1877:

VICTORI·A.

RJEPO·RT§ . OF THE

MINING SURVJEYORS AND REGXSTRAllSo

QUARTER EN'DED 31sT MARCH 1877.

l'll.ESE'N'l'ED ';CO BO'l'H HOUSES UP PAl~LIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.

tiy aut~oritp j JOHN FERRES, GOVEllNl\IENT PRINTER, 1\lELBOURNE, '" •;•· • • '' } :' I ,No, 10 APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORTS. Preparotlon, about 8. d. Printing (1,55Q copies) •• 12 10 0 1)110 0

£11)4 0 0

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Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 31st March 1877. Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter in some of' the Deepest Mines in ; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 31st March 1877, p. 5. Gold received at and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter ended 31st March ]877, p. 5. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1877, p. 6. Summary of Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed and crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1877, p. 15. . . Number a11d Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st March 1877, p. 19. BAL,LARAT MINING biSTRIOT. Ballarat Central Division Mr. D. Christy, Mining R 7, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. George Perry, Mining ar · .• .' 7, 15, 18, 19, 23 Buninyong Division· Mr. Robert ~LHarvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar... 7, 19, 24 $mythesdale Division .... Mr. John I.ynch; Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7, 13, 19, 24 Creswick Division ... Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .•. 7, 14, 19, 24 Gordon Subdivision ~fr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and R"gistrar ll, 19, 25 Steiglitz Subdivision Mr. 0. W. Collins, :Vrining Registrar .•. 8, 13, 14, 19, 25 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8, 14, 15, 18, 19, 25 Subdivision 0Ballan Subdivi~i.on ••• Mr. S. Cooper, Mining ~egistrar 19, 26 BEECHWORT.H MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar s, 14, 15, 19, 26 Yackandandah Division Mr. P. Wright, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar 8, 14, 15, 19, 26 Indigo Division .•. Mr. R.' Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8, 20, 26 Buckh.tnd Division ... . Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar 8, 14, 20, 27 Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 13, 20, 27 Dry Creek Subdivision Mr. J. Pemberton, Mining Registrar· .•. ... 20,27 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 20, 27 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 14, 20, 27 Big River Subdivision lfr. A. B. Ainsworth, }fining Surveyor and Hegistrar :• 20, 28 Mitta Mitta Division Mr. W. H. Cochrane, Mining Registrar 9, 20, 28 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. W. H. Edwards, Mining Registrar 9, 20, 28 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division .•. Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 9, 13, 14, 20, 28 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar 20,29 Heatheote Division and Wttrariga South Sub: Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar •.• 10, 14, 20, 29 division Waranga North Subdivision ••• Mr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrttr 10, 20, 30· MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining-Registrar 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 30 Majorca Subdivision Mr. John M. Murphy, Mining Registrar ... 10, 13, 21, 30 Amherst Division ... Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor·and Registrar 10, 13, 16, 21,31 Avoca Subdivision ... Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar · 21, 31 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Division M . M' . S d Re . t J 11, 13, 16, r. W . G . Couc h man, mmg urveyor an g1s rar ... I 21, 31 Inglewood Division ... Mr. W. H. Cofl'ey, Mining Registri!X •.. ... 11, 16, 21, 31 W edderburn Division Mr. J. Reach, Mining Registrar •.• 21,31 Redbank Subdivision Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 21, 31 St. Arnaud South Subdivision Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyoi· and Registrar 11, 13, 14, 21, 32 St. Arnaud North Subdivision Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••. ll, 21, 32 CASTLEl\UINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine· Division Mr. T. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 13, 14, l!l, 32 Fryer's Creek Division Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 13, 16, 18, 21, 32 Hepburn Division .•• Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar ... •.. ll, 16, 21, 33 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar ... 12, 21, 33 Tarrangower Division Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 13, 17, 21, 33 St. Andrew's Division Mr. Alfred Arm strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12, 17, 22, 33 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. Grttham McPherson, :Mining Registrar 22, 34 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Thos. Foyster, Mining Registrar... ••• 22,34 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. H .C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12, 18, 22, 34. Barkly Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 22, 34 Raglan Division Mr. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar . 17, 22, 34 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omoo Subdivision ... Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar ...... 22,35 Mitchell River Subdivision 1\Ir. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 22,35 Boggy Creek Subdivision •,•• Mr. J. Smith, Mining Registrar 22, 35 ()rooked River Division Mr. James Travis. Minimr Re!l'ist~ar ...... 12, 22, 35 Jericho Division Mr. R. J. Donaldson,' Mining Registrar •.. 22, 35 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr. 0. P. Whitelaw. Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 22, 35 Stringer's' Creek Division Mr. W. M: Smith, Mining Registrar ... 12, 14, 22, 36 Aberfeldy Subdivision Mr. J. McCann, Mining l~egistrar 22,36 Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. H. Williams,Mining Registrar... 22, 36 Bendoc Subdivision Mr.• John Nichol, Mining Registrar ... 22, 36 Tarwin Subdivision Mr. G. R. M:urphy, Mining Registrar 12, 22, 36 Trars.lgon Subdivision Mr. C. Denis, Mining Registrar l!l!, ~(j

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-- • SUMMARY.

GOLD MINING STATIS!!'ICS FOR THE QUARTER END~D 31st ·MARCH 1877.

TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER' OF· MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS VALU:E, 0~ THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS " IN THE COLQNY OF VICTORIA. (Oompi,ledfrom the Mining Su!l'vefjors and Registrars' 'Reports for the Quarter ended 31st ;Marcl• 1877.),

I Qua.rtz ,. Alluvial MACHINERY' EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. Miners.· Miners,

~··· Number Number of of Price of Gold per ounce. DISTRICT, DIVISION, APPf~f:ate ~:~~~r~f ~~~~;:

of .Auriferous l nccfs AND ~,; i·n Mining Ground a.ctually :::: Plant. actually proved SUBDIVISION. \ ~ ':;';o~.d A,;rf~us. ----,--- ! :~~ From To iS: . I....-:_~~ ----1---1---1----- £ ;~;s.d. £s,d. BALLARAT. 4 1 0 4 0 Central Division , • .. • • 510 170 1,500 l2 2,192 39 2,349 49 2 5 18 - 24 20 · 1 1 55 1,243 - 408 4 - .13 4' · - 109,440 39 24 i 4 4 1 6 4 2 9 Southern Division • • • , . • 547 300 110 1. 958 2 35 1 - 10 2 12 40 1 6 1 6 1 8 144 - 46 - 3 -· 20,000 11 18 4 1 0 4•2 0 Bunin,Yong Division .. , • .. 264 80 : 280 26 650 17 340 10 1 18 7 '13 11 - - 9' 200 - 65 1 - 6 - 32,000 16,; 13 4 0 0 4 2 6 Smythesdale Division • • • • -~~~ 825 65 1,f>il4 49 1,100 59 1 13 8 34 - '- 2 10 1 5 67 37 1 l · - 26,000 18 · 12 4 0 0 4 3 0 Creswick Division ...... ~ 310 900 1;860 25 477 28 - 65 16 5 800 - - 35 1,116 1 259 22 5 22 1 106,000 13 16 3 18 0 4· 0 0 Gordon Subdivision ...... 2 1 336 23 362. - = = _ - - 4& - -- - 15 369 1~~ -. 3 - - 16,487 3£ 19 4 0 0 4 0 6 and.' :m.ie gg 15 153 - -. "925 1 20u 1 63H,s1s000 5o 3 17 6 4 0 0 ~,:~1)~~~d'b~~l~~~- 1 264 530 6 ~ !io 13 -- ~~ 9 zw f~ Mountain South Subdivision , ------~ • . 411 3 17 Q 3 17 6 Bo.!la.n Subdivision .. .. • .. • -- , 4 - 4 ------1- 1 10 8 - 1 - 400 1 3 .. 2,857· 2,025 1"3:878 ~ 8,828 132 1--;,;ro:- 14714 ""'"ill[~ 17- 1,~86 -1-57l3-l4 16 13 _1_6_2-l·-3-,9-19--l--1·0- -1-,229-.- --2;9- --_--66 ·-3-6 - -1-l---387-,945-·l--15-s..t-· -_-l---2-11--l Totals •.• 1--'- -.-- 1- i-'-- 1- 1---1---1--1---1----11------.. ------· --1--.....:..--r---=-.:...1·---1

UElmHWORTH. 4 2 • 4 7 115 5 75 '1 53,260 47 102 3 18 0 ·o Beechworth Division •• 867 775 134 1,776 25 270 3 5,200 3 52 20 10,050 12 80 3 15 0 4 0 0 2 10 3,000 3 24 21 5 81 54 1 Yaekandandah Division .. • 245 274 80 599 4 32 20,658 8 25 4 0 0 4 1 0 381 11 340 11 - .. 14 '10 37 180 15 46 3 Q lndigo•Divis:ion ~· •• 17 251 53 18 2ti3 13 272 36,300 61 289 18 4 0 0 802 373 1,245 2 .- 22 2,000 38 40 74 3 2 0 4 2 0 Buckla.nd Division • . • • 70 I 4 11 140 1 106 14,920 35 Alemndra Subdivision •• 60 15 130 5 210 2 30 2 - 4 30 400 • 6~ 1 3 15 6 4 0 0 ])ry Creek Subdivision •• 21 so 8 109 400 10 3 -- llenalla Subdivision.. .. 1 3 19 3 14 6 318 0 G~ffney's Creek Subdivision 95 3 16 0 3 18 0 Wood'sPointSubdivision .• :: _ J3 t ~ - ~~~ = = - = ~sg = g g =- 1& 1~ ¥ m ~ 1 1 ~~~ i~ 14 3 15 0 3 16· 6 Uig River Subdivision .. 22 3 2 0 3 12 6 Mitta Mitta Division 26 314 0 3 18 3 Jamieson Subdivision :: ~~J!~~-2~zol± = ~ ---~ =I~ = I_;_ = :;~ 1 ?~ 1g,_i ~= -=-~_L __r_7_1_..:~::._,_ n1 = = = = 1~:~ ~f .. 1.~ 5,461 42 672 13 • 22 23 40 11,770 I 13 '178 135 - 4 75 1,008 40 1,037 &- 5 15 16 -1-!I--2-0-6,-67-0-I--2-~--I'--7f-,0-l Totals .. ------1-- --1- 1---1- ----1------1----1----

SA.NpHURST; 3 18 3 1 3,940 190 474,000 3 18 3 S~ndhurst Division .. • • .. 850 ~~ 3 650 45 5,6!5 10 190 - 65 6 11 - 10, 3 120 1 · 218 1,240 3 200 1 22 321 3 16 0 3 17 6 Kilmore Division • • .. .. 25 ' 5 - • 50 - -· ------· ------.- 17 120 3 16 0 4 1 6 H~~~~o~~~.J~~~~ an~ Wara.nga 130 375 - 546 -- - 40 4 10 30 - 50 -; • ~ , 264 - 129 - 7 30 26,352 81 204 1 3 15 3 4 1 0 Wamnga. North Sllbdivision • • 79 50 115 244 - -- 25 . - - - - , - 7 132 77 - - 3 10 11,118 11 124 1 .. ~ "1.lii0 1 ~ -45-I·-"'6,4M-- 10 ~---· / 130 JO 21 30 16o 13 120 -.-~-~'4.456 --ll,~ 3 200 . 230 -1-l--511-,470--l--1-3-1--l--7-6_9.;_ Totals .. 1 1 ' --1---1------·-1- • - ~ 1- MARYBOROUGH. 27 614 - 209 2 - 30 27 - .141,337 5 162 4 0 0 4 2 0 400 925 3,020 35 1.223 32 178 34 10 4 36 125 3 15 1 4 1 9 Ma:ryborough Division • • • • 1,695 9 7 1 - s,960 z• 1 lfa.jorca Subdivision.. • .• .• 101 12 8 121 7 167 10 6 3 40 38 -=- 8 16 ,- 11,650 . 5 30 3 17 6 4 2 0 lOO 6!0. 6 ·lOO 10 27 -~ 24 '40 28 12 3 14 0 Amherst Division . . . . • . 310 200 4 5 88 73 - 4 4 - '6,179 18,1 40 4 1 0 Avoca Subdlvisimi ...... '352 592. 16 969 1 25 100 11 27 520 180 - 26 19 48,516 16 185 3 15 0 4 1 6 3 1>1 2 55 14 4· 8 Dtruolly and Tn.rnagulla, Divisions 325 210 290 825 8 145 \ 50 - 7 5 20,380 55 so 3 18 0 ~ .0 0 Inglewood and Wedderburn Divi- 1,393 421 76 1,890 4 120 2 10 '2 15 30 sions ·· 3 14 0 4 1 0 ltedbank and St. Arnaud 'South 225 125 61 411 -- - 24 i 2 1 9 - - 6 . - 3 38 12 4 4 3,248 14:1- 28 · Subdivisions 115 40 270 - 423 -. _:_ • - 8 . 5 - - - 19 400 - 134 2 17 22 44,186 7 \ 69 3 15 0 4 0 0 Bt. A.maud N~rth Subdivision •• 1--··-1---::-::-!- -- 1- I~ 1--· ---1----1---1------1-----1----1---1 4,516 2,000 1, 746 9 8,271 56 1,692 56 408 68 39 1 "" , 72 4 104 167 4 · 92 1,845 - 696 4 - 97 97 - oi>? """ 123,f 595 Totals .. ' · .. 1- 1-__:·.::. . . ----1------'-·-·1--""-·-·-_:-1---=--1---1 CASTLEMA.INE. 65 - 92 6 6 - 14 - 38 600 - 287 ·! - 26 25 - 67,866 9t 103 318 0 4 0 0 Ca.stlemaine Division • • . • 320 310 362 - 002 1 20 57 6 15 ' 306 38. 2 2 24 - 19 461 - 146 4 1 9 15 - 70,099 28:! 37 3 17 6 3 18 0 Fryer's Creek Division • • .. • 815' 735 160 - 1,710 4 78 18 4 50 121 2 ' 44 2 1 1 29 493 196 1 3 50 48 - 35,134 82 88 3 18 0 4 1 0 ~'12 j Hepbuin Division • . •• • • 307 450 1,109 - 8 11 6 1 3 - 13 . 308 130 - .. . . - 33,897 22 19 3 18 0 3 18 6 Bu bdivision 198 146 84 - 421 5 139 3 19 0 4 1 6 2 4 23 1 2 1 60 244 274 578• -- - 6 12 4 - 2 1 1§% 3 17 6 4 1 6 195 54 150 389. - - ,'2- U ~. ~ = .sg ~ :g = - ~ ~ ~:~~ ~g 3 17 6 3 18 0 --.:_____ - --- - 2 28 8 - - - 1,900 4 4 ~~- .- __ ~ 1 s, __ - 1 1 1 176 21 67 534 20 ' 133 8 43 24 1 . Hil z-:789 ---;;-- 1,043 -9- 4 l2il •104' ~-1-l--2-68!,,:7-79+-16-6--l--40-1-l Totais .. 1,979 1,795 1,480 ~-- 11 ' 2·15 6 - 1- 1- 1----1·---''--l-----.------1------1---1----1 AR.A.RA.T. I I 4 92 - 30 - -· 1 3 - 11,730 1 34 26 3180 3180 A..ra.rat Division .. iH 355 35 - 495 - 4 35 _ _ 11 3 4 30 12 4 29 39 1,475- - 346 - 48 '10 157,214 27 37 3130'400 Pleasant Creek Division •• 3 19 6. 4 0 6 ~~~ 93~ 3 ,1,~ 1~ . l~g __ 1 1 l2 t = ~ = - ~ i8 - - u 9 Ba.rkly Division •• 1 10 - -__s__ -___ -__ _:_ _:_ _-____w_,7_oo_-'-_:6;r.*_ ___._s_ 400 413 Ra-glan Division .•• ' 109 15. . 355 '7 123 2 10 9 2 10 1 - -- 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 .. ll.ill 995 13 3,087 22 s 33 s 10 1,_ 13 I- 4! !,577 '-- 384 '50 15 - 180,509 83! 71 Totals .. ---;m --:iZS -~- 1s 28-l-ioi------1---__, __ ------1--:---c-1--~-1---- 1---'...:.:.C 1- 1~1- 1-- 1- 1-- 1-'-- GIPPSLA.ND. 3 12 0 3 17 6 935 2'~ 22 1 17 1 20 - - 1 6,095 -'· 11 ·22 Qmeo Subdivision • • • • • • 46 357 2 20 17 1 - - ' 1,7~-· ' 23 14 3 14 0 3 19 0 Mitchell River and Boggy Creek 165 279 30 lOO 3 15 Subqivisions 3 8 6 3 19 0 Crooked Jliver Division • • • • 150 s1 3:l - 243 - - - - 200 , 20 10 - ·8 137 4 126 - - ariz 49~ 350 3 10 0 3 17 0 60 58 ~ - 12s ·- ,- - - - - ~Q - 20 ~o ·- 5 10 ss ---- .(ls:soo zs 33 Jericho Division . . 4. u 3 7 0 3 18 0 on .. ~~ - 5 = 5~~ 1 10 -- = l = jli -, = = I~ ~ I 1~~ -2 - = -/ :.1': i~:~8, ~~ lg 3 10 0 4 0 0 Creek Division .• 96 3 4 - 139 ·- - - - - ' -- -- - 3 40 2 50 - ' -· 12,000 20 4 3 15 0 3 17 0 Subdivision .• 3 10 0 3 18 0 Russelrs Creek Division •• 2 3 15 0 316 6 Bendoe Subdivision • • • • ~. -35 6 - f~ - = - J = ; i5 = ~ 8 - ':..;: 1 I l2 l 20 - = - - "= 1,9~ ~ ~g ' 3 15 6 3'18 0 62 - 29 91 2 20 1 4 5 12 4 1 - 10 1 3 37 1 30 - - - ' -' 4,200 3 4 Tarwin Subdivision . ~ •• 3 16 6 3 19 6 ·Traralgon Subdivision .. .. ~ -=--=------55_____ . ____ J.C. _c_-=-1-=---1_1 ·-·-=-1- -=--1--1-----1----·1------1- - - 1- ---·-1·..,---75__ 1 __ ..:1!:.._-1---1-1 Totals .. .. 873 569 620 2,062 3 30 1 - . -6 • . 7. ; U2 1,422 2 I 75 60 15 10 2 43. 746 13 509 2 1 1 - 131,023 208~ 489 .. 1 ~; 1 -;;:;; 14,~78 1-;-;- 39,447 ~---;:;-1 2'lll -5-~ 204~ -;;- 15,332 7 588-;;;;;-- 191 ~--;;--S0-1-I-.-~-6-,3-40-.-I--65--I-6,-3-f!--5-3-, --9---5-49-. ,_499·--l·-4-l·-1-,96-9-,o-62-- 1,159 _ 3,292 GRAND TOTALS THOS. 90UCHMAN, I' ' Secretary for Mines. Office of Mines, Melbourne, 12th April 1877. ·No. 10. -'

\' I. TABL·E SliOWING '!'HE YIELD OF GOLD FROM CERTAIN PARCELS OF QUAR'l'Z· RAISED DURING THE QUARTER IN SO:\iE 'OF 'l'IIE D.Ij:EPEST MINES IN VICTORIA, WITH THE DEPTH OF 'fHE DEEPES'f SHAFTS WHICH ~RE NOW BEING ~UNK, OR 1'Hlj: SINKING OF WHICH HAS REOEN1~LY BJ!JEN STOPPED, ETC. (Compiled from Returns naade by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars for the Quarter ended 31st Marplt }877.)

··~~----~------~----~------DISTRICT, DlVISIOK, Depth at Depth of Depth of I • which Quantity Dip of tlle Dip of the Depth AND the tlie N;HfE OF COMPANY. · 'XAME OF REEF. tile Quartz Uruslled. fnnn Shoot ~A:ME OF COMPANY. NAME OF REEF. of deepest deepest REMARKS. tlte Horizon. Qua~tz. SUBD1VlS10N. Was got. of SI! art. Level. Cross~cut.

