1870.
VICTORIA.
REPORTS
OF THB
MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS.
QUARTER ENDING 31sT MARCH 1870.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
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JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, ~IELBOURNE. No. 18. '.
APPIWXIMATE COST OF R)!:PORTS. Co~t of Preparation, about £ s. d. 11riUling' (1,050 copies) 12 10 0 63 0 0 £75 10 0 INDEX.
'Slllllma.ry.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ending 31st March 1870. Estimated Yield of Gold a.nd Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ending 31st March 1870 . .summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, '&0., crushed during the Quarter ending 31st March IBiO. • •. Kumber and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st March 1870. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Page Hnlhtrat Central Division Mr. Harrie Wood, MiningHegistrar 7, 16, 17, 22 TIaBnrat Southern Division Mr. J. ·F. Coleman, Mining Regi&trar 7, 17, 22 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, Ii, 22 'Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 17, 23 'Creswick Division ... Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7, 16, 17, 23 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, 1\fining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 17, 24 :Steiglitz Subdivision Mr. J. So Cooper, Mining Registrar 7, 16, 17, 24 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8, 17, 24 Subdivision ' BEECHWORTH MINING 'DISTRICT. Beechworth Division Mr. Aiexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar , 8, 17,,25 Yackandandah Division Mr. Thos. G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and. Registrar ... 8, 18, 25 Indigo Division Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar . • 8, 18, 25 [luckland Division ... Mr. Lewis C. Kinche1a, Mining Registrar 8, 18, 26 Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. A. F. Murray, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 14, 18, 26 :Mansfield Subdivision Mr. J. H. Kelson, Mining Registrar 18, 26 Benalla Subdivision Mr. John Liston, Mining Registrar 26 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. A. n. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••• 9, 18,27 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr.A. ll. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 9, 18, 27 Big River Subdivision Mr. A. ll. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Uegistrar 9, 18, 27 Mitta·mitta Division Mr. Andrew Trench, Min~ng Registrar 18 Jamieson Subdivision Mr•. H. C. Geneste, Mining Registrar ... 9, 18, 28 SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 10, 14, 16, 18, ~8 Kilmore Division , Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar 10, 18, 29 Heathcote Division and Waranga South Sub Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 14, 19, 29 division • Waranga North Subdivision ... Mr, Henry Boyns Nicholas, Jl.;fining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 19, 29 Raywood Division 19 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar 10, 14, 19, 30 Amherst Division ••• Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar II, 14, 19, 30 Avoca Subdivision ." Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.•• Il, 14, 19, 31 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 11, 19, 31 Berlin Subdivision ... Mr. Thomas Richardson, Mining Registrar 19 Korong Subdivision Mr. R. Mason, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 19, :31 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions Mr. Hugh St. H.lllair, Milling Surveyor and Registrar Il, 14, 16, 19, 31 St. Arnaud North Subdivision Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 19, 32 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 15, 19, 32 Fryer's Creek Division Mr. Mark Amqs, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 15, .19, 32 Hepburn Division ... lIir, Thos. Hale, Mining Hegistrar 12, 15, 16, 20, 33 Taradale and Kyneton'Subdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12, 20, 33 Tarrangower Division Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 15, 20, 34 St. Andrew's East and St. Andrew's Central Mr. Alfred Armstrong, MiniIJg Surveyor and Registrar 12, 15, 20, 34 Subdivisions " Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar 12, 20, 35 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Charles' Jas. Wm. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 20, 35 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. S. K. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 15, 20, 35 Barkly Division • ••• r Mr. S, K. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 15, 20, 36 Raglan Division Mr. John Templeton,'Mining SurveyCrooked River Division Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar .:. 13, 20, 37 •Tericho Division Mr, A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registr~r ... 13, 21, 37 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar... 21,38 :Stringer's Creek Division Mr. E. S. Gutteridgc, :Mining Registrar 13, 21, 38 Russen's Creek Division Mr. ·C. Gadd, Mining l{egistrar l3, 15, 21, 38 Bendoe Subdivision Mr. John Nichol, Miriing Registrar ... 13, 15, 21, 38 I
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SUMMARY~
_GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDIN'G 31st MARCH 1870. , <
TABLE SHoWiNG APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND 'ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA.· Oompiled from tke Mining Surveyors and, Registrars' Reports for tke Quarter ending 31st Marck 1870.
Alluvial: Quartz MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING; MACHINERY ElIlPLOYED IN QUARTZ MINING, Miners. lI-liners, Number Number Steam Engines of of Price of Gold Steam Engines Square distinct per ounce. employed in .5" " Approximate DISTRICT, DIVISION, Total e:mployed in Wind- Winding, Pumping, ~.~ Value :Miles of Quartz N~her mg, Pumping, &c. ~ Crushing, &c. of Auriferous Reefs AND Minillg Ground actually Miners. I-----,---~--I ~ ~~00", Plant, actually proved - SUBDIVISION. ""~,,0 worked to be ,,~ upon •. ~~ 'gro ",0- Auriferous"I------~~ ,C4~. r:: ~ S:E ~1!.-'. eD'" o::! Q From· To til 0 B~ ""'ll <~ en'" ~ &tl ------------.------.------£. £ ., d, £ s. d. BAT,LARAT. 283,350 24 410 430 4,237 490 585 5,312 103 3,750 156 29 37 36' 3 73 2 30 641 355 12 7' CentrD.l Division * 1,885 10 202 3 60 4 11 2 'io 'i '2 4 11 160 84 6 7 28,000 6 14 .4 0 6 4 1 0 Southern Division .. 980 705 200 50,000 13 . 4 0 0 416 990 250 270 1,510 27 795 26 9 15 9 1 13 14 279 100 14 Buninyong Division .• 1,415 56 1,258 '56 6 13 13 43 '30 '5 i6 'i 4 90 26,000 13 11 316 9 413 Smythesdale 8j5 500 30 '3 112,000 12 15 319 0 406 950 400 850 2,200 16 351 20 1 115 13 ':i 1,000 1 2 28 1,080 , 'i 2i~ iiJ Creswick 8 1 6 3 10 421 65 6 16,703 3• 18 319 0 400 G()rdon •• . 18 - 253 271 1 318 0 319 0 '550' 200 600 1,350. 1 10 "85 19 374 136 2 28,460 18 62 'i 22 10 279 . 14 51,000 4 21 318 0 319 6 ~~i;~~~td and Blue l\I~;'ntai~ 350 426 580 1,360 'i 700 410 l:)outh ______, ~ ______------1----1------1----1----1 8,942 2,989 <,368 15,303 214 6,374 262 45 246 79 17 1,916 56 10 144 3,455 11 1,256 12 43 595,513 77/, 178 Totals ______, ------.---1----1------1-.,----1----1
BEECH WORTH, 52,580 47 90 3 19 6 4 1 3 1,201 1,021 207 2,429 25 270 10 15 5,000 3' 59 28 6 93 59 Beecbworth •• ,I 4 1 3,100 37 37 6 90 90 16,385 11~ 63 \3 8 0 318 6 Yackandandah 629 600· 370 1,1>99 3 19 6 400 '" '243 205 63 511 16 406 ,49 10 38 250 15 3 6 64 58 6 41,427 2, 25 Indigu •. 22 2,314 46· 18 259 i:i 281 45,152 60 327 316 0 3 18 3 Buckland 159 1,277 469 '4 1,909 2 17,485 16. ' 30 314 6 4 1 0 903 2,0 110 1,033 3 50 'i7 8 '3 50 'i 6 72 58 '3 Alexandra. 2 150 20 2 24 20 6,850 9 16 '315 0 316 6 :l\Iansfield 160. 100 '50 310 3 0 BenaUa.. .. . '48 'i22 30 '316 '500 '45 '45 '7 ,68 i6 i46 'i 25:797 2~ l~ '5 3 i9 6 Gaffney's Creek 'i16 70,510 18 93 211 0 4 0.0 287 6 210 503 390 30 30 1 10 155 10 283 \Vood's Point ., 550 7 7' 4 46 2 43 9,968 30 12, 310 0 400 ,Big River 165 60 50 275 350 312 0 240 12 4 486 2,000 3 18 18 2,603 3 5 :r.litta~mitta. 230 13,500 7 16 316 6 3'18 0 81 35 200 316 340 '4 ,S8 'i 61 Jamieson ------=-=c--I-~-'I-~:-- 4,174 3,612 1,853 38 9,637 ,47 752 17 78 34 48 14,644 277 169 69 939 39 1,099 3 16 11 302,257 230~ '}07 Totals __ . ____ - ____ ,--- -' ------,------1----1·------1----=--1----''----1
SANDHURST. 318 3 318 3 2,279 616 3,470 6,365 35 518 208 16 91 13 326 105 2,077 1,036 168 219 369,000 IS;! 254 Sl1ndhurst t •. 8 4 "12 8 110 '2 76 5 4 . 6,430 27 110 315 0 317 6 418 100 692 6 3 18 10 3 18 1 754 151 !~~ '6 1,410 70 4 19 80 19 274 152 11 22 23,817 80 160 ~~!~b~~t"e"·and·Wara;;ga S~~th 40 10 163 97 10 16 17,320 10. 99 3 15 0 4 0 6 Waranga North 341 91 285 717 316 6 318 6 200 500 700 16 9 100 70 1 2 11,300 25 32 Raywood§ , . ------,---- ___ ------_._ ------1----1------:--=::-+:--:::--1--==--1 3,992 958 4,928 9,884 35 518 342 24 116 92 13 326 151 2,724 1,431 4 195 263 427,867 158 655 Total. ------,-1---1·------I-~-·I---I
l\lARYBOROUGH, • 319 0 ~ 0 3 lIIaryborough ., 'i60 230 24 ig 3 19 6 4 1 0 Amherst g~g ~~g ~gg i:~~g ~b ~6~ g i~!b 1~ ~r i. ~bb 1~ i~ 1~ ~~:~i~'~ 1~ 3 16 6 4 1 0 Avoca...... , 8 7 3g .. :: is i:i 37 9 I 19 400403 Dunolly and Tarnagulln. ~3g 2,~~g }~g i:?i~ ~ 1~~ ~~ 1~ '8~ 3~ 5~1 2~~ ~~:ggg i~ 316 6 ,4 2 0 Bflrlin...... ,. 2'i~~ 2~g l~g r~g i~ 3 i~ g~ i6'8 19:9gg ~ M 3 16 6 4 1 ~ 2, 3' m 3 17 6 4 1 0 lt~db~gk'~nd S{ Ar~~ud S~uth :: 19~ ;~ §~~ ~~~ i 2~ 1~ ,~ , 1~ is ',6 ll, 2~~ 1f~ 2g 1~ 1 ~~:ggg 19~ ~3 3 17 6 4 1 0 St, Arnaud North ------_.------1----1------1----=--1----1 6,625 3,655 2,176 12,474 63 1,235 45 492 84 52 233 346 88 42 109 1,9n 720 98 57 279,211 71. 470 Totals ______------1·----1------1----1----1
CASTLE~IAINE. 3 17 3 318 0 Castlemaine •• 318 3 3 18 6 lfryer's Creek .. 316 6 319 0 Hepburn .. .. 318 6 '3 18 9 Taradale and Kyneton 3 17 6 319 3 i'arrangower •. 3 17 6 406 St. Andrew's •. ,'0 318 6 318 6 Blue lI-1ount.in North 3,763 2,518 2,312 8,593 31 552 480 59 68 643 198 10 138 138 134 Total. ______- __, --__, ------1----1·----'------'------1-----1---,--1·---1
ARARAT, 318 6 1,063 2 ,26 3 8 6 33 6' 4 11 185 71 1 27,846 34 23 315 0 Araratt.. .. S90 450 223 86,304 24 34 315 6 318 9 85 195 845 1,125 6 88 2 i6 40 20 74 23 664 314 32 Pleasant Creek 28 90 24 1 30 12 5,120 15 9 \ 3 18 0 3 19 0 Barkly 300 150 40 490 3 36 318 6 318 6, 235 380 615 4 74 32 8 4,840 Sl- 5 Raglan -----'------'------'. ------~--I----II---- l,OlD 1,175 1,108 3,293 15 224 70 16 10 136 33 26 110 35 879 397 33 124,1111. 78'1 71 Totals ______---__ ------1----1·------.!!...-I----I--~-I
GIPPSLAND, 700 30 30 310 0 3 17 6 Omeo •. .. ,. 00 •• 152 396 548 "63 100 30 ~ g 'i g.. H~~ g '~~ 390 318 O· Mitchell River and Boggy Creek§ 310 190 563 315 0 318 6 268 217 150 635 800 39 52 'i Crooked River •• 274 20 20 1~ 1~~ 3 1~~ ~~:~~~ ~~~ 3~g 300 3 19 6 Jericho.. .. 232 64 48 344 3 6 0 316 0 75 11 39 125 ,', 5 76 ' 61 19,550 6 13 Donnelly's Creek 10 272 107 40,482 7 9 310 3 4 1 0 Stringer's Creek 35 280 315 300 317 6 142 242 12 '300 'io '4 20 3 25 236 '2 7,750 3 12 Hussell's Creek 100 312 0 3 1~ 0 16 'ill 73 200 100 10 2 28'2 3 2 0,000 16 9 Bendoc --3"9'--1------1---'2'-- --1-34-,1-9-9-1--1-19-.-1--44-2-- _ 12 489 ------Totals, • 1,188 989 795 . 2,972 3 2,274 129 116 20 659 1 __ ------. ------1----1-- 29,694 15,906 16,550 56 62,206 407 9,667 332 45 1,711 296 311 19,938 1,052 299 267 646 22 681 12,946 67 6,387 22 630 520 2,125,227 904i 2,911 GRAND TOTALS I
, . .. The stea:r;n mach~nery in the qe~tral Division of B~l1ara~ includes If! sludge ~acbiDes, 1" elevator for tapings, 3 chilian,mills, 164 blanket tables! and 80 ripple-board tables; and there is also 1 pneumatic engine of 10 horse·power. t The J\linmg Reglstrar~ at Stelghtz and Ararat havmg fulled to furnIsh IDachmery returns· for the present quarter, then' returns for the preceding quarter have been adopted. - t The steam machinery m the Sandhurst Division i.nclud~s 2 dec?mposing f~lrnaces, 7 concentrators for saving pyrites, 3 furnaces, -1 Wheeler's pans, and 23 iron revolving barrels for treating pyrites and blanketings, 33 tailings pumps, and 12 quicksilver cradles for tailings. f§ The Hegistrars at Raywood and ~Oggy Creek havmg falled to forward thell' repo:rts. the last retuxns have been adopted. ' ., .. R. BROUGH SMYTH, Office gf Mjnes. Melbour~ 22nd AP..!iLlli7:~9~~t---,--=--,--_--_,_----"-____="'======"""=~""'!"""'-5E;;;;;;~S;o;,;n;;~;n;,;+,;;o.;;-;;~~ ..-"'-=1\"'If=!=,,=-"'-======l ,~ , "..
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I· ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.
FROM information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars, the TOTAL QUANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QUARTZ REEFS are as follow:-
Alluvial. Quartz. T"Otal.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ending"31st March 1870 ...... 186,695 9 129,191 8 S15,886 17
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 ending Slst March 1870 357,084 5
SUMMARY.
TBE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY, OF QUARTZ .and QUARTZ TAILINGS, CEMENT, and MULl;,ocK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETING6 operated on, during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom :-
MINING DISTRICTS• Quantity pro.he
Quartz. tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr. Ballarat ...... , 57,697 15 0 0 7 2'77 . 20,527 16 12 Beechworth ...... 19,180 , 10 0 0 10 0'41 9,606 12 22 Sandhurst ...... , 46,116 0 0 0 14 S'28 32,596 10 10 ~ Maryborough ...... '" ...... 14,841 10 0 0 8 1'32 5,977 8 10 Castlem:¥ne ...... " ... 24,088 0 0 0 II 10'52 13,776 9, 7 Ararat ... .. , ...... 16,682 0 0 0 10 19'22 9,009 3 21 Gippsland ...... 5,723 0 0 I 8 5'03 8,072 5 1 Total Quartz ...... 184,328 15 0 0 10 19'27 99,566 6 II Quartz Tailings, Cement, and Mullock. ------Ballarat ...... '" ...... Beechworth ...... 31 0 0 0 2 22'06 4 10 12 Sandhurst ...... 22,745 0 0 0 2 18'89 3,169 16 9 Maryborough ...... '" ." ... 2,307 0 0 0 3 19'27 438 ,14 2 Castlemaine ... '" ...... 8,098 0 0 0 2 10'31 983 15 20 Ararat ...... 1,750 0 0 0 2 20'57 250 0 0 Gippsland ...... 500 8 0 0 2 19'01 69 1~ 8 ------Total Quartz Tailings, Cement, &c. ... 35,431 8 0 0 2 18'60 4,916 14 3 I Pyrites and Blan"etings operated on. Ballarat ...... '" ... 267 7 0 3 0 23:78 815 6 0 Becchworth ...... Sandhurst ...... 15S 0 0 2 15 3'49 435 13 0 Maryborough ...... 150 0 0 2 10 0'00 375 0 0 Castlemaine '" ...... 15 0 0 1 9 8'00 22 0 0 Ararat ...... ' .... , ...... Gippsland ... '" ." ...... ------Total' Pyrites and Dlanketings ... 590 7 0 2 15 19'91 1,647 19 0
NOB.-This Summary does_ not show the totnl qunntities of quartz, &:{'., ('rushed or opeTated OD, but only the yield of certain crushings, &c. respecting which the )fining Surveyors and Registrars have been able to obtain information. Owing to the circumst:mce that numy of the machine: owners are unable to give, or .arc precluded tro'm giving information, it lS irnposRibJe to get complete returns frQID cycry district ~ und in conside.r1Dg the relative Importance of each dish'let, as regurds quartz mining, &c" the tables relating to machinery shonla be examillcu amI cOlllll.red. R. BROUGH SMYTH, Office of Mines, Secretary for Mines. Melbourne, 22pd AprIl 1870.
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MINING SURVEYORS' AND REGISTRARS' RETURNSo
QUARTZ.
THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom:-
Division and Subdivision, Average I --, Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz WIlB obtained. Quartz Crn.hed. Yield of Gold To_ Yield 01 Depth at which the Name 01 Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz' was obtained, &e. 1------1------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
BALLARAT MINING· DISTRICT. CENTnAL DIVISION. Old Post-office Hill ... Old Post-office Hill ... SOO 0 0 0 I 1'3S 42 6 6 200 feet Hedstreak ...... Golden Point ••. ... 450 0 0 0 5 13'33 125 0 0 125 feet Llanberris ...... Gum-tree Flat ... 3,316 0 0 0 I 19'57 301 0 0 170 feet Endeavour ...... Specimen Gully ... 954 0 0 0 4 0'02 190 17 0 150 to 200 feet Britannia ...... Specimen Gully ... 650 0 0 0 6 23'37 226 13 0 50 to 130 feet Black Hill ...... Black Hill ... .. , 2,660 0 0 0 3 21'62 SIS 17 0 120 to 46ft feet Temperance ' .. ... Little Bendigo ... I,S50 0 0 0 4 13'IS 420 16, 6 550 to 650 feet Queen Victoria . ,,~. , .. Canadian Hill ... .., 1,946 0 0 0 4 0'02 389 6 0 160 feet St, Andrew ...... White-horse ...... 1,250 0 0 0 I 8'90 85 14 0 120 feet lIlajestie ...... Black Hill ...... 564 ,0 0 0 4 2'73 116 0 6 70 feet nOB ...... Gum-tree Flat ••• i 162 0 0 I 4 IS'3S 200 12 3 150 to ISO feet ------' 14,602 0 0 o ,3 14'02 2,617 I 21 Total ... .. ------, SOUTHERN DIVISION.' Speedwell .. , .. , Staffordshire Reef ... 460 0 0 0 7 0 161 0 0 40-footlevel, 5-foot lod Kangaroo ...... Kangaroo ... .. , 200 0 0 0 4 0 40" 0 0 ISO-foot level, 6-foot lode Homelvard-bound ... Moonlight .. , ... 316 0 0 0 4 0 63 4 0 35-foot level, 4-foot lode ------Total. .. , .. 976 0 0 0 5 9'93 264 4 0 ------BUNINYONG DIVISION, One-and-All ...... Hiscock's Reef .. . J,OOO 0 0 0 3 0'91 151 IS 0 140 feet Imperial ... .. , His,cock's Heef ... 2,300 0 0 0 3 7'SS 382 15 12 260, 200, and 130 feet Alfred ...... Hiscock's Heef ... 500 0 0 0 3 18'96 94 15 0 220 feet Homeward-bound ... Homeward-bound Reef... 1,500 0 0 o 6 6'12 - 469 2 12 200 feet ,------Total...... 5,300 0 0 ~ 3'49 1 1,09s ;;-0 -----~ CUESWICK DIVISION. Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs .. , .. . . 11,734 0 0 0 3 19'01 2,225 0 0 300 feet to 517 feet New North Clunes ." Clunes Reefs ...... 7,447 ,0 0 o 15 20-95 5,910 8 0 240 feet to 590 feet Victoria ...... Clunes Heefs .,. .. . 2,561 0 0 0 6 0'92 773 5 0 620 feet Yankee ...... , .. Clunes,Reefs ...... 1,765 0 0 0 3 2-31 273 5 0 352 feet South Clunes ...... Clunes Reefs ... .. , 1,720 0 0 0 8 19'50 757 IS 0 100 to 224 feet Criterion ...... Clunes Heefs ...... 16S 0 0 0 4 6 35 14 0 320 feet Hard Hill ...... George's Reef.•• ... 203 0 0 o 10 12'41 106 15 0 20 feet Shaw and Party ...... Springhill ...... 37 0 0 0 6 12'64 12 I 12 20 feet Dungey and Party ... Armagh Heef ...... 12 0 0 0 .'3 16'50 2 4 6 15 feet Stevenson and l:'arty ... Cobbler's Gully ... 40 0 0 0 6 0 12 0 0 60 feet Cassell and Party ... Cobbler's Gully ... 20 0 0 0 2 23'70 2 19 IS Surface Bradshaw and Party ... Sulky Gully ...... 44 0 0 0 7 21 17 6 12 Surface to 20 feet Waterman and Party ... Sulky Gully ...... 50 0 0 1 5 20'40 64 12 J2 20 feet ------Total ...... 25,SOI 0 0 0 7 21'63 10,193 9 12 ------GORDON SUBDIVISION. Victoria '" ... Parker's Reef ... 190 0 0 o 18 10'JI 175 0 0 400 feet Egerton ...... Big Hill Reef ... , .. 2,961 0 0 o 13 2'79 1,94l 17 ,0 370 feet Black-horse ...... BIg Hill Heef ••• ... 722 0 0 0 6 U'lO 233 6 0 400 feet Kangaroo Bob .. , ... Hicks' Reef ...... 600 0 0 o II 8 340 0 0 I 270 feet Total ...... 4,473 0 0 0 12 0-68 2,690 3_ 0 ------/ STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION, , Albion ...... 8teiglitz ...... 1,032 0 0 o 10 15'34 549 0 0 6.';3 feet Steiglitz ...... Steiglitz ...... 370 0 0 0 S' 12 157 5 0 320 feet New Alliance ... .. , 8teiglitz ...... 735 0 0 o II 0'75 405 11 0 400 feet Great Central '" ... Steiglitz ...... 13 0 0 1 16 5'54 ~3 II 0 60 feet Gla.dstone ...... Steiglitz ...... i 10000 o 6 ll'28 ------__3~~1200 feet Total ••• :.. \--;:250-;-0- o 10 9-10 1,167 14 0 8
QUANTITY of' QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the quarter, &c.-continued.
