1874•.
VICTORIA.
REPORTS
OF THE
j MINING SURVEYORS AND- REGISTRARS.
QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE 1874.
PRESENTED TO BOTH: HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND
. JOIJN FERRES. GOVERNMENT PRINTBR, MELBOURNE, No.H. \
APPROXWATE COST OF REPORTS. £ 8. d. Preparation, about .....: 13 10 0 Printing, Engraving, and L!thogr~phing (1550 copIes) .. ' 116 0 0 Total £\29 10 0
," INDE"X.
Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 30th JUlle 1874. Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quart
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ballarat Central Division Mr. D. Christy, Mining Registrar n. 7, 15, 17, 21, 25 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. George Perry, Mining Registrar ... 7,20,21,25 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7,17,21,26 Smythesdf!ole Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar < 21,26 Creswick Division ••• Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7,14, 15,21,26 Gordon Subdivision ••• Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7,21,26 Steiglitz Subdivision '" ... •.. Mr. O. W. Collins, Mining Registrar ..": 7,21,27 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrllcr 8,18,21,27 Subdivision BalIan Subdivision ... Mr. G. P. Black, Mining'Registral' 8,21,27
BEECHWORTR MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division Mr. Alexander Alderdice; Mining Registrar ... 8, 14, 16, 21, 28 Yackandandah Division Mr. P. Wright, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8,16,21,28 Indigo Di vision Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8,18,22,28 Buckland Division .•• Mr. Lewis C. KincheJa, Mining Hegistrar 8,16,22,28 Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 9, 14,18,22,29 Dry Creek Subdivision .. . Mr. Hobert Pemberton, Mining Registrar 22,29 Gaffney'S Creek Subdivision .. . Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 9,16,22,29 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 9,22,30 Big River Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 9,22,30 Mitta-mitta Division Mr. W. H. Cochrane, Mining Registrar 22,30 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. W. H. Edwards, },fining Registrar ... 9,22,30
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 10,14,16,18,22,81 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar 22 Heatheote Division and Waranga South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10,14,22,32 division Waranga North Subdivision ... Mr. C. J. W. Russell, Mining Registrar 10,22,32
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Aiaryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar 11,14,18,22,32 Majorca Subdivision Mr. John M. Murphy, Mining Registrar .. ; 11,23,32 Amherst Division ••• Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,18,23,33 Avoca Subdivision ... Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14, 20,23,33 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar... 11,18,23,33 Korong Division Mr. G. W. Moore, Mining Registrar 11,23,33 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,23,34 St. Arnand North Subdivision Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,16,23,34.
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Mr. Thos. L. B'rown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,16,19,23,34 Fryer's Creek Division < Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,19,20,23,35 Hepburn Division...... l\1r. Thoa. Hale, Mining Registrar ... 12,15,16,19,20,23,35 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12,23,35 Tarrangower Division Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 15, 19,23,36 St. Andrew's Division Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Snrveyor and Registrar 13,15,19,24,36 Blue Mountain North Subdivisi~n Mr. Graha~ McPherson, Mining Registrar 24,36
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Ferdinand M.Krause, Mining Surveyor and Regis- trar 13,20,24,37 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. H. C. Bate, },fining Surveyor and Hegiatrar 13,15,16,20,24,37 Barkly Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 24,37 Raglan Division Mr. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar 13,20,24,37
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision ,.. ... Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Hegistrar...... •.. 24,38 Mitchell River Subdivision ... Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining SUl'Veyor and Registrar 24,38 Boggy Creek Subdivision ... Mr. George All~.1, Mining R~:stl'ar ... 13,24,38 C!rooked River Division ... ' Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ... 13,24,38 ,Jericho Division Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar 13,24,38 Donnelly'S Creek Division Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Snrveyor and Registrar ... 13,24,39 Stringer's CreeK Division Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar 13, 16,24,39 Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Registrar 13,24,39 Bendoe Subdivision Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar ... 24,39 Tarwin Subdivision • Mr. John H. Sandilands, Mining Registrar .. . 13,24,40 Traralgon Subdivision ... • ...... Mr. C. Denis, Mining Registrar ...... 24,40 ApPENDI:x: A.-Special Report of the Deep Lead ill the Upper Palreozoic Rocks at Freestone Creek 41 ApPENDIX B.-Report on the Geology of the country intersected by the Durham Lead, Buninyong 42-50 A 2 r 515 SUMMARY.
GOLD., MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30th JUNE 1874,
TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED; THE MACHINERY IN USE ANI ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS c' - IN THE pOLONY OF· VICTORIA. (Oompi~ecifr;m th~ Mining Surveyors and Registrars' l}eports fo.r the Quarter ended 30th Jfne 1874,) ·.~-----~------~------~----.~l------~------Alluvial Quartz !1 ,Millers, Miners, MACHINERY· EMPLOYED· IN ALLUVIAL MINING, MACHINER~. ~MPLOIYED IN QUARTZ JlIINING, Number Number ~ Steam Engines ~ of of Price of Gold Steam Engines .S employed in ~.S ~ .Approximate Square distinct per.oUllce. DISTRICT, DIVISION, Total' t:mpl?ed-i~ Wi&d~ "CI tI.l .Q Winding, Pumping, :ri ~ ..c.,.. ~,..~ Value Miles of Quartz Number mg, .umpmg,· c. be ~ 1=1 I'T.I ~ _~ m Crushing, &c. .S~ g5~ =~"CI vi tI.l .. of all Auriferous Reefs AND _ Minil1g Ground actually of ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 'g~....S .z ~ ~ ~ :E ~ (II ~ ~ ~ Plant, actually proved SUBDIVISION. Miners. 'ti"'-i ~ ::s Srti ~ ~ d~ ~ ~ ~ ~~oS· ~~ ~~r;Sti .~ ;g~,,~ worked to be vi W BALLARAT, £ £. s, d" £ s, d, 'Icentral Division " 1,621 275 302 ~,698 72 3,033 83 3 18 14 l' 37 24 .. 47 ·952 428 10 148,230 39 24 4 2 0 4 2 9 Southern DlvlBlOn " 517 500 32. 1,049 3 125 4 30 3 11 47'i 7 'ii 4 70 30. 2'i 20,000 7. 15 4 0 9 4 1 9 Bumnyong DmSlOn "' 775 120 100 995 23 710 16 '2 25 8· 3 ·29 20 '3' '4' 8 ~50 86 1 42,000 16 13 4 1 6 4 1 9 Smylhesdale Division 1,035 580 24 1,839 62 1,370 66 4 16 7 2 64 io 'i 6 80 21 2 29,300 16 11 4 0 04 1 6 Creswlck DlVlSlon" " 920 450 600 1,970 26 472 23 85 16 7 800 30 2 28 986 1 197 19 "2 'i 104,OUO 13 15 4 0 0 4 2 9' Gordon Subdivision"" 13,·4 196 213 1 10 2 10 177 63 4 'i 9,723 3. 19 318 0 4 0 0 ,~\~lt:!~~gbdr;;~~~,;' and' Blue m 2~ ~g. "2. 1,~rg 'i~g 'i5 '2 ~~ ;~~ i2 2~~ M 5 'i ~g'~~g 52. ~~ ~ 1~ ~ "~lg ~ :. Mountain South Subdivision 1 ' , Eallan Subdivision 20 20 1~ _ 1,000 3 . 3 16 6 3 17 i TO::;S 5,191 -2-,3-12- --2-,7-89- ---10-,-29-4- --1-87- -5-,-72-0-192 -- --1-7-6- --48- 24-· -1,5-2-7 ----6-6 -'-,5- -- "46- -5- --13-8-"+-3-,3-35--1'-:---1.-3- 1,198 25 ---5313---- 437,298 i50. 204 ------1--1---(------_· -I-~- 'BEECHWORTH, 97 319 0 4 2 6 899· 270 4 3 5,200 52 20 6, 89 4 59 "3' 5 49,960 47 Beechworth Division 1,061 98 2,058 25 22 20 6 84 2 64 1- 9,835 12. 80 311 0 4 0 9 Yackandandah Division 280 364 94 738 1 6 3,000 25 4 0·0 410 "Indigo Division 120 351 51 522· 11 338 io 38 190 460 3 18 3 400 123 1,171 427 1,721 2 22 2,000 ~f 53 1 1~ 2;g iii 2?~ 'i '6~ :4~ ~mg 66* ~Buckland Division 00 "9 2 4 . ", 10 ' 151 1, 98 19'471050 35 70 3 15 0 420 i'!'Alexandra Subdivision 200 25 105 330 5 90 30 316 0 410 400 4 "I' 50\: '" Dry Creek Subdivision 0 • 55 100 155 ~ Benalla. Subdivision. . 0 • 'i75 'i4 ,i4 '6 'i8 iii 'i 'i 29;804 3 i5 3 ii 6 ( Gaffney's Creek Subdivision "68 6 "87 'i87 '2 i7~ ~~ 1~ 3 I 317 0 138 12 120 270 2 ·260 16 ·16· 9 135 9 250 2 '3 'i 62,073 18 94 180 8 8 ',' 5 52 42 10,683 33 14 311 317 6 ~ ,~~O~~~!O~~t~~~f~:ion :: 70 6 50 126 310 311 6 tMitta.-mitta Division 00 80 70 150 1,~~g '5 2 4 '4 '47 '2 :J." 1~:5gg ~g ·26 314 318 3 !- Jamieson Subdivision •• _~OO 80 400 ______. ______-._ ------___ 1---,--- --f'------. -----1----·1---- 2,295 3,084 1,252 26 6,657 44 726 15 52 23 45 12,885 14 182 148 68 "907 46 1,049 7 16 11 258,548 280. 887 Totals _. ------'------1--1--1----\------\ f SANDHURST, 3 18 6 318 6 1,620 630 4,210 30 6,490 19 300 100 6 161 20~ 3,6~g '2 1,I~g 3 212 21~8~ 46g~g~? 315 0 3 17 6 16 m :~~y!~~!S~~t~f~~n :: .. .. 20 20 56 "30 17 248 121 'i 20,240 81 202 3 17 0 400 Heathcote Division and Waranga 249 40 350 639 40 '8 '50 South Subdivision / 278 8 193 73 19,600 11' 108 2 0 0' 420 c,.;\Varanga North SUbdiyision 45 57 172 Totals 1,934 _._74_7 _4,_74_8 _3_4___ 7,_46_3_ -_-_·="-1_9== __30_0 __- _-_- -_-_- _-_1_40_· _10___ 35_- ===3=0 === _ 59 -_-_ ==6= _16_1_ -_-_ -_ ----m- ~ ----1-:3-1- _-.=3======_2_2_5 __2_6_8 __-_-_~1===5=0-6..:.,-5-4~0-~~11~"----1-4:1::~1:~:::7-5--5-_-_-11 MARYllOROUGH, 4 1 5 4 2 0 : ~Iaryborough Division 1,960 400 840 3,200 42 1,468 39 " 178 34 10 6 4 36 148 26 604 '201 30 25 149,152 5 160 400 4'0 0 Majorca Subdivision o. 111 30 33 Ig 22 7g 23 'i '3 '54'2J i2· 35 3 17 0 410 . Amherst Division 830 97 6~ ~~ ~ i~6 1~ 6~ l 1;:~~g' g.' : 77 1,785 8 253 8 72 7 17 ' 42 10 3 3 7 105 69 'i 3 9 19,866 18. 20 312 0 406 ,Avoca Subdivision 00 o. " 569 1,139 3 17 6 4 2 0 , 340 Dunollyand Tarnaguila. Divisions 320 3gg i2 l:ggg ~ ~~ ~~ 1~ 1~ 15 'i; tg ~~ i~~ ~g ~t ~g:~5f l~ l~f 3 17 0 4 2 0 ivision 00 ., .. 750 310 44 284 12 2 _ 1 6 88 36 3 4 7,292 11i1 28 3 19 6 4- 0 6 ank and St, Arnaud South 165 75 divisions 3 0 4 0 168 317 11 13 272 13 '19 __1--'".-28.;.,7-83------,1--'--:6.,.6- ArnaudNorth Subdivision 58 91 8~~ 1 1 ~383 "2,462 . 1,880 12 ----s;687 --7i-2,1iO 65" -- ---a91 76 69 ~ --90 --. 19m '8- 11l 2,071 ---s75 ------134 124 309,537 82~ 569 Totals ------.----.-. ----.----.------j-_. -----, CASTLEMAINE, 317 3 318 6 114 2 84 i 4 53 46 80 314 29 49 76,692 9! 103 ~astl~main~ Division •• • • 482 365 695 1,542 3 48 38 ~2 2 36 19 461 147, '2 'i 9 15 69,524 28;/ 36 3 18 9 319 0 fIryer s Oreek Division •• ' •• 940 775 279 1,994 5 88 56 6 i5 306 3 17 6 319 6 34 2 145 59 3 10 1 32 535 187, 1 3 60 58 38,780 82 88 ~ epburn .Division - 00 •• •• 646 491 741 1,884 53 318 6 319 6 T"".dale and Kyneton Subdivision 116 135 219 470 9 5 3 10 0 24 403 ;srrrangower Division :. . . 76 314 525 915 22 'i 1~ '2 35 if ~~g 'i ii~:~r 9 ~H~' :~! H 317 6 4 0 6 0 4 .n Andrew's Division •• •. 136 88 168 392 3 36 ~ 1,900 4 4 3 0 0 3 17 6 lue ]\.Iountain North Subdivision 26 5 25 ·56 2 10 68 127 -46- .-.- --1-5-8- 3,109 ---1-,1-66-· ------16-5- --13-1- ---1--2-84-,86-'8-1--1-6-5*--1---386--1 2,652 -6-7,253 --13- Totals ~"2,l73 ---m- -.--- 2;11 564 90 ------.------.----.-- -.------. --1---1---'---'1 ----- ~ ARARAT, 34 26 3 18 318 0 11 3 2<1 12 {14 ·5 86 45 3 4 13,876 ~fara.t Division o. 245 450 30 725 29 25 36 'i 32 946 340 48 10 109,198 ,27 37 3 9 426 410 160 1,250 1,845 100 1 2 25 9 Ba~kj o GIPPSLAND, 311 3 17 6 875 21 ·21 17 \,2, 23 " '6,315 10 19 ':ttu~eo Subdivision • 0 •• •• 77 400 15 492 22 1~ 1 1,700 23 -18 3 5 318' 3 chell River and Boggy Creek 174 140 25 339 VISIons 315 0 319 3 d River Division 170 82 57 309 ~~ :: ~ ~g ~ 1~6 Ig~ r~:m ~~. 3~5 310 0 317 0 Division o. I •• 98 85 40 223 310 0 316 6 ly's Creek 'Division .• 86 1 68 135 25 Ig 1~~ "i 1~~l 'ilg:~gg ~. K 3 10 0 316 0 '8 Oreek Division 108 537 645 'i 'i20 "6 '4 2 18 2 25 '2 2,649 4 14 300 317 6 s Oreek Division 124 6 130 5 310 0 316 6 62 30 5 . 4 46 1 26 1 4,765 26 14 w' c Subdivision .• 22 22 '2 34 'i 1 10 4 1 2,300 1 3 16 0 318 0 200 30 230 ii 45 i 316 6 318 '6 'l'rara\~~~~~J~~~iO~ 15 15 ___6 ______1_____ \____ 1-.- _,,_I ____'_" ______1------1----1----1 Totals' ," 1,054 726 800 2,580 20 17 11 3 1,<170 68 66 .41 572 13 wi 1 .. 5 1 1 142,097 158 482 ------"------~------'--j ------2,07<1,972 I,061! 3,367 GRAND TOTALS 18,467 12,484 15,432 105 46,488 353 9,403 286 1,046 195 250 16,667 22 605 223· 211 457··' 22 788 15,202 75 6,591' 41 650 56<1 .'---~ ___~_~~_2-~_~ ___~~~_~~~ __~~~ __~~~~ __~ ______~_+I~~--~~---~----~--~--~--~~-- ~. BROUGH SMYTH, I Secretary for Mines. °llice of Mines, Melbourne, 20th July 1874, " .... I • - N 5 17. '. TAB L E' I SHOWING THE YIELD',OF GOLD FROffI 'CERTAIN PARCELS OF QUA:a,TZ RAISED DlJRING THE QUARTER IN SOlIE OF THE DEEPEST MINES IN VICTORIA, WITH THE DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW BEING SUNK, OR THE SINKING OF WHICH HASI REOENTLY BEEN S'rOPPED, ETC. (Compiled from Retur~ made by the J.lfining Surveyors and Reflistrars for the Quarter ended 30fk June 1874.) i I I DISTRICT, DIVISION, Depth at uepth of Depth of , 'Which Quantity ·Avenige Width Dip of the Dip of the Strike of tile I Depth tile the AND NAYE OE' CO:IIPANY. NAME OF REEF. tbe Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold of the Reef, Reef. 8hoot Reef. NAME OF OOMPANY. NAlIIE OF REEF. of deepest deepest R*MARKS. per Ton. of Quartz. SUBDIVISION, was fil.}t. Shaft. ! Level. Cross-cut. i ______.... _-- ~--~I-~--- ~---I~-----... I------I------Feet. Tons. oz. ·dwt. gt. Ft. in. Feet. Feet. Feet. Tcm:per~nce Temperance •• .. 600,600,750 1,500_. o 8 17 .. .. I tJcotlili Division { TIle Queen The Queen lode SO 458. o 4 0 'Oto45 0 E.50" N. 2" 30' E. The Black Hill .. 320 It i. the Intention of this company to sink :: 220 200 200 this sllaft to a deptb of 700 feet, and Speedwell Stn;ffordshire 140 1,066 016 5'0 W.70' N.2"W. f ~p'eeclwcll Staf!~~dshire southetn DiV~Sio~ . t Hopewell Staffordsltire •• 370 250 2f>0 probably to 1,000 feet, and then to d:rly Imperial Hiscock':t 200 to 320 2,291 O. 3 14 5 to 40 0 W.,56' N.6' N.5'W. II~perial HiSCOCk's •• 3~6 320 320 ""st and west.,., test' tbe ground. 8U"lnyong D1V.lS~O~ " I Slllylhe.sdale DrVlSlOn •• .. .. J Port Phillip .. Clunes •• •• 890 790 790 Cut payable qoattz in sbaft at 840 feet • Clunes 100' to 790 15,335 3 13' 2 to 30 0 (2) E.:lO'(2)W.30' X.8'E. ]lort Phillip •• " o .sew North Clunei Cluncs •• ~. 1,012 1,005 1,005 " Inclusive of pyrites. 100~ 180 4 to 6 0 E.55' N.23'W. c"reswlck Division .... • • J New North Clune. Clunos o 6 1 ( Cluncs Consols .• Clune!! "' "" •• 990 9G2 962 I 265 250 0511 Black-horse .. lligHlll .. .. 830 826 826 I roon SubdivIsIon •• •• ." Purker's Extended Go fgutz Subdivision,. .. .. Albion.. .. Portuguese •• • • 87. 865 865 S~ood Division Ilnd Blue Mountain sultan .. Mounter's, Intermedi.. 70 to 500 1,008 o '1~' 12 o s N.lI'W. Sultau .. .. :\Iounter's, Interme.. 513 500 Ii,OO diate, Ploneer)Snltan, ~ South Subdivision. • ate, Pioneer, Sultan1 and Trewhella's ... and''l'rewhclla's " so 16 16 , 1 0 W.20' N. N. DaUon SubdiviSion •• •• .. Asllton's·.. .. 100 o j.. l BEECHWORTH •• SeechW'orth Division ... Homeward-bound •• • Homeward-hou'nd •• 440 160 o 19 0 2 6 W. N. Henderson' .. E"celsior 310 310 lI6S 355 " r.ckl>ndandal1 Division Bigelow and Clingan ~. Homeward-bound, Hills .. 330 to 355 650 076 A 0 ' W.S7' Vertical N.I0'W. • Bigelow and Clingan 'I' .. Homeward-boundt Hills- borough borough Worked from a 'tunnel. 80 to 100 49 2 16 17 I /I W.90' N.40' :!lIagenta lIiagenta •• 320 220 220 The reef hasavernged u limglll of 214 fee Indigo Division •• :l\(oorc and Findley •• Robert Burns N. 10' 'V. from the Burfnee to a depth of .60 feet f Fletcher, Magill, &..cling,,,, Hillsborough .• 190 1,200 o 15 0 10 0 Happy Valley .. N'ew Happy Valley .. 580 580 Bnckland Division 120 to 560 1,030 5 1 r: ( where it 1ms been totaliy Just, and all l Happy Valley.. .. o .. efforts to find ft have been unsuccessful. •• . Crcesus •• •• •• 200. 22 15 0 t Albion .. .d.lolon 189 189 170 !lexondre. Subdivision Lily •. o .. t Tile gold is obtained chiefly in eontae Dry Creel< Subdivision witll the wall. ' Denolln Subdivision • • " • .. .. i • , Royal...... Wallaby or Eldorado .. 150 90 '0 14 .J 2 .0 W.4&' S.60' ,N. 35' W. allifuey's Creek Subdivision { Rose of Denmnrk Eureka •• ' •• 500 780 o 4 5 2'to(.0 W.80' N.80· N. 3.5' W. Alps Central ... Morning Star, .. 280 to 300 1M 1 0 6 1 to 3 0 W.30' W. N.52'W. wood's Point Subdl~lslon ~ Wood's Point l\Iorning~Star •. 280 to aoo 576 o 10 8. 2 0 W.30' W. N. 62' W. { AUiance,3liners .. Alliance Miners .. 175 to 200 300 I 12 0 1 to 2 6 W.85' W.85' N. 52' W. 10 ·N.W: ' * Step Blloots in ilard granite dyke, vary Big River Subdlvlsion •• Unknown Unknown.. .. 100 23 3 5 5 o S.5" S.5' • ing from 3 inch'oS to 2 feet In thlcluless, Mltta-mitta. Division J. Jau\icson Subdivision •• Venture ::, ! .. 1,400 o 7 9 ". SANDHURST. Grent Hustlers •• .. Hustlers .. 780 and 830 1.084 o 16 16 , to 8 o Carlisle, North Garden} Garden Gully 750 480 682 2,710 Gully, and PaSS-bY 1 Sandhurs! Division North Old Chum. , ._ ~ N'ew ChUln •• 460 to 676 1 6 7 10 o { { Hustlers.. .. Hustlers 530 to 565 1,130 1 3 12 I 6 Great Hustlers .. .. !lustier's .. 840 - 830 830 KUmore Division • • • • 520 U,"t~col.c Divislon.and Warauga south Costerfield Costcrfield 520 188 o 13 8 E.60" N.20'W. Costerfleld Costerfleld SubdIvision . Warnng. Nortll Subdivision •• .. ... lIARYBOROUGll. 637 528 630 !!aryborough Division •• Bristol Hill Ea.~tern 310 1,341 o 3 22 8 {) N.N.W. lfuriner's Reef • ~ Mariner's !!ajorca Subdivision •• Deed Brothers' Alfred 233 20 2 0 () I 3 . 200 Amherst Division .. Croydon Laura. 150 56.5 o 3 10 1 to 12 0 W.70· . N. 11' 17' W. Croydon Laura. 220 200 ArOCtl Subdivision •• .. Queen's Birthday BeaUba •• •• 410 405 4,05 Sinking stopped at present. Goldsborougll .. BeaUba •• •• 419 29G 880 Still sinking. 335 7S1 , 0 S. (0' Still sinking. f Queen's Ilirthday' Bealiba •• 0513 W. United Poverty •• Poverty ~ ~ .. ~72 525 :;25 Dunolly and Tarnagullil Divisions 46 t Kern and Stone .. Break-o' .. day 80 o 70 { Cambrian .. NewChum.. ." 450 440 440 Sinking stopped. ' Victoria •• Sandstone.. •• 500 500 .500 Sinkinglstoppect. , I 375 425 The roof has been cut at 425 feet. 'urong Division • ~ • • • • Fone's Fone's •. 375 1,162 o io 17 3 '0 Fone's •• lronc's ~. •• 400 New",lsis •• Oxonian .• •• 450 180 IBO 1Mb,uk & St. Arnaud South Subdivialons .Nc,Y Isis Oxonian •• 140 3liO o 12 15 4 to 8 0 W:60' S.20' . N.45'W. 300 feet (perpendicular). f Wilson's Hill Wilson's Hill •• 300 to 380 100 o 19 23' 4 to 5 0 W. . S. N.42'W. Wilson's Hill .. Wilson's lIiIl .. 380 380 300 it. Arnaud North SuMivlsion •• Rising Slar Risjng Star .. 460 204 19 14 7 0 W.S9' N;25'W. RIsing Star •• " Rising Star .. 4c70 4';0, 460 o 500 tl Chry;olite Western .. 460 1;119 o • 15 1 to 4 0 W. 'N.20'W," Chr)'solite .. Ballarat and Western .. 506 500 ' CASTLE MAINE. Duke of Devon .• Devonshire 200 250 250 270 51 N.5'W. Sinking. C&itlemalne Division •• Englishman's Englishman's 1 2 I 1 6 W.03' Wattle Gully Tribute Wattlc Gully alB 318 " 318 { I,ureka Tribute •. Eureka. •• 280 'to 360 390 o 1. 2 (; \I . E. SO" N.S'W. [ Devonshire •• Devonshire ... 3S! ~O - 350 Fryers .. Ferron's •• 230 to 265 S08 o 11 20 I 0 W.4S' N.I0'W. Anglo-Australian Ferron's •• 386 Fryer's Creek Division ~. 365 300 300 Howe Uros. ~ * Cattle's ., 110 to 165 1,415 o 14 21 20to100 0 E.36' N. 14° 'Y.. Fryers •. -Ferron's •• I ~ow opening out at 40il leet. Comlsh .• Cornish .. 100 to 480 6,331 o 5 20 8 0 W.U' S.2()' N. 18" W. ! Specimen Hni .. Specimen Hill 466 462 llepbutn DiVision 90) 150,320 6Ill 4 4 0 s. ~OO N.IS'W. Nortll Cornisll .. Cornish •• o 9 W.50· f Argns United .' 578 Specimen Hill •• Speeimeu Hill 170 to 383 2,589 o 6 13 4 6 -W:. 4b' Sd5' 'N.!5"W. TArad.le and' Kyncton Subdivision ll'entou •• Fenton .. 200 1,600 o 5 10 6 0 Adventure •• Adventure •• 240 100 o 2 o I 6 .. [west of sllaft. 600 320 1 14 II' 0 S.19' , N.12'W. eagleha'Wk Union Eagle1mwk •• 9 W.S2' 515 Reef .truck in the cross-cut about 97 feet T'trango'IVer Division •• Thornhill! •• 'l'hornllill's .. 300 to 500 1,145 o I> o .. 6 W.57' N.15' N.8'W. }E.... lehawk Euglehawk .. 527 .. lIorizontal. . Great Western .. Beelilve 130 13 26 () 18 . o 4 E~ 1'20 N .. 15'W. ~~ Andrew'sDivision..' .. \ * .. ne drountaln North Subdivision RotbsehUd Kitty Ogden .. 105 ARARAT. 155 127 127 Stlll sinking. ,. 2 f Sir George Bowen Campbell'" .. AnIr.t Dhislon •• (Claim No.3 SouUt) Moore's 67 11 o 1 15 E.70" N.1S'W, 1Rbymney •• Rhymney 240 240 180 1,408 800 SOO Still siuking. Magdala .. .. Still sinking. NeWington & Pleasant creek 1',281 660 660 500 Still "inking. North Cross Reef .. Cross and·Flat .. 612,712,743 6,222 1 13 1 South Scotchman's t.: 1,196 500 Pleasant Oreek Division 761 701 Also Sinking No.1 sllaft, whicll ie now 198 { United Cross Ree! 810 51M! 1 1 0 Pleasant Creek North Oro,ss 920 St!l1 sinking: [Ieet tn deptb. United Cross Reef .' 905 .. 810 810 Extended Cross Roof' •• 890 870 870 !lIrkly DIViSion 1 .. ' 300 290 290 QIgIan DIViSion r Richmond Richmond *. t Rip and Tear Rip and Tear 200 200 ~ GIPPSLAND, I!%,~ SUbdivision '.. .. •• I .. 810'n;U Illv.r and Boggy Crook Subdl)'!- CrOOk { 510 Good Hope Good Hope .. 700 500 700 I, I Cd lliver Division • • Good Hope ... Goo,1 Hope .. - 80 o 9 '21 8 o W.70" N.W.20' N.W. lIopelul 60 to 80 00 1 4 16 9 o W.80" N.W.30' N.W.· Ludenburg Hopeful 200 200 200 n.'~~ho Division ...• LUdenbu:~ .. ' .. 6 ClIfs Creek Divisi~n .. .. Bismarck United.. .. " '. ". 238~ 115 4 12 2 4,747 I 7 18 15 o W.SO· N. 32' 50' N.19'W. Long Tunnel .. Cohen's 534, 523 523 1'lnget'SGreekDiViSion I ~~l~~?~lDel:: ::. g~~~~:: .. :: 2i~:~m! 3,820 I 0 7 4 6 W. 78' to 83' N.32° N.I9'W. Walhalla •. Cohen'S lIt'5 285 285 254 nQ!3nl!' r .. t North Gippsland.. .. Cohen's :: .. i .;0 and 254 108 o 7 22 I 4 6 W.OO· N.32" N.19'W. N orlh Gippsland Cohen·s 2Q9 2M enijo 200 o ~ 4 19 U ~ Greek Division •• • • Cross Reef • • • . Pheasant •• .... I 1.3.5 I' Albert 75 75 40 ~''''IC ubdiv!slol1.. .. ,"{ Goldcn'B~r ...... 75" ... '2 3 E:io' S:i5' .. Albert.." .. 89 80 SO n SUbdivision .. No. I Soutll .. :::: II, ...... : : Ii so i 199 i tg g 2 0 E 20' S.15' ~.~. I.} B~~ison Flat •• ~"ral' .. llandells.: ::, :::: 107 14 1 0 0 .1 6 i:30" S.30' S:E: ~_iV_i_S_lo_n__ ' ___ ' __ '_' ______"~i_'_'~/ ____ ·_· ____ ~" ______~ _____'· ______·_·~~_·_·JI __ ~_·_· __ ~~ ___·_· __ ~ ______·_·~~~-----·\-·---1----~·- · ____ _1 _____··~ __1______·_· ____ ~I~_··_· ____'_· _____·_· ____ ~:·_·_L ____·_· _____._. ____ ~.. ~ ____.. __ ~~ __._. __ ~ ___ ._.__ ~ ______0$ . C(l of Mines, Melbourne, 20th July 1874. R. BROUGH SMYTH, ~.,"" t 1'v.po l'vfinpl'I. -.~ .. -.----- , TABLE '-'519 I, r PRICES,KINDS,' AND SOl]RCES OF SUPPLY OF TIMBER USED FOR MINING PURPOSES SI:IOWI~G 'APPRO~IM~TELY THE DESCRIPTIONS, SIZES, " . . . It ~ " IN VICTORIA. (From Retu1'ns made by the Mining Surveyo~rs and Registrars.) I SAWN ]·IREWOOD. PliOPS AN;.D CAP-PIECES. LATHS AND SLAIlS. TIlIfBER. Distance I DISTRICT, DIVISION', I Average. KIND OF TIMBER. to tie SOURCBJ OF SUPPLY, REMARKS. --- AND Average. Pl'ic€• o Average Carried. Price per ton per. price SUllDIVISION. I 'Of per 100 feet. 46 cubic feet. 100 feet. Length, Dln.mewr. ~~ ~~ ThiCKness. I d, mUcs. ;£ s. d. £ s. £ •. d. feet. inehes. ;£ s. d. it in. i Inches. " .IT T. '" 'T. I Buljarook F:orcst, Ross' Creek. o 19 31 .1 6 Ii to 2 013 3 Stringy bark, pepperrrilnt, gum •• o 4 ~l S. 8 '0 8 ,i .5to,6 Bre~k-o'-Day, Whim Holes, Moonlight, andStall'ordshire Reef Sawn timber Is carried sixteen miles. C ntr1l1 Division 4 to 12 6 to 12 o IS 6 4 6 7. Ii to 2 014 3 s~utMnt Dlvi8ion J ; :1 Ranges. , • I Stringybark, peppermint, gum •• 006 1 to 9 DurJlam and Whim Holes Ranges, Clarendon, Burnt Bridge., 050 6 to 6 '7 to 8 1 2 6 5 3 7 Ii o 15 ,0 [1unlnyo~~, Division •• .. •• o 16 6 4 0 6 l'i o 13 0 Btl'ingybark, gulU, she-oak 0; 6 0 3 to 30 Moupt Misery Rang.. " Smythesdale, Linton, Camgharn Ranges, ,,,,ytllCsaa;c Division •• • • •• 040 6 6 ' ¥ount Cole.. BOX, redgurh, stringybark o 5 5 6 to 20 Bongaree, Dean, Craigie, Campbelltown, LlIlcur, Bot-bet Creek. 6 5 to 10 I 0 4 5 0 I to I! vision ~. •• •• o 7 7k 4· 9 2 o013 16 'gl Stringy bark, gum, peppermint 045 i tO,1 For~sts within a radius of one mile of the mines • • ~ , Strlngybark Is principally used. () 2 6 (I to 7 8 to 10 , o 10 I vision.~ .. 6 •• 050 5 0 1~ o 13 Gum, strlngybark .. .. o 710 J to 5 Vicinity of SteigHtz and Eclipse, Bullarook Forest •• .• Sawn timber is carried from ten to twenty mlles. 4 • 040 9 8 I . vision •• _ ~ ~ 4 6 Ii to 3 o 15 Stringybark, whitegum, messmate, and o ?,9 lto 2 Vicinity of the mines. • 026 61010 8 to 10 ' o 19 0 I ' ~;~~~WOOd D,lvislon and 'Blue Mounlain C> peppehnint Soutll Subdl,vlslon 2' Stringybark,blue, red gum' 066 I o 2 9 6 6 I 12 6 4 0 6 17 0 V SlOn Bwrro" ,~" ~,,, - d"~" JltlilOJl subdl : 1 B!"ECHWORTH. 5 ~O Strillgybark, blucgn~ .. .. 014 0 6 to 20 Neighborhood of Stanley and Tarrawlngee, Mackay's Forest. 050 5 to 7 7 to 8 012 0 6 1~ o 16 0 llcec!lwortl1 DlvisM~ •• 1 :; 6 6 0 9 3 ,1 5 0 . Stringybark, peppermint ~. 1 0 0 Neighborhood of the mines; " 046 5 to 10 12 to 18 012 6 I to 8 For!"ts within a radius of eight mlle~ of the mines •• Timber is chiefly obtained from the basin of the y.clmndandah DlvlSlon 8 to 13 I 0 6 4 0 8 Ii o Hi 0 Yellow and white bOX, stdngybnrk Indigo Dh'islon .. 045 4! to 8 Black Dog Creek. 18 6 Vicfity of the mines. 6 6 0 1 216 0, Strlngybal'k, peppermint, gnrn (white and o J)ucklund Division o 4. 0 6 blue) - 014 6 Vicinity of the.mines~ 8 to 12 012 6 '5 6 7 I! to 2l 014 6 Strlngybark, bolt, whitegum Alexandra 811 bdlvlsion • " 036 5 to 12 Dluegum, messmate •• Immediate neigllborhood of tile mines Little or no timber used. . .. • No timber nsed. Dry Creck Subdivision, , ... • ~ •• • a ••• •• 2' Rcdgum, peppermint, strlngybark, ironbark 1 2, 6 of tIle mines Timher is getting scarce and rising In price. Jlenalla Subdivision " o 11 0 l~'to 8 4 to ]8 • 0 i7 6 :; 0 8 216 0 GnffIlCY'S Creck Subdi;ision S 2 2 15 0 RedguID, peppermint,whioogum,stringybark 120 od of the mines The finest gum is got on high ridges. 011 0 2 to 5! 9 to 18 o 0 TImber is increaSing in value. Wood's Point SnbdlvlslOn g l~·g 6,0 7 2} a 0 0 Uedguffi, peppermint, stringybark •• o IS 0 hood of tile rrilnes 0,.10 0 lito 4 16 to 18 1 2 0 Little or no timber used. Jlig River Subdivision ., 0'5,0 Stringybark ...... nlltm.mlttll Division .. .. 150 6 0 8 3 2 i,j' 0 Peppermint, strtngybark ~ •• •• 1 5 0 VT" ;; ,,, ,,;i,~. .. ." ...... J;untoson Subdivision " .. 064 6 , SANDHURST. /' 015 6 810 16 Bullock and Emu CreekB, Whipstlck, Cnmpaspe, Echuea, Kim- Redgum brought down the Murray RIver. 6 to 12 1 5 0 6 0 8 2 5 0 Box, ironbark, bluet red gUnl •• .ndhurst Division o 63 15 bolton, El)'Sian Flat, Murphy~s W ntcrholes • .. I...... Little or no timber used. Neighborllood of tile mines. Kilmore'Divlsion ...... 1 0 6 0 8 I~ 2 0 0 Box,lronbark •• 015 0 I t02 Heathcote Division and WaTanga Soutll 046 4 id 7k 6 to 16 io Subdivision 2 16 0 BOX, Ironbark, whitegum 012 6 - to 6 Sawn timber is ean1ed eight miles. 042 s to 12 6 to 14 1 'I 6 7 0 2 lV.mnga North Subdivision •• ,. '," "'"'" ..'''"'''~''' .. rum. .. lIIARYBOROUGH. 6 II 0 4. 6 8 Ii to 2 o 19 3 ned, white gum, stringybark .. o 6 ~i :1 to 15 Bet)l'een Mount Hooghly and Avoca River, Timor Creek,. M.ryborough Division •• o 4 S§ 4! to 6 5 to 12 Hayelock Flat. 1 4 0, Box, whitegum 066 12 Ha":elock, Avoca road beyond Adelaide Lead 060 5 '0 017 0 4 6 6 §!; Majorca Snbdivision •• I 2 6 4. 6 8 1 5 0 Box, !ronbark, stringy bark, redgnm. Ii 5 0 S to 14 Bullnrook Forest, parishes of Lilicur and Amherst, Mount Cole, Amherst Division 043 (I 7 to 10 Lexton, 1 to 2 1 0 0 BOX, bluegum, strlngyoork o 5 9' to 9 Pyrenees, Black Ranges, "Vicinity of the mines. o 3 I~ I to 12 6 to I~ o 16 1 5 0 6 to S Avoca Subdiyision .. •• 5 6 1 10 0 Bo:x) ironbark, gum •• 056 It I~ Impossible to Mmc any particular locality,as the several " The distance to~be carried cannot Ile given; it Dunolly and TtlrnaguJla Divisions 036 10 7 to 12 o 15 8 • kinds aftimber occur throughout the whole of my div!.sion depends in almost all cases upon the locality of the mine where it Is intended to be used, Redgum, box, ironbark ,. 056 Ilto 5 N of the mines. , 056 6 II 016 0 6 0 .9 2 Korong Division .. .. •• Ilto 2 BOX, gum, iron bark •• o 9 S -to 3 St varre Ranges, Vicinity of the mines. 