BALLARAT. Tons. Oz. dwt. gr. Feet. Feet. Feet. Centnll DivisitJn Temperance ,. .. Rand of Hope 850 800 0 9 0 2 \V. 43' s. N. and s. Black Hill 600 600 600 * The reef is solid ami well-defined, requiring blasting. Southern Division HopcweH 'fribute Staffordsllire 200 1,000 0 s (j H \V. 70" N.3'W. HopcWcll 622 500 500 ~ A well-defined lode. Buninyoug Division Imperial Hiscock,s 260 and 820 2,048 0 2 8 3 to 28 0 W.64' Varies N ..i'W. Imperial 406 400 320 About to open out and the 400-foot level. Smytl!esdale Division .(/ ·.• f 4 reefs E. 30" :N. l'ort Ph!ilip 2 30 0 1,or.3 990 990 Sinking for nnother 100-feet~evel. Climes· surface to 1~,113 0 6 22" to ( 2 reefs W. 30" N. Port PhiUip ; • Clunes *, Inc1udinlf.pyrltcs. 990 ., f 690 690 690 Crcswick Division E. 8" . 1,005 Winding shaft. J { New North .Clunes Clunea 240to 1,000 6,623 0 7' 0 * 0 w; 15' :N. N.-5'E, { .New .Nor~ Clunes Clunes 1,012 1,005 1,005 Pumping shaft. * Including pyrites. { 1,100 VIctoria shaft. . Gonion S11bdivislon Black-llo;se United Egerton 800 1,059 0 8· ' . St

BEECHWORTH. neechworth Division •• Re.f6rrri •• 250 1,244 0 ll, 11 10 0 w. s. N. Dale and Co. Excelstor, 'Vooragee ... 310 310 Yack.andandah Division Indigo Division ... Magenta. 195 '140 0 1 8 9 0 w. 75° N.w. 45' N.23° W. Magenta :!20 220 220 Sinking stopped-workings in another shaft. Buckland Division . Greene and Co. 300 ~04 I 13 21 Elgin· 130 280 100 ' . Alexandm Subdivision Dry Creek Subdivision Ga.ffneY's Creek SubdiviSion Victoria .• 200 900 0 28 3 '.6 s.w. s.w. 80' :N. 33' w. ,.. Wood's Point Subdivision Hope about 300 271 9 9 2 6 N.W. N.W.45' :N.W. 52' Big River Subdivision •• Mitta Jllitta Division •• Exce.lsior lOO 262 0 15 6 .1· ' Alabama 200 68' 3 3 9 0 •• Jamieson Subdivision •• Mack's Creek 200 135 0 13 23 0 6 ' ' .Victoria Reef . • ' .. Victoria 1,180 1,100 1,100 Not sinking. SANDHURST. (>r.eat Extended Hustler's Ilustler•s • 1,128 600 r,100 Sinking. 1 ll. ''frlbute · ( Unity Gnrden Gully ~93 I 1 18 2 to 10 0 New·chum and Victo1'la .• New-chum 1,107 925 1,000 Not sinking. 2,849 o 9 13 1 to 4 0 1,074 R!nking. ·l. Victory •• Garden Gully "11 Great Extended Hustler's Hustleea 1,106 800 Pandora .. G:trden Gully 600. ~~gto 700 2,930 0 9 19 ao·out 2ft. l 11 Reel Sandhurst Division < Hustler's Reef Hustler's .725, 900,1000. 648 o 17 fa 1averagefft. , \ Hustler's Reef Q. J\f. & D ..• 1,083 985 1,035 Sinking. Great Exwndcd Hustler's Hustler's 600and 680 2,257 i ILanscll's 180 Claim .• 1,036 1,020 1,020 Sinking. • Western reer 40it., old eastern 2 it.. Uee! Cnrlis!e, North Garden Gully) 1,033 854 924 Sinking. Central Catherlne Catllerine 520 640 1,114 I : ~ and PWlsby United l 1 and : :: 1: .. I ··' North Old-chum New-chum •• 1,025 952 952 Sinking IKoch's Pioneer •. Garden Gully '1 020 812 l,UOO Not sinking lllercules and Energetic VIctoria 1;oos 986 986 Sinking. Ki.lmore DivlsJ'on < Heatheote Division and Waranga South Alison Alison. I !50 to 266 600 0 1 0 Yarlcs N. 20" W •.. Costerfield Costcrfield 620 520 no • !Subdivision .! Warangn ;North Subdivision ... \ MARYBOIWUGH. I ll!:aryborough Division .. Great Extended Bh.icher's ~GQ.to 4~0 623 0 4 20 Bjisto! Hill Western 403 396 396 Sinking winzes. Majorca. Subdivision •• .4tj (} (} A.mherst Division Croydon Lautn. lOO 735 10 :N. 9"10' w. Croydon Laura 200 200 200 Avoca Subdivl,ion Dunolly and ri•urnagulla Divisions Queen's Birthday ncaliba 335 to 400 1,224 0 13 3 w. 40" N.I6°W. Quccn'.s Birthday Bealiba 403 400 400 About tO sink a new-shaft south. Inglewood aml Wedderburn Dlvis!ons Fones' • ~ Lilliputian .• (i20 and 600 600 0 .10 0 5 G-reenock ' Greenock 350 261 0 17 ' l 3 -Snmthurst and St. Arnaud Wilson's Hill 600 ~02 0 5 23 6 w.· s. :N. 37' 20' w. Sa.rldhurst uml St. Arnaud .Wilson•snm 6~9 600 600 =t~::::u: :~:~:::;;::::.~ubdivisions{ Chrysolite 'rrlbute Chrysolite Tribute Lord Raglan Wtlsoli's Hill 450 to 500 -·370 0 0 w. s. ·N. 31' 20' W. {·Lord Raglan • • . •• Wilson's Hill 500 300 500

CASTLE~IAINE. Centr~l-:. 0 9 14 4 0 W.7&•· 6 1 . 297 Oa.stlemaine Division, •• I Wattle Gully 35o 953, . N. 2 30 E. 'Ghewton ... 291 291 ( Eureka .• EUreka 360 to 460 304· 0 13 2 3 0 w. 75• N. a•.w. , , l Wattle Gully No.l 470 450 450 Howe Brotllera 0 8 18 E. 36'. Fryer's Creek DivisJon Cattle~s 100 to liO 700 60 0 N. 14' w. . \ Rowe Brotilct·s 150 150 150 J<'e.rron•s Reef lferron's 210 to 280 3,578 0 -6 23 uildetined w. 50' N.l inS N. 5° E. ' 1 { Ferron•s Iteef 343 230 830 Specimen Hill / Specimen Hill .463 3,237 0 4 15 6 0 1V.·35" 10" Hepburn Division "S. N, !5' W. l S . !·1·11 Specimen Hill 545 340 540 • Irregu Jar. · Conlish •. Cornish~ Surface to 520 2,647 0 3 10 6 (} W.35• S. lO-o ~· 18c ,V, . pccnucn 1 ! HumboJdt's 2 0 Te.radale and icyncton Subdivision Bell topper 140 17 u 1 6 North British •. Parker's loO 180 2 9 28. I 6 Vertical ·N.20'W. . Tarrangower Division •. Eaglehavdc 900 North Eaglehuwk Ulliou Eaglehawk 520 843 o lo s 2 6 Vertical N,I2'W. JEaglehUwk Union 920 600 St. Andrew's Division •• Longley and Co .•. Oram's 300 23 5 1 16 Blue Mo'q.ntain North Subdiviaion

ARARAT. Ararnt Dlvislon (Ncwington and Plea~p.nt 1,940 1,510 1 creek J Magd•la. •• 1,726\ 1,6~5 Sti 11 siDking~ 1,350 *.At this Jlartieular spot. Pleasant Creek Division P rincc Patrick cross 1,110 148 1 .15 19 3 0 E. 52'S. 73 fN.52°W.nnd* < Prince Patrick . ~ 1,500 1 ( N.47'W. 1 South Scotchman's: •• 1,262 1;252 Oricntal .• .... 1,142 1,060 West Scotchu:1nn~s .. 1;0!\2 '· , Cro~-u Cross l~eef UniterJ · 1,046 900 ~00 Barkly Division l Raglan Division ; ..

Gli'P~LAND.; \ I Orrleo Subdivision .. Jl11tchell River and Boggy Creek Subdi- , .. visions Good Hope 1 ] 1 Division Good Hope 500 . 8.5 10 4 w. 70' N.W.70' 700 aoo 700 Onl~~ working at 500 feet. · Clark and Co. Jeweller's Shop 140 o1 2 10 0 10 1V. 75° N.W. 80' 140 140 140 Jericho Division •,• ' Donnelly's Creek Division , .. ...1 Tunnel Cohcn's .,. I1 *;48'io 623 1,856 8 12 0 w. N. 30' , Onhcll .5 623 623 * Below·Mit. 8tlllnger's Creek DiYIJllon Walhalla Cob en's •3~5 and j 3,837 17 21 5 6 ' { upwards W. 76' to !13' N.32" Cohcn's 585 585 · * Bclo'~ 'ldit. Aberleldy Subdivision ... .., ·Russell's Creek Division .·. Bendoe Subdivision •i ..! No. 1 South two Flat leaders, Tarwin Subdivision Nil. 1 Soutl• :: 40 30 o' 10 ·'> 2 in. to 6. in.* ~.and s. ~n.l S1mtll .. 170 150 Cut gold-bearing lenders. * ( Golden Bar Golden Bar 40 40 0 13 19 ! about 3in. N.audS. P1o~pe0t.vrf lirlft 120 65 Traralgon Subdivision

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 12th April 1877. THOS. · COUCHl\fAN, \ . NQ.IO. ,f Secretary for Mines. f ESTHIATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.

FROM information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by 1he Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars the ToTAL QuANTITIES OF GoLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QuARTz REEFS are as follow:-

Alluvial. Quartz. Total.

oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st March 1877 ...... 61,358 4 121,432 14 182,790 18

TnE QuANTITY OF GoLD, the produce of this Colony, ExPORTED, accordirm to Returns furnished by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows :-

oz. dwt* Quarter ended 31st March 1877 92,342 5

~OTE.-In addition to the above, gold specie from all sources was exported to the value of £887,684.

GOLD -RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL MINT . ..

STATEMENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD recefved at and issued from the Melbourne Branch of the ROYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st March 1877.

RECEIVED. ISSUED.

Gross Weight of Rough Gross Weight of Gold Gross Welgbt of Coin. Gross Weight of Gold Gold. Bullion. Bulllon. oz. oz. oz. - oz. 23,235'23 84,361'99 123,022'88 915'097

Royal Mint, ROBERT HUNT, Melbourne, 7th Aprill877. Acting Deputy Master.

STATEMENT. of VICTORIAN GoLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the RoYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st 1\:Jarch 1877 •

.. . Gross Weig!Jt of nough Gold. Gross Weight of Gold Bullion • oz. oz. 9,398'67 73,555•99

XoTE.-The Mint has no evitlenee jleyond the statement of the depositors that the above is Victorian gold.

Royal Mint, . ROBERT HUNT, Melbourne, 7th Aprill877. Acting Deputy Master. .·

QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETC.

SUMMARY.'

THE following information has been obtained relative to the QuANTITY Ol!' QuARTZ, QuARTZ TAILINGS, and MuLLOCK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on, during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom :- .

liiNING DISTUICTS. , Quantity Crl!shed. Yield of Total Yield of Gold from Ton. Quartz, &c., Crushed.

Quartz. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat ...... 75,468 10 0 0 6 22•81 26,227 6 9 Beech worth ...... 11,504 0 0 0 13 14•64 7,828 9 .o Sandhurst ...... 76,368 0 0 0 9 I5•61 36,848 ll 22 Maryborough , •• ...... 5,820 0 0 0 9 2I'02 2,873 I6 IO Castlemaine ...... ~.;" ... 20,607 0 0 0 8 u·2o 8,852 9 9 5' Ararat ...... ' ...... 17,357 10 0 0 13 8'79 ll,600 9 Gippsland ...... 6,069 0 0 1 6 I9•69 8,I38 I2 6 Totals ...... 2I3,I94 0 0 0 9 14•48 102,369 10 17 Quartz Tailings and JJ!ullock. Ballarat ...... 63I 0 0 0 2 2'40' 66 5 0 Eeechworth ...... 57 0 0 0 I I8'32 5 12 0 Sandhurst ...... 926 0 0 0 0 .20'48 39 IO 0 !I:Iaryborough •.• ...... I,365 0 0 0 .2 19•97 I93 6 0 Castlemaine ...... 2,967 0 0 0 2 17'80 307 I4 2 Ararat ...... Gippsland ...... ·-- Totals ...... 5,946 0 0 0 2 1'43 6I2 7 2 Pyrites an4 Blanketings operated on. Balla.rat ...... ;!58 10 0 3 7 I3'35 873 3 6 Beech worth ...... 122 0 0 1 9 22'16 I82 10 16 Sandhurst ... ' ...... 915 I5 o. I 16 I7'85 1,682 8 !j Maryborough ...... 60 15 0 0 I6 I8·37 50 I8 12 Castlemaine ...... 112' 11 0 2 1 6•71 232 6 0 Ararat ...... - 1~ .. ~ippsland ...... 24 12 0 l l0•83 48 io 12 1- Totals ...... 1,494 3 0 2 1. 2'20 3,069 17 3 "

No'l'E.-This Summary does not show the total qunntities of qlln.rtz} &c., crushed or operated only t1H~ yield of certain crnsh1ngs, &c., respecting which. the Mining Surveyors and Registrars have 1Jecu able to obtain information. (hving circumstance that' many of the machine .. owners u.re unable to give, or are preclnded from giving, informat.iml1 it is impossible to got complete returns from eyery disti·ict; and in (lOnsidering the rel~ttve im:po~t::tnce of ~n.ch district, as regards quartz mining, &c., the tables relatin~ to machinery shouJd be exami!Je~ and compared.

THOS. COUCHMAN, Office of Mines, Secretary for Mines, Melbourne, 12th Aprill877.

.·. MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' RETURNSo

QUARTZ.

THE following information has been ~btained from Returns made by the :M:ini,ng Surveyors aJ\d Registrars relative to the QuAXTITY oF QuARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. " • ' 1

Division and Subdivision, I Average Remarks relative to the Total Yield of Depth at which the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Name of Company. l. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c. tons cwt. qr.l oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. c .! •. '' CENTRAL DIVISION. Parade ...... Ballarat East .. . 469 o o 1 3 ·o·oi 539 8 12 200 and 380 feet Countess ...... Ba!larat East .. . 730 0 0 0 8 20•76 323 11 IS 50 and 300 feet NorLh Dimmock's ... Little Bendigo 385 0 0 0 2 28"60 57 8 ·16 200 and 270 feet New Dimmock's .•. ... Little Bendigo 1,665 0 0 0 2 23"25 247 3 0 260 feet United Black Hill ... l3lack Hill ... 1,269 0 0 0 6 10"98 409 15 0 300 and 400 feet · Don ••• ' ...... Gum-tree Flat 898 o. 0 0 2 14•88 117 13 0 170 and 200 feet Hero Extended ... ..• Little Bendigo 54 0 0 0 6 12•88 17 13 0 600 feet Two.ton ...... Black Hill ... 150 0 0 0 5 0 37 10 0 60 feet Speedwell ... •.• Poverty Point 1,150 0 0 0 1 19•!0 103 5 10 200 and 250 feet Black Hill ... .. • Blaek Hill ... 1,6J2 0 0 0 4 7"25 346 15 9 Surface to 490 feet Welcome ...... Dead-horse ... 1.461 o o o 7 o·o1 51 I 7 19 250 feet · Llanberris ...... Gum-tree Flat 2,563 0 0 0 l 7•15 166 7 12 1 Surface to 200 feet Hanthorn and Co. ... Mount Clear 98 0 0 0 5 12 26 19 0 Surface to 70 feet Temperance ...... Littfe Bendigo 1,500 0 0 0 9 ·0·73 677 5 18 530 to 850 feet Endeavor .•. ... Specimen Gully 436 0 0 0 5 22 128 19 15 60 to lOO feet Red, White, and Blue ... Little Bendigo 152 0 0 0 2 7•89 17 14 0 Surface Duchess ...... Black Hill Flat 671 0 0 i 0 9 8"43 313 14 15 200 to 360 feet New Koh-i-noor •.• ... Balbtrat West .•• 2,281 0 0 ~ 0 5 13·92 636 8 0 190 "feet Manners' Lease ... Canadian ... 937 o o o 7 o·o2 328 0 0 40 to 170 feet. Crushed (on hire) by rijne Ballurat East ... 6,638 0 0 0 15 17"75 5,224 0 22 batteries ------:----1 ----'--- Totals ... 25,ll9 o ·o o 8 3·50 l0,231 o 22 SOUTHERN DIVISION. ------!------Hopewell Tribute ... Staffordshire Reef 1,000 0 0 0 3 6•37 168 5 12 200 feet, ·8· feet wide Speedwell Tribute ... Staffordshire Reef 549 0 0 0 I 8"06 36 1.3 7 Trial crushing Nil Desperandum .•• Kangaroq l!'lat 394 0 0 0 5 7•68 104 16 2 81 feet, 8 feet wide

Totals ... 1,943 0 0 0 3 3·28 304 14·21 BUNU!YONG DIVISION. Imperial ... .. • Hiscock's Reef· 2,048 0 0 0 2 8"87 242 13 12 320 and 260 feet, 4 to 28 feet wide Hiscock's Heef 60 0 0 0 ,f'j 3•90 15 9 18 One-and-All Fairweather Reef 242 0 0 0 9 15•59 116 15 6 { West Reef ••• 180 0 0 o a o·w 27 0 18 Public crushings .•• 737 0 0 0 6 15•45 244 16 12 :_--,... --:------Totals ••. 3,267 0 0 0 3 23•03 646 15 18 SMYTIIESDALE DIV1SION. Smythesdale Consols.. •.• Ge17num Reef, ::;,..J '"~.;JJ.te 1,366 o o 0 2 17·36 185 19 22 30 to 1'5o feet CRESWICU: DIVISION. ...... Clunes Heefs ... 4,863 0 0 0 "5 15•81) 1,376 8 0 Surface to 99d' feet Port Phillip Co 's Tributers Clunes Reefs ••. 10,250 0 0 o 6 2o·1s 3,505 19 12 Surface to 990 feet New North Clunes .•• Clunes Reefs ... 5,364 0 0 0 5 4•30 1,:1~9 2 0 240 to 1,000 feet New North Clunes Co.'s Clones Reefs ... 1,259 0 0 o 10 9·o9 653 7 6 120 to 630 feet Tributers ; South Clunes ...... ! Clnnes Reefs ••• 6,609 0 0 0 5 13·11 1,832 Hi 0 246 to 390 feet South C!unes Co.'s Tributers Climes Heefs •.. 409 o o o 3 22·11 80 3 18 240 to 444 "feet New Lothair .•. ... Clnnes Reefs •.. G52 o o o 7 14"15 247 8 12 364 to 464 feet South Creswick ...... George's Heef... I,oso 6 o o 4 6·so 231 6 o 110 feet ·working Miners ... George's Reef... • 470 · 0 o 0 4 19"09 112 14' 0 20 to 100 f;~et · Empress of India...... Springhill •.. 392 o o o 5 15"92, . Ill o 0 80 feet Rictm10nd and party .•. Slaty Creek ... 15 o o o 3 22·<:\o 2 19 o 30feet Try Again .. . .•• Bullarook ..• 1,010 0 0 • 0 4. 2·25 206 15 0 Surface to 90 feet 1 Totals ••. :12,373 0 0 0 6. 0•56 9,74\l 19 0 8

QuANTIT.Y of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. 0 - Division anti Subdivision, .Average Remarks relative to the antl. Where Quartz 1vas obtained. Quurtz cru'shed. Yield of Gold Total Yield ol Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. 1~- GORDON SUBDIVISION. tons cwt.qr, oz . .

*From lessees' returns received in the Office of JIIines .

. BEECHWORTH JYIINING DISTRICT.

BEECIIWORTB: DIVISIOX. Wallace and. Co . .• : ... Basin Creek ... 12 0 0 0 10 0 6 0 0 Surface Harpur and Co. ••• ... Basin Creek ••• 30 0 0 0 15 0 22 10 0 Surfaee A. Wallace ... •.. Stanley 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 0 Surfaee Wallaby ...... Hurdle .Flat ... 358 0 0 0 5 0 .89 10 0 140 feet Reform...... •.. Myrtleford 1,244 0 0 0 11 11•58 714 4 0 260 feet Nil Desperandum .•. Myrtleford 87 0 0 0 7 0 30 9 0 160 feet Mathews and Co. •.. Buffalo 8 0 0 0 11 12 4 12' 0 Surface.

