18 j" 7.

V I C TORIA.

REPORTS

OF TEB

MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS.

QUARTER ENDED 31sT DECEMBER 1876.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S, COMMAND.

til] I!utbort!/J:

JOHN YERRVS, I~OVF:IlN]\fEN'l' PRINTIltR, MELBOURNE. NQ 2. Al'PROXUfATB COST 0'1 REPORTS. ;II, •• d. Preparation ~bollt 12 10 () I'riDtillg (1,600 copies) 97 0 0 Total £10910 0

, . INDEX.

Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 31st December 1876. ' . Table showing the Yierd of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter in some of the Deepest Mines in Victoria; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, I,evels, (]ross-cuts, &e. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 31st December IB76, p. 5. Gold received at and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter ended 31st December IB76, p. 5. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed dUl:ing the Quarter ended 31st December 18i6, Summi;y6~f Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed and crushed during the Quarter ended 31st December IS76, p. 16. Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st December 1S76, p. 19. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ballarat Central Division }ir; D. Christy, Mining Registrar... •.. 7,14,15,16, IB, 19, 23 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. George Perry, Mining Registrar ... 7, 1B, 19, 23 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar... 7, 14, 19, 23 Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Snrveyor and Registrar' ... 7, 18,19,24 Creswick Division .. , Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and,Hegistrar 7,14,15,19,24 Gordon Subdivision 'Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .8,19,25 Steiglitz Subdivision Mr. O. W. Collins, Mining Registrar ...... S, 15, 19, 25 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain ~outh .Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar B, 15, 18, 19,26 Subdivision Balian Subdivision ... Mr, S. Cooper, Mining Registrar 8, 19, 26

'. BEECHWORTH MINING DIS~rRICT. Beechworth Division ~Ir. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar B, 15, 16, 19,26 Yackandandah Division Mr. P. Wright, Mining Surveyor and Registrar B, 19,27 Indigo Division Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Registrar ... 8,16,20,27 Buckland Division .• , Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Hegistrar 9, 15,20,27 Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 14,20,27 Dry Creek Subdivision Mr. J. Pemberton, Mining Registrar...... 20,27 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9,20,28 Wood's Point Subdivision .Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 15, 20, 28 Big River Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10,20,28 Mitta Mitta Division Mr. W. H. Cochrane, Mining Registrar 10,20,28 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. W. H. Edwarus, Mining Registrar 10,20,2B SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 10, 14; 15, 16, 20, 29 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar ••• 20,30 Heatheote Division and Waranga South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 14, 20, 30 division Waranga North Subdivision ... Mr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrar ... 10, 14,20,30 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar . 11, 16, 18,20,30 Majorca Subdivision Mr. John M. Murphy, Mining Registrar... 11,21,31 Amherst Di vision ... Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 14, 16, 21. 31 Avoca Subdivision ... Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining.Surveyor and Registrar ... 11,14,21,31

Dunolly and Tarnagulla Division M'£ I,. W • G • C ouc h man, £M" mmg S urveyor andR' eglsrar... t { 11,14,16,18 "21 31 Inglewood Division '" Mr. W. H. Coffey, Mining Registrar ... 12, 16, 18; 21: 32 Wedderburn Division· Mr. J. Reo.ch, Mining Registrar ...... 21,32 Hedbank Subdivision Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 21,32 St. Arnaud South Subdivision Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 14, 15, 21, 32 St. Arnaud North Subdivision Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor andHegistrar ... 12,14,21,32 CA$TLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Di~i8ion Mr. T. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ·12, 14, 15, 17,21,32 Fryer's Creek Division Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,17,18,21,33 Hepburn Division...... M:t:. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar 12,17, 18,21,33 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Mr. Thomas Ol"win, Mining Registrar ...... 12,21,34 Tarrangower Division Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13,14,17,21,34 St. Andrew's Division Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••• 13,22, 34 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar 22, 34 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Thos. Foyster, :a-Iining Registrar ...... 13, IS, 22, 35 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. H .C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 14, 18, 22,35 Bark)y Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 22,35 Raglan Division Mr. C:W. Minchin, Mining Registrar ... li,22,35 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision ... Mr. W. Phipps. Mining Registrar ...... 13,22,86 Mitchell River Subdivision Mr. John Grimns Peers, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar 22,36 Boggy Creek Subdivision Mr. J. Smith, Mining Hegistrar ••. ... ••. 22,36 Crooked River Division Mr. Jr.,mes Travis. ~J:ininlZ Re!!istl"a,·r .,.. 13,22.86 Jericho Division Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Min-jng Registrar ... 22,36 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr, O. P. Whitelaw, :a-lining Surveyor and Registrar 13,22,36 Stringer's Creek Division Mr. E. S. Gutteridge. Mining Registrar ...... 13, }5, 22, 3! Aberfeldy Subdivision Mr. J. McCann, Mining liegistrar ... 22,3, Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. H. WilIjam~. :Mining Registrar ... 17.22,37 Bendoc Subdivision Mr .•Tohn Nichol, Mining Registrar _•• 13,22,37 Tanin Subdivision Mr. G. R. Murphy, Mining' Hegistrar ... 13,22,37 Traralgon Subdivision ~h. C. Denis, Mining Registrar ... 22,37 ApPENDIx.-Table showing the Number of Miners ot.her than Gold employed dllring t·hc QUlLrter 38 A2 .,\,; SUMMARY.

GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31st DECEMEER 1876.

TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE A.ND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERA.L GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. (Oompiledfrom tke Mining Surveyors and Registrars~ Repot'ts for fhe Quartet' enrJell 31st IJecember 1876.)

Alluvial Quartz :Millera. ::Miners. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ lUNING.

'Number Number Steam Engines of 'of " Price of Gold DISTRIOT, DIVISION, Steam Engines employed in Approximatc Square distinct per ounce. Total employed in Wind- Winding, Pumping, Value Miles of Quartz AND Number ing, J)l1mping1 .te. 'IIi 1 ui ttl' ~ Crushing, &c* or Auriferous Reefs I ~Iinillg Gro'und actually RUBDIVISION. .of .~ E :n . ~ rt .S ,.: Mmers. iiJ, '" ~

BE:lWHWORTH. Beecbworth Division , 861 1'l5 134 i 1,116 25 4 I S 3 5,200 52 20 7 115 5 75 5 53,260 47 102 318 0 4 2. 6 Yaclmndandah Division 250 290 80 1 620 2 24 21 5 81 34 2 10,503 12 80 315 0 400 Indigo Division /. • 93 212 48 413 11 11 14 I 10 37 3'jlgg 15 4 46 32 1 20,658 8 25 400 410 Buck1and Division .. 76 909 397 1,382 2 2,000 42 44 18 253 15 284 37,700 61 279 3 18 0 400 Alexandra Subdivision 80 15 135 230 ,4 61 40 2 4 11 140 1 lOG 17,500 35 14 320 410 Dry Creek Subdivision 29 100 2 131 400 400 316 0 410 Beualla Subdivision.. .. 6& Gaffney's Creek Subdivision 55 4 85 144 160 12 12 - 4 G4 172 3 - 314 6 3 J1 6 -Wood's Point Subdivision .• 112 2 64 2 180 I ' - 200 i 12 12 .:- 10 152 1~7 179 I ~18 951~ 316 0 317 6 Big River Subdivision 66 - 2 19 87 - - 150 1 1 '6 60 41 33 14 3 16 0 318 0 Mitt" Mitta Divisioll .. 50 14 270 - 394 - - I 10 . 10 6 50 36 27 32 300 312 6 J a.mi.eson Subdivision •• 100 10 .220 - 330 - - • 400 4 47 2 64 9 26 314 0 3 IS 3 Totals .. .. ll,1'l8 2,453 '-::454 2, 5,687 44 102 lsi - 24 23 ~ 11,130 12 176 ~30 4 _'___ 1,008 ~ -1~49 -6- ---4- 15 ~~ _ 200~ N9 -- 1---· SANDHURST. f1a.ndhurst Division •• 900 920 3,850 50 10 '. 190 65 8 10 3 124 218 3,940 1,240 3 190 200 480,000 22· 321 318 3 318 3 Kilmore Division H •• •• 10 6 - 27 121 :1'15 0 3 11 6 Heathcote Division and Warnnga 134 40 421 40 4 10 30 50-' - 20 389 129 20 28,697 81 204 319 0 4 0 6 South Subdivigion War.mga North Subdivision , 93 52 96 241 25 124 61 3 11 10,443 11 124 311 9 4 2 . ------~I------' ------..--- Total. .. 1_1_,1_37___ 1,_01_2 I~ _50__ 6_,_57_2 ___1_0 ___ 19_0 ______1_30 __ ' 1_0 __ 1_8_ 30 60 124 245 ___1_,4_30_ 3' 200 231 519.140 141 116 :MARYIlOROUGH. 4?t 10 2 125 4 27 614 209 30 27 16; 3 19 6 420 :~~':,\~~l:f!o.~.. 1,~ 37~ = 3'm ~ I,m n 17~ 3§ Ig 6 3~ 14~:~~ g~ 400 4 1 8 · Amherst Division .. 324 220 120 - 664 6 100 8 27 9 26 35 40 2 28 12 4 64 44 6 16 12,360 5 30 3 16 0 420 Avoca Subdivision...... 352 592 'l8 - 972 1 25 100 34 17 4 5 S8 73 4 4 6,179 IS! 40 314 6 4' 0 6 ,Dl1llo11yand 'l'arnaguU" Divisions 310 210 2g0 810 2 32 2 55 14 4 8 27 525 180 26 19 47,516 16 185 315 0 4 1 6 Inl;lewood and Wedderburn Divi- 2,245 437 57 - 2,'/39 4 120 2 8 2 2 14 30 9 146 50 7 3 20,386 19 89 318 0 '" 0 6 · :a!d';,n:nk and St. Armoud South 205 120 50 381 24 11 6 4 38 22 ! 4 5,218 14J; 2S 314 6 4 0 Subdivisions . lilt. Arnaud North Subdivision 115 40 210 - 425 5 18 356 134 17 22 42,186 69 31561,400 Totals.... '1i:4'99 2,031 l,705 _- 9,235 55 69 41 ---wo -- 72 4 161. _4___ 9_4_, 1,830 __ ~~ 4 --- 94 . 95 87<1: 604 CASTLEMA INE. · Crultlemaine DiVision .. .. 316 310 370 - 900· 1 96 1 3S 690" 281 4 26 28 67,688 9! 103 3 11 9 4 0 0 l'r1er'a Creek Division •• .. 815 735 160 - 1,710 '" 6 15 306 3S 2 2 24 19 461 146 4 1 9 15 70,099 28';' ~1 317 6 3 18 0 318 0 '" 0 6 f::!1d':.1~~Jit~e~O~SubdlvisiO~ ~~ i~~ t~ 1,~~~ ~ 11 54 12~ 41 2 ~ IS i~ 1~ m 1 '3 50 49 ~3:~~~ ~~ ~~ 318 0 3 18 6 T"rrangower Division 62 240 308 - 610 9 41 23 34 747 240 29 12 34,075 4~ 14 -319 0 4 1 '6 St. Andrew's Ilivision .. .. 189 54 169 - 412 20 12 3 5 62 "36 6 4 4,8Q8 15~ 15 3 11 6 416 "Blue Mounta.in North Subdivision 45 2 6 53 2 28 8 .:- 1,900 '" 4 3.11 6 318 0 Totals .. 2,008 1,8'/'2 1,566 5,446 13 279 3 "180 21 11 5ii5 20 42 140 2,789 --- 1,025 9 120 108 268,157 166 ---,--- i----·I---- ARARAT. Ara.rat Division .. ' .. 105 370 25 510 4 35 • 11 4 30 121 4 22 4 :lO 1 1 14,230 26 3 18 0 318 0 [.'Plea:sant Creek Division . 554 255 947 1,765 10 160 25 - 24 70 39 346 48 10 151,214 37 313 6 410 ;;Ba:rkly])ivision 225 253 7 485 1 10 12 5- 865 9 319 6 406 l>"RaglaD Di ,ision 231 109 15 355 1 123 10 10 I, 10,700 5 403 4 1 3 Totals 1 1,115 ---;i87 9 3,115 --m -:r- __ ,~ 18 6 70 ---=-' 131_ __ ~_ -"00- . 1. ---'--1---- 183,009 _ \ 83! I 1'l - GIPPSLAND,

~OmeoSubdivh3ion.. H •• 15 20 68 1 217 , 2 935 221 22 17 23 312 0 311 Mitchell River and Boggy Creek 163 130 _I. 40 140 i -- 20 17 11 314 6 3 19 Subdivisions (, 1 Crooked River Di vision .. •• 29, 224 20 I 10 8 126 1 .. 32;222 49~ 350 380 319 0 .J ericho Division . • •• ~ WIM 5433 25 143 90 20 . 20 '5 58 13,300 "26 33 310 0 317 0 Donnelly's Creek Division •• 36 "34 10 20°130 3 3 62 12,555 6~ 18 380 3 J9 0 stringer's Creek Division ~.~ 502 622 9 1 136 49,366 7 13 3 10 0 400 A berle1dy Subdivision 36 2 20 118 3 1 40 7,4CO 20 4 310 0 , 317 0 'Rus..IJC1I's L'Teek Division 62 62 12 15 35 16 310 0 318 0 !Bendoe Subdivision •• 38 35 10 83 40-, 12 12 2 28 24 2,333 21 15 310 0 3 17 fi Tarwin SUbdivision ., M 36 103 2 20 4 5 12 4 2 1 2 37 25 4,305 3 4 316 0 318 6 "Traralgon Ilubdivision m 47 10 1 10 2 1 3 16 6 318 6 Tot"Ls 9iJ7 -1'--:7:--::-:-- 210 491

G.RA.ND TOTALS 15,491 1,134 3,307

THOS. COUCHMAN, Office of Mines, Melbourne, 19th January 1:877. Secretary for Mines. No.2. \ ' o TABLE SHOWING THE YIELD OF GOLD FROM OERTA1N PAROELS OF QUARTZ RAISED DURING THE QUARTER IN SOME OF DEEPEST MINES IN VICTORIA, WITH THE DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW BEING' SUNK, OR THE SINKING OF WHICH HAS 'DnU1\T'T1T"l:7 BEEN STOPPED, ETO. ( Compiled from Returns 'made by lIte Mining Surveyors and Registrars for the Quarter

DISl'RlOl', DIVISION, Dlp AND NAME OF COMPANY. NAME OF REEF. NAME OF COMPANY. REMARKS. SUBDIVISION.

BALLARAT. Tons. Oz. dwt. gr. Centrnl Division' o 6 14 N.looE. Southern Division 02" N.2°W. .. A well-defined lode. nuninyong Division o :I '.I Varies N.o·w. SmytheBdale Division •• '. o a 3 4 reefs N. S· E. 7,949 N. 0:; 15* i2t030 olU N. I reef N. So W. .. Including pyrites. Crcswick Division VIctoria shaft New Nortll'Clllncs 4,265 o 7 14* 2t08 0 W.15° N. N.o"E. CluJ;les PumpIng shalt J ,. Including;Pyrites.' 'IV iudlng shaft Gordon Subdivlslon Steiglitz Subdivision o 11 0 3 Minerva Minhva 090 o [ Elaine .. Lindsay The shaft of the Albi.on Company is 875 it. deep, but it is not now In work. and Blue o 12 17 Varies Varies N.l1'W. Sultan •• Sultan and others Not sinking. " I' , BEEcnWORTB. I 260 1,422 o 12 12 10 0 w. s. -N. Dalennd Co. Excelsior, Woomgee •• 310 310 400 642 066 Bigelow and Clingan Homewllrd·bolllld 450 400 W.7f>° 180 to 200 lsa o 9 O. 9 0 N.W.4:;" N.2S"W. lfagent... Magenta 320 ' 22() 220 * Sometimes as great a wl!lth lIB IS it: Is taken-9ft. is ilia average. 250 "I 18 6 0 I o 4 Reef becoming richer at lower depths. 210 101 o 11; 7 k',"

The AI •• Castle 60 200 1 13 17 S.W.8QP N.E.lo" N.30·W. ,. Flat reef in granite dyke. Hope _ l\foflling Star 350, 478 S.W. SOo t:: o 0 11 N.W.30' N."2'W. ," Londonderry Tribute Railway 360 200 o 3 7 Velftical N'-IV.30' N.30"W. I.. Redelin and Davies Bellionga 60 1,000 100 Gleeson's Gleeson's 360 1,584 o 1; 2ll E.50° N.ll'·W. r.. i" SA:l.'TIliURST. I PAndora .• 4,482 o 12 22 ),156 1,100 Hnstler's 368 1 10 19 1,100 871 Nortb Old Chum .. 312 o IS' 11 1,093 1,000 Sandhurst Division f Information l'e$pecting ifelr Iil1clnif at' Sand1iut~ ;;,..,,- I Victory •• Garden Gully 3,494 3 S 2t020 0' 1,059 J,010 I. Victoria Reef Q. Victoria. 291> o 2 14 6 () I,llOS Kilmorc Division , , , Heathcote Division and 'Waranga ,South I Costerfield Costerfield 180 to 240 340 o 4 10 () E.4!)" S. 620 520 420 Subdivision Waranga North Subdivision Alison Alison 200 240 0'10 0 0' Variable N. 20' W. Alison Alioon 280 265 265

MARYBOIWUGH. f Bristol Hill •• :!o!al'yborongll Division •. Cambriall :r.rosquito 300 297 o 9 15 Western 403 396 I Great Extended .. Bluther's 4ilO 450 :Majorcn Subdivision Prinee Allred hince Al,[rcd 374 102 1 1 Amherst Dlvision Princc of Wales Prince o~ 'Vales· 140 263 o 5 6 2' 6, W.70· N.4l'1" N.go'io'w. Croydon L"anra" 200 200 Avoca Subdivisiim W.40· Dunolly and Tarnogulla Divisions Queen's Birthday Bealibn 335 to 400 1,068 !) 7 23 o o S. f Queeu's Birthday stopped lit present. Welcome Advance Bc"liba 210. 114 1 4 10 Il @; W. (\Velcome •• Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions /. Fones' •. l!edbank& St. Amaud South Subdivisions Greenock Reef Greenock 320 246 o 11 0 Samlllurst and St. Arnaud \Vilson's Hi11 600 U97 o 13 2 6 0, W. S. 650, 600 St. Arnuud North Subdivision .. { Chrysolite Tribul'l. St. ArnaUd Cross Reef Bell Rock 370 452. o 3. 20 6 o W. S. 4e~ 400 Sinking stopped. CA$TLEMAINE. Little Xuggety Tribllte :Nuggety 230 52 Custiemainc Division •• { 3 14 14 s. Wattle Gully No. I Wattle Gully 235 568' 1 16 22 S. Ferroll's.. ' Fryer's Creek Division Ferron's 160 to 280 3,891 O' 3 22 N. Rowe Brolh",s Cattle's 170 S50 o 10 2 Specimen Hill Hepburn Division Specimen Hill' 463 ",173 046- f Cornish .. (Jornish 520 3,512 o 3 1 Taradal. cad Kyneton Subdivision Fenlon Tribute Fenton 180 984 o 1 20 { Hubbcr's Belltopper 180 11 0450 Wniker' and Co. Parkin's 160 91 2 17 10 , Tarrangower Division •• WrattBn and Co ... Charcoal 120 ,204 1 0 18 920 800 Sinking recently stopped. f North Eaglellawk United .. Llnscott·s 344 o 12 12 :. 63!!- 600 bOO OperatIons suspended in deep grolllld. St. Andrew's Division •• Longley apd Co.•• Ornm's 48 3 19 l). Blue ~[ounto.ln North Subdivision t·

ARAIIAT. Arorat Dlvisiou 1,!I'l() 1,519 Scotchman's '" 290 I} & 1,706 1,685 1,680 1 10 12 :; 9 Crown Cross Reef United.. 1 }'lnt 1,500 1,350 1,3.50 Pleasant Creek DivISion 186 1,262 1,252 1,2!J2 additionallnlormntion respeeth)s deep mining at Stawell.t'l' page 35;,. 1 15 0 Pleasant Crook Crollll Cross and Flat 1·· 1,141 1,000 1,060 1 3 21 ) .. 1,050 : 1,045 900 ~OO Barkly Division .... Raglan Division i"

t Good Hope ,,20 102 o 11 S 1 2 W.7f1' N.W.70" N.W. Good Hope GoofiHope 100 500 700 " II •• N. 80· 30' N.19''IV. LOng TUlI11el .. " Cohen's '634 623 623 *243 to "23- 3,949 1 15 8 12 0 I W,80· Walhalla .• Stringer's Creek Division "32.') 3,901 o 16 22 B 6 W.16'to 83· N.32" N.19'W, Cohen's 575 485 485 ,. Below a.dlt. fNew N ortll Gippsland Co~cn's 324 324 324 Belowadit. I" f No.1 Sonth .. No.'} SonUI •• 170 IbO 150 Tarwin Sul!d!v!sion Golden Bar (}Qlden Bar 30 4i o 15 o 2 N. and S: t Prospectors' Tribute Plo~pectol's' Tribute 70 02 M! obtaineU in OeW bel' last, weighing 21 02S. Traralgon Subdivision ; ..

NOTE.-Informatlon has been received l!howinll1hat the Newington ~haft, at Fleasllnt Creek, wns 1,030 feet in depth on:;the 17th January IB77. Office of Mines, Melbourne, 19th January 1877. THOS. OOUOHMAN, No.2. for Mines,

., , ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.

FROlf information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrar• . the TOTAL QUANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QUARTZ REEFS are as follow:-'

, Alluvial. Quartz. Total.

0 ... d.... t. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st December 1876 .. , ... 79,274 17 149,365 8 228,640 5 "

THE QUANTITY OF GOLD, the produce of this Colony, EXPORTED, according to Returns furnished by order of the Honorable the. Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows :-

oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31~t December 1876 122,759 8

NOTE.-In ad

GOLD REOEIVED AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL MINT.

STATEMENT of the Gross Weight of GOL}) received at and issued fromft,he Melbourne Branch of the ROYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st December 1876.

REOEIVED, ISSUED.

Gross Weight of Rough Gross Weight of Gold Gross Weight of Ooin, Gross Weight of Gold Gold. Bul11on. Bnlllon.

0", oz, oz, Oz. 24,669'07 133,563'53 153,833'502 709'891

Royal Mint, ROBERT HUNT, Alelbourne, 8th January 1877. Acting Deputy Master.

STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GOLl) received at the :Melboul'lle Branch of the ROYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st December 1876,

Gros. Weight of Rough Gold. Gros. Weight of Gold Bullion.

OZ. oz. 6,766'98 112,709'62

N<>'I'L-The Mint has no evldenee beyond the statement oithe depositors that the above Is Victorian gold.

Royal Mint, ROBERT HUNT, Melbourne, 8th Jaimory 1877. Acting Deputy Mastel'. QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETC.

" I ,SUMMARY,

•• ! '. I. "j. i "Ji I THE following information has been obtained relatiye to the,QUAN!I.TY OF QUA.~T_Z, QUA~T~ TAILINGS and MULLOCK' Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on, during the Quarter,' and the:' GOLD obtained therefrom :-

: , , ~~, : MINING DISTRICTS. " Quiuimy O;"sheu; Total Yield of Gold from , 1;\ Qunrt'£, &I.e:, Cru.~~d. "., . " . . ,", r.:h' " :; " Quartz. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballara.t r 85,469 5 0 (} 6 5'03 26,536 18 8 j~ '~~'" ...... ".," '" " , .. ' '0, '12" 11'46 15 14 Beechworth '" ." ...... ,' ... 22,959" 7 :0 ,14,320" Sandhurst _ .• , '''k'',,! _ _ . ~ 85,150 10 0 0 10 13'27 44,929 11 21 ... - - ... -. . 1-·- Maryborough ... .,...... --... 7,60e O· 0 '0 10 9'56 3,955 -1- 5 ' , n 30,837" , 0' ,0 ' ,7 1'57 10,894 4 23 Castlemaino '" ...... 0' Ara.rat ...... 21,775 0 0 0 17 2'75 18,633 6 1 10,659 18 Gippsland '" ...... 8,768 0 0 1 4 7'50 0 Totals 0 9 21'53 129,929 7 0 ...... '" -. 262,56~ __:, 0 I -. - - Quar!z Tailings and. Mullock. Ballarat ...... 405 0 0 0 3 20'27 77 17 0 Beechworth ...... II5 0 0 0 2 10'33 14 0 0 Sandhurst '" .. , ...... 4,716 0 0 0 0 13'S8 136 7 0 ;. 4 ,5',8 ,448. 17 18 l\Iaryborongh '" ...... '" ...... 2, t.i 7 0 0 0 Castlemaine , ... ..' ...... 872 0 0 0, ,1 ·7'70 ~, 57 11 18 Ararat ... .,...... 603 0 0 0 1 7'01 38 19 6 Gippsland ...... '" , 0 1 18'06 773 12 18 Totals ...... , ~ *. S,S28 0 0 Pyrlt~ 'and Blanketings operat~d on. Ballarat' ...... 314 10 ,0 2 17' 18'96 908 15 0 Beechworth ...... 116 0 0 1 16 18'S3 213 7 0 Sandhurst ... f ... ." ...... 989 0 0 2 9 0'18 2,423 8 7 10 4 0 0 40 0 0 Maryborough ... " ... '" ...... 0 0 . 2 223 10 4 Castlemaine ...... '" ...... lOS 0 0 I 9'37 ' Ararat ...... '" ...... Gippsland .. , ...... 54 10 0 2 9 21'36 135 19 0 1- Totals ...... ' 1,592 0 0 2 9 13'44 3,944 19 11

N01:'B+-This Summary does not show the total quantities of quartz, &c., crushed or-operated \on, but on1y 1he- yield of certain crushings;"&c., respecting which the ~finiug Surveyors and Regi~trnrB have been able to obtain iniormation. Owing to the circumstance that mnny of thel machine .. owners are unable to give;or are precluded from giving, informat.ion, it ig impo5sjhllJ: to get complete returns irom every dis.trict; Ilnd in considering the relative importance of each disttict, as regards qnaft.?, mining, &c. t the tables relating to machinery should be examined and compared.

