mining s'urveyors and regisrrrars. · sum¥ary. i gold mining statistics for the quarter ended...
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1876.
VICTORIA.
REPORTS
OF TS.
MINING S'URVEYORS AND REGIsrrRARS.
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QUAR!fER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 1876.
PRESENTED 'fO UO'!'ll HOUSES Q}' PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMANn.
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No fil) -
AP,PROXIlIIATE COST OF REPORTS.
Preparation, about . • • Printing aud Lithogmphlng, (1,550 copies)
Total
£. 8. d. 1210 0
110 0 0
£122 10 0
INDEX.
SlImmary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 30th September 1876. • Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter in Borne of the Deepest Mines
iuVictoria; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of' Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 30th September 1876, p. 5. Gold received at and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter elided 30th September 1876, p. 5. " Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 30th September 1876,
p.6. Summary of Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed an(1 crushed during the Quarter ended 30th September • . 1876, p. 16.
Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the CC\lony, 30th SClltember 1876, p. 19.
Ballarat Central Division Ballarat Southern Division Buninyong Division Smythesdale Division Ores wick Division ... Gordon Subdivision Steiglitz Subdi vision
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. D. Christy, Mining Registrar... • .. 7,13, 14,16,18,19,23 Mr. George Perry, Mining Hegistrar 7, 16,18, 19,2:1 11ft. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7, 19, 23 Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••. 7,18,19,24 Mr. James Stevenson,Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... i, 14, 19, 24 Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registral 8,19,24 Mr. O. W. Oollins, Mining Registrar ... 8,13,14,19,25
Blackwood'Division and Blue Mountain South Subdivision
Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8,14,16,18,19,25
Balian Subdivision ...
Beechworth Division Yackandandah Di vision Indigo Division Buckland Di vision ... Alexandra Subdivision Dry Creek Subdivision Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Wood's Point Subdivision Big River Subdivision Mitta·mitta Division Jamieson Subdivision
Mr. S. Co?pel', Mining Registrar
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar MI:. P. Wright, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. H. Arrowsl11ith, Mining Registrar ... Mr. J"ewis C. Kinehela, Mining Hegistrar Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar MI'. Robert Pemberton, Mining Registrar Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. A .. R. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Sur.veyor and Registrar Mr. W. H. Cochrane, "'lining Registrar Mr. W. II. Edwards, l\lining Registrar
SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT.
19,26
8,15,17,19,26 8, 15, 19,26 8, 17,20,26 9, 15,20,27 . 9, 13,20,27
20,27 9, 20,27
9, 15, 20, 28 9,20,28
20,28 9,20,28
Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 10, Ill, 15,17,20,29 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registmr 20 Heathcote Division and Waranga South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 13,20,30
division Waranga North SUbdivision... l\·lr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrar ... ...10,13,20,30
Maryborough Division Majorca Subdivision
·Amherst Division .•• Avoca Subdivision ...
Dunolly and Tarnagulla Division
Inglewood Division ... \Vedderburn Division Hedbank Subdivision St. Arnaud South Subdivision At. Arnaud North Subdivision
Castlemaine Division Fryer's Creek Division Hepburn Division ... Tn.radale and Kyneton Subdivision Tarrangower Division St. Andrew's Division Blue Mountain North Subdivision
Ararat Division Pleasant Creek Division Barldy Division Raglan Division
Omeo Subdivision ... Mitchell River Subdivision Boggy Creek Subdivision r:rooked Hi verDi vision Jericho Division Donnelly's Creek Division Stringer's Creek Division Aberfeldy Subdivision Russell's Creek Division Bendoc Subdivision Tarwin Subdivision Traralgon Subdivision
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT, ::\Ofr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar 10, 14, 15, 17, 18,20,30 Mr. John M. Murphy, Mining Registrar 11,21,31 Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 17,18,21,31 Mr. D. O'Leltry, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 14,15,21,31
Mr. W. G. Oouchman, Miniug Surveyor and Registrar ... j 11,14, 17, ! 18,21,32 Mr. T. W. Palmer, Mining Hegistrar ,.. 21, 32 Mr. J. Heach, Mining Registrar ...... 21,32 Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 21,32 Mr. 'V. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar II, 14,21,32 Mr. 'V. G., COllchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 11, 14,21,32
CASTLE MAINE MINING DISTRICT, Mr. T. L. Bro~n, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,15, 18,21,33 Mr. Mn.rk Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12, 17,21,33 Mr. Thos.'Hale, Mining Hegistrar ... 12,15,17,18,21,34-Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12,21,34 Mr. Robt.Nankivell,Mining Snrvcyor and Registrar 12,14, Ii, 21, 34 Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12, 14,22,35 Mr. Graham McPherson, :Mining Registrar 22, 35
ARARAT 1\HNING DISTRICT. Mr. Thos. Foyster, Mining Registrn.r ... • •• Mr. C. H. Bate, 1\Iining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar Mr. C. ,V. Minchin, Mining Registrar
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTR,ICT. Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar
.•. 12,18,22,35 12,14, 18,22,36
22,36 17,22,36
,
Mr. John Grim,~s Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. J. Smith, Mining Registrar ... ... .:. Mr . .In-meG Travi3~ lfifllng neg-ist.rar .~.
13,22,35 22,36 22,37
13, 22, 37 13, 22, 37 13, 22, 37
Mr. R. .J. Donl1.ldson, Mining Registrar Mr. O. P. WhHelaw, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. E. S. Glltteridge, Mining Registrar l\'Ir. J. McCann, Mining Hegistrar Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining· Registrar ... Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar Mr. G. R. Murphy, Mining Registrar "II!r. C: Denis, Mining Registrar
... 13, Hi, 22, 37
... 13, 15,22,38 22,38 22,38
13, 22, 38 22,3D
Appendix A.-Description of New Vegetable Fossils with I,ithogranls ... ... ...'.. .. Appendix B.-Table showing the number of miners other than gold employed during the quarter. '"
39 ",0
A 2
SUM¥ARY. I
GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 1876.
TABLE SHOWING APPIWXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND IrS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELPS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA.
{
DISTRICT, DIVISION,
AND
RUBD1VI~[oN.
Alluvial Miners..
Quartz Miners.
Total Number
(Oompiledft:om tke Mining SurvCJlws and Registrars' Reports for tke Quarter ended 30tlt September 1876.)
Steam Engine. employed in Winding, l:»Umping, &c.
MACHINERY ElIrPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ lIrINING.
S!:~o~~~i~es ~ "d Winding, llumping, ;g 5 b'ih~.t
t G ~ i ~ Crushing, &c. .s :: ]; ~ ~ ~ ~] ~] ~0t;,.: of ______ ~-----I
Miners.
Square ~mesof
Auriferous Ground
~~~~~~!
Number of
distill"; QUQ·rtz Reefs
actually proved to be
Price of Gold pcrounee.
j ____ -:-_____ ,--1--1--1--1---1---1---1
~ :e r j
.~ ~ 1'~ .~d ~~a; '" 1 . t: :=: ~ ~,..: ~~~ ui tm~~ 8. . ~ S m ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ :E ~U1 ~.8 'a·S ~ a :g ;a:a- .{l s J .S S ;g ~"' "" 'g s'8J! I ;E
.... k o upon. AuriferoUJ!., --_,--__ _
! ~ s: ~ &' ~ ~ ~ ~ 0~~ ~ ~.f~~ s: From' To
BALL~RAT.
Centra.l Division Southern Division •• Buninyong Division •• Smythesdale Division Creswick Division _,'. Gordon Subdivision ~. Steiglitz Subdivision. ~
526 5~7 290 137 760 12 36
150
o
161 350 00
810 350
27 , 72 265
1,457 100 210 120 750 223 160 530
o
10
30
5
2,154 997 620
1,657 1,860
262 268 900
54 2
17 52 31
60 2 9
64 32
---------
261' 21 '24 3 18 7 17 9 65 16
2 11
33 50 13 39
800
100 450
24 7
11
18
1 2
2 10
52 6 9 3
32 13 9
24 9
429 46 65 30
237 73 30
299
1 1
20
17 4 5 1 4 3
14 20
3
£ 121,200 39 24 19,900 11 • 17 32.300 16 13 26,000 18 12
106,000 13 16 13,135 3~ 19 15,218 50 75 63,000 4& 31 Blackwood Division and Blue
Mounta.in South Subdivision Eallan Subdivision ..
To.o.1s
--:: 1
3,058 I 2,125 I 3,554 I 4& 8,782 156 4,920', 161 150 11-1-1-1-11 400 3
56 116-1-3-1~1 3,710 1----w--ll,217 2s ---~ 17--1 - 397,1;13 -~ 210
BEECHWORTH. Beeohworlh Division Yaekaudandah Division Indigo Division • * Buckland Division .• .Alexandra Subdivision Dry Creek Subdivision Benalla Subdivision.. . . Gaffney's: Creek Subdivision Wood's PointSnbdivision .• Big River Suhdivision Mitta-mitta Division Jamieson Subdivision
Totals
SANDHU~ST.
934 253 104 87
100 20
60 110 60
•• , 55 •. _1.00
1,883
850 290 337 945 10
120
4 4 2
80 10
2,652
85 60 25
300 220
8~
149 174 87
435 330
, 25 , 1 11 2 5.
270 6
340 22 74
13
4
1,506 I 17 1--
.4 8
13 10
6
23 23
.~ 37
5,200 3,000
180 2,000
40 400
170 200 160 35
400
3 3
43 1 11,785 I 12 ---'---'-;;--1--1---1---1---1 ~--I-"--II---'-I--I--~I---:-
52 24 15 42 2
12 12 8
12
20 21
44 4 4
12 12
8 12
179 I 131
2
1 2
5
7 7 4
J9 9
5 10 5 4 4
14
115 105
46 263 120
I; ~
15 1
11 7
75 50 32
289 94
172 179
4" 4 6
1 2
'-
53,260 10,510' 22,318 38,700 17,500
400
Bandhurst Division •• 930 12
134
950 40 5,920. 10 190 55 6 10 3 124 218 3,940 . 1,240 3 190 200 480,000 . -Kilmore Division I.. .. .. Heathcote Division and Waranga
SO\lth Subdivision 40 595 40 11 30 50 20 366 129 18 2~,185
-. North Subdivision
Totals ••
.. 881' 58 115 261 24 1 176 68 11 12,258 .. I~ 1,0!8 f,551 40 fi;6ii3 --10- 190 ~ ~ ~ ~ --=--_~ -=-J ~ 124 --~ ~ -- 1,437 -3- ---- 200 229 -- -520;443
MARYBOROUGH. Maryborough Division Majorca Subdivision .• Amherst Divisiun n
Avoca Subdivision •. •• •• Dunolly and Taroa.gu1ln. Divisions
400 12
220 592 2LO 217
875 7
no 60
200 70
9
3,100 198 686
1,019 780
2,771
3S 11 S 1 2 4
1,223 '234
146 25 32 74
32 8
10
178 34 ,~
14 2
10
26
4 10
6 13 35 34
4 11 40 17
36 7
28 4 8
125
12
30
27
I; 5
27 13
614 209
40 73
180 162
2 30 1 6 4
26 42
27
16 4
19 20
Redb"nk and St. Arnaud South 215 110 85 390 -' '24 2 6 78 - 42 - 4 4 Subdivisions ' ' \
In~~~~oOd and WedderbumDivi- ~ I '
5.84:>. 1;8iil 1,732' -- ~,384 61 1,734 52 -"428 69":" 51 ~ 72 85 167 100 -:t:890-1--IBIOI-4-1---llWlliZ
St. Arnaud North Subdivision' 115 40 285 10 17 326 104 2 17' 22
Totals. --------- ----- ----- ----------CASTLEMA.lNE.
141.337 11,10S 14,110
6,179 46,916 16,650
7,864 •
22 27 81
11
141
lq
102 80 27
264 14
3 19 95 14 34 27
739
321 127 204
124
176
162 1
30 40
185 72
28
;£ s. d_
4 2 0 4 1 6 206 4 0 0 400 318 0 4 O' 3 317 6
3 17
318 0 310 0 400 3 17 6 3. 2 0 316 9
315 0 312 6 315 0 300 314 0
318 3 316 6 317 0
313 6
319 6 4 1 0 316 0 314 6 315 0 380
314
315
Castlcmaine Division 362 309 402 . 65 56
'24
no 306 134
6 7 38 47 1
41 3
38 690 287 H6 220 112 240
38
24 9
52
26 15 53.
67,050 71,124 ' 35,727 33,897 55,D95 4,768 1,900
103 3 18 0 Fryer's Creek Division " •• Hepburn Division . • • & ••
Taradale and Kyneton8ubdivis;on TtUTangowcr Division St. Andrew's Division •. H
Blue Mount .. in North Subdivision
Totals
ARARAT. Arara.t Division •• Pleasant Creek Division Ba.rkly Division Regtan Division
Totals ••
QIPPSLAND. , Omeo Subdivision •. •• •• Mitchell River and Boggy Creek
Subdivisions Crooked 'Iliver Division Jericho Division •• ••
845 735 145 1,725 5 88 434 355 450 1,289 1 8 162 140 109 411 5 139 60 235 329 624
198 47 213 458 49 2' 4 55 8
------ ------ ----1----1--··-2,150 1,823 1,652 5,625 12 243
8 18 12
183
6 4
11
26
15. 57
2
74
6 20 20 12
536 1 20
370 219 253 109
45 943 , 7 15
14 10 160 1 1 - 4 - 25
4
137
12
2 I 3
23
36
18
19 461 28 485 13 308 35 767
5 62 2 28
2 8
1 3
29 6
12 4
. 37 3 18 6 88 3 17 6 19 -3 18 3 74 3 10 0 75 317 6 4 ,3 17 6
I 29 1541 1 140 2,801 -I _21 1,049 166 ---
400
4 24
29 4 92 30 1 3 14,530 34 20 70 1 39 1,475 346 48 10 157,214 27 37 10 . - 865 16 9
10 8 10,700 6* 5
318 0 313 6 319 6 4 0 3
1,010 109 -- --44-- 1,577 384 50 15 -- 183,309 63! 77 1,137 981
514311111113141301 . ___ , __ ~_ I~g _7_~~~_2_~.~
74 190
131 60 46
120
250 131
65 58 2
20
10 .-
875
200 90" 20
2 21
,20 20
21
10 20
17 20
137 70
i
4
20 17
126 58 62
13S
-----
6,065 11 22 1,700 23 14
32,222 49~ 350 13,300 26 32 12,555 6~ 18 49,366 7 13
312 6 315 0
3 8 3 10 3 7 310
£ B.d
4 3 0 429 216 426 4 3 9 400 406 400
317 .6
4 2 6 4 0 0 410 4 0 6 410 4. 1 0
317 6 317 6 3 17 6 311 6 318 3
3 18 3 3 17 6 4 2 6
4 2
420 420 4 2 6 406 416 4 1 6
,0 '6
4 0 0
400 319 0 400 3 IS 6 410 4 1 0 3 18 0
406 .4 1 0 406 413
3 17 6 3 18 6
319 0 317 0 319 0 400 k Vivision ••
Division ivision
usselFs -(]reek Division Bendoe Subdivision .• Tarwln Subdivision <"
Traralgon Subdivision
48 78 36 91
50
31 25 40
500 52
10 42
227 143
88 620 102
78 90
133
2
20 5 12 52 ~_ u 59
10 40
4 12
8 '1
2 8 . 10
8 5 3 9 3
2 3
58 164 35
28 37
3 1 1 2 2 1
40 5
27 30
7,4~0 20 4 160 35 11
3,736 ,27 15 4,365 3 3
80 H 1
3 10 0 I 3 16 0 316 0 317 0 3 16 0 . 3 18 6 3 17 6 3 18 6
TotoJ..
GRAND Tm'ALS
--1- 1-926 567 720 - 2,213 ' 3 30 1 6 7 12 1,261 3 70 61 1~11O 2 36'1 566 15 --1- -- 1- 1-
16,160 10,997 14,725 108 41,000 _ 309 8,165 246 7 952 i '209 222 15,329 37 591 218 151 480 17 789 I 16,036 70 500
Office of Mines, Melbourne,
No. 50.
October 1876.
., .
1 130,949 20910 489
5 1,993,260 1,12M 3.278
THOS, COUCH:!\rIAN, Acting Secretary for Mines.
TABLE SHOWING THE YIELD 'OF GOLD FROM CERTAIN PARCELS OF QUARTZ RAISED DURING 'fHE QUARTER IN SOME OF
DEEPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW BEING SUNK, OR THE SINKING OF WHICH HAS MINES IN WITH THE DEPTH OF THE
( Compiled from Returns made by tke Mining Surveyors and Registrars for the Quarter ended i------------------~~--_,--_,------~-----------
DISTRICT, DIVISION, AND
SUBDIVISION.
BALLARAT.
Central DivisIon Southern Division BUllinyong Division Smythe,daie Divia1.on
Creswick Division
"ordon SubdivisIon Stelglitz Subdivision ••
NAME OF COMPANY.
Hero Extended Hopewell Tribu!e Imperial:
Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Soutb SubdIvision
Balian Subdivision
BEECHWORTR.
Beeohworth Division •• Yackandandah Division
Indigo Division
Buckland Division
Alexandra Subdivision Dry Ul'eel<. Subdivision Benana. Subdivision • ~ Gafiney's Creek Subdivision
Wiled's Point Subdivision Big River SubdIvision •• Mitta. Mltia Division •• Jamieson Subdivision"
SAJ;fDHURST.
Sandburst DiVision
Reform"
Magenta
Walden, Newton, and Co ...
.. I Rose of D~nm";'k {
Hope Mining All Nations Londonderry Tribute
Leue
Kilmor. 'Division " .• •• Heathcote Division and War-auga South!
Subdivision ' Alison
WarangaNorth Snbdivlsion
MARYBOROUGH.
Maryborongh Division •• Majorca Subdivision •• Amherst Division A'i'ocn SubdiVision Dunolly nnd Ta,:nagulla Divisions Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions
Cameron's White Hills
Cambrian
Busch and Co.
I I Q'ueen's Birthday ! Welcome
Redhauk & St. Arnaud South Subdivisions New Isis
St. Arnaud North Subdivision
CASTLEMAINE.
CRstlemaine Division .•
Fryer's Creek DIvision
Hepburn Division Turadaie and Kyneton Subdivision
Tarrangower Division .• St. Andrew·s Division ., Blue lI!ounlalll'Nortb Subdi'i'lalon
ARARAT.
Amrat Division
Pleasant Creek Di'i'islon
Division DiviSion
GIPPSLAND.
Omeo Subdivision ...
'\
{
Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Chrysolite Tribute
St. Arnaud Cre .. Tribute
Rhymney
Extended Cross ••
Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Su bdi-vIsIons
Crooked River Di'i'islon Jericho Div'ision . ~ Donnelly'. Creek Division
Stringerfs Creek Division
Aberfeldy Subdivision •• Russcli's Creek Division llemloc Subdivision Tarwln Subdivision
Traralgon Subdl'i'lslon
,'. , "{
Good Hope Harbinger
Long Tunnel
Walhalla
Wilson and Barthold
No 1 Routh OO1l..1tihBar
Office of Mines, Melbourne, 14th October 1876. No • .50.
NAME OF REEF.
Band of Hope Stafi{Jrdsltire Hiscock's
Clunes
Clunes
Sultan aud others
Reform, Myrtleford
Magenta
Homeward-bonnd
Eureka. Morning Star All Nations Railway
Sailor Bill's
Iill,tler's Garden Gully Gnrden Gully Catberine
Alison
Doctors
, Mosquito
Prince of Wales
Bealiba Advance Bcaliba
Oxonian and Wilson's
Reef
Rhymney
Scotchman's and Flat ••
G<lod Rope
Cohen's Reel"
Cohen's Reef ..
MaIn Western
No:i'South" Golden Bar
000 to 1,000
345 to 385
165 to 700
260
190 to 200
100 to 300
250 350 200
About 300
380
200
240
300
'155
276
600
370
200
S70
500 220
114 30
Quantity C'rushed.
Tons. SOO'
1,800 2,151
8,070
5,491
1,814
3~600
1,246
200
600
600 370 4'10 850
~,480
290 3,809 1,21>6 1,1 III
300
24
417
342
1)355 60
437
048
614
59 254 838 920
8,701 5,GOO 3,073 1,000
139 432
18
93
964
150 279
4,343
3,932
2,150
39~ 66
Oz. awt. gr.
060 o 4 4 o 2 16
o 4, 10'
o 7 16"
o 12 21
o 13
o 14 IS
o 10
o 10 S
o :; 3 036 o 1 2 o 3 19
053
I I 6 o 14 0 o 13 20 1 1 23
010
11 23
a ,12 16
o 8 11
o 7 19 2111
7 l! o 11 17
o 4 2
3 14 6 195 1 1 6 o 8 11 o 3 22 o 4 17 0214 o a 19 1 11 19 o 14 20 6 11 17_
o 19 17
6
o 7 o 13
7 2
17 19
o 18 12
040
2 6 12 o 12 12
10 0
18 0
16 0 3 to 4 6
2 6 2 0
Ito 8 3
o
o
2 6
8 0 3 0
4
3 0
1 t91 8
4 0
12
5
o 10 o 4
Dip of the £rorn
the Horizon.
W.45' W.70· W.Mo
2 Reels W. 4 Reefs E.
W.IS·
Varies
Westerly
W.64'
S.W.85° S.W, RO· Vertical Vertical
E.
W.70·
W.40" W.
W.
W.
S.32' W.75· E.G4· ~:. 36" W', GO° W.55' W.35'
E,76' W.78·
W.70"
W.80'
W. 760 to 8a'
Va.rious
N.
N.
Varies
S.
N.76'
·N,W.30' N.W.30' N.W.40' N.W.30"
N.43'
s.
,So
'" I .. '
Vertical Vertical
N.W.10'
N. 30"3~'
N.32'\
\ .
Strike of the Reel
(Bearing).
N. and S. N.2'W. N.5'W.
tN. S' E. N.S'W. N.5' E.
N.U·W.
Northerly
N.23'W.
N.W.30' N.52'W. N. 52° \V •. N.W.30"
N. 20' W.
N. 9'10' W.
N. 37' 20 ' W.
N.S'W. N. H'E. N. i4'W. N. a'E. N. 15' W. N. IS' W.
N. W. N. W.
".
N.W.
19· W. 01 N.
N.a.ndS. N.and S.
NAME OF COMPANY.
f Po:t Phillip ..
t New North Clunes
South Learmonth Albion .. Sultan ..
Asbton's l1'reebold
Mageota
Company and Clingan
{
Albion.. .. .. May, l'rince, nnd CQ. •• Cathcart, DunphYt and Co. James, Grear, and -Brown
Aiison
Croydon
New ISis H ••
{
Sl1tHlhUT.:5t and ~t. Arnaud Chrysulite Trlbute ••
St. Arnaud Cross Reef w. Gr(,A;nQck Ueef •• • ~ Wilson's Hili Tribute ••
\ EaglehawK t Eaglchawk
Good Hope
Venus
{ ~r~s~e~~~::' Ex~nded
! I
fNorthsbaft .. ,r I Soutll shaft .• \ South shart .• 1 Pumping shaft ~ Winding shart
Portuguese Sultnn and others
Ashton's
Excelsjor~ Woorngee •• Homewal"l.bound l '
HIllsborough ! Magenta. ' Albion Myrtle Sou th Myrtle London
Victoria Husth,'\y'S Hustler's Hustler's Victorl .. Vicloria.. Victoria
Alison
Laura
Chemon Eureka .... Wattle Gully Cattle'. If'crron's :;pecime~ ,Cornish
Eaglehawk Eaglebawk
Good Rope
Cohen's Reel' •• Cohen's Reef •• Cohen's Reef'"
Venus ••
I ..
~ " .
I'·"
I"
if.
No.1 South;. Prospectors' Extended
Feet.
600 522 406
1,032 (>90
1,100. 1,012 l,oo.')
520 87. 710
120
310 410
320 223 204 236 314
1,118 1.003 1,028 1,034
967 965 961
310
200
44~
607
240 4.68 468 392 150 284 1i45 500
850 636
1,862i 1,706 1,uOO 1,262 1,070 1,045 ~ "1,026
950 930
700
634 li11l 324
43 114 120
Feet. 600
.500 400
990
1,005
500
700
120
390
220 • 2:13
120 218 314
l,eOO 840 000
1,017 916 955 820
265
200
444
600
400 300 530
231 460 400 3.;0 150 230 540
'540
1,510 1,6~1l 1.~;'0 1,252 1.060
900
850 870
500
623 485 324
170 50
Feet.
990
I,OO~
100
310
220
1,100 1,010 1,000
967 916 955 820
265
200
444
600
231 4flO '460 300 laO 280 540 540
800 tiOO
1,31;0 1,~J)2
1,060 000
850 870
700
623 485 324
114 114
REMARKS.
~ A well-defineglode. Driving ~t 315-100t I~vel.
~ InClusive of p,rites. of ]'Ive reefs.
• Inrlusive of pyrites.
Sinking stopped,
the S90-100t level, and crushing hns been starte~, h:t yet.
DrivIng west Ilt 1,000 feet, and .... t Ilt 1,100 Sinking Sinking Not siuking SinkIng !liot tjinking SInking
SInking stopped at present. Sinking stopped at present. Sinking stopped at Sinking stopped at Sinkillil' stopped at
present.
Still sInkIng 1
I ).~'or furtber particulars 8e.! pages 12 nnd 36.
Still sinking I )
Still driving the main levcl north and south of cross-cut. Still sinking.
Are about to open out deeper.
llartlculalll $lie pages 30.
Struck quartz showing goid freely, 2719/76; cut several leaders.
THOS. COUCHMAN, Acting Secretury for :'lincs.
ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.
FROM information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars
, the TOTA.L QUANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QUARTZ REEFS are as follow;-
Alluvial. Quart •• Total.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ended 80th September 18'16 ... ... 86,716 7 158,192 12 244,908 19
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 ended 80th September 1876 115,461 I
NOTE.-In addition to the above, &,old specie from all SOUrces w"", ex".orted to the value of £320,939.
GOLD RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FRO}l THE ROYAL MINT.
STATEMENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD re~eived at and issued from the Melbourne Br/lnch of the ROYAL
, MINT during the Quarter ended 30th September 1876.
RECEIVED.
