1876.
VICTORIA.
REPORTS
01' THE
MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS.
QUARTER ENDED 31sT MARCH 1876.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
liD aut,ortty: JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, 111ELBOURNE, No. 6 ,.j ''.}
APPUO:;:.tl\U.TE_COST OF REPOR;I'. ;I 8. d. Preparation-about 12 10 0 Printing (1,550 copies) 92 10 0 ,£105 0 0 INDEX.
Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 31st March 1876. Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter in some of the Deepest Mines in Victoria ; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Qun,rter ended 31st March 1876, p. 5. Gold received at and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter ended 31st March 1876, p. 5. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March l8i6, p. 6. Summary of Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed and crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1876, p. 16, Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st March 1876, p. 19. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ballarat Central Division Mr. D. Christy, Mining R€gistrar 7, 13, 14, 16, 19, 23 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. George Perry, Mining Hegistrlll' 7, 16, 19, 23 Buninyong Division l'vlr. Hobert M.Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 19, 23 Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 13, 18, 19, 24 Creswick Division ... Mr. James Stevenson,Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar 7, 14, 19, 24 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 19, 24 Steiglitz Subdivision Mr. 0. W. Collins, Mining Registrar ... 8, 14, 19, 25 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South .Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8, 14, 16, IS, 19,25 Subdivision Ballan Subdivision~ .• Mr. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar 8, 19, 25 BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division 1\Ir. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Hegistrar 8, 13, 19, 26 1 Y ac kandandah Division Mr. 1 • Wright, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar 8, 19, 26 Indigo Division Mr. A. Rodgers, Mining Registrar 8, 16, 20, 26 Buckland Division ••• Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Hegistrar 8, 14, 20,26 Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 13, 20, 27 Dry Creek Subdivision Mr. Robert Pemberton, Mining Registrar 20, 27 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .•. 9, 13, 20, 27 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••. 9, 20, 27 Big River Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••. 9, 20, 27 Mitta-mitta Division Mr. W. H. Cochrane, Mining Registrar 9, 20, 28 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. W. H. Edwartls, Mining Registrar •.. 9, 20, 28 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Hegistrar 9, 13, 15, 17, 20, 28 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar 20,30 Heathcote Division and Waranga South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Suneyor and Registrar 10, 13, 20, 30 division Waranga North Subdivision ... Mr. Henry Hicks, Mining Hegistrar 10, 13, 20, 30 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. !l'faryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar 10, 13, 17, 20, 30 Majorca Subdivision Mr. John M. Murphy, Mining Hcgistrar 10, 21,31 Amhent Division .. . Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 17, 18, 21,31 Avoca Subdivision .. . Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 18, 21, 31 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Division Mr. W. G. Conchman, Mining Surveyor & Hegistrar 10, 18, 21, 31 Inglewood Division ... Mr. T. W. Palmer, Mining Registrar ••• 21, 31 Wedderburn Division Mr. J. Reach, Mining Hegistrar 21,32 Redbank Subdivision Mr. D. O'I,eary, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar 21,32 St. Arnaud North Subdivision Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar ... 11, 13, 21, 32 St. Arnaud South Subdivision Mr. vV. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 13, 21, 32
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Mr. T. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar Il, 14, 15, 21,32 Fryer's Creek Division Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar 11, 17, 18, 21,33 Hepburn Division ... Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21,33 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar ll, 21, 33 Tarrangower Division Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 14, 17, 21,34 St. Andrew's Division Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar ... 12, 14, 22, 34 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar 18, 22, 34
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. I . Ararat Division Mr. Thos. Foyster, Mining Registrar 18, 22, 34 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 18, 22, 35 Barkly Division Mr. II. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar ,22, 36 Raglan Division Mr. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar 22,85
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision ... Mr. W. Phipps, .Mining Registrar 22,35 .1lfitchell River Subdivision Mr. John Grim•~s Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 22, 35 Boggy Creek Subdivision Mr. ·J. Smith, Mining Registrar 22,35 Crooked River Division Mr .•Jamcs Travis, :Mining Hegistr~.r .•. 12, 22, 36 Jericho Division Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Hegistrar 12, 22, 36 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr. 0. P. 'Vhitelaw, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,22,36 Stringer's Creek Division Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Hegistrar 12, 15, 22, 36 Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining Registrar 17,22,36 Bendoc Subdivision Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar 22,36 Tarwin Subdivision Mr. G. R. Murphy, Mining Registrar ... 22,37 Tr11.rR.lgon Subdivision Mr. C. Den is, Mining Registrar 22,87 Aberfeldy Subdivision Mr. J. MeCann, Mi)ling Registrar 22
APPENDJX,-Wardens' reports for the Blackwood and Tarrangower Divisions ~1 A ~
SUMMARY.
GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31st MARCH 1876.
TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. (Compiled from t!.e Minin_g Surveyors and Registrars' Repo~ts for t!.e Quarter ended 31st Marc!. 1876.)
Alluvial Quartz MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ MINING. 1\finer.s. :l'tiiners. Number Number Steam Engines of of Price of Gold Steam Engines per ounce. DISTRICT, DIVISION employed in Approximate Square distinct Total employed in Wind Winding, Pumping, Value Miles of Quartz ing, Pumping, &c. Reefs AND Number Crushing, &c. of Auriferous of 1\'Iiniug Ground actualJy Miners. Plant. actually proved RUBDIVISION. worked to be upon. Auriferous.
From To ------1---1----1---- £ s. d. £ s. d. BALLARAT. 1,319 60 3,082 23 22 36 23 48 1,057 406 16 39 24 "4 I 6 4 2 9 Central Division 750 190 2,259 62 _16 4 0 6 4 2 3 Southern Division .. 547 350 100 997 2 35 26 3 ll 60 7 5 100 46 4 10 12 9 200 65 4 16 13 4 0 0 -4 2 0 Buninyong Division •• 340 80 160 30 610 18 350 11 I 18 7. 13 4 0 0 4 2 6 Smythesdale Division 746 840 60 1,646 53 1,2GO 64 2 . 19 ll 40 10 3 50 25 1 17> 12 75 800 20 28 941 217 20 3 13 16 4 0 0 4 3 9- Ores wick Division •. 900 350 700 1,950 31 584 32 16 3 18 0 4 0 0 Gordon Subdivision •• 15 32 216 263 13 294 73 3 3!. 19 100 10 233 38 l 14 50 75 3 19 0 4 0 6 Steiglitz Subdivision.. . . 60 80 128 268 3 17 6 4 0 0 Blackwood Division and Blue 160 - 265 550 980 450 18 24 535 299 20 40 31 Mountain South Subdivision 10 3 17 3 17 Ballan Subdivision ------Totals 3,420
BEECH WORTH. 5,200 52 20 6 105 75 102 3 18 6 4 2 0 Beechworth Division 1,004 850 !52 2,006 25 270 3 3 10 0 4 0 0 Yackandandah Division 260 293 85 638 I 6 3,000 3 23 2J· 6 85 54 80 45 10 429 ll 340 10 37 180 15 3 36 28 13 28 4 0 0 4 I 6 Indigo Division •. !90 184 226 3 17 6 4 2 0 Buckland Division .. 76 957 388 1,421 2 22 2,000 44 46 19 263 15 284 !02 15 130 247 104 5. 40 2 4 9 118 2 100 74 3 8 0 4 I 0 Alexandra Subdivision 7 3 16 0 4 0 1 Dry Creek Subdivision 38 100 138 400 4 Benalla Subdivision.. . .. 57 8 62 133 170 12 12 5 3 12 0 3 16 6 Ga.ffney's Creek Subdivision 10 2 18 0 3 16 0 Wood's Point Subdivision •o llO 4 77 191 230 14 14 79" 3 20 102 180 8 8 5 3 12 0 3 17 0 Big River Subdivision 3 10 0 3 12 6 Mitta-mitta Division 48 55 25 128 3 ' 6 6 1 450 4 . 3 14 0 3 18 3 Jamieson Subdivision _L_~ 20 220 340 Totals 2,06! 2,489 68
SANDHURST; 212 3,820 1,210 200 212 -1 474,000 22 320 3 18 ' 3 18 3 o o 1,060 950 4,010 45 6,065 13 236 76 14 13 149 Sandhurst Division 27 127 3 17 3 18 6 Kilmore Division •o •• 00 20 20 10 50 Heathcote Division and Waranga 176 40 384 600 40 30 50 20 366 129 18 28,020 81 204 3 18 4 2 0 South Subdivision !54 59 10 10,888 11 122 . 3 1 4 1 .~ Waranga North Subdivision 93 54 liS 265 20 ------'----I_::____ I----I Totals 1,349 1,064 4,522 45 . 6,980 -13 236 136 10 22 30 63 149 239 4,340 1,398 210 240 512,908 141 773 ------1----1------1------1------1 MARYBOROUGH. Maryborough Division 1,825 400 875 3,100 42 1,468 40 178 34 10 6 -4 36 148 27 614 209 30 27 150,352 5 162 0 6 4 2· 0 9,625 2• 1 4 I 0 4 1 0 Majorca Subdivision. o 104 20 4 128 9 221 8 6 8 ll 9 5 Amherst Division .• 518 220 76 814 7 140 9 27 9 26 45 40 28 12 45 60 36 6 14 13,910 5 30 3 17 0 4 2 6 88 73 4 4 6,179 18~ 40 3 17 3 4 0 0 Avoca 8ubdivision , , . . . o 268 592 91 9. 960 I 25 100 34 17 4 Dunolly and 1'arnagulla. Divisions 245 230 255 730 2 32 58 14 4 8 27 525 180 26 19 49,800 16 185 3 16 0 4 I 6 Inglewood and Wedderburn Divi- 783 192 65 1,040 4 74 28 2 10 30 13 195 162 42 20 16,650 17 72 3 8 0 4 I 6 sions Redbank and St. Arnaud South 210 llO 50 370 24 6 - 78 42 4 7,884 14! 28 3 17 6 Subdivisions 3 15 St. A.rnaudNorth Subdivision-- 90 40 280 410 ------__1_6 ___30_6_ --_1_04__ ------__1_7- __::___ ------,3,-6,_09_2 69 Totals .. 4,043 1,804 1,696 7,552 65 1,960 59 430 69 51 llO 70 83 190 98 1,866 so6 129 u2 2io,492 -l·--s-5_!_ ~587 ------1-'----1 CASTLEMAINE. Castlemaine Division 378 318 426 1,122 30 70 120 8 39 715 287 3" 25 29 71,110 9! 103 3 17 6 3 18 9 Fryer's Creek Division 865 755 160 1,780 88 56 6 15 306 38 2. 2 32 19 461 146 4 9 15 71,124 28i! 37 3 17 6 3 18 0 Hepburu Division .. oo .. 518 C385 500 1,403 28 4 55 140 49 2 I 29 495 214 1 57 57 34,728 82 88 3 17 6 4 1 0 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision 167 142 103 412 139 8 ll 6 I I 3 18 15 331 122 35,6n 22 19 3 18 6 4.0 0 Tarrangower Dtvision 69 282 370 721 18 25 26 23 35 767 240 29 12 05,095 4! 74 3 19 0 4 1 0 5 4 1 0 St. An drew's Division . . • . 199 50 190 439 - 12 20 12 3 ~~ 3g 6 4 g~g 1~· 7~ 3 17 6 Blue 1\Iountn.in North Subdivision 41 2 4 47 ._ 3 3 17 6 3 18 0 ---1------.------1----1----1 TotalS 2,237 1,934 1,753 5,924 ll 257 192 26 72 617 20 125 29 50 145 2,867 1,053 . 8 126 ll7 274,372 165i! 400 ---1----1------~--1----1 ARARAT. Arara t Division .. no 370 45 525 5- 43 ll 30 12 4 29 4 92 30 1 3 14,530 34 26 3 18 3 18 0 Pleasant Creek Division 591 253 926 23 1.790 Jo 160 25 24 70 38• 1,375 306 48 10 147,214 27 37 3 13 4 1 0 Barkly Division 225 253 7 485 I .10 12 5 10 865 16 9 3 19 4 0 6 Raglan Division 231 lu9 15 355 7 123 10 10 p'" 10 10,700 6! 5 4 0 4 l 6 ---·------·l----,-l------1----l Totals 1,157 988 993 23 3,161 23 336 33 18 70 13 . 28 109 43 1,477 344 00 15 173,309 83! 77 ------1-'------1------1----1·--- GIPPSLAND. Omeo Subdivision .. • • .. .. 61 271 6 338 875 21 21 17 20 6,065 'll 22 3 10 3 17 Mitchell L~tver and Boggy Creek 15! 16u 41 355 22 8. 1,700 23 18 3 5 3 18 Subdivisions Crooked Rivur Division 134 75 29 238 2oo 20 10 137 126 32,222 49> 350 3 8 0 3 19 0 Jericho Division . . • , 56 55 26 137 20 13,300 3 10 0 3 17 0 Donnelh·'s Creek Division , . 41 I So 122 10 ~~ 2~ l~ ~~ 2~ , n 3 g- 0 3 19 0 Striuger.'s Creek Division .. 487 607 164 136 41~,525 7• 3 10 0 4 0 0 .Russell's Creek Division ,I~~ 4 103 10 1 4 ·rsg 35 M 3 10 0 3 16 0 Bendoc Subdivision •• 51 56 10 ll7 50 10 10 28 32 3, 770 27 15 3 15 0 3 16 6 Tarwin ~ublli vision .. 99 59 !58 20 12 I 10 37 30 4,3~g ~ 3 16 0 3 18 0 •rrn.ralgon Sn1Hlivision 34 3! it , .f. 3 15 0 3 18 6 Abedeldy Subdivision 20 77 97 22 15 7,4CO I 2 3 10 0 4 0 0 , 'l'~1tn.ls _---~8-El!_- ---=6=2_2- ---~8~1-5_ -=== -~~2-._3-0=6======3=0= ==·= =- =~~--- __6_-- y_ 1,213 -_ -3-; ----~-~ =-6-2= _--_ ~-_10_·- ======3=5=~-l---_-_-_5_5_5~=--l 13 ==4=9=1- _-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_- --~-=-- _-_-_-_-_- _-_-_:-_- :l_-_-_-_-13=0=,9=2_3--+-1-90-.--l---4-9_1_ GRAND 'roTA LR 15,237 ll,038 14,220 128 40,673 325 8,812 253 1,002'. 2ll 2]2 15,389 35 580 220 !50 544 17 769 15,426 70 6,297 52 599 520 4 2,040,016 1,100i! 3,208
THOS. qouCH~IAN, Office of Mi~;tes, 1.\:Ielbourne, 28t~1 April 18'76. Acting Secretary for Mines.
No. 6. \ . i TABL E l ' SHOWING THE YIELD OF GOLD FUOM CERTAIN .PARCELS OP QUARI'Z RAISED DURING THE QUARTER IN. SOME OF THE DEEPEST MINES IN VICTOHIA, WITH 'l'HE DEPTH OF THE D~EPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW BEING 8UNK, OR THE SINKING OF WHICH HAS R.IWENTLY BE]!]N STOPPED, ETC. (Compiled from Returns made by the J.Wining Surveyors and Registrars for the Quarter ended 31sti·Marck 1876.) .... ~ ·~1-l-cp_t_h_o_f__ D_e_pt_h_o_!-.,--- DISTRICT, DIVISION; Depth at Average Width Dip of tlle Reef Di:p of tlle Strike of the AND which Quantity Shoot Reef NAME OF CO]!PANY, NA]fE OF REEF, dc~~~st tile UEJ:I[ARKS, N Ali!E O.F' COMPANY. NAME OF REE.F'. tl1e Quartz (;rushed. Yield of Gold of the Reel. ft•om ' tlle Horizon. of Quartz. (Ilearlng), ' SUBDIVISION. wasgi>t. per 'l'on. I l~evcl.
BALLARAT, r'eet. Tons. oz.,dwt. gr. Ft. in. Feet, Feet. Feet. 600 600 r.oo Central Division Welcome Welcom~ 250 1,499 •o 3 o' 13 0 w. 20' L. Hopeweli Tribute . · Staffordshire 691 0 7. 14 8 w. 70' Sta'ffordshire • • 522 500 !iOO * A well defined lode. Southern Division 1so to 2oo o• I1 Buninyong Division Imperial Hiscock's 200 to 320 1,993 0 2 14 12 0 W.64' Varies I:Iiscock's • . ~. 406 400 400 N"ot working this level at present. Smythesdale Division •• N.!)oE. gn Clunes 1North sl1aft .• 1,013 990 990 } Port Philllp Clunes S'faee to 990 9,137 0 2to 65 0 N 1' W.15' ~ P01t l'hlllip •. I South shafL. ti90 (i00 ()90 Sinking} Creswick. Division South shaft .. 1,104 · * Incl~dlng pyrites. Clunes l)umping fihaft. 1,012 1,005 { New North Cluncs Clones , 240 to 1,00~ 7,289 0 8 16' 4 to 15 0 W.15' N. 30' N. 5' E. (New North Clunes } 1,005 { 'Winding shaft t,005 Gordon Su bdivls!on Black Horse Big Hill •• 1: .. 830 826 826 Steiglitz Subdivigion •• Albiou .• Portuguese . • j' .. 87-> 865 865 N.11°W. Sultan .. Sultan and others j .• 616 600 600 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Sultan Sultan and others 200 to 600 3,533 0 15 20 6in.to3 0 E. 20' 1 Soutl1 Subdivision :I Ballan Subdivision Ashton's Frceh<>ld 120 45 0 0 '.0 ll N. 1.,
BEECUWORTI:l. 1: 310 310 Beech worth Diyi.slon •• Reform .. Reform, Myrtleford • , 260 0 0 10 0 Westerly s. N. Allenanrl Execlslor, Hurdle Flat Yaekruldandalt Division Bigclow and Hon?eward-bowul, ~~ 410 400 llJllsborough Port eh, Mace, & Co. l\lngcntn 160 130 . 0 17 0 lft.6in.to10ft , w. 87" N. 20' Indigo Division '· .. o I ~ o I • • and Finlay Robcrt Burns 357 0 5 6 2 to 3 6 Vertical N. 20' ; 1'10 London J, .. 300 Buckland Division ~lyrtle South Myrtle- '187 175 0 15 21 6 6 E. N. and James and Grocn Alexnndrn Subdivision .. ~ :: Dry Creek Subdivision ; .. Bennlla Subdivision I " Not long opened up. Happy-go-Lucky •• New Reef 30 11 11 10 9ln.to1 6 appn.r'ntlyN. 25°W,* Gu;!fney's Creek Snbdivls!on o.. 1 Victoria •• Homewnnl~bound 300 lOO 0 3 6 Idyke 40 0 N.w.ao• 30° w. )food's Point Subdivision All Kations Tribute All Nations 300 .aoo 0 2 12 I 1o 0 s."'· so" 52' ... Big River Subdivision ~. Londonderry· ltailwuy 300 360 0 3 1G 2 6 N.W.30' 30' Mltta-mitta Division .Jamieson Subdivision ..
