1873.
, - VICTORIA.
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'REPORTS
OF THE
MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS.
f QUARTER ENDED 31sT MA.RCH 1873.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES.OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
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Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 31st March 1873. Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter, in some of the Deepest Mines in Victoria; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 31st M~rch 1~73. Gold received ~t and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter ended 31st March 1873. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1873. SiImmaryof Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed and crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1873 , p.17. . Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st March 1873, p.21.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Page Ballarat Central Division Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar ••• 7,16,17,21,25 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar ... 21,26 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor:land Registrar 7,21,26 Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7,21,26 Creswick Division ... Mr: .James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ...7,16,19,21,27 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor an~ Registrar 7, 21, 27 i:\teiglitz Subdivision Mr. O. W. Collins, Mining Registrar ... 8,21,27 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain" South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar ••. 8,16, 18, 21, 27 Subdivision Balian Subdivision ... Mr. G. P. Black, Jl'Iining Registrar 8,21,28
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division •.. Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar 8,14,21,28 Yackandandah Division .... Mr. P. Wright, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8,16,21,29 Indigo Division Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8,18,22,29 Buckland Division ..• Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Uegistrar: , 9,16,22,29 Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9,18,22,30 Dry Creek Subdivision Mr. Robert Pemberton, Mining Registrar;1 ...... 22,30 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision .•. Mr: A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••• 9,22,30 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .,. 10,22,30 Big River Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .,. 10,22,31 Mitta-mitta Division Mr. Andrew Trench, Mining Registrar . 22 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. W: :S:. Edwards, Mining Registrar ... 10,22,31
SANDHUR,ST MINING . DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ••. " Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar ... 10, 14, 16,18,20,22,32 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Regis~rar'i 22,32 Heatheote Division and Waranga South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10,14,22,32 division Waranga North Subdivision .•• Mr. C. J. W. Russell, Mining Reiistrar 11,14,22,33
.MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar ... 11,15,16,18,20,23,33 Amherst Division .. . Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,15,18,23,34 Avoca Subdivision .. . Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,15,18,20,23,34 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor 'and Registrar... 11, lfi, 23, 34 Korong Division Mr. Irvin Martin, Mining Registrar '... 11,23,35 Redbank and St. Arnaud· South Subdivisions Mr. P. Simpson, Milling Surveyor and Registrar 12,15, 16,23,35 St. Arnaud North Subdivision, Mr.,P~ Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,15,23,36
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Mr. Thos, L. Brown, Mining Surveyor a~d Registrar 12,23,36 Fryer's Creek Division Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,19,20,23,37 Hepburn Division...... Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar i 12, 15,20,23,37 Taradale and Kyneton S,ubdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12,23 Tarrangower Division Mr. Robt.Nankivell,MiningSurveyorandRegistrar, 13,15,19,20,23,38 St. Andrew's Division Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••• 13,15,23,39' Blue Mountain North Subdivision :\lr. Grahmn McPherson, Mining Regist4r 13,24,39
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT . Ararat Division . Mr. Ferdinand M. Krause, Mining Surveyor and Regis- trar ... 13, 20, 24, 39 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 15,20,24,40 Barkly Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 24,40 Raglan Division Mr. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar 13,19,24,40
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision '" Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar 24,41 Mitchell River SUbdivision Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 24,41 ,Boggy Creek Subdivision Mr. George Allen, Mining Registrar ... 24 Crooked River Division Mr. James Travis, Mining~Registrar ... 13,16,24,41 Jericho Division Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar " 14,24, 41 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor "and Registrar... 14,24,41 ' Stringer's Creek Division Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar 14,16,19,24,41 Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. Gadd. Mining Registrar ... 24,42 Bendoc Subdivision Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar ... 14,16,24,42 Tarwin Subdivision Mr. E. W. Turner, Mining Surveyor and 'Registrar 24,42 Traralgon Subdivision Mr. C. Denis, Mining Registrar ..... ••• 24,42 A 2 · \
.,' \ SUMMARYo ,
GOLD MINING STATISTICS, FO:n, THE QUARTER ENDED 31st MARCH 1873. I ' TABLE SHOWING APPltOXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY 'IN USE AND ITi VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. (Oompiled from the Mining &vrveyOt'1I and Regist;a'/'s' Reports for the Quark'!' ended 31st Mm:c11873.)
Quartz t MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED 'fN QUARTZ MINING. Miners. • I N~ber NU~ber Price of GOld per ounce. DISTRICT, DIVII)ION , I lUi ApproximateValue MilesSquare of distinctQuartz .AND ,;:: "" of Auriferous Reefs E ::1 Q Mining· Ground actually flUBDIVISION' f !; I ~ ~'i! Plant. ~~~~l Pfgb~d tlJllk , i Ii ~" A""_'I __From--:---TO- I,------£--.I----I---..:.I-~--:::--I-£-II.-d-. BALLARA.T, /94 Division 2,614 380 , 721 3,115 : 3,611 1Z2 8 45 42 1 53 5 43 931 " ~ " " 17 .. " 211,100 m Z4 4 0 6 4 2 3 393 623 25 1,046 9 , 181 10 52 4 11 11 'i 'i 2 Ii ,,~ "2~~ '4'" 0 7 .. 23,940 ' 6 14 4 1 0 4 2 0 681 130 160 911 28 1800 Z2 '4 22 13 11 'j ~.. ,"" ,. " 43.000 16 13 400420 , l,470 340 10 1,880 62 1;410 69 8 IS 11 66 iii 640 500 900 2,040 15 350 11 95 16 1,000 10 2 3i 1,lGG '2 ] 20 :: '4 :: 'i 1~~ i~ u: g g : ~ 3 5 11 186 193 2 9 ~~ ,',' '::: ~ . '2' '1' 9,270 3~ 19 3 18 00 44 ,00 0 100 140 700 940 3 'ioo 18 '; 19,215 50 13 19 0 and' BI';~ 200 900 6(() 1,040 000 'i5 339.. '," 16 " " 43,500 ~ 90 311 0 318 6 Mountain South Subdivision Balian Subdivision" .. .. 40" 40 .. __'_' ____ " ___ "_._" ___ "_ -.::_ " -:...,1::--_ ___10__ --,-,-I...,..,.!.- -1--,-_1.:..00_0_. ___1 __ ___3_ 316 6 31S"6 "~ "-~.3.-4.!--~-I-.-.-I-c-"::-1...... ,1.9.- 1 1 ~I~" "I~'::-' 1 1 1 Total. ,. .. .. _6._10_9 _2,_42_0 _3,_~42____ 11_,8_7:':' _._208____ 6,_36_4_ ._._. ___v _ _2-31_._86 _____1,_138 ___ 1___ 4_1 2 _1___ 20__ 1_0_~3,329 2 1_ ~ 54 ~ _2_1-:--506-,8-25__ 1-_1_47_~__ 1___ 20_2_1 1 I I ~ BEECH WORTH, 25 210 .." 6 12 5 5,200 3 52 20 " .. 2 6 89 3 118 • ~ 50,160 41 92 318 6 416 ]leechworth Division , • 1,176 935 83 2,194 i" "" 4 0 0 Yackandaudah Division , , 284 360 ~5 139 1 6 317 6 62 591 12 348' 'il:: '39 iiJ 38 3,gos& ,~ i; 20 :: ,,'i ~ 1,2, : ,,' :: 'i '6 :: ~~:i~g l~i ~ 400 406 Indigo Division •• •• 371 156 r 311 9 3 IS 9 Buckland Division.. .. 95 1,233 376 1,108 2 22 "2" .. .. '3 2,000 .. .. 48 .. .. 1 21 28S 4 289 1 .. 1 .. .. 39,575 60 391 50 140 350 3 56 316 0 416 Alcmudra Subdivision .. 160 " :: .. :: 57 316 0 4 1 0 Dry Creek Subdivision ., 70 80 150 ,~4 ,~ 4~:: '4 :: :: ,~ ~~ ~o :: .:6:~ :: ,~ .~ :: 18,:zg 2t ]le1lJl11& Subdivision.. .. ::-- 3 0 Gaffney'. \-Teek Subdivision "61 .. 6 "92 ii; 'i15 :: :: :: :: :: :: :5: '200:: \5 is :: :: :: 's 'Sa ii> ii's " 'i .. " .. 29:315 ~~ '~~ iii 3 is 0 165 10.170.. 345 " .. " .. .. " 270.. 20 20...... 8 115 9 250 '2 " '4 :: 'i 60,321 18 94 300 318 0 Wood's PoiutSubdivision •• 310 0 316 6 n 24g '3 :: :: :: 52 " 42:l: :: :: :: :: , 350 312 0 • n ~g ,~'4 f~ :: :: :: :: :: :: :: 2,~ 1~ l~ _,~ 19:~t; ~ 1~ 3 16 9 318 3 Jamieson u 70 100 296.. 466' .. ,...... 400...... 5 '18 '2 '17 :l: " " .. .. 15,200 Ill.! 24 ------1---1--11-1--::::------.-.------=-I--:-:::--I·-~-II----...,:--I TotoJs " _2,1_82___ 3,1_8_0 _1,_37_6 _Z4__ 7_,36_2 ___ 43__ 1~ __102_1 . .,-13_1' __ 1_ 26 51 14,010 9 ~~ _"___ "_.~ __14_._II __ 9-5-6_1--40-l_-1,_128_-II>_-4f-'I' ~ _1_6___ 1_0 __~ 265,587 255 803
SANDHURST, - 318 3 S.ndhurstDivision" .. .. 1,7~ 639 4,3M 22 6.105 20 298'.... 104 6 26 " .. 21 " 6 175 1 193 3,'1i '2 1'~g ~ .. 211 254 1 445,000 22 318 316 0 ii;,'i.'i~:~iB~¥~on ;mdW;"'~ni& 400 ~ 520:: ~~ ~: :: :: :: 57 '4 's "14:: :: :: :: .:: :: 1~ 214 .. 147) :: iii 2i :: 25:~gg n i~ 316 6 South Subdivision • ,. 313 6 W.mngaNortbSubdivision .. _1_7Q___ 66___ 1_95 ___ 10....:1 __43_1_1.-- ••--I~-'-'-:~I~.. 12 ,,5 .." ... " I~"!~" 9 ~ .. __89_.JL .. I~ _22_+_'_'-1-__1_9,;..1_00_ 1__ 11__ 1 __ 1_03 __ 1 Totals" .. .. 2,352 715 5,013 32 s:m ·20 298 .. 173 10 39 14 21" 6 175, 2Z4 4.014 2 1.402 ~ __234_+_291 __ 1__ 1_11--483-..:..,42_5_1--141_-11-_129--1 ------..:.--l--,-I--- 1- 1--1-- 1- .-1: . ~. MARYBOROUGH, 4 0 0 4 1 6 Maryborough Divi.iou .. .. 2'rr~ 1s 8~:: ~ l,~ ~ :: l~ ~ ~ 1~" 1~ 2 ~ 132 4 2g og: :: ~ ~. :: ~ 1~:~ ~ 1~ 319 0 406 Amherst Division , ; .. .. 3'm ro :: 4 0 0 4 1 0 Avoca Subdivision ~. :. •• 764 1.~ 63.. 2,4S9 9 275 8.. 17 6 19 39:: 11:: 3 :: '2 4~ sr!! :: ~ '~I ." "~ n! " ,18 616 11~ 18 319 0 4 1 6 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Division. 420 """ 510 11 1,307 1 12".. 14 16 8 ...... 30.... • "" 186 ,,' .. ~ .,. .. 16 185 1,413 5~ 240.. 2,Z45 2 20.... 19 3 9 ...... :: .. 6 .. 15 256 .. 28 J .. 50 34 'I' 11 69 330 4 2 6 ~f:~OSt, A,;,,.rui' Sonth 257 10 13" . 400 ,. .. .." 9 2 1 S...... ".. 3 75" ,1'.. 2 1 ll~ 21 319 0 4 0 0 SUbdivisions 317 6 400 81. Arnaud North Sl1bdivision .. 96 107 169.. 372 :, , ...... 10 .... 1...." 2 ..'.. 13 251 .. 80 ...:.:,~., '.. 12 1~16 .. 23.323 1 65 -- I~I-;- , . 1-'- - .. 6,512 3,281 1,956 11 I~I~ 2,199 59 .. 427 77 69 . 135 115 2 86 138 6 109 2,023 834 Ii 135 _1___3_16,_9'13_ . __60__ __565__ Totals .. 1 1 1 1
CASTLEYAIN"E, 318 0 319 \I OastJelnaine Division • • • • li20 420 679 1,619 4 13 4 115 86.. 16 72 .. 44 --::.. 314 30 43 .. 106 l~~ I~ ~ 476 1.. 2~ 311 6 318 0 fret!s Creek Division ... • ~ 1'1l82 g .: 'i '3 11Z436 f1 :: 311 6 4 0 0 T 'pburn Division.. .. " . ~, ~" ti;! ~ I,:: I~ ~ ~ ~~:: ~g .~ ag '~¥ i:r ~ U :: ~ ~ 311 6 317 9 T.arad.1e and K>,,!-eponSubdivision 116 209 312.. 691 3 79.... 18 24.. 15.. 2 .. '.. .. 15 346 .. 909 "Ii .. 10 .. .. ~ 19 164 380 1124.. 1,068 2 20.... 32 .... 24.. 56 " 29 ii; .. 36 330 .. 56 ..'. " 49 51 " 4* 74 318 3 403 225 130 160.. . 515 1 6'.." 3.... " ...... ".. 9 :: 8 ,.'! ...... " 4 0 0 406 s~~~~ gi~i:ig~ :: :: l~g 1 1~~ 1~ 311 6 311 6 .Blu. Mountain North .SubdiviBion 83 2 20" 103...... "" .. '::'-'--=-:" .... 2 _ ~...JL" __"_1--'-'-1-"-1-_ -:-,1_50--1---""--1--,---1 2.132 2,500 3,116 8;00817 905 6 281. 31 55 616 1- 182 4 104 M 1 '161 3,188 3 1,216 3! 162 178 ,,286,426 166.1 396 Totals...... _ ___ ,_,_ __I.__ II~ 1-1--- - -.i.. ---1,--·1---1-- --...... ,:..--1---'--1----1
12 414 .. 11 165 3 2 22,880 34 26 316 3 318 0 ..1:: . 3~J 43 10 'i 90,515 21 37 312 0 4 1 6· :: ~~ H~ rJ;',; 1,~~3 ~ ~~ 1~ .~:: ~g:: .. .. 25 36 .. 30 8~ :: 22 "I. 2,350 16 9 319 0 319 6 .. 240 230 2" 412 " " .." 4 1 .. " " "1 "...., 2 1Z " 8 '2 4,600 6l: 5 318 6 .. 2915 139 22.. 456 2 26.... 31 10 1 4 .. •• ••.. 1 __ "I'"'1 4 0 9 -- 1--:- _1- ---- 121,025 71 Totals .. .. 1,083 1.085. 979 I__ 5 -~'_'£u_- ;.... 12 151 1 55 19 13 49 13, " 29 fl~- - 44 Lo47 432 -:r 14 GIPPSLAND: 5,310 10 19 311 0 319 6 Subdivision •• U 04 101 360 .. S" '" 43L...... " ...... ' 815 11 21 2,000 23 18 .. ,401 ...... " .. ',100 .. .. 7: :: I~~ ~ -;~~-~1 316 0 319 0 River and • Boggy Creek 253 140 . ·one 33,261 49~ 341 316 0 River Division •• • ~ 151 17 88.. 296 ...... " .. .. 350., 28 ...... 319 3 ~O 1~ 1~ ,~ 1~" 18,672 25 30 315 0 316 6 Division . . • ~ •• 110 68 310 0 ~. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: "18:: :: :: :: :::: 316 0 y'g ltyeek Division. • 62 6 ~:: ~~ 4 1~ 1 la:; 'i ~g:~~ ~ ~~. 316 0 315 6 s Creek Division •• • • .. 2,600 4 14 k Division.. ., 5 6t~:: I:: :: :: :: :: :: :: 'i20:: 'ill 'I; :: :: :: 13 16 ~ g" 2 3 0 0 317 6 '1~ m 2 'i 5,839 26 13 310 0 316 6 vision •• •• •• 55 4S 2908 ',', !~15 "I ...... " 15.. 12 12 ...... 4 ~ .. 4" 1,833 3 4 ivision...... 405 ..., 6 .." 9 10 1 61.... " .. ".. 1 ".. .., 1 316 0 311 9 20 1 1 315 0 311 6 Subdivision •• •. __29 2.. 31 __" __ 1--"--.--"-1'-'-' ...... 5"....".. 1 .. ~ -- " l 1 1 150,183 -1'-:-:15=6-+--433--1 Totals .. .. 1,315 693 926 .. I~ 1 6... .. --9-1O ll,584-2-13 59- - .. -I---::~ -1-1-4-0-~~~ II 6 1 ...... 1-2";'1,-945-1-1-4,-02-0-1--16-,850-'1-1-8- 52,813 316 10,()25 313 1,241 1-;- '247 18.206 234 431 24 --;-- .::-- 62 2,118,444 1.0m 3,260 ORAND TOTUS ~- I~ 1-5~:!~ 6'~ 655 621 !
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\ ;, I Office of Mines, Me'lhourne, 3rd May 1873., Secretary for Mincl!. l No. 22. '445 TABLE SHOWING THE YIELD OF GOLD FROM CERTAIN PARCELS OF QUARTZ RAISED' DURING. THE QUARTER IN, ':NE OF THE DEEPEST MINES IN VIO'l'ORIA, WITH THE DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW BEING SUNK, OR rfIlE SINKING OF reB HAS RECENTLY BEEN S'fOPPED, ETC. (Compiled from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars for the Quarter end,d 31st March 1873.)
Depth of Depth.of Depth at Depth . DISTRICT, DIVISION, Average Width Dip of the Strike of the the the which Quantlty NAME OF REEF. 0{ REMARKS. ;L1I1D NAME OF· COMPANY. NAME OF REEF. the Quartz Cruahed. Yield of Gold of the Reef. Reef. Roof. ~ NAME OF COMf'Al'~. deepest per Ton. Shaft. CraBB-cut. SUBDIVISION. ""sgot.
Foot. TODB. oz. dwt. gr. Ft. In. Feet. Feet. BALLARAT. Band of Hope 550 500 Shaft Is sunk with the reef. W.40" N. Evening Star Central DIvision Evening Star' .. Band of Hope 500 420 085 6 Pioneer Perseverance 330 Shaft is now sinking. Speedwell •• Staffordshire .• 220 200 200 370 250 Southern Division / " Hopewell ". StaffomshJrc .. 250 f Hiscock's •• 326 520 320 Bunillyong Division , • Imperial .• Hiscock'." .. 260 to 320 2,301 o 2 4 4to 12 o W.5SO N.5'W. Imperial Globe .. Lancashire and Brownts 80 to 110 4BO o 7 10 •• .0 ._ Smythe,dale Division •. Port PhiUip •• Clunes 71;5 690 690 , I Port Phillip Clunes .. 15,380 *0 S 21 2to 30 o E. 30" W. 30°. N.9'E. Clunes 1,012 790 1,005 • Inclusive of gold from pyrites. :N. D'E. New North C1unes Creswlck Division ( New North Clune. Clune. .. ", ~~g;~ ;~g 1,2,569 -a 12 11 2 to 80 o W.15' { Clunes Consols •• Clunes 88fi R62 872 ,Black-horse •. BigHlli S:lO 826 825 Gordon Subdivision Egerton.. .. BigHill 850 to 400 3,582 o 5 12 15 O. W.9' 427 3 o W.2' N. Albion.. .. Portuguese .. 866 t85!> * Coarse gold was got at tbe lowest level; Steiglitz Subdivision •• ". Albion.. .. Portuguese •• .. *320 to 400 ,0 10 14 the greater part Of the stone raised during the past quarter was got at 400 fcet in depth. t Co..,... gOld was got at 855 feet-the II 13 6' E.81" N. Sultan .. Pioneer 412 400 400 lowest level; "II througb the gold ill Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Sultan •• Pioneer 165 to 400 o coarse. South Subdivision Ashton's 125 125 Balian Subdivision •• Ashton's Ashton's 50 2 3 12 o W.20' N. Ashton's
BEECRWORTII. I 400 400 Preparations n.re being made to sink the Reform •• 190 lliO o :; 0 ~ 3 0 N.hyW. W, Homeward-bound IIomeward-bound Beechworth Division •• Reform .. Homeward-bound 340 320 shaft to, a greater deptll. YackRndandah Division Bigelow .. Homeward-hound •• 320 250 o 7 0 II '0 W.77". ' N.IO'W. Bigelow .. ( .. II 0 3 0 W.86' to 88' N.24'W. Magenta .. Mageuta " 3~0 220 220. Indigo Divls~on •• Magenta Magenta 160 to 180 200 o I United Miners' .. United Miners' 300 1,500 o 10 0 1 to 40 0 BuckIand Division ~ .. t Happy Valley .. New Happy Valley i .129 to. 500 1,4(13 o 7 20 2 to·S 6 1if.!jfj"W. and Christmas J \ .. :N. 42' W. N.45'W. AjllJ< .. Lucky 340 340 Alexandra SubdIvision Lueky .. " 840 3 14 19 6 In. to 2 ft. S.W.;69" Dry CI'eek Snbdlvlsion .. Benalla SubdivIsion •• .. • Tbe entry Is by tunnel, put In from bed N.45'W. Victoria I Homeward-bound *280 2S0 Gafiney's Creek Subdivision Rose of Denmark Eureka 250 500 o 5 12 S to 12 0 S.W.8S' of creek; the depth below ridge of spur N ..52'W. at boundary Is given. . I Sir John ~'ranklin Franklin 320 400 o 10 0 4 to 12 0 90" } Hope .. Mofning Star 307 Wood's Point Subdivision t T,eviathan .. Levl.than 120 100 o 4 11 2 to 4 0 S.E.80' N.52'W. N.45'W. Luck'a-All Luck's-All .. 250 250 .. No shaft; level driven from tnnnel. Big River Subdivision •• Luck's-All .. Warner's 255 500 0920 2 0 * Mitta-mitta Division •. 40" Jamieson'Subdlvislon .. SaUorBiU'... 380 1,019 087 Ii' 0 E.
SAND:HURST. 730 1,642 8· 8 N. N.54'W. Collmann 'and Tacchl': .. Wetherill 824 800 5 Great Hnstler's .. Bustier's o HustIer's 79Q 130 Sandhurst Division l Bustier's Reel: •• HUBtler's 500 to 500 520 1 2 21 HollO o N.19' N.4S"W. Great Hustler'S •• " .. ! KUmore Division •• •• 530 420 420 Heathcote Division and Watauga' South Costertleld 230 to 420 2117, o 7 22 E.60' N.20'W. Costerfield Subdivision , 600 1 I S. E.al!uW. Perseverance Nuggety 550 550 Wanmga North Subdivision .. Fera.verance 200 o I
MARYBOROUGlL Bristol Hill Extended Bristol Hill .. 340 stopped level at 340 feet, for the purpose of' Maryborongh Divlsion .• / .. sinking the shaft to a depth of 500 leet. Prince Alfred 220 220 Tbls eompany h ..., been the whole quarter ~ Croydon' T.. aum 150 to 200 420 026 80 o W,70" N, n'w. i Deed Brothers .. employed In sinking and cross driving. Amherst Division ( Finche's .. Fhlche's 156 IN o 10 10 2 6 w.aO" N.8'W. / .. I Avoca Subdivision .. ' {~nlted ~overty :: t .... Poverty 520 500 500 Sandstone 420 lSI 095 6 6 W. South Sandstone Sandstone 418 410 410 ~ Victoria.. .. I Sandstone 500 420 420 Dunolly and Tarn.guUa Divisions ( Queen's Birthday Bealiba 335 to 380 1,38i 068 Ii o W. 'Yictoria .. .. , Goldsborongh .. j" Bealiba 386 380 8S0 ~ "' KQrong Division •• •• •• ... Oxonian • Approximate: downright shaft 180 feet, Oxonian 400 to 450 288 6 12 o W.6S' N.W. New Isis 4 • ~ *450 180 180 Redoonk and St. Arnaud South Subdivi ISl/J" o 1 underlie shaft 320 feet. sions Wilson's Hill 370 300 300 St. Arnaud North Subdivision •• Wilson's Hill Wilson's Hill $60 to 170, m I 2 0 o W:85' N.30'W. Wilson's Hill .••
CASTLE MAINE. Sebastopol .. Devonshire •• 200 590 1 7 4 2ft.6in. to 4!t. W.76' N.l4'W. Lewis' Amalgamated 265 190 190 { Devonshire Reef .. DeTonshlre .. 200 Castlema.ine Division •• WattIeGully 235 257 o 16 II Ift.6in. to 3ft. E. G6' N.4'W. Devonshire .• 247 200 .0 13 19 1 6 W.G4' N. Duke of C(ll'llwall Cattle's 262 262 262 Tarrs .. 120 to 147 70 Cattle's Cattle's .. 200 300 o 19 16 3 0 E.36' N.14'W. Fryer's" .. 365 300 300 Fryer's Creek Division Q 'iffC TWO GT Cattle's .. 140 to 160 1,253 o 11 16 70 0 E. S6 N.14?W. Burdett Coutts .. •• " Cattle's 242 235 200 Cornish 250 to 380 3,166 o 12 0 !O 0 S.2S' N.IS'W. 1Argns United " , .. Cornish 580 573 Hepbul11 Division .. Specimen Hill •• Specimen Hill 310 to 383 1,743 o 3 19 6 0 S.67' N.IO'W. j Fear-not •• Cornish 458 1450 450 Cornish ... 310 to 394 188 o S 19 4 0 S.18' :N.lS' W. North Fear-Dot .. EnergetiC •• 3S0 350 Tommy Dodd. .. Brandenburg •• ISO 931 o 5 111 6 3 Energetic .. Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision I TommyDodd •• Brandenburg •• 1100 210 Prince Albert 160 21 10 3 3 6 Metcalfe Extended o Beebive •• 557 550 The reef towards the north Is improving Reebive •• 300 to 5.50 771 10 21 2 to 8 0 W.10" N.l9",W. Great Western *500 * Great Western .. o Eaglelmwk •• 570 534 534 at tbis leveL Tarrangower Division ., Maldon United •• Eaglehawk •• 400 240 o 13 19 2 toJ; 0 W.IS· N.4QW. Eoglehawk Union E.30? St. Andrew's Division •• ••I Union." ... ,Phipp" •• ~OO 603 2 I I I 3 N.20"E. Blue .lIiountain North Subdivision
, Campbell's •• 540 540 230 This'a cro.s reef: ARARAT. , *1 Kangaroo •• * ~ Vlctorl.... Rhynrney 260 195 o 14 21 6 *:s. 60" E. Eaglehawk .. ! :: Eaglehawk " 268 200 260 MMat Division ( Eaglehawk Eaglehawk .. ISO 28 o 3 19 3 6 N.2;;'W. { Lexington •• J •• Grrunpian 115 no 110 Still sinldng. .. .. 1,156 Btill sinking. ~:~~ton& Ple-.:mnt C"';;k New-chum and Cross •• 924 660 660 Still slnlting. Crown Cross Reef " .. Cross .. .. 830 810 810 Pleasant Creek Division Pleasant Creek North Cross Cross and Flat 400 to 700 1 13 4 3 tolO o N.W.25' N.54'E. Extended Cross Reef r •• Cross •• 890 700 ,870 South Scotchman'. r •. Scotchman's.. .. 840 500 500 still sinking. Pleasant Creek North Cross Cross and Flat .. 776 700 640 Still sinking. Barkly Division ~ ...... I .. Rip and Tear " ~ .. Sailor's Gully 250 250 250 Raglan Division .. RIc'1mond Richmond 180 I 6 2 2 o
GIPPSLAND. Omeo Subdivision •• • .. .. , .,." Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Subdivi- sions . Good:Hope Good Hope .. 700 500 700 Tbe Good Hope Company have' It In con Crooked River Dlvlsion Good Hope GoodHope .. 650. to 700 320 o 19 20 o 10 W.70" N.W.and S.E. templation to SlnkanotberWlnze, making Jericho Divi3ion i" •• HarbInger Harbinger 130 710 o 3 19 3ft. 6in. to 6ft,6in. the totai depth 760 foot. Donnelly's Creek Division "Bismark.. .. 150 to 200 196 I 15 2S. .. Cohen's 243 to 323 4,117 1 14 19 3toll 0 W.70' N.52' j • Belvw adit. Long Tnnnel •• Cohen's 423 323 323 Stringer's Creck DiviSion North Gippsland .. . ~ 'Cohen's 170 to 200 144 o 18 11 2 6 W.70· lLong~nuel ; .. t t The shoot Is north • { 1,M~ 20\1 t5 6 W.64'> Walbaila •• Cohen's 80· Pheasant Creek 120 120 Russell's Creek Divlsion .. Cross Reel: " •• ·RIsing SUIl 120 to i60 207 o 11 16 lOin tolft.2in E. Beudoe Subdivision .. • .' Marri~tt's .. / Ophir 190 Tarwln Subdivision .. I" j •• TraraJgon Subdivision j "; . Office of Mines, MelbourD.e, 8rd May 18'78. R. BROUGH SMYTH, 0.22, Secretary for Mines. , . 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 QUA:RTZ REEFS are as follow:-
, Alluvial. Quartz, Total. I oz. dw1. ·oz. ~wt. oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st Ma.rch 1873 ...... 129.046 2 168,665 j 5 I_ 297,711 7
THIll QUANTITY OF 'GOLD, thtlJ:lroduce of thi~ Colony, EXPO,RTED, according to Returns furnished by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is, ~s follo~s:- - .
oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st March 1873 367,159 4
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GOLD RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL MINT.
STATEItIENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD recei "ed at and issued' fro~ the Melbourne Branch of the ROYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st March 18~3J : .
RECEIVED. 19S uED; I
Gross Weight of Rough Gross Weight of Gold Gross Weight of Coin. I Gr90. Weight of Gold Gold, Bulllon. BuUlon. j
OZ. oz. oz. oz. 11,420'46 39.296'42 49,181'990 864-518 I J Royal Mint, E. W. WARD. Melbourne, Brd April 1873.
I STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GOLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the ROYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st March 1873.
Gross Weight of Rough Gold. Gross Weight of Gold pnllIon.
oz. oz. 8,264'20 7,618'69 I NOT&.-The MInt hili! no evidence beyond the stntement of the depositors that the above,1s Victorian gold, Royal Mint, E. W. WARD. Melbourne, 3rd April 1873. QUA-R~Z, QljAR~Z TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETC.
, SUMMARY.
THE following inform~tion has been optaineg relative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ and QUARTZ TAILINGS' CEMEii'r, ~~d MULLOCK Crusp.ed,. and PYRITES apd BLANKETINGS operated ~n, during the Quarter, and ·the GOLD obtained therefrom :-i ' "' l
MINING DISTBIOTS. Quantity Orushed. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold from ...... ~,. - Gold per Ton. QuartZ, &0., Crushed •
quartf&. tons ewt. q~. oz. dwt. /P-', oz. dwt, /P-'. '0 Ballarat ...... "6., 83,103 10 0 5 12'IS 22,S85 3 ' 7 Beechworth ...... "! .... •"1''' ~0,935 0 0 0 8 9'89 S,805 11 21 Sandhurst ... n...... 87 ;820 0 0 1 o 15'92 90,733 0 4 Marjboroiiglr::: ' ...... ' ... '" 8,380 15 0 0 10 '11'39 4,389 5 15 Castle.maine n...... 26,190 2 () 0 9 13'38 12,515 9 3 Ararat ...... 12,493 0 !l I 0 15 11'35 9,667 7 5 Gippsland ...... 8,346 0 0 i 8 15'26 11,949 17 6 ~ • T ~ •• t" .. ~ - ~.- , . - . .. ' . ------Total Quart~ ...... 247,268 7 0 o 13 0'43 160,945 ·14 13 Quartz Tailings, Cement, and Mullock. Ba.llarat· ...... , ."., ...... Beechworth ...... : 348 0 0 0 1 18'00 30 9 0 Sandhurst ...... 1,054 0 0 0 1 6'09 66 1 18 Marybor~ugh ...... " ...... 2,340 0 0 .0 2 16'05 312 4 18 ClI8tlemame . 901 0 0 0 2 15 96 120 1 0 Ararat 1 ... • ... 1 50' 8 22 Gippsland 1___ 93~.. O_O_,~ 1 1'79
Total Quartz Tailiugs, &c. , , 5,578 0 0 0 2 1 '85 579 5 10 ----- Pyrites and Blanketing8 op,erated on. ------Ballarat. 279 0 0 311 6'57 994 5 8 Becchworth ... ]23 0 0 2 2 5'12 259 12 6 Sandhurst 766 0
NOTE.-Thls Summa.ry does not snow tbe total qUl\ntities of quartz, &'c., crushed or operated on, but only the yield of certain cru6hiJl,g~t &c.. t respecting which the Mining SurVeyors 8Jld neglstrors have been able to obtain information, Owing to the circumstance til.t many of the machine· owners are unable to glve,ol' ure p'recluded from giving, iiliormntlon, it is impossible to get complete returns from 'every district; and in cOllsidering' the relative importailce of each distrIct, as regards quartz mIning, &c., the tobles relating to m~ebinery should be eXAmined and compued,
R. BROUGH SMYTH, Office of Mines, Secretary for Mines. Melbourne, 3rd May ~873. ; . ~, '~."
.MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRA'I~S' RETURNS.
r. I~ ". " QUARTZ~ ~" .
, '" I' , .. THE following informatiori .has been· obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and,Registrars relative to the QUANTITY OF, QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisiqns and Subdivisions of each . Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom". ;;';': , I)
Division and Subdivision, Average~ I r -. . Remarks relative to tho nnd .··Where Quartz wa~ obtained, ., Q' t C hed Yield of Gold ,Tota)', Yield of Depth at which the Name of Company. ~.ar z ru~ .' . per Ton. . .
Red Streak ••• ... Poverty Point ...~ . 1,940 0 0 o 2 ·0'01 l!i4 1 12 257 feet ' Sovp.reign .... ' Canadian .. . 2,800 o· 0 02 8'31 : 328 10 15 670 feet Majestic ..• Black Hili .. . 1;560 0 0 o '·1 20'61145 0 0 250 feet Two-ton ...... Black Hill' ... 500 o· 0 o 3\ 0'" ""~75 0 0 200 feet Dimmock's Reef .,. ... Little Bendigo 700 0 0 o :2 11'21' '86 7 0 150 to 200 feet Volunteer ••• ••• Little Bendigo • 250 0 0 o ·4 ·0 ::.1:·50 O· 0 130 feet .. . Parade •• , .,. Ballarat East ... 328 o· 0 o 9 i3'75 157 0 0 150 feet Black Hill West •• : Biack Hill Flat 75 0' 0 o· 8 ':,2'24 '130' 7 0 60 to 160 feet Llanberris ••• ... Gum-tree Fiat 4,737 0 0 ,0 1 13'22 367 8 2 200 to 300' feet Britannia ••• ~pechnen G:u~ly' '/)00 0 0 o 6 12'35162 Ii 8 130 feet Black Hill South ... Black Hm Flat 1,300 : 0 0 o 2 12'81 164 14 0 240,feet Norman ••• ... Little Bendigo' '·70 0 0 o 4 13'71 16 0 0 65 feet Ross and Co. ••• •• , Yorkshire 'Reef 30 0 0 o 16 0 \ 2'4 O· 0 30 feet Welcome· ••• ... . Dead-horse ... , ... 210 O· o· O· 5 0 52' 10' 0 30 feet Don... • .• ... 'Gum-tree Flat 585 0 0 o 3 7'91 978 0 180 feet Middling and Co. Sailor's Gully" .. 300 '0, 0 o 10 :'Q :' 150 0 0 30 teet Totals .,. 28,250 10 0 o 2 23'72 '4,221 10 7
BUNINYONG. Dn'IsIoN. ".,'< . Tower Hill ; •• ... Tower Hill Reef' '" '630 0 0 o .3 5'65 : '101 18 12 210 feet' Imperial ..•. ... Hiscock's Reef .. . 2,301 0 () o 2 4'7-7 253 0 6 260 to' 320 feet New HomewaId-bound Homeward-bound Reef .. . 860 0 0 o 5, 9'1'5 2,?} 8 0 70 to 150 f~et 't1 .• ------.-'---
Totals, .., ... I ~,791 0 0 0.9 ~'~4 '5?6 6 18 SlII,!THESDALE, DIVISION. ._------Globe ••. ;.. '" ~ancashire Reef, Brown's 480 0 0 0 7 10'20' 178 4 0 80 to no feet Leonidas ... •.. HaddoJ?,,·... •.. 24 0 0 1 5' I? ,~ ~O 10 0' 20 ~eet ----_._------,-'--- '. Totals .... 504 0, 0 o· ,8 '6'76 208 14 0 CRESWICK DIVISION. -----.. , ------Port Phillip '" ... Clunes Reefs .. . 15,380 0 0 o 3 13'43 2,737 12 0 , 100 to 690 feet New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs .. . 12,569 0 0 o 11 ll'i'l 7,203 18 0 220' to 790 feet South Clunes·...... Clunes Reefs ... 5,000 '0 0 o 3 6'48 , 817 11 0 Hio to 390 feet Lothair'.::' ...... Clunes Reefs l.'.. 4,940 0 0 o 4 10'88 '1;'lO0 0 0 364 to 465 feet Criterion' ...... Clunes Reefs'\, .. " 800 o· 0 o '2 21'06 U5 2 0 " - '\' ... Armagh ...... Armagh Reef 100 0 0 () ..\ 14'40 800 60 feet Dungey and party., ... Frenchman Reef 16 0 0 o 6 21'37 , 5 10 6 \0 to 20 feet Meek and party ... Frenchman Reef 38 0 0 o 6 1'42 ;!1I1O 6 10 to 20 feet Shaw and party...... Springhill ,Reef 40 0 0 o 10 3'60 i ",,20 6 0 30 to 40 feet Marks and party..... ','" George's Reef 38 0 0 o 8 'j'02 ,,):5 15, 3 Snrface)p 'Il! f!lct Morning Star' ... .. •.. Sulky Gully ..... 290. 0' 0 o 4 23'65 ,,72 5 21 60 to 100 feet , Tot·als ... 1-.....·------,-,---- " ,I I ' Egerton ...... Mount Egerton 3,582 0 0 o 5.12'23 , 98p 16 0 350 to 400 feet Black-horse .. , ... Mount Egerton .448 0 0 o 4 .6''i'1 I :.~,5 6 0 466 feet ,,' Parker's Extended ... Gordon" .. .. 820 0 0 o 5,'. i6:92 ; 233 18 0 200 to 260 feet Moorabool.Champion ... Mooraboo~. '.. . 25'0 0 070"'1 "8150 iiOfeet Gallagher and Co. ... Moorabool .. . 45 0 0 1 5, 0 I' '56 i; 0 12 feet,: .', 1:otals ... 4,920 0 0 0 5 14'7.3. l,i18J 0 0 8
QUANTITY of QUARTli Crushed in 'each Division an,d Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-~ontinued. -""------,------_-:":..-_-----;------;------:------nivlsion and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of and Where Quartz was ob~alned. Quartz CrUBhed. Yield of Gold Name of Company. ' per Ton. Gold.
STEIG;'ITZ SUBDIVISION. tons ewt. qr. oz, dwt. gr,_ Oz. dwt. gr. Albion '" ••• ... Portuguese Reef 427 0 0 o 10 14'05 226 0 0 New Albion •.• ••• Portuguese Reef 195 0 0 2 'I 1)'53 402 0 0 Tees '" ••• ••• Victoria Reef ." 30 0 0' o 12 0 18 0 0 Happy-go-Lucky...... Victoria Reef ... 39 0 0 I 4 14'77 48 0 0 Minerva .•. ... Elaine ' ... 76 0 0 5 16 1'26 441 00 Clark and Baldy,.. '" Elaine ••• '46 0 0 . 8 13 21'91 400 0 0 Lindsay and Co...... Elaine ... 214 0 0 2 15 3'36 590 0 0 Forlorn Hope... •.. Elaine ... 18 0 0 o 13 0 11 14 0 Perseverance ••. .... Elaine ••• 37 0 0 o II 21'40 22 0 0 Post Officc ... Elaine, ... 146 0 0 o 4 15'78 34 0 0 Tempera,nee .•. ... Elaine ... 18 0 0 060 580 Elephant and Castle ... Elaine .. . 32 0 0 o 12 0'75 19 5 0 Ha,rp of Erin .•. ... , Elaine .. . 85 0 0 o 10 12'42 44 14 0 Vicksburg ... '" ' ,Eli1ine .. . 47 0 0 o 6 1'53 14 5 0 Snn...... Mount Doran .. , 36 0 0 1 9 17'33 '53 10 0 Jerome and party ... Mount Doran ••• 21 0 0 100 21 0 0 Morning Star ••• ••• Elaine ... 101 0 0 o 12 3'08 I' 61 5 o· Union Jack ...... Elaine ... 18 0 0 1 10 0 27. 0 0
BLACKWOOD DIVISION Totals ... r,586 0 0 I 10 18'17 2,439 - 1 0 AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Sultan .. ' ...... Barry's ... 1,561 0 0 o 11 13'15 901 6 0 165' and 400 feet Sultana. Tributers No.1 ... Barry's ... 211 0 ,0 o 9 21'95 104 12 0 I 00, to 130 feet Sultana Tributers No.3 .•• Barry's Reef .... 114 0 0 o 5 14'95 112 1 0 80 to 115 feet Mountis Bros" Tributers .•. Barry's Reef ,., 194 0 0 o 47'S\) 41 1'5 0 100 feet Albion ...... •.. Lucky Hit Reef 54 '0 0 o 6 16'44 I 18 1 0 60 to 80 feet North Britain...... Wright's Reef 380 0 0 o 4 20'21 92 0 0 Surface to 30 feet Red, White, and Blue ... Wright's Reef 408 0 0 o ,4 12'41 92 3' 0 100 feet Constellation... ••. Wright's Reef 50 0 0 040 10 0 0 50 feet Great Tunnel ...... Johnson's Reef 120 0 0 o 2 16 16 0 0 240 feet Morning Star ••• . .. Bald Hill .. , 115 0 0 1 I 2'50 121 '7 0 80 feet All Nations ...... Manheim Reef 208 0 0 o 3 13'96 37 '5 0 40 feet, Crown ...... Simmons' Reef 750 0' 0 o I 17'25 64 9 (l Surface and 180 feet Hill and Co. ..• •.. Simmons' Reef 29 0 0 o 3 3'72 4 11 12 25 to 30 feet Big run ...... Simmons' Reef 400 0 0 o 6 18 135 0 0 6() feet Cosmo ...... Snake Gully ••• 87 0 0 '0 4 6'76 18 12 12 50 feet Undaunted ...... Blakeville ••• ISO 0 0 1 8 17'12 l!l6 12 18 ------1-----1 Tota.ls ... 4,811 0 0 7 19'15 1,875 15 18 BALLAN SUBDIVISION. o Ashton's ...... I Ashton's SO 0 0 2 3 12 ~ 65 5 0 50-foot level
BEECH WORTH l\ITNING DISTRICT.
BEECHWORTH DIVISION. 1 " 4 Revolution ," '" Deep Creek ' .. ... 20 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 40 feet Wallaby Reef ...... Hurdle Flat ... .., 157 o· 0 0 7 8'71 57 16 0 50,£eet Kingston Reef ...... Hurdle Flat ...... 54 0 0 0 8 0 21 12 0 90 feet Hope Reef , ...... Hurdle Flat .. ' .. . 34 0 0 o 19 0 32 6 0 100 feet Sunday Reef ...... Three-mile Creek ... 9 0 0 1 13 0 14 17 0 100 feet Bourbon Reef ...... Six-mile Creek .., 20 0 0 2 4 6 • 44 5 0 40 feet WaIlacc and Co ...... 'Magpie Reef ...... 95 0 0 0 9 0 42 15 0 70 feet Reform ...... Myrtleford , .. .., 150 0 0 0 5 (} 37 10 (} 190 feet Cundy and Co. ... Myrtleford .. , ... 60 0 0 1 15 16 107 0 0 40 feet Darling Grant Reef ... Granite Reef .. , ... 56 0 0 1 \ IS'S5 61 0 0 40 ,feet McDonald and Co. ... Abyssinian Reef ... 59 0 g! o 13 4'06 38 17 0 60 feet Power and Co. .. ," ... Myrtleford ...... 20 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 Surface Totals ...... 734 0 0 o 12 17'33 466 18 0 \ i YACIUNDANDAH DIVISION. Hillsborough. ------Bigelow and Clingan ... Homeward-bound Reef 250 0, 0 0 7 0 87 10 0 320 feet, 5 feet thick J. C. Bigelow ...... Pride and Stringer's Claim 74 0 oi o 15 0 55 10 0 8Q feet, 18 inehes thick McDonagh and Co. , .. Bon Accord Reef ... 80 0 0 1 o 16 0 64 0, 0 SO. feet, 2 feet thick Twist's Creek. Wood and Bolam ... Homeward-bound ... 86 0 0 0 8 12 36 11' 0 200 feet Scandinavian .., ... Scandinavian Reef ... 40 0 0 0 5 6 10 10 0 Surface 'Polar Star ...... Polar Star Reef ... 36 0 0 0 7 0 12 12 0 50 feet Jones and Dempsey- . ... Jones' Reef ... '" 35 0 0 0 6 6 10 HI 18 Surface' .- Totals .. : ... 601 0 0 0 9 5'70 277 11 18 INDIGO DIVISION. Magenta ...... Magenta Reef .. . 200 0 0 0 5 0 50 0 0 160 to 180 feet Giroud and Co. ... .,. Good Hope Reef .. . 8 0 0 4 I 0 32 8 0 50 to 80 feet AlleD'and Co...... Happy·go-Lucky Reef ... 14 0 0 0 5 17'14 4 0 0 80 feet Eureka ...... Eureka Reef .. , ... 111 O· 0 0 2 0'21 II '3 0 100 to 110 feet Croxton and Co, .. , ... Cambridge Reef 20 0 0 o 19 6 19 5- 0 SO feet' Roughead.and Co, ... Banner's HeeL. ::: I 23 0 0 0 5·13'56 6' 8· 0 90 to 100 feet Various reefs , .. : 9 6'76 18 2 0 Surface to 100 feet Various, companies (trial ' .. " 39 0' 0 0 crushings) . Various Reefs ...... Rutherglen ... , ... 500 0 0 0 5 14'40 140 0 0 Surface to 160 feet Totals ...... 915 0 0 0 6 3'56 281 6 0
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Cl'ushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
! 1 , Division and Subdivision, Average '1'otal Yield of Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz was obtained, Quartz Crushed. I Yield of Gold' Depth at which the Name of Company, per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. ------tons ewt., qr. oz. dwt, gr, oz. dwt, gr, BUCKLAND DIVISION. Buckland. ; I D. Murdoch ...... No Name Reef .. . 35 0 0 0 10 0 17 10 0 40 feet D. Murdoch ...... Orient Reef ... 12 0 0 0 II 6 I 6 15 0 50 feet Jackson and Co, ...... Try-again Reef ... 18 0 0 0 15 13'33 14 0 0 30 feet Douglas and Co, .. , ... Golden Gate Reef ... 13 0 0 I 3 1'84 15 0 0 Surface , Curry and Co, ...... United Reef ... 22 0 0 0 8 0 I 8 16 0 50 feet Maguire and Co ...... Harp of Erin Reef ... 21 0 0 o 15 20'57 16 13 0 Surface Associated Claims ... Erindale Reef .. , .. , 802 0 0 0 7 2'25 284 9 12 80 feet J. A, Wallace ...... Miner's Right Reef .. ' 227 0 0 o 15 5'8\ 173 0 0 170 feet Smith and Niall ...... Duke Reef ,., ... 8 0 0 011 6 4 10 0 50 feet Hall and Co...... King of Denmark ... 85 0 0 0 8 19-76 37 10 0 60 feet I, Running Creek. I United Happy Valley ... Happy Valley and Christ- 1,733 0 0 0 7 20'46 680 9 0 80,275, and 500 feet mas Reefs Step Bros., ...... Step's Reef .., ..' n- O 0 0 9 5'29 35 10 0 100 feet
H arrietville. "
Law, Hanna, and Co. ... United Miners' Reef ... 1,600 0 0 0 8 3 I 650 0 0 300 feet Robins and Co...... Kangaroo Reef .. . 35 0 0 o 14 20'57 26 0' 0 40 feet Sharp and Co...... Carlton Hill Beef ... 8 0 0 o 17 12 7 0 0 9 feet Breen and Co, ...... Never Mind Reef ... 15 0 0 0 6 0 4 10 0 Not stated
Ovens River.
Osborne, Howman, and Co. Homeward-bound Reef... 780 0 0 0 5 17'84 224 0 0 150 feet Brown and Co...... Harp of Erin Reef ... 200 0 0 0 2 12 25 0 0 100 feet Butler and Co. '" ... Surrey Reef .. , 5 0 0 o 14 0 3 10 0 Surface Smith and Co...... Excelsior Reef ... 11 0 0 0 6 8'72 3 10 0 15feet :'
Growler's Creek. II Jones and Co...... Albion Reef ...... 33 0 0 0 7 0 1l1l 0 Surface Joues and Co...... Albion Reef ... 28 0 0 1 o 12 28 14 0 20 feet Orcbard and Co ...... Own Hook Reef ... 25 0 0 0 16 0 20 0 0 Not stated Associated Claims ... Prince Arthur Reef ." 252 0 0 0 12 14'73 158 18 16 200 feet Hearne and Co, '" ... Salisbury Reef ... 46 0 0 1 9 1'04 66 16 0 Not stated Cornisb United ...... Alpine and Sanden Reef 1,060 0 0 0 12 12'67 664 0 0 25 and 120 feet E. H. Gill ...... Golden Bar Reef ... 700 0 0 0 5 17'14 200 0 0 160 feet Rawlings a!1d Lloyd ... English and Welsh Reef 140 0 0 0 19 14'57 137 5 0 Not stated Brennan and Co .... '" ,,:...... 15 0 0 0 8 0 6 0 0 Not stated Mills and Co...... Mills' Reef ...... 12 0 0 0 15 0 9 0 0 20 feet Stephens and Co. ... Mills' Reef ...... 4 0 0 1 7 18 5 Jl 0 7 feet Spasbett and Co ...... Constitutional,Reef ... 23 0 0 2 11 7'30 59 0 0 130 feet Brown, Green, and James ... London Reef ...... 28 0 0 1 10 o ' 42 0 0 12 feet I Totals ...... 8,073 0 o i 0 9 0'80 3,646 8 4 ------ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. I
Ajax ...... Lucky Reef ...... 13 0 0 3 14 19'38 48 12 12 340 feet Leviathan Tribute ... Lucky Reef ...... , 23 0 0 1 13 10'43 38 9 0 200 feet Mysterious ...... Mysterious Reef ... 488 0 0 0 6 14'68 161 6 14 200 to 260 feet Prospecting ...... Montezuma Reef .. , 15 0' 0 o II 0 I 8 5 0 120 feet Northern ...... Northern Reef .., 55 0 0 0' 12 0 33 0 0 220 feet Last Chance ...... Last Chance Reef ' .. 19 0 0 0 9 14'21 9 2 6 120 feet ,9 I Egan and Co, '" '" Outward-bound Reef ... 0 0 I 3 3 I 10 8 3 30 feet J ones and Co...... True Briton Reef ,., 2 0 0 11 5 0 22 10 0 80 feet' Prospecting ... .. , Triumph Reef ... 4 0 0 ,0 19 18 3 19 0 Surface to 40 fee t I Prospecting ... '" Independent Reef ... 16 0 0 2 7 3 37 14 0 80 feet Tribute ...... United Kingdom Reef ... 10 0 0 2 19 6 29 12 12 150 to 250 feet Menoni and Co, ...... 3 & 4 North DurhamReef 62 0 0 I 3 0'58 71 7'12 80 feet Roundtree and Co, ... 5 North Durham Reef ... 22 0 0 1'15 22'9i 39 11 0 60 feet Bruce and Co...... Union Reef .. ' .., 85 0 0 o 1,1 4'09 60 4 12 80 to 110 feet Merlo and Co...... 1 & 2 North Union Reef 91 0 .0 o 14 4'4l! 64 11 0 80 to lIO feet Lewis and Co...... Albion Reef' ...... 45 0 o I o 12 11'46 28 1 12 70 to 100 feet Saunders and Co. ... Norfolk Reef ...... 3 0 O· o 10 8 1 II 0 50 feet Erskine and Co...... Stranger's Reef ... 14 0 0 211 7'71 35 18 12 40 to 60 feet I Totals .. , ... 976 0 0 o 14 10'32 704 3 23 ------; GAFirNEY'S CREEK-SUB------' DIVISION.
Rose of Denmark ... Eureka Reef ...... 2,000 0 0 0 5 5'O~ 521 0 0 200 to 350 feet Great Eastern ' .. ... Homeward-bound Reef.., 600 0 0 0 o 14'05 17 II 6 150 feet City of Columbus ... Wallaby Reef ... 300 0 0 0 I 10'68 21 13 12 100 feet Gaffney's Creek ," ... Homeward-hound Heef.. , !j00 0 0 0, 4 lO'mh \10 10 0 70 feet to surface Totals ...... 3,40~O' -;;a 22'69167~~ 10
QUANTITY of QUA.RTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. . . .' ~ . ~
Division and Subdivision, Average Total' Yield of : Remarks.rela.tlve to the and Where Quartz was obtained, Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth a.t which the Nal\le of Company, per Ton. Quart~ w~ obtained, &c; ----i'------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. WOOD'S POINT SUllDI~SION,
Prospecting Claim ... Morning Star Reef 100 0 0 0 7 4'80 36 0 O· Chietly surface, No. I and 2 North Amalg. Morning Star Reef 4000 0 0 2 1'92 4112 0 '150feet Hope...... Morning Star Reef 403 Q 0 0 13 7'50 268, 5 0' From 200 to 380 feet Telegraph ... ' , ... Waverley Reef . 200 0 0 0 2 15'12 26 i; 0 100 feet Franklin ...... Franklin Reef 400 0 0 0 10 0 200 0 0 320 teet Prince of Wales .,. .. . All Nations Reef . ; 159 0 0 1 I 9,'21".170. 0 0 100 feet .. ' .... , " ., Great Ea·stern...... All Nations Beef 40 0 0 I 18 0 ,76 0 0, Surface to 60 feet All Nations ." .. . All Nations Heef 470 'fr 0 0 3 14'81, 85 0 0 300 feet Leviathan .,. . •. Leviathan Reef 150 0 0 0 4 11;84 33 HOi 120 feet Oriental ...... Oriental I~ecf ... , 120 Q 0: 0 3 0'40 ,18 2 0 100 feet Golden Star .. :' .. . Oriental Reef .. . __5_0 __ 0_0,_0_11_0..-,..5 __ 2-:0_'6_4,:,'.. _' _14_6_'10__ 0 15,0 feet o ,. ; Totals·...... ~~_O_I~'7I 1,101,9 BIG RIVER SUllDIVISION. , Lu-Ck;s~afi ~~, ~". ~ .. - . ... Warn'er'e Reef 1,200 0 0 I 0 8 20'40, , '531 0 0 . ------.--'!"-"-' ·,.:.·-----1 J.umlBON SUllDIVlSION•.