6 S I~ 3~ to 8 4 to 12 I 5 0 610 7 t08 lledb.nk and St.. Arnaud South Subdivisions 4 0 7toS 14 to 2 Box, whitfgunl •• .0 6 0 -t06 B Ranges, Stuartmill Ranges, vicinity of the mines. S!' Arnaud N orlh Subdivision '.. • • ,6 311 I to 14 a to 12 I 3 ~ CASTLEMAINE. . Timber is getting dearer, and the distance to cart I 4 0 5 0 7 2 ] 12 0 Stringyhal'k, box"red, white, blue gum, 013 0 6 to 12 BuIlarook Forest near Daylesford, Echuc3, North lIfuekleford, Castlem.tne Div!.slon •• 046 5 s messmate, peppermint Walmer, Chinaman'. and Sandy Creeks and Ranges South. it and the difficulty ot procuring it greater. I' . Redgum Is got from Echuca. There is quite It difficulty in obtaining tlmberfor 7 to S • lOS 5 0 8 2 1 15 0 StrllljlY bark, box 012 0 6to 8 FrY1ir's Creek Uanges Fryer's Creek Division 054 6 to 7 I . mJntng purposes. ' , lto 7 l3,UljarOOk Forest, Wombat and :;Iusk CreekB, Dividing Range 7 to 8 076 4 10 8 l~ 011 6 Pepllermlnt, bOX, messmate, gums, strlngy- 046 Hepburn Division 032 6 bark, wattle, l!ghtwood, cherry tree ' Gum and box are getting searee. 6 2 ' 012 0 llox, stringybark, ~hitegum •• 010 6 Ho 6 Ranges west of TamdRle, east of Coliban . . •• • . 036 5 8 014 0 4 0 Long spars are got from Bullarook ~'orest. TarUdale and Kyneton Subdivision' 8' 2 2 5 0- BOX, gum •• .~ •• 014 0 5 to 8 Parishes of Huycns'wood, Wo.lmcr, and Muckleford .' ~ •• 076 9 9 o 16 0 5 0 Neighborhood of tile mines. . Tarrangower Division •• .'. 5 0 10 l~ o 16 0 B(}x, stringybark .. .. 014 6 to 8 St. Alldl'ew's Division •• •• 048 3 to 6 3 to 12 o 18 II is enrrried from a quarter to three 4 6 ~ 6 2 o 7' 6 ..\lessmate, white~um; peppennint, 090 Sa~tJ~:ber DIue Mountain North Subdivjslon 040 5 10 I I 4 0 'T"""O< ""', .,,"' ...... ARARAT. Dunpeworlhy, Londonderry, Langi Gherin, Mounts Cole and 012 6 4 0 6 110 Stringy bark, redgum, box, messmate 066 II to 25 Al:l!rut Division 046 2 to 5 ;;'~i~rti~.en Ney]s, Concongella and Three-mile Creeks, Parij,hes of Bolangum and Callawadda, Dog-trap Creek, Bald 500 5 6, 6 2 , 1 18 0 Gum, stringybark, b9x 080 4 to 35 ~nt Creek Division ,0 5 6 12 9 to 12 lj.lJls, Watta Wella, Six·mile Creek, Joel-joel, :Ma.!akoll', , Qampola, Ledcourl, between Monnt Dryden and the Grffill- Jilans, between Moyston' and Mokepiliy, Mount Cole, Qramplan•• .. , Box, gum, stringy bark, ironbark '1 to 3 Landsborough Ranges, Glenpatrick, Barkly ., Little or no thnber used. • llarkly Division 012 0 -tol7 7 to 8 o 1l 0 4 6 710S 015 .7 Messmate, strlngybark .. .. llagluU Division o S 3 31 to 10 . , "T C.". ~ "." .. ~,.rt. W''''''''' "." .... ,GIPPSLAND. . 0 Ii 6 • S 8 1 10 '0 Illuegnrn, whit.gum, strlngybark 126 lto5 Great Dividing Range and the banks of rivers and creeks near Om~o Subdivision I 0 0 5 0 tl1e 1l0ldworl FROM information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars the TOTA.L QUANTITIES OF GOJ.D got respectively from ALLUVIUIIIS and QUARTZ REEFS are as follow:- Alluvial. Quartz. Total. "z. dwt. oz, dwt, oz, dwt. Quarter ended 30th June 1874 106,984 5 164,905 7 271,889 12 THE QUANTITY 011' GOLD, the produce of this Colony, EXPORTED, according to Returns furnished by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows :- oz, d\\"t. Quarter ended 30th ,June 1874 238,272 11 GOLD RECEIV:ED ,AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL MINT. STATEMENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD receil-ed at and issued from the Melbourne Branch of the ROYAL MINT during the 9u!l:rter ended 30~h June 1874. RECE[VED. !:iSUED. Gross Weight of Rough Gross Weight of Gold. i Gross Weight of CoIn. Gross WeIght of Gold Gold. Bulllun. Bullioll, oz. oz, ·-·o------c--z, oz, 8,745'05 21,468'39 I 84,92.9'59 655'117 Royal Mint, E. W. WARD, Melbourne, 6th July 1874. Deputy Master. STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GOLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the ROYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 30th June 1874. GroS8 Weight of Rough Gold, G"OS8 WeIght of Gold Bullion, oz, oz. 5,878'91 18,731'50 ,- NOTE,-The MInt bas no evJdcnee beyond the stlltemont o(the depositors thnt the ~bove 18 VIctorian gold. Royal Mint,. E. W. WARD, Melbourne, 6th July 1874. Deputy lfsster. QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETO. SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, and MULLOCK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on, during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom :- M!:t..'lNG DISTRICTS. Quantity Crushed. Average Yield of ITotal Yield of Gold from , Gold per Ton. Qua!tz, &c., Crushed. Quartz. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat '" ...... '" ...... 65,500 0 0 0 8 2'12 26,489 5 9 Beechworth ...... 19,761 15 0 o 10 4'36 10,060 13 6 Sandhurst ...... 81,810 0 12 20'27 52,540 19 13 Maryborough ...... 8,759 10 0 7 18'14 3,396 16 21 Castlemaine . '" ° ° '" ...... 41,619 5 °0 7 21'04 16,390 18 9 Ararat ... .., ...... 16,590 0 0 °o 19,18'10 16,386 3 23 Gippsland ••1...... 10,825 0 ° 1 2 20'57 12,371 8 12 Totals ...... 1 .244,865 10 ° o 11 5'80 137,636 5 21 ' Quartz Tailings and Mu.lwck. Ballarat ...... '" ...... 13,220 0 0 3 23'93 2,642 6 0 Beechworth ...... 142 ° 0 0 5 3'80 36 12 12 Sandhurst ...... , ...... 885 °0 0 0 2 18'89 123 6 17 Maryborough .:...... 3,078 0 0 3 13'72 549 14 0 Castle maine ...... '" ...... 8,441 0 °0 0 o 19'08 335 9 15 Ararat 112 '", ...... 1,300 0 0 0 1 17'56 5 19 Gippsland ...... i •• .., '" ... . Totals ...... 27,066 0 0 0 2 19'38 3,799 14 15 Pyrites and Blanketings operated on. B allarat ...... 180 10 0 2 12 10'14 473 2 6 B eechworth 1•• ...... 155 13 0 I 6'19'90 208 15 23 Sandhurst '" ...... 637 0 0 2 16 17'94 1,807 8 4 13 10'97 54 10 0 Maryborough '" '" ...... 81 0 0 o C astlemaine ...... , 100 0 0 2 15 2'52 275 10 12 A rarat ...... 0 10 () 19 9 12'00 9 14 18 .G ippsland 122 16 0 2 1 8'31 253 17 8 ...... , - Totals ...... 1,277 9 0 2 8 6'41 3,082 18 23 . NO'l'Iii.-This Summa.ry does not show the total qun.utitics of quartz, &0., crushed or operated on, but only the yield of certain crushings, &c" "respecting which the Mining Surveyors nnd ]tegtstrars have been nble to obtain information, Owing to the circumstnnce that many of the muchlne owners are nnable to give,,,r are precluded from giving, Information, It Is Impossible to get complete returns from every district; and In considering the relative Importance 01 each district, as regards quartz mining, &c., the tables relating to machinery should be examined and compared. R. BROUGH SMYTH, Office bf Mines, . Secretary for Mines. , Melbourne, 20th July 1874. I MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' RETURNSo QUARTZ. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. . Division and Subdivision, Average I Remarks relative to tho Total Yield of i and Where Quartz WI\S obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. , Depth I\t wbieb the Name of Company. per Ton. Quartz WaS obtained, &e. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. I - BALLARAT M:W-ING DISTRICT., CENTRAL DIVISION Britannia ••• ... Specimen Gully ... 602 0 0 0 2 0'63 61 0 0 130 feet Countess ...... Barkly street ... 320 0 0 0 5 18 92 0 0 Manton's Freebold ... Princess street •• , 150 0 0 0 4 19'20 36 0 0 270 feet St. Paul's ,.. Near St. Paul's Church... ,400 0 0 0 3 23'19 79 6 12 165 feet Black Hill South Tribute .• , Humffray street ... 54 0 0 1 15 20'44 96 16 0 200 feet Two-ton ••. Black Hill...... 130 0 0 0 5 1'84 33 0 0 160 feet Black Hill South Extended Dyte's parade .. . 702 0 0 0 5 22'52 208 8 IS 170 to 200 feet Parade ,..... Dyte's parade... .., 773 0 0 0 14 22'77 577 15 14 Duchess ... ,.. Princess street ••. 1,013 0 0 0 6 S'06 320 IS 10 100 to 200 feet Parade Extended ... Princess street .. ' 41 0 0 1 3 9'95 AS 0 0 200 to 300 feet Grand Duke ...... Melbourne road ... 348 0 0 0 4 12'20 7S '9 0 160 to 180 feet Sovereign ... '" Golden Point :.. •.. 3,99S 0 0 0 3 6'36 652 13 17 800 feet Queen ...... Canadian' ... •.. 458 0 0 0 4 0'47 92 1 14 50 fe-et Welcome ... ••• Dead·horse...... SO 0 0 0 5 0 20 0 0 100 feet Ditto, on hire...... •.. 70 0 0 0 7 3'42 25 0 0 New Red, White, and Blue Little Bendigo ... 466 0 0 0 4 3'55 96 13 0 40 feet Ditto, on hire ...... Little Bendigo', .., 490 0 0 0 4 13'66 III 19 0 Hero Extended ... Little Bendigo ... 82 0 0 1 1 12 S8 3 0 600 feet New Dimmock's Reef ... Little Bendigo .. . 1,260 0 0 0 4 14'47 290 0 0 200 feet Tunnel...... Little Bendigo .. . '45' 0 0 0 5 5'33 11 15 0 60 feet Don ••• ... Gum-tree Flat ... 83 0 0, 0 3 0'28 12 10 0 200 feet Little Bendigo and Black Bill Black Hlll Ranges .. , 480 0 0 0 2 4'62 52 12 12 130 feet Black Hill ...... Black Hill .. . 1,297 0 0 0 15 19'89 1,026 9 23 320 feet Llanberris ... .•. Gum-tree Flat .. . 6,828 0 0 0 2 7'92 795 11 12 Temperance Little Bendigo .. . 1;500 0 0 '. 0 8 17'56 654 18 0 500,600, and750 feet Various batteries crushed Ballarat ...... 2,250 0 0 I 0 4 12 ~~~ on hire Totals ... 23,920 0 O. 0 5 1'77 i 6,068 6 12 SoUTHERN DIVISION. Speedwell ••• ... Staffordshire Reef ... l,066-;;-Oi:-;)~ --67li-5 140 feet Hopewell ...... Staffordshire Reef 480 0 0 0 2 8,83 56 16 18 SO feet ------1------1---- Totals ... 1,546 0 0 0 1 14'62 124 7 23 BUNINYONG DIVISION. Imperial ...... Hiscock's Reef 2,291 0 0 o 3 l4'05 410 14 0 320 to 200 feet One and All ...... Hiscock's Heef 376 0 0 o 3 20'17 i ;2 " 0 200 feet Tower Hill ...... Tower Hill, Magpie 714 0 0 o 2 7'03 8117 6 240 feet Ranges Totals ... 3,381 0 0 o 3 8'18 564 15 6 CRESWlOR: DIVISION. ',------1 Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs ... 15,335, 0 0 o 3 6'19 2,498 6 0 100 to 790 feet New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs ... 8,067 0 (). o 12 10'54 5,017 9 0 240 to 1005 feet Totals ... 23,402 0 0 0 6 10'15 7,515 15 0 GORDON SUBDIVISION. Sundry lots. •.. 4,704 o 0 1 11 12'72 7,415 17 0 Black Horse ...... Egerton 40.5 o 0 0 2 ll'97 50 12 0 Parker's Extended ... Gordon 250 o 0 0 5 11'42 i 6890 265 feet North Parker's ... •.. Gordon •.. 400 o 0, 0 4 16'92 ' 94 2 0 100 feet Jenny Lind ...... Moorabool _ 14 o 0 '0 9 0 660 1------'------Totals ... 5,773 0 0 1 6 10'84 7,635 6 0 STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. .~~ ------1-----1 Native Youth ... A 1 Reef, Steiglitz ... 480 0 0 o 9 S'85 224 17 0 London...... Copenhagen Reef .•. 43 0 0 2 1 8'37 8S 18 0 Mulroney and Co. . .. New Reef, North Gympie 6 0 0 2 1 16 12 10 0, Eureka...... •.. Eureka Reef, Steiglitz ... 800 1 ' 7 12 11 0 0 Italian ...... , Italian Reef... .., 10 0 0 040 200 Gladstone ••• ••• German Reef ... 16 0 0 050 400 Lindsay...... Post-office Reef, Elaine... 620 0 0 o 19 8'52 600 0 0 Minerva...... Elaine ... •.. 328 0 0 o 9 15'22 158 0 0 Perseverance... •.. Elaine ... •.. 96 0 0 o 15 5 73 0 0 Morning Star... . •. Elaine ... ••. 84 0 0 1 0 0 84 0 0 Scott and Co...... Elaine ...... 31 0 0 o 16 18'58 26 0 0 Post Office ...... Elaine ...... 78 0 0 100 78 0 0 Dove and Co,...... Elaine ... ••• 1.4 0 0 4 11 1'03 64 0 0 Golden Gate ...... Elaine ... •.. 54 0 0 1 8 16'89 &4 0 0 Ditchburne's Tribute .. . Elaine '" ... 15 0 0 1 6 16 20 0 0 Ringrose and Co.... •.. Elaine ...... 28 0 0 050 7, 0 0 Von Moltke '" ... Elaine , •• 20 0 0 1 12 0 32 0_0 Davidson and Co, ... Mount Doran ...... 337 0 0 1 9 12'60 497 10 0 Capell and Co, ... •.. , Mount Doran ...... 57 0 0 038 9 10 0 Jackson and Co...... Mount Doran ••• .. . 17 0 0 o 5 7'06 .. 10 0 London and Edinburgh ... Mount Doran...... 87 0 0 o 11 21'40 22 0 0 Bennett and Co...... Mount Doran...... 15 0 0 o 6 ll'i! 4 17 0 8 QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed ,in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued., " Division and Subdivision, Average I Remarks relative to the and Wllere Quartz was'obtalned, Quartz Crushed, Yield of Gold Total YIeld of Depth at which the No.me of Company, I per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &e. BLACKWOOD DIVISION tons aWl. qt. oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr. AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SOBDIVISION. Sultan ...... Barry's Reef ...... 1,608 0 0 o 17 12'76 1,409 II 0 70 to 500 feet Sultana ...... Barry's Reef ...... 318 0 0 0 4 4'23 66 8 0 120 feet Mounter Bros...... Barry'~ Reef ... 995 0 0 0 Ii 17'61 i 285 5 0 140 feet North Britain· .. , '" ~Vright's Reef ... 550 0 0 0 7 16'9 210 18 18 50 to 100 feet Hed, White, and Blue ... Wright's Heef ... 182 0 0 1 0 7'78 184 19 0 120 to 150 feet Vietoria ...... Yankee Reef '" ... 250 0 0 0 9 15'36 120 10 0 60 feet Gre;'t Tunnel' ... '" Schmion'. Reef ... 100 0 0 0 5 7'20 26 10 0 60 feet All Nations ...... ;Vlanheim Reef ... 83 0 0 0 3 2'75 12 18 12 35 feet Kohinoor ...... Simmons' Reef ... 270 0 0 0 3 3'46 42 8 22 HO feet Crown • oo ... i-;immons' Reef ... 500 0 0 0 2 16'32 67 0 0 130 feet Eldorado '" ... Hi!! Hill ...... 100 0 0 0 3 5'64 16 3 12 120 feet North Sultan ... Barry's Reef ...... 98 0 0 0 5 4'90 25 10 0 250 feet '" ------Totals ...... 5,054· 0 0 0 9 18'41 2,468 2 16 BALLAN SUBDIVISION. ------,----- Ashton's ...... Ashton's ...... 30 0 0 o 16 16 25 0 0 100 feet BEEC¥WORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEECHWOllTH DIVISION. Waterloo ...... Myrtleford ... llO 0 0 0; 4 18'98 26 7 0 90 feet Trpzlse and CQ. ... Granite Creek ... 10 0 0 o 12 0 6 0 0 10 feet McDonald and Co. ... Myrtleford ...... 30 0 0 0 8 6'40 12 8 0 60 feet , !,;foore and Co, ...... Myrtleford ...... 9 0 0 0 S 21'38 4 0 0 Surface Reform ...... Myrtlcford ... .., 170 0 0 0 4 4'37 35 11 0, 200 feet Hordisty an~ Co. Stony Creek 0 14 0' 12 12 30 feet ... '" ... IS 0 o 0 Forese View ...... Stony Crpek ...... 22 0 0 I 0 0 22 0 0 Surface Rhorles and ~o...... Back Creek ...... 33 0 0 o 15 0 24 15 0 80leet Caledonian ... Back Creek ...... 13 0 0 0 6 12'92 4 Ii 0 50 feet McLeod and' Co...... Wombat Gully ... 85 0 0 3 II 10'28 125 0 0 50 feet Black Magpie ...... Ba~in Creek' ... 9 0 0 :) 5 13'33 47 10 0 60 feet Golden Bar' • oo ... Three-mile Creek ... 40 0 0 0 4 0 S 0 0 Surface King~ton ... .. , Hurdle FliLt , .. ... 69 0 0 0 8 23'65 31 0 0 90 feet Wallaby ...... Hurdle Flat ...... 48 0 0 I 5 J5 61 10 0 90 feet Frenchman's Reef ... Hurdle ~'Iat ...... 4 0 0' 1 10 0 6 0',0 Surface Hope Reef ' .. ... Hurdle,Flat ...... 12 0 0 o 16 0 9 12 0 Surface Homeward-bound Rocky Point 160 0 o 19 IfJ2 0 0 ,440 f£'et ...... o i 0 I , - TotRls ...... 792 0 0 0 14 20'66 588 JO '0 YACKANDANDAH DIVISION, B igelow and Clingan ... Homeward-bound, HilIs- 650 0 0 0 7 6 235 12 12 380 to 355 feet borough ' , B igelow amj. Kelly ... Bon Accord Reef, mils- 110 0 0 010 4 55 18 8 50 feet borough Bolam and Co. ... Scandinavian Reef, 8 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 Surface ... ' Twist's Creek , Bolam and Co...... Homew:trd-bound Reef, 143 10 0 o 13 22'49 100 0 0 200 feet Twist's Creek , -~------.------Totals ... .. , 911 10 0 0 8 18'40 399 10 20 INDIGO PIVISION. Magenta ...... Magenta Reef ...... 200 0 0 0 JO (\ 100 0 0 80 to 100 feet Russell and' Co. ... Ruseell's Reef ...... 32 0 0 0 II· 6 18 0 I) 60 to 100 feet, W 10 ' akeford and Co. ... Wakeforrl's Reef '" 16 0 1 1 5'09 17 10 0 20 to 70 feet R oughead and Co. ... Ibnner's Reef ... 24 '0 0 1 7 12 33 0 0 80 to 110 feet Tr;'ll crushings ...... VRrious reefs ... - 21) 0 0 0 7 19'20 7 16 0 Surface to 60 feet T, Place ...... Good Hope Reef 'OO li9 0 0 I 8 1'07 251 0 0 60 to 80 feet Moore and Co...... H. Burns' Reef .. . 49 0 0 2 16 11'63 139 0 0 80 to 100 feet Trial crushings ...... Various reefs ...... 20 10 0 I 4 2'34 2-1, 14 0 ::\ul'face to 10 feet '\rvilkinson and Co. ... Llinarkshirc Reef , .. 21 0 1 5 17'14 27 0 0 80 to 100 feet E d wards and Co ...... Not, known ...... ·7 5 ~I 4 5 12'41' 31 0 0 \ . Totals ...... 569 5 o! I 2 19'24 649 0 '0 ------,------BUCKLAND DrvrsIOx. Harrietville. Law, Hanna, and Co. ... United Miners' Reef ... 1,500, 0 0 0 17 11'84 1,312 0 0 350 feet Bromley and Co ...... Rose of A ustraJia ... ,23 0 0 I II 17'73 36 10 ,0 40 feet Belt Rnd Co, ...... Unity ...... 49 0 0 1 15 0 8.'\ 15 0 40 feet Sloane and Co.... • .. Never-too-JJate ... 50 0 0 I 12 0 80 0 0 20 feet Johnson, Morgan and Co ..... Southern Cross ... 600 0 0 0 'I 18'~ 58 0 0 150 feet Smoke Creek and Ovens Rive,'. Osborne, Hazelton and Co. Homeward-bound ... 1,040 0 0 o 11 7'jl 588 14 12 200 feet Oshorne and Stephens ' ... J.anarkshire ...... 50 0 0 0 6 9'60 ]6 0 0 100 feet H. R. Brown ...... Harp of Erin '" ... 60 0 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 80 feet H ughes, Brown and Co. ... America ...... 28 0 0 2 0 0 56 0 0 25 feet " I . 9 QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivil'ioll during the Quarter, &c.-continued. Division and Subdivision, Average Remarks relatJve to the Total Yield of Depth at which the Ilnd Where Quartz was obtained, Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Name ot Company. per Ton, Quar~z was obtained, &0. BUCKLAND DIVISlON- tons owt. qt, oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr. continued. ~ Running Creek. Happy Valley ...... Happy Valley, &c. (4) ... 1,030 0 0 0 5 1'16 260 0 0 120 to 560 feet .Morse's and Growler's cree/Is, James, Brown, and Greene London Red ...... 194 0 0 2 0 0 3SS 0 0 Snrfaceto 175ft, Rowe and Co...... \Yonloomooloo Reef ... ~IS 0 0 0 17 IS'66 16 0 0 70 feet E,M,Gill ...... Home Beef .. , .. . 300 0 0 0 3 19"68 57 6 0 100 feet McGill, Clingin. and Co, ... Hillsborough Reef ... 1,200 0 0 0 15 0 900 0 0 190 feet Hazelton and Duncan ... Queen of the Soulh Reef 300 0 0 0 10 0 HiO 0 0 Not stated Cornish United ... Alpine and EI{!"in Reef(3) 1,050 0 0 0 3 6'17 171 0 0 30 to 130 feet Nicholls, Halvey, and Co, ... Gunnies Lake Heef ... 45 0 0 o 14 19"73 '33 7 0 80 feet Hood and Coutts ...... Try Again Reef ... 105 0 0 o 15" 12'57 SI 10 0 Not stated McLean, Mortimer, and Co. English and Weleh Reef 182 0 0 I I 1265 195 IS 0 70 feet 6 0 0 36 feet '" ...... Caernarvon ...... 15 0 0 0 8 0 Jones, Benyon, and Co. ... Albion Reef ... 38 0 0 1 2 15'15 43 0 0 60 feet Martin and Co. •.. ... ~Retlrnth Reef .•• ... 40 0 0 0 6 12 13 0 0 60 feet Cardwell, May, and Co. ... lIIyrtle Reef ..• ... 213 0 0 2 16 5'85 599 0 0 50 to 80 feet Kinkade, Wallace,and Co .... Rai! way Reef ... J92 0 0 o 14 6'50 137 0 0 50 feet Buckland. Hill's Tribute ...... Alta and Nelson Heef ... 90 0 ,0 0 17 21'33 SO 10 0 200 feet Thorpe and Co...... Perse\"erence Reef .. . 48 0 0 "0 19 4 46 0 0 50 feet Curry and Co...... Perfect Cure Heet ... 15 0, 0 0 5 S 4 0 0 50 feet Keane and Co...... General Jackson Reef ... 18 0 o· o 10 U 9 0 0 35 feet J. A. Wallace ...... Miner's Hight Reef ... 88 0 0 o IS 10'63 SI 3 0 230 feet McDonald and Sagoe ... Unicorn Reef ...... 34 0 0 1 12 9'17 55 1 12 100 feet R. Howman and Co. ... Lady ~aley Reef ... 41 0 0 0 9 5'26 18 IS 0 SO feet Hall and Co...... Hobin Hood Reef...... 32 0 0 o 13 IS 22 0 0 30 feet J. Monaghan ...... Ireland Reef ...... 14 0 0 I 17 20'57 26 10 0 55 feet Totals ...... 8,702 0 0 o 12 22'77 5,634 3 0 ALl'lXANDRA SUDDlVIBION. ------Martin Egan ...... Outward-bound Reef ... 13 0 0 o 17 22'15 11 13 0 Philip Ryan ...... Outward-bound Reef ... 3 0 0 0 7 S 1 2 0 . Waters and party ... Redivivus Reef ... 16 0 0 o 17 12 14. 0 0 Menoni and party ... Durham Reef "" ... 22 0 0 0 4 8'73 4 16 0 lao feet Johnson and party ... Durham Reef ...... S 0 0 0 3 22"50 1 11 12 Surface to 10 ft. Albert Tribute ...... Albion Heef ...... 9 0 0 o 13 7'33 5 19 IS SO feet Albion ...... Albion Reef, ... 6 0 0 0 5 8 1 12 0 130 feet Murrindindi ...... Higinbotham Reef ... 36 0 0 0 2 12 410 0 50 feet Tea Tree ...... Welcome Reef ... 91 0 0 o 15 19'63 71 19 11 15 0 16 10 0 200 teet Croosus ••• .. ... Lily Reef '" ... 22 0 0 o Hitchcock and party ... Kangaroo Reef ... 10 0 0 6 11 19'20 65 18 0 30 feet Hewitt and party ... Galatea Reef ... .., 4 0 0 7 4 3 28 16 12 50 feet ------Totals ...... 240 o "0 o 19 0'82 228 S 5 ·GAFFNl'lY'S CREKK SUB- DIVlSION. Great Eastern ...... Homeward-bound Reef.. , 450 0 0 0 2 0'14 45 2 17 150 feet, about Victoria ...... Homeward-bound Reef.•• 600 0 0 0 1 1955 54 8 18 175 feet, about Lauraville ...... Homeward-bound Reef.•• 400 0 0 0 1 7'S6 26 1\ 0 150 feet, ahout Wallaby ...... - Wallaby Reef...... 360 0 0 (j 2 12 45 5 0 175 feet, about Royal... , ...... Wallaby Reef...... 340 0 0 o 12 0'21 204- 3 0 100 feet, about Rose of Denmark ... Eureka Reef '" .. . 780 '0 0 0 4 5'66 165 4 0 500 feet, about . _------Totals , .. ... 2,930 0 0 0 3 16'58 540 14 11 WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. ------ Hope ... ' ...... lI~orning Star Reef ... 60S 0 0 0 7 23"93 243 2 6 Various depths to 350 feet Alps Great Central ... !\Iorning Stltr Heef ... J50 0 0 I 0 6:40 152 0 0 2S0 feet, about Woods Point .••• ... Morning Star Reef ... 576 0 0 o 10 S-96 298 15 0 2S0 feet, about No.1 and 2 North Morning Star Beef ... 180 0 0 0 6 9"20 57 9 0 300 feet Prospeetors' Morning Sta~" Morning Star Reef ... 600 0, 0 0 o 16:40 20 10 0 150 feet Telegraph ... •.. 'Yaverly Beef ' ... 300 0 0 0 3 "16'S8 55 II 0 J 50 feet All Nations ... All Nations Reef ... 290 0 0 0 223'17 43 0 0 300 "feet , Prince of Wales ::: ... All Nations Reef 240 0 0 0 5" 6 63 0 0 200 feet Alliance Miner's ...... Alliance Miner's Reef ... 300 0 0 1 12 0 480 0 0 i 75 to 200 feet ------Totals ... 3,244 0 0 0 S 17'13 1,413 7 6 BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION, ------Luck's-All ...... 'Varner's Reef 600 0 0 0 5 4 155 0 0 300 feet, about Londonderry cum Retriever Rail way Reef ...... 1,200 0 0 0 3 10 205 0 0 300 feet, about The Unknown ...... Unknown Reef .. . 23 0 0 3 5 5'22 75 0 0 100 feet, about ------Totals ...... l,S23 0-0 0 4 18'54 435 0 0 JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. ------Golden Nugget Tribute ... Baker's Creok ... 150 0 0 0 3 4'32 23 17 0 liO feet Venture ... Mack's Creek ------400 0 0 ------0 7 975 ------14S 2 12 100 feet Totals ...... 550 0 0 0 6 6"08 171 19 12 . , 10 QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision uuring the Quarter, &c.-continued. Dlvi.lon and Subdivision, Average I . Remarks relative to the I : Totel Yield of Depth at which the and' Where Quartz 'Yas obtelned. Quartz Crushed. I', Yield of Gold Name of Company, ! per Ton. : Gold. Quartz was obtained, .!ie •. ----'-1. , ----- tons·cwt. qr.1 oz. Ilwt. gr. 1---:. dwt~ SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. ! SANDHURST'DIVISION. Garden Gully United ... Garden Gully Reef ... 3,102 0 0 2 6 10'57 ,7,202 19 0 Lazarus New Chum ... New-chum Gully ... 1,459 0 0 o 14 7'53 1,044 4 0 Hercules ...... Victoria Reef ... , 3,873 0 0 0 6 4'06 1,194 14 10 G. G. Consolidated , ... Golden Gully ...... 3,057 0 0 0 8 10'71 1,291 1 0 Koch's Pioneer .• , ... Long Gully ...... 7;785 0 0 0 9 14'67 3,741 4 12 Great Extended Hustler's... Hustler's Reef ... ·6,178 0 0 0 9 14'73 2,969 15 0 Great Hustler's ...... Hustler's Reef ... 2,050 0 0 o 12 )2'01 1.281 6 0 Hustler's Reef i .. Hustler's Reef ... 2,193 0 0 o 18 1\'09 2,024 8 0 Victoria Consols ...... Victoria Reef ... 4,387 0 0 011 4'74- 2,456 4 0 c' Victoria Reef 1021'23. 9 ...... Victoria Reef '" 2,542 0 0 o 1,383 0 Metropolitan ... i ... Golden Square .. . 3,981 0 0 o 10 12'55 2,094 13 0 .Johnson's Reef ...... California Gully ... 3,301 0 0 0 5 23;76 988 14 0 Beehive ...... Eaglehawk ...... 2,120 0 0 o 13 5'34 1,401 12 0 Louisa ...... Devonshire Gully 3,334 0 0 0 8 10'77 1,408 8 11 Catherine Reef United Mixed lots ... Eaglehawk ... 1,773 0 0 o 12 18'26 .1,131 5 2 from various reef• W. Rae ... Happy Valley 3,091 0 0 o II 17'14 ·1,810' 9. 14 ...... (Set: ll~e 31) Fortuna Works ... ; ... New-chum Gully ... 2,020 O. 0 ,I. 7.23'88. 2,827 10,.0 .,. 0 " Albert Diamond Hill 945 . 0 0 0 8 ,2'78 383 9,12 ...... " . , Bendigo'~~d Meljj~urne ... Kangaroo Flat ... 2,634 0 0 011 9'Ol 1,498 3 .0 ; .'1 , Great Britain... l, ... Golden [Square ... 3,801 0 o· 0 6 15'33 ,1,261 15 0 Abe Lincoln ...... New-chum Gully ... 4,200 0 0 1 14 8'72 7,216 6 0 Shellback ... , ... Shellback Reef ... 1,583 0 0 0 6 23'01 550 15 18 Roberts Bros...... Specimen Hiil, Long Gully 90 0 0 0 9 0 40 10 0 Barkly Reef ...... Elysian Flat... ' ... 50 0 0' 011 3'84 27 18 0 Perfect Cure , * ...... Crusoe Gully ...... 342 0 0 0 6 22'17 118 18 0 New Chum and Victoria ••• Victoria Ret:;f; ... I ... 2,641 ' O. 0 0 8 4'07 1,078 16 0 Wilson's Reef ... : ... M:arong ...... 1,448 0 0 0 6 9'72 463 15 0 Golden Fleece ... " ... Stafford Reef ••• ... 2,689 0 0' 0 5 9'05 723 0 0 New Nelaon Reef ... California Gully ,." 3,400 0 0 0 8 9'45 1,427 0 0 ----- Totals ... 0>' 80,069, 0 0 o 12 17'99 51,042 3 7 1----- HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND ! ;. WARANGA SOUTR SUB- I' I' DIVI!!ION. Costerfteld ...... (",osterfield ...... 188 0 0 o 13 8'55 125 11 0 520 feet Hall and Marchesi ... Various place,!! ... 270 0 0 o 1420'17 200 7 0 Various depths' ;r ohn Collins ...... Redeastle ...... 83 0 0 014 5'71 59 1 18 Various depths ------,- ---- Totals ... 541 0 0 o 14 5'57 384 19'18 '" , - --:""l"- WARANGA NORTI,i: SUB- DIVISION. R. Crocker and Co., ... Scrub Reef ...... 5 0 0 1 16 0 9 0 0 Cortezi and Co. ... .", •• t Corrobboree Reef ... 89 0 0 0 5 3'24 22 17 0 Sinnott and Co. "', ... Frenchman's Reef ... 39 0 0 0 8 19'69 17 4 0 Milleay and Co. •.. '" West Growler's Reef ... 38 0 0 0 8 0 15 4 0 Scnrry and Co...... Scrub Reef ...... 92 0 0 0 6 14'87 30 9 0 Welch a.nd Co. •.. ' ... White Hills ...... 109 0 0 3 13 19'38 402 5 0 .. Vaughan Ilnd Co. ... Belfas t Reef ...... 83 0 0 0 3 11'57 i4 9 0 . . Porter and Co...... White Hills ...... 1l 0 0 0 7 1'64 3 17 18 21'60 10 9 0 - Bock and Co...... White Hills '" ... 10 0 0 I o Hodge and Co., ...... White Hilla ...... 3 0 0 0 8 0 1 4 0 Mostly shallow; 11.1 Keys and Co...... 'White Hills ...... 12 0 0 o 10 0 6 0 0 above 'water level Ludlow ind Co. .. ~ ... White Hills ...... 4 0 0 o 12 4'50 2 8 18 Ryan and Co...... White Hills ...... 12 0 0 0 o 17 0 8 12 Balaclava Sub Tribute ... Balaclava Hill, Whroo ... 295 0 0 o 12 16'45 187 2;6 Stock and Co, ... ." Stockyard Reef ... 20 0 0 0 6 18 6 15 0 Various crushings ... Chief!. y WI1i t e Hills ... 115 0 0 0 8 22'01 51 5 12 Oppermann and Co. ... Coy's Diggings ... 6 0 0 27 8 8 164 10 0 Scanlan and Co, ...... Coy's Diggings ... 11 0 0 3 4 13'09 35 10 0 Bryant and Co. ... Coy's Diggings ... 90 0 0 0 8 16 39 0 0 Va.rious crushings ... Coy's Diggings ... 156 0 0 o 12' 0'88 93 17 18 ------, ? 1,200 0 0 0 18 13'53 1,113 16 12 I Totals ...... , . , 11 QUANTITY of QUA.RTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued• • Division and Subdivision, Average Remarks·relatlve to the Total-Yleld of Depth a.t which the arid Where Quartz was obta.lned. Quartz Crushed. YIeld of Gold Gold. Name?f Oompany. per Ton • . Quartz was o)ltalned, &e. tons ewt. qr Ioz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARYB0J,i0UGH DIVISION. Bristol Hill ' ...... Bristol Bill ...... 1,841 0 0 0 3 22'86 265 o 12 310 feet Johnston and Sons ... Public crushings ... 338 0 0 011 0'26 186 1 16 Various Penny and Claussen ... Public crushings ... 231 0 0 011 S 130 18 0 Various Mariner's Reef ...... Public crushings ... 250 0 0 o 12 22'OS 161 10 0 Various Totals ...... 2,160 0 0 0 6 21'22 743 10 4 ------MAJORCA SuBDIVISION. ----- Deed Brothers ...... Alfred Reef, German 20 0 0 2 0 0 40 0 0 233 feet level. Reef Gully ______------15 inches thick AMHERST DiVISION. Croydon ...... Laura Reef ...... 565 0 0 0 3 10'46 96 11 12 150 feet. Fenton and Co...... Prince of Wales Reef ... 151 0 0 o 19 IS'59 149 6 0 70 to 90 feet Busch and Co...... Prince of Wales Reef ... 229 0 0 0 9 23'05 114 1 0 62 to 90 feet Specimen ...... Churchhill Reef ... 20 .0 0 o 10 12 10.10 0 54 feet Clements and Co...... Whipstick Reef ... 10 0 0 2 0 9'60 : 20 4 0 40 feet Warrior ...... UdnyReef ... .,. 20 0 0 0 7 1 . 7 020 60 feet ,. Sundries . ... Various ...... _40~.~_O .1_6 ~ Totals ...... 1,035 0 0 0 '1 19'20 403 13 S ------1----- AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Monte Christo ...... Monte Christo Reef... 646 0 0 0 2 22'59 95 0 0 Surface to 40 feet Murdoch ... ••• Pioneer Reef ••• ... 42 0 0 1 9 18'29 62 10 0 Near surface Haberle .. . ''', Vale's Reef...... 55 0 0 1 19 S'29 lOS 4 0 Not named ...... Township Reef ... 20 0 0 0 2 21'60 2 IS 0 Monte Christo Mill d'" Vart9us ...... 19 0 0 ,0 3 17'68 3 11 0 Green's Reef ... ••• 23 0 0 0 3 7-30 3 16 0 Davies and Simons ... Leicestershire Reef... 10 0 0 1 10 S'40 15 3 12 Near surface Various parcels ...... Percy dale and Donkey' 166 0 0 0 1 7'54 10 18 3 Hill ------,--1----1 Totals...... ·981 0 0 0 6 3'7f;t '302 0 15 -----1--,.------DUNOLLY AND TABNAGULLA D1VISIONS. Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef, Goldsbo- i 731 0 0 o 5 13'95 204 0 0 335 feet rough Bet-bet Reef ... Bet-bet Reef ... 151 0 0 o 7 12'37 56 14 21 30 feet T.·W, and J, Pike ... Perseverance Reef 100 0 0 001 5 0 0 100 feet United Poverty Reef ... Poverty"Reef ... 257 0 0 o 2 21'44 37 3 15 Kern and Stone ••• ... Break1o'-Day Reef ... 46 0 0 070 16 2 0 SO feet Drayton and Co .... ••• Pipeclay Reef 2S 0 0 0' 6 18 990 Totals ... 1,313 0 0 0 5 0'08 328 9 12 KORONG DIVISION. Fane's' ...... Fone's Reef ... 1,162 0 0 0 10 17'76 624 0 0 375 feet REDBANll: AlliD ST. ARNAUD SOU1'H SUBDIVISIONS. New Isis ... Oxonian Reef •• : 360 0'" 0' 0, III 15'SO 227 17 0 140 feet Eureka .. . Eureka Reef .. . 9 0., 0 0 13 5'33 5 19 0 80 feet, or water level Darling Flat ... Rubbly Reef .. . 40000112'40 22 4 0 Totals ••• 409 0 0 0 12 12'24 256 0 0 ST, ARNAUD NORTH SUB DIVISION. Rising Star .. . Rising Star Reef 204 0 0 o 19 14'59 200 0 0 460 feet Wilson's Hill .. . ••• Wilson's Hill ... 