SANDHURST. 1,040 . ' LOOO ( Great H ust1er's Hnstler's .. 800 to 900 562 14 15 (Ylct.oria Reel Quartz 1\!in. 1,000} Hustler's Reel Q. M. and D. 1,003 1;ooo 1,000 CarWilc North Garden Gully Garden Gully 854 15 0 0 I Sinking} and Passby United I 969 870 9.50 Sandhurst Division UnJty Garucn Gully 1,071 I 18 12 2to12
ARAUAT, Rhymney Uhymney 296 240 29! Now driving west of shaft nt 294 !Cot. Ararat Division Still sinking. ' Ncwington H 1,748 1\.lagdala •• 1,700 1,688 rrince Patrick •• 1,403 Still sinking. So~lth Scoichman~s 1.262 1,252 1,070 Still sinking. 5,796 0 19 12 rOncnt:tl •• •• Plcnsn.nt Creek North Cross .. - ~ Uro\Yil CrOf:S Reef United r .. 1,045 Pleasant Creek Division 1,089 0 ,) 4 1,020 Extended Cross Reef I 17 7 1V est SCiltcllman's 887 j Plenstmt Creek Cross 950 ! Plea~ant Creek .. 790 I ExH31Hte(l Cro~s .. 930 Still sinking. l Great No.rthcrn .• 780 Barkl.v Raglan \ GTPPSLAND;
HivN and Boggy Ck. Subdivisio~;s 500 700 Jtlver Division Good Hope 700 Dlvi~ion uc.nneuv·, Creek DiYisiou N. 30'.301 19' of N. 523 A cross-cut at 623 leet has now been 'commenced. Long Tunnel Cohen's 4,530 18 12 w. so• w. finng Tunnel • o Cohen's 634 Stringer's Creek Division \Vnlhulla..- o• Cohen's !ito! 485 { { New North Glppsland _Cohen's 324 384 WalMlln Cohen's 4,014 0 17 13 6 W. 76'to 83' N. 32' 19' w. of N. I Russell's Creek Division •·. :BenciJ)C Sn1Jdiv1sion IJ'arwin Rabaivision •• StJh i. ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED. FROM information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Hegistrars the ToTAL QuAN.TITIES OF GoLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QuARTZ REEFS are as follow:- Alluvial. Quartz. Total. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st March 1876 ...... 97,985 10 142,944 3 240,929 13 THE QuANTITY OF GoLD, the produce of this Colony, ExPORTED, according to Returns furnished by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows :- oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st March 1876 158,145 17 GOLD RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL MINT. STATEMENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD received at and issued from the Melbourne Branch of the RoYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st March 1876. ' RECEIVED. ISSUED. : Gross Weight oi Rough Gross Weight oi Gold Gross Weight of Coin. Gross Weight of Gold Gold. Bulllun. Bullion. oz. oz. oz. oz. 16,017•64 92,095'70 124,046"53 1,100•914 Royal Mint, E. W. WARD, Melbourne, 5th April1876. Deputy Master. STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GOLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the RoYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st March 1876. Gross Weight of Rough Gold. Gross Weight of Gold Bulllon. oz. oz. 4,332'68 77,854"98 NOTE.-The Mlat has no evidence beyond the statement of the depositors that the above Is VIctorian gold. Royal Mint, .E. W. WARD, Melbourne, 5th April1876. Dt'puty Master. i . QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETC. I· •) ~. ,· . .'.1., Ta:E following information has been obtained relative to the-QuANTITY OF- QuA.iiiz,-Qtr:A:R'i'z TAILINGS and MuLLOCK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKI<:TINGS operated on, during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom :- /· . li:INING DISTTIICTS. Quantity Crushed. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold from Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., Crushed. Quartz. ' tons ~wt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat 69,444 4 0 o-:~·.. 7· • ·6·76 ·. ' 25';283'. 8 20 Beechworth ... 8,040. 5 .0 0 10 14'58 4,264 6 5 Sandhurst 90,138 0 0 o 13 in·29 62;587 17 10 :M:aryborough ... 6,566 0 0 0 7 14'71 2,499 5 21 Castlemain() ...... 25,37.5 10 0 0 7 17'19 9,790 0 18 Ararat ...... 20,490 10 0 0 17 20'24 18,280 18 18 ., Gippsland .. ... i 9,701 0 0 I 5 21•71 12,564 IS 18 ...... i Totals ...... 229,~55 9 0 0 11 18'60 135,270 16 14 Quartz Tailings. and Mu!lock. Ballarat h•• ...... 652 0 0 0 1 4'313 ,, 38 9 12 Beech worth ...... 1,070 0 0 0· 1 1·9.1. 57 Hi 0 S>1.ndlmrst ...... 1,995 0 0 0 1 22'23 192 2 12 Maryborough ...... 2,628 0 0 0 3 0•39 396 6 18 Castlemaine ...... 2,503 10 0 0 1 0'84 129 10 18 .Aramt ...... Gippsland ...... - Totals ...... 8,848 ,IO 0 0 1 20'17 4 12 Pyrites and Blanketings operated on. Ballarat ...... 241 5 0 3 9 7'64 836 3 0 Beech worth ...... 52 0 0 1 12 17·o8 85 1 0 Sandhurst ...... 1,:512 0 0 2 8 7•23 3,168 11 6 Maryborough ...... C:tstlemaine ...... 63 -0 0 2 9 19•44 156 18 1 Aramt ...... 0 2 19 3•76 242 2 0 Gippsland ." ...... 8.1 1.7 1- -- Totais ...... 1,750 2 0 2 .11 7:13 4,48.8 15 7 NoTE.-This Summary does not show the total qunntitics of qunrtz,&c., crushed or opernted on, but only the y{eliLOi cCrtain:~rushings, &c., respecting which the :Mining Surveyors nml Registrars hnvc been ab1c to obtain information .. Owing to the circnmstance thnt maiJY of the machine ow-ners arc unable to give. or are precluded from giving, information, it is impossible to cotnplcte returns from every district; aH(1 in considering the rclntive 'importnnce of each district, us regards quartz mining; &c., the tnbles rotating machinery shoul'd be examined and compared. THOS. COUCHMAN, Office of Mines, . .Acting Secretary for Mines. Melbourne, 28th Aprill876. ., ... MINING' •• < SURVEYORS' • AND REGISTRARS, RETURNSa QUARTZ. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QuANTITY Ol!' QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to tho and Where Qutu'tz was obtained. Quartz 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. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION, Don ...... • .. Gum-tree Flat 858 0 ·0 0 2 6'02 .. 96 11 8 200 feet Britannia ...... Specimen Gully 625 0 0 0 6 17'04 209 13 21 130 feet Endeavor (on hire) .. . Specimen Gully 140 0 0 0 9 2'.05 63 12 0 Hopewell battery ••• White-horse Ranges 1,175 0 0 0 10 10'98 614 7 12 Surface to lOO feet Manners' Lease ... Canadian ... 647 0 0 0 3 22·2.~ 127 0 I.l 10 to 130 feet Prince of Wales .. • ••• Victoria street 158 0 0 0 6 7•89 50 0 0 200 to 360 feet Canadian battery (on hire) Canadia.n ... 558 0 0 0 10 0•65 279 15 4 Hero Extended ... • •• Little Bendigo 685 0 0 0 4 5•25 144 1P o 860 feet Temperance . .• • •• ·Little Bendigo 1,500 0 0 0 4 6•59 320 12 0 450, 500, 650, 750, and 850 feet Black Hill ... ••. Black Hill ... 957 0 0 0 6 23'10 333 3 12 Surface to 400 feet Red, White, and Blue .. . Little Bendigo 843 0 0 0 3 20'35 162 4 3 Surface to 200 feet Llanberris ...... Gum-tree Flat 5,281 0 0 0 1 3'31 300 11 9 90 to 300 feet Sovereign ...... Golden Point ... 3,800 0 0 0 2 7•21 437 3 3 780 feet Countess ...... Specimen Hill 402 0 0 0 7 ]3'86 152 6 7 Surface to 300 feet New Dimmock's ... . •. Little Bendigo 1,350 0 0 0 2 14'36 175. 8 0 260 feet Parade ...... •.. 'Black Hill Flat 1,310 0 0 0 8 16'24 568 6 18 150 to 300 feet United Black Hill ... Black Hill Flat · 891 0 0 0 16 15'72 741 19 16 350 feet Welcome ...... 'Deil.d- horse 1,499 0 0 o 3 · o·o·3 224 19 0 250 feet Grand Duke ...... Black Hill Flat 150 0 0 0 11 6"40 84 10 0 200 feet Duchess ••• .. . Black Hill Il'lat 858 0 0 0 9 23'96 428 18 15 200 feet Mercer's battery (on hire) .•• White Flat ... 373 0 0 o a· 11·90 158 9 0 Black Hill South Extended Black Hill Flat 342 0 0 0 6 22'75 118 16 6 200 feet Crushed (on hire) by the Llanberris and Black Hill 110 o: 0 2 5 10'90 250 0 0 } ... { 562 0 0 0 7 "3;67 201 0 0 batteries ------Totals' ... 25,074 0 0 0 4 23'52 '6,243 18 1 SOUTHERN DiVISION. Hopewell Tribute. ... Staffordshire Reef 691 0 0 0 7 14'72 263 o 18 l18o t~ 2oo feet, 8 feet ' wide Speedwell Tdbut~ ... Staffordshire Reef 356 0 0 0 3 13'55 63 9 0 i 185 feet, 12 feet wide ------~-,-~-----1 Totals ... 1,047 0 0' 0 6 5'67 326 9 18 . BuNINYONo DIVISION. Imperial .,. ... Hiscock's Reef ... 1,993 0 0 0 2 14•28 258 12 o 200 to 320 feet One-and-All ... • .. Hiscock's Ueef ... 1,<140 0 0 0 I 9·33 · 93 1 12 SO-foot level One-and-All ... .~ .. Fairweather Reef ... 89 0 0 0 13 10'52 59 16 0 40 and 60 feet Various small parcels ... FromGum-tree & Scotch- - 41 0 0 0 8 23'41 18 8 0 20 to 40 feet man's · - John Bunyan ... Devonshire Reef 13 10 0 0 3 16•89 2 10 0 30 feet John Bunyan ••• Devon~hire Reef 3 10 0 5 14 . 6·86 20 0 0 30 feet (picked) Totals ... 3,480 0 0 0 2 14'40 :~~2 7 12 SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. ------,------ Linton ...... Argyle, nea,r Linton ... 148 4 0 2 18 19•17 435 14 0 Surface to 60 feet Eclipse ...... Lancashire Heef, Newtown 1,005 0 0 0 5 4'96 261 12 12 Surface to 120 feet Smythesdale Consols . . . German Reef,Smythesdale 14 0 0 0 4 17•14 3 6 o 1oo feet , .. . ------Totals ... 1,167 4 0 0 12 0'13 700 12 12 CRESWlCK DIVISION, Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs ••• 9,137 0 0 0 5 6'45 2,407 3 0 Surface to 990 feet Port Phillip tributers ... Clunes Reefs .. , 884 0 0 0 ll 5'85 496 19 12 New North Clunes .•. Clunes Reefs .. . 7·,289 0 0 0 7 16•10 2,7!)5 13 o 240 to I;oo5 feet South Clunes ... Clunes.Reefs .. . 6,649 0 0 0 8 10•81 2,809 8 0 240 to 390. feet South'Clnnes tributer's ... Clunes Reefs .. . I ,031 0 0 0 3 6•80 169 5 12 246 to 272 feet Working Miners · ..• St. George's ;Reef 1,060 0 0 0 4 22•18 261 0 0 HiO feet South Creswick ...... Humbug Hill ... 10 0 0 0 17 9'60 8 14 o llO feet ·' Totals ... 26,060 0 0 0 6 20'81 8,94~ 3 0 GoRnON SUBDIVIS,ION. ------~--- --·-----1 Parker's United ...... Gordon 558 0 0 0 7 i·73 I97 6 6 ' 150 to 308 feet Sundry lots"' ••• 4,728 0 0 0 15 2:47 3,570 7 0 Totals ... 5,286 0 0 0 14 6•13 3,767 13 6 lessees' returns received In the Office of )lines. QuANTiTY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. Division anil Subdivision, Avernge Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield ol Gold Total Yield of Depth at which the :Kame of Company. pel' Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. ------STEIGLITZ SUilDIVISlON. tons ewt.qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Nimrod ...... Steiglitz ...... 36 0 0 I 3 21'33 43 0 0 North Steiglitz ...... Steiglitz ... 65 0 0 0 11 20"30 38 10 0 Albion Tribute ...... Steiglitz ...... 14 0 0 r 15 17•14 25 0 0 Stevens and Co...... Steiglitz ...... 15 0 0 1 1 8 16 0 0 Jupiter ••...... Elaine ...... 8 0 0 3 ll 22•50 28 15 12 Minerva ...... "il~laine ...... 941 10 0 1 I 0'51 989 11 IS Elaine ...... Elaine ...... 39 0 0 0 9 ll'23 IS 9 6 Ristori ... , ...... Elaine ...... _5 10 0 0 15 0•55 4 2 15 Baldy and Co...... Elaine ...... 16 0 0 0 3 18 3 0 0 BLACKWOOD DIVISION Totals ...... 1,140 0 0 , I 0 11'13 1,166 9 3 AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH ------SuBDIVISION. Sultan ...... Barry's Reef ...... 3,533. 0 0 0 15 20•74 2,802 7 12 200 to 600 feet Mounter Bros...... Barry's Reef ••. ... 209 0 0 2 7 5'17 493 8 . 0 236 to 300 feet Big Hill ...... Simmons' Reef ... 1,800 0 0 0 1 12'08 135 6 4 100 feet Crown .. . .. ~ ••• 1 Simmons' Reef ... 60 0 0 0 9 9•60 28 4 0 150 feet Red, White, and Blue ..• Wright's Heef ... 543 0 0 0 6 9"37 173 10 0 150 feet ------Totals ...... 6,145 0 0 011 19•77 '3,632 15 16 BALLAN SUBDIVISION. ------Ashton's freehold ... Ashton's freehold land .•• 45 0 o J "'ii-_-o- 45 0 0 120 feet .BEECHWORTH MINL.'{G DISTRICT.. BEECRWOBTH DIVISION. Wallaby ...... Hurdle Flat ... 530 0 0 0 7 0 185 10 0 90 to 130 feet, princi- pally mullock; Rose of Denmark .•. Hurdle Flat .•. 10 0 0 0 4 3 2 J 6 40 feet Reehabite .. . ••. Hurdle Flat ... 10 0 0 ·0 13 0 6 10 0 90 feet TucsdMy l~eef .. . •.. Six-mile Creek 6 0 0 3 18 8 23 10 0 70 feet Bons Reef ••• .•. Six-mile Creek 1 0 0 18 0 0 18 0 0 Surface H om ew,;,rd-bound ... Bowman's Forest 20 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 Sudnee .MeLeod and Co.. :. ... North-Eastern Reef 50 0 0 3 0 0 150 0 0 :Surface to 30 feet Reform...... Myrtleford ••. 550 0 0 0 7 0 i92 10 0 260 feet Totals ... 1,177 0 0 0 10 3'90 598 .I 6 YACKANDANDAH DIVISION. Hillsborough. Bigelow and Co...... Birthday Heef 52 0 0 0 19 0 49 8 o 60 feet .Magill and Co. .•. . . Ban Accord Heef 42 0 0 0 7 0 14 14 0 Surface Totals ... 94 0 0 0 13 15'32 64 2 0 INDIGO DIVISION. ------1 Portch, Mace, and Co. ... Magenta Reef ..• 130 o. 0 o 17 o·92 110 15 0 !60 feet Able and Co...... Near t 'hiltern ... 15 0 0 0 13 19'20 10 7 0 Not known Millar and Co...... Near Chiltern ... 40 0 0 0 3 16•20 7 7 0 Not known Ttdyman and Co. .. . Rut.herglen ...... 7 0 0 0 14 6·81; 5 0 0 Not known Harris and Co...... Hutherglcn. atGt.Eastem 25 0 0 0 16 1'92 20 2 o Not known Moore andFinlay . .. Hobt. Burns Reef ... 357 0 0 0 5 6•05 93 15 0 150 feet Bassett and Co. ... Black l~angc ·... • •. 21 0 0 2 2 2•28 44 4 0 Not known Buchanan and Co. •••. Eureka Hee.f. ••• . .. 21 0 0 0 15 17'14 16 10 0 Not known Craxton ...... ::iu:ll'olk Reef .•. ... 5 0 0 0 11 0 2 15 o Not known Totals ... 621 0 0 0 10 0'19 3]0 15• 0 BuCKLAKD DIVISION. Running Creek. Hope Tributers ... •.. HappyValleyandChrist- 221 0 0 0 12 7•49 136 I 0 Surface to 130 feet mas Reefs · W andiligong. Carlilc and RobPrtson ... Birthday He.-f ... 43 0 0 2 2 2•79 90 ll o Surface Hood and Coutts ..• ... Try Again Reef ••• 40 0 0 0 12 5'40 24 9 il 100 to 150 feet Gladders and Co...... Northumberland Reef ..• ).) 0 0 1 4 0 18 0 0 30 to 40 feet Wm. :Martin •. . .. . 21 0 0 0 8 13'71 9 0 0 Surface to 20 feet Williamson an Totals ... 9 QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. Average !, t y Division and Subdivision, 1 01 Remarks relative to tile and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold To a Goi;!d Depth at which the Name of Company. per 'l'on. Quartz. was obtained, &c. ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. C. Linney and party ... Luckie Reef ...... 9 0 0 9 15 13'33 88 0 0 50 feet Prime and Co...... Emu Reef ...... 21 0 0 0 18 21·71 I9 17 0 40 feet Prospecting ...... Emu Reef ...... 23 0 0 0 14 14'61 16 16 0 Surface to 40 feet Healy and Williams ... Emu Reef ...... 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 iO feet Chaffe and Co...... Emu Reef ...... 12 0 0 0 4 0. 2 8 0 iO feet Boyce and Co...... Emu Reef...... 17 0 0 1 l! 0 18 14 0 60 f<>et Anderson and Co. ... Emu Reef ...... 12 0 0 0 15 14 9 7 0 30 feet Guy and Co...... Britannia Reef ... 2 0 0 0 10 IS 1 I 12 Surface to 20 feet Hallett and party ... Fiery Reef ...... 5 io 0 0 9 2o·73 2 14 6 5U feet Seott and party .•• ... Kangaroo Reef ... - .3 0 0 2 11 8 i 14 0 60 feet Lewis and Wilson ... Providence Reef ... 3 0 0 3 2 9•33 9 7 4 60 feet Totals ...... 108 15 0 1 12 14•11 I77 3 22 ----- GiFFNEY's CREElt SuB- DIVISION. Great Eastern Tribute ... Homewttrd-bound Reef.•. 50 0 0 0 1 12'72 3 16 I2 About 120 feet Lauraville Tribute ... Homeward-bound Reef... 350 0 0 0 1 2'85 19 ll 14 ! A bout 150 feet Victoria ...... Homeward-hound Reef ... loO 0 0 0 3 6'13 16 5 13 A bout 300 feet Wallaby Trib'Ute ...... W alia by l{eef...... 60 0 0 0 I 16·56 5 I 10 About 100 feet The Happy-go-Lucky ... New Reef ...... ll 0 0 0 11 10•91 6 6 0 ·About 30 feet Totals ...... 571 0 0 0 1 18'92 51 l l WooD's PomT SUBDIVISION. Morning Star Prospectors' Morning Star Dyke ... 820 0 0 0 I I8·03 71 16 0 Surfacings Tribute No. I and 2 North Tribute ... Morning Star Dyke ... 35 0 0 0 5 6•17 9 4 0 200 feet All Nations Tribute ... All Nations Reefs ... 300 0 0 0 2 I2·8o 38 0 0 300 feet Totals ...... 1,155 0 0 0 2 1'45 119 0 0 BJG RIVER SUBDIVISION. • Londonderry Tribute ... Railway Reef ... 360 0 0 0 3 16 66 0 0 300 feet MITTA MITTA DIVISION. New Year's Gift ...... Bethanga ...... 12 0 0 2 I 0 25 0 0 Near surface -- JAMIESON SuBDIVISION. Alabama ...... Flume Creek ...... 46 10 0 9 2 8'77 424 0 0 150 feet SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. 1 Albert ...... Diamond Hill ... 1',069 0 0 0 9 2'65 486 19 3 A be Lincoln ...... New·chum Gully 4,650 0 0 1 2 4'49 5,158 9 6 Beehive ... • .. Eaglehawk ... 3,640 0 0 0 7 0'12 1,274 18 6 Bendigo and Melbourne ... Kaugaroo Flat 1,198 0 0 0 9 0'25 539 14 0 Catherine Reef United .•. Eaglehawk .. . 3,241 0 0 0 8 19'98 1,431 5 1.8 Fortuna and Thanet Works Sand:h nrst .. . 9,415 0 0 0 15 18'93 7,432 8 0 Garden Gully United .. . Garden Gully lteef 3,850 0 0 0 16 17•88 3,223 8 0 G. G. Consolidated .. . Golden Gully .. . 2,716 0 0 0 11 2•64 1,508 I4 6 Great Extended Hustler's .. . Ironbark .. . 7,428 0 0 0 5 8'59 I,990 0 0 Great H nstler's .. . · .. . Ironbark .. . 684 0 0 l 9 0•!4 992 0 1 Great Britain ...... Golden square 3,207 0 0 0 5 11•74 880 4 12 Hercules ...... Happy Valley 688 0 0 0 I3 23'll 480 6 10 Hustler's Reef ...... Ironbark ... 695 0. 0 0 4 14•87 160 10 12 Johnson's Reef ... • .. Jobnson's Reef 3,064 0 0 0 9 3•29 1,399 15 0 Koch's Pioneer .. • •.. Long Gully 6,642 0 0 I 2 9•19 7,433 8 0 Mixed lots froru Lazarus New-chum ... New-chum Gully 2,199 0 0 I 15 3·96 3,866 8 0 Louisa ...... Eaglehawk ... 4,680 o o "'o 16 22·45. 3,962 18 o various reefs (see Metropolitan ...... Golden square 4,019 0 0 0 18 14•25 3,736 8 0 page 29) Marong Crnshing Works ... Marong ... 208 0 0 0 9 23•19 103 13 0 New-chum and Victoria ... New-chum Reef 3,958 0 0 0 14 5•52 2,816 2 0 New Nelson ...... Nelson Reef ... 3,300 0 0 u 11 2'27 1,830 12 0 New-chum United ... New-chum Reef 2,236 0 0 0 14· 9•72 1,610 10 0 Pioneer ...... Eaglehawk I ,828 0 0 0 7 1'79 646 12 0 W. Rae...... Happy Valley 2,371 0 0 0 8 20•74 l ,050 l 7 0 Shenandoah .. • •.. Golden square I,600 0 0 0 I4 0 1,120 0 0 South Fraser's ...... Golden square I,296 0 0 0 9 9'59 609 2 0 Shellback ...... Shellback Reef 1,602 0 0 .. 0 7 I2•59 602 14 8 Victoria Consols... •.. Happy Valley 4,I40 0 0 0 19 19'98 4,105 6 0 Victoria Reef ... •.. Happy V alley 2,646 0 0 0 8 .1·59 1,067 3 0 Wilson's Reef ••• •.. Marong 600 0 0 0 4 16'24 I40 6 0 W allu.ce Reef .. • .. • Whipstick ...... •, __1_54 __ o._o __ __o_I_6 __ 2_I_·6_6 130 3 o 1 Totals ... 89,02~ 0 0 o t3 2J·I616I,79o 15w 10 QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.