1870. [SECO.ND SESSION.]
VICTORIA.
R·EPQRTS
Ol",THE
MINING. SURVEYORS· AND:· REGISTRARS.
QUARTER ENDING 30rrr ·JUNE 1870.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMA~D •
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Summa.ry.-Gold Mining Statistics tor the Quarter ending 30th June 1870. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity 'of Gold Exported during the Quarter ending 30th June 1870. Summary .of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ending 30th June 1870. Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 30th June 1870. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Page Ballarat Central Division Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar ••. 7, 17, 19, 24 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar 7, 19, 24 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 19, 24 Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 15, 19, 25 Creswick Division ... Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and ·Registrar ... 7, 17, 19, 26 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 19, 26 Steiglitz Subdivision Mr. J. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar ... 7, 19, 26 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8, 17, 19, 27 Subdivision BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar 8, 19, 27 Yackandandah Division Mr. Thos. G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 8, 20, 28 Indigo Division Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8, 15, 20, 28 'Buckland Division ... Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar 8, 18, 20, 28 Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. A. F. Murray, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 15, 20, 28 Maindample Subdivision Mr. W. Frewen, Mining Registrar 20 Mansfield Subdivision Mr. J. H. Kelson, Mining Registrar ... 29 Benalla Subdivision Mr. John Liston, Mining Registrar 30 Gaffuey's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••. 9, 20, .30 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 20, 30 Big River Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 20, 30 Mitta-mitta Division Mr. Andrew Trencb, Mining Registrar 20 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. H. C. Geneste, Mining Registrar ... 10, 20, 31 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 10, 15, 18, 20, 31 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar 10, 20, 32 Heathcote Division and Waranga South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 15, 21, 32 division Waranga North Subdivision ••. . Mr. HenryBoyns Nicholas,Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 15, 21, 32 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar ll, 16, 18, 21, 33 Amherst Division ... Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor anjl Registrar 11, 16, 21, 33 Avoea Subdivision ... Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and uegistrar••• 11, 16, 21, 34 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 11, 16, 21, 34 Korong Division Mr. Henry J. Hughes, Mining Registrar 11, 16, 21, 34 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 16, 18, 21, 35 St. Arpaud North Subdivision Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 16, 18, 21, 35 CASTLEMAINE MI;NING DISTRICT. Castlemafne Division Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 21, 3fi Fryer's Creek Division Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, J 6, 22, 35 Hepburn Division .... Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar 12, 16, 18, 22, 36 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12, 22, 37 Tarrangowcr Division Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 16, 22, 38 St. Andrew's East and St. Andrew's Central Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 16,_ 22, 38 Subdivisions St. Andrew's West and South Subdivision Mr. C. Johnstone, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 22, 38 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar ... 22, 39 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Charles jag, Wm. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 22, 39 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. S. K. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 17, 22, 39 Barkly Division Mr. S. K .. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 17, 22, 40 Raglan Division Mr. Augustus Poeppel, Mining l!egistrar 22, 40 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision ... Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar 22, 40 Mitehell River Subdivision Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 23, 40 Boggy Creek Subdivision Mr. H. Sutton, Mining Registrar 14, 23 Crooked River Division Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ... 14, 23, 40 Jericho Division Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . 14, 23, 41 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . 14, 23, 41 Stringer's Creek Division Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar 14, IS. 23, 41 Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Registrar 14, 17, :!3, 42 Bendoc Subdivision Mr. John Niehol, Mining Registrar 14, 23, 42 Paper on the Durham Lead, from Sebastopol to 'Mount Mercer SUMMARY.
GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 30th JUNE 1870.
TABLE SHOWlNG APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. tke and Registrars' Reports for tke Quarter ending 30th June .1870.
AlluviaJ. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL JlllNI.>qG, MACHINERY ,EMPLOYED IN ,QUARTZ llnNIXG. Miners. Number Number "' of of Price of Gold Steam Engines ls App+~ximlue ate, ,Srqu arof distinr.t per oooce. DISTRICT, DIYISION, employed in Wind ~ ~ ~tE .u il1 0 8 0 Quartz ing, Pumping, &c. -~; :a :So~ . ; ~ biJ of Auriferous Reefs AND '=' ::; .., ;:: - " 51 Mining Ground · actw:llly 1 1~1~ 3il< Plant. P[gb':,d SUBDIVISION. ~~ ~t;J~ , ~~ ~~~~ "'· ~ r3 m ~ ~ ~ ~ . S ~ ~ upon. Auriferous. I---_,...... '""'>'<1l Ill s·~ P.~..:.. ;2 ;a·a~ ~ s ~·.s I· I§ m1<~ 'g .S § g~ ;a :a ·gal From To ~ ~ ~~ t;2 S.tl I'< ~!'<);!~ ~ ~ 1'1 gj z &.;;;: '------'--1~-1-----1---1:---·1------1--·-1---1---11-- --·--1------1--1--1-- £ £s,d. £s.d. BALLARAT. 14 276,250 7 24 4 1 6 4 3 0 36 36 2 2 31 659 359 3,810 495 567 4,872 99 3,636 154 28 .. 160' 84 6 28,000 6 14 4 0 6 4 1 6 Central Division . • • • . . 1,861 10 202 62 4 11 2 'io 'i '2 4 11 4 0 0 4 2 6 Southern Division ...... 720 200 9. 2 15 900 110 50,000 14 13 260 300 1,620 30 853 "2s 9 16 13 ' .. 28,430 13 11 4 0 0 4 0 9 Euninyong Division "',. • . .. 1,235 57 13 .. 43 31 '5 'i 4 90 33 1.5:ij1,240 I 250 40 1,530 55 io 1,150 'i 234 is '3 'i 111,500 12 15 319 0 4 0 6 ·Smythesdale .. .. . • .. 13 305 17 ~· 115 a ·2 1,000 1 2 30 ~18 4 0 0 Creswick .• •. .. .• 950 400 850 2,200 16 421 65 7 16,763 . 3o 18 0 14 13 308 335 1 8 1 .. 85 136 2 28,430 18 62 318 0 4 0 0 Gordon .• ,. •• •. •· 1 10 19 374 318 0 319 6 280 520 1,000 500 24 432 io 284 14 52,000 4 21 ~tl~~oOd and Bl;,~ )f~~ta;;, 340 . ~g 520 1,290 1B i!outb 1 - ,- 2,768 1 _:: ___, __o_s ___20_9_ ==242== _-_7-5····· __17___ ==1,_-630_- --••- ___1_o-... -__- _-_-·=· == _-_-9== Totals •. 8 635 ~3o5 14 7 :~==6=,2=49=~:==257=~:==44= -_-_7~0-l-~---2_-~-~~s= :.==9=:~==15=o==~:l==-3-,_58-_-6==~:=_-n_-_-_- :_-1=,305=~-~--=-13- =~46~--- ==1=~:~===59=..:1-,_403---=-=~:====77~~===~~ 1 1 1 1 I·· BEECH WORTH. 64' 3 5 53,980 47 90 319 6 4 1 3 25 270 10 15 5,500 3 58 28 2 7 99 3 8 0 319 0 Beechworth •• 1,241 1,010 160 2,411 3,100 6 90 85 2 16,000 ·370 ... 1,590 1 4 1 37 37 1 39,900 1~1 ~ 319 6 4 0 6 Yacka.ndandah 500 560 ·,m 10 250 15 3 6 64 58 6 213 147 53 .. 413 16 406 259 284 14 60 338 318 0 Indigo ** .4 , 2 .22 '2,314 5 48 '2 18 4 1 0 165 1,281 406 1,004 6 72 58 '3 17 30 ~u ·~ Bucklaud •• 150 1,035 6 104 'i4 io 50 2 'i :a 9 16 315 0 3 16 6 865 20 2 150 20 2 24 20 pie*:: 150 100 50 310 0 3 '5 0 3 i9 6 Bcnalla .. . , :ioo ::48 :ias ~·m· :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :~ :: -~ ~~ :: :: :: :~ .. i~ i~ :i :i :: :: :: ~:347 ~ -~~ 2'11 0 4 0 0 Gaffney's Creek 252 6 200 •. •• .. •• .• .. 'i 380 .. 30 50 'i :: :: 8 10 255 .. .. ·;, '2 'i 62,509 1~ 93 3 10 0 4 0 0 '\Vood's Point .• 125 50 80 :: ...... • •• .. • . 550 8 8 .. .. • • 4 2 43 .. •• • . .. . . 9,976 30 12 3 5 0 3 12 0 Biglliver .• 230 240 12 4 .. • • .. • • ...... 2,000 3 1s 18 .. • • . . • . . . . •...... · .· 2,603 3 5 3 16 6 3 18 0 ]lfitta.-Initta* · .• EO 70 200 ...... MO .. • • ' • • .. 4 68 1 _...::....61 13,560 7 16 J'a.mieson .• 1 1 1 ~o31 _3,_532_ _::sn :~:~~-8-l===-oo--:-_1·_-_-_ -_s=os=~:_2_3.cl·-·-· ___75_ _-36_- ... _48__ 1_i._63_4 _u_ _:_s .E~~~ 6 --;;s- __oo_5 __ __.::.24::_. _1:_,o_r4_ _!_ __Is____ 16__ n_ -1-l-.,-30,-o,-78-7-I--2-39~~I--71-0-I • Totals .• 1 1 1 1 1 /
SA..>qlJHURST. 3 18 3 3 18 ·s s"ndhurst ,. • • • • • • 2,550 620 4,032 .. 7,202 37 590 .. . . 224 16 91 .. • • 20 .. 8 338 1 121 2,111 1,~~, 2 .. 190 219 1 382,500 16 260 3 15· 0 3 17 6 K\lmore.. .. •• .. •• 79 30 74 .. 183 ...... 8 4 6 12 ...... • .. .. 8 110 '2 2 .. 5 4 .. 6,000 27 110 3 16 0 4 1 6 Heath cote and waran.,"" South .. 861 130 335 8 1,33i . . .. • • .. .r~ 4 20 79 .. , • . :: :: .. .. i~ i~ ...... 11 22 .. 22,069 ~g. 1~g 3 15 0 4 0 0 Waranga North .. •• .. 406 ' 80 ~3-1.....:.:_ 758 .. ___:_:_·1-·-·-1-~·-·. -1---1·..:.:_ -"-1-·-·9-1·1-:.:"_ ...... -- ~------1--"-1--'--1--··~1__:_:__1--1-0_,I_-16_- ___1_..7,_96_0_1---=--1--.,--1 Totals . . .• . . 3,895 860 4,714 , s 9,<77 37 530 .. . . 342 2!1 117 .. 20 .. 8 338 1 157 2,654 2 1;409 4 .. 216 261 1 428,529 133~ 629 ---- l-l--~l---l---1--~l--1--)--l~--1------1-1--1---1---:-l---1-~-1--_:_~i---1---1
MARYllOROUGH. 410·413 1,670 400 580 .. 2,650 23 609 18 .. 140 17 4 .. .. 2 35 24 2 21 492 .. 171 •• • • 16 12 .. 87,795 125 5 3196 410 l\Iaryborough ...... 2 2 3 16 6 4 1 ·o Amherst •• .. •• .. 1 5 3196 406 Avoca- ...... •. ·i&g z.ggg ~~ ~ t~~~. g ~t -~~ :: ~~~ ~g ~~ -~~ :: l :: ~~ ·~ :: l ,:~t :: 2n :: :: ~ i~ ::- n:~ ti Si 3100 420 Dunolly and Tarnagulla ... 1,cl80 500 5GO .. 2,480 1 30 . . .. 50 • • • • • • 30 .. 6 18 : .. · 22 418 .. 138 .. •• 20 .. i:i 30,000 15 39 Korong .. .• .. ., .. 20 3176 410 450 100 150 .. 700 2 20 1 .. 5 4 6 .. 2 ...... 5 50 .. 30 • . .. 3 1 1 10,100 10, 25 Redbank and St. Arnaud South .. 3150 400 i!t. Arna.ud North . • . • .. - 5: __6_2 _ __l'l4___ ..___ 30~ __._.- __1·,-~38-1·-·-·-1·-··-1-.-6:-il-;-~-11.:.:._ 17: ••·. 3567' 2 833. ~ '--.:_2' 1~: 1--32_6_,___::__ 98 .. .. 14 13 •. 32,088 7 - 60 Totals .. ~888 ~832 __z,3_5_9 _2_o___ 1_2,_00~9- --~61_ ---l~-"7_ __._. _ _ 1 ss _ _·______2_..,1_1_1_ __._. ~l·'--7_56_.+--··-l-'---l--96 __ 1__ •_1_ 1._,.1.._4_1.:._2_22_:,.._334:.::__1_ ___;1:.:9::~:__ 1 ___36_1 __ 1 1 11 1 1 1 1
CASTLEMAlJI."E. 31 522 . . 240 • . .. 30 40 .. 57,010 9 99 3 17 3 317 6 • • 600 450 530 . • 1,680 4 50 3 .. 5 • • 110 24 • . 100 16 98 2 318 0 318 6 1 2 2 ·2 317 0 319 6 :: ·ros ~g g~ :: i:~ ~ ~~~ ·· :: 11 M i~ :: ~ ~ .: ~ ·~ M ~f6 d ~ :: ~i:~~ ~:t ~ 318 6 319 9 8 120 • • ~ ~~:·= 68.. .. 22,475 22 31 316 9 319 3 ::2 •. 28 "!; '2 . .. 'i :: - 317 6 4 0 6 ··~~·~~ ~~~g . 1: :: ~ ~ 1~ ~g :: J ~ 35 i~ :: ~ ~ 32s3 : :: :~ ,~~ 1~ ~ 109 .. 505 .. :: '3 .. 30 .. 4 3 ...... 8 4 317 0 317 6 70 .. 142 .. . ---1--1-·-·-1--·-·-1--1-1-"-1·-·-· J-2- .. 1-.:.:_ ...... 1 1--1_3_: __ __ .. Totals ••. ' 2,409· .. 8,518 ,- 25 ~. __5 . . 469 57 75 _653 .• 198 138 142 2 ·1--2~,3-~_ ~1--·4~--~ ==·=~==:::==1~===::==200===~I-·~~-I----2~--~~~=--I---1~~ --- ·---38-:---I ,- 1 · 1- 1-1-
ARARAT. 317 6 319 0 3 3.15' 6 3 19 6 g :: :: ·9 ·i 318 0 319 0 :: ·~~ • ~~ ~H :: I:~ ~ J io ~ :: :~ :: ~ ~l .~ · 2i }M .~ :4! .~ :: 3~ ~:~ U ~ 3 18 0 3 19 0 1 :: l--e'-251_ ~_~20~ __2 _ ..___ 57_3 ____ s_ 1__ oo_ 1_·_·3_ 1__ ._. -I--==30==, 1==1=0l-=·:l=·=·2_· ___ __--·=·=~:==·-· ______..-=::.=="=+-- __::=~I~_- _·-·=1-___:_:___ 1_+_.,-1_1 __ 1 __ :_: -I·-~-~-IJ--:·-;-~j__:_:__:·J-;;- ..,_:·;;-·j-.: ";--+ -.---i:..;~-~~l--~_;__ 1 __5__ 1 1 11 11 Totals .. _9_46__ 1:185 _9_02___ .._ _!_.033___ 1_4- ___212__ :.,....:.:... 69 14 ·12 135 •• 23 .• 26 98 1 33 916 1 1_:::_1__:_:__1~1-=--1_:_1. 127,010 79i 71
GIPPSLANI>. 3 10 0 3 17 6 20 20 3 16 9 3 17 0 nd~~gy~reek:: ~~ t3~ .. 65 :: rs¥ :: :: :: :: :: :: :: tl~ .:: :: :: :: ·~ ~l .. i~ :: :: 'i :: .. i:~~ g 3~i 3 17 0 3 18 6 1 1 1 3 0 0 3 19 6 1 3 6 0 3 16 0 ~ :: :: :: ·~gf 18 ~ :: U8 · :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ~~~~ :: :~~ ~ :: :: :: i ~i :~ u :: :: :: :: ;~ ~i:~~ ~~. fi 3 10 6 4 1 0 ...... 35 . . 397 . • 432 ...... • . :: .. :: 46 :: 14 312 .. 132 ...... 49,182 7 9 3 0 0 315 0 120 .. 130 .. 259 3 55 .. . • ...... 3 2 . . 5 . . 2 3 . . .. 1, r5o 3 1i 3 10 0 316 6 c;.:::~;~::...... 2 *8 2 s32 1 1 6 0 1 30 94 71 195 95 9 '~"u"" To:~ls :: :: :: l-1-,1-5-9-l--86~-5-l--9-40- .. ~ .. 3 .. 55 I_::_ .. -:-:-,l-:-:-l--:-:-l--1-,66-9-l--:-:-l -oo 1loil :: ~~ .. 43 7;9 11 .. ·~ -5~l-·-~+-'--14-l:-"o:-~-l--1-:-~--+--44-:6-l ~,---i--- 1,------i- ,---,- __ ,_ ------1----1~-- _;__ - --'1---_;___ , __ _::.._1,----1 2,782 15,478 16,500 62 60,267 399 9,657 335 44 1,660 282 322 18,986 11 1,042 283 264 682 21 701 13,283 53 6,487 21 22 555 532 20 2,144,727 1,021• GRAND TOTALS 28,227
• The lliitta.-mitta. and Ma,inctn.m;p!e received, the last returns have been adopted.
ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED. '
FRo~r information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars, th.e TOTAL QuANTITIES OF GoLD got respectively from .ALLUVIUMS and QuARTZ REEFS are as follow:- ,,
Alluvial. Quartz. Total.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarterending 30th June 1870 ...... 173,208 15 135,664 0 308,872 15
THE QuANTITY O~' GoLD, the produce of this Colony, EXPORTED, according·to Returns furnished by order of. the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows:-
oz. dwt. Quarter ending 30th June ·1870 309,415 10
SUMMARY.
THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY OF QuARTZ and QuARTZ TAILINGs, CEMENT, and'MULLOCK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on, !luring, the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom :- ·
MINING DISTJUCTS. Quantity Crushed. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold from Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., Crushed.
Quartz. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat ...... 70,697 15 0 0 6 0'29 21,252 12 10 Beechworth ...... 25,493 15 0 0 10 18•73 13,741 14 17 Sandhurst ...... 57,846 0 0 0 10 12•17 30,389 15 5 Maryborough ••• ...... 17,201 0 0 0 8 10•66 7,262 ll 19 Castlemaine ...... '" .. . 27,832 ,4 0 0 9 23'37 13,879 15 6 Ararat ...... 17,241 0 0 0 10 13•93 9,121 1 0 Gippsland ...... 6,974 0 0 I 9 1'10 10,128 8 10 ' Total Quartz ...... 223,285 14 0 0 9 11'38 1?5,775 18 19 Quartz Tailings, Cement, and Mullock. ------Ballarat ...... 36 0 0 l I 10•91 38 12 9 Beechworth ...... 404 0 0' 0 4 6'06 85 18 6 Sandhurst ...... 26,f74 0 0 0 3 1'51 3,tl55 12 15 M:aryborough ...... 3,530 0 0 0 2 11'61 438 ,7 19 Castlemaine ...... 4,955 .0 0 0 3 9'88 845 5 18 Ararat ...... 2,555 7 0 0 1 15•84 212 • 2 0 Gippsland ...... 255 0 0 0 7 2•37 90 10 6 Total Quartz Tailings, Cement, &c. ... 36,909 7 0 0 3 0•39 5,566 9 1 ------Pyrites and Blanketings operated on. . Ballarat ...... 347 14 0 3 I 2'26 1,062 2 12 Beechworth ...... 18 0 0 ·, 2 11 2•66 46 0 0 Sandhurst ...... 288 10 0 1 13 12'14 483 6 12 M:aryborough ••• ...... 172 0 0 1 19 4'01 336 16 18 Castlemaine ...... 15 0 0 1 2 3'20 16 12 0 Ararat ...... Gippsland ...... 27 ll 2 2 16 5•04 7i 10 0 ------~ Total Pyrites and J;Jlanketings ... 868 15 2 2 6 13•37 2,022 7 18
NOTB.-Th!s Su~a.ry does not show the total quantities of quartz, &c., crushed or operated on, but. only the yiel MINING SURVEYORS AND, REGISTRARS' RETURNS. QUARTZ. THE following information has been obtained from Heturns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QuANTITY 01!' QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom · n1vision and Subdivision, Average Remarb relative to the 'fotal Yield of I and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. • Quartz wae obtained, &c. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. r BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. \ CENTRAL DIVIIHON. Victoria (Monte Christo) ... Little Bendigo 1,000 0 0 0 2 4"80 i 110 o o 120 feet Old Post-office Hill ... Old Post-office Hill 2,ooo o' o 0 0 23•68 98 14 0 200 feet Redstreak ...... Gum-tree Flat 1,100 0 0 0 5 3'01 281 18 o 220 to 280 feet Don ... .•. Gum-tree Flat 173 0 0 1 12 7•76 279 12 0 160 feet Britannia ••• Specimen Gully 483 0 0 0 9 18'64 236 2 6 130 to 140 feet :Endeavour .•• Specimen Gully 1,115 0 0 0 3 9'12 188 9 o 200 feet Temperance ... Little Bendigo 3,000 0 0 0 4 9•87 661 13 18 550 te 650 feet Queen Victoria ... .. • Canadian Hill .. . 3,168 0 0 0 3 20'02 607 7 o 180 feet Black Hill .. • Blaek Hill .. . 3,892 0 0 0 1 19'97 356 12 o Surface St. Andrew ••• White-horse Ranges 1,100 0 0 0 1 11'67 81 15 o 120 feet Llanberris ... Gum-tree Flat 2,441 0 0 0 2 14•86 319 14 o 175 feet 1------·.--.------Total ... 19,472 0 0 0 3 7'42 i 3,221 17 0 SOUTHERN DIVISION. Speedwell ... ••• Staffordshire Reef 1,560 0 0 0 3 20·4~ 1--;QOw-;;- 4o-tootlevel, 5-foot lode Hercules ...... Moonlight .. . 750 0 0 o 2 9'60 90 o. 0 30 to-~o feet, 7-ft. lode Moonlight (late Homeward- Moonlight .. . 282 0 0 0 2 9·36 . 33 14 o 18-footlevel,5-footlode bound) Kangaroo ... Kangaroo ... 600 o o i o 3 0 i 90 0 o I 37 feet, 5-foot lode Keevill ... Frenchman's Gully 50 o 0 i_o_:_8__ o__ ~~~lo-footlevel,5-footlode Total .•• 3,242 0 0 0 3 7•09 534 4 0 . BUNINYONG DIVISION. Imperial •• • .• • Hiscock's ...... 1,930 o o o 3 13'89 345 7 0 200 to 260 feet Alfred ••. .•. Hiscock's ...... 1,500 ·o o o 2 10·63 183 4 12 120 feet Homeward-bound ... Homeward-bound Reef 1,000 o o o 6' o 300 0 o 150 ft.,six weeks' work (due south of Hiscock 's) ••• Biscock's* One-and-All - i i------1 Total ••• 4,430 0 0 0 3 17'77 828 11 ·12 SMYTHESDALE DiviSION. Ba!larat . and Carngbam Britannia Reef, Carng- 2,000 0 0 0 5 23'65 598 11 0 Shaft is 328 feet deep Consols ham ------1·------ CRESWICK DIVISION. Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs .. . 13,924 0 0 0 3 16'42 2,565 0 0 372 to 443 feet South Clunes ...... Clunes Reefs .. . 2,254 0 0 0 10 11'45 1,180 16 0 172 to 244 feet , Victoria...... Clunes Reefs .. . 2,829 0 0 0 5 21•64 834 16 8 300 to 800 feet New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs .. . 8,792 0 0 0 14 20'21 6,524 15 0 240 to 590 feet Yankee...... Clunes Reefs ... 143 ·o o 0 5 4•12 37 0 0 352 feet Hard Hill ...... George's Reef... 500 0 0 0 3 I3·i4 89 6 6 20 feet Waterman and Party ... Sulky Gully Reefs 72 0 0 0 12 8•86 44 lO 14 20 to 60 feet Edwards and Party .•. Sulky Gully Reefs 13 9 0 o'1o 12·04 1 7 I 6 Surface to 10 feet Bradshaw and Party ... Sulky Gully Reefs 68 0 0 0 9 11'64 . 32 •5 0 20 feet Livingstone and Party .. • Cobbler's Gully Reef ••• 40 ll 0 0 5 10'20 . 11 0 0 60 feet ------1 Total ... 28,636 0 0 0 7 21'85 11,326 10 10 GORDON SUBDIVISION. Kangaroo Bob .. . •.. Hicks' Reef 460 0 0 0 18 ll'll 424 13 0 200 and 270 feet Egerton •• • .. • Big Hill Reef ... 3,174 0 0 0 9 22"21 : 1,575 3 o 370 feet Victoria ...... Parker's Reef 1,300 0 0 0 5 6'64 343 0 0 from 250 to 370 feet Princess of Wales ••• New Beef 100 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 300 feet TotaL •• 5,034 0 0 0 9 7•87 2,347 16 0 STEIGLI'l'Z SUBDIVISION. Galatea...... Steiglitz 250 0 0 0 1 17•08 21 8 0 Salamander ... Steiglitz 130 0 0 1 0 0 130 0 0 Albion ...... Steiglitz 1,743 0 0 0 5 ·21'82 . 515 0 0 East Albion •.. •.. Steiglitz 10 0 0 1 9 0 14 10 0 Pivot ...... Steiglitz 22 0 0 0 9 2•18 10 0 0 Blackwood ...... Steiglitz 40 0 0 0 5 6 10 10 0 . Italian ...... Steiglitz 32 0 0 0 4 16'50 7 10 0 Moonlight ... ••• Steiglitz 21 0 0. I 0 22'85 22 0 0 Daylight ... •.. Steiglitz 11 0 0 0 6 8'72 3 lO 0 Total ... 2,259 0 0 0 _6 12'04 734 8 0 .. ••• "'>-. -· ---· .. 8 QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Divisi9u and Subdivisio:n during the Quarter, &c;-continueci. Division and Subdivision, • Average Remo,rks relative to the Total Yield of Depth at which the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz 9rushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Name of \)OIDJ:lllllY· per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt; gr. oz. dwt. gr. BLACKWOOD DIVISION ·A:!."D BLuE MouNTAIN SoUTB SUBDIVISION. Star of the West •• • .. . Star of the West Reef .. . 1,085 .0 0 0 4 3•99 226 0 12 90 feet Trewhella ..• ... Trewhella's Reef ' .. . 236 0 0 0 ·"7 12'31 88 13 0 160 feet Cornish ...... Simmons' Reef .. . 280 0 0 1 0 15'43 289 0 0 190 feet Morning St{l,r ...... Bald.Hill ...... 237, 0 0 0 4 23'70 59 2 0 lOO feet Snake Gully ...... Snake Gully Reef ... a24 o o 0 3 19•63 61 17 0 80 to 130 feet Sultan .. . ••• Barry's Reef ...... 888 15 0 0 12 2'53 537 19 0 290 feet Williams Brothers .. • Simmons' Reef ... 600 0 0 0 0 12 15 0 0 Surface Clunes and Blackwood ... Yankee Reef ...... 296 0 0 0 2 16'52 39 15 18 Surface North Britain ...... Wright's Reef .. . 90 0 0 0 10 9'20 46 14 12 20 feet Crown. ... . 1 ... .. • 1:'3immons' Reef .. . 600 0 0 0 1 13 46 5 0 60 feet ·True Blue ... . •. Barry's Reef,...... 714 0 0 0 5 3•!7 183 4 6 100 to 180 feet True Blue tributors .. . Bu.try's Reef .•• . •. 174 0 0 0 2 14 22 9 12 160 feet Coamo ... .• • . . • Snake Gully ...... , 100 0 0 0 8 22'56 44 14 0 TotU-1...... 1 ~~~~ 1,660 14 12 " BEECHWORTH MINING DIS';I'RIC't. BEECBWORTB DIVISION. Dwyer and Co. ... Myrtleford ... 16 0 0 0 6 0 4 16 o 40 feet McOmish and Co. . .. Myrtl~ford.. .. . 30 0 0 0 12 0 18 o ·o 30 feet Hurdle Flat Reef · ••• Stanley .. . 52 0 0 '1 11 3'69 81 o o 60 feet Little Magpie :·.. .. . Basin Creek .. . 120 0 0 0 16 16 100 o o 30 feet Norton and Co. ... Stanley .. . 25 0 0 0 5 0 6 5 o Surface Cead-mille-Failtha Reef Hurdle Flat ... 63 0 0 0 13 15'61 43 o o 75 feet Perry and Co...... Te.etotal R~ef ... 23 0 0 4 4 0 96 12 o Surfaee Tota.l... 329 o o r 1 6·12 349 13 0 Y.A.CKANDANDAH... DIVISION. ' . Duke of Edinburgh ... Twist's Creek 63 0 0 0 4 6'09 13 8 o Not ascertained Polar Star ... ••• Twist's Creek 42 10 0 0 4 2'82 8 15 o 20 to30 feet Home~ard"bound .. . Twist's Creek · 26 0 0 1 5 0 32 10 o 80 to 100 feet y aekandandah •.• .. • Twist's Creek 5 0 0 I 6 0. 6 10 o 20 to lOO feet Milkman's ...... Twist's Creek 1 10 0 3 10 16 · 5 6 0 Surface Lord Nelson .•. ... Twist's Creek 48 0 0 0 9 20 . 23 12 o Surface to 20 feet Scandinaviai1 ...... 1'-ivist's Creek 85 0 0 I 2 19'76 117 o · o 200 feet Homeward-bound · ... Hillsborough : .. 2,400 0 0 0 8 0 . 960' o o 200 feet Birthday ...... Back Creek ... 320 0 0 0 lii b 24o o o 8o feet' Pride and Stringer's ... Back Creek 590 0 0 0 4 7•89 127 14 o 80 to 100 feet ------3,581 0 0 0 8 Jl•03 1,514 15 0 INDIGO DIVISION. .United Consols . Higgins' Reef ... 417 10 0 0 17 18'56 371 0 12 2Bo·feet { Various reefs ... 20 o· o o 15 6 15 5 0 Surface BuchR.n's Reef 94 0 0 0 17 19•40 83 14 0 50 feet Magenta Magenta Reef... 55· 0 0 0 ll 15'27 32 0 0 100 to 180 feet 25 0 0· 0 14 0 17 10, 0 130 feet 1 Various reefs ... ·.· Hope Reef · ·. :. 155 o o o· 9 21·36 16 13 0 50 feet Rutherglen. Price's Reef 36 0 0 I 2 5·33 40 0 0 60 feet P;ice's Reef .. . 12 o o o la o 9 0 0 Surface Various reefs .. . 48 0 0 0 12 22 31 0 0 Surfaee to 10 feet l I Total ... 862 10 0 0 15 16·27 676 2 12 1----·------BUCKLAND DIVISION. H arrietuille. Law, Hanna, and Co. .. .. United Miners Reef ... 1,800 0 0 0 6 16 600 0 o 240 feet Chrysolite .. .. • Chrysolite Reef ... 38 0 0 2 0 0 76 0 o 20 feet Chrysolite •• . . .. Chrysolite Reef .. . 23 0 0 1 2 14'60 26 0 o 20 feet Harkin, SuUivan, arid Co .... Swindle Heef ... · .. . 4oo o o 0 2 14•40 52 0 o 60feet Johnson,Morgan,& Gitchell M~ney King Reef ... 300 0 0 0 8 16 130 0 o 18 feet Harkin and Co .. :.. .. . Monarch of Glen Reef ... 20 0 0 1 10 o' ao· o 0 40 feet Os borne and Uo...... Welcome Reef ... 14 o· o 2 5 10•28 31 16 o Not stated Os borne and Co ..•• Vi~toria !ieef...... 36 0 0 0 19 0 34 4 0 Not stated Roberts' Oreek. Johnson Stevens ...... Sydney Reef ... 84 0 0 0 10 0 ... 42 0 o 40 feet Kinkade and Co ...... E01pire Reef ••. 12 0 0 3 14 20 44: 18 0 Surface Ouens Riuer. Harp of Erin ...... Harp of Erin Reef 67 0 0 o 14 o·n' 47· o 0 200 feet Brown, Farrington, and Co.' Southern Cross Reef ... 60 0 0 0 '2 13'2 7 13 ·0 Surface Arnett and Co...... Old Lis69n"'Reef 10 0 0 0 8 0 4 ·0 o 200 feet .. :[lun'n'i"ng Greek. '. United Happy Valley ... Happy V(Llley Jteef 2,152· 0 0 1 1 23'33 3,009 16 o 283·feet 9 QuANTITY of QuAR1'Z Crushed in each Divisiou ami Subdivision during the Quarter, &e.-continued. I I Division and Subdivision, Average I Total Yield o! Remarks relative to th• and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. j Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. I tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. BucKLAND DmsroN- continued. Growler's Creek. I Lord of Hills ...... Old Warwick Reef ... 218 0 0 0 5 15'41 i 61 10 0 1!0 feet Home Reef ...... Home Reef ...... 542 0 0 0 3 0 I 81 6 0 250 feet Lynch and Meulman ... Alpine Reef ... 80· 0 0 0 6 6 25 0 0 25 feet Brennan and Martin ... Hising Star Reef ... 52 0 0 I 19 5 53 I 102 0 0 Not stated Rowe and Co...... Rowe's Ree.f ...... 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 Not stated Stirling and Pascoe ... Old Reef ...... 8 0 0 0 15 0 6 o. 0 Not stated Attridge and Co. ... Constitutional Reef ... lOO 0 0 0 10 0 50 0 0 50 feet Wallally ...... Wallaby Ueef ...... 561 0 0 l 4 8'08 682 13 0 120 feet Bruce and Co...... New Moon Heef .. . 45 0 0 2 10 5•33 ll3 0 0 Horizontal reef ' Morse's Creek. Peabody ...... Old Prince of Wales Reef 246 0 0 0 14 5'46 175 0 0 130 feet Perseverance ...... Oriental Heef ... 996 0 0 0 3 8'61 167 5 12 lOO feet Rawlings, Luffer, and Co .... Cobbler's Heef ... ' 65 0 0 1 4 14•77 80 0 0 50 feet P. Robertson ...... Robertson's Reef .. . 15 0 0 0 5 8 4 0 0 Not stated John Burnett ...... Butler's Old Reef ... 12 0 0 0 13 8 A 0 0 Not stated J ohnson Stevens ...... Canton Reef ...... 150 0 0 0 3 4'8 24 0 0 65 to 70 feet John son Stevens ...... Canton Reef ... 37 0 0 0 13 0 24 1 0 75 feet C. Frazer ...... Kinkade's Old Reef ... 86 0 0 0 2 5•02 9 10 0 40 to 60 feet Buckland. Murdock and Co. ... Perfect Cure Reef ... 30 0 0 1 I 8 32 0 0 40 feet A Ita ...... Alta and Nelson Reef ... 16 0 0 0 13 7'5 10 13 0 300 feet J. Williams and Co. ... United Reef ... 3 0 0 1 10 16 4 12 0 20 feet Lund and Shaw ...... King of Denmark Reef ... 62 0 0 011 6'19 34 18 0 20 feet Gerratty and Co. ... E!dorado Reef ... 3 0 0 0 13 0 1 19 0 12 feet Learmonth and Co. ... Miners' Right Reef ... 59 0 0 1 11 13'42 93 2 0 80 feet Duuphy and Co ...... Elgin Reef ...... 35 0 0 0 15 0"68 26 6 0 50 feet Aunt Sally Reef ... 25 0 0 0 9 0 11 5 0 12 feet Greerie and Co...... Chance Reef ...... 136 0 0 0 8 10 57 4 16 20 feet Martin and Co...... Star of Hope Reef ... 5 0 0 0 17 12 4 7 12 12 feet No Nothing Reef ... JO 0 0 0 11 0 5 10 0 10 feet Martin and Co. ... Star of Hope Reef ... 49 0 0 0 10 19•59 26 10 0 12 feet W allace and Co ...... Port Phillip Reef ... 7 0 0 2 10 10•28 17 13 0 20 feet Molyneaux and Co. ... Oceola Reef ... 22 0 0 2 17 17•45 63 10 0 30 feet Red Jacket ...... Red Jacket Reef ... 30 0 0 0 11 17'60 17 12 0 130 feet Upper Morse's Creek. Sielfieldt and Co. ... Gorilla Reef ... 45 0 0 2 14 5•33 122 0 0 C. Houghton and Co. ... Bluenose Reef ... 9~ 0 0 1 10 15'31 144 0 o. -- Total ...... 8,870' 0 0 0 14 1)•78 6,426 14 16 ------ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Lucky Prospecting ... Lucky Reef ...... 24 0 0 0 15 18 18 18 0 Surface to lOO feet Albert ...... Lucky Reef ...... 121 0 0 1 14 1•19 206 0 0 Surface to 270 feet Alfred ...... Lucky Reef ...... 72 0 0 0 4 17•36 17 0 2 lOO to 180 feet Frenchman's Party ... Lucky Heef ...... 13 0 0 0 2 0 I 6 0 Surface to 50 feet I.illy Prospecting ... Lilly Reef ...... 12 0 0 3 6 0 39 12 0 50 to 100 feet Nos. 5 and 6 North ... Lilly Reef ...... 6 0 0 0 7 4 2 3 0 50 to 100 feet Nos. 5 and 6 South ... Lilly Heef ...... 