100 0 0 o 19 23'76 99 19 0 300 to 380 feet Chrysolite ...... Western Reef 1,119 0 0 o 5 15'43 315 14 6 460 feet Greenock ...... Greenock Reef 200 0 0 060 60 0 0' Smith and Co. . •• ... Devonshire Reef 20 10 0 o 7 7'61 7 10 0 40 feet Edwards .•• ... Garibaldi Reef 200 200 400 Dawe and St. Clare ,.. Pioneer Reef .• , 25 0 0 o 6 17'28 S 8 0 Caledonia Reef 900 080 3 12 0 --·---1--,..------Totals ...... 1,679 10 0 0 S 7'82 699 3 6 12 QUANTITY Qf :QUARTZ Crushed in each Divisjon and Subdivision during the Quarter, &e.-cQtltinued. Dlvision and Subdi~Igfon, Avernge 1 Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz was obtained. IQUartz " Crushed. Yield 01 Gold I T{}tao!~ld 01 I Depth at whIch the' Name of Compa~y. Qua.rlz,wa.s obtained, &c. ------per Ton.. I . I tons cwt. qt. OZ, dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr. 1 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CA8TLEMAINE DIVISION. O,Q,X, ... ..' Volunteer Reef 816 o 0 o 15 18'44 643 7 0 120 feet Volunteer ...... VOIU!lteer Reef 384 o 0 o 19 12'56 374 17 0 120 feet New Caledonia ... .•• Caledonia Reef 3,385 o 0 o 4 7'55 730 5 0 ) 60 to 200 feet Eureka Con.ols ; ... ]~ureka Reef ... 928 o . 0 o 6 21'23 319 9 0 280 to 360 feet Eureka Tribute ...... Flureka lieef ... 390 o 0 o 15 2'05 294 3 9 280 to 360 feet William Tell .. , ... Chewton Heef 1,117 o 0 0,4 5'84 237 0 0 90 feet Euergetic ••• ... Manchester Reef 511 o 0 o 7 6'44 185 14 3 80 to 150 feet Devonshire ...... Devonshire Reef 1,003 o 0 o 8 9'46 '420 19 12 250 to 304 feet Ajax aud others .:. ... Campbell's Creek 720 o 0 o 3 7'98 119 19 10 Various' Walker and others ... Wattle Gully Reef 60 o 0 o 15 7'50 45 18 18 235 feet Lewes and others ' ... Nimrod Reef ... 364 o 0 o 6 21'28 125 6 21 Various Callander ...... Forest Creek ... 380 o 0 o 10 0'51 190 8 0 Various Englishman's ... ." Englishman's Reef 51 o 0 I 2 1'41 5G 5 Q 270 feet Totals ... , ~ ... 10,109 0 0 0 7 9'76.3,743 13 1 FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Garnet and Co...... Hit-or-Miss 10 0 0 o 10 0 500 50 to 60 feet Cumberland ...... Cattle's Reef ... 490 0 0 o 4 12-i3 I III 0 0 200 to 220 feet Burdett Coutts ...... Cattle's Heef ... 80 0 0 o 2 7'50 950 140 feet Black Hawk ...... Cattle's Reef .. ' 1,200 0 0 o 8 13'32 513 6 0 170 feet ' .. Fryers' .... •.. ... Cattle's Heef ' .. 308 0 0 o 11 20'96 182 17 0' 230 to 265 feet ' Ferron's Reef ... ..• Ferron's Heef. .. 1,624 0 0 o 3 11'05 281 0 0 130 to 198 feet Anglo Australian ... Cattle's Reef ' .. 301 0, 0 o 9 3'74 137'16 0 80 feet Hope Tribute .:. ... Cattle's Reef ... '20 0 0 1 19, 0 39 0 0 80 feet Redhouse and White ... Ferrou's Reef ... 76 0 0 o 3 10'10 13 0 0 140 to 160 feet MeDonald and Wilson ,.. German Gully 24 0 0 .1 15 0 42 0 0 60 feet Rowe Brothers ...... Cattle's Reef ... 1,415 0 0 o 1421'70 1,054 9 14, 110 to 165 feet Small and Co. .' .. ... Cattle's Reef ... 100 0 0 o 10 14'40 53 0 0 180 to 200 feet Rowe Brothers ...... Ferron's Reef. .. 150 0 0 o 2 0 15 0 0 100 to 235 feet .. Duke Cornwall, •..• ... Cattle's Reef ••• 684 0 0 o I 23'43 67 12 0 110 to 170 feet Duchess ••. .., Cattle's Reef ' .. 210 0 0 o 2 13','i0 30 15 0 50 feet Cattle's Reef ...... Cattle's Reef ... 300 0 0 o 3 3'20 47 0 0 100 feet Middlesex .•• ... Bullock Reef ... 93 0 0 o 13 6'70 61 15 0 Totals , .. 7,lI5 0 0 0 7 1l'70 2,663 15 14 HEPBURN DIVISION. Cerberus ... .•• All Nations Reef .. , 66 0 '0 o 8 11'63 28 0 0 80 teet White and party; ... Goldsmith's Reef __ . 20 0 0 o 18 0 18 0 0 30ieet Jenkins' mills ...... Mauritius and Willard's 94 0 0 o 13 3'44 61 15 12 30feet l'e'(fs ... , .. C. Morrison and ,Co. ... Chance Reef .. , .. . 34 0 0 o 6 1'41 10 6 0 25 feet North Cornish ...... Cornish Reef...... 612 0 0 o 4 9'58 134 12 4 90, 150, nnd 326 :feet Barkla's mills ...... Spring Creek ... •.. 396 0 0 o 12 17'4.2 251 19 12 30, 35; and 100 feet Mawby and party ... Mauritius Reef ... 474 0 0 o 9 0'63 213 18 12 is'feet Anehor Tribute .. . ,.. Mauritius Beef ... 178 0 0 o 4 19'39 42'1521 90 feet Specimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill .. , 2,589 0 0 o 6 13'92 851 15 20 ) 70 to 383 feet Risk's Prospect ;.. . ,.. Glengower...... 45 0 0 o 13 ,8 30 0 0 50 feet Cornish...... Cornish Reef ... '" 6,331 0 0 o 5 20'96 1,8;'9 ~ 15 100 to,480 feet Black Jack, ' ...... Black Jack Gully .•• 60 0 0 o 2.12'80 7 12 0 fOO to 150 feet' McDonnell ...... , Stony Creek ... .., 55 0 0 o 8 1'30 22 3 0 4 to 45 feet South Argus .. , ... Crown Reef .. : ' •• 95 0 0 o 8 18'94 18 0 0 95 feet Rean's Tribute ... , .., Commissioner's Heef ... 53 0 0 o 19 12'67 51 15 0 i3 feet ------1----,-----,------1 TARADALE AND KYNETON Totals ...... 11,102 0 0 o 6 11'72 3,601 Ii 0 • ' SUBDIVI,SION, Taradale United ... .. , Tar'adale 1,500 0 o o !l Jl'OI i09 7 22 130 feet Fenton' ... , '" , .. Taradale 1,600 0 o o 5 10'}7 433 18 O' 200 feet Adventure , .. , .. , Taradale 100 0 o 020 10 o 0 2{0 feet Extended Napier ... Lauriston 1,425 0 o o 6 )'73 432 13 0 North Energetic ...... J.. auriston 127 0 '0, o 3 12 22 4 12 130 feet Tommy Dodd : ... '" Malmsbury 2,241 o o o 6 16'11 147 10 0 190 feet Patton's •• , '" Taradale 22 o o , 300 66 o 0 32 feet ,: Totals ,.. .,. ,______7,015 0 ~II-----I ,:. 0 6 21:70 2,421 13 10 TARRANGOWER DIVISION, I Caledonian mills, ...... Eaglehawk, Cookman's 339 0 0 o II 188 8 0 140 to 550 feet and 'Yatkins' Reefs Linscott's mil1~, ... .._ 'Nuggety, Eaglehawk, 942 0 0 o 16 23'49 799 14 0 Surface to 560 feet Linscott's, and Church Hill Phrenix mills ... Otago, Cookman's, Bee 332 0 0 o 9 15'90 160 8 0 Surface to 300 feet hi,e, and Eaglehawk / , reefs Great Western ... '.. BeehiYe Reef .,. , .. i!H 0 0 0 12 12'54 497 3 0 Surface to 300 feat Eaglehawk Union ... Eaglehawk Reef' .. , 1,895 0 I) I 0 17 6'58' 1,636 15 0 600 feet Thornhill's Reef ...... Thornhill's Reef .. . 1,145 '0 0 0 5 031 287 0 0 300 to 500 feet Britannia •. , ,.. Red, 'Vllitc, and Blue .. . 675 0 0 0 5 3'73 174 0 0 200 feet ------, Totals .. , 6,122 ,0 0 I 0 12 5'50 3,743 II 0 13 QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-':continued. Division and Subdivision, Avera.ge Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed, Yield of Gold Total Yield of Depth at which the Name 01 Company. per Ton, Gold. Quartz was Obtained, &c. ._------'------ST. ANDRl-:W'S DIVISION. tons e"t, qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. awt, gr, Ninck and Co; Good Success ... 37 10 0 1 7 21'65 52 6 8 Hickards and Co. You-you 4 10 0 3 4 10'66 14 10 0' Surman and Co .... You-you 2 0 0 o 15 0 1 10 0 Quarman and. Co. Orams 1 5 0 3 16 0 4 15 0 Magnet Warrandyte "•• i 8 0 0 1 5 0 10 0 0 Mitchell Warrandyte 101- 0 0 o 16 12 11 11 0 Stiggants and Co. Wal'randyte 25 0 0 1 0 0 25 0 0 Pickwick Warrandyte 27 0 () o 11 16.89 15 16. 0 Dead Eye Warrandyte ,17 0 0 o 12 14'11 10 14 0 Allandale Diamond Creek 20 0 0 3 10 10'80 70 9 0 ------1------Totals ... 156 5 0 1 7 17'29 216 11 8 ARARAT. MJNlL~G DISTRICT. AURJ.T DIVISION. I I Jury and Party ...... No.3 South, Moore's Reef ' 11 0 0: 0 1 15'55 o 18 3 67 feet ------.------PLEASANT CItEEK DIVISION. i Wimmera '" ... , ...... 1,3,353 0 0 1 1 9'89 3,589 15 3 l'ioneer and Galatea ... .. , ...... 4,078 0 0 o 19 6'54 3,929 13 14 Scotchman's Reef ...... 2,750 0 0 o 16 22'98 2,331 12 15 Moonlight '" ...... 2,930 0 0 I o 19'31 3,047 18 0 New St. George '" ...... 2,614 0 0 I 3 14'46 3,084.17 12 Newington IJJ1d Pleasant ...... 299 0 0 0 7 12'52 112 9 () Creek Germania ...... 328 0 0 0 14 16'68 241 0 0 I Totals ...... 16,352 0 0 0 19 23'56 16,337 5 20 RA.GLJ.N DIVISION. ----- Richmond ...... Richmond Reef, 'Vaterloo 227 0 0 0 4 5'50 48 0 0 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. ! .J BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION • Sons of Freedom '" ... SOIlS of Freedom, Boggy ISO 0 0 1 0 .4'40 lSI 13 '0 145 feet Creek CROOKED RIVER Dr-nstoN. 1 Good Hope '" ... Good Hope Reef ... 510 0 0 0 9 21'12 251 19 0 80 feet Ludenburg and Co, ... Hopefnl Reef ...... 30 0 0 1 4 16 37 0 0 60 to 80 feet Gladstone ...... Vulcan Reef ...... 9 0 0 011 2'66 5 0 0 50 feet Garry Ca.stle ...... Republic Reef ... 19 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 0 20 to 60 feet . -- --~-- :----- Totals ... , .. 568 0 0 o 11 0'44 312 19 0 .JERICHO DIVISION. ------Star of Hope ...... Dry Creek ...... 530 0 0 0 2 12 66 5 0 Near the suruce DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVI' SIOS'. i Bismark United .. , ...... Il5 0 0 4 12 2'50 529 12 0 : 238 feet United Star '" ...... 32 0 O. 1 16 6 58 0 0 . Creek level Gippsland Consols ...... 195 0 O' 1 o 17'23 202 0 0 750 feet from crown 0 f ------hill 'l'otabl...... , 342 0 0 2 6 4'21 789 12 0 ------STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION, - J,ong Tunnel '" , .. Cohen's Ree.f .. , .. . 4,747 0 0 1 7 1~'36 6,590 2 0 Between 243 ft. and 323 ft. below water level Walhalla '" ... Cohen's Reef ...... 3,820 0 0 1 0 j'85 3,882 10 0 Between 85 ft, and 185 ft, below water level My Dream '" ... My Dream Reef ... 36 0 0 0 13 1'33 , 23 10 0 150 feet from surface North Gippsland ... Cohen's Reef ... ..*' lQ8 0 () 0 7 22'55 : 42 17 12 50 and 254 feet below water level Totals ...... 8,711 0 0 1 4 4'72 10,538 19 12 ~ RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION. Cross Reef ...... Pbe119antCreek ... 200 0 0 0 4 19'20 48 0 0 135 feet ---- TJ.RWIN SUBDIVISION. ------Golden Bar '" ... Stockyard Creek ... 160 0 0 1 10 0 240 0 0 75 feet No.1 South ", ... Stockyard Creek ... 120 0 0, 1 10 0 180 0 0 eo feet Randell's '" ... Stockyard Creek ... 14 0 0: 1 0 0 14 0 0 107 feet Totals .... . 294 0 1 9 12'57 434 0 0 .. 01 14 I QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, ErC. " THE following in,ormation has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of QUARTZ TAILINGS and MULLOOK, &13., Crushed ill the several Divisions and Subdivisions: of each Mining District dUl'i~g the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. Division and Subdivision, Where 'Quartz Tailings and Quartz Talllngs Average Total 'Yield of Remarks relative to the and Mullock, &c., were and Mullock, &c., Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the Name of Company. , obtained. Crushed, per Ton. Mullock, &0" were obtained. , ---- tons ewt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. BA.LLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CRESWICK DIVISION. Tributers Port Phillip ... Clunes I,S1l3 0 0 II o 2 21'84 265 5 0 South Clunes ...... Clunes 11,397 _ 0 0 j o 4 4'11 2,377 1 0 Totals ...... 13,22~-0-1-0-3-23-'-93- -2-,6-42--6-0- I . nEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT• BEECIIWORTH Di"vISION. Rechabite ... I ... Hurdle Flat ...... 22 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 0 Black Magpie ...... Basin Creek .., ... 20 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 ---- : ----- .. Totals ...... 42 0 0 0 3 11'42 I 6 0 :ALEXANDRA SuBDIVISION. ------Albert ...... Lucky Reef ...... 100 0 0 0 5 IS'36 28 16 12 , ' SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. : : ~ . ~ ! - SANDIH1lUT DIVISION. Lazarus New ChjJ.m ... New Chum Reef ... 17 0 0 2 9 18'35, i 42 6 0 . .., Great Extended ;Hustlers ... ,Hustler's Reef.•• ... 8 0 0 3 2 12 25 0 0 , . ------I TotaJ.s ...... 25 0 0 ~20.!6i 67 6 0 HEATHOOTE DIVISION , ----- W ARANGA §iOUTH SUIlDIVI- . SION'. George Harrisoli ...... Redcastle ...... SOO 0 0 0 1 7'52 52 10 17 Quartz tailings . John Collins f ... ' ... Redcastle' ...... 60 0 0 0 1 4 <3 10 0 Mullock TotaJ.s ...... 860 0 0 0 1 7'21 56 017 . I I MA.RYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. , ... M..l..RYllOROUGR DIVISION. Penny and Clarissen ... Public crushing ... 560 0 0 0 1 13'15 43 7 0 Tailings , ------AMHERST DIVISION. Thos. Bartlemore ... VariOU!! parts ...... '65' 0 0 0 2 2.S2 • 81 0 0 . ----- AVOOA Sl1lJDIVIS~ON. Avoca and Py~eneesmill ... Donk~y Hill ...... st 0 0 0 0 S'23 1 9 12 Quartz tailings -----.------ " , " REDIlANK AND ST. AnNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. New Isis ...... Oxonian Reef...... 347 0 0 0 9 7'23 161 7 12 Lancashire mill ...... 380 0 0 0 2 7'89 44 5 0 , I'.,.. )' -,---- Totals ...... 727 0 0 0 5 15'76 205 12 12 ST. ARNAUD, NOllTJl.SUB- ---- .. DIVISION. '.- Douglas mill , ,...... 390 0 0 0 2 12 48 15 • 0 St. Arnaud mill ...... 300, 0 0 0 8 19'20 132 O' 0 Greenock ...... Greenock Reef ... 250 0 0 0 3 0 37 10 0 ------~ 5 0 - - -i Totals ...... 940 0 0 0 4 15'45 21S ~ - - .. t ]5 QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, ETc.--continued. - Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Quartz Tailings Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and' Mullock, &0., were and Mullock, &0., Yield of Gold Gold. I Depth at whieh the. Name or Company. obtained. Crushed. per Ton. •Mnllock, &e., were obtaiued. ------1------,------tons' cwi. qr, oz. dwt •. gr. oz. dwt. gr. CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. lliPBUllN DIVISION, ! Cerberus '" ... All Nations Reef ... 100 0 0 0 1 6'48 6 '1 o . 30 to 40 feet Gladstone ... .. , Sailor's Creek ... 35 0 0 0 1 18'86 3 2 12 i Surface Totals ...... 135 0 0 0 1 9'68 9 9 12 TARRANGOWER DIVISION. North British from quartz ...... 960 0 0 0 o 17'13 34- 5 3 tailings by compound cra- dles Chinese washing tailings ...... t"._ 0 0 0 o 18'97 290 0 0 with compound quick- silver cradles 1~6 Totals n. ... 8,296 0 0 0 o 18'76 324- 5 3 ST, AlIDREW'S DIVISION. ------Ninck and Co, ...... Good Success .•• ... 1'0 0 0 0 3 12 1 15 0 I ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. -[ PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. New St. George ... 64 0 0 0 '1 17 24 13 8 Mullock Scotchman reef ... 1,236 0 O! 0 1 10'02 , 87 12 11 Quartz tailings :Totals ... ?~I·-0--1-7.-46-'i 112 5 19\ PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and Br,.ANKETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. Pyrites Average Division and SubdivIsloD, Where Pyrites and Blnnkettag8 Total Yield of i Remarks relat!ye to the and Ilnd Blanketing. YIeld of Gold Gold Depth at whlch tM Name of Company, were obtained. operated on. per Ton. • • Pyrites, &c., were obtained. tons em. qr. oz. dm, gr. ~wt, gr. 1------ BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. The Llanberris ...... Gllm-tree Flat 37 0 0·1 1 8 7'94 52 8 6 ------11------CRESWIOK DIVISION. Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs .. . _74 0 0 I 2 19 21'72 221 13 0 New North Clunes Clunes Reefs .... 69 10 0 2 17 6'73 199 1 0 Totals ... 143 10 0 i 2 18 15'21 420 14 0 ; 16 QUANTI~Y of Pl'RII;ES and BLANKETINGS op~l'ated ou in each Division aud.Subdivision, &c.-continued. Division and'Subdlvlsion, ryrites RelllllJ'ks relative to the IWhere Pyrites and Blank.till·gS Total Yield of Depth at which the and and Blanketlngs (lold. Name of Company. were obtained. , operated on. l'yrites, &c., were obtained. toni owt. oz. dwt. sr. BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. ! BEECIIWORTH, DIVISION,. " Reform ... , .. ... Myrtleford ...... 5 0 0 2 12 7 13 I II Miners Right ...... Myrtleford ...... 17 10· 0 1 11 17'14 ~7 15 0 Prince Arthur Heef ... :Myrtleford ...... 8 3 OJ 1 15 18'40 14 II 12 ---- Totals ... 30 13 I 16 3'57 55 7'23 Y.l.CKANDAND.l.II DIVISION. ... 01 ,: Bigelow and Clingan ... Homeward-bound, Hills- 90 0 ·0 1 4 0 108 O. 0 borough BUCKLA.ND DIVISIO)or, 1 . 27 0 0 I 5 4'44 34 0 0 Happy Valley ...... Happy Valley Reef, &c, ______1 ______: GA.l!'li'NEX'S CREEK StinDI- VISION, Rose of Denmark ... . Eureka Heef ... '" 8 0 0·1 1 8 12 I Jl 8 0 500 feet SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDIIURSl' DIVISION. Koch's Pioneer ...... J~ong Gully ... 153 0 0 2 12 1'56 898 6 0 J, T. Spargo .. , '" Great Western Gully ... 241 .0 0 4 2 4'97 990 12 0 Sandhurst and Eaglehawk Jackass Flat...... 239 0 0 1 14 1'43 410 0 0 Pyrites G, E, Beehive ... ' 400 2 2 13 8 10 4 Totals ... 637 0 0 2 16 17'94 1,807 8 4 i MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. ST. ARNAUD NORTIi Sun- DIVISION. , Chrysolite ...... Western Reef ...... 81 0 0 0 13 10'97 54 10 0 CASTLEMAI~E MINING DISTRICT. . , CASTI.imA.INE DIVISION .. , 1 Yates and Co...... Castlemaine .. . 79 0 0 2 10 12'76 199 12 0 Eureka ...... Eureka Reef ...... 2 0 0 4 14 6 9 8 12 280 feet Totals .. 81 0 0 2 11 14'66 209 o 12 HEPBURN DIVISION. ... . Cornish ...... Cornish Reef ... 10 0 0 3 to 0 3li (, 0 Specimen-Hill ... ' ... Specimen Hill • •• I, 8 0 0 310 0 28 0 0 } 100 to 480 feet North Cornish _.. ' ... Cornish Reef ...... I 1 0 0 310 0 3 10 0 Totals ...... 19 0 0 3 10 0 66 10 o~ - ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. . . PLE.l.SL"'T CREEK DIVISION. Scotchman's Reef I ...... 0 10 0 19 9 12 9 14 18 GIPPSLAND .MINING DISTRICT. STRINGlIR'aCREElI'.DIVISION. Long Tunnel ...... Cohen's Reef ...... 61 17 0 I 19 7'31 121 11 0 Walhalla ...... Cohen's Reef ...... 60 19 0 2 3 10'03 132 6 8 ------Totals ...... 122 16 0 2 1 8'31 258 17 8 • EsUamted. 17 WASHDIRT AND 'CE}IENT. SUMMARY . . THE following information has been obtaine(l relative to the QUANTITY of WASHi)lRT Puddled and Sluiced and CEUENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. ! Qunntity Puddled AYernge Yield of Gold Total Yield of Gold from Mining Districts. nud Crushed. per Ton. Washdirt nnd Cement. Waslldirt_ tOM owt. qr_ oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat ...... 45,458 0 0 0 1 6-91 2,927 2 15 Beechworth ... .. , ...... 15,610 0 0 0 2 8'91 1,850 12 8 Sandhurst ...... 7,244 0 0 0 3 4-02 1,147 7 0 Maryborough ...... 12,881 0 0 0 2 S-55 1,517 9 6 Castlemaine ...... 80,480 0 0 0 0 11"67 1,956 13 16 Ararat ...... '" ...... ,. 1,808 12 0 0 3 1-03 275 3 19 Gippsland ...... Totals ...... 163,481 12 0 0 1 4-41 9,674 8 16 Cement. Ballarat ...... 200 0 0 0 4 12 45 0 0 Beechworth ...... Sandhurst ...... Maryborough ••• ...... 16 0 0 0 0 18'75 0 12 12 Castlemaine ...... 1,153 0 0 0 2 0'15 115 13 0 Ararat ...... , ...... 3;354 0 0 0 Ii 19'26 973 I 22 Gippsland ...... ------Totals ...... 4,723 0 0 0 4 19'28 1,134 7 10 NOTl'!.-This Summary does not show the totnl quantities of" wn8bdirt pud(iled and sluiced and cement eru.'hed, hut only the yield of certain c:rushfngs, &e .• l'CSpectilll,f which the Mininj,t Surveyors and ltegistrnrs have been able to ohtaln information. OwIng to the cirCUmf'tllllce that many of the mncblne~owners are unable to givo or are precluded fJ'om giving information, it is impossible to get complete returns Crom every district, anll in consider .. Ing tho relative importance of eueh district, a. regurds alluvial mining. &c" the t1lbles relating to machinery should be examined and compared. R. 'UROUGH SMYTH. office of Mines, Secretary for Mines. Melbourne, 20th July 1874. WASHDIRT. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY of W ASllDlRT Puddled 01' Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of'each Mining District ,luring the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. Division and Subdivision, Ilemarks relative to the and Where Washdirt WitS obtained. 'VasIl dirt l'uddled.: 1~i~~~tl~~ld Total Yield Depth nt which the -----1----1Name of Company. per Ton. of Gold. Washdlrt was'obtained, &e. tonB ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. d",t. gr. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. Golden Reef ...... Ballarat West ... 3,200 0 0 0 I 2'25 175 0 0 220 feet New Koh-i-noor ...... Ballarat West ... 6,000 0 0 0 1 5'30 366 4 6 230 feet Eastern Star ...... Ballarat East ...... 2,350 0 0 0 I 8'68 160 0 0 160 feet Golden Gate ...... Ballarat West ... 1,875 0 0 0 1 20'SO li5 0 0 140 feet Koh-i-noor ...... Ballarat West ... 3,589 0 0 0 2 15'79 477 0 0 290 feet Leviathan ...... Cambrian Hill ... 19,004 0 0 0 I 9 1,306 II 0 310 feet ------Totals ... 36,018 0 0 0 I 1l'44 2,659 15 6 '" ------BUNINTONG DlVIiION. 1---'-- Hopeful ...... Green Hills LeRd ... . 900 0 0: 0 I 9'60 63 0 1 104 feet from old workjpgs' Board of Advice ... Green Hills Lead ... 900 0 0 0 1 15'47 74 0 0 100 feei from old ------wot:kings Tolals ...... 1,800 0 0 0 1 12'53 137 0 1 . . "- - , .. No. 64. 18 QUANTITY of WASHDIRT Puddled or Sluiced in tIle seveml Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-;.continued. Division ~n:n~ubdlvISion. Average . Total Yield I Remarks relative to tbe Where Wasbdlrt w... oblained, Washdlrt Puddled, Yield 01 GOld • Deptb at which the Name of Comp",n,., per'roll, of Gold. i Washdirt was. obtained, &c. , ------_._---, tons om. qr, OZ, dwt. , gr. oz, dwt, gr. BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNT.AIN SOUTH SUBDI'VrSION. Daley and four others .,. Butchers' Flat ... 2,000 0 0 0 0 S'74 15 12 0 Surface to 12 feet Loislew and t,vo others ... Red Hill '" ... 2,50,0 0 0 0 0 5'10 26 2 0 Surface to 20 feet, Lowry and t~pother8 ... Back Creek ... 1,000 0 0 0 0 5'79 12 I 8 Surface to is feet Ah Tack and seven others .• , Kangaroo Flat ~!"~ .1 780 0 0 0 o 18'46 80 0 0 At 4 feet Ah Tie and five others ... Red Hill , .. ... 260 0 0 0 I 20'31 24 0 0 At 6 feet Ah ToY, and five others ... Yankee Creek ... 1,100 0 0 0 1 9'86 22 12 0 Surface to 3 feet ------_. , ------Totals .. , 7,640 0 0 0 0 8'19 130 7 8 BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. , " INDIGO ·DIVISION. , Doma Mungi Tribute ... Chiltern Lead ... 8,000 0 0 0 2 9'60 960 0 0 280 feet Caledonian and, Durham ... CalcdOJ;1ian and Durham 2,OSO 0 0 0 2 2224 SOO 0 0 160 feet Leads ------Totals ... 10,050 0 0 0 2 12'17 1,260 0 0 --.-.~------ALEXANDRA. SUllDIVIBION, ------New Gobur . Working Miners' Lead ... 5,560 0 0 0 2 2'99, S90 12 8 100 feet -,...... - ' .. : , SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDliuRST DIVISION. , Ballarat and Bendigo '" Huntly .. , ... 1,200 0 o. 0 3 16'30 220 15 0 From 11 0 to" 120 feet Bagshot Deep Lead ... Huntly ...... 1,707 0 o I 0 4 20'85 415 11 0 About 160 feet Sundry lots ...... Huntly .. , .. . 1,500 0 0 0 2 9'60 180 0 0 About 80 feet Annabella...... Huntly ...... 2,837 0 0 0 2 8'01 331 1 0 From l30 to 140 feet ------. Tota.ls , .. ... 7,244 '0 0 0 3 4'02 1,147 7 0 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. ' . : :p,IA.Rril~RpU«fH DIVISION, " .'" ... , .. John Brigh:t ' "' • ... . China.i:uan's Flat ...1 5;300 0 0 0 3 2'14 818 13 0 150 feet " ~ , .---- AMHERST DIVISION. Band of Hope::-270 trucks Cockatoo 3,996 0 0 '0 1 '2:28 218 16 6 100 feet . ' ... . per diem for 74 working . dayB, at 5 trucks per ton .. Hoffnung-90 trucks per 'Mount Greenock ... 1,050 0 0, 0 5 1'25 265 5 o· UO·feet ,diem for 70 working : .. , .., day's, at 6 trucks per ton Union-ISO trucks per diem Mount Greenock' •• h· 2,100 0 O! 0 1 0'20 127 15 0 340 feet for 70 working days, at5 - . t;rucks per ton ' ,,-0 " . , , Totals ... . 7;146 0 0 0 I 17'09 611 16 6 I DUlI'OLLY ·AND TARNAGULLA , DIVISION, Crushed by the Glamorgan- Various hills at Bealiba. 435 0 0 0 4 0 87 0 0 20 to 90 feet shire· Co. nt Bealiba, for different. parties 19 QUANTITY of WASHDIRT Puddled 01', Sluiced ilJ the several Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-continued. Division and Subdivision. ,Average Ttl YI ld Remark. relative to the and ,Where Washdlrt was obtained, I! Wash(Ul't Pnddled. Yield of Gold 0 a C I Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton, of Gold, Wa.l1dirt was obtalued, &c. ------I---,------,-~, tons cwt,tir, ~;:-;;- ~wt. gr" CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Ah Wan ...... Forest Creek ... 2,660 0 0 o 0 5'12 28 7 3\ Callesen and Co ... , ... :Forest Creek ' .. ::: I 2,640 0 0 o 0 7'43 40 18 0' Smith and Co...... Forest Creek ... 2,700 0 0 o 0 3'47 19 10 I)! Totals ... ::: I' 8,000 0 0 o 0 5'33 88 15 !------:FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Schade and Co...... Choke-'em Flat • .. i 1,600 0 0 0 10 80 0 0 i 13 to 15 feet Riddle and Co. ... Choke-'em :Flat .50 i 3,900 0 0 0 0 4'921 40 0 0; 13 to 15 feet Williams and Co. ... New Year's Flat 2,600 0 0 . 0 0 4'SO 26 0 0 I 15 to 20 feet Lawson and Co...... New Year's :Flat 2,600 0 0 0 0 4'80 26 0 0 15 to 20 feet Stevens and Co...... New Year's Flat 2,600 0 0 0 0 4·SO. 26 0 0 15 to 20 feet Claen and Co...... New Year's Flat 1,300 ,0 0 0 0 4'SO! 13 0 0 i 15 to 20 feet Brewer and Co., ...... New Year's Flat' 3,000 0 0 '0 0 3'20 'I 20 0 O. 15 to 20 feet Trethewey and Co. ... New Year's :Flat 3,000 0 0 0 0 4'80 30 0 0 15 to 20 feet Stephens and Co. '... Tarilta .•• 100 0, 0 0 2 14'40 13'0 0 70 to SO feet Vosti and Co...... German Gully 2,000 0 0 0 0 6'24 26 0 0 14 to 16 feet Mein's :Freehold .•• '" Guildford Hill 5,200 0 0 0 I 15'69 430 0 0 200 feet Thomas and Co...... Bald Hill .. . 130 0 0 0 5 0 32 10 0 100 feet Stibeek and Co, ... Spring Gully .. . 520 0 0 0 0 12 13 0 0 14 feet Peake and Co" , ...... ~pring Gully .•. 400 0 0 0 I 3'60 23 0 0 15 feet Peterson and Co, ... .,. Spring Gully .. . 650 0 0 0 1 4'80 39 0 0 20 feet Wm. Tonkin and Co. ... Spring Gully .. . 650 0 0 H 0 6 8 2 12 13 feet Ellis and Co. ... Murdering Flat 5,500 0 0 .0 ° 3'0535 0 0 10 to 15 feet Parsons and Co, ...... Murdering Flat 12,000 0 0 0 0 6'24 156 0 0 12 feet Peterson and Co. '" German Gully 520 0 0 0 0 6 6 10 0 22 feet Thomas and Co...... German Gully 780 0 0 0 0 6 9 15 0 15 feet Kyeser and Co. ... German Gully 2,340 0 0 0 0 6 29 5 0 10 feet Emmermark and Co. ... German Gully 2,340 0 0 0 0 6 '29 5 0 10 feet Neilson and Uo...... Golden Gully 1,000 0 0 0 0 3'84 8 0 0 10 feet Jackson and Co...... Nuggety Gully 140 0 0 0 0 12 3 10 0 I to 6 feet C. Iskow and Co. ... Deadman's Flat 1,430 0 0 0 0 5'10 17 0 0 16 feet Raynor and Co...... Deadman's Flat 1,040 0 O. 0 0 12 1 26' 0 0 13 feet M. Stiel and Co...... Deadman's :Flat 1,200 0 0 I 0 0 6 • 15 0 0 1 to 4 feet Totals ...... -;s,~;=o-;;---;;--;;-~ 1,180 ~ HEPBURN DIVISION. ------,------Reynolds and party ... Table Hill ... 94 00 o 3 5'36 15 3 o 45 feet Hy. Reynolds and party ... Table Hill ... 174 o 0 o 3 19'59 33 4. o 40 feet Sibbison and party ... Table Hill ... 186 o 0 043 38 7 6 50 feet Corinella party ...... Deep Creek ••. 347 o 0 o 2 10'79 42 10 o 65 feet Calaneini and party ... Elevated Plains 235 o 0 , 0' 2 7'15 27 0 o 70 feet Schneider and party ... Shepherd's Flat 87 o 0 o 2 18'75 12 2 o 35 feet Johns and party ...... Shepherd's ,Flat 74 o 0 o ,2 15'89 9 17 o 30 feet McAllister and party '" Boots Gully 78 o 0 04.4 16 5 o 20 feet, Shiminnos and party ... Dry Diggings .. . 300 o 0 020 30 0 o 16 feet Fairbrother and party ... Dry Diggings .. . 389 o 0 '0 10'06 19 10 o 18 feet Johnson and party ... Middleton Creek 273 o 0 o 2 20'57 39 0 o 12 feet Begg and party ... Dry Diggings ... 168 o 0 o 1 10'28 12 0 o 16 feet Kirkham and party .•• Dry Diggings .. . 240 o 0 . o 1 15 19 10 o 8 feet McLennon and party ... Dry Diggings .. . 165 o 0 o 1 0'12 8 10 o 20 feet Swan and party , .. ... Plains ... 260 o 0 o 1 0 13 0 o 15 feet Ireland and party ... Dry Diggings, .. 244 o 0 o 1 452 1410 o 8 feet McQueen and party ... Wombat , .. 136 o 0, o 1 10'41 9 15 o 6 feet Thomas and party ." Yandoit ... 184 o 0 I o 2 1'56 19 0 o 60 feet Falcher and party .. , Blacksmith's Gully 433 o 0 o 0 13'30 12 0 o 26 feet Fox and party ...... Argyle Gully ... 610 o 0 o 1 1'53 32 9 o 17 feet Powell and party ... Dry Diggings Gully ... 174 o 0 ° 0 23'44 8 10 o 9 feet Totals ... 4,851 0 0 0 1 18'76 432 2 6 TARRANGOWER DIVISION. ------1----- Bowe and Co...... Pegleg Gully ... 1,467 0 0 0 0 9'44 28 17 9 27 feet from surface Knight and Co...... Porcupine Flat 325 0 0 0 0 9'60 6 10 0 15 to 40 feet Coleman and Co...... Porcupine Flat 182 0 0 0 1 12 13 13 0 12 feet McManaman and Co. . .. Porcupine :Flat 9 15 0 12 feet Robert Grigg and Son ... Porcupine :Flat l,~~g g og i, . g g1~:~~ 14 13 10 40 to 45 feet - Birmingham ... ••• Chapman's Gully 100 0 0 0 12 2 10 0 Surface Abram Grigg... •.. Pegleg Gully ... 2,400 0 0 1 0 0 12 60 0 0 10 feet Stevens and Co...... Pegleg Gully ... 900 0 0 0 0 12 22 10 0 20 feet Grenfell and Co. .. . Parkins' Reef 30 0 O. 0 2 0 300 25 feet Jolly and Co...... Sandy Creek .. , 16 15 0 15 feet Bryson and Co...... Sandy Creek ... ;:g g 000 \ g ~ 1~'37 16 5 0 45 feet Kelly and Co...... Sandy Creek ... 300 0 0 1 0 15 0 0 18 feet Totals ... 8,369 0 O! 0 0 12'01 209 8 19 ,Sr. ANDREW'S DIVISION. 1------1--'-·------Talbot and Co...... Little Yankee Jim's 720 0 0 o 1 6'33 45 10 0 8 feet n2 20 QUA.NTITY of W.A.SHDlRT Puddled or Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-cQntinued. Division and Subdivision, Average I I Remarks relative to the and, Where W'ashd!rt was obtained, W'ashd!rt Puddled. Yield of Gold. Total Yield Depth at which the __ Name of comp.~Y' __i ____ ' ______. __ ' ______pe~I' __Of GOI ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. . i RAGLAN DIVISION. i Got-him-by-the-wool (co- Beaufort ...... 162 12- 0 0 5 5'95 42 12 8 i 61 feet operative) , Band of Hope (co-operative) Charlton ...... 400 0 0 0 1 6'90 25 15 0 120 feet Toman and party (co-opera- 'Waterloo ...... 480 0 0 0 6 5'28 149 5 14 75 feet tive, 6 men) Victoria Tribute ...... Waterloo ...... i 766 0 0 0 1 12'06 57 10 21 150 feet ---- Totals ...... 1,808 12 0 0 3 1'03 275 3 19 - CEMENT. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative ,to the QUANTITY of CE}lENT Crushed in the several Divisions and Snbdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter; aua the GOLD obtained therefrom. i Division and '". Average Toto I Yield of. Remarks relative to the Where Cement was obtained. Cement Cruslled. I Yield 01 Gold Gold, Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. - Cement was obtained. tons ewt. qr.1 oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. BALLARAT MININQ: DISTRICT. ,. SOUTHERN DIVISION. McClelland ...... Hard Hills ...... 200 0 0 0 -4 12 45 0 0 At a. depth of 20 fee t 1 tp 2 feet thick MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. , AvooA. SUBDmSION •. A voca. and Pyrenees mill ... Donkey Hill ...... 16 0 0 0 o IS'75 012 12 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. , FRYER'S CREE'K DmSION, ~ I Thomas and Co.••. ... Bald Hill .. , ... 700 0 0 0 o 12 17 10 0 100 feet J. Woods '" ... Kangaroo ...... 30 0 0 0 l' 8 2 0 0 90 feet Homeward-bound ... Table Hill ...... 350 0 0 0 4 12 78 15 0 105 feet Totals '" ... 1,080 0 0 0 1 19'66 i 98 5 0 HEPBURN DIVISION. Eade and party ...... Spring Creek·...... 73 0 0 0 -I. 18'41\ 11 8 0 25 feet ARARAT IVII~ING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION. I 1 Cement ...... Londonderry ...... 763 0 0 0 2 lo'8s 93 11 22 70 feet K neale and party ... Port Fairy Road ... 70 0 0 0 3 12 12 5 0 12 feet H elsell and party ... Spring Lead ...... 29 0 0 0 2 23'17 4 6 0 65 feet Totals ... " ... 862 0 0 0 2 13'33 lIO 2 22 PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. . Hand-in-Hand .. , ... Deep Lead, ...... 700 0 0 0 6 0'96 211 8 0 North and South Wales '" Welshman's Flat and Deep Lead ...... 1,792 0 0 0 7 6'52 651 11 0 Totals ...... 2,492 0 o i 0 6 22'21 862 19 0 .. - 21 NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY, FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE 1874. (From Returns made by the Mining Surv8!JO'rs and Regutrars.) Name of Place. No. Total. Name of PIMe. No. 'Total. ------~------I·------~ 1------·----- BALLARAT DISTIUCT. Brought forward ... 6,881 Central Division: Creswick Division-continued. Ballarat West 50n Humbug Hill .. . 20 Ballarat East 976 Portuguese .Flat .. . 20 Ballarat North 75 Back Creek '" 10 Sebastopol 550 Bullarook ... 80 Cambrian Hill 225 Gordon Subdivision: 1,970 The Springs 70 Little Bendigo 224 Egerton .. . 142 Dead-horse 54 Gordon .. . 58 Moorabool 18 .Sago Hill .•• 24 218 Southern Division. 2,698 Sleiglitz Subdivisiun: Steiglitz ... 150 Long Gully ••• 8 _Morrison's Staffordshire Reef 54 180 Italian Gully ••• , 40 Dolly'S Creek 40 Elaine ... 175 Splitters' Gully .. . 14 Kangaroo .. . Mount Doran 85 8 Little Forest 20 Moonlight '" 16 ___ I 600 Bulldog ••• 100 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Rokewood Junction 61 South Subdivision: Mount Misery Creek 820 Golden Point ...... 170 o Jackson's Gully ... 10 Hed Hill ...... 70 Yankee Hill ... 15 Barry's Heef and Split-tree ••• 360 Grassy GuUy ••• 87 Yankee Reef and Creek ... 60 Spring Creek ... 14 Simmons' Heef and Back Creek 80 Sawpit GuUy ... 24 Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg ... 140 Whim Holes ••• 80 Blakeville ...... 40 Hard Hills ... 82 Snake Gully... ". 14' :Frenchman's 80 Goodman's Greek ... •.. 20 Pinchgut ... 66 Dallan Flat ...... 40 Break-o'-Day' 90 Johnston's Reef...... 16 Western Creek 80 Garibaldi and vicinity .. . 30 Buninyong Division: 1- 1,049 Wright's Reef ... •.. 80 Durham and tributaries ...... 155 Bacchus Marsh and vicinity 40 Green Hills and Devonshire ••. 80 Balian Subdivision: 1,110 Scotchman's and Hard Hills ... 80 Blakcville 20 Duninyong and Buninyong Estate ... 250 20 Hiscock's Reef...... 60 Winter's Flat and Cobbler's .. . 100 Total for Ballarat District 10,294 One-eye and Spring Hill... •.. 20 Black Lead ...... 40 , Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gympie 200 Prospecting and isolated parties ... 60 BEECH'WORTH DISTRICT. 995 Smythesdale Division: BeeclLwortli Division: Spring Creek Smythesdale ... 200 105 Scarsdale and Newtown Sil ver Creek .. . 25 280 Deep Creek .. . Cape Clear 20 22 Brown's Hurdle Creek ... 54 70 Pennyweight Flat ... Italian Gully 80 52 Derwent Jack's T\vo-mile Creek 60 24 Three-mile Creek .. . Piggoreet 70 210 Bottle Hill Six-mile Creek .. . 55 60 Bowman's ]<'orest, &c. Snake Valley 60 74 Happy Valley 120 Myrtleford, &c. .. . 80 Haddon ... 400 Wooragee, &c. .. . 180 Golden Lake 'Reid's Creek .. . 38 90 Wooisbed .. . Madden's Flat 10 H10 Linton's 180 Sebastopol .. . 133 Monkey Gully 15 Eldorado .. . 420 Moonlight Creek ... 10 Stanley and neighborhood ... 410 1,639 Yackandandah Division': ---- 2,058 Creswick Division: Clear Creek ... 75 Creswick ... 20 Bruarong ... 80 Clunes ... 900 Kirby's Flat .. . 75 Springhill 500 Rowdy Flat .. . 46 Broomfield Gully ... 10 Osborne's Flat .. . 60 Red Streak 280 Allan's Flat .. . 10 Union Hill 20 Staghorn Flat .. . 24 Longpoint 20 Twist's Creek ... 100 Dhtmond Gully 15 JlIuddy Creek .. . 48 Cobbler's Gully' ... 15 Hillsborough .. . 65 Bald Hills 10 Sanoy Creek ... 100 Sulky Gully 20 Township ... 80 Slaty Creek 50 Hayes' Point ... 25 Mopoke ... 80 788 1-- Carried forward 6,881 Carried forward 2,796 22 NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS 011 tho Goldfields, &e.-continued. Name o(Place. No. Total. Name of Place. No. Total. --- Brought forward ...... 2,796 " Brought forward ...... 6,107 Milta-mitta Division: Indigo Division: . . J,ightnjng Creek ...... 45 Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads ... 139 Sno'wy Creek ... .. 55 Suffolk Lead ... 10 ...... Mitta-mitta l~iver ..• ...... 25 Indigo Lead i ...... 209 Junction, Snowy' Creek ... , ... -'2r Glencoe Lead ...... 10 - ....,.- 11>0 Durham Lead ...... 27 Jamieson Subdivision: Lancashire Lead ...... 12 Howqua Ri\'er and tributaries ... 20 ... 120 New Hibernian ...... " 2 Goulburn from' Howqua to Jamieson All England Lead ...... 12 , Mack's Creek ...... 50 Caledonian ...... 12 1 Goulburn fromJamieson to Swampy Creek 60. Clydcsdale ...... 16 I Sailor Bill's Creek .•...... 100 Wahgunyah ...... 8 :Flume Creek ...... 30 20 Robert Burns ...... 4 I Baker's Creek ...... 400 Hibernian.•• ...... 10 --- 4 --- Lanarkshire ...... Total for Beechworth District ... 6,657 . Various Quartz Reefs ...... 47 ... --- 522 ------Bucldand Division: S.~NDnuR8T DISTRIOT. .. Harrietville ...... 113 Sandhurst Division: . Harrietville to'Bright ... : ... 394 Back Creek and Spring Gully ... 140 Bright to Boundary ...... 235 Sheepshead and Golden Gully ... 420 Running Creek .•• .. , ... 81 Golden Square and Kangaroo 1flat ... 530 Morse's and Growler's Creeks ... 294 Crusoe Gully and neighborhood ... 90' , 1,30 . Buckland branches ...... liO Marong and Bullock Creek . ... Upper to Lower Bridge ... ' ... 250. Victoria and New-chum Reefs ... 510 Lower Bridge ,to Ovens Junction ... 184 Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies ... 520' -- Ironbark ...... 500 A lezandra Subdivision: . 1,721 Bendigo Flat ...... 510. Alexandra and vicinity ...... 20 White Hills and EpSOllI ...... 110 Godfrey's Creek ...... 120' Huntly ... " •• 5 ...... 300 Devil's River and tributaries ... 15- Sydney Flat and Whipstick ... 210' Johnson's Creek and tributaries ... . 5· l:3pecimen Hill and Sailor's Gully ... 340 Garibaldi Gully and vicinity " ... 10 Devonshire and Dead-horse Gullies ... 270 Head of U T Creek ...... 5 Windmill Hill and California Gully ••• 480' Goulburn River ...... 35 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ...... 320 Doojal,ook' ...... 8 Snob's Hill and Pegleg Gully .. . 340 Spring Creek 'and tributaries ... 20 Rf1ywood ...... 80 Higinbotham: ...... 12 Elysian Flat ...... 50 Merton.and vicinity ...... 10 Sebastian ...... 50 . Tea-tree Creek and vicinity ... 20 Kamarooka ...... 100 Soattered prospectors ... - ... 20 Scattered and prospecting ...... 430 ·10 -'--- 6,490 Acheron River ...... Kilmore Divi;iol!: Maindample and Doon .. , ... 20 . Reedy Creek ...... 40 --.. Su,nday Creek ...... 16 Dry Creek Subdivision: 330 --:-' 56 Brankeet Creek ...... 8 H eatllcote· Division and Waranga South 100 Dry Creek '" ...... Subdivision: Hell's Hole .. , ...... 47 Graytown ...... 30 ' ... --- Redcastle ...... 110 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision: 155 Heathcote ...... 150 Goulburn River ... ' ...... 24 Costerfield ...... 92 Gaffney's Creek ...... 36 Tooborac ...... 30 Cannon's Creek ...... 20 . Kimbolton and Campaspe ...... 30 Raspberry Creek and branches ... 45 Coli ban and Myrtle Creek ...... 60 Lyrebird Creek ...... 4 Wild-duck ...... 37 Wallaby Reef ... .. , ... 20 One-eyed Gully ...... 100 --'-'-- 639 Eldorado· ...... 22 Waranga North Subdivision: Moving population ... .:.~ 8 Hushworth ...... 103 Moonlight ap.d Snakes' Creeks ... 8 Whroo ... . 50 -- 187 " ...... Coy's and Cherry-tree ...... 35. , l-Vood's Point Su'bdivision : Fontainebleau and White Hills ... 90 -Wood's Point and Morning Star ... 100 -- 278 Lower Goulburn ...... 36 - Right and left branches ...... 40 Total for Sandhurst District ...... 7,463 Gooley's Creek, &c. , ...... 12 ------Harper's and Pheasant Creeks ... lO 10 MARYDOllOUGII DISTRICT . Perkins' Creek and Waverley ... IJf aryborollg1.Division : All Nations, &c...... 32 ... Alma ." ...... 400 Black Hiver ...... 14 Waterloo ••• ...... 40 Prospecting and moving population ... 12 Inkerman ...... 60 Maori Creek ...... 4 Moonlight Flat; ...... 50 : ,- 210 Adelaide I..ead ...... 150 Big River Subdivision: Golden Point 100 ·10 - ...... Frenchman's Creek '" ... Craigie ...... 150 Ten-mile ...... 2 Four-mile Flat ...... ]50 Warner's Creek 22 C! '" ...... Carisbro'ok ...... 400 Enoch's Point ...... !O Mosquito ...... 200 Railway Creek ... 30 ...... ; Blucher's ...... 200 Jim Thomas' Creek ...... 4 Mariners' Reef· ...... 50 Big River South ...... 6 Newtown ...... 150 , Big River North ...... 20 Havelock ... 150 8 ...... Goulburn River ... '" ... tucknow ...... 50 , Fry's Creek ...... 6 Chinaman's ...... 600 Jerusalem and WiI~on's Creeks ... 2 Blackman's Lead ...... 50 Moving population ...... 6 Maryborough ... 250 --- 126 ...... --- C~~~e~ for'!l':~r.d .. , ...... 6,107 ... I.. 3,200 - - . -. ,- Carried forward ...... I-=-c~ 23 NUMBER and DISTRIBUTIO~ of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-coniinued. Name of Place. No. Total. , Name of Place. No. Total. Brought forward ." 3,200 Brought forward ... 8,370 Majorc'a Subdivision: St. Arnaud North Subdivision-continued. Majorca ... 51 England's Hi)! 8 Bell Hock, &c...... 12 Hocky Flat· Blink Bonnie ...... 10 72 - Mallee ••• ...... 12' Gibraltar .•• 4 Mount Greenock 6 Queen Mary ...... ••• 2 German Gully J!'ishhook ...... 4· 3 317 144 Amherst Division: About Talbot ...... 60 Total for Maryborough District ... 8,687 Scandinavian Lead .. . 24 Mount Greenock... •.. 50 Nuggety and Long Gullies ••• 40 Kangaroo Flat and Gully ... 30 CA.STLElII'AINE DISTRICT. Mia-mia and tributaries ... '16 Castlemaine Division: Daisy Hill and tributaries .. . Eureka Reef ... 88 92 Guildford .. . 162 Adelaide 'Lead South .. . 108 40 Blacksmith's Gully ." ,Bolivia Reef .. . 18 Campbell's Creek ... 120 Emu and Cockatoo ... 80 108 Brown's Gully, near Lexton 24 Sailor's Gully, &c ... . Castle maine .. . 102 542 Avoca Subdivision: Caledonia Reef ... 76 Barker's Creek ... 154 Amphitheatre 50 50 Avoca Lead 210 Volunteer Reef ... Myrtle Creek ... 60 Green Hill Creek ••• 45 60 Percydale 400 Moonlight Flat ... Homebush Chewton ... 218 40 Wattle Gully ... 86 Larnplough 100 liS Sardine Golden Point ... 100 Diamond Gully ... 100 Monte Christo 15 Mountain Hut 30 . Fryer's Creell DivislOn: 1,642 No.1 Creek 45 Golden Gully to Fryerstown 270 No.2 Creek 275 Spring Gully and Specimen Hill 170 Kimberley 200 Church's Flat to Vaughan ... 220 Donkey Hill 70 Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills SO Vale's Hill, &c. 10 German and Mopoke Gullies 144 Mosquito, &c. 12 Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ... 100 Bay of Biscay 13 Table Hill and Tarilta ... no . Middle Creek 170 Guildford mils .:. .. • 245 .1~785 Loddon, Vaughan to Holcombe 250 Dunolly and Tm'nagu(la Divisions: Nuggety Gully and Irishtown 120 Dunolly... ." ... 180 Green and Sailor's Gullies .. . 62 Burnt Creek ...... 60 Pickpocket and Hard Hills .. . 25 Goldsborough ...... 70 Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss 198 Inkerman...... 45 Hepburn Division: -- 1,994 Moliagul...... 130 Dry Diggings Section 92 Bealiba...... ••• 150 Murphy's Flat ••• .. . Yandoit Section ... 184: 15 Boots' Gully Section 93 Jones' Creek ...... llO 127 . Tarnagulla ... •.. Italian Gully Section 140 Spring Creek Section 124 • Half-way... ," ... 25 Llanelly .•• ". ... Doctor's Gully Section 138 130 llrandy-hot Section 53 1,055 Korong Division: ·Deep Creek Section 145 Blind Creek Section Jericho ... 30 91 Jordan ... 20 Stony Creek Section 143 Berlin ••• Wombat Creek Section 189, 400 Daylesford Section 407. Kingower 50 McIntyre's 30 Connel's Gully Section 98 Sinnott's ... 40 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision: 1,884 Burke's Flat 100 Taradale ...... 167 New Inglewood 150 Taradale South ... •.. 80 Garibaldi .•. 40 Yankee Point ...... 20 Avoca Forest 500 Malmsbury ... •.. 42 1,360 CoHban...... •.. 30 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions: Belltopper ... ••• 32 Stuartmill ...... 50 Lauriston ...... ' 83 Redbank ...... 30 Back' Creek ...... 16 Gullies between Stuartmill and Red- 470 bank...... Tarrangower Division: 35 Beehive Hill ... ••• Fowler's Lead ••• ... • .. 60 78 Hinds' .•• ...... •.. . Eaglehawk and Pegleg Gully 309 30 Long Gully... • .. l'vfoonambel ...... 38 73 .- 8 Porcupine Flat...... 49 Forest Hut ...... " 3 , . Sandy Creek ." ...... 10 Fiddler'S Flat ... '" Mount Tarraugqwer ... 42 J Canterbury ...... 7 130 • Darling Flat ...... 16 Sandy Creek ...... 284 Nuggety ...... 39' St. Arnaud North Subdivision: 1- Mia-mia ... ••• 8 ! New Bendigo ...... 62 Green Valley ••• • .. 66 ' St.. Arnaud ...... 125 Muckleford ... •.. 49 Stuartmill ••. .. . 14. Smith's Reef ...... 7 Silver Mines and neighborhood 35 Clydesdale ... •.. 25 Bostron's and Wattle Flat ••• 14 River Loddon ...... 31 Emu, &c .. ;" ...... 15 Sandon...... 6 Carapooce ...... 12 -- 915 Carried forward 8,370 Carried forward ••• l ••• 6,805 24 NUlIIBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. Name 01 Place. No. Total. Na.me of Place. No. Total. 1---- .--- - Brought forward ...... 6,805 Brought forward ...... 492 St. Andrew's Division: MitchellRiver and Boggy Creek Subdivisions; Anderson's Creek ...... 87 Nicholson and l'ambo Rivers ... 114 Long Gully ...... 9 Boggy Creek ...... n 141 Fern-tree ...... n. 6 Merrijig Creek ...... 30 Smith's Gully ...... 31 Sandy's Creek ...... - 54 Yow-yow ...... 8 -- 339 Wild-dog ...... 14 Crooked River Division; Diamond Creek ...... 40 Grant ...... 9 Walsh Creek ...... 9\ W ongungarra ...... ·6 Warburton ...... 18 Crooked Hiver ...... 60 Back 'Creek ...... 16 Jungle Creek ...... 22 Cherry-tree and Watery Gullies ... 7 .Twelve-mile Creek ...... 6 Black Calf ...... 14 Twcnty-five-mile Creek ...... 12 Hoddle's Creek ...... 8 Thirty-mile Creek ... 10 45 ...... McMahon's Creek ...... Wentworth , ...... , . 36 Emerald ..•. , .. .. , ... II Upper Dargo ...... 30 Qaeenstown ... .. , ... 20 Middle Dargo ...... 29 Kingstown ...... I:; Lower Dargo 26 5 ...... Haunted Gully ...... Upper Mitchell ...... 22 ,. One-tree Hill ...... 30 Good Hope ...... 28 Sailor's Gully ...... 2 Good Luck Creek ...... II -- 39,2 W'onnangatta ...... 2 Blue ..tfountain North Subdivision: --- 309 Trentbarb...... 6 Newbury ...... 26 Jericho Division: ... 22 Garlick'~ ••• ...... 24 Dry Greek ...... -- 56 Defiance Creek ...... 4 --- Mount Look Out ...... 16 Total for Castlemaine District ...... 7,~53 Jordan ...... 62 --- Red Jacket Creek ...... 54 , B B Creek ...... 45 --- Thom.son River ...... 20 -- 228 ~RARAT DISTRICT. Ararat Division: Donnelly's Creel, Division: ~ I Ararat Proper ... , .. .. . 222 Store Point and DgnneUy's Creek ... 47 Armstrong's ...... , 160 Aberfeldy River... • .. ... 30 Philip's Flat and Cathcart : .. ... 135 Lee's Creek ...... 2 Rhymney Reef, Shea's Flat, &c. ... 37 Edwards' Hill ." ...... 20 6 Opossum Gully and Port Curtis ... 135 Freestone Creek ...... '" 'Moyston an,d Londonderry ... 36 Upper Gladstone ...... 12 '" -- 725 Lower Gladstone ...... 18 Pleasant Creek lJivision: --- 131i Silver Shilling ...... 23 Stringer's Creeh Division: Deep Lead, Forty-foot, and Welshman's Walhalla ...... 372 ...... 501 Flat ...... Pearson Town ...... Great 'Vestern ...... 42 4 Neillson's Creek ... '" ... 6 Stawell ...... 1,135 Pleiades Ranges ...... Seventy-foot ... n. ... 40 ... 6 Aberfeldy River ...... 98 Germania...... 75 Thomson Itiver ...... Welcome ...... 98 '" 30 Darlington ...... 35 . --- .645 Ironbark ...... 25 Russell's Creek -Division: --- 1,845 Lower Tanjil ...... 55 Barkly Division: Russell's Creek and Upper TanjU ... 45 Landsborough ...... 226 Crossover and Tarwin ...... 30 Barkly ...... 250 --- 130 20 Frenchman's ...... '" Bendoc Subdivision: Glen patrick ... .,. .. . 120 6 616 Bendoc ...... n. ... --- Lower Bendoc ...... 4 Raglan Division: Bog ...... 6 Beaufort and surrounding gullies ... 150 Bonang 20 38 ...... Sailor~s Gully ...... Delegate Hiver ...... , 16 Charlton ...... 90 Cobyingbar ...... 6 Waterloo .. , ...... 90 ... I Prospecting ...... 4 -- 368 --- 62 1-- Total for Ararat District ...... 3,554 Tarwin Subdivision: , ---- Stockyard Creek ...... 200 Turton's Creek ...... 30 ------230 Traralgon S"kdit'isio7!: " GIPPSLAND DISTRICT. Morewell ...... 2 Omeo Stlbdivision: Namcan ...... 3 Livingstone Creek ...... 1'40 Tramlgoll Creek ...... 2 Mitta-mitta River, from Cobungra to Dennett's Creek 3 30 ...... Wombat Creek ...... Merriman's C~eek ...... 2 Wombat Creek ...... , 35 Mountain Creek ...... 3 Gibbo River ...... 32 --' 15 Swift's Creek .. , ...... 22.'; :----I River Tambo ...... 30 Total for Gippsland D.istrict 2,580 492 ." ... --I-- 0 Carried forward ...... 492 GUAND TOTAl. '" ... I 46,48~ , R. BROUGH SMYTH, Office of Mines, Secretary for Minell. Melbourne, 20th July 1874:. , TRAN 8VERSE 'SE C TION OF THE SOVEREIGN QUARTZ MINING C~~ WORKS. WH LTE H0 RS ERA, NeE S , . RAL I..lAARAT. Socr.le- 80f" u " 1iwh-, /, " , , {, / JI ; 25 MINING SURVEYO'RS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. .AIr. D. Cllristy, Mining Registrar. The only circumstance of any importance in regard to mining during the quarter is the discovery of alluvial ground by Mr. Cbarles Talbot, who, for pver two years past, has beel! prospecting for the discovery with a :firm con· viction of success, and has at last succceded. This discovery is about 3i miles from the post office, in a south. easterly direction, not far from and east of the Buninyong road. At a depth of 90 feet a bucket of dirt was obtained off the reef and washed, yielding 2 dwts. 7 grs. of gold. He is now driving for the gutter, where he anticipates a rich deposit. Several claims have been taken up in that neighborhood in anticipation of his success, Enclosed will be found a transverse section of the Sovereign Quartz Mining Company's workings, one of the most importan.t quartz mines in this division. (See Lithograph:) GOLD obtained from the principal Alluvial Claims for the Quarter ending 30th June 1874. oz. dwt.gr. oz. dwt. gr. Prince of Wales 1,586 2 21 -Winter's Freehold 450 11 0 Two claims 640 0 0 Golden Reef 175 0 0 Saints ... 228 10 0 New Koh-i-noor 366 4 6 Golden'Gate 175 0 0 Horse-puddling companies 1,600 0 0 Eastern Star 160 0 0 Fossickers in old claims, &c. 1,200 0 0 Band and Albion Consols, and Small co-operative parties 1,0000 0 fossickers ... 820 7 0 New Red Jacket 52 17 10 Total ... .. , 10,238 3 13 Koh-i-noor 477 0 0 Leviathan 1,306 11 0 DIVIDENDS. £, II. d. Temperance 880 0 0 Llanberris 650 0 0 Black Hill 248 0 0 Parade ... 400 0 0 Total ... 2,178 0 0 SOUTHERN DIVISION. Mr. George Perry, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ MINING. Staffordshire Reef.-The unusually small returns for the quarter from the Hopewell and Speedwell Companies is IQainly attributable to several trial crushings which turned out very poor. They are now in better stone, and larger yields are anticipated. The Hopewell (no liability) have not yet their plant erected, owing to the contractor having thrown up his contract. The manager (Mr. Heywood) informed me that the company have now undertaken the crection, and expect to have it completed in six weeks. The Farewell Oompany have had a trial crushing, which resulted in less than 1 dwt. per ton. In consequence, work is suspended pending a meeting of shareholders. This line of reef is exceedingly hard, and altogether distinct from the Staffordshire line of reef, which is very soft, and about 700 feet further west. Frenchman's.-The Hope Company (Amalgamated) are in with their tunnel 232 feet. The manager informed me that he sunk a shaft 22 feet, and obtained a good prospect from a lode 4 feet thick, and that he expects to intersect the lode at the 70-foot level, by driving the tunnel 20 feet further. . At Grassy Gully two claims (Somerset and Cornish and Hercules Companies) have been registered during the quarter, on a new line of reef discovered by Stevens and Sons, who showed me 'about 10 dwts. of coarse gold obtained from 26 buckets of stone, washed with tub and cradle. On the 7th of May I visited the mine, and found the shaft sunk about 12 feet into a good-looking lode from 4 to I:) feet wide; depth of shaft from surface 47 feet. They (the Somerset and Cornish Company) have since had a trial crushing of SO _tons, with payable results. They purpose sinking to a further depth of 100 feet, to prove the value of their mine, before erecting machinery. The Hercules Company, on the same line of reef, have lately struck a large body of gold. bearing quartz at 70 feet. ALLUVIAL. The rains at the commencement and during-the past quarter have been the means of keeping this class of miners busily employed, and in some instances with favorable results. At Break-o'.Day, 'l'urner and party, a co,operati"e company of SO men, are working their claim with a whip and puddling machines, and have done fairly during the quarter, averaging about £2 7s. per week per man. Grant and party, a co-operative company of 14 men, have averaged £3 per week perman. :Between Rokewood Junction and Bulldog several parties are making good wages. . A number of miners are employed in the old ground around the Bard Hills, Grasay Gully, Staffordshire Reef, and other parts of the diviaion, with but very indifferent success. . 26 BUNINYONG DIVISION. 'Mr. Robert M. Harvey, .Mining Surveyor and Regist1w'. ALLUVIAL ]\fINING. I append a return of' gold obtained from 'alluvial mines in this division, which shows the total yield to be maintained for the quarter. There are indications of tlie yield from some of our deepest mines improving, especially at the Main Durham Lead, at the Perseverance Company's mine. . . , • oz ..dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Perseverance, Durham 736 7 12 Kitty's all,d South Durham (approxi. Buninyong Estate, Devonshire 43 9 6 mate) 220 0 0 Buninyong Estate, Scotchman's 79 16 18 All other ,alluvial mining (approxi. Hopeful, Green Hills ... 63 0 1 mate) ...... 900 0 0 Board of Advice, Green Hills 74 0 0 Old St. Paul's, Bunillyong ... 60 0 0 3,562 1 13 Leviathan, Napoleons, No.1 shaft ... 616 -8· 0 Bowen Hill, Buninyong (approximate) 780 0 0 QUARTZ ll:IrNING. The New One ailq All Company, Hiscock's, have struck what they believe to be quite a new lode; average' thickness for 70 feet, 8 feet, yielding over 4 dwts. to the tOll., 'fhe Imperial Company have also had better stone dill'ing the quarter, with an average of 3t dwts. A new company has been formed to test the ground north of the One and All Company. SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Mr. John Lyndt, Mining Sttrveyor and Registrar. The general condition of the mines may be regarded' as improving, as is evidenced by the quarter's return of gold, whieh gives a considerable excess over that of the previous quarter; yet there is nothing specially new to record, no new discovery of any kind, but a regular steady advance in the old established mines, particularly Olle or twq about Haddon. In the old claims along the Main Lead, through Scarsdale, operations are carried on in the usual regular manner, without the occurrence of any incident worthy of notice. The reef-washes along the valleys of the deep' leads keep still opening up, and disclosing an extent of auriferous 'wash not, until recently, supposed to exist. , These washes are now the ma~n source of supply throughout Smythesdale, Scarsdale, and Happy Valley. " , The deep leads at Linton continue still in favor, and lately an accession to the number, which promises to turn out well, is the Anderson's Freehold Company. Camgham appears to be in a more depressed statc than any'p~rt of the distriet, but the decadence is not likely to be permanent. Hill-sluicing, where water is abundant, is giving profitable occupation, but the intermittent state of the supply is always a drawback to the value of this branch of mining. In quartz mining there is nothing doing worthy of special mention. The following is the return of gold from the principal claims for the quarter ;- " oz. dwt, gr. oz. dwt. gr. Reform, Haddon i 2,541 6 0 Grand Trunk, Piggoreet 626 0 0 Golden Lake, Piggoreet... 1,191 18 0 Racecourse, Haddon 626 0 0 Eldorado, Smythesdale 655 0 0 Golden Stream, Scarsdale 388 0 0 Trunk Lead, Haddon 652 0 0 United Lead~, Brownsvale 301 18 0 CRESWICK DIVISION. Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyo1' and Registrar. I have the' honor to report that the yield of alluvial gold has again increased this quarter. The yield from Spring Hill still continues equally good; three claims in this locality have been worked out or abandoned, but others ,are taking their place.; the yield also £i'om the deep leads at Red Streak (the Australasian and Key Companies)' has improved, and a new. company has taken up a portion of the grouud abandoned by the Cosmopolitan Company, immediately north of the Australasian Company.' _ , The to~al quantity of gold obtained from quartz is about the same, but there has 'been a smaller quantity of quartz crushed, espedally by the New North Clunes Company, which has now only 30 head of stamps at work; the average yield of the company has, however, greatly improved. GORDON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. There has been no' mining of any co~sequence carried on under this head during the quarter. QUARTZ J\:hNING. The Egerton Company have been obtaining quartz from their No.1 shaft, at a depth ;of from 3i5 to 525 feet from the surface, during the quarter. They have also sunk this shaft 75 feet deeper. 'No work is being carried on at the No.2 shaft, as the engine is being repaired. The depth of the shaft is 550 feet. . ' ' , '. Black Horse ,Company have crushed during the quarter 405 tons of quartz, yielding OOozs. 