rising Star ... ... Clegg &Co,(lateLearmonth's) Bristol Reef ••• • .. Benson and Co. '" ... Fishook Reef ... .. . Matthews and Co. ••• East Neuk... . .. . Grenfell and Co. '" ... Never·can-wll Reef .. . Grenville and Co. ... Victoria Reef .. . Adams ... ... ... Bachelor's Reef ••. Leslie and Co. ... ... Reef unnamed .. . Doug,las's . ... ... Rose and Thistle Reef .. . Phrenix Co. '" ... Greenock Reef
Total... .:.1
48 0 0 42 0 0
394 .0 0 68 0 0 38 0 0 12 0 0
• 15 0 0 15 0 0 11 0 0 '8 0 0
20 0 0 372 0 0
1,043 0 0
I 12 14 1 6 8'57 o 7 19'14 o 14 l'41 o 4 15'16 IJ 8 15 o 11 11'20 300 o 12 0 040 o 8 0 o 12 15'20
o 12 13'07
78 4 0 55 7 0
154 2 0 47 16 0
8 16 0 5 3 12 8 12 0
45 0 0 6 12 0 1 12 0 8 0 0
234 19 16
654 4 4
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
CASTLElIlAINE DIVISION. Walker and Co. ... ... Wattle Gully ... ... 378 0 0 0 6 21'84 130 12 0 Terrill ... . .. Wattle Gully ... ... 514 '0 0 0 5 11'48 140 16 0, Other claims ... ... Wattle Gully ... . .. 470 0 0 0 6 21'6 162 3 0 Anderson ... '" Blarney Reef .•• ... 64 0 0 2 15 0 li6 0 0, Mussettand others Blarney Reef '"
, 314 0 0 0 8 10'24 132 6 0 .,.
Martin '" ... . .. Deadman'S Reef ... 29 0 0 o 14 19'03 21 9 0 Ajax , .. ... ... Bolivia Reef ... .. . 255 0 0 0 3 4'08 '40 8 8 Learmonth ... ... Eureka Reef '" . .. 195 0 0 o 14 19'2 144 6 0 Walters , .. . .. 'Specimen Gully ... 209 0 0 o 14 13'89 152 7 0 Six reefs ... . .. Barker's Creek ... 484 0 0 0 5 9'4 111 0 0 Lewis and others ... ... Nimrod Reef ... ... 127· 0 0 0 6 12'3 41 7 3 James ... ... .., Deadcat ... . .. 96 0 0 0 8 18'25 42 I 0 Straede and Lewis- ... Sebastopol ... . .. 599 0 0 0 3 10'83 103 7 10 Several reefs ... ... Sailor's Gully ••. ... 501 0 0 0 6 3'59 154 I 0 Argus and other reefs ... Forest Creek .,. ... 429 0 0 0 7 10'35 159 8 0
Total ... ... 4,614 0 0 0 7 10'68 1,717 II 21' FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. . . ---------
Frank and Sorensen ... Specimen Hill ... 40 0 0 0 5 0 10 0 0 }iills, Hilton and Co. ... Cattle's Reef ... ... 400 0 0 o 17 12 350 0 0 Fryers ... ... ; ... Cattle's Reef .,' '" 95 0 0 0 9 21'47 47 0 0 Australian United ... Cattle's Reef ... ., . 100 0 0 0 6 0 30 0 0 Braithwaite and Co. ... Capper's Reef ... . .. 43 0 0 3 8 2'79 146 9 0
-------'IMal ... ... 678 0 0 o 17 5'06 583 9 0
HEPBURN DIVISION. • ... Specimen Hill ... ' 473 0 0 0 4 3'~3 97 15 18
aOO'feet 275 feet 400 feet
65 feet
40 feet 130 feet
80 feet Various depths
208 to 230 feet 230 feet 180 to 200 feet 40 to 50 feet 30 to 50 feet 60 feet 280 feet 170 feet· 230 feet Various 1 180 feet 48 feet 70 feet' Various Various
100 feet 150 feet 180 feet 60 feet 15 to 30 feet
175 feet
-
-
Sandford and Party Harvey and Party ... Specimen Hill ... 775 0 0 0 2 6;58 88 2 10 70, 100, and: 349 feet Taylor and Wilson ... Blind Creek ... .. . 187 0 0 0 1 19'47 16 18 18 Shallow Freehold United ... ... :Mauritius Reef ... 361 '0 0 0 5 19'i7 105 2 12 52 and 95 Great Leasehold ' ... ... ,Dry Diggings ... '" 845 0 0 0 3 22'81 68 3 0 80 feet Pope and Strack ... ... Nuggety Reef ... 780 0 0 0 1 22'92 76 5 0 !O, 20, and 40 feet Pope, tributors ... ... Nuggety Reef ... ... 150 0 0 0 6 '0 45 0 0 Various Griffin Weleome Reef
,. 26 0 0 0 7 14'30 \I 17 12 30 to 75 feet ... ... ... ...
Bar klas mill ... . .. Various reefs ... 370 0 0 0 11 21'40 220 0 0 Varions Jenkins' mill \ Various reefs 89 0 0 I 2 21'97' 101 19 12 30 to 75 feet ... ... .. . Cornish ... ... ... Wombat Hill ... ... 200 0 0 0 9 8'40 93 10 0 200 feet Cornish ... ... Wombat Hill ... . .. ,1,682 0 0 0 2 16'87 227 7 0 270 feet North Coruish ... ... Wombat Hill .... . .. 1,241 0 '0 0 II 8'49 704 10 12 275 and 300 feet P. Lucini's mill ... '" Commissioner's Reef .... 1,200 0 0 0 2 5'04 132 12 6 J 7 feet P, Lucini's mill ... . ~., Commissioner's Heef .. . 9 0 0 2 1 II 18 13 3 .90 feet Argus .... / ... Italian Hill ... ... 400 0 0 0 3 22'33 78 12 6 60 and 70 feet' No, I South ... . .. 1\fauritius Reef ... 297 0 0 0 2 16'94 40 3 18 130 feet Jeffry and Pope's mill ... ]\fauriti us Reef ... 46 0 0 0 4 8'60 10 o 12 10, 17, ~nd 35 feet Argosy ... ... St. George's Heef ... 100 0 0 0 1 12'72 7 13 0 '1'ursons and Coupin ... Tursan's Heef... ... '71 0 0' I 0 0 71 0 0 20 feet
I
TARADALE AND KYNETON' Total.,. ... 8,802 0 0 0 5 0'70 2,213 6 19 SUBDIVISION. -
Adventure Taradale 42 0 0 0 6 -0 12 12 0 25 feet I ... ... ... ..,
Barfold ... ... ... Barfold Ranges . .. II 0 0 2 10 0 27 10 0 30 feet All Nations ... Lauriston ... ... 10 0 0 (l 4 12 2 5 0 185 feet Central Energetie ... LauriBton ... ... J,215 0 0 o 13 14'97 827 13 0 95 to 195 feet Energetic ... , ... Lauriston ... '" 1,320 0 0 o 15 0 990 0 0 180 feet Fenton ... ... 'faradale . .. .. . 1,020 0 0 o II,23'05 610 0 0 30 to 175 feet London and Melbourne .. , Taradale ... ... 420 0 0 0 3 8 70 0 0 75 feet Nelson ... ... ... Taradale ... ... 1,038 0 0 0 6 12 387 7 0 75 to 130 feet North St.y ... - . Lauriston ... ... 1,445 0 0' 0 6 0 433 10 0 150 feet ... Kyneton ... ... Lauriston ... . .. 1,250 0 O' 0 9 0 562 10 0 200 feet Taradale ..... . .. Taradale ... .. . 700 0 0' 0 13 0 455 0 0 1 30 feet Napier '" ... - '" Lauriston ... ... 112 0 0 0 2 5'14 12 8 0 I 94 feet Gold Miues ... ... Lauriston ... . .. 20 0 0 0 2 12'6 2 10 ,12 100 feet Maggie Lauder 1 Lauriston 100 0 0 0 4 9'12 21 18 O· 95 feet ... . .. ... ...
Total ••. ... 8,i03 0 o • 0 10 0'7.'; 4,365 3 12
,
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
, ,
DIvision and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of I Remarkll relative to the
and Where Qua.rtz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the .
Name of Comp&1lY. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c.
----TARRANGOWEll DIVISION. t"ns cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Caledonian mills ... ... Wilson's, Eaglehawk, and 291 0 0 1 o 14'60 299 17 0 150 to 370 feet Nuggety Reefs
o 10 16'21 19 15 200 feet North British mills . " Parkins' Reef ... ... 37 0 0 0 Linscott's mills ... ... Linscott's, Nuggety,Eagle- 1,141 0 0 o 15 10'45 880 12 0 30 to 400 feet
hawk, & Beehive Reefs . 20 to 350 feet Phrenix mills ... . .. German, Wilson's, Bee- 914 0 0 0 7 6'56 332 8 0
hive, Braithwaite's, Par-kins', Victoria, and Swipers' Reefs
~
Great Western ... . .. Beehive Reef ... ... 1,701 0 0 0 4, 15'46 395 0 a 300 to 470 feet Nelson ... ... ... Wilson's Reef ... '" 1,330 0 0 0 9 5'04 612 ,9 12 350 feet Union- ... ... ... Eaglehawk Reef . .. 130 0 0 o 18 14'03 120 16 0 370 feet Union (Green Valley) ... Nuggety and Thornhill's 157 0 0 0 4 12'1\ 35 7 6 60 to 300 feet
Reefs Brithingham Bros. (Green Thornhill's Reef ••• I 50 0 0 0 " 15'84 11 13 o i 300 feet
Valley) ---18 I Total ... ... 5,751 0 0 0 9 10'01 2,707 17
ST. ANDREW'S EAST AND CENTRAL SUBDIVISIONS. I
Union ... . .. Diamond Creek . .. 30 0 0 2 13 8 80 0 o \130 feet Golden Bower ... ... Donovan's Creek . .. SO 0 0 I 13 17'10 134 17 o 220 feet Ahern and Co. ... ... Panton Hill , .... ... 2 0 0 o 14 9 1 8 IS I 6 feet Poverty.:. ... ... Panton Hill . .. ..' 10 0 0 o 1\ 4'SO 5 12 o ,30 feet New Moon ... . .. Panton Hill ... .. . 1110 0 o 16 18'09 9 12 16 30 feet Oram's No, 1 South .. , Panton HllJ ... ... 6 0 0 3 2 18 18 16 12 100 feet Oram's No, 3 South ... Panton Hill ... .. . 6 10 0 2 o !I'07 13 3 0 20 feet Oram's No, 4 South ... Panton Hill ... .., 5 0 0 5 0 4'80 25 1 0 150 feet Oram's No, 4 North ... Panton Hill ... .. . 6 0 0 o 14 2-50 4 4 15 90 feet Steele's Creek ... ... Steele'S Creek,., ... 10 10 0 0 9 19'70 5 3 3 60 feet Andert and Muller ... Caledonia .. , ... 36 0 0 o 19 9'33 84 18 0 45 feet Eureka Reef ... ... You-you ,'" .. . 3 0 0 0 7 0 I 1 0 75 feet Coutie and Co, ... Barker'S Reef.. , .. . 12 0 0 0 8 8 5 0 0 90 feet . Aitchison and Co. .. - Scotch Thistle Reef ... 4 10' 0 1 8 0 6 6 0 30 feet Simpson and Co, ... ... You-you ... ... 5 0 0 0 7 21-60 1 19 12 70 feet Ness and Co, ... . .. Crown Prince ,., .... 9 0 0 0 8 0 3 12 0 40 feet Foster and Co, ... Wild Dog ... .., 5 0 0 0 2 0 o 10 0 15 feet Preston and Co, •• , ... Golden Point ... . .. 5 0 0 1 0 Of 5 0'0 North Perseverance ... One-tree Hill ... . .. 23 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 75 feet Harris and Co. ... . .. Golden Point ... . .. 3 0 0 0 7 0 I 1 0 130 feet Cleopatra ... ... 'Warrandyte ... . .. 33 0 0 1 0 0 33 0 0 Perseverance ... ... One-tree Hill .. , ... 360 0 0 1 6 20-41 483 6 6 80 feet Napoleon ... . .. Steele's Creek ... 100 0 0 0 5 18 28 \.5 0
Total ... ... 766 0 0 1 3 14'17 903 10 10 BLUE MOUNTAIN NOll'ElI
I SUllDIVISION,
Amelia ... ... .., 'Cosmo, Newbury ... 450 0 0 o 11 17'60 264 0 0 70 feet
ARARAT :MINING DISTRICT.
AnARAT DIVISION, ~-80 I North Star (Invincible) ... ... .. . . .. . .. 703 0 0 0 5 175 15 0 Victoria ... . " ... ... ... . .. 100 0 0 I 5 126 0 0
-----Total ... ... 803 0 0 0 7 12'37 301 15 0
PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION, --------Wimmera .. ' '"
1 4,380 0 0' 014 6-35 3,123 IS 12
Grant, Lamont, and Co. ... } 1'rlocl,..tly CroM 3,484 0 0 o 16 6'68 2,835 ,14 10 Moonlight , ... ... Reef, Scotchman's, 3,417 8 0 o 17 S-25 2,963 10 0 Scotchman's ... . .. and Perthshire 3,642 10 0 o 10 23-27 1,997 16 8 New St, George ... ...
Principally Scothman's 2,674 0 0 o 17 4-56 2,298 6 0
Vietoria ... ... 1,988 10 0 0 6 1'88 604 7 • 0 Rose of Denmark ... l'erthshire _ .. .., 98 0 0 0 7 0 34 6 0 420 feet New Dundee ... '" Germania and Plying Doe 1,000 0 0 0 5 9'60 270 0 gl Newington ... -.. New Chum... . .. 1,052 7 1 0 6 10'26 i 338 4
Total ... ... 21,736 15 I o 13 7'45 2 6 .
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
lYhTOHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. Excelsior ... ... Excelsior Reef . .. 108 0 0 0 7 6'88 39 7 0 Surface to 30 feet Mountaineer ... -.. Mountaineer Reef ... 19 0 0 1 :3 18'94 22 12 0 Surface to 35 feet
Total ." '" 127 0 CROOKED ElVER DIVISION. ° 0 9 18'14 61 19 0
Golden Fleece ... ... Golden Fleece Reef ... 106 0 0 0 6 3'17 32 10 0 60 to 80 feet Willmott and Whiting '" ,Time-will-tell Reef ... 22 0 0 o 18 16'63 20 11 90 to 100 feet Anchor of Hope ... ... New Bendigo ... ... 35 0 ° 0 6 20'57 12 0' 0 60 to 200 feet Manuel and Co. ... . .... Vulcan Reef •.. ... 18 0 0 0 5 19'55 5 4 16 80 feet Evening Star ... . ... Evenirig Star Reef
::: I 8 0 0 o 16 21 6 15 100 feet
Sundry lots ... .., Various machines 30 0 0 o 19 17'46 : 29 11 20
Total ... ... 219 0 O~ I 0 9 17'72 106 12 18
I!~.!lB~zn ~~;n~~~d~:i~~iOn, !
Name c&ComPany. Wh~re. Quart~,,:,!-!\ O~W!r.$d.;
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Average.' . i Quartz Crusbed. Yield of Gold Total Yield of I
Remarks :rel'ative to tbe i . D'eptli at 1vhich the' Quartz was· obtained. &e.
::" •.. : " t'!' , ;,,'. . . . . per Ton.' Gold. :
i~---'--,--I . ," _ .... ;.:--
~'" - I
JElnCHO DIVISION.
Lochfyne Pio~pectors Lochness '" Commercial ••• Harbinger v •••
... Lochfyne Reef '
.... Lochfyne Reef Com mercial ,Reef
:.: Harbinger Reef
Total ...
.',
DONNELI,Y'S CREEltDIVISION.
Prince Alf~ed , ••• ., ••• Lower,Tunnel
North Gippsland 'j.
Golden Fleece ..... .. !, .
Comp.auy's lease, Cohen's Reef .
Company's lease, Cohen's Heef ....
tons cwt.· qr. oz. dwt. gr. , oz. dwt. gr.
100' 0 0 15 0 0
., is 0 ° 350' '0 0
480 0 0
0·16 .0. 80 0 0 About 150 feet 1 6' 1'60 ,,:. 19 ll .. 0 I About 250 feet. o 14 13'20 10 '18 6'J About 50 feet I
1 '1 6'86' 3i2 10 ,,0" Surface to 60 feet
'482 19 6
40 ° 0 I' 0 10 ~3 i----,---·i~~-~~-I
55 0 ° 0 7· 8'29
I..Qng Tunnel ... Company'slease, Cohen's ... Reef .... ... , Company:s lease, Cohen's
Reef
'4,670- 0 0 2 15 21-28 13,049 II 0 171 and 243 oolow . water
Walhalla 1,544 0'0, i 0 16 4-29. 1,249 0 0 Above the water-level
; 11 . "- ....
Total .•• ,.' --6-,3-8'-:3'·-0--,:0-·\'------1.---,---.-1
... 2 7 .5 : 1 J5,0.66 .. .12 ; Q ..
"
., .. ", .... " -, ,'>.
" ., i
.; " ~ I", i',i'
~ h • 'j
, I
! "
, , QUAftTZTA~LINGS, CEMENT; ET.C . .','
THE following informl!-tion, has been obtained rrom"R~~urns made by the' Mining Suryeyors and;R~gistrars relative to t,he Quantity of QUARTZTAILINGS and CEMENT, &c.,Crushed in,'theseveral.Divisibns and Subdivisions o~ each Mi4ing Di~trict during th,e Quarter; and the GO~D 'iJotainedtberefrom:-:-
Division and Subdivision, . ' and
~ame of Company.
Where Quartz Tailings and Quartz 'railings , Cement, &0., were . Ilnd cement, &e.,
obtained. ._ .. , ........ 9!U.~lled._ ..
Total Yield of Gold.
Remarks relative to the Depth at whicb the
, ,CemeI~t"&c.,,we:~ obtained:' ~------I-----c------:--I--------,- -------,--.-
ton~ cwt. ~r. oz. dwt. g:r~
BALLARAT :MINING rDiSTRICT. " ' .. ,,,' - ., " ~ , . .
SOUTHERN DIVISION.
Reform ..• .... Hard .Hills : ...
SlIlyrIIESDALE DrvrSION. , \
, Prince Alfred ••• Brit~nnia'~eef
CRJlSWlClt, DIVISION •• ;: "
Hard Hill Ha.rd'Hills, Cresw1ck
"
YACIUNDANDAll DrvISlON.
Fr~day Reef
BUCKU.ND DIVISION:' '. 't,' I 'i - • 1"
Happy Valley
I
'.,
Twist's Creek .••
Tailings treated.:by ,Wheeler'S ,muller ,
, ' , \'! ~ i '~., 1,"
ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. "~I
Nos. 3 and 4Sout~ <: !:. :.: No.5 South .. ;'.: '. • .. Nos. 1 and 2 North:
Durham Re!!f..~ Durham Reef ... Union Reef ...
; 'r!t ' ' ;.
Total
:,f'
. •.• ,810. 0 0 ° 3 0'06
),39,0 ·0 0 0 0 28'il
8'8 0 0
47 0 0 8
.. .t I
~5 0 0" 0 \, ·50 0 O' 0
25 ° 0 0
... - '''160 0 0 0 4'8.' I,',
OZj dwt, gr.
130 12 0 SurfaC~. I
64 4,12
i.
8~)4. '0'
o o. ,',
-,' ,
,. " .
t"
it,
9 12 0
-
,
\ 15
QUANTITY of QUARTz TAILliws 'ana-CEMENT Qruslied in ea;ch,DivisioJlzand Subilivision~(&c."...."conti~ued.
,Division a':i~,:Qb<jjvISion,,>! ... , , w)tt~~i:~&~,~i~~i: and" '.,;~~!l~~in~'~i~i&;c~, ; y;!~':,'t~~id', Tota~~ld ot, ~eii:,'~'~~n':~~~ct,%~e Name of Company.' obtained, ' 'Crushed. " p'er'Ton. Cemeitt;'&c., were obtained.
----,�---------!--~,-----I--------I tons cwt. qr. oz. gr, oz. dwt. gr,
SANDHURSr MINING DISTRICT.
SA:-''UlIUItS'l: DIVISION. "
Guy, Clough, and Co, '" White Hills ... ... 3,282\ 0 0 Felix ... ... ... White Hills , .. . .. 2,827 0 0 Caledonia ... ... Epsom ... .. . 350 0 0
'Hardie Bros, ... ... Epsom' ... ... 150 0 '0
Cambridge Huntly .
819 0 0 •••• * ... North of Eng~and ... Huntly ·· .. ··i .. ;; ", 690 0' 0 , , ' '
Huntly Djlep Lead Ex· Huntly ... "". ... ,2,800 0 0 tended'
Alabama ... '" Huntly " ."' .. , .... 926 0 0
Telegraph ... ... Huntly ... . .. ' ~,500 0 0
Ballarat and Bendigo ". Huntly ... . .. 1,000 0 0
True Briton ... ... Hunqy ... , .. 480 0 0 ,
Morning Light ... Huntly ,," .. " 1 " .. , 2,564 0 0 l'
Caledonia ... ... Huntly ... . .. 890 0 0 •
~ ;. r Bagshot .•. ... .... HUfltly ... . .. 2,475 0 0
------" Total .... , , ... 21,75$ 0 0
HEATHCOTE'DIVISION -------AND W AI1,ANGA S017r1l SUB' " ,
DIVISION. ¥,
" ,
Costerfield Costerfield " ... ... ... '" 1,211 0 0 Von der Luft's machine ... Cerrl€n t, Hill . .. '" 13 0 0 Collins' machine ... .. , Redcastle ... . .. 55 0 0
Total ... '" 1';279 0 0 ifARANGA NOR'l:H Sun-
DIVISION, Holmes' engine ... ... N uggetyand other gullies 209 0 0 Victoria engine ... ... Coy's Diggings '" 1;122 0 0 Perseverance ... ... Old Lead ... '" 74. 0 0
---------Total ... ... : .1,405 0 0
I
0 1 9'79 0 1 2'22 0 7 3'90 0 2 0
0 2 0'58 0""3 20'69'
0 3 16'83,
0 6 4'35 "
0 4 1'09,
I 0' 820'54-
0 6 3'45
0' 4 0 , 0 4 0'32
0 1 17'89
0 3 O·SI. ------
0 3 8:6 0 4 22'15 0 2 5'67
0 3 1'82
0 1 16:68 0 0 17'82 0 2 8'27
------o ,0 23'24
.. '
231 1 22 154 8' 15 ' 125, 7 0 IS, 0 0
82 '18 0 '.133 '5' 0
, "
,518 4 0
2861 4- 0 , '
505!14' 0
192 '16 0
147 9 0 I
512 )6 0 , ,
178 ,12 0
216 0 0 ------3,299 15 13 ------
,
203 7 0 '3' 4 0 6,3 0
212 14 0
17 14 6 41 13 6
8 '13,12 ------
68 1 "0
Depth, 30 feet Depth, 12 to 40' feet
.<
Depth, 70 feet; water·level ': 42 feet Depth, 100 feet
Depth, 1231~et';wiillh:abbu '300 ft,r; water-lev~l,iQo ft
Depth, II 0 feet; width,abou 400ft,; w4ter-level,100lt
Depth,110ft.;widtli, various water level, 931eet
Depth, 120 teet; width, no t to defined; wat ... r-level, 110 I
Depth, 120 feet; width, 110 t o 300ft,; water-Ievel,112 ft.
Depth, 135 feet; width, 2 leet; water-level.lOS ~eet
00
Depth, 136 feet; width,'ao feet; water.level,'I20 feet
Depth, 130 feet; width, not defined; water·level,I04ft
Depth, 160 feet; width, 6 , to 100 feet
~
I
Tailings Cement Mullock' ,
Surface Surface Surface
I
MARYBO~OUGH MINING DISTRIer . . ,
MARYBOROUGH DIVISION.
United Kingdom , .;~' North German ... Peilny' and Claussen' ...
,1
AMHEUST DIVlS~ON. ,
Majorca I ...
Public crushings' ; Public crushings:' I
Total. ..
Bartlemore ... VariouBsmall parcels
AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Ward and Co,... ...No, 2 Creek .. . Abbott and Co. '" ... No, 2 Creek .. . Wright and Co, ... ... No, 2 Creek .. . G. Smith ... ... No, 2 Creek ••• :Sons of Freedom ... Homebush Bosanko's mill ... Bosanko's mill ...
Total. .. DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULU
DIVISIONS. McCay and Co. Glamorganshire, ...
KOItONO DIVISION.
... Moliagul
... Bealiba
Total...
Pioneer ... ... Bur~e'sFlat,AvocaForest
REDBANK AND S'l:, ARNAUD SOUTH SUllDIVISION8.
Lee's mill ...
S'l: • .Ali.NAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION.
Douglas's mill ' ...
... ... ,
... . ..
! 5 !O' 0
1~202; ! 0 .,0, :'~930' : 0 0
1,837 10.'0
o 1 7:2 ~, 0' 3 1'1'36 o 1 \'6'
o 2 IINO
0; 6'12 Cement 20S'15' 0 Cement ~3 ;12 0 Tailings
,~421312
------ --'------1----,----! ;
4S4 '0 0 I
67 i 0 0 Various depUts o 2 IS'44 ---------I-------~I--~·----
93 0 0 35 0 0 57 0 0 21 0 0 300
50 0 0 480 0 0
o 2 1'24 o 4 8'91
,0 2 22'32 o 1 19'43 3 11 0 o 2 12 o ,I 0
,9 10 19 Cement;surface,30feet 17 13 0 870 1 18 0 Washdirt
10 13 u Cement 6 5 0 Cement tailings
24 0 '0 Mixed tailings --------,£---1----------1----------
739 0 0 0 1 20'39 68 6 19
278 0 0 0 1 6'38 94 0 0 1 0 4 2'24
372 0 0 0 1 203'53
17 12 0 19 4 19
36 16 19 -----------1---------- --------
180' 0, 0 0 8 10'56 54 17 6 I---------I~--·--~·I--------
520 0 0 0 1 '18 45 10 0 ----------
Tailings
1,500 0 01 0 o 12'80 40 0 o I Tailings
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ TAILINGS and CElIIENT Crushed in each Division and'Subdivision, &c.-continued.
Division and SubdivisioD, and
Name of Company.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.
Davis and Co. ... ... FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION.
Sir H. Barkly ... ... Sir H. Barkly (public) ... Table Hill . ... ... William Tell ... ... Thomas and Co. ... ... Jenkins and Co .• ... T. Rabbage and Co. , ...
HEPBURN DIVISION. /
Wallaby ... '" Old Cornish ... ... Astley ... ... ... Enterprise ... ...
TARRANGOWER DIVISION.
Prince of Wales ... ... Phrenix mills
, ... ... Caledonian mills ... ...
ST. ANDREW'S EAST AND ST. ANDREW'S 'CENTRAL SUB-DIVISION., ,
Oram's Reefs ... . .. Scotchman's Hill ... ...
ARARAT DIVISION. Mullock Bank ... . .. PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.
Newington ... ... Cambrian ... ... North and South' Wales '{ Ah Chow and Co. ...
