1879.
VICTORIA.
RE.PORTS
OF THE
MINING SURVEYORS & REGISTRARS.
QUARTER ENDED 31sT MARCH 1879.
PHESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY IDS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
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.JOIIN l<'~:IWJ<:S, GOVKRNMJ<:NT PRJNTER, MEUlOUHNE. No .. I6. .APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORT, £ •• d, Prepnutlon-Not giYen. Printing (l,57p cop1e•) 92 15 0 INDEX.
Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 31st March 1879. Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter in some of the Deepest Mines in Victoria; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 31st March 1819, p. 5. Gold received at and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter ended 3lst March 1879, p. 5. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1879, p. 6. Summary of Yield of Gold from W ashdirt and Cement washed and crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1879, ~~~ ' Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st March 1879, p. 18. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ba.llarat Central Division Mr. D. Christy, Mining Registrar... 7, 13, 14, 15,18,22 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. George Perry, Mining Registrar ••• ••• 7, 15, 18, 22 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M.Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar... i, 18, 23 Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 13, 17, 18, 23 Creswick Division ••• Mr. James Stevenson,Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 14, 12,28 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8, 18, 24 Steiglitz Subdivision :Mr. D. Murphy, Mining Registrar ... 8, 14, 18, 24 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8, 18, 25 Subdivision Ballan Subdivision ••• Mr. John]'. Hansen, Mining Registrar... 18,25 BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division Mr . .Alexander .Alderdice, Mining Registrar 8, 15, 18, 25 Yackandandah North Subdivision Mr. J. C. Forster, Mining Registrar 25 Yackandandah South Subdivision Mr. J. Smart, Mining Registrar ...... 8, 14, 18, 26 Indigo Division Mr. R. .Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8, 15, 18, 26 Buckland Division ... Mr. J. Darbyshire, :Mining Surveyor and Uegistrar 8, 19, 26 Wandiligong Subdivision Mr. T. C. Kaighin, Mining Hegistrar ... 9, 13, 14, 19, 26 .Alexandra Subdivision Mr. F. H. D. Cotter, Mining Registrar 9, 15, 19, 26 Dry Creek Subdivision Mr. J. Pemberton, Mining Registrar ... . •• 19, 26 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Mr . .A. B . .Ainsworth, Mining Sm'veyor and Registrar 9, 19, 26 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr . .A. B . .Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 19, 27 Big River Subdivision Mr . .A. B . .Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 19, 27 Mitta Mitta North Subdivision Mr. J. C. Forster, Mining Hegistrar 9, 19, 27 Mitta Mitta South Subdivision Mr. D. H. Gilmore, Mining Registrar ... 19, :.!8 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. W. H. Edwards, Mining Registrar 9, 19, 28 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar .10, 13, 14, 19,28 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar '... 10, 19,29 Heatheote Division and Waranga. South Sub- Mr. E. C. Bell, Mining Registrar 10, 19, 29 division Waranga North Subdivision: .. Mr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrar ... ••• 10, 17, 19,29 :M:ARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Hegistrar 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 29 Majorca Subdivision Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar · 20, 30 .Amherst Division ... Mr. J. Smith, Mining Surveyor and Itegistrar ... 10, 15, 17, 20, 30 .Avoca Subdivision ... Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 20, 30 Duuolly and Tarnagulla Division Mr. W. G. Conchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 11, 20, :lO Inglewood Division ... Mr. W. H. Coffey, Mining Registrar ...... 11, 15, 20, 30 W edderburn Division Mr. J. Heach, Mining Registrar 20, 31 Redbank Subdivision Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 20, 31 St. .Arnaud South Subdivision Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 20, 31 St• .Arnaud North Subdivision Mr. ,V. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 20, 81 OASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Mr. T. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 13, 14, 20, 31 Fryer's Creek Division ::\:lr. Mark Amos, ::\fining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 16, 17, 20, 31 Hepburn Division ... l\1r. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar 11, 14, 16, 17, 211,32 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Mr. S. Dorman, Mining Registrar ... 11, 16, 20, 32 Tarrangower Division Mr. liobt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Il, 13, 16,17,20,32 St. Andrew's Division Mr . .Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,13,14,16,21,32 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining RegisLrar 21, 33 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. .Ararat Division Mr. Thos. Foyster, :1\:lining Registrar ... 21,33 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. H. C. Bate, :\'lining ::iurveyor and Registrar 12, 18, 17, 2l, 83 Darkly Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 21, 33 Raglan Division Mr. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar 16, 21, 33 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision ... }fr. J. Odell, .Acting Mining Hegistrar ... 21, 34 .Mitchell River Subdivision Mr. John Gdllli~s Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 21, 34 Boggy Creek Subdivision Mr. J. li'letcher, Mining ar .•• .•. ... 21, 34 Crooked River Division Mr. Ja::ncs Travis~ 1J:inin .··· 12, 13, 21, 34 Jericho Division Mr. R J. Donaldson, Minmg gistrar 21, 34 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr. 0. P. Whitelaw, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 21, 34c Stringer's Creek Division Mr. W. M. Smith, Mining Registrar ...... 12, 13, 14, 21, 35 .Aberfeldy Subdivision Mr. M. Nugent, Mining Hegistrar 12, 21, 35 Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining Registrar... 21,35 Bendoc Subdivision Mr. John Nichol, Mining · ar 21, 35 Tarwin Subdivision Mr. H. M. Murphy, Minin istrar ... 21, 35 Traralgon Subdivision Mr. C. Denis, Mining Reg strar •• , 21, 35 ... ~ SUMMARY.
GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31st MARCH 1819.
TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS Ei\fPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA.
(Compiled from the Min~ng Surveyors and Registrars' Reports for the Quarter ended 31st March 1879.)