--continued. I • DlvLs!on and Subdivision, Avernge Remarks relatl;,e to the Total Yield of Depth which the and Where Quartz was obtained. Q~artz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. at Name of Company. ' . . i' ·per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c. lliATHCOTE DIVISTON AND tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. ·dwt. gr. VVARANGA SouTH Sun ,. ' . . ~ ·~~ . - DIVISION. Costerfield ...... Costerfleld Reef ... 252 0 0 0 7 11'52 94 5 0 From 180 to 320 feet. Hall and Marchesi • . . Various places ... 154 0 0 0 8 11•53 65 6 ,0 Various pla ·- ...... ). .MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. " ,~. ' ,- . -··· MARYBOROUGH DIVISION, Cambrian ...... Mosquito ... :.:.I 95 o, 0 0 IO 22'73 52 0 0 300.feet · ' •,·. Alexandra ...... Mosquito ...... 320 o: 0 011 8·77 18I· 17 0 185 feet· Republic ...... Chinaman's Flat .. . 297 0 0 0 2 23•76 44 8 0 I40 feet VVarrior ...... Chinaman's Flat . ... 126 0' 0 0 4 0 25 4 0 70 feet All Nations ...... Chinaman's Flat ... 42 0 0 0 3 I2 7 7 0 Narious ·• .,. .. Penny and Clausen (public 433 0 0 ll 6•37 ·.:· '• ...... 0 243 18 0 Various crushiugs) · · ...... ·' : .•tr, ...... Johnston and Sons (public ...... 135 o· 0 011 2•04 74 I6 12 Various crushings) ····· Totals ...... i,448 0 0 . 0 8 I6•68 629 IO 12 MAJORCA SUBDIVISION •. ------... Prince Alfred Reef ... German Gully ... IO 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 300.feet. 'Q'q~ ,• ;' ------.------.... AMHERST DIVISION, .;• .. ~ ~· Croydon ...... Laura Reef ... 280 0 0 0 4 21•47· 68 10 12 too to I 50 feet ' Loule and Co...... Prince of VVales Reef ... 156 0 0 0 8 8 65 0 0 120 feet Busch and Co...... Prince of VV ales Reef ... i40 0 0 0 I5 3·99 106 3 6 140 feet Prince of Wales Tribute ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 76 0 0 0 5 21•16 22 7 0 140 feet VVarrior ...... Udny Reef ...... 50 0 0 0 3 9•84 8 10 12 Surface to 160 feet Dunleary ...... Fermanagh Reef ... 62 0 0 6 6 1•16 is 15 0 30 feet Leopold ...... Adelaide Lead .. . 35 0 0 0 4 14'06 ''8 0 12 SurfaCe to 25 feet Miller and Co...... J e\v's ·Reef ...... 9 O·O 0 7 18•67 . 3 IO ·o Surface to 20 feet' · Polglase and Co ...... Welcome Reef ... 5 0 0 0 15 4'80 3 16 0 40 feet Lockyer and Ansell ... Ho's'pital Reef...... 23 0 0 0 3 9'65 3 18 6 35 feet An sell ...... VVhitehorse Reef ... 7 0 0 0 3 12·8G .. I 4 18 40 feet Sundries ...... Various places ... 23 0 0 0 3 8'6I .. ' 3 17 6 ------.. Totals ...... 866 0 0 0 7 ~-~5 li~ I3 0 AVOOA SUBDIVISION. .. • 1 •• I__;_:_· Monte Christo ...... Company's Claim ... I82 0 0 0 4 13:58 ·11 0 100 feet; water-level . lOO·feet Fish and Co...... GJ!mmona Reef ... 46 0 0 0 4 8•34 10' 0 0 2o·feet,. .· . French ...... Glenmona Reef ... 5 0 !l 0 4. 0 1 0 0 10 feet .- ·;·7 . ~ ,, Perseverance ... , ... Percydale: ...... 457 0 0 0 10 22•I4 24,!) ll 12 I40 to 150 feet DUNOLLY AND T.A.RNAGULLA . Totals ...... 690 0 0 0 8 18•I7. 302 2 12 DIVISIONS. Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef ... 765 0 0 0 7 10:35 284 5 0 Goldsborough ...... Beitliba. Reef ·'· ... 307 0 0 0 2 ]3•59 39 7 20 . Prince of Wales ...... Poverty Reef ... 12 0 0 0 10 0 • 6 0 0 200 feet. .·, Poverty Reef Tribute ... Poverty Reef ...... •21 0 0 0 8 13'71 • 9 0 0 50 feet .. Deason and Co...... VV ayman's Reef ... 82 0 0 0 4 13•32 i 18 13 12 I50 feet ' ------. . I --~-- Totals ...... 1,187 ·o o 0 6 0•49 . 35 7 6 8 H. QuA:NTITY of QuAHTZ Cmshed in each Division and Subdivision during_ the Quarter, &c.-continued. Division and Subdivision, Avernge Remarks relative to the and \VhereQuartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield ol Gold Total Yield of Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz wall obtained, &o. '' , __ ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUR- tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. DIVISION, Sandhurst and St. Arna_ud Chrysolite Hjl~ ... 362 0 0 0 7 0"56 1~7. 2 12 : 600 feet Chrysolite Tribute Wilson's Hill Tribute ... Chrysolite Hill ... 1,100 0 0 0 7 14•71 418 14 0 430 to 530 feet London and St. Arnaud Gold Various reefs ... 135 0 0 0 6 8'18. 42 16 I 15 to 300 feet and Silver Phoonix .•...... Greenock Reef ... 142 0 0 0 13 .20'62 .98· 8 0 280 feet. .. Prince of Wales ... - ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 96 0 0 0 6 0 28 16 0 30 to 70 feet Rising Star ...... Wilson's Hill ••. ... 134 0 0 0 4 0 26 16 0 500 feet Blink Bonny ... Sharkey's Reef ... 10 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 40 feet .. Totals ...... 1,979 0 0 0 7 12"36 .: 743 .12 13 _I ST. ARNAUD SouTH SuBDI------: VISION. New Isis ...... Oxonillll Reef ... -386 0 .o 0 6 21•45 133 1 · o1200 feet CAST,LEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION, ' Ajax Co-operative ... Bolivia Reef• ... 600 0 0 0 3 20'58 115 14 12 280 feet May and Co. ••• .. • Tambaroora Reef 37 0 0 I 5 6·48 46 115 0 120 feet Walker and Co...... Wattle Gully .. . 633 0 0 0 7 1·9 224 1 6 300 feet Low's Tribute ...... Red Hill , ... , 98 0 0 0 9 9'73 46 1 18 110 feet Hill's Tribute ...... Hed Hill ••• 34 0. 0 .ir.J6 2'11 27 7 0 110 feet Chewton United...... Chewton Reef 210 0 0 0 5 0•91 52 18 0 160 feet Wiiliam Tell · ...... Cliewtori"Reef 350 0 0 0 3 17•84 65 10 6 180 feet Devonshire ••• .. . Devonshire Heef 550 0 0 0 2 20 03 77 19 0 300 feet Chalk and Caldwell ... Town Heef .. . 225 0 0 0 . 6 7•97 71 4 18 70 feet Eureka Consols · · .. • Eureka Heel .. . 282 0 0 0 7 1•36 99 10 0 360 to 280 feet Sebastop.ol Cnish~ng ••• 'Various · · .. . 168 0 0 0 6 7·71 53 2 ..o Lamb and Co. ••. ... Various ... 368 0 0 I 0 7 14·52 139 18 15 Lewes and_bthei:s • ... Nimrod H~ef .. . .·.. 194 0 0 . 0 4 3•86 40 ..7 •• 6 Totals .. . 3,749 0 0 0 5 15'77 1,060 9 9 FaYER'S CaEEK DIVISION. Trethewey and Co. . •. New Year's Flat 16 0 0 0 6 13•50 5 5 o 6 feet Rowe Brothers ... •.. Cattle's Heef ... 1,130 0 0 0 9 9'38 530 12 0 lOO to 170 feet Anglo-Australian ... Heron's Reef ... 199 0 0 0 2 23'04 29 9 o 132 feet McDonald and Wilson ... German Gully 29 0 0 0 17 22'34 26 0 0 60 feet Middlesex ••• ... Specimen Hill · i.5 o 'o·: 0 6'·i6 5 0 0 100 feet Thyra . ·--· .. . Specimen Hill 43 0 0 0 3 3•34 6 15 0 Ferron's Heef .. . ••. Ferron's Reef.:. 3,303 0 0 0 3 23•67 658 7 0 lOO to 230 feet Totals ... 4,735 0 0 0 5 7•87 1,261 8 0 ... .. HEPBURN DIVISION. 1------.. Specimen Hill ...... Specimen Hill 2,477 0 0 0 6 21'42 853 12 3 463 feet Tributers, Specimen Hill .. . Specimen Hill 3,206 0 0 0. 6 4•45 991 11 23 383 feet. North Cornish .. • .. • Cornish Heef ... 102 0 0 0 8 2'45 41 6 10 Surface to 75 feet Argus ...... Collins' Reef ... 329 0 0 0 1 4•04 19 4 12 Surface to lOO feet Risk's Heef ...... Glengower· 350 0 0 0 18 15'09 326 0 0 300 feet Cornish (tributers only) ... Cornish Reef ... 3,047 0 0 0 2 16•76 411 3 2 Surface to levels North Star ...... Doctor's Gully 68 0 0 0 2 20'47 9 14 0 50 feet Golden Gate '... •.. Doctor's Gully 41 0 0 0 2 . 1•75 90 feet Jerron's Reef ...... Jerron's Reef ... 23 0 0 0 2 0 ~~ ~ ~ aoo feet Freeman's ...... Fear-not .J50 0 0· 0 5 0 37 10 0 150 feet Seaman's Reef ...... Seaman's Reef 10 0 0 15 0 7 10 0 106 feet Prospectors' .. • .. • Hepburn ... l;l90 0 gi 0 6 16 130 0 0 Shallow Totals ... 10,193 0 0 TARADALE AND KYNETON 0 5 13"46 2,834 3 2 SUBDIVISION. United Kingdom.;. ... Taradale 1,244 0 0 0 10 0 622 o 0 60-foot level United Extended . ... Taradale 890 0 0 0 4 19•14 213 10 0 160-foot level Fenton Tribute ...... Taradale 1,500 0 0 0 5 0 375 0 0 240-foot level TommyDodd ...... Ma1msbury 70 0 0 0 4 12 15 15 0 McAllister ...... Taradale 104 0 0 1 10 0 156 .o 0 42-foot level ---:----1·------Totals ... .TA.:RRANGOWER DIVISION, Caledonian mills ... •.. Eaglehawk, Beehive, 1,043 0 0 I 8 10·96 1,484 0 6 From 50 to 500 feet Victoria, lllld Parkins' Reefs Linscott's mills ...... Eaglehawk, Beehive, 340 0 0 0 10 4'1 172 18 12 From 50 to 300 feet Fenteman's, and Wattle Gully Reefs Eaglehawk Union ••• Eaglehawk Reef 1)50 0 0 0 11 17'88 381 14 8 From 300 to 550 feet Great West ern ...... Beehive Heef ... 164 0 0 0 13 6•84 112 7 12 From 50 to 200 feet Phrenix mills .. • Beehive, VictoriJt, and · 177 0 0 0 10 2'78 89 10 12 From 50 to 150 feet German Heefs Welshman's Reef ... Welshman's Reef lOO 0 0 0 1 16•8 8 10 0 Totals ...... ~ 2,474 0 0 0 18 4·37 2,249 I 2 Q 12 QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &e.-continued. Division and Su bdivisfon, i Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz wae obtained. Quartz Crushed. : . y;,:i;~':&~ld i Total Yield of Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. i Gold. Quartz was obtained. ------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. ------ST. ~<\.NDREW'S DIV1SION. Central Mining ... Reefton 70 0 0 4 17 10•28 341 0 0 50 feet Young Chandler,;, Heefton 30 0 0 0 12 11"20 IS 14 0 Surface to 25 feet Hilditch and Co .••• Muddy Creek ..• > 4 0 0 6 I5 0 27 0 0 30 feet Defiance Warrandyte 91 0 0 0 6 23•47 3I 15 0 I25 feet Hosford and Co.... Warrandyte ... 18 0 0 0 19 18"66 17 16. 0 120 feet Pigtail ... Warrandyte ... 45 0 0 I I 2•66 47 IO 0 50 feet Never Sweat Warrandyte 12 0 0 0 17 2 10 5 0 8 feet Butler and Co. Phipps, Diamond Creek 16 0 oJ 1 7 16•31 22 2 21 120 feet Lanz and Co. Phipps, Diamond Creek I7 0 0· 1 2 12•70 19 3 0 20 feet Andert and Co. Good Hope Reef 27 0 0 0 5 18•22 7 I5 12 120 feet Ninck, F. Good Success ... 3 0 0 0 16 8•67 2 9 2 40 feet Sunnan and Co ..•• Alien's Reef .. :. l 0 0 3 0 12 3 0 1'.! lOO feet Irvine and Co. Yorkshire Lass 4 0 0 20 0 0 80 0 0 12 feet Raselli and Co. ... Boomer's Reef 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 0 75 feet Rickards and Co. Allen's 10 10 0 0 12 0 6 6 0 25 feet Longley and Co .... Oram's 39 0 0 7 12 ll 297 6 0 . 300 feet All&ndale Diamond Creek 5 0 o! I 1 20'40 I 5 9 6 : I20 feet Apted and Co. Pioneer 20 0 0 3 4 12 64 lO 0 90 feet Totals .•. 416 10 0 2 8 3"58 1,002 14 5 -----~----__;_-~------~~ ______,______:______,______, ___ _ ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. . PLEASANT CREEK DIVIS~ON. Wimmera ...... Stawell Reefs ... 6,258 0 0 0 I9 7:16 6,038 10 4 280 to 850 feet Pioneer and Galatea ... Stawell Reefs ... 8,992 0 0 1 0 12'I9 4,093 9 0 460 to 870 feet Scotch man's ...... Stawell neefs .... 8,539 10 0 0 16 23•84 3,007 s 14 480 to 850 feet New St. George """" ... Stlt.well Reefs ... 3,053 0 0 0 12 3·51 1,854 3 0 300 to 850 feet Moonlight ...... Stawell Reefs ... 3,648 0 0 0 IS 0'55 3,287 8 0 410 to 850 feet ------·----- Totals ••• ... 20,490 10 0 0 17 20"24 lS,280 IS IS ' GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. CROOKED RIVER DIVISlON. ! Joseph Chrisman ... Great Republic Reef ... 51 0 0 I 0 15'05 52 12 0 Surface to 24 feet JERICHO DIVISION. Defiance ...... Coy's Claim ...... 1!40 0 0 0 4 s 52 0 0 i New claim, first crush . ing, 1OO-foot level : Dol'>'NELLY's CREEK DxvrsxoN. I 1 Stratford and Avon ... Stopes, drive, and rise ... 272 0 0 0 3 9"97 i 46 9 o i About 70 feet Gippsla.nd Consols ...... 98 0 0 0 8 17•S8 ! 42 17 0 i. Totals ...... 370 0 0 0 4 19"85 S9 6 0 . STRINGER'S CREEK DIV1SION. Long Tunnel ...... Cohen's Reef ...... 4,530 0 0 1 1S 7•81 8,680 16 0 i Between 243 and 523 feet below adit Walhalla ...... Cohen's Reef ...... 4,014 0 0 0 17 !3•98 3,528 17 0 Between adit and 385 feet below New North Gippsland (tri- f!ohen's Reef ...... 346 0 0 0 7 3"17 123 7 18 Immediately above and buters) below adit Emperor· ...... -mndon Reef ...... 150 0 0 0 5 1"60 38 0 .0 25 feet from surface Totals •. : .•. 9,040 0 o} 1 7 8•86 12,371 0 18 .}3 QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, ETC. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Hurveyore and Registrars relative to the Quantity of QuARTZ TAILINGS and MuLLOCK, &c., Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and I Quarlz •.railings Average Remarks relative to the Yield of Gold Total Yield o! Depth at which the and Mullock, &c •• were and Mullock, &c., Gold. Name of Company. obtained. Crushed. per Ton. Mullock, &c., were obtained, 1---::---cwt.-;;.- oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt.gr. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT • . CENTRAL DIVISION. Canadian Battery ... White Horse Ra.nges ... 592 0 0 0 1 6'08 37 2 0 ---- SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Ilawcroft and party ... Dreamer's Hill, Happy 60 0 0 0 011 1 7 12 Valley . I BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEECHWORTH DIVISION. Finney and Co...... Perfect Cure Reef .. . 50 0 0 0 3 0 7 10 0 i ------~- ALEXA..'I"DRA SUDDlVISION. Prime and Co...... Emu Reef ...... 120 0 0 0 0 8·77 2 8 0 ---- GAFFNEY'S CREEK SuB- DIVISION. Hunts Tribute ...... Homeward Bound ... 900 o -o 0 1 1'52 47 17 0 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. I SANDHURST DIVISION. Hustler's Reef ... Hustler's Reef ... 1,632 0 0 0 0 15•19 51 13 0 United Pyrites G. E. ... Pinchgut Gully ... 120 0 0 1 0 20•50 125 2 12 . ------,----·---- Totals ...... 1,752 0 0 0 2 0•43 176 15 12 HEATHCOTE DIVISION .AND ------1------WARANGA. NORTH SuB- DIVISION, I John Collins ...... Redca.stle ...... 112 0 0 0 1 5'36 6 17 0 W ARANGA. NORTH SUBDIVI- SION. Balaclava Tribute ... Whroo ...... 100 0 0 0 1 4'80 6 0 0 Victoria Machine, Alien and Coy's Diggings ... 31 0 0 0 1 4•70 2 10 0 Martin Totals ... ···I 131 0 0 0 1 7•15 8 10 0 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.. MARYBORUG!l DIVISION. All Nations ...... Tailings ...... 850 0 0 0 1 0 42 10 0 Various Sr. ABNAUD SouTH SUB- ---1 ' DIVISION. New Ish! ...... Oxonion Reef ...... 330 0 0 0 4 19'04 79 1 18 200 feet --·------Sr. ABNA.UD NoRTH SUB- DIVISION Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Chrysolite Hill ... 118 0 0 0 8 12'41 50 5 0 600 feet Chrysolite Tribute Phoonix Co...... Greenock Reef ... 250 o·o 0 5 0 62 10 0 280 feet St. Arnaud Public Crushing Various reefs ...... 1,080 0 0. 0 3 0 162 0 0 Surface to 500 feet. Totals ...... 1,448 _o 0 0 3 19•08 274 15 u "( •· 14 QuANTITY of QuARTZ TAILINGS a11d MuLLocn: crushed in each Division and Subdivision, &c.-continued• • ·.{ - J ' .. • • ·.. • • ~ ~: '. " Divis\on and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and i Tailings i Average T Yl Id Remarks relative to the I Qnur~z 0 ta; 01 I . • and . • ! •• · Mullock,:&c.;-were I und ~Iullock; &c., 1 Yie.ld,o! (jold :Gold\ ,. , Depth·at which the --·Nnmoo:-~ CASTLEMAINE DIVISION, Callander and Co. 14 18 Q I, Nuggety Tribl!te 80 0 0 IIEPBURN DIVISION. r·- .· .·, l_,,t... ·••• · Warrior Co. Doctor's Gully Surface :.:. •·. · TARRANGOWER DIVISION. 1 ,. Phrenix Mills ' · German Gully ST•. ANnREW'S.. DIV:I~ION •. Sabelberg • Orams 12 0 0 0 2 18 6 Sabelberg Yow-yow ...... lO o -o 0 1 0 0 Hirt and Co. New Reef"-'-';;'; ... 2 0 0 0 0 12 0 Murray and Co. Alien's Reef .... 210 0 0 1 7 12 Totals ... 26 10 0 0 4 .5 17 18 .. -~-====== . ...:..' . ':i! ::,~: ·l~.. • . ~ s" . 'Jt•. i "'l ~ -PYRI.TES AND BLANK$ TIN GS ... THE following information has bee~pbtained fr9m Returns qtade by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of'PY.lii±.Es and BLANirETiNas'opei:a:t.iid' on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions' of each Mining Distri'ct during the"Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. Division and Subdlvis!mli, • Pyrites Remarks. relative to .the. and and Blanketings · Depth at which the • _ Name of Company. operated on. PyriteS, &c:, 1Were' Obt'eitrlbd. ._ tons cwt. · qr• BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. ' ' I CENTRAL DIVISION. Dummit and Co .... 12 0 0 I I 10 0 18 0 0 The Llanberris ••• ...... 13 o. o 2 ,, 22·1s 1 . 33 1_5 o Totals 25 0. 0 J--;;--} 9•60 ·--;-;:-i"56 J. 'I ··~ CRESWICK DIVISION ... -. ... ·------Port Phillip C!UII es ,Reefs; ... ; ... 54 10 0 4 5 16•51 233 10 0 New North Clunes Clun es Reefs ... 107 o" o :~ '8 0'44 363 18 .o South C!unes Clun es Reefs· ••••.. c._ · ••• 7 10 0 5 13' 8 42 10 0 ! . South Clunes Tributers Clun es Reefs ...... 3 5 0 1 7 16•62 4 10 oi .. .'To tills·' ... :: ... .. 172 5 ,.o ,3 14 19_·12 I 644 8 0 STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION...... Elaine ...... 28 ·o 0 3 0 0 84 0 ·o- ·-· s~. ,· ~ ------.~. .; ~ I BLACKWOOD .D~~~~ON .A.ND ,, ,. BLUE MouN'r:.U'N SouTH: ...' ~: f I;. 't ... .. SUBDIVISION, - Sultan Barry's Reef 16 0 0 3 10 0 56 0- 0 ...... - .. ·~ ...... ,(• ::!:I_<_·---- 't~'t IIH' BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. . ~ , BucKLAND DIVISION. :- I ·· '· · ·· .. ".. • "",' ' :''t(' '• 1 r '". - Meade and Co.-.-..... _ , ... Prince Arthur Reef 5 o o I 10,. 0.; . . -;7 10 0 ..... ; . Fletcher and eo: .••.·' ... '! Hillsboro', ...... 20. 0 0 13 '16'80 .• •V .33 14 .0 j' 1 Hop~ Co. . .. (3) Happy. Valley Reefs .. --,,...2_7_o__ o_ ~ ll'56~ ~~ 1 • T~·tals .. : 's2 o o. 1 12 h·o8 85 1 o . ~ . . ' . - 15 QUANTITY of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated o'n in each Division and Subdivision, &c.-continued. Division and Subdivision, Remarks relative to tho and Total Yield of Depth at which the Name of Company. Gold. Pyrites, &c., were obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. SANDHURST .MINING DISTRICT. .. •4• "I 't ·' ~. :, ... 'i r.r I" ''• .. SAiiDHtiRi!:f DIVISION. .. Sandhurst Pyrites ' ' .... ]ll'ew-chum Gully ... us 0 0 1 19 1S·92 234 15 0 Spargo Brothers .. : .... Great Western Gully ... 379 0 0 2 14 6•90 1,02S 15 0 U niteq Pyrites .. ~ ... Pinehgut Gully ... 37S 0 0 3 0 16'51 1,147 0 0 Sandhurst and Eaglehawk Jackass Flat ...... 340 0 0 1 IS 23·42 662 11 IS G.P.E. ···--·'··- Koch's Pioneer ...... Long Gully ...... 9o 0 0 0 17 9•S7 7S 7 0 Beehive ...... Eaglehawk ...... : 6 0 0 2 s 4 14 9 0 Grea~. Hus~er'a ... Iron bark ...... 1 0 0 2 13 12 2 13 12 I ' ------I . . . Totals ...... 1,312· 0 0 3,.16S 11 6 - ~-;:;-\ I ~·- ~ .... CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. . ' ...... 7 ~.'I: " .. CJ..STLE'I4.AINE DiVISiON. . I I Yates and Co...... Various ... * ·~ i 39 0 0 2 3 23'41 85 15 1 :Eureka Consols ... Eureka Reef ... 2 16 15·27 31 3 0 '"1--~~ ------Totals ... 50 0 0 2 6 l~'26 11618 1 " 1 ___ , !IEPBURti DlVISION•.. .. . ; ----- Cornish ••• ... Sold at 50s., Cornish Reef 6 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 0 . : ..