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1867. (SECOND SESSION.]
VICTORIA.
RE'P()RTS
OF THl!l
MINING SURVEYORS
AND
REGISTRARS.
,QUARTEJ;l, -ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1867.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.,
f5!! a utfjllritp ;
JOHN FERRE8, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, IllBLBOURNE.
NO.4.
Cost ot PreparaUon, about •• PrinUng, (1,000 copies)
• ....J
APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORTS.
DETAILED P ARTICULUS.
TOTAL
.0.
AMOUNT.
£ 18. -d. 10 0 0 48 10 0
£ ---;:-110-
SUNlMARY.-GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1867.
TABLE showing approximately the NUMBEU OF MINERS .employed, tIle MACHINERY in use and its Value, on the several Gold Fields in the Colony of Victoria. Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Reports for the Quarter ending 30th September, HHi7.
Compiled from the
DISTInCT, DIVISION, AND
SUl!DIVI~ION.
fl.\1.LARAT:
Totals ••
I11;;I~CH WORTH: , Beedrwol'th ,.
, ,\
Totals ••
SANDIIURST: Sandhllfst Kilil101'6 Heathcote and \Yar,:mga. South •• \Vara1lga R~WQod
Totals ••
MARYBOllOUOH: Marybol'ougll Amherst Avoca Dunolly KOl'otlg' •• Redoun k anti ~t. Arnaud South •• st. Arnaud NorLll
Totals ••
CASTLEMAINE :
Kynewn Blue M ountaiu N"vfth
Totals ••
ARARAT: Ararat Plensant Creek Bark1y Raglllll
Totals ••
GIPPSLAND: Ome~ ,. Mltcllell mver Crooked ltiver Jericho Donnelly's Creek Stringer's Crt'ck
, Russell's Creek
Totals ••
OlUND TO~ALS
Alluvial ::I.1incrs. I Quartz 'lHners.
~ ~ ~
24 2!)O
1,706
~ .13 ti
'572 4!J2 2"0 500
.500 10
Isr, 420
15
620
I ~
40 2.')7
149 74
239 2
791
~ :a '"
34,107 I 18,067 I 14,044 I 25
'7HO 518 f)!)2 474 178 263' 252
3,117
...
66,243 ., 471
3,884 284 G90
1,:160 391
6,762
136
263 101
500
:187
387
130 34 20
685
9,917
214 50 78 62
578
5 12
42
59
3!)O 5
63 W 51
564
355 186
99 61 16 15
738
167 193 141 .13 72 3
1\89
12
.26 4;')
83
2,611
:\{achinery elilployed in Alluyial
"" " "
29 4
30 31 13
108
14
21
2
2
l21 \ fi2
21 1 3
20S
9 12 24 15
60
I 2 8
II
41.0
,; '" "E [::
II
17
18
2:1
12
10
4
o
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16
IG
144
144
ItO
15
13;')
17 2" 70 3
115
70 I 410
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37
40 4
78
l:W
6
109
.;
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m
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48
55 i 3,100
IS '2,000
'i7 15,100
68
68
35 3
38
38
'b
~ ::::I A S
" <Ii
10 30
28 15
'S3
265
265
10
IO
40 Ilfi 26
16
8 , 36 1 5 '60
26 .. I 12
(j2 80
50 900
HI 50
GO' 950
29 ~
13
28 I
21 II
1I6
3 1 3
28 7
33
" 10 2
117
9 13
22
I 2
10 4 4 9
30
542
Machinery employed in Quartz ~linil1g.
644 J.J~ no J14 64u
2fl Q'iH luO
2.281
34 18 65
nil ~88
47 105 44
1,894
I. '1.031
.37 8
64
204 40
2tll 64 (j!)
~4
-1--1--
108 350
458
17
498
9.330
14'
14
25
64 188
2f.i2
15
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11
3
9 1
lO 14 3
4:1
2
4
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3 9
20
3 13 2G
42
24 2
i4
40
86 'I
76
70
185
25
25
NOTE.-The RegIstrars for tlJe Russell's Creek, and St. An~l'ew's West Subdivisions, having fn.iled to forward their reports, their last returus have been ~dopted.
Mining Department, Melbourne, 9th October, 1867. NO.4"
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2 II ... 13
26
26
18
11
29
146.220
2,047,070
24 J'},1. it 2 2
59 19 3
18 2b. ~J
8 2
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96
7 12 10 14 17 54 IG
:1
133
44 23 .58
II 92 ~
3
444
137 78
110 84 3;;
4'9
90 28 85 19 74 5(i
]0
3fjG
22 .,
13 1\
414
8184~ I 2,421
Price of Gold
p~r oz.
~'rom I To
t! s ~ 11. 4 I 3 4 0 () 4 () 0 :{ J9 Ii :J 19 9 3 1$ 6 ~ 16 II 3 ](i 0 3170
3 i9 0 :1 190 3 190 :l 11 9 :1 Jft H :1 170 :1 1<; 0 !l 10 0 :1 I G :1 100 3 ,5 0
3 180 a 1'1 6
:1 18 " a 15 Ii 3 17 6
3 ID 0 4 0 0 3 190 4 0 0 3 17 6 3 18 0 :1 0
3 I" 3 3 170 :l 16 II S 17 G 3 17 6 3 ·:1 0 :1 If> G :1 17 0
£ •. d, 4 I 6 4 00 4 1 6 3 19 6 4 0 0 4 1 G 3 190 :1 17 0 3 17 0
3 \9 0 ;\ 196 4 00 ~ 1~ 0 S 190 3 180 3 17 0 3 17 6 4 00 :3 176 3 1:1 0
3 IS 6 ;j 19 0 11 IS 6' 3 i9 6 3 18 6
4 I 0 4 0 6 4 0 0 4 ,I 6 a IS 6 :3 19 U 3 18 0
8 17 6 :1 196 3 189 a 189 :l 19 0 3 19 0 3 17 6 3 Ii 0
;.1 170 il3 17 3 3110420 :\ 17 G 4 0 0 :l 18 6 3 18 6
:1 fl 0 ;J 17 6 3 176 3 0 0 3 16 0 3 If) 0 3 10 0
3 17 6 3 186 3 1~ '0 3 18 0 3 166 3 18 0 3 15 2
R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines.
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INDEX.
Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ending 30th September, 1867.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar Ballarat Central Division
Ballarat Southern Division Buninyong Division ... Smythesdale Division .•• Creswick Division
Mr. J. F. Coleman, A8sistant Mining Registrar ••• .•• Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Sui-veyor and Registrar ...
Gordon Subdivision Steiglitz Subdivision Blackwood Division Blue Mountain South Subdivision
Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Henry Davidson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. E. G.Magnus, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar
, BEECHWORTR MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Subdivision Stanley Subdivision Yackandandah Subdivision Sandy Creek Subdivision Indigo Division Buckland Division Jamieson Subdivision '" Gaffney's Creek Subdivision Wood's Point Subdivision Big River Subdivision Mitta-mitta Division
Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar Mr. Thomas Stubbin, Mining Registrar Mr. Thos. G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John W. Beattie, Mining Registrar Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Lewis C. Kinehela, Mining Registrar Mr.\Samuel K. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Miuing Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Andrew Trench, Mining Registrar
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division Kilmore Division Heathcote Division and Waranga South
Subdivision Waranga North Subdivision Raywood Division
Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar ... Mr, James,W. Osborn, l\lining Registrar Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and R€gistrar
Mr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Jl,fining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. E. P. Virtue, Mining Registrar .:. '" ...
MARYBORo.UGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Amherst Division Avoca Subdivision Dunolly Division Korong Division Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivision St. Arnaud North Subdivision •••
Mr. D. O'Leary, ¥iuing Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Joseph Smitb, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. James M. Robertson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. W. G. Couehma:n, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ' Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John Phillips, Mining ,Surveyor and Registrar
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division ... Fryer's Creek Subdivision Hepburn Division . .. . Taradale Subdivision .. . Maldon Di;islon St. Andrew's East Subdivision ... St. Andrew's Central Subdivision Kyneton Subdivi~ion .... Blue ,Mountain North Subdivision
Arara~ Division
Pleasant Creek Division Barkly Division .... Raglan Division
Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar' Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar Mr. Thos. Orwin, Mining Registrar Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Min.ing Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••• Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar ... Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Regis~ar '
ARARAT MININ G DISTRICT. Mr Charles Jas. Wm. Russell, Mining Surveyor and
Registrar Mr. John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John Templeton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
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10 11 12
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18 19 20
21 21
22 22 23 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 30 31 31 32 32
33
34 35 35
. Omeo Subdivision Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar '36 Mitchell River Subdivision Crooked River Subdivision Jericho Subdivision ... Donnelly's Creek Subdivision Stringer's Creek Subdivision
Mr. John Grimes Peers, Milling Surveyor and Registrar... 36 Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar 37 Mr. A. B. Ainswort!I, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 37 Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 38 Mr. John S. Patterson; Mh~jng Registrar 38.
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MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTI1A_RS9
REPORTS.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Mr_ Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION 'HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :-
Average Remarks relative to the Where Quartz was T~tal Yield Name ofCompWlY. Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at which the, obtained. ' per Ton. of Gold. Quartz was obtained.
tons cwt. Q.r. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Black Hill ... . .. Black Hill ... 5,064 0 0 0 5 3'57 1,303 14 0 100,150 and 180 feet Llanberris ... ... Gum-tree Flat . .. 6,102 0 0 0 3 13'46 1,086 10 () 200 to 300 feet Temperance ... Little Bendigo . .. 950 0 0 0 811'11 402 0 0 400 to 550 feet Majestic ... ... Black Hill ... 1,110 0 0 0 3 4'10 176 0 0 250 feet Endeavor ... ... Specimen Gully ., . 976 0 0 0 410'44 216 8 12 150 feet Monte Christo ... Little Bendigo ... 700 0 0 0 5 1'09 176 12 0 90 feet Band of H'ope ... Little Bendigo ... 520 0 0 0 5 7'1\2 138 3 0 430 feet Britannia ... ... . Specimen Gully .. . 1,017 0 0 0 213'88 131 2 12 120 feet Two-Ton ... ... Black Hill ... 1,200 '0 0 0 2 14'24 155 12 0 12 feet
Total Qllartz ... 17,639 0 0 0 4 7'02 3,786 2 0
THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT OF THE GOLD OBTAINED BY THE PRINCIPAL MINING COMPANIES
IN THIS DIVISION FOR THE QUARTER:-
United Extended Band of Hope Co. Ballarat Freehold Co. ... Newington Freehold Co. Albion Co. United Sir William Don Co. United Working Miners Co. Prince of Wales Co. Western Freehold Co ... . Southern Freehold Co ... , Bonshaw Co .... Koh-i.noor Co. Scottish and Cornish Co. Great Gulf Co. St. George (United) Co ... , 'United Red Jacket Co ... . Inkermann and Durham Co. Sons of Freedom Co. Rose Hill Co. ... United 'Hand-in-Hand and Band
of Hope Co.
oz. dwt. gr.
23,087 14 0 7,717 10 0 6,861 8 0 6,849 13 0 6,561 1 0 6,442 6 0 6,335 18 18 6,051 9 0 4,517 6 0 4,135 9 0 3,729 3 0 3,416 2·0 2,772 8 0 2,467 14 12 1,200 0 0 1,183 19 0 1,024 13 18 1,012 15 6
815 12 0
Leviathan Co. New'Ballarat Freehold Co. Royal Saxon Co. ' Newington Estate New Don Co. Great Northern Freehold Co .... Cosmopolitan Co. Ballarat Extension Co. Lady Don Co. Brissenden Co. East DOll Co. Highland Laddie Co. Emblem of Peace Co. Nelson and Wellington Co. New Enterprize Co .... Cornish United Co.
Total
oz. dwt. gr.
664 10 0 656 0 0 467 2 0 450 10 0 303 7 12 250 12 0 216 17 12 141 0 0 140 0 0 130 12 0 130 0 0 126 17 12 100 0 0 90 0 0 84 0 0 20 0 0
100,153 10 18
The following gold producing companies have suspended operations during the quarter :-Ballarat Extension, New Garibaldi, Golden Fleece (United), Old Cosmopolitan, Cornish United, Edinburgh, and New Malakhoff Gold Mining, Companies. The principal reason for suspension has been through financial difficulties.
The claim and plant of the Golconda Gold Mining Company, Dead Horse, have been sold under execution. A. new company is about to be organized under the name of the New Golconda Gold Mining Company.
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The Ballarat Pyrites Company, which commenced operatioDs about six months ago, ~or the purpose of extracting gold from quartz tailings, sludge, &c., have, after giving the new process a very' short trial, been compelled, by pressure of creditors, to sell the machinery, &c., the Llanberris Quartz Mining Company being the purchasers. ,
Two new companies have been started during the quarter for extracting gold from pyrites, &c. They have not been long enough in operation to judge of whether it will be a paying s'{Ieculation.
The Great North-west Gold Mining Company, holding one of the largest millIng areas in this district, and situated to the north'west of Ballarat, are now at a depth of 307 feet, being through the third rock. In COD sequence of the great flow of water they have only been able ,to sink three feet during the last twelve months-the flow of water being about 1,600 gallons per minute. They have now two sets of plunger pumps, one 20 inch and the other 18 inch, with which they hope to be able to contend against such a large quantity of water. The expenses in connection with the mine during the last twelve months have amounted to upwards of £10,000. '
The Chinese mining population are located principally at the Springs, Little Bendigo, and ,White Flat, and are generally engaged at sluicing and puddling in old shallow :workings.
The Cricket Reserve Gold Mining Company have commenced operations, and expect to be washin'g in a few days. ' , '
The Old Post OffiQe Hill and Union Quartz Mining Companies have not crushed any quartz during the past qu~ter; but 'have been engaged prospecting and opening up new ground~
THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT ·OF THE DIVIDENDS ,PAID BY THE PRINCIPAL MINING COMPANIES DUllING THE QUARTER ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1867:-
• Name or,Oompany. Amount. I Name of CompMY. Amount.
United Extended Band of Hope'" ... United Sir William Don ... . .. Albion ," '" ... • .. Ballarat' Freehold .,. .. . Newington Freehold ... .. . Prince of Wales ... • .. Western Freehold... . .. U~it"d,Worl,dng Miners ; .. I, .. .
£ 72,000' 16,000 14,505 13,500 13,000 12,513 12,000 10,800
s. d. o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0
Great Gulf ... Scottish and Cornish ,Black Hill ... Southern Freehold Koh-i-noor ... ' Llan berris ... Sons of Freedom
£ 5,932 4,032
,2,4S0 2,250 1,610 1,000
736
s. d. o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 '0 0 o 0
Bonshltw '.;. ... .. . 6,720
o 0 0,0 o 0 Total ... 189,078 0 0
* The United Extended Band of Hope Oompany have paid, up to this date, dividends amounting to £300,000.
SOUTHERN DIVISION.
J. F. Goleman, Assistant Mining Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING lNFO~MAFION BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS' CRUSHED, miRING THE QUAB;TEll., AND, TIlE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
:
• Remarks relative to the Name of Oompany. Where ~o.rtz, &0.,
were 0 ta.ined. i Quartz crushed. Yi:J"~'It,ldl Total Yield of per Ton. Gold.
Depth at whioh the QUArtz, WIl.S obtained. &c.
~-- .. -" .. ....
tolll!. cwt. qr. ,0", dwt. gr •• oz. dwt. gr,
Comet .... , ... Staffordshire Reef .700 0 o 10 2 4'SO: 77 0 0 90 foot level and a
10 3 foot lode
Kangaroo ...... ... ' Kangaroo .. . 350 0 0 5 21'5S 103 4 IS 110 level ,----'----
Quartz Tailin.qs Total Quartz ... 1,050 ,0 0 0 3 10'39 ISO 4 IS. 1
crushed. ---------I
Conqueror ... . .. Kangaroo ... 142 0 0 0·2' 3'71 15 6 0 Tailings
Total Quartz Tail- } 142 0 o 10 2' 3'71 15 6 0,1 ings an:d Cement .
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Staffordshire.Reefis in a'state of extreme depre~Bion, consequent on th~,.fruitlesB efforts of the companies therc to procure paying stone at the present lev~ls. ,The St,affordshlre Reef Company h~ve su~pend!id operations altogetijer, and surrendered their leases; and the Comet Company are endeavourmg
, to'reorganize "with a view to 'testing the lodes at the 400 feet level and upwards. ,. . The A~ber Company at Yankee Hill have ceased working, in consequence of not having b~n
fortunate' enou!l'h to procure any of'that mineral in the shaft whence it was so confidently asserted to have some tIme back, been taken. That amber does exist in that locality is indubitable, but its precis/locale'is very1doubtful indeed. ". " ,,1'" iI,::" , "'."'" . ',,, ",:., I
.. ". ,":Gold,li~·highlY"l'emUi1eiati,:e.quantities, has been, ~trUck at·'Rqk'ew~od·Jwi.7~i~h •. :, A prospect of 9.oz. to'tb'e load:havmg b'een"'obtamed by' one of the partIes.·' ".. ",' .
A Geelong comp,any.have taken possession of t~e Pincfgut Q~~tz ~?ef, and propose going t()o work on a grand sca:I!3l. ')1 , •.. . . >t" ". •
" " The Chinese have:ar:monopoly1of"the·varlOus gullies that'have lleen dlstmgmshed'aslgold-bearmg, and verJ industrious thorough miners they appear to be.
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BUNINYONG DIVISION.
M'I'. Robert M. Ha;rvey, Mining Surveyor and !legistrwr.
THE 1!'OLLOWING _ IN.E:OJ1~ATION :f!:AS. BEEN _ ,OBTA:rNED RELATIVE TO __ THE' QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND, THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
I i I .A.vera~ , R<>marks relative to' the
Name of OompaIlJ'. Where Quart. was Quartz cruahed. ,Yield of ld i Total Yield of Depth at wbicll the obtaioed. i per TOll.' Gold. Quartz was obtained.
----ton. om. Q,r. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt.gr.
One-and-AlL •. Hfscock's I 1,800 0 0 02 6'41 204 1 0 140 feet level ... . .. \ Imperia.l ... ... Hiscock's ... 1,857 0 0 o 2 14'17 240 11 0 320 feet level
, Sta.ndard ... ... Hiscock's 2,073 0 0 o 6 19'93 708 0 0 260 feet level Erin-go-Bragh ... Hiscock's ... 1,900 0 0 o 3 5'55 307 0 0 220 and 160feetlevels
I ,-
I Total Quartz ... 7,630 0 0 0 3 19'82 1,459 12 0
QUARTZ MINING.
In the Standard Company's mine there was a very marked improvement in the quartz raised during the first part of the quarter, the average for the whole quarter rising to 6 dwts. 19-93 grs. per ton. This mine was worked on tribute. The tributors have now purchased the mine. The improved yield in this mine, coupled with the steady returns from Hiscock's Reef altogether, have given a fresh Impetus to quartz mining in this Division, and cO,mpanies ~ave, a~ain taken up the Scandinavian and
-Mount Helen and Devonshire Reefs, on all of whICh operations will be at once commenced.
Quartz claims registered during the quarter:
Try-again Q. M. Co., Scandinavian Reef Vail and Co., Hiscock's Reef , .. Erin-go-Brag-h Q. M. Co., Hiscock's Reef Chapman and Co .• Hiscock's Reef . _. Mount Helen Q. M. Co.; Mount Helen Reef Devonshire -Reef Q. M. Co., Devonshire Reef
ALLUVIAL MINING.,
Alluvial claims registered during the quarter:-
Wilson and Co., Pioneer Gully , ' Rowe and Co., Pioneer Gully .. . , Clark ,and Co., Scotchman's Gully .. .
Ah Fung and Co., Long Gully ... ... ... Great Western Amalgamating G. M. Co., Scotchman's Try-again Co., S. Durham Speculator Co., Winter's Flat Donovan and Co., White Horse Williams and Co, Black Lead Richardson and Co., Frenchman's, ,White Horse Barnett and Co., Scotchman's ... ..., Morgan and Co., White Horse Flat Leonard and Co., Napoleon ... Nixon and Co" Victoria ...
Napoleon Lead.
A~ . R. Po.
800 200 300 1 2 16 600
12 0 16 83 035 232 128 420 400 7 0 32
74 0 0 12 0 0
Men. 6
12 14 15 20 12
Men. 8 4 6 4
12 13 10
6 :I 2 4
15 15 -6
The Leviathan Company's ground, so far, has proved barely remunerative. A considerable iIl!-provement has tak~n place, however, during the la.tter portion of the quarter.
Union Jack and Glencoe. The Buninyong New (Union Jack) obtain steady yields in payable quantities. The Royal
George Company (Glencoe) has been reorganized, and set vigorously to work by a co-operative party, who are driving at a new and lower level for the gutter.
Green Hills. The Hopeful Company are obtaining gold in payable quantities. This is the only claim at work
on this lead. Durham Lead.
The gutter is proving little more than able to afford wages. Hopes are entertained that when the reefs are froved, better yields will be obtained. The claims at work are the National, Chinese Party, Moore 8 paddock, Garibaldi, Enfield, and Duke of Cornwall.
Scotchman's. The Buninyong Company have not had such large yields as usual during this quarter.
: Shallow Wo~kin!J8. These have be:en largely worked-du:ring the winter months. and have afforded ex:oollent returns. This Division 'generally is iIDprovi':lg, ...
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SMYTHESD.ALE'DIVISioN.,
M'i'. John .Lynch, M~ning Surveyor and Regist'i'a'i'.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS llEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ: CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
N&me of Company.
Britannia ... ...
D, Griffiths .•• ... Southern Cross ...
I Where Quartz was , obtained.
! .---~
Britanna Reef at Carngham
Lancashire Reef, Brown's
Haddon ... . ..
I A.erage I Quartz clUllhed. Yield of Gold I
, T ' per on. ---~-
tone ewt, qr. oz. dwt. gr. 829 0 0 0 422'98
60 0 0 , 0 014'40,
I 3'16'001 600 0 0 0 ., ,
Total Yield of Gold.
oz. dwt. gr. 205 10 0
1 16 0
110 0 0
Total Quartz ""~~I 0 4 6'281317 6 0
I Rem .... kB relati .. to the Depth at which the. Qua.rtz bt ' ed wt\So am
500 feet deep, average' yield nearly same as atformer depths
28 feet deep
Various levels, from, 25 to 100 feet deep
There is a slight improvement since the date of my last report. .A good many fresh claims have been taken up, and a few of the mines are yielding excellimt returns. A large portion of the lead from the Golden Stream claim at Scarsdale to the Try-again at Piggoreet,including the Scarsdale Extended. Golden Lake, Golden Horn, A tlas, and Try-again, was swamped out about the begining of the year, and had caused considerable distress amongst the working miners of that locality; after several weeks incessant baling, the Try-again was enabled to resume operations below, but it t<?ok nearly as many' months for the Atlas to succeed in drying the mine. The Golden Horn had still greater difficulty than either, nor was it until last week that they succeeded in reducing the water so as to admit of underground operations being resumed. Both parties are now at ,,:ork, and contributing very satisfactory returns from thei::- respective mines. The Golden Lake is sinking steadily, and expect to be soon through the rock-the water is light. 'l'he Scarsdale Extended, continually bailing. The Golden Stream averages about 80 ozs, a week. The eompany has taken up additional ground on the western side of the creek, in expectation of a branch lead from the Western Banges. Three other new claims have been taken up in the same locality, and in one of them (the Little Kitty) a very good prospect has been got.