Alluvial Quartz Miners. !t'Iiners. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ MINING. -Number Number of of DISTRICT, DIVISION, Total Steam Engines Approximate Square distinr.t Price of Gold Number employed in Wind- Value l\Iiles of Quartz perouncf'. AND of ing, Pum.ping,&c: tlo ro~ "'~" of Auriferous Reefs Mining Groulld actually ilUBDIVISION. Miners. 1------~ ~ ~ 0 Plant. actually proved re • P-1 § gs worked to be ~ ~ ~ E-t~ .upun. Auriferous. ______1 ~~] ~ ~s e~ :§]*~ From To ~:Q;;: t:: U]r.J] -- ~- ----1----'----1--~ ------~--~ ------~ ~·-- ---~-- -~ ~- ·------BALLARAT. £ £ •. d. £ s. d. Central Division 380 200 I,520 2,100 34 1,962 26 18 15 14 18 I9 14 62 I,358 439 25 119,800 39 24 2 6 3 0 Southern Division .• 529 265 155 1 950 2 20 I I2 3 6 35 5 11 200 70 3 2 I6,500 14 I9 4 I 0 2 6 Buninyong Division .• I35 80 296 44 555 9 I80 6 I8 9 1 I7 6 9 200 70 1 6 2 30,000 I6o I3 4 0 0 2 9 612 795 40 37 880 44 14 7 23 IO 7 I07 50 2 2 I 22,660 I8 I2 4 0 0 2 6 Smythesdale Division 1,447 4 0 0 4 2 9 Creswick Division .. 600 260 890 I,750 24 493 23 9 45 12 800 34 I,l23 272 24 I2 2 I00,500 I3 I6 Gordon Subdivision . , 5 3 436 452 ' I9 a • 1 w~ 3o I9 3 I6 0 3 I9 0 IOO 40 50 190 8 m ~ I ~ 50 76 3 0 0 3 5 0 Steiglitz Subdivision.. . . 3 17 6 4 0 0 Blackwood Division and Blue 110 255 340 5 710 450 20 I5 25 547 275 I6 63,000 40 3I l\Iountain South Subdivision 3 I8 3 18 Ballan Subdivision I2 I2 - -- ~ - - IO 400 Totals -2-,4-83~ --1-,8-98~ 3, 727 -5~8- --8-,-16-.:_~ --I0-6- ~ lOO ==I= _1_0_7_ ~4~6~ 24= -I.-3-43- _-~~~= -5~0 -I~5- ~~I6~. IQ- === ==1=7=6==::===4,=lo=·l===:~==l0== _I_,3_1_7~ ~~~~31======~-7-2_~_ ~-=~~- === --3-7~4,~769~ --I-59-:1-+--:2:::-13.,..--~I
BEECH WORTH. I8 4 2 Beech worth Division . . • • 768 738 I06 I,612 19 210 5,200 30 14 115 75 37,320 47 I05 Yackandanda,h Nurth Subdivision 2,500 24 21 4 71 35 9,150 I5 90 3 10 6 4 6 Yackandandah South Subdivision 246 I97 71 514' IO 4 I 0 4 0 Indigo Division • . 182 165 79 426 249 11 39 7 4 58 36 27,118 8 25 I90 I,900 29 49 8 115 8 I24 13,645 53o 191 3 I8 0 4 0 Buckland Division . . 93 763 1,046 3 15 0 4 6 Wandiligong Subdivision 25 30 115 -uo 280 9 130 5 I27 I6,000 26 !58 90 IO 30 3 9 I20 1 100 I2,280 35 74 3 14' 0 4 0 Alexandra Subdivision 85 I5 I90 3 I5 6 4 0 Dry Creek Subdivision 29 45 IO 85 300 I 10 2,000 7:! I 10 3 Benalla Subdivision.. . • 3 I5 4 0 0 Ga:ffney's Creek Subdivision 35 8 69 112 I20 4 64 I~ I72 I7,580 24 I9 74 I90 11 I68 IO ~11 27,757 18 95 3 15 4 1 0 Wood's Point Subdivision . . 82 2 I5S 3 15 3 18 6 Big River Subdivision • . . • 58 28 86 I20 6 60 47 5,430 33 14 200 6 55 25 I9, 700 35 I9 3 5 3 12 6 ll!itta l\Iitta North Subdivision.. . 10 210 6 UOO H U 3 10 3 I2 6 M1tta Mitta South Subdivision .. · 76 20 96 314 3 18 3 Jam1eson Subdivision 100 20 I60 280 450 4· 47 27 16,000 9 27 I,7s9 2,oo3 l,I92 -~- 4,985 --3~------m---11-· -14- -~5~ ~42- _I_I_;o-99- -- -I~l-6 .~11-3- ~- ·-- ~- --72-~ --I-.-oo-3--l--46- _9_9_5_ ------I-o-lo -~- 205,48-o -l--3-3-8!--l·--8-3-3 Totals ------~~----·---~----~--~--~----·---l------1------SANDHURST. 3 18 3 I8 3 Sandhurst Division •• 930 780 3,755 30 5,495 I70 55 20 ICO 210 3,910 1,240 I80 456,000 23 324 2 20 10 1,000 29 I26 3 16 4 0 0 Kilmore Division , • . • • . 20 6 30 56 3 18 4 0 0 Heathcote Division and Waranga I 55 40 390 585 40 IO 30 50 I9 374 I29 20 26,392 81 204 South Subdivision 3 I3 Waranga North Subdivision 72 ~ 118 225 27 10 I90 79 I2 11,I20 11 I26 -~ ~- --- ~--- ~-- ~-~ ~- --- ~-- --~ ~- ----1----1---~1 Totals I,l77 86I 4,293 30 6,361 I70 122 IO 50 50 IOO ' ~ 241 4,494 I,458 190 32 494,512 144 780 ~---1~---1-·- -~ ---~ ---~ ---~ --- ~------1---11---1 MARYBOROUGH. 4 0 Maryborough Division I,560 335 970 15 2,880 35 1,157 32 167' 34 12 4 36 I25 27 614 209 30 27 I36,459 5! I68 4 3 7 144 10 7 ' 9 11 IO 7 8,995 2~ 1 4 0 4 I l\:lajorca Subdivision.". 95 10 105 3 16 ·4 I Amberst Division .. 202 I77 110 489 4 60 8 27 8 26 35 40 20 I2 6 85 20 6 I6 I3,270 5 30 4 I 25 100 34 I7 4 5 88 73 4 4 6,259 I8o 4o 3 19 4 2 Avoca Subdivision . . .. •• 337 540 881 3 15 4 2 Dunolly and rrarnagulla Divisions 260 200 730 32 1,222 2 70 50 2 20 32 631 195 21 I2 95,310 I6! I85 110 3 90 2 15 I8 5 IOO 45 6 7 I0,710 17 71 3 18 4 0 lnglewood Division . . . . 490 250 850 3 18 3 I8 Wedderburn Division . . • • 132 25 I 57 IO I 25 IO I 645 37 9 Redbank and St. Arnaud South I 59 I43 22 33I 18 4 65 22 2 6,088 I4;1 28 3 15 4 2 Subdivisions 3 I5 4 0 St. .Aruaud North Subdivision I20 49 270 439 I9 400 134 I7 22 44,186 70 ---1----1--- ~-~ ~------~ ~-~ ~------1---~1----1 Totals 3,355 1, 729 2,216 54 7,354 52 1,546 389 61 40 98 72 90 175 99 2,008 708 87 90 32!,922 !22il 602 -~ ~- -- -~ -- -~ ------1~------~------1---~~1----1----1
CASTLE~IAINE. 3 17 0 4 0 0 Castlemaine Division 338 280 330 948 20 64 115 5 32 546 242 22 26 60,615 9! I03 78 41 15 306 25 2 24 18 479 !50 9 I5 70,527 28i1 37 3 17 6 3 I8 0 Fryer's Creek Division 740 615 I90 1,5!5 3 18 6 4 I 6 Hepburn Division . . • . • • 403 300 388 1,091 I3 60 87 40 1 28 473 214 31 48 32,596 82 88 I05 80 IO 1 6 2 10 250 110 2 20,000 20 19 3 17 6 3 I8 6 Taradale and KYnetonSubdivision H5 125 405 44,356 3 18 0 4 1 0 Tarrangower Division . . . . 57 197 I96 450 14 2 18 16 22 30 602 202 28 4d, 75 IO 6 6 24 4 11 I 50 58 6 7,977 I5,!; 77 3 18 6 4 1 0 St. Andrew's Division • . . • 185 46 H6 377 4 4 3 16 6 3 I7 0 Blue l\Iountain North Subdivision 64 64 ---1----1.:_----~ ---- ~-- ~------.,..---1----1---1 Totals 1, 962 1,563 1,355 4,880 11 188 90 IO 27 .129 2,500 976 96 91 236,071 I64 403 -----~~---~------l----1------~~-~~------l---l---l ARARAT. 30 I2 4 26 4 92 30 2 3 IO,OIO 34 27 3 I8 0 3 I9 6 Ararat Division .. 115 320 30 465 5 45 11 3 '3 13 0 4 1 0 Pleasant Creek Division 5ll .255 871 I,64Q 10 I60 4 25 24 70! 39 1,475 346 48 IO I56,214 27 37 9 2 690 I6 9 3 19 6 4 0 6 Barkly Division 215 87 302' IO 4 0 0 Raglan Division 244 I25 369 ~ 0 I23 IO IO Io 6,ooo 6o 5 4 1 3 ----~ -··------~- ---=-1---1 ·------~ ~------~------Totals I,085 787 001 2,776 23 338 3o I6 67 I3 28 96 44 1,577 384 , - 51 I5 I72,914 83o 78 ·------· ---~------~- ----·------~-- --- ~--~------~-- ~-~----·--1·---1---,---1 GIPPSLA:im. I,OOO 22 22 I7 21 5,000 11 24 3 9 0 3 14 0 Omeo Subdivision . . • • • • 207 270 5 482 3 7 0 319 0 Mitchell River and Boggy Creek I70 85 255 40 8 412 23 19 Subdivisions 3 12 0 3 I8 6 Crooked Hiver Division I66 58 25 249 240 I2 10 8 I37 126 32,280 491. 350 78 56 6 HO '- 90 20 20 3 35 35 4,300 26 33 3 15 0 3 I7 6 .Jericho Division . . • • 3 IO 0 3 I9 0 Donnelly's Creek Division •. 23 5 49 77 IO . }0 3 58 3 62 I2,235 6,! I8 I51 345 496 17 355 I I26 46,430 7 I3 3 IO 0 4 0 0 Stringer's Creek Division 3 I5 6 3 I7 6 Aberfeldy Subdivision 72 56 133 I64 12 I2 4 65 2 40 I2,500 20 '6 83 83 I2 I 26 35 16 3 IO 0 3 I8 0 RusseJl's Creek Division 3 I2 0 3 I6 0 Bendoc Sulxlivision •• 30 38 36 4 9 334 27 I3 30 19 fi4 I8 4 10 20 I3 I,230 3 4 3 17 0 3 I7 6 Tarwin Subdivision .• 3 16 0 3 I9 6 Traralgon Subdivision 69 69 I8 90 I. 1 ------~-- -~~------,-----~-~ -- --~--1---=~1---1 Totals ~~ --~- ~-=- ~ __3_ -~ _I~--=- -~4~ __!o_l--=- ~~ _2_ __E._~ -=- ~ _2_ ~~3~8- --6~9~5-·I--I3__ 432_ ------~ __I_I._4,_83_7_1 __2_0_9o_l __4_97 __ 1 GRAND TOTALS I2,930 9,333 14,189 146 36,598 235 6,284 173 2 814 175 206 14,847 73 422 210 161 415 12 799 16,428 73 6,270 55 10 506 245 I,920,505 1,221,! 3,406
THOS. COUCHMAN, Office of Mines, Melbourne, 22nd April 1879. Secretary for Mines. No. 16, TABLE SHOWING THE YIELD OF GOLD FROM CE.RTAIN PARCELS OF QUARTZ RAISED DURING THE QUARTER IN SOME OF '!'HE DEEPEST .:MINES. IN VICTORIA, WITH THE DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW BEING SUNK, OR THE SINKING OF WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN STOPPED, ETC. (Compiled from Returns made by tlte Mining Surveyors and Registrars for the Quarte1· ended 31st 1tlarclt 1879.)