Gleeson's Lease ... ••• Sailor Bill's Creek 1,019 0 0 0 8 7'26 423, 0 6 380 feet Venture ''', ... Mack's Creek '" ... 375 0 0 1 12' 15'36 ,612, 0 0 90 feet Hungarian , ••••; I, Sailor Bill's Creek ) rlOO 0 0 0 7' '4'80 36 0 0 Surface Golden Nugget.".,.. ••• Baker's Creek "', 600 0' 0 0 1 20 i 55 0 0 Surface
Totals n. ... ~~~ 0 1~ lS'll I':,126 ,cis"
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SANDIIURST DIVlS~ON. ! Koch's Pioneer Crushing ••• Long'Gully '" 9,960 o 0 1 7 23'82 13,940' ,8 0 Fortuna Crush~ng )Vorks ",' New-chum Glllly, 1,803 o 0 0 14 20'73 1,340 0 0 Metropolitan... Golden Square , 3,027 o 0 0 8 20'97 , 1,343 2 0 Roberts Bros...... Specimen .fIill ... 115 o 0 0 9 \(i' 69" '54 '6 6 Marong Crushing Works... Marong '. ... 579 o 0 0, 6 5'76 180' 13 0 W. Rea' ...... Happy Yaney:, 2;599 o 0 0 8, 10'.0,1 1,093 16 0 Johnson's Reef. "', ... Califortiia'Gully 3,234 0, 0 2 10 12'55 8,169 12 0 Shellback ..; ." Shellback,Reef . 1,297 o 0 I. 2 6'96' 1,4~5 10 12 Louisa ... " ]~evonshire Gully 3,079 o 0 ,0 19 1;1'07. . 3,of5 6 0 Beehive ...... Eaglebawk .' .. 2,562 o 0 0 15 0 1,921 10 0, " Catherine Reef' '.. : ... ~aglehaw~ .. . 2,181 o 0 0 6 7'95 'li90 9 0 Eagle ,', .. , Eaglehawk ... ; 3,240 o 0 0 9 0'35 '.1,460 8 0 Great Hustler's ... Hustler's ,Reef 1,642 o 0 0 8 8'53 686 0 0 Great Extended Hustler's... Hustler's Reet 6,946 o 0 '( 19 15'17 13,764 7 0 " Hustler's Reef :.: Hustler's Heef 3,112 o 0 1 10 19'48' 4,794 6 0 Shenandoah... Golden Square ,800 o 0 0 6 17'04 268 8 ° Mixed lots from va,.. Wallace Reef...... Whipstick ... 400 o 0 0 12 6'24 245 4 0 rious reefs New Nelson Reef .,. California Gully 717 o 0 0 16 15'39 596.12 '00 -(See page 32)... Lazarus New-chum ... New-chum Gully 1,452 o ,0 0 5 14'13. 405 15 Hercules - ' ..., Yictoria.R.eef ... 3,154 o 0 . 3 17 11:37.12,217' 13 0 Wilson's Reef ... 1 ... Marong ... 1,835 o b 0 9 4'85 844;", 6 0 Nil Desperandum '.. Raywood 3,846 o 00 3 10'37 660 0 0 South Alliance. ' .... , , 5}olden Square . 599 o 0 0 14 19'95, 444 4 0 Golden Fleece...... Stafford Reef ... 4,441 o 0 1 10 :j:34 6,692 9 0 Great Britain... '" Golden Square 2,78~ o 0 0 13 6'3i 1,844' 18 0 Garden Gully Unitedl ... Garden Gully Reef 700 o 0 1 10 2'40 1,05.3 10 0 G, G. Consolidated ' ... Golden Gully ... 4,366 o 0 0 10 20'37 2,368 7 0 Bird's Heef ...... , Kangaroo Fhtt 1,530 o 0 0 9 ,:j:oi" 698 2 0 Victoria Re~f' .::" , ••. Happy Valley' 3,300 0' 0 0 9 19'69 1,620 8 0 Victoria Consols...... Happy Valley 3,609 o 0 0 17.11'07 '3,150 19 0 I 'I'L Denmark .. ;, ... De.rwent Gully ; ... 1,217 o 0 ° 9 12'61 579 12 12 Alhert...... , ... Diamond Ifill... c· 2,223' O. 0 '0 '7 ,20'92 , 874. (9 ~ I Bendigo and Melbourne ... Kangaroo Flat 1,899 o 0 0 5 7'62 ' 504' 18 0 Great Comet Tribute ... Comet Reef ... 44 o 0 0 2 21"72 " ; 6 7 20 ,. I 'i Totals·... 84,290 0 0 1· i, '2.68,88,976 6 8 _;.,) 1:1-'1" '_I HEATHCOTE DIVISION, AND ! -", , . -, .". t ,~ :. W ARANGA 'SOUTH; S~-' .. DIVISION.
Hall and Marchesi : ... Various places 150 0 0 0 10 17'28 80 8. 0 .v:ario)lB .:\epths George Archibald : .. , Horseshoe Bend 76 0 0 1 15 7'57 134 4 -. 0 Various depths Myrtle Creek ...... Myrtle Creek ... · 251 0 0 0 17 18'45 223 0 0 297 feet Costerfl,eJ!'I ~. and A.' ... Costerfield ... 237 0 0 0 7 22'88 94 Ii 0 From 23,0, to 420,feet John Collins' .... , ... Various places 133 0 0' 0 7 J6:7 'Totals ... 847 0 0-1 0 13 18'41 li8;J 1 0 " QU~TlTy_of Ql!ARTzCrllsh~d in eaclJ. Divisiolf and Subdivision durin9the 9uarter, &c.--continued. " Division and Subdivision, Average ltemarks relative to the Total Yield of Depth at which the and Where QU!t1:~ w~s obtained. ! Quartz Crushed, Yield 01 Gold I Gold. Name of Company. per 1'on. I Quartz was obtained, &0. WAIU.NGA NORTH SUDD!- tons cwt. qr. 0 •• dwt. ,gr. 1 oz, dwt, gr. VISION, Balaclava ...... Balaclava Hill ... 1,454 0 0 0 4 15'25 337 0 6 Surface to 159, feet Balaclava ...... Fontainebleau" . ... 82 0 0 0 9 3'831 37 11 2 A. Darrock and Co. ... Various' , ...... 36 ,0,0 o 19 7'33 34 15, 0 Perseverance South, Nuggety ... 200 0 0 1 0 1'83 200 15 6 600 feet Snelling and Co ...... ' Welcome Reef ., . ' 40 0 0 2 0 1'20:1 80 2 0 50 feet Various ...... Nuggety Hill, &c. ... 120 0 0 0 420'60 29 3 0 From'lO to 80 feet 11 8 6 80 feet, dry , John Holmes ." ... Nuggety Hill ...... 23 0 0 0 9 22'17. Various...... Various ...... 89 0 .. 0 o 10 4'31i 45 6 0 Hollins and'~...... Growler's Reef ... 28 0 0 I 0 4'28' 28 5 0 200 feet, dry :Moller and Co" ." Schleswig Holstein Rep.f 9 0 0 5 10 2'66" 49 II 0 200 feet Cracknell and Sinnett Frenchman's Reef 12 '0 0 2 0 18 I 24 9 0 160 feet, dry ."," ~ ... London Reef ...... Coy's Diggings ... 124 ,0' 0 o 13 . 4'0'6, 81 13 0 220 feet Perseverance ...... Coy's Diggings ... 34 0 0 o 10 21'17, 18 10 0 180 feet Byron Reef Co, and others Coy's Diggings ... 74 0 0 o 13 2'59 48 10 '0 120 to 170'feet Grbombridge ...... Cherryotree Diggjngs .... .22 0 o : o 19 15'27. 21 12 0 Surface Cherry Tree ••• , .. Cherry-tree Diggings ... 236 o '0' io 7' -0' I 82 12 0 110 feet Kent '~~...... - .. Cherry-tree Diggings 100 0 0' 0 8 12 42 10 0 15 feet , ... , ... Totals ... n. 2,,68300108 17'96 1:17312,20 . -... I ~ARYBOROUGH MINING DISTR,ICT. , J I MABYBOROUGH,'DinSION, ' , : . ",' . ~ . PeDny' and Claussen ... Public crushings o 14 2'7~" 427 0 0 Various Johnston and SOliS ... Public crushings' o 13 22'06 i 258 18 0 Various Leviathan Tribute .. ,' ••• Public crushings o 8 1'84 I 15 15 0 Various , : 1<,1 I Totals ... ' A:M1lERST' DlVISION, Croydon .. , ... Laura Reef 150 to 200 feet Fenton and Co, ,'" ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 60 feet ' Busch ahd Co, , ..• ... Prlnce of, Wales Reef ... 55 feet Miller and Co. ... ••. Prince of Wales Reef ... 40 feet Dehnat and Co, ... Hanoverian Reef S urlace to 5 feet Beckett and Co...... Blucher;s Reef 100 feet Klein and Co. .. . ., ... Surface Hill Reef 100 feet l!,inche's .. . Finehe's Reef .. . 156 feet Meredith and Co. ... Finche's Reef .. . 30 feet ,_ .. Sangster and Co ...... Brown's Gully 20 feet Totals ... 786 0 0 241 10 11 47 0 0 60 feet - 5 4 0 '1 17 0 Surface and 180.feet 2 13 0 7 10 0 17 11 12 150 feet I 19 0 Near surface 940 Surface.to 25, feet 800 DIlNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA Totals ... DlVISIONS. . Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef ...... 1,381' 0 0 0, 6 . '8'30 438 4 0 335 to 3S0" feet Dahl and Co,... "', Sydenham Reef, .. . 19' 0 0 1 2 2'84 21 0 6 147 feet Chapple and Co...... ~g George Reef .. . 98 0 0 o 5 '0, 24 10 0 100 feet Chapple and Co_ ...... Advance Bealiba Reef .. . 77 0, 0 o 7 13'40 29 2 0 40 to 110 feet Kern and Stone and others 'Break-o'-Day Reef .. . 94 0 0 o 11 3'57' 52 8 0 60 feet Kern and Stone and others Red Streak Reef ... II 0 0 070 3 17 0 Ah Moy and Co,...... Canton Reef ... •.. 10 0 0 o 1, ,0 I: 3 10 0 70 feet United Poverty and London Poverty Reef ...... 903 0 0 o 9 ll·si 428 11 12 250 to 350 feet and Lancashire I Corfu '...~.. '" Corfu Reef .. , 15 0 0 o 8 9:60 660 South Sands~on~, Victoria, Sandstone Reef 905 0 0 o 9 5'88 . .4l'8 7 0 350 to 4-20 feet and Golden Hope Tribute I ~ Mao~i Claim ••• •.. SpecimQn Reef 35 0 0 0·17 17'14 31 0 0 RUddock and McLean ... Watt's Reef ... 85 0 0 1 0 0' 85. 0 0 Bartlett's Tribute party ... 10 0 0 1 6 9'60 ,13 4 0 Calder Bros. ... •.. Windmill Reef 22 0 0 O' 3 15'27 400 Totals ...... 3,665 0 0 0 8 12'17 1,558 19 IS KOlWNG Dn:II!ION, 1------Havilah " ...... Maxwell's Reef, IngleWood 1 99 0 0 l' 0 0 I . 99 0 0 British Sovereign ... Wehla .. , ... l 865 0 0 0 4 14'15 198 10 0 Wallis and Grant ... Wehla ...... i 60 00 0 9' 0 '.: 27 0 0 Wilton and party ... Wehla ...... 15 0 0 3 0 0 i: 45 0 0 S. Samuel.,. ... Poverty Reef, Inglewood 100 0 0 I 0 0 100 0 0 Union :, ..' .•• Greek's Reef ...... ' 19 0 0 0 '7 2'52 6 15 0 Emerald ...... Exhibition Reef ... 38 0 0 0 14 23'05 '28 8 12 . ------" Totals ... 1,196 0 0 '0 8 10'55 504 13 12 • ,'.1 12 QUANTITY,of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division ~nd Subdivision during the Quarter, &c •....:.:.continued. 1 I I Average Remarks relatiye to the Divlslon :and Subdivision, • Total Yield of . and Where Quartz WlIS obtained. Quartz Crushed. I Yj;;!~ ~o~~ld Depth at which the Name of Company. Gold. Qunrtz was obtained, &e. --,-_.- REDBANK AND' ST. ARNAUD tons ewt, qr. oz. dwt, gr, 0•• dwt. gr,' SOUTH SUlIDIVISIONS. New Isis ...... Oxonian Reer'...... 1 288 0 0 0 6 12'35 93 16 4 400 to 450 feet Scott and Co,...... Rubbly Reef ... 33 0 0 i 3 15 3'S2 124 ,0 6 2& to 40 feet. ------I---__ ~- Totals .•. 321 0 0 I 0 13 13'71 217 16 10 ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUB- DIVISION, Wilson's Hill ,.: ... Wilson's Hill ... 833 0 0 1 2 0'81 917 14 0 360 to 370 feet Sandhurst and New Bendigo Bristol Reef 54 0 0 o 14 19'55 40 0 0 200 to 250 feet Malcolm and Co,... .;. Greenock Reef 240 0 0 o 8 20 106 0 0 Surface to 170 feet, or ------1------water-level Total~ ... 1,127 0 0 0 18 21'04 1,063 14 0 CASTLEMAINE 1!UNING DISTRICT. CASTLl!:M.lINl!: DIVISI9N, Walker and Co, ... . ••• Wattle G.ully ..• •.. 98 0 0 1 2 5'39 108 18 1 210 feet Wattle Gully United .•• Wattle Gully...... 257 0 0 o 16 lI'95 2J2 0 0 235 feet Devonshire ••• . .. Devonshire Reef -... 590 0 0 I 7 4'47 802 0 0 20u feet Learmonth· ..• ... Eureka Heef... ' ... SOD 0 0 o 2 18' 110 0 0 '285 feet 'Carter and Co,... ••• Shellback Reef ... 14 0 0 2 2 3'42 29 10 0 Surface Smith and another ... Volunteer Reef ... 50 0 0 1 6 11'04 66 3 0 45 feet Sebastopol and North ... Sebastopol Reef ... 147 0 0 o 7 J 5'OS 56 I 10 180 to 210 feet Powell and others ... Nimrod Reef ...... 1S8 0 0 o 3 5'86 30 9 22 120 feet Walker and others ... Various ...... 680 0 0 o 4 9'03 148 16 0 Various, Metdge and Co, ...... Various ... .., 300 0 0 o 6 20'80 103 0 0 Various Tambaroora ...... Tambaroora Reef ... 93 0 0 o 16 21'42 78 11 0 80 feet Archer·...... • .• Break-o'-Day...... 15 0 0 1 13 4'SO 24 IS, 0 60 feet Dyason...... •.. Nllggety Reef .. . 29 0 0 6 5 12'41 182 0 0 56 feet Englishman's...... Englishman'S Reef .. . 600 6 0 0 36 0 0 Lamb and Co...... Various ... '" 592 0 0 o 9 4'49 271 18 18 Ajax...... Bolivia and Caledonia ... 1',055 0 0 o 2 9'35 126 1 2 240 and 300 feet Smith and others .. . Barker's Creek ... 681 0 0 o 7 19'58 266 2 18 Various New Caledonia ... '" Caledonia Reef .. , 1,700 0 0 I o 12,12'35 1,063 15 0 New Caledonia Tribute No.1 Caledonia Reef ... 300 0 0 o 7 8'56 I 110 7 0 Totals ... 7,595 0 0 0 10, 1'84 3,826 II 23 FRYER'S CRREK DIVISION. Eagle...... German Gully 70 0 0 0 13 19'20 48 6 0 120 to 147 feet nuke of Cornwall '" Cattle's Reef '" 330 0 0 0 3 15'27 60 0 0 120 feet Rowe and Co...... Cattle's Reef , .. 1,253 0 0 0 11 16'31 731 15 0 14u to 160 feet Rowe and Co...... Ferron's Reef .. . • 130 0 0 0 6 7'38 41 0 0 100 feet Middlesex ...... Bullock Reef .. . 90 0 0 0 11 2'66 50 0 0 200 feet Small and Co...... Cattle's Reef ... 300 0 0 0 19 16 295 .0 0: 200 feet Mills and Co. .. . .•• Cattle's Reef ... 300 0 0 0 6 0 90 0 0 I: 183 feet Black Hawk ...... Cattle's Reef ... II 0 0 i 0 15 2'1!! 8 6 0 120 feet· ... Ferron's Reef .. , 300 0 0 I 0 10 0 150 0 0 100 to 120 feet Ferron's Heef .. . ------1------Totals ... o 0 010 14'19 1,474 7 0 HEPBURN DIVISION, ------Cornish...... '... Wombat Hill ... 3,156 0 0 o 12 0'68 1,898 1 18 3S0 and 250 feet 1'. Lucini '" ... Commissioner's Reef '" 240 0 0 o a 0 36 0 0 60 feet Specimen Hill '" ; ... Specimen Hill Heef 1,743 '0 0 o 3 19'81 333 7 18 310 and 383 feet North Cornish...... Cornish Reef ... '" 1,223 0 0 o 6 4'32 377 18 7 420,300, 120, and 16 ft. Fear-not Tribute... .., Sandstone Reef 434 0 0 o 4 23'93 Hi8 4 12 90 feet New Fear-not • '" ... Cornish Reef ... 247 0 0 o Ii 0'16 61 16 0 391, 313, and 250 feet Last Chance ...... Keep-it-Dark Reef 70 0 0 o 13 3'09 45 19 0 3(1 to 93 feet J. Macdonald and mates ... Telegraph Reef 64 0 0 o 3 14'25 11 10 0 50 feet North Fear-not ...... Cornish Reef ... 188 0 0 o 8 19'97 83 0 12 310, 350, and 394· feet Freehold • ...... Mauritius Heef 336 0 0 o 5 6'23 88 7 6 190 feet Crown '..... St. G.eorge's Reef 531 0 0 o 2 2'09 55 S 7 12 feet Jeffery (public) '" .. ' Various reefs .. . a65 ,0 0 030 54 15 '0 20 to 100 feet Jenkins (public)...... Va.rious reefs .. . 319 0 0 o 9 23'21 158 19 12 o to 70 feet South Argus '" ... Collier's Reef .. . 204 0 0 o 2 10 24 13 0 50 to 95·feet Band of Hope... .., Nllggety R~ef 260 0 0 040 52 0 0 o to 10 feet Barkly.(pubLic) ... , .. Various reefs ... 253 0 0 o 9 14 121 4 14 Not known Gladstone '" ... Bryce's Flat Reef 64 0 0 o 14 12'19 I 46 S 12 i 30 feet Vineyards '" ... St: George's Reef 60 0 0 o I 0 , 3 0 0 Doodlem Buck "', ... Mauritius Heef llS 0 0 o 3 20'60 .22 15' 7 46 to,70 feet 1~ Totnls ... 9,875 0 o 7 6'18 3,583 9' 5 TARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISION. ' Metcalfe Extended •.• Taradale 21' 0 O· o 10 3 10 12 1 5 160 feet Glengonner ... ,.. Lauriston 812 0 0 o 8 II'SS 344 18, 0 150 feet Tommy Dodd '" , •. Malmsbury im 0 0 o 5 19'21 270 ,0 0 180 feet Adventure ... .. , Taradale 50 0 0 1, 0 0 50 O. 0 160 feet Fenton ...... ,. Taradale 200 0 0 o 4 21'24 4S 17 0 30 feet North Sta.r ...... Lauriston 63p 0 0 o 5 21'73 187 10. 0 120, 150, and 200 feet Frosty Morning '" ,., Lauriston 16 0 0 083 . 6 10 0 80 feet ,.' Taradale United ... '., Taradale 150 0 0 o 5 12'80 41 10 0 laO, feet , Totals ,.. 2,S15 0 0 0 6 19'67 959,17 15 "-"-, ..... ,- ' 1 13, QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during Ithe Quarter, &c.-continued. , I DIvIsIon and SubdivisIon, Average Remarks relative to tile • Total Yield of and Where Qua'tl'z was obtained, Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold, Depth At wblch the N8Jlle of Company. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &0. -- tons cwt, qr. oz. dwt, gr. I oz, dwt, gr, TA.RRANGOWER DIVISION. 0 Linscott's mills ...... N uggety. Eaglehawk, and 792 2 0 o 12 5'34- 484 2 0 Surface to 470 feet Beehive Reefs Caledonian mills ...... Beehive, Parkins' Reef, 517 0 0 o 10, 5'25 264 3 4 Surface to 470 feet Eaglehawk, Linscott's, and Victoria Phoonix mills ...... Whittaker's, Beehive, 260 0 0 0 9 13'10 124 2 0 Surface to 470 feet Swiper's, Alick's, and Post-office Reefs Great Western ...... Beehive Reef ••• ... 771 0 0 o 10 21'89 420 13 6 300 to 550 feet 3 0 0 0 8 0 I 4 0 300 to 500 feet Union, Green Valley '" Thornhill Reef ... Union mill ...... Captain's Gully, German 6 0 0 o 12 0 3 12 0 Surface to 50 feet Reef, &c. ---- Totals ...... 2,349 2 0 o II 1'19 1,297 16 10 ----- , ST. ANDBJtW's DIVISION. I 51 0 91 feet Perseverance ... Caledonia .... , ... 5! 0 0 0 3'30 7 Diamond Creek ...... Nillumbik ...... 6 () 0 0 4 9 1 6 6 Surface to 20 feet Oram's No.1 South, ... Kingstown ...... 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 0 180 feet I 0 120 feet Omm's No.5 South ... Kingstown ... '" 2 0 0 o 13 12 I 7 Union ...... Diamond Creek ... 0 0 2 1 1'71 1,238 6 0 200 feet MurraY'and Co. . .• ... You-you ...... 6~~ 0 0 o 13 0 11 14 0 130 feet Rickards and Co. ... You-you ...... 10 0 0 3 15 12 37 15 0 60 feet Muller and Co. ... You-you ...... 10 0 0 0 6 12 3 5 0 40 feet Preston and Co ...... You-you ...... I 0 0 0 8 12 0 8 12 40 feet 4 '0 0 0 2 I 0 8 4 Antimony Reef ...... Ringwood ... '" I Tot'als ... 707 0 0 I 18 7'16 1,353 16 22 ... il BLUE MOUNTAIN NOR.TH ----- SUBDIVISION. I Amelia ••• ...... Cosmo Company's c1a.im, 65 0 0 0 6 0 19 10 0 Snake Gully, Black- wood Division , I ~.-----~' ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. " ARARAT DIVISION. i Victoria ...... Rhymney Reef ." 195 0 0 o 14 20'86 144 19 12 260 feet Eaglehawk ...... Eaglehawk Reef ... 80 0 0 0 3 15'60:1 14 12 0 200 feet Eaglehawk ...... Eaglehawk Reef ... 18 0 0 0 4 10'67, 4 0 0 250 feet Eaglehawk ...... Eaglehawk Reef ... 10 0 0 0 2 14'40i 1 6 0 250 feet Grampian ...... Grampian ...... 20 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 70 feet "- Totals ...... 323 0 0 o 10 168 17 12 PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. I Wimmera ...... Various Reefs '" 2,115 0 0 1 I 14'32 2,283 17 18 240 to 700 feet 2,308 1 0 Moonlight ... '" Cross and Flat ... 2,383 0 0 o 19 8'90' Grant, Lamant, and Co. ... Cross, Scotchman's, and 3,323 0 0 o 16 0 2,658 8 0 200 to 700 feet Darlington Scotchman's Varioua Reefs 1,740 0 0 0 1520'U, 1,377 18 7 ...... 1 New St. George ...... Various Reefs '" 888 0 0 0 8 13'54 380 5 0 Newington ...... New-chum and Cross ... },ll74 0 0 0 5 0 343 10 0 460, 560, and 660 feet Germania ...... Germania Reef ... 68 0 0 0 2 20 13 16 70 feet Victoria Various Reefs 108 0 0 0 ,. 4 27 18 0 ...... " I Totals ...... 11,999 0 0 9,400 II 17 RAGLAN DIVISION. 1--"~~ ------Richmond ...... Richmond Reef ... 55 0 0 I 6 2'18 71 15 0 180 feet' Richmond Tribute ... Sheet Anchor Heef, paral- 116 0 0 '0 4 12'20 26 3 0 80 feet lei and near to the Rieh- I mond Reef Totals ...... 171 0 0 o II to'80 97 18 0 , , GIPPSLAND MINING DlSTRIq:t. CROOKED RIVER DlVI81O;S. I 1 Good Hope ...... Good Hope Reef ... 320 0 0 o 19 20'85 317 18'0 650 to 700 feet :Foster and Co...... Cumberland ]{eef ... 12 0 0 I 17 12 22 10 0 Surface to 20 fept l'ioneer ... , .. ... Pioneer ]~eef ...... 12 () 0 0 7 15 4 II 12 60 feet Seedenhurg Ilnd Co. ... Hopeful Reef ...... 45 0 0 1 1 0 47 5 0 200 feet Garry Castle ...... Garry Castlc Beef ... 160 0 0 0 7 678 58 5 6 50 to 80 feet Garry Castle ...... Great Republic Reef ... 30 0 0 1 3 16 " 35 10 0 Surface to 30 feet Totals ." ... 579 0 0 0 16 18'89 485 19 18 " i 14 " , .. R";';llrkj,'feliltl've to 'the Quartz' Crushed. Yiet;~~foid l. Total:Yleld of Dept!! at which the per Ton. i Gold.. . Qu',£~~:',:as: ob_~f:1\,d. &c. !' , tons ewl. 'qr. oz. dwt. gr" • oz. dwt. gr•. JERICHO DryISION; Harbinger ••• ... Their claim ...... 710 0 0 0 3 19'7.7 . '. ,135: 15 0 Loch Fyne ...... Their claim. ~••• ... 143 0 0 0 4 9,57; 31 ,9 0 Fern-tree ...... Their claim ...... : 24 0 0 7 8.6: 177i.18· 0 --'---- Totals ... 877 0 0 o 7 20'88 . .345:', ·,2 ' ~ DONNELLY's CREEK DIVISION, Tunnel iiI' Company's ---3-00--0-'-0-,-,.--...:.-"-12-.-,....,';, .... :37 ,W: ,q 1100 f~et Aberfeldy , .:. ••• 0 2 .,. '.'. ':" 1._ .. '.' . ground.. , " Bismark'! ••.. Lower Tunnel in Com" 196 0 0 pany's,ground . Totals ••• 496 0 0 0 15 17~6b 39Q 4' 0 STRINGEIl'S CIlEEK DIVISION: North Gippsland ... Company'sLease, Cohen's 144 0 0 0 18 17-41 134 16 12 170 feet and 250 feet Reef " 'bel()~1' 'IldiP' . Long Tunnel .'.f' ... Company'sLease;Cohen/s 4,117 0 0 1 14• .1.9'37 ,7,165, .. 1 0 243 feet and 323 feet " below adit '. , , ' , ", R.eef . " " I Walhalla ,.";;. ,,'.. Cmhpany's Lease, Cohen's 1,545 0 0 2 0 2,78 3,098 19 0 Chiefly from.,ilo feet ,,, , .. .. '". I " Reef .' below-.adit ,J Longfellow's ... ' , ... 'COmpany,s Lease, Long- ,38 0 0 2 1 1'2.6 78·,0 0 323 feet below: adit , , - , 'fellow's R.eef . Aberfeldy ... ._.w, Company's Lease, Mount 337 0 0 0 4 19'37 :;,,81,0 :q , ,', '" • Look Out ,. ,I,' , .. • « : •• t ------, ." Totals .•• ...... 6,181 0 0 I 14 3'89 10,557: 16 12 .. , Marriott's Rising Sun , ... Rising Su~,Reef ~ .. " 207 0 0 011 16 120 15 0 120 to 160 feet I Albert ... ' .. ... Albert Reef ...... 6 0 0 8 6 16 50 0 0 Surface'to 20 'f~et'; (,' •. #,. : II , ,:} ------I 1''..- ;'l. f n'~' . - ••. ! Totals ...... 0 0 0,16 .0'78 :1701'5 6 " / QUARTZ; TAILINGS, MULLOCK~ ETe~ - , "" ", , '. THE following information' hilS beeh obtained' from Returns made by the' ~iit~ng 'Surveyors -and Regis~rars relative to the Quantity of QUARTZ TAILINGS and MULLOCK, ,&0., Crushed ill the several Divisionsand Subdivisions of each -Mining District during. the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom., ., .. - ,,; /, ~ ~- . :, ... : Division and SubfilviBloll, Wbere Quartz Tailings and Quartz T~lJjngs I A veragc Total Yield of Iiemnrks relative .to the " ;~nd' . l\fullock, &c •• were and Mullock, &0., Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the o Name of Compnny. obtained: ' Crushed, per Ton, ' MnUock, &c., were obtained. !,.> " tons cw!. qr. ! oz. dw!. gr. oz. dwt. gr. BEECHWORTH MINlIil'G DISTRICT. h ,:' ,:' ',- ...... ' ; ,- . " BEEOHWOIlTH DIVISION. ' , ., ,., , , " Reform ...... M,rrtleford ...... 348 0 0 0 1 18 - 30 9 0 Various depths - , c SANDHURST MiNING DISTRICT. I SANDHUnST DIVISION, -- Denmark ...... Derwent Gully ... 55 0 0 0 o 10'03 1 3 0 ---_._------IlBATROOTE DIVISION ' - AND W ARANGA SOUTH SUB- DIVISION. John COllins ...... Redcast1e ...... 100 o ·0 0 1 o· 5 0 0 , WARAlIGA 'NORTlI SUB- DIVISION. I . Balaclava...... Various ...... 282 0 0 0 1 19'65 25 13 0 . Perseverance ...... Various ...... 250 0 0 0 o 15'98 8 6 12 Corroborie ...... Corroborie ...... 17 0 0 0 I 8'82 1 3 6 Mahar ...... Coy's Diggings ... 50 0 0 0 1 12'48 3 16 0 Surface Great Eastern ...... Coy's Diggings .. , 300 0 0 o 1 9'6 ------21 0 01 Totals ... n. 899 0 9 o I 8'00 59 .18 18 15 QUANTITY of QUARTZ TAILINGS and MULLOCK Cru~hed in each Division aud Subdivision, &c.-continued. Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Qnartz Taillngs .A. verage Total Y' eld of I Remarks rcIntlve to the and lIrnllock, &c" were and Mullock, &c., Yield of Gold 1 Depth at which the Na.me of Company. obtained. Crus!led, per 'ron. Gold" Mullock, &0" were obtained. -O-z.-d-wt-'-. -gr-.:O-1-o-Z.-d-w-t,-g-r.1 ' ----- I tons OW!. qr. I . " .... MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARrnOROUGH DIVISION. Penny and Claussen ... Public crush'ings ... 80b 0 0 0 1 0, 40 0 0 Mullock Johnston and,Sons " ... Public crushings ... 50 0 0 0 5 0 12 10 0 Mullock ,- Totals ...... 850 0,0 0 1 5'65 52 10 0 . ' AUHERST DIVISION, - " Nelson and Co...... Cockatoo ...... 36 0 0 o 16 12'83 29 15 6 80 feet , T. Bartlemore ...... Public crushings ... 584 0 0 0 2 ,., 83 0 0 Varlous depths - " Totals ...... 620 0 0 0 3 '112,15 6 AVOCA SUBDIVISION. .' Percydale Gold and Silver ' .'1 Lead ...... Fiddler's Reef ,., 10 0 0 o 10 0 5 0 0 Tailings Harrison and Co, ...... Bona Venture , .... - 5 0 0 0 1 16'80 0 8 12 Bosanko'a mill ...... 40 0 0 0 2 0 4, 0 0 Tailings... Totals ...... 55 0 0 0 3·10'25', 9 8 12 ... - , ' DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA - DIVISIONS. .. ," I Davis and Co, ...... Bealiba' ...... 60 0 0 0 1 8 4 0 0 Quartz tailings . ,- - , " REDBll'X 'AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. Lancashire mill ••• ...... ' ... 400 0 0 0 ,2}~:4~ 55 7 0 " '. .. .. , ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUB- DIVISION. . ~i' ... ", 'I"~ '" Malcolm and Co ...... Greenock Reet ... 4 0 0 2 0 0 ,\" 8 0 0 Tailings Douglass mill ...... ·351· 0 0 0 4- o ~ ,70,,4 .().- ,::I'.a.iling.-- ---. , Totals •• ,: ... ?5~' 0"0 0 4, 9'r3 78 4 0 CAS'1'LEMAlNE M1NING DISTRICT. : . HBPBURN DIVISION. . ... "'-. Old Cornish ... Various reets, &c. ... :iI8 0 0 0 4 0 23 12 0 50 to 140 feet , ---- TARRANGOWER DIVISION. ! i Caledonian ,mills ...... " !failings ...... ' - 40 0 0 1 13 4'80 66 8 0 Tailings , I j . :_-, ~ : ST. Al!DREW'J> DIVISION. " . Patterson and Co. ... Warrandyte' ... 143 0 0 0 o 19'41 . 30 1 0 ) i'" , ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ! ~ I ! PLEASANT CRE.EK DIVISION. - - Wimmera ...... 935 0 0 0 1 1'89 50 8 22 .' " !. 16 PYRITES AND BLANKETI~GS. , THE following information has beeu obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the quarter, aud the GOLD obtained therefrom. Division and Subdivision, Where Pyrites and Blanketings Pyrites Average Remarks relative to tbe and • I Total Yield of were obtained. and Blanketings Yield of Gol CENTRAL DIVISION, - Llanberris '" ... Gum-tree Flat ... 13 0 0 1 9 3'38 18 18 20 ------CRESWIOK DIVISION, Port Phillip '" ... Clunes Reefs '... ' ... 62 0 0 4 7 1'35 269 17 12 New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs .. ' ... li5 10 0 3 13 15'11 646 2 0 ,South Clunes '" ... Clunes Reefs ...... 8 10 0 4 o i9'76 34 7 0 ---- BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND Totals ••• ... 246 0 0 8 17 6'29 950 6 12 BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH -~---- SUBDIVISION, Undaunted ...... Blakeville ...... 5 0 0 o 16 0 4 0 0 Sultan ...... Barry's Reef ...... !5 0 0 I 8 0 21 0 0 ------Totals ...... 20 0 0 1 5 0 ·25 0 0 BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. YAC.KA:ND.l..NDAH DIVISION. . Bigelow and Clingan i •• Homeward-bound, Hills- 64 0 0 2 10 0 160 0 -0 borough BUCKL.l..ND DIVISION. Happy Valley ...... Happy Valley and Christ- 59 0 0 1 18 18'40 99 12 6 mas Reefs ~- SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHtmS1' DIVISION, Sandhurst and Eaglehawk ;rackasB Flat ... ' .. 152 0 0 1 19 6'94 298 12 0 . Pyrites Gold Extraction United Pyrites Gold Ex- Pinchgut Gully ... 180 0 0 5 0 1'20 900 9 0 traction J, p, Spargo ...... Great Western Gully, ... 97 0 0 5' 4 17'13 507 17 6 Koch's Pioneer ...... Long Gully ... ,., 251 0 0 2 15 5'54 693 3 0 Great Hustler's ...... Hustler's Reef ... 86 0 0 4 12 14'79 898 5 0 Totals ... , .. 766 0 0 3 13 1'51 2,798 6 ,6 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRiCT. " M.lanollOUGH DIVISION, Marine:r's Reef Tribute ... Mariner's Reef .. , 36 0 0 2 8 20'83 87 19 6 , ------REDBANK AND S1', AlINAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS, 15 New Isia '" ... Oxonian Reef ...... 11 0 2 II '1'58 80 0 0 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. ) CROOKED RIVER DIVISION: Good Hope ...... Good Hope Mills ... 