····' .. Specimen Hill •""••• ... Sold at £5 1 _~peeimen Rill - 7 0 0 4 0 0 28 0 0 Totals ... .. ~.J ·,13 0 0 3 1 12'92 40 0 0 .. '" ' .. .. GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. ~-----~-=--~~--~~~-~---~------~··----~~·~-~==------~------ST.-lri,NGER'S CREEKDIVlSlON. .. ..: .. •. Long Tunnel 'G. l'lr[ Reg. •.. Cohen's Reef ... 37 0 0 3 3 9'72 117 6 0 Walhalla G. M. Reg. ...- Cohen's Reef .:. 44 i7 0 2 15 15'65 i24 16 0 ------1------1 To~ls ·•·: . 81 17 0 2 19 3'76 242 2 0 f" f ,. I ,, : .._.?•• 16 - ' ' WASHDIRT AND CEMEN.T.- SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtained relative to the QuANTITY of WASH DIRT Puddled and Sluiced and CEMENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. I Quantity Puddled Average Yield of Gold Total Yield of Gold from .Mining Districts. and Crushed. per Ton. Washdlrt and Cement. ~------~~~ ----- Washdirt. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr. Ballarat ...... 21,370 0 0 0 1 0'16 1,075 16 3 Beech worth ...... 4,024 0 0 0 4 22'09 990 0 0 Sandhurst ...... 3,180 0 0 0 3 17'87' 595 7 IS Maryborough ...... 13,414 0 0 0 2 23'91 2,009' 14 0 Castlemaine ...... 94,153 0 0 0 0 16•35 3,207 17· 4 Ararat ...... Gippsland ...... 106 0 0 0 4 0 21 4 0 ------· Totals ...... 136,247 0 0 0 1 3·83 7,899 18 22 ------Cement. ------Ballarat ...... 503 0 0 0 1 20'59 46 14 12 Beech worth ...... " Sandhurst ...... Maryborough ••• ...... 803 0 0 0 2 3'03 ... 85 7 12 Castlemaine ...... 415 0 0 0 4 14•40 95 9 0 Ararat ...... 5,126 10 0 0 5 21'85 1,514 19 15 Gippsland ...... ------Totals ...... 6,847 10 0 0 5 '2'15 1,742 10 15 NOTE. -This Summary does not show the total quantities of washdirt puddlcd and sluiced and cement· cru&hed, but only the yield of certain crUshings, &c .• respecting which the .Mining Surveyors and Uegistrars have been able to obtnln information. Owing to the.circurm~tance that many of the machine-owners are un11ble to give or are precluded from giving information, 1t is impossible to get complete returns from every district; and in con sidering the relative importance of each district, as regnrds alluvial mining, &c., the tables relating to machinery should be examined and compared. Office of Mines, THOS. COUCHMAN, . Melbourne, 28th April 1876. Acting Secretary for Mines. WASHDIRT. ' THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QuANTITY of WASBDIRT Puddled or Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. Division and Subdivision, · Average ! T •• y· Id Remarks relative to tbe and Where Washdlrt was obtained. Washdlrt Puddled. Yield of Gold o.... 1 Ie Depth ot which the Name of Company.----l------·------l------~~~~~ ~~aincd,&e. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt, gr. oz. dwt. gr. 1 BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. I . .. • The Nil Desperandum 1 Deadhorse Flat ... \ 7,458 0 0 0 1 12 559 7 0 248 feet SOUTHERN DIVISION, ·------'----1----- I Grant and party ... Break-o'-Day "" 362 0 0 li o 5 15'08 101 17 12 35 feet, 2 feet thick Welcome Pit:field Plains 300 0 o o 4 2·93 61 16 15 lOO feet, 4 feet thick Turner and party Break-o'-Day ... ~~-0-~~ 18'91 18715 o 1 I5t~i:~feet,2ft.6in. BLACKWOOD DIVISION Totals : .. 2,762 o o 1 o 2 13·07/ 351 9 3 AND BLuE MouNTAIN SouTH SuBDIVISION. Daley and six others Butcher's Flat 2,500 ~~~-::- --:--1--:- Surface to 12 feet Carpenter and five others 'I Milkman's Flat 800 o og o o 15·60 2s o o 40 feet Ah Tack and six others .. • Yankee Creek 900 0 I 0 0 9•87 18 10 0 8feet Ah How and four others ... Yankee Creek 500 '0 0 0 14•02 14 12 0 7 feet Ah Foo and four others ... Red Hill ... 450 0 0 0 0 10'40 9 la 0 7 feet .Ah Foon and six others ... IKangaroo Flat 2;600 o o , o o 6·02 32 12 o 5 feet Ah Fone and five others ... Kangaroo Flat 2,200 0 00 0 0 5'35 24 10 0 7 feet Ab Tun and five others .... Lower Lerderderg ·.·.·.1_1_,2_o_o_ o 1 o o 8·4o 21 o o 6 feet I Totals ... 11,150 o o loom 165 o o ------BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. INDIGO DIVISION. hiltern Sons of Freedom Chiltern and Ballarat 2,224 0 0 0 5 0 556 0 0 290 feet deep by a width of 500 c feet at the point now b ems· Lead worked D 'lirham and Caledonian ... Durham Lead 1,800 0 0 0 4 19•73 434 0 0 250 feet deep by a width of 70 feet ' Totals ...... ···I . 4,024 0 ol 0 4 22'09 990 0 0 17 QuANTITY of WASIIDI~T Puddled or Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-continued. Division and Su lJdivision, Average 1 Remarks relative to the Totnl Yield . Depth at which the and Where Washdirt was obtained. Yield of Gold of Goltl. Name of Company. per Ton. Washdirt Wtts obtained, &c. oz. dwt •. gr. oz. d wt. ~rr. tiANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. Ballarat and Bendigo ... Huntly ...... 1,080 0 o I o 3 11•72 188 7 15 Cement and washdlrt Lane's Tribute, No. 2 ... Huntly ...... 2,100 0 0 : 0 3 21"03 407 0 0 crushed together j-:7 Totals ... 3,180-~j· 0 3 17·87 1 595 7 15 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Seaham ...... Alma ...... 1,400 0 J0 5 11'96 384 17 121 Gladstone ...... Aima ...... 3,100 0 01 0 3 0"59 I 468 16 12 Totals ...... 4,500 0 0 0 3 19'06 I 853 14 0 AMHERST DIVISION. Union-350 trucks per diem Mount Greenock South 5,250 0 0 0 I 15"13 428 0 0 320 feet for 75 working days, at 5 trucks per ton Ho:tfnung-110 trucks per Mount Greenock South 1,338 6 0 0 5 6"25 352 0 0 160 feet diem for 73 working ·days, at 6 trucks per ton Tara's Hall-220 trucks per Taa:tfe's Paddock ... \ 2,325 14 0 0 3 5"60 376 0 0 60 feet diem for 74 working days, I at 7 trucks per ton ' 1-- ·Totals ...... - 8,914 0 0 0 2 14•24 1,156 0 0 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Thomas a:nd Co...... Bald Hill ...... 700 0 0 0 I 0 35 0 0 80 to 90 feet Riddle and Co...... New Year's Flat ... 2,600 0 0 0 0 6 32 10 0 15 feet Brewer and Co...... New Year's Flat .. . 2,000 0. 0 0 0 3"12 13 0 0 15 feet Stevens and Co. ... New Year's Flat ... 2,000 0 0 0 0 4"68 19 10 0 16 feet Webband Co...... New Year's Flat ... 1,300 0 0 0 0 4"80 13 0 0 17 feet Ellis and Co...... Horseshoe Bend ... 2,600 0 0 0 0 601 32 10 0 10 feet Parsons and Co ...... Horseshoe Bend ... 3,900 0 0 0 0 11"20 91 0 0 12 feet Totals ...... 15,100 0 0 0 0 7"52 236 10 0 fl&PBURN DIVISION, Price and 11 other eo-opera- Dry diggings and Middle- 50,000 0 0 0 .0 4"32 450 0 0 9 to 30 feet tive companies ton Creek, &c. Calancini and 4 other eo- Elevated Plains ... 600 0 0 0 2 18"16 82 14 0 75 to 150 feet operative companies Twining and 8 other eo- Table Hill and Sailors' 3,810 0 0 0 0 18•96 150 11 0 45 to 150 feet operative companies Creek, &c. ~ Bennett and 8 other eo- Jim Crow Creek and 1,940 0 0 0 I 22·33 187 5 0 130 feet operative companies Y andoit tunnel Sailor Prince ...... Deep Creek ...... 186 0 0 0 11 20"32 llO 3 12 Six Chinese ...... Forty ,Foot ...... 600 0 0 0 0 17"60 52 0 0 North Cornish ...... Cornish Reef ... • .. ! 400 0 0 Q 1 14"44 32 0 16 70 feet 350 Chinese ...... Hepburn ...... 9,000 0 0 0 2 11"33 1,000 0 0 Shallow to 20 feet Europeans ...... ! 10,000 0 0 0 l 16"80 850 0 0 Totals ...... 76,536 0 0 0 0 18•27 2,914 14 4 TARRANGOWER DIVISION. ~ William Bowe ...... Blackie's Hill ...... 756 0 0 0 0 8•35 13 3 12 20 feet Abram Grigg ...... J:'egleg Gully ...... 1,000 0 0 0 0 6 12 10 0 10 feet Robt. Grigg ...... Porcupine Flat ... 260 0 0 0 l 6 16 5 0 50 feet John Knight ...... Porcupine Flat ... 325 0 o· 0 0 12 8 2 12 20 feet Henry Jolly ... Sandy Creek ...... 176 0 0 0 0 18 6 12 0 50 feet ' Totals ... 2,5!7 0 0 0 10"8 56 13 0 ... 01 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. RussELL's CREEK DIVISION. Co-operative ...... Tangil ...... 106 0 0 0 4 0 21 4 0 15 to 40 feet No. 6. B ·' 18 . r , ~. I, . ... · .. r ·.• CEMENT. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QuANTITY of CEliU:NT Cmshed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. ' ' ,. .. Division aml Subdivision, Average y : Remarks relatlve·to the · aud Where Cement wns obtained. Cement Crushed. Yield .of Gold ~- Totabol~ld of . .qepth at whlch the Name of Company. . I ·per Ton. '. Cement was obtained. t~~; ewt. qr. oz. dwt. ~r. 7d)vt. gr. --.- BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. •· .. .. ' ~ -· I S~rYTRESDALE DIVISION. --. ... •.r Hawcroft and party ... Dreamer's Hill, Happy· ·IO 0 '0" .. 0 ..'j IS.; 3 17 12 Valley Drury and party ...... Dreamer's Hill, Happy . 3 0 0 I I 0 - 3 3 o· Valley . - . ... - .. .. ~-·-~· Totals ••. 13 0 0 0 10 19•38 .7 6 BLACKWOOD DIVISION ... __.. _ .._._ 12 .AND BLug MouNTAIN SoTITH 8 UBDIVISlON. • I ' .. All Nations ...... Yankee Hill ...... 490 0 0 0 I 14'89 39 14 0 ',f , .. •. i MARYBOROUGH l'Y~INING DISTRICT. ' I· -----~ ' AMHERST DIVISION. .'> - J. Bartlemore ...... Various places ... 725 0 0 0 I 20'36 67 0 0 ., . •· ---- ' A vocA. SuBDIVISION. ' Monte Christo ...... Lamplough ...... 6 0 0 I 0 2 2 0 12 12 Surface ------DUNOLLY.AXV TARNAGULLA -· .. ' ---- DiVISIONS. Simmonds and Co. ... No. 2 Hill, Bealiba ... 32 0 0 0 5 17'25 9 3 0 30 feet Nicliolas and Co. ... Bealiba ...... 20 0 0 0 3 .o 3 0 0· 30 feet .. Reh1 and Wilson ... No, Bealiba. 14 0 0 0 4 4 0 40 feet ... I Hill, ... 0 6 ; Newbert and Co ..•• ... No. 2 Hill, Bealiba ... 6 0 0 0 4 16 l 8 0 35 feet .. ~ 1 :': ... ------; Totals ••• ... 72 0 0 0 4 22'33 i7 15 .. 0 • .I --- _. ·' - J. CASTLEMAINE. . MINING DISTRICT. FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Homeward Bound ... Table Hill - .•• .320 0 0 ! 0 4 16~50 75 0 o 80 to 90 feet · . h~' ~ HEPBTIRN-Div:rSION. 1 ' •· •• :, .··' Barklas Hills ·--~~1-:-:.:31 -.-5-:: 2~ ;e~ .:~ ~·~·- ••. Argyle Gully ... Eddy and Co. .• • Wombat Hill .•. 55 0 o ' q ~ 12·21 i '15 3 0 , 120 feet Totals ... 93 0 0 0 4 9•29 20 8 0 BLUE MoUNTAIN NonTII SuBDIVIsioN. ------·---1 ,Doctor's Hill, Trenth~!ll .. 2 0 0 0 0 12 ·o 1 ·o Surface ARARAT .MINING DISTRICT• .ARARAT DIVISION. .": •• 1 Cement G. M. ... Londonderry ••• 772 0 3 0•42 116 9 15 70 feet PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. Band of Hope ...... Deep J... ead 1,354 0 0 0 5 0·07 338 14 12 North and Soutli Wales .•. Deep Lead 2,200 10 0 0 7 16•27 844 15 12 Hand-in-Hand ... .•. Deep Lead soo o o , ·o 5 9 · 2is ·o ·o 19 ·NUMBER AND DISTRIBU'fiON OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF 1'HE COLONY, FOR 'fHE. QUARTER ENDED 31sT MARCH 1876. (From Rettlrns ·made by tlte Mining S'lf'r.veyor& and Regi~trars.) Name of Place. 1. NJ:· Totul. Name of Plnee. No. Tolal. .: ~ ------~------.. ' ' [------,---,------BAI,LARAT DISTRICT. Brought forward ... 5,512 Central Division : Creswick Division-continued. Balla~at West 350 Slaty Creek ••• 40. Ballarat East 875 Mopoke .. . 30 Ballarat North 250 Humbug Hill .. . 30 Sebastopol ll5 Portuguese :Flat ... . 45 Cambrian Hill 15 Back Creek ... 10 The Springs so· Bullarook ... 30 Littlt; Bendigo 440 1,950 n;q Gm·don Subdivision: Dead-horse Egerton •.. ... ' 207 Sago Hill .•. 24' 2,259 Gocdon ... 56 Southern· Divi;ion: Steiglitz Subdivision: 263 Long Gully ... 10 Steiglitz 50 Staffordshire Reef 75 Morrison's 90 Italian Gully .. . i5 Dolly's Creek 20 Splitters' 'Gully .. . 6 Elaine ... 60 Kangaro~ ··· so· MountDomn 40 Moonlight ...... t -ro· Little ]l'orest .8 6() Bul\dog ... •.. Blcu:kwood Division and Blue Mountain 268 Rokewood Junction 50 South Subdivision: Mount Misery Creek 310 Golden Point ...... Jackson's Gully ... 10 llO Hed Hill •...... 60 Yankee Hill ••• 15 Barry's Heef and Split-tree ... Grassy Gully - ... 30 350 14 Yankee Reef and Creek ... 6Q Spring Creek ... Heef·and Back Creek Sawpit Gully .. . 12' Simmons~ 50 Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg ... 120 Whim Holes .. . 25 Blakeville ...... 30 30 Hard Hills ••• Snake GJ.!lly ...... 14 ];'renehman's .. . 50 I Goodman:s Creek ... •.. 20 Pinchgut,...... 35 Balla'n Flat'· ...... 4'o' Break-o'-pay ... 80 Gar~i)aldi;and vicinity ... 20 Western (:;reek ...... ~, 997 Wright's ,Reef ... •.. 50 Bacchus Marsh and vicinity Buninyong Division: 40 Mal}!?r's Hill ...... Durliam and tributaries ... 90 16 Green Hiils and Devonshire 30 Ballan Subdivision: 980 Scotch man's and Hard Hills so Between Ballan and Blakeville 4 4 Buninyong Township ... 3o·· Hiscock's and Fairweather Reefs 80 " Total for Ballarat District. ,;. 8,977 Winter's Flat, Cobbler's, and Magpie Ranges ... •.•: .. . loo· ' ---- Black Lead and Gum-tree ...... 90 Napo!'eon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gym pie 60 ·, BmiCHWORTH DISTRICT. Prospecting and isolated parties ... 50 Beecltwortlt Division: --.-.,- 610 Smythesda.le Division: " Spring Creek .. . 105 Sih;er Creek .. . Smythesdale ...... 1,50,.····· 25 Deep Creek' ••• 22 Scarsdale and Newtown ...... " 200· Cape Clear ... ••• .. . Hurdle Creek .. . 54 60 Pennyweight Flat .. . Brown's .... .•• ...... lOO. 52 Italian. Gully ••• .. • .. . Two-mile Creek .. . 60 5 Three-mile Creek .. . Derwent Jack's ... .•. .. . 15 190 Six~niile Creek ... Piggoreet ...... 90 56 Bottle Hill ...... 50 Storiy Creek .. . loo Snake Valley and Hard Hills ... 45 Myrtleford; &c...... ' II'O W ooragee, ·&c. .. • ,., I IIQ Happy Valley and Lucky Woman's .. . 140 Rcid's Creek .. . 3R Haddon ...... 580 Golden Lake ...... 10 Woolshed .. . 190 Madden's Flat ...... •.. .. 'J6 Seb~stopol ... 120 Eldorado ... ~:. ·,' '466 Linton's ...... 150, Stanley and neighborhood ...... 380' Monkey Gnlly ... .. • . .. 10 Moonlight Creek ...... 6' Yackandandah Division: 2,006 Preston Hill ...... 25 Clear Creek .. . 68 -- 1,646 Bruarong .. . 20: Creswick' Division : Kirby's Flat .. . 63 Creswick .. . lOO Rowdy Flat .. . ••• I 40 Clunes .. . 9oo'· Osborne's E'lat .. . 60 Springhill 586 Allan's Flnt. .. . .1'2' Broomfield Gully ••• 45 Staghorn Flat .. . 42 Red Streak 45'' Twist's· Creek .. . 80 Union Hill 20 :Mud~y Creek .. . 4o Longpoint 20', Hills,borough .. . 43 Diamond Gully 1,5 Sandy Creek .. . 80 Cobbler's Gully 15 Township ••• 7o. Bald Hills Hi Hayes' Point ... 20 Sulky Gully 5 -- 638 Carried forward •• ~ 1 5,512 Carried forward .. , ... 2,644 ' 1 .. ·- ' .. ' ... ., - 'c· --- '- B 2. 20 NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MiNERS ou the Goldfields, &c.-:-:-continued. Name of Place. 1 No .. : 'l'otal: Name of Place. No. Total. Brought forward -r ·2,644 Brought forward 5,433 lndigo Division: Jamieson Subdivision: Chiltern and New BrLllarat Leads 140 Howqua Rher and tributaries ... 5 Suffolk Lern:l 10 Goulburn from Howqua to Jaruieson 45 Indigo Leatl 170 Mack's Creek 60 Robert Burns 6 Go.ulburr:f~on~J arui~;onto S,;.~PY Cr~~k. 70 Lancashire Lead ... 6 Sat! or B11l s Creek...... •. · lOO Caledonian and Durham Leads 30 Flume Creek 30 Clydesdale 8 Baker's Creek 30 Hibernian...... 4 - 340 Various Quartz Reefs 55 ,I- 429 Total for Beechworth District ... 5,]73 Buckland Division; Harrietville ... 133 Harrietville to Bright ...... 424 Bright to Boundary, including Running SANDHURST DISTRICT. Creek ...... - .•. 159 W andiligong ...... 294 Sandhurst Division: Bucklimd to Upper Bridge .. . 107 Back Creek and Spring Gully 150 Upper to Lower Bridge , .. . 151 Sheepshead and Golden Gully 375 Lower Briclge to Ovens Junction 153 Golclen Square and Kangaroo Flat 495 1- 1,421 Crusoe Gully and neigh borhood 70 Ale:candra Subdivision : :\1arong and Bullock Creek 140 Alexandra and vicinity 30 Victoria and New-chum Heefs ••• 550 Godfrey's Creek ... .:.· 30 Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies ... 520 Devil's River and tributaries 15 Ironbark ... · 480 Johnson's Creek and tributaries 10 Bendigo Flat ••• 510 Hern:l of U T Creek 4 . White Hills and Epsom 120 Goulburn River 20 Huntly ...... 240 Doojalook ... 2 Sydney Flat and Whipstick 200 Spring Creek anrl tributaries 15 Specimen Hill and Sailors' Gully ... 320 Higinbotham ... 3 Devonshire Gully and Dead-horse Flat 260 M erton aml 'vicinity · ... 10 Windmill Hill and California Gully ... 430 Tea-tree Creek and vicinity 25 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ... 315 Scattered population ... 20 Snob's Hill and Pegleg GullY 390 Acheron River •.• 45 Haywood ...... 70 Elysian Flat · Maindample ·and Doon 8. ... I 40 Yea 10 Sebastian ... ••• 50 Kamarooka ... - 247 -, 40 Dry Creek Subdivision ; Scattered and prospe~ting Brankeet Creek 18 Kilmore Division: .~ 6,065 Dry Creek 90 Reedy Creek 40 Hell's Hole 30 Sunday Creek 10 138 50 &a.ffney's Creek Subdi/Jision: Heathcote Division and Waranga South Goulburn River 12 Subdivision : Gaffney's Creek 36 Graytown 30 Cannon's Creek ... 22 Red castle 70 Raspberry Creek and branches 45 Heath cote 130 Lyre bird Creek .. . 3 Costerfield 195 Wallaby Reef .. . 6 Tooborae ...... 50 Moving population 6 Kimbolton and Campaspe • 30 · Moonlight Creek ••. 3 Coliban and Myrtle Creek 40 Wild-duck ..._ 30 133 Wood's Point Subdivision: One-eyed Gully 25 Wood's Point and Morning Star 34 · Waranga Nor!], Subdivision: 600 J.ower Goulburn · ... 22 Rush worth ~ Right nnd left branches 40 Wbroo 95 Gooley's Creek 10 Coy's Diggfngs I 32 Harper's and Pheasant Creeks 10 White Hills, &c. • .. 1 29 Perkins' Creek and Waverley 4 Waranga ... 14 All Nations ...... 24 265 Black. H.ivcr 16 Moving population - 10 Total for Sandhurst Distriet 6,980 i\•laori Creek .. . 5 Never-tpind Spur .. . 16 1- 191 Big River Subdivision: M.ARYBOROUGH DISTRICT. Frenchman's Creek 6 M aryborough Division; Warner's Creek 6 Aim a 4(10 Enoch's Point 8 R1tilway Creek Waterloo .. . 50 10 Inkerman .. . Jim Thomas' Creek 4 50 Big River North Moonlight Flat 50 32 Adelaide Lead Big River South ••. 12 150 Fry's Creek Golden Point 100 ll Craigie Wilson's Creek ... 2 150 Four-mile Flat lOO Moving population 5 Carisbrook _250 Gonlburn Hiver ... 6 Mosquito ... 1--:.. 102 150 Mitta-miUa Division: Blucher's ... 200 Lightning Creek 35 Newtown ... 150 Granite Flat, Snowy Creek ••• 42 Havelock ... 150 Mitta-mitta River ...... 16 Chinaman's 800 Junction, Snowy Creek 10 Blackman's Lead 50 Bothanga... ..'. 25 Maryborough ' 300 . i- 128 --· 3,100 Carried forward 5,433 Carried forward ... 1- 3,100 1 NuMBER and DISTRIB{JTION of MINERs on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. No.me of Place. No. Toto.!. Name of Place. No. Total. 1---- Brought forward ...... 3,100 Brought forward ...... Majorca Su,bdivision ; ... 