5 0 0 0 5 19'20 I 9 0 50 to lOO feet Galatea ...... Galatea Reef ...... 16 0 0 1 11 13•50 25. 5 0 3i feet Homeward-bound ... Homeward-bound Reef ... 99 0 0 1 10 ll•92 150 19 5 80 to 200 feet Ajax ...... Homeward-bound Reef... 6 0 0 0 9 0 2 14 0 200 feet Trial crushing ...... Home Heef ...... 3" 0 0 0 3 16 0 11 0 Surface Welcome ...... Mysterious Reef ... 48 0 0 0 3 0 7 4 0 Su'rface to 80 feet Mysterious ...... Mysterious Heef ... .19 0 0 0 8 0 7 12 0 70 to 150 feet Lady of the Lake ... Lady of the Lake Reef ... 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 l5 0 Surface to 50 feet Montezuma ...... MQntezuma Reef ... 24 0 0 0 18 22 22 14 0 Surface to 50 feet Morning Star ...... Morning Star Reef ... 19 0 0 0 16 13•89 15 15 0 16 feet Growler's ...... Growler's Reef ... 20 0 0 2 5 0 45 o. 0 20 to 40 feet Last Chance ...... Last-chance Heef ... 18 0 0 7 6 20'33 132 3 6 30 to 40 feet Brilliant' Prospecting ... Brilliant Heef ... 8 5 0 2 2 18'90 17 13 0 70 feet 'l'otal ...... 536 5 0 1 6 15'71 : 714 13 13 GAFFNEY's CREEK Sun- DIVISION. AI ...... Castle Reef ...... 686 0 0 0 14 14•90 501 10 o. Victoria ...... Homeward-bound Reef... 1,000 0 0 0 I 11•52 74 0 0 Gaffney's Creek ...... Homeward-bound Reef ... 500 0 0 0 3 10•22 85 13 0 Hunt's ...... Homeward-bound Reef ... 350 0 0 0 2 1'17 35 17 0 Lauraville ...... Homeward-bound Reef... 200 0 0 0 0 16•80 7 0 0 Ro~e of Denmark ... Eureka J{eef ...... 500 0 0 0 4 21•12 122 0 0 City of Colnmbus ... Wallaby Reef...... 700 0 0 0 4 0 140 0 0 I Total ...... 3,936 0 0 0 4 21•86 966 0 0 No. 2. B 10 QU.L'ITITY'of (:luARTZ Crushed in each Division and ~ubdivision during' the Quarter, &c.'7-cOntinuea. Division and Subdivision) Average Total Yield 0 f I Remarks relative to the ·· and I. Wl\erc Qu~rtz w~.s obtn.ined. Yield of Goltl Go Depth at winch the ··------tNa.mc of oo,:.npany. ·------·----·1--·---: per '.fono ------.------t • - t ld. 1 Quartz waS obtained, &c. Wooil's'J>oi:N-r·sUllmvr~I~N. tons cwt. q_r. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwL gr. Prospec;tors' Morning Star: •. Morning Star·Reefs 220 0 0 0 9 6'54 102 J 0 Nos. 1 and 2 North Morning Morning Star Reefs 390 0 0 0 8 8·61 163 0 0 Star I Hope ...... MqJ;ningStarReefs 573 0 0 0 17<14·32 .. ·504· 3 0 Age of Progress ..• •.• Morning Star Reefs ... 548 0 0 0 4" 2·16' 11~. o. 0 United ... .Morning Star Reefs ... .250 0 0 0 1 0•96 13 0 0 Express . ... :. .:· ' ~.. ·.waverley Reef' ... ·520 o. o o 2 18·87 12 9' o No. 1 South Waveriey ... .•Wa,verley Reef , · ..• .200 0 o 0 1 0'24 10 2 0 Shamrock '·, ...... Shamrock Reef ... 700 0 0 0 4 15'50 162 12 0 All Nations ...... All.Nations Reef .•. .582 0 0 2 ..I. 23:83 1,222. 0. 0 Hoyal Standard .. . Hoyal Standard Reef ... 300 0 0 0 3 3·20 47 0 0 Strap-and-buckle .· . ,,. Royal Standard Reef' ·i.·. ------1------:. 25 o. Q o 6 19'20 ---·• ,8, ~o- o Total ... 4,308 0 0 0 11 5'28 2,416 16 0 BIG HIVER SUllDIVISlON. ------·-·· ---- Luck's-all .. . W a.rner's Reef i5o o o o 4 9·6o '33 0 0 Londonderry ...... Railway R~et 293 0 6 0 5 4•50 76 ..o 0 Hope-on-hope-ever ... Seek-and-find .Reef ,128 0 0 0 10.15 1\8. 0 0 t r .~ ------.. ------. ,. Total.... ., 57,1 0 0 0 6 4'79. 177. 0 0 j ';I 1~------1------JAMIESON· Sri'BDinsioN:C Star of West ...... Ma.ck's Creek ... 2,500. 0 0 0 4 0 500 0 0 Various depths l' • ~ ': • -1 SA~DHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDI!UltST :qiVlSION. . ·.. ·; .·.· ... 1. Catherine Reef U:.o. ... .Catherine Reef '' ... 8,574 0 0 0 7 !4•24 3,255 7 Pioneer Works .. ... Long Gully ···! .. . 6,576 0 0 0 16 13'52' -5,446 3 Metropolit~n .... .·... Go.lden Square ... 5;381 0' 0 0 8 7:88 2,240 16 g* l li:agle ...... Reef, Eaglehawk ... 4,686 0· 0 0 13, ll'i3 3,160 10 0 Wm.Rae ... Happy Valley ... ' 3,614 o' o 0 ll 20'05. 2,138. 13 12 Hustler's Reef ...... Hustler's Reef ... 3,243 0 0 1 . I 0•73 3,410 2 0 ... •Eaglehawk · 0 9 19'87 .1,245 4 6 Beehive ...... ' .·~ .. . 2,534 0 0 6 .17•32 Johnson's Reef ... ~ ... .Johnson's·Reef ... 2,490 0 0 0 836 17 18 Publio; '"""""'' Bird's Reef ...... •Bird's Heef · .. . 2,430 0 0 0 9 17'50. ._1,182 2 12 l Alliance ...... Golden Square ... 1,400 0 0 0 2 19'60 197 a· 12 Victoria ...... Happy Valley ... 1,212 0 0 0 12.15'45 766 4 12 I Hercules ...... Happy Valley ... 1,173 0. l) '0 '9 ·o· .,. 527 17 0 Frederick the Great ... Sebastian·. · ... 3,624 0 .0. 0 4: 19"23 870 l ' ' ~ ' ... Sundry Iota ...... ·-:'Various· machines .. . 3,663 0 o I 0 9 0'84 ·1,654 l;; -~ J ...... 0-1 ' ... · !fotal...... 50;600 0 0 10 15'48 26,931 17 5 KILMORE DIVISION. --· I .. Ryan and Co...... Sunday Creek; ...... 114 0 0 0 6 16 38 o . 0 Various Landgridge ...... Heedy Creek•; ...... 137 0 0 0 13 0 89. I 0 About 185 feet Providence ...... Yea-Reefs ...... 200 0 0 0 5 0 50 0 0 Near. surface Flat Lead ·' •.•• Fla.t Lead., ...... ·76 0 0 0 4 0 15 4 0 Near surface •ronstal ...... Reedy C.reek " .. ... lOO 0 0 l 10 () 15\) 0 0 Various .. Reedy Creek 40 o'o 0 5 0 ·10 0 0 Various Tonstal ...... ' . . . . Tot.al ...... 667 0 0 0 6 2'62 203 15 0 HEATH COTE DIVISION AND ------W.uu.:NoA SouTH BUll- DIVISION. ., ' Greenshield's machine. ... Doncaster Reef ... 250 0 0 1 0 () 250• 0 0 Various depths Hall and ·Marchesi ... 'Miscellaneous crushings ·~275 0 0 2 19 4'19' 813 13 0 Various depths Alison ...... Babbage's Reef ... i2o 0 0 0 . 7 10'85. 44: 14 6 lOO feet Costerfield ...... ':Antimony Reef ... 359 0 0 0 7 3•87 128 11 0 320 feet V on der Luft's machine ... Miscellaneou~ ·erushings 86' 0 ·o 0 12 10'32 53 9 0 Various depths Tipper and William~ .. Racecourse Reef (\00 0 0 0 2 2·24 62 16 0 Surface ...... i ·8, Collius' machine...... Rea~astle (miscellaneous) 299 0 0 0 13 3'29. 196 0 ;Blake's priv:al;() property, 70 0 0 0 5 12 ;''19 5 0 Blake's Machine ...... ; ,. •. J?::rg.Yle~··_ . . ,. ---- ~' ' i Totai •• : ...I_;.. 2,~~·9 o · o· 0 15 .. 5·72 1,568 16 6 WAU...lNGA NoRTH SUll- DIVISION. Balnclava Hill ...... Balaclava Reef ... I ' 3,127 0 0 0 4 2•95 644 13 6 250 feet' Perseverance ...... South Nuggety Reef ... 200 0 0 1 0 0 200 .0 0 150 to 400 feet Var.ious reefs. · '106 0 0 0 13 6•67 70 7 12 Various depths I Jaw and Darroeh ... : Jolni Holmes and others 'Nuggety Hill Reef ... 525 0 0 ·o 8 '2•28 212 10 0 70 to lOO feet 'V/Vheeler and others ... Cockatoo Ueef · ... ';;7 0 0 3 0 8•42 172 0 0 50 to 90 feet 65 0 0 2. 0 5'53 I 130 15 0 70 to 140 feet Cracknell and otliers .~. Frenchman's Reef ••t w a! bran and others ... Dun,lop and others Reef 125 0 0 011 0 68 15 0 50 to 75 feet Butherland ... Try Again Reef ... 15 0 0 0 13 8 10 0 0 60 feet t8·o8 176 6 0 Victoria 4 •• , ... Coy's Diggings Reef ... ' 300 0 0 Oll i Various depths· Totar"...... 4,520 0 0 0 7 10'97 1,685 6 18 .... . ~ This jnclnrles two loa,le !rnm Cn9tlemaluo, yielding 7 rlwt•., nnd'four tons from New Zealand (ln1lve lots), yielding 2 ozs. 16 dwts. 11 QuANTITY of·QuARTZ 1Crushed iq each Division and S~bdivision. during the-Quarter;&c.--continued. Division nud Subdivision, Average Remarks relative to tbe and Where Qunrtz ..:as obtained. I Qunrtz Crusbod. Yield of Gold Total Yield of Deptb at which the Name of Company. per Toli, ·Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt, gr: oz. dwt. gr. • I .. .. MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRIQ'f; . ·',. M..I.:R.YBOROUGH DIVISION. ; Penny and Cln.nssen ••. Public crushings ... i90 0 0 0 11 20'96 469 0 0 1 t<> 200 feet Johnstone and Sons .• . Public crushings ... .801 0 0 0 18 0'77 722 4. 0 Various Bristol Hill ..• .. • Bristol Hill ...... 129 0 0 0 11 14'23 74 IS 12 242 feet Mariner's Reef ... ••• Publie crushings ... 243 0 0 0 4 5'65 51 9 6 Various Mariner's Reef ...... Telegraph and Frederick 435 0 0 0 5 18•93 .125 8 14 90 feet Heefs Mariner's Reef .... ~ · .. • Battery Reef .. . : .. . 270 0 0 \) 2 6•93 ·. 30 18 o 190 feet Mariner's Reef ...... Soldier's Reef...... 216 0 0 0 5 12'27 59 LO 12 50 feet Mariner's Reef ••• • . .. ~Iariner's Heef .. . 480 0 0 0 3 3•52. 75 10 I2 : 1 to 30 feet North·German ...... LancashireandYorkshire · 600 0 0 0 3 0 90 0 0 1 195 feet North German ... Leviathan .. • •.. 530 0' .o 0 4 O••. 106 o o 200 feet ·TotaL. 4,494 0 0 8 0'77 1,804 16 8 ------··---! AMHERST DIVISION. , .. -' Cosstick and Co"''· William's Reef 420 Q 0 0 3 4'30 66 I5 6 20 feet Cosstick and Co ..•. · · ·... La lira Reel · .:. . 29 0 0 0 7 9·93 Io is o 160 feet Busch and Co...... Prince of Wales Reef .. . 25 0 0 0 9 21'12 12 7 o 30 feet Fenton and Co...... Prince 'of Wales Reef .. . 4 0 0 1 10 0 6 0 o 10 feet Miller and Co. ••• ... Prince of Wales Reef .. . ·4 0 0 0 15 0' 3 0 o IO feet Faulkner and Co. . . . Adelaide .Lead Heef 4 0 0 0 18 0 '3 '12 0 60 feet Deed Brothers ...... Prince Alfred Reef 13 10 0 9 6 l(l "126 • 0 o 105 feet ; vein from 2 inches to I foot thiek Ebor ... .•• Finche's Reef ... '30 0 0 0 6 I2 9 I5 0 I30 feet Victoria ... White Star Reef 24 0 0 0 1 12 I 16 0 50 feet Himalaya ... Big Reef .. . 36 0 0 0 8 0 14 $ 0 70 feet Total .. . 589 10 0 0 8 15'15 • ,254 ~ 6 ------,-- AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Poverty Reef ...... 0 3 12 • Dawe and Co.'s' Crushing 8 0 0 I 8 0 l Donkey Hill Reefs ... 129 0 0 0 7 521 46 Ii · 0 Machine ... ••. ) West of England Reef ... 143 0 0 0 14 8'55 102 13 0 Luek's-all Reef ... 274 0 0 0 4 I4'62 63 3 0 'I Total ... 554 0 0 0 7 I7•20 213 15 0 DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA -----·--1------1_____1 __ DIVISIONS. : ! · Sandstone Reef ••. 2,508 0 0 0 12 10'23 1,558 '5 0 Bonsfield's machine . ... Glamorganshire Reef ... 18 0 ..0 0 4 Io·66 4' 0 { 6 German Heef .. . •.. 5 0 0 0 6 0 1 10 0 Queen's Birthday Bealiba Reef .. . •.. 244 0 0 0 I6 0•62 195 10 8 ' Tueker Heef ... 70 0 .0 0 9 5'14 32 5 0 United Kingdom Reef ... .. 39.0 0 0 5 2I•53 11 10 0 Calder's Reef ...... '8 0 0 1 12.12 13 0 0 Sydenham Reef .•• 17 0 0 2 2 8·n 35 19 18 Bet-bet.;. Union Heef· ...... 60 0 0 o u 10·so 34 7 0 Hutchison's ... ,gJ 0 .0 0 3 1'84 14 6 0 .. jJones' Creek Reef .. 23 0 0 0 ll 1'04 '12 14 0 Windmill Reef ... ·42 0 0 0 4 ··9·71 9 5 0 Sundry ,small lots ... 48 0 0 0 5 "4'07 . 12 8 3 Poverty Reef ...... Poverty Reef ...... 3,101 0 0 0 3 12 • ; 54:!·13 0 South foverty Consols ... Ironbark ...... 1,375 0 u 0 5 0 343 I5 0 Goldsborough ...... Goldsborough.:, •.• 1,592 0 0 0 fi 7·84' 424 0 0 Arvon Reef ...... Arvon Heef .. . .. • 176 0 0 0 8 '6•95 72 19 0 Total ... 9,4I7 0 0 0 7 1'12 3,318 1 5 KORONG DIVISION. Notnamed ...... Korong ... 60 0 0 0 5 0'90 1'5 2 6 60 feet Honeymoon ... .•• Inglewood ... '80 0 0 0 ll 6'60 45 2 0 Jersey .•• •.. Inglewood ... 59 0 0 0 10 22•77 •32 6 0 Galway...... Inglewood .•. 30 0 0 0 0 10•40 o· 13 o Evening Star ...... Burke's Flat ... -84 0 0 0 6 17'28 28 4 I2 Energetic ...... Hero., Reef Flat 6 0 0 0 8 O··" 2 8 0 lOO feet Milne and Co...... White-horse-Flat I6 0 0 0 14 1•50 11 5 0. 59 feet Gladstone ...... Gladstone Flat 35 0 0 0 14 .6·86 25 0 0' Deadlock ... .. • Deadlock Flat 24 0 0 0 IO 20 13 0 0 Galway... ••• ... Lilliputian Flat 6 () 0 0 3 16. 1' 2 0 Phantom ••. ... • Phantom Reef Flat 10 0 0 0 2 0 ·I 0 0 ---·---1·------.-- Total ... 410 0 0 0 8 13'03 175 2 I8 fuDBANX AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUJJDIVISIONS. Isis ••• ... Oxonian Reef ... '420 0 0 0 13 I0•97 282 12 0 Pleasant Creek and Darling Darling Flat Reef I2 0 0 I 16 I4 21" 19 0 Flat Total .•• 432 o o o 14 2·35: 304 u o 12 QUANTITY of Qu~Tz Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. Division o.nd Sitbdivision, Remarks reJative to the Average Total Yield of and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth nt which the No.mc of Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz wns obtained, &c. ---,------ ST. AnNAUD NoRTH 'sun- tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. DIVISION. I-liggins and Co ...... Chrysolite Hill' ... 125 0 0 2 2 6'34 264 3 0 320 feet Allardyce and Co. ... Chrysolite Hill (Chap- 47 0 0 1 8 4'08 66 4 0 290 feet man's) Wilson's Hill ...... Wilson's Hill ••. ... 376 0 0 0 9 23'49 187 12 0 150 feet Perry and Co...... Hopeful Reef ...... 47 0 0 0 9 22'98 23 8 0 200 feet Poole and Co...... Trinidad Reef ...... 57 0 0 0 10 20'04 30 17 14 130 feet, water-Ieve - 200 feet St. Arnaud ...... Denny's Lease ... 70 0 0 0 10 6•86 36 0 0 173 feet, water-leve 200 feet St. Arnaud ... ;••• Denny's Lease ... 66 0 0 0' 1 8'55 4 9 12 Rowe aml Co...... Sec. H. Walker's ... 70 () 0 0 8 0"74 28 2 4 127 feet, water-leve 140 feet Greenock ...... Greenock Reef ... 397 0 0 1 6 18'02 531 0 0 176 feet, water-leve 170 feet Butcher and Co ...... Public crushing ... 49 10 0 0 8 2'42 20 1 0 ------Total ...... 1,304 10 0 0 18 6•55 1,191 17 6 ' CA.STLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. ' CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. \ Walker and Co...... Wattle Gully .:. .. . 224 0 0 1 3 3'32 259 3 0 180 feet Terrill ...... Wattle Gully ...... 390 0 0 0 5 5•53 102 0 0 200 feet Other claims ...... Wattle Gully ...... 1,239 0 0 0 5 13'87 345 11 0 120 to 190 feet Knox and Co...... Various reefs ... 693 0 0 0 5 0 173 5 0 Various Walker and Co...... Manchester Reef .. . 236 0 0 0 5 21'25 69 9 0 180 feet ' ·Joncs and others ...... Nimrod Reef ...... 315 0 0 0 4 15•03 72 17 6 30 to 120 feet Davie and Co...... Argus Reef ...... 798 0 0 0 5 0 199 10 0 85 feet Martin ...... Deadman's Reef .. . Ill 0 0 0 13 12'32 75 0 0 35 to 60 feet Collier and Co...... Greaterox Reef ... 90 0 0 I 13 6'93 149 16 0 65 feet Ajax ...... Bolivia Heef ...... 1,327 0 0 0 2 14'09 173 18 4 200 to 280 feet Tribntors ...... Eureka Heef ...... 185 0 0 0 5 7'65 49 4 0 300 feet Straede and Lewis ... Sebastopol Reef ... 923 0 0 0 4 5•38 194 19 0 150 feet J.lount Alexander ... Harcourt Reef ... 480 0 0 0 7 0 168 0 0 45 to 65 feet Norris and Co...... Barker' a Creek' .. . 335 0 0 0 4 1•32 67 18 12 " ------I Total ...... 7,346 0' 0 0 5 17'25 2,100 10 22 ------, FnYER's CREEK DIVISION. Heath and Co...... Cemetery Reef .. . 140 0 0 0 4 17 32 19 4 40 to 80 feet Ho we Brothers ...... Cattle's Beef ...... 913 0 0 0 15 0•52 685 15 0 70 to 170 feet Rowe and Co. (Road claim) Cattle's Reef ...... 444 0 0 0 15 22:05 353 8 0 150 feet S. Sorensen ...... Specimen Hill ... 45 0 0 I 0 0 45 0 0 25 to 30 feet Frank.and Sorensen ... Specimen Hill ... 16 0 0 0 4 1'50 3 5 0 90 feet Cattle and Co...... Cattle's Reef ... , .. . !!80 0 0 0 6 0 84 0 0 30 to 40 feet ------Total ...... J,83B 0 0 0 13 2•52 1,204 7 4 ----- HEPBURN DIVISION, ------Freehold ...... Mauritius Reef ... 3,066 0 0 0 7 7•81 1,123 0 4 95 feet Barkly (public) ...... Various reefs ...... 609 0 0 0 7 16·76 234 8 12 90 feet Morriso~ and Co. ... Christmas Reef ... 103 0 0 0 I 21•66 9 16 0 40 feet Sardines ...... Sardines Heef .. . 83 0 0 1 1 20•53 90 14 0 95 feet Sardines (public) ... Goldsmith's Reef ... 40 0 0 3 4 4'80 128 8 0 40 feet Sardin~s (public) ... Smith's Gully ... 18 0 o· 1 0 20 'ts 15 0 60 feet Lncini and Co...... Commissioner's Heef .. . 847 0 0 .o 6 3'34 260 0. 0 80 feet Specimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill ...... 1,265 0 0 0 3 22'47 248 19 12 349 feet Specimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill...... 143 0 0 0 2 5'16 15 17 2 150 feet Specimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill...... 23 0 0 0 3 3'13 3 12 0 75 feet Old Cornish (public) ... Various reefs ...... 53 0 0 0 8 13'19 22 13 ,3 40 feet No. I South ...... Mauritius Reef ... 741 0 0 0 16 l·iO 595 8 17 100 feet· Great Leasehold ,.. ... Dry Diggings ... I 748 0 0 0 I 22•94 73 3 1 200 feet Cornish ...... Wombat Hill·...... 750 0 .0 1 7 18:08 1,040 15 0 250 and 280 feet J ones and Pollard ... Wombat Hill ...... 84 0 .0 1 2 5•42- 93 7, 0 50 feet Various parties ... I ... Various reefs ...... 242 0 .0 0 6 14•67 80 Q, 0 Shallow ------Total. .. 0 9 3•92 4,038 17 . 3 ------TARADALE AND KYNETON ·--~~~ SUBDIVISION. Central Energetic ... Orr's Paddock ... 833 0 .0 1 6 9·os 1,098 13 0 140 feet North Star ...... Orr's Paddock ... 540 0 0 I 7 22'93 754 16 0 150 feet Pioneer:...... Taradale ...... 61 0 0 0 6 18·88 20 14 0 10 feet Taradale ...... Taradale ...... 180 0 0 2 4 13·33 401 0 0 54 feet Hrandenberg ...... i1almsbnry ...... 30 0 0 0 12 20 19 5 0 20 feet Railwav llill ... Taradale ...... 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 80 feet Police Paddock ...... Taradale ...... 2 0 ,0 0 12 6 1 4 12 12 feet Beehive ...... Taradale ...... 7 0 0 1 4 0 8 8 0 25 feet ------Total ...... 1,661 0 .0 1 7 18'10 2,305 4 12 13 QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. Division o.nd Subdivision, I Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to tbe. and Where Qlll!.rtz wns obtained. I Quart:Crushed. Y!e!J of Gold Gold. Deptb at which the Quartz was obtained, &c. Name of Company. I per Ton. ---- tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz~ dwt. gr. TARRA.NGOWER DIVISION. Caledonian Mills ..• ... Swiper's, Wilson's, Nug- 805 0 0 0 13 10'94 541 12 0 30 to 320 feet gety, Linscott's, Man- ton's, and Eaglehawk reefs North British Mills ... Manton's, Wilson's, Par- 304 0 0 0 9 20'36 149 14 0 50 to 330 feet kins', and Nnggety Reefs Phrenix Mills ...... Lisle's,One-tree,Wilson's, 626 0 0 0 6 13•76 205 15 0 25 to 330 feet . Victoria, Brewer's, Ex- celsior, and Man ton's Heefs Great Western ...... Beehive Reef ...... 1,681 0 0 0 3 3'71 265 2 I8 400 feet. Nelson ...... Wilson's Reef ...... 840 0 0 0 6 21'55 289 I7 I8 350 feet Union (Muckleford) ... Thornhill's and N orthum- 270 0 0 0 2 23 39 18 IS 30 to 300 feet berland Reefs Linscott's Mills ... Eaglehawk, Linscott's, 1,053 0 0 0 13 20'84 730 3 IO I o to 360 feet '"' Nuggety, Ladies',Char- coal, and Beehive Reefs Bell's Reef ...... Bell's Reef ...... 7S 0 0 0 4 17 IS 7 6 60 feet Omega ...... Omega Reef(Muckleford) 44 0 0 0 6 I2 14 6 0 I30 feet ... ------Total ...... 5,70I 0 0 0 7 21•85 2,254 I6 22 Phrenix Mills• ...... Nuggety, Lisle's, Wil- I,821 0 0 0 4 4'06 379 12 0 25 to 330 feet son's, and Beehive Reefs ------ST. ANDREw's EAST AND CENTRAL SUBDIVISIONS. No. I South ...... Oram's Reef ...... I2 0 0 5 s 0 64 16 0 I70 feet No. 3 Sou\h ...... Oram's ·neef ...... 13 0 0 5 16 0 75 s 0 I45 feet No. 4 South ...... Oram's Reef ...... 9 2 0 11 I IS'19 100 IS 0 I90 feet No. 5 South ...... Oram's Reef ...... 4 2 0 0 5 10'24 1 2 6 65 feet No. 6 South ...... Oram's Reef ...... s 0 0 1 11 16•I2 12 13 9 I35 feet No. 4 North ...... Oram's Reef ...... 44 0 0 0 15 2'271 33 4 a 90 feet Doomer's Reef ...... Long Gully ...... 6 0 ·o 0 2 16 0 16 0 70 feet Pioneer Reef ...... Diamond Creek ... 20 0 0 1 I9 4'80 39 4 0 130 feet Doctor's·Reef ...... Caledonia ...... 6 0 ·o 0 12 2 3 12 12 70 feet Perkins and Co ...... One-tree Hill ...... 1 0 0 6 6 3 6 6 3 120 feet :!\ uggety Reef ...... Caledonia ... ,. ... 3 0 0 0 9 10 l 8 6 45 feet Yarr~ TnnneJling ... Warrandyte ...... 60 0 0 2 6 16'80 140 2 0 70 feet Union ...... Warrandyte ...... 42 0 0 l 15 l7·I4 75 0 0 70 feet Cleopatra ...... 'Varrandyte ... 10 0 0 0 10 2'40 5 I 0 130 feet Engel and Co...... Loyal Liberal Reef .. . 37 0 0 0 16 8'43 3o 5 0 90 feet Union ...... Diamond Creek .. . 375 0 0 2 13 16·32 I,006 10 0 95 feet Total ...... 650 4 0 2 9 2'46 1,596 6 15 ~· ··~---~·~~~---~---~ ARARAT ~fiNING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION. North Star ...... Campbell's Reef ... 39S 0 0 0 6 22'43 138 0 0 396 feet Southern Cross ...... Campbell's Reef ... 212 0 0 0 4 2I'05 51 14 0 Kangaroo ...... Campbell's Reef .. . 729 0 0 0 5 15'64 : . 206 0 0 570 feet ------Total:.. ... 1,339 0 0 0 5 21•84 395 I4 () PLEAS.L'!T CREEK DIVISION, ------New St. George ...... Various reefs ...... 2,371 0 0 010 3•44 1,202 10 0 60 to 650 feet Victoria ...... Scotchman's and N. Cross 1,245 0 0 0 12 11'95 77S 0 0 60 to 650 feet Reefs "' Pioneer and Galatea ... Various reefs ...... 4,028 0 0 0 13 2l'I9 2,796 0 0 Various depths Moonlight ...... Various reefs ...... 2,462 0 0 0 11 17'72 1,445 0 0 Various ilepths Bonnie Dundee ...... Bonnie Dundee Reef ... 400 0 0 0 5 0 lOO 0 0 I 50 feet Wimrnera ...... Various reefs ...... 1,31S 0 0 0 7 19'19· 514 0 0 Various depths ' Scotchman's ...... Various reefs ...... 3,477 0 .o 0 10 0'21 1,741) 0 0 Various depths Newington and Pleasant Newington and Pleasant 343 10 0 0 ll 14'85 96 10 0 350 feet Creek Creek Co.'s mine Total ... DARKLY DIVISION. Empire machine .. . .•. Various reefs ... '0 The ab<1Ve return Is for the quarter e!ldill!l ;11~t )l!:a.rcb 1870. Not obtained in time !o~ last reror~, 14 QUANTITY of QuAI~Tz Crushed in.each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter; &c.-continued. . ' . Division and Subdivision, l' Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the a.nd Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold ·aold. Depth at which tho Name. of Company. ; per TOn. QUllrtz was obtained, &c. I tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.. i .. I BoGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION. I• . Sons of Freedom ...... Sons of Freedom Heef, I 84 ~ 0 0 8 19 ,36 ·18 12 50 feet B?ggy ?r:ek I .. I. : l•i', • . ' CROOKED RIVER DIVISION, .. . Evening Star ...... Evening Star Heef ... 260 0 0 0 3 Hi-15 . 47 15 0 160 feet Union Jack ...... Union ,Jack Heef .. . 15 0 0 ·3 6 8 49 15 0 Surface to 30 feet Good Hope ... I ... Good Hope Heef ... ' 195 0 0 I 18 23"38 380 0 0 564 feet Anchor of Hope· ...... Ne'v Bendigo Ueef ... ll5 0 0 0 lO 10•43 60 0 0 60 to 80 feet Moreland and Thomas ... Je:;.eller's. Shop Reef ... 35 6 0 0 10 6'85 18 0 0 Surface to 40 feet ' ------... •.rota! ...... 620 0 0 0 17 22'06 555 lO 0 . .t•->• .. JERICHO DIVISION: Lochfyne Prospectors· ' ... Lochfymi R~e.f ... so. 0 0 0 10 0 40 0 0 Falcon ••• ...... Lochfyne Reef ... 36 0 o· 2 0 0 72 0 0 Manoa ... ' ... New Chum Reef ... 200 (j 0 0 l 0'12 io 1 0 Harbinger ...... Harbinger Ueef ... 36 0 0 3 3 3"33 113 13 0 Eldorado ... Eldorado Ueef ... 65 0 0 2 0 6 10 0 ... I• o . . . To'thl ...... 417 0 0 . 011 14•79 l 242 4 0 ' DoNN.IllLLY's CREEK Drvr- - .. SION. Omega. Company's ground Upper Tunnel ... 60 0 0 0 0 3'80 0 9 12 (formerly, South Crinoline) ... Prince Alfred ...... New Tunnel ...... 50 0 0 0 2 .o 5 0 0 I I Total ...... 110 0 ol 0 0 23·89 I 5 9 12 , I STRINGER's CREEK DIVIsiON. I Walhalla. '...... Cohen's Reef ...... 1,842 0 0 0 17 16'49 1,629 0 0 Long Tunnel ... Cohen's Reef ...... 1,687 0 0 3 14 4·91 6,259 3 12 Happy-go-Lucky· ... 1\appy-go~I,ucky Reef ... 240 0 0 2 18 3· 697 10 0 At 30 feet, 40 feet, and 400 feet Shamrock ...... Shamrock' Heef ... i 1,196 0 0 0 3 21'25 232 7 0 Surface ---- Total ... 4,965 0 0 I 15 12'49 8,818 0 12 ... ! ------RussELL's CREEK DrnsioN. Happy-go-Lucky · ... Crossover, ...... 445 0 0 011 15 jl58 12 0 Surface ·to 107 feet New Year Amalgamated ... Hussell's Creek ... 60 0 0 0 9 8 28. 0 0 \ Surface to 35. feet Pheasant Creek ...... Pheasant Creek ... 37 0 0 1 6 11'67 49 0 o Surface to 75 feet i ' Total ...... 542 0 0 0 12 335.'12 .. 0 BENDOC SUBDIVISION. ' Morning Star ...... Morning Star Reef ... 28 0 0 0 4 10 6 3 16 Surface Come-love ...... Come-love Reef ... 107 0 0 0 10 0 53 10 0 From 40 to 60 feet No. 3 and 4 South Rising No. 3 and 4 South Rishlg 16 0 0 0 4 0 3 4 0 Surface to 30 feet Sun Sun Ueef ,. · Good Hope ...... Good Hope Reef ... 30 0 0 0 4 5 6 6 6 Surface to 35 feet Luck -and.. Leisure ... Luck-and-Leisure Reef 60 0 0 1 4 0 .60 0 0 70 to 80 feet Hose of the V alley ... Rose of the Valley Reef 5 0 0 .l 2 0 5 10 0 Surface to 25 feet ·- . Total ...... 236 0 0 Oll 9'95 134 13 22 15 QUARTZ TAILINGS, CEMENT, ETC. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of QuAHTZ TAILINGS and CEMENT, &c., Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during, the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom :- Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Quartz Ta\lings Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and Cement, &c., were and Cement, &c., Yield of, Gold Depth at which the Name of Company. obtained. Crushed. per Ton. Gold. Cement, &c., were obtained. I tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. SMYTHESDALE DIVISION, Prince Alfred, Carngham.•. 600 tons· (reduced to 36 36 0 0 1 1 10'91 38 12 9 tons) sand and pyrites, mixed BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. ,, INDIGO DIVISION. Magenta Company ... Indigo Reef ...... 100 0 0 2 9'60 12 0 0 Ji i ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION, ' Alexandra ...... · Machine t:tilings ... 7 0 0 0 10 11'14 3 13 6 Lily Prospecting ... Mullock, intermixed with 4 0 0 2. 0 0 8 0 0 quartz Morning Star ...... Ditto ...... 35 0 0 0 8 0 14 0 0 Alliance ...... Mysterious Flat .. . 77 0 0 0 2 0 7 14 0 Albert ...... Taken from a dyke or 181 0 0 0 4 11'53 40 11 0 cross-course intersect- ing the reefs, and con- taining strings and leaders of quartz Total ...... --1----304 0 0 0 4 20'70 73 18 . 6 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION, Guy, Clough, and Co. ... White Hills ...... 3,222 0 0 0 1 4'34 190 4 18 Surface to 40 feet Felix ...... White Hills ...... 2,273 0 0 0 1 15'45 186 16 9 From 4 to 14 feet Caledonia ...... Epsom ...... 947 0 0 0 8 17•03 412 8 0 Cambridge ...... Huntly ...... 370 0 0 0 2 14•91 48 lO 0 Depth, 110 feet; water level, 101 feet North of England ... Huntly ...... 72,6 0 0 0 2 13•10 92 8 12 Depth, 127 feet; width oflead, 127 feet Huntly Deep Lead ... Huntly ...... 2,733 0 0 Q I 22•48 264 13 0 Depth, 130 feet; width of lead, 150 feet Huntly Deep Lead Extended Huntly ...... 2,160 0 0 0 4 5'74 457 17 0 Depth, HO feet;, width of lead, 300 feet Alabama ...... Huntly ...... 850 0. 0 0 4 3'27 175 16 0 Depth, lOO to 120 feet; width oflead, 400 ft. Telegraph ...... Huntly ...... 2,356 0 0 0 1 21•42 222 19 0 Depth, 124 feet; width of lead, 600 feet Ballarat and Bendigo ... Huntly ...... 1,100 0 0 0 3 2\'38 214 0 0 Depth, 130feet; width of lead, 100 to 300 ft. True Briton ...... Huntly ...... 900 0 0 0 4 6•90 192 19 0 Morning Light ...... Huntly ...... 2,403 0 0 0 4 0 480 12 0 Depth, 136 feet; width about 300 feet Caledonia ~· ...... Huntly ...... 980 0 0 0 2 22'65 144 5 0 Sundry lots ...... Huntly ...... 2,050 0 0 0 4 0 410 0 0 Beehive ...... Eaglehawk ...... 50 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 0 Quartz tailinga Total ...... 23,120 0 oi 0 3 ·0'59 3,495 18 15 HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND W ARANGA SOUTH SUB- DIVISION. Harrison and Co. ... Redcastle (tailings) ... 900 0 0 0 1 20•93 84 5 0 Costerfield ...... Costerfield (tailings) ... 1,078 0 0 0 4 20·97 262 14 0 V on der Luft's machine ... Cement Hill (cement) ... 14 0 0 0 7 20'57' 5 10 0 Collins' machine ...... Redcastle (mullock and 50 0 0 0 l 14•4 4 0 0 tailings) Total...... 2,042 0 0 0 3 11'78 356 9 0 W ARANGA NORTH SUB· DIVISION. W. C. Walbran ...... Rushworth ...... 12 0 0 0 5 10 3 5 0 8 feet QuANTITY of QuAR'fZ TAILINGS arid CEMENT Crushed iu each Division and Subdivision, &c.-continued. Division and Subdivision, 1Vhere Quartz 'l'ailings and Qu11rtz Tailings Remarks relative to the Averuge Total Yield of nnd Cemcnt &e., were e~ment, Yield o! Gold Depth at whic!J the 1 and &c., Gold, .Nam~ of Company. obtuined. (]rushed. per tron. Cement) &c., were obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. MARYBOROUGH MINiNG DISTRICT. I MARYBOROUGII DIVISION. North.German ... Tailings ...... :38,) 0 0 0 3 0 57 0 0 Public crushings Penny and Claussen ... Tailings ...... 500 0 0 0 1 4"8 30 0 0 Public crushings Johnstone and Sons ... Cement ...... 5 0 0 Oil 3·8 2 15 19 Public crushings ------Total. .• ... 885 0 0 0 2 Q•69 89 15 19 A:MIIERST DIVISION. Bartlemore's machine (vari- Back Creek and neigh- 576 0 0 0 2 16 76 16 0 Various depths . ous small parcels) borhood I AVOCA SUBDIVISION. --I Bosanquet and Co.'s crush- { Avoca Lead ... 40 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 Cement ing·mill Bosanquet and Co.'s claim 780 0 0 0 2 0 78 0 0 Cement Total ...... 820 . 0 0 0 2 1•17 84 0 0 DuNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA ------DIVISIONS. Bousfield's machine, Bet-{ Hard Hills ...... IO 0 0 0 6 14"40 3 6 0 bet Burnt CreeK ...... 54 0 0 0 5 4•44 14 0 0 ------Total ...... 