Division Bnd" Subdivision, Average ToW Yield 'of Remarks relative to the and mere Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. I Depth at which the Name of Company. I per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &te. - . ", ,tons. ewt. qr. Oz. dwt. gr. . oz. dwt. gr, . .. BLA.cKwOOD DIVISION, ~'- Sultan .. , ... Barry's Reef ...... 1,425 15 0 I 2 6'02 1,586 4 15 224-foot level Star of the West ~ •• ... Simmons' Reef ... 922 0 0 0' 5 4'13 238 8 12 100 to 130 feet Morning Star ... ' .... Bald Hill ...... 300 0 0 0'10 1'36 150 17 0 80 feet True Blue ...... 'Barry's Reef ". ... 357 0 0 0 5 13'51 99 6 0 185 feet Faugh-a-Ballagh ... Barry's Reef ... '290 0 0 0 I 13'41 22 12 0 150 feet Wright and Jensen ... Wright's Reef ..' 27 0 0 1 17 14'22 50 15 0 Surface to 20 feet, '0 Cosmci: .. ' ...... Snake Gully ..• .~-.. . 374 ·0 0 7 1'41 132 0 0 80 feet S nake.Gully :1' ... ,,' ... Snake, Gully ••• ... 600' 0'0 0 7 '·5'20 2~6 10 0 80 to: 130 feet Total...... 4,295 15 0 ,0 11 14'98 .2,496 '13 3
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
BEECHWORTa: DIVISION. Homeward-bound ... Rocky Point' , •• ... 58 0 0 1 5 12'41 74 0 0 50 feet Halifax and Co, ...... Darling Grant Reef . ... 66 0 o ' 2 2 '2'90 139 '0 0 130 feet M qLeod and Co ...... Magpie Heef ...... '13 0 0 3 1\ 0 46 3 0 80 feet R acecourse .. , ... Myrtleford ...... 586 O. 0 0 5 0 -146 10 0 164 feet Sundry parcels ...... Murmungee ...... 45 0 0 0 9 .0 20 5 0 Surface Total.'.. • ~. I 768 0 0, o 1\ 2'18 425 18 0 .. YACKANDANDAII DIVISION. P olar Star Reef .,. ... Twist's Creek' , 59 0 0 0 2 23'18 ' '8 15 O· Surface Be andinavian Reef, - . ... Twist's Creek ... 86 0 0 l. o 13'95 88 10 0 170 to 200 feet Y ackandandah Reef ... Twist's Creek "'/ ... 6 0 0 2 5 0 13 10 0 Not ascertained- U nited Reef ...... Twist's Creek ... 12 0 0 0 8 16 5 4 0 100 feet W allace Reef ...... Twist's Creek" ... 12 0 0 0 7 0 4 4 0 Surface P olar Star Reef .. :_ ... Twist's Creek ' .. 45 0 0 0 2 21'86 6 11 0 Surface to 20 feet H omeward·-boimd Reef ... Twist's Creek '" 28 0 0 012.0 16 16 ·0 Not ascertained 450 0 \0 21-33 245 0 0 50 to 100 feet T atfReef '" ... Sutton ...... 0 o H aphazard Reef ...... Sutton .. , ... 130 0 0 0 4 0 26 0 0 100 fe~t , ------0 010 414 10 0 Total ... '" -----828 0 0'29 INDIGO DIVISION. Higgins' Reef ' .. , ... 432 0 0 0 '7 13'11 163 0 0 270 to 290 feet u nited Consols ... 14 0 0 0 6 20'57 4 16 0 Surface to 50 feet ,. { 'Various reefs '" ... " Magenta Reef ...... 150 0 0 0 9 i'60 68, 0 0 ,180 feet Magenta ... - { Banner's Reef" ... 22 0 0 2 7 17'45 52 10 0 Surface to 20 feet Various reefs ; .. ... 40 0 0 o 13 12 27 0 0- Surface to' 50 feet Rutherglen' ...... Hope Reef' --...... 500 0 0 o 10 0 250 0 0 , Various reefs .:. ... 130 0 0 0 9 20'30 64 0 0 .. " I , Total ...... i,288 0 0 .0 9 1&52 629 6 ,0 !': .. (: ------...... BUCKLAND DIVISION. -. .- , Buckland. 23,' 0 ,0 10 i4'60 12 :4. 0 20 feet D unphy and Co. ; ... Star of Erin Reef .•. o p endridge and Co. ... Buckland Reef ... -, 150 0 0, 0 6 '0 45 ·0 0 60 feet },1:cDonaldimd Co...... Duke of Edinburgh ... 64 0 0 0 28 8 6 56 feet . 62 0 0 35 feet H ooper and Co, ...... Red, White, and Blue ... 190. 0 0 , , 0 ~. f~'63. Gerratty aud Co. ... Eldorado ...... 51 0 0 0 ,5 2'35 13 0 0 Surface' 0" 0 4 0 2 0 0 25 feet Metropolitan ... '" 10 0 M urdoch and Co: .. , Perfect Cure ...... 60 0 0 I' 6 is 80 0 0 35 feet Eureka ...... 18 0 O. 1 15 13'33 .'32 0 0 Not stated. S,1O 6 Not stated A Ita and Nelson ••• ." Nelson ...... 10 0 0 o 17 0 Miner's Right ...... Miner's Right, .. ... 40 0 0 I 4 0 48 0 0 70 feet , . , 43 0 0 1 2· 7"81 48 0 0 45 feet G reene and Co. '" .. Darling Grant ... G reene and Co...... Chance ...... 153 0 0 011 8'94 87 0 o· 65 feet Morse'S Creek. P eabody ...... "p'eabod~ Reef ...... 60 0 0 o VI 12 40 10 0 160 feet R · Rowe ...... North tar ...... 20 0 0 '0 5 0 .. 5 0 0 50 feet 98 1-9 12 100 feet P erseverance ... ." Oriental ... '" 1,219 0 0 0 1 14'97 ,110 5 Surface R owlings and Co. ... Cobblers ...... 105 0 0 1 1 0 0 ., T · Barnett' ••• ... Wbite Star ...... 5 10 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 Not stated \0 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 Not stated P , Robertson ...... '" ...... W , Jones ...... 4 0 0 2 10 ·0 10 0 0 Not stated ) Growler's Creek. 590 0 0 1 523'18 766' 0 0 200 feet W allaby ' .. ... Wallaby Reef ••. ... H orne Heef ...... Home Reef ...... 926 0 0 0 5 6'03 .243' 3 0 275 feet 95 Surface B ruce and Co, ...... New Moon Reef ... 80 0 0 1 3 18 0 0 J' B rennan, Martin, and Co.... Rising Star Reef 60 0 () 3 10 6 210· 0 0 50 feef" ... " T · Barnett ...... Gander's Reef ... 8 0 0 o 15 0 6 0 0 Not stated L aiIer, McLoud, and Co, ... Sundown Reef .. , 10, 0 0 3 14 0 37 0 0 Surfacei 2 24 0 0 . Not stated H , Gladders ... New Albion .. ' ... 12 0 0 0 0 , ." . . 9 QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision. during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division ana Subdivision, Ayerage Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz Wll.lI obtained. Qna.rtz Crnshed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &e. ------1-----·------1-----·-----:------·------
BUCKLA.ND DIVISION tons c-wt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, OZ~ dwt. gr. continued. Running Creek. Happy Valley ... Happy Valley 408 0 0 I 8 15'~4 584 15 0 280 feet Greene and Co...... ' Root-hog 230 0 0 050 57 10 0 185 fee. Harrietville. United Miners n. ,.. United Miners 1,690 0 0 0 8 18-17' HO 0 0 250 feet W. Harrison ...... ~Forget-me-not 60 0 0 1 II 16 95 0 0 Surface McMillan and Co. '" Victoria .. . 22 0 0 'I 0 0 22 '0 0 70 feet ,Johnson's Reef ... Johnson's .. . 200 0 0 0 12 0 120 0 0 180 feet .fohnson and Co, ...... Money King ... 50 0 0 0 9 0 22 10· 0 Surface Sullivatl. and Co ...... SlvindJe .•• 40 0 0 0 15 0 30 '0 0 Surface Pender and Co. . .. '" Monarch of Glen 200 0 0 0 12 0 120 0 0 Surface Chrysolite ...... Chrysolite ... 30 0 0 2 II 0 i6 10, 0 Surface 'Ovens River. McLean and Wallace ... Rose, Shamrock:, and 100 0 0 0 5 0 25 0 0 Surface Thistle George and Yarham 17 0 0 2 0 0 . 34 0 0 Surface Craig and Co...... Freeburgh ::: 8 0 0 1 10 0 : 12 0 0 Not stated I------i-----·I·--·---: Total ... 6,976 10 0 0 11 16'86 14,082 ~
ALEXANDlU SUBDIVISION.
Alfred ... '" ••. Lucky Reef ". ••• 122 0 0 o 6 5'50 38 0 0 Albert ...... Lucky Reef ,.. ... 149 0 0 I 16 10'63 271 10 0 },ucky Prospecting ... I,ucky Heef '" .. 0 0 1 17 12 7 10 0 Homeward-bound ." Homeward-bound Reef ... 140 0 0 o 16 3'42 113 0 0 Invincible ... ." Invincible Reef ... 6 01 0 038 i ° 0 Welcome ... .., Mysterious Reef ... 48 00 022 5 0 ,Just-in-time _" ... Mysterious Heef .•. 131 0 0 o '3 8'61 22 °0 0 Lady of the Lake ... Robinson Crusoe Reef ... 300 o 5 3'33 o 15 10 l\Iontezuma '" ... Montezuma Reef .. . 11 0 0 o 18 4'36 10 0 0 Prospecting ... .•. Lilly Reef ,.. .. . 400 3 16 0 15 4 0 I,ilI y i{eef .. , ... LHly Beef ,.. •.. 30 0 0 o 15 ° 22 10 0 90 feet Hesult .. , .. , ... Pig-and·-W\.listle Reef .. , 500 0 0 o 10 0 250 0 0 70 feet; water-lever . iOO feet Wm. Neuse and Co. .., Britannia Reef 400 2 10 0 10 ° 0 I,ewis and Co. , .. .., Durham Reef .,. 95 0 0 180 133 0 ° Fitzgerald and Co. .. , Durham Reef .. , 97 0 0 1 0 12'37 99 10 0 Peter Manoni ...... Durham Reet ... 500 1 17 9'60 970 Patrick Dayley ... .., Durham HeeL •• 41 0 0 o 3 9-95 700 1------1------Total ... 1,390 0 0 0 14 14'61 1,015 6 10 1------GA.FFNEY'S CR~EK SUB DIVISION.
A I ...... Castle Reef ... 408 0 0 o 9 tN7 184 0 0 30 to 70 fee~ Hunt's ...... Homeward-bound Heef:., 1,000 0 0 o 4 9'14 219 1 0 220 feet Gaffney's Creek United ... Homeward-bound Reef... 400 0 ° o 3 9'12 67 12 0 150 feet Rose of Denmark ... Eureka Reef ...... 600 0"0 o 8 14'04 257 11 0 200 feet City of Columbus ... Wallaby Reef...... 400 0 0 o 4 3'60 83 ° 0 200 feet Total ... ------_.!------2,808 0 0 0 5 18'66 811 4 0 WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION.
Morning Star Prospecting ... Morning Star Reef 50 0 0 o 9 7'68 23 6 0 350 feet Nos, 1 and 2 North Morniog Morning Star Reef 700 0 0 o 4 6-03 148 16 0 150 feet Star Age of Progress ...... Morning Star Reef 500 0 0 o 3 4'46 i9 13 o 120 feet Hope...... '" Morning Star Reef 1,860 0 0 o 10 20'52 1,009 10 o 1400 feet Alps Great Central ... Morning Star Reef 585 0 0 o 2 9'44 70 0 o 400 feet United '" ...... Morning Star Reef 263, 0 0 o 10 15'87 140 4 o 1380 feet All Nations ...... All Nations Reef • 240 0 0 020 24 0 o . 260 feet That'll-do '" ... Shamrock Beef 11 0 0 a 19 2'18 10 10 o 1140 feet Franklin ... ••• Franklin Reef... 360 a 0 I 10 16 552 0 a . 100 to 160 feet Johnson's ." ... Johnson's Reef < 20 0 0 I 7 18 27 15 o i 90 feet ------i------, Total ... 4,589 0 0 i ° 9 2'16 2,085 14 0 BIG RIVER SUBDlVISION, --1-,---
Hope-on-hope-ever ... Seek-and-find Reef 13 0 0 i 0 19 5'54 12 10 0 100 feet Londonderry ...... RailwaJ'Reef 400 0 0 0 3 14'40 72 0 0 2no feet Luck'a-all ...... Luck's-all Heef 100 0 0 ° 7 4'80 36 0 0 100 feet
I Total ... 513 0 0 0 4 16'74 .120 10 0
JAMIESON SUBDIVISION.
Alabama ... Mack's Creek ... 20 0 0 1 2 0 22 0 0 Near surfllce
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in eaeh Division'lJ.nd Subdivision during, the Quarter, &c.--continuea. . . Division and Subdivision, . .Average 'TO~I Yield of Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz wlIS·obtained. Quartz Crushed. YIeld of Gold Gold I Depth at wblcb the Name of Company. . per Ton. i . Quartz WIIS obtained, &e,
tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. I oz. dwt. sr. 1 .
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
SANDHURBT DivISION. Hustler's Reef .•. Hustler's Reef .•• 1,927 0 0 3 II 1'71 6,847 '15 0 Catherine Reef U.C. Catherine Reef ' 6,591 0 0 o 7 4'74 2,371 19 0 H. Koch (Pioneer Works)... Long Gully ... 5,300 0 0 o 13 16'59 3,628 '4 0 Metropolitan '0' .••• Golden Square ... 3,998 0' 0' o 17 19'17 3,558 0 0 Eagle ... .'.. ... Eagle Reef... •.. 3,626 0 0 o 11 23'33 2,170 12 0 Wm, Rae ...... ,Happy Valley ... 3,056 0 0 o 13 17'45 2,097' 10 0 Johnson's Reef ... ••• Johnson's Reef '" . 2,339 0 0 o 5 8'53 626 6 18 Beehive ...'... Devonshire Reef ... 2,241 0 0 o 10 17'95 1,204 6 4 Public crushings Hercules •• 0 ... Victoria Reef... _.. 1,295 0 0 o 10 0'40 648 12 0 Bird's Reef ...... Bird's Heef... •.. 2,585 0 0 o 12 8'61 1,597 8 0 Try Again ...... Wellington Reef ... 870 0 '0 o 13 14'67 592 2 1 Fraser and Osborn ... Golden Square ... 864 00 1 14 23'34' 1,510 16 6 Alliance '" ... Golden Square '" 1,350 0 0 o 6 10'52 434 12 6 Victoria ... Victoria Reef ...... 1,590 0 t} o 14 9'89 1,145 15 12 Prince of Wales ... ••• Prince. of Wales Reel 803 0 0 o 10 18'17 431 18 6 Sundry lots ...... From va.rions machines 1,812 '0 0 o 5 22'43 537 13 21 Total: •• ... 40,247 0 0 o 14 14'67 29,403 11 2 !ULl\IORE DIVIIiION. -~ Reedy Creek. Landgridge ' ...... Landgridge Reef· ... 43 0'0 o 16 0 34 8 0 170 to 180 feet Sunday Creek. Ryan and Co...... Ryau's Reef ...... 120 0 0 0 9 0 54 0 0 70 to 80 feet Tobin and Co. ... Glasteragin Reef ... 8 0 () 8, 9 0 67 12 0 50 feet , Cushing and Co ...... Rising Sun Reef ... 20 0 0 o 14 0 14 0 0 60 feet Higinbotham. lIcLean and Party ... Balaclava Reef ... 63 -0 0 2 14 7 171 0 9 Various Devonshire '" ... No.1 North do. 31 0 0 o 14 12 22 9 12 50 feet Cheetham and Co. '" ... No.3 South do. '" 4' 0 0 o 15 12 3 2 0 30 feet McLean and Party ... HiginbothamProspecting 38 0 0 1 1 0 39 18 0 Various Claim
HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND Total...... 327 0 0 1 4 20'68 406 9 21. WARANGA SOUTH SUB- DIVISION. . \ Alison ...... Kelborne Reef, Costerfield 223 0 0 0 1 15'66 18 8 12 100ft., water-level 41ft. Costerfield ...... Costerfield ...... 383 0 0 0 6 15'37 127 3 8 320ft., water-Ievel90 ft. .I Von der Luft's machine Heathcote ... 56 0 0 2 10 15'42 141 16 0 Varioua depths (miscellaneous) '" . Tipper and Co...... Old Racecourse Reef 921 0 0 0 7 4'37 330 15 0 100 ft., water-level 20 ft. Collins ...... Collins' Lease, Redcastle 15 0 0 0 3 ll'20' 2 12 0 200 feet Collins' machine (miscel- Redcastle ...... 38 0 0 I 3 13'26 44 15 0 Various depths. laneous) Graytown P.C. (miscel- Graytown ...... 695 0' 0 0 6 20'13 237 13 0 Various depths Janeous) , Marchesi and Hall's rna.ehine Caledonia Gully ... 1 54 0 0 1 18 5'33 103 4 0 Various depths (miscellanous) ! , . Total ••• ... 2,385 0 0 0 8 10'53 1,006 620 WARANGA NORTH SUB- DIVISION. Lewis and Menzies ... Balaclava ...... 2,129 0 0 0 6 2'39 649 6 15 250 feet Henry Thompson ... Fontainebleau ... 73 0 0 2 15 IS'08 203 10 0 50 feet Victoria engine ••• ... Coy's Diggings ... 165 0 0 o 10 17'96 88 13 12 Various Holmes' engine ... Nuggety ...... 370 0 0 o 12 10'21 229' 17 12 50 to 150 feet Perseverance engine ... South Nuggety ... 90 0 0 4 0 0 360 0 0 350 feet Perseverance >engine ... Various Reefs ... 330 0 0 o 15 1'81 248 15 '0 40 to 200 feet Total ...... 3,157 0 0 OIl 6'65 1,780 2 15 , I
MARYB'OROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
MARYBOllOUGH DIVISION. , Penny and Claussen ... Public crushings ... 940 0 0 o 13 0'35 611 14 0 1 to 150 feet North German ...... Chung-chung '...... 1,146 0 0 0 4 0 229 4 0 20 to 60 feet North German Leviathan ... 670 0 0 0, 3 0 100 10 0 170 to 140 feet ...... '" 5 10 . North German ...... o Yorkshire and Lancashire 270 0 0 0 73 2 12 1I0 feet Mariner's Reef ...... Bristol Hill ... 258 0 0 o 19 5'30' 247 19 0 . Various Mariner's Reef ...... Soldier's Reef...... 107 0 0 0, '6 29'04 38 11 12 Various Ma.riner's Reef ...... Mariner's Reef ... 193 0 0 0 2 21'11 27 15 20 Various Mariner's Reef ...... Battery Reef .,. ... 474' 0 0 0 2 11'77 59 o 12 Various Mariner's Reef ...... Public crushings ... 428 0 0 0 6 15'09 141 17 6 Various 0 Cundy and Co...... Public crnshings ... 350 0 0 0 3 4'SO 56 , 0 Vadou'! Total ...... 4,836 0 0 0 6 13'39 1,585 14 14
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in·each Division and Subd,ivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. , Division, all:n~UbdivlSiOU, I I Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. I Yield of Gold Deptb at wl!leh the Name of Company .. . . per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtalnad, &te.