12 dwts. of gold. The ~tone was obtained from the Nos. 5 and 6 levels. They have chiefly been prospecting at .the d_eepest level (826 feet). The number,of men employed on the claim is 32. . " South Learmonth amd };~gerton Amalgamated Company have been actively engaged in prospecting during the quarter; and the number of men .employed is 16. Parker's Extended Company, Gordon, have during the qUaJ'tcr crushed 250 tons of quartz, whi'ch was taken from the 265-foot level from a lode averaging 2 feet in width. They have also been engaged in driving the east crosS cut at the 400-foot level, to cut a known lode; and have also driven 60 feet on a lode at the 300-foot level, but it is very poor, in consequence of which only 24 men could be employcd. The quartz is considered better from the 250 to 300 foot levels than at the 4OO-foot level, where the lodes are very large, but poor. They have also crushed on hire during the quarter :400 to~s, a.t 6s. per tou. '2'7 North Parker's Oompany, Gordon, have sunk their shaft to a depth of 160 feet, where a drive was put in about 12 feet to cut the lode. They have crushed 400 tons of quartz, yielding 940zs. 2 dwts., taken from the 100-foot level;' the lode was traced from the surface to this level. An average number of 16 men have been employed, which was reduced to 6 when the prospecting began; and as soon as payable stone is met the number will be as formerly. l'he Old Jenny Lind Company, Mooi:abool, has again been taken up on tribute by Gallagher and Co. They have raised about 120 tons, and have just commenced crushing. Morris' Tribute Company are at present engaged in sinking their ahaft, which is now about 50 feet in depth, and they expect to strike the reef about the end of the week. - 'rhe Rose and Shamrock Company have crushed 14 tons of quartz during the quarter, averaging 9 dwts. to the ton. They ha"e sunk a new shaft, and struck the reef, with a great body of w.ater, and consequently had to suspend operations pending the erection of machinery. A small parcel of quartz taken from the bottom of the new shaft was very rich. ' STEIGLlTZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. O. W. Collins, .."dining Registrar. There has been no improvement in mining matters on Steiglitz during the past quarter, and more attention has been given to prospecting for alluvial deposits than for quartz reefs. - The Albion and New Albion Companies have done but little underground for some time. A new reef has been discovered south and east of the New Gympie. A trial crushing of 6 tons gave twelve and a·half ounces of gold. The reef is about 8 inches wide, and is easily worked. The Native Youth Company have a reef now averaging 3 feet 6 inches in width, and the returns from their crushings have enabled them to pay dividends. The London Company have on the northern side of their claim some very rich stone, equal to any yet obtained by them. The vein is 18 inches thick. The Electric Company have commenced operations on their claim on the tribute system, and with good prospects of success. On Mount Doran many small parties are engaged raising stone for trial crushings. On Elaine the Minerva Company are busy erecting a 16 horse-power winding and pumping engine. The increased yield from alluvial mines at Morrison's may partly be accounted for by there being for the present a sufficient supply of water available. BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDl,VISION. JJfr. Joltn F. Hansen, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ MINING. The first crushing from the Eldorado and the Albion Companies' mine, having turned out far below what WIlS expected, has had the e:ffect of still further depressing the value of the Blackwood mines held by public companies. It should be borne in mind, however, that neither of these companies have done much as yet to develop their properties. .' The North Sultan Company also crushed their stone raised some time back, which yielded at the rate of over 5 dwts. to the ton, from a reef 3 feet in width at the 250-foot level. Considering that this yield was obtained from stone directly after striking the reef from a cross-drive, and that the area held by this company is all maiden ground, the prospects should be deemed excellent; nevertheless, with the exception of 8. few men employed to finish the erection of machinery, no work has been done in this mine for some months past. The Sultan Company have finished the erection of their 60 horse-power steam engine, with 20 stamp-head battery attached, at a total cost of £4,740. The mine is now in thorough working order. All,the works being now connected with No.1 ahaft, the w'inding engine of No.2 shaft will be dispensed with, consequently, a considerable saving will be e:ffected. Mounter Bros. have lately crushed from their Western Reef. The lode is 30 feet in width, and they have just come upon very rich quartz, far superior in appearance to the stone obtained some time back from the lode known as Mounter's, 20 tons of which gave an average yield of over 11 ozs. to the ton. The Red, White, and Elue and the North 'Britain Companies at Wright's Reef have been very successful during the quarter, arid have excellent prospects in view. The gold on this line of reef, although very fine, is well distributed throughout the stone, and easily saved, as there is an almost entire absence of zincblende and other base metals. Good prospects are also obtained from the same line of reef from ground formerly held by the Constellation Company, from which a trial crushing will shortly take place at Mr. Stobie's battery, and from all appearance at present this line of reef will take a very prominent place amongst the quartz mines of this district. A peculiar feature on this line of reef worth noticing is that the lode of the Red, White, and Blue Company runs almost due east and west, similar to the cross reefs at Pleasant Creek; whereas, the reef'in the area of the North Britain Company on the north, and the claim of the Constellation on the south, takes its normal course. ALLUVIAL MINING. About 'two months ago some new ground was opened up situate at the head of the eastern branch of Yankee Creek. The depth of sinking is from six to ten feet, and as much as a quarter of an ounce of gold to the tub has been obtained. The gold is waterworn, and of a rather superior character to that usually obtained in this division. There are about 20 miners at work, mostly old inhabitants of Newberry, and the average earnings a man have been from £1 to £5 per week. " , Some nuggets have recently been turned up in Long Gully, famous for that description of gold in former days -one of 11 02:8. was found by an old resident, and another of 6 ozs. and several smaller ones by a party of two men. Water.-Average quantity of water sold :-Ten sluice-heads; price per sluice-head, 128. 6d. and 15s. BALLAN SUBDIVISION. Mr. G. P. Black, Mining Registrar. Mining in this subdivision is still in a very depressed state, and I have no alteration to make from my report of previous quarter. During the past'quarter, Ashton's had only one crushing of 30 tons quartz, which yielded 25 ozs. gold. 28 ,,(-0 ...1 BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. t··,""r ~JJ' 1[~·!.H ' ~~~ }-.c .•• 'j BEECH WORTH DIVISION. Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Alining Registrar. The copious rains during the past quarter have enabled all the sluicers in this division to commence operations and to be employed full time. There is nothing fresh to report as regards alluvial workings. The small ~ush reported to have take.n place at Stony Creek has dwindled 'away to four or five claims. The stone already crus):1ed (only two small lots) has not come up to expectation; but some stone now lying at the mill is thought to be better. There is, at least, one reef, t,he "Dublin," at Stony Creek,. that gives every sign ·of being a permanent and rich on.e. It is about 3 feet wide, and has been opened in various places to the extent, say, of ,100 yards. The reef runs nearly east and west, and the stone is easily obtained, the country heing 80ft. No crushing frol}l it has yet been tried, but, judging from appearances, it will go a bout 4 ·ozs. to the ton. The miners in this neighborhood are greatly in want of a crushing machine, and, if one were erected here, several reefs now abandoned could be worked profitably. The prospects of the Reform Reef, Myrtleford, are improving i it is the intention of the owners to erect a machine to pump 'and wind, and for this purpose a shaft has been sunk 70 feet below the lowest level. The Waterloc> Company are driving a cross-cut to the front reef-which will be likely to be struck in a week or two. If this reef prove as good as formerly, the proprietors will have a good thing, as it never went under 2 ozs. to the ton. The cross-cut will touch the reef at about 50 feet below the old workings. YACKANDANDAHDIVISION. 1I1r. Peter Wright, Afining Surveyor and Registrar. .'", There is nothing special to report upon alluvial mining. Water is plentiful, and with that a moderate amount of success is almost certain. Some new ground has been recently oecupied, but it "Will merely take the place of ground of similar quality worked out. . _, In quartz mining the most noticeable item of news is the success attained by the Co-operative Company which - is now working the Homeward-hound claim at Twist's Creek. The late owners could not work it,profital,ly, but it, is now avery good property-partly tJlrough an improvement in)he stone, mainly through better appliances and better management. , . James Magill, having suspended his tunnelling operations for the Von Moltke Reef, put up a whim to sink on the reef, and was successful for a time, but since the recent rains the water has again beaten him. About sii heads of water are being sold, the number varies; the nominal price is £1 per head. Th ehead is not rigidly measured. . h~DIGO DIVISION. Mr. R. Arrowsmith, lJ1ining Surveyor and Registrar. Quartz. mining, as usual, has not been very actively prosecuted during the quarter. The average returns, however, show a very decided improvement, and it is not improbable that capital and enterprise may shortly be brought to bear on some of the very promising reefs around Chiltern and Rutherglen, which, if worked to greater depths than heretofore, I am of opinion would be found very remunerative. Near· the latter township some very superior stone 'is now being obtained, a great portion of which it is· found necessary to' cart to the mills near Chiltern, a distance of eleven or twelve miles. • , ' The Durham aHd Caledonian Alluvial Mining Company, having worked out all the available ground around the present engine. shaft, are erecting a hattery of ten stampers to .crush the stone and debris from the workinl!s, which it lS found will yield at the rate of 3 dwts. to the ton, Should the speculation prove successful, it is their !Dtention to re-erect the machinery at their next shaft, and pass thc whole of the washdirt through the battery, instead of the puddling ma.chine and sluice.boxes, as has always been the practice in this division. 1'here is nothing whatever of interest to report on alluvial mining, beyond the fact that the Glencoe Junction Company have succumbed to their difficulties, and the machinery has been sold by auction. _ No water has been sold during the quarter . . BUCKLAND DIVISION . . .Mr. Lewis C. .Mining Registrar. , Kineltela, The returns I have the honor to forward herewith fully prove the prosperous condition of qua~tz mining at present upon Growler's and ·Morsc's Crecks; and from the aspect of the leading mines there now, together with the prospects obtained· from new reefs recently registered, it may fairly be inferred that even an increase upon the present fine yield of gold from these localities will be recorded il1 the September returns. The fact ma.y also 1Je noted that the average per ton of the quartz crushed in the last three months is fifty per cent. higher ~han ill the previous quarter, being nearly 13dwts. pel' ton.. - , It is a )Ilatter of regret that the efforts to find the New Happy Valley Reef (which has been completely cut out by a smooth floor of slate-rock at a depth of 560 feet) have hitherto been unavailing. However, as little.doubt is entertained· that this" fault" is merely one.of those" jumps," of which four or five of a somewhat similar but limited extent had hitherto been experienced in the mine, vigorous efforts are now being comnienced to find the reef again; and it may be considered that the success of the enterpriSil is not only of vital importance to that locality itself, hut is fraught with the greatest interest to this whole district, as directly bearing upon the question of the existence and value of Ollf reefs at hitherto unattained depths. . " 29 Alluvial mining in shallow w?rkings presents no points requir?-ng special m~ntion. ., . After being allowed to stand Idle for years, the Deep I;ead Claim (the P~oomx!, at HarnetVllle, has agam b?en put in working order, having been pumped dry two weeks Blllce,. an,d all the tlmbermg an~ u!1dergrou~d work bemg found but little damaged, The owners expect to obtain gold wlthm a week or two; a~d It IS not unhkely that the result of the washings will be an incentive to the working of the other leads known to eXIst here. Memo. of N1(/lnOer and Price of Sluice-heads of Water Sold in tlte Buckland IHl!uio1i.-38 sluice-heads, costing from 2s. 6d. to 158. each. Average price, lOs. ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert W. S. Greig, lIfining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. There have been no new discoveries made in auriferous alluviums during the quarter, and mining generally is much depressed. The Freehold Company, on the ~c~eron Lead, after unsu?cessfully trying to ,,!,o:-k their ground w~th. a wh~m, have e~tered into arrangements for obtainmg steam power for dramage purposes, and It IS stated to be their llltentlOn to have an engine erected forthwith.' .. • The machinery on the Royal Standard Lead, Johnson's Creek, has been sold and removed. The lead is now totally abandoned. . On the Working Miners' Lead, Godfrey's Creek, the New Gobur is the only company that bas obtained wash dirt during the ~uarter. The three .other companies, viz., the T~iumph, the Victory, and the li[orth ~o~ur, have .b~en prosecuting theIr works. The machinery of the first two compames has been completed, and they anticIpate obtalllmg gold during the ensuing quarter. The latter company have completed sinking their shaft, which has bottomed on gold. QUARTZ MINING. Quartz mining continues to be much depressed. The contemplated amalgamation of the Durham Gully claims and leases has not been carried out; they have therefore, to a great extent, been temporarily abandoned. . The MY,starious claim, after its lengthened stoppage, has again resumed work j the water has been drained, and the winning of quartz has been proceeded with for the past week, but no crushing has as yet been obtained sinee the resumption of work. . ACMron Re~fS.-Owing to the good crushing, viz., an average of over 6! ozs. to the ton, from the Kangaroo Reef, the local miners have devoted a little more attention to that locality, and one or two new prospecting claims have been registered during the quarter. DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert Pemberton, J.Wining Registra1'. I have the honor to report that no alteration in mining matters has taken place in the Dry Creek subdivision since my last return. I, however, regret to state that a great many claims, owing to the late heavy floods, have been partially suspended, thereby rendering the yield of gold smaller than it otherwise would have been. With respect to the quantity of washdirt puddled, &c., it is impossible to give any returns that would be of any mining statIstical value. There are a great many fossickers. Quartz mining is not carried on in my division; at least up to the present no quartz approaching to anything like payable has been found. GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. 4. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I have little cheerful to report of this subdivision. Its best hopes lie in the character of its miners, who here, more than in other parts of the district, snow a readiness to stand by their mines through good or ill fortnne, and are ever prepared to take them on tribute, which, in the face of the small averages obtained, deserves commendation, and promises well for all should better stone be obtained at a depth. The Hunt's have stopped work and suspended their claim, as also the A.G.M. Company. The Victoria tributers . are working energetically and prospecting ahead, but the results do not do justice to their industry. The Wallaby pro prietors have within the last week obtained highly cheering prospects, and hope to make this once valuable mine remunerative again. " The Eldorado, now Royal Gold Mining Company's block., has yielded good returns, and,the company are now driving again ahead, with the prospect of str~king another vein similar to the last, which gave average yields of over 12 dwts. per ton. The Danabrog (late Aladdin) are driving their tunnel ahead, and have called for tenders to cut and flume races, ·and make other preparations for the erection of machinery. The Rose of Denmark tributers are stoping between the 2nd and 3rd level in that mine. In producing their No. 2 level they have struck a vein of auriferous quartz, showing gold freely, the existence of which was not known hitherto. They have plenty of stone in view. The Golden Belt Company will reach their reef shortly in their deep tunnel. A new company is on the point of starting operations. It is called the Gaffney's Creek Extended Gold Mining Company, and proposes to work the Gaffney's Creek Compu.ny's (HUllt'~) reef, north of that company's lease block, and extending north along the bed of the creek towards Dempsey's Some excellent specimen stone has already been. obtained from the bed of the creek, and its prospects are considered good. There is nothing new to report in alluvial, of which the workers are obtaining an average of 28s. per week. There is no water being sold in this subdivision. " 3Q WOOD'S P()I~T .SlTBDIVISIO~. M,'. A. B. Ainsworth, 'j!1inillg Surveyor and Registrar• . The Hope Mining Company have completed their new winding and pumping ma.chinery, and will now enter on a new phase in their venture directly related to the interests of Wood's Point and district-that of sinking their main shaft another 100 feet, with a view of putting in the necessary levels to test the value of the Morning Star dyke-veins below water-level-say for 200 feet to 250 feet to begin with. The upper parts of the mine are let on tribute. " The Alps Great Central Company's tributers have been getting excellent stone, yielding over an onnce per ton, and the mine is still looking well. The company are erecting new Doxes and tables, which, when completed, will add considerably to the ·value of their plant. . The Wood's Point Company have obtained payable results, with good prospects. The Telegrapp Company, on the Wandy, continue to pay their way and make good wages. ' The Alliance miners have had the premier crushing for the quarter, namely 480 ozs. for 300 tons, more or less. They continue to prospect their new lode, but have. not as yet struck any new shoot of gold in their reef. The old shoot is under foot and water line. : . The prospects of the All Nations and Prince of Wales appear slightly on the improve. The heavy fll-lls of snow and rain hll-ve compelled the alluvial minerll to abandon for the present the new rush on Standers Creek. Two parties remain on the ground, which will afford.good ground for the alluvial miner with the'returning spring season. . , . . ,.Sever~l parties ha~e returned from tl}.e Queensland rushes, and express themselves more satisfied with their' prospects here. , There is no :vater being sold at present. When sold, it is worth lOs. per sluice-head. , .' l! 01' t'" ...... ' " r, I'. 1 . 'I I ". "" 'BIG' RIVER·SUBDIVISION. 'Mr. A: ii.' Ai~s~orth, Mi~i~g S~TVeyo; and Registrm:. There' has been a slight improvement in the general prospects of this subdivision during the quarter, due rather to the condition of the surrounding goldfields than to any material improvement in the mining prospects of the subdivision. Several parties have returned from the Queensland goldfields, and the miners settled on the river below Ne\vruan's (Ihy's Creek) are doing fairly. The party (Noble and others)"working the old Unknown ground have obtained another good crushing, averaging 3 ozs. 5 dwts. 5 grs. per ton. TheIr present prospects are good. .' , , The Luck's All and Londonderry-cum-Uetriever tributers are obtaining wages returns and no more. . A prospecting claim has been taken up on the Big River Reef, and Henry White has driven a tunnel, now· about 120 feet in, in which he hopes shortly to get gold. . I hear of no water being sold; there is abundance for the little doing at the present time. j ••• t "'. $ • t " MITTA~1I1IT'l'A DIVISION. Mr. W. H. CQc/;rane, Mining Registrar. Nothin'g out of the uS1J.al course 4as occurfed this quarter. T·he population is:steady, and 'the, min~rs are e~rhirig fail' wages. The rents for water supply amount to £20. I. . I, . . . ' .. :. t ~" ,I." JAMIESON. SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. H. Edwards, .Mining Registrar. The returns for the past quarter show Ii considerable decrease.in the yield of quartz gold. This is accounted for by the fact that the two principal mines-the, Gleeson's Lease, Company, Sn.ilor Bill's Creek, and the Venture Company, Mack's Creek, have been completing their tramroads. They are now finished. and in good working order. Both companies, are now crushing. ' . c· The Sailor Bill's Company are 'now in 820 feet, having a furt.her distance' of 130 feet to drive to strike the reef, which bas been traced from Gleeson's No.4 level into their claim. . Daw's. Specimen Reef Company.':""The contractors are now in 250 feet, having a further distance of 100 feet to drive. , " The Just-in.Time Company arc continuing the low tunnel, being now in 170 feet. ,The North Gleeson's Company are still driving along the reef, but have not stru(Jk any gold-bearing stone yet. The :M:ack!s Creek Company arc now in 680 feet. 'fhe ground beiug very hard and wet, little progress can be made. The Queen of 'the Alps and Perseverance mines have been let on tribute. , . ", ' . 31 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Regi,strar. The returns show that 80,069 tons of quartz have been crushed during the quarter, averaging 12 dwts. 18 grs. porton. a result which is very satisfactory. " 'fhe numerous calls made for progressive mines, and the too high prices paid for shares in them, have crippled speculators. Money is scarce, 'so that the works in lJlany mities of this class have been stopped, and there are not so many miners employed. But a good number of claims have been taken up by private parties, which is, I think, It healthy sign, indicating a feeling of confidence in the results of quartz mining on this goldfield. It will be seen by the subjoined list of crushings that the reefs at great depths have yielded well. No water has been sold for miq.ing purposes. Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &c., raised during, the past quarter included in the tables prefixed to these Reports:- Total Average Depth at which d. Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c" Tons. Yiel NOTE,-The above figures are not to be added to those in the tObles prefixed to these Reports. They are alreMy massed and included in the tables. 32 HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND WARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. T. Stron!l' Mining Surveyor and Registrar. , I regret that I have nothing encouraging with regard to minhig to report; during the last quarter dulness has characterised all mining operations in my division,.as is evidenced by the decreased number of miners, and the con sequent decreased yield in the gold. There are neither snrveys nor registrations to effect. Many of those who obtained their living from m!ning pursuits have gone into other avocations, principally farming. ' WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION. M;'. Charles J. W. Russell, lIfining Registrar. There has been 'a considerable improvement in the yield of gold for the past quarter over the previous one, lind this improvement is likely to be maintained, as the Mongolian Reef Company have completed the erection of their pmilping machinery, and expect to strike the reef in their shaft daily; and their pumping, drains several adjacent claims, which will shortly resume work. MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. lIfr. P. Virtue,jun., jJli1iing Registrar. Nothing,of any importance has occurred during the quarter, excepting the severe accident at the Duke and Timor mine. On the contrary, mining business generally has been in a state of unusual depression. This will b;q best understood from the fact that the only dividends declared were those by the John Bright Oompany, amounting to £300. , The Duke and Timor Company are now opening up their mine from north to south, in order to effect its drainage as speedily as possible. The water in the mine is being raised at the, rate of 750 gallons per minute. The Band of Hope Oompany have again begun operations in their mine, it having been satisfactorily ascertained by them that the drainage eB'ected by the Duke and Timor engine was sufficient to enable them to do so with safety. 'rhe All Nations Company have let two blocks of their ground on tIibute. The Queen Company have ceased to work their mine, and, as soon!!-s the underground material is taken up, the pumps will be drawn; several blocks of ground on the claim have been let on tribute, and a portion of the mine will yet be worked by separate machinery. The Horsington Freehold Oompany, Alma, have been engaged dnring the quarter in testing their claim, and have obtained an excellent prospect from a bore of 114t feet in depth at the south end of it. The following is a statement of the gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines in this division during the quarter:- • oz. dwt. gr. John Bright, Chinaman's Flat 818 13 0 l3and' of Hope, Chinaman's Flat 210 10 0 Unicorn, Alma 16 0 0 Alma Consols, Alma 868 9 0 Queen, Alma 377 17 12 Count Bismarck, Alma 967 19 0 Seaham, Alma 590 19 0 Gladstone, Alma ... 626 3 12 New, Magnum, Alma 635 0 0 Total ... 5,111 11 0 QUARTZ MINING. The shaft on the western reef of the l3ristol Hill Company's claim has been stopped, in consequence, of the water being too heayy for winding; the depth of the shaft is 410 feet. The reef on the claim of the Montrose Com pany, situate near Maryborough, o,~ the Avoca road, is turning out well. The company have 200 tons of stone a~ grass. Their last crushing of 60 tons gave one ounce to the ton. Shaw and party had a crushing of 37 tons from the Rob Roy rcef, near Haveloek, which gave a total yield of 102 ozs. 13 dwts. 12 grs. No pyrites have been operated on during the quarter. - MAJORCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. John At.. Murphy,' Mining Registrar. I have the honor to report that mining in this subdivision still continues in a very depressed state, hut it is anticipated that in a few weeks there will be an improvement. The Enterprise Company, Maiden Hill, has been let on tribute, and at present are activtly employed pumping; operations in the mine will commence in about a month. The Gibraltar Oompany, Garden Flat, have commenced the erection of machinery, which is being removed from the Prince of Wales Company's claim, Cockatoo. ' , Minorca Company, .Majorca.-During the past quarter the shaft has been sunk to a depth of 135 feet, a level opened out at 125 feet and put in 220 feet, by a series of bores varying from 35 to 5 feet above the drive; an extent of gold-bearing drift has been touched on the west slope of reef 120 feet 'wide) from one .of the bores of 3 inches di.ameter three grains of gold were washed, and from the other bores good prospects were obtalUed, thus apparently provmg the existence of n run of pnyable gold in an altogether untried locality. DuJ;:e of Edinburgh Oompany, Walker's paddock (private).-Sha,ft sunk 82 feet; at about 30 feet a layer of cement was passed through, and a small piece of gold weighing 1 dwt. was fouud in sinking. As heayy water ina very fine drift was struck nt 80 feet, work is suspended at present, for ,the erecti AMHERST DIVISION. 1Ii1'. Josepll Smith, jIiniug Surveyor and Registrar. I have the honor to report that mining oper[tlions in the division show ,an improvement in the yield of gold and in die number of miners employed, when compared to thc prcvious quarter. In quartz mining the Prince of Wales lode gives good wages,to the men employed on the works. They are n.ow down to the water.level; but when the pumping engine, which is now being erected ou Leasc No. 1765, is in workmg order, they are of opinion that the yields will improve, as gold can be freely seen in the stone at that depth. Laura Heef has given slightly improved yields during the quarter, which give a good rate of wages to the mell employed, owing'to the ease with which the stone can be worked, and the great tbickness of the lode. The reefs at Brown's Gully, neal' Lexton, have a large quantity of stone at grass. but they arc still without a crushing plant. The Warrior' 'has had a trial crushing of 20 tons, which gave an avernge of about 7 dwts. per ton; but the great expense incurred in the carriage does ilOt leave a margin for profit. In aUu vial mining the claims to the south of }J ount Greenock have given improved yields, but the claims at Cockatoo sh[)w a decrease. The Prinee of Wales alluvial claim have discontinued working, pendiIlg the formation of a new tribme party. Tara's Hall claim, situate on the continuation of Daisy Hill Lead, have commenced puddling with encouraging prospects: the two first puddling machines yielded 31 ozs. 11 d wts. 12 grs.' of gold. Returns a/wwing the Income derived fron~ Water jor the Quarter ending 30th June 1874. Three sluicing parties (at two sluice-heads each), at 408. per week for each party-12 weeks £72 Three puddling machines (at Olle sluice-head each), at 208./ per week for each party- 12 weeks 36 Total £108 The reservoir and races belonging to ,:\'lessrs, Stewart and Farnsworth stand the same as in my former returns•. AVOCA SUBDIVISION.' " hIt.. P. Simpson, ~JI1ining Surveyor and Registrar. The large alluvial claims in this subdivision remain idle, and alhlviai,'mining generally has been very dull d~ring the past quarter. QUARTZ MINING•. The Perseverance Company have driveri their tunnel 325 feet through hard rock. Several promlSlng leaders have been cut; one particularly; but none hav.e yet been tried. 