64 0 0 0 5 9•75 I7 6 0 KoROXG DIVISION. f Not named ...... Old Inglewood Lead ... 58 0 0 0 5 20"79 17 0 6 Glasgow Hill ...... Korong ... ••• i 500 0 0 0 2 0 50 0 0 ------·------.------I Total ...... __ 558 ~~~~~~~-6- REDBANK AND Sr. ARNAUD SouTH SuBDIVISIONS. Lancashire ...... • 40000103016000 ~------.------. ST. ARNAUD NoRrH Sun- . DIVISION. i • i McMahon and Co. ... Bristol Reef ... •,. ~~ ! 120 0 0 0 3 0 18 0 0 Mullock. Surface to I I 20 feet Moore and Co...... Bristol Reef ... ~ ... lOO 0 0 0 3 0 15 0 0 Mullock Moore and Co...... Silver Mines ...... 7 0 0 1 10 0 I 10 10 0 Total...... 227 0 0 ~19•981~~ I CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. ll'RYER's CREEK Dn"ISION. Sir H. Barkly Pennyweight ... 390 0 0 0 5 0 97 10 0 lOO feet Sir H. Darkly (public) Pennyweight .•. 310 0 0 0 10 0 155 0 0 -Various H. Bishop (public) Guildford Hill 450 0 0 0 6 0 135 0 0 Various William-Tell Guildford Hill 100 0 0 0 7 9"36 · 36 19 o 80 to 90 feet Table Hill ...... Table Hill ... "'!'" 1600 0 0 0 I 12 120 o o 100 feet J enkins and Co...... Table Hill ...... ' 90 0 0 0 5 0 22 10 0 90 to I 00 feet Jenkins and Co. (public) ... Kangaroo Hill ... 100 0 0 0 9 0 4S 0 0 Various Thomas and Co...... Bald Hill ...... 300 0 0 0 5 0 75 0 0 80 to 1oo feet 'l'he Australian United ... Cattle's Reef ...... 100 0 0 0 10 0 so 0 0 Ordinary quartz ta.il- ings only Total...... ·3,440 0 0 0 4 6•83 736 19 0 liEPBURN DIVISION. Morrison and Co. ... Christmas Reef ... 13 0 0 0 IO I I·07 6 16 0 26 feet . TARRANGOWER DIVISION. Prince of Wales .•• ... Cement ...... 1,200 0 0 0 0 22•40 56 0 0 Surface Caledonian Mills ...... Banks ...... 150 0 0 0 5 0 37 10 0 Surface Phrenix Mills ...... Banks ...... 146 0 0 0 I 1•31 i .7 14 0 Surface Total ...... 1,496 0 0 0 I 8•47 ! 101 4 0 ST. ANDREW's EAST AND CENTRAL SunnrvisroNs. ' Mullock ...... Oram's Heef ...... 6 0 0 0 I 3 0 6 18 J'i QUANTITY of QuARTZ TAILINGS and CEMENT Crushed in each Division and Subdivision, &c.-contimeed. Division and Subdivision, Average Where Quartz Ta!!lngs and I Quartz Tailings Total Yleld 0 f I Remarks relative to the and Cement, &c., were and Cement, &c .• Yield of Gold Depth nt which the Name of Company. obtained. Crushed. per Ton. Gold. Cement, &e., were obt.H.lned. i --·--1----· tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt 1!1"· oz. dwt. gr. I ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. PLE.UA:NT CRBBK DIVISION. ! Tregea. crushing-mill ... Deep Lead ...... 1,248 0 0 0 0 18'71 48 13 0 V a.rious depths Cambrian crushi.pg-mill ... Forty-foot. Hill and Silver .210 0 0 Q 6 0 63 0 0 Various depths Shilling Cambrian crushing-mill ... Church Hill, Stawell.. . .. ISO 0 0 0 1 12 13 10 0 Various depths Newington and Pleasant Newington and Pleasant 512 10 0 0 2 0'89 52 4 0 Various depths Creek crushing Co. Creek mine ' - Total ...... 2,150 10 0 0 I 15·58 177 7 0 ----- RARKLY DIVISION. Empire crushing-machine Empire Co.'s ground ... 404 17 0 0 I 17'20 34 15 0 Near surface GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. I RussELL's CREEK DxvisiON. Tangil Golden Cement ... Cement Hill, Tangil .. 245 0 0 0 7 4'50 88 I 0 75 feet Ser.ond Tangil Cement ... Cement Hill, Tangil ... 10 0 0 0 4 22'20 2 9 6 95 feet Total ...... 255 0 0 0 7 2•a7 90 lO 6 PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Regist];ars relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and ·BLANKETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom :- Division and Subdivision, Pyrites Remarks relative to the Where Pyrites nnd Blanketlngs and Blanketings 'l'otal Yield of and were obtained. Gold. Depth at which the Name of Oompany. operated on. Pyrites, &c., were obwlned. tons ~wt. qr. BAL~ARAT MINING ,DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. Don ...... Gum-tree Flat .. . 2 10 0 6 5 14'40 15 14 0 160 feet to 180 feet Llanberris ...... Gum-tree li'lat ... 57 0 0 I 12 13'89 9:1 .1 i 0 7 0 0 10 12 0 74 4 0 Operated on by the Llan- 8 0 0 I 10 0 I2 0 0 berris Company for va- ...... 5 0 0 8 8 14'40 42 3 0 rious parties } 5 ... ·... ) { 0 0 a 19 t4'4o 19 18 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 2 6 0 Black Hill ...... Black Hill ...... 17 4 0 1 7 o·sa 23 5 0 Total 0RKSWICK DIVISION, ... • .. i 102 14 0 2 14 !J3•64 282 7 0 Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs .:. . .. ! 142 0 0 2 I9 0'50 419 I 0 New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs' ... 66 0 ·o 4 16 I6•90 319 2 12 Total 208 0 0 3 10 23"48 738 a 12 RLACKWOOD DIVISION AND ...... I Bu.m MOUNTAIN Sou :rH ~---- Sun m VISION. I Star of the West ...... 28 0 0 0 18 13'71 26 0 0 Shaw and party ...... BRrry's Reef ...... 9 0 0 I 14 16 ----- . Total ...... I 37 0 0 I 2 11•68 --'-5-~141 12 0 I No. 2. c 18 QuANTimY of'P:nn-i::Es 'and BLANKETmGs operated on in each· r>ivision and Subdivision; &c.""-cbntinued. : · DiviSiOn: and1SUbdivision, Pyrites Remarks relative to the 'IVhere P.)'Tltes and Blanketlngs '· ·Average Totai Yield of •'· ~t.·.t .:and ; and Hlanketinga :Yield of Gold Depth ~t which the Nanie'of Company. were obtained. Gold. Pyrites; &c.; were obto.ined: opernted ori. per Ton. : ! ~ • I tons ·cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. I oz. dwt. gr. ' · ··)."' ·... ·· .. ,."'it: ,.'1-: ·.- r·-. BEECHWORTH MINING 'DISTRICT. ,·;· :\ '.:' Bm{XL,A.ND .PIVISION. .... i! ·~~l Home Reef ; ·I a 0 0 2 13 20'30 35 0 0 W aliaby Reef ••• 5 0 0 2 4 0 ll 0 0 ------' Total·· . 18 0 0 2 Il• 2·66 46 0 0 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. I SANDHURST-DIVISION.·· Pioneer Works (H. Rock) .. : Long Gully •.. 288 10 0 13 12•]4. 483 6 12 Various lots from va rious reefs, including J" ••• ,,l',.j 3 tons II cwt. from Wood's Point, which · ·--- yielded 14ozs.·a·awts . . ·...... , , .,... :· ~ I ~~ . , MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. ' .. .. ' - .. ------· MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Mariner's Reef .•. ... Various reefs ...... 7 0 0 I 14 6'85 12 0 0 Public crushings Johnstone and Sons ... Various reefs ...... 9 0 0 1 15 11'33 15 17 6 Public crushings . ._ _,_ .. ·-·-. ---___ .. ------.. - - __ ,._ ---- Total, 16 .o 0 l 14 19'87 27 17 6 REDBANK AND ST . .ARNAUD ...... SouTH SuBDIVISIONs. ------Isis Oxonian Reef ... 149 0 0 2 0 12'73 301 19 H! ...... ~-· ., .. --~r· .• ,... . ' !• -·-.----- .. ~ ~ .t - .. ' ' ' ST. .AnN Am> NoRTH SUB- - DIVIBIOlf. '·, :"'1'1.' Gr(llln~Ck ! ... ~ ... Greenock Reef ... ! 7 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 .. ' ·.. .. 'I•' CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. I ...... , .~ llm>B~ 'DIVISION,- : , .. 1--- Specimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill...... t5 0 0 1 2 3•20 16 12 0 349 feet GIPPSLAND MINING DiSTRICT. STRINGER'S CBElliK DIVISION. ~ '• I' .. Walhalla Cohen's Reef ... . 27 11 2 2 16 5•04 77 10 0 I,· \ ,. , ...... ,• ' ' ' ' l I I .O., \ ' ' , . NUI\'IBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON 11HE GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY, 1 FOR 'I'HE Ql1~R'I'ER ENDING 30TH~ JUNE 1870~ • ·1 • . • t , • • r ,1' ,··-· (From Returru; 'ffi!Zd.e by the Mining Surveyors and Regietrars.) 1 l 'l 1 ··No. T Total. : '· • Name of Place; •·;,··I· No:: Total. Name of Place. 1 I -··-- ~---.. ---~-"~-~~---,:: ~----:, ' . BALLJ..RAT DISTBICT. .. ·'· Brought forward ... 9,883 i I.; ! ·- CentraCDivisiQn : Creswick Division-continued. Baid. Hills' .. ..: 20 Ballarat West '·" 800 Bailarat East' ... ' 7'75. Sulky. Gu\ly ... 25 Baila,r~t N,orth 48 Sla'ty Creek ••• 50 . . Seb!!-!lt.Qpol · 1,200 Mo'poke ... 70 Cambrian Hill 555, Humbug Hill ... 30 50 Sp~ings .~. , . I w.o' Portugues~ Flat ..... Litp~ Ben9igo ' ... 148 ' Back Creek· .. ••• 35 30 De*d)10rse 1 44\i, l Rock;y; Lead ••. Bal,la:.:!>t SQuth ...... 8,41!. l Pirichgut Gully .•• 70 l 4,872 2,200 I ! ··~i Southern :Division: Gordon 1S ubdidision : Lo~g''Gully ... ~30' i Mo.unt Egerton ...... 73 Staffordshire Reef '4'5' i Clairr;ts North of Big Hill Reef · 123 Italian Guily ... s·o ; Mo.orabool· ... .. • 10 Splltte'rs' Gully ... .. ~ ·'50~ I Goi:don ,,...... •... ll6 Kangaroo .•• •... : 55. Ali Nations Gully ...... 11 "~·. Moo;mlight, ... 50 Cantwell's Creek ...... 2 Bulldog . ••• ...... 90 . I 335 ; :I I .. Rolj:ewood tJ unction ·io Steiglilz 1$11bdivision: .:: 1 390~ '• Mount Misery Creek ' aOO' 15 \ Ste,iglitz .:: •. · Jac)tson's 9:ully .. . Morril!on's. . 200 Yankee Hill .. . 30 Dol!JllS Cre~~ lOO , Grassy Gully .. . ·60 ; 150 Spring Cr(iek .. . MO)lQt Doran 20 Stony Rises 30 Sawpit Gu,lly .•• 50· Dat"ri,will ...... 20 Whim Holes ... · 50 1,000 Hatd Hills· ... i• ''55 I·, l!'renchmatt's Gully 50 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Pin.chgut '~' ...... ·. 120•,' Sollth Subdivision : Break-o'-dity ... 450·' Golden Point ...... ' 240 Western Creek ...... • 90 • Hed Hill ...... ' 160 Raglan·-.·.. . •• ll Barry's Reef and Split-tree ...... 280 --- 1,861 Yankee Reef and Creek .. • . .. I lOO 1 • - Simmons' Reef ...... •· · 150 Buninyong'Division: Sebastopol and Main Creek below Napoleon... .. •. 200 Watson's Hill •. Sel:lastopol · ...... 190 50 Garibaldi .•• ... •.. 40 Dutham and tributaries 350 Green Hills ... Snake Gully ...... 30 60 Ballim Flat · .• . • .. • .. . 20 scdtchman's ... lOO Johnlion's Reef ...... 20 "" > 200 Union Jack and Glencoe We'rribee ... •.. ••• . .. 22 .:. l .20 Winter's Flat ... Newman's·Reef .•...... 8 Hiscock's .~. . .. • •. ; 160 . J•;.,; ,. 120 Goodimi.n's Creek .•...... 20 Magpie and Cobbler's 10 •.. ,, '20 .Wright's Reef .•...... Mt. Helier· ... [ 1,290 New-chum: ... 30 ' 1-- One-eye and Spring Hill ... 80 Total for Ballarat District 14,708 Hard Hills ••• ••• I lOO BlackLead ...... il 80 ; Grenville Ranges .1...... 5o' ~ 1,620 I ! ... Smythesdale Division : " Smythesdn:le .. . ~ . , . ~\l. I Sc.arsdale ...... 670 ' Brown's ...... (}0, Italian~s ~.. d• !P· Derwent Jack's ..... 10 Beechworth Di11ision : Piggoniet ' .. • : 130 Bottle Hill ... Spring Creek ... 115 1.•• :,~~ Silver Creek ... 82 Snake Valley ... ,., I 120. Deep CreeJi: . ... 22 Linton ...... ·lOO .. Spriqgdallah Creek Hurdle Creek ... 50 .... ·.. ~9· Pennyweight Flat •.. 46' ' Happy;,Valley .•• ~!! ' Two-mile Creek ... 60 Haddon ...... ~90 ; Three-mile Creek ... 1,530 22o ' f Six-mile Creek ... 55 C,.ei!wick-Division : Bowman's Forest ... 130 Creswick .•. Hio· Myrtleford, &c. . .. 110 Clunes' ...... '1,100 W ooragee, &c. .. . 200 Springhill 60 Reid's•Creek ... 38 Red Streak 360 Woolshed 200 Union Hill 30 Sebastopol 143 LOngpoint 100 Eldorado ... 540 Diamond Gully 30 Stanley ... 450 ,cobbler's Gully 40 --- 2,411 Carried forward 9,883 Carried forward ...... I 2,.u'i ·----~-~-~------~----~--~~----~------~-~~------~------~--~---- 20 NUMBER and DISTRmUTION of.MINERS on the Goldfields, &e,:_continued. I I Nnme or l'lnce. No. Total. Name of Plnce. No. Total. --- I --- Drought forward ...... 2,411 Brought forward ...... 7,919 Yachandat~daft Division: Wood's Point Subdivision: German Flat ...... 40 i Wood's Point and Morning Star ... 140 :illurldy Creek ...... 50 Lower Goulburn ...... 82 Murphy's ~Flat ...... 40 Right and left branches ...... 56 Ilayes' Point ...... 9 Gooley's Creek and Bald Hills ... 70 Kirby's Flat ...... 26 Harper's and Pheasant Creek ... 10 Bell's Flat ...... 15 Perkins' Creek and Waverley ... 20 :M:cCarthy's Flat ...... 25 Emerald Claims ...... 6 Whiskey Flat ' .. 5...... 40 All Nations ...... 14 Township Hills ...... 60 Maori Creek ...... 4 Pyke's Flat ...... 50 Bald Hills to Matlock ...... 2 Rowdy Flat· ...... r .. . 50 Toorak to Columbia ...... 8 Osborne's Flat ...... 60 Black m,•er ~ ...... 24 Allan's Flat ...... 20 Moving and prospecting _miners ... 22 Staghorn Flat· ...... 65 --- 458 Kinchington's Creek ...... 60 Big River Subdivision : Twist's Creek ...... 270 Frenchman's Creek ...... 20 Clear Creek ...... 160 Ten-mile ...... 6 HiU8borough and Button ...... 280 Warner's ...... 17 Sandy Creek ...... 190 Enoch's Creek ...... 10 Lockhart's Creek ...... 20 Railway Creek ...... 30 -- ~1,530 Jim Thomas Creek ...... 22 Indigo Division : Big River South ...... 40 Chiltern and New Bafla.rat Leads ... 176 Big River North ...... 40 Indigo Lead ...... 85 Fryer's Creek ...... 10 Cale,Jonian Lead ...... 10 Darlingford to Jerusalem Creek ... 38 Suffolk Lead ...... 6 Moving and prospecting miners ... 22 Glencoe Lead ...... 5 --- 255 Durham Lead ...... 12 Mitta-mitta Division : Wahgunyah Lead ...... 12 Thunder-and-lightning Creek· ... 156 Robert Burns Lead ...... 14 Snowy Creek ...... 280 Blackdng Lead ...... 20 Mitta-mitta River ...... 50 :M:ona Lead ...... 20 --- 486 Hlggins' Heef ...... 20 Jamieson Subdivision: Magenta He.ef ...... 8 Howqua Rh·er and tributaries ... 38 Banner's Heef ...... 3 Goulburr. from Howqua to Jamieson 42 Campbell's Reef ...... 2 Mack's Creek ...... 72 Miller's Reef ...... 3 Goulburn from J amieson to Swampy Creek 83 Parish's Reef ...... 2 Sailor Bill's Creek ...... 72 Price and Co...... 3 Swampy Creek ...... 20 Lennox and Co...... I .. 2 Flume Creek ...... 14 Hope Reef ·...... 7 " Prospectors ...... 9 . Reef unnamed ...... 2 --- 350 Moss and Co...... 1 --- -- 413 Total for Beechworth District ... ,9,468 Bucltland Division: --- Harrietville ...... 230 Harrietville to Bright ' ····· ... 273 Bright to Boundary ...... 119 --- Running Creek ...... 102' Growlcr's Creek ...... 108 SANDHURST DISTRICT, Morse's Creek ...... 183 Buckland to Upper Bridge ...... 251 Sandhurst Di11ision: Upper to Lower Bridge ...... 379 Axe Creek and Milkmaid's Flat ... 28 Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction . ... 259 Back Creek and Spring Gully ... 154 ,- 1,904 Shcepshead and Golden Gully ... 450 Alexandra Subdivision : . Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat ... 598 Alexandra and surrounding locality ... 95 Crusoe Gully and neighborhood 131 Godf'rey's Creek ;...... 350 :Marong and Bullock Creek~ ... 320 Devil's Hiver and tributaries ... 50 Vietorin Reef and New-chum ... 563 Johnson'• Creek and tributaries ... 120 Lon~ Gully, 'Maiden Gully, andDerwent 554 Growler's Gully ...... 171) Ironbark ...... 482 UT Creek ...... 20 Bendigo Flat ...... 371 Goulhurn River ...... 8Q White Hills ...... 61 Ghin·ghin ...... 10 Epsom and Pottery Flat ...... 170 Spring Creek and tributaries ... 60 Huntly ...... 624 Prospectors throughout the locality .. ·• 50 Sydney Flat and Whipstick ... 320 Hit· or-miss Lead, near Merton ... 30 ~pccimen Hill, Eaglehawk ...... 240 --- 1,035 - Devonshire and Deadhorse Gullies ... 364 Maindample Subdivision: Windmill Hill and California Gully ... 510 Dry Creek and locality ...... 200 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ...... 322 Maindample ...... 25 Railor's and Pegleg Gullies .. ; ... 380 Hayfield ...... 25 Raywood ...... 150 O'Brien's Creek ...... 60 Elysian Flat ...... 170 -- 310 Sebastian ...... 50 Gaffney'R Creek Subdivision : Kamarooka ...... 40 Goulburn River ...... so Scattered and prospecting ...... 150 Gaffney's Creek ...... 80 --- 7,202 Cannon's Creek ... , .. ... 48 Kilmore Division : Moonlight Creek ...... 4 Reedy Creek (Upper) ...... 96 Raspberry Creek and branches ... 83 Strath Creek ...... 9 Lyrl.'bird Creek ...... 6 Sunday Creek ...... 16 Wallaby rreek ...... 30 Yea ...... 20 Cornhill H.eef ...... 20 Higinbotham ...... 22 Prospectors throughout the subdivision _1_51 Acheron Uiver ...... 20 316 --- 183 I'------Carried forward ...... 7,919 Carried forward , ...... 7,385 I . 21 NuMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. Name of Place. No. TQtal. Name of Place. Total. ·-·-·-··· 1- Brought forward ...... I 7,385 Brought forward ...... 7,000 i I~ Heathcote Division and Waranga South Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions-contind. Subdivision : Moliagul ...... 174 I Spring Creek (Mormbool) ...... 121 Bealiba ...... 125 Redcastle ...... 75 Tunstall's ...... 20 Heathcote ...... 161 I Murphy's Flat ...... 15 Costerfield (Upper and Lower) ... 100 I Jones' Creek ...... 175 'l'ooborac ...... 35 Tarnagulla ...... 250 Kimbolton and Carnpaspe ...... 60 Half-way .•. ' ...... 45 (',oliban and Myrtle Creek ...... 102 Llanelly ...... 240 Wild-duck Creek ...... 24 -- 1,614 :Major's Lioe ...... 50 1,334 Korong Division: Jericho ...... 50 W aranga Nortl1 Subdivision : ·- Jordan's , ...... 20 Old Lead and tributaries, Rush worth 35 Berlin ...... 2,000 Chinaman's Flat ...... 53 Uncle Tom ...... 30 N uggety Reefs ...... 67 Kingower ... •• 0 ~ ... 30 Mongolian and Cumberland Reefs ... 34 Mclntyre's ...... 20 Frenchman's and Dunlop Reefs ... 48 Sinnott's ...... 30 Coy's Diggings ...... 42. Burke's Flat ...... 50 130 Main Gully and tributaries, Whroo ... 28 I Ioglewood ...... Balaclava ...... ,. ... 47 Thompson's Gully ...... 10 Albert, ,Tobnsou's, and other reefs ... 33 I . Korong ...... 90 Union Lead and tributaries ••• ... 24 I Old Inglewood ...... 20 White Hills ...... 17 1- 2,480 Mallee Reefs ...... 10 Fontainebleau and Siberia ...... 17 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions: North Spring Creek ...... 13 Stuartmill ...... 130 60 Nine-mile Creek ...... Redbank ...... I Good Friday Creek ...... Donkey Hill ...... 10 ~ 758 Forest Hut ...... 10 - Moonambel ...... 40 I 10 I Total f_or Sandhurst District ...... 9;477 ' Middle Creek ...... Sandy Creek ...... 430 Prospectors and others ...... 10 --- 700 MARYBOROUGH DlSTRlCT. St. Arnaud North Subdivisi(m : New Bendigo ...... 51 M aryborough Division : St. Arnaud ...... 5 Alma, Adelaide Lead, Moonlight Flat, Silver Mines ...... 8 &c...... 850 Armenian Gully ...... 12 Craigie, McCullum's Creek, Four-mile Gap Gully ...... 7 Flat, &c...... 850 Fishhook Reef ...... 5 Mosquito, Blucher's, Mariner's, and Emu Diggings ...... 1 other reefs ...... 450 Hopeful Reef ...... 3 Chinaman's ...... 600 Jerejaw ...... 2 Have lock, Lucknow, Maryborough ... 400 ... Frciberg Leases ...... 10 1- 2,650 Greenock Reef ...... 60 Carapooce ...... 6 Amherst Division : Rostron's Diggings ' ...... 8 About Talbot ...... 136 Crysolite Hill ...... 32 Scandinavian Lead ...... Wilson's Hill 12 Rocky Flat 140 ...... 240 Bell, King's, and Sawpit Gully ... 14 Mount Greenock ...... Stuart Hill 2 Nuggety Gully ISO ...... 74 Bristol and Shewing's Reefs ... 33 Kangaroo Flat and Gully ...... JTorty-foot 8 Mia-mia Flat and tributaries 80 ...... 120 Queen Mary f}ully ...... 2 Daisy Hill and tributaries ...... 200 East Neuk ...... 2 Adelaide T.,ead South ...... Dogberry ... 4 Blacksmith's Gully 190 ...... 60 Erivan Hills ...... 5 Emu and Cockatoo ...... Blink Bonny, Black Rock, and Gari- McCallum's Creek ... 200 ...... lOO baldi Reefs ...... 18 Eglinton Plains ...... 305 Mount Glasgow ... 10 -- ...... 20 --- 1- 1,750 Total for Jl.:laryborough District ...... 12,099 Avoca Subdivisio1t : 1-- Fiddler's Creek ...... 1,300 Amphitheatre ...... 40 Avoea ...... 240 --- Green Hill Creek ... ' ...... 8 Home bush ...... lOO Lam plough ...... 30 Mountain Hut ...... 20 CASTLEMAINE DlSTRlCT • No. 1 Creek ...... 150 No. 2 Creek ...... 700 Castlemdine Division : Prospectors ...... 12 --- 2,600 Guildford ...... 175 ' Campbell's Creek ...... 320 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Division&: Castlemaine ...... 280 Dunolly ...... 200 Barker's Creek ...... 135 Burnt Creek ...... lOO Myrtle Creek ...... 40 Bet-bet ...... 10 Chewton ...... 450 Goldsborough ...... 80 Golden Point ' ...... 180 Gipsey and Inkerman ...... 140 -- 1,580 --- 1-- Carried forward ...... i,UOO Curried forward ...... 1,580 22 NuliiDER and Dis'rRiimTION 'of MINERS on the •Goldfields, &c •.,...,..continued. I Name of Place. No. Total. ·Name of Place. ··, ,, ··<~ .. No. Total. ------~-,-----_;,c.______1-·--- · B~ought forward ... 1,580 : • Brought forward ...... ~-·~· . .... 8,376 Fryer's Creek. Divis'ion: · Blue Mountain INorth' Subdivision:' Golden' Gully and Fryerstown . . . 350 Trentham: ...... 41 Spring Gul,ly and Specimen Hill ... 190 Columbia...... •.. -15 ; Church's Flat to Vaughan •.. .•. 410 Newbury .:...... -37 Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills ... '70 Garlick's L ...... 23 German ah!l Mopoke Gullies ••. 1 120 r Alma ·· -J- ... ·. ,;; 26 Loddon : v;aughan to Pennyweight •• . ··90 ' , ~. r 142 Table Hill and Tarilta. .•• . • .•. 1{5 r Guildford Hills .... · ...... 255 Total for Castlemaine District ::. ... . 8,518 Loddon·: Vaughan to Holcombe ••• 290 l ---- Nuggety Gully and Irishtown ... 105 Guildford ~o Pickpocket •.. •• • ' 30 Green· and Sailor's Gullies ...... 170 ARARAT DISTRICT. Pickpocket' and Hard Hills ... .. • 95 Ararat Division : Str~thloddon and Hit-or-Miss ... . 17 5 Ararat, including the White Lead, Can~ .. I ... --nl 2,465 ton. Lead, Commissioner's Hill, Old Hepburn Division: · Korns, Wet Lead, Hopkins, Black Dry Diggirlgs Section 85 Lead, Mitchell Heef, and Picnic ... 290 ,, Pickpocket, &c., Section ... 150 Armstrong's, Dutton~s Gully, Long Forty~foot Section 9'0 Gully, Napoleon Gully, and Hospital Boots! Gully Section 86 Hill ...... •.. 140. Italinn Gully Section " ' 17).' . Philip's Flat, Nil Desperandum, and Spring-Creek· Section ' 115 I Slaughtecyard Hill .. • .. • ' Doctor's Gully Section 2Q7 . 1 Cathcart, with Spring Lend, Bowman's Brandv-hot Section 70 Flat, and Black Hill Lead .. . ! Deep Creek Section 412 Rhymney, Shea's Flat, MeN ab's Swamp; Blind Creek Section 50• I and' 'Good Friday Gully, Preston , Stony 'Creek Section 115 ; Reefs ...... •.. • Womi:Jat Creek Section 137 ' Opossum Gully, Soldier's Flat, Wattle Daylesford,Section 3Q6. Gully, arid Port Curtis .. ; . ... r 290 ' . ' I _._._._ .. , 1,994 Moyston, with· Campbell's Reef, Allu Taradale dlld Kynewn Subdivision: .. ,.·,) vial Flat', Camp, Jonathan's Gully, Tarndale and-neighborhood ... .•• ' 230 ! Shepherd's Gully; and Gray's Hut Tar11-dile South ... · ... so·· .... Lead ·r ...... 223 Y an,kee Point . . • ...... ' '60. 1,070 Kangaroo ·· ...... 15 i Pleasant Creek Division: Malmsbury, ... •.. 50 Commercial Street 60 Coliban North ••• ... ·,. 110 Deep Lend 90 Piper's Cre'ek ...... , 10 Great Western 5.f,l 1 Bell topper .. • .. . '40 Four Posts. 30. Redesdale ' ...... :so Quartz Reefs 725 . Barfold ...... 40 Flying'Doe 15' ' Lauriston...... :too Germania · 2\). ' Mudlark .}...... '20· I Ironbai'k .•. Wattle Flat ·•· .. . 16 Bonnie J?uhdee ... Glenlyon .:...... •. ·;. '20 ; ' 1,020 I -·-· 865 Bark.ly Di~isio~: '[ Tarrangower Division : ·r J· Malonts Lj;nd Beehive Hill· ... ••• ... 89 Laildsborough 75 Eaglehawk!Gully ... .•• ... 138 Barkly ... 45 .::·•i ·'93 .. Waiter's • ... I .2ij y ...... 1 1 lly • ,.. ••• ·•• I 95 Frenchman's 2S Growler's Gully ...... • 23 Malakoff .;. 2'6· Porcupine ·; ...... · . . .. 50 I Glenpa.trick 25,: Molint Tarrangower ...... 93 ' Emu~ ... 15. Fiddler's Flat. , ...... I 16· Dividing Range 40 Sandy Creek ...... 101 Cambrian ,;. 30 Nuggety .:...... 53 Stringybark - 25 Green Valley ...... 36 370 Frenchman's ...... '1'1' ! Raglan Division : Muckleford ...... · 83 ' Beaufort, &c: · ... 37 Ne~stead, Straugways, and Clydesdale · '86 Jock's Lead .. . 38 967 Main Lead' .. . - •. 1\ib' St. AndreJls East and Central Subdivision~·: Tributaries to ditto . 115. Andeison's Creek ...... 127 Raglan:and King Charles ... ' 10 I,oyal Liberal Reef ...... 10 • · Poverty Point ... 10 Old Caledonia ...... • ' 9' Sailor's Gully ... 25 Yow-vow .:...... 24 Sulky and Charlton .65 Big Pat S~amp, ...... 43 Waterloo, &c. •.. ,1~0,. r··, Steel's Creek ...... • 6 Bax,t~f.~ G~ll! ... · , · Ironbark .!. ... .•. ... 9 3'! ' . Y ow-yow Gully ...... 9 ··.. ,.··~~ Wild-dog : ...... 20 Total for Ararat'District ..., , I 3,033 Diamond Creek ...... 40 '. ' "i--- Panton Hill ...... ,~4 :---- Research and Rocky 8' Pioneer Reef .. . 6 • 1 GIPPSLAl!iD DISTRIOl'. Whiskey Gully' ... · u' Omeo Subdivi.~ion : Hoddle's Creek .. . •90 Livingstone Creek ...... 150 McMahon's Creek ... 'ao·. · Upper Mitta-mitta, from Cobungara to Warbilrton, .. . .: 12 Wombat Creek ...... · · .. . 30 Donovan's Creek ...... 2o · Wombat Creek .. , ...... 89·· 498 Gibbo River ...... •.. • 39 St. Andrew's South and. West Subdiviltions: · • Swift's Creek ... .. • .. .. 165· ,• Bullangarook ...... 7 River Tambo ...... •. 30 7 503 Carried forward · ... 8,376 Carried forward 503 23 ~UMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. Name of Place. No. Tolal. Name of Place. No. :.T~tt>l. ------~· . . . .. Brought forward ...... 503 Brought forward ...... 1,58 9 Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisions: Jericho Division-continued. Boggy Creek .. . · ••• .. • 200 Aberfeldy a.nd Thomson ...... 80 Merrijig and Sandy's Creek ... 60 Eldorado ...... 5 Nicholson River ...... 46 Movirlg and prospecting miners .. . 22 Tambo River 82 9 ...... 15 Donnelly's Creek Division: --- Store Creek ...... 52 Dol).nelly's Creek ... Haunted Stream ...... 4 ...... 40 Shady Creek ...... ! 3 Aberfeldy Creek and Fulton's Creek ... 8 Deptford ... South Crinoline .. . . •• .. • 8 ...... 57 Edwards' Hill 6 .. ... ,- 487 ...... ·-·· '.,,., · ¥reestone Creek ...... 88 .. 1 .. , Victoria Golden Key, &c: 15 Croo!l.ed River Division : · · 1 ...... 16 0 Grant·· ...... 56 .. Stringer's •Creek Division: -- Wongangarra·River ...... 5 Walhalla ~ ...... 288 Wonangatta. River ...... 16 Eureka Reef ...... 16 .. Crooked River !•• " 72 Happy-go-Lucky ...... 38 Good-luck· Creek ...... 15 Longfellow's Reef .:...... 32 Jungle Creek ...... 15 Shamrock Reef ...... 21 Bla,ck Sna)!.:e...... , 3 Thoms,-m ~i ver and Aberfeldy Alluvial 37 Twelve:mile" ...... 12 I --- 482 Twenty-five-mile ...... 12 Russell's CriJek·'Division: Thlrt:y-mile ...... 24 Russell's Creek a.nd Upper Tangil .. . 100 Wentworth River ...... 87 Low,er Tangil ...... 60 Upper Dargo ...... 125 Hawthorn and Pheasant Creeks ... 30 Middle Dirgo ...... 20 ·crossover and Tarwin ...... 4o Lower Dargo ...... 120 Stockyard Creek ...... 20 Upper Mitchell ...... 42 Wombat Creek ...... 9 Good Hope 25 9 ...... 25 ., 649 Bendoc Subdivision: .. --- ' Bendoe ...... 39 Jeric~orDivision: Lower Bendoc ...... 6 Matlock to Alhambra ...... 4 Queenbury ...... 25 Lochfyne ...... , ..,. .... 34: . Bog ...... 85 B B Creek and spurs ...... 60 Bonang, ...... 40 Jericho and Jordan ...... 128 ' --- 19 5 Blue Jacket ...... 4 ' Red Jacket ...... 42 Total for Gippsla.nd District ...... ~,96 4 .. ' Carried forward ...... GRAND TOTAL ...... 60,26 7 .. . . ·- ~-1 .. R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines. Office of Mines, M lbourne, 22nd July 1870. ' ' ~ .. \ • I !· MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTS. :BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar. It will be seen that there is no material falling off in the yield of gold for the past quarter. In the Ballarat East portion of this division there is a renewed activity, which is displayed principa~ly by small co-operative companies, some of which are tolerably successful. Also in the Ballarat West portion of the division, in the neighborhood of Webster ·street, a new effort is being made by several co-operative companies, with satisfactory results so far, and a fair prospect of success. The ground being work.ed by these last-mentioned companies is either the Old Iukerman Lead, or tributaries of that lead. · • It will be perceived that the process of extracting gold from pyrites is much improved, and the return of gold therefrom is likely to form an important item in the future. · · STATEMENT of Gold obtained by the principal Mining Companies of the Central Division, Ballarat District, for the Quarter ending 30th June 1870. · Name of Company. Quantity. Name of Company. Quantity. ~~------~l---.,-----1------1'----··- oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Suburban ... • ...... 15. 0 0 Prince of Wales .. . .. • .. . 2,079 0- 0 United Hand-in-Band and Band of Hope 382 3 22 All Saints ...... 260 0 0 Association ...... •.. 5 8 12 Great Northern Junction ••. .. . 2,552. 15 0 Entended.Working Miners ...... 970 0 0 Bonshaw ...... 5,428 2 0 United Albion and Prince of Wales ... 93 5 0 Durham ...... 751 19. 0 Winter's Freehold · ...... 279 0 0 Cardigan· Consols ...... 228 6 22 Hodney ...... 