I Gross Weight ef Rough Gro •• Weight of Gold
Gold.
ez. 12,772'27
Royal Mint, Melbourne, 7th October 1876.
Bullion.
oz.
118,156'41 I I
ISSUED.
Gross Weight of Coin. I I
oz.
"
128,408'010
Oross Weigl,t of Gold Bullion.
oz.
807'060
ROBERT HUNT, Acting Deputy Master.
STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GOLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the ROYA.L MINT during the
Quarter ended 30th September 1876.
Gross Weight of Rough Gold. Gro •• Welgbt of Gold Bullion.
oz. oz. 5,008'40 103,388'0:1
NOTE.-The Mint has lIoc.ldellce beyond the statement ofthe,depo.ltorsthat the above Is YlctoTlnngolil.
Royal Mint; Melbourne, 7th October 18i6.
ROBERT HUNT, Acting Deputy Master.
QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAIJJINGS, PYRITES, ETO.
SUMMARY.
THE following information has been obtained relativ() to the QUANTIi'Y OF QUARTZ, QUAR~Z TAILINGS
and MULLocK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKI~TINGS operated on, during the Quarter" and the GOLD obtained therefrom :-
MINING DISTlUOTS, , - Quantity Orushed. Average Yield of I Total of Gold from Gold por Ton. Orushed.
Quartz. tons ewt .. qr. Oz. dwt. gr. 0 •• dwt. gr, Ballarat ... . .. ... '" ... ... 87,875 10 0 0 6 9'46 28,094 12 15 Bcechworth ... ... , .. ... , .. "', 20,123 10 0 0 10 9'55 ,10,462 0 12 Salldhurst ... ... . .. . .. . .. ... 89,805 0 0 0 1'0 20'85 48,802 17 14 Mat'yborough ... - .... ... . .. ... ... 8,880 0 0 0 8 4'74 3,639, II 23 Castlemainc ... ... ... '" ., . '" 27,272 0 0 0 7. 11:06 10,173 6 .21 Ararat ... ... . .. . .. - 24,497 10 0 0 14 16:00 17,965 0 23 ... . .. Gippsland ... ... . .. ... ... .. . 12,836 6 0 I 0 19'57 13,359 5 5
Totals ... ... '" 271,289 16 0 0 9 18'43 132,496 15 17
Quartz Tailings and lIfullock. -Ballarat ... ... . .. ..' ... . .. 168 0 0 0 3 16'57 31 0 0 Beechwol'th ... ... ... .. . .. , .. . 72 0 0 0 1 16'33 6 1 0 Sa.Il(]hul'st ... ... , .. . .. ... .. . 4,553 0 0 0 0 i3'56 129 11 13 Maryhorough ... ... ... ... . .. . .. 2,324- 0 0 0 3 lJ'95 406 9 12 Castlcmaille ... ... . ... .., 1,0QO 0 0 0, 1 8'90 68 10 18 ... ... Ararat .. ' ... ... ... ... . .. 150 0 0 0 2 13'73 19 5 19 Gippsland ... '" ... .. . . .. .... , .. ... .. .
. -Totals ... ... ... 8,267 0 0 0 1 14'37 660 18 14
.-Ballarat
Pyrites and Blanketings operated on. , .. ... ... , .. ... . .. , 248 5 ,0 3 3 4'93 784 10 18
Becclnvorth ... ... ... .. . ... .. . 172 12 0 1 II 0'06 267 11 0 Salldhurst ..... ... ... ... .., ..; 1,394 0 0 2 8 0'62 3,347 7 23 Maryborough .. , ... ... .. . ... .. . 925 0 0, 0 0 IS'63 35 IS 0 C:l.st 1 ema iue ... . .. ... ... , .. .., 21 10 0 3 16 20'09 1'2 12 0 Ararat .. , ... ... ... ' .. , ... . ... ... '"
. Gippsland ... ... ... .. ' ... . .. III 10 0 2 16 21'45 1317 3 16
1- ---Totals .. , ,. ~ ~ ... 2,872 17 ,0 I 13 15'87 4,835 3 9
,
XOTE.-This Summary docs not show the toti'll qunutities of qnnrtz} &c., crushed or operated hut 0111y the yield of certain crushings, &C'., respecting which the :Mining Surveyors nnd Registrars have been able to obtain infotwutioB. OwIng the ciICllmstancc that matly of the' mn<:hhlc" O'YI1CTS are unable to give, or are preclnded from giving, informntitlHt it is impos:silJle. to get complete returns from erery district j and in cOllsiderh~g the relative importance of each (listrictt as regards qun.:rtz mlning t &c., the tnbles relating to machinery sho'qld be examined and compared.
Office of ]\fines, Melbourne, 14th October 1876.
THOS. COUCHMAN, Acting Secretary for Mines.
MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' RETURNS6
QUARTZ. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars
relative to the QUANTITY OF' QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivis~ons of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. /
Division and SuMivlsion, and
Name 01 Wllere Quartz was 0 btaln~d. Quartz Crushed. Total Yield of
Gold.
Remarks relative to the Depth at wllleh the
Quartz was obtained, &0. -----'---,-1------·--·--,.,-------1·-----11-----1-------
tons OWl, qr. oz. dwt. gr,
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Hero... ... • .• Tempera.nee ... • •• Red, White, a.nd Blue '" New Dimmock's ... .. . North Dimmock's .. . Black Hill ... .. . United Black IIilINo Liability Parade ." ' ... ... Black Hill South Extended Countess ... • .. Duchess ... . .. Llanberris ... • .. Don... ... . .. Britannia ... .. . Endeayor ... .. . Ma.nners' Lea.5e ..• . .. Sovf!reign •.• , .. New !{ohinoor ... .. . Welcome '" .. . Royal Ma.il ... • ..
Little Bendigo Little Bendigo Little Bendigo Little Bendigo Little Bendigo Black Hill ... Black Hill Flat Black Hill Flat Black Hill Flat Black Hill Flat Black Hill Flat Gum-tree Flat Gum-tree Flat Specimen Gully Specimen Gully Canadian .. . Golden Point .. . Ballarat West .. . Dead·horse .. . Main Road '"
800 0 0 1,500 0 0
853 0 0 2,680 0 0
976 0 0 2,560 0 0 2,235 0 0
740 0 0 169 0 0 632 0 0 6U 0 0
3,520 0 0 936 0 0 415, 0 0
- 340 0 0 803 0 0
2,500 0 0 4,301 0 0 3,800 0 0
060 '0 4 4'89 o 2 23'61 o 2 18'90 o I 21'41 o 4 22'77 o 5 1'25 o 9 2'72 o 4 21'86 o 7 23'10 0 .. 9 !NI o 2 13'26 o 1 21'58 o 4 9'96
240 0 0 315 6 0 Ill7 5 12 373 II 0
92 7 0 633 9 0 564 12 0
,337 4 3 41 9 23
251 12 8 316 10 7 449 5 6 88 17 16 91 12 6
103 2 0 419 1 20 385 15 5
860 to 900 feet 400,650,750, & 850 feet 70 to 200 feet 250 feet 200 feet Surface to 490 feet 300 to 420 feet 200 to 370 feet 200 feet 50 to 300 feet 200 feet 90 to 300 feet 200 feet 230 feet 20 to 140 feet 20 to 100 feet 400 to 780 feet 275 feet 250 feet 100 feet
Crushed (on hire) by six •• 5 '
57 0 0 3,868 0 0
o 6 1'55 o 10 10'51 o 3 2'06 a 5 14'79 o 2 22'49 o 15 3,36 a 9 4'07
1,207 16 0 558 0 22
43 3 0, 1,773 8 18
different batteries
SOUTHERN DlVISION.
Hopewell Tribute
Speedwell Tribute Hope ... • .. Nil Desperandum
BUNn.'YONG DIVISION.
Imperial ...
One-and-All
One· and-All
One-and-All
Totals .•.
... Staffordshire Reef
... StaffQrdshire Reef
... Frenchman's, .. ••• Kangaroo Flat
Totals ...
... Hiscock's Reef
... Hiscock's Reef, Chinese tribute
... Fairweather Reef, Tribute parties
... Public erushings, various reefs
Totals ...
S~n'TnESDALE DIVISION.
Eclipse ... ... • .. Lancashire Reef, Newtown
Bristol .. : Bute ... Piggoreet Linton ...
CRESWICIt DIVISION.
Scarsdale ... Bristol Reef, Linton Ranges ... Scarsdale ... .. . .. , Piggorect ... .. . ... Argyle, Linton .. .
Totals ...
Por.t, Phillip ._. ... Port Phillip Co.'s Tributers South Clunes ... ' ... South Clunes Co.'s Tributers
Clunes Reefs ... Clunes Heefs .. , Clunes Reefs .. . Clunes Heefs .. .
New North Cluncs New Lothair , .. Try Again ... Working Miners South Creswick ...
Clunes Reefs ••• '" Clunes Reefs ... ...flullarook ... ... George's Reef ... George's Reef
Totals ...
i' ------1----------
34,359 0 0 o 421'53 8,413 10 2 1--,---- ------ ----
1,300 0 0
996 ° 0 80 0 0
149 0 0
o 4 4'13
o 2 9'07 o 2 12 o 5 14'60
271 4 0
118 8 15 10 0 0 41 15 16
120 to 200 feet, 10 feet wide
170 feet, 7 feet wide 84 feet, 4 feet wide 75 feet, 8 feet wide
1--------- -~----l
2,525 0 0 0 3 11'91
2,157 0 0 0 2 16'36
871 0 0 0 1 18'89
473 0 0 0 7 7'33
358 0 0 0 9 17-64
3,899 0 0 0 3 16'82
1,020 0 0 0 1 19'38
441 8 7
289 4 16 200, 260, and 320 feet, lode 2 to 17feet wide
77 16 18 ,100 feet
172 15 12 Surface to 80 feet
174 . 5 6 Surface to 80 feet
714 2 4
92 3 20 40 to 60 feet
- 23 0 0 0 7 23'91 i 9 3 22 900 050 250
i Surface to 50 feet ; 270 feet
22 fi 0 0 3 7'28 3 13 12 100 feet 230 0 0 i 0 14 20'87 171 0 0 60 feet
1,304 5 0 I 0' 4 6'42, 278 6 6 ------ ----1----·
8,070 0 0 0 4 3'65 2,980 0 0 0 9 8'1 i 6,881 0 0 0 8 6',79 1,474 0 0 0' 3 20'10 5,491 ,0 0 0 6 i 9'75 1,628 0 0 0 4 7'20 1,390 0 0 0 6 15'41
610 0 0 i 0 1 1'41 10 0 0 0 15 16-80
1,675 8.0 Suria.ce to 990 feet 1,391 15 12 30 to 90 feet 2,849 I 7 0 246. to 480 fee,t
282 17 0 244 feet 1,873 6 0' 500 to 1,000 feet
350 I 0 363 to 564 feet 461 13 0 60 to 90 feet
32 5 21 20 to 100 feet 7 17 0 110 feet
28,534 0 0 o 6 6'13 8,925 0 9
"
QUANTITY' of QUAR;Z Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-cQntinued.
Division and Subdivision, , and
" • <;. • Average 1 1 I Remarks relative to the Where Quartz was obt .. lned. Qu .. rtz Crushed. I Yield of Gold' I Tomb YlJ d of I llepth .. t which the
Name of Company.
GORDON SunDlVISION. Parker's United '" Parker's United .•• Homeward Bound Homeward Bound Sundry lots· ~ . • ..
------------, -::::= oz.P:,:t~O~~, 1-:. :w:~ ~~~Ined.~ Gordon 1,314 0 0 0 12 21'90 S4S 7 0 345 to 3S5 feet
.•. Gordon 304 0' 0 0 5 Ill'47 S3 IS 0 ISO to 200 feet
.,. i Gordon .•• 80 0 0 0 2 0 S 0 0 25 feet Gordon 33 0 0 0 I 19 :I 9 12 25 feet -
STEIGLlTZ SUllDIV£!1l0N. Totals ...
Nimrod ... Morris :tnd Co. ..:, McGrath and Co. Morning Star Browning aud Co. ' Minerva' ' ... The l'limsol Royal Albert Barker and Co. Elaine Tribute Wee Speck Victoria Native Youth
BLACKWOOD DIVISION
Sieiglitz , Steiglitz ! Steiglitz
'''1' }<~laine ... Elaine ... Elaine .... I.Elaine ... \ Elaine ... J;3laine ... , Elaine .... Elaine ... i Elaine ... ! Elaine
:.rotah ... AND BLUE MOUNTA1N SOUTII
SUBDlVISION. Sultan ... ... Barry's Reef ... Mounter Bros. ... Ba.rry's Reef ... Monnter Bros. Tributers ::: Barry's Reef ... North Sultan ... Barry's Heef ... New Annie Lauri~' ... Barry's Heef ... North Star ... ... Union Hcef ... Victoria ... ... ... Yankee Heef ... Morning Star ... Bald Hill ... North Morning Star Bald1:1m
, ... ... Big Hill '" ... Simmons' Reef Crown ... ... Simmons' Reef Cornish' ... ... . .. Simmons' Reef North Britain ... Wright's Reef Red, White, and Biue Wright's Reef ...
'''1 ... ••• i ••. !
5,55 4,67S 12 0 9 0 0 ... 7,29 0 0 0
9 10 0 0' I.') 0
I 2 15 0 21 I 10 0
1 :I 0 0 31 5 15 0
2 10 0 7 0 0 4 10 0
15 5 0 0 2 S Ii 0 I 8 0 0 6 15 0
o 15 10'11
2 16 20'21 I 7 19'52' 1 6 16 010 9'82 o to 7 0 S 17'29 0 1 S o 2 ,2'57 0 I; 22'66 I 1 12'42 o 13 17,S4 '0 17 14'16 o 10 S'S8
5,621 6 12
27 0 0 800
17 0 0 110 I~
6 3 12 137 13 12
3 10 0 1 0 0 I 11 6
166 15 ,5 19 S 6 15 16 15 3 10 0
--------,-------"'1 789 5 0 i 0 13 2'72 517 9 20 '--, --j--------,
"'1 3,600, 0 0 o 13 2'91 2,861 17 0 197 0 0 o 19 ,'92 190 S 0
... 109 0 0 0 5 18'94 31 II 0
... 3S 0 0 0 4 4'74 7- 19 12
. .. ,50n 0 0 0 I 17'18 42 IS 0 .. . 67 0 0 o IS 6'18 61 3 6 . .. 140 0 0 0 6 IS'69
I 47 \) 0 . .. 109 0 0 o 12 11:45 68 0 0
160 0 0 0 0 13'58 4 10 13 . .. ... 1,700 0 0 0 I 12'74 130 2 12 . .. 1,200 0 0 0 1 6'83 77 1 S . .. SOO 0 0 0 I 2'70, 44 10 0 ... 430 0 0 n 3 10'27 73 14 0
162 0 0 0 5 2'22 ,
41 5 0 . ..
165 to 700 feet 250 feet 200 feet 650 feet 70 fe4lt 40 to llO feet 30 feet 100 feet 40 feet 150 feet 150 feet 50 feet 60 feet' 130 feet
Denham ... ... Bullengarook ... . .. 3 0 0 0 6 16 I 0 0 , 40 feet
9,2 ;--'
~-;-I Tota.ls ... . .. 0 0 0 6 21'82 3,183
• JI'roIn lessees' retllrl\~ recetvetlln the Office of lhllC8.
BEECHWORTH MI~ING IHSTRICT.
BEECUWORTU D1VISION. I Hnrper alld Co. ... ... Basin Creek . .. ... 18 0 0 0 14 0 12 12 n 14 feet Treloes .•• ... .., Basin Creek ... 6 0 0 o 13 0 3 IS 0 30 feet Q uarry ... ... .. . Nine-mile Creek ... i6 0 0 0 I 0 3 16 0 4il feet :Frcnchman's ... ... Six-mile Creek ... 2 0 0 I IO o ' 3 0 0 12 feet Carnival Heef ... ... Stanley ... ... 11 0 0 1 10 0 16 10 0 170 feet Melbourne ... ... Stony Cre .. k ... .. . 23 0 0 0 14 16'69 16 18 0 Nil Desperandulll .. , MyrtJcford ... ... ' 321 u 0 0 7 14'42 : 122 0 0 ISO feet
eform ... ... ... l\lyrtleford . .. . .. 1,246 0 0 o 14 IS'79
i 921 0 0 260 feet
Sunday Ileef ... ... Three-mile ... .. . 50 0 0 2 0 0 100 0 0 H
'l'uesday Heef ... . .. Tliree.mile ... ... S 0 0 1 14 0 i
13 12 0 Snrface Evening Star ... ... Hurdle i,'lat . .. ... 1l! 0 0 0 10 10 6 S 0 Surface Wallaby ... ... Hurdle Flat . .. . .. 450 0 0 t) 4 11'04 ' 100 j 0 140 feet Stonewall ... ... Two-mile Creek . .. 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 Surface Hose of Denmark Hurdle F'Jat 4 0 0 0 6 6 1 5 0 50 feet ... '" ••• i Juvenile ... ... Stony Creek ... 133 0 0 I 0 0 133 0 0 90 feet
Totals ~ .. ... 2,364 0 0 0, 12 S'07 1,458 3 0
YACKANDAl<DAH DIVISION. Twist's Creek.
I,ynch and Co. ... ... !{cep·it·])ark Heef ... 11 10 0 0 12 4'17 7 0 0 Giblet and Co. ... ... I ron Hnn d Heet . .. 34 0 0 0 3 12'iO 6 U u Sharp and Co. ... ... P!,rsev,crance Reef ... 21 0 0 o 10 1143 11 0 0
I Ellis and Co.- .. , ... Indepcndent Heef ... 29 10 0 0 6 19'52 i 10 I 0 Petty amI Co. .. , ... Petty's Heef . .. la 0 0 0 4 14'71 3 0 u
I Blair and Co. ... ... Try Ag!1in Reef . .. 23 10 0 3 lu 12'25 S~ 17 0 -----'
INDIGO DIVISION. Totals ... " . .. 132 10 0 0 18 2'35 1\9 IS 0 ------1----------
Magenta ... ... Magenta'Heef . .. 200 0 0 0 10 1'20 100 10 0 190 to 200 feet. Simmonds and Co. ... Hobert Burns' Reef . .. 56 0 0 0 12 2(),57 36 0 0 SO to 100 feet McCurry and Co. ... (Not known) ... . .. 24 0 .0 0 14 13 17 9 0 Buchan ... ... ... Eureka ' ... . .. .22 0 0 1 o 21'81 23 0 0 100 ftjet Various COl. near Chiltern Varions reefs ... ... 29 0 0 0 11 5'79 16 6 0 Various depths Harris and Co. ... . .. Great Eastern Heef, 9S 0 0 1 11 8'69 153 13 12 150 feet
V Mious cos. near Rutherglen Rutherglell
Various reefs •.• ... 24 0 0 1 5 2 29 22 0 Various depths ------
Totals ... ... 453 0 0 o 16 IS'SO 377 o 12
,
.
9
QUA.NTITY of QUA.RTZ Crushed in ~l1ch Division and Subdivisi~n during the Quarter, &c.-cQntinued.
Dl".lslon Bnd Subdl".lslOIl, , and Name of Company,
BUOKLAND DIVIBIO;:o1. Happy Valley ... ... Clemens and Co .... ... Robins and Co, ... Wallace, Osborne, and Co, Walden, Newton, and Co.; .. Walden, Newton, and Co .... Osborne, McFa.r1ane, and Co. Morgan Davies ... Phelps and McDonald ... Gill and Co, ... ... Simmonds and Co, ... Jagoe and Pellderidge .. , Brogan and Moran ... R. Anderson and Co, ... Ole Anderson and Howman Anderson and King ... Keane and Co, ... ... John Butler ... ... John Butler ... ... Moore and Co, , .. ... North Hillsborough ... Gill and Co, ... ... Attridge, Butler, and Co .... Hunter and Co. ... James, Green, and Brown ... May, Finnie, and Co. ... C. Kearney and Co. ... Williamson and Co. ... Hood and Coutts ... ... Hermann and Co. ... Carlisle and Robinson ... Clingan, Fletcher, and Co, ... Cathcart, Dunphy. and Co. Goldsworthy and Co. ... H. Rowe and Co .••• ... Lidston and Co. ... .. , Strokes and Co. '" ... F. Duane '" ... Naunce and Barnett .. , H. Murray ... ... Johnston Stephens , .. Nicolls and Co. , .. MeuleUlan and Co. ...
ALEXA;:o1DRA SUBDIVISION,
Linney and party 'Sullivan n 0, a d patty
Peck and party .. , Just-in-Time Tea Tree Creek ... Hitchcock and party Lewis and Wilson McColl and party McColl and party Harris and party ... Hallett und party Boyce and party • __
...
GA.FFNEY'S CREEK SUB-DIVISION.
TheA 1 Great Eastern Hunts , .. Rose of Denmark Wallaby Eldomdo Happy-go-lucky ... Danabrogs ...
WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION.
Morning Star Prospectors' Hope Lady Franklin '" Never Mind All Nations Prince of Wales ...
BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION.
Londonderry Tribute
JA.IlIESON SUBDIVISION. Gleeson's Lease Alabama
Wilore Quartz was obtained.
Running Greek. Three reefs ... ...
Harrietville 4f Ovens River. Tiddledendeltee Reef ... Johnston's Reef .... .. -Never-too-late Reef ... Homeward Bound Reef (Too late last quarter) ... Mugpie Reef ... ' ... Centenniul Reef Sultana Heef ... Stackey Gully Reef Crusader Heef Unicorn Reef ... Hibernian Heef ',Little Wonder Heee Lady Darliug Heef Miner's Hight ... Chance Heef Bluff London Reef Bluff London Reef
Wandiligo1l9, Break-ot-Day Ueef North Hillsborough Home Heef .,. Constitutional Heef Hedruth Reef ... London Heef ... Myrtle Heef Wolfe Tone Reef ... ... Try Again Reef Goldsborough ... Birthday Heef Hillsborough ... South Myrtle Reef ... ... Essex Reef ... Victory Heef ... . .. ... Londonderry ... Two sUlall lots Grace Darling Reef White Star Reef ... Victoria Reef ... Adventure Reef
Totals ...
... Lucky Ree~ Lucky Heel ... Spring Creek ... Godfrey's Creek Welcome Heef Kangaroo !leef Providence Reef Fiery Reef Emu Heef Emu Heef Emu Heel' Emu Reef
Totals ...
Castle Hee£
...
... ... ...
... .. ,
... " ... -."
'" ... .. . ... , .. .. . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... . .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. .
Homeward Bound Reef Homeward Bound Reef Eureka Reef ... Wallaby Reef... Wallaby Reef ... Happy-go.lucky Reef Aladdin Reef '._
Totals ...
Mornillg Star Reefs Morning Star Reefs Johnson's Heef Never Miud Heef All Nations Heefs All Nations Heefs
Totals ...
Railway Heef
Sailor Bill's Creek Flume Creek '"
Totals ...
Quurtz Crushed.
tons cwt. qr. 296 0 0
6 0 0 30 0 0
400 0 0 600 0 0 :'i:'iO (} 0 402 (} 0
20 0 0 160 0 0 27 0 0
3 0 0 53 0 0 45 ,0 0 40 0 0 85 0 0 21 0 0 27 0 0 23 0 0 53 0 0
90 0 0 15 0 0 40 0 0 34 0 0 40 '0 0
555 0 (I
1,786 0 0 32 0 0 18 0 0
152 0 0 11 0 0
105 0 0 550 0 0 80U 0 0 30 0 0 24 0 0 72 0 0 23 0 0 13 0 0 20 0 0
3 0 0 100 0 0
55 0 0 12 0' 0
7,421 0 0
65 0 0 25 0 0 600
713 0 0 32 0 0 700 6 0 ,0
II 0 0 41 0 0 800
25 0 0 18 0 0
Average I TQta~ Yield 01 Gold I Yield of per TOll. Gold.
oz. dwt. gr. o 19 9'24
12 0 0 o ]0 16 0 5 21'18 () 10 8'52 0 9 14'40 o 10 20'29 o 19 0 o II 6 o 1l 20'44 1 10 0 1 5 15'84 1 4 21'33 2 5 0 1 7 9'88 1 10 0 o 18 12'44 4 19 3'13 2 4 10'41
1 9 8 0 8 1280 0 3 0 0 6 4'23 0 1 6 (I 14 2'81 o 17 6'68 0 9 9 I 3 2'66 2, 3 8'84 2 I 6'.'>4 1 5 21'71
. 0 II 0 0 6 0 o 11 8 1 10 0 0 5 7'33 2 17 9'39 1 4 14'76 0 5 0 4 (I 0 1 7 9'60 0 7 6'54 0 5 0
0 14 21'25 -----
I 9 6'64 ' . 2 14 1752
084 o 3 15'/)5 o 9 4'50 2 8 20'57 I 2 14 2 11 21'82 o 8 4'68 o 10 0 I 8 19'20 I 1 16
oz. dwt. IIr.
286 18 0
72 0 0 16 0 0
117 13 0 310 13 0 264 0 0 218 0 0
19 0 0 90 0 0 16 0 0
4 10 '0 68 0 0 56 0 0 90 0 0
II6 10 0 31. 10 0 25 (I (}
114 0 0 117 15 0
132 0 0 6 8 0 6 0 0
10 10 0 2 10 0
391.15 0 1,543 0 0
15 0 0 20 16 0
329 12 0 22 14 0
136 0 0 302 10 0 240 0 0
17 0 0 36 (I 0 19 2 0 66 0 0 16 0 0 5 0 0
12 0 0 137 0 0
20 0 0 3 0 0
------' 5,523 6 0 -----
95 3 0 /)8 8 6 290
i30 4 0 14 14 0 17 2 0
6 15 '1~ 28 11 0 16 16 0 400
36 0 0 19 10 0
---------------957 0 0 0 9 4'51 439 12 18
------ ---'-300 0 0 1 18 1'60 571 0 0
50 0 0 0' 9 14'40 24 0 0 2,400 0 0 () (I 16 80 0 0
600 0 0 0 5 3'20 154 0 0 110 0 0 (I 16 0 88 0 0 2,10 0 0 o 14 16 17.6 0 0
47 0 0 0 9 8'68 22 0 0 60 0 0 0 o 23'80 2 19 12
------- -----3,807 0 0 0 5 20'96 1,117 19 12
-------1,000 0 0 0 2 12'96 '127 0 0
370 0 0 0 3 6'55 60 II 0 234 0 0 I 13 11'41 391 13 6 500 0 () 0 o 12'48 13 0 0 450 0 0 0 1 2'13 24 10 0
60 0 0 0 4 20 14 10 0
2,614 0 '0 0 4 19'91 631 4 6
850 0 0 0 3 1'98 131 0 0 -----
1,480 0 0 0 5 7'05 30! 14 12 45 0 0 6 o 22'40 272 2 0
1,525 0 0 0 8 16'87 663 16 12
Remarka relative to the l)epth at wMoh the
Quartz was obtained, &te.