AMHERST DIVISION. tOIl1J cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. am. gr. Cos stick and Co ...... William's Reef ... 340 0 0 0 3 O'll 51 1 12 Surface to 15 feet Busch and Co. ... Prince of Wales Reef ., . 90 0 0 0 5 16 25 10 0 60 feet, dry . Patterson and Co. ... Lost-and-found Reef ... 19 0 0 1 2 4'58 21 1 15 10 to 40 feet Jen kins and Co ...... WlIIiam's Reef ... 43 0' 0 0 6 6'28 13 9 6 14 feet Bales and Co...... Emu Reef ...... 26 0 0 0 9 2 II 16 4 100 to 120 feet Ebo r ...... Finche's Reef ...... 17 0 0 2 15 7'06 47 0 0 220ft.,water-leveI70ft. Deed Brothers ...... Prince Alfred Reef ... 910 0 5 10 12'63 52 10 0 100 feet, dry workings T.B artlemore ...... All Nations Reef ... 88 O· 0 0 6 4'36 27 4 0 50to lOP ft., water-level 70ft. New Himalaya ...... Big Reef, Amherst ... 75 0 0 o 10 0 37 10 0 80 ft., reef 18 ft. thick Ren ton. and Party White Star Reef . , 64 ... .. 0 0 0 6 0 19 4 0 65 ft.} Ansell and Party ... White Star Reef ., . 5 0 0 o 15 0 315 0 20 ft.' reef 3i ft. thick Berry and Party ••• ... White Star Reef ... 5 0 0 0 4 0 I 0 0 20 ft. I I Total. .. - ... 781 10 0 0 7 23'06 311 1 13 AVOCA- DIVISION. - Bosanquetand Co.'s Crush- Vale's Reef ...... 45 0 0 110 \) 67 10 0 ing mill . Dawe and Co.'s Crushing mill Luck's-all Reef ... 68 0 0 o 10 1'41 34 4 0 West'of,England Reef ... 11 0 0 o 15 10'91 8 10 0 Poverty Reef .•. ... 40 0 0 0 2 14'40 5 4 0 Young Australia Reef ... 7 0 0 0 5 20'57 2 1 0 Honeycomb Reef ... 72 0 0 0 7 12 27 0 0 Reef unnamed. ... 5 0 0 0 6 0 1 10 0 Total ... 248 0 0 o 11 18'48 145 19 0 DUN OLLY AND TUNA-GULLA. ... . DIVISIONS. ----- Goldsborough ...... Goldsborough ...... 1,927 0 0 0 9 21'30 952 13 14 No, 1 North Goldsborough ... Goldsborough ...... 163 0 0 0 4 0 32 12 0 An on ...... Dunolly ...... 47, 0 0 0 8 0 18 16 0 Mo nitor...... Moliagul ...... 25 0 0 1 2 0 27 10 0 Corfu ... .~ .. Half-way, ...... 26 0 0 0 3 0'92 3 19 0 Glamorganshire ...... Half-way ...... 41 0 0 0 8 12'29 17 9 0 Sandatone ...... Llanelli ...... 1,342 0 0 o 17 11'51 1,172 18 0 Donnybrook ...... Llanelly ...... 27. 0 0 0 2 1'77 2 16 0 Un ited Poverty ...... Tarnagtilla ...... 1,480 O· 0 0 3 0 222 0 0 Watts' Reef ...... Tarnagulla ... .. , 351 0 0 0 2 23'63 52 7 17 Ris e-and-Shine ... ., . Tarnagulla .. , ... 25 0 0 1 16 7'68 45 8 0 Perseverance ...... Tarnagul\a , .. ... 860 0 0 0 3 6'40 58 16 0 , Tot¥ ...... 5,814 0 0 0 8 23'25 2,601 5 7 KORONG SuB~IVISION. , Duke of Cornwall ... Jersey ...... 30 0 0 0 15 0 22 10 0 ------, DBA-NK A::ID ST. ARNAUD ---- SoUTH SUllDIVISlONS, Isis ...... Oxonian Reef ...... 2,000 0 0 0 3 12 350 0 0 150 to 200 feet ------ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUB- DIVISION, Bristol Reef ...... New BeJldigo ...... 493 0 0 o 13 15'67 336 11 0 150 feet Sil ver Mine ...... Armenian Heef ... 232 0 0 0 4 21'52 56 16 0 80 feet Bu taher and 00.'8 machine Ohrysolite Hill . ... 101 0 0 3 6 18'29 337 3 0 270 to 300 feei Jerejaw, ... '" 44 0 0 1 8 9'82 62 10 0 75 to 200 feet Trinidad ...... 46 o· 0 o 14 13'56 33 10 0 140 feet North of Silver Mines ... 10 0 0 '1 8 9'60 14 4 0 125 feet South of Silver Mines .;. 127 0 0 o 12 14'36 80 0 0 50 feet Gap...... 14 0 0 1 8 0 19 12 0 240 feet Wilson's Hill ••• ... 58 0 0 0 4 14'89 13 8 0 130 to 220 feet Snake Reef ...... 7 .0 0 0 8 10'28 1 4 0 90 feet ------, Total...... 1,132 0 0 o 16 20'90 954 18 0
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CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICj:'.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION., Ajax... ..; ... Bolivia Reef ... '" 1,760 0, 0 0 2 6'81 200 19 13 170 to 280 feet McClure and Co. '" Mount Alexander Reef '46 0' 0 0 16 8'74 37 12 18 65 feet Knox and Co...... Various'reefs .. . 664 0 0 0 6 20'09 227 0 0 Various Joynes ...... •.. Argus Reef...... 6 0 0 '2 7 0 14 2 0 60 feet Odgers ." ...... Dinah Flat...... 16 0 0 1 II 16'50 '25 7 0 20 feet (underalluviai) Trembath and Co, . .. . Eureka Reef .. :' ... 433 0' 0 0 t 12'01 162 7 18 70 to 130 feet Walker and Vo,.:. •.. Wattle Gully...... '348 0' 0 0 4 4'07 72 11 0 180 feet Walker and Co. ••. .. . Manchester Reef .. . 146 0 0 0 5 12'16 40 4 0 200 feet Lewis and others' .. . Nimrod 'Ueef .. : .. . i20 0 0 0 16 8'80 98 4 0 20 to 170 feet Six Reefs ...... Backus Creek... '" 184 0; 0 0 4 6'42 39 5 6 Various Lewis and Co, ...... Scbas topal ... .., 846 0 0 0 6 4'J2 260 18 0 30 to 120 feet Terrill and others .. . Wattle Gully...... 570 0 0 0 11 4'04 318 6 0 200 feet Collier ... .•• .. . Greaterox Reef .. . 36 0 0 0 10 13'33 19 0 0 35 feet Tota1. •• 5,175 0 0 I-O-~~-7- 12
QUANTITY of 9.UARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivisiol?- during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Dlylsion and Subolvlslon, Average TotaJ Yield ot Remarks relative to tbe and Whore Quartz WIlS obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield 01 Gold Gold. Depth at which the Name of Comp1lnY. per---- Ton. Quartz was obtzined, &c. FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. tOIlB em. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Emu (Spring Gully) .. , Emu Hill '" ... 680 0 0 0 5 0 170 0 0 100 feet Sorensen and Co. ... Specimen Hill ... 52 0 0 1 1 14'76 56 0 24 to 50 f~et , 12 Heath and Co...... Cemetery Reef '" 40 0 0 0 6 0 "0 0 40 feet Collyer and Co. , •• ... Collyer's Reef ... 2 0 0 1 10 0 3 0 0 30 to 40 feet Australian United ... Cattle's Reef ... .•.. 2,200 0 0 0 4 11'34 492 0 0 200 feet Rowe Brothers ... Cattle's Reef ...... 345 0 0 o 13 1'04 225 0 0 80 and 17 5 feet Rowe, Kitto, and Co, ... Cattle's Reef ...... 70 0 0 1 2 13'71 79 0 0 140 feet Cattle and Co...... Cattle's Reef ...... 256 0 0' 0 7 8'76 94 5 12 90 to 100 feet Total ...... 3,645 0 0 0 6 5 1,131 9 12 HEPBURN DIVISION. ---- Pitt and others ...... Keep-it:dark Reefs .., 176 0 0 1 2 17'45 200 o '0 60 feet Cornish ...... Wombat Hill ...... 2 0 0 8 0 0 '16 0 0 250 feet Specimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill ...... 1,500 0 0 0 2 12 187 10 0 349 feet Specimen Hill Tributors ... Specimen HilL,. ... 300 0 0 0 5 0 75 0 0 150 feet Freehold '" ... Mauritius Reef ... 3,054 0 0 0 15 15'97 2,392 2 2 To 40 feet Sardines ...... Yandoit ...... 128 0 0 0 9 7'12 59 10 0 70 and 120 feet Various prospectors ... Yandoit Reefs, various ... 390 0 0 0 8 0 156 0 0 12 to 50 feet Wheal Dory Tributors ... Adams' Reef '" ... 37 0 0 1 3 18'81 44 0 0 140 feet Dickenson and Co. ... Dont-wak'm Reefs ... 4 0 0 o 15 0 3 0 0 Pryde and Co...... Italian Hill ...... 80 0 0 011 3 44 10 0 60 and 100-foot levels Willard and King ... Willard's Reef ... 30 0 0 1 0 9'60 30 12 0 Dunstan and Party ... St, George's Reef ... 41 0 0 1 0 8'78 41 15 \) 90 feet Lucini Pietro ...... Commissioner's Reef ... 609 0 0 0 7 21'16 240 0 0 83 feet Rogers and Party ... Commissioner's Reef ... 34 0 0 o 16 '11'29 28 0 0 Sherwood and Party ... Italian Hill ...... 14 0 0 o 14 0 9 16 0 llO feet Ellis and Co, ...... Italian Hill ...... 70 0 0 0 6 0 21 0 0 100 feet White and Co. (public) ... Racecourse Road. ... . 150 0 0 o 15 0 112 10 0 Various White and Co...... Racecourse Road ... 2-1, 0 0 o 10 20 13 0 0 Various Smith and Co. .,.'. ... Connell's Gully ... 40 0 0 1 5 0 50 0 0 40 feet Pollard and Party ... Wombat Reefs ... 40 0 0 1 0 0 40 0 0 50 feet . Various reefs ... 236 0 0 246 15 ( 60 to 70 feet Barkla, public mill ... . { 200 0 0 }011 7'65 0 l Shallow No.1 South ...... Mauritius Reef ... 49 0 0 1 5 7'34 62 0 0 Total...... 7,208 0 0 011 7'23 4,073 0 2 TAlU.D..IJ.E AND KYNETON ------SUBDIVISION. Martin's Reef ...... Taradale South ... 15 0 0 o 15 8 11 10 0 Near the surface Dannill's ...... Millvane's Paddock ... 30 0 0 o 10 0 15 0 0 6 feet deep Energet.ic ...... Lonergan's Paddock .. . 649 0 0 2 0 9'87 1,311 7 0 183-foot level North Star ...... Lonergan's Paddock ... 416 0 0 1 12 18 681 4 0 150-foot level Kyneton ...... Hunter's Paddock , ... 168 0 0 o 17 14'85 148 0 0 194-foot level Band of Hope ...... Kangaroo Reef ... 26 0 0 1 16 20 , 47 17 16' Total ...... 1,304 0 o I 1 13 23'32 2,214 18 16 T.ARRANGOWER DIVISION. Bell's Reef ...... Eaglehawk, Bell's, and 738 0 0 017 18'79 656 4 0 50 to 400 feet Nuggety Reefs Caledonia 1-~ill8 ...... Wilson's, Victoria, Lin- 414 0 0 o 15 2'03 312 5 0 130 to 400 feet scott's, J\.fanton's,'Nug- gety, and Eaglehawk Reefs . North British Mills ... Parkins', 'Wilson's, and 419 0 0 0 14 17'07 308 4 6 25'0 to 360 feet Nnggety Reefs Great Western ...... Beehive Reef •.. .., 2,482 0 0 0 6 18'41 839 16 12 300 to 400 feet Nelson ...... Wilson's Reef ...... 840 0 0 Q 8 20'27 371 9 12 360 feet Linscott's Mills ...... Eaglehawk, Nuggety, 237 0 0 o 12 2?'99 153 11 0 30 to'350 feet Lahn's, and Beehive Reefs Albert ...... Fentoman's Beef ... 100 0 0 0 6 0 30 0 0 150 feet Union ...... Thornhill's Reef ... 150 0 () 0 5 1'60 I ,38 0 0 250 feet ) I , Total ...... 5,380 0 0 0 10 1'73 2,709 10 6 ST, ANDREW'S EAST 'AND ----- CENTRAL SUBDIVISIONS. No, 4 North ...... Cram's Reef ...... 42 0 0 I 17 ll'7l 78 14 12 40 feet No, 1 North ...... Cramls Heef ...... I 0 0 o 16 0 o 16 0 120 feet No, 3 North ...... Cram's Reef ...... 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 160 feet No. I South_ 6 3 8 2 20 8 12 120 feet ...... Cram's Reef .. . '" 0 0 No.3 South , .. ... Cram's Reef ...... 19 0 0 1 10 14'16 29 1 5 180 feet No, 4 South ...... Cram's Reef .., ... 6 10 0 5 4 13'84 33 19 18 195 feet Pioneer ...... Diamond Creek ... 32 10 0 I II 4't;4 50 13. 19 75 feet Central Pioneer ...... Diamond Creek ... 2 0 0 1 6 6 2 12 12 90 feet Christian and Patterson ... Diamond Creek ... 306 0 0 4 15 7'15 1,458 1 6, 140 feet Cargill and Co, ...... Loyal Liberal Reef .., 20 0 0 o 17 0 17 0 0 70 feet Loyal Liberal ...... Loyal Liberal Reef ... 90 0 0 0 3 8 15 O· 0 70 feet . 250 Golden Bower ... '" Donovan's Creek ... 500 0 0 o 10 0 0 0 150 feet ---.-- Total ••. ... 1,026 0 0 1 18 3'40 1,956 13 12 BI,UE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION, Amelia ...... , Cosmo Newberr ... 350 0 0 0 10 0 175 0 0 .80 feet 13
QqANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdivision, Remarks relative to the lind Where Quartz was obtained: I QU,artz Crusbed. Yi~:~~a:ld i TotAl Yield of Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. ' Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c.
I tons cwt, qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr.
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
'AluRAT DIVISION. North Star ... .. , Campbell's Reef ... 952 0 0 8 17'30 415 2 6 396 feet Southern Cross ... .. , Campbell's Reef ... 1,293 0 0 5 21'11 380 2 9 50 feet Kangaroo ...... Campbel!'s Reef ... 1,174 0 ~I0, 0 5 14 327 15 6 570 feet Total ...... 3,419 0 0: 0 6 13'65 1,122 19 21
PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. Wimmera machine ... Various reefs ...... 1,657 0 0 0 6 11'62 537 4 0 Victoria machine ... Scotcbman's Reef ... 1,324 0 0 0 5 21 '71 390 18 0 Lamont and Co.'s machine Cross and Scotchman's 3,384 0 0 o 13 12'26 2,286 0 0 300 to 500 feet St. George machine ... Various reefs '••. ... 1,729 0 0 1 6 12'14 2,291 9 0 Leviathan machine ... Various reefs ...... ' 3,831 0 0 0 9 1'\>4 : 1,732 5 0 Moonlight machine ... Various reefs ...... 1,338 0 O[ 0 9 16'61 I 648 8 0 Total ...... 13,263 0 0 o 11 21'40 7,886 4 0
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
MITCIIELL RIVER SUBDIVI- SION. Tubal Cain ...... Tubal Cain Reef 52 0 O' 3 5 16 '77 170 16 8 Elizabeth ...... Tubal Cain Reef 10 0 0 1 8 0 14 0 0 Duke of Edinburgh ... Tubal Cain Reef, 20 0 0 I 0 16 9'60! 16 8 0 • Total ... 82 0 0 2 9 1'85! 201 4 8
CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. 193 0 0 160 feet Evening Star...... Evening Star Reef i~=I--4-8-0-0-1 J orgonson and Co. . ... Duffer Reef .. . 146 0 0 0 4 19'06 I 35 0 0 Surface to 30 feet ------I------l------Total .. . 339 0 0 0 4 21'52 83 0 0 JERICIIO DIVISION. Lochfyne Pr~spectors ... Lochfyne Reel' 500 0 0 0 9 0 225 0 0 100 feet Commercial ...... Commercial Reef 20 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 Opening in face of bil Eldorado '" ••• Eldorado Reef 130 0 0 I 0 3 19'75 ; 24 1.7 0 130 feet To~ ... 650 0 0: 0 7 23'89 ! 259 17 0 STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. Walhalla ... • .. No.7 Cohen'S Reef •.. 1,344 0 I 5 5'12 1,694 7 o Various depths Long Tunnel... ••. No.9 and 10 Cohen's Reef 1,661 0 2 17 19'24 4,800 1/ o IOOft,belowwater-leve Shamrock '" Sbamrock Reef ... 1,031 0 o 3 2'49 160 0 b Surface. Northern and Eastern ... Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... 50 0 o 7 12'48 18 16 o 80 feet from surfaee. Happy-go-Lucky (tributors) Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... 90 0 5 4 10'66 i 470 0 o 160 feet from surface. Eureka...... •.. Eureka Reef ... ••• 103 0 71 0 o 100 feet from surface Young Happy... •.. Happy-go-Lucky R€er ... 31 0 ~ !~ 1::~~ i 19 0 o ] 50 feet from surface,
Total ••• 4,310 0 0 1 13 13'59 7,233 12 0 RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION. Albion ... ••• ... Crossover Creek 12 0 0 I 0 0
THE. following information has been obtained from Returns made by the' Mini'ng Surveyors and Registrars ,relative to the Quantity of QUARTZ TAILINGS and qE~~NT,.. 8z;~., Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter,and the GOLD obtained therefrom:-
Division and Subdlvlslon, Where Quartz TnUing. and I Quartz Ta!llngs II Averag'- IT tal Yield f I Remarks relative to the and Cement, &e., were and Cement, &c., Yield of Gold 0 Gold 0 Depth "t wbieb the Same of Company. I obtained. Crushed. 1 ______per Ton. I . Cement, &0., 'Yere obtained._
tOllS cwt. qT. I oz. dwt. 81'. . Oz. dwt. gr. I· .
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Homeward-bound ... Homeward-bound Reef... 25 O· 0 0 o 19'20 1 o .0, Alexandra ... '" Mullock and tailings ... .6 0 0 0 11 IS 3 10 12
Total ... 31 0 0 0 2 22-06 4 10·12 .. · .. 1
SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT. ,
SANDHURST DIVISION. . Guy, Clough, and Co. ... White Hills ... .. , 2,638 0 0 0 1 3'12 149 1 10 Surface to 40 feet Felix ... '" ... White Hills ...... 2,087 0 0 0 1 17'27 179 9 5 From 6 to 14 feet Caledonia ...... Epsom ...... 1,395 0 0 0 4 16'24 326 4 0 Depth, SO feet; widtb. 3 feet North of England . ... Huntly ...... :, " 'S05, 0 0 0 4 13'30 II5 0 0 Depth, 124fee~; widtb, 300 feet Huntly Deep Lead ... Huntly ...... 2,943 0 0 0 1 12'58 224 6 0 ,Huntly 2,010 0,0 222'15 8 Huntly Deep Lead Extended ...... 0 293 15, , Depth, 109 feet; widtb, " 300 feet \. '6 Telegraph .. '" Huntly ...... 1,969 0:0 0 2 '8'62 232 0 Depth, 130feetj width not defined Ballarat and Bendigo ... Huntly ...... 1,110 0 0 0 2 ~ 120 5 0 Width· varies fI;om 300 to 400 feet True Rrilon ...... Huntly , ...... 960 9,0 0 4 0'05 192 2 0 Depth, 120 feet; widtb 100 feet Morning Light ...... Huntly '" ... 2,378 0 0 0 2 13'90 306 1 0 Depth, 136 feet; width 300 feet' . Caledonia ...... Huntly ...... 960 0 0 0 3 14'70 173 8 0 Depth, 130 feet Annabella ...... Huntly ...... 2,360 0 0 0 5 8'67 632 13 0 Depth,125feet; width, , 300 feet H. Koch (Pioneer Works) ... Long Gully ...... 135 0 0 0 1 1l'37 9 19 0 Previously washed by .. "" 1 Chinamen Johnson's Reef ...... California Gully ... 199 0' 0 0 0 9'64 I 4. 0 0
Total ... . 21,644 0 0 0 2 l7'59 i 2,957 19 23. HEATHCOTE DIVISION ... AND W ARANGA SOUTH SUB· t DIVISION, - ! .. Von der Luft's machine Ce~ent Hill ...... 56 o ' 0 0 7 9'43 20 U' 0 (cement) " Collins' machine (tailings) ... Redcastle .. , ... 80 0 0 0 o 13'50 2 5 0 Costerfield (tailings) ... ,Co~terfiE;ld ... 965 O! 0, O' 3.21'95 188 17 10
------' " Total...... 1,101 0 0 : '0 20'35 211 16 10 1 .. .
) ~. 1 MARYBOROUGHMINING DISTRICT.
MARYl!0ROUGU DIVISION. North German ...... Public crushings 183 0 0 0 3 0 27 9 0 Various Mariner's Reef, " .. " ... Public c!ushings , .... 1 40 0 0 0 5 19'25 II 12 2 Various Total...... -=:3_00 1_0 .3 12'061'~-2 • AMHERST DIVISION. - T.Bllrtlemore(smallparcels) Ballarat Hill and Back . 294 0 0 I 0 3 16'81· 54 8 0 Various,d.eptqs, i' Creek ----- 'AvoCA SUBDIVl.SION; Bosanquet and (;0.'8 crush- Old Avoca Lead ,.. 500 0 0. I 0 2 0 50 0 0 Cement , ing!pill Dawe and Co.'s 'crushing Fiddler's Creek 915 0 O'l~~i 239 '0 0 Cement' " mill REDBANK AND ·ST. ARNAUD" .' SOUTU SullDIVISlONS, Lancashlre ... , ." Stuartmill 375 0 0 o '3 0 56 5 0 15
quANTITY of QUA.RTZ TA.ILINGS and CEMENT Crushed in each Division and Subdivision, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdlvlsioll, Wherll Quartz Tailings ..lid Quarta Taillng8 Average ' : Rema.rb relative to tbe and Cement, &Ie., were and Cement; &c., Yield of Gold Total Yield of! Depth at which the Name of CompllllY. obtained. ,Crushed •. • per Ton. Gold; I Cement, &0., were obtained. --~·I~~·~---I------~~--~
tons owt, qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. d.:n. gr./
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
CASTLEMAlNE DIVISION. " I B ennetts and Co. ... Hard Hill ...... 360 0 0 0 3 6 58 10 0
FRYBR'S CREEK DIVISION. T able Hill ... ". Table Hill ...... 2,120 0 0 0 2 6'33 240 0 0 100 feet S ir H. Barkly ...... Pennyweight '" ... 600 0 0 0 5 0 150 ,0 0 90 to 100 feet W illiain Tell ...... Guildford Hill ... 250 0 0 0 '2 3'16 26 13 0 80 feet Free Italian ...... Guildford Hill .. . 520 0 0 0 3 12 91 :0 0 100 feet J enkins and Co...... Table and Kangaroo· Hill 200 0 o· 0 6 0 60 '0 0 Various J enkins and Co. (public) ... Table and Kangaroo Hill 60 0 0 0 8 0 24 0 0 Various T homas and Co ..•. ... Bald Hill ...... 100 0 0 0 6 0 30 0 0 Various ------Total...... 3,850 0 0 0 3 5'50 621 13 0
HEPBURN DIVISION. RiB. ing Sun ...... Blind Creek South .. . 600 0 0 0 1 12 45 0 o ISurface and 125 feet Freeman and Co. (public) ... Wombat Hill ... 200 0 0 0 4. 0 40 0 o 1 Shallow H ocking a.nd Co...... Argus Reefs ... 500 0 0 0 3 0 75 0 o 20 feet ·Co llpin, J. B...... Adams' New Reef ... 921 0 0 0 1 0 46 1 o Surface 1 Total ...... 2,221 OJ 0 0 1 20'53 ! 206 1 0
T.ARRANGOWER DIVISION. - - \ '. 96 16 16 Surface P rinoo of Wales ...... Cement '" '" 1,660 0 0 0 1 4
ST. ANDREW'S EAST AND CBNTRAL SUBDIVISIONS. ullock .. , ...... No.4 North ." ... 7 .0 0 0 2 4 o 15 4 \ ,
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ,
PLEASANT CnEEK DIVISION.
Cambrian CO.'s machine ... Silver Shilling and Forty- 150 0 0 0 6 0 .45 0 0 I foot Hill Tregea. and Co.'s machine ... Tailings, various ... 1,000 0 0: 0 o 12 25 0 0 I . . Total ... 1,150 0 0 1 5'21 70 0 0 ... 01 BARKLY DIVISION. Various crushings of cement, passed through the 600 0 0 0 6 0 ISO 0 0 machines at work ,
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. , RUIISELL's CREEK DIVISION, I i No.1 Tangil Cement '" Tangil ... 400 0 0 0 1 B'SS' 29 18 0 About 200 feet Jumping Sailor or Tangil , ...... '''1 . '53 8 0 o 13 11'59 36 Q 0 120 feet Golden Cement Q I Total ...... 453 8 0 0 2 21'76 65 IS 0 !
BENDOO SUBDIVISION. . . Rising Sun Prospccting Claim Rising Sun Reef .. , 47 0 0 0 I 16'51 3 19 S Cemen't on surfu.ce • r
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PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS.
THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by. the Mining Surveyors and RegistrarI'! relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and . Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD .obtained therefrom;-
DIvision and Subdivision, Pyrites Average Remarks relativ~ to the and Where Pyrltes and B1anketlngs Totsl Yield of were obtslned. and Blanketings Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the N!IIlle of Company. operated on. per Ton. Pyrites, &c., were obt!lined ..
I , toIlS em. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION.
Black Hi.!l ...... Black Hill '" ... 15 7 0 o 16 20'951 12 19 0 Don...... Gum-tree Flat ... 2 0 0 4 10 0 9 0 0 Llanberris ...... Gum-tree l!'!at ... 49 o :0 2 4 5'87 lOB 8 0
CRESWICK DIVISION. Total ...... 66 - 7 0 1 19 6'99 130 7 0 Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs ••• ... 96 0 0 2 16 21'75 273 3 0 New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs •.• ... sa 0 0 4 9 22'55 373 5 0 Yankee .•• ...... Clunes ~eefs ••• ... 14 0 0 1 9 8'57 20 11 0 \ ----- Total (:.f1+;;) ... 19S 0 3 9 2'73 666 19 0 SUIGLITZ ~U1IDIVISION. -:: :'GJ.> ~ .J Albion ...... '" Steiglitz ...... 8 0 0 2 5 0 18 0 0
r(\ SAl~DHURST MINING DISTRICT.
, I.' SANDHURST DIVISION. , Pioneer Works ... , ... Long Gully ...... 158 0 0 2 15 3'49 43513'0
. MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT•
REDBU'X AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. , Isis ...... Stuartni.il1 ...... 150, 0 0 2 10 0 375 O' 0
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT• . " HEPBURN DIVISION; , Sp~imen Hill '" Specimen Hill ...... 15 0 0 1 9 8 22 0 0 349 feet , .. , 17
NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY, FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31s'T MARCH 1870.
(From Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars.)
'0 Name of Place. !i'o. Total. I Name of Place. No~ Total. -- -,~-.. - --- BALLAlIAT DISTRICT. Brought forward ...... 10,122 Cenlral Division: Creswick Division-continu!!d. Ballarat West ...... -.. 850 Bald Hills ...... 20 Ballarat East .,...... 750 Sulky Gully ...... , 15 Ballarat North ...... 50 Slaty Creek ...... 50 Sebastopol ...... 1,300 Mopoke ...... 80 Cambrian Hill ...... 550 Humbug Hill ...... 80 Springs ••• ...... 155 Portuguese Flat ...... 50 Little Bendigo ... .,. ... 140 Back Creek ...... 35 Deadhorse ...... 450 Rocky Lead ...... 30 Ballarat South ...... 1,067 Pinchgut Gully ...... 70 -- 5,312 - . 2,200 Southern Division: Gordon Subdivision: Long"Gully '" ... '" 75 Mount Egerton '" ...... 60 Staffordshire Reef ...... 45 Claims North of Big Hill Reef ... 103 Italian Gully ...... 80 Moorabool ... , ... ., . 6 Splitters' Gully ...... 30 Gordon ...... 94 Kangaroo ...... 55 All Nations Gully ...... 8 Moonlight ...... 50 -- 271 Bulldog...... 130 Rokewood Junction ...... 100 Steiglitz Subdivision : Mount Misery Creek 370 Steiglitz ...... 600 ...... Morrison's ... .. , ... 450 Jackson's Gully ...... 15 1 Yankee Gully ...... 30 Dolly's Creek ...... 150 Grassy Gully ...... 120 Mount Doran ...... 100 Spring Creek ...... 20 Stony Rises ...... 30 Sawpit Gully, ...... 50 Darriwill .•• ...... 20 Whim Holes .•...... 50 -- 1,350 Hard Hills ...... 55 Blackwood Diviswn and Blue Mountain lfrenchman's Gully ...... 50 • South Subdiviaion: Pinchgut ; •• ' ...... 70 Golden Point ...... 250 400 Break·o'-day ...... Bed Hill '" ...... 170 Western Creek ...... 7Q Barry's Reef and Split-tree ...... 300 Raglan ...... 20 Yankee Reef and Creek ...... 120 -- 1,885 Simmons' Reef ...... 150 Sebastopol and Main Creek below Buninyong Diviaion : () . Napoleon ...... 80 Sebastopol ...... 190 ... .. Garibaldi ...... 40 Watson's Hill .. '" ... 50 Durham and tributaries ... .. 300 Snake Gully ... ,.. ... 40 . Ballan Flat ...... ,. 20 Green Hills ... ., . '" 80 , Scotchman's ...... 180 Johnson's Reef ...... 20 . Werribee ...... 20 Union Jack and Glencoe ...... 200 I Winter's Flat ...... 60 Newman's Reef ...... 8 Hiscock's ...... 150 Sardine Creek ...... 50 Goodman's Creek ...... 2~ I Magpie ...... Wright's Reef Cobbler's '" ...... 50 ...... 8 New-chum ...... 30 ,- 1,360 One·eye and Spring Hill ... 60 I --- '" Total for Ballarat District ...... 15,303 Hard Hills ...... I 100 Black Lead .. , .. , ... 120 --- -- 1,!i1O .. Smytkesdale Division: Smythesdale .. , ...... llO --- Scarsdale ...... 520 Brown's ...... 50 Monkey Gully ...... 15 Italian's ...... 20 BEKCHWORTH DISTRICT . Derwent Jack's .. , '" 30 Piggoreet ."...... 100 Beechworth Division: Bottle Hill ...... 60 Spring Creek ...... 115 Snake Valley ...... 140 Silver Creek ...... 28 Lint.on ...... 70 Deep Creek ... ." ... 22 SpringdalJah Creek ...... 40 , Hurdle Creek ...... 55 Happy Valley ...... 60 Pennyweight Flat ...... 46 Haddon ...... 200 Two-mile Creek ." ... 60 --- 1,415 Three-mile Creek ...... 210 Six"mile Creek '" ...... 55 Creswick Division: Bowman's Forest ...... 135 Creswick ...... 100 l\1yrtleford, &c...... llS Clunes. .~...... 1,100 W ooragee, &c...... 200 Springhill ... .,. ... 60 ' Reid's Creek ...... 4f! Red Streak ...... 360 Wool shed .., ...... 205 Union Hill ...... 80 Sebastopol ... - ...... 145 - Longpoint ...... 100 Eldorado ...... 540 Diamond Gully ...... , 30 Stanley ...... 450 Cobbler's Gully ...... 40 2,429 --- -- Carried forward ...... 10,122 Carried forward ... ---2,429 '" ...... No. 18. c 18 , ' , NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued.