Where Quartz Tailings and Cement, &c., were
obtained. and Cement, &e" Yield of Gold Gold Depth at whIch th~
Crushed. per Ton. . Cement, &c., were obtained
Quartz Tailings Average Total Yield ~Of I Remarks relati:e to the
--- -:n--:-:-wt. qr. oz. dW~ ~wt. gr. 1----------
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
Nimrod .. . .' . 619 0 0 0 1 2l'i9 58 5 12 Surface ------- ----- ------
, Pennyweight ... . .. 260 0 0 0 8 0 104 0 0 90 feet Pennyweight ... ... 80 0 0 0 10 0 40 0 0 90,feet Table Hill - 1,200 0 0 0 2 0 120 0 0 100 feet ' ... .. . Guildford Hill '" 300 0 0 0 2 6 33 15 0 90 to 100 feet Bald Hill ... . .. 150 0 0 0 3 0 22 10 0 75 feet Table Hill •.. '" 100 0 0 0 4 0 20 0 0 100 feet Pennyweight ... 29 0 0 1 10 0
, 30 0 0 90 feet . ..
----------- -----Total ... I ... 2,110 0 0 0 3 12'23 370 5 0 -------- ------ -----
/
Coomoova ... ... 3,00G. 0 0 0 1 16'51 253 4 3 Wombat ... .. . 462 0 0 0 2 3'94 50 0 0 25 to 80 feet Wombat ... .. . 11,226 0 0 0 1 4'39 664 1 0 Wombat ... . .. 517 0 0 0 1 11'83 38 12 0 Surface
, ------------ ------
Total ... ... 15,205 0 0 0 1 n5 1,005 17 3 ------_. ------------
Cempnt ... .... , 1,400 0 0 0 0 18 52 10 0 Surface Surfacing 1,037 0 0 0 1 2'31 56 17 0 Surface .. , .. . Banks and tailings ,- 1,216 0 0 0 2 8'07 142 1 0 Surface
/ , ------- ------Total ... ... 3,653 0 0 .0 1 9'03 251 8' 0
------------------
Panton Hill ... ... ' 10 0 0 ' 0 2 5'40 1 2 6 Warrandyte ...
I . .. 200 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0
------- ------Total ... ... 210 0 0 0 1 1'40 II 2 6 ,
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
, , 60 feet below surface .. , 281 0 0 0 7 0 98 7 0 co feet below the surface of
- ------------ the ground, lying Imme diately above a former allu-vial workings
New Chum ... ." 540 0 0 0 4 6'07 114 16 18 Tailings Church Hill, Stawell ... 1,885 0 0 0 1 0 I 94 -5 0 Mullock Deep Lead, Four Posts, } '1,898 0 0 0 1 0 94 18 0 Mullock arid tailings Forty-foot,Seventy-foot, 796 18 0 0 5 23'45 238, 3 7 Cement Silver Shilling, Welcome
Deep Lead ... ... 1,040 0 0 0 1 0 52 0 0 Mullock ----------- ------
Total .. " ... 6,159 18 0 0 1 14'50 494 3 1
17
PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS. THE following information has been ,obtained from Returns made. by the Mining Surveyors and Registrarll
relative to the Quantity of PYRITKS and BLA.NKETlNGS opel'ated on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each .Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom:-
Division and Subdivisio1J, and
Name of Oompany.
-----------------
I
, I I . "I PYrites Average T 1 Where Pyntes Hnd mauketlIl68 I and nianketings Yield of Gold ota, Yield of
were obtained. operated on. I per Ton. Gold.
I tons owl. qr.1 oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
0 1 7 0'761 CENTRAL DIVISION. ' .. I Gum-tree FIat Llanberris .. , ." 31 10 1 42 II 12
Ditto, for various eompanies ... ... ... 26 0 o I, 1 1
5 14'77 : 33 6 0
Total '" ... 57 10 0 I 1 6 9'39 i 75 17 12
CRESWICK DIVISION. 1--1 Port Phillip '" '" Clunes Reefs '" ... 183 0"0 :I 9 8'78 634 14 0 New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs '" ... _21~_0 ~~I~~
Total ... ... 399 0 o. 2 15 23'51 1,116 16 0
SANDHURST MINING DISTRicT.
i I SANDHURST DIVISION. r· H. Koeh (Pioneer Works) ... Long Gully ... ... 209 16 2 211 10'62 539 14 0
Beehive ... .., Eaglehawk ... .., 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0
Johnson's Reef ... ... California Gully . .. 219 0 0 0 4 6'46 46 15 0 ------------- ------
Total ... ... 430 16 2 1 7 10'96 591 9 0
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
MARYBOROUGH ·DIVISION, o /1 10 Johnston and Sons ... Ironstone Reef ... 8 0 0 12 0 0
Johnston and Sons ... Dorset Reef ... . .. 2 0 o 1 1 9 6 2 18 12
Total ... ... 10 0 0 1 9 20'40 14 18 12 REDllANK AND ST. ARNAUD ----------
SOUTIl SUBDIVISION. New Isis ... ... OxonIan Reef .•• ... 39 0 0 1 9 21'54 58 6 0
I
CASTIJEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
HEPBURN DIVISION. 01 Specimen Hill ... . .. Specimen Hill ... 7 0 I I V'j'85 7 ]I 15 Cornish ... ... . .. 'Vombat Hill ... ... 12 0 Oi 2 0 0 24 0 0
Total ... '" 19 0 Oi 1 13 5'84 31 1l 15 TARRA~1GOWER DIVISION.
Caledonian mills .•• ... F'rom the Ovens ... 15 0 01 o 18 16 14 0 0
1
. No. 26; c
Remarks relntiv.> to the Depth at wbich the
PYrites, &c., were obta.ined~
Treated by means 0 f. e f e
reverberatory fnmac Treated by means 0 reverberatory furnac
Recrushed
200 feet
,
18
NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF 1'!{INERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE, COLONY, FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31sT MARCH 1871.
I, , .
, " (From' Return8 ,made by the Mining Surveyors and' Regiatrar8.)
'I " " "
, '-, ;
, I :
Name of PIQc~ No. Total. • Name of Place. , No • Total.
--- ---B.A.LLAlUl], DISTIller. .' Brought forward ... .. , '" 9,81)0
I \ ; ~
Central Division: J, Cre/IWick Division-continued. Ballarat West ... ... ... 1,408 Longpoint' .. ... .. . . .. 100-Ballarat East ... ... . .. 850 Diamond Gully .. . ... .. ..... , 30, Ballarat North ..... , ... ... 150 .. Cobbler's Gully ..... ... .., 40, Sebastopol ... ... ... 1,3(}0 Bald Hills .. . 20 Cambrian Hill J~OO
.. , Sulky Gully 25 ... ... ... ~ . .. ... . ..
The Springs ... .:.. ... 150 " , Slaty Creek ... I ... .., 50 <;/" Little Bendigo 280 Mopoke : .. 70 .:::-. ... ... .... - ... ... . ..
Dead-horse ... ... ... 90 Humbug Hill . .. . .. '~ •. " l , ,3~" Sago Hill ••• . '., ... ... 100
"
, Portuguese Flat ... ... ... ~5~, 4,828 ,Back Creek ... . .. ...... ,35
Rocky Lead- ._- -- 30 80uthsrn Division: . ., ., . - -~. ... ... .. .
Long Gully , I ' ::t 20 Pinchgut !lully ... ,. ... ... 70 .. ~. . .. 2,200 Staffordshire Reef 40 --... ...
Italian Gully 80 ,,,
Gordon Subdivision: ... . .. ... Splitters'Gully ... .. , ... 20 Egerton ~, .... ... . .. 70 Kangaroo ... . .. ... -,30, I; CI!l-iQfsNort!Mf Big Hill Reef ... 60 Moonlight .-,'" ~ -.... -- .... .... ~ 20 ... ,. Moorabool. ... ... .. . 39 .. Bulldog '" ... ... 70 Gordon . .. ... ... 92 Rokewood Junction .' , "
... 70 All Nations Gully ... ..... . .. , .... - 17. Mount Misery ... '" '" 350 ; North of Gordon ... ... .. .. ' -10. Jackson's 'Gully, ... ... ... 15 Lal-lal . .. ". ... .. . 4
"'Yankee HiW';'" .. '. ... ... 22 : , ., ; -- -'292 Grassy GUlly , ... ... ... 30 S/eiglitz Subdivision: Spring Creck' , ... . .. 15 n' . .. , Steiglitz ::. - 530 Sawpit Gully '50, . ... '" ... Whim Holes
' ... .'! .. I'" " 50 "
Morrison's and Tea-tree Creek ... ISO ... ... f ..... ,. Dolly's Creek ' 70 Hard Hills ... 45' ... . , . .. . ... ... Mount DOran and Stony. Rises 80 . Frenchman's Gully 50
.. .. ..a,. . ... ... -- 860 Pinchgut ... ... ... ... 120 , Break-o' -day 180 " IJ.lackfD99d~ Pi,vis{on' . and Blue Mountain ... ... 'I ••• 1, Western Creek ... .. 'O. - , .... 250 ' ... _South Subdivision:
, . .. 1,527 Golden Point ... ... . .. 220
Bunill!long Div,ision: Red Hill ... ... , .... .150, :
\ Barry's Reef and Split-tree ... . .. 230 Napoleon ... ··"l ... ... 120 Yankee Reef and Creek _,SO, Watson's Hill 50' ... 'I •• ,
I" ... , . .~ .. Simmons' Reef 140 Durham '3PO '" ... ... ~. ~ ~ ... ... ~" Sebastopol and·Lower Lerderderg 190 Green Hills and Devonshire 80' ... ... - Garibaldi 20
Scotchman's 110 ... ... .. .... : ..... ... ... Snake Gully 52 Union Jack and Glencoe 200 ... . " -~ ...
Winter's Flat 50, I BalIan Flat .. ' , ... ... ... 20 ... ... .. . - Johnson's Reef 20 Hiscock's· ... · 160 ... , .. " . ... ... ... Weiribee ... 30
:Magpie and Cobbler's 100 ... ... ... ... ... Newman's Reef and Two-mile Diggings 32 One-eye and Spring Hill ... ... 50
Wrig~t'8.Reef 16 Hard Hills 80 - . ... ... . .. ... ... ... -- 1,200 Black Lead and Wattle Gully ... 50 ' . , . ---Durham Ranges, including New Rush ,
Total fo], Ballarat Disj;rict 14,352 at Kitty's, South Durham. and ...... . ... Gympie 300, I .~ ... ---... ... ...
1,650 r --Smgthesdale Division: , -"-"-:-
Smythesdale ... ... ... 100: Scarsdale ... I 580 ' I ... ... ... ) ~row_n:s, {Ind. ¥onkey Gully ... 70 Italian Gully 50
... . ... .. ... ... .. . BlliECHWOll.TH DISTRICT • Derwent Jack's ... ... ... , 15 Piggoreet ... . .. ... 150 Beechworth Division: Bottle Hill ... ... ... 60 ' Spring Creek 115 Snake Valley 100 ... ... .. . ... . .. ... Silver Creek 25 Bulla Flat 5 ... ... . .... ... ... ... Deep Creek 22 Springdallah Creek 40 ... . .. . .. ... ... Hurdle Creek 48 Happy Valley 100 ... .. , . .. ... ... ... Pennyweight Flat ... 52 Haddon ... 284 .., ... ... ... ... Two-mile Creek ... 60 Golden Lake 140 ... ... ... . .. ... Three-mile Creek 210 Madden's Flat 5
... ... . .. ... . .. ... Six-mile Creek 55 Linton 80 ... . .. .. . ... ... . .. ... Bowman's Forest, &c. 120 Moonlight Fb':t 16 ... ... ... ... . .. Myrtleford, &c. 90
1,7315. ... ... '" .. W ooragee, &c . ... .. . ... 170
CresliJick Division: R-eid's Creek .'5. ... .. . 3S Creswick ... ... . .. ... 100 Woolshed ... , ... .. . 190 Clunee ... ... .. . . " 1,100 Sebastopol ... ... .. . 143 , Springhill ... ... 60 Eldorado, &c, '" ... .. , 430 ... Red Streak ... . .. ... 360 Stanley, &c. ... .. . ... 450 Union Hill ... ... 30 -- 2,218
--- ---Carried forward ... ... ... 9,800 Carried forward ... .. . ... 2,218
.......!.-.-.. ~------------
19
NUMBER and DISTRIBUTioN of MINERS on the Goldfie~d8, &c.-continued.
::<ramo of Place. No. Total.
---,------------ --1-
Brought forward ••.
Yackandandalt D,ivision: , German Flat ... Muddy Creek ••• Murphy's Flat ••• Hayes' Point ••• Kirby's Flat .. . Bell's.Flat .. . McCarthy's Flat .. . Whiskey Flat ... Township Hills .. . Pyke's Flat .. . Rowdy FI~t .. . Osborne's Flat .•• Allan's Flit ••• Staghorn Flat ... Kinc4ington's Creek Twist;s €reek ••• Clear Creek .•• Hillsborough and Sutton Sandy Creek ••• Lockhart's Creek ...
, Indigo Division':
Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads Indigo Lead ... • •• Harrietville '" ." Black-dog ... .. . Glencoe Lead ... .. . Durham Lead ... '" Wahgunyah Lead ... • •• Magenta Reef .. , ••• Banlier's Reef ••• Two-to-one ••• ... Happy~go·lucky Reef '" Eureka ••• • •• Perseverance ... ... Lancashire Gully... .. •.. United Consols... • •• All England Lead ••• ... r~arkshire Reef ... • •• Cooper's Reef· ••• ... VariouS Companies ...
Buckland Division: .' Harrietville ... . .... . Harrietville to Bright .. . Bright to Boundary .•• RUIl!!ing Cree\!:... .. . Growler's Creek... .. . Morse's Creek ... • •• Buckland branches ... Upper Bridge to Lower Bridge Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction
Alexandra Subdivision': Alexandra and vicinity. ..~ Godfrey's Creek... • .. t Detil's River and tributaries Johnson's Creek and tributaries Grbwler's Gully and vicinity U TCreek ... • •• Goulburn River ... .. . Ghln.ghin .•. .. . Spring Creek and tributaries Prospectors ... . .. Merton and v~cinity .•• Molesworth .. ... ..'
Maindample Subdivision: Dry Creek , :.. , . Maindample ••• Hayfield ••• • •• O'Brien's creek ... !
Hell's Hole' ...
Gaffney'S Creek SuOdivision: Goulburn River ... '" Gaffney's Creek .. , ... Cannon's Creek .. , ... Moonlight Creek .. ,' ...
. Raspberry Creek and branches I I
Carried forward
, '"
J ~ ••
35 ,40 30
5 30 H) 25 .25 =lO. 40 ~O 25 20. 40 45 l
200 140 200 180.
12
\.
ioo' 123'
'" '5' ... "'10'
30 25 '8 "6 4 '8 '4 2
" 2
'10 :24" 15' , 2 2
27
• •• , 206 307 145 1413' 117 : ]51, 313
.,' , 267 I
318'
]85 150 40 90
•• , ,. 120 .20 , ·80
... ' 15· 80 60 60
4
'160. 30 25, 12 23
36 77 40 2
68
2,218
1,162
407 :
1,967 i
854
250
6,858
Name of Place.
Brought forward ...
Gaffn.ey's Creek Subdivision-continued: Lyrebird Creek... • .. Wallaby Creek... ... Cornhill !Mef, &c. ... • •• Moving population ...
Wood's Point Subdivision: Wood's Point and Morning Star Lower Goulburn .. . Right and left branches .. . Gooley's Creek, &c. • •• H&1'per's and Pheasant Creek Perkins' Creek and Waverley Emerald Claims' ... • •• All Nation~, &c.... • .. Bald Hills 'to Matlock ... Toorak to Columbia ... Black River ... • ..
No.
10 36 14 13
140 62 58 '66 12 16 4
30 !
2 4
38
Tota.l.
6,858
296
Moving population ... ... \ ,20 Maori Creek .•. . ..
Big River Subdivision: • Frenchman's Creek ....
Ten-mile ... ... • .. Warner's 'Creek ••• ... Enoch's Cieek . ... • •• Railway Creek... . .. Jim Thomlis' Creek '" Big River South ••• • •• Big River ~orth... • .. Fryer's Creek... • ••. Darlingford to J ernsalem Creek M,oving population ...
Mitta·mitta Division ;,: .... "" Thunder-a)Id-lightning Creek Snowy Creek ... .. . Mitta-mitta River ... .. .
Jamieson Subdivision:
.;,,'
Ho-tv-qua RIver and tributaries. • .. Goulburn from Howqua. to Jamieson :Mack's Creek •.• ••• • .. Goulburn~mJamieson to Swampy.Creek Sailor .Bil1~s ,Creek... ... .. . Flu,me Creel!: . ... ... .. . Prospecto~s ... ... .. .
I I ,t
I :Total for Beechworth District I
I
I *u. ' ", I .,,~ANpRlJRST DISTlUOT.
Sandhu~st ,:J)ivisi~n: Ba<)k\Creek and Spring Gully .. . Sheepshead and Golden Gully .. . Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat .. . CrUsoe Gully and neighborhood .. . Marong and Bullock Creek .. , Victoria Reef and New-chum ' ... Long Gully, Maiden and Derwent Gullies Ironbark-.... ... .,. . .. Bendigo Flat ... ... ' .. . White. Hills ... ... .. . Epsom and Pottery Flat ... .. . Huntly ....... .. Sydney Flat and Whipstick ... Specimen Hill, Eaglehawk ... .. . Devonshire and Deadhorse Gullies .. . Windmill Hill and California Gully ... Eaglehawlt: Gully and Flat ... .. . Sailor~s, Snob's, and Pegleg Gullies .. . Raywood... ... ... .., Elysian Flat ... . ... ... Sebastian... ... ... • •• Kainarooka ... . .. ' .... . Sc9;ttered and prospecting... .. .
Carried forward
4
·6 3
30 6
26 6
18 28 ''10 58 19
156 280
50
456
210
-- 486
30 123 70 87 72 .20 12
-- 414
• f
140' 437 600 128 140 638 612 595 310 ,40 130 607 280 270 350 536 815 425 130 .)60
50 '46 130
8,720
1- 7,069
7,069
20
NUIlfBlm and DJSTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.~continued.
Name of Place. No. I Total.
Brought forward ... Kilmure Division:
Heedy Creek ~ •.• Tea-tree Sunday Creek Higinbotham and Yea Thornton ... . •.
Heathcote Div£sion and Waranga South Subdivision:
Spring Creek ••. • .. Redcastle ... ... Heathcote .. ..• .., Costerfield ... • .. ~rooborac .•• ... . .. Kimbolton and'Campaspe .. , Coliban and Myrtle Creek' ... Wild-duck Creek .•. • •• Major's Line .•.
Waranga North Subdivision: Cherry-tree ••• ... '" Old Lead and Chinaman's Flat, Rush-
worth ...... . .. Nuggety, Mongolian,' Frenchman's,
Growler's, and other reefs .. . Coy's Diggings .... ,... .. . Main Gully,. Union Lead and tribu-
taries, Whroo... ... ... Bala.clava, Carr's, Happy-go-lucky,
and other reefs .... .•. • .. White Hills ... .., ... Fontainebleau, Nine-mile Creek ... Good Friday, Mary Taylor's Creek '" Buffalo .... ... .., •.. Noorilim ... ... ... ...
Tota.l for Sandhurst District ...
MA.RYBOlWUGlf DISTRICT.
Maryborouglt Division: Waterloo, Inkerman, Alma, Adelaide
Lead, Moonlight .. , ... Golden Point, Caris brook, Majorca,
Craigie, and Four-mile Flat ... Mosquito, Blucher's, Mariner's, Bristol
Hill, and other reefs ... '" Chinaman's Flat... ... ... Newtown, Havelock, Lucknow, Mary-
borough ... ••• • ..
Amherst Division: About Talbot '" ... Scandinavian Lead .. . Rocky Flat ... .. . Mount Greenock .. . Nuggety and Long Gullies .•• Kangaroo Flat and Gully '" Mia-mia Flat. and tributaries Daisy Hill and tributaries .. . Adelaide Lead South .. . Blacksmith's Gully '" Emu and Cockatoo ... McCallum's Creek... .. •. Mount Glasgow... ...
AlfOca Subdivision:
98 5'
16 24 31
1-
260 110 150 120 35 80 60 40 70
9
94
161 58
47
85 10 84-18 85
5
550
900
550 750
450
90 100 160 200
30 40 70
150 110 40
150 40 10
Fiddler's Creek:... ... Amphitheatre ... • ..
... 1,233 60
Avoca .... ... . .. Green Hill Creek ... .. . Homebush and Vale's Reef .. . Lamplough. ." .. . Mountain Hut ... .. . No.1 Creek. .;. .. . No.2 Creek ... .. .
Carried forward
\ ... 264
10 75 30 35 37
132
7,069
174
925
656
8,824
3,200
1,190
4,390
Name of Place.
Brought for\vard ... Avoca Subdivision-continued.
Y orkey's Hi]1 ••• Donkey Hill .. . ]!'ryingpan Flat .. .
Dunolly and Ta1'1lagulla Divisions: Dunolly ..... . Burnt Creek ... . .. Bet-bet •• : ... ... Goldsborough '" ... Inkerman... ... '" Moliagul ... ••• • .. Bealiba... '" ... Murphy's Flat... • .. Jones' Creek ••• • .. Tarnagulla '" Half-way... .. . Llanelly ... .. .
Korong Division: Jericho... ... Jordan's H. • ..
Berlin... .. . Craigie Lea .. . Kingower .. . McIntyre's ... Sinnott's ... .. •. Burke's Flat ... New Inglewood ... Thompson's Gully ... Korong... • .. Old Inglewood ...
"i
Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisz"ons: Stuartmill ... .., .. . Redbank ... ... ... .. . Canterbury ... '" .. .
o Forest Hut ... ... .. . Moonambel .... ... .. . Middle Creek ... ." '" Sandy Creek ... .., "', Darling Flat ... .., ...
St. Arnaud North Subdivision: New Bendigo .... • •• St. Arnaud ... ." .Armenian Gully... ... Jerejaw, Fishhook, and other reefs ... Emu ... ... .. . Greenock Reef... .. . Carapooce '" .. . Rostron's ... Bell Rock, Black Rock, &e .. .. Forty-foot and vicinity .. . Stuart Hill ... • ..
Total'for Maryborough District ...
CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT.
Castlemaine Division: Guildford Campbell's Creek ... Castlemaine Barker's Creek Myrtle Creek Chewton '" Golden Point
Fryer~s Creek Divisz"Qn: Golden Gully and Fryerstown Spring Gully and Specimen Hill Church's Flat to Vaughan Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills German and Mopoke Gullies Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ... Table Hill 'and Tarilta ... Guildford Hills ... ... Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe Nuggety Gully and Irishtown Guitdford to Pickpocket ...
Carried forward
No.
40 152 100
220 150
70 60
120 150 140 25
140 195 40
170
80 30
1,700 35 50 20 20 50
160 20
100 25
50 75 40 12 60
400 300 31
50 70 17 12 35 30 14 12 30 65
5
165 380 230
'140 40
430 150
Total.
4,390
2,168
1,480
2,240
968
840
11,586
-- 1,535
860 190 440
50 no 134 96
320 315 160 45
1,535
21
NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. I
Name of Place. No. Total. Name 01 Place. No. Total.
-----------------------------1----1------1---------------------------------- ----Brought forward ...
Fryer's Creek Division--continued. Green and Sailor's Gullies ... Pickpocket and Hard Hills ••• Strathloddon and Hit-or-miss
Hepburn Division: Franklin Section and
Glenlyon .. . Y andoi t Section .. . Boots' Gully Section Italian Uully Section Spring Creek Section Doctor's Gully Section Brandy-hot Section Deep Creek Section Blind Creek Section Stony Creek Section Wombat Creek Section Daylesford Section Connel's Gully Section
Dry Diggings,
Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision: Taradale .n •.. n. Taradale South ... ... Piper's Creek ... • .. Kangaroo... ... '" Malmsbury ... ... Coliban North ••• '" Belltopper ... ... Redesdale ... '" Barfold... ... . .. Lauriston .l. .•• n.
Mudlark ••• '" Glenlyon... .n ...
Tarrangower Division: Beehive Hill ... '" ... Eaglehawk Gully ... '" ••• Long Gully... •.• .. . Pegleg uulty ... ... .. . Growler's Gully... '" .•. Porcupine 1J'lat... ... • .. Mount Tarrangower '" ... Fiddler's Flat ... ... .. . Sandy Creek ... '" ... Nuggety and Bradford ... • •• Green Valley and Blacksmith's Hill .:. Frenchman's and Mia-mia. .•• .., Muekleford ... ... • .. Newstead, Strangways, and Clydesdale
St. Andrew's East and Central Subdivisions: Anderson's Creek ... ... ... Loya.l Liberal Reef ... . .. Old Caledonia ... _ ... . .. Yow-yow... ... .., .. . Steel's Creek ... ... .. . Yow-yow Gully... ... .. . Wild-dog ... ... .. . Diamond Creek... ... .., Panton Hill ... ... . .. Researeh and Rocky '" .. , Pioneer Reef ... '" .. . Cherry-tree Gully... ... .. . Roddie's Creek... ... .. . McMahon's Creek, Warburton ... Watery Gully... ... • .. Queenstown ... '" ... Kingstown ... ... ... One-tree Hill ... ... . ..
Blue Mountain North Subdivision: Trentham ... • .. Columbia... ... ... Newbury... .,. • .. Garlick's Lead ... '" Alma ... ... • ..
Total for Castlemaine District ...
145 35
240
115 201 45
]50 125 225 54
290 144 137 196 325
47
330 194 10 40 60 25 53 40 20
134 JO 12
80 175 134 80 30 62 74
9 147 58 43 20 94 28
90 12 15 25 12 16 27 43 20
9 14 12 50 12
6 30 19 32
-
28 6
56 34 17
1,535
2,640
2,054
928
1,034
444
141 1--
8,776
I
ARARAT DISl'RICT.
Ararat Division: Ararat, including the White Lead, Can
ton Lead, Commissioner's Hill. Old I{orns, Hopkins' and Black Lead, Mitchell's Reel, and Picnic ...
Armstrong's, with Dutton's Gully, Long and Napoleon Gullies, and Hospital Hill, Eaglehawk . ... ."
Philip's Flat, Nil Desperandum, and Slaughteryard Hill ... ...
Cathcart, with Spring Lead, Bowman's :I!'lat, and Black Hill Lead ...
Rhymney, Shea's Flat, McNab's, Good Friday Gully, and Prcston Reefs ...
Opossum Gully, Soldier's Flat, Wattle Gully, and Port Curtis... ...
Moyston, with Campbell's Reef, Alluvial Flat, Camp, Jonathan's, Shepherd's Gully, and Gray's Rut Lead and Londonderry ... ...
Pleasant Creek ])ivision : Commercial Street Deep Lead ... Great Western ... Reefs ... • .. Flying Doe ... Germanla Reef ... Bonnie Dundee... ... Twenty-foot and Forty-foot Welcome Lead .. . Dog-trap ... .. .
Barkiy Division: Landsborough Barldy .. , Frenchman's Glenpatrick
Raglan Division: Beaufort ... ... '" Jock's Lead and Geelong Flat Main Lead ... • .. Tributaries to ditto ... Warterloo tributaries '" Poverty Point ... • .. Sailor'S Gully and Uulty ... Sulky and Charit{)n '" Waterloo... ... '" Surface Hill... '"
Total for Ararat District
UIl'PSLAND DISTRICT.
Omeo Subdivision: Livingstone Creek ... Upper Mitta-mitta River, from
bungara to Wombat Creek Wombat Crcek... .. . Gibbo River ... .. . Swift's Creek ... • .. River Tambo ... ...