!?urface to 140 feet
120 feet Surface to 30 feet 150 feet 100 to 300 feet 50 to 400 feet 200 to 300 feet Snrface 150 feet 130 feet Surface 75 feet Surface Sur.fllce Surface Surface 60 feet Surface Surface to 30 feet
140 feet 40 feet iO,feet 40 feet 27 feet 280 feet 186 feet Not stated Surface 180 to 230 feet Not stated 50 to 100 feet 140 feet 200 feet Not stated Not stated Not stated Not stated Surface Not stated Surface 200 feet 150 feet Surface .
Surface to 25 feet Surface to 25 feet Surface to 25 feet
I
Snrface to 50 feet 150 feet 10 feet 30 feet 130 feet 100 feet 30 feet 50 feet 90 feet
About 50 feet About 150 feet :Surface mullock About 250 feet About 100 feet About 100 feet About 60 feet
Face of hill 350 feet About 200 feet About 100 feet About 250 feet About 150 li:;et
About 360 feet
380 feet 180 fcet
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QUANTITY of QUARTz Crushed in each Division aud Subdivision during the Quarter, &c • ...,...-continued.
Dhrlslon and Subdivision, Av'erage Totai Yield of Remark1l relative to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at which the
Name of Company. per TOll. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &0.
- tons .,,,t. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. ,lwt. gr.
" SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
~
SANDHURST DIVISION. Albert' .•• ... . .. Diamond Hill ... ... 739 • 0 0 0 9 11.04- 349 II· 4 Abe Lincoln ... ... New-chum '" ... 2,600 0 0 0 9 0'11 1,170 12 0 Beehive ... . .. Eaglehawk , .. . ... 5,426 0 0 0 9 20'59 2,674 10 0 Bendigo and Melbourne .. , Kangaroo Flat ... 1,802 0 0 0 6 22'10 623 12 0 Catherine Reef United ... Eaglehawk . .. 4,223 0 0 0 9 7'54 1,966 14 0 Fortuna and Thanet Works New-chum and Hack 11,384 0 0 0 11 8'05 6,452 3 0
Creek, Garden Gully United , .. Garden Gully Hcef . .. 4,200 0 0 I 4 2'17 5,059 I 0 G. G. Consolidated .. , Golden Gully ... .... 2,592 0 0 0 7 13'98 982 14 15 Grcat Extended Hustler's,.: Hustler's Reef ... 5,135 0 0 0 12 23'44 3,331 17 ·14 Great Hustler's ... ... IIustler's Reef ... 693 0 0 0 5 11'93 190 9 12 Great Britain ... . .. Golden square . .. ' 3,lS9 0 0 0 8 IS'93 1,401 8 0 Hustler's Reef ... . .. Hustler'ij Reef ... 1,046 0 0 0 9 6'60 485 1 20 Johnson's Reef ... . .. J ohnSOll's Reef ... ,3,786 0 0 0 6 9'70 1,212 7 0 Mixed lots from Koch's Pioneer ... ... Long Gully .. . ... 9,381 0 0 0 9 14'65 4,507 18 0 various reefs (see Lazarus New-chum ... .Kew-chum '" .., 929. 0 0 0 7 17'30 35S 13 0 page 29) Louisa .. , ... Eaglehawk . .. ... 5,179 0 0 0 8 2'92 2,103 3 3 Metropolitan ... ... Golden square '" 4,250 0 0 o 16 17'53 3,555 5 0 Marong Crushing 'Vorks •• ; l'.larong '" ... 126 0 0 0 7 10'34 46 16 8 New-chum and Vic,toria ... Ironbark . .. ... 4,875 0 0 o 10 3-42 2,472 5 0 New-chum United ... New-chum ... . .. 1,924 0 0 ,0 8 20'59 852 3 0 New Nelson ... ... Nelson Reef . .. . .. 2,610 0 0 010 IS-12 1,403 11 0 W.Rae .•. ... ... Happy Valley . .. 1,907 O· 0 0 4 II-58 427 8 0 Shenandoah ... ... Golden square . .. 1,100 0 0 o 18 8'85 1,010 6 0 South Fraser's ... ... Golden square . .. 395 0 0 0 9 12'39 187 19 0 Shellback ... . .. Shellback Reef ... 1,750 0 0 0 6 0 525 0 0 Vietoria Co~sol8 ... ... Victoria Reef ... ... 4,316 O' 0 0.16 6'71 3,513 4 0 Victoria Reef ... ' ... Victoria licef. .. ... 3,052 0 0 0 6 11'26 987 4 0 Wilson's Reef ... ... Marong ... . .. 60 0- 0 0 3 10'40 10 • 6 0 . , ----i------'
Totals ... ; ... 88,669 O' 0 o 10 19'09 47,861 ,3 4 HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND ------------ ------.-
WARANGA SOUTH Sun-
~I DIVISION. Alison ... ... Costerfleld ... .. . 300 0 0 7 0 i05 0 0 John Collins ... . .. Redcastle ... '-~ . 104 () 1 12 15'22 169 13 23
-------Totals ... ... 404 0 0 o 13, 14'3; 274 13 23
WARANGA NORTll SUB- ------ ------ ---.-DIVISION.
Kelly and Co. ... . .. Hushworth ... .. . II 0 0 7 11 15'27 83 8 0 140 feet Kelly and Co, ... .., Rushworth , ... .. . 19 0 0 1 7 15'15 26 5 0 Ahern and Co. ... . .. Hushworth ... . .. 9 0 0 0 6 12 2 18 12 Sutherland and Co. ... Rushworth ... .. . 2 0 0 0 5 0 o 10 0 Ayers and Co. '" ... Hushworth ... ... 14- 0 0 o 10 13'71 7 8 0 130 fcet Hilks and Clausen ... Hushworth ' .. .. . 11 0 0 114 7'63 18 17 12 120 feet Rushworth U. G, J\l[. ... Rushworth ... . .. 179 0 0 o 12 1'74 108 1 0 240 feet MeUeay and Co_ ... ... Rushworth ... .. . 23 0 0 I 16 0 41 8 0 110 feet Forlorn Hope ... ... Rushworth . .. . .. 9 0 ·0 3, 8 23'33 31 o 18 30 feet Manuel and Co, ... Whroo ... .. . 2 0 0 I 13 0 3 6 0 Manuel and Co .... ... Whroo ... . .. 2 0 0 o 12 0 1 4. 0 Darroch and· Co .• ~. ... Whroo '" ... 14 0 0 I 14 2-57 23 17 12 200 feet Augustine and Co. ." White Hills .. , ... 20 0 0 o 14 2'40 14 2 0 Cameron Bros, ... White Hills ... . .. 24 0 0 2 11 23 62 7 0 240 feet Balstrup and Co .... White Hills ... ... 1:48 0 0 0 8 13'29 63 6 0 Murray and Co, ...
, Coy's Diggings 4 0 0 1 12 15 6 10 12 50 feet ... ...
J o11nson and Co, ... ... Coy's Diggings ... 5 0 0 6 18 12 34 12 12 Mason and Co. ... ... Coy's Diggings ... 6 0 0 3 3 0 18 18 0 Taylor and Co, ... . .. Coy's Diggings ... 15 0 0 .. 4 16 63 10 0 50 feet Judson and Co. ... Coy's Diggings ... 9 0 0 0 7 4'66 3 4 18 Iverson and Co. ..; ... Coy's Diggings ... 74 0 0 0 4 3'56 15 7 0 20 feet Allen and Co, ... ... Coy's Diggings ... 9 0 0 011 10'66 5 3 0 Magnes and Co. , •• ... COY'A Diggings ... 12 0 0 0 9 4 5 10 0
Judson and Co, ... . .. Coy's Diggings ... 19 0 0 0 8 16'42 8 5 0 Martin and ,Co. , .. Coy's Diggings ... 67 0 0 0 1 15'57 5 10 11
Sundry small lots, public Whroo ... ... 25 0 0 010 0 12 10 0 . crushing, Balaclava ma- o
chine .,
Totals , •• 732 0 0 o 18 5'39 667 011 ...
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
I MARYBOROUG~ DIVISION, ..
9 4 feet Cambrian ... ... Mosquito ' ... ... ,417 0 0 o 12 15'26 26:l
James Kay Reade (public Chinaman's Flat ... 3i4 0 0 0 4 11'94 84 .2 7 crushiugs)
0 o 18 13'90 607 11' 0 Various Penny Qnd Clausen (public ... ... .. . 654 0 crushings)
,
Johnston and SOIlS (public ... ... .. . 251 0 0 0 2 8'70 29 13 Various crushiugs)
Totals .•. 1,696 0 0 o 11 14'70 984 15 11 -... ,
- .. , ..
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QUANTITY of' Crushed in each Division and SubdivIsion during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield ot I Remarks relatlve to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold - Gold. Depth at which the
Name of Company. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &0. i-- -------
tons cwt. qr.- oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr. ,
MAJORCA SUBDIVISION.
Prince Alfred Reef ... German Gully . .. 37 0 0 o 14 14'27 27 0 0 250 to 270 feet ------- ----
AMHERST ·DIVISION. . Busch and Co. ... ... Prince of Wales Red ... 342 0 0 0 8 11'5 I 145 0 0 155 feet Louie and Co. ... ... Prince of Wales Heef . .. 259 0' 0 0 8 Il'12 109 12 0 120 feet Prince of Wales Tribute ... Priuce of -Wales Reef ... 300 0 0 0 8 0 120 0 0 140 feet Miller .and Co. ... ... Jew's Reef ... ." 24 0 0 3 o 20 73 0 0 25 feet Union ... .. , Specimen Reef ... 27 0 0 2 14 9'33 73 8 12 50 feet Croydon ... ... Laura Reef ... . .. 210 0 0 0 3 15'60 38 6 13 70 feet Cosstick and Co .... ... ,:J?ermanagh Reef ... 105 0 0 0 9 20'50 51 14 16 45 feet Hamilton and Co. ... Bet Bet Reef ... . .. 24 0 0 0 9 9'12 11- 5 3 45 feet Ansell and Co. ... .., Bet Bet Reef , .. ... 16 0 0 o 12 12 10 0 0 20 feet Sundries .. , .. , Various, places .," . 112 0 0 0 4 17'25 26 8 12
Totals ... ... 1,419 0 0 0 9 6'84 658 15 8 --------------
AVOCA SUBDIVISION,
Perseverance ... ... Company's Tunnel . .. 917 0 0 0 3 5'66 148 7 11 Monte Christo ... ." From Tributers' Claims 407 0 0 0 4 18'04 96 14 0 50 feet; water-level
100 feet Fish and party ... .., Glenmona Reef ... 185 0 0 0 3 8'17 30 18 0 30 feet C, Coane , .. . .. Glenpatriek , .. ... 18 0 0 o 13 8 12 0 0 15 feet Small -parcel from Vale's Reef ... . .. ... 5 0 0 o 12 0 3 -0 0 50 feet
--------Totals ... ... 1,532 0 0 0 3 19'16 290 19 11
DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA ------ ----------DIVISIONS.
-Queen's Birthday Bealiba Reef ... 1,355 0 0 0 .. 19'27 528 13 12 400 feet ... . .. I
Welcome ... ... Advance Bealiba Reef ... 60 0 0 2 1 2'56 123 6 10 240 feet Clouston and Co .••• ... Ironbark Reef - ... 38 0 0 0 6 17'68 12 16 0 130 feet Williams Bros, ... ... Greek's Hill Reef . .. 13 0 0 0 5 11'07 3 11 0 30 feet Jack and Co. ... . .. Bealiba ... . .. . 44 O. 0 0 1 20'72 4 2 0 60 feet Stevens and Co. ... ... Star Reef .., ... .6 0 0 0 2 12 o 15 0 8 feet
------ --------Totals ... '" 1,516 0 0 0 8 21'14 673 3 22
ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUB- ---------------DIVISION.
New Isis ..... ... Oxonian Reef .. . 437 0 0 0 7 20'65 171 15 0 276 feet Smith and Harvey ... Rose and Thistle Reef ." 33 0 0 0 7 3 11 15 3 20 to 30 feet, H. and E, Neville ." Lancashire Reef ... 20 0 0 0 4 6 4 5 0 40 feet Cole and Co. ... '.,. Greenock ... . .. 510 0 0 4 0 I -2 0 50 feet
---------,----Totals ... ... 495 10 () 0 7 14'94 • 188 17 3
ST. ARNAUD NORTIl Sun-DIVISION.
Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Western and Wilson's Hill 648 0 0 OIl 17'37 379 Ii 0 600 feet Chrysolite Tribute Reefs'
St. Arnaud Cross Reef Bell Rock Reef ... 614 0 0 0 4 2'95 126 II 12 370 feet Tribute
Rising Star ... ... Wilson's Hill Reef .., 28 0 0 0 4 0 5 12 0 90 feet London and St,-Arnaud Various reefs ... ... 566 0 0 0 2 4'53 61 19 0 30 to 161 feet London and St. Arnaud Various reefs ... ... 45 0 0 0 12 5'68 27 10 16 50 to 160 feet
Tribute parties ,
Hurren and Co. '" ... Wilson's Hill Reef ... 24 0 0 0 1 21'50 2 5 12 90 feet King and Co, ... ... Silver Mines ... ... 13 10 0 0 9 0 (; 1 12 Surface Greenock Reef ... ... Greenock Reef ... 246 0 0 o 16 18'29 206 3 12 300 feet
----Totals ... ... 2,184 10 0 0- 7 1\'31 816 o 16
. "
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Little Nuggety ... ... Nuggety Reef . .. 59 0 0 3 14 6'50 219 2 0 180 to 200 feet Wattle Gully ... . .. Wattle Gully Reef ... 838 () 0 1 1 6'45 891 3 12 235 feet Central ... ... '" Wattle Gully Reef ... 739 0 0 o 12 11'76 461 10 6 350 to 280 feet Chewton ... ... Chew ton Heef 464 0 0 0 6 23'10 161 10 17 180 feet Eureka Consols '" ... Eureka.Reef . .. , .. 254 0 0 1 9 5'10 371 0 0 360 feet Sebastopol Crushing , ... Various . .. ... 139 0 0 0 8 3'S8 56 14 12 Bennett and others ... Various .. , ... 287 0 0 0 7 3'22 102 7 12 Lamb and Co. ... Various ... ... 212 0 0 0 9 9'17 99 9 0 Cardwell and Co::: ... Town Reef ." '''I
247 0 0 010 8'31 127 15 12 Chalk and Co. ... ... Town Reef . .. '" 108 0 0 0 4 5'55 22 17 0 Babcock ... ... Town Reef . .. 93 0 0 o 13 /4'45 63 5 0 Carter ... ... Little Quartz '"
'''I 37 0 0 o 12 9'40 22 18 12
Walters ... ... ... Specimen Gully . .. 60 0 0 o 12 0'90 36 2 6
Tot.'ll~ ... ... 1 3,537 0 0 o 14 21'69 2,635 15 17 I
12 , QUANTITY of QUARTZ, CI'~shed ill each Division and Subdivision dt1l'ing the Quartel', &e.-continued.
Division and Subdivision, and
Name of Company. -------------FRYER'S CI\EEIt DIVISION.
eatherly and Co. W F S B A R no R D J F S
erron's Reef Company orensen and Co. rydges and Dale nglo-Australian owe Brothers ...
we Brothers ... owe Brothers uke Cornw~1l C~: as. Paull ... . J. Pearce ... mall and Co. ...
HEPBURN DIVISION.
rgus United ... urkett and Co ....
... ... ... ... .. ,
... ...
... '" .. , . .. ...
... ... peeimen Hill Co,& Tributcrs
A B S F W Co N A l' L 1
ear-Not ... ... iIIard and King ... rnish ... ... ...
orth Cornish ... ... jax Co, ... ...
Taukervis ... , .. ueini ... . . ..
veron and others .. ~ T ARADAf,E AND KYNETON
SUBDIVISION. nlted Kingdom ... U
1'1 M H I F C H
cAllister ... orton's , .. umbold ...
follow's ... enton Tribute ... ray's ... ... ubbards ...
... ... ... '" . .. ... .. . ...
TARItA."WOWER DIVISION.
Linscott's Mills 'Caledonian Mills ... Eaglehawk Union Phrenix Mills Bell's Reef Great W' estern 'Velshman's Beef
ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION.
Longley and Co .... Surman Rickards and Co .. Central Mining Cu. Pigtail Company Lanz and Co. Day and Co. Butler Bradley and Co. '" Pioneer Company Apted and Cu. Allamlale
ARARAT DIVISION,
Rhymney ... Rhymney ... . ..
...
PLEASANT CREER DIYfSION,
Wimruera ... . .. Pioneer and Galatea ... New St. George's ... ... Scotchman's ... ... Moonlight ... , ..
-
Where Quartz was obtnined.
-_._--------
Blacksmith's Gully ... Ferron s Reef ... . .. Specimen Hill ... Bullock Reef ... ... Golden Gully ... ... Catplc's Reef ... . .. I!'erron's Reef ... . .. Cattle's Reef (road claim) Cattle's Reef ... Kangaroo Hill Hit-or-Miss ... Cattle's Reef •••
Totals ...
Cornish Reef ... German Gully Specimen Hill W om bat Hill , .. Willard's Heef Cornish Reef ... Cornish Reef ...
... ... Mauritius Reef ''I" oman's Gully Keep-it-Dark ...
Totals ...
Taradale , .. Tamdale .. . Taradale ... Belltopper , . .. Taradale ... Taradalc ... Taradale .., Belltopper ...
'.rotals ...
Various reefs .. , Various reefo ' .. }~aglehawk Re~f Vario)ls reefs ... Bell's Reef Beehive Heef ...
Totals ...
...
...
..,
. ..
...
.. . ...
...
. .. . ..
. ..
... .. .
...
. .. ...
...
.., , .. '" . .. .., ... ... ...
, Avernge I ta Quartz Crushe.l. Yield of Gold To I Yield of
per Ton. Gold.
tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gl'. oz. dwt. gr.
6 () 0 o 18 8 5 10 0 3,707 0 0 0 a 22'01 726 1 12
18 0 0 o 19 13'33 17 II! 0 6 0 0 0 4 0 I 4 0
189 0 0 0 3 3'19 29 12 4 920 () 0 0 8 11'87 390 15 0 410 0 0 0 I 8'04 27 7 8 147 0 0 0 4 18'85 35 3 12 449 0 0 0 3 15'11 81 9 18
10 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0
200 0 0 0 2 0 20 0 0
6,072 0, 0 0 4 9'91 1,339 15 6
438 0-0 0 4 8'84 95 13 9 55 0 0 I 3 12'76 64 14 6
5,600 0 0 0 4 17'17 1,320 6 18 144 0 0 0 I) 0 36 0 0 48 0 0 0 3 12 8 8 0
3,07:1 0 0 0 2 17'75 420 19 11 a04 0 0 0 4 0'51 61 2 10
1,050 0 0 0 7 1'14 370 0 0 30 0 0 0 3 16 5 10 0
200 0 0 0 I 12 15 0 0 90 0 0 0 8 21'33 40 0 0
-- ----lJ,032 0 0 () 4 10'06 2,437 14 6
-------·--------------1-----·-.---1,661 0 0 0 5 21-60 490 0 0
404 0 0 0 11 10'93 231 8 0 29 0 0 I 3 14'90 34 5 0 5 0 0 0 8 19'20 2 4 0 800050 200
1,000 0 0 0 5 HI'51 290 13 0 6 0 0 0 6 16 2 0 0
____ 1 __ 2 __ 0 ___ 0_.1--0--~--1-4-1~~ 3,125 0 0 0 6 18'45 11,057 13 0
1---·--------1----464 0 0 0 JO 3'981 235 17 0 854 0 0 0 15 23'98 683 3 12 :;25 0 0 0 9 9'72 I ~4!i Ii 18 738 0 0 0 9 10'29 347 18 12
15 0 0 I 0 15 22'40 I II 19 0 III 0 0, 0 12 8'64. 68 12 0 300 0 0 ~_O _I 60 0 0
--=:007 ~ ~ 12'77il,65*. ~
Oram's Reef Allen's Heef Allen's Heef Heefton Anderson's Creek DiamolJ(l Creek Diamond Creek Diamond Creek Diamond Creek Pioneer Heef '" Pioneer Heef ' .. Allandale Reef
.1 1800 611 ii'33 I 11811 0 2' 0 0 2 5 20'50· 4 11 17
Totals ...
,3 0 0 2 4 0 G 12 0 229 0 0 3·0 I!H6 i 694 7 12 79 0 () 0 14 17'77' 58 4 12 20 0 0 1 13 16'05 I, 33 13 9 44 0 0 0 9 17'86 21 8 18 15 0 0 I 11 4'93 I: 23 8 2 Ii 0 0 0 7 21'\7 6 14· 0 3U 0 0 1 4- 0' I 36 0 0 27 ° 0 I 2 5'33 30 0 0 15 0 0 0 HI 8 14 \0 0
499 0 0 2 2 0'14 ~ 1,048 0,22
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
Rhymney Beef .. , 67 0 0 0 17 21'49 59· 19' 0 Rhymney Reef ... 26 0 0 I 4 10'15 31 15 0
,-Totlll~ .. , .. , 93 0 0 o HJ 17'29 nl H 0
I --!-
Stawell Reefs ... 6,301 ,0 () () 13 ;'41 4,192 19 :I Stawell HeefH , .. 5,i55 \I 0 () 14 11'79 4,169 18 13 Stawell Reefs ... 4,588 0 0 0 13 9'14 3,069 II 0 Stawell Reefs , .. 3,139 IU 0 0 14 20'81 2,333 16 i Sta~,cll Heefs '" ·l,621 0 0 0 Ii 18'61 4,107 2 0
Remarks relative to the Depth at which the Quart~ was obtained.
--------
Near surface 160 to 280 feet 80 feet 100 feet 180 feet 100 to 170 feet 120 feet 170 feet Surface to 180 feet 100 feet 4 feet . 100 feet
50 to 80 feet 190 feet 383 and 460 feet 100 feet 50 feet To 540 feet To 360 feet 140 feet 30 feet 100 feet 20 feet
50 feet 70 feet Surfuce Surface Surface 100 to 200 feet Surface 20 feet
300 feet 100 feet 30 feet 100 feet 120 feet 120 feet 200 feet 120 feet 70 feet 60 feet 60 'feet 50 feet
290 feet 290 feet
280 to 850 feet 4GOto 870 feet 480 to 850 fel:t :lOO to 8St) feet ,(10 to 1,060 teet
,-23 I Totals ... ... i 10 0 0 14 15'54 17,873 6
i :
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdivision, and
Nam. 01 Oompany.
• i I A : :; verage Total Yield 01
per Ton. •
I
WI,ere Quartz was obtained. :; Quartz Crushed. '\' Yield 01 Gold Gold
---_._--------,----------i tons cwl,. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. :
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
OMEO SUBDIVISION. Isabella .. . Eureka .. . Rob Roy Fashion ••• Morning Star
CROOKED' RIVER DIVISION. Good Hope ... Thomas and Co •..• Reynolds and Co.
JERICHO DIVISIO",. Harbinger G. M ....
DONNELLY'S CBBEK DIVISION. Bismarck United ••• Florence Q. M. Co.
STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION.
Swift's Creek ... Swift's Creek ... Swift's Creek ... Swift's Creek •.. Sheep-station Creek
Totals ...
Good Hope Bismark Republic
Totals ...
Dry Creek
Totals ...
Long Tunnel 1 Cohen's Reef .. .
Walhalla Cohen's Reef .. . North Gippsland... Cohen's Heef .. .
AnERFELDY SUBDIVISION. Wilson and Barthold Sundry lots"
Totals .. .
Main Western Reef
Totals ...
I 28 6 0 I I 0 0 50 0 0 I 0 4 0 94 0 0 I 7 9 460 400
30 4 0 0 8 0 ! : I
28 6 0 10 0 0
128 13 6 17 " 0 12 1 15
1---------1----.. ·I~~I~~i~~ ...1 150 0 0 I 0 7 ;'68: 54 18 0 ••. , 18 0 0 j 0 6 22'66 I: 6 5 0
I 24 0 0 I 0 5 14 (j 14 0
!~-;Oi--;;-;-J.621 (jj 17 0 I
:--;;0-0-1013 '2'32 1Is;"~ 1-------1----1-----! I •
... i 150 0 0 I 0 16 19'20; 126 0 0
... i 316 0 0 j 0 Ii 1'71 I 80 2 12
... I~~-; ()8 20,321206212 I _____ , ____ ! _____ _
... I 4,343'0 0 i I 17 19 8,206 9 18
... I, 3,932 0 0 I, 0 18 12'36 1 3,640 2 0 ... 488 0 0 0 6 10'94 157 9 6
--------"'i,~~~I'_1_7 9'53 12,00"~ ... 2,150 0 0 0.. 0'12 430 10 8
. 550 0 0' 0 3 8'29 92 0 0 --___ ------1----
Remarkerelattve to tile Depth at whlcb tb.
Quartz was obtained, &c.
500 feet 30 feet 30 to 40 feet
220 feet
Between 24S " 523 feet below adit
From adit to 3S5 feet below 190 feet from surface
About 100 feet from surface
TARWIN SUBDIVISION. No.1 South Golden Bar
1 2,700 0 o. 0 3 20'89· 522 10 8
.. : !~W-;lioi622:(i8l'3S 10 12 Depth, 114 feet
... i 66 0 0; 0 12 12 ,,! 41 5 0 1 Depth, 30 feet
Totals ... 1
_------1--... 229 10 0 I 0 15 16 ,179 15 12
* From lessees' returns received!n tbe Omce of lIftnes.
QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, ETC. THE following information has been obtained from Retlll'ns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars
relative to the Quantity of Ql;ARTZ TAILINGS and MULWCK, &c., Crushed in the several DiVIsions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.
DIvision and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Qutu'tz !ralllngs Average Total Yield of and Mullock, &0" were and Mullack, &c., Yield of Gold Name of Company. obtained. Crushed. per Ton. Galli.
I tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz; dwt. gr.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT .
CENTRAL DIVISION. The Golden Point Battery... (Crushed on hire) ... I 48 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 0
... I--;~~ ~-4---;;.~ STI!:IGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Native Youth Steiglitz
BEECHWORTH MINING DIST~ICT.
ALE:u.NDRA SUBDIVISION. Cbaffe and party... Emu Reef 72 0 0
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT •
SA.NDHURST DIVISION, Koch's Pioneer ...
HEA.THCOTE DIVISIO:N AND W A.RA.NGA. SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
John Collins
W ARA.NGA. NORTH SUBDIVISION.
Balaclava' Victoria ••• Victoria .. . Victoria .. . Victoria .. .
Long Gully ...
Redcastle
Whroo Coy's Diggings Coy's Diggings Coy's Diggings Coy's Diggings
Totals ...
... i . 333' 0 0 I 0 1 5'37 20 7 13 1----,----'''1 __ 2~~1~_0 ___ 2 ~
1 . I
200001020 2000 ... i 1,000 0 0 0 0 lI'i6, 24 10 0 '''1 1,200 0 0 0 0 10'54 26 7 0 .... 801) 0 O. 0 0 10'95 18 5 0 ... ; __ 1,0_0_0 _0_0_1_0_0 _8'_69 ___ 1_8 __ 2_0_
.. ,I 4,200 0 0, 0 0 12'25 107 4 0
Remarks relative to the Depth at which the
Mullock, &c., were obtained
14
QUANTITY of QUARTZ TAILINGS and MULLoeR Cl'ushed in each Division and Subdivision,&c.-contimled .
. Division and Subdivision, and
Name of Company.
Where Quartz Tailings aud l\.fullock, &c., were
obtained.
Quartz Talling. and ~Inllocl<, &c.,
Crushed.
tons ewt. qr.
MA.RYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
MARYBORUGH DIVISION. James, Kay, Reade (public Tailings
crushings)
AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Monte Christo ••• ... Tl:ibuters' claims
DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS.
Straker and Co. ... ... Ironbark Reef
ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUB- • DIVISION.
New Isis· Co" .. . Douglas and Co ... .
... Oxonian Reef ... •.• Various reefs ...
67S 0 0 0 2 3
53 0 0 0 1 0
280 0 0 0 3 5'H 240 0 0 0 1 9
'rutsl Yield of Gold.
oz. dwt. gr.
72 0 IS' Variou!!
45 7 0 276 feet 16 10.,0
----1--·--.1-----Totals n.
ST. ARNAUD NORTH Sun-. DIVISION • F. Stahl... ..• ... Wilson's Hill ... Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Wilson's Hill ...
Chrysolite Tribute St. Arnaud Public Crushing Various reefs ... Greenock Reef ... ... Greenock Reef
Totals : ••
520 0 0 0 2 9'09
167 0 0 . 0 5 0'86 148 0 0 0 9 1l:0~
600 0 0 0 4 0 140 0 0 0 5 0
1,055 0 0 0 5 1'50
CASTLEl\IAINE MINING DISTRICT.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Seba,stopol Crushing ... Lady Gully ... ... 100 0 0 0 2 18'60 Lewellyn ... ... Nimrod Reef ... . .. 558 0 0 0 I 4'10
~-
Tota.ls '" ... 658 0 0 0 I 9'93 T ARRANGOWER DIVISION.
Phoonix Mills German Gully .. 337 0 0 0 I 1'63 ... ... . .. --
ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. I,ongley and Co .... ... Oram's Reef ... ... 5 0 0 o 16 0
ARA.RAT MINING DISTRICT.
PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. #
Scotchman's ... ... Stawell Reefs . .. 150 O' 0 0 2 13'72 ~
61 17 0
42 I 0 70 0 0 600 feet
120 0 0 35 0 0 300 feet
267 1 0
•
13 17 12 32 13 6
46 10 IB
18 0 0 Surface
4 0 0
19 '5 19
PYRITES '.AND BLANKETINGS. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by t.he Mining Surveyors£lnd Registrars
relative to the Quantity 'of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in the sevl;lraL Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District tlie Quarter, aud the GOLD obtained therefrom. , ~
Division and Subdivision, Where Pyrites and Blanketings Pyrites Avcruge Total Ylel,l of Uemnrl!:.S relative to the and and lllanketings Yield of Gold 'Depth at which the
Na.me of Company. were obtained. operated 011. per'l'on. Gold. Pyrites, &c" were obtained.
. tons' cwt. qr, Oz. dwt. gr . oz. d'wt. gr. -BAIJLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION. The Llanber:ris ... Gum-t·ree Flat ... 22 0 0 1 17 12'27 41 5 6
. . ------.- ----------CRI!8WICK DIVISION.
Port Phillip Clunes Reefs •.• 50 5 0 4 5 4'17 214 0 0 ~ ... ... .. . New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs ... ... 75 0 0 a 2 0 232 10 0 South Clunes ... ... Clunes Reefs ... .. . 17 0 0 5 7 17'64 91 11 12
~ ----'fotals ... ... 142 5 0 3 15 15'64 538 I 12 -
STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISIO~. ------------Anonymous ... ... ];~la.ille . .. ... 48 0 0 2 2 22 103 0 0
------- ------ ------BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND
BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
Sultan ... ... .. . Barry's Reef ... ... 36 0 0 j
2 16 "18'67 102 4 0
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QUANTITY of PYRITES and BLANKETIXGS operated on in each Division and Subdivision, &:c.-contillued.
Division and Subdivision, and
of Company.
BEEClIwonTlI DIVISION. ride and Stringer P
N Runday Reef ...
:Oil Desperandum
... ... . ...
Y ACKANDANDAlI DIVISION. B igelow and Clingan '"
BUCKLAND DlVISION. appy Valley ... ...
Hillsboro' ." ...... H
Sundry lots ... ... . WOOD'S POIN1' SUBDIVISION. The Hope ... . .. The Alps Gt. C. G. ...
SANDHunST DIVISION. Spargo Brothers ... .. , United Pyrites, G, E. '" Sandhurst and Eaglehawk
P.E. Koch's Pioneer ... ... Beehive ... ... Liddell Bros. ... ...
MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Johnston and Sons (public
crushings)
AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Perseverance
CASTLE~IAINE DIVISION. Eureka Con sols ... '"
HEPBURN DIVISION. North Cornish .... . .. Cornish .. ; ... ... Specimen Hill ... .. ,
STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION.,
Long Tunnel G. M. Reg .... Walballa G. M. Reg. ...
ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION.
Sundry lots}!> ... . ..
" I PyrItes 1 Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the Where pYfltcs and nlanketings and Blankethlgs Yield of Gold Depth at which the
were oot-alued. 'i ?perated on~ per Ton. Gold. Pyrites, &0., were obtained.
I tons cwt, qr,. oz. dwt, gr, oz, dwt. g)',
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
Clear Creek ... 10 0 0 1 13 16'8 16 17 0 Three-mile Creek ." 3 12 0 I 9 17'33 5 7 0 Myrtleford ... . .. 2 10 0 I 4 19'2 3 2 0
Totals ... ... 16 2 0 I II 10'2 25 6 0
Homeward Bound Heef, 50 0 0 o 19 1'4 47 15 0 Hillsboro'
,---Three reefs . .. ... 10 0 0 1 18 0 19 0 0 Hillsboro' Reef ., . 36 0 0 1 2 12 40 10 0 At Gill's Mill ... ... 25 0 0 1 II 4'80 39 0 0
--Totals ... ... 71 0 0 I 7 \7'9\ 98 10 0 ,
Morning Star Quartz ... 25 10 0 2 3 10'82 55 8 0 Morning Star Quartz ... 10 0 0 4 1 4'80 40'12, 0
Totals ... ... 35,10 0 2 14 2'03 96 0 '0
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
Great Western Gully ... 278 0 0 2 1 10'96 576 5 0 Pinchgut Gully ... 582 0 0 3 I 17'86 1,796 15 5 Jackass Flat ... 347 0 0 1 18 6'88 664- 5 12
Long G,ully ... . .. 123 0 0 1 ,I 16'58 133 8 0 Eaglehawk ... ... 6 0 0 2 5 I 13 10 6 Derwent Gull;r .,. 58 0 0 2 16 6'62 163 4 0
------ ----------Totals ... ... 1,394 0 0 2 8 0'62 3,347 7 23
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
8 0 0 1 2 12 9 0 0 I Various ________ 1 ____ 1
Company's tunnel 917 0 0 o 0 14'081 26 18 0
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
Eureka Reef ... ... 9 0 0 411 8 41 2 0 ----
Cornish Reef ... ... I 0 0 3 0 0 '"3 0 0 Sold at 50s. Cornish Reef ... ... 7 10 0 3 0 0 '"22 10 0 Sold at 50s, Specimen Hill ... 4 0 0 4 0 0 '"16 0 0 Sold at 100s.
-----Totals ... ... 12 10 0 3 6 9'60 41 10 •
,. Estimated,
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
I Cohen's Reef ... .. , 34 l(l 0 3 7 2'34 1I6 IS 0 Cohen's Reef ' .. .. ' ,
26 4 0 I 18 4'41 50 o 12
Totals ... 61 0 0 2 14 16'33 166 15 12
'" ... . .. sO 10 0 2 19 13'62 150 8 4
• From lessees' returns received in the Office of 1IIines.
16
W:A.SHDIR'f AND CEMENT,
SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY of W ASHDlRT Puddled llDd
Sluiced and CEMENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.
. Quantity Puddled Average Yield of Gold ~?~al, Yield 01 Gold from ~!!nlng Districts, and Urnshed. per 'COH. and Cement.
Washdirt. tong cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, oz. <1wt. gr. Ballarat ... ... ... .. . ... .. . 22,243 () 0 () 0 !i:al 802 0 17 Beechworth ... ... . .. ... ... .. . 33,434 () 0 () 0 15'47 1,0ii 2 '0 Sand hurst ... ... ... '" .,. ... 3,590 0 0 0 I :l3'1i 357 6 0 Maryborough ••• ... ... ... .. . . .. 13,918 2 0 0 3 6'87 2,287 0 0 Castlemaine ... ... ... ... .. . . .. 103,236 0 0 () 0 12-;7 2,745 10 8 Ararat' ... ... ... ... . .. .. . 5,175 0 0 0 I 7'36 338 3 0 Gippsland ... ... ... .. . ... ... .. , ... .. .
--Totals ... ... . .. 181,596 2 0 () 0 20'11 7,607 2 1
1-' Cement.
Ballarat ... ... ... ... ... , .. 1,901 0 0 0 3 1'44 '289 13 9 Beechworth ... ... ' .. ... ... .. , ... .. . Sandhurst ... ... ... '" ... . .. ... ... . .. Maryborough ... ... . .. ... ... .. . 881. 0 0 0 2 16-27 117 19 0 Castlemaine ... ... ... ... ... .. . 9:)9 0 0 0 ';l 8'71 161 5 0 Ararat ... ... ... ... . .. .. . 3,7~6 0 0 0 4 21-99 930 14 o· Gippsland . ... ... ... ... ... . .. . .. . .. . ..
Totals ' .. ' .. . .. 7,.'i27 0 0 0 3 23'63 1,499 11 9
Non. -This Summary do •• not Show the total quantltlos 01 washdirt puddled and sluiced and cement cro<bed, but only the yield of certain eruehings, &c., respecting whleh the Mlninll Sun-eyors and RegIstrars have been able to obtain information. O'l'1ng to the circumstance that many of' the machine-owners are unJlble to give or nrc precluded from giving information) it Is impossible to get complete returns from every t:1Istriet; and in con ... lid_ring the relative Importance of each district, "" regards alluvial mining. &c" the tables relating to machinery should be examined and compared.
Office of Mines, Melbourne, 14th Oct.ober 1876. '
WASHDIR'1'.
THOS, COUCHMAN, Acting Secretary for Mines.
THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by ,the Mining Surveyors and Registl'ars relative to the QUAi\,TITY of WASHDIRT Puddled o'r Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining DistricLduring the Qual'tel', and the GOLD obtained therefrom.
Division and Subdivision, and
Nameot Camp .. ny.
CENTRAL DIVISION. The' Eastern Star
SOUTHERN DIVISION. Turner and party
Grant and party ...
BLAOKWOOD DIVJSION
...
...
...
AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
Butcher's Flat Sluicing ... Golden Point Sluicing ... Ah Tuck and party ... Ah How and p,arty ... Ah Foo and jarty ... Ah Fong an party ... Ah Foon and sarty ... Ah Quong an party ... Ah Tan and party ... Ah You and party ...
Where Washtllrt was obtained.' Average
Yield of Gold ller'ron.
tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
1 Ballarat Ellst '" . .. 1,700 0 0 0 2 9'88
------- ------,
Break-o'-Day,., ... 2,986, 0 0 0 1 23'26
: Break-o'-Day". ... 357 0 0 0 4 11'87
I Totals ... ... 3,343 0 0 0 2 5'73
---::--
Butcher's Flat . .. 3,000 0 0 0 0 :NA Butcher's Flat ' .. 450 0 0' 0 1 ,3'31 Yankee Creek - 1,600 0 0 0 0 7'98 ' .. Yankee Creek ... 550 0 0 0 o 11'13 Red Hill ... . .. 850 0 0 0 o 10'45 Tipperary Flat '''1 3,000 0 0 0 0 3'84 Kangaroo CreeK . .. 1,950 0 0 0 0 4'31 Kangaroo Flat - , 2,850 0 0 0 0 6'11
"'1 Lower Lerderderg - ... 2,100 0 0 () 0 4'23 Yankee Creek 850 0 0 0 o 12'20
'-Totals ... "'1 17,200 0 0 0 0 6'22
Total Yleid of Gold.
oz. dwt. gr.
205 0 0 ------
294 0 0
80 4 17
374 4 17 -----
21 10 0' 25 12 0 26 12 0 12 15 0 18 10 0 24 0 0 17 10 0 36 5 0 18 10 0 21 12 0
222 16 0
Remarks relative to the Depth .t which the
\Vashdlrt was obtained, &e.
At 'a depth of 120 ft from a gutter havin g It width of about 30ft
: 30 to 40 ft.,. 3 to 4 ft thick
• 30 ft" 21 ft. thick
Surface to 25 ft. 20 feet 5 feet 7 feet 7 feet 5 feet 11 feet 5 feet 5 feet 6 feet
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QUANTITY of W ASHDlHT Puddled. or Sluiced in the sevel'ld Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-continued.
DIvision and SubdivIsIon, I' I Average i I RemlU'ksTeiatlvetothe ,and 1 Where Washdlrt was obtained. Wa.bdirtPuddled Yield of Gold; To~ab ~~eld Depth at wblcb tbe
__ ~~~~ __ I ___ ' _____ ' _-_____ I~~I __ O __ O_._ ~~~~ tons cwt,. qr.1 oz. dwt~ gr. oz. dwt. gr.
BEEOHWORTH DIVISION. Ovens Gold and Tin ... Wellington ... ..' McEvoy .•• ... Trevillian and Co. ... Osborne and Co .... ... .
INDIGO DIvisION. Barrass and Co. ... ...
SANDHURST DIVISION. Ballarat and Bendigo .. , Lane's Tribute No.2 '"
MAIl.TBOROUOH DIVISION. Seaham ... ... Gladstone ... ...
AMHERST DIVISION, Union ... ... Hoffnung .. , ... Tara's Hall ... ... DUNOLLY AND l'ARNAGULLA
DIVISIONS .• Prince of Wales ... ...
FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Thomas and Co .... ... Roberts and Co .... ... Ellis and Williams' ... Parsons and Co .... . .. Riddle and Co. ... ... Brewer and Co. ... Trethewey and Co. ... Stephens and Co. ... Vosti and Co. ... . .. J, Scott ... ... T. Pearson ... . .. Fox and Co. ... ... Ah Chong and Co. ... W. Gurr and Co. .. ,
HEPBURN DIVISION. Perseverance and oiher par-
ties Franklinford ... ... Sailor Prinee ... ... Table A ... ... 355 Chinese ... ... Townie Isaacs, Good and
Hocking
TJ,RIUNGOWER DIVISIO:-I, Bowe and Co. ... ... Abram Grigg ... ... RoM. Grigg ... ... John Knight ... ... Jolly and CO. H' ... Ja.mes Kent ... ... Hetherington and Co. ...
RAGLAN DIvrSION. New Victoria ... ...
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
Eldorado . .. . .. 24 0 0 0 1 20 2 4 0 216 feet from the bo tom of two shafts
Eldorado ... ... 21,440 0 0 0 o 12 536 0 0 90·foot floor Eldorado . .. . .. 1,560 0 0 0 o 12 189 0 0 248 feet Spring Creek .•• . .. 1,110 0 0 0 I 0 58 10.0 Spring Creek ... . .. 2,340 0 0' 0 1 8 156 0
135 feet o 35 ft. A portion 0 f
n r
----- -----1 this gold had bee Totals ... . .. 32,534 0 0 o 0 13'891 941 14 0 lying in tail-race fo
----- ---------1 some months Durham and Caled~nian 900 0 0 o 3 0'21, 135 8 0 230 feet
Leads
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
I Huntly ... ... 990 0 0 0 4 0 198 0 0 Depth 122 ft. ; origina . water level 116 ft . Huntly ... ... 2,600 0 0 0 1 5'40 159 6 0 Depth 95 ft. ; origina
water level 92 ft. Totals ... .., 3,690 0 0 0 I 23'11 351 6 0
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
2 19'20 I o 1100 feet Alma ... .. . 1,500 0 0 0 210 0 Alma . .. . .. 2,100 0 0 0 3 2'05 1 324 0 0 80 to 100 feet
Totals ... ... 8,600 0 0 0 2 23'20 534 0 0
Mount Greenock South 5,530 0 0 0 I 12'63 422 0 0 250 feet Mount Greenock South 1,560 0 0 0 6 2'65 398 12 0 100 feet Taaffe's Paddock ... 2,228 2 0 0 2 6'37 i 262 8 0 60 feet
Totals ... ... 9,318 2 0 0 2 1'27 i 1,073 0 0
Pottery Hill, Dunolly ." 1,000 0 o ! 0 13 14'40 i .680 0 0 60 to 70 feet
CASTLEMAJNE MINING DlSTRICT .
Spring Gully ... ... ) 850 0 0 0 I 0 42 10 0 10 to 12 feet Spring Gully '" ... 1,400 0 0 0 0 4 II 13 8 12 to 14 feet Horseshoe Bend '''1 1,400 () 0 o '0 9 26 5 0 10 to 14 feet Horseshoe Bend 5,880 0 0 0 010 122 10 0 12 to 14 feet New Year's Flat . .. 2,800 0 0 0 010 51! 6 16 15 feet 'New Year's Flat ... i 2,100 0 0 0 0 3 13 2 12 15 feet New Year's Flat ... 1,680 0 0 0 0 8 28 0 0 16 to 18 feet New Year's Flat oU I 100 0 0 0 014 20 8 8 16 to 18 feet German Gully ... 2,800, () 0 0 I 12 210 0 0 14 to 20 feet Pennyweight ". ... i5 0 0 0 o Il'S4 I 11 0 12 feet Pennyweight .... ' ... 560 0 0 0 o 12 14 0 0 8 to 10 feet· Pennyweight ... .. . 1,400 0 0 0 1 0 70 0 o , Various Pennyweight ... ... 1,5()O 0 0 0 0 3'84 12 0 o 1 10 to 12 feet Butcher's Hill ... 300 0 0 O' 0 9'60 6 0 o ; 100 feet
------ --------Totals ... ... 23,445 0 0 0 o 13'03 636 12 20
--------------Yandoit, Hepbufll, and 600 0 0 0 3 16 110 0 0 To 15 feet
Shepherd's Flat Franklin ... . .. 2 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 120 feet Sebastopol ... .. . 270 0 0 0 6 17'28 90 14 10 Tunnel Hepburn division . .. 20,680 0 0 0 o 14'87 641 I 12 10 to 120 feet Hepburn division . .. 50,000 0 0 0 o 10'22, 1,065 0 0 Shallow Daylesford ... . .. 3,275 0 0, 0 0 9'79 66 16 0 Various .----------
Totals ... ... 14,821 0 0 0 o 12'67 1,974 1122 --------------
Blackie's Hill ... . .. 696 0 0 0 o n'65 16 18 14 24 feet Pegleg Gully ... . .. 1,200 0 0 0 0 8 20 0 0 12 feet Porcupine Flat ... 260 0 0 0 O. 18 9 15 0 50 feet Porcupine Flat . .. 260 0 0 0 o 18 9 15 0 20 feet Eaglehawk ... .. . 2,080 0 0 0 0 4'32 18 1 0 14 feet Porcupine Flat .. . 260 0 0 0 3 0 39 0 0 40 feet Muckleford ... . .. 208 0 0 0 2 0 20 16 0 30 feet
----Totals ... ... 4,964 0 0
1
0 0 12'98 134 5 14
ARARAT MIN[NG DISTRICT .
Waterloo . .. .. ·1 5,175 0 0 0 I 7'36 338 3 0 160 feet
, ~-, '~"':""C .. "r No. 50. B
Hi
CEMENT.
THE following information has been obtained from Returns' made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars l'elative to the QUANTITY of CEIIrENT Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.
i Division and Subdivision, Average Totnl Yield of Remarks relative to tl.e
"_lI_d _____ ,_'_V_he_r_e_ce_m_e_D.t_ w_n_' S_O_bto_in_ed_'I_c_e_m_en_t._c_rU_S_he_d_' 'I_Y_Ie_ld_o._f_G_· O_ld ___ G_O_ld_. _ ~_D_e_p_th_a_t_w_h_IC_h_th_e __ Name of Company.. per Ton. _ Cement was obtolned •.
tons owt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. o~. dwt. gr,
BALIJARAT MINING DISTRICT.
'CENTRAL DIVISION.
The Golden Point battery ... '" ... ... 48 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 0 -------------
SOUTHERN DIVISION,
Crushed ,(on hire) by the New Kangaroo battery ... Kaogaroo Flat .. ' 568 0 0 0 4 1'72 115 12 19 --------- -----SMYTHESDALE DIVISION.
Howcroft and party ... Dreamer's Hill, Happy 32 0 0 0 9 7 14 17 8 Valley
I Drury and party ••• ... Dreamer's Hill, Happy 11 0 0 o 13 1 7 3 11
BLACKWOOD DIVISION Valley
----.L'ID BLUE MOUNTAIN SouTa Totals ... '" 43 0 0 010 6'02 22 0 19
SUBDIVISION.
All NationS ... ... Yankee Hill ... . .. 1,242 0 0 0'2 6'10 13~ 19 19
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
" MARTBOROUGII DIVISION.
Johnston and Soos (public crushings)' .... • •.
AMIIERST DIVISION.
J. Bartlemore... ... Various places
DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS.
Jas. Simmollds .. . John Job .. . Sayers and Co. .." Geo. Boundry ...
... No.2 Hill, Bealiba ...
... No.1 Hill, Bealiba '"
.. ' Forty-foot Hill, Bealiba
. ,. No.2 Hill, Bealiba ".
Tot:tls ....
14 0 0 0'7 3'42 5 0 0 Various
790 0 0 0 2 9'11 94 0 0 ----------------
43 0 0 22 0 0 700 500
o 4 22'32 060 o 2 20'57 030
10 12 0 40 feet 6 12 0 30 feet 1 0 0 20 feet o 15 0 Surface
______ 1 ___ - ___ _
77 0 0 I 0 -1 22'12 18 19 0
CASTLEMAINE MINh~G DISTRICT.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.
Bald Hill 100 feet
.
Thomas and Co, ... Homeward Bound Table Hill
280 : 0 10 4 0 56 0 0
'''I--~~I~~~~ lIO to 125 feet
HEPBURN DIVISION.
Eddy and party
ARARAT DIVISION.
Londonderry Backhouse and Co.
PLEASANT CREEK DiVISION'.
Band of Hope
'''\_ 790 0 0: 0 3 8'96 ~~ ". I. 169 0 0 I 0 3 7'52 28 0 0
Totals ...
Wombat Hill
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT •
Londonderry Mulloek Bank
Totals ...
Deep Lead'
... 1. 791 0 0 0 4 12'50 178 16 0
'''I __ ~_~I_O_~O __ ~~ ... !_'_~~I'~ 1406. ~~ ...\ 2,960 0 0 I 0 5 0'22 '741 8 0
150 feet
70 feet 40 feet
.
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NUMBER AND DIS'rRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY,
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 1876.
(From Returns made by tke Mining Surveyors and Registra1's.)
Name of Place. No;
----------------------------~
BALLARAT DISTRICT.
Central Division: Ballarat West Ballarat East Ballarat North Sebastopol Little Bendigo Dead-horse Sago Hill and the Springs White Horse Ranges
Southern Division: Long Gully Staffordshire Reef Italian Gully Splitters' Gully Kangaroo
. Mooulight Bulldog Rokewood Junction Mount Misery Creek Jackson's Gully Yankee Hill Grassy Gully Spring Creek Sawpit Gully Whim Holes Hard Hills l<'renchman's' Pinchgut ... Break-o'-Day Western Creek
Buninyong Division: Durham and tributaries Green Hills and Devonshire Scotchman's and Hard Hills Buninyong and Union Jack Hiscock's and Fairweather Reefs Winter's Flat, Cobbler's, and Magpie Black Lead and Gum-tree ." ... Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gympie Prospecting and isolated parties' ... Mount Helen
SlIIythesdale Division: Smythesdale Scarsdale and Newtown Cape Clear Brown's ... Italian Gully Derwent Jack's Piggoreet Bottle Hill Snake Valley and Hard Hills Happy Valley and Lucky Woman's ••• Haddon
. Golden Lake Madden's Flat Linton's .. ~ Monkey Gully Moonlight Creek Preston Hill
Creswick Division: Creswick ... Clunes "', Springhill Broomfield Gully Red Streak Union Hill . Longpoint Diamond Gully Cobbler's Gully Bald Hills Sulky Gully'
Carried forward
200 912 100 112 400 180 50
200
10 75 15 6
80 10 GO 50
310 10 15 30 14 12 25 30 50 35 80 80
100 40 85 15 90
100 80 50 50 10
140. 200 40 80
5 60 70 40 50
140 600
10 10
170 10 12 30
90 900 . 450
10 in 20 25 15 15 10 15
Total.
