1869.
VICTORIA.
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REPORTS"
OF THE
MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARSO
QUARTER ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1869.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
i!lu «uttodty : JOR~ FEliRE8, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNF., No. 5.';_ APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORTS.
DETAILED PARTICULAJ!S. ' •UOtrsT•
£ .. d • Cost or Preparation, about •• ...... 12 10 0 Printing, (1,050 copies) ...... 68 10 6 I TOTAL ...... £ 81 0 6 SUMMARY.
-, GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING ,30th JUNE, 1869.
I TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED,. THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. Oompiled from the Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Reports for tlu; Quarter ending 30tlt June, 1869.
Alluvial Quartz MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING, MACHINERY EMPLOYF..D IN QUARTZ MI:!."'NG. Miners. Miners. Number Number of of Price of Gold Approximate distinct per ounce. DISTRICT, DIVISION, Value ~~~:r~f Qoortz of AuritCrous l~efs AND Mining Ground actually Plant. actun.lly proved SUBDIVISION. worked to be upon. Annferous.[------
£ £s.d. £s.d. D.ALLA.RAT. Central Division • • • • . • 5,550 630 550 6,730 104 3,853 45 39 3 81 6 28 329 10 400,603 7 24 4 2 0 4 2 6 Southern Division . . • . . . 1,050 660 184 11 1,905 10 202 62 4 11 2 io · ·i '2 i2 4 9 ·~M 62 7 26,250 6 14 3 19 6 4 1 6 40 735 17 11 16 10 4 12 240 72 60,000 14 13 4 0 0 4 1 0 Buninyong Division • . • • . . 1,100 280 350 1,730 4 2 6 SmythesdaJe ...... 705 500 40 1,245 61 1,379 30 24 17 5 io 3 61 8 28,000 13 11 4 0 0 2,100 17 340 145 13 1,000 1 26 742 214 '3 100,500 9 15 4 0 0 4 0 6 Creswick .. .. •. •• 900 400 800 4 0 0 Gordon .. •• •• •• .• 27 428 483 1 8 6 1 13 349 43 7 13,443 3> 18 3 19 0 2~g 10 e ··ss 19 354 136 32,280 18 62 3 18 0 4 0 0 2.'0 .- 665 1,015 1 318 6 ' ~li~i~od. and Blu~ MoimtaiD 350 420 580 io 1,360 'i 675 iit 'i 15 251 io 233 ii 40,000 ~ 20 3 16 3 ~outh 9,932 3,118 S,497 -21---16-,.-168- 234 6,527 1-oo5 -93- -Is 1,676 ---3-9- __2_,_1_2_ -2-2- _1_3_ --1:-2-:-5-·l--2-,7-48--1--11- 1,097 --.-.- -8-il--7-0-1,-756--f---14--l--17-7-l Totals .. ---;s.- -. ------i---1------1------1-_..;_--1·--,--- --1------1----1·---1
BEECH WORTH. 1,123 1,034 185 11 2,353 23 252 15 16 4,490 3 s9 33 .. c.. 2 ' 5 s1 3 56 .. s .. &o,1so 47 85 3 19 6 4 1 3 Beechworth •• 3 18 0 3 19 0 Yackandn.ndah 629 480 370 1,479 1 4 3,~g~ 30 30 ...... 5 70 2 70 .. 2 .. 12,000 ~~ 63 37 190 227 1 7 3 10 0 31! 0 Sandy Creek .. 4 0 0 Indigo •• •• 391 212 "so 663 'is '4o6 10 1~ :: :: '3 '4 '4o .. '4o :: 'i '4 39,~ so2~ 24 3 19 6 139 1,370 501 '5 2,015 3 46 2;i1s .. 6i; ...... 15 262 i4 239 .. 36,933 284 3 18 0 3 19 0 Buckland , .. 3 16 '0 4 0 0 Jamieson North ?85 . 65 245 1,~ 1 6 330 1 180 450 5it 5~ .. :: :: ~ U io ~~~ 'i :5~ 'i; ~g:~ ~~ 3 5 0 3 19 6 Ga!l'ney's Creek 80 88 io w 3 19 6 Wood's Point .. 274 4 ~so 536 390 30 30 'i .. .. 11 165 9 283 3 '2 70,940 18 92 2 17 0 172 80 60 312 550 3 3 ...... 4 46 2 43 ...... 10,436 30 12 3 10 6 4 0 0 2,000 3 5 0 3 12 0 ~lftt't:ftta :: 230 2·!0 12 486 319 6 .I "miewn South 90 30 180 3iJO 340 ~' ~~ :: :: :: '4 'i;g 'i '61 :: :: .. 1~:~M I~ 1g 3 16 0 / Totals .. .. 3,950 3, 793 2,073 .~ 9,846 44 714 75 27 49 13,826 9 227 238 1 i- 5 ~ --8~ 41 -1,016 4. )7 --u- 277,096 ~ 627 ------,--l---..:--1---=--1----'.1
SANDHURST. 318 3 3 18 3 S,!>ndhurst .. .. ' .. 2,706 633 3,227 6,665 33 006 . 224 16 91 :~ 314 wr 2,~ •2 '1,024 1 1~ 213 361,800 15~ 250 Kiltn.ore . . • . • . • • • • 134 20 178 332 1 8 7 3 17 6 4 0 0 Heathcote and Waranga South .• 5,915 258 470 'i; 6,649 90 '6 103 17 263 .. . 1~~ :: 14 2i ~i: ~ lit; 3 17 6 3 19 6 W a.ra.nga North . . • • . • 289 40 235 564 40. 10 163 • . 97 .. 10 17 17,240 10~ 93 3 15 3 4 0 0 llil.ywood ...... ' 100 450 550 / 30 .. .. '.. " .. " 7 88 " so .. .. " 10,700 23 40 3 16 6 3 18 6 ----· ------1--·!---1-- --+----t--·t--1-----t---,---r---t---t----1------·-·1----1--- Totals .. .. 9,144 ~ 4,56o _6_ 14,661 __34__ ~ ~ ~ _27_ __1_5_6_ __.._ _ .. .. _3_14 ___1_ _1_43__ ,...._2_,658__ __2__ 1_,380 ___ 1__ 1_95 __ 25_1 ___4_16_,43 __ z_ __1_58_...;: ___6_1_7 _ 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1
MARYBOROUGH. Maryborough ...... • . 1,490 40o 480 . • 2,310 26 514 138 17 , 6 •• . . . . . • 36 24 •• 17 392 .. 133 .. 15 11 30,600 5 112 4 0 0 4 0 9 Arnherst · ...... ,. 1,540 400 100 .._ 2,040 17 350 174 58 12 160 2 230 2 36 .. 2 7 120 .. 46 .. 10 6 46,216 6 45 3 19 0 4 0 0 A voca ...... 720 2,000 160 .. 2,880 9 197 47 3 30 ...... 3 18 0 3 18 6 Dunolly and Tarnagulla .. .. 915 850 1,075 5 2,845 5 75 86 . 20 10 .. .. 95 .. 12 .. .. 3~· s~ :: ~ :: 35 ·1 M:8~8 i~ 1}~ 3 18 7 4 0 1 Korong ...... 1,700 150 !50 .. 2,000 .. .. 47 ...... 19 338 .. 127 .. 22 . 22 27,000 12 30 3 16 0 4 1 9 1 1 3 18 0 3 18 6 ~'~:=u~Wo~i/~~ud~~uth :; ~ "75 M~ :: ~g } ~ 'i7 -~ :: "4 " i9 -·· i4 '6 .. 1~ ~ :: 1~ :: i7 i9 2g:~ ~ ~ 2 2 0 4 1 0 -;;-;;;~1- 1- ---1----1·---- 1---!----:-::--::---1----li----1 Total.s ., .. ,. 6,466 "•uou 2,279 5 1_2,625 '59 1,153 509 102 58 164 2 344 2 97 30 2 23 1, 757 .. 686 .. 99 85 252,533 68 456 ------1----1----1
CASTLE MAINE. castlemaine' • . . . 650 500 630 1,730 3 •'42 162 5 116· ' .. 24 92 16 28 462 .. 226 .. 25 38 52, 'l33 9 96 3 17' 0 3 17 6 Fryer's Creek .. .. 1,180 980 2!!6 2,446 8 121 153 6 i4 270 '75 '2 3 58 13 212 96 6 9 49,702 28! 30 3 17 0 3 17 9 701 377 2,156 9 156 78 12 50 165 23 3 34 'i 35 549 '2 247 "2 32 34 37,807 82 86 3 16 6 3 19 6 Hepburn .. .. 1,~ 19 3 19 .o ~'aradale...... 130 12 648 7 181 22 14 21 1 1 18 3 18 6 Maldrm ...... 210 335 577 1,122 2 20 52 'i; 16 2 16 4~ 7~ :1: ~ :: 76 i2 ~~:~! ~. 74 3 17 6 3 19 3 St. Andrew'e • . • • 276 185 176 637 '3 20 5 8 86 57 .. 111 .. 6,210 14~ 62 3 17 6 4 0 6 Kyneton .. •• 10 .40 43' .. "7 6 4 3 50 .. 65 ...... 8,590 7 12 3 18 3 3 19 0 120 20 .150 2~g "1 " 8 4 46 .. 16 ...... 5,000 2~ 5 3 18 0 3 18 6 Blue 1\f ountain North ------· -----1----1--- ...... ,_::_1 _.:.:_ .. -----1----1------i------1------Totals .. 4,030 2,891 2,251 .. ' 9,172 30 528 476 46 69 612 123 13 130 142 1 134 2,177 3 1,038 2 145 93 269,243 153! 386 ------'--1--1---!---li------r-;__-1·------"--1--.;__-1__ _:__1----1
ARARAT. Al'arat .• .• .. 152 450 245 .. 847 4. 135 9 4 16 44 " .. .. 6 2 2 : 13 189 .. 92 .. ' 1 6 34,200 34 23 3 18 0 3 18 G Pleasant Creek .. 200 180 1,102 .. 1,482 6 55 2 3 .. 10 ...... 15 74 " 19 573 .. 284 .. 40 6 77,000 24 33 3 16 0 3 17 9 Barkly .. .. 90 1 9 3 17 9 3 13 0 H.aglan .. .. :: ~g }gg ~ :: .m ~ 1~~ ~ ~ :: .. :: .. :: :: ~ :: 'i "is :: 'iz :: :: :: ~:~ g. 5 3 18 3 3 18 6 .. 1,322 1,200 3,914 22 406 76 16 144 .. 21 2 --33--l·--7-80--l--..- _38_8_ --.-.--4-1- 12 123,140 Totals .. '1:392 16 ~ 10s 78~ 70 - -- -I---1-'--1--l-c--l----l------___..:_1--=---i---
GIPPSLAND. Ome'o , .. 185 410 20 615 600 40 1 17 15 5,200 8 19 3 10 0 3 17 6 Mitchell River, • 360 250 35 665 100 30 2 27 21 "i 4,995 4 9. 3 16 0 3 17 6 Crooked River .. 264 170 174 608 650 36 46 11 149 '5 130 335 3 17 6 3 18 0 Jericho .. . . 274 46 78 400 274 20 20 5 65 3 80 i~:k~ ~~· 29 3 0 0 3 19 0 Dmmelly's Creek 101 15 15 131 5 76 61 1~,550 6 13 3 6 0 ' 3 16' 0 Stringer's Creek 33 230 263 10 236 '2 117 34,832 7 9 3 10 3 4 1 0 Russell's Creek 220 so 280 3,500 7 8 326 3150 South T"'rrn.ville Bendoc .. .. "zo "ss 'il4 :: ·222 :: ::, :: .. . :: 'ioo :: :: :: :: :: :: '2 ':is 'i '25 :: :: :: ,6;750 i5 "s 3 io o 3 is o 1,397 981 3,104 --- 3 t-- L724 · 126 1 r- -.-.- --36---l·--598--t--n- 12il,s24 121• Totals -m 66 -449--.-.---1- 430 ------1- _,_____ ------1----1---1- 1-l----1--.:;_-1----1
GRAND TOTALS .. 36,241 16,809 16,778 62 69,380 428 9,842 1,835 300 \305 18,502 ll 859 .321 261 616 24 11,562 68 6,054 528 440 2,168,599 2,763
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Summary.-:-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ending 30th June, 1869. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ending 80th June, 1869. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ending 30th June, 1869. Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 80th June, 1869.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Page' Ballarat Central Division Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar ... 7, 18, 28 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar 7, 18, 23 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 18, 24 Smythesdale Division· Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 18, 24 Creswick Division ... Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7, 17, 18, 25 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 18, 25 Steiglitz Subdivision Mr. Richard English, Mining Registrar 7, 17, 18, 25 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 7, 18, 26 Subdivision BEECRWORTR MINING DISTRICT.· Beechworth Division Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar 8, 15, 18, 26 Yackandandah Subdivision Mr. Thos. G. Kennan;·Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••• 8, 19, 27 Sandy Creek Subdivision Mr. Thos. G. Keunan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 19, 27 Indigo Division Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8, 19, 27 Buckland Division ... Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar 8, 17, 19, 27 Jamieson North Subdivision .. . Mr. Samuel K. Vickery, llfining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 19, 28 Gaffuey's Creek Subdivision .. . Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . 9, 19, 28 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . 9, 19, 28 Big River Subdivision ••. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 19, 28 Mitta-mitta Division Mr. Andrew Trench, Mining Registrar 19, 29 Jamieson South Subdivision ... Mr. J. H. Kelson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 19, 29 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 10, 15, 17, 19, 29 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar 10, 19, 30 Heathoote Division and Waranga South Sub· Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 15, 19, 80 division Waranga North Subdivision ... Mr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 20, 30 Raywood Division ... Mr. E. M. Cairnes, Miiiing Registrar ••. 10, 20, 81 MARYBOROUGR MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar ll, 16, 20, 31 Amherst Division ••. Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 16, 20, 82 Avoca Subdivision ... Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 16, 20, 32 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar••• 11, 20, 33 Korong Division Mr. R. Mason, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 16, 20, 88 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ~o, 33 St. Arnaud North Subdivision Mr. John Phillips, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 20, 84 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 20, 34 Fryer's Creek Subdivision Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Reg~strar 12, 16, 20, 84 Hepburn Division •.. Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar 13, 16, 20, 35 Taradale Subdivision Mr. Thos. Orwin, Mining Registrar ••• 16, 20, 36 Maldon DiTision Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 16, 21, 36 St. Andrew's East Subdivision Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 21, 36 St. Andrew's Central S,ubdivision Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 18, 21, 37 St. Andrew's West Subdivision Mr. Clement Johnstone, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 36 Kyneton Subdivision Mr: Thomas Orwhi., Mining Registrar 13, 21, 37 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining. Registrar 21, 37 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Charles Jas. Wm. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 14, 21, 38 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 14, 16, 21, 88 Barkly Division Mr. John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 16, 21, 38 Raglan Division Mr. John Templeton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 14, 21, 89 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar 14, 21, 39 Mitchell River Subdivision Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 14, 21, 89 Crooked River SubdiVision Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ... 14, 21, l!9 Jericho Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . 14, 21, 40 Domielly's Creek Subdivision Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.. . 15, 22, 40 Stringer's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar 14, 22, 40 Ruesell'd Creek Subdivision ... Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Registrar 15, 22, 41 ;Boudog s~billvisiou "' ,,. Mr. Jol!.n Nlchol, Mmmg Registrar .,. "' !!' "' JOt 88, ~l ·.
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.i , ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.
FROM information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars, the ToTAL QuANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QuARTZ REEFS are as follow:-
A!luvlal. Quartz. Total.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ending 31st March, 1869 ...... 216,343 14 125,372 12 341,716 6 Quarter ending 30th June, 1869 ...... 249,096 4 163,020 18 412,ll7 2 Total for the Half-year ...... 465,439 18 288,393 10 I 753,833 8
THE QuANTITY OF GoLn, 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 31st Mareh, 1869 854,514 3 Quarter ending 30th June, 1869 324,877 15
Total for the Half-year 678,891 18
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, during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom :-
MINING DISTRICTS. Quantity Crushed. Average Yield of Total Yleld of Gold from Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., Crushed. ' ---~· Quartz. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat ...... 65,676 0 0 0 8 17'59 28,677 6 16 Beeehworth ...... 37,773 10 0 0 12 12'34 23,635 15 IQ Sandhurst ...... 55,771 0 0 0 10 17'96 29,972 14 1 Maryborough ...... 22,852 10 0 0 8 21•70 10,174 4 11 Castlemaine ...... "·· ... 24,407 0 0 0 8 0'68 9,797 8 I Ararat ...... 24,269 10 0 0 11 n·n 18,940 14 7 Gippsland ...... 5,869 10 0 1 ll 7•99 9,195 9 7 Total Quartz ...... 236,619 0 0 0 10 14'37 125,393 12 11 Quartz Tailings, Cement, and Mullcck. ------Ballarat ...... Beeehworth ...... lOO 0 0 0 2 12'42 12 11 18 Sandhurst ...... 23,919 0 0 0 3 21'49 4,659 0 12 Maryborough ...... 1,720 0 0 0 8 13'83 807 11 12 Castlemaine ...... ' ... 8,098 0 0 0 4 1'92 1,652 2 20 Ara.rat ...... 4,760 0· 0 0 5 23'94 1,427 8 8 Gippsland ...... ------Total Quartz Tailings, Cement, &e. ... 88,597 0 0 0 4 4'22 8,058 14 22 Pyrites and Blanlletings operated on. Balla.rat ...... ll9 0 0 3 10 17'14 420 15 0 Beeehworth ...... 29 10 0 5 ll 20'74 165 0 0 Sandhurst ...... 20 0 0 8 I 23'40 61 19 12 Maryborough ••• .... ' ...... Castlemafne ...... Ara.rat ...... ~ .;...... Gippsland ...... ------Total Pyrites and Blanketings ... 168 10 0 3 16 21'15 647 14 12
Non.-Thls Summary does not show the total quantities of qnartz, &c., crushed or operated on, but only tbe yield of certain crusblngs, &c., respecting wblch the Mining Surveyors and Registrars have been able to obtain Information. Owing to the clrcumstanee that many of the machine owners are t:nable to give, or are p~ecluded from giving in!ormntlon, lt ill Impossible to get complete returns from every district; and In considering the relative •mportance of each dlstnct, as regards quartz mining, &c., the tables relating to machinery should be examined and compared.
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THE following information has been obtained from Returns .IJlade l:!y. the ¥~11iqg ,Surveyors. and Registrars relative to the QuAN'l'ITY OF QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions .and Subdivisions of each Mining Di.strjct during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom :-· ·
Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of i' Remarks relative to the and Where Qunrtz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold·. 'Gold, Depth at whleh the . Name of Company. Quartz was obtained, &e.
,\, ' tone cwt. qr, ~:~~,. :..... , "·I . BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.· CENTRAL DIVISION. Llanberris .. . .. • Gum-tree Flat 4,056 0 0 0 2 12 507 0 0 130 feet St. Andrew .. . .,. White Horse ... 1 ••• 910 0 0 0 3 6•37 148 11 13 100 feet Bennett and Party ... Gum-tree Flat 130 0 0 0 8 9'23 54 10 0 lOO to 130 feet" ' ,,_ Old :Post-office Hill . .. Old Post-office Hill 2,100 0 0 0 1 20•70 195 11 18 100 to 150 feet Endeavour .. . .•. Specimen Gully 634 o o o 3 o·o3 95 3 o 180 to 230 feet Temperance .. . . • . Little Bendigo 2,184 0 0 0 4 21'83 536 3 I 550 to 650 feet Black Hill ..• ... Black Hill ... 4,656 0 0 0 3 8'67. 782 0 4 150 to 230 feet Majestic ... •• . Black Hill ••• 1,560 0 0 0 2 21•13 224 14 0 180 to 220 feet Britannia ... ••• Specimen Gully 625 0 0 ' 0 3 22'46 . 123. 0 0 120 to 180 feet Two-ton ...... Black Hill .. . 310 0 0 0 2 13"931 40 0 0 Surface Total .. . 11,165 o o o 3 3·68 2,706 13 12 SOUTHERN DIVISION. Speedwell ...... Staffordshire Reef 600 0 0 0 5 0 150 0 0 30-ft. level, 5-ft. lode Grassy Gully ...... Grassy Gully ... 700 o 0 0 10 0 350 0 0 50-ft. level, 15-ft. lode Doyle and Co. .. . .• . Grassy Gully .. . 130 o 0 I 0 0 130 0 0 50-ft. level, 12-ft. lode Kangaroo ...... Kangaroo .. . 960 0 0 0 4 0 192 0 0 Long Gully ...... Pinchgut .. . 50 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 0 65-ft. level, 3-ft. lode No. 1 North ...... Pinchgut ••. ______50 o o o 7 o , ___17 10 _o ' 25-ft. level, 14-ft. lode Total ...... 2,490 ~~-o._7 __s_·4_7_ __8""'8-9 _I_o_o_ BUNINYONG DIVISION. 1 1 Imperial ...... Hiscock's Reef ... 2,585 o o\· o 4 1·26 523 16 o 200 and 260 foot levels One-and-All ••• ... Hiscock's Reef ... 2,000 0 o 0 2 12·01 250 1 0 210-foot level Homeward-bound ... Homeward-bound Reef... 1------:------580 0 0 , 0 6 2'96 ·177 11 18, lOO-foot level Total ... 5,165 0 0 0 3 16"42~ ,951 8 18 ' .. CRESWICK .DIVISIO:"· ------·-·-- Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs ... 16,845 0 0 O· 6 21'52· 5,808 19 0 South Clunes .. • ... Clunes Reefs ... 2;019 0 0 0 5 "5'29'. ""527 0 10 Victoria...... Clunes Reefs .. . 4,732 0 0 0 8 7'74 1,969 3 0 New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs .. . 7,584 0 0 1 1· 20"60 8,288 f4 12 Shaw and· Party ...... Springhill Reef 44 0 0 0 5. 18'27. ' 12 13 12 Little and Party :.. ••• Armagh Reef .. . 150 0 0. 0 4 3'08 •30. 19 6 Hard Hill ... .. • George's Reef .. . 144 0 0 0 5 5"75 . 37 14 12 Yankee...... Clunes Reefs ... 1,688 0 0 0 4 13·12 . ·383 15 0 '· Total..: .... 33;206 0 0 0 10 6'59'• 17,058 19 4 GonDoN SunDrviBION. ------·-· ---- Egerton ... Big Hill Reef ... 2,755 0 0 0 14 3'68 1,949' 13 0 Black-horse .. • Big Hill Reef. .. 2,082 0 0 1 11 20:98- ·3,318" () . 0
Total ... 4,837 0 0 I 1. 18•73 5,267 13. 0 8TEIGLI'l'Z SUBDIVIt!JI()N,· .Albion ...... ·.Albion Claim ... , .· .. 1,742 0 0 0 15 2··34 1,315 0, 0 573·foot level Princess Alice ... i .. • · Princess Alice Claim · ... 50 0 0 0 17. o··n. ·1 >42''10 0 70-footlevel Virago ... ~ ••• ... Virago Claim .. : ... 20 0 0 3 14.• 0 :. :.. . .•7 4 0 0 so-foot level '•I. Total ... 1,812 0 0 0 15 H},.2Q.: ·'1;431 10' 0 :BucxwooD Dms1oN AND ' >"W f BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH ~- ~,, ! IJ.f '-..' ;, SUIII>IVISION. 1 • ~· ·• .•"", r! .... Faugh-a-Ballagh ... St. George's Reef ·280 0 0 0 12 5'14 .•• 17'1 0 0 150 feet P. Hanssen ...... Manhem Reef 56 0 0 0 12 l'l'l4 "34 18 0 30 feet Extended Great Tunnel ... Johnson's Reef 800 0 0 0 0 17'92 11 4 0 160 feet Imperial ...... Simmons' Reef 195 0 0 0 7 21•04 .. 76"16 0 190 feet Bastion Brothers ... Newman's·Reef 50 0 0 0 ·5 . 2•04 12 14 6 170 feet Jack and Co...... Snake GuUy Reef 120 0 0 0 10 20 • 65 0 0
Total ••• 1,001 0 0 0 7 10•20 371 12 6 8
QuANTITY of QIJARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division QJ1d Subdlv!lllon, Average Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz obtained. I Totai Yield of we.s QUArtz Crnshed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the Name of Company. • per Ton. Qnartz was obtained, &e.
tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr.