Name ofPlD.ce. No. Total. Name of Plnoo. No. Total.
Brought forward ... 2,429 Brought forw:ard , ... 8,107
Yackandandah bVivision : I Wood's Point Subdivision: German Flat '" 40 Wood's Point and Morning Star 144 Muddy Creek ...,' 50 Lower Goulburn·· ... ' , .... 82 Murphy's Flat '" 45 Righ t and left branenes ... 56 Hayes' Point ...... ,." 18 Gooley's Creek and Bald Hills 88, Kirby's Flat '" 26 Harper's and Pheasant Creek iO Bell's Flat ••• 15 Perkins' Creek and Waverley 20 McCarthy's Flat ... 25 Emerald Claims ...... 6 Whiskey Flat '" 40 Ali Nations ...... 14 Township,Hills ... 30 Maori Creek ...... 6 Pyke's Flat '" .... 70 Bald Hills to Toorak ... 2, Rowdy Flat '" 7'0 Toorak to Columbia .. . •••. I 4 Osborne's Flat .. . 90' Black River ...... 26· Allan's Flat .. . 20 ,~ Moving and prospecting miners 45 Staghorn Flat .. . 80' 'r 503 Kinchington's Creek 60. Big River Subdivision:' T\vist's Creek '" '270· Frenchman's Creek •.• 20- Clear Creek ISO' Ten-mile .:...... , '6.: ' Hillsborough and Sutton 280 Warner's ,...... 12 Sandy Creek ... ••• I 190 Enoch's Creek ...... 10 Lockhart's Creek '" 20 Railway Creek...... 20 . Illdigo.Division:· .' 1,599 Jim Thomas Creek '" 22 Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads Big:I~iver South .•. •.. 64 140 Big Hiver North...... ,~ 46' ., Indigo Lead ... i ~ •• 175 Caledonian Lead Fryer's Creek' ...... ' 12 -l Darlingford to Jerusalem Creek 38 British Queen Lead _ 35~. 25_. __ :::' Perseverance Lead ... 5:' Moving and p.J:ospecting miners Gleneoe Lead '" 5 I 2i5 M !tta'1Rltta' : D·!VISIOn:" Clydesdale Lead '" ..... 12 __" ...... ' . 0 - , Thunder-a~d-lightning Creek 156 Durham Lead ... ..: .. Wahgunyah Lead ... . ~ ::: . ·:·12 ; Snowy,Creek ... '" 280 Robert Burns Lead ·i,o. , Mitta.-mitta River .. , ...... 50 '--. 486 Blackdog Lead '" 2Q, Jamieson Subdivision: Mona Lead, '" 20. .. Higgins' Reef '" 20 Howqua Hiver and tributaries ... 30 Magenta Reef ... 6 Goulburn from Howqua to Jamieson 15 Banner's Reef ••• 3 Mack';f:Cre~Ji: :...... 7'5 Lanarkshire Reef .•• . 7 Goulburn from Jamieson to Swampy Creek 80 Sail!)r Bill's Creek...... •.. 72; Two,to-Qne Reef ••• 4 Parish's Reef ••. ,3, Swampy Cl;'eek:'" ... •.. 20' Lambert and Co. 2 Flume Creek ...... 12 Prospectors .. , ...... ,12 McQueen and Co. '" 2 Hope Reef ... . 10 316 Holman and Co. , .... ' ,2 Burns and Co...... 2 Total, for Beechworth District 9,6~7 Moss and Co, '" 2 Buckland Division: 511 Two branches of Ovens to Harrietville 260 Harrietville to Bright ... '" 263 Bright to Boundary ...... 143 , SAN*IIURST DISTRICT, Running Creek...... '" 89 Growler'S Creek...... Sandlt ursl Di'lision : 136 Axe Creek and Milkmaid's Flat ... 30 Morse's Creek ...... 185. Back 'Creek and Spring Gully ... 172 Buckland to Upper Bridge ... '" 241 Upper to Lower Bridge '" ... Sheepshead "'I)d Golden Gully ... 428 Si4 Go\tl
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NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued.
i Name of Place. l\Q. Total. Name of Plaoo, No. Totnl.
·Brought forward ... 7,057 Brought forward ... 7,170 Heathcote Division and Waranga South Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions: Subdivision: . Dunolly... '" .. , 200 Spring Creek.(Mormbool) ••• 783 Burnt Creek ...... 90 Redcastle ... 80 Bet-bet... '" .. . 60 Heathcote •••. ... 216 (}oldsborough and Inkerman ... , 130 Costerfield (Upper and Lower) 106 Gipscy... '" ... 155 Tooborac...... 38 Moliagul ...... •. J58 Kimbolton and Canipa~pe .. . 65 Bealiba...... 190 Coli ban and Myrtle Creek .. . 100 Tunstall's ... •.. 20 Wild-duck Creek .,...... 22 Murphy's Flat '" ... 15 1--:- 1,410 Jones'·Creek ...... 160 Waranga North Subdivision: Tarnagulla '" ... 245 Old Lead and tributaries, Rushworth 30 Half-way...... 70 Chinaman's Flat and Old Ned's ••. 50 Llanelly ...... 225 Nuggety and Main Gully Reefs .. . 60 1,718 Mongolian and Cumberland Heefs .. . 22 Berlin Suhdivision: Frenchman's Reef .•• ...... 48 Jericho .... 30 Coy's Diggings...... , 40 Jordan's ". 10 Main Gully and tributaries, Whroo ... 29 Berlin ...... 2,500 Balaclava ...... 51 Uncle Tom 20 Albert, .Tohnson's, and other reefs ... 30 Kingower 100 Union Lead and tributaries... , •. 29 McIntyre's 10 White Hills ...... ,23 Sillnott's ... 10 Mallee Reefs...... '<.' 10 Burke's Flat 60 .... ~ -Font{l,inebleau and Siberia ... •.. 19 2,740 North Spring ·Creek ...... 80 Korong Su~division: Kearsage Reef ...... 6 Inglewood ... 100 Nine-mile Creek .•.•.. 120 Thompson's Gully .. . 10 Friesland and Mary Taylor's Creek ... 70 Korong...... 60 717 Caledonia Flat ... 10 Rayw()()d Division: ISO Raywood...... 130 Redhank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions: Elysian Flat ... .70 Stuartmill ...... ••• 200 Whips tick ... 100 Redbank ...... 40 Sebastian ... 100 Victoria and adjoining gullies .. . 25 Kamarooka ... 150 Donkey Hill ...... 12 Scattered and prospecting '" 15Q Forest Hut .• '" ...... 12 700 }.foonambel '" .. , ••• 35 Lambing Flat '" ...... 6 Total for Sandhurst District ... 9,8S4 Sandy Creek '" ...... 40 St. Arnaud North Subdivision,: 370 New Bendigo '" 80 St. Arnaud '" 40 Silver Mines .. . 20 M..lRYBOROUGH DISTRICT. Armenian Gully .. . 14 Gap Gully ... 20 Maryborough Division: :Fishhook Reef ... 10 Almt}, Adelaide Lead, Moonlight Flat;" .. - Emu Diggings ... 5 &c. "'D ... ••• ... 350 Hopeful Reef ... 10 Craigie, McCullum's Creek, Four-mile Jerejaw... '" 7 Flat, &c.... 9,~Q Freiberg Leases ..• 18 Mosquito, Blucher's, Mariner's, and Greenock Reef ... 50 other reefs ... '" ... 450 Carapooce ... 12 . Chinaman's .•• ...... 600 Rostron's Diggings 10 Havelock, Lucknow, Maryborough .•• 400 I .. 296 -- 2,650 Amherst Division: Total for MaryborOugh District 12,474 About Talbot ... ••• ·1'30 , , ~ ", Scandinavian Lead .. . 150· .--- Rocky Flat ...... 270 C.ASTLElfAlNE DiSTRICT. Mount Greenock ••. 130 Nuggety Gully...... 80 Castlemaine Division: Kangaroo Flat and Gully .•• 90 Guildford ... . 170 Mia-mill. :l<'lat. and tributaries .....: 140 Campbell's Creek .. . 325 Daisy Hill and tributaries .. . 210 Cas'tlemaine , ... 280 Adelaide Lead South .. . 210 Barker's Creek ... I 135 Blacksmith's Gully .•. 60 Myrtle Creek 40 Emu and Cockatoo '" 250 Chewton 440 McCallum's Creek ... .., 120 Golden Point 180 Eglinton Plains ...... 40 Fryer's Creek Division: --- 1,570 Mount Glasgow...... 20 Golden Gully and Fryerstown 360 -._.- 1,900 Spring Gully and Specimen Hill 195 Avoca Subdivision: Church's Flat to Vaughan 415 Fiddler's Creek ... 1,600 Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills 75 Amphitheatre .... 80 Gennan and l\fopoke Gullies 125 Avoca ... 200. Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ... 95 Green Hill Creek ... 15 Table Hill and Tarilta ... 120 Homebush 78 Guildford Hills...... 25;j Lamplough . 50 Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe 250 Mountain Hut 30. Nuggety Gully and Irishtown 110 No. I Creek 10 Guildford to Pickpocket ... 30 No.2 Creek 480 Green ancl Sailor's Gullies 160 Middle Creek 12 Pickpocket and Hard Hills ... 100 I Prospectors 65 i Strathloddon aud Hit-or-Miss 180 . --I· 2,620 --i_ 2,470 Carried forward ...... 7,170 Carried forward I. ... I 4,040 ------~--- 20
NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &e.-continued.
N arne of Place. No. I Total. Name of Place. No, ~------~------~--I------III------Brought forward ... 4,040 Brought forward ... 500 Hepburn Division: Ararat DivisiOlI-continued. Dry Diggings Section 101 Philip's Flat, Nil Desperandum, and Pickpocket, &c., Section 172 Slaughteryard Hill ...... 2S Forty-foot Section 111 Cathcm't, with Spring Lead, Bowman's Boots' Gully, Section 94 Flat, and Black Hill Lead ... 50 Italian Gully Section 160 Rhymney, Shea's Flat, McNab's Swamp, Spring Creek Section 124 and. Good Friday Gully, Preston Doctor's Gully Section 221 Reefs ...... 26 Brandy-hot Sectic;m 83 Opossum Gully, Soldier's Flat, Wattle Connell's Gully Section 50 Gully, and Port Curtis ••• ... 290 Blind Creek Section 92 Moyston, with Campbell's Reef, Allu Deep Creek Section 320 vial Flat, Camp, Jonathan's Gully, Stony Creek Section li5 Shepherd's Gully, and Gray's Hut Wombat Creek Section 137 Lead...... 169 Daylesford Section 206 1- 1,063 1,986 Pleasant Creek Division: Taradale and Kyneion Subdivision.: Commercial Street 70 Taradale and neighborhood .. . 225 Deep Lead 100 Taradale South ...... 76 Great Western 45 Yankee Point ... •.. 66 Four Posts 30 Kangaroo ••• . •• 14 Quartz Reefs 820 . Malmsbury ... •.. 10 Flying Doe 10 Coliban North ...... 100 Germania 25 Piper's Creek •.• . .. 12 Ironbark ... 15 Belltopper ... . •• 35 Bonnie Dundee '" 10 Redesdale ...... 80 1,125 Barfold ••• ...... 30 Barkly Division: Lauriston:.. ••• ••• 91 Malony's Lead 90 Mudlark ••• ... •.. S Landsborough , 90 Wattle Flat ... •.. 20 Barkly ... 70 Glenlyon...... •.. 18 , Walter's 30 785 Frenchman's 50 Tarrangower Division: Malakoff ... 20 Beehive Hill ...... 94 Glenpatrick 30 Eaglehawk Gully...... 142 Emu ... 20 Long Gully...... 96 Dividing Range ·30, Pegleg Gully ...... ,. 98 Cambrian ... 45 'Growler's Gully... '... , ... 23 Stringybark 15 Porcupine ...... '" 50 ,490 Mount Tarrangower ... . •• 93 Raglan Division: Fiddler's Flat ...... 17 Beaufort, &c. ... ••. 40 Sandy Creek ... ..• ••. 106 Jock's Lead .•• .. . 30 Nuggety ...... 46 Main Lead ...... 120 Green Valley ...... 64 Tributaries to ditto .. . 100 Frenchman's ... ••. .. . 5 Gullies on fall towards Raglan 10 Muckleford ...... 86 Poverty 'Point ...... 10 Newstead, Strangways, and Clydesdale 104 Sailor's Gully ...... '25 1,024 Sniky and Charlton ... 65 St. Andrew's East and Central Subdivisio1l$ : Waterloo, &c. ... •.. 180 Anderson' Creek ...... 147 Baxter's Gully ...... 35 Loyal Liberal Reef ...... 7 615 Old Caledonia ...... 12 Yow-yow... .., ... ••• ,26 Total for Ararat District 3,293 Big Pat Swamp...... ' ... 63 Steel's Creek ...... ••• 16 lronbark ...... 9 Yow~yow Gully...... ~ .. II Wild-dog ... ••• .., 22 GIl'PSLA.ND DISTIUOT. Watery Gully...... 16 Diamond Creek ...... •.. Omeo Subdivision: 21 Livingstone Creek ...... 205 Panton Hill ...... 34 Upper Mitta-mitta, from Cobungara to Research and Rocky ... •.. 12 Wombat Creek...... •.. 45 Pioneer Reef ...... 14 Whiskey Gully...... 12 Wombat Creek...... 78 Gibbo River ...... 75 Hoddle's Creek...... •.. 95 Swift's Creek ...... •.. 120 McMahon's Creek .. , ... ••• 40 Warburton. ... .•• ... . 23 River Tamb'o .'...... 20 Donovan's Creek...... •• Indi, cir Upper Murray ...... 5 30 548 610 Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisio1l$: Blue Mountain North Subdivi8ion: Boggy Creek ...'...... 300 In and around Trentham ... 148 Merrijig and Sandy's Creek .. . 100 148 Nicholson River _... .•• .. . 10 McDonald's Creek ...... ••• 16 Total for Castlemaine District ... 8,593 Tambo River ...... 20 Store Creek ...... 30 Haunted Stream...... ••• '.15 AlaRAT DISTRICT. Shady Creek .. . ••. . •• 12 Ararat Division: , ,Deptford ...... 60 Ararat, including the White Lead, Can 563 tnn Lead, Commissioner's Hill, Old Crooked River Division: Korns,Wet Lead, :S;opkins, Black Grant...... 40' Lead, Mitchell Reef, and Picnic ... 310 Wongangarra River :6 Armstrong's, Dutton's Gully, Long W onanga.tta River 15 Gully, Napoleon Gully, and Hospital Crooked Ri ver ... 75 Hill...... ••• 190 Good-luck Creek ... 16
Carried forward 500 Carried forward 152 1,111
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NUMBER and DISTRlBU1'ION of MINERS 011 the Goldfields, &c.-continued.
Name Of Place. No. 'rota!. . Name of PInee. . No. Total. ,-'----_.
Brought forward '" .. , 152 1,111 Brought forward '" ... 70 2,215 I Crooked River Div"sion-continued. Stringer's Creek Division-continued. Jungle Creek ...... 17 Happy·go-Lucky (Tributors) ... 4 Black Snake ...... 2 Young Happy Company ... .. , 5 Twelve-mile ...... 2 Golden Eagle Company ...... 4 Twenty-five-mile ...... 16 North Gippsland Company ...... 85 Thirty-mile ...... 20 Longfellow's Company ...... 25 Wentworth River ...... 90 Empress Company ...... 28 Upper Dargo .. , ...... 111 Shamrock Company ...... 8 Middle Dargo ...... 20 North Eureka Compa.ny ...... 2 Lower Dargo ...... 188 Northern and Eastern Happy-go-Lucky Upper Mitchell ." ...... 45 Company ...... 4 Good Hope ...... 22 Great :Extended Company ...... 4 --- 635 Great Northern Company ...... 4 Jericho Division: Molesworth Company ...... 2 Matlock to Alhambm ...... 4 Routh Cohen's Company ...... 14 Lochfyne ...... 30 Long Tunnel Company ... .~ . 61 B B Creek and spurs ...... 65 North Walhalla Company '" ... 4 Jericho and Jordan ...... 180 Royal Mint Company ...... 2 '. Blue Jacket ...... 2 Emperor Company ...... 4 Red Jacket ...... 42 Thomson River and'Aberfeldy Alluvial 85 Aberfeldy lind Thomson ...... 34 -- 815 Eldorado ...... 6 Moving and prospecting miners ... 81 Russell's Creek Division: -- 844 Russell's Creek and Upper Tangil ... 72 Donnelly's Creek Division: Lower Tangil ...... 100 Donnelly's Creek ...... 48 Hawthorn and Pheasant Creek ... 28 Aberfeldy Creek and Fulton's Creek ... Crossover and Tarwin ...... 42 10 242 South Crinoline ...... 10 -- Edwards' Hill ...... 12 Bendoc Sulxiivision: Tullamore and North Crinoline ... 15 Bendoc '" ...... 55 Freestone Creek ...... 80 Delegete River ...... : 30 -- 125 Lower Bendoc ...... 14 Stringer's Creek Division: Queenbury River and Back Creek ... 15 Walhalla Company ...... 54 Bog .. , ...... , 25 Perseverance Compa.ny ... '" 1 Bonang ...... , 42 Hercules Company ...... 4 Prospectors .. , ... n • 19 Tubal Cain Company ...... 1 -- 200 Eureka Company ... •.. '" 6 --- Happy-go-Lucky Company ... , .. 4 Total for Gippsland District ... '" 2,972 ------~ Carried forward ... '" 70 2,215 GRAND TOTAL ...... 62,206
R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines. Office of Mines, Melbourne, 22nd April 1870. 22'
. MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS'. ·REPORTS.· "
BAL,LARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION. 1111', Harrie Wood, jJlining Registrar. The decrease of gold for the quarter is considerable, but an increase for the next quarter is ~nticipated. Several of the most important mining companies have heen doiug work of a prospective character during the quarter ending 31st March, and are now in a posit.ion to do more profitable work. Among' these may be mentioned the St. George and Band of Hope United, the Bonshaw, and the United Suburban. The Koh-i-noor Company, while working the reef-washes, recently discovered a gutter at about 60 feet above the level of the Golden Point gutter, and of considerable richness. The gutter is supposed to be the continuation of the tributary lead discovered by the Cosmopolitan Company some years since, and named the Cosmopolitan Lead. The width of the gutter-varies from 20 to 40 feet, and from the point at which it has been struck to its junction with the Golden Point Lead is about 600 feet. . . . The Don Company, on Gumtree Flat, is a co-operative quartz mining company, working at present a small reef which yields over 1 oz. per ton; they have also two other reefs within their boundaries-one of 25 feet thick, which will pay' 5 dwts. per ton; and the other about 5 feet thick, which they assure me will pay 2 ozs. per ton. The Old Post-office Hill Quartz Company's claim is now worked hy tributors, and they are doing well. : The Quyen VictorIa an~.the Red Streak ~uartz Mining Compa;:ties are now i.n regular work an~ doing well. The; process of extractmg gold from pyrrtes has been much Improved dUrIng the quarter,.as IS shown by the returns of the Llanberris Company. . '.
, SirATBMENT of Gold obtained· by the principal Mining Companies of the Central Divisioll, Ballarat District, for the Quarter ending 31st March 1870. - , ., .' ., I , Niune of CompllllY. I Quantity. Name of Company. Quantity.
. , . oz .. dwt. gr. .. oz. dwt. gr. Band of Hope and Albion COllsols ... 7,624 7 23 Hand-in-Band and Band of Hope United 675 18 0 .- Park ...... 7,188 0 0 Koh-i·noor ...... , ... .1,716 . 0 0 Great Northern Junction ...... 3,642 0 0 < All Saints , .. , ...... 317 14 0 Prince of Wales ...... 3,957 5 0 Cardigan Consols ...... 192 13 6 Leviathan .,...... 3,132 2 0 St. George and Band of Hope·United ... 1,124 5 0 .. Albion and Prince of Wales United ... 427 O. 0 Durham ... ' ...... 654 14 12 Bonshaw ... , ...... 4,527 14 0 Rose Hill ." ...... 458 6 12· Royal Oak ... .. , .. , 1,036 12 0 Co-operative Companies ...... 2,500 0 0 Working .Minllrs ...... 945 0 0 Inkermi!iO.n and Durliam ,lV' ••• ... 30·3 0 Total ...... 40,149 15 5
DIVIDENDS.
Name of OOmpallY. , Amount. Name of Company. Amount.
£ s. d. £ $. d. Band of Hope and Albion Console ... 2,80G 5 0 Don ...... 800. 0 0 Park ...... 12,800 0 0 . Koh-i-noor ... , .. , .. 800 0 0 Great Northern Junction ...... 2,000 0 0 Prince of Wa!es ... '" ... 5,880 0 0 Total ...... £25,086 5 0 . S\OUTHERN DIVISION. 111.,·. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar. Mining generaliy has been much impeded through th~ long drought. . The success that has attimded mining on the plains near Pitfield has givell considerable vitality to speCUlation in that neighborhood. The following are the results from some of the' mines on the plains for the quarter:-Maiden City, 275 ozs. 4 dwts. :3 grs.; depth of shaft, 65 feet; height of wash, 3 feet. Perseverance Company, 177 ozs. 7 dwts.; depth of shaft, 65 feet; height of wash, 2 feet; this includes a number of nuggets. Duke of Edinburgh Company, 20 ozs. This last has only just struck the wash.
BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar, QUARTZ MINING. During the quarter the Tower of London Company, on Magpie Ranges, which had sunk and tested the reef to a depth.of 450 feet, have suspended operations owing to the poverty of the quartz, which only averaged It dwt. to the ton. ' On the Hiscock's line of reef, including the Homeward-bound Compa1\Y, th~ quartz continues payable, and several prospecting cll,l,ims are at work in this locality. Quartz prospecting ill other portions of the division is at a standstill. . '. AI,LUVlAL MINING. The l3uninyong township claims continue in full work, and obtain payable yields. On the Durham, prospects aie much brighter tha.ll they have been for a long time. The Garibaldi, Enfield, and Duke of Cornwall tribute parties are all obtaining good washdi"rt, and in considerable quantities. A.t the Enfield the junction of King's Gully Lead is supposed to have been met with. At the P~rsevemnce Company, the lowest claim at present at work on the .I?ul'ham, payable wash nas ·been struck; and operattoDS may shortly be expectcd to be renewed at the South Grennlle, and probably also at the Leigh Grand Junction. . 23
The Leviathan Company havc now worked out of this division, and their yield is now omitted from my returns, The yield from the shallow and old workings has been about ,the usual average for the quarter. The following is a statement obtained from some of the principal mines in this division, with as near an approximate as I can arrive at of the other gold obtained: A.llwvial. oz. dwt. gr. Garibaldi (Durham) 423 2 0 Enfield (Durham) ... 201 15 12 Duke.of Cornwall (Durham) 185 15 12 Independent (Buninyong Township) .,'. 235 0 0 Innes Freehold (Buninyong Township) 373 3 0 Crown Leashold (Buninyong Townsbip) 544 820 Speculator (Winter's Flat) ... 589 1 6 Other workings 700 0 0 Total 3,252 6 2
Quartz. oz. dwt. gr. One.and-All (Hiscock's) 151 18 0 Imperial (Hiscock's) 382 15 12 Alfred (Hiscock's) 94 15 0 Homeward-bound (Homeward-bound Reef) 469 2 12 Total 1,098 11 0
SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. )11'. Jolm Lynch, Minin,q Surveyor and Registrar~.' Tbe quantity of gold obtained during tbe quarter shows that the mines are upou the whole as productive as ever, for although there is a very sensible declension iu the yield from some localities, there are others whose richness 'makes full amends for' such falling off. This latter observat,ion specially applies to that portion of the division com· prising the main lead from Scarsdale to Piggor,eet,in which there is a succcssion .of claims giving magnificent weekly returns. The principal claims, with their yields, are as follow :- oz, dwt. gr. Golden Stream 3,284 0 0 Galatea. ... 1,637 12 13 Golden Lake 1,57:3 0 0 Golden Horn 1,189 12 18 Blite 731 1 16 o Grand Trunk 554 0 0 Rothsay.... 308 18 7 The Grand Trunk claim at Piggoreet has to be temporarily removed from the category of paying claims, owing to a mishap arising out of 'an immense influx of water, whereby their works have been sw:npped to an extent beyond 'the power of their present resources to reduce. . At Cape Clear and Derwent Jack's there is notbing doing, large tracts of ground being held there under protection registration.., " . On, Springdallah Old Lead there is not much progress making on account of the water in the drift oeing rather 'excessive; but this will be overcome by perseverance, after which I have no doubt of the certain success of all parties interested. Along the course of tbe Old Main Lead, Happy Valley, there are a few small co-operative parties at work who are doing admirably well. It appears that extensive and rich washes have been discovered by them on the shelving reefs sloping away from the deep gutter, and in many instances patches are struck ricber than was the gutter itself. _' There is nothing particular at present to relate respecting alluvial mining ,at Linton and Carngham. At the former place there are a few small companies at work and getting paid, but its chief hope is centred in the Linton Junction Company, which occupies probably two miles of the principal lead ; whilst as regards the latter, I cannot say that there is any noticeable de\'iation from the usual steady routine of business, with the exception of the Southern Lights claim which has been at work uninterruptedly for the last ten years, and always paying regularly and well, but which is now fipallyworked out. The Haddon mines are in a rather unsatisfactory state at present. The Reform has not by any means hitherto answered the expectations formed of it. It is thought now that tbe proper lead has not yct been rea!)hed, and indeed the sudden dips lately met with in the workings go a great way to strengthen this view. In quartz mining there has been a respectable commencement m?de. The Cal'ngham Consols Company have erected crushing machinery of fifteen stampers. There has been one crushing, the particulars of which I have not been able to ascertain. The Browns and Scarsdale Company have placed an engine on the claim, but there is no crushing machinery there yet.
CRESWICK DIVISION. J.¥r. James Stevenson, ldining Surveyor and Registrar. The yield of gold in this division is smaller, both for quartz and alluvial gold, 'during the present quarter than in thl) previous one. In the former the decrease is principally caused by the fact that all the Clunes companies, especially the Port Phillip Company, have crushed less quartz; the average yield 'per ton is also, at Clunes, slightly lower. The decrease in alluvial gold is owing principally to tbe fact that ill the chief claims at Red St.reak , new levels had to be driven, and a good deal of dead work performed, some of the faces in the old levels having been worked out, and also to the decreased yield in the Ballarat and Clunes Company's ground at Clunes. . , Owing to tbe decreased yield at Clunes, and also nonc of tbe new mines having' yet succeeded in getting any of the main reefs, mining at Clunes is in a depressed state; but this I believe to be only temporary. The yields of the principal alluvial mines are as follow :- 00" dwt. gr. GraJ?d Trunk (hired labor) 1,928 0 0 Australasian (hired labor) 992 14 0 Hit·or-Miss (12 men) ... .. 202 1 6 Royal Standard (16 men) ... 231 11 9 Golden Point (16 men) ...... 210 0 0 Ballarat and Clunes (hired la.bor), ... 423 14 0 , 24
GORDON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
ALLUVIAL MINING. Nothing whatever has been done in this branch of mining. Every claim which is not abandoned is being held under protection registration. The small amount of alluvial gold obtained' was procured by Chinese, working in All Nations and Parker's Gullics. II QUARTZ :i\fINING. Were it not for the ll:gerton Company the quartz ret,urns this quarter would be almost as poor as the alluvial. The reaction from a nearly general reckless speculation has produced a stagnation from' which the division has not yet .. recovered. ' Black-horse Company.-This company have been prospecting their claim during the whole of the quarter, The shaft has been deepened, in doing which, a mass of stone 8 feet thick wa~ passed through; this is supposed, to be a leader running to the east into the reef bcing worked by the Egerton Company. It will require some little time to prospect as to whether this is "the case or not, but thc management is confident as to the improved prospects of the mine. " , The White-horse Company abandoned their intention of sinking their shaft to a depth of 600 feet, and opened out at the 552-foot level, and have driven in a south-easterly direction a distance of 225 feet, without striking any great body of stone, but, from indications in the surrounding country, the manager anticipates that a lode will be struck before the drive is carried much further. The water continues about the same as last reported. The Wellesley Company have struck a lode 8 feet thick on the 4l0-foot level, at a distance of 200 feet to the east of the shaft. A jump-up has been put up along the stone, and there is every indication of its being a well-defined reef. No gold has been seen in the stone. The Flying Scud Company are still prospecting; they are now driving east and west at the 300-foot level. The Victoria Company, towards the end of the quarter, succeeded in striking a lode about 4 feet wide, the average yield of which, as seen in the ta.bles, is very encouraging .. There is not a large amount of stone opened out yet, but, as far as can be judged, the lode has indil'ations of extending a considerable distance.
STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION, Mr. J. S. Cooper, Jlining Regis/rar. Mining matters in this division have been comparatively quiet, the returns from the various mines not having come up to expectation. In the New Albion Company the vein at the lowest level (345 feet) has been found very,rich, and, in the levels above, equally rich stone exists, proving a good and continuous run. of gold. A trial crushing of about 60 tons is now being made at the New Alliance crushing battery. In the Albion Company's claim nothing of any great interest has occurred beyond the average of the late usual crushings; the vein still continues strong and well. defined, with the usual proportion of gold, but the great expenses o'n dead work prevent the usual dividends' to the shareholders. This company is erecting two new and powerful driving-wheels. . The results from the New Alliance Company's crushing have greatly disappointed those interested in this mine. From the appearance of the lode much .lll,rgcr returns were anticipated; it is now proposed to discontiIJue driving altogether on all levels, and sink the main shaft deeper. , From the Gladstone Company's claim, although the returns from the last crushing were not large, still sufficient inducement exists to warrant the proprietors in continuing operations in sinking. At the point where the quartz crushed was obtained, the two lodes, east and west, were gradually making into one, and gold can be traced at the junction of the two lodes underfoot. Sinking is now being vigorously, carried on. - On Boxing Roof the south portion of the Salamander Company's leased ground is let on tribute. This, at present, seems to be the only method left to work the large amount of ground held under lease to advantage-making the working men co-adventurers with the proprietors, and at an easy percentage. The Ironbark Reef is also being worked in the same manner. Their guarantee is for three years' holding, and there is little doubt but that it 'must end eventually in success to all parties, taking into account the past rate of wages, expenses of cartage, crushing, &c. " In alluvial mining a fresh rush has taken place at Morrison's, 011 the side Of the vall~y opposite to' the old workings, on the Moorabool River, and at the back of the township .. The formation is very similar to that found in the old workings opposite, but the cement and' conglomerate is of a much harder character, but carrying gold.through out for 5 feet high. Average 2 dwts. to the load, which will pay handsomely, as there is abundance of water close at hand.
BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar. Owing principally to the scarcity of water for crushing purposes, and the depressed state of the market, quartz mining has not been carried pn with that vigor which might have been expected from the large amount of machinery which has been erected within the last twelve months. , At Barry's Reef the quality, as well as the quantity, of stone crushed by the Sultan Company has exceeded that of any previous quarter. The Faugh-a-Balla~h Company's mine and plant have been sold by auction for the amount due to the bank. A large number of shares In this company were held in Blackwood; there was also a large amount of money due for contract, wages, and stores. and the failure of the company has consequently been very severely felt in the district. ' The claim is highly thought of notwithstanding. The True Blue Company are now raising and crushing stone which looks better than the stone crushed during the quarter which has expired. At Snake Gully the Snake Gully Company, as well as the Cosmo, have of late not been very successful in raising quartz of a very payable nature; the stone in the Cosmo lS said to look better and showin~ good prospects. On Simmons' Reef the Star of the West is the only company that have been crushing durmg the quarter, and although the average yield of gold per ton has been small, it leaves a margin of profit, as there is a large body of rp.ef. This company are at present erecting five extra stamp-heads, and are confident of being able to declare dividends shortly. ·The Crown, the Cornish, and the Imperial Companies have no water for crushing. The latter company have also raised a considerable quantity of very excellent looking stone. The A.chilles Company is still driving on the reef at the 300-foot level; ·they are in 50 feet, on a reef 6 feet wide, containing a little gold, but nothing of a payable nature has yet been discovered. . 25
On the new line of reei, frye miles due south from Blackwood, now known as Wright's Reef, the 'prospectors had a trial crushing of 27 tOl!S of quartz at the Great Extended Tunnel Company's machine, which gave a return of 50 ozs. 15 dwts., and stone with gold'visible is now being raised in the adjoining claim south. Not more than eight men are employed on this line of reef, and the progrcss made is consequently very limited. There will shortly be another crushing of 100 tons from the prospecting claim, which is expect0d to yield over an ounce to the ton. The Great Extended Tunnel Company have nearly finished the erection of their pumping and winding engine, when' the sinking of the shaft to a further depth will be proceeded with. . No fresh discoveries have been made in alluvial mining, and there is nothing of importance to report.
BEECH WORTH MINING DISTRICT.
BEECHWORTH DIVISION. Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Regis'trar. Mining has never been duller in this division than during the last quarter, the continued dry weather having almost stopped sluicing operations as well as quartz crushing; and in that portion of the division in which deep sinking prevails, a succession of unforeseen circumstances has prevented the usual amount of gold being obtained. The reaction also, consequent on the undue excitement of last year, has had a depressing effect on mining enterprise, and very few new claims are being taken up or opened. . . The Rocky Mountain Company, Spring Creek, are progressing very rapidly with their tail.race, which will probably be in it sufficiently advanced state for working by the time the wet season has set in. . Several of the most promising quartz reefs have ceased to pay, and the consequence is, th!\tthis branch of mining has fallen back into the hands of the individual miner or small comp'anies. At Eldorado, which has been considered the great mining centre of this district, mining has come to a low ebb, and it is probable that. some time will elapse before any improvement will take place. At present very little gold is being obtained. The Wellington Company have abandoned the bottom floor in the up-creek part of their claim, and a new shaft will require to be sunk near the lower boundary. Prospecting drives are being put in at the first and second floors, but it is thought that neither of these will be payable. The Kneebone Company's new shaft was put down on hard rock, and is 20 feet above the level of the bottom floor; this distance will reqnire to be blasted, but in the meantime no gold is being obtained • . The McEvoy Company's workings were completely filled up with water on the 9th of March, the creek, which was in flood, having ·broken in, and up to the present time they have not been able to get to work, although the pumps have been kept going. The only redeeming point in this portion of the division is the fact that the Ovens Gold and Tin Oompany have bottomed their shafts, and that a splendid prospect has been obtained. ,The depth is 244 feet, and there is a bed of wash-dirt 4 feet in thickness. Preparations are being made to open out at once. The bottoming of this shaft on gold proves the lead a mile lower down the creek than the Wellington claim, and gives hope to those who hold that the lead will continue near the course of the creek. Nothing is doing at the other claims at Eldorado.
YACKANDANDAH DIVISION . . Mr. Thomas G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The past quarter has been one of unusual dullness in mining" matters, as the yield of gold plainly shows. Never since I have been registrar for the district has so small an amount of gold been obtained. No quartz has been crushed at three of the mills, and from another I could get no returns. Alluvial miners were also iJ;reatly hindered for want of water. I am sorry to say that the only party of miners' who were engaged in collecting pyrites for crushing lost the whole of their twelve months' work through a sudden flood sweeping away their dam and all the pyrites they had collected. •
INDIGO DIVISION. JJfr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Regist1'ar. There is nothing of importance to report in quartz mirling; the few miners engaged in this particular branch continue to earn fair average wages. The Sons of Freedom CompallY, Chiltern Lead, report having obtained 1,5li.1 ozs. of gold during the quarter. This is the.only yield of any importance from 'alluvial mines in the division, most of the principal 'claims being at a standstill, owing to various causes. The return, although much smaller than previous quarter, is not owing to any falling off in the quality of the washdirt, but in consequence of the large area of adjoining worked out ground rendering the blocking-out difficult and expen;sive. The Extended Sons of Freedom Company and the Doma Mungi CGmpany have amalgamated under tho style of the Sons and Doma Oonsols (registered); and so soon as the blocking-out is completed in the old shaft of the Sons of Freedom Company the operations of the new company will be transferred to the shaft sunk by the Doma Mungi Company, which has been bottomed at a depth of 333 feet, and the chamber is now being put in and preparation made to push forward the main drives with every possible despatch. The Ballarat and Chiltern, late Indigo Grand Junction, and the Lady Sutton claims, are at a standstill. The machinery and plant of the Rutherglen Gold Mining Company have been sold by auction;' an attempt is being made to form a company to repurchase the plaut with a view to test the claim lower do:wn the lead, somewhere near the. supposed junction of the Glencoe, AU and Clydesdale Leads. Thc claim adjoining the Hutherg Gold Mining Company's claim, the Surprise Company's claim. has also suspended work; but the ground has been recently let on tribute to a number of miners intimately acquainted with the locality, and in their hands a vcry short time will suffice to prove its value. No. 18. D 26
BUCKLAND DIVISION. ,Mr. Lewis C. KinchJla, Mining Registrar. , ." After ap'experieilCe of eJeven years residence in .the Buckland Mining Division I can recall to my mind no previous time during wpich mining was in so depressed a condition as it has becn'during,the current quarter. Of our thfrty steam and water' quartz-crushing mills, only six of the former and one of the latter have been at work within that period. " , ..... '.', ". ' ' .,: ' .,.' , , I regret that the' anticipations of some very valuable hew reefs being ,opened on the Buckland have not been realized, as the crushings have shown an average considerably lower than the usual yields from surface stone. A few men are engaged in the deep shaft at Harrietville, and are earning small wages. Shallow alluvial mining is alm()st,totally stopped in conseque'nce of the long drought, which 'has left our rivers and creeks with the very scantiest supply of water; nearly all our Chinese population are engaged in cradling. ,The tunnel being driven for so many months past by the Red Jacket Company, Bnckland, is expected to reach the reef within a • In the United pyValley Company's claim, Running Creek, a cross reef, showing a very excellent prospect, has b!len struck; it is reported to be 12 feet ill width. , ' A small leader has been found in the new Empire Reef, Robert's Creek, from which some small specimens, exceeding in richness any I ever saw, have been got, ~helowest estimate of the gold contained in them being 50 per ?ent.; however, the quantity hitherto raise4 has )Jeen so tl'ifli!lg that, apart from the circumstance named, no special mterest attaches to the discovery.' , . " , Although a slight dimirlutiol! of"our mining population is shown, yet I .do not think there are any fewer resident he,re, but for the past tjlrec months many of them hn,vc been engaged upou public works under the local shire council., :A, very Jew h~ve .aJso~ gOJ?e, to.a rePorte~ alluvial goldfield situated about forty miles f!olI! ~right, bet;.veen the Dargo ·RIver and the HIgh Plams .. " : ' .. ,; A slight misprint appears in my previous report, where five of Brown and Stansfiold's eoncentrators are mention~d in,place,of two; ..these two are not now being used, blankets being preferred.. I .' " :"
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, . ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION,. Mr. R. A. F. Murray, Mining Sur!Jeyor and Registrar.
ALLUVIAL MINING. . The early portion of the' quarter just expired was characterized by extreme stagnation,' but 'during, the, last few weeks a slight revival has set in. . " ' At Alexandra attentionjs' being directed to the Lucky Gully draining the Lucky. line of reef. The depth of sinking is about 100. feet, and wet. Should a payable lead be proved, rencwed efforts will be made, to discover the .Iell:d which is supposed to traverse the U'T Flat, to which the LuckY,Gully is a tributary. . Owing to the long drought the River Goulburn has been very low, a circumstance favorable to many'miners, .~ho have.been 9btaining gqod yields from the river bed. It is stated that yields varying from £5 to £20per man per ;week,haye' ~een' obtained by many parties.' , ' . At Johnson's Creek increased activity is visible, owing to the steady yields obtained by the prospectors; two new whims have been erected, amI.. the Apsley Company are bringing machinery to ~heir claim, now applied for on lease. I Godfrey's Creek shows a slight improvement as compared with the early portion of the quarter. The Working Miners Company take the precedence as yet. though other companies 'will soon be in active operation. The Sons of Freedom have been compelled temporarily to suspend operations owing to'an accident to their llin,chinery. At Durham Gully the shallow workings are almost exhausted, and have not yet been traced into deep ground. The most gratifying discovery of the past quarter is at the Puzzle Range Creek, where a lead (probably a continuation of the Growler's Gully working's) has been proved, and will in a few days be proclaimed and laid off. , The depth of sinking is ,about 90 feet, with a small quantity of water, insufficient (as yet proved) to constitute a "wet frontage lead." A few more weeks will enable the miners to test the ground more completely; and should the results obtained by the prospecting company (the Flag of Victoria) continue, an important and valnable addition will have been made to the leads o~ this subdivision. . It may be remarked that the judicious expenditure of capital in this distri~t would he the means of opening out much gronnd considered by practical and experienged miners to be highly auriferous, but which at present lies idle, .owing to obstacles that machinery alone can suecessfullY,conteud with.
/' QUARTZ MINING, An almost general depression exists as regards quartz mining; and until either new reefs are opened, or those now worked proved to " make" again at a greater depth than has hitherto bcoureached, no improvement ean be caleulated on. Also, a large number of miners have been drawn away from quartz mining by the receut alluvial discoveries.
MANSFIELD SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. H. Kelson, Mining Registrar. , During the first two months of the year everything in eonnection with mining was extremely dull, but in March a prospecting area was registered near Bon's station, about 31 miles from Maindample. At the end of March,payable gold was got in from 30' to 40 feet sinking, and nearly two hundred claims were registered in a few days. The diggers speak in high terms of the claims bottomed. The rain that has fallen during the last few days will soon cause Ii considerable increase in the returns of gold.
BENALLA SUBDIVISION.
Mr. John Liston, Min~ng Registrar. ", ,During the past quarter mining operations in this subdivision have entirely ceased, the shareholders in the prospeeting claims still disagreeing, , • 27
GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, ]flining Surveyor. and Registrar. , I rearet I am unable to report more favorably of this subdivision. The absence of water has not affected it so much as th~ fact of a number of claims beincr considered unremunerative, and consequently remaining unworked; these are (among others) the Great Eastern, the ~uraville, the Atlas, further prospecting in which will be required ere they ,can be looked upon as very remunerative, The Rose of Denmark have an improved yield, both as regards quantity and a ... erage, as is also the case at Hunt's claim, where the tributor!! are doing moderately' "ell. '1'he Bris:ol Co~pany a;e all but ready to crush, the water alone being wanted. Their reef so far as opened up looks well, and theIr maC~I?ery WIll be completed in a fortnight;, it consists of water wheel with eight light stamps, and ample table room. ?,hlS IS one of three machines now in course of erection in this subdivision; the others are an eIght-stamp steam.engme battery at the Vornh~ll Reef, of which much is expected, and a twenty. stamp steam and water battery at the Rose of Denmark. 'The two laSt machines are being removed from the VVood's Point subdivision, wherein we have yet much ~pare machinery. The works contemplated for the purpose of fully developing the Rose of Denmark are not likely to cost under £2,000. The cll!-ims opposite on the same line, known as the Aladdin and Try-again, are at a standstill, owing to pecuniary pressure. . At Dempsey's machine, prospect crushings are in course of being tried, but the Great Britain is again idle. A systematic movement is likely to be made to operate upon the pyrites, which for nearly tim years have been carried down Gaffney'S Creek, and I do not think success will be wanting, as the prospects are very good, and the quantities very large. The nature of the maehinery to be employed has not y,et been fully decided on. In alluvial I have nothiug noticeable to report; it has clearly entered the stage of a gradual decUne, incidented by the scarcity of water and the call for miners on the reefs. No rain has fallen since January• . WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The noticeable feature in this quarter's history is a remarkable increase in the yield of alluvial mining, brought about by the increased energy of miners on the Lower Goulburn and heads of the right and left branches, stimulated by the highly encouraging yields obtained occasionally. I have previously reported on the large available area for bank claims and the highly encouraging_ results frequently obtained, and I trust the coming winter will show increased energy in turning this ground to profit. Two parties below Gooley's Creek have averaged something above week per man for the last nine or ten weeks, in ground worked at least Once before, and there is every proba of their good fortune enduring. High-level step-races down the Goulburn and the use of the hydraulic hose woul do wonders for this district, in which the alluvial is not nearly exhausted. I have to report a heavy falling off in quartz yields. This is partly due to want of water, for although Gipps. land has been subjected to disastrous floods, no wate~ of any consequence has fallen here this year. We have had three days' light showers only, and there is no sign of an early change. Business of all descriptions has therefore been mainly at a standstill, and but for the unusual yield obtained by alluvial miners·would have been quite so. Claims known as No.1 and 2 South Waverley, the Express, the Shamrock, the Champion, the Royal Standard, Strap and Buckle, Heslin and Company's, &c., are waiting for water to crnsh, with a minimum of men on or none at all, and many other claims are only crushing for short periods at night; among these latter the Franklin Company, who show the handsome average yield of over It oz. per ton. This claim has now a good block of ground available, and with the hoped-for rains will very materially influel).ce the well-being of the district. The Hope has been improving again, and continues to do so at the time I write; the yields are payable. The Prospectors, Morning Star Reef, have also a better show ill their workings. The Alps Great Central Company's mine shows as yet no change. 'fhis company's prospects are seriously impaired bythe-suPP9sed wilful-destructiou of their winding and pumping engine, a ten-horse steam cngine, poppet-heads, ropes, &c., the original cost of purchase and erection of which cannot· have been much below £3,UOO. '1'he property was burnt to the ground on the night of the 12th March. The United Company have an improved yield for the quarter. . The All Nations tributors reached in the course of last week the south-west wall of a reef 100 feet wide, and struck at the same time layers of stoue such as have not beeu seen in the claim for years; the good stone is from 6 to 18 inches thick, and will probably go several ounces pOl'ton., • I have also to record the trial erushing of the That-'ll-do Company, on the Shamrock Reef, of 11 tons, going nearly 1 oz. to the ton. This company have sunk a shaft about 138 feet deep, at a cost of near £500, and have as yet their wo~k mainly ~efore theI?; the above trial crushing is, however, encouraging, and they ar~ Iiow proceeding again with theIr prospecting operatIons, Addenda.-In addition to the above I have to report the discovery of a reef on the 31st March, situated between Cherry's Point and Barrett's. I have not yet seen it, but suppose it to be on what is known as the Bushman's line. The range runs nearly in the directiou of strike· of our lodes, and gold has been repeatedly found along its saddle;. the steepness of our ranges favors the ont crop on the surface of our lodes when their saddles run in a north. westerly direction, and I have frequently called the attention of prospectors, notably in the caso of tho Royal Standard prospecting pn:rtr, to the greater likelihood of finding reefs on such ranges than in other instauces, the lateral pressure being at its mInImum. . During the past quarter the Johnson's Prospector's claim has materially improved. A shaft was suuk to join the old workings and their new tunnel; it has been carried down about 100 feet, the lode widening all the way. it is now from 4 to 6 feet wide, and equally rich with the stone hitherto crushed. In view,of the interest of the district at' largel it is a matter of serious regret that the claim is now in law, having been jumped and counter.jumped by a numl::ier of persons. The workings are not sufficiently advanced to enable me to forward a useful sketch of this reef at present; should they be pushed forward vigorously, I shall do so in my next return. . . ,
BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surve.'lJor and Registrar. , The return,s for th~s q;}a:ter show 3: fall~ng off both in alluvial and quartz gold; the ~auses are, comparative scarcIty of water III the trIbutarIes to the BIg RIver and Goulburn, and the unsuccessful crushlllgs, owing to poverty -of the reefs at their present stage. A considerable amount of prospecting has been done at the head of the French man's Creek, notably in alluviums, hut without mark~d s~ceess.. In reefing: no llew 4iscovery has been made as yet, hut the season most f~vol'abl~ to successful prospectmg, IS at hand, a.nd owmg to thE? sweeping fircs that have passed over our ranges, new dlscoverles are to he expected dUtlng the ensUIng quarter. 'fhe population have been restless throu.gho~t the district, and.a .dimiilUt,ion in. the numher of :miners. is aPl?ttrcnt in the present returIl, The only cheenng Item I have to report IS the greatly unproved appearancc of Peppm's Heef, known as the Seek-and.Find. "J'heir only crushing is nearly 1 oz. to the ton, and they willnolv obtain highly payable returns. The extreme drought has favored miners working the Big River, but the initial works take up so much of the spring of the year that the full influence of the river workings are only beaiuning to be felt now. I am sanguine of I) great improvement in the yield next quarter. ," 28
JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. Mr. H. C: Geneste, lJfining Registrar. • . The unusually dry weather which has prevailed during the past quarter has caused a very great falling off in the Yields from the reefs, having necessitated the total suspension of crushing operations on some mines. The claim holders, however; have not been idle, and have now got a large quantity of stone out for crushing, the returns from which I shall have to record in my next report. From tlie alluviums-the yields have been considerably higher than last quarter, owing to the fact that the dry • weather has caused the river to fall very low, and portions of the bed which have not before been accessible have now been worked. _ A slight rush has set in within' the last few days to a flat on the Goulburn, about three miles from ttle J:amieson. The sinking is about 25 feet, and in ol)e claim an average of ~ rlwts. to the dish,has been obtained.