7 0 0 18 11 10'28 130 0 0 --'----.------STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. T..ong Tunnel ...... 41 I) 0 2 17 11'70 117 17 0 Walhalla ... , .. ,., ...... 13 14 0 3 17 111'44 53 6 0 ------Totals ...... 54 14 0 3 2 18'86 171 3 0 -- BBNDOC SUBDIVISION. . Marriott'BRising Sun Quartz Rising Sun Reefs ... 4 0 0 4 5 0 17 0 0 . - 17 WASHDIRT AND CEMENT. SUMMARY. THE following itJformation has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY ~f W ASHDIRT Puddled and Sluiced and CEMENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GOLD o~rained therefrom. I I Quantity Puddled Average Yield of Gold Total Yield of Gold from Mining Districts. and Crushed. ~rToli. WMbdirt and Cement. Washdirt. ton. ewt. qr. oz. :' dwt. gr. oz, dwt. gr. Ballarat ...... , ...... 67,636 0 0 0 1 16'46 5,701 12 10 Beechworth ...... 9,080 0 0 0 2 S'83 1,069 4 0 Sandhurst ...... 17,371 0 0 0 3 7'45 2,875, It 3 ,0 Maryborough ••...... '" ... 34,393 0 0 0 2 23'S3 5,146 IS Castlernaine 74,614 0 0 0 0 S51 1,323 II 16 '" ...... '" ... I Ararat ...... , 130 0 0 0 6 9'23 41 10 0 Gippsland ...... , , .. ... 561 0 0 0 0 lS'95 22 3 0 " ------. Total Washdirt ...... 2.03,735 0 0 0 1 14'12 16,180 10 5 ------,-,------Cement. I Ballarat - ...... 150 0 0 0 8 1'60 60 10 0 Beechworth ... '" ...... , '" ...... '" Sandhurst ... '" ...... '" 2;700 0 0 0 0 9'48 53 6 13 Maryborough ...... 247 0 0 0 '6 6'73 77 11 6 Castlemaine ...... '" 16,743 0 0 0 1 6'39 1,060 3 0 ,0, Ararat ...... ~ ...... 3,684 0 0 1:! 3'32 2,235 16 22 Gippsland ...... ' ...... '" ------, Total Cement ...... 23,524 0 0 0" 2 23'16 3,487 7 17 NOTE,-Thls Summary does not show the totnl quantities of wR.Mirt pnddled and sluiced and cement crushed, but only the yield of certain trn8hings, &c.~ respectiul( wh[eh the l\lIuinJl Surveyors and Registrars have been able to obt.ain information. OWing, to tbe circum~tance thnt ronny of the ma.cbine-Qwners are unable to give or a.re precluded from giving information, it is impossible to get complete returns from every district; Dnd in consider Ing the relaUy. Importance of each district, a. regard. alinylal mining, &e" the tables relating to machinery should be exam!ned and compared. R. BROUGH SMYTH, Office of Mines, Sec!etary for .Minei. Melbourne, 3rd May 1873. WASHDIRT. THE follo~ing information has been obtained from Returns ~ade hy the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY of W ASlIDIRT Puddled or Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained thel'eftom. . , Division and Subdivision , I Average Total Yield Remarks ,'.l .. ti... to the and >rhor• W'7"hdlrt was obtaln."d,. W""hdlrt Puddled, Yield of Oold I . Depth ot wbich tb. Name of Company, , per ton, ! ~ Gold, Washdirt was obtained, &e. tons em, qr.j-o-z-,-d-w-t-, -g-r,-10::-: ------ BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. r CENTRAL DIVISION. Great Gulf ...... Cambrian Hill '" 6,480 0 0 0 1 17'75 563 14 4 150 feet Working Miners , .. Sebastopol ...... 8,4UO 0 0 0 I 2'11 456 19 9 396 feet Koh-i-noor , .. ... Ballarat West ... 6,840 0 0 0 5 17'46 1,958 17 0 250 feet Golden Gate .. , ' .. Ballarat East ...... 2,160 0 0 o· J 13'89 17.0 10 II 100 feet Eastern Star ... .. , Ballarat East.. , ... 2,016 0 0 0 1 13'29 156 12 20 120 feet National ...... Ballarat East .. , ... 2,600 0 0 0 0 13'22 71 12 18 140 feet Cardigan Consols ... Sago Hill .. , ... 2,150 0 0 0 1 9'48 150 0 0 150 feet United- Hand·in-Hand and Band of Hope ... Ballarat West ... 24,750 0 0 0 1 12'32 i 1,8~; 1 0 265 feet Totals ... .. ' 55,395 0 0 0 1 22'80 5,4<11 7 14 No, 22. B 18 QUANTITY of WASHDffiT Puddled o~ Sluiced in the several Di~isions and Subdivisions, &c.-continued. Ilivision amI Subdlviston. Average Remarks rehitive to the And Total Yield Depth at which the Where WasMITt ,!IIS obtlllncd. W lIs11dirt Puddled, Yield of Gold of Gold. N' 8me of Company .. ,per Ton. Washdirt WIls obtained, &0. .. - ... -~------, ------BLACKWOOD DI~ISION tOilli cwt. qr. oz. dwt. q,' oz. dwt. gr. .AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH .. SUliDIVISION. . Byrnes and four others ... Snake Gully ...... 1,400 0 0 0 0 3'52 10 5 12 Surface to 20 feet Grimes and another ... Bed Hill ...... 200 0 0 0 1 12'48 15 4 0 At 50 feet Sweet and another ... Yankee Creek ... ,150, 0 o· 0 2 0'88, Ni 5 12 At 10 feet Turner and four others ... Yankee Range ... 9.00 0 Of ,",0 o 14'29 '26 16 0 Surface to 10 feet Campliell and two others ... Yankee Range ... :~oo 0' 0 0 0' 19;62 12 5 6 Surface to 18 feet Hendon and another ... Yankee Creek, ... 140 0 0 0 I 1'03 7 6 0 At 8 feet Gallop and another .. , Grievenon's'Point " ... ido' 0 0'· I) (I" 5;55 8 2 '0' At 6 feet. , 0, Vebater and three others .•. Golden Point, .. , J :1 ... 1;020 0 , ,C!' 6:.10'60 22 10 14 Surface to 22 feet ,\' illiallls and three others ... Simmons' Heef ... 30U 0 0' 0 2 0 30 0 0 At 12 feet L oeslcur and two others ... Horseshoe Bend ,- ..•. 1,200 0 0- , .. 0 0 2:80 ,7 0 0 Surface to 8 feet Daley and five others' ... J3uteher's, Flat , 1,000 0 0 0 0 6 12 10 0 Surface to 140 feet .. , , C arpender:' ,[llld,t!uee others 'Milkiimn's Flat ,/' .....". 0 0 0 o 21 35 0 0 At 45 feet A h Tack and five others ... GoidCn Point ... ~, ~ 0 0 0 0 8 Hi 0 0 At 6 feet 1.~~~ -, '\.11 Add and seven others ... Tipperary Plat , ... 05.0 0 0 . 0 o II '87 . '23 10 0 'At 5 feet - \hToug and S9v:ell others Horseshoe Bend ... ' 1,1~0 0 0 0 o lI'ti6 26 '10' 0 At 10 feet h Tie and seven others ... ~ed Hill ... '" '1,000 0 0 0 o 14'40 30 0 0 At 7 feet , I J , ------'Totals ...... o 0 11'77 300 4, 20 1~240 70- .' - BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. ~ INDIGO DIVISION. ! , Sons and Doma COllsols : ... Chilt~rn Lead ..." 5,600 0 0 2 0' 560 0 0 280 feet Caledonian ...... Caledonian and Du~ham 2,300 °0 0 0 2 20'03 326 0 0 160 fect Leads . i t· , '['otals ...... 7,9~0 0 0 0 2 5:83 886 0 0 " --cr--- ,ALEXANbRA SUBDIVISION: ! ---- " Peterkin and Sloan ... Royal Standard,Lead ... ., 955 0 0 0 2 17'59 130 )0 0 130 feet New Gobur ...... Working Mtners Lead ... 175 0 0 0 6 0'55 52 14 0 90 feet. .. Totals ...... 1,130 0 0' 0 3 5'82 ,183 4 0 : ."\ !'.t . ") . ,"' SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT. , , SANDflUl:ST DIVISION. G11Y, Clough, and Co. ... White Hills ,...... -.- -'-', 2,n3 ,0 O. _0. ,CJO'34 194 2 15 .surface to 50 feet T elegraph ...... Huntly ...... 2,354 0 0 5 16'84 6il 2 0 1I0 feet B allarat and Bendigo ... Huutly ...... 1,350 0 °0 0 3 22'41 265 11 0 110 to 120 feet T rue Briton , .. ... Huntly ...... 960 0 0 0 4 18'4 • 228 16 0 135 feet A nnabella ...... Huntly ...... 3,477 0 0 3 9'56 590 17 0 138 feet agshot Deep Lead 160 feet '. B ... Huntly '" ... 4,610 °0 0 '0 2 16'87 623 I 0 H untly ...... Huntly ...... 1,591 0 0 ,0 3 2'02 232 8 0 90 feet N"orth of England .. , Huntly ...... 400 0 0 0 3 11'61 69 13 12 127 feet , ----- Totals ... ' ..... 17,371 0 0: , 0 3' 1'45 2;875 II 3 ~ " " -'MARYBOROUGH 'MINING DISTRICT. . •. ' I' • ; ., MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. '" .. .. ,.' , " Seaham ...... ' .... Alma" " ... 5~ • L .. ~ , .... ': ,,4,000, .0 0 0 6 17'76 1,348 0· 0 100 to 120 feet Gladstone ... .. , Alma ...... 3,300 0 0 0 4 9'60 726 0 0 100 to 124 feet John Bright .. , ... Chinaman's ...... 4,030 0 0 i 0 7 3'0311,436 0 0 150 to 160 feet Totals ... " .. .. . \7,330 ~I:-;;-::G 4'~0 3,510-:;0 A!lHERST DIVISION.' .. .. , .. ------~. ------. . ", Union ,460 3 0 250 fee,t ...... :lI1ount Greenock ... 1,750 0 0 0 1 4'50 " ,. Greenock Park Tribute ... Rocky Flat ...... 7,200 0 0 0 1 4'94 434 3 0 145 fect B and of Hope Cockatoo : " " 0.1 0 1 2'97 295 0 0 74 feet ...... " i" •• 5,250 0 .. 1Ioffnung ...... Mo'uut Greenock ... 1,653 0 0 0 2 19'38 232 I 0 100 feet - " " , . \ , 'Totals ', .. ... 21,~'530(h10l~ 1,421 '7 0 ; --,-"'-'----,------'---- , AVOCA SUBDIVISION.. , , " Sons of Freedom :,. ... Avoca Lead' .. , ... 340 0 0 0 3 16'31 62 11 0 80 feet 4 0'92 105 0 0 E nterprise ... ' .. Avoca Lead ...... 520 0 0 0 Trevithiek. and Co. ... Avoca Lead ...... 350 0 0, 0 2 l7'83 48' 0 0 110 feet Totals' ...... 1,210 0 0 0 3 13'51 215 11 0 QUANTITY of W ASlIDlRT Puddled or Sluiced in the several' :DiVi§i~ns . and :Su¥di-risions,&c.i....;;()~tinued. Division and Subdivision. . I': I Average T :t I Yi ld . Remarks relati;-. to the and W1lCre Washdlrt was Obtained.\, Washdirt PUddled., Yield of Gold' ~tGOli Depth at WbiCh the Name of Company. ------:-.I'~~_._'-' Washdjrtwasobtained,&e. . ; . .' tons .J-t, qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. ~, CASTLEMAINE, MINING DISTRIQT. --~.--~~------~------~--- FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. i Parsons and Co ...... Horseshoe.Bend 5,200 0 o o 0 10'SO 117 0 0 14 feet Ellis and Co...... • HorsE'shoe Bend 2,600 0 o o I 0 130 0 0 16 feet Myers and Co. •.. .•. Deadman's Hill 5,000 0 o o 0 3'84 40 0 0 10 to 12 feet Kennedy and Co. ... Sullivan'B Hill . 1,300 0 o o 0 4'SO 13 0 0 10 feet Vosti and Co. '" ... German Gnlly 2,600 0 o o 1 0 130 0 0 12 feet S. Anderson ...... German Gnlly 1,200 0 0, o 0, 6 15 0 0 8 feet Brewer and Co...... Ne.w Year's Flat 1;:>00 0 o o 0' S'49 23 0 0 20 feet Williams and Co. ." New Year's Flat 2,600 0 o o 6 4'SO 26 0 0 16 feet Honper and Co. •.. ... New Year's :l<'lat ~,600 0 o o 0 3'69 20 '0 0 17 feet Neilson and Co. ... New Year's Flat 2,600 0 o o 0 7'38 • ~O 0 0 16 feet Hamil ton and Co. ... New Year's :Flat q60 0 o '0 0 6:15' 20 ,0 0 16 feet Trethewey and Co. ... New Year's Flat '2,000 0 o o 0 6'24 26 )0 0 17 feet Bismark •• , Long Gully ,4,000 0 o o 0 4'80 40 0 0 12 feet Ridley and Co...... Choke-'em Flat 3,900 () o o 0 6'03 49 0 0 15 feet Serjeant and Co. ... New Year's Flat 3,000 O· o 004 25 0 0 16 feet Thomas and Co ..:. ... German GqIly. 1,001} 0 o 008 ·16 13 0 Surface Weedon and Co ...... Mopoke ... 1,300 0 o 006 .16 '5 0 10 feet Petersen and Co ..•• .•. Choke-'em Flat 6,500 0 0, o 0 5'76 .78 0 0 16 feet Jacob and Co. •.. .•. Nuggety 1,000 0 o 006 12 10 0 8 feet Neilson and Co. '" ... Golden Gully ... 1,500 0 o o 0 11'52 36 0 0 16 feet Roberts and Co ...... Deadman's' Flat 1',300 0, 0' o 0 7'38 20 0 0 14 feet Strachan and Co. ... Deadman's Flat ... 2,UOO 0 o o 0 7'92 '33 0 0 14 feet M. Steil and Co .... .•. Deadman'$ Flat I,U40 0 o o 0 12 26 0 0 10 feet W. Tonkin .•• ... ::;pring Gully ... 1,300 0 o o 0 14'40 ,39 0 0 18 feet Parsons and Co...... Spring Gully •.• 1,300 0 o o 0 14'40 139 0 0 14 feet Wallace and Co ..•. ... Spring Gully ••. 1;170 0 o o 0 13'53 33 0 0 15 feet Parsons and Co ...... Spring Gully ... 1,300 0 o o 0 14'40 !39 0 0 20 feet 'rreloar and Co...... •. Spring Gully .•• 1,690 0 o o 0 7'38 126 0 0 16 feet --,....------,--- Totals ... 63,860 0 0 0 0 8'48 1,128 8 0 TARRANGOWER DIVISION. Grigg and Co. •.• . •• Pegleg Gully .. . .J 1,300 0 0 0 0 20 54 ;3 8 Surface to 10 feet Abram Bowe, &c. .. . Pegleg Gully .. . 1,400 0 0 0 0 6 17 10 0 Surface to 6 feet Stevens and party .. . Pegleg Gully .. . 650 U 0 0 0 12 116 5 0 Surface to 8 feet Lack and Co...... Porcupine Flat 1,450 0 0 0 0 8 • 24 3 8 Surface and headin gs Coleman 'and Co...... Porcupine ,Flat 1,280 0 0 0 6' 7 18 13 8 Surface and headings H. Smith and Co. . .. Porcupine )j'lat 750 0 O' 0 0 6 :' 9 7 12 Surface and headings Knight and Co. . .. Porcupine Flat .1,000 0 0 ·0 0 6 11't1l 10 0 Surfaceandheadings Bradford and Co. . .. Growler's Gully 1,100 0 0 0 0 6 i113 15 0 Surface to 9 feet Shearer...... Eaglehawk .. . ,:250 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 12 Snrface and headings Shearer ...... Long Gully .. . 5600 0 0 6 6 '7 0 0 Surface and headings Rash and Co. •.. ... Chapman's Gully ... ! . ·800 0 0 0 0 8 13 6 16 Surface and headings J. Roberts ...... Sandy Creek ...... ' "",214 0 0 0 0 '12 57\> 4 to 6 feet. (Working ------1------'----, oe~asiona~Jy.) Totals ... .. : 10,7'54 '0 '0'" 0 0 8'7\ I ili5 3 '16 1 t,' .• ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. RAGLAN DIVISION. I "0 I Got him by the W 001 RedStreakLe~d,Beaufort I 130 0 0 6· '9'23 }O 0 \ 62fe~t GIPPSLAND :rt[n~ING DISTRICT. STRINGER'S CREEK DT'.... ~'r()N Cooper's Creek Sluicing 561 0 0 0 0 18'95 22 3 6 30 feet from surface 1,,0, CEMENT . . THE following information has been obtained from Returns made .by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY of CElIfENT Crushed in the several Divil,lioDS and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. DIvision and Subdivision, I I Average I I Y Remarks relative to the Name o:~~mpany. , Where, Cement wa. obtained. 'I' Cement Crushed. YI;~r ~o~~ld Tot~OI~Jd 01 Deptb at which tlIe Cement was obtained. ----1------:=:wt. qr: -O~-.-d-w-·t,-gr-. 1--o.-.-d-..-t.-g-r.1 ------ BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CRESWICK DIVISION. I Hurd Hills ... Hard Hills, Creswick ... I 150 0 60 10 20 QUANTITY of CEMENT Crushed in the several DiviBio~s ,and Subdivisions, &c.-contimted~ DiviSion and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of Remarks relatlve to the and" I Where Cement was obtained, Cement Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth fit which tbe Name 01 Company. I per '.ron. Gold.' I Cement obtained, <, tons owt. qr.1 Oz. dwt., gr.· Oz. dwt. gr. I: t SAND HURST MJNING DISTRIcT. SANDHURST DIYlSION. . Guy, Clough, and Co, , .. White Hills / ... 2,700 0 0 0 0 9'48 53 6 13 , " I . MARYBOROUGH MINING, DISTRICT:" " MARYBOROUGU DrvlSlON.-, .,' Johnston and Sons ... Public crushing ... 46 0 0 o 12 23'60 -'29 17 6\ Leviatha.n Tribute ... Seaha.m Co, .. , ... 198- 0 0 0 4 9'45 43 10 '0 I-- Totals ... .. , 244 0 0 0 6 0'32 73 7 6 AvocA. SURDIVISlON. ------Little and Co...... Homcbush ...... 3 0 0 1 8 0 4 4'0 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. ------,------:------.,.--.. ---,--~------'-- FRYEg's CREEK DIVISION. Table Hill ...... Table Hill ... 7,000 ° 0 o 0 9'25 135 0 0 100 feet Jenkins and Co., .. , ... Shicer Hill ... 100 0 - ° o 5 0 25 0 0 60 feet Jenkins and Co. (public),.. Table Hill ... • 14 ° 0 o 10 0 7 0 0 i Various Thomas and Co...... Bald Hill ... 30n 0 0 5 I) 75 0 0: 100 feet Golden Lead Co...... , Guildfor<.\ Hill 6,550 0 0 °o 1 19-60 595 0 0 200 feet !----~------,---- Totals ... 13,964 0 0 o 1 4'77. i 837,0 0 HEPBURN ,DIVISION. Wombat Hill ... Wombat Hill ... 300 0 0 o 2 0 I 30 0 0 Shallow 1------"-----1------, TARRANGOWER DIVISION,' J. Morgan, Prince of Wales Eaglehawk and E, n. 1,100 0 ° 0 1!I'SI 77 10 0 Surface to 12 feet Union Co.'s Dam Linscott's ...... Banks, &c, ... Phoenix .. , ... Banks, &c. ... Prinee' of Wales ••• ... Cement and Mullock Totals ... 2,479 0 0.1 o 1 13'S9 193 3 .0 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. I All..ABAT DrV18IoN. Bourke and Go. ".5, ". Port Curtis Lead .. 100 0 0 0 4 0 20 0 0 Surface to 4 feet Kneal Rnd Co...... Bridle Hill ...... 130 O. 0 0 3 18 24 7 12 45 t 055 feet 60 70 feet Cement '" ... Londonderry ...... 306 0 0 0 Ii 12 99 9 0 t o Walker and Co...... Londonderry ...... 26 0 0 0 118'46 I 2 6 0 70 j5eet Totals ...... 562 0 0 o 5 4'80 I 146 2 12 ------PLEASANT CRJ!ll~K DIVISION. Hand in Hand ... .., Deep Lead ...... 2,000 0 0 Oil 17'43 1,172 12 12 100 feet, cement SO North Rnd South Wales Welshman's Flat. WeI- 1,122 0 0 16 8'34 917 1 22. f eet, cement Crushing come Silver Shilling, ° and Deep 'Lead ------Totals ...... 3,122 o • 0 o 13. 9'28 2,089 14 10 ! " 21 l'i UMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON 'rHE GOLDFl'ELDS o:F' THE COLONY, 1!'OR THE QUARTER ENDED 31sT MAllCH' 1873. (From Returns made by the jJ-iining Surveyors {lnd 'Regis/mrs.} a Name of Place. No. ~~tal. '1 ~~ _____._:xa_l_"C_O_f-,;_h_lc_e· __ '- ___11 ~ _T_o_t"_l._ BALI.A.RAT DISTRICT. Brought forward...... 7,618 Central Division: Creswick Division-continued. Ballarat West ,823 Hum bug Hill ... 30 Ballarat.East 946 Portuguese Flat " 20 Ballarat North 97 Back Creek .. . 20 Sebastopol 956 Bullarook .. . 40 ._- 2,040 Cambrian Hill 364 Gordon Subdivision: The Springs 64 Egerton Little Bendigo 351 !.. 138 Moorabool U Dead-horse 54 Gordon ... 41 Sago Hill ... 60 193 Soutltern Divisiorl : - 3,715 . Steiglitz S"I;division:· Steiglitz ...... 350 Lon!! Gully .•• 6 :1<1 orrison's nud Ten-tree Creek 200 Staffordshire Reef 45 Doliy's Creek ...... 80 Italian Gully .•• 45 Elaine ...... 240 Splitters' Gully .•• IS 70 Kangaroo ... 20 ivlount Doroll '" '" _ Moonlight .•. 18 1- 940 Blackwood Division ahd Blue Mountain Bulldog .•. ... 109 So uth Subdivision: Rokewood Juuction 59 Mount Misery ... 300 Golden Point .... ••• 180 Jackson's Gully 10 Hed Hill ...... 80 n. Darry's Heef and Split-tree .. . 240 Yankee Hill ... 15 Grassy Gully ... 35 Yankee Reef and ereek .. . 50 Spring Creek ... 12 Simmons' Reef and Back Creek 80 Sawpit Gully .. . 26 Sebastopol and Lo4.ver Lerderderg ••• 170 Whim Holes .... . 30 Blakcville '" ... 70 Hard Hills .. . 35 Snake Gully,... . •• 21 Goodman's Creek '... ••• J;'renchman's Gully 30 20 Pinchgut... . •• 66 Balian Flat ...... 40 . Break-o'-Day .•. 90 Johnson's Reef ,... ,,, 16 Garibaldi and y.icinity .. . Western Creek ... 80 16 --- 1,046 Wright's Reef ...... 20 Buuinyong Division: Bacchus Marsh and vicinity 37 Watson's Hill i ... 12 1,040 200 Balll1n Subdivision: Durham and tributaries '" llallan...... Green Hills and Devonshire 30 20 Scotchman's and Hard Hills 150 Prospecting, Blakeville 20 Buninyong .•. •.. 100 - 40 Hiscock's... .., ... 60 Total for B~Il:trat District Winter's Flat., Magpie, and Cobbler's ... ISO 1 One-eye and Spring Hill... •.. 25 , Black Lead ...... 80 Durham Ranges, N(\poleon, Kitty's, and BEECHwoRTH DISTRICT. Gympie... .•. .. . 120 Beecltworth Division: Prospecting and isolated parties .. . 50 Spring Creek '" 1I5 Silvcr Creek , .. . 25 -- 977 Smythesdale Divi.~ion : :Qeep Creek .. . 22 Smythesdale ... 170 Hurdle Creek ... 54 Scarsdale.:. . .. 550 Pennyweight Flat .. . 52 Brown's '" 70 Two-mile Creek .. . 60 Italian Gully ... 50 Three-mile Creek .. . 210 Derwent Jack's ••• 20 Six-mile Crook , .. . 55 Piggoreet ... 90 Bowman's']'orest, &c. IIO Bottle Hill ... 60 Myrtleford, &c. '" 80 Snake Valley ... 90 I W oOl'age", &c. ' .. . 150 Springdallah Creek 20 Reid's Creek, .. . 3R Happy Valley .. . 80 Woolsbed ... 190 Haddon .. . 350 Sebastopol .. . 143 Uolden Lake '" 140 Eldorado ... '" 480 ?I'T adden's Flat ... 15 Stanley and neigllborhood ... 410 T,jnton'~ .,. 160 '-- 2,194 1100nlight Creek '" IS 1,880 Yaclwndandah Division: Creswiclt J) ;",',,;011 : Clear Creek JlIneiion 80 Cn:slviek ... 60 Rruarong ... 35 Clunes , .. ... 1,000 Kirby's Flat ... 7:3 Springhill~ 50 Howdy }<'Iat ....' 46 Brnomtield Gully ... 60 Osborne's Flat ... 60 1to<1 ~tl'eak 500 Allan's J!'htt .. . 12 Union Hill 20 St,aghorn Flat ' .. . 24 Longpoint, 40 Twist's Crcck .. . 90 Diamond Gully 20 Muddy Crcek ... 56 Cobbler's Gull}' 25 HiIIshoroug II I ... 60 .Rald Hills 25· Sandy Creek ' .. 100 Hulky Gully 50 Township ... 78 fllaty Creek 40 Hayes' I'oint ... 25 i\lopoke ... 40 -- 739 C,trrieJ forward 7,618 Carricd fOrll'!ml 2,933 I '. 22 ~mrnER and DIsTRmuTloN ~f MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. Name of Place. No. . Total. Nn.me of Place. i No. Total. -1;--:--;------:-"''-,-,---:---11-- ------,----_._--- Brought forward .,. 2,933 Brought forward .... 6,252 Indigo Division: . Big River Subdivision-continued. Chlltern and New Ballarat Leads 110, Big Ri vcr North...... 6 Indigo Lead ...... 229 ']!'ry's Creek . ... " ... 18 'Glencoe Lead ... , .. - ,.'. 50 Jerusalem Creek.and Wilson's 18 Durham Lead ...... 20 .~oving popUlation ... - 8 Magenta Reef ••• 8 158 Lancashire and. Black-dog .Leads 12 Mitta-mitta .Division : .. All England Lead .•• •.. 22 Thunder-alid-lightning Creek 156 HltPpy-go-Lucky Reef ... 12 Snowy Creek ... .:. 280 Caledonian ... .., ... " 12 Mitta-mitta River ... . •.. 50 Clydesdale ...... 16 486 Wahgunyaj:l. ... , .. 8 Jamieson SubdiiJi!l.iSJn: . Robert·Burns ... ••• 14 Howqua Ri\'er and tributaries ... 43 Hib'ernian...... 8 Goulburn frQm Howqua to Jamieson 100 "Lanarkshire .. , ... 16 Mack's Cree~...... 57 Skeleton ... ••• .. . 12 Goulburn fromJamieson to Swampy Creek 60 GOQd Hope ...... 6 Sa.i1~r Bill's Creek...·.,...... 148 Various Quartz Heefs. .. . 36 Flume Creek ... - I'" .. , :)6 591 Baker's Creek ...... , . ... 20 Buckland Division I Prospectors .• , :: ... •.. 12 Harrietville ... •.. 198 466 HarrietviIIe to Bright .. . 273 , . Bright to Boundary .. . 165 Total for Beechworth District .... 7,362 Running Creek ...... 98 Morse's and Growler's Creeks 216 Buckland to Upper Bridge .. , 182 Upper Bridge to Lmver Bridge 314· ; Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction 262 'SANDHURST DISTRICT. ~ . , 1,708 Sandhur'st Division: Alexandra Subdi;;ision I Back. (Jreek and Spring Gully, and Ale'xandra ap.4 vicinity ... 50. Milkmaid's Flat ...... • 160 Godfrey's Creek...... 5p Sheep shead and Golden Gully .. , 485 Devil's Hiver and tributaries. 2;; Golden Sqnare and Kangaroo Flat ... 550 Johnson's Creek and tribiuaries 30, Crusoe·Gully and neighborhood ... 110 Garibaldi Gl!)!y and vicinity . 50 :\1al'ong and Bullock Creek .... . 150 Head of UIT Creek .•• 5 Victoria Heef and New-chum .. . 580 Goulburn River... '" 15 Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies· 580 • Ghin.ghin; ... •.. Ironbark ...... 61.0 8 '. Spring Creek. ;tnd tributaries 60 Bendigo Flat ...... 250 Merton and yi$!inity ...' White Hills -...... •.. 55 15 60 Scattered PrQ~pectors ... . 30 Epsom and Pottery Flat ...... Maindample ...... 12 .Huntly...... 470 Sydney Flat and Whipstiek ... .250 350 Specimen HiIl'and Sailor's Gully ... 360 Dry Creek Subdivision: Devonshire and Dead-horse Gullies ... 345 Brankeet ereek .. . 25 Windmill Hill and California Gully ... 530 Dry Creek ... . 80 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ... •.. 315 Hell's Hole Creek ... 45 Snob's Hill and PegJeg Gully ... 355 . 150 Raywood... _ ... •.. 150 I Gaffney's Creek S~bdivision : Elysian Flat ...... '" 65 GOlllburn River...... 12 Se bastian...... I ... ,~~. Gaffney's Creek...... 30 Kamarooka ... .•. .. •. Carinon's Creek ...... 60 Scattered and prospecting ... •.. 150 Raspberry ,Creek and branches 39 6,705 Lyr{'bi.l'd Creek .•• .. . '6. Kilmore Division I Wallaby Reef ...... 12 Heedy Creek ... 60 Corllhiil Reef, ...... 6 Sunday Creek ...... ~ '16 Moving population '" 8 Yea; and vicinity .. . '12 MoonligJ1t ;Creek ...... 2 Thornton...· .. . 30 .. 175 Strath Creek .. . 2 Wood's Point Subdivision: Comet Creek .. . 4 W09d's Point:and Morning Star 70 Kilmore Diggings ... 2 Lower Goulbllrn .. . ,- 126 60 Heathcote Division and Waranga South Right.and left. branches .. . 35 ' Gooley's Creek, &c. . ..' 36 Subdivision: 100 ! Harper's and Pheasant Creeks 22 .. Graytown '" Perkins' Creek and Waverley 16 Redcastle . ••• 150 All Nations, &c...... Heathcote .. . 170 25 Costerfield .. . 140 Toorak to Columbia. : .. 2 Tooborac .. , 40 Black' River ...... 40 / . . 'Kimbolton and Campaspe , 30 Mo~ing popUlation .. . 15 ... :Maori Oreek ... •.. 6 Coliban and Myrtle Creek .. , 110 Bald Hills to ·Ma.tlock ... 2' , Wild-duck Creek '" 30 Prospecting . ... ••• 16. O:qe-Eyed Gully ... 200 '970 f 345 Waranga North Subdivision: Big .Riv~r Subdi~ision : Hushworth, Old Ned.'s,Mong<;,lian, N ug Frenchman's Creek . 12 gety, Growler's, Chinaman's, Gunn's Ten~mile ... •.. 4 Swamp, and Dunlop's...... 205 Warner's Creek .. . 50 'Vlu'oo, j Darrock's, Albert, and Bala- , Enoch's Point .. . 6 clava Reef ...... 115 Railway Creek ... 12 Coy's, Cherry-tree, and Byron Reef ... . 50 Jim' Tholllas' Creek 6 Fontainebleau,Nine-mile, & White Hills 61 Big'Uh·er.South .... ! . 18 --;;; , " Carried forward ... 6,252 Total for Sandhurst District ... 8,232 ) 1 i. . i N'UMBER and DISTRIBUTIO,NOf MINERs.Qn the Goldpelds, &.c.~ontinued~ Name 01 Place. No. Total. Name of Place. No. Tot"l • . Brought fo,~ward. .., 10,380 MARYBOROUGH DISTRICT. St. Arnaud North Subdi~ision-continued. Maryborough Division: . Hostron's and Wattie Flat'" 80 Waterioo, Inkerman, Alma, Adelaide Emu. I 6 Lead, Moonlight Flat ••. ..; 560 Carapoocc 22 Golden Point, Carisbrook, Majorca, Bell Rock, &c. 15 Craigie, and Four·mile Flat ... 950 Blink Bonnie ... 9 Mosquito, Blucher's, Mariner's, Bristol Hopeful and other Reefs. 6 Hill, and other reefs ••• . ,••• 837 Fishhook and Jerejll."':. 5 Chinaman's Flat, Newtown, Ha.velock, 372 . Lucknow,.Ma.ryborough ... 935 Amherst Division: . 3,282 : Total for Mary borough District 10,752 About Talbot ••• '30 Scandinavian Lead , 40 I I' Hocky Flat .. . 108 CASTLE MAINE DISTRICT. Mount Greenock .. . 84 Castlemai~e Division: I' ,. Nuggety and Long Gullies . 30 Guildford, .. , .. 200 Kangaroo Flat and Gully ... 20 Call1pbell's Creek 326 Mia-mill, Flat and tributaries 16 Castlemaine 235 Daisy Hill and tributaries 120 Ba1'ker~s ,Creek ,'" 178 Adelaide Lead South 50 Myrtle Creek 60 Blacksmith's Gully 15 Chewton ... 470 Emu and Cockatoo .•. •.. 1I0 Gold~n Point 150 McCallum's Creek and German Gully 30 1,619 BI'9wn's Gully...... •.. 4 F~yer's'Cieek DivislOn: 657 " Golden Gully andiFryerstown 330 Avoca Subdivision: Spring Gully and Specimen Hill 210 Amphitheatre 60 Church's ~lat to yaughan ... 32b Old Avoca Lead .. . 405 Butcher's and 80 Green Hill Creek .. . 60 German and M ullies 136 Percydale· 525 Loddon: Yaug to Pennyweight 105 Homebush 110 'rable Hill and Tarilta. ... 