Totals· ... 1;744 0 0 0 9 23•04 868 lfl 0

YACKANDANDAH DIVlSlON. Bigelow and Clingan .. . Homeward-hound .Ree.f, , __ H~l~sborough 23 0 0 1 12 4•17 37 0 0 Wilberforce and Co. ... · "f~~,.h"m Reef, HillS: borough .. ~ ' 43 0 0 0 18 14'51 40 0 0

Totals ...... 66 0 0 I 3 8 71 0 0 INDIGO DIVISION. 1~-----i------1-----·----1 Magenta Quartz Reefing and Crushing .. • ... Magenta Reef 140 0 0 50 0 0 195 feet Various crushings at Magenta Co's mill ...... Various reefs ... 38 0 0 0 9 18"94 18 12 0 Surface to 80 feet Buchan and Co. . .. .•. 1Eurcka Reef ... 10 0 0 3 14 21·60 37 9 0 130 feet Lambert and Co. ... ·Bar Reef ... 10 0 0 1 14 12 17 5 0 2'5 feet~ Various crushings at .Place's . mill ... ••• .. . Various reefs ... 6 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 Surface to lOO feet 1 Totals .•. ... ~04 0 0 0 12 16'24 129 6 0 Harrietville and Ovens Bi.JCKLAND DIVISION. River. Davis and Co...... Tiddledeaddeltee Reef ... 18 0 0 J2 13 8 228 0 0 300 feet Robins and Co...... Revival Reef· ..• . .. 39 0 0 2 9 l 1"69 96 !O o 80 to 100 feet .Page and Bell ... ••. Unity Heef ... . .• 44 0 0 1 17 6·5·1 82 0 0 78 feet Oshorne and :Mc}'arlane ... Magpie Reef .. . . .• 189 0 0 0 15 5'08 143 15 0 300 feet Jones, Barnett, ~J,nd Co., ... W oolshed Heef ... 10 0 0 2 0 0 20 o' o Surface Blair and Co. ••• . •• \Vest Briton Reef .•. 19 0 0 0 8 10'10 s 0 0 Surface G. Holstein ... .•. Harp of Erin Reef ..• 90 0 0 0·10 20'80 48 18 0 Not stated McDonald and P,helps ••• Sultana Reef .• . . .• 91 o o ·o 15 o 68 .5 o Not stated Bright and Running· Creelt. Hope ••.• ...... Happy Valley (new find) 79 0 0 0 9 6:57 83 · o o Surface to 220 feet 0 Gilbert'and Co...... "Our" Reef ...... 20 0 0 2 9 0 49' 0 o Surface to 40 feet Odd lots 10 0 0 0 18 0 9 0 0 Gill and Co. ::: Stack~~- GulliReef 40 Q 0 0 6 0 12 o o 130 feet 9

QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Division and Subdivision, Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz -.vas obtained. Quartz Crushed. Depth at which the Name o:f Company. Gold. ------d---1------,. ------··------Quartz was ohtatued, &e. BrJCKLAND DIVISION-con- tons cwt. q:r. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. tinued. Wandiligong, ~c. J. Lazouby and Co. ... Unnamed ... ••• ·H 0 0 0 13 10'36 29 11 0 Surface M cLean, Bruce, and Co. .. . English and Welsh Heef 108 o o 0 19 12·89 105 10 0 180 feet A. Robertson and Co. . ... Stonewall Reef ... 32 0 0 3 i3 10'50 117 10 0 Surface S. Rowe and Co .... 40 o o 0 11 18 23 10 0 Surface Grenness and Co. ••• Lyrebird Reef , 11 o 0 0 11 ·19'63 6 10 0 Surface R. MeLeod ...... Edinburgh Reef 7 0 0 4 17 3'43 34 0 0 Surface Rood and Coutts .•• ... Try Again Reef 198 o o I 7' 22·30 276 10 o 230 feet Fraser and Co. .•. ... Albion Reef 60 0 o · o 5 o 15 o o 78 feet Myrtle ...... Sangster's Reef 50 0 · 0 0 8 9·60 21 0 0 106 feet South Myrtle ...... South Myrtle Reef· 80 o o o 14 12 58 0 o 168 feet James, Greene, and Co. ... London Reef ... 504 o o 1 13 21·33 854 o o 300 feet· Odd lots .. . 26 0 0 0 7 16'62 10 0 0 Cornislr United .. . ••• J~Jgin Reef ...... 30 o o 2 14 12·80 81 16 o 90 feet J. Laugher ...... Northumberland Reef ••. 25 o o o 4 7·68 5 8 o Not stated J. Gregory •. , ... Victoria Reef:.. ••. 18 0 0 0 12 17·33 ll 9 0 Not stated R. Rowe and Co...... Essex Reef .. . .. • 23 o o o 15 15·65 18 0 0 Not st1tted Forbes and Reid .. . .. • Perseverance Reef .. . 10 0 0 4 7 7'20 43 13 0 Not stated Lidston and Smith ... Home Reef ...... 92 0 0 0 11 2·09 51 0 0 Not stated Rawlings and Newton ... Oriental Heef .•. - ..• 8 o o __o_I_9 __ 9 __ ,____ 7_I_5 __o_ Not stated 1 I 4 18'27 2,618 10 0 AiEXANDRA SuBDIVISION. Totals ... 2,l15 0 0 Albert Tribute .•• No. 2 Lucky Reef .. . 400 0 0 o· 7 o I4iY 0 0 Surface to 40 feet Bartou and party .. . Welcome Reef .. . 32 0 0 0 6 23"25 ll 3 0 30 feet Vortel<...... Lucky Prospecting Claim 33 0 0 I 7 5'09 44 18 0 . 40 to 60 feet Linney and party ... No. 5 Lucky Heef .•• 34 0 0 I 0 19'76 35 8 0 i 20 to 50 feet Williams and party .. . Galatea Reef •• . .. . 1 o ·o 2 4 0 2 4 0 · 60 feet Peck and party ...... Josephine Reef ... 6 0 0 0 7 20 2 7 0 20 feet --·---!------GAFFNEY's C:&EEK Sun- Totals ... 506 0 0 0 9 7•87 i 236 0 0 DIVISION, ------· ------,1------1

The A I .. • Castle Heef .. . ••• 120 0 0 1 5 12 1 !53 0 0 About 60 feet Great Eastern ••. 0 2 7'23 6 18 2 About 100 feet 1 ... Homeward-bound Reef... 60 0 0 Golden Belt ... Homeward-bound Heef... 465 0 0 0 3 10"72 80 2 16 About 120 feet Hunt's Amalgamated ... Homeward-bound Heef..., 600 0 0 0 4 3·66 124 11 12 VictOria ... .,.. Homeward-bound Reef... 900 0' 0 0 0 22•88 42 18 0 About 200 feet Royal' ••• ... Eldorado Reef ••• 50 0 0 0 0 20•04 2 I 18 Wallaby ... .. • Eldorado Heef .. . 200 0 0 0 5 6'24 52 12 0 Near surface Rose of Denmark .. . Eureka Heef ...... 200 0 0 0 6 22'20 69 5 o About 120 feet ~I_;_ ____ ----

Totals ... ••• -:-;,~ o· o 1 o 4 2·3o 531 9 0 WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. ---·------·-- Morning Star Prospectors Morning Star Heef 200 0 0 0 7 3'0 71 5 o Surface to 60 feet Hope ...... Morning Star Reef 2il 0 0 0 9 9'65 127 8 o 300 feet Prince of Wales...... All Nations Reef 250 0 0 1 2 16'13 283 8 0 lOO feet 482 1 0 MITT A MITTA DIVISION. Totals ... 721 0 0 0 13 8"92 Lucknow ••• .. . Perseverance . • . •.. 46 0 0 0 9 11'48 21 16 o 60 feet Star of Hope ...... "Welcome ...... 700 0 0 0 8 0 280 0 0 70 feet Turn of Luck ...... Gift :.. .•. .. . 13 1 2 7'38 1410 0 50 feet Uncle Sam ...... Gift ...... 162 0 12 0 97 4 0 60 feet Smith and Sabelberg ... Public crushing machine 1,094 g gI 0 15 20'71 867 14 o 50 to 70 feet Empress ...... Bethanga ... • .. 600 0 0. I 5 0 750 0 0 60 feet New Year's Gift .. . ••. Gift...... 413 0 0 0 15 2•32 311 15 0 50 feet Excelsior ... .. • Excelsior .. • .. • 262 ·o o 0 15 6'87 200 5 0 100 feet

3,290 0 0 0 15 1!•04 2,543 4 0 J.AMIESON SUBDIVISION. Totals ... Venture ... Mack's Creek ... 60 0 0· 0 10 20 '- 10 .0 150feet Alabama .. . Flume Creek ... 68 0 0 3 3 9•88 215 12 0 200 feet Mack's Creek ... Mack's Creek ... 1.15 0 0 ,0 13 23'4i 94 7 0 200 feet Totals ... 263 o o I 1 6 1 342 9 0

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

SANDHURS:r DIVISION. Albert ...... Diamond Hill ...... 916 0 0 I 0 8•47 932 3 9 Abe Lincoln ...... New-chum Gully ... 2,340 0 0 0 6 o·J3 702 13 0 Beehive ...... Eaglehawk ...... 3,459 (j 0 0 5 }'42 874 19 14 .Bendigo and Melbourne ... Kangaroo Flat ... 2,446 0 0 0 .5 23'11 i29 6 0 Catherine Reef United Eaglehawk ...... 4,253 0 0 0 8 3•57 1;732 17 0 Fortnna and Thanet Work~ New-chum ...... 8,737 0 0 0 . 8 13'88 3,747 10 12 Mixed lots from Garden Gully United ... Garderi Gully Reef ... 3,590 0 0 9 18 1'91 3,245 7 0 various reefs. G. G. Consolidated Golden Gully ...... 934 0 0 0 8 7•53 388 5 0 (See page 29). Great Extended Hustler's::: Hnstl.er's Reef ... 4,!00 0 0 0 16 12'66 3,388 3 9 Great Hustler's ...... Hustler's Reef .. . 665 0 0 0 12 15'95 421 2 0 Great Britain ...... Golden Square .. . 2,644 0 0 0 9 J•24 1,196 13 0 Hercules and Energetic ... Victori!l. Reef ...... 284 0 0 0 10 18'54 152·19 10 Hustler's Reef ...... Hustler's Ueef ... 754 0 0 0 14 19"67 558 14 3 10

QUANTITY of QuARTz Crush~~.il\.each Division aud Subd~v~siou during the Quarter, &c.-continued. ' . . . Division and Su])divlslori, Average Remarks relative' to the , . and Where Quartz was obtained, Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Totn 1 Yield of Depth at whleh the Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. ------·'--·--~------·tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. d-lvt. gr. SANDHURST DIVISION- continued. ' . . " ' ... Johnson's Reef ... .Johnson's Reef ... 6,825 . 0 0 0 3 14•64 1,23i 19 0 Koch's Pioneer· ...... Long Gully. ... 4,958 0 0 0 6 11•90 1,610 7 0 Lazarus New-chum ... New-chum .Gully ... 2,532 0 0 0 12 10•76 1,575 19 12 Louisa ...... Eaglehawk, ' ... 3,505 0 0 0 12 19•88 2,248 4 9 Metropolitan ...... Golden Square .. . 2,340 .0. 0 0 8 4'43 957 12 0 Morning Light ...... Golden Gully ... · ... 1,171 0 0 0 13 11·99 790 ' 8 0 New-chum and Victoria ... New-chum Gully ... "2,717 0 0 0 14 23•96 2,037 '11. 0 New-chum United ... New-chum Gully ... 1,810 0 0 0 6 6'30 566 15 0 Mixed lots frolit New Nelson ...... Cil.lifornia Gully ... 2,340 0 0 0 9 14•5[ 1,123 15 0 various reefs. Old Tom ...... Whipstick ...... '128 0 0 0 13 2!•37 88 18 0 (See page 29.) Pioneer ... Eaglehawk 1,500 14'59 ) 720 '12 0 ...... ~-. ' ,0, 0 0 9 . Shenandoah ...... Golden Square ... 1,968 0 0 0 16 2•65 1,585 5 0 South Fraser ...... Golden Square ... .1,024 0 0 0 13 2•10 67.0 1 22 Victoria Consols ...... Victoria Reef ...... 3,879 0 0 0 8 2'59 1,57~ ll 0 Victoria Reef ...... Victoria Reef ...... 2,749 0 0 0 7 5'·98 996 8 0 - Wilson's Reef . · ... Marong: 10 0 .o 0 13 7'80 .6 ,1~ 6 't ...... " 'J . .~ ... •' 197 0 14·37 55 3 0 / . " W allace Reef · ...... Whips tick ...... 0 p 5 .. ! • ~ ...... ' ---- Totals ..~ ... 74,775 0 0 0 9 !4•51' 135,~ 16 10 lliATHCOTE DIVISION; AND .. ------WAIUNGA SoUTH SuB· ' DIVISION. l, Alison ...... Costerfield ...... 600 0 o" 0 4 0 12() 0 0 150 to 265 .feet Hall and :Wlarchesi ... Heathcote ...... 174 0 0 1 10 2'06 261 15 0 Various depths John Collins ...... Redcastle ...... !50 0 0 0 18 12 13.8 15 0 50 to ,lOO feet S. H. Mitchell ...... Staffordshire l!~lat ... 34 0 0 I 10 9·~8 ; 5t 1iJ 0 Surface to 70 feet - . ~ ------Totals ••• ... 958 0 0 0 ii- 22·67 572 3 0 .. \VA:ItANGA NORTH SuB- . ' 1-~--. ------.h .. DIVISION. ' .. ' Hollins and· Co. ~ ... Rushworth ...... 4 0 0 1 0 ·0 '4 9. 0 Hicks.and Clausen ... Rushworth ...... 8 o: 0 1 12 !2 I< f3 0 0 At water-l~vei, i55 ft. Hollins ...... Rushworth 10 0 0, 1 I 9•60 .'io 14. 0 ...... ·'. •' .. ; MiJ!eay and Co. .... Rushwol'th ...... 32 ·o ,0 0 4 is·87 'i 10 12 Urene ...... 1 Whroo ...... 12 0 0 0 2· 14 . •1 11 0 ... .. ,, ... Hodge Bros. ··~· ... Whroo ...... 3 0 0 1 1 16 3 ~ 0 . .. . '3 Urene and Co...... W·hroo ...... 5 0 0 0.14 21·6\,i . i; 14 12 Darroch and Co ...... ·Whroo ·-· ' ...... 8 .. 0 0 0 14 9 15 0 Hodge Bros...... Whroo ...... -;6 0 0 1 5 4. •.· 7 11 0 Sanches ...... Whroo ...... 5 o' 0 0 3 12 0 17 12' Balaclava'-'-Mary· vein Whroo 188 0 0 9 9'06' 88 3 0 ...... 0 All above water level Mary vein ... Whroo ., ' ... 25 0 0 0 2. 12'48 3 3 0 " . Various· ... Whroo ...... 195 0 0 0 3 16'98 36 3 0 Thompson" ...... Whroo...... 10 0 0 0 5 2'40 211 0 Augustine and Co. ... White Hills ... 33 0 0 2 1 3:64 67 18 0 Jennese ...... White Hills ...... 35., 0 0 0 10 9·6o. 18 4 0 Black Reef ...... White Hills...... 16 0 0 0 6. 9 5 2 0 Grumbridge and.Co. ... Coy'srDiggings ~ ••' 20 0 o· 0 Il 12 11 10 0 Taylor ...... Coy's 'Diggings ... 16 o. 0 3 9 9 55 10 0 Judson ...... Coy's Diggings ... 4 0 0 5 7 12 21 10 0 ------Totals ... •••' 635 0 0 011 I3·S9 367 12 12 . '

' 111•.~ ·J\.fARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. <'

MARYBOROUGii: DIV,ISION.. :; James Kay Reade (public' C!iina.Ii:Ian's Flat 44 0 0 0 3 12 14 0 Various cr1,1shings) · Lenny and Clausen (public 311 0 0 0 12 6'63 190 18 0 Various crushings ). I '· Johnston and Sons (public •·• 44 0 0· 0 IO 3•27 22 6 0 Various crushings) Great Extended... Bluch~r's.R~ef 623 0 ~o 0 4 20'34 151 0 0 450 to 360 feet

Totals ...... I 1,022 0 0 • 0 7 6:67 . 371 .18 0 MAJORCA Stmmv"'SION. ,. Prince Alfred Reef G~rman Gully Quartz obtained at 37 4 --·--5~.....::..1~ 14'58 ~~ feet depth'; depth of water-level !50 feet AMIIERST DIVISION. Croydon Laura Reef 735 0 0 0 4 0 ' 147. 0 0 100 feet Dunstan Brothers · North Rritish Reef 34 0 0 0 4 !0•59 l . 7 11 o 12 ·to 20 feet Henry and ()o, , ... · .W elcome.Ifeef 17 0 ·0 0 . 6 15'53 ,5 13 o [4o feet Union· ... Churchhili Reef 27 0 0 4 12,20•44 l 125' 7 o 90 feet Bustle and Co, ... , Prince of :W ai'es Reef 151 0 0 0 ·8"14'62 I .65' 0 o 60 feet Loule and Co. Prince of Wales Reef 52 0 0 0 13 15'23 35 9' o . 60 feet Sundries Various 36 0 0 0 10 .13'33 .. 19. 0 0 ------p------Totals ... 1,052 0 0 7 16;79 405 0 0• ' . oj ! I 11 QuA::NTITY of' QuA.RTZ CrJ]shed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

I Remarks relative to the Division and Sabdlvislon, Average·' Yield a.nd Where Qu&rtz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield ot Gold ~otal ot Depth at which the Name ot Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. ------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. D UNOLLY AND TARNAGU,LU, DIVISIONS. \ Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef .•. ... 1,224 0 0 0 13 3'41 804 6 0 335 to 400 feet w elcome · ...... Welcome Reef ... j 16 0 0 l 12 0 25 12 0 240 feet windmill Hill ...... Bet Bet Reef ...... 49 0 0 0 ll 14•20 28 8 0 .so feet V¥' atkins and Co •••• ... Star Reef ...... lOO 0 0 0 5 0 25 0 0 75 feet T homson and Co. ... Star Reef ...... 58 0 0 I 0 0 58 0 0 60 feet E'vans and Co...... Last Chance Reef ... 59 0 0 0 2 13'01 7 10 0 30 feet Totals ...... 1,506 0 0 0 12 14'41 948 16 0

!NGLEWOOD DIVISION, F

Totals.:. 1;289 10 0 0 6 3'01

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Eureka Consols ...... Eureka Reef ...... 304 0 0 0 13 2'92 199 9 0 360 to 460 feet Central ...... Wattle Gully ... 953 0 0 0 9 l4'85 458 6 8 350 feet Wa.ttle Gully No. 1 ' ... Wattle Gully ... 703 0 0 O·ll 9·16 400 l 12 300 feet Callander and others ... Forest Creek ... 310 0 0 0 5 0 77 10 0 Chewton United ...... • Ohewton ... 185 0 0 0. i7 6•10 159 12 0 260 feet Ajax Tribute ...... • Bolivia Reef ...... llO 0 0 0 13 9•38 73 13 0 300 feet Archbold's machine ... Various ...... 212 0 0 0 8 4'45 86 15 7 Little Nuggety ... Nuggety ...... 56 0.0 0 12 16•28 35 10 0 240 feet Sebastopol Crushing ... Various ...... 130 0 0 0 9 .5·35 59 19 0 Cardwell and Dowling ... Town Reef ...... 88 0 0 0 7 14•73 ; 33 10 0 Bennett's ...... Specimen Gully .. . 49 0 0 0 14 14·69 35 16 0 I . Totals ...... 3,100 0 0 0 10 10'85 1,620 2 3 FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. ------Garnet and Co...... Hit-or-Miss ...... 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 50 feet Anglo ...... Golden Gully ...... 119 0 0 0 13 5'04 78 12 0 320 feet H. White and Co. ... Clark's Reef ... .30 0 0~ 0 10 o. 15 0 0 20 feet Ferron's Reef ...... Ferron's Reef ...... 3,578 0 0 0 6 •23'10 1,245 12 0 210 to 280 feet Perseverance ...... Cattle'B Reef ...... 150 0 0 .o 5 U·20 41 0 0 110 feet Sorensen and Co. ... Specimen Hill ... 21 0 0 0 14 3'42 14 17 0 80 feet Eowe Brothers ...... Cattle's Reef ...... 700 0 0 0 8 18'92 307 12 0 160 to 170 feet Rowe Brothers ...... Ferron's Reef ...... 202 0 0 0 3.12 35 7. 0 160 to 170 feet Howe Brothers ... Cattle's Reef ...... , 130 0 0 0 I 15'69. 10 15 0 160 to 170 feet Duke of Cornw!!.ll ... Cattle's Reef ...... 581 0 0 0 5 2'06 147 15 0 160 to 170 feet Brydges and Dale' ... Specimen Hill ... 25 0 0 1 0 6 1•92 7 12 0 230 feet ------Totals ...... 5,542 0 0 0 6 21'02 1,905 6 0 fuPBURN DIVISION. ------Iveson and Co...... Keep-it-Dark ...... 42 0 0 2 10 0 105 0 0 60 feet Glengower ...... Glengower ...... lOO 0 0 0 10 3'42 50 14 6 ·388 feet Union ...... Mauritius Reef ... 30 0 0 0 6 22'40 10 8 0 145 feet Argus United ...... Cornish Heef ...... 40I 0 0 0 2 15•08 52 14 3 500 feet Wilson's ... ·' ... Blind Creek ... 31 0 0 I 3 3'87 35 18. 0 Freeman ...... Fear-not Heef...... 26 0 0 0 7 10'15 9 13 0 30 feet Willard and King ... Willard's Reef ... 85 0 0 0 8 3•67 34 13 0 45 feet N"'orth Cornish ...... Cornish Heef ...... 220 0 0 0 3 7•57 36 9 10 200 feet Cornish ...... Cornish Reef .•• ... 2,647 0 0 .0 3 10'80 456 13 5 520 to surface Aj ax ~·...... Willard's Reef ... 5Io ·o 0 0 15 17•41 401 0 0 140 to !50 feet specimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill 3,237 0 0 0 4 15'21 750 0.0 463 feet p .. . rospectors ...... Hepbnrn ...... 140 0 0 0 19 6•85 135 0 c i 10 feet Totrus ...... 7,469 0 0 () 5 13'55 2,078 3 ol 12

QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-contjnued. ; Remarks relative to the Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. Whpmera ...... Stawell reefs ...... '4,597 0 0 0 13 14•09 3,123 0 16 Pioneer and Galatea ... Stawell reefs ...... 3,499 . 0 0 0 9 4'13 1,604 13 9 New St. George's ...... Stawell reefs ...... 2,9t·i 0 0 0 14 13'60 2,144 4 0 Scotch man's ...... Stawell reefs ...... 3,510 10 0 0 15 23•07 2,801 12 8 Moonlight ...... Stawell' reefs ...... 2,807 0 0 0 13 17'48 1,926 15 0 ------·:------. Totals ...... 17,357 lO 0 0 13 8•79 lll,600 5 9

GIPPSLAND MINING DIS'fRIC'l'.

CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. Good Hope ...... Good Hope Reef ... 35 0 0 0 10 4'11 1'7 16 0 500 feet Republic _ ...... Republic Reef ... 130 0 0 0 12 12•55 81 8 0 10 to 30 feet Cll)-rk and Co...... Jeweller's Shop ... 51 0 0 1 2 10'82 57 5 0 140 feet ' ·~ I ·-Totals ••• ... 216 ,0 0 0 14 IJ•66 156 9 0 DoNNELL y's CREEK DiviSION. Florence ...... 90 0 0 0 3 22•80 17 15 12 ----- STRINGER's CREEK DrvrsroN. . Long Tunnel ... '••• Cohen's Reef ...... i,856 0 0 2 8 9·35 4,490 I 1 0 2•!3 to 523 feet Walhalla ...... Cohen's Heef ...... 3,837 0 0 0 17 21'19· 3,-1-30 17 0 385 feet and upwards -· 1----· Totals ...... 5,693 0 0 I 7 19'88 7,921 8 0 \ ------TARWIN SUBDIVISION. No. I t:!outh ...... ,No. 1 Soutb,Eoster ... 30 0 0 () ]0 5 20 ]5 6 12 Depth 40 feet, water- level 50 fiat . - leaderfrom 2 6 in. Golden Bar ...... Golden Bar claim, Foster 40 0 0 0 13 19·95 , 2i 13 6 Depth 40 :feet ------1-· ______' Totals ... - 70 0 0 0 12 G·77 I 42 19 ]8 13

' QUARTZ TAILINGS; MULLOCK, ETC. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quanti"ty of QuARTz TAILINGS and MuLLOCK, &c., Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

Division and Subdivision~ Where Quartz Tailings and Quartz ~railings Average Remarks relative to the Total Yield of Depth at which the and l¥1ullock, &c., were and Mullock, &c., Yield of Gold Gold. Name of Co!llpany. obtained. Crushed. per Ton. Mullock, &c., were obtained ------·------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt.gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRIC'f.