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
SANDHURST DIVISION. Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar. '.I'here has been_ considerable excitement in this division during the past quarter in consequence of the remark ably rich stone exhibitQ.d by Rourke, Hend()rson, and Company from their claim on the Belle Vue Reef, the excellent yields from Bell and Watson's claim on Garden Gully Reef, and the discovery of an entirely new reef in the Great EX,tended Hustler's Reef Company's mine on Hustler's Reef. An idea of the value of these reefs may be obtained bya reference to the returns-from-these companies, which is given below. The reefs I have mentioned'may be the most particular at the present time, but generally the yields from quartz have been better. as may be seen from the average of the total returns received from the public crushing machines, even omitting that which includes the Extended Hustler's· Reef Company's. The new reef in the last-named company's mine was discovered at a depth of 500 feet. Since the first of January this year it has enabled the company to pay oft' a debt of over £2,000, and pay dividends to the amount of 16s. per 28,000th share, and they now have every prospect of a long continuance of like success. In Rourke, Henderson, and Company's' claim on Belle Vue Reef, the vein from which the rich stone I have referred to was taken is, comparatively speaking, small, but what it lacks in size is fully compensated for in quality, and the fact that, parallel with and running thrclllgh all the claims on that line is a distinct reef, a continuation of the well-known New.chum line, which some are e1Lgerly sinking or driving for, and others working vigorously with satisfactory results. .' , The claimholders on Garden Gully Reef are also working energetically, as it promises to rival the Hustler'e. AllwJial.-'.I'here is no change to report in alluvial mining. Almost the only ground is that occupied principally by the Caledonia Company and Lehmann and Company, at Pottery Flat; and the Annabella Company, at Huntly; but the Bagshot Company's ground, whi.ch adjoins the Annabella Company, has furnished good prospects. The following information has been obtained respecting Borne of the quartz crushed during the past quarter:-
Total Average. Depth at which ", Name:of Company, Name of Reef, _ Tons. Yield of Yield of Gold tho Quartz '~E~ Width of Reef, &c. Golcl, per Ton. ,YUS obtained. --- ~~~ oz. dwt, gr. oz.dwt. gr. feet Great Extended Hustler's Hustler's .. .. 1,677 6,747 1,5 0 4 o 11'37 Between 450 & 500 ft, 100 Average 4 feet Ueef Rourke, Henderson, and Co. Belle Vue .. 42 794 16 0 18 18 11'42 200 feet " .. 40 .A verngc 11 inches Bell and Watson .. Gurden Gully .. 400 349 9 0 o 17 11'34 240 feet .. 140 5 feet Unity .. .. Garden Gully .. 1,170 953 0 0 o 16 6'97 200 feet " .. 140 12 feet North Garden Gully .. Garden Gully .. 305 425 2 0 I 7 21 Pass-by .. .. Garden Gully .. 307 ,531 2 0 I 14 14'38 235 feet .. .. 160 'Vestern reef, 21 fcct; Eastern reef, 7 feet, not cut through .Argus .. .. .- Snob's Htll .. .. 1,058 I,OO~ 1212 o 19 0'09 360 and 420-foot 170 From 2 to 3 feet levels Princess Alice .. .. Snob's Hill" .. 121 70 4 0 o 13 2'18 250 feet .. 180 Spurs, about Hi inches Lady Barkly .. .. st. Mungo .. .. 154 281 0 0 1 16 11'84 220 feet " .. 150 Spurs ~t. :l\Iungo .. .. f:)t. Mungo .. .. 830 438 10 0 o 10 13'59 350 feet " .. 150 VariollS Routh St, !lIungo .. St. l\IUllg'O •• .. 60 1"7 0 0 2 2 8 300 feet ., .. 150 Spurs Victoria .. .. Victoria .. .. 1,590 1,145 15 12 o 14 9'89 430 feet' .. .. 90 15 fect Hercules .. .. Victoria .. .. 87,5 523 0 0 o 11- 22'90 400 feet .. 80 6 feet H, Kocll .. .. PcrscvcrRnce .. 143 11;9 0 0 1 3.15'27 200 to 300 feet .. 48 Small spurs in very hard ground Pioneer •• .. .. West SpecImen Hill., 184 101 17- 9 .J o 20-52 30 to 70 feet .. 180 Spurs, 2 to 8 inches Elliott's Claim .. .. 'Yhip .. .. 409 220 0 0 o 10 18-19 130 feet .. .. 70 About 18 inches Great Britain .. .. Grent Britain .. 1,225 437 0 0 0 ~ 3'23 220 feet •• .. SO 40 feet. Flat spurs between hro walls Graham and Hamilton .. Moon .. .. 510 242 3 6 0 9 11'91 130 to 180 feet .. .. Irregular spurs New Moon .. .. Moon .. .. 881 289 12 0 0 6 13'78 230 feet .. .. 1,,0 18 inchcs Ueserve ...... Hibernia .. .. 303 309 6 6 o 17 1 75 feet .. sur(:l.ec Spurs, from 1 inch to I foot Catherine Reef U. C,* .. CatherIne .. .. 4,017 1,269 13 0 0 6 7'71 Surface to 290 feet 130 Principally from smnll veins run- ning parallel with main lode-in sandstone Elliott and Co. .. .. Johnson's .. .. 700 2SI) 0 0 0 8 3'42 380 feet " 60 A veruge 30 feet Ellesmere .. .. New-chum .. .. 741 34r. 9 0 0 9 8'42 From 300 to 400 feet 48 40 to 1)0 feet. Not payable below 340 feet, bnt expecting bctter at greater depths Young-chum . , .. New-chum .. 163 153 4 0 o 18 19'14 245 feet .. .. 90 25 feet' New-chum (Tribute) .. New-chum .. 275 177 19 3 o 12 22'r.l 250 feet .. 90 25 feet Prince of Wales .. .. Prince of Wales .. 337 194 10 12 011 13'0'6 100 and 300 ft, levels 160 10 feet Albion .. .. nird's .. .. 1,630 1,246 0 0 o 15 6'92 130 feet .. .. liP 40 feet Windmill Hill .. .. Windmill Hill .. 485 425 I) 12 o 17 12'89 240 feet !lIonument Hill " .. Monument Hill .. 525 !l8)) 2 0 o 10 20'66 136 feet" .. 90 About 10 feet Opossum (T~ibute) .. Opossum .. .. 371 143 15 0 0 7 17'98 330 feet " .. .. IS feet' Try-again .. .. Wellington .. 535 360 a 12 o 13 11'14 280 feet .. .. 70 2 feet average Collmann and Tacchi's Reef Yeth .. .. 242 279 8 12 I 3 2'23 90 to 380 feet .. .. 4 inches to 2 feet, Depth of shaft ' 9l'al 645 feet; still sinking Golden'Age .. .. Anglo .. .. 260 265 0 0 1 0 9'23 200 feet " .. 150 2 feet
PYRITES. Great Extended Hustler's Hustler's .. .. 77 173 Ir. 0 2 5 3-42 Reef Argus ...... Eagle and Clarence .. I.~ 45 16 0 3 I 1'60
* The Catherine Reef U. C, Co.'s (Catherine Reef) blnnketIngs yielded two per cent. of the gross yield of gold, 29
KILMORE DIVISION. Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar. In alluvial mining about sixty Europeans and fifty Chinese are still employ~d about the Reedy Creek, making fair wages. A party of three are at Sunday Creek, who occasionally find some weighty gold, but too patchy to pay. At Strath Creek the Exchequer Company have bottomed and are driving, but with no payable result as yet; they have had to contend against much water. At Higinbotham about twenty men "find employment at N ew-chum Cre~k and Murrundindi Creek; they average about 30s. a week a man, with occasional" better finds. At Thornton and neIghbor hood, on the Goulburn River and banks, the principal claims are now at full work, and seventy Europeans and fifty Chinamen find employment, Kennedy's Company (five men), at Barnwell's Bar, are the most successful, since the completion of their dam netting £25 to £30 per man per week. Adjoining them is a party of eleven Chinamen share holders and eight wages men; these completed their dam about a fortnight ago, and I hear their ground looks equally as well as the Kennedy's. There are other claims, extending eight or ten miles, with some intervals between, all paying -more or less. Kennedy'S, the Chinese, and another party of Europeans occupy a portion of, the river between two bars, in what is commonly called a water,hole ; its extent I should judge about 200 yards, and I believe it is the first water-hole on the river that has been thoroughly tested, as until last year th,e'diggers confined their operations to the bars and shallow water, but these three claims have opened up a new era of mining on the river. I may add that the water is in this hole about 7 feet deep. 'l'he shareholders in the Beauclerc have made £20 per week per man for several weeks; this claim employs seven to ten wages men; there is 7 or 8 feet of gravel to be removed, and the gold lies 8 or 9 feet below water level; this claim yielded handsomely last year, and it looks now as well as ever. T~ere is no doubt heavy work "in contending with water, erecting dams, &c., but some other unworked portions Qf the nver are well worthy of a trial. I have registered an alluvial prospecting claim at Swamp Creek, Acheron River, close to Acheron home station. The prospectors showed "me 11 ozs. as the result of two loads of washdirt. The sinking is wet, and co-operation will have to be the order of the day to bottom and work with economy.. . In quartz mining, at Reedy Creek, the Landgridge Company are still sinking shaft, and the manager reports commencing operations to crush 60 tons from the 200-foot level. The Magenta, Doyle's, Rantoon, Red Rover, and others are at work, but have no stone raised. '1'he Tonstal Gold Mining Company (registered) are raising some really fine stone from their No.3 shaft; they have already sixteen payable reefs in their claim opened up, and all within a distance of 100 yards along the course of the granite dyke, whic!). traverses their claim from east to west. They ~ave about 300 to 350 tons of stone raised; I saw some coming up upon three occasions lately that was better t4an the stone which at their last crushing yielded 17 ozs. to the ton. ' At Sunday Creek Ryan and Company are raising stone of a better quality than the last. Tobin and Company have come upon a reef, a trial crushing of which is reported, and the manager reports that there is a fine boqy of stone similar. Two parties are prospecting for antimony, all the reefs in this neighborhood containing more or less. At Strath Creek the Strath Creek Gold Mining Company have a reef 2t feet thick, with excellent prospects. At the Gum Creek"and Tommy's Hut prospectors are at work; at the former a reef has been struck 2 to 3 feet thick, showing gold, but wants opening out more to decide as to payable qualities. At Higinbotham, on the Murrundindi Creek, the claims on the Balaclava line of reef are looking well. The No.1 North Balaclava will be crushing a lot of 30 tons next week, expected to go 2 ozs. to the ton. At the Higin botham prospecting claim "they are putting in a tunnel to cut the reef at a lower level.
HEAI:HCOTE DIVISION AND WARANGA ROUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. "Mining during the quarter has exhibited an almost unvarying dullness. Some few good yields have been obtained from small quantities of stone taken from claims situated in Long and Opossum Gullies and Redcastle, and the prospects are still good in these claims; but the results are not sufficiently remarkable to have any influence on the activity of mining generally. I At Spring Creek,mining does not wear a pl'osperou"s aspect at present. The new crushing machine has com menced work since the" date of my last report, and put through considerable quantities of quartz from the various daims opened out in the district, but I am afraid with unprofitable results to the claimholders. The average from all the quartz crushed is shown to be 6 dwts.; when the expenses of carting and crushing are placed against this the balance is on the wrong side. The alluvial mining is assuming smaller proportions every'week as the claims are worked out. The rush which I reported on the 23rd February last as having taken place about a mile and a half from Spring Creek, turned out a complete failure, and is now almost entirely deserted. Water is' very much wanted in all parts of this division; a plentiful supply would render payable large areas of ground now lying unworked.
WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION. ll-fr. Henry. Boyns' Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Registra1>. The decrease in the number of miners in this subdivision is prinqipally at the Nine-mile and North Spring Creek, from whence many of the alluvial miners have migrated to the rushes at Berlin and Alexandra. At Mary Taylor'S Creek some new ground has been opened and in a few instances payable claims discovered; but as the alluvium contains the gold only in patches, the population has been very unsettled. On the Union Lead, in Wilson's claim, a quartz reef below the drift was proved to be gold-bearing. They have sunk about 30 feet vpon the reef, and the last crushing-this week-left a margin of profit. The old ground at Whroo and Rushworth continues to maintain the usual number of puddlers. At the Old Lead, Rushworth, and' at Main Gully, Whroo, there are several claims from which the puddling machines have given excellent returns. A few miners are engaged prospecting on the Waranga and on the Buffalo Ranges; gold in small quantity was found by the prospectors and shown me. The locality- most favored by them is situated about three miles north-east from Rushworth, near to the Waranga Swamp. The trend of all the gullies eastwards from Rushworth is towards this swamp. , In quartz mining the prospects of most cheering character are at Balaclava Hill, Fontainebleau, South Nuggety, and the Frenchman's Reefs; all giving substantial proofs .of permanent discoveries of rich quartz. The yield from Messrs. Lewis and Menzies' mine at Balaclava is about double that of last quarter, and is from the 250-foot level, where the reef and smaller veins are fully 20 feet wide. , , . The average produce of the quartz from the Perseverance Company's crushings, from the South Nuggety Reef, throughout the quarter was 4 ozs. per ton. The depth from which the quartz was raised was about 350 feet. At Fontainebleau, Henry Thompson's average of nearly 3 ozs. per ton is drawing attention to the numerous undeveloped quartz reefs in that neighborhood. MARY~OROUGH, ~fINING ,ijISTRICT;
M~RYBOROUGH DIVISION. , .il:fr. P. Vir.tue,Jun., M~ning Registrar. , In' consequence of the protracted drought, the' ~temporary stoppage of several of the larger companies, and the smallness of the average returns fl'omquartz crushed, the yield of' gold this quarter, from'all sources, exhibits a considerable falling ojt In this division, however" mining enterprise, iIi all its branches, was never more abundant" active, and prosperous than it is at present. ' " , , ALLUVIAL MINING.' , During the quarter seve~al prospecting claims have been registered, sit.uate at Chinaman's Flat, 'Vhite Hills, and the ,'VIain,Lead. 'rhe prospects obtained from these claims ha,vc varied from t oz. to the load to 1 dwt. per tin dish. The depth of sinking averages from 25 to 30 feet. The claim last registered ou the Main Lead. near, the Camp Hotel, and 'lYhic~ 'gave, a prospect of 1 dwt. to the dish, has led to some excitement, and about thirty claims have been marked out in that locality., ; ': ,: "") , " . , ' " ' " , Recently the Magnum Bonum Oompany had one of their engines much damaged by afire, which also totally demolished the engine-house, and, caused, a, delay ,in, mining. operations of nearly a month •. The Band of Hope Company lost their lea,d during the quarter, and were compelled to sink their shaft 60 feet deeper; they are now putting in main drives. The Duke and Timor Company are busily with the erection of their,powerful steam machinery;, '.' . - The Craigie Estate Company, of Majorca, are supposed to have struck the run of deep ground which appears to form the outlet of the Rocky Blat and Mount Greenock Leads. Of course. no. positive opinion can yet be expressed on the subject; hut the presence;in their claim,of a,deep gu~ter containing gold proves that a new run' of payable I(Tound has been opened, and leads to the conclusion that miles of country between Rocky Flat and Carisbrook' will soon become exceedingly valuable as a field fbI': prospecting. A strong tribute party has been fonned to work the Kong' ,;vleng and ColLlmbia mines conjointly. , " 'The following is a statement of the gold obtained from the prindpal alluvial mines in this division during 'the quarter:- oz. dwt. .gr. Magnum Bonum Extended"Gh1naman's Flat 1,190 5 21 Band of Hope Extended, Chinaman's Flat 675 9 12 Alma Consols, Alma ... ' ...... 1,079 6, 0 Golden Gate, Timor Creek, Alma 266 0 0 Robin Hood, Majorca ... .., 354 12 0 Prince of Wales, Four-mile Flat 218 0 0 Britannia, Four-mile F~at 182 0 0 Morning ~t.ar, Majorca ... 126 0 0 .Sundry (9) whim claiuis' 592 2 '0
Total 4,683 15 9
QUARTZ MINING. , The New Flagstaff Company have 'worked out their prese~t levels, and are now' trying to reorganize the company, in order to sink a, new shaft 500 feet deep. , , '1'he Bristol Hill Extended Company have sunk two shafts on their ciaim-one on the western reef to a depth of 235 feet, and'one on the' eastern reef to,a depth of 245 feet; the distance between the shafts ,is, 66Q feet. The company arc now driving from oue shaft, to the other" for thc ,p~rpose of iutersecting the various', reefs which are known to exist on the claim. The drive from the western reef qas already eJ!:tended to 320 feet, and tenders have been accepted for driving from the eastern shaft. It is the intention of the company~ so SOOll as the driving is finished, to erect ,powerful crushing and winding steam machinery. - , , , " From Deed's Reef the returns this quarter are un ozs. from 47 tons; the Hit-or-iiiiss Reef, gave 46 ozs . .from 17 tons; and one of the many reefs on Bristol ,Hill gave 125 ozs . .from 100 tons. 'rhese are among the highest, returns obtained during the quarter. '
AMHERST DIVISION. .lIfr. Joseph 'Smith, Mining Surv,ejjor and RegislriJ'r. ' " . The mining ope~tions i~ quartz have'been ~~us~all; dull during' th~' q~larter, owing to the ~ant.of .l,lleans to provide, steam machinery to crush the stone as it comes from the mine, much of the profits being absorbed in carting the quantity to the mills. White-horse Reef is about to be let on trilmte, the original company no~ being in a position to work the mine to advantage. _ , " _ The Waterloo Company, lHucher's Re()f" are now'l:l\aking an attempt to start the stamp,heads, to obtain a little gold to enable them to erect buildings for the protection of the crushing machinery. . . The Great Northern Comp~ny, at 1\:Ierin-merin Swamp, have powerful ,machinery c,ompl~ted, and the workmen are now engn,ged in driving for tb,e quart?,'lode...... ,. ,.' " ,. ' ., " . , The Great Wheal and the N()rth Clu~es Extension Companies area:t a standstill, owilJ.g to th~ great depreSSIOn in the mining market: " ' ," . On the ot)1er hand, some of our deep alluvial.claims ar:e .looking l)~t~er of late, viz. :-'- . • 'fne Sadowa Company have produced 1,964 ozs. () dwts. 6 grs. durmg the quarter." The future YIelds of thIS company will be confined to No.4 shaft, the gold in,,,:hich be,ing !}lore coarse' a~d ~uggety than. in SHaft No.3, a number of the pieces being' from 1 to 3 ozs. each. The works'in No.3 shaft are discontinued.. ' Nichol's Freehold Company have found gold; the yield during the quarter has been 2220zs. from the wash dirt drives alone. 'l'he gold obtained is of a very liright and coarse d~scripLion, the lumps ranging from 5 OZ9. downward. The' blocking-out has not' yet be~n pushed forward;o\villg to the wet state of the mine .. The aeep ground has not _yet been'proved. " . ' , . The Union Company, ,Mount Greenock, have been idle during a part of the quarter, but the mine is now let on tribute, and thc yield during the last fortnight has been 185 ozs., " 'rhe Brunswick Company, Cockatoo, have come upou large deposits, of washdirt, the gold in which is very coarse and anfrular, many of the pieces being from ',l to 3 ozs. each. Blocking,out ,has not been commenced, owing to the w~tness of the ground. 'rhe yield from the drives 'durin):(the,qulll'ter amounts to 196 OZ8, The shallow alluvial workings through the division are for the most part unproductive, from the want of water to wash the st,uil', heap~ of wash,dirt being col~ected in various p,arts waiting for a supply ?f ra!n .. ~~l!,rge and comprehensive supply of. water would gIve remuneratlve, employment to ,several thousand mlllerSlll thls dlvislon alone. AVOCA .SUBDIVISION., , Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Min'ing SurveYor ana Registrar. I . A general d~pres5ion in mining operations exists throughout this division, which in a great me!18Ure is attri butable to the almost unparalleled drought, no rain having fallen in this division since the 1,3th of January last, consequently crushin'g and puildling, operations have been very limited~ , Th~re are still a large number of miners at No, 2 Oreek, bilt un~il the we~ weather sets in and supplies the miners with sufficient water for puddling purposes, it will be impossilile to give reliable results. The Albion Company (Old Avoca Lead) nave obtained some c:1pit:11 prospects from what they consider to be a new and distinct lead, and are now engaged erecting anot.her .steftm pVddling machine. From the tabulated returns it will be seen tliat the yields from quartz have in most cases been unsatisfactory.