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
BEECB:WORTII DIVISION. I Cole and Co. ••• Barwidgee Creek 39 0 0 0 15 0 29 5 o 90 feet • Rath and Co. ... Buffalo ... 26' 0 0 0 14 7•38 18 12 0 Surface O'Dwyer and Sons ... Buffalo .•. 85 0 0 0 7 0 29 15 o Surface Hope and Spec ••. . .. Barwidgee ... 25 0 0 0 17 0 21 5 o Surface Hart and Co...... • Mountain View Reef .•. 45 0 0 I 10 8 68 5 0 60 feet Hart and Co.. .. . ••• Young Queen Reef 40 0 0 0 17 0 34 o 0 50 feet Richardson and Co. .... Golden):\tar Reef 160 0 0 0 14 0 112 o o' 90 feet Homeward-bound ... Rocky Point ... 157 0 0 1 5 10'85 . 199 16 o 24o feet Henderson and Co. .• • Exeelaior Reef 50 0 0 I 0 0 50 0 0 300 feet Fletcher and Co ..•• ... Darling Grant Reef 188 0 0 1 4 8'68 229 o 0 50 feet Tubal Cain ...... Barwidgee ... 200 0 0 0 12 0 120 o· o 160 feet Murmungee .•. ... King Reef ... 80 0 0 0 9 0 36 0 0 Total ... 1,095 o o o 17 7·51 I 947 18 o YACKANDANDAH SUBDIVI· SION. Markham ...... Back Creek 1,150 0 0 0 4 22'56 284 1 o 110 feet Homeward-bound .. . Hills borough .•. 1,900 0 0 0 7 0 665. o 0 120 feet 'faffRcef · ...... Button ... 360 0 0 0 11 6•67 203 o o 85 feet Polar Star ...... Twist's Creek 81 0 0 0 16 23'11 68 14 0 150 feet Scandinavian ...... Twist's Creek 52 10 0 I 17 19'89 99 6 o 160 feet Birthday ...... Twist's Creek 72 0 0 0 16 7'68 58 15 o lOO feet Excelsior . .. .• . Twist's Creek 24 10 0 I 12 15'6i 40 o 0 , 280 feet Homeward-bound ... Twist's Creek ::: 117 0 0 I 7 12·72 161 I 0 1 ISO feet United ...... Twist's Creek 41 o o 1 15 s·78 72 lO 0 lOO feet Homeward-bound,31stMar. Hillshorough ...... I', __ ~._~_oo __ o__ o_,, o 7 o 560 o o 75 feet Total .. . 5,398 0 0 0 8 4'73 12,212 7 0 i INDIGO DIVISION. ! Magenta ...... Magenta Reef...... 264 0 0 0 4 23'09 t 65 10 0 lOO feet Indigo Reef .. • .. . 319 0 0. 0 12 2'40 193 0 o 80 to 100 feet Luck' s-ail ...... 7 10 0 3 14 16 28 0 0 50 to 80 feet Various reefs ... . •. 20 () 0 0 4 (i 4 5 0 Surface to 50 feet United Consols ...... West J. Higgins' reefs ... 1,773 0 0 () 2 21•99 I 258 11 o 60 to 220 feet Variousreefs(trinl crush-. 106 0 0 I Jl l!i'22 ! 167 13 6 Surface to 100 feet ings)
Total ... 2,489 10 0 0 ·5 18'23 716 19 6 . BucKLAND DIVISION. Growler's Creek:- Wallaby ...... Wallaby Reef .. . 815 0 0 0 12 3'32 494 13 o 140 feet Home Reef .•. . .. Home Reef ...... 1,300 0 0 0 3 6•57 212 16 o 260 feet R. Bruce and Co. . .. Full Moon .. . 45 0 0 3 4 0 144 o o Surface Star of the East ...... Star of the East Reef .. . 20 0 0 2 0 0 40 0 0 .Not stated Carlysle, Butler, and Co .... Helstone Reef .. . 14 ,0 0. l 2 .'20•57 16 0 o··Notstated Brennan and Martin ... Rising Star Reef .. . . 50 0 0 9 14 19•20' 487 o o From surface to 50 feet SaJ?-gster and Co. . .. Sangster's Reef .. . 12 0 .0. 0 9 9 5 12 12 Not stated Morae's Creek: Hanna, Law, and Co. Bromley's Reef 1,690 0 '0. 0 3 4 I 267 11 t6 'Surface to 150 feet Albion ...... Albion Reef .. . 10 0 0. 2 0 .. 0 '•" 20 0 0 Surface · Taffy ... •.. Ta:liy Reef .. . 8 0 0. 0 2 0 0 16 0 60 feet Chinese...... Chinese Reef 50 0 0 0 7 0 17 10 0 65 feet Fraser and Co. . .• Kincade's Reef 140 0 0 0 l .12 10 10 0 Surface Oriental Perseverance Oriental Reef 684 0 0 0 3.12•70 Ill 17 12 lOO to 150 feet Robinson and Co. Beilyabba Reef 37 0 ~ 0 7 16'86 14 5 0 Not stated Harrietville :- Hanna, Law, and Co. United Miners' Reef ... 800 0 0 0 13 ·10'20 537 0 0 Forrester, Quin, and Co .••• Cavalier Reef · ... 10 0 0 2 7 9'60 2a 14 o Surface Pender and Harkin Monarch of the Glens . -40 0 0 3 0 0 120 o o Surface Reef Wm. Harrison Forget-me-not 14 0 0 4 0 0 56 o 0 Surface Sullivan and Co .... Tbe Swindle Reef ... 12 0 0 0 17 0 10 4 o Surface Honoeks and Co. Lion and Unicorn ••• 25 0 .0. l 13 0 41 5 o 50 feet Ovens River ;- Harp of Erln ... Harp of Erin Reef .. . 654 0 0 0 6 7•52 . 2o6 9 o too feet Cadzow and ~ •••• Cadzow's Beef ... . 20 0 0 0 13 20'40 13 11 0 20 feet !tfeLean and Co .... Rose, Thistle, and Sham• 100 0 0 4 1 15'84 408 6 o 200 feet rock " Buokland:-· BedJacket ... Red Jacket Reef ... e6o o o 1 4 0 1,020 0 0 lOO feet Wye andCo. •.. Wye's Reef ... . ,;, 20 0 0 1 I o 211 0 0 Notstated Jackson, mu, and eo. General Jackson'e Reef s 0 0 10 0 0 . 80 0 0 Not sta.ted Alta and Nelson ... Alta and Nelson Reef 880 0 0 0 6 14•11 1180 •.o 0 Surfl\ce to J60 tee~ Running Creek:- Green, Ray, and Co. Root·Hog-or-Die 400 0 0 0 10 20'40 !11'1 o 0 160 feet United Happy Vs.liey Ha.ppy Valley Reef ... 306 0 0 8 .I! 22'07 1,008 ll 111 216 feet Total .... 8j929 0 .o 0 13 1'77 5,836 18 4 QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed ,in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &e.-continued:
~ })!vision arid Subdivision, Average Remarks relative to the Total Yield of Depth at whicll the and l Where Quartz waa obtained.· Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Name of Company. I per Ton. Quartz was obtuincd, &c. ----·~------1 I JAMIESON NoRTH SUB- tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. IHYIBION. Aja.x .•. . •. ... Lucky Reef ... . •• 20 0 0 1 7 18 27 15 0 } Prospecting Claim ••. ·Homeward-bound Reef.•• 10 0 0 0 7 0 3 10 o 200 to 220 feet Fireworks .•. ..• Lueky Reef ...... 22 0 0 0 10 0 ll 0 '0 Galatea ... . •. ..• Kent and Sussex Reef ... 6 0 0 2 0 0 12 o o lOO feet Lily ••• •. .•• Spring Creek ••• ••. 16 0· 0 0 5 0 4 0 0 No. ll .. . .• . Eldorado Reef ... 16 o o· 1 10 0 24 0 0 Just-in-time ...... Mysterious Reef ... 59 o o· 0 6 0 17 14 0 Albert No. 2 ... .•• Lucky Reef. . . . . •. 333 0 0 1 15 14"41 592 15 0 Alfred No. 1 .•. .. . Lucky Reef . . • •.. 160 0 0 0 9 15 i7 0 0 Mysterious .•• .. . Mysterious Reef ••• 2.58 0 0 0 5 ll'58 70 14 12 ) Prospecting Claim . .. Lucky Reef ... 43 0 0 1 1 !•ll 45 5 0 t Spinks' ...... Mysterious Reef ... 133 0 0 0 5 15"88 37 13 0 ~From. 50 to 80Jeet. Barton ...... ••• Mysterious Reef 140 0 0 0 4 19'54 33 14 0 Welcome ~ ...... Mysterious Reef 118 0 0 0 6 10•17 37 18 0 Maindample Reefs 500 0 0 0 12 0 300 0 6 Lily .•. ... ••. Spring Creek •.• 47 0 0 I 2 6'12 52 6 0 United Kingdom .•. .•• Spring Creek .. . 9 0 0 5 2 18•66 46 5 0 Topsy ••. ... Spring Creek .. . -25 0 0 3 0 0 75 0 0 Durham and Norfolk •• • Spring Creek .•• 7 0 0 0 7 6"86 2 11 0 Croosus ... •.. ... Spring Creek ... 9 0 0 0 13 8 6 0 0
Total ... 1,931 0 0 0 15 7'15 1,477 0 12
1-~------GAFFNEY's CREEK Sun- DIVISION. Castle •• • .. • .. . Castle Reef . • . ••• 220 0 0 0 11 19"64 130 0 0 80 feet A 1 ... ••• . •. Castle Reef . . . ••• 600 0 0 I 5 3'12 753 18 0 From face 30 to 80 feer Junction ...... Castle Reef ...... 100 0 0 I 3 13"68 117 17 0 lOO feet Great Eastern .. . .• . Homeward-bound Reef.. . 250 0 0 0, 3 23'23 49 12 0 lOO feet Lauraville .• . .. • Homeward-bound Reef..• 250 0 0 o a o 37 10 0 150 feet Golden Belt ... ••. Homeward-bound Reef... 50 0 0 0 3 4'80 8 0 0 150 feet ,Victoria •. . .. • Homeward-bound Reef.•• 554 0 0 0 3 0 83 2 0 150 feet Hunt's •.• ••• Homeward-bound Reef... 3,600 0 0 5 20 0•06 1,050 9 0 220 feet Gaffney's Creek United ... Homeward-bound Reef... 577 0 0 0 2 12 72 2 12 150 feet Rose of Denmark ... 'Eureka Reef .. • . .. 1,000 0 .o 0 5 14'40 280 o 0 180 feet
Total ... 7,201 0 0' '0 7 -ld4 2,582 10 ll!
Woon's Po1NT SUBDIVISION."
Prospeetors,'Morning Star Morning Star ... ·560 0 0 0 13 5'95 3iO 19 0 Various·depths- Nos. 1 and 2 North •.. l\forning Star ... 510 0 0 0 8 8'23 212 15 0 200 feet Hope ••. ..• ... Morning Star ... 2,500 0 0 1 11 o·a8 4,627 o o· 350 feet Age of Progress . . . ••. Morning Star ... 470 0 0 0 I 19 42 2 0· 130feet Wood's Point .. . . •• Morning Star ... 52 0 0 0 1 3'69 3 0 0 200 feet Alps Great Central .•. Morning Star .. . 1',582 0 0 .. o 10 19"78' 856 4 o· ·350 feet United ...... Morning Star .. . 60 0 0 0 9 6'80 27 17 0 300 feet Express ...... W averley Reef 896 0 0 0 5 16'07 254 0 0 80 feet Nos. I and 2 South Waver- Waverley Reef 207 0 0 ·0 8 0•46 83 o' 0 50 feet · ley Reef All Nations .•• . .. All Nations Reef 350 0 0 0 9 2'05 159 0 0 260 feet Johnson's.Reef ... . .• Franklin's Reef 111 0 0 ·I 10 6·48 168 o 0 40 feet 1!'ranklin ...... Franklin's Reef 708 0 0 2 3 1N9 1,548 0 o 70 feet l-eviathan Amalgamated .•• Leviathan Reef 600 0 0 0 4 14•40 138 o o 150 feet Royal Standard Prospecting Royal Standard Reef ••• 450 0 0 0. 9 12•27 214 0 · 0 60 feet· Champion ... Champion Reef 40 0-0 0 l 0 2 0 o "25 feet ------1:-..------:------,1 Total ... 9,096 0 0 0 19 3'41 8,705 17 0
BrG RIVER SUBDIVISION.!
Luek's·all ... Warner's Reef IilO 0 0 1 0 19"20 156 0 0 About 100 feet" Londonderry ••• •••. Railway Reef ... 700 0 0 0 2 20'57 100 0 0 About lOO feet Hope-on-Hope-ever ..,. Seek-and-Find Reef 96 0 0 0 17 17 85 0 0 About 300 feet 1-----·------I Total ••• 946 0 0 0 7 5'02 341 o o- . ! I JAMIBSON SouTH Sun- , DIVISION. Augusta ... -·~ Swampy Creek 220 0 0 ..] 10 11 '45 335 5 0 Southern Cross ... Sailor Bill's Creek 100 0 0 '1 6 . 0 130 0 0 Mountain View ••• ••• Swampy Creek lOO 0 0 0 6 0 30 0 0 .. Champion Prospecting ... Flume Creek ... 8 0 0 7 10 0· 60 0 0 .. Star of the West ...... Mack's Creek 260 0 0 1 0 0 260 0 0
Total ... 688 0 0 ''\ 3 16~7 815 5 0
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QuANTITY of.QuARTz. Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdlvlslon, I . I: 1 Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and · · Where Quartz was obtal.ucd. · /, Quartz Crush!id •• Yield of Gold, · Gold. I • Depth at whleh the Na;~ne of Company.,:.' ; . . , per Ton. Quartz wo.s obtained, &c. ------.---.------.. - ,. tons qr. ew~. oz~ dwt.. gr. --,.--.oz. dwt•. gr. . .
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
' SANDHURST DIVISION. . ' Try-again ...... Wellington Reef 1,559 0 0 0 6 21•67 538 1 16 .Bird's Reef ••• ... Bird's lteef ... 1,009 0 0 0 17 9'19 876 19 16 Metropolitan ••• Golden Squ_are 3,194 0 0 . 0 15 14"49 2,491 19. 0 Fraser and Osborne ..• Golden Square 1,037 o o· · o t9 21·59 1,031 16 0 Moo re and Co. · ...... Bullock Creek 1,279 0 0 0 5 7•28 339 3 6 Wm.l'l.ae ...... Happy Valley 3,263. 0 0 0 6 11'59 ·1,057 14 2 Pioneer Works .•• ... Long Gully ... 6,388 0 0 0 9 12'86 3,045 16 0 >-Public crushing Johnson's'Reef ... ••• California Gully 2,726 o o· o 3 17·91 510 12 12 machines Louisa ..• ••. ... Devonshire Gully 2,080 0 0 0 7 0 728 0 0 .Beehive .•• Devonshire Gully 2,427 0 0 0 7 0 849 9 0 {)atherine Reef U. C. ... Catherine Reef 6,191 0 0 0 8 6'51 2,560 8 0 Eagle ...... ' ••. Eagle Reef .•• 3,836 0 I) 0 ll 5'15 2,151 0 0 Hustler's Reef ...... Hustler's Reef 1,620 0 0 0 14 13'80 1,180 12 0 J Sundry .small lots 9,809 0 0 0 ll . 9'28 5,584 14 0 .
Total ... 46,418 0 0 0 9 21'28 22,946 5 4
KILMORE DIVISION. Providence ... Providence Reef, Yea ••. 300 0 0 3 0 0 900 .0 0 Various Italian Reef, Yea .. . lOO 0 0 1 10 0 150 o 0 l!Ofeet Rising Sun Reef, Yea .. . 100 0 0 2 10 0 250 0 0 120 feet Ryan and Co. ... ~ •. , Ryan's Reef, Sunday so 0 0 1 0 0 80 o o so feet to 120 feet Creek Rising Sun Reef, Sunday 56 0 0 0 10 0 28 o o 90 feet Creek 1---~------Total •.. 636 0 0 2 4 6•64 1,408 0 0
liEATBCOTE DIVISION .AND W .ARANG.A SouTH Sun DIVISioN. V on der Loft's machine Various' erushings 205 '0 0 0 15 12'29 159 o o Various depths Greenshield's and Charles's Doncaster Reef 400 0 0 1 0 0 400 0 o 20 feet ' machine Miller Bros. ... Horseshoe Reef, Coli ban 24 o ·o 1· 12 2•75 38 10 18 ' 35 feet Miller Bros. ••• Amelia Reef, Coliban ... 15 0 0 2 10 3'20 37 ui 0 10 feet Miller Bros. ... Try-again Reef, Coliban 3 0 0 0 8 0 1 4 o 8 feet llliller Bros. ... Heather Belle Reef, 13 0 0 1 8 10'61 18' 9 18 40 feet Coli ban Harrison's machine ... Redcastle, various reefs 61 0 0 0 12 0 . 36 12 o Various depths Costerfield .•• •.. Costerfield ••. 59 0 0 0 12 7 73 36 7 0 320 feet, water· level 90 feet Tooborac ... Mariner's Reef 625 0 0 0 5 13 63 17 4 o o 6o feet, water level 70 feet Tipper and Williams ... Old Racecourse Reef ... 130 0 0 0 8 7"38 54 Or 0 54feet,watcrlevel8feet Parker Bros. •.. ... Old Racecourse Reef .. . 300 0 0 1 0 18 3'20 272 o o Surface to 20 feet
Total. .. 1,835 0 0 0 13 9'15 1,227 15 12
W ARA.NGA NonTa Sun DIVISION. Rateiifr and others ... London andWelcomeReefs 145 0 0 1 18 20'51 281 14 0 30 to 150 feet Motton and otlJe1·s ... White Hills Heers ... 68 0 0 0 6 18·3::; 23 0 0 20 to 35 feet Sanchez, Bailey, and others .Tohnson and other reefs 114 0 0 0 6 19'78 38 IS u 150 feet ..Bcrthollet and others ... Spring Creek Reefs ... 103 0 0 I 0 3·96 103 17 0 60 feet 'Tbompsou an'd Keys and Co. Fontainebleau Reefs .. . 145 0 0 0 5 14'89 40 15 0 40 to 75 feet Walbran,Anderson, & others Nuggety Hill Reefs .. . 887 0 0 0 6 5'39 276 I 12 10 to 125 feet Perseverance .. . •.. South Nuggety Reefs .. . 80 0 u 9 6 6 745 0 0 330 feet ·Cracknell, Berg, and others Mongolian and other reefs 94 0 0 3 18 10'97 368 15 0. .lOO to 140 feet •Crackncll, Sutherland, and l?renchman's and other 272 0 0 0 17 19'&7 242 7 0 liO to 190 feet others .reefs ' 'Rodstead and Cowain ... Sundry small crushings 356 0 0 o 5 lo·7s 97 0 0 Various depths from various reefs
Total ... 2,264 0 0 0 19 14'11 2,217 '7 12 !. 1..,.,-.-----·1---'------' lUYWOOD DIVISION, .. . Se bastiitn , 2,83! 0 0 0 10 9'48 1,473 0 0 'Frederick the Great ...1 Nif Des perandum ... Raywood ...... 1,1167 ·O 0 0 6 21'::!9 539 12 3 FoleJ and Co...... mysian Flat · .... 200 0 0 . 0 13 13·H 135 12 0 .Harding and Co ...... ,Elysis.n Flat ... • ' -;; .. 1 ., 17 0 0 1 9 12'i0 25 2 0
Total. .. 4,618 0 o. 0 9 9'89 2,173 6 3 11 " QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Remarks relative to the Division and Snbdlvlslon, Average Tots! Yield of and Wbere Quartz was obtnined. ~nnrtz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth .at whlcb the :Na.me of Company. per Ton. Quartz was obts!netl, &e.
tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRlCT.
MlitYBOll.OUGH DIVISION. ' Mariner's Reef ...... 1\farinees Reef ... 188 0 0 0 5 18•63 I 54, 6 0 650 feet Mariner's Reef ...... Soldier's Reef ...... 323 0 0 0 2 5•05 35 14 0 30 feet Mariner's Reef ...... Battery Reef, &c. ... 247 0 0 0 4 0•67 49 15 0 85 feet Passmore and Ellery ... Bristol Hill ...... 343 0 0 0 13 14"34 233 4 0 150 feet New Flagstaff Reef ... Flagstaff ...... 254 0 0 "1 4 17•29 i 313 19 0 200 to 250 feet Penny and Claussen ... Public crushings .... 1,428 0 0 011 1•79 790 15 0 1 to 300 feet Johnstone'a ... Public crushings ... 134 0 0 0 I4 20'41 99 10 0 Various Leviathan Reef ...... Public crushings ... 3,145 0 0 0 5 6"57 829 6 0 Various William Cundy and Co. ... Public crushings ... 1,560 0 0 0 6 0 468 0 0 Various Goldstone ...... Ironstone Reef .•. 298 0 0 1 I 6"60 317 0 0 I80 to 200 feet ------Total...... 7,920 0 o. 0 8 I•42 3,191' 9 0
AMIIERST DIVISION. Cosstick and Co ...... New Gully Re.ef ... 502 0 0 0 3 15•45 9I 9 6 Surface to 60 feet Bennett and Co ...... Big Reef, Amherst ... 39 0 0 0 9 4•15 17 17 18 Surface to 40 feet Thomas and Party ... Snowdon Reef ... 20 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 lOO feet Irvine and Co...... Bung-bong ...... 9 0 0 0 6 0 2 14 0 Surface to 12 feet Baker and Co...... Abbot's Reef .•• ... 32 0. 0 0 18 6 29 4 0 Surface to 36 feet Busch and Co...... Prince of Wales Reef ... 30 0 0 0 8 0 12 0 0 90 feet Deed Brothers ...... Prince Alfred Reef ... 11 0 0 4 I2 I7'45 51 0 0 60 feet Miller and Co...... Nuggety Reef, Adelaide 4 0 0 2 !2 15 10 10 12 40 feet Lead T. Bartlemore ... All Nations Reef ... 232 0 0 0 '5 21•72 68 10 0 Surface to 120 feet ... ---- Total ...... 879 0 0 0 6 12•87 287 5 12 '
AVOCA. SUBDIVISION. Crushed at Dawe and Co.'s Fiddler's Creek Reef ... 44 0 0 0 13 10"9 29 12 0 25 feet from surface machine Fiddler's Creek ...... Hall's Reef ...... 2I 0 0 0 14 20·57 I!; 12 0 Fiddler's Creek ...... Luck's-all Reef ... 113 0 0 0 10 4"24 57 IO 0 Fiddler's Creek ...... Barnes Reef ~ ...... 16 0 0 l 0 0 16 0 0 Fiddler's Creek ...... West of England Reef ... 87 0 0 0 16 10·48 71 10 0 Fiddler's Creek ...... Honeycomb Reef ... 59 0 0 0 5 10'17 16 0 0 Fiddler's Creek ...... Derby Reef ... 4,0 0 0 8 18 I 15 0 Fiddler's Creek ...... Clohosey and Party 2 0 0 0 16 0 ' 1 12 0 Bosanquet and Party's London Reef ...... 30 0 0 0 7 0 IO 10 0 crushing mill,AvocaLead ------· ---- Total ...... 376 0 0 0 ll 16'91 220 1 0 -----
DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULL.A. DIVISIONS. \ Nicolls.and Co.'s machine .•. Stony Reef ...... 14 0 0 0 3 22'28 2 15 0 Great Western Reef ' ... 39 0 0 0 10 0•61 19 ll 0 Specimen Heef ... 203 0 0 0 6 9•93 65 2 0 Poverty Reef ...... 1,033 0 0 0 5 8•28 276 1 12 Garibaldi Heef ... 77 0 0 0 5 1•24 19 9 0 Heywood Reef ... 19 0 0 0 1 7'57 l 5 0 Excelsior Reef ... 189 0 0 .o 9 8•76 88 10 0 Various reefs ...... 510 0 0 0 5 13'45 141 16 0 Cambrian Co.'s machine ... Newchum Reef ... 960 0 0 I 1 13•80 1,035 12 2 Nelson Reef ... 43 0 0 0 6 0 12 18 0 All Nations Reef ... 52 0 0 0 8 0 20 16 0 Manchester Reef ... 150 0 0 0 8 0 60 0 0 Bousfield's machine ... Sandstone Reef ... I,377 0 0 0 7 19"48 537 17 0 Gorfu'Reef ...... 84 () 0 0 8 9•14 3.1 4 0 Beynon & Davies' machine Black Ben's Reef ... 200 0 0 0 6 0 GO 0 0 Sandstone Reef ' ... 1,265 0 0 0 8 13•52 54'1 13 0 .. Donnybrook Reef ... 59 0 0 0 6 )0·57 19 0 0 Corfu Reef ...... 166 0 0 0 7 22'84 66 0 0 Newchum ...... 30 0 0 0 13 I·60 19 I2 0 Bet-bet Co.'s machine ... Bet-bet ...... I63 0 0 0 4 lil"ll '37 ).j. 15 1\:lurrny's Reef ... I2 0 0 0 2 3 1 5 12 Yorkshire Reef ... 42 0 0 0 4 5'40 8 17 11 ,-:·-,,- Hutchison's Reef i7 0 0 0 3 1363 13 14 18 United Kingdom Reef ::: 86 0 0 0 5 14"23 24 I 0 Various reefs ...... 240 0 0 0 5 I9'29 69 12 22 Goldsborough Co.'s machine Bealiba.Reef '...... 1,562 0 0 0 13 ll"i3 1,053 911 Queen's Birthday Co.'s Bealiba Reef ... · ... 1,020 0 0 0 4 9"97 22.5 4 0 machine Total ...... 9,672 0 0 0 9 5'19 4,457 1 7 I '12
QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in eacli :Qiv;ision and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Dh1s!on and Subdivision, Average Remarks relative' to th~ and Where Quartz was obtained, Total Yield of Quartz. Crusbed. Yield of Gold Oold. Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. . Quartz was obtained, &e.
to~ ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. d":t. gr. KORONG DIVISION. '" - .Unity ...... ·March .. . ' ... 1,088 0 0 0 6 0'36 327 4 12 l Exhibition ...... 160 0 0 0 10 6"90 82 6 0 ' God win ...... 42 0.0 0 .4, 22"85 10 8 0 Independent ...... 63 0 0 ·o 4 3'61 13 1 12 Odin ...... 17 0 0 0 7 0 5 19 0 Morning Star ...... 106 0 0 0 2 16•07 14 a· 0 Cambrian ...... 44 0 0 l 6 14'18 58 10 0 Various depths ::Duke of Cornwall ... Columbian ...... 13~ 0 0 0 5 4"09 34 2 12 European ...... 80 Q 0 0 3 · 3·ao 12 11 0 .. Morley and F,osse ... Morning Star ...... 52 Q 0 0 12 0 31 4 0 Symon Reef ...... 25 0 0 1 3 0 28 15 0 Deadlock ...... 290 0 .. 0 0 11 11•17 166 5 0 I·· Pluintom ...... 30 0 .. 0 0 3 0 4 10 0 ) ; ' ---- ' Total .•• ... 2,129 0 0 0 1 9•88 788 19 12 . . ... ST. ARNAUD NORTH SuB- . DIVISION. - Claimholders ...... Fishhook Reef ... 45 0 0 0 19 11'73 43 17 0 80 feet to surfaee Claimholders ...... Caledonian Reef ... 152 0 0 0 9 11•37 72 0 0 90 feet to surface ·Cll1imnolders and lessees ' Bristol Reef ·...... 231 Q 0 0 13 8•99 154 9 12 50' to 180 feet •' ·Claimholders ...... East Ncuk Reef ... 71 10 0 0 19 22'21 71 4 16 6o· feet to surface Lessees ...... Stuart's H1ll Reefs ... 82 0 ·O 0 15 17•85 64 11 0 50 to 200 feet 'Tributers ...... Bell Rock.Reef ... 321 0 0 0'11 0 176 ll 0 200 to 250 feet Butcher'and Co ... ; ... Wilson's Hill ...... 140 o···o ' 0 l7 4•11 120 4 0 lOO to 200 feet Rising Star Co; ... Chrysolite Hill ... 750 0 0 0 13 1'31 489 ll 0 200 to 250 feet .Chl1prnan and Co. ... Chrysolite Hill ... 84 0 0 0 8 19•43 37 0 0 ~00 to 250 feet
Total ...... I ,s'7f? 10· 0 0 13 2'47 1,229 8 4 .. I .