THOS. OOUOHMAN, O{1ice of Mincs. Secrebll'Y for Mines. Melbourne, 19th January] 877. MINING' SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' RETURNS,

QUARTZ. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars , reJative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom,

Divlllion and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to th" and Where Quartz was obtained, Quartz Crushed. Yield 01 Gold Depth at which the Name 01 Company, per Ton, Gold. Quartz was obtaIned, &41.

tons owt, qr. oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr, BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CENTRA.!, DIVISION. Temperance ...... Little Bendigo 1,400 0 0 o 5 15'34 394 15 6 400,650,750, &850feet Ncw Welcome ,.. '" Dead-horse .. - 2,270 0 0 o 3 5'84 368 3 0 250 feet New' Dimmock'a .•• •.. Little Bendigo 1,457 0 0 o 3 7'41 241 I 0 250 feet North Dimmock's , .. Little Bendigo 795 0 0 o 2, N,2 91 16 0 200 feet Red, White, and Blue ... Little Bendigo 312 0 Q o 2 10'91 3& 6 6 70 to 200 feet. Black Hill ... ••• ,Black Hill ... 2,823 0 0 o /} 21'65 833 2 12 200 feet United Black Hill ••• Black Hill Flat 1,743 0 0 o 6 6'53 546 12 6 200 feet Parade ..• ...... Black Hill Flat 450 0 0 1 5 6'52 568 12 6 200 to 380 feet Black Hill South Extended Black Hill Jj'lat 143 0 0 o 3 19'75 27 6 17 200 feet Countess ••• .. . Black Hill Flat 725 0 0 o 8 0'18 290 5 12 50 to 300 feet Duchess ...... Black Hill Flat 518 0 0 o 8 9'54 217 10 1 200 feet Llanberris ••• .. . Gum-tree Flat 3,708 0 0 o 2 6'02 417 7 12 90 to 300 feet Don...... •.. Gum-tree Flat 1,012 0 0 o 2 14 130 14 8 200 feet Britannia _.. ••• Specimen Gully 438 0 0 o 3 0'15 65 16 21 230 feet Endeavor ... • .. Specimen Gully 270 0 0 o 5 12'51 74'1018 40 to 140 feet Manners' Lease ...... Canadian ... 805 0 0 o 8 16'32 349 7 11 20 to 100 feet Sovereign ... .., Golden Point ' .. 1,890 0 0 o 1 23'77 188 2 6 400 to 650 feet New Koh-i-noor ." .. . Ballarat West, .. 3,711 0 0 o 6 14'30 1,223 18 0 275 feet Speedwell ...... Poverty Point 420 0 0 o 1 10'28 30 0 0 130'feet Crushed (on hire) by seven 4,762 0 0 o &' 22'9i 2,132 13,13 different batteries Crushed (on hire) by tIle 55 0 0 o 15 21'38 • 43 14 0 Britannia battery Totals ... 29,707 0 0 0 5 13'69 8,273 15 11 I ' SOUTBERN DIVISION.

Hopewell Tribute ... Staffordshire Reef 1,140 0 I) 0 2 5'69 127 10 4 1 120 to 200 feet, 8 feet wide Speedwell Tribute ... Staffordshire Reef 184 0 0 0 1 16'43 15 10 0- IS0feet(trialcruslling) Crushed (on hire) by the Hooper's Hill ... 28 0 0 0 3 16'28 5 3 0 30 feet (trial crushing) New Kangaroo battery Turner and party .... Break-o'-Day ... 2,096 0 0 o 3 14'86 379 6 0 20 to 60 feet, :3 feet thick Grant and party ••• ••• Break-o'-Day ... 340 0 0 o 2 17'14 i 46 2 21 30 to 40 feet, 2 feet thick I----~----I-~---I-----'-- Totals '" -3,788 0 0 0 3 0'68 573 12 1 BUNINYONG DIVISION. Imperial ... Hiscock's Reef ... 2,091 0 0 0 3 2:92 326 7 12 200, 260, and 820 feet \~ Hiscock's Reef ... 681 0 0 0 3 4'S3 H)9 0 0 One-and-All { West Reef... '" 104 0 0 0 3 7'56 17 418 80 feet . Fairweather Reef ... 424 0 0 0 6 2'85 129 14 9 80 feet Various parties ...... Hiscock's Ilnd Scotchman's' 537 0 0 0 6 19'94 183 8 6 20 to 100 feet line of reefs 1_____ , _1 ______

Totals ...... i 3,837 0 o! 0 3 23'79 765 14 21 SMYTHESDALB DIVISION. 1-----·_- Smythesdale ConsolI! .. . German Reef, Smythesdale -320 0 0 033 50 1 0 100 and 150 feet Eclipse ...... Lancashire Reef, Newlown IGO 0 0 o 1 18'67 l4 4 11 120 feet Linton ...... •.. Argyle, LintPort Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs '" 7,949 0 0 0 4 23'45 1,978 4 0 Surface to 890 feet Port Phillip Co's Tributer!! Clunes Beefs .. , ... : 6,839 0 0 0 8 2'70 2,774 1 12 Surface to 890 feet New North Clunes ... Clunes -Heefs ... 4,265 0 0 0 (; 11'31 1,380 I 0 320 to 1,000 feet New North Clunes Co.'s Clunes Reefs ... 881 0 0 1 0 6 10'81 284 3 0 120 to 630 feet Tributers South Clunes...... Clnnes Heefs .. . 7,252 0 o 0 6 10-67 2,336 l7 0 246 to 480 feet, South CIUllesCo.'s Tributers Clunes Reefs .. . 80,i 0 o 0 2 4'85 88 12 18 444 feet -' New Lothair...... elunes Reefs '" 1,059 0 o 0 7 6'23 384 8 0 400-feet ruchards and party ... Clunes Reefs '" 471 0 o 0 4 12'75 106 14 6 150 feet Try Again .. , ... Bullarook ... 1,400 0 o 0 7 7'46 511, 15 12 60 to 90 feet Working Miners ... St. George's Heef 90 0 o 0 (; 16'53 30 2 0 20 to 100 feet Soutb Creswick ... _ .... Humbug Hill ... 100 0 009 0 45 0 0 110 feet Empress of [ndia...... Springhill ... 40 0 o ° 6 1'20 12 2 0 80 feet J, B, Dungey...... Frenchman's Reef 8 0 o i 0 8 3 3 5 0 10. feet 1------1 Totals ... 3],159 0 ° o (; 9'05 9,935 6 0 8

QU.wTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Division and Subdivision, Average Remarks relative to the Total Yield of Depth at whicb the and Where Qll&rto was obtained, Quartz Crushed, Yield of Gold Gold, Kame of Compa~y, per TOIl. Quartz wa. obtained, &e.

GORDON SUBDIVISION. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. Parker's United '... '.. Gordon 1,685 0 0 1,1601912 385 to 420 feet United Miners ... Gordon 32 0 0 o 7 0 n. 4; 0 From surface to 18 feet Argyle .. , , .• Moorabool 56 0 0 o 4 6'86 12 0 0 Surface Sundry lots· 4,653 '0 0 o 7 3'52 1,602.15 2 Totals ,., 6,426 0 0 0 8 20'66 2,846 18 14 STEIGLlTZ SUBDIVISION, 1·-----~-----I------I, Nimrod '" ...... Steiglitz 35 0 0 1 0 '15'08 36 2 0 Fielding Itnd Co,...... Steiglitz 14 0 0 I 12 12 22 15 0 Shields rod Co. .. • .•• itz . 20 15 0 I 2 0'57 22 17 0 Cole...... litz 1 10 O. 400 600 Minerva ...... Elaine 655 0 0 o 11 4'28 366 2 0 265 feet Elaine ....., Elaine 78 0 0 o 9 4 35 15 0 300 feet Golden Gate ... '.. Elaine 44 0 0 I 3 15'27 52 0 0, Great Western .•. ... Elaine 27 0 0 o 18 12'44 25 0 0 Morning Star'... '.. 1<:laine 126 10 0 o 10 l4'22 67 0 0 Wee Speck ... '.. Elaine 39 10 0 1 5 7'59 50 0 0 Mortimer and Co. ... Elaine 10 0 0 o 15 19'20 7 18 0 The Plimsoll... ". Elaine 600 o 10 0 300 Old Triumph .. , .. , • Elaine 300 150 .3 15 0 Juno...... , i Elaine 208 10 0 o 6 8'51 66 5 0 ---'------··--1----,- BLACKWOOD DIVISION! Totals , .. 15 0 o 12 1'21 764 9 0 AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH i ' SUBDIVISION, ' Sultan ... .., '''1' Barry's Reef .. . 3,325 0 0 o 12 17'77 2,118 3 0 165 to 700 feet Mounter Bros, '.. ... Barry's Reef .. . 52 0 0 1 18 17'54 100 14 0 250 feet Mounter Bros. Tributers ... , Barry's Reef .. . 103 0 0 () 3 5'59 16 13 () 200 feet Annie Laurie ...... i Barry's Reef .. ' 144 0 0 o 3 3'82 22 14 22 75 feet Big Hill ... •.. I Simmons' Reef' 2,310 0 0 o 1 2'88 129 7 0 200 feet Imperial ... I Simmons' Reef 200 0 0 o 0 14'58 6 I 12 100 feet Crown ...... •. '1 Simmons' Reef 750 0 0 o 3 8'54 125 17 0 140 feet Cornish...... , Simmons' Reef 50 0 0 o I; 8'04 i 5 16 18 140 feet Victoria .. , ... .•. Yankee Reef ... 228 0 0 o 5 13'89 63 12 0 90 feet Morning Star ••. •.• Bald Hill ' •. 270 0 0 o 5' S'53 72 6 0 30 feet North·Britain...... Wright's Reef 187 0 0 o 2 14'34 24 5 18 50 feet North Star ...... Union Reef '" 61 10 0 o 13,15'41 41 19 0 50 feet

Totals .'. 7,680 10 () 7 3'08 2,737 9 22 BALI,AN SUBDIVISION. Ashton's.. Freehold (private) Blakeville road 27 0 :1 2 0 0 54 0 0 About 140 feet

., )j'romlesseos' retul'n~ received in the Office of J\.1ines.

BEECHWORTH MINING DIS'rRIO'!'.

BEECJIWORTH DIVISION,

Reform ...... Myrtleford .. ' .. . 1,422 0 0 o 12 12'11 889 2 o 1 260 feet Condy and Co, .. , ... Myrtleford ...... 12 0 0 o II 0 6 12 o Surface Matthews and Co, ... Buffalo ... ..' 201 0 () o 13, 8 16 0 0 50 feet Rath's Reef· ... .. , Palmerston , .. ... 12 0 0 o 14 8 8 12 () 50 feet Washington Reef .. , Stony Creek ... 26 0 0 1 15 14'76 46 6 0 70 feet Waterloo , .. ... Barwidgee .., ... 150 0 o· o 10 0 75 0 0 120jeet . Wallaby ... .. , Hurdle Flat .. ' .. . 358 0 0 0 5 0 89 10 0 140 feet Rose of Denmark ... Hurdle Flat ...... 4 0 0 0 6 0 I 4 0 50 feet Sunday Heef ...... Three-mile Creek .. . 12 0 0 I 1 0 12 12 0 90 feet , Stonewall ...... Hurdle Flat '" .. 3 0 1 5 0 3 15 0 80 feet Juvenile .. , ". Stony Creek ...... 180 °0 0 1 0 0 130 0 0 90 feet Totals ...... 2,153 '0 0 0 l\ 21'06 1,278 13 0 YACll:ANDAND.ur DIVISION. Bigelow II.nd Clingan ... Homeward-bound Reef, 642 0 0 0 6 6'06 200 14 0 400 feet Hillsborough Str' ' 470 0 0 0 5 7'15 .124 10 0 150 feet No. r Prospecting ••• ! .. ." ( Pride-R~ef ...... 10 0 0 3 4 0 32 0 0 40 feet Keep-it-Da.rk Reef ... II 10 0 o 12 4'17 7 0 0 Near surface Iron Hand Reef .. , 34 0 0 () 3 12'71 6 0 0 Near surface All on Twist's creek-) Perseverance Reef ... 21 0 0 \l 10 11'43 11 0 0 Near surface Crushed at Bolam's mill, l' Independent Reef ... 29 10 0 0 6 19'52 \0 I 0 Near surface Twist's Creek .•• Petty Reef ...... 13 0 0 0 4 14'77 3 0 0 Near surface Try Again Reef ... 23 \0 0 3 10 12'25 '82 17 0 Near surface

Totals ...... , 1,254 10 0 0 7 14'55 477 2 0 INDIGO DIVISION. Ru therglen Reefs, Harris and Hollow '" Great Eastern Reef ... 626 0 0 2 7 1'87 1,473 11 0 50 to 100 feet Edwards and Co ...... Two-to-One Reef ... 23 0 0 2 10 10'43 58 0 0 100 to 120 feet, 63 Various (trial crusbings) '" Various reefs ...... 80 0 0 o 15 1S'60 2 0 Surface to 100 feet Chiliern Reifs, Chinese·...... Indigo Lead ... .., 2410 0 I 7 17'14 33 19 0 2uO feet from surface Magenta' ...... Magenta' Heefs .., 180 0 0 0 9 0'26 81 2 0 I 80 to 200 feet Magenta. (public crushings) Various reefs ... .. , 94 0 0 0 7 2'80 33 9 0 Surface to 120 feet 1- Totals ...... 1,027 10 . 0 1 13 22'31 1,i43 3 0 9

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

DIvision and Subdivision, Average· Total Yield ot Remarks relative to the and Where QUllrtz was obtllIned. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth Ilt "hleh the ------1·------1------1---·------1------Name of Company. per Ton. QUllrtz WaS obtained, &tc. BUCKLAND DIVISION. Buckland. tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt, gr. oz. dwt, gr. John Butler ...... Keating's Creek Reef '" 20 0 0 o 18 7'20 18 6 0 40 feet Douglas and Co...... West Briton Reef 20 0 0 4 17 12 97 10 0 30 feet Maguire and Co...... Never-too-late Reef '" 15 0 0 198 22 0 0 Surface II. Traulsen •.. ... Doubtful Reef 400 2 17 12 11 10 0 Surface Red Jacket ...... Victorian Reef '" 10 0 0 1 17 0 18 10 0 40 feet Keane and Co...... , Lady Bowen Reef '" 27 0 0 o 16 7'11 22 0 0 50 feet Shepp en and Co...... Mary Anne Reef ... 400 3 17 12 15 10 0 25 feet Anderson and Co. .•• Miner's Right Reef '" 28 0 0 2 16 10'28 79 0 0 Surface IIall and Co. ... ••• Robin Reef... '" 800 o 15 0 6 0 0 70 feet P. Radcliffe ...... Reliance Reef .. , '" 9 0 0 o 17 13'33 7 18 0 Surface Grant and Co.... .•• Leinster Reef...... 10 0 0 2 5 14'40 22 16 0 75 feet O. Anderson and Co. ... Lady Darling Reef '" 77 0 0 1 0 16'21 79 12 0 40 feet Nuttall and Co. ... United Cockatoo Heef ... 10 0 0 o 8 1440 4 6 0 Surface Paulassey and Co. . ... Harp of Erin Reef ... 45 0 0 2 2 5'33 95 0 0 60 feet Brogan and Co. ... • ... Hibernian Reef '" 90 0 0 o 18 18'18 84 8 0 30 feet J. Thorp ••• . .. , Eclipse Reef .. , '" 17 0 0 o 12 11'29 10 12 0 Surface Howard and Co. ••. ... : Perseverance Reef '" 40 0 0 o 10 3 2{1 5 0 Surface O'Connell and Co. .•. Rip-and-Tear Reef ", 800 1 0 0 3 0 0 Surface R. Anderson ...... Little Wonder Reef ... 24 0 0 I 6 16 32 0 0 85 feet Running Creek. Hope ... New Happy Valley Reef 276 0 0 0.12 9'39 171 0 0 Surface to 140 feet Ovens River. Osborne and Co. ... . •• Magpie Reef ... '" 374 0 0 o i2 4'36 227 16 0 200 to 300 feet Walden, Newton, and Co ..•. Homeward-bound Reef••• 500 0 0 o 6 21'12 172 0 0 100 to 300 feet E, M. Gill ...... Stackey Gully Reef '" 70 0 0 o 11 10'28 40 0 0 130 feet· Noone and Co. ••• .. . Stackey Gully Reef '" 800 2 16 6 22 10 0 Not stated Johnston Stephens ... Good Templar Reef '" 62 0 0 o 8 9'29 26 0 0 100 feet Harrietville. Robins and Co. '" ... Revival Reef ... 76 0 0 1 2 S'84 85 0 0 Surface to 70 feet Davis and Co. .,. ... ,Tiddledeeadle Reef 10 0 a 12 16 0 128 0 0 250 feet Sloan and Co. (tribute) ... Never-too-late Reef '" 110 0 0 0 6 0 33 0 0 40 to 50 feet W andiligong. J. Rawlings '.. ... Oriental Reef... '" 900 1 7 0 12 3 0 Not stated Naunce and others ... Three small lots, var. reefs 30 0 0 o 6 13'60 9 17 0 Not stated Mills and Wmilims ... 26 0 0 o 6 '10'15 8 7 0 Not stated J. Gregory... . •• Victoria Reef... .., 14 0 0 090 660 Not stated J. Laffer ... •.. Northumberland Reef '" 14 0 0 {I 9 15'43 6 15 0 Not stated Murray and Boyle .. . Grace Darling Reef '" 3 0 0 4 6 0 12 18 0 Surface R. Rowe and Co...... Essex Reef ••. '" 62 0 0 1 2 12 69 15 0 50 feet Smith and Lidston .. . Home Reef...... 143 0 0 o 3 13'59 25 10 0 Not stated Michaelesand Co. .. . Strokes' Reef ... '" 400 1 1 0 4 4. 0 Not stated S. Kinkade, 1st lot .. , South Pioneer Reef '" 10 0 0 o 16 0 8 0 0 'Surface S, Kinkade, 2nd lot ... South Pioneer Reef '" 12 0 0 o 8 8 5 0 0 Surface S. Richards ,.. . .• Bulldog Reef .. , '" S 0 0 1 '6, 6 10 10 0 Not stated Rickards and Co.... '" Gunnie's Lake Reef '" 39 0 0 o 4 14'77 9 0 0 100 feet Halvey and Co. ... Ebenezer Reef (?) ... 26 0 0 o 10 0 13 0 0 Surface Barnett, Cook, and Co. . .. Nil Desperandum Reef. .. 900 o 14 10'66 6 10 0 40 feet Herman and Co...... Goldsborough neef ' .. 52 0 0 1 0 0 52 0 0 60 feet Cathcart, Dunphy, and Co. South Myrtle Heef '" 689 0 0 o 6 2'30 210 0 0 200 feet Jones, Fraser, and Co. ... Albion Reef '" 123 0 0 o 7 15'41 47 0 0 170 feet James, Green, and Lazonby London Reef ... '" 1,445 0 0 o 16' 21'26 1,220 0 0 300 feet Sundry small lots '" Fraser's Mill Reef '" 36 0 0 o 10 0 IS 0 0 McLean. Bruce, and Co, .. , English and.Welsh Reef 188 0 0 o 14 16"85 138 4 0 200 feet Hood and Coutts ...... Try Again Reef '" 209 0 0 1 19 0'23 40', 13 '0 180 to 240 feet Oxenham and Co. .. . Kan aroo Reef ... 11 0 0 o 18 13'71 13 0 0 Surface Orchard and Co. ... , .. Old Reef ... 900 2 16 5'33 25 6 0 Surfaee Attridge and Co...... Tamar ... '" 500 110 550 100 feet Fletcher, Clingan, and Co ... . Hillsborough Reef .. , 550 0 0 o 12 3'49 884 0 0 Surface to 60 feet Moore and Co,...... Break-of-Day Reef ' .. 120 0 0 I '5 0 \ 150 0 0 180 feet ~ . Dwyer and Co...... Sbamrock Heef '" 12 0 0 o 1I 2 6 13 0 40 feet Gill and Taylor , .. Golden Bar Reef 40 0 0 20 feet 6 0 I' )2 0 0 Johnston Stephens. North White Star Reef... 60 0 0 OHSo 3400 150 feet ------ALEXA-HlmA SUBDIVISION. Totals .. . 5,908 0 0 015 0'43 4,436 5 0 Lenney and party Lucky Reef .. . 150 0 0 I 9 1I'52 221 2 0 50 feet Persevcranee Tribute LuckyReef ' .. 40 0 0 o 5 9'75 10 16 6 160 feet Norton and party Surprise lieef ••. 600 1 6 0 7 16 0 25 feet Merton Gold and Antimony Merton 76 0 0 o 12 5'45 46 9 6 90 feet Tea-tree Welcome Reef WI 0 0 o 11 7'84 57 4 0 210 feet Kean and party ... Emu Reef 12 0 0 o 15 21 9 1012 80 feet Selby and party .•• Emu Reef 51 0 0 o \0 5'18 26 1 0 100 feet Know les and party Emu Reef 12 0 0 2 I. 10 24 17 0 60 feet Chaffe, Haley, and party Emu Heef 35 0 0 o 7 19'89 13 14 0 50 feet Chaffe and party ... Emu Reef 200 o IS 0 I 16 0 80 feet .Tohnson and party Emu Reef 15 0 0 o 7 9'60 5 11 0 70 feet .Harris and party... Emu Reef 700 o 2 1'71 014.12 40 feet McColl and party Fiery Reef S 0 0 o 10 9 430 130 feet GAFFNEy'S CREEK SUB- Totals , .. 515 0 0 0 16 16'52 429 14 1'2 DIVISION. The Al Castle Beef 200 0 0 1 13 17'64 337 7 0 About 60 feet Victoria Homeward-bound Reef.., 1,000 0 0 0 1 4'04 58 8 16 About 250 feet Hunt's ... Homeward-bound Reef... 1,100 0 0 0 3 3'18 172 5 20 About 80 feet. Royal Wallaby Reef .. , 600 0 0 0 2 1'58 61 19 12 About 90 feet Wl1\]aby "'1 'Wallaby Reef,.. '" 400 0 () 0 4 IS I 95 0 0 About 90 feet Rose of Denmark Eureka Reef ... '''I~~ __O_ ~ 11'941~~ About 300 feet Totals ...... 3,700 0 0 0 4 7'\3 795 0 0 10

QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division Subdivision the UlI"U',',pl' &c.-continued.

~ DIvision and Subdivision, 1 ,Average Total Yield of i Remarks relative to the Nan;e o~C~~p~y, I" ;~~re ~u~;~::a: o:~lned. I_Qus_rt_z_C_rll_S_h_ed_. I_Y_~_!~_O_4o_~_~_ld_, ___G_O,_ld_. __ ,_..,Q_U,-:?r_·~_\_h" "_";_:,_b h_~_~~_e_~_~_':!,_e_.