7,142 Majorca Lead ...... 77 St. Arnaud North Subdivision-continued. View Point Lead 4 Silver Mines, &c...... 35 ...... Rostron's and Wattle Flat England's Hill Lead ...... 12 ...... 15 Rocky Flat Lead ... 7 Einu, &c ...... 10 ...... Carapooe Gibraltar Lead ...... ll ...... 15 McCallum's Old Lead 9 Bell Rock, &c...... 10 ...... Blink Bonnie Scandinavian ...... 4 ...... 20 German Gully ...... 4 Duchess of Edinburgh ...... 15 Amlterst Division; 1--'-- 128 Jerejaw, &c...... 10 About Talbot ...... 40 Victoria Re!Jf, &c ...... 15 Scandinavian Lead ...... 20 1.-- 410 Mount Greenock ...... so -~- ... Total for Maryborough District 7,552 Mount Glasgow ...... ,,, 12 ...... N uggety and Long Gullies ..• ... 20 ---- Kangaroo Flat and Gully ...... 20 --- Mia-mia and tributaries ...... 20 Daisy Hill and tributaries ...... 120 CASTLEM.UNE DISTlUCT • Adelaide Lead South ...... 90 Castlemaine Division; Blacksmith's Gully ...... 30 Eureka Reef: ...... 58 Emu and Cockatoo ...... 50 Guildford ...... 131 Brown's Gully ...... 12 Camp bell's ,Creek ...... 130 Norfolk Gully ...... 300 Sailor's Gully ...... 36 Avoca Subdivision: -- 814 Castlemaine ...... 104 Amphitheatre ...... 66 Barker's Creek ...... 98 Avoca Lead ...... :. lOO Myrtle Creek ...... 35 Green Hill Creek ...... 72 Moonlight Flat ...... 67 Percydale ...... 180 Chewton ...... 200 Home bush ...... 70 Wattle Gully ...... 73 Lam plough ...... 152 Golden Point ...... 64 Barnes' Reef ...... 6 Diamond Hill ...... 90 Monte Christo ...... 25 Bolivia Reef ...... 36 Mountain Hut ...... 25 Fryer's Creek Division : - 1,122 No. I Creek ...... 4.5 Golden Gully to Fryerstown ... ]50 No. 2 Creek ....··~ ...... 80 Spring Gully and Specimen Hill .. . \40 Kimberley and Sardine ...... 15 Choke m Flat to Vaughan ...... 250 Donkey Hill ...... 28 Butcher's and K!tngaroo Hills ... 80 Middle Creek, &e ...... 25 German and Mopoke Gullies ... 140 Gullies east of A voea ...... 20 Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyw,eigbt ... lOO Perseverance Reef .. .- ...... 26 Table Hill and Tarilta · ...... lOO West of England Reef ...... 6 Guildford Hills ...... 230 New Reef, Avoca Road ...... 5 Loddon: Vaughan to Holeombe ... 2!30 Glenp:;tric}c Reef ...... 8 Nuggety Gully and Irish town .. . 130 Hampshire Reef ...... 6 Green and Sailors' Gullies ... 40 Dunolly and Tm·nagulla Divisions: :- 960 Piekpocket and Hard Hills .•. ... 40 Dunolly ...... 160 Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss ... I 50 Burnt Creek ...... 50 Hepburn Division: -- 1,780 Goldsbrough ...... 80 Dry Diggings Section ...... 82 Inkerman ...... 35 Y andoit Section ...... 130 Moliagul ..• ...... 80 Boots Gully Section ...... 50 Bealiba ...... 90 Italian Gully Section ...... 90 Murphy's Flat ...... 15 Spring Creek Section ...... 911 Jones' Creek ...... 80 Doctor's Gully Section ...... 78 Tarnagulla...... 80 Brandy-hot Section ...... 34 Half-way ...... 15 Deep Creek Section ...... 122 Llanelly ...... 45 Blind Creek Section ...... 120 Inglewood a11d Wedderburn Divisions: 1- 730 Stony Creek Section ...... 95 Jericho and Jordan ...... 84 Wombat Creek Section ...... 115 Whitehead's and 'rhomson's Gully ... 40 Daylesford Section ...... 320 Berlin and Hard Hills ...... 300 Connel's Gully Section ...... 72 Kingower ...... 50 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision: --- 1,403 Mcintyre's ...... 40 Taradale ...... 211 Craigie Lead ...... is Redesdale ...... 25 Synnott's ...... 20 Yankee Point ...... 20 Burke's Flat ...... 14 Maims bury ...... 10 Boe's Flat ...... 27 Coliban ...... 22 Inglewood ...... 80 Bell topper ...... 35 Wedderburn ...... 62. Lauriston 89 Garibaldi ...... 42 Ta,rrangower Division: -- 412 Potter's Hill ...... 5 Beehive Hill ...... i5 Avoca Forest ...... 140 Eaglehawk and Pegleg Gully ... 211 Woolshed and Yorkshire Flat ... 76 Long Gully ...... Chinese ...... 74 ...... 42 Porcupine Flat ...... 38 Redbank and St.Arnaud Soutlt Subdivisions: 1-- 1,040 :Fiddler's Flat ...... 3 Stuartmill, &c...... 65 Mo11ut Tarrangower Red bank ...... 16 ...... 50 Sandy Creek ...... 110 Fowler's Lead ...... 30 Nuggety Hinds ...... 16 ...... 25 Mia-mia ...... 6 Moonambel, &c...... 70 Green Valley ... Darling Flat, &c...... 14 ...... 20 Muckleford ... 25 F~merald Flat ...... so Clydesdale ...... 26 Sandy Creek ...... 15 River Loddon Canterbury ...... 43 ...... Parkin's Reef ...... 23 St. Arnaud Nortlt Subdivision: . 370 German Reef New Bendigo ...... 38 ...... !i Chapman's Gully ...... 3 St. Arnaud ' ...... ' 1- 721 Stuartmill, &c...... 30 --- Carried forward ...... 7,142 Carried forward ...... --·5,438 ' 22 NuMBER and DISTRfBUTION of ·MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. .• 1 •.·, ;Name of Place. No. Total.- Name of PlJ>ce. No. Total. Drqught forward ' 5,438 .. Brought forward ... 338 St. Andr~w's Division: ftlitcltellRiverand Boggy Creek Subdivisions)' i' .; ' •Anderson's Creek .. . 9_5 Nicholson and Tarnbo Rivers ... IiHl: Long Gully' .. . ., .:4. Boggy Creek ... ·'· !'31 Smith's Gully .. . 20 Merrijig Creek ...... ' ' · 42' Yowcyow ... •.. :.i5 Wihl-dog ... Sandy's Creek ...... ';::' ·::. ~~: •-::·· 14 355 Phipps' Gully ... 20 Crooked River Division: Diamond Creek ...... 12 Grarit ...... 13, Walsh and .8.rrnstrong's 1·( .. Crooked H.iver ..• 21$ . \V arburton ' ... 1 ilJ. , Jungle·Creek .. . ,18• Cherry Tree ••• 13 Twelve-mile Creek .. . .··7·' Cobbler's Gully ... 16 Twenty-five-mile Creek 8 .. Watery Gully ... 7. Thirty-mile Creek ... 4, Reefton ...... 45 Wentworth .. . 38; 19, Pioneer .•• . .. 14 U ppeLD •' Carried forward' ...... j .. . --3-,3-8 GRAND Tor.AL 40,673 TIIOS. COUCHlfAN,~ Office of Mines, Acting Secretary for Mines. ?.~elbOJl!~.~.!. ~St_h April 1876. 28 I _MINING SURVEYORS .AND REGISTRARS' REPORTS. BALLARAT- MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISlON. Mr. David Christy, )}[{ning Registrar. GoLD obtained from the principal Alluvial Claims for the. Quarter ending 31st March 1876. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr, Nil Desperandum . ,,, .. 559 7 0 Eastern Star 101 0 0 Bushby and Co. 40 1 0 Winter's Freehold 2,301 17 0 Band and Albion Consols ... 1,645 0 0 St. George ... · 929 2 6 Koli-i-noor · · · 210 0 0 From puddlers, &c. 1,500 0 0 New Koh-i-noor ·~;.' ·800 0 0 . ' -·-·---- .····East Koh~i-noor ' 51 11 3 Total ...... 8,137 18 9 DIVIDENDS, £ s •. d. Temperance 240 0 0 New Dimmock's Reef -- - .-r ... 96 0 0 Britannia 460 0 0 Parade 200 0 0 .. : 1'otal £996 0 0 The consumptioi:lof water by ni.ining companies for the quarter is 10,781,000 gallons, at 4.d. per 1,000 gallons, • f>: \.,_ .. ' i' ~. . SOUTHERN DIVISION. .. ,.- J.l1r. George Perrjj, Mining Registrar.= QUART:ll MINING. Staffordshire Reef.-,-The Hopewell Tribute Company continue to obtain excellent results. 'l'he reef is 8 feet wide and easily worked. The Hopewell Company are still driving their 230-foot level, expecting soon to strike the lode which the tributers are working. · The Speedw~ll Tribute Company have crushed very liLtle dming the quarter. 'Ihey have been busily em- ployed in opening up their mine. .. The New Kangaroo ComP.any have completed the erection of their 16-head battery, and started crushing on the 20th March. They are raising stone from their 240-foot level, which is expected to yi~ld 15 dwts. per ton. 'l'he lode is 3 feet 6 inches wide, carrying very coarse gold. . . . . Frenchman1s,_..:.The Hope Company have proved their lode 16 feet wide, showing payable gold, The prospects of this company are very encouraging. · ALLUVIAL MINING. At Kangaroo Flat several small parties' are profitably employed, earning from £3 to £7 per man per week. McMullen's Bridge.-'l'he Goldsborough Company have struck the gutter, and are now putting in the main levels. Good_yields.are confidently expected when the mine is properly opened up. At Break-o'-Day, Pitfield Plains, and Grassy Gully, several parties are making good wages. Other parts of the division are very dull. BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. Some of the old shallow workings in this division have yielded good returns, but the smallness of the ground formerly left u'nworked:affords employment to only a few miners, who are still on the decrease. A strong party, with steam power appliances, are erecting machinery on the Black Lead, having taken a claim of 80 acres. 'They are experienced miners; and· will probably make this old ground ·pay. No new lends have been discovered durinll the quarter. The large quantity of water in the deep mines at the Buninyong e~tate and the maiu Durham gutrer, deters mining operations, and till a drainage company i~ at work there is little chauce of the gold known to exist iu tl1ese leads being obtained . . . • ':: ,. -:·· ._.. ·. , , '· .. . . QUARTZ MINING. Th~ugh op~rations have been susp~nd~d both at the Mt. Helen and 'the Homeward:honnd Reefs, I bPli<'ve' )he suspension is ·only temporary ; in other parts of the district quartz mining is steadily progressing, such being Lhe case both at the Tower Hill and the Gum Tree. •· The quantity .of water sold during the quarter was-Buninyong dam, in charge of the Borough Council, 10,000,000, gallons; rent, £3 Ss. 6d. 24 .SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. • I The quarter's return of gold is very satisfactory, the amount produced exceeding that of the previous quarter by 274 ozs. The largest. proportion has been obtained at. Linton's, where mining operations. are remarkably pros perous. Scarsdale and Haddon have been the next largest c_outributors; in other parts of·the division, notably Cnrngham, considerable depression prevails. Nothing new has occurred during the quarter in relation to the alluvial ·mines; but in quartz mining a good deal of prospecting has been done, and in one instance-that of the Argyle Company, near J~inton's-with splendid results. Upon the whole, the general condition of the mines in this division is good, as may be inferred from the aggregate yield of gold, which amounts to 11,914 ozs. 5 dwts. '£he yield from the principal mines is as follows :-Reform, 2,329 ozs.; l~acecourse, 1,456 ozs.; Trunk Lead, 1,069 ozs. ; Linton's (quartz), 436 ozs.; Eclipse (quartz), 262 ozs. · No water was sold during the quarter. . CRESWICK DIVISION.. Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The yields both from the quartz and alluvial mines continue very good. There has been a smaller quantity of quartz crushed, but the average is 7 grs. greater than last quarter ; this . is owing to the increased yield of the qmtrtz in the South Clunes Company's mine. . The Australasi1tn Uompany have discontinued mining operations, the Claim and plant having been sold under a judgment of the Supreme Court. The cessation of mining in this direction is a se1·ious loss to the district, as, besides the loss of employment to. a number of miners, it was the most advanced claim on the deep leads of Creswick. In alluvial mining at Springhill, the yields in those claims getting gold continue very good; but the progressive mines are not advancing so rapidly as could be wished. . The following are the yields and dividends from the principal mines : YIELDS, oz. dwt•• gr. New Lothair Company, Clunes 45 10 0 Robinson's Freehold Company, Springhill ... 1,498 18 12 Richardson's Western Freehold Company, Springhill 2,751 8 18 Richardson's Junction Freehold Company, Springhill 707 0 0 Baron Rothschild Company, Springhill 1,792 17 6 Cunnings' Freehold Company, Springhill 2,890 19 4 Bunyan's Freehold Company, Springhill 2;115 17 0 Kingston Park Company, Springhill 87 5 0 Cameron's Freehold Company, Springhill. 45 12 0 Carter's Freehold Company, Springhill ... 270 17 12 Nelson Gold Mining Company, Broomfield Gully Z9 9 0 Approximate yield of other mines " 1,500 0 0 13,785 14 4 DIVIDENDS AND RoYALTY. £ s. d. Robinson's Freehold Company 4,201 13 6 Richardson's Western Freehold Company 9,351 1 6 Richardson's Junction Freehold Company 890 10 0 Baron Rothschild Company 6,218 4 0 Cunnings' Freehold Company ' 8,181 5 0 Bunyan's Freehold Company 6,277 3 0 Kingston Park Company 33 10 0 Carter's Freehold Company :30 15 0 New North Clunes Company 5,654 0 O· £40,838 2 0 ------ GORDON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. This branch of mining industry has been very dull during the quarter, as it had previously been for a considerable time. A new,company (prospecting) are engaged, however, in sinking a sh South Learmonth and Egerton Amalgamated Company, Egerton--The erection of this company's machinery has been completed, and a contract let for the sinking of the shaft to a further depth of 300 feet. Of this, 50 feet were sunk during the quarter. When the contract is finished, the depth of the shaft will be 618 feet. Argyle Company and North Argyle Company, Moorabool.-Neither of these companies have done any work during the quarter, having been obstructed by an intlux of water, with which they were unable to contend. I am informed that both companies intend to erect machinery, to enable them to further prospect their ground. Parker's United Company, Gordon.-Siuce the date of my last report, the compai1y have erected machinery on lease No. 1023. ,This caused operations to be suspended for about six weeks; but before operations ceased, 300 tons of quartz were r .STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. 0. W. Collins, .l1ining Registrar. . The past quarter is no improvement OJt the previous one. The alluvial returns are light, owing chiefly to the scarcity of water. , No water was sold during the quarter. BLAOKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John F. Ilansen, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ MINING, The number of men engaged is less by about lOO than during the previous quarter. The decrease is not in consequence of any failure or depression in this branch of mining, but is almost solely attributable to the discharge of about 80 men from the Sultan mine, on account of the size of the reef having greatly increased; the company are therefore enabled to keep. the battery continually crushing with a considerable less number of men employed in the mine. Good payable gold has been dropped upon in this mine in the cross-cut at the 600-foot (lowest) level, and t.he sinking of the main shaft from this depth has been resumed of late. The dividends declared by the Sultan Company during the quarter amount to £3,750, or at .the rate of £1 LOs, per share. The North Sultan Company have purchased the engine, pumping and winding gear, with a 10-head battery attached, lately owned by the British Lion Company. The shaft is sunk to a depth of 610 feet. From the 500-foot level down to 575 feet, they have been sinking o1i a reef containing fair prospects of payable gold all the way. The reef has an underlie to the west, but several slides having come in from thence, carried the reef to the east, thus making the bearing of the lode almost vertical for that distance. No crushing has taken place from the North Britain Company's mine, as the company are still engaged in sinking their shaft to the required depth of 195 feet, and driving their main tunnel a further distance of 170 feet. When this work is completed, the company will have payable quartz to operate on for some time to come. In consequence of the late severe drought, no crushing has taken place for more than two months back at any of the batteries driven by water-power. For the same reason, the stoppage of batteries driven by steam with a limited supply of water has also taken place. · A miner has just reported the discovery of a gold-bearing quartz reef, situated about six miles south-east of East Trentham, and about nine miles north-east in a direct line from Blackwood, on the eastern branch of the Sardine Creek. My informant states that the reef is about three feet in width, cropping out of the surface for a length of about fifty feet, showing payable gold in the stone. The discovery may prove of some importance, as no mining has been carried on in the locality for miles around it, and it may be the ·means of opening up a large field of maiden ground for mining operation. ALLUVIAL MINING. Nothing of note has occurred in this branch of mining. Water.-For the last six weeks, about four sluice-heads of water have been let out of the Government reservoir to miners working on the banks and in the bed of the River Lerderdcrg. The rates charged are ls. per week to each miner, which gives an average of about 15s. per week for each sluice-head of water sold. BALLAN SUBDIVISION. Mr. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar. Mining is almost at a standstill in this subdivision. Ashton's private claim, near Blakeville, is still at work but with only four men, and the work done is, therefore, very small. The stone continues to yield, on an avera"'e~ l oz. to the ton. .About 45 tons were raised and crushed this quarter from the above mine. "' ' .There has been nothing heard about any alluvial mining this quarter. No water was sold during the quarter. · 26 ···!· :.. ''\"'>" .. ~ ...... ' •.. . ·' . BEECH-WORTH -MJ:NING D'r·STRJ€.Ti '·· .··. ·.. (. .·::. ,,. '· .. J: ,. .... ·· BEEGHWORTH·DIVISION.... , • . . . Mr. Alexa~der Alderdice, 'itining Registr~;. · : .·::·; .· . . . ~.. ·, • , . 1 :.• \·~ '' 'l '1 " ..... ,. ).::;_1 •• .:: ·.:·:.1: •;... , ,' \ :. 4, ,j. ~;.· •>, . During .the past quarter mining has been drill in this division o!'Jng to, the s~arCity of. water, and severjll ~f t~e principal alluvia! claims have been unable to wash. dpWilJ from· this.cause;. but, taki_ng ~l).e. P!:\St Sei!SOU OJ?. th~ whole, it has been the most favorable one that ·has occurred for wany. years.. :. ·, ! , ·... ,. .' . . The alluvial claims in the vicinity of..Beechworth and Stanley have. all. been giving good returns, arid .·P,r,epa rations are being made for carrying on operations dur.ing the coming winter months·. The R;!)cky Mc;mntain Extende!f Gold Sluicing Company has been successfully floated, and tengt:)rs for the .construction .of ,the tunnel under the 'town of Beechworth· have been accepted, the amount being £6,900, Durit;~g ~he past t!ln ~omhs the. Rocky; M!lu~.