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
CABTLE~IAiNE DIVISION. Ajax ...... Bolivia Reef .•• ... 1,168 0 0 0 9 3•87 535 0 12 240 to 180 feet Harris and others ... Eureka Reef .•• ... 430 0 0 0 6 15"15 142 11 12 I 00 to 60 feet cotson and others ... Wattle Gully ...... 1,606 0 .. 0 0 4 JO•S.. 357 9 13 130 to 200 feet Terrill ...... Wat/le Gully ...... 292 0 0 011 5•37 163 17 9 185 feet :Lewis and others ... Nimrod Reef ...... 696 0 .. 0 0 5 2•34 177 8 0 120 feet Straede ...... Sebastopol Reef ... 68 0 0 1 4 15•52 i 83 16' 0 27 feet Lewes and Straede ... Sebastopol Reef ... 851 0 0 o 3 22 I 166 13 0 To 110 feet Sundry ••• ...... Several reefs ...... 886 0 0 0 7. 2•34 314 8 10 Various Burns ...... Burns Reef ...... 77 0···0 0 ·15 4·67 58 10 0 100 feet May and Co...... Chewton Reef... ' ... 51 0 0 1 5 21•17 '66 0 0 95 feet Meredith and Co. ... Deadman's Reef ... 54 0 0 I 3 8 63 0 0 37 feet Rice and Co...... East Barns Reef ... 97 0 0 1 14 22•76 169 10 0 Surface to 27 feet Hockin and Co...... Argus Reef ...... 90 0 0 1 7 19•20, 125 2 0 64 feet Walker ...... Manchester Reef ... 3~9 0 0 0 6 7'60 103 18 6 180 feet Pattle ...... Little Nuggety ... 3 0 ··0 2 9 0 7 7 0 35 feet Huth ...... Bismarck Reef ... 12 0 0 I I I 12 12 12 30 feet Gray ...... Champion Reef ... 216 0·0 0 17 2'42 184 13 19 80 feet ' Total ...... 6,926 0 0 0 7 21'33 2,731 17 21 ' ...... I ' ... . . I iFRYER's CREEK SunotvrsroN.j ... I ... I 'Rowbotham and Co. ··' I Spring Gully ...... 40 0·0 0 18 12 37 0 0 37 feet 'Williams and Co. . . . Cobbler's Gully ... 20 0· 0 1 0 0 20 o ·o 40 feet '·Farlow and Co...... • Blacksmith's Gully ... 157 0 0 0 6 0 4.i 2 0 45 feet Emu (Anglo-Australian) ... •. Emu Reef ...... 1,000 0· 0 0 5 0 250 0 0 25 feet Mills, Hilton, and Co. ···I Commissioner's Flat ... . 200 o .. o 1 0 0 200 0 0 150 feet No Surrender .•. .. •. Windlass Flat...... 16 0 0 0 I 21·75 ·I 10 12 From surface Little and Davis ... .Heron's Reef ...... 40 0 0 0 10 0 20 0 0 30 feet Stephens and Co. ... : Ferron's Reef ••• ... 360 0 0 0 4 10•66 80 0 0 30 feet · Ferron and Co...... Heron's Reef ...... 32 0 0 0 13 .18 22 0"0 34 feet Bates and Co...... Prince of Wales Reef ... lOO 0 0 0 10 0 . 50 0 0 70 feet Stephens and Co. ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 33 0 0 0 7 o. 11 .11 0 75 feet Redh.ouse and Co. ... Ferron's Reef ...... 40 o ·o 0 5 0 10 0 0 50 feet Kettle and' Co...... Cattle's Reef .•• ... 230. 0· 0 0 5 17'73 66 0 0 80 feet Rowe and Co...... Cat1le's Reef ...... 664 .o 0 0 9 0 298 16 0 140.to 150 feet :Kayand Co...... Collier's Reef ...... 9 0·0 0 13 8 6 0 0 2q to 30 feet . ------Total ...... 2,941 0 0 I 0 7 14'7i 1,119 17 12
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QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdivision, Average Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Total Yield of Depth at whicll the Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. . ------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. HEPBURN DIVISION. c ornish •.• ...... Wombat Hill .•. ... 920 o ·o 0 3 0'28 138 11 0 A rgus ...... Wombat Hill, S. ... 22 0 0 0 12 6 13 9 12 90 feet A rgus ...... Wombat Hill ...... 179 0 0 0 I 21"58 li 0 0 60 and l 00 feet E !lis Brothers ...... Wombat Hill ...... 191 0 0 0.12 0 ll4 12 0 Shallow N ewton Brothers ... Wombat Hill •.• ... 103 0 0 0 3 0 15 9 0 Shallow R oyal Exchange ...... Deep Creek ...... 280 0 0 0 8 22•71 125 5 0 70 feet wilson and Co...... Blind Creek ...... 30 0 0 0 I 12 2 5 0 10 feet s pecimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill ... 524 0 0 0 I 14'12 41 12 12 50, 80 fet•t, and surface s pecimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill ... 533 0 0 0 2 14'58 69 10 0 150 feet s'pring Creek ...... Spring Creek .•. ... 700 0 0 0 6 4'll 216 0 0 64 feet B arclay's mill ...... Various localities ..... 868 o ·o 0 4 4'21 181 4 12 J Coupin and Co. . B. New Adam's Reef .. ~ 918 0 0 0 1 12•40 69 12 18 130 feet w yatt and Co. ... Smyth's Reef ...... 70 0 0 0. 7 6•20 25 8 2 60 feet 0 Id Cornish mills ... Various localities ... 185 0 0 0 4 23•77 46 3 6 G reat Leasehold ...... Dry Diggings ...... 150 0 0 0 3 10•72 25 17 0 30tons,surface; 30 tons, 20ft.; 90 tons, 50 ft. J enkins' mills ...... Willard's Reef ... 268 0 0 0 7 14'18 101 14 6 30 to 40 feet J enkins, Pryde, and Co. ... Italian Hill South ... 41 0 0 0 19 o·58 39 0 0 70'feet J enkius, J. Tonkin ... Dry Diggings 5 0 0 1 5 14'40 6 8 0 8 feet --- . Total ...... 5,98i 0 0 0 4 4'14 1,249 1"20
MALDON DIVISION. I . Albert ...... Penteman's Reef ... 710 0 0 0 6 21'87 245 7 0 400 feet A Iph a ...... Eaglehawk ...... 33 0 0 0 18 4 29 19' 12 About 180 feet c aledonia ...... Beehive, Eaglehawk, 1,443 0 0 0 8 16'30 626 4 4 Surface to 400 feet 'Vilson's, Victoria, Lin- .. scott's, German, Tiver- ton B rittingham Bros. ... Thornhill's Reef ... 26 0 0 0 9 0 11 14 0 200 feet E,aglehawk ...... Eaglehawk Reef ... 160 0 0 0 4 1•46 32 9 18 200 feet G reat Western ...... Beehive Reef ...... 1,433 0 0 0 5 15'61 404 17 0 200 a.nd 300 feet Green and Bibby ... Chris tie's Reef ' ... ISO 0 0 0 5 0 45 0 0 70 feet Nelson ...... Wilson's Reef ...... 780 0 0 0 17 13 684 2 12 300 feet Phoonix ...... German, Tiverton, Bee- 1,164 0 0 0 8 19'75 513 10 0 Surface to 300 feet hive, and Eaglehawk Reefs North British ...... Manton's, Parkin's, Cook- 675 o.. 0 0 14 15'16 493 16 12 Surface to 300 feet man's, and Lisle's Reefs Union, Muck:leford ... Thornhill's Reef ... 270 0 0 0 ·6 0 81 0 0 100 to 300 feet ------Total ••• ... 6,874 0 0 0 9 5'21 3,168 0 10 -- ST. ANDREW'S CENTRAL - SUBDIVISION.
Oram's Reef, No,' l South ... Pa.nton Hill ...... 10 0 0 6 n 0 65 10 0 200 feet Oram's Reef, No. 3 South ... Paliton Hill ...... 29 10 0 4 13 3'12 137 7 8 140 feet Oram's Reef, No. 4 South ... Panton Hill ...... 43 10 0 4 16 11•28 209 16 11 180 feet Oram's Reef, No. 6 South ... Panton Hill ...... 4 10 0 2 16 4 12 12 18 60 feet Hogarth a.nd Co ...... Steel's Creek ...... 8 0 0 3 17 0 30 16 0 Surface Myer ·and Co...... Buck Reef ...... • 6 0 0 0 3 17 1 2 6 30 feet Hopkins a.nd Co. ... Eureka, You-you ... 13 10· 0 2 5 21•04 30 19 8 80 feet Eldorado ...... Caledonia ...... 9 0 0 0 14 18•55 6 12 23 60 feet Perkins and Co. •.. ... One-tree Hill ...... 3 0 0 0 14 22 2 4 18 130 feet Fourth Hill ...... Wanandyte ...... 3 10 0 8 0 14'28 28 2 2 140 feet Third Hill ... .·.. Wanandyte ...... 7 0 0 3 6 0 23 2 0 130 feet Lady of the Lake ... Wanandyte ...... I 10 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 140 feet Phoonix ...... Wanandyte ...... 13 0 0 l. 18 11•07 25 0 0 45 feet Fourth Hill ...... Wanandyte ...... 19 0 0 2 12 6'31 49 13 0 140 feet . I Total ...... , '171 0 0 3 13 13'46 628 18 22 .
.ST. ANI>REw'S EAST ----- SUBDIVISION.
Golden Bower ...... Donovan's Creek ... 120 0 0 0 12 23 77 15 0 200 feet
KYNETON SUBDIVISION.
Prince Alfred ...... Kangaroo Reef ... 58 0 0 0 9 6' 26 16 12 so feet Prince Alfred ...... Kangaroo Reef ... 30 0 0 0 J(J () 15 0 0 75 feet Binnie's ...... Orr's Paddock ... 1,300 0 ·o 0 12 0 780 0 0 20 feet ---- Total ...... 1,388 0 0 0 ll 20•20 821 16 12 QuANTITY of. QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. ------Division and Subdivision, I Avera~e Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and~ -Where Quartz was obtained, Qunrtz Crushed. . Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the Name of Company, ----per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt.gr. oz. dwt. gr.
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
Ax.uu.T DIVISION. North Star ...... Campbell's Reef 1,384 0 tl 0 5 0·12, · 346 1 o 346 feet Extended Southern Cross ... Campbell's Reef 1,950 0 0 o 15 22'91 1,555 11 15 410 feet Extended Southern Cross ... Campbell's Heef 830 0 0 0 4 I 2 186 I 5 0 5S5 feet , Kangaroo ••• Campbell's Reef 1,554 0 0 0 4 IO·SO 366 12 11 510 to 560 feet Eaglehawk ... ••• Eaglehawk Reef, Arm- 181 0 0 o 8 21'48 -80 10 0 40feet strong's Mitchell's .. . Mitchell's Reef lOO 0 0 '0 ll 21•60 59 10 o 45 feet Total ...... --;,;;;-0() "'OS~: 2,595 -;;-;- PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. --·------1-----1 Wimmera ••• 2,460 0 0 0 12 6"451'1,509 2 0 St. George's ... 2,547 0 0 0 15 2'35 1,922 15 0 Victoria · ... 3,145 0 0 0 13 12•20 2,124 5 0 Scotchman's ... 3,:!38 0 0 0 8 19•1311,468 4 0 Lamont and Co.. .. 4,018 0 I 0 14 7·45 2,875 0 0 CambriM .. . 180 0 0 I 1 0 189 0 0 Moonlight ... 2,02i 0 0 0 ll 18"44 • 1,189 4 0 1------1------1------~· Total ... 17,709 0 0 0 12 17•67. 11,277 10 0 RAGLAN DIVISION. :M:argaretta ...... Shel!t-anchor Reef 94 10 o o 3 2o·83 18 5 13 15 to 40 feet Best-bower ..• ' ... Best-bower Heef 41 0 0 . 0 3 5"27 ' 6 12 0 From 35 feet Sheet-anchor ...... Sheet-anchor Reef 426 0 0 0 2 0·49 I 43 o 16 40 to so feet Total ... 561 10 0 0 2 10'05 67 18 5
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. .'
0M:Eo SuBDIVISION. Eureka (lease) ..• ... Swift's Creek ... 253 0 0 .1 l 10"62 271 5 0 Surface to 140 feet Renovator (claim) ... Swift's Creek ... 50 0 0 1 0 19•20 52 ·o o Surface to 50 feet All Nations (claim) ... Swift's Creek .•• 51 0 0 0 16' 16'94 42 12 0 Surface to 100 feet Nashion (claim) .. . Swift's Creek ... ' 12 0 0 1 18 8 23 0 0 Surface to 35 feet Elizabeth (claim) ... Swift's Creek ..• 12 0 0 0 10 0 6 0 0 Surface to 20 feet Black Prince (claim) ... Swift's Creek ... 2•! 0 0 0 16 8 i9 12 0 Surface to 35 feet Independent (claim) .. . Swift's Creek ... 20 0 0 0 14 0 14 0 0 Surface to 35 feet Power's (claim) ...... Swift's Creek ... 25 0 0 0 15 7•68 19 3 0 Surface to 30 feet Total ... 447 0 0 1 0 0'64 447 12 ,0. MITOIIELL RIVER SuB ------' DIVISION. Tubal Cain ... Tubal Cain Reef,Deptford 25 0 0 3 2 13"44 78 4 0 100 feet
CROOKED RIVER StJB· • DIVISION. Willmott and Whiting ... Time-will-tell Reef ... 20 0 0 0 18 0 18 0 0 · 90 to lOQ;feet Evening Star ...... Evening Star Reef .. . 200 0 0 0 17 0 170 0 0 130 feet P. Hanley and Co. ... General Grant Reef. .. . 33 0 0 0 16 0 26 8 0 70 feet Reford and Co. ... Brother Jonathan Reef.. . • 20 0 0 0 17 0 17 0 0 60 feet Seedenberg nnd Co. ... Crinoline Reef .. . 22 0 0 0 ·3 0 3 6. 0 Surface to 50 feet Breeze and Co. •.. ... Captain Cook Reef .. . 52 0 0 0 5 9'23 14 0 0 ------'--·------·---- Total ..• 347 0 0 0 14 8'02 248 14 0 JERICHO 'SUBDIVISION. The Scandinavian ... Scandinavian Reef 60 0 0 0 12 22•20 38 I 5 12 Surface to 7 feet The Manoa ... .•. New-chum Reef 70 0 0 0 5 17"14 20 0 0 100 feet No. IS. New-chum ... New-chum Reef 680 0 0 0 4 12 153 0 o liO feet Moonlight ...... Moonlight Reef 24 0 0 0 6 0 i 4 0 20 to 30 feet Lochfyne Prospecting .. . Lochfyne Reef 300 0 0 0 13 8 200 0 o 100 feet The Lochness ...... I.ochfyne Ree.f 22. 10 .0 I 1 3 8 26 5 0 80 feet Total ... 1,156 1o o I 1 16·7s 445 4 12 STRINGER's CREEK SUB- DIVISION, Wellesley ...... No. 8 North Cohen's Reef 189 0 0 1 11 5•20 295 0 0 About50ft.fromsurface- North Gippsland ... No. 6 North Cohen's Heef 348 0 0 0 17 15•31 306 18 'o 60 f&. below water level Wallmlla ...... No. 7 North Cohen's Reef 1,835 0 0 2 12 15'89 4,831 15 0 Various depths I,ongfellow's ... ••. Longfellow's Reef ... 264 0 0 2 0 18'27 538 1 0 I 03 ft. below water level Young Happy ...... Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... iO 0 0 o 13 ·o 45 10 0 . 60 feet from surface Don Juan . .. .. • Scmt-a-bit Reef ... 128 0 0 0 7 15 48 16 0 150 feet from surface South Cohen's (tributers) ... Cohen's Reef ... •.. 30 0 0 1 6 . 4'80 39 6 0 30ft. below water level Just-in-time ~.. ... 6~ North Cohen's Reef ... 135 0 0 2 18 5 392 18- 3 60ft. below water level 'Long Tunnel ...... 9-10 North Cohen's Reef 262 0 0 3 9 22"35 916 2 0 I 00 ft. below wate'r level 1------~·------Total ... 3,261 0 0 2 5 11'34 7,414 6 3 !'5·
' ' • • •• •• • . t'" .•. QuANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division ~nd Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
DIVIsion and ·Subdlvllllon, Average· . ~~tal ;leld of ! Re~~rks relative to the and I .Where Quartz _was obtain~:· ! Quartz Crush~d. Yield Of Gold Gold . .Depth at which the ------·Name of Company. per_1;9~c .:. • • __Quartz.wM obtained, &c. DoNNELLY's CREEK Sun tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. DIVISION. North Crinoline ... ••• Crinoline Co.'s TU:rinel ••• 100 o o : ·o '7 21·6 39 10 0 100 feet above level of creek Morning Star ... 1\-Iorning Star Tunnel ••. 70 0 0 0 12 10'62 43 11 0 1o feet above the level of creek Phrenix ... Phrenix claim ••• 20 0 .o 0 2 3"35 2 2 19 10 to 2 0 feet below 1----·--1------surface To(!al ... 190 0 0 0 8 23'21 85 3 19 RUSSELL'S CREEK Sun DIVISION. New-y~ar's ... •.. New-year'sReef,Russell's 12 0 0 1 8 0 16 16 o Surface to 35 feet Creek Empire ...... Empire Reef, Western 2 0 0 10 0 0 20 o o Surface ~o 40 feet Branch, Tangil i
Total .•• 14 0 0 ! 2 12 13'71 36 16 0 BENDOC SUBDIVISION. Morning Star ...... Morning Star Reef •.. 50 0 0 1 1 s·s8 53 8 12 145 feet from surface Morning Star ...... Morning Star Reef ... *104 0 0 0 8 15•60 44 19 15 I 00 feet from surface Come-lo•·e ...... Come-love Reef ... 37 0 0 1 14 1'30 63 0 0 104 feet from surface Homeward-bound ... Homeward-bound Reef... *38 0 0 0 9 11'84 18 0 18 40 to 60ft. from surface Rising Sun ...... Risiug Sun Reef ... 200 0 0 1 6 0 260 0 0 75 feet from surface t ------·--1-----1 429 0 0 1 0 ll"68 439 8 21
· • Mullock and quartz. t Working, up from tbat level.
QUARTZ TAILINGS, CEMENT, ETC.
THE following information has been obtained, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars, relating to the Quantity of QuARTZ TAILINGS and CEMENT, &c., Crushed in ihe several·Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District dming the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom :- o
Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Quartz Ta!llpgs . A.vcrnge .Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and Cemcntt &c .• were and Cement, &c., Yield of Gold Depth at wh!eh the :Same of Compa;y. obtained. Crushed. Gold. ----per Ton. · Cement, &e., were obtained.
tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
BEECHWORTH MIN1NG DISTRICT.
BEECHWOI!TII DlVISIOY. Reform ... Myrtleford ••• lOO 0 0 0 2 12'42 12 ll 18
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
SANDHURST DrvrsroN. Guy, Clough, and Co. ... White Hills ...... 2,755 0 0 0 1 19•04 247 0 20 Felix ...... White Hills ...... 2,306 0 0 0 2 2'96 244 16 22 Hardie Brothers ... · ... Epsom ...... 3i0 0 0 0 I 20'10 34 0 0 Caledonia ...... Epsom ...... 2,257 0 0 0 9 23"69 I, 127 1 0 lOO feet North of England ... Huntly ...... 874 0 0 0 2 16"91 liS 4 0 Huntly Deep Lead ... Huntly ...... 3,855 0 0 0 2 17'44 .525 12 0 Huntly Deep Lead Extended Huntly ...... 1,750 0 0 0 6 6'93 550 5 12 ll4 feet Alabama ...... Huntly ...... 1,500 0 0 0 3 17•80 280 12 18 Telegraph ... · ... Huntly ...... 1,561 0 0· 0 3 3'42 245 6 0 123 feet Ballarat and llendigo ... Huntly ...... 1,200 0 0 . ~ 20 170 0 0 True Briton ...... Huntly ...... : 960 0 0 2 22 140 0 0 Mornin~ Light ...... Huntly ...... 1,705 0 ~I 0 2 23•62 254 8 12 Total ...... 21,093 0 0 0 ·3 17'60 3,937 7 12 . HEATliCOTE DIVISION AND W AuANGA SouTH Sun- DIVISION. V on der Luft's machine ... Various crushings ... 101 0 0 0 5 0 . 25 5 0 Various depths Harrison's machine ... Itedcastle (mullock) ... 650 0 0 0 1 20'72 60 11 6 Surface Coster:field G. and .A. ... Coster.field (tailings) ... 2,075 0 0 0 6 a·os 635 16 IS Surface ------Total ...... 2,826 0 0 0 5 2•57 721 13 0 16
QuANTITY. of . QuARTZ. TAILINGS and CEMENT Crushed in each Division and Subdivision, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Quartz Talllngs Average I Total Y'10 .;d 0 f I Remarks relative to the · and I Cement, &e. t were and Cement, &c., Yield of Gold Depth at wbich the Name of Company. obtained.. Crushed. per Ton. Gold. I Cement, &c., were obtained. ---w-~-~.-w-t.--~-.·l-oo-.-d-wL--~--.-I---oz-.-d-w-t-.-~-.1
MARYBOROUGH MININf DISTRICT.
·, ..' ., MARYl!OROUGB DIVISION. lo .. I I N ew Flagstaff Reef ~ Mulloek: ...... ,50 0 0 5 0 12 10 0 J ohnstone's Mulloek 241' 0 0! 0 2 18'32 33 6 ·o Various ...... o·. J ohnstone's ...... Cement ...... 13 0 0 11 16'61 7 12 0 Various ---- .. Total ••• ; ... 304 0 0 O· 3 ·12•31 53 8 0 AMHE'Il.ST DIVisiON. I ! T . Bartlemore (various small About Talbot ••• ... 2~5 0 0 0 5 4'90. 63 15 l·o Various depths parcels) smith !!-nd Clarke . Blucher's Reef (mull(/ck) 2~ ·o· 0 0 .4 4"36 4 12 0 30 feet Total ...... 267 0 o· 0 5 2'8.8 ' 68 7 0 ' . A yocA SuBDIVISION. • ! ' • ... fl B osanquet and Party, Avoca Cement from the' Avoca 200 0. 0 0 3 0 30 0 0 Lead I I
KORONG DIVISION. • u nity ...... ·cement ...... 899 0 0 0 3 0'96 136 13 0 }) uke of Cornwall ... Cement ...... 50 0 0 0 7 16•08 19 3 12 - Total ••• ... 949 0 0 0 3 6•81 155 16 12
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
FRYER'S CREEK SUl!DIVISIO~. '.·
Thomas and Co .... • . ... Bald Hill . ·1 ••• • .. 300 0 0 o· a o. 45 0 0 90 feet Sir H. Barkly ••• ' ·' Penny,weight ••• .. . 600 o. 0 .o ·7 0 210 0 0 110 feet Bishop and Co.' •• • ' ... Pennyweight ...... 300 0 0 0 I 0 15 0 0 Various Table Hill ... __ _.. . Table Hill· ... . •. • 650 0 0 0 2 0 65 0 0 120 feet 1 William Tell ••• .. • Guildford Hill .. • 310 0' 0 0 2 o. 31 0 0 190 feet .· Free Italian . . • ••• Guildford Hill. . .. 490 0 0 o a o· 73 10 0 130 feet : Jenkins and Co ...., ' .... Shicer Hill ... ..! 240 0 0 0 5 0 60 0 ,o 60 feet Jenkins and Co. (public Shicer andiButchers' Hills 400 0 0 0 14 0 280 0 0 60 to 80 feet crushing) ------!----- 1 . . 'Toll .. : .... • 3,290 0 0 0 4 17•72 779 10 0 ------1------lliPllURN DIVISION. . Old Cornish mill ... , ... Various localities .... 878 0 0 0 I 19•66 79 17 9 Various depths Jenkins' mill ...... Various localities ... 37 0 0 0 2 1'62 . 3 16 12 Various depths Enterprise ...... Wombat Hill ...... 1,001 0 0 0 2 3'40 107 4 9 Shallow :Morrison and Co. Yandoit ...... 22 0 0 ...0 3 23:45 4 7 12 .Shallow..
Total ...... 1,938 0 0 0 2 0•36 195 5 18
TARADALE SUBDIVISION, i 0 1 0 I i 531 2 2 London and Melbourne ... Company's Claim ... 530 o·I ...... I .. .. MALDON Dn;xsiON. I ! Prince of Wales ••• Cement ...... 2,340 0 01 0 1 6.. 146 5 .o -Surface ··r ... I ... . • '> I I ... l 1 .. I ·ARARAT ·MINING PI~::fRICT:: I I PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. '. • I , .• ,: ! ••. ')".. I ' I Cambrian .•• Silver Shilling 780 0 01 0 4 0 156 o o ':' Coment N. and S. Wales .. . .. I',5oo·· o ·:o .. o 4 2 .. 306 5 0 Trigea and Co. .. . Deep Lead j ... 900 0 0 0 3 12 157 10 0 • 1 Total ...... 3,180 0 ol 0 3 21'54 • 619 15 0 ,., I .. BARKLY DIVISION. I . ·. ~ ... I . ,, .. Eclipse ... •.. .. • Malony's Rush . I,?SO 0 5'36 807 13 8 . I . .. 0 l.~ 10 ... 17
. PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS.
TFIE following information has been obtained, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrar~,. relating to the Quantity· of PYRITES and Bu.NKETlNGS operated on in the several Divisions au(l Subdivisions of ench Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained thercfrom :-
Dlvlsion and Suh(livision. Pyrites Average Remnrk:l! relative to the 'l'otal Yield of Depth at which the and and Blanketings Yield of Gold Gold. Name of ()mnpnn~·. operntcd on. JlOr Ton. Pyrites, &c., were obtalnC!l-
tons cwt. qr. oz. chvt. gr. oZ. iiwt. gr.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CnEswrcK DrvisiON .. Port Phillip Clun~s 92 0 0 3 15 3·91 I 345 15 o 1------1------8TEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.·· Albion ... Albiori Claims 27 0 0 2 15 13'33 7.5 0 0
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT...... BucKLA:I'D DIVISION . Growler's Creek- Home Reef ... ' ... Home Reef ...... 10 0 0 I IO 0 15 0 0 At Stephen's mill Home Reef ...... Home Reef ...... 3 10 0 2 17 3'42 IO 0 0 At Stephen's mill Running Creek- ' United Happy Valley ... Happy Valley Reef ... I6 0 0 8 15 0 I40 0 0 At Pioneer mill ·Total ...... 29 10 0 5 ll 20•74 165 0 o·. ...
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. . . S.ANDHUBST DIVISION. Beehive* ...... Clarke's Reef ...... 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 Prince of Wales* ... Prince of Wales Reef ... I 0 0 1 12 0 l 12 0 Blanket sand Ellesmere* ...... New-chum Reef ... 1 0 0 I 7 12 l 7 12 Blanket sand .Hustler's Reef t ...... Hustler's Reef ... 9 5 0 3 15 8•43 34 I7 0 Pyrites H. Koch, .Pioneer Works t For the public ... 15 0 oi 3 10 16 53 0 0 Pyrites Total ...... 20 0 0 3' I 23'40 6I 19 I2 --- • These lots were treated by the nmlllgamatlng revolv!iJg barrels process. t The pyrites were saved by Brown o.nd·Stansfield's concentrators, and then passed through Rook's reverbeiatory fW"nace and Wheeler's Jl81l8. t Tbio \ot inCludes the preoomng one. ·
No. 55, b. 18
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NUM~ER AN:q·,D~STRH~l!,TION 9F M.INE!l~_ON THE. GOLDFIELJ:!S·OF:-.T:f!E COLONY, FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 30TH JUNE,. 1869 ..
(From Return8 made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars.)