20 o o· St. George and Band of Hope United .•• 2,367 14 0 Great Gulf ...... 1,017 6 0 Try-Again ...... 193 2 0 Leviathan ...... 3,711 0 0 Co-operative Companies ...... 2,500 0 0 Park ...... 7,840 18 0 Uoyal Oak ...... 750 0 0 Band of Hope and Albion Consols .. . 6,840 ll 0 Total 38,285 6 8 DIVIDENDS, ! Name of Company. I Amount. Name of Company. Amount. ' •. £ s. d. ·.£ a. d. Park ...... 12,800 0 0 Bonsbaw ...... ' ...... 10,920 0 0 .Royal Oak ...... I 630 0 0 Band of Hope and Albion Consols ... 6,112 10 0 Great Northern Junction ...... ' 1,000 0 0 Total ...... £31,462 10 0 SOUTHERN DIVISION. Mr .•i F. Co'leman, Mining Registrar. The development of the Pitfield. Plains mines has been considerably retarded by the difficulty experienced in sinking throngh the exceptionally hard basaltic rock. The British Banner Company has repeatedly called for and accepted " tenders for sinking," at a high figure, but the contract has been as repeatedly surrendered as unprofitable. A new contract has recently been concluded, and it is to be hoped the issue will be more satisfactory than in former cases. A considerable falling off in the yield from the Bi:eak-o'-Day and Maiden City Companies accounts for the deficiency in the result from alluviums this quarter. At Splitter's Gully and Bulldog some remunerative patches of ground have been struck, and are now being worked. . A gold-bearing reef has been discovered some 400 yards east of Staffordshire .Reef, from which a trial crushing is now being taken. · A good deal of prospecting is now going .on throughout the division, the result of which I hope to report at some future time. BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M. Harvey, .Mining 81trveyor and Registrar. QuARTZ MINING. On Hiscock's line of reef, the One-and-All Company have had very poor crushings; the body of stone is about 120 feet wide, and the gold appears to be spread through it, making the whole very poor and not payable; in all probability better stone will be found where the reef is narrower. The other companies on this reef obtain payable quartz. The Homeward-bound Company, on what is called the .Homeward-bound Reef, and which is nearly due south of Hiscock's Reef, being apparently a continuation of the same; have suspended operations for the last six weeks, though the returns seem to have been excellent. A new company has already been organized to continue operations with the same machinerv and from the same shaft.. The Monte Christo Company, adjoining the Homeward bound Company northwards, are reported to have struck the lode with an excellent body of stone and gold visible. A good plant is being erected at the .i\Iount Helen Iteef, north of Bnninyong township, and there is every prospect of this line of reef being now properly teste<:l. ' 25 AJ.I,UVIAL MINING. The yields from the Bnninyong township claims are proving this loca1ity to be a rich one ; all the old companies are in full operation, and nll have now declared dividends, while a new company, the Victoria, have erected excellent ma<'hinery at the old Pactolus shaft; they are now busy cleaning out the old drives, and expect very shortly to strike solid ground, which there can be little doubt, with their improved mining appliances, will amply repay their enterprise. At the shallow end of the Union Jack, about where the quartz reef crosses, a small party are doing well, and attention is being directed to the testing of this quartz reef. The yields on the Durham continue good ; no new claims have touched the gutter, owing to the great flow of water which has necessitated the Perseverance Company to procure an additional powerful pumping set of 17 in. '£his they have placed on the old Chryseis shaft, and expect thus to overcome the water. . . The shallow and old workings obtain about average yields, and there is every prospect' of new shallow workings being opened about the neighborhood of the Grenville workings. The following is a statement' obtained from some of the principal mines of gold won during the quarter, and a near approximate of other gold :- Alluvial. oz. dwt. gr. Independent (Buninyong) ... 297 ii 7 Innes Freehold (Buninyong) 380 12 8 Crown I)easehold (Buninyong) 249 12 11 Garibaldi (Durham) ... 423 6 0 Duke of Cornwall (Durham) 245 12 0 Enfield (Durham) ...... 20L 18 0 Monte C\1risto, Hopeful, Wolson's Hill, and other workings, approximate ... 700 0 0 Total 2,498 12 2 Qua'l'tz. · oz. dwt. gr. Imperial Company (Hiscock's) 345 7 0 Alfred Company (Hiscock's) 183 4 12 Homewal}l-bound Company ... 300 0 0 One-and-All Company, and Tower Hill Company, approximate 120 0 0 Total 948 11 12 SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Mr. John Lynch, Minin,q Su'l'veyor and Regiatra'l'. It will be seen from the annexed returns thatthere has been a slight falling off in the aggregate yield of gold, os compared with previous quarter. The decrease is not so much as might be expected, considering that some of our principal contributing mines have heen obliged to suspend operations and have been actually idle for weeks back. In my last report I mentioned that the Grand Trunk claim at Piggoreet was swamped. It was not then thought the water would so much increase as to inundate the mines higher up the lead. But, owing to a continually increasing influx, it has so increased, and has flooded the Golden Horn and Golden Lake mines,. ancl threatens to do further damage, unless arrested by combined action on the part of the several companies affected and likely to be affected thereby. The Golden Horn and Golden L'ake Companies have, in addition to the excellent pumping appliances at their respective claims, erected powerful pumping machinery on the abandoned shaft of the late Alpha Company at Piggoreet, and, although advantageously situated and all working well, the water is so slowly lessening that, without further aid, it will take several weeks constant effort to restore some of the mines to a fitting condition for' the resumption of work. It is much to be regretted that this disaster has taken place, for never were the mines in a more flourishing condition than at the time of its occun-ence ; and those claims to which the flood has not extended have been so unusually good as to compensate in a great measure for tho losses occasioned by the temporary cessation of the others. Southward of Piggoreet, and as far as Cape Clear, beyond the Grand Trunk workings, litLle or nothjng has been done during the quarter. At Happy Valley and Linton nothing new or worthy of particular mention has occurred. The Haddon division is undergoing slow development. The Gladstone (lease) keeps paying, as usual, moden The Golden Horn was at work only for a shOrt time at the commencement of the quarter, and the Golden Lake has bee~ idle for the latter three WfJeks of the .same·period .. Owing to the depression preyailing in other _districts a good many miners ·have:returned to this district, whereby the :t;~umlier of those cla,ssed as ~uropean miners hav~ been wcrensed; but I am.sorry ~o notice a considera))le reduction in the number of Chinese miners, not-more, perhaps, than one-half the us.u'al !:\Umber,. being a.t p~esent following mining ,pursuits, in eonseguence .,chiefly of the .sj:J.allow. gullies an~ flats upon ,whic~ they have .been. for years operating being ,worked out, and no more such description of grqund bemg available. . ! " ' •'~ . J ,• . · .. ' /' . CRESWICK DIVISION. ~ · · Mr.James 8tevenson, Mining Surveyor·and .flegistrar: · . I have the honor to report that the yield of alb.ivial'gold has decre~sed. during'the quarter, principally owing 'to causes which, are temporary, viz:, •a stoppage in the claim of the' Australasian 'Company, through a flooding of the mine; one in the· Grand 'l'runk Company, owing to a diflerence as to price of contracts between ·the board of directors and the :men at work in the mine, and through .,the sale of the Ballarat and Clunes Ijline, and a consequent partial stoppage c:f the works. . · · •: • '' .. ,, '· ~ · . . Sluicing h!J,s commenced early this season, but has as yet no effect qn the field of gold~ · · ' The quantity of quartz gold has increased, owing to the larger quantity ofStone crush~d by the Port Phillip and New North Clunes Co:rnpanies; the average yield is alinost the same as last quarter. · · ·· I have been unable to obtain the yield of gold from the manager· of' the Grand: Trunk ,Company and the Australasian Company; the yields of the other mines are as follows.:- · · ' . ' I: ' . . . . oz: dwt. : gr. Hit-or-Miss Company ... 282 9 6 ·Royal Standard Company ... 264 14 21 Golden Point Company ... 165 17 0 Ballarat and Clunes Company 52 ~4 18 GORDON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Tlwmas Cowan, ·Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. Ther_e i~ ;t' very:s!ight improvement iri this branch of mining, the most noticeable being an attempt to discover th(l All Nat10ns Gully lead in the deep ground to the east of the shallo,w working. ,fJ.. co-operative party has been formed for this purpose, and they are now engaged .iP: sinking a shaft. The depth already reached is 80 feet, principally through basalt, It is expected that the shaft will be bottomed at about 200 feet. The Cosmopolitan Company are also engaged in prospecting the alluvial ground to the south-west of the Big Hill Reef, hut as yet without any very sati~factory-resul,t. • .. ,;.,...... • The workings at Cantwell's Creek 'are sti!l-held'in reserve:·'"-··,. ·' · "•. ." ""''· ., '''Quh~z iVf:i:N~N~... ,. ···· Witl;l the exceptiol;l of fop.r qr fi~e c!aims, Jl!o.st of. the companies .are holding their claims in reser.ve for various reasons. . :, ·· , ' 1.• · . ' The Black-horse Company's shaft has. been deepened to 725 feet, but it was found impossible to cope with the water without lifts. The shaft n()t. byin" large enough for these, it was determined. to cut, ,the shaft down from the surface, The company have .b.eel). engagy'a upqn this the greater portion of the quarter, and,until it is 9ompl~ted the. mine will not l:le much further prospected...... , , : . · Tho White-horse C9mpany h_ave,.lately struck a lode in ihe 552-foot level at a distance of B40 feet from the shaft in a s0uth-easte,rly direction. The stone struck is s~pposed tp be a: continuation of the ;Bill Hill Reef, but, owing to the very rece!ft date of the discovery, nothing defini~e has be~n ascertained, . . , Nothing· new has transpired at theWellesley Company's work,ings.; A few days ago they stopped work, and have not yet resumed.operations., . ,, ...... The expectations which were rai~ed respecting the Victoria Company at the dQse of last quarter were not realized ; but a short time sinc.e the mam~gement was changed, and s.ince then the prospe~ts have very much improved. The stone now be.il.'lg crushed is of.excellent quality: · . , . · A,small· reef, about 4 feet wide, n~t very ,well defined; ha~ .been -opened out on the ·Bungal and Egerton pre emptive right, abo\lt 200 feet f~om the southern boundary; the ston!' obtained appears to be very excellent in quality, and if large quantities of it can be obtained will pay magnificently;, 50 tons have been mised, and are now, being carted to the Black-horse battery, for the ·purpose of being crushed. Th,e shareholders expect the yield will be over one ounce per ton. . · . · . ,. . .· , . · One or two.claims have,, .been taken up, to the south of the IJI).e of the reef, under the bye-laws. .. t • •' .·, · tt • ·· r STEIGLJ.TZ SUBBIVISION. Mr. J~h~ Sisson Coo;~r, ;/Y.lining· Regi~t~ar. The prospects .of this field. during tlie p~st. quarter may be ·~onsidered very satisfactory as compared with the previous one. Nearly ·all the. available ground' is now being taken •up and worked by either tribute or co-operative companies · · .., . • · '· < · · f • ' • .. • .. • Th~ Galatea.Quart,.; Mining.~Company1 fron;,' three:crushings.a~o~i.iting to about 250 tons, obtained 21 ozs. 8 dwts. of gold. This return was considered very small ; but since the ground has been well opened out; and the first difficulties met with by the tributors, overcome, they are .very, sanguine of· better returns hereafter, as the vein on the north side is better defined and shows gold· on all the faces. 1 • • · The New Albion Quartz' Mining Company hav.e commenced a· crushing of 61 tons, and, judging:from the appearance· of the stone and the results from the last·crushing; ~hey·ari.ticipate a return of.lOO ozs. 'l:he vein is still strong, steady, and averages 12 inches in thickness. . . · . The New Alliance Tribute Party have completed· al.). .thyir,necessary preliminary-arrangements, and have made a good start. The party-20 in number-having been preViously engage'd. in tliat mine, 'are fully acquainted with the workings, and are confident of success. ' . . . 'l'he Tribute Party occupying the so'uthern portion of the SalamanMr Company's lease, from 30 tons of quartz and 100 tons of mullock, realized 130 ozs. of gold, 1'his amount, after all expenses are paid, gives ~he tributors £1 per day per man. Their tribute contract has not yet expired, and the quartz looks equally rich, .From these satisfactory .returns two other parties of tributors have taken up ground on the same lease, but a little nol'th of the first-named party. They are sinking two new shafts, and expect to yatch in its dip the Boxing · Reef western lode. .. · . · · The Alhion Quartz Mining Company have during the quarter crushed 1,-743. to~s of qu·artz, which yielded 515 oza. of gold. This stone was taken from the 653-foot level. ' _2;7 The Steiglitz Quartz M;ni;ng Company, fro~ the l~de ~J_lOID,tas ~he mi~d.l~ .or .11ew ~O~(il, .have ~sed a~d crushed 311 tons of quartz, which yielded 287 ozs. of ,gold. Tfte vem ,averages 18 mches m thickness, and from 1ts present appearance gives promise of better return~. .. ·...... ·" .. ,. : 1• • · • : • • " , . • •• • • . The East Albion Company's· claim (held by a small c,o1operahve party) olitaii-\ed from ~ crushmg of 1? t?ns 1# ozs. of gold. The vein, although thin at their .present depth (50 feet), gives good inducement for further smkmg and development. . . ' , : , . , . . . . . · The Pivot Company, froin a crushing of. 22 tons, obtained 10 ozs~·.'of gold,. . Op0,rations are for the present suspended, owing to the great influx and accumulation of water and want of means to " beat" it. On the north-west boundary of the Steiglitz Company's' claim, and on a rp,ef known as the Blackw~od, a P:;tiY of tribut9rs raised from the old workings, a~d collected on the surfa.Ce, jtbout 40-tons of quartz. The crushmg realized lO~·ozsFrom the It3.lian. Reef ab~ut 2 to~s of q~a~tz ~nd 3~ t?ns 9(\ll~llock cnisl:ied g~v~ .7~ ins. of gold. . From the Moonlight Reef 21 tons of quartz crushed ywlded 22. ozs. From the Daylight Reef 11 tons yielded only 3~ ozs. . The Clifton Beef has been re-occupied' and worked under the style of the "United Quartz Mining Company." They are ::tt present engaged in erecting wmding and pumping machinery. . . · The reef on a portion of ground formerly applied ·for·'U.trder lease'by the St. John del Rey Quartz Munng Company, at Ballark, is now being worked by :t party of .lO.under· miners~· rights.·' I :vi~ited the claim on the Hith May l::tst; it is situated about midw\1-y.qetwe!Jn Sfeigli~~ an? Egert01;., l)pd .<;on~equeptly J:!l~Y be said to be new ground. The main shaft had ~een sunk lOO feet, arid some drives inade with good prospects. . · . . . . A large qu11ritity of alluvial grotmd'has been.taken up"qn Sut)lei:land'sOreek,_adjoining the township ..Fro:zn. one claim' on 'Yhich is erected'a puddling, lllachine; the first t#al gave a return of £2 per week per man. ThiS will open a new feature in mining' at Steiglitz. ·· · · . • ' ' · . · I have nothing, n~w to repo1-t regarding the mining at Morrison's and Dolly's Creek. The new ground opened up ·at Morrison's, refei·red to in my previou'S report, ia still being worked successfully. nLAcKwboD DrvrsiON AND BLUE. Mou:N.T.Arn souTH ·sUBD:rv:rsiON: Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registra;, . Qu4RTZ MINING. . The large amount of capital invested in machinery 'during the last twelve months has not had the immediate result of giving the returns anticipated by many: · This,. in the majority of instances, may be attributed to the fact that, besides. the erection of maehinery, very.Jitt.le has been done to develop the mines, owing principally to the calls of mining companies not having been met; qonsequently many of tlje mines recently so prominently before the public are now idle, and 3ome of them ha.ving coUaps.ed altogether, efforts are !lOW being IJ?ade (and in some instances with success) to. let the mines on .tribute. ,'l'he Clunes .and Blackwood Company is a case in point; ~he last crushing of about 100 tons of .quartz :fr.om the mine of this co!llpany, .which 'is now wOJ;ked ·.on the tribute syst!lm, yielding an average of nearly five dwts. to the ton, gave the tributors a dividend of something like £:3 per week each. On Barry's Reef the working of the St. George O.ompany, late .. the Faugh-a-Ballagh, which. is chiefly in the hands of Mr. Stobie, has been let on contract, and the contractors are san~:;uine.of its paying. A portion of the 'l'rue Blue mine is also worked upon this principle. The Sultan Company has:.llQt been able to carry qn crushing during the whole of the quarter, owing to the reef having been diverted a distance of 27 feet out of its regular course. I beg herewith to enclose a tnwing of qross section of the mine h(/ld by this company.* . . . . · After a continuous a.nd copious faH of rain in the middle of May all the rh ills on Simmons'.Reef driven by water power commenced crushing, and the Cornish Company keeps up i.ts usual average of over one ounce of gold to the ton. The Achilles, the Imperial, and the Koh-i-noor Companies have stopped operations ; there is a likelihood of the later company's claim falling into the hands of local shareholders ;_;a!J.d, if sp, it is confidently expected that the mine will be found payable. . . , .. ALLUVIAL l\1INI'!W. •· Since 1863 w~ter has never been so·plentiful as it ·is this season; and ·grouna''sluiCing is being carried on with more ~nergy th_anin past years: !l'he miners ·are hopeful of· good reFlirns, although I have not heard of a;ny of them having done much as yet. ' · · ,. · · : .. ·: · The Bank of New South Wales closed their agency here which wa11 opened aoout twelve months ago, and. since it opened the ·price of gold rose from 'ls. 6d. to 2s.' 6d, per ounce, according to sample. Nearly the whole of the gold raised iu the district, with the exception ofsmall parcels-obtained at the'UpperWerribee, Lower Lerderderg, and Good man's CNek, is purcha~ecl by th~ banks here·; arid, from a calculation which I ha'ICe made upon pretLy reliable data, I find that the average·earnings of our alluvial' miners per week' (exclusive ofahy parcels of gold which might he held over by some of the few. more fortunate) may be apportioned as follo,vs, viz. :-Europeans £1, and Chinese 10s. • I ' ' • '• j. J" <" .,··· J •• ,BEECHWORTH .MINlNG. DISTRJC'I\ BEECHWORTR .DIVISION. Mr. Alexander :Ald~~di~e, Minin{/llegistrar. The rainy reason commenced here much earlier that usual~-; 'and from the middle of April to end of June upwards of 30 inches of rain have been registered as fallen in the neighborhood of Beechworth. In consequence of this the .floods have been heavy and numerous; and considerable damage has b(len done. to those cl::tims situate near to or in ·the beds of creeks. On the other hand, sluicers and bank'claimholders-have never l)een in a better position as regards the supply of water, and it is very probable that their returns for the season will be considerably above the average of the last few years. The heavy rains have also.cut up· the roads, so. that V!lrY little quartz has been brought to the crushing mills. No fresh discoveries have taken place during the past quarter.. : • t. , .. The Knee bone Company have opened out on the second floor in their new shaft, and th~ dirt put through the sluices has been fully equal to that obtained from the old shaft. As ~oon as the main drives are completed the returns of gold from·this claim will be as large as formerly. , . ·,. .. f. f'. : . · ',, . The returns from McEvoy's claim are not so good this quarter, in consequ~p.ce of. stoppages caused by the floods, but now that the ·dam has been secure work will be continued wii;h)regu,larity. · 'l'he Wellington Company ha,ve determined to abandon the upper portion of.t,l;teir claim, and steps are bein~ taken to shift the machinery, &c., to the site of the new shaft on the lower end of their ground, where the borin~ i udicated the deep ground to exist. "' Tile tracing is In the Omce of :Mines, 28 · Tlie Ovens Gold and Tin Co~pany are making good progress with their opening drives; the prospects obtained are very encouraging, and the small quantity of dirt washed has given fair returns. . The miners who took up ground on .the Clear Creek, Eldorado, for the purpose of "streaming" for tin, have set m to work since water became plentiful, but it is not known whether the ground will pay, as a sufficiently large quantity ~as not been operated on to decide. Should it prove payable, there will, doubtless, be several other creeks tried, as it Is well known that all the tributaries of Reedy Creek contain black sand in abundance. Most of the creek claims on the Woolshed and Sebastopol have been flooded out, and as the rain continues to fall incessantly the owners do not feel justified in opening up again until the weather shows signs of improvement. Quartz mining is exceediHgly dull. O'Dwyer and Co. have erected a mill at H m·dle Flat for the purpose of crushing, which will enable the reefs in that neighborhood to be more economically worked. A trial crushing from Perry's Teetotal Reef gave a splendid return of over 4 ozs. to the ton; but the reef is very narrow, and the stone difficult to get out. The last crushing from the" Cead Mille Failtha" is not equal to the former ones; but the reef looks well, and promises to be the best that has been discovered in the .locality. . YACKANDANDAH DIVISION. Mr. Thomas G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Incessant rain during nearly the whole of the last quarter haa completely flooded out all creek claims, they having been levelled, and thereby heavy expenses entailed on claimholders. In fact so great is the damage done, that in many cases it will not pay to re-open the claims. On the other hand, the great quantity of water has been a large source of profit to the hill men; enabling them to work with renewed energy, the only drawback to them being the washing away of the heads of the races. • Quartz mining in parts of the district has been very dull, a nunrber of claims being protected, owing to want of funds on the part of the owners. A slight rush, if ·it may be so called; has occurred on some ground close to the township, called Sheepstation Gully. Several parties are doing pretty well in the vicinity. One peculiarity is the fact that, although about 12 to 14 feet deep, "there is not a particle of gravel through the ground. . INDIGO DIVISION. 1Jfr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and. Registrar. The quartz mills lJ.re almost at a standstill, owing to the nearly impassable state of the roads, from the continued wet weather, preventing the cartage Of stone from the reefs. The average returns show· a decided improvement, and under more favorable circumstances the total yield would have been much larger. With the exception of the Sons and Doma Consols (late Extended Sons of Freedom Company), alluvial mining may be considered almost at a standstill. The machinery and plant of the Surprise Company, the only claim recently at work in the Ruthergleri portion of the division, has been sold by auction. The claim of the Sons and Doma Consols has produced 1,700 ozs. during the quarter, and the same company have procurei:l excellent prospects from tile main drives running from the new shaft sunk in the locality of_the bores shown in map attached to report for December 1867, fully confirming the value and importance of the discoveries then made. The prospects vary from i of a dwt. to l:f dwts. of coarse gold with 'tin ore, indicating the direction of the drifts from the valley of the· Black Dog and Deep Creeks, no tin having ever been found on the Chiltern Lead, or its tributaries. ' ' 'BUCKLAND DIVISION. i'Jfr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar. The continuous and heavy floods, for many weeks in succession, have completely stopped the working of the few river and creek claims which had been previously yielding gold, and I do not suppose any of the workings referred to will again be opened until spring. I may add that considerable loss has been entailed on the miners by the'fioods sweeping away flumes, wheels, pumps, and boxes. · Nothing of moment has transpired here in connection with quartz mining since my previous report. Tedious and expensive tunnels are still being driven in some of the chief quartz claims, viz., the Red Jacket, Alta and Nelson, Wallaby, .Harp of Erin; &c., &c., but meanwhile only a few men are now.engaged on these reefs, upon which over 100 miners used formerly to obtain employment; consequently, from the difficulty in getting work for wages, some of the men have taken up old reefs, and are now raising small parcels of stone for trial ernshings, and if the result is not satisfactory, I fear that-:-pending fresh discoveries-mining will be very quiet in this ?ivision for some months to come. Mining has been resumed, and, I believe, with satisfactory results, by the Australasia, Peabody, and Lord of the Hills, all of which had been for a long period either wholly or in a great measure unworked • . A project has been mooted here for opening a dray road between Harrietville and Livingstone Creek, Omeo, a distance of fifty miles, through a country known to be auriferous, hut very little prospected, entirely from the. difficulty of access, and consequent impediments to the transit of stores, tools, &c., &e., to the various creeks and reefs known to be gold bearing. As the expense is not very great, being estimated at £4,000, it is very probable the projected work may be carried out. , ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Mr. R. A. F. Murray, Mining Sun•eyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. The past quarter has been characterised by a steadily progressive movement as regards the development of the deeper auriferous resources of the district, which is now recovering from the reaction consequent on the over specub- tion of 1869. . Confidence is established on a firmer basis, and more accurate knowledge has been acquired as to the difficulties to be encountered, and the most efficient modes of dealing with them. . · The gross value of machinery for alluvial mining is more than double what. it was at the commencemen,t ?f the quarter, and. the new plants have been erected with every attention to efficiency. At Alexandra a payable lead has· been proved by Fogarty and party in the Luckie Gully. Their shaft passed through the following strata, viz, Surface soil and sandy clay 30 feet. Stiff red clay 76 ". Washdirt 2 " 108 feet. 29 The ground is wet and somewhat treacherous. The first trial of fourteen loads gave about 7! ounces. The washdirt is reported to improve in thickness and regularity of distribution .as the lead is followed down war~. Several shafts are now going down, and should these meet with good prospects the U .T. F~at will be. thoroughly t:ted. . Ou the Goulburn river the severe 'floods have greatly retarded nnnmg operations; though m the early pot·tlon of the quarter excellent yields were obtained from the. river bed,. 