_' • ~on~' cwt., qr. oz. dwt. g::. . oz. dwt. gr. WOOD'S POINT ~1IBl>IVISION: !Iormng Star Prospectors Morning Star Reef 1,300 0; ,0 o 4 ,1:14 263, 2 ·0 Surfacing .. , ", Thwaites and party Gooley's Creek Reef 30 O· ,0 o ' 8 "0 - 12 o 0 About 30 feet Hope .,. .... , •.•. Morning Star Reef 478 0 0 Q 5 11'72 131 3 12 About 350 feet Prince of Wales ... All Nations Reef ~ ... 500 0 0 o l'll'52 37 0'0 About 150 feet Never Mind ... I ... Never Mind Reef 450 O. 0 O· 0 9'60 9 o 0 Surface ' , I ~- I BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. .• 7'otals .• : I ••• 2,758 d 0 0 ,3 6'71 452 5.12 --"------Unknown '" ... ' Unknown Reef 170 0 0 0 5 0 42 100 About 100 feet Londonderry Tribute .•• I Rmlway Re:ef ' .,200 '0, 0 0 3 ,7'20 ., I . .- - 33 0·0 About 300 feet MITTA MITTA DrnSIO.lf. Totals ... 370 0 0 0 4' 1'94, 75 10--0 1------,- ---'-----_, Smith and Salsberg (public) Bethanga' 1,040 0 0 0 1819'78 978 17 '0 20 to 60, feet Redelin and Davies (public)' Betbanga ., i,oOO O· 0 I 0 ()',,' 1,000, 0 0 60 feet Wm. Rhodes, &c. (public) .. . Bethanga 921 ci 0 0 17 17'28 816 0 0 25 to 80 feet Empress (public) " .. . Bethan,ga, '.. 500 0 ,0 1 0 '0' 500 0 0 60 feet I \~~--'--'-' --- J.lllUlllSQN Sunp:ry-IsloN'. ~otals ..:, 3,461 ( O. 0' 19 O'9~ 3,294 17 0

Alabama ...... Flume ,Creek '" 123 If 0 1 6 3 6'98 762 17 6 200 feet Mack's Creek' '" •.• MaCk's:Creek .;; 24 ( 0 1 9 8 35 4 0 200 feet Gleeson's Lease ...... Sailor Bill's Creeli 1,584 ( 0 0 522'14469 1 12 350 feet Venture ••• . •. Mack's' Creek .!. 50 ( '0 0 19 14'40 49 0 0 100 feet Sailor Bill's :.. •.. SaJlor ~i1rs 'Creek' , 80 1 0 ,0 1411'~2 22 2 20 150 feet 1 I . ' , ~~tal,s ••• 1,812 o

, \ SANDHURST' ~U~j.'-',J.~ DISTRICT.'

), SANl>HURST DIVISioN. - ~ . ,.", i Abe Lincoln '...... N~w.chum Guiiy 2;622 00 olr 0 786 12 0 Beehive "" ... Eaglehawk ': ::. " 5,116 ° 0 o 8 11 '56 2,169' 12 0 Bendigo and Melbourne .•. Kangaroo Flat, "', 2,ino 0' 0 010 17'!!3, 1,0~0 !f 0 Catherine Reef United: , .. ,Eaglehawk- .:. 2,770 o 0 o 12' 1l'70 1,729 19 0 Fortuna. and Thanet ,.. Sandburst ' ... 10,691 (\ ° OII,15'68 6,229 4 0 Garden Gully United ••• Garden Gully Reef 4;269 o 0 ) '4.,6:69 5,182 6' ,0 G. G. Consolidated' .... Golden Gully.:•. 1;047 o 0 09 Ilt63 494.7 4 Great Extended Hustler's... Hustler's Reef: , ,4,016 o 0 I) 12 0'01 2,409 14 0 Great Hustler's ...... Hustler's Reef' 224 o 0 o '5 18'21. 64 !p' 0 Great Britain... ••• ,Golden square ~,729 o 0 ° 7 12'49 1,026 3 0 Hustler'S Reef ... 'Hustler's Reef 1,222 o 0 o 12 4'7'9 745 7 20 Johnson's Reef ,", ... Johnson's H.eef' '3,746 () 0 o '4 8'31 814 1 0 Koch's Pioneer ... ,~Long Gully' ... 8,283 o 0 o 'i 1'84 2,930 15 0 Lazarus New-chum ... ! New-chum ... 2,218 o 0 o 4 22'43 547 5 '0 Mixed lots from Louisa ''', '" ... ' Eaglehawk 4,696 o 0 o il 0'74 2,590 0 0 various reefs Metropolitan...... Golden square' 3,640 o 013 0'12 2,366 19 0 (See page 29.) Morning Light...... Golden Gully .. . .1,235 o 0° o 8 '2'21 499 14 0 New--chuln and'Yictoria ... Ironbark .. . 2,983 ° 0 o 9" 6'50 . 1,382 15 0 New-chum United ... New-chum .. . ~,894 o 0 o 5 IS'56 546 15 0 New Nelson ...... California Gully 1,875 o o· o \} '6'36 868 12 '0 Old Tom , .... , ".. Whips tick .. . ,;698 o 0 o 6 14'89 231 it· ° Pioneer .. : "...... Eagleha,vk .. . 2,440 o 0 o '621'34 8401'0"0 Boyd and James .... ,'" Specimen Hill ' 278 o 0 b 19 13'64 272 ,0 0 Shenandoah '" ... New--chum Reef 3,671 I) 0 I) 12 22'88 2,377 1'1 "0 Shellback ... " ... Shellback Reef' 2,282 o 0 o II A'58 1,276 18 0 Victoria CODBOls·... ,'" HapPY Va,iley . ... " 4,421 o "0 o 14 20'60 3,284 9 0 Victoria Reef... .•• Happy Valley 2,565 o 0 o 7 22'48 1,017 17 12 Wilson's Reef...... JYIarong :' ... 84 o 0 o '8 2'86 34 '2 0 1-,---' Totals .~. 83,725 0 0 o 1'0 II '10 ~3,7,9~ ~2 12 HEATHCOTE DIVrSTON AND ------.------. WAaANGA SOUTH SL~- DIVIEIOX, Costerfield ...... Costerfield ... 340 0 0 ,0 4 10-'~7 ,. 75 ,7 o 180 to 240 feet'-- Alison .. . . '.. Costerfield , .. .-240 0 0 o i6 0 120 :0 o . 200 feet ' I 18 J'ohn Collins "... , , ... Redcas'tle 136 0 0 'i 147 18 o 'I' v iiious depths S, H, Mitchell and Co. ••• Staffordshire Flat" 140 0 0 ·1 4 6'86 17~ 0 o Varisms depths ------" ------To~als .,. 856 0 ° o lV.lRANGA NORTH SUB------,------1--,--'---·1 DIVISION. .. :~~ Randolph and Co: ... Ru,~hwortlt,' 400 o 3 18 o 15' '0 100 feet Boyd l!-Dd Cobbledick Rushworth .. , 500 i 17 0.,' 9 '5 0 ,30 fe"t, '" Ahern and Wall ... . Rush worth' 700 o 7 8'57 2 11 12 Hicks and Clausen ... 'Rushworth~ 13 0 0 1 3 22'15 Upl 0 132 f'e~t. KeUyand Co. .., ... Rushworth' ... ~21 0 0 :I 15 22'85 .79 15 0 40 feet Boyd and Cobbledick ... Rushworth 6 0 '0 1 'i 20 ;6 I-I 0 30 feet MilIeay and Co. .., ... Rushworth 43 0 0 o 182'42 38 18 18 J20 feet Forlorn Hope ...... Rushworth 10 0 0 2 18 12 29 ,5 ° 130 feet Walton,and Co­ ... Rushworth ]5 0 0 1 19 3'20 29 7 0 20 feet 'Mouseley and Co, .. , Rushworth 7 0 0 I 2 19'28 7 19 15 QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed .. each Division and Subdivision durh~g the Quarter, &c.-continued•

" .. DIvIsion and Subdivision, Average Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz wa. obtained. " Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Total Yield of Depth at which the per Ton. Gold. Quarti was obtained, &0. ------_.Name of Company. ------. -- tons -cwt. qr • oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. lVA.RANGA NORTH SUll- ...... DIVISION-continued. , , Manuel and Co. ... Whroo ., . ... 4 0 0 o 11 12 2 6 0 Darroch an!! Co ...... Whroo .. ... , 8 0 O. 4 o 10'50 32 3 12 230 feet Hudsou and Co...... Whroo ...... 2 0 0 0 4 6 0 8 12 Uren and Co. . 310 .0 0.0 10 0 ...... Whroo ... _.. '" 1 ·3 Darroch and Co .••• ... Whroo ~. - .. ~ ...... 8 0 0 2 11 9 20 Il 0 236 feet Balaclava-Ma.ry·vein ... Whroo .... ' ... 95 0 0 0 6 21'09 32 13 12 120 feet South vein ... Whroo ...... 16 0 0 I 3 4'12 18 10 18 50 feet Hodge" Bros...... Whroo ...... 5 0 0 1 17 19'20 9 9 0 20 feet Hodge Bros...... Whroo ...... 9 0 '0 o 13 8 6 0 0 20 feet Irvine and Co. ... Whroo " ...... , ;j 0 '0 0 6 0 0 18 '0 Surface Cameron Bros...... Whroo . , .. ... 4 0 0 0 5 0 I 0 0 Surface Augustine and Co. ... White Hills ... 78 0 0 1 6' 9'46 102 18 18 Balstrup and Co ...... White Hills .,. ... 72 ,0 0 0 8 9'50 30 4 12, Cameron Bros...... White Hills ...... 48 0 '0' Oil 19'50 28 7 0 24 fept Cameron Bros. ... White Hills ... 22 0 0 1 I 19'63 024 0 0 24 feet Grumbridge and Co. ... Coy's Diggings ." 21 0 0, 1 9 2'28 30 11 0 50 feet d Murray and Co...... Coy's Diggings ... ''''5 0 ,0 011 14'40 2 18 0 50 feet Mason and Bailey ... Coy's Diggings ... 9 0 0 2 0 0 18 0 0 70 feet Corbet and O'Brien .. ... Coy's Diggings ... 0'6 0 0 3 512 19 13 0 Feypel and Co. ... Coy's Diggings '14 0 0 o 15 22'29 11 3 0 . ... , ... Bock and Co...... , Nine-mile . , ... 2 I 0 70 feet .' ------" 0 0 lOG 20 ---- - • 7" 'Totals ...... 569 10 0 I ~ 16'26 617 5 9

NOTE-AU above water· level except Darroch and Co .• Whroo.

l\iARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. . . .. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Cambrian ...... Mosquito ...... 297 0 0 0 9 15'83 143 9 0 300 feet. James Kay Reade (public Chinaman's Flat ... 254 0 O. o 18 13'62 235 16 6 Various crushings) Penny lind Claus'en (public ...... 770 0' 0 o 12 6'20 471 19 0 Various crushings) .. ..., Johnston and SOliS (public ...... 311 0 0 0 3 14'74 56 4 2 Various crushings) ----,---- Tot!l-Is ,...... 1,632 0 0 OIl 2'88 907 8 8 MAJORCA SUBDIVISION. Prince Alfred Reef ... German Gully ... 102 0 0 1 I 1'41 107 8 0 374-foot level; water ----.---,---- level at 150 feet; ree f " ---- AMHERST DIVISION. 1 ft. 6 in. wide Union ...... Specimen Reef ... 34 0 0 6 12 23'29 226 1 0 60 to 70 feet Croydon ... .., Laura Reef ...... 125 '0 0 0 6 II'86 40 11 19 60 to 100 feet Usher and Co...... , Pack·horse Reef ... 12 0 0 o 12 16 7 12 0 60 feet , Dunstan and Co ...... North-Western Reef ••• I 30 0 0 0 7 9'60 11 2 0 10 feet Bush and Co...... Prince of Wales Reef ... 290 0 0 o 16 21'02 244 14 0 100 feet Louie and Co, .. , ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 226 0 0 0 6 1'91 68 14 0 100 feet Prince of Wales ...... Prince of Wales Reef ... 263 0 0 0 5 6'96 69 11 6 140 feet Miller and Co...... Jew's Reef ...... 25 0 ,0 3 2 0 77 10 0 60 feet Biel and Co...... Holstein Reef, .. .. . 23 0 0 3 I 1'04 70 4 0 20 feet Wardor Companies ... Near Lexton ... 100 0 0 0 I 0 5 0 0 100 feet Trickey and Co .• ~. ... John Bull Reef ... 16 0 0 o 17 12 14 0 0 20 feet Sundries .. , ... Various smal110ts ... 58 0 0 0 5 l4'17 16 4 6 ------Totals ... .. , 1,202 0 0 014 3'92 851 4 7 AVOCA SUBDIVISION, ------'----- Monte Christo ...... Tributers' claims ... 407 0 0 0 4 18'04 96 14 0 50 feet; water-level 100 feet Fish and party ...... ' Glenmona Reef ... I 185 0 0 o 3 8'17: 30 18 0 30 feet ,------.---- DUNOr.r.Y AND TARNAOnLLA Totals ...... ,592 0 0 0 4 7'46 i 127 12 0 DIVISIONS. '-'--1--'- ---- Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef, Goldsboro' 1,068 0 0 0 7 23'51 426 2 12 335 to 400 feet Welcome ...... Advance Bealiba Heef ... 114 0 0 I 4 10'47 139 5 '18 210 feet .T. Watkins ...... Star Heef ,,, .. . 200 0 0 o 10 0'27 100 2 6 80 feet Thomsen and Co. ... Star Reef ... 120 0 0 o 13 8 80 0 0 60 feet Ryan and Co, ...... Bet Bet Reef .. , '" 1:1 0 0 2 14 0 35 2 0 40 feet Crook and Co...... Bet Bet Hecf ... ~ ... , 36 0 0 o 16 23'50 30 II 6 Surface to 35 feet Blair and Co. ... '" Specimen Reef ... 18 0 0 0.1021'33 9 16 0 20 feet Scorer and Co...... Wilson's Hill Reef ... 17 0 0 0 8 12'70 7 5 0 40 feet Clouston and Co ...... Ironbark Reef...... 50 0 0 0 8 0 20 0 0 )00 feet Straker and Co; ...... Greek's Hill Reef '" 18 0 0 o 19 20'66 17 17 12 120 feet Kern a.nd Co...... Break-oJ·Day Heef ... 17 0 0 0 2 21'18 2 9 0 120 feet Sayers and Co, ... MO.rning Star Ueef ... 16 0 0 0 4 4'50 3 7 0 20 feet Watson and Co...... Bealiba ...... 2 0 0 0 5 0 010 0 60 feet Baxter and Co...... Bealiba...... 9 0 0 0 3 0 I 7 0 20 feet Deason and Co. n. ... Wayman's Reef ... 31 0 0 0 4 15'23 7 3 16 80 feet Rogers and Co. ... Arrandale Reef ... 6 0 0 010 0' 3 0 0 '" ,------Totals , .. ... ' l,i35 0 0 010 4'55 883 18 22

0 12

QUANTITY of QUARTZ C;ushed in each Di~ision and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Division and Subdivision, Average Toto.l Yield 01 Remarks relaUve to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quart. Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at which the Name 01 Company. per Ton. Gold. ' Quart. was obtained.

tons cwt. qr. 0 •. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. ,-' INGLEWOOD DIVISION. Fones' ...... Burke's .FIat ...... 860 0 0 0 7 21'77 340 0 0 416.520 feet; depth 0 f water-level 100 feet Trial of new reef ... Inglewood ...... 4 0 0 0 10 0 ·2 0 0 , Totals ...... S64 0 0 0 7 22 342 0 0 REDBAl>"K AND ST, ARNAUD • ---- SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. Harvey and Smith ... Rose and Thistle Reef ... 39 0 0 0 7 16'62 15 0 0 50 to 100 feei Kewley and Co. ... ., . Eureka Reef •.. ... 9 0 0 0 6 0 2 14 0 50 feet Greenock Reef ... , .. Greenock neef ... 246 0 0 o II 0 135 6 0 320 feet Totals ...... 294 0 0 0 7 0'16 153 0 0 ST, ARNAUD NORTH SUB- DIVISION. Sandhurst and St, Arnaud Wilson's Hill Reef ... 697 0 0 o 13 2'99 457 S 0 600 feet Chrysolite Tribute , St. Arnaud Cross Reef ... Bell Rock Reef ... .452 0 0 0 .3 20'61 87 4 6 370 feet Perry Bros...... Armenian Reef ... IS 0 0 I 5 IS'66 23 4 0 30 feet Gilbert and Cadzow , .. Eastern Reef ...... 11 0 0 0 11 16'91 6 S 18 100 feet Tucker Bros. IWarwickshire Reef ... S 0 0 I o 14 S 4 16 100 feet Totals ... 1,IS6 0 0 0 9 19'74 5S2 9 16 "'1

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT:

CASTLEMliNE DIVISlON, I Wattle Gully. No. I ••• Wattle Gully Beef 56S 0 0 I 16 22'27 1,048 15 0 235 feet Walker and Co, ...... Wattle Gully Reef 741 0 0 o II 19'66 437 18 3 280 to 350 feci Nuggety Tribute .. , ... Little Nuggety Beef ... 52 0 0 3 14 14'77 194 0 0 230 feet Bennett's ... .•. Old Specimen 20 0 0 I 10 12 :10 10 0 10 to surface Eureka Consols ...... Eureka Reef ... 294 0 0 (l 5 16'98 83 IS 0 360 feet Ajax Tribute... .., Bolivia Beef .•• 1,445 0 0 o 5 12 397 7 12 300 feet Cardwell and Archer ... Town Heef .. . 247 0 0 o 519'41 71 14 IS Sebastopol Crushing Co. ... Various .. . 201 0 0 060 60 6 0 Various Miehell and others ... Barker's Creek 257 0 0 o 4 4'53 53 16 12 Various Callander and Co, ... Forest Creek ... 413 0 0 o 5 16'SS ll~ 15 12 Various Chewtoll United ...... Chewton Beef 324 0 0 o 2 19'52 45 II 12 231 feet

Tot.als , .. 4,562 0 0 0 II 3'42 2,541 12 21

FltYER'S CREJm: DIVISION. Brydges and ])"I~ .. , Bulloek Reef...... 28 0 0 o 6 14'57 !l 5 0 Various Sorensen and Co, .. , Specimen Hill .. . is 0 0 I 14 O' 30 12 0 80 feet Ferron's Reef Company ... ];'erron's Reef .. , .. . 3,897 00' o 3 22'02 763 .8 0 roo to 280 feet Rowe Brothers ... , '.' Ferron s ReeL.. '" 390 0 0 o 3 7'01 64 4 0 SO to 170 feet Rowe Brothers ... ,.. Cattle'a Reef .. :' .. , S50 0 0 o 10 2 428 II 0: 80 to 170 feet Rowe Brothers ,.. Cattle's Reef (road claim) liO 0 0 o 1 21'17 16 0 0: 80 to 170 feet Duke of Cornwall .. , Cattle's Reef ...... 765 0 0 o :3 3'16 119 16 0 180 feet Mills and Co, ...... Cattle's Reef...... 15.0 0 0 o 3 1'60 23 0 0 100 feet Anglo Mine , .. 92 0 0 o 3 5'30 i4 16 S 50 to 320 feet

Totals ... 6,360 0 0 0 4 14'92 i 1,469 12 8 HEPBURN DIVISION. Glengower ...... Glengower ... '.. 1,30;;-;;-:- ~~I~~ 300 feet Specimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill 5,173 0 0 0 4 6'49 i 1,1'04 12 0 463 feet Freeman's ... .•. J;'ear-not Reef... 110 0 0 0 5 0 27 10 0 100 feet lveRon and Co. ,., .. , Keep-it-Dark ... 37 O' 0 3 i2 19'78 134 14'12 60 feet • King and Willard ... Willard's Reef 27 0 0 0 13 O'SS Ii 12 0 50 feet Nankervis ...... Doctor's Gullv 45 0 0 0 4 0 9 0 0 30 feet Cugley .. , , .. ... Jlem Hill "... 6 0 0 2 10 0 15 (l 0 25 feet Walker ...... Keep-it .. Dark .. , 24 0 0 1 2 0 26 8 0 40 feet Prospectors .. , . ... Hepburn ... 320 0 0 0 6 3 98 0 0 Shallow Pltrties, Yandoit ... Various 525 0 o o 6 Ifl 175 0 o Shallow, Cornish ..• Cornish Reef .. , 3,512 0 o o :'1 :3'21 630 15 12 520 and upwards North Cornish COI'nish Reef ... 424 0 o o 2 S'33 49 15 6 90 to 360 feet Argus Cornish Reef ... 1,097 0 o o I 18'51 97 :3 6 To 150 feet Ajax Willard's Reef 1,150 0 o I o 10 0 575 0 o 70 to 140 feet -----1------:------Totals .. , 13,750 0 0 5 6'2(\ 3,617 0 12 TARA-DALE AND KYNETON o SUBDIVISION. ------:------United Kingdom ... Tnradale 1,740 0 0 o 4 IS'69 415 15 '0 150 feet Fenton Tribute Tnnulale !JS4 0 0 o I 20';19 91 0 0 ISO feet McAllister's '1'aradale :)02 0 0 o 7 1i's8 Il.~ 3 13 70 feet Humboldt New Belltopper II 0 0 2 6 10'91 25 IJ 0 ISO feet' Morton's l~i berty Flat ... 700 o 8 15'i! ;\ 0 0 Near the surface Hubber's Bellt(}pper 11 0 0 o 4 5'45 2 6 12 100 fect Singleton's Victoria Heef ... 10 0 0 o 4 9'60 240 50 feet Totals. ... :>,065 0 0 0 4 (i'26 G5!l 0 ]3

QUANTIT-r: of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Division and Subdivision, I. Average Total Yield of Remark.relative to tbo and 1 Where Quartzwa. obtained. Quartz Crnshed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the -per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c. ------Name of Company. ------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. TAlIRANGOWER DIVISION. Caledonian mills ... Parkins, Eaglehawk, Bee- 818 0 0 0 16 22'61 692 18 12 90 to 500 feet hive, Manton's and Nug- I gety Reefs . Linscott's mills ... I Charcoal, , Eaglchawk, 422 0 o i o 14 5'09 299 17 12 120 to 400 feet Wattle Gully,Manton's, and Victoria Reefs Phrenix mills Charcoal, Nuggety, Bee- 51 I 0 0 o 13 22'42 356 o 12 hive, Eaglehawk, and ,Victoria Reefs Great Western ... Beehive Reef ... III 0 0 0 12 8'64 68 12 0 Dunn's Reef Dunn's Reef ... 160 0 0 0 5 0 40 0 0 Eaglehawk Union Eaglehawk Reef 618 0 ,0 o 16 17'12 516 9 0 I Bell's Reef Bell's Reef 30 0 0 0 7 12 II 5 0 I ----I I ------I Totals ... 2,670 0 0 o 14 20'89 1,985 2 12 I ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION, ! ------Freehold Anderson's Creek 65 0 0 I' 3 7'01 ~~I 0: Holloway and Co. Anderson's Creek 12 0 0 o 10 20 6 10 , Grant and Co. Anderson's Creek 2 0 0 2 I .12 4 3 0 I Apted and Co. Pioneer Reef .:. 51 () 0 I 4 16 62 18 0 160 feet Allandale Allen's Reef ... 26 0 0 I 4 15'69 32 I 0 60 feet Bradley and Co .... Diamond Heef 22 0 0 I I 0 23 2 0 75 feet Lanz and Co. Diamond Reef 14 0 0 I 6 0 18 4 0 120 feet Butler and Co. ... Diamond Reef 15 0 0 o 14 21'73 II 3 14 120 fee~ Day and Co. Diamond Reef 16 0 0 2 2 9'75 33 18 12 200 feei Ross and Co. Diamond Reef .~ 0 0 114 0 810 0 Longley and Co .... Oram's Reef 48 0 0 3 19 5'21 190 210 300 feet Candwell and Co. Oram's Reef 3 0 0 o 10 16'66 I 12 2 Hirt You You I 0 0 I 12 0 I 12 0 Central Mining ... Reefton 150 0 0 II 2'58 158 6 3 100 feet

Totals ... ---1----430 0 0 I 9 4'84 627 '16 17 I

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

ARARAT DIVISION . I I Rochell's party ... j Moyston 26 10 0 I 18 20'83 51 10 0 Leaders to about liO {to Rochell's party ... "'1 Moyston ::: I 1l,lO 0 0 9 17'74 5 12 0 I Totals ... _ 38 0 0 I 10 1'261 57 2 0 PLEASANT CRBEK DIVISION. I Wimmera ...... I Stilwell Reefs 6,152 0 0 0 16 19'59 5,197 14 20 280 to 850 feet Pioneer and Galatea Stawell Reefs 5,331 0 0 0 17 14'90 4,67 I 17 15 100 to 1,060 feet New St. George's... Stawell Reefs 3,068 0 0 0 17 13'24 2,692 9 ,0 480 to 850 fee, Scotchman's Stawell Reefs 2,790 0 0 0 17 5'69 2,404 II 14 300 to 850 feet Moonlight Stawell Reefs "'I~~~ ~1~~ 3,609 ~ 410 to 1,060 feet, Tot~ls ...... 21,737 0 0 0 17, 2'20 18,576 4' I I

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

OMEO SUBDIVISION. Forsyth and Lucas Swift's ,Creek .. . 45 0 0 5 0 56 5 0 100 feet Shaw and Cummins Swift's Creek .. . 26 ,0 0 012 0 15 12 0 45 feet Sampson and Co. Swift's Creek .. . 10 0 0 2 2 0 21 0 0 30 feet Rnssell and Hillyer Swift's Creek .. . 14 0' 0 2 0 0 28 0 0 25 feet Sampson and others Swift's Creek .. . 25 0 0 o 12 0 15 0 0 75 feet ------Totals ... 120 0 0 I 2 15'40 135 17 0 CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. ------Good Hope Good Hope Reef ... , 102 0' 0 0 II 8'23 I 57 17 0 520 feet Walsh and Co. Republic Reef 80 feet ••• 1 __4_2_~~~1 __31_~ Totals ... 144 0 0 0 12 lO'U 89 9 0 DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. Florence ~~-O -0--;-;3-;;-1~~' Stratford and Avon 50 0 0 0 2 0 i 5 0 0 Gippsland Consols __ 130 0_0_ ~_0_1_2~_0_ Totals ... 480 0 0 0 3 3'75 75 15 0 STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. Long Tunnel ' .•• Cohen's Reef .. . 3,949 0 0 I 14 21 '66 6,891 10 0 Walhalla Cohen's Reef .. . 3,901 0 0 o 16 22'40 3,302 17 0 New North Gippsland Gohen's Reef ... 100 0 0 I ,4 9'60 1220 0

Total~ ... 7,950 0_0 I~ 22'87 10,3~ BENDOC SUBDIVISION. Venus ... Venus quartz claim at 20 0 0, 0 6 0 I 6 0 0 Surface to 40 feet Donang Union Jack Union Jack quartz claim 13 0 0 I 0 8 U'08 i 5 10 0 Snrface to 20 feet at Bonang I , Totals ... --3~O I~ 23'77 i--ll-W-O TAlIWIN SUBDIVISION. Golden Bar Golden Bar claim, Foster I 41 0 0 1-;;-;-;;-2'93 • I ':--3~-0-I 30 ft., leader 2 in. thick 14 ,': ,,' , .u , ;' ;;' .. :: '. . ,QU4RT-~,TArLINGS~' MULLOCK, ETC'. ! ~; • v'l'!' , '" ,... ,... ·1 "".' :' , ,...• '., THE following 'information has beenvobtained from Returns I~ade by tli.eMi~in·g HUl'vey,ol's aDa ~egistrars relative to theQ~,al!-titiof Qiii\R~T.z TAIJ,.iNGS ari~ MlJnocK, &c., Crushed in the several Divisions and Sub;~~~i~l~qns. of !?,ach.l\1}niug lP,i.~.trict dU~f:rig; th.e: Qriai·tef ~ and t~e. GO~I! ob~ail1ed' therefr~m~ ,.:' ,,;,,"

I :. 1 ! " "1" : I I Division and Subdivision, : Where Quartz Tailing. and Quartz 'failings: . Average'" • T~tal Yield of Remarks relative to. the . and, '. .: I" Mullo.~k. &0., were and M:nllock, ~o.', Yieldof Gold I:' G Jd Depth at Wllich tbe Name of Company. _. _1_'_' __O_~ ___'_ ~hed.~ ,p.r:!~n...,: :~;"o_: _"_ Mullock, &c."were o!ltain,ed. . I. . I tons cwt•.. qr. oz. dwt: gri '.' oz. dwt. gr. • ,-I \.:" '~~,~~, ; , ~. ~)! J '.1 ... 1'~, ";d~~ .. ~~:. :: ~.I /"rJ .