'• Name of Place. No. Total. Name of Place. \ No. I Total. ---~--ll------1------Brought forward" ... 11,610 BALI.WT DISTRICT. Creswick Division-eontinued. Central Division : Bald Hills .. . 20 Ballarat 'Vest ••• 1,400 ~ Sulky Gully .. . 15 Ballarat East 690 Slaty Creek .. . 50. Ballarat North 180 Mopoke' :.. . .• 80 Sebastopol .•• 1,600 . Humbug Hill 30 Cambrian Hill 680 · Portuguese Flat· ... 40 0 Springs ••• 205 Back Creek 45 Little Bendigo 150 Rocky Lead 3·o· Dead-horse 356 Pinch gut 70 Ballarat South .•. 1,469 2,100 6,730 Gordon Subdivision : Southern Division: Mount Egerton. ... ••• 65 Long Gully ... 75 Claims North of Big Hill Reef 213 Staffordshire Reef 45 Moorabool ...... 5 Italian Gully 80 Gordon ...... 166 SpUtters' Gully .•• 30 All Nations Gully .•• .~. 16 Kangaroo ••• 65 Cantwell's Creek ••• .. . 12 Moonlight .•• 50 Little Moorabool .•. ... ', . •.. Bulldog •.• ISO ----- 48;1 Rokewood Junction HO Steiglitz Subdivision: • Mount Misery Creek 370 , Steiglitz ••• 520 Jackson's Gully ••. I ••• . 15 t.forrison's 215 Yankee Hill · •.. 30 Meredith ... 15. Grassy Gully ... 120 Dolly's Creek 115 Spring Creek ••• 40 Leigh River 10 Sawpit Gully .•• 50 Yellock Vale 15 Whim Holes ... 45 Mount Doran lOO Hard Hills ••• 35 .·.New Gympie 25 :Frenchman's Gully 55 1,015 Pinchgut ... • •• lOO Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Break-o'-day · ... 460 South Subdivision: :- 1,905 Golden Point ...... ••• '250 Buninyong Division : Hed Hill ... •.. 170 Napoleon... .•• • .• 250 Barry's Heef ... •.. 210 Watson's Hill ...... 50 Yankee Heef and Creek .. . 200 Durham ... . .• 300 Simmons' Reef ...... 120 Green Hills •• • . •• 60 Main Creek below Sebastopol 120 Scotch man's ••• •.. 80 Sebastopol . .. ••• i;o American Jack and Glencoe 200 Garibaldi ... ' .•. 40 Winter's Flat .•• · ... 60 Snake Gully ...... 40 Hiscock's ..• ••• .. . 160 Split-tree...... •.. 30 Magpie .... , ••• .. . so Goodman's Creek •.• •.. 20 Cobbler's...... •.. 50 Ballan Flat *...... • 20 One-eye and Spring Hill ...... ' 80 J ohnson's Reef . .. •.. .20 New-chum ., ••• ·o ... 50 I Werribee ...... •.. · 2o Devonshire .•• ••• 40 Newman's Reef ••• ••• ... 12 . Hard Hills .. • .. • 150 Sardine Creek ••• •.. 16 Black Lead .•. .. . llO United Reef ...... 12 Mount Helen ...... ·10 - 1,360 1,730 Smythesdale Division : Total for Ballarat District 16,568 Smythesda.le ... ••• 150 Scarsdale . .. ' .. • ••• 300 Brown's ...... •.. 20 Italian's ...... 20 Springdallah and Derwent Jack's 130 BEECHWORTI{ DlSTRlOT. Bottle Hill, Carngham .. . 70 , Preston Hill ...... 40 Beechworth Division: . Snake Valley .. • .. . 170 Spring Creek .. . 115 Linton ... ••• .. . 100 Silver Creek .. . 28 Bulla-bulla ... •.. 20 Deep Creek ... 22 Madden's Flat. •.. 15 Hurdle Creek· ... 55 Happy V alley ••. .. • 120 :Pennyweight Flat ... 46 Haddon ... ••• ... 90 Two-mile Creek ... 60 1,245 Three-mile Creek .. . 240 Creswick Division :' Six7mile Creek ... ' 50 Creswick ••• 100 Bowman's Forest, &c. 130 Ciunes ...... 1,000 Myrtleford, &c. •.• 100. Springhill 50 Wooragee .. . 200 Eaglehawk 20 Reid's Creek .. . 48 Red Streak 350 Woolshed .. . 210 Union Hill 30 Sebastopol .. . 145 Longpoint . lOO Eldorado ...... 440' Diamond Gully 30 Stanley ... • .. 464 Cobbler's Gully 40 2,353 Carried forward 11,610 Carried forward 0
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.NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on ~he Goldfields, &c.-continued:. I N!Wle of Place. No. Total. Name of Place. No. , Total. ------11------c.
Brought forward ... 2,353 · .. Brought forward ... .~ .. 8,190 Yackandandah Subdivision: Wood's' Point Subdivision-continued. German Fl\tt .. . 40 Maori Creek .. . •.. 2 Mu~dy Creek .. . 50 Bald Hills to Matlock· ... 2 Murphy's Flat .. . 45 Toorak to Columbia .. . 4 Hayes' Point .. . ···: 18 Black River · ...... 30 Kirby's Fl~t. .. •. 26 Moving and prospecting miners 50 Bell's Flat .. . 15 558 McCarthy's Flat .. . 35 Big River Subdivi;ion : Whiskey Flat .•• 50 Frenchman's Creek .. . 25 Township Hills ... 40 Eldorado ...... 4 Pyke's Flat ... '70 Ten-mile...... 6 Rowdy ]'!at ... 90 Warner's...... 14 Os borne's Flat ... 130 Enoch's Creek .. . •.. 10 Allan's Fh1t ... 20 Railway Creek ...... 35 Staghorn Flat ... so Jim Thomas Creek .. . ?O Kinchingtou's Creek 60 "Big River South ...... 40 Twist's Creek ... 270 Big River North ...... 45 C!ear Creek .•• 160 Fryer's Creek .. . .. •. 15 Hills borough ana Sutton 2SO Darlingford to Jerusalem Creek 60 Sandy Creek Subdiviswn : 1,479 Moving and prospecting miners 28 Sandy Creek ••• 207 312 Lockhart's Creek ••• 20 Mitta-mitta Division : 227' Thunder and Lightning Creek 156 Indigo Division: Snowy Creek .•• .. . 280 Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads 164 Mitta.:mitta River ...... 50 Indigo Lead •.. .. • 223 486 British Queen Lead .. . 25 Jamieson South Subdivision~ Lucknow Lead ...... ns Howqua Rh·er and tributaries ... 80 Clydesdale Lead .. • .. . 10 Goulburn from Howqua to Jamieson 20 Garibaldi J..ead .. . , ••. 9 Mack's Creek •...... 60 Wahgunyah Lead...... s Goulburn from Jamieson to Swampy Robert Burns Lead .. . 12 Creek ...... lOO Blackdog Lead ... •.. 34 Sailor Bill's Creek... •. .. •.. 50 Higgins' Reef .. • .. . 30 Swampy Creek .. • .. . •.. 15 Magenta Reef ~ .. • •.. 6 Flume Creek .. • ...... 15 Indigo Reef ... •.. 4 Prospe.ctors ...... 10 . Unknown Reef ...... 2 300 Parish's Reef ... •.. 2 Quln's Reef .. • .. . 2 Total for Beechworth Division 9,S46 Cooper's Reef ...... 2 Camp hell's Reef ...... 2 I· Archibald's Reef ... ••• 4 Cambridge Reef ... ••• 3 Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... 3 SANDIIURST DISTRICT. Buckland Division : 663 Sandhurst Di1;ision : Two branches of Ovens to Harrietville 293 Axe Creek ...... 40 Harrietville to Bright ... . •• 239 Back Creek and Spring Gully 162 Bright to Boundary ... .. • 146 Sheepshead and Golden Gully 324. Running Creek ... •. . .. . 140 Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat ... 639 Growler's Creek ...... 152 Crusoe Gully and. neighborhood 157 Morse's Creek . .. .. •. .. . 145 Marong and Bullock Creek 531 Upper Buckland to :First Bridge .. . 450 Victoria Reef and New-chum 478 Upper to Lower Bridge ...... 274 Long Gully and Maiden Gully 35S Lower Bridge to Bo?-ndary .. • .. • 176 Ironbark ...... •.. 2S3 Jamieson North Subdivision : 2,015 Bendigo l!'L'It ...... 529 Alexandra and surrounding locality .•. lOO White Hills .. . ••• S2 Godfrey's Creek ...... 650 Epsom, Pottery Flat, and Ironstone ... 380 Dry Creek and locality ... •.. lOO Huntly ...... ' ... •.. 394 Maindample ...... 25 Sydney Flat ami Whipstick ... 486 U T Creek ...... • . ... 30 Specimen Hill, Eaglehawk ...... 250 Goulburn River ...... •.. so Devonshire and Catherine Reefs 341 Ghin·ghin ...... 40 Windmill Hill and California Gully ... 486 Spring Creek o ...... • •• ao Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ...... 420 Prospectors throughout the locality ... 40 Myer's Flat ...... •.. 129 1,095 Dead-horse Reef and Flat ...... 97 Gaffney's ·Creek Subdivision : K ilmore Division : Goulburn River ... ••• ... 60 Reedy Creek ... !10 Gafl'ney's Creek ••• ...... 110 Strath Creek ... Cannon's Creek .. • ... •.. 4 20 Sunday Creek ... 30 Moonlight Creek ...... s Yea and neighborhood Raspberry Creek and branches .. . 60 115 Higinbotham ... 60 Lyrebird Creek ...... 10 Tea-tree Creek ... Wallaby Creek ...... •.. 8 16 Thornton and Goulburn River 60 Cornhill Reef .. • .. • •.. 2 Prospectors throughout the subdivision 17 Heathcote Division and Waranga South·--- 332 35S Subdivision : · Wood's Point Subdivision: Spring Creek (Mormbool) ...... 6,1SO Wood's Point and Morning Star 146 Redcastle ... ••. 30 Lower Goulburn ...... lOO Heathcote ...... 200 Right and left branches .... 60 Costerfield (Upper and Lower) 66 Gooley's Creek and Bald Hills 8S Tooborac ...... •.. 32 Harper's and Pheasant Creek 24 Kimbolton and Campaspe ... 65 Perkins' Creek and Waverley " 20 Coliban and Myrtle Creek ... 4.S Emerald Claims ...0 , .. . 4 Wild-duck 28 All Nations ...... 2S 6,649
Carried forward S,l90 Carried forward 13,547 0
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! I Name of Place. Tot:>!. Name of Place. Totul. ~------~~------l-----,-~==1------. Brought forwl)-rd .•. 13,547 Brought forward · ... · " 10,135 'Waranga Nortl1 Subdivision : Korong Divisiou-continued. Old Lead and tributaries, Rush worth 24 Mcintyre's ... 10 Chinaman's Flat :.... ' .. . · ... 38 Sinnott's .•...... 30 Nuggety and· Main Gully Reefs .. . 51 · Burke's Flat ...... 40 Mongolian andCumberland Reefs .. . 26 Commissioner's Flat .. . 10 Frenchman's and Coroboree Reefs 32 Kingana ·...... 10 Coy's ...... 23. Jordan's ,.. •.... . 30 Muin Gully and tributaries, Whroo ... 30 - 2,000 Balaclava ...... 29 Redbank. and St. Arnaud So~tlt Subdivisions: Albert, Carr's, and .Tohnson's Reefs ... 17 · Stuartmill ...... •.. lOO White Hills ...... 28 Redbank- ...... 40 Fontainebleau and Siberia ... 23 Victoria and adjoining gullies .. . 30 North Spring Creek ... 14 Donkey Hill . • • ... ••. 12 Buffalo Hanges .. . 6 Forest Hut ...... 8 Nine-mile Creek .. . '228 190 564 St. ArniiUd North Subdivisio~: Raywood Division : New Bendigo ...... 125 Raywood ... 230 , Chrysolite Hill ...... 48 El vsian Flat 50 St. Arnaud Flats ... •.. 17, Whipstick 60 Armenian Gully ...... 9 Sebastian 65 Bell Rock and neighborhood. 31 Kamarooka 75 Wilson's Hill" ...... 10 Prospectors iO , .Tercjaw and neighborhood ... 17 550 Emu Diggings ...... 14 Greenock Reef ...... 17 Total for Sandhurst District 14,661 • Peter's and Carapooce ...... I· , 12 ' 1- 300 Total for )faryborough District 12,625 MARYBOROUGI£ DISTRICT. J.1! ar!Jborougll Division : Alma, Adelaide Lead, Moonlight Flat, &c...... 350 CASTLE~fAINE DISTRICT. · Craigie, Four-mile Flat, &c. .. . 850 Castlemaine Division: Mosquito, Blucher's, and other reefs .. . 3fi0 Guildford ' ' 240 Chinaman's, Havelock,. Maryborough 820 Camp bell's Creek ... 370 I~ 2,370 Castlemainc 300 :Amlterst Division: Barker's Creek lOO About Talbot ...... 140 Harcourt ... 20 Scandinavian Lead and Rocky Fhtt ... 360 Myrtle Creek 50 Mount Greenock ...... 16 Chewton 490 Nuggety Gully ... . •. 90 Golden Point· 210 Kangaroo Flat and Gully ... 160 1,780 Mia-mia Flat and tributaries 170 Fryer's Creel< Subdivision : Daisy Hill and tributaries .. . 240 Golden Gully and Fryerstown 310 Adelaide J,cad.South .. . 230 Spring Gully and Specimen Hill 185 Blacksmith's Gully .. . '64 Church's Flat.to Vaughan 430 Emu and Cockatoo .. . 280 Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills 105 McC"ullum's Creek ...... 140 German and :Vlopoke Gullies 127 I<:gliuton Plains ...... 40 Loddon: Vaughan to. Pennyweight ... 105 Miscellaneous places ... 50 Table Hill and Tarilta.. .. . 135 2,040 _ Guildford and Guildford Hills 250 .Avoca Subdivision : Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe 260 Fiddler's Creek ... 2,40() Nuggety Gully and Irish town 128 Amphitheatre 100 Guildford to Pickpocket ... Avoca ••• · 220 Green and Sailor's Gullies· ... Green Hill Creek ... 10 Pickpocket and Hard Hills ... Home bush 70 Strathloddon and Hit-or-Mi's ::: i :!~ I Lam plough 50 Mountain Hut 20 Hepburn Division:· " No. I Creek : : 10 Dry Diggings Section ...... 171 2,880 Pickpocket Section · 225 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Di!'isions: }'ortyfoot Section 110 Dunolly ...... 350 Boots Gully Section 87 Burnt Creek· .•. .. . 150 Sailor's Creek· Section 186 Bet-bet ...... 100 Spring Creek Section 106 Gnldsborough and lnkerman 300 Doctor's Gully Sec~ion 200 GipsCy . .... u.. . .. · · . 2!10 Brandy-hot Section 53 :\loliagul ...... :\00 Council's Gully Section 52 Benliba ...... 200 Blind Creek Section ... 89 ;run~tnll's ... •.. 75 Deep Creek Section 373 Murphy's Flat ...... iO Stony Creek Section 179 .Jones' Creek .. ... • .. 200 Wombat Creek Section 131 Tarnagulla ... .. • 3so I Davlesford Section 194 I ...... Half"way ...... 20!1 2,156 Llanelly .•• ...... ·•· I 30U Taradale Subdivision: 2,845 Taradale. .. . 120 _K orong Division: · Yankee Point. .. . 100 New In11lewood ... lOO Taradale South· . .. .. 162 Old Inglewood' ..• 10 North Maims bury .... 40 Thompson's (fully ... ·... ' ... 10 Coliban ...... 25 Korong ••• .... 100 Belltopper .. .. . 29 .Jericho ... •.. 20 Redesdale . . u• ·· 82 Ht·rlin ...... 1,600 Barfold ...... •.• 90 Kingower 30 648
Carried forw~r~ 10,135 ·. . Carried forward 7,030 21
:Nmm:ER :mcl DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. I I No. \ Totnl. Name oi Plllce. No. Total. ~------1·---- Brought forward ... 7,030 Brought forward ... 847 Jt[a{don Division: PleasaJt Creek Division: Beehive Hill ... 90 Colnmercial Street 140 Eaglehawk Gully .. . 164 Dc~p I-ead 200 Long Gully .. . 97 Grbat Western 30 Peg-leg Gully .. . 22 Four Posts 10 Growler's Gully ... 56 Quartz Hcefs. 1,060 Porcupine ...... 104 ]flying Doe 20 :M:ount Tarrangower ... •.. lOO Ironbat·k ... 20 Fiddler's Flat ...... 4 Bald Hills 2 Sandy Creek ... ~.. .. . 127 1,482 Nuggety ...... 36 Barkly Division: Green Y alley ...... • 73 Mnl!)ny's Lead 400 Frenchman's ..• •.. . .. 4 Lands borough 100 Muckleford ... " ...... 50 Barkly •.. 50 Newstead, Strangways, Clydesdale, and Frenchman's 120 Green Gully . . . •• . . •• 195 Malakoff : .• 60 1,122 Glenpatrick 70 St. Andrew's Central Subdivision: Emu ... 10 Wanandyte .•• •... lOO Dividing Range 30 Halfpenny Gully ... •... 30 840 Old Caledonia ...... 13 Raglan Division : You-you ... . •. 12 Be1tufort, &c. •.. 40 Back Creek ... •.. 21 Jock's Lead ... 40 Steel's Creek ...... Q.. 20 Main Lead and tributaries ... 240 Ironbark ...... 12 About Raglan ... 20 You-you Gully •. . .. . 21 Kiug Charlie's ..• 12 Wil,l-dog ..• . .. 20 Poverty Point .. . 30 Wat<·ry Gully ...... 12 Sailor'" Gully .. . 60 Diamond Creek ...... 60 Sulky and Char! ton so Panton Hill ...... 30 Waterloo and tributaries 223 ReseariJh and Rocky , .. . 11 745 Slaughteryard Rush .. . 16 Whiskey Gully and branch .. . 20 To tal for Ara_rat District 3,914 Arthur's Creek ...... 16 414 St. Andrew's East Subdivision: Hoddle's Creek ... 90 Gn•rsLAND DISTRICT. Big Pat Swamp ... 40 Omeo Subdivision: ·warhurton .. . 6 Livingstone Creek ...... 90 McMahon's Creek .. . 50 Upper .Mitta-rnitta, from Cobungara to Scotch man s .. . 4 Wombat Creek ..• ..• . .• 35 Donovan's Creek .. . 6 Wombat Creek .•. ... •.. lOO Golden Bower ..• 20 Gibbo Ril·cr ...... •.. 135 Bear's Creek ... Swift's Creek .. • ...... 230 Kyneton Subdivision: --- 223 River Tarnbo •...... 25 Kangaroo Creek 33 -- 615 Mitchell River Subdivision: Orr's Paddock ..... 24 Lauriston .. . 26 Boggy Creek .. . . .• 250 .Mudlark .. . 10 Merrijig and Sandy's Creek 190 93 Nicholson River .. . 10 Blue Mountain North Subdivision: McDonald's Creek .. . lu New bury and vicinity ... 70 Tamboo River ... 3!; Alma Reef ...... 30 Store Creek ... 8 Canadian Gully ...... 20 Haunted Stream ... 16 AmetiaReef ••. .. . 20 Shady Creek .. . 25 Garlick's ... ' ... ••• 60 Deptford ...... 41 Gluepot ...... 30 - 585 Trentham and vicinity .. . 60 Crooked River Su!Jdivisiotl: 290 Grant ... . •• 60 Wongangarra River 12 Total for Castlemaine District ...... 9,172 'Vonangatta River 20 Crookea River ... 65 Good-luck Creek •.. 16 Jungle Greek ... 23 ARAI!AT DISTRICT. Black Snake ... 10 Ararat Division: Twelve-mile .. . 10 Ararat, including the White Lead, Can Twenty-five-mile .. . '20 ton Lead, Commissioner's Hill, Old Thirty-inile ..• 30 Korns, Wet Lead, Hopkins, Black Wentworth Uiver ... 120 Lead, .Mitchell Reef, and Picnic ... 187 Upper Dargo ... 97 Armstrong's, Dutton's Gully, Long Middle Da.rgo ... 20 Gully, ami Napoleon Gully ... 152 Lower Dargo ... 50 Philip's Flat, Nil Despemnc.lum, and Upper Mitchell ... 35 Shmghteryard Hill ...... 30 Good Hope ... 20 Cathcart, with Spring Lead, Bowman's Jericho Subdivision : -- 608 Flat, and Black Hill Lead ... 48 Matlock to Alhambra .. . 2 Rhymney, Shea's Flat, McNab's, and Loehfyne ...... 20 Swamp... .•• ...... 69 B B Creek and spurs .. . lOO Opossum Gully, Soldier's Flat, Wattle Jericho a.nd Jordan ... ISO Gully, and Port Curtis ••• • .. 210 Blue Jacket ...... 2 Moyston, with Campbell's Reef, Allu Hed .Jacket ...... 34 vial Flat, Camp, Jonathan's Gully, Aberfeldy and Thomson ..• 16 Shepherd's Gully, Preston, and Eldorado ...... 10 Gray's Hut Lead ...... 151 Moving and prospecting miners 1- 847 361 1-_ ---~ Carried forwarrl 847 Carried forward ... 1 :l,2 .. NUMBER-and -D.ISTRIBUTION .of' MINERS. on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. : I Name of Place. No. Total. Name of Place. No. To !.al. ------. ·•••wr 13rought forward ...... 2,208 Brought forward ...... 2,339 Donnelly's Creek Subdivision: Stringer's Creek Subdivision,-continued. _Donnelly's Creek 71 Molesworth Company 4 ... - ...... Aberfeldy Creek...... 8 South Cohen's Compa,ny .... •••• < 4 Fulton's Creek ...... 2 I..ong Tunnel Company ...... 31 South Crinoline ...... 5' North Walhalla Company ...... 2 Edward's Hill I ...... 4 f Royal Mint Company ...... 2 Gladstone ...... 25 North Cohen's Company ... I ... 2 ,. Lee's Creek ...... J6 No, 3 North Cohen's Company ... 2 -- 131 Thomson River Alluvial ...... 25 Stringer's Creek Subdivision: .Aberfeldy Alluvial ...... 8 W alhalla Company ...... 52 Russell's Creek Subdivision; --- 263 Perseverance Company ...... 4 100 Hercules Company ...... 4 Russell's Creek and Upper Tangif ... Lower Tangil ...... I ••• 50 Golden Fleece Company ...... 2 Pheasant Creek and La Trobe River... 50 Eureka Company ...... ~ ... 8 Crossover a,nd Tarwin Creeks · 80 W ellesley Company ...... 4 ... Dugald Lamond's Company ... 4 Bendoc Subdivision : --- 280 Happy-go-Lucky Company ...... 4: Upper Bendoc ...... 74 Young Happy Company ...... 6 Delegete River ...... 30 Don Juan Company ... ' 3 Lower Bendoc ...... 15 # North Gippsland Company ••• ... 18 Back River ...... 27 Longfellow's Company ...... 41 Bog ...... 22 Empress Company ...... 15 Bonang ...... / ... 34 Shamrock Company ...... 12 Prospectors 1'> ...... 20 North Eureka Company ...... 2 --- 222 Victoria Company ...... 2 --- Ne.w North.C?hen's Company ... 2 Total for Gippsland District ...... 3,104 ------Carried forward ...... 2,339 GRAND ToTAL ... .. ". 69,890 ----· R. BROUGH SMYTH, , Secreta;r for Mines. Office of Mines, Melbourne, 15th July, 1869. .. '' J .23 MINING SURVEYORS ANn REGISTRARS' REPORTS. /; ·•+• '.:. • • .·. BALLARAT MINING DIS'TRICT. ' CENTRAL DIVISION. Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar. It will be perceived by: the annexed report that there is a good increase of gold over that of the previous quarter, and a yet larger increase in the amount paid in dividends, the increase in the. latter amounting to nearly one- half.· · The reduction which will be observed in the number of steam-engines applies to those principally which, in the previous quarter, were returned as" idle," and which ha,ve sb;l.Ce been sold and removed. Among matters of interest in mining may be noted the discovery of copper in the Rodney Company's gold mining claim. The value ·of this discovery cannot yet be pronounced upon, as the copper, thus far, is exhibited in .small veins or leaders only; however, the face of the drive in which it is found fairly glistens with it. A small quantity of gold is found with the copper. The Rodney claim is situated about half way between Ballarat and (,'reswick. · That the quartz veins of Ballarat are poor in gold is we~l known, and a theory has long prevailed that, if a depth below the rich alluvial deposits were attained, richer quartz would be found. To t~t this theory some important companies are now sinking. One, the Tower of London Company, has reached a depth of 450 feet ; another, the Rothschild Company, has sunk to a depth of 290 feet : they do not propose driving until they reach a much lower level. · The boring of the North Park and Mississippi Companies, named in th? last report, still continues. The NortJ:l Park Company have reached a depth of 468 feet, and are· supposed now to be m basalt. · . ~o t~e south an~ w~st of Sebas~opol. some corn pani~s-the Emper?r, the Prince Imperial, and the Albion Consols are smkmg m a new d1stnct, and which, 1f.successful, will open up qmte·a new field of vast extent. On the whole, considering the increased yield of gold, the increased number of men employed in mining, and the prospect of success in new ventures •. the present position of Ballarat is encouraging. STATEMENT of Gold obtained by the principal Mining Companies in the Central Division of the Ballarat District, for . the Quarter ending 30.th June, 1869. . Name of Company. Quantity, I Name of Company. Quantity. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr, United Hand-in-Hand and Band of Hope . 97 7 61 Koh-i-noor .•• ...... 4,932 18 0 New Albion ...... 60 0 0 Inkerman and Durham ...... 219 11 0 Guiding Star ...... , 30 0 0 Park ...... S,9~6 IS 0 Rose Hill ...... 711 0 0 United Band of Hope and Albion .. . 16,687 5 0 Prince of Wales ...... 3,018 16 12 Durhan1 ...... 1,112 12 0 Nightingale ...... , ...... 870 0 0 .Lady of the Lake ...... 39 11 0 Try-again ...... 237 0 0 All Saints ...... 485 13 0 .United Working Miners ...... 2,803 16 0 Leviathan ...... 2,226 6 0 Bonshaw ...... 6,958 o. 0 Prince of Wales and Albion ...... 1,116 0 0 Great Gulf ...... 2,51'3 10 IS Great Northern Junction ...... 2,574 0 0 Scottish and Cornish ...... 1,767 18 0 Don ...... 200 0 0 St. George and Band of Hope United ... 6,785 5 0 Co-operative Companies ...... 3,ooo· 0 0 •Winter's Freehold ...... 193 0 0 ------Total ...... 66,066 7 12 ' ST.!TB111ENT of Dividends for the Quarter ending 30th June~ 1869. ' Name of Company,· .!mount. Name of Company. Amount. £ s. d; '£ s. d. Old Post-office Hill ...... 260 0 0 Koh-i-noor ...... 8,400. 0 0 Temperance ...... 740 0 0 Park ...... 16,640 0 0 Bonshaw ...... 20,160 0 0 United Band of Hope and Albion ... 25,817 10 0 Great Gulf ...... I,ooo 0 0 Durhan1 ...... 1,000 0 0 St. George and Band of Hope United ... 12,600 0 0 Total ...... £86,617 10 0 SOUTHERN DIVISION. . 'Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar. The quartz reefs at Long Cfully, Pinchgut, bid fairly. for public patronage, as may be seen from my returns. The Home:vard-bound Um~d Co~pany, Moonlight Reef, are erecting a neat crusJ:ing plant, comprising most of the newest apphances of any ment ; and the Express Company, Kangaroo, are endeavormg to effect a similar object. The Nil Desperandum Company, Bulldog, have struck an excellent gutter in their claim eo that there is a fair prospect of another rush to that locality. · • · . ' The Break-o'-day Company (private property) have had capital returns during the quarter hence an increase in "gold from alluviums." · · . ' , Several companies ha'!e a few hands each prospecting in the Mount Misery Ranges, but as yet with no successful result. · , The recent rains have enabled a large proportion. of the puddlers to resume operations. 24 B~INYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. '' QuARTZ MINING. . On Hiscock's Reef the Imperial Company have improved returns,- while the One-and-All Company, from an averag~ of 2t dwts. to the ton, obtain payable results. The Alfred Company (late John Bull) have commenced operatwns. On the Homeward-bound Reef-which is in due southerly direction from the Imperial Compauy, on Hiscock's Reef-the Homeward-bound Company have proved an e.Kcellent lode, yielding, at a depth ·of lOO fectf, 6 dwts. to the ton. Stone from the 150-foot level will be raised during the ensuing quarter. On the Magpie Ranges, .the Tower. of London Company, after sinking to a depth of 450 feet, are putting in prospecting drives. The Devonshire and· Mount Helen Reefs are again being prospected. Several good prospects have been obtained from ·the cap of the reef running along the ridge on the western side of the Durham, where claims have been taken up. This ·branch of mining is being vigorously carried on, with, I believe, an excellent prospect of success. · ALLUVIAL MINING. . ' · I have nothing new to report, with the exception of two new companies having been started in the township. of Buninyong to work the Union Jack and Glenco Leads .. One-the Selleck Freehold Company-is working in the old Pactolus shaft, ·next the Post-office reserve. They have their. machinery and underground workings now ready, having washed their first machine on the 2nd July, obtaining therefrom the unexpectedly e.Kcellent yield of 14 ozs. This company have ev!lry prospect of doing well. They are supposed to be on the Union· Jack Lead, immediately below· its junction with the Glenco. The other company, the June's Freehold Comp_any, newly started, are sinking between the Independent and Selleck Freehold; they have attained a depth of 150 feet, and will shortly open out. ,The Durham and its tributaries art> paying well. Considerable quantities of gold are being oLtained on the shallow workings. · . :-H ~ The following is a, statement of the gold obtained from soine of the principal mines in this division during the quarter, with as near an approximation as I can arrive at of the gold obtained by small parties:- · .: Alluvial. oz. dwt. :;r. Levilithan 2,226 10 0 B11ninyong 28 0 0 Buriinyong New .232 2 0 Duke of Cornwall 337 15 12 Enfield ... · 212 17 0 Garibaldi 350 ·o · o Webbville 185 6 5 Independent 276 1 14 Speculator ... 182 8 9 Small companies (approximate) 850 0 0 4,881 0 16 Quartz. oz. dwt. gr. ·Imperial ...... ' 523 16 12 One-and-All 250 1 0 Home'Ward-boui:ld ... 177 11 18 951. 9 6 .. Total 5,832 9 22 SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Mr. Jolm Lynch, Minin_q Surveyor and Registrar. The division has not, for some years back, exhibited more~hopeful signs than it does at present. Along the Main Trunk Lead there are some excellent dividend-paying claims.