'fhe heads of the U T Creek and the tributaries of the Devil's River, have afforded employment to a moderate number of miners. · , · · · The aspect of the Johnson's Creek worldngs is. most encouraging. The following notes (supplied by Mr. E. W. Pennington) illustrate the workings at the last shaft sunk by the Golden Lake Company at the embouchu.re of Robinson Crusoe Gully into the fiats of Johnson's Creek:- "The total depth is ll8 feet, viz. :- . Surface soil 6 feet. Hard red gravel 37 " Tough red clay 35 , Tough black clay 20 " Yellow and white clay ...... 8 , Resembling lignite with large logs of wood occurring therein 4 " So~t yellow clay 3 " Cement ...... 1 , Wash on bottom composed of small fragments of quartz, quartz sand, and large boulders of sandstqne and quartz (the latter but slightly waterworn) : bottom composed of pipeclay and soft decomposed slate 4 " 118 feet. ~~he lead is 90 feet wide, and the average yield is 16 pennyweights to the load. Quantity ,of water per twenty-four hours, 40,000 gallons. It is remarked that the stratum of black clay does not occur off the course of the lead. "'fhe gold is rough, some being waterworn and some ragged ; pieces oft oz. and 1 oz. are frequent ;· the largest 1 yet found being about 16 ozs. '' Many specimens of gold in quartz and ironstone are met with in the washdirt •. "The assay gives 23•1! and 23·1~." With the exception of puddling machines, the Apsley Gold .Mining Company have completed the erection of their machinery. The shaft is down 75 feet, and ready for further sinking. The Portia Gold Mining Company have been idle during the last three months; but this, and other companies ·on the Johnson's Creek flats, are likely to resume operations shortly. . At Gobur, Godfrey's Creek, the Working Miners and Never-can-tell Companies have been obtaining steady yields ; the former averaging about l 00 ozs. per week. The Never-can-tell Company have, at a total cost of £5,000, erected two engines for pumping, winding, and puddling, with four puddling ·machines, The Sons of Freedom have remained idle during the quarter, but negotiations are pending for their amalgama tion with the Cosmopolitan and Ballarat Star Companies, with a view to the joint working of the claims. A con siderable area of auriferous laud remains unworked in the neighborhood. · At Durham Gully a small number of men are still working, and fresh runs of auriferous ground are .reported to have been discovered tending.from the old workings towards the deep ground on the Sprin~ Creek. This creek, as also the MJddle and Home Creeks, presents indications no way infenor to other workings in the division, and when the winter is over renewed prospecting may be expected. The Puzzle Creek lead has not proved as good as was anticipated, though a small number continue working on it. Many, however, have returned to the old workings of Growler's Gully, where good yields have been obtained from ground hitherto neglected. · Payable gold has lately been struck by Denis Ryan and party, in their prospecting area, on a large main flat ono mile south-west of Mertou. The length of the flat is about four miles, and the average width a quarter of a mile. The depth of sinking is 45 feet, through soil and white clay, with about 3 feet of cement and wash. Two shafts have bottomed on payable gold, and the reported prospect was 1 oz. to the load. The Challenger Reef, whence good stone has formerly been obtained, is near the head of the gully, and other reefs are being prospected in the neighborhood. . QuARTZ l\'In1ING. Of the six crushing mills in the division four have been working, but of these two have only commenced within the last week, and consequently the returns therefrom are unavailable. The operations of the past quarter have been principally confined to prospecting, and several fresh discoveries have been the result, though only in one or two instances have crushings been obtained. At Alexandra the Morning Star Reef has again been taken up, and the crushings have averaged nearly ~ oz. per ton. The Galatea Reef has been yielding good stone; and in the Homeward-bottnd claim the tributors have recently struck a vein from 10 inches to 18 inches thi!-)k, in which gold is visible. ,. , The Luckie Prospecting claim, in which a rich ''shoot" of stone has been worked out, is at present idle, pending arrangements for letting the claim on tribute. • The Albert Gold Mining Company are' laying the foundation for their machinery, and making preparations to explore the mine to a greater depth. ' At Godfrey's Creek only one crushing-from the Brilliant Reef-is reported ; 8! tons yielding 17 ozs. 13 dwts. At Molesworth crushings have only lately recommenced, owing to the scarcity of water in the first portion of ~~ . A reef opened near the head of Califol'llian Gully, a tributary of Growler's Gully, gave the fine prospect of 132 ozs. to 18 tons of stone, taken from between the surface and 30 feet. Another reef, parallel to this, gave 45 ozs. to 20 tons. In the Albion Reef, Durham Gully, good stone has been struck at a depth of 60 feet. A reef situated a quarter of a I!lile east of the Spring .Creek, previously P.rospected and abandoned, has been again taken up by Messrs. Coster and R1enber, who have obtamed excellent speCimens, and httve washed as much as t oz. to a dish from the casing. . Should the companies now prospecting their mines at considerable depths meet with good results renew.ed energy will be infused into the quartz mining community, and prosperity established in this branch o~ a firmer basis. The present inactivity is due to the uncertainty attendant on prospecting the lodes to .great depths. MANSJ;"IELD SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. H. Kelson, Mining Registrar. There is no mining in my subdivision at present. 30 BENALLA SUBDIVISION. 1,.: .. Mr. .:(oh1t Li~to,;_, Mining Registrar.·· Mining has been quite a~ a standstill in my 'subdivision during the past quarter. GAFF:.NEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION: Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor. and Registrar. ., tl. I have t~ report this. subdivision as showing a very considerable falling off in both quartz and ~ll~~i~l for this. season of the· year. ,T]le amount of quartz gold, including one crushing· of which the part.icular~ have not yet reached me; but wh!ch is under lOO ozs., obtained during the quarter, was under 1,100 ozs. as against 2,582 'ozs.JO dwts. obtained during the same season last year. This is attributable to a general falling off in the yields, and we can only hope for a material change 'when th'e ·new ela:ims now openi'ng up Fhall begin to crush ; I refe.r especiallyJio. the .Cornhill and the Bristol Companies, who are both expected to start in the course of this nionth; ·the. first:with very promising prospects, the latter,~ all,probability, with pay~ble stone. · . · . ·- ·. ~ ;,· . ··J - ·: .. . Machmery has been erected durmg the quarter m Gaffney's Creek by the surpnse Company; .for·.the purpose of working the, py1·ites and tailings., 'fhe whole of the amalgam resulting from the tre.atment of the pyrites was lost, .but that resulting from the treatment of 7 tons of tailings was saved from- the fl.ood .and yielded 4 ozs. 9 ,dwts. Judging by the amount of amalgam, the pyrites would,,itis.snpposed, have yield'eil.7 ozs. per to1i,,, A.beginning having been made, more will, no doubt, be done when the season shall be more favorable. In allu.vial t4ere is also a very material falling off, which is likely to be of a permanent character, but which is ~ part due to the extraordinary freshets ·which have s\vept everything before them, and made the country well nigh Impassable. .. ,.. WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A~ B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and· Registrar .. I have to report u mat~rial ill crease in the yield of both quartz and alluvial for the quarter ending 30th June, which increase, however, isnot·proportionateto the season, so far as quartz gold is concerned. The lock-out at.the Hope · mine, for the- purpose of bringing. about a reduction in miners' wages,. is chiefly accountable for the disproportion referred tp, as, the company h!J.s in consequence only one crushing (early in A.pril), to its credit. On the 27th instant, the mine again was wrought; the terms on which the directors and miners agreed were £2 10s. for 8 hours.work, in lieu of ,£3 for ~H hours' .actual, but 10 hours' nomilml work. ·- Either of the later wages, considering the purchase value of the money iri various localities, is below the wages paid for first. class men-such are employed-by the )lope Company-at Ballarat, Sandhurst, f;jtringer's Creek, &c.; and to this is probably to be, for the most part, :~ttributed the determined and successful resist.ance of the men to the contemplated reduction. · .. The consequences of this dispute to the township of Wood's Point have beell! very serious, and :the present depression exceeds anything .I have known here ; some £2,000 withheld from circulation in an exclusively and. small minhtg community such as ours; affects the tradespeople and shopkeepers to a very serious extent and is fruitful of evil consequences, especially at the present' s~son of. the year .. 'fhis matter and the now all-sweeping·floods are the ·main incidents in oui· mining records for the past'quar~er. . . . '. · . . · · Our floo~s here exceed. anything that ·has· come,uuder my' observation during a· seven years' residence in ·these parts; and taking into consideration the great increase in the waterways of our rivers and creeks incident"on the creek and bank workings for so long a period; nothing of the same extent has been witnessed, it may be safely asserted, since the district was settled. · . .: .· · '" . · · 1 • ' Our creek workings are swamped throughout the district;· expensive and valuable tail-races filled up. and, in not a few instances, •sluice-boxes with their week's yield buried under many tons of sludge and drift. Several small land slips have also taken place, .damaging tramways, &e., and, soaked as the earth's crust is with water, severe frosts,· such as we may expect-should the rain stop, of ·which .there is at present no sign-will no doubt cause more serious 'slips than those which have occun-ed, to take place both in our mines and on the steepsfronting our creek's. A beneficial effect will be to compel more of our alluvial miners to take 1;efuge in spur workings, .and I am warranted by the experience of the last twelve months in asserting, as I have previously done, the great valne of the banks of the Goul burn as compared with its many times worked b~d.. '[·he yield of alluvial has exceeded that qf the past quarter, and the heaviest returns'have been obtained in bruik claims. . . · A specific 'feature in this quarte1;'s history is the renewed prosperity of· the 'All Nations, mine, where the tribii.tors have obtained over 2 ozs. to the ton for 1,222 .tons crushed during the ,quarter. There is e.very sign of an equally satisfactory yield in the forthcoming crushing. · · · · · The crushing recorded for the United Company was obtained from a prospecting drive in th~ 'ground of the Alps Company, held by them under tribute. · Tne old ·claims under tribute have yielded fairly, and among' the new claims the Franklin continues to give returns satisfactory to the shareholders; the great drawback to thi~ claim is its distance from the crushing batteries and the amount of water-caused by the excessive wet-in the mine ; the Shamrock Company have obtained payable yields during the . past quarter from the spurs of their reef, and '.l' am of opinion that further into the hill these reefs will prove to be val~able.' . · · ~ The Leviathan and Black River ree.fs generally are all.but at a·stand-still, and matters look very dull in that quarter ; a small return from the RoyrlJ Standard and another from the Strap and Buckle, these are the only yields obtained, and amount to less than 60 'ounces:· · · · · · · . · · ·· ; ...... ' BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. r. Mr. A. B. Ainswqrth, Mining Surveyor and Registra~. · ..I ·have to record a falling off in alluvial, due in part to the floods which have driven the miners out. of the river nearly five weeks since, and in part to 'the want of inelination to prospect new ground: '· · ' . '· ' · In· quartz, on the other hand, there is a material improvement in yield in the Lucks-all·Reef and the Londonderry, and more ·energy is app~re:iit in' working ·these. The Lucks-all have 'slnick' a new leader about 40·feet to the west of the ~ld creek, and are now crushing with every probability of obtaining a payable result. . The Retriever Company have let their mine on tribute, and ure now preparing for a ·crushing; an old mine on the same-spur, formerly the''· Unknown," is also in course of being prospected, while the Maid of Erin Company have all but completed their trial battery of 4 stamps and expect to crush shortly. The Seek and l:'ind Company intend,. I understand, to confine themselves to prospecting for a few months, the w~~cter being very-.heavy in the mino. I have no new discoveries to record, in fact there has been but· very little prospecting going on in t.his sub division, where eyerything is very dull. 31 JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. Mr. H. C. Geneste, jJfining Registrar. As will be seen by my statistical report, only one mine in this division has crushed during the quarter; several oth'ers will, however, commence crushing operations in the course of a few days, .and the returns from these will appear in my next report. : In alluvial mining little, in the aggregate, has been done, although several individuals have obtamed very go'?d returns. In one case 4 ozs. of gold was obtained in four d:iys from ground in the neighborhood of Jamieson, and m another case £2 per day per man has been made for some little time by one party, and the claim still keeps as good. The heavy floods which have been experienced lately have greatly retarded ,alluvial mining, many claims having been suspended on this account. · · , The Mount Buller diggings appear to be receiving more attention again, as a number of men have gone there during the last few days. I have, however, nothing new to report about this portion of the division as yet. SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. -·--- SANDHURST DIVISION. Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar. Information respecting some of the quartz and pyrites crushed during the past quarter:- Total Depth at which ';l • ! • __N_a_m_c_o_r_c_o_m_p_a_n_y_. -I--N_n_m_e_of_Re_c,..f.___ T_o_n_s_. l--1'_'b_e0_1?_d._of_ _:._~_·~-~_;_~-l·--w-~-~e_"_~_f:_i~_:_d_._ :lli ____w_l_d_th_of_n_e_e_f,_&_c_. ___ 1 oz.dwt.gr. 1 oz.dwt.gr. ., ~~~ Ronrkc, Hendcrson, and Co.: Bello Vue .. .. 60 966 4 0 16 2 1·r.o 200 feet .. .. 63 12 inches Ulillway .. " .. Bello Vue .. .. 321 356 14 0 I 2 5·38 160 feet .. •• .. 4 to Ill feet. The stone isr!chcras thcya!nkdeepor. 'l'heNewChum reef runs through this e!ulm Delle Vue .. BelleYne .. 750 ,705 17 0 0 l8.19·74 160 to 200 feet New Chum, 20 feet; Belle Vue, 2 inches to 2 feet. Both reefll run throngh this claim Col den Fleece •• Garden Gully 583 1,210 l(J 0 2 1 l2•88 236 feet .. 120 20 feet Bell and Watson Garden GuHy 550 779 11 0 l 8 8·33 240 feet •• 140 5 feet North Garden Gully Garden Gully 902 1,052 1 3 1 a :-·85 240 feet •• 140 12 feet Unity .• Garden Gully 614 470 11 0 0 15 7·R5 225 feet •• 140 12 feet Victory.. .. Gnrdcn Gully 2,845 1,754 17 0 0 12 8•07 180 feet .. 5 to 40 feet. Main shaft is now 220 feet, and is being sunk. deeper Carlisle •• Garden Gully 967 1,146 2 0 1 3 16'90 235 feet •• .. 170 or Average 10 feet l80 Pass-by .. • . Garden Gully 277 291 0 0 I 1 0·25 236 feet .. 120 20 feet Uoynl Oak . . Perseverance: 602 1,262 6 0 2 I 22·48 250 feet .. lOO, 10 feet. The Windmill Blll ree runs through this claim II. Koch ,, .. l)erscverance 107 76· 4 0 o 14 5'83 '170 feet .. Spurs, 6 inches to 2 teet Great Extended Hustler's Hustler's •• .. I· 3,332 3,74'> 6 0 I 2 11'53 Betweon400&WO!t. 90 Average 20 feet nccf Hustler's reef .. . . Hustler's • • .. 543 :no 1 o 0 ll l0•07 600 feet .. 70 Royal Oak •• Dcrwcnt .. 51 109 15 0 2 3 0'94 110 feet .. 118 2 feet South St. 1\Iungo ... St. 1\Iungo, E. H. .. 392 144 9 0 0 7 8'87 300 feet .. 150 Spurs St. Mungo n St. 1\lungot B. H. . . 1,73~ 970 10 0 0.11 4•80 250 to 300 feet 120 Spurs, about 6 teet York nnd Durham .. St. l\Iungo, E. H. • . 444 272 14 12 0 12 6'83 170 feet .. 190 From 6 to 9 inches Lady Barkly .. St. 1\Iungo, E. H. . • 204 3l4 11 0 I 10 20'll 300 fee~ .. I to 3 feet. Stone has lessened in size and becom~ poorer. The \ water seems to recede Specimen Hill, E. H. 817 0 19 8•57 From 300 to 420 feet 170 From 2 inches to a feet Specimen Hill, E. H. Specimen. 320 feet·.. .. • • ]'ound in centre of reef about 3 feet thick. Gross weight 25 lbs. Es timated weight of gold, 15 lbs. Troy NewMoon .. Moon, Eaglchawk .• 2,043 2,570 4 0 0 5 l3•96 240 feet .. .. MO 70 feet Grahnm and Hamilton •• Moon, Eo.glel!awk 360 184 l5 fi 0 10 6·3~ 180 feet ...... Irregular spurs Golden Age .. Anglo, Eaglehawk •• 210 126 0 0 o 12 o·oo ~00 feet .. .. 1 1\Iurchison Stnr ," Eaglchawk .. 110 21 10 0 0 3 21•81 2'5 to 50 feet .• :fg i iof~!~t Prince of 'Vales .. , • l>rincc of "\Vnlcs,E.H. 502 142 7 0 0 5 16•1[ 100 feet principally 160 Spurs, 7 feet wide Princess Alicc ~. Snob's Hill, E. H. • • 121 91 2 8 0 15 1•45 260 feet .. .. ISO Spurs, about 14 inches Golden Pykc .. , • Comet, Eaglchnwk 705 l46 18 12 0 4 4'03 160feet .. ISO I foot Cntherinc Ucef •• . . Catbcrine,Eaglehawk 3,834 1,131 6 0 0 5 21'63 Surface to 290 feet 130 Spurs unconnected wiU1 the main reef J'ohnson's Reef •• Johnson's •• 1,765 488 15 6 0 5 12•92 210 to 422 feet .. . . 6 inches to 3 feet North Johnsou's . • Jobnson's •• 807 994 6 (j I 4 15•40 400 and 430ft.leve1s .. 2 to 4feet. Openlng out at430 lllet, where the stone looks richer than at the 400 feet E.lliott and Co. . . John.son's .. 950 285 0 0 o 6 o·oo 430 feet .. • • 30 feet wide. Spurs Collmnnn 1111d Tacchi Wethcral .. 385 325 2 0 0 16 21'3l. 430 feet .. 60 2 to 12 Inches Elleamere .. •• Ncw-ehum 130 26 3 6 0 4 O·GO 312 and 340-foot 48 40 to 50 feet levels New-chum (Trlbuto) .. New-chum .. 283 24l 15 0 0 17 2113 273 feet .• 90 12 to 18 feet Indefatigable •• .. Great Eastern, Speci 291 41 2 12 0 2 l9'83 130 to 150 feet .• 11>0 25fect men fllll, L. Gully Bismarck • • Great Eastern, Speci 533 294 7 12 0 l1 1·10 40 to 90 feet Mass ofirregnlar spurs a bout 20 feet men Hill, L. Gully wide Alblon .. • • Bh'Cl's, Specimen Hill, 195 94 12 18 0 9 16•95 300 foot .. 16 feet Long Gully. " Bird's Reef . • Tijrd's, Specimen Hill, 394 70 8 o o a 13·75 130 foot .. Spurs Long Gully Opossum (Tribute) ~. Opossum, 8peelmen 1,013 340 9 0 o 6 l7'3l 70 to 130 feet 16 to 40 feet Hill, Long Gully Stewart'sFrechold(Tribnte) Opossum; Specimen 574 594 IS 12 I 0 17•28 130\feet .. 55 40 feet Hill, Long Gully Great Britain . . Grcn.t Britain, Golden 3,189 1,093 18 0 0 6 20'65 21!0 fee~ .. 80 20 feet Squnre Alliance .• ~. llcKwa~}s, Golden Sq~ 1,400 197 13 12 0 2 19·77 200 feet .. 4 to 5 feet l<'raser's...... Hipcrnin., Golden Sq. 577 .188 5 17 l 0 9'88 70 to lOO fuet • • tmrfacc Mass of spurs Victoria Reef •• • • Victoria • • n 1,212 766 4 12 0 12 lb'45 330 to 430 feet 90 17 feet Hercules •• .. Yictorla •• .. l,l73 527 17 0 0 9 O·OO 400 feet .. · 80 .10 feet Wm.Rae •. . • Victoria . . •• 627 265 3 12 o s n·oo .. .. 30 feet Frederlck the Great .. Sebastian .. .. 3,624 870 I 0 0 4 19•23 100 and 150 feet .. 150 6 to 20 feet PnuTES. Prince of Wales •. .. Prince of Wales .. 26 M 14 0 2 2 2o·ao .Argus •• • • Specimen Hill, E. H. 2 I I 0 0 IO 12·00 Hustler's Reef •• .. Hustler's .. .. 5 12 o o · 2 8 o·oo J ohnson's Reef •• • . Johnsouta • • . • 79 14 2 0 0 3 13'67 Obtained by re-crushing .• 32 The result of quartz mining in this division during the past quarter is most satisfact~ry:, in consequence of so many old claims turning out payable. · . Scarcely a day has passed without the discovery of good stone in some claim, and the share market has been m a continual state of excitement, which ,it is feared will occasion too much speculation. · At Eaglehawk there is a considerable improvement. The South Catherine Company are exhibiting a magnifi cent lot of specimens; and the Golden Pyke Company, on the Comet Reef, have, during the past week, obtained 58 ozs. of loose gold from two nail cans of rubble. Some of the pieces weigh as much as 2t ozs. The Argus Company found a very rich specimen in their claim about two or three weeks since; the gross weight of it was about 25 lbs., and it was estimated to contain 15 lhs. weight of gold. · As an instance of perseverance rewarded I may mention that in the Old Chum Company's inine, on New Chum Reef, Sandhurst, a short time since, they came 011 a body of stoue at a depth of 450 feet, about 15 feet in thickness from which they crushed 300 or more tons, U\'eraging 1 oz. to the ton. The claim had been worked fur about fourtee~ years previously, without ever having yielded any payable quartz. Several machines have been, and others are in course of erection, but still a considerable addition to our machinery is required. More quartz is being raised than can be crushed, and a great manv claims now require pumping and winding engines, on account of the depth .of the workings. T4e pumping engine iately erected by the Sandhurst and J\ielbourne Company, on the Bird's Reef, has given quite an impetus to mining on that line. The supply of firewood for the engines in and about Sandhurst is causing considerable anxiety. The stock on hand is very much reduced. The consumption has been so great that they now have,t() go a great distance for it, and every day they have to travel farther, on account of so much land having been taken up of late in the vicinity of the· mines. 'fhe Hustler's Reef Company have been burning coke with their wood •. 'fhe proprietor of another machine that burns about 100 tons weekly has purchased all the coke the Gas Company have. The price of firewood has already increased 9d. per ton, and it is likely to becomt> dearer. It is expected that before long there will be a great demand for.coal. - . The Hustler's Reef Company are having the pyrites separated from their tailings, by means of troughs, each about 12 feet in length, with an incline of t inch to the foot. A stream of water running through carries away the light sand. The tailings are gradually dropped in with a shovel at the head of the trough, where the water enters. The pyrites separated in this way were. perfectly clean. The manager of this company and Mr. Carr; of the Extended Hustler's Reef Company, speak very highly of Faull's ''patent lubricator," which they believe effects a saving in fuel. Within the last few months a considerable number of miners have arrived from other districts, and the greater part of them have found employment. · . In alluvial mining there is no change to report. 'fhe Bagshot Company have erected their machinery and have pretty good prospects. it at H untly are doing pretty well. 'fhe Caledonia Compan ottery Flat is yielding v~ry good stuff, averaging about 8 dwts. per ton. About a month since a nugget was found at the Whipstick, weighing, with the quartz attached to _it, 38 ozs. It was estimated to be worth 25 ozs. of pure gold. The past three months has been the wettest season ever known in Sandhurst. · KILMORE DIVISION. llfr: James W. Osborn; Mining Registrar. All mining has been quite inactive during the past quarter. No new finds have taken place. Some of the old reefs that held out good prospects have proved unremunerative, and most have been abandoned. The flooded state of , the creeks and rivers have put a stop for the time to the working of creek and river claims. HEATHCOT.E DIVISION AND WAH.ANGA ROUTH SUBDIVISION. 1l1r. J. T •. St1·ong, Mini;,.g Surveyor and Regis{rar. I have nothing of importance to report in mining for the last ([Uarter. The Spring Creek portion of my district, at the date of my last report, was suffering from a scarcity of water, it is now the reverse; the late heavy and continuous rains have flooded u great many of the t~lluvial claims, and considerably impeded the operations of the miners. . · . A small rush took place a month ago, to what is named the Cemetery Lead, which is about a mile north-rast from the township, bnt it did not appear to me to be of sufficient importance to demand a special report. The sinking is about 35 feet, through loamy surface and gravel on to a pipe-clay bottom; the yields have varied from about 1 dwt. to the load to 7. There are from 300 to 400 men on the ground, but most of them are shepherding. I don't think the ground will prove to be rich or the rush permanent. The best feature I have to report is the opening up of some new ground about ten miles east of Heathcote. Three prospecting quartz claims have been taken up within the last few weeks, on what are Rupposed to be three distinct lines, hut it is premature at present to report on their value. Thirteen tons of quartz have been crushed, which vielded 9 ozs. 1 dwt. l 8 grs. ; the greatest depth yet sunk is 24 feet, but several shafts are being sunk to test the ground at greater depths. About twenty claims are taken up, and about fifty miners at work. I am informed that it is the imention of some of the prospectors to erect crushing machinery as soon as the roads arc passable. You will. observe that Heath cote proper exhibits an improvement as regai·ds the retu]'n of gold compared with last quarter. One retnrn especially, that of Hall and Marchesis, averaging nearly 3 ozs. to the ton. · I have also to report that Mr. IIughes is still continuing his smelting operations at Lower Costerfield, and has produced 20 tons of regulus from 60 tons of antimony tailings; and he informs me that, having made improvements in his furnaces, he hopes to be able to produce 20 tons a month in future. . WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION. 11-Ir. Henr.1J Boyns Niclwlas, Jliining Surveyor and Registrm·. Quartz mining population has varied but little in number from that returned by me last quarter. On Rushworth, the Nuggety, Cockatoo, and Frenchman's Reefs have contributed the largest yields. At South Nuggety Reef, in the Persevern;nce Compa~y's mine, at 400 feet in d.epth, the qua:tz continues to .be remarkably rich. No erushings have been made smce April, m consequence of alteratiOns and repairs to the machmery, but I have no doubt that the gold from this company will show markedly upon my report for the ensuing quarter. . The quartz from Wicker and Co.'s claim, at about liO feet deep, averaged 10f ozs. per ton. This has led to several other claims being taken up 011 Cockatoo Reef. Cracknell and Co's average, from the Frenchman's Reef, was nearly 4 ozs. per ton. . . At Whroo the Balaclava Company's retnrns show a falling off in the yield, but a very large increase in the quantity crushed: This increase may be expected to continue, as at my last inspection of the mine the breadth of the worldngs at the depth of 250 feet was upwards of 40 feet. Additional discoveries in alluvial mining are being made in the country southwards from the Nine.mile Creek, about Mary Taylor's and the Good Friday Creek, bnt, the heavy rains of the past two months have much retarded the progress of the miners at both places •. . PLAN OFTHE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS Of THE BRU~SWICK G. M. C9 TALBOT t i ' QUEEN Of 27 j 28 .PARISK OF C R;A T G.I,.£ S E C'T I 0 N . on 'tfre, .line A . B , A or Yva-tu o rv Sea/e. OtU!