DISTRICT, DIVISION, Depth at Depth of • Depth of Dip of tbe Strike of the which I Average .I .Width Dip of the Reef Depth. the the AND NA'i>IE OF 001\Il'ANY. NAME OF REEF. the Quartz Qu~ntityCrusbcd. Yield of Gold ·1 of the Reef. from Shoot Reef NAME OF COMPANY, NAJIIE OF REEF. Of REMARKS, SUBDIVISION. .was got. per Ton. the Horizon. of Quartz. (Bearing). Shart. ct;:~~::.t Cross-cut.
BALLARAT. Feet. Tons. Oz. dwt. gr. Ft. in. Feet. Feet. Feet. Centrall)ivision Temperance Band of Hope 500 to 950 1,500 0 7 13 2 o•l ·s. zr<. in 6ft. w. N. and S. Temperance Band of Hope P50 950 950 * A well-defined reef, canying good walls the whole ti'9p::!J. Southern J)ivision New Kangaroo Kanga.l'oo 218 1,732 0 3 21 10 o• w. 70' s. HopC-'\Yell Staffordshire •• 520 500 500 * A weli·dellned lode. Bunin.rong Division InJperial Hiscuck's 200 to 320 1,289 0 4 4 17 0 \\'. 64' Varies X.5"W. llnpcrial Hiscock's •• 40G 400 400 Smythe~dale Di-vision .. .. ~. ( 4 reefs E. 30" I ! Port Pllilllp , , Clunes 100 to 990 13,988 0 6 5* 2to30 0 N. 1-)ort PhHlip Cluncs i,l20 1,090 1,090 * Including pyrites. Creswick Division { ( 2 rcefg \Y. 30" New N ortb Cluncs Clunes I. 200 to 1 ,005 2,5H 0 9 19• 2 to 7 0 W.l5° N. New North Ciunes Clnnes 1,105 1,105. ·1,10.'; * Including pyrites. Gordon i4ubdivision n1ack Horse United Big Hill P25 920 920 Steiditz Subdivision • • I Sweiberg and Co ••• Nimrod 130 to 140 17 ll 5 0 2 0 Blackwood nh·ision and Blue .Mountain Sultan Sultan and others 270 to 700 1,884 0 13 2 a in. to 3ft. w. 8' Varies s.n·w. Sultan •• Sultan and others 814 800 800 So'utlt Subdtvtsiou Bal!an Subdivision
BEECHWORTH. Beech worth Division •• Homeward-bound Homeward-hound, 600 175 0 11 0 S. 2ft. in 6ft. N. Nortberly Dale and Co. .Ex.celsior, Wooragee •• 310 180 310 1\ocky Poili t Ynckandandnb North Subdivision Yackandandnl1 Soutb Subdivision Bigclowe and Clingan Homt;-\Vard .. bound, . 450 420 ~illsborough Indigo Division lL"ris and Hollow G rcat Eastern 80 to lGO 100 1 9 19 w. 84' N.W.60' Variable J\1agenta :Magenta 320 220 220 Bucldand DJ\~ision Da \Tis and Co. Tidule-dee-addle-dee •• 270 0 5 0 0 'Ynnd!ligoug Subdivision Alcxandrn. Subdivision Dry Creek Subdivision Bcnallu Sllbdivision Gn.ffney's Creek S11bdh~ision Wallaby GJ,f. Wallaby Aho~tlOO 300 0 10 22 3 6 N.W. 80' N.W.SO' N. 33' \V. Wood's Point Sttbdlvtsion Ln.dy E'rnukliu Johnson's 2h0 100 0 6 16 3 0 .S early i·crticul N.W.80' N. 5'1° "\V. Big River Subdlvision •• l~oudouderry Hail way 350 500 0 3 10 2 6 Ycrlical N.33°,V. Mitta :\litta. North Subdivisionq Mitta 1\Iitta SHuth Subdivhlion .4 .ramicson Subdivision ••
(Lansel!'s 130 Claim •• Victoria. 1,470 1,300 1,460 Not sinking; erecting larger machinery. SANDHliliST. Great Extended Hu8tler's Huotler's 1,368 BOO 1,350 Xot sinking. Greo t Extended Hustler's Hustler's Reef 800 2,087 14 22 I to 3 0 ' Jteef . Heel I Victoria uecf Q.~l. Victoria 1,315 1,315 sinking~ Sandhurst DiYision Olil Chum New Chum •• OGO to 1,037 428 1 l 6 1 2 ) Gre.tt Ex tended I-1 ustler·s Hustler's 1,226 1,200 sinking. Gurd~n Gully United Garden Gully 1>00 to 750 4,172 0 lG 14 1 to 10 0 j Tl'lbute Herculcs and Energetic Victoria .550 to 1 ,1~0 2,-702 0 7 2 Spurs nt D:lO Cm·Hs:c, North Oardcn Garden Gully 1,210 1,200 .Not sinking. Cross-cutting west; 1,000 gallons of \Vater per h?ur co!n~ng in f!":.:m l ft .• und reef Gully, nnd Pass·by U. face of drive. Not sinking. 7ft. wide at I Xorth Old Cl.um n :Kew Chum 1,180 1,180 J ,180 1,120ft. \.Victoria 1!eef G."!II. Victoria 1,120 1,040 1,100 Not sinking. Kilmore Division Heatllcotc Division and 'Vura.nga. South Alison Alison 200 to 345 120 10 0 w. 20'W.ofN. Subdivision Warunga North Subdivision
J\IARYBOROUGH. l\!aryborongll Division.. Drlstol Hill 400 to 500 1,709 10 3 Bristol Hill Western or Passmorc's 509 500 500 .Majorca Subdivision . • ~•• Amlterst Divh CASTLEl\IAJSE. I Castlcmainc Division .• Eurclca Consols Eul'ekn 520 421 0 4 8 12 0 "r· 70° N. 5" \Y. Nnzzety Kuggety 275 no :no • ·f Rowc Bros. Cattle's 170 1,3o0 N. 14°\V, J{o'~ e llros. Cattle's 210 17.'> 175 Fl'ycr's Creek Division 0 9 IS 5 0 K 36' I ( Fcn·on's .. Ferron's 380 to 430 6,341 0 2 16 10 6 w. X. 1 in 8 N.5'K B"enon's Fcrron's 450 430 430 Argus Collier's Sfncc. to 1'>0 173 0 4 22 3 0 30' N, 2 ARAI\AT. Arorat Division Aramt Quartz • • Mitchell's 318 21).'; plag l'dnce Alfred • • • 4 1,344 1,026 Pleasant Ck. N. Cross Reef Scotchman's New Flat 1.150 102 17 10 I Still sinking. PI.easallt Crco~t Division Office of Mines, Melbourne, 22ud April 1879. THOS. COUCHMAN, No. 16. Secretary for Mines. 5 ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED. FROM information obtained by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars from Gold Buyers and others the ToTAL QuANTITIES OF. GoLD got respectively from .ALLUVIUMS and QuARTz REEFS are as follow:- I Alluvial. Quartz. Total. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st March 1879 ... 68,632 12 101,917 17 170,51)0 9 i 'l;'HE 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 1879 26,993 14 NOTl!:.-ln addltlon to the above, gold specie from all sources was exported to the value of £o17 ,864. 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 d~ring the Quarter ended 31st March 1879. RECEIVED. ISSUED. -····· Gross Weight of Rough Gross Weight of Gold Groee Weight of Coin. Gross Weight or Gold Gold. Bullion. Bullion. oz. oz. oz. oz. 20,936'90 132,391'56 182,599•12 483'322 Royal Mint, V. DELVES BROUGHTON, Melbourne, 7th April1879. Deputy Master. STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GoLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the RoYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st March 1879. Gross Weight of Rough Gold. Gross Weight of Gold Balllon. oz. oz. 4,II7·5I II5,927'16 NoTE.-The Mint ha.e naev!dence b Royal Mint, :.Melbourne, 7tl!. April 187~. I 6 : .~ 1 ; I, ....