CENTRAL DIVISION.' , ~ ~ . Crushed at Mercer's battery ,'" j.. ,.. , o ;.;,,,,.... '11-0 \,l Crushed at Pearce's battery' White-horse Ranges o • "";;:~ ~~. . r •

< ." , BUNINYONG DIVISION., ,Totals .•• o John Bunyan Devonslrlre o Tailings and mullock surface' STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. on I « :I:, Al Steiglitz ,180 0 ..0 o· 0 Morris and Co. 20 O. 0 I_O~~::"':'~ I __'"'---'-~O '200 0 "0 0 0

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S-ANDHURs'r:r.qNING DISTRICT:'" t .... • ,,"' •• '! I ... , .... ~ •• - .... __--'.C". __-','-_.""'-..,....:."'-~_-"'"_.:...... "-_.:.:.";,:.",,..:.,':i;.:..!.., SANDHURST DIVISION. Johnson'sReef ... ~'~:.f' Johns~~t~i'Reif I 1, 75 0·'0 0 '1:1'1'20 .5 10 0 New-chum United New-chum Reef 296 0 0 0 2 6'57 33 13 0 Koch's Pioneer .,. Long Gully...... 169 0 0 . 0 I' 2'59 U 7 6 HEATHOOTE DIVISION AND .'1'01ZT(11::1 .. "," I'-'-';'+'c'--.·~------W ARANGA.- - -SOCTHSri:" - , ....Totals .... - -"-".' --540 .. 0 ------.--!.----,~-- DIVISION. • , John Colliris ~,~,;~,,", 'Redcastle :, , 1 t.; ·\'1 WARANGA. NORTH SUB" ... _.! __ _

DIVISION. , t\ \'~,~ 1 I' ~ Balaclava r '~hroo __ _ Victoria mach~I)e .. i.·~ ":'" . Coy~s Djggings Victoria. machine , !. r.. , 'I Cpy:'sl)iggings: Victoria machine -, . " "'j COY:5 Diggings[ . :.. . t ~'1'.'; : '"

".; ... ,MARY,BOROUGH-' MINING DISTRICT.

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3 5 -·,r .' )~ . Ii (j" () 0 5 0 0 0 • ';[1.---.' ·REDIl.ANK AND 11' 0 0 0 SOUTH !'In,,,,,,,T,,.'.T,",,,' Douglas and 0 () R. McNicol Greenock Reef ..

DIVISION St. Arnaud Pyrites

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION... Lamb and Co, , .: ... r Ohewton'" , ! ' .~. I I, ... i >CI,7I Wattle Tribute .. ; Wa.ttle(GuHY,'.I. ': ..... I"':';..::.:.:;.()I.:.,9~O_.::.:.;._ 1___ "-'-'-'-- __ :~~ ____ :.:.-.-=--I 'H Totals ... ! 'I • 1361 O· , .. ".","1. .• .~:') . . TARRANGOWER DIVISION .... Phamix mills . Surface Phamix mills ,goj;o,;'!O fe~k Phceni:ic:mills 'J:-:.;:: ,

'J t.. "',-;'}' . 'PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. Scotchman's 15

PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS:

THE following information has been obtained f'rofu Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quant.ity of PYRITES and BLANICET~NGS operated on in the severa.l Divisions and Subdivisions of ea.ch Mining District duringtlie Quarter, aud the GOJ~D obtained therefi.'om.

Division and Sub(Hvisiol1 j Average WI . P' ", ' d B1 uk t' , I'yrite. Total of Remarks relatfve to the and • lel,e, ,,11 es n.n it. e mgs and Bu;mketing's Yielthf Gold Yield Depth at which the were obtained: ~ d , ·Gold. }illme of ~CQmpo.ny. w_. I"

tOllS owt. ql'. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CENTRAL DIVISION. Black Hill , ...... 14 10 0 2 11 ~9'O3 37 II 0 Llanb.erris ' ...... 24 10 0 I 8 4'90 34 II 0 I I Totals ...... 39 0 0 I 16 23'38 72 2 0 CRE8WICK DIVISION. Port Phillip i ... ' ... Clunes Reefs ...... 61 5 0 4 5 23'02 263 ,5 0 New North qlunes , .•• Clunes Reefs ...... 58 15 0 4 1 8'27 238' 19 0 New North Clunes Tributers Clunes Reefs ...... 310 0 2 8 13'71 810 0 South Clunes .... , ... Clunes Reefs ...... 26 0 0 4 6 12'92 112 10 0 ,,, T,otais ...... 149, 10 0 4 3' 8'90 623 4 0 STEIGUTZ SUBDIVISION. Anonymous ...... EI8.ine ... '" 100 0 0 1 10 0 150 0 0 BLACKWOOD DIVISION iND BI,UE MOUN'l'AIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Sultan .•• •.• Barry's neef .,. 26 0 0 2 8 19'38 I

BEECHW9RTH MINI~G DISTRICT.

" • . "- d, BEECHWORTH DIVISION. - - ~ -- . I 0" -I Juvenile /, ... ' ... .St9PY Creek '"t" ... 310 0 2 0 7 10 0 Reform ... '" Myrtleford, ...... 13 b 0 2 3 0 27 19 0 {) ' Waterloo ...... Biuwidgee ." " ... 3 0 Q19 8 2 18 0 .. . . . Totals .... ' ", 19 10 0 1 18 19'69 37 r 0 BUCKLAND DIVISION. Hope (old Happy Valley) ... Happy Valley & Christ- 15, 0 0, 2 4 0 3a 0 0 ,mas Reefs .. . ._.- '" - E. M. Gill ...... Various reefs ... 50 0 0 1 8 0 70 0 0

" Totals ...... ,65 0 0 1 1,1 16'61 103 0 0 WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. '- Hope .. , ••• ... j 1\k';,."i;''':Star.:. ... in to 0 2 6 0'76 72 10 0 350 feet .. , ',- " f' ' j • __ T~ . , - S4NDHURST MINING DISTRICT. " : .., -- SA,NDHURST'DIV,ISION. United Pyrites G. E. , ... Specimen Hill,Long G1Jlly 468 0 0 .2 7 5'15 1,104 16 12 Sandburst and Eaglebawk- -Jaekass Flat ...... 229 0 0 1 18 6'aO 438 2 3 P.E. I:t : j Koch's Pioneer ...... Long Gully:...... 135 0 0 o 16 20'09 113 13 0 R. J. Liddell and Co. ... Derwent''Gully . ... . , 92 0 0 3 0 9'13 277 15 0 Morning Light Golden Gully 60 0 0 7 19 1'60 477 4 0 . - ... - '" Beehive ...... Eaglehawk' ...... 5 0 0 2 7 12'80 11 17 16 Totais' ...... 0 0 2 9 1)-'18 2,42.3 8 7

" MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICrr."

REDBANK AND, ST . .A,RN'AUD SOUTli SUBDIVISIONS. Greenock Reef ...... Greenoek neef ... 10 0 0 4 0 0 40· 0 0 '- " J , ", ' CASTLE MAINE MINING DISTRICT. ,: CASTLEMAINE :QrvIsION. Yates and"Co.. ... Ca,stlemaine ...... 101 0 0 2 0 0'04 . ' 2,~t ~g Wattle Gully, No.1 ... Cbewton,., '" ... 7 0 0 3 1 10'28 ~ . Totals ... 108 0 '0 2 1 223 10 - ~~-- 41,

.~. '.~ I • ~ i ," G~PPSLAND MINING DISTRIC~.

STRINGER'S .~.,.o.vn Long Tunnel ...... Coben's Reef ...... 22 0 0 2 19 10'91 8 0 Walhalla ...... Cohen's Reef ...... 32 10 0 2 3 9'97 70 11 0 Totals ...... 54 10 0 2 9 21'36 135 19 0 16

WASHDIRT AND CEMENT.

SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY of W ASHDJRT Puddled and Sluieed and CEMENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