130 Latnplough ... •.. '24 Guildford ;Hills... ••• 250 Middle Creek and Jackson's 350 Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe 300 Mountain Hut .•. .. . ·38 Nuggety Gully and Irishtown 120 No, 1 Creek and Sugarloaf .. . 202 Green and Sailor's Gullies ... 90 No.2 Creek ... . •• 180 Pickpocket and Hard Hills ... 40 450 Kimberley and Sardine Gully Str,a~~lod(lon 'and Hit-or-hfis9 240 Donkey Hill ...... 39 2,351 Vale~s Hill and I<'ryingpan Gully '18 Hepburh Divis¥on: _ Mosquito...... 28 . Dry..J)iggiDgs Section ... 105 I 2,489 Pickpocket and Yandoit Section ... 230 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions: TIard Hill 'and Bo,ots' GuUy Section ... 120 Dunolly ; .. ' ...... 225 Ita~ian Gully Sectiou ...... 140 Burnt Creek 70 Spring Creek Section 132 Goldsborough 55 Doctor's Gully Section 175 Inkerman ... 50 ., 210 Brandy-hot Section 62 Moliagul .. ; 156 Bealiba . 190 . Deep Creek Sectibn Blind Creek Section 75 15 Murphy's Flat St Carried forward 10,380 Carried forward 7,888 24 " NUMBER and DISTluBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c."-continued. I Name of PllLCe. TotsJ. Name of Place. No. Total. J~ I 1---- , \ Brought forward ...... 7,888 Brought forward ...... 457 St, Andrew's Division-continued. . Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisions: Diamond Creek and Pioneer ... 52 Nicholso'n and Tambo Rivers ... 190 Walsh Creek ...... 17 Boggy Cree)!: ...... 140 22 Warburton ...... 17 Merrijig Creek '" ." Knobs '" ...... 6 Sandy's C:eek ...... 49 Back Creek ...... 18 --- 401 Cherry-tree and Watery Gullies 29 ... Crooked River Division: I Black Calf ... , .~. ... 13 ,16 Hoddle's Creek 37 Grant ...... n .n ...... W ongungarra ...... 20 McMahon's Crellk ...... 14 40 Steel's Creek ...... 6 Crooked River ...... n. 16 Wonangatta ...... , 6 Emerald ...... Jungle Creek 18 Queenstown' .. , ...... 28 ... ' ...... Kingstown 19 Twelve-mile Creek ...... 21 ...... Twenty-five-mile Creek ...... 10 Haunted Gully, Berwick ...... 48 15 One-tree Hill ... 31 Thirty-mile Creek ...... ·Wentworth River ...... 30' Research Gully ...... 7 42 Kangerong and Pakenham ...... 9 Upper Dargo ...... 515 Middle Dargo ...... 10 --- Lower Dargo ...... 28. Blue· Mountain North subdivision: Upper Mitchell ...... 18 Trentha.m ...... -- 30 Good Hope ...... 22 Newbury ...... ·49 1-- 296 \ Garlick's ... '" ...... 26 -- 105 Jericho Division: Dry Creek . , ...... 27 ---- 25 Total "for Castlemrune District ...... 8,508. Lochfyne and Ferntre!l ...... --- St. Andrew's ." ...... 4 , Mount Look Out ...... 34 ._-- Jordan ...... 62 Red Jacket ...... 71 B B Creek ...... n • 45 AURAT DIST.lUCT. -- 268 A rarat Division: 280 Donnelly's Creek Division: Ararat Proper ...... 46 Armstrong's .....,'. ... 112 Store Point and Donnelly's Creek: ... 212 Aberfeldy River ...... 39 Philip's Flat and Cathea.rt .... '" 9 Rhymney Reef, Shea's Flat ...... 38 South Crinoline ...... 140 Edwards' Hill ...... 12 Opossum Gully and Port Curtis ... Granite Creek 2 " Moyston and Londonderry ...... 34 ... '" ... 816 Tullamore and North Crinoline ... 16 --- Heyfield ...... 4 p leasant Creek Division: . Gladstone ...... 13 Silver Shilling ...... 20 --- 141 Deep Lead, Forty-foot, and Welshman's Flat...... •• 230 Stringer's Creek Division: 40 Walhalla ...... 444 Great Western ...... Happy-go-Lucky' ...... 14 Stawell ... n' ...... 910 40 Sa tin nird Ueef ... , ...... 20 , Seventy-foot .. , ...... N eillson's Cree)!: ...... 20 Germania ...... 18 125 Welcome ...... 100· Mount Look Out ...... 35 Plcia(les and Fulton's Creek ... 10 Darlington ...... Aberfeldy and Thompson Ironbark ...... 15 Rivers and , 1,408 Cooper's Creek ...... 58 , --- 691 BarMy Division: Russell's Creek Division: .---' Lamlsborough ...... 150 ' Lower Tangil ...... 75 Barkly ...... 225 Upper Tangil and Russell's Creek ... 45 Frenchman's ... '" .., 15 Crossover, Livehorse, and Tarwin'Ri:ver 25 Ghinpa~rick ...... 82 -- 145 --- 472 Bendoc Subdivision: . Bendoe ...... 15 Raglan Division: . . Bog and Queensborough ...... 46 Beaufort and surrounding Gullies .... 150 Bonaug ...... 16 Sailor's Gully ...... 38 Delegate River 14 Charlton ...... 88 ...... Cobyi~gbar ...... 40 . Waterloo and tributaries ...... I 180 --- 456 -- 131 --- Tarwin Subdivision: Stockyard Creek ...... 225 Total for Ararat District ...... 3,152 Turton's Creek ...... 16(1 '--- Moving miners ...... 50 .- 435 ---- Traralgon Subdit'isiott: Tyers -." 10 GIPPSLAND DISTRICT...... -. .. . Merriman's Creek ...... 4 Omeo Subdivision:_ Flinn's Creek ' .... J ...... 5 Livingstone Creek ...... 149 Trnralgon Creek ...... 2 Mitta-mitta River, from Cobungrn. to Bennett's ... ••• f ...... 4 'Wombat Creek ...... 70 Upper Morewell .. , ...... :4- Wombat Creek ...... 40 Stony Creek ...... 2 Gibbo River ...... 40 1- 31 Swift's Creek ...... 135 River Tambo ...... 23 Total for Gippsland District ...... -2,996 -- 457 . I --- ,- Carried forward ...... 457 GRAll']) TOTAL ... .. , 52,873 ! '0 H. BHOUGH. SMYTH, Office of Mines, Secretary for MincR. Mel~o~rnc, 3rd May 1879. MINING SURVEYOR:S AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. . llfr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registr'fr. . The City of Ballarat. (late Durham) Company are still sinking their new shaft, whic~ has now reached a depth of 340 feet. ' The Band of ·Hope and Albion Consols are still prospecting for other reef.washes, and are making preparations for opening up !l-nd working their quartz reef. . . The St. George and Ban~ of Hope United Company are pushing on 'their prospecting works, with a view to. open up the reef-washes within their claim. ". II The United Hand-in-Hand and Band of Hope Company's main drive, at a. depth of 425 feet, has recently broken through into payable washdirt. .i The prospecting works of the Park Company appear likely to lead to the discovery of extensive reef-washes in the north-western portion of their mine. i • The Golden Reef Company. are driving through reef-wash at a depthiof 240 feet, and will shortly commence washing. ' . . The New Koh-i-noor Company are prospecting for reef-washes in the .~laim formerly known as the Burra-burra Company's claim. A company has recent.ly been formed to work the ground formerly I}eld by the Sir William Don Company. They are sinking a shaft, which is now about 90 feet deep. . The Great Gulf Company have recently discovered another reef-wash from their No.2 shaft, but are prevented by loss of level from proving the extent and quality of it, until a new drive shall have been constructed. The Earl of Essex Company recently struck a tributary lead 15 feet wide, from which a trial machine yielded 2 ozs. of gold. The Nil Despel'andum (formerly Rose Hill) Company, after sinking their shaft to a depth of 168 feet; had to abandon it in consequence of meeting with a very troublesome drift, containing a large quantity of water. They ~ve co:nmenced a new shaft in a position where they expect to reach the ~OttOlll without encountering any serious difficultles., The depth of the new shaft is 60 feet. , The Sovereign Company are still sinking their shaft, which is now 670 feet deep. The last 6 feet have been sun~ in a .strong lode, and they have. not.yet got thr?ugh it; They have reduc~d a much larger quantity of stone durmg thIS quarter, and the average YIeld IS a shade higher than that of theprevlOus quarter. The Pioneer Company are still sinking. 'fheir shaft is now 330 feet deep. The Countess Company have recently completed the erection of additional machinery, and will shortly com- mence crushing operations. - I The quantity of water supplied by the Ballarat and Ballarat bast Water Commission during the. quarter was 13,150,000 gallons; and the price charged was 4d. per thou&'l,nd'gallons. -, The banks. purchased during the quarter 34,000 ozs. 18 dwts. 23 grs. of gold. The quantity of gold paid to companies as tribute from quartz mines was 551 ozs. 13 dwts. 21 grs. The quantity of gold paid to companies as tribute from alluvial mines;was 2151 ozs. 13 dwts. 6 grs. .. 418 co-operative quartz miners (including tributers), with the help of 120 hired men, won 3169 ozs. 1 dwt. 8 gre • net. 1530 co-operative alluvial miners (including tributers), with the help of 346 hired men, won 9796 ozs. 6 dwte. 16 grs. net. ; GOLD obtainea from Alluvial Mines ill the Centr'al Division of the Ballarat District for the Quarter ending 31st March 1873. '. I Name 01 Company. Quantity. Name 01 Company. Quantity. oz .. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Band and Albion Consols ...... 2,176 18 0 O'Connor !lnd <';0...... 52 0 0 Koh-i-noor 1,958 17 0 Royal Oak ...... 49 13 0 1 United Hand-i~-Hand '~~d Band.'of Ho;~' 1,873 0 Pride of the Ea~t ...... '" 39 12 0 Leviathan...... 1,161 1 0 Ah Shing and Co...... '" 27 10 0 Prince of Wales '" ...... 1,156 0 0 Andrews and Co...... 26 0 0 869 1 12 United Albion and Prince of Wales ... Frazer and Co. '" ...... HI 10 0 Great Gulf ...... ·563 14 4 Tip Koon and Co. ." ...... 15 15 0 Working Miners ...... 456 19 9 Ashworth and Co...... 14 10 9 Bonshaw ... 377·16 0 Lady Bowen .., ...... 12 9 11 Rt. George au'a.' Band di' Hope U~ited ... 315 10 0 Sayers and Co; ." ...... 9 15 0 Park ...... 235 9 0 Strange !ln~ C6, ...... 9 0 0 Saints ...... 210 12 0 Earl of Essex !; ...... 7 0 0 Golden Gate ...... 170 10 11 Winter's Freehold...... 361 11 0 Eastern titar ...... " ... 156 12 20 Sundry co~oreratil'e miners ...... 1,388 0 0 Cardigan Consois ...... 150 0 0 I , Caledonian 78 0 ------...... '" ,-. 0 , National ... '" ...... 71 12 18 Total ...... 14,013 o 22 I 2() DrVIDliNfiS paid by certaIn Companies 'during the Quarter ending :hst March 1873. £ s. d. Koh-i-noor 1,600 0 0 Temperance." 1,520 0 0 TInitec1 Albion and Prince of WILles 1,450 16 0 Evenillg Star ... 380 0 0 Queen Victoria 375 0 0 Hed, White, and Blue 300 0 0 " Endeavor 174 5 0 Tunnel 17 10 0 Total ,'£5,817 11 0 /; 'SOUTHERN DIVISION . . Mr.. J. ~f. Colifman, Mining Registrar. Though not quite as cheerful as could be desired, the divisiOll is not so oppressively dull as it has been. The most strikingly noteworthy incident of the quarter is the discovery at 'paddy's Gully, Rokewood JUllction, of a 40-oz. nugget, by a party of fossickers, only a couple 'of inchesJrom the surface. . I regre~ that, o.wing to the hurried, manner in which the lucky find was broken up, and disposed of, a cast or sketch was Impractlcable. . ' The Paddy's Gully Reef traverses the precise ground in which thc"nugget was found. . The prospects of the Stanley C011!pany, Pitfield l'hLins, have improved immensely within the past few weeks, a new run of auriferous drift, yieldi~g 10 ozs. to the. machine, having been alighted pn. Th~ Hopewell Company, Staffordshire Reef, have just had erected a neat compact eight.head battery; and as the stone now being raised looka splendidly, they expect to render a respectable account of themselves in next quarter's returns .. The Spee!iwell Claim is ·being worked by a tribute party recently organized. '. ':" ,r) ,,' , • • At J?reak.o' -Day the private property has been yielding somewhat' better returns th!m: ordinary.' Bulldog is dull. Grassy Gully hopelessly so.' . , ,.), 1,; •• ! " , • ,." 'II .". BU~WYONG DIVISION . Mr. Robert M. Harvell, )l!,i,nin!J Survellor and'Registra:. QUARTZ MINING. , This bran~h of' mining continues. po~r, the total returns being 5S6'ozs. of gold from 3791 ton; or'qVartz. No new: 4i~c.oyeries have been made during the quat-tel', and there is nothi!lg calling for special re,port." A considerable amount of prospecting is being dorie. ALLUVIAL MINING. The Charters Towers Company, Buninyong Estat:~, is obtaining good yields, and mining operations are being carried on vigorously at the other mines, on, the' estate.' The, Devonshire are working in the gutter, and obtaining payable yields: There is nothing new to report on the Durham, or the other deep workings. On the shallow ground,. at, Kitty'S, sorrio large nuggets, up to as high as 12 lbs. weight, have been unearthed from very. shallow workings. I estimate the amount of.alluvial gold obtained during the quarter at 4131 ozs., as follows :- ' oz. dwt. gr. Defiance 439, 0, 0 'Perseverance 1,132 0 0 .. Char'ters Towers, 400 0 0 Duke of Cornwall 300 0 ,0 . Kitty's 360 0 0 'All other sources " 1,5_00 0 0 .!!'otal 4,131 0 0 \ ,SMY.THESDALE DIVISION. Mr. John LlIndt, Mining Survellor and Registrar. " The yield.' from all sources has been 14,729 ozs.'9 dwts.; showing a slight falling off as compared with that of the previous quarter. This is owing to the cessation of some claims'at Carnghain, and a decline in the proceeds of one or two of thjl chief ,mines at Scarsdale. New claims in 'oth!3r parts of the division, and inc,r!,!ased returns from some old ones; ar'e making amends for a good 'portion of the loss occasioned by the causes above mention:ed~ The Trunk Lead, at Haddon, is steadily improving, and will probably in ,a few months more add materially to the ret~rns from that portion of the district. In general, Haddon may be considered as regaining position. At Smythesdale thQ Eldorado·Claim is giving excellent returns. The gold is taken from a reef-wash unnoticed or, disregarded at the first working of the lead some years ago; indeed, it may he said that these reef-wasnes constitute, now the most valuable portion of the mines of this division. Beyond these few general remarks there is nothing to report respecting the alluvial mines. Quartz mining is still in a backward condition. '1'he noll-success of the New Britannia, at Carngham, has extinguished, for a'time at least, further efforts in that direction. There are, however, indications of a revival in other localities-the Leonidas, at Haddon, and Globe, at Drown's, having.given very good prospects, as shown, by the annexed returns. . From the preparations that are' going on for hill-sluicing we may soon expect some good results from tbt branch of mining industry., ' , " The yields from the principal miDes are as follow ;~ oz . dWt. . Golden Lake ... 2,239 10 Golden Strea.p1 ... 1,485 o Reform' 1,290 3 I Eldorado 926 o : Grand Trunk .... : 864 o . Galatea 559 2 ]Jute ,1,65 15 'fry Again 284 11 Haddoll .~ .. 229 6 .• }t " CRESWICK DIVISION. lif,;.James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and J;legistrar. , I have the honor to report that there is a considerable increase in the quantity of quartz gold obtained during the quarter, and that tlie averagc yield per ton is. nearly a pennyweight per ton' greater. ' Tbe quantity of alluvial gold has decreased, but this is principally due to the fact that there has been very little gold obtained from sluicing during the quarter. I regret to say that the Cosmopolitan Company haS discontinued operations for the present owing to the difficulty of getting in calls; I hope, hO,wevcr, it may be reorganized, and that its stoppage may be only temp'orary, otherwise it will greatly retard the proving the direction of the deep leads at Creawick, as it was the most advanced company on the'deep ground. ' • GORDON SUBDIVISION . . Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Sur,veyor and Registrar. . , , - ALLUVIAL MINING'. No mining of any importance has been carried on during the quarter under this head, only 23 ozs. of gold having been obtaill;ed~, " . " , ',' , " , ' . - QUARTZ MINING. The Egerton Company have been raising quartz from their shaft in th,e cutting at a depth of from 400 to 350 feet, still continuing to take only about 10 feet of quartz along the western wall. In addition to this they have also been raising stone from the shaft, 300 feet in depth, at the southern end of their lease. Both parcels have been crushed together, so that no average of each reef can be given. ' . , Black-horse Company,-'l'he stone raised by this comPany has been taR en from a depth of about 466 feet from the surface, and from a lode averaging 13 feet in width. They have crusbed 448 tons from the whole width of the reef, which yielded 4 dwts. 6'11 grs. to the ton. A considerable amount of prospecting has also been carried on during the quarter at the 826-foot level, but as yet without any very encouraging results. This company have also been engaged during the quarter crushing stone for the Welcome Company, IJittle Forest. Moorabool Champion Company.-':'This company have worked in the first month of the year only, and during that time crushed 25 tons from a lode 60 feet from the surface and from 6 to 14 inches in width, which averaged 7 dwts. to the ton. They have ceased operations since that time. . Gallagher, and Co., Moorabool, have l)cen engaged in raising stone from a lode averaging 8 inches in width. They have crushed 45 tons during the quarter, whicb yielded 1 oz. 5 dwts. per ton. Parker's Extended Company, Gordon, have been raising quro·tz from a 'lode 9 feet in width, at a depth of from 200 to 260 feet from the sUlface, during the last two months. They have crushed 820 tons, yielding 233 ozs. 18 dwts., from this lode. The company consider their prospects very encouraging, as t4e yields are gradually increasing. . ' South Learmonth and l!:gerton Amalgamated Company are engaged in sinking a shaft about 500 feet south of the Egerton Company's shaft. It is now sank to a depth of 114 feet, but the ~ompany intend to sink it to a depth of 300 feet from the surface before opening out. I STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. O. W. Collins" J.l1ining Regist;ar. The principal feature in quartz mining in this ,division during the i'past quarter has been' the discovery of severnl new reefs at Elaine, and the good results obtained from some of the stone crushed. Although, in Bome cases, the crushings have been poor, still a Jarge extent of auriferous ground is shown to exist, and some of the claims, such as Clark, Baldy and Co., the Minerva Company, Lindsay and Co., and others, give every indication of the permanent character of this goldfield. ,: . On Steiglitz mining matters have been very quiet; but the returns from the crushing still keep a good average, particularly in the case of the Ncw Albion Compa~y. In their 300-foot level north payable stone has been traced for 281.i feet north, and in some placcs it is remarkably rich. '. The returns from the Albion Company are a little below the average, but the manager reports favorably on the appearance of tbe stone in the stopes and faces. One hundred tons of quartz are now awaiting crushin'g. ,The Native Youth Company have 170 tons of stone raised ready for crushing of the average character. This company, whose returns have hitherto been so good, is compelled to partially suspend operations on account of the great influx of water. ' . The Divideud Quartz Mining Company, after ,working tbeir claim for some months with very poor results, have let it on tribute, and the stone now being taken out is very rich. . . , The Welcome Company, at Little Forest, are about crushing stone which promises w.ell. On Elaine prospecting for gold drifts by boring is being commenced. , BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Joltn F. Hansen, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ' MINING. Barr!J's Reif.~This portion of the district 'has lately attracted a good deal of attention, owing principally to the steady increase of the yield of gold from the Sultan Company's min!l' This is the 'only public company of the, many formed about four years ago, at the time of the rush, which has, in the face of heavy expenses and many diffi culties, carried on the development of its mine in a systematic and energetic manner. Judging from the large body of gold-bearing quartz at present in view, the shareholders will, in all probabiltty, see their mine quoted as a. dividend-paying one before long. Operations in this mine' are carried on with vigor. '\.'he 165.foot level, No.2 s.l;laft, has been driven over 500 feet on tbe liue of' reef in payable stone; a wil:tze from tbis level is now going down to connect it with the 'works of' the 400-foot-Ievel. When the two levels are cortnected, one of the winding and pnmping ~ngine8 can be dispensed with, and a considerable saving in the working expenses will be effected. 28 Mountis Brothers are working on a small but very rich lode of quartz, 20 tons of which have given a yield of 2200zs. 5 dwts., or an average yield of 11 ozs. to the ton. They finished crushing on the 31st ultimo, but did not clean up till the 1st instan~, consequently the yield of gold will appear in my next quarterly ·return. This mine is· one of t.h~ first taken up on Blackwood, and originally held hy Tl'ewhella Brothers, who did so well in it as to be in a POSItlO~ to retire in independent.circumstances, when they disposed of it to the present owners. Themine is a sm:,ll o:oe, be:ng only 160 feet on the hne of" the reef, and surrounded by the areas of the Sultan and tlje Sultana Compullles respect1vel y. ' • . Simmons' Ree.t:-1Vater not having been plentiful the crushing mills driven by that power have been mostly at a standstill, aud as a consequence the yield of gold has been small. . ,a.olden. Point.-The Morning Star Company, after overhauling their machinery, erecting a nl?w engine~house and drIvmg another cross-cut over 100 feet from the main tunnel, with the intention of making it a permanent way, have again struck good ,quartz. The first crushing, ,with an average yield of an ounce to th~ ton, has just taken place. Prospecting is being carried on north and south of this mine with nothing of any consequence to report upon as yet.. , ' Bla1ceville.-The Undaunted Oompany having effected some alterations on their battery, crushing operations were suspended during the ,timi;!, inconsequence of which the' quantity of quartz operated upon has been comparatively 0 ~m~Jl, w?ilst tpe average yield of go~d per tOI~ h~s. been maintained: The original 8hare~0lders h~ving merged their Interest lnto a company under the LImIted LIabIhty Act, the company have let the mIlle' on tnbute to a party of '26 men, . " The A.A. 1 Company are 75 feet in with their cross-cut from the 12.o-foot level, and expect shortly to strike the reef. They have to contend against a good deal of water. , The Flora McDonall Company, on Ashton's line of reef, are driving a'tunnel to intersect the reef. No work has been done in any of the other registered claims in this portion of the district. WrigM's Reif.-The North Britnin Company, as well as the Red, White, and Blue Company, keep steadily at work; the average yield of gold per ton from both mines is·smnll, but, having' a large body of storie to operate on; it leaves a mnrgin of profit to the owners.' , Ga1'ibaldi.-A Water-race about 8 miles in length is now being sUI'veyed from the Korgamnunnip Creek to the $1aribaldi Company's claim. The company intend to erect a battery to be driven by a water-wheel. This race, when finished, will also command a large area of unworked !~lluvial deposits. ..'" Yankee Reif.-This portion of the district is, with the exception of a few Chinese alluvial miners, tptally' abandoned. The engine which belonged to'the late Trojan Company, and which was,the last one left in this locality, " has recently been removed .. ALLuvIAr, MINING. Nothing of any consequence worth noticing has taken place. Water.-A verage quantity of water Bold :-Six: sluice·heads; price per sluice-head, 15s. per week. BALL AN SVBDIVISION. I Mr. G. P .• Black, Mining Registrar. During the past quarter a good dElal of dead work has been done at the different claims. Ashton's Claim.-A new and permanent shaft has been suuk to a depth of 125 feet, at which If}vel driving will be commenced as soon as the well is sllllk; a whim is also in process of erection. There waS only 30 tons of quartz put through the hattery during the quarter, which yielded 65 ozs. 5 dwts., or an average of 2 ozs. 3 dwts. 12 gra. to the ton. . Kirby's Claim.-'A tunnel is being put in from the bed of the creek; a distallce of 100 feet has been 'driven and it is anticipated that.another 20 feet further will cut the lode, Blake's Claim.-The shaft is sunk to a depth of 70 feet, with very good indications. Sinking will be continued. A good deal of prospecting is going on all over the district.. .' BEEOHWOR TH MINING DIS'l'RICT . .. BEECH WORTH DIVISION. • Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Jl1illiug Registrar. Durin er the quarter· mininer has been exceedingly dull in this division-the alluvial in consequence of the dryness of th~ seasoD, and the q)la-;'tz on account of there being no fresh discoveries, aud the old reefs not turning out as well as they used to. - The Rocky .Mountain Company, Spring Creelr, 'had what may b~ called their first" wash-down" in the early part' of the quarter, which proved very remunerative to the shareholders. For thirteen months' work of 8 men the result' was 1213 ozs·., or It dividend of £2 17s. 6d: per share. As this is perhaps, the most extensive sluicing company in tile colony, I give a few figures i~ connection with it which may prove interesting:-The tail·race, whi(fh is 1178 yards in length. has been hlasted through hard granite for nearly the whole distance. Its average depth is about 12 feet, alld boxes have been put into it which are 16 inches wide and 3 feet high. 