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VICTORIA.
REPORTS
OF THE
MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS.
QUARTER ENDING 30TH "JUNE, 1.868.
,PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
ti!i \Uut~ndtp : JOHN FERREB, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE. APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORTS.
DETAILED PARTICULARS. AMOU'N'l'.
£ .. d • Cost of Preparation, about .. 12 10 0 l'rintlng, (1,050 copies) :: i 53 8 0 '' i- TOTAL £ r65 IS 0 SUMMARY.
GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 30th .JUNE, 18f)8.
. . ' TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MI-NERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS .VALUE, ON THE SE VERA~ GOLDFIELDS IN THE . COLONY OF VICTORIA. " Compiled f-rom the Mining Surveyors' amd Registrars' Reports for the Quarter ending 30th· Jurie, 1868.
Qull.rtz .A.lluvia1 MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. . MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QU~TZ MINING. !' -l Miners. Miners. ----,-----,-----.- -- - ·---· - -1'----,.-----:---:----:--;-----;-- -- Number , ------1--~--1 ...---'--~---.--- -~---o- .Approximate Number Price of Gold Sten.'m '7'otal Steam l BEECH WORTH. 50 3190 419 644 933 134 ... • 1,'111 21 146 5 14 5 3,200 .. 63 37 • • /'. .. 3 34 s 37. .. .2. 2 25,750 24 25 ·a 19 6 a 19 6 B SANDHUJlST. 3 17 0 3 18 6 3,520 700 3,000 .. 7,520 33 486 280 16 70 63 .. .. • • .. .. •• 98 2,034 • 1,012 .. 150 . 200 364.870 160 Sa.ndhurst •• ...... 1 14~ 3 15 0 3 17 6 Kilmore ...... • •. 1 1 1 3 18 0 3 19 6 Bea.thcote and Wara.uga South •• 4 :: :: :: :: :: :: 2 :: 3 I5 6 4 1 6 i~ fg ~H -~ .[fi :: :: d :: ~~ .. ~! I~ ~~ ! ~ t~ If ri:[:& ~ .. ~ 3 17 0 4 0 0 Wa;ranga North .. • • • • 3oo .. 400 .. 100 ·/;, .. so ...... :: :: :: :: •• :: _ __ _-'-.._ 1 5 ___l3..:,34 __ o_ __56__ ___25_ ·lteywood .. •• .. .. _::~::.g_ I_1~__ n .. 1 1 1-'------1 1 •..o__ __ 4,758 973 4,409 3 10;I43 33 486 424 16 104 I08 ...... 143 2,700 4 11,254. 181 241 . 417,516 488 Tota.IB .. •• 185~ MARYBOROUGH. 1,490 2,370 --20-- 366' ·.16 .61 35 8 .--- 1 1 ' 1 3 18 0 4 I 0 --= --=1-.. - 1 3 3 19 0 4 0 0 Maryborough •• • • .. •• 1,360 520 lOO .. 2,000 9 182 ' 50 8 'i60 '2 2:iQ '3 34 .. :: :: :: gb ' .Ambcrst ...... •• m ~ ~: ~ f& 2 g~:~g ~ 3 17 0 3 18 6 1 3 19 9 4 0 3 Avoca .. •. .. •• •• ~ ~ 5~ ii 1:~ ~ ~ ~ 2~ i :: .:: 95 :: cl :: :: 5~ :: :: :: si '7 ~5:~~ 110~ 1r! 3 16 6 318 6 Dunoily and !l'arnagu!la • : .. 4JJO 200 250 .. 200 .. • • 45 ...... ar20 375 .. 159 • • 22 26 28,000 Korong •. •. .. .• .. ~ 3 18 0 3 I8 6 3 18 6 4:0 0 Redbank and St. Arnaud South •• . 22J _·_·s_9 ~ :: ~f:- 1 ; .. 7 ,_!L~~ :: .. 6 ~;- is __:.:._ ~. s ' :: 1ij 1~; :: • ~~ __:: __I_~ ___._s_c_ __l~..::_W __o_ __~_g __ , ___~_1_, St:Arna.ud North .. .. .•• .. 1 1 .. 4,548 _ 2.oos 1 I,775 --~ _; -"'-""-" ~_am _41lo·. 100 19 1ss 1 2 333 1 3 84 14 .. 93 ·1,614 .. 690 .. w 60 213,165 60~ 475 Totals .. . .. ---:---.-1-1--1------1- ! j--.-----1----1--- CASTLEMAL' ARARAT. I 3 17 6 3 17 9 .. .. 282 200 145 1,077 4 130 4 16 18 .. • • .. 6 ' 2 7 1'11 .. 72 .. .. 2 26,246 33! 17 3 I6 0 • 3'19 6 Al'arat ...... -... 204 180 830 .. 1,214 6 88 2 '3 10 50 ..· .. .. . 20 74 .. 14 378 .. 232 .. 33 '4 63,000 12 30 3 l7 6 3 17 9 Pleasant Creek 3 18 6 3 18 6 'Barkly .. :: .. 14 :: ii .. 90, :: :: :: 2 :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::. I' l!.aglB.n ' •• 1,~ 1~& 1,~ ~ ~~ ~ -~ 1~ 1~:~g ~~ •. 1,826 1,480 ~ .. ~~--24- 394 :~ ~~~ 156 .. "" ,...:..:__ 2s 94 !--'- _.:_21:--l--._-54-9-l--..-,'~-=304:::.:::.·l~---_·-·=·=l~--25-_-_-'_--_-_4~-l---102-,246-l--64'!--- --56-- Totalo .• GIPPSLAND. 2 3 6 0 3 17 6 .. ~5 790 50 .. 1,1ss .. - ...... 1.100 .. 60 ...... ~ M 2 . ~i .. .i .. ::~ ~: ~ 3 I7 0 3 17 3 ·Omeo .. .. 3 317 6 3 18 6. Mitcbell River .. 1 1 318 0 Crooked River •• 1 3 0 0 :: ~ ¥o .ssJ . :: mI' :: :: :: :: ::~. m :: M ~t :: :: :: i ~~~ ·~ - §~ :: .. :: '~~:lm g~ . ~ . 3 15 0 3 16 0 .Jericho . . •. .. 44 7 55 .. I06 ...... • ...... • • .. • . .. 5 76 .. 61 :: .. 21,500 2~ 12 • 3 15 0 Donnellts Creek 6 4 34 &I 3 15 () Stringer's Creek :: , .. s ::· "2 .:: :: ':ioo :: .: :: :: ·; · n Russell's Creek 2~ ~ ~& · :: :: '30 ·9_ ·:: :: :: ~~ ~~ ~~ :~ ~ ~ .South Tarra ville 1 :: ;,~ 1:~3 ·8ss 1_:_:_ a:~84 --::-~~~~-·:_ , .. '-iiro m 66 .. ~ _··---:-~~ ~ ~- ~---~-- ·1 __._._ ___I_20.:_,1_M __ __l_M ______..:.422 __! Toinls •• ------1- - !---1.-:--1----1-__..:.- 1 1 1 I0;315 74 5,741 488 2,108,936 811l 2,472 ' •• 32,025 '15,857 14,264 51 6)!,197 475 • 10,058 1,875 312 313 20,079 6 854 321 244 301 9 570 . . Secx:etary for Mines. - Mining Department, 1\felboume, 13th ,July, 1868. No. 51"' , . ·. \ ' ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED. FROM INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM GOLD BuYERS AND OTHERS BY THE MINING SURVEYORS AND MINING REGISTRARS, ·THE TOTAL QUANTITIES OF GoLD GOT RESPECTIVELY FROM ALLUVIUMS AND QUARTZ REEFS ARE AB FOLLOWS:- . Alluvial. Quartz . Totals. I oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ending 31st March ...... 307,125 16 134,936 8 442,062 4 Quarter ending 30th June ...... 279,349 18 145,163 1 424,512 19 . Total for the ha,lf-year ... I 586,475 i4 280,099 9 866,575 3 THE QUANTITIES OF GOLD-THE PRODUCE OF THIS COLONY-EXPORTED, ACCORDING TO RETURNS FURNISHED BY ORDER OF THE HONORABLE THE CoMMISSIONER 0]': TRADE AND CUSTOMS, ARE AS FOLLOWS oz. dwt. Quarter ending 31st March 532,066 10 Qua.rter ending 30tp June 385,792 .1 Total for the half-year 917,858 11 R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines. . Ofiice of Mines, Melbourne, 13th July, 1868. INDEX. Estimated Yield'of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Half-year ending 3oth June, 1868. Sumi:na.ry.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ending 30th June, ·1868. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Page Ballarat Central Division Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar • 7 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar 8 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8 Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and•Registrar 9 Creswick Division .•• Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10 Steiglitz Subdivision Mr. Henry Davidson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11 Blackwood Division Mr. E. G. Magnus, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12 Blue Mountain South Subdivision Mr. R. H. Horue, Mining Registrar 12 ' BEECHWORTH MINING DIS'rRICT. Beechworth Subdivision Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar 13 Stanley Subdivision Mr. Thomas Stubbin, Mining Registrar 14 Yackandandah Subdivision Mr. Thos. G. Kenuan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .•. 14 Indigo Division Mr. R. A:r.rowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 14 Buckland Division ... Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar 15 Jamieson North Subdivision .. . Mr. Samuel K.'Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 16 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision .. . Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 17 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainswmth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 18 Big River Subdivision Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 18 Mitta-mitta Division Mr. Andrew Trench, Mining Registrar 19 Jamieson South Subdivision ... Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 19 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 19 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar 21. Heatheote Division and Waranga ·south Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 22 clivision ' Waranga North Subdivision ... Mr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 22 Raywood Division ... Mr. E. P. Virtue•. Mining Registrar 23 MARYBOROUG H MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Mining Registrar 23 Amherst :pi vision ... Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 24 Avoca Subdivision ... Mr. Williarn Byrne, :\lining Surveyor and Registrar 25 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining. Surveyor and Registrar 26 Korong Division .Mr. R. Mason, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 27 Red bank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 28 St. Arnaud North St!bdivfsion Mr. John Phillips, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 28 CAS'rLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemttinc Division Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 29 Fryer's Creek Subdivision Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 30 Hepburn Division ... :\1r. Tho~: Hale, Mining Registrar 31 Taradale Subdivision Mr. Thos. Orwin, Mining Registrar ... 33 Maldon Division Mr. llobt. Nankivell, Mining S~rveyor and Registrar 33 St. Andrew's East Subdivision Mr. Alfred Armstmng, Mining Surveyor and Registrar . 84 St. Andrew's Central Subdivision Mr . .Alfred .Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 85 Kyneton Subdivision ... Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 85 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar 86 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division ·•· Mr. Charles Jas. Wm. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 86 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. John I;l'Alton,'Mining Surveyor and Registrar 37 Barkly Division Mr. John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar · 38 Raglan Division Mr. John Templeton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 38 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar 39 Mitchell River Subdivision Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 39 Crooked River Subdivision Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ... 39 Jericho Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 40 Donnelly's Creek Subdivision Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 40 Stringer's Creek Subdivision Mr. John S. Patt~rson, Mining Registrar 41 R.ussell's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Registrar 41' ·•' ". ·,-. i ... MINING SURVEYORS' AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo BALLARA.T MINING DISTRICT. CENTR~L DIVISION. Mr. Harrie Woo'd, Mining Registrar . . THE FOLLOWING !NFOR:MATION HAS. BEEN OBTAI~ED :RELATIVE .TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS CRUSHED DURING TH:]l: QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- ' RemMks relative to the N a.me of Company. Where Quartz, &e., were i QUlll'tz crushed', Average Yield of [Total fGold. Depth at whleh the obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., were obtained, tons cwt. qr. oz. dWt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Black Hill ...... Black Hill '••• .. ... 4,124 0 0 0 6 13'79 1,355 15 0 60 feet to 220 feet ·Llanberris ...... Gum-tree Flat ... 4,829 0 0 0 3 1'15 736 0 0 300 feet Temperance ...... Little Bendigo ... 770 0 0 0 10 18'54 414 15 0 580 feet to 650 feet Endeavour ...... Specimen Gully ... 805 0 0 0 4 3'13 166 5 0 90 feet to 150 feet Britannia Specimen Gully 650 0 0 0 2 6'27 73 10 0 120 feet ...... _:_ Total Q.uartz ... ll,l78 0 0 ,0 2,746 5 0 Quctrtz Tailings, *re., _, .. crushed. Two-ton ...... Black Hill ...... 1,002 0 0 0 1 9'53 70 0 0 Surfacing and .tailings The greater number of the claims in and about W ebster-street have been worked out or abandoned. . The Great Northern Freehold ,Company have not washed during the last five weeks, the men underground having l!een. engaged in prospecting a portion of the mine. About three weeks since this company purchased the claim of the Webster-street Freehold Company (from which at first such large quantities of gold were obtained), for the sum of £700, and will commence washing in a few. days. The Band of Hope and. Albion Companies are now united under the style of the Band of Hope and Albion Consols Company, and the claims and plant of the first-named companies have been assigned to the new company. Mining operations have been discontinued at one of the shafts of the United Hand-in-Hand and Band of Hope Company, in consequence of the washdirt not being remunerative. The Cricket Reserve Company have stopped work, the claim having been worked out, and the plant is now advertised for· sale. . The Newington Company have within the last fortnight suspended work, and a portion' of the machinery has been sold. The mine is said to have been thoroughly tested, and the ground found to be too poor to pay for working. The Inkermann and Durham Company, who lately purchased the claim and plant of the West Newington Company, have washed only four machines of dirt from the ground worked by the last-mentioned company, and it appears likely to prove payable. Several drives are now being opened into washdirt. New drives are being opened in different parts of the Inkerm= and Durham Company's former claim. The Nelson and Wellington Company, at Sebastopol, has been reorganized under the style of the New Nelson Company, and active operations will be commenced forthwith. _ · The Old Cosmopolitan Company have sold their claim and plant to the Black Hill Company, and 'a new company under the style of the New Burra-Burra Company has been formed to work it. The new company have purchased a plant and battery, formerly employed at Staffordshire Reef, and they intend sinking the shaft deeper for the purpose of testing the quartz at a greater depth, You will- observe, by the abstracts forwarded herewith, that all the quartz claims at' Little Bendigo have, with one exception, stopped work. Those on Golden Point have also stopped, the cause, no doubt, being that the yield was not. remunerative. Peake and Company have accepted tenders for sinking their shaft deeper. THE FOLLOWING IS .A STATEMENT OF THE GoLD OBTAINED. BY THE PRINCIPAL Ml'NING CoMPANIEs IN THIS ' DIVISION FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 30TH JUNB, 1868:- Na.me of Company. Quantity. Na.me of ComPanY· Quantity. • 9z. dwt, l!f, Oll. dwt. gr. Band of Hope and Albion Consols ... 18,581 3 0 Great Gulf ...... 1,723 8 0 Prince of Wales •.. •.. 8,654 14 0 United Albion and Prince of Wales ... 1,052 0 0 United Working Miners ...... 8,389 7 0 Rose Hill... ••• ...... 978 14 0 Ballarat Freehold ...... 6,033 15 0 W ebster-street Freehold ...... ·800 0 0 Bonshaw ...... 4,615 io o Leviathan...... '738 17 0 Park ••• ...... 4,433 4 0 Sons of Freedom ••. ••• ... 601 16 0 Koh-i-noor ...... ••.. •.. 4,367 10 . 0 Great Webster-street Freehold ... ., 589 8 0· United Hand-in-Hand. and Band of Hope 3,820 0 0 Dauntless ...... 270 0 0 Scottish and Cornish ...... 4,025 0 0 Great Northern Junction ...... 219 7 0 United Sir William Don ...... 3,914 4 0 East Don...... ••• ... 62 0 0 Cricket Reserve .. • ...... 3,794 13 0 Inkermaun and DurhAm ... 49 0 0 Great Northern ...... 3,500 0 0 Criterion ...... •...... 14 0 0 St. George (United) ••• ... •.. 3,426 19 0 Co-operative Companies ... 1,343 0 0 New Don ••...... 3,052 0 0 ·,· Newington ...... 2,869 0 0 Ballarat Freehold .. • .•• .. . 2,278 15 0 Total ... 94,197 9 0 T:a:E FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT oF TRE DiviDENDS. PAID BY T:EIE .PiirNui.PAL MINING CoMPANIES DUll.ING: TIIE . . QU4.RTER ENDING 30TII JUNE, 1868. Name of Company. Amouut. Name of Company. Amount. ' £ s. d. £ s. d. Band of Hope and Albion Consols ... 44,900 (j 0 Scottish and Cornish ...... 3,024 0 0 United Working Miners ...... 16,800 0 0 Great Northern Freehold ...... 2,2,50 0 0 Western Freehold ...... 13,500 0 (j Webster-street Freehold ...... 1,800 0 0 Bonshaw ...... 9,240 0 0 Black Hill ...... \ ...... 1,240 0 0 Prince of W:ales ...... 8,343 0 0 Great Gulf ...... 1,000 0 0 Koh-i-noor ...... 6,400 0 0 Nj!w Ballarat Freehold ...... 750 0 0 Newington ...... 4,000 0 0 Ballarat Freehold ...... 3,750 0 0 Total ...... £ll6,997 0 0 ' SOUTHERN DIVISION. Jlfr. J. F. Ooleman, Mining Registrar. Tl!E FOLLOWING INFORMATION liAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TII'E QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS CRUSII:im DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBT.HNED TIIEREFROM :- Remarks relative to the Where Quartz; &e., were Quartz crushed. Average Yield of Depth at which the Name of Compa.ny. obta.ined. I Gold :per Ton. Tota.l.Yield of Gold. \ Quartz, &c., were obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Kangaroo ...... Kan~roo ...... 825 0 ' ,0_ 0 4 0 ·165 0 0 130 feet level and a 5 Quartz Tailings feet lode · crushed. Brookvale (late Con- Kangaroo ...... 800 0 0 0 2 0 80 0 0 Tailings; &c. queror) The division continues to improve in a very marked manner. Speculators are bestowing attention on the several quartz reefs, and I am pleased to say with most satis factory results. The Rokewood Quartz-Mining Company, Pinchgut Reef, have, at a depth of. twenty-three feet, struck a lode that, at the most moderate estimate, should yield 2 ozs. per ton. In fact the stone exceeds in auriferous appearance any that has come under my notice during my connexion with the division. The width of the vein is not·yet ascertained, the crosscut not 'being quite completed. · . Moonlight Heef has been re-occupied by a company called the " Homeward-bound/' who are in treaty for a crushing plant for the claim, the trial crushing having yielded 4 dwts. 5 grs. per ton. · . The Break-o'-,Pay Company, Elder's Estate, had 2,424 ozs. 16 dwts. of. gold for the past quarter's washing, with every semblance of a continuance of the· lead. This last is private property. Prospecting in the Rokewood portion of the division is can:ied on with unabated ardor, though, as yet, with but small result. BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. TIIE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IIAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUBIIED ·D,URING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED TIIEREli'll.OM . t Remarks relative to the Name of Company •. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Average Yield of \Total !Gold. Depth at which the Gold per Ton. Quartz wn.s obtained, &c .. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Imperial Company ... Hiscock's Reef ... 1,955 0 0 0 4 19'35 469 l7 o. 320 feet; water-level, 80 feet One-and~All Company Hiscock's Reef ... 1,760 0 0 0 2 23"62 262 12 0 100and 140feet; water- level, 80 feet ' Total Quartz ... 3,715 10 0 0 3 22•64 732 9 (). . It is eJrpected that operations will soon be renewed at the Erin-go-Bragh, by sinking to a deeper level, at which richer quartz is looked for. The Standard Company's mine is now ip possession of the Imperial Company, tP,e latter intending to work both batteries; meanwhile the Imperial are getting excellent returns from the 320 feet level, where their workings broke into those of the Standard, the average being about !- of an oz. per ton. _ · The quartz reefs in this division are again attracting considerable attention, and parties have been formed to work the Long Gully and Cobbler's Reefs, whilst prospecting parties a.re generally spread over the division. It is not eJrpected that any rich reefs will be opened, but there is little doubt that quartz, averaging al]out 3 dwts., exists in large quantities, and that average, it is now generally a~itted, '\\'ill pay in this divisi~n. ALLUVIAL MINING. In alluvial-mining there is little change to report. :Better yields have been obtained during the quarter at the lower Durham claims, leading to a hope that the Leigh Grand Junction and South Grenville may soon be at work at the shallow ground, situate three-quarters of a mile north-west from the South Grenville shaft, bei1;1g the locality prospected by the Geological Survey party now camped close to the auriferous ground. A party have taken up a surface claim, and erected a puddling machine; from trials they have made tliey consider the dirt payable, though not rich; the ground they intend working is entirely surface, though in all probability payable washdirt will be found in the e:utter forming from t~e shallow ground. . 9 At the Franklyn a party are preparing to sink for a tributary which falls into the Franklyn worked gutter from the Hard Hills, in a southerly direction, formerly known as the Red-wash. · At Buninyong ~he Webbville Company have at last got through the rock at a depth of 148 feet, which must be close to the gutter for which they are sinking, and which is supposed to be the same as that partially worked by the Buninyong New, at its junction with the Union Jack, where it was rich, falling in from the eastward. The Independent still obtain good yields. The deep workings of Buninyong proper have as yet received but a very partial trial. The following claims liave been registered during the quarter :- Energetic Q. M. Company, near Devonshire Reef 20 men 1\'lcLean and Co., All Nations and Magpie Reefs ... 20 , New Black Lead Company, Black Lead Flat . . . 12 ,, Coggins and Co., All Nations and Magpie Reefs 20 ,, Try-again Company, Napoleon .. 0 6 , Brown and Co., All Nations and Magpie Reefs , 0 ••• 6 , Independent Company, Glenco .. 0 1 , Hembleton and Co., Napoleon 6 , Royal Oak Company, Suffolk ... 12 , Elfverson and Co., Ryder's Lead 3 , Brown and Co., Scotchman's . .. 6 ,, Dawe and Co,, Hardie's Hill 00. ... 4 , Andrew Crawford (Water-Right), Hardie's Hill 1 , Prince Consort Company, Long Gully oo• 30 , Davidson and Co., Scotchman's 4 , The following is a statement of the gold obtained during the quarter from the principal mines in this division:- A.lluvial. oz. dwt. gr. Leviathan G. M. Company 703 0 0 Buninyong Company 522 7 16 Buninyong New Company 771 18 0 Garibaldi Company ... 