· The Golden Stream, Galatea, Golden Lake, and Golden Horn, are giving splendid returns, and are likely to continue doing so .for a long time to come. Towards the northern end of the main lead at Scarsdale, the Bute Company; Co-operative; and Avonclift, have had profitable returns, especially the former; whilst at the Black Hill, on a tributary, the Wheal Kitty Company are getting well remunerated. But the chief interest just_ now centres in the Had don district. This very promising locality was neglected for years. A few, however, of the enterprising portion of our mining investors-being induced by the natural appearances of the place-undertook to test its capabjlities; and after a large e.Kpenditure of time and money, and the exercise of much patience and resolution, under very trying and difficult circumstances, succeeded in discoverjng rich deposits of gold, and in fact opfiJ~ing up,a large extent of country, which bids fair to become one of the first alluvial goldfields in the colony...... · .. . . . : The Reform claim; which has been ·long regarded as the inde.K to the capabilities of· the entire valley of Bad don;· is bottomed, and into gold ; and so extensive -is the washdirt t!;tat, although the drives are 200 feet across, the side or bounding reefs are not yet reached. Further north, the "Trunk Lead" hav~ proved the deep ground by boring, and the result leaves no· doubt in my mind but that the Had don leads flow in! a north-easterly direction towards the Ballarat basin. The place has assumed a busy aspect of late, for in addition to the old companies-viz., the Reform, Gladstone, and Tweed-there are others, such as the Great Extended, the Haddon Valley, and the Smythesdale Racecourse Companies, busily preparing for operations. · , There are no special peculiarities in the nature of the sinking different from that of any part of the division where basaltic rock and water abundantly prevail .. · So~e new claims have been taken up towards the extreme south end of the division, but nothing of particular importance has taken place there. At Happy Valley, the Waverley Company are obtaining moderate returns. The Grand Junction Extended have removed the machinery from its old site to that formerly occupied by the-Nonpareil. A hew claim of twenty acres was take~ up last month on the unworked portion of the Old Springdallah Lead. . On· 'Linton, the Goldcm· Age and Last Chance are re-working the Black Lead and a tributary. The· chief hope of Lint on lies in the explorations of the Lintori Junction Company. Should this company succeed in. getting into ·ground. of a paying nature, there is no doubt but that the locality would regain a ]arue0 share of its former -prosperity, as there is still over two miles of 'the main lead untouched. At Carngham, affairs are going forward in about the usual state-there ili plenty of employment. In quartz mining very little has been done; indeed, with the exception of the .Result Company, on the. Britannia B.ange, a.t Carngham, it may be said that no earnest effort has been ·made to advance·this important branch of mininl! in this division. The Result Company have s·unk to a depth of 328 feet, and will soon begin to drive. At Smytl}esdale, there are two companies sinking for quartz reefs i l).either has yet arrived at the intended depth, but both have good 25 reasons to hope being successful. Two quartz claims were taken up at Happy Valley in May last. Some small trial crushings have been had; and, according to reports, the results were encouraging. In various parts of the division, surfacing and shallow sinking have been resorted to since the advent of the rainy weat~er. In most instances these ' undertakings have proved remunerative; and I may here add that this description of mining is almost altogether now confined to that eminently persevering, frugal, and industrious section of our mining population, the ~hinese •. The total yield of golU for the quarter is 14,2:3:3 ozs. 5 dwts. 18 grs.; and· it is a curious fact that, urespect1ve of important changes in the condition of the mines frorn time to time, the gold produced each quarter, for some years back, has been very near the above amount. CRESWICK DIVISION. Mr. James Stevenson, Mining s~trve,yor and Registrar. The mining prospects of this division still continue good . The yield of some of the principal alluvial claims is as follows :- oz. dwt. gr. Australasian (hired labor), Red. Streak 2,158 15 0 Junction (hired labor), Red Streak .. 526 11 0 Hit-or-Miss (12 men), Red Streak .. 188 0 8 Royal Standard (16 men}, Red Streak 113 15 0 Rose of Allandale (12 men), Red Streak 70 0 0 Wallace and Party (4 men), Sulky Gully 40 0 0 Ballarat and Clunes (hired labor), Clunes 235 9 7 3,332 10 15 The Cosmopolitan Company, Red Streak, have proved, by boring, ground 16 feet deeper than any worked in the Australasian Company's claim, and are making arrangements to sink a shaft. Several of the race owners have commenced shilcing operations; there is, however, no addition to the yield of gold from this source for this quarter. At Clunes, the New North Clunes Company have thirty head of stamps at work, by means of which there. is a large increase of quartz. crushed, and a corresponding increase in the quantity of quartz gold. Stapes are being worked on No. 2 or 240-foot level, and No. S or 400-foot-level, and driving is being done on No. 4 or 500-foot, and No. o or 590-foot levels. · The Port Phillip Company have erected during the quarter a pair of Messrs. Brown and Stansfield's patent separators, and have them now at work on trial. GORDON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. · No result has as yet transpired from the prospecting which has been carried on in the neighborhood of Cantwell's Creek. The companies still hold their claims, but operations are not carried on very vigorously. The Daniel O'Connell Company's claim is held under protection registration, to enable the company to procure machinery for the further working of their claim. . A few miners in the neighborhood of the Little Moorabool have been working for the last few weeks, but up to the present time they have only obtained some 5 ozs. of gold, a return, considering the length of time they have been at work, by no means satisfactory. Qt'ARTZ fiiJNING. Black-horse Company .-The· prospects of this company are very promising; the amount of stone crushed has been large, and the yield very good. Since the commencement of the quarter the yield per ton has very much increased. W ellesley Company's shaft is now down 420 feet. A contract has just been let for sinking the shaft to a further depth of lOO feet, and for opening out a drive to the east. The company hope to strike the reef about 150 feet from the shaft. Flying Scud Oompany.-This company have just applied for a lease of their claim; the shaft is now down about 350 feet; the sinking is very ~ood; no·Ieaders have yet been passed through. The North Egerton Company s shaft is down 383 feet. CJ'he present contract will shortly be completed; the shaft will tb.en be opened out to the east and west. Greed's Reefs Company are now engaged in raising quartz, which is expected to turn out very well, as coarse gold can be seen through the s~one. · Victoria Company, Parker's ·Reef.-The company have opened out at the 400-foot level, and have driven about 40 feet to the east ; they expect to strike the reef at a distance of from 60 feet to 70 feet from the shaft. The Kangaroo Bob Company have not crushed any stone during the quarter; but a quantity of stone has been raised which is expected to turn out very well, as gold can be seen. through the solid stone. The company have been unfortunate with their machinery during the quarter, several breakages delaying their operations materially. The South Egerton Company have just completed the erection of a 30 horse-power engine, at a cost of £950. 'I he Egerton Consols Company are also erecting a 20 horse-power winding engine, at a cost of £700. A large number of companies are still engaged in sinking their shafts, but most of them are working very slowly, merely keeping their claims until proved reefs in the neighborhood have been still further opened up. STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. Richard English, jlJining Registrar. In ailuvial mining there is an improvement since my last report., the winter ,rains having been a means of assisting the miners at Morrison's to wash up a portion of their drift, accumulated duri11g the dry season; but the· return, so far, has fallen short of their anticipations. At N~w Gym pie the allu~ial company at work have erected a steam puddling machine, and have just had their first machinefull of dirt washed off, which yielded the satisfactory return of 14 ozs. ·of gold; the drift is obtained at about 20 feet from the surface, averaging. 2 feet in thickness, and payable 70 feet wide. The character of the gold is coarse and much water-worn, and the surrounding country for several miles presents a most No. 55, c. 2o ' • I a~ifero~ 8i!pect. And as thiS is virgin grolind, with euch encoilraging returns, I fully antic1pate that this class o:f' llllmng will command more attention in future than it has hitherto done in this particular portion of the division. ' In quartz mining (with the exception of our :recent new. discovery), I have very little change since my last ~~~ . : '!'he Albion Company's returns for this quarter show a slig~t decrease on the average as compared with the fomwr; but the manage!· iilforms me that at the 653Cfoot level the reef is still widening and the quality of the stone fully equal m nppearrtuce to any they have yet obtained, and that the apparently small returns for the'Jast two months are in. C?l!sequ~nce of a. hHge quantity of mullock and back stone having been put through the mill, which, although contanung gold, lle knew would barely pay the cost of crushing. A new lode has recently been found, situated about thirty chains east of that now worked by the Albion Company. I visited the locality, and in several places, half a mile in length, found a well-defined but narrow .vein, presenting a most auriferous appearance; in breaking up the stone gold was to be seen in almost every instance. Since my last relurn two machines have been, removed·. from this division·; one''from Gibraltar, of 25 horse- power, and one from the Malako:ff, of 35 horse-power. ' · . ' BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN .SOUTH SUBDIVISION.· . .. Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining 'Registrar. . The reservoir is still almost empty, and the crushing machines dependent upon water-power. are at a standstill. On Simmons' Reef the Crown as well as the Cornish Company started ·crushing after a copious.fall··of rain in the beginning of June, but were compelled after a few days' work to stop operations. ·Both companies have a large quantity of stuff ready for m;ushing, and the Cornish Company's stone in particular looks remarkably well. · . On Yankee Heef, the Clunes, Blackwood, the Trojan, and the Union Companies are making substantial progress, and on tio portion of Blackwood are the works carried on with greater energy. 'rhe first-named company have all their machinery, which promises to be the most powerful on Blackwood, under cover; they have had from fifty to sixty men employed for the last two months ; consequently crush1ng operations are likely to commence soon. . , On Barry's. Reef most of the companies are either sinking shafts or extending their tunnels. The True J;llue Company have their new winding and pumping engine on the ground, and are now busy with the erection of the same. The Grace Egerton and Trewhella Brothers commenced crushing three weeks ago, but no cleaning up has as yet.taken place. . . The Extended Great Tunnel Company are still engaged in opening up their mine. A quantity of stone and muHock which had to be removed was crushed, the yield from which was trifling, as stated in my report. The Snake Gully Company have a few hundred tons of quart:ll on the surface, and crushing, will shortly com mence,at the Ahnil. machine. The stone looks.exeeedingly well, so much so that a good .deal of 'jt is stacked in hags; • and tlie shareholders are very sanguine as to the results. ·~ . · · . , . . . , Owing to the non-succeEs of the New Garibaldi Company, and I presume, to a certain extent, the wretched condition of the roads, this portion of the district looks very monotonous. A few shafts are sunk; but nothing what ever has occurred to give a stimulus to capitalists to invest, or for miners .to prospect. . Alluvi\tl mini11g during the quaJ;ter 'has been exceedingly dull.· Hill sluicing is only commencing now, and allhough there has been sufficient :water to carry on works i.n creek and river beds .(which mostly' occupied the alluvial miners during this and preceding quarters in former years), there has been . very little inclination to commence operations, iu consequence of the large accumulation· of tailings in river beds, last winter's floods not having been strong enough to carry oft' the debris; also most of the miners being now more profitably_ employed on quartz reefs either on contract or wages. . ' . . . • By the population returns it will be seen that the greater number of European miners are emplOyed in quartz Iirines, and that even a few of our resident Chinese have taken to that branch of mining. · · · · , ·, BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEECHWORTH DIVISION~ Mr. AledJander Alderdice, Mining Registrar. Al'thou"'h the wet season may be said to have fairly set in, the miners engaged in surfacing iul.ve not·yet got a. sufficient supply of water to enable them to carry on their operations continuously. The late dry summer has been very severe on the springs, many of them being still qriite dry, and until these begin to flow the races cannqt be said to .be fully supplied. Creek and other alluvial claims are again being vigorously worked, and the crushing mills which were idle on a.cc?unt of the drought have recommenced operations. · · · ALLUVIAL MINING. Eldorado.-The r.eturns of gold and sand (tin ore) from this locality have been larger than at any former period, and it is said that these will be considerably increased as soon as the new machinery (now being put up) is completed. From the three claims at work-viz., Kneebone's, 1\!IcEvoy's, and Wellington's-there has been taken during the quarter 4,599 ozs. 18 dwts. 22 grs. gold, and 66 tons -of black sand. By late advices from England the latter is said to be worth from £7 5 to £80 per ton. · In· the Ovens Gold and Tin and Great Extended Companies' claims Sf?Cond shafts ;are being put down, as it is thought by this means the fine drifts will be more readily overco~e. The )VOrking shafts in both these claims will not ? be proceeded with until the second shafts have been sunk ·level w1th them. . From the Band of Hope, or Reid's claim, situate south of and adjoining the Wellington, some very good prospects have been obtained, The shaft is dow:n 180 feey., and thre~ distinct floors of washdirt have .been passed through, containing an aggregate of 9 feet of .aunferous drift, f~m whJCh payable I?rospects of gold and tm have been obtained. The further.sinking of the shaft will be proceeded w1th as soon as macbmery has been erected. • Since the discovery of payable ground in Re id's claim a large number of claims have been taken up on both banks of the. creek, as it is now seen that paya?le an~iferous ?rifts extend much nearer ~o the granite outcrop than has hitherto been suppose(\. These bank clarms w11l be easily worked, as the creek claims dram them, and returns may soon be expected from them. · The Golden Lake Company have connnenced to open out on. the first floor, which is said to be payable, although heretofore the first floor has been· neglected. in the claims higher up the creek. Lower down than the Golden Lake claim nothing is being done to test the direction of the lead. The Good Hope Company >yill continue boring operations as soon as the new oompany has been organized. .QUARTZ" MINING.'·. i' . ' Myrtleford, &c.-The Tubal Cain winding shaft is down to the 150-foot ~ev~l. The ~tone lately raised has not been up to the average, being from the north end of the reef. As soon as the wmding gear IS completed, better stone will be got at on the south end and centre. '!.'he Racecourse Company's tunnel is in over 300 feet ; at 200 feet the reef was struck and ~oil owed, and at the · end of the drive it is 3 feet wide, well defined and of a payable character; 150 tons have been raised, but cannot be crushed until the new mill has been erected. · The Waterloo Company struck the reef in their tunnel, but it has not at present the appearance of being payable. · YACKANDANDAH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Rain having set in, and water become plentiful, has caused alluvial miners to be briskly emploJ:ed. . . In quartz mining, the Pride and Stringer Leasehold Company have nearly finished the erection of. their new mill, which they expect to have crushing during the month. The other mills have been pretty busy. In the quartz returns the Homeward-bound Company'syield for quarter ending 31st March is included. SANDY CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. On visiting this creek I was astonished at its deserted appearance. The miners working thereon are scattered up and down the creek a distance of eight or ten miles, and I could only hear of one claim getting anything like re.turns; The hills around abound in quartz, and I am astonished at their never having been anything like proS'pected. Some large claims were lately taken up on the creek, but I believe solely for speculative purposes, as no work what- ever has been done on them. · , IN])IGO DIVISION. Mr. R. Arrgwsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. There is nothing of particular interest to report since the termination of last quarter. Tlie yield of gold has been somewhat smaller, owing to unavoidable circumstances attending the working of some 'of the larger claims. QUARTZ MINING. ·The stone crushed by the United Consols Company during the quarter has been poorer than usual. They have sunk a trial shaft to a depth of 220 feet, being about 6 feet below water level, where the dip suddenly changes from west to east, and the stone has greatly increased in richness. ' The Magenta Company have also commenced sinking a deep shaft, and have obtained very fair prospects at 108 feet. . ALLUVIAL MINING. The following returns· have been obtained from two of the principal alluvial claims in the division during the quarter:- • oz. dwt. gr. Extended Sons of Freedom . .. 1,908 16 12 Rutherglen ... 844 0 0 Boring operations haye been commenced in the North-eastern claim. Three bores put down have failed to discover payable ground; in the fourth bore it has been found necessary to obtain tubing, which has delayed further operations. . · The Lady Sutton Company are employed in running main drives, preparatory to blocking-out. ~he Doma Mungi Company are erecting their machinery with fLll possible dispatch. 'l'he Balhmtt and Chiltern Gold Mining Company (late Indigo Grand June1iou) ban• resnmt>d operations. It is to be hoped that the outside capital which has be"n brought to bear will have the effect of developing the resources of this really promising claim. . The Rutherglen Gold Mining Company have at length completed blocking out that portion of the claim intersected in every direction with old workings, causing. great delay and loss of time, and the returns have been consequently smaller than would have been obtained from new ground. BUCKLAND DIVISION. Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar. The quantity of quartz crushed within the Buckland division for the past quarter, although rather under the usual average, has resulted in a high return of gold per ton; a consequence attributable to the very rich stone raised from four new reefs: two of them-the Rising Star .and New Moon-entirely new discoveries, while the other two have been found in claims-the Rose Shamrock and Thistle, and the Happy Valley....:.previously worked; the la>t named being remarkable as the only }Qcal instance I am aware of in which the newly-found reef has increased in richness as the lode has been sunk upou, the present depth of the workings being over 200 feet. The workings on Morae's Creek appe2.r to unusual disadvantage this quarter, in consequence of the very small yield from the Oriental Perseverance quartz claim, which heretofore employed a larger number of men than any other reef in the division. Although this claim has been worked constantly for nine years, and probably over one hundred thousand tons of stone were crushed from it, it has not been worked at a lower depth than 160 feet from the cap. A tunnel was put in about 110 feet below the preftent levels, but the quartz then struck was poor, hard to get, and the vein not over 6 feet in width. The shallow workings are gradually losing their' importance throughout this division. , . The Phoonix ?cep lead. claim ::t Harrietville was being pumped out previous to the workings being agai1:1. renewed, but an ace1dent to the machmery has c\1-used a temporary postponement. - The recent very wet weather has in a great degree stopped all prospecting. for the present. 28 JAMIESON NORTH SUBDIVISION. ·.I, , . · Mr. Samuel K. Vickery, Mining Surt•eyor and Registrar. The prominent feature of the quarter has been the discovery of gold at various points in the deep alluvial ground at Godfrey's Creek, constituting the first defined deep lead opened in this district. The character of this lead has been so fully given·in the Chief i\lining Surveyor's report of·lst June,.that it is unnecessary for me to do more than state that subsequent operations tend to confirm the belief that, while a continuous lead probably exists it will be found to vary ,in character, and will be chiefly remunerative at those points where the deposits can be d~finitely traced to the local reefs ; these deposits will no doubt mainly occur at the points or extremities of the ''made" sours, formed by the denud~tion of the ranges skirting the valley of the creek, corresponding to the locale of the traversing reef. The absence, Ill a great degree, of water-worrl gold, and the widely different character of the washdirt at different parts of the lead, appear to be confirmatory of this view. . The importance of the discovery of this lead depends more on the contingent results which attach to it, than on Its actual value ; inasmuch as collateral proof of the existe1,1ce of similar leads throughout the district is established, capital and better appliances introduced, and the mining population augmented. The total quantity of gold obtained at Godfrey's Creek during- the quarter has been about 1,300 ozs. Quartz mining has been to a great extllnt neglected in consequence of the discoveries just mentioned, though the yields from the crilshings compare favorably with those of previous quarters. GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainswortlt, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. With the exception of Hunt's claim, which pays regular and excellent dividends, the mines on the Homeward bound Reef are not doing very wen. Amalgamation and powerful machinery would turn these claims into a splendid property. . 'fhe.alluvial about Gaffney's and Raspberry Creeks is all but worked out, and I see no prospect of any material increase in returns of washed gold. · I have nothing particular to report in this subdivision, save that all miners are employed and the district healthy. WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. QUARTZ MINING. · · The improvements in our quartz mines, noticed for the last twelve months, has been well sustained during the past quarter, for which the yield is 2,700 ozs. in excess of the return for March, 1869. As in my last report, the leading return is from the Hope claim, Morning Star Reef; and I do not anticipate that the next quarter will show any material falling off in their present yield, as the face looks well, and a large amount of stone is visible .. 'fhe company have this quarter a boring machine at work, which has now reached a depth of 22 feet, passing through a 4-inch vein of quartz. 'fhe country is hard gmnite, and likely to remain so. ''rhe Franklin 'Reef ranks next; to the Hope in point of yield, and first as to average yield; and in this instance-:-the company paying for their crushing per ton-this average yield is ascertainable with accuracy. This mine can hardly•be said to be opened up; and although itis situated some l,200feet above the bed of the river, the company is troubled with water. A tunnel is now being driven, which will give some 200 feet of backs. and tend materially to relieve the mine from the surface water. I anticipate fine yields from this mine when it shall be in working order. The quality of the ·gold is high. , ·· · Johnson's Reef, which is in fac.t the S.E. end of the Franklin, continues to give good average yields, and improves as it deepens. · The gross yield is small; five men only being employed on thP claim, and the company having no crushing plant.. The quartz is carted down the spur for about l} mile, then trammed to the Never-Mind machine, where it is crushed. · · · The Royal Standard tributers'. stone is improving. I have not seen their new vein, but am informed that it is increasing in size, as well as improving in quality. The Waverley Reef averages now 6 dwts. per ton, and at that pays very well. Of the fifteen companies crushing, teli have let their mines on tribute, only six worliing themselves. I trust an addition will be made next quarter to this list from the Shamrock, Gooley's Creek. The proprietors of the South Reef have a large body of quartz to grass, and are now negociating with several companies to get their stone crushed at a reasonable price. ' Financially, the district is thoroughly healthy, and I do not know of a mine the price of whose, shares in the market exceeds· its proportionate probable return in dividends for .ten months, Progressive mines are entirely maintained by' local capital, and confidence in our mineral resources is thorough without being feverish. I have no new discoveries to chronicle for the past quart~r; the season for prospecting having gone by. ALLUVIA~ MINING. In alluvial mining little progress is being made, nor do I anticipate any until the introduction of the hydraulic hose, and the creation of a system of high leyel step races down the Goulburn, affording an economical working power, espeeially for bank sluiciug, which must be the most payable description of work for the coming alluvial ;niner. - ~- __ ...:.. ____ _ BIG RIVER SUBDIVIHION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining S1erveyor and Registrar. In this subdivision quartz mining is only in its infancy. The valley of the Big River is narrow, and the courae of the tributary watercourses short and rapid; it becomes difficult therefore to bring machinery within a reasonable distance of the mines. This is a serious drawback to quartz mining, and can only be remedied by the introduction of capital and improved methods of working. I anticipate, however, a proximate development of the mines, as they afford, so far as the stone goes, every encouragement to legitimate speculation. The alluvial' miners are doing pretty well, and but for the difficulty of turning the river itself, would take the lead in these ranges. The large flow of water, and rock-bound bed of the southern part of the river, render flood- races difficult and expensive to construct, and cause the miner to prefer the creeks. • , .Some prospecting parties are out at the heads of the river, ~nd have b~en moderately suecegsful in alluvial, as also in quartz, a new reef, to be ~nown as the Tommy Dodd, hav~ng been .di~covercd ?Y Stockman and party. The lode is, I am informed, narrow, w1th a show of payable gold, and s1tuated withlll easy distance of the Yarra track. 