••: .... • : QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETC. SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtained relative to the QuANTITY OF QuARTZ, QuARTZ TAILINGS, an'd' ]\hiLLOCK. Crushed, and PYRITES and _BLANKE~INGS operated on, during. the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained'therefrom :- Quantity Crushed, Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold from MINING DISTRICTS. _Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., Crushed. - ""Quartz. " .. tons cwt. qr. oz •. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat ...... 72,749 10 0 0 6 9'81 23,313 15 3 Beechworth ...... 10,715 12 0 0 9 21•75 5,307 10 9 Sandhurst ...... 54,784 0 0 0 8 19'4 24,127 17 9 Maryborough ••• ...... 7,778 18 0 0 14 18'02 5,737 5 3 Castlemainc · ...... 18,244 0 0 0 5 o·u; 4,566 19 19 Ararat ...... 15,993 10 0 0 10 13•05 8,431 14 20 Gippsland' ...... 6,388 0 0 1 0 3'95 I 6,440 14 0 .. , .; .. """···· ' ...... •·· . - -··. .. -·-.-.-· ~.-.-.-'-.--.-.-·.----- 'l'otals ...... 186,653 10 0 0 8 8'39 77,925 16 15 ------Quartz Tailings and Mullock. Ballarat ...... 5,770 0 0 0 1 4'79 346 a 9 Beech worth ...... lOO 0 0 .0 4 21'12 24 8 0 SrLndliurst ...... 510 .o 0 ··o 1 1'78 •27 8 0 ?l[aryborough ..·...... 44 10 .o ... o 4 2'16 9 2 6 Castlemaine ...... ,. 4,178 0 0 0 I 3'95 243 5 12 ...... Ararat ... -·--...... 87 10 0 • 0 3 1'41 13 7 15 Gippsland ...... ,...... 520 0, 0 0 5 3•74 134 1 0 ------Totals ------11,210 0 0 0 1 lp:16 797 15 18 ...... - Pyrites and Bla~ketings operated on. .. .. I Ballarat ...... 252 15. 0 3 12 9 914 14 18 75 0 0 0 19 17'6 Beech worth ...... 74 0 0 Sandhurst ... ' . '".:: ,.~ " ...... -525 .o· 0 3 3 13'07 1,668 1 0 5 7 0 3 17 22•66 ·J\IIaryborough ...... ·~•c 20 17 0 Castlemaine ·- 119 2 0 2 7 6'31 281'- '9' 0 ... •.··~ i ...... Ararat ...... ··- ... Gippsland · · ...... 54 10 0 2 2 '4•18' 114 18 12 ...... - Totals ...... 1,031 14 0 2 19 14•07 3,074 0 6 ' . - XoTE.~This Summary do'es~ not sho~ the total qunntitiCS 10f •quartz, &c., crushed or OPerated on, but onlY the' Ytefd of certain·~rushings; &~., respecting whtch the Mining Surveyors and Registrars have .been ~ble to obtti~n ..,infornJation. Owing to the circumstance that many of tlte machine owners are unable to give?or are precluded from givingt informnt.ion, it iS·impossi.ble to get complete returns from every district; aud in considering the relative importance of each district, as regards quartz mining, &c., the tables relating to machinery should be examined and compared~ .. - -·:~ Office of Mines, . THOS. COUCH:MAN, Melbourne 22nd .Aprill879. S~cretary for Mines. 7 QUARTZ. ' ·~~· . ! THE foll~wing info~w.~~ioe,; Jl~7 ~,y-~lfl qbt.l}iz;t~~ ~OIV !t~.turn_s made ~Y, ~Jt~, Mining Surveyors and Registrar!! relative to the QuANTITY OF. QuARtz Crushed· in the several bivisions1 and Subdivisions of each 1 Mining District during th? Quarter, apd the GoLD 6btained therefrom. Division and Subdivision, ··~t\'"!' BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. f CENTRAL DIVISION. •.•·:.:-.• V'"'•· ~ l~inh i "! Temperance ... :t.ittle Bendigo ... 1,500 0 0 o .7. 1a:~a litiS lQ 13 75.o a.~d MP :!:.®:t,. Llanberris :~·:· JJ. Gum!tre't{'Flat ••• 1,537 0 0 0 3 ·3.:46 ~~1 12 1.8 · a.oQ fef:lt.. " Duchess ... ..,.{'. ::. ~Melb0Utne'rd3.d ,., '·642 0 0 0 .,: 20'53 ~ll2, 3, 6 209 to 3Q!). f.fl_et. Black 'Hill' :~;- JJ. 'Black ':Hill 'and Black 1,818 0 0 0 5. 22'r4 538 · 7. 3 S,urface to. &00 fe~. 1 ~, -::. ·" ·: :· Hiil Flail: ' " ' " Britannia . ... ::· ·Spec~m.lln-6uJ;y 321 0 0 0 6 1•71 97 8 21 165 feet 1 Band and Alb10n Consols:.. ~itllarat''West· .:; 215 0 0 0 13 18'08 147 17 0 250 feet E~£!!l::.':!>Ed c· ... · .... ~£.e!'!~Jl!!. 9.!~}l. 529 o_ o . 0 7 0•99 186 4 21 Surface to 150 feet Pearce an o. ... vanadmn ... 1,2.2'3' 0 0 o· 5 3·27 314· 2 ·3 ·Surface to 160· feet· City of York Brown Hill 1,200 0 0 0 5 16·8 342 0 0 lOO feet New K?h-i-noor ... Ballarat. iY#.~t::· 400 9, 0 0 2 4•5 43 15 0 350 to 590 feet New D1mocks Littlel Benuigo ' :·:·. 1,3801 v 6 o· s 6~99 221 2 o 300 to 320 feet Baker and Co. Mount Clear ... 1,850' 0 0 0 15 0'9 1,391 0 0 S nrface to 15 0 feet IIanthorn and Co. . Mount Clear .•• 120 0 0 o 5. 2. C~ESWJC,~ ~~~O~N· Port Phillip .•• 1Clunes reefs ... 1,69!)' 0 0 0 1 19•27 I 152 16 0 700 to 800 feet 1 Port lip ·Tribnters 1Clun'es r!l'efs .. :· 12,293 0 o· :i· 0' rl 23'7i' !3,680, 11 0 100 to 9!io'fcet NeW·· •crdl:i!fs::> l ' .~. 'biun'es\re~fs"- •• r· ~=~· ' 220 0· 0 ~ 0' s; "6'S4' ll•)\h 0 0 N~w· · CIUD.'i!S"'f.ributers ~Clun'es r4~rs' .. !· ...... 2,321 10 0 0 8 18•33' •I,OI'~ 5 6 .. ;, ~ !!"!. !l''tM Division and Sttbdivision, Average -,Remarks relative to the and Where Quart z was obta!ned. Quartz Crushed. Yield o! Gold Total .Yield of Depth at which the Name o! Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. i------tons cwt.qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. GORDON SUBDIVISION. Bllwk-horse United Egerton ...... 8,890 0 0 0 8 8'48 1,380 5 0 1500 to 700 feet The Egerton Egerton ...... 9,876 0 0 0 5 23'45 2,951 9 20 450 to 780 feet Parker's United ... -Gordon ...... , 2,150 0 0 0 7 11•55 804 5 o _ 590 to 630 feet United Working Miners' ... North of Go rdon ... 86 ·o 0 0 18 5 78 6 0 Snrface to 20 feet Bose and Shamrock Moorabool ...... 59 0 0 0 ll 12•61 34 0 o • 50 to lOO feet Total 9 ...... 15,561 0 0 0 '6 17:89 s;24s 5 20. ------~TEIGLITZ SUDDIVISION. Sweiberg Steiglitz ...... 17 0 Oi 0 17 15•53 15 0 0 180 to 140 feet Holscher,-mte Elaine Co. -Elaine ...... 189 o .o I 0 17 23'74 170 0 'o lOO to 120 feet · Mortimer and party Elaine ...... _12 0 0 2 5 20'5 27 10 6 ----- 218 6 0 0 19 11'91 212 10 6 BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLuE MouNTAIN SoUTH SUBDIVISION. -Snltnn ... Barry's Beef ...... 1,884 0 0 0 13 2'54 1,234 11 -o. 270 to -700 feet Mounter,Bros. ••• -Barry;s Ree f ...... 