218 0 0 Duke of Cornwall Company 276 6 0 Independe~t Company 297 0 0 2,788 11 16 Quartz. oz. dwt. gr, Imperial Company 469 17 0 One-and-All Company 262 12 0 732 9 0 SMYTHESDALE DmSION. Mr. John L'!f/Wk, Mining Surveyor an~ Registrar. The subjoined returns from the principal mines will show that they are paying well. There is, however, a considerable falling off in the aggregate yield of the division. This falling off is owing chiefly to the exhaustion of a good portion of best known leads, and also to. the migration, during the last twelve months, of a large number of miners to Ballarat and elsewhere, Since the date of my last report the Golden Lake Company have fairly driven into the gutter. The prospects of this mine are of a very encouraging nature. As a set-off, however, to this hopeful new mine we have to record the end of one which has for better than two years stood at the head of the mines in this division. The 'l'ry-again Claim, that referred to, will be probably finished this week. The Grand Trunk, Springdallah, is improving in yield, and the Exchequer is reported to be dipping at such a rate as leaves shareholders a hope that the unproductive gutter which they have been working in for several months is but a tributary, and that the main trunk gutter has not yet been reached. There is nothing doing southward of this claim. • The Golden Stream puddled during the quarter 30,L88 trucks of washdirt, which ga.ve 856 ozs. 14 dwts. 3 grs. This company is about starting the engine in the new shaft. At Haddon there is not much doing at present. The Gladstone is the only company there getting gold. The Reform Company have been very unlucky in sinking the shaft. Twice within the last three months the puddling clay intended to have dammed back the water in the shaft gave way, and admitted such a quantity of water as will prevent further sinking until larger pumps than those in use at present be procured. These mishaps have materially retarded the progress of this promising locality. . There is nothing new to be reported of the Carngham mines except the resumption of work in the Old Extended, at Bottle Hill, and the purchase of the late Triumph claim and plant, Snake Valley, by the Magnum Bonum Company. There is nothing particular tp be reported of Linton and Happy Valley. Mining in these places is in a rather low condition. • · Brown's, Italian's, Derwent Jack's, are nearly deserted. , There is no quartz mining in my division. I do not observe any noticeable change in the population since my last report. 0 The quantity of gold produced in my division during the quarter was 14,122 ozs. 9 dwts. 15 grs., of which 10,876 ozs. 14 dwts. 15 grs. was obtained from Scarsdale and Springdallah, 1,480 ozs. 15 dwts. from Carngham, and 1,765 ozs. from Linton and Happy Valley. · The yields from the principal mines are as follows :- I' oz. dwt. gr. Grand Trunk ... lt470 0 0 Try-again 1,422 0 0 Golden Stream' ... 883 0 0 Golden Horn 2,072 12 6 North Grenville 781 13 9 Atlas .. . 763 0 15 Bute .. . 486 15 15 Avonclift 740 0 0 Magnum Bonum (Carngham) 231 14 18 No. 51, a. ------10 .CTIESWICK. DiVISION.·~. ltfr. 'James ·stevenson, M.ining Surveyor "and Registrar. . a;'HE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS Bll:EN OBTAINED Rll:L~TIVE TO TirE QUANTITY OF.' QUARTZ AND CEMENT CRUSHED, AND PYRITES OPERATED ON, DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM ! Remarks relative to the N!Ulle of CompO.!JY• Where Quartz, &c., were Quartz crushed.' Average' ~;f~~.' of 1 f Gold. Depth at which the obtained. Gold per Quartz wns obtained, >\le. ------'------'---l-----l---~'''-'l----:---11------ :1 tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. ;gr. oz. dwt. gr. Port I'hillip ...... Clunes ... 17,026 0 0 0 8 10·64 6,833 7 . 0 South Clunes ...... Clunes ... 1,767 0 0 0 6 23'00 614 15 10 Victoria ... •.. Clunes ... 4,541 o o o · 11 ·.,:a·o6 2,526 11 0 New North Clunes ... Clunes ... 2,272 0 0 0 I I ;,p'~2 .1,282 8 0 Yankee ...... Clunes ..• , ..• 1,956 0 0 0 5 1'9:44 568 4 '18 Eaton, ll.F. ... •.... Creswick · .. . 428 0 0 0 3 ·J'4·2; '76' i7 12; Broadfool and Party .•. Springhill·Reef.. . '59 0 0. 0 13 2'1,'96 41 l 0 Hagins and Party ... Springhill Heef ·5,9 0 0 0 4 8'74 12 17 12 Stcve~son and Party ... Cobbler's Gully 21 0 0 0 6 ' 10'28' · · 6 15 ·o · ---.------·-\_..__ ._. -·-~~--~~~~-! Total Quartz 28,129 0 0 0 8 12'13, '.11,962 17·. 4, Cement crushed. Hru:d'Hill_.:'t:•· , .. _·:· .• 4 12 ~Hills ·:".• _,,: ~oo,.e> .o B. 1~ ,14:94 ,___ __.;.____ , Pyrites operated on. Port Phillip ...... Clunes ••• ·9·3 · ·ij ·o 3 7 12'64 814 0 0 The following. are the yields of tli~ principal alluvial mining companies .in th~ ~vision:....:. · , : , ' ' ' · · ~' · 'oz. dwt. ·gr.' Balhl.rat and Clunes Company, Clunes (hired·labor) ... .··','· . 1,237 17 . 0 ,• Hit-or~Miss Company, Red Streak{l2 men) ·... . •• ·: ·· 444 19 12 Junction Compa,ny, Red·Streak (hired labor)· ... .;;,: ·>· '45\·.3· 12.... Royal Standard Company, Red Streak'(l2 men) ... 198 0 .0 ·' Best ·and ·party, Hed Streak (.~men) 61 I 1 0 Rose of Allandale·Company, Union Hill (7 men) ... 70 0 0 Grand Trimk Company, Red Streak, no retlj_rns obtained. Owing:to the. small quan.tity of rain that has fallen this season, and the consequent scarcity of water, there has been very little sl'uicing'done, and no returns have yet been obtained. :; •.. ~ :•·,... · . At the Red Streak the Australasian Company have not yet succeeded in getting-gold.,,The Junction· Company have been chiefly.engag ·.I GORDON. SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Oowan, Milning Surveyor and Registrar::: .. ·· THE FOLLOWING' INFORMATION JUS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QtrA.RTZ CRUS'KED DURING , THE Qrr'A.RTER AND' ·TUB GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- ' .• Remarks relative to !he ... Average Yield of Nnme of Coinpaiiy; .Where Quartz was obtained. ... Quartz crul!Jled • I 6f Gold. 1 Depth at which the, ,. Gold per Ton. QUartz was obtained. '" ...... tons cwt, qr. ---;:-dwt. gr. I oz. dwt. gr. _Egerton ...... Big Hill... Reef.. : ...... · . 8,116 0 0 0 7 21'64 1,231 7 0 200 feet ALLUVIAL MINING. I " ~. ~ I ·• .. • < • ' • [ ~.,. • ( ' ; • There is not such an evident desire. on the,,p.art of the,. p1}blic to prospect; this branch of mining a.s there is evinced for quartz,. so that I have not much new information to give on the suhject. · Several large claims have been taken up in the vicinity of the ground applied for on lease ;by-the Ker.rit-Bareet Company. The t;;,king up of this portion of the .district was due to the fact of the Morning. Star Company (a company .to the north of the ground applied for by_the Kerrit-Bareet Company) haviqg struck washdirt at a deoth of 60 fe.,t, with indications of the lead deepening to the south."· It is. expected thac this lea,d will pa~s through the claim of the Kerrit-Bareet Company. This company are now engaged in sinking a shaft: which is now down a depth of 80 feet. The company are also about to erect the usual surface requirements for the purpose of sinking the shaft to the necesJary dPpth. A party of Europeans are prospecting some ground in the neighborhood of Cantwt•ll's Creek, north-east of Mount.Egerton, but as vet without any results. · · Another party of Europeans are also prospecting some groun~ in the neighborhood of Little Ben's Creek, south. west of Mr. Learmonth's lease; they have already sunk their.shaft to a depth of90 feet, From.the strata passed through, there is every indication .that they are upon a 'deep run of ground. . . A number of Chinese are working the old ground in All Nations Gully. and are now engaged in stacking their washdirt, there being a scarcity of:water just·now; but prior to the water failing!' they obtained, on an ave1age, t oz. to the load. . Below the above party another party of twelve Chinese have sunk a shaft '110 feet deep, ·through 67 feet of basaltic rock, and have bot.tomed in a gutter about 9 feet 1Videi •with 5 feet of washdirt, the average yield of which is about 4 dwts. to the load. QUARTZ MINING'" - ' The prospecting of this branch of I!liriing has been well carried on during the quarter. If the work is proceeded with in the same spirite t'' STEIGLITZ SUimMSION. Mr. Henry Davidson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. .. . . ' ~ . .. ' . THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO. THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND MULLOCX CRUSHED DURING. TEE QUA:JiTER, AND THE .GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :-:- - - ~ . Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c., were Quartz crushed. Average Yield of ITotal Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obtained. Gold per Ton4 · QuartzJ &e., were obtained. tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. i .Albion ...... ·Portuguese Reef ... !\92 0 0 2 15 .23'08 2,495 18 0 320 feet to 573 feet New Ballarat ... New Year's Reef ... 696 ·o 0 i 0 4 6'27 148 6 0 300 feet to 380 feet Malakho:lf ...... New Year's Reef' ... 320 0 0 0 9 13•05 152 14 0 100 feet Steiglitz ...... Davis Reef, &cf' ... 285 0 0 0 8 4•59 96 5 0 220 feet I Total Quartz. ... 2,143 0 0 1 7 O·OI 2,893 3 0 Mullock crushed. ------Princess .Alice ... Yankee Smith's Reef ... 276 0 0 0 1 s·3o 16 17 0 Surface mullock ' ' I haye very little alteration to report. in this subdivision during the quarter. The ,mi~ing population remains almost statiOnary, and many of the new companies which have taken up ground during the last six months are now at . work prospecting their claims. --- ·-----~-- Steiglitz ... .~lbion Qomp~ny, Portuguese Reef.-The yield from this claim still continues very good, and th~re is every probabdH>: of a concumar;ce. The c?mpany expect in a short time _to be able t? crush a much hirger quantity of stone each fortmght, when a sblllar.ger ywld may·be.lookcd for.. · , . . ' . ' Steigl~tz Company, Boxing aT_Jd oth(!r Reefs.-The stone crushed.has not yielded up to the usual average, but the manager IS sangume of better returns s~ortly. · . · • · .. . ·.. · 1 · The ~Ialakhoff Company, ~ew Yo!l.f'll Reef.-Th.is co!llpany still stea.dily perseveres, alth~mgb. the results, so far are not considered very en99uragmg, • 1 ,. ' "': ·:· . , '12 , Princ~ss Alice Company, Yankee Smith's Reef.-This company ha:ve now got their machinery and crushing battery in good working order. The shaft is down 91 feet, sinking very hard; a crosscut is being ·put in west for Yankee Smith's Reef, and east for Bull's Run Reef. . While these operations are being carried on, the battery is kept steadily at work, crushing a quantity of surface mullock left by the parties who worked the rich vein near the surface several years ago, when as much as 24 ozs. to the ton were obtained. · Golden Horn Company, Daylight Reef.-Company engaged deepening the shaft, but progress very slow. . Galatea Company, Prince Alfred Reef.-The dam is now completed and the machinery on the ground ready for erection, after which it is expected crushing will be immediately commenced, as there is plenty of stone ne.ar the surface which can be easily raised. · ' Working Miners Company, Boxing Reef.---: This company have applied for a lease of their ground. Meantime prospecting is being carried· on east and .west at the 250 feet level. . • · ,Band of Hope Company, Victoria Reef.-Contract let for 50 feet of sinking, on completion of which it is intended to drive along the reef. Gold visible on the stone as the shaft goes down. · New Alliance Company, Victoria Reef.-The shaft is now down to about 307 feet, through alternate belts of sandstone and slate. · · Duke of Edinburgh Company, New-Chum Reef.-Shaft down 214 feet; it is intended to sink to 300 feet, and then crosscut west .for the Old New-Chum vein. Wallace's Ranges. Several parties are still ~rospecting in this locality. 'I Stony Rises Diggings. Everything i.s very dull in this locality at present. The Yorkeys' Reef Company have not yet commenced operations, and the South Jersey Company have temporarily suspended: In alluvial mining there is nothing new to report, and very little doing. Morrison's, Tea-tree, Sailor'~ Gully, Dolly's Creek. There is nothing new in this locality. If anything, Morrison's has been duller than usual, as many of the old tunnel claims are gradually becoming worked out. BLACKWOOD DIVISION. Mr. E. G. Magnus, Mtnvng Surveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtahied: Quartz crushed, Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Imperial ...... Simmons' Reef - ... 250 0 0 I 17 14•40 470 0 0 135 feet Williams Bros. and Co. Simmons' Reef ... 800 0 0 0 4 0 160 0 0 150 feet Morning Star ... Bald Hill Reef ... 300 0 0 0 7 0 105 0 0 30 feet Faugh-a-Ballagh ... St. George's Reef ... 147 0 0 0 9 10"93 69 10 0 160 feet Faug h-a-Ballagh ... St. George's Reef 120 0 0 I 13 3"2 198 16 0 85 feet True Blue ...... St. George's Reef ... 388 0 0 0 12 9"95 240 17 0 160 feet Annie Laurie ... Barry's Reef ... 284 0 0 o' 2 0 28 8 0 45 feet Hastings ...... Eureka Reef ...... 156 0 0 1 1 0 163 16 0 115 feet Eureka ...... Eureka Reef ...... 31 0 0 2 8 12"38 75 4 0 50 feet Trewhella Bros; ... Eureka Reef ... 217 0 0 0 9 ll'50 102 17 0 45 feet Eight-and-Two ... Homeward-bound Reef ... 307 0 0 0 5 1"01 77 8 0 30 feet Try-again...... United Reef ...... 263 0 0 0 5 2"72 67 5 0 40 feet ------Total Quartz ... 3,263 0 0 0 10 18"76 1,759 1 0 I The tributors in the Imperial are· still getting .excellent stone. Owing to the formation of the ground on this ·reef, the Urown Company and Williams Brothers will have to sink 60 feet to reach the same shot of gold. The Morning Star Company have not crushed much stone this quarter, as they are driving a tunnel350 feet, which will give about 70 feet of backs. . The Faugh-a-Ballagh have opened a new reef to the east of their former workings, from which they obtained their last crushing of 120 tons. The True Blue still maintains its name as the most steady paying reef in the district: the tributors' time expires in July. The Hastings and_ Eurekru claims are still yielding excellent stone; these claims will very shortly require powerful machinery to keep down the water, which is very quick. . Messrs. Hamann and Co. are crushing 150 tons from· their claim on the All Nations Reef, and, from the appearance of the boxes and plates, they anticipate that it will go about 2 ozs. to the 'ton. This line of reef has been· prospected f9r a distance of half a mile,· and payable prospects obtained all through ; but there is no machine within four miles of it. Hamann and Co are paying 23s. for .carting· and crushing. . The sluicing claims are now all in full work. Very little has been done in alluvial mining for the last six months. A party of two obtained a nugget last month, weighing 44 ozs.; the same men had one about this time last year, 66 ozs., from the same claim. The Chinese have been doing rather better than their European neighbors, this season, in the creek and fiats. BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar. This subdivision remains in the same abandoned state as described in my previous reports. 13 . BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEECHWORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Alexander .Alderdice, Mining RegiBtrar. THE ,FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:- Average Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed, Gold per Ton. ITotal ~!eld of Gold. Depth at which the Quartz was obtained. tons. cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr. Barr, Bryce, and Co .... Barr's Reef ... 70 0 0 2 3 13'71 152 10 0 ! 30 feet Ralston and Co. ''" Forest Range ...... 17 0 0 0 17 l '41 14 10 0 Surface McLeod and Co. ... Sunday Reef .•• ... 42 0 0 I 1 0 ' 44 2 0 40 feet McLeod and Co. ... Magpie Reef ... ···1 \1 0 0 1 17 0 16 13 0 50 feet Mclntosh and Co. ... Rose o:f Australia Reef 32 0 0 0 18 6 29 4 0 30 feet Thomas and Co. ... Mite Reef ...... 15 0 0 0 14 6'40 10 14 0 40 feet Edge, Jt'letrher, and Co. Darling Grant Reef ... 72 ·o 0 4 10 0 324 0 0 40 feet Henderson and Co. ... Excelsior Reef ... 51 0 0 1 7 5•64 69 9 0 300 feet Sydney Company ... Wooragee ...... 30 0 0 I I 8 32 0 0 90 feet Lily Company ... Wooragee ...... 24 0 0 0 17 0 20 8 0 60 feet Prosser and Co. ... Tubal Cain Reef ... 60 0 0 1 1 0 63 0 0 140 feet Total Quartz ... 422 0 0 '1 I6 19'221---m~ ' Spring Creek and neigkborhood. Sluicing operations have been nearly at a standstill in this locality, on account of the scarcity of water ; but as the winter rains have now set in, the springs will soon give an increased supply, and work will be resumed. Miners engaged in sinking are making fair wages, and none have yet been induced to leave for Queensland. . ·, The Rocky Mountain Company are still blasting at their tailrace; it will be finished about the end of the year. The Excelsior Tailrace Company have washed up 287 ozs., being eight months' work for four men. . A small diamon~ has been found in Young's (.,'reek; it :weighs nearly a carat, but is not of a very good color. Bow111-an's Forest. A large quantity of stone is on the surface here waiting for the erection Qf a crushing mill by Dean and Co., and several old abandoned reefs have been taken up again, as it is thought that they' will now pay-a mill being close at hand. The erection of the Murmungee Company's mill will be completed during next month. Not much. doing in the alluvial here. Attempts have been made at various times to trace the leads into the .flats, but no shaft has ever been bottomed in the deep ground. Should an enterprising company put machinery of sufficient power on the ground to enable them to bottom, it is believed they would be rewarded with rich returns. M!Jrtliford and vicinit;y. The first crushing (72 tons) from the Darling Grant Reef gave 4~ ozs. to the ton. The reef is situate on the range above Granite Creek, and is only from 8 to 12 inches in width, and is of a very hard description of stone. The shaft is down 40 feet, and at tl).at depth the stone appears to be as rich as that already crushed. The Tubal Cain Company are about to erect pumping and crushing machinery on their claim. The shaft has been sunk to a depth of 14D feet, where the reef is still 3 feet wide, and looking as rich as any that has been crushed from it, · The Racecourse Company's shaft is down' 100 feet; when it is 30 feet deeper they will drive for the reef. The company are erecting a new water-wheel for the purpose of pumping and crushing. Eldorado. Capitalists and mining speculators have at last turned their at~ention to this locality, and the lead has been taken np for about six: miles below the present workings. The claims at work still give excellent returns of gold and black sand (tin ore). The Wellington Company are about to make their company a joint stock concern, for the purpose of increasing their capital and working their claim to greater advantage. A second shaft is required in this claim, In McEvoy's (United Eldorado Company) a " run" of drift took place the 'other day which filled up a great part of their workings, and by which one man lost his life.. It will take some time before the damage to the claim can be repaired. :Machinery is being laid down on both the Ovens Gold and Tin Company and the Great Extended Eldorado Company's ground. }fining operations will be commenced as soon as it is erected. · 'l'he Golden Lake Company have obtained a lease of their ground. • The Good Hope G?l~ ~nd '£in Mining Company is the name of a new local company formed for the working of the ground below and adJoimng the Golden Lake Company's lease. · The Happy-go. Lucky Company have registered ground to the south of the Great Extended Company. Hindmarsh and Co. continue working on the 70-feet floor; and still obtain good returns. It will take two or three years to work this floor out. Four bores have been put down on the Great Ex:tended Company's ground, and in each of the three floors wash dirt has been found. The deepest bore was 230 feet and the shallowest 175 feet. The shaft is bQing sunk in the vicinity of the first bore. The following is a statement of the gold obtained by some of the mining companies in this subdivision during the quarter:- oz. dwt. gr. ·Wellington Company 769 11 12 and 14 tons tin ore United Eldorado 733 4 0 , 13 Hindmarsh and Co. 639 17 0 , .. Thomson and Co. 190 0 0 .. Barr and Oo. 152 10 0 Darling Grant Company 324 0 0 Ex:celsior Company . 287 0 0 3,096 2 12 and 40! tons tin '?r STANLEY, SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Stubbin, Mining Registrar. TIIl!l FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS .BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE ,TO, THE QUANTITY OF QuARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROI\I :- Remarks relative to the Nrurie of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed, I Average Yield of Total rGold.l ·Depth at Which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtalued. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Robert' Burns· ... Upper Nine-mile ... 6 0 0 0 6 16 2 0 0 I30 feet Barr and: Gilmour ... Upper Nine .. mile ... 46 0 0 0 I3 6'26 ·30 lO 0 25 feet I .. --~- . - ' To~~l Quartz ... 0 0 0 12 12 32 10 0 - I There is"nothing fresh to· report during the quarter in this subdivision. There has been above the average . quantity of wat!(r"for the season of the year; consequently the sluicers have been able to work three to four days a week. · The quartz returns·are unusually small this quarter, not owing to the reefs at Rocky Point running out, but simply because they have not·crushed. '.Both the Homeward-bound and Kerry Eagle reefs have a large quantity of stone ready for the :nill, which will be crushed immediately. · 'Jihe reefs on the_ Upper Nine-mile have failed, and the only available mill in the district is advertised for ~ale.·· Y.ACK.AND.ANDAH S:UBDIVISION. Mr. Thos ..G. Ken:nan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TRE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ ORUSIIED DURING Tlllil . - ...• QUARTER, AND TRE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:- - ... Remarks relative to the Name of Company. :· Quartz .was obtained. 1. ~~re Quartz crnshed. AverageGold per Yield Ton. of · l:o:l' ~Gold. .. Depth at which the ' ~ •• J. 0 Qu:'rtz was obtained. ... : I tons cwt. qr. :oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Homeward-bound ... . Hillsborough ...... I,s5o ·.o 0 0 6 0 465 0 0 100 feet level . , .. Stringer· ...... ~. Back ·creek ... 306 0 0 0 12 21'0I 197 0 0 85 feet Pride ...... Back Creek ...... 462 0 0 I I 7•16 492 0 0 50 feet Lees· and Co. ... Clear Creek ...... I46 0 0 0 12 21'04 94 0 0 Sfi feet Sons of Freedom· . ... Twist's Creek . ... 15 0 0 0 7 16 5 15 0 60 feet Polar,Star ' ...... :rw-ist's Creek · ' " ... 'i.7 0 0. 0 14 13'09 56 0 0 ..40 feet Scandinavian. • ... Twist:s: Creek ... 147 0 0 I 6 2'93 192 0 0 .I 120 feet Wood's l<'olly ... Twist's Creek ... 86 0 0 0 3 17•30 16 0 0 50 feet London ...... Twist's Creek ... 17 0 0 1 0 0 I7 0 0 Surface Duke.of Edinburgh ... Twist's Creek ... 36 0 0 o· 2 18'66 5 0 0 30 feet United ... Twist's Creek ... 33 0 0 1 12 17'45 54' 0 0 · 40·feet •· Morning 'Star ·· ... Twist's Creek ... 18 0 0 0 4 I0"66 4 0 0 Surface TalfReef ...... Button ...... 250 0 0 I 5 22'08 324 0 o' .' . I .. Total Quartz ~ .. 3,143 0 0 0 12 5"49 1,92I 15 0 I .. ' .. '. •'. ' There is nothing ne~ in alluvial mining to-report. Sluicers have been busily engaged in 'washil~g: In quartz mining 'I have to report the erection of a new mill of five stamps by the Taff Reef Company; they have been one month at work with most satisfactory results. ·There· are no new discoveries of reefs to report on. INDIGO DIVISION. Mr." R . ..tlrrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Regia'irar. THE. FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN 9BTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING TRE QUARTER, .AND THE GQLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- .. Remarks relative to the No.me of Cqmpany. .Where Quartz W!J.S obtained. Quartz crushed . Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which !.he I Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained. I ',•, ' tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gt'. oz. dwt. gt'. {From surface to I40 Higgins' Reef...... I,313 0 0 0 i I4'05 498 0 0 feet Moss's or Pipeclay Reef,} u.;.;d eo\l.o1; I7 7 0 8 13 6'84 I 50 6 12 50 feet Mining and CrushingQ-" { Rutherglen Ranges Jones', or Hope Reef,} · Company .. r ,., 2o 0 0 0 13 6"50 18 5 10. ~o feet ~'· ··rieai: Rutherglen o' 0 18 21"01 84 6 20 ·Fr~m surface to 60 feet Various reefs ...,, •.. 49 IO Magenta Quartz Mi- { 0 0 22 15 O· ning and Crushing Minie Reef ...... 65 0 0 7 .. 40 to 60 feet Minie Reef ...... 26 0 0 0 5 ·0 6 IO ·0•'· r':~.i)!:'m Company ' ·:{,l Erin-go-Bragh Qnartz } ut. 0 0 0 6 12•70.! 11 2-0 Go Crushing Company Essex Reef 34 root .. ~Total Quartz ... ;,524 17 0 0 9 1.5'77 736 5 IS I -. ' I ~5 The population, as is usual. at this season of the year, has slightly increased; 'the· great scarcity. of water, however, greatly retards working on the dry leads, which may be said to be almost at a standstill. The Magenta Quartz Mining Company have been engaged throughout the quarter in running a large open cut into the lower levels of the reef, in order to facilitate arid cheapen the mode of working the poorer parts of the veins, and have not, therefore crushed any •tone. Two new reefs have been discovered in the neighborhood of Chiltern, and the prospects obtained are said to be very encouraging. . . The :J_'ipeclay Reef, in the Rutherglen Ranges, has yielded' some very rich stone during the quarter, 17 tons 7 cwt. having producod 150 ozs. 6 dwts. 12 grs., being at the rate of 8 oz. 13 dwts. 6•84 grs. per ton. The width of reef has varied from 2 feet to a few inches. The casing is a soft pipeclay, which renders it very easy to extract the stone. The total depth sunk is about 70 feet. The alluvial mines on the wet leads continue to be steadily worked. The yields from the Extended Sons of Freedom Gold Mining Company I have 'reason to believe are satisfactory. The continued litigation between this company and the company claiming to occupy the adjoining ground sadly retards the progress of the Chiltern ·Lead; if this vexed question we·re settled, two new· plants would immediately be placed on the ground. · · The Indigo Grand Junction Company have now proved a considerable extent of ground and are preparing to block out. A few weeks will suffice to prove the value of the claim. · The Rutherglen Gold Mining Company ai·e still engaged on their main drives; a large quantity of first-class ground has been discovered. It will probably be five or six months.before blocking out is commenced in this claim. It is to be hoped these important claims will more than realise the anticipations of the shareholders, and be the means of inducing the investment of capital in developing the vast resources and enhancing the value and importance of one of the most promisinp mining divisions in the colony. · .. ,\ BUCKLAND DIVISION. Mr. Lewis 0. Kincltela, Mining Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS 'BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ .AND Mt"LLOCX CRUSHED .AND PYRITES OPERATED ON DURING THE 'QuARTER, .AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- Remarks relative to the Name of Company, Where Quartz, &c., were Quartz crnshed. ·Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obtained. · Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., were obtained, ,, ,. •'' . Running Creek:- tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dWt. gr• Maidment ann Co. . .. Pride of Erin Reef .. . 108 0 0 0 1 11'55 .8 0 0 Surface T. Edmonds ann Co .. .. Fortunate Heef .. . 118 0 0 0 14 1"67 83 0 6 Surface Ray, Green, and Co .. .. Ben Franklyn Reef .. . 22 0 0 0 15 1'09 16 .ll 0 Surface Meehan,Ray,andCo.. ;. Root-Hog-or-Die Reef 144' 0 0 l 15 1"66 252 JO. 0 Surface Foster and Co. .. . No. I North, Happy 37 0 0 0 9 21"40 18 6 0 Not stated Valley Reef W allace, Buddle, and Co. Happy Valley Reef ... 107 0 0 '1 14 0•44 182 0 0 160 feet Harrietvilie:- Platt, Hanna, and Co ... . U nited Miners' Reef .. . '960 0 0 l 17 5•50 1,787 ·o o 70 to 120 feet Wm. Harrison .. . Morning Light Heef .. . 5 0 0 5 10 0 27 10 0 Surface Arthur and Co. ' Bon Accord Reef .. . 465 0 0 0 1 17'80 .40 IQ 0 50 to 150 feet McMillan and Co. . .. Victoria Heef ••• 3~ 0 0 2 0 0 64 0 0 Surface· ...... Johnson, McLean, & Co. Johnson's Heef .•. 1,320 0 0 0 2 20'58 188 12 0 I oo to 140 feet Dale, Harisen, and Co ... . Good Hope Heef ... l30 0 0 l 18 0 24.7 0 0 Not stated P. Howman ...... Thistle and :Shamrock 20 0 0 ·o 6 o 6 0' 0 Surface Reef E. Mitchell and Co. ... Welcome Reef 40 0 0 2 2 12 85 0 0 Not stated Ovens Hiver:- McLean, Wallace, & Co. Rose, Shamrock, and 1,910 0 0 490 10 0 300 feet Thistle Heef Buckland:- McLean, Gitchell, & Co. Red Jacket Reef I' ••• 420 0 0 2 6 3'14 96.8 15 0 Surface to lOO feet McGuire and Co. ... 60 0 0 I 6 0 78 0 0 Surface Murdock and Co. . .. 48 0 0 0 16 6 39 0 0 Surface Gibson and Co. .. . 30 0 0 0 7 '16 ll 10 0 Not stated Morse's Creek: Oriental Perseverance Oriental Reef 4,115 0 0 0 3 17'23 765 0 0 160 feet Ware and Co. Greenwood Reef 8 0 0 1 0 'O 8 o o· 35 feet· Kinkain and Co. Kinkaid's Beef 244 0 0 0 12 14'75 153 18 0 20 to 30 feet Ah Ling and Co. \ .. . Canton Reef 36 0 0 0 8 0 14 8 0 40 feet. Chorlwell and Co. .. . White Star Heef 10 6 0 0 15 1'16 7 15 o· Not stated J. A. Wallace Pioneer Reef 150 0 0 0 2 •12 18 15 ··0 lOO feet Growler's ·cr~ek :- Shaw and Co. Wallaby Heef ... 148 0 0 4 6 1"95 637 o 'o 50 to 65 feet John Stroke Not named ... 4 14 0 4 13 14"80 22 0 0 Surface Clarke and Co. Gander's Reef ... 9 0 0 0 13 8 6 0 0 20 feet Rowe and Co. Star of the East Reef... 19 0 0 10 3 0 192 17 0 Not stated Total Quartz 10,120 o ·o 0 ll 23'43 6,419 7 6 Mullock crushed and Pyrites operated on. • Morae's Creek:- J. Step hens (pyrites) .. . Gitchell's Mill Tailings 15 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 Chorlwell (mullock) .. . White Star ... 50 0 0 0 l 19'2 4 10 0 Kinkaid & Co. (mullock) Kinkaid's Reef , 40 0 Q 0 1 0 2 0 0 16 Quartz mining in'this division is steadily progressing-:-a result a'riaing not only from the discovery of new and valuable reefs, but likewise from the fact of some of them being in localities heretofore looked upon by our prospectors as being without the supposed line of auriferous reefs, and with reference generally to our older quartz workings, I have reason to think that a larger number of stamp-heads will be engaged crushing quartz during the next six months than at any previous period here. My reasons for anticipating such a result are : first, that two new mills, with.l6 stamp-heads, are being erected; and, secondly, that the completion of tedious and expensive tunnels into the Alta, Australasia, and Home reefs, will enable the mills held in connection with these reefs to resume work after a very long period of idleness; and although one machine has been removed from the division, I shall not be surprised if from 50 to 60 stamp-heads, now idle, will be working within two or three months. · . One of our new reefs-the· Un~ted Miners-near Harrietville, one-half of which is held by Melbourne share holders, has paid over sixteen thousand pounds in dividends since August,.l867, the large quantity of gold got being the produce of the work of only five stampers. ' The Phomix Deep Lead Claim, near Harrietville, is still being worked, and is paying fair wages to the 10 men employed upon it; however, partly from the lead, so far as it is worked, being only 40 feet in width, and.also from the· fact of the payable washdirt not being settled in a defined run upon bedrock, but found in a streak of gravel about 20 feet above it. No other claim has been opened below the.one referred to, .JAMIESON NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Samuel K. V ickery, M ming ,Surveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS B'EEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TliE.QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND Q~A.BTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSJIED DURING, THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEBEFROM :- ! ·Where Quartz, &c., were ·Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Average Yield. of Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., were obtained. ' ' ' tons c~t. Q.:r. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Prospecting Claim ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 69 0 0 8 14 17•89 257 16 0 No. I North Claim ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra IO 0 0 4 9 9•60 44 14 0 No. 2 North Claim ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 262 0 0 8 11 12'64 987 0 0 No. 4 North, Fireworks Lucky Reef, Al~xandra 3 0 0 86 6 0 108 IS 0 No. 5 North, Aja:x: ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 2 0 0 60 0 0 120 0 0 . No. 6 North·...... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 22 0 0 0 7 0 i 14 0 Connolly's Lease ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 0 Prospecting Claim ... Homeward-bound Reef, 68 0 0 9 16 :n·ss 669 10 0 Alexandra No. 1 South Claim ... Homeward-bound Reef, 149 0 0 6 18 18'81 997 0 0 Alexandra Prospecting Claim ··- Mysterious Reef, Alex- 405 0 0 1 ' 8 3•55 570 0 0 · andra · Welcome ...... Mysterious Reef, Alex- Si 0 0 0 9 10'76 41 2 0 andra Last Chance .•. Mysterious Reef, Alex- I 20 0 0 0 2 16'80 2 14 0 andra Little Prince . ... Mysterious Reef, Ale:x:- 68 0 0 0 9 4'95 29 0 0 andra Frenchman's ... Mysterious Reef, A lex- 63 0 0 0 13 16'88 43 2 0 andra Just-in~ Time ... Mysterious Reef, Alex- 23 0 0 0 7 0 8 1 0 andra Prospeeting Claim ... Eglinton ·Beet; Alex- 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 andra Prospecting ...... Perseverance Reef, Alex- 3 0 0 0 '8 0 1 4 0 andra Morning Star ... Morning Star Reef, 3 0 0 I 0 0 3 0 0 Ale:x:andra No. 11 North Claim ... Eldorado Reef, U.T. 24 10 0 5 18 s·si 145 0 0 Creek Prospecting Claim ... Perfect Cure Reef, Puzzle 9 0 ~0 0 10 0 4 10 0 Range Independent ...... Independent Reef, Steel's 3 10 0 0 14 6'85 2 10 0 Creek London ...... Pig-and-Whistle Reef, 21 0 0 ~ 0 5 0 (i 5 0 Molesworth Prospecting Claim ... Little Topsy Reef, Spring 13 10 - 0 2 0 19'55 27 11 0 Creek ' Nos. 3 and 4 North ... Britannia Reef, Spring 24 10 0 2 19 7'34 72 13 0 . Creek Prospecting Claim ... Norfolk Re et, Spring 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 Creek No. 8 South ...... Durham Reef, Spring 17 10 0 0 19 6'17 16 17 0 Creek Nos.1,2,3, and4 ... MetropolitanReef,Spring 25 0 0 0 13 0 16 5 0 Creek I Prospecting ...... Northern Reef, Hayfield 17 IO 0 1 11 12'84 27 11 12 Empress Prospecting ... Maindample ... .. : 98 0 0 0 4 7•83 21 4 0 Prince Alfred ... Maind.ample ...... 6 0 0 2 19 20' 17 19 0 Pride of the Paps ... Maindample ...... 72 0 0 1 1 I· 75 15 0 Evening Star ... Maindample ...... 10 0 u 0 14 19•20 7 8 0 Reliance ...... Maindample...... 19 0 0 0 14 17•68 14 0 0 Nil Desperandum ... Maindample ...... 12 0 0 0 6 6• 3 15 0 Homeward-bound ... Maindample• ...... 45 0 0 0 2 8'53 5 6. 0 Pride of the Morning Maindample ...... 6 0 0 0 6 0 I 16 0 :Buchanan ...... Maindample ...... 18 0 0 0 I 0 0 18 0 17 QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, &c., _CRUSHED, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM-continued. Remarks relative to the Where Qun.rtz, &c., were of Name of Companr· Quartz crushed. Total Yield of Gold. Depth 11t which the obtained. Quartz, &c., were obtained. --- tons cwt. qr. oz:. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Waiter Montgomery ... Maindample ...... 39 0 0 0 7 18'46 15 3 0 Mariner ...... Maindample ...... JO 0 0 0 7 4'80 3 12 0 Beautiful Star ... Maindample ...... 19 0 0 1 5 6•3) 24 0 0 Emperor ...... Main damp le ...... 29 0 () 0 14 7"45 20 15 0 Bon's Claim ...... Maindample ...... 117 0 0 0 3 0'82 17 15 0 Christmas ...... Maindample ...... 23 0 0 0 9 13•56 l! ,0 0 Tolmie's Claim ... Maindarnple ...... 9 0 0 0 10 16 4 16 0 Lone Star ...... Maindample ...... 8 0 0 0. 9 3 3 13 0 0 0 1 9 0 2 18 0 Wisdom ...... Maindample "" ... 2 .Armstrong ... Maindample ...... 10 0 0 2 3 14'40 21 16 0 Bon Accord ...... Maindample ...... 4 0 0 0 11 6' 2 5 0 Duke of Edinburgh ... Maindample ...... 5 0 0 0 15 14•40 3" 18 0 Hermion ...... Maindample ...... 6 10. 0 ____,_1 2 7•38 7 5 0 ------____ 1,987 10 0 2 4 19•67 4,453 19 12 Quartz Tailings and Total Quartz ... Cement crushed. ------No. 4 North, Fireworks Lucky Reef, Alexandra 7 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 Prospec~ing Claim ... Homeward-bound Reef, 50 0 0 1 1 10·08 53 11 0 .Alexandra ' . Prospecting Claim ... Mysterious Reef, A lex- 50 0 0 0 1 23•04 4 18 0 andra ------Total ... 107 0 0 0 12 5'60 65 9 0 The proceedings of the quarter throughout this division have been characterised by the successful development' of many of the older mines and the discovery of new £elds of operation. · The yields from the mines in the vicinity of Alexandro, as well as ft"Om those in the outlying parts of the district, have been large, though, owing to the unusually dry season and the want of suitable appliances for conserving water for mining purposes, the quantity of quartz submitted to the crushing mills has been comparatively small. In a previous report I referred to the facilities for prospecting that existed in this district : av.other feature, and one to which in some measure the rapid and successful progress made in testing the newly discovered reefs at Alexandra must be attributed, is that water is seldom an obstructive at a less depth than 200 feet. , Amongst other gratifying features which have marked the proceedings of the quarter may be mentioned the large yield obtained from the Homeward-bound, a line of reef rum.!ing nearly parallel and at a distance of about 400 yards from the Lucky Reef. The vein from which the quartz is being taken varies from 18 inches to 3 feet in width, presenting uniformity iu·its dip and strike, and e'xhibiting, so far as·i.t has been opened, an appearance of permanency. At; Ghin-ghin the alluvial ground is nearly worked out, and the population rapidly decreasing. Various reefs presenting appearances more or less promising have been discovered, from the position of which it is probable that a large portion of the alluvial gold has been denuded. It is therefore not impossible that a new and'more permanent character_ may attach itself to that goldfield than has hitherto appeared. Mining at Maindample is no.t in a progressive state. The rE-efs at Spring Creek continue to yield largely, and assume a more defined appearance than they hitherto presented. . In alluvial mining the yields are slightly under those of the previous quarter, in consequence of the rE-cent rising of the rivers, to the banks of which that· branch of mining iA almost exclusively con£ned; though the aggregate quantity obtained, when taken in connection with the number of men employed, is most satisfactory. While mining-alluvial and quartz-both on the older workings and on those recently opened, is in a healthy state, the general population, and more especially that part of it depending more directly on the proceeds of the mines, appears to be excessive; a circumstance, although indirectly operating, not unfrequently retards progress on a new goldfield. GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. H ugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING L~FOR~IATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RET.ATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTElt, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED TIIEltEFROM :- Average Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Comprmy. Where Qunrtz was obtained, Quartz crushed. (',.old per Ton. Total .I Depth at which the Quartz was obtn.ined. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. A1 ...... Castle Reef ...... 500 0 0 1 11 14'64 790 5 0 Surface to 150 feet Castle ...... Castle Ueef ...... 31 0 0 0 13 20•90 21 10 0 150 feet to ISO feet Golden Belt ...... Homeward-bound Reef... 140 0 0 0 3 3:61 22 1 2 200 feet Try-again ...... Cannon's Reef ... lOO 0 0 0 5 4'32 25 18 0 Surface to 30 feet Rose of Denmark ... Hose of Denmark Reef... 1,100 0 .0 1 0 10•58 1,124 5 0 250 feet Junction ...... Castle Reef ...... 20 0 0 1 1 I0·8o 21 9 0 so feet Total Quartz ... 1,891 0 0 I 5'03 2,005 8 2 No. 51, b. 18· Quartz mini rig in this suhdivision is again drawing the attention of the public. The late good yields from 'the A 1 and the Rose·of Denmark mines acting as a stimulant; . The scarcity of waler for motive power purposes has been a. great drawback to most of the mines; but during the last f01 tuight we have had heavy aud contiuuous rains, and, at the present time, the followiug companies are busy crushi11g uigl1t and day, v~z. :-A l, Gold'en Bt·lt, Vidoria, Hunt's~ llaffuey's C1eek l'nited, Sons of Erin (a new plant erected dm·iug the pre;eat quarter on the 'Sons of Edn lease), Rose ot Denmark, and Try-again companies. · . lu all of the above named· companies' mines they have a large quantity of stone ready to be put through the ·mill, and the reef now being l'rorked in the mines looks very promhdng, and I have no doubt but the next quarter's return will show a very great increase in the amount of gold raised. · · Alluvial mining-still continues in a very depressed state, ~m.d the greater number of the miners have ~ot been making average wages.' . , · WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Jlr. .A. B • .Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWI::;'G INFORMATION RAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TRE. QUANTITY OF QuARTZ AND QuARTZ 'l'A.ILINOS CRUSHED DtJ,I THE QuARTE!l, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:- Hcmnl'k.f.\ relntlve to the lVhcre Qnnrtz, &c:, were AYernge Yield vf Name of Company. Quartz ctusllcd. Total· of Gold. l)n.. ..-:-!eptll nt 'vhich tile oiJtainetl. Gold per Tuu. ~~ .. ·uw. ol.Jtained~ I 1 &e., were -. ------l------l!--to_n_s_c,-vt-.-q-r.-l--o-z-.d-w-·t-."C"gr-.. -l---o-z.-d-w-t.-g-r-.·l------·-----..:__ No. I arid 2 North ... Morning Star Reef ... 1,8i2 0 o · 0 3 0'64 28.3 6 0 About 120 feet• United ...... Morniog~tarHeef' ... 196 0 0 01611'26 1618 0 About 330 feet '\Vood'~ Point ... l\lorning Star Reef ••• 250 0 0 0 4 19'20 60 0 o About 130 feet Never.mind ... •.. Never-mind Heef ... 7.10 o: o o 2 13'76 -96 10 o Express ...... Waverly Heef ... 216 0 0 0 2 0 21 12 0 Down to 10 feet Marmion ...... Waverly Reef ... 170 0 0 0 1 10'87 12 7 0 Leviathan A m~lu~mnfpiJ ·bviathan Heef ... 914 0 0 1·10 0 1·371 0 0 About 160 feet f Prince of Wales ... All Nations Heef ... 11~ o o 2 2 4·36 232 o o Quartz Tailings a;.d Total Quartz ... 4,478 0 0 ! 0 9 23'90 2,238 3 0 Ceme>d cru,q/ted. ------The Alps,Great Cen_tral Morning Star Heef I60 0 0 0 I 19•35 14 9 0 • These crushings are of mullock and Jlforning Star granite and syenite. t The amount of &tone crushed is estimated hy the manager. The above are nll the cru&hillgs for the .quarter' washed up. The hopes entertained of an improvement in the pro~pects.of this district in April were materially damped by a protracted period of dry weather, lasting ten weel•s. Such lengthened drought and lrost has not bl;)en known here b.dure. The rain has now set in, and the bu>iness of mining is assuming its winter aspect. The '\Vood's Point ~Company have crushed some 250 tons of stone at the Morning Star Prospectors' lower machine; the result is given above. · · The Marmion Company have failed to obtain payable results frgm their last crushing of 170 tons. Considering the amount of gold obtainable by panning, this result would astonish us much were we not now used to these disappointments. 1'he present proprietor of the lease known as C. D. Fleming's, on the North Waverly, has been engaged conveying and erecting a crushing plant formerly working at Gaffney's Creek. He will start crushing shortly. The Never-mind is now let on tribute : the. prospects of this mine are not very brilliant at present. The Morning Star Prospectors are getting out stone and will commence crushing when their engagement with the Wood's Point Company shall be completed~ . · . The Hope Company has not yet had a washing up. llfatters here are, however, looking very well, and the men are at. their full complement ~ince the end of last week. · The United, whose tunnel is the key to the north-west claims of the Morning Star, have struck stone giving over. 16 dwts., as will be'seen above, and though the quantity on their present level will be limited, their success promises well for their neighbors, the Alps Great Contra} Uold Mining Company and the Hope, who hold the body of the vein,· The Yantage of their position enables them to take_ the Alps and '\V ood's Point ground on tribute, a~d an arrangement has, I understand, been arrived at. , The FrankHn Company, which has excellent prospects, began crushing at the Golden Bar machine last week, Their incline, connecting claim and machine, which has caused the delay, is the longest in the division, nearly 1,200 yards, with a :rise 'of say ToO feet. It is worked wth a barrel-break and trucks holding 35 cwt. to 2 ton's. Payable gold has been found in an old abandoned elaim, known as No. 2 S. Shamrock west. It is intended from the nature of the lode-to sluice it, then to crush the quartz and tailings, for whi!-'h purpose a water-wheel will be shortly erected on Gooley's Creek. .. , ' . From the foregoing notes it will be apparent that enterprise is again being brought to ·bear on our mineral resources, and I trust a permanent st-eady improvement will follow. · . The alluvial continues to pay well; the yield of alluvial gold, so far as traceable, I find to be 1,583 ozs. A few creek daims are already flooded, qut the ,banks of the Goulburn ar!) only scratched, and claims producing £6 a man a week ·are still" to be met with in them ; we want more skilled miners in this the best shallow alluvial field now 'in Victoria. I may add also that quartz miners are getting scru:ce._· Wage,s are£~ a week. BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. · Mr. Hugh 1St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining operations i~ this subdivision still continue in a 'very depressed state. ~ think this is chiefly owing to the want of. capital, for several of the reefs have been proved to be payable. The mmes at work are worked on the tribute system by men who have no capital, and consequently their operatiGns are limited. The Hope-on Company's mine is flooded, and in all probability they will not be able to resume work till after the winter months. They have a quantity of stone raised, which will be put through the mill at once, 19 The holders of the Londonderry lease have purchased the Unknown Company's machine, and are now engaged in constructing a tramway from their mine to the machine. The Luck-'s-All Company have still a few men at wo:k; but, owing to the absence of the manager, I was unable to obtain any information. . In ailuvial mining there is nothing new to report. MITTA-111TTA DIVISION. Mr. Andrew Trench, Mining Registrar. · The yield of gold during the quarter in this division I estimate to be about 2.850 ozs., the whole of which has been obtained from alluvial workings, as therP. are no quartz reefs worked in this division. · · As there is now a full supply of water the sluicing cbims are all heiug worked. At the junction, two parties have been prospecting for deep leads, one party has bottomed their shaft at 100 feet, but found that the gold on the bottom was not sulflcient to pay for working, as they bottomed about 40 feet below the level of the l\litta-mitta, river, and had a large quantity of water to contend with ; the other party are now down with their shaft about 80 feet, and have not struck bottom yet, but as they are getting a little gold as they go down they are in hopes of striking it good when they bottom. · · The other parts of this division remain about the same as· at the date of my last 1·eport. No new diseoverits have been made during the quarter. JAMIESON SOUTH SUBDMSION. Mr. Hugk St. 11. Blair, ~Wining Surveyor and Registrar.