Co-
MiwhellRiver and Boggy Creek Subdivisions: Nicholson River ... ... • .. Macdonald's Creek ... '" Store Creek ... ... .. . Haunted Stream... ••• .. . Deptford ... ... ... • .. Tambo RiYer ... ... • .. Prospectors ... ... • .. Buchan... ... ... . .. Boggy Creek ... ... '" Merrijig and Sandy's Creek '"
Carried forward
300
160
27
48
60
219
170
15 180 25
550 20 24 10 60
100 30
240 35 42-46
90 160 86
100 60 25 40 S5 70 26
170
75 75 49
106 15
70 12 30
2 20 30 10
4 190 80
984
1,014
363
712
3,073
490
448
938
22
'"NUMBEll and DISTllIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. /
Name of Place:
Brought forward ... ,< , <
Crooked River Division:, ·'1
Grant ... ... ... W onngangarra ... ... Crooked River ... ... Good-luck Creek ... ... Jungle Creek ... ... Black Snake . ... ... - ..... '
Twelve-mile Creek ... ... Twenty-five-Iilile ... ... Thirty-mile ... ... Wentworth River ... ... Upper Dargo , ... ... Jl.fiddle Dargo ... . ,. Lower'Dargo ... '" Upper Mitchell ... '" Good Hope .. ... . ..
;
"
Jericho Division: Matlock to A.lhambra ... Loebfyne and Ferntree ... B B Creek and spurs ... Jericho and Jordan ... Blue Jacket ... ... Red Jacket' ... ... A.bedeldy and Thomson ... Eldorado ... ... ... Dry Creek '" ... BlackwaU ... ... Moving population ...
..
Donnelly's Creek Division: . Store Point and Donnelly'S Creek Aberfeldy and Fulton's ... South Crinoline ... ... Edwards' mil ... ... Lee's Creek ... ... TullamOl'e and North Crinoline
Carried forward
Office of Minee, Melbourne, 25th April lSn.
...
:!jo, Tou>l. I
.,. . .. 988
... 27
... 8 .. . 65 ".' j 9» . , . 18 , a." 4 ... 4 ... 18 ... 3 ... 70' ... 85 .. . 16'
50' : ..
i8 .,. ~ ... , 12
, ' 407 .. OJ.
3 ... ; : 80 . .. ... 48 76 ... 2 ... ... 28 ... 138 ,
... 4 . .. 30 ... 4 ... - , . ---- 370
... 56 ... 22 ... 11 28
, ... ... 4 ... 6 ---... .. . 1,715
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Name of Place, No, ~I'otal.
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Brought forward . .. . .. . .. 1,715
Donnelly's Creek Division-continued. , , 'i Gladstone ... ... . .. 15 Upper Gladstone . .. . .. t 8' Blackhall Creek . .. .. .. : . .. --"-' 152
Stringer's Creek Division: Walhalla .•. ,
815 , ... ... '" Eureka Reef ... '" '" . 12 Happy~go-lucky ... .. . ... 17' .-Longfellow's Reef ... 38' ... Shamrock Reef ·s ... . .. . .. Thomson River 41 f ... ... ... Prospecting, sca.ttered ... . .. 15 Fulton's Creek ... ... , .. 14 Wealth of Nations ... ',' .7'
j ---' 467 . Russell's Creek Division:
Russell's Creek and Lower Tangil 120 ... {Jpper'Tangil '... • •• ... 25 Crossover and La T:r;obe River ... 50
--- 195
Bendoc Subdivisio~: Upper Bendoc 30 1: ro
'" ... ... Lower Bendoe ·12
, ... ... ... Bog . 62 ... ... ... . .. Bonang ... ... ... .. . 10 Prospecting 10 ... ... ... Delegate River , '8',' " ... ... ... ..
~ \ I: 132
Tarwin Subdivision: Stockyard Creek ... ... . .. 108 Cement Hill, . .. . .. '" 20 New Zealand Hill ... ... ... 50 Prospecting ... .. . ... 50
--- 228 ----
Total for Gippsland District ... . .. 2,889 ---
GBAND TOTAL ... . .. 58,220
R. BROUGH SMYTH,· Secretary f?rMines.
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J\tfINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar.
There are signS of improvement in our mines, principally founded on the success of the Band and Albion Consols Company. . '
A belief has prevailed for some time that payable deposits existed above the level of the lower strata of basalt, and this belief has been confirmed by the present workings in the above-named company's claim. .
This success has given an impulse in other directions, some of the agandoned claims having been taken up again in the hope that like deposits will be found therein. ,
,\,he wash, or deposit at present being worked by the Band and Albion Consols, is on the slope of the bed.rock on either side of the gutter, immediately above the line at which the top of the third stratum of basalt meets or joins the bed-rock, the wash on one side of the gutter being only about 200 feet wide and very rieh, 'On the other side about 600 feet wide, but not nearly so rich. The manager, ]';11'. Serjeant, is of opinion that the working of these deposits will afford profitable employment for ,a very long time. '.
At a place known as Bryant's Flat, Ballarat East, a .new lead, or what is believed to be a new lead, coming down from thc eastern ranges, has been discovercd. The prospectors have obtained a prospect with which they appeal' highly satisfied, and a number of claims have been taken on either side of ,them. The depth of sinking is about 100 feet.
GoLD obtained'from the prmcipal Alluvial Claims in the' Central Division of the Ballarat District, during the Quarter , , ending 31st March 1871.
Name of Company. Quantity.
I Name of Company. QUlIntity.
oz, dwl;. gr. 0'" dwt. gr.
Golden Gate ",: 139 3 12 National .
52 ... ... ... '" ... ... 0 0 Great Gulf ... ... ... 122 9 18 Cardigan Con sols '" ... .., 544 10 12 Eastern Star .•. . ' 195 0 0 Emperor ... " , 25 0 0 ... .. , ... ... ... . .. Try-Again ... ... ... 240 0 0 Prince Imperial ... ,j •• ' . .. 230 0 0 Caledonian , ... ... ... ll7 15 9 Albion Consols ... ... . .. 17 0 0 Rose Rill ... .... . , ... ... 533 o 12 Extended Working Miners ... .. . 442 18 0 Park .,. ... ... .. . 5,998 0 0 St. George and Band of Rope United ... 1,832 o 18 United Hand-in-Band and Band of Hope 5,783 0 0 Leviathan... ... ... ... 2,764 11 0 Koh-i-noor... ... ... . •. 445 0 0 Bonshaw ... . .. . . .. 1,10) 0 0 Phoonix .. ,' ... ... ... 19 0 0 Eurra-Eurra ... ... .. . 20 3 18 United Albion and Prince of Wales ... 984 12 0 Durham ... ... 90 0 0 Band and Albion Console ... . .. 8,379 I 12 Co-operati;~' Comp;cies ... .. . 3,000 0 0 Great Northern JunCtion .. , ... 88 ~9 18 I Recovery ... ... ... .. . 102 4 IS Prince of Wales ... ... ... 730 2 6 Total . , . .. ... . .. 38,996 13 9 ,
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DIVIDENDS.
Name of Company. Amount. Name of Company. Amount •
. . .£ 8. d • .£ 8 • d • Park ... ... .. . . 19,200 0 '0 St. George and Band of Hope United ... 7,500 0 () United Hand-in-Band and Band of Hope 9,600 0 0 Band and Albion Consols ... ... 8,418 15 0 Total ... .. . £44,718 15 0
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SOUTHERN DIVISION.
Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrdr:
The division has been unusually dull during the past quarter. There has been an immense falling off in'the returns generally. The one :edeeJ?ing inci~ent has been the highly promising prospects obtained by the British Banner and New
Stanley comparues, Pltfield PlalIls. 7
. The.~atter company hador a c?nsid;ra)lle time been regarded as a pioneer, o~ the success of' .which depended the r~-?perung or ~therwlse of the plams dlstIlctas a goldfield. Every perch of avaIlable Crown land IS being occupied by mmlllg comparues. ' ....
. Unfort~nately all, or nearly all the lands through which there would be the slightest probability of a deep gutter pas.SUlg are alIenated from the 9roWll, 80 that large sums of money will thus be absorbed by private property holders which, und~r more favorab~e CIrcumstances, would be employed profitably to the mining co=unity.
DespIte ~e great ramfall of the past season, one of the quartz companies, the Black Swan, is still unable to commence crushing, through want of water. . .
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BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert _llf. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
ALJ,UVIAL MenNG. The old established mines on the Union Jack, Glenco, and Durham leads continue to yield payable returns, with
the exception of the Innes Freehold (Glen co IJead), which 'is worked out, and the machinery for sale; while on the Durham the Perseverance and South Grenville have not yet 'overcome the large flow of water, which is, however, evidently now mastered, and the gutter will in all probability now he reached.
The shallow ground at Kitty's still yields many nuggets. The population has thinned down, and steady returns are expected by those miners remaining. -These workings are becoming of a more permanent and steady character, ,as various veins of amiferous dirt are traced east and west from: the crown of the hill. There is considerable activity in the neighborhood of these workings, both alluvial and quartz prospectors being at work. Some rich dirt was reported during the last few days as having been found at the Monmouth Gully, about two miles south from Kitty's. A small TUsh has set in on the shallow end of the ol~ Union Jack Gully, and good prospects have been obtained. Generally. the district is being well prospected.
QUARTZ MINING. I ha.ve no change to report in quartz mining. ' The following is a return of gold obtained from the principal anurial gold mines in this district, and as near an
approximate as I can arrive at of gold obtained from shallow workings, and all other sources:-
Independent (BuniTJyong township) Victoria (Buninyong township) Orown (Buninyong township) Innes lireehold (one month) (Buninyong township) Garibaldi, Durham .. . . .. . .. Enfield (Durham) . Duke of Oornwall (Durham) ... ... •.. ... ... Small companies (including Hopeful, J uhn Bull, Speculator, Monte Christo,
&0.) Kitty's rush Other shallow workings
ozs ..
225 252 383 120 329 92
192
700 500 500
8,294
dwts. grs. 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0
13 0 4 0 6 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
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JJ1r. Joltn Lynclt, -ll1ining Surveyor and Registrar. The gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines during the quarter is as follows ;-.:.
Golden. Stream ... Reform Golden Horn Golden Lake Galatea Haddon Rothsay Bute ...
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QZS.
2,974 2,065 2;001 1,983 1,768
960 412 397
12,561
dwts. grs. 0 0
° 0 0 0 4 0 4' 0 8 0
12 0 3 0
6 0
The total yield from all sources during the quarter was 18,489 OI1S. 10 dwts., ~nd it will be seen from this return that the ,district is enjoying a very high degree of prosperity. During the last three years the proceeds from the mines have been gradually increasing, when, in the quarter ending 81st December last, they reached the magnificent quantity of 18,708 ozs. The last quarter having produced a nearly equal amount, and the mines being, upon the whole, in an improved condition, we are naturally encouraged to nope that the district has entered upon a course of prosperity settled and continuous. Several new claims of large extent have been taken up during the quarter at both extremities of the district, the country in and around Haddon occupying the foremost place in public esteem, on account of the splendid yields of the Reform and Haddon claims.
At Oape Olea-r, too, a claim, embracing an area of 540 acres, and covering 94 chains of the main lead, has been taken 'up by local capitalists, who are determined upon giving the place a proper trial, and retrieving the character of the locality to the fullest extent that skill and economy can accomplish. Several blocks of old ground have been applied for, both at Smythesdale and Scarsdale, and generally there seems to be a disposition to re-work the old leads, as it is presumed, and very properly too, that ground which was overlooked, or would not pay expenses years ago, would now, under bettermauagement, cheape-r labor, and with superior mechanical appliances, pay well. At Linton and Happy Valley there is nothing new to report; nor does Oarngham depart much. from its usual steady routine, except in the instance of the Maguum Bonum Co., which has been obliged to abandon their claim through inability to make it remunerative. This circumstance is the more to be regretted, inasmuch as the claim occupied a position iIi front of many leads and tributaries which have been remarkably prolific for a short distance from their sources, but which does now indicate a rapidly falling. off tendency after having joined imd entered dceper ground. .
In quartz mining there is little or nothing doing. That branch of mining industry has never been successful here. Several efforts have been made from time to time to work our reefs, but all have hitherto resulted in disappoint. ment. The success which has attended alluvial mining for some time back has attracted an accession to our mining population, and has also occasioned an increase in mining machinery, especially in winding and pumping steam-engines.
,CRESWICK DIVISION. Mr. James Stevenson, J.liining Surveyor and Registrar.
I have the honor to report that there is a great ~ecrease in the yield of alluvium gold during the quarter, caused principally by the stoppage of the Australasian Company's mine. This company has obtained no gold in the quarter, in consequence of the underground workings being twice flooded out, and I fear they will have to sink a new
,shaft. l'here was also a falling off in the gold obtained from sluici*g. The yield of the principal alluvial mines is as follows :-
Key Company (late Grand Trunk Company) hired labor Hit.or-Miss Oompany (12 men) ... ...' ... Royal Standard Company (16 men) Golden Point Company (16 men)
ozs. 417 304 188 140
dwts. gr •. 1 0
11 0 9 i2 o 0
GORDON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
ALLUVIAl. MINING.
The Bonshaw Company are still engaged in sinking their shaft upon the supposed course of the All NIl.tions Gully Lead; they are now down a depth of 120 feet, but do not expect to bottom under ~OO feet; the~ Ilre co~fid~nt of bottominO' on the gutter or near it. No other alluvial mining of consequence is bemg earned on 10 the dlbtnct. A few Europeans and Chinese are working in Parker's Gully, and the shallow portion of All Nation's Gully; they are doing very little indeed, not making the lowest rate of wages.
QUARTZ MINING.
This branch of mining is looking up a little in this district. Prospecting is being carried on in two or three localities in a more systematic manner than has hitherto been the case. I. . -
The Summerhill Company, a claim situated about three miles to the north of Gordon, 18 lIkely t~ do good service in opening up a new reef situated upon their claim. They have just completed the e~ection of an eIght-head battery, and a 10 horse-power engine, at a cost of £600. The stone looks well, and the reef IS a well defined one of considE'rable size. Crushing operations will be commenced immediately, and I hope by the end of next quarter I shall have to report that a considerable amount of gold has been obtained by the company. .
Kangaroo Bob Quartz Mining Company, Registered, .Gordon.-Very little has been done during the quarter. The mine has been let on tribute, but the diiI-erent parties have abandoned their ,York, as they were unable to ~ake a. living. One party of tributors are still working on ]'isher'8 Reef, but with very poor results. The manager mforms me that it is the intention of the company to re-organize in order to get fresh capital into the company, so that the shaft may be sunk anothe;- 100 feet; at that depth it is thought that the stone will be obtained in larger quantities and of better quality. -
, Maxwell Company (late Argyle Company).-This is a co.operative party of nine men who are working the reef at the north-west angle of Morrow's pre-empt\ve right. They have just completed the erection of a 5·head battery and a 7 horse-power steam-engine (portable) at a cost of £300. '.I.'hey have had one crushing of 120 tons, which yielded 30 OZS; this will give a very fair profit, as the manager informs me that 2 dwts. per ton will cover all the expenses of working. .
- Marshall and Company (Jenny Lind Company) have completed the erection of an 8-head battery and a 12 horse-power engine at a cost of £700, they have been crushing all the quarter with very satisfactory results, as will be seen from the tables. The stone still looks well, fully three months work is opened up, and there are no indications of the reef running out.
No.1 North, Morrow's, have not yet struck the reef, although they are expecting to do so every day. Forty tons of stone from leaders was crushed and yielded 20 ozs.; this looks very well for the company.
The Victoria and Parker's Reef Companies under the tributors have shown some signs of improvement, but nothing calling fur any special remark. .
The Black Horse Company, during the latter portion of the quarter, again succeeded in raising payable stone, but whether the improvement will be permanent remains to be seen.
STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. 11'11'. John Sisson Cooper, ,J:[ining ",Registrar.
During the past quarter mining matters in this subdivision have been comparatively quiet; but although smaller quantities of quartz have been crushed, the results obtained show a greater average yield per ton than previously. _ -.
From the Albion Quartz Mining Company's claim 1,216~ tons of quartz yielded 1,346 ozs. of gold. '1'he depth of main shaft is now 788 feet, and the deepest level 755 feet, where the lode is 2 feet in thickness, well defined, and showing gold throughout. A. dividend of lOs. per share has been declared. ~'resh tenders have been called for sinking main shaft to the depth of 868 feet. _ _
The tributors at the New Alliance Company's claim from '24.t tons of quartz obtained 25 ozs. of gold. Operations still carried on. . 9
The Gladstone Company, from quartz raised 240 feet depth, crushed 53 tons, the result was 25 ozs. of gold; the company expected a larger yield, and account for the deficiency from the fact that the stone was not nrst well burnt, as it is so highly impregnated with other metallic substances, which can only be got rid of by thaf means, and which, if retained, interferes' greatly with amalgamation. The vein at above depth is 9 inches thick. . :The only crushing during the quarter from the Tam O'Shanter Company's claim was that of 46 tons, which yielded 111 ozs. 12 dwts. of gold. This compa-ny has been busily occupied in sinking a new shaft, and making other arrangements on surface; the vein there now appears richer tj.tan ever, and promises splendid returns. -
From the A 1 Reef,. where (as I previously reported) the vein has an east and west course, instead of north and south; and cutting across the strata at almost right angles, the last crushing of 26 tons realized 48 0218. of gold; the vein still continues the same course, well defined, and from 12 to 18 inches in thickness.
The SteigIitz Quartz Mining Company, from a crushing of30 tons, obtained 48 ozs. of gold. Other companies are busily engaged in raising and stacking their quartz for crushing at Easter -time, and in
nearly all cases appear very sanguine of good and payable returns. _
BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar.
QUA.RTZ MINING. I ,
At the beginning of the year most of our quartz mining companies commenced overhauling their machinery and making the necessary repairs, this was especially the case on Simmons' Reef, as the supply of water had fallen off: However, a copious fan of rain in February sent all the water-wheels to work again, and the first quarter of the year opened with very fair prospects as a: whole. ,_
On Barry's Reef t~e Sultan Company (after having been occupied many months in driving on the reef at the 396·foot level) have agam struck good payable quartz in a lode of /i feet 6 inches in width, 4 feet of which is raised for crushing, which promises to yield from 10 to 1~ dwts. per ton.
On Sin;mons' Reef the owner~ of the Imperial Company's mine, which has been idle for a considerable time, pe now er~ctmg a.larg~ wheel. This company have ~ithel:to crushed with steam-power, but now that water-power is to be substltut.ed there IS every·confidence that the mme wIll again prove payable .
. On ~rJght's Reef the. North. Britain ~ompany have all but finished the erection of their 10-head battery, 'and crushmg WIll be c~mmenced Immedlately. .rhere are from 500 to 600 tons of quartz ready to be operated upon, and no doubts ~re entertalllcd as to the result belllg favorable. The Red White and Blue Company, 011 the same liue of reef,. wIll be ready with about 150 tons of quartz immediately after the maiden crushing of the North Briton Company's machine, with the like anticipation.
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, The T:iumph Co~pallj'and the Cosmo Company, at·8LU~ke Gul~y (th~,ll,lines of >.yhich are worked on tribute), have b~en. domg exceedlllgly ~ell. The latter COl;l1pany havo JUS~ paId a dlvidend of 2s .. per scrip. The quartz at present rUlsed by both ?ompallleslooks eql:ally. a~ well as that whIch has been crushed durmg tho quarter. "
>, ,::, On t4e Yankee Ii.no·of reefs eV~l'j'~hll;g I~ III a vel:>: dor~an.t sta;te. The. CIunes a?d Blackwood Company have recently.s,topped operatIOns, and the rroJan,Comp.any have been Idle for a"conslderable tIme. With the exception of a few alluvial miners', this portion of .the district is almost completely deserted " , ",;;' ,,' .. ~h,e.9~~at' ~x~eiide~~~ndel"Cqp.lpa:n!~john:son'~ Reef, '~ave'remoyed th!'ir'.'vinding and pumping engine, 'and ten head, or o~e-ha~f, of tlielr batt:ry. This company s plant I~ very fav9rably sItuated fo'r'a supp'ly',6f )va~er, an~ if the battery was driven by w'd,ter mstead of steam-power; there could haraJy be a 'doubt but wnat it"would"prove"a payable undertaking. "', " , ., .A.~LUVIAL MINING, . The C!l'~P Reser~e, 'Golden Point; allud~d ~o 'in ~y l.ast qU~rl~r'~ repbrt, is stth payi~g v~~y W:~t.1.rlie.ground lS of a',verY)Imlted,exteQt, and has bee,n taken up by four dIiferent parties; there are altogether 20 men at work, who make good wages., The return of a ,party of fov.r for th~ qua,rter just en~ed"amounted to 81 ozs. 'i7 dwts.(
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{ There has been more gold obtaIned during the past quarter than for any similar period for,some years.pa~t. -This is, altogether attributable to the al,mndant supply of water during the .past six months; and even at this late periorl of the season most of the races carry a fair quantity of water. The retUrn of gold proves (if proof w:ere wanting), that"th,ere are thousands, of acres in . ,this ili,yision, which would yi~ld most remunerative, wages ~f, only an adequate water supply could be obtained. 'Sluicing operations are still briskly carried on in this locl}lity, and. at
. Stanley, and,it is probaqle that th\l next quar~er's return will equal, if not surpass, the present quarter's. ..,., .Mining at Eldorado.U! .improving .. Th~re~tim, fiom the Oyens' 901d and ,'rin Company's ,claim are"eviden~\)
,that the Jead.,doe~ no.t geti~ors~,,~s,.i~ .g~e~ ~o.~lJicr~~.k;" a1fq:t~r'!R0~!f,4,.belo\v, tI!:i~ cli1~m, Which w;:s ~9~erJ,y,.held .oy the Great Extended Company, has been taken up by a new company. THe Welhngton Company ~s progre~s~ngwlth b9th their·shafts.; they are down about 120 feet, a1J.dj so far,little or no difliqulty has been experienced in the,sinking; The McEvoy Company have abandoned 'their old \h.aft and have qommenced a new one, near which they p,a;v'e erect\)d the machinery formerly owned by the Great E:i£ended Company'.· As theii" ground has been pretty well' drained through the old shaft, a short time will suffice to put·the-new-shaft in working order. The Kneebone Company have' let part of their claim on tribute, and they intend sinking their new shaft 30 feet into the granite, in order to be able to work the bottom floor from it. Remarkably. good prospects 'have. Deen obtained from this floOf; but some time must elapse before they can work it, ,as theshltft has to go through HO,fee,t of ,the hardest granite.
The followj,ng is th!! return of gold alid sand from 't!ie 'above claim for tJie quarter, viz. ;-';._l!:: •. ,.- ... J'~ ~ .• ':.';J'''';.'(' ~."'''j 1, HI' ~., "," ,,-".,' ~. ,I,',' .~:,' •
'., I ,.,,:,', ." •• , •. :.,. '; '.1 Gold. ' San(h' , ozs . dwts. gra. tons. cwt. ql'!l.
',822 3 " 0' ... 16~ 6 0 , . 566 14 0 11 .0 r 0
... 1,004 14 • 15 19 8 0
. r. ·McEvoY'~jnpani'. . -':"'~ Kneebone Company, ' ... Ovens Gold and Tin Company .
-----Total 2,393 '11 15 46 14 0
'-----,-. " There is 'very little doing'in''qu::irtz' mining. A large .number of' sJllall'parcels have been brought to the mills, ,
'but, with the exception oE that from the Darling Grapt Reef; the retur.n~ ha,ve not been very grea,t. The crushing from this reef of 50 tons gave 87 ozs. and 10' dwts. The reefs' at Hurdle Flat have not turned out as well as usual.; it would appear'that as they go ,down ·theY.'l;>~cQme ,po.orer., T~e Wallaby Company are 'at present crushing about 300 tons, but thes~one i~,not. equal to'~hat,fr~sh,ed .last quarter., ' '.' ;. , ' .' , ' ., .• , '
"', :YACKANDANDAH . m:V1SION. , ,,' " . ",' Mr~ Tho,mas' G. Kelman; Miniit'g Surveyor an'a Registrar.
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The only item of'any importance fu minhig"ma~,ters is,:t4e.discqver.r:of, a'J?ew.reef.at, n;illsb~rongh, east of Messrs. McDonough and Company's lease, The stone looks well~ but no crushing has yet taken place.
I have, although the season has been so wet, registered the sllspensionof a number of claims for want flf water. WIth the lJ.bove. ~xception, mi¢ng ,matters, continue· very, dull, and, as far as I: can see, with little likelihood of a change for the better: . ',. , . " ,,' "I ••• "j ~. • ... ~"" ". ,.... • ,. '. ' .' '. . • '
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, The yield from alluvial mining has decreased very materially ~uring the quarter, chie~y owing to t~e .~onproductiveness of the: claim ofthe Sons and Dom!" Consols Company, which h!Ls long been the malllstay,ofthe. dIVISIOn, The IndiO'o Township Claim, and. the Guiding Star.Claim"Mona Lead, .have both collapsed, and the machmery has' been soltby auction. The only alluvial claims .of any importance now at work are the S.ons and, DO,ma .Conso~s Compapy,.Chilt.ern Lead, and the Glencoe JunctIOn Company, at Il.utherglen;. both compailles are'lutttpg. ~ theIr main drives, and it will be some time, under the most favorable circumstances, before, they can ',ad to, the YIeld of gold to any appreciable extent. " .. • " .,
• Most of the.alluvial gold ls'now obtained by Chinese on, the old Indigo and other. dry leads. . There is no improvement in quartz mining. The quantity of stone crushed belllg only about one-J;mlf that
crush~d last quarter, and there ar~ no indications of any improvement in ~his branch of n:i?ing. ' , '. : ' The prospects 'of ~he diviSIOn have never been so gloomy. yery l~ttle can be antlCIl?ated. from quartz mlll:n~,
which has been langUlshlllg for years; and unless the two allUVIal claIms now prospectlllg· prove BucctlBsful, It IS evident the mining population must decrease considerably during the next few months.
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BUCKLAND DIVISION. "-/ .' , Li .J
·,1I1r. Lewis C. Kine/tela, Mining Registr.ar.
. Mining in the Buckland Division during the p~st three'months, has n9t, I reg~et to', say, sustained that improvement referred to in my previous report; the first time for some years a notable .reduction in the quantity of gold obtained in the quarter is to be remarked, and the causo unmistakably to be assigq.ed 'for the diminished yield, is the increasing difficulty in working OUT reefs, added to the stone almost invariably becoming poorer as the quartz lodes are sunk upon; while, up to the present, no effort worthy of note has peen made .t.o sink.through ,stone showing no gold (although large and well-defined rellfs still remain in the workings), and thus endeavour to test the existence of gold-bearing stone'at lower depths.. ' . .. ' . '" .
As a rule here, the ,tul!nels put in to cut reefs at 300 or 400 feet from:the cap"have.resulted in (iisappointment and'loss to the proprietors; for although .the reef is 'got in most .instances, yet tqe stone seldol1l. pays for the outlay iucurred. u ,. • ,. ,
Having reference to this question, of the value of onr reefs at depths ,as, yet. untouched by local interprise, I would draw your attention' to a reef otherwise not requiring comment. The Can.tonReef, now being worked in the bed of Morse's Creek, about one mile above Brigh~, is 110 feet below the creek, and has not. deteriorated in yield pert!)n at the present deepest workings. I b'elieve this to be the lowest reef in this division. . " , It may be noted by the return of quartz .crushed during the quarter, that tne Old Oriental Perseverance Reef
has consiUerably improved in the average of gold per ton, and might lead to the inference that many of our reefs are prematurely abandoned, as this mine has been continuously in work since 1860, and was made to cJear expenses with an average occasionally as low as dwts. per ton. . ' .