2,154
997
620
\,667
5,438
Name of PlIl.ce.
. Brought forward •••
Creswich Division-continued. Slaty Creek Mopoke Humbug Hill Portuguese Flat Back Creek Bullarook
Gordon Subdivision: Egerton ... Gordon Moorabool
Steiglitz Subdivision: Steiglitz ... Morrison's Dolly's Creek Elaine Mount Doran Litt.le Forest
Blackwood Divi .. ioll and Blue Mountain Soutli Subdivision:
Golden Point Hed Hill ... Barry's Reef and Split-tree ... Yllnkee Reef and Creek Simmons' Reef and Buck Creek Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg Blakeville Snake Gully Goodman's Creek ... Balian Flat Garibaldi and vicinity Wright's Reef Bacchus Marsh and vicinity Maher's Hill ...
Ballan Subdivision: Between BaHan and Blakeville
Total for Ballarat District
BEECHWORTH DISTRICT.
Beechworth Division: Spring Creek Silver Creek Deep Creek Hurdle Creek Pennyweight l!'1at .. . Two-mile Creek .. . Three-mile Creek .. . Six-mile Creek Stony Creek Myrtleford, &c. Wool'l~gee, &c. Reid's Creek Wooished Sebastopol Eldorado Stanley and neighborhood
Yackandandah Division: Clear Creek .• ; Bruarong Kirby's Flat Rowdy Flat Osborne's Flat Allan's Flftt Siaghorn Flat 'l'wist's Creek Muddy Creek Hillsborough Sandy Creek Township Hayes' Point
Carried forward
No. Total.
40 30 40 45 10 70
5,438
-- 1,860
193 65 4
35 70 15
120 20
8
110 60
360 60 50
100 30 14 20 40 20 30 40 16
262
26.8
,- 950
4 4
105 25 22 54 52 60
190 50 80
110 110 as
190 120 350 380
64 18 57 38 60 8
52 7G 40 40 80 70 20
8,782
1,936
623
2,559
20
NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS 011 the Goldfields, &c.-continued.
Name oCPlace. No. Total. Name of Place. No. Total.
---------------------~'--------I~-----II·------------------------------I~-----Brought forward... ...... 2,559 Brought forward ••. 5,7Il
Indigo Division: Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads Suffolk Lead ... . .. Sebastopol Lead... .. . Iudigo Lead ... .. . Robert Burns ... .. . Glencoe I.ead ... • •. Lancashire Lead ... All England Lead... . .. Caledonian and Durham Leads WatJgunyah ... ... Clydesdale ... . .. Lanarkshire ... . .. New Hibernian... . .. Rutherglen Reefs ... .. . Chiltern Reefs ... .. .
68 10
4 234
6 6 6
16 62
8 10 3 8
31 23
Buckland Division :-Harrietville ... ... ... 102 Harrietville to'Bright ... ... 426' Bright to Boundary,including Running
Creek ... ... ... . •. W andiligong ... ... ... Buckland to Upper Bridge ... • •. Upper to Lower Bridge... • .. Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction ...
Alerandra Subdivision: Alexandra and vicinity ... Godfrey's Creek and vicinity Devil's Ri vcr and tributaries
.Johnson's Creek and tributaries Head of U T Creek .. . Goulburn River... .. . Doojalook ... Spring Creek and tributaries Higin botham ... ... Merton and vicinity Tea-tree Creek and Yicinity Scattered population .. . Acheron River ... .. . Maindample and Doon ... Yea ... ... ...
'Dry Creek Subdivision: Brankeet Creek ... Dry Creek ... Hell's Hole .. '
GajJne!!,s Creek Subdivision: Goulburn Ri ver... .. . Gafl'lHiv's Creek... .. . Cannon's Creek... .. . Raspberry Creek and branches Lyrebird Creek... .. . Wallaby Reef .. . Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... Moving population .. . Moonlight Creek .•• .. .
Wood's Point Subdivision: Wood's Point and Morning Star Lower Goulburn... . .. Right and left branches .. . Gooleycs Creek... .. . Harper's and Pheasant Creeks Perkins' Creek and Waverley All Nations and Creek' ... Black River ' ,., Moving popUlation Maori Creek ... Never-mind Spur .••
Btg River Subdivision: Frenchman's Creek Warner's Creek ... Enoch's Point .•• Railway Creek ... Jim Thomas' Creek Big River North ... Big River South ••• Fry's Creek ... Wilson's Creek Moving popUlation Goulburn River ...
M ieta-milla Division: Lightning Creek .. . Granite Flat .. . Mitta Mitta River .. . Jun~tion, Snowy Creek Bethanga... ...
Carried forward
136 280 119 183 188
30 40 20
8 10 10 2
10 2
IS' 15 20 40
8 10
6 1I0 24
1-
4 49 19 34,
3 24
3 8 5
-35 20 36 10 10
6 12 14
8 3
20
3 4
10 24
3 20
6 8 2 4 3
35 65 25 10
300
495
1,434
238
140
149
174
87
435
5,7Il
Jamieson Subdivision: Howqua Hiver and tributaries ... 5 Goulburn River, from Howqua to Jami~son ... .., ... 35
Mack's Creek '" ... ... 60 Goulburn River, from Jamieson to
Swampy Creek... ... ... 70 Sailor Bill's Creek... ... .. _ 100 Flume Creek ... ... ... 30 Baker's Creek ... ... ... 30
--- 330
':l'otal for Beechworth District ...
SANDHURST DISTRICT.
8anilliUl'st Division: Back Creek and Spring Gully ... Sheepshead and Golden Gully ... Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat ... Crusoe Gully and neighborhood .•• Marong and Bullock Creek ... Victoria aud New-ehum Reefs ... Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies ... Ironbark ... ... ... . .. Bendigo Flat ... ... • .. . White Hills and Epsom... .. . Huntly... ... ... .. . Sydney Flat and Whipstick .. .
, 1:lpecimen Hill and Sailors' Gully .. . Devonshire Gully and Dead-horse Flat Windmill Hill and California Gully .. . Eaglehawk Gnlly and :Flat...· .. . Snob's Hill and Pegleg Gully .. . Raywood... ... ... .. . Elysian Flat ... ... .. . Sebastian... .. . Kamarooka .. . Scattered and prospecting ...
K ilmore Divisi~n : Reedy Creek Sunday Creek
• 145 360 480
80 120 560 525 510 515 100 215 190 290 250 430 315 395
70 40 40 40
250
15 12,
6,041
5,920
Heathcote Division and Waranga South 1-27
Subdivision: Graytown .. . Redcastle .. . Heathcote .. . Costerfield ... Tooborac... ... Kimbolton and Campaspe .. . {',oliban and Myrtle Creek .. . Wild-duck ...
Waranga Nor/I. Subdivision: Rushworth ... Whroo... • .. Coy's Diggings .. . White Hills, &e. .. . Waranga .... • ..
Total for Sand hurst District ...
MARYBOltOUGH DISTRICT.
M aryborough Divisi()1! : Alma .. . Waterloo .. . Inkerman .. . Moonlight Flat Adelaide Lead Golden Point Craigie ... Four-mile Flat Carisbrook Mosquito ... Blucher's ... Newtown ... Havelock .. , Chinaman's Blackman's Lead ... Maryborough
Carried forward
15 90
140 220
40 20 40 30
1-
100 95 35 25
6 1-
450 60 50 50
J50 , 100
100 100 200 150 250 150 '150 800
50 300
,595
261
6,803
---- 3,100
... 1- 3110~
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NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued.
Name of place.
Brought forward ...
Majorca Subdivision: Majorca Lead ... . .. View Point Lead ... . .. England's Hill Lead ... Rocky Flat Lead ... • .. Gibraltar Lead... • .. Scaudinavian Lead ... Gladstone Co., McCallum's Creek .,. German Gully ... • ..
Amherst Division: About Talbot ... . .. Scandinavian Lead .. . Mount Greenock... .. . Mount Glasgow... • •• Nuggety and Long Gullies .•• Kangaroo Flat and Gully... _ ••• Mia Mia and tributaries .. .
... Daisy Hill and tributaries .. . Adelaide Lead South .. . Blacksmith's Gully .. . Emu and Cockatoo .. . Brown's Gully... .. . Norfolk and Shellback Gullies
Alloea Subdivision: Amphitheatre .. , ... Avoca Lead .. - ... " Green Hill Creek ... .. . Percydale ... ." Homebush .•• . .. Lamplough .. , ." Barnes'Reef ... .. . Monte Christo .•• .. . Mountain Hut ... .. . No.1 Creek ... . .. No.2 Creek .. , •.• Kimberley and Sardine .. . Donkey Hill ... .. . Middle Creek, &c. ... .., Gullies east of Avoca .,. Perseverance Reef... .. . New Reef, Avoca Road .. . Glenpatrick Reef ... .. .
Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions: Dunolly... ... .. . Burnt Creek ... - .. . Goldsbrough ... .. . Inkerman... ... . •• Moliagul, &c. ." ••. Bealiba .•• ... ... Murphy's Flat, &c. • .. Jones' Creek, &c. ... • •• Wild Dog, &c. ... .. . Tarnagulla ... .. . Half-way... ... . .. Llanelly ... .., ...
Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions: Jericho and Jordan ... • •• Whitehead's aud Thomsou's Gully ... Berlin and Hard Hills ... . .. Kingower ... ... .. . McIntyre's ... .., .. . Synnott's .•• ... ... . .. Burke's Flat ... ... . .. Inglewood .. , ... ... Wedderburn ... ... . .. Garibaldi .... .., ... . .. Avoca Forest ... ... . .. 'Voolshed and Yorkshire Flat ... Chinese ........ . Quartz Mines ... ... .. .
Redbanh and St. Arna ud SQU th Sllbdiviaiolls: Stuartmill; &c.... ... ... Redbank ... ... . •. Fowler's I,cad ... ... ... Hinds... .•• ... . .. Moonambel, &c. ...' ... . .. Darling Fla,t ... ... . .. l!:merald Flat ... .•. .. . Sandy Creek ... ... .. . Canterbury ... ... . .•
Sr. Arnaud North Subdivision: New Bendigo ... St. Arnaud .. . Stuartmill, &c. .. . Silver Mines, &c. .. . Rostron's and Wattle Flat ...
Carried forward
Total. Name of Place. No. Total.
--- ---... ---,.---~ .. ~~- ... ----' .. -------
S2 7
14 3
17 36 32
7
40 20 90
6 .50
50 50
144 lUO 36 50 20 30
66 100
72 ISO 90
152 6
25 25 45
150 15 10 25 20 25
5 8
100 50 SO 35 90 90 15 80 90 SO 25 45
3,100
19S
686
1,019
-- iSO 100 50
2,000 25 20 10 40
200 138 29 37 63 46 13
-- 2,7il 65 50 30 30 75 25 80 15 20
25 200 30 30 25.
390
8,944
Brought forward ... ... St. Arnaud North Subdivision-continued.
Emu, &c.... . .. Carapooe ... Bell ·Rock, &c. . .. Blink Bonnie, &c. '" Duchess of Edinburgh Jerejaw, &c. ... Victoria Reef, &c .. "
Total for Maryborough District ...
CUTLElIU.INE DISTRICT. Castiemaine Division:
Eureka Heef Guildford Campbell's Creek ... Sailor's Gully Castle maine ' Barker's Creek Myrtle Creek Moonlight Flat ... Chew ton Wattle Gully Golden Point Diamond Hill Bolivia Reef ...
Fryer's Creek Division: Golden Gully to Fryerstown Spring Gully and Speeimen lIilI Chok'em Flat to Vaughan ... Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills German and Mopoke Gullies Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ... Table Hill and 'rarilta • .. .
. Guildford Hills... .. . .Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe Nuggety Gully and Irishtown Green and Sailors' Gullies .. . Pickpocket and Hard Hills .. . Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss
Hepburn Division: Dry Diggings Section ... Yaudoit Section ... ... Boots Gully Section ... Italian Gully Section .. . Spring Creek Section .. . Doctor's Gully Section .. . Brandy-hot Section .. . Deep Creek Section ... Blind Creek Section ...
\
' Stony Creek Section .. . Wombat Creek Section .. .
i Davlesford Section .. .
I
Coimel's Gully Section ...
I Tamdlde alld Kynetoli Subdivisi<m :
Taradale .. . Liberty Flat ... : ..
I Hedesdale ... Yankee Poiut ...
I
JI-Ialms bury ... Goliban... ... Belltopper ... Lanriston .. . Emberton , .. .
Ta1'rangowcr Divisioll : North M",ldon ... Beehive Hill ... Baglehawk .. . Long Gully .. . Porcupine Flat .. . Fiddler's Flat .. . Mount Tarrangower . Sandy Creek ... Nnggety ... .. . Mia Mia .. .
\ Green Valley .•. lIIuckleford .. . Clydesdale .. . River Loddon ... Parkin's Reef ... German Heef .,. Chapman's Gully ... Bell's Reef .. , Miller's Beef ...
. Carried forward
15 10 40 15 20 10 20
45 100 120 37 90 90 40 62
196 115 59 S2 27
135 120 240
SO 130 100 100 230 230 130 40 40
150
78 123
54 76 81 69 33
114 123 80
107 275
76
197 12 28 19 34 30 33 52
6
24 63
191 57 32 3
15 87 13
6 IS 16 20 10 18 3S
3 6 4
8,944
440
9,384
1,068
1,725
1,289
411
624
5,112
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NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued.
Name of Place. No. Total. Name of Place. IN-o. Total.
---------------1------ --------------.-Br!!ught forward •••
St. Andrew's Division: Anderson's Creek ... Long Gully: ... Smith's Gully ... You You ... ." Wild-dog' ... Phipps' Gully .•. Walsh and Armstrong's Warburton .•. Cherry Tree ... Cobbler's Gully .. . Watery Gully .. . Reef ton .• ; ... . Pioneer .. . Queeustown .•• Kingstown ... One-tree II ill ... McMahon's ... 'Emerald ... Star,vation Creek ... Hoddle's Creek ... Muddy Creek ...
Blue Mountain North Subdivision: Trentham ... ... N~wbury... ... • .. Gar.1ick'a... ... . ..
Total for Ca.atlemaine District ...
ARARAT DISTRICT.
Ararat Division: Arara.t Proper ... . .. Ai:mstrong's, ... • .. Philip's Flat and Cathcart ... Rhymney Reef and Shea's Flat Opossum, Gully and Port'Curtis M~yston'and Londonderry ...
Pleaaallt'Creek Division: Silver Shilling ... ... • •• D~ep Lead,Fol'ty-foot, and Welshman's
,Flat'... ... ... • •• G~eat Western... ... . .. Stawell... '" ... ... S~venty-foot ... ... • .. Germania ... ... . .. Welcome·... ..... . Darlington ... ... .. . Ironbark ... ... ... , ...
BarMy 'Division: Lan!lsborough ... . ... Barkly... ... ... Frenchman's ... • .. Glen patrick . ... ...
Raglan Division: , , Beaufort and surrounding gullies ...
Sailors' Gully... ... Charlton ... W'aterloo... • ..
96 4
I8 ·17 14 27
_IS 23 13 i6 7
62 21 28 26
, 9 15 12 ,4
26 2
17 15 23
165 80 65 55 95 70
18
535 38
1,045 36 21 ,6 15 58
1!l5 60
250 50
118 81 i
60 i 96 .
5,112
458
5,625
530
1,772
485
-- 355
, Total for Ararat District
GIPPSLANI) DISTRICT.
Omeo Subdivision: Livingstone Creek .. , ... Mitta-mitta River, from Cobungra to
Wombat Creek .•. ... • .. W,ornbat Creek ... ... .. . Gibbo River ••. ... .. . Swift's Creek ... ... .. . River Tambo ... ... .. . Riley's Creek ... ... • ..
Mitchell River and BoggU Creek Subdivisions:
122
32 30 15
136 14 4
Nicholson and Tambo Rivers ... 110 Boggy Creek ... ....... 117 Merrijig Creek ... ... ... 52
3,142
353
Sandy's Creek ... ... ... 32 Mitchell River .. ... "'!~ 321
... , .... 674 Carried forward
Ofllce of Mines, }!elboUlne, 14th October 1816.
-Brought forward ...
Crooked River Division; Grant... ... .. . Crooked River. ••• ... -Jungle Creek ... . ..
, Twel ve-mile Creek... ... Twenty-five-mile Creek ... Thirty-mile Creek ... ." Wentworth ... • .. Upper Dargo ... . .. Middle Dargo ... . .• Lower Dargo ... .. . Upper Mitchell ... .. . Good Hope ... .. . Good Luck Creek ... • •• Swamp and Morris' ' Creeks ....
Jericho Division: Dry Creek .. . Lower Jordan .. . Upper Jordan .. . Red Jacket Creek ... B B Creek .. . Thomson River. .. . Aberfeldy River .. . Loch l;'yne ... Prospecting ...
Donllell!/,s Creek Division: Donnelly's Creek .... Aberfeldy, Fulton's, &c. :Freestone Creek .. . Gladstone .. .
Stl'inger'~ Cnjek'Divisioll: Walhalla ... ... ...
_ . Neilson's Creek ••• • .. Aberfeldy River... .. . Thomson'River... .. . Stringer's Creek... . .. Prospecting on Pleiades Ranges
Aberfeldy Subdivision: Aberfeldy River... • •• Thomson River... . •• :Wilsoll and Barthold's Lease 'Vaterloo Company's Lease ... Aberfeldy Company's ,Lease St.ar and'Thomson Lease ...
Russell's Creek Division: Crossover Creek ... Tangil... . .. Taugil (Western Branch) ... .l'I.ussell's Creek ... Pheasant Crcek .. . Hawthorn .. . Wombat Creek .. . Good Hope Creek .. . Charity... • .. Lady Manll~rs Sutton
Bendoc Subdivisio11: Bendoe... . .. Bonang ... Delegete Ri ver ... Bog and Qneensborough
Tarwin Subdivision: Foster ... Turton's Creek
Traralgon Subdit'ision r Morewell ... Naracan Creek ... 'l'raralgon .. . lninn's Creek .. . Tyers River and Creek Merriman's Creek ... Moe ... .. . La Trobe... .. . Eaglehawk Creek ... Bennett's Creek '" Haunied Hill ...
• •• i
22 . 25
8' 3'
14 6
25 20 H· 12 '2i '12~
15 24 '
22 30
7 22 20 24 fil 3
"* ' 42 32· 10 "4
::,f . 496
'2 60 54 ·4 4,
44 6
40 '2 6 4
,8 40
2 ,'6
3 8 1 '1 1 2
... ---'-' ,6 30 36 24
I25 8
8 7 4 4 8 3 II 4 3 2 4
674
227
143
88
620
102
78
96
133
--'- - 52
Total for Gippsland District ... 2,2I3
GRAND TOTAL -11,990
THOS. COUCHMAN, Acting Secretary for Mines.
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MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION. Mr. David Cltristy, Mining Registrar.
During the quarter nothing of any importance in mining has happened. The run of auriferous ~uartz spoken of in a former report, and known as the" Indicator Lead," still continues a favorite, returning to the miner a fair remuneration; it is occasionally very rich, and has now been traced over three miles.
The total consumption of water by mining companies, supplied by the BalltU'at Water Commission, for the quarter, was 8,021,000 gallons, at 4d. per 1,000 gallons.
No miners are employed other than gold miners in this division. GOLD obtained by the principal Alluvial Claims for the Quartel' ending 30th September 1876.
The St. George ... The Nil Desperandum Winter's Freehold The Eastern Star
The Duchess The Endeavor The Parade
() ...
The Temperance The Britannia ...
oz. dwt. g •• 390 16 18 396 4 12
From puddlers, &c.
... 1,865 5 0 205 0 0
DIVIDENDS.
Total
SOUTHERN DIVISION.
Total
Afr. George Perry, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ MINING.
oz. dwt. gr.
.. .. 1,200 ° °
... 4,057 6 '6
£ s. d. 180 ° 0 172 0 0 100 0 0 460 0 0 171 \} 0
------£1,083 0 0 ----
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The chief item of interest which has 'occurred during the quarter is the striking a reef by Schreck and partyNil Deaperandnm Company, Kangaroo Flat-at a depth of 75 feet from the surface. VeryJittle is yet known as to the value of the find; but, from present appearance~, it is likely to prove importflllt. The r~ef is 8 feet wide, and easily worked. Two trial crushlllgs of 78 and 71 tons taken' therefrom yielded 22 ozs. 8 dwts. IS grs. and 19 ozs. 7 dwts. 3 grs. respectively. Much richer stone is stated to exist deeper; but with present appliances they are unable to work it with advantage, in consequence of the great quantity of water; Two other claims have been registered on the same line of reef.
Staffordshire ReeC.-The Hopewell Tribute Company still continue to pay handsome dividends. The Speedwell 'l'ribute Company have purchased a small winding engine, which they intend to erect forthwith,
to enable them to work the quartz at a deeper level, their present level-just above the water-being nearly worked out.
The Hopewell Company are still engaged driving their Sl5-foot level; but nothing of an encouraging nature has yet been met with..' .
The New Kangaroo Company have nearly completed the erection of their winding plant, and will start sinking in about ten days. '.
Frenchman's.-The Hope Company have had such exceedingly poor returns from the quartz crushed that they have ceased operations, and contemplate ,winding-up the company. This is much 'to b!l regretted, owing to the great a.mount that has been expended on machinery and plant. The claim will doubtless be taken up again.
ALLUVIAL MINING.
At Kangaroo Flat several parties are doing exceedingly well, notably the Lucky Company, who have divided as high as .£40 per man per week. I am ct'edibly informed that they have netted the very handsome Bum of over .£700 per man from the time they took up the claim to date-twelve months.
McMullen's Bridge.-The Goldsbrough Company are still prospecting, but have not yet met with anything payable.
Pitfield Plains.-The Welcome Company are sinking a new shaft. No water is sold in this division.
BUNINYONG DIVISION, lIfr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
ALLUVIAL MINING.
With the exception of a tributary to the Durham at tlie Red Jacket, nothing new has been found this quarter; at this place several parties are doing well. The gold is rough, nuggets up to 2~ ozs. having been got. The' main Durham lead at the Persev~ra!lce mille is now worked by English tributers, and with considerable success.
QUARTZ MINING.
There is a considerable improvement in this branch of mining during the quarter. For a distance of over two miles Fairweather's and Scotchman's lines of reef being pretty well studded with parties nt work, that are, in many instances, doing well. 'These parties have crushed 831 tQDS, with all average of over 8 dwts. to the ton. '
The quantity of water sold during the quarter-Fl'om Government reservoir, under charge of Buninyong Borough Council, quantity used, 35,000,.000 gallo!ls; amount paid, £10 128. 6d.
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SMYTHESDALE DIVISION.
Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The returns for the quarter show considerable improvement in the condition of the mines, giving 730 ozs. in
excess of the previous quarter's yield. The Haddon portion of the district has been the chief cont.ributor, next to which rank Linton, and Scarsdale. Other parts, notably Carngbam and Cape Clear, have been very backward, and, as far as can be judged of at present, there does not appear to be much prospect of amendment. Although the greater portion of the alluvial ground now in occupation is opening up well, but little desire seems to exist to prospect neW ground of that character, and consequently only a few alluvial claims have beeu taken up during the quarter. Quartz mining is in better repute, and, on that account, is receiving a greater amount of attention in the way of prospecting. The" Smythesdale Consols" (quartz) have made very commendable progress as regards the erection of machinery and other preparatory works. The" Linton" quartz claim continues to maintain its high character, as may be seen from the a.nnexed returns. Considering the number engaged in mining here and the quantity of gold produced, I think it may be allowed that the district well maintains its usual reputation as a gold-producing one. The past season being so dry, sluicing has not been attended with its wonted success. .
.The following are the yields from the principal mines :-Reform, Haddon, 2,041 ozs. 3 dwts.; Trunk Lead. Haddon, 1,329 ozs. 1 dwt. 13 grs.; Racecourse, Haddou, 1,302 ozs. 10 dwts.; Preston Hill, Carugham, 186 ozs. 8 dwts.
No water wall sold during the quarter.
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CRESWICK DIVISION.
Mr .. Jame$ Stevenson, lUining Surveym' and Registrar.
QUiRTZ MINING.
In quartz the yield of gold is nearly 1,000 OZS. greater than in the preceding quarter. This is partly owing to .. greater quantity of quartz having been crushed, but principally to' the general average being nearly 7 grs. per ton higher.
ALLUVIAL.
In alluvial gold there is a falling off of about 3,000 ozs. At Springhill several of the richest mines have been worked out; the numlier of mines in gold are fewer in number, and the difficulties of finding the gold and worki~ the ground increase as the leads progress.
The following are the yields and dividends from the principal mines :-
YIELDS. oz. dWI. Ir.
Approximate yield of small miues 1,500 0 ° Port Phillip Compauy Tributers, Clnues 213 18 12 Cunuings' Company (Freehold), Springhill ... 1,886 17 ° Cameron's Freehold Company, Springhill ·1,166 16 0 Bunyan's Freehold Coll1pany, Springhill 706 1 ° Kingston Park Company, Springhill ... ... 974 6 0 Ryrie's Freehold Company, Spriughill ... ... 940 17 12 Richardson's Western Freehold Company, Springhill 246' 14 °
7,635 10 ° DIVIDENDS' AND RoYALTY.
£ .. 8. d. Port Phillip Company, Clunes 1,065 2 9 South Clunes Company, Clunes ... 6,000 ° 0 New North Clunes Company, Clunes 5,140 0 0 Bunyan's Freehold Company, Springhill 2,090 13 6 Cunnings' Freehold Company, Springhill 4,526 0 0 Camerou's Freehold Company, Springhill 779 5 0 Kingston Park Company, Springhill 1,204 9 6 Ryrie's Freehold Company, Springhill ... . .. 1,398 14 0 Richard£on's 'Western .Ilreehold Company, Springhill 1,454 10 O~. Try Again Quartz Mining Compa.ny, Bullarook ... 375 ° 0
£2;1,033 14 9
The quantity of water used by the quartz mining companies at Clunes has been 89,898,920 gallons, at lid. per 1,000 .ga.llons. .