~n Company.obtained .. 90Q ounces .of gold from their claim, :;tJ?.d it is, anticipated that when, the 'tunnel.is c~ompleted the return of gold will be increased threefold. The tunnel will he the longest and l,llost expensive work of the kind in Victoria. · . . , : ...... ;. . .· " . At Eldorado operations are still only progresSive. The Ovens GOld and Tin Company's shaft is being pp.'t down rapidly_;the difficulty with the drift and water being overcome by good management. ·The Wellington and .McEvoy companies are still putting in their main drive, and in both claims payable gold continues to be found. The _reefs at Hurdle Flat have not turned out much gold during the quarter. The Wallaby Company have been sinking a shaft, and their crushing of the stone and mullock which came out of it resulted in 7 dwts. per ton. Two small crushings from the Tuesday and Bons ·reefs at·· Six-mile !Jn§!\Jr:'.gaye splendid returns, viz., nearly 4 ozs. and· 18 ozs. per ton respectively. Both these reefs or leaders are very narrow, a11d it is doubtful whether the yield will continue as good as the trial crushings;: ·' ·. ·. ·. • ' ·: · ·. · · · ·. · · '" · . . At ~tony, .Creek ·mining, both ·alluvial and quartz,. is at a stand still for 'l'fant of water ; but the miners continue to raise washdirt and stone for 'operation when water"will ·b'e"·available. There is a report that. one. or two splendid reefs, formerly abandoned, have been found to contain rich stone ; but, as both· the, mills in tlie l&c'a:lity afe idle for want of water, no crushings can be had, and therefore the returti'of''gbld'c~iinbt''be'asc'ertairied~· 'A"new reef, called the North-Eastern, situate at Basin Creek, gave a good return of 3 ozs. per ton for 50 tons, and the stone being got out still looks well. • ._' ~ ) .I ' .. ~I"- t-- ""\.. •. :. r .d;. .i. , .~. ·.t J,•. '\, ·.• \'\t'· ,., : Y ACKAN:QANDAH DIVISION. . ,; .r• .. ' ·-: ... ·. 'r·.::·-.:-fl:fr; Pet~m !f.r.ight,:}finin_g .·s1l~ey~r. and.''Iieg~stli;:: ;,;:·. ·;,~ I h ~·: ';,.; ;~; ;.t~ )) _. .. ~ ... ·• -~ ; . ...:•=.::·:-:·': .. J~::~·_.. t,l;"-·~ ''';' '".;:1·~ "!.·' t·, il· •' ·J .,., ·''.ll( .._ .. -I '':"''•, .:- •• r.,' .. Very little qua,rtz has ,been crushed quring the quarter, ~hy prin~ipal mine (the Homeward~bound,:Hillsb;J~?;ugh) having given no:stone, as•:& hands· have been e_ngag~d in repairs· and::pth~r aAaf!:'Y ; 1 I ~ ' , , > : •' INDIG'O DIVISION. ' · ; ' · ,. Mr: :;J.lexander·,Rodgers,= Mining"Registrar. . .· ... , " '\ !J- J. 'f > • ~' > •' ' > P• • • • As shown by the returns, mining has been in a very depressed condition during·the.'qua~ter:. -~h~·total :Y;.~id of gold is only one-half what it was for the quarter ending the 31st of Pec.ember last1 ',!.'!le. g~:e3ct.deci.e~se in the yield of alluvial gold has been principally owing to the scarCity of water for puddli!lg. a1l!f sluicing purpos~s a.pd,: to the very limited operations at the:Ch.il~ern Sons of.Freedom·Company's claim •..Thet!ds a prosp,ec.tof a,lluvial !Dining improving aR soon as the wii1ter rains set in; as·mariy small parties will then have·.an ... 9pportunity qf w:,t~hing_ ~p ,~J;l.e washdirt already raised.. There is .no, presenLprospect of any ~mpro.vement,_()r in.ereafjej~~qw+rt:/i,·m~,l!i"Qg.,qi{.C:!f.a~~9.~S. With- the exception of the Magenta and Robert Burns reefs, the quantity of quartz obtain!lble,Js .J!.t. pr~~~pt very limited, ll.I!-d more capital is required to thoroughiY:.PJOSpe~~- !lil.~ ~p~n the reefs up at lower levels. · .4,·•. " . ·. - . " ·'· BUCKLAND DIVISION. Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela; Mining Registrar. No quartz has been crushed at t~9, B~fc)rlan,C! ~o,qiarrietyille f,q~1 the past th~e l'!lo~t~s; T~is,,together '!'ith want of water accounts for the comparativeJy·small amount of stone operated upon m this diVISIOn wlthm that penod. The faiiure of the Government boring p; ~---·-·-··------27 -. ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert W. S, Greig, _Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. The present prospects of mining are not encouraging. The older ground is pretty well worked out or abandoned, and very little legitimate mining is being done. T.he gold obtained is chiefly got by fossicking over the old workings. '£here has been very little prospecting done during the quarter, a considerable number of the miners finding great difficulty in obtaining any support for their .prospecting undertakings, and being hampered by the large areas of ground selected in the division, have turned their attention to other pursuits. QuARTZ MINING. The Just-in-Time Company, at Gobur, completed the erection of their machinery during the quarter, but have· not as yet had a crushing from their reef...... There have been no new discoveries of quartz veins during the quarter, and very small returns obtained from the claims at work. . ·• · . · _ · ' 'The whole of the auriferous ground in the immediate vicinity of Alexandra is at P.resent idle, and there is little appeamnce of work being resumed at an early date. · · · · · · .. · Generally, the mining prospects in this district are in a depressed state. ,., I I· DR1: CREEK SUBDIVISION. . Mr. Robe1·t Pemberton, 1Wining Regi$t1·m·. In my division there is nothing of note to report in alluvial mining. No reefs have up to the present been found sufficiently payable to work...... Water is sold at the rate of ls. 6d. per man for back claims an GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, JJ.fining.Surveyor.and Registrar. Quartz mining has been unusually dull, even for a quarter during which the absence of a sufficient supply of water prevented many companies from crushing; there are, however, promises of immediate improvement. The A 1 Gold Mining Company struck excellent stone about a month ago, and a satisfactory and cheering yield may be expected from their next washing up. The gold, however, in this and similar reefs in this subdivision lies in patches, and any long continuance of remunerative crushings must not be reckoned on,' The Rose of Denmark tributers will be opening out on a good shot· of gold in a few 'days, and begin to crush in· the course of a fortnight, water permitting. · · · The new reef worked by the Happy-go-Lucky Company has yielded, from a first trial crushing, an average of nearly 12 dwts. per ton. The company are now sinking on the lode, in, I think, a more favorable position, where they . are likely, when reached, to make more stone. · Hunt's Tribute Company continue prosperous, though the absence of water has I;J.ecessarily affected their yields. This tribute, at a yield of l dwt;, is the best in thE? district, and may be estimated to yield an average of over £5 per man per week. The alluvial has yielded fairly from out of the bed of the old creeks, where alone working is carried on at this season. The average wage made is about 26s. per man per week. I hear of no water being sold. When sold, price is from fis, to lOs. per sluice-head. WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. There is nothing cheering to report concerning this subdivision. The yields tabled have never been less; and I regret to say that, in this instance; the season of the year has very little to do with them,. The one hopeful feature is the promising appearance of the Lady Franklin Reef, on the Never-mind spur. This reef is a granite dyke, carrying cross veins at distances from 10 to 30 feet. 'l'hese veins are nearly vertical, and yield an average of over lt oz. to the ton. The reef has shown lately, in a winze sunk .from tunnel. level, a vertical shoot of quartz running with the dyke, a feature quite novel, or, at least, hitherto undiscovered, in this class of reefs. I have not yet seen it, but am informed that it shows excellent gold, aud appears to widen when driven OJ;l. Such a discovery gives an element of permanency which mines in this description of dyke reef have hitherto lacked, and may, under intelligent use, lead to further discoveries in the distriet. ' The Hope: Company have now driven 114 feet towards what is known as the Bore Reef, and are in close vicinity to the bore-hole. The country has changed, showing brown heads and strings of quartz, and a good deal of water is making. The reef driven for 1s overhead, and will be cut in the course of next month. The ground is much easier. I estimate the yield to the alluvial miner as affording a wage of, say, 22s. 6d. per man per week. No water was sold during the quarter. BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, JJ.fining Surveyor and Registrar. Quartz mining has not progressed during the past quarter in this subdivision. The Luck's-All mine is no~ idle, th~ I_ate tribute party h_aving thrown up. ·The Unknown Company (Nob le and party) have commenced crushing, and antiCipate, as usual, satisfactory results. Tl)e last c;ushi_ng of the Londonderry party disappointed expectations, and was very poor. . The alluvml_ Y'elds have been ~rnprovi~g l11tely ~n this subdivision, so far as here and there a single claim 1s concerned. Davtd Httchcock, who 1s workmg a clam1 on the east bank of the river about half a mile below Newman's, has obtained highly remuncmtiye yields, without, however, any gutter or lead of gold having been traced beyond his ground. The average wage of the alluvial miner has been 25s. per week. - • . I hear of no water be.ing sol~; the engines being mostly at a standstill, their water-power is available for slwcmg. Where sold, the pnce vanes from 6s. to 2s. 6d. per slmce-head.. . 28 MiTTA MITTA DIVISION. . . Mr. W. H. Cocltrane, Mining Registmr: There has been little change in alluvial mining during this quarter. A fresh discovery has been made in the northern boundary, between the Murray and 1\'fitta Mitta Rivers, of four distinct reefs, all showing, apparently, payable gold. Upon one, the New Year's Gift, a small battery has been erected, and a trial crushing has been made, which yielded about two ozs. to the ton crushed. Work is going on briskly, and great hopes are entertained that a new and extensive field has been opened. No water was sold during the quarter. · JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. H. Edwards, Mining Registrar. Gleeson's Lease Company have been raising stone from north and south stopes, intermedi~te drive. The stone from the south end is looking remarkably well ; the bins and passes are full of crushing stuff; and the company are now waiting for water to enable them to commence crushing. The Alabama Q. M. Company are engaged in driving the bottom level and in raising stone, which still continues to look well. T·hey have had one crushing during ~he past quarter, 46t tons of stone yielding 424 ozs. of gold, giving a dividend of 9d. each on 32,000 scrip. Specimen Reef Tribute Company have about 60 tons to grass, and will commence crushing soon. A good return is expected. · - · _ The Eureka Reef Company are driving their tunnel, and expect to strike the reef in about 20 feet. They are also sinking on the reef, which has widened to 3 feet, showing a little gold. · 'The Nrack's Creek Company are still sinking on the reef, which is improving in depth. They will have a trial crushing ahortly. T!le Venture Company are extending their low tunnel a further distance of 100 feet, and are still prospecting the north end of No. 1 Reef. The reef is about 2 to 3 feet in thickness, and prospects of coarse gold can be obtained. ( SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. Mr. N. G. Stephens, llfining Registrar. . It is generally considered that this division is in a more prosperous condition than it ever has been, and I think' that the returns forwarded-89,000 tons of quartz, averaging 13 dwts. 21 grs. of gold per ton-will support that opinion. · The 'yields from deep mines are remarkably good, and their prospects are also good. Very heavy gold has been found in. the Carlisle, North Gn.rden Gully, and Passhy United Company's claim, on the Garden Gully Reef, at a depth of 854 feet, many of the pieces weighing 3 dwts. At present, only 15 tons of this stuff has been crushed, and this was obtained in the cross-cut only. Every claim ou the Garden Gully i:teef, to the extent of one mile and three-quarters continuously, is turning out well, the greater portion of them yielding large returns weekly. Forfeited ground on the main lines is eagerly sought after. There is nothing in alluvial mining worthy of note. The quantity of water used for mining purposes is 1,184,000 gallons, at 2d. per 1,000 gallons, and 5,958,000 gallons, at 4d. per 1,000 gallons. Particulars respecting some of the deepest shafts which are now being sunk, or the sinking of which has recently been stopped for the purpose of putting in levels or crosscuts. · . Depth of ' Depth of Nnmc of Company. Nn.me of Reef. Shaft. ~·s!~p~~t I!emarks. Level. ------Feet. Feet. Feet. Victoria Reef Q. M...... Victoria Reef ... 1,040 1,000 1,000 Sinking Hustler's Reef Q. M. and D. ... Hustler's Reef ... 1,003 1,000 1,000 Sinking Great Extended Hustler's Reef ... Hustler's Reef ... 969 870 950 Sinking Carlisle, North Garden Gully aqd G~rden Gully Reef ... 940 784 924 Not sinkin~ Pass by United Victoria Reef ...... Victoria, Reef ... 935 -900 900 Sinking Great Extended HustJer's Reef Tribute Hustler's Reef ... 934 500 934 Sinking New-chum and Victoria ...... Victoria Reef .. . 931 883 925 Not sinking Lansell's 180 claim ...... Victoria Heef ... 908 860 860 Sinking Lazurus ...... New-chum Reef ... 900 800 800 Intending to sink 1oo feet I more Great Hustlers ...... Hust.ler's Reef ... 900 900 900 Not sinking North Old-chum ...... New-chum Reef .. . 884· 878 878 Sinking . Old-chum ...... New-chum Reef ... 871 790 860 Not sinking Hercules ...... Victoria Reef ... 861 820 820 Sinking Adventure a.nd Advance ...... Victoria. Reef ... 855 700 850 Not sinking Koch's Pioneer ...... Garden Gully Heef ... 824 812 812 Not sinking . Collmann and Tacchi's ...... W ethera.l Hcef ... 824 800 800 Not sinking Hustler's Premier ...... Hustler's Reef ... 804 800 800 Not sinking 817 800 Not sinking Catherine Reef United ...... Ca.therinc Reef ... 800 Windmill Hill ...... Windmill Hill Beef .. . 780 670 670 Preparing to sink Victoria Cons.ols ...... Victoria R.eef ... 7i2 iOS 764 Not sinking Jobnson's Reef ...... Johnson's Reef ... 730· 720 720 Not sinking New-chum United ...... ·New-chum Reef ... 730 680 680 Sinking P:mdora ...... Garden Gully Reef ... 729 670 720 Sinking Unity ...... Garden Gully Reef ... 725 710 710 Sinking Albert ...... Diamond Hill Reef ... 705 420 617 Not sinking ... .. \ 29 Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &c., crushed during the past quarter:- I Totnl Average Depth at which .E~~". Name of Company. Where Quart~. &c., Yield of Yield the Qu<1rtz .,_'" Width of Reef, &c. were obtained. Gold. per Ton. was obtained. §~~ n: --~··· ~··· i-- 1- tons. oz. dwt.gr. oz. dwt.gr. feet. Londonderry Tribute .. Garden Gully Reel .. 163 1,099 0 0 6 14 20•32 320 feet .. .. lOO From I loot to 2 feet ll inches Golden Stream Tribute Garden Gully Reef .. 1,390 5,123 0 0 3 13 !7•09 410 to 360 feet .. 100 ~'rom 6 mches to 3 feet North Sea Tribute .. Garden Gully Heel .. 126 234 3 0 1 17 4 a75 feet .. .. lOO A vernge 2 feet 6 inches J.~ondonderry .. .. Garden Gully Reef .. 662 1,067 l 0 1 12 5•69 380 feet .. 100 From l to 3 feet Pandora .. .. Garden Gully Reef .. 8,494 5,614 3 0 1 12 3•26 600 to 670 feet .. lOO lfrom 4 to 35 feet ; continuation of western leg struck at 720 feet, about 2 feet wide, showing gold Unity .. .. Garden Gully Reef .. 1,071 2,062 3 0 I 18 12"21 710 feet .. .. 150 From 2 to 12 feet Burrowes1 Freehold .. Garden Gully Ueef .. 491 556 a 0 1 2 15'69 410 feet .. .. c50 18 inches Carlls1e, North Garden Garden Gully Reef .. 15 15 0 0 l 0 0 8~4 feet .. .. 100 Spurs 2 feet w1de; no regular for· Gully,and l'assby United matlon Garden Gully United .. Garden Gully Re~! .. 3,850 3,228 8 0 0 16 17'88 300 to 460 feet .. .. 6 inches to 4 feet. New winding geUI, cost £3,00Q. Shaft 640 feet Horwood's Freehold .. Garden Gully Reel .. 1,290 1,135 10 0 0 17 14'51 350 to 410 feet .. 50 About 2 feet South Garden Gully Tribute Garden Gully Reef ..i 132 189 10 0 I 1 3'27 425 feet .. .. 18 lncl1es 4,860 5,074 13 1 8 G·G7 614 to 677 feet From 2 to 20 feet Victory •• .. .. Garden Gully l!eef .. ' 0 .. .. Unity Freehold .. .. Garden Gully Reef 131 63 10 14 0 9 l1i•77 200 feet .. .. 2 feet Great Hustler's •• .. Hustler's Reef .. 562 974 0 18 I 14 1!'>'90 800 to 000 feet .. .. 14 Inches Extended Hustler's Freehold Hustler's Jleef .. I 224 76 I 0 0 6 18•% I 85 to 356 feet .. .. From I to 3 feet Great Extended Hustler's Hustler's Reef .. ' 7,080 1,868 19 0 0 5 6"70 000,680, and HO feet 90 Average 25 feet Reef Great Extended Hustlm's Hustler's Reef .. i 245 68 14 4 0 5 14'61 !50, 340, and 420 feet 380 A vemge 3 inches Reef Tribute Latharn& Watson's Tribute Hustler's Reef .. 81 90 2 12 I 2 6"07 000 feet ...... From 8 lnehcs to I foot North Hustler's .. .. Hustler's lteef .. 53 20 15 6 0 7 ~0·04 Result .. .. Hustler's Reef .. 47 18 17 0 .0 5 21'44 420 feet .. .. 70 2 feet United Pioneer •• .. Hu•tler's Ueef .. 561 182 1 0 0 6 11•76 632 feet. .. .. 150 2 feet 6 inches Hnmboldt .. .. Victoria Ueef .. 44 84 0 0 I 18 4'36 About 250 feet Adventure aud Advance,. Victoria Ueef .. 437 233'18 15 0 10 16•94 Surf~ce to 350 feet lOO Principally spurs }}nergetlc .. VIctoria ll.eef .. 59 22 16 0 0 7 17•49 Various , Hercnles .. .. Victoria Reef .. 233 132 10 0 011 8·U6 440 and 820 feet .. 72 From 6 inches to 2 feet New Chum and Victorln .. Victoria Reef .. 756 351 15 0 0 9 7"33 400 to 670 feet .. 150 From 3 inches to 2 feet New Chum ~nd Victoria Victoria Reef .. 400 204 11 0 0 10 5'46 Trlbute Victoria Reef G. M. .. Victoria Reef .. 2,646 1,067 3 0 0 8 1'58 480 to 820 feet .. 200 From 1 to 30 feet. Reef cut at 910 feet, showing payable gold Victoria Consols •• .. ·Victoria Reel .. 