A Melbourne company has purchased the New Moon Reef and plant-it is said for £4000-and, as far as my information goes, I believe it will present a contrast as a profitable investment to"the rash . purchases made here by Ballarat speculators some two/ears since." . " '. .'., ''',', . "._ . ,
The Phcenix Deep Lea Company at Harrietville are engaged in sawing lumber for their new shaft-utilizing their old plant as a motive-power for the work; however, as so few hand's are engaged, I. fear twelve, months at least will elapse before any definite result can be ascertained respecting the value of the claim.. , ' ,
I regret to say that some of our best miners-both employers, working men, and mechanics-have left this division recently-some for the Gullgong rush; and although- the reduction in numbers is not very great, yet I fear it is likely to be continuous, as this district seems now to be suffering from one of those periodical depressions incidental to mining 'communities, and of whicli I have' s.een;.two sifch'. 'here; b6th f!'lllowed by seasons of renewed mining prosperity.
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. \' ALEXANDJ;tA SUBDIVISION.'
Mr. R. A. F. MU1'1'ay, Mi~inriSuriJejJo'l' and Re,qistrar. t ""1', -,4.
ALLUVIAL MINING.
No hew featu~e 'ofimport~ce in this branch of mining has'arisen during the past·qnarter. Operations ou'theRoyal Standard Lead cohtiillie to be proSecuted wi~h energy;" , 'The Apsley Company are still driving; at various' points in 'their \vorkin:gs gold has been found; but the
manager i~ sanguine of making a more important discovery in the deeper' ground which they' are' a,t pre~nt 'pr'o2 speeting for~ The prospects aHeady obtained have been 'considered sufficiently iril por'tant' to justify the erection of a. puddling-machine, which is now being' proceeded with. Blocking out,)lowever, has not :re,t been commenced, and no returns have been reported from this claim. "'. ,; '> . ": ,,,. '. ", '.(. . ., I ' '. '
The Portia Company, after the almost endl£>s8 litigation they have been involved in, has resulted in their ground changing hands.
The new company have started work energetically; and should the appeal now pending in the Court of Mines not interfere with their progress, there is· every reason to hope that before the end of another quarter this claim, now known as the "Oberon Company" will be one of tJiose contributirig to the 'prosperity of the district.
Pennington and Company's party,- after having had tirpei:fqrm a'considerable an:iount of dead work, have again commenced washing, and that r~ported last shows that, .the miners a,re likely to be well reward\,d, who ,so energetically persevere in proving the' value of the numerous auriferbus gullies that exist in this subdivision:' " ....
, The Hit-or-Miss Lead, near Merton, continues to give fair returns to the fortunate parties who hold claims 'at the lower end ofthe gully; the upper portion'having'beenprove,d to 'be unTt:;muD,erativ!:l. :' :' .' ".' .. I
The shallow workillgs ill the vicinity of Growle~:s Grilly have Heen'neady worll:'e~ ·out;'and"b.o fresh d~sco.ve,ri,es being made on the Puzzle Lead, has caused a 'great falling off in the mining population in this' portion of'the subdivision. ' " ". .... . .
The Working Miner's' Lead at Godfrey'!! Creek is almost at '", standstill, the 0111y claim lately in full work, vjz., the Working. M~Jlers' Company, .haviI)g had their C11,iPl and machinery sold under an order of court. The purchaser has been stopped from proceeding with mining operp,tions by an injunction, and work will probably not be resumed in this valuable claim for some months. ' , . . I" • • ",. .
The Gobur Company's ground has again fallen ·in, an(l their'works, as'fur"as raiSing wasJiditt is' conceriIed, also stopped for 'a time. . .' , . " "'"
The, only other claim at work on this 'lead, viz., the Never.can.tellCompany, have 'materially reduced the number" of.men they had employed, and the few now at work are chiefly engaged '.iIi further 'prospecting tlieir ground~ Some of the shallow \vorkings ill that vicinity are still occupied by miners. Both. Godfr~y's Creek and ~he. heads of. various other creeks in the division, afford remunerative employment to a number of ininers .. ~ . ' . .. .. ' On the main branch of Godfrey's Creek, above .Gobur, a. company has been .engaged . prospecting for, a new lead, to be known by the, .nam~ of the" Gambetta,", Altq.onglj gold has been. fouhdin,~he shuft, it has not been. obtained hi payable quantities; and the beli6f tJiat payable gold will be.found-is quite as strong as ever; but it is very doubtful whether the present company'may not lie 'discouraged at'·their'non':.silCcess, lis the two pr~yi9,us <,l9mpanies in ~his venture have been. The wide extent of the fiat the lead is supposed to traverse renders-it a matter of'great' difficulty to arrive at anything approximating to a correct-opinion as to the probable position of the deep ground; 'and, notwithstanding the fact of boring-rods being in the division, which could easily be hired or purchased, and which would undoubtedly gret.tly facilimte-thoil' opei'ations,'there appears'to be an entire want of appreciation of the advantages to be derived by thoir use,and the old .syst~m of sil?-~ing.,sp.!1:fts,t!lfind the,d,eep ground still prevails.
Owing to the numerous rainfalls we have had 'during this summer, the' GoulbUni has never yet reached its usual level for the season, J\1:illing operations have, therefore, beeu.checked in this direction. Several parties of miners are, however, engaged along its course, but I have not heard of antof them being pal,ticularly successful. ,
The glowing accounts rocei ved from Gullgong, ill New South Wales, together with the failing of Growler's Gully, and the almost total suspension of work on· the Working Miners: Lead, has caused a very considerable exodus of the miners in this subdivision, as also the many new ventures. opened up in the Sandhurst District have 'opened up prospects of immediate and remunerative employment for ,their labor, which' the' present state of matters at Godfrey's Oreek, &c" rendered improbable for sbme time at least. " ' ,. ",' , .
QUART.Z MINING. The improvements noticed in quartz mining. during the previous quarter has not subsided, and although a.
less number of miners are engaged in the division, the returns are in every respect as satisfactory as that shown in . the returns of last quarter. A number of claims that were abandoned in ~he vicinity of Alexandra for the past
two or ,three years have again been taken up, and confidence is felt that, with the improved knowledge of mining "-infused into the district since then, that some, if not all of those claims, will again help to swell the returns from ' this division.
The Albert Company's crushings still continue to take precedence of all others; it is, however, hoped, that ere long. the Mysterious Company will compete with them as regards the quantity of gold produced; the mine of this company improving as it does as they get down, and the facilities for taking out stone increases. It is, however, Tery doubtful if they will ever reach the same average per ton as that of the Albert Company.
At Molesworth a small crushing has' been effected. The large Ilodyof water in the company's mine has baffled all their efforts to contend successfully with. The company not being disposed to invest the additional amount requisite for st!3am-power for the purpose of drainage, the crusl;J.ing plant has 'been disposed of, and the lower workings abandoned. 'fhere are some small operations still being carried on in the upper workings by two miners, but the old Result Company may be considered to have died out. The dykes in the division still continue to attract attention. Another has been discovered parallel to that known as the Lily Reef, about half a mile south. , The stone is reported to show good prospects of gold, but the workings <Ilre not yet in that advanced state that a crushing could be obtained. 'Ihose claims in the vicinity of the Lily Reef will have increased facilities for testing their value, a .crushing mill having been completed for the Lily Oompany. A breakage of some of the machinery, however, took place on their commencing operations; no crushing in' consequence has yet been reported from it, but doubtless, when i1;1 work. it.will tend to improve the periodical returns. . ,
The workings at Durham Gully have in some ~nstances reached the water-level, and the others are fast tending to the same point. A movement has been initiated for the amalgamation of all the claims in that vicinity, aud for the erection of pumping machinery. Should tho, promoters of this scheme bc successful, it will greatly improve the
. chances of ascertaining at an early date the value of these diorite dykes at depths where'single-handed those various small claimholders cannot reach. .
GAFFNEY'S' CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
This subdivision shows no encouraging signs at present, and there is a large falling off in quartz gold, due rather to the continued poorness of yield ~han to the absence of a sufficiency of water. .
The A. Company have not yet succeeded in letting their claim on tribute, the terms being considered unfavorable by our miners. The Rose of Denmark stone 'has fallen off in quality, but doubtless a rich run \'\-ill shortly be again available. The Hunts Company's tributors are gutting the old workings from surface to watt:r-Ievel, and high yields cannot be expected till new ground is tapped. The Victoria and Golden Belt are now t~e mam stays of the Homeward-bound Reefs, and likely to remain so for some time. The Great Eastern mine and machllle have been sold to Ah Louey, a Chinaman, who also has taken up the El Dorado. The poverty of these reefs has therefore causE!d'
'them to pass from European into the Hands of the cheaper laborers, as is the case also in our alluvial workings. I elCpect good results in the EI Dorado. The Cornhill Company have at length let their mine on tribute, and on the
, whole the prospects of this mine are improving. , . I
Three rich patches in G:j.ffney's and Raspberry Creeks have been struck in unworked ground, and con~n?uted materially to the increase of the alluvial gold in this district during the past quarter; I regret to add that ~t IS nQt likely to endure, the available ground being pretty well worked out.
WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
The quantity of stOlle crushed as well as the yield has fallen off in this subdivision, as 'is usual at this period of ~~ . .
The reef chiefly contributing to this result is the Morning Star, all the mines on which show both less stone crushed and les8 gold obtained than for the previous quarter. The Nos. 1 and 2 North Company, on that reef, has had 110 <crushing during the quarter, and the Hope shows a falling off which, however, I trust is but temporary, the appearance of the mine having improved materially lately.
. The Alliance Oompauy's mine, Never-mind Spur, shows the high yield of 2ozs. 7 dwts. 14 grs. per ton, and I am informed that the stone now being raised will give a higher return still. A parcel crushed at the Leviathan was chiefly obtained from drives opcning up into' the lower lcvel, the crushings from which are now being raised. The stone is promising, and the mine justly retains its good repute. The All Nations have had a very successful crushing of 510 tons, yielding 332 ozs.; but the previous crushing of 410 tons, yielding only 92 OZS., has reduced the average yield materially. The Oriental is the only claim on Stander's Creek now yielding returns, but doubtless its present success, after so protracted and unpromising a career, will tend to encourage other compan,ies in that locality. '1'he same may be said of the New All Nations Company, Never·mind Spur, crushiug from ground wbich has passed through various hauds for the last seven years without, until n,ow, giving payable TE'SUltS. 'fhe,new reef struck is a flat reef ahout 2tfeet thick of solid stone, easily worked, and very much improved in richness of stone si1;1ce the trial crushing of i oz, per ton was obtained. • '
In alluvial· I have nothing new to report in this subdivision. The yield has been good for the·quarter, and both on the Lower Goulburn and Kelly's Creek promising, prospects havc .been obtained in newly-opened claims. On the whole, things are looking up in the Wood's Point Subdivision, although the Mornin~ Star 90ntJiQu~fil!l less thaq formerly to our prosperity.
BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.' .
The sub~ivision continues in the same state as when!last reported on, and will in all probability remain so until a. thoronghfare IS made through the valley, and that valley ceases to be a mere cul-de-sac to Darlingford. ·The mining popUlation continues t<\ decrease and the yield of alluvial gold. .
II!- quartz, the tributors o~ the' Lucks-all Oompany's mine have succeeded beyond their. most sanguine ~xpe~tatIon~, and the average obtamed, namely, 11 dwts.and 20 grs., classes this mine as one of the most flourishing III thIS ~s tnct f?r the present. The Retrieve; Company.is n;ore than paying expenses, alid likely I think to improve. Th~ Matd ?f Enn have had but a small crushing; the mllle IS hardly yet opened up or sufficiently prospected to form an Idea of Its value.
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JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. Mr. H. C. Geneste, Mining Registrar.
It will be seen by the tabulated statement that the yield of alluvial gold during the past quarter shows a slight decrease on that obtained during the quarter ending 31st December 1870 (906 ozs. as against 960) ; this is accounted for by the scarcity of water, which prevents the miners from working deposits situated at a distance from tile river and creeks, most of the gold having, therefore, been obtained from cr?ek claims. It was hoped that a company would have been formed for the purpose of h}1.nging water unto the spurs, by means of a main race from the Goulburn River; but, owing to the unaccountable opposition met with from a section of the miners, this scheme has been abandoned by the capatalists who were prepared to have carried it out. The result oHhis is that alluvial mining in this division has lost the opportunity oian impetus which would certainly have doubled, if not increased to a still greater extent, the yield of gold from this source. ' ,
In quartz mining the yield has been 'small, as many companies have been engaged in opening out their ground, and other dead work.
Two fresh reefs have been found to contain payable gold; one, the Queen of the Alps, from a trial crushing of 50 tons, the particulars of which are given in my tabulated return; and the other, the Pride of Venice. From the appearance of the stone in the latter mine, which is situated at the head of Baker's Creek, operations have been suspended for the purpose of erecting machinery. A new reef has also been discovered in the immediate neighborhood of Jamieson, of which, however, little is yet known, beyond the fact that specimens exhibited by the prospector present a very favorable appearance.
The Alabama Reef,-The yield from this mine at the last crushing, namely, 29 ozs. of gold from 50 tons, not having been as g'ood as was expected, the eOIIJpany have suspended operations, and is now working an adjoining claim, Nos, 1,2,3, and 4, North Alabama, from which a trial crushing will be obtained in a few weeks, payable returns being anticipated. , ,
The North Champion Company, Flume Creek, is now crushing, and will wash up in a few days. Gleeson:s Lease,-This mine is now looking better than ever, and a crushing will be made shortly, the yield from
which, there is eve.ry reason to suppose, will equal if not exceed the splendid result obtained from the last crushing, namcly, 3 OZS. 16 dwts. to the ton.
SANDHURST MINING ,DISTRICT.
SAND HURST DIVISION.
" Mr. N. G~ Stephens, Mining Registrar.
Information respecting some of the quartz crushed during the past quarter:-'
Name of Company. Name Qf Reef. Tons. l
Unity " Garden Gully ., 567 Golden Fleece (Tribute) .. Garden Gully . , 1,201 Victory., " . , Gorden Gully .. 462 :North Gorden Gully .. Garden Gully ., 1,13, Pandora .. Gorden Gully .. 196 Pass-by (Tribute) .. Garden Gully .. 638 York and Durham .. St. Mungo .. 1,317 Great Britain .. .. Caledonia " .. 2,041 Stewart'. (Tribute) , . , Bird's . , .. 1,591 White's Freehold, No. I .. Bird's " .. 1,537 North Albion .. Bird's "
,. 587 Sawer. and Walk~r'B Free- Blrd's .. .. 861
hold White's ~'reehold. No, 2 .. Bird'a .,
" 230 Bendigo and Melbourne " Birdts '\ .. .. 37 Bird's Reel " .. Bird's " 131 Albion .. .. ., Bird's .. " 398 Bonut! and Co. .. " New-chum .. 650 Ellesmere ,. New-chum .. 1,635 Britannlo (Tribut~) o. Britannia ,,' 561
Total Yield of
Gol<!.
oz,dwt,gr, 2,147 10 12 2,581 0 0
385 0 0 706 0 0 417 15 18
1,350 12 0 512 11 0 703 I 0 910 14 0 564 14 0 322 16 0 368 8 (j
344 16 4 14 9 0 59 18 0 72 5 0
6S5 13 12 567 I. 0 349 18 0
Average per Ton.
o"owt, gr, 3 15 18'39 2 2 23,,4 v 16 16 o 12 10'57 2 2 15'15 2 2 8'12 0 7 18'80 0 621';)4 o II 10'75 0 7 8'55 o 10 23'00 0 8 13'37
I 923'6 0 7 19'45 0 9 3'48 0 3 15'13 o 19 13'42 0 6 22'60 o I~ 9'24
Depth at which the Quartz
WB.8 obtained.
300 feet .. 260 feet .. 250 feet .. 250 feet " 200 fect 260 feet " 240 feet .. 150 feet .. .. 168 feet .. ,.
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Bet, 300 & 400 feet 270 to 340 feet .. 250 feet .. ..
feet. 150 170 150 ' 150 .,
190 80 48 ,50 48 48
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48 150
Width of Reel, &e.
18 Ceet 4 to 5 feet
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6 to 7 feet 12 feet 4 to 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 1 to 3 feet 251eet About 40 feet 33 feet 39 feet About 40 feet
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,6 feet. Geneml average 80 feet
20 to 30 feet of spurs 10 feet 2 Ceet
Rourke and Henderson o. Belle Vue and New- 187 195 14 12 I o 22'39 ISO feet .. .. 100 Belle Yue 10 In. New Chum 16 ft., cbnm in same clu.im
Railway (Tribute) BeUe Vile .. .. 286 19214 0 o 16 7'93 " " Abont 3 feet Kneebone and Jeffrey's Snob's Hill " 814 204 7 0 0 Ii 0'00 300 feet .. " 260 6'inches to 4 feet
(Tribute) Great Extended Hustler's Hustler's " .. 4,450 2,184 5' 0 0 (I 19'60 400 to !j00 feet " 90 25 feet averoge North Johnson's .. Johnson's " 8:>0 , 1,772 a 12 2 1 16'75 437 feet " .. I to 4 feet South Johnson's " Johnson's •• .. 7a3 295 9 0 0' S 1 '47 Bet, 500 & 4~O feet .. A body of spurs Johnsonfg Reef Johnson's •• .. 1,665 582 12 0 0 6 23'95 250 to 422 feet. Golden Fleece (Tribute) .. Stalford " .. 369 263 12 12 0' 14 6'92 100 feet , . About 2 Ceet. Albert .. .. " Stnfford ., .. 270 390 12 0 I 8 22'4 150 feet •• " 175 About 1 foot. Union Jack . , Napoleon .. 130 71 0 0 o 10 22'15 lIiO feet .. 150 3 feel Prince of Wules ., .. l>rince of Wales .. 635 212 11 I 0 6 16'66 100 feet .. .. 160 Spurs from 4 to 16 Inches Catherine Reef U, C, o. Catherine .. .. 3,087 946 16 0 0-6 8'21 IlO to 420 feet ., 130 4 inches to 0 feet Roberts Brothers ., Pigeon o. " 31 63 10 12 2 023'61 120 feet .. " 130 9 feet Opossnm .. . , Opossnm .. 193 119 0 0 o 12 7'95 Christmas " " Christmas .. " 66 121 19 18 1 !6 23'18 Hercules ,. .. Victoria .. ., I,S07 460 i) 0 0 7 4'24 400 feet .• ., ~O 20 feet Wm,Rna .. Victoria .. .. 469 22S 0 0 0 9 12'69 150 feet Murchison ,. .. Star .. .. 1,500 82 (l 0 0 1 2'24 Surface " 40 feet :Nil Desperandum .. Raywood , . .. 1,800 451 0 0 0 , 0'26 1,5 feet .. .. 150 30 feet Fraser's .. .. Fraser's " , . 381 289 1\ 0 o 15 4'40 120 to 180 feet ,. Sune, Spurs
Blanket Sand and l'lJri./es. 5i Obtained by means of reverberatory furnace, Ellesmere .. .. New-chum Gully .. 2014 6 312 1'04 Blanket sand,
Ellesmere .. .. New-chum Gully " ~~, 43 19 0 I 6 15'27, Pyrites, Ootained by means of revorheratory furnace.
Hercules .. Ylctoria ,. .. 13 0 0 2 12 0 Pyrites. ObtaIned by meallS of reverberatory furnace. Great Extended Hustler's HUBtler's .. " 50j 139 7 0 2 15 4,,1 Pyrites, Obtained by means of reverberatory furua.ce.
.At the present time I havc reason for believing that if possible mining affairs are in a more prosperous condition than hitherto.
It would be difficult t,o find a speculator who does not speak well of the general result of mining operations (I refer particularly to the reefs within four miles of the township of Sandhurst.)
It is confidently expected that the next quarter will produce much more' gold than there has been during the past three months. '
, , The discovery of a new and very rich I;un of stone in, Collmann and T~chi's Reef Company's claim, at a depth
of 640 feet, gives great encouragement to mining enterprise;" '.. There has been a great amount· of 'speculation in: shares; b,ut it appear~ to be influenced and regulated very
much by well-unders.tood indications that are developed from time to time, so that high prices are not often, paid for shares witho,ut ,go,od 'reasops for ,so doing. ' ," , " " ' ' .. " :, The; Ij1~nes, are wot;lied"more, eiHirg~ticalIy ,than'formerly, many claims have two' or more reefs I'uUlling,througrr th~m, and if one p~oves -unremunerative search is immediately made for another by crosscutting, and often with, great success., '
, : It h~s, Ji~~n found necess~ry ,to ~rect several mo!e machines lately, but it is quite evident that more are required. , The ,fortunate p.wn~rs of land, sItuated on the IllIe of well defined and pay~ble reefs, find the value of their
p,roperty much enhan'ced; and residence ar<!as similarly situated are being worked as mining' clai.ms. , The supply of hibor is'equal to the demand. ' '
Alluvial mining is still.confined to Huntly, but the companies' prospects there have improved. , .. . , ,', '
,KILMORE DIVISION. ,Mr~ James ,,17. O~born, Mining, Registrar.
, 'There is very littiemining going on in' the division. Quartz miners have met with, hut little success this quarter. Alluvial miuers, including Chinese, from enquiries made, do not average more 'than fifteen shillings per week., :",' , ' , .. ., '
HEA'n~CQJ'E, Prv+'S~Q1'S. AND WARANGA ROUTH SUBDIVISION . • . .. ' • ". r .. "~. ,Mr.,:J. T .. Stron~·, flfining SUrvey01~ and Re;istrar. '. .' .
Mining during the last' quarter ~as beencharac'terised by extreme dullness. , ' ;, The miners continue to leave Spring Creek, and the place seems gradually declining; oceasionally a smalhush'·
takes place and gives employment for a few weeks to perhaps about 100 or 150 meu, and is then worked out. One of )' this description took place during the quarter. at a place named N ardoo Gully, abont one mile and a half north-east
from, the township. , The accounts from the Majorstown reefs are somewhat discouraging, the majority of the miners are, however,
persevering. '. t f , • , " " ,+ j~" 1.
WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION~ ll1r. Henry Boyns.NicltOlas, Mining' Surveyor and Registrar.
I have but little that is of importance to 'repor,t from this subdiyision ,for the past three'months. Alluvial mining at the Buffalo and Nine-mile Creek is slowly progressing, The result onhe persevering efforts
of the miners in search of the continuation of the old leads, or tributaries of them, rather than from any special success which has iLtte'uded . their work. On the old' fields the 'alluvial, ground is nlmost exclusively occupied .. by the puddlers.", '" . ...,,' ,
In quartz mining I hav~ 'to report the discovery of two new reefs at Coy's Diggings, named respectively the' Thunderbolt, and the' Hard-up Reefs. In each case the, trial crus]ling produced about t oz, of gold per ton. The claims at work on the :Hn,ppy;go-Iucky Reef at Whroo, 'on the C:madian and Crocker's Reefs at ltushworth, and on Thompso'n's Reef at Fontll.inebleftU, have been yieldingJajI! returns; ,\ • ' ",', ' :
The workings upon t~e'South Nugget:rReef,)n th!l P~r,!leverance. Claim, :ire now ab.o:ut ,500 feet in, depth up<?n the underlay. Some of,the l'lc~est quaIiz.:whlCh I have seen III the locality'was broken a few,d~ys smce'from'near the:, bottom of the shaft. 'The reef '18 small but regnl~y. I' ' , ,"
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MARYBQROUG~ DIVISION. Mr .. P. Virtue;jun:, lIfining Registra1·... . .
I Tl,lere has been a considerable falling off in the returns from all sourceS during the past 'quarter, in consequence of several of the large 'companies having, 'throughout the whole of it, and for various reasons, suspended. mining operations on their claims. 'In most of these instances however, work will speedily be resumed. Several of the new companies, whose clhitus are situate at the' :Almt1, Chinaman~s' Flat, and Majorca, have been wholly engaged, during the quarter in layirig down anlt erect~lg steam ~!lChinery. , . . . ' , . ,', ,
There has recently'been a conSIderable st!l',among,onr local mmmg populatIOlI, occaSIOned by the.dIscovery of a run of gold "at Pig~on's Flllot, a locality,'situate about five miles from i\1aryborongh,in ll;' north-easterly dire?~\on: The registered claim of. the 'prospectors'is abo,ut'a mi,le distant from the nearest gold ,workmgs. ,From a washmg of ten loads a return of nearly 15 dwts. was obtltined of coarse heavy gold. There is a large .extent ,of new' g~o\lDd in. this locality, all of which is likely, to l)rove more or less "auriferou)!; nearly tW? h1!n~~ed claIms have already b,een tiken up. 'J'he present population is close upon SOO.' The average depth of slDb~Ig IS 56 feet, through st~ata of salld, gravel, and pipeclay. ,," '
, ',< 'ALLUVIAL' MINING. " '"
, At .:!\bjo:c~ several ~'him.claims have been 'idle during ~he quarter, a~ the owners ~ave fo~nd it'impossible.to proci;)ed WIth imnmg,operatlOns In the absence of ste;1m maehmery. The Kong Mcng and Robm Hood 'C!0mpames
,have recently had to' cohtend 'with a very heav'}' body of water, but ~his they are now .successfully subdumg ;, they. look for excellent returns in the course of two months. The EnterprIse Compapy have Just fimshed the erectIon of their new an'd splendid, steam machinery, and ~re quite ready to begin mining, operatioIls.' It will be Be~n t~at t,he Dan. O'Connell,Q()mpany, Cl1!'isbrook, .l:ave obtamed 825 ozs. for the quarter. The Phremx Company, Harl'lson s IfIll, recently begun to wash, and, have ohtamed 30 ?zs.', . " ,
At Chinaman's Flat the i\1:agnum BOllum Company luwe worked out the lead Oil theIr claIm ; they have abandoned the main shaft ~nd Ilave l~em6ved t.he mining material therefrom. They are now sinking a: new shaft to tho east .of the main' lead' with the view o'f finding an, outside run. 'rhe Duke and Timor Company.are driving for the lead;' Th'e'Prlnce .-if WalesComj}ani are'boring'to prove their ground, The John' ,Bl'ight Company are ,making
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arrangements for throwing their shares into scrip, and also for the purchase of steam' mach~ery. ' The,Y' had ~'trial washing from four sets of timber, which gave a return of [) ozs. 2 dwLs., 'but no further progress can be made Without steam machinery, The depth of sinking is 140 feet.