GORDON SUBDIVISION.
JJr. Thomas Cowan, Mining SW'veyor and Registrar.
. QUAllTZ MIlIIN.G.
Egerton.-:-Black Horse United' Company.-Work during the past qiiarter has been exclusively devqted to . making alterations in machinery at the mine, and II general overhauling prevlOus to re8uming work on what is deemed to be a very satisfactory basis. Pumping was commenced on Saturday, 23rd September, and as the water in the. mine has reached all the workings, it is anticipated that it will take about eight weeks to draw it. After that is effected, work will be carried on with vigor. Before pumping operations were resumed, 13 men were employed for th'e last month, but now,and till the mine is free from water, only 6 men will be employed, exclusive of those cutting and hauling firewood, the consumption of which is considerable. The Egerton Company have let. on a nominal tribute to this company, 600 feet of their northern~ground; which, when taken in conjunction with their own, should give the Blaek Horse United Company every prospect of being successful, which they undoubtedly deserve. The company have been reorganized, with II fresh capital, and it is hoped that any calls thnt may be made will be r~sponded to.
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The Egerton Company.-This company are still engaged in raising stone from their new shaft at a depth of from 400 to 600 feet. The number of'men employed is 130. '
S.outh Learmonth and E~erton Amalgamated Company.-T~is company for the present have finished sinking their shaft, which has now reached a depth of 520 feet. A chamber has been opened out at 500 feet, and they are now engaged in " skidding" the shaft with a view of driving for the lode.
No work has been done by the Argyle Company during the quarter, but in the last week of it a company hail been formed for the purpose of further prospecting their ground.
The North Argyle Company during the quarter have sunk their new shaft to a depth of 80 feet, and are now engaged in driving for the lode.
The Chinese company consisting of 12 men are still engaged in washing the tailings from the Egerton Company's battery. The yield of gold for the present quarter has beeu 45t ozs. Four other Chinese are also engaged in washing the tailings from the same company's battery, and have obtained 10 ozs. for the quarter. •
The Chinese company consisting of 11 men are still washing the quartz tailings from the Black Horse Company's battery with about the same success as last quarter. The yield of gold for the quarter was 20 ozs.
Gordon.-Parker's United Company.-During the quarter this company have sunk their underlay shaft a further depth of 40 feet, making a total depth of 385 feet, following a lode from 6 to 8 feet in width, and taking out quartz to a distance of 90 feet fr9m their shaft. 1,314 tons were crushed fx:om this lode, which yielded 848 ozs. 7 dwts., or 12 dwts. 21'9 grs. to the ton. On the south portion of this company's ground a tribute party have raised and crushed 304 tons, whieh yielded 83 OZ8. 18 dwts., or 5 dwts. 12'47 grs. to the ton. This stone was obtained from no regular defined lode, but from small branches or bunches of quartz. The tributers have now given up their tribute
Homeward.bound Company.-This company are still continuing prospecting operations, but as yet have been unsuccessful in developing any payable reef. Two trial crushings of 80 tons and 33 tons have been raised and crushed, which yielded respectively 2 dwts. and It dwts. to the ton.
During the last month of the quarter a. party have been prospecting in quartz reefs situated a short distance north of Gordon, and have obtained a fair prospect.
ALLUVIAL MINING.
Only 3 ozs. of gold have been obtained from this branc.h of mining during the quarter, by two men who work occasionally in Parker's Gully, Gordon. .
Prospecting for alluvial ground is still being carried on in Cobbler's Gully, Egerton, by the same company as mentioned m my last report. This company's works during this quarter consist of sinking and driving, the shaft having been sunk to a depth of 150 feet, and a drive 100 feet in length having been driven to the east; nothing of an encouraging nature, however, has yet been met with. No water was met with either in sinking or driving. The company working in All Nations Gully, mentioned in my last report, have ceased operations, in consequence, as they state, of too much surface water; they, however, in Lend to resume operations as soon as the dry weather sets in.
IRON.
Lal Lal Iron Company, LaI Lal.-No ore has been raised or smelted during the quarter. The company have removed, the steam.engine from the ground, but I am informed that they are about to call for tenders for a new engine to be erected in place of the one removed.
STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.
Mr. O. W. Collins, ~'1inillg Registrar.
During the past quarter mining has not much improved. At Elaine a fair amount of work has been done; and the late rains' have enabled the alluvial miners at Morrisons and elsewhere to wash up a good deal of the stacked dirt.
There is no mining in this division for metals or minerals other than gold. The population remains much the same, though there has been some moving about from one place to another. No water was sold during the quarter.
BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
lJfr. John F. Hansen, lJfining Registrar.
QUARTZ MnUNG •
. The average yield of gold per ton of quartz crushed has been less by more than one-half, although the quantity of gold obtained from this source of mining is almost equal to that of the previous quarter. The low average yield, however, may almost be looked upon with a certainty about this time of the year, when a sufficient supply of water can usually be obtained for crnshing purposes with water-power, in conseqllen'ce of which, large quantities of quartz are passed through the batteries which would not pay expenses if steam-power were used.
A new reef situated at Mr. Edgar's farm, allotment 20, parish of Bullengarook, has been discovered lately. The locality is about nine miles south· west from GisJ:lorne, on the Bacchus Marsh road, and a lease of Crown lands adjoining the farm has been applied for and granted to the prospectors. A trial crushing from this reef, of three tons of quartz, yielding 1 oz. of gold, has taken place at Malmsbury ; and a company (the Denham) have been formed to work the reef, and to purchase and erect crushing machinery. If they should be successful in obtaining remunerative returns, it will, in all probability, lead to the opening up of a large auriferous area hitherto undeveloped.
The Sultan Company have recently come across some excellent gold-bearing quartz at the 700·foot (lowest) level. The gold as seen in the stone is of a coarser description than usually obtained from this mine. 'I'he dividends declared by this company during the quarter amounted to £2,500, equal to £1 per share. .
The North Sultan Company, having expended all their available funds, have reorganized the company, and enlarged their capital. This company's main shaft has been sunk to a depth of 668 feet; and cross-driving east at the 575-foot level, as well as north, on the intermediate lode, from the 275-foot level, is now being carried on. There can be scarcely any doubt but that this mine will eventually be one of the best paying ventures in this distnct, as all the gold-bearing lodes a.t present worked i.n the Sultan mine are dipping to the north into the area held by this company.
The rainfall during the quarrer has been a greltt deal le~s than usual during the winter season, and the insuffi~ient supply of water has greatly interrupted the operations of companies crushing with water. power, as in some lllstances they ha.ve been unable to cru~h the whole of the 'large quantities of quartz raised during the summer months. .,
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ALLUVIAL MINING.
The ~ement cr~shed by the All Nations Company has been of a highly remunerative ehanicted; l49 ozs. of gold 'were obtaine~"giving each working shareholder a net profit of about £5 per week for the quarter.
Water.-Average qtlantity of water sold was :-Ten sluice-heads, at lOs. per week per sluice-head. No mining for metals or minerals other than l1;old has been carried on in this division. The following is the register of r,ainfall during the past quarter :-July, 3'06; August, 3'58; September 5'03.
-Total, 11'67 inches.
BALLAN SUBDIVISION.
Mr. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar. The only mining operntionsin this subdivision during the last quarter have been confined to Ashton's f)'echold
mine, near Blakeville; He and his sons have sunk their shaft deeper 'and have also raised some quartz, which looks well, and may return a good average when crushed. None has been crushed this quarter as yet.
No metals or minerals other than gold are searched for in this subdivision. No water was sold during this quarter.
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
BEECHWORTH 'DIVISION.
Mr. Alexa'(tde~ Alderdice, Mining Registrar. , The conthiued drought during the past' quarter has made, the produce of gold in this division' the smallest ever
recorded. The third quarter of the year, is always the best for sluicing, purposes; hut this order of things has been reversed during the past quarter, as water has been scarcer than it usually is in the summer months.
At Eldorado, the Ovens Gold and Tin Company have bottomed both their shafts at a depth of 276 feet, and the prospects are very good-2 ozs;4 dwts. of gold and 120 lbs. of black sand having been obtained from the bottom. The washdirt is about 4 feet in thickness •. As soon as preparations can be completed the company will' put on men to OPlln the main- drives. From the position in which the lead has been found in this claim it is evident that it runs to the north of Reedy Creck, and not, as was fOl'qlerly supposed, to the south. The Wellington Company have been Hooded out, and are not at_ work at present. The water got into the claim through some of the old drives, and is now standing well up in the shaft. 'fhis is to be regretted, as the company were giving employment to a large number of hands, and they were on very good ~round on the upper fioor at the time of the accident., It is the intention of the McEvoy Company to work on the upper or 90-foot fioor, as the bottom Hoar, where the shaft is sunk, consists principally of boulders and hard rock, and they find it difficult to follow the lead in consequence.
The R{Jcky.Mountain Company began their tunnel under the town of Beechworth during the quarter, and are employing Ford's rock-boring machines to do the work. These are working very successfully in the hands of the contractors, Messrs. Stephens Bros., and it is intended- to use eleetricity in firing the shots off, in order that three or four bores ma.y be exploded at the samc insta.nt. The time' allowed to the contractors to complete the tunnel (700 yards) is two years, but it is thought that it will be finished prior to that time. , .
Quartz mining is not very brisk. The Juvenile Company have l1;iven 'up their reef, and the mill is idle-the trifl,l crushings from Stony Creek not warranting the miners to continue at the reef. The Nonpareil Reef Company are erecting a small battery close to their reef, but as the season is so dry it is thought there will not be enough water
'for crushing until- rain comes. A of stone from the SuudayReef (50 tons) gave 2 ozs. per ton, a very good yield; but the ~tone is hard to obtain, the reef narrow. ' '
YACKANDANDAH DIVISION.
Mr. Peter Wright, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Alluvial mining continues quiet. 'The Staghorn Flat claims are doing 'very well In other localities the
miners are hardly making current wages. Water is scarce already. Quartz mining is looking up, and people are getting less afraid of it than they have been foreeveral years
past. A company has been formed t,o work the old Excelsior Reef on Twist's Creek, and has commenced operations by putting a pumping engine on, and is now busy widening the shaft. This reef paid very well in years gone by:. The Stringer Company have bought the crushing plant belonging to the old company, and are promising to continue doing well.
The Try Again is a new claim. Its first crushing has given over 3t ozs. to the ton. Two heads of water are being sold at 158. per head per week.
INDIGO' DIVISION;
. Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar: The quantity of stone crushed during the' quarter' has been smaller' th~n usual, owing, ill a great measure, to the
scarcity of water, otherwise the yield would have been greater than that of any previous .quarter. -. . The first crushing from the claim of Harris and Hollow, on the Great ,Eastern Reef, at Ruthel'glen, 98 tons
having produced 153 ozs. 13 dwts. 12 'grs. of gold, is highly satisfactory. The main drive in this claim has been completed f"om end to end, at a depth of about 160 feet from the surlace.. The reef is about 2 feet in width, w.ell defined, and the stone is calculated to yield, on an avera.ge, If ozs. to the tou. _ _ .
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A large reservoir has been constructed which will enable them to keep their machine cOllstantly employed. A considerable quantity of stone has accumulated during the dry weather, wben crushing could not be carried on. 1'hey
, employ from twelve to thirteen men, and anticipate a yield of from 2,000 to 3,000 ozs. during the current quarter. It may be safely affirmed this is the best reef ever opened in the Indigo division. .
The success attending this company has induced the more enterprising portion of the business people of Rutherglen to organize parties to test the partly worked reefs in the neighboring hills. Their operations are confined to the Great Eastern, Pipeclay, and Lanarkshire reefs. It is to be hoped this spirited enterprise will meet the deserved reward. .
Two new reefs have been reported in the neighborhood of Chiltern • .A new company has commenced operations on the alluvial claim formerly known as the Sons of Freedom, late
Doma Mungi, under the title of the Cbiltern Valley Gold Mines Company Limited. The capital is .£20,000, in 20,000 sbares of .£1 each. 'fhe shaft will be near the extremity of the old workings, where the ground is known to be good, and from this point the lead will be followed downwards. l'enders have. been called for the removal of the machinery to the new site, and in a short time the mine will be in full working order.
There are no miners engaged in the division in working for other minerals than gold.
BUCKLAND DIVISION.
Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar.
The very large quantity of gold obtained in the Buckland division in the past three months fully bears out the anticipations upon the point entertained ill my previous report.
Alluvial mining is almost entirely confined to the Chinese population, and that it affords that class a mere , Bubsistence may be gathered from the fact that ill the great majority of cases they now neither register claims nor hold
miners' rights. A tunnell, 780 feet in length' has, after three years' work, just been finished by Messrs. May, Cardwell, and
Co., undertaken for the purpose of draining a large alluvial claim at Bright. In consequence of some of the leading companies having paid off a number of hands, a large amount of pro
specting is being carried on throughout this division at present. When the weather permits of the burning off of the almost impenetrable brushwood, &c., on the west side of the Buckland River, southerly from the fine reef found by Mr. Butler' on Keating'S Creek, sanguine hopes are entertained that the line of country referred to, and which haa hitherto been totally unprospected, will afford some rich discoveries in reefing.
The quantity of water sold during the quarter was 26 heads, at from 68. to 208. ; general price, lOs. per head.
ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Robert W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
ALLUVIAL MINING.
The Triumph Company's tribute party abandoned work about the beginning of the quarter, and the Albion Company have also abandoned their ground, the quantity of water they had to contend with being more than their machinery could cope with. They have removed the plant to a site formerly worked near the head of the lead, in the hope of obtaining some payable results from blocks left at first working. No other lead is at present working. . Several prospecting claims have recently been registered, and the result of the operations is anxiously looked for.
A number of miners are still engaged ill fossicking in the old workings •. No water has been disposed of for mining purposes during the quarter.
QUARTZ MINING.
The results obtained from .the Just-in-Time claim at Gobur have been so discouraging that it is now reported there is a great probability of the company ceasing work, for a time at any rate. The Acheron diggings have not proved remunerative during the quarter, and no new discoveries have been made in the neighborhood.
. Work has again been resumed in three of the claims on the Lucky Reef, Alexandra, from two of which fair returns have been obtained; the other-viz., the Albert Company's claim-has been let on tribute, the machinery repaired, and the pumps replaced in the shaft. An early crushing is expected from material already at grass.
The antimony lode prospected for at Merton was cut at the depth of 76 feet, and the shaft continued to a depth ofloo feet ;,the thicknes~ of the lode is 12 inches where cut. It is a fine sample, being very pure.
- DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Robert Pemberton, Mining Regist,'al'.
Nothing of any consequence whatever has occurred in alluvial mining during the past quarter. The yield of gold is a little below the average. The European portion of the population is gradually decreasing, owing to the difficulty of finding anything sufficiently encouraging to retain them.
In quartz mining nothing is being done; this lack of vigor is attributable to the want of capital and population. There is no other metal or mineral of any kind but gold sought after in this division.
GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.
Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Min,ing Surveyor and Registrar.
Quartz mining in this subdivision has been more lively during the past quarter than for years back. The average yield of nearly 6 dwts. for nearly 4,000 tons is an excellent one, and one rarely attained of late
here for anything like that quantity. . The yield of the Al tributers was quite up to expectation, and excellent' stone is still being obtained. The Eldorado tributers have also been very successful, as they did but lit.tle dead work for the yield obtained
and the vein they are on promises further good ont-puts. '
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The Wallaby Company are also doing well, and look forward to an improved yield shortly. _' The new reef known as the Happy-go-Lucky has again yielded a payable crushing of nearly half an ounce to the
ton, and the lode is widening. The crushing from Hunt's tribute company is a payable one at 20 grs, and over, the stuff crushed being on the
lIurface, easily moved, and reduced by water-power at a trifling cost. There is generally a revi val of confidence in the lodes of the subdivision, and, a good deal of activity prevails. The alluvial miners have averaged 258. per week wages, but there have been no great finds. No water is being Bold at present; it is very abundant. No millers are employed mining for other metals 01' minerals, but for gold only. All the crushings are given. '
WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION.
Mr. A. B. Ainsworth; Mining. Surveyor and Registrar.
There has been an impruvement in the yield of quartz gold during the past quarter, but nothing of sufficient consequence to lead to bright anticipations for the future. • .
The comparative failure of the Hope Mining Company to trace a payable shoot of gold in their lowest level ha~ been a heavy damper to Wood's Point. The company, aftel' an outlay on shafts and machinery of some £7,000, have for the present abandoned deep prospecting, and the npper ground is in part let on tribute. The tl'ihuters have not obtained as yet payable results, but are very sanguine of ulterior success.
The Lady Franklin Company have again obtained very satisfactory results, their crushings averaging 1 oz. 131 dwts. to the ton; they have now started a deep tunnel, and contemplate erecting machinery.
At Matlock the All Nations Company alone are working. At the Black River (Royal Standard) the Golden Star Company have two men on_ The other claims at both places are idle.
On tbe Morning Star Hill the only claims wOl'king are the Hope Company and the prospectors, who are sluicing down and crushing the face of the hill, and.obtaining highly payable results.
The average earnings of alluvial miners have been 2is. 6d. per man per week. Water israbundant, and I hear of none being sold.
No miners are employed mining for other metal or minerals but gold in this subdivision at present.
BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION.
M,'. A. B. Aillswortlt, M.ining Surveyor and Registrar.
" Two companies only are at work in this subdivisioy.-the Londondcrry Company of tributers, who have had a payable yield of 131 ozs. retorted gold, and the Unknown Company, who are still engaged ereoting their battery.
Tbe Luck's All Mine continues idle, as also the Belle of Venetia. In quartz mining very little is doing. In alluvial mining miners have averaged £1 a week. . I hear of no water being sold. When sold, price 4s. 6d. per sluice-head. No miners ~!,e employed mining for other metals than gold in this subdivision.'
MITTA MIT'rA DIVISION.
lIlr. W. H. Cocltrane, lJfillillg Registrar.
The ~ld alluvial workings on the Mitta Mitta River and Snowy Creek continue without any change to report. The Bethanga reefs are slowly developing. The crusbings from twelve different reefs have yielded about
1,5000zs. for the last quarter. One claim yielded 500 ozs. for 250 tons of quartz-about 2 ozs. to the ton; the others averaging from Ii ozs. to 5 dwts. Tbe population continues steady, and good confidence seems to be felt of its continuance. Increased machinery is in the course of erection, and building is going 011 in every direction.
JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. lIlr. PfT. Ii. EduJards,.llfining Registrar . .
The Gleeson Lease Company are raising stone from their western spur gronnd,. A few days ago a fresh make of stone was struck, gold being frequently seen. It appears to be of a permanent character, and the foot and hanging walls are well defined. The compauy are, very busy crashing, and will wash up llext week. ,
Sailor Bill's Company.-'l'he shareholders in this company arc now lookillg forward to a retul'll of over £5,000' spent during the past four years in prospecting the claim. The reef struck ill the tunnel has now opened out from 4 inches to 2 feet 6 inches thick, showi'ng gold freely. They will commence raising stone i.n a short time.
Venture Company are dl'iving the tunnel to strike the No.1 reef. The ground has been very hard, but is now much softer, so that bettei' progress will be made. It is expected to strike the reef in about 40 feet.
- lVlack's Creek Company are still driving the cross-cut, and expect every day to break into "Haywood" shaft, when they will at once take out stolle alld comnlence crushing.
1'he Alabama still contiques to keep its character as a 'dividend-paying mine. A rise has been put up on the - new make of stone known as II ughes' leader, for a distance of 40 feet, the stone keeping about the same in thickness ,and quality.
The Just-in-Time Company, in pULtillg up a rise from their No.'2 level, struck a recf two feet thick, carrying gold; they will commenoe breaking out stone as soon as possible. .
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SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
SANDHURST DIVISION. 1.11r. N. G. Stephens, frli'l1ing Registrar.
The quantity of quartz crushed during the past qU!lrter is fully up to the average, but there haa been a slight falling off in the yield of gold. This, I believe, will provp, to be temporary, as most encouraging discoveries have been made very recently.
On the Garden Gully Reef the Garden Gully United Company have, at 668 feet, struck a continuation of the reef found in the Pandora Company's claim at a great depth. The two claims are several hundred yards from each other. The reef shows gold as far as they ha.ve driven through it, and it is several feet in thickness. The prospects of the whole line is thereby greatly improved. -
The tributers at the southern end of the Great Extended Hustler's Reef Company's lease have also just come on to a good reef, yielding about an ounce to the ton. The Morning Light Company, in Golden Gully, last week obtained 336 ozs. of gold from 10 tons of dressed pyrites, the produce of 120 tons taken from the reef, which is a good size, and nearly all pyrites.
An'unusual number of claims have been taken up, and good reports are coming in from various parts of the district.
Very little is doing in alluvial mininl;f. The quantity of water sold for min1ng purposes is 709,000 gallons, unfiltered, at 4d. per 1,000 gallons; and
9,480,000 gallons of filtered water, at 6d. and Is. per 1,000 gallons.
Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &c., crushed during the past quarter, included in the tables prefixed to these reports :- "
Name of Company.
Garden Gully Vnlted
Golden Stream Tribute Horwood's E'reehold Londonderry Tribute
Where Quartz, &c., were obta.ined.
Garden Guny Reef ..
Garden Gully Reef ., Garden Gully !leef .. Garden Gully Reef ,.
tons~ 4,200
6;1 1,891
427
Burrowes' Freehold Garden Gully Ree! .• 406 Garden Gully Railway Re- Garden Gully Heef •. 321
serve Koch's PIoneer.. Garden Gully'Reef.. 1,201
Miller and Co. North Se .. Tribute Pandora
Oo.rden Gully Reef .. , 95 Garden Gully Hee! .. ,I 639
St. Patrick', Unity Freehold .• Uulty Yietory._
Garden Gul!y Heef "I' 8,809 Garden Gully Heef.. 407 Garden Gully Reer •• 419 Garden Gully Reef.. 1,256 Garden Gully Reef .. : 4,483 Hustler', Iteef i 3,;60 Great Exleuded Hustier's ••
Great Hustler's" Hustler', Reef United Pioneer .. ElIa<mere No, 1 ,_ Laz.aru8 New-chum & BelieVueR,R New-chum United North Old-chum Nurth ShcnandQlIh •• New-chum and Victoria .. Shamrock Shenandoah Young-chum.. " Young-ebum Tribute No.3 Catherine Reef U, C. Central Catherine
Hustler', Reef Hustler's Heef Hustler's Heef New-chum Heef New-chum Reef New .. chum Reef New~chum Reef N ew-('hum Ueef New-chum Reef New-chum Hee! New-chum Reef New,chum Heef New·cbum [~eef New-chum Reef Catherine Reef Calherine Ueef Catherine Reef South Catherine Reef
Ducbess of EdInburgh PrIncess Alrutandm Snob's Hill
~, ~:;~~:~!~ ~:~~
Johnson'. Reef G. r.r. North Johnson' •. :
,. i Devonshire Reef
"I' Johnson's Reef
,f; Johnson's Reef
.. "I'
"I' ..
580 290 230 322 331
1,634 004
1,130 3,82G
9uO 636
8,636 668 125
4,223 1,116
409 1,270 1,983
840
5,457
492
Rose ot Denmark •. 1 Johnson'. Reef Gibbs, Ballellltedt, &I Wells: Victoria Reef
.. , 524 1,206
906 :1,052 ,
356 ' 170
':ictoria Consol. " I Victoria Reef, Vicloria Reef G, M, " I· Victoria lleef King of Prussia.. .. . Lightning Reef St"er and Co. . . ., , Lightning Recf Bendigo and i\lelbourne "I Bird'. Ileef.. Empire. • ., Derwent Heef GOlden Crown •• Carshalton neef White Star ••• Call1halton Reef Great BritBln •. : PrInce Alfred Ileef Liverpool .. ., I, Specimen HIlI New 1I100n " ., • Moon Heef " •. Oriental Perseverance .4 I Flora Reef •• United Perseverance .6 l'erscver..Lnce Reef
1,212 182 259 a04
1,326 93
3;7 296 1 79
York and Durham Snob's Hill !leef ! 1,362
PYRITES. North Shenandoah New-chum Reef "I 30 Shenandoah New ... chum Reef .. SO New.chum Unlt~d NeW-Chum lteef 19 New-chum & Belle VueI!:Ji N ew·chum Reef "I 19 Horwood's Freehold Garden Gully Reef " 16 Pandora Gardell Gully Reef _. 59 Burrowes' Freeh~id Garden Gully "cet " 16 Victory.. ., ' Garden Gully Reef " 8; Garden Gully Unltod .. Garden Gully Reef .. 120 VIctoria Reef G. 111. VictorIa Reet 41 Great Extended Hustle";:: Hustler's Iteef 50 United Pioneer Hustler's Reef 221 TorI< And Dur~ Snob's Hill Reef H
'1'otal ' Yield of
Gold,
oz. dwt,gt', ;,0;9 1 0
1,299 10 0 2,636 5 0
412 Il 0
Average Yield
per TOll.
oz. dwt. bl"l'. 1 4 2'17
I 19 22'15 1 7 21'17 o 19 7'7G
Depth at whleh the Quartz
was obtained,
300 to 670 feet
300 feet" ~OO feet 310 to 330 feet
330 0 18 0 16 6'19 310 feet 237 2 0 0 14 18'54 250 feet
402 9
60 15 349 3
2,6(,9 16 278 13 170 6 ~G9 9
9 0 12 19'041' aGO feet :. o 0 10 22'27 350 to 400 feet o '0 14 '0'44 About 670 reet o 0 13 16'62 400 to 450 feet o 0 8 8'09 840 feet .. o 0 13 20'27 ': 110 fe.t ". o 0 17 13'45 , 670 feet .. 3,936 4
2,156 17 o 0 11 11 '34 I' 680 to 740 teet
165 19 0 0 5 17'33 800 to 900 feet 308 6 12 I 1 6'33. 800 and 9;0 feet III 2 8 0 9 15'89 , 500 to 600 feet 101 9 0 0 II 16'17 ! Various 198 15 0 0 12 0'21 700 feet " 662 9 0 0 8 2'59 430 feet 438 1 0 0 0 lIi'59 Yarlous .. 450 13 0 0'723'42 620.5'7,and 9SS feet
1,004 8 0 0 10 6'44 Above 400 feet 659 18 0 0 14 Is'st 80 to 670 feet 115' 012 0 314'81 400 feet
3,187 4 0 0 17 12'75 450 feet .. 302 5 0 0 9 1'18
68 II 0 0,10 23'23 1,06H 14 0 0 9 7';4 Surface to 650 feet 1,226 14 0 I 1 23'61 520, ;SO,and 640 feet
361 10 ~ 0 17 16'S\ , ~40 to 640 feet .. 408 0 0 0 6 10'20 ! 300 feet & upwards 696 2 0 0 7 0'49 300 feet 280 14 0 0 6 16'40 From .urfaee
1,634 6 o 5 23'75 850 to 600 feet
817 10 0 0 12 21'76 487 teet &I upwards
;27 3 0 346 0 0 341 6 0 987 4 0 241 16, 0 168 I 0 41S 17 0 55 15 0
'182 7 0 92 6 12
454 9 0 95 0 12 79 2 18 38 5 C
120 7 0 672 6 0
9316 0 80 0 0 17 6 0 86 7 0 63 15 0
200 I 0 36 6 0
265 15 0 60411 0 102 0 0 199 B Q
71 2 0 26 S 01
1 0 2'88 o 5 17'71 i 200 feet " o 7 12'82 ' From 100 to 500 feet o 6 11'26 i 120 and 9 .. 7 feet " o 13' 14'02 . 150 feet .. o 18 14'26 i 25 to 30 feet o 6 2l'H8 I 300 to 350 feet o 6 3'03 o 14 1'94 GO to 100 teet o 6 1'77 IGOfcet" o 6 20'50 ! 226 feet .. I 0 10'45 • 240 feet "
,0 4 10'40 200 to 360 feet o 2 14'02 I 10 11'24 31aceet o 9 20'93 600 feet
8 2 12'80 '\ 2 13 8 I o 18 5'05 t 10 21'47
I Treatment, rever-3 19 16'50 3 7 19'52 2 5 9 1 batory furnace 3 2 12'70 and acastro 5 o 1R'20 2 9 18'14 I 8 19 18'24 . a 4 1~'27 , I 17 17'14 I)
feet.