CENTRAL DIVISION. Treated at Canadian b~ttery Ballarat West ...... 111 0 0 0 5 1•51 28 2 0 ------SMYTHEBDALE DIVISION. Marks and Co...... Britannia Reef,Carngham 300 0 0 0 I o·so 15 10 0 Not known ------STEIGLITZ SUllDIVIBION. Albion ...... Steiglitz ...... lOO 0 0 0 1 1o·o8 7 2 0 Nimrod ...... Steiglitz ...... f20 0 0 0 2 -14'2 15 ll 0 ------Totals ...... 220 0 0 0 2 1'42 22 13 ri

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

ALEXANDRA SUliDIVlSION. I Linney and party ... No. 5 Lucky Reef :.. / 57 0 0 I 0 I 18•321 5 0 12 ~

SANDHURST' MINING DISTRICT.

SANDHURST DIVISION. Beehive ..• ...... Eaglehawk ...... 660 0 0 0 0 20'47 28 3 0 Johnson's Reef ...... California Gully .. . 122 0 0 0 0 20•85 5 6 0 ------Totals ...... 782 0 0 0 0 20'53 33 9 0

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. ' James Kay Reade (public ...... 264 0 0 1 0 2 0 26 8 0 Various crushings) ------MAJORCA SUBDIVISION. Prince Alfred Reef ... German Gully ... 30 0 0 0 5 23'60 8 19 12 ------AMHERST DIVISION. T. Bartlemore ...... Various ...... 440 0 0 0 2 3'27 47 0 0 ------DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef .•. ... 107 0 0 0 3 10'43 18 7 12 Glamorgan shire ...... Various hills ••• ... 164 0 0 0 5 7'46 43 ll 0 30 to 50 feet -----. ' -----·---- Totals .... 0 4 13•68 ST. ARNAUD SouTH Sun- ... 271 0 0 61 18 12 DIVISION ------' Douglas and Co ...... Various reefs ...... 160 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 0 Greenock Reef ...... Greenock Reef' ... 200 0 0 o'4o 14ooo ------Totals ••• ... 360 0 0 0 2 17•33 . 49 0 0

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Caledonia Tribute ... Caledonia Reef ... 1,046 0 0 0 2 13'58 134 .4 0 Daves and others ... Chewton ...... 860 0 0 0 2 12 107 lO 2 Sebastopol ...... Lady Gully ... 156 0 0 0 2 12•77 19 15 0 Lamb and Co...... Forest Creek ...... 295 0 0 0 1 0 14 15 0 ------Totals ...... 2,357 0 0 0 2 8•25 276 4 2 FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. ------Anglo ...... Golden Gully ...... 110 0 o. 0 1 4•36 610 0 Various ------TARRANGOWER DIVISION. Phrenix mills ...... ; .. 500 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 0

. " ...... -. 14 PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS. THE following information has been obtained from Heturns made· by t.he Mining .Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quajltity of PYRITES and BLAN)"{ETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and Subdivision~ . Mining the ,Q11arter, and the GoLD obtained,therefrom. . . . Division and Subdivision, . Pyrites .. Average;· Total Yield. of Remarks relative to the and Whe~e Pyi-ltks and Blanketings Yield of Gold Depth at whleh the were obtained. and Blanketings Gold, Name of Company. operated on. per Ton~ :Pyrites, &c., were obtained, . oz. dwt. gr• ,oz: d wt. gr. 'If.AL~~RAT M~NING 'DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. ! Llanberris . .. • ••• , Ballarat East ... 11 0 0 1 16 2·13 1 19 11 6 CRESWIOlt DIVISION. • ' , ·I ' Port Phillip ...... Chmes reefs ... . 10 .0 7Ti6:n:!~~ New North Clunes ••• Clunes reefs ...... 68 0 0 4 4 18·35 288 4 0 South. Clunes .. • .. • ' Clunes r~efs: ... ,, ... .26 0 0 4 0 0" ;104 ,0 o. -,-._--.-- Totals ...... 172 10 0 4 5 9'25 ) 736 9 0 STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Elaine ••• 1 ...... 47 0 0 i 2, 5•62 52 5 0 .. BLAOKWOOD DIVISION AND ... , ~~. ··. BLuB MouxT.AIN Soui'II ·:.,·. ' ... .. SmmiVIBION. 'I ·' 1 ::·•. · · . . r .... ; I Sultan ...... :• ..- .. Barry'~ Reef ••• . . _. 28 o o· 2 6 s·43 64 12 0

I ·~ ... .' :: BEECHWORTH MININ(fbiSTRICT~·

Miner's Buekland 3 0 0 Y.ACK.ANDANDAif DIVISION. ·. ·n; .. . .. , Bigelow and Clingan.. Homewai·d-bOU.nd, 'Hills­ 75 0. 0 licirough. · Develin and Co ..•. ,.. ! ·Homeward-bound, Hills­ ,? 10 0 . ,7 ll ·0 -" borou"'h :~. · · " ''"1 Chamberlain and· Co. · Homew;;;.d-bound, Hills­ ··5 0 0 ·3 8. o· '17 o· 0 borough

Bolam and Co. . .• 1 Twist's Creek .•. 2 10 0 2 16 0 7 0 0 'r<>.~l~~.:~ BuOKL ..uin DIVISION. I Hope Happy Valley ;Reef, &c. At Gill's mill Sundry lots\ ; ... f ', , ,,•. I · Totals .:• : '· ... '· ,. W oon's PoiNCJ.' SUBDIVISION. . About 300 feet' SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. '. 1 \ SANDHURST DIVISION. ' ' ' . 1 .., . Spar go Brothers ...... ·Specimen Hill,Lon~~':fl~ 307 0 0 ·1 9 2'891 447· O· United Pyrites ...... SpecimenHill,LongGul 211 10 0 1 19 21'47 421 17 Sandhurst and Eaglehawk Jackass Flat ••·· . •.. 110 0 0 3 6 22'91 368 5 ~g I .. I , . P.E. ... - ~------Koch's Pioneer ...... Long Gully ...... 111 0 0 0 16 l2'll, 91 12 0 Beehive ...... Eagleha.wk ...... 4 0 0 2 4 8•75 8 17 ll : R. J. Liddle·and Co. ••'!.' Derwent 'Gully_, . .96 10 0 1 16 21'14 177 i9 0 Morning Light ...... Golden Gully . ... . 75 15 0 2 4 ]'27 . 166 17 0 ' ' ------~ HEATIICOTE DIVISION A.N.D .. ·Totals··...... 9t5. 15 ·o. 1 16 17'85 1,682 8 5. ' W ARANGA. SouCJ.'H Sunpi- ~-~~ -I ... 1-=--·--,.- VISION. ! John Collins ...... Red castle ...... 36 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 0 S. H.lvfitchell ...... Staffordshire Flat 108 0 0.. o· 0 .18'89 :·4 5 0 .. --·-- ...... ' .. .. I .;t_··. l ----· ,...... 144 0 o· 0 0 20'17 6 1 0 ·.. I MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

Great Blucher'~ Reef ·4 15 0 ·2 14 10·1-i 12 18 12 Extractedat' the United· ST. ARNAUD I Pyrites Co;> Sand]mrst . '• DIVISIONS. _. Sanab'urst ana St. .Arna~d Tribute Wilison's Hill 56 0 0 (} 13 13'71 38 0 0 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. ' \ • j ~ I '.;! • CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Eureka ll 21:03 Eureka Consols ••• I ...... 6 0 17 32 14 0 ... 0 0 0 Y ates and Co...... Castlemaine ~· ~ . ... .72 0,. ; .144 o. () Kitchinghan~ and Co. ... Chewton · ... ..,., 29 5 0 18 0•41 55 12 0 IJ --- Totals·;...... : 11:'2 ll 1. 2 I 6·7,1 232 6 0 ·: o •,' .. GIPPSLAND l\II~~NG DISTRICT.

STRINGER'S ~··~~,:~,.,.~, ·r Long Tunnel Cohen's Reef ... 5 14 0 Walhall~ Cohen's Reef ... 18 18 0 Totals ... 24 12 0 15

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WASHDIRT AND CElfENT.

SUMMARY. THE foll~wing information has ·been obtained relative to the QuANTITY of WASBDIRT Puddled and Sluiced and CEMENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

Quantity Average Total Yield of .Quantity Average Total Yield of Mining Districts. Fuddled and Yield of Gold Gold from ~fining Districts. Puddled and Yield of Gold Gold'from· Crushed. . perTon. Washdirt. ; U~¥s,he~.~ ~ ~ per Ton. Cemelft·. I --·---' Washdirt, tons 'cwt. qr. J.oz. dwt. gr, Oz. dyvt. gr. Cement, foes cwt.' qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz.I d~l·gr. Balliuat ... 4,434 o ·o 0 4 :13·90 ·1,015 3 6 Ballarat ... 584 0 0 0 4 4'58 122 7 9 Beechworth ... 41,200 0 0 .o 0 7'03 603 15 0 .Beech worth ...... Sandhurst ...... Sandhurst ...... Maryborough ... 19,190 0 0 ,o' 2 0'98· 1,958 7 12 Maryborough' ... 16 0 0 0 17 4'!50 -13 15 0 Castlemaine ... 88,441 0 0 0 0 13'49 2,486 0 17 Castlemaine ... 510 ·o 0 0 5 0•14 127 13 0 Ararat ... 5,800 0 0 0 I 10•21 413 6 12 Ararat ... 4;582 0 0 0 5 6"29 10 5 Gippsland ...... •'·' ... Gipp~land ...... ··.·· ...... Totals ... !I 0 0 0 0 19•54 6,476 12 23 .Totals 5,692 0 ol 0 5 3•90 1,469 ~ 14

Nou.-Thls Snmmury does not show the total quantities of washdirt puddled and sluice

I . WASHl)IRT.

THE following information has been· obtained from Returns made by .the· :1\iinirig Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Q~¥TITY. of W ASHDIR'i'' Puddled· or Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining· District during the Quarter, and the. GoLD'. obtained therefrom.

Division and Subdivision, ·. Average Remarks relative to the , and Wbere Washdlrt was obtained. Wash

~ALLARAT MINiNG DISTRIQT. )

CENTRAL DIVISION. Band and Albion Consols... Balhirat :west (Golden 891 o p o 18 3·52 808 8 18 Reef-wash 130ft. above f'o,int) -.-. .:....-..-. ------·-- ~--.- the gutter-workings and 270ft. below the SOUTHERN DIVrSION, surface Turner and party ... Break-o'-Df!,y ~ .. 1,720 0 0 0 1 i4.. 29 i37 4 0 20 to 50 feet from sur Break-o'-Day ...... Brea.k~o'-Day ; .. 243 0 0 . 0 3 7"79 40 .., ~l face, 3 feet thick ·' --..------·-·-· ----i Totals ... 1,963' 0 0 0 1 19'43. 177 11 21 . BL.A.CKWOOD DIVISION AND BLuE MoUNTAIN SouT:a: --~---.. -... I SuamVISJON. South Sultan Extended Big- Hill ...... 80 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 50 feet Milkman's Flat Sluicing ... Milkman's Flat ... ~~~ 0 0 8·69 27. 3 o 25feet 1 'Totals .... 1,580 0 0 0 0 8•85 29 3.., 0 -jI

-BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

BEECHWORTH DIVISION. Ro cky Mountain ... Spring Creek ...... 36,000 0 0 0 0 4'80. .,360 9 0 30 feet 1'revillian and Co. ... Spring Creek ...... 1,200 0 0 0 0 12 30 0 o· 35 feet Os borne and Co ...... Spring Creek ...... 2,000 0 0 0 0 15 62.10 0 35 feet ;c 452 .10 · Totals ...... 39,200 0 0 0 0 0 \ INDIGO DIVISION. ·. rrass and Co. •.. ... Durham and Caledonian 2,000 0 0 0 1 12•30 151 5 0 250 feet leads .. -· 16

Division and Subdivision, and Where Washdirt was obtained. Name of Company.

. tons· cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr.

MARYBOROUGH :!\'liNING DISTRICT.

T MARYBOROUGH DIVISION, Seaham ...... Alma ...... 790 0 0 0 3 8'81 133 0 0 Gladstone ...... Alma ...... 1,600 0· 0 0 1 10'42 ll4 15 0 Totals ... '2,390 0 0 0 2 1··75 247 15 0 AMRERSl' DIVISION. I Hoffnung ' ...... Mount Greenock South 1,600 0 0 0 3 17"10 297 0 0 lOO feet Union ...... Mount Greenock South 3,800 0 0 0 1 23•18 373 10 0 250 feet Nichol's Freehold ... Mount Greenock South 1,500 0 0 5l 1 14"21 119 8 0 100 feet Tara's Hall ...... Paddock ... 1,700 0 0 0 1 18•87 i 151 17 0 80 feet Totals . 8,600 ·O 4"56 -! 941 15 0 DuNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA ...... 0 0 2 DIVISIONS. Prince of Wales Tribute ... Pound Lead, Dunolly ... 4,500 0 0 0 1 II·72 334 17 12 60 to 70 feet 1-- INGLEWOOD DIVISION. W atson's Inglewood claim Daly Lead ...... 3,700 0 0 0 I! 8"30 434 0 0 150 feet

CASTLEMAINE ·MJ:NING DISTRICT.

FRYER's CREEK DrvisroN. Sheppard and Co. Church's Flat .•• 520. 0 0 0 0 12'00 13 0 0 12 feet Ellis and Co. Horseshoe Bend 2,600 0 0 0 0 4'80 26 0 0 14 feet Tomkin and Co.... New Year's Flat 100 0 0 o· o 14·4o 3 0 0 15 feet Brewer and Co. New Year's Flat 2,000 0 0 0 0 3'12 13 0 0 14 feet Williams and Co: New Year's Flat 2,600 0 0 0 0 4•80 26 0 0 16 feet Parsons and Co. ••• Horseshoe Bend 4,160 0 0 0 0 10•50 91 0 0 12· feet Stephens and Co. New Year's Flat 1,300 0 0 0 0 9•60 26 0 0 15 feet 'l'rethewey and Co. New Year's Flat 2,000 0 0 0 0 6•24 26 0 0 15 feet V osti and Co. Pennyweight .•• 1,300 0 0 0 0 12 32 10 0 17 feet Gurr and Co. Butcher's Hill 1,000 0 0 0 0 12 25· 0 o 120 feet Roberts and Co •••• Spring Gully .•• '2,000 0 0 0 0 6 25 0 o. 12 to 14 feet Thomas and Co .. .. Spring Gully ... 1,000 . 0 0 0 1 0 50 0 0 10 to 12 feet Pearson and·Co.. .. Pennyweight ... 600 0 0 . 0 0 12 15 0 0 8 to 10 feet Ab Chong and Co. Pennyweight ...... ~ 2,000 o o I 0 0 6 25 0 0 10 tu 12 feet Houston and Co .... Table Bill . 300 0 0 0 2 {I 30 0 0 70 to 80 feet Hines and Co. Bald Hill 400 0 0' 0 0 12 10 0 o . 80 to 90 feet McEwan and Co. Fryerstown 400 0 ri' 0 1 0 20 0 0 ,1 l4 feet 1\i[ein's Freehold ...... Guildford 950 0 0 0 I 16 06 79 6 o · 160 feet ------1--•------Totals ••• 25,230 0 0 0 0 10•19 535 16 0 -I HEPBURN DivrsroN. Wel:ier's, Duff's, Tinetti'~, Shepherd's Flat 700 0 0 0 2 4'11 76 o o 25 to 50 feet and J ones' parties, and the Perseverance party Other parties ...... Shepherd's Flat ..... i 300 0 0 0 4 0 60 0 0 Shallow Sailor Prince ... Deep Creek ... 403 o o· 0 8 16'40 174 19 12. '5,757 feet in tunnel

Corinella ...... 1 Deep Creek .. • · 250 o o· 0 1 20'73 23 6 0 lO to 15 feet · Cabancine's, Hewitt's, and · Elevated Plains 1,660 0 0 0 1 20'18 152 16 0 77, 90, and I08.feet Boltas' parties Rolleri's, Rotjleram's, and Stony Creek •.• 1,070 0 0 0 I 2"60 59 6 0 70, 85, an!l 90 fe!"t . Gladstone's parties Federal Tunnel ...... Italian Hill 780 0 0 0 (1 10'15 55 10 o 130 feet Long Tunnel ...... Italian Hill 1,400 0 0 0 1 16'll lli o o 140 feet Brown's Tunnel ... . •• Italian Hill 180 0 0 0 1 19•20 J 6 4 o · 90 .feet Young and •rwining ... Table B:iu. 299 0 0 0 1 16"61 25 6 o 5o feet . Telling's, Putt's, and Smith's Yandoit 547 0 o: 0 1 15'61 45 3 o· 35, 40, and 60 feet parties Alison's...... , ... Bald Hill ... 210 0 0 0 l 1'25 11 1 0 9deet Black's...... •.. Doctol''s Gully 150 0 0 0 I 14'72 12 2 0 25feet Fairbrother's,' Price's, and Dry Diggings ... 5,550 0 0 0 0 7'17 83 0 0 11 feet Chinese parties ( 5) . Matteis',Black's, and Burns' Sailor's Creek 1,320 0 0 0 0 21'32 58 13 0 50, 60, and 70 feet parties J<'oletti's party ...... Stony Creek ... 2,100 o o o o 6'82. 29 17 o. 8 feet ·mack's ... . •. ... llepburn ... 151 0 ,0 0 1 14'46 12 2 0 250 Chinese ...... Hepburn ... 17,000 0 0 · 0 0 16·37 580 0 0 Sliallow European parties ... .. • Various places 25,000 0 0 0 0 3'84 I 200 0 0 Shallow Oliver's party ...... ~pring .Creek .... 240 o o ·O o 15·oo i 10 o 80 feet Totals ... 59,310 0 0 0 0 14'56 11,799 15 12 i'l

QuANTITJ:' of QuA.RT~ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-~ontinued.

Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of Remarka relative to tbe and Where Quartz will! obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at wb!cb the Name of Company. per Ton. . Gold. Quartz was obtained.

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TARRANGO'IVER DIVISION, A bram Grigg and Co. ... Pegleg Gully ...... 750 0 0 0 0 12 18 15 0 12 feet R obt. Grigg and Co. ... Forty-foot Lead ... 325 0 0 0 0 12 8 .2 12 20 feet Kn ight and Co. ... Porcupine Flat ... 325 0 0 0 0 IS 12 3 18 25 feet J . Kent and Co .••• ... Porcupine Flat ... 390 0 0 0 0 16 13 0 0 . 40 feet T remouth and Co. ... Long .Gully ... 180 0 0 0 0 12 4 10 o 1 10 to 15 feet A bram Bowe and Co. ... Pegleg Gully ••• ... 702 0 0 0 o io·21 14 18 12 20 feet E ddy andCo...... Seventy-foot Lead ... 260 0 0 0 0 18 9 15 0 26 feet '. ---- Totals ...... 2,932 0 0 i 0 13•30 81 4 18 ST. ANDREw's DIVISION.· ------warrandyte Freehold ... Anderson'e Creek ... 463 10 0 0 1 1'89 - 25 0 0 13 feet E wart and Co. : .. ... Hoddle's Creek ... 505 10 0 0 1 17•99 44 4ll 50 feet ------Totals ••• ... 969 0 0 0 1 10•29 69 4 ll '

. ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

RAGLAN DIVISION. New VictoriaQet on tribute) Waterloo Flat ... 5,800 . o 0 1 0 1 10•21 413 6 12 160 feet

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toils cwt.. . qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. ':'. . BALLARAT .. MINING DISTRICT.

·" ~..... ' . ~ '' . I I SOUTHERN DIVISIO:l;'...... ·- I Crushed (on hire) by .the Kangaroo. Flat ... 284 0 oi 0 6 11•321 91 18 0 50 to Gi'i feet from sur New Kangaroo Company's ----·---·--, face battery : BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH ' SUBDIVISION, .All Nations ...... Yankee Hill ...... 300 0 0 0 2 0'75 30 9 9 16 feet

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

MARTBOROUGH DIVISION. Johnston and Sons (public 16 0 0 0 17 4·50 1 13 15 0 crushings)

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

FRYER's CREEK DrvrsroN. Thomas and Co ...... Bald Hill ...... 60 0 0 0 13 8 40 0 0 lOO feet ' Homewar4-bound ' ... Table Hitl ...... 450 0 0 0 3 21'49 87 13 0 1oo to 120 feet ·- ---- Totals ...... 510 0 0 0 5 0•14 127 13 o· . i

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

PLEASANT CnEEK DIVISION. Band of Hope .. . .. • Deep Lead 2,346 0 0 0 7 0 821 2 'o I North and ·South Wales ... Deep Lead . 1,756 0 0 0 4 3•06 362 8 5 North and South Wales •.. Deep Lead 480 0 0 0 0 22 22 0 0 Totals ... 4,582 o o o 5 6·29 1,205 ~1

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NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF 'fHE COLONY, FOR THE QUARTER.ENDED 31sT MARCH 1877. (Prom Returns, made . by the ·Mining Surveyors and Registrars.)