The Wheal Kitty still gives magnificent dividends, £20 to £40 a fortnight is not an uncommon thing. '['he North Grenville (Lease) is giving moderate returns; the works at the new shaft are completed, and the whole of the workings below will be soon carried on from that shaft, as the old one is getting dilapidated.
Two engine claims on the ,Bed White and Blue Lead have been given up, not being able to pay expenses. The Little Western, on Warren's Lead, has been for eighteen months contending alone with the back water lodged along the old lead above the shaft, and as yet with no decided success.
The Chinese occupy almost exclusively all the old workings on the shallow ground along the Smythsdale Flat, as far as McLachlan's pre-emptive right, a distance of three miles. The Gulf Stream, for many months lying inactive, has been organized under a new title and proprietory, and work will be commel1ceo forthwith-the neighboring claims are doing exceedingly well. ,
, The Grand Trunk at Springdallah has commenced to give dividends. The Illiharook Co. report haviI,g struck gold in paying quantities.· ,
At Happy Valley the ,whole Jead is in the occuption of four new companies. The ground formerly occupied 'by the Volunteers and Grand Junction is now occupied by'a party called the UJ,lited Grand .J unction and Mugby Junction Co., who are getting better remunerated than the first companies ever did. The ground of the late Waverly, Lucky, and British, is, in each instanee, occupied by new parties. and paying well. . '. . . . .
Things are not so prosperous about Preston Hill. The Standard, Kangaroo, and NIl Desperandum, I are the only claims at present at ;work there, and as yet the results do not seem to be very encouraging.
A few small claims at Bottle Hill are doing well-the ground appears to be very patchy. Two engine claims, viz., Cornelia and Great Extended, have been discontinued; one other engine claim, the Lord Brouham, is at work there. .
At Derwent Jack's, two tresh'companies have started to work the lowel' portion of the lead-they have steam power. At Haddon a quartz vein has been discovered, and four good sized claims taken up. Upon one, the Southern Cross, a battery has been erected, and a trial crushing had, the result of which appears iJ?·the anIl;exed return.
CRESWICK DIVISION.
Mr. James Bteve~on, Mirwng Surveyor and Registra'i';
'['HE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAIN,ED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND. QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD ORTAINED THEREFBOM :-
-N &me of ComJl&llY. '
'ort Phillip ... ictoria ... ]
v S C
outh CIunes ... lunes United ...
Cement crushed. lard Hill .. ,
... . .. ...
...
...
I Where Quartz, &'c., were obtained. Qua.rtz clU1lhed.
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tons ewt. qr Clunes Reefs ... IS,151 0 0 Clunes Reefs . .. 4,837 '0 0 CI nnes Reefs ... 2,052 0 ° Clunes Reefs . .. . 1,272 0 0
.Total Quartz "'1,23,312 0 0
Hard Hill ... 400 0 0
Av ..... go: . ,Remarks rel1>ti.e to' the Yield of G<>ld I Tot&l Y,eld of I DepthatwhiohtheQ\l8J'tz.
per Ton. Gold.! &'c., were obtained. --~ ..
0 .. d wt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. o II 2'S2 8,412 15 0 o 10 4'05 2,459 8, 0
.0 6 13'71 674 /) 0 0 4 14'69 293 7' 0 --~- ---._--_ .. -o 10 3'78 11,839. 15 0 I 0' 6 13'86 131 11 0 40 feet
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Owing to the great quantity of rain which has fallen during the quarter, and the consequent abundance of water, sluicing has been carried on extensively, principally by the Chinese. None of the sluicing parties have, however, yet washcd up. .
At Sulky Gully, Wallacc and party (four men) got 67 ounces during the quarter. At Red Streak, the Australasian Oompany bottomed at 185 feet, and sunk a further depth of
45 feet in the reef, when a drive was opened out and put in a distance of 45 feet, at which point a rise of 4 feet was put up, and washdirt struck; the machinery is all erected, except the puddling machines. At Slaughteryard, the Royal Standard Company have cOl1,lmenced work; the shatt is down 75 feet, viz., 45 through rock, and the remainder gravelly clay and drift. The yield for the quarter is
oz. dwt. gr.
Junction Company (hired labor) Hit-or-Miss Company (12 men)
509 2 6 247 11 17
On Union Hill, adjoining the Red Streak- oz. dwt. gr.
Rose of Allandale Company (12 men) ." 140 0 0 ,Swindle and party (3 men) ". ." 23 0 P
At Rocky Lead, the Jupiter Company have erected. an air 'compressor below, which is entirely successful, as it lifts all the water and washdirt from a blind shaft 24 feet deep, and completely ven· tilates the mine ;- . .
oz. dwt. gr.
Jupiter Company 302 5 12 The Port Phillip Co~pany crushed during the quarter 15,151 tons of quartz, which yielded
8,4120zs. 15 dwts. of gold, inelusive of 405 ozs. 3 dwLs. obtained from pyrites; the quantity of pyrites operated on was not kept; I am, therefore, unable to giye it separately.
The Clunes Company paid during the quarter dividends amounting to £6,831, being £3 9a. per scrip. or £69 per original share. Driving has been let on the various levels at from £3 to £24 per fathom, the average price being £8 4s.; stoping, at 3a. 10d. to 6s. per ton, average 48. 9d.; and sinking winzes, from £6 lOs. to £8 per fathom, average £7 Is. Two hundred and sixty men are employed on the mine. , The Victoria Company crushed during the quarter 4,837 tons of quartz, which yielded 2,459 ozs.
8 dwts. of gold, and paid dividends amounting to £3,360, being £3 lOs. per scrip. The engine-shaft is 685 feet deep, and, though the water is heavy, the sinking is pretty good; the eastern cross-cut has been driven 350 feet to the eaat of the engine-shaft; the north shaft has been sunk 14 feet, and holed to No.7 level; the western cross-cut has been driven 150 feet, making a distance of 250 feet to the • weat of engine-shaft. The whole of the stopes throughout the mine continue to look well, and the price for stoping varies from 6s. 5d. to 9s. per ton. About 90 men are employed on the mine.
The South Clunes Company crushed during the quarter 2,052 tons of quartz, which yielded 6740zs. 5 dwts.; the south shaft has been sUI:\k to the 244 feet level, and driving .begun northward on the reef; driving' has been in progress at the 172 feet level north, and stoping on the 100 and 172 feet levels; driving has also been resumed from the engine-shaft 223 feet level south. About 50 men are employed on the mine. . .
The Clunes United Company's tributors crushed during the quarter 1,272 tons of quartz, which yielded 293 ozs. 7 dwts. of gold. .
The New North elunes Company has sunk the whim shaft 38 feet, making a total depth of 458 feet; the No.1, or 240 feet level south, is in 212 feet along the course of the lode, and in payable stone the whole distance; at 60 feet from the shaft the reef was cross-cut and found to be 38 feet wide; a rise was subsequently put up. and the cap of the reef found to be 19 feet from the bottom of the level. No.1 level north is being carried along to meet the rise from No.2 level, and is in 21 feet, the quartz being good. No.2., or 330 feet level south, is in 120 feet from the shaft; the lode being small, driving has been temporarily suspended. No. 2 level north is in 134 feet; the lode in this place being also small, work has been stopped; a rise is up 28 feet al a distance of 60 feet from the shaft, and in good quartz. The guides for cages are being put in the shaft; the erection of the battery, engine, &c" has been completed, and crushing permanently begun on the 23rd September, when every. thing was found to work most satisfactorily, .
The Clunes Alluvial Company obtained, up to the 20th August, 1050zs. 16 dwts. of bar gold; the Board. having prospected the ground to a considerable extent, and finding the yields rapidly falling off, d?termined to eall for tenders to work it on tribute. The mine has been let on. the following terms, VIZ. :-15 per eent. royalty, £10 per week water-rent, £20 per week rent of plant, &e., and a percentage of profit after £2 per week wages has been ]:laid. The amount of bar gold already obtained by the tributors amounts to 105 ozs. 16 dwts., excluslve of 300zs. 13 dwts. of alluvial un melted gold-total, 1360zs. 9 dwts. The tributors are sanguine as to an increase in the yield as soon as the necessary dead work has been finished. , .
GORDON SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Tlwmas Cowan, Milning SU'1'1Jeyor and Registrar.
TBE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TBE QUANTITY OF QUABTZ
CRUSBED DURING TBE QUARTER, AND TITE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
N Q,me of Oompo.ny. I Where Quartz was Average Tota.! Yield of Remarks relative to the
obtllined. Quartz crushed. Yield of' Gold Gold. Depth at' which the per Ton. Quartz was obtained.
---------tons cwt. Qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Egerton ... ... Big Hill Reef . .. 2,2~5 0 0 0 8 2'69 902 10 0 186 feet level ,
, "",: .Allu~,al.-:-The ,gre~ter number of .the claims taken up,~t Sawmill ,GuJly, Lal-lal, especially in , the ,p~cp ,ground, have been abandoned. The' holde~s of shallow claims are still perse:vering, with' various'results,altliough their works are not on an extensive seale. '
Quartz.-A slight impetus has been given to this branch of mining by the recent good re'turns of the Egerton Company. The crown of the lode at present being worke'dby this company is 130 feet from the surface, but it is being worked 56 feet lower, making a total depth of 186 feet: The, width of the lode has not yet beeu ascertained. Four quartz claims,have been applied for in the vicinity of tlle .Eg~rton 9?mp!lnj's le!).se, and there is every probability of this portion of the .district being still further ,p~osp~cpe.d •. J: ,1' ,:, .. ',J... .. :, "" .. , , ..
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STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. \ ,
,-",- " ,~Mr. Henry Davidson, jJ{inimIkS.'I!-rp~yor, and E~9is~rflr:
,.THE FOLLOWING INFORM;A-TION, HAS BEEN OBTAINED llELATH',E TO' TIlE- QUAlfTITY OF QUARTZ
. ,,,'; " ,CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER. AND THE GOLD OBTAINED ,THEREFROM;..,.-" . " ·1,'
.r.:; "' .ri> , " " Remarks relative to th e I .A.vera~ Where Quartz was Total Yield of Name of Company, obtained. QUJlrtz CI'Ullhed, 'Yield of Id Gold, ,Depth at which the per Ton, Quartz was obtained.
_ .. _-- -----. , '. , , J: 'j T tons' ewt. qr. I oz.dwt. <lwt. gr.
Albion , gr, oz.
400 feet to 497 feet ... ... i Portug~!ise Reef, 80~ 0-0 :3 412'.7 1 2,607 0 0 St€iglitz , '
.~ .
Steiglitz ... , .. Davis Reef, and. the 540 Q, 0 1 5 O( 675 0 0 260feet and upwards N ew LOde;Steiglit~
Redan ... New Chum ,Reef, 300 0 0 011 4'39 167 14 23 250 feet Steiglitz, ,
Working ;M1n,ers .... Boxing Reef, Steiglit~ 300 0 0 0 5 11'20 82 0 0 200 feet to 250:feet <?ity of Dublin ... Ironbark Reef,Steig- 9,'; 0 0 o v823'24 :42 12 0 150 feet·
litz r.; , ," " South, Jersey ... Si~ny Rise.~ '" 500 0, 0 012 0 300 0 0 160 feet
-" ,. ---------- ----, , Total Quartz ... 2,543 0 0 1.1011'29 3,814 6 23 ..
Mining operations in this_8uQdi~ion have steadily 'progre~sed d]lring the past quarter; and the y:ield of, gold ,is, gradually incr.ea~i~g. Or,the variou~ localitIes I ha~e to report as follows:- . '
, STEIGLITZ. • r.:' \', t I .' : • " I ~ , , • I . .
, , . '. Allnon Company, Portuguese Reif. ' , Ti;~ company' takes the lead 'of' ail others on the field; 'and,' from present appearances: seems likely
to,reta,in.it .. 't The reef in:t.hEllevels at!pre!Jent worked cOJ?tinues wide and massive, and highly aurifer-,ous. The -sinking of the main shaft to a depth ,of another 100 feet will be completed almost immediat~ly, m!iking a topal 'of 600 f(let. The mining manager ts sanguine, that a large, body of auriferous stone will be o.penedout, which will keep the battery going for many months to' come, aud prove very profitable tothe.shareholders. ' ," ' , .
, ; I , '. ,SteigiUz ComPimy, Boxing, Davis, and other Reifs.' "'/ , . ,,', -. The operations of t.\lis company' nave be!;)n much retarded during the quarter. Some time was' lost at the commencement in .the overhaul and repair of machinery, and latterly the mine has been swamped Rn two occasions, owing to. the excessive rainfall lately experienceq, which found access
-th'rough some' old ,workings, and stopped wo;rk in most of the drives for several weeks. •• ". ' .f.. .,.
,'J' The Redan' Company, ~ewCl"um R'eef. The yield from this mine has improved"and no doubt 'will continue to do so as the lode is worked
"peeper. The lode atpre~ent worked cannot be called a' reef. There are several narrow veins of auriferous quartz very close to each other, running parallel, and the whole of these, with the intervening mnllock;are crushed .. ' The manager iS,of qpinion that these narrow lodes will be found to unite into a well.defined t:eef when followed deeper. ' ,
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1,0, •• ; TIUJ .oity qf I!ublin Company, £J'onoark Reef. , " '. , "This company,came across ~ome very rich stone about three months ago, but it did not continue, and the shareholders (working) have now suspended operations for the present, .. , .
Tke New Ballarat Compai~!;. Netv Year's Reef. This company are now engaged in sinking tpe\r Illain shaft'deeper, and it will be some time before
any crushing will take place. ,! I , ",:' ,':!-, ~I iI . i '
"' ~_. ,The Cit!/; qf London Company, Yankee Smith's Reef. . ;'~";j~'\' ~,,~ .... l)-l.~': ,1'1''''.' \',.~vr. \}~\'.\" •••• ' ·",\;'.P\f~. I ,\.. •
This is a company 'Of working shareholders recently '. 'TheIr shaft 18 now down 63 feet, and drive to the westward 32 feet; sinking and driving very ard. It is expected to strike the lode at -to ,feet of drive. Thi~ reef, when formerly,worked, was very rich-in some instances yielding 27 oUl!ces to the ton, and there.is a l~ge ,ext,\nt of reef which has ~ever yet been touched.
The·Beehive Company, Suga1' Loaf.Reif, Long Gully. , . This company has ll.uspended operations for the present. ~The claiIl,l.is a good one, and they still
'hoTd::iti in'reserve; but' 'the distance, (4 miles)·'fromthe' mill, over.,a v.ery rough road, and expenses for ornshing, took away all profit, and I understand they are endeavoring to get machinery on the ground. The yield has hitherto been about 16 dwts. per ton. ... ..
The 'Hand ~n'd Band'Compan.y, Kilkenny a(1-d IJundee Reifs. Auother new company, recently formed. After a trial crushing, which gave a very fair yield,
operations have been suspended for a short time, until machinery, &0" haa been purchased and erected on the ground. '
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, ',',,' The Oorio Oompany,-Oorio &if,~e~foJ lte:w ye'a,·'~ ileiiJ:" ',' ',",'~~, : ')i/.: , , , Also another new, company. ~ Operations recen tly.:~ominenc~d-the shaft i~ down: 00 f~et;.:...Width·
of lode from 1 to 2 feet-gold visible on the face. 'l'he manager purposes blocking out at once, and having a trial crushing.;, .', ' '. '
New claims have also been recently taken up on,.thefol~owing nam~d reefs; but, as operations have, not yet commenced, Ihavelittle to report concerning them :-Pioneer Reef, Palmer and party; Italian Reef, William Reed and party; Kangaroo Reef, Geo. Moris ,and ,party; Garibaldi Reef, C. Jordem and party; Eton Reef; W. R. King and party; Copenhagen Reef, $wedborg and party.
Two leases have also been applied for-one by Richard King, on the Victoria Reef, south of the Now Alliance Company's ground; ,and . the other. by Alex.,v.:. ,Anderson, north of the New Albion Company's ground-but operations have not yet commenced on either of them. .
;', ,. ! ,1'; .. :, Taile Land, ~.f1o;,r'i§01i:i:! '. ? r "
The various tunnels in ,this, 1()9slity contin'ue, to,,yield'lgooq wages, especially the Hit·or-Miss Company, Dove and Co. '. ,,<,,1,'''' ',' , .d.ll" , " ,.
, N.ew -?,l7sk, Sailo?:' < Gul~lJ, ~ar M01:tif0"!-' 0$ .. ' ,
. Considerable quantities of gold are still obtaiped in this. locality, arid all the' parties at work are making .good w(1ge~, ~nd in many instances much more. The sinking is from 15,feet to 40 feet, dry, and not difficult; the gold heavy. 'rhe digj;(ings are gradually extending, and the miners are under the impression that they will soon have a defined lead, the deposits having hitherto been patchy. There is a large extent of ground in this locality as yet untouched, and I am surprised that it has hitherto attracted so little attention. " ._.-.- ,_. -,-, ,.. . -, ~-~,. .-
STONY RISES.
. 'I'ke South Je1'SeyCornpany, Stony Rises Reef. .. This company haV';; b~en ste~aily Ta't {york ;thro{ighout' the 'quart~r. lThe yield' per ton has also
improved, and, as the mine is worked deeper, the ·reef increases in width and becomes more massive. , Encouraged by the success of this company. ano.ther has been organized, and has applied for a lease
of Yorkey's Reef, immediately eastb'f,the'South'Jetsey'Compiin'y-'s"ground, but operations have not
yet commenced. , :(cf1'}~' r,',<{\ (,,\\~ "1il:Uvi~F'iilhi1~) ,'. '. J" l';~) !". :: .
Since, the, Lord f,alI1lerston Company's leas!) has been declared void, numerous parties of alluvial miDe~s have ,b.e,~Il (l.(~ork"Q:nJhe.$rqllnd: esp.~cia~tY. at wliat is·~aped tl:ie"~ld n;il~, Stony Rises. an~ III some lUs.tances ]:tave been'very sucoessfuL Slttill~tun a~d partY'(3),recentlY'dlVlded ?n,e po~nd weight of"coarse, nugg,etty goJd, phe, result of one weel~ s washmg. I saw the;gold myself In Slttmgton'.~ hands.:;. ~eveialoqh·e nuggets;iv'aried .• in wejgh~ from 10 d1"ts! t~;lf .oz. This~ol4 wll.s 9.~~ined close to the surfaee. A very short dIstance, however, to the west' of Slttmgton's chum, the aunferous alluvium gradually disllPpears under a stratum of basaltic rock, which extends westward,. without interruption, through 'the 'parislies of 'Narmbool; Cargerie, &c" ,towards Williamson's Creek. The miners are confident that they will yet trace a lead under this basalt; and I am of the same opmion myself. My reason for referring, thus particularly to the diggings in this locality is owing to the fact that so little attentio.n has yet been paid to them. ~eavy. finds of gold have 'from time to time been obtained; but, notwlthstahiling this, little has been attempLed to develop the. auriferous resonrces of the field, and that little in a very unsystematic manner. '
BLACKWOOD DIVISION.
Mr .. E. G. Magn'W3, Mining 'SurVeyor a;r,d Regi8tra,· . . " ..., ..
THE '" I " •• ! . '., " •
FOLLOWING INFORMATION lIAS 'BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE. TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ , .. ,,' CRusiIED : DlJRII\'1l THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFI!.OM:-
• ! ~ I, 'J t. !!
Na.me of Compa.ny. I I 'Average I T'til y,'ld 'f IRemarksrelativetotne
Where QUlU'tlI was obtained. Quartz crushed. .Yield of Gold I 0 Golt 0 , Depth a.t which the I !.' '" ",' ~", ",·".perTon., • I Quartz wa.& obtruned.
tons cwt. qr. oz. 'dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr., ' Crown '" Simmon's Reef ... "3;500' (j 0'0::0 18. ,131" 5 ·0 Snrfaceto:150feet Imperiitl, ... Simmon's Reef ...... ,100 ~ 0 0, ,\0 '2 7'20 iI. 1l··10· 0 I' feet· Williams Bros. " . .':.' Sfrnmon's Reef 1;400 ,a 0 0··3 0 211) 0 9., 150 feet Cornish ... . .. Sinllllon'sRecf ..... 1,100' 0 0 0,2 0 HO:.O' 0, 140feet Lerderderg ... ... Simmon's Reef 150 0 0.. 0 2 4 '81 5 0 90 feet Morning Star ,... Bald Hill Reef .... 310 ,0 0 0 6 0 93 0 0 Surface Turner and Co. .. . Yankee ,Reef ... 200 0 0 0 5 0 50 0 ,6', 93 feet Falkirk and Norwood Split-tree Reef. .". 600 O· 6· 0 2' 10< 72,10 0 Surface fo 40 feet St. George's... ... .St, George's R~£... 400. 0 0 0' 8 0 160 0 0 140 feet Faugh-a-Ballagh... St. George's Heef .. , 96 00 0 Ii 0" '2!1'16 '0 100 feet True Blue... ... St. George's Reef... 404 0 0 0 i4"12 " "292 1'8 O· 140 feet Mounter Bros. ... Barry's Reef ...: 375 0 0 0 6 0 1l'2"10 0 94 feet' Grace Egerton ... Barry's Heef ,.. 73 0' '0',' 0 5 0 18 5 rl 85 feet AnllieLowrie" ,', ..... Barry's Reef., .... ~ l50 0, 0,. .0 ,9. 0: _ :: .... 6,2 10 0, .~O, fee~ Macredie' ,... '" ,Atkin'sReef. ,; ... J ., '.891;10 .0 ' 0.·41"0,, 16, ,2, 0 r pO feet" Eight-ling-Two ... Homeward-bound Reef )0 10 0 0 5 0 2 12 12 94 feet , Beehive, .... "El\reka He,e~,. " ..... 3~0." 0 0 .9 ,3 0, '48 0 0, 40, feet, ,-Rip Van Winkle ... Trewhella's Reef ... .. 161' 0 ,0, ".9 3 .4'47 25,13 0, . 40 feet Fern-tree... ... Fern-tree Reef ... 80 0 0 0 :C 0' , ~'16 '0 0 'I' 25'f'eJl;' .~, ,. ..
Tota~ Quartz'.: ... I~lO,I'lO~·'O" 0' 0, 3 1'24! 1,542,16 12 I ,
No cement has been crushed this:quarter..: ,: ;, .. ' , , , ". Alluvial mining during the quarter has been less remunerative,than I ,have known. it for many
years, taking into consideration the abur;tdant supply of water that has been available, and unless a ~igh~r h,e~d. of water can. be ob~ained, so as,to command the.grollnd,abovethe'present races, 'sluicing In thiS dlvislon n;u,st steadily ile~hne. ' :.", ',1"'" .• ,:, :CJ,,', './. } ... l' .. , /,1, " ":~ ( ,'" r., :',! ,u' " "; '-W,T.·
Quartz mInIng generally IS prosperIng. The Crown Company's returns In the early part of the season were low, but are steadily increasing, and, from the present indication's of a late season, are likely to reach their usual returns for the seaSOD. . _ . .