At the Alma the Gladstone Company have opened their main drive to a depth of 150 feet. The run of go~d in this claim is at a depth of 106 feet from the sUlface, hut this run has not yet been reached from th? lower wo~klllgS. The Queen and Count Bismarck Companies are erecting steam machinery. . The latter company have sunk t~elr s~aft to a depth of 50 feet. The Alma and Timor J unction Company, Havelock, have put down seyen bores on thel1' cl:>un ; these have been bottomed at' depths varying from 96 to 112 feet. In the last bore a splendid prospect was obtamed. The company will at ·once proceed to purchase and erect steam machinery. '
The following is a statement of the gold obtai.p.ed from the principal alluvi~ mines in this division during the quarter :-
Band of Hope (Chinaman's Flat)· Alma Consols (Alma) ... Seaham (Alma) Golden Gate (Alma) ... Dan. O'Connell (Cariabrook) , United Kingdom (MaJorca) '" Kong Meng and ColUlllbia (Majorca) Reform (Majorca) .,. Morning Star (Majorca) Evening Star (Majorca) .... Cosmopolitan (MaJorca) Sundry whim claims
Dividends as UlIder, have been paid during the quarter by the companies named:
Seaham :" Alma Consols
. Band of Hope
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The' Bristol Hill 90mpany are now fairly in the market for the purchase of steam maChinery. T~e North German Company are about to make fresh arrangeJ7l~nts for letting their min~ on tribute. A large number of our most valuable quartz mines, 'having been sunk below the water-level, are idle, and must remain so, UlItil they are provided with proper means for drainage. .
Some of' the highest returns for the quarter are :-204 tons from the Ironstone Reef, which gave 247 OZS.; 12 tons from Deed's Reef gave 66 ozs., and 80 tons from the Britannia Reef gave 76 ozs.
AMHERST DIVISION. Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
. The returns during the qnarter for quartz mining are small, but efforts are now being made to bring two new batteries into work, viz. :- ,
, The Nuggety Company, at Emu, have just ,completed a battery of eight stamps on the claim, which will comm,!nce work ,the fir~t week in April. The reef is about 10 feet in, thicknes8, and shows coarse gold occasionally in ,the stone., ' , '.
, ., ' The Annuities Company, at Mount Gl:isgow, bids fair to be a first-class claim. The reef is about, 20, feet in ,thickness, f~in which they have had 120 tons of stone crushed, giving an average of 7 dwts, 1 gr. per ton'. A.-whim. is erected on the claim, and arrangements are made to raise ab9ut 160 tOilS, of stone per week. The .company ,are nqw erecting a crushing machille on the margin of the Middle Swamp, about Ii miles distant from the claim, which will be connected by a tramway for the conveyance of the stone. The battery, which will be finished in about six ,weeks, is a 12-head revolving one, with all the'latest improvements.
In alluvial mining some of the claims are doing moderately well. The following is the yield of some of the principal mines :-Nichql's Freehold, 1072 OZS.; Sadowa, 1064 ozs.; Union, 813 OZ8.; New Band of Hope, Oockatoo, 355, and Hoffnung 285 OZS., respectively, during the. q.uarter. ,.
Several other large claims have been UlIproductive or abandoned. Three large nuggets have been found in the Hoffnung Olaim, weighing collectively about 84 oZ!!.; and one
of 23 ozs. in the New Band of Hope, Cockatoo, which I have not had an opportunity of examining.
, A VOCA SUBDIVISION.
Mr. P. Simpson; Min~ng Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING •
. l'h~'Golden Lake 'Company, Homebush, are at ~resent en~aged in main dr!-vin~ only. They aredrivilig eas,t ,fOI: the western edge of theJead. ' The lead, as far as IS known, IS about 50 feet III WIdth, and not very deep •
. The Melbourne and Avoca Company are still engaged in pUlllping only_ . There is a small rush to Fryingpan Flat, but the gold has not been traced very far.
The reefs at Fiddler's Creek have not been doing very well of late. In the Pel'l3everance I understand they have struck good stone. ' . . . - . . '
DUNOLLY. AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Su,rveyor and Registrar.
. During the last quarter mining operatiolll! in this district have not been carried on with much spirit, consequently the yield of gold has materially decreased. , .
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, .The Goldsbor~ugh C.ompany have not for Bome time past been working their, mine, but intend resuming operatIOns shortly, WIth theIr full complement of men. ,
l'he Queen's Birthday Company, whose mine is next 'south, have a number ,of men employed breaking down' quartz from t~e 204-foot to 29()..foot levels, which yields from 8 dwts. to 10 dwts. per ton; aI}d I aminfonned they will
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R shortly be ()rushin~ about 200 t~ns of ~lone, ~er. week. The Caledoni~ ~eef, held by Calan and Party, is still giving good returns, and appears to be Improvlllg as It IS traced down; a quantity of quartz recently crushed from it yielded Ii! OilS. per ton. Weeks and Party have taken up the ground recently abandoned hy Bullock and Party. They have founa a new run of quartz, from .which they are obtaining very rich specimens:
At Tarnagulla, I may say, the United Poverty Company is the only one doing anything; its prospects are still of a payable ~haracter. . " .
A~ Llanelly several men are employed on the Sandstone line of reef, and I have no doubt the next quarter will' show a marked improvement in the yield of gold therefrom, as most of the companies on this line 11ave recently been employed sinking new shafts, remo~g machinery, &c. 'L'hey are yow about to commence raising quartz, and have excellent prospects. .
The Cambrian Company'S mine and ~lant, on the New Chum line of reef, have recently been sold, and-the purchasers have erected several of Carpenter s patent ores separaters, which will be worked by one of the engines, for the purpose of washing quartz tailings. Two companies have been formed, known as the Victorian Pyrites and Auriferous Ores Companies; 'they have purchased all the tailings in the neighborhood (several thousand tons), which is calculated tb keep them profitably' employed for the next three _years.
Ill' alluvial mining I have nothing of importance to report.
KORONG DIVISION. Mr. Henry J. Hughes, Mining Registrar.
During the past quarter alluvial mining has been attended with the best results, as regards the gross yield of ,gold obtained; but, considering the number of men employed at that branch of mining, as compared with the number engaged on the reefs, it would certainly appear that reefing, after all, is the most profitable.
ALLUVIAL MINING.
At Berlin, where nearly all the alluvial gold comes from, the population has remained unchanged with respect of the number mining, as, whil8t many have left, new aITivals from other parts (from Spring Creek especially) have taken their places. Christmas Flat, Berlin, has lately been the centre of attraction, and has slightly depopulated the
cother portions of the Berlin goldfield. Besides the nugget found by Brown and Collins, weighing 197 ozs. 14 dwts., others of 5 Ibs. weight and under, together with fine gold, have rewarded the workers at Christmas Flat, which place, more than two years ago, was prospected, as was thought, thoroughly; aD(l then almost entirely deserted as being unremunerative. '
. The Deep Lead Company of Inglewood bottomed their shaft towards the latter end of, the quarter, at a depth of 121 feet, and obtained a prospect of half-an·ounce to the load. Work has, however, been suspended for a short time, to enable the company to obtain the services of a manager and miners used to deep alluvial ground; the expenses incurred in sinking having been considered excessive. Should the company prove the part of the lead held by them to be payable, Inglewood will be greatly benefited, as the lead will doubtless be traced to a great distance, and afford e~ployme~t to many .upon the expenditure of a few hundred pounds. '
QUARTZ MINING.
The Unity Company, Inglewood; are still engaged sinking, with the object of hitting a permanent well-defined reef, at a depth of about 350 to 400 feet if possible.
'The U:nited Maxwell Reef Company have nearly completed the erection of their new crushing plant ;- and it is confidently expected that soon they will commence crushing on a large scale, and that the once famous Maxwell Reef will again be making payable .returns. . - ,
The Reality Oompany, Reality Reef, Inglewood, have obtained and crushed some very good stone during the past· quarter, and.by their success have been partly the cause of inducing their neighbors, the Hope and Anchor Company, ~ to resume work., .
The March Reef Company, Inglewood, have also had men at work, and several of the reefs close to Inglewood, once abandoned, are now being ""orked. There is. however, a great need of capital, which would certainly flow into Inglewood from outside were the place nearer ~o either Sandhurst or Ballarat, as the reefs only require some outlay to make them remunerative.
At ':Kingower the Kingower Quartz Mining Company are still actively engaged preparing their mine for prospecting for the run of stone which at one time yielded so well. . . •
At Wehla the New Prince of Wales Oompany, after-having expended much money, have stopped work,. in consequence of the difficulty experienced in collecting calls i_but, on the other hand, the British Sovereign Company have purchased a very powerful crushing plant, and, having proved their mine to a depth of 310 feet to be payable, intend commencing crushing very shortly.
At Burke's Flat the Lilliputian' Company still continue to give handsome returns, and to take the lead in the district; the reef, at a depth of 220 feet, being three feet wide, and the stone all through averaging 14 dwts. to the Yoad. . ,
REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS., .'Afr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and" Registrar.
. . Quartz mining is still depressed in this division, the Isis ~ejng .al;nost t~e only company now at work. The.~ine IS bemg steadily opened out by the tributors. As regards allu vIRI mmmg, MIddle Creek has not fulfilled the antIClp~, tions formed of it; there are still, however, about 3UO men on the first rush. The gold can at present be only found In patches; one such is being worked about a mile down the flat, on which about 100 men are employed. .
Sandy Cieek also is retrogressive as regards population, although the gold appears to be better as the lead IS followed down.
ST. ARNA1J.Q NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. P. Simpson, .'Afining Surveyor and Registrar •.
Higgins and Co., Chrysolite Hill, are at ~'ork at the 200·foot level, continuing the levels along the course of the lode, and also stoping out. They are driving also for Paddy's Reef to the east. . .
The Chrysolite Hill Company and Messrs. Higgins have arranged so that· the former w~ be ~nabled to work the. reef from Messrs. Higgins' drive as soon as the latter have reached the common boundary, WhICh IS now about 40 feet distant.l ~Messrs. Higgins will drain the ground, haul to surface and deliver stone to the Chrysolite Hil~ Company's battery. It lIlay be expected, therefore, that this claim (the Chrysolite Hill Company's), which has stood Idle so long, will ae;ain be regularly. worked, and with good prospect of success.
At Messrs. Grenville's, Victoria Reef, excellent stone is still being obtained. ,Th~_BenJRock Company have, I understand, recommenced work.
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The Freiberg Leases (including tlie once celebrated sec. H., Walker's) have been sold. A new company is, I believe, being formed to work the silver mines, and probably another quarter will not pass
without something to report of them. Messrs. Learmonth's claim has changed hands. It is now being worked by Clegg and Co. The stone
looks well. The Phoonix Company have let their mine on tribute. In alluvial mining there is nothing to note, unless it be a small rush to the Furty-foot about a fortpight ago.
It is not looking very well.
CASTLE:MAINE :MINING DISTRICT.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Mr. Thomas L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
There has not only been less men employed in mining operations, but also, in proportion to the number of miners, there has been less actual work done and with smaller results than I have previously had,to report.
In alluvial mining nQthing new has occurred, and, as usual at this season, many are in want of water, notwithstanding the late wet weather and frequent tloods. , During the quarter quartz mining has been prosecuted,with less energy and success than usual, but now shows indications of improvement, .
The Ajax have been re-forming, to increase their capHal, for the purpose of sinking their engine-shaft 200 feet deeper, and prospecting their mine at a depth of 600 feet. Little work done during the quarter.
The Cumberland plant is being repaired, and preparations are making for working the Cumberland and adjacent reefs in depth by twelve tributors.
The United Nuggety Tributing Company have drained their mine (Nuggety Reef), but are unable to work for foul air; their engine-shaft is 260 feet deep, and a level is driven thence to another perpendicular shaft; but communication is stopped, and all known methods to remove 'the foul air have been tried in vain; below the 100-foot level it remains a dense vapor, in appearance to that immediately after an underground blast, and so impure that lights are instantly extinguished and man dare not venture.
The Forest Creek Company's machinery has been sold and removed to Sandhurst; some parties have been crushing quartz raised and discarded by this company, which,yields 7 dwts, to the ton.
The new reef reported last quarter, the" Blarney," continues to yield well; during the quarter the prospectors obtained 176 02S. from 64 tons, and from four other claims 314 tons yielded 132 028. 6 dwts.
In Barker's Creek several of the reefs continue to be worked, the best being the Old Specimen Gully Reef, from which 209 tons yielded 152 02S. 7 dwts. ~
This day I was shown a dish of splendid specimens from a new reef near top of Launceston Gully; the prospector (Sm~th) picked up. a specimen on surface weighJ.ng nearly an ounce, and then discovered the,leader from which these speCImens are obtamed. .
Nearly all the good old reefs have been unproductive of late, and, consequent thereon, numbers of claims are , now held under protective registration. But there is great promise of speedy revival; several companies are preparing
for vigorous operations, and many of the Sandhurst men are visiting and inspecting the numerous promising reefs, and express themselves well satisfied.
FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
POPULATION.
By the tables of population it will be seen that there is a slight increase over last quarter; this is principally to be attributed to the discovery of the supposed continuance of the lead or run of gold hitherto worked by and near the Sir H. Barkly Company: a good number have been attracted to the locality.
ALLUVll,L.
There has been but little doing in alluvial worth reporting, excepting that referred to in the above paragraph. The Golden Lead Company, at a depth of 200 feet, are obtaining very satisfactory returns, whilst other parties north and cast of them are obtaining fair yields; this leads to the assumption that from the Sir H. Barkly Oompany's ground a good payable lead will be Ultimately traced to the main Guildford road; if such should be the ease, a large field formining enterprise will be opened up,
A nugget of 22 ozs. was obtained a fortnight back at Green Gully rush; it was found some 15 chains west of Green Gully, npon one of the volcanic hills which skirts the gully upon the western side. I have had conversations. with several working there, and they all describe the ground as the most patchy and irregular in yield they ever heard of; the color sometimes scarcely obtainable from a load of wash dirt, whilst another load adjoining yielding ounces.
It is expected that another rush will set in here, when, in all probability, the ground will be well prospected. under the volcanic formation.
SLUICING. The introduction of water to many of our old rich hills in the neighborhood of Nuggety Gully and Sullivan's.
Hill has led to sluicing being adopted generally, in lieu of puddling ordinarily; but I do not think the ground has proved so remunerative as was expected; however, it is impossible at this early stage of operatioIlB to give a definite· opinion. The company are now about cutting a branch race to the Bald Hill.
QUARTZ. .
The yield from quartz during the quarter has been considerably less than hitherto, but this is attributable to" the fact that some of our best yielding claims (although being worked) have not .contributed. .
Small and Co. have had no stone crushed, being engaged sinking main engine-shaft; they are now down 160-feet, and purpose continuing to 200 feet, in order to thoroughly drain their mine and thus be enabled to more economi-cally and systematically work it. 'J '
Mills and Co. have had very good yields, 350 ozs. from 400 tons, with crushing stuff taken 11 feet thick upon the average. '
The Fryer's (south and east of the. two previously-named companies) have had two fair crushings from their lBO-foot level; they ~ave crushed 95 tons, with an average of 9 dwts. per ton. The company have called for tenders for a new: lmttery, which, when erected, will aflord greater facilities for te~ting their ground than now exist.
GIll and Co. ~ave been engaged during the quarter securing their shaft and erecting a whim. The Road Claim, Cattle ,and Co" and Stevens and Co., have been and now are sinking.
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:, ;i.' ,}~h:, Au,s,~!~l!!tp)!~\~t~~ C.o~ P.~~Y·:h~Y~:'~~ruck! ·~.9.~;'; .l~.p~~l. st~ll!l(f(oi# th~: .~wi~~~; to ;6Qfert'de~J?:~~h~~e' :t~ey are nowworhngl, 100 tons Yielding 30 ozs. The company are cross-cuttmg at ·tlielr '~~w~r i~evel,~aP.d .w1tli~.Il'af~w .'v:ef'k.s. ttJfp~~t .tqstnke ;th.'11pde ... :'J . I., ~ " .".·c.·r "{f ". 'f . • •• ' . ':" '.' ....... :',. '.I. t··.~··,:;· ... « .. 1,
,,- THe Arigro-Austra:lian Company have"riot yet completeu' their plant, until' whicll th'e 'valueoHhe lodes they have passed through Clmnot but be surmised. ", . .:. '.'1 J" .:d
. '. I:I.~at1J.. anq .Co:, (the . Ext:;!llsior) . have. driven,in a, t~iiii~f f~8u:i'T~0:'foot Ghily' ~ i.!istanc.e'of \90 i~efi~to the hill, along the line of lode,' and, as gold can' be obtained fiom every 'pr6spect tried; they are' pr~ttf c<:rrifidimftliat their. stuff will pay moderately well, even without a plant of their own, and that with a plant upon the spot tlie mihe will pay handsomely. .
Sor~~sen and Co. have been sinking during the past quarter; they have struck the lode at a depth of 70 feet, and are ralSlng good stonc. .
. Franks a!ld Co. have .had sev~ral crushings from a depth of 100 feet, yielding an average of ! oz. per ton; this, I am mformed, 1S regarded as s\lffiClent guarantee'to'erect a plant, 'wh1ch the .company contemplate doing shortly.
T~e. Cumberland Company are vigorously·.prospecting their mine, and, being adjoining the Fryer's and Small's, 1t IS only reasonable soon to expect good stone being struck, especially where a greater depth is obtained ..
Rowe Bros., whose returns for years past have been very good (j.nd regular, nave not been crushing the last three months, having been prevented from the necessity of setting in a new boiler to their engine.
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~1fr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar. . ,;"'':, ',.,. '. Iii machineryweJia~e an 'increase of six additional stampersrat the Co~nish ·ConipanY's·claim;· also one 25 horse
power pumping and winding,engine, on. the new ,Fear-Not Company's claim, Stanbridge street." Puddling machines,~ whips and pulleys, alld"s~u~ce-b~~e~, are: slightly increased· in nurubers; . ", ,". 'i' ."""'.,,: '.':'" ..• ·.,r :
• . S.eyeral of the quartz claims· held by' Ballarat speculators have disconti!1tied working, .just ,At the' time' they should have start'ed in go(\dearnest, reserving fonome,distan't day the development of our'ihiheraf'wealth.· ·;This has callse~, a. great'l!-llm,b~r to prospect .on their .own account,. and most certainly our local, co-operati¥e .. companies· ~re the' reat-benefactors Of this ·division. . ',' . '.. . .' .......,... . ·~">'~!.n:q,i.l~.rt(riiiriiiig} ?~.' 2,~wts:per t?n is rep~rtedfor 8~ tons' c~ushed at.~ ~nk!ns,·l't!.il~s,:atid2 o~~ . .'per 'to¥ for:
9 tOns obtaliled .at ComrrpSSlOner s Reef; but there IS lIttle of m~ere8t to report or partlCulamle beyond the mfor:m.atlOn" contained in the tables. . . , . . I
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on the downward lead towards Smeaton Estate and Sailor Prince Extended, and the wash is from 2 to .4 feet high; i oz. per foot of drive has been the result.
Thc Great Tunnel Company, ,Italian Hill, are in 2005 feet, 3-foot caps, 4-foot sill.. A rise of 50 feet is made, and 541 feet driven further into wash.. .
Sluicing operations, ill conseQ1l-er:ce of ~he plentiful supply of water, have been, much in vogue. The treatment of pyrites 'at· Specimen Hill r~stilted in 1 oz: 1 dw't: 15'85 grs. 'per ton, and those of the Cornish
Company at about 2 ozs. per ton. . .
TARADALE AND KYNETON . SUBDIVISiON .. Mr. TllOmas Orwin, :.."'fining Registrar.
,:'(r';:::AlthoU'ghlth'~re'has been'afaUiri~' off.'in. the yield:rof 'gold, fori the pa.~t quarter:·'(fiartly,owing to,.the'miners ';x·t'endirti; their 'holid'ays into tlieipreseh't yeai-),lrievert'heless :q'uartz mining. still coqtinueseppouragrng;in,this:divisioil.: Several pr~i.tsin'g results:tendiIig't'o further develop' the auriferous·chal:acter of the"district ·have, recently,.oee·ll' realized; 'ivliich' has 'given' afresh imp'etus ·to; prospecting, espe.cially 'in:the neighborhood. of, Green Hills' and the ·Barfold·
:R,'l.nges. .' , . .' '" ' .'. I k' 'J "J h "', 'R f' ; ov·<, "Dollo-lass and'Plu:ty:]atelj'took up; an.·old and.abandoi1(\d'- reef,' ;former y'nown as em my 0 nson.s ee, on Hie BarfoldJHarilTes~" JTlley ·have 'fonneu a lobinpaIij'to;betmilled ~the 'Duke of .:BucClcugh Quartz; Gold Mip.ing €)ompany:' The lioldei-'s1!Jl<iv:': tltkepb'ur'U tons "of' stone,' and 'hid" it' ·crushed 'at Mr.' Binnie's battery; Lauriston, which yieHIM nearly: 28 dzs:'of gold..:!pver 210z.s, per;ton:, .t" •..... (. :',": .:. -". "r" I .' ""'.1. ,. '. ~ ..
• ) J" i -In -Sterling's' pii.daock~· oii!the';(')olibahl'<''( reef 'has:been struck;I.S1ipposed' ,to .. be, the same' as that being .worked by Messrs. Guthrie and Party, in Crawford's Paddock, who continue to raise good looking stone,"but have not crushed dnring the quarter.' . : . >,", ·,·('a few miles south. of ,this is the:,Brandenbllrg, which, we '.hear.continues .to do w.ell" b.~t.theowners stlll dechne .to 'give:any definite informatioJ},. ,.'. : .: ';', v." . :"1' ''1.1 :., P... ", v .• , .0 .• ;,' :'. 'r . ,. ,:. "" ", ;., ' , .. ; .•• 1, }.I)he;Pioneer, Company; at'Tarada~e"lu!s; within. the last few:days', '~t:ruck! v'er.y,.pi:~mlSlng ,~<\o¥l):g .. stone:, ~'rlie lode. is about 2 feet 6 inches wide. 'I'hey will try a crushi~g of 60 tons at once.; '. I :..... •
The Nelson, the Fenton, and the Taradale Unite~ continue to do well. Each of those claims has a great w1dth 9f payahle stprie.. The Fen~on Company.are about to erect a 'crushing plant on the claim, which will save the expense 'of'tru'cldtig tlie quartz fo'the"ll'on'don'arid Melbourne·battery •. """ '.,' : ... " ,. :.':' .... :i. ,,,,"r:rt,! ,,,tt, ',1:.":: :',
. T\,le Energetic CompabYl·at.r.arir~ton;·,js:stm:raising good' stone' from the,ireef ill< the.'13o-foot lev:el; and are 'sinking theirshiift' deep·er.. . '. '''; , .. ;; : .. ,', ."., ". ..... :' . ".':" '.', ... ". ,.' .r ,.':' ·"The Central Energetic; the'Nor:t,hrStar; the':MliNations; tli.e Gold ',Mines,;andthe,Maggie Lauderi:are.,all:looking: well, and the price of shares in, each firm, .:.. .: : ..
".' ::Tlle UnityiCoIn'pany are driving for the reef, but are opp~essed with water.' ,"',' ',"',' 1. "
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ALLUVIAL.
In alluvial mining nothing ne1V has taken place during the quarter. The 'Ce;lt;al Claim has been let on tribu~e to Mr. Lean and others, and gives employmen.~ to about fifty men ... Dou?t!'e~s, mld.er· Mr. Lean's management, thIS mine will now be properly worked, and thus gIve eucouragement to t~e adJom.mg clalmholders. . .,' .
In the Kyneton Company's claim the reef has 'run out, IhH they have 'struck a v'ery good alluVIal gutter, whICh yields 5 or 6 dwts. per load. ,
'rhe Lauriston Extended Company have stopped the works, aithough the gutter is improving and getting wider. ~rhe last machine washed yielded 13 ozs. of gold •
• '" 'H TARRANGOWER DIVisION. Mr. Robert Nankivell, 'Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
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Quartz mi~g has ~Iightly improved d~Iring the past quarter.
. Eagleha.wlc Reef. , South Eaglehawk Company.-A new company (t~e Preference). has be~n formed for the p1;lrpose ?f testi.ng the
deep ground in this company's lease, and are now erectmg the pumpmg engme near to the mam shatt, prevJOus to commencing operations. D. Davis and Party, ill this company's ground, are obtaining some very payable stone, at a depth of ao feet, from a portion of the reef ill the centre of Eaglehawk Gully. ,T~ey hav~ alrea?y crushed 77 to!ls, which yielded 307 ozs. of gold, or an average of 4 ozs. per ton; and at pr~sent there IS everymdlCatlOn of a contllluatlon of the same stone. The reef here is about 12 feet thick, and the whole IS taken.
Eaglehawk Union Company.-'rhe contractors are busily engaged cross-cutting east for tIle reef, at the 405-foot level, in the new shaft; small quartz leaders carrying gold are met with in driving.
The tribute parties are busy at work, and one (Jarvis and Party) has cru,shed, during the past month, from 5 to 6 ozs. per tori.
NOI'th Eaglehawk United Company.-This company is sinking to cut the reef at present being worked by the Union Company on the south, and which is averaging abvut 19 dwts. per ton .
.N.u.'lgety Reef.· . . " Alliance·00mpany.-Tbe ~a:rious tributing parties in this company's ground are making good wages; the quartz yielding about I oz. per ton: ': . I.:' " ,'., , "" . .' , . _'
New Enterprise Company.-Tbis company, having"worked the ref:f until it"became too poor to pay expenses, have now let their mine on tribute. .;' , ",' , ' . Speculation CompanY.-The tributors are busy at work, and during·,the quarter have crushed 80 tons, which yielded 65 ozs;' 11 dwts. of .gold.
Beehive ·Reef. . Beehi',e' Company.-The tributing parties are obtaining but ,siight return~ from the shallow . ground ; the deep
'ground is still lying idle. ' , , , . . . The Great Western Company have commenced to sink another 50 feet, to try for the reef which wedged out at
tlie '447 -foot level. Wason' 8 Reef.
The Nelson Company's mine has been let on tribute, the company being unable to make it pay. The Nelson Extended (Tribute) Company is about'to be wound up, the company being unable to make the
mine pay, on account of, the high percentage, and th9 cost of raising stone, ,although the quartz averages about I oz. per ton. . " . ,'.'
The various crusbing plants have been busily engaged during the quarter crushing for the public. Alluvial mining is very dull, both the puddlers and the fossickers being barely able to obtain a livelihood.
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:, 'Alluvia! 'mining in the l1pper Y~rra iis~ri~t is decidedly dull and nnjl;omising: fhe only hopeful ~ircums~nlle "heing the' fact that a party of Ballarat miners are 'prospeeLi~g at Warburton, with the view (if t.hey meet wibh sufficiynt . encouragement) of establishing :i company to work the deep lead 'Known to exist Dear Yankee Jem's Creek. ,.
, At'vV arrandyte a party of mi.Qeril bave erected a flume a:t'tln elevation of 50 fee~ above the level of 'the Yarra, for the purpo~e of pumping by water powei', and conducting water for sluicing the Whipstick Gully; their arrangements are nearly completed, and,if the result~ are found payable, wil.l give employment to a consid~rable number of men. ' . ', : , , ,'. .. '. .. , '
. 'The Eveljn Tumid Company are now actively engaged in sluicing; their dam ,and tunnel having proved quite "adequate for the p:urpose 'of (Jiverting the waters of the Yarni~, ,A bed of goid has been discovered in two distinCt points of the river; and the company's pi'ospeCts are considered satisfactory. '. .' .' "
'l'he meagre returns from quartz for the quarter are to be accounted for by reason of the two largest yiclding claims, the Pioneer and the Union, Diamond Creek, having suspended their crushing operations during the erection of additional machinery; the latter company had only crushed for the first time during' the quarter on my Visiting them for their returrlS. Both of these companies have a considerable quantity of rich-looking stone ready for the mill.
The South Uniou Company, referred to in my last report as sinking for the reef, have struck payable washdirt, which has been estimated will yield from 6 dwts, to half lin ounce to the load. -
The Perseverance Company, One-tree Hill, are, still ohtaining excellent yields, and are now encouraged to proceed with their tunnel and the erection of larger and more powerful crushing machinery.