DUNOLLY.AND TARNAGULLA. DIVISIONS. iUr. W. G. Couc!tman~ jUining Survey,0r and Registrar~ The mines· in this 'district are in a' prosperou~ cOJ:idition; and judging 'from the present prospects very many of them will shortly be dividend-paying. .' . ,. '. ' The Goldsborough Company have during the last quarter crushed 1,927 tons of quartz for 952 ozs. 14 dwts. (]f gold. They'have sunk their shaft to a depth of 280 feet, and are .now about to open out at that level. They are also engaged driving a crosscut to the west (which is ill 85 feet) for the purpo.se of prospecting the country, but have met with nothing of any importance so·far. • . . No. I North have been driving to the east from their shaft at the 250-foot level without any success. . The Little Bulldog Reef, lvloliagul, has been taken 'up by two large co.operative parties, and it is reported that payable gold has been struck in one of the claims. Ballarat and Mo.liagul Oompany have erected steam machinery for pumping and winding purposes, and are driving at the 250-fo'ot level to cut the reef from which they previously obtained a good and payable crushing." . . The holders of-a lease on the· Specimen. Reef,. Dunolly, have formed a party and are working the ,ground at a depth of 70 feet from the surface. . They struck a very payable block of stone, and are now sinking the shaft deeper to further test!its valne. ,Several co-operative parties are working' on many of. the reefs in the vicinity of Dunolly with varying results, but the want of a crushing machine to reduce stone for the public is a great drawback to this locality. The Avon Reef Company havc just completed the construction of a large reservoir for storing rain-water; they are erecting a 9rus4ing ,machine, and raising quartz from the 200-foot level; 140 tons are now at grass, which from appearances should yield 1 oz. of g('lld per ton. ' . ·TARNAGULLA. . United Poverty Comptmy, Poverty Reef.-Since crushing operations commenced (on the 8th February) up to the present time, 1,480 tons of quartz (taken principally from the old backs of the upper blocks) have been passed under the stamps, yielding 3·dwts. per ton. Although this. y\eld leaves a slnaU margin of profit after all expenses are paid, it is not so', gO,od as expected; and the batteries will now be emp10yed crushing .from the 260-foot level, while, in the meantime, preparations are being made to let contracts for raising stone from the Victoria and Poverty shafts from the 400-foot.and BOO.foot levels respectively. ' South Poverty Consols Company have struck a reef at 180 fe~t from the surface 8 feet thick, and jndging from appearances it is estimated that the stone will yield I oz. of gold ·per .tojl., A few days ago, two dishes-full of rubble were washed, and 5 dwts. of loose gold besides specimens ·were obtained therefrom. Ironbark Company are at a standstill owing to an inflllx of wI),ter. . Watts Reif.-Excelsior Oompany have crushed 351 tons of stone for 52 ozs. 7 dwts. 17 grs. of gold, and have about 190 tons now 011 thc surface of· much better quality. Perseverance Oompany have sunk: their shaft during the quarter 27 feet; it is now ISO· feet deep. They are at.present engaged bailing water. : , , Phcenix Company,' Specimen:Reef, are sinking their shaft, which is. about 240 feet deep. They have a heavy body of water to contend with. The country is h..'1rd, but their prospects are very encouraging. " Cambrian, Company, 011 the N ew"chum Reef, have their men employed driving for the reef at the 400-foot level, and expect to cut it in another week. '1'he Prince of Wales Companyhave let. a contract for ,sinking their shaft 70 feet deeper, present depth beinjl; 279 feet. ' . . , ' Sandstol!e Reif.-South Sandstone Compa.ny have crushed during the quarter 160 loads of stone for 26 ozs. 9 dwts. of gold, and another lot of 23 loads for 33 OZ8. 1 d,vt. The latter was obtained from their northern boundary, at which point the reef is 10 feet thick. The main shaft has been sunk a furth'er depth of 50 feet (making it 362 feet deep) and a drive put in from the hottom to cut the reef. The holder of the prospecting claim is having a new shaft sunk to a depth of 400.feet; it is now down 200 feet, where the country is very hard. During the last quarter he has crushed 972 tons of quartz for 921 ozs. 8 dwts. of gold. He has now about 120 loads of stone at grass. The reef in tho old workings is from 10 feet to 16 feet thick. The Victoria Oompany have sunk their main shaft 60 feet deeper, making it 375 feet, at which level they put in a drive 75 feet and struck the reef, whieh is from 4 feet to 9 feet thick. They have a stope to break a.way 90 feet deep. The first crushing of 134 loads of stone taken from this' stope yielded 155 ozs. 14 dwts. of gold; 240 loads are now being reduced, and 180 ozs. of amalgam wcre taken off the tables. This crushing is estimated to yield 1 oz. of gold per ton of stone. In another month this company will declare 'a dividend, and there is every prospect of their continuing to do so for some time to come. Princess Royal Company have good stone at the 265-foot level, where the reef is 8 feet thick. Nelson Company have almost completed the erection of their crushing plant,. and will start their batteries in another week; the quartz being raised from a reef 14 feet thick is of excellent quality, gold being well diffused tl,lrough the stone. . Rise and Shine Company have crushed 25 loads of s~one for 45 ozs. 8 dwts. of gold, obtained from a reef 2 feet thick, at 45 feet from the surface, and they are 'now raising stone which ,is antiCipated will yield 2 ozs. per ton.
KORONG SUBDIVISiON.*" Mr. R. Mason, Mining Surveyor ~nd Registrar.
Mining generally in this division is in a very' depress~d state. The principal reefs are unworked, and the dry season has operated against the progress of.alluvial workings.
" NOTE.-By" notice published in the G01:ernment Gazetle of the 18th March 1870, page 468, the Division of Korong has been divided Into two subdivisions, which In these reports are called respectively the Korong and the Berlin Subdivisions. The Mining Registrar lor the latter did not enter upon his duties in time to furnish a.ny remarks, on mining mntters for this quarter. . 32
REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOU'l'H SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, .lWining Surveyor' and Registrar. The depressed state of the mining market, coupled wit!). the yields from the Oxonian Reef having disappoiuted public e retarded quartz mining operations in these subdivisions. ' appears to be prosecuted with little energy and unsatisfactory results, which may in some measure be attributable to the great scarcity of water.
ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION,. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. , Both quartz' and alluvial mining in this division for some time past have been in a d~pressed condition, principally owing to the want of capital to erect efficient machinery for the purpose of working deeper the numerous reefs already proved to be highly remunerative. , , It will be observed, on the appended return of quartz crushed, that many of the companies no~ working are obtaining, excellent yields from their mines, and that the 'average yield for the subdivision during the last quarter is nearly 17 dwts. of gold per ton of quartz crushed; therefore I cannot imagine the present depression in mining affairs can last much longer. . On the Greenock Reef the leaseholders are busily engaged erecting powerful machinery for pumping, winding, and crushing purposes, which is now lI:ppl'oaching completion. '
CASTLEMAINE MINI~G DISTRICT.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Mr. Thomas L. Brown, Mining Surveyor arid Registrar. . The returns annexed will show that the past quarter has been the most unproductive' yet experienced in this division, most of the machinery lying idle, or only partially employed for want of water, and the quartz operated upon giving a smaller average yield of gold than ever before returned. The 'reefers generally have been off the runs of gold, the upper deposits being exhausted, and very little effort being made to discover lower gold.bearing lodes, though believed to exist here as well as at Sandhurst and other goldfields . . During the quar~er several of the old'reefs in Specimen Gully, Barker's Creek, have been re-occupied, crushings from SIX of them averagmg 4;J: dwts. to the ton. . , The only new discoveries have been by Odger's,Chinese pari;?" in Dinah Flat, of a quartz leader under the alluvium, 16 tons from which returned 25 ozs. 'l dwts.; and,lll Joyne's claim, Argus Reef, a leader giving 2 ozs. 7 dwts, to the ton. The new machinery on the Town Reef is completed, awaiting a supply of water. New companies have been formed to work the old WattIe Gully and Specimen Gully reefs in depth, and in severaJ. localities there are indications of improvement. ' .. '
FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr; Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. • ALLUVIAL MINING. . With respect to puddling and sluicing operations during the past quarter, there has been a falling off in the yield of gold, the scarcity of water in many instances having been, the ~cause; the increased activity, however, at the Green Gully Rush has partly compensated for the comparative depression which has been observed in other parts of the division. .' " The Gre(fl~ Gully' ..Rusn.-With respect to this rush, it will be remembered that in a former report particular attention was directed to this locality, as providing a field for a larger number of miners than had at that time visited the spot. Havfng recently paid a visit to the scene of the rush, I am in a position to speak with confidence as to what is' now being done, and feel justified in hazarding an opinion that more marvellous discoveries will yet be made. There • are now about ISO_miners located on the ground, the majority of whom are realizing good wages. The extent of ground occupied in claims is from Ii to It miles in length, by an 'average of I~ chains in width, and every claim appears to he in work. The depth of sinking averages 30.feet, composed of sandy clay, gravel, sand, &c., resting on a pipeclay bottom; the shafts have invariably to be closely timbered, in consequence of the unreliable nature of the strata. A party of four miners during the past fortnight (21st and 26th March) succeeded in unearthing two LH"J"';o;<'v~, one 75 ozs. and the other 55 ozs. ; another party secured an 8-oz. nugget about the same time. Many hundred ounces of gold, in the shape of nuggets, have been found during the past twelve months at this rush, but not publicly reported. . , c The great drawback at the present time is the want of water, 'as most of the washdirt has to be stacked until a storage of water can be provided; in the meantime nugge~ing, in a general way, provides sufficient for current expenses. An impression prevails among the miners that a regular defined lead follows the course. of the gully, but very narrow. The gully has been occupied by a few miners uninterruptedly for the past eight or ten years, who invariably represented thems~lves as unfortunate. The importance of this goldfield is now fully recognized as to its alluvial deposits, and the time is not far distant when some of our enterprising quartz miners will deem it advisable to test some of the reefs which abound in the neighborhood. ' NEW MACHINERY. Messrs. Small and Co., who occupy one of the riehest quartz claims in the district, are about, erectiflg powerful machinery for working their mine. They' have already purchased a 25 horse-power vertical engine to work twelve head of stamps; the machinery, plant, &c., when erected, will eost £3,000, the whole to be completed in about fourteen weeks. , QUARTZ MUnNG. ' As will be seen by the returns, the total amount of gold realized from crushings during the past quarter is equal to the preceding, alth~)Ugh the average yield per ton is considerably lower; this arise.s yrh;cipally from two cla~- • holders refusing to furnish returns. In a general way there has not been so much actlvltym quartz dunng the past quarter as might have been expected, considering the large extent of gl·ound which has been taken up under the Leasing Regulations. The progrpss made by some of the leaseholders has been suddenly checked from want 9f funds, and the' absence of unanimity on the part of the shareholders in some of the companies. The Loddon Valley Water Supply Company have· now commenced operations in earnest, in constructing the necessary fiuming and completina the aqueduct; ere many months h!}ve elapsed a large extent of auriferous ground will be available for sluicing purposes, and a considemble impetus given to alluvial mining in general, when the scheme referred to is successfully carried out. 33 , ' HEPlmR:-;" DIVISION . .llr. Thomas 11 ale, 1I1ining Registrar. . I have the honor to report a most healthy_state of mining enterprise, and a determinatio~ ~n t~e part of O~l" tradespeople, as well as our operative miners, to test our goldfield. Whilst an apparent sm~ll ~lI~ll.nntJon of plant IS observable, it is satisfactory to know that other machinery is in course of constructIOn for thIs dIvIsIOn .. Our popula tion has increased and not a few of our alluvial miners are not, returned, being engaged at present on theIr farms; the want of rain m~te;ially atre'cting our alluvial, and in some instances our quartlz machines are standing still for want of water for crushing. Large quantities of quartz are to grass.
ALLUVIAL MINING. Notwithstanding the foregoing, more gold is obtained from our quartz than our alhv~al min~s. 'fhe Astley Company have purchased the Perseverance Company's rights, and are removIng theIr plant to the latter company's boundary, where the deep ground is known to ~xist.. I. The Wallaby and Coo mora United Company have obtamed deeper ground, and the returns are suffiCIently encouraging to warrant the erection of a battery of stampers, which, together wi~h another engine, is purchased. 42 ozs. were obtained in the fortnight ending 25th January; 65t ozs. fortnight endIng 22nd February, and 60 ozs. that ending 8th 1\1 arch; and £3 12s. has been paid per man at intervals during the current quarter. rhe Corinella Company report having obtaincd'78! ozs. during the. past month·. The Gladstone Gold Mining Compauy are in with their tunnel nearly 1,000 feet from its mouth at Stony Creek, at 100 feet from grass; and are sanguine as to the existence of a gutter. The Sailor Prince Tunnel works are still carried on with vigor. . The Federal Tunnel, Righetti's, Racecourse, and indeed most of those being worked, are paying fair wages •. Sluicing and puddling are retarded in consequence of the want of water.
QUARTZ MINING. The Freehold Quartz Mining Company, inside the town boundary, steadily continues to give magnificent returns to the tributors. The works are an open' cutting 150 feet long, 10 wide, and 40 deep; they have also a shaft 70 feet deep, with a drive at, 52 feet from wnim shaft. The returns for the quarter are as follow :- ozs. dwt•. grs. January 7 200 tons yielding 198 0 0 14 285· 288 1 0 " 21 , ... 210 " " 203 4 0 " 28 220 " " 186 12 0 February" 4 253 " " 263 6 0 11 264 " " 288 '0 0 " 18 235 " " 209 16 0 " 26 200 " " 79 8 0 March'" 4 244 " " 174 19 0 11 187 " " 97 8 14 " IS 210 " " 147 3 0 " 25 245 " " 124 7 12 " 31 301 " " 131 17 0 " New North H ep burn" QWll'tz Mining Company have the reef nearly 4 feet" wide at 60 feet in the shaft, gold being struck in the west drive. ' The Ellesmere Company are down 55 fef't through hard slate, and are about to erect an engine and battery of stampers. No: 1 South have several leaders of quartz dipping west in the hanging wall, which inclines 1 in 1; gold is seen in the stone. This locality presents a very animated appearance. No.2 South are progressing with their shaft; also many others all round about the Freehold Company's workings. .' Specimen Hill Quartz Mining Company.-Rich specimens of quartz have been exhibited, taken from new leaders.in the ·349 and 150·foot levels. . Cornish Quartz Mining Company.-In sinking their ne'Y shaft, which, from its position on the south-west part of the claim will enable'the works to be carried on in entirely new country, struck a vein in their shaft, 2 tons of which yielded 16 ozs. of gold. Sardines Quartz Mining Company are down 120 feet, and have had a small crushing said to pay very well. Wheal Dory and nerCllle~ Quartz Mining Company are both about to erect batteries of stampers. Great Leasehold Dry Diggings have a quantity of quartz landed. ' Innumerable quartz prospectors are at work in all parts of this division. No.1 South, Mauritius Reef, have had their first crushing, and 49 tons gave 62 ozs. retorted gold. The tributors of the Wheal Dory Company, got fr~m 37 tons, obtained from 140·foot level, 44 ozs. of retorted gold. Willard and King, Willard's Reef, from 30 tons of quartz, obtaIned over an ounce per ton. Dunstan and Party have been equally successful, as also Smith and Co. of Connel's Gully, Pollard and Party, Wombat Hill, and many others. . Rog~rs and Co.; at Commissioner's Reef, have obtained 16! dwts. per ton, and have united their claim with Liddell's adjoining, so as to work more effectually the united claims. Sherwood and Party, at Italian Hill, at 110-foot level, obtained 14 dwts. to the ton. Pride and Co., in the same neighborhood, 11 dwts. to the ton. . ' Pyrites from ~pecimen Hill Quartz Mining Company yielded nearly It oz. per ton.
TARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISIO~. Mr. Thomas' Orwin, Mining Registrar. During the quarter, signs of vitality have been revived in this division. The attention of the .miners peing now directed to the discovery of quartz reefs is likely to prove the auriferous character of this goldfield. A few weeks since a, very wide reef was opened out from the surface near Mr. Martin's store on the main road, south of Taradale. It was taken up five years ago by a company and abandoned. The party working the claim are now obtaining stone at about 10 feet deep that will yield about 1 oz. per ton. The same reef passes through Shrimpton's vineyard, through the Little J,ondon Gold Mining Company's, through the Taradale Ul).ited Gold Mining Company's, thence south into the London and Melbourne Company's ground. This reef is from 30 to 40 feet wide; and gold bas been obtained from it for nearly a quarter of a mile along the reef from Martin's. A rich spur or quartz leader was dis .. covered lust week in Roderick street, above the Wesleyan Church. The surface continues, to yield froll! 1 to 3 dwts. per load, chiefly r~ef gold/and not unfrequently specimens. I saw taken out of this leader some rich stone. This, No. 18. E discovery has given an impetus to reefing here; several claims have been gra~ted by the borough council on the adjacent roads, so that a close search will be lI)ade for th\'l reef sup pORed to be very near this rich leader. The claim holders working on the Kangaroo Reef.are,optain~pg payable stone. 'rhe Grand United Gold Mining Company have "sunk a shaft 11~ fe;t de~p, t~!( d,eepest .sha(t on the reef. At' that level they have.stone that will yielp. from 15 dwts. to 1 oz, per ton" wlfh' ~he'reef 3 feet wIde.' ,Th\l Band of Hope Company are worJpng at a' 70-foo~llevel' on',good stone. The Kyneton Gold Mining Company have about 200 tons of stone lying on the surface ready to be crushed and likely to yield It oz, to the ton, obt.ained at 1~9~-foot level: The ,company are sinking a new shaft south of the old one, and are about to erect a 16 horsecpower crqshlng plant WIth S stamp-heads. , The Energetic last week obtained' from fourteen days"crushing over 600 ozs. of gold, and declared a dividend of £1 on each of their 1,600 shares. They are now working at 183-foot level; they have about 100 tons of good stone on' the t0p ready for crushing. The Central Energe,tic, at 160-foot level; with stone 3 feet wide, and looks well; ,they have about 150 tons on the surface. ' , , . The North Star, at 150-foot level, are obtaining quartz likely to yield It oz: per ton. They have 150 tons of quartz on the surface. - , , 'rhe North Energetic have the reef at SO-foot level. , The Napier have a shaft down IS5 feet. They are putting in a drive east and west; have cut the recf'in the eastern drive at iO feet, but the stone is poor. , . A company'styled the" Union Jack" are sinking for Russell's Reef at LaurisGon. 'rhe Frosty Moruing Reef is again taken up and is being worked. The Belltopper; Humboldt, Hanover, Leviathan, Victoria, Prince Albert, and the Alpha, are all idk , I , ' ALLUVIAL. _ ' ; . In alluvial mining here there has been a slight falling off in respect to the qu:.tntity of'gold obtained, partly in consequence of the long drought. Yet, while many,alluvial miners have been ,complaining this last quarter, we know of two miners who have each obtained within the last three months over £600 sterling, and are still doing well, as are, others near them. ",
TARRANGOWER DIVISION., 'iJfr. Robert ]{ankivell, ,Mining Surveyor and Registrar. , QUARTZ MINING. The returns herewith show a considerable falling off in the quantity of quartz crushed and the yield of gold; this is accounted for in some measure from the fact that two of our ,crushing machines have. b~en idle during the last two months for want of water. _. '. . • Nugr;ety Reif.-The New, El!terprise Company on this reef is constantly employed in breaking of golden stone, which averages about 1 oz. per ton. A crushing qf 11 tons from 'the Alliance Company's claim yielded 33 ozs. of gold. The tributors in the Speculation Company's claim are crushing as high as 3 ozs. to the ton. Beehive Reif.-The Beehivll Company, after having driven to the west and not meeting with anything pa~able, have suspended operations in the deep ground. A few tributing parties are working the top ground, but these are barely making wages. The Great 'Vestern Company are obtaining payable returns, 2tdwts. of gold to the ton paying- all expenses ill breaking, raising, and crushing. _ ,. , Wilson's Re~f.-The Nelson Company are about to erect another battery of 10 heads'of stampers to crush some thousands of tons of bac~s which are standing ~n their mine, and which they expect to yield from 6 to Sdwts. per ton. The Nelson Extended Company on this,reef are steadily at' work breaking' out quartz which averages from 1~ oz. to 2 ozs. of gold per ton. , ' '" Parkins' Reif.-The tributors in the Independen't Company's ground are raising quartz which averages from '! oz. to) oz, per ton. ' " - Post-,office Reef-This reef has changed hands, and the new occupant inforlIls me that he intends to resume operations in a few ~ay,s •. ALLUVIAL MINING• . Alluvial mining in my division is almost at a standstill, the majority 'of the miners not making wages •• , ,
ST; ,AND~EW'S EAST AND ST. ANDREW'S CENTRAJ., SUBDIVISIQNS. Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar:: -" '", , I have to report consideraple improy~ment in the asnect of mining affairs in this division, dating from towards the end of tlie past quarter. ' :,' ' '. -' " " - Alluvial mining has received a considerable impetus, owing to the fact of the lessees of the Evelyn Tunnelling " Gold,Minif!g Company,haying commenced their exte,nsive works. The tunnel embraced,in this schem~ (for the _purpose of diverting the River Yarra) has been prosecuted with, the utmost vigor, the wOl:k having be¢n let by contract to a . skilful and energetic contractor, who has undertaken to have the same completed by the end of May next, which, ' according to present. progress, ,will be accomplished, in the absence of any unforeseen contingency. ' - Three other extensive bends.in the River Yarra, embracing large estimated areas of alluvial bankS and portions of the bed of the river, are under survey. ~he survey for lease applied for north of 'Warrandyte (known as ihe Canterbury Tunnelling Company) has been completed, aJ~d, I understand the promoters contemplate adopting to some extent the plan of the Evelyn Company, of driving a tunnel, forming a dam, and thus diverting the rivet. Ground has also been marked out for lease of portions of th~ riyer, and is being prospected in the neighborhood of Yerin'g. At Warburton, better known as Yankee Jim's, Upper Yarra, several strong mining parties are prospecting for the lost deep lead which was once \Yorked in that locality, whicb, if re-discovered, will, in all prob'ability, give employ- ment to a large number of miners. ' QUARTZ MINING. , The excellent yields reported by Messrs. Christian and Patterson from the Diamond Creek Reef has given con siderable cdnfidence in this description of enterprise throughout th~ neighborhood. The firm have their works laid ",out ;with the view ,to the utmos~ economy; availing themselves of- the favorable contour of their ground, th~y have erected a powedul engine 'and stampers at the entrance of their drive, the trucks therefrom emptying, themselves immediately into, the hopper of the battery. Although very little gold (if any) is supposed to have been lost :by this ,machine, one of Brown ~nd Stansfield~s concentrators will shortly forni an appendage -to the same, as an; additional ilafeguard'against the loss of any minute particles of unamalgamated gold. ' .. - ,',' " ' ',' A veri rich specimen of quartz has .recently been discov~r,ed bya Mr. Herman Hirt, a miner possessing a ,claim .on the Swedish Reef, One~tree Hill, intrenching ata depth 'of oplyrabdut six inches below.the'surface;i.m the eastern or lower side of the,vein, which, from the nature of We stpne' and its position, would appearto-have once'formed a' portion of the capping of the Swedish Reef. 'rhe gross weight of the same has been ascertained-to ,be :S3' ozs. 6 dwts., "containing 50 oZS.' pure gold by. estimation. Several ,other beautiful specimens have sin'ce been fciund in; the same '(:Iaim under similar circumstances"and considerable excitement prevails in consequence.
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, 7'he' do.rman~', energies: o.f some Of the leasehQlder~ in 'th~, vicinity arc being ~roused, and it is hoped tli~t ere long this all but deserted ,field Qf enterprise will resume its Qnce'busy'appearance, under imprQved auspices;'fro.m'the great advantages which the,ado.ptio.n o.frecent appliances and mo.de's Qf wo.rking wo.uld affo.rd. .. .' . , : The Lo.yal J"ibel-al Co.mpany, no.rth o.f Warrandyte, seem to. have been. so.mewhat unfo.rtunate. Having erected their crushing machine"uPo.n it bad fo.undatio.n near the river,' caused.cQnsiderable delay, and after,having repaired this difficulty, and having crushed about 90 tons of stQne, they fQund that the amalgam had been sto.len fro.m their ripple bo.xes, all hut abo.ut as llmch·ag,yieldcd Qnly 15 o.ZS. o.f gold. I have ther~fQ~e, o.mitt~d the ,average per tQn of this claim • "", , , . , , Co.mpany's claim, SllPPo.s~4 to. be, pn the same line o.f reef, yielded 17 dwts, to. the ton fro.m an inferio.r ':stpne, which tl1!lY co.nsider payable. , ". , The YaIT'd, Tunnelling Quartz Company have a considerable quantity o.f very rich sto.ne raised to. the surface, but ate unable to. crush, altho.ugh they Po.ssess a water-po.wer crushing, mill, as they required all the available Po.wer of their wheel in wo.rking the Po.')Verful pumps necessary to. keep Go.wn the water in their claim. The wo.rkings o.f this claim are immediately under the bed o.f the River Yarra, extending fro.m shafts on the left to the right hand bank o.f the river, and, strange as it may appear. the drive is perfectly dryas regards any leakage fro.m above. The reef is well defined, co.nsisting o.f what is locally technica,lly called" a sho.wy quartz," tho.ro.ughly impregnated with gold, and co.mpactly wedged between two. smo.o.th.,-all but-vertical w~lls o.f hard schist, widening slightly and. beco.ming mo.re defined and richer as the depth il).creases:,' The pro.prieto.rs 'o.f this claim have evinced great perseverance and enter prise, having in the,first place, at considerable expense, erected pipes, for pumping, o.fsix inches in diameter, which were fo.und insufficient to. cope with the large quantity of water in the shaft, and had to be replaced by others nine inches diameter, in additio.n to a co.nsiderable outlay in pro.specting, staging, flo.o.ding, and stoppage o.f wo.rks, and the very dense and ,compact nature o.f'the rocks, all o.f which· have been o.verco.me satisfactorily. The o.ther claims in this district, as the returns will sho.w, have beenwo.rked with much the same success as usu·!!l, very little change being perceptible. ' I
BLUE 'MOUNTAIN NORtH I:lUBDIVISION; 1.' Mr. G1'aham iWcPherson, Mi'll;ing Registrar. .,'. , Tho quartz c~ushed at the Amelia b~ttery was o.btained in the Blackwo.o.d district. ' rhere are, as yet, no. returns from any of the reefs which are being prospected. _ . A eo.mpany has been o.rganised to prospect the deep alluvial gro.und, about Trentham. They are no.w do.wn about 50 feeh,but find water very tro.ubleso.me. Thrce different parties' applied, in January, fo.r quartz claims, about five miles to the east o.f Trentham, between the head of Sto.ckyard Creek and the Campaspe. They have since amalgamated, and made applicatio.n for a lease. I am given to. understand that the prospects ·o.btained abo.ut the reef are very satisfactory, and, sho.uld payable gold be struck, there is a large traet o.f ,unexplo.red co.untry which will pr~bably be tested .. 'Ther~ is every indication o.f a new go.ldfield in this quarter, altho.ugh the lo.cality is at present knowp to very few miners •. ..' " • f ' .. " ". ..<. I.