30 0 0 0 8 o·s 12 0 9 370 feet Mounter Bros. Tributers ... Bnrry's Ree f ••• ... 12 0 0 1 0 0'75 12 0 9 400 feet North-Britain Wright's Reef ...... 210 0 0 0 2 12'46 26 9 0 ll5 feet Ida- Wright's Reef...... 256 0 0 0 6 17•81 86 6 0 260 to 280 feet Victoria Extended Yankee Reef ...... 45 0 0 0 0 21'87 2 1 0 70 feet Totals ...... 2,437 0 0 011 6·51 1,373 7 18 BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEECHWORTH DIVISION. Homeward-bound ... Rocky Point ...... 175 ·o 0 011 0 96 ·5 0 600 feet Reform ...... M:yrtleford ...... 1,190 0 0 0 7 15•16 454 ·2 0 360 feet Nil Desperandum ... Myrtleford ...... 204 0 0 0 7 4•58 73' 7 0 lOO feet Wallaby ...... Hurdle Flat ...... 200 0 0 0 12 0 120 0 0 90 feet ------Totals ••• ... 1,769 0 0 0 8 9'79 743 14 0 'YAOKANDANDAH SOUTH ---, SUliDIVISION. Hillsborough. Bigelowe and Clingan ... Homeward-bound Beef••• 40 0 0, 0 6 0 12 0 0 Surface Wilberforce and Co. ... Hillsborough ...... 45 0 0 i ·0 8 16 19 10 0 20 feet ------1-----t- J Totals ...... ' 85 0 o' 0 7 9"87 31 10 0 INDIGO DIVISION. -----• Magenta Co...... Magenta Beef ... 992 0 0 0 2 4•33 108 3 0 Snrface to 50 feet Place's Mill ...... Various reefs ...... 150 0 0 0 2 16 20 '(j 0 :Mostly snrface Barrass and Co. ••• ... Caledonian Reef ... 34 0 0 1 17 1'41 63 0 0 160 feet Carlogie mid Co •••• ... Twelve Apostles Beef ... 28 0 0 0 12 16•28 17 l5 0 60 to 1oo feet Bigby and Co...... Will-if-I-Can Reef •. _ 13 0 0 2 15 '18'46 36 5 0 Surface to 60 feet Excelsior ...... R. Burns arid other reefs 250 0 0 0 1 3'84 14 10 0 Surface to 100 feet Harris and Co. ... Great Eastern Reef ... lOO 0 0 1 9 '19'2 149 0 0 80 to lOO feet Various companies ... Various reefs (trial .crush:ings) ...... 107 0 0 0 16 2'24 86 2 0 Surface to lOO feet ------,------'l'otals ...... 1,674 0 0 0 5 21•86 494 15 0 BuCKLAND DIVISION. Buckland. The Home Reef ... 4 io 0 3 0 0 i3 io 0 Snrfaee Lady Darling Reef ... 15 0 0 0 8 0 6 0 0 Surface Buckland Q. M ...... Sam Noel's Creek ... 40 0 0 0 10 0 20 0 0 Surface H arrietville. Tavari and Co...... 28 0 0 1 1 10•28 30 0 0 Surface F. Moran ...... 14 0 0 2 12 3•43 36 10 0 Surface New Unity ...... 34 0 0 1 15 7•06 60 o.o Snrface to 10 feet Meintosh and Co. ... Lower Dean ...... 50 0 0 0 10 19•2 27 0 0 20 feet Davis and· Co...... Tiddle-de-addle-dee ... 9 o. 0 5 0 0 45 0 0 270 feet Davis and Co...... Tiddle-de-addle-dee ... 85 0 0 2 IS 8•47 248 0 0 Surface to 10 feet Cadzow and Co. .. • ... Orient ...... 100 0 0 0 9 0 45 0 0 Surface to 10 feet Grenness and Co. ... Loumer ...... 30 0 0 1 0 16 31 O• 0 30 feet Rob bins and M organ ... Jackass ...... 85 0 0 9 15 2•37 832 19 0 -160 feet Freeourgh. Coleman and Co. ... West Briton Reef ... 40 0 0 0 7 12 lt.i 0 0 Not stated Brown and Co...... 40 0 0 2' 0 0 80 0 0 Not stated Bileyand Co. ... New Year's Gift ... 20 0 0 0 8 0 8 0 0 Not stated McDonald and Co. ' ...... 20 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 Not stated ' 9 QuANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-c~ntin~ed. I Division and Subdivision, Average ! Tot 1 Yl Id of \ Remarks relative to the Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold ' a Go!; Depth at which the and per Ton. · Quurtz wua obtained, &c. Name of Company. ·----- tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gri BucxLAND DIVIsiO:!' -con- tinued. Bright. Brown and Co. ... Belle of the Ball ... 16 0 0 0 9 9 7 10 0 30 to 40 feet McFadzean and Co. ... Belle of the Ball ... 21 0. 0' 1 13 0 34 13 0 30 to 50 feet Mansfield ...... Faulkner Heef ... 15 0 0 0 10 0 7 lO 0 Surface to 10 feet Brown and Co. .. . , Belle of the Ball ... 18 0 0 Ill 2'66 i 28 0 0 50 feet Waterhouse and Co. ... I Good Templar Heef ... 12 0 0 010 6 0 0 Not stated McFadzean and Co. , ... Belle of the Ball ... 7 0 0 0 13 La\ 4 12 0 50 feet Totals ...... 703 10 0 2 5 4•32 1,589 4 0 W ANDILIGONG SUBDIVISION, At Gill's Mill : E. M. Gill ...... Home Reef, Growler's Ck. 250 0 0 0 4 5'18 52 14 0 Taylor and Richards ... Golden Bar, Growler's Ck. 35 0 0 0 3 10·97 6 1 0 At Try Again Mill : J. Laugher ...... Sundown, Growler's Creek 20 10 0 1 I 11·12 22 0 0 R. Rowe ...... Star of East, Growler's 5 10 0 0 6 13"09 1 16 0 Creek At Fraser's Mill (Growler's Creek): Myrtle ...... Myrtle, Growler's Creek 780 0 0 0 8 23'38 350 0 0 Three other public parcels ...... 116 0 0 0 5 19•03' 33 12 0 At Stephens' Mill: Eight parcels for public ...... 165 13 0 I 0 4'34 167 3 0 At Oriental Mill (Fraser's): Bennett and Bey non ... Oriental Tribute ... 81 18 0 0 14 14'18 59 15 0 Beckton and Hobertson ... Peabody Tribute ... ! 7 13 0 1 10 4'7 1111 0 Nine other public parcels ...... 137 18 0 0 7 17•17 53 4 0 . Totals ...... 1,600 2 0 0 9 ll'33 ,757 16 0 ------ALEXANDRA SuBDIVIsiON. Mysterious ...... Mysterious Reef ... 60 0 0 0 4 4'8 12 12 0 lOO to 150 feet Ferguson and party ... Britannia Reef ... 14- 0 0 1 5 17•14 18 0 0 50 feet Merlo and party ...... Durham Gully ... 5 0 0 0 16 0 4 0 0 Surface to 50 feet Providence Q. M. ... Providence Reef, Yea ... 120 0 0 Oil 7•14 67 15 16 150 to 200 feet Just in Time ...... Godfrey's Creek ... 340 0 0 0 3 2•42 52 14 6 50 to I oo feet Candlelight ...... Acheron ...... 10 0 0 0 14 0 7 0 0 Surface to 50 feet Welcome ...... Ti·tree Creek ••• ••• i 350 0 0 0 12 13·71 2ro 0 0 Various. ------Totals ...... 899 0 0 0 8 12'01 382 1 22 ----- GA.FFNEY's CREEX Sun- DIVISION. The Wallaby G. M. (Tri- Wallaby Reef ...... 300 0 0 0 10 22'64 164 3 0 About lOO feet bute) The Hunt's G. M. (Tribute) Hunt's Reef ... 200 0 0 0 5 5•6 52 6 18 About 80 feet Rose of Denmark G.. M. Eureka Reef ...... 200 0 0 0 4 8'36 43 9 16 About 120 feet (Tribute) The Dannabrog G. M. ... Aladdin Reef ...... lOO 0 0 I 0 0 17•881 3 14 12 About 250 feet ----~---- Totals ...... ~~~-14'22 ~~ WooD's PomT SUBDIVISioN. Sir John Franklin G. M .... Franklin Reef ... 750 0 0 0 12 19'061 479 15 12 About 150 feet (Ford's Revival Tribute) Lady Franklin .. • •.. Johnson's Heef ... 