I ' . ...'· .. Name of Place • Total • Name of Place. I No. Total. --- ;----- '· - B.ALLARAT DISTRICT. ' Brought forward ...... 5,384 . ' Central Division : Creswlck Division-continued. Ballarat West and·Sebastopol ... 280 Slaty Creek ...... 40 Ballarat East ...... 1,052 Mopoke •...... 30 Ballarat North and Dead-horse ... 1 250 Humbug Hill ...... 60 Little Bendigo ...... 370 Portugues~ Flat ...... 40 · Sago Hill ...... 15 Baek Creek ...... 10 . Springs ...... 20 Bullarook ...... 70 1,860 White:-horse Ranges ... •.• ·! 205 Gordon Subdipision: -- ~ --- 2,192 I Egerton ...... 279 Southern Division: · Gordori ...... 72 Long Gully· ...... 10 ;, Moorabool ...... ll 75 I Staffordshire Reef ...... Steiglitz-.Subdiv'ision: -- 362 Italian Gully ...... ~.~• I 15 : Steiglitz ...... 35 Split~ers' Gully ...... ' 6 Morrison's 81 ...... 70 Kangaroo ...... Dolly's Creek ...... 20 Moonlight ...... 10 \ Elaine Bulldog ...... 60 ...... 100 Rokewood Junction ...... '50 MountDoran ...... 35 300 Little Forest ...... 8 Mount Misery ...... 268 Jackson's Gully ...... 10 i Black wood Division and Blue Mountain. -- Yankee Hill ...... 1'5 i .South Subdivision: Grassy Gully ... ,;.-.. ... 30' Golden Point ...... 110 Spring Creek ...... 14' Red Hill ...... 60 Sawpit Gully ...... 12. Harry's Reef and Split-tree ...... 360 Whim Holes ...... 25 Yankee Reef and Creek ...... 65 Hard Hills ...... 30 Simmons' Heef and Back Creek ... 65 Frenchman's ...... I 25 Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg ... lOO Pinchgnt ...... ail ' l3lakeville .. .,, ...... 30 Brea.k-o'-Day ...... 80 Snake Gully ...... 14 Western Creek ...... I 80 Goodrnan's Creek ...... 20 958 Ba:llan Flat ...... 4o Bunirzyong Division: Garibaldi and vicinity ...... 20 Durham and tributaries ... Wright's Reef ...... 10 ... 1-:- Bacchus Marsh and vicinity ... 40 Green Hills and Devomhire ... 30 lOO Maher's Hill ...... 16 Scotchman's and Hard Hills ... 950 Buninyong and Union Jack 5 Ballan' Subdivision: --. Hiscock's and Fairweather Reefs ... 120. Blakeville road ...... 4 4 Winter's Flat, Cobbler's, and Magpie lOO --- Black Lead and Gum-tree ...... ' 85 Toral for Ballarat District ...... 8,82S Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gympie 50 Prospecting and isolated parties ... 5.6 --- I' Grenville .•• ...... ~0 BEEOHWORTH DlSTRlOf. --- 650 Beech;_,o;th Division: .. Smythesdale Division: " Spring Creek ...... 105 Smythesdale ...... 120 Silver Creek ...... 25 . Scarsdale and Newtown ...... ISO Deep Creek ...... 22 Caj:le Clear ...... 40 Hurdle Creek ...... 44 Brown's ;. .~ ...... 55 Pennyweight Flat ••• · ...... 52 Italian Gully ...... 5 Two-mile Creek ...... 60 Derwent Jack's ...... 50 Three-mile Creek ...... 180· Pigg'oreet ...... 70 Six-mile Creek ...... 50 I Bottle Hill · ... '35 Stony Greek ...... so Snake Valley and Hard Hills ... 50. Myrtleford, &c...... 110 Happy Valley and Lueky Woman's ... 140 W ooragee, &e...... no· Haddon ...... 610 Reid's Creek ...... 38 Golden Lake ...... 5 Woolshed ...... 140 Madden's Flat ...... , ... 7 Sebastopol ...... 100 Linton's ...... 170 Eldorado ...... 280 Monkey Gully ...... 7 Stanley and neighborhood ...... 380 Moonlight Creek 10 ...... Yaekandandah Division: -- 1,776 Preston Hill ...... I ... 30 1,584 Clear Creek ...... 60 -- Bruarong ...... 18 Creswick Division: Kirby's Flat ...... 55 Creswick ...... 40 Rowdy Flat •...... 38 Clunes ...... 950 Osborne's Flat ...... 60· Springhill ...... 400 Allan's Flat ...... 8 Broomfield Gully ...... 10 Staghorn Flat ...... 50 Red Streak ...... 120 Twist's.Creek ...... 70 Union Hill ...... ' ... 10 Muddy Creek ...... 40 Longpoint ...... 25 Hillsborougli...... 35 Diamond Gully ...... 15 Sandy Creeli: ...... 75 ·Cobbler's Gully ...' ...... 15 To,vnship ...... 70 Bald Hills ...... 10 I Hayes' Point ...... 20 Sulky Gully ...... 15 . -----699 Carried forward ...... :·· I -5,as4. Carried forward ...... 2,375 ' B2 20

NuMBER and .DISTRIBUTION of'MINERS on the Goldfields, &c -continued I Name ofPlnce, No. , Total. Name of Place. I No. Total. -~'------1- · Brought forward ... 2,375 Brought forward ... 5,131 Indigo Division: Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads 55 Jamieson Subdivision: Howqua Rh·er and tributaries 5 Suffolk Lead .. • . .• 6 Indigo Lead ... ••• 195 , from Howqua to Lancashire Lead .. • .. •. Jamieson ... 35 10 60 All England Lead ...... 4 ·· Mack's Creek ... •.. Caledonian and Durham Leads 28 Goulburn River, from Jamieson to 170 Wahgunyah ...... 8 Swampy Creek .. . Clydesdale .. . ••. Sailor Bill's Creek .. . lOO 6 30 Lanarkshire ••• .6 Flume Creek ...... Robert Burns ••• 4 Baker's Creek .. . 30 Rutherglen Reefs ... 38 330 Chiltern Reefs 15 Total for Beechworth District ... 5,461

Newcastle Lead ..• ! __6 BucRland Division: 381 Harrietville .. • •• • ••• Harrietville to' Bright ...... SANDHURST DISTRICJ. Bright to Boundary,including Running Sandhurst Division : • Creek ...... ••• 142 ·Back Creek and Spring Gully ... 120 W andiligong ... . •• 274 Sheepshea.d and Golden Gully ... 320 Buekland to Upper Bridge .:. 120 Golden Square and Kangaroo·Flat ... 460 Upper to Lower Bridge ••• 178 Crusoe Gully and neighborhood ... 70 Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction ••• 168 Marong and Bullock Creek ... 80 1,245 Victoria and New-chum Reefs ... 540 Alezaridra Subdivision : . 1 Alexandra and vicinity ... 50 Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies , .. 500 Ironbark .. • ...... 510 G<;~dfrey's Creek and vicinity 10 Devil's River and tributaries Bendigo Flat ...... 500 10 White Hills and Epsom ... .. • 40 Johnson's Creek and tributaries 10 Head of U T Creek ... 10 Huntly ...... • ••. 165 Goulburn River ...... 20 Sydney Flat and Whipstick . ... 160 Doogalook .•• ..·• ~pecimen Hill and Sailors' Gully ... 290 2 · Devonshire Gully and Dead-horse Flat 250 Spring Creek and tributaries 15 Higinbotham ... · ... '3 Windmill Hill and California Gully ... 430 Merton and vicinity ... 15 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ...... 295 Tea-tree Creek and vicinity Snob's Hill and Pegleg Gully ... 390 ...... 1210 I Raywood ...... 70 Maindample and Doon ... Elysian Flat ...... 30 ... 10 Sebastian...... ••• 50 Yea ... · ... •.. ... ! 10 • Scattered population ... Homebush ... ••. ... 40 _... I~! Kamarooka ...... • 35 Dry. Creek Subdivision: 210 Scattered and prospecting· .. • ... 300 Brankeet Creek .•• '... ~2 Kilmvre Division: 5,1)45 Dry Creek ••• ... 38 Hell's Hole ...... '59 Reedy Creek 40 SundaY.. Creek 10 ,- 109 ddffney's Creek Subdivision: Heathcote Division and Waranga South 50 Goulburn River. ... ••• 4 Ga:ffney's Creek ...... Subdivision: 48 GraytQwn 15 Cannon's Creek ...... 14 Raspberry Creek and branches Red castle 90 46 Heathcote 120 Lyrebird Creek ... ••• 7 Costerfleld 210 Wallaby Reef .•. •.. 10 Moving population .. . Tooborac ... 30 7 Kimboltori and Campaspe ... 20 Moonlight Creek ...... 3 Coliban and Myrtle Creek ... 30 Wood's Poiut Subdivision: 139 Wild-duck 30 Wood's Point and Morning Star 50 i- 545 Lower Goulburn ...... 30 W aranga North Subdivision : Right and left branches ... Rushworth ... 97 30 Whroo ... •.. ... 85 Gooley's Creek ...... 6 Harper's and Pheasant Creeks· Coy's Diggings ...... ' 31 12 White. Hills, &c. •.. 27 Perkins' Creek and Waverley 6 All Nations and Creek •.• 16 Waranga ... •.. 4 -- 2:j,4 10 Moving population 8 Total for Sandhurst District ••• 6,484 Maori Creek ... 4 ~---- Never-mind Spur ... 10 Big River Subdivision : 182 MARYBOROUGU DISTRICT. Frenchman's Creek 2 M aryborough Division : Warner's Creek ... 2 Alma ... 400 Enoch's Point ... . 12 Waterloo ... 50 Railway Creek .. . 12 Inkerman ... 50 Jim Thomas' Creek 4 Moonlight Flat ... 50 Big River North ... 20 Adelaide Lead 120 Big River South ... 16 Golden Point lOO ... 0 Fry's Creek ••• 8 Cra.igie ••• 100 Moving population 4 Four-mile Flat ... lOO Goulburn River ... .6 Carisbrook 150 86 Mosquito ... 150 Mitta Mitta Division: Blucher's ...... 300 Ughtriing Creek ... 29 150 ... • 45 Newtown .. . Granite ·Flat Havelock ... 150 ... 25 Chinaman's . ... 800 Junction, Snowy Creek 15 Blackman's Lead ... 50 Bethanga... •.. 270 Maryborough 300 Dart River ... 20 -- '3,020 ---- 404 Carried forward ... 5,131 Carried forward 3,020 21

NuMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERs on the Goldfields, &c.-continued.

Name of Place. No. Total. Name ol Place. No. Totill. ------1--- Brought forward ... 3,020 Brought forward ... •.. ... 7,846 Maj~rca Subdivision: St. Arnaud North Subdivision-continued. Majorca. ... ••• 45 Emu, &c...... ••• 15 View Point Lead ... 6 Carapooe, &c. .. • ...... 15 England's Hill Lead 8 Bell Rock, &c. .. • .. . 20 Mount Greenock ••• s Blink Bonnie, &c...... 15 Gibraltar Lead ... 5 Duchess of }~nburgh .. . 20 Scandinavian Lead 21 Jcrejaw, &c...... 10 McCallum's Old Lead 20 Victoria Reef, &c...... 20 425 German Gully (quartz) s !-!___.;,.;..;, 121 Total for Maryborough District ...... S,27l Amherst Division : About Talbot ... •.. 40 :--·- 20 Scandinavian Lead ... CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT. Mount Greenock ...... 9S Castlemaine Division: Mount Glasgow .•• . .. 4 Castlemaine so Nuggety and Long Gullies ... 50 Eureka Reef 36 · Kangaroo Gully ••• ... 40 Guildford 100 40 Mia Mia and tributaries ••• Campbell's Creek ... 114 Daisy Hill and tributaries •.• 130 Sailor's Gully 32 Adelaide Lead South .•. so Barker's Creek 95 Blacksmith's Gully ... 26 36 40 Myrtle Creek Emu and Cockatoo ' .•• Moonlight Flat ... 61 Brown's Gully ... . •• 6 Chewton ... lS2 16 Norfolk Gully ••. •.. Wattle Gully 86 20 Rocky Flat ••• ••• Golden Point 65 Avoca Subdivision: 610 Diamond Hill so Amphitheatre .. . ••• 50 Bolivia 'Reef 25 Avoca Lead ••• . .. lOO Fryer's Creek Division: 992 Green Hill Creek .•• •.. 72 Golden Gully to Fryers town 150 Percydale ••• . •• ISO Spring Gully and Specimen Hill 120 Homebush ••• . •• lOO Chok'em Flat to Vaughan ... 230 Lamplough .•. ... 152 Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills so Monte Christo •• • ••• 20 German and Mopoke Gu.llies ••• 130 Mountain Hut ...... 25 Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ... lOO No. l Creek ••. .. . 45 Table Hill and Tarilta. ... 100 No. 2 Creek ... •.. 150 Guildford Hills ... •.. 220 Kimberley and Sardine .. . 15 Loddon:. Vaughan to Holcombe 220 · Donkey Hill .. • .. . 10 25 Nuggety Gully and Irishtown 130 Middle Creek, &c. .. • ••• Green and Sailors' Gullies ... 40 Gullies east of A voca ... 20 Pickpocket and Hard Hills ... 40 New Reef, Avoca road ... 5 Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss 150 969 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions: Hepburn Division: 1,710 Dunolly ...... •• 155 · Dry Diggings Section 64 50 Burnt Creek ... ••• Yandoit Section ... 116 Goldsbrough .•• •.. so Boots Section 33 Inkerman...... 40 Italian Section 58 Moliagul,. &c. .•. . •• llO Spring Section 6S Bealiba ..• ... . •• 90 Doctor's Gully Section 52 Murphy's Flat, &c. • •• 20 Brandy-hot Section '28 60 Jones' Creek, &c. .•. . •• Deep Creek Section 94 Tarnagulla ... .. • 90 126 25 Blind Creek Section Half-way... .•• ••• Stony Creek Section 7l Llanelly ••• ... ••• 30 Wombat Creek Section 96 75 Wild·dog, &c...... Daylesford Section 244 lnglewood and Weilderburn Divisions·: S25 Connel's Gully Section 59 Berlin Diggings . .. . ••• 125 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision: 1,109 Wehla ...... 50 Taradale •.• ...... 193 Kingower ...... 65 12 67 Liberty Flat ••• .. . Mclntyre's ...... Redesdale 40 Synnott's... ••• .. . 35 30 Yankee Point 20 Burke's Flat ... •.. M alms bury 20 2SO lnglewood ... •.. Coliban ... 25 W edderbuni •• • ... 150 27 • Belltopper 3S Garibaldi ••• ••• •.. Lauripton 69 A voca Forest ••• ... 33 Woolshed and Yorkshire Flat 47 Scattered 10 Opossum Hill and Orville ... 970 Tarrangower Division: 427 Quartz Mines .. • •.. 11 North Maldon ... 42 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivi1ions: 1,S90 Beehive Hill ... 37 Stuartmill, &c. ••• ... •.. Eagh)hawk ••• ISO 45 Long Gully .. . 42 Redbank ...... 66 Porcupine Flat .. . 29 Fowler's Lead ••• ...... 30 Hines ...... •.. 30 Fiddler's Flat .. . 1 Mount Tarrangower 19 Moonambel, &c. ... ••. 80 Sandy Creek ... 75 Darling Flat' . ... •.. 40 Emernld Flat ...... 80 Nuggety ... " ... 16 Sandy Creek .. • .. . 20 Mia Mia ... 6 Canterbury ...... 20 Green Valley ll Muckleford 16 St. Arnaud North Subdivision: 4ll Clydesdale 20 New Bendigo ••. 25 River Loddon 12 St. Arnaud ... 190 Parkin's Reef 22 Stuartmill, &c. . .. 40 German Reef 43 Silver Mines, &c. ... , 30 Chapm1tn's Gully ... 2 Rostron's and Wattle Flat ... 25 Bell's Heef 5 ,__ 578 Carried forward 7,846 Carried forward ... 1 4,816 22

1 · NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on th~·: Goldfields, &c.-continued. . Name of Place. No. Total. Nn.me of Pln.ce. No. Total. ---:-.,.-,------:------1 ------.-.---'-----,.,.-, .,...,-, -. ---·- Biought forward ... 4,816 Brought forward ...... , 636 '' St. And~ew;s Division: Crool1ed River Division: Andeison's!Creek ... 85· Grant i ...... 17 Long GullY, ... ••• 23 Crooked River· ... . •. 28 Smith(s Gully. •.. 17 Jungle Creek ...... 8 You'Yciu . .1. .. ••• 12' Twelve-mile Creek... ••• 6 Wild-'dog i ... Jl Twehty-five-mile Creek .. . 17! W alsli' imd :&rmstrong's _ ... 16 'fhirty-mile, Creek ...... 7 Warburton ... 11 \Ventworthi .. , ... 27. .Cherry-tree •... 16' Upper Dargo ...... 20 Cobbler's Gully ... 3 Middle Dargo ... .. • 14 ·watery Gupy .. . 9 Lower Dargo ...... 12 Reefton .. '. .. . 25 Upper Mitchell .•. ••• 25 Pioneer •.1. ••• 6 Good Hope' ...... 12 Queensto,wn . ••• 34 Good Luck Creek •. • •.. 13 ' Kingstown · .. • .. 24 Swamp and·Mf.Jrris' Creeks ... 37 One:. tree Hill .. . 7. 243 McMahon's' .. . 15 Emerald ••• Jericfw Division: 12 13 Starvation Creek ... ,6 Dry (:reek ... Hod\i!e's Creek .•. Lower Jordan ... ·27 37 7 Diamond m-,efs ... 5 Upper Jordan ... Red Jacket Creek ... 22 Muddy Cre~k ••• 2 B B.Creek .. . 20' Womfut Creek ... 7 I Wilson's Creek ••• ) 6J .. .. . . I 389 .. . Blue Subdivision; Prpspccting ... :::lj M~u~t~in JN~;tft ·; f 128 . Trentham ... •.. ... ~0 Newbnry ... .•. •.. ... ; ''12 Donnelly;s Creek Division:­ Garlidjct's ... • ... . .• 42 ~".' _.!2.__ 49 Donnelly's Creek ... A,berfeldy, Fulton's, &c. 3i ' . ' ;r,c}talfor Castlemaine Distr~ct ..• :.~ ... 5,254 • Freestone Creek ... 2 81 : ,~~. --- Stringer'~ 'Creek Division: AxAa:u DISTlliCT. Walhalla ...... 445 Ararat Divisionl; Fulton's Creek ••• 2 Ara'rat Proper .. • .. •...... ' .155 Aberfeldy l,tiver .. . 40 Arnistrong's ...... 75 Thomson River .. . 50.' Philip's Flat and Cathcart ..• 70 537 Rhymney Reef and Shea's Flat 40 Aber.feldy' Subdivision;' Opossum Gully and Port Curtis 90 81 Moyston and Londonderry ... Aberfeldy River ...... 65 18 Pleasant I Creek Division: . . . Thomson River ...... Wilson'and.Barthold's .. . 2o'· .... Silvt;r,Shillinj;-' ...... 1 15 20' ·' Deep Lead, Forty-foot, and W elsliman's · James Rice's Lease, Aberfeldy ••• : t Flat.· ...... · ... · .: ... 530. 139 Great :western ... .. • 26 Russell's Creel; Division: Stawell ...... ····· 1,055 Crossover· Creek .•. 18 Sev~ntY-foot ...... 30 Tanjil ... • .. 24 Germania ...... 28 , Russell's Creek .. . 6 Welcome ... ·· ...... 9 Hawthorn Creek .. . 10 Darl:ingtim ' ••• ••• 9 Wombat Creek .. . 8 Ironbark ... ••• ••• 50 Borer's Gully ••• 4 Barkly Division: 1,752 Lady Manners Sutton 1 Landsborougliimd Malitkoff 125 Good Hope .Creek ... 2 Barl!:l.Y ... ·· ... ••• 60 73 250 · Frenchman's ... ~ ... Bendoc Subdivision; .Gleripatrick ...... ••• 50 Raglan Division: .. . Bendoc ...... ·:w 485 Bonang .:. .. . ' 26' Beaufort and. surrounding. gullies ... liS • ••• 29 Sailors'- Gully . ·... ·...... : 81 1 Charlton .. : ... • .. 60 Bog arid Queensborongh ... vi I ;., j . ,....:...... ;.: 79 Wat~rloo .. : ... .. • .... J ... ~~ Tarwin Subdivision: l ' Foster .. .' !r~t~l for Ararat District 3,087 l : Turton's Creek ... Prospectors; .... 91 GIPP~LAND DISTRICT. Traralgon Subdivision: Omeo Subdivision: Morewell .. . ·8 - Livingstone Creek ... • . .. . 130 Naracan Creek .. . 7 Mitta Mitta' River, from Cobungra to Traralgon Creek ... 4 Wombat Creek ...... 19 Flinn's ·Creek ... 5 Wombat Creek ...... •.. 25 . arid Creek 7 Gibbo'River ...... •.. 21 Merriman's.Creek .. . 6 Swift's Creek ... ••• ... 154 Moe ...... 4 River ·Tam bo ••...... • 8 La Trobe...... 6. MitchellRiver and Boggy Creell Subdivisions: !J57 Eaglehawk Creek ... 2 Nicholson and Tambo Rivers ... 100 Haunted HilL ... 4 Boggy Creek ...... lOO Bennett's Creek ... 2 Merrijig Creek...... •.. 31' 55 Sandy's' Creek ...... 29 Total for Gippsland District ••• 2,062 Mitchell River ...... 19 279 Carried forward 636 GnAND ToTAL 39,447

THOS. COUCHMAN, Office of Mines, Secretary for Mines. }lelbourile, 12th April 1877. BALLARAT MiNING DISTRICT~ '' ,• I '< • ':::', \.0 • 1,~' • : • ~~ :·..-.•.:,:.