'fheyexpect to cut the main lode about 125 feet further. Should a payable reef be struck here, which there is good reason to anticipate, it will, I think, have a very beneficial effect on mining in the Pyrenees. . The reefs generally may be considered as being not much more than prospected. The Monte Christo Company's mill is the only one that has been employed during the quarter, and this principally with stone from their own mine. A new reef, the Pioneer, has been discovered in Paddy's Gully, Avoca Lead. The tables show the result of the first crushing. . No water has been sold for milling purposes during the quarter. DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. lIfr. W. G. Couclu:nan, hli",;ing Sl~l'Vey~r and Reg~~lra1" There has not bee~ any improvement in mining operatiolls during the quarter, both q~artz and alluvial mining still continuing exceedingly dull. .DunolZy Division. Bealiha Jteef--The Goldsborough Company are sinking the shaft deener, the present depth being 419 feet, and it is intended to sink to 436 feet before opening out. The QHeen's Birthday Company are cross-cutting for the re!'f at a depth of 405 f~~t. They are also sinking willzes from the 335-foot to the 405-foot level, and stoping the baeks from the former level. 731 tons of stone have .been reduced, 'which yiel4ed, 2()4 '9zs. . Queen's Reef.-The QuelJn's Reef Oompany are sillking the ~haft deeper, the present depth being 225 feet. Bet-bet Reef.-TheBet-bet Company have had men on breaking'out stone from the Western reef, at a depth of about 30 feet, 151 tons having yielded 56 OZS; 14 dwts, 21 gre, . , , Most of the other rc!!fs in the division are lying idle at presellt. " , In allllvial mining there is llothing notelVort hy to report. ' The Prince of Wales Company, at Pottery Hill, have put down their large lifts, and finished cutting the chamber, and are nQW putting in a drive for the deep ground. Tarnagulla Division. Poverty Reef.-The United Poverty Reef Company have been driving the eastern drive at the 525-foot level, and sinking the shaft deelJer, the present depth being 572 feet. Prince of Wales Compaliy have 2 men on breaking out sLOlle . . Ne.w-chum Reef.-The Cambrian Company; 'with which is ttmaJgamated the 'Prince of Wales Company, have been Blllkmg' the shaft deeper, the present depth being 450 feet. and ha,ve also ~een driving the north and south drives at the 440-foot level. In the former drive the reef is '\'I'ell defintJd, about 8 feet thick, heavily charged with pyrites and carrying a little gold. They' are also' driving the 345.foorlevel. ' ' Sandstone Reef.-The Victoria Company have been breaking out stone from the 500·foot level, and have. let a portion' of their ground on tribute. KORO.NG DIVISION. }rh. George Walton Jl.fool'e, Mining Registrar. . During the past quarte~ mining matters have been extremely dull ill this division, and there is nothing of any Importance to report. , No. 64. C REDBANKAND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS., }JEr. P. Simpson, Mining SU1'veyor, and Registrm< The New Isis Company are extending their drives soVth, and taking out stone at a depth of 140 feet .. The Darling Flat Company, -Rubbly Reef, have stopped work, pendiug amalgamaLion with adjoining com. panies. . The Ram Company have not been successful, and their claim is abandoned. The other companies on the Rubbly line of, reef have suspended \York for the present. A new reef-Finlayson's-has beon discovered at Darling Flat. Some e;'!:cellent specimens have been obtained from the surface. At the Eureka. Reef stone is being raised from above the water-level during repairs to the machinery. In alluvial mining there is nothing to report. . No water. has been sold for mining purposes during the quarter. ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDINISION . . }JEr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Reflistmr. At the Rising Star mining operations are progressing steadily. They are now raising stone from the 460·foot level on Paddy's Reef. o. At Wilson's Hill a new shaft on west side of the hill is being sunk to a. proposed depth of 400 or 450 feet; present depth, 200 feet. The St. Arnaud Creek battery is now eng'Lged on 600 tons of stone from this mine, the result of. which will appear in next quarter's return. 'rhe Chrysolite Company are opening out n'orth on the Ballarat Reef, which has been struck at 99 feet from shaft, at the 50n.foot level.' The stone looks, I believe, better than that at the 400·foot level~ The Bell Rock Company have stopped sinking their shaft at 413feet, and are now putting in a cross-cilt at the "400-foot level. . The Blinkborinie Company are still cross· cutting for the reef; water heavy. The GreenocJ.;: Company are raising stone from the 200·foot level. . . A company has been formed to work the Queen Mary Reef,.and a lease of the ground applied for. A new reef"':"the Duchess of Edinburgh-has been discovered not far from the Prince of Orange Reef, ·the stone from which is said to look excellent. A prospecting claim has been applied for. . Messrs; Scoles' No.1 S. Silver Reef have obtained, from 11 tons of quartz, 84 ozs. of mixed metal, worth ahout £75. ' At the Silver Mines the removal of the inachilleT'Y has been completed on to their new shaft (Sec. H.,Walker's), and mining. operations have been eommenced on the reef at the 300·foot level. , An association has been formed at St. Arnaud for prospecting for reefs and alluviums. No water was sold for mining purposes during the quarter. CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. , ffIr. Thomas L. Broum, Mining Surveyor and Reqistrar. Both quartz and alluvial mining have been exceedingly dull during the quarter, and the returns are smaller than usual. In quartz· mining, prospects have been obtained on the White Horse, the Mysterious, the South Eureka, and Cemetery Gully Reefs. .0 • 0 The Eureka Consols are stoping between the 360 and·280 foot levels, averaging from the main lode 7 dwts. per ton, and from eastern reef 15 dwts. to the ton. The Wattle Gully United, at 410 feet; eut a large reef carrying a fine drift-sand on its face and gold in the· stone. They are sinking with the reef to open out at 460 feet. . '.I'he Wattle Gully Tributel's' shaft is 318 feet. . On a lode 3 feet 6 inches wide a trial crushing from the cap 'yielded 19 dwts. to the ton, and gold is seen as the lode is worked. , The Lewis's Amalgamated have driven on the 400-foot level; but in each face the reef is much broken and mixed with sandstone. 'l'heyare now cross-eutting at 250 feet, having quartz leaders in the face; also driving along the reef at the ISO-foot level, to which depth rich gold has been obtained. 0 'The Nirprod Reef claimholders, 'having arranged for the drainage of the reef, have recommenced work. , The Chewton United, in a new shaft, have eome upon gold-bearing stone at a depth of 70 feet. . The Caledonia mine continues to employ a number of men, and, by sys~ematic mining, making 4 dwts. to the ton profitable. ' The Volunteer Reef continues its good yields, 1,250 tons having yielded 1,018 ozs. of gold. Four parties have commenced ground-sluicing, obtaining their water supply from the Government supply pipes i but as ret the wor~ 41'S barely pa~d expenses. 35 FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. "Mark Amos, lIfining Surveyor and Registrm'. Popula,tion.-There has been a considerable fl1.11ing off in mining population during the past few months, so much so that I have made a careful revision, aud a fair roturll is now given. Several mining companies have sus. pended operations and the relinquishment of mining for other pursuits will account for the decrease in numbers. Alluvial Mining and PuddIing.-A ~radual fa}ling off in the number of m~chines in use an,d min~rs employed. Many of ~he pu~dlers, ~y steady work du.rmg a senes.of ;:ears, have ~a:,ed suffiClent to embark .m agr~cult~ral pur suits, feanng to rlsk thelr hard-earned savmgs by engagmg III quartz mllllllg. Some few puddlers are shll dOlllg well, but the gro~nd will soon !:'e entirely worked out...... SluiclUg.-The Chlllese and a fcw others are still very actively employed In thlS braneh of mmmg. The reo turns, so far as I call ascertain, are satisfactory, although water more abundantly supplied and at a cheaper rate would materially affect the number employed, 'Vater Power for Crushing Cement.-Messrs. Broad and Company have recently erected a 20·foot overshot water-wheel. They are using four heads of water from the Loddon O.ompany, and driving 10 heads of stamps, thus re-working a block of ground which would otherwise be considered useless. They are crushing cement taken from the Old Red Hill, Chokem Flat (famed in the early days for its rich alluvial deposits). ,!,hey have not been suffi ciently long at work to tell how the speculation will pay; but one great advantage is secured-viz., the application of water as a motive power in connection with machinery, and the saving of fuel and labor. Mining Companies.-The Fryers, Cumberland, Black Hawk, Small's, Rowe Brothers', and Cattle's claims are now nearly all connected by underground workings, well ventilated and drained. Rowe Brothers.-The yield from this claim is superior to anything hitherto, and when the great quantity of crushing stuff is 'considered (20 to 100 feet thick), and that the claim has been tested some 20 feet deeper, equally promising, it must be regarded as indicative of a long continuance of highly payable returns, .and an inducement to all adjacent holders to prosecute their works zealously. ' . Mining Leases.-It may be interesting to remark that for a long time back numerous complaints have been made locally regarding the alleged injustice done by lessees of auriferous lands" monopolising" the same to the detri. ment of bonafide miners. I can (from careful observation) assert that the instances are very rare where these coveted leases are taken possession of after being declared void; but, when such is the case, it is generally by those previously interested in the ground. Slui()e-l~eacls. £ s. d. Nolan and 00., Vaughan and Glenluce, 2 heads, 24 hours per day-per week per head 300 Moyle and Co.,,, " 1 head, 10 hours per day-per week ... 280 Loddon Company, Vaughan and Glenluce:- 1 head, per week 3 10 0 2 heads, per week 6 10 0 3 heads, per week 9 0 0 HEPBURN DIVISION. ..lfr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar. • Alluvial mining is principally carried on by sluicing parties. It is estimated that 4,()() ozs. of gold is obtained by migratory Europeans, and the Chinese population will not give any returns. ' Water is plentiful just now. Seventy slu,ice.heads a,re working, at from 78. 6d. to 20s. per head per week, each shift of eight hours. Lucni'8 Quartz Mining Tributers, Commissioner's Reef, are opening out at 130 feet; they are putting in also a cross-cut. Thirteen tons of stone 'gave 9 ozs. 15 dwts.; but 40 tons from 70-foot level, 40 feet south of shaft, gave 42 OZ9. of gold. At St. George's Reef, .Mauritius Reef, Pitcher's Reef, Willard's Reef, Milkman's Reef, and many others, several co-operative cla,ims are being worked, with fair results. Black and party obtained 168 ozs. from 147 tons quartz; Pannam and party, 50 ozs. from 147 tons; Richardson, It ozs. from 6 tons; Goldsworthy and party, 32 ozs. from 99 tons; Mawby and party, 213 ozs. from 474 tons; Anchor Tributers, 42 ozs. from 178 tons, crushed at public mills. Cornish Quartz Mining Company.-This claim maintains first position, paying regular dividends. The gold is obtained principally by tributers at levels varying from 100 to 480 feet; the reef is now 8 feet thick. A fourth engine is.to be erected shortly. '" North Cornish Quartz Mining Co~pany are prospecting. '1'he Argus United are down 578 feet, and are prospecting for the reef at different levels. Risk's Quartz Mining Company, Glengower.-A cross-cut is driven 8 feet to the west of southern drive, and is extended southerly 12 feet from cross-cut. Stoping has been carried on both north and south of underlay shaft. The reef in north stope is about 3 feet thick, showing gold. The battery is finished, but water is scarce. Oliver Cromwell Quartz Mining Company, south of Risk's, are working from an old shaft abandoned some years ago. A good prospect was obtained from a blow or small cap. They are down 100 feet, but work from a tunnel on the south-west side. They have driven 60 feet easterly, and put down a winze 32 feet from fioor of tunnel, and driven 25 feet from winze in the same direction, striking small leaders. Protcction for three months is sought, to obtain funds to continue prospecting. Morrison and Company, Yandoit, are doing but little. The old reef is 2 feet thick. A fresh make was dis covered about 15 feet from surface, dipping south 15°, strike north 5° west, underlying westerly. The Bongaghilmu (south of Anson's) Quartz Mining Company, Spring Oreek, have erected an engine 8 horse power, 8 head of stampers, and. commence crushing next week. Hancock and parl-y, Boots Gul!y, will commence quartz.crushing shortly. Ninety.four tons quartz crushed at Jenkins's mills from Ajax Company, Gazely and party, Willard's Reef and Mauritius Reef, yielded 61 OZ5. 15 dwts. 12 grs. of gold. TARADAJ.. E AND KYNETQN SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. Thomas Or1Vin, lIfining Registrar. It is pl.easin~ to be able. to report that in this divisio~ the m,ining interest is 110t declining; but, on the con. trary, there has agam been an lllcreased amount of gold obtamcd thlS quarter. Several quartz claims here are paying wep. The Fenton Compan:r ~r7 erect~ng. efficient machinery, and consider their prospects g~arante!l the expenditure, bemg en the adjOlnlllg clalmholders, whose perseverance has tended to uphold thl8 distnct. . T. x.tended Company, have just completed an .impo~ta~t improvement in ,t~e!r machinery, and will be m full worlnng order m a few days, wlth good prospects. ThiS clalm 18 south of and adJolnmg the Taradale United who obtained for the quarter over 709 OZB. I 02 I 36 The claim take~ up by McAllister and party in the' Back Creek, Taradale (alluded. to in my report for the 31st / December last as yielding .1 ozs, per ton), is so wet that they are obliged to cease siuking their shaft, and are now erect ing an engine for pumping and winding i in sinking deeper they struck several gold-bearing leaders. The Tommy Dodd United Company, at Malmsbury, are continuing to obtain payable results, and have again the .largest yield in this division. ' '1'he Extended Napier, Lauriston, is looking hetter. The company is raising a large quantity of stone, and their yield will be greater next quartel'. Mining at Lauriston is extremely dull; several good mining managers have left the place, and but few miners are at work. - In alluvial mining here there is a considerable imprOI'ement in deep ground. The Ironstone IIill Company are highly satisfied with their yields fl'om"the gutter drive, also from the quarter drives; althoilgh they are scareeljr fairly commenced Yllt within the quarter, they have obtained 445 ozs, of gold. 'I'he Lord Malmshury Company are also on the deep gutter. They have completed their balance-shaft, con structed the c~arnber~ at the top, and are commencing to drive. Their yield for the quarter is 3fl8 ozs. The Central Mine is now let on tribute, and ,is paying very welL Those thl'tle companies having proved the deep ground here, I ,have no doubt, before long, capitalists will be induced to invest and further prospect this deep alluvial lead eastward, TARRANGOWER DIVISION. M1', Robert Nankivell, "Mining Syrve!Jor and Registrar. . QU..l.RTZ, J\1 INES. The yield from this branch of mining shows an advance on the previolls quarter of 887 ozs. 17 dwts. 18 grs., which has beexi. obtained chiefly. from the Eaglehawk Union and the Great Western Companies' mines. The Eagle hawk Union has improved very much during the past week. Some splendid specimens have been obtained, and the stone in various parts of the mine looks well. 'fhe Central Eaglehawk Company have come upon good golden stone ill sinking their shaft, at a depth of 520 feet. The Linscott's Company, in the 570·foot drive, have been getting gold for some weeks past, and the 'reef is improving d~,ily in the north eod. . ,'l'he North Maldon United Company have suspended operations in the deep ground for the present, with a. view of letting it on tribute; the shallow ground has beea let OIl tribute for some time past, and some old blocks taken Qut hy the tributers have paid them well. The Eaglehawk Limited Company have just struck the reef in the bottom cross-cut about 98 feet west from the shaft; it has heen cut into about 2 feet, but th~re is no gold visible. The Great 13ritain 'l'ribute Company, on this line of reef, have been crushing stone yielding 1 oz. 3 dwts. per ton from the last 300 tons. , ' , ' . , The Great Southern Coinpany, in draining their mine, have exhausted their capital, and again suspended operations in the deep 'ground; the shallow ground is let on tribute. The Cymru Company have heen pumping for the last t.hree mouths, but the hody of water is so great that but little progrcss can be made; a cross-cut has been started at the 420·foot level, to strike the east face of the reef, which has not .been seen below the 260-foot level; the stone in the CI'OSR-cut looks very promising, and great expectations are ent.ertained that gold will soon be. found. The Nelson Company have recently stopped work in the deep groulld, and let the shallow ground on tribute. They have driven a cross-cut east about 60 feet in search of the reef that was cut off by a dyke at the 340-foot level. In the Nelson Extended miue adjoilling the company have driven west 15U feet for ,the same object, but both parties hitherto have failed to discover it. • 'fhe Alliance Company, N uggety Reef, have at last, after a IOllg and expensive struggle, corne upon golden stone, a crushing, of 75 tons yielding nearly an ounce per ton; should this continue, it will give some return for their great outlay. In ~lluvial mining there is no ch!\nge to report. ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. Jlfr. Alfred Armstrong, lrIining Surveyor and Registrar. Tbere has been very little mining in this district dnring the last quarter. A rush has taken place to a. gully leading froUl the top of One-tree Hill, Caledonia, into Smith's Gully. 'fhe gold found is of a coarse description; nuggets ranging from a quarter of a pennyweight to 15 dwts. have been found. There are also three alluvial elaims situated Ilear McMahon's CI'eek, which are said to be yielding from 7 to 10 ozs, per man poll' week. I regret to state tbat quartz mining gencrally has retrograded during the quarter, The Perseverance Company, One-tree Hill, are now driving to cut the Sweedish Reef. The yield from the back reef in this claim has fallen off. The Union Company, Diamond Creek, have not afforded me any information as to their workings, , The, Yarra Tunnelling Company's elaim, lately purchased by Mr. David Mitchell, lllwl been abandoned by him, and the machinery I,'emoved, He lately crushed 10 tons of stone, which yielded over three-quarters of an ounce to the tOil. The Magnet Company, Warrandyte, have struck golden stone, and believe their prospects to be improving. '1'he river cla,ims are all suspended, in consequence of the flooded state 'of the river. BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION. Afr. Graham JlfcPherson, Mining Registrar. , Barry's Reef is still absorbing most of the capital in this district, and the majority of our resident miners are employed there The Rothsehild Company are down 105 feet with their shaft, and hope to reach the eon tract depth (125 feet) in about a fortnight, when they will commence driving for the reef, which is expected to yield from 22 to 27 dwts. per ton. The Corn Lynn Company have done no work during the quarter. The machinery has boen found insufficient, and the shareholders contemplate providing a more powerful engine before re-commencing. The alluvial,miners have been doing very little during the quarter, as the .water is very he.a~y in the deep ground. The EasL 'frcntbam puddlers h,we not been at work during the last three months. I VISIted the ground about a fortnif.(ht a)(o, and found it deluged whh water, and saw no appearance of any operations being carried on. Now that water is abundant, I expect several sluicing parties will shortly be making a commencement of work. ,', ", <·r'., 37, ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Ferdinand M. Krause, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. Several small leads, employing about a dozen miners, have been di~covered at Bridal Hill, Phillips' Flat, and Twin Gully. Sluicing has not yet been properly started, on account of the paucity of rainfall during the last two months. The Cement Company, at Londonderry, have nearly worked out the ground of their old leasehold, and an application for a new lease of ground on the continuation of the lead is now pending. QUARTZ MINING. The Sir George Bowen Company, at Moyston, are in fair working order; they struck a quartz vein at 155 feet; but as this is not considered the main lode, sinking is continued in search of the reef formerly worked by the Cambrian Company. The Rhymney Company have recently completed the erection of new machinery, and are baling the shaft, which was filled to within a few feet from the brace. At Moore's Reef four claims are working. ·No. 3 South has just had a trial crushing, with the discouraging result of Ii dwts. per ton. The Maryborough Company opened out at 70 feet. and drove,200 feet east, with the view 'of striking a quartz lode, which is said to have beeu discovered in an alluvial shaft on Commissioner's Hill Lead some tpn ye[trs [tgo. A riew company, the "directors ()f which were appointed by a public meeting, Ims been formed Jast "'cck, with the object of testing the quartz reefs in the neighborhood of Ararat, below the water-level. The locality fixed upon is at the Golden Hope Reef, on the eastem slope of the Kangaroo Range. PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.' Mr. H. C. Bate, lIfining Surve?J01' and Registrar. There is nothing of any importance to note in reference to mining operations in this division for the P[tst quarter. No new finds worthy of mention have been m[tde, but the general progress of the mines has heen, on the whole, very satisfactory. Several mines are IlOW paying dividends, and foremost among these is the North Cross (Pleasant Creek Cross Reef) Compauy, which, during the quarter, has paid £2fl,OOO in dividends. Prospectillg, both in quartz arid alluvial, is being carried on, and appe,Lrances generally are sufficient to make persolls interested in the district sanguine of a prosperous future for it. BARKLY DIVISION. Ab·. H. C. Bate, Alining SuryeZ/or and Registrm·. There is noticeable a slight improvemelit in mining affairs iu this division lately. A rush has taken place to Borne alluvial ground about two miles east of the township of Barkly. About 200 miners are on the ground, and the depth of sinking is abwt 58 feet, through shingle. clay, and cement. " Work is being prosecuted in the leases appFed for-the Wimmera and the Kara-kura Companies. The Wimmera Company are tnnnelling through the bill to strike the reef, and the Kara-kura Company are engaged in slabbing the shaft, which has been sunk to a depth of 90 feet. ' On the Landsborough Flat s~veral partie~ aI's engaged in prospecting the Wet Lead aud Moloney's Lead. RAGLA'N DIVISION. Mr. C. W. Minchin, Minzng Registrar. At Beaufort the Goldcn Fleece Company, worki[)g on the Garibaldi Lead, consisting of a party of 14, have had It fair yield of gold for the quarter! though not SQ good as that of h~t; and have a\·eruged ahout ;i;:3 per week pel' man. Manner,. and party, consistirig of 6 men, alId working on the llrd Streak Lead, though engHgrd princi).JilIly ih prosecuting main drives in their claim, during the qllarter, have ohtained fair average wages of nearly .1::2 lOs. pCI' man per week. ViThen they come to block out, they anticipate much higher results. 'l'bey have a good deal of wuter to contend with, however, almost more than they can subdue wiLh a horse whim. The ollly.ot,her gold-getting company or part.y in this locality; of any extent, is the Chinese pm·ty of 10 men. During the quarter they Imve been chipfly occupied in sinking a uew sbaft, and moving their mining plant about 200 yards to the west of their old shaft. 'rlwy bottomed at 90 feet, and have put in two drives, one of 68 and another of 64 feet. They say they have. obtained about 20 ozs. of gold for three weeks' work; but it is very hard to get any reliable information from them. At Charlton not much appears to be doing as yet. '1'he New Cbarlton Gold Mining Company arc busy driving a reef drive at 140 feet deptb, towards the gutter. The Balld of Hope Company, which also have been at work durill" the quarter, have now ceased, for the purpose of re.organizing their party, with tbe view of obtaining lIlore capital t~ work their' claim. 'rhey have had but a small yield of gold for the quarter.. . At Waterloo, Toman and party, consisting of 6 mpn, ha\'e been doing' remarkably well during the quart.er, and have averaged ncarly £8 65. per wepk per man, with good prospects for the future. The Victoria Tribute Company, in the immediate vicinity of 'farnan's ground, h[t\"e hopes of doing fairly, when they can get t.heir levels suited to work the gutter, which lies about :30 fcet below their present works. Most of the companies in this line elltertain bright hopes of future success. 'rhe Richmond Reef Quartz Mining Company have let their claim on trihutl'. The prospects of the claim are not so encouraging as anticipated. 38 GIPPSLAND MINING·' DISTRICT. OMEO SUBDIVISION. , ; Mr. W. Phipps, Mini,!g Registrar. Not any quartz has been crushed in this division dUl::ing the quarter. There are three quarti claims at work at Swift's Creek, with fair prospects, but the quantities of stone raised as yet are not sufficient to make a crushing. The Eureka Company are pushing forward their main tunnel, to cut the reef in depth. ' Recent heavy floods have done great damage to the creek workers, in part compensated by the quantity of tailings which obstructed the working of some of the claims being swept away. I have nothing new to report either in quartz or alluvial. MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar: , With the exception of a great decrease in the population, I have no change to report. The alluvial miners seem to be ',earning fair wages, notwithstanding the heav:}' losses they have sustained by the recent floods. GALENA 'MINES, BUCHAN. Buchan Lead and Silver lfining Company.-There have been but two men employed on this company's mine" during the quarter. I am informed by the manager that the ore is improving. Murrindal Company.-Four men are engaged on this company's mine, preparing ore for the furuaces. No men are employed on any of the other mines in this locality. BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. George Allen, Mining R,egistrar. In quartz mining I have to report that the Sons of Freedom Company have sunk their shaft to the depth of 156 feet, and have. crushed 180 tons of quartz from the 145-foot level, which yielded 181 ozs. 13 dwts. of gold. The Cassandra'Lease (late Galway) has been let on tribute; the tributers are raising stone which shows gold freely. , . The other reefs are idle at present for want of machinery. Nothing new in a.lluvial mining. -CROOKED ·RIVER DIVISiON. Mr. James T1'avis, lItining Registrar. The amount of quartz crushed during this quarter, and the average yield llcr ton, is less thun that'for the preceding one. The number of miners engaged in this description of mining has also decreased. Nevertheless the prospects for the future are, I think, slightly improving. A llew reef ha,.s been discovered in the neighborhood of the Good Hope, and several claims registered upon it. The stone in the prospecting shaft looks very well indeed. Another reef, showing very rich stone, has been registered on the Upper Jungle Creek; very little work, however, has been done upon it as yet. Some vcry good finds have been made in alluvial mining, principally on the Crooked River and Good Luck Creek. In the other parts of the division there is little or no change to report in this description of mining. There is no w!l>ter sold in this 'division for mining purposes. JERICHO DIVISION. Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar. There has been very little done here in quartz mining during the quarter. '> The Harbinger and Lochfyne Com pany having suspended work for a time; the returns from the reefs have been unusually low. , The alluvial miners are working their creek cla.ims a second aDd in some instances a third time, realizing a. low rate of wages, but no new ground has been opened or other payable creek discovered. , There are no' cement claims in this division, and no watcl" sold for mining purposes at present,' 39 DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. Ml'.Jlugk.St. H. Blair, )}Iining Surveyor and Regist1·ar. Since my last report we have had three crushings from different companies; the tabulated returns show satis factory results. The United Star Tribute party obtained their stone at the creek level. 'The Bismarck United Quartz Mining Oompany have twelve men employed driving No.3 level and stoping. The quartz crushed was obtained froIQ, No.3 level, 238 feet.below the surface. The reef has II westerly underlay. ' Gippsland Consols Quartz Mining Company.-The Ieef in this company's ground has.an easterly u~derlay; depth of workings, 750 feet from crown of hill. ' " . , Golden 'Key Quartz Mining Compllny.-Four'men employed driving deep level and cross-cutting for second make of reef. '1'hey are now on stone highly mineralized, hut no gold at present, In other companies rio work has been done during the' quarter. Nothing new to report in the alluvial workings, owing to the winter floods. The miners are chiefly engaged in spur workings. I , FREESTONE CREEK. On April 8th another prospecting quartz claim was registered, situated at Long Pat's Creek, three miles north of Crystal Reef. Good surface indications were obtained, and they are now trenching for the reef. ' Scandinavian Company.-The prospectors have been following the footwall, which dips at an angle of 40°. The reef has not yet made, and at the depth of 50 feet they are still in what appears to be a large blow of broken quartz mixed with'ruhble, 'Small well-defined veins of quartz are continuous, and it is hoped they will eventually lead to the reef. Fine gold can be washed from the rubble. Freestone Creek Deep Lead Company.-Operations in shaft temporarily suspended while the company was being registered, In the meantime the hands are employed in making a whim; this is now ready, and sinking is to be at onoe proceeded with. A number of claims north and south of the eompany's area have been registered under the frontage bye-law. Tht!y are held in suspense, pending the bottoming of the prospecting shaft. Crystal Reef.-Shaft sunk to depth of 64 feet, carrying a solid reef throughout. At that depth drive put in 16 feet. Gold shows in the stone and in the rubble. ' . 'Very little doing in creek workings, the attention of the miners having been diverted to the recent quartz discoveries. J , STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. JJfr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar. The principal event in mining which has taken place tbis quarter is the successful floating of the Thomson River Copper Mine. It is now named the Walhalla Copper Mining Company Limited, and has been put into 30,000 shares of £1 each, the whole of which, with tho exception of 1000 held by the company, have been taken up. The company is a very good one, so there is every probability of the lode being properly tested; and, according to the opinions 'of several gentlemen well acquainted with copper, there is 'Very little doubt that this mine, with proper management, will be highly remunerative. The two principal mines, viz., the Long Tunnel and the Walhalla, have been constantly crushing, with satis factory results", The former are about to erect more powerful winding machinery, to enable them to sink to a greater depth, _ North Gippsland Company,-The upper workings of this company's mine have been let on tribute. The tributers have driven a tunnel 190 feet, and struck the lode; they are now opening out, and, judging from appearances, the stone is payable. The company are sinking a winze to the No. 1 level, after which they intend opening out and commence crushing. My Dream Company.-Through an accident to the crank shaft, this company have only crushed 36 tons of stone for the quarter. 'rhey have now over IOO tons,in the paddock, and as soon as the breakage is repaired they will start crushing continuo:u.sly. RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION: Jb'. Charles Gadd, l"lining Registra1'. Mining in all its branches has been in a very depressed state during the quarter. The ieturns from the Cross Reef Oompany, Pheasant Creek, having been so poor, all hands are discharged, with the intention of winding up the company at the next meeting of directors. No other reef in the division has been worked. ' Alluvial mining has dwindled down tofossicking, with the exception of'a few sluicing parties, and the Pioneer Company, who have nearly finished the erection of a puddling machine, the returns from which are anxiously looked forward to, this company's ground being the only mine iu the district in which payable pI'ospects have been obtained by siuking through bluestone. BENDOC SUBDIVISION. Af'!'. John Nichol, Mining Registrar. Mining operations in this subdivision have been much the same as stated by me in my previous quarterly report, and verv little alteration has occurred. The crushing of the Cerberus machine, as was expected; failed, not having sufficient water-power, they having made some mistake in the levelling of their race, which, after beiug complete, proved to be much too low, making a breast.power instead of an overshot, which they require. I am informed they have commenced another race higher 80 that, if they Bucceed,.it will be some time yet before crushing will commence, which is a great disappointment to th~ shareholders of the, Albert and the Auro:-a Borealis qua.rtz claims, they ~aving a good ql~antity of ~tone grassed. I may mentlOn, another prospectlllg quartz claIm has been regIstered by me thIS quarter III the locality of the above-named. ' The alluvial portion of miners in this subdivision have been much retarded in their operations this quarter, owing to the incessant rains, whicli have Hooded them out once or twice, causing. m~ny to leave their claims uutil the weather becomes more settled. 4U • TARWIN SUBDIVISION. Mr. John IT. Sandilands, ,l'fining Registrar. It is to be regrett,ed that 'no improvement in minIng matters can be reported as having taken place during the last quarter, notwithstanding ~he efforts made by numerous prospecting parties to discover new goldfields within this subdivision. In alluvial mining at Stockyard Creek there is nothing worthy of mention. The gold that is being - found is mostly from sha:llow ground on the Cafl're, Growler, or New Zealand Hills. In quartz mining good yields have beeu obtained by the Golden Bar Company and the No.1 South Company, the latter company having struck the leader at present beipg worked by the Golden 'Bar Company; \nd the tributers of the African Company are now' _ sinking a shaft upon th~ir southern boundary, in hopes of a similar oresult. ' 1'he narrowness of the leader hitherto discovered, and the he8.7 expenses' for crushing, seriously retard this branch of mining. TRARAI.GON SUBDIVISION. ll!r. Charles Denis, Mining Registrar. Since my last report mining in this subdivision is at a standstill, and ",ill be for the next three monthS'. The number of miners has d,,\crol1sed. Some have gone, to the Palmer, while those that remain are unable to work, from the inclemency of the w~ather. Gold has heen lately di8covered in Mosquito Creek, a tributary of the Narracan, but cannot; be worked tillsummer time, on account of the quall~ity of water. All the creeks and gullies in the neighbor. hood of the Narraoan anQ the Moe have been found to contain gold, tin, lind other minerals. ' , . , ; .' Pl.AN LEAD C~~ SHAFT . ! Scale - GO eka.ins tQ lind" a bOll ::iandstones a Tertituiea W .Regi.Ju,~l.A.F. K1L7"TfLY. M!&.. G~Sv,rvt;Yt?r- SaL:. -JU:rul 1ft 1874- .. ., 41 APPENDIX A. SPECIAL REPORT. SIR, Sunnyside,-Sale, 1st June 1874. I have the honor to inform you that, in accordance with your instructions (par- M.D. 74·14067, ticulars as per margin), I have yisi ted the shaft of the Freestone Creek Deep Lead ~:~~'~i~J ;e~~:i Company, and examined the country in the vicinity. Enclosed are a. tracing showing approxi- on a.legod gold mately the position of the shaft and the geological boundaries (see Lithograph); and a ~~~~~;::l. near detailed description of the strata passed ,through in the shaft, furnished by Mr. Legge, mining manager. The shaft is situated about thirty chains east from the Freestone Creek, and three miles north- easterly from the township of Briagolong. . The nearest rock formation is that of the H Avon sandstone"· series, classified. on your geological sketch-map as upper palreozoic. At the quarry are exposed thick-bedded greyish-white sandstones and fissile grit of good quality, and used for building, &c. In the Freestone Creek, west from the shaft, are thick-bedded, hard, fine sandstone, and coarse sandstone occasionally passing into conglomerate. In the country westward are beds of conglomerate similar to those of the Mitchell River, Tambo, &c. Though the "Avon sandstone" is well exposed in and along, the creek bed, and on its banks, the . country eastward for mallY miles consists of tertiary gravels, clays. &c., of unknown dcpth. There appears to be no connection between the valley of the Freestone Creek and the deep ground proved by the shaft, and it is uncertain whether the laUeris a le!td, or Illerely the edge of the great tertiary area. At the nearest gold-workings up the creek-those of the Gladstone and :Maximilian creeks-the hed-rock js a hard fine siliceolls grit, lllluerlying the upper palreozoic conglomerates, and contaiuing quartz veins; it is- apparently, silurian. Pebbles and houlders of this rock, occur in the npper palreozoic conglomerates amI in the tertiary grayels.. The gravel deposits 'sunk through in the shaft are composed of pebbles of this rock intermixed with those of quartz, qnartzite, sandstone, &c., and I consider these gravels to be derived from the disintegration of the upper paJreozoic conglomerates. I did not see the gold alleged to have been obtained, but MI'. Legge states that it wns 1Yashed by himself and others from the stuff brought up by the auge)' in boring from the shaft, and describes it as being light and scaly, with one piece of a "shotty" characte,t.t Taking into consideration the eharacter'of the gravels, the occurl'ence of fine gold in small quantity is not surprising, but, when proved, will nevertheless be It most valuahle fac,t in evidenee of the existence of gold in the upper palreozoie conglomerates, w hicI! has long been a matter of doubt. I am not aware of any remullerativc gold-w.orking!,\ having been discovered within a watershed of which the upper palreozoic, or "Avon sandstone," was exclusively the bed-rock. This evidence, though negative, prohibits indulgence of sanguine anticipations as ·to the payable character of the gravels which the Freestone Creek Deep Lead Company is now prospecting. The enterprise is a spirited one, deserving of all encouragement, and its successful issue will be the means of opening a valuable field of exploration to the miner. A whim is now in eonrse of erection, and when it is completed sinking will be resumed. , I have the honor to be,' Sir, Your obedient sel'vallt, R. Brollgh Smyth, Esq" F.G.S. London, REGINALD A. :F. MURRAY, Secretary for :Mines, &c., Melbonrne: Mining and Geological Snrveyol', FREESTONE CREEK DEEP LEAD CmIPANY'S SHAFT. (Information supplied by fllr. Legge, J.Iining Jfanllger.) rt. hi. Surface-soil and drift 2 0 Sandy clayey gravel .;, 2 0 Yellowish clay ". I) 0 Tight gravel ...... "... ,,, 12 0 " False bottom," greyish-yellow sundy clay (fine gold thereon) ." ... 3 0 Cemented ferruginous quartz gravel, and loose gravelly sandy wash, passing Into clayey sand, occasionally mixed with gravellycemcnt 13 0 Hard \vhitish sand .. ' ,...... ,... 4 6 'right wash o,f angular q~artz like granitic detritus 12 0 R,ounded whIte quartz drIft ...... 1 6 Yellow sandy wash, with rounded gravel '" 2 0 l'hin seam of dark gravelly wash and tight; ;:;ravel 2 0 "False bottom," moist tough sandy clay...... 5 0 Sand drift, changing to waterworn gravel and gravelly wash, with dark wat~~: worn pebbles, some oflarge size '" ...... ". .., 6 0 Yellow sand with lumps of eemented quartz gravel...... 8 0 Tight gravel, containi!lg pieces of fossil wood, and thin layer of hard ferrugiuous cement, below whICh water commences .. , ...... 5 0 Sandy drift, coutaining pieces of fossil wood, with thin layer of black loam at .3 feet, tough sandy clay at 9 feet (below which water made 200 to 300 gallons per hour), and ·layers of c,oarse saud alternating with the fine, containing numerous lumps, in all forms of sand, cemented ",ith iron pyrites (very fine); bottom of shaft ...... ' 19 0 Dore through dark and white drift, with pyritous lumps above described, and boulders of co~rse quartzose sandstone_ At bottom of bore tight gravel and sandy day. Fllle gold wllshed from stuff brought up from bore .. ' .. ' 1-1, 0 Total 116 0 .. ~'h. generic term" Avon sandstones" Is used by Mr. Howitt, and may be adVAntageously retRined 'for Illi. aerle~. t A sample of !!,old said to han bee!lll'Qt, III thl3 bore Is I'laced In the collectloll of the'DQI'arlmon! (::io. 2970). 42 I: ' , APPENDIX B. I The following Repilrt on the Geology of the country intersected by the Durham Lead, Buninyong, written by Mr. Robert Epheridge, jun., and Mr. Reginald A. F. Murray, when employed' as, Assistant Field Geologists in 1867-8\ is now pU:blished for general information.' ' .. Mr. Robert Etheridge, jlID., F.G.S., now Palreontologist for the Geological Survey of Scotland, has been so good as to forw~rd:the .. ¥S. fl:Om Edinburgh; and as it contains many useful and valuable facts, it has been' thought right to print it. ,. , The conclusions arrived at in I 867-S;viewed in the light of facts since acquil'ed,'would, no doubt, be grc,:,tly modified. : . ' RE?ORT ON THE DURHAM LEAD, BUNINYONG. THE SILURIAN. " The lower silurian .forms the bed-rock of all the country to which this report refers; the principal creeks and gullies show it in their beds, and nowhere is it more than 300 feet below the surface of the ground..,....rarely more than!50; though it occurs as the surfac.e-rock only where denudation has removed .the tertiary formations wh~ch originally covered it. In such places it forms spurs separating the various creeks and gullies. These; spurs, though not well grassed, generally support better timber than the pliocene country; stringy bark (Eu:calyptus obliqua) being the prevailing species. The principal drainage channels where the rocks are exp~sed in natural section are the Leigh River, the Coole-Barghurk, the Cargerie, Reid's and Williamson's cr:eeks"; and in thes'! no ~triking difference occurs as to the litliological character of the beds. Tlie same v*rieties exhibit. themselves in all, and may be enumerated as follows:-Qartzite ; quartz grit; sandstones, of all colors and textures, from the coarsest to the finest ; shales, chiefly brown, yellow, and grey, of varying degrees of hardness, and exhibiting every shade of change from a coarse sandy to a fine earthy roc~. It'is a noticeable fact that the rocks on the upper part of the hills assume lighter 'tints than those in , the beds of the creeks; ~he yellow and br,own, tints of the more elevated being doubtless due to longer exposure to the oxydising: influence of the atmosphere. Along the Durham Lead the "bed-rock" seems to eonsist almost entirely of 'shales and mudstones of a ,light to dark grey, blue, and sometimes very black color. i , Pyritous shales are:common in the City of Manchester claim; the" mundic"·occurrin'g both dissemi- nated and crystallized in cubes, &c'. . The beds exposed in the River Leigh exhibit much contortion; many anticlinals occur, some of them exceedingly fine; in all, t,he nucleus or centre consists of a dark:colored dense indurated quartzose sand stone, almo!:!t resembling basalt in texture. At one or two points similar rocks have been quarried by the Aboriginals, evidently for the purpose of making stone weapons. This appears to have been a favorite locality with the natives, as their" ovens "-indicated by -heaps of stones-are scattered about all the creeks and gullies in tlie vicinity' ; the largest noticed in the ~hole district was about three chains in circumference .. , A quarter of a mile below Reid's Creek occurs a cliff 60 feet high" in which shales and fissile sand stones are exposed. The cliff faces theea8t, and is traversed by nearly vertical and horizontal joints, at right angles, more or less,; to the strike, giving it the appearance of rectangular !llabs, 10 feet high by 4 feet wide, piled up lengthways. The dip and eleavage nearly coincide, the former being about E. at 75°, and the latter E. at 85°. ThlIs" as the cleavage is nearly vertical and parallel to the face of the cliff, slabs may easily be scaled off_ On~ bed, about 10 feet thick, :would yield good flagging were it properly opened out. Dip and strike . .,..:.;rhe general strike throughout the district, is' slightly to the west of north. The dip is always at a high: angle, rarely less than 50°, and often vertical; the direction is very varied, constantly changing from, east to west. ." , , Quartz reefs are not numerous or of any great thickness, though most of the hills are strewn with angular fragments of quahz, showing the existence of small veins. The prevailing chamcter of the quartz is a hard milk-white crystalline rock, containing few or no minerals, and known to miners as "hungry looking." No regular prospecting has been attempted on these reefs, except in one or two instances, which turned out failures, though it would certainly appear that the contiguous quartz veins have yielded the supply of alluvial gold found in many of the creeks and gullies. A large reef on: the western side of an auriferous gully known as "J;>iggers' Gully" a sheet "'26 S.E.) was opened by, the Geological Survey party, but no traces of gold or any other mineral were found in the quartz, which was of the hard crystalline nature described above. One was opened by Mazey \1lld party, on the ranges two miles to the east of the Duke of Cornwall claim, Durham Lead U sheet 63 S.E.).* This reef was 18 feet thick from the surface to the bottom' of the lowest level-a depth of clO feet; the quartz was of the same:" hungry" appearance" but more broken by joints, filled with ferruginous matter•• A pareel of-the surface ~tone assayed by Mr. Newbery gave a yield of 3dwts. per ton ; the stone from the lower level was itself l;>anen, though a small amount of gold could, be detec~ed in the ferruginous mattel; contained in the ioints. : The most likely locality for auriferous quartz reefs is the north-western corner of t sheet 63 S.E., 'as several tributaries of the Durham Lead take their rise there, and ,gold can be found in nearly all the' gullies. Several 'quartz veins ean be seen traversing t.he silurian, near the Grenville claim. It is reported that these I were struck in the bed-rock of the clai.m, and that 8pecimens were obtained con- taining gold. :' . ' , The silurian rocks occupying this latter portion do not afford any good· sections, but the prevailing forms are yellow and br.own sandstones and shales. Organic remain~ are rare; the only fossils. hitherto discovered are graptolites, at several points on the Leigh River, in ! sheets 64 N.E. and 26 S.E.; also on the Coole.Barghurk Creek (l sheet 26 S.E.). T1?-ey appear to be entirely to the same'description of rock, a dark-blue fissile shale, whose cleavage and stratification are • Quarter sheet 63 S.E. blllilot been publillhed, btl' a part of It IJj ~hown In tho IIlaP Qf the Durham Lilad, OjlP;p. 43lllinlng SIU'veyors and .RegiBtrnrB' :J!.eports, 50th Jlllle 1610. ; .. 43 TIlE MIOCENE. The miocene beds are only met with in t sheet 26 S.E., and form one of the smallest exposed deposits in this district. Their first appearance is at a short distance below the mouth of McQuinn's Creek, wpence they may be traced down to section 77 A (1 sheet 26 S.E.), where the river has formed large alluvial fiats owing to the friable nature of the formation. Below these flats the miocene gets thinner, and finally dis~ppears for a short distance, until near the Deep Creek, where it is again met with, and increases in thickness southwards until it forms the entire bank and bed of the river, whose hitherto broken and precipitous channel is exchanged for a course through wide fertile alluvial flats, bounded by smooth, well. grassed hills; capped with lava. The following description has been furnished by Mr. Wilkinson:- "These strata belong chiefly to the so-called' middle' division of the miocene s(lries, though the coralline limestone, so characteristic of the' upper' beds, occurs near the mouth of Reid's Creek, and in a. few other places. These upper beds consist of a soft yellow limestone, composed of an aggregate of fragments of polyzon corals, spines of echinoderms, and a few shells, chiefly terebratulre, ostreB, pect.en" &c. "So broken are these fossils that one is rarely found perfect. The limestone is sometimes very sandy, but, generally it is almost wholly composed of a mixed mass of comminuted fragments of polyzoa, hence its name of coralline limestone." Though several trials of this lime have been made, it has hitherto been found t09 impure for economical purposes, from. the large admixture of sand. In creeks and crevices of the underlying silurian some of tolerably pure quality occurs, no doubt filtered from above. The following is the result of an analysis made at the Geological Survey laboratory;- Silica, &0, 17'612 Sesquioxides of iron and alumina. .. 2'961 Carbonate of lime 76'716 Carbonate of magnesia 2'335 Phosphoric acid strong trace 99'624 "The middle miocene strata differ greatly' in lithological character from those just described. Where they first appear on the river bank, about 2! miles above the mouth of Reid's Creek, they consist of a calcareous, sandy, and pebbly drift. A section at this point shows the lava escarpment, underlaid by calcareous drift, passing downwards into a hard calcareo-ferruginous conglomerate" resting on silurian. A number of quartz pebbles from this conglomerate were assayed by Mr. Newbery, who, though he failed to discover gold in them, found a trace in their ferruginous coating. I ... ower down thc river, in section 77 A, occur .beds of fine sand, like sea sand, with occasional thin intervening layers of quartz, pebble-drift, and hard limestone. A shaft sunk through portion oBhese beds gave the following section :- 1i feet 0 inches recent alluvium 10 ,,0 " yellow ferruginous waterworn sand o ,,6 " rounded quartz pebbles 3 " 6 " yellow ferruginous sand, like sea sand Total ... 31 feet 0 inches., Bottomed on silurian. j{ As the silurian disappears these strata become more calcareous 'and less sandy, till at the Dog Island they change into blue, yellow, and white clays, with small bands of hard limestone." "These clays abound in well-preserved fossils. The surface of the outcropping beds often glitters with the white shells, which have been exposed by atmospheric action." A collection of the fossils taken from this locality has been forwarded to the Geologieal Survey office for identification by Professor McCoy. Amongst them we have noticed :-Spines and remains of echinoderms (spatangus, &c.); broken fragments of polyzoa; remains of tere bratulre; and mollusca of the genera-ostrea, pecten, anomia, &c. TIlE PLIOCENE. The various subdivisions of this period may be classed under three 'heads, viz.:- 1. Those forming "'cappings," immediately overlying the silurian, and termed the older pliocene; 2. Those filling in old valleys, forming "leads ;" 3. Those forming "washes" on older rocks; tlie two first being older than the basalt of the neighborhood, and the last or more recent dat~. Subdivision I.-Those forming " cappings," the lava, which has merely flown round them, and. not over, unless denuded subsequently; but·as not the slightest indications of its presence remains, we conclude that it never covered the hills refel'rcd to, clearly proving that the flow is of younger age than the pliocene (c). Sketch Section ]. (d.O) Older plloeene.-(c) Lav•• -(d) I,ower newer pliocene. The beds east, of the Coole-Barghurk Creek, and those' capping the ranges from the Native-hnt Creek to the Leigh -River, in lithological charact.er, may bc descrihed as' consisting, of hard fe\'fuginons sandstone freqnently taking the form known as "ironstone cemcnt.," lind containing 'an abundance of quartz pcbbles. They are au extcnsion of thc same (leposit found ou thc Moorabool and Steiglitz ranges, but slightly auriferoll~, 'owing prohnbly to their extendcd l1.\'ca, ;;;0 that t.he "old was not collected in any particnlar "run" or ~' bcd.·' , . 0 Between the upper part of Reid's aud the Cargeric c\'ccks a.]al'ge hasin appears to cxist, filled with this deposit aud partially coveretl by lava; its character, as seen ou the Tea-tree Creek, a branch of the Cargerie, is that of a highly ferrnginous sandstone, cont.aining uumerollS fragments of fossil 'woo(l, with small and sparingly distributed qual'tz pebbles. . . , On the east bank of the Spring Gully a shaft was sunk by the Geological Sill'vey party through 30 feet of compact ferruginous sand, containing a few qwU'tz pebbles neat· dle bot.tom. Another, Slink by It party of millers, between the head of Spring Gullyallll thc Lcigh'River, passed through a similar bed, but with more numero.us and lurger quartz pebhles. QU~l'tz l)onldel's, as mnch as a hundred-weight, occur in the river escarpment somewhat, llOt·th of the month of the laRt-named gully; this is the only place where p.ayable gold has been found in the oldel' plioeeneitsclt: In t.his immediate district auother bcd of quartz pebbles'about 20 feet in thickness occurs 011 the e:lst biwk of the rivel', nbo\'e and below the mouth of Spring Gully.. .. . Many of the gullies draining this portion contain pay,tble gold, while indeed some of the rieIlest spots in the river-bed have been found below them, so that they hav~ apparently furnished the supply of gold, however widely distributed it may be; but it must be remember'ed that the river, in cutting its WilY, would, together with minor agent~, act as Ii, sluicing maohine on a large scale, and concentrate in a narrow compass the gold from 1\ large quantity of drift. . . . North of the point' of junction of the DnrlJam Lead, befol'e l'efel'1'ed to, a light-colored cement of very rounded qn~wtz pebbles ull.d sand cap3the west hank of the riYel' above the level of the surrounding plain, but passes under it 011 the bank of a small gllllyrunning pamllel with the river (a and ai, sketch. "section 1). . " , . In the neighborhood of the Swamps, noar the Leigh Riyer Grand Jnnction claim, oceurs 1\ cement composed of Bmall iI'onatone nodules; un~erlaid by rounded quartz drift. and sand. Along the houndary between 1 sheets 64 K.E. I1rd 63 S.E., westward.of the rh·er, OC;Clll' soft sandy ironstone, with quar.tz drift and hard ferruginolls eonglo·merate., . . About three'ql1artel'S of' l1 mile north-west of Grenville exists a small tract of country covered with older pliooene, which, though of no great extent,. is worthy of note from its auriferous nature and the Tadety of its lithological chal'ac~ers .. It 9ceupiesportion of' a dividing range bctween two main gullies, tind covei's severltl of' the !ipili's separating theil' brmlches. It does hot, ns in othei' placc~, spread evenly over the sihtrian, but seems to fill in a nl1mbil1"of hollo\,'s ill tho lattel', leaving otliet more elevated portiolls bare. It is auriferolls, as fine gold can be found e"el'ywhcre. On olle 81H11' Ojl.posite Stcwl1rl.'s Hill, payable gold was s't1'l1ck by tlU3 Geological Sur,vey ]1!1I't,y in It drift compoHed of SILllll, ironstone, and quart.z bouldcrs, . This was worked by several mining parties with varying results. but all efforts to disoovel' a well-definel1 run have hitherto failed. ,Thc gold appears to exist simply in patches, Hs position being npparontly unin:flllcnced by the undulations of tIle bql-roek : tOt' thc decpcst holcs sunk havc generally been the least productive. Thc bulk of ~he deposit consists of a woll-rounded drift, containing pebhlcs of cIuar!.z, sand stoue, and quartzite, mi xed 'with ferruginolls sand. Thesc are sometimcs united together in the form of It conglomerate. The "wnshdirt" from this dl'ift contains smallt'01lUded grains of Zil'COli and sallphb'o (bhte). Two other patches of plioceneocclIr Ileal' the Grcnville elaim. Olle i:; on tho main road sonlh of Hardie's Hill, nnd consi~ts 'of It hnnl light·eolored conglomemte of sand and qual'l;>; pebbles. The other is seen capping It smnll hill 011 thc cast sidc of' the rou!l IIcar the GI'enville Hotel. It is slJl"l'onndcd on . three sides by tim In":lof the Durham Lea(l, ahorc wlwso.lcvel it rises. It consists of H thin deposit of qnartz drift amI ~and, covhing rhe :,ilul'ial1 to- \t depth of ~t few feet. Gold was fbuml in it, but IlOt payably so. . Subdivision IT.