500 0 0 0 5 13'64 I 139 4 6 About 250 feet Mount Centre G. M. ... Giovanninie's Reef ... 50 0 0 0 8 17'76 21 17 0 About 75 feet ------Totals ••• ... 1,300 0 0 0 9 20'6 640 16 18 ------BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. The Londonderr~ Q. M. ... Railway Reef ••• ... 500 0 0 0 5 10'56 136 0 0 About 350 feet The Luck's All . M. ... Warner's R!Oef ... 550 0 0 0 1 ll'33 40 9 19 Aboil~ 350 feet ------Totals ...... 1,050 0 0 0 3 8'68 176 9 19 !-frrTA MITTA NoRTli Su:ri- DIVISION. I'Ansons and Co. ... J arvis Creek ...... 18 0 0 0 15 0 13 10 0 New Chum ...... Cotton-tree Creek ... 6 0 0 0 12 4 3 13 0 Harper ...... Cotton-tree Creek ... 7 0 0 0 10 0 3 10 0 Lighton and Co ...... Perseverance Reef ... 40 0 0 0 12 12 25 0 0 W alton and Co. .. • ... Gift line ...... 8 0 0 I 0 0 8 0 0 Berryman and Co. ... Gift line ...... 12 0 0 0 10 0 6 0 0 Martin ...... Welcome line ... 20 0 0 0 1 9'6 1 8 0 William party ...... Flagstaff Hill ...... 53 0 0 0 2 0 5 6 0 Wheal Margaret ••• ... Cotton-tree Creek ... 371 0 0 0 4 3'62 77 0 0 -----~- Totals ...... 535 0 0 0 5 8•61 143 7 0 JAHJESON SUBDIVISION, Venture G. M...... Mack's Creek ...... 300 0 0 0 . 5 14'56 84, 2 0 Surface. 10 ·Division and Subdivision, ·J'~ ·':,' ,~ "and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. ~~~ orcompany. ;.l.,f . i\ 1 •• tons ~wt. qr. S.Al-.'])HURST MINING DIS.TRICT. : -' ' ·~'"'d:\ ··- .. ~· '. SANDHURST DIVISION. ~ :1 All.l~rt ·::.V " '.~: · •· ••• Diamond Hill ... 579. o·o 0 I ~:01 212 6 5 Beehive ••. •.. )i)aglehii~~ ' ... 4,750 0 0 0 5 3'9.3 1,2'~6 9 0 Bendigo and Melbourne ••• Kangaroo Flat 830 o· 0 I o· 6 18'06 '280 4' 12 Bird's Reef '"" •• :·· ' .:: :kangaroo Flat' 2,487 o· 0 0 8 '2''75 1,669 I 8 Boyd and James... ••• 8iJeeiD:\eri nur i42 0 0 0 2 6 15 19 12 Catherine Reef U. C. •.. :§l.~glel!~~Ylc ' ... ~,12.~ o· 0 0 Ill 19·2 2,000. 0 0 Fortuna and Thanet Works New-chum ••• 3,619 0 0 0 8 20'33 1,600 18 0 Garden Gully United ... Garden Gully Reef. 4,172 0 0 0 16 14'34 3,462 5. 0 ·a. G. Consolidated · ... Golden (Jully .•. · 642 0 0 0 7 4'41 230 12 0 Great Extended Hustler's Hustler's Reef 2,579 0 0 1 1,6:6.8 8' 0 Great Britain ••• ' " ... Golden'Sq\:lare 2,215 0 0 g '~· 7H~ 857 6' 20 Hercules and Energetic Victoria Reef ... 2,702 0 0 0 7 2'86 . 961 17 0 Johnson's Reef G. M.: • Caiifod'\ia' ariny. 6,434 ij· o· 0' 6' 5:£1'2 : 1,~7) 1'6 18 Lazarus ... .:; New-chum· .. •• : 5,413 ri 0 0 Hf 2(55' .2;949 12 0 Metropolitan ••• ... Golden Square 1,674 0 0 0 3 17•5"'' '"'·312 3 0 New-chum United ••• New-chum ... 1,910 0 0 0 4 23'41 475 :! 6 I New Nelson ••• California Gully 1,,620 0 Q 0 8 2•84 657 12 o· Victoria Consols ... ;:. Victoriil: R~ef' ••• · ~,822 o· 0 0 9 1ii·5i 1,8:-io T o, l Victoria Reef G.]',{, ,,, Victorili Reef... 3,783 o· 0 o· 11 2.16 2,097 14 0 ' Shamrock Reef .. , W.lrips~i~~ ... 88 0.. 0 0 13 12'82 59 11'. 0,, Totals ... ~2,586 . 0 0 8 23•17 23,573 0 . 3.' V\l .... _.. 0; ~ , I ' ~-·-·- KILl\IOR:E: DIVISION. .. . . ·--- 1 Doyle's Reef ...... Doyle's R_ee~ ... 22 o 0 2 5 10·91 50 o o 60 feet St. Ann's ...... St. Ann's Reef 26. o o o 4 12 4 10 0 30 feet Langridge ...... Landgridge Reef 84 0 0 0 5 '6 21 0 0 35 feet Cooper and Co...... Bourke's' Reef · ... .. 6 o o o 8 0 2 8 0 15 feet l'resident Davis ...... Davis' lteef ••• 4 10 o 1 10 o 6 15· o· '30 feiit Glerk a!ld pJtrty.. .. Bourke's Reef Mayne ·'aitd'party... .:: Overland Reef 2g g. g g. ~ g. j ~ g. g ~t:::~e \Jhaplnan's ~~pf. 8 1o· o 4 ~: ; ~~t o: o 4o"f~~l~ rr~~i,~e :tn "'>:~,., .... L"':-->.""- .. : 't'P , ...... , .. ' ' ~ ' - ...... t.-~" " " .... ·-·" .. : ~- . : " .. -· . . .o...... - -'"'"""'"'""' .. MARYIIOROUGII DIVISION • ... r 1- .. Western Reef, Bristol Hill 1,709 13 0 0 10 3•95 868 18 12 Bristol Hill ...... 'I Cambrian ...... Mosquito· .•• ; .•• 34 10 0 0 8 14'26 14 1'6" i'2 Cambrian (public crt).shings) Various plaees ... 545 5 0 0 15 6•80 41,6 13 8 i ,;, ..., ! .1 :'::; ' I :',.t Totals ...... 2,289 ·s 0' .0 n·· 8·64· .~f~?: 8. 8 .. i " ------...... -~ ~-·--·-- ---'"-" . AMHERST DIVISI9N• ·" ' : n l Union ...... Mount Greenock 23 10 0 0 lO 4'98 ll 19 21 300 feet o· "4 3·45: I 3" 4 Croydon ...... Laura Re~f '·:.• •· ... 300 0" 0 ; 62 l5o·re~t Dunstone and Co. Laura 135 0 0 0 5"6 4' 13 130 feet Reef ... 8- i·'H l Hickey and Co. 144 0' 0 o· -l1H8' 32 6' 17 140'feet': ...... :tf.ermaJ;J.a,dll!iee~, ...., ij) No. 1 North ...... !Jaura Reef ... · ... 130 o· 0 6· '4·os 40 2' 3 120 fe~t· Usher and Co...... ·paclfliorse'Reef -··;r 0 0 1 17 0'65 7 8 21 Surface to 50 feet v~a!lQUS . i t,~ .... ~. \} ,., : 312 o· 0 ··3~2o'·' · 60 4 12 Sundries ...... ' ., ...... 01 ------...... ,,048 10 0 0 5 3•83 270 9 19 ~e~e~ . ' . ::;.~ l ;fJ...... .. . 11 QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. I Division e.nd Snbd!v!slon, I Average Total Yield of Remarksrelative to the and I Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. Quartz wns obtained, &e. ; ' tons cwt. qr. i oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. DUNOLLY AND T~AGULLA I DIVISION. Queen's Birthday ... Goldsborough ••• 3,302 0 0 I 2 19•39 3,765 13 0 3 oo to 400 feet .. lNGLEWOOD DrviSION, " . Fone's Tribute ...... Liliputian Reef, Burke's 834 0 0 0 5 o·n 208 14 0 Flat Little Gem ...... Jersey Reef, Inglewood 175 0 0 0 16 0 140 0 0 . .. Totais ... ' ... 1,009 0 0 0 6 21'88 348 14 0 ST. AnNAUD SouTH SUBDIVISION; Greenock Reef ...... Greenock Reef ... 130 0 0 0 8 0 52 0 0 350 feet CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT• .. CASTLEMA.INE DIVISION. Argus United ...... ArgusReef ...... 858 0 0 0 10 2'39 178 5 6 180 feet Central Wattle Gully ... Wattle Gully ...... 772 0 0 0 4 22'44 190 10 0 350 fel:'t Wattle Gully ...... Wattle Gully '·' ... 191' 0 0 0 5 6'91 50 10 0 270 feet Wattle Gully ...... Public crushing ... 192 0 0 0 7 12'5 72 4 0 Various Eureka Consols ...... Eureka Reef ••• ... 421 0 0 0. 