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The Imperial Company have let their claim on tribute to a party of miners from Clunes, who, from present appearances, are likely to make good wages.
. The True.Blue Company's leased claim still continues to yield good dividends; they have now three sets of tributors at work. ' . '
The Morning Star Company have·~truck a new reef, about a hundred yards to the west of their old workings, from which they are raising very good stone. . . , The Manhem Company have taken up a reef on the Yankee Ranges, and, from the prospects Qbtained, there is every indication of this becoming a permanently remunerative line of reef. .
The Eureka Company. have registered their claim on account of influx of water.
BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
'Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar.
The winter has been more inclement, and of longer duration, than almost any previous, winter during several years. The almost incessant rains have continued during m.ore than thirty days, and hav~ not yet s~bsid~d. Except the pr~carious working of a few sluicing claims, and one or two small . partles of allUVIal mmers, nothing has been done here these last three months.
BEECH'VORTH MINING DISTRICT.
BEECIIWORTII SUBDIVISION.
M 1'. Alexande1' Alde1'dj£e, Mining Regist1'ar.
THE FOLLOWING .INFORMATION HAS' BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED,DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
Where Qtmrtz was Qun.rtz crushed. Average I Total Yield of i Ren:arkB relative to the
Na.me of Company, obtained. Yield of Gold Gold J !cptb at which ttl. J)il ... ~"'._I_, __ .~._, QtmrtZwaB obtained.
. ton. cwt. qr . Oz. dwt, gr. I .oz. dwt. gr., Chance ... ... Basin Creek ... 12 0 0 2 10 0 80 0 0 Surface Connors and Co. ... 1Jnited Reef, Buffalo ... 160 0 0 1 5 0 I 200 0 0 70 feet No.1 North ... United Reef, Buffalo ... 14 0 0 8 I 17'14 I 43 4 0 Surface Waterloo ... ... Myrtleford ... ... 200 0 0 0 2
~'541 20 0 0 80 feet
McLeod and Co. ... Sunday Reef, Three· 22 0 o· 8 7 74 0 0 Surface mile Creek
, Total Quartz ~-o-I~~I .. , 408 0 0
The seasonable rains of the quarter have kept the sluices constantly, at work, and the results obtained have been most remunerative. From the appe:jl"ance of the springs, and from the 'quantity of rain already fallen; it is expected that there will be no scarcity of water for mining purposes' before the end of the year, and many of the claims will not be washed down before that time.
The Rocky Mountain Sluicing Company, Spring' Creek, are l.rogressing with the blasting of their tail· race ; but it will take about two years to complete it, an ,in the meantime, the company are working their claim with the old tail.race.
Woolshed, Eldorado, grc. The winter rain~ have had a beneficial effect on these localities also, glVlng plenty' of water
without flqods, and the miners generally are satisfied with their earnings. , The Ovens Cement Crushing Company are ereeting machinery on their claim at Sebastopol, and
they expect 1.0 begin crushing in about three weeks. l'his company haTe also purchased another cement claim at the,Bevil's Elbow, whieh is said to be rieh both in gold and tin.
The deep claims at Eldorado continue to yield well; but., notwithstanding its known richness, the ground below the Wellington Company's claim has not been touched yet. The ground of Ovens
, Gold ,and Tin Mining Company is in dispute. part of it being claimed by two other companies, viz., the Perseverance Company and the Eldorado Extended Company.
Preparations are being made by the two Melbourne companies to work the ground which they have applied for on lease. It is situate below the Ovens Gold and Tin Company's claim, and is thought to be equally as rich as that claim. .
Bowman's Forest. A number of the claims in the deep ground are unable to be worked on aecount of exce~sive
drainage, and in the shallow ground (with the exception of a few elaims on Boogogie Creek) very little is doing. .
One or two new reefs have been taken up here, but no crushings have taken place from them, the roads being toobad for carting the quartz to the m~l.
• M,yrtlflford and Vicinity. Several new reefs have been opened on the Buffalo and Basin Creek ranges; the atone from
some of them looks remarkably well, especially that obtained from the claims on United and Mountain View lines of reef. The erushing from two on the United averaged I oz. 5 dwts. and 3 oz. 2 dwts. per ton ·respectively. .
The Waterloo Company have suspended the driving of their tunnel for the present, as the late rams have caused too great an influx of water into th,eir _workings.
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G STANLEY SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Thomas Stubbiln, MVnVng Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING 'THl! QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
NlIoIIle of Company. Where Quartz was obtained.
Average T •• , Y' Id f I Rem.&rks relative to the Yield of Gold 0_ Goi3 0 Depth at which the
per Ton. . Quartz was obtained,&o.
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Quartz crushed.
Homeward ·bound Kerry Eagle ... Robert Burns Gibbs and Co.
Rocky Point Rocky Point Upper Nine-mile .. . Upper Nine-mile .. .
Total Quartz .. .
ton. owt. qr. 80 0 0
160 0 0 22 0 0 400
oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. : 1 7 12 no 0 0 I
o 13 3 I 105 0 0: 1 2 4'36! 24 8 0' o 8 0 1 12 0
-------------266 0 0 ' 0 18 2'88i 241 0 0 I'
I
420 feet 100 feet 80 feet Abandoned
I have the honor to report that, in consequence of the great rainfall during the winter, both the sluicers and puddlers are actively employed, with every prospect of a good supply of water to carry them well into .the summer; in fact, this division has not been so well supplied for several years as it is at the present time.
In quartz mining I have nothing fresh to report. On the contrary, the reefs in the neighbor. hood of Stanl~y have now dwindled down to one, the Robert Burns.
. The Homeward-bound and Kerry Eagle reefs, Rocky Point, maintain their usual average.
Y ACKANDANDAH SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Th08. G. Kennan, MilnVng Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ. CRUSHED
DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
Where Quartz was I Ave~ Total Remarks relative to the Name of Company. obtained. Quartz crushed. I Yield of Id Yield of Gold. Depth at which the
, perTon. Quartz was obtained.
toIlS owt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Homeward-bound , .. Twist's 'Creek .. , 16 0 01 0 712 6 0 0 120 feet Nonpareil ... ... Twist's Creek .. , 38 0 0 I 1810'10 73 0 O· 80 feet Nqnpareil ... ... Twist's Creek ... 107 0 0 0 7 2'46 38 0 0 80 feet Scandinavian ... Twist's Creek ... 30 0 0 o 12 0 18 0 0 110 feet No.1 Dallish ... Twist's Creek ... 12 0 0 I 616 16 0 0 Not ascertained No. I Danish '" Twist's Creek .,. 7 0 0 1 220'57 8 0 0 Not ascertained Wallace ... ... Twist's Creek .. . 22 0 0 010 0 II 0 0 Not ascertained No. I North,Homeward- Twist's Creek ... 50 0 0 0 714'40! 19 0 0 130 feet
bound Polar Star ... Twist's Creek .. , 13 0 0 0 1622'15 11. 0 0 180 feet Sydney Reef ... Twist's Creek ... 19 0 0 I 5 6'31 24 0 0 30 feet Excelsior Reef ... Clear Creek ... 33 0 0 3 014'55 100 0 0 80 feet Stringer ... ... Back Creek . .. 110 0 0 I 1 19'63 120 0 0 Not ascertained Homeward-bound ... Hillsborough ... 2,000 0 0 O· 919'2 980 0 0 240 feet Tall Reef .. , Sutton ... ... 555 - 0 0 0 2 6'48 63 0 0 75 feet Tafi Reef, No. I N. ... Sutton ... . .. 300 0 0 0 5 0 75 0 0 75 feet
Total Quartz ... 3,312 0 0 0 910'37 1,562 0 0 ,
There has been more quartz crushed, but, owing to the absence of the manager of one of the mills, I was unable to get the result, but will include it in my next return.
Owing to the extremely bad weather, mining has been almost at a standstill, even many of the quartz claimholders being obliged to suspend working, from a superfluity of water in their shafts and workings. A party have Bet in below the Twist's Creek Mill to work the tailings for mundie, but, not having had a crushing, the returns are not as yet known; however, a small assay gave at the rate of 2~ ozs. gold to the ton,
SANDY CREEK SUBDIVISION.
Mr. John W. Beattie, Mi~ilng Registrar.
There is no change to report.in reference to mining operations, Cla~mholders, if not at all times realizing satisfactory wages, 'still adhere to their claims, for the simple reason that they cannot better themselv:es elsewhere. The weather has. for the latter part of the quarter, been so wet as greatly to retard the working of the creek claims. The l';Iil Desperandum, referred to in previous reports, a}?pears to have firmly established itself; while the Chinese Company, adjoining (above the junction), will soon have their tail.race cut as far as to enable them to open the lower end of their claim.
I may mention with respect to quartz mining that a prospecting claim was lately registered, but no work has as yet been effected. . '
-. -.\ -INDIGO DIVISION.
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Mr. R. it rrowsmith, M inirrig S1iIrveyo?' a'iw, Regwtrar . • ' ,.j , •• ' J ". r ...' ~. • \. .' • • '" , 1 I • , .' •
THE FOLLOWING IN]j'ORMATION 1U.S BEEN OBTAI~ED RELATIVE TO THl)!, QUA~'f~'1;Y .,oF QUARTZ
.... ".." - CRUSHED' DURING THE QUARTER, ANh THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:
fl .... • , .. ;.~,
",. rl,:h t,i~ r",·,I..' :' 'Na.ine·,of CompanY.
Magenta
., . United Consols
• ~, , j .. .:..
,11 :Wbere Q~rt~!w:is >,
obta.lned.
. ' tons cwt. qr.oz. dwt. gr •.
...' I,ady Darling Reef... 900 0 0 0 ? 0'·
1 Higgins'Reef ... ' 355 0 0 0 4 16'63' Harris' Reef· 36 0 0 0 7 '2-66
.,;- .. Essex Reef .. : ::: 14' 10---0- 0 12 2'07 Various Reefs- .. , 14 0 0 0 H l'8'85 Rutherglen.Reefs .... 18 10 0 1 19 22'70
Total Quartz 1,338 0 0 I 0 3: 14'12
oz; dwt:' gr.
90 0 0 83" 6 0 12 16 0 8 l.~ 6
• "8 5 0 36 19 0
240 I 6
Remarkll relative"to the Depth at which the Q~z ':,'a'!.!'btai!!.ed .
from surface to 20 ft. surface to 40 feet 80 feet to 60 feet 50 feet to 75 feet chiefly surface 90 feet to 100 feet
, (!luartz.mining·has not improved. during tbe quarter, the average yield being much below that of previous returns; this, however, is to be attributed to the poverty of the stone: crushed· by the Magenta: Company,.obtained near the surface,. while the United Cons.ols Company are driving a -level throu'gh the hillinterseetedbyHiggins'Reef., ".' , .... , .. : '",_ ;.;' ." I,.' I
IIl',alluviaI mining~there,i8 notbing of importance to report. The claim' of the Sons 6f Freedom Company maintains its reputation for steady and profitable returns. . .-
The Indigo Grand Junction Gold Mining Company report having obtained highly satisfactory proBpeet~ in four feet of drift. The width of lead has not yet been determined, ' ,
The Enterprise claim, abandoned by its former· holders, has been re-occupied by a new com· pany,' who are vigorously carrying oJ:!. .operations.., -, .. '. i, '.
. The Rutherglen· Gold Mining Company' (late Murray Valley Company) have commenced opening out their underground wq,fkj!lg~.'!:~~l1 dllP,th. of ~83 f~~t. from ,til~. s~F.face:' 91ft of 6;000 scrip there now only remains 400 to be disposed of-a guarantee that the public have faith in the undertaking • . , .. _ ... ¥ining generally, tlArS?jlghout,lt.he .division is exceedingly dull; no im,p;r~v,e~e~t, h.~», ~a}l:en place
in the 'yields 'from the leading Claims,',while the' populition has . slightly diminishe.d in numbers. The ultimate success of Bom'e'of't4e ipeculatioils now on hand, whicK are very, promising, will, no doubt, induce capitalists ~o embarK in develoJ?ing the 'resources of some of the most promising leads in ~he colony, ,more partIcularly ,those trendulg westward from the Extended .Sons of Freedom and Indigo Grand;lf,li,n!itioi(c!aims;" .!; -.. , .:.~ .. ,.' '.' • '. . . ". ,. "... , .• L ,
!. 'BUCKLAND DIVISION.
Mr. Lewifi O. Kindzela, Mining Rerfotrar. , " .
I " q '.. ....
THB FOLLOWING' INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED ll.EI.A.TIVE. TO THE QUANTITY. OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:- .....
Name of Compa.n:y •. . Where QU!l.rt~: was Quartz crushed. Av~r.teid . Total Yield of ~%~t ;t\~~fu.~ru::t~ • obtained. per Ton. G<>I~.. .. was obtained. , : i '.. ' . ,
... Morse's. Creek:- tons cwt. qr, m:. dwt.gr. oz: dwt. gr . Perseverance ... Oriental Reef ... 6,074 0 0 0 3 10'10 1,039 0 0 ISO feet S.,Kinkade 1 •••• ~inKade's Reef· .... 60 0 '0' . 0 10 0 30 "·0 0 Surface , '" ,"
S. Kinkade (2nd lot) ' .. ~- --Kinkade?s Reef 28- 0 -0 .. 0 8 8'57 II 14 0 Surface S. Wood ... J ... Kinka4!"s ;Reef, No.,. 30·.0 0' 0 3 4'80 4 16 0 Surface Beules and Co. ".: Ulster Reef .. , 55' 0 0 0 6 4'36 17 0 0 Not stated Chorlwell and Co. "Greenwood ReeL . .' 28 0 0 o 15 IS'85 22 2 O' Surface
.. ... S. A. Wallace ... Pioneer Reef ... 450 0 0 0 4 17'06 106 0 0 200 feet
Growler'S Creek :-S. Stephens ... .... Gander-'s Reef ... 123 0 0 o 14 2'53 S6 15 0, Not stated Orchard and Co. ... Helstone.,I~eef ... 29 .0 0 1 14 0 49· 6 0 45 feet Gregory and Co. , ~~. ". . Ebenezer'Reef ... 80 0 0 0 7 0 28 0 0 Surface S. 'Scholefield 'Enfield Reef 16 0 0 2 15 0 44' :'0 '0" SUrface'
., . .. ... ... , .. 'Harrietville:- ;
" Sutface to 1'15'feet' Brown, Hanna, and Co. t;nited Miners' Reef 540 0 0 2 5 4'44 1,220 0 0 McLean, Johnson, & Co. Johnsori's Reef .... '. 1,000 0 0 o II 0 550 . 0 0 80 feet Russell and Jones ... Newarkhill Reef ... 29 0 0 o 14 11'58 21 0 0 . Surface
Buckland:-Alta and Nelson ... Nelson Heef· - . ',:: r .1,000 0 . Qr o 14 "7'68 716 0 0 130 feet L. Dale ... , .. Orient Reef ... 220 0 0 o 10 0 110 0 0 30 to 40 feet Paullassey and Co_ ... 'Welcomc:'Reef :~'.\ . 120 '0"'0 . 0 ;2 8 \ 14 0 0 Not stated
Running Creek Wallace and,Brady ... ,.Happy' Yalley Heef IS4 0 .0 I 16 22'95 340 0 0 Surface to .65 feet Wye p,nd Co, ... Kildare Reef ... 34 0 0 o 18 5'64' 31 0 0 Surface Mueller ana Co. -.. Annie Laurie Reef 18 0 0 0 5 0 4 10 0 Surface O'Donnell [Lnd Co. ... Pride of Erin Reef ,58 0 0 o 10 0 29 0 0 Surface to 30 feet Ray and Green ... Ben Franklin Reef 320 0 0 0 8 3 130 0 0 Surface to 150 feet Parke [Lnd Brady .. , Porepunkah Reef 67 0 0 o 13 10'38 45 0 0 Not stated
rl'otal Quartz .. , 10,563 0 0 0 8 19"26 4,649 3 0 ,. ~., "
·"!fo tailin~s worthy of note cruShed during quarter.
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A reference to the quarterly returns shows that ;the anticipations contained in my previous report, of the probability of a. lI!-arked in.cr~ase in the quanti~v of quartz crushed during this quarter, has been fully borne out. ThiS mcrease IS m a great measure owmg to the abundant supply of water, enabling some of our mills to work which had before been for many months unemployed.
Of the five steam-engines used on quartz, but returned as being" Idle," I believe three, if not four, of them will be at work during the ensuing quarter; and 1 may here note that two new steam milla are being ereCted, and also two small water-powers, all to be employed in crushing operations. •
Although the Running Creek reefs have not, to the present, yielded quite so well as the proprietors had hoped, there are ample reaSOns for stating that quartz milling throughout this division (excepting, perhaps, the Morse's Creek portion) is in a healthy and satisfactory condition, affording likewise reasonable grounds for supposing that branch of mining industry will be extended, and acquire a local importance even greater than it at present commands.
Eleven new reefs were registered hl?re during the eurr~lnt quarter, but none of them require special notice, excepting one found on the leftlbranch of the Buckland River, a large district hitherto almost totally unprospected. The locality is about 25 miles from Bright.
The steady continuance of the run of good ground now being driven through by the tributora in the prospeeting claim Premier Lead, Morse's Creek, has induced a local capitalist to invest £800 in the purchase of a fourth ·share in the Morse's Creek Co.'s wet frontage claim, which last week again started to work under the most favorable auspices. This company is now raising very excellent wash. dirt while opening up their main drive. .
In the Birthday Prospecting Claim the owners will comm-snce blocking out within 18 days, when a weekly yield of from 60 to 100 Qunces is calculated upon.
The unprecedented continuanee of wet weather has almost put an end, for the present, not only to alluvial mining in our river beds; but likewise in the shallow bank claims; however. the quantity of gold thus raised has always been comparatively small during the winter months.
JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. ,
, Mr. Samuel K. Vickery, Mining Surve!1Or and Registrar ..
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE 1'0 THE QUANTITY OF QUART~ CRUSHED
DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
Yie1-d~~~~ld I ToW Yield of Rema.rkB relative to the
NJI,me of Company. Where Quartz w"" obtained. Quartz crushed. Depth at which the Quartz per T{,n. Gold. was obtained .
. ----:MOUNT PLEASANT. tons em. Q.r. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr
No.1 North,Lucky'Reef Alexapdra ... ... 211 0 0 o 10 1~'85 III 3 0
1 From 50 to 200 foo'
No.2 North,I.JuckyReef Ale;g:andra ... ,
192 0 0 51217'75 1,082 6 0 ... No.4 North,LuckyReef Alexandra .•. ... 21 0 0 12 14 13'71 267 6 0 Connolly's Lease ... Alexandra ... ... 18 0 0 2 316 39 6 0 EgJinton Prospec.ting Alexandra ... ... 21 0 0 0 9 5'71 9 14 0
Claim
I No.1 South, EgJinton Alexandra ... ... 5 0 0 510 0 27 10 0 Welcome ... ... Alexandra ~ ... ... 130 0 0 01621"42 109 16 0 :Mysterio us .... ... Alexandra ... .. . lOS 0 0 1 18 355 206 0 0 ) Sunday Reef ... .., Alexandra ... ... 14 0 0 2 320'u7 30 14 0
} Uo"" 30 foo'
United Kingdom ... Spring Creek ... 38 0 0 0171i'05 33 13 0 No. I South, United Spring Creek ... 1 6 0 1 19 0 I 19 0
Kingdom Darling ... ... '" Spring Creek ... 2 0 0 1 13 0 3 6 0 Pig-and-Whistle Pros: Molesworth ... ... 2 0 0 I 17 0 3 14 0
peetiug
JAMJESON. No.1 North, Southern Sailor Bill's Creek •.. 15 0 0 2 ::) ° 32 5 0
f Under 50 feet Cross
Elizabeth ... ... Sailor Bill's Creek ... 14 0 0 01517'14 11 0 0 Champion Lease ... i;ailor Bill's Creek ... 23 0 0 6 117','4 , 140 0 0
-_. Total Quartz ... 815 () 0 2 9 7'56 2,009 12 ° .,
.. The following com~anies had trial crushings during the quarter, but deeline to furnish informa-tIOn :-Star of the West rribute Co., Mack's Creek; Champion Prospecting Co., Sailor Bill's Creek. . . I hav~ t.h~ honor to repor~ that, while no new discoveries of apecial importance have been made m thiS subdiVISIOn, the proeeedmgs of the quarter have b.een attended, on the whole, with favorable resulj;a.
MOUNT PLE..I.BANT.
The opening of the Mount Pleasant goldfiela has resulted in the successful development of extensive areas of hitherto untried country, and provided employment for a large part of the surplus population of the older goldfields. . .
. At Alexandra several q~artz reefs have been opened, some of which present promising appearance~, and ~he older reefs contmue .to yield largely. Th~ mines, with few.exceptions, are.in the hands of working miners, whose means are madequate to test their character effiCIently or speedily. Since the opening of this goldfield, H.ttle over twelve months ago, 1,501 tons of quartz have been crushed and 6,716 ozs. of gold obtained therefrom, giving an average of 4 ozs. I} dwts.U'69 grs. to the ton, the yields
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. of each succeSSIve quarter being higher than the previous; this circumstance, taken in connection with the number of different claims il,l which the quartz has been obtained, the deficiency of suitable appliances, the imperfect state of the roads (leading latterly to a suspension of traffic), and the high prices charged for crushing, should determine its character to some extent.
The alluvial claims on U. T. Creek are being quickly worked out, only fifty.five men being employed on the'creek at present. At its head, the Eldorado Reef, which appears to hal'e contributed to the·a1.lr~ferous character of t~e creek, is assumin~, as work progresse~, a more de;fined appearal!ce, 'and exhIbIts coarse gold, w.here It has been opened, m several of the claIms on the hne. The Ulllted Kingdom, Shakespeare, Perfect Cure, and other reefs, are also becoming more permanent looking.
Amongst the discoveries consequent on the influx of population to Mount Pleasant, the most import~t are those at Ghin Ghin, near Yea, and Maindample, near Mansfield. At the former place the povulation has largely increased, and, as anticipated in my special report of 31st ·ultimo, opcrations are bemg extended to creeks of a similar appearance to that first opened. No large yields have· been reported, but the larger number of the miners are obtaining payable results. .
The .workings at J\!aindample are confined to quartz; the reefs appear to be of a permanent character, and the stone being raised is generally of a promising appearance, but its 'actual value ha~ .not as yet been ascertained, owing to the absence of machinery. , The Cameron's Creek workings (Mount Buller), having been nearly deserted during the winter months, are again a source of attraction i... several parcels of coarse gold have recently been disposed of, amongst which was an 8-oz. nugget. The difficulties to be contended with, referred to in former reports, render it an undesirable field for those entirely without capital; but to those prepared to adopt proper appliances, and to co.operative companies, it offers special inducements.
The quartz workings in the vicinity of Mount Buller have not realized expectations. The alluvial workings at Hell's Hole still afford remunerative employment ~o about fifty miners. Mining at Jamieson still cpntinues in a very depressed state; the capital and labor expended in
quartz mining during the past year has been in a great m.easure lost, so far as regards the results .obtained to the present time; but it is not improbable that, with proper management, many of the mines new abandoned may, at a future time, be remuneratively worked. The population has undergone a 'considerable diminution during the quarter; many of the alluvial claims on the River Goulburn, for a distance .of five miles north of t)le township of Jamieson, hewever, continue payable.