• With regard to quartz mining in this subdivision, there is a large quantity of stone on the surface waiting for the mills, one of which, the Star of the West machine, has been put in thorough order, during the summer, whi;,; there was a scHrcity of water. The other machine, at .Mack's Creek (the Luck-'s-All), has only lately been re-erected by the Luck-'s-AII Company, both machines are now busy crushing. The gold that. has been raised in this part of the subdivision during the past quarter has come from the bed and banks of the Goulburn river and the tributary creel SANDHURST MINING .DISTRICT. SANDBURS'I: DIVISION. Mr. N. G. Step hens, Mining· Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO. THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND Cl!MENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROlf :- RcmnrkFt rctnth·e to the .'Name of Company. WbGre Qnnrtz~ &e., weril A vGrrtge Ytnln a! 1. I obtalned. Quartz crushed. Gold per toll. -----~- tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Glasgow Reef ... Various reefs (principally 595 0 0 0 8 0'28 238 7 0 Various depths Glasgow Reef) Union Jnek ...... Various reefs ...... 352 0 0 l 4 10•77 430 6 0 Various depths Try-ag-ain ...... Various reefs ...... 1,56{ 0 0 0 6 3'62 481 0 0 ·Various depths Dird's Reef ... Various reefs ...... 950 0 0 0 9 12'08 451 8 6 Various depths :St!'phenson and Dressier V rtrions reefs ...... 647 0 0 0 7 15 91 247 18 0 Various depths Ellesmere ...... New Chum J~eef ... 1,729 \) 0 0 10 1•63 8i0 8 0 270 feet to 340 feet D. Lazarns ... New Chum Reef ... 840 0 0 0 9 16 61 407 I 12 Various depths Metropolitan ... Various reefs ...... 3,145 0 0 011 4'09 1,7!\6 12 0 Various depths Frnst'r and Osbourne ... Various r!'efs ...... 1,334 0 0 0 10 7•34 687 8 9 Various depths Roberts Bros. ... Various reefs ...... 71l6 0 0 0 4 0•32 141 13 10 Various depths :!lfoore and Co. ... ·Various reefs at Marong 402. 0 0 0 10 20'71 218 7 0 Various depths Luff~man, Sterry & Co. , Various reefs...... 2,000 0 0 0 5 12 550 0 0 Various rlepths W.R'1-e ...... , Varigus reefs ...... 2,473 0 0 0 9 2'26 1,124 10 0 Various dep1hs Hereules ...... Various reefs ...... 654 0 0 0 13 23·41 457 0 0 Various dPpths Denmark ...... Various reefs ...... 755 0 0 0 6 4•41 233 9 0 Various depths .Pioneer (H. Koeh) ... Various reefs ...... 5,082 0 .0 0 ( l 12'49 2,927 7 0 V~triou~ depths Nelson Reef ...... Various reefs ...... 1,563 0 0 0 6 16'J9 521 6 0 Various depths John~on's Reef ... Various reefs ...... 3,,:l2l 0 0 0 10 2'13 1,675 5 6 Various depths Simon Albert ... Various reefs ...... 1,600 0 0 0 7 12 600 0 0 Various depths '20 QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, &c., ORUSliED, AND TliE GoLD OBTAINED Tlii!R'EFROM-continue£l. Remarks relative to the .Name of Compa.ny. Wbere Quartz, &c., were Quartz crushed. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obt.'tined. Gold per Ton. .Quartz, &c., wen: obtained. ---·· tons cwt. qr. oz. uwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Beehive ...... Various reefs ...... 1,817 0 0 0 6 23'71 634 17 6 Various depths Catherine Reef (U.C.) Various reefs ...... 5,588 0 0 0 6 20•28 1,912 'JO ·o Various depths Eagle ... .. Various reefs ...... 4,560 0 0 014 2 15 3,212 10 0 Various depths Rudolph ...... Various reefs ...... 490 0 0 0 5 20•08 143 0 0 Various depths Prince of Wales ... Various reefs ...... 951 0 OJ Oil 4'57 i 532 2 6 Various depths Hustler's Reef ... Various reefs .... . i ... 712, 0 0 0 5 3•96 183 17 12 Various depths Comet ...... Various reefs ... I ... 1,601 0 0 0 9 2'94· 730 5 1·2 Various depths Alabama ...... Various reefs ... -: .... 2,427 0 0 0 15 15•08 1,896 10 0 Various depths Bendigo Grel!-t Extended Axe Creek ...... 369 o. 0 0 2 13'21 47 1 6 Various depths· ' . Total Quartz ... 48,227 0 0 0 9 16'02 23,312 0 13 Cement crushed. ------.---·----- Bon Accord ••• ... Ironstone Hill ... 3,000 0 0 0 4 0 600 0 0 Various depths Guy, Clough an During the past quarter, considerable actiyity has been shown both in quartz and alluvial mining in this division. , , • A great many payable alluvial claims have been found-in the neighborhood of Bullock Creek. This, with the continued rich yields .from Wilson's claim, at lVIarong, has attracted a great number'of miners to that part in search of alluvial diggings and new quartz reefs. ·A considerable quantity of alluvial ground has consequently been sunk upon, in many cases with good results, and a number of quartz reefs discovered, some of which have proved payable. From our old reefs there has .been more rich quartz crushed than I have known for some time past. Several claims have lately been taken up on the Sarnia, Lawrence, Glasgow, Carshalton, and Bignell reefs, and most .of them are doing well. · . . It is a fact worthy of note that our deepest shafts are now being sunk still deeper, and the mines are paying well. The Rustler's Reef Company are down 597 feet, and are still sinking at an enormous cost. They confidently expect to cut a good payable reef at 600 feet. At present they have about 30 men employed. · The Comet Company, Redan Hill, are down 533 feet, and are cross-cutting .at 500 feet to strike the Hustlers line, which they expect to meet in a few days ; they employ over 50 men in their mine. A huddle has been erected for the purpose of working their tailings, but the pyrites have not proved payable. The Eagle Company, Specimen Hill, Eaglehawk, are putting in a cross-cut at a depth of 516 feet; thej have 26 men employed in their mine. . The Johnson's Reef Company's engine shaft is n,ow 520 feet deep and is being sunk deeper. At 527 feet they intend putt.ing in a cross-cut to intersect the reef. A new shaft is also l1eing sunk from the surface, to facilitate the working of the western line of reef that has been paying handsomely of late. Bet.ween 70 and 80 men are employed in their mine. Collman, Tacchi and Co.'s shaft, on the Wetherall·Reef; is down 479 feet. Their quartz averages over 2 ozs. to the ton. They are sinking deeper. The Ellesmere Company, on the New Chum Reef, are down 400 feet, and are still sinking, v.ith the view of putting in a drive at a greater depth to cut the reef. A considerable quantity of ground has been ·opened up in different parts of their mine showing good prospects. They have over 50 men employed. The Energetic Company, on Victoria Reef,' have obtained good quartz at their 380 and 435 feet level. 68 tons of quartz yielded 202 Oj~S. of gold.. . The whole of the claims I have mentioned have beJ:>n doing well at great depths, and many others have also. The following companies have been raising very good stone :-Exhibition Company, near the Big Hill, crushed a lot that averaged over 8 ozs. to the ton. The Perfect Cure Company obtained 221 ozs. from 54 tons. Their reef averages 2 feet in thickness. '.l'hev are down 80 feet-water level. The U. C. Company, New Chum Reef, have also had 'crushings of over 5' ozs. to the "ton. Burrows and Co. obtained 20 ozs. from ,10 tons at the Gold Dust Reef, near the,Campaspe. .The Moon Reef Company crushed a lot which averaged over 6 ozs. to the ton. The Belle Vue Company, Golden Gully, obtained over 5 ozs. to the ton at their last crushing. The Argus Company, Alliance Com pany, Lady Barkly Company, Young Chum Company, and North Johnsons Company have been getting first-rate ~~ . . On the Sheepshead Reef very little is doing. The Union Company stat.e 'that they have been paying a heavy drainage assessment for a long time past, but their ground has not been drained, and they have not been· able to work in consequence. It is supposed that a bar exists between their mine and the pumping claim which prevents the drainage * * * *' * * * * * * * * * * Wilson and Co.,.of Marong, obtained 388 ozs. from 63 tons of quartz. Quartz Prospecting claims have been registered during the last three months on the following reefs :-Uric Reef', Gifford's Reef, Silk's Reef, Flint's Reef, Beresford's Hill, Breton Reef, Martin's Reef, and Henderson's Reef, all near Marong and Bullock Creek, and one on Prince Alber.t's Reef, at the Whipstick. . At the commencement of this quarter water was ~ather scarce, and some of the crushing· machines were idle in consequence; it also proved a drawback to the alluvial mining at Bullock Creek, but the late rains having given·us a temporary supply, all are now busy. · There is not much doing at the White BiUs or Epsom, but at Runtly the companies have very good prospeets in the deep leads. The Huntly Deep Lead Company are. doing well. The manager states that they have discovered ~ right· angle bend in the lead to the East. . 21 The Telegraph Company find the lead very hard to trace. Last quarter they were working on a run of gold . which was bearing due east from the shaft and crossing the reefs. Since then, they find it mnning in a southerly direction. The lead is about 300 feet wide. In the Cambridge Company's claim the lead has taken a sharp" turn. In Britt's claim, a very soft pipeclay reef runs about 300 feet north and south, and at each place it was . touched for that distance it showed a perpendicular wall, about 8 feet in height, along which the auriferous wash ran quite close to the bottom of it, and from thence up the vertical part and over the top .Alluvial Prospecting claims have been taken up at Great Britain Gully, Bullock Creek, 29 feet, easy sinking, washdirt yielding t dwt. to the dish; Polwarth Hill, near Bullock Creek, 20 feet sinking, 12 feet of it cement, 18 inches of washdirt, yielding 3 dwts. per load; Whaler's Gully, Leichar~t, from 4 to 6 feet sinking, 6 inches of wash dirt, yieldinD" 4 dwts. to the load; near the Pound, at Marong, 61 feet sinking, about l foot of washdirt, yielding 17 dwts. from two lo~ds; Bolle's Flat, Whipstick, 2 to 4 feet sinking, 1 foot of washdirt, yielding about l dwt. to the tin dish. The gold found at Marong and Bullock Creek is not worth so much by about Is. 6d. per oz. as that found in other parts of this division. It is of a light yellow color, and may be easily distinguished. The alluvial is generally :fine, flaky, and ragged. Statement of gold obtained by some of the public companies, and total amount of gold published during the quarter:- · Johnson's Reef Gold Mining Company 1,725 ozs. Collman, Taechi and Co. 1,272 ,; Catherine Reef U. C. Company 807 " Comet Company . . . ' 752 " Elle~mere Company 727 ., .A.rgus Company 667 " Walker and Co. 581 " Energetic Company 486 , C. C. Company ...... 469 " North Specimen Hill Company 406 " ·Young Chum Company 393 " Robin Hood Company 371 " Lady Barkly Company 324 " Star~Reef (Tribute) 312 , Eclipse Company ... 285 " North Yorkshire ... 233 " New Moon Company 190 " 10,000 ozs. t?undry parcels 7,494 " Total amount ·published 17,494 ozs. It is almost unnecessary to state, that by far the greater portion of our claimholders do not publish the amount or gold they obtain. . The total amount of gold obtained this quarter may be estimated at about 44,000 ozs. from quartz, and about 10,000 ozs. from alluvial. · Total 54,000 ozs. KILMORE DIVISION. Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Reqistrar.· THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QuANTiTY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING TH.E QUARTER, AND THE GOJ:D OBTAINED THEREFROM :- Wltere Quartz was Average Yield of Name of Company. obtained. Quartz crushed. G tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. ,gr. Tea-Tree Creek: Welcome Welcome Reef 74 0 0 0 14 3"74 52 7 13 240 feet Sunday Creek: Ryan and Co. Ryan's Reef 140 0 0 1 0 0 140 0 0 70 to 80 feet Tobin and Co. To bin's Reef ... 39 0 0 0 16 9'84 32 0 0 50 to 70 feet Total Quartz 253 0 0 0 17 17'69 224 7 13 Some of the older quartz mines in this division having been worked unprofitably have been abandoned. The Magenta Company are now in with their tunnel 420 feet, and anticipate striking the reef in about 30 feet more. They are provided with a very sung plant the moment it is required. , The sale of the Reedy Creek Company's battery will be a serious check to prospectors, as there will be no battery on the creek to give stone a trial. The Providence Mining .Association, Yea, have let their claim on tribute, and the tributors are putting in a new lift of pumps. Wheri they can get out stone they anticipate that the reef will be highly remunerative, Two claims south on the Providence Reef have been taken up since. The Welcome Company, Tea-tree Creek, are at work sinking a main water shaft, and are not raising stone at present. · . Several new quartz reefs, some of them very promising, have been opened out on the Murrundindi Creek, about 12 miles from Yea, but the drawback hitherto has been want of machinery; arrangements are, however, made to supply that deficiency; . , . There have been a few trial· cmshings of stone from reefs nearer Yea, at the machine at the Flat Lead, but none of importance. European alluvial miners a~e returning to the Reedy Creek, and I think next quarter will show an improvement in the yield of gold from this part of my division. · . The Chinese miners are now partially employed by puddlers, their numbers, from inquiry, are not likely to mcrease. . Alluvial workings still exist at Sunday Creek; Tea-tree Creek, and lVIurrundindi Creek, but they call for no particular remarks. . · 22 HEATH COTE DIVISION AND WARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Burveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION JUS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUABTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT, CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- Where Quartz, &c., were Average Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Company. obtained. Quartz crushed. Gold per Ton. Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the Quartz, &c., were obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. d1\'i:, gr, Thomas Jas. Stephenson Old Racecourse Reef ... 487 . 0 0 0 10 2'46 246 0 0 .24ft.; water-level, 9ft. Charles Kean ... Old Racecourse Reef 216 0 0 0 4 4•33 45 3 0 24ft.; water-level, 9 ft. Messrs. Read and Co .... Great Northern Reef, Red- 25 0 0 0 12 12'48 15 13 0 Various depths castle Marchesi and Co.· ... Alfred Reef ... 48 0 ·o 2 18 4•5 139 13 0 Various depths British Standard ... Happy-go-Lucky Reef... 79 0 0 0 '3 4'86 12 13 0 Surface to 6 feet Schrivelius and Co. ... Alfred Reef ...... 18 0 0 3 4 10·66 58 0 0 V 11rious depths Donaldson and Co. ... Mariners' Reef ... 23 0 0 0 14 17 16 18 7 Various depths Green and Co. Redan Reef ...... 205 0 0 0 6 18'49 69 8 0 Various depths Miscellaneous crushings at Charles & Co.'s machine 125 0 0 0 2 8'16 14 12 12 Various depths Miscellaneous crushings at V on der Luft's machine' 88 0 0 0 5 5'18 22 19 0 Various depths Miscellaneous crushings at Perseverance Company's 14 0 0 1 15 3'42 24 12 0 Various depths machine Miscellaneous crushings at John Collins's machine 128 0 0 0 7 18'65 49 15 12 Various depths Miscellaneous crushings at Red Hill Company's 525 0 0 0 8 8'22 219 0 0 Various depths machine Costerfield Gold &·Antimony Mining Company* ------· Total Quartz ...... 1,981. 0 0 0 9 10'39 934 7 7 ------Quartz Tailings, .and Cement crushed. Perseveran·ce ... Redcastle ...... 450 0 0 0 2 6 50 12 12 Surface John Collins ••• ... Redcastle ...... 92 0 0 0 1 23'86 9 3 12 Surface ------Total Quartz Tailings} 542 0 0 0 2 4•95 59 16 0 and Cement . '. * Could not be obtained in time f01· insertion. ' There is, I think; a promise of a slight improvement' in mining prospects in my division, as indicated by the increased number of claims registered during the last three or four weeks; but as many of them are not' yet in full work the returns of gold have not exhibited any improvement. A small rush has set in to a place near the base of Mount Koala, on the Mcivor Creek; seven alluvial creek-claims and four quartz-claims have been registered-the sinking in the alluvial is about 6 feet through decomposed granite on to a bottom of solid granite; the gold has averaged about 4 dwts. to the tub. There has been some little stir also in reference to the antimony mines~eight claims have been registered during the last three weeks at. a place known as the "Old Antimony," about 4 miles from Heathcote. · · 'WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION: Mr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Mining Sttrveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ius BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND. QUARTZ TAILINGS AND· CEMENT cnusHED DURING THE QuARTER, AND TIIE GoLD OBTAINED Cl'HEREFnOM :- . Remarks relritive to t11e 1Vhere Quartz, &e., were Average Yield of Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Total Yield of"Gold. Depth at whiCh the obtained. Gold per Ton. QUartz, &c., were obtn.ined. tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Lewis and,Menzies ...I Balaclava Hill ... 3,538 0 0 0 2 5'32 393 0 19 Surface to 90 feet Walhran, Farquharson,, Nuggety Heef ... 482 0 0 0 11 23'15 288 7 0 50 to 150 feet Fitzpatrick,Anderson, and others Cracknell, Scott and Mongolian Heef ... 31 0 0 7 11 20'12 235 7 0 50 to 200 feet Berg Cracknell and Sennett Fenchman's Heef ... 24 0 0 3 7 0 80 8 0 140 feet Mouseley, Miller, and Main Gully Heef ... 55 0 0 0 11 5•67 30 18 0 40 to 140 feet others 30 feet Edwards ... .. , Eclipse Reef ... 21 0 0 1 8 0 29 8 0 McDonald and others Forester's and other Hcefs 53 0 0 0 12 16 33 11 8 Various Thompson, Baud, and Johnson, and other Reefs 107. 0 0 Oll 2'01 59 6 0 Various others " Thompson_and Corbett Fontaincbleau ... 35 Our mining population is again slowly increasing. Many old familiar faces are to be met with returning from "rushes" to our more re!;ularly productive reefs and gullies. A few strangers have also been attracted by the reports of the discoveries of pay:tble gold at the Buffalo ranges and at Siberia. During the wet months I anticipate these localities, as well as the country southwards towards Mount :Yloorm bool, will be well prospected, and with satisfactory results. Amongst our quartz J•eefs on Hushworth, Old Nuggety Hill and the Mongolian, ha>e maintained the leading positions. 'fhe average produce of the quartz from the latter reef continues remarkably good. At J3alaclava, the stone crushed was taken from the surface to the depth of 90 feet, by a.breadth of upwards of 100 feet, and low as the average appears to be, it more than pays the general working expenses of•. the miue. It is noteworthy that the whole of the quarter's crushing, viz., 3,538 tons, is a part of several thousand tons removed by one blast. • The miners employed crushing cement at Rushworth are doing well. RAYWOOD DIVISION. Mr. E. P. Virtue, Mining Registrar. ' ' THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS DEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THB QUARTER, AND THE GOLD qBTAIN THEREFROM :- Rcmnrl tons. cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr# oz. dwt. gr. Frederick the Great .•• Frederick the Great Reef 3,216 0 0 0 7 11·94 1,205 12 12 150 feet R l<'oley and Co. ... B1>rkly Ueef ...... 164 0 0 0 19 12'75 160 3 3 lOO feet Rlysian Flat ... Barkly Reef ...... I4 0 0 0 I6 20'57 ll 16 0 80 feet W. H. Culles and Co .... Darkly Heef .•. ... 19 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 0 80 feet Roberts and Co. ... Barkly Reef ...... 98 0 0 1 0 23•26 102 15 0 125 feet Nil Desperandum ... Welbourne Reef ... 1,702 0 0 0 8 14•91 733 14 0 130 feet 1\fcGillivary and Co .... Doubtful Reef ... 3 0 0 \) 19 8 2 18 0 150 tcet Williams and Smith ... Jones's Reef ...... 122 0 0 0 I4 3'54 86 6 0 160 feet Urie and Franci~ ... Doubtful Heef ... 18 0 0 i 010 0 9 0 0 80 feet Total Quartz ... 5,356 0 0 0 8 16'92 2,3:3! 4 15 . Mining matters iu this division, during the quarter, have been much depressed, owing to the long continued drought, which, it will be seen, has considerably lessened the returns. The prospects of this division, in the opening up of p~tyable reefs, are however now greatly better than ever they have heen since Raywood diggings were discovered : all that is required is water, and if this element is uot soon available, I fear the public here will suffer a ruinous loss. The following Companies' crushing mtwhines stopped work six. weeks ago, and are still idle from the above cause :-New Era, Elysian Fbt, Rtephens' and Nicholls', and Nil Desperandum. The latter company have just completed the erection of an excellent whim, in conuecti~n with their famous claim on the Welbourne reef. A party of miners are now engaged in erecting an 8-horsepower crushing plant in Raywood Gully for public purposes. In alluvial mining I have nothing new to report. The rush to Bullock Creek, 18 miles distant, has caused a small exodus of .that class of miners ii·om this division. · A small rush has taken place near· Doolma,n's Hotel, in the Whipstick; but I have been yet unable to visit the locality.· MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Mr. P. Virtue, jun., Mining Registrar. TilE FOLLOWING !NFORl\fATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, MULLOCX, QUARTZ 'rAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING TIIE QUARTER, AND TIIE GoLD OBTAINED TIIEREFllOl! :- Remarks rC'lutive to the "Whero Qunrtz, &c., were Name of Company. I Qun.rtz crushed. I Avcrage Yicl tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt.·gr. oz. dwt. gr. Penny aud Claussen ... Pnhlic Crushing ... 1,121 0 0 I l 19"43 I,222 9 0 I to 300 feet Cundy and Co. ... Public crushing ... 