Width of Reef, &Ie.
North end about Heel, In engineshaft 8 feet, not through yet
266 Average 9 Inches
From I foot to 4 feet. Ne ... and powerful machinery erected on the company1s ground
About 1 foot 60 Average 18 Inches
,47 Series of spurs, occupying 20 feet of country
2 reet From I foot to 6 feet
From 1 foot to 3 feet '8 feet
11i0 From 1 foot to 8 leet }'rom 3 reet to 20 feet
90 Western reef, 80 feet; old east reof from I foot to 3 feet
Average 1 foot 70 1 foot
150 Spurs
120 From 5 feet to 30 feet
From 1 foot to 10 feet From 6 inches to 6 feet
70 From 4 feet to 14 feet From 6 .nches to 2 feet From 8 feet to 4 leet
70 From 4 teet to 20 feet
130 Principally from sm&1l velna 180 Average a feet
1>IUlll! of spurs 100 Spurs 1·')0 Spurs of various slue: 100 From 6 Inches to Heet, NeWlllll
chine erected Chiefly spurs, New crushing battery of 30 beads erected
From 2 inches to 18 inches. Shalt 620 feet, Cros.-cuttlng to west at that depth
About 12feet At 500 reef from G inches to ~ !Qet
150 . From 6 inches to 40 feet 170 'I 6 feet
About 4 feet GO 1 From I foot to 10 feet
• • Spurs, from 3 inches to I toot 1 foot
SO Spurs i Spurs
110 ' }'rom 6 Inches to :. feet
10 inches 350 From :I teet to 6 fe..t
Non.-Tbe above figures Ire not to be adde4 10 tbose in the tables preJixed to Ihese reports. They are already IIUlSSe<1 and included In tile lables.
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Partioulars respecting some of the deepest shafts which are now being sunk, or the sinking of which has recently been . stopped for the purpose of putting in levels or cross-cuts.
Name of Company. Name of Hecf. Depth of
lWmarks. Shaft,
feet. teet. feet. Victoria Reef Q. M. Victoria Reef 1,118 1,000, l,lOO Driving W. at 1,000 and
Great Extended I:!ustler's , E. at 1,100
Hustler's Reef 1,063 840 1,010 Siuking Great Extended Hustler's Tribute Hustle'r's Reef 1,0~8 500 1,000 Sinking Hnstler's Reef Q. M; and D. Hustler's Reef 1,034 1,017 967 " Not sinking Victoria Reef G. M. Victoria Heef 967 916. 916 Sinking I.ansell's 180 claim Victoria Reef 965 955 955 Not sinking Hercules ... Victoria Reef 961 820 820 Sinking. Great Hustler's ... ... Hustler's Reef 950 950 950 Not sinking North Old-chum New-chum Reef 950 938 8i8 Sinking Carlisle, North Garden Gully, and Garden Gully Reef 940 784 924 Not sinki~g
Passby Old-chum New-chum Reef 940
I' 840 860 Sinking
New-chum and Victoria ... New-chum Reef 931 880 925 . Not sinking Koch's Pioneer Garden GullJ: Reef 916 812 812 Not sinking; opening out
at 906 feet .,',' , Lazarus ... New-chum Reef. 901 800. 800 Not sinking Hustler's Premier ... Hustler's Reef 894 800' 800 Not sinkirig ;' shaft
winze 90 feet Windmill Hill Windmill Hill Reef 880 780 880 Sinking Adventure and. Advance Victoria Reef 855 845 845 Not sinking Unity Garden Gully Reef 853 710 844 Not sinking Cornish United Garden Gully Reef 825 4:13 800 Sinking Coli mann and Taechi's Wetheral Reef 824 800 800 Not sinking
. Catherine Reef U .... Catherine Reef 81 i 800 800 Not sinking Pandora Ga,rdell Gully Reef soo 740 800 Sinking
HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND W ARANG,-A SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
illr. J. T. 'St~ong; lWlning Survey~r and Registrar.
804,
A sligHt improvement in mining operations has taken place sinl'e my 'last report. Five leases have been' applied for during tlle quarter just expir~d, arid generally more animation has been displayed ill various parts of the division, although the gold returns show a falling olf.
NO'water was sold during the quarter. .
.------W ARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION.
11fr. Henry Hicks, Mining RegistmT. . Beyond the fact that a few of the old puddling sites have been taken up, .the alluvial mines' are exactly in the
state they were at the date oimy last report. . . The returns from the quartz miiles are very satisf:),ctory, the yields therefrom being much in exoess of last
quarter; some, particularly those worked by the owners under miners' rights. have proved highly remunerative. • The Rushworth U. G. l\f. Company have ceased work for the present. It .was formed under the Limited
Liability Act, and has expended its capital. . . The Balaclava claim has again fallen into the hands of the proprietors. It will now be carried on under the
supervision of .:Mr. Lewis, ita first owner, from whose local knowledge and energy great hope is entertained that it may again resume its former activity.
The Mongolian Company have resumed work. . . Messrs. Cameron, of White Hills, have, been rewarded for their perseverance by a trial crushing of 24 tone,
which gave the handsome return of 62 ozs. 7 dwts. No water was sold during the quarter.
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
MARYBOROUGH DIVISION, Mr. P. Virtue,jun., },1fining'Registrar.
ALJ,UVIAL .MINING.
A small rush took place during the quarter at a place calIed Rifle Butts Hill, si~i.late at Chinaman's FJ.a,t. The prospectors, Messrs. Bryant and Gologher, obtained the excellent prospect of half an ounce of gold to t1)o load from their registered claim. The depth of sinking is 40 feet, and the width of gutter 20 feet. About a mile of the lead has been taken up; a la~ge number of men are on the ground, and several claims are yiet'.ling faJrreturlls .. But. the principal e .... ent of the quarter has been the temporary stoppage of the works on the eialll of the Duke and Tlllor Company, which had the .effect of throwing a large number of men <Jut of employment. . This temporary s,toppage was caused by the very heavy expense attendant upon working the min<;l efficiently, and tht;) ins1.lfficicncr of t4e
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return of gold from it to meet that e.xpeni!e. :At present th.e mine is let on t:ibute for one month, aud I thin~ th~t there is every prospect that the .t~l~uters wIll make theIr arran~emeut w;th. the c?mpa~y pay. The mme IS unquestionably the richest in the dIVlSlon, and the whole of the appOllltments m ~onnect.lOn WIth It are complete, a~d of a high.class order. It is earnestly to be hoped that the pluck, energy, and patIence displayed by the company will yet meet with an adequate reward.
The following is a statement of the gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines in this division during theq uarter :-'-
Band of Hope, Chinaman's Duke and Timor, Timor Count Bismarck, Alma Seaham, Alma Gladstone, Alma ... New Magnum Bonum, Alma Queen, Alma
Total ...
Dividends as under have been paid during the quarter by the companies·named:
Ba~d of Hope, Chinaman's New Magnum, Alma .
Total
QUARTZ MINING.
oz. dwt. gr. 350 4 12 822 17 0
1,205 9 0 2]0 0 0 324 0 0 237 0 0 241 17 0
3,391 7 12
£ &. d. 300 0 0 300 0 0
£600 0 0
The Bristol Hill Company have now got their machinery all in order, and are engaged in cutting down the western main shaft to a greater depth. The Great Extended Company are engaged with the erection of buddIes, and a.re making fair progress with the development of their mine. The Maryborough Con sols Company have, after Bpending'many thousands of pounds upon their claim, abandoned it, as they could not make it pay. There is nothing of any importance that I know of to remark with respect to the other mines in the division.
MAJORCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. John M .. Murphy, Mining Registrar.
During the past quarter mining in this subdivision has somewhat improved, more especially at Rocky Flat, where the Golden (late Extended Company are now erecting machinery which will be completed in a week or two. At Gibraltar, near Majorca, several claims have been taken up under miners' rights, with a fair prospect of success. The.Duke of Edinburgh Company (Walker'S paddock), McCallum's Creek, have had very good returns for the past quarter; and the company feel so much confidence in the lead they are now working that they have purchased thirty acres of private property (Forbes' Freehold) adjoining their present claim. There seems no present prospect of the deep mines (the Kong lVIeng Company and the Reliance Company) on the Hanoverian Lead, north of Majorca, being worked. -
There is nothing special to report with respect to quartz mining. 'The Prince Alfred Reef Company, German Gully, have just completed the erection of a new whim capable of raising stone from a depth of six. hundred feet. They are now driving for the reef. There are no metals or minerals other than gold obtained in this subdivision.
, No water was sold during the quarter.
AMHERST DIVISION. Mr. Joseph Smith., Minin.q Surveyor and Regi.~trar.
The total quantity of gold obtained during the quarter exceeds the return of the previous quarter by 166 ozs. In quartz mining the yield of gold shows an increase of over 2 dwts. to the ton in excess of the previous
quarter. A new quartz claim, which has b'een opened by John Miller, has produced over 3 ozs. per ton, and several other reefs show an increase of yield, so that quartz mining is attracting more attention in the division. The reefing operations at Brown's Gully, near Lex.ton, have turned out a faih,tre,.and the excellent plant of twelve stamps is advertised for sale. .' ,"'. -
In alluvial mining there have been two Ilr three small rushes, which 'caused much excitement amol1g the diggers. Norfolk rush has dwindled down; instead of the 300 miners who formerly occupied ground there are at present only 10 men at work. A more recent rush, called Shellback Gully, had about 100 men at work, but the number has decreased to about 20,
In the large companies Nichol's Freehold appears to have found the lead, and may be expected to show a good return for the ensuing quarter.
The Hoffnung Company still keeps up an excellent yield per ton of washdirt, and the Tara's Hall Company also shows an increased yield.· ..
The quantity of water sold during the quarter is :-Three sluicing parties (two sluice-heads each), at 408. per week for six weeks, £36; three puddling machines (one sluice.head each), at 208. per week for six weeks, £18. Total, £54.
The reservoir and TaOOS of Messrs. Stewart and Farnsworth are about to be sold to the borough council of Talbot.
AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
Owing to tlie scarcity of water in the early part of th" quarter, mining has been very dull in this division; since the recent rains, however, a large number of the old puddling mills have resumed work. In a tributary of the Old Lamplough Lead, at the bottom of Mosquito Gully, a small run of gold of a coarse character has beeJ;l. discovered, and a few miners are there still profitably employed. At Homebush, in the claim of the" Working Miners," 680 feet of the old drive in the deep level have been cleared out, and fresh timbers ~upplied where required; the driving continues still westerly.
Quartz mining has been unusually dull, and work has been temporarily suspended in several reefs in the Pyrenees. The Perseverance claim is the only one at present in full work in' that 10calHy. On the eastern side of the Avoca river, the Monte Christo tributers are earning good wages; and the Glenmona Reef is also paying well.
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DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Mr. W •. G. Couchman, .itlining Surveyor and Registrar .
.Dunoll.'I/ ])ivision. Both alluvial and quartz mining continue in a very dull state. The Queen's Birthday Company (Bealiba Reef)
have driven the 400-foot level south 794 feet, at which point a new block of stone, carrying good /.told and with every indication of permanency, has made 10 feet west of the old block. The cross-cut for the western reef is in 74 feet, and a strong body of water coming from the face. Machinery is about to be erected for treating the tailings (some 25.000 tons) and pyrites, which are expected to pay well; and, on the. whole, the prospects of the nline are very promising. The Goldsborough Company expect very shortly to resume operations. A small co-operative company has been formed to work the Windmill Hill Reef, and operations are to be commenced at once. Another co-operative company is testing the Chinaman's Reef, on the Old Lead, from which good returns were obtained a nnmber of years since. The Welcome Company, Advance Bealiba Reef, have been breaking out stone from the 240-foot level and the stopes above that level. The stone is very good, 60 tons having yielded 133 ozs. 6 dwts.
In alluvial mining, the Prince of Wales Company, Pottery Hill, have driven the main level·in reef 400 feet, and the intermediate level 200 feet, and have also put up two rises and sunk an !tir shaft, besides blocking out a good deal of ground; 1,000 loads of washdirt have yielded 680 ozs. of gold. A few nuggets have lately been found at the Shoots, near Jones's Creek, and a good number of miners are at work in that locality.
Tarna.qulla ]){vision.
Mining matters are in an extremely dull state in this division, and there is nothing of any great importance to note either in quartz or alluvial mining. The erection of the crushing plant at the. Slar Reef, Halfway Diggings, is proceeding rapidly, under the superintendence of the proprietor; Mr. Watkins. '!'he Poverty Reef Company expect· to resume operations very shortly, a number of gentlemen from Sebastian being in treaty to tribute the mine. Mo&t of the other reefs are idle at present. . '
INGLEWOOD DIVISION. Mr. T. W. Palmer, Mining Registrar.
During the past quarter mining in this division ha's not been attended with very encouraging results. The· Berlin goldfield is, so far as mining is concerned, almost abandoned. The rush at Orville, commonly known as "Possum Hill," is fast de,clining, there being at present not more than twenty claims yielding ordinary wages; results and the population are fast decreasin~. .
At Inglewood. Watson's Company, on the Daly Lead, are doing good work, but the results are said not to ~e as favorable as the proprietors anticipated, and are not of a very definite nature. From enquiry, I learn that the returns are greatly under t.he working expeuses.
In quartz, a discovery has been made by Eak and Whitehead, on the Irwin Reef, at Inglewood; the yield of a trial crushing was about half an ounce to the ton; but litigation now depending prevents the prosecution of active operations. •
In alluvial mining little or'nothing is doing, and the ground is being worked by "hatters" and" f08sickers." An application has 'Oeen made to me for a prospecting claim (quartz), in the vicinity of Berlin, by Ernest Breren
and Leo Plania.
WEDDERBURN DIVISION. Mr. John Reach, Mining Registrar.
Quartz mining is completely at a standstill, with the exception of a few miners prospecting in the mance scrub. In alluvial mining there have heen two or three small rushes, at one of which about eight or ten claims were
payable. Several nuggets have been Iound during the quarter from 2 to· 11 ozs. No water was sold during the quarter. "
REDBANK SUBDIVISION. lrIr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surv,eyor and Registrar.
There is nothing in mining matters to report during the quarter in this subdivision. No water sold during the quarter.
ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION: J.1£1'. w. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
No improvement in lPining operations, either quartz or alluvial, can be uoted during the quarter. The New Isis Company 'have worked out the payable stone at the ~hallow levels, and have stopped operations for the present, with a view to form a new company and to sink a new mam shaft. so as to cut the stone at a much greater depth than has hitherto been attained. .
ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. G. Couehman, ilfining Surveyor and Registrar.
There is no improvement to note. in mining operations during the quarter. The Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Chrysolite Tribute Company have driven the 600-foot level north 120 feet, and south 60 feet, and have opened the winze from the 500 to 600 foot levels, and are now stoping the backs from the 600-foot lev.el. The Cross Reef Oompany (Bell Rock) have been driving the 400-foot level, and aTe now stoping the backs from that, level. The London and
• St. Arnaud Company have. a number'of tl"ibu,ters ,at work,. and are also prospecting their mine in. s~veral places. '1'he Rising Star Company are In treaty to .let t~elr mme ?n trlbute~ and expe.ct ve:y shortly tc: have It III full work. The WilSOll'S Hill Tribute Company are st1ll dOlUg very httle, pendmg a modlficatlOn of the tnbute terms. The Greenock Reef qompany have been sinking the. shaft deeper with the underlie of the r~<:f, and br~ing out and ~rushing stone therefrom; the shaft is now 305 feet 1lI depth, and the stone looks very promlsmg for contu)cued good YIelds.
In alluvial mining there is nothing whatever to report.
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CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.
bIr. Tlwmas L. Biown, blining Surveyor and Registrar.
Nothing has 'occurred in alluvial mining worth recording; both miners and yield of gold continue gradually to decline. -
QUARTZ.
In quartz mining the larlYest yields are from Wattle Gully Reef; the Wattle Gully Company having obtained 891 ozs. of gold from 838 tons °of dirt, and the CentI:al Company 461t ozs. from 739 tons; in both these mines sinking and driving in greater depths are beinl{ vigorously prosecuted. .
The Eureka Consols continue drivilll{ their main levels; tbat at 360·foot level driven 404 feet south, and at 460-foot level 150 feet north; from 360.foot level north a winze is sunk 75 feet ill gold-bearing quartz. This company obtained 371 ozs. from 254 tons of quartz, and 4l ozs. from 9 tons pyrites. '
The Chewton Uuited continue sinking; now down 245 feet. In driving a cross-cut at 231 feet, at 12 feet east of shaft, they cut through what appears to be the Main Chew ton Reef, 7 feet thick, underlying west, having a regular formation, and gold-bearing. This is an important discovery, ,as all previous workings have been on leaders lying east of their shaft. .
The Little Nuggety (Dyason and Co.) continues very good, 59 tons yielding 219 ozs. of gold. Other reefs are giving payable returns, and several old claims are being re-occupied.
MINERA.L.
There are 29 men employed upon mineral leases, raising and preparing slate, flagging, &0.
l<'RYE~'S CREEK DIVISION •
.frJr, iffark Amos, l11ining Surveyor and Registra1 ..
POPULATlO~.
During the past three months that'e has been little alteration in the number of miners distributed over the division; the rush to new goldfields has not proved so vcry remunerative as might have been expected.
ALLUVIH MINING.
Homeward-bound, Table Hill.-This company occupy a large area of ground, which is being worked by tunnels; it was for many years occupied by a party of Italians, who relinquished their claim on the supposition that the various lends of gold had beon exhausted. The pl'esent proprietors, in exploring the unworked portions, have discovered pntches of gold more or less payable. During the past quarter they have found some good ground, the prospects being so highly encouraging that they expect to be in a position to, declare dividends in a short time. The capital and lahor expended have heen very considerable, and some good returns wonld now he very acceptable.
, Some of the puddling' mach~nes have done very well of late; one in particular, situute in German Gully, Pennyweight, gives a retul'll of 210 ozs. for the pnst three months, thus showing the old abandoned workings are still worthy of notice, and C1\leulated to astonish many pel'sons who 'are apt to draw hasty conclusions as to the exhaustion of our alluvial deposits.
Sluicing operatiolls are confined principally to the Chinese, whose weekly earnings are difficult to estimate, the Chinaman being remarkable for his reticence regarding his actual gains in mining: Ten shillings to 208. is about the average weekly earnings, so fas as I can judge.
The Loddoll Sluicing Company continue to supply a limited number of European miners, but the supply of water for sluicing purposes has not been sufficient to pay the company for some time past; it is considered that too high a price has been charged for sluice-heads, considering the Ilolliparative poverty of the soil operated on.
QUAR'l'Z MINING.
New Rush.-A new rush has lately taken place at Blncksmith's Gully, on the western side of the main roae!, near Specimen Hill; the grouud was originally taken up and pegged off' during the" grent rush" in the early part of 1872, but very lHtle was done at that time in testing the vuIue of the ground. Messrs. Wentherly and Co. have beeu prospecting in this neighborhood for many months past, with,little or no encouragement until very recently; they have now succeeded in discovering auriferous quartz in a very sll1~tll leader 2 to 5 inches in thickness, with a westerly underlie. A trial crushing of 6 tons has yieldcd 5 ozs. 10 dwts. ; at preseut there is nothing like a properly defined reef to be seen; it would therefore be prematnre to hazard any opinion as to the ultimate importance of this discovery.' A great many claims have'been taken. up north and SQuth of the p"Qspectors', and a considerable amount of energy is being displayed in sinking, &c. '
Ferron's Reef Q. M. Company.-This company have heen very successful during the past three months, having crushed 3,700 tons, yielding 726 OZS., and employing ,1"". men. 'l'he main shaft has been sunk 284 fect ; at 280 feet a cross-cut has heen driven ::'16 feet in a westerly direction, intersecting ll, lleries of large payahle leaders. varying from 2 to 6 feet in thickness, extending the whole distance, interlaced with seams of sandstone llnd slate, &c., &c. ; the end of 116-foot drive intersects the Main Eastern Lode, which is now about 3 feet wide; the lode cuts the main shaft 140 feet from the surface. The company have a large amount of crushing stuff, which is very remunerative, and likely to iucrease in extent as they sink deeper; they are now engaged sinking their main shaft to a further depth of 20 feet, and intend to· sink still deeper from time to time.
Duke of Cornwall Company.-The large extent of ground lately occupied by this company has fallen into the hands of Messrs. Rowe and Co., whose success in quartz mining hns been so remarkable for many years pa.st. The :lpathy displayed in the management, of this mille heretofore has now ceased. the present owners havin<T already proved the existence of a payable reef, which promises to he lllole remullemtivc as their operations are ~xtended. Thc present manager has resumed work 100 feet west from Lamb's shaft. where the late proprietors suspended lVork, and at this point a body of auriferous quartz has heen s~ruck, interrllixed with sandstone and slate, about 60 feet wide, at 180-foot level. Other pnrts of the claim nrc being pro"pccted, which under the present mflllngemcnt will no dou:bt ultimately prove pl'o(hwtivC'.' ,
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o Rowe Brothers, Cattle's Reef.-The yield for the past quarter has not been quite so satisfactory as heretofore; still there are no grounds: for anticipating any great falling off'; there may be years of profitable labor ere'this claim may be considered worked out; all the workings (which are very eJl:tensive) have been confined to different levels from the surface to a depth of 160 feet; below this no effort has been made to follow the reef and test its value.
HEPBURN DIVISION.
.111'. Thomas Hale, l}Jining Registrar.
Specimen Hill Company still continue to raise payable stone j the shaft is sunk 545 feet j they are working on 383 and 460 foot levels j a cross-cut is driven on the lo\ver level; they sell the mundic to the pyrites company for treatment. I estimate the results at 80s. per ton. "
Argus United Company Limited are.working the 50 and 80 foot levels witJ;133 men, but the manager hopes to double that number shortly.
German Gully, Yandoit.-It will be noticed by referellce to the returns that 1 oz. 3~ dwts. per ton have been obtained at 180 and 200 feet. They drove a cross-cut through the reef, which is said to be 20 feet thick; but the Daylesford Company's water coming in heavy on them drove them to the 120.foot level. .
Cornish Company are pushing on the main drive southward at 540.foot level, distant 120 feet from cross.cut, in slate and quartz, showing a little gl)ld. The driving towards Crown Reef is suspended for the present, so as to allow the ground to drain.
Ajax.Quartz Company are down 140 feet. Forty-five tons of this quarter's crushing gave 41 ozs. The lode varies from 2 feet 6 inches to 6 feet.
Keep.it.Dark claims are again producing coarse gold, and exciting attention. Franklinford Goldl Mining Company.-A shaft was sunk some ten years ago through 86 feet of basalt, at It cost of
£800, and abandoned; it,has been again recently opened, and an 8-horse.power engine and 1.20 feet 7·inch lifts placed. They obtained a streak of wash 6 x 3 inches, bearing gold; but they sank 17 feet further, and opened out at 12 feet, leaving 4 feet of reef overhead. They carried plat II feet westerly, then drove 9 feet, and struck wash, showing gold; are now 26 feet in, on It lJew gutter containing very rough water-worn boulders and wash, with charcoal and ashes, quite fresh in appearance, and large and solid timber, showing what must have been It heavy stream, believed by old miners never to have been struck before. The company have spent £700, and 20 men are working the elaim) they intend washing up at ·once.
'l'he quantity 'of water sold was 70 to 80 he~ds, at from lOs. to 25s. per head per shift of eight hours.
TARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISIONS.
Mr. Thomas Orwin, 1tlining Registrar.
The past quarter has not been remarkable for any particular improvement in this division, yet there is a sign of better times for this almost untried goldfield.
The Lord l\'Ialmsbury Company, with an energetic perseverance, are sinking their shaft, and will BOOn be on ground that they have proved payable from their former shaft.
The Ironstone Hill Company are about to resume full work; they, with the former company, are large capitalists, and give employment to a great numher of miners when at work. .
The old Hughes' Reef has been ta,ken up on lease by moneyed men, who will commence operations soon.- This reef was, when worked, the richest reef in the Castlemaine district, occasionally yielding from 20 ozs. to 300zs. per ton. There arc t.wo shafts sunk, one of which is 260 feet deep. The reef is over 20 feet thic~, and the last stone taken from it yielded 2t Ozs. per ton. The claim seems the hope of Taradale. With good machinery and proper management, payable results will be obtained, and other claims will be taken up on the same line north and south.