Mining at Benalla is .not in a progressive state.' The number of claims registered during the quarter in the several parts of the division is an
important basis on which to form an estimate of the mining population; many of the miners in the Mount Pleasant district not being holders .of miners' rights, are unable to effect registration; while, therefore, every care has been taken in the compilation of the population returns for that part of the district, the results must be considered as only approximate. ' ,
The quantity of alluvial gold disposed of in Alexandra during the quarter was 934 .oz. 19 dwts. 12 grs.
GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INF.oRllLI.TION HAS BEEN .oBTAINED RELATIVE T.o THE QUANTITY OF-QUARTZ CRUSHED
DURING THE QUARTER,' AND THE GOLD . .oBTAIN En THEREFRO}f:-
I Where Quartz was I Average I Total Yield ; Remarks relative to the Name of Compau:y.
obtained. Quartz croahed. Yield of Gnld of Gnld. Depth' at which the : per Ton. Quartz waS obtaw.d,
I~"--, oz. dwt. gr.
Al ,Castle Reef.. 583 0 0 2 5 0'86 tona cwt. qt. I"'" dm. gr.
1,312 16 0 30 to 100 feet '. , .. ... , .. Hunt's .,. ' .. Hemeward·bound Reef' 2,160 0 0 0 10 10'01, 1,125 I 0 160 to 250 feet Victoria .,. , .. Homeward· bound Reef 1,890 0 0 ,0 I 17'42 163 2 0 150 feet Rose of Denmark ... Eureka Heef . 650 0 o 10 2 ,2'21 68 0 0 100 to 200 feet ,
----____ I
Total Quartz ... '5,283 0 0 10 10 2'49 2,668 19 0 I
The Eldorado Company and the Try.again Company have not yet washed up. . The quantity of alluvial gold bouglit by the bank during the quarter is 731 ozs. The greater
portion of the alluvial gold comes from the Dig River division. .
I have the honor to report that the late yields frem some of the .old quartz claims, viz., Hunt's and the A 1, have given a greater impetus to quartz mining in this subdivision than has been exhibited for the last twelve months. The Try.again Company have completed the erection of their mill, which consists of one battery of four revolving stamps, and'they are now engaged crushing stone.
The Drummond's Peint Gold Mining Company have been flooded out, and will probably not be ' able to resume work-fer at least a menth or six weeks. . . ,
The Rose of Denmark Company have let their mine on tribute for two years. As yet the tributors have not done much, as they are principally engaged in opening out new ground.
All the claims situated on the Homeward·bound line of reef, with the exception of the Raspberry United Cempany, are at work, and prove te be payable. . . '
I regret to' have to report that, owing to the late heavy fleods, alluvial mining is nearly at a standstill. The alluvial miners located on Gaffney'S Creek and the Goulburn River have suffered severely. The Goulburn Valley Sluicing Company have had their dam carried away, and the works of the mine injured to the amount of seven or eight hundred pounds. They have abandened wo~k at present, but I believe they intend commencing operations afresh when the flood subsides. ,
The decrease in the popUlation is attributable te the . late heavy floeds having caused many alluvial miners to seek cmpleyment em.the new goldfields near Yea and Alexandra. '
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WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION.
Mr. A. B; Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTEIl, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
Na.me of Company.
Prospecting... .. . No, I and 2 North .. . The Hope Mining ... The Alps Great Central Age of Progess .. , I N ever,mind Prospecting,
No.1 S, Prince of Wales , .. All Nations Prospecting Express Gold Mining Royal Standard G. M, British Atlantic , .. No.2 S., Great Atlantic Prospecting Claim , .. LeviathanAmalgamated
. / Average . T'" eI f Remarks relative to the Where Quartz was Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold 0 .... Yi do De»th at which the
___ ,-ob_t_a.i_n_ed_, ___ ·_.~_._._ .. __ I_. per_Ton, Gold. Quartz was obtained.
tons cwt. 'qr, ! oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr.
Morning Star ... 1,200 0 0 0 10 S'70 621 15 0 50 to 300 feet Morning Star ... 820 0 0 1 222 .. ,4 940 0 0 50 to .300 ,feet Morning Star '" 2,000 0 0 0 13 1'56 1,306 10 0 50 to 300 feet
202 0 0 0 1 18'18 I 17 15 0 380 feet 200 0 0 0 18 2'40 I 181 0 0, About 70 feet
Morning Star .. . Morning Star .. . Never-mind Beef .. . 1,200 ,0 0 I 0 11 5'10 672 15 0 ·Surface to 50 feet
All Nations Reef... 300 0 0 I 0 416'SO 7010 0 All Nations Reef ... 200 0 0 10 322'32 39 6 0 Waverley Reef ... 1,200 0 0 0 4 fi'90 254 15 0 Surface to 100 feet Royal Standard Reef 80 0 0* 0 6 9 25 10 0 1300 feet Great Atlantic Reef 150 0 0' 0 4 3'20 31 0 0 Near surface Great Atlantic Reef 87 0 0 0 0 2'76 0 10 0 Near surface Great Atlantic Reef, 50 0 0 0 ° 7'68 016 0 Near surface Leviathan Reef ' .. -=~~_O __ 1_~ 1'36 ~~I Surface to 120 feet
Total Qvartz... 8889 0 0 0 12 l4'69 5605 10 0'
* The tonnage is estimated in this cnse. A crushing of a large quantity of stone, say from 200 to 300 tOM, took place jn the Surprise claims, the result being about 7 ozs. The tonnage not being ascertainable I nave not included it above.
I have the honor to report that the depression which set in in 1865 continues to be more and more. felt. The crushings for this quarter are less by 200 ozs. than those for the last quarter, and show a total of, say 5,600 OZS., as against 20,000 ozs. for the same quarter in 1866 ; while the crushing power has increased by 41 stampers. The average yield has fallen from 1 oz. 7 dwts. 6'62 grs. to 12 dwts. 14'69 grs., or lesa than one·half. '
The Age of Progress has had an excellent yield of 181 ozs. from 200 tons of stone. Nos. 1 and 2 North, Morning Star, known as "Oherry's" claim, have had t>lso a very good yield,
averaging 1 oz. 2 dwts. 22'24 grs. per ton. The Prospectors have not had as good a yield as during the last quarter, but their ground is
improving. , The Alps Great Oentral have closed up their shaft for the present, after reaching a depth of 382
feet in their lowest level, or 482 feet below the platform of their first shaft. The stone proved too poor to pay at such a depth.
New and unsuccessful crushings have been had from the British Atlantic and the Great Atlantic; but the first-named has since come upon some very excellent stone.
The N ever·mind Prospectors have also had a further find in their ground. The new reef is 5 feet wide, and rich as well as soft and facile to work. ~ ,
The :Franklyn Company, higher on the same spur, have entered into an agreement with the owners of the Golden Bar Crushing Mill, and eXp'cct to crush as soon as their tralllway shall have been laid. The claim is expected to be good, and will be easily worked. .
,The Leviathan Amalgamated Oompany have the heaviest return for this quarter, namely, over 1,400 ozs. 'fhe claim is looking well, and the present yield of about 100ozs. per week is likely to continue for some months. Nothing new has been 'struck in the ranges during the quarter, and the extreme'severity of ,vhat we call the spring has caused many miners to quit the creek claims they had been working. I trust it will result in the banks of the river, on which drift is found at a height of aBC
much as 500 and 600 feet, being prospected and worked for alluvial gold.
BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION.
Mr. ,Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
I have the honor to report that quartz mining in the Big River subdivision still continues in a very depressed condition, only two of the mines are at work, viz., the Luck-'s.all and the Unknown.
, The alluvial miners appear to be making fair wa!.;es; and. as 'they are principally working bank. claims, they have not suffered any damage from the late heavy floods.
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.n' MIl'TA"MITTA: DIVISIOY.·
.; ,c ;.' '. \' \,\ \ M,7"'".A ndrew: Trench; ~M ining'Regist1'ar ..
. I have the honor to report that .since the date of my last report very little has been done, owing to the large floods. The Creek-bed claIms cannot be worked again until about December as the water in ~h~ c~eeks and riv~rs is hi~her now than it has been for the past seven years, and by' all appearance It IS hkely to be hIgher still. . .
The floods have burst reservoirs and broken races all over the division.; and I may say that·all· work is at a stand still.
SANDHURST, MiNING DISTRICT ..
SAJ.'IDHURST DIVISION.
;Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining. Registra7'.
THE FOLLOWING INFORJIUTI0I.'l: HAS BEEN OBTUNED RELA.TIVE TO THE QUANTITY ,OF. QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ, TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, ·AND ,THE GOLD OBTAINED
,:'HEBEFRoM :-
Name of ·Company.
McNair and Co .. .. Hustler's Reef .. . Ellesmere .. . Catherine Reef
Where Quartz, ke., were obtained.
Various reefs Hustler's Re(lf New Chum Reef .. . Catherine Heef .. .
Quartz crushed.
tons ewt. qr. 920 0 0
2,613 0 9 1,308 0 0 7,606 0 0
United Eagle Nelson Reef H. Koch Indefatigable
... Various reefs
..• Various reefs .. 5,050 0 1,210 0
... I 4,500 0 3,520 0
Various reefs, .. , Various reefs
Quartz Tailingll and Cement crushed.
Ajax ••• , '" T. Britt ... Guy and Co. • .. Deep Lead .••
,.Pottery Flat ... 2,000 0 0 Huntley... ... 1,704 0 0 Epsom... ... 3,300 0 0 Huntley.;. ... 2,100 0 0
I . . Average I t I Y' Id f Rem&rks relative to tbe Depth
Yield of Gold To a Ie 0 a.t wWeh the QW>Ttz, i •. , per Ton. Gold. were obtamed. .
oz. dwt. gr. o 7 1'1i6 1 4 5'48 o 6 13'42 o . 3 10'07
9 12'll .7 18'44 9 1l'20 3 10'17
060 o 3 9'69 o 1 15'34 o 4 1I'42
0 •• dwt, gr.
325 0 0 Various depths 8,165 9 0 V llriou8 depths
428 19 '18 Various depths: 1',300 12 0 ·Various depths
2,400 0 0 Various depths 470 O. 0 Various depths
2,130 0 0 Various depths 602 13 0 Various depths
!i00 O. d) 290 0 0 270 10 0 470 0 0
\ i • i
T~tal Quartz Tail- } I' 9104 ---;-o1~13'96 1 630 ~ mgs and Cement ' ,
I havtl the honor ,to report an improvement in mining affairs in this division. during the past three months, ' "
Severa,l new reefs have ·been opened, and on some old reefs; that had been unworked for a con-siderable time claims have been taken up, and good returns have bec'n obtaiued therefrom. ..'
Although our richest claims have not 'produced 90 much gold as in the previous quarter of this year, other claims on the sal)1e liues are yielding very rich quartz, amongRt which may be mentioned Lazarus~ claim on the New Chum Reef, and the Confidence Company's on Victoria Reef; and on most of our reefs better results' are being 'obtained. .
I have registered several prospecting quartz claims taken up at Marong, most of which have reported payable gold from the surfaee.- Several other adjoining claims 'have been taken up in consequence. A trial lot from Wilson's claim on Wilson's Reef yielded as muohas 4 ozs. per ton.
In my last I reported having registered an alluvial prospecting claim at Myers' Creek. This claim did not prove to be very rich, but several good claims were bottomed near it, and it was thought that a rich lead was discovered. A. great TUsh Bet in, and in. about a month after the prospectors had found gold, about four thousand person,s. were )ocated there. '1;he sinking was from 30 to 50 feet, a.nd the lead was traced for a considerable distance. A. great many holes were Bunk, and in many cases with satisfactory res1l1ts; but the ground was not found rich enoug~ to maintain so large a population, a.nd it is now reduced to about one.fourth of·what it· was some two months since •. It is believed, however, that most of those who are now on the ground will find profitable employment for some time to come. .
A few days since I regi8t~red an. alluvial prospecting claim, taken up near Lockwood, the applica.nt for which reported having obtained an average of 1 dwt. to .the bucket. . ." ;
At Pottery Flat and Huntley there·is not quite so much doing. ,partly, owing to the tllsh'to:,thtl Myers' Creek diggings, and partly. to the flooding of claims after the late ,heavy rains; ·blltmost of the large companies are doing well and have very good prospects.
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KILMORE DIVISION.
Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining'Registrar.
,THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ .A.ND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT GRUBHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM :-
.. Where ~artz, &0:. wm:,; I Q~CX'IlJ!hed. Average I Totlll Yield Rema.rks rels.tive to"the
Name of Compan:y. o tamed. Yield of Gold of Gold. Dept.hatwbich the Quarta. per Ton. . &c., were obtained.
i ---. toilS cwt; qr. oz, dwt, gr., oz. dwt. gr.
Shepherd's Reef ... Shepherd'sReef,Reedy )5 10 0 6 12 21'67 103 0 0 About 120 feet Creek
" Thompson and Co. ... Seek-and-Find Reef, 14 0 0 3 5 17'14 46 0 0 Near surface Reedy Creek ...
Sunday Creek .. , Ryan &Co.'s Claim, 400 0 0 o 15 0 300 0 0 60 to 120 fee~ Sunday Creek "
Golconda ... ... Tobin's Reef, Sunday 100 0 0 I 1 9'60 107 0 0 90 to 100 feet Creek
Rising Sun ... ." Kelly and Mitchell's, 43 0 0 o 14 21'20 32 0 0 80 to 90 feet Sunday Creek
70 to 90 feet Windsor Castle ... Davis's Heef, Sunday 26 0 0 1 6 3'69 34 0 0 Creek
Root-Hog-or-Die .. , Tollett's Reef, Sun- 5 0 0 o 10 0 2 10 0 70 to 80 feet day Creek i
Golden Crown ... Murrundindi Creek, 5 0 0 2 1 0 10 5 0 80 feet .
Total Quartz .,. 608 10 0 I o 20'70 634 15 0 Quartz: Tailings and , Cement cruslted.- ----
Reedy Creek ... Landridge's Reef ... . 360 0 0 0 2 0 36 0 0 Various RUmore G\JldMining ... Bourke's Lease, Kil- 1,000 0 0 0 4 ·0 200 0 a Surface and va.rious
more Diggings Rising Sun •. , '" Mitchell's Heef, Sun· 40 0 o 10 12 0 , 24 0 0 Various
day Creek
TotalQuartz Tail- } ings and Cement 1,400 0 0 0 3 l4 261) 0 0
, The quarter just closed has not been productive of any improvement in mining matters in this division, owing. principally, to the great rush to the Alexandra diggings, situated on its outskirts, and to the continued rains, which have kept the creeks and alluvial claims constantly flooded. Several quartz as well as creek and alluvial claims are exempted in consequence.
Reedy Creek Quartz Mining is not at present very flourishing. , The Shepherd) Reef had an excellent yield. and the tributors were well satisfied. The Seek-a'nd~Find, 'I.'hompson's Reef, parallel with the old Albert Reef, have also an excellent
prospect, as per above returns. ., The Reedy Creek Company's claim is still being prospected for some of the rich leads which once
rendered it so famous. 'I.'he Sailor's Reef is yielding payable returns. The IJeviathan, Captain's. and others, are abandoned. The Magenta and 80lferino iuunel has been exempted .. ' .'" ., I " '
A new linc of reef. called the "Duke of Edinburgh," at the head of Nuggetty Gully, Reedy Oreek, has been opened, and several claims taken up, but owing to the un passable state. of the roads, and the distance from machinery to test the quurtz, no results have yet been ascertained.· ,
Quartz mining. at the Sunday Creek. is still progressing; and Ryan and 00. are putting a tunnel into their claim, crossing the numerous leaders and quartz veins which intersect the spur on which it is situated. All the other claims are at work, and it is the opinion of the claimholders on the ereek that there are other payable reefs in the vicinity, if the country was prospected.
The Perseverance Company, Mount William, is a new company, and ·have plenty of quartz, whieh is reported as .payable, and they contemplate erecting machinery forthwith.
At the Kilmore Diggings, Bourke and party are crushing all before them, and the yield, as reported, speaks well for its producLi,eness, the labor consisting chiefly in carting.
The Strath Creek Gold Mining Company, and the Sailor Jack Reef Oompany, Strath Creek, have abandoned operations, and the machinery is idle. ,
The battery at" Flat Lead. near Yea, has been crushing stone for the proprietors of the Halfway Reef and others, but no returns have been sent in. The quantity, however, would not be large.
The claims on the Golden Crown Reef, Murrundindi Creek, are stjll being worked, but, as the nearest machine is at Yea, a distance of 17 miles, it is impossible to cart with any prospect of pront, especially in the winter months. The last trial crushing, however, from Nos. 1 and 2 amalgamated, gave 10 ozs. 5 dwts., or 2 ozs. 1 dwt. per ton. .
The Providence Mining Ass'ociation, Yea, as also all the claims on the Carrier's and Providence Reefs, are at a stand still, being flooded out. ., , "'. .. , ..
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The Freemason's Company, the Dunrobin, Perseverance, Catherine, and other claims at Tea-tree Creek, have ceased working, the miners having vrincipaIJy left for Ghin-Ghin or Alexandra. .
'fhe Welcome Company, Tea.tree, have finished their water-shaft, 226 feet, and will commence to raise qnart~ i~mediately. They have about 400 tons of good looking stone to raise, and the machinery havmg Just been thoroughly overhauled, will crush without delay. ,
The Band of Hope Company are still driving_ a tunnel to catch the" Welcome" line of reef, and are in about 450 feet.
The Enniskillen Company, Tea-tree Creek, have established a connection between their tunnel, 800 feet, and main shaft, and are engaged in bringing stone to grass. Eight men are constantly employed, and the shareholders are so well satisfied that they contemplate erecting machinery of their ~~ .
Alluvial mining in the district is very dull. The Chinese at Reedy Creek can do little but fossick, as the floods prevent them working their creek claims. -With the approach of summer no doubt the yields will increase and prospects .improve. The alluvial claims at 'fea-tree, Boundary Creek, Snob's Creek, and Murrundindi Creek, are for the present abandoned, although payable gold has been got.
Alluvial. QUArtZ.
oz!!. dwts. grs. oZ!!. dwts. grs. Bank of Victoria, Kilmore, has purchased}
624 7 14 414 9 0 during the last quarter _.. ... The Colonial Bank of Australasia... ... 62 4 3 132 11 16
HEATHCOTE DIVISION .AND W.AR.ANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
Mr. J. T. Strong, M 1Ining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED BELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED
DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
i , I Average Remnrks relative to the
Name of CompilollY. Where Q_tz was I Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold Total Yield of, Depth. at which ~b. obtained. i parTon. Gold. Quartz w .. s obtained. --~--~--.~ --.---~ ----~-~~~~-~----~
tons cwt. qT. oz.dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Alabama ... ... Caledonia Gully . .. 272 0 0 I I 4'32 288 1 0 3GO to 400 feet Costerfield, gold and Costerfield ... 620 0'0 0 6 10'83 200 0 0 90 to 150 feet
antimony 280 feet Long Gully Reef ... Long Gully Reef ... 40 0 0 4 13 15 187 5 0
Donaldson and Co. ... Mariner's Reef ... 91 0 0 I 0 0 91 0 0 80 feet Green and Co. ... Redan Heef ... 49 0 0 o 13 1'46 32 0 0 40 feet Marchesi and Co. ... Victoria Recf ... 57 0 0 o 14 22'31 42 II 0 80 feet Hird and Co. .. , Try-again Reef '" 27 ,0 0 1 6 11'55 35 15 0 19 feet Saudeleu and Co. .. ~, Scandinavian Reef ... 37 0 0 o 12 21'40 23 17 0 180 feet Kirby and Co. ... Denmark Reef ... 25 0 0 I (l 18'24 25 19 0 30 feet T. J. Stephenson ... Old Race-eourse Reef 305 0 0 0 9 18'03 148 14 6 Surface Charles Husfeldt ... Try-again Reef . .. 7 0 0 3 2 20'57 22 0 0 19 feet Riley and Co. ... Riley's Heef '" 32 0 0 0 8 18 14 0 0 130 feet Schriveleus and Co. ... Nil Desperandum 16 () O. 0 15 0 12 0 0 20 feet
Reef Ridley and Co. ... Cosmopolitan ,Reef 20 0 0 1 7 18 27 15 0 60 feet
(new) Surface Sullivan and Co. ... Staffordshire Flat 10 0 0 0 12 5-30 6 2 5
Heef Hawkins and Co. ... Leviathan 'Reef ... 25 0 0 I 15 6'84 44 2 3 Jones anll Co. Sawyer's Blow Reef 27 0 0 0 17 1 '14 23 0 7 Creely and Co. . .. Redcastle ... . .. 15 0 0 0 15 20'80 11 18 0 Surface Reill and Co. ... Great Northern Reef 9 0 0 1 3 8 10 .10 0 45 feet Hay, Owen, and Co .... Tait and Hamilton'S 82 0 0 0 6 9-36 26 4 0
Reef Red Hill ... Hell Hill, Heathcote 3,690 0 0 0 0 17'89 137 11 0 Surface Sundry crushings at Clarke's machine, Redcastle 23 ,0 0 0 8 16'91 Hi 0 5 Various depths Sundrycrushings at Collins' machine, Hedcastle 21 0 0 0 7 19'42 -8 4 0 Various depths Sundry crushings Itt Von dcr Luft's machine, 33 0 0 0 5 12'87 9 2 17 Various depths
Heathcote Sundry cnlshings at Stephenson's machine, 26 0 0 0 4 1-38 5 5 12 Various depths
Heathcote ,
Total Quartz ...
I have no increased animation to report in mining operations in this division for the last qnarter. with the exception of a small rush near McLean's station, on th~ bank of the Campaspe river, on which about fifty (50) men are employed, who are reported to be earnmg tolerably good wages.
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W ARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Henry BOY'fI'8 Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Re.qistrar.
THE FOLLOWrNG INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO 'THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM
, i I Avera~ I Rema.rks relative to the Nam,. of Company. Where Quartz, &00' were Quirt. crushed, ,Yieldof "d Total Yield of Depth at which the
obtained. 1 per Ton. Gold. 3,uartz, &e., were
, (} t .. ined.
tons ewt. qr. oz.dwt. gr. oz. dwt.' gr.