C~NT~AL DIVISION; Mr. David Ckristy, Mining Registrar. Mining during the past quarter; both in alluvial and· quartz workings. has progressed ~ith rather more favorable results than heretofore. It will be seen that the average yieHl. from quartz. shows an increase, and it may be fairly presumed that when this· branch of ~ining industry becomes mor.e. fully _de"~Celoped the re~urns frqm this goldfield will be as encouraging as that from any otherin the colony;·· In alluviaL mining the Band of Hope Com­ pany have•discovered an alluvial reef wash about 130 feet above the gutter level, from which very good yields are being obtained. There has from time to time been similarly ri

Names. b oz. dwt. gr. · Names. ···oi. dwt. v. Nil Desperandum 246 16 o. Eushby and Co. ·,·.. "! ... 23 1 12 Eastern Star 171. 0 0 St. George ..• ..',, ... ; . ,...... :.. ,296 19 12 Golden Reef ... 45 0 0 Puddlers (say) ...... 1,100 0 0 Band and Albion Consols ... 808 8,18 Koh-i-noor 28 18 6 Totai' .... ··:·.::a;222 4 o Winter's Freehold 502' 0 0

DIVIDENDS, £ s. d. Temperance Company 1,370 0 0 Two-ton Company lOO 0 0 Endeavor Company. - 276 0 0 Duchess Company 105 0 0 Manners' Lease .. :·• ... 4 ... :· 600 .o 0_. Bushby and Company · ••. · ...... J. 26 16 9 0 . I •''I ,. ,· 1.... I, ':I ') : '' Total ,, ...... ~ ' . ~.... £2,477 16 9 t•' ,.· ) ,.., '· ...... · ..... ·,

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. ; ~ ' SOUTHERN DIVIS'ION. ::,- -. ~ . Mr. George Perry, Mining. .··- Registrar....• QUARTZ MINING. • This branch of mining industry is in the ascendant, chiefly c~used by the success ~chieved by th~ Nil Desperan. dum Company, Kangaroo Flat, a co-operative party of seven men, who, after a very hard struggle, have at last got fairly at work with good results. The line of reef is entirely new, and the payable stone is 8 feet wide and easily worked. The adjoining claimholders are energetically prospecting·for, the same reef. The New Kangaroo Comp~tny are still sinking. Staffordshire Reef.-The Hopewell Tribute Company are in better stone, with the. i~prov;ing. The Speedwell Tribute Co!l}pany have been .most of their time pro~ne'c~~ng, fo~ t'lr.. s~qri~:· .. ;The lode, as mentioned in my last report, .did not turn out so well as expected. ,, · · . . , · : .. T4e Hopew~ll Company are busily employed connecting their· ~orki.J:tg~, wit9, ·~he 'tribii.iere' workings for the purpose ofventilat10n. .,_, . , , , " ALLUVIAL MINING. • There is nothing ~fan encouraging nature to ~ep.ort in this class of mining. · 1\icMulloH's Eridge.-The Goldsbrough Conlp\tnY have been co.mpelled to cease work at their claim in conse· quence of their inability to find payable ground. 'l'his is much to lie deplored, as their claim is in the ·centre of a large tract of unexplored country which I have no doubt will ultimately prove auriferous. They have sold their plant, but the machinery is stHl ou the claim. Pitfield Plaius.-The Welcome Compauy a.rc still driving for the g~tter.·

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BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M~ Harvey, Mining Surveyor and.Registrar. . AduvuL MINING. During the quarter the workings in the main Durham gutter, at the Perseverance mine, have proved remune· rative. The washdirt has improved considerably; and it is a matter to be wondered at that the miles of this alluvial auriferous drift should remain unworked, with such excellent returns from this the only mine ·now on the lead. I have no new discoveries to record during this quarter. · · · The Stonewall Company, on the old workings of the Black Lead, have improved yields; and some excellent yields have been obtained at tlie Red Jacket. · The prospecting party have as yet not been successful. ' · '

QUARTZ· MINING. This branch of mining is steadily improving, Fairweather Reef especially yielding well. ·On the Devonshire, Holden and party have had to get their boiler repaired, the hydraulic test applied having proved some of the plates n~ . LIGNITE. The. company at Lal-Lal have done nothing duri~g the quarter. · . The J:lUantity of water sold during the quarter was 10,000,000 gallons from the Government reservoir; under control of Bu~yong Borough Council, 18s. 6d. being the amount receivei:l. ·

SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. -llfr. ,Jokn Lynclt, Min.ing Surveyor and Regi&trar. The yield of gold for ·the quarter shows a considerable decrease, being less than that of the previous quarter by 1,746 ozs...... • The decadence of mining throughout the district is becoming general, the exception being in favor of Haddon ' and Lintons, where the yield is still kept up with wonted regularity. No new workings have been discovered, nor is there any marked disposition on the part of ·the miners· to embark in \1-llything. like expensive prospecting. There is not sufficient encouragement now to induce them to incur any outlay in exploring doubtful localities, and the known leads are either worked already or being subjected now to that process. These remarks apply to alluvial mining; and as regards quartz mining, its condition, although looked upon as more hopeful, is at present equally depressed. The yields of the principal mines are as follow :- ' ALLUVIAL. Reform, Haddon ... 2,585 ozs. · Racecourse, Haddon · 1,082 " Trunk Lead, Haddon '818 " QUARTZ, Smythesdale Consols, Smythesdale 186 ozs ..

CRESWICK DIVISION. Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. There has be~n a great decrease in the yield of alluvial g:>ld during the quarter. Several of the rich claim,s at SpringhilFare worked' out; the progressive mines have not yet much gold, whilst Cameron's Freehold Company's claim .has been swamped out and is only now getting the ground into working order. The yield. from quartz continues nearly the same, but. there is a· slight decrease in the general average ; more ·claims under this class are, however, being worked in the Creswick portion of the division. . The following are the yields from the principal alluvial mines :- . · . oz. dwt. gr. Tributers, Port Phillip Company, Clunes 127 12 12 Australasian Company, Red Streak 612 ' 13 0 .Cameron's Freehold Company, Springhill 86 3 0 Ryrie's Freehold Company, Springhill ,249 5 0 Bunyan's Freehold Company, Springhill ..• 574 10 0 Kingst~m Park Comjlany, Springhill ... 1,130. 8 0 De Murska Freehold Company, Springhill· ... 225 14 0 Approximate yield of small mines · 1,500 0 0 4,506 5 '12

RoYALTY AND DIVIDENDS. £ s. d. Port Phillip Company ...... 4,827 8 3 New North Clunes Company ._4,112 0 0 South Clunes Company . .. · 2,000 .0 0 Cameron's Freehold Company 36 0 0 Cunnin~s' Freehold (Jompany 1,212 0 0 Bunyan s Freehold Company 639 6 0 Kingston Park Company '1,752 10 0 Ryrie's Freehold Company 103 10 0 De Murska Freehold Company 71 10 0

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T~a quantity of water us~d during the•quarter was 116,943,000 galions, at ltd. per 1,000 gallons. GORDON SUBDIVISION. .Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING. No mining under this head has been carried on during the quarter except the fossicking in the old worked-out. alluvial gullies, which has engaged the attention of a few men. Fourteen ounces of gold only were obtained from this branch of mining during the quarter. . QuARTZ MINING. Egerton.-Black-horse United Company.-At the time of my last report it was stated that pumping operations were still being carried on, and that the water had been reduced to the 800-foot level, at which it was intended to resume mining operations. The shaft having been carefully overhauled, in the beginning of January men were sent below to break quartz at the above-mentioned level, and on the lOth of the same month the two five-head batteries were started, the remaining twelve standing idle till the mine is sufficiently opened up to admit of more men being employed in breaking quartz. Since starting, about 140 feet have been driven, and 1,059 tons of quartz raised and crushed, yielding 441 ozs. 3 dwts. 18 grs. of gold. Thelode from which this stone was taken is between 8 and 10 feet in thickness. ·At present a considerable amount of dead work is being done, such as sinking the No. 2 shaft, which is situated on that portion of ground held on tribute from the Egerton Company. It is intended to connect the work­ ings from this shaft with those at the 800-foot level in the No. 1 shaft for ventilation, &c. The number of men employed is 61. The Egerton Company.-This company have again· resumed operations in the shaft in the cutting, and are now raising stone from it and the No. 2 "Rose" shaft. They have commenced reducing quartz with the new engine and battery, of which mention was made jn my last report, and have now 43 stamp,·heads regularly at work. The number of men employed is 175. South Learmonth and Egerton Amalgamated Company.-During the quarter this company have regularly been at work prospecting their ground at the 400 and 500-foot levels. Although a lode has been met with in the 500-foot level, and work?d for a distance of 170 feet, yet it is found to be unremunerative, as the ground is much broken up in consequence of crosscuts and slides. The number of men employed is 20. · · ,. The Argyle Company during the quarter have principally been engaged in crushing quartz which was left on the surface by a.previous party. 240 tons were crushed, which yielded 36 ozs. of gold, or 3 dwts. to the tun. The number of men employed is 6. • North Argyle Company.-This company have been engaged in prospecting their e,>Tound at a depth of 135 feet, but as yet nothing of a remunerative nature has been met with. The number of men employed is 5. The Chinese company of 12 men, re!{istered as Ah Jack and Co., are still engaged in washing the tailings from the Egerton Company's battery, with the same result as last quarter, having obtained an average yield of 4 ozs. of gold per week, or a total of 52 ozs. for the quarter. · The Chinese company of 11 men washing the tailings from the Black-horse, United Company's battery have not been so successful as Ah Jack and Co., as only 26 ozs. of gold were obtained during the quarter, or an average yield of 2 ozs. per week. Gordon.-Parker's United Company.-This company during the quarter have raised and crushed from their underlay shaft, Qn lease block 1023, 1,100 tons of quartz, which yielded 422 ozs. of gold, or 7 dwts. 16'15 grs. to the ton. This shaft is now a total depth of 455 feet, and the lode is still from 7 to 8 feet in thickness. The drive from the main (engine) shaft at a depth of 400 feet has been connected with the workings in the underlay shaft, and the quartz obtained from this shaft is trucked at this level to the engine-shaft, a distance of about 2,200 feet. With a view of cutting a payable lode, which is known to exist to the south of the main shaft, prospecting operations· are · being carried on at the 400-foot level. The number of men employed is 60. No work has been done by the Homeward-bound Company during the quarter, hut the machinery is still on the ground. Mars Company ha:ve sunk a shaft 50 feet in depth, opened out and driven 20 feet, at which distance a lode was cut, which appears not to be carrying golg. They, however; intend to test its value by sinking another shaft upon it farther north. The number of men employed is 3. , . United Miners Company.-During the quarter this company have sunk a shaft 70 feet in depth, opened out at t"(lat depth and dr-iven west 27 feet. A well-defined lode, carrying a little gold, was met with at this point. Ten feet have been driven along its course. No trial crushing has yet been made. •rhe number of men employed is 6. IRoN. Lal Lal Iron Company, Lal Lal.-No ore has been raised nor smelted during the quarter.

STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. 0. W. Collins," ]J1ining Registrar. There has been but little gold obtained on any of the fields in thls division during the past quarter, as will be seen by the returns. Water has been very scarce. No water was sold during the quarter.

BLACKWOOD ·DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining· Registrar.

Qu A.RTZ MINING. . Mining matters on the whole have been rather stagnant during the 'quarter. With the exceptions of the Sultan and 1\iounter Brothers' mines no remunerative returns have been obtained from any of the mines at present held in this division; this, however, is mainly owing t0 the great scarpity of water, which not only stopped all batteries driven by water power, but also ,a number of steam-engines where only a limited supply can be obtained. The Sultan Company are sinking their main shaft another 100 feet, or to a total depth of 800 feet. The present l?west level (700 feet) has now been thoroughly opened up with good prospects of payable gold, and as the permanency of reefs in this division has now been established, hopes are entertained that it will be the means of bringing ~n capital for a further development of the numerous lodes in the district. 26'

The S?ltana Comp:my are driving south of their shaft at tlie 2oo:foot level. They have come upon gold-bearing quartz at a distance of 120 feet from t4e shaft. The t\lfue of the .stone has not bee!l ascertained, no opening up having as· yet taken place. •·· ., · '· · 1 · : .,., ·· ··• •·• •· · , . The a.rea formerly held by the Constellation Company, Wright's Reef, has been recently taken up by a party of 12 co-operative shareholder:s. under. the style of tlie st·a:r aiid Stripes Quartz Mining Company; they are driving a ·tunnel, ·and ha Ye reached a distance of 240 feet, and expect to strike the reef within another 200 feet, which .will give about 200 feet of backs. As the result of former crusj:dngs from..the upper levels proved payable, the shareholders are· confident of the venture turning out remunerative. Should this prove correct, it would. undoubtedly haye;t)le:.eff<)ct of:again starti;:tg the adjoining claims, namely, the Red, White, and Blue and the North Britain companies, now un'\l'orked and 1dle for some time back. . ALLUV~AL' MINING. . ' Had a supply of water ftom the ~overnment · re~~~voi~. il.ot. been ava,ilable, the wo~kings of banks and .river beds would have'been almost entirely suspended ..The bed of phe river has, in most instances, been work~d over arid over again, in• consequence of which the returns m·e very small as a ruJe; exceptions,,howev.er, OCCUr occasionally, as from a reliahle·source I hear that a party of six Cliinese miners have, within thelast·two nionths,"disposed of parcels of gold to the value of about £250. ·' . ' ' . . The average quantity of water-sold was four sluice-heads, at 10s .. per .week per sluice-head.' ,._ -..

BALL AN SUBDIVISION. : 1.lfr. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar. . ·": , . Mining has been almost at a .standstill ig •tll!s · subgivision du;ing th~. ·guarter, an, ~cclderit :ha:~ng. happened t

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, ¥ ~Mr. Alexatider Alderdiae, Mlningi Registrar. -·~1 ·., ,l : • • • •• _ • • , •• ~. ',, t ·:s, · : • "- ' . 4 • • " • ~ " • •• • • The want of water in this division still continues, and in consequence all kinds of mining are riearlY,.at astarid~· s~ill. The output of gold for the _past quart'

'.: \I f ,', YACKANDANDAH DIVISION. Mr. Peter Wrigltt, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

'·• • ,;!,, •' "'.' J ~~ • ; ...,:: I ~ :':' • • !!..'~~, .... ~ ~.· ·.~J~ ""r,•· -_';.':'} .~,.':.~).~··~:: 1 ·~1'\,: ,','t ·•·-~-i·"","·~•t1 '••'";•:·.n.~•;!•i ' INDIGO DIVISION . .Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar• .Mining ·o~erations duri11g th_e· quru.:ter·pav~r:pe~n unprt:~edepj;edly dull, o~ing to the cont~nu9d.dry weathel' and consequent scarcity of water. · . · .'' .. · .' - ... " ... ··· ·· .... '· ·' "": · The machine of Harris and Oo., at Rutherglen, h:,ta been wholly 1d)e; hut· the mme has been stead1ly worked and a large quantity of rich stone brought to grass, which since the late 'rains is now being operated upon. A new claim has been taken up.on the fiat into which the Great Eastern Reef. is trending. There appears to be a. determin11tion on the part <;>f the, ~u~ine?s, P,eople as, wpll. as ~J!.e opt;mtiv7 minCI'i? t~, give this, as weq as the neighboring reef~ :;.round R?therglen, .. a fair trial. · · ' , · . ~ . . · · . .. Quartz mmmg at Ch:Jtern contmues;;as usual< v::;ry dull. . , , ...... _ . · , 'l'he claim of the Ch1ltern Valley M1nes Company may now be sa1d to be m worhng order. The pu.mps are 'permanently fixed and·the ~ain drives are being open~d. Qut~ ., .. , ' · , · ~· · 'fhe Chinese population on the dry leads has diminished to a considerable extent; ·Depending wholly on the stock of water in small dams or reservoirs, many, ~fter stacking washdirt, sludg~? &c., have been 'compelled to leave_ for more favored districts. , No water sold during the quarter. 27

BUCKLAND DtVISidN.. 11-Ir. Lewis C.. Kinc"itela, Mining .Registrar. · Alluvial mining in this division is st.ill almost excluaive~y i~. th.e .hands of the;C;hin~se, a large proportio~ of whom are merely fossicking. The only two 1mportant Uftdertakmgs m th1s class of mmmg m European hands, v1z., the Bright Extended Sluicincr Company and .i\:Iessrs. Brown !l.nd Airey's claim' at Freeburgh, upon each of which from £700 to £1,000 1-tave been e~pended, have not py any means ;-ealized the projectors'. e~pectations.. . The very small quantity of quartz crushed here dunng the past quarter 1s m part owmg to the scarc1ty of water, but results ch:iefly ~ro~ t~e greater _number of our. mos~ important .reefs be.ing, ~or the present at least,, non­ productive. There 1s no mdwatwii of any 1mproveme!lt e1ther m the quantity of stone ra1sed, and consequently m the number of. hands engaged for wages, for the ensuing·winter. . . . . The average per ton of the quartz crushed here for t~e pas~ quarter, v1z., 1 oz_. ~ .dwts ..18:27 grs., 1s worthy o~ ,, note, being by far the highest of any quarterly average obt~med m .the Buckland·drnswn Wlthtn any twelve years experience. . . . . ' . Eight sluice-heads of water, averaging 10s. per head per week, were sold in the quarter.

ALEXANDRA. SUBDIVISION.· Mr. R. W.. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING. · Alluvial mining in our deep leads is absolutely ~t a standstill.·. The Triumph Company's machinery has been removed from the ground, and the plant of the New Gobur Company has also been disposed of and par~ially r':moved. The workings in the Goulburn River, and other shallow workings, have not proved remunerat1ve durmg the past quarter, the latter chiefly arising from the extreme drought of this season.

QUARTZ MINING. The Perseverance Tt;ibute Company have been engaged in draining their works, repairing their shafts.and drives, and are ·now raising quartz. . The Providence Company have been engaged during the past quarter in draining their m,ines and in prospecting their ground;, they have now nearly completed their drainage, and are in hopes .of crus~in~ durin~ the ensuin? quarter. The tnbute party at the Welcome Reef, Tea-tree Ureek, have been engaged smkmg the1r shaft. They hope to resume winning quartz during the ensuing quarter. The returns herewith are very meagre, chiefly owing to the claims recently worked at the .A.cheron giving out, and no now discoveries being made in that vicinity.

DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. Pemberton, 111ining Regist1·m·. There is an improvement in quartz prospecting since my last report on the table-land, Dry Creek. A machine is in course of erection. · ·

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, lJfining Surveyor and Registrar. The excellent yields obtained by 'the tributers of the A 1 Gold Mining Company; and of Hunt:s, acting as stimulants to the remarkable enterprise of the miners of this subdhision, have caused every mine with available machinery to be taken up by tributers, with one solitary exception.. It is therefore with hopeful anticipations of good yields to come that we look forward, to the proximate winter rains. · . . The A 1 Company's tributers continue on excellent stone, a~d; but for want of water, would be crushing. The Hunt's Company's tributers, having all but completed the crushings of old mullock, are on excellent prospects in the reef. The Wallaby tributers are driving for· their best shot of gold, U11d have: yet some lOO feet to go; but they are also crushing inferior matrix, giving them about 30s. a week per 'man. ' · · The Golden Belt tributers have obtained yields justifying, so far, the extreme percentage (37 per cent.) they are giving for the mine, say about £2 per man per week. · The Rose of Denmark mine is again on tribute, al)d the tributers (six men) have just washed up 69 ozs. 5 dwts. for six weeks' work, which, according to their tribute,arrangements, will give thein wages at the rate of £3 5s. or thereabouts a week. They expect an improved result next crushing. The Great Eastern, the Lauraville, and Dempsey's have all been lately taken by parties of tributers, and two of these are already at work. - · In addition to the above cheering facts is to be recorded the diseover'y by William Brown (prospeeting.for him­ self and a party of contributing miners and others resident at Sailor Bill's Creek and the Ten-Mile) of a reef long looked for on Ryan's Creek, and of which specimens had been found more than twelve years ago by Mr. D. Harris and his brother. The vein is about 8 in. thick near the surface, on which it shows without any cap, and pes in metamorphic slate. The stone is first class, carrying its gold imbedded in the quartz in solid pellets freely dispersed, and promising a yield of some 4 ozs. per ton. , The alluvial miners have averaged about 30s. per week during the quarter • . . . I hear of no water having been sold. No miners are engaged on raising other minerals than gold in.this sub- diVISion. ·

WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, 111ining Surveyor ~nd Registrar. There is but little to report of this subdivision. The ente;rprise or' miners is discouraged by the absence of any· material assistance on the part of storekeepers or others, and the progress of the dislrict is thus arrested . . The Prince of W: ales tr!buters hav:- obtaine~ a ha.ndson:-e reward !'or their enterp_rise, as also the tributers of the Mormng Star Prospectmg chum, :and the Hope 'rnbute has y1elded a fa1r return. Milling languishes notwithstanding, and tribute parties are only formed with great dilliculty, and are easily discouraged. The summer has been unusually· dry withal, and water scarce at most wat~r-power engines. 28

The Lady Franklin Company, after spending. much time and £400 on a tunnel, have suspended their operations and are once more raising gold out of their original workings. The mine looks well.' · ' The alluvial miners have done fairly during the past quarter, their earnings amounting to about 27s. per week ~m~ . ,I do not hear of any water having been sold. . · - No miners are employed in this district on other metals than. gold. '

BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. M;r. A. B. Ainswoith, Mining Surveyor_ and Registrar. The prospects of this subdivision have not improved. The summer has been unusually dry, and reducing operations were necessarily suspended· in consequence. 'l'he Luck 's All is not yet at work, but the Londonderry i:nine is once more under tribute. The tributers are repairing the old rails of the. tramways of this mine while waiting for water. ' The Unknown mine is looking well, but the owners cannot resume crushing operations until the winter rains shall have begun to fall. . . The Belle of Victoria mine is also.once more at work, but little is to be expected in the way of returns. The dl'y season has favored the river workings, but the earnings of the alluvial miners have been very small (under £1 per man per week), and the withholding of the lands from settlement along the river banks leaves them · but a very precarious existence, and drives them out of the district. · · I hear of no water being sold. No miners employed in the search of other metals than gold.