2,470 0 0 0 8 0 988 0 0 Vari<>US Leviathan Heef ... Public crushing ... 720 0 0 0 5 5•50 1~8 5 0 Not known Leviathan Heef ... Leviathan Hecf 1,i28 0 0 0 4 5"29 364 14 0 80 1eet to 110 feet Mariners' Heef ... Soldiers' and Battery Reefs 1,610 0 0 0 3 12'07 282 0 0 30 feet to 50 feet Phrenix Cowpany ... Mariners' Heef ... •.. 599 0 0 0 3 6'93 98 10 0 400 feet Williams, Bros. & Co .... Blucher's Reef ... 390 0 0 0 13 0 253 10 0 420 feet Williams, Bros. & Co .... Public crnshings ... 140 0 0 0 9 0 63 0 0 Various Johnstone's ...... Public crushings ... 397 0 0 0 11 16•55 232 0 22 ------Various Mulloek, Quartz Tailings Total Quartz ... 9,175 0 0 0 8 1'17 3,692 8 22 and Cement crushed: ------Johnst<>ne's ...... Public crushing ... 181 0 0 0 6 13•31 59 • 6 10 Varioua . ~he condition of min~ng affairs at Majorca· is still considerably depressed and unsatisfactory. An increase ·of cap:tal1s n?w urgently reqUlred. T~e want of capital is th~ cause· of .~he entire stopl;'ag~ of work by several com pamcs dunng. the quarter. T~ere Is undoubtedly a fine field for capital and enterpnse 111 the deep leads situated around the ne~.ghborhood of MaJorca. At Maiden's Hill, to the south of Majorca and Gibraltar, there is a very rich lead. This lead has been worked down to heavy water, but work will now have to be abandoned thereon, as steam machinery can alone enable miners to go successfully into the deep ground. One company lately sunk a shaft on the edge of the deep ground over the lead, and took 31 ozs. 17 .dwts. off the bottom. This company hold_ about 20 acres of ground on this spot, but. they have no machinery. and are therefore unable to work it to any advantage. , . · The Old Victory Company, at Majorca, have abandoned their deep ground, and so have the Kearsage Company, because of their total inability to cope with the water since the stoppage of the Manchester engine. The stoppage of these two companies will leave, for the present, one of the richest runs of gold at Majorca idle. This run is supposed to be identical with the lead belonging to the famous Cossey Company ; the ground 'of the latter company has .been worked for the last four years and a-half, by a few enterprising Swiss and Italians. The United Kingdom Company (co-operative) have worked for about six years on the outside of the well known Gibraltar Lead. It is probable that the best days of this company are yet before them. It would seem as though the lead at Gibraltar was supplemented by a quartz vein, which runs throul:(h the ground of the United Kingdom.Company. I infer th.is, because that company have occasonally, during their operations, met with outside detached blocks of quartz, and some of these have turned out exceedingly rich. · . if. . 7f. 7f. if. * lf • The lead at Harrison's Hill, near Carisbrook, and which is situated on private property, is now attracting considerable attention. This lead is 220 feet wide, and has an average depth of 70 feet, and appears to be very rich. The Phcenix Company (eo-operative), who have a claim thereon, have had ·returns for .the quarter amounting to 485 ozs. 13 dwts., but they are under a heavy tribute to the proprietor of the land. The Magnum Bonum Gold Mining Company (registered), at Chinaman's Flat, have been engaged during the quarter in blocking on the main lead in that place ; they show very handsome returns. · The Band of Hope Gold Mining Company, who were engaged last quarter in driving for th(l gutter, have at length struck the lead, and have obtained a very handsome prospect. 'l'he depth of their present shaft is 183 feet, with two levels, one at 160 feet, and the other at 177 feet. They have put in drives, including both levels, to the extent of nearly 800 feet, through reef and, gravel, a work of great labor, as the ground was very wet and drifty. The following is a statement of gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines in this division for the past quarter:- ozs. dwts. grs. f Magnum Bonum Extended, Chinaman's Flat 1,362 12 12 Band of Hope Company, Chinaman's Flat 11 16 12 Cossey Gold Mining Company, Majorca ... 510 19 0 Robin Hood Gold Mining Company, Majorca 230 0 0 Kong Mimg Company, Majorca •.. 120 0,0 United Kingdom Company, Gibraltar ... 216 15 0 Prince of Wales Company, Four-mile Flat 300 0 0 Hope Company, Battery Hill 16 0 0 ~undry (15) Whim Claims 1,148 0 0 Total 3,916 3 0 · '.!'he returns from several of the quartz reefs in the division during the quarter show signs of healthy and vigorous improvement. Some of the reefs in the neighborhood of ll'Iosquito are proving very valuable. Tick and party, of Adelaide Lead Reef, raised a lot of stone which yielded 4 ozs. to the ton; and a party on Blueher's Reef had a late crushing of 160 tons of stone, which gave them a return of 307 ozs. '.!'he New Flagstaff Reef Company had a trial crushing of 7 tons lately, which gave li ozs. to the ton. ,The Mariner's Reef Gold Mining Uompany (registered) are still idle, the stone being too poor to cover working expenses. The operations of the company are now confined to Battery and Soldiers' Reefs. These reefs are easily worked, being composed of a mixture of quartz and mulloek veins. Depth of reefs 50 feet and upwards to the surface. They are worked on half tribute.* * * '* * * * >~< * * It is worthy of mention that a party of seven Chinamen have a quicksilver cradle at work upon the tailings of the Leviathan Reef Gold Mining Company, and 'it has been reported to me t.hat·they are deriving an income from their operations of £35 a week. · . On the whole, the position of mining matters generally in this division is now established upon a more sound and prosperous basis than it has been for several years past. ' AMHERST DIVISION. Mr. Joseph Bmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED, RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUABTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c., were Quartz crushed. Average Yield of ToW Yield· of Depth at which the I obtained. Gold per Ton. Gold. Quartz, &c., were obtained. -- Cosstick's Machine....:. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Cosstick and Co. ... Laura Reef ...... 650 0 0 0 3 14•54 117 4 0 40 feet to 60 feet Busch and Co. ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 40 0 0 0 10 0 20 0 0 70 feet to 90 feet \ Dunstan and Co. ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 36 0 0 0 10 10'67 IS 16 0 Surface to 40 feet , Beill and Co. ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 42 '0 0 0 6 23•71 14 13 12 70 feet to 90 feet Theophs. · Bartlemore ... All Nations Reef ... 324 0 0 0 8 3'22 131 15 12 60 feet to 90 feet Victoria Machine- Victoria Co. ... Whitehorse Reef ... 212 0 0 0 3 s 35 6 16 60.feet to 100 feet Usher and Co. ... Churchhill Reef ...... 98 0 0 0 3 20'82 18 19 0 SO feet to 90 feet Thomas and Co. ... Churchhill Reef ...... 185 0 0 0 3 0'26 27 17 0 70 feet to so feet Ansell and Co: ... W clcome Reef ...... 11 0 0 0 16 0 8 16 0 60 feet Cole and Uo. ... Welcome Reef ... Il 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 .Surface to 1o feet Robt. Smith and Co. ... Blucher's Reef, Emu ... 30 0 0 1 . I o· 31 10 0 Surface to 14 feet 1,639 0 0 0 5 4•75 425 19 16 Quartz Tailings and Total Quartz ... Cement cruslted. Theophs. Bartlemore ... Back Creek and Mount 123 0 0 0 10 13'12 64 17 6 Various depths Greenock I 2o 0 The following is the quantity of gold obtained by alluvial mining in the division during the last quarter, viz.- Sadowa Company, McCullough's paddock 1,705 ozs. Private property Taaffe's paddock ...... 299 , { Dunne's paddock ...... 194 , Hoffnung Company, Mount Greenock· 190 , Queen of the Isfes Company, Cockatoo 162 , General Picton, Rocky Flat 70 , Dublin Castle, Rocky Flat 62 , Duke of Cornwall, Cockatoo ... 60 ,. Enterprise, Mysterious Lead ...... 50 , Fifty whims and whips, at 4 ozs. per week each 2,600 , Puddling machines and o~her sol!rces 3,500 , Total alluvial ... 8,892 ozs. Quartz mining in this division is likely to improve. A Ballarat'company, combined with working men i~ the locality, have lately taken up 3,000 feet of Blucher's Reef under the bye-laws, and are about to place powerful machmery on the claim: they consider that they will be able t{) obtain sufficient water for the stampers from the reef, as the water level is only 112 feet· from the surface. · A plan is furnished, on a small scale, on whi.ch you will perceive that the alluvial diggings closely hugs the line of reef; this is also observable through Emu alluvial workings to the north of the plan, and also along its supposed course in a southerly direction through McCullough's paddock, and near to the Sadowa Company's workings. PLAN OF WATERLOO CI,AII>r, BLUCHER'S REEF, Eli!U DIGGINGS, TALBOT. \ REFERENc•.-a a a, Gold Workings; b, Whim Shafl, 140 feet deep, 112 feet to water level; c, Shaft, 70 feet deep. ScALE-570 feet to I Inch. A prospectfug quartz claim has been surveyed at Emu, the stone of which is of a blueish-white colour and easy to work, so that two men have obtained 31~ ozs. of gold in four or five week~. 'l'he prospector gave it the name of N uggety Reef, but on laying it down in plan 1 found it to be a spur of Blucher's Reef. ... " In alluvial mining the greatest improvement is in the Sadowa Claim, the increase dlll'ing the quarter being 559 ozs. of gold. . · A number of nuggets have been found through the· shallow alluvial workings, varying from 1 to 15 ozs., but the shallow ground, as a rule, does not give sufficient wages, unless puddling or sluicing is resorted to. , The Nil Desperandum Alluvial Company, near Talbot, (which is held under the bye-laws), have just completed their good machinery and shaft of 160 feet deep, and are now engaged in the formation. of the working chamber. ----··~ ~~~~~~~~~--'- A VOCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. William Byrne, 11fining Surveyo'J' and Registrar. TrrE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTI'fY OF QUARTZ AND CEMENT 1 CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROJ'>r :- Remarks relo.tive to the Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c., were r Quartz crushed. Average Yield of obtained. ITotal [Gold. Depth at which tile Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., were obtained . tens cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Dame's Crushing M a- l_)onkey Hill Reef ... I 65 0 0 0 8 0 26 0 0 From surface to 20 feet chine,Fiddler's Creek Ditto ...... Fiddler's Creek Reef ... 142 0 0 0 5 0 35 10 0 40feetdeep Ditto ...... Bullocky Reef ... 42 0 0 0 12 6'85 25 16 0 Ditto ...... Luck-'s-All Reef ... 38 0 0 0 7 0 13 6 0 Bosanquet and Co.'s Vale's Reef ...... 50 0 0 2 0 0 100 0 0 Machine, A voca i Total Quartz ... 337 0 0 0 11 21•72 200 12 0 Cement crushed. Bosanquet and Co.'s Cement from Avoca old 300 0 0 0 5 0 75 0 0 Machine, A voca Lead I . During the past month the New Holland Company have struck gold at a depth of 140 feet, and from eleven machmes have obtained 260 ozs. 'l'he water still continues troublesome, and the company are about to erect another engine. The direction of the lead being now well defined, the Pactolus Company are also about to commence work, and have called for tenders for the sinking of a shaft. The Golden Lake Company Homebush have obtained 295 ozs. during the past quarter. · ' ' , There is nothing new to report in quartz mining. No. 51, c. 26 DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. ~ 'l ~. •.• ' •. .; • ' · Mr. W. G. Oouck:nan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.' ' '• • .to THE FOLLOWING INFOR)\[ATION HAS BEE!< OBTAINED RELA~I'VE TO 'TJoiE QUA:NTITY 'oF QUARTZ AND QuARTZ TAILINGS, CEMENT, AND MULLOCK, CRUSHED DJ;RING THE QuARTER,' AND .THE 5ioLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- , !_' - · · , Remarks relative to the Nan:e of Company. Where Quartz, &c., were obtained. Quartz cr11shed. Average :Yield of' Total Yield of Goid: Depth at which the · Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., were obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. . oz. dwt. gr. Goldsborough Goldsborough ·" ••• 1,035 0 '0 ·o 5·n·2o 282 18 9 90 feet to 135 feet Criterion ••• Belgian Reef 600 0 0 0 4 0 120 0 0 Various North G0ldsborough ... 30 0 0 0 .. 1 0 1 10 0 Bismarck .•. · 70 'o o 0 14 0 49 0 0 40 feet German Reef .•• 70 0 0 0 6 0 21 0 0 35 feet Perseverance 120 0 0 0 4 0 24 ·o· o 70 feet· Old Lead, Dunolly ... ·- 9 0 0 3 8 21'33 31 o ·o 25 feet Bet-bet ... 'Bet-bet Reef.~.· 439 0 '0 o 3 .• 3·33· 68 18' 0 . 150 'feet level Hong Kong· .•• 22 0 0 0 5 9'54 5 18 18 60 feet Glasgow .•. 64 0 0 0 6 9 20 8 6 45 feet Pike andCo. Perseverance Reef ... 153 0 0 0' 8 5'49 62 19 0 10 feet to 5o feet Cambrian ... New Chum Reef 700.0.0,. 1 8 18'25 1,006 12 11 300 feet South Sandstone Sandstone Reef 340 0 0 0 10 10'03 ·177 2 3 220 feet Victoria ... Sandstone Reef 474 0 0 0 9 17•48 230 11 6 260 feet Bonsfield's Machine :;~·" All Nations Reef 41 0 0 .o 15 23'41 32 15 0 'tl-aribaldi ... ' 120 0 0 1 14 22 209 10 0 160 feet Sandstone 266 0 0 0 17 9'80 231 10 15 200 feet to 260 feet Specimen Hill Reef ... 33 0 0 0 4 9•51 7 5 12 Star Reef ... 3 0 0 0 '2 0 0 6 0 Donnybrook Reef 42 0 0 0 3 2'28 6 10 0 North Poverty North Pove;rty Reef 161 0 0 0 B 11'92 68 8 ·O Glamorganshire Bealiba .. .' · ··;·;; · · 140 0 0 0, 5. 6 36 15 0 30 feet Hammond's Machine ... Specimen Hill ... 74 0 0 0 4 2'91 15 5 0 Poverty Reef... . •• 464 0 0 0 9 18 226 4 0 Various depths . Stubbs Reef ...... 25 0 0 0 1 8•64 l 14 0 95 feet Great Western· ... 94 0 0 0 9 21•19 46 9 0 Wilson's Hill ... 156 0 0 0. 7 12'61 58 14 0 Needfal Reef ..• 6 0 0 0 4 0 ·. 1 4 ·o Mosquito Reef ... 7 0 0 0 2 20•57 .1 0 0 McCoy and Co. Queen's Reef... . •. 174 0 0 0 10 4'13 88 10 0 '. t'l Slaty Reef ... ,. 51 o. 0 0 .8 18'35 '22 7 0 Ste;w;art's Hill ... 40 0 0 0 6 0 12 0 0 Try-me-well . Coy's Diggings, Speci- 22 0 0 1. . 7 17:45 30 10 0 40 feet men Reef, -----_._. -----1----- Cement and Mullock Total Quartz ... _6_,04_5_o_o_l o ~~ 13·99 3,198 15 2 Crushed. 1 1 Glamorganshire Bealiba ••• 750 o o' , o 4 8 ~ 162 10 o 70 feet cement Bonstield's Machine •·· Specimen ,.~... 35 o o . , o. 5 8·9~ 9 8 o Cement and mullock 1------1------1 · Total Cement and } Mullock 785 o o I .o 4· 9·11 171 18 0 The mining interests in this district, more particularly in the. Tarnagulla division, for the past three months, have improved materially. · · ·· · ' . In the Tarnagulla !livision, tlie progress·o~ the defined reefs have considerably advanced. Since my last report, some new reefs have been opened with encouraging prospects, and the shareholders are very sanguine of suc.9ess. In the Dunolly division mining interests have advanced but little. In alluvial, I have nothing fresh to com municate. Several parties of Chinamen are steadily engaged in working. out ground on the old leads, with what result it is difficult to ascertain. Three new reefs have been discovered, but, at present, it would be premature to speak as to their auriferous .,"alue: T)le prospectors, however, seem ~o entertain great hopes of success. The Golds];lorough Company have been sinking a new shaft to a depth of 180 feet, and are putting in a cross-cut at that level to strike the reef, which they expect·to do in about three weeks. ·To the east of the main r_eef a new lode .has been discovered underlying west and dipping ~outh 1 foot in 6 feet; this has been opened 180 feet in length, is 6 feet thick, well· defined, and. bearing very payable gold. Towards. the north .the stone appears to be cutting out. They have also completed the erection of a 35 horse-power· engine, for pumpiug and winding purposes, and in the new shaft have 10-inch lifts and plunger.. Nothing more has been ·done· to the' antimony mine since my last report. The holde~s of the ground are, I am inforined, trying to tnake terms with some 1\:ielbourne men, with a view to opening out the mme. : Tarnagulla Division. 'Sandstone Reef.-South Sandstone ·Company have 70. tons·.of quartz on the surface, which they anticipate will yield li ozs. of gold per ton, and their prospects· are improving; the stone in the water looking better than ever reef 6 feet thick. In the prospecting claim, the reefat the 260 feet level is 8 feet thick, the average yield from 3 feet of which is Ii ozs., and the remainder t oz. per ton.: The Victoria Company, next north, ·are raising stone from the 260 feet level...:..reef from 3 to 5 feet thick-:-and expected to yield 15 dwts. per ton. They are erecting powerful pumping and winding machinery. The next claim north are sinking for the same run of stone worked by the Victoria Company. · · . . . New Chum Reef.-Cambrian Company.-The water shaft is down about 328 feet, and from which they are raising stone taken from the 312 feet level, where the reef ia 9 feet thick: their prospects continue as good as ever. They have 170 loads of stone now on the surface, ·and are raising, on an average, 90 loads per week. Prince of Wales Company, next north, have their shaft down 279 feet. · A cross-cut has been put in at 248 feet ; and, on the 29th June they cut the reef~ with gold visible in every stone, which has very much enhanced the value of the shares. No. 4 South are taking out stone at.22 feet level, which is payable 4 feet thick. Nos. 1, 2, and 3 South (amalgamated) struck stone in the main shaft at. 256 feet level. Gold is visible, but none has yet been crushed. · Watts' Reef.-T!J.e Perseverance Company are raising stone from the Water Shaft-reef 4 .feet thick-and .. expected to yield from 1 to l! ozs. per ton. :&celsior Company; next south, are taking out stone from the Water 27 sha.ft, the reef is 4 feet thick, and encouraging prospects. They are also raising stone 90 feet south of the water· shaft', below the block. When pr'evioualy worked, yielded 6 ozs. 'per fon ;'it is still looking very rich, but none has yet been crushed ny either' company since they resumed work. · · · Specimen Reef.-Gully and Party are raising good stone, but have not lately crushed any; they have about BO tons on the surface. Their last crushing yielded 1 oz. per ton: · · · . Rise and. Shine Company, Stubbs's Reef, are sinking their shaft 30 feet d(;leper, making a total depth of 126 feet. On the Poverty Reef some·tributors are still working; a'nd, I am·informed, making very fair'wages. Iron Bark.-Williams and Party are raising stone, which, from appearances, ·is· likely to yield 3 ozs. per ton. The reef is from 3 feet to 4 feet 6 inches thick ; none has yet been crushed. · Corfu Reef.-The Garibaldi Company are raising quartz from the 160 feet level, where the reef is 4 feet thick. They have 20 tons on the surface, which promises a good yield. They are also sinking a new shaft at the extreme north of their ground, and at 42 feet struck very payable stone,· when the -ground·adjoining was immediately taken up, and a company formed called "The Last Chance." They started a shaft, and at 29 feet deep struck a reef 5 feet thick, 2 feet of which is expected (from the appearance of the stone) to yield 5 ozs. of gold per ton. Manchester Company, south of the Garibaldi, are sinking a new shaft to get on t}le stone work,ed by the latter company, 19 tons from which yielded 5 ozs. per ton; they are now down 90 feet. ' · Specimen Reef, Cay's Diggings.-This reef, which has been abandoned and lying idle eight years, was taken up by the 'I'ry-me-well Company about two months since. They sunk a shaft beside the old workings, which had fallen in considerably, and at about 40 feet struck a body of quartz from 3 feet to 7 feet thick. The first 22 tons . crushed yielded BO ozs. IOdwts.. of gold. They have now about 7? tons on the surface equally good. Two claims north are sinking for the same stone, but have not yet struck anythmg payable. The Kangaroo Reef Company have registered under the Limited Liability Act, and have invited tenders for sinking a new shaft. From Moliagal and Cochrane's I have nothing fresh to report. At Tunstall's the shallow alluvial ground is pretty well worked out, and the population is 4ecreasing. · KORONG DIVISION. Mr. RoUt. Mq,son, Minilng SurveyO'l' 011'/AZ RegiStrar. 'l'J:IE FOLLOWING INFORMATION liAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TliE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND CEMENT CRll'SliED DURING TliE QUARTER, AND TliE GOLD OBTAINED TliEREFROM:- No.me of Company. Where Quartz, &c., were Qoortz crushed. obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz•. dwt. gr. I· Unity ...... March Reef ••• 1,227 0 0 0 2 3'69 132 4 6 200 feet Duke of Cornwall •.. Vulcan .. . 10 0·0 0 6 18 3 7 12 : Various depths Daly ..-. .. . 34 0 0 0 6 7'76 10 15 0 : Various depths Maxwell's .. . 434 0 0 0 12 12•73 271 18 6 Various depths Morning Star... ..~.' 38 0 0 0 10 8"20 19 13 0 Various depths Tara Hall, No. 1 .. . 15 0 0 0 8 0 6 0 0 Various depths Lady Darling .. . Independent Company .. . 18 0 0 0 1 22'66 1 15 0 Various depths City of Bath ... ·· .. . 27 o .o· 0 2 15'11 3 11 0 Various depths No. 5 and 6 Jersey .. . 19 0 0 0 2 1•26 I 19 0 Various depths Potter's Hill ... . .• 8 0 0 0 2 16•50 ) 1 12 Various depths Bird-in-Hand .. . 97 0 0 0 . 4 19'05 23 '5· 0 Various depths .Jersey G.M. Company .•. 25 0 0 0 4 20'16 6 I 0 Various depths No. 3 North Morning Star 28 0 0 0 6 7'71 8 17 0 Various depths Daly...... 5 0 0 0 3 8•40 0 16 18 Various depths No. 5 Morning Star .. . 21 0 0 1 2 3'42 23 5 0 Various depths No. 4 Morning Star .. . 9 0 0 0 2 6•66 1 0 12 Various depths No. 7 North March ... 10 0 0 0 3 '15•60 1 16 12 Various depths Rising Sun ...... 10 0 0 0 2 7•20 1 3 0 Various depths Baragwanath and Co .... Poverty Reef ...... 200 0 0 0 5 0 50 0 0 Various depths Prince of Wales ... Jericho ...... 450 0 0 0 4 0 90 0 0 Various depths Morley and Fone ••• Burke's·Flat ...... *600 0 0 2 10 0 1,500 0·0 Various depths Morning Star,tB. Flat , .. '33 0 0 4' 10 21'81 150 0 0 Various depths David's, Bnrke's Flat .. . 15 0 0 0 14 16 11 0 0 : Various depths Greeks, Burke's Flat .. . 17 0 0 0 11 18•34 10 0 0 Various depths Greeks, Burke's Flat .. . 70 0 0 0 3 10'28 12 0 0 Various depths Liliputian, Burke's Flat 55 0 0 0 6 0 ' 16 10 0 Various depths ' Total Quartz 3,475 0 0 0 13 13"70 2,357 19 6 Cement crushed. Duke of Cornwall ... Cement . .. 