- Tlmse jillillg' ill old l~all{!lJ'~, f01"~il/g " leads." Deposits referable.to this division are (If. eomparalively ;;111all extcnt, OCCU1)ying the beds of gullies and raviues iii older rocks, Those with allY certainty uttHchetl to them al'C few in uumber, viz. :- 1. The driftf; eompo;;illg the Durham Lcad and its hn11lehes. 2~ Tho' .drifts OCCtlPying two gullies in the N. W. portiol] of 1 sheet 63 S.E. 3. All old gully crossillg thEl RiYer Leigh, about balf a mile aboye mouth of Cnrgede Cre~k (! sheet) 64 N.E., ... 45 1. The Durltam Lead.-After the deposition of the older }J1iocene, the natural drainage of the' country formed a channel, the course of a large and powerful water eurrent. This cut through the older plioeene and deeply into the silurian, formerly a large valley, the lowest portion of whose bed was filled with a drift deposit, derived from the ,denlHlatiOll oftllese oldel' rocks, brought down and rounded by the actio II of wat,e,' (d, section 1), This deposit is that nolV worked as the auriferous 'wash of the" Durham Lead." It rarely exceeds 12 feet in thiclmess, and varies from 230 to 300 feet in depth from. the surface. It consists of, well-I'ounded pebbles of quartz, qnartzite, quartz conglomerate, puddingstone, pink quartzite, ferruginuus cement, containing fragments of fossil wood; ferruginous cement, with l'Ounded pebbles of both q ual'tz and sandstone; pebbles of both hard and soft &'tndstone, rounded masses of shale and sch ist. Much wood in the form of lignite is found in it, large trunks of trees being common. Iron pyrites occur in the crevices of the latter, deposited from solution, The softer portions of the dl'ift are most likely of local derivation, sueh as the rounded masses of -shalf', sehist, and soft sandstone. A large piece of lignite, coated with an efBorescence of native sulphate of iron, found in the gutter of the City of Manehester claim, was forwarded to the Geological Survey office. Above this auriferous wash the old river channel is occupied by the Durham Lead flows of lava, separated from one another by fine drift deposits. On the upper Durham Lead flow rests a bed of clay separating it from a third basaltic layer. This we refer to the neighboring point of eruption, Hardie's Hill. Each of these flows is locally termed the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rock. The best section is that seen at the Duke of Cornwall claim :- Ft, in. Basalt, 1st rock (Hardie's Hill), .. 35 0 Clay .• , 7 0 Bllsalt, 2nd rock (Durham Lead) 113 I) Gr~;v cemented sand, 9 ft, 0 in, l (pliocene) 14 10 Drift, 5" 10" J Basalt, 3rd rock (Durham Lead) 88 9 Drift, "washdirt " (pliocene) ... 4 0 Silurian, " reef OJ 17 0 , 280 0 Rocks represented in the neighborhood are : The two Durham L,ead flow,", or lower rocks, with their intermediate drift bed, are traeeable the whole way fi'om the Pioneer (the,most northerly claim to which this paper refers) to the most southerly on the lead, the Leigh Grand Junction. The top rock, or Hardie's Hill flow, on the other hand, is only notiee able, so far as we have been able to ascertain, in three, all in its immediate neighborhood, viz., the Gari- baldi, Enfield, and Duke of Cornwall. . This middle deposit consists of two beds, the upper of a greyish cemented sand, and the lower a quartz d"ift, This, in the Duke of Cornwall claim, was found to contain gold, but not in payable qua.ntities. . To the drift occnpying the original Leigh River bed, we think may be safely applied the name of lower newer pliocene, from its evidently following next in successiou to the ,true older pliocene capping the ranges, considering the basalt covering it (3rd rock, E, section 2), as belonging to the same geological epoch, though, of course, of slightly more recent date. This is proved by the fact that the forces which deposited it have evidently cut through the older pliocene lying above the detrital ma.tter of the latter, helping to form this newer pliocene drift (sections 1 and 2). That.it was next to the older pliocene, and prior to any of the lava flows, is proved by the fact that no pieces of basalt, either rounded or angular, are found in it, as most others. , For the intermediate drift, with its basalt (2nd ro'ck, c and d, sketeh section 2), we propose the name of middle newer pliocene, As the Hat'die's Hill flow, from all appearance contemporaneous with the other volcanic eruptions of the neighborhood, follows next in succession, we consider it to belong to the younger portion of this period. The following mining companies' claims occur along this portion of the Durham Lead :- The Pioneer claim, I The Leigh Con sols, The Duke of Northumberland Compa.ny, The Chryseis Company, The Garibaldi Company, The South Grenville Company, The Enfield Company, I The City of Manchester Company, The Duke of Cornwall Compauy, The Leigh Grand Junction. The P. I. Company, The first and six last are now idle, though some will probably be resumed again. The Chryseis Company's claim is reported to have yielded payable dirt, but was abandoned thl'ough the inadequacy of the pumping machinery to contend with the water. A constantly flowing stream now issues from the mouth of the shaft, giving a strong odor of sulphuretted hydrogen to the atmosphere around. On analysis by Mr. J. C, Ne!vbery, B.Sc., it was found to contain 58'904 grains of solid matter to one imperial gallon, in the following pl'oportions :- Bases. Silica (SiO.) and cla.y 0'604 . Sesquioxide of alumina.(AI.Ol ) 0'924 Lime (CaO) .. ,.' ,., 1'764 0'248 Magnesia (MgO) , .. 6'156 Carbonic acid (C02) by loss ... U'876 Soda (NaO) with a trace of potash 17'044 Chlorine (Cl) 20'288 26'492 32'412 26'492 + 32'412 = 58'904 grains to gallon. , The South Grenville was not thoroughly proved, as the claim was aba.ndoned on reaching the gutter, ,though we have been informed that one man in It. single shift knocked out washdirt which yielded 2 ozs. 7 dwts. In the Leigh Grand Junction gold of good quality was obta.ined; but the elaim was abandoned through want of funds before the deepest part of the gutter was struck. In all .these claims the wash is of tolerable width, and auswers to the general description given before; but in the last-named it is confined to an extremely narrow gorge, filled with immense angular blocks of silurian, evidently fallen from the precipitous sides, and since remained undisturbed. The drift betweeu these is of a. finer character; large quartz boulders being rare. 46 Extension of the· Durham Lead.-Beyond the point where the lead is shown by natural sections to enter the plains, it is impo·ssible to form an estimate of its exact course, owing to the flow from Mount Mercer having covered up the grounu and obliterated any indications of its presence. It is cvident, however, that it took a southerly course, between the silurian rocks seen in the valley of the present river and those which occur ~ear the Spring Creek, on the western side of the Mount Mercer Plains. This leaves a width of more than three miles, through some portion of which it must run; but the exact position can only·be determined by sinking. : . As to the aurifer.ous character of the lead, it is impossible to predict with certainty whether future ~inillg enterprise below the Leigh Grand Junction claim will be rewarded with payable yields, for it aepends much on the auriferous character of the now hidden rocks through :vhich the old river cut its way, and whioh mnst have partially snpplied the gold in its beu. We may, however, form some opinion from an investigation of the present river courso, whose action in cutting its way has been similttr to that of the old one. The bed of the Leigh River has been more or less profitably worked for years, from the. Leigh Grand J unction claim down to the Dog Island; but, though gola exists everywhere along that portion of its course, only parts have proved p!1yable,. sometimes separated from one another by a long reach of non-payable ground. Some of the best spots .have been found below localities 011 the precipitous banks, capped by deposits of drift, &c., or where quartz veins traverse' the silurian forming the bed of the river. It may therefore be inferred that the. supply of gold was derived chiifly fi:om local sources, and has. not been carried down the whole course of the river from the goldfields of .Ballarat and Buninyong. . Applying these observ!1tions to the Durham Lead, we may conclude that it will be found auriferous, if the hidden silurian rocJ>:s, through:which it takes its oourse, contained auriferous quartz veins, or were covered with drift.deposits, such as. would yield'sufficient gohi, when sluiced by·the river actiou, to reward the labors of the miner at the present day. ' . .The old river must have been !1 far larger and more powerful stream than the present: its denudatioll was more extensive and to a greater depth, and if, like ,the' present river, the supply of gold W!1S derived chiefly from local sources, there 'js every probability that the lead will continue to be productive as far as its course !ies in silurian rocks, but that .the supply of gold will cease when it reaches the miocene beds underlying the bas!1lt farther south, and which, as far as geological experience goes, are non-auriferous.. It is a fact that no. paY!1ble gold has been found in the present ,river below the point where the silurian rocks disappear beneath the miocene, owing, as bofore stated, to the non-auriferous cho.,racter ,of the latter. Any th!1t may exist is only such lightcr particles as have been carried down. We have therefore good reason to imagine that the extensipn of the Dqrllam Lead will no longel~ be remnnerative when it is traced .beyond rocks of sihidan age, and: has for its bet! those of the miocene series; but that, up to such a point, it will pay to work it, if the present river may be taken as an cxample. Section 2. Ideal Section,sllowing position of Durllam Lead under tlte Mount ':Mercer Plains. Ca) Mount Morcer ftow (lRva).-(b) Older plloa"nc.-(el Durham L~a Subdivision III.-Those forming "'was/les," or thin cappings, on older formations. Deposits of the above nature in this district are of two kinds :-Quartz wash; beds of clay. The former occurs at intervals on the cap of the basalt escarpment along the present Leigh River. It consists of rounded and angular pieces of quartz and sandstone, varying in thickness from a few pebbles scattered about to a foot or, so, in one or two instances 'reaching as much as 10 feet, The two most notice~ble examples of the latter are those occurring in the neighborhood of the Garibaldi and City of Manchester claims, where they are seen as light reddish-brown clays, here and there -containing pieces of rounded and angular quartz. That at the latter claim reaches a depth of 45 feet. Alluvial.-Redistributed matter, referable to post-pliocene age, oCCllpies the sides and beds of most of the larger gullies and water-courses. It varies in cliaracter according to the composition of the rocks, from whose destruction by atmospheric and other influences it has been derived. Those derived from silurian strata are a rubble of sandstone, shale, and' quartz, overlaid ,by clay, with some surface-soil. The destruction of beds of pliocen,e age generally affords alternating deposits of fine sand and quartz pebbles, with sometimes variegated clays. Basaltic formations give dark-red to brown clays, forming good soils. .. . UPPER BASALT • Tlie next subjects for consideration are the lava flows forming the upper or pliocene basalt series. Of these there appear to be not less than five flows, well marked and distinct, occupying about half the whole area. They are- 1. The: Mount Mercer flow. 2. The Green Hills flow. 3. The Hardie's Hill fl'ow. 4. The Durham Lead flow. 5. A flow in the N.E. corner, sketch-map S.E. (source not clearly defined). On the whole forming well wooded and open tra.cts of country, producing a good red to black or brown fertile soil; timbered by various eucalypti, the she-oak (Casuarina quadrivalvis) and honeysu'ckle (Banksia integrifolia ). 1. The Mount Mercer flow (! sheet 64 N.E.) takes its rise from the extinct crater of Mount Mercer, sit,uated about 2! miles W. of the Leigh River, in the parish of Lawaluk. The flow has tllken principally a southern course, as it is distinctly traceable as far as ~helford, a distance of seventeen miles, if not farther. To the south it forms open and stony plains, except in the immediate vicinity of the point of ertiption, where it is well wooded and undulating. '1'0 the north it has only extended about a mile and a half, the basalt itself being much covered up by soil. To the west it has not goue farther than the Spring Creek; and, lastiy, to the east the Mount Mercer flow has 'extended as far as the Leigh Uivel', where it terminates in sharp and steep escarpments; it is also continued into t sheet 26 S.E., wher!3 it overlies miocene beds cropping ont on the banks of the same river. In lithological characters this basalt is of it light-blue vesicular and porous variety, that forming the southern portion of the flow being somewhat harder and denser than the northern. A few blocks and masses of a light-blue exceedingly hard and close-grained basalt occnr around the point of etnption. An analysis of a specimen fr~m the flow by Mr. J. C. Newbcry gave the following results :- 24'3 per eent. soluble in Hydrochlorie Aeid, Soluble. Insoluble. Silica 34'361 58'016 Alumina ... 6'835 23'738 Peroxide of Iron 37'962 5'266 Lime 4'260 10'670 Magnesia ... 12'951 trace. Potash 0'091 } 2'310 Soda 2'901 Water 0'902 100'263 100'000 Mount ,Mercer, the poiut of eruption, rises abruptly from the general plain towards the south, to a height of about 150 feet, forming a sfimich'cular ridge, with well-grassed .slope~, both illternalalld external. The lowe~t depression is towards the norl,h-west, and may be said to be t,he "lip" of the crater, which is circular, forming a swamp without any visible outlet. SCOl'ire are plentifully scattered about, together with a little ash and pieces of quartz. ' A smaller vofcariic point., Mount Lawaluk, is situated about a mile south-east of Mount Mercer, but does not appear to have taken any great part in the troubles of the eruptive period. It presents a sharp rocky escarpment to the south, but has no well-defined crater, although an abundance of sCOl'ire lie scattered about. The general character of the basalt is an exceedingly hard and flinty, close-grained, and light-blue variety., , Thl'Ce creeks take their rise in the Mount Mercer Plains, viz:, the Lawaluk creek, with its branch the \Varrar,nbine, and the Spring creek; the iiI'st rises near Mount Lawaluk, the secOlId drains the central POl'tiOll of the district, and the last somewhat to the north-west of Mount Mercer itself. We wish to draw' attention to the fact that the four extinct craters, Mounts Mercer, Buninyong, • Wal'renheip, Il,nd Hardie's Hill form a chain, all lying in one common bearillg, as taken from the highest point of the first, viz., N. 15° E. .: . 2. The Hardie's :Hill flow (! sheet 68 S.E.).-The point from which this flow iss~led appears to be the large alluvial flat now occupying the centre of Hnrdie's Hill. (See map of the Durham Lea~, opp. p. 43 Reports of the Mining Surveyors and Registrars, 80th June 187,0.) The general appearance of ,this flat would lead the observer to imagine that it at one time formed the point of exit of a very large mass of matter., The crater is about nine chains from north to' soutJl, and ten east to west. The lip or chief point of exit is to tIle north-e,ast, now the exit of the drainage water of the flat. The regular flow of lava, as at present seen, is of small extent, being entirely confined to the north of the crater. It is seeri in the shaft of the Duke of Cornwall claim, overlying the ba.salt of the'DUI'ham Lead, but separated fro~ it by a bed of clay. The whole thickness measures about 35 feet (sketch section 2) ; it generally Mottled yellow and red clay 9 0 " White sandy clay, 2 3 Stiff red and white cla.y 9 0 Red clay ,2 3 Black cla.y 1 0 Tota.l ... 24 6 This hole was abandoned on account of the rapid influx ofwater (very brackish) •. Large masses 'of the sandstone and shale contained in the ash-beds lie scattered about the slop~,~ ~nd tops of the hills. They have all a more or less we~thered appearaneq" and correspond in lithological character with'l'ocks of the same age visihle ill different parts of the district.' , , , The physical characters presented by these ash-beds are dome-shaped hills, with well-grassed slopes, yielding, when broken np, a good black aud red fertile 8'oil. Whether they are the result of one prot.racted erupt,ioTl, or of several successive ones of short duration, it is difficult to' say, but from the size of the crater, and the absence of any smaller ones, we should conclude the former. -8. The Green Hills flow (section of ~ sheets 64 N.E. and' 63 S.E.) occu])ies the south-eastern corner of the latter, and tlie north-east. corner of ! sheet 64 N.E. To the south the flow does not extend far over the Cargerie· Creek. To tile north it certaiply does not extend over 'Williamson's Creek; but this portion of,country has 'not yet been mapped, 'and the exact boundaries ar'e therefore uncertain. To the west it merges into the flow from Mount Mercer. Like the latter, the rock is covered up with a good deal of surface-soil. The point of eruptio,n, the Green Hill, or- as it is sometimes called, "Collier's Hill," is situated just inside the south-east boundary of ! sheet 63 S.E. (but is shown 011 t sheet 64 N.E.) It rises gradually from the plain below unHl Oil about the same level as Mount Mercer, forming a slight rocky escarpment to t,he south. The Cl'ater, though perceptible, is ill-defined, with a large quantity of red seOl'ire, and pieces of scoriaceous lava scattered about. ' . 4. The Dm'ham Lead flows occupy more 01' less the whole course,of th~ old Leigh River channel, in t sheet 68 S.E., and par~ of the same in ! sheet 64 N.E:, and also form the bed of the present river. These flows are two in number, overlying one another, but separated 'by' an intervening bed of dl·ift (see ante, page 46, and sketch section 2). They appear to obtain their greatest width in the northern portion of the former·;t speet, in the neighborhood of the Gll.ribaldi.: The, narrowest 'point is I1bout I1i quarter of a mile above the Leigh Grand Junction claim, where it does not excecd seven chains, proving that. the old river course must have occupied a very narrow and precipitous gorge. The thickness of the two flows appears to vary. The only in~tal~ce in which we could obtain reliable information was at the Duke of Cornwall claim, tbrough the kindness of Mr. Scott, the manager. Here the lower flow, or, as they'are locally tel'med, "rocks," measured 8,8 feet 9 inches, the top one 113 feet 5 inches. (See sketch section 2). . . 49 The present river has'cut its way in places through the upper flow, in others along either its eastern or western gap, more generally the former. The only place where the river is any distance from the flow is to the east of Hardie's Hill, the ash-beds from that point of erruption completely concealing thc original lead basalt. Small branch leads have taken their course up somc few of the gullies, the basalt now forming the oeds of the present watercourses in them. The lithological characters vary; along the river escarpment it generally presents a black slaty appearance. Several slllall shafts sunk in various parts of the flow, nearcr its centre, show a grey to black compact variety. The accompanying analysis, by :Mr. J. C. Newbery, of basalt from the upper flow, will, on comparison with thltt frolll the neighborhood of Mount :M:ercel', show a slight difference in the amount of the various coustituents, principally in the larger per eentage of the oxides of iron, both in the soluble and insoluble portions. The Leigh River basalt has a somewlmt higher degree of solubility than that from the Mount :Mercer district. Analysis.-Thirty-ollc per cent. of soluble in hydrochloric acid :- Sol. portion, Insol, portion, Silica 33'020 55'653 .Alumina ... 3'671 21'585 Iron (Fe20 a and FeO) 40'060 8'854 Lime 5'131 9'950 Magnesia 16'413 0'722 Potash trace '1l0 Soda 1'400 trace Water 0'566 0'295 100'261 97'169 Augite, olivine, carbonate of lime, and flos ferl'i (club-shaped), are the only minerals which have hitherto been obsel'ved. Fot· abont two miles south of the northern boundary of i sheet 64 N.E. the Dllrham Lead flow continues its course between silurian hills, but on arriving at this point the latter attain a lower elevation, and the present river leaves the course of the old lcad, which it. has hitherto followed, cutting a way for it~clf through the Mount Mercer Plains, which entirely covel' over the lead flow, so that it becomes lost to view; whether it is COlitinuous beneath the former is uncertain. On comparing the Durham Lead flow with those occupying the higher ground, previously deseribed, Mr. Selwyn's opinion, expressed on visiting the locality, that they were quite distinct and separate, is fully borne out by further investigations, as the 'following recapitulation will show ;- 1st. The lead lava is at a far lowerlcvel than that of the plain, as shown by- section 4 sheet 64 N.E. 2nd. At their point 'of junction the plain flow is distinctly seen o\'erlying that of the lead, although careful search failed to discover any intermediate bed or beds, however small. 3rd. The basalt forming the upper ground has been derived from two or thrce extinct volcanocs in the immediate neighborhood-Mounts Mercer and Lawaluk on the west, and the Green Hills on the east, of the present Leigh River. These flows took principally a southern direction, the point of junction being probably'somewhere about the course of the river, as that on the east is at a very slightly higher level than that on the west; and in places separated by a low pliocene range. On the other hand, thc Durham Lead flow has come from some point or poillts of eruption farther north, perhaps in the neigh borhood of Buninyollg. 5. Flow ili N.E.,corner of! sheet 26 S.E.-NSlarly the whole of the eastern half of this! sheet is occnpied by a large· tract of basalt, in thc parishes of Coolc-Barglmrk arid Burtwarrah. In the northern part of the sheet i,t is exceedingly narrow, being confined by the Native-hut and Coole-Barghurk creeks. Farther south it spreads over the west bank of the former, at last reaching the Leigh, a little below the junction of Wilson's or Reid's creck, where it overlies miocene beds and forms a steep and bold escarpment, Qexposing several fine sections, of which the folJowiug is one :- Vesicular basalt .... Ii' 30 feet. Soft yellow coralline limeston~· 40 " Thin-bedded silurian sandstone .•. 60 " 130 feet. The thickness of this flow, as measured in natural sections along the Leigh, varies from 10 to 50 feet. In lithological' character it varies gl'eatly: in some places it is hard and dense, and in others soft and vesicular. In all probability the plain formed by this basalt is underlaid ,by.beds of miocene age, extending as far as the Moorabool River. They also appear ill the bed of. the Native-hut Creek farther to the south. On re~erence to the map (4 sheet 26· S.E.) the narrow strip of basalt, mentioned above as occurring between the Native-hut alld Coole-Blll'ghurk creeks, will be seen. Is there any probability that below this lies thc outlet to the tertiary deposits occUl'l'!ng l'ound Morrison's diggings? Unless it has taken the very unusual conrse of flowing north, with its exit in the neighborhood of Bacchus MarsA, we cannot see any more probable outlet, at least nntil a more detailed ,survey of that district has been made. It cannot pass out underneath the stl'ip of basalt between the silurian ranges of (~ sheet 26 KE.) Reid's Creek on the south and Williamson's Creek on the. north; because along the course of the Leigh River the" oed-rock" is visible the 'whole way underneath tbi8 strip: had, therefore, any old river channel existed there, some traces would lmve been visible. The only other exit left for it is betwecn the Native-hut und Coole-Barghurk creeks, unle~s, as ,before stated, it has flown north, or more properly north-east. - > Tlte Dog Island and other similar elevations.-From the southern boundnry of t sheet 26 S.E., down the valley of the Leigh, a series of smull elevations occur in the bed of the rivcr, of which the Dog Islaud is the most conspicuous. This is a small hill rising abruptly from the alluvial flat; it is capped by a .layer of basalt, about 10 feet thick, but at a lower level than that of the surrounding plains. MallY of the small spurs. No. 64. D '50 ~ utting im . to t.he flats from the ,main bank, have' small' basalti'c"outliers' On' them, at'tt' level 'about half~way between the ,river-bed" and· the 'table-land. This basalt is evidently not intet'stratifiedwith the beds of 'mioeene age '; it wonld, therefore appear that a depression' iilthe latter. had been 'fllled in by the 'basalt, forming a thin _capping, and that the river, in eutting its course,. took the line of this depression, leaving occasional mounds and spurs from which'it failed to remove all-·the basalt, as, from ,its more durable natme, it protected the' beds on which it rested. . . GENERAL ,GEOLOGICAL SUlIIMARY. Bef~;:e concluding, it will not be out of place to give the following summary of the geological history 'of this district, more .particularly bearing reference ·to the J;;eigh River and Durham Lead. The earliest geological ,formation we have any knowledge of in the three quarter sheets is that of silurian ag<;l, forming the foundation or "bed-rock" for all those above it. The next in geological succession is of marine origin, referable to the, miocene epoch, and containing numerous organic' remains. These, however.. are confined to the· most sontherly portion under consideration. After the deposition of beds of sand, clay, gravel, and conglomerate, termed ·the' older pliocene, on the upturned surface of the silurian; all era of fluviatile denudation set in, resulting ~n the wearing out· of the older watercourses and channels, now refilleq by newer, deposits. Amongst these was the old Leigh River; its waters, in their tUl'll, bdnging , down matter derived froni the destruction of, the before-mentioned gravels, conglomerates, &c., of pliocene,· with shales and sandstones of silmian age. After a lapse of time sufficient to allow the accumulation of such re-formed matter, referred by.us to the lower newer pliocene, together with the gold contained in it, this old riyer-bec1 became .partially filled by a lava stream from the north, which eovered up the results of ages of denudation, und, together with'the underlying drifts,llow form what is known as a "deep lead." Denuda tion again set in, and was followed by the same course of events as before: a smaller lead following as the result, covered by a second flow of lav~ from the north .. The' d'eposits in this lead we have classed.as the middle newer pliocene. SubBequently a series of volcanic eruptions took place, all more or less. con.tempora neous with one another, eovering up nearly the whole surface of the country-that to the south from Mount ..Mercer and Mount Lawaluk, to the east from .collier's Hill, and to ,the' north from Hal'die's Hill; the latter """ in part flowing ov'er the already. filled Leigh River channel. Denudation again set in, .scooping out the water channels oLthe present day; among~~ them that of. theLeig~'River, in nearly the same course' as .the old filled-in. valley contaiIiing the Durham Lead; leaving on its banks a wash of in some places gravel, in others clay, refelTed tq, the upper newe1' pliocene. .' , In conclusion, we beg to state, that it is our opllllon that' further researches' northwards, towards Buninyong and Ballarat, would bring to light many facts interesting bo'th' from a scientific and practical point 'of view., It seems very.probable that _the Durham.Lead.is one,.i£.not the main, ont.iet of}he Ballarat " deep leads ;" ,but furtller researches are necessary to pl:ove the fact. ROBERl' ETHERIDGE, } , REGINA;r.;D A. F. MURRAY, .Assist. Field Geologists • . . ~y Authority: JOHN FERll.ES, Government Printer, Melbourne . .'