29 MITTA-MITTA DIVISION. .iWr. Andrew Trench, Mining Registrar. There is very little change in this division since my last report. At the Junction, the large sluicing claims would pay very good wages if there was a full supply of water to work them. There has been a gold-bearing quartz reef discovered at the Junction, but I am unable to say if it will pay for working, as the discoverer cannot test the stone without taking it to Yackandandah, a distance of sixty miles, to the nearest quartz mill. The creek-bed claims at Granite Flat are all flooded, and most of them will be left until next summer. The surface claims are all paying very good wages. . On the Mitta-mitta River there is now a full supply of water, and the claimholders are in hopes of doing very well this winter. · JAMIESON SOUTH SUBDIVISION. JJJr. J. H. Kelson, Mining Registrar. There has been a considerable improvement in mining matters in this division during the quarter. Several of the quartz mines which were abandoned by the original holders have been taken up, with good results in most cases. The Augusta (late Elizabeth) claim, on Swampy Creek, turned out a cake of gold weighing 336 ozs. 6 dwts., the result of four months' work for six men ; and the Champion prospecting· claim, in a trial crushing, had the splendid yield of 71 ozs. to the ton. On the whole, the quartz mines in this district are being worked with more energy than formerly. In alluvial mining, the late rains have caused a supply of water in ·the races, and considerable improvement in the pospects of the holders of bank claims has been the result. Some first-class returns have been made during the last few weeks. SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT . . SANDHURST DIVISION. Mr. N. B. Stephens, Mining Registrar. QuARTZ MINING. Quartz mining in this division has been attend~d with unusual success during the quarter. There is a general feeling of satisfaction with the pre'Sent yields, and the belief in the permanence of our reefs has been strengthened by the rich returns froJ:!!. some of the deepest workings. On the Wetherall Reef, Collmann, Tacchi, and Co.'s .quartz from the 448 and 513 foot. levels averages over 1! oz. per ton. On the Victoria Reef, the Energetic Company's quartz from the 600-foot level averages about 2± ozs. per ton; the last twenty tons raised averaged over 13 ozs. per ton, and the reef is 6 feet in width. On the Hustler's Reef, the Great Extended Hustler's Reef Company raised 650 tons from their 500-foot level, averaging nearly 19 dwts. per ton. The Victoria Reef Gold :\fines Company have raised 870 tons 'from the 430-foot level, averaging over 19 dwts. per ton. At no time have there been so many payable quartz mines in work as there are at present, and a considerable amount of capital has been invested in them within the last few weeks. Several new reefs have been opened and proved payable, some of them outside the old workings, and some of them within a few yards of our central lines. There are more men engaged in quartz mining, and our prospects are very encouraging. Since my last report; lVlr. Koch, of Long Gully, has erected a huddle, two reverberatory furnaces, and a set of Wheeler's pans, at a cost of about £1,100, and has already operated on a quantity of pyrites, giving great satisfaction • .Nine tons from the Hustler's Reef Company's mine, saved by means of Brown and Stansfield's concentrator, averaged 3! ozs. to the ton. Hitherto pyrites have been considered a nuisance to the owners, and some may be worthless, but as a considerable quantity has already been proved to be very valuable a great many companies are now anxious to save all they can, believing that it will be a source of wealth. . The manager of the Hustler's Reef Company (J. Millin) states that they have t'wo pairs of concentrators, and that they do their work very effectually; also that they are using Ford's boring machine, which he thinks is likely to come into general use for. drilling holes where the ground is very hard. The manager of the Comet Company informs me that he has put in a cross-cut at 560 feet, to strike the Hustler's Reef, and that having passed through some very hard rock, they have now a favorable-looking slate. The Ellesmere Company, New-chum Reef, are cross-cutting for the reef at a depth of 400 feet. In Collmann, Tacchi, and Company's claim, Wetherall Reef, below a body of gold-bearing spurs, struck whilst sinking the shaft at a depth of 530 feet, there has been a complete change of the underlie of the strata from east to west. Mr. Graham (Graham and Hamilton) states that there seems to be less water as the mines are worked deeper. ALLUVIAL MINING. Generally there are fewer puddling machines, and not so many tub and cradle men, but in the deep sinking at Huntly considerable activity prevails. The Deep Lead Extended Company are doing very w.ell. Their crushing stuff averages 3 feet in depth, and they have proved the lead in their ground to the extent of 420 feet in vti.dth. The manager of the Telegraph Company states that he has worked on the supposed width of lead 900 feet, in their mine. Average depth of stuff, 2.1. feet. ' Webster and Company, of Epsom, 1ave 3 feet ofwashdirt, paying handsomely. . The S':ccess Of the companies at Lower Huntly, who have trace~ .the lead up to the Bagshot Company's paddock, has mduced a party to purchase that property for the purpose of mmmg thereon. They are now boring and in a short time I expect they will commence operations on an extensive scale. ' ·The race from tho Spring Creek reservoir is now complete, and is likely to prove a great boon to the inhabitants of Huntly. Hitherto mining operatiuns have been greatly impeded during a portion of the dry seasons, and many men thrown out of employ in consequence of the scarcity of water, but by means of this race they expect to get a supply sufficient for their requirements. The Whipstick, near Belles' Flat, is again attracting attention, several nuggets having been unearthed. 3() The following information has been obta;ined respecting some ofthe;quartz crushed during the quarter:- · CI:otal . \ •Average. \ Depth at ~hJch I~ ;, .1 Name of Company. I Name of Reef. · ·. 'rons. Yield of Yield of Golrl t.he Quartz ;;,~;;;I Width of Reef, &c. I Gold. 1 pe~ Ton. .was o.btained. 'C ~ ~ '" ...... -~-~: '., .,, ,_,------1----'--'- _._. _. -·-'·-~--"~ 9 ... - ·---.. --·--:----,...... - 0 Collrnanu~~~.Tac~hi·~R~efl'v~t·l;e;,.;l .: .I.·... ·'~·19 °sJ~.g~. ~·n"\~7 4.4•. 8an~513feet ·••• ·te~~ 12feet VICtoria Reef Quartz ll!inlng Victorm . : .. 1;056 296 6 o 0. 5 14·68 Bellevue (Trilmt,;) .. Bellevue ·'.. .. 116 244 9 0 2 2 3'51 135-foot level .. , 100 About 9·inches FickandCo.(Pr\neeAifrM \Caledonia.. .. 87\l 1,851 13.6 2 2 6•42 ,.160-footlevel .. 10. 2feet · Tribute) · Argus .. .. Eagle , . • • 994 556 13 o 0 11 4•32 360~foot level ; 170 From 4 inches to a feet Elliott's claim . • .. .. •W.hlp. . . ,, •.. 1,009 304 11 1~ o ' 6 o·sg 110 and 180 tt.levels '70 Elliott's claim .. .. Jersey .. .. !52 72 12 5 0 9 13'29 180-foot level •• 70 Prom 12 to 18 luches North Johnson's . • Johiisou's .. 317 142 5 12 0 8 23·43 225 and 250 ft.1evels About 15 inches :~~r~e:t~nd Co ... _ . . ~~~~~~:ur~~ :: :~~ ;~~ ~ 1 7 3'15 lOO-foot level .. 175 From 6 to 1o inches g 2 4 12'21 bOO feet 90 6 feet Opossum Reef (Tribute) .. Opossum •• 372 191 6 6 0 10 6'85 From250to300feet 16 feet York and Durham . ,, Eaglehawk. . • • · 978 404 2 8 0' S· 6·33 From 140and 200ft. a1J.I90 From 6 to 14 inches Great Britain • • • • Caledonia • • 482 299 0 0 0 12 9·75 l60feet .. .. . 80 40 feet flat spurs from wall to wall Princess Alice Snob's Hill.. .. 3M 12~ 11 JB, 0 11 2~·03;1200-!oot level •.• 170 Spurs about 8 inches in thickness Rourke, Henr!erson,and Co. Bellevne .. .. 172 209 !I 0 I 4 8·~9 120-foot level .. 40 10 Inches Graham and Ha.nlilton . • Moon . • . . 490 398 12 12 0 Ill · 6"49 80 feet to surlil.ee .. 185 Cluster of spurs, som.; only 2 inches, 1 1 .others IS inch~s in th~ckness Solithl'Hope ' . .' ~'· · Pa'dtry '~ G~liY t• •• 155 256··-o o 1 ·13· o·h 1oo fe'e't ·.: • : ,. so ~ inches to '2· feet Railway '· > · · •;: ':· . Ilellevue· I!. • • ' ' 20· 142 · 8 o 7 '2' 9·6 '130-foi>t level ,; ·' 60 About 8 inches Catherine Reef U. C. .. On.therine .. •• 3,370 1,177 ,5 0 0 0 23"67 90 to 250 feet .. 130 Principally small spurs 0 4 19'4 Surface .. .. 20 feet iJ~~~~ft::ded Hustler's'· '~~c;~~fs ' ·' ::' 1ggg ~~~I: g o 18 · 1s'2o '5oo teet ·.• .:· so !'foot Blrd'sReef · .. • · ,,. Bird's ...... i36Z .•:no 19 11 o 17· 4•3R 140 feet .. 50 Yal'ies from a few feet to 60 feet Peg-leg . . . • Prince of Wales . • 1,253 846 15 12 0 13 12•38 From surface .. 160 Indefatigable .. , .•.• u~~~~~rn:!.~P~,?,~~I; ,~a~. , ~u 10 18, o 7 la·44 J55feet .. .. 150 8 feet \· Try~aga.in :11 1 •• , .1 ;..; ....1 • W,elJingtOn•.tf, 'f1•, 01•80 .8~00 120 260 feet .. 50 From I to 6 feet .·<:·w .:r· 831 0 0 0 1~. \'95 430-foot level .. 90 ~·feet oi crushing stuff Ii~~~~~~ Reef?o~~j~nnin~.:· .j1~i~~: 1 , 8 ·:~ I,~~~ 1,273 7 0' 0 13 23'27 130 to I6Ifeetl · .. 30 ·From 2 to to feet EllesmCre . . .. • New"chum • .. 1,l27 31!1 16 18' 0 5 14·94 275,812 and 340 foot 58 l!'rom 35 to 60 feet .. levels Comet .. Redan 691 1109 10 0 0 7 19'20 Surface to 500,feet 6 inches to !0 feet Denmark ... Parker's 42$ 123 !I 0 0 5 20•19 :10 ~tnd 75 feet .. 110 12 inches "'}' ..,_.._-';I~, : .) ~ .. ,.~~ ••• 1 l • ;•• , ·~. • • . F ' ' • KILMORE' DIVISION:·, Mr. James W: Oshorn, Mining Registrar. Quartz mining at Reedy Creek is progr~ssing. · The)jandgridge1 Reef Company are putting down main shaft, and putting up new and perfecting old machinery. ' · ' · ' ' ·· · " · The Leviathan Company, Morning Star,· Fanny,, Albert, Doyle's, an$1 the Magenta, are still at WGrk, but have had no crushings. Alluvial in all parts of the division. but poorly repays •the miner~ Quartz roofing at Sunday Creek is reported as looking up; .the lode in Ryan's and To bin's, who are now crushing good stone, having shown great ' i~prov()ment as ~he wo;kings get d~eper. }'he ~rpvide~ce Mining, .Asso, energy, a,p.~Jhe,.re~ul(:l.sho:W,s no~ Wlt~Ol.,l.tgQQH. re'!ult.';· , -: .. . . 1 ••• , • • • , , • • • • ·· H1gmbotbam; about· twelve miles S.E. from Yea, keeps a small battery going, but I cannot furmsh returns of ~h;:t~ ~as !Je.en d~ne. .'Jlh!l Balac.Ia:va! George Higinbotham, and Galatea, are the principalliries being workect. Three claim~ o~.a:r.ee._f, sayi top.!l,;i9~., ~p,.ant~Ir,J~)?.Y, si.tu11te.d Ol). the east side of Dongarrook Ra.~ge, h~ve been registered by me th1s quarter. · " . . , · . Th(l.quart2: cl~~ms.11t .T~a-'tr~~ Q~if~k (l:!ld ,Kilmore Diggings,have been abandoned. . . .. ,·. ' ' ' ' .• '· ,• ,.. H~A'J'HCOTE; ,DIVISION AND WARANGA ROUTH .SUBDIVISION. :· · ' Mr. ·J. ,T, Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. . , I have ·to report' that' there .has been a c6nsiderable increase during the last quarter in the number of . qu,artz qlaims ,t~Jren,.upJ~.the Spring'.Creek.por,tiop of my division. I am informed that excellent prospects have bet;n obtained in several of the Claims, and this is to some extent corroborated by the increased activity observa~le m quarJ;z. miningJn ~),lis P_.art ,of 1tl,le .djstric~ .. , I am, however, not in a position t? state positively the results, as many of the clail;flS have be.en taken,l1P so recently, that the holders have not had sufficient time to properly test them. I lfave only hea.tH o{. ~ne cr,ushb,lg, .consisting of nineteen tons, .which was frop1 a claim known as the .Sons .of Freedom Company, ori ·the 'Moonlight Flat Reef, about half a mile from the centre of the township, which yielded 28 ozs. 10 dwts. There is a great obstacle to th~J profitable working of many of the claims at present, viz., the want of efficient erus~i:q.g llJ.achinery, pn the"g'roun~::1 • It' has .been reporte,::l 'to me. that two or three ,were purchased and .on the way to Sp_r,ing Cre~k, .b. ut nope have ar~;iv~d ye~. The gfeat difficulty appears. to be an abundant supply of water. : ;, . As ,iegards .. Heatl:)cotfproper," I have no alteration to report since my last quarter's returns. "There lias been some·' increase in qilartz mining between the Coliban River and Myrtle Creek. ~e prospects are encouraging, a~4,th~re is a p;obabil~ty of som~ payable reefs being ?pened . . \ ' ':" JT'' . ,. '.1.·' WARANGA 'NORTH SUBDIViSION. , · lWr. 'llenry Boyns Niaholrj-s, Mining 'Surveyor 'and Registrar. 'J'he most noticeable and satisfactory feature: of the past three months is a rapid increase of population at the Nine-miJe, Qreek,. an,d upon the quartz reefs at t~.l;l. White Hills, Fontainefileau,, Siber~\L, .and Friesland, or. North Spring Creek. At the Ni'ne-mile Creek driring June the number of miners at work increased from about ninety to upwards .of tw.o ht:~dred, .. ,.Eigh~JJ.,rpspectii:~g claims upon quart:ii reer~:~ have b?en ~!3gist~red, and in the. majority gold has already been found. ' . . . .. A strong teu~~~py to e:qgage in quartz mil?-ing is spreadi!l_g amongst miners and business men, and fortunately 1t IS based upon leg:tt!mate prospects of· success. , The anticipation which I expressed in my ,last report, that important discoyeries would be made after the rainy season had set in, throughout t,his wide tract of virgin auriferous country, is already being realized. Payable gold is reporteq upon quart:.neefi>' sit'uate{about two miles and a half apart, which will probably prove to be upon the same belt of quartz veins: . ·' • ' ' . ' . The Persevera~ce Company:, on S01ith Nuggety Reef, have obtained the ex~ellent average of 9 ozs. 6 dwts. per ton from the depth of 330 feet; or about 200 feet below the water l~vel. The y1elds have .also Improved from the Mongolian, Cuniherland, anq'Frenchnian's reefs. . . ' · ·At the Nine-mile alluvial mining is steadily p~ogJ:essing. The number of paying claims. may now be estimated ~~.~ frgm SflVenty to eighty. ,The quality of the washdirt ranges from 4 dwts. to 18 dwts. per load...... ai RAYWOOD DiviSION. Mr. E. M. Cairnes, Mining Registr'!'r. During the past quarter mining mat~ers in the immediate vicinity of· Raywood: ~ave !lot imp:oved. The tributers who undertook to re-work the Chnstmas Reef were compelled to abandon theu proJect, owmg to want of funds and the unremunerative yields they obtained from several· trial crushings. The returns frop1 the Nil Desperandum, although small, are more than sufficient to pay all working expenses, which at present are excessive, owing to the old workings being refilled with dry sludge obtained from the company's dam. The yields from Sebastian continue very encouraging. · . ' Kamarooka promises to occupy ere long the most important position with respect. to mining in this division. Owing to the success of Talbot and party, numerous ab.andoned claims have been taken up, and the place seems all astir. Talbot ·and ·party have erected improved machinery at the Doubtful, and have just commenced crushing for the public .. Fr?~ 1,7Q0_~_2,0.00 .tons are ~waiting crushing; independent of.-'!hic~, .. Talbot and party have s~ruck some very prorrusmg·lookmg stone on thetr leased ground1 and a~e busy ratsmg 1t by means of steam machmery recently erected. · · ' MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT . • MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Mr. P. Virtue,jun., Mining Registrar. The whole of the mining interests of this division at present exhibit signs' of healthy a.nd steady improvement. Ten prospecting quartz, five prospecting alluvial, and • ten dam and puddling machine claims have been registered during the quarter. Several fresh and bona .fide companies have also started into existence, and have either erected, or are about to erect, additional and powerful steam machinery. · ALLUVIAL MINING. Majorca.-The discovery of a lead by the Grand Junction Company, which may prove to be the Majorca Extended, or, which is still more probable, a new and main lead, has opened out a fresh tract of country at Majorca, and has giYen a: considerable impetus to every description of mining operations in that portion of the division. As an evidence of the value attached to adjacent 1and, I may state that a Ballarat company have purchased the title to lOO acres from the· Perseverance Company, at Majorca, for the sum of £1,000. This land is situate ahead of the Grand Junction, where private property and 42nd section lots are held in successive blocks for a· mile and a half. There appears to be no doubt that the New Craigie Freehold Company, and also the· Minorca Company, will open the same rich lead backwards in the direction of Tal bot; it also appears to be probable that the junction of the Cockatoo and .'Ialbot leads will be found near Battery Hill, and that they will be ·follo;vl/d past Majorca to the basalt plairu near Carisbrook. The Columbia, Robin Hood, and Kong Meng Companies are now following the Hanoverian Lead towards the same point. The latter company have struck splendid gold in much deeper ground than any hitherto worked at Majorca. Craigie.-The Britannia Company are working the continuation of Four-mile Lead in private property. The Try-again Company are flooded out with surface water from the old lead. The Prince of Wales Company have been working poor ground during the quarter, and have lost much time through being heavily Hooded with water. · Carisbrook.-The Dan O'Connell Company have erected steam machinery of 12 horse-power. They intend to trace, if possible, the run of gold obtained by the Phoonix Company; their engine is ready for work, but the shaft has not yet been bottomed. The Enterprise Company have been unable to bottom their shaft; their machinery is not sufficiently powerful. .They are now endeavoring to form a new company with the view of purchasing a heavier plant. The .Phcenix Company lost their lead early in the quarter, but found it · fortnight since. Alma.-One extended alluvial claim of ten acres, situate at ht Flat, has been registered during the quarter. The Seaham Company are busily engaged in erecting a '16-inch cy mder steam-engine of 25 horse-power· they ·have pu~ down a bore of 93 feet deep on their claim, and have obtained a splendid prospect. The Alma Consol~ Company are now making excellent progress. . . . Chinaman's. Flat.-The ~and of. ~ope Compa~y have sti~l, during the q~arter, be~n somewhat disturbed by litlgat10n. The mme, however, 1s now ta1rly under we1gh, and ·w1ll doubtless contmue to y1eld good returns; average depth of lead, 200 feet, and average width, 150 feet. ·.The· Duke and.Timor Company met .with a most severe accident a few weeks ago, which will delay the progress of their mine for several months. Having sunk their shaft to a· depth of 125 feet, they no sooner struck the bottom than it violently burst up, and a conglomerate of drift, sand, mud and water, rushed with surprising velocity up the shaft, to a distance of 40 feet. The men at work in the shaft had to fly instantly before the surging and ascending mass. The shaft was completely choked, and the water ascended to a level of within 40 feet from the surface. The company are now engaged in putting down a new set of lifts, for the purpose of overcoming the water; they have erected ail 18-inch cylinder engine of 30 horse-power. The following is a statement of the gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines in this division during the quarter :- ' · · : · . ,· oz. dwt. gr, Magnum Bonum Extended, Chinaman's Flat 1,532 8 18 Band of Hope Extended, Chinaman's Flat .... 780 6 4 Kong Meng, Majorca .. . 276 15 0 Robin Hood, Majorca .. . 337 16 0 Cossey, Majorca .. . 126 10 0 Prince· of Wales, Four-mile Flat ... 211 5 0 Phcenix, Harrison's Lead (private property) 382 . 5 0 Esperance, Pott's .Paddock, Carisbrook ... 60 ·o 0 Columbia, Majorca 233 0 0 Britannia, Four-mile Flat 142 15 0 Try-again, Four-mile Flat ... 94 5 0 Golden Gate, Timor Creek, Alma 164 17 6 Alma Consols, Alma ...... 477 18 14 Sundry (9), whim claims 515 10 0 Total 6,336 10 18 32 QUARTZ MINING. Many of the_ quartz claims in this division are rich in pyrites, but the total absence of machinery for operating upon it has proved a serious drawback to the proprietors. The claim of the New Flagstaff Company, near Ma.ry borough, is extremely rich in this mineral. A few weeks ago three samples of sand from this claim were transmitted to the works of the Port Phillip Company, Clunes, to be operated on. The result of the assay has been so successful .. that the Flagstaff Reef Company have resolved to erect machinery on the spot to operate on the pyrites obtained from their claim. One of the directors of the company has favored me with the perusal of the Port Phillip Company's report on the assay, which I herewith subjoin:- • AssAY REPORT oF THREE SAMPLES oF SAND FROM FI,AGSTAFF REEF, MARYBQROUGH. I. Welght: I Contents per Ton. Tobl Gold•Contents. Standard. i tons cwt. qr. lb. oz. dwt. gr. o~. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Lot No, 1 ...... 1 9 1 8 14 16 1'28 21 14 0 33 4 14 Lot No. 2 ...... 1 10 2 18 4 18 22•40 7 11 15 ... Lot No. 3 ...... 1 17 3 19 4 12 18•56 8 15 21 ... )-· 4 17 3 17 ... 38 I 12 33 4 14 The Sunburst Company, Majorca, have crushed 55 tons, which gave an average of 1 oz. 1 dwt. per ton. This company are now raising from their alluvial claim really splendid stone at a depth of 100 feet from the·surface. The company is about to be reorganized . . Three tons from a prospecting claim at White·horse gave 10 ozs. and 12 grs.; stone being raised from the ., surface ; average width of reef, 6 inches. Ten tons from a prospecting claim at Waterloo Flat gave an average of 9 dwts. per ton;· depth of sinking, 12 feet; width of reef, 6 inches. Four tons from a prospecting claim at Adelaide Lead gave 9 ozs. 9 dwts. ; depth of sinking, 33 feet; width of reef, 18 inches. · The Bristol Hill Company are at present actively engaged in making preparations for the efficient working of their claim. · AMHERST DIVISION. Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I have to report an increase of five steam-engines in the division during the last quarter. The yield of gold from quartz has been deficient, owing to the mills ceasing work for about a month, for the want of water. · The Waterloo Company, Blucher's Reef, have a crushing plant of 40 horse. power in the course of erection. The shaft is 200 feet deep, and the water is expected to be sufficient to supply the battery. The Sadowa claim has produced 2,105 ozs. of gold during the quarter from No •. 3 shaft. No. 4. shaft is down 120 feet, and has two sdbstantial steam-engines in progress of erection. ' 'fhe Union Company have a shaft of 200feet, and a mr.in drive completed 80 feet from the chamber, from which a monkey-shaft has been put up, and gold obtained, but the quantity is not yet known. The Hofinung have produced 231 ozs. of gold during the quarter, hut they cannot penetrate the deep ground for the want of more powerful machinery. . , Nicholl's Freehold Company have bottomed' at 107 feet. The steam machinery is in course of erection. The Brunswick Company have a shaft of 144 feet, with chamber complete, arid are ready ,to proceed with the main drive. The steam machinery is completed. ' 'fhe tHadstone Freehold Company have completed No. 4 bore at 117 feet deep, and will commence with a shaft at once. The Potosi Company have No. 1 shaft sunk 86 feet, at which they have steam machinery in the course of erection. No. 2 shaft is down 35 feet. The Rose Company have a shaft of 130 feet, but they intend sinking to 200 feet. The steam machinery is nearly completed. • Logan's Paddock Company are down 102 feet, with steam machinery in progress. The Magdala, Annuities, and Cameron Companies are raising stone, which is not yet crushed. A VOCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. Wjlliam Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The alluvial rush to Fiddler's Creek still continues ; there are now fully 2,000 Chinese on the ground, and 400 Europeans. The lead has now been traced for a distance of two miles, and shepherded still farther. Tlie sinking is from 108 to 130 feet, through layers of ferruginous clays, quartzose gravels, and washdirt, resting on pipeclay bottom. The sinking is dry; the washdirt varies in depth from 3 to 8 feet. The width of the lead. is from 200 to 300 feet; the yield of gold from 4 dwts. t~ 1 oz. T~ere are no':" erecte~ thirty-five p~d~ling mach.ines, three whims, and thi;ty horse whips. The late heavy rams have g1ven a cons1derable 1mpetus to mmmg operat10ns, most of the dams bemg fairly supplied. The principal claims are in the hands of the Chinese p,opulation, they having purchased most of the European claims. There is every probability that this will prove a good winter diggings, and a great likelihood of the lead being traced, perhaps, to a junction with the old Avoca Lead. There are twinty.five stores, including five butchers' shops, drapery stores, &c. ; there are also two public-· houses. In the Chinese quarter there are n,bout thirty stores, a joss-house, and several places of amusement. The ' inspector of police selected a site for police camp, about a· fortnight since; it is now in course of erection. A schoolhouse is also being built, and the place is assuming an air of permanency. In addition to alluvial mining, I may state that in this locality quartz mining is being prosecuted vigm·ously; the average yield is nearly 12 dwts. to the ton. The quantity as yet. procured is small, owing to the few employed'in that branch of mining. A new quartz reef was discovered last week about two miles north-east from Lamplough-the· specimens very rich, but small in qunntit.v-in fact, it is doubtful but that it mn,y only he surface stone, , 83 DUNOLLY AND TARNAGl.JLLA DIVISIONS. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The mines in this district, both alluvial and quartz, are progressing very favorably, and are now attracting the attention of capitalists from all parts of the colony. During the last six months seventy-eight leases have been applied for under the Gold Mining Leases Regulations, and several companies have been floated, with very fair prospects of success. Much of the shallow alluvial ground has been worked out, but there still remains plenty of untried ground in all parts of the district. A shaft is now being sunk at Timor, on the Bet-bet, for the purpose of finding the continuation of the Chinaman's Flat J;ead, and the shareholders are confident of success. They have a fine plant on the ground for pumping and winding, and had sunk their shaft to a depth of 125 feet from the surface (the last 40 feet was through a bed of very fine white elay) when the water burst up from' the drift below, and rose in the shaft 40 feet in two minutes. It continued to rise until within 45 feet of the surface, when two lifts (10 and 12 inches respectively) were put down, arid they continued p_umping for fourteen days at about fourteen strokes per minute without reduci11g the water more than 3 or 4 feet, It then begap to fall fast, and they are now rapidly reducing it. The drift is of the finest description. The Duke of Edinburgh Company's ground, situated at the lower end of the Burnt Creek Lead, has been let on ·· tribute to a party of Ballarat miners. They are to commence operations at once, and have a very good opinion of the locality. The Bealiba Reef still maintains its reputation. The Goldsborough Company during the last quarter crushed 1,562 tons of stone, which yielded 1,053 ozs. of gold. The Queen's Birthday Compi.my are opening up and prospecting the mine. During the last seven weeks 1,020 tons of stone were crushed, and averaged 4 dwts. 9•97 grs. of gold per ton, which little more than pays their expenses. Their prospects are improving. The Glasgow Reef, near Bet-bet, has been recently purchased by Mr. Mount, of Ballarat, who has put two engines and a battery of twelve stamps on the ground for the purpose of thoroughly testing the reef. The Ballarat and Moliagul Company, Wayman's Reef, are vigorously prosecuting the work in the mine, which bids fair to prove remunerative. ' · Llanelly, the most promising place in the district, is now assuming the appearance of a town. Substantial buildings have been erected, and two large crushing plants are in course of construction for the public convenience. The mines in general wear a healthy. appearance, many of them paying regular dividends. The Cambrian Company during the last quarter· crushed 960 tons of quartz, which yielded 1,035 ozs. On the Sandstone Reef a great number of men are employed by the various companies, and large quantities of stone are being crushed, averaging from 7 dwts. to 12 dwts. of gold per ton, which return pays, as the stone is easily ~~. . The various companies on Watt's Reef are working their mines with great spirit. The prospects on this line of reef generally are very encouraging; the stone at present being raised is estimated to yield from t to 2 ozs. per ton. The Poverty, Central, and Victoria Companies, on the Poverty Reef, have at last arranged to amalgamate, and wo rkwill be again commenced on this once famous reef. The reefs at Ironbark are looking well. Several new companies are in course of formation. 