The North Perseverance Company have made their first trial crushing, which has not proved so satisfactory as it was hoped it would, they having obtained only 1 dwt. to the ton.
The Yarra Tunnelling Company have let their mine on tribute, and the tribntors arc erecting an engine for pumping and winding. No stone has been raised during the quarter. '
A very few miners are now working on their own account, most of them being employed at wages. This distriet may now be considered as fully under development, with apparently fair prospects, in nearly all the
several localities with the exception of the Upper Yarra di,ision-the great drawback to this portion beinU' the difficulty experienced in the transit of plant and material.to work the claims on an extensive seale, owing to the "'want of a good road. This inconvenience could be remedied n.t a trifling expense by means of a few side cuttings, and would,'I am convinced, have an immediate beneficial effect, as it is w,ell known that payable reefs and drifts exist in situations, requiring the aid of the capitalist and the advantages of machinery, which I fear will not be attempted in the face of such 'adverse circumstances. .
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ST. ANDREW'S WEST AND SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. fflr. Clement Johnstone, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
No mining ha's been done in these subdivisions during the quarter. )
BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Graham jl1oPherson, Mining Registrar .
. A ne\v engine has been erected on the Alma Claim, and work will shortly be commenced on the tribute system. The KItty Ogden Claim has been at a standstill for some tinle from the want of an engine; one, however, will be on the ground to-day, and operations will immediately be resumed. The battery at the Amelia has heen employed crushing cement from Doctor's Hill, Trentham, and quartz from the Cosmo Claim, Snake Gully. McDonald and party are getting payable gold in, their alluvial tunnel at Blue Mountain. Other parties in the same locality are doing very well, and purpose working their ground in the same manner, as the water during the winter months would be too heavy for any other method of working. 'There is a prospect of other claims starting on the line of the Alma Reef.
All the quartz crushed at the Amelia battery came from the Cosmo Claim, Snake Gully.
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Charles Jas. Wm. Russell, "Wining Surveyor and Registrar.
The alluvial gold mining in this division has suffered diminution during the quarter; all extensive works are at a standstill, and the only progress has been by small groups and detached parties of miners, principally in old ground claims, no discovery in new ground having been made. Many of the Ohinese have left the division, whilst there has been a small addition of European miners from the suspended quartz reefs.
'1'he quartz works in the division have become nearly suspended. The large leased properties at Moyston, on .the Campbell's Reef, are greatly depressed. The Kangaroo Company, from heavy pecuniary difficulties, have stopped their works, and only a few tributors are on the ground. The Southern Cross Company have not worked their engines for months past, and are doing but little work in a fresh shaft by tributors. The N orLh Star (Invincible), in the hands of mortgagees, has been working with about 50 men, t.he other works at Moyston are all idle. The Rhymney Claims are all idle; the Victoria Lease Clainl, after working during the quarter, and raising 100 tons of quartz, averaging above one and a quarter ounce to the ton, has recently been stopped by the flow of water into their mine 'greater than their pumps could remOYe, and from the want of funds to render them efficient. '1'he Eaglehawk, at Armstrong's, has been idle during the quarter. The whole of the quartz ground in the vicinity of Mitchell's Reef, Ararat, is quite' abandoned. '
PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION . .. Mr. W. Crellin, j}Iining Surveyor and Registrar. ,
During the past three' months quartz mining on the whole has been in a :flourishing state, due mainly to the system of working claims on tribute. All the mills, with the exception of the New Dundee, have always had quartz waiting to be crushed. ,
The North Cross Reef Company show no diminution in their splendid returns, di,viding ahout £5000 every .. three or four weeks. Three kilns more from this ground will complete "a ton of gold" obtained during the short time the reef has been worked. This and the neighboring claim, the Oriental, are working a :flat reef, ten feet thick, and average 30 dwts. per ton. They have, however, within the last few days, come upon. another reef underneath, which is supposed to be the original Flat Reef, so profitably worked eight or nine years ag-o in Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, North Cross'Reef. This supposition is probably correct, because in N()s. 1 and 2 a :flat reef has been discovered overlying
'about 20 feet the original Flat Reef, and parallel more or less with it. They both nnderlie north-east. This Dew reef, commencing at 8 inches and increasing to 16 inches in No.1, is 2 feet in No.2. It apparently thickens as it goes northwards, and would probably when it reached the Oriental have swelled into the la-feet reef which is being worked there. The structure too is the same, the quartz being disposed in paraUellayers and easily broken out, when it has the appearance of road metal; the uniformity and yield of gold too are the same. It may be interesting, and not altogether uninstructive, to note how this Upper Flat Reef was missed in the working of the Vertical Cross Reef in Nos, 1, 2, 3, &c., which, until the tributors discovered this reef, was supposed to be worked out and valueless. At about 2 feet from its junction with the vertical this reef branches into two strings of quartz, thus-
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Thence eastward and northward the reef maintains a gradually increasing thickness. It has been proved eastward a distance of 80 feet. The upper spur, which is 8 inches diniinishing to 2, in which frequent gold :vas visible, was worked along with the vertical in some places to within a couple of inches of where it suddenly thickens to 2 feet. South of the section shown above, the Flat Reef rises towards the surface under the name of Sloane's Reef, and the Upper Flat' Reef appears to junction therewith by extending the two arms shown round south in the shape of long attenuated veins of quartz. ,
. The Extended Cross Reef Company at 870 feet have put in a drive eastward 30 feet, and are now engaged driving westward at that level for the Cross Reef.
No. 12 and 13, South Cross Reef, at about. 500 feet, have penetrated what is supposed to be the North Scotchman's, and 2 feet beneath have struck a new make of stone which looks like 2-oz. stuff. This company is now deeper than the Scotchman's Pumping Compa,ny, and have to bail their own water., The claim has been held and worked for thirteen or fourteen years without any return. ~
The Northumberland Company, in a' shaft about 100 yards east of the crest of the Big Hill, have struck a 7-foot reef at 25 feet-a flat reef underlying 1 in 4 westward. The first crushing went 8 dwts., the second and third Ii d:vts.
The tributors 011 the Perthshire and Hampshire have done very well, with the exception of those of thc Pnnce of Wales, who had to throw up on account of too much water.
The South Scotchman's are down 700 fect, with little water. They intend going deeper before driving. 'rhe St. Thomas Reef, now called the St. Patrick, is again being prospected. . Several good crushings (about 13 dwts.) were obtained from the Maid ofSkreen Reef, but, the lode getting thin,
it was given up as unpayable.. " The Newington are exploring the reef at a lower level, in the hope that the elvan and other rock filling thc track
of the reef at a higher level may have changed into quartz. Stoping out above the first deep level was continued. The Darlington are driving, and hope to strike the feef very soon. The Bonnie Dundee Reef is almost at' a standstill. It has been determined to wind up the Montrose. The
40-foot shaft on the New Dundee ground. requires to be sunk all,other 80 or 90 feet to strike the main reef, which paid so well near the surface. Pumping and winding machinery are on the ground. The expenditure of a very small amount of capital would prove the ground, and with every reasonable assurance of satisfaction to investors.
Mr. Dawe has purchased the crushing plant lately owned by the Empire Company, and has crected it at the Germania Reef. 'l'his will make the working of the reefs in this locality more permanent and more profitable.
Some experiments have becn made on pyrites, but with 'no satisfactory result. ALLUVIAL. .
Three rushes to alluvial ground have taken place during the quarter; to the Dog Trap Creek, to the Old Deep Lead, and to ground near the Old Welcome Lead. The Dog Trap Creek has so far proved a failure, and, if no new finds be made, it is likely to be soon abandoned. The Deep Lead and Welcome are now attracting a good many miners. Three shafts on the former and! ten on the latter, at 40 feet, have bottomed on golden cement, 7 or 8 inches thick, and yielding 18 or 20 dwts. per ton.
,BARKLY DIVISION. Mr. W. Crellin, l'f'ining Surveyor and Registral'.
The only mining event worth noting is the winding up of the Empire Company, whose crushing plant has been sord and.removed to Pleasant Creek.
Our miners, who are working old ground, have made no new or extraordinary finds.
RAGLAN DIVISION. Mr. Augustus Poeppel, Mining Registrar.
Since my last report I am happy to say considerable improvement is noticeable iIi mining here. The Youug Duke Company, eomfrising fourteen shareholders, have during the quarter sunk a new shaft near
the junction of Geelong Flat with Jock s Gully, and have'struck what is supposed to be a lead coming out of Geelong Flat. This lead has yielded very handsomely, over £800 worth of gold having been obtained by this small party during the month of March. There is little or no water to contend with, and a great number of claims have been taken up higher up the Geelong Flat, two of which, however, are only being sunk upon, the remainder being shepherded. Should the lead continue good up the flat, it will afford room to from 100 to 150 miners. The Hope ~ompany, which for some time has not been doing much, a.re, to judge from last week's results, getting into better ground. .
A claim, named Nil Desperandum Company, of eight men, has been taken up at the Southern Cross and the party has discovered what is supposed to be a continuation of Shepherd's Gully Lead, near its junction 'with the Southern .Cross Lead. The claim is paying very well, the company having divided as high as 24 ozs. in one week. The lead IS only a narrow gutter, and the ground is very wet. .
In Sailors' Gully the parties are making fair wages, and from Unity Gully some !Tood finds are reported. At Charlton a party of miners have taken up a portion of the old Charlton Leas~, and have taken advantage of
the old shaft. They are worki~g the high ground with a whim, and are obtaining paying returns. Some new ground, 13 feet deep, has been opened III a small gully near Charlton; the prospectors inform me that thcyare doing very well ~ also registered a prosp.ecting claim, 5 feet sinki~, at Cosmopolit~n, ~rom where the reports are also very encourag: mg. A party of ten mlllers have ta.ken up a portion of the old Cnnolllle Company's lease and are now busy sinking their shaft in anticipation of striking a continuation of the Crinoline Lead. . '
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
OMEO SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar.
Quartz reefing bas been resumed on a mall Bcale at Swift's Creek in the expectation that the Swift's Creek C?mpany's crushing machine will be sh;>rtly ~et to work again, at lower ra'tes than those that prevailed when all the mmers struck work on account of the hIgh prlCe demanded for crushing. ,
The two parties prospecting for a deep lead at· Bloomfield's Gully have suspended their claims for want of funds.
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!. One or two small ~oods have occu~red quring the quarter, to the 1amage o~ the Creek claims, b~t they have all b!)e':,! re-open~d and are m full work,'~l.t~l bet\er:prQsp,ects ,than before of paylllg well, the, remo,:,al of the ~ludge 4aymg matepa!ly reduced the heavy stnpplllg pr~VlOusly; requIred, ",' , , " ' ' :i h : ,A small pa,ty has beel! formE;d t?, prospect Livings,tone S,yamp" were traces of very pne gold can be found at se:y.eral places Oll the surface, and soundmg shows that a heavy bed of gravel exists beneath the vegetable top:soil and drIft from recent floods,
In other 'parts of the district mining matters are stationary and very little prospecting going on.
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MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. ,", ' , Mr. John .Grime,~ Peers, lWi1ling"Surveyor and Registrar. :' ' Quartz, mining operations i~ this ',~uhdi.vision have been ,grea,tly ,l,'etarded d}lring the past quarter, Qwing to a want,of suffi~lent .funds to meet current expenses, a numb~r of ,the miners having had to turn tlieir,attention to the alluvIal worklllgl! 1Il order to earn some money to settle theIr store accol)nts, There are a number of reefs in this subdivision which ;'vould yield from 10 dwts. to 1 oz, per ton, The expense attending th£: cartillg" auli cr~shing would !1mount to ahout 23s. per ton! :£, am of. opinion that if some foreign capital were ,invested in these reef~' the, investors would be well remunerated, !Lnd the district generally would be proportionately benefited, '
In.alh~vial miuing I have to report the registration of a.pr\)specting creek claim situated on a tributary of the Tambo, RIver, ,between Monkey Creek and Shady Creek. The prospectors report that the sinking is . shallow and the gold of a coarse waterworn character.
BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION. ,I : j"[r. Henry Sutton, Mi~i~!J.Regist]'a1·.
A correct return of the yield of gold from the Sons of' Freedom Company for the quarter is' not obtainabl~, The success of this mine has been retarded; however, its yalue is now in a good way of being tested, as the proprie,tors deemed it expedient to let the property on tribute, ,The tributors have commenced work, and are at 'p'resent'crushing a quantity of stone trorii"the St~ Hellier's Re~f;,t4e .. stone'from which 'looks remarkably well, and a sati~factory crushing is justly expected. ~ ,,' I' " ' " , " ,
,I' ':, The Galway Reef is lookin'!\"wcll at'a' depth, of JOO feet:;:I'reef 7Jeet wide, gold throughout, Stone is being conveyed to the SOIlS of Freedom' Mill., ,,' " ., ~.' ,',;C, ,11, '"'' , ,:' , '" : :," " ,',
, Mr. Wilson has had It trial crushing from his new reef, the Bulumwaal; reported yield, 14 dwts. per'ton.,'",,:l " The prospectors of the different reefs have great difficulties, to contend with; in addition to being principally
men of limited means, they have to pay a high rate for conveying to and crushing of their quartz at the Sons of Freedom mill, ,this being the only crushing plant in this subdivision. W-ith another battery, and the investment, of capital, a large number of q~artz miners wO'-'~,d find remunerative. employment ,here.
CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. Mr. James Travis, ,iWining Registrar.
I have the honor to report a considerable diminution int11e number of miners, both quartz and alluvial, in this division since my last report. A very small qnantity of stone has ,been crushed during the quarter, and the average yield is much smaller than usuaL " .
The Good Hope,Companfhave"raised rio stone since 'the beginning of the year, havillg. been engaged'in putting :iIp'!leW'~mcike;pipes through:£he old workillgs;'and making'preparations necessary for sinking the winze' another 100 ;feet, ','Four lOr perhaps five months hiust'elapse before they will be in,a, position to stope .out stone fo~ themill'; ;';;,':1, , . 'The Arichor of Hope:CcimpaIi.y. have 'found stone 'in their~'middle: level sufficiently' go'oMto: induce theriI'to prospect, the,rriilie still fui'ther."'The quartz' they aI'e'taking out at the ,present time will pay working expenses;' ' :,' c,' '1, ',regI'et't9sta'te that the'Rubble mine',is not looking S<?' 'veIl in' the prese'nt lev&l' as WaR anticipated: " Three years"work,. at Ca cost of many hui'idrells of"ponnds, liiLs oeen expended on this reef;, with scarcely any retiIrn'what'ever-; and, as ,it is held by wOfking'ishareh61ders, 1. arn,afraid,they wilU;hortly have, to abandon it, ',' h '.::, :,::";,;,
, The m<!st import\Lnt ,item I have to report i,n connect jon with quartz mip.ing is the discovery of two reefs' on !!J'ea!cup ,Cr'e~k, a'triliutal'Y of th¢. 'w.ent.:wo~th, being ~he' first' attempt anhis description 'of mining made in, that portion '6f,the''divisiori; "'A number of the business men at 'Dargo Flat have·'for some length' ()f;jjme had,an"organized'party out prciiipecting'the ranges between' th'e Dargo :lndWentwotth rivers;'t4e:result,of which is the discoveries alluded to:' Tlie reefs are sicuated about one mile apart, distant i9-. a, straight lin'e' five 'or'six miles from the 'post office; Dargo Flat.' The ,first disco,\:ered' (i:egiste~ed as the," Beautiful Star,") "is a1 flat reef; varying' from,2 to 3,~eet ~n, width'; carrying a fair ~h61V of1gi:ild so far as it lias been tested; • The other (named, theV''Triuuiph'') is. a ,vertical' reef, "about' lB, i'nches in Wiath',"b'utthe 'steneliilich' i'ich~r than,that 'of'the:fonner\,r Irao llttle work has yet been done on' either to'"e'nable'me t'd :form any.'cfplhiori as· to ,their ,permanency.!" The"pros'pectors' are very, sanguine'of'a,rich, reefing district beingopene'd up in .that neighborhood. ' , ' ,,' ' ' " : ';::!" ":,On:the;U.pper'Dargo'the;rcti:mls'froin the Evening 'Star arid :golden :Fleece mines "are 'very,poor 'indeed. ,The first-named company have disposed of their·crushiifg plant, which !hencefoith 'will be used ill' connection with the' Pole Star and Bombay mines,
I haye little of interest to report in regard to alluvial mining. I hear occasionally of some very coarse gold being obtained in the vicinity of Johnny-cake Creek (Dargo High Plain), but not in sufficient quantities to attract much attention. The miners on the Lower Dargo are making average wages, although the wet summer has been much against them,
JERICHO DIVISION.
Mr . .A. B. AinsUJorth;'.Minilig,Surveydf' and Registrar.
The promise of an early improvement in'the pr'ospectsof quartz' 'mining in this division, to which I rcferred in my Iast:report,·have' been·borne'out by the'yields l1ifwell 'as further'prospects obtained during,thepast ,quarter. While three' times', tlie'quantity 'o'f stone has ,been crushed; tile' yield !las:: increased from ,amaverage, of'17 d wts:'~2: 11 'gra. to over one ounce. This result is contributed"'tc)'by:'all:tlie' companie~ who have',crushed, ,but" especially r.by;the "Harbingcr'iCompanjl, whose tria[."crushing-,some"irionths ago! ga:ve),3:!ozs. ,per "ton" ltnd",'\\;hich: nov{ shows,ii/yield of 1 oz. 1 dwt. 6'86 grs. for a crushing of 350 toIlS from a feef 6 feet wide, easily worked and dry. The prospects of
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t}:iis ,mine are'c-,fi:elieiii.'<Tlie"operiin'g orthe::i\beffeldy part ohhe"distiict"'~y'1nch!trd Fleining~, in the cours~ of last year,' has led to fUrther prospectin'g in that quarter ;an,d' a parfe)f thisaivisioi.J~ Govering'some' fifteen ,square nulee,and supposed of little value, has proved itself rich- in ,surfacespecithens; and a number'of~'reef~ bearin}5 ,gold,< notably ,the :Lilly' of the Valley, the Stockholm' Tar, and ,the, L'ope Star,' naY'e been tapped r these 'll.re},now bemg 'pr08pect~d, ~nd will,I trust, 'add' to the permanent resources oHhis divisiolj; little however has' YQt ,been' d?ne inrthe way of. 'smklt~g ;md driving,.it wOlfl~ he, premature ,tlierefore 'to'form too' higll expecfatiqns. ", ' {:,~'; '" " " ." ,,'.' '::', . "Hoc
,': 'The alluvia'!' has proved more prodnc~ne than was 'generally 'expected,consldenng,the, quantity of·dead work necessitated by the floods., Though'the 'rhomson'hl),s'llot proved sufficiently rich,to retaiJ;t European miners'to a large extent, the C):Iinese are settling in numbers along its course. On the whole, this division looks remarkably healthy andpromising;" ,',.,', ,,' ',1.."'" ',' ~l" ,,: '
DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Regist1'ar.
At Donnelly's Creek the only quartz elaims at work during the quarter ha.e been those hel~ by the Prince Alfred Company, the Victoria Company, and the Golden Key Company. ,The first of, tllese (the Prmce Alfred Company) have had an average of twenty-five men employed,.driving levels and breaking do.wn qu;utz, but their trial crushing 'ot40 to'ns, , yielding 20 ozs. 5 dwts" has not' come up to the expectatiops formed respecting it. TheVi'ctqria Company have been prospecting'thiiir min'e "for payable stone, but' have 'had n.o' crushing .during tIie-quarter. In:the Golden Key nine men have been employed on contract sinking the shaft on tlle reef. 'rhey l!-re now'down l}5 f!let, and the reef iSfrom 9 to 18 inches wide', 'siioVriiig'f!\ir gold; . ,,' " , '" ' " . , . , -Thete is Iio' change' to, report 'i'n:thealluvial 'workings;'''The'miners''stilf continue: to' make' fair' wages,in ~-w,orkingtliebedofD(;)Imeny'screek., " , ""." " .... , "'" '" ' .','.,
'At'Freestone'Creek no fresh discoveries have 'been 'made; and several parties have .left' to' try their fortune elsewhere. ' . Of- the old claims still at' work,' the Upper Gladstone" prospecting (claiin continues to "be' ~he",most remunerative., . The holders of it havenow amalgamated. with No .. l Nort'!!, and haye constructed a water nice; which will su'pply water at any level likely to be'required. Tne tunnelling into the 'hill still- continues to open' up small patches of auriferous ground. In one of these a nugget of 27 ozs. was discovered in ·February. Coarse gold has been more ffeely, 'found'at 'UJadstone j 'and I 'believe that if the work were more systematically'carJ'ied on· the ,returns would he consideraMy'increasedl. " ' ", ',. ,," . ", .j, ., ,", ' .
ST:RUiGER'S'CREEK DIVISION.' :,
Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, j-fining Registrar. -f. ,
During the past quarter a marked improvement iIi the proiipects of several of our mining companies 'has taken place. The Longfellows ,C9mpany have cut tpe reef at a depth of 230 feet, carrying good gold, estimated to yield It oz. per ton, t!:te vein () ~eet th.ick, an.d in cr.oss-cutting to the east at t~hat dep.th have discovered'another .lode s~ow~ng very good gold" CJ:ushmg .nIl be Immedl(l.~ely ~ommenced,: The Nortl1 Gippsland Company have contmued smklllg their shaft to a depth'of 180 feet,;.the reef at this depth is fully '4'feet thick, and promises to yield at the rate of 3 ozs. per ton. The Walhalla Company have nearly completed the erection of their pumping and winding engine, and h,:).>;e C!!II;lmet),ced t,\, ~illk tlw~t: ~~af~ ;"stoRing, h~s been carded.on as usul!:l. ~h~ ~u:eka Company have now commenced a trial crushhg from their upper leveL In the lower level good stone has been struck, 2 feet thick. ' The Emprees Company have incr~ased their capital, and are .now steadily prosecuting the sinking of ' their shaft. The'South Gohen's Company have suspended active operations pendiug an increase of capital. 'rhe Long Tunnel Company continue to give splendid returns, stoping as usual. The 243-foot level is in course of extension north and south; the lode continuing very strong, and carrying good payable gold. The main shaft is beil).g s\lnk for a third level. The Bindon Comp~ny, Fulton's Cr~ek;, are .engaged extending ·their tunnel. '.' ' , ". .' .' Alluvial 'mining on the Thompson Rive~ has proved remunerative 'at several points, the numlJer of, claims in
work steadily increases'; sonie difficult.y has been experienced in working the, hed;of the river owing to the unusually wet season. There has been considerable increase in the return of alluvial ~old for the past quarter.
RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION.
,Mr. Charles Gadd, lYlining Registrar.
There has been no gold ohtained from quartz during the quarter. The Pheasant Creek Prospecting Company will clean up about the 5th April, after reducing some 70 tons quartz; the yield is expected to be about the same as was in my last report. The reef has been struck on the Tangible Lease, at a depth of 50 feet, underlay east, 18 inches wide, gold showing freely through the stone. A contract is let for raising 50 tons at 258. per ton ; should this prove as good as the stone now exposed, arrangemellts will at once be made to erect a small battery, worked by waterpower. The fine plants erected 'some time ago to reduce the cement have been taken down, and are now being carted to Melbourne. A bridle-tr;te,l5: b~J!,j@t,Q~Elll"gp~l!eg .. !?y."lV~r, ... tJ;!1lI1P.tOI) l}_n<l, party, to connect Russell's Creek and the Yarra lJia Pheasaut and Hawthorne Creeks and the heads of the Latrobe River; this will prove useful to prospectors, as the country in many places is very scrubby.
I have no new feature to report in alluvial mining, nearly everyone complains of the scarcity of gold.
BENDOC SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar.
Bonang.-In this part of my district quartz mining is at a complete standstill, although the Rose of the Valley was taken up, and after raising a few tOllS of stone (which appears good) have again ceased operations, not being satisfied as to the length of time they might have to wait before they could obtain a crushing, from the fact that the machine has either changed hands or about to do. '
The Rising Sun Quartz Claims.-The proprietors of these claims are forming a company for the prosecution of their works; they have already engaged an experienced manager from the Ballarat District, but at present operations have not commenced, although good results are anticipated from this claim, worked systematically. There are no less than six distinct reefs at this place idle, either taken advantage of by the Bye-laws, or completely abandoned, four. of which have yielded over an ounce to the ton, viz., the Rising Sun Prospecting (2 claims), .Monarch, Rose of the Valley, and Luck and Leasure Reefs, merely requiring a little foreign capital to develop them. '
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Bendoc.-At this place there has been no stone crushed for the quarter ending, but th() Parks Quartz Company have grassed about 50 tons of rich-looking stone, and from which they are expecting a good yield; they are still energetically carrying on their works, and have sunk their low levels to the depth of 75 feet, and are now in a position to open up and raise stone expeditiously. They are prosecuting their, works from some new s,hafts at the north end; the stone appears better in quality than any pI'Eniously obtained, The steam plant erected here seems to be in dispute, consequ~ntly it is uncertain when they may be able to crush their stone.
The United Company are still driving their tunnel, which has attained to the length of 625 feet. They have not as yet cut the reef, but anticipate they will shortly do so, from the fact that the tunnel is beginning to drain some of the old shafts.
Alluvial portion of these diggings on the Bendoc.-Stream miners are obtaining good wages; but on the upper end of the Bog Stream, operated upon by Europeans, there seems to be a falling off; but at the lower part, occupied by Ohinese, they are getting satisfactory yields.' ,
TARWIN SUBDIVISION.
Mr. E. W. Turner, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
Since my last report the diggings here have been steadily, though not very rapidly, improving; 300 ozs. out of about 500 OZS., obtained during the quarter, have been sent away within the last fortnight, and the yield would have been considerably more if the miners on Cement and New Zealand Hills had had sufficient water to wash with. The water in these localities is as scarce as it is abundant on Stockyard Creek; notwithstanding this several of the claimholders are very sanguine, and value their claims very highly. Williams aud party have almost completed their tramway, which is lIearly half a mile in length. Another party is going to considerable expense in cutting a race for sluicing purposes, and erecting an expensive tramway for ll;short distanee to convey the stuff to the race. A third_ party has built a puddling-machine, and altogether the New Zealand Hill part of the diggings seems· to be progressing. , .
The workings on Cement Hill have been rather dull lately, on account of the want of water, and other causes, but what little washing has been done is encouraging.
On Stockyard Creek the prospectors are obtaining a considerable quantity of gold. ;rhey frequently come upon very rich patches, the intermediate spaces being comparatively poor. Besides this party, eight or ten others are getting good gold, one of which sold four shares about a week ago for £200, and the buyers are perfectly satisfied with their bargain. They are more practised miners than the others, and know the value of the claim; and the party as it now stands will be better able to work the ground in a profitable manner.
The African 'party have lately built a new tramway, to enable them to wash the surface from a different part of their claim. A great part of the hill on which the claim is held seems to, contain gold to a depth of at least five or six feet, in quantities that will pay well. A tunnel h8.8 been driven into the hill at about 80 feet from the top, and the whole of it (a distance of about 80 feet), with the exception of a few feet at the entrance, is cut through a soft granite or gneiss, through which there are a few quartz leaders ahout an inch thick. '
, The yield of gold for the quarter is comparatively small, on account of the manner in which most of the claims are worked. They are chiefly engaged in testing the ground, and have not commenced blocking out, so that the amount of gold obtained is much less than it will be when operations are conducted on a larger scale. Complaints also are made about the price given for gold here. It is thought to be of considerable more value than £3 15s.
per oz. There is. a rumor of a public crushing machine about to be erected here before long, but until then there is no method of testing quartz in a proper manner.