58 10 18 0 0 3 18•21 Spurs above 300 feet .. Spurs Lnzarus No. 1 .. .. New-chum Reef .. 2,199 3,866 8 0 1 15 3•96 000 to 700 feet .. 140 30 feet :l cut from 4.8V feet driven1 and reef struck showing gold Johnson's Reef G.l\I. .. Johnson's Reef .. 4,440 2,184 0 0 0 9 14'70• 300 to 000 feet .. .. From u inches to 4 feet, chietly spurs; some from 600 feet, aver- aging 2 oz. per ton North Johnson's .. .. Johnson's Reef .. 402 237 12 0 0 11 19'70 300 to 000 feet .. .. lto4feet Rose of Denmark .. Johnson's Reef .. 294 640 2 0 2 3 13•07 . 100 to 280 feet United Johnson's .. Johnson's Reef .. 127 163 19 0 1 5 19•65 2SO to 420 feet .. 150 Spurs United Windmill Hill .. Johnson's Ueef .. 451 a·•o 19 6 0 !4 5"60 230 feet .. .. !50 1 foot 10 inches Duchess of Edinburgh .. Devonshire Iteef .. 770 378 13 0 0 9 20'04 a;o feet .. .. 150 Hpurs Princess A lexnndrn .. Devonshire Reef .. 2,344 1,446 17 0 0 12 8'28 800 feet .. 100 Spurs of various sizes Centml Windmill Hill .. Windmill Hill Reel •• 118 67 9 18 0 11 10"48 Above 300 feet level 300 Spurs Windmill Hill .. .. Windmill Hill Reel •• 231 87 10 11\ 0 7 14·81 Alblon United .. Ilird's Heel •• .. 309 185 4 0 0 11 23'6!) 200 and 300 feet .. 50 4 fee.t to 12 feet Bendigo and Melbourne .. llird's nee! •• .. 214 66 18 0 0 G 6 06 200 to 300 feet .. 60 2 feet to 8 feet Cenlral Waterworks .. Whip Reef .. .. 370 232 12 0 0 12 13•75 200 feet .. .. From I loot to 5 feet North Whip .. .. Whip Reef .. .. 1,625 449 19 12 0 5 1291 360 feet .. .. so Worked 30 feet Empire •• .. .. Derwent Reef .. 117 142 18 () 1 4 10•25 New l\Ioon .. .. l\foon Reef •• .. 474 . 287 2 8 0 12 2'75 200 to 300 feet .. 120 From 6 inches to 2 feet South New llloon .. Moon Reef·~ .. 208 53 5 0 0 5 2•88 300 feet & upwards 80 Spurs various sizes Eastern Prospecting .. Collhan Reel .. 139 141 u; I} 1 0 9•1\6 90 feet .. .. 65 Average 8 inches Oreat Hope Tribute .. Jackson's l!eef .. ]<;4 160 19 0 1 o 21 ·oo 360 feet .. .. 150 Average I 0 feet, not more than half Great Britain .. .. Prince Alfred Reef .. 3,646 750 11 12 0 4 22•27 225 feet .. .. 80 Spurs Golden Pyke .. .. Cornet .Reef •• .. 57 31 12 12 0 11 2•31 Golden Crown .. .. C:arshalton Ueef .. 419 406 0 0 0 19 9•10 lOO feet ...... SpurS, from 2 inches to l foot thick, between walls 21 feet apart Kocb's Pioneer .. .. Perseverance Reef .. 131 23 14 18 0 3 14'97 240 feet .. .. 47 8 Inches to 18 Inches United Perseverance .. Perseverance neef .. 67 46 18 0 0 14 0 313 feet ...... · Not reached. 2 feet Hustler's Premier Tribute Redan lieef •• .. 46 10 6 0 0 4 11'47 ' 330 feet .. .. 150 About 2 feet PYRITES. I I. I .. Unity .. .. Garden Gully Reef .. 13 39 16 0 3 1 5"53 ) Londonderry Tribute .. Gar •' ...... ·· . KILMQi,tE DIVISION. JJfr. James W. Osborn, Mzning Registmr. There have been no discoveries in the division and nothing. to report. · No water was sold during the quarter. · J 'l .• } - . • '•t ·,: HE.i\.THCOTE DIVISI()N AND WA.RANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION . . ,. . . .1.l1r. J. T.'Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. There is no iinln'ovement to report in mining prospects since my last report, dated 31st December 1875. There appears to be a considerable· falling off in the yield of ·gold; but this may, ,to some degree, be accounted for by the fact that I nave ·red)~V:ed'' no return from the Alison and Central Company, so that I have no means of ascertail!ing what'their returns have.been during the· quarter; ,. ·I forwarded the.usual circulars to the mining managers and quartz crushers·· (12 ·in· number); ~nd only five responded. The Royal Crown Company's operation~ are still. in a state of suspension. . ·' . ·:·· · · . . . · . , ...... ! .. . ., . .• • •• The Butler's ·Reef, Company, to which I referred in my last report, are persevering with their operations, .but are delayed by a considerable quantity of yi:iter.' Draining the .mine has:· be.en proceeded )vith vigorously, and Wis hoped that the water w.ill be so far reduced as to pe'rmit of sinking and driving on an. extended scale. ,;, ' . · ..• No water was sold during the quarter. · · WARANGA ·NORTH SUBDIVISION . . ~ . . . ' · .flfr. 'Henry Hicks; .Mining Registmr. · Alluvial.mining throughout the subdivision is now .very dull. Th~ ground being work~d· at the date of my last report has ceased to be remunerativ_e., -~The, long·drought· has ~ried up all water holes, and rendered prospecting almost impossioW; · l\!~ariy of the miners have, in consequence, left for the rnsh at Mcintyre's. . . A falling off in the yield of gold from the quartz mines will be perceived on reference to schedule, although one.. or two g~9d .Ji.e~d~ :,tre recorded ... Tl:le Victoria Crnshiug il'lachine, Coy's Diggings, has been under repair'for some we~_ks,,,ap!i"no,attempt has been made to repair the only crushing lllftchine on Rushworth., The Whistler's ·R~ef, Coy's· Digging~ (<;l-rnmb~idge ·Coij:lpany).. obtliincd from a"tria\"cl:tishing of t!vel~i:!'tops an .. average .Qf,. eight ;.oil.nces' per ton, .alid.:are,.how.crushing a-larg'er quantity, Messrs. Taylor and M;urray on' the saine line havealso succeeded in hwding sev~ral tons of quartz of equal richness. ' _ · ...._ .. Three or 'four claims, which during the past year showed good results, have been during the quarter sinking new and more· permanent shafts, causing thereby the falling off alluded to above. . There are no reservoirs forth? .s~le,,of wa_tf)r for n:iniQg purposes ~hroughout·the subdivision. · · · ;MA:RYBOROUGH MINING DH3TRIC'T.. i ..... t, : 'MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. ,. ·. '.--.· ]}Jr. P. V,fi.tue,jun., Mining Registrar. , '· ' Aii,uvuL MINING, , ' .. '·' Iri this· class of mirling there is not much of !mpoi·tance to report. 'l'he New Magnum Company' still continue to .pay excellent dividends, and their mine is looking welL The Junction Company have at last struck payable gold, and I hope soO}I to be able to report favorably of the progt·ess of thElir mining opemtions. The plant cf this eompany~s 'mine has absorbed an immense amount of capital and labour to bring it to its present state of ·efficiE"ncy. The min'e of the Duke and Timor Company has not yet answered the sanguine expectations which were formed respecting it, and which led the shareholders to purchase.: one of 'the fipest and m oN expensive plan'ts in t)le col•hy to worltit efficiently. The water in the mine is very heavy, arid the weekly yield of gold,.during the past 'operations, has barely been sufficient to' cover working expenses. The following is a statement of the· gold obtained. from the principal alluvial mines in this division during the quarter:- : oz. dwL ·gr, Ba~d of B~pe; Chinaman's Fiat 179 15 12 Duke and Timor, :£'imor .1,369 15 o Eastern·, Alma . .. 27 Q. 0 0 · ~lma"Consols, ·Alni(l 36 8 12 Ooupt, Bismarck, Alma 1,803 !1· 0 Seaham, Alma 384 17 12 Gladstone, 'Alma' ... 468 16 12 . , ... ,, ..... New ..Magnum, Alma " 1;994 0 0 - r '~ · · ···Queen;, Alma 247 7 0 Timor Junction, Alma ... ' ______7 5 12 :,,1 Total ... 6,518 14 12 ------. ' ' Dividends as under have been paid during the quarter by the companies named :- <> £ 8. d.· New Magnum 4;500 o ·o Gladstone 300 0 0 Ea.stern ·.... 90 0 0 Count·Bismark 2,'250 o· o, Total ... £7,14..0 0 0 QUARTZ MINING. The Bristol Hill Company are still engag!]d. in repairing and erec'ti1\g machinery on their mine. TheY have done no underground work during the quarter, but they expect to make a fair beginning iii about a month hence. The Maryboro' Consols a;re driving for the reef at a depth of lOO feet below p~·evious workiQgs, a~d the.Great Extended Oorii'pany are engaged in 'similar operations. · MAJ"ORCA SUBDIVISION\' Mr.· John M. Murph.y, -Mining Registrar• .,., -· -- There is very: little to-report from this subdivision for-the past quarter,' as nearly· all· the alluvial claims are still standin~ idle·for the want of-capital to work thein. ·· · · 17 • -· _, · ,. :· · •· '· ' · :"' " · ' · • • ·· ' The Duke of Edinb1.1rg!l Company, Walker's Pad,.dOQk. (priva~~), McCallmn's .Creek, is the the only claim getting gold of any consequence.· I:am informed that they· are now-working some very good· ground. ·' ' · · -- -·The only item -in quartz.miuihg to 'report is that the Prince Alfred Company; Deeds Reef; German Gully, have struck· the re.ef•at 300·feetrandfrom·a trial'crushiiig; of lO' tons obtained. 2 ozs.Cto the ton ;·• there is a' prospect of!. the reefwidehlng,·and'better results may-be anticipated in a short time.·· AMHERST DIVISION. M-r. Joseph Smith, Mining~Surveyo-r and Regist-ra-r. . ALLUVIAL MINING. A new rush took place at Norfolli Gully, Stony 'cre~k, parish of Amherst, 'in February 1 1ast. About 1,000 miners have been on the ground, only 300 of whom are actually at work. Tlie sinking i's through alluvial drift, but _will dip under basalt at the southern end, and will probably be a. branch of the Mount Greenock lead, which is about two miles distant in an easterly direction. The diggings are spread over a large piece of ground. The gold is found in patches, and is of a coarse. and honeyc9mbE\d character; several nuggets have been unearthed, weighing respectively 11; 22;·arid·57 ·ozs., with· pottioris·of quartz attached, showing they were in the neighbourhood of a quartz lode. . , . . . . _. The three principal alhivial claims at work have produced sa:tisfactory.returns. . I In quartz mining the number of men .employed and· the. quantity crus_hed _shQw a,. ·, .AVOCA'.SUBDIVISION.' . . ' ~ ' · Mr. ·D;· 10'1:eMy; Mining-Survey'o:ran'dRegist-rar. '' · I~· th'e -~{i~vi~l mi~in;, 'H~m,ebush .is th~ o~ly porti~~ ~f-'the division euga~ing attention., Thre~ leases have been applled for, on the .supposed course of the lead • .. ... Quartz. mining has -loo~d.better.during the: quarter.-• At Percyda~e,: at-.·a depth· of .from -140. to,150. feet from a. lode, varying-in .thickness- from :2 to .7. feet, 47-5 tons .of.. quartz. realized .from. battery. 197.. ozs. 5 dwts., .. and, by means of the patent pulverizer attached, p2 ozs. 6 dwts. 12 grs. were saved from the same crushing, making a total of 294 ozs. U• dwts. 12 grs •.. About a half mile further south;· at Fiddler's C;reek, active preparations are being made to commence operations. No water was sold during the quarter. .. . . :... '\- . ; .··• DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Alining Surveyor and Registrar~ 1JunolZ1f JJivision. There has. been very great depression in· mihirig ·matters· during-the quarter. A number of alluvial miners have left this locality for 'the new rush near Berlin. The Queen's Birthday Company are driving the 405-foot level south and stoping the backs from the 345 to the 405-foot levels. The company intend erecting machinery to treat their tailings and pyrites, which have yielded very well indeed on assay. The Goldsborough Company have a party of tributers a_t work~ who are breaking out stone at about 156 feet in depth at the north end of the .mine. The Sydenham Company are still sinking the shaft, the progress being slow owing to the hard nature of the ground. It is now down 145 feet. In alluvial mining there is nothing whatever to report. Tarnk_qu'/,l{j, Vivi;ion.'· ~ · · ' Mining operations have;-if,possible, been duller this quarter than the previous one, as, owing to the want of water, yhe crushing m~chines,_ crushing_ for the_public, have been quite idle. Th~ Prince of Wales Company, Poverty Reef, have started theu crushing machme, haVIng a•supply of ·water from· the mme, and 'have ope1-ated on one small parcel of 'stone, ·which ·gave a return of 10 dwts. per ton. ' .;.;---,..-- ,., . : 't INGLEWOOD DIVISION. ' ... ' j '~ •. ; ·,. <'' • 1 t ~ l ~ I. · ' I ·, Mr. T. 'W. 'Palmer, 'Mining Registrar:· ' .': ·· ··-r have visited _th~-'N ew Rush, Hard !I ills, about 2;} miles distant from Berlin; and 14 miles from Inglewood. The rtish, so'·!ar ~sI could'•judge;·se.emed to be in a. very prosperous cond~tiou; substantial stores are· bei~g erected, postal conimumcatJOn has been ·established, and a pohce force has.been statwned there. The number of mmers on the rush is from 2,000 to 3,QOO. There is a ·great scarcity of water, 'the price charged being twopence per bucket. With regard to the mining ~perati~ns i~ ~he immedia.te vicinity_ of Inglewood, there is hardly anything to remark. A claim known liS" Watson's -(alluvtal) IS m full.working order, but as yet there have been no returns. ·I am. informed that the "Tributers' Claim to Fownes' Company," Burke's Flat-, is paying ;• this is•a quartz claim, and is situated· about 20 miles from Inglewood. I·,, ' '' 1 : ,,.. •• • • 32 WEDDERBURN DIVISION:. Jl'lr. John Reach, Mining Registrar;. _ Mining (especially quartz) is.in a ·very depressed state, many of the miners .having been engaged harvesting, threshing, &c., and a few having gone to the rush at Mclntyre's. The puddling machines are not working for want of water. · A new gully was opened last month by Samuel Ward, situated about eight miles in north-easterly direction from Wedderburn; the depth of sinking is about 6 feet, IS inches of which is a very hard cement. The prospect obtained is about 1!' ozs. for one week's work, the gold being smooth and nuggety. I believe about thirty men are out there, but three or four only are getting payable gold besides the prospector. The nearest water is four miles distant, which will prevent the district being properly proved until rain comes. · There are no quartz reefs working. No water was sold during the quarter. RED~ANK SUBDIVISION. Mr. IX 0' Leary, Mining Su1·veyor and Registrar. There is nothing of interest to note in this subdivision during the quarter. No·water was sold during the quarter. _ · , ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Regiitrar. There has been nothing of importance to report on in this subdivision. Mining operations still continue in a very depressed state, and the want of water has operated very much against alluvial mining. ST: ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. G. Coucltman, Jlfining Sttrveyor and Registrar. There has be~n nothing of importance to note in mining operations during the quarter in this subdivision. · The Sandhurst and St. Aruaud Chrysolite Tribute Company are working at the 600-foot level. The Wilson's Hill Tribute Company have been driving north and south at the 530-foot level ; they have sunk a winxe to connect the 430 and 530-foot levels, and are now stoping-the backs between the two levels. In alluvial mining there is nothing whatever to report. There is a great falling off in the yield of gold, owing to the want of water. ' - \ STATEMENT showing quantity of Quartz Crushed and ~'fixed Metals (Gold and Silver), obtained during the Quarter. Where Qunrtz, &c., were Average Name of Company. obtnined. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Metals Total Yield. Remarks. per Ton. ' tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. London and St. Arnaud} Silver Reef ...... 8 0 0 8 10 9 68 .3 0 150 feet, nearly all Gold and Silver Mining silver Company, Limited ... Cross Reef ...... 56 0 0 0 6 6 17 10 0 200. feet, large per- cen tage of silver ' . CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Mr. Thom~s· L. Brown, .llfining Surveyor and Registrar. The- past quarter bas witnessed a continuous exodru; from this-division of the .best class of miner~. The Danish and German puddlers have gone to Riverina, dam making; and others of our quartz and alluvial-miners have gone to new rusbes, or to find labor in some more prosperous locality; as a consequence, mining operations and returns are reduced, and very little prospecting or progressive work is being carried on.. , The few sluicing parties supplied with water from the Coliban Water Scheme are making good wages. Where good prospects are an inducement, some of our quartz mining companies continue to persevere; for instance- The Eureka Consols have sunk their shaft to 468 feet, and are cross-cutting at 460, for the rich run of gold worked at the 260-foot level; they also continue to drive south at 360 feet, in search of'rich runs worked from the surface. . · The Caledonia Company have recommenced work on the tribute system. This mlne, from which, to a ·depth of 190 feet and less than one-fourth its length; over £30,000 worth of gold was obtained, out. of which £8,400 was paid in divid~nds, an engine shaft sunk 358 feet, and an extensive winding, pumping, and crushing plant erected without one farthing expenditure by the shareholders, has. been deserted by them upon a first call of 6d. per share being -made; 21,585 out of 24,000 shares have been forfmted. The Chewton United have fixed a plunger and gear at 160-foot level, and are sinking their shaft by c~mtract for 260 feet. They are also continuing a eross-cut to the east-now in 380 feet from the main level-to cut the eastern reef, and have.Iet their old levels on tribute. 33 Iu Wattle Gully, Teague and Co. and the Old W[],Ule Company continue to cross-cut and drh::e. ":ithout finding payable quartz. The Wheal Ten-ell tributers have failed to find gold, and have abandoned theu tnbutes. The Wattle Gully United, after sinking their shaft to 470 feet, and· driving expensive levels ~t ~50 fee~, have been obliged to give in, and prospect shallow leaders. Walker and Company are the ouly company smkmg, bemg on gold. The Ajax tributers continue working to the 280-foot level. but as yet have not found any rich stot:e·. The Nuge,;ety tributers are again flooded out, just as they were upon payable stone. The Little Nuggety are dnvmg at 180-foot level, on good prospects. The Devonshire tributers, after driving nearly 500 feet, at 300-foot level, have abandoned the venture as non-payable. FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. PoPULA,TION. The number of miners has considerably decreased during the past quarter, owing to the suspension of mining operations hy some Of our principal companies. The miners appear to be very unsettled at the present time, and, although unwilling to break up their homes, are compelled to seek fresh fields of labor, with a view of improving their condition and test.ing the resources of remote and far distant goldfields. PUDDLING AND, 8LUIOING. -There is nothing particular to report under thi&head. The usual activi.ty prevails, but it is evident the returns are gradually falling off, and will continue to do so, unless some cheaper and more economical mode can be introduced to operate on the auriferous drifts.