/ Clumu lurruwn.tal & 40meb vertiral m Oni }iwlv --······~~-----;------'-- 88 MARYBOROUGH MINING. DISTRICT. M.ARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Mr. P. Virtue,jun., Mining Ref,istrar. Ar.LUVIAL MINING. At the Alma, Chinaman's Flat, and Havelock, mining operations, in connection with several of the larger alluvial mines situate in those localities, have been pushed forward during the quarter with great rapidity. The proprietors of those mines are meeting with every encouragement and facility in the carrying out of their costly and extensive undertakings. But as a rule they have, in the first instance, taken the trouble fully to assure themselves of the correct value of their claims, by boring and sinking, with Sittisfactory results, on the deep leads by which they are traversed. Many of these claims will, in all probability, soon yield magnificent returns, and put an entirely new face upon mining prospects in this division. 'l'he owners of them are confident of ultimate success, and they are at present doing permanent good to the district, by ~::iving steady and remunerative employment to a large number of men. The Gladstone Company, Alma, are now in the market for a suitable mining plant to enable them to begin work at once. The Seaham Company, Alma, obtained 30 ozs. 6 dwts. as the result of their first fortnight's work. The Band of Hope Company, Chinaman's, haYe been enga[(ed nearly the whole of the quarter in opening out their mine. For the last fortnight's work they obtained 101 ozs. 8 dwts. The prospects of this mine are now splendid, and everything belonging to it is in first-class order. The Magnum Bonum Company, Chinaman's, still obtain handsome returns. At Havelock the Lord Clyde Company have, after long labor, just completed the proving of their ground. They propose to purchase and erect steam machinery at the earliest convenience. The Havelock Company have commenced operations on their claim, and have called for tenders for the erection of their mining plant. They hope to be in full working order in the course of a few months from this .date. The small alluvial claims, in shallow sinking, on the Havelock Lead, have hitherto proved exceedingly rich, and the gold is of fine quality. I have no doubt what ever that the large claims in deep sinking on the same lead will also prove to be of the same character. A great proportion of the alluvial claims at Majorca have remained idle during the quarter ; but I am informed on good authority that several of these will be started to work again immediately. · 'fhe Minorca Company are prospecting for a new lead. A third engine is being erected on the claim of the Robin Hood Company, which has been let on tribute. The Enterprise Company, Battery Hill, are about to erect a heavier plant. The Dan O'Connell Company, Harrison's Hill, have sunk a new shaft, l>O feet deep, and have obtained gold. The Phrenix Company, Harrison's Hill, have survived the severe and protracted litigation in which they were involved: have resumed work, sunk a new shaft, and obtained splendid prospects. 'fhis mine is on private property, and is undoubtedly one of the richest in the division. The late constant and heavy rains have flooded out several of the smaller and larger alluvial claims. The following is a statement of the gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines in this division during the ~~ . oz. dwt. gl'. Magnum Bonum Extended, Chinaman's Flat .:. 1,761 17 0 Band of Hope Extended, Chinaman's Flat . 101 8 0 Alma Consols, Alma 1,173 ' 2 0 Golden Gate, Timor Creek, Alma 281 16 0 Seaham Extended, Alma 30 6 0 Prince of Wales, Four-mile Flat 254 0 0· Britannia, Four-mile Flat 145 10 0 Morning Star, Majorca •.. 139 0 0 Perseverance, Four-mile Flat 105 0 0 Sundry (11) whim claims. 468 10 0 Total .L 4,460 9 0 . QUARTZ MINING. The Bristol Hill Company are well ple..1.sed with their trial crushing of t29 tons,· which gave 74 ozs. 15 dwts. 12 grs. Two reefs on their claim are still untried. The North German Company have let their mine on tribute, and have only done a few weeks work during the quarter, One clnim, situate at Mosquito, on Monk's line of reef, was registered last month. From a tr.ial crushing of 31; tons, 10 ozs. 3 dwts. were obtained; depth of sinking, 40 feet. '.!'he Holstein Company, Craigie, have just finished the sinking of their new shaft. 'fhe following are among the highest returns obtained during the quarter ; -24 tons from the Lost and Found Reef gave 28 ozs. 10 dwts., 13 tons from Deed's Reef gave 115 ozs., and 160 tons from the Ironstone Reef gave 269 ozs. 10 dwts. AMHERST DIVISION. ~r. Joseplt Smith, Jfiining Surveyor and Registrar. 'l'he returns for this quarter show a decrease in the number of miners employed, owing to some being now engaged in the cultivation of the soil on blocks of land whicli they have taken up under the recent Land Acts. · The yield of alluvial gold has increased, which is mainly due to the increased prosperity of the deep mines. The Sadowa Company are returning good results from Mount Greenock Lead in No. 4 shaft, in which they have heen working during the whole quarter, and several good dividends have been paid. The Union Company have also done well since the mine has been let on tribute. The returns have enabled them to declare several dividends. Nichol's Freehold Company have also done well, but: the yields have been absorbed by the great expenses of the mine. · The Hoffnung Company are now in a prosperous state, owing to being relieved from the water by the Union Company on tht- north and by·tho Nichol's Freehold Company on the south, which has so effectually drained the mine that the high levels are perfectly dry. The deep level will be attempted in the course of a few weeks. The Rose Company's claim is now let on tribute,. and the shareholders are very sanguine as to the future of the m~. . . The Potosi Company has not yet struck the gutter. .The expenses of the mine up to the present date is equal to £9,000, · 'fhe Glall.stone Company have completed and started two steam engines on their mine. The drives are expected to reach the gutter in a short tim~. · . , , The Brunswick 9ompany are ~n good ground, but they cannot mal•e muc~ progress without a winding engine. Ihe one used for pumpmg and puddlmg has to be thrown out of gear when anythmg has to he brought from belO\L I enclose a plan and section near to the shaft showing the position of an old'shaft at the point C o~ the plan, where the I No. 2. 1' 34 river when in flood on the lOth of June broke into the mine, which took them a fortnight to pump out: The ma,in drives we~·e not injured by the: floo~, b;tt the ;w;ashdirt drives ~ere sadly knocked about. ]S"o yields have since 1 been obtamed. • ..1 ...... • ~·. .... • · ~ • · ....,.. ~.A • • • .• ... • - • : • • , . Quartz' mining in the division is in a very unsatisfactory state, for-with the exception of Deed's claim on Princ~ Al!J.:ed Ree!--;-~he yields are not ~~fficiently high to )llake them payable, but on the other hand the cruRhing machlllery m the division may be faulty. · '·''·~ ·· ·'·'·· • :• '.J · • · -··.. • • 'l'he Waterloo Company on Bh~che.r:;s_ltel'lf::.h.ave_jv..~t cqmmen9ed tg crush stone, but the boxes have not yet been cleaned out. The crushing plant is not yet housed in, and the machinery is much injured by its exposure to the weather. · · · • · ·. :•:'"' .:, ;..' ~ ' ., ·,. .. ( AVOCA SUBDIVISION. 1 .Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mi~ing Surv~yor and Regis;~~r. :,: ~ : • · I have the honor. to i:eport that mining. operations, in. this subdivision, were, during the first p~rtion of th:e quarter, greatly retarded owing to the gn•at scarcity of 'vater for puddling purposes. During the pas't:,month (June) rains have been heavy andcontin1,1ous; and an abundant supply of water has been stored; and I· have no·'doubt the returns of ~lluvial gold for the itex't quarter will be greatlyinereased. · ' · · ! · '' · In quartz mining I' ·have to report that' three prospecting claim's have been registered, and preparations are now being made to 'work some o'f the'p'roved payable reefs in a systematic and proper manner.· . . . The crushing power of 'the-district· has been increased, Dawe and Co. having 'added another battery of four stamp-hea~s. ~o their crushing plant. · ' · · DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. · . The mines in thi~ di~ttict ~v;i,ng'\he 'last 'qu~rt~;J~ have been steadily improving, and· the most of tl).ose 'now at work are giving payaqle r~turns.: .· : .. ,., ,.:,, . •. . ·.· ' · · !,~;. · '· ...... •. : . · . · . . . DuNqJiLY. 1 . The' Goldsborough Compafly l;tave beeJ:l,raising stone from a. depth of 214 feet fr.om the surfac", and aie ·now opening out at the ~74·foot level;- they are.also sinking the main shaft i30 feet deeper; !he prospects·of the mine are good. The Queen:s Birthday Companyc·have_ been.. lately engaged repairiQg machinery~'·· About six weeks since they struck some :very payable stone; the aver11ge_ yield, from 250 tons crushed >v.as 16 dwts.;of gold per ton; theyar_e now opening out at the 290-foot level, and ~vill have a ~tope. 90 feet deep. to w~rk back.,. The Mpnitor Company,.,Slaty Heef, have nearly completed the erection of a powerful steam crushing plmrt, which. will be ready for operatigp_s j,n about a month; .they .have a· numl;ler of. m~n employed raisil1g quartz from the _mine, which promises a g~od yield. The Arvon Reef Company started their new i:Jrnshing machinery a short time since, and are now busy with it reducing stone; they are raising quartz from the 200-foot level, which appears to be worth about 15 dwts. of gold per ton. Yates u.nd Barnett, who !wld a lease of some ground on Specimen' J:l,eef, have some,men employed.breaking out quartz ; they have about 60 tons on the surface, which shows a prospect of·a.very payable return. Walker's l~eef Company • have erected pumping. and winding machinery, and have commenced mining operations by. putting- in. a level at 140 feet from the surface. B"llfirat and Moliagul Company are driving along t~e lode. at th~ 239-foot_leve~; a crushing of nineteen loads of q-qart~, taken from the reef, yielded an average of 1 oz. of gold p~r.ton. . . . , . . ·.; .'< TARNAGULLA. ; •···· ·: ... United _Poverty :Company have been working at the ·285-foot level, and the: quartz of·late- has considerably improved; duriug.:the last quarter one crushing, taken_ from part of the reef, yietaed·an average !Jf 13 dwts. per ton; the general prospects of_ the mine are improving. Rise and t:lhine Company have .'a ,;efy good'reiif·at 128 feet from the surface from 1fto 2'feet thick, dipping north; a crushing of 34 tons of quartz taken' fi;oni it yielded 19 ozs. 15 dwts. 21 _grs. of gold. P)looni~. Cqmpany, Specimen Hill,~hav~ drained their shaft, and have a very good reef in their winze shaft at the 245-foot level,1 stone from which is judged'tb be worth oz. of gold per ton. Cambrian Company, New-. chum Heef, are raising quartz from.:HO-foot to 400-foot level; the country is extremely lmrd and expensive to work; the reef is about 4 feet thick, and stone pretty .good'; Prince''of Wales Company have been sinking their main shaft, which is now 340 feet deep; at that. depth they strucli.the reef, in which gold was visible. South Sandstone Company have been raising quartz from the 350~foot level, where the· reef· is from 4 feet· to 16 feet thick; they have about 450 loads on the surface ready for the mill, and their prospects are improving:· Mr. ·Watkins has 800 loads of quartz ori the surface, which was.taken from a reef 20 feet·thick from the 370·foot level ;rhe has been constantly crushing during the last three months. The Victoria Company' during the quarter ·have crushed 1,48p loads·of quartz for 1,264 ozs. 9 dwts. 4 grs: of gold ; . they have now a ·stope open 90 feet deepl the lode varying in thickness from 3 feet to 8 feet, and tlie quartz appears"to.beimproving as they go deeper.. This.is at present the most remunerative mine in the district. · . · A few small rushes to the old alluvial ground have occurred during. the quarter in different parts of the district, but in this branch of mining I have nothing of importance to ))Om,-municate. KORONG DIVISION.. - . . ' . . ··-· . Mr. Henry J. Hughes,; Mining Registrar. ·.· A:J.LuviA.L MINis G.· · . . • . T~e population at Beil~n hhs;decre~s~d y~:Y 9ousi • I ) 1. ~ ·, , I , I I 1 REDBANK ·AND ST. ARNAUD:.SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. ' lffr~ .(Iuglt St. H. Blair, Mining Sur?,eyor. and: Registrar. The chief .feature of the quarter has heEm the discove~y of aiiu;i~l gold at S~ndy Creek (referred to in ~y special report. of 29th April). There nre still about four h11ndred miners on the ground; gold has been found in several of the tributary gullies. No lead has as yet been traced into the main fl.ttt. :. The general condition of the miners is at present far from prosperous ; but. I believe the prospecting now going on in the· neighporhood will. ultimately lead to good, as tile country is intersected with quartz reefs, and the general appearance is such as would lead to the belief of the existence of a payable go~dfield. Quartz mining operations in this subdivision still remains ~li a .very depressed condition. ST:. ARNAUD NORTH SU:i3DIVISION. J.lr. ]>, Sim.pson, JJlining Sur~ey_or· and Registrar.' Mining matters have been much depress.ed duri~1g the last guarter, and this depression has exerted an influence over some of the best working claims in the division, including some of those on the Chrysolite and Wilson's Hills. 136 tons of quartz crushed for the Freiberg Company yielded about 41) ozs. 9 dwts. of .an alloy of gold and silver worth 50s. per oz. 7 tons of quartz at the silver mines yielded 10 ozs. 10 dwts. of an alloy worth 28s. per oz. . It is proposed to let.portions of the silyer mines. on tr~l,J_ute on a sliding scale, as pract.ised, I believe with success in some instances, at Sandhurst. There are. one or two parties ·.at work. The miners will receive £1 per week subsistence money, and I think cash outlay for mining purposes paid by company until gold is got, of which they obtain a certain-a liberal proportion. The subsi~tence money is not deducted-this is the inducement 'capital holds out to labor, which it is,supposed will be reciprocated, inasmuch .as the mjner.risks his labor·at the same time that t.he speculator does his capital. At Mes~rs. Learmonth's Shewring's Reef? the reef was cut about a month ago in the old shaft at 220 feet. In the new shaft It has been cut at 200 feet: It will be.seen t)lat no quartz has· been crushed; they intend, however, commencing shortly. The water having been.}'eached, it is expected this will enable adjoining leases to resume work at a lower level. · · · A~ the Greenocfr Reef t'4e coinpany'are·· still engaged in· erecting machinery. The aggregate horse-power of steam \)rigines (three in number) will be 100. The pumping and winding machinery is covered in, and the battery, a fine one of 20 stamps, will be covered in shortly. When complete, the machinery will include Brown and Stanfield's patent contentratf)rs arid Wheeler's pans.:. At 205 feet in main shaft driving east the reef was cut at 70 feet and 90 fee.t, the former a leader only: The reef is .about fi feet in width; ·They are also obtaining good surfacing. Seven tons of pyrites were treated by Brown and Stanfield's concenti'ators and Wheeler's pans at the lsis Company's claim. In alluvial mining there is nothing to record beyond the discovery of one or two·leads of limited extent in the neighborhood of Armenian Gully. "•,.' CASTLE:M:AINE 'MINING DISTRICT .. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Mr. Thomas L. Brown, Mining Surveyo.; ~nd ·Registrar. The returns for the past quarter show a slight improvement in quantity-of ·_quartz' crushed but not in average yield, which is influenced by the small returns from the Ajax mine. ' The population have be~n stationary, and no additions have been made to our mechanical appliances, but the major portion are again il); use. . . ' . . . ' The incessant rains have flooded most of the alluvial workings. No m\w discoveries in' quartz have been iUade except in the Old Wattle Gully Reef, where Walker and Co. are driving across the reefs, lOO feet on each side of the main body. The return of 259 ozs. from '224 tons was obtained from a leader 60 feet west of th~ reef, and their former good yields were obtained 73 feet east, giving at the present time a widLh .of 133 feet of auriferous deposit with 'every indication of· extensions each way. As a; rule the)eaders of quartz and slate are richer iu gold than the main bodies, which I think accounts for the failure of some of the companies ~ho have confined their operations to the main reef. , .' ·:~··.: :.rr 1) ~ FRYER'S· CREEK·;,DIViiSION:· . ;.'; .;• ... .;·,.i"' •• ~·t:. Mr. 1J:fark'Arizos:' Miidng:rsurveyor· 'an'd:'Rigis'ltar:: · ': 1 '' ALLUVIAL MINING. ' In alluvial mining, the past quarter furnishes indifferent materials for noting progress. The puddling returns are evidently falling off, and the old ground is becoming gradually exhausted of its auriferous treasure. In ordinary alluvial mining, the Green Gully ltush at Holcombe can only be particularized. A few weeks sinoe a.215-oz.' nugget was unearthed· from 27 feet sinking; several small nuggets have. been found· in this locality during the past quarter, but the district in general indicates a gradual diminution in yield'of alluvial gold. • . . ,. QUARTZ PROSPECTING. • Some·parties are eng:tged prospecting in the neighborhood of the•Greeri"Gu1ly Rush; and it is confidently predicted that ere long a new and payable feature in gold minipg will be brought under notice of the public in this particular locality. • :·: . .. · , ' The Bonshaw Company.-This company have suspended operations in consequen6e of having been unable to provide proper appliances for disposing of the excess of water''i~. sink;ijig their.shaft; they' have already sunk to a depth of 132 feet, and expended £600, but are now awaiting' the. erection Of. machinery' prior to recommencing operations. ... · ·" · .. · · ''· The Cumber!and Company.-Thei'e are eight men engaged in connection with thi~ company. The main shaft ;has been sunk to a depth of 105 feet. A' contract ·has recently. been entered into to ·drive 50 feet in awesterly direction at th.e 80-foot level, so as to intersect the main body of quartz which· is supposed to continue from Small and Oo. through their ground. . .. · · ' 'l'he Bbck Hawk Company.-Tn sinking their main shaft; the proprietors of this supposed nluable ground on the main line of reef have struck the water level, and, in consmfuence of the superabundance of. water, have suspended operations, e~cept in preparations on s~rface for machinery, buildings, &c. Iu th~ course of a short time it is expected, that sui~ble machinery will be erected to ov~rcome the difficulty mentioned, · · · · · · · · • · 36 Small and Co.-Messrs. Small and Co. have not been crushing or raising stone during the past quarter, but they have an unlimited supply of auriferous quartz to operate upon so soon as they hav.c finished their crushing appliances. They are now engaged sinking pump-shaft and erecting machinery. A 25 horse-power engine, with 12 revolving· stamps, are in course of'erection; a commodious and extensive engine-house has already been erected. The whole plant when complete is estimate to· cost £3,500. . · · The Fryers Quartz Mining Company.-The company are still engaged sinking their main shaft; they have reached a depth of 272 feet at the 180 and the 250 feet levels. Provision has been made for cross-cutting ; and, at a depth of 300 feet, !t is intended to open out on the eastern and western· sides. l'he manager is of opinion the maiu lode will be intersected 'at a short distance from one of the levels mentioned. The present contract is for sinking shaft to 310 feet, thus allowing a well from lower level. The Australian United Gold Mining Company.-This company, under the management of R •. L. M. Kitto, Esq., has me~ with a misfortune during the past quarter, to such extent that no crushing returns can be reported. A part of the crushing machinery broke, causing a serious loss, and necessitating the dismissal of a large number of employee. A new battery is now being erected, comprising 20 revolving stamp-heads. The main shaft is being sunk to a depth of 300 feet. · The Anglo-Australian Company.-This company have commenced operatio,ns. They are preparing everything necessary to erect machinery, which is shortly expected from England. The miners are employed quarrying and sinking. . R?we and Company (road claim).-'rhis claim is paying handsomely; £80 per man per month ·(five share holders) IS not in excess of the actual yield .. The ground occupied and now being worked is between Rowe Brothers' ordinary claiJ.D and Small and Co.'s, and comprises the main road, held under a grant from the district road board. _The operations of this company have been eminently successful during the period of working. . !{owe Brothers' Claim (Cattle's Reef).-Tbe returns from this chlim (which for years has paid handsomely) canno~ but establish a ·great degree of confidence in the value of this line of reef. It is not necessary to allude to the expenditure incurred on the line of reef hitherto, nor the brilliant returns obtained previously. 'l'o those who· hold upon the course of the reef or lodes, it should suffice to read the returns from this claim-Cattle and Co., Small and Co., Mills and Co.-from time to time given, and the expenditure of Small and Co., the Fryers, the Black Hawk, the Bonshaw, and the Cumberland·Company, all upon or near the same line. I am informed by Messrs. Rowe that the deeper they work their mine the richer the stone; and their returns verify the statement. TAILINGS. The yield from tailings, after crushing, is often a matter of speculation. Within the past quarter the Australian United Company have operated upon tailings with results astonishing-ll; oz. to the ton from tailings of ordinary crushing. The ex~raction of this may_ no~ pay ; nevertheless, it may be of s~rvice to the mining commu_n~ty to know of such returns. rhe ~ode of operatiOn 1s-lst, quartz well burnt at the kilns, thence through the C!uha11· amalgamating mills, and from thence through an arastra. Thirty tons per month have thus been operatl.ld upon. • In reporting for this quarter, and epitomising operations, I must state tha~ the unusual severity of the weather has greatly retarded progress of works. . - . HEPBURN DIVISION. ...Hr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING, The Wallaby Company, Comoora, work their claim with 36 men, but have not yet found the deep run of gold anticipated. They have erected a second engine to drive 10 heads of stampers. The wash is now from 4 to 5 feet high, the whole of which will be put in the battery ""hen complete, the wash having hitherto been treated by steam puddling and box sluicing. 8,649 trucks, equal to 2,883 tons, yielded 216 ozs. 8 dwt~. 12 grs. of gold, and the result must be better, as at present many of the men are. engaged in work not properly speaking bona fide mining. The Astley Company have leased from Mr. Fraser, Newton, the Perseverance Company's Claim, and have been engaged during the past three months in removing the whole of their valuable plant, including 12-inch p\lmps, and have added ten additional stamp-heads. Work will be resumed from the new shaft. · Righetti's tunnel is 700 feet in, under the Elevated Plains, at 140 or 150 feet from grass. They crush by water power all the wash; eight men work the claim, the result 32 oz. 19 d~ts. 9 grs. · The Sailor Prince, formerly Ballarat Tunnel Company, persevere, but are not yet on a payable gutter. Pedrini and Party at Franklinford are in 940 feet. Ejght men obtained, from first washing up, 10 ozs. 3 dwts. of gold. The tunnel being 30 feet below the wash, a rise has been put in, and the prospects are most encouraging. Shepherd's Flat Tunnel Company are in 280 feet. 'rhc wash is_ poor, but a better run is expected as they advance with the work. . · The Gladstone Company, Stony Creek, are sinking an air shaft, the air being foul. Although the prospects are found payable no gutter has been defined. · The Great Tunnelling Company are in 1,515 feet. The contract being let to extend the tunnel to 1,600, the contractors say that the reef is getting easier, and every indication of a rich lead appears ; a rise will be put in, the levels being uncertain. QUARTZ MINING. · Quartz claims generally in this division are proving satisfactory, and are h()ld tep.aciously, The Freehold has yielded the following results during the quarter:- oz. April 2 130. ~7t._ go.l , 9 llO 5 17 , 16 84 10 0 23 139 11 3 " 30 168 10 3 The water-level being at 105 feet, the claim is May" 7 94 0 0 profitably worked. The reef averages 11 feet 14 74 in width, and the crushing is effected at the " 21 47 5 0 various public mills. " 28 73 62 051 :ru;;e 4 66 12 0 , 10 ..41 13 0 , 25 . 92 8 0 No. 1 south of the Freehold yielded the following:- oz. dwt. gr. On April 2 ...... 74 tons ... ' 107 13 17 , 16 72t , 134 14 0 , 23 69 " 70 0 0 , 30 109 " 127 10 0 May 7 108 , 79 10 0 , 14 138 , 48 11 0 " 21 123 , 17 19 12 , 31 ... 1l} , 4 7 12 .·. "· ) .<.: ~ J i :.. ' :·., ;;· .. 3 0 , t'<. June 13 . .. 36 , • t ~ 5 .. ·••• ·: ! ~ • : 37 These and other results have caused claims to be taken up hereabouts in all directions, and althaugh the Crown Company have not yet struck qua1·tz, their shaft h1wing a position to the west of the line of reef, still the Vine~ard Quartz Company, lying considerably southwa1·d and eastward and not far from the Foundry, Brewery, and Hosp1tal, have struck a good reef at 75 feet, and its continuity through the town is stated to be beyond a matter of doubt. · Luci.ni and Company, Commissioner's H.eef Company, work the ridge north of their shaft; are in 240 f~et the~e- · from, the reef dipping towards it, rising northerly 11.bout.22 degrees from the horizon. Several excellent claims ·eJust here. Rogers and Party, from a crushing of 24 tons, obtained 25 ozs. 1 dwt. Sardines Quartz Company work the claim at 95 feet, but although 17 tons on 26th May gave 23 ozs. 7 dwts .. 30 , 4th June , 30 ,, 16 ,. 36 , 18th June , 36 , 11 , Still the manager believes that better results would be obtained if deeper ground was opened up. 'l'he reef is 2 feet 6 inches thick, and the water-level. being 23 feet, pumping is constant. Goldsmith's Reef.-One parcel of 19 tons gave 37 ozs. 8 dwts.; and li tons yielded 91 ozs., or over 5 ozs. to the ton. 1'ributors are working at 40 feet, dry, where the reef is 12 feet, the gold however being obtained generally from the eastern part of the reef. Smith's Gully, Simm'ons' Reef, is being wrought by three meu at 60 feet. 18 oz. 15 dwts. was the result of a (}rushing of 18 l.ons of quartz, and this average is obt:tinable in very many claims iil this division; but as the crushings are effected at public mills, details are not always obtainable. · Cornish Quartz Company, Wombat Hill, are down 280 feet. The reef dipping south, work is carried on north wards, it is here 4 feet thick; 20 tons yielded 125 ozs., and 60 tons 188 ozs. 10 dwts. Se>eral parties wor~ this .claim on tribute. Beehive Reef, dry diggings.