0 KORONG DIVISION. Mr. R. Mason, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. QUARTZ MINING. lnglewood.-The ·Lady Darling crushing plant has been removed from this division. The prospects of the Unity Company are improving. The European Company are about to reorganize, with larger capital. The principal reefs are still unworked. . Kingower.-The National Quartz Mining Company have laid down a portion of their powerful crushing plant on the Union Reef. · · Koron.g.-The Kororig Company are sinking and stabbing a new engine-shaft. Lane's Reef Company are progressing in a similar manner. The Wedderburn Quartz Mining Company are about reorganizing. Jericho.-Pririce of Wales Reef. German Reef, Champion Reef, Black Reef, Phillips' Reef, and Patterson's Reef, are all one line of reef. The British Sovereign Company, recently formed, have struck gold in Patterson's Reef, at 170 feet in depth; the reef is about 6 feet thick, with gold well set in the solid stone. These reefs form a straight line on the surface, and are about three miles in length. " Burke's Flat.- The Liliputian, Deadlock, and Evening Star Reefs are returning good dividends. This portion of the division is steadily improving. ALLUVIAL MINING, Berlin is still extending. The last rush was to Tyler's Bridge, about one mile S.E., being a continuation of the same watershed to Sandy Creek. Gladstone rush, Thompson's Gully rush, Simpson's Creek rush, and Garibaldi rush are only in embryo, for want of miners. The alluvial leads of this division appear to be radiating in every directio~ from the granite hills to the plains. REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. In 'll!uvial mining in this division there is little to report with the exception of several large areas being applied for under the leasing regulations on the Slaughteryard Lead. This is mainly owing to a report that has obtained circulation that some very good prospects have been obtained by the White Elephant Company (lately the North British), New Year's Flat. This company have erected a 10 horse-power ·engine and pumping gear, and are now busily driving for the lead. The recent heavy rains haYe proved a great boon to those working the shallow ground in the neighborhood of Victoria Gully, the miners having in many cases. stored large quantities of washdirt. In quartz mining the Stuartmill portion of the division takes the lead. 'I'he Isis Company have nearly com pleted their battery, and expect to crush in a fortnight. There are about 200 tons of very good-looking stone now raised and as the sinking becomes deeper the thickness of the stone increases : it is now about 6 feet. Several leases hav~ been applied for and surveyed lately. , No. 55, d. M :: ~:~'f;;,A.It~A;PR:tWl~l';V-J, $TJ;~P~Y1N.9nr~;c :·~· :,f;lf~nJ/:h,i?,ft!],~?."·~nf'ff!.,. ~urv_~!!/?;.. ,."~;':~ !!~9i:!~r~r_~ ·. .I he:v;e no_t~ing .9f. -yery,sP.ecial importance on the ·~hole to a,nnounce for the,quarter. ·Some. undertakings are temporarily suspen'ded~ while tot tiers are· beilig~'reVivedf ;:' and''amohJfihe Tatter ''may bi:i noti'ced''tlie Iease'.tak'e'n. up by Messrs:: Be~'on~li;"-:¥ll:~~. tJiey'hav'!: beeii"sinking by '~id of machinery recently' supplied,' and':&opped on ·tJie quartZ lode Of0gooa:thi_c~n~ss:ind'regul~rity;'with a fair' show of gold:. The Isal:ielle Reefmaclllnerj'is just now to commence on a large batch of quartz pron:\ising well · .. • ... · · · · · · · · '· '-'' ·• · ' · · "· ·· · · · · : ) ' ·.".:The Bell Rock is n~w idle.' .,•. · · .. , ·· ·: .,. 1 ·' ; ••• ;· ·.: · · ..... : ·' ... ,:· '·· · ;-: The Ballarat''and St:''A:fuaud Com'pariy aie 'do'wn ·earlier to 'water 'in ii''ne-1\f•shaft 'than was·'thought of, and are now' going 't'o;crosscubl7t'about 2bo :feet. •· Ther~ 1 are·:i'few who· hiwdaitli'in this ei.lterprise'o!:iegairl.i~g the'Clirysoli£e Hill ~eiiis·in .this directio'llat'a·. prope~ d¥pth,'anq 'I cannot'. but regard.it 'as ahlong the fair. mining speculations. · . . ·' ···'Although: the heavy minerals ·are abundant- and ·rich 'in golll~··as comiil'g'frorri our greatest attained deptns;'tlie quart'i.oW:ners 'are' obliged 'to be satisfied with' pennyweights' instead of ounces to the' ton in 'consequ\)nc'e' of th'e diffi~ulty of separating the gold from pyi-iteous ores; How long before the miners of this and other localities'will'be'·alive'.'to'th'e importance of fostering ideas on this point is an important question. h:' + .<-~• H ·• · .. , .. • :> .. •·; . :.1· '1"';.·r 1 •• ~v ·~.~;·;~!:~~:.;:~~·-~·~A~::.. '~i·,·'L:;\•~~}~\.~.: ;~i. .-1 :.·/l':~ ::~~~ifrl;J:·;~:f ··~;~·: ~/~!.~f·':-~ :3·1 ;~f·~ 7~~~~:~. J• :;:: ~;";.~,~·,.::· ·~:~· :::#· <.•·;· ;• J :~~ 1 ·~; \ •;,"-\r.-:~·•\•i! •'1•' il':1tfi·' 1 H'•(•r•·~~ t 1 ••"-f'"~,•{.,f,t,,L¥ "1' • , f!\:.,.i;.;Cin 1/. .. ,·t.;.l:·~··:···•··!j frf,;r ••,.<_...';~_\·:tJ.'-····-.)·' 'l , ;. ~. •." .~ ,\t ,• l .. "~ ·~,t--.... '.:.J'l.L(•,·: .. ·:.• • ·:.~ n· ··· ~:;:r .. f ~ .•• t .. t•···~ .:o.;i;, ' .. ·~:~ ~. ••' ·'r• :·· .. , ''"'''ii''' •'''!'i "';i ,,C,AIST.LEMAJ.N.-E., MININ.G.... DJ.ST.RIC~J\·~··· '·'? · :n ~ • 1:c. r': .. •iJ· ;.•,·"•"' ',jr,: f ··llh> 1fi<>. •;·•oj· \, ·,! ·:., ·''\, ',:.{• .. ) .. ,...... ;, ;,>>;\.. ;(;,,\(,.;,;; ..:; ~·";~ ••''.~ ·~L-~~·:'"J::·"· ·:·.:•·-:·: •. ; .• ,;·:;l ,,.• ,. ·.• ".!i:" ; ··.·•· .' ·;·cASTLEM.A:INE:DIVISION. ,; ·.• . '9 1 :•. J_-;r.·;. U.t : ~~n::i~i"~'' 'Nt.i 11 o.:;p~if\.' 11) ~\Fl:·J\~~:, t > .~.• * ~ • ·.q ·t·" tl · ~i· :·.!·· :n~·~ -~; ·:·:· · ~· ~;~~ ..::~!{l.f~"· i· :-.? ,,,,., . ' ' iMr:·:Tkomas L.·>Broion;Minin'g Surveyor and'Registrah· . : ...... ,•·, ~ ., . ' .·: '.;,, a~:.; ..::;-,,.1.'1 ... ',' u{ ·.. ; .{4.' ~·r : ..There have.bee!J,·.considerable andjmportant.changes in mining affairs during.·the.quarter.- .. , ... i ... , ·'· · •.. ,,.,".,Alluvial 1 m,i.~ing shows !!>i\'lecliJ;te,.the,_extep.sive table-land, at the' southern ,boundary· of,the.Cas~leinaine ,division being again abandoned withput. proving .the exte~t and value o( 1the auriferous deposits. . The whole of,,the machinery and plant of.\the· Belo_10re,. alias; Arg-qs, the l'·ioneer, and. the·. Castlemaine Deep Lead Companies. have been removed; the.. only.p).).,bl!c. qomp_ap.y remaining being~the,St. ~Iargaret's, whose returns .for t~e.quarter,.have not.. averaged 10 ozs. per ,wee,k .•:Y.ery; gogq.re_turllllJha:v~ . .been pbtaine~ fro};n 'port;ions.o.f th~s land where prospected, .and as ,the outlet and continuation of the gold deposits from the Forest, Barker's, Campbell's, and l\fuckleford Creeks remain undiscovered:. the·na~Jl.rl],l.inf!Jr!l_Jt.ce_is,tqeir .e.xist~nce somewhere:.under .tl:!,is, extensiv.e .trappeaii formation. " . :·.< ., "': ·· , J.n puqdling and sJuiping.operations.·therelis ·little change to ·report·; generally,:the. mimirs dependent upon . the result of ordinary alluvial operations are yearly becoming poorer. . . ; ' • · : ..Jn.g~!tr.tz .. xp.ining the:. • • •. ' '' .. • ., •· 1 ·:.AL~uvr~£"MiNiN·G::' ' , , ..... ·.'· .; · :: • ' ·~ • • • • • • ,.., • •' • • l ' ' ~ •• • '. 7 • · It is "very-evident that'the day!! are past w:hen any great. yields may be expected from our old gullies or hills, either by puddling machinery or the old tub and cradle system, yet undoubtedly many are obtaining fair returns; but th!) hours and ~ystem,·pf their, labors now as. compared .with', years . pa,st, clearly indicate that. new ground must be opened up anQ. our quar;li~ roines.mqr(l._d()velope\l ere.we.can hope to see.a,large.and well-doing population.,~ , .' ' ' : '~ ;",';. • ~ • '.: • ' "".! ( • ;! . .. ' .. . . A NEW'RUBH. ".. . .. ' . .A. ne')V ru.~h hJ;ts taken .place· ~ithin. the ·l~t··~~ek·.:to .Green Gully, near.. Middleton.Creek, about eight miles sou.t~ ~;>f Fryerstqwn, tll~ prospectors (two parties) havi~g obtained· gold in very. remurle,.ative ·quantities ; one party frow J.,Butler'~.42nd section block-, and·the other party from-near.that block: ··The sinking is·,about 30 feet through loose alluvial.soil,and gravel, ·very wet; and·resting .upon a;•pipeclay bottgm, and ·requiringtclose timbering. · I haVe as far as possible endeavored to ascertain the quantity of gold obtained;-but statements are so·conflicting at the present time. t~at,. w~en compared, I' can:. only· infer that. those .who ,have bottomed.,..:viz.,: two . parties-have averaged at least at the.rate.of£20 per man,per week. · · · -' . '· ·: · · : . . · The gold is very lumpy, nuggets from! oz. to 8 ozs. being obtained. :. . ., . ··•• , · :" .. .. · .. : ·. · . The :gully.,and its.. tributaries soU:th.(towards Hplcombe and Glenlyon) are.pegge9. out for.'aboui'two miles, and a great number of miners are about commencing operations ; but it will:,require ·a· few weeks to determine the extent ·and value of the rush. • During the past seven or eight years there have .only ·oeen about ten or twelve persons working in the neigh borhood, with variable success. I am inclined to the opinion that this rush will prove of considerable importance, and give an impetus to alluvial and quartz progpec.~i!ilg;in theJoo.a:J.i~y, JJ.O doubt comprising the whole tract of aurife- rous country between Vaughan, Holcombe, and 'Glei:iljon:" I~" .. ' .... A • .. ·'· ; • ~·~ ) \· •,o;.. : "''· .. ·~' t • .. ; ' :t· 1 ...... HEeBi:niN nmsiok'" .:-~~-:·'·;· ; .. : · .. •· ' l,.).J< •, • •• "'~ ,,...... • • "''"" .. n ... ,.; ,iJ •• -'• • • ·~ •• ''- •.. ; .. . .L ,; ._ ..lfr.; 'fh?;n.~~.IJale,iJ'{ir:~nf!.ReQi~t'!'ar.__ ~~:.'··~;~; · '.;·;:~ ,. ;'. . The :nining· popul~tion ·lias~-~~en increas~d by !l~p1bers 9f. ()liiriese o?cupy~n~' ~l)liciJ?,g~gr6l!rid ~ .tlie north- ~este~ sectiOns of the Hepburn diVISI?n,· partly m consequence of ~li~ Jate__ ramf~lls, ."!'~~~~· hq~~y~; _have !I,S yet be,en msuflic1ent to cause a contmuous flow m the races. ,.,_.,.,' '·""' '· ' '., > •·· _, ..... • · • .. MACHINERY. A very large increase is observable in quartz machinery, preponderating over the diminution of alluvial plant; but appliances for separating the gold fro!ll the pyrj.tes, that l¥Ost l!e~ded here, se~ms to be greatly overlooked. . "' •• ··-· .. ·-~"-· ,J>j ••• :. ~. '• • '~-"~···~ ... ~~ ~ . •:•' .' .. , __,. ': ~ ...... ; QuAR,T~·,l'!f.~.NIN BuraW~ Ree(Wombat Hill West.-A prospect obtained from tbe Brace went IS dwts. per ton. Fifteen 'tons from a spur gave 8 dwts. Pryde and Co., Italian Hill South, obtained from a 70-foot level 41 tons, yielding 39 ozs. . Argus Quartz lVIining Company have been prospecting during the greater part of the quarter, Wheal Dorey Quartz i\:lining Company are pushing on with the erection of powerful machinery. ALLUVIAL MINING. The Astley Company are working a rich terrace on the main lead; finding that the·ground was again suddenly dipping, they have reserved it for future operations. 333 ozs. were obtained during the past fortnight, and 1,074 ozs. 16 dwts. 12 grs. for the quarter. This has enabled them to pay off all their liabilities, and dividends will be probably • the next step. The quantity of wash crushed was 6,733 tons. · The Corinella Paddock has yielded, at shallow depths, 931 ozs. 3 dwts. 6 grs., two nuggets, 4 and 1! ozs. respectively. , · '.rhe Wallaby Company, Comoora, obtained 297 ozs. 12 dwts. 4 grs. from 2,376 loads of washdirt. Hadden and Co., Wallaby Creek, .have recently completed machinery driving sixteen stampers. A good crushing of dirt gave 27 ozS. 4 dwts. 3 grs. The want of water by sluicers and puddlers is sLill severely felt. , The Great Tunnelling Company, Italian Hill, are ·~ow ready to commence operations. The shareholders are sanguine ?f success, and, if their calculations are correct, it will take several years to exhaust tbe claim. ~ ' TARADALE. SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar. In alluvial mining nothing new has been discovered during the quarter, except a gradual develop~ent of the deep ground. · . .. The London Company are working at 150-foot level, and are on good washdirt. The Taradal'e United, the adjoining claim south, are working at 160-foot level, on a rich wash. Last week seventeen men obtained 36 ozs. of gold, and this week the yield will be greater, from the appearance of the stuff. . · The London and Melbourne Gold Mining ComP.any's <:laim· is south of and adjoining the Taradale United claim, and are in deeper ground still. The manager, after years of search, has at length proved that there is good payable deep ground in their claim : he is now working at 189-f?ot !~vel, and obtaining satisfactory results. 1'his is the deepest ground that has yet been worked and found payable m th1s goldfield. · 'fhe party who have for several months past been working the ground formerly held by the Cambrian Company (south of and next to the London and Melbourne Company) have struck the gutter in deep ground. 1 reported last quarter that they were obliged to put in a new tunnel at a lower level, to run tbe water from tl1eir works into the Back Cr.eek. They have driven the tunnel over 400 feet into the hill under the trap-rock, and are now washing sometimes 8 ozs. to the machine of heavy nuggety gold. The wash is rather shallow, but with proper appliances the ground will be fairly remunerative. ' Although there has not been any quartz crushed in this subdivision the.last quarter, in consequence of the reefs being held by owners who did not work them, we may reasonably expect a more favorable report the next · quarter, as several reefs have changed hands. · • Stephens Brothers have, during the last three months, been engaged erecting a battery on their. claim at Liberty Flat, and intend to crush in a few days. MALDON DIVISION. Mr. Robert Nankivell, 'Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The Nelson Extended Company, Wilson's Reef, have cut a payable lode of stone at 375 feet from the surface. This company have spent about £5,000 in prospecting up to this time. · ' The Beehive Company, after having driven to the west 80 feet at a depth of 483 feet, and not having been successful, have suspended operations. · The Albert Company, Fenteman's Reef, have also stopped and called for tribute o:ffers to work the mine. , TP.e Derby Company's mine has changed hands, and the new occupants are about to commence· operations. :Mining is generally dull throughout the division, and I do not see much chance of its reviving without the assistance of cap~tal and combination of small holdings. ST. AN:OREW'S WEST SUBDIVISION. ' Mr. Clement Johnstone, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. '· Th~. slate quarries at Bulle~arook, near Gisborne, are again attracting attention, a company having taken up and applied for the lease of two blocks of 320 acres each. . · Part of this ground was formerly held by the Victoria Slate .Mining Company, .but abandoned some time ago. As yet the operations have been limited to opening the face of the quarry. The slate looks well. ST. ANDREW'S EAST SUBDIVISION. Mr~. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Very little has bee~' done in quartz mini~g in this subdivision during the past quarter ; in fact, the small quantity sliowntin the return embraces the whole of the crus.hings for the quarter. . , · Some very good alluvial ground has recently been discovered about two mlles east of Hoddle s Creek, on the east margin of a swamp known as" Big Pat's Swamp." The ground is extremely wet, and the sinking is abol.!:t 50 feet. The washdirt averages about 10 inches,· and yields at the rate of half an ounce to the ton. The swamp IS about a mile and a half in length, and the lead is supposed to follow its course. . . , In other portions of the district the miners a:re w?rking :vith a~out the same success as usual ; but all kindS of mining operations can be more agreeably executed m thiS locahty durmg the summer season. 37 ST.. ANDREW'S CENTRAL SUBDIVISION. Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I have to report a very great improvement in the general prospects of mining matters in this subdivision. QUARTZ MINING. : The average yield from quartz is no less than 1 oz. 4 dwts. in excess of that of the last quarter. A well defined gold-bearing reef, called the "Loyal Liberal Reef," has been discovered about two miles north of the township of Wanandyte; the prospectors have made an application for a lease, and immediately intend erecting machinery for crushing. . · A company is also being formed to work the Lady of the Lake and Scotchman's claims, at Wanandyte, the promoters of the same having fairly developed the reef, and obtained very good results from their trial crushing. The .Phomix Company, whose reef is being worketl under the bed of the Yarra, estimated their prospects upon the basis that their stone would yield not more than an ounce per ton ; a recent crushing has exceeded their expecta tions by giving within 18 grs. of 2 ozs. per ton. This company will shortly also erect machinery for pumping and crushing. From the number of persons now prospecting o.n the north side of the Yarra, and the auriferous nature of the country, I apprehend a great probability that Anderson's Creek and the Caledonia will shortly form a connected and continuous goldfield. ALLUVIAL MINING. In alluvial mining very little change has taken place. The unusual circumstance for this locality of two nuggets, weighing respectively 3 ozs. 5 dwts. and 34 ozs.l5 dwts:, having been taken from the neighborhood of some old workings in the Whiskey Gully, has caused the establishment of several puddling machines, which, I understand, are yielding good wages. The smaller nugget was encrusted with quartz, and weighed gross 4 ozs. 14 dwts., and was founll about 6 feet from the surface; the latter was taken from the same shaft, about 5 feet deeper, upon the bed-rock. An application and survey has lately been made for a lease embracing an area of the bed and banks of the Yarra. The details of the scheme embrace the construction of a tunnel about 444 feet in length, an open cutting at the south end of 160 lineal feet, and at the north end of 36•6. The excavations, exclusive of tunnel, roughly estimated, with slopes t to 1, will not exceed 5,198lineal yards, and would secure a fall of 12·84, which, from the increased velocity, would enable a comparatively small tunnel to carry the whole of the water in 'the river during the summer season, and would completely drain to certain levels from two to three miles of that portion of the river known as the Pound Bend. The, prospects of the project are somewhat encouraging from the fact of gold having been found in several trial paddocks, and the fact of a claim paying well in a portion of the ground occupied under the bye-laws. I think there are now.:.grounds to justify the hope that this district will share the attention and enterprise I have always considered its merits as a goldfield should have long since commanded, and which it no doubt would have received if its position were less accessibly situated. KYNETON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar. ' In alluvial mining there is but little doing-in fact, there are but about ten European alluvial miners actually at work, and about forty Chinamen; who are employed on the banks and in the beds of the Coliban and Kangaroo Creeks. This number, with thirteen European quartz miners, compose the total number of miners who are working on Crown lands and under the Castlemaine Mining Board bye-laws. · Quartz mining has improved during the quarter, as my report of the quantity of quartz crushed and the yield shows, but the bulk of the quartz obtained is from private property, viz., Orr's Paddock. This reef continues to yield well, and as it is dry and close to Messrs. Binnie's crushing machine, the working expenses are small. Efforts are being made to ,find the reef sou$ of the present workings ; and although the claim now at work was discovered near the surface, a shaft is sunk (south of it) over lOO feet deep with no signs of the reef, which seems to be in a line with Russell's old reef at Lauriston. ' ' BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH. SUBDIVISION. Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar. A great many claims have been applied for under the Leasing Regulatiohs, and out of ten claims taken up and registered under the bye-laws, four are already registered to be held in reserve for various reasons; and with the exception of the Nil Desperandum Company, who are raising some -very fair specimens, nothing of importance has occurred during the quarter. The excitement which prevailed here in consequence of the splendid prospects from the Snake Gully Reef, in the Blue Mountain South Subdivision, has almost subsided; but as some of the parties who have taken up ground on this line of reef are busy sinking shafts, and as the line of reef is well defined on the surface, there is good reason to expect that some of them will strike good lodes. The Amelia Company is still idle, and the Alma Company, with the exception of a couple of men employed on the shaft are the same. The owner of the A1ma crushing machine has discarded copper plates and adopted blankets instead, and will, when these alterations are completed, commence crushing from the Snake Gully claim, in the Blue Mountain South subdivision, the quartz of which is expected to averag13 several ozs. to the ton. The yield of gold during the quarter has been very small, in consequence of most of the miners being employed in sinking for or prospecting on quartz reefs. . • • .. , . I\' ...... lyif1rin;· e,,:, c• ,,,,:::':,~~!)1!-T .. ~.I.N.I,~~(f ,Di.~.T~J'c:i;·~ ·t· .,. , .~·;:,1 .! ,, •. ·:;·· • ·---.. . . 1'.'' 1 ;' •• ,·,.,,'c ,:.:, r, ·"'. ,. ; . ,, r: . .·· : •' ·::::.\ \.\ ·.. :;:·:;·f ;,,-, ('ARARA':f, DJV.JSION.1 ", ,. , ·-. ·: ... ,'~'(' ,, •" J' "- I j. ~ 1.- I . • .,.; .. I · • ··l·:- '· •· · ~· •:;": "M~: Ci~~~i~S''J: · W. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Regi~~ar. · ·· · · .. ~11:\lyial, g~l~ ~~~iilg)~ t~is ~i'visi9n ·ha~ beef!. ve~y quiet .4iiring ~~e quart~~,·.an? ·~~~- interelit' ha~· c,o~siderably su!J:er~~.PY-.t~~ F\19!oug-h.fMIU,~e _qf_ t)le. ~reat. A~rat BI::~k Leaa Company, fr.o~. who1p- ~o. m~c~. had_ ~eE!n !_lxpected; th~~. wor_ks :~re,I)o':.• if~~.mantle?·ln!l the inachmery removed. 'l'he old ground·~f the late,-Cant?Ii Co!llpany'~ extended b~ock' cl~~m 1~ be~ng w?r.~ed ~~,.~~m~!~ cfj~pany, who, for ·so:ne. weeks pa,s~, have rep?.~te.d ~herr ~(\tUl'Jls·o.f go14, t~ _be 7 ozs. to 8' ozs. to the "machme.- ·The Galatea Company havmg had good prospects m their ground (the Old'-Bla,ck ~.e~d),_ ~ave occ~P.~fl~ .~he l~st ~~o to three m~nt?s in en~~ting steam_.ma2hinery, ~nq ,haye or;lY. now :esum'?d;mining ope;::at!o"*~:,, .f!.o~~ t~e·o,td.. ~~!fl:S ,~nd ~he :W.hrt\'),Le~d, A~rat~ ~:e,beml? W?.t"k'ld,by I~:·g?:par.~r~s o~ Qh.m.es~, w~~9 very efficrent apphan:ces; and·therr returns ·are about 2 ozs. to the machure:·' Tlie'rest of'tlie alluvral mm~rs·ar~ very .much distributed throughout the division. • · · '" .,, The quartz interest has continued to hold the attention'ofthe public. * * * The Eaglehawk Company, at Armstrong's ·(the·original claim of-that group); are steadily advancing their works, with ,encouraging prospects.. The shaft has '·been sunk already l97·feet~ ,;~At 138 feet they are:driving a level to strike·'the ,parallel" reef (Simpso'n's), which will he worked simirltaneoiuily Wi.th•:the Eagleha:vk: ·Several of the;other leiuies are'being'prospected} but no active operations have yet been commenced. . . ' :: ' ' . . .. ' ' ' The Mitchell's·Reef Company have ·been 'raising stone and· sending it a distance of ten and twelve'miles to be ·crushed :'the first lot of fifty tons gave'l4 dwt's. to the ton,. then thirty tons gave 3•dwts. tolthe ton, and the last twenty tons gave l·oz. to the ton. The·.pro'prietors have·•now suspended their works to ·form a company, with the view of crOfting steam.Il?-achinefY, fonrushing;, .·This claim is also the original of ·a group; and in a' great' measure _rules the actwn of the adJacent claims. · : , · ' · · · ·; · · •-The• !Thymney claims have •made• but little progress during the quarter, a;s the shafts are ·an stopped at the wa;ter level·;•thelgreater-number of th.e claims have been collected into· groups and leases applied for. 'rhe original prospecting· chiim has been continuously worked and the stone sent a distance of seven miles to be crushed :, the , average yield of gold is reported1as-l8~dwts. per··ton; Arrangements ai:e being made to erect:steam battery and pumping·plant.r~.}\tLH·l:i·,;t, ~.. :i~·qn,<\1 ~·. :'·1t ,. •. r· f 1. ·· . ·. · . · ··. 'l'he··new:re'ef· at ·Prest()n, is·: beiilg prospected .... Attention- has been miwh·:directed' toward~' the reefs::at" Port Curtrs,andprospectingisbeingactivelyconducted. · 11· •.-n. "J.1 ,,.• ·"··· >'.· ,.;,; uw.: ,., t.. ··:"'.··· At a point one mile west from the Eaglehawk at Armstrong's, on the opposite slope of the Dividing Range, a prospecting claim and seventeen others have been taken· up within the last ten days to work a reef from which some good prospects have been obtained ; but the .'Y9!-'.k .i!!, n<;>t yet .sufl!c;i~ll~ly ad'\;anced to form an estimate of the per:manent value (!f the reef. . . ·~-~·-··:.·,'I PI'·. <1 ·." .1 .: • LA i''. ... • ~ I ''fn,.>H, \ , 'f\ '. ,_· ... :,, l,,_,·,,>. J • P~l):ASl\.NT: CREEK DIVISION.. ' .,, I ' .... ;:. L . 1 .-.:.· ...... ,.'\';•,J.::~ii..:-. :'•ill' }~(.:; ·:' .·.·• ··: ,J •• ·eH·~·· 1 tr • ' . • • •·•; '·.·· l' 'j fn:;•'. it' ~~ fr;n ~ r lt!._l ·"'· ; ,..{' ~·.. • .. , ,, .. : .· · ·M;r: Jof?n,IJ,'if.ltqd,_:.llfi?l'ing ,Sur"!eyf!r.arj.dRe;g~strar,:' :;~·· .. :'. :.: , .. ~ I • ,. ' ' QUARTZ MIN.ING. : . ' ,·, :· ·,' i: · . .~·:lr, .,·,~d·\ti.': .• ~u l tt·.: ~•· .~ n· :1 '\~J; t.J. • ~ ·.r 1"· ·.· ~\ .... 1 -~ 1• .t~ ;•. ~-:.~ . . . , -Pu:ri!lg• ,the ·.quarter nQw~~#ed, great P!-" Cr~ek, .and ne\v m~tc~neq<, pf,a :V(_:n;y -~uperior d~sqr~p~iQn,.is every day, arriving. on th\1 grqund. 