C. Crocker ... Crocker's Reef ... 102 0 0 o 16 8'47 83 8 0 150 feet Semmens, Taylor,and N uggetty Reef n. 147 0 0 0 6 2'53 . 44 17 12 50 feet to 90 feet
others Sennett, Smith, and Frenchman's Reef ... 85 0 0 1 o 13'55 87 8 0 140 feet
others Ponting and others ... South Nuggetty Reef 37 0 0 o 11 22'05 22 1 0 60 feet Spencer and' others ... Cockatoo Reef ... 78 0 0
I o 14 19'38 57 15 0 120 feet
Geyle, Esmond, and South Devon Reef ... 41 0 0 0 9 S'78 19 4 0 30 feet others ' '1
Miller and others ... Main Gully Reef ... lOS 0 0 2 3 0 232 4 0 160 feet Hannah and Co. ... King David Reef ... 27 0 0 0 2 8 3 3 0 75 feet Bryant and Co. ... Essex Reef ... 13 0 0 1 7 16'61 18 0 0 130 feet Jndson and ,Johnson Byron Reef ... 57 0 0 2 14 9'26 155 0 0 70 feet Lloyd, Sayers, and Happy-go-lucky Reef 38 0 0 o 13 16'42 26 0 0 80 feet
others Albert Re~f AngJade and Co. ... " . 10 0 0 2 16 0 28 0 0 170 feet
Thompson and Co .... Fontainebleau ... 72 0 0 1 2 6'66 80 4 0 50 feet Lewis and Menzies ... Balaclava Hill ... 3,258 0 0 o 12 0'09 1,955 9 0 220 feet to 280 feet
----- --------Total Quartz ... 4,073 0 0 o 13 19'47: 2,812 13 12
Quartz Tailings and ----- ____ 1 ____ -
Cement crushed. 7'03 1 Collier, Muhlhan, Old Lead and Nug- 566 0 0 0 3 93 4 0 Surface to 20 feet
Jones. and others getty Gully " 1
Law, Bleach, and West Growl?rs ... 287 0 0 0 2 9'86 I 34 12 0 Surfaee to 20 feet others
13'33 I Williams, Barrett, Chinaman's and 216 0 0 0 2 27 12 0 Surface to 20 feet aud others Scotcbman's I
----- ------ ----Total Quartz Tail- }
iugs and 'Cement 1,069 0 0 0 2 21'77 155 8 0
The population returns show a eonsiderable decrease, caused by the rushes which have taken place at Yea, Myers' Flat, &c. The alluvial miners of the division have suffered severely from the flooding of their claims, and as the, rains continue their prospects of resuming regular work is distant. The rainfall in .the district is said to be unprecedented. Fortunately the produce of our quartz reefs has been. very good, an.d the general yield of gold for the year will be quite equal to those of past years. '
RAYWOOD DIVISION.
Mr. E. P. Virtue, Miming Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
Where Quartz was I I Average I . Remarks relatlve to the Name of Company. Quart. crushod. Yield of Gold Tot"'"' Y,eld of Depth at which the
0 Qbta,ined. i per Ton. i Gold. Quartz ~. obtained.
---"--"
tons owt. qnl. 'oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Frederick the Great ... Sebastian . .. 1,210 0 0 o 15 9'81 932 5 0 200 to 250 feet Karnarooka ... Karnarooka . .. 75 0 0 1 5 0 93 15 0 100 to 170 feet Nil Desperandum ... Raywood '" 160 0 0 1 0 0 160 0 0 60 to 140 feet Schaffer and Co. ... Raywood ... 151 0 0 o 18 9'85 139 0 0 Surface to 50 feet Wm. Hunt and Co. ... Haywood . .. 100 0 0 0 7 19'20 39 0 0 50 to 100 feet Roberts and Co. ... Elysian Flat . .. 27 0 0 9 0 0 243 0 0 70 to 90 feet Richard Foley and Co. Elysian Flat '" 86 0 0 2 4 7'25 190 10 0 100 to 150 feet Geo. Heckle and Co. ... Raywood '" 155 0 0 1 0 0 151) 0 0 60 to 1 00 feet .A. Litton and Co. ... Christmas Reef, 172 0 0 0 5 19'22 411 17 18 Surface to 20 feet
Ravwood 1
Williams and Co. ... Jone~'s Reef, Kam- 106 0 0 1 4 12'67 130 u 0 120to 170 feet arooka
Rain,er and Co. ... Elysian Flat ... 46 0 0 o 13 6'78 80 11 0 Not known. ------
Total QUllXtz ... 2,288 0 0 o 18 21'76 2,162 IS IS
22 , I have the honor to report· that mllllDg operations in this division have recently been more
p,":omising. A very rich reef, the" Sir Henry Barkly," has been struck at Elysian Flat, and. out of a trIal crushing of 27 tons; 243 ozs. was obtained: . Sili~ular enough to say, this claim was abandoned by the prosp,ectors, Wyeth aI1d Co., 'but immediately after taken up by Roberts and party, who, after working It for,a month disco~ered one of the finest reefs ever opened out in this division.
. In my last report I intimated that the'Nil Desperandum Comp9ny had called for tenders for the purchase of a "crushing plant to be erected on their own claim;' on the Welbourne' reef. I am now pleased to observe that their object has been attained, and its erection will be completed in about four week!; ~~?~e .. '. The claim is' lookirtg richer than eve'r, ~nd it i.s computed that ~he company have about 1,200tons"ofvstoneready to ,be put ,through when theIr machmery starts workmg. George Hecldeand party a~e:ob~a.in~ng good r¢ttirns fron(th.eif1inine·onthe, Ghristmas Reef.' 'Tl:iey have a'large quantity of good lookIng ~tone on the .surface, WhICh the unfavorable state of the weather prevented them,from sending to Elysian Flat to be crushed.
Several other IclaiDis'in'this division are looking equally well. I •
MAR YBOROUGH MINING-DISTRICT.
MARYBOROUGH DIVISION.
Mr. D. O'Leary, Mi;n~ng Surveyor·and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS'BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TOTHE'QUANTITY OF'QUARTZ CRUSHED
;DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
Name di"Company.- lwilere 9'~lI;''''' obtained. : ' I I. 'Average .
Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold: porToD.
Total yield I hi.einarks relative to the
of Gold, " ~:z ~a:~~~~~~~
Mariner's Reef ... 1 SOldier'san:-B~at-t~~~ry-I-'-I~-ln-SS3"-c~t'i-- O-O~·d-~--·I-f'-'·- --2~i ~t '-'1-~-; -S-O-f-e-e-t·-d'e-e-p-.--Re-·e-f
, Reefs < 7 feet thick ' WilliamsBrothers,&Co., Blucher's... ... B95 0 0 0 9 4 410 4. 4 310 feet Ballarat ...' ... Leviathan, York- 2,330 0 0 0 5 18 669 17 12 80 to 100 feet
Beveridge ... Penny and Co. Johnson and Sons Perseverance
shire ... Great 'Western ... ... From different reefs ... Britannia. &c. '" ... \i Lancashire and York-
shire ,
Total Quartz' ...
1,180 0 0 0,4 12 265 10 0 1,109 0 0 0 12 9'90 688 5 II
704 0 0 0 8 18 308 0 0 ; 2,550 0 0 I 0 5 O. 637 10 0
------,---- ------9,921' 0 0 10 6 9'91 3.181 2 15'
95 feet 'Different depths 60 to 180 feet 90 feet
In the alluvial. the puddlers. dUljng th~' most of the q~~rter, appear to have been busily employe(l, and to have beel1 rpa,king what they tl!rm " good wEtges: "
" : "'The"recent forfeiture6f' so maljY mining 'leases' a6es not appear to have discouraged other applicants, for, in many instances, the old posts are scarcely knocked down when fresh ones are put in their places. '
Quartz mining is steady, though the yield appears much less than on other occasio~s
AMHERST DIVISION.
Mr. Joseph)'Srnith; Mining $-ti,rveyor ,and. Registrar.
THE ,FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAJNED REL.o\TIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAI'LINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING'THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED TREUEFROl\f :-
,r,Que.r!-z Cl'llfIhed,
Bartlemore's'M~"hineVarious companies .. ,
Cosstick's MachineCos stick' and Co. . ..
tOllS owt. qr.
, Amher~L and Talbot .. "147' "0, 0
Laura Reef >I 800 0 0
Thomas and Co. ...' Musical Reef ... 9, 0 0' Parker and Co. ' Dana Reef '"
20 . 0 0 Rehlet (Lnd Co. ... Dana Reef ... 57 0 0
Victorifl.'Machine- "I' ,. ! ,k , Victoria Co. ... Whitehorse Reef 287 0 0
A I "I Remarks :relative to the Yield;:;.a~~ld,: Total Yield of • Depth at. whioh the
per Ton, 'Gold. I:~! &0., w: ob-
oz., dwt, .T, oz. dwt. gr.
o S 0'81 37 0 0 i Surface to 70 feet
.0 419',48
.010 8 .. , 0 5 20'40 2.10 2'95' . '
10
192'9112
4. '131 0 5 17' 0
142 '17i 0 "
2' 0,
Surface to 12 feet; 10 feet thick
Surface to 25 feet 100 feet 121 feet
. An~ell'iLnd Co:', ... Welcome'Heef-· ;::: I: ',33 '0 0, : O· 2 2'34 i' . 30 1 10'9-1 '2 8: 0
Surface to 50 feet (60 feet
Quar;z TaiUn;s a~d Cement crushed.,
Bartlemore's Machinevariou's companie,s .:.
Total Quartz !
0: 10 ... 1,353 ·0 ,6 .3:33'
Back ,cr~k' and • --=-~II 0 _'10,'; ,Mount Greenock '
'415 ,6 12
63 0 0 Various I
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I have the honor to report that an increase of 306 miners has taken place'in this division during the last quarter.
Several small rushes h;tve taken place. in which some nuggets of unusual size have been found; one of 30 ozs. 12 dwts. was obtained at the Amherst Pound Hush; but the leads recently found are shallow, and not of great extent, so that we cannot expect them to yield for any great length of time. '
The Hoffnung Company at Mount Greenock South has broken down for the third time, on touching the main lead, for the want of sufficient steam power to keep down the water. '
AVOCA SUBDIVISION.
Mr, William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND.
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING'THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM !-
iYietJ~Titld I Total Yield of Remarks relative to th
Name of Company. Where Quart., &e., Quartz crushed. Depth at which th were obtained. I . per Ton. of Gold. Qun.rtz, &e., were ob
taJned.
e
tons ewt. qr. I oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Pioneer Quartz Crush- Burrowes and CO.'8 160 0 0 0 6 12 52 0 0 ing, No.2 Creek , Prospeeting Claim,
Pioneer Quartz Cru8h- Fiddler's Creek ... 82 0 0 0 5 20'48 24 0 0 ing, No.2 Creek
Crowhurst and Co., Pioneer Quartz Crush- , 45 0 0
1
0 ,16 0 36 0 0 ing, No.2 Creek 1;'iddler's Creek
Bosanquet and Co. ... Vale's Reef ... 150 0 0 i 1 0 0 150 ,0 0
Quartz Tailings and Total Quartz ... 437 0 0 0 11 1'78 262 0 0
Cement crushed. • I Bosanquet and Co. ... Tailings ... ... 300 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 Bosanq uet and Co,. '" Cement ... ... 150 0 0
10 4 0 30 0 0
Total Quartz Tail-j ings and Cement _
450-0-0-1 0 2 0 45 0 0
In alluvial mining there is very little to report. The New Holland Company are now erecting their new pumping machinery, and it is expected that in a few weeks this claim will be in full work. The Golden Lake and Phcenix Companies, Homebush, are noW" let on tribute, and are yielding very good returns. A. new crushing machine has been lately erected at Fiddler's Creek, and the prospects of quartz mining in this neighborhood are very good. Innumerable reefs exist in this locality, but owing to tho enormous expense attendant upon carting stone to the mills at A.voca and Redbank, reefing has not hitherto paid.
DUN9LLY DIVISION.
Mr. James M. Robe?"ison, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING' INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO, THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM::-
Where Quar~z, &c., were Average I T I . I f Remarks rela~ive to the Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold ota Y Ie d 0 Depth lit which the
obtt<ined. per Ton. I Gold. Quartz, &c., WIlle ob-tained. ' ~~~~~~~----
tons cwt. qr. oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Cambrian Gold Mining Llanelly ... .. - 290 0 0 3 3 14'56 922 6 0 280 feet Rise and Shine Quartz Tarnagulla ... 40 0 0 o 15 0 30 0 0 84 to 100 feet
Mining Cauchnawagga Reef .,. North Llanelly ' ... 120 0 0 0 4 12'85 27 4 6 60 feet Lancashire Reef ... Dunolly, ... ... 39 0 0 o 17 10'46 34 0 0 120 to 130 feet St. David's Quartz Quaker's Gully ... 91 0 0 0 13 23'36 63 II 14 110 to 120 feet
Mining , Dunolly· ••• Arrow Reef ... ... ... 22 0 0 1 9 2'18 32 0 0 160 feet
Stewart's and Slaty Reef Moliagul ... 175 0 0' 0 4 17'82 41 10 0 40 to 60 feet Poverty Reef, R W. Tarnagulla ... 2,536 0 0 0 6 20'66 870. 0 0 Vari,?us depths
Hammond Belgian Reef ... Dunolly ... ... 1-;000 0 0 0 I 12 75 0 0 75 to 90 feet Perseverance Reef '" DunoHy ... ... 88 0 0 0 2 0 8 16 0 80 to 90 feet DavjdJrirk ... '" Burnt Creek ... 6.90 () 0 o 10 0 3(lO 0 0 Various depths -----
Total Quartz ... 5,001 0 0 0 9 14'77 2,404 7 20 Quartz Tailings and
CemeTlt crushed. G lamorganshire ... Bealiba ... 1,500 0 0 o '5 12 412 10 0 Samuel H~d Bealiba 1,265 0'0 .0" 2 6'64 144 0 0 c' I ... ... .. .> .\1; •• , , -:" -, " :(t, • , , t.,
.TotalQuartz Tail~} -----"f. ,r ... " . I"';r .- ,; 556' iii' \r . .. . i , " . ings and Cement 2,765 0 0 o 4 0'60
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The late rushes to Myers' Flat and Alexandra diggings have caused a fluctuation in the number of miners of this division, but the population is again gradually increasing by the return of ,those who were attracted by the glowing accounts from the new rushes, Some new ground has been taken up about Tunstall's, which, aHhough not extensive, promises to be payable. The sinking is dry, and from 6 to 25 feet deep.
, . The reefs in this division are generally looking promising; in several of them rich stone has been struck. A new reef has lately been opened at Wattle Flat, to the westward of Inkerman, which has yielded good lookin!\ specimens,.and on wbich reef a good many claims have been taken up. The stone in the Goldsborough Reef is reported to maintain its exceedingly rich character, although the returns are not publicly known. •
KORONG DIVISION.
Mr. W. G. Oouchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TllE Ql:ANTITY OF Ql:ARTZ, CEMENT,
AND MULLOCK caUSllED D'CRING TllE Q,U'\RTER, AND TllE GOLD OBTAINED TllEREFROM:-
I "Where Quartz, &c.) were I , Average I Remarks relative to the Name of Company. ' Quartz crushed, Yield of Gold: Tota~l~~d of Depth at which the obtained. per Ton. : Quartz was obtained, &c,
-.~.~.-~
Inglewood. tons cwt. qr. OZ, dwt, gr, oz, dwt, gl',
Unity ... , .. :March Reef . .. . .. 2,909 0 0 013 18'79 2,004 15 12 From 110.to 190 feet Lady Darling :M'a- March Reef . 146 0 0 0 9 6'57 67 14 0 ];'rom 90 to 190 feet ... , ..
chine Jersey!leef ... 140 0 0 0' 9 3'77 64 2 0 From 150 to 175 feet Morning Star Reef ... 121 0 0 0 422'61 29 18 0 90 feet Rising Sun He'ef ... 9 0 0 0 4 9'33 1 19 12 Registered City of Bath Heef ... S 0 0 0 8 2'40 2 0 12 45 feet Leicester Reef '" 10 0 0 I 3 2'40 i II II 0 60 feet American Reef ... I7 0 0 0 2 0'70 I 14 12 From 80 to 100 feet
Duke of Cornwall Cambrian Heef ... 21 0 0 016 3'55 21 16 0 150 feet Maxwell's Reef ... 526 0 0 0 3 3'51, 82 14 23 ];'rom surface to 120ft,
Machine Leices tel' Reef ... 83 0 0 0 5 22'55 24 13 0 From 50 to 17.5 feet American Reef ... 43 0 0 01917'16 42 7 18 From 80 to 100 feet Old Inglewood Reef ... 65 0 0, 0 9 10'15 30 12 12 120 feet
, Princess Alexandria Reef 12 0 0 0 520'91 3 10 11 Not stated Jersey Reef ... ... 35 0 0 0 I 4'62 2 I 18 150 feet Polka Reef ... ... 20 0 0 0 3 3'0 il '2 12 20 feet N elso n R<>cf ... . .. S 0 0 0 2 0 o 16 0 Not stated Moon Reef ... ... 45 0 0 0 I 23'77 4 9 14 Abandoned
March Reef ... ~Iareh Reef ... . .. 453 0 0 0 4 6'99 97 4 0 220leet American Reef ... 20 0 0, 0 2 3'60 2,3 0 From' 80 to 100 feet Exhibition Reef .. , 12 0 0 0 212 1 10 0 115 feet
Jericho. Catto's Machine ... Fone's Reef ... ." 36 () 0 0 7 6'66 13 2 0 Not stated
German Heef ... 13 0 0 4 14 7'38 61 6 0 Not stated Evening Star Reef ... 31 0 0 I 513'93 39 13 0 I Not stated
Wedderburne ' .. Wedderburne Flat Reef 150 0 0 iO 616 I
50 0 0 : ,gO feet
, Total Quartz ... 4,936 0 o '010 19']4 2,664 17 12 ---------------
Oement and Mullock ~
crushed. lnylewood. Lady Darling Ma- Daly I,ead '" ... 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 Cement,
chine Deep Lead ... . .. 12 0 0 0 7 0 4 ~ 0 Cement Duke of Cornwall Deep Lead ... ... lIS 0 0 0 6 12'99 37 12 6 Cement
Machine Daly Lead ... . .. 24 0 0 0 1 20 2 4 0 Cement March Heef . " Daly Lead ... . .. 63 0 0 0'5 0'16 15 Ii 0 Cement
Jericho, Catto's Machine .•. Pine Hills ... ... 2 0 0 o 15 6 1 IO ,12 Cement
German Reef .•. ... 92 0 0 0' 0 17'15 3 5 IS Mullock Prince of Wales ••. German Reef ... ... 3,600 0 0 0'019'73 148 0 0 Mullock
Total Cement and} Mullock 3,918 0 0
\0 1 2'42 -~~~I;~~I'
f.nay Dlll'llng Machine, 60 tons quartz crushed, no returns, Duke of Cornwall lIfachine, 55 tons cement crushed, DO returns,
I have the honor to report that very little advancement appears in the progress of mining interests in'this district during the past three months. '
On the Maxwell's Reef the Prospector's Company',have su,n,k deeper and. are working at the lowest level, but without marked success as yet, although their en~ine has at length thoroughly drained the ground for a long distance both north and south of them. The remaining properties on this reef ~~' .
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~Leieester Reef.-The Bird in Hand Company are still operating on payable stone, and have six men at work. The Leicester Company have sunk to stone apparently payable, but are not at present working.
On the Old Inglewood neef ground has been taken up by three men (Ireland and par,ty), who applied for a lease, and have been well rewarded for their enterprise, by obtaining a large body of stone, averaging 15 dwts. per ton.' The ground has laid idle some two years, 'although known to have been highly productive formerly.
The Royal Standard Company have erected a whim to drain the reef, and thus enable them to work from \vater level. Their prospects are tolerably fair. '
On the Jersey neef the company of that name and· the Victoria Company are prospecting. The holders of ground on the Odin. Reef have registered.
March Reef.-The lfarch' Prospectors Company have suspended operations in the mine until the ground, shall have been drained by the new engine of the Unity Oompany, now in course of erection; meanwhile the company have let their machine for six months, to a party of two, who have commenced crushing for the public, after making some improvements in the tables. The company are about to let the mine on tribute. The Independent Oompanr ,have also suspended operations below water, until drained by the Unity Oompany's Engine. The mme has lately been let on tribute for six months; the tributors are now crushing about SO tons, expected to average t oz. The Unity Company still main· tains its pre.eminent position, as will be seen by the' total amount of quartz crushed and the yield of gold therefrom, viz., 2,909 tons, 2,004 oz. 15 dwts. 12 gr.; or an average of. IS dwts. 18"79 grs. :per ton. Prospects continue as good. or better. Late operations have been chiefly from 110 to 190 feet deep, north and south a length of 300 feet, with a stope of from 80 feet to 90 feet at the south end. The underlay continues east; 41 men are employed on wages, besides 18 engaged in various contracts. The new engine, in course of erection by Messrs. Horwood of Sandhurst, is of 4O-horse power, cylinder 18 i~" w~th 10 in. pumlls, plunger, and draw lift; contract price, including er~ctioll, £1,944 •. This fine engme will effectually dram the whole extent of reef, and prove of almost mvaluable serVIce to the surrounding properties.
The Reality Company have lately struck some golden leaders, which are expeeted to lead on to the same body of stone as that in the adjoining .Unity Claim. They are now crushing a trial lot of 40 tons.
A good crushing has been obtained from the Cambrian Reef, 27 tons having produeed 21oz. 16 dwts. of gold. • '
There is scarcely anything to report respecting alluvial mining at Inglewood. A few smaU lots of cement from the Deep Lead have, as usual, proved just about payable. Two unimportant rushes have taken place, one at Simmond's Reef, the other at Foote's Paddock, situated north of Inglewood, 3 and 5 miles respectively; in each case the ground was soon deserted, save by one or two who still remain. '
I have to remark that while many miners are complaining of the difficulty of obtaining remunerative employment, the tailings from the various quartz machines have been eagerly sought after by parties of Chinamen, one party of whom have removed hither from Sandhurst, and all appear to be doing well. .
At Jericho the' Prince of Wales Company have sunk their shaft 60 feet deeper, and are now advertising for tenders for putting in cross-cuts to work the reeffrQm that level.
A small rush has taken place between Tunstall's and Sinnott's, resulting in a few payable claims. At, Korong there is very little doing, although it is worthy of notiee that cement is being carted
all the way to Inglewood to be cmshed, at a cost of £1 per ton cartage. There are doubtless, many cement hills near Korong that would prove highly remunerative
if treated by a machine at hand.
REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS.
Mr. William Byrne, llfining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
. QUARTZ TAILINGS CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM ,-
Name ofOompa.ny. I
Where 9,~;;;~~ .. were I Qu&rtz crushed.: Y ld
tone cwt. qr. OZ, dwt. gr.
Duke of Edinburgh, Pyrenees Reef, Red- 437 0 0 .0 5 14'27 Quartz Mining , bank
Lancashire Reef Crush- Star of the East 70 0 0 10 0 ing Reef, Stuart Mill
,
Lancashire Reef Crush- Nuggetty Reef, , 16 0 0 0 0 ing Stuart Mill _ ----
Quartz Tailings Total Quartz ... 523 0 0 0 9 7'24 crushed. --------LancashireReef Quartz Tailings from Strath- 160 0 9 0 2 12
Crushing :lillanCreek,Stuart Mill
Total Yield of Gold.
oz. dwt. gr.
122 4 20
• 105 0 0
16 0 0 ----
243 4 20 -----
20 0 0
Remarks relative to the Depth at which the Quu.rtz, &0., were ob .. tailled.
Owing to the late heavy rains, a considerable impetus has been given to alluvial mininer in the neighbor~o?d of Victoria and adjoil;ling gullies. Sev~ral .large finds are reported. The dam; are all full, and It IS expected that there WIll be water suffiCIent for several months. There is little new to report in quartz mining. The Duke of Edinburgh Oompany, Pyrenees Reef, are sinking their shaft to a further dept~ ~f 100 feet. The Slaughter-yard Reef Oompany are b~sy e~ecting their new machinery, and are also rIDsmg stone. The new reef, Star of the East, Stuart MIll, stIll continues to yield steady returns, and is getting wider; it is now 3 feet thick.