-Men are baling at 60 feet, nnd raising quartz from that level; but this; as in many other cases, must remain stacked until they have a battery of their own. TARADALE AND KYNETON .SUBBIVISION .. Mr. Tlwmas Orwin, JJ'Hning Registrar. During this quarter there has been a very great improvement in quartz mining in this· division. Capitalists have been inspired with confidence in the auriferous character of the reefs here, and are energetic!llly prospecting for; and discovering, payable reefs. The most of the .claims reeently taken up are in private p1;operty, yet doubtless-they will be traced into Crown lands, and thus open out a permanently rich goldfield. Everi now,' at this early sta;;(e of the movement, an excitement prevails at Lauriston, Kyneton, Malmsbury, and Taradale. ·such as has not "been experienced on the goldfields south of Sandhurst. . . ; Although the returns for this quarter do not show tliat the gold obtained is ·much'in' excess of last quarter, ·nevertheless there has been a progressive improvement during tli!l quarter, and large'heaps·of.'rich quartz have btjen accumulating on many of the claims, which, with increased: accommodation for crushin·g, will' considerably swell the returns next quarter. • · , ·· · The claims at Lauriston and 1\:I:ilmsbury have for a long period been depending alone on Mr. Binnie's crushing machine, which has lately been quite inadequate to the requirements. He has erected an engine of increased P.01Ver and more stampers. His efforts are being supplemented by others to meet the demand. · ' · ' ' Operations on the Kangaroo Reef have almost been suspended for want of crushing power. . . The United Mint Gold Mining Company have struck good stone this week at 75-foot level; they have··the reef'' 3 feet wide .. They are in treaty for an engine and stampers. Baird and Marshall's continue to raise stone from 'th'e adjoining claim that will yield about 2 ozs. per ton. The Kyneton Company-consisting of but seven shareholders-have carried out their works in a highly creditable manner, and will soon be richly remunerated by good returns. They have erected an engine and stampers, with a shoot or passes 50 feet long, capable of holding one week's crushing of stone. .They have about 200 tons·of 1-oz. stuff on the surface ready for crushing. The Energetic and the Central Energetic are also erecting a crushing plant. The South Energetic shaft is down· about 60 feet. · . The North Star have stone from 4 to 6 feet wide at the 150-foot level, and nearly 20 feet wide .at. the·.l22·foot level. The stone is yielding well. . · . , · · : The North Energetic are down with their shaft 101 feet deep) ~hey are through the reef, but .ip.tend .tri;sink 60 feet deeper before opening out. · · • The .A.ll Nation! Company have gold-bearing stone at lOO f~et'deep. ·.In a drive 20 feet to. the ·~~stward:_the reef is 15 inches wide. . .. . The Prince of Wales Company, on Russell's old claim, are sinking a shaft to strike the reef;· being on ·low ground, and in close proximity to the River Coliban, the surface'water is impeding their progress. · ·. · ·:. The Gold Mines Company are down 80 feet, and are driv~ng .for the reef, with good indications. In atldition to the claims named, a large ·, · Messrs.:Pear'son and Co., holders of·the Achilles Claim (formerly Hughes' Old Reef), are ·sinking· a new shaft about 150 'feet south-east of 'the 'main· shaft, and have struck the reef 15 feet from the surface, 12 inclies wide, and making wider as they go deeper. · · , ' · · · The T11;radale a'nd ·_Ballarat ·company's shaft is 151 feet deep. They have opened their main level at 143 feet, and are 'driving to the west in hard sandstone and slate. . In driving, they meet with numerous· small quartz leaders. They nave· 'erected a 14 horse-power engine for winding and ·pumping. . I Two miners, prospecting for quartz reefs in a gully situate about a mile and a half east of the townshtp, after four day's work, struck a reef 5 feet wide; gold Clearly discernible throughout the stone. · ·. · ,,, .... ,__ ,. In addition to the Achilles crushing machine, a party is erecting an-engine and small' battery .to-crush for the public; but even this power, when available, will be utterly insufficient to meet the present demand, inasmuch as there is at the present time in Taradale over 1,000 tons of quartz ready to be crushed; and from the reef lately discovered, and the ease with-which the stone can be obtained, it is not at all improbable that for some time there will be from 1;000 to 1,500 tons raised weekly, whilst 'the capability of the machines already named is only equal to about half :that quantity. . . . · ALLUVIAL. · · ' .. . The r~ce'n't trial washings at. the Central Claim; under the. management of· Meiisrs. Kitto and' Co., have been highly satisfactory, and have developed another discovery of vast importance to this district, demonstrating a fact that till now was speculatiye, viz., that an extensive rich deep lead trencjs through the district. '!'his will open oufa new _and large goldfield in the direction of Redcsd • ·, r , • .. • TARRANQQ'Y:g;~ DIVISION. Mr. Robert Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. This quarter shows a falling·off in1quantity' of quartz crushed of 1,500·toris; and in the yield of gold of 834 ozs.; the total average per ton also shows,2 dwts. 4 grs. less as compared with -the returns for the previous quarter. In some of our principal mines (i.e.) 'the Alliance, Wellington, Liriscott's, Eaglehawk, Beehive, Derby, Cymru, GermaiJ. Reef, ,Pioneer,1an.d Bre~v~r·~ Ree_f Companies, owing to -poverty and the want· of a ,cheaper pro,cess of crushing, operatio~s iq t~e ~eep_ grol!n.d have b~en su~pended for some time past, conse,quently some of our quartz miners hav;e gone.to oth!lr.d-Igg\ngs.,·. - .. _ ...... •, ... : . . · · ...... · . ·. Two tributing parties, under the- Mount Tarrangower Tunnelling Company, are ratsmg some good stone from the One~tree,Reef, near the ~rigonometrical station ou the Mount, one lot of 11 tons,yielded .20 ozs. of gold;and another lot of 10 tons yielded 39 ozs. · . · - , . ·. , . • 1. Tjle yield from the-Nelson-Extended Company averages about 1 oz. per ton. · ... · , . '~he Nor~h Block .Tributors, in the Up.ion, Company's ground o;n ;Eaglehawk Reef, at a depth of 430 feet, _are raising stone· ranging-from loz. to 3 ozs. per ton; but the expensive nature of the. rock, the. cost of crushmg (t.e.) 16s. per ton, and per centage to the company, absorbs neafly the whole produce, leaving barely enough to pay the worki]lg mel).:~. wages...... ,, . . . , . · . , . , . . . . , , , . ;.... , . . . ,, The Great We~tern CoJ?pany's Mine_ has also fallen off considerably this quarter. 'fhe quanttty crushed 1s 1,681 tons, averaging 3 dwts. 3gr,~, p!Jr ton, as again_s~. 2,482 tons, averaging 6 dwts. 18 grs. for the pr~vious. quart~r. I consider this to be the b~st conducted mine in my division_; 3 dwts. per ton, at a qepth of 400feet,_ cqvers. the whole of the working and crusl!i]lg expenses,- while the m~nes of twice the average yielq,-_ap'd thesal!le kind of rock, do not p,ay ,e~penses. , ._, . .l'. ST.. ANDRJ!::W'S EAST 'A.ND ·ST. ANDREW'S CENTRAL SUBDIVISIONs: , , . ·. . . . • . - . ·: ! .. Mr. Alfred''A.rmstrong, Mining Surv'e!!br a~dRegistr,ar. · ·' ··' · :.-, - ··I have very1ittle-'change to ·report in ininirig matters for the past quarter. . . All the alluvial workings, being· situated in narrow gullies and in the bed of·the River Yarra, have been completely suspended owing to the recent floods. ' · · . · . . T~e e:c?~llent aver~ge 7ield from quartz is still maintained, and must prove very encoura~ing to those einbarked m thts descnptton of.enterpnse:·· ·" •· .. , .. · ·· ' · -· '· · · · .. The Union Company; Diamond Creek, _have entered into a contract for a new shaft, w:ith a view of'.testing their reef •at -a· depth belo'v water-~evol. ··The ·reef now averages 2.feet •in thickness; and looks more promising as the workings descend. · .- ·~·:• ·· ~.-... · ' · · .. " .. ,. · ' · _. · . · · .... ·· · · :. The Loyal Liberal Company; north of W arrandyte, have resumed work in the hands of a new company. The Cleopatra·Company, Sailor's Reef, Warrandyte; crushed .10 tons of quartz, which yielded about 10 dwts. to the ton, and are now about to sink _a deep shaft with the hope of ren.ching a thicker and more payable body of stone. '· ··' ' " .. The ·works of the Evelyn 'l'un'nel Gold Mining Company may ·now be said to be finished. ·'The erection of the dam for tjle purpose of diverting the riyer has been commenced. Upon the completion of the same, the 'company will commence sluicing operations, and hope. to give 'employment to a considerable nu:in:ber, of hands. ' . '! : · ·Considering the unfavorable·weather, and the fact that many iritE'mded mining projects are only in embryo, this district may be-considered: to have slightly improved since my' last report. '. _; • :·. I~ ' • !{l. .M~. _Cle~e~( Jol~nstone, Mining Surv~yor anr?.Registrar...... ··•opeditioiis have been commenced on the ground leased to Mr. Jordan at Bullengarook, for 'slate1quadying purposes. An opening has been made into the hill, and a face obtained; the debris being deposited on staging 'over a small branch of the Saltwater-River, tiJ form an easy gradient for the line of tramway which Mr: Jordan proposes to construct 'from the quarry 'to the i\'Ielhourne arid 1\of-urray River Railway, a distance of a?out four. and 11 half _(4,~) miles. Seven (7) men are at present employed, with an efficient plant. and the works are being prosecuted with energy. The ·western PoTt Coalfields are again attracting the attention of miners, two (2) bloc~s of six hundred aJ!-g, 1 forty (640) acres .each having been applied for under the leasing regulations. · · - ' · ' .. 3,9, BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH ·t:;UBDIVISION. •' Mr. Graham McPiterson, Mining Registrar, No' quartz, quartz tailings,' or Cflment hav;;r been crush~.d., :{ . , ·: ,. , , ·· . · . :· · . ' . ·:· , Most probably, from the effect· of recent rash speculation, to use no stronger term, public confidence has been shaken and capitalists are shy of investing in the quartz mines in this district ; the consequence is a suspension of operations in a good many promising reefs. I ap1 of opinion, however, that the stoppage is only temporary, and, in a few months more, quartz mining will be resumed. ' · The company which was prospecting our deep alluvial ground hae been compelled to relinquish .the attempt, for the winter, on account of the enormous quantity of water with which they had to contend. The shareholders are, ho,wever, resolved to persevere when the wet season is over. 'l'he new shaft has been sunk to a depth of 45 feet, at no inconsiderable expense-the last 18 feet through solid rock. . Machinery has been erected on the Kitty Ogden claim ap.d the shareholders are· about to deepen the shaft previous to opening out ; the Rothschild will likewise resume work shortly. 'rhose two claims give remarkably good prospects, and indicate the existence of a rich quartz lode. No quartz has been crushed at the Amelia battery this quarter, the machinery having been·out of ~epair. ' 1.. ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Charles Jas. Wm. Russell, 1l1ining Surveyor and Registrar. The alluvial mining is still very depressed ; the old workings are mostly e_xhau;;ted, and ~ery few disco~eries of new ground, and those of small importance, have occurred. TheW et Lead AlluVIal has been ent1rely stopped, the pro prietor having sqffered considerable loss by his enterprise. The Galatea Company, with twenty-three men and a 10 horse power steam-engine, are working the upper porLion of the Old Black Lead, and have been more fortunate, as they have realized a very tolerable return for their labour. A company of sixteen Chinese have been working an old ground claim on the Old Korns Lead, and have, notwithstanding a large influx of water, made good returns. Ano1her party of Chinese working an old ground c!aim, in consequence of the poverty of the stuff, and the redundance of water, have been obliged to stop. A small but very good alluvial rush has existed at Armstrong's, lasting throughout the quarter and giving employment to about lOO men; but it is now exhausted .. The alluvial leases at Cathcart have not yet produced auy gold, although one lease, the Sarnia, has raised many tons of wash-dirt of good promise waiting the erection of machinery. An alluvial old ground at Moyston has been wor~ing and proved remuner11.tive; 'other alluvial working is in· single claims and much .distributed. · ' · · · · The quartz mining has become disastrously unsuccessful; the reefs in the vicinity' of Ararat, east of the ranges, have all failed to make any progress. The Mitchell's Reef has been for several months entirely at a stand. Quartz mining at Armstrong's has also been idle, the failure of the Eaglehawk having occasioned great and total loss upon the original proprietors. The .Eaglehawk ground and plant has been taken up by a new company, who during the last three weeks have been working on tribute by thirty-six men; the results are not. yet known. The Victoria Company, at Rhymney Reef, have completed the erection of a steam crushing plant of eight rotating ·stampers, and from 120 tons of stone have obtained 134 ozli. of gold. The adjoining claim at 1\loyston has been quite idle. The ·Quartz Company's claims at 1\Toyston have been 'unremunerative during the quarter. The Kangaroo have raised a much smaller amount of stone than usual. { The North Star have s:uspended work ·for abo9-t. seven weeks, in conse~ quence of· the .unprofitable character of the work, but have _resumed work about three weeks upon tribute ; progress not yet reported. In consequence of the stoppage of th~ North S~ar, the Southern Cross were overpowered by water, and were obliged to stand ; they have resumed work agam. · PLEASANT CREEK.DIVISION. Mr.,Samuel K. Vickery, Mining Surveyor. and Registrar.' Very little progress has bee,n made in the development of ·our quartz mines during -the quarter, and perhaps at no former period since the opening 9f this go}dfield has such extreme depression prevailed. · . . Out of eighty-five quartz mines in which labor is at present being employed in this division, there are but sixteen from which dividends are obtained; there are no alluvial mines beyond those capable of being quickly worked out by small parties. The land throughout the division is of a singularly unproductive quality, offering no inducements .to settlement, and yet we have a population of over 5,500, more than twocthirds of which may be said to be directly dependent on the proceeds of our mines. During the quarter the winding-up of recently formed companies, 'and the reduction of labor in some of the older mi1;1es, have thrown a number of men out of employment, thus augmenting the evils already resulting from our having a population incommensurate with the .known resources of th.e district, and the withdrawal of outside support. The principal events of the,.quarter have b\)en the discovery of what is supposed to be a continuation of the original Scotchman's Reef, the striking of the flat reef in the Oriental Company's ground, the breaking into quartz of an improved appearance in the claims of the N ewington, Bonnie-Dundee, .Mariner's and Sloane's, and Scallan Companies, and the opening of reefs in Henderson and Company's, and the. Wild-Cat or Junction claims. Somewhat more than ordinary attention has been given to alluvial mining during the quarter, probably owing to ~O!f!e of .those hithe~to em~loyed in quartz mines being obliged to adopt tha~ pursuit, and though no extensive or str1kmgly 1mportant d1scover1es have been made, the results have been suffic1ently, satisfactory to induce increased activity i~ t~at branch of mining. . . · . . . .W1thm the borough boundary, small rushes have occurred below the :Wild .. Cat Hill; near the United Band of Hope Compan:(s claim ; and at .the Clifton Rock_; and imme~iately outside the boundary, at points between the Reefs ~nd ~he Eonme J)undee, and. be~ween .the Levmthan m!l'chine and _Concimgel.la Creek. ·The workings at the Iast ~e.nt10n~d place follow tp.e hne of contact of the gran1t!'l ll;nd sch1s.t format10ns, and trend towards and, possibly umt~ w1th the .old alluVJa.l le!ld at the Great Western d1ggmgs, whlCh .. also occurs in immediate proximity to the grarute outcrop. · . I The quantity of alluvial gold obtained during the quarter has been about 925 ozs. 40 BARKLY DIVISION. Mr. Samuel K. Vickery, Mining S~trveyor and Reg-istrWI'. There is. nothing of importance to report· either as regards quartz or alluvial mining. The quantity of gold obtained has been very trifling, and the-populat~on has undergone a considerable decrease. RAGLAN DIVISION. ll!lr. Augustus Poeppel, Mining Registrar. I am not able to furnish a favorable report"on the condition of mining matters in this district during last quarter. In Sailor's Gully three parties are working claims under the bye-laws, with good average success. . The Young Duke Comp~ny, south of the reservoir, have, during the quarter, overhauled their machinery, and conseyuently their returns are rather below the average for the qimrter. The United Uharlton Gold Mining Company at Charlton, have struck a wide wash, which has proved up to the present unremunerative, but they are undauntedly pushing a-head with their works of prospecting their ground. The old workings still keep a goodly numbe1· of Chinese employed, and two nuggets of the value of £72 and £49 were purchased from Chinese working in the old ground during the past month. · A prospecting association has been formed during the last quarter, and a shaft is being sunk on Yam Holes Hill for testing that hill for a quartz reef. , , GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. OMEO SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. P!tipps, 111ining Registrar. Frequent rains, followed by. heavy floods, have greatly impeded mining operations throughout the district duririg the past quarter. . The ordinary alluvial claims on the banks of tbe Livingstoue, opened by the Chinese during the dry weather, are mostly suspended Jrom excess of water, and the claimholders have gone back to reopen their former claims on Swift's Creek, but the level of the creek bed has been so lowered and altered by the flood!! that new· and deeper tail races are required, which, as the creek claims are very close together, has led to some litigation in the last Warden's Court. All the creek workers on the Livingstone, and to a great extent elsewhere, have been flooded out; their claims filled up with drif~, their tools, pumps, and wheels in most cases buried before they could be removed; their boxes and flumes carried away, and all the lower. r:wes either filled up or totally obliterated. All hands are now busy repairing damages. The two parties of prospectors in Bloomfield Gully have completed new races and begun a ~resh trial to-day, and one creek claim after another is being gradually reopened. Alt~ough the· floods have caused great destruction of mining and other property, the loss is in part counter balanced by the sweeping away of hundreds of tons of tailings that hindered the proper working of many river and creek claims throughout the district. l\UTCHELL RIVER SUBDiviSION. Mr. Jo!tn Grimes Peers, Mining Surv·eyor. and Registrar. There have been no new discoveries either in quartz or alluvial during the past quarter, and, owing to the recent floods, mining in this subdivision is not in a very flourishing condition. In consequence of the (]estruction of Messrs. Oliver and Co.'s dam and water-race by the late Hoods, a small portable steam-engine, of eight (8) horse-power, has been purchased and is now in course of erection; it will, it is expected, be ready for work in about a mouth from now. . . The Standard of Freedom Company have completed their tramway, and have about 200 tons of quartz raised, which is expected to yield about one ounce to the toll. 'rhe manager infonns me that the company intend applying for their claim under the Gold Mining Leases Hegulations. · The Duke of Edinbro' Company are still engaged in sinking·the shaft referred to in my last quarter's report. The Tubal Cain mine and also tlie Elizabeth rriine are let on tribute to Messrs. Oliver and Co. for twelve months. 'rhe tributors are busily engaged iu raising stone which is expected to yield about 3 ozs. to the ton. The Why-not Company have suspended operations; cause-want of funds. · The mines in this subdivision are not so high in general estimation as their merits and prospects would justify;. and I am of opinion that if more capital were expended in working the reefs which abound in this subdivision the investors ~vould be well remunerated, and the distnct generally would be benefitted. · CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. Mr. James Travis, liiinin.q Registrar. QUA.ltTZ. I have the honor to report that considerable improvement has taken place in this description of mining during the present quarter, and I look forward to a much greater change for the better before the end of the next. The Good Hope Company have got fairly to work, and during this month (June) have raised and crushed 195' tons of stone. From the bottom of the winze, 64 feet below No. 3 level, drives have been put in 40 feet east and 76 feet west, along the line of reef; although the stone crushed from these drives has given a very good average, yet none has been taken from the same line that the richest quartz was obtained from in No. 3 level. It has, however, been reached in the west drive, and the stone lookS very rich indeed. After the mine is a little better opened out the 'manager expects to keep the mill going constantly, crushing from 80 to 100 tons per week. · The Anchor of Rope Company (New Bendigo Reef) have got their mill erected, so ·far as the crushing battery is concerned; when they have all their machinery for saving and extracting gold from the pyrites completed it will be the best finished mill in this division. As yet only 115 tons of stone have been crushed from the miue, since it has been in the hands of the present company, averaging about 10 dwts. to the ton, not including the gold in the pyrites. The reef is a large one. When thoroughly opened out, with the facilities possessed for rn.ising and crushing the stone, 10 dwts. to the ton·should leave a good margin for profit over and above working expenses. Just now there are 33 men employed in the mine. Once in good working order, it is expected that 18 men will be able to keep the mill going night and dn.y, crushing ·100 tons per week. · . . 41 The Eagle Vale Company have had eo much ·difficulty to contend against, with respect to the fioods in the Wonangatta River, that their mill is not yet completed. The mine looks very well, and I hope, in my next report, to be able to furnish a return of gold from it: · · · · · The new reef discovered at the beginning of the year-near the township_:named the '' Jeweller's Shop," is looking very well also. The first crushing of 35 tons gave a return of 10 dwts. to the ton. There are about 50 tons now ready for the mill which, I think, will average something,like an.ounce to the. ton. Two more claims, Nos. 1 and 2 West, have been taken up on the. same line of reef;:in No";-Lthe stone appears.to be quite as good as that in the prospecting claim. . . · · . . . . . , , , . • • · · , Between 50 and 60 tons of stone. have .been raised at the Rubble Reef, but,: owing to the ground being so wet and spongy, it is'impossible to get.it packed.to.the mill. . .. . , . ·. , . · · The Bengal Company's mine, iS at:a·stand.still; no work has·been done ori it. during the quarter. The Jeff Davis Company are .. stjll prospecting their mine.· The manager is sanguine of u~timately finding·a payable reef. , . · .._ On the Upper Dargo the Evening Star Company have crushed 260 tons from their reef, ihe average return from which was small; but 15 tons of, stone from the union Jack Reef, crushed at the Evening Star mill, gave a splendid return of 3 ozs. 6 dwts. to the ton. This reef is situated at the head. of the Thirty-mile, and it is thought that some good discoveries will be made in that locality next summer. · · · The Golden Fleece Company have not yet completed -.their ~pill, put e.xpect to have everything ready to start· crushing in about five weeks. ' ALLllVIAL •. , The heavy floods have prejudicially affected tliis description of mjning in every part of the division. The only item worthy of note is the discovery,.of ~ome 'tolerably rich ground ()ll Johriny.eak~ .Creek, Dargo High Plane. The gold is of a ,co;trse description, some of' the' pieces weighing from 9' to 14 dwts. ' . · . With regaro to the pro8pect~· of. the .division gerieraiiy,; bo'th, in 'respect to .quartz and alluvial xqining, I feel justified in stating that, in my opiriiorl, it.. 'offci·s a better promise.of future prosperity than it haa done any time previously since it has been under m.f sup~.~vi~i9,U·. ·.' ... ; ' :.... ·, ! :: .. . . • ' . ' . ··J ',. ---.-- I JERICHO , DIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth; Mining Surveyor and Regish-ar. I have to report a slight improvement in· quartz fn this district, in which a new reef, called the Harbinger, has been discovered, yielding, on trial crushing of 36 tons, over 3 ozs. t.o the ton. News of the crushing only reached me yesterday; I have not been able, therefore, to yisit the·mille, ~whicl\: I am informed has the appearance at present of a saddle reef. It is situated on the Dry Creek. One of our old claims, formerly known as the "Brass Wire," now the ''Falean," has afforded a small crushing with. the handsome yield of 2 ozs. per ton. In. the Eldorado claim what is asserted to be a new vein has been s'truck; and a crushing will' shortly be taken therefrom. . I believe it to be the production of the veins hi.therto wor]red northerly. " ' . . The alluvial in 'this division: is· falli11g off in yield, and the heavy floods experienced this year w~ll drive. our miners out of the creek beds and materially affect the yields for the ensuing quarter. • · .. •. ,, ' ~ ,I d· • I : • DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. ·Mr. Artlmr F. Walker, Mining Surve.IJor and Regist1·ar. Very little progress has been made in the Donnelly's Creek division during the past quarter. The few crushings that have taken place have given very poor returns, and the. f!,ooded stat~ of the creeks has rendered many of the alluvial workings impracticable. ' • ·' • · · · ' The Victoria Company, Donnelly's. Ct:eek, are getting .better stone, but have not yet crushed. The Omeg~J, Company_are .driying the lower level towa~ds tb,e Victoria Company's b.oundary, and, from the prospects obtained in tlia1'mine, tlXpeCt tO COlne •Qll good"iitone. • '' ' ' ' . •' ' ' 'I . • • , The Golden Key have eight men employed. The reef, about li~. ~p.ches, ip, wid,t~, appears to ~m prove jn.depth. The ground is still very hard. · · · · · Nearly half the alluvial gold obtained this quarter has be'en from Freestone Creek, amongst which has been a nugget of 41 ozs., found byThompson and Party in Dlink-Bonny Gully, and a 20.oz. nugget, by Thornton and Party at the Upper Gladstone. Many of the claims at Freestone Creek are being worked pver again, and in most cases with better success than formerly. S·TRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, J.lfining Registrar. The erection of 'the machi~ery of the various companies alluded to in my last report has been delayed in consequence of the unusually wet season, heavy floods having occurred, resulting .in a considerable amount of damage being sustained by mining companies and private individuals. · . · . . Golden Eagle Company have eJ~:tended their tunnel to a distance of 420 feet, and are in expectation of striking the reef at 620 feet. The South Longfellow's Company have ·extended their tunnel to a distance of 200 feet, expecting to strike the reef at 340 feet. · · Longfellow's Company h~ve been ere~ting pumping and 'winding machinery, which will be completed in about three weeks. . · South Cohen's Company have erected a 22 horse-power horizontal engine for pumping and winding. The sinking of the shaft has nut been proceeded with beyond the depth of 20 feet, the water proving too strong to be overcome by hand labor; this shaft, which is situated 60 feet to the west of t)le line of reef on the surface, is bein"' sunk with a view to cut Cohen's Reef at a depth of 220 feet. At a depth of ten feet from surface a vein of stone h~ been cut underlaying west, and carrying a very good percnntuge of gold. Pumping will be commenced next week. Empress Company.