- This. subject has been referred to in previous reports ; .but at the expiration of every succeeding quarter it becomes more necessary to draw particular attention ther~to, and invite the co-operation of those who are especially interested in a cheap and exhaustive system of mining. The miners in this particular locality are ready and prepared to rework the old and abandoned gullies and flats, and would be satisfied with very reasonable returns ; therefore an abunda11t supply of water under the sluicing regulations is much required to enable them to carry out their views. . . QUARTZ MINING. During the past quarter this branch of mining has fallen off very considerably, and it is no easy matter to account for the apparent apathy which exists among mining speculators, and those who can foresee that quartz mining must eventually supersede every other description of mining on the goldfields. With preconceived notions of the ultimate success of quartz mining, many are indisposed to give immediate attention the1·eto, or due encouragement to the prospecting of reefs at deeper levels. This view might not apply to every goldfield, but I believe the Castlemaine district, from the numberless reefs which exist (partially proved), has every reason to look forward to an improved state of mining 'when a properly organized system is adopted, and the capitalist co-operates with the working miner in the endeavour to prove the value and importance of the reefs referred to. . ' HEPBURN DIVISION. ~Hr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar. Specimen Hill Company continues sinking main shaft, now down 478 feet; intend sinking to 543 feet. They are also down 200 feet in new shaJt, north of main shaft, near boundary of lease. A new venture, the Spelling Bee Company, Specimen Hill, are down with a new shaft, 9ft. 3 in. x 3ft. 3 in., at a depth of 402 feet.· Great hopes of success are entertained. . Victor's North Star engine, Doctor's Gully, has started. Stone from only 50 feet gave over 3 ozs.,er ton. · Cornish IJompany are 60 feet in the 5.40-foot level, driving for the Crown reef. !)uring part o the quarter they have been sinking only, except' triliuters,' who have worked th'e upper levels. . Ritter's Company, Smyth's Reef, have sunk four shafts 85 feet to 106 feet, and driven 35 feet norfh of 106-foot shaft. . · · · " · "· · · ' · · , ,Daylesford Quartz Mining'Co~pany,,German Gully, dowii'300,feet, drove 40 feet nOith. Gold is .seen in the stone.· . · · · · ' .. > • Union tunnel, from Whitfield's Gully, are in 320 'feet. Intend to strike Mauritius Reef at 155 feet from grass. Wombat HilUs again being worked at 120 feet from No. 1 shaft. On the Police Reserve the wash is 35 feet ":ide and .2 feet thick. 5t ozs. was obtained by Eddy and Company. Prince Extended tunnel are in 4,400 feet, m soft 'country .. Dunston and party are sinking on Pioneer Reef. Down 60 feet.- Perrin's tunnel, King William Gully, are in 360 feet. Struck gold. The races are stopped for the present. TARADALE AND KYNETON S~DIVIS~9NS. Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar, ALLUVIAL. Owing to the temporary suspension of s.everal large arid important claims in this division the yield of gold is not. quite so.much this quarter as it .was !as~ .. Th~. Lord l\'Ialmsbury Company's claim, the Ironstone Hill Company's claim, and several others have been tdle durmg the quarter, but are about resuminrr operations. · · 0 · Upon the ;vhole, minjng p~ospe~ts ,are. improvi.ng here, and the district bids fair again to be prosperous. The deep groundJeadiJ?g towards the JUnctlOn of th~ Cohban and Campaspe (from the Central, Lord Malmsbuiy, and the Ironstone Htll clatms) has not yet been proved. . · QUARTZ, The United Kingdom line of reef is yielding .more satisfactory results than formerly. The Fenton claim' has been let on tribute and is paying well. The United Extended Company's mine is also improving, although worked under very disadvantageous circum stances. Th? ~ara.dale United C~mpany'~ cl!l'im ·is. still yielding dividen~s of £10 or .en per share per week. The Comet claim 1s Idle. The Mc~hster claim 1s lookmg much better, and will doubtless soon enrich the six shareholders. 'l'he stone not unfrequently y1elds 1~ ozs .. per to!), · No. 6. 0 34 TARRANGOWEL\ DIVISION. Mr. Robert Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The yields from our quartz mine;; have fallen off considerably during the past quarter, and the prospects at · present are not very encouraging. Two only (ie.), the North Eaglehawk United and the North British, have paid dividends; two others, the Nelson and 'rhornhill's Reef mines, ha1·e been sold by the foherili's officer to pay the over- drafts on the banks. · The Eaglehawk Union Company are still sinking their main shaft, the depth of which is at present 820 feet ; they have also started, at the 800-foot level, eastward, a crosscut to strike the reef, which it is expected will be struck at about 40 feet from the shaft, The reef in the winze now .being sunk from the 7<1()-foot level has not improved since my !as~ report. The crushing plant has been stopped at present for the want of payable quartz to keep it constantly gorng. The Eaglehawk Limited have driven north on the course of the reef at the 600-foot level about 50 feet; at 15 feet from the shaft gold was struck and continued for 20 feet in length, where it ·ran out, since which none has been seen, although t.he stone in the drive looks very promising. · The Beehive Company have struck a new shoot of gold in the 530-foot level ; the last 45 tons of stone sent to the crushing mills yielded 71 ozs. 8 dwts. 10 grs. of gold, and the stone now being broken is expected to yield much higher. 'l'he reef is about 2 feet in thickness and looks well. The North British mine,· on Parkin's Reef, has been producing payable quartz during the quarter, 203 tons having been crushed, which yielded 275 ozs. 12 dwts. of gold. It was discovered by a man in sinking a shaft to work some alluvial ground, and it is supposed to be a continuation of a quartz vein that was worked some years ago and lost. . It is now being opened up by parties of tributers, and as far as they have gone it has proved payable. · The Alliance and New Enterprise Companies, on the Nuggety line of .reef, are still persevering, but liitherto have found nothing payable. . In alluvial mining there is nothing of importance to report. No water was sold for mining purposes. ST; ANDREW'S DIVISION. Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. In respect to alluvial mining I have nothing to report, except that theWarburton Hydraulic Sluicing Company . have, by the aid of their hose, found an old lost lead, all traces of which had utterly disappeared many years since, after a large population had been (tttracted to the locality by the good results of some of the claims; It appears that a slight break had caused the lead to take a sudden rise, and that the old prospecting drives were all many teet below it. This company are now bringing to comp,letion their water conduit by erecting a flume 50 feet high across the Warburton Saddle, the total length of which will be 1,000 feet, thus increasing their pressure by the additional column of water,.and also enabling them to feed an increased number of hoses. In quartz mining I have to report that a trial crushing of a recently discovered reef, called by the prospectors "The Yorkshire Lass," at One Tree Hill, Caledonia, has given a return o( 80 ozs. to 4 tons of stone. From Oram's. Reef, which only a short time ago was totally abandoned, steady yields are now being obtained, averaging about 7t ozs. per ton. , , From the New Reef, at Muddy Creek, Upper Yarra, 4 tons of stone were packed to the Reefton machine, which gave the excellent return of 6! ozs. per ton. A tunnel has been commenced, and the only drawback to the advancement of this district is the great difficulty the miners have to eucounter in packing on horseba~k all their machinery for crushing, &c. This might be remedied by a few cheap log bridges and side cuttings, to open a track, wherebY. mining operations and settlement would be greatly facilitated. , BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION. ltfr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar. I have nothing to report in the way of actual mining, but a company has recently been formed to test the deep alluvial ground. They expect to have an engine on the ground in a few days. An application has also been -made for a lease for a quartz mine, known as" ~he, ~othschi~d." . . . · 'With the exception of the work done by IndiVIdual mmers, slmcmg, &c., everythmg has been stagnant. , There was a trial· crushing of some surface cement at Doctor's Hill. Two tons were operated upon, but as the resuit was unsatisfactory, the parties have abandoned the ground. No water has been sold~during the quarter. ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Thomas Foyster, ~Mining Registrar. Payable quartz has been strue~ at a distance of 6 feet from the shaft o~ the Rhymney 9ompany, at a d~pth of 294 feet and a main drive put in a distance of 25 feet to the west, the stone m the face showmg an average w1dth of 16 inch:s. About 20 tons are on the surface, which, in addition to that now being raised, will be tested immediately the battery is completed. Crushing will be commenced in about three weeks. To the west of the.Londonderry Company's cement claim, some alluvial ground has recently been proved to yield half an 'Ounce to. the load, beside developing a large quantity of cement, which is being stored for future crushing. · · · ill b d h h · fl · 1 0 Sluieing operations, by Hooper and Party, at Port Curt1s. H1ll? w e resume.' now t ~t t eu ume, ,7 0 . feet in length, is completed, immediately on the wet weather settmg m. Several parties of Chmese are at a stand- still for want of water. . . . - Prospecting the Stafford Reef at Moyston continues, but the recent tnals show that the stone 1s not so nch as , that first operated on. · , . At Seimering's Lease, in Sawpit :Flat, a tail race, 500 yards long, has. be~n f!Ut m for drainage purposes, and payable dirt is now found, having a thickness of three feet. The. depth of ~mkmg Js 20 feet. 3.') PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. Mr. H; C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The depth of the Newington shaft is now greater than that of any other in the colony.· In the Magdala Company's mine the shaft has been sl:idded for cages, and all is now in readiness for properly carrying out the work below of driving on the reef and proving its worth. The Great Northern Company will very shortly be in a position to haul a larj!e amount of stonP, as ·hey ""' e struck in their shaft, and sunk through, the Flat Reef, whi~h has b<'ell wo!'l:ed by aud bcei• n ~;ource ot HJ wuch 11'' fit to the Crown Cross Reef United and other companies. They are also driving in the stone from the Crown Cross .No. 2 Company's workings to the shaft. The reef is 8 feet thick. In other mines work is going on as usual. BARKLY DIVISION. Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining matters generally have been very dull during the quarter, and there is nothing of importance to note. No fresh discoveries haye been made, and the mining popula:inn remain pretty much as they were dUI'in,;.: lust quarter; but their success in obtaining gold has not been so great in the quaner now uudt'r repvrt. · No water for mining purposes was sold during the quarter. · RAGLAN DIVISION. Mr. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar. Immediately about Beaufort are the gold-mining claims Got-him-by-the-Wool, the Market Reserve, and Try Again, all getting 11. little gold. The first-mentioned has been mostly occupied in sinking a new shaft, erecting plant, &c., and main driving. In their'last shaft, however, they unexpectedly bottomed on payable gold. 'fhey hope to b able to give better_ returns for the comiug quarter. The second-mentioned claim, having moved tpeir pumps to their original shaft, have donfi! altogether about from 300 to 400 feet of main driving in a north-westerly direction, to try and prove the flat, but, so far, have had very poor prospect~; and the party, not being men of capital. fear they will be obliged to succumb bE).fore they can thoroughly }•rove it. The third named is a new party of eight men. some of whom were members of the old Golden Fleece G. M. Company, who have sunk a shaft about IOU yar·ds on the south side of that company's shaft and plant, &c. They have been engaged also main driving, and have averaged about "£2 per week per man. All other mining in the immediate neighborhood is principally fossicking. . At Waterloo, theN ew Victoria G. M. Company have got into the gutter about 200 feet from their shaft, hJ GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. OMEO SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar. The quantity of quartz waiting to be crushed at the Eureka machine and at grass at various claims is about 1150 tons; but both the Eureka and Independent machines are at a standstill for want of water. The Eureka Amalga mated Quartz Claim is under suspension for three months. There is no change to report in alluvial mining. MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Grime.~ Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I have no change to report in either quartz or alluvial mining. No work of any importance is being carried on at the galena leases near Buchan. No new claims have been opened. No water is sold in this subdivision for mining purposes. BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. James Smith; Mining Registrar. There is nothing noteworthy to report from this subdivision. The S_ons ~f Freedom .quartz mine has been sold to a new company, who propose resuming work at once. Alluvial mmers are domg moderately well, a few of them occasionally coming across nuggets and, good patches. 36 CR/O·O·KED RIVER DIVI'STON. ··Mr. James Travis, J1iining Registra1< ' I am upabl,l,l,to report,:anyimP,I:9vel!lent in mi~il(g oper:>tiops, '6ithefas regai:~s quartr:·or· illuvial,,,d~ring the quarte~. The Good Hope Company are still prospecting tl)e Mttcllell Reef, b11-t a's yet _have found nothing· payable . 11 . • • .• ~ Some ~oo?stone.is .~ai<,i to .hav~ be,e!t found in the OJd Hibernj'a'~ef; ... but, as ~o·c,rn~hing'lias yet taRen place, notlimg definite 1s known concernmg 1t. . · ' · ' " · " ., .. : Tllgfe',i.~.ti:o~ 'wa,ter ~-~l,d)r; ~fis diri,siqp.for :rpin.~ng purposes: .. ,. .. "~ ~, ·.. ' ·~. , . '· JERICHO -DIVISION. 1J:fr. R. J;· Donaldson, 'lJ:ti!t'in{/Registrar. Since t~e date of my last:report, 'the penance Gold Mining Company, ·having completed their 10-head battery and steam-engme, .have had. t,~'W .fi~st v>;as\img-up a; bout ten. days ago. The result of two weeks' crushing was 52 ozs. of gold, .obtained from. 240 tons of stone. As tlie'stone is easily 'obtained, ana the m Hr· just 1 a~ the mouth of the tunnel; the result is consider~d sa:tisf!J,iltor,y; ·_ . , .· . · , . . . ~ ': J • : • Two nuggets, of 10 an'd'l5 ~,zs: respehively, ':i'ere turned 'up in tlie old allu vii11 'worldngs in 'the B B ,Creek a few weeks ago; but., generally speaking, there is_ no improvement to report iil alluvial niihing. " · · '· · · No cement has been crushed and no water has been sold during the quarter. . DQN.NELLY.'S CREEK DIVISION. ,,._ .... ~,,,~ llo' \"!~~,).',~\.~•\. \'d '• tH'!l-'1.\, ', •. , ~.> ",., , ,,., jJf.r;_~,,q. f'~Jf~itela,1IJ, .1J1ini11.g $ur'!{IJ!I01' an,d .flegistt'f!J.• . .. ,. 21,. ·,-;,.. , , 11 ,. This quarter ha's' not beeh ~a1 fa ~Srable i:'ine~.~s 'regards. J:ield' of1gold 'in· either ;qu!Utz:'ot ailuvi.um. : '- · .. · . The Stratford and Avon Company have had a crushing of 272 tons of quartz, yielding o'nly 46 o;r;s;!! d\vts. of gold. This has cast a gloom over' mining matters in the immediate locality. ·.· · · · " · · ' No stone has been crushed during· the quarter from the Bismarck United Company. Tliere are tw!llve men employed in opening up the mine. ' · : · · -' • · ,· · , . · The Sterling, Florence, ·and United Star Companies are 'prospecting for payable stone. The rivers are low, and alluvial· workings very quiet. · · · No water was sold during·the quarter. '. . ' I ,It:'', .(i • ..J.,. ,· sT:ftiNGER'S.. CREEl( .DiVISio·~c: •• ' . ' .. :..; 1 ' ~ .· .. ". 1lfr. E .. S .. Gutteridge, .Mining Regi_s(rar. \ .• .. . . The past quarter has been unusually dry;- and; consequently,- towards the ia~ter part water·for. erus4ing purposes waS· getti n·g' very scarce. The ~V al halla and 1 Long' Tunnel Com panics, h9wever, have been able by economizing to keep'their batteries going aiid pay their,;usual satisfactory monthlydividends.· TheN ew North Gippsland, Company's battery has been idle for the past few weel_,s. '.!'hey have about 200 toils!of stone.-in.the.ipa4gqck ready for-crushing; and had it not been for the great scarcity of water, I should have been able to report a larger numl.)er of men employed in this company's mine. The South Cohen's Tribute Company"areJlrossc_eutting-fg!:.,.tll.\1 W.!1~e~n-Jode, which is expected to appear ve~y shortly. The water is very heavy. . . . The Foal' Not Company have now driven their lower tunnel !J. distance of 313t feet, and expect to strike the ·lode in about eight weeks mop~. _ .. . ,... .. , ...... _ . . . The Long Tunnel ]1]xt