'l'he total cost of the tail-race, which took about five years to cClllplete, was £7500 .. Tile claim is situate on Spring Oreek, immediately below the town of Beeehworth, and consists of old worlrings prihcipally, varxing frol11 about 15 to 35' feet in depth. The water by ~vhich it is worked is o,btained from Spring Creek nnd springs in the vicinity. At the rate the ground was was~ed away last'year the claim will take about twelve years to work out. But as the water was more than usually plentIful duriug thc past year, it is·probable. that taking ordinary seas~lls, t~H:re is flfteen years' work before t~e company. , 'fhe Eldorado mines are not progresEiu!.{ f~vorahly. '1 ~:e Endeavor Company (a new one) whICh h~l~s a piece of ground adjoining the old Kneebone Oompany, I)ottomed theIr first shaft a few weeks' back, and after dnvlng some distance they struck the lead-about 3 feet of washdirt,contuining a fair show of gold and san~. The Oyens Gold and 'l'in Company are putting on more hands, rind it is thought that they will soon get out of their difficultIeS. The mortgagee has sold up the Wellington Company, although it was understood that the prospects of the company. were improving, and that the claim was being worked very economically. 29 Y ACKANDANDAH DIVISION. I Mr. Peter WrigM, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining in this division has presented no unusual feature during the past quarter. The alluvial miners have had more water than is usual at the season,r and are consequently more steadily employed than in most summers; the returns are rather low, but are very steady. No new ground has been opened, and there is none to be opened; the ground is all ~hallow, and has been thoroughly prospected, so that every place that is payable is pretty well known. The quartz miners are not doinll; well. The Homeward-bound Claim, at Hillsborough, is the only one tha.t is being worked with any spirit; the shaft has been sunk to a depth of 340 feet, and. continucs payable; th" reef at that depth is 5 feet thick, and',gives about 7 dwts, per ton., , The Von MoltkeJT,pnnel is being driven as fast'as, possible, but the ro(lk is hard, and the progress slow; the finishing of this work wilLfset about 20 more men to work. ' There is no water being sold just now; at the beginning of the quarter. there were four heads being sold at a.bout a farthing per thousa~d gallons. INDIGO DIVISION. Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I Quartz mining as usual continues exceedingly dull; no new discoveries h~ve been made during the quarter, and the returns are below the average.' . Alluvial mining is much in the 8.'lme condition as last quarter. The Doma Mungi Tribute Company are still engaged in running their main drives, preparatory to blocking out, whic!). is to be con;Jmenced in a month or six: weeks. Some trial washings have been made with a view to ascertain approximately the probable yield of the washdirt. From the last machine (the fifth tried) containing 29t square fathoms, 1 oz. 1 dwt. per square fathom or Sl't of timber was said to be obtained. Should anything like this average be maintained, the results will, of course, be very satisfactory. ' The Caledonian Company, at the junction of the Caledonian and Durham Leads, have, after steadily persevering for many months, struek very good washdirt, and hopes are entertained that the lead may be traced into the ground formerly held by the Indigo Grand Junction Company. who expended a large sum without discovering payable gold. . . TJ;!.e Glencoe·.r unction Company are still sinking shafts, and several months must necessarily elapse before , payable yields are obtained. .. A large claim for 80 men has been taken up on the Stockyard Creek, situated between Uhilternand Barnawartha. The locality is almost untried. A considerable outlay of capital will be required, but no doubt the company, ~hich is being formed by Mr. John Wallace, will; under his direction, give the ground a thorough trial, and it is to be hoped the results will fully meet the expectations of the promoters. The Chinese continue steadily at work on the old leads. Want of water is compelling several parties to suspend their claims from work until the wet weather sets in. No water sold for ~ining purposes during the quarter.' BUCKLAND DIVISION. 'Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar. It is a matter to be· regretted that no improvement in mining results, nor in mining prospects generally, can be reoorded for the quarter just closed, so far 3S the Buckland'diviRion IS effected, In' quartz mining the most noteworthy circumstance is the fact of the workings in the Happy Valley Reef having now re!lched a depth of 600 feet from .the cap of the old reef, and that at this level the quartz struck, and the general indications, leave room for little doubt to exist that not only a permanent but remunerative lode remains still ~o be worked by this company. . A reef discovered at Growler'f! Creek in 1859, and subsequently abandoned as being worked out many years since (Meade'S Reef, now the Prince Arthur), has r'lcently been occupied by the Associated Claims Company, the result of whose operations may be briefly stated as follows :-The quartz towards the southern boundary of the claim ran out in the old workings, but the walls of the dyke remained clearly defined. ,A drive was put in for the purpo~ of prospecting in the direction named, this work being partly carried out by!,various parties who at different times oocupied the claim and then abandoned it as worthless, and partly by the present owners, until a distance of 200 feet was reached, when the cap of new and large reef was struck. Subsequent workings have proved this reef to average from 3 f~t to 9 feet in width-has been driven along for a length of 126' feet without its southern boundary being reached-and at present 88 feet of backs are ready for stopinll;. This large body of stone is judged, from trial crushings, to be not less than 14 dms. to tue ton; and in this reef-discovered by a moderate sh!1re of perseverance and" inconsiderable outlay..:..the Associated Claims Company possess, I believe, one of the most valuable mining properties in this division. - I Three other of our old rich, hut subsequently abandoned reefs, are held by this company; however, the prospect.ing upon them, is carried out in a languid manner, ill cODsequencej it is supposed, of all these properties being either under offer, or sold to an English company, by whom, it is reported, a.dequate capital will be devoted to thoroughly test all these mines. • A river claim has la~ely been opened in the Ovens River. abou~ one mile from the Porepunkah Homestead. It is boli€ved to pay from £5 to £6 per man per week. ~'he owners have applied for a mining lease of this claim. Miles of the river abovlf and bclow this ground are not only unoccupied but unprospected. Jfemo. ~f number of Sluiee.heads of Water sold in tae Buckldnd division for Quarter ending 31st Marcl. 1873 :-No. of sluice· heads, 18; price, 28. 6d. to 205.; average,. lOs. ' ,80 ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert W. S. Greig, Mining 'Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL l\fIXING. , Working Miners' Lead, Goqfrey's ,Creek.-The prospects"obtained in ,the 'New Hobur "CompanY's 'ground during the, present. quarter hav.e realiz'ld the 'hopes imtertailled,thn.t payable results ,'\voula. be! obtained froihtheir ground .• A drive was ,put in across .tlie gutter which was found to obtain a width of 120 feet, and drives have subsequently been carried along the course of the 'lo,'\d; the return herewith shows the results' obtained,from those drives only. No blocking-out has been done, and none is intended until the main levels have been driven to the boundaries of their ground, when we may expect a considerable increase in the returns. , ' Leases have been applied for occupying a distance on the course of the lead of over 2 miles'lower down. Should those new holders proceed legitimately to worK tj:Ieir ground there ,can be no doubt th,ut this lead would, assume proportions,whichnone have yet reached in this subdivision. " " , ',"'," ' \ ' . ' . Royal Standard Lead, Robinson Crusoe Gully.-The only cqmpany at work on,this:lead, have not realir-ed'the expectat.ions 'of the 'shareholders.' ,The s&alJ. returns obtained are, altogether disproportioned to the outlay incurred, and hopes of improvement is the only thing that keeps them at work, the gutter being narrow and the average ,.yield small for its width.' " . 'l'ho Tritton J;,ead, Durham Gully.-Some of the old ground on this (abandoned) lead has been taken np by a party of working miners who have been engagt'd over tvvo mOlltI!s driving a tunnel, starting from a point near Spring Creek; they are sanguine of striking other runs of gold-not -touched by the miners who worked the ground in the first instance. , I. . The Goulburn River and the gullies ,heading 'out of the Puzzle Ranges stilI continue to keep a portion of the miners employed, but the results they are obtaining are not of an enqouraging character. '. 'QUARTZ Mni'i:NG. Lueky Reef.-The new proprietor. of, the ground formerly held by the Albert and the Aurora Gold Mining Companies has commenced active mining operations, but has not yet got stone out for a crushing. " th' , The stone'illl the lower levels does not appear to'carry as good an average of gold as wlls'formerly obtained from" this reef; it is to be hoped, however, that some good results are still. to be obtained from those claims." . I The Ajax and Leviathan Tribute Companies are the only. other companies at work on this line of reef. , MYBterious Reef, Mysterious Com.pany.-This company, after having erected inachinery and put down a working shaft to a depth of 260·feet, have had several crushings during the quarter, obtaining an average, of 6 dwts. '14 grii. Under the present system of working, this, it is said, will not pay expenses; the works have therefore been stopped with the' intention.of letting the mine on iribute. .' .' ," .. There can be no doubt that were this mine in the hands of a good tribute company it would pay wel,l, as the country in which the reef lies is good, and the stone easily obtained"the reef being about 2! feet thick. ' ·No other claim ,is at work on this line. " Britannia Reef, Spring Creek·. .,-This reef has again been taken possession of, and machinery is now being obtained and erected thereon, which will enable the present company successfully to deal with the water which has EO often beaten ,the millers, who have at different times been'in possession of this ground'. '. The Diorite Dykes at Durham Gully still continue to give good results. , Notwithstanding the fact that the yield of quartz gol~ has increased 33' per cent. over la~t quarter, the feeling of depression in the mining community, still exists;' there can be no doubt, tha:t it will require some decided improve- ment in the prospects of the districts'to remove this feeling. ' ' " " DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert Pemberton, Mining llegi8t'1·m". I have the honol' to report that during the past qnarter mining operations in my subdivision have been as al.ltively carried on as heretofore, although I am sorry to say the yield of ,gold has considerably decreased. ' 'GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainswortlt, Mining Surveyor and Regi!!tra~. The prospects of this subdivision have not improved during the past quarter. ' , The Rose of Denmark Company are working their mine ellergeLically with pay"able results, but without-the high average yield fl'equently obtained from this mine. Th{lY have now 52 men at work, and the mine is looking well. The other mines being worked,are under tribute. - . .The ,Gaffney's,Creek tributel's have obtained, highly satisfactory results, the SLuff being easily raised.> r ,«" The WallallY tributers ,have thrown, up t{leir agreement, their crushi!li{ proving unsatisfactory. The 'Gren.t .Eas~rn is being worked by Chinamen, but tile result during the quarter'has been discouraging. .' , I have nothing encouraging to report of the mines in this subdivision, and tho yield of quartz gold is unusually ,small. '" '., , ". Good resu.lts have been ohtained from the \~orking of a few alluvial .cr'!ek claims on Raspberry and Gaffney's reeks, but ou the whole the yields have not been of average .value. ' . . There is no puddling carried on in this subdivision, and I hear of no water HOW being sold. WOOD'S POINT· SUBDIVISION. Nr, A. B. Ainsworth, Mining ,~urveyor and Registrar.. , Despite the small yield of quartz gold there app"ears to be an improvement in the prospects of this subdivi~iori. This is due. ill a great measure, to the beneficial effects of the tribute system (its abuses have not yet been felt here), which obtains now throughout the district. With one exception the mines now, being worked are w,holly or 'partially nnder tribute. In the case of such mines as the Hope and Alps Great Uentral, the adoption of this mode of working may be but temporarYl thou~h some modifications will +10 do~bt Illuke it adaptable to the deep mining in prospect. 31 The Hope Mining Company have now three tributes let, all of which are payable, and promise well for the future. One of these has averaged £7 to £8 a'man since it started. 'fhis company's shaft is progressing most fovorably and not more ,than 93 feet remain to be sunk. 'l'he machinery which is to, be erected consists of pumping and winding gear of about 20 horse-power nominal;, the pumps 8t inches diameter. The entire depth of the shafts when completed from surface will be about 550 feet, or 110 feet below the bed of the river; of the prospects of the mine at that depth nothing is yet known. ' . The Alps Grettt Oentral have been driving on thc new reef, but, have, not .struek payable stone. TheIr' distance from the, western slate on this vein is, however, yet eonsiderfl-ble, and th,ere is good reason to expect a'strike of good gold before the. vein is traced to the western slate, wherein, as yet"all v9ins worked haye proved rich in .t~}s ,mine., No.1 and 2 North have had a pOOl' yield, but as the stuff was easily raisea, there has hardly been a loss to the tributers, who are looking forward to much better results, now that thcy are in ~orking order. '£he ,All Nations ltributers have had but a poor crushing, and the appe'arance of the mine is not just now favorable. ". The Prince of WalJs 'tributers have been successful, and haye made a good thing out of t.heir undertaking, which has yet some eight months to ruu. ' The Great Eastern tl'ibuters 'are working a spur from the main reef dipping west with satisfactory results. At the Black River the Golden Star Company have IHLd very satisfactorYlerushings, and the Oriental tributers have payable yields. " , ' 'l'he Leyiathan Tribute has bflrely yielded wages hitherto. r There are not'less than 16 men out prospecting, chiefly in the Black River district, but so far, the season's work has not yielded a:ny results; the weather, however, has been so unsettled las much to interfere with ,systematic prospecting, and we have two months before us yet, during which finds may be made. .. . , The amount of alluvial gold raised is unusually high,'andit is satisfactory to report an increase in the number of alluvial miners. There has been an influx of disappointed men from Stockyard Creek, who state themselves to be highly satisfied with their prospects in these parts, and who will, I trust, induce'many of' their friends to join them. N othwithstandiug the extreme dulness in all business connected with mihing during the past quarter, I think there is reason for hopeful anticipations in the future. , There is no puddling done in this subdivision, and I hear of no water Heing sold; when sold, price lOs. per sluice.hea,? for 12 hours.' . BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, lIIining .surveyor and Registrar. , The Luck's-all Company is the only one 'now crushing in this subdivision; the average yield for the past quarter has been somewhat below the usual return, and the quantity crushed would have been larger but for the fact of the incoming of a new tribute party. '£he mine is now looking well. , One of 'the former tributers of this company's mine has taken up ground to the south of their lease, and is now prospecting it, but without as yet striking gold. .' , The Londonderry and Retriever are doing little or nothing at present, pending ulterior arrangements with the owner of their crushing plant. There is but very little prospecting going on though the encouragements'are many. The Venitia Belle has not yet rewarded its tributers with any results worth mention. " In other respects quartz mining. continup.s very dull in this subdivision, owing to the absence of capital available for speculation and the difficulties with which prospectors have to contend. The alluvial miners have on the whole obtained satisfactory results fOJ; the quarter, and though the ,population remainB stagnant, there appear preliminary indications of a proximate increase by immigration from ,.the lower goldfields, as indeed is the case in other parts of these ranges. No puddling operations are caITied on in this subdivision, nor have I h,ca.rd of any water now being sold; the supply has been abundant this sumuier. . " JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. Mr. ·W. H. Edwards, Mining Regish;ar. Mining operations in this subdivion, haye not shown any improvement' since the last quarterly report, no new discoveries having been made, and the worldngs have been confined to those clitims previously reported on. ' Gleeson Lease Quartz Mining' Company.-This comp'lnyare still crushing a great quantity of mullock, which accounts,for the small yield of gold per ton for this quarter, being only 423 ozs. 6 grs. from 1019 tons of stone. . ,The Venture Quartz Mining Company.-This claim is looking as well a's usual, having crushed 3i5 tons of stone Yleldmg 1 oz. 12 dwts. 15 grs. to the ton, and the present lot being passed th*ough the mill is expected to yield at the same rate. . ' , , 1'he Specimen Quartz Mining Company have not~ crushed any stone during the past qua,rter; they have now about 50 tons in the paddock, and intend crushing soon; when a Jarge cake -is anticipated, the stone looking as rich as the former, which yielded over 20 ozs. to the ton. . , The North and South Specimen Quartz Mining Companies.-These companies are still driving to strike the Specimen line of reef,but as.yet have not struck any payable stone. , The Alabama Quartz Mining Company.-This company are now in 250;feet with their tunnel, and have struck a gold-bearing leader 4 inches wide, showing good gold throughout. . I The Macks Creek Quartz Mining Company are still actively engaged in driving tho low.level tunnel, which is in now about 340 feet. Several small leaders have been crossed carrying fine gold"but none have proved payable. 'l'ho Albion Quartz Mining Company.-This company have now aboutl200 tons of stone on the surface, and will commence crushing as soon as the mill is repaired which is now out of order. . 1'he Sailor .Bill's Quartz Mining Company.-The driving in this company's tunnel still continues very slow owing to the hard nature of the ground. ; . . The Quee? of the Alps ~uartz Mining COlllpany.-Th~s com\?any h\1ve got a quantity of stone ready for CruShlllg but, OWIng to the searelty of water, they are not able to pass It through the mill. , . 'l'h~ North Gleeson's quartz Minfug Compauy.-The contractors in this company are making good progress, hf!V1ug dl'lven over 200 feet SlIlce September last, and expect to strike the reef soon, 32 ,SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. 1I1r.. N. G. Stephens, lJlining Registrar.~, I think the accompanying returns will prove that quartz mining in this division is in' a more flourishing con d~tion tban ever. They are the most complete that I have, ever obtained, and the yield of gold from the quartz is the highest I have knO,wn, 84,290 tons averaging 1 oz. 1 dwt. 2 grs. per ton. In alluvial mining there is no change, No water has been sold for mining purposes. The rainfall for the quarter is 5'14 lllches. , Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &0., crushed during the, past quarter included in tho tables prefixed to these Reports:- ; ! Total Average Depth at which Name ot Oompany. N~me of Reef. Tons. Yield of per Ton, the Quartz Width of Reel, &c. Gold, was obtained. --- lill oz, dwt,gr, oz.dwt, gr. feet. Shenandoah, N'ew .. chnm, New-chum .. 1,238 1,528 9 0 1 4 16'61 166 feet .. ., 70 From 1 to 6 feet and Bellevue Tribute • RaHway Tribute, No.2 .. Kew-chum .. 62 173 17 0 2 16 1'93 ~60 Ceet .. .. 70 15 Inches North Old-chum .• .. New... chum .. 1,805 768 I 12 0 8 12'2,; 400 feet ...... 1210et Bonati ,. , .. New .. chum .. 909 2bO 0 0 o· () 12'01 400 to 500 feet .. .. Young-chum .. ,. New .. chum .. 757 295 19 0 '0 7 19'65 300 to 360 feet .. .. From 6 (0 8 feet New-chum and Bellevue New-chum ' .. 2,110 2,428 9 0 I a 0'44 180 feet ., .. 60 Average about 12 feet Railway Lazarus, New .. chu~ .. New-chum .. 1,452 405 15 0 0 () ,14'1$ 535 to 606 leet .. 140 4 fect, "ew body a stone struck at 606·100 t Icvel Great Exteuded Rustler's Hustler's .. .. 1,526 2.620 7 0 1 14 8'22 300 to 358 feet .. 130 A vcrag; 6 leet to 7 feet Tribute, , Great Hustler's ~. .. Hustlcr's .. .. 1,642 OS6 0 0 0 8 8'53 730 feet .. 60 -. Hustler's Reel .. HusUer's ., .. 620 5!l51& 0 1 2 21'92 500 to 550 feet .. . . From 4 to 20 inches . Great Extended Hustler's~ ~, Hustler's .. .. 6,946 ~13,71J4 0 0 I 19 15'15 330 and 600 fcet .. 90 Average 30 feet: Garden Gully United .. Garden Gully .. 700 1,053 10 0 1 )0 ~'O4 430 feet ...... From 2 to 3 leet Coml.h UlI'tM .. .. G:udcll Gully .. 264 71 4 0 0 5 9'45 320 feet .. .. 4 fect. Main shaft S66 reet Carlisle .. .. Garden Gully .. 955 2,868 16 19 3 0 1 '92 SSO het .. .. i 40 I Average 2 feet 4 Incbes , North Garden Gully .. Gnnlen Guny .. 1,931 ~)l!)8 J I 0 4 4 12'01 320 feet .. .. Illect ' Pass-by I .. .. Garden Gully .. 1,174 6,488 14 18 5 10 12'97, 360 to 430 feet .. .. , 18 Inches to 4 feet 6 Inahos St•. Mungo Tribute .. St. ~!UllgO " .. 800 752 13 0 o 17 17'O~ 2,<0 to 300 fect .. 100 6 to 18 inches Princess Alexandra Trillutc D~Vol1shire .. 1,515 461 7 0 0 G 2'17 305 feet .. .. 150 From 4 to 10 feet Mount Blanch 'frlbute .. Cu.rshalton •• .. 883 409 12 0 0 9 6'05 210fcet ...... Fl'om 4 to 5 feet llansel Mond"y Tribute .. Car;:;halton. 9 .. 1,34'4 1,009 13 0 015 0'58 IbO leet ...... Fl'OlIl 20 to 30 fcet N orih J ahllson 's, , .. Johnson's .. .. 9i6 1,4>1 15 0 I 10 3'81 4R7 feet ...... 12 to 30 Inches Johnson's Reef G, nr. .. Johnson's .. .. 2,643 7,978 10 0 3 0 8'98 400leet ...... From 2 to 11 leet Golden Fleece, No. 2. Stafford .. .. 1,:;29 61S 0 0 0 H 2'00 300 feet ...... From 2 to 6 leet - "Tribute Golden Fleece .. .. Stafford .. .. 4,441 6,692 9 Q 1 10 3'34 175 to 360 feet .. .. From 2 to 6 leet. Engine shaft 460 feet North Whip .. .. Whip .. .. 936 49918 0 (j 10 16'35 200 to 250 feet .. .. Mostly spurs lrom I to 3 feet Australian .. .. Napoleon .. .. 889 490 o '0 o 11 0'56 270 feet ...... From 10 to 12 feet' Argus .. Eagle .. .. 163 78 13 0 0 915'60 400 feet .. .. 170 4 inches South,Cntherine Reef .. Cuthcrine .. .. 595 380 4 0 o 12 18'71 .. .. Cathel'ine Reef United .. Catherine .. .. 2,181 690 9 0 0' 6 7'no 2~0 to 360 feet .. 130 PrincipnJly fromsmall·vein~ Nil Despernudum ' .. Welbourne .. 3,846 600 0 0 'Q 3 iO'~7 200 feet .. 175 About 30 feet ,avernge Wilson's neef .. .. Wilson'S! :Mnrong .. 1,835 844 6 U 0 9 4'S; 4QO fcet u pwnrds •. :120 From 1 to IS feet Koch's Pioneer .. .. Persevere nCB .. 690 189 "4 0 0 5 11'96 350leet .. 47 6 leet, ~lnin shnft 500 teet W,Rne ...... Victoria .. .. 958 Ib3 17 0 0 :I ,'40 150 fcet .. .. 130 20 lect spurs , . Victoria Reef G. M. .. Victor, a .. .. 3,300 1,620 S 0 0 9 19'69 310 to 480 feet .. ,200 Average 5 feet Bendigo and Melbourne .. Bird'. , .. .. 1,008 327 2 0 0 6 11'76 130 to 170 feet .. 50 }'rom 30 to 40 reet Pyrites. Howt!' NOTE,-The ..bove figures are not to be added to tho~e In the tables prcfl:CU to thcse Reperts. They are "Irendy massed and inelude,l In t1~e tahles, KILMORE, DIVISION. .J.fr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar. There is nothing new to'remark as to the Rilmore Division for the quarter. HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND WARANGA ROUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr: J. T. Strong,'Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I have little of impo~tanoc to report with reference to,the last quarter, excepting that a'small' alluvial rush has taken place about 6 miles from the township of Heathcot,e, and about t!:trec-quarters of a mile south of what is known as the Wild, duck road, and close to Mr. Speed's purchallcd land (allotment 27, parish of Heathcote). There are possibly about 300 people on the groUlld, hut many of them not working. 