MITTA MITTA DIVISION. lflr. W. H. Cochrane, llfinir1g Registrm:. ' . The alluvial diggings on the Mitta Mitta and Snowy Creek: hJve been rather-slack this quarter, in consequence of the continued dry weather. There is little fresh to report, excepting that a small msh has occurred to the Dart . Rjver, a tril:lutary of the Mitta. Ahout 25 men are at work, but as yet little more than prospecting has been done. · No water was sold during the quarter.

JAMIESON ·suBDIVISION. Mr. W. H. Edwards,.Mining Registrar. There is but little of importance to report with reference to the past quarter, no new discoveries having been • ·made. The Gleeson Lease Company have been unable· to cmsh during the past quarter, owing to the scarcity of water. · · · ·. · The Sailor Bill's Company, having purchased machinery, are making arrangements for its immediate erection, as they have stone broken sufficient to keep it in full work for six months. · The Poverty Company have made a fresh start and are- now driving a low-level tunnel. They expect to strike 0 the reef in about 200 fe•et. · . The Mack .Creek . Company are still driving the :bottom level along the reef, hut the results of the cmshings during the past· quarter have not been up to expectations. The Alabama Company are doing well and are extending the bottom level to the north. The stone is looking well. · The No.l South Alabama, having made arrangements with the Alabama Company for the use of' their tqnnel, are now opening out the reef. The stone is looking well. . · .

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

SANDHURST DIVISION. .Mr. N. G. Stephfms, Mining Ref:!istrar . . In quartz mining there has been a considerable falling off m the quantity crushed and the average yield, ·although as many or more claims have contributed to the total. About a month since an alluvinJ prospecting party (Messrs. Wells, Massoni, and Pattm·son) reported having fomid payable gold in some made hills about five miles from Sandhurst on the l\'Ici vor road. A: rush ~o the place­ called the Homebush diggings_:_ensued, and in a fortnight se;reral hundred digg~rs bad marked o~t cl~im,s an.d commenced sinking, but only a few of them bottomed, and no finds worth ment10nmg were made. The smkmg IS from 20 to 40 feet, part of it through v:ery hard conglomerate. The place is now ahnost deserted, but there are a few left who are determined to give it a further trial, feeling assured from the prospects they have obtained that they will be able to make a living there. · The same kind of country extends for milt!s, and has been tried in various places years ago, but never thoroughly tested. . ' The quantity of. water sold for mining purposes during the past quarter is 22,632,000 gallons. 29

Additional information respecting some of' the qua,rtz, &c., crushed during the past quarter, included in the tables , prefixed to these repor~s :- . ,.., .· Depth at which Name o! Company. Where Quartz,&c., li ~i yfe~~u~f A;~~fJo the Quartz 1!~-al Width of Reef, &c. were obtained. , ~ ~ Gold. -\"'er'Ton. was obtained. s~.; ---1----1------1---'---l------1 tons. oz. dwt.gr. oz. dwt.gr. feet. New.. chum and Victoria •• Victoria Reef .. I 366 493 4 0 ·1 6 22•82 lOO to 610 feet From I foot to 4 feet Heroules and Energetic •• Victoria Reef 284 152 19 10 0 10 18'54 ilOo reet ... 72 From 1 foot to 5 feet Alfred Trlbnte •• Victoria Reef 34 14 12 15 0 8 H·56 250 feet •• 8 or 4 feet South Victoria Reef Amal· ;Victoria Reef .. I 80 85 '8 0 0 8 20'40 620 feet .. 6 feet gamated Victoria lleef G. M. .. Victoria Reef 2,749. 995 s 0 0 7 . 5•98 220feet .. .. ISO From 6 inches to 48 feet Adventure and Advance Victoria Reef Ho 45 4 14 0 7 20•78 350 feet and above 160 Principally spurs Amalgamated Victoria Consols • • Victoria Reef 1,176 426 1 10 0. 7 5•90 500 feet •• From 3 feet to 0 feet Albert . • • • . • Diamond Hlll Reef •• 525 612 5 12 1 3 7•79 30 and 250 feet .. From 1 foot to 4 feet AI bert Tribute .. Diamond Hill Reef .. 418 590 4 0 1 8 5•74 260 feet .. .. 50 From 6 inches to 6 feet Garden Gully United • • Garden Gnlly Reef •. 3,590 3,245 7 0 0 18 J•92 400 to 668 feet .. From 3 feet to 15 feet Londonderry .. • • Garden Gully Reef .. 433 414 16 0 0 19 S·R2 380 to 440 feet .. From S inches to 12 inches. Unity .. .. Garden Gully Heel .. 793 863 18 0 I l 18·91 710 feet .. • • • 245 From 2 feet to 10 feet Unity Freehold • • • . Garden Gully !tee! ... 68 56 12 19 0 16 15•81 400feet .. .. 10 inches Victory • , • • • • Gatden Gully Heef •• 2,849 1,859 17 0 0 9 13•11 610 feet .. .. l''rom 1 foot to 4 feet. Pandora .. .. Garden Gully Reef .. 2,930 1,434 10 0 o 9 IY·uo l}etween600&7ooft. The bulk is about 2 feet Koch's Pioneer • • • . Garden Gully Reef •• 358 54 I 18 0 3 0"52 812 to 900 feet .. 47 succession of spurs Carlisle, North Garden Garden Gully Heel:· 1,447 507 8 0 o 7 o·s1 730 to 854 feet .. 90 At 730-foot level, 20 feet; at 854 Gully, and l'assby foot level, 13 feet Hustler's Reef Hustler's Reef 648 575 8 15 0 17 18"24 725,900, & 1,000 feet 66 A vemge 1 foot Extndd. Hustler's Freehold Hustler's Heel 239 62 9 22 0 5 5•51 185 and 230 feet •• 8 iuches to 2 feet Great Extended Hustler's •• Hustler's Reef 2,257 1,427 11 0 0 12 15•59 600 and 680 feet .. 90 Western reef, 40 feet; old eastern 2 feet Great Hustler's •. .. Hustler's Reef 665 421 2 0 0 12 H\·95 500,600,900, &950ft. At 500 and 600 feet, 12 feet; a 900 and 9~0 feet, I foot North Hustler's •• • * Hustler's Reef 374 73 15 3 o 3 22'66 250 feet A. E. ;>Ioore's Claim .. • Hustler~s Reef 814 874 5. 0 1 ·1 11'1\3 245 feet .. 70 A \'"erage 8 feet Lazarus •• .. New-chum Reef 603 "484 8 0 0 16 l•fl9 290 to 700 feet 140 From 1 foot to 27lect Lazarus No. 1 ~ • .. New-chum Reef 1,995 1,111 11 0 0 11 3"44 290 to 800 feet 140 From 1 loot to 30 feet. Reached the top of a new formation at 900 feet New-chum Consolidated.. New-churn lli:;et •• 388 272 12. 1 0 l4 1•24 Surface to 500 feet From 1 foot to 1 0 feet North 01Iungo Reef .. 193 135 I) 6 0 14 0•40 370 to 517 feet .. Small spurs Ellenborough . . St. ~Iungo Reef .. 270 72 13 21 0 5 9·23 From surface •• 120 From 1 foot to 6 feet spurs Duchess of Edinburgh . • Devonshire !tee! •• 1,~95 514 3 0 0 7 22'b7 350 feet .. .. 100 Spurs Princess Alexandra ~. Devonshire Reef •• 2,699 1,284 9 0 0 9 12•(3 244 and 344 feet .. 1.}0 Spurs Johnson's Reef Ext. Trlb. Johnson's Reef •• 250. 395 '6 o 1 11 14•97 450 feet .. .. From 3 inchel! to 9 inches Rose of Denmark • • Johnson's Reef •• 756 817 13 0 1 1 111•83 Princess J)agmar Tribute.. Johnson's Ueef .. 90 92 18 0 1 0 14'13 200 feet North Johnson's.. .. Johnson's Reef .. 281 . 184 7 3 0 13 2"91 250 to 600 feet .. F1:om 3 inches to 7 feet Johnson's Reef G,l\£, . • Johnson's Reef •• 6,825 1,231 19 0 0 3 J4•64 110 to 600 feet United Persevemnce • • Perseverance Reef •• 71 62 15 0 0 17 16•22 312 feet •• 1 foot ltoyni Oak .. .. Persevemnce Reef .. 109 55 12 0 0 10 4"84 350 feet Windmill Hill , • • Windmill ll!li Reel •• 53 41 IS 4 0 15 19"55 200 feet Central Windmill Hill • . Windmill Hill Reef . ·• 240 48 8 5 0 4 0'82 300 feet & above •• . 300 Spurs Graham's Lease • . • • Moon Reef ••- .. 195 104 19 12 0 10 IS·4o Surface to 130 feet 110 Spurs New ll1oon .. .. Moon Reef.. , .. 7S2 226 14 lS 0 6 19'17 100 to 360 feet .. no 2 feet 6 Inches Boyd and Jameo • • Great Eastern Reef , • 784 526 10 20 0 13 10•37 75 feet , .. .. 150 Spurs from 6 Inches to 30 Inches. Workings 25 feet in width at north end and 20 feet In south end Emp!M .. .. Derwent Reef 407 76 u 0 0 8 18'45 Christma• Reef .• • . Christma• Reef - 41 106 18 8 2 u 3•!)8 lOO to 120 feet l20 llnch to 18 Inches Great Britain .• • . Prince Alfred Ueef •• 1,453 534 2 0 0 7 8'44 225 feet .. 80 Spurs MOrtling Light. . • .. Trevillian Iteef 1,171 190 8 0 0 3 6•04 450 feet •• 180 2 feet North Whip .. .. Whip Reef.. 350 19 o· o 7 o·28 360 feet .. so From 18 Inches to 7 feet Oriental Perseverance Flom Reef •• :: '1,~~ 77 2 o o a 1·14 South Extended Monday .. Carshalton Heel 194 114 18 1lofeet ' United Devonshire •• Devonshire Reef 785 326' 0 g g, I~ 2~:i: 327feet .. 250 Spurs

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Albert . . . . • . Diamond filll Reef •. 2 6 5 6· a 2 15 Great Extended Hustler's.. Hustler's Reef .. · 38 191 11 11! I) 0 19•89 North Shenandoah • • New-chum Reef • ~ 13 18 19 0 1 8 9•23 Treatment, rever­ Pandora .. .. Garden Gully Reef .. 30 82 10 0 2 1.'> 0 batory furllll.Ce United Devonshire • • Devonshire Iteef •• 5! 9 18 0 1 16 0 } VIctoria Reef G. M. . . Victoria R~ef .. 15 13 16 0 0 18 9•60 . ' NOTE.-Th~ ab.ove figures are not to be added to those in the "tables prefixed to these re orts. They are already massed and included in the tables.

KILM:ORE DIVISION. Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar. A prospecting party have been raising quartz at the Shepherd's Reef, Reedy Creek, but the distance to the mill was too grea~ to allow of profits; and the claim has been placed under exemption. , Alluvial miners on Sunday and Reedy Creeks are obtaining a. mere pittance, No water was sold in tpis division during the quarter.

HEATH COTE DIVISION .AND WARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. As far as regards the public companies in this division, there is no alteration to report. Mining operations are being pursued steadily. Two claims, held ~nder mineril' rights by Charles Husfeldt and ·Michael Manton respectively, have produced some very good stone during the,last quarter, yielding about~ o~s. to the ton. As the gold was taken to Melbourne 11nd sold there, it does not appear in my return. ~o water was sol

t,,, WAR,ANGA)S'ORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Henry 1l~cks, 1riining Regi~tra~. No change has taken place in the number of alluvial or quartz miners since last report; the long drought having had the effect of drying up all water-holes, it has been· impossible for the .former to pursue their usual employment. 1 • . The yield of gold from the quartz mines is.:unusually small, a fact easily accounted for by the want of water • . Some of the best claims have .stone in paddocks awaiting crushing. · · · . At ·coy's Diggings and White Hills Jhe present prospects are' good. At Rush~orth; Holmes's machine,:so long idle, has been repaired, and has started-crushing- this .. week.· ·At Whroo, the manager ·of the Balaclava Company reports-" On account of scarcity of water the r.eturns for the quarter·are very poor. Several of the old veins are·Iiow . looking up." ·'• . -' : .,. . ' . '' ' ': , j I ', j' • ., ·'' i ·'· I'

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M.:AR,YBORQUGH DIVISION. ''I " Mr. P~ Vi;tue,jun., )J'fining Registrar.

. +\.LLUVIAL ·MINING. For the first two months of ·the quarter the s~atcity of water, consequent'on the long-pr'otracted drought, was , severely felt, and had a most deP.ressing, eff<:ct on mining operations· generally. An extemled alluvial c!ai!lf of .sil' acres, situate at Cl;tinaman's Flat, and two. prospe'cting alluvial claims situate respectively at· Flagstaff and Chinaman's ll'lat, have be.~n register!ld during the quarte:r~ ·,;The prospecting Claim at Chinaman's, Flat lies between the lease-of the John Bright Company and Humbug. Lead ;.,the. depth of. sinking is 50 feet; and the prcispiiet, so'far, averages 6 dwts. a load ;· the gold: obtained -is_ coarse· and heavy, and a nugget weighing l'oz. 15 dwts. has been f~und. There is a considerable area of new country in tht; •ictnity. 9f the claim, an.d a nl!mber of miners are present who will soon thoroughly test its character•. · . . . : . :l,'he new' tribute party of the l{uches,s, of Timor claim are now, doing exceedingly well'; the average weekly yield of gold obtained from the .claim reaches from 250 to 300 ozs., and there is every prospect of this fine yield continuing for a long time to come. The quanty of water pumped per minute is 1,640 gallons. The claim of the . Junction Company was rec~ntly sold ·at ~he instance (>f 'one of the banks.'" This property is now in the h!J.nds of 'a: ii~w company, who have named the claim.the ''Try Again."• I believe this claim is rich, and that liefore long good yields 1 will be obtained from it. . ·· : . . . • The follo"'ing is a statement of the gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines iil: this division during the quarter :~. ' 'oz. dwt.' gr • Band of Hope, Chinaman's ...... 387 11 18 Duke and Timot:, Timor 1,'992 14 0 ·Count Bismarck, Alma ... !,. 110 2 .o Seaham, Alma 133 0 0 I, . ' Ghtdst'on~,.,.;\lma: •.•• 114 15 0 ·New Magnum Bonum, Alma 244 0 o. Queen, Alma 561 10 12 St~ Osyth, Ohina~n) 43 7 .12

Total 3,5~7 0)8

' '·' ,, . ' A dividend as under has been paid during the quarter.by,the company named:...;,. I·, £ s. d. Gladstone, Alma, 600, 0 0

,',QUARTZ MINING.· Mr. Reade, the proprietor 'of the AlfNation's battery,', has written, to me as follows:_;_" Since last quarter's returns the battery was idle eleven weeks and four days for want of water. I have only ten days' crushing· to report." The Great Extended, at Blucher's, crushed 623 tons for 151 ozs., oi 4 dwts. 20'34 gas. a ton; the result has disappointed the shareholders, who have now let the claim on tribute ,at 15 per cent. on the gross yield of gold. Mr. Edward O~Farrell has taken the Mariners' Reef claim on tribu~e. He proposes to sublet his interest in the cla4n to' suitable parties of working· miners.

~ .' .' MAJORCA: ·SUBDIVISION. Mr. John M. 1lfurpky, Mining Registrar. . I have the honor to report that 'during the 'past quarter mining in this· subdivision has been very dull, especially in alluvial. The Golden Gate. Company and the U:pited Miners' Company, Rocky _Flat, have both bottomed their shafts, and are now engaged. main driving with sanguine hopes of success~ The Duke of Edinburgl::\ Company, 'Walker's Paddock, McCall!fm's Creek, has been let on. tribute, and are now driving for another run of alluvial ground. The Prince Alfred Company (quartz), Deed'~'Reef, German Gully, have had a couple of good ·crushings during the quarter, the quartz averag:i~g over 4 ozs: 4 d•vts.: tc:'th~ ton. _The ,Reliance ~ompany, the ~op.g Meng and Columbia Company, and the Enterpnse Company, are· stJll.1dle for the.. want of cap1tal, although 1t lS an accepted fact that there is good payable rich ground in each of the claims. 31

.A.MHERST DIVISION. :;Mr. Joseph Smitlt, JYiining Surveyor and Registrar. · Owing to the scarcity of water I have to report a falling off in the yield of gold, but the large claims give about the smp.e as usual •. : In .quartz mining there .is only one .claim which is noticeable, viz., Union, Churchhill Reef, .An:iherst, wh1ch has yielded .4 ozs. 12 dwts. 20·44 grs. per ton. '

A VOCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. D. 0 1Lea;y, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. . Owing to an exceptionally dry summer and consequent absence of water, alluvial mining in the division was all but suspended during last quarter; now; however, that the recent rains have filled the puddlers' dams, operations will·be speedily resumed.· At Homebush, in the Working Miners' claim, prospects continue favorable; the main drive in the lower level is further extended westerly 31.9 feet, being now a distance from the main shaft of 1,129 feet.

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QUARTZ, • Qu~rtz mining has also suffered frop1 want of water. In the Monto Christo !')line, south of the. township, the' tributers have been sinking for tlie middle reef, and at a depth of 100 feet are driving to cut it. There is nothing fresh from the Pyrenees reefs, no crushing having been done during the quarter. No water has been sold during the quarter.

DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Mr. W. G. Couchman, JYiining Surveyo; and Registrar. Dunol(y Division. During the past quarter a slight .improvement in quartz mining has taken place in this division. · Bealiba Reef.-Queen's Birthday Company have crushed 1,224 tons of quartz for a yield of 804 ozs. 6 dwts. of gold, or.an average of 13 dwts. 3'41 grs. per ton. The prospects of the mine are very good; the lode now being worked at the 300 and 400-foot levels is 15 feet thick, from which more stone eau be obtained than their present appliances can crush. Another battery of five stamp-heads is abopt to be erected .. '{'his company recently purchased tl1e Golds­ ·broughQuartz Mining Company's mine and plant, and as the ground adjoins their own leases it makes a Tery valuable addition to their property .. ·Two pairs of Chilian mills have been erected for the treatment of tailings and pyrites. Another lease of 15 acres of ground has been' applied for in· the legal manager's name, adjoining east of their existing leases, and two other ·lei)-S\iS s~uth and sout~-e\l>st. have been applied for, for gold mining purposes, by Messrs. Yates and Berwick respectively. . .. · · · · Monday Morning Reef has been taken up by a co-operative party. Wayman's Reef, Moliagul.-Pumping and winding machinery is being erected. Queen's Reef Company, Moliagul.-The tributers are now working a lode 3 feet thick, at a depth of 75 feet, with good prospects. ·

The Prince of Wales Tribute Company have been in full work during the quart(;lr, for a yield of 334 ozs, 17 dwts. of gold; some main driving had to be done. They have now tapped the lead at a lower level with ex:celle~t prospects. Tarnagulla. During the quarter mining has been nearly at a standstill both in quartz and alluvial.

ING'LEWOOD 'DIVISION. Mr. W •. .If. l(offey, Min!nrj Registrar; The prosp~cts cif thi.dl'ones Quartz· Mining Company and Watson's Claim have 'toth improved si.nce my last report. No other change has taken place. ·· · · · . · · · ·

•:. WEDDERBURN 'DIVISION. Mr •. John Reach, JYfining Registrar. : '. 1\Hi:ung, especially quiuiz,~still'cbntinues very stagnant. .A smau·auuvial rush took place last week about half ~ p1ile ~rQ:tp. Wedderburn, the prospector obtaining 2 ozs, 14 dwts. for one week's work. The gold was of a coarse and ragged nat)l~e •. There are no appearances of the rush assuming large proportions. . . No water is 'stored here for sale. ·

REDBANK SUBDIVISION. Mr: IJ. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

In the low ranges, betwee~ Redbank and Moon~ bel, a rush set in about a fortnight ago in shallow ground, and some good prospects wero obtamed. In a few days 1t turned out to be only a patch, and the place is now nearly deserted. . No water was sold during the quarter. -32

ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. G. Coucltman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The Greenock Reef Gold Mining Company, Greenock Reef, during the last quarter have crushed 261 tons of quartz, olitained from the 350-foot level, for a yield of 222 ozs. 10 dwts. of gold, or an average of 17 dwts. 1·20 gi:s. per .ton. There is nothing of any importance t9 report from the other reefs. Alluvial mining is_ very du11.

ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVI$ION. Mr. W. G. Couchman, llfining Surveyor and Registrar._ 'Mining matters in this subdivision have been very dull dilring the past quarter. • . , Wilson's HilL-The Sandhurst and St. Arnatid Chrysolite Tribute Company have been engaged breaking' out stone from the 600-foot level; 802 tons crushed yielded 239 ozs. of gold, or an average of 5 dwts. 23·04 grs. per ton. The main shaft. has been sunk to a depth of 689 feet, at which a cross-cut is about to be opened for the reef. This company have purchased the machinery of t_he New Isis Company, Stuart Mill, which they are going to aQ:d to that which they have already. erected. The Lord Raglan Company are _raising and crushing stone from the 450 and 500- foot levels; 370 tons. crushed yielded 74 ozs. of gold, or an average of 4 dwts. per ton.

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.· 1Jfr. Thomas L; Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. . ' Very little change in the phase of mining operations ·and prospects has occurred during the· quarter. Several prospecting claims have been taken up upon abandoned reefs and some leased ground, as the Old Quartz Hill, Old Wattle Gully, Caledonia companies, and others, are being re-worked, but as yet 'without discovering any very rich stone. , . · . The Eureka Consols have connected their 360 and 460-foot levels by a winze and are now well ventilated. The Oriental Company have struck the reef at 150 feet deep, 2 feet 6 inches thick, showing a little gold. The Chewton United have driven their 230-foot cross-cut 217 feet east under their old runs of gold; and in their 290-foot cross-cut west they have what they consider the main reef, in which the gold appears to be striking north. The Ajax Tribute are on payable stone at the 300-foot level. The Old Quartz Hill 'J;ribute are sink~ng .a winze upon the eastern face of. the reef, 'expecting thereby to find the old runs of gold. Several private rarties are obtaining good prospects and hope for better times.

FRYER',S CR~EK DIVISION. 1Jfr. 1Jfark ..4.mos, JJfining Surveyor and Registrar.

PoPULATION. There has been 'no perceptible alteration during th~ past quarter; a few persons have left to enga'ge in agricul- t nr11l pursuits, but. others have taken their place. · · . . FUDDLING AND 8LUIOING. Operations, although· not highly remunerative, are still carried on by a few, wh,o will-probably for a limited 0 period adhere to an old system of gold extraction, which seems to be satisfactory. . ,

QUARTZ MINING. In a general way there is a marked improvement, and some of the olrl abandoned ground is being taken up a~d re-worked, notably that on the old Sebastopol Reef, Middletoil Creek; a party of miners (Messrs. Williams and Com- pany) have taken up a claim there, which promises to pay very well. • This small co-operative company have p_urchased and removed the engine and plant formerly in possession of the Cattle's Reef Company, at Fryerstown; the machinery is not very extensive or of great value, but will probably answer the purpose of the company>lwho will be able to crush their quartz on the spot, and thus save the serious item of cartage. · . · · The re:working of this reef is .expected to lead to the prospecting of the ranges i~ the immediate neighborhood the indications being highly favorable to the existence of numerous quartz reefs. Claims have already been taken up and operations commenced-in the immediate locality. . · The Ferron's Company are still sinking the main shaft, the total depth of which is 343 feet from surface; the deepest cross-cut 330 feet, in which payable gold has been recently struck, although not yet sufficiently developed to report upon. - · The Fryers Company resumed work during the past quarter at the 230 and 265-foot levels. A cross-cut west at the 265"foot level is being driven ; they are 11lso driving south on the lode, but have at present no crushings. Rowe Brothers and the Duke of Cornwall Company are still working with their usual energy and remunerative returns. . Persever:J.nce Oompany.-'l'his company are working energetically, but their returns are very u\oderate. The Black Hawk Company have had no crushing during the quarter. _ Sorensen and Company, Specimen Hill, have sunk<_~. new shaft 120 feet_ deep ; after driving 20 feet west, they struck il riew reef; no crushing yet therefrom, but gold is seen in the stone, · · · , ·, 33

· HEPBURN DIVISION. J:lr. Thomas Hale, jJ:fining Registrar, 'rhere is a falling off in both the number of miners and the amount of gold, the great drought contributing iu some degree to produce that effect. · The Cornish Company are working from the upper levels and to 520 feet ; they expect to cut the Crown Reef 20 feet further than the end of drive,. which is 352 west of shaft. Specimen Hill Company are stoping in the lower level at 540 feet, the reef being 6 feet thick. Dividends are paid as usual; the stone got in the cross-cut from the lower level is looking well. , Ajax Company obtained 401 ozs. from 510 tons at the 140 to 150-foot level. They are, stoping and driving in the lower level; the reef is 3 feet thick. A.rgus Company are pushing on much the same as previously reported. . Union Company are in the tunnel at Witfield's Gully, 663 feet. They have struck payable gold, a trial crush- ing giving 7 ozs. to the ton. . • Franklinford Company are erecting an engine purchased at Smeaton some time since.

TARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. Thomas Orwin, Alining Registrar, The mines in this division have not improved during the ·quarter, yet the miners are hopeful and are daily expecting an improvement. 'Efforts are being made to obtain payable stone in the ranges on the east of the Coliban, also on the Belltopper ranges. A claim on the Belltopper ranges has been recently taken up by a few local miners, and payable gold h:as been struck. The last crushing yielded 2 ozs. 5 dwts. per ton. . The United Ki-cygdom Company's claim continues to improve. The company ~ve declared and paid a dividend of £70 to each of the 16 shareholders.. · The United Extended Company are still driving for the same reef. _ · The Fenton, a claim that was so rich five years ago, has of late become very poor, and in consequence thereof has suspendt>d work. . The Tommy Dodd and the Glengonner companies have'also ceased to work. Each ?f the above elaims, however, contemplate letting the mines on triblfte.

TARRANGOWER DIVISION. .Mr. Robert Nankivell, ]}fining Surveyor and Registrar. 'rhe yield of gold has slightly improved this quarter, being 157 ozs. in excess of the previous quarter. The greater portion of the gold has been obtained from the following mines, viz. :-The North Eaglehawk United, the Charcoal Reef, and the North British companies. A party of tributers in the Nuggety Alliance· came on a patch from which 11 tons of stone yielded 143 ozs. 10 dwts., and have another lot of similar stone at the mills re!J.dy for crushing. It was obtained about 100 feet from the surfaee, being a portion of reef left alongside of a granite by · the original holders of the claim ; it was a niee patch for the tributers, but unfortunately it is exhausted. of our mines are idle at present (with the exception of a few- tributers working the shallow ground), pending the making of new arrangements for the raising of capital. . The Grand Junction Company have let a contract to siiik a new shaft from the surface to strike the lode that was cut off by a dyke in the old mine, and hitherto has never been found south of eaid dyke. . The Eaglehawk Union Company have started to put 'in a cross-cut from the main shaft eastward at the 900- foot level, to cut the reef which had been previously follow~d down to about .850 feet, where they were obliged to stop sinking on account of a heavy influx of water, and having no means of baling it but by a windlass. A small rush has taken plaee at Sandy Creek; a party working some alluvial ground came upon a small flat quart.z leader, from which a prospect was obtained by dish trials. A few tons have· since been sent to the crushing mills and yielded 12 dwts. per ton, which caused the rush. .The prospector was in possession of a 10-acre paddock on the opposite side of the road adjoining his claim, which be sold to a party of miners for £100. The party have sunk several holes, but can find nothing, and now consider themselves sold. No water. was sold during the quart~r.

ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. }Jr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor .and Registrar. There is very little to report in this division for the·past quarter; the only exchange for the better being the establishment of a company called the Warrandyte Freehold Gold M.ining Company for steam puddling at War­ randyte. The property is known to embrace several leads of gold which had been worked some time since·. The whole of the mullock 1s now being stripped to the wash to a depth of 12 feet, the latter being wound up to the puddling machine by the engine. The average yield l:ms so far proved remunerative, and will undoubtedly improve as SOOI] as the works are in sufficiently advanced state to enable tbe men to work to advantage. At McCrae's Hill, Hoddle's Creek, some very extensive alluviums' have been discovered by Messrs. Ewart, Lithgow, and IIampson. The mode of procedure adopted is to tunnel into the hill and ·prospect and work t\le various drifts containing gold horizontally and vertically as they arise. The formation is of a most singular character, con· taining pebbles, enormous round boulders, and sand drifts, intermingled in the most chaotic manner, the whole mass being covered in the deeper ground apparently with a more recent rock. The wash varies in richness from a dwt. to the dish to a. dwt. to the load. · QUARTZ MI!!ING. At Reefto.n the companies are still tunnelling. . At Warrandyte protracted litigation has caused. the suspension of the only payable claim, called the Pig-tail.

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MrN:Eri.4-.Ls 'oTnER THAN Gor,v. Boardman and Company, Ringwood antimony mine, still yields.a great abundance of this valuable metal and the company hav~ a very, effective .plant, consisting of a 40-horse power P.umping and winding engine. M~ssrs. Cqrran an.d· Companr .and Messrs; Bnght Brothers and Company are also er~ctmg engines. . ., . On.de of ant1mony has been found at Yangardook, and a shaft is bemg sunk to find the lode, but I am unable to report the result. ' Sluicing operations for tin are still being carried on ·at Mount Benak, and the La. Trobe River, but I have not received ~ny returns from them; .

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, .Jifr.. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar. ..\ ' . The All Nations Alluvial Gold Mining Company have bottomed their. shaft, hut have as yet obtained no payable gold. They are resolved to ))Ontinue driving for the purpose of cutting the deep ground. · . There has been no work done in quartz during the last quarter, and all the gold obtained has been raised by individual miners working,with tub and cradle, and by a few sluieing parties. · No water was sold duringthe quarter. '

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•'l Mr: ,Thomas~•'.Foyster,r-Mining1Registra¥.1 .; ! . !,.,,, "•:' .. : ., ·, ,, During the pa.st quarter ~ining in tliis d.'ivision lia.s lieen..,more'ueprbssei:i ~tn&~ for'sbme' years' past; and,the result of the several prospecting parties (Governmental and private) now at work is looked forward to with increasincr ~~. 0 At Gcimering:s lease several good machines have been washed, ranging as high as 14 oz~., which, in addition to what is picked out, renders the claim one of the best in the ~istrict'. ·

' !~_} • ·- )t : ''--: PLEAS:AN·T·· CREEK DIVISION.;,.,,· . ; (.· •'\ ) '1, ·;-:n ., ·.. ''.:•• "r :r.Llf1~. H .. C. Bate;·)l:f{ning. 8Mrveyor: and Registrar. :·;' :,~'-"Tli~· most impqft'arii:e~Wt'inciihneqt~oh i:~th•tlh.i'mining oplirations of tli:e· pa~t quarter has•;been the fi~ding·of a reef in the l,llO;foofl'evel"of'tlie' Pfiiice 'Patrick:''tJomtm:ny's workings.''' The stl:me frorh the reef. has, so far;·yielded•at 'th~"rate ·of more tlliin''i' oz; 1'5''dwts:t'o tile ton'! t£y•the1 rough sketcl:t· anu• diagram1hvhich' I have .forwarded to tlie ·department it will.be.'seen there ean be little doubt that this reef is a continuation· tif•the' celebrated:Cross,Reef;· and 'its b'eiilgv fouD.'a"tlius 'rar'to"ttie· fi6tth-,v~st1 frilfhhY.ll'ere'iFwas"first ·discovered' augurs well· (or 'the ·future quartz .w.nkjQgs.of.~tawell. ,· · . .. ..·· · ..c· •. · ·'· , . · . ,,. .... Jn the work:ingtof 'tliitLiftle''NeWirigtofi'!i:nd ~~11 Englan·d·CompanyYat':Stawell/arid at the·West Germauia Company's groun'd '(aoout· eiglit~nli.l'es fr8iii: Sta:Wiell)~'"wliat 1 appears' to be•good· payable' stone'.has also been discovered. "· · Particulars'aii.t'otlle de'epe'st shafts will be'f6und in the·acconipanyitig'tables;: · ,,. · ·'' "' , ... · i ·:; ·: .... T~e Goteriiiiientpr'o~p~diiig'pa~t.ies bave'LnoY~et·made anfii:nportant discovery.·' ' ,., ',, .. · 1 . ' .· . ' !

BARKLY DIVISION. lr/r. H. .C. Bqte, lrfining Surveyor and Registrar.-· The only matter of interest to mention with reference to the mining affairs of this division is that the · Government prospecting party has been. eip.f!loy_:e,di!:~ pp.~ Q-l!Ol!l~ofty· valley, between Landsborough and Decameron. Portions of this country are likely to prove auriferous, but up to the present no :find of gold has been 1uade. · No water :vas sold during.t~e,quarter,fo~_,lJl~!lhig;.PU~po~es. ~ ··. , , · , ·• . ·- . ·

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RAGLAN DIVISION• ...... ,:.·. .Mr. ·d. W. J.lfinchin;;Mining'Registrar,". ' >; ,·!o. ''•· At. Waterloo mi~ing operations are progressi.ng steadily and successfillly with' the New V1etqx:ia Gol~ Mining ·eohll'i~ny'tfil:iut·e·party, and a very fair yield of gold has been obtainei). for ~he quarter.' 1Their'prese'nt work1;ng· level B~s:'f60lfeet· deep';'but.in ~' v:ery:shortr time they:pur.pos~ ··<:pening and wo:rkmg ano~h~,r. 3?,'feet.:de.epe~; by;~vh1eh th~y OoxpeCt Jto·;cO'nsiderably extend ·the development, of -the.m1ne.. In. other. respe,ets mmmg m th1s locality at· present •18 q_uiet. . · . . • · ' ... Mann:ers. and party, of the Got-llim:by-the-'Y!(,~l Gold Mmqtg Company, on Beaufort West flat, hav~ been domg very well, havmg averaged about £7 lns. per ·man per week· for the quarter.. Another par!'Y, havmg recently. commence!i operations a little to the west of them, have got a shaft sunk and a whlill erected.. In my n.extreport I h~pe'to' oe·'able to state that·'thej have·met with!:some succesS,' '.L'he. other portions of. this district are extremely dull at. present. 35

. ' GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

OMEO SUBDIVISION • .1lfr. W. P!Lipps, .1l1ining Registrar. Water has been very scarce at Swift's Creek during the past quarter, and no quartz has been crushed i11 ·consequence. The Eureka machine is being shifted to a better site in the midst of the principal reefs, where the company expect to do a large business. There is no change in alluvial mining. • , ~'he Government prospectors have been examining the western fall of the High Plains, near Little River. They can find the color of gold almost anywhere, but no payable goldfield. They have, in the course of their seach, unearthed some interesting fossils. Mr. Howitt has gone out to meet Mr. Murray, the Government geologist, and fix on a site for the tunnel t? be driven into the auriferous drift below the basalt that covers the High Plains.

MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION; ltfr. John Grimes P.eers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Nothing worth recording has taken plaoo ill this subdivision since the date of my last report. No quartz mining is being carried on. . , Very little work is being performed on the.mineralleases at Buchan. Mining generally throughout the subdivision is in a depressed state.

B'OGGY CRKE'K SUBDIVISION. • • ~; , . .. t''"' .. ~ r Mr. James Smith, Mining Registrar. QuARTZ Mnmw. There are no quartz reefs in operation in this division.· ALLUVIAL MINING. ' There is no change to report in the condition of alluvial mining. We have had an extremely dry quarter, ttdvantageous to those working the beds of creeks, but retarding diggers in dry gullies. More than one-half of diggers in this division, withal, I believe, are making wages, and a considerable number ~ven more.

CROO~ED RIVER DIVISION. :·: · "" Mr. James Travis, lliining Registrar. A slight improvement has taken place in quartz mining in. this division since my l~st report ; sufficient, I · think; to justify'·a hopefUl' feehng for the future. :·The Good Hope I!liiW ~as. been let on tribute to ·a party of working miners, whose long connection with the mine as· employes .. of the co.mpa_uy. should .. place them in possession .of the necessary information to enable them to work it to the veq best advantage. The result of the crushing from the Jeweller's Shop was neiuly,._double what ,was l,\nticipated, and -work has been renewed with energy; a number of extra hands have been already put on. They intend having another crush­ ing in about four weeks. On the Wentworth the Republic has widened out to.l2 feet, shqwing some remarkably rich stone. I yesterday saw a prospect of loose gold, washed from the casing, yielding t oz. to half a dishful of stone. '!'here. are no miners employed .in this division for metals or minerals other. than gold.

JERICHO DIVISION. Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar• .. 'f'" ~-,-. Miniilg has been extremely dull·during .the.quarter..... The .scarcity.of water has _seriously interfered with the working of alluvial claims, while quartz ·mining has almost .entirely ceased to exist in.this division. A party of tributersj"dri Ving a tunnel to open up the Harbinger Company's claim, are the only quartz miners ~mployed at the present time. There has been no mining done for any other mineral than gold, and no water sold.

'. DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. , · ·' · . ·. , "- i.1l1r. 0. P. Whitelaw,' Mining sur.veyor and ·Registrar. The Florence is the only company that has .crushed during this ·quarter; 90 tonB yielded 17 ozs.· i5 dwts. l2.grs. The Sterling Company continue to drive on the coui·se of. the lode expecting to meet another make of quartz. 'There.are four :men employed. ,, . . . On the Hit-or-Miss a little surface prospecting has beeri done. .· . · . . The Bismark United tunnel is still being carried on. There have been six· men· employed at the tunnel and sinking a winze. Gippsland Consols.-Eight men employed. No crushing this quarter owing to scarcity of water. No m~eral other than gold being.searched for .. No water, sold.. . . , . 36

STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. Afr. W. M. Smitll, Mining Registrar. · The promising appearance of. the reef lately discovered ·in the.'Ciaim of the Fear Not Company, has given no small inducement to speculate in what are called outside claims, which for some time have been neglected in this division. -Several parcels of ground have been applied for under the bye-laws, and also under the leasing regulations, which, if energetically prospected, will no doubt lead to fresh discoveries . . The mines of the Walhalla and Long Tunnel companies continue to yield stone of a high quality.· -The pro- gressive'companies of thedivision are pushing on favorably with their necessary dead works. . The yield of quartz gold for the ~uarter has been very materially affected by the long continuance of dry weather. ' CoPPER. - ' The Walhalla eopper Company, at 'Cooper's Creek, have commenced smelting operations, and hope to be exporting copper during the coming quarter. .

ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION. "'Yr. Jolln McCann, Mining· Registrar. Quartz mining in this subdivision has been remarkably dull during last quarter, want of water obliging the compa;1ies to stop crushing. The prospects look well, so when crushing commences there is no doubt but that things will improve. . ' . All)lvial mining has been vigorously carried on, but not with the expected results; the average per man would· not exceed 25s. per week. . · There was one new prospecting claim -(quartz) registered during the quarter: No water was sold ~uring the quarter. · . _·

RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining Registrar. Mining matters in this division are still in ·a very depressed state on account of the scarcity of water. Wombat Creek being better supplied, some of the miners are doing well, especially those who are working in the river or on the river banks. . · , Hawthorn Creek is nearly dry, so that the miners are able to do. very little, although the ground prospects well.· At Crossover Creek a party are cutting a race to bring the water in a distance-of eight or ten miles, to work some old ground formerly held by the Albion and .Happy-go.J"ucky Quartz l\iining companies. . No water sold in this division. ·

BENDOC SUBDIVISION. Afr. Jolln Nicllol, Mining Registrar. Quartz mining in this subdivision still remains in a dqpressed state. The only. mine at work is the Albert Company; two men are prospecting for the run of gold, which, appears to have' been lost some time back; and four men in the No. 1 North-West Albert claim. · · The alluvial miners appear satisfied with their earnings, the chief portion operating in the Blackfellow's Gully,, at Bonang. . . _ . The machinery belonging to the Rising Sun Company has been all removed over the Border into the New South Wales district, they being unable to float a company for the carrying on their works. . ·Gold is the only mineral searched for in this division. · ' · No water .was sold during the quarter.

TARWIN SUBDIVISION. Mr. G. Read Jt[urplly, Mir,ting Registrar. Mining is still depressed throughout the district, and many miners are turning their attention to agriculture. The Prospectors' Tribute Company have done very w~ll during the quarter, having declared dividends to the extent of £40 per share, and paid off all liabilities on the company. The Prospectors' Extended claim still get a little gold, but not enough to pay qver half wages. • The Prussian's Tribute Company con~inue to do yery well, the_ir wash from the Black Lead being very nuggety. The No. 1 South and Golden Bar cla1ms are gettmg about half waO"es, after paying all expenses. The Native Youth claim, which was worked about nine months ago, has again co~menced work, and a new bank sluicing claim has been started. The North Extended and Ca:ffer's have given up · work for the present; a few fossickers make wages. •rurton's Creek is yielding a livelihood to eight men. Three men are boring in the ncighborhood of Poor-Fellow-Me Creek. ?'he Government prospectors _have been prospecting the . north of Turton's Creek and the , but are now 1~ the neighborhood of Waratah Bay. . . i,.. , TRARALGON· SUBDIVISION. Mr. Cllarles Denis, llfining Registrar. Since my last report information has reached me of payable gold having been found, but the finders :seem reluctant to make the. localities of their finds public. Gold, in conjunction with tin, has been found on the head waters of Merriman's Creek, distant from Traralgon, in a straight line,· about from twelve to fourteen miles; as yet I have been unable to ascertain if it is in payable-quantities. · 'fhe minerals searched for other .than gold, are tin, iron, and coal. . ' ' .· IRON. · . With reference to the ironstone on the Traralgon Creek, the claim is being worked a~ a lower level. The sample of ironstone obtained is much better and heavier- than the sample 'already forwarded to the Mining Depart­ ment for analysis.

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