4 8'34 91 10 10 540 fl:!et Nuggety ...... Nuggety Reef ... 59 0 0 0 12 5•28 36 1 0 180 feet McWalters ...... Burns Reef ...... 25 0 0 2 17 18•24 72 4 0 85 feet Totals .•• ... 2,013 0 0 0 6 20"82 69i 4 16 FRYEl!.'s CREEK DIVISION. ------.New Era ...... Ferrori's Reef ...... 6,341 . 0 0 0 2 16'59 853 6 0 380 to 430 feet English-Australian ... Golden Guily ...... 870 o ·o 0 3 20'46 167 12 0 320 feet Black Hawk ...... Cattle's Reef ...... 284 0 0 0 2 18"50 39 7 0 150 feet Burdett-Coutts ... Cattle's Reef ...... 27 0 0 0 7 o·8s 9 10. 0 230 feet Brydges and Dale ... Bullock Reef ...... 25 0 0 0 8 0•96 10 1 0 70 feet Fryers ...... Cattle';; Reef ...... 620 0 0, 0 2 ,5'7 69 7 8 1 00 to J.24 feet Rowe Brothers ...... Cattle's Reef ...... ' 1,350 0 0 0 9 18•27 658 18 0 170 feet Small and Co...... Cattle's Reef ••• .. ?O 0 0 0 1 22·97 6 17 0 266 feet .. Totals...... 9,587 0 0 0 3 18·87 1,814 i8 8 •' REPBURN 'DIVISION; Myers and Short's ... St. George's Reef ... 46 0 0 0 4 5•74 9 15 0 30 feet Tynam's ...... Pitcher's· Reef ... llO 0 0 0 3 2"18 17 0 0 30 feet Last Chance ...... Keep-it-Dark ...... 12 0 0 8 15 0 105 0 0 40 feet Keep-it-Dark South ... Keep-it-Dark ...... 40 0 0 0 15 12 31 0 0 100 feet Keep-it-Dark Extended ... Keep-it-Dark ...... 55 0 0 0 18 .4·36 50 0 0 200 feet Cornish ...... Cornish Reef ...... 782 0 0 0 2 2'07 81 11 14 Surface to 150 feet Argus ...... Wombat Hill reefs ... 173 0 0 0 4 22"05 42 11 0 Surface to 150 feet Union ...... Mauritius Heef ... 310 0 0 0 2 20'43 44 3 21 Rising Star ...... Frenchman's Reef ... 752 0 0 0 3 8'03 125 7 20 60 and 112 feet King and Co...... Willard's Reef ... 45 0 0 0 15 13•33 35 0 0 100 feet Ajax ...... Nuggety ...... 230 0 0 0 6 14•61 76 0 0 Surface to 280 feet Prospectors ...... Hepburn ...... 100 0 0 0 6 14'4 33 0 0 Various Totals ...... 2,655 0 o _I 0 4 21•59 650 9 7 'I'ARA.DALE AND KYNETON SUBDrVISION. United Kingdom .•• ... Taradale ...... 1,700 0 0 0 1 8'33 114 10 0 Trafalgar ...... Taradale ...... 233 f) 0 0 3 o·1 35 0 0 Little Wonder ...... Taradale ...... 30 0 0 0 13 16 20 10 0 Totals ...... 1,963 0 0 0 1 17•57 170 0 0 TA.IUtA....~GOWER DIVISION. Caledonian Mills ...... Parkins', Linscott's, Wil- 391 0 0 1 1 n·l7 419 13 0 son & Walker's reefs Linscott's Mills ...... Eaglehawk, ·Linscott's, · 213-- o 0 0"14 19'81 161 12 0 and Nuggety reefs Phrenix Mills ...... Beehive, Swipers', Ger- 754 0 0 0 8 6·1 311 3 12 man, & Victoria reefs Great Western Mills ... Beehive Reef ...... 130 0 0 0 3 22•81 25 13 14 Eaglehawk Union ... Eaglehawk Reef ... 340 0 0 0 1 15•18 27 15 0 ------Totals ...... 1,833 0 0 010 7•68 945 17 2 ST. ANDREw's DrvxsroN. . Oram's ...... Panton Hill ...... 15 0 0 2 19 5'6 44 8 12 230 feet Ness and Ninck ...... You-You ...... 3 0 0 0 9 14 1 8 18 70 feet Murray and Rirt ...... You-You ...... 5 0 0 0 10 19'2 2 14 0 45 feet Perseverance ...... One-tree Hill ...... 4 0 0 1 4 15 4 18 12 120 feet First Hill ...... Warrandyte ...... 7 0 0 1 10 0 10 10 0 200 feet Pigtail ...... Warrandyte ...... 42 0 0 1 1 18'47 45 14 8 120 feet W armndyte Freehold ... Warrandyte ...... 34 10 0 0 14 5•62 24 11 2 90 feet Central ...... Reefton ...... 50 0 0 2 15 12'72 138 16 12 250 feet Reefton ...... Reefton ...... 15 10 0 0 8 22'45 6 18 12 200 feet Pioneer ...... Pioneer Reef ...... 17 0 0 0 17 1'76 14 10 6 130 ~eet ------Totals ••• ... 193 0 0 1 10 12·48 I 294 10 10 12 QuANTITY of Q.UARTZ Crushed in each Diyision and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. I Division and Subdivision, • Averngo Remarks relative to the and '\'{here Qwutz was obtained, Quartz Orus~ed. Yield of Gold Total Yield Depth at whieh.the Name of Company, per Ton. of Gold. Quartz wns obtalned,&c. I tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr, ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ' PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. Wimmera ...... Stawell reefs ...... 3,035 0 0 010 1'74 1,528 ll 3 200 to I ,ooo feet Pioneer and Galatea ... Stawell reefs .•• ... ·3,342 0 0 0 13 8·77 2,233 7 12 200 to 1,100 feet New St. George ...... Stawell reefs ...... 1,451 0 0 0 15 9"84 1,118 0 0 480 to 1,200 feet Scotch man's ...... Stawell reefs ••• ... 2,427 10 0 0 12 6•56 1,489 14 4 300 to 850 feet Moonlight ...... Stawell reefs ...... 3,655 0 0 0 9 o·1 1,645 11 0 410 to 1,120 feet W onga and Birmingham ... Stawell reefs ••• ... 1,143 0 0 0 3 23•98 228 11 1 24 to 100 feet Newington ...... Stawel! reefs ...... 940 0 0 0 4 0 188 0 0 1,000 to 1,100 feet ---- Totals ...... 15,993 10 0 0 10 13"05 8,431 14_ 20 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. i CROOKED RIVER DmsxoN. ' Sons of Freedom...... Union Reef ...... 143 0 0 0 6 7'05 45 0 0 20 to 100 feet ------·------DoNNELL rs CREEK DIVISION. Gippsland Consols ... .Adit :Level ...... 120 0 0 010 9'8 62 9 0 ·----- STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. Long Tunnel ...... Cohen~s Reef ••• ... 5,570 0 0 1 1 12'19 5,990 0 0 343 to 623 feet Walhalla (Tributers) ... Cohen's Reef (surface 205 0 0 0 3 0 30 15 0 stone). 5,775 0 0 1 0 20'42 6,020 15 0 .ABERFELDY StmDIVISION. Jas. Rice's Lease ••• ... .At .Aberfeldy Claim· ... 350 0 0 0 17 20•57 312 10 0 Between GO and lOO ft. 13 QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, ETC. ·THE following information has been obtained from Returns:inade by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of QuARTZ TAILINGS and MULLOCK, &e., Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Q~r, !Wd the GoLD obtained therefrom. Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Quartz Tailings ' i Average T tal Yl ld 0f I Remarks relative to the and MulloCk, &e;, were and Mullock, &c., Yield of Gold 0 e : Depth at which the :-lame of Company. obtained. Crushed. ------1------i------per Ton. Gold, I MnlloCk, &c., were obtained, I tons . cwt. qr. I oz. dwt. gr. oz. .I BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. C.ENptAL DIVISION. Public batteries ...... Ballarat East ...... 