No. 4,0.
Mr. John Philltps, Mining Surveyor a;nd Registrar. j. "
, . THE FOY.LOWING INFORMATION HAS'.BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE 'TO THE QUANTITY OF QUAkTZ AND
-QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CE,MEN~ CRUSHED 'DURING THE QUA.RTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED
~ , , . THEREFROM .:-
I 1 • 1 ,
... ~ Name of Compa.ny. i .. Wbere Qoartz, &c., were' Quartz crushed. 1 .obta.ined. , \
Chapman. and CO. (pub- Various reefs ton •. owt. qr.
249 0 0 lic crushing) ~ .
Bristol Reef (crushing). Va,Tious'elaims .... 658 0 0 Chrysolite' (public Various reefs 00 ... i "',' '221' ,0 0 . "crushing)' - .,'. ,.... .' .. " .. ., .• Malcolm's (public ea:ledonianandFish- I 60 10 I)
. crushing) . hook'Reefs ,.1 ·1 r Lees .. and Co.!.'! (public. ·Greenock·Reef ... ! ·122 0 o·
crushing) !
Seba~topol (crushing)· Various places ,.... '166' 0 0
, ,
Yi~J~'l'~Old Total Yield of PelC Ton. Gold.
: • I !
Remarks relative to the Depth at whiCh the Quartz, &0., were ob tained ••
oz,dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. '.'
1 0 17'63 258 3 0 From surface to I 200 feet deep
o ,13 10'94 442 14 O. 80 to 120' . • 1 7 5.'35' 306 ~'6 7' Vario.us depths, not
. exceeding 200 feet o r ,~'54 .22.,.i .. ?t 0 . 50)0 _1O~;fee'i-
1 19 IS'09: 24~ 10 O· 100 t'oli50 feet ;!
" 41 . 2 8' Shallow'prospecting
.,' ,1'
"" ,,' \ 1,476 10 0 0 17 16'98 1,307' '5 15, ,.-.,
.. 'Quo:rtz 'Tailings abd . ,,: . Oement' Crushed,
I, - ;
---'----'--1--:..:..-- ----
AlcQredie's engine Lees and Co.'s
at Stuart'Mill " . ~ .. • ' I
.. ,'. ; ~
Total Quartz Tail- } . ings and Cement
, ; :..~ 't "
l. ':",
420 0 0 480; 0 O.
900 0 0
. . ". -:. ~; ." .'
1
01 2 1'14 43 0 '0 0 2 18" 66 0 0 From Greenock Reef,
" quartz .principally , .
0 2 10-1,3 109 0 0 .. " I , . l1-
• '. t. !: t .. \:. '.t.,! . Besides ·the quantities of quartz above reeorded, with their yields, there were 130 tons of gold
and silver ores rais~~ from ,the. silver mines reef at S(.ewart'~.Hill,,~waitingfinlll treatriient, O!l- ~he value of ~;hich nothing is published; alLli9ugh it may not be too much to anticipate fair· results, if, on extending operations on the course of the veins, they continue to yield silver sulphurets of equal quantity' and quality, Up to this t.ime. there is tooJittle done· on· this· interesting set of veins,on which to found an adequate report.· They are characterized by an important silver ore, and nothing seems ni?re pressing thaIttha~ t~.~ m~ne ~~~~~d be,ope~yd :with,a vie,w tOt~~,ce.rta,i.Jt.)t,?e~tfiIlt. The extent of th18 v!"luable ore, and finelookmg velli, as'now seen III some 100 feet at most, should not be left an open questIon. . . . . ". _; _., '.
• There are numeroiiiiWeefs·li.rouni:l'.ui; jieldi'iig"gold to'occasion'al"small'parties of miners. There are nearly as many reefs as quartz miners, and the privilege of picking out thegolden spots and leaving the reefs all poor in sight is anything but condncive. to steady work andregular.mining. . ., -The tribute system here' prevalent results' in slovenly and personally unsafe mining, tiI;nbering and foot"ays being neglected; the miner' facing evident dangerfor a short time only, during his." take," rather than preventing it at his own' labor and expense, .. .. .' -" .' . ·A1his .. l~s~ remark does not apply, however, to the Chrys9.1ite ~ributors, who are working vigorously iii:spife'of';failure to get' a:.drainage grant; and·they have, I'helieve;:,a gratifying prospect of reward the deeper they·sink.. . ; .
The Bell Rock; the 'Bristol Reef, ~b~Risin.gJ3t!!:r,:the Greenoek Reef, and perhaps other mines, may be regarded as' good a,~d pernlliile'nt; th~ Je,rejaw, Cp,ance, ,Bl.iI;lk ~onny, fJopeful, and ~mu mines, eoming in the rear; with go'od promise. . '. .
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CASTLE¥,4~N.E Ml:NfN . .G. ,DISTRICT .
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, '" , \." I 'CASTLEMAINE. 'DiVISION:' "
Mr. Thomas L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN. OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUABTZ CBUSHED
DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTUNED THEREFROM:-:-
·1 . I Average'
• Name Of.CoJ!lP~" ". '\Yhez:e.Quam W~S o~tained •• Qu~Z c~ed' -I:~d~dwt~ ~~Id
• • I,. ~. ; '" .,..,.'" ~ •• ".l ons cw .,.qr~ oz. 'lgr. "": Walker an'd' Co., . ,.. Wattie GU:lIy: ... 206 '0"0' 117 8'22' Terrill Brothers' ... Wattle Gully... 181 0 0 1 1 6'82 Fairbairn" ... Wattle Gully .. , 950 0 0 0 9 7'87 Martin and Co. ... Wattle Gully... 175 0 0 0 9 2'60 Paull and Vo. .j Wattle Gul,ly ·C. .... 81t 0 0: 0 4 4'47 Lloyd ... ... Wattle Gully .. , '1'72' 0 0 0 7 12'84 lEer and Co. .;. Wattle Gully:... 520 0 0 0 5 0
Remarks relative to the Tohl Yield Depth at which the
of'Gold: .... Quam' WIIS' obtained, &c.
OZ',.,dwt. gr. 1'40 'feet " "
882 9 14 139 5 12 140 feet 448 1 16 140 feet
79 14 0 136 feet 18 12 14 40 feet 64 16 0 130 feet
·'180 0 0 130 feet Walker and Co. '" Manchester Reef '" 180 0 0 0 5 7'28 34 9 4 90 feet Energetic .. ,:~ .' ... Manchester Reef ... 199 0 0 0 9 2'24 Russell and Co. ... Argus Hill 'I .. ; 579 0 0 0 8 18'66 Logan and Co; ,. ... Argus Hill 1 ... • 47 0 00 5 19'12 Jones and Co. ... Nimrod Reef .•. 54 0 0 0 8 0'22
90 9 13 90 to 1 20 feet 251l '2 ,9 Tunnel .13 12 U Tunnel ·21·12 12 50 to 100 feet
Lewis and Co.' ... Nimrod Reef :. ... 803 0 0 ! 0 4 ·23'34 :'75 6 19 50 to 100 feet Bowin ... Nimrod Reef ... 62 0 0 . 0 11 3:09' 3410 0 50 to 100 feet Straede and Co.·~' .r: -Sebastopol Ree!... 1,288 0 0 0 7 13:88 Staley .... ,j, ... 'SebastopolReef... 104 0, 0 0 3 17'13 Black and others ... 'Vineyard Reef... "57 0 0 0·10 14'94 Salmon and others' Bnrn's Reef ... 46' 0 0 0 3 0'52 Gray and Co. :::. cha-nipion Reef" ... 40 --0" 0 2 4 7'75 J;'lint and others .J;, ,-cb'ew·tori:Reef·, .'.. L52c :0,1, 0 ,0 517'58
4'88' '\ 0 t
" 19 ,6 6' 80 5 12 6 19 0
88 12 22 40 feet '14 18 0 52 feet
James R.... .'---To>':!l Re.ei. __ .• , _41. o. 0 i 018 1I'02 Four Prospects ... Town Reef ... 36.0 0 : 0 2 4'66 James G.... ... Dead Cat Reef... 55 0 0 0 415'05
27 11 20 125 feet 8 19 0 Near surface
12 14 12 Ulster '.. ... Old Qnartz Reef .... 87 0 0 i 0 6 18'75 Allen and Co. ... Old Quartz Reef ... 73 0 0 0 7 6'98
29 10 0 26 12 6 .' ,
Vulcan, and others ".. Old Quartz Reef ... 43 0 0 0 8 0 Ajax .... ~ .•• Bolivia Reef .:. 1,690, 0 0 0 7 17'12
6 9 4 651 16 0 1 SO to 240 feet
Sundry ... .., Various reefs .. . 171 0 0 0 4 18'SO
, .. ,.: .Total Quartz::.17,400'·'O,o 0 Si7',48
40 18 13
8;229 II 3 t
Duri~g th~ past q~arter there has been a considerable exodus of Chinese to China and New Zealand; also of Europeans to Alexandra and Uyers' Flat diggings; ~an:r.of the latter have ret:u-ned to their old claims, where, generally, a subsistence can be obtained. . ,~. J '
In alluvial mining very little is doing, the old workings being flooded.· Puddling is gradually decreasing, and the few remaining Chinese fossick about the creek: and water'courses, or wash tailings with·cradle or ground:sluice: - ... -.- '..
In quartz-min~ng. h9wever, we report progr~ss., In W!lttle,G~ly ~1l-,uI\occupied ground below the eight paying claims has been taken up by Vivian and Co., who purpose, forthwith, to erect powerful
machin.r;rim Bros.' machinery is being erected on their lease, and as soon as the pumps work will enable all the claimholders to sink deeper. Two thousand two hundred and forty-three tons raised during the quarter' gave 1;157 ozs. 19dwts. 8 gre. '.' . " .
Above the White Horse Reservoir (now full of '!Vater) several claims have been taken up with good prospects. ,,,_,, ,....... . "., .1." '. , .. ,', .. ,. , ' '
A leader g9ing easterly from the.Meredith Reef; has been 'successfully opf'!ned, and. claims taken up for a considerable distance •. 1 .... ""'. ".' '
. 'I'he Ohampion Reef has yielded 25 ozs. 8 dwts. 18 grs. from 5 tons, and 42 ozs. 10 dwts from 4 tons. Sevetal 09ih~ ,014. ,li~~fs-.,:s ~h~. ~.0!1don. Q~d 9)lFt~,. Dead ,Sat, .N~gge.ttx.' .~c.-are. re-c.?c;lPied. The South AJax contmue Improvmg. The company have pald off lill hal:iihtle~, a good divutend,
and lately are crushing over J oz. to the ton. . . The Castlemaine Deep Lead-Company have'removed machinery, and sunk a shaft to 'connect
with the Frenchmf!,D,'!J 'Tunnel (driven under the basalt from,Muckleford Creek).;, after driving 58 feet they put upa rise IS feeh and broke through into cement and boulders.
The St. Margaret's Company have completed erection of machinery, consisting of 25 horse· power engine with pumping and stamping machinery, a 7 horse-power engine with winding gear, &c.; from their engine shaft they have opened out a cliamber'and:thence driven a tunnel, at 50 feet in a rise to washdirt of 19 feet, and good prospects obtained.
The Argus, like nearly all public companies started 'in this district, has been sold olf to pay liabilities. Their extensive and costly machinery was'worked during June and July. Their dirt from tunnel 120 feet long by sluicing only yielded st grains per load, and by crushing 21 grains per load; a return of 15,448 loaqs only yielded'S64 ozs. 2-11 d wts., or little· over 11 grains/er load by the two p,rocess~s. Yet several pri,vate :parti~s working adjoining ground obtain goo returns. for their expenditure of labor and capltaL . '. .. I
Hocking and Company have erected machinery and overcome the water, and several other parties anticipate.rich returnfl. '... .' '.'
A. large extent of ground remains yep llnEl,"oven. :. " ,;.
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FRYER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.
1lfr. M~ark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIO:l< HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE Q,UANTITY OF Q,UARTZ AND
Q,UARTZ' 'fAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE Q,UARTER, AND THE' GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM :-
Average Remarks relative to the NMne of Company. Where ~z, &e., were Qu.o.rtz crushed. Total Yield of Depth at which the
o !ned. Yield of Gold Gold. a't:;~, &c., were ab· per ton.
i e-,I
tOIll! owt. qr. 'oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt: gr.
Duke of Cornwall '" Cattle's Reef ... 221 0 01
0 5 3'85 57 o 12 60 feet. Rowe and Co. '" Cattle's Reef ... 500 0 o 0 6 22'27 173 4 0 30 to 120 feet Rowe and Co, (for public ) Various places ... 235 0 o 0 4 13'07 53 8 0 Various depths Cattle and Co, , .. Cattle's Reef ... 200 0 o 10 3 0 30 0 0 60 feet Mills and Co .. ... Cattle's Reef ... 212 0 o , 1 5 6'191 268 0 0 60 feet Bear and Little , .. Ferron's Reef ... 30 0 o : 0 1 0 10 10 0 10 feet Little and Va vis ... Ferron's Reef . .. 100 0 01 012 0 60 0 0 Various depths Stevens and Davis ... Ferron's Reef ' .. 450 0 o 0 5 0 112 10 0 Various depths Heath and Co. ... Specimen Hill ... 12 0 0, 0 2 22 I 15 0 Various Hand of Friendship ... Emu Reef ... .1,800 0 0 0 1 3.461 103 0 0 80 to 90 feet Golden Stream .,. German Gully ." 2 0 0 0 4 12
i
0 9 01
'Totai Quartz ... 3,162 0 0 0 4 ~'98 869 16 12 ;
~
Quartz Tailings and Oement crwshed.
Sir H. Barkly ... Strathloddon ... 115 0 0 0 10 0 357 10 0 180 feet Sir H. Barkly (public' ... ... ... 295 0 0 0 10 0 i47 10 0 ISO feet
crushings) Free Italian ... Guildford Hill ... 300 0 0 0 2 0, 30 0 0 180 feet Eldorado .. , ... Guildford Hill ... 2,000 0 0 0 8' 1'38 805 15 0 180 to 200 feet :rable Hill Table Hill ... 1,500 0 0 0 2 16 200 0 0 180·to 200 feet Champion and Co. ... Tarilta ... .. . 130 0 0 0 4 0 26 0 0 130 feet Champion and Co .. (for '" ... ... 325 0 0 0 8 0 130 0 0 130 feet
public) Thomas and Co. ···1 Bald Hill ." 285 0 0 0 423'2:>1 70 16 4 100 feet Thomas and Co. (for ... ... .5. , 10 0 0 o 14 I'll i 49 5 0 100 feet
public) )
j----
Total Quartz Tail- } I 5,620 0 0 0 6 1\'17 1,816 16 4 ings and Cement I
S. Scotson has been shifting his. machinery, and has crushed nothing during the past three months. '
IIi a. small gully near Vaughan eight men have been employed, more or less, during the' past two years, the whole extent of ground comprising about three acres. One claim produced '£500 worth of gold in nine months, a man and a boy only working, the sinking being about 20 feet, Nuggets, from' 15 to 31 ozs. in weight, were obtained. '
Another claim y~elded 25 oz. in two tubs, 12 feet sinking, and generally the claim has been highly remunerative. I'
A tllird claim, 4 feet sinking, yielded a nugget weighing 84 oz. 12 dwt. ' It may be rem'arked this ground had for years been' overlooked and considered barren.
Quartz Mining.
Quartz ~ining during the past qua~ter requires, no particular comment, with the ex~ept.ion of one party (five In number) who occupy a claIm on Cattle s Reef. The value and extent of thIS hne of reef can be scarcely estimated at the present time; but the indications of a permanent and well-defined line are so apparent, that any anticipations of future success may be r.onsidered well grounded.
It would appear they have a well-defined reef at a depth from the surface of 70 to 80 feet, and that the body of quartz.is 7 or 8 feet thick .. This, according to. their returns, has yi~lded Ii oz. to the ton and as they are equally sanguine as to the: future YIeld from the quartz, It can be safely affirmed that they are the for.tunate possessor.s of a very valuable claim. The returns of the next quarter from this claim will in all probability be of a startllng character.
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HEPBURN DIVISION.
Mr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar.
TBE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TBE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT ORUSBED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :-
Yietd';;1'~ld ; Remarks relative to the
Na.me of Company. Where QUArtz, &0., were Quartz crushed. Total Yield of Depth at which tho obtamed. ; parTon. Gold. Quartz, &c., were ol>-
tamed. ---- --.~
tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Pope and Co. 'O. Wombat Reefs ... 600 0 0 o 18 0 540 0 0 120 feet Pope and Co, (public) Various localities .'O 500 0 0 0 4 6 106 5 0 Various Cornish and French .... Wombat Reef .. , 359 0 0 0 I 13'10 27 15 0 84 feet Swiss Mountain Qua.rtz Doctor's Reef ... 311 0 0 012 0'60 187 IS IS 160 feet Melvin's Reef Quartz Melvin's Reef ... 35 0 0 0 7 4'80 12 12 0 40 feet Warrior (Tributors) ... Doctor's Reef , .. 700 0 0 0 7 18 271 5 0 95 feet Sir C. Darling Quartz Doctor's Reef ... 673 0 0 0 7 6 243 19 6 Various Wonderful Quartz ... Wonderful Reef ... 411 0 0 013 0 267 3 0 220 feet Morrison's Quartz ... Christmas Reef ... 64 0 0 Oll 8'53 36 6 18 140 feet Speeimen Hill Quartz Specimen Hill Reef 1,382 0 0 0 3 1'07 2lO 8 3 75 feet Specimen Hill. Quartz Specimen Hill Reef 780 0 0 0 4 6'52- 1'66 12 0 100 feet Speeimen Hill Quartz Specimen Hill Reef 596 0 0 0 5 1'87 lSI 6 12 225 feet Havelock Quartz ... Wombat Reefs ... 224 0 0 0 5 4'62 58 3 4 llO feet Iveson's Reef Quartz Iveson's Reef ... 2ll 0 0 2 3 8'66 457 9 4 65 feet Jenkins' Victoria ... Willard's Reef, &c. 54 0 0 0 7 23'11 21 10 (l
Cornish Quartz ... Wombat Reefs ... 3,085 0 0 0 5, 14'37 863 13 0 WaterwheeL. . ... I Yandoit ... ... 167 0 0 0 6 0 50 2 0 90 feet Argus Quartz ... . Ajax Reef ... 1,685 0 0 0 2 4'12 182 19 12 120 feet
I ---------------I Total Quartz 'O. 1l,837 0 0 0 6 12'34 • 3,855 8 5
Quartz Tailings and i ---------;----. Oement crushed. I
Morrison's Cement Yandoit ... ... 48 0 0 01020 26 0 0 Fern Hill ... ::: I Fern Hill .. I 200 0 0 0 3 0 30 0 0 JenkinS'VictoriaCementl Doctor's Gully, &c. ! 550 0 0 0 5 5'14 143 8 0 .
01 Total Quartz Tail- } I 798 0 0 0 423'93 199 8 . ings and Cement .
I have the honor to report that the returns for the quarter ending September proves the fact that we are not retrogressing. The mining population have been increased by not less than 371 persons in number. This is attributable to the seasonable falls of rain, which have continued at· short intervals from the commencement of the quarter. Situated so much above the level of the circumjacent country the heaviest rains soon run off: Had we the means to conserve the season's rainfall, mining in this division would not only prove far more remunerative, but permanent. Although raceowners are even now in the receipt of large sums, yet they are frequently unable to supply the demand for sluicing and puddling purposes.
. The Astley Company are erecting a second engine. They have also purchased from an outside district 10 heads of stampers, on the revolving principle .
. A rush of about 70 miners has taken place at Yandoit. From 3 to 5 dwts. to the load has been obtained.
Gray's rush, also, at the head of Shicer's Gully, in 30 feet sinking, gives from 3 to 5 dwts. with 1~ foot in thickness of washdirt; 5 dwts, to the tub have in some cases been obtained. Five holes are bottomed, and many more are going down.
At New Nuggetty, Yandoit, about 40 or 50 men are at work in shallow ground; 3 nuggets, one being of considerable size, have been obtained. 0
Puddling and sluicing operations are being actively carried on throughout the division. Iveson's Reef, Deep Creek . ...:.Iveson and Co. are driving from their main shaft both northerly
and southerly. 2 ozs. 3 dwts. 8 grs. per·ton has been obtained from the west face of the reef; not. . withstanding this, they contemplate cutting the reef at a much greater depth, for the purpose of ascertaining the value of the claim. The present depth is but 65 feet. .
Ajax Reef, Wombat Hill.-Pope and party are advantageously working in this claim. The reef is well developed, in a width of 4 feet, increasing in proportion to the depth, the stone proving far better in the lowest levels; 18.dwts. to the ton has been obtained this quarter.
Doctor's Reefs.-The Swiss Mountain, Warrior, and Pitcher's Quartz Companies, are vigorously working, and obtaining remunerative returns, the depths being from 40 feet to 160 feet, and increasing in breadth to 8 feet in some parts of the reef; and, also,' continuously increasing in proportion to the' depth of workings. From 7;t dwts. to 12i dwts. to the ton was obtained during the quarter ..
Christmas Reef, Yandoit.-· The company are now raising stone from the east face of the reef, from which good crushings are expected. Sometime since 3 ozs. 4 dwts. was obtained from, the west face, and the reef being well defi~ed there is every prospect of the claim continuing to pay. The yield for the quarter averages 11 dwts. 8 grs. . ,
Reynold's Reef.-This is a newly opened-up reef at Sailor's Creek, near Bryce's Flat, the greatest depth yet sunk being 30 feet, yet the satisfactory result of t oz. to the ton was obtained.
Commissioner's Reef.-LuciDi and Co. are flooded; the depth is 80 feet; a new engine will be shortly e.rected. r
Scandanavian Reef.-A company is formed to work this reef, the depths of the old shaft and workings was about 90 feet from grass, and worked by a whim only, from which contrivance f oz. to the ton wasol;ltained. The reef is about 3} feet in breadth. They are protected for the purpose of erecting machinery. .