A considerable number have been out prospecting the surrounding country during the last month, so that there are not so many miners just about here as there were a month ago.
P.8.-1 have to day (8th April) been shown 340zs. of coarse gold, obtained from a quartz specimen about a quarter of a cubic foot in size, taken from the Big Log Claim, at a depth of about 50 feet from the surface. Gold in similar ,quantities is also being taken out of the Prospectors' Claim; and on the whole this place is improving rapidly since I'sent in my quarterly report.
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APPENDIX A.
ll,ofu .on <>fht ~.otkS5 and ~i1tt1'nh .o~ fht ®l1tnS5 ~iztrid, (WITH A SKETCH MAP1
By E. J. DUNN, ESQ.
As the Ovens District has received little or no attention from geologists, the following plans and brief notes may perhaps s~rve to show that it is not, for lack of interest or variet.y that it has heen neglected. '
, If successful in attracting more notice to this extremely rich field, for both the geologist and mineralogist,· my object will be fully accomplished. .
, The plans do not purport to be finished pro(luctions, but rather bases on which to build further observations, and they will no doubt require alteration in some particulars as future enquiries proceed.
The ag~s assigned to most of the formations apply relatively rather than positively, as no fossils nor other means of definitely determining their age have yet been observed.
For the determination of many of the minerals I am indebted to Mr. G. H. F. Ulrich.
E. J. DUNN.
GRANITE. The area occupied by this rock is character1sed by diversified and romantic scenery, as steep rocky slopes, huge
bosses, groups of immense tors, and waterfalls are abundaut~ ., ']'he varieties of granite are numerous, and differ widely in composition, color, and hardness. The .common felspar is orthoclase, either white or flesh-colored; at Reid's Creek, and some other locali.ties, there
is also a bluish.white translucent felspar present (oligoclase P). The quartz is either white or black, and the mica silvery or black.
Some of the granite is admirably' adapted for building purposes. The prevailing tint, close to Beechworth, is light gray.
, At Reid's Creek, and near Young's Creek, the rock is porphyritic, consisting of a bluish-gray basc, with distinct crystals of white felspar half-inch long; it is very hard and would polish well. ..'
Near the Black Springs, the granite is coarse-grained and warm-tinted. The composition is flesh-colored and translucent colorless fe\spars, black quartz, and' black mica. It would look well dressed or polished, and is a free· working stoue. '
The quarries at the gaol furnish a very hard, fine·grained porphyritic granite, with an agreeable warm tone, and susceptible of a beautiful polish. \ '.
On the Melbourne road, ahout four miles from Beechworth, the granite is hard, white, and the specks of black mica evenly but thinly disseminated, • . Dykes of eurite, some exceedingly hard, others quite soft, veins of quartz and of coarse chalcedony are not uncommon. . .
Near Everton, aboJIt eight miles from Beechworth, there are several very extensive dykes of a brecciated, porphyritic character: , .
The fragments consist of granite, quartz, &c" and are cemented with chalcedony and quartz. One runs for two miles on the surface, and is in places 20 chains wide. Near the Pound Creek is a similar large
dyke, and one to the west of Native-dog Peak. There arc also numerous dykes of quartz and mica intimately blended, and of quartz with felspar crystals,
scattered through it ; both kinds are tin-hearing. ' . . At Barnawartha, on Lady Franklyn Hill, there is a beautiful, white, fine-grained granite, with silvery mica,
and thickly studded with garnet crystals. At the same place occurs a granite so thickly set with black mica as to appear almost black; both are handsome building stones. .' . I
The Yackandandah basin is formed of coarsely porphyritic granite, ,the crystals of felspar being usually 1 inch long; 'near the town, going southward,' they become coarser, and near Sutton crystals 3 and 4 inches long are numerous.' ,
GNEISS. A small area"at Newtown is occupied by a rock exactly resembling gneiss. It' occurs near the junction of the
granite and silurian, and while some of it shades into granite, other portions contain what appears to be altered sandstone. "
SILURIAN. The ranges composed of this formation ·are generally'steep and thickly timbered. ' -So far, this rock has preved barren of fossils; not a vestige of eVlm a graptolite has yet been disentombed,
though some of the slaty sandstones. are very similar to the fine-grained pink sandstone of Barker's Creek, so prolific in them.
The greater portion of the silurian is metamorphic; some intensely hard (hornfels), and of a bluish. black color; as at Rocky Point, Bowman's Forest Ranges, and south side of Melbourne road; and some full of joints, soft, and mottled red and yellow, as at Hurdle Flat and Pennyweight Flat.
Very fine sanqstones, beautifully striped and clouded, and very much contorted, are found at Silver Creek, near the old pound, and at' Hillsborough; the stone from the last-named locality is hard, and takes a fine pO'lish •.
On the road to Stanley, the prevailing rock is a hard gray sandstone, with na.rrow dark lines throutrh it. The Asylum. Hill, opposite Beechworth, is formed of soft yellow sandstone. '" Mica schist occurs in the Middle Creek Ranges, at Yackanclandah and Hillsborough. ~t the .s~uth side ~f Bowman's F~rest Gap a qua!!! wa~ opened for flagging. ~he stone is of the best quality,
but owmg to Jomes, the dip; and almost lIlacccssible POSItIon, It could not be worked WIth pronto No doubt a thorough examination of this neighborhood for flagstone would be rewarded with success. '
. '1'he effect of the contiguity of the granite on various portions of the silurian is very divers~, In places no a.pparent change has taken place, in others the rock is either altered into an intensely hard rock, a 80ft decayedlooking sandstone, or else so changcd as to,be scarcely distinguishable from decomposed nne ~ranite.
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A~ Pennyweig~t Flat this is the ease, in one P!1rt the soft sandston~ being full ~f 'small dodecahedrons'of duWlooklllg quartz~ with blunt ?dges, much resembling those found in soft porphyritic dykes,. In another part of the fiat the soft rock IS full of mlCa, and has the crumbling appearance of soft fine-grained granite; in each case the granite is but a few feet from the surface. '
Most probably these different effects are the result of a metamorphic action taking place on differently consti. tuted beds, I.
. Dykes are ~~e, only a few .small euritic ones be~ng.\~bs~;.vabJe, - Quarfz reefs are, .qowever,verY nj1r,nerous, and many of them aurrfer~lls., ,As·yet they have not receIVed the'atte~ltion they deserve" and will, no doubt, ultimately command. 'There are scores of reefs, within a few miles of Beechworth, thH,t have yielded handsomely on the surface, but that have been ab:mdolled. as so'on as the yields decreased, 'instead of being prospected at lower levels. •
At the Homeward-bound Reef, Hillsborough, gold is distributed through the country (a hard grey sand, s~one) for several feet, on both sides of the reef.
. ) '" OLD CONGLOMERATE . (UPPER PAJ,..!EOZOIC.~)
~ • • , ".. J' • .. • ~ " t Of'" " • '_ • :.-.,~. !til· 'I ,. d~ ,,, Some low rises of':conglomerate extend from the Police .1laddock to 'the Magpie Lead, Wooragee~ cO~P9s.ed .. ~f boulders, pebbles, and sand, of a great variety of roc~8, alJ perfectly:rQunded, and cenie'rited wit.h 'c ,c,". ''' .• ",
lCt. '!."fhere:are diffei'entbeds. One near the· Police:'padd6clC'is composed of'yenow)~nd'stOne' 'which, Qn expo~\lre ,to ·the weather, ,.break·into small angular pieces.' ':A: similar bed occurs 'at Magpie' Oreek;' . rti' toe pebbles are i,·hite. and very fine-grained; they also crumble on exposure: Beneath' are d,ark-colorei:l beds, containing' hornfels in' pebbles, and lal'l!;e boulders. Still lower there are large boulders and pebbles of granite, with pink felspar; some' of the grallite boillders are five or six hundredweight. • . . . ' '
Holes to the' depth of 100 feet have been sunk without reacHing the bottom (granite) .. , Pebbles of lydian stone, crystalline limestone, upper ~silurjan sandstone filled with the, casts of shells, chert,
agate, 1:>reccia, pudding-stone, amygdaloid, jasper, porphyry, granito, and a great variety of other rocks, are scattered through the beds. ',. . ' .
Iron pyrites, and minute grains, of . garnet are found disseminated; there occur also small seams of gypsum. The same formation probably extends over the greater part of W ooragee. It is found to the N. W. of El'Dorado,
extending in lmtches from Mr. R. Reid's homestead to the Ohiltern and Wangaratta road. ,'rhe surface is stre,vn with bO\llders, alid pep.bles of gran!te .alld sandsto,ne,. of upper silurian age. fill~d, with .fossil' cast~.:, U~dernt;)at.h the surface the" pebbles are conglomerated with clay; b~low this again is a bed of very fine, ia.nd~tone, app,arently without lamil1!1,tion, of the same color and appearance.aS bathbrick, It rests in some localities Oil gr.anit~, in o.th~rs on silurian. , -,,' l\Tany .ho,les have ,been, sunk, soinemore than 1.OO,feet dcep,ill the vain eXPElctation of finding gq19,at the bottom. ':. _~ ;.The v~ry varied 'and unusual .charact,er of the ·pebbles.found in aU the auriferolls9rifts, from Wooragee to 'El'Dorado, is owing to the denudation~of this' conglomerate at Wooragec, which has thence been carr~ed down the Woolshed valley. '
... OIJDE~ PLIOCENE. I ,
Corresponding in character with formations on the lo,wer, goldfields, referred to tliis'perioCi, are ~he'bldlead'know'il il.s 'Wallace's,:at,Woorage-e;·C6nsistin'g of well-i'oimded quartz' pebbles, 'een~entea'in places ,vitli. il:ons'toile~' or 're-formed granite. '." " ,. . ,,' t "'. ,c. . ' I "i " ii"~,"~· . '. ' •
'l'he surfacing on the north side of W ooragee Creek-this is a patch situated on a rise-the. pebbles resemble t1iose jusF mentioned;· but are cemented. with softer rhaterial;: arid contain a val'ieti'oCpebbi~s d'eriveiffl:orn' the old
.C~~I~~0~1~::~e~meut 'capping the ·low sj)Urs'at .the Woo]sli'ed (the" Old ··P'Jli~e· Camp' Hijl';\&c:r.afv~ii~~s 'poi~~ts.on the slope down the Woolshed valley to El Domdo, where it most probably forms the bottom" fibril' '.' of drift. .' ,. ,c, "." !rhis drift' is' thoroughly rounded, and contains pytitbs·;£he pebbles 'ari;'small: . '. ";' ' I' ~' ,
Decayed trees, leaves, and other vegetable remains. including ban~sia cones, have beeu found at Wellington's Claim; iu tine silt.overlying tl1ewashdii-t; at a deYIt1f:of'230 feed'rom tne' surfa~e:' , :' c·,.. . "'.. .... ':
'fhe hottom is very irregular. In one place there is an almostperpendicular fall of 90 ~cet. The drift Jying on this bottom is richest"i.il!gold,Ltin!oxide,·alfdiprecious stones; incliidii:ig'aia.monds,'wHicli·'~·ave h()'t'yeebeen found in the hi"her drifts. ! .".,.<.'" ,. " ...• " .' I ". " '" . " , "
, "'The older pliocene patches at the abovemp.ntioned places bear the strongest evidence' of being the~portions th'~t havetlscaped rlenudationof'au'ancient' imd very'I~I:g',Fli:iaa, de~:ivihg its gold from'the sifurhiu'ranggs [l.(W()oragee, alld from exteusi ve feedel's coming in from 8t,'1.1110y; 'l'hree-mile. &0., and which filled the'W oolsh~d vallcy" to' a considerable hei' ht:·and·cDntinlled ·oh·tofEl 'Doraao; ,'.,' ':' ; .• 1,; "' •. , ' .. " .• ,. , .. ,,,, :",. ." !' ..... , .. • . )e "'."", F" .:, .'
" .~, 'It:is worthy o,f n'ote that nearly ,every remaining portion '~r'this',lell;d contained:3: i-ich s,\'lri'\lklhig'bf g?J~.: .... :.::, 'rhe PennyweIght Flat. Lead probably belongs to thIS 'perlOd, tho'ugh the pebbles are nO,t 80 well rounded as is
.'l/Bually the',Case:in.drifts ~f this ;'agc: : 1'he"cou.lls~"0f\tlie: lea'd'iUdieates a"very:·\iiffercnt::~~tersliecifro.nltqat p.ow existing •. , ,,,' " .. ;:' "....' . '" "<,",, ,.,11" ", .' " ""''''', •
To this age most 'likely the Laneash.ire Lead, Chilteru, belongs.
" L fi, j,.;.:.~. ; ';' ~."';. .,;,\ ';NEWER>PLIOckNE~ ,'." ""1111:' (,
" The leads of co~~lomerate'd ;ounded sandstone ~nd sub-augular quartz of the Two-~il~ and Thre;-mile ~y be _referred to this' period. . . . ' .
Also, the white)'ash; under the modern drift, at Stanley !lnd Lower Nin~-mi.le.; ~he Red Hill Lead,.:witb its t.ributaries coming down Sprin~.'()reek.; the' Magpie: Itead, with 'well!rounded' bro\,:nish~yell?5v satidsti:!~e 'R~bples aIid very little uartz~ cuttin~ thro\~g~and ove:lyi?~thii;ol.det'l<;.a'd':.: ',:'.' ': ';.:': ','.' : ";,," :', .. 1.;::'3,/:'.:1., .. ' .. :':0.." .,< fJ:Z:l':"l~. At.~~~3~ oolshed·and,RCld,s.Creeks;! a;dr~ft, fO,rmmg the banks of the creeks (frequent\y.cemented) and tnoutary' leads, aenvmg lts gold from the older and hIgher dnft. " . .., . ;1:: •. ),~ • !A.s. subcanguhir, granitic.,drift;· occasi:oh;l.lly: ceme*ed;'~t':6ccurs' ~t'BlacksiLlid'19r'eek:rSlIee:ps£a.,ti~rr 'Creek, and behind the RisingSun Inn, '. "".''''',:;;.!." "" .. <,.,! I'" ' •• ,j,cl, .. , •• ", ',,' ",
, These leads, in the grnnite, are characterised by, thei'rstanniferous deposits,: -The:y'ate WOFK~~ iln;tost'~orelY'f'or tin.,oxide,:as usihUly, theGgold' is ,not)worthi'se~al',atin~r ; Ttut1ks:1an:d'\ branch'es 'bf'de'oayed"~l'te~'a:te' met 'with ,qn the Ilottom with the drift, , . , '.. .c.L I,,: '., , , '". ," .... "
. " A~:red.drift, apparently.'of,:this" !ige,crosses the ~a'ncashire\ Bead:' "The Chi1t~rii anir'RtitliergI6n.fI,;eads also
appear to belong to t~is Preri:od, 'f' . h' d' " ; h b' ' t'· 11' It " ·d .. "'''t'h' ''l.i r' ',3' .!,", "~"'m 'd'; , d ",' That the phYSical eatures'.o,.t e lstnct:'!l:ve:: een ~a ena y~a ere. 's111ce, .e~",,~~?,~,!~~rt,oI ,~, l~ p:ove t>y.the.~ourse of the L'ow~er TJ1ree-mlle Lead, whi~~;'ll:t '~l.le POlllt wh~r.~~h~~ prJsJnt '~r~~K:gr?~,7~s.}~1 IS.;i,l'i~~t:r or.,~~~e~l feet abov:e ,the creek; ";~lch,.has,9cooped out'a'c~annel' 111 hard metamorplhc,.sandstone,,~~a,~ral:\~t.~ ~c~,~~tS ~eR~~:: .. _,.
, . . During this penod, also, the creek",~O\:lUg fr.0mStanley app~!irs to have chllng~~~ts' ~o~r.s!l.; .~~d." Ip.~teaa of :flowing .down through. II urdleFlat-and Sprm,g Crt1ekito h~ve. be~n· dlyertcd at RockyP?;~~ In,to, ?,a9kan~~na,!I? C'.'Ce~: ,'!,:". As;a rule, where:the older leads I).ave r,ested. oil' gramte orsandstop.e, 'the' bottom IS softer and ligliter In c?lor ;.t~~~!he~~j9.1IJ,ing rock. ". ' .. ~ .. ' ....
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RECENT. , Under this head may be classed those drifts that have accu~ulated since the.tertiarv age, and are still forming.
They, form t~c 'beds of ,the' pre~eiit water?ourses, and at ,Reid's Creek and the W oolshed were extraordinarily rich in b6 th goM an d tin ore. ' , ,
, 'When it is considered that, at one period, auriferous drift was supplied by the large tract of country pounded on one side by the Six-mile Creek, and on the other by the Nine-mile Creek watershed, and by the whole of the Wooragee valley (an extensive granite area, at the same time supplying tin oxide), which filled the Woolshed, and perhaps Reid's Creek valleys, to a considerable height, and that, subsequently, nearly the whole of this was denuded, while the gold and tin ore has been thus concentrated on the bottom of what might be appropriately called a gigantic sluice-box, it does not seem so surprising that these creek drifts should have been so exceedingly rich. '
The same formation was met with at' Reid's Creek and the W oolshed. The top was black clay mixed with roots of plants. then sand and fine'drift, and at the bottom a clean-washed, well rounded gravel. This was the washdirt, and was from six inches to two feet in thickness.
" ..it Reid's Creek C!ne pound of gojd per superficial foot of wash·dirt was considered about an average. At the W oolshed, in the best claims, one pound per superfioial yard waa con'sidered a good yield.
Johnson's claim, on the Wool shed, worked in 1854, 80 yards long by about 20 wide, yielded over £150,000 worth of gold,. • "
A well:s,haft, twelve feet .squ~r,e" sun~ a little lower down, t~e creelC, yield~d thirteen poun~s of gold off the bottom. ' .. ' " " . " , , .,' '1. •. ',;,'
Where the bottom was soft there was most gold. In some -pia()es the bottom was strewn over with large' boulders of granite. '
. DIAMOND. This geinis found at El Dorado in the bottom drift, and at variousloealities further up the creek to Woorngee,
at Blacksand Creek, Indigo lead, and Lancashire Lead. Several have been obtained from the pliocene cement at Sebastopol. The greatest number found in a limited space were from Finn's claim, Woolshed. Ten were got in one cut, about thirty feet I wide,' by taking a:(l occasional ,dish from the sluices, and washing it carefully. Of course, these would fo but a smail proportion of the number actually present in ,the drift. .
No diamonds have ever been found at Reid's Creek, nor in any of its tributaries. At Wooragee several have been found. , " ,
, 'l'hey vary in size from one-tenth to two carats, and some few evcn larger. , . , The color is seldom good', as nearly all have a 'yellow tinge; some, however, are perfectly colorless, pink
or green, and very i:lri1liant., TheY,are usually well llized, and show an unscratched surface; the planes' are generally convex. ' , " ' . • , .
. One found at W ooragee was covered with a thin film of iron oxide.
SAPPHIRE , , Js of frequ\lnt occu~,~c~ in ,~maII ro~nded 'graiI!~, at El Dorado, Woolshed, Wooragee, Reid's Creek, Sheep
station Creek, Lower Three-mileCreek, Pennyweight Flat, BlaCKBand' Creek,Lowei',Nine-mile Creek, Yactiandandah, and Lancashire Lead. . . ' ,:' , ., '
T~e most common color is blue, varying in tint from almost colorless to dark Prussian blue. ParJi.colored stones are frequent, The color is seldom uniform all through. Crystals are rare. '
At the tin locality, near Gimblet's, a small one was found with the oxide oftin. l\'fa~y of .the stones exhibit dichroism, being green ,in one direction"and bluc at right angles.
ORIENTAL l!1M~RALD Is found at all the previous mentioned localities, though not so abundant as the blue sapphire. They are most
plentiful at the Wool shed, Some grains are,of excellent color, but, like most of ,the local gems, are ti:io small and faulty to possess any value.
ORIENTAL RUBY. A few small grains, of a pale '00101', have been found 'at El Dorado, Seb:U;topol, Reid's Creek, W ooragee, and at
Rowdy Flat, Yackandandah. They are very rare. , ' • I,
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ORIENTAL AMETHYST Has been found at Sebastopol, in small pale amethyst colored grains.
ORIE~TAL TOPAZ. Colorless and yellow sapphire, in minute grains, are occasionally found at EI DGrado, Pennyweight Flat, and
Lower Nine-mile. . , " . . '. " " .:'
ADAMANTINE SPAR Hasbe~n found at the Woolshed, but is rare.
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$TAR SAPPHIRES, , '
"" 'Occur at'Reid's Creek, and W oolshed;They show six distinct rays, and Bome are large enough' to be cut for ri.n~, ~t~n~s.
: "';'" ' ,,: CORuNDUM, ,
::: : ;rransluc~nt ~o opaq~e"in wel~-~unded;' ~d someti~e~ h~f-polished,grains and pebbles, up to 4 his. weight, Of varIOUS shades of, red, blue,brown, yellow, black; apd whIte, IS abundant at; the following 'localities :'-'-Wo'oragee Creek, Sheep-station Creek, Woolshed Creek, and Yackandandah. " I •
,'The small.cracks in the' pebbles frequently have 'specks of gold wedgea ,i~to ,them. No cry8t~ls have been found as yet.. , " ',I " • , .,
, It is very noticeable, that though corundum is of most frequent occurrence, in subangular drifts it is almost· invariably well rounded. This is also the case with sapphires, z,ireons, 'and'ITIost of the topaz. The garn~ts are not s(} well rounded. . " , " '
" .' :~s a,l'ule t~e sma~ gemstones are :mory ?,p~~d~nt in drifts :estin~?n granite:~~.i;n fhose resting on sa!ldstone~ tliougIian exceptIOn occurs at ,Lower Nme-mile Creek; where, III additIOn to the p,renously mentioned stones there occurs an ext~emely he~;J:" ~ne, b!aek ~nd.gray sand: ~h~s cpnsist,,o! well rounded gr!lin.s; wit.h eccasionaJ. crystals of pleonaste and )argon. I .1hl~ Is.s,trongl;r III fa,vor of Mr. l!')1Ich 8 ,surmIse, that verY,probably the sapphires'tindzircons have been denved frem: volcaniC reclig; , , .. " , ,.. ,'"
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TOPAZ Is abundant in the gold drifts at' Wooragee Creek; Blacksand Creek, Reid's Creek, Sheep-station Creek,
Woolshed, EI Dorado, and Lancashire Lead, and rarely at Pennyweight Flat and Yackandandah. , These usually occur in small well-rounded grains, up to a bean in size, and at EI Dorado up to an inch cubic~ The usual color is bluish, or colorless; some -}lave a faint yellowish tinge. The stones are almost invariably
lle.wed.· . , .. _ Very perfect crystals are found at EI Dorado and Sebastopol. Their c edges are sharp, and 'the faces polished,
distinctly showing their local origin. Small topazes have been found at Gimhlet's; in the granite, with cassiterite, &c. ' Topaz sand-many of the grains small crystals-is abundant at EI Dorado. Topaz almost invariably accompanies tin o;e deposits.
, , GARNET, r Usually common gamet, of a dull reddish or brownish yellow color, in rounded crystals or fragments, is met'
with in most of the auriferous drifts. " Almandine, in.small fragments and crystalline grains, occurs at Reid's Creek: \ _ Garnet sand, .largely consisting of small crystals, is abundant at EI Dorado, in the cleanings from tIn ore. Brownish yellow garnets, in crystals (trapezohedrons), are found at Gimblet's, with cassiterite, in a coarse 9
mixture of felspar; quartz, and mica. . Small crystals, of red color, occur at HensleY\l tin lode, ~nd in small cavities in granite at Spring Creek. Cryst:,tls of red garnet, from minute specks to the size of walnuts; are abundant at Lady Franklyn Hill,
Barnawartha. They are disseminated through euritic dykes, and sometimes through coarse granite. , Those exposed to the weather are either changed into oxide of iron or stained 'on the outside, and all near the
surface are flawed; but in solid rock they ar~ quite transparent and of, passable color.
ZIRCON. In all the drifts containing sapphire this stone is also found. The P!incipallocalities are Woolshed, Wooragee •
. Pennyweight Flat, 'Lower Nine-Mile, and Yackandandah • ., , Usual size from it split-pea downwards, very seldom as large as a bean, always well rounded, and varying in
·color from a rich deep red to pink and colorless (jargons). Colored ones are seldom of .. a uniform tint; BOrne are particolored, part red and part white.
Pale yellow ones'are found at Sheep Station Creek, and a few small crystals at· Yackandandah. Jargons, rivalling the diamond in lustre, occur at the Woolshed; and as fine dust, in which crystals a.re
numerous, at Lower Nine-mile. \
PLEONASTE , Is aparselyscattereq through the drifts at Reid's Creek, Pen~yweif';ht Flat, Lower Nine-mile, and Lower Three
mile Creeks, in small rounded grains, seldom larger than a split pea, occasionally vesicular. Most plentiful at Lower Nine-mile, as minute crystals and fine globular sand., , , " '
QUARTZ In its varieties is well represented, the'principal varieties being derived from granite.
, It occurs in the greatest abundance, from the head of Blacksand Creek down to EI Dorado. Throughout ,this length, but most plentifully at the former locality, and also at the Lancash,ire Lead. are found
ROCK CRYSTAL, In large rolled pieces and rounded crystals, up to six pounds weight.
, CITRINE, Or false topaz, from a pale lemon to golden shel'ry ~olor. This is not abundant.,
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CAIRNGORM, J!'rom pale, through various shades of brown, to almost black (mormorion), is very abundant. Crystals occur in veins,.in soft granite, at Reid's Creek. ' •
OP ALINE QUARTZ. At Blacksand Creek.
AMETHYST. Very beautiful' crystals, colorless to deep violet-purple, on a spur (granite), about three miles north-west of
ELDorado. , , They originally formed small nests and veins in fine-grained porphyritic granite, which has decomposed,leaving the amethysts disseminated through the soil. . _" _
.Specimens of a de,ep color are rare. The crystals are generally less than half an moh long, and of the usual form (prism with double pyramid). About two miles further west groups of slender amethyst prisms are plentiful. . At Ferguson's Gap, EI Dorado, prisms oc~ur of dull-gray color, over the points of which amethyst hoods have
. grown. blose tol\'f~. R. Reid's homestead occur curious druses of crystals, which at one stage of their growth a.ppear to have been coated with a film of red oxide of iron, and over'this with an envelope of limpid quartz.
Quartz crystals from different localities present distinct. stages of, growth. A crystal from the Woolshed h~s I
, :--'been broken across and the pieces re-united by a-coating of white quartz. Even on dark crystals the last envelope 18 , ' , Ii
,< colorless, or amethyst. " . Very large. rounded crystals of amethyst, up to 3 or 4 Ibs. w;eight, are found at Rowdy Flat, Yackandandah,
.. ~some {If good color, but most are pale and full of flaws., "
HACKED AND BABEL QUARTZ Oc~ur at Pennyweight Flat, s~metimes hi prisms coated on one side,with chalcedony. • . Druses of crystals, consisting principally of pyramids with only narrow planes of the pnsm, occur at Hensley's
tin lode in great abundance.. '... . , ' , Prisms of white quartz, Illa dyke of.eurite (tl!~ beanng), at Sheep-statIOn Creek.