1: • .: • • · : •-.' .J • • , . . ..,One, Qf _Eo!.<;l.:s .patei]t, r.o~k-dril~ers l;las: also, 1{\)en ,introduc~cl. by the ..Ext!lnded ,pross -Reef .Company,, \V.itl! the aid,pf,. 'fhicR., t!J.!'l §in~i,l,lg 9f ;t)l~jr .. engi,ne:iih~f~).!! J:!.OW P.r:oceeded 1.vjth. Tl).is ·s].!~f!. is, i):).j;e~ded ~o reach a d~pth of 750 feet~ . ;.,r···,.. , 1';.:,·11 :,.:,l.~:.';~o!J~· Payable stone has also been struck in four claims which have hitherto been unproductive, and in every case the· depth at which this stone was reached was considerably below. the original water level. On Elizabeth Creek the Flying Doe Company are again at full work, with a reef 4 feet in thickness, and a great quantity of water .to cont~i(c]~witQ../•·;TJ:W:Bo'\}liie:Dundej;~(Jompa:(tJ.;Iin :fl:iQ:Same locality, have also resumed operations, and have got !IJl engine in course of erection, and in fact_ all the neighboring reefs are fully occupied, and there never has been.such energy displayed before ·thro)lghouUhe 'entire diVision. ~-~~~:l•: ":t·'u.. '!~fl;~;, ;;-.;, 'J#J~ •• :~;r'';~ .• :.:.--\:·1ALLUVIAL.MINING•. ' ;,._ ,_ , .• ~, . ·-i: t ..... · · ~ :'•:Anti.vial.mining is·quite ll:eglllcted; aiid. i r~gret to add that the Standard Company; ·Deep F..ead;· although they iuhceedelfiii,i'ecovei:ipg·'the IO~t'~eadl:have: notiVithstanding,·been' obliged to suspend operations, having insufficient qapiiial: • '· · ..... " · ·- · ...... ,.-, .··.- ·• ; ·· · .. . · ·· . · .- ~ · .. · ... ~ ..... ' 1 • , ''A'small'rusli lias''talien•'place at'an~th,er'p'a~t ofv the D~ep :Uend, ·where some new jp;6ui:id ~).as been opened; but it has; as yet, ·attracted no ·additional' pojll:tlatiori. The sinking is about 80 feet, and very hard~ · ·" ·''' · <: • " At Commercial street the Ch~nese are alone in possessionlofthe old workings. · ·. ' · · · · .. r. ' :;·. ; ;!:;,_;" ji Jif ,, ',: ,!t•h '·' \1 '• • o if, ~•;, •· • 'J I, t ~: ' < .:• l, '' • 1.' ' I.... '' I:: I f ~ • • f.'"' J. 'i • ··J··'; '. _. 1: ···~ ! ·· ., ..... , .•. li:·. · 'B:A:RKLY DIVISION: '· '""" ('1' ' ·.:.. !· 1 -' ....., .,..,L· .,· . ._. ; ... ~'"· ,;.~ r·Mr: •. ;/ohn D!·4lton, Mining Surveyor andRegistra?:.:- • :•'· ,;,, • .1 , {o, l; ~ 1 :" . . ' ....! i,l~j. f..:;~ .t~ •.. ·(J,,~~t::·, .. QuARTz MINING. 1 A consideraDle extent of ground has been taken up on various lines of reefs, which, although well known for years past, have been allowed to remain unnoticed until within the last few months. The names of the reefs referred to are as follow :-'rhe Tramway Reef, Woodlands, Cri~e:rion, Victoria, Montgomery, Powis, and Stringy-bark; five companies have already commenced work on· the above reefs. No crushings have as_yet been obtained from any, with the exception of the Empire Company, Montgomery Reef, where the result was 4 ozs. per ton. - ---'--·-··AiiuViti MiNiiO.·.- ...... - ' • The principal alluvial operations are now carrica'on at Malony's Lead, about three miles north-west of Lands borough, where a fair extent of payable ground is now being worked. It is hoped that the main Landsborough lead will again be discovered at this point. The auriferous deposit consists princirally of cement ; the depth varies from 70 to 90 feet, with easy sinking. · Wailer's rush is nearly abandoned, the lead having been lost. The return of the wet season has enabled a good deal of work being resumed on several old leads, but more interest js l1QW takeJ1 in the new quartz reefs than in prospecting for alluvial deposits. _-Rl}GL~N DIYISIQNr; Jlfr'~ {,q~,~ ?;em:p,{~!f??h.. flining. §u,rv~~f ,qYf:d. Regfsty:.'{,~· ALLUVIAL MINING. The first two months of the past quarter were very dry~· arid the yield of gold has not been· so satisfactory in consequence. .Since then there h'/-s been an ~J.hund,alilce of rain, and nol\' the:t:e is no scarcity of w.ater.,. ,. . : In Bailors' Gully the yield from' the two leases in occupation there has been smaJl. The Young ,Duke Co-ope~ative party, immediately south of the reservoir, have been engaged· in main driving 'during nearly. the, whole of the quarttlr< and the yield. cons~quently has ,not been great,. bj-lt the men ex;pr~ss. themselves satisfied with it, ap.d expect good results when blocking-out is commenced. The New Hope Company in the Police Paddock hav~ bottomed since my last report, and have had favorable yields in their main drive. On Seal's ~ease at Charlto;m the dqve is in about '330' feet, and within tlie last day or two they borea up to washdirt with a very good prospect of gold, the gutter dipping south-east. , QuA,~Tz MI~.~~G 1". _,_ . .. •. , , At the quartz reefs at Waterloo, I regret,to say that.the r~sults have.not been at all equal to expectation.· -The Sheet.anchor Company is still getting up stone and crushing, but the others have apparently left off in the meantime. The crushing machine has not been continuously at· work• during.the quarter, having been stopped some time, owing to the want of water. On the Red Hill Reef to the north of the township the second shaft has been sunlf:. to a depth of 120 feet through very hard·, slate~;' they mean to open· out ·a drive at·l25 feet.· ··J ' '! ... , ,., 1 "" ,. t. :. '· · •' ' I have nothing new to report as to mining in other parts ofthe division. The Chinese are principally employed in the old workings, and a number, both of them and the Europeans, supplement their earnings as miners by working in various other ways. · · · " '1 >======::'::=:==::::': ' \ • ',.I ~. GIPPSLAND ,MINI,NG DISTRICT. OMEO SUBDIVISION~ Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar.. · ·; The welcome rain' has·-eimbled all the holders of suspended alluvial claims .to go to 1vork again~ There· is also plenty of water for the Swift's Creek Company's quartz mill; which' has cruslied one lot of stone from various reefs (see Return), and is just commencing to crush a second parcel. ·A party of Americans, who for more than a year past have been working two alluvial claims on the edge ofthe large basaltic plateau which forms the Dargo and Bogong High Plaiii.s, ,and getting the best gold in the district, haye applitld for a le\lse, il! .the .ex ectatio!t o,f ~.eing able to follow the· lead under the basalt. The' Chinese have struck a 'deep rich gutter at two . points, nearly two miles.apart, on the west side of Livingstone Creek. In consequence a lease has been appl just·abov~ and adjoil!ii:lg' tl£e liighest pqint ~t whi<;h.. tlie 1gold hail' been struck, and a prospileting a:~ea'oftl,pOO' are .registElred just below;· '·The ·supposed !JOur8e of the lead is 'in a_ direct; line from' Livingstone''Swamp ( nt Lh;ing~&orie, keeping the west side of the creek t4roughout. The accounts trom the new diggingi; on' the upper parts of the Gibbo River are''favo'rable. No payable' goldfield has 'beel:i iliscovered by the prospectors (!n. Tom 9-.roggins River, ,Upper Murray, but the pa~ty have taken up a claim there for the winter, on'which 'they 'state' they are' making wages. MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr •. _John. Grime.~ Peers, M,in~n[J ·Sur'!eupr. and flrgistrar. In consequence of the late rains throughout the district alluvial mining is being energetically carried on, resulting in increased and satisfactory yields •. · . · . ,· ·. , , · .. · In quartz mining a ve1·y decided improvement has also taken place, resulting in an increased confidence on the part.hiof propri~~ors,. which manifests itself i~ the re~?mll).encement of ~c~ive WOrks,, and the .erection of additional mac nery. . , · , " ' . At Deptfor:d specially this shows· itself, and ·this activity results frop1 the recent favorable yields obtained from the Tubal .Cain Company's p1ine, which are shown in the accompanying returns. . At this place.also. the other mining companies are in full work,· with what is considered very excellent prospects. Mining generally in this subdivision is improving. . ' . 9ROOKED RIVER. SUBDIVISION. · · · )[;; James Trqvis, 'Mininr},Re,qistra:r .. · QUARTZ MINING. . , , _ 1 have little of interest to report in reference. to this desctiption• pf mining .. · In, the neighborhood of. Grant, the Pioneer and·Jungle n:iills are the only crushing machines that have been at work during ·the quarter; and on the Upper Dargo, the Evening Star and Warsaw Companies. The Good Hope Company are progressing slowly but steadily with their lower level. The 'boring machine is in c'onstant use, 'and although Iiot doing· so well as was anticipated, is, ·I believe, giving satisfaction. · · The Jeff Davis Company have again qommenced operations. A winze is being put'down·east'of, and another one. wes~ ofthe ?h~ level;, and a ~ew level ~fl:S. been started. Sho?ld they strike payable stone, !¥J is confidently expecLed, a great Impet_us w1ll be tl1ven to quartz.mi~llng he:e.• · . · . . - • The Pioneer Company are also smkmg a wmze; but not.hmg payable has yet been stnick. - . . The Bengal Reef is l~oking exceedingly well. The comp~ny hav~ pu:chased the Bri~nnia crushing plant, and Will shortly commence crushing. They have about forty tons raised; which IS expected to y1eld over 2 ozs. to the ton. On the Upper Dargo, the Evening. Star Company have crushed 200 tons of payable stone; and a few small lots have been crushed by the.Warsaw Company, the return from which I am unable to give. · . ; · .. The Morning Star reef and mill have been purchased by' Messrs. Cane Brothm-s, and is to be worked in connec- tion with other reefs in the neighborhood, under the name of the Rossbrin Mining Company. · · ·• ALLUVIAL MINING. . .. : '' . I m~ntioned in m.y' last' report that gold had been dise.ov~red on the Lower. D~rgo. During th~ present quarter su1Ee1ent wo;r);; h~s been don~ to prove that t~e ground will pay wellfor workmg. A n:umbet: of !)laims have been taken up, but, owmg to ~h.e W~Uter floods, the mmers are unable to work to advantage. I expect a large increase to the population in that locality in the spring. · ·- · - · · ··- 40 JERICHO SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. !3· Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. QUARTZ MINING. I regret to have to report that the improvement shown by my last returns has not been sustained during the past quarter. The management of companies in the Jericho division and their mode of working is somewhat inferior to that of the Wood's Point district, and I think in this lies chiefiy the slow progress made. 'l'he returns forwarded show the mines now crushing to be all payable if methodically worked; nevertheless, the New-chum reefs are now again idle. · The Lochfyne Reef continues to yield handsome. returns to the tributers, who average about £6 per man per week. , I have nothing· cheering to report of the old mines in this subdivision; but I trust to be able to add two new· claims to the .list of payable reefs during the ensuing quarter. I refer to the Moonlight Reef and the Eldorada Company's mine, both of which have made material progress towards permanent development. ALLUVIAL MINING. The B :B. and Jordan continue to yield wages; but the Aberfeldy and Thomaon are. poor. DONNELLY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining S,urveyor and Registrar. ' QUARTZ MINING. At Donnelly;s Creek quartz mining has been alq~ost at a standstill. The Morning Star \).nd North Crinoline Companies have crushed a few tons of stone, yielding only average returns; but scarcely anything has been done on any of the other claims. This is perhaps partly owing to the fact that two or three companies are being formed for working the quartz reefs on a large scale, when it is anticipated that good results will be obtained. At Fulton's Creek some of the abandoned claims are being taken up, with a view of reworking them, as it is' considered that the greater part of the gold was formerly lost through inefficient machinery. ALLUVIAL MINING. There is an increase in the number of alluvial miners, who continue to rework the bed of DonneUy's Creek and obtain very good returns. - . · At Freestone Creek, the heavy rainfall has prevented any work being done on the .main Freestone Creek; but the reports to hand of Gladstone and Lee's Creek are more favorable, and the next few months may probably show a great increase over the last quarter. A nugget weighing 11 ozs. was obtained in the neighborhood of Stewart's old claim, near Gladstone, which will probably lead to more miners setting to work in that locality. 132 ozs. of gold were obtained during the quarter from about fifteen claims. STRINGER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar. The improvement which 4as taken place in Inining affairs in my division during the quarter is somewhat remarkable. No new reefs have been discovered, but a large number of claims which hav~ been abandoned for several years are taken up and being registered under the Limited Liability Act. Claims north of the Hercules, from 17 .to 30 inclusive, are now the property of three new companies, who are applying for leases, viz., the North Cohen's, New North Cohen's, and the Victoria; and going south we have the South Cohen's Quartz Mining Company's ground, which adjoins the Empress, and.includes claims known as Nos. 3, 3~, 4, and 5 South Cohen's Reef. Claims Nos. 11 and 12 North Cohen's are also in the hands of a new company (the North Walhalla Gold Mining Company). This claim bids fair to be of great val,ue, being bounded on the south by the Long Tunnel and on the north by the Royal Mint, both of them gold-producing, the latter being the farthest claini north in which gold has yet been struck, the trial crushing yielding 17 dwts. per ton. Again, nearly the whole of the ground between the block claims of Cohen's Reef and the Longfello:w's has been applied for under lease. The sinking being necessarily very deep, the promoters, I understand, intend carrying on the works on an extensive scale. · Empress Gold Mining Company.-A large portion of the extensive machinery has arrived. The poppet-heads are erected, blacksmith's shop built, and other preparations made. The main shaft will, I believe, be commenced in a week or two. ·· No. 3 North Cohen's are applying for a lease, the claim in future to be styled the Emperor. The Walhalla Company have been crushing steadily during the whole quarter, with the exception of a week or ten days, which were ocoupied in changing the position of the engine, for the purpose of driving the battery under a new system, viz., by means of bands. It is worthy of notice that the yield of gold for the quarter from this claim alone exceeds the total yield of the whole of the district (including alluvial) for the last quarter by 394 ozs. 19 dwts. 23 grs., not including gold extracted from pyrites. The Wellesley Company are engaged sinking a shaft. on the eastern reef, which averages about 18 in. in width. The Long Tunnel Company are driving south to strike the winze, taking out good stone all the way. The Royal ·Mint Company are driving their main level along the course of the. reef, and this they intend to continue to their northern boundary. , · Longfellow's Gold Mining Company.-From the lower tunnel the shaft is down 110 feet; opened out at 103 feet north; plat formed and level extended about 35 feet; have commenced stoping, and about breaking through into the winze. · The Eureka Company are still driving their lower tunnel. The contractors have driven 243 feet; they have made but little progress lately, having had to contend ·with a very hard slate bar. . In Dugald Lamond's prospecting claim (lately known as the Wealth of Nations), Shamrock line of reef, some exceedingly rich stone has been struck. It is stated to be a distinct reef altogether from .the old one, and suppos!ld to be the main reef. 41 RUSSELL'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Clwrles Gadd, Mining Registrar. • . I have registered three prospecting quartz claims during the quarter, on three distinct .reefs-two of them near Pheasant Creek; the other on the La Trobe River, near Camp Creek. On the two near Pheasant Creek good prospects have been obtained, the reefs varying in thickness from 12 to 36 inches, prospecting being pushed on vigorously. No quartz has been crushed during the quarter at the Crossover, the Happy-go-Lucky claim being suspended for the purpose of forming a company. On the Happy Elizabeth claim a permanent deep shaft is being eunk. There is part of the plant on the Pheasant Creek Compauy's ground, but owing to the continued wet weather operations are very slow. The New-year's Reef Company have suspended their claim, with a view of erecting a small battery. On the Lower Tangil nearly all the alluvial claims have been retarded, owing to the floods, except a few claims on the Cement Hill, which are averaging £3 per week per man, by washing (sluicing) the cement and quartz wash. I enclose a sample of the cement, by which you will' see that this mode of extracting the. gold is not a profitable one, as the gold is plainly visible in it, and it requires crushing.* The cement is traced for a distance of seven or eight miles, averaging in thickness from 1 to 5 feet, and generally about 3 feet of wash underneath. BENDOC SUBDIVISION. . Mr. John .1..Vichol, ·Mining Registrar. Quartz JI.lining has much improved in this district during the past quarter, as some very good-looking reefs have ·lately been discovered, two of which, the Hood Hope and Luck and Leisure, look remarkably well from the surface to the depth of 12 feet. But what retnrds the progress of this district is the want of enterprise and capital, as most of these reefs are in the hands of poor men that have no means of work,ing them to advantage. · The 1\:Iorning Star Reef are raising stone from the north and south shafts. Their deep shaft is to water level, and underlying to the .west so much, prevents them from working it to advantage ; but they have commenced a new vertical shaft, which they propose to sink to the depth of 200 feet to cut the reef at that level, and which will enable them to work dry. Their stone this quarter has not yielded so rich as in the last quarter on account of not having been particular in separating the mullpck from the stone. Come-love Reef have not raised much stone this quarter, having been en~aged sinking fresh shafts-one at the depth of 94 feet, and 108 feet-and opening up their ground to the length of 170 feet, so that.in the course of a few weeks they will be enabled to send a good quantity of stone to the mill. - 'The United Tunnel Company are still engaged driving their tunnel, which is about 200 feet long, for the purpose of testing the ground and to cut the reef; but they progress slowly on account of the stone being hard, and having no tramway to remove their stuff. · The Homeward-bound Reef is situated on the east side of the Bendoc River; struck water at 60 feet, with a. great underlie to the west ; reef at that depth, 3 feet ; sinking a vertical shaft to cut the reef at about 120 feet. The Rising Sun Iieef (Bonang) still continues to show a large body of stone, but the yield has not been so good this quarter on account of the mullock being mixed with the quartz ; they have about 400 tons on grass. The Union Reef are engaged making a machine to crush their stone; they have about fifty tons raised. The alluvial workings in this subdi.vision, which are creek and river claims, are nearly all occupied by Chinese, they being too poor for the attention of. Europeans. ___ SPECIAL REPORT. To the Honorable J. F. Sullivan, Minister of Mines, Melbourne. Sm, Mining Surveyor's Office, Bairnsdale, lOth July, 1869. In accordance with the instructions of the Chief Mining Surveyor, I started from this place on the 17th of May ultimo, for the purpose of making an official visit to the Bendoc goldfield, but in consequence of the swollen state of the Snowy River was compelled to return without effecting my object. On the 17th of last month (June) I again started, and as the river had somewhat subsided, was successful in getting across and proceeding to Bendoc, which I reached on the 24th. • The township of Bendoc. is situated in a north-easterly direction, about 126 miles from Baimsdale, and, according to a plan in the District Survei Office, Bairnsdale, about five miles and a half due south from the boundary line of the colonies of Victoria and New South Wales. · The route from Bairnsdale is by way of Bruthen, Buchan, Gelantipy ; thence crossing the Snowy River and by Deddick, Tubbutt, Simpson's, and Marriott's (Bonang) . . The great difficulty along this route is in crossing the Snowy River. The track generally pursued starts from Gelantipy station, crosses the Snowy River at its junction with the Deddick, and proceeds along the southern bank of the latter river to its junction with the Little River; but on the occasion of my recent visit, finding the river at this crossing to be impassable,- I retraced my steps and again started from Gelantipy, crossed the river at a good ford, and proceeded by a new line by way of Sugarloaf Peak to the junction of the Deddick and Little Rivers, where I joined the old track, thus avoiding the more dangerous crossing. The surveyed township of Bendoc (Wagra)~in close proximity to which are situated the gold .workings-is distant· from Twofold Bay (which is within eighteen hours' steam of Sydney) eighty or ninety miles; and both places are connected by a good bush-road. Its distance from Bombala, which is the chief town in that district is thirty-three miles. · . ' The nearest gold workings are those on the Nicholson and Tambo Rivers, towards their sources; and these are situated about 100 miles distant, in a south-westerly direction. Alluvial mining in the Bendoc district receives very little .attention, the deposits being very precarious in their character and yield. The workings are entirely conflned to the bed and banks of the Bendoc River· and the onll payable portions are those in the immediate vicinity of the quartz reefs. The sinking is wet, through alluvial soil about 8 feet, on to a bed of washdirt gravel, varying,in thickness from 6 to 12 inches. The formation of the country generally consists of low sandstone and slate ridges, intersected by dykes of disintegrated quartz, having a general bearing of N; 10° E. . Upon thes7 reefs, the principal of which are the Morni_ng Star, .Come; love, Homeward-bound, Imperial, and Umted, many cla1ms have been marked off and taken up, and m those m whiCh works have been actively carried on very satisfactory results have been obtained-the average yield being about an ounce to the ton. I beg to give an abstract of the condition and prospects of the principal quartz claims viz.:- Morning Star Reef.-The prospecting claim and No. 1 South on this reef are owned by Leopold Rawack, Esq., who has recently purchased Nos. 1, 2, and 3 North, for the purpose of amalgamating and taking up under the Gold · :Mining Leases Regulations. , . In the im~ediate vic!nity of t~e township, and in connection. w~th these claims, ~his gentleman has erected the P~remx s~ea~ guartz crushing mach1~e, at a co~t of £3,000, c.ons1stm~ of ten revolvmg stampers, and finding that th1s machme IS ,madequate to the requirements of the place, he mtends Immediately erecting an additional battery of five stampers. · Upon these claims twenty-six miners are employed, and six in connection with the machine and this gentleman (L. Rawack) employs altogether about fifty men in connection with works. · On the claim and No. 1 • The specimen is very similar to the cement foun~ nt lluntly, lllyer's Creek, and l'leasant Creek. L;ke the uuri.ferous stratum in tile leads at Plea81Wt Creek, It contuins black oxide of muuganese. The gold is rougb.-R. B. S. 9 1 7 1 69. N~. o5, e. 42 r,~o .' South there are three shafts sunk to the depths of· 80, 120, ~nd 135 feet respectively; these have been put down on the ' 1,1nderlie of the reef, which has aii• ~Jl<;llii!itiol.!((){~~ ·ip.: l6)!_~Q.j>:_W:i~s w·!p.i~kpe;s~;f!,OIJt 8 inches on the surface. to 32 inches at the bottom of the shafts. . . . · . . . · A c~mtract h~ been l!Jt for sin:kiiig 'a:'v~rlichl'shaft' lOO feet o'itto''th'e reef. ·u·"1" •.U(!Jlai.ins<•N os: 2>·3;· and '4 ·South-are taken up> on -this>reef; and .are abol1t }>eing,_applied·for 'under:~he Gold ··Mining Leases)Regulations:\1 ··: .... ,, •· ·.'" , .. -;' . .. , ·- '· . : . , ,, .. - . ., .. _, ·. . . : .... ,_ ... Cdme!:lov~· Reef•,....!. The prospecting. claim and 'No: 1- North on .this reef..are:~eld by .Davis and Company; who. empJ_Qy.O:fifteeri~ii\en;. J'A. s~ries· of underlie shafts· have been put down· in this<.ground.a,t a.cost of a.bout •..£450, and v'aryi'ng iil:'deptlitfrbni 30 -to.l~ feetr.;":'I'he reef· has .been·: ta.ke:q_ :out from these shafts; and 362 tOns' of. ·quartzJ have .b!l~ll' 1crushed; yielding 348 ozs. 15·dwtsl•ofJretortedlgold. H These·'Cl']lshings e:s:tended·over a period,frpm December, 1&68,- to J.une, 1869} and varied in yield from 8· dwts·.:to 2t· OZS.1to the· ton; :r• i'l • •. 7 1 ... : •.·.. • ·:o· ... • ··· .'·' " •. Thei:e·are'a.'number of.:Jcla.ims tak'en up n(!rth and-south which arejat:.presenttunder e:s:emption . ._ .... ,']· ·n; ,.: . • · l .t.. ·•~omeward;bounQ. Reef,__;.The prospe'cting'fclaim' on- this ·reef is)·Jield•: by Bagley and Company; ·by:iwhom lour nie'~are:employed•-Jn·sitiki_ng·a shaft, from·.which fair returns-are expected.' ,r-.: . . .0. :.;. ·.•··· .. , • : '· iJYJ ·[mperia1 Reef• ..:.:..The pl'ospectinjfcla.imcis'held by Mr.: Rawac1',-angl·a shaft'is,sunk thereon '.to .water :lev.!'JL... At present operations are suspen:ded•previous to· procuring :pumping -machinery. . In, my.·opinion ~th!s reef.an,~ .the Homeward-bound are identical. · United Reef.-The prospecting claim on this reef is held by Reed and Company, who are at present energeti cally ~ngaged in driving !' tunnel to _cut the.reef~wllidh:li~s:l)een~p~eVio~y s_truck in two shafts at a depth of 60 feet, at which depth the reef IS 2f feet thick •. ,,•. ,,,,,.,.,\,,,,,,~·., ,_ 11 ,1.~t'ii ···'-•< ,~ .. , , The da):!.ge!OV.,S_.~\);.(l!;QS!l.lll:ll,lmQst.a.I).y.()Oll~tl,On. , . ... 11 .· ·•r .,, ·: ,_- , .• h,;. : ·'!', :": •. ,; , . · · ... ·u.:.! , ... ·, .. .,r ,;.. , .,JJpw!, Lthe. -,Q!)!Ja!!l\1!1,. gf m.r: r(;J~nt,, visit l ,Olf.COU.)lte).'eq .. ~ll:. P.I!JiY-,2f .V:ictQrla,p , p:\IfHWB .,~ ho were pr,ocee~g . to B~ndg~, ~4 'l'!'h.9,'~~Je ,Qhl,iged ~Q.&~m ~;lack on t,heir. jo!!r,ney:i.n. ~o~~!liJ.!Jenc!' qf.. ~he. d~gero_u~ ~ta.~!l, qf t~e !i}v!'lr,, -~~ thus to go 150 miles out of theu:.,~om:~e t.o r,e\1-Cfl·.~ -for#~l.e. ~ro§¥Ing;pJ~e~. ,,... , . , ;,.,_, . ·' .,. . , : . . .. -;· . .· • , _,o,. yl;r~_spect~J!lly l;le~.~9 f!l1Pr~ss_1;1pon yo~ thfi.;I!lcessity pf lJ- p~nt b!;)i~g. statwned ~t ~he river, th.e charge~.for the use of whwh would be, m my opm10n, suffiCient to make _It self-_supp_9r~mg; , I_.would also .sugg~st. the propnety .?% c~u~~\}g.,t~ <,3;line_f;:9m F_he .S_nQ'YY. ~iy.er .. t!) ~he, Dedpe-;=:par~i~y m,~rk;ed: P.Y 'll1e-;-to. be f~ly J?lark~d · b;r t,h~ survey p,a,rty.:W;h9 1 are- at,pres.~.n~ .stat19neQ. at Gela.nt1py ,. a~. by thi.s~Jllp~s. ~:·~h.o~t~r,,~9a.4.,'\V.?)fl,d ·.be ma~e. av~b_le, a.~af~ crossing at the river s~cure.d, ,a!t!l& ne')V !'!'Jgi~n:Qf...Qountr:Y;:opE>t;ted,up! 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