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1864. VICTORIA. REPORTS Oll'THE MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARSQ QUARTER ENDING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1864. PHESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND. }S~ linuttllfit)}: JOHN FERl~ES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE. !IIo.18. '. APPROXIMATE COST OF PRI~PA1UNG REPORTS. DETAILED PAnTICULAUS~ AMOUNT. £ s. d. cost of Preparation, abnut,,· r~ Y 7 0 0 l'rlnting.. .• 75 13 4 AlteraUons and Corrections after being In' Type 5 5 '0 TOTAL £ ---s718-4 ; If 'r - .. ~. • .. ,': I SU,RVEYURS"' A.Nlf REGISTRARS' MtNING,' , ,RE'I>ORTS.. ,', ' " . ,~ . l ' .. ~ ,,~, ., "q .... ' ••- No. f nmsION .. " Mr. Rohen Davidson, Milnim{}: S'Uft"I}eyor and Regi8trar. , .•.•• J ' .. ~. .. , • "!' Europeans. I Chinese•. Toml for the t .. i . , Divi.slon. ' " Alluvial MiIiers ... , .... ,1,280 . Quartz Miners ... ' J----J--~-I-----I " Total 1,280 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINBRS ~S'TlIUS-DISTRIBUTBD:-' Frenchman's Lead 90 Inkermann Gully; 55 W oolshed Lead 45 White Flat .. 35 Redan Lead ... 115' 'Sago Hill ~, .. 120 Golden Point Lead _.0:.; 210 Campbell's Gully 62 Inkermann Lead -233" , Bunker's HilI:.. :--- _. -" 130 Swamp Lead '" 45 Suburban Lead 65 Total ... 1,310 Dead Horse 'Lead ,105 . "t. : THE MA.CHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:..,... , r ~. ~ •. , t • ~ .." •• ) • ) . .' I r \ ---'.' . -- .Aggregate At Work I' Idle. , I,HOl1!6-l!<JW<!r of· ' At Work Idle, Btellm JiJDgines. ,,:. " ',\ ... ; .. : t ~t'f .\: ~ .:.. I Steam Engines 58 5 820 1 28 50 Puddling Machines 56 3 e 1" .~ ~.. Whims 8 2 Whips - 2 .... ... .... _J~: _H. " .. - - . _..... - Total value of mining plant in the division, £36,750.1 Number of sq~e miles of ~lluvi8J ground which is bemg, or,may have boon, actually worked upon, Ii. .. - N!Jlllber of distinct quartz reefs which: have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present'time, 5. .., .. ,- - - . .. i The price of gold during the quarter in the~i:livision h:~s been frQlV. ;£n9~. 6d. to £4 Os. 6d. per oz. 4 TBE FOLLOWING INFORlUTION ms BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TBE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSBED DURING TBE QUARTER, A.ND THE GoLD OBTAINED TBERBFROM. I Where Quartz waa Totel Yield of ' Remarks relative to the Name of Company. , obtained. Quartz crushed. Yi!i~:ld Depth ..t whioh tho per ton. ,Gold. Q1Ii!.rtz was obtained. ton cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Great Extended' ... Great Extended Reef 50 0 0 o 12 0 30 o .0 I have the honor to state, that during the past quarter mining operations in this divislOn have been prosecuted with more than ordinary vigor, in consequence of the unu8ually large yields of gold from our principal claims. An impetus has al80 been given to speculation by most of the well.established companies dividing their shares in serips of say from forty to sixty scrips to a share, thUB enabling many persons of small capital to make investments which heretofore were beyond their means. Since my last report, the Band of Hope Company have obtained 8,282 OZ8. of gold from the gutter immediately south of the Great Extended workings. They have paid in dividends £24,000, giving £7 lOs. per share or scrip, on 3,200 scrips. The yield from the Koh-i-noor Company, Golden Point Lead, has also been very good, the amount of gold obtained being 6,537 ozs., value for £24,543, of which £15,600 have been paid in dividends, giving £390 per share on forty shares. The Great Extended Company's yield has been tolerably good, being 3,036. ozs., which allowed of dividends to the amount of £126 per 80th share being paid during the quarter. This company in their alluvial researches some time back: strnck a quartz reef, from which fifty tons of stone have been crnshed, . yielding an average of 12 dwts. to the ton. The company are now driving to cut thc,reef at a deeper level; after doing which they propose, if it be equally rich at the point of crossing with that already tested, working it on an extensive scale., , The Cosmopolitan Company's returns for the quarter are as follow:-Yield of gold, 1,477 ozs. 15 dwts. ; disbursed in dividends to the amount of £99 ppr 42nd share, current expenses, and a balance carried to the reserve fund account. '. The Spes Bona Company, Golden Point Lead, have strnck a tributary gutter of the Golden Point, apparently flowing from a north-westerly direction, and joining the main lead in the ground formerly worked by the Homeward Bound Company, which the discoverers are now reworking. The Albion Company, Frenchman's Lea4, continue working, but with indifferent success, their receipts for ,the past quarter being 1,199 ozs., allowing of two dividends of £15 and £10 respectively being ~aid. .