1 105 0 0 0 6 15·31 34 17 0 Lady Darling ... Cement 136 0 0 0 4 12•52 30 15 0 Total Cement · ... I 241 0 0 65 12 0 "Doubtful. AUUVIA.L MINING. Some new ground has been opened recently near Sennott's, and several of the claims have proved to be payable. The lnglewood Alluvial Gold Mining Company's pumpin"" plant has been removed to Tarnagulla and the Daly lead_ may now be described as abandoned. " ' . QUARTZ MINING. The Odin Company have purchased th~ pumping plant from the Enterprise Company, it has been removed and and re-erected and started to work on the Odm Reef ; the prospect!l of tPis company are supposed to be very good. 28 . The Unity Company have now got fairly started to work at their new pumping and winding shaft. The present mode of-.conductii!g mining- operations by this company is on the most improved principles, and might be deecribed.as a model. A temporary falling off in the return of gold has been caused by the removal of the miners to new ground in connexion with the new shaft. · . Tara Hall Reef was discovered about two months ago, and No. l North have had a trial crushing of 15 tons, w!1ich yielded 8 dwts. to the ton. , The reefs in the vicinity of Burke's Flat still continue to improve, and this portion of the division is at present in the most prosperous circumstances. · · . REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. William Byrne, Mining Sqtrveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE 'l'O THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QuARTZ TAILINGS CRUSHED DURING THE QuARTER, AND THE Gor,D OBTAINED THEREFROM :- Where Qunrtz, &c., were A vernge Yield' of Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Quartz erns bed. Gold per 'l'on. of Gold. i Depth at which the obtained. : Quartz, &c., were obtained, tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt,' gr. 'Duke Of .l:Al.LHUUI~'Il Pyrenees Reef 90 0 0 0 15 8 69 0 0 Lancashire Bangor Reef ... 20 0 0 0 14 0 14 0 0 • in.g) Total Quartz 110 0 0 0 15 2'18 0 Quartz Tailings crushed. Lancashire Reef Tailings from Strath 400 0 0 0 2 lS 55 0 0 ing) flllan Creek The quartz miners of this division have been engaged principally in prospecting during the quarter. The Duke of Edinburgh Company, on the Pyrenees· lteef, having failed to strike the reef in their shaft, have closed operations. I am infonned that the machinery for the Isis Gold Mining Company, Stuart Mill, will be speedily in course o'f eiection. The late heavy rains have given an impetus to the alluvial mining in the neighborhood of Victoria and . adjoining g~es.. · __.... __ .. ______ ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Phillips, Mining Surveyor' a;nd Registrar. THE FOLJoOWING INFORMATION H.A,S BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TJ:!:E QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBT.AINED TREREFIWM:- Average Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtainea. Quartz crushed. Gold per Ton. Depth at which the Quartz was obtained. tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Prospectors and No. 1, S. li3 0 I) I 13 i'42 288 2 12 80 feet Leaseholders 29 0 0 0 ll 2'48 l6 2 6 75 feet Chrysolite 49 0 0 0 9 3•18 22 7 12 Edgar and others 11 10 0 0 10 10•43 6 0 0 45 feet Prospectors ... parts 23 10 0 0 .. 9'19 5 3 0 Surface :Penberthy and Co. Blink Bonny Reef 82 0 0, 0 12 3'80 49 17 0 60 t-o 120 feet , Tributors Gap Reef 207 0 0 0 10 0'34 103 13 0 50 to l!O feet Perry & Co. and Hopeful Reef... . · 63 10 0 1 I 14•93 68 13 0 90 feet Bla.ckie and Co. Warwickshire Reef 39 0 0 0 I 14•77 3 3 0 25 feet Tributors Bell Rock Reef llO 0 0 0 13 0 71 10 0 128 to 138 feet Hosking and Co. Wilson's Hill ... 20 0 0 I 10 0 30 0 0 180 feet Rising Star Chrysolite lodes 129' 10 0 0 18 15'80 120 16 6 200 feet Chapman and Co. Public crushing 487 0 0 0 ll 4:33 272 5 0 Lessees ... Bristol Reef 448 0 0 0 7 17'09 172 15 0 lOO to 135 feet Tributors Annenian Reef 240 0 0 0 7 12 90 0 0 40 feet Total Quartz 2,112 0 0 0 12 12'08 1,320 i 6 . The Pioneer Silver Mining Company have crushed, from the Rotten Reef, stuff broken from the depth of lOO feet to the surface, 77 4 tons, yielding gold and silver alloy 2,505 ozs. 9 dwts. · There is nothing of striking interest to notice for the last quarter. The works are proceeding regularly in all the undertakings, and mostly with a good average of'suecess. . The Bell Rock indications are important for an extensive mine; and this is thEi:more important in consequence of its being isolated in a locality abounding in large reefs almost untried, but, nevertheless, showing gold. 29' CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Mr. Thomas·L. Brown, Mining Surveyor• and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE 1'0 THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROlll :- . ' Remarks relative to the Average Yield of Nu.me of Company. I Where was obtnlned. Quartz c;ushed. !Total 'Gold. Depth at which the Q~artz Gold per •ron. Quartz was obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. .Ajax ...... Bolivia Reef ...... 977 0 0 0 12 7•71 601 18 18 Surface to 270 feet Boss AjaX: ... Bolivia Reef ...... 312 0 0 0 13 19'81 215 13 15 60 feet to 120 feet South Ajax ...... ·-· Cumberland Reef ... 230 0 0 0 7 9'39 85 0 0 Surface to 80 feet Gray and Co. ... Champion Reef ... 133 0 0 0 10 7'76 68 13 0 120 feet Tributors ...... Nuggety Reef .. . 134 0 0 0 7 5'55 48 9 0 60 feet 18 104 Lewis and five others ... Nimrod Reef ... "" 266 0 0 0 9 19'38 130 8 20 feet to feet Lloyd ...... Wattle Gully ...... 360 0 0 0 ll 12'08 207 1 5 to 130 feet Terrill ...... Wattle Gully ...... 461 0 0 010 0 230 9 0 130 feet Walker ...... Wattle Gully ...... 365 0 0 0 6 18'25 123 7 15 135 feet Myers ...... Wattle Gully ...... 455 0 0 0 6 o·o5 136 11 0 135 feet Fairbairn and others ... Wattle Gully ...... 525 0 0 0 5 4'75 136 9 6 135 feet to 200 feet Straede · ...... Sebastopol ...... 134 0 0 0 14 1"74 94 5 18 80 feet to 150 feet Lewis ...... Sebastopol •••' ... 150 0 0 0 4 0 30 0 0 140 feet Harris and others ... Eureka Reef ...... 648 0 0 0 5 23"51 193 14 20 Surface to 40 feet Walker ...... Manchester ... 83 0 9 0 4 17•06 19 ll 0 140 feet Williamson ...... Clinker's Hill ...... 17 0 0 0 15 18'35 13 8 0 New reefline ofBolivia Russell and Co. ... Argus Reef ... 267 0 0 0 9 20'94 131 16 0 127 feet OpieandCo...... Post Office Reef ... 64 0 0 0 6 21 22 0 0 75 feet James ...... Town Reef ... 18 0 0 0 11 20 10 13 0 130 feet Carter and others ... Httle Bendigo ... 153 0 0 0 4 22"27 37 14 0 Sundry ...... ll'orest Creek Reefs ... 332 0 0 0 5 9•85 89 16 9 · Total Quartz ... 6,084 0 0 0 8 15'25 2,627 0 6 ' In alluvial mining there is nothing of importance to report ; the old workings and appliances remain much the same as last quarter: the only alluvial companies, the .Belmore and St. Margaret's, maintain their usual returns, and small rushes in Milkmaid's Flat and Oampbell's Creek employ a few miners with only poor results. In quartz mining we can again report progress. The Ajax Company ar(;! again successful. The mine is now divided into eight ''pitches" or separate working parties-seven parties of 6 men each, one of 14 men, and 4men pros pecting, making 60 men employed. 977 tons raised, yielded 601 ozs. 18 dwts. 18,grs., the product, at different depths, ·being as follows :-Two surface tributes, 390 tons, average 11 dwi;s. 16•18 grs. per ton; three pitches to 180 feet deep, 287 tons, average ·7 dwts. 16·76 grs. per ton; No. 3, at 240 feet level, 241 tons, 'yield-average 9 dwts. 18•33 grs. per ton; and No. 8, at 270 feet level, 69 tons, gave, on an average, 2 ozs.1 dwt. 22•79 grs. per ton. The surface workings are on north end of lease, the others, vertically, one under the other. The tribute varies from 25 per cent. to 32~ per cent., clear of expenses, and out of the above yield a dividend of £500 has been paid. Thci:e are two reefs unopened within the company's leases, upon which the company offer to each prospeeting party a claim of 100 yards. * * * The NuggetyTributors have been crushing for 2 dwts. per ton until last week when they received 16 ozs. from 13 tons; much of the old workings have fallen in, the attle having been raised to surface, instead of supporting the mine. They have a good engine shaft 270 feet deep, from which, driving 30 feet west, two lodes, 2 feet and 3 feet wide respectively, were cut. ·Doubtless a splendid mine la vs west of the old workings. · .The South Ajax, also the Boss Ajax mines, have agaill been let on tribute. On the Eureka Reef, Harris and Company have the deepest workings in this division, viz. :-280 feet, 140 below water-level : the reef carries a regular head-wall all down, but the width of reef varies from 6 feet to 16 feet, making to the greater width in the foot-wall, then again contracting, where, as at 140 to 160 feet, 2 ozs. per ton was obtained. At 280 feet the reef is 6 feet wide, averages 5 dwts. per ton, with excellent indications of improved yields. On the South Eureka an auriferous slate reef is being worked which yields 9 dwts. per ton. This slate is distinct, with regular w:alls, nearly vertical, average width 9 inches, of the. same character as usually accompanies auriferous deposits. · ' Upon the Nimrod Reef the returns are small, in consequence of most of the claims being worked to water-level, 112 feet. The claimholders are about to amalgamate and sink a shaft 300 ±eet upon which to place an engine to drain and wind from all claims interested. Rich deposits are proved to exist under the water-level, above which over 12,000 ozs. have been obtained, the average yield being 1 oz. to.the ton. New Machinery.-Oonsiderable additions are being made to our crushing machinery. The Hit·or-Miss Com pany, Wattle Gully, have nearly erected a 16 horse-power horizontal engine with two batteries of 5 stamps each; north, on the same reef, Vivian and Company have a 12 horse-power engine and pumping gear erecting on their lease. Again, north on the Chewton Reef, Powell and Company have erected an 8 horse-power locomotive with 150 feet of 6-inch pumps; and on the Argus Reef, Jenkin and Company have just completed the removal of their engine and plant, making seven engines upon this line within 1~ miles. New reefs in Mosquito Gully.-A flat lode has been opened, from which splendid specimens, as heavy as 1 oz. each, have been taken; no crushing has yet been made. . On Clinker's Hill, supposed in line with the Bolivia Reef, a new reef has been opened, a crushing of 17 tons ·yielded 13 ozs. 8 dwts.; and in Wattle Gully, Walker and Company have struck rich gold at the south end of reef, and ~~e North Abutment Qo!Jlpany at the north :nd reef, as at prese~t workin~. 80 FRY.ER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. llfr. Marlc Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ' r ' THE FOLLowpm INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELA!IVE TO THE. QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED. DURING THE QUARTER;. AND. THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- ( Where Qunrtz, &c., were Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold. obtained. G;o\d per Ton. Depth at which the .. ·,,,,:,,J. ·• \ ... ·, ' Quartz, &c., were obtained. ---~------. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. d'\Vt. gr. Bri. Collier and Co. ... Collier's Reef, Middleton 2 0 0 13 13 12 27 7 0 30 feet deep .. ' J.': ·Creek I :, .. Stevens and Davis ... Fen·on's Reef ...... 200 0 0 0 lO 0 100 0 0 40 feet deep Stevens andDavis, (Tri- Ferron's Reef. •• · .. ... 100 0 0 0 6 0 36 0 0 60 feet deep butors) Badcock and Co. . . Specimen Hill ... 20 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 Surface· Row land_ and Co .. ... Specimen Hill ... 50 0 0 0 4 12 11· 5 0 120 feet I 5 Heath ana· Co, ' ... Bullock Reef ...... 13 0 0 0 8 0 ! 4 0 35 feet Bristol Reef ...... Bristol Reef ...... 25 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 0 130.feet Hand of Friendship ... Emu Reef ...... J,400 0 0 0 0 20'57 60 ·o 0 90 feet· Rowe and Co. ... CattUi's Reef .•. ... 510 0 0 0 7 IB'S2 '198 19 0 110 to 140 feet Rowe and ·eo. (Public Various · · ...... 154 0 0 0 9 2'18 70 0 0 · 30 to 50 feet Crushing6 '• Cattle arid o...... Cattle's Reef ...... 110 0 0 0 7 6'54 '40 0 0 20 to 45. feet S. Scotson ...... Mopoke Reef .•• ... 3,900 0 Q 0 1 12 292 10 0 Surface to 110 feet . .. ----- Quartz Tailings and Total Quartz ...... 6,484 0 0 0 2 l4'2B 841 6 Q Cement crushed. Table Hill ...... '••• Table Bill-· ...... 480 0 0 0 10 0 i :!40 0 0 130 feet Free Italian .•• ,.. Guildford Hill ... 600 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 0 180 feet William Tell ",i' ... Guildford Hill ... :ioo 0 0 0 '1 14'4 24 0 0 180 feet .. Bishop and Co. "• ... Guildford Hill ... 60 0 0 0 8 0 24 0 0 70 feet Bishop and Co. (Public) Pitcher's Flat, &c. ... . 240 0 0 0 9. 0 108 '0 0 Various Sir R. Barkly · .. ·· ... Pennyweight ...... 680 0 0 0 s 0 272 0 0 180 feet Champion and Co:· ... Table Hill,.&c. ... ,70 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 Various Champion &Co. (Public) Table Hill, &c. ... 130 0 0 0 8 0 52 0 0 Various J enkins and Co, . . .. Shicer Hill ...... 60 .o 0 0 6 0 18 0 0 Various Jenkins & Co. (Public) Tarilta ...... 100 0 0 0 8 0 40 0 ·o Various Thomas and Co... ••• Bald Hill ...... 300 0 0 0 5 16 85 0 0 90 feet Total Quartz Tailings } 3,020 0 0 0 5 23•04 900 0 0 :;;.~d Cement , i " ... .. ·- ALLUVIAL MINING. :puri~g.fhe past quarter no great change has taken place; At New Year's Flat, Fryerstown, and. Spring Gully, several parties of puddlers have been doing -well, but the heavy rains have retarded their operations. QuARTz MINING. Quartz mining is assuming a more healthy app,~arance. The advent of two new steam engines is a sure index that the attention of the mining community is being directed to the numerous reefs existing in this locality. · · Messrs. Mills; Hilton, and Co., have been engaged during the past three months sinking new shafts and erecting machinery, coriseqri~ntly no quartz has been raised; this has materially affected the gross returns. ... Messrs. Rowe and Co., who occupy a claim about 200 feet to the south of the Duke of Cornwall, have already sunk a shaft to a depth of 140 feet, and 76 feet below the water level ; at the 140 feet level the reef is from 2 to 3 feet wi4e, ~j~~dtng t-9~· to th~i ton_. • · · The fqllowing table will' show the depth of s~me of the shafts, &e., 'which ~ave been sunk during the past six or seven years-,. . ·" '· . , .. . '. · . • i~ . . . ·. ·_Name of Reef. Depth of Shaft. Width of Reef, Yield per Ton. Liverpool Reef ...... 145 feet ... Not known Not known Greenwood's Reef ... 135 feet ... 6 to 15 feet IH dwt. ... 2 to 3 feet 10 dwt. Th>wmdCo.,Cattl<'•"'''Bullock Reef ... . · .. ; I175'" '"'feet ... feet ... 2 dwt. Frenchman's Reef - ... 135 feet ... Not known Not' known ' . . CE:i.rENT CRUSHINGS. .I A ~onside~blfi falling off has taken pl_ace, compared with previous quaders ; thil! is ·attributable to the Eldorado Company Jlavilig ·suspended operations. This company generally employed 60 ~ 80 men, and crushed from 2,000 to· 3,000 tons quarterly; but the yield of gold proved so small of late, t~at, although worked on· tribute, the c!aim would not paf working expenses; >•' : "i. •• . ' NEW MACHINERY• . .:Duri~g t.he past· tirree months two steam engines and crushing plant have been erected within this di~ision; one at Fryerstown and the other at the head of Sailor's Gully. The one at Fryerstown has been erected by Mills, Hilton, and, Co., ~'12liorse··power engine, driving 8 stamps; they anticipate commencing crushing operations within a: week. The one at Sailor's Gully, erected by Greenwood and' Co., an 8 horse-power engiM, driving 6 stamps, is now at work. SECTION throfo/kbte REO HILL, FRYERSTOWN; ,. 'A B I \ 200 PLAN OF LOCALITY. lhmsve"se D Scolf ·1- dwzit£ to an inch_ REFERENCE __;1urif6T(T[U JJr[fts tlr& 5fleJf7T/. tfnt.s ='== SC/IL£5 fO!? SECTIONS. Siuu~ij Clays. do ____ _do !loti'/ZOif.T/fL ___ :S,o Or.= to Or/£ liu:h_ .. ./1\.r:. ':)t.,_ ~ ~ .J(u.~ .,f likiiiU- .. fwcum i£RTICNL-.. -- GG Feet to One luh... ~ .v.fri OffiP(.;., """"" ot &;w- uu;ufv.o«i!. -I NEw:REEFs. It is satisfactOry to be enabled, occasionally, to record the fact of a new quartz reef being ·opened, especially when the discoverers have been many months engaged prospecting. The locale of the present reef is about three miles south of Yaughan township. Although the vein of quar"z now being worked is very narrow (4 inches), it is exceedingly rich; 27 ozs. 7 dwts. having been obtained from a trial crushing of 2 tons. The prospectors of the claim have followed the leader to a depth of, 30 feet, and expect meeting with a properly defined reef ere many weeks have elapsed. It is believed that in the neighborhood of Middleton's Creek good quartz reefs are to be found ; the external features of the hills bear out such an idea. A properly organized prospecting association would do well to explore this part' of the district. · ' RED HILL, FRYERSTOWN, The accompanying sectional drawings have been prepared with the view of drawing attention to various remarkable features in connexion with the formation of the hill to which they refer. · This hill comprises an area of from twelve to fourteen acres, and has been more or less worked without intermission during the past fourteen years. 1'he hill being of.alluvial formation, and comparatively shallow sinking (greatest depth 12 to 15 feet), and exceedingly rich in its auriferous deposits, nearly the whole of the earth to the bed rock, has been carted away by the puddlers. · · The peculiar features with reference to this hill consist in four bottoms having been originally discovered, the goJd bearing properties of which have proved highly remunerative. Nos. 1, 2, q, (marked on drawings) are characterised by the miners as false bottoms, consisting of seams of sand and pipe clay, varying much in thickness and gold bearing character. No. 4 comprising drift and clay resting upon the bed rock, being generally assumed as the only gold bearing strata: indeed it is customary to sink through the different layers of sand, gravel, and clay, without ascertaining at different depths whether gold exists upon th,e various seams intersected. As it is possible there are many hills scattered over the various mining districts, showing external features similar to the one herein describe«, and if more closely examined might lead to the discovery of different bottoms, la.o/ers, or seams, during the process of sinking, it would appear not undesirable to direct the attention of the mining community to facts and figures relative to yields from the auriferous deposits described :- Bottom. · Depth of Washdirt. Yielding. No.1 Nine inches l dwt. to 1 oz. t{) the tub. No. 2 Six inches 4 dw.ts. to 2 ozs. to the tub, .No. a Six inches 2 dwts.·to! oz. t{) the tub. No.4 Fifteen inches 5 dwts. to 7 ozs. to the tnb. HEPBURN DIVISION. Mr.· Thomas Hale, Mining- Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAll BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND Q.U.A.RTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DU:RlN!l THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD O.BTA.INED THEREFROM :- Where Quartz) &c., were Average Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Qu~z crushed. obtained. Gold per Ton. Total Yleld·of Gold. Depth at which the . Qu!lltz, &c., were obUIJned. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. _. Abundance ·"·• .. ;. Scandinavian Reef ... IO (J 0 0 IS 0 9 0 0 60 feet Enterpri~e ...... Ajax Reef ...... 196 0 0 0 6 5'02 60 17 0 60 feet Wilson's ...... Me~vin's Reef...... 490 0 0 0 0 IS I~ 7 I2 40 feet .· Cornish ...... Wombat Hill Reefs ... 1,541 0 0 0 1 11'69 I33 17 0 280 feet Cornish ...... : Wombat Hill Heefs ... 1,594 0 0 0 2 23'66 23S 0 0 40 feet Specimen Hill ... Specimen Hill ...... 1,673 0 0 0 6 0'97 505 5 15 225 feet William Tell ... Sailor's Hill Reef ... 130 0 0 0 6 2•40 39 I3 0 Shallow Morrison (TributOrs) .•. Christmas :Reef ... 66 0 0 0 5 19'03 19 2 s 130 feet Bolitho and Party ... Kid's GUlly ...... 139 0 0 0 16 13'81 115 4 0 50 feet Panham and Party ... Mauritius Reef · ... 73 0 0 0 4 17'09 17 4 0 40 feet .. Mitchell and Party ... Cobbler's Gully ... 107 0 0 0 7 1l'43 40 0 0 I2 feet Angove and Party ... Cobbler's Gully ... 35 0 0 0 10 13'71 1S IO 0 IO~~t Iveson and Co. ... .Iveson's Reef ...... '90 0 0 1 14 5"33 154 0 0 190 feet Garibaldi ...... Garibaldi Reef ... 4 0 0 3 2 0'75 12 0 ll 23 feet Argus ...... Wombat Hill Reef ... 16S 0 0 1 19 12'35 331 18 12 100 feet White and Co. ... Wombat, various ... 950 0 0 0 8 0 3SO 0 0 100 to 120 feet Connel'5 Gully ... N uggety Reef ... 71 0 0 0 8 20'95 31 10 0 40 feet Jenkins' Gully. ... Welcome Reef ... 95 0 0 0 ll o·~ 52 5 4 35 feet Various Reefs ... Wombat Hill ...... I,200 0 0 0 4 22 295 0 0 40 to 160 feet ------Total Quartz ... 8,632 0 0 0 5 17-44 2,471 14 14 QuANTITY OF QuARTZ, &c., CRUSHED, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROM-continued. Remarks reln.tive to the Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c., we1·e Quartz crushed. 1· Average Yield of Tota_l Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obtained. • Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., were obtained. Quartz Tailings and ' gr. gr. . Cement crushed. tons cwt. qrs. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Abundance ...... Scandinavian Reef ... \90 0 0 0 2 15'15 25 0·0 Surface Enterprise ...... Wombat Hill ... l ... 1,in3 0 0 0 3 5'22 211 5 0 Surface Wilson's ...... Melvin's Reef .•• ... 495 0 0 0 0 17 11 ·1o 15 Surface to 20 feet P. Lucini ...... Commissioner's Reef ... 198 0 0 0 1 12'36 15 0 0 . Shallow Morrison's Yandoit, &c. 51 0 0 0 5 17'52 14 12 6 130 feet ...... ··~ . Wh' I 1te and Co. (Public) Wombat Reefs ... 994 0 0 0 3 8'16 166 0 .o Various Connel's Gully ... Connel's Gully 340 0 0 0 I 11•88 25 8' 10 Various Jenkins' Gully ... Wombat Hill Reefs ... 600 0 0 0 I 12 45 0 0 Various Total Quartz Tailings } 2 and Cement I 4,181 0 0 0 11'67 1/19 16 7 The Argus Quartz Mining Company, Wombat Hill South, are ·actively engaged at work on a small tributary spur or leader of great richness; they have also, during the past quarter, sunk a shaft south of Smith's Creek, and have formed a tunnel; they are down lOO fee~ in another shaft, near their southern boundary, intending to a depth of 50 feet additional, to drain this part of the mine, as well as to work the reef at 120 feet level. his claim five distinct reefs exist, viz., Collier's Reef, Sandstone Reef, Cornish Reef, Mullocky Reef; and Crown Reef, every one of which is gold-bearing. The prospects of this company are brilliant. The great quantity of mundic or 'pyrites is being carefully collected for future treatment, a trial bucket of mundic having produced over 24 ozs. of gold. . The Duke of Edinburgh Quartz Mining Company are on the ground formerly occupied by the' Havelock and North Crown' Companies; their .second engine is no\v being erected, and a shaft is sunk to·a depth of 300 feet, striking the reef at that depth, with gold visible in the quartz. The Sp~cirpen Hill Quartz Mining Company are sinking for a 280 feet level, where_a rich re_ef is kno:w,n to exist; the returns have been uniform in the upper levels during the past three months, 1,673 tons of quartz, averaging · 6 dwts. 0•97 gra; to the ton. · · ·.. " ·.. ' · At Yandoit, quartz mining continues to improve. Several ]Jarties are prospecting, and decided signs of activity are again manifesting themselves in this once favored quarter. . · The Williain Tell, at Sailor's Hill Reef, have resumed work during the past month ; they have, from 130 tons . of quartz, obtained 6 dwts. 2•40 grs. per ton. _ · At Mauritius Reef; great excitement prevails, in consequence of the fence on the east boundary of the New United Freehold Company's ground being-found to be too much to the west, and a prospect from a shaft now going down in the paddock, and, at a depth of ,50 feet, showing gold in very great quantity. . The St. George's Reef Quartz Company have erected an engine on their claim, an\1. are nearly ready to crush. This reef is southerly from the Mauritius.Reef, and. great expectations are consequently raised. - Mr. Lucini Pietro has also completed the erection of his engine at Commissioner's Reef. They arc going down with a shaft, but have also'an old tunnel from which payable quartz has been obtained. Frenchman's Reef, Blind Creek, a prospecting party of six men were rewarded with £17 per man for one week, after several trial crushlngs ; the next week, £52 per man was got. There is little doubt but that scores of reefs in this division would show the same results if sydematically worked. . ' , Wombat HilL-Two companies have united for the purpose of re-working the alluvial lead running· north. easterly from the old crater ; ninety men's additional ground has been recently registered. · The Astley United are working their claim with 00 men, and are in 800 feet south-easterly. 