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ARARAT DIV~SION. , Q , Mr. Charles Ja'S. Wm. Russell; .Ltlining SU1'1)eyor and Registrar: Very little change has taken place· in the alluvial go.ld mining during the perio.d,' though' a small reduCtio.n has occu,rred in the number o.f wo.rkers. The Galatea Co.mpany (lease) o,n:the Ararat Flat, with a 10 horse-power steam-engine, two. puddling machines; 'and emplo.ying twerity-four men, are ivo.rking the Old Black J"ead at the depth o.f abo.ut 100 feet, in an alluvial drift 1,30 feet wide and 2 feet in depth, (lnd a supply' o.f ab'o.~t 6,000 gallo.ns of water per ho.ur. They have obtained but 140 'ozs. o.f go.ld during the. quarter. A large o.ld gro.und claim o.n the Old Korns has been worked by fifteen Chinese, at a depth o.f about 100 feet, and, with the use o.f three puddling machines, hasrelldered fro.m 90 to. 120 o.zs. o.f ~o.ld per week. Other o.ld gro.und claims o.n the same fiat are being worked by parties o.f Chinese, with po.o.r results. The Wet Lead Co.mpany (lease) are continuing to drive in search 'o.f an aurifelOus lead, and at the same time are nearly meeting their expenses by working the old gro.und. At Fly-dirt Gully, Armstro.ng's, an alluvial pro.specting claim was registered o.n the 18th o.f January; since then, in that locality, 70 to 1::50 separate claims have been taken up, and a large pOltio.n of them wo.rked with great success. An alluvial prospecting claim has been registered in the vicinity of Long Gully, Armstrong's, with paying prQspects. Other portions o.f Armstro.ng's is nearly deserted. Cathcart is ~n a state o.f expectancy-impo.rtant claims are being pro.spected with hopeful promises. The quartz interest, with the exception o.f three o.ld clainls o.n the Campbell's Reef, at .Mo.},sto.n, is in a very depressed state. Fifteen leases have been cancelled during the quarter, and tho.se held un4er lease o.r applicatio.n are nearly all idle. The Eaglehawk (lease), at Armstro.ng's, having been suspended several weeks, is no.w entirely sto.Pped, which has thrown great blight o.ver all the quartz, mining leases o.f that district. The Mitchell's Reef Co.mpany (lease), at Ararat, have"also.. suspended .operatio.ns for ;many weeks past, which has greatly depressed all enterprise in the co.ntiguous claiins., The' VictOJ;ia Company (lease), at Rhymney,. have ,neady completed the er()ction of a swam plant fo.r crushing ·quitrtz and pumping. L ,Upon ,the succe8S o.f the Victo.ria depends, the,progress of the adjoining lease, the Moyston Co.mpany's,.uPo.n which ,no.,e,H:o.rt:has been made to. develo.P' the gro.und, but hll,s,waited the result o.f the Victoria.
PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.' Mr. Samuel K. Vickery, iWining Surveyor and Registrar. • The'm;:l,dvised ventures, and 'the fo.rming o.f companies 'fo.r speculative purpo.ses, which characterised the proceedin'gs o.f the early part of the past year; hMe do.ne much to. impede legitimate mining, and create a wimt of confidence in the resources o.f this disLrict. ".I . ,,;,;, " (j 'The· depressing infiu'ence thus 'caused is still severely felt, no.t ,o.nly by 'tho.se e~gag<;ld in mining, but by. those who,. du.ri!lg tile perio.d o.f fictitio.us pro.sperity, were induced to ',settIe here, 'and' o.thers dep'endent o.n the pro.ceeds of the mines; : A co.mparatively sm~ll pbrtion o.f,the land taken· up under lease during that'period has been wo.rked upon, and· non,e 'of the ventures appear to. have'resulted ill furnishing remunerative retunis, or tended materially to.ward the developwen't of·the mines. DUring the quarter, however, many o.f the progressiVe companies which were re-o.rganised at the Limo :referred to., and 'Yhich subsequently suspended operatio.ns, have again sho.wn so.me indicatio.ns Qf vitality, arid tho' really splendid' pro.spects and permanent aspect o.f the' o.lder mines have.tended to so.me extent to. re-establish confidence., 36
. Prospecting for quartz h,aS hitherto been very partially attempted in the outlying parts of this district, t,hough the large quantities of alluvial gold obtained'in the shallow ground at former periods, and the appearance of the country, would lead to the belief that, if prosecuted in a bona fide manner; it would be attended with successful r~sult8. , The claims on the Scqtehman's, Cross, Sloan's, New-chum, Perthshire, It!ld other reefs in the vicinity of Stawell, co,ntinl;le to yield remunerative and steady returns; and the Germania, Bounie Dundee, Victoria: and other progressive claims, are showing increasingly favorable indications. \ . The alluvial miners'are so scattered throughout the older workings that it is difficult to obtain any information as to their condition. 'fhe quantity of 3J.luvial gold purchased by the hanks is trifling, and it is prohahle that the greater number are earning a mere subsistence., ' " Wit4 tlie exception of a continuation of an old lead being discovered at Great Western no new ground h"s been opened. The great. scarcity o'f water operates very' prejudicially, and till an artificial supply is obtained this class of mining will not receive much attention, .
BARKLY. DIV:rSION. ~Ir. Samuel K. Vickery, lrlining Surveyor and Registrar. The almost unprecedented scarcity of water has' operated most prejudiciallY throughout this division. From that cause the workings (which, so ~ar as regards alluvial miuing, are' cOllti~ed to the turning over of old ground) have'been seriously impeded,' and many of the miners have been obliged to abandon their claims, or combine other pursnits with that of mining.' , ' I have' just learned,tliat some new ground has been taken up within one mile of the township of Landsborough, where in the prospecting claim payq.hle results have been obtained, The particulars received are as follow :-" Situa tion, between Ray's and the Snake Diggings; depth, 50 feet; ,nature of sinking, loam and gravel, with cement at hottom, slightly wet; prospeet obtained, 11 dwts. to two loads; no other claims yet bottomed; about 150' miners on' the ground, a limited number of which are sinking." . The Empire Company"at Landsborough, have just completed the erection o'f a quartz:crushing machine in con- nection with its leased ground, but no stone has yet been submitted to its stampers. ' ' Great apathy exists amongst the mining community in this division .. So far as my Ilxperienee enables me to judge, the ranges immediately surrounding Landsborough present auriferous' indications in a marked degree, though to the ,present very little qu.artz prospecting has been prosecuted. Reefs from which the' greater part of the alluvial gold found in the lower. ground appears to have been set free during the process of denudation crop on the surf!\ce, which could be quickly and inexpensively tested.
RAGLAN DIVISION. Mr. John Templeton, Mining SUr'lceyor ana Registrar. Mining affairs in this diVision are still in a depressed state. .. The weather during most of the quarter has been very dry, so that some of the puddling machines are thrown out of work for the present. ' The Young Duke Lease, to the south of the reservoir, has yielded very good returns for some time, and the New Rope Claim, in the Police' Paddock, has been doing moderately well. _ . The United Charlton Gold .Mining Company have sunk; a new shaft. They are now opening out at a depth of 85 feet, and expect to reach the washdirt, which they have proved by boring, in a few days. There has been a new -engine brollght on the ground. There ~ere two nuggets sold in the township during the quarter, of the respective weights of 10~ ozs. and 12i ozs., but I was unable to get any information even as to the locality in which they were found. . Two small claims in Sailor's Gully have yielded good returns during the quarter, but otherwise there is not much ({ing in that locality. . . . The SlIeet Anchor Quartz Reef, near Waterloo, is now deserted, and the machinery sold and removed from the ·district. .' The quartz claim on the Red Hill, to the norlh of the township, has been registered, and I am afraid that there is not much chance of any further work being done there. ' . On the old workings there are about the usual nu!p-ber of Europeans and Chinese employed, but I have not,hing ,new to report with respect to them. , , ,
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
OMEO SUBDIVISION. ~Ir. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar. " Quartz mining on Swift's Creek, which for some time past has been i~ a languishing condition, has been brought to a premature close by the only mill in the district raising the pri~e, of cf1!.shing from 15s. to 308. per ton. In consequence every reef is deserted, and no quartz has been crushed durmg the last quarter, although one company 'alone has 9ver a ,hundred tons of good stone, part at the surface, and the rest at the mill ready for crushing, and, the quartz miners themselves have been compelled to take to alluvial digging, or find employment in other pursuits. . The last few ,weeks of,very dry weather, now happily at an end, has caused the suspension of work on many of the alluvial claims at Swift's Creek, and the claimholders, chiefly Chinese, have taken up new claims on the Living stone, where a limited supply of water is always available in the hottest summers. Some of the claims have turned out so well, that it iS'doubtful whether the holders, now that rain has corne, will return to their old claims on Swift's Creek. " . . • . The two parties of Europeans prospecting for a deep lead in Bloomfield's Gully, Livingstone Creek, have both 'Struck gold at II moderate depth, but the work is not sufficiently advanced to determine with certainty either the depth, dil'ec'tion, or richness,of the lead. The ground touched upon appears to have been the bed of an ancient river or ,creek,anq the gold (of which I saw about three ounces panned ·out on one of the claims) is of a totally differGnt character to the gold found in Livingstone Creek, or in the surfacing OIl its banks. . Some attention has been called to the High Pla~ns at and adjoining Cobungra, by a good run of gold being 'discovered on the edge of the bisalt, close to the boundary of my district, I nave also been called upon within the last few days to re~ister a prospecting claim at Buekwong Creek, 011 the Indi, but have not as yet received the report from the' prospectors required b:r the bye-laws. . ' On WOlllbat Creek au'd Gibbo HiveI' there is a slight diminution in the population, hut otherwise no material c~ange. . . • 37
MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION.· J.lfr",Jolm Grime<~ Peers, llfining Surveyor and Registrar. I have to report a temporary cessation of mininO" operations in this division, owing to the floods resulting from the late rains. The damage sustained has been, in ma~IY cases, disastrous, but .trenuous 'exertions are being made to repair it, and the miners about Deptford, &c., are expected to he able to recommence work sh.ortly, . Up to this date mining, both quartz and alluvial, may be said to have been steadily advancmg. Two llew gullies have been discovered within the last six weeks. One. on the Nicholson River, about 7 mlles below Deptfo~d, is supposed to be able to support 100 miners. There are about seven me~ on the ground ~t present, ~nd they are mak!ng from £3 to £4 per week per man. .The other gully (Southern Creek) IS also on the NIcholson RIver, about 10 mlles above Deptford. Good prospects are reported to have been found. It is suid to be cltpable of sustaining fifty miners. Some very fair yields have Deen obtained from the reefs at Deptford during the last quarter. . A public crushing machine, driven by water-power, has been erected by Messrs. Ohver and Company, and already 82 tons of stone (from various mines) have been crushed, with a gross yield of 200 ozs. of gold. The Tubal Cain Company have, during the last quarter, sunk their shuft 25 feet, and crushed 52 tons of stene, which yielded 170 ozs. of gold. The stone at the bottom of the well has a very good appearance, and seems to improve as they descend. Overations are at present at a standstill on account of the overflow of water. A whim is in oourse of ereotion, and as soon as it is oompleted they hope to make a. fresh start. The Elizabeth Company's mine has been let on tribute, but work is at present suspended, there being about 40 feet of water in the shaft. They have, during the mst quarter, crushed 10 tons of stone, with an average yield of 2 ozs. 8 dwts. of gold Fer ton. . . , - The Standard 0 Freedom Company have raised about 150 tons of stone, which is expected to average about 1 oz. per ton.. This compauy are now laying a tramway from their shaft to Oliver and 'Company's machine. The Duke of Edillbro' Company are sinking.a new shaft on the Tubal Cain line of reef, and are already down 70 feet. They expect to 'strike the reef at a depth of 200 feet. The Why-not Company have 150 tons of stone ready for crushing. It is expeoted to yield half an ounce per ton . . The old Trio Company's machine, which was considerably damaged by bush ·fires in 1869, has beep purchased for the sum of £150, and the proprietors have stated their intention of repairing it with a view .of crushing for the public. . ~o work has yet been done in the silver mines at Buchan, pending the result of the applications for leases .
.. CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. lYlr. James. Travis, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ. I mentioned in my last report that the Good Hope Company were erecting an engine for pumping and winding in No. 3 level. Everything is now oompleted, and a vertical shaft has been sunji: 52·feet from that level, making in all 570 feet from surface. A cross drive has.been made, which cuts the vein at a distance of about 4 feet from the bottom of the shaft. The reef is 3 feet thick, and the stone looks richer than any hitherto taken from the mine., The manager expects to commence crushing within a month. The Eagle Vale Company (New America and Champion Reefs) have got their new mill finished, but, owing to ' the flood in the Wonangatta River, consequent upon the late heavy rainfall, they have not started crushing. The stone from the Champion is looking very well; the reef is 18 inches thick, and I imagine will yield about an ounce to the ton. The New Bendigo Company are get'ting. on rapidly with their machinery; it shoulq be ready to crush in five or six weeks' time. • . The Rubble Reef is just pow at a standstill, and the mine flooded, there being over 100 feet of water in their shaft; it is, however, falling fast, but some time must elapse before any stone can be raised. There are 50 tons now out, which will be taken to the Mornington mill this week. • A new reef, called the 'Jeweller's Shop, has been discovered very near the township; 30 tOllS of stone have been taken out, which is expected to average over 10z, per ton. The reef is 13 inches in thickness, and well defined, but as yet the shaft is not down more than 12 or 13 ft:et. , . On the Upper Dargo the yield' from the Evening Star and Duffer Reefs bas been exceedingly poor-very little over 4 dwts. per ton. A very promising lookin~ reef has been lately found on the opposite side of the range from the Ev~ning Star, on the fall into the Thirty-mile Creek; very little work has been done on it as yet. The Golden Fleece Company have purchased the John COllness crushing-mill, and are erecting it immediately opposite their mine; it can scarcely be finished and ready to crush before the end of the next quarter.
ALLUVIAL, Considerable excitement has be~n felt lately amongst alluvial miners in respect to some rich ground discovered in the neighborhood of Mo~nt Table-top. The proprietors, Messrs. Morris and Brown, have undoubtedly found some very good ground, but from its' great elevation the scarcity of water is a drawback, it being almost impossible during the summer months to obtain a sufficient supply to work with, and in winter a still greater difficulty will be found in the heavy falls of snow.. . On the other alluvial workings throughout the division no change worthy of notice has taken place silice my' -last ,report.
JERICHO DIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainswortll, llfining Surveyor and Registrar. I have to report a payable crushing in the COI;nmercial Reef, Dry Creek, yielding IOdwts. to the ton. The reef is very hard, and y~t somewhat undefined, but will,it.is to be hoped, yield fair and lasting results. Some very good leaders were struck by James Hemphill in his reef, known as the Harbinger, in the course of the past fort • an~ I am informed that within the last few days the Manoa, on the New-chum line, again promises payable y • Wl~h these thr;;e cla~ms at work, the plant on the Dry Cr~ek, consisting of seventeen stamps, is likely to be kept going ~ul'lng the comlDg wmter. Tbe Eldorado Reef has not YIelded. payable returns, and from present appearances is not lIkely to do so. There have been as yet no new disooveries of reefs this season. . The, alluvial sh~ws a considerable falling off, chiefly accounted for by the scarcity of water in the Red 'Jacket, where a number of claims are suspended. I have never before witnessed so great a waut of water in this division in which there bas been'but a couple of days' showery weather since the middle of January. '
* Non,-lly /l, notice published in the Gm:ern1JWlt GazetUJ of the 11th MArch 1870, page 434, the Mitchell River DivL 'DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION;' Mr.' Ar.thu~ -F: 'Walkeri' Mining Silrveyor and) Registrar: • :Th~re' isiittle new tb report;'eit~er:in qu~rtz ,0·r.aUuviid, for' the 'past' guart;:r. ·The Vict9ria' Compa~Y'(N ~rth CrInolIne Reef)"have struck better stone'mthelr 'lowcr level, but 'have had no crushing' during, the .quarter. The Morning $tarHeef has been found,to contiilue south' from the original workings, and a claim, styled the Golden Kcy, has been take~ ,up by Messrs. Bake. and :Party to work'i,t .. The reef is about a foot in thickness, a:qd shows good' gol~. lThe'PrI~ce Alfred C?mpany are pushing on their work vig'orously,.and h'ave cut's~ve~al good)ooki~g'leaders in theIr t,unI),el bySldes.~he mam reef. They expect soon to commence crushmg...... The ret~rn.-r:om t~e alluvial min?s has falle,? off ~lightly this"qu.art'er •..The late: floQds' have done' great. damage to the slUlcmg claIms at Donne~ly s Creek" wlilCh wIll probably reduce the YIeld for. next quarter, also. , . .... I' . • STRINGER'S GREEK,! DIVISION,~;, " ':.; . : Mr. E. S. Gittteridge, llini'llg Registrar.. The principal events which have taken place this quarter are the striking the reef. in: the South Cohen~s ,and tne Einp'r~ss claims; both, showing; payable .gold,- imd also ·the splendid yield .from the crusliingof'tfie tributor'S in' the Olq Happy Company's'chiiin, ,as'will. be seen' by my returns. ·I.A, large portion of' the q,ew' machinery beronging :to ,the Long Tunnel, Longfellow's, Empress, and South Cohen's Companies has arrived, and is .being ,erected"as speedily as possible. '. ' '.. - ' ,~ - .' , , South Coheri:s ,Company struck ,the, reefdn ,sinking .the main shaft in JanuaryJast ; 'it averages '15 inches in \ width, and shows payable gold; : when struck was'only',lO' feet·from .thir surface. , "/,,: , .: '. ",' :,~' Emp'ress Company.-The main shaft has been sunk to a depth of .124 feet, and a crosscut, driven'to the east; a~ 27"feet It cut.the·reef 3 feet,wide, andishowing.payable gold •. "The boileds fi'xed",and,the,machinery for,battery is . being rapidly erected. ,,::..,.- ' . ." . " > Long'Tullnel ,Company.-The: -main drive, at· the' In -foot leveltis now, dr.i:ven 246 feet"reef,.averaging 4 feet between ·vialls, and showing a good quality of stone all the way; the south stope has yielded a large proportion of the lltone:crushed thislquarter.: '1'he lode here,is very strong, measuring' 22'feet' between'the .walls'i.from the 'eastern and middle portion some excellent s.tone was broken out. From tho plat the main shaft has been,sunk 25 feet; at 17.feet a vein of quartz 15 inches thick was passed through; it hal!,a northerly dip, and underlies to the west, and shows gold. The new winze' from the 52-foot level is now ,down 92 feet; the ,lode here is 4 feet thick, and shows an excellent quality of stone; a large portion of the lode is still left in the hanging wall. The battery is in progress, foundations all completed. . 'Valhalla Company are working as usual in t4e same levels. ,As .the.stopes get higher the reef shows less gold, and less iron and arsenical pyrites. Owing to the scarcity of :water this company could crush for two months only out of the,quarter, and even then had not sufficient to work the buddIes, consequently I.could obtain no returns from pyrites. ;.... North Gippsland·€ompany.-The battery is still crushing for the Long TUL\nel, Company~' The ,new,. shaft, whieh is in ,the same 'place ,as the' old :one, is now sunk' a depth of 84 fee~; when it reaches the same depth, viz., 94 feet,the ,claim will be in full working order. '" ' ," , ' '. .Perseverance.Company.-The Bank of V.ictoria is trying to let this claim on tribute., North Walhalla Company are sin~ing and timbering their main shaft, ,which is down 12~,f~et; they have also· driven a crosscut to the west 20 feet; and are .sinking a winze from the, upper, tunnel. ," " . .: . , , • • > ;:H.ercu~es qomI?Rlly,-The1wim:e b~tween.Jt.?e up,Per.and';lower"tunnels ha.s b~e~ sU!lk.a,d~pt¥·of 153 feet, th~. ieef varymg from l18 mchesrto 4 feet m. Width ;i ll1' abQut 30.feet : more :they,expect to 'get 'to' the 'level ('of' the ~ lower tunnel, whence a drive to the north will be commenced, in order to thoroughly prospect the reef at the adit,. ' , J. ", Eureka ,Prospecting Amalgamated Gold Mininl; .Company have· sunk two winzes,and driven ,north' a considerable' distance. the r~ef averaging 2 feet in thickness. The second trial crushing, which took place at th~ Old Happy mill,.' gave a'result of13 dwts. 18'grs"per ton, The directors' have resolved to endeavour to make terins with,the Empress Company for the'purchase ofthemachinery formerly- belonging to the South;Gippsland Company;'!', . ' ,,; . • Longfellow's Company.-The chamber heing finished, ,men are employed fixing the' pu~ping' and, windlng maehinery. . . \ \ " . ,Golden' Eagle Company.-The tunnel. is now,in 300 feet, several gold7bearillg leadersha've' been stru~kl but before prospecting them it is the intention of the shareholders to cut the main reef. . ".,.. ~; .' ;,). . ";', '. " , ,Emperor Company 'aredriving,in; a nOl'tlierly direction along the course of. the .reef" with the object ofl getting' under the ,.upper.workings; i~ .. ?rder t~' est~bJ.isn\ .cpm~ullication w~th the same!, ,and.so' thoroughly,ventilate,the' min'?,. When this. is effo.cted, the company wlll be in a positIOn to raise stone for crushmg., \ . ... ',' .RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION. :Afr. Charles Gadd,ltIining Registrar• •' '" ,The cem'ent work,ings at, the "l'angil have n.ot'turned ,out· according' to expectatio~s; but it, i~. the ge~ehil"opinion, here'that the. whole' of'the companies would '.be remunerative worked ~m tribute, besides giving erriploym!"nt' to' a large number of miners. , , There is now more attention paid to quartz mining, particularly at Russell's and Pheasant'Creeks: The New Year Comp'any have the whole of their plant and engine on the ground, and are pushing' on th'e work'df'ere'ction, and, , expect to commence crushing on or about the 20ch May. A whim for raising quartz is also being erected:" II 'have registered three prospecting quartz 'claims during the quarter,~the whole of which are now being prospected. ' The Happy-go.:Lucky, Cross· over, have not ye't commenced crushing, owing to the tables being condemned, and having to send to Melbourne for oth'ers. , , " ,', ' , ' , \.' " r The Albion Company are further prospecting'their ground,' , Two prospecting creek claims ,have .also':heen, registered, .situated near, the ,Tarwin River; prospects obtained, about t. dwt. to .th~ dish"5 feet sinking, hut no waterto.wash. with.,;, Two, parties have. been out, toward,s, t4e head of tlie' Latrobe, .b~t,~ave·?eeri, unable. to 'fin4 /hem,e~ sup~6i;ed:'t? :b~ d!gging in that' neigp.bor)lOod., ":, ','" 'v , ", p ."$ ':tt ':JJ '\~,:. ·>1. '(,,-, ;:l·,I.\.~ .. "I 'or, ",.' " j ... ! T_".~ '"'tl' f·~·:d"'r ,: ;I'li ;:-3f.-itt)~ll: ::fft. ~ j:,;;!.' " .. j,.,(.. 'iI,,, .', ,T, J,;'!j' CI;;:,,~~~JWO ,SUBDIVISlp~. '" "f' . 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'\' , " ,; ., ~ -, ',.{: ;I' ' ",C "The ,.UnitednTllnnel ()!aim:-This'.coinpany.have 'not yet struck: their reef;';lxlthough ·t4ey 'hl).ve'~grive~'~t~leiI' tunnel to about 350 feet. > 39 The Morning Star Prospecting Quartz Claim, amalgamated with No.1 South, and Nos. 1,2, and 3 North. The proprietors of these claims have succeeded in forming this into a company styled the Bendoc Gold Mining Company (limited), and have commenced operations. Oome-Io,:e.-This company have had several small crushings this last quarter {shown in table), but it is their intention at once to commence a vertical shaft, to enable them to raise stone at deepel' levels, as the stone procured this last " o By Authoritf: JOllN FBEERs, Go~ernment Printer, Melbourne. '.