'fhere are, perhaps, about thirty shafts bottumed, in which gold was obtained-many without the" color." The sinking varies from about 12 feet to 18 feet, through clay, cemented gravel, and pipeclay_ The washdirt'is from about 2 'inches to 6 inches in thickness, the width not yet determined. I The yield of gold vi,ries from "bout 5 dwts.' to 1 oz. to the load. ,The groull'l is very patchy. I do not think it is likely to be a permanent digging; howevel', I shall take an early opportunity of again visiting the ground. .i 'I " 33 W.ARANG.A NORTH SUBDIVISION. I Mr, Charles J. W. Russell, 1Jfining Surveyor and Registrar. Alluvial mining is at a very low ebb in this division at the present time. No new finds of importanoe have arisen during the last q.uarter, and the old workings are generally abandoned. Quartz mining occupies the principal attention in this division, and is the chief interest. A new "Winding and crushing plant has been erected a~ Cherry Tree, Coy's Diggings, during the past quarter, and is now actively at work. Another reef has been discovered on the same ground, parallel to the last-named, with payable gold vislble in the stone. The reef is 3 feet in thickness. MARYBOROUGH MINJNG DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Afr. p, Virtue, jun., Mining Registrar. ALLUTIAL MINING. During the first half of the quarter mining operations in nearly all the principal alluvial mines in the division have been attended with unusual difficulties, and consequent depression; but, through the steady application of patience, perseverance, and capital, these difficulties are now being gradually overcome, and I entertain no doubt that the return of gold for the ensuing quarter from each of the gold-producing mines will be fully as large as usual. . , At Chinaman's Flat the Band of Hope Company have had to encounter a constant and veey heavy flow of water and drift in their mine. This circumstance has greatly embarrassed their operations and consumed time. Por several weeks the company could obtain.no returns whatever. The Duke and Timor Company are now erecting a suitable engine-house on their claim. They are looking forward to the speedy arrival from England of the fine new engine which they ordered some time ago. Very sanguine hopes are entertained by the shareholders as to the ultimate success of this mine; in fact, its success is looked upon as oertain. '1'he money already spent upon it is simply enormous. The claim lies close, to that of the Band of Hope Company, and will, in my opinion; when the splendid machinery· to arrive has been erected, and when everything connected with·it is in full working order, prove one of the most valuable mining properties in the division. - . The John Bright Company have been working outside ground duriug the greater portion of the quarter. At the Alma, the Beaham Company have just erected a powerful battery with twenty stamp-heads, for crushing the plentiful and valuable cement which is found on their claim. Hitherto they have had this cement crushed by the Leviathan 'rribute Company. The Alma and '!'imor Junction Company have begun the erection of their steam machinery, which consists of one 24-inch and one let-inch cylinder engine and a double set of lifts. The heavy timber for the engine-beds is on the ground, and it is expected that the plant will be completed,about the end of July. The Gladstone Company have been working poor outside ground during the quarter, but better. prospects are now being obtllined. The Queen Company have struck deeper ground; this has compelled them to put in new levels, and they are now just getting into full work. The Count Bismarck Company. are gradually opening up their mine; they will not be in full work for S0111e months to eome. At Havelock, the Lord Clyde Company have at last made a beginning. The drives put in ha"e touched the lead, from which a good and payable prospect has been obtained, I hope in my next report to be able to spea.k well of the prospects of this mine. At :'Ilajorca, the Golden Lake Company are sinking a shaft through basaltic rock, and are down about 80 feet. Should they succeed in bottoming, it will lead to the further prospecting of the run of deep ground which has been found in the Minorca shaft. This ground has not yet been proved, nor can it be proved without the aid of powerful steam machinory, "as the water is excctldingly heavy. The Kong Meng Company are now attracting great attention. A new engine of 35 horse power has recently been added to their plant, and is nearly ready to start. 'rhe deep ground in this mine has already proved to be very valuaole, as much as 3 ozs. 5 dwts. to the set having been obtained. The following is a statement of the gold obtained from the principal mines in this division during the quarter:- Oz. dwt. gl'. oz. dwt. gr. Band of Hope, Chinaman's Flat 1,349 8 0 Morning Star, Majorca 585 16 0 John Bright, Chinaman's Flat 1,436 0 0 Cosmopolitan, Majorca 276 10 0 Alma Con sola, Alma 901 11 0 Phronix, Carisbrook 223 0 0 Queen, Alma 1,155 1 12 Reform, l\fajorca ... 113 0 0 Count Bismarck, Alma 215 17 0 Fox's, McCallum's 76 0 0 Beaham, Alma ... 1,348 0 0 Gladstone, Alma ... 72q 0 0 Total ... 8,406 3 12 Dividends as under have been paid during the quarter by the oompanies named : £ 8. d. Band of Hope 900 0 0 John Bright 2,100 0 0 Alma Consols 1,200 0 0 Queen 600 0 0 Seaham ... 1,200 0 0 Gladstone. 900 0 ------0 Total ------£6,900 0 O· QUARTv, MINING. The Blucher's Reef Company are, with great difficulty, pumping tve water out of their claim. They are now down to 330 teet, and in a few days they hope to be down to 360 fel't; when this depth has been attained qu~rtz will be raised. The North German Company have sllEtained a ~eve're accident to their plant. In the early part of January a frightful explosion took place, which completely destroyed the boiler and stack. III consequence of this accident the mine has been idle during the quarter. Respecting the Mariner's Reef Company. the manager, Mr. Hampton, "Writes to me as follows :-" We have done nothing in quartz during the quarter. 'We started a drive southward from engine-shaft at the 530-foot level, but the ground being hard it was thought best to discontinue it, and sink the No. 22. 0 84 engine-shaft a ~urther depth ef 100'{eet oefiite Qpeiiingout:; 3,J;i.d:ive.la~e'nciYl' engaged abo~t 'that werk." ~Iessrs. Bel;lllett and Son, who are tributers to the above co~pa~y, hav~.opera.te ·AMHERST DIVISION. . Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining in this division has never been in so depressed a state since it has been a goldfield. I In quartz mining, ~eed (bro~hers), ,~n Prillce Alfred J,teef, are noJV, sinking to a lower level, which will engage them for several months WIthout returns. _ . , '. " J. ' " The company on Mia-Mia Reef are also. sinking to a lower level and clearing out the old drives. The Prince of Wales Reef shows some good average returns, but all the other reefs have fallen off in the yield, or are abandoned for the want of capital to carry on the works. ' . In alluvial mining m\lst of the larger cO!llpanie~ keElP .up t9 near ClIe average yield, but they do net produce payable wages to the tributers who are working the mines. Several other mines remain idle. On the other hand the Prince of lYales. Cowpany, Cockat<\o, hltVe encouraging, prospects. The mine is opened out, and is now producing gold from pa'ya~le washdirt;'which'IS aoout3 fee't ii:dhickness. . .sad~wa ~ 0; .4 is ..again let on tt;ibute, the sharehol~ers of. , AVOCA SUBDIVISION . ., • I . ' • Mr. P. Simpson, Mining.. Survey~r an.:d Registrar. , .' . At the, Mell;>ourne a~d Avoca Company's ground the machinery has been removed from the abandoned ,(No. 3) shaft to the new. No.3 shaft, neal" river, which, ha~ be~n ~uccessfully sunk, to a depth of 147. feet. Pumping at the ~o.,,1 sqaf~ !J.a~,]u~t been st9PP~~, and the machinery will be removed therefrom. Work will probably be resumed.in a few weeks,from the,No. 2 shaft in the westeru drives", " ,., ", ", . " ' :' ,.',: i ' .., The: Golden .Lake Company's feases and machinery have been· sold.' The purchasers' intend torminga new company to work th~s g1-:0und. "" ;'. ' , '. . ," ". ,. ' \' ."', The Band and Lake Company, Homebush, have driven about 4qO feet. 'fhe lead· has not yet been struck. The Enterprise and Sons of- Freedom Companies, Avoca Lead, have been steadily working during.tj1e quarter. Resul ts !j.ll ~hown in tables. , .' _. . , ,': . Trevithick and Co. are driving in deep ground eastward. ' " _ Th!J ru!\h at the headj)f ~o •. ~ qre,?k fiuctuat~s;. q~ly a,rnnal1 nulnberl! DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Mr. W. G. Coucnman, Mi1iing Su'rveyor and Registrar. DUNOLLY DIVISION. BealibaReef Goldsborough.-The Queen's Birthday Company are breaking out stone at the 335-foot level. 1381 tons crushed h~ve yielded 438 ozs. 4 dwts. The first dividend of 28. 6d. per share, or a total of £750, has been declared during. the quarter: Goldsborough Company have not belln working, but intend' to start v~ry soon. Goldsbor,ough Extended Company have driven 30 feet east, at the 200.fo.ot level, (md come upo.n stone, and mtend to carry the drive further in..' ..: 1, . , Queen's Reef.-The Queen's Reef. Company ,have completed the erection of their pumping. and. winding machinery and are now sinkin WI • . '. I{ing,~rge's~~.-Chappleand(Jo. have crushed'from th~ir prospectmgclaim 9~ tons;whi~~ peld~ 5 dwts per ton; and are nowsmkmg the shaft deeper. "".,' ~ . " ". " ! . '. " , .: Advance 'Bealiba Reef.:":":'Baxter and, Co. have crushed 62 to'ns, which yielded 6 dwts: per ton, 'and are now sinking a new shaft to a depth of 150 feet. Draytonalld Co. have"'crushcd Hi tons, which yielde? 14 dw:,ts. per ton. Severa} of the 'claims on this line of reef are now down below water level, and the amalgamatIon of some of them would be a judicious course to adopt. . , , Brcak·ri'-Day Reef.-Kern and Stone have:crushed 87:tOllS for a:yield of 11 dwts. per ton, and are now raising stone of 'better quality, the quartz appearing' to be richer as the ground is worked deeper.' The adjoining claim to Kern and Stone's has had a return of 13 dwts. per ton from 7 tons. Red Streak Reef.-A small crushing from thisTeef has given a return of 7 dwts. per ton. Canton Reef.-Ah Moy and Co! ha~e ~rushed 10 tons for at ozs., a~d have sunk a new shaft 83 feet. Alluvial mining has been very dwll during,the quarter: A nugget of 28ozs., and one of 5 dwts. have been obtained at Sporting Flat, which continues to employ a few miners. Seven ozs. of gold were taken from the bottom of a shaft in some old ground on the Old Lead. . ", . .' . . ; ".'., , ,.' i' TAl't.NAGULLA .Dr;VIsloN..."; , ",.,.. " ,,' Po~erty Reef:-United Poverty Reef Company ,have crushed 603 tons for a yield of 277 ozs. 1 dwt. 12 'grs. The stone was taken from. the 250 to 320-foot levels., 'fhey are at present, driving north·and south at the 465-foot level. The reef is well defined, from 6 to 12 feet wide, and carrying a little gold. Prince of Wales Company.-A new company' has been ,formed to work this ground, and operations are .intended to be commenced at once. London and Lancashire Company are working at the 3lia-foot level, and sinking ,the.shaft, deeper. ; 300 tons crushe.d for a yield. of 151 ozs. 10 dwts. South Poverty Consols Company are gctting,a little gold, the stone averaging ~bout 5 dwts. per ton. ,., Kangaroo Reef.-The Kangaroo Company have sunk the main shaft deeper; ,the ground 1S hard and the water heavy. American Company. are about to erect pumping and ,winding machinery"., ", . ' Great Western Reef.-BurstaH and Hastings are raising payable stone. .' ,. . Corfu Reef.-rThe Corfu Company are raising stone' carrying adittle. gold, about ,7 to 8 dwts. per, ton. New·chum Reef.-:--The Cambrian Company are sinking the shaft deeper:" It is.now down about 410 feet, the sinking .being hard· and we~. ,The Prince of: Wales ,and Extended Companics have am:,~ga+nated;,and are about, to commence work. The PyrItes Company have obtamed 37t ozs .. of gold from the tailmgs of the old Cambnan Company. , p'., '. .',,", '. " ,,',' '; f, • .: South Sandstone.Ree6.,-The,Victoria Company have'sunk,their shaft SOJeet, making a total depth of 500 feet; 181 tons of stone have yielded 121 ozs. 9 dwts. Golden Hope Tribute Company have the shaft down 480 feet, and are now raising good stone; 391 tonE! have yiel.ded 147 ozs. 16 dwts. South Sandstone Tribute Company have the shaft sunk 418 feet, and are sinking 50 feet deeper. Princess Royal Company have,the shaft ,down 329 feet, anq are about to erect machinery. South Cambrian Company have sunktl).e s/laftJ,40 feet, and are sinking deeper.- Specimen Reef.-The Phcenix Company are working their ground on tribute. A crushing of 35 tons from the Maori Claim has yielded 31 ozs. Watts' Reef.-Ruddock and McLean ha.ve·crushed 85. tons fora.yield.of 1 oz. per ton, and are now raising good stone. Bartlett's Tribute party haTe had 13 ozs. 4 dwts. from a small crushing. In alluvial mining a small rush has occurred to some ground near Arnold's bridge, on the Tarnagulla and Inglewood road. The sinking is from 16 to 20 feet in depth, and is hard, some cement having to be gone through. The bottom is pipeclay, and the washdirt about· 18 inches in' thickness; ·'8 loads from the ·claim of the prospectors (Arnold and Shiells) yielded 81 dwts. per load, the gold being of a coarse nature. The other claims are getting very little gold. Much deeper ground than that worked exists in the locality. " \ ( I',. ,', •• ' • . KORONQ, DIVISIO,N. l " I ~" • I . , Mr: 'Irvin Martin, ".Zlfinin!F Regittr'ar·. '. " . Mining in this division.has been:~tlier:dull.duri~g th'~ past:q~!I~ter., .. .-' ",,~,,":.. . . '. ~1he Havilah Company, ... Maxwell's Reef, have 22 ;men .:employed. <-From, two ,erushings during~h.'l past quarter an average of 2 ozs;, and 1 oz. 3 dwts, respectively has been obtained, and there are about 200 tons.of stuff at grass ·waiting ,.to. be, crushed. The men are still engaged in driving, and the .sh!lft is down to. a depth of 400 feet. .. ".;." .:"": . . ." .",. ., '''. ". ' , At the Union Company, GreeI!:'s Reef, the shaft, is dowJ1.to adep,th of 175,feet, and the reef is 2 feet wide. The. last crushing. yielded an,average 0(,7 dwt~. to the:ton, and.the total fqr the',quarter, out oUg,tons of quartz, has been. 60zs.15 dwts. Two men are employed.", '" " ,i ... " ".,', ' .• :. " •. :; ..., .• Emerald Company, Exhibition Reef.-In this company's claim four men a.re .employed. The shaft is down to a. d;pth of 195,feet, and the reef is 6· feet wide. The qu!\rtzcrushed for the. quarter. has ,been 38, tons, arid the YIeld of gold 28 oZ!!. 8 dwts. 12 grs. . .f·... d ..... " { ,,,:, ", • ••• • " 11 '. • • • .: ._ At the Uncle Tom Company's claim, Honeymoo~ Reef,.two ·men are employed. The shaft is down to a depth of 130 feet, and driving for the reef is carried on towards the east. No quartz has been, crushed for the quarter. . On the Honeymoon Reef, McGur~n and. another have taken up a,prospecting claim, which they hold under miners' rights. They are employed in sinking the shaft, , On the South HoneymooI\, Richar.dson alld auoth'lr are }e~gaged. i;n sinking, i 'f .' 'J ., " The last crushing for th.e Bird-in-Hand Oompany wa~.very poor.T,wq men aI'j) employed in the claim. . On the May Reef, Metcalf and. party hav!! been employed ~n taking out quartz, but none has been crushed. Opie's Gold Mining Company,-,Simmons' Recf.-On ,this ·reef thtcemen·are employed in raisi:pg.quar,tz and sinking. 80m~ good prospects have been obtained, and a yield of about :i.oz. t() ·the. ton is, expected. • •.. \ . Puddler s Reef has ,been taken .up. by.·Thompson alld party:, who have obtained .some good prospects; Two mim . are engaged in driving in the reef.' '.' . ". ," ,. ,,; 'J'he Maxwell's Reef United COplpany have Just succeeded in striking.goIq. .', ..,'.' " ,:. ,. ; , The Unity, Company's machine was employed during the latter portion of the quarter in crushing for the publi<;, . and several small lots and trial crushings were put.through the ~tampers. Bird and party, of.Commissioncr'a Flat, and S?uthey ar:d party, of Blackman's J1ead, had a quantity of cement-about 14 or,~i:>,t9I\S ,eMh-,-orushed"and the ~verage peld was over 6 dwts. , : ' .' I ," " , '. .' • . T~e sch:me of amalgamation. in the March .Reef, prop()~ed by the, ·Unity Conmany to the proprietary of the neIghbormg c!aims, has not p'rospered, and the Unity Company have recently suspended w.ork. Their ground has been worked at varlOUS levels down from the Burface, to:l. ,d,epth.of 430 feet. '.f {, •• (. .' ' • , L ~ ~ j • • ...; .j . I.'. .• " " REDBANK AND ST. 'ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS.:: .1 . Jl.fr. P. Simpson, 'Minin/l Surveyor and Registrar . .'. ' , ,.; .. , . . At the New Isis C9mpany),claiw it will be .seen tpat there ie,a falling .. oJf~in 't~e quap.tity of ,quru:i;z e~usb:ed. This IS due t~ the fact that several tribute parties, have taken up work and aballcloned tt, The ta~l~~ show a. \9w,er IIverage, but In the P5lttom l~v!il, I understf!.nd; both the reef ap.d the. stone.;are 'o~ildng, a.s weUas ever. . W~rk has been resumed on the Eureka. Reef, a. larger lease over which has be'en applied for. 36 Work is a.t present suspended on, Scott and 00.'8,Amalgamated claims (the prospecting claim of No.1 N.), Rubbly Reef,Darling Flat, during the forming of dam and erection of crushing machinery, It special site for which has been obtained. The ta,bles will show that excellent stone is still obtained. Leases and claims have been marked out on this line of r\lef for ol'er half a mile north and a quarter of. a mile south of the prospectors. The claims immediately north and south of Scott and OO.'s are either getting out good stone or have good prospects. None will be crushed until the machinery alluded to above has been erected. . At Fowler's Lead, Oanterbury, a trial of the ground Ilear the upper end, on the line of the lead, and which has hItherto proved unproductive, is being made. No water has been sold during the quarter for mining purposes. . ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION. ~fr. P. Simpson, ~fining Surveyor and Registrar. The Wilson's Hill tributers are still getting out good stone; width or' auriferous reef 4 to 5 feet. The Rising Star Oompany are now engaged in crushing, which.has been delayed by repairs to their crushing plant . . The Sandhurst and Chrysolite Hill Oompany are opening up at.the ::lBO-foot level on the Ballarat and Western Reefs, and cross-cutting ei1st at the 335-foot level-nbout. iO feet from the common boundary of their and the Wilson's Hill Lease-for the Wilson'sRiIl Reef. 'rhe Sandhurst and New Eendigo Company, Bristol Reef, are driving south on the course of the lode; width of reef 5 feet, gold visible therein, 'rho Bristol Reef Company's leases, with crushing plMt, have been pnrchased by the above comp\1ny. At the Bell Rock the shaft is down about 200 feet. The Blinkbonnie Company have sunk about the same depth, At the Victoria Olaim, driving south, at the 186·foot or water level, good stone is being got out j width of reef 8 inches 'to 1 foot, and easily worked. The Avoca Tribute Coinpany, Hopeful Reef, have struck payable stone in their old workings. Work has been resllmed at the silver mines. The machinery at the old Silver Mines Reef is being put in order, and the shaft, which is 324 feet'deep, cleared out preparatory to sinking the same still further. The whim has been removed from Sebastopol Hill and placed at the Rotten Reef shaft, which has been sllnk an additional 100 feet. A complete alteration is being made in the crushing plant; a dry process is to be' adopted. Roasting furnaces are being constructed at a cost of £1500. Another quarter will probably not pass over without some interesting results from this large undertaking. ALLUVIAL MINING. A small rush has taken place to WattIe l<'lat, near Rostron's. No water has been sold during the quarter for mining purposes. CASTLE'MAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Mr. Thomas L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. In alluvial mining I have only,to report a general decadence both in operations arid' results, excepting the Defiance Company, Guildford Plain, who have opened. out a large extent ot. ground, and proved its auriferous character by washing the dirt from the several levels driven; only one puddling machine has been in use ; the gold obtnined has been 600 ozs. 12 dwts. 6 grs, for 109 days' wasbing-over 5t ozs. per day. A second machine, with other additional appliances, is nearly completed, when the large extent of ground now ready for blocking will be operated 'upon. . In quartz mining a steady determined progress is made in sinking main shafts and other permanent works. Upon ~he Caledonia Reef the New Caledonia Company have completed erection of extensive plant, consisting of two horizontal engines, pumping, winding, and crushing gear, and battery of twenty stamps. The company hold about one-half their lease (No. 1137), and have let the other half under three tributes. The gold previously reported was struck at 45 feet deep, and followed to 60-foot level on the foot-wall; but on sinking their shaft 'to 115 feet, and driving thence south, no gold was found; by following a very narrow dyke or oross-course, striking south-west, a large body of golden stone was found 36 feet west of the foot· wall. In the several stopes 'and cross.cuts other leaders and bodies of stone head away west, where the hanging wall has yet to be found. This company have been crushing; they have now 1754 ozs. of amalgam, and expect 1200 ozs. to 1300 ozs. when cleaning up on Saturday next. The No.1 Tribute will also finish a large crushing from 134-foot level, their claim being north of the com p'l.ny, and the stone obtained along the foot-wall. Upon this lease 64 men are employed, and along the sanie line shafts are being sunk upon the several leases. , The Devonshire Company have obtained. 802 ozs. from 590 tons of quartz, obtained from their 200-foot level, along ttle foot-wall, from which numerous leaders are striking west; the shaft is being sunk deeper in water, over 6000 gallons per hour ha,ving to be raised. This mine and plant are in excellent order. The adjoining leases are cross-cutting for the reef, the Duke (south) at 164 feet, and the North Devon at 246 feet'; other companies on this line are also working. ' In Wattle Gully, the United Company, in addition to the leaders previously reported, foupd a western reef before Uliknown; from the 235·foot level 257 tons yielded 212 ozs. of gold. Their cross-cut at 31D.foot level is in 72 feet east toward the main reef. Another engine and additional plant is erecting to crush the large body .of stone available. In the adjoining claim, south, Walker and Co. ohtained 108 .oZS. 18 dwts. from 98 tons .of stone. The Wheal Terril Company continue sinking their main shaft, now down 302 feet. The Old Wltttle Gully Company are cross-cutting at 334 feet deep. At the South Nuggety Reef, Dyason and Co. obtained 182 ozs. from 29 tons, and are now raising even richer stone, the gold showing in the solid stone splendidly. . On the Shellback Reef, inside, Carter and Co. obtained 29?Jozs. from 14 tons; a large crushing of equally rich stone is nearly completed; the'reef increases in size and richness as it goes down. Ail a consequence the adjoining Great and Little Cumet Companies have risen in prospective value. . . / The 'White-horse Company have deepeued their shnfts, extended their levels, raised a quantity of quartz ready for crushing, and nearly completed the erection of a second engine with 12-head ba(',tery. I . The Englishman's Company obtained from a small reef 6 028. per ton from 6 tons, and are now sinking shaft to enable them to follow the gold •. ' . On the Sebastopol Reef, the Lewis Amalgamated Company are still sinking; now down 270 feet, with impr.oved indications. They purpose sinking another 100 feet before opening out. The North Sebastopol Company, at 210-foot level, struck a reef 7 feet wide which shows gold. I 37 FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. POPULATION. The population returns show a slight increase of quartz miners, but there is no difference except in this respect. Ar,LUVIAL MINING In alluvial mining there is but little doing, except at Table Hill, where tunnelling operations are being successfully carried on by a company, consisting principally of Maldon shareholders. QUARTZ MINING. Notwithstanding the excellent yields we have' had from this neighborhood, from time to time the very primitive appliances in nearly all instances, it is thought that ere long this division will rank amongst the dividend paying ones. , . The most noticeable feature in the past quarter being the yield from the Eagle Company, situated at the head of German Gully, which gave the excellent average pf 14 dwts. per ton at water level, and it must be remarked that the 'reef is well defined, and improving with depth, ,indeed at the southern end of the company's lease the stone is looking better than any seen hitherto. 