- The Hand-in-Hand' Company's drives have been swamped out for several weeks by a rush of water from the drift above the Republican gutter, which it is believed was accidentally tapped. Several members of the Great Republic Company, whose claim was bought lately by the Royal Saxon Company, have reorganised, and repurchased that portion of the old company's claim containing the Inkermann Lead, a large extent of which has never been efficiently worked, and which the new company (Ascot Company) are satisfie(i Will pay for reworking. " The sinking of the Royal Saxon Company's shaft progresses steadily. The Ballarat Extension Company, Dead Horse Lead, have, for several months, been working in the gutter, with but indifferent resUlts. This was caused, not by the poorness of the washdirt, but from their not having drives sufficiently extended to allow of any large quantity of washdirt being obtained. Up till the present time, they have been working with but one puddlin/! machine; but from the speed with which the laying qualities of the claim are now being developed, it has been found necessary to erect a secon machine, which it is anticipated will have a great effect in increasing the returns. At'Sago and Bunker's Hills, matters remain in the same state as mentioned in my last report, all spirit of enterprise having seemingly deserted those localities. A fair prospect has been obtained from the Sailor's Gully Lead by the Carpentaria Company, but nothing positive as to the real value of the gutter has yet been proved. With the exception of that already referred "to in my remarks concernin$ the Great Extended Company. there are no quartz :workings being earried on in this division on which to report. No.2 DIVISION. Mr. P. 0. Fitz Pairick, Minving BU'l'1JeyOT and &giBtratr. TBE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINBRS IS A.S FOLLOWS:- TotAl for'the I·Euro~' ! OhInese. Division. Remarks. Alluvial Miners ... ... 125 550 675 Quartz Miners ... ... 680 ... 680 . Total ... 805 550 1,355 5 THE MA,CHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:- ALLUVIAL MINING. QU.Ul:rZ MINmG. Description of MlIcbI.neS. - I Aggrega.te Aggregate At Work. Idle. , At Work. Idle. HOrse-Cor HOJ1ID..~~rOf Steam . es. : Steam meso --- , Steam Engines employed in pumping, wind- ing, puddling, &c. '" ... ... 1 ... 12 , .... ... .. Whims ... ... ... ... 2 • oo ... • oo ... .. Puddling Machines 'OO oo. ... 52 ... ... .oo ... ... Steam Engines employed in pumping, wind·· ing, crushing, &c., &c. 'OO ... ... ... ... 14 2 312 In course of erection ... ... ... ... ... .. 1 ... 20 i . Total value of mining plant in the division, £34,000. Number ofsquare miles of alluvial ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked upon, 1. N!1mber of distinct quartz re,efs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to t4e present tlme, 7., . The price of gold during the quarter in the division has been from £4 to £4 Is. Od. per oz. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND .oEMENT ORUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND 'rHE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM. Wheze Quartz, &c., were Total Yield Remarks rolative to the Name of Oompany. I Quartz crushed. of Gold. DepthatwldohtheQuartz obtained. Yi~~ldper • was obtained, &c. - ton cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. 0 .. dwt. gr. Black Hill ... ... Black Hill ... 18,500 0 0 0 1 91 952 0 0 Open cutting 70 feet deep Independent ... Ditto ... ... -3,808 0 0 0 2 6! 398 0 9 Open cutting 65 feet deep Temperance ... Band of Hope Reef 491 0 0 0 7 0 172 0 0 360 feet deep Sisters' ... ... Ditto ... .. 1,385 0 0 o 10 15~ 788 1 0 About 140 feet deep Band of Hope ... Ditto ... .. 880 0 0 o II 18,\ 5i8 4 0 About 360 feet deep One and All ... Ditto ... ... 120 0 0 0 5 8 32 0 0 240 feet deep New Monte Christo Co. Monte Christo Reef 436 0 0 0 5 17! 125 0 0 40 feet deep Little Bendigo ... Ditto ... ... 742 0 0 0 7 181 287 15 0 45 feet deep Clydeside Company ••. Dimock's Reef ... 185 0 0 0 9 22 91 15 0 25 feet deep Robertson and Company Ditto ... ... 25 0 0 0 7 5 9 0 0 Under 30 feet deep Caledonian '" ... Monte Christo Reef 16 10 0 0 o 19i1r o 13 12 70 feet deep 239 0 0 3 Nil Desperandum '" Ditto ... ... 0: 5! 38 15 0 70 feet deep o ! Total ... 21,822 10 0 3 2 3,363 3 21 Companies engaged in CTWIhing Alluvial and Cement. Majestic ... ... Black Hill and Mo- 6,000 0 0 0 o 16 199 17 0 From surfuce to 20 poke Gully feet deep Two Ton ... ... Black Hill 3,000 0 0 0 o 14t 89 1 0 From surface to 40 '" feet deep Total ... 9,000 0 0 0 o 15i 288 18 0 There has been no change of any importance to report on for the last quarter, save that some of.