i Quantity I Average 'Total Yield 01 II Quantity Average Total ,Yield 01 Mining Districts. 1 Puddled and Yield of Gold I Gold from Mining Districts. Puddled and Yield of Gold Gold from Crushed. per,Ton. ! ~ash,dirt. i Crushed. per Ton. Cement.

~~~-.. --~, --~----~- .. Washdirt. tons cwt.qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Cemenl. tons owt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat ' .. '1,879 0 0 0, 0 12 46 19 12 ' Ballarat ... 1,216 0 0 0 3 11'74 212 2 23 Beechworth ... 14,144 0 0 0 0 18'44 : 543 5 0 Beech worth ...... Sa.ndhurst .... ; 3,700 0 0 0 2 11'77 460 16 0 Sandhurst ...... Maryborough ... 14,324 0 0 0 2 15'52 1,895 13 0 Maryborough ... 1,589 0 0 0 9 17'54 773 2 12 Caatlemaine ... 137,257 0 0 0 0 .10'44 2,984 3 8 Castlemaine ... 880 0 0 0 2 18-82 122 10 0 Ararat .' .. 2,000 0 0 0 2 9'35 238 18 18 Ararat ' .. 8,390 0 0 0 4 6'66 1,794 9 13 Gippsland ... 38 0 0 0 1 12 2 17 0 Gippsland ...... -- ,~- ... - -- Totals .:. i173,342 0 0 0 0 17'09 6,172 12 14 Totals ... 12,075 0 0 0 ,4,' 19'37 2,902 5 0

NOT:&.-ThiS Summary doe. not show the total quantities 01 wasbdirt puddled and 'sluIced and cement emshed, but only the yield of certain crushing., &c., respecting which the MininJ! Surveyors- and Registrars have been able to obtain iulol'lllation. Owing to the circumstance that many of the ma.chine .. owners are unable to give or are precluded frolll"giving information, it is impossible to get complete returns from every district; and ill con~ .Merlng the relatlvelmpoTtance of eacb district, I\lI regard. RlIuvlal mining, &c., the tables relating to machinery should be examined and compared. Office of Mines, THOS. COUCHMAN, Melbourne, 19th January 1877. Secretary for Mines.

,\VASHDIRT. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by. the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY of WASHDIRT Puddled- or Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

Division and SubdiVision, Average Remarks relative to the a.nd· WheTe Washdlrt was obtained. Total Yield YIeld of Gold 01 Gold, Deptb ot which the Name of Company. per Ton. ------,--Wash dirt was obtained, &tc. tons owt. qr. oz. dwt. _gr. ! oz. dwt. gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT •

CENTRAL DIVISION. XoJi-i-noor Ballarat· West ... 1,879 0 0 0 o 12 46 19 12 370 feet ...... ·1

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

BEECHWORTH DIVISION. Red Rover Eldorado 0 0 0 I 0 78 0 0 40 feet McEvoy Eldorado 0 0 0 o 12 200 0 0 90-foot floo r 'l'revillian and Co. Spring Creek ... 0 0 0 o 18 46 17 12 35 feet Osborne and Co. _.. Spring Creek ... 0 0 0 I 0 U5 0 0 35 feet Totals ... 13,110 0 0 0 o 16'10 439 17 12 INDIGO DIVISION. Barrass and Co. Durham and Caledonian 1,034 0 0 0 I 23'99 103 12 250 feet Leads

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

SANDHURST DIVISION. Lane's Tribute, No.2 Bagshot 1,920 0 01 0 2 16'55 258 4 0 Depth 110 ft. ; wa.ter- level 92 ft. Ballaxat and Bendigo Huntly 1,780 0 01 0 2 6'63 I 202 12 0 Depth 125 ft.; water- . level 120 ft. Totals 3,700 0 01 0 2 Il'n i -- 460 16 0

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. , MAl!.YBOROUGH DIVISION. Seaham ...... Alma ...... 416 0 0 5 23'97 124 15 12 100 feet Gladstone .. , ... Alma ...... 2,250 0 gl 0 3 0'74 1 341 ~ 0 80 to 100 feet Totals 2,666 0 0' 0 3 465 15 12 AMHERST ·DIVISION...... 11'86 I Ho:l!'nung ...... Mount Greenock South 0 o! 0 5 0'71 289 4 0 100 feet Union ... .., ... Mount Greenock ... 3,908 0 o 1 0 1 7'90 260 0 0 250 feet 2 4'12 549 4 0 DUNOLLY AND TARNAGtJLLA Totals ...... 5;058 0 °1 0 DIVISIONS. Prince of Wales Tribute .. ' Pottery Hill, Dunolly ... 4,500 0 'OJ 0- 2 10'05 544 5 0 60 to 80.feet INGLEWOOD DIVISION. 2,100 0 0 3 4'90 336 8 12 Watson's Inglewood claim Daly Lead '" ... o I QUANTl1'Y of WASHDlRT Puddled 01' Sluiced in the sevemL Divisiol1o and Subdivisions, &c.-continued.

Division and Subd,vlslon, Average , Total Yield RemarkSl'elative to the and Wa.Min Puddlco Yield uf Gold Depth at which the Where Washdlrt was of Gold. NameD! Company. per l'on. ,Vashdirt was obtained, &e~

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. OZ, awt, gr. CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. ! Ah Wan and Co .••. ... Wesley Flat ...... 1,950 0 0 0 6'40 26 0 0 18 feet Grant and Co...... Wattle Flat ... .., 850 0 0 0 °I 0 42 10 0 12 feet AhHung ...... Steel's Flat ... .. , 1,500 0 o· I 0 0 6 18 15 0 6 to II feet I I Niesen .•...... Sailors '" .. . 250 0 0 0 21'22 23 II 0 14 feet

Totals '" .. , 4,550 0 0 0 0 11'69 no 16 0 FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION, ------Mein's Freehold ...... Guildford ...... 1,100 0 0 0 I 6'32 69 10 0 160 feet Ellis and Co, .,. ... Horseshoe Bend ... 100 0 0 0 0 7'20 I 10 0 10 tu 12 feet Parsons and Co ...... Horseshoe Bend .. , 3,000 0 0 0 o 12'80 80 0 0 12 to 14 feet Thomas and Co...... Spring Gully ... .. , 850 0 0 0 1 0 42 10 0 IOtol2feet Roberts and Co.... '" Spring Gully ... .. , 1,400 0 0 0 0 4 II 13 8 11 to 14 feet Fox and Co. .. , ... Pennyweight '" ... 1,200 0 0 I 6 75 0 0 Various T, Pearson ...... Pennyweight ... .., 600 °0 0 0 ° 12 15 0 0 8 to 10 feet Ah Chong and Co, ... Pennyweight ...... 1,600 0 0 0 0 4'80 16 0 0 10 to 12 feet J. Scott and Co ...... , Penny,.. eight '" ... 600 0 0 0 o 12 15 0 0 12 feet Thomas and Co...... Bald Hill ...... 600 0 0 0 o 12 15 0 0 100 feet Gurr and Co...... Butcher's Hill ... 1,000 (l 0 0 o 12 25 0 0 120 feet Riddle and Co...... New Year's Flat ... 800 0 0 0 0 6 10 0 0 15 feet Brewer and Co...... New Year's Flat ... 2,000 0 0 0 0 2'64 II 0 0 15 feet Vosti and Co. ... '" German Gully ... 3,000 0 0 0 0 4'16 26 0 0 20 feet Stephens a.nd Co. '" New Year's Flat ... 2,600 0 0 0 0 4'80 26 0 0 16 to 18 feet Williams and Co. ... New Year's Flat ... 2,600 0 0 0 0 6 32 10 0 16 to 18 feet , Tretnewey and Co. ... New Year's Flat ... 2,000 0 0 0 o . 5'76 24 0 0 17 feet Houston and Co, .. , Table Bill 260 0 2 0 26 0 0 70 to 80 feet ...... "'1 0 0 Hines and Co. ... '" Bald Hill , .. ... i 300 0 0 0 o 12 7 10 0 80 to 90 feet Totals ...... I 25,610 0 0 I 0 529 3 8 HEPBURN DIVISION.

Corinella '" ... Eganstown ... .. , 1,300 0 0 0 15'32 41 10 0 10 to 70 feet Jackson's , .. ... Whisky Gully ... 340 °0 0 0 0 9'88 7 0 0 10 feet Calanchine, Hewit, and Elevated Plains ... 1,635 0 () 0 0 16:99 ~7 18 0 75 to 110 feet Bollas' parties , Rolberi and Davia ... Lanky Gully ... '" 1,935 0 0 0 0 9'0,5 36 10 0 90 feet Gladstone party, .. ... Lanky Gully ...... 510 0 0 0 o 21'88 I 23 5 0 85 feet () Rotheram,Foletti,Matheson, Stony Creek ... '" 5,662 0 0 o 12'38 I 146 I 0 5, 8, 30, and 70 feet and Maldron Federal and Brew ... Italian Hill ...... 1,660 0 0 0 I 2'76 92 11 () 95 and 130 feet Twining and Young '" Table Hill ...... 525 0 0 0 1 5'39 32 3 0 50 feet () Tellang, Putt, Smith, Pear- Yandoit ' .. ... 2,20,5 0 0 o 21'59 99 4 0 40 to 60 feet son, Bennett, and Thomas I Campbell, Cameron, Good, Sailor's Creek ... 9,070 0 0 0 0 4'65 87 17 0 6 to 18 feet and Antonine ... '" Evans, Thompson, and Brandy Hot .. , ... 1,835 0 0 0 0 ';'45 28 10 0 13 feet Winter Baker and Merritt ... Kidd's Gully ...... 1,050 0 0 0 0 9'23 20 4 0 4 feet McQueen, Nugent, a.nd Wombat Flat ... '" 1.240 0 0 0 0 8'94 23 2 0 8 feet Bloski , 'Thorpe : .. ' .. ... Welshman's Gully ... 3,570 0 0 0 () 2'66 19 16 0 28 feet Foletti and Leathers '" Cameron's Gully ... .6,220 0 0 '0 0 6'31 81 15 0 8 feet Eutrop and Pitcher ... Spring Creek .. : ... 555 0 0 0 0 1'20 ,33 5 0 13 feet Fuseo ...... Doctor's Gully ... 250 0 0 0 2 0'96 25 10 0 13 feet W, Johnson, Kidd, and 7 Middleton Creek ... 8,000 0 0 0 0 3'84 M 0 0 4 feet Chinese Priec and Camp bell ... Saw pit Gully, .. ... 7,270 0 0 {) () 8'29 127 0 0 8 feet Jas. Hunt ...... Elevated Plains ... 7,000 0 {) 0 0 5'76 84 () () 30 feet Wm. Hunt Woman's Gully {) '" ...... 5,000 0 0 0 {) 307 J 32 0 30 feet 340 Chinese ... '" Hepburn division ... 38,000 0 0, 0 o 13'89 ~l~ 0 0 Shallow Totals ...... 104,832 0 0 0 10'34 ! 2,263 1 0 TARRANGOWER DI¥lSION. ------.~.------Abram Grigg and Co. ... Pegleg Gully '" ... 850 () 0 o 12 21 5 0 10 feet Robt. Grigg and Co, ... Forty-foot Lead ... 260 0 °0 0 o 12 6 10 0 50 feet Knight and Co. ... , .. Porcupine Flat .., :125 0 0 0 o 15'36 10 8' 0 20 feet Hetherington and Co. .. , Muckleford ...... 180 () 0 1 21'S3 17 0 0 12 feet James Kent and Co. - ... Porcupine Flat ... 650 0 0 0 o 19'20 26 0 0 40 feet --- _." ---° Totals .. , ... 2,265 0 0 0 () 17'19 tn 3 0

ARARAT ML.~ING DISTRICT,

RAGLAN DIVISION. : New Victoria · .. 1 Waterloo ~Iat '''1 2,000 o 0 I 0 2 9'35 238 18 18 About 160 feet

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION. I, Success ...... Short Point, Tanjil ... i 38 0 0 0 I 12 217 0 16 feet

No 2. B 18

CEMENT.

THE following illformat.ion has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors !tlld Registr!trs re1al.ive to the QUANTITY of CEMENT Crushed in, the sC\'eral Divisions and I:llJbdivi~iollS of each Miniug District dUl'illg the Quat'ter, aud the GOLD obtained. therefrom,

AveJ'age Ucmarks relative to the Division and Subdivision, I Total Yield of ()f Del)th nt "\vhich the and Wllere Cement Was obtained, Cement (jruslle~. Yield Gold : Golll, Name of Company, I per 'rOll. Cement WIlS obtained. ," tons cwt: qr, 1 oz, dwt, gr. I Oz. dwt. gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CE~TRAI~ DIVISION, Crushed oil-hire ...... :Whit'e-horse Banges ... 58 0 0 0 I 9'10' ·4 0 0 SOUTHERN DIVISION, Crushed (011 hire) by tho Kangaroo Flat ... 465 0, 0 0 5 18'63 134 5·21 50 to 65 feet from sur New Kangaroo battery ... . , iace . McClelland ...... Hm'd Hills ~ .. ... 25 0 0 0 2 19-20 3 10 0 20 feet from surface ... - I to 2 feet thick Totals ...... 490 0 0 0 5 14'98 137 1521 Sny.THEsDAI~E DIVISION, ' Howcroit and po,rty Dreamer's, Hill, Happy 31 0 0 0 8 4 12 13 4 VaHey' O'Sullivan and party ... Dreamer's lIm, Happy 6 {} 0 0 7 0 220 Valley Piper and party ...... Dreamer's Hill, Happy fj 0 0 {} 4 2 I 0 ,10 Valley I------I------!~~-·----· BLACKWOOD DIVISWN Totals ...... 1 42 0 0 0 7 12'33 15 15 14 A"."D BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH 1------·--1------1------1 SUBDIVISION. All NatiOns· ...... Yankee-Hill ... 626 0 0 0 1 17'85 . 54i 11 12

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

, , MARYnOROUGH DIVISION. • Jo,mes Kay Beade (public Alma '" ." 987 0 O. 0 2 12 123 7 12 Various' crushings) .. DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIOKB. Simmons and Co. ... No 2 Hill, Bealiba ... 41 0 0 0 3 5'85 6 13 0 30 ieet Newbert und Co. ... Puzzle Flat, Bealiba '" 9 0 0 0 5 13'33 2 10 0 70 feet Appleton and Co. ... Tinpot Hill, Bealiba '" 18 0 0 0 -3 8 ·3 0 0 70 feet Davies and Co...... No, 91Iill, Bealiba .. . 12 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 40 feet Boundry and Co: ... No.2 Hill. Bealiba. ... 8 0 0 0 5 18 2 6 0 30 feet '''' .. . , . Lang and Co...... :Forty-foot IIiIl, Bealiba 14 0 0 0 10 10'28 7 6 0 50 feet ,Totals ...... 102 0 I) 0 1,2{J-47 24 15 0 INGLEWOOD DIVISION. I-- Crushed at Mount Moliagul Opossum Hill ... 0 0 1 5 0 625 0 0

CASTLE.:vIAINE MINING DISTRICT.

]'RYER'S CREEK DIVISIQN. I Homeward-bound ...... 650 0 0 0 2 18'46 90 0 0 100 to II 0 feet Thomas and Co. '" I.~:~leHill Hill . -.. ., . 30 0 0 o 10 0 15 0 0 100 feet

Totals ... {} 2'12 0 HEPBURN DIVISION. ... .680 0 0 3 105 0

Freeman ... Fear-not ... '" 200 0 0 I 18 0 17 10 0 75 fee~

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

ARARAT DIYISION. Londonderry Londonderry ... 746 0 o· 0 2,21'761 108 S 14 70 feet. The reef io the lalt ...... shaft sunk i. deemed un- -- payahle, and has eonse~ ---- quently been, abeodoned PLEASk~T CREEK DIVISION. Band of Hope ...... Deep Lead ...... 2,284 0 0 0 4 0'04- ' 456 19 18 100 feet North and South Wales ... Deep Lead ...... 1,249 0 0 0 6 13'42 409 12 13 North and South Wales Deep Lead ...... 944 0 0 0 o 18'01 35 8 12 (tailings) North-Western (Dawes) ... Deep Lelid .., , ... 649 0 0 0 6 2'25 197 15 0 North and South Wales ... Deep Lead. ." ... 1,765 0 0 0 4 15'90 411 9 4 North and South Wales Deep Lead ...... 100 '0 0 0 3 {; 16 5 0 (tailings) North-Western (Dawes) .... Deep Lead,' ...... 653 0 0 0 4 20'54 158 II 0 ----- Totals...... , 7,644 0 0 0 4 9'87 .1,686 o 23 19

NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY, FOR THE. QUARTER ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1876.

(From Returns made. by the Mining SU1'veyors and Registrar8.)

Name of Place. N::;' Total. 1 l, Name of Place. No. Total. ------"------~-----.• ----~------I---

f BALLARA:r DISTRICT .. Brought forward ... 0,463 Central Division: Creswick -Division-continned. Ballarat West .•• 250 Slaty Creek •• , 40 Ballarat East .. . 930 Mopoke .. . 80 Ballarat North .. . 100 I Humbug Hill .. . 40 , Sebastopol ... 85 Portuguese Flat .. . 45 Little Bendigo' ••• , 380 Back Creek .. . 10 Dead-horse ••. 155 Bullarook .. . 70 Sago Hill and the Springs .• 45 Gordon Subdivision: White-horse Ranges 221 196 2,166 Egerton .. . Gordon .. . 64 Southern Division: Moorabool 9 Long Gully ... 10 S/,eiglitz 'Subdivision: Staffordshire Reef i5 Steiglitz ... 35 Italian Gully ••• 15 Morrison's 70 Splitters' Gully .•• 6 Dolly's Creek 20 Kangaroo , .. 80 Elaine '" 100 .Moonlight , •• -10 MotintDoran 85 Bulldog ... 60 Little :I!'orest 8 Rokewood Junction 50 268· Mount .Misery Creek 310, Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain - Jackson's Gully .. . 10 South Subdivision: Yankee Hill .. . 15 Golden Point .. : .. . 110 Grassy GuUy .. . ,80' Ued Hill .. , ...... 60

Spring Creek 0 •• 14' Barry's Reef and Split-tree .•• 860 Sawpit Gully ... .12 Yankee Reef and Creek ••• 65' Whiin Holes ... 2.5 Simmons' Reef and Back Creek 65 Hard'Hills .•• 30 Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg ... 100 l<'renchman's ... 30 Blakeville ...... 30 Pinchgut .. : ... 35 Snake Gnlly ...... 14 Break-a'-Day. . •. 80 Goodman's Creek ... •.. 20 Western Creek ... 80 Ballan Flat ... •.. 40 9i7 Garibaldi and vicinity ... 20 Wright's Reef ...... 10 Buninyang Division: 100 . Bacf.:hus Marsh and vicinity 40 Durham and tributaries ... Maher's Hill ...... 16 30 Green Hills and Devonshire 1_- 950 Scotchman's and Hard Hills 90 Ballan Silbdivision: Buninyong and Union Jack . '10 Between Balian and Blakeville 4, Hiscock's and Fairweather Reefs lui Winter's Flat, Cobbler's, and 1\fagpie 100 Total for Ballarat District 8,814 Black Lead and Gum-tree ...... 85 Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gympie ·50 Prospecting and isolated parties .• , 55 BEECIlWORTH DISTRICT. Mount Helell .•• .•• .., 1'0 640 Beechworth Division: Spring Creek .. . 105 Smylhesdale Division: Silver Creek .. . 25 Smythesdale ... ,,, .. , 140 Deep Creek .. . 22 Scarsdale and Newtown...... 200 Hurdle Creek .. . 44 Cape Clear ... .,. •.. '40 Pennyweight Flat .. . 52 Brown's ,...... 80 Two-mile Creek .. . 60 I) Italian Gully ... .., ... Three-mile Creek ... 180 Derwent Jack's...... , 60 Six-mile Creek ... 50 Piggoreet ... ." .. , 70 Stony Creek 80 Bottle Hill ...... , 40 Myrtleford, &c. .. . 110 Snake Valley and Hard Hills . .., 50 W ooragee, &c. .. . Happy Valley and Lucky Woman's ... 140 110 Reid's Creek .. . 38 Haddon...... ••. . .. 610 '10 Wooished ... 140 Golden Lake ...... Sebastopol. . •• 100 Madden's Flat... .:: .. . 10 Eldorado. •.. 280 Linton's ...... -... 170 Monkey Gully... .:.. " Stanley a~d neighborhood ... 380 15 1,776 Moonlight Creek... ." 10 Yackandandah 'Division: Preston Hm ... ." .. , ,80; Clear Creek ... 60 ! -- 1,680 Britarong .. · ...... 18 Cl'eswick Division: ! .. Kirby's Flat .. . 57 . Creswick ... .~~ . ~~~~. Rowdy Flat· .. . 38 Clunes ... .9.~0 Osborne's Flat .. . "60 Springhill ·400 Allan's Flat .. . 8 Broomfield Gully", io Staghorn Flat .. . 52 Red Streak· 190 Twist's Creek ... 76 Union Hill , 10 Muddy Creek ••• 40 Longpoint '25 Hillsborough. . .. 40 Diamond Gully 15 Sandy Creek ... 80 Cobbler's Gully 15 Township ... 70 Bald Hills 10 Hayes' Point ... 21 Sulkl Gully 620 Carri.ed forward ::: I .. ~5 5,463 Curried forward 2,396

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NUMBER "and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. : Same of PI nee. No. Total. Name of Place. No. Total.

:-~~ .. -.-- Brought forward ...... 2,396· Brought forward ...... 5,357 I1Idigo Division.: '" Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads ... 60 Jamieson Subdivision: I Howqua RiYer and tributaries ... 5 Suffolk Lead '" ...... 12 Indigo Lead I 214 Goulburn River, from Howqua to ...... Jamieson 35 Lancashire Lead ...... II ...... '" All England Lead ...... '" I 10 Mack's Creek ...... 60 Caledonian and Durham I .. eads 40 Goulburn River, from Jamieson to . .. · .. 1 Swampy Creek ...... 70 -Wahgunyah '" ...... 8 '" Clydesdale ...... 4 Sailor ~ll'S Creek ••...... 100 Lanarkshire I 6 Flume reek ...... '" 30 , .- ...... , ... I Baker's Creek Rutherglen Reefs : •...... i 33 ...... 30 Chiltern Reefs ...... , 15 --- 33 o 413 --- Buckland Division: :- Total for Beechworth District ...... 5,687 Harrietv ilIe ...... 127 Harrietvil\e'to Bright ...... 347 . --- Bright to Boundary ,including· Running --- Creek •• ; ...... 146 SANDI1URST DISTRICT. Wandiligong' ...... 282 . Buckland to Upper Bridge '" ... 131 Sandhurst Di1Jision : Back Creek and Spring Gully ... 120 Upper .to Lo)ver Bridge '" ... 184 Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction ... 165 Sheepshead and Golden Gully ... 340 Golden Square and I{angaroo Flat , 480 [- 1,382· .. Ale.randra Su.bdivision: Crusoe Gully and neighborhood ... 80 Alexandra and vicinity '" ... 50 Marong and Bullock Creek ... 90 Godfrey.'s Cr~ek and vicinity ... 10 Victoria and New-chum Reefs , ... 560 Devil's River and tributaries ... 20 Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies .•. 525 Johnson's Creek and tributaries ... 8 Ironbark ...... 510 Head of U T Creek ...... 10 Bendigo Flat ...... 515 Goulb.urn Riyer ...... 20 White Hills and Epsom ...... 40 Doogalook ...... " 9 Huntly ...... 190 Spring Cree,k and tributaries ... 15 Sydney Flat and Whipstick ... 170 Higinbotham .•...... 2 !:5pecimen Hill and Sailors' Gully ... 290 Merton and vicinity ...... 20 Devonshire Gully ami Dead-horse Flat 250 Tea-trbe Creek and vicinity ... 10 Windmill Hill and California Gully ... 430 Scattered population '" ... 19 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ...... 295 Acheron River ...... 20 Snob's Hill and Pegleg Gully ... 395 Maindample and Doon 10 '" ... I Raywood ...... 70 Yea ...... es., 10 Elysian Flat ...... "... 40 230 Sebastian ...... 40 Dry C~eek. Subdivision: . Kamarooka ...... 40 Brankeet Creek 22 ...... Scattered and prospecting .. '~ 250 Dry Creek ... '" ... 50 ." --- 5,72o Hell's Hole ... [;9 K ilmore Division: '" ... Reedy Creek 10 -- 131 ,...... Gajjney's Creek Subdivision: Sunday Creek ...... 4 Goulburn River ...... 4 Prospectors ...... 2 I 6 Gaffney's Creek ' 52 -- .. ' ...... Heathcote Division and Waranga South Cannon's Creek ...... 12 Subdivision: Raspberry Qreek and bra.nches ... 40 Graytown ...... 15 LyrE:bird Creek ...... " ... 6 Redcastle ...... 90 Wallaby Reef ...... 20 Heathcote ...... 140 Moving population '" ... 7 CosterfieJd ... '" ... 220 -Moonlight Creek ...... ·3 Tooborac...... 40 -- 144 Kimbolton and Campaspe ...... 20 Wood's Point Subdivision: Coliban and Myrtle Creek ...... 40 Wood's Point and Morning Star ... 50 Wild-duck ...... 30 Lower Goulburn ...... 16 \ 1- 59 Righ t 'Lnd left branches ... 40 Wa~anga North Subdivision: '" Rushworth ...... 101 Gooley's Creek ... '" ... 10 HarpE:r's and Pheasant Creeks 8 Whroo ...... 84 ... Coy's Diggings 31 , Perkins' Creek and Waverley ... 6 ...... All Nations and Creek . 12 White Hills, &c...... 25 ... .. 24 Black River ... '" ... 10 --- Moving population ...... 8 . Total for Sandhurst District· Maori Creek ...... 4 ...... 6,57 2 Never-mind Spur ...... 16 ------180 Big River Subdivision: MARYBOROUGH DISTRICT. I Frenchman's Creek ... '" 3 M aryborough Division; Warner's Creek ...... '" I A.lma ...... 450 Eno~h's Point ...... 14 Waterloo ...... '" 50 ' Railway Creek ...... 11 Inkerman ...... , .... 50 ! Jim Thomas' Creek ...... 4 Moonlight Flat ...... 50 Big River North ...... 20 , Adelaide Lead ...... 150 Big River South ... '" ... 16 Golden Point ...... 100 Fry's Creek ...... 8 Craigie ...... '" .. . 100 Wilson's Creek ...... , 2 Four-mile Flat ...... 100 Moving population ...... 4 Carisbrook ...... 200 Goulburn River ...... 4 Mosquito ...... , .... 1'50 1-- 87 Blucher's ...... 250 Mitta. Mitta Division: Newtown ...... 150 LightnlngCreek ...... 25 Ha.velock ...... '" 150 Granite Flat 58 Chinaman's ~ ' 800 ...... • ...... '" Mitta Mitta River ...... 27 Blackman's Lead ...... 50 14 300 Junction, Snowy Creek ... '" Maryborough ...... '" Bethanga ...... 270 394 1- 3,10o , ---'-.-- -- Carried for'."ard .. , ...... 5,357 Carried forward ...... '" 3,10 o

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I NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. I Name of Place. No. Total. Name of Place. No. Total. --~~~~~-~ ------. Brought forward ,...... 3,100 Brought forward ...... 8,810 Majorca Subdivision; St. Amaud North Subdivision-continued. Majorca Lead M 15 ...... Carapooe, &c...... '" View Point Lead ...... 6 Bell Rock, &c...... 20 England's Hill Lea'Ii' ...... 14 Blink Bonnie, &c ...... 15 }fount Greenock '" ...... 8 , Duchess of Edinburgh ...... 20 Gibraltar Lead ... '" 17 Jerejaw, &c...... 10 Scandinavian Lead'" '" 20 Victoria Reef, &c ...... 20 Gladstone Co., McCallum's C;eek ... 6 426 German Gully -- ... '" ... 9 --- A mherst Division: -- 144 ,Total for Maryborough District ...... 9,236 About Talbot '" ...... 40 --- Scandinavian Lead --- ...... 20 CASTLEMAINE DISTRlCT •. Mount Greenock ... 90 Mount Glasgow::: ::: ... 4 Castlemaine Division: Eureka Reef Nuggety aod Long Gullies ...... 50 ...... 42 Kangaroo Flat and Gully ...... 50 Guildford ...... 102 Mia Mia and tributaries ...... 50 Campbell's Creek ...... " llO Sailor's Gully ...... 29 Daisy Hill and tributaries ... '" 144 Adelaide Lead South ...... 90 Castlemaine ...... 82 Blacksmith's Gully ...... 36 Barker's Creek ...... 92 Emu and Cockatoo ... 50 Myrtle Creek ...... 36 Brown's Gully.. ::: ... 20 Moonlight Flat ...... , 58 Norfolk and Shellback Gullies ... 20 Chewton ...... , 180 664 Wattle Gully ...... 103 A voca Subdivision:, -- Golden Point ...... 60 Amphitheatre '" ...... 50 Diamond Hill ...... 78 Avoca Lead ...... 100 Bolivia Reef ...... , 24 Green Hill Creek 72 996 ...... Pryer's Creeh Division: -- Percydale ...... ISO Homebush 100 Golden Gully to Fryerstown .. . 150 ...... '" Spring Gully and Specimen Hill .., 120 Lamplough ...... '" 152 Monte Christo ...... 20 Chok'em Flat to Vaughan ...... 230 ... Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills 80 .Mountain Hut ... 25 '" ...... German and Mopoke Gullies 130 No. I Creek ... .,. ... 45 '" No.2 Creek ...... 150 Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ... 100 Kimberley and Sar'aine ...... 15 Table Hill and Tarilta ...... 100 Donkey Hill ••• ... 10 Guildford Hills .. . 220 ... Loddon: Vaughan 't~ Holco'~be 220 Middle Creek, &c ...... I 25 ... Gullies east of Avoca ...... 20 Nuggety Gully and Irishtown ... 130 New Reef, Avoca road ...... g Green aod Sailors' Gullies ... 40 --- 972 Pickpocket and Hard Hills ::: .. 40 D Itnolly and TarnaguUa. Divisions I Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss ... IsO Dunolly ... .. , ...... 120 1,710 Burnt Creek ...... 50 Hepburn Division: Goldsbrough ...... 80 Dry Diggings Section ...... I ~5 Yandoit Section '" ...... 1:8 Inkerman ...... 40 I Moliagul, &c. ... 90 Boots Gully Section ...... I 56 '" Italian Gully Section i 73 Bealiba ...... ~ ., 90 ...... Spring Creek Section II Murphy's Flat, &c:" ... ~ .. 20 ...... !, '" Doctor's Gully Section ... Ij I .Tones' Creek, &c. '" ...... 80 I ... Tamagulla Brandy.hot Section ...... I 33 ...... '" I ~ Half-way ...... 8030 I I Deep Creek Section ...... 105 Llanelly . 40 Blind Creek Section ...... 125 ...... II Stony Creek Section Wild·dog, &c. ~ ...... 90 i I '" .. . 74 Wombat Creek Section ...... 102 1nglewood and Wedderburn Divi8ion8~; -- 810 Davlesford Section ...... I 270 Berlin and Hard Hills 90 Gully Section '" ... Co~nel's ... '" 83 Whela ... , .. ... 40 I 1,262 ... Tar~dale and Kynetoll Suf"lillis;",,; '1--, Kingower '" ...... 30 "II McIntyre's 45 raradale ... 185 Synnott's .. : 25 Liherty Flat 12 Burke's Flat 30 Redesdale 28 Inglewood 198 Yankee Point 25 W edder burn 159 Malmsburv 27 Garibaldi ... 26 CoJiban ~ .. JO A voca Forest '" ... 23 Belltoppel' 33 W oolshed and Y orkshlre Flat 54 Lauriston 53 Opossum Hill and Orville ... 2,010 Scattered Quartz Mines 9 Tarrangower Division: 418 Redbank and St. Arnaud SOlah Subdivisions: 2,139 North Maldon Stuart mill, &c. 45 Beehive Hill 56 Redbank ... 66 Eaglehawk 18~ Fowler's Lead :~O Long Gully 55 Hinds 30 Porcupine Flat 30 Moonambel, &c. 60 Fiddler's Flat ... 1 Darling Flat 30 Mount Tarrangower 16 ~Emerald Flat 80 Sandy Creek' ... 70 Sandy Creek 20 Nuggety .. . 16 Canterbury 20 Mia Mia .. . 6 381 Green Valley 14 St. Arnaud Nortlt Subdivision: Muckleford 18 New Bendigo 25 f:lydesdale St. Arnaud 17 190 River Loddon 26 Stuartmill, &c. 40 Parkin's Reef 22 Silver Mines, &c. ... 30 German Reef 38 : Rostron's and Wattle Flat 25 Chapman's Gully Emu, &c .... 15 1-- Hell's Heef Carried forward 8,810 Carried forward !~!~... I 4,981 NUl.lf.BEIC and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields; &c.-continued.

. Name of Pla.ce •. No: Total. 'Name of Place. No;

-----~------.~--,.'-~.~,------Brought forward ... 4,981 Brought forward ... 655 St. A~drew's Divisio7t: Crooked River Division: Anderson's Creek .. . 76 Grant... •.. 15 Long Gully' .. . 23 Crooked River ... 26~ .. Smith's 'Gully ...... 18 Jungle Creek' ... ,.. Ii You You ...... 13' '. Twelve":mile Creek ... 6 Wild-dog ; .. 12 Twenty-five-mile Creek 12 \ '\Valsh 'and Armstrong's 13 Thirty-inile Creek .. . 2 Warburton ... 19 Wentworth.. .. . " 25" Cherry;-tree ... 15 Upper Dargo' ...... 18 Cobbler's Gully ... 6 Middle'Dargo ...... , 14·' "Watery Gully .. . 9' Lower Dargo ... •.. 16, Reefton '" .. . 40 Upper,;l\'litchell...... 27 Pioneer 12 GoodHope...... 12· Queenstown . 38 Good Luck Creek ... •.. 19 Kingstown 26 Swamp and Morris' Creeks ... 26 One-tree Hill 9 .. ":"._', 224 McMahon's 15' Jericho Division: Dry Cr!)ek ... 22. ' Emerald •. : 12 Lower Jordan H"" 36 Starvation Creek ... 6· 7'.-" Hoddle's Creek ... U pper'J ordao . ... 36 Red .Tacket'Creek ... 22.1 Diamond Reefs . ., jO B B·.Creek ...... : 20 Muddy Creek 4 :-,c: Thomson River .. . 24-· -- 412 Aberfeldy IUver .. . 12 Blue Moun'tain Nortn Subdivision: ... I LochFjne. .. . 3' Trentliam '" ... i4 Prospecting .. . ,3 Newbury... '" ... 17 143 ·GarlicK's ...... 22 Donnell/s 'Creek Division: -'--- 53 Donnelly's Creek ... 51 :Abe~feldy, Fulton's, &c. 20 Total for Castlemaine Distri~t Freestone Creek ... 10. , 1 . Gladstone ... , 3 --'-. 84 ARARAT DISTRICT. Stringer.'s Creek Division: Walhalfa ... .., ... Ararat Division: Neilson's Creek...... 2 Ararat Proper ... .., 16!l \ 60 . 75 . Aberfeldy River...... Armstrong's ...... Thomson River...... ' 54- Philip's Flat and Cathcart •.• 65 Stringer's Creek ... •.. Rhymney Reef and Shea's Flat 45 " 4 Prosp~~ting on Pleiad~s Range~ 4 Opossum Gully and Port Curtis 95 -- 622 Moyston and Londonderry ... "70 ' Aberfeldy Subdivision: Pleasant· Creek Division: 510 ..... \. 82 . IS' . Aberfeldy River ." Silver Shilling... .•• •.. Tbomson River ... 14 Deep Lead,Forty-foot, and Welshman's Wilson and Barthold's 8: Flat'·...... , 535 .Tames Rice ... 7 Great Western ...... • 3a Rtar and Thomson ... 4- Stawell ... 1,042 , Moving population 3 Seventy-foot 34 118 Germania 21 1 Russell's Creek Division: Welcome ... 9 Crossover Creek ... 8 Darlington 15 Tanjil...... 26 Iron bark 58 Russell's Creek .. . 4 BarMy Division: 1,765 Hawtlicrn Creek .. . 15 Landsborough and Malakoff. 125 Wombat Creek ... 6 Bar~ly...... 60 Charity Creek ... 2 Frenchman's ... ••• 250 Lady Manners Sutton 1 Glenpatrick •.. ... 50 --- 62 Ra.glan DivisIOn: 485 Bendoc Subdivision: . Beaufort and surrounding gullies IlS Bendoc' .. : '" 10 Sailors' Gully ." ... 81 Bonang ... 2'0 Charlton •.. ••• . .. 60 Delega~e River ...... ;, 29 Waterloo .•• ...... 96 J30g and Queensborough 14- 355 Prospecting ... 4 -- 83 Total for Ararat District 3,115 Tarwin Subdivision: Foster ... 95 Turton's Creek 8 GIPPSLAND DISTRICT. --'- J03 Omeo Subdivision: I· Trara.lgon :Subdit'ision: Livingstone Creek ... .•• J 30 · Morewell ••. 4 Mitta )fitta River, from Cobungra to Naracan Creek .. . 6., Wombat Creek .. , ... ••• 19 Traralgon '01 .. . 6 Wombat Creek ...... 25 I, Flinn's Creek .. . '2 Glbbo River ...... 21 Tyers River and Creek 9 Swift's Creek ...... 157, Merriman's Creek .. . 3 River Tambo ...... 8 ~foe ...... 4 MitcheliRiverandBoggl/ Creek Subdivisions: 1-- 360 La Trobe... •.. 6 Nicholson and Tambo Rivers .. , . i 11,0 Eaglehawk Creek ...... I 4 Hannted Hill ... 3 Boggy Qreek ...... 102 . Merrijig Creek ...... "'1 43 47 Sandy's Creek ...... -... 28 2,141 Mitchell River ., ...... _~~~ 295 Total for Gippsland District ... Carried forward...... 1 '" -~655 I GRAND TOTAL ---...:...... ------'--...:,.--~-----,--,------.~.--.--- ~rHOS. COUCHMAN, Office .of Mines, Secretar,- for Mines. ?v{..:]uournr, 19th Sanllll],), 1877. 23 ..