'l'his has led to the occupatioll of the ground south, and a determination on the part of the proprietors to prosecute their labors vigorously. . N ext to the above is the excellent yield of Small and Co.. Some few weeks back they exhibited specimens of great richness, and their returns have proven that it was no patch, indeed their crushing now looks even superior. . . The Black-hawk Company, who have certainly shown indomitable energy for the past~few years, have at length , an excellent yield of 15 dwts. to the ton, with a large and well-defined lode. 'l'his is regarded by experienced miners as satisfactory to tl).eir neighbors south (the Burdett Coutts, to the Cumberland Company north), and will eventually end in operations being carried OIl still further south, and inore energetically than hitherto. The old Cornish and Spanish Reef, about 30 chains south-east of the Eagle Company, has been taken ul? by a party of Sandhurst miners, who have every faith that the excellent returns years back to water level was suffiCIent to justify them in seeking gold at greater depths. The Thyra Company, at Specimen Hill, have struck very promising stone at the 240-foot levelr,this may lead to the testing of ground both north and south at greater depths than hitherto. , NEW MACHINERY, ETC. The Cumberland Company have now cOIn pie ted the erection of a 35-horse power, vertical engine with patent boiler and patent winding gear, and the ordinary pumping gear. They have a battery of)2 revolving heads. The actual cost to the company has been £1700. It is confidently expected that this southernmost battery will not be idle for want of crushing stuff as, in addition to their own, the Black-hawk Company contemplate crushing with them as the cartage will be but 10 or 12 chains. The prospects of this (the Cumberland Company) were long back sufficient to warrant the erection of proper machinery; and, in addition. to the Black-hawk, we have the Burdett Coutts adjoining, south, who ,have an immense amount of crushing stuff untried, probably from the fact that cartage to any more ~istant place would be, if not unremunerative, still far more payable when t~at serious object of cartage does not eXIst. ' Whilst upon the above subject it is contemplated by a company who now hold the old Chapel Hill ground to provide for the erection of a crushing plant for public purposes in coilllection with their mine-a more central position could not be proposed, seeing the excellent returns from Wilson and McDonald's, the Eagle, and. those of the Little .Nugget, near New London, all of whom cart to, and crush at, Small's, in Fryerstown; cartage costs therefrom·4s. per ton, hence it is obvious that a great impetus would be given to quartz mining by the erection of a _plant as proposed, for prospecting would be more vigorously carried on, as parties are often deterred from risking crnshings when cartage is so expensive; and again, oftentimes small yields are abandoned altogether which might ultimately lead to payable and even rich results. Water SUjJpl!J.-Ohm'f!es for Sluice-heads. £ 8. d. Joseph Nolan and Co., Vaughan and Glenluce, 2 heads, 24 hours per day-per week 300 Edward Moyle and Co., Vaughan, 1 head, 10 hours per day... .n .n 280 River Loddon Company, average 6 heads per week:- . 1 Sluice-head, per week ...... 310 0 2 6 10 0 3 " " 900 " HEPBURN DIVISION. ~l:lr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar. Specimen 'HilI Quartz Mining Company are driving in the 310 and 383-foot levels; but little mundie is observable. The machinery works admirably; 1743 tons of quartz gave 333 ozs. of gold, besides the pyrites, for which they got £3 per ton; the reef is now 5 feet thick. 'rhe buddle and the Chilian mill, Hungarian mills, &c., are let at a rental of £3 per week, together with sufficient steam-power, to a party treating pyrites, so that, although small quantities are reported, they must be rich in ore. .' Cornish Quartz. Company,Wombat Hill, gives an average of 12 dwts. 0'68 grs" 3166 tons being crushed during the qua.rter, obtained from 250 and 380-foot levels. Pumping is easy; the underlie is 1 in 3 westedy; dividends are regular, and the mine looks first rate. . . The North Cornish Company have part of their claim let to tribute parties, and are working at different levels to 420 feet with fair average results. The Gladstone Quartz Mining Company, Bryce's Flat, obtained gold-bearing quartz at 30 feet, yielding l4i dwts. to the ton; the lode is 5 feet thick of solid quartz; the shaft is down 50 feet; from the bottom of the tunnel is 9 ft. x 4 ft. the underlie is a little to the east. 'l'he Last Cfu1Jlce Quartz Mining Company, Keep-it-dark, are working a fiat reef spur or leader 8 inches thick; 13 dwts. 3'09 grs. per ton was obtained. , The Argus United Quartz Mining Company have- sunk their shaft 580 feet, and are opening out at 573 feet· great expectations are entertained of striking the Cornish lode on the northern boundary. -' The Band of Hope Quartz Mining Company, N uggety Reef, are about to, replace machinery on the old Nuggety Company's shaft, Bome large veills being known to exist. . The Creole Quartz. Mining Company, Adams' Reef, are driving at 290 feet easterly; expect to cut the lode ~Wto®~. '. The Fear-~~t Tribute Quart~ Co~plmy, North Fear-not Quartz Company, Freehold Quartz Company, No. 1- South Q~ar.tz Mllllllg Comp3;ny, BrIt~llla Company, W011d~rful, Foundry Quartz Mining Company, Lucinis, Crown Quartz lVhrung Company contmue makmg progress; but nothing epooial--call be reportcd beyond that contained in the ta.bulated statement. 38 .The following table will show the crushings of sever:il co-operative parties with results, the aggregated results of whlch are give~ in quartz tables a~ from public mills. " ' Quartz crushed. Yield. Depth. tOllS. ozs. dwts. grs. ,feet;, ! Lockhart and party, Black Jack Gully ,.. 5 .2 II 0 ·35 : ..l ..L 1 ...... ' Schinkle and party, Crown Reef 86 21 16 18 10 to 70 Hollingsworth and party, Black .Tack, . 12 . 9, 18 0 25 " Shaw and Pearce, Daylesford '\Vest ••. 15 8 ,5 0 shallow' . Gazely and party, Willard's old Reef , 92 97 '10 0 60 Nelson tributers, Willard's old Reef .•• 7 1 0 18 25 Willard ,and Co:,. Willard's J'l,eef 66 '13 "10 "0' '. 50, 'Lawson and Co., Keep-i~-quie~ Reef ..• 10 '48 0 40 ,r, ,,' ',', Barkla Prospects ... ;.. ... , ... 26 ' 12 16 0 White Hills ' 49 20 0 0 30 fanham. Doctor's Gully 83 \8 6 0 20 . Wild Cat Gully 43 2Q' 0 0 B:tack and party .•. 32 50 8 12 Generally spc'aKllUg mitring her~ haa been remarkably qiliet during the quarter. WATER. Thlf suppiy of water may be taken as 90 slui~e-heads, the price averaging 408. per sluice. head per week, the shift of eight hours; and two shifts per diem are all that at this period are generally available, t~e three S-hour shifts, may next quart,er be used. (, ,.,',' '" , ' . . ' In machllleryJhere has been some alterations, but the totals are nearly the same, except as to values. Alluvial mitring is principally'carried on by small co-operative companies, and the results'are considerably less than heretofore, and hardly obtainable, in consequence of' the 'migratory habits of the miners working .this branch. ' ' ".. ,. " " , , , . ! ' , The Great' Tuimelling Gold Min~ng Company, at Italian Hill, are working in the, faces at 4000 feet 'froni 'tIie tunnel' mouth at ISO feet from the surface; the wash is 2 feet deep, and the width 100 feet;' 61 ozs. '14 dwts. 12 grs. have been obt\1ined during the quarter, 6 men being employed in the work, exclusive of fellers of' timber" 'carter~! &c. 'The old workings in the Corinena: paddock, Eganstown, hav,e given employment to 17 men; and.from vario~, depths, generiilly, shallow, 147 ozs. 5 9-wts. have been obtained.. ' .. ,..,.' ':.. '" ... ,., . , ," The Sailor Prince and Prince Extended Companies, at Sebastopol Hill, continue working '\fith moderfi,te success; the' wash is improving slightly; good results may be shortly expected. " . . ~'" ,', Cornish Quartz Company sold 20 tons of pyrites at £2 5s. per ton., " North Cornish sold'4 tons '19 cm: at £2 lOs. per ton. ' . " Specimen Hill 'sold 1 ton lO'cwt, at £3 per ton. Results not given. " 'T,ARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISION: Mr. Tho'mas Orwin, Mining Registrar. The apparent unsatisfactory resuits or mining here during the quarter are not, calculated to increase the reputation of this division. So small a quantity of gold has not been obtained withirithe S!!n:ie peri . ,. 1" TA:aRANGOWER DIVISION. 11:lr. Rf!bert Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. 1. " QU.A.UTZ MIN~NG. ~ ", '.' , "-t There is not such a large yield of gold this quarter as last, but the average yield for, the quanFty is ,about the same;. The cause is' that tlieEaglehawk UtrionD))lnpallY have not completed their very, ex't~nsive cruship.g· plank although their :mine is improving in quantity and ,quality ; also !'everal cO!llpaniys b.aV;e let th.~ir ~iI\es·on tribut~" (lnd, the 'tributers are now forming compa!lies for the better and more convement workmg of the mmes. By r~fern,ng, t9 , the Report ou the Deepest Shafts, it will be seen that the Maldon United Company's Itrine, on Eaglehawk Reef,. is 39 improving in depth, and I am informed, t):Iat they ha,ve struck a fine body of stone in sinking their shaft. The Great Western Oompany still continue to receive average returns, and are getting a fine body of payable, stone along the west boundary of the Beehive Oompany's Lease at the 470-foot level. At Green Valley the '£hornhlll Oompany have tried their new machinery, which, I ain informed, worked very well; they crushed 100 tons, the yield I have not yet ascertained. The Speculation tributers on Nuggety Reef have again resumed operations, and are erecting a winding. engine on the claim. The Alliance, Mao on the same reef, have nearly completed erecting a powerful winding and pumping plant, 'and the prospects generally seem to be improving, which will make a considerable addition in the' yields for the ensuing quarter. . ALLUVIAl, MINING. . J'he yield has improved a little. Parties are setting in to work again who have returried from the- harvesting. The whole returns from the workings on the Loddon River I ha.,ve not been able to get, but I am informed tha~ the claims are yielding very well.' " ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. ''Mr. Alfred.A~strong, Mining 8,urveyor and Registrar. I have very little change to report for the last quarter. In alluvial mining Bome very extensive hydraulic sluicing operations are being initiated at Warburton by the Warburton Hydraulic Gold Mining Oompany; The race required to supply the water has been marked out for a distance of about 7,miles to all elevation of 320 feet above the claim, a-qd machinery and piping only await transit from Melbourne, which will be attended with some difficulty, as the whole of the material will have to be packed from the'foot of Warburton Hill, a distance of nearly three·quarters of a miltl, unless a small side cutting sufficient to enable a dray to travel be first cut, which, I am infomIed, will be shortly done by the Roads and Bridges department. This work will also tend to open up the whole of the Upper Yarra district. The difficulty of transit and consequent high price ohtores has a very depressing effect Up~)ll, and is a great drawback to, the mining community in that locality. A party of miners have a good claim in.the Yarra Yarra, at Warrandyte, and other parts of the same river will shortly be tested.' , At Haunted GullY"Berwick, several claims are paying well; the sinking is from 10 to 12 feet, and .the yields are from 6 dwta. to 1 oz. per man. '. I QUARTZ MINING. " Owing to the Perseverance Company, One-tree Hill, having ouly crushed once during the quarter their returns are much smaller than they otherwise would have been. This company expect daily to strike tho reef in their tunnel, which has been driven through very hard ground a distance of 268 feet; they have also cut a winze, out of which they crushed 51 ozs. 7 dwts. from 61 tons of stone, the reef proving to be 5 feet in thickness. The returns for the Union Company, Diamond Creek, are very good. The reef called No. a Reef has been struck a.t a. depth of 160 feet from surface, and will now be worked. The Defiance Company," Warrandyte, have called for tenders for deepening their shaft, and have resumed work. A small quartz leader showing gold has been struck at Roddle's Oreek, and about 2 tons of quart'" are shortly to be crushed for trial. . . . . Upon the whole mining matters generally may be said to be slowly progressing in this. district. BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIvISION., Mr. GTaham McPherson, Mining Registrar. Until within the last few weeks nothing has been done in alluvial mining in this subdivision except by individual miners, but a complmy of 20 men have taken up the ground lately abandoned by the Grand Junction Company, and are now engaged in sinking a shaft. In quartz, tho Oora Lynn Company have been sinking. The present depth of shaft is 200 feet. The manager purposes sinking to a further depth of 16 feet previous, to opening out. l'he indications are good, and the quartz from the 150·foot to the present level contains gold. ',rhe water is very heavy. ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Ferdinand M. Krause, ..Wining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. ,','" '.. . ; . ,A copious rainfall.during the quarter ha.s allowed slnicers to prosecute their work without interruption, and it 18 ol).l.r since the last few, weeks of BARKL Y DIVISION. Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Regi«trar. QUARTZ MINING. Glen Dhu is the only place in this division where quartz mining can be said to be carried on, and there are at present only two men I believe employed on the leases surveyed some months back j but I understand it is the intention ofthose who have taken up the ground-by raising a company with sufficient capital-to develop the reef, which is . supposed to be a good payable one. .' . • ALLUVIAL MINING, A rush has lately taken place between Barkly Post Office and b'renchman's Creek, and abont 100 miners are on the ground. The prospector's claim was bottomed at 40 feet, and the prospect obtained was 5 dwts. to the load. At G1enpatrick also there is more activity observable, and I understand that some of the parties working there are obtaining excellent prospects,' . . RAGLAN DIVISION. M1'. C. W. Mine/tin, Mining Registrar .. Manners and party, on the Red Streak Lead, Beaufort, continue to work their claim energetically, but do not seem to have had as good a return for their labor this qual'ter as they had for the previous one, the average per week per man being only about £2 5s. ' Cumming and party are still pushing on their operations, driving ina south-westerly direction, at a depth of about 108 feet, in what is supposed to bc the course of the old Garibaldi Lead. They have averaged at the rate of a little over £4 per man per week for the quarter. ' Day and party have purchased the whim, &c., of the party of Chinese who have till recently been working on the old Main Lead with pretty fair success, near t.o where the course of the said lead was lost many years ago. They have only just bottomed their shaft, and are preparing for I 41 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. OMEO SUBDIVISION. M1'. W. Phipps, Mi~ing Registrar. Quartz mining at Swift's Creek is at a standstill, awaiting the removal of the late Black Prince Company's quartz .mill to a more central locality, that being the only mill in the district that· has the requisite appliance for treating the minerals other than gold with which. the quartz at Swift's Creek abounds, and which cannot be properly sepl1rated from the gold by simple crushing and the use of quicksilver only. The alluvial miners are generally well employed. Tin ore of "ood quality, and in quantities supposed to be payable, has been discovered by a party of prospectors from Omeo,"'in the Pilot River, just over the border of the distr.ict, but ·which runs towards the Victorian houndary, MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining SU1'veyor and. Registrar. Nothing noteworthy has occurred since the date of my last rep~rt. Quartz mining is still in the same depressed state, owing to a want of foreign capital. The alluvial miners seem satisfied with their earnings. The galena mines at Buchan continue to attract attention. Several mineral lease applications have been lodged fo·r.land in the locality. ' CROOKED RIVER DIVISIO~·. Mr. James Travis, 1I1iidng Registrar. At no time during the past eight years have mining matters, either as regards quartz or alluvial, looked 80 gloomy and unpromising in this division as they do at the present time. Comparatively speaking, very little stone has been raised and crushed during the quarter, and the returns in every instance have been l)elow expectations. In the Good Hope :Mine'all the paYl1ble stone above the lowest cross-cut has been taken out, and most of the hands· have been discharged. The reef has been cut in tile level into the new reef, but as yet no auriferous stone has been found. I believe the company have it in contemplation to sink another winze in the old mine; in the meantime, they have taken up the Collingwood and Uncle Tom Reefs, and have commenced prospecting the former. Should they succeed in finding payable stone in this mine, it will give employment to a considerable number of hands. The crushing from the Hopeful Mine was not Ilearly so good as was anticipated, only yielding a little over 1 oz. to the ton. The stone looked well, and was confidently expected to return at least double what it did. The shareholders have commenced work again, however, intending to have another crushing in seven weeks' time. The retums from the Garry Castle Mine (Upper Wentworth) have not been quite satisfactory, but the mine ie, I believe, looking better at the pIesent time. The trial crushing from the Great Republic (Garry Castle Company) was very good indeed, yielding Mer 1 oz. to the ton. As this is by far the largest reef in the division, and likewise very easily 'I'orked, 10 dwts. to the ton would pay handsomely for working it. . A crushing of 12 tons from the Cumberland Reef (Thirty-mile Creek) gave an average yield of nearly 2 OillS., but as the cost of packing and crushirig amounted to something like £4 per ton, it barely covered expenses. In alluvial, mining matters are, if possible, still duller than in the quartz. Except a few parties on the Twelve mile, I know of none so engaged that are making even small wages, certainly not more than from 158: to £1 per week. There is no water sold in this diviliion for mining purposes, ' JERICHO DIVISION. lJb·. R. J. Donaldson, 111ining Registrar. In quartz mining things are very quiet here at present. Although several parties are out prospecting, and various reefs already found are being tried, there is nothing of consequence to repOl-t. The Harbiuger has not paid working expenses during the last quarter, the gold obtained heing only 135 ozs.15 dwts. from 710 tons of stone crushed, while the returns from the 10chfyne and Ferntree line have been only payable. In alluvial, the scarcity 9f water in the upper branches of the various creeks has caused many of the miners to suspend work for the present, and where water is plentiful the ground is nearly all worked out. There are no puddling maehines in this division. No'water sold for mining purposes during last quarter. DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION . .Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, lrlining Registrar• . I have the hOll?~ to report tba~ during th~ past quart~r the Long Tunnel an.d· Walhalla Companies have been constantly eugaged ralSlng and Crushlllg stone With very satisfactory results. DUfmg the last fortllioht the North ~ Gippsland Company, on the saIDe lioe ofreef (Cohen's), have been raising and crushing good stone, and ~iil, I believe, be in full work hereafter. No work has been done in any of the cla:ims' 011 Cohen's Reef south of the Walhalla Company, excepting that of the Little Joe Company, where prospeeting operations have been vigorously carried on. At Mount I"o?k Out little or no iIDprovement is as yet apparent. No. 22. 42 Alluvial mining is quiet; a limited number of miners are, engaged on the Thomson and Aberfeldy Rivers with moderate success. '\\: ; : { ;:,:, , " , , ' A creek prospecting claim hasibeen' taken up by Geo. Sco,uller ; the situation about'lO miles from Walhalla, in a south-easterly direction, on the western side of the Thomson River. The'prospector reports having obtained from 1 gr. to t dwt, per dish, with 2 feet of washdirt. Several miners have visited the ground; the general opinion expressed is that the workings are of a poor nature; and:riot likelY'to attract a large population. , " '~ .. RUSSELL'S CR,EEK DIY'rSION. J:;', :!, ,I ", I 'Mr.. Charl~$ Gadd, Mini';g Registrar: , G~n~ral dep~essio~ in alluvial mi~ing since the new year, particularly in th~ cement claims at Tangil: ihave registered a prospecting claim on the frontage system during the quarter. Mr. A. Lamond, together with some eX}lerienced Ballarat miners, has succeeded in obtaining good prospects by sinking a shaft through bluestone, this bemg the first experiment tried of the,kinq;,.in ,this ,divt~ion; they. expect "t(j pr!Jve the ground thoroughly in a month • . No quartz crushed during the quarter: ' THe'United 'Company commence crushing to-day, some 45 tons, with a pr~spect' of a good yield. " , " , '.. ' • J. \,' "'BENDOC, SUBDIVISION. ~. ; , . Mr. John Nichol, ,Min'ing Registrar. . Quartz mining in this subdivision ,is nearly at a ,standstill owing to want of hands to work the mines, and capItal. . .,,' '" ..' , The only claims in operation are tve Rising S.un, LueJry Hit, and Albej:t, a new reef reported in my last, which, as far as the, y;eld of ,gold from the trjaj'c~ushing and the appe'arance of the stone is concerned, surpasses any reef in this district yet'discqvered, 6 tons havi.iJ:g; yielded 'over ,8 ozs, per ton .. 'This reef, as fat as they have sunk, appears to average over'l'focit wide.' ",. ':'i. ',< ~ J x'., , , . , In alluvial mining the prospects in this subdivision: are very encouraging, and most of theIniners have left the reers for the Cobyingbar Creek. The prospectors 'anfl another party having struC'k good payable gold of a very coarse description, several pieces weighing over 10 dwts., and one piece I saw, which the prospectors obtained, weighed over 17 dwts.; but most of the parties on tfiis creek ,are' at present cutting tail~races and, preparing for the winter season, erecting huts, &c., so that operations are"not fairly set in.· '. , ,,' ' ;" , " TARWIN SUBDIVISION. Mr. E. W. Turner, Mining Surveyor a~d Registrar. Turton's Creek Goldfield.-This goldfield, which was discovered by Oldham and party early in last December, and 'which is situated about 12 miles north of Foster, has caused a great amount of excitement during the quarter; ',,: ,,', ' " 1" ; " • " "C The :yield of gold from· Tui-ton's' creek 'alone amounts to '5499 ozs"arid' allowing that 'there are 160 miners. employed, will give a return of £11 2s, 8d. per man per week, calculat~ng,gold at 778. 9d. per oz. One rather strange feature of the country'at Turton's Creek is the absence of quartz. Scarcely any is found, and it is a com)Ilon saying that there is'more gold than quartz. ,All the gold brought from Turton's Creek is nuggety and very much >yater-worn. ' The sinking is from 10 or 12 feet deep to nothing, and the whole of this ground is sluiced. The richness of these gold workings, arid th~ easy mode Of obtaining the gold; have given rise to a great many disputes among the miners, and the consequence is that there is a continual contention for the land, and the Warden's Gourtis swarmed with cases of trespas~, encroachment, &c. '" ' The road from Stockyard Creek to the diggings is very b,ad at present, and will be ,almost impassable in the winter time. , , Stockyard Creek.-During the early portion of the quarter about one· half 'of the claims were suspended, and the hOlders thereof, set out for Turton's Creek., However, later in ~he quarter, the whole of these claims were again taken up and are now being worked to advantage, The yield of gold for the quarter'is 2037 OZB. ~,:\.. ,J :_ There has been nothing done in quartz mining. ")"" " TRARALGON slmDrv.ISION,". A',:""'! " J ,: illr. Charles Denis, It!ini'{tg, Reg,istrar. , " .i, ;I have the ,honor ,to inform you that since my last"reportthere has been ,a small increase in the number of miners in this division., " Gold ,is being found in different localities both north and south, but I have been unable to ascertain with certainty if it is in payable quantities., Coal is also r51ported to have been found lately at Scrubby Forest, on the Morewell River, the scam I am 'informed being 8 feet thick. ," " . By Authority: JOHN FiRR~S, Goyerfment.Prj.nter, ~elbourne.