I am not a.ware of any miners obtaining metals and minerals other than gold in this division.
TARRANGOWER DIVISION.
Mr. Robe1·t Nanltivell, Jfining Surveyor and Registrar.
Mining during the'quarter has not improved, and the 'prospects at present are not very bright. 'Three of our principal mines, viz., th,e Old Beehive, the Eaglehawk Limited, and the Central Eaglehawk Companies, have suspended operations for the present, and about forty men are thereby thrown out of employment. The prospects' ill each of these mines arc such that should encourage a further outlay of capital, in order.to develop their resources. In the Beehive mine a crushilig of stone from below the bottom level yielded an ounce and half to the ton. The reef is from 1 foot to 1 foot 6 inches in thickness; but owing to hardness of the ground, and wa,nt of proper appliances for working, this did not pay. It. appears to be a new shoot of golden stone, that is likely to lead to something better, and only requires the mine to be systematically worked to be made remunerative to the shareholders. The same may be said of the other two mines referred to. The reef in the Eaglehawk Limited, at the bottom of the mine, is .22 feet in thicknes; and in driving along it. on the east side, golden stone yielding nearly all ounce of gold per ton was found. and continued for about 35 feet in length; hut this did not prove payable, and was consequently stopped. The Ea,glehawk Union Company, in sinking their engine shaft, came on to a dyke about 44 feet below the 800-foot drive. Previous to this the shaft was dry, but th,is dyke has let down a large quantity of water. The dyke has been sunk through, and a reservoir cut out of the solid rock, into whicl! the water is conducted and haled by the engine. The shaft below the dyke is quite dry. 'rhe quantity of water caught in the reservoir is ,35 tanks per day, each tank containing 140 gallons. The surface water is aU conducted into a reservoir at the 400·foot level, from which it is baled. The total quantity of water from the mine is 363 tanks, or 50,820 gallons, per week. •
'rhe Charcoal Reef, recently re-opencd by Wratten and Co., has turned out a good paying reef; it is from 2 to 5 feet in thickness, the last erushing from which gave an ounce of gold per tOll. 'rhc gold has been followed for about 80 feet in length. A trial crushing of 30 tons from this reef has been sent to two mills-the Phronix and Bell's ]{eef mills-15 tons to each, measured bueket and bucket into the carts. At the Bell's Rcef ,mill, the atone was crushed with stampers, and passed through rocking-cradles with blanket hottoms, worked by the engine; and no quicksilver used. At ,the Phcenix mill, quicksilver was used in the stamp.boxes, ripples) and Chilian mills. The result was in favor of the Phroni~, the difference being 3 ozs. 17 dwts.; or 11 OZS. 19 c1wls, fro~ Bell's Reef mills, llnd J 5 OZ9. 16 dwts. from the Phoonix-from 15 tons of ~tone at each mill. .
No water was sold during the quarter. ' , .
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ST. ANDREW'S DIVlSION.
Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
In alluvial mining 'a slight change for the better has taken place, a payable lead of gold in tunnelling ground having been discovered at BoddIe's Creek, on the McCra.e Hill. The wash is found intermixed with small boulders, consisting of dark sandstone surrounded with ferruginous veins of black clay and shale, which was at first supposed to be basaltic. The gold is easily separated by means of an hydraulic hose under a pressure of a column of from 25 to.30
,feet of water, .Messrs. Thomas Ewart, William Hampson, and John Lithgow were the discoverers of the lead, whIch promises to be of considerable importance' from its richness and extent. Its position would also, in my opinion, indicate the source' of the extensive auriferous fiat known as the Roddie's Creek goldfield.
The river ,claims at Warrandyte have been suspended during the quarter, owing to the flooded state of the river.
QUARTZ,
A very rich reef has recently been opened in Elliott's Freehold, Warrandyte, and a company has been formed to work the same, A prospecting claim has been applied for on a new reef called the Last Itesource, at You You; Caledonia; but as no crushing has been made, the richness of the stone cannot be estimated.
The manager of the Magnet Oompany, Warrandyte, reports that he has at length struck payable gold in the upper level, 50 feet from the surface, after ha.ing. patiently persevered for some years with little success.
I am informed that a small patch of quartz weighing 17 Ibs; was taken from Messrs,' Ewart and CO.'8 lease at Muddy Creek, Upper Yarra, which yielded 17 ozs. of gold.
At Reef ton there are six companies tunnelling, four of whom have not yet reached the reef; but th~ similarity of the strata in each of the drives to that in the claim now yielding good returns gives every promise that the reef will soon be reached in all. .
In minerals other than gold in this district I have to report considerable development. At Ringwood Antimony Mines, Messrs. Boardman and Co. have a 40.horse-power engine for winding and
pumping, and other companies are prospecting for the reef. The McCrae's Creek Stream Tin Mining Companies are making active preparations for working their leases .by
, constructing races and slu~ce.boxes. erecting huts, and providing other requisite plant,
BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar,
There is nothing of any interest to report regarding mining in this subdivision. With the exception of the small quantity of gold obtained by fossickers and a few sluicing parties, none has
been raised. The All Nations Alluvial Company have been compelled to suspeud work for the present for want of funds.
The rock through which they were sinking is extremely hard, and the water is very heavy. I am informed by the manager of the Cora Lynn Company that operations in this mine will l)e resumed immc
diately. None of the other companies are showing any signs of making a start. No water was sold during the quarter. .
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT,
ARARAT DIVISION,
J11', Thomas Foysle1', Mining Registrar,
, .. Sever~l,smal1 rl1sh~s have taken place dl~ring the quartel', and hav? given ~ol'e profitnhle employment for mdlvldual mllllDg enterprIse than has been expenenced of late, the most notICeable bemg at the head of Oliver's Gully (now traced'into private property) and that at Twin Gully.
At Seimeting's Lease,,!Jeside doing a large quantity of race-cutting, &c., the holders have cleared about £4 each per week, and have recently come upon very handsome specimens. About 60 loads are now ready for washinO' .
. A breakage connected with the pumping gear has caused the Rhymn~y Quartz lHning 'Company to ';,uspend operatIOns, and although the last three crushIngs more than covered expenses, It has been thought advisable to re-form the company and call up additional capital. . " Some af the late Govemment prospecting party have been trying the deep ground at Frenchman's rush, beyoud
Mayston,hut have at present only obtained about 1'~ dwt. to the load. Prospecting for-the Canton Lead Reef is now at a standstill, the amount of water stl'Uck beillCt sufficient to
allow the first contractors for sinking to throw up their engagement. " To the west of the Canton Company's shaft sevcral claims have lwen taken up for alluvial drifts but none have
yielded more than 6 dwts, pcdoad, which is not considered payable. '
PLEASANT CREEK Dl VISION.
lV,.. H. C. Bate" Jllinillg Sm've,lJo1" and Regisll'w·.
The returns fOl' the past quarter show that a larger quantity of quartz was erushed, but that the average yield was not so great as heretofore. ' •
The prospects ~f the division, however, perhaps never looked better, and I think we may safely look forward to many years of prosperIty.
The Magdala Company have made a discovel'}' of a new reef, which is reported to be 14 feet in thicknes3 and the stone from which has a far better appearance than that which was first struck by them in the low level A tl'ial crllshing will shortly be made of some of the stone. ' .
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The Crown Cross Reef United Comp;iny have' ulso'UiscoV'ered a neW'make of stone, which seems to' underlie the fiat reef lately worked oy them. ' .
The Oriental Company have not yet found the fiat reef for which they have beeh searching; but recent work in the Extended Cross Reef Company's mine seems to prove that, as I had suspected, the reef dips at a much greater rate from the 870-foot level of the last. named company's mine, which would, of course, carry it to a much lower depth in the Oriental Company's ground., .
No water was sold during the quarter for mining purposes.
BARKLY DIVISION .. '.'., 1111'. H. C. Bate, j}I~ning S1.trVe!IOr and Registrar.
Work in this division has been carried on much the same as usual during the quarter. Most of the mining may be put under the head of fossicking, and there have been no new finds. "
No water was sold for mining purposes during the quarter. '
RAGLAN DIVISION.
lIfl'. C. W. JJfinc!rin, lH'ining Regist'l'ar. • >, f
In the immediate neighborhood of the town of Beaufort, the Try Again Gold Mining Company,,:recently on the Garibaldi IJead, have abandoned their claim there, and have marked out ground close by the B.eaufort and Ararat railway line, on the western boundary of the township. It is on the opposite side of the line; but'in close proximIty to the claim held by the Got-him-by-the-Wool Gold :Mining Company, and hope is entertained of getthig on the same lead or gutter that the last-named company are on at present, which has proved exceedingly rich in gold; they are engaged sinking their shaft, which is now sunk about 60 feet. ' .
Manners' and party, the owners of the said Got-him-by-the-Wool Gold Mining Oompany (six co-operative miners), have been prosperous beyond all anticipation during the past quarter, having washed out 453 ozs. 12 dwts. 10 grs. of gold, giving an average cash return of something over £23 per man per week. They still have a good deal of ground, which they ex.pect, when operated upon, will give equally good results; they have also some ground which will give comparatively small yields, whieh they purpose working previous to the more likely ground.
At Waterloo the N (lW Victoria'Gold Mining: Company, und~r the management of Mr. James Gibbs, continues to make fair progress, paying wages and some of the preliminary expenses. It is probable that ere long much of the ground in that locality will be re·taken up for mining purposes.' ..
Mining prospects generally throughout this qi.ision are decidedly much improved of late, and a buoyancy of hope has becn raised which in itself may lead to fU1'ther discoveries and successes. The want of capital, 'however, is a. great hindrance to development of mining.
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
OMEO SUBDIVISION.
lJfr. fV, Phipps, j}Jinitlg Registr,ar.
The heavy rains during the early ·part of the quarter enabled the quartz mills at Swift's Creek to resume crushing, and the results arc shown in the returns.
The Oriental Company are proceeding with tlleir large race, of which about two miles are (Jut; about four miles more will bring them to a selector's fenc(l, and the owncr of the ground objects to allow them to pass through. In consequence, the company have applied to thc Department of Lands for the requisite permission to cvntinue their work over the ground.
There is nothing lleW to report in alluvial mining through the rest of the district, , There are llO pers.ons employed in mining for any met.al eKcept gold, nor in searc~ of 'minerals.
MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION.
Mr. JiJ~n Grime,~ Peers, Mining Surveyo1' and Registrar.
Mining matters generally in this suhdi,vision are in a somewha.t similar state to that previotlsly reported. NQ new discoveries have been made. "
No work worthy of record has b(jeu carried on on the mineral leases at Buchan. No water is sold in this subdivision for milling purposcs.
BO GO Y CREEK SUBDIVISION.
Mr. James Smith, lHining Registrm"
QUARTZ MINING.
The Sons of Freedom Quartz Mining Oompany have not resumed wor~ as yet; efforts are no,! being made.by the new company to have the workings recommenced at an early date. Partles meanwlule are pumpmg and keepmg the mine dry.
The Galloway: quartz mine will have a machine Oil the ground in the course o.f .U few 'Yeek~; it has never had Olle previously. There are tlbout 200 tOllS of stone qn the smfuce ready for cr.ushmg. ThlS mUle has been amply
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prospected; a shaft 150 feet deep has been sunk; abundance of auriferous stone has been met with, which has beeu proved to be decidedly remunerative by practical men who have tahen crushings.
There are a number of other reefs in close proximity to the Galloway proved to be equally auriferous, only waiting on enterprise and capital to develop them. -
• ALLUVIAL.
During the last quarter there is no material improvement to report in the condition of alluvial mining, a.lthough a considerable number of miners are doing remarkably well in back gullies where water is attainable.
There are no miners employed in mining for metals and minllrals other .than gold within this subdivision.
CROOKED RIVER DIVISION.
Ah. James Travis, Mining J!egistrar. Quartz mining in this division still remains in a depressed state. The stone raised and crushed from the Good
Hope mine has not turned out nearly so well as was anticipated. The incoming quarter, however, looks more promising, inasmuch as the reef has been struck in the Jeweller's Shop tunnel, after twelve months' hard driving. Not much stone has yet been knocked down, but what IJas been taken out shows a fair quantity of gold.
On the Wentworth, the Republic Reef is also looking better. A large quantity of stone is now ready to be put through the stampers as soon as packers can be obtained. There are 110 miners ijmployed in this division for metals or minerals other than gold.
JERICHO DIVISION.
}Jb'. fl. J. Donaldson, Afining Registrar.
The tributers in the Harbinger Company's mine. Dry Creek, and two' or three others out prospecting. are the only quartz miners at present employed in my division. '
The prospects of the Harbinger Oompany's mine are steadily improving; although the difficulty in working it necessarily increases as operations are extended further or deeper under ground. .
The main level at the present time is 220 feet perpendicular from the surface, and is reached by a tunnel 500 feet long. From this level 279 tons of stone have becn crushed during the last three months, yielding 182ozs. 14 dwts. retorted gold. '.
There are 22 men employed at this mine. . . In alluvial mining there is no perceptible improvement, nor yet any apparent falling off. No doubt in time
the creeks and spurs must become thoroughly exhausted; yet on account of the large extent of ground known to be auriferous the process must be slow, re<}.uiring many years for its accomplishment.
There are no men employed in mming for other metals 01' minerals in this division. There bas been no pyrites treated during the last quarter, and no water sold.
DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION.
Mr. O. P. Whitelaw, Mining Surveyor and llegistmr.
Florence Quartz Mining (Jompany.-A tIibute party of six men have been employed during quarter raising and crushing stone. .
Sterling Quartz Mining Company.-'-Four men are employed driving on course of the lode, expecting to strike another make of quartz. .
United Star Quartz Mining Company.-No work has been done during quarter. Stratford and Avon Quartz Milling Oompany.-Tenders are out for a tribute party. Bismarck United Quartz l'vlininM Company.-Eight msn are employed raising and crushing. Gippsland COll80ls Quartz Minin/{ Company.-Six men arc employed driving on Course of the vein and taking
out st{)ne. They expect to crush shortly. Many of the alluvial miners have beon flooded out by the late rains, causing considerable amount of los8, both
of time and labor. . ' Gold is the only mineral searched for in this division. No water was sold during the. quarter.
STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION.
lIb'. E. S. Gzttteridge, Mining Registrar.
Little or no change has taken place in quartz mining in this division for the past quarter. The Walhalla and Long Tunnel Companies have been steadily crushing, and paying excellent dividends monthly; both mines are in firstclass working order, as also all their machinery.
In the various progressive mines work is being pushed ahead as quickly as possible, but as yet I have no new find to report. . The Long Tunnel Extended Company's chamber will be completed in about three weeks; the rise from this to
the surface is now up 145 feet. 'fhc South Cohen's Tribute Company are engaged driving a lower level to intersect a shoot of gold left at foot
at the old SO-foot level. The Great Extended Walha11a Company have now driven their tunnel a distance of 620 feet: The Fear Not Company are still driving their lower tunnel; a distance of 433! feet has been reached. In
28 feet more the course of the lode is expected to be struck. The 'fhomson River Copper Mining Company will shortly complete t4e remodelling of their smelting establish
ment, and expect to commence. smelting during the month of November, This company ha.ve been working most vigorously, and give employment to a considerable number of men. Cooper's Creek township, the site of this company's works, now presents a "ery lively appeamllce, and will in all probability, in a short time, become a flourishing Iit~le place.
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ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION .
• 'tIr. John'McCann, Mining Re.qistrar.
There is DO improvement in this subdivision for the past quarter. . T~e Wilson and Barthold mine has been at work all the time, ,and, I am told, paying well; the lower tunnel is
be.mg drIven very fast, and the contractors expect to ha,ve it complete in about six months. The Aberfeldy Company's mille was sold during the quarter, and it is confidently expected tliat the new proprietor will be well repayed for his outlay, as the mine is supposed to be as good as any in the ranges. The Star and Thomson Company are driving a tunnel on the line of reef, towards the shaft lately Bunk, and from which payable stuff has been raised. The Waterloo Company are still prospecting, but so far without success. The alluvial miners were all swamped out by the late floods, and conscquently have not been doing any work for some time, but are looking forward hopefully to the summer months. The new track which has been cut over ~he Baw Baw to Reef ton will open a splendid field for ~he prospector this summer, and J am told that there are two or three parties starting out as soon lIS the weather Improves.
I ahovld say the average wages of alluvial miners would be about 258. per man per week. There was no water sold during the quarter,
.. ~ RUSSELL'S' CREEK DIVISION . .
Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining Registrar.
Russell's Creek.-:-Ground stuicers are doing better than during last quarter, making small wages. Pleasant Creek.-The ground mentioned in my last report seems to have been worked out, as I learn most of
the miners have left. ' Hawthorn Creek.-The old creek is being worked, and most of the claims are payable, averaging, per man,
from £2 to £2 lOs. per week. Wombat Creek.-The ground sluicers are not doing so well as expected; in fact the most of them are at present
off gold. I
Tangil.-The Traralgon Company are pushing on with the tunnel. Very little gold obtained here of late. No water was sold here during the quarter. ' , . . Mr. Alfred Armstrong, the .!Iining Sl1rveyor for the St. Andrew's division, reports :-:-" The Victoria Stream Tin
Mining Company have, with great perseverance, completed their tail-race, which was executed under great difficulties, comprising three cuttings through the hardest description of granite boulders which could not be penetrated without the aid of dynamite. This wprk when completed will drain the river to its bed, which is to be ~iverted by means of a dam and race, a mile whereof was under progress ou my visiting the ground during the present month; and I was informed that as soon as completed, and the arrangements for sluicing properly effected, it would be followed by the drainage of similar lengths at higher points. The compallY's operations have been very much impeded by reason of the track to the mine. being all but impassable during the ,winter months. Packers could not be prevailed on to carry in stores to the mine, except at enormous rates of freight, in sufficient quantities to supply the men with provisions; and their manager was, therefore, reduoed to tb.e alternative of discharging nearly aU his men, who would otherwise have been employed the whole time," .
BENDOC SUBDIVISION. , Mr. Jolin Nichol, Mining Registrar.
Mining in this subdivision has been unusually dun duritig the past quarter. The only quartz claim being worked is the Venus at Bonang, at whioh three men are employed. They have
.20 tons ofst<>ne at grass, and have just completed alteratiuns to the tables of their battery, but have not yet started crushing. Their shaft is down to a depth of 43 feet. .
The alluvial rush to the Blackfel1ow's and Diok Turpin gullies at Bonang has been on tbe whole a failure, only the lower parts of those creeks or gullies being deemed worth working. There are now only six men employed on the former, and two on the latter. The Blue Peter claim amalgamated, consisting of eight men's ground, has suspended operations for three months through overflow of water. .
Many of the allu\·ial miners are making fair wages. There is no water sold in this subdivisiou. No miners are employed mining for metals or minerals other than gold,
'rARWIN SUBDIVISION.
Mr. G.Read J1fU11)hy, Mining Registrar.
The yield of gold during the qnar.ter. was extremely small. owing to the priucipal claims being occupied. in erecting or removing machinery. No.1 South has not done as well as was expected, the yield?f gold being a fra~tlOn under 16 dwts. 23 grs. per ton; they are now getting out rich stone. The Prospectors Extendpd have fimshed putting up their very.complete plant. They bo~to~ed o~ wash showing gold fr;el.y on the 27th September. 'r~e Golden Bar still pay expenses, and the prospect IS ImprovlUg. The Pro~peetors TrIbute Company have moved th\llr engine, &c., fur·ther up Stockyal'd Or'eek, to save trucking j they have cut several leader's in their new shaft. . The Pioneer claim bas heen flooded out, but intend to ,commence work <?n the 9th October,' A tunnel is being put in the Caffirs' Hill, and has cut two gold-bearing lead!'rs. A tunnel is being put in the New Zealand Hill, but with no suceess as yet. No other claims at Foster have dOlle anything worthy of record during the quarter. There are eight fossickers at Turton's Creek, who make wages.
No wa.ter has been sold dnl'illg the qliarter.
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TRARALGON SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Charles Denis, Mining Registrar.
Since my last report mining has not progressed much, owing to tempestuous weather and heavy falls of snow. There has been an increase in the number of miners. Gold is being found in different places on the secoIid section of the Gippsland Railway line, but scarcely enough as yet to pay wages. Reports have reached here lately of payable gold also outcrops of gold-bearing quartz, having beeJt found on a tributary of the Morewell; but they have not yet been'confirmed. There are sever!l.l parties e~gagl'd prospecting for coal, outcrops of which are to be found in the ranges Jying south of the second section of the Glppsland RaIlway.
No water was sold during the quarter.
NEW VEG ETABLl~ FOSSILS OF VICTORIA,
DESORIBED BY
BARON FERD. VON l\lUELLER, C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.
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DESCRIPTION OF FOSSn pLANTS F'ROM THE UPPER TERTIARY AURIFEROUS DRIFTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
(l{e-printed from the AunualReport of the Department of Mines, New South Wales, for the year 1875.)
Rh!ltidocaryon-(F. von Mueller).
Fruit . spherical or slightly ovate, not distinctly dehiscent,. one-seeded, with an oLlique basal. or slightly lateml attachment, woody 01' bony, externally wrinkled and somewhat tuberculate. Septum large, placenta-like, erect or slightly ascending from the bottom of the cavity, consisting of two por.tions, which are smooth, tnrgid, oblique ovate, or sometimes broadly clavate 01' roundish, always more or less contl'acted at the base, mntually connate at the middle, rouJlded at the edges, broadly adnate to the lateral parts of the cavity, free from its summit. Seed cylindrical, bent around the placon'tnl 01' septal protrusion, oblique orbicular- or ovate-hippocrepical in ontline, with It marginal furrow. Testa thin, brittle, smooth. '
Rhytidoca1'!Jrm Wilkinsonii-(Plate xii., figs. 1, 2, 3).
Beneree, under basalt, at 'a depth of 110 feet; lVIr. Edward Farr: communicated Ly Mr. C. S. Wilkinson. Found also between Carcoar and Orange, by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, M.A. Fruits which constituted probably separate carpels of a tricoccous fructification from if to rather above ( inch long, externally uneven from somewhat irregular,slightly concentric ridges, which are often broken up into short tubel'cules approaching in roughness somewhat to those of Phymatocaryoll Mackap, probably covered originally by a pulpy peri carp, which ill decay would early pel'ish, thus the nut-like covering constitnting a putamen or endocarp; a very faint cleavage at the base, but 110 tl'l\ce of valvular dehiscence; septal process from less than double to ne~rly triple the width of the walls of the endocarp, except the base and back free from the cavity. Seeds (in all specimens under examination) perished, but theil' form rccognized from the space left for their reception between the dissepiment and the inner faces of the en do carp ; remnants of the testa not showing any indications to intrusions luto the albumeu. Tile latter and the embryo unknown.
This new fossil, so far as 1 can judge from the'matf'riai transmitted to me, brings before us for the first time with certainty'a member of the Menispermere among the vf'getatioll of by-gone creations, inasmuch as of this order hitherto only the altogether doubtful genus McClintocli:ia (Heel', die Fossile del' .Pollullinder, 114-116; Schimperr Traite de Paleontologie Vegetale, iii. .83-84, pJ. xcviii.) became palreontologically recorded. Unaquainted as we are with the flowers and the' embryonic characters of the fruit, we must regal'd it unsafe to place this into any of the numcl'Ous genera of Menispermere, distinguished mainly by their floral organisat,ioll and the inner structure of their fruit; but the endocarp and septal protuberance show some resemblance to the South Asiatic genera H,ypsel'pa (Miers, in Annals of Natural History, see. ser. vii. 40), Limacia and Nephl'oica (Laureiro Flora Cochinchillensi~, 620 et 692), and the East Australian Sarcopetalum (F. v. M. Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria, i. 27, pI. iii. Suppl.). The putamen, ,however, is more rough thaI,! that of any of these genera, and indeed cODIlpicuously thicker than that of any
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liviug meuispermaceous plaut known to me, while ill its great size the fruit of Rhytidocaryon s60ws only similarity (and ill this respect merely) to Ifrelllatocarpu8 C~Hers' Contributions to Botany, iii. 324, t. 134). The leaves are unknown. It is probable, that the plant yielding these fruits formcd, like most of the menispermaceous order, It climbing shrub .
. NO'fE.-1t might be added Oll this 'occasion, that Xylocl1l'yon Lockii (plnte xi.), pUblished in the second Quarterly Repor,t of last year, would probably best find 11 place ill the systematic alTangement among Olacinere, of which order as yet no member stands on palooontologic record. Should this conjecture be borne out by future disclosures from more instructive materials, then Xylocaryon would take its place in the systematic series near Phlebocaiymllll1 (Griffith, in BClltham et Hooker's Genera Plantal'um, i. 353) of which'Indian geuus a new representative has bl3el~ dete~ted )n QU/ilellsland (F .. v. 1\1ue11e1', Fragmenta Phytogmphire Australioo, ix. 151). Affinity would aiso'draw o'ur fossil neal' to Gonocaryum (Miquel, Prodromus Florre Sumatrarre, 343); the fruit of which has recently becn described by Dl'. Scheffer (Annales du Jal'din Botanique de Buitenzorg, i. 13). the' close relationship bet\veen Goooearyum and VillareRia being thus established. "
EXPLANATION OF LIT~OGRAM.
PLATE XII.
Rhytidocaryon Wilkinsonii-(Figs. 1, 2, 8).
FIG. la.-:Anterior view of fruit. \b.-View of summit of , fruit. le.-Dorsal vie,v.
FIG. 2a, 2b.-Ante;ior and posterior views of iai·ger fruit. 2".-Side view. 2d.-Interior view exhibi~ing cavity and condyle.
FIG. 3a, Sb.-Interior of smaller variety of fruit, showing cavity and condyles. 3e.-Side view. 3d, S~.-.Anterlor and posterior views.
. Figures drawn according to natural dimensions.
(Plate re-drawn under the direction of and revised by Baron,Ferd. von Mueller fr011l the Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales, for the year 1875.)
APPENDIX .B.
The Numbers of Miners Employed dm'ing the Quarter ended 30th September 1816 in Miuing for Metals and Minerals other than Gold were as follows ;-
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