'fhc junction of the Wombat Hill and Astley gutters is proved beyond a doubt; the Astlcy gutter is 120 feet in width at present, with 6 to 8 feet of washdirt; the Wombat Hill lead being 35 feet wide, with from 6 inches to 2 feet 6 inches of wash. , dirt. The influx of water has been so gre~t, since the removal of the Perseverance Company's engine and plant, that 12-inch pumps are being put in; they have crushed 8,160 tons of·stuft; realizing the excellent return of 1 dwt. 18·87 grs. per ton. Had the company been able to continue at full work during the whole quarter the returns would have been increased. · · · The ·Cosmopolitan Company are transferring their plant to their north shaft, in order to work the Fern Hill lead, which has recently been struck by the Galatea Company; the shaft is down 180 feet; the stratification comprised rock, rotten rock, clay, and gravel, beneath the alluvium the bed i:ock being slaty, and through which they continued sinking. · · The Galatea Company opened out at 134 feet, driving westwards, and struck the gutter at a short distance from the shaft. A trial crushing of 30 tons' gave 4 ozs. 8 dwts., or 3 dwts: 7'53 grs. to the ton of three trncks. The Fern Hill Company are vigorously pushing on their works. · The Perseverance Gold Mining Company have sunk a new shaft westwards of their old one; the gutter came in from the Pride of the Hill and Wallaby ·ground boundary very shallow, the \vashdirt being struck at 90 feet, and the present position of the new shaft will enable the company to work highly advantageously: · The Corinella Paddock, at Blanket Flat, continues to yield well; 220 men are engaged in· this paddock. • The Daylesford Extension Gold Mining Company continue working their gutter advantageously; the prospects are much improved during the latter half of the quarter.• . · Alluvial workings, not specially named, are in general doing passably ; and. the men eilgaged in them earu sufficient, in general, ·to keep themselves tolerably comfortable during about four months, or from that to six; very few working as miners during the whole year. . Puddlers and sluicers, except in or near to the beds of creeks, are anxiously awaiting water. 1'he alluvial mining population has increased considerably during the quarter ; but until a comprehensve water supply, with a perpetual he1>d at a high level, is obtained,' sluicing and puddling will not be possible for more· than two-fifths of the year. Quartz prospecting goes on as usual, and occasionally specimens, that prove the existence of numerous unworked reefs, present themselves. ' ' . f) NOTE.-Mr. Hale hns forwnrded to the Office of l\>lincs sections allowing the WOI'kings of the Perseverance Gold l\Iinlng Company above referred to. .33 TARADALE ·SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thormas Orwin, Mining Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QuARTER, AND TliE GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- Gold.\ &marks relative to the WlH~re Quartz, &c., were I Average Yield o! Xrune of Company. Quartz crusbe~. Gold per Ton. \ 1 Depth at wh!eh the obtained. ! Quartz, &e., were obtn.:tned. tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. : oz. dwt. gr. Prince Albert ... Near Taradale ... 94 0 0 0 12 13•27 59 0 0 40 feet Achilles ...... Taradale ...... 162 0 0 0 2 13'48 20 15 0 Various depths Lord Newry ... Near Taradale ... i 109 0 0 0 7 8'41 i 88 18 12 85 feet 'Total Quartz 365 0 0 0 6 12'06 118 13 12 Quartz Tailings and .•• I Cement crushed. .. •London and 'c" Taradale ...... I 2,600 0 0 0 0 22'61 122 10 0 : i i ALLUVIAL MINING, Nothing new has occurred in the shallow workings here during the quarter, except the opening of the Botanical gardens, and the adjacent ground in proximity to the Taradale Viaduct1 whi?h ia yielding satisfactory results. The lead seems to tend towards Mr. Urquhart's paddo·ck, east of the H1berman, Golden Hope, Lady Darling, and Park lead claims; the three latter are idle, but are likely to be taken up and worked to profit • .The claim I alluded to in my last report, viz., Tibb and party, as obtaining very coarse gold from the Cambrian ground, are now tunnelling the hill, driving south-east under the trap formation, and have proved various gutters all running towards the Great Central claim. The gold they obtain is generally found on the reef sloping eastwards • . South of the Great Central claim is the Lord Malmsbury claim, still idle, although there is a good shaft sunk to the depth of 235 feet, and a level opened out at 225 feet on the top of a gutter, with a heavy wash, the depth of which has not yet been proved, but wash-dirt obtained at this level yielded ll ozs. to the machine. The party who took up the Rising Sun claim, now called the "Try-again," are energetically at work putting in their main drive, and daily expect to be on the gutter, The great abundance of water .with which they have to contend· impedes their progress ; besides, in this claim is a drift such as is found in the Lord Malmsbury south, and the London and Melbourne, and other claims north-west of this claim. A. drive was lost last week in the London and Melbourne claim by 'this drift ; and but a few. weeks ago, an accident occurred at the London through the same cause, wllereby one man lost his life : miners say it is a similar drift to that obtaining at Ballarat. QUARTZ MINING•. The Achilles Company are still sinking their ·shaft deeper, so that the water may be discharged from the workings into the well-hole, and they will be better able to obtain 'stone at a lower level. The lack of application of scientific skill in the working o:f this mine in former years has entailed numerous difficulties and an nnnecessary outlay of a large amount of capital. It is one of those mines which, with skilful and cheap management, will pay for years to come. The last small lot of stone crushed by this company yielded half an ounce to the ton. The Lord Newry, er Old Belltopper Company, have let their mine on tribute, the tributors are obtaining stone yielding 9 or 10 dwts. per ton, with an engine and battery on the claim, that pays them, although the stone is very hard, and the reef but narrow. ·A new reef was discovered about a month ago in the parish of Emberton, about nine miles north-east of Taradale, approaching the Barfold llanges. Several claims have been marked off and taken up, three of which have got'gold. The prospectors have obtained highly auriferous stone, likely to yield 5 or 6 ozs. per ton; but as they have not yet had a trial crushing, I cannot report the correct yield. No. 1 North and No. 1 South have each struck the gold. . MALDON DIVISION. Mr. Robt. Nank:ivell, J.lfining Surveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAll BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CE~1ENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREii'ROM:- 1.1 Remarks relative to the . Name of Company. · Where Quartz, &c., were Quartz crushed. Average Yield of Total Depth at which the obtained.· · Gold per Ton. . Quartz, &c., were olltalne tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Beehive ...... Beehive Reef ...... 185 0 0 o· 8 20'17 81 15 12 40 to 200 feet· Eaglebawk ...... Eaglehawk Reef· ... 646 0 0 0 5 6'57 170 6 23 150 to 280 feet Linscott's, Beehive, } Linscott's Reef Labn's Eaglehawk 1,715 0 0 0 17 10"74 1,496 3 0 10 to 850 feet { and Nuggety Reefs Caledonia ...... Manton's and Parkins' ... 1,442 0 0 0 9 18'84 705 10 0 10 to 400 feet North Bl'itish ... Manton's J,isles ... 986 0 0 ·0 7 19'04 364 14 18 20 to 280 feet Beehive, Post Office,} 35 0 Phoonix ... Wilson's, Linscott's, 787 0 0 0 10 14'59 417 8 12 } From surface to { and Victoria Reefs feet Albert ...... Fenteman's Reef ... 191 0 0 0 8 17•84 83 lO 0, . 300 feet Omega Reef and Nug-} . Gala tea ... gety Reef, Muckle- ·1 65 0 0 0 6 17'35 21 17 0 150 feet { ford . Nelson ...... Wilson's Reef...... , 774 0 0 2 o. 1'02 1,549 13 0 800 feet --· Total Quartz ... 6,741 0 0 0 14 !2'26 4,890 18 17 Quartz Tailings and Cement crushed. Nuggety ...... Quartz tailings ... 742 0 0 0 1 !5•60 61 4 12 I Prince of Wales ... Cement ...... 1,586 0 0 0 1 1'68 84 14 6 Total Quartz Tailings} and Cement 2,328 0 0 0 1 6'09 145 18 18 No. 51, d. 34 There has been·but a poor yield this quarter for the number of tons' crushed; the public crushings have been generally low, and the parcels small, which may be accounted for by the large amount of prospecting going on in 'old reefs, many men during the quarter beirig1cout of•. constant· employment, consequent on the Union, Beehive, Groat Western and Derby Companies having, more or less, ceased work or reduced their hands underground. In the· Esperance Compimy's claim, on Linscott's Reef, at about 380 feet deep, a new reef has been discovered about 4 feet west of the old lode; which pinched out. The new reef shows prospects of. gold, but has not been opened out upon, the shareholders having determined to sink deeper. ; · ·- . The '.Albert Company, on Feuteman's Reef, have 4 feet of stop.e, at about 400 feet deep, :with gol~ visibl~.in the stone. · · · · . .Although of late mining, throughout the district, ha.s. been very dull, there is every prospect of a change for the better shortly; · · . The Beehive mine is drained an'd sinking resumed. ; The Great Western. Company tried. their maoJ/mery some days since, and will commence work underground shortly. · . '' I have the honor to forward herewitb sections of ·the Albert Quartz Mining Compimy's mine at Fenteman's Reef, Maldon, which are drawn to a scale of 160 feet to an inch. Of the two reefs, shown on the cross 'section the · western one only his proved rem~erative, and has ranged from 12 ozs. to 12 dwts. to the ton; .but be~ng .an outside reef little attention was paid to it since the gold fell off at a little over 300 feet until the present company finding the water. too much for whim buckets 'erected pumping a!ld cr~shing machinery. · The lode struck at the 400 feet cross-cut is 4 feet thrqugh, and shows to be payable. No crushing as yet has been got out; the miners ar~ opening up. i ., . . ' < ' ' •• ,,H • j .'. . •I: Main shaft. llfliio Sh~t. · 4 tf:':flie. 8 f~fde. Se.ctions of th~ Al.b~rt.Coinpany's worki~gs, Fentellian's Reef, Maldon • . '· j. .... I •; . 1•. 1 l rr. ·"' ·sT. ANDREW'S EAST. su!mivrsiON.-' M;. Alfred A~Btro~, .Mm'img S1:£~cyor. an,d Regi8t;'!-r.' Nothing of importance has occurred during the past quarter beyond the fact of a- s~ght rush to a gully about. nine miles from W arburton, towards McMahon's Creek, on the Upper· Y arra track;; the washdj.rt has been found to be about 2 feet deep, and yields from the sw-face about 6 grains to the dish. '· · . There has also been an increase!l number of miners working at Hoddle's Creek ori_'~· re-discovered lead of gold known as qoulthard Lead. · · · .. · · · QuARTZ MINING; The Golden Bower Company and others have about 170 tons of quartz waiting the completion of the erection of their machine, which will very shortly be in work~ng order. · · ' , The New: Star, Gre~t Bri~ain, a~d 'saralJ. ;r~rie, .Reefs, w:ill tlien,iri all probability be tested. All the alluvial miners are doing very fairly; and inform' me that they can average from £2 to £3 per man per week, but have to undergo great discomforts during the wet weather in the winter season. _ 35 " (" ' • . Jl ST. ANDREW'S CENTRAL SUBDIVISION. > • { '.·... f Mr. Alfre~ Armstrong, Mini'flg Surveyor ap.d Registrar. Tnlli FOLLOWING INFORMATION JUS BEEN OBTAINED RE'LATIVE TO TRE 'QUANTITY. OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING - • TR;E QUARTER,- AND.. THE GOJ,D OB'!'AINED T¥E/tEFRO~ :- '' I Re=rks relative to the ' Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Average Yield of 'Total Yield of Gold. . Depth at which the Gold per Ton. I Quartz wa;; obtaived, i tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Orai:n's Reef, No. 5 N. Panton Hill ...... 20 10 0 0 10 23'56 11 5 3 226 feet Oram's Reef, No. 3 8. Panton Hill ... I2 ,0 0 2 9 0 29 8 0 Oram's Reef, No. I 8. Panton Hill ...... I 10 0 5 16 0 8 I4 0 Oram's Reef, No. 4 8. . Panton Hill ...... 7 0 0 6' 2 0 42 14 0 ISO feet Lancashire Hero ... One-tree Hill ...... 1 0 0· 2 2 0 2 2 0 Eureka Reef ... You-you ...... I IO 0 2 16 0 4 4 0 Growler's Reef ... Anderson's Creek Road 1 0 0 0 5 12 0 5 12 40 feet Boomer's Reef ... Caledonia ... 6 0 0 I 4 1 7 4 6 so feet Perseverance ... You-you ...'· ... 2 0 0 0' I9 0 I IS 0 All en's Reef ...... You-you ...... 6 0 0 1 3 • 0 6 IS ·o Boomer's Reef ... Caledonia ...... 4 0 0 I 15 0 7 0 0 65 feet German Reef ... You-you ...... I ·0 0 •4 10 .. 0 ' . 4 10 0 Queenstown Reef ... Queenstown Hill ... 3 0 0 0 14 0 2 2 0 .. ... Jenny Lind ...... 1 Caledonia ...... 210 0 0 ·18- ·0 - . 2 5 0 Christian and Co. ... Diamond Creek&Pioneer 40 0 0 5 0 0 200 0 0 . No. 3 North Pioneer ... Diamond ·creek ... 15 0 0 2 0 0 30 0 0 Pioneer Prospecting ... Diamond Creek ... 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 o ·o Gray's Reef ••• ... Diamond Creek ... 5 0 0 0 18 0 4-10 0 Gray's Reef ...... I Diamond Creek ... ' 4 0 0 0 I7 0 3 8 0 Allen's Reef, N. ... You-you ...... 3 0 0 0 15 0 2 5 0 Nelson ... On~-tr~ e,Hill ... , ... IS: o·o o I 18 21'33 0 0 ... 1 t Total Quartz ... .I 56 0 0 2 9. 22•90 . 389 I2 21 r• There is still a general dullness in quartz mining in this distriet, which is tlie more apparent in the neighborhood of Queenstown, from the fact of several of its denizens having taken up claims at Anderson's Creek. As there are many other parties who have recently been attracted to this locality, and machinery is being constructed for crushing by water-power on the Yarra, I 'consid~r it 'probable that a general' resumption of reefing operations may follow. Many of the reefs that have been so long abandoned are well known to be payable under the altered and recently reduced charges for crushing and cartage. ' The Victoria or Nelson Company (One-tree Hill) made a further trial crushing of 18 tons of stone recently, which yielded 17 ozs. of gold. The lessees are now about-to drive their tunnel a further distance of 150 feet; and if the ground.would prove a little more encouraging extend their operations. The only change 'in alluvial mining is the fact of a slight rush having taken place to some ground near the western boundary of the township of Queentown, known as the "Slaughter-yard Rush." The sinking is the deepest of any in the district; being about 60 feet ; but the best claims have only paid from £3 to £3 10s. per manxer week. ' The river workings at Anderson's Creek are now all suspended, owing to the ri~ing of the river. ll have done remarkably well, with only one exception. The claim called the '' Graball " yielded to four men, for four months' work, 93 ozs. of gold, and, at the time of its suspension, the claimholders state that their ground had only been begun upon. The Happy-go-Lucky claim of Lee and Oargills, situated a short distance higher ul? the river, yielded from 30 tubs of wash-dirt, 3 ozs. to the tub; the last 6 feet of drift having given 10 ozs., the clrom being now registered for future resumption, as soon as the Yarra falls sufficiently to admit of the same being worked. 1 I have no hesitation in stating that nearly all the alluvial miners located on the south side of the Yarra have made very fair wages during" the past quarter; and th~fr prospec'i'id'or the fntm.'e seeht ·'more defined and certain from the local knowledge acquired, most of them having been residents for several years in the neighborhood. KYNETON SUB:QIVIS~O;N .. Mr. Thomas O'J'II.V'iJnr, Mi!nilng Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE. TO TRE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSliED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THERJmROM·:- • , Remarks relative to the Name of Company. i Where ~uartz was o~talned, Quartz crushed. Average Yield of !Total' EGold. Depth at which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained. tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt.gr. Prince Alfred ... Kangaroo ...... I,ll8 -0 0 0 1 I2 S4 3 12 90 feet to 280 Wellington ... Lauriston ...... 300 9 0 0 2 16 40 0 0 150 feet Wyndham ...... Lauriston ...... 20 ·o· o 0 4 l 4 0 20 80 feet i ' Total Quartz ... 1,438 0 0 0 1 18•79 128 4 8 - ALLUVIAL MINING. In. the Kyne~o~ Subdivision but little is doing in aJ.luvial mining : there is but one deep claim at work. . . A ~ompany 1s m course of fo:mation to work a large claim, consisting of about 180 acres, at Lauriston : the smkmg >;tll be about 200 feet, and Is to be managed by gentlemen from B~rat, · 36 QuA~T2i MINING. The returns in this important branch of mining operations continue very dull. · The Prince Alfred Gold Mining Company, on the Frenchman's Reef, Kangaroo, have ceased to work from their tunnel and have sunk their shaft deeper, and let a portion of the mine to tributors, who anticipate satisfactory results, alt!lough the stone lately has been very poor. . The Wellington still continues to work without very favorable results. - A new reef was recently discovered, about ten miles north:west of Kyneton, in the Seven-mile Forest. A trial crushing 'has just been completed, yielding 1 oz. 3 d wts. per ton. Clai.IDs are marked off for over a mile on the supposed lode •. The only claims at work yet are on private property. BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar. , THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUART2i CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFRO~f :- Remarks relAtive to the Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. ! Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the ' · Gold per Ton. Qullltz was obtained. , tons cwt. qr. oz. dwi. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Alma Reef ...... Alma.Reef ...... 492 0 0 0 4 5'81 104 7 4 22oft.; depth of water- level, 21 o ft. New Amelia Reef ... Amelia Reef .•. ... 150 0 () 0 12 0 90 0 0 245ft.; depth of water- level, 245 ft. Total Quartz ... 642 0 0. 0 6 1'31 194' 7 4 The newly opened reef, within three miles of Trentham, continues to show good signs of gold. The auriferous lead has been traced to a considerable distance : it is thought to be a continuation of the Alma. Reef; The shaft is now 60 feet deep. 'They have had one crushing of ~ tons; but the yield of gold has been so differently stated by different parties connected with the claim that I prefer to say nothing about it for the present. The Columbian has again stopped all work, and appears to be again abandoned. ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION. illr. Charles J. W. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Registrf!tr. THE FOLLOWING lNFOll.M:ATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM: :- Remarks relative to the ' Avernge Yield of Name of Company. • Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the Gold per Tou. Quartz was obtained. \ tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. North Star ...... Camp bell's Reef, Muyston 1,626 0 0 0 12 0 975 12 0 296 feet Kangaroo ...... Campbell's Reef, Moyston '1,200 0 0 0 8 0 480 0 0 500 feet 1 North Perseveranc~ ... Campbell'sReef,Moyston . 370 0 0 0 10 7'45 190 15 1 Eaglel:\awk .•. .... Eaglehawk Reef, Arm-: 80 0 0 0 8 0 32 0 ~ ~~o~::t strong's Total Quartz ... ,~~-0 0 10 5'91 1 1,678 7 0 Alluvial mining in this division during the last quarter has not presented any important novelties. The number of diggei:s, both European and Chinese, remain but slightly altered. Several small patches of auriferous alluvium have been found amongst the old workings, affording temporary employment to small groups of miners; but the majority are engaged in fossicking old ground. Great interest exists as to the issue of the immense preparations making by the Ararat Black Lead Uompany, who have already expended upwards of £23,000 on their works. From a depth of 196 feet in their shaft they have put in a horizontal·chamber 300 feet in length, an~ at 270 feet from the shaft they are putting up a rise through the schist to reach the auriferous drift ; the work has advanced 26 feet of about 40 feet the estimated height of the,drift above the chamber: they expect to reach the drift in a few days. The water, which originally stoo.d at 18 feet below .the surface of the ground, makes at the rate of ~6,000 gallons per hour. 37 In quartz mining I have to report a steady advance. At Oampbell's Reef, Moyston, the North Star have, from a depth of 296 feet, raised 1,626 tons of stone, yielding 976 ozs. of gold. The Southern Cross have been engaged improving their machinery, at the same time they sunk their working shaft an additional 100 feet, making its total depth 510 feet. They are now taking out stone from three levels simultaneously. No stone has been crushed during the quarter. They employ 21 men at present. The Northern Perseverance Company have raised, from a depth of 140 feet, 370 tons of stone, yielding 19Qi ozs. of gold. They employ 8 to 12 men. ?'he Kangaroo Company have, from a depth of 500 feet, raised 1,200 tons of stone, yielding 480 ozs. of gold. They employ 45 men. At Moor's Reef, Ararat, reefing has been at a stand. The Noah's Ark Company, failing to find payable stone, have, for want of funds, stopped work ; and the whole leased ground, with the machinery and works, have been transferred to a new company. This stoppage of the Noah's Ark has affected the other leased claims in its vicinity, and they are all at a stand still. The reefs at Armstrong's, during a period extending over eight or ten years, have been tried on and off with prospects that would now be payable with the advantages of improved machinery and low priced crushing. The .Kaglehawk Reef fairly promises to be the best that has yet been opened in the district. When the Eaglehawk claim was taken up by the present company, a few months ago, a shaft was sunk, and from a well defined reef, nearly 2 feet in thickness, 80 tons of stone ,were taken, which yielded 9 dwts. of gold per ton ; the stone evidently improving to the northward. The company are preparing to erect efficient machinery, and will get to work with as lit.tle delay as possible. . Two other quartz mining leases have been applied for on the same line of reef and adjacent to the Eaglehawk Company's. Several claims have also been taken up under the Mining Bye-laws, and prospecting is being earnestly carried on. The locality of this reef is regarded by ·many experienced miners as the most promising new reefing district of the west, as it is believed that all the reefs are the same as those worked to so much advantage at Pleasant Creek. PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. Mr. Jokn D'.Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION .HAS .BEEN OBTAINED· RELATivE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE. QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- Where Quartz, &c., were Remarks relAtive to the Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Avern.ge Yield of Total Yield of Gold. Depth at whieh the obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., were obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. St. George's ... Scotchman's Reef ... 2,883 0 0 1 8 18'11 4,145 0 0 820 feet Cambrian ...... Wonga- Wonga and 400 0 0 1 0 0 400 0 0 From 70 to 200 feet Sloan's Reef Moonlight ...... Scotchman's and Cross i,450 0 0 0 16 0 1,160 0 0 From 300 to 500 feet Reef Victoria ...... Cross and Scotchman's ... 1,294 0 0 1 0 15'37 1,335 9 0 300 to 400 feet Lamont and Co. ... Scotchman's and Flat 2,404 0 0 1 I 5'63 2,552 8 0 300 to 562 feet Cross Reef Pleasant Creek Cross Reef 722 0 0 0 7 23'66 288 6 0 200 feet .·~· ...... Wimmera ...... Scotehman's Reef ... 3.7;31 0 0 1 0 11•07 3,817 1 0 320 to 350 feet Total Quartz ... 12,884 0 0 1 1 6"32 13,698 4 0 Quartz Tailings and Cement crushed. Cambrian .. -~· ... Silver Shilling ... 400 0 0 0 3 18 75 0 0 N. and S. Wales ...... 2,000 0 0 0 4 0 400 0 0 Tregea and Co...... 1,200 0 0 0 3 16 220 0 0 Hit-or-Miss (Chinamen) ...... so 0 0 0 4 0 16 0 0 Total Quartz Tailings} ' and Cement 3,680 0 0 0 3 20"73 711 0 0 . QUARTZ. The various mines in this locality continue in a most prosperous condition, and the quantity of stone raised, as well as the average return 9f gold obtained therefrom, have materially increased. The want of sufficient crushing power, however, has been inconveniently felt, so that several claims were obliged to reduce their hands from time to time, in consequence of the large q_nantity of uncrnshed stone remaining on the claim. This will be shortly remedied by the introduction of three additional engines and 160 head of stampers. The Flat Cross Reef has been unusually productive in claim No. 7 North. This is the more encouraging, as at t~is point it has reac~ed a d:pth of. 500 feet. Here, also, it presents a new and interesting featur,e, namely, rich specimens of gold assoCiated w1th pyrites. · On the Scotchman's line eleven claims are producing gold, their average being over 1 oz. per ton. · A new reef has been struck in the extreme northern claim, on the Perthshire Reef, at a depth of about 200 feet, the trial kiln yielded 1 oz, 2 dwts. per ton. This reef has been broken into for a distance of 7 feet across its course without getting through it, so that it must:be of considerable thickness; in consequence of this discovery, shares have advanced considerably in value along the'whole .Perthshire Reef. · On the South Scotch man's, the Rose of Denmark Company have, after a suspension of nearly two years, resumed work, and being assis~ed by the adjoining claims, have commenced sinking their shaft, which they propose carrying down to a depth of 600 feet;- benefit has, acoordingly, been felt already by the adjoining claims, in the shape of drainage, so that several have been enabled to continue sinking their shafts below the original water-leveL Qn the Hampshire Reef considerable activity prevails, but no payable stone has yet been discovered. Further south, the W onga-W onga Reef is yielding very good returns in Henderson's Prospecting claim, but the adjoining claims, with One exception, have been Unable as yet to disCOVl'lf tpe continuatiOI;l of this lode, 38 _...,... Orr the OioiJSL lieer' a number . of cl~ms have amaigamated for the purpose of prospecting fOf a:iower flat reef, which is supposed to underlie the present reef. This work is 'to. be effected' by means of boring, arid· ·Messrs'. Grant,' Lam~n~, and Co.'s sha~t has been sel~c~ed for this important work. The prese~t depth of this shaft being nearly 60Q. feet,·It ts proposed to bore for an add1t1onal depth of 400 feet. Tenders for this work· have been accepted, and the . ' required,W!J. ALLUVIAL. I cannot !!peak so favorably of the prospects of alluvial mining : there· i~ a falling off in the number of European while there is a slight increase in Chinese. At present the superior attraction of .the quartz reefs causes alluvial prosp'ecting to pe altogether neglected. However, tllcre appears to be but very trifling (if any) falling off in the produce of gold from the old leads, and those at present working them seem well satisfied with the returns ob'tained. · · · · . · .~ommercial Street Leads are almost exclusively in the hands of Chinese, and the same may be said of the Eastern part of the ·Deep Lead. . . • . The Standard Company, on the Deep Lead, are persevering, and in the face of great difficulties have erected an engine, alfd are proceeding vigorously with their work; having overcome the water which at .first threatene;;l to be a serious obStacle. 'They have got their sJiaft down to a depth of 90 feet, with every' indication of being on the deep, ground. , · There is very little doing at the Great Western, and at Shakespere Hill the lead has been lost for the present, and that diggings all but abandoned. "BARKLY ·DIVISION. Mr.:.John D'..Alton,· M'vnilng Swrveyor ·and Registrar. v/ !I~. :J.J (' • ·''' ~;I QuARTZ There has heel{ no quartz minilig during the quarter. ALLUVIAL. ·The re~enhains have given some. slight impetus to alluvial miui~g, and there has been consequently an increase in·the popritation:' · .. : · : . Some new· patches of grou:nd have been opened at the Frenchman's Lead, and this, together with Waler's rush, now support the larges~ section of miners in the divi8ion; the lead, however, is poor and difficult to follow. At l;ands];lOrough a small'rush l;tas taken place :called "Charcoal rush," but the ground is of inconsiderable e:x.tent, al).d is siipp9sed to be only' a patch, the. principal product being cement. Considerable inconvenience h~s been experienced by miners whose claims only produced cement, in consequence of the temporary stoppage of the only crushingcmachine in 'th!'l divisio:n. for tlie purpose of repairs ; wor,k has, however, been resumed within the last week, but as no crushinghad1been completed I was unable to obtain any return from this machine. ' Beyond I the· old, claims, there i~ scarcely.anything doing in Glenpatrick, the other companies having failed to· find payable ground·; as;·however, nothing was attempted in the new ·ground beyond sinking one shaft and •driving' about 50 feet, I do not think this place has been fairly tested. . · ' . ;· t ·· I • • "' ,·• . I. . . RAGLAN DIYISION. ~ ' ' l . '· Mr. John Ternpleton, Milnilng Swrveyor and Registrar. I ...... " _,. THE FOLLOWING lNFORMATION'•HAB BJiJEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QuANTITY OF QuARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE ;,. QUARTER,-;AND THE GoLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- . .. .. ' • Remarks relative to the Name of Com]llllly. Were Quartz wtis obb.tned. Quartz cruBhed. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold: depth at which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained. ~-· tons. cwt. qr. ozs. dwt. gr. ozs, dwt. gr. . She~t Anclior ... About sill:' miles north-·. "10 0 0 0 7! 0 3 '15. 0 60 feet. Ill .• : ,. : .. .. ., ·.. · east of Beaufort .. • . ! .... u. .. . "' ... ,.. . The aliove was fu:~~ely a trial crushing of stone ootameo in a "- in.this nelghborhood, I .. 'J'fui:yie~~ 9f gol!'f Jlhow~ a .considerable increase on that of the previous quarter, although I have to note a sligh~ decrease. in the·number 1of miners. . . A eo-operatipn party of ~tin men have com!Jlenced operations on a quart~ reef, which was formerly worked and then abandoned. It is' situated about six miles rlorth~east of Beaufort.'· In the prospecting shaft the reef was struck a£ 'the depth of60 feet, ·and 'found to be about 6 feet thick. A trial crushing was made of .10 tons of the stone, and the yield was 7}, d.wts. to the ton, with very inferi()r appliances in the shape of machinery. The men are at present employed in ma'kmg a dam; and have arranged for an engine of 18 horse-power and 12 stamp-heads to be brought on the ground shortly. . . The. Hope Company in the Police Paddock; and the Perseverance Company in Wingfield's Gully, are still at work, but have only had moderate returns during the quarter. The small lease in Shicer's Gully continues to give very good returns. , . ' . , The .co-oper~tjve party in Ne-yv ~ing Cha:lie's Gully hav~ had some very 'line yiel~s sil;10e my last re.port. AbOut Sulky Flat and Charlton there 1s st1ll a cons1derable populatiOn profitably employed, chiefly ID the 9ld workmgs. Iil a gully leading into th~ Waterloo Swamp there has been a small rush during the quarter :. about 30 men are at present employed there. The sinking is dry and from 20 'to 30 feet deep. · 89 GIP P S.L A-ND MINING DISTRI'C"T. OMEO SUBDIVISION. Mr. William Phlpps, Mining Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE 'QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING '!.'BE QUAR.T:im, AND THE, GoLD OBTAINED THEREFRO:M :-· I Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Where Qnartz was obtained. Quartz ernshed. Average Yield of. ITotal Yield of Gold. Depth at which the. .. Gold per Ton. Qul>rtz was obtained . tons cwt. qr. · oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr•• Duke ...... Swift's Creek ...... 27 0 0 0 13 1:N4 1S 5 .o. ,· Surface to 30 feet Black Prince ... Swift's Creek •.. ... IS 10 0 3. 4 1'29 59 5 0 Surface to 16 feet Eureka ...... Swift's Creek ...... S7 0 0 1 0 15'44 1 S9 16 0 Surface to 7 5 feet Total Quartz ... 132 10 0 1 5 6·06 I~;-;- Most of the alluvial claims at Swift's Creek continue to be suspended for want of water, and many of the Chinese formerly engaged there, aided by some of their countrymen from the Buekland, have availed themselves of the unusual lowness of the water to take up and work' a considerable extent of ground as river claims on the Tambo, from Swift's Creek downwards. · An extensive tunnel and tailrace have just been completed by the New Adventure Coml?any, by cutting through a ·high rocky bluff, known as the Frenchman's Hill, on Livingstone Creek, opposite the township. It will enable the company to re··work a considerable portion of the best part of the creek, and probably employ a number of hired hands. . New reefs continue to be discovered on the banks of the Upper Bendoc, near Delegate !lount8.m, which dominates a large area of proved auriferous country. At Wombat Creek and Cobungara there is no change worthy of note. ·Non.-Mr. Phlpps has forwarded to the Office of Mines a photograph of the New Adventure tunnel and tallrace above referred to. " MITCHELL RIVER. SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Swrveyor and Registrar. The recent favorable accounts from the Upper Bendoc a;nd .Alexandta goldfields have caused about .one hundred of the miners to leave this division. A number have also left for Queensland. . . · The stagnation in quartz mining mentioned in my last report continues. The miners in the alluvial clainis continue to earn fair wages. Some of the claimholders have been cOmpelled to suspend operations during the last two months, owing to a want of sufficient water. A number of parties have been, and are, out prospecting in the creeks and gullies on the eastern side of Mount Taylor. On one of these c~;eeks, known as Clifton, a prospecting and several ordinary creek claims have been registered. I am informed by' one of the prospectors that he and his mates earn from 50s. to 60s. per week each. CROOKED RIVER· SUBDIVISION. · ' Mr. James TraviB, Mining Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUAN'l'IH OF QtrARTZ CRUSHED AND PYRITES OPERATED ON DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD OBTAINED TliEREFROM :- Remarkll relative to the Name of Company. I Where Qoortz, &c., were 'Quartz crushed. A. veroge Yield. of Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained. ton.s cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr. Evening Star ...... Evening Star Reef ... 410 0 0 017 2•22 350 s 0 120 feet John Conness ...... John Conness Reef ... 320 0 0 0.11 1•50 177 0 0 15 feet below water-level Sayers and Manuel ... Vulcan Reef ...... 35 0 0 4 16 9'60 168 14 0 40 feet Bassitt and Co .• ... Glen Ora Reef ... 5 0 0 0 19 9'60 4 17 0 so feet Primrose and Co. ... Palmerston Reef ... 11 0 0 1 6 4'36 14 s 0 90 feet Sclater and Pattison ... Rubble 1leef ...... 55 0 0 I 9 2•1S so 0 0 40 to 90 feet Lightbound and Co. ... Uncle Tom· Reef ... 12 0 0 1 __0_1:4 . .. • 12 7 0 60 feet Clout and Fantella Niagara Reef ...... 10 0 0 1 4 19•2 12 s 0 Surface to 20 feet Whiting and Willmott. Time-will-tell Reef ... S4 0 0 1 1 5'42 89 3 0 20 to 90 feet Hubbard and Co. ... Champion Reef ...... 15 0 0 2 7 0 35 5 0 so feet Norton and Co. ... Brother Jonathan ... 14 0 0 010 0 7 0 0 60 to. so feet Kent Company ... IIibernia Reef ...... 6S 0 0 0 9 5'3S ; 31 7 6 so to 1oo feet - . W elckina and Co. ... Specimen Hill Reef ... 40 0 0 1 0 10·S 40 18 0 Surface to 60 feet Merrington and Co. ... ·walthamstow Reef ... 12 0 0 ' 2 3 8 26 0 0 Surface to 20 fe.et Good Hope ...... Good Hope Reef ... 639 0 0 3 5 18'55 .2,101 9 0 350 to 500 feet .. ----- Pyrites operated on. Total Quartz ... 1,730 0 0 1 16 10'32 3,151 1 6 -~--- Good Hope ...... Good Hope Mill ... 12 0 0 40 8 8 4S5 0 0 40 , The principal item of importance is the abandonment of the Hibernian mine by the Ken·t Company, after a trial of over two years. The company have golle to very great expense in erecting crushing machinery, and also in sinking shafts and putting in ·drives for the purpose of prospecting the mine ; but although the stone taken out appears to be sufficiently rich to pay for raising, yet, from the limited supply of water available for crushing, ·they have been compelled to discharge the hands and abandon the reef. This is the more to be regretted from the fact that there is at the present time over lOO tons of stone at the ~ill which they are unable to crush. It is the intention of the company, I believe, to remove the whole of their mining plant to some.other part of the division. · The Good Hope Company have been very successful this quarter, having crushed 639 tons of quartz, yielding · 2,101 ozs. of gold. They ha.ve also operated on 12 tons of pyrites, from which they obtained 485 ozs., being an average of 40 ozs. 8 dwts. to the ton. 'f.he pyrites from this reef is of three qualities, numbered 1, 2, and 3. No. 1 is taken from the blankets, and Nos. 2 and 3 are saved by means of the percussion tables patented by Mr. H. A. Thomson, and improved upon by the present manager of the Good Hope Company. No. 1 is by far the richest in quality; 1,900 lbs. of it gave a return of 120 ozs. 3 dwts. The company are pushing on vigorously with their lower level; it is already in over 200 feet, and they exgect to drive 900 feet further .before cutting the vein. They have still three months' work for their fnll complement of men above the present level. , On the Upper Da.rgo the Evening Star and John Conneas. are the only reefs from which any stone has been crushed, if I except a few tons crushed on trial from the Walthamstow. · The John Conncss Reef has been paying so badly of late that the company have determined to abandon it, and purpose removing their mill to some reef in the neighborhood of Grant. , In alluvial mining I have very little change to report. On the Twenty-five and Thirty-mile Creeks the miners. are making fair wages, and a few parties are doing well on the Middle Dargo. NOTE.-M.r. Travls has forwnrde!l to the Office ofiii!nes sections showing the workings of the Good Hope mine. JERICHO SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining S~trveyor and Registrar. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING· TITE QUARTER, .AND TIIE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :- ' Remarks relative to the Average Yield of Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. 1Totnl .Gold. Depth at which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtniued. tons cwt. qr. ~z. owt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Loch Fyne ... Loch Fyne Reef ... 60 0 0 0 16 16 50 0 0 About 80 feet. Blue Jacket ... Blue Jacket Reef ... lOO 0 0 0 12 9"60 62 0 0 About 50 feet.* Eldorado ...... Eldorado Reef ... 200 0 0 0 9 4'20 91 15. 0 About 70 feet.t - Total Quartz ... 360 0 0 11 7'66 203 15 0 • · • A mixed lot of mullock, tailings, nod qunrtz, with 31 oz. \8 dwt. obtnlned from copper plates. t The tonnage of this lot is estimated. No other crushlngs have tnken place in tlliS oivlslon. I have nothing remarkable to chronicle in the mining history of this division during the past quarter, with the exception of the transfer, now in progress, of the Smile of Fortune crushing batteries to the Dry Creek, and, in connection therewith, of a boiler and This machinery is intended to work the. Red Jacket and Moonlight ~efs, on which several leases have been applied for : so far, therefore, quart'! · · is reviving in this division, and promises to continue to advance, as the Red Jacket Reefs are likely to be payable, ju ng from the crushings obtained by the No. l Sou~h New Chum Gold Mining Company. · · The Eldorado men continue to drive their tunnel for opening up and working their claim economically. The dry weather has been rather fa.v.orable. to this division, since, without flooding the claims, there has been sufficient water to carry on alluvial mining ; while, on the other hand, the reefs were not sufficiently forward to have been inconvenienced by the short supply. DONNELL Y'S CREEK SUBDIVISION: Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. 'rHE .FOLLOWING lNFORMATION-iiA.S BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM: :- Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Average Yield of I o!Gold. Depth at whlcll the · I Gold per Ton. Quartz wns obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. North Crinoline ... No~th Crinoline Co.'s 75 0 0 0 9 16•32 '36 6 0 tunnel Morning S~r ... Morning Star tunnel ... 72 0 0 1 0 4 . I 72 12 0 Total Quartz ... 147 0 0 0 14 19•59 I 108 18 0 This subdivision, as far as quartz mining is concen{ed, has been very much at a standstill during the last quarter. The North Crinoline Quru:tz Crushing Machine has been the, only mill at work, and the amount of stone crushed very small. 'fhe ·tributors of the North Crinoline and Morning Star claims continue to take ou:t payable stone, and will shortly have another crushing. ' 41 The Harp of Erin tributors have taken out abo"'ut 400 tons .of quartz, which promises to yield a fair return, but ·they hflve beerr unable to crush it from the want of water. The Pickwick Company have about 300 tons stacked, but are also·waiting for a supply of water to crush. . . . . 'l'he Mount Useful Prospecting Claim, and Nos. 1, 2, and 3 North, intend to commence work immediately. I hope, therefore, that the return of gold from quartz will next quarter far exceed that of the present. . The alluvial miners on Donnelly's Creek are making good wages, and contribute the greater part of the gold m this subdivision. · Nothing new has been discovered either ip. quartz or alluvial. STRINGER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. J-ohn S. Patterson, Mining Registrar. .THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN ODTAINED RELATIVE TO TilE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSIIED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GoLD ODTAINED THEREFROM :- Remarks relative to the - Naine of Company. Where Qnnrtz wns obtained. Qunrtz crushed. A vernge Yield of Total Yield of Gold. Depth nt which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained. I tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Wellesley ...... No. 8 North,Cohen's Reef 439 0 0 2 8 22"10 1,073 16 6 30 feet below creek Walhalla ...... No. 7 North, Cohen'sReef 964 0 0 2 14 2"09 2,607 0 0 20 to 80 feet above creek North Gippsland ... No.6North, Cohen'sReef 296 0 0 2 5 4"29 668 13 0 40 feet below to 80 feet above creek Golden Fleece (tribu- No. 5 North, Cohen's Reef 159 0 0. 1 15 10"56 281 15 0 80 feet above creek tors) South Gippsland (tribu- Prospecting Claim ... 120 0 0 0 11 17'80 70 9 0 40 feet below creek tors) .Tubal Cain ... T~bal Cain Reef ... 144 0 0 0 1 8"63 9 15 19 1oo feet deep Happy-go-Lucky ... Happy-go-Lucky ... 150 0 0 0 \8 15•52 139 17 0 200 feet above creek Longfellow'3 ... Longfellow's Reef ... 702 0 0 1 7 14'87 969 9 0 70 feet above creek Wealth of Nations ... Shamrock Line ...... 39 0 0 1 15 21'54 70 0 0 Perseverance ... Shamrock Line ...... 137 0 0 0 11 19"18 80 16 12 0 ------Total Quartz ... 3,150 0 0 1 17 21"95 5,!171 11 13 I have nothing to report for this quarter; there have been no di~coveries eithP.r in quartz reefs or alluvial. RUSSELL'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Charles Gadd, Mining Registrar. The p_rospectors of the Empire Reef expect to have their battery at work by the 1st September. The quantity of_ gold obtamed ~rom alluvial workings has fallen off d?-ring_ the quarter, chiefly owing to the rise in the •rivers. The mmers are sc~ttermg over the small creeks, many of wh1ch will pay from £1 to £3 per week during the winter months. A nugget weighing 13 ozs. 5 dwts. was obtained last· week in the banks of the Tangil River; this is the largest piece -:found in this division. By Authority : JoHN FERBES, Government Printer, Melbourne. No. 51, •e.