Melvin's Reef.-- Wilson Company are ~orking at a, depth of 40 feet. ,fJ.. well defined reef, 3 feet 6 inches broa.d, has now been struok. Nearly dwts. to the ton is the result of a small crushing 9f 35 tons of quartz. '
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N uggetty and 1'rafalgar Reefs.-:The eT,lg~Ile st!\~~e~ ,on. Friday .. and works well. ' Collins' Reef.-The.directors of the A'rgus'Quartz'Mining Company have resolved upon sinking
100 feet deeper, with the expectation 9fstill<b:etter quartz; i.oz. t9;tlie ton,was some time since obtained. Mauritius Reef.-Bray and party have again come upon some rich stone-a fresh leader, and
very promising. - They have·driven·through 300 feet- of hard'-r9ck, and- out"of a triaLcrushing·from.a fresh lead have,obtained,15 ozs. 8 dwts. from 22·tons. " , .•. '.. ."'" ..... 'Encore'Reef.:......Th~s reef, near to the last named, is being reoworke·d'by Gazely ~nd party, and a second or tunnel claim,hasbeen also secured to drain ,the workings; . ::i~ '. ,,;9-uartz .prospec~g is. on the. increase. ~". 0':" .,~, .. i.r. ~, ,:.!;. . ,::" " . ''''Jj~,-,~: '-<.' I~t . ~ ~,,--.-,.. ~'" '!'1·~:.Y i !',:.. • .! ">-"\_":' ;-' ••• ..1 .;r-," . c-: ~ ct:>
" ·'T.A~ADALE· S1i~DIVISION;'" 1,',i, ", I, '" ... • t. 1 ' •• ,. I
Mr. ,!,homa8D~win" MVning'R~gistrar;/" ,,' ,; .. ,1
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THE FOLLQwiNG INFORMATION" HAS BEEN' OBTAiNED RELATIVE ',~o:. iHk. QlTAN~JT~ .' OF QUAR~Z AND :QUARTZTAiLIiws AND ,CEMENT CRUSHED' DURING THE QUARTER; AND"THE 'GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM:'~ ,~', ~ j , "~M:~' ,,~;';'; I I _ :'fj·./'~.: - , ',\' Name of Company,
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Prince Alfred"Reef .:.' Victoria Reef .
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~ ': ~ere Qilartz, &e,;were"obtained ..... "Qu~rtz ~Bhed, I Average Yield of Gold
Iper ·Ton.
I ' Total Yield of
, Gold.
N~~r' Ta'radale Near:,Taradale . East'of 'Colilian
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'ton~'e'wt,'iqr, :0;', 'dwt, gr., ·oz. dwt. gr.' 17' 0 "0' 0 l' 4'76 . .1, 0 9
'" : 'f8 . 6 "0 ,; 0 ·2 14'66' 2 7 0' '150 '0"'0' ". b 14 16 "'110" ';C( '0 ':.' Prince Albert .1 . .
English and Scottisll .' ',';; '7 i" ,,/
~~f91d' 'f 100 1)"'0 1 10 2'88 .I50)2:'0~. ---' --'-'._'--,--- -'---'--
285 0 0, 0 18 12'57 263 19 19 Quartz Tailings and-Cement , crushed. :.. : '.iC;
Total Quartz
Taradale --. .., Taradale
'-' -'-' --'- ------------•. London and·Melbourne· 1,000 0 0
'59 0 0 0" 2' 0, '100 0 '0·' o '6'71 .' . '3 '15' 12 Alpha
Totai'Quartz T~ilings"a:~d Cement 1,059 0'9;, , In quartz reefingbut,-little ·has' been done-here this quart~r, 'except' by th~ Prince Albert
Company. They have jp.st erec~E\~ an engine ~ith eight stampers on. their claim, and are crushing all the stone they obtain'. Much tliat would not payfor carting three ,miles·to' crush, yields good returns when cheaply cruslled~by .. .their dwn,engineon,the, spot. ,. They. are now.raising.~stone. giving.2 .ozs. per tqn, •. "A new. reef e!lst ofthe, 991~bll;n, called: the Prince Alfr~d, p~o,mises to be payable.' " , , ,,,,. Rey);lOl'9s a~d pa;rty;are sinkillg a"nc;lw s\laft; tl).ey haveuQt.crushed .thi,s !llll!~ter. '" ,",,', . . In the,alluvial.several claims,are doip.g Wc;lll. Th~, London and Melbourne'Company continue, to, put iil.~xploring ,drives, and have proved good :ground tp.at will pay for 'years ,to come, ·even,on the extensive scale that this mine is worked. They are not yet in the deep ground. They: employ; ove):, 100
, men, all,~ several horses ,below. , , " .. I". '. . ' ,
, ,The London COlppany, adjoining t\le above, is also doing well in deep ground, vrith w;ashdirt 6 fcet thick, yielding 7 ozs. to the machine. The Taradale Company; the Lord ¥almsbury, and a few other claims ·that are:'\Yorkj,ng, are looking well; .1;mt upon the w40le mining is,very dull in thi~ division.
Prospecting is being carried on :"ith more thaI;l usual en,ergy. " ,,'," .. :1 , :, .'" I, '
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;. ,." ··!·',MALDON DIVISION. " '
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Mr .. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor, and Registrar.>·' . . .'
THE FOLL9w1Ij'G INFORMA'rION ~AS BllEN OBTAI.NED RELATIVE T,O THE'QUANTJ:r; (IF QU~RTZjANp':CE~~NT ~': " ,. CRUSIlED', DURING THE'QUARTER, AND TIlE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:~' ".
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'.1 QUartz,crushed. Average' . Total Yield of
Remarks relative to the Where Quartz, &c" were Depth C at, which the
Name of Company. Yield of Gold Gold, Quartz, &c., 'were "ob-obtained, per Ton. t~ine_d. ,,:, . ' . ,~ " , .
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tODS ewt .. qr. oz, .dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr.
Beehive :'.e. '" .BeehiveReef , ... 101 0 0 , 2 13 2;01 268 1 12 iN ear surface Brittingham's ... Th ornh,ill' s,:Heef ... 187 0 0 , o 14 23'35 1,40 0 0 ,150 to 160 feet EagJehawk , .... .1 Beehive Reef. 638 0 0 1 1 4'03 675 5 6 260 feet , ,
Fenteman's Reef: " . 370 0 0 0 7'19;93 144'17 6 230 to 250 feet Fentemann's (Albert .. , Co,) .'
Beehive Reef 809 0 0 2 ':>0 7'03 1,629 17 6 300 feet Great Western .. , ... Linscott's Eaglehawk Reef 918 o '0 1 13 l7'4i ~ 1,5~,8 , 0 '0 20' to 350 feet .. ... ", North British .. , ,Parkin's Reef ' .. 1,127' 0 0 0 - 17 1l"? .. 9 985 13 '0 90 to 260 feet Nuggetty Nuggetty Reef ... 887 0 0 0 6, 5'70 '276 13:;0 '50 to,300 'feet , ' .. ')' .. ,
,2,037' 4 Various (public) 0swald's , ... Long Gully, ,:; ,:;,:' 1,028 0' 0 , 1 19'15'22: 0 ...
Phrenix , .. .... Wilson, Gennan Reef , 925.0 0 1 19 17'40 . , 1,837 . Ii . O. ,340 feet Union, Malq.on ... Eaglehawk Reef ;;, . 629,· 0 O. 0 17 9'a~ 54617 18 300 feet Wellington Co, ... Linscott's Reef , .. 200 0 0 0 8 0 80 0 0 270 feet : .. ------ .. ' ,
Tot~l Quartz .. , 7,819 0 0 1 6 0'31. 10,169 15 0' :
Cement crushed. ------ -----
Prince of Wales ... Cement ... .. , 2;275 0 0 1 6'38 144 0 0
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A new rush to .Lockwood has taken place, but I have not visited it, as I am not awar.e U' It 1S 1n my district. A decrease both in yield of gold and number of men will be observed, causes stated on other page; as also the falling off in the yield of some of our-principal mines, viz., Beehive, Union, and Frazer and Co.'s claim on Eaglehawk. , .
The decrease in quantity of quartz cruslied,· this quarter, and consequent reduction in yield of gold, is principally in consequence of the South Eaglehawk Co. having crushed but 638 tons in Lhe three months, consequent upon, re-Ietping the mine and plant: they, have, now sparted again, and, are cross-cutting for the10de at 300 feet from surface. , ' .
The Beehive also has done but little in the way of raising stone this quarter, being principally , engaged in cross-cu,tting to the west for the reef which they anticipate striking shortly.
, The Eagl~hawkUnionCompany, and, Fra~er's Claim adjoining northward, have considerably fallen off in quantity. tlie lode having been cut off in both claims by a dyke of hard greenish rock, which has beep. !!un~ i:q.to to a depth of 13 feet without any change. taking place. ... ,
A small rush'to the alluvial took place' on Fiddler's Flat, in' consequence of an 18 oz. nugget having been found there, but nothing of any consequence has been discovered since. ,. ,
The iat~heavyand'e~?tinu011:s ,r.~s have gr(ll!-tly retarded all]lv;ial mining, particularly in and about Strangways, 'and on .the Loddon nver. . '
,ST. ANDREW'S EAST SUBDIVISION.
Nr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
No change has taken place in this subdivision since my last report. The few miners engaged are all aC9,uainted with the locality, and delve only where good wages call be obtained. Nothing but ,an extens1ve rush of miners can' ever develoJ? a disLrict' 80' heavily'en:cuxn:bered with timber, and sur· rounded wioh 80 many tOI?ographical diflicult1es as this.
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ST. 'ANDREW'S' CENTRAL SU'BDItrrSION •
. Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. " ::,,:.
THE FOLLOWING INFOIUlATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY pF QUARTZ
CRUS~ED D,URING THE QU~TER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-:-
Name of Company; I, "
Wh ...... Quartz was obtained. Qua.r1;z crusbed,
Average Yield of Gold
parton.
Remarks relative to tbe Total Yield of Depth at which tbe
Gold. Quartz was obtained. , ..
---·-----I,--~-·--~--I-----I----J~---I------
Reed's Reef ... .., Lancashire Hero .. , Star Reef... ... Oram'sReef, No, 2 South Oram'sReef, No,3 South, Oram'sReef. No.4 South Oram'sRcef, No.5 South Oram'sReef. No, 4 North Oram'sReef, No, 5 N ortb Allan's Reef... . .. Allan'sReefProspecting Eureka, No.1 South , .. Eureka, No.2 South ... PerseveranceProspecting Antimony Reef .. , Star Prospecting ... Queenstown Prospecting St. Andrew's... . .. Jenny Lind ... .., WelcolIle Prospecting Eclipse Prospecting ... New Chum ... • •• Star Prospecting ... Various small lots at
Yow-yow ... One-Tree Hill Yow-yow ... Panton Hill Panton Hill Panton Hill Panton Hill Panton Hill
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Panton Hill ... Yow-yow... . .. , Yow·yow... ... Yow-yow... . .. Yow-yow... . .. Yow-yow... . .. Yow-yow,.. ... Yow-yow... .. Queenstown .. . Queenstown .. . Queenstown .. . Queimatowu' . ".:. Diamond Creek •.. Diamond Creek , .. Diamond Creek " .. : Queenstown ...
Total Quartz .~.
tom ewt. Qr. ,oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr.
14 10 0 6" 0 '0
10 0 0 600
10 10 0 23 0 0 300 1 5 0 6 5 0
13 10 0 10 0 0 800 550 8 10 0
1110 0 10 0 0
'--16 00 8 10 0 7 10 0 3' 5 0
25 10 0 21 0 0 20 0 0 16 0 0
265 0 0
3 7 6'20 7 613 2 1 0 2 8 2'33 3 0 18'28 1 14 16'78 2 6 23 1 Hi 0 I 0 7'04' 3 15 18'22 5 ·5 4'80 o 11 18'50 1 8 12'q6 7 0 18'82 1 19 2 I 17' 4'90 I' 12 --3'62 I 2 5'40 1 8 14'80 104 080 ,3 13 0 1 8 14'50 o 10 15'6S
48 15 6 43 19 6 20 10 0 14 8 14 31 18 0 39 18 2
7 0 21 2 5 0 6 6 20
51 2 18 52 12 0 4 14 4 7 9 18
59 16 16 22 9 II 18 12 I 25 14 10 9 8 22 8 17 3
: 3 5 13 10 4 0 76 13 0 28 12 ? 8 lOll
2 5, 12'61 \: 603 4 6
260 feet
90 to 1 00 feet
30 feet.
The river claims at Anderson's Creek have all been suspended during the winter quarter. At Queenstown, the few Europeans engaged in alluvial operations are "paddocking" old abandoned
gullies, which involves ~ome very' considerable exoavations. as the whole of the ground embraced in such claims has to be removed to get a.t the small 'patches of ;washdirt found between the old workings, By admeasureme,nt I find the average yield only remunerates the excavator at the small rate of lid. per cubic yard; and I am infonned that about 7s. 'per diem .per 'man is seldom exceeded, and is abou.t the UBQ.al earning,of the best workmen 60 employed., .
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The. returns from quartz havela1A,31y been very satisfactory, rich, quartz: having been struck in several clalms. .
. From t~e Perseveran~e Reef, :vhich . had been abandoned, a new body of stone has been struck at a depth of Slxty feet; a t~lal crushlllg of four tons, ,recently taken from the same, has given an average
. of 11 ozs. to the ton; this is the more surprising, as the surface quartz yielded only 3 oz. to the ton, and should give encouragement to the miner to sipk to greater depths, instead of too hastily concluding ground to be worthless without a sufficient trial.
, On. the Eureka very little quartz has been raised, as most of the shafts have struck intensely hard gramte, and the quartz at the same time is found diminishing to such an extent as to render some of the claims no longer payable. : '
On Allan's Reef, Yow.yow, Messrs. ::\-lurray and Sloan have obtained 5 ozs. 5 dwts. 4'80 grs. to the ton from 10 tons of quartz, taken from a depth of 100 feet from the surface,. being the result of only two men's labor for a month.
The Lancashire Hero Co., One·tree Hill, ·have a considerable quantity of stone of unusual rich. ness uncrushed. ' , ' .
The Victoria Reef, One.tree JIill, will very shortly be fully developed by the lessees of the Nelson Company', who I am informed will also work the Moonlight lease on tribute as soon as the necessary arrangements are concluded. -
Two new reefs, called by thelrospectors the Welcome and the Star, have been discovered during the q~arter; the former is situate on Panton Hill, near Queenstown, and has ,given from a trial cruslilllg 1 oz. 0 dwt. 4 gr. to the ton; the latter, near the Pioneer, Diamond Creek, from 20 tons, 1 oz. 8 dwts. 14'50 gr. Both results are considered payable.
. The average yield of'the district shows in a marked degree an improvement upon that of the prevIOUs quarter, and as this result has not arisen from any particular claim, but seems distributed generally over several reefs, I think it may reasonably be inferred that there is some probability of .its being the precursor to inereased activity in the mining enterprise of the locality. ,
KYNETON S-lJBDIVISION. '
M". Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS :BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING' THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
I I I Total Yield of I Remarks relative to the I Where Quartz was
.-i Average
Name of Company. obtained. Quartz crushed. ' Yield of Gold ' Gold. ' Depth at which the
I per Ton. i Quartz :was obtained. ------_.*-- ,-
oz, dwt. ~.I \
I tons em. qr. oz. dm. gr.
Nelson and Wellington i I,auriston ... 2,100 0 0 o 4 21'94 516 0 0 1
Wyndham United "'1 Lauriston . ... 3,000 0 0 o 3 1'12'! 457 0 0,
--I-~I Totar Quartz ... 5,100 0 0 o 3 19'57; 973,0 0 I
Mining in the Kyneton subdivision is being carried on with but little spirit. There has been but two quartz claims at work this last quarter; eachis working in levels from 100 to,loO feet below the surface, and otaining a good thickness of stone, although generally speaking the reefs about Lauriston are not regularly defined reefs, and that they may yield good returns it is necessary that a large
, amount of eapital be invested. , A very enterprising company has just takim up the Frenchman's reef at Kangaroo Creek, which
will no doubt give eneouragement to the development of the numerous reefs in thl!-t locality. Alluvial mining here has almost eeased; there is but one claim registered in all the subdivision.
BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION.
M.r. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar.
Heavy rains, alternating with hail storms, cold and violent winds, and oecasional frost and snow, have continued almost incessantly during the last thirty days and nights. The deep shaft'of the "Oolumbian" (the only large alluvial claim, on this goldfield) has long been full of wllter, even to overflowing the surface. No erushings have taken place at either of the quartz~mining elaims during the last quarter. One sluieing claim has obtained 60 ozs.; and'a precarious livlllg has been obtallled by some of the small parties of miners; but a general depresssion has prevailed, only ameliorated ,by the increased occupation of lands for cultivation, the cqmparative prosperity of the/arms, and the
, sllccessfu,l eultivation of small gardens attached to the huts, or elaims, of many of the mmers.
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ARARAT MINING· DISTRICT.
ARARAT DIVISION •.
Mr. Oharles J. W. R/u88ell, M.inilng Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUA.NTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREF1WM:-. .
Name of Company. Where Quartz was obta.ined.
. Campbell's Extend~d North Star ... Reef, Moyston
Reef, i Extended Southern Cross Campbell's Moyston
The Kangaroo Campbell's Reef, Moyston
Total Quartz
Average : Total Yield of QUMtz erushed. Yield of Gold: per Ton. Gold.
tons cwt.. qr. oz.dwt. gr • oz. dwt. gr. 965 5 o 0 17 13'18 846 19 12
1,046 0 0 o 15 11'89 823 10 ° 1,932 0 ° ° 15' ° 1,449 ° ° ----8,943 5 ° 0 15 19'78: 8,119 9 12
I
oz.
The total a~oun~ of gold purchased by the banks {. ~~:~al 2,218 2,491
296 feet
410 feet
Varying from 200 to 800 feet
dwt.. gr. 14 6
1 ° . 4,709 15 6
There are no returns from the Crescent Company, Moyston, who have been engaged during the quarter in experiments to arrange apparatus to collect gold from quartz tailings.
I have the honor to report that, in the absence of any new ground of any importance having been discovered in this district, the alluvial mining is gradually becoming poorer in results, and the number of European miners pro-portionately decreased. Of the Chinese, tlie number of miners is not reduced, as far as can be ascertamed. .
Of the extended alluvial block claims I have to rel?0rt as follows:- . The Canton Company, after having suspended their works for several months, for want of funds,
have been compelled to abandon their claim. The greater pqrtion of it has been ta4en up by a new company, to be called the II Duke of Edinburgh," wlio are preparing to utilize and continue the work. ings commenced by the late proprieto it is believed that, under the new m!tnagement, with more 'capital at their command, success will reward their enterprise.
The Ararat Black Lead Company have proceeded energetically with the work necessary to open out the gutter of auriferous drift. The working shaft is sunk and timbered to a depth of 189 feet, which is below and about 100 feet from the IfUtter. The prospects obtained in the progress of the. work have been very satisfactory. An additIOnal steam.engine, for winding, has been recently pur· chased, which, with extensive puddling machines, are to be immediately erected.
The Cathcart Company nave failed to raise money to carryon their works, therefore the plant has been sold and the claim abandoned. .
The Cathcart Freehold Company have been working about six weeks of the quarter, and have obtained 88 ozs. 7 dwts. of gold from their claim; but the ground having been ~uch disturbed by old workings, together with.the large supply of water, have rendered the expenses so great, that it is feared the company will have to relinquish their undertaking. -
The A 1 Company, Ararat, is still idle for want of funds to carry out the necessary preliminary W~L "
The quartz reefs have progressed favorably during the quarter. The Extended North Star Company at Moyston (lease) have their shaft down 296 feet, and, from
a reef at that depth, have raised 965 tons of stone, yielding 8460zs. 19 dwts. 12 £frs. of gold. They have distributed during the quarter in Clividends £2,240, are preparing to'erect addltional battery power of ten heads of stamps, and have applied for a lease of SiX acres of additional ground, adjoining their present claim, on the same line of reef that they are working froJll. The company employ forty.three men.
The Extended Southern Cross Company have been actively working their claim, having raised 1,343 tons of stone, and have crushed 1,046 tons, yielding 823 ozs. 10 dwts. of gold. Their depth of shaft is 410 feet. At present they have only eight heads of stamps, but are erecting an additional steam· engine for the battery only, which will be increased to sixteen heads. The company have applied for a lease of their claim, and also for a lease of about two acres of additional ground abutting thereon.
The Kangaroo Company, Moyston, have raised and crushed 1,932 tons of stone from depths varying from 200 to 300 feet.
The quartz reef mining at Moor's Reef, Ararat, is yet too young to have allowed any of the companies to get their reefs into work. .
The Noah's Ark Company (lease) have constructed a large reservoir, now full of Ivater, and are erecting a 24.horsepower steam· engine and a' battery of eight stamps. Their new working shaft is down 86 feet and timbered 44 feet; more are contracted for. The pr08pects of this companyar,e believed to be very good. They employ thirteen men. .
The Ararat Quartz Mining Company have sunk a shaft. From small veins they have had a crushing of 2~ tons, which yielded 51 dwts. per ton; and have now struck a reef 7 feet in thickness, at a depth of 120 teet from the surface, and have raised about 70 tons of stone. This company have applied for a lease of twenty acres.
The Sailor Prince Company and the Prince of' Wales Company have not yet commenced operations.
No. 4, d.
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PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.
Mr. John IJ'.Al~on, l1'Iin!mfJ Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING I:!jfFOR~lATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TB;E QPANTITY o~, QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING TIlE QUAR~ER, AND TIlE GOl,D OBTAINED
THEREFROM - -.-
I Average' , I Remarks relative ~ tho
Name of Company. Where Quartz, &:e., were Quartz crushed, Yield of Gold' Total YIeld of Depth at which the obtained. ' per Ton. Gold. Q':lartz, &c., were at;..
tamed, ' .. .. .. .... --...
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owl,. q~. tons oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Lamont and Co, ... SCotchman's Reef. .. 2,618 0 0 l' 6 2'67' 3,418 0 0 All bC'low 300 feet Moonlight ... , .. ... '" ... 800 0 0 ° 16 0":, 640 0 ° Various depths. St. George's .. , ... Perthshire and Fly· 1,007 0 0 o 10 23'~01 5~2 /~ .' 0 From 150 to 220
Wimmera ing ])oe feet '. ... ... Perthshire ana. 2,030 ° '0 o 16 10 1,666 5 20 Scotchinan's .. ) " Victoria ... . .. Sloan's and Scotch· 1;794 0 0 o 13 14'96 1,2.22 I 0 Various man's
Pleasant Creek ... Scotchman's . ... 1,900 0 ° ° 18 o· 1,~10 0 0 Wonga Wonga Reef 45 0 9 '5 0 0 225 0 0
Cambrian ... ... ". , '. .. Total Quartz ... 10,194 0 0 o 18 12'21 9,433 18 20 ,
Quartz Tailings and '" . Cement crushed.
N. and S. Wales ... Deep Lead ... 1,763 0 0 0 8 0 705 4 0 Cambrian ... Stawell . ..
I 800 0 0 0 7 16 306 13 8
E;it'or .. Miss (Chinamen) 'Deep Lead '" 650 0 0 0 4 0 130.0 0 Estimated only, ,. ~ Tregea and Co. ... Deep Lead . .. 1,600 0 0 0 4 6 340 0 0 N. and S. Wales ... Welshman's Flat , .. 60 0 0 o 10 16 32 0 0
Total Quartz Tail-} 4,873 0 0 0 6 7'15 1;51? Ii 8 .,
ings and Cement - "j'
QUARTZ.
I have the honor to report that the various reefs in this 'division continue to improve, Hoth: as t'o quality and quantity of stone, so that the permanence of the deep reefs is no longer' doubtful. 'l'he lower cross'reef now wod.ing in Messrs. Grant, Craig, and Campbell's claims affords a'very good illi:uitta~ tion of this, when, after working downward, through unpayable stone, the good reef, was again.founa of increased thickness, the depth' from the surface 'being 600 feet. Six claims, hitherto'suspended in eon. sequence 6f insufficient drainage, have been enabled to resume work on' this line of'r'Jef. .' ," .:'
On'the Scotchman's Reef everything appears most favorable, tile lode averaging eight feet' in thickness, and yielding from 17 dwts. to 3t ozs. per ton; , , .' .' , ' ,
• The Perthshire Reef has two (:laims 'working, the yield being from 10 dwts:to 12 dwts. to the ton, with a reef, thirty -three feet in thickness. Not more than tim feet of this;. however, is 'at present taken out, as, when the entire thickness is mined, the return falls to 4 dwts.