-'.l'he erection of 20.head battery rapidly approaching completion. The levels have been extended 240 feet. . Eureka Company have Men cutting a track to facilitate the carriage of crushin"' machinery, the erection of which will be commenced next week. 0 Young ~appy Company.-Tri?ut?rs engaged raising stone for crushing. North Walhalla Company.-Smk1ng of the deep shaft has been stopped owing to the great strength of water· at present engaged extending the upper level south, towards the Long Tunnel Company's claim. ' No.2. F 42 Emperor Company are engaged sinking shaft in tunnel and raising stone for crushing. Perseverance Company.-Prospecting. . Molesworth Company.-Mining operations are being pushed forward in the upper workings; the stone is about 2 feet ~hick (a?tual reef), gold visible free!! underneath. The reef is a mixture of sandstone and quartz, of consider able w1dth, estimated to pay well for crushing. The upper and lower levels have been connected by a winze carrying a strong and gold-hearing reef, about 14 feet in thickness the whole distance. This company have the Tnbal Cain Company's crushing plant, which is now being shifted to the mine, and is anticipated will ·be in full work in three months. Ten men employed in the mine, independent of those engaged hy the contractor in removincr the plant. Long Tunnel Company.-The' main shaft has been sunk to a depth of 73 feet below the 171-foot level, or 244 feet from the adit level; sinking will be continued to the depth of 253, and another level opened· at 243, feet. The main south drive has been extended to a distance, 254 feet 10 inches, reaching th RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. Cltarles Gadd, Jtlining Registrar. I have the honor to report that during the past quarter mining operations, particularly the alluvial, have been greatly retarded t.hrough there being a succession of floods in all the rivers and creeks. Gold in payable quantities has, been discovered at Stockyard Creek, Corner Inlet, South Gippsland, but owing to the extreme wet season and the ground being very little above the level of the sea, it is almost impossible to work it without appliances, which it is not thought prudent to obtain until the extent of auriferous ground has been ascertained. I have registered during the quarter some six or eight alluvial claims, and one prospecting quartz claim ; -but the distQ.nce from this office to Stockyard Creek is some 125 miles, and all registrations have to be effected through the post, \Yhich makes it' very difficult for the mining registrar to ascertain th~ precise nature of the workings, &c. . · There is only one cement claim at work on. the Tangil, .the Tangil Golden Cement Gold i\lining Company, and . this, I hear, is about to be let on· tribute ; all the other claims are either suspended or abandoned. BENDOC SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Nickol, Mining Registrar. Mining operations, ·both in quartz and alluvial, have been exceedingly dull this quarter, owing to the incessant rains which have ~uch retarded the progress of all the works, the floods having destroyed nearly the whole of the alluvial claims-sweeping everything before it, boxes, water-wheels, having been found miles below their claims-so that they have been· completely abandoned, and the miners have directed their attention to the heads of the streams, which appear to be more remunerative. The quartz miners have also suffered mli.Ch from the surface water which prevented them raising stone, and the boggy nature of the ground making it nearly impossible to send stone to mill. But at Bonang I am enabled to report the discovery of two other reefs this quarter, the Rose of the Valley and Argyre, which look very promising to become"good reefs. The Rose of the Valley have had a trial crushing of about 5 tons, which yielded 1 oz. 2 dwts. per ton. Also, about twelve miles distant,from Bonang, en route to Snowy River, they have discovered very good indications of a copper lode, but at present are only to the depth of 20 feet ; but it appears to improve the deeper they get. Lead and silver ore on the Snowy River h11s also been found, but I have not been able to procure reliable information as to what extent. . The Good Hope, Union, and No. 3 and 4 South Rising Sun.-The·proprietors of these reefs have all suspended operations for the present. The Inck and Leisure Company are engaged raising stone ; they have crushed 50 tons, shown in table. The Rising Sun Company have erected a whim and are raising stone from their vertical shaft, which has been let on contract for the raising of 400 tons. The south side is also let on tribute. The Monarch Reef.-This Company are engaged carting their stone to the mill, which looks very encouraging; they have about 40 tons to grass. · The Argyre Reef is to the depth of ~0 feet, the stone looking well, but at present untried. Bendoc. The Morning Star Reef.-This Company's claim still in dispute, , The Homeward-bound Company have commenced operations in erecting a whim for the working of their mine; they have about 45 to 50 feet of water in their main shaft. The United Tunnel Claim.-This Company have driven their tunnel to the length of 475 feet; they have come · upon a large body of quartz, supposed to be a mundic reef, which is east of the reef their tunnel is intended for, so ttiat they wiU have to drive through it before they reach the one required, · . 'l'he Come-love Company are also erecting a whim for baling purposes, and for the raising of their stone; the only stone raised this ql!-arter has been tribute stone from two of their old shafts at the north end from the surface to the depth of 65 feet. Their-vertical shaft is about 135 feet, which they intend carrying to the depth of 200 feet. The alluvial miners are directing their attention near the heads of the Bog and Queenbury streams, where there has been some very payable ground struck, but to what extent is uncertain, as it appears more patchy than the general description of ground in this district. ' c b U N T I·£ S 0 F c If. .. ~ N V I L L l A N [) C R A N T. OF J:NEJELJJ GEOLOGICAL -MAP OF ,PORTION OF THE• DURHAM LEAD. 'f Qwiug to the depth of soil nnd d~y the GEOLOGICALLY SURVEYED AND DRAWN BY approximar_.e position and str1ke of the quartz reefs 1s all thnt eau be .Fhnwn. None of tlwm hH.ve been worked, though REGINAI:D A. t:. 1\!FRRAY, favoraQte imUcations arc not wnnting. A le-xaudra, lOth June 1870. Mining Sut~vey?r· As fn.t' as can be ascert~ined the Bilul'ian strata have n. meridional strike and dip east al. about 80,;o. INDEX ".r{) SIGNS. C1ay. Saml. ..Post PJeiocene. Gravel. Fltfl'dir!~ Hill. Basalt. The Hl ' .. ~ . Shales. , SlateJI. Lower S!lurlan. Sarulstcrna. Outcrop of Q.u&1z reifs. s~ rlUlf/&S capped lf'lilll Olb.Plewcenb dep&tl.r of .rzluuitur sandc~, (luarlz. pe/J/;1.& dnit, a:rul fern'!fUWUf CC"fffu"urai.t;. // ~ ~ Oold workings dlscovercd b..) th:olt·ttital Survoy party ih lKfi7, ill lower Kf'-wel' l)leiucene drift, ev!d(~ntly a re-deposit of tlH! Older Plciocene. whith latter, though tturift-rou~, wus not pa.)ably so. The uon~remuneratlve chnractef of the Older Pleiocene dt•ift is attributable to .its bt:ing spread \rver so wicte an areat and nuely conftn<'d to a narrow channel OT lend. Note 3. 'l'hf' Mount Mercer !nv1t tlow here appeal·~" td have met that of t.he Durham Lend. lt is probable that a small tributnt) letu\ nwy exist beneath the strip of IaYn. FoJ' illfQl'lUUtinn l'Cspct"titiM' llH t~ the.. southt .&~f' neolog-i(itll ! ::~hr :o<,E. 43 PAPER ON THE DURHAJ.'\f LEAD FROM 'SEBASTOPOL TO MOUNT MERCER. To the geologist there are few more interesting subjects of study, as regards the tertiary geological history of this colony, than that presented by an examination of the course of the Durham Lead and the adjacent. country. Unprofitable to the miner as have hitherto been the undertakings on the lower portion of the lead (south of the Duke of Cornwall Claim), they have not proved it unpayable, and it is still hopefully regarded as a source of future wealth. To both geologist and miner the questions of its course beyond the southernmost ascertained point (at the Leigh Grand Junction Claim), the strata cut through, and the auriferous character of the drift, are fraught with no common interest. The following description of the physical and geological aspects of the district traversed by the Durham I1ead, obtained from two years' investigations, may prove interesting and perhaps of value. The portion of the Durham Lead under consideration extends from about three miles south-west of Buninyong, southwards along the Yarrowee Valley 'to the Mount Mercer Plains; bounded on both sides by barren silur~an ranges, extending unbroken to Mount Doran on the east, and Smythesdale on the west. The valley itself consists of a series of fertile basaltic flats and undulations, for the most part under cultivation. Hardie's Hill, an extinct volcano, rises on the western side, and at this point the Yarrowee 'River deviates slightly eastward from the course of the lead, rejoining it again below; thence to about one and a half miles below the Leigh Grand Junction Claim the valley is narrow and the basaltic stream sometimes less than ten chains in width, The present river bed usually traverses the line of contact between the silurian and the basalt, occasionally crossing and winding through the latter. About one and a half miles below the Leigh Grand Junction Claim, where the lava of the Mount Mercer Plains mt~ets and overlies that of the lead, the Yarrowee takes an independent course, and until it reaches the marine miocene strata its channel forms a deep ravine, cutting through basalt and older pliocene deep into silurian rocks. The lead passes beneath the basaltic rlains to the west of the Yarrowee, and though its trend is unmistakably towards the southern plains, its exact positwn can only be ascertained by boring or sinking. The following section illustrates the relative positions of the geological formations :- Depo.tts of clay, sand, earth, and drift, due to injl...-s #ill in acti Lava ba&alt, scoria, volcanic aih and brecciat rejeral>le to tire recent eruptit.J>M of Hardie's Hill ami Mount Mercer. Newer Pliocene, Alternate lava jWws, and intermediate >· ~ ~Jedimentary depos;tt; whrm existence has l! Lower Newer Pl!ocene. Quartz gravel, cement;&:-c., f&rmini/ capping•, and inlervening bd l!wiien basalt and siluria!l. ll Older Pllocene, is more ar Ill$$ aurifer Mesozo!c or Secondary. ~. SlateJ. Lower Sllurlan. ~ 0 Shale;;. al" Clay-. }~ The lower silurian strata, forming the bed-rock of the entire district, consists of sandstones, slates, shales, and c1aystones of various colors, texture, hardnelli, and fissility. The cleavage rarely coincides with the stratification, the strike of which is about meridional, and the dip invariably at a high angl~-not less t~an 60~. . · . . . , Whatever mesozo1c or other formatiOns may have ex1sted between the silurmn and older phocene epochs, within the Yarrowee drainage area, from its source down to Shelford, are now obliterated, unless some vestiges are concealed beneath the basalt. The older pliocene deposits consist of rounded quartz gravel, silicious sandstone containing rounded and angular quartz fragments, ferruginous sandy beds, and conglomerates. ThcSQ o~cnr cafping tlH~ moderately elevated, 44. silurian ranges, anlintervening occasionally between the silurian and the basalt. On the ranges to the east of the Yarrowee, occur thin beds .of silicious rock containing rounded and angular quartz fragments, associated with ferruginous con_gl_omerates and gravel deposHs. The patches near the South Grenville Claim consist of thin cappings of gravel contammg large waterworn quartz boulders with occasional bands of .cement.. The same desp;:iption: applies to the beds underlying th_e basalt. · _ · A sm11.ll patch exposed on a spur south-west of Hardie's Hill is about 30 feet in thickness, but thins out on all sides, and. presents the appearance of the re,nmant of a once-extensive deposit removed by denudation. · Deferring the consideration of the causes which operated in the deposit of the older pliocene drifts, the next formation is the lower newer pliocene, to which epoch the auriferous gravel of the Durham Lead is referab~e. This gravel consists of a deposit of water-worn pebbles, boulders, and sand derived from the denudation of the silurian rocks and. the older· pliocene. conglomerates. As no fragments of basalt ar\' fountl. associated with -the dt:ift, if is probably a!lteqedent t? _any, of th)llocallava-!'ows. It occasionally occurs as a,,surfac!'! deposit, traceable ,under. the basalt,_ an mstance of which was observed about a mile south of Hardie's Hill, near gold workings opened by the geol~giCal survey party. . . , . . .. ', , . 1 .• • • ,. · • • , . ~hatevei· f?rces m~y have· ~roded_ the a11cient sub-basaltic valleys, an~ rent fFOI)1 the ,older str~ta ~J';le.fragtr!ents composmg this drrft, powerful fluviatile or other sub-aerial action appears to have been the latest agent in the deposit' of the drift as it now occurs. . " · The numerous: tribut~ry streams,' fornrlng th~ br~ncldeads· to .the s~'uth of Bailarat,' s~em to have u~ited in one main channel, trending southwards, and depositing hiits bed the. auri.ferous crravel 1i~w forming the Durham Lead: · '!.'his drift is unquestionably c{ the same .age a's, and, in all appea~ance, a continuation of, the lowest sub basaltic drift of the Golden Point Gutter, which, formerly classed as older pliocene, is now unmistakably proved to be more recent,* by the fact that the forces which deposited it have evidently cut through, and left it far below the level of, the true older pliocene:. Thi_s)s .illustrated _by a. section (publishf!d b;r.tl_le Geological S.m:yey) rul).n,ing from Mount Mercer to another volcamc pomt.on the opp'osrte srde of the ,Yarrowee Rrver...... , . Another instance may be Ci,te.d at 'Buninyong, through which town passes a lead, tribut'ary 'to the Durham, and,: like it, filled in with basalt •. Near the town, to the west of the lead, is a moderately.elevated silurian hill, capped with a heavy deposit of older pliocene quartz drift, which rests 'on the,silurlan at an ~lev,ation far above that of the lava. The· obvious infere11ce is, that the bed of. the lead was eroded, and the drift therein. deposited .by forces. acting subsequently to the deposi~ 'of the older pliocene capping the range. . . . ·. .. . , ' · · . Nex\jn sl!-ccession to the lower ~ewer plio9el}e are the.lava-flow.s,.witb, their intermeqiate sedim~'\ltary .!i~posits, whiCh have partially filled in-~he old v11lley, without materially: altering ,the. general course of. the.drai!-1!'-ge.t, " , ·These appear to have been closely followed by the.eruptions.from .f[ardie's Hill.and, ~fount-Mercer. , The influence of the first was local, as no extensive lava-flow is referable thereto. The volcanic ash and breccia are not traceable beyond a radius of a mile from the hill, and overlie the upper layer of the lead-basalt, which has evidently flowed from a more noJ:the.rly eruptive point.· ·The·, Mount ::\:Iercei"J'low, retarded- by the high silurian ground from northerly progress, spread over the low-lying portions; crossed and overspread the lead-flow eastward of Mount Mercer, and formed the extensive basaltic plains now existing·.< ·At its most. northerly• contact with the lead- basalt, it seems to have formed a·Jemporary barrier to the drainage, ·which eventu:tlly eroded a new channel, forming the ravine through '1'\'hich the Yarrowee now flows. The ceaseless action of denuding forces modified the contour of the country, eroded new gullies, and left in them, and on the· surface .of the hiad-basalt, the post-pliocene and alluvial deposits of gravel, sand, and clay. Such is the geological history of the distqct as deduced from the e'!idence of obseryed facts and indications. It affords an excellent illustration of the combined effects, of. the denuding ,and volcanic agencies of tertiary times, which have played so important a part in the>'past history of this country. · Whether the Durham I,ead is or is not the main outlet of the Golden Point Gutter is a subject already muoh discussed, and the labors of the miner alone can completely solve the problem. The following are the principal theories advanced. First-That the Durham Lead is the main and only outlet, and that the deep ground ,diseovered west of Sebastopol is tributary thereto. Second-That the Durham is only the eontinuation of the lead passing through Buninyong ; that the Golden Point Lead, turning like the letter U,. takes for. some ·distance a northerly course, and effects an escape towards J,ake Burrumbeet. 'L'hird:_That t~e alll)ien,~ .!iv~,r;,bif,qrcated, sending its main stream northward, and the other southward ; the latter forming as it were a ·by-wash.·· . , , Accurate measurements of shafts, combined with surface and underground levelling, would do much to elucidate the mystery, but the m~re P,hysical and geological evidence ':Veigh in fa;;?.r.of the first.theory: Th~ older pliocene drifts on some of the less .f!kv~ted silurian spurs in the Yarr~wee Valley;.show that an outlme dramage course was formed previous to the erosion of the deep le:;td channels. The Golden Point Lead has been traced continuously down to the Bonshaw cbim, and the proximity of the western siluria.n range would neces~itate an exceedingly sharp and almost unnatural, turn against the general drainage fall-rendered more improbable by the consideration that a southerly drainage course already existed-to substantiate the s,econd, theory. rrhe ra,ritJ;, in existing rivers, of such a bifurcation as that assumed in the third 'hypothesis, viewed in conii'ection~ >vith ..~he, above considerations, would demonstrate its improbability. 'The 'general indications favor-the suppositioir.that)he tea?s south of the silurian range (sub-basaltic), separating the Inkerman from the Go~den Point Lead, are tributary to the'latter, and that the Durham Lead forms the main outlet fed by numerous tributaries, including that. passing through the town of Buninyong. Judging, from the extent of lava, it is not unlikely that a basin may exist to the south of Sebastopol, and that the Durham Lead is the outlet ; this would partially account for the comparative poverty of the washdirt in the lower claims. Apart from this, which is mere conjecture, we have a proved length of about. ten miles along the , Yarrowee Valley from the Durham· township to' near Mount Mercer, and in this length some ten or twelve expensive mining p~ants have been erected,.atiu~hirge capital expended, with most unfortunate results as regards the six most southerly claims. The following is a brief aecount of the claims lying within that portion of the lead immediately under consideration, as obtained from information gathe~:ed in the locality :- 'rhe Pioneer claim was worked by a sloping tunnel commencing near the eastern contact of the basalt with the silurian. The washdirt w~s reached at about 1,600 feet from the mouth; 'and the vertical depth was 235 feet. The lower basaltic layer was encountered as th_e "headings" at 1,160 fee_t, ..... By all accounts the claim was not worked out, but abandoned owing to disasters ana the -'great expense of the methodof working it. The Duke or'Northuniberland shaft struck the bed-rock at 195'feet, through two layers of basalt, separated by a thin deposit of sand and clay. The total depth sunk was 248 feet, a:nd-tbe gutter was reached at 120 feet east from the shaft, having a width of 108 feet. This claim, on being'abandoned by the European miners, was for some time in the hands of a party of Chinese. 'L'he Garibaldi shaft passed through 180 feet of basalt, lO feet of day, and then basalt on to ,the washdirt, which was sometimes '12 feet'thick; the total depth of the shaft to the well was 301 feet. It would appear that the 180 feet of basalt comprised two layers without intervening sedimenta.sy deposit. Thisdaim, ,afte,r-many viciss.i- tudes, is now becoming remunerative. . · · · . , · 'rhe Enfield shaft bottomed on the gutter at abont 280 feet. No positive information was obtained respecting the strata passed This claim continues remunerative.. ' * This wus npprovc:ll of by nrr. ·Selwyn, wllo a.lso approved the title of lower newer pllocene, as applied to th:iB drift.· t It'may be remarked that the surface layer', or •cfirSt Yock,'• extends· unln:uken down the valley, and no instance occurs wbere~riny of th~ lower layers appear ns the surnce r6yk. These latter appear to run out beneath the surfa,ee. layer, thou?h more evidence is uece~ary 4' ~~tab~is.h i;..,~s o. fact. 45 The workings of the Duke of Cornwall Claim are well illustrated by the following section and notes furnished by the mining manager in the latter part of 1868 :- Surface. ft. In. 35 0 Clay ...... 70 Greylilh Cemented Sand...... 9 0 Drift ...... /) 10 Tfllrd Rock ...... • ...... • .. SS 9 West Reef. Washdlrt (70 feet wide)...... 4 0 Scale, lOO feet w one inck. Total depth of shaft, 280 feet; depth of gutter from surface, 263 feet; gutter, 150 feet east of shaft; average breadth of gutter, 70 feet, but seldom payable the entire breadth. · Tbe drift overlying the third rock extends back on the west reef: it contains gold, but not enough to pay. Depth of wasbdirt about 4 feet. 3,500 feet of the gutter worked, yielding 5,200 ounces of gold. ' Concerning the P. J ., Leigh Consols, and Chryseis shafts, little reliable information could be obtained, the plants having been removed, and operations discontinued. The shafts appear to have been sunk too far east, and the two first failed to reach the actual gutter. In the last-mentioned claim the gutter is said to have been struck 800 feet west of the shaft; but the immense influx of water, and other causes, led to the abandonment of the claim, after which a constant stream of water continued. running from the shaft. 'fhe South Grenville shaft passed through 170 feet of basalt (whether in two layers is undetermined) and 70 feet of silurian. At the 170-foot level, a northerly drive struck auriferous washdirt,50 feet from the shaft. This, however, was not followed up. The lower level struck the main lead between 800 and 000 feet south-east from the shaft, but, though payable prospects were obtained, the funds were then exhausted, confidence impaired, and the claim abandoned. Since then, it is reported that operations have been renewed. An auriferous quartz reef is said to have been cut through in the lower level. The City of Manchester shaft passed through 45 feet surface clay, al:)d 127 feet of basalt on to silurian. A . tributary was struck in an upper levell98 feet from the surface, about 190 feet north-east from the shaft. The main gutter is said to have been struck 420 feet north-east from the shaft at 226 feet from the surface. The indications, however, were not satisfactory, as the washdirt did not lay iu a defined gutter, but in disconnected patches in hollows of the bed-rock; the lava was frequently in contact with the silurian, or only separated from it by what appeared to be the ancient soil-a black earthy substance, six inches to two feet tliick, containing fragments of wood and other vegetable matter. In this, as in the other claims on the lead, trunks and fragments of trees were frequently encountered both in the drift and in the soil above referred to. The wood was changed into a species of lignite, and the crevices filled with iron pyrites, whioh also occurred in large quantities in, the bed-rock and the cemented portions of the washdirt. The water in the mine was heavily charged with iron. The existence of the soil and vegetable matter are favorable e;idenee as to the sub-aerial character of the agencies which operated in the deposit of the drift. The gold in this claim was very fine, and well-rounded quartz pebbles were found containing pieces of gold embedded on their surface. The .Leigh Grand Junction shaft was sunk on a very narrow portion of the basaltic stream. No reliable particulars were obtained concerning .the depth, &e., except that· the bed-rock was struck at 70 feet with an exceedingly rapid incline. An easterly drive was opened out at about 200 feet, and carried on by several different parties. The driving was extremely hard, but at last a small dr:ive was extended to the drift. Here were found indications showing that the ancient river occupied a narrow precipitous gorge. Huge angular blocks of sandstone, four feet in diameter (evidently fallen from the sides) were interspersed among the sand and gravel. Gold was obtained, and said to become coarser and more plentiful as the drive proceeded ; but the .bottom continued dipping, and tb e tributors, disheartened by the difficulties, abandoned further operations. It may be observed, in the cases of the last mentioned three claims, that the shafts were sunk at an absurd distance from what (with so narrow and well defined a course of lava) the mere surface indications would point out as the probable course of the gutter. Long driving exhausted the capital and energy when the object was almost within grasp, and what may be at least a moderately remunerative lead allowed to remain idle, and confidence in its resources almost fatally shaken. For about ll miles below the Leigb Grand Junction, the course of the lead is plainly traceable along the: Yarrowee Valley, but after its divergence westward its position can only be determined by boring or sinking. It remains an open question whether, and for how far, the drift will prove remunerative, bearing in mind that· local sources alone may be expected to furnish the ,supply, but from what may be observed in the present Yarrowee' River the indications are certainly encouraging. 'l'he river bed has been thoroughly worked and payable, and sometimes very rich yields obtained down to• where the miocene beds begin to replace the silurian as the bed-rock. The gold has evidently been derived from' local sources ; either quartz veins or the older pliocene drifts, exposed beneath the basalt on the sides of the ravine. As far, therefore, as the old lead channel cuts through silurian rocks, intersected by quartz veins, or overbid by· older pliocene, so far may it be expeeted to prove auriferous ; but when the marine miocene strata form the bed-rock; the supply will cease. No. 2. G 46 -'; '· . The :distance of. this·point~may be;:rouglily estimaten· at about 9: miles· southerly from .the·Leigh:.Grand Junction; the limit of the marine miocene beds being, as observed by Mr. Selwyn, from 600 to 700'feet above present sea~level •. The ranges on either side of the Yarrowee, south of the. Durham township, contain numerous quartz reefs presenting favorable indications, only one or two of which have been even prospected. Vecy few of· the gullies con taining post-pliocene deposits have proved payable, though all are auriferous. The· older. pliocene drifts are more or less auriferous, but their great extent prevents ·the concentration of the gold in any defined lead. It is to be hoped,,however, that Jhis. district will not remain long unnoticed, and that the energies of our miners.may yet .raise it.to a permanently. prosperous condition. REGINALD 4-.·F~ MURRAY, M.S. Alexandra, Wth,June 18i0. ·' ,· .. ,.; .. .·' ... : ,i • .",.' ,·, ... . ,.~, 1 ';. ~~ •.;}' J' f ·, (,.;;, ,, ! • ; ' L ·,· ·i .' '' ._ i ·, ... , i • ~ ,·, :'I> ' ' ' ~ : . j '. ~'"l ' • l' ,, ,•][).<'" i [· ,, '!·. !..•': '•1: '. .,· 11. !. \ .•. ,,· ; \ ' I .h. • ~.i.'. • u ,.. l3y i\tjthority: JoHN FE.RRlJ:S, Government Printer, Melbourne. . ..