M'INING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CENTRAL DIVISION. Mr. David Christy~ Mining Registrar. The only fact worth naming which has cropped up during the last quarter is the sinking of a shaft o~ the ground of the Band and Albion OODsols Oompany, with a view to test the reef wash, and, as far as yet known, WIth a good prospect of success. Wash was found considerably above the water-level. . . The amount of water supplied to mining companies by the Ballarat and Ballarat East Water CommISSIon for mining purposes amounts to 19,409,000 gallons, at 4d. per 1,000 gallons. GOLD obtained from the principal Alluvial Claims for Quarter ending 31st December 1876. oz. dwt. gr. I oz. dwt. gr. The Koh.i-noor ... 46 19 12 The New Koh.i-noor 16 13 0 The Eastern Star £10 0 0 Puddlers, &c. ... 1,200 0 0 Winter's Freehold 94416 0 ---- Bushby and party 66 0 0 . Total ... 3,301 8 6 The Nil Desperll.ndum 52114 0 ---- The St. George ... 295 5 18 DIVIDENDS, ;£ s. d. . The Temperance 880 0 0 The Britannia .. . 118 10 0 The Endeavor .. . 166 15 0 The Parade .. . 400 0 0

'rhe New Dimmock's ...... a 48 0 0 The Band and Albion Con BoIs 1,1l2 0 0

Total £2,725 5 0

SOUTHERN DIVISION. illr. George Per1'!!, "ffJining Registrar. QUARTZ MINING. Very little work of a productive nature has been carried on in our quartz mines during the past quarter. Most of the time has been taken up in erecting machinery, and prosecuting other work of a progressive character, therefore the' yield of gold from this source is necessarily small. Staffordshire Reef.-The Hopewell Tribute Company have been crushing very poor stone lately, but are daily expecting a.change for the better. • The Speedwell. Tribute Company have erected their winding engine, which is a vertical one, of seven horse· power, or (as it is commonly called) a donkey engine. It is fixed in a chamber situated 375 feet from the mouth of the tunnel, where it winds from a shaft sunk 65 feet below the tunnel-level. The engine takes very little water, and only a small quantity of firewood; it does its work efficiently, and gives the greatest satisfaction to the enterprising shareholders. They have just struck the lode 65 feet below their old workings, and its appearance is in favor of good returns for some time to come. The Hopewell Company have driven their SI5-foot level 631 feet, and went through 14 feet of quartz, from which payable prospects Were obtained. They are now constructing an air.drive to connect their workings with the tributers' workings before opening out on the lode. Kangaroo.-The New Kangaroo Company have completed the erection of their winding engine, and have sunk 30 feet-total depth 170 feet. It is proposed to sink a further depth of 70 feet before opening for the lode. . The Nil Desperandum Company have erected a twelve horse.power winding engine,' and sunk a new shaft to the depth of 86 feet. They opened out at 81 feet, and went through 10 feet of payable stone. It will take them a week to get the mine in good working order, when stone will he rai.ed for crushing (on hire) by the New Kangaroo Company's battery. ' . Frenchman's.-The Hope Company have sold their claim and plant, .but the machinery is still on the ground.

ALLUVIAL MINING. The mining operations in the cement and alluvial workings at Kangaroo Flat still continue highly remunera­ tive to those engaged in them. In other parts of the division this branch of mining is exceedingly dull. Pitfield PlainB.-The Welcome Company have bottomed their shaft, and· are driving for the gutter. McMullen's Bridge.-The Goldsbrough Company are still prospecting. .

BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M. Harvell, :bfining $urvellor and Registrar. AUUVIAf, MINING. In this branch of mining I have nothing new to report during the quarter. The yield of gold has not decreased; my estimate being 1,lOO·oz. as against 1,050' 07:. last qtlarter. 24

QUARTZ MINING. Quartz mining continues to improve; an increased number of small parties are at work, from the Tower Hill on the north to the Homeward-bound on the south, along the course of Hiscock's and Fairweather's Reefs. From the fact that gold·bearing,quartz' has been found at intervals for miles south of the present workings, there is doubtless a field open for many more miners along this distance. , The total yield of gold from this source shows an improvement on last quarter, being 765 oz. as compared with 714 oz.; while the average yield per ton has increased by 7 grs. . A new battery for public c1'llshing has been erected at Scotchman's, and commences crushing forthwith.

LIGNITE. , None has been raised during the quarter. Of the quantity of water sold during .the quarter from Government r'lservoir, undel' charge o( Buninyong Borough Council, the To\vn Clerk supplies the following return :-10,000,000 gallons, sold at £3 19s. 6d. (=about 1d. per 10,500 gallons,) .

SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Mr'. John Lynch, 111ining Surveyor and Registrar. A considerable diminution in the proceeds ef the mines for the quarter, as compared with th'at of the last, has taken place, the difference being 898ozs. 18 dwts. Haddon, Untons, and Scarsdale maintain, with very little fluctuation, their usual status as the chief producers, w.hilst in. other parts of the division alluvial mining is rapidly deteriorating from its past conditio'n as a remuneraLive indnstry, A few efforts have been recently made. towards the development of quartz reef:'!, but, with the exception of the Linton Reef at Argyle, with no very beneficial cvnsequenC€ll, The Smythesdale Consols OorilpallY have had a trial, crushing lately, which those i£(lmediately concerned are said to regard as satisfactory,. and as a prelude to, better results. O,wing to the continued dryness of the season, no hill sluicing has been done, nor is it now likely that there will be any before the advent of winter. Nothing in the way of fresh discoveries, or outside. the usual routine of operations, has occurred during the quarter. The total yield of gold is 11,477 ozs. 16 dWLS, , l'he following are the yields from some of the principal mines:-Reform, 2,273 ozs;.; Racecourse, 1,100 OZS.; Trunk Lead, 871 ozs, Ii dwts.; Preston Hill, 142 OZ8.; Smythesdale Cons91s (quartz), 500zs. 1 dwt.

CRESWICK DIVISION.

Mr. James Stevenson, Mining SUrt'eyo1' and Registrar. There is an increase 'in the quantity of quartz gold of about 1, lOO ozs, during· the quarter; this increase is partly owi,ngto a greater quantity of quartz having be,en reduced, and also to the average being 3 grs. per tqn (nearly) hIgher. . ' The yield from alluvial milles is also slightly greater than the previous quarter; it is feared, however there will be a great falling off in the yield in this division during the ensuing year, as most of the rich claims a;e now worked out, and the progressive ones Ufe gradu,ally getting into deeper and more difficult ground for working, and are ~onsequently much slower in giving returns. The following are the yields and dividends from· the principal mines:-

YIELDS. oz. d,vt. gr. Tributers, Port Phillip Company, CIunes 162 2 12 Cunnings' Freehold Company, Springhill - 1,423 Ii Oameron's Preehold Company, Springhill 1,703 1 °0 I{,yrie's Freehold Company, Springhill .. , 1,068 7 0 Kingston Park ]'reehold Company, Springhill 1,427 9 0 Bunyan's Freehold Company, Springhill ". ... IH8 11 0 Australasian Gold .Mining Company,Red Streak, Creswick 504 17 0 Approximate yield of small mines '.. .., 1,500 0 ° 8,307 18 12

DIVIDENDS AND RoYALTY. £ s. d. Port PhilliE Company, Clunes . ... 4,594 14 6 New Nort. Clunes Company, Clunes 4,112 0 0 South Cluncs Company, Clunes ... 4,500 0 0 Cameron's Freehold Oompany, Springhill 4,015 5 0 Cunnings' Freehold Company:Springhill .... 3,794 18 4 Ryrie's Freehold Company, Springhill '" 1,966 4 6 Kingston Park Freehold Company, Springhill 1,595 19 6 Bunyan's Freehold Company, Springhill 216 9 0 Lewers' Freehold Company. Springhill '" 66 13 4 Try Again Quartz Mining Company, Bullarook 250 0 0

£25,112 4 2

. The quantity of water used· by the quartz companies at elunes has been 102,250,480 ga!lons,at lid. per l,OOO gallons. 25

GORDON SUBDIVISION. 1I1r. Thomas Cowan,. Mining Sttrveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING. The company prospecting the alluvial ground in Oobbler's Gully, Egerton, have ceased operati~ns. Altho~gh they have done a deal of work, their prospecting proved valueless, as they hav~ ceased ope~atlons wIthout p:ovmg . the existence or non.existence of a gutter, or the value of the ground. No alluvlal prospectmg has been earned on in All Nations Gully, Egerton, during th? quarter., . . Two men are engaged prospecting In Parker s Gully, Gordon, but as yet have been unsuccessful III developmg any ground of a payable nat.ure. . . The alluvial gold obtamed for the quarter has been 4ozs. 3 dwts. 16 grs.-obtamed, I beheve, by two men who occasionally fossick ill the old alluvial gullies.

QUARTZ MINING. Egerton.-Black·horse United Company.-As reported last quarter, pumping was commenced on' the 23rd September last and although it has been vigorously prosecuted since then, the water has only been reduced to the 800-foot or low~r level this week. At the time of commencing pumping operations the water had reached the 400-foot level. As the water was gradually lowered, the shaft was carefully overhauled and repaired, and it would afpear that every precaution has been taken to have the works in a safe condition before commencing operations. n a. short time men will be below breaking quartz, ,~hen crushing operations will be again resumed. The number of men employed is 13. 'rhe Egerton Oompany.-This company are still engaged in raising stone from their new shaft at a depth of from 400 to 700 feet. They are now erecting a new engine, and 3. battery of 20 head of stampers, which will soon be ready for reducing quartz. The number of men employed is 143. South Leal'month and Egerton Amalgamated Company.-Since my last report, the company have constructed a drive at their 500.foot le,'cl west to a distance of 231 feet. At 221 feet from the shaft, it is stated that the Rose lode. 2~ feet in width. waS cut, and on driving 20 feet along .its course it was found to be much broken np, in consequence of its proximity to a large slide. 'l'he number of men employed is 13. Argyle Company.-This company's ground is now let on tribute to a party of six men, who during the quarter ilunk a new shaft to a depth of 70 feet, opened out at that depth, and found a lode 2 feet in width about 13 feet west from the shaft A drive has been constructed 20 feet along the lode, and, although the stone has not yet been tested, it is expected from its appearance that it will yield about 8 dwts. to the ton. Fifty-six tOllS of stone, which had been left lying on the surface by a previous party, were crushed, and yielded 12 ozs. North Argyle Company.-This company have been prospecting their ground at a depth of 100 feet. A drive has been constructed to the west to a distance of 70 feet, at which point it cut the cap of the lode, and in consequence of this the company uow intend to sink their shaft deeper. The Chinese company, consisting of 12 men, and registered under the name of Ah Jack and Co., are still engaged in washing the tailings from the Egerton Company's battery. They state that they have obtained an average yield of 40zs. per week, or 52 OilS. of gold for the quarter. The other Chinese party washing the tailings from the same battery, about half. a-mile further down'the gully, ceased operations at the end of the first six weeks in the quarter, in consequence of the insufficiency of the yield of gold; only 6 ozs., as I am informed, having been obtainEld during that time. . The Chinese company of 11 men engn,ged in washing the tailings from the Black.horse Company's battery have obtained, as they state, 26 ozs. of gold during the quarter. Gordon.-Parker's United Company.-The company during the quarter have crushed quartz obtained from their underlay shaft on lease block No. 1,023, the said shaft having been sunk a further depth of 35 feet, making a total depth of 420 feet. The lode is from 7 to 8 feet in width, and the whole of the stone obtained from this width, 1,685 tOllS, has been' crushed, and yielded 1,160 ozs. 19 dwts. 12 grs., or'13 dwts. 18'72 grs. to the ton. Prospecting operations are being. carried on at the 400-foot· level from the engine-shaft in lease block No. 863. The drive now extends to 1,970 feet, and a few more feet driving will connect it with the workings from the underlay shaft. The number of men employed is 55. United Miners' Oompany, mentioned in my last report as prospecting in qnartz reefs situated a short distance north of Gordon, have continued mining operatious during the quarter, and have raised 100 tons of stone, taken from a surface lode. 32 tons of this were crushed. and yielded 7 dwts to the ton; the other 68 tons remain on the surface. A contract is let for sinking a shaft 9 feet by 3 feet 6 inches to the water-level; should the stone found at that depth be equal in value to the 32 tons crushed, a battery will be erected. Mars Company, another new venture, have been prospecting at a short distance north of the Parker's United Company's ground the same lode now worked by that company. A shaft has been sunk to a deoth of 30 feet, a.nd the company are now calling for tenders for sinking it to a further depth. Stone has been found in the shaft, and from this indication the company have every hope of their Tenture proving successful. No work has been done by the Hot.neward.bound Oompany during the quarter, but the machinery is still on the ground. .

IRON. 'Lal Lal Iron Company, Lal Lal.-With a view to future operations, four men have been engaged during the latter month of 'the quarter in excavating a site on which to erect machinery. The company state that they have purchased an engine and boiler, which will be erected dnring the present quarter. l!'ive tons of ore have been raised.

STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. O. W. Collins, Jlining Registrar. Very little has been done on Steiglitz during the past quarter, but the yield of gold from the stone crushed is good. There is next to no prospecting being done. Elaine, it is hoped, will soon become more active in mining matters. The Minerva Company are intending to erect a battery of their own, whioh will enable them to crush a good deal of stone that would not pay to cart. . ~t Mount Doran, the Ballarat Tunnel Company continue to prospect for Davidson's Reef. They have now dnven lD 893 feet . It is reported that the bank of the dam formerly held by the Lal Lal Water Supply COlilpauy is not very safe and it would be a matter for regret that so good a supply of water should be lost. ' No water has been sold during the quarter. No minerals other than gold are beillg worked in this division. BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar: QUARTZ MINING. , ,A small increase in the average yields .of gold per ton of quartz crushed has been obtained. The quantity of quartz crushed during the last three ~onths has, however, been less by nearly 2,000 tons, in consequence of which the' de~rease of'the' total yield' from 'this 'sourcp of mining 'is about 600 oZFless tnan'that 'Of·thepreVloU'r'quart~r. The Sultan Oompany's mine still continues to give remunerative'returns; the average yields from' this ;inine have been getting less for some time back; but, as several lodes of quartz have increased in width to upwards of 6 feet, a less number of men employed in the mine 'can keep the battery fully at work, and effect a saving in, the w:orking expenses. The, dividends declared by this company amount to £1,875, equal to 5s. per month for each share. , The North Cornish Company, oWners of a powerful winding and pumping engine, 'have made arrangements with the Crown and Cornish Oompanies (co-operative parties) to drain their mines by allowing the first-named company to work the lower levels of the areas held by the two latter companies. The an'angement is likely to prove beneficial to the whole of Simmons' Reef, and may be the means of again bringing the place prominently before the public. An'antimony lode, from two to four inches ill width, situated at the left bank of the HiveI' Lerderderg, about a mile below Golden Point, has been ,opened up, the assay of which, fr'om a sample forwarded, to your depat1ment, gave a result of 60 per cent. of metallic antimony. The lode, at a depth of 6 feet, however,is fouud to pe, cut out;and it is not likely that any permanent reef will be struck until sunk to a greater depth. The Victoria Extended Company, Yankee Reef, have finished the erection of a 12 horse-power steam-engine, with ten-head battery attached, and as the company 'have a large body of presumed payable stone opened up in their mine, crushing operation will be commenced immediately_ . ' . , , Nothing of importance to report has reached me from any other part of the district. A copious fall of rain at several periods during the quarter has enabled the owners of,battel'iescrushing with water power to be in full W,ork up to the holidays. \ ALLUVIAL MINING. , The All Nations Company's cement crushing, at Yankee Hill, continues payable. The South Extended Sultan Quartz 'Mining Company, whilst driving a tunnel to intersect a reef, have come across a run of alluvial gold, at a depth of about 40 feet, presumed to pay for working, and which they intend to put through the battery after machinery has been erected. ' There are two men employed prospecting the antimony reef, the area of whiCh is held under miners' rights as a qU!l.rtz claim. " ' The average quantity of water sold was six sluice-heads, at lOs. per week per sluice.head.

BALLAN SUBDIVISION. Mr. S. Coop~r, Mining Registrar. 'Ashton~s~'Freehold mine is the only place 'jt). this subdivisj'on at which mining operatiQn~ \lre ,being '~3.rried on. A marked improvement has been seen in the quality of the stone crushed during this quarter, as from I!> small parcel of about,27 tons (perh~ps less) a yield of 54 ozs. has been obtained. This speaks well for the future of this mine. Only'four men are at work at it'. 'Mr. Ashton has some more quartz stacked, which looks quite as good as that already crushed.. . ' ". No metals or minerals other than gold life searched for in'this Ilubdivisioq. , .. No water was sold during th~ quarter. '

BEEClfwORTH MINING DISTRICT.

BEECHWORTH DIVISION. 1fr. Alexander Aiderdice, Mining Registrar,. Mining has never been duller than at present in'this division, and the unprecedented dryness of the season has again told upon the quantity of gold produced during the past quarter. A few of the sluicing claim~ in the .neighbor­ hood of Beechworth and Stanley have washed down with very poor results, Many of the small partIes of mlllers have left their claims for the purpose of obtaining work at harvesting, &c. I Eldorado is still in a 'progressive state. A new company has been formed to work the Wellington claim, and tlley are making vigorous p~eparations for pumping the water out of the workings, in order to. get ~o work aga!n ~n the 90-foot floor. The McEvoy Company are at work on the 90~foot floor, and a second shaft IS bemg put down, lU order that more, JUen may be able to get to work. 'l'he prospecting drives put, in by the company show that there is payable gold in every dire~tj01: from. the s~aft,. and that,it ex:tends u~der .what is now th~ township. The Ovel.ls Gold lind Tin Company are puttmg III thmr mam drIve, and, III consequence, httle 01' no washmg has been done durmg the quarter., " Quartz mining is as dull as alluviaL At Stony Creek both the mills are idle for want of water. A third mill is being put up near the Nonpareil Reef, but it is feared that this also will have to stand idle until the winter rain sets in. At Myrtleford, the Reform Reef still continues to give splendid returns. The Nil Desperandum Reef has been purchased by Mr., Jno, A. yv allace, who. intends l)ringing the stone fI:om it to his ~ill (t~e Reform) at Myrtle~ord by means of,a railway and engme, as there 18 no good place for the erectIOn of a crushlllg mdl near the reef:: If thIS pla:n succeeds, doubtless many other reefs about the same neighborhood may prove 'paYll>ble which have been left in con~ sequence of the high rates for C!l.j'tage. . ' ': A party named Muller and Co. are sinking a shaft at Stony Creek, just above the Buckland road; it is now down 170 feet, and may possibly reach 200 feet. 'l'here must be a considerable dip or faU ill the lead, as the nearest shaft above it was only 95 feet deep. It has always been thought that, if the deep ground 011 Stony Creek could be worked it would be found to be rich, as there are three or four leads running into it. If lIfuller and Co. are successful, there w'm be ground for a good matly claims below them, as it is over a mile to the junction of Stony Creek with the Ovens River. 27

YACKANDANDAH DIVISION. Mr. Peter Wright, lJfining Surveyor a~d Registrar. ,,Alluvial mining is dull but ,; work is hindered by scarcity of water, b.ut that is usu!ll at this se3:son. The Perseverance Company (Kneebone an 0.), on Staghorn, have had to get an engllle for pumpmg', ~ot havmg water sufficient for the wheel. Bolam and Co., on Allan's Fla~, have commenced with steam power for dramage ; the sh~ft is not bottomed yet, but the work is progressing favorably. In quartz mining there is but little stir. Bigelow and Clingan are still sinking; the shaft is now 450 feet in depth, with quartz from the surface. Johnson and Marshallsea have moved the Berdan mill from Twist's Creek t.o Bruarong, using a waterwheel for power. They are treating the pyrites obtained from the tailings from the Homeward-bound mill. A large qua~tity of tailings from this miil were allowed to flow down the creek. Several parties are now sluicing them for the PYrItes, &nd are doing fairly well.

INDIGO DIVISION. Mr. R. A1'roWSlnitn, .jIfining Surveyor and Registrar. The yield from quartz mining is far in excess of any quarterly return hitherto recorded in this division, 626 tons of stone from Harris and Hollow's claim having produced 1,473 OZ8. 11 dwts. of gold-an average of 2 ozs. 7 dwts.l'S7 grs, to the ton. About 100 tons of stone are on the surface, and it is calculated as much of the reef is opened out as will keep the machine constantly employed' for thc next twelve months, at a yield fully equal to that already crushed. On the north side of Harris and Hollow's claim the .ground is occupied by Whittaker and Co., who report having struck payable stone; and the next ground is held by the applicants for a. mining lease, who have not yet commenced operations. On the south side are the Great Eastern Extended Quartz Mining Company and Messrs. Thorne, Price, and Co.; the latter, applicants for a mining lease, are the holders of the ground. The prospects of both companies are said to be favorable. With perseverance and practical knowledge. they can hardly fail to obtain good payable, if not rich returns, equal to those obtained on any other portion of the Great Eastern Reef, The splendid results from Messrs. Harris and Hollow's claim have caused increased activity in this branch of mining; several abandoned reefs have been taken up, some of whi9h in the hands ofinvestors, who now have confidence in the neighborhood, will no doubt receive a fair trial. The quartz workings at Rutherglen have hitherto been confined to shallow levels, where considerable quantities of gold from time to time have been obtained; but it is only by extending these workings to deeper levels that well defined permanent reefs may be confidently looked for, and the wealth and pr,osperity of the district firmly established. That Harris and Hollow's is a rich invaluable reef is now unmistakably proved, No practical miner who examines its configuration, consisting exclusively of quartz hills forming the sources of numerous and once valuable leads, can Jail to arrive at any other conclusion, Sooner or later Rutherglen will probably form one of the most important mining centres in the colony, hut this will reqnire time, capital, and perseverance. At Chiltern quartz mining is unprecedently dull, ,!ith little or no prospects of immediate improvement: In alluvial mining very little is being done. Tlie works of the Chiltern Valley Gold lI-fining Company are being vigorously pushed forward by Mr. Ilott, the contractor, and very litUe time willsuflice to put the mine in full working order. No water was sold during the quarter.

BUCKLAND DIVISION. Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar. During the past quarter quartz mining has afforded satisfactory results in this division, both as regards the quantity of stone raised and the high average yield of 15 dwts. per ton. N€ltwithstanding the large amount of prospecting for reefs which engages the attention of many of our miners, the past quarter has been singularly barren of new discoveries, and a disposition is now evinced rather to try some of the reefs previously abandoned than to seek for new ones. Consequent upon the slow nature of the non-productive works now being carried on by two of our most important mines, viz., the L€lndon O€lmpany and the Myrtle Oompany, combined with other circumstances, it is to be feared that a. considerable period may elapse before such favorable returns will be obtained from the Wandiligong mines as have characterized the reports for the past three years. '1'he Buckland quartz mines are in a prosperous condition, being held entirely by small parties of working men, thirty-two of wh€lm divided between them 650 €lZS. of gold for the quarter. Alluvial mining offers no point of particular interest. T~e following is the quantity of water B€lld during the quarter :-Buckland, IS heads, 28. 6d. to 208., average, lOs. ; Brlght, &c., 11 heads, 79. 6d. to 128. 6d., average, lOs.

ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Mr. Rohert W. S. Greig, ,Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. The Working Miners' Lead, Godfrey's Oreek.-The Albion Company, wh~ at the close of last quarter had just removed their machinery to another site, were again overcome by the water, and have now'been compelled to finally abandon the lead; the workings for the time being on this lead have therefore been closed, The machinery of the Triumph Company was commenced to be removed, but has not been completed and the Gobur Company's plant is still on the ground. . , Nothing has to be reported as regards new discoveries, and alluvial mining is much. depressed. QUARTZ MINING. The re-occupation of the Lucky line of reefs has caused a slight stir to be felt in the immediate vicinity of Alexandra, but generally there is little improvement to be noted. No new discoveries have been f€lund and the Acher€ln diggings have fallen off very much, resulting in the steam crushing mill which was erected there being removed to Alexandra. The steam-engine of the Albion Company has been removed from Gobu!' and re-erected at Durham G~lIy; the dyke reefs there will, therefore, have another trial. A small battery has b~n again erected at the Murchison Reef, Doogalook.

DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION. 1111'. J. Pemberton, Mining Regi8t7·U1'. Alluvial mining is on the decrease: Quartz prospecting more vigorous: 28

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, lrlining Surveyor and Registrar. . The energy and enterprise of tributers, and the cordial co-operation-of middlemen with producers, in this purely mlping community, continue, despite occasional serious drawbacks and disappointments, to keep matters moving, and so stave off !l. possible collapse. Thus, at the present, the A 1, Hunt's, and the Wallaby tribute parties are doing :vell, the first two mentioned markedly so. 'I.'he A 1 will not wash up till water compels them, and the yield given ~s therefore only partly what they will put to their credit for the past quarter. The last crushing for a fortnight gave the six men in Hunt's tribute (paying 15 per cent.) 64 ozs. . The Golden Belt tribute party has been but a fortnight iu existence, and the result of their washing up, which IS not expected to be much, will not reach me in time to be included in this return. 'rhc tribute is understood to be 37 per cent. '1'he Rose of Denmark Company have not yet completed arrangements for a new tribute, but these are in progress, as also similar arrangements for the Danabrog mine . . The Happy-go-Lucky Reef is idle for the present, owing to the cost of landing the ore at the nearest available machme. The past quarter has shown encouraging signs in mining business, but scarcity of water during the summer will impede operations for a time. In alluvial there is nothing particular to repQrt; the average results of washing operations have been low. No water has as yet been sold here. No miners are employed mining for other metal or mineral than gold.

WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. . Ji1'. A. B. Ainswo1·tlt, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The alluvial claims have been quite up to late yields during the past quarter, and in a few instances very good washings have been obtained.' A party of foul' sluicers have made £50 a man for five weeks' work, and a party of two men have averaged about £12 a man for the past six weeks; both in bank claims on the Goulburn River. As regards our quartz mines, the table will show that but poor results have been obtained; The Lady Franklin Company are putting in a low level, and have stopped raising quartz. . , The Moming Star Prospectors' Tribute Company have obtained excellent yields, and continue to sluice away the western face of the dyke at a very low cost, leaving sufficient available for excellent wages after all expenses are met. 'I.'he method consists in saving what loose gold there may be by the usual sluice-box with false bottom, running all solid rock into li paddock of which the fence aCLs as a grill, screening in pebbles and stones exceeding three. inches; these are forked and hand-picked roughly, so as to exclude barren blocks of granite, &c., and the residue, chiefly made up of quartz and veined granite stones, is trucked to the battery and crushed. This process, which has made the tribute a valuable one, and afforded data likely to assist in determining the applicability of the process to other similar dyke lodes, is due to the enterprise and ingenuity of Mr. John Stackpole of this to,,:n, and is an important innovation in the usual molie of working our soft granite and sandstone dykes. No water is being sold at the present in this subdivision. , No men are employed in mining for other metal 01' for minerals t,han gold.

BIG RIVER SUBDIVIHION. 1111·. A. B. Ainswortlt, jlfini'llg Surveyor and Registmr. There is bn.t one mine at work-the Unknown. The small average of yield given from this mine is the result of' a much mixed lot of lode stuff put through their newly erected machine as a trial for it; the mine continues to look wen. ' The Londondel'1'Y tribllters finished early in the quarter, the party hreaking up ; they have not succeeded in re-forming it up to this time. In alluvial the average have been £1 per man pel' week. I hear of rio water having as yet been sold j price, when sold, 4s. Gd. per sluice-head. Everything is exceedingly dull. For November there were no registrations at all in this subdivision; for December only two. . . No miners are employed mining for othel' luetals or minerals than gold.

MIT'l'A MITTA DIVISION. 1111'. W. H. Cockl'ane, Jlfi1ling R,egistrar. The old alluvial diggings 011 the Snowy Creek and Mitta ~{jttll are without change. The Bethan~a Reefs continue to improve; the number of payable reefs has increased, and the returns from the old ones show Improve­ ment. The produce for last quarter is ~bove 3,000 ozs., which will no doubt compare favorably with m~st of the fields •

.JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. lrlr. W. H. Edwards, ]lfining Regist1'a1" The Sailor Bill's Company during the past quarter have sunk a winzt' in the main tunnel 30 feet deep, in order to strike the eastern reef. Upon striking it they fonnd it split into two leaders, the western only carrying gold. For the present they have suspended operati.oHs at this spot. The reef has been cross·cut to the eastward 18 feet; it consists of quartz leaders intermixed with slate, carrying a large quantity of pyrites, &c., but showing no gold. They are now driviuO' to the west, where a little gold is to be seen in the stone. The trial crushings this quarter have been sufficient to w:rrallt thc company il mill of their own, to be driven by water-power, and to be erected about 1,200 yards from the mouth of tunnel. .' . . Mack's Creek Company are still stopll1~ the reef to the south; the contractor for the tramway havlllg fimshed, the company will now be able to commence crushiug, and,,from the previous trials, a good return is anticip!l~ed. , '!'he Venture Company, having connected the shaft and tunnel, ltre now openiug out from the shaft gomg south. The reef is about 18 inches wide, carrying good gold. . Gleeson's Ijease Oompany are breaking stone from the south and intermediate stopes; the leader cutting west is carrying fail' gold, and the mine and plant are in good working order_ 'fhe Just-in-Time Company are driving to cnt the eastel'll reef at a greatel' depth, and as soon as the surface shaft is connected will begin crushillg. 29 o SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT

SANDHURST DIVISION. JJir. N. G. Stephens, Mining Rcgistrm" There has not been so much rich quartz crushed during the past quarter, consequently the yield of gold is less, but a greater number of claims have contributed to what has been produced,. which, according to my returns, is 83,725 tons, averaging 10 dwts. 11 grs. per ton. Sinking is being carried on in the deepest shafts, a list of which is forwarded; and in another table will be seen good yields from considerable depths. There is no reason at the present time for expecting any decline in quartz mining in this division, although less gold was forthcoming at the end, of the year than was hoped for. A movement is on foot with the view of introducing from California a more perfect system of treating quartz

and PyrTitehe s. tot at quantity. 0 f water so Id for mmmg., purposes m. th-18 d'IVlSlon " d'urmg th e past quarter IS. 14, 737 ,000 gallons. Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &c., crushed during the past quarter:-

Total Average I. Depth at which " , " Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c., I I Yield of Yield the Quartz ~~.;: Width of Reef, &c. were obtained. ~ n ..... cZ > Gold. per TOIl. ' wtlS obtained~ o;::~ ~~-.---.--- -- •. tons. oz. dwt.gr. OZ, dwt.gr. feet, Garden Gully United ., Garden Gully Reef .. 4,269 5,182 6 0 1 4 6'69 300 to 700 teet .. .. From 1 to 4 leet.. Bottom reef being opencd out, nearly 30 leet thick Golden Stream Tribute .. Garden Gully Reef ., 373 47~ 0 0 1 5 7'40 300 feet " .. 280 8 inches Burrowes' Freehold .. Garden Gully Reef .. 554 832 0 0 1 10 0'86 430 feet .. About 1 foot Victory ...... Garden Gully Reef .. 3,494 4,043 10 0 J 3 3'48 677'feet & upwards .. '2 feet to 20 feet Gordonts Tribute .. Garden Gully Reef .. 915 812 17 0 o 17 18'41 312 to 330 feet .. -- 6 inclles to 3 feet Pandora .. .. Ga.rden Gully Reef .. 4,4~2 2,895 12 0 o 12 22'10 Between600&700ft, .. From 18 Inches to 12 feet ]\filler's ...... Garden Gully Reef .. 67 3S 16 0 !l 11 13'97 360 feet ...... About 2 feet Horwood's Freehold ,. Garden Gully Reef .. 1.703 1,473 5 8 o 17 7'24 4.">0 feet ...... 18 inche. Koch's Pioneer .. .. Garden GI111y Reef .. 1;258 40418 0 0 6 10'49 812 feet .. .. 47 Succession of spurs I worked abou , 15 feet wide UnIty .. .. Garden Gully Reel .. 1,275 395 1 0 0 6 4'72 710 feet .. .. 150 From 3 feet to 16 feet Garden Gully Railway Re- Garden Gully ~leef .. 473 137 (I 0 0 5 19'02 250 feet .. .. 50 About IS inches serve North Old-chum .. New~chum Reef .. 312 288 9 0 o 18 11'77 948 feet & upwards .. From 2 feet to 10 feet New-chum Consolidated,. New-chum Heel .. 280 199 .7 18 014 5'SO Surface to 400 feet .. From 1 foot to 12 feet 12 22'87 Shenandoah " .. New-chum lice! .. 3,671 2,377 II 0 o Above 450 feet .. 70 Various Young-chum .. .. New-chum ltMt .. 1,079 6i3 3 12 011 8'77 Various New .. chum and Victoria ... New-chum neef .. 890 467 9 .0 010 12'10 100 to 900 feet .. From 6 Inches to a feet Ellesmere No.1 •• .. New-chum Reef , . 280 13611 0 0 9 18'60 300 feet ...... Average 2 feet 6 inches Lazarus .. .. New-chum nee! .. 1,149 462 212 0 8 1'05 Surrace to 760 feet 140 From ;I Inches to 46 feet New-chum UnIted .. New~chum Heef .. 761 311 17 0 0 8.4'70 Shamrock .. .. New-chum neef .. _ 392 139 0 0 0 7 2'20 350 feet .. .. 4 feet North Shenandoah .. ~ew-chum Reef .. 2,4"1> 757 1 0 0 6 5'84 Above 450 feet .. 70 Various Koch and Hndebrandt .. New-chum Heef .. 279 81 12 0 0 5 20'3S Lazarus No, 1 .. .. New-clmm Reef .. 1,857 470 9 0 0 :; 1'00 Surfnce to 800 leet 140 1 inch to 50 feet Hercules and Energetic .. Victoria Reef .. 209 172 6 0 o 16 11'71 350 and 5;;0 feet 72 From 2 Inches to 4 feet Humboldt Tribute .. Victoria. Reef .. 26 32 0 0 1 4 14'77 250 feet Adventure and Advance. 4 Victoria Iteef .. ISO 72 2 0 0 8 0'27 Above 300 feet 160 Spurs Victoria Reef 0, 111. .. Victoria Reef .. 2,565 1,017 17 12 ' 0 7 22'48 430, 5r>O,620,&916 'ft, 160 From I inch to 12 feet Victoria. Conso-is .. Victoria Reef .. 1,813 39212 16 0 5 23'53 Surface to 500 feet .. Principally spurs Victoria Reef Q, lIf, .. Victoria Reef .. 295 38 14 4 0 2 14'98 1,100 feet .. 600 6 feet Johnson's Reef Ext, Trlb, Johnson's nee! .. 129 438 2 0 S 7 22'14 450 feet .. 18luches to 2 feet Rose of Denmark .. Johnson'. Reef .. 1,201 897 14 0 o 14 22'78 North Johnson's,. .. Jobnson'~ Reef .. 221 !17 9 4 o 10 15'11 5401eet ...... From 4 inches to 10 Inches, Sink Ing through quartz showing gold at 620 feet Princess Dagmar .. Johnson's Ree( .. 250 101 10 0 0 8 2'88 200 feet ...... 18 inches Johnson's Reef G. ]Ii. .. Johnson's Reef .. 4,141 885 19 0 0 4 6'69 300 to 600 feet .. .. Chiefly spurs New Hustler's and Redan Hustler's 1\eef .. 18 59 3 2 3 5 17'44 20 feet ...... About 12 inches Hustler's Reef .. H usller's Reef .. 368 55~ 14 0 1 10 19'17 500,725, & 1,000 feet 70 About 16 inches Great Ext, lIustier's Trih. !lustier's Heef .. 371 125 S 18 0 6 18'29 .">00 feet .. 90 From I foot to 8 feet Great Extended Hustler's __ Hustler's Reef .. 2,140 622 15 0 0 5 19'68 600, 680, & 140 feet 90 East reef, from I foot to 3 leet; we • reef, average 20 feet , 0 Ii 18'21 Great Hustler'. " . Hustler's Reef " 224 5410 0 900 to 900 feet .. 18ln.hes United Pioneer .. Huotler's neef .. 65 16 1 13 0 4 22'72 Above 300 feet .. 1.>;0 ~purs Central Catherine .. Catherine Reel .. 765 503 0 0 o 13, S'Ol 5tO and 640 leet ,. 180 Average 3 feet Catherine Reef U, C, .. Catherine lleef .. 2,770 1,729 to 0 01211'69 Su rface to 680 feet 130 From 2 Inches to 2 feet York and Durham .. CMherine Reel .. 503 124 5 0 0 4 22'57 440, 500, & 670 leet 300 ~'rom 6 iuches to 3 leet, New reef strucl< at 500 feet; width 2 feet' very rich Bendigo and lI1elbourne .. Biro's Reef •. .. l,fi89 955 9 0 012 0'62 350leet .. .. 60 16 feet Bird'. Reef .. .. Bird'. Reef, , .. 233 ~8 15 0 0 7 14'83 200 feet .. .. 50 .'rom 1 foot to 8 feet Albert Tribute .. .. Diamond Hill .. 178 149 9 () o 16 19'01 260 feet .. .. 260 From 1 loot to 4 feet Boyd and Jam•• .. SpeCimen Hill, I~ng .278 272 0 0 o 19 13'64 75 feet .. .. 150 Spurs, Irom 6 Inche~ to ~ feet Gully Empire ,. .. .. Derwent Reef .. 121 98 8 0 o 15 tO'"l 216 and 270 feet Golden Pike .. .. Comet Reef .. 31 38 12 0 1 421'67 200 feet Great Britain .. .. 'Prinee Alfred Reel .. 1,352 612 6 0 0 9 1'38 225 feet .. .. So SpUTS Golden Crown .. .. Carshl11ton Heef .. 62U 27818 0 0 8 23'92 80 feet .. .. IS inches Wbite Star .. .. Carshalton Reel .. 117 29 13 12 0 :; 1'74 Between 50 & 74 feet .. From 3 feet to " feet North Whip .. .. Whip Ree! .. .. 483 120 10 0 0 4 23'75 360 feet .. .. 80 Spurs, from 3 Inches to 2 feet, be- tween sandstone walls abont 100 feet apart New 1IIoon . , .. Moon Reef" .. 204 63 ]5 0 0 6 6 200 to 360 feet .. 110 From 2 Inches to 2 feet • Princess Alexandra .. Devonshire nee! .. 2,3~7 1,057 13 0 0 8 20'68 '244 to 344 feet .. 150 PrincIpally spurs, of various .izes United Devou.hlre I .. Devonshire Reef .. 628 422 15 11 01311'14 327 feet .. .. 150 Flat spurs from 6 inches to 9 feet South Catherine .. .. St, Mnngo Reef .. 396 375 10 6 o 18 22'17 870 to 640 leet .. .. 1\1a •• of spurs WIndmill Hill .. Windmill Ueef .. 51 40 19 0 016 1'41 United Windm!JI .. Wludmill Reef .. 113 49 I (I 0 8 16'40 160 feet .. .. 40 Spurs Wl1son's Reef .. .. Marong Reef .. S4 88 S O. 0 9 3'48 ~80 feet •• .. 220 Atiout 2! feet United Perseverance .. Perseverance Reef .. 54 38 18 12 01410· 312 feet ,. .. .. Average 1 foot MornIng Llgbt .. .. Trevillian Reef .. 1,235 ' 49914 0 0 8 2'21 250 to 450 feet .. 150 Average 2 feet, New and Improved machinery erected for treatln( pyrites PYlUTES. Garden Gully United .. Garden Gully Reef .. 44 19310 0 4 7 22'91 ) Horwood's Freehold .. Garden Gully Reef .. 10 4019 {) 4 121'60 Garden Gully Railway Re., Garden Gully Reef .. I~ 5 1 0 311 8 Pandora .. .. Garden Gully Reef .. 49 114 19 3 2 6 22'10 Vletory...... Garden Gully Reef .. 56 117 18 0 2 2 2'57 rever- Burrowes' Freehold .. Garden Gully ~eel .. Ifj 29 19 {) I 19 22'40 I'rre~tment, batory furnace UnIty .. .. Garden Gully Ree! .. 27 48 1~ 0 I 16 2'66 r North Shenandoah .. New-chum Reef .. 10 29 12 0 2 19 4'80 Shenandoah New-chum lieef .. 40 no 12 0 2 I~ 7'20 J ~'u_ Great Extended Hustle".,_ Rustier'S Reef .. 24 91 a 3 3 16 10'12 VictorIa. Reel G, 111. .. VIctoria Heel .. 42 5818 0 I 8 1-14 Wilson's Reef .. .. Wilson'. Reef .. 3 4 6 {) I 8 l6 Johnson's Reef G, 111. .. .r obnson'. Reef .. 15 510 0 0 1 11'20 ...... Re-crushed 30

List of Shafts over 900 feet deep. ---.,------r------,----,----;----:------',' ' Da til QI I Depth 01 IDepth of I Na.me of Company. I • Name 01 Reef. s~aft .the deepesti,the deepest. I RemarkB. ______i_·__ '______' ___ ·_·_I~:=_I~ ______' __ " . . feet. feet. feet. Victoria Reef Q. M. ... '" Victoria Reef ... I, 15~ 1 100 1 lOO Sinking Great Extended Hustler's ... Hustler's Reef 1,100 '8il 1'009 Sinking Great Extended Hustler's Tribute Hustler's Reef 1,09a 1,000 1;000 Sinking Hustler's Reef Q. M. and D. Hustler'S Ree.t 1059 98510a5 Sinking I:ansell's 180 claim Victoria Hee.t ' 1;010 955 '955 Sinking • North Old-chum ... New-chum Reef ... r";' , I,O()8.; 1,000. Not sinking H~rcul.es ...... ',I _ Victoria Reef . " 996 820 .986 Sinking' VlCtOrIa Reef G.M. Victoria Ree.f 992 916 976 Not sinking Koch's Pioneer Garden Gully Heef 986 812 906 Sinking Old-chum . Ne\v-chum Reef, 970 860 860, New-chum and Victoria New-chum Rcef %8 925 925 Sinking Carlisle, North Garden Gully, and Garden Gully Reef. 953 Sinking, ,Passby Great Hustler's Hustler's Reef 950 950 950 Not sinking Windmill Hill Windmill,Hill Reef .... '927 740 780. ' Sinking Lazarus No, 1 New-ehum Reef ,901 . 800 800 Not sinking - '-'

KILMORE DIVISION. fllr. James w. Osborn, flfining Registrar. There is nothing of im'portance to report as to mining in this division for the last quarter. No water was' Bold during the quarter.. " ' , .

HEATHCOTE DIVISIO~ .AND W4RANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION. , "., . .Mr. J. T. ,Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. There are ,no 'sp~(lial rernarksto nialie with regard to ~inmgoperations during the quarter ended 31st December 1876. The Costerfield (lold and Antimol1r..Minirig CompaJlY, the South Costerfield: Gold and Antimony Mining Company, the Alison 'and 0entral Gold aild Antimony'Miniug Company, :and the Butler.'s'Reef United Quartz Mining Company ar~ pu.rsuin~ 'their operations steadily, but without apy results requiring to be 'particularized. No water was',sold during the quarter.' .

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WARANGA :NORTH SUBDIVISION. . ,!; ~ Mr . .l:le;Zry Hicks, JJfinilig Registrar. , But little ~hange h~B taken place in the number of'al1uvial miners during the qua.rter, and,the majority of those named have been erripl'oyed during the month, of ' December in the surrounding harvest-fields, the prevailing high wages having caused their temporary withdrawal from the mines., . ' The quantity 'of quartZ crushed shows u falling off from the previous quarter of 163 tons, while the average of gold per ton is nearly 3! dwts, higher. The amount paid for crushing and carting has altogether 'prech;tded the' miners fr,om sending PqOl' or doubtfuJ ShIff, to the. !llill. T~e present prospects of the subdivision thro~ghout are encouragIllg, ".. ,. ' ,.., . . . '. The Balach~va Compa.ny," Whroo, believe' they .have discovered; at a depth of 50. feet, at the south, . e~d of the cutting; the original vein, 16 tons from which, raiseel by four men in four .days, ,gave the return of '180zs: 10 dwts. 18 grs., of smelted gold. , Au~ustine and Co'., New Belle Allianqe, White Hills, crushed from the new vein 30 tons for 59 ozs. 18 dwts.- three men s labor for seven weeks. '. '. . " , Kelly and Co., Hit-or-Miss, Rushworth; while sinking a new shaft, struck a new vein at·4O feet, 21 .tons from which, crushed during the past week, yielded 79 02is.15 dwts. of gpld. The Rushworth U. G. M, Company have let their claim .on trihute, work being no;w actively carried on. , Messrs. Cameron Brothers, White Hills, 'have been compelled to cease work at their cla.im, the expense of keeping the water down being too much for the amount of'go,ld obtained. The Mongolian ~ompallY, Rushworth, have also ceased woil..

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.. I MARYBOROUGW DIVISION. " , ,: . jlfr. P. Virtue,jun.? JJfining Registrar . . ALLuvr:uMINING. In my last report it was stated that the riJ'ine.of.the Duk~ and 'fimol',Company had been')et on tribute for one month. I now regret to state the tribllters were obliged to suspend operations at the close ofthe~r tenn, in con­ sequence of the return of gold not proving 8uffici,entIy remunerative. ,The mine, under the new n!l;me of th~ Duchess of Timor, has. been again let on .tribute to a ne'l''f)'~arty, on ~avorable terms•. This party ar~ now,Ill P?SSeSSlOn j .t~ey have made a good start, and are hkely to make tliell' enterpnse a snccess. The other allUVial mllles III the dIVISIon call for no special remarks. ;JI

The following is a statemellt of the gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines in this division during the quarter ;- oz. dwt. gr. Band of Hope, Chinaman's 473 0 0 Duke and Timor, Timor 1,OiO 10 0 Couut Bismarck,.Alma , 1,437 2 0 Seaham, Alma 124 ]5 12 Gladstone, Alma 341 0 0 New Magnum Bonuni, Alma 30S' 0 0 Queen, Alma 198 3 0 Total.,. 3,952 10 12

A dividend as under has been paid during the quarter by the company named ;­ £ $. d. Gladstone, Alma 600 0 0 QUARTZ MINING. There is nothing of any importance to report in this class of mining.

MAJORCA SUBDIVISION.

h!r. Jol~n Afr )J[urphy, ]}fining Surveyor and Registrar. During the past quarter, in this subdivision, ,mining matters have been very qniet, with the exception of two or three 9laims at Rocky Flat, which are worked by co-operative parties, The machinery from the Sadowa Company and from the Greenock Park Company, valued at £5,000,. has been removed to the neighborhood of Creswick. The Golden Gate Company have erected machinery, and are now'sinking with some hopes of snccess. In the immediate neighborhood of Majorca very little, is doing in mining, The Prince Alfred Reef Company, Deed's Reef, is looking somewhat better than it was last quarter, the quartz yielding 1 OZ. 1 dwt. to the tOll. They are now raising quartz from a depth of 374 feet.

AMHERST DIVISION. Mr. Joseplt Smith, lIfining Surveyor a1td Registrar. An 'improvement ill the quartz mining in the division has taken place. In the Prince of Wales Reef, Bush and Co. crushed a lot of what they considered refuse stone, which gave above an ounce to the ton. The Specimen Reef, Amherst, gave upwards of 6t ozs. to the ton; and two other small lots gave about 3 ozs. to the ton, which has increased the yield of gold 168 ozs. over the previous quarter. . In alluvial mining, the Nichol's Freehold and Golden Gate have each completed their plants, and are DOW in a position to proceed, so that the quarter will show a more favorable return. The, small claims are doing as much as usual.

, AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining .s~ltrveyor and Registrar. The resumption of operations at the Homebush has resulted in proving in a satisfactory manner the payable character of the deep ground. At a distance westerly of 810 feet in the principal drive from the main shaft prospects have been found, by means of bores, in a width of 100 feet, estimated at half an ounce to the truck; and efforts are being made to secure an extension north-westerly of the leases on the supposed course of the lead. In quartz mining there is an unusual depression. Several of the mines in the Pyrenees, including the Perse­ verance Company, have suspended operations; but the Monte Cristo continues to pay its tributers good wages, and the Glenmona Reef in the same line also pays well.' , No water waS sold during th~ quarter,

. DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Afr. W. G. Couchman,]J-fining Surveyor. ana Registrar. JJunolly JJivision. There has been a little improvement in quartz mining operations during the quarter, and the average yield for the division is higher than previously., . Bealiba Reef.-The Queen's Birthday Compa.ny have been driving Nos. a .and 4 levels, and stoping the backs therefrom. No, 3 has been driven 673 feet, and No.4, 869 feet south from the shaft, and it is intended to drive No.3 still further south. The mine presents very favorable appearances for permanency. Two pairs of Chilian mills for treatinCf the tailings are now on the ground, and will be erected forthwith; and it is also eontemplated to erect other machirfery for the treatment of the tailings and pyrites, which it is believed will yield well. Advance Bealiba Reef.-The Welcome Company have been driving and stoping the 210-foot level and backs, and also sinking the shaft, which is 230 feet in depth; and sinking is still proceeding. The stone under foot looks very favorable. Bet Bet Reef.-RJ.an and Co, and Crook and Co. have had good yields from the shallow workings j the stone crushed by the first-namea party averaging 2 ozs, 14 dwt,s. per ton. Tliey are now sinking the shaft deeper. Caledonia Reef, Windmill HilI.-Calder and Co. have sunk their shaft 66 feet during the quarter, making a. total of 174 feet. They have .opened out for the reef, and are now sinking a well, and will afterwards cross-cut for the reef., Wayman's Reef.-Deason and Co.'s last crushing gave an average of over 6 dwts. per ton, and the stone under foot is looking better; but' the water is troublesome, and will necessitate the erection of machinery for keeping it under.' ' 32

.. . Chinaman's Reef! Old f;ead.-Murray and Co. had a crushing, which gave a very poor yield, and are now Blllkmg another shaft, with a view to test the reef nearer the old workings. . . Al:hivial mining is very duIl, and very little new ground is being opened up. A 43-oz. nugget has been found III the neighborhood of Jones' Creek, but the precise locality is not known; , Tarna,qulla ])ivision. In quartz mining, the reefs at the Halfway Diggings, about 2 miles from Tarnagulla, are receiving more • attention, Mr. J . Watkins has completed the re-erection of his crushing plant, and had a crushing from his lease on , the ~tar Reef, which gave a retum Of ~ oz. per ton, from 200 tons. This is a very excellent yield indeed, when it is considered that the reef is at present 35 feet in width. Thomsen and Co. are working a horizontal lode, 4 feet in depth, with a return of 13 dwts, per ton. , ' Most :of the other reefs, with the exception of those at Ironbark Gully, are idle at present; and in alluvial mi~ing there is nothing of importance to note.

INGLEWOOD DIVISION. lJlr. W. iT. Coffey, Mining Registrar. During the past quarter mining has, been generally in a depressed condition, very little improvement havin~ taW en place.

WEDDERBURN DIVISION. Mr. John Reach, Mining Registrar. There is nothing new to report in mining matters since my last. Quartz mining is at 8. cpmplete standatill, and no fresh alluvial ground opened during the past quarter. No water was sold during the quarter.

REDBANK SUBDIVISION. .Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. At Emerald Flat, in 20 feet sinking, a small party of miners have been getting satisfactory yields.; and in shallow ground, near the dividing range between Redbank and Moonambel, some payable returns have ,also been obtained. .' No water was ~old during the quarter.

ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Both alluvial and quartz mining operations have been in a very depressed condition indeed during the quarter, and there seems little indication of a revival. The whole of the plant of the New leis Company has been sold; the crushing engine and batteries have been purchased by the Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Tribute Company, and are now in course of erection at their mine, St. Arnaud. Beyond this there is nothing of importance to note.

ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION . .Atlr. W. g. Couchman, lWining Surveyor and Registrar. No change for the better has taken place in mining operations during the quarter. Wilson's Hill.-The Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Chrysolite Tribute Company have driven the 600-foot level north to the boundary of their lease, and sunk a winze to connect it with the upper level. Sinking the main shaft has been carried on, the present depth being 657 feet; and it is intended to sink it deeper before cross-cutting. A new company, the Lord Raglan and St. Arnaud Company, has been formed to work the lease formerly mined by the Wilson's Hill Tribute Company. During the quarter the 300 and 400 foot levels have been put in order, and winzes sunk to connect the same; crushing operations were resumed on the 27th ultimo. . Silver ,~1ineB,-The London and St. Arnaud Company have suspended operations, except by tribute parties, pending the receipt of instructions from England. Bell Rock Reef.-The St. Arnaud Cross Reef Company have stopped operations for the present. The Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Company have,purchased the crushing plant of the New Isis Company, Stuart­ mill, and are erecting the same on their ground., In alluvial mining there is nothing noteworthy to record.

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Mr. Thomas L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. POPULATION. The population has been temporarily diminished by many of the miners not constantly or remuner/lotively employed in mining having gone harvesting, the high wage of 12s. 6d. to 15s. per diem forming a special inducement for them to leave their homes; consequently very little prospecting has been done. One new claim north of the Specimen Gully Reef yielded 30i ozs. of gold from 20 tons of stone easily obtained within 10 feet of the surfa.?e. J 33

QUAll.TZ. The Wattle Gully continues the premier reef in this division, McGregor and Co. having obtained 1,048£ ozs. of gold from 568 tons quartz, and 21~ ozs. from 7 tons of pyrites. The adjoining claim, Walker and Co., yielded 438 ozs. from 741 tons of quartz. The Little Nuggety yontinues good in deeper gr?und, 52 ton~ givi!lg 194 ozs. of gold ~or the quarter. 'l'he rich claim once held by the New Caledoma Company IS bemg worked by a private company of twenty shareholders. The ground so long held by the Old Wattle Gully Company is in the hands of fifty shareholders, who are prospecting for the lost secrels. Other similar private companies are working or about to work the South Eureka, Sebastopol, Dan O'Connell, Burns, and other of our old reefs. . " The Eureka 'GOD sols have completed their 460-foot cross·cut 130 feet to reef, and driven thence north 250 feet, having about 200 feet yet to'drive to cut the rich shoot of gold worked at the 360-foot level. The Chewton United, continue both sinking and cross-cutting for continilation of the rich "stone worked at 160-foot level. Both these companies have good prospects, and deserve success, being the only two registered companies remaining in this division. Private or co-operative companies have superseded public or registered companies.

ALLUVIAL. In alluvial mining the foUl' small parties of miners privileged to obtain water from the CQliban supply continue to make very gQod wages. The private property at Guildford, abandoned by the late Defiance Company, has been taken up by a co-operative company, who have' re-erected, steam machinery, and are likely to be rewarded for their enterprise. Otherwise alluvial mining is in a very depressed cQndition.

FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Afr. Afark Amos, Jjlining Surveyor a,nd Registrat·.

POPULATIQN. The mining population during the past qUl!-rter has evinced less disposition for migration, as new fields have ofttimes proved but uprQfitable allurements.

PUDDLING. The puddlers have been as active and energetic as usnal"but I believe the profits resulting from their labors are not so satisfactory generally as ~ight 'be desired; yet i,t cannQt be said the old ground is altogether exhausted.

QUARTZ MINING. Although there h!\s !,leen no great. improvement in the general yield of our quartz mines during the past three months, it is satisfactory to know that ther,e.is some prubability of an increased impetus being given to this branch of mining, and that active steps and arningement,: are being taken and made whereby very shQrtly something satisfactory may be recorded. Several of our compan.ies have been languishing for the past/ear or so, but there are now signs of activity and progress, which must ultimut!!Iy prove beneficial to the district an give rise to a more healthy tone in mining pursuits. ' The new rush at Blacksmith's Gully referred to in previous report has nQt been so energetically followed up as anticipated; but there are still some grounds D)l' presuming that a series of reefs of a remunerative character will yet be discovered running on the western side of the main road between Golden Gully and Chew ton. Companies.-1wwe BrQthel's, FerrQn's Reef, a)'C now driving at the 233-fQot level, on the same lode as the Ferron's Company. 'l'he crushing averages ahout 8 dwts. per ton. The reef is 5 or 6 feet wide, but not auriferous throughout. The company contemplate sinking about 60 feet deeper in their main shaft. Rowe Brothers, Cattle's Reef, are wQrking on a new IQde 120 feet west from any previous workings. The reef or lode is 7 feet wide; gold is visible, but the value of the lode is not yet determined. Black Hawk, Fl'yer's, Small and Co. aro all engaged in pumping preparatory to a more extended system of operations. It is intended to sink the main shaft Qf the Black Hawk about 60 feet deeper to cut the lode already wQrked within the ]'ryer's Company's ground. '1'11e FerrQn's Reef Company are working at the 280-fQot level, in payable stQne, which is likely to. continue in a northerly direction, intersecting the Duke and Duchess and Anglo. claims.

SLUICING. This branch of mining is as well represE'nted as can possibly b~, considering the comparative scarcity of water and ground operated on. No doubt the introduction of the Coliban watel'S will be highly approved Qf by many miners who look forward to profitable labor froma rea.sonable supply of water at a cheap rate.

HEPBURN DIVISION. Jfr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar. Specimen Hill CQmpany are at work ill lQwer level at a depth of 545 feet. They drove west frQm shaft 110 feet; they are now driving in the cross-cut southerly, and are in 30 feet. Dividends are paid regularly the tributers- getting gold on upper levels. ' The Argus Company have set three tribute parties to. work lower levels. The North COl'llish are getting gold frQll! the different levels. The Cornish get gold from 520 foot and upper levels. The K.eep-it-Dark claim got gold averaging 3~ ozs. from 6O-foot level. The Ajax Company average balf an ounee per ton, as do the Glengower companies. Union Tunnel are in 605 feet south-east, driving for tbe Mauritius Reef. Seventy-five heads of water were used, at. from lOs. to 25s. The running has now ceased for want of supply._ Thirty tons of mundic were sold by the Cornish Company at £2 per iQn. I am not aware that any miners are working for other than gold. No.2. C 84

TARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar. The signs of a progressive improvement in mining here still continue, as referred to in my last quarter's report.

QUARTZ. The large and valuable claim situate at the south end of Taradale, called th~ Extended United Kingdom Company (south of and adjoining the rich United Kingdom Company's ground), has resumed operations under a new and greatly improved management. The shareholders are 110W cheerfully paying their calls, and vigorously working the mine at a depth of nearly 400 feet, hopeful of returns similar to those of the above-named adjoining claim, which has been yielaing dividends for many years. The last crushing for a fortnight gave each shareholder £20 per man, after paying current expenses. The celebrated Belltopper Reef is again being prospect~d, a crushing during the quarter having yielded over 4 dwts. per ton. ' In the same locality, and on the same ranges, is a claim recently taken up, from which there have been two crushings in the same period, yielding 2ozs. 6 dwts. per ton, at a depth of 180 feet from the surface. '!'he ~fcAliister claim, although a small one, is yielding results highly satisfactory. The Victoria Company are about erecting an engine and crushing plant on the. old Achilles ground, at the north end of Taradale.

ALLUVIAL. In alluvial mining I have nothing new to report. The Lord Malmsbury Company are still sinking their shaft. The Glengonner Company at Lauriston have stopped the claim for a while. _ The Italians' Tunnel Tribute Company have at length struck gold on the west bank of the Coliban, near the Italians' garden.

TARRANGOWER DIVISION. Mr. Robert Nankivell, Mining Su.rveyor and Registrar. The past quarter shows an improvement in the Charcoal and Parkin's Reef mines. In all the other mines no change has taken place. The Hawk Union Company have just completed the contract for their deep shaft,. which is now 920 feet in depth, and have started a cross-cut west at the eOO-foot level, to test the ground west of the shaft. The Central Company's mine is still idle for the want of funds. The United Central Company are sinking a winze on the course of the reef below the 400-foot level; the prospects in the willze are favorable, showing at present good golden stone on the east face. The Eagle Hawk Limited Company have suspended operations in the deep grOUlid, and have called for tenders to Jet the mine on tribute. The Great Southern Company have sold their engine and plant; th"e water is now being pumped out, for the purpose of drawing the pumps. The old Beehive mine is still at a standstill (except the shallow ground, which is let on tribute). At present no work is being done in the deep ground in any of our mines, although the prospects in some of them-the old Beehive and limited companies especially-are sufficient to warrant a further outlay of capital. One great obstacle to the proper working of our mines appears to be the number of small companies in possession of the ground: The cost of sinking shafts and erecting small engines on each mine is very heavy, a great portion of which would be saved if the mines were amalgamated. One good main shaft and one engine would suffice to work the ground properly where now several shafts and engines are used. ' In alluvial mining there is nothing of importance to report. A party of men has recently started to pick up the ()ld Muckleford lead, in 'l'aylor's paddock, near the Muckleford Creek; the old lead was followed about fifteen years ago to the boundary of lIunter's paddock, where it fell off from a depth of 40 feet to 100. One shaft was attempted to be sunk at the time in the deep ground, but the party, after trying to bottom, were obliged to abandon it, on account of water. The party now working it have bottomed one shaft, in which they got I) feet of washdh-t, with a fair prospect of gold; but, "for the want of caution in not timbering their shaft, it caved in, They have now started another shaft, and are tim . it as they get down. . No water was sold duri the quarter.

ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. :Afr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining, both alluvial and quartz, has been remarkably dull during the last quarter, and little or no change has taken 'place since my last report. The reefs at Muddy Creek will shortly be fully tested, as the machinery for crushing by water power is on the eve of completion. The reefs at R~efton will soon be tested at-a greater depth by tunnels now being driven at lower levels. '!'he mining population has slightly decreased. The tin mines at McCrae's Creek are suspended at present, pending the formation of a company. The coal workings at Kilcunda have been lately resumed, and a considerable quantity of coal is now being raised and sent to port; but a great drawback to the enterprise is the very defective nature of the permanent way of the tramway. . No water has been sold during the quarter.

BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION: lJfr. Gralta.m jJfcPlterson, .Dfining Registrar. There is no improvement to report regarding miningin this subdivision. The All Nations Alluvial is the only company at work," and they are frequently suspending operations for want of funds and from other causes. The unulSual drought has c,'1used a cessation of sluicing, and at present there is virtually nothing doing. T}1e great majority of the miners have availed themselves of the high prices offered for hal'Vest labor, and are temporanly out of the district. - 35

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

ARARAT DIVISION.

Mr. Thomas Foyster, ~Iining Registrar. During the quarter just ended the most noticeable feature of alluvial mining has been the tracing of a lost lead known years back as "Page's." About six shafts are being worked with payable results, the average yield being about 15 dwts. per load. The depth is from 40 to 1i0 feet, and there now appears a likelihood of the run of good ground being followed iuto new country, about a mile north of Ararat. .' . At Geimering's Ic:cse, to the west of the ranges, good returns have been obtamed, and as the depth and vl'ldth of the payable dirt is considerable, this claim will, in all probability, prove of great value, and suitably reward the enterprise of those engaged in these now extensive oI!erations: . . .. . In the neighborhood of Londonderry two partIes are glvmg the cement a tl'lal, but at present WIthout stnkmg anything able to pay wages. ' The quartz prospecting company have abandoned their holding at the Canton Lead, and are now breaking out a trial crushing from a reef at Bridle Hill, about 70 feet from the surface. That portion of '&1oore's Reef formerly k!lown as the Noah's Ark, and adjoininl$ ~laims, h~ve again been taken up by a co-operative company. Work is, however, suspended for the purpose of obtammg machmery.

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. l11r. H. e.. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The yield of gold for the quarter is both absolutely and comparatively greater than that shown by the last returns. There is nothing of importance to note of the mining events of the past quarter. Work has been steadily ~arried on both in the dividend-paying and the prospecting mines, but therQ have been no new or important finds. The following are particulars respecting some of the. de~pest shafts which are now being sunk, or the sinking of which has recently been stopped for the purpose of puttmg m levels or cross-cuts :-

Depth of Deepest Depth of Deepest Name of Company. Depth of Shaft. I Level. Cross-cut.

feet. feet .• feet. Newington ...... 1,920 1,510 - Magdala ...... 1,706 1,685 1,685 Prince Patrick ...... 1,500 1,350 1,350 South Scotchman's '" ... 1,262 1,252 1,252 Oriental ...... 1,141 1,060 1,060 'West Scotchman's ... '" 1,050 - - Crown Cross Reef United ... 1,045 900 900 Pleasant Creek Cross Reef ... 960 850 850 Extended Cross Reef ...... 930 870 870 Prince Alfred ...... 840 - - Carolina ...... 803 - - Great Northern ...... 780 780 780

BARKLY DIVISION. Mr. H. C. Bate, ,Mining Surveyor and Registrar. There is nothing of importance to note relating to this division. The principal locality of mining operations is Frenchman'S, where gold is being obtained at the average rate of from 3 to 4 dwts. to the load. _ The ground of the late Kara Kara Company at Landsborough was worked for about six weeks by a co-operative company of Chinese, who used a whim, which, however, was found quite inadequate to reduce the large body of water in the ground. No new prospecting claims have been registered during the quarter. , No water was spld during the quarter for mining purposes.

RAGLAN DIVISION. Mr. C. W. Minchin, JJlining Registrar. In the Waterloo district the New Victoria Gold lViining Company, the principal claim there, have been (lbstructed from driving and blocking operations for about five or six weeks, on account of a heavy rush of water into the underground works. They have, since put in fresh pumps of larger dimensions (12 inches in diameter) which they consider will be sufficient to keep the water under in the future. Notwithstanding this misfortune and loss of time, they obtained a fair yield of gold, and have much confidence in the future success of the mirie. Lately some miners from other quarters have been taking up new claims, under the bye-laws, in this locality. ' Manners and party, near the township of Beaufort, have principally bcen washing their outside ground which is comparatively poor; when they return to that nearer their shaft they anticipate doing much better, as portions of it thereabouts have proved very rich. The Try Again Gold Mining Company have since abandoned their claim as referred to in my last report, and I believe the party is now broken up. ' 36

GIP;P,)3LA:NJ), MINING DISTRICT.

OMEO, SUBDIVISION ..

.. }fr. W. ]?hiPP.s, Jrlining Regi~,t1'a1'. A, slight improvement has taken, place in quartz mi~ing at Swift's Creek. There is no improvement in alluvial mil:ing;';' T'\v? ,p~.ities :~re o:ufri,rosp~ct:ing in the ~.istriCt! but, as' yet hive, ,'made no 'discoyerY',:"ott~ "r~p/Jl;tiiitto, the Nglstrar.' ," " , , I', ,', I ,r '.~

MITCHE;LL RIVER ':SUBDIVISION.' ,

Mr ~ John Grimes Peers, Mining Surve!l0r and Registrar. , , Milling ~~tter8 in thi~' s~h(iivisi~n are i~ th;'~a;~e.d;pre~sed state'8~ prev:ioWlli:rep~tted~' 'J~~::e'w';dis~o'vel:ie&, have;,been' made;',': In:.fact;,n'othing:has.occ\med,worthy.,of special mention since'Uie date 'of my last report: ',r

BO,GG Y,CREEK ,;SUBDIVISION•

• ' ,.,';< Mr. James, Smith; flfining lJegistrar.,

.', ; " " ", QUARTZ MINING. ," The Son~ ,of freedo,m, Quar~.z Milljng CO,mpany. have not :re8~me? work ,as yet, but are still pumping and keepiug the mine clear of water. " " '. ' ," ' .The Cas~an.dra:' (la~e (}~llowl\'Y; ,q~artz' mine) is s~~n'inoperative, la~?t~er party having disputed the present lessee's ownership. ' " ' Other than gold, there are no minerals searched for in this divi~ion. ' . ,., "

ALLUVIAL. The condition of alluvial mining'is much thil same as reported last quarter. There is iii decrease in the number of diggers, a considerable number having gone to the har:esr., . , .

CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. Mr. James Tra~i8, 1I1ining Registrc:.r. There is little ehange, either as regards quartz or alluvial mining, in this division to report. 'rhere has been a slight increase in the number of alluvial miners at work; but the return of gold has not been, so good., Quartz mining has been confined principally to the Good Hope and RepUblic Reefs, so far at least as crushing stone is co Hcerned. . The reef has been cutin the Jeweller's Shop tunnel, and a few tons of stone brought to the surface, showing a fair amount of gold. C A company has been formed to put the Palmerston tunnel in, and work will be resumed after the holidays. No stone has yet been crushed from the Sons of Freedom Reef, but about 100 tons are now ready for th!7 stampers.

',' JERICHO DIVISION. ~fr. R. J, Donaldson, Mining Registrar. Du;'ing the last three months there has been very Ii ttle done in quartz mining in this division. , A crushing by the tributers in the Harbinger Company's claim yielded 56 ozs. retorted gold, and from tW() small parcels of stone raised by the tributers in the Loch Fyne 18 ozs. 10 dwts. of gold were obtained. . Better results from both mines are eonfidently expected. In alluvial mining there is no improvement, and the yield of gold from that source is gradually falling off. There has been no new ground discovered of late, but the old creeks and gullies are not yet entirely worked out. 'rhere was no water sold during the quarter. _

DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. O. P: Wltit.e.law, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. , rThe yield of, 'go!d, for 'this' 'quarter has been .s~all.: This is owing chiefly-to the, Bis!llarc~'JInitie~ Comp~~i having worked' out theu first level.. They are now drIvmg a tunnel at a lower level, and It wdl be' ~~me tIme before' thei rcach the line of reef. ' , , . t', The Florenc~e 'and. the Gippsland Consols continue' to take out stone~ . _ .:' .;':\ .. • 'rhe;~tl'atford and Avon, ;tfter another crushing of 50 ~on~, ,hav,e discontinued work f?rJh!l p!~Ii~n~._ .. " ' Gold IS the only metal searched for at present. _ , " ' , , , No ,water was sold during the quarter. ' 37

STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar. The principal event that has taken place in this division' during the l~st qua~ter has .been the fact ?f tJW Fear-not Company. striking gold •. After driving the tun.nel a ?istance of 498 feet, and lllt?rSectmg. the reef wIthout finding gold, they commenced to drive north. After haVIng drIven 30 feet, gold was found III the vem-stone, and men. are now employed driving along the lode. . . '. .,. . The Walhalla and Long Tunnel Companies continue steadIly cru~hmg, and paymg hIgh dlVlde~ds m~nth~y. The LonD' Tunnel Extended Company have finished the excavatlOn of the chamber, and the t~m?erlDg IS also­ nearlyeompleted. This would have been finished two months ago had it not been necessary to leave It I? order to.do­ other work. The flue and air shaft rise is now up 250 feet from roof of chamber, about one-half the dIs~nce belDg now completed. It is contemplated to commence sinking the main shaft immediately after the holidays, and machinery will then be procured for pumping and windi.n~ purposes. . . . Thc South Cohen's Tribute Company are now drIVIng north at the IM·foot level, and, from mdicatIOns, expect. to strike gold daily. - _ . . The Thomson River Copper Mining Company are now en/l:aged constructmg a bridge across the Thomson RIver,... which will be completed early in January, when smelting ,operations will at once be commenced, and employment. given to a large number of men. The Great Extended Walhalla Company have driven their tunnel a distance of 649 feet.

ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Mc Cann; Mining Registrar. There is little to report in mining matters for the last quarter. The alluvial miners, after being washed out. three times by floods, are now settled to their work, but so far have got but very little; their average wages for the last quarter would not exceed 20s. per week. ' Wilson and Barthold Company are still pushing ahead the lower tunnel, .and sinking a shaft to cut it. AU, other work is suspended for a time. I hear of a tribute being let at about 75 per cent., expenses of washing included.. Mr. James Rice's mine, is, I am told, looking JVell; he has started a shaft from the present level on the reef. The Star and Thomson Company have driven the lower tunnel a good distance during the quarter, but so far­ have not got a payable body of stone. There was no water sold during the quarter, and no mining for any other mineral than gold.

RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION, Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining Registrar. Work in this division has been about ,the same as usual during the quarter; the most of the mining may be­ put under the head of fossicking. Hawthorn Creek seems to be drawing more attention of late; the ground worked pays very well, but miners suffer there, as in the other places around us, (or want of water. Gold to be had in payable· quantities if water was brought on. No new finds. No water sold in this division.

BENDOC SUBDIVISION. Afr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar. In this subdivision there has been very little done in quartz mining, only 33 tons having been crushed thilJ. quarter, yielding very unsatisfactory results; 20 tons from the Venus and 13 tons from the Union Jack yielded 11 ozs. 10 dwts. The alluvial portion of miners appear satisfied with their earnings. The lead of gold found by the M arriotts" !n Blackfellow's Gully? at Bonang, and which they lost, has again been struck in two of the aq.joining claims below;: It appears good, and gives employment to about twenty men. - Several parties are prospecting. No water sold in this district.

TAR WIN SUBDIVISION. Mr. G. Read Murphy, Mining Registrar. Great depression in mining exists throughout the district: No. 1 South have Jeft their new quartz shaft ana. taken to the alluvial, which is known to be rich, to obtain funds to re-commence, which they expect to do about. February. The Caffirs' tribl,lte tunnel is ill 420 feet; it passed through several gold-bearing leaders, one of whicll they have commenced to open out on; they have ohtained 5 ozs. of gold from specimens. . The Prospectors' Extended conLinue to get a little 'gold, but as yet hardly pay working expenses. . The Prospectoro' Extended pal'tJ: ?ontinue as usual; on the 8th of November they got a specimen whiclh. YIelded 20'2 dwts. of gold. A small dIVIdend has been made during the month. The Prussians' tributers ar~ I ?elieve, doing well; their wash is very lluggety. A new claim-the North Extended-has bottomed on wash sho'w­ mg gold at a depth of 53 feet. A few fossickers are making wages. Turton's Creek is yielding a livelihood to several men.

TRARALGON SUBDIVISION. lIfr. Charles Denis, Mining Registrar. . Gold minin~ in this division. has bee? gradually progressing during the quarter. Gold in payable quantities. IS repo:ted as h~Ylng be:n found III the neIghborhood of the Morewell River, on McDonald's track. There is a shah als.o bemg sunk In t~e neIgh~or~oo~ of the Traralgon Creek, on the west side, about six miles south from the town­ shIp of Traralgon, WIth good llldlcatIons of gold. '-';'he. shaft is now down about 20 feet, and the party sinking the shaft expect to get bottom a:t about 40 f~e~. Th~ s!Dk~ng IS through grey clay with red or brown patclles, as if it;. had been exposed to the actIOn of fire; It IS also lllterspersed with small, quartz pebbles, pieces of decomposed wood and other vegetable matter. . ,.,

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APPENDIX. 'J.'p.e Numbers of Miners- Employed· during the Quarter ended ·31st Deeember 1876 in Mining for, Metalsl and Minerals other than Gold were as follows :-

1IIlning Surveyors and Registrars' District. Divisions and RubdlVlslons. ,

Gordon ...... 4 4 Ballarat , , ...... { Blackwood ...... ••• 2 ...... 2 RUmore ... ,,, ...... 4 ...... 4 Sandhurst ...... Heathcote .,...... 140 ...... ••• I'" 140 { Waranga North .. ' ...... 4 ...... 4 Castlemaine Castlemaine ...... , ...... " ...... "', 26 26 ... { St. .Andrews .,...... 27 ... 51 ...... 30 ... 108 .Ararat .. , ...... Pleasant Creek ...... •.• ." ... ••. ... 2 2 Mitchell River ...... 1(> ... ••• ." ...... '" ... 10 Stringer's Creek ...... I 43...... I'" .... ••. '43 Gippsland ." ... Russell's Creek .... .•• 34. ••• ...... 34 Tarwin ... ." ... . •. , ...... " ... .12 2 ... 14 { Traralgon ...... ~ I--;;--:j--;T -;;---'-7 ~ + .. -;;- -k . -

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