- ~rystals, and 'groups weighing 20 or 30 Ibs;, were common at Sebastopo! when first opened. 'I I '
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Small opaque crystals (double pyramids), of a grayish color, with blunt edges, occur in sa.ndstone at Pennyweight Flat, apparently produced. by metamorphism) , . ' -., .
Specimens are obtalned at the amethyst locality, EI Dorado, showmg every gradatlOn, from small globular pleces of quartz, with a rough' surface, to most perfect an~ brilliant crystals.
SEMI-OPAL (?), , White or pink, with streaks of pink or yellow, and breaking with sub-conchoidal fracture, at Reid's Creek, and
in seams in a large brecciated dyke, Melbourne road. . ' '
CHALCEDONY, Of a yellowish color, is common as pebbles in the Woolshed and W ooragee drifts; as narrow veins in granite at
Spring Creek; of a coarse character, yellow or black in color, in several extensive dykes on the Melbourne road near Everton; and in numerous veins throughout the granite area. .
Wherever cassiterite is abundant, thi~ coarse chalcedony, or chert, .is invariably present in the drift.
WATER-STONES Are found at Spring Creek, close to Beechworth. They are polyhedrons of translucent yellow chalcedony. Their
hardness exceeds that of topaz. The, cavities correspond to the extemal form, and are frequelltly lined with quartz crystals. A fluid and a mobile bubble fill the cavity. , v
Sections of the shell show distinct layers, as though they had formed gradually, leading to t,he inference that the silicious fluid, after being enclosed in a thin shell of chalcedony, continued to deposit silica, and possibly this deposition was continued by some process resembling endosmosis. ,
The water-stones vl1ry in size from a split pea to 5 inches in diameter. One had a cavity no larger than a pin's head, with a movable bubble, while others contained a dessert spoonful of fluid. ~
, 'Several specimens kept in a dry situation for six years show no diminution of fluid. The rock in which thcse very remarkable stones occur, as veins and nests, is soft, fine-grained granite, and also
:a small outlier of soft sandstone. HYALITE.
Beautiful small botryoidal pieces, of a pale yellow color, exactly resembling clear wattle gum, are found \ attached to felspar and quartz crystals in small dmse cavities existing in the granite at the top of Ford street, Beech-worth. ,
Colorless hyalite occurs in, a similar manner at Newtown quarries; also in thin coatings at the tin locality near 1iimblet's. - ' I
AGATE, ' Formed of concentric
W ooragee to El Dorado. rings of various shades of red, bro~, black, yellow, and gray, are numerous from
They have been derived from the" old conglomerate" at Wooragee. Some are handsomely marked, a few are translucent. Those found at lEI Dorado in the drift are particularly
well rounded, and as a rule small, from having travelled so far. At Wooragce they frequently weigh from 10 to 20 lbs., and often ,present' the appearance of having been formed in amygdaloid, much resembling chalcedony nodules from Phillip Island in form and surface. .
A few al:~ found in the wash-dirt at Sheep-station Creek, and they are plentifully strewn over the surface of the " old conglomerate" at EI Dorado. ,
JASPER, 'Both red and yello~, occurs as pebbles wherever the last is found, and is no doubt derived froin'the same souree.
LYDIAN-STONE, In polished, intensely black pebbles, has the same distribution as agate.
TOURMALINE - Is very abundant throughout the granite area, as small rolled pebbles and triangular prisms, at EI Dorado, Woolshed, Wooragee, Sheep-station Creek, and Lancashire Lead. ' ,
Handsome radiated pieces, somewhat resembling bundles of horse-hair, and weighing as much as 101bs. have been obtained at Reid's Creek and Woolshed. At the former locality there was a nest in soft granite 3 feet wid~ and 4 long, lined with quartz crystals some 8 inches in diameter. This was tilled with tough brown and bluish clay and lying horizontally in this were numerous large pieces of radiated tourmaline. '
The. crystals found in the drifts seldom exhibit distinct terminal planes; but in granitic dykes traversing metamorphiC sandstone, at Barnawartha, very beautiful crystals are found, some two inches, in diameter, many are well modified. '
'At Pennyweight Flat there are small s~ams, in both granite and sandstone; and at One-milc, portions o.f sand-stone are almost entirely 90mposed of it. '
FELSFAR. Orthoclase is the common felspal' of most of the granite in the district. Very handsome crystals oceur at Reid's Creek; single crystals, two or three inches long, were not uncommon
some years ago. They frequently had small crystals of transparent quartz growing out of 'the-faces. At the lower end of the Wonlshed, some tine crystals have also been obtained; one is 4 'inches acrOBS and
-6 inches high. " ' Groups containing orthoclase crystals, brown quartz crystals, crystallised mica, and another felspar bluish
wh~te, and translucent (oligoclaseP), are sometimes unearthed at Reid's Creek. Thislatterfelspar enters larg;ly with orthoclase,. into the composition of some local granites, . ,
A very w:hite felspar, much fesembling albite, occurs at Gimblet's tin locality_
MICA. Black muscovite is the' most abundant. Large plates are found at Sprin~ Creek penetrating felspar In
plumose forms, it occurs at Gimblet's; in plumose and stellate forms, at Hensley's and 8h~ep-station Creek Green mica is found at the Excelsior claim, Reid's Creek. ' •
Large flakes of sil~er mica occur in granitic dykes at Barnawartha.
PYROPHYLLITE (?) . Occurs as small, irregular pieces, wit~foliated structure, and of light-green color, at Gimblet's Spring Oreek .Blacksand Creek, and Stony Creek, Melbourne road. , . , ' ' .'
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F;LUOR.SPAR,' . Of a vio~et color, sometimes green inside, with violet envelope, isJound'in small veins coati~gcavities),and as
ctjstaIs'(octahedrons), in 'a; brecciated dyke, at Stony Creek, Melbourne road; of a green colol', in granite, Spring Cree~, and at the top of Ford street, Beechworth,'where a very perfect green' octahedron was found .in a: cavity;'vith', hyahte. .
••• c , • .., .' , AP~'J,'IJ~ (?) . OeCUl'S in veins i·inch wide, traversing granite, at Spring Creek; s~ft, and of a.n ea~thy fracture; col~r f~m .
violet to pale lilac. In some portions of the veins it mixes with chal~edony, alld is very hard. . .
FIBRotI~E , '. . Oc.curs in' r~unded .pehbll;ls:,of gray: br'o\\"ll, and yellow colors, ~~ Rowdy 'Flat, ¥ ackandandah ;. at Kinchillgton~s
Creek i't is' found as pehbles and sinall boulders;itnd is said to be fouIul in situ on the range behind Kinchington's . . homestead; a:t L~meburner's FI~t,. Sebastopol it OC~Up3 as :y;ery six!all. well water&?rn piec~s'; ", , '
I?ILICATE OF ALUMINA . . .'. ':Occurs as soft.whitt! veins,.and as,clay, composed of small micaceous scales,:at Pennyweight ·Flat·; as .rolled
pebbles of'a: hard' silicate, at the Lancashire Lead; at' Wooragee, as·the resnltiof the' decomposition of granite. , .. ~
:BRo'WN-S~ AR " .. , ', .', Is fourid at the first tuinel in the gully above Bolam's crushing machine, Twist's Cree.kj in thi~ ~eins ~amifying )
through tbesands~one waUs;oft)1e,reef. "," ", \ .' '. '", .' ,.,:' " , ;. ,,' J '~RUTILE " " ,,, .'
r,; ,Q.cCtlrS ~nsmall blui~h-?lack cry~t~!s,.at 8prjJ:!.gCreek, .Reid'sCreek,W~olshed, W'oora,gee,'.T;wo-mile, .Cr~ek, &c. It IS not plentiful; but most IS fotind at the junction of the Two and Thre!l-mile Creeks. ,',: .
BROOKITE ;,... Occur!' in small1lat Ullrolle~ crystal~ at 'Pimnyw~ight FI~t. . , . ,. . . ( .:- ~. ' , :'1
',- ~,' . , OCTf\..IIEDl;nT~ ., .. Is found in small sha~p crystals at Pennyweight Flat and Silver Creek, and as rounded crystals at'Lower
Nine.mile; Lower Three-mile, Reid's Creek, Spring Creek; and Lancashire Lead.
GOLD , , . Is dissemiIl!>ted through':mt most of ~he, qrifts ~l.l the district, sometimes, as a mere tra:ce~; 'at bthef,'places
forming- a,noticea1:ile proportion',of tlie 'yvli6le, as at W oolshed and' Reid's 'Creeks, ,in tlieearly ,days.' !,,' ': " 1 :,. " •
• ::; :- The gold from.Reid's,Creekaiid Wooragee Creek 'to EI Dorado ~s'very fine; generally in flat 'well-worn 'scales, very seldom exceeding a grain in weight," ..'" . . '.'
'l;he Three-mile gold is similar in character, and so'light that, should the specks become dry; they 1Ioat on the surface of. the water. ' ::" ',' - .: '''. . ,.- ;" \. ;. . . .' ','. "" '
Gold ,of coarser description, and more ragged in shape, occurs within the silurian-area, as 'at' Pennyweight· Flii't, ' Spring Creek, Hurdle Flat, and the gullies round Stanley." ,Anything over an ounce was rarely met with even in these localities, and the largest nugget, of known lo~al origin, was from ,Red Gully, Two-mile Creek, and weighed about a pound; it was attached to' quartz. , " , . .' , ;
Ovens,gold is noted for its'high standard of purity. Noctystals have been observed. In some creeks having their sources in high granite, ranges, ,miles away from silurian rocks, gold is obtained.
Blacksand Creek is an instance, It was, worked for tin ore,. and averaged about 15.dwts. of gold .per ton of tin ore, The drift is granitic, but occasionally a pebble' of hard "metamorphic sandstone turns up; indicating the probability of a silurian origin for the gold. Another fact in favor of its silurian origin is that, even when found on the sides of ranges, where the oxide of tin is sharp, 'and evidently near the sourc~, the spe<:l!;s of gold are invariably rqunded; flattened grains; ,n,o ;yvoolly" or. hackly gold is eve:dound' in',such s~tuati~nsi ','" ',!., '. " . .'1,' ,
r., SILVER. ~";',~' ~~',allo; '6f'g\>Ja' l~n4,silv.er"l)!0rt:hja~out oQs. p~r oz", occurs i,n. a !e~f. at MadWan's,gjllly,.' .. ",,' '.r ;,,~:.;;, '" c \ :. '_,I 'No' silver ore'is' met' with' in the' district, with, ~h~,exception ,ofsm!l:l~ q~al}~iti!!s of arg~,ntife,rous, gal~na in lP;a!l.Y[f
ql,1~z reefs. . - I • , • ' '
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CASSITERITE; , " I' ,,"
Or oxid,e of ,tin, is abu,ndant. in all drifts ,r.estin,g on grlWite.in sll)al! grains, and broken, crystals,' It is niOS~' Plentiful' at "LaSerena Creek; Rising' Sun Creek', Wooragee Creek', Blac~~and 'Ore:;¥;; 'GjIi!li},~~,:S.i Ci.~e~",Sheep:-" station Creek, Stony Creek, Yellow Creek, down R;eid's Creek, to El Dorado and LancashIre Lead.
The color is almost white, gray, yellow, red, or 'bhtck, and scarcely any two samples taken from 'different localities agree in appearance. Some are quite rounded, other~ crystalline, 'Y~~h.sharp e(ig!)fb /l'.his, .w~t.h the ,tlifferent' P~?p?7,ti~ns of8olore? sa~d?·m,a~e, the.g . s~ !Da:tlfe~.i:n:many easEls, th..up.l;le);'e is no:difficulty in'.,assigning t~elocahty from WhICh a ~aJ'l!.ple h~s been .' '" , ' , ' , '", ,\,' '"'' . .
; ,,)~l~~kr~q.I;~ i~:ip~c'alfY n!1!4,~d,,~ ge~~ . ly~:yefY; rfine.,' ,At ~~!l:cJF:~ll~, Cr,~ek, :a.ng :~ei~:~, Ct:eey:, p.i~ce~: ,up to two ounces lia ve occaslOnally been found. . :; :, ,,- :.
, i",;,,'I,~t,;¥J }??r~~?,pieges t:(le .~iz;El, ofp,ea.s..!1f E) rare;J~n~th~ ~!l:n~ i~ very pJack. :' ,';;: ":.! ,;: "'1;," ,"'" ";' ' " ,-": :At Pennywetght Flat It I~ moderate~y CO!l!sj\"weH round~4,. ,ll~d co~sI!l~s p!.~n91pallY~,Q,f>~Qlo,re,!i. tin, <ir,e
,(rosiIitin)., .L,.~ ~'.""'~.'"'" •. ,~., .".,.;. '\ ~/',"4. '. 'O'::'~ 'f\1';1(~' .:" ... " .. \...n~:"·
La Serena Creek yielded ,the P~~!~~s,L.SIt~pl~d)f, !mY'i,n; tJ:i~ ,(H!3.tr.i~~ dkgr,~~t~r 'p'or:§~Il-' ;)Va~.i!1l?,;la!g~ !!-~ peas and beans. .
From Lower Three-mile Creek crystalline pieces;.and wood-tin, 'showing a concentric radiating structure, are obtained. " ", . . '.",', ' '.
,I·i. ,Most'of the tin oxide from ,Lan!lashire, Lead is pal'ticu)arly.well roun~ed;):mq·ino,d(m~tely(coarse: ::,; .,'," .c·,.:-- 'Sev,er~I'cr(Je1i:s ,have been'worke~d:mafn:ly;for theii' tin ore deposnsl ·JBlilcksan:u,Creek·,W:a's v.ery rich; 'and'yielded;
to four men from 6to 20 Hundredweight,per week for a considera1)l~ pqi'!od. r''', ":,,,,1.. \' -, • "'. ':, ", ' '. In a creek rnnning into Wooragee Creek from the/Pilot, two and.three'poundsof tin oxide to a·diSh,ahlobtainable
from the ~ash-dirt, a f,,Tanitic dtjft, and ,:bout 18 in~he,s, t}lick. .. ,," ... , \, ' • Madden?sclaim, W oolshed, supplIes verY;'Ji,'andsomc sharp'crystals, WIth splendentlustre
.1 ",A~, r,ic?: d~posit~:exibsqfn"v-!lfy .. !i~it'ig dI"t~l)a~~~ :lfe!!-s,,J.~ 1,.~!W~~t9A!Y; :,~~l?;ap~~; ~9, ipfE\r .th~~. ~!l.tnJl. ·9f the stanlllfer~us veIns' ought' to e 0 a remunera lve cLruoract,:r. '~L', ' ;'_': '. " ' . '. " ;,,' .. :' "~",
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• Specimens of the matrix containing cassiterite were first found in a gully running into W oolshed Creek, a few chains to the east of Sunbury bridge. "
Cassiterite has also been discovered in lodes. The two most important ones, from their present promising appearance, with respect to the amount of' tin oxide they contain, and the facilities they present to prospectors, from their 80ft nature, ate " '
Hensley's lode, oJ;!. the steep granite ranges south 9f Woolshed Creek. The surface is covered with large blocks of cellular quartz, containing scattered g-raills of felspar and mica. On sinking beside this the quartz diminished. The rock is very soft eurite of a reddish color. In this the quartz formed lenticular patches and, in places, drusy cavHies, full of detached crystals and 80ft micaceous mud. The quartz differs from the rest of the rock only in the predominance of quartz over the other constituents, as it contains felspar ,and mica, sparsely disseminated., The change is gradual, from almost pure quartz to eurite. Tin oxide is most noticeable on the under side of these quartz patches. It' occurs as crystals enclosed in felspar crystals, scattered through ?oth quartz and eurite. . Some pieces weighing as much as 1 oz. have been found here. , ",'
A lode of soft eurite, about five feet wide, crossing Sheep-station Creek--'-a vein of white quartz crystals runs through the centre of it. It ·bears about N. 15° W: Small crystals of cassiterite are disseminated through both quartz and eurite. . .
Other localities are, a dyke 01:\ the Melbourue road, where a tra~e occurs, and ~t Gimblet's, where the matrix is an irregular eurite dyke, which, ;With the adjacent 'granite, has been fractured, and'the narrow joints'filled with quartz, cassiterite, copper, iron, and arsenical pyrites, pyrophyUite, black oxide of copper, &c. The large jo.ipts are open.
; .. , , . ,Traces 9f tin'ore areif6und~n,-.Jfearly:¥1 the silurian gullies in ,then~ighborno(}d., very probably supplied by ~anitie dykes: ,;'!", "' .. ,
COPPER " Occurs native, in thin films, at the Kerry, Eagle Reef, R:Ocky Point; as copper' pyrites" in many of. the reefs; •
and hi granite'at Gimblet's, with 'tin oxide,&c. ; and as black earthy oxide'at the last-Mmed locality.
BISMUTH. Native bismuth, sometimes co.ated with carbonate, (bismuthite), occurs at ,Pennyweight Flat; in 'Oalder's claim'
and Trevillian's claim, Spring Creek; the grains are small, and very scarce. " , BismlJ,thite, in grains and 8!llall :eieces up to 1 oz.i? weight, of dirty:~white colo.~, son;e ,with greeI~is~..t\nge and
eai'thy fracture, occur at PennyweIght -1!lat. ' One small pIece has a very thm seam of tm oXlde through It, othersihave enclosed specks of gold. Many of the grains are attached to. angular quartz. . ' , ..
It is also found, but-rarely, at Lower Nine-mile Creek, and Lower Three.mile Creek. I ..
LEAD, As galena, is found in many of the quartz reefs., It is part~cularly abundant in the W ooragee and Twist's
Creek reefs. , I
IRON. ' • _ .' ~ ~..., • • . '" ~ I • '. • " • "I 1'}' I .•• " f. /'
Titamferous iron,'!ls v~,ry, fin,e s;tnd, is nearly alw~ys prese~t"with I!t~e3;D1 tin. It ia also abundantly present where tin oxide occurs'in the'matrix: ,. .
'At Yackandandah it is plentiful as coarse sand, sometimes as hirge as beans. " Iron pyri~es .OC9U~S ~I,];'l!e~rl,y all the re,efs!,in gra!li~e"at ,SPt:ing and ~ej.li·s. Creeks, at .Gimblet's,.and in the
'cherty lodes traversmg'gramte, near the Melb;:mrne road, and neal' the old pound. The pyrites in these dykes contains a. trace o.f gold. ,- " ,
., BroW:!l.ironstoneoccurs'in nodular pieces, at Pepnyweight F.lat and Three,mile.Creek. It is the cementing material of somedrifts" as at W !11J.ace's 1Jead,. ~ oorag~e, ~a,ncashire Lead, &c., and. forms a portion of a cherty dyke, Melbourne road. It is common III many reefs. .
, MANGANESE. Black oxide occur§ as mammillary crusts and botryoidal lumps, at 'fwo.-mile Greek, Back
Stanley. , '. _. . Creek, and around
MOLYBDENITE' : Oc~~~~ over:3. 've~y' exterisiye 'area, but alyvays in granite; .at Kinchlngton's Creek; near Yackandan,dah, o,n the :Littre. River, on a spur' of~the. Buffalo Mount" hear the head 'of .Buffa1b River, and' ill. nanXiw quartz veins'in grani'te' at :Jjarwl,dgee. ',' ,', ,',' ',,' I c' .. , ~" . •
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ARSENIC. '\-, . . .arsenical pyrites is',plentiful in both reef 'and casing, 'at Homeward.Bound Reef, Hillsborough, and in most of
the Rocky Point reefs. ' ',' •
I SULPHUR. ' • \ i 1!at~ve sulphur,.in ,smail yellOIY ,pieces,. up to the siz~ of \t .pea~ and as. minu~ cryst~s,. fin~,~-rities in black' ~hert, prevlOusly occupIed byu:on pyntes •. The ~rge 1yke m:~vhIch It occurs is about six: miles fi'o!ri'Beechworth, on
, the M7lbourne road. ., ¥ " ."" ' "
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APfENDIX B.
'~iicdnct ®bzel'tlafio1t5' ~n a llew ci5entt5 ~M JrosiHil ~tl1ti"~rre, By FERD. VON MUELLER,
. c.M.G., M.D., Ph. D., F.R.S.; Government Botanist fo!, Victorl.; Director of tbe. Botanic G .. rden of 'Melbourne. " ,
. .. . . ' . Among a number of vegetable fossils, discovered not long ago in the clays of the leads at Haddon
(as shown in the'accompanying plan' and sections), ,and BU bmitted to me for phytographi.c examinati~n, the, fruits of a c~miferous genus, allied to Cupressinites of Bowerbank, seemed the most remarkable; hence this particular fo~sil has been selected as t~e first for elucidation on the' present occasion. ' Some preliminary remarks on the discovery of these and some other fossil fruits were, ,by R. Brough Smyth, Esq., the Secretary of the Victorian Mining Department, and the writer, communicated to the GeoloO'ical
, " 'Society of London (see Geo. -iffag.; page 390, 1870), and t~hrough ~J:.ose remarks the genus.Spondylostrobus , became established. The additional gain of mOre mflterial from the place of discovery has not materially altered or enlarged the views, which I entertained of the relationship of this genus; and I therefore now proceed to offer its full diagnosis.
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Spondylostrobus. Ferd. von Mueller.
~trobiius woody, globose-ovate or almost spherical, with fi ve, rarely four or 'six, thick . longitudinal ribs, forming as many blunt prominent dissepiments, consolidated in the axis of the fruit; these costre at the vertex furrowed by single grooves. , Base of the strobilus naked. Valves five, rarely four or six, inteljacent to the costre, and by them willely separated from each'other, erect, long appressed, fixed at the
, I . " base, compressed-trigonous, theexteri6r face in outline oblong or lanceolar~oval,. all nearly.equal in size, and eitending 'from'the base 'of the fruit to about threc-fourths its height, irregularly rough at" the back, not' keeled nor appendiculate. Cells five; rarely four or six, each bearing a single se~d tow~rds the. centre or,the fruit. ·.See4 ovate;nearIy half a~ long as the valves, very convex at the innerside,·winged around the whole margi~, ,pendent from near the' apex of the cavity, to' 'which it is affixed;' no't always all developed. . . ,
I derived the generic name from CnrOVOlJAOl; (verticillus, whorl) and C1TpOpor; (strobus, pine-cone).
Spondylostrobus Smythii. \
The only species liitherto discovered I have dedicated to the gentleman who, as. Secretary of our Mining Department for many years, has so widely augmented our knowledge of the mineral resources of our adopted country, and to whose consideration' lowe the opportunity of glancing ~ver the',vegetable remnants referred to in these pages. _
; ·All the sp~cimens, well: illustrated by Captain Shepllerd on the accompanying page; seem to.~elong to one single species, variable in size and shape, but connected by intermediate forms. The leaves'and amenta
of the tree or shrub, which furnished these fruits, remained as yet completely unknown. The smallest fruits before me measure about two-thirds -of .an inch, the largest one inch and two-thirds. The ridg!:ls
. more attenuated and convex·towards the base, wider and confluent at tpe ~ummit. The wings of, the seeds appear slightly outward directed, not exactly peripherical. The seed,is perfectly ,free from the valve.
The' validity of the genus rests chiefly, on the extraordinary development of the columella, if so it may be called; this columellar portion forming indeed the main body of the fruit. In this respect Spondylostrobus differs from' all other cupres~ineous genera, living as well as bygone. It shares the nOl'm~lly five-valved structure' of the fruit only with "SoienosU:obus (End Ii cher; , synopsis Coniferal'Um,. page 272, Cupressinites, Bowerbank London Clay partly), but, as expiained already in the diagnosis, this character of the number of valves is not absolute, though predominant, /.Ind thus vindicating the generic ;value of Solenostrobus. rhe species of the latter genus are, however, ve~y dis.tinct from Spondylostrobus, should even the augmentation of material from new sources induce us to unite'hereafter generically the new fossil
- ~~w reviewed with Solenostrobus. Access to Bowerbank's illustrated work (History of the Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the London Clay, 1840), obligingly afforded me by my venerable friend, the Rev. W. B. Clarke, the seni~r of Australian philosophers, proved beyond doubt. that the enormous columellar·. receptacle of Spondylostrobus, on which the :valves are sunk, is totally wanting ill any of the four species of Solenostrobus pgured. (Plate IX., figs. 22 and 23 ; also, platE) x., figs. 24 and 25; also, figs. 28 and ~~.) These illustrations indeed show sufficiently, that the margins of the fruit valves are contiguous, precisely 'as in the
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existing genus Callitris, and its sub-genera Frenela, Actinostrobus and Octoclinis; whereas in Sponuylostrobus the fruit valves are rendered discontiguous by the intervening and protruding ridges of the receptacle. Excellent as Sowerby's drawings are, as f~rnished for Bowerbank's work, they give us no insight into the real inner structure of Solenostrobus, owing indeed to the scanty or imperfectly preserved material, not sufficient for examination, or too precious to be sacrificed in dissection. Another allied genus, Passu-108trobus (Endl. 8yn. Coni!: 278; Cupressinites tesselatus, Bowerb. Lond. Clay, page 53, plate x., figs. 26, 27, 30, 31), may perhaps indicate in its structure an approach to a columnar development beyond the summit, but not beyond the margins of ·the valves, should the central portion of the fruit be receptacular and not valvular. This thc re-inspection of the original specimens can only explain. The doubts entertained by the learned Schimper in reference to the systematic position of Solenostrobus (Conf. Schimper traite de paleontologie vegetale, tome seconde, 1870, page 358), are, by the discovery of our pentamerous conif6l' in Australia, now completely cleared away. Neither in his work, nor in Heer's still more recent elucidation of some fossil cooiferre (Philos. Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1870, page 463, plate XLI., figs. 10 and 11; also, pInte XLlII., figs. 4 and 5), any additional plants are recorded, to shed light on the pent,amerous coniferre from Sheppey, as regards their foliage and seeds.
In reference to the affinity of Spondylostrobus to existing coniferous plants, a comparison is possible only with Callitris and its sub-genera, because they aloDe exhibit likewise a simple verticillus of fruit valves. In all the species of that genus, the columella is comparatively small or obliterated, and therefore no obstncle offered to the contiguity of their fruit valves. The seeds, moreover, are never in number less than two located at each valve, often more in number, sometimes numerous, while the valves are four, six, or rarely eight ill normal number, never five. Absence of flowers, leaves, and perfect seeds of Spondyjostrobus disenable us to carry the comparison further. There is no other genus, recorded in the recent elaborate essay on existing coniferre of the whole globe, as furnished by my illustrious friend, Professor Parlatore, for De Candolle's pl'()dromus (pars XVI., 361-521), that could be regarded closely related to the -fossil plant here under consideration.
EXPLANATION' OF THE LITHO GRAM.
Fig. I.-A spherical fruit, of ordinary size, the valves removed to bring the seeds ill view. Fig. 2.-A fruit with dissepimental ridges, more than usually protruding, and with six valves and six septa;
the summit and base in view. Fig. 3.-Side view and front view of a fruit of the larger variety, the commencing expansion of the valves
discernible. Fig. 4.-A more 'ovate fruit, presenting the side, vertex ang base. Fig. 5.-A small form of tbe fruit, moreover only four-valved, the edges of the dissepimental protrusions
accidentally channelled by corrosion. Fig. 6. -A fruit of almost oval shape, the side, top and base in view. Fig. 7.-A fruit of depressed spherical outline. Fig. 8.-Fruits in a less perfect state of preservation.
Al! the figures of Datural size.
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