The mo.at important event of the quarter is the discovery of a new reef by Mr. James Henderson, at a I:lace about thrM.quarter,~ of a mile south-east of the Golden Po!nt Company's lease: ~he first crushmg of forty tons from tliIs' gave 4t ozs. per'ton, and the second kIln wenfl'S! ozs, ThIS discovery has 'given a great impetus to prospeeting, and a number of companies have been formed for the purpose; The following are the titles of the principal ones:- " . ' .. '"
1. Iron Duke Company, Waterloo Reef, 6. Star of Hope Company, East HampshIre Reef, 2. Blucher Company"',, 7. Owen Glendower qompany, WongaWonga, 3. Snowdon. Company, East Perthshire Re~f' ,8. Per~everance Company. " ", ,; .. 4. Castlemallle'Company,... 9. Rehance Company, VictOrIa Reef, .' 5. Northumberland Company,.. .' I 10;' Stirlingshire Company, Caledonia Reef.
, Of the outlyin~ reefs the only one making good returns is the Flying Doe, Elizabeth 'Creek: There is it great quantIty of water to be.contend.ed with at this place. " ".
The want of sufficient crushing machinery is beginning seriously to be felt, and large quantities,of stoue remain on the claims for weeks together.' Active steps, however, are' now beiu'g taken by.the" proprietors of several· of the milk to add to their'plant, so that shortly. not 'less than'sixty'additiobal stamp heads will be erected. ' , ,
: One or two dams were slightly injured by the recent floods,but have been promptly repaired: Work has been suspended on tue following reefs :-Rossshire, Durh!tm, Manners Sutton, Nowhere, Sir Charles Darling, London, and Telegraph.
ALLUVIAL.
Alluvial mining is in a comparatively prosp~rous condition, three of the ,lenses situated Oll the Welshman's Flat having got very payable ground,. in consequence of, which a small rush B~,t in.· 1 The' nature of the ground in the western end of this ·flat, however, is both expensiye and ·dangeroUs'to work. The reeent heavy rains have done considerable damage to the works· of several companies' in
. that locality .. .l\nunusual number of Chinese now occupy both the Dry Lead and Four Posts: At the western end of the Deep Lead the Standard Company are engaged sinking their first prospecting shaft, now' down about seventy, feet; they do not expect to bottom at less than 120. . ,1,',' ,,'
, The Stawell Flat and Hand of Friendship Companies have yet met with no success, but they·are: still determined to persevere, and thoroughly test the ground lying between . the township of S,tawell and the Silver Shilling Diggings. . ,
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The -Red,Star.Gompany, Welshman's Flat east, have struek payable gold in about sixteen feet sinking. .
The Northern Company are engaged prospeeting, but as yet are·unsuceessful. The Cymbrian Company have just commenced work. . The Reefs Company (Welshman's Flat) are raising very payable washdirt and cement. The Hit.or.Miss .Company, in the same locality, although they have got gold, have not yet
obtained anything payable. _ .' . The old _workings at Commercial-street are occupied chiefly by Chmese, and at the most western
point of these diggings the old Cumberland.Lead has been recovered, and now shows every appearance of a continuous run, .five claims having struck gold at considerable intervals. The lead 18 apparently both crooked and narrow. _.
There is very little. doing at the Great Western, and at· Shakespeare's Hill the lead is at present lost. . i _
.' The sluicing-claims on Church Hill and Twenty-f?ot, and :Forty-foot, Co~~ercial-street, after a long suspension of work, are once more .fully employed, and makmg very good dlVldends~
There have been four alluvial prospecting claims registered during the last month.
BARKLY DIVISION:
Jb·, John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registra't'.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTIY OF CEMENT, ETC.,
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
I Average ! Remn.rks relative to , Where Cement, &0., were Cement
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Total Yield of the Depth at which . Name of Company. Yield of Gold the Cement, &ie., obtained. crushed. per ton. Gold. were obtained.
Pipe Clay and Cement to"" em. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. crushed.
Landsborough ... Cambrian Lead and Ray's 1,720 0 0 0 8 0 688 0 0 rush
QUARTZ.
An effort is now bei~g made to form a (jompany to work the reef known as Power's Reef, for both gold and silver. The upper portion of this reef yielded It ounces of gold, and the last stone, taken from a depth of 70 feet, 5 d'!ts., the lode being two feet in thickness.
ALLUVIAL.
, The onII new ground opened dUring the quarter which is likely to be of importance is situated in the direction 0 the Frenchman's Diggings, where a prospecting eli\im has been taken up by Walters and party; but, as yet, the ground is barely payable. . 'rhree or four small payable patches have been discovered in the neighborhood of Landsborough, and one at the Malakoff; these, however, appear to be of very limited extent. - . '. ~
The lost lead at the Cambrian rush has not yet been struck, although a considerable amount of prospecting has be!)n'carried on in the neighborhood. • - '
At Glcnpatrick the old claims are doing well, but have been very much impeded with water. In the new ground the Glenpatrick Company have erected an engine, and will shortly be at full work, having most favorable prospects, .
, I - . , RAGLAN DIVISION.
. Mr. John Templeton; Mining Surveyor and Registra~.
The population of .this division continues nearly the ·same; The miners generally have permanent residences, although changing the locality 'of . their operations occasionally,-
An abundance of rain has fallen during the quarter, and there is no 'scarcity of water anywhere. Several sluicing clai~s have been taken up; these are supplied with water from the . Mount Cole races, and, I unders~nd, are giving fair returns. - . . ".
Several large blocks of ground have been taken up, 'under the bye.laws;rduring the quarter, -but most of ·them have not been worked, and have consequently lapsed; and in two, in which the time for commencing operations has not eJrpired, there has 'not, hitherto, been anything done. The very wet weather we have had, during the latter part of the quarter, has possibly had something to do with this.
Within the last two or three days a small rush has taken place about a mile north-east of Charlton. The prospectors bottomed with a fair prospect, but I have not been able to learn anything further yet. The sinking is from 39 to 40 feet. .
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~e Old Main Lead is still principally occuyied by Chinese, who are apparently doing well. 'The old workings about Poverty Point, Jock's Lead, and Yam Holes are also principally occupied by Chinese, and, as the water is plentiful, they realize a fair amount of gold.
The Hope Company, in the Police Paddock, continue to get fair returns. In WingfieJd's Gully the Perseverance Company has :-vorked out the western end of the block, and, after making several bores with a good prospect, have commenced sinking a shaft further to the eastward.
Musical, Paddy's, and the adjoining gullies, continue to give profitable employment to a number of miners. The Burke Company in that locality have had very poor returns, on the average, during the quarter. The small lease in Shicer's Gully continues to yield very welL
, At Charlton'the Crinoline Company have had a pretty 'fair yield. The Prince of Wales and the Charlton Companies, from various reasons, have had very poor returns during the quarter. '
, In Sailor's Gully the Holmesdale Company has, as usual, been getting very good returns, and the same is the case with the Defiance Company. The Royal Saxon Company has only had very moderate returns during the quarter. The Great Victqria Company's ground has been let on tribute, and the yield of gold appears to have increased since. The other smaller claims in this locality are doing very well. '
GIPPSLAND MINING
OMEO SUBDIVISION.
[Kobana I)ivision.]
DIS T RIC T.
Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar.
The Swift's Creek Quartz Crushing Company's mill is at last completed. The Eureka and Eldorado leaseholders are sending down 50 tons of stone each, the Midas and All Nations claims 25 tons each, for a trial crushing. As this will be the first crushings from the Swift's Creek Reefs, I will forward a separate report as soon as it is completed, I continue, to receive very good accounts from the reefs on the Upper Bendoc and Bouang Rivers, at the extreme eastern limit of my district, and adjoining the New South Wales boundary. From stone crushed in the rudest manner satisfactory results are being obtained. I cl\nnot as yet obtain the exact returns, but Mr. Howitt is now visiting the district, and will, I have no doubt, furnish the Department with full particulars. The population on Wombat Creek, Upper Mitta Mitta, or Big River, continues inereasing, and I have registered twenty-six: claims there this quarter., Most ofthe claims are turning out well, and some decidedly rich. ' .
MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION.
Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAB BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, 'AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-
I I I
Avera~ I . I Remark. relative to tho Name of Compa,ny. Where Qua;rtz was Q1ll!oI'tz crushed. Yield of ld i Total Y,eldof DepthatwhichtheQuartz
obta,ined. per Ton. ' G<lld. ,was obta,ined. ;
. , tons cwt, qr. oz. dwt, gr. oz. dwt. gr. I Tubal Cain (trial crush- Tubal Cain Reef ... 12 0 0 o 12 0 7 4 0 50 feet I
ing) Tambo Reef 665 0 0 0 7 23'27, 265 0 0 50 to 100 feet Tambo Quartz Mining ...
and Crushing I
Trio ... ... Trio Roof . .. 76 0 0 1 4 11'36 93 0 0 70 feet Nicholson ... ... Nicholson Reef ... 63 0 0 o 12 12'57 39 9 0 65 feet
-~--------, Total Quartz ... 816 0 0 0 9 22'02 ,404 13 0
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. I have the honor to report that, during the quarter, a very great improvement has taken place in this subdivision, both in quartz and alluvial mining, particularly the latter. '
The quartz claims at Store Creek and Deptford would be, in my opinion, in a much more flourishing condition if the hold era caused some foreign capital to be introduced, so as to enable them to carryon mining operations in a more systematie manner. At present the claims are being worked by local enterprise. '
The crus~ing mac~ine (" Trio "), referred t? in "f!ly predec~ssor's last. report, is now erecte~; ~nd busily engaged m crushmg quartz for all the clauns 1ll the nClghborhood that have any suffimently ~~ , , ' .
At Boggy Creek there are about *ree hun~d (300) alluvial miners, all of whom I be.lieve to ~e earning from 30s. to 60s. per week, and 1ll some lllstances a great deal more. The ,populatlOn on thIS (lreek is daily increasing. , . . . ,. . ,
It is impossible to ascertam WIth any degree. of accurru:y the quantIty of gold found In thIS 8ubdivision, as a number of parcels are taken away WIthout paS81llg through the banks.
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CROOKED RIVER SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Ja;rnes Tmvis, Mining Registrar.
TlIE FOLLOWING INFORMATION lIAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TlIE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSlIED
DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :-
Name of Oompany. Where Quartz was obroined.
Goodrick and Co. Lightbound and Co. Forest and Co.
... Miss Annie Reef ...
... Excelsior Reef ...
... Morning Star (Grant)
Fantelli and Co. .. . Sayers and Manuel .. . Kent ... .. . Whiting and Willmott Whiting and Willmott Whiting and Willmott Ritz and Edge ... Daniel and Baines ... Evening Star ... GoodHope ... • .. Uncle Tom ... ... Collingwood... . ..
Reef Advance Reef .. . Vulcan Reef .. . Hibernia Reef '" Speedwell Reef ... Anchor Reef ... Time-will-tell Reef Haphazard Reef ... Teddington Reef ... Evening Star Reef ••• Good Hope· Reef ... Uncle Tom Reef ... Collingwood Reef ... New America Reef Timmins and Co.
Golden Bower Wingate and Co. Enright and Co. Ritz and Edge Wattine and Co.
... Golden Bower Reef
... Grimross Reef .. .
... New Bendigo Reef .. .
... Royal Albert Reef .. . ,0, J. H. Connes Reef '"
I I Averago I Quartz oroshed.· , Yield of OQld • per Ton.
ton. em. Q,r.
16 0 0 700
24 0 0
10 0 0 21 0 0
254 0 0 600 400
24 0 0 20 0 0 46 0 0
350 0 0 lIS 0 0 49 0 0 ,7 0 0 90 0 0 20 0 0 88 0 0 15 0 0 12 0 0
400 0 0
Oz. dwt. gr. 1 10 0 1 12 0 o 13 20'25
2 17 17'80 208 o 5 18-61 0'15 0 o 17 .0 100 o 10 0 0'17 9'39 1 3 5'28 o 7 6'40' 1 12 19'10 o 19 0 2 1 2S'20 o 10 0 1 15 7'36 100 o 10 0 100
Total Yield • of Gold.
oz. dwt. gr. 24 0 0 11 4 0 16 \2 6
28 17 10 42 7 0 73 7 0
4 10 0 380
24 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0
406 7 0 41 1 4 80 7 0
6 13 0 188 17 0 10 0 0
155 7 0 15 0 0 600
400 0 0
Total Quartz .•. 1,576 0 O. 1 0 3'62 1,587 17 20
Remarks relative to the Depth at which the Quartz was ohtruned.
Surface to 30 feet 50 feet 70 feet
40 feet 80 feet 106 feet to 120 feet 40 feet 20 feet Surface to 20 feet 60 feet 100 feet 60 to 110 feet 300 feet 70 feet 60 feet 90 feet 70 feet Surface to 70 feet 60 feet 60 feet 60 to 120 feet
With the exception of work having been resumed at the Britannia and Eldorado mine, I have little change to report as regards mining operations in this subdivision for the present (Juarter.
. Owing to the severity of the weather during the winter months very little .work has· been done on several reefs, particularly upon those situated at the Upper Dargo. The Evening Star Company, for instance, have not been able to work more than six weeks out of twelve.
A new mill of 4 stampers has been placed on the ground, at the Black Snake, by the Kong Yeng Amalgamated Company, and would ere this have commenced crushing, but that the claim is in dispute, and work has been suspended p'ending the decision of the Court of Mines.
The Good Hope Company have not yet got their winze through to the lower level, consequently very little stone has been taken out. The mill, however, has been engaged a portion of the time crushing for the reefs at work in its immediate neighborhood. ,
I mentioned in my last report that a new reef called the Grimross had been discovered near the Good Hope; between 80 and 90 tons have been crushed, yielding nearly 2 ozs. to the ton. The reef is a tolerabll wide one and very easily worked, owing to its proximity to the Good Hope mill; the expense 0 working is comparatively trifling, so that a much smaller J'ield would still be remunerative.
About 20 men have been at work during the quarter on the Hibernia Reef, the average yield from the stone crushed is small, but the company appear very sanguine that it will eventually pay tJtem well for working.
There has been nothing doing in alluvial mining worthy of mention, as nearly all the creek' claims are held under suspension on account of the floods.
JERICHO SUBDIVISION~ Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Minirt{J Surveyor and Registrar.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ ORUSHED
DURING THE QUARTER, AND TIlE GOLD OBTAINED TIlEREFROM
Name ofOompany. Where QWlortz WI.IS Average
Total Yield of Remarks relative to the
Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at whieh the obtained. per ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained.
tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz.' dwt. gr.
Blue Jacket G. M. .. , h •• ... ... 380 0 0 0 7 \5'41 145 4 0 About 100 feet Loch Fyne G. M. ... ... ... .. . 300 0 0 0 5 S'28 77 1 0 About 200 feet NO.l,S.NewChumG.M. ... ... . .. *200 0 0 0 7 18'37 77 13 3
----- . Total Quartz ... 880 0 0 0 619'58 299 18 S
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,. The tonnage is eStimated in th.is case.
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In the Jericho subdivisiop. of ,the Gipps Land district, mining continues to be exceedingly dull. 'rhe ct-eeks are flooded and the banks remain unwmked, and the amount of alluvial gold raised during the past quarter is, I am infor~ed;,les8 than that raised during,any"previous quarter for the last five years.
The Lochfyne prospectors have ceased to work for the present, the prospects obtained lately, and gi,ve!:l·ap?ve"b~ing, u:qpro~~~ing'; the claim, h<,>wllver, is,likely to be worked :a,gain ,1!I.1.<!ertrip!fJ;~. 'rhe only claIms now-crushiI.!g are ~he Prospectors', on the Blue Jacket Reef, and tpe occupiers of No.1, South New Chum Reef; on'the Dry'Creek; , Their results are' not encouraging; .J ,The: Eldorado Company's machine' is not yet completed, but will be ready for crushing within 'a fortnight should the weather c,~~nKEtx~~~pi~J,9?plpany::p.!ls;3P.O tbus to grass, ~ reef prospe~ted toa depLh of abo~t 120f~etand.1O..O feet al?ng",the"lode_;,th~ wi~th'cof ,which is' ;j.hOut' three feet average. There is every reasonalll'e1ifxpecta:tion of thIS adventure paymg Its promoters well. i' ,.,
The miners ar!l~ng:YVIg9v~g t~w~rds_tj:l~.ne,w;,g914fie)dB discovered near Y;ea • ... ' .. ,;'~: ..
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DONNELLY'S 'CREEK S~BDIVISION. 'C.,),,', ',or Mi.,A'1'!hur F.~Walktlr! Mining Suri)iyyor and Registrar::
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATI~~ TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED
'.. ., " ,DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE G,OLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-'" ' :., , " . ),
, . j !, 'Average Name ofOoniPanY; Where Q;'aitz, was
. Qua.rtz crushM, Total ~~? 'of •.. Remarks relative to the , . obt,.ined. i Yield'of Gold Depth 'at which tho . , I per ton: Quartz was obtained •
"
- ......
tons ewt, qrs. oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt.gr. South Crinoline, ... '. Tunnel ~ .. ~ . ... 1,219 0 0 0 4 2'40 249, IS ) 0 140 ·feet"from the
) , " surface '
Harp of Erin ... Turinel ,.' ... 200 0 0 015 3'60 151'10 0 30 feet from ,the , , , " ',' surface'
Morning, Star ... TuilIl,el ... .. ' .. 40 9 0 0.19 9 3S15 0 50 feet from,'the , surface " " .~,. '-----------------
, iTotal Quartz " ... 1,459 0 0 0 6 'O'SO 440 3 0
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I am. sorry t.o !,lave to repol't that mini!lg operations in thiil subdivision have'still a'downward te:pd~ncy.,· The p(ipulatio:t;l ha:s greatly d~creased during th,e quarter, which is partly qwing to the intrOduc'ti9n of th~ system of working the 'claims upo!). tribute, for which less men are required. . No new reefs nave been discovered, and those that, have been worked show no improvement.' , . .. . ..
'" The Harp of Erin ,has'for sO!lliniinebeeI{ worked 'oy: tributors, aild the yield' nasgiven: 'them good wages:,' ., , , .
The South Crinoltne has ~Iso. been worked on tribute, hut the return has been'so small that ~prk ~tll, in all prob;tbiltty, be discontinued altogether. ., , .' '
, . ,The ,Nor~:(1 Crinolip.e, wlli,chw~~ for som~ tim,e idle, has been let again on tribute; some very fair stone has been struck,' ,and they expect'to ci-usnOin about a fortnight, . ' :",' , The Edwards Prospecting Company (wor~ing on tribute). have struck the reef in their tunnel at a
depth of 267 feef frpm tli~ s:uI'face, and. there is a ,Erobability thaF it will, ultimately pay the·tributors. . ': The aipount of .~lluvial 'gold purchased ,by the Bank of Victoria during, the qliart~r is
119 ozs. 7 dwts. 12 g>:s. , .• ,.. "
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STRING:lm'S CR~~K, S~BDIVIs'ION. . ; Mr. John S. Pattersoii, Mining'Registrar. ," '
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHEl}
, DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE- GOLD ()B'TAINED THEREFROM:-
Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained.
Quartz crushed,' YI.;tJeo'1'~ld Total Yield of per Ton. Gold,
Remarks relative to tho Depth at which the Quartz was obtained.
'I tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr,
;" 'NOR"-e!!ef.N,yrtJ:t;,CoJ;U~n~!li. I,S,13 .,0.0 5.19 16;jl4 6,420,13"12,, -20, feet above creek . . level
Wellesley.
F-a).QlI;Ul' . No~ 7 North'Cohen's ),~~~ __ .4: .. 0 115 0'6l"·2,268 S"'O"c20 to SO feet above .-:!- .. -", .•. ~~. T Reewf~"'·"':'~'1~··- ~ - creek level
~W}~, 'G;ippsJ~H~:'
Golden Fleec'e
Sout.h Gippsland Hapf.,'f::.g?:lpc~~l;. ,
Shamrock ...
I,ongfellow's
SCr!lt~a-1?jt, :"',~
No .. 6 North;Cohen's 160 0 0 2 61.8·~~. '. il7~_" 3 0 20 to 80 feet abOve ,.,t> ", 'Ite'l;f" ;' , ' "I" " ., J' " • creek'ievel .'
No.5 North; Conen's 135 0 0 8, ':11 191 0 0 80 feet above creek "Reef"'·' "" '---lever-'·'------ -.,
.. :;; ;:eroIlPect~ng.;ll.Jaim .•.. :m H() .9.1 0 0 822'3S 196 10 10 Creek level Happy-go:Lucky .. ' 574 0 0 0 3 14'96 104 0 0 100 feet above creek
" I ", . '" ' ; level I 1.032 '0" 0 1· 0 5·5S·:·1,044 ,0' 0, 50 feet, above· creek,
~': ,,' 'J ,,' ~ , :: levef ' , LoD.gf.eIJ~'Y's ~ef ;'.. 582 -0-0'1 1 11 H'S? 916 10 '0 200 feet above creek
, ",>. , ',' ,,\,'t I ""', level S~t:.l)..t:a~qit RIlIlf'"", ,14()~_0 ._O~ 0_, 9_~Q~"4, _ .. !>3~5 .It ,JM-fe~_t,ap(;ly~, cJ;eeJc-,.
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The South Gippsland Quartz Mining Company (Prospecting claim, and Nos. 1 and 2 North) have determined to work their ground, which has been so long neglected. They are sinking a main shaft, from which they will drive a level along the whole length of the claim at a depth of 30 feet below water level. Claim No.3 is suspended. Nos. 4 and 5 are being worked on tribute. No.6 (North Gippsland'Gold Mining C()mpany)-the legal management of this eompany has been removed to Melbourne. The mining manager has only six men at work sinking a winze on the southern portion of the reef. Nos. 7 and 8, Walhalla and WeHesley Companies, maintain their reputation as steady dividend paying claims. Nos. 9 and 10, The Long 'runnel Company, have discovered the reef at 30 feet below water level. The machinery for pumping and driving a battery has been ordered. The appearance of the stone discovered fully bears out the statement in my last report. , '
No. 14, North Hercules Company, have got their tunnel in 198 feet, and expect to have to go 100 feet farther before reaching the reef. No other claiIl1l3 on Cohen's reef are being worked. ,
On the Longfellow's reef the claims are improving. The prospecting claim is well opened, and the milnager produces an ingot of about 240 ozs. of gold weekly. ,
No.2 S. W., The Hope Company, have 50 tons of stone ready for the mill. Shamrock Reef, the prospecting company's reef improves as it extends into the hill. The Scotia, Perseverance, Try.again, Wealth of Nations, and other claims on this line are all at
work. The Scrat.a-bit Company are now driving their battery by a water wheel, but intend adding steam
power immediately. The Girls',Reef Company are driving along the lode by contract.
By Authority: JOHN FERRE8, Government Printer, Melbourne.