5,720 0 0 0 1 4•73 342 8 9 ------SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Chibnall and Co. ... Carngham ...... 50 0 0 0 1 12 3 15 0 BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. W ANDI;LIGONG SUBDIVISION, Try Again Extended ... Right branch, Growler's I 100 0 0 0 4 21•12 24 8 0 Creek 1 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHIDlST DIVISION. Johnson's Reef ...... Johnson's Reef .. .I 510 0 0 0 1 1•78 27 8 0 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGn DmsroN.I ~~:brian (public crushings) Various places ... , 44 10 0 1 0 4 2·161 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION, I Crown Nimrod ...... Nimrod Reef ...... 1,200 0 0 I 0 0 20·3 50 15 6 Surface Nuggety Co...... Nuggety Reef .. . 1,830 0 0 0 I 9'36 92 9 0 Surface Davies .•• ...... Donkey Gully. ... 950 ·o 0 0 1 3•47 ' 54 7 12 ,------Totals ••• ... 3,48~~1 0 I 3'25 I97 1I 18 TAI!RANGOWER DIVISION. Phamix Mills ...... Growler's Gully ... ' 652 0 o• 0 I 1·76 I 35 0 0 ------ST. ANUREW'EI DIVISION. Central ...... Reefton ...... \--:~1-:-: 15•52 10 13 I8 S urfitce to 60 feet -··· ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. PLEASANT CRErm: DIVISION, W onga and Birmingham ... WoogaReef ••• ... 87 10 0 0 3 1'41 13 7 15 . GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. CROOltED RIVER DIVISION, j Good Hope ... •.. Good Hope Mill ... 3 0 of 0 1 14'8 5 3 0 STIUNGE:R'S CREEK DIVISION, W alhalla ... .. • 1, Stringer's Creek ... 517 0 0 4 23'67 128 18 0 I o! 14 :P.YRITES AND BLANKETINGS. THE following' information ~a:s. been ()]:ltat~ed fr Where Pyrites and Bl 'BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. '• ... CENTRAL DIVISION. ' Llanberris ...... Gumtree Flat ...... 12 0 ·01~1~51~~ -· Cll.ESWICK DIVISION. Port Phillip ...... Cl unes reefs ...... 106 0 4 18 4'52 i 520 8 0 New North Clunes ... Clunes reefs ...... 25 10 g i 5 10 18•35 • 141 4 12 South Clunes ...... Clunes reefs ...... 41 15 o 3 1.8 2·q1 1 163 0 0 I ._ ...... 1 Totals ...... ~73 5 o I~ 4·67 •~::...::.. S'J:ElGLITZ Su:nDlVISIQN, . . - ~ -...~~.-. Enterprise Battery •••' Elalne ' ... •· ... 67 10 o·i .0 17 12•97· 59· 4 0 ·----~~~ .. ~~ .. BEECHWO~TH :t\1INING DISTRICT. ·~·r .. ;, \•i • -- " -~---· -' i YACKANDANDAR SOUTH • SuBDIVISION. Homeward-bound. i " Bigelowe and Clingan .... Hillsborough ...... '25 0 0 0 14 "9•6 18 0.0 ------WANDILIGONG. S1iBDlviSION. E.M. Gill ...... Various ...... ' 50 0 0 1 2 9'6 56 0 0 - SANDIIDRST MINING DISTRICT. . I· SANDHURSl' DIVISION. United Pyrites ... Pinchgut Gully ... 278 0 0 3 15 9'84 : 1,048 4 0 Spargo Brothers ...... Great Western Gully ... 163 0 0 2 10 23'7 415 11 0 Sandhurstand Eagleha.wk ... Jackass Flat ....' ... ,··84 0 0 .2 8,15:42 204 6 0 ------... Totals ...... -525 0 0 3 3 13"07 1;668" 1 '0 ' 'MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT• MARYBOROUGB: DIVISION. Bristol Hill Western Reef...... 1 5 7 0 3 17 22·65 20 17. 0 1 ~------~------~------ CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLE::IIAINE DIVISION. 5 '·0 . 4 10 0 22 10 0 Eureka Consols ...... Eureka Reef ; •• I ••• 0 540 feet. Castlema.ine 105 0 0 2 2 16 224 0 0 Vario11-s. Yeats ...... " Totals ... ••• i 110 0 0 2 4 19'64 246 10 0 ' HEPBUBN DIVISION. · 1 .. .Ajax ...... Nuggety Reef 6 0 o 4 0 0 24 ·o 0 ------ST . .Al\"DREW'S DlVISION. ·'1 Central ...... Reefton ...... ·• 3 2 .o •, 3' 10 15:48' 10 19 0 30 to 60 feet• ' . GIPPSLAND MI'NING DISTRICT. ·~·~~· STRI~GER'S CREEK DIVISION. Long Tunnel ...... Cohen's Reef ••• ... i 54 10 0 2 2 4'18 114 18 12 15 WASHDIRT AND CEMENT: SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtahied relative tO the ,QUANTITY of WASHDIRT Puddled and Sluiced and CEMENT Crushed during the Quarter, aJ!~ the G2!-D _<:)~t_!ti!J~<:Uherefrom. Qua:htity Average Total Yield of I Quantity ,Average Total Yield of Mining Districts. Fuddled and Yield.o! Gold Gold from Mining Districts. Fuddled and Yield of Gold Golil lforii .,--- Grushed•.• - perTon... Washdirt; . . . : Urus:tte_d~ -- per Ton. Cement. Ol _,. ~.1 l..:: 1 .... ~l '""·-- ~.:. dwt. gr; Washdirt. 1 ~ 1£;ts, c;wt.qr. oz. dw;t. gr.- ~z. divt. gr. , . 'ciiinent. tsn~ cw,t. qr. oz; dwt. gr. oz. Ballarat ... ~l,:n~ o .Q o 2 5·59 1;269 ·12 23 Ball!lrat 717 0 0 0 1 20"87 6';,. 0 i5 Beechworth 29,77~ o o o i u·7 2;21416 0 ·Beech worth ... Sandhurst f (~I ••• ·simdhiirst "·· • IH("o 6 0 3 16•39 Is 2 0 Maryborough ••• 1 6,tiJ& ~ 0 0 0 i >!!"t*jl ,461 17 0 )\iar:JI~~rough ~-:·. . 4~§ g o 0 1 17'83 ·as o o Castlemaine 63,5.67 10 0 ,0 i 13•80 5,006 15 14 Castlemaine . . l 399 0 ,g 0 2 14•87 4'3 4 12 Ararat 7,600 0 0 0 ~ 17·47 1,036 12 18 A.rarat ••• s;461 14 o 0 5 20•41 1;or2 is o Gippsland .. ~· ... --' Gippsland ... 1----- I·' ... ',~-··_·--1--_.::··:.:..· --1---=·:.:..:··-- Totals ••. ll8,934 10 0 0 1 16·32 Totals ···1 ~,026 14 0 0 4 16•29 1,176 0 3 1 I ~ . J , t 1 . I , · · ;;. l, • • • . NoTE.-This Sumroarif, does no_t show the ,total quantities of washdirt paddled and sluiced and cement crushed, but only the yield of certain crushings, &c., respectihi.~ldch the ,~in_{rig Surv~)Tors and Registrars have·bCen able •to obtain inforniatiOn:,.;- Owihi to the circuroRtance that maqy~·of the machine-owners are-uiiab1e to give,~ or are preCluded from giving, infoi'matii:m, it is _impossible to g~t,c_qt!lple~e :re~.up$ f~om evezy,-~~is~i'ic,t; and,.ln con sidering the relative inipo~tance of each district, as regards alluvial mining, &c_., th'e tri.b~es relating to machi~_er;: ~~o~l~ ~;.examined and comPared. Office of MJ)i~~;,. , , i'HOS. COUCHMAN,. -.· "';,. · Melbourne, 18th Januaiy 1879. Secretary for Mmes: WASHDIRT. 1 • ;;!. '• 7 1:, r-: r: : ,1 . • 1 ~ ... ,.-:u•·: ;1. 1 , 1.(" ··=---.:~ r.· ,; THE following information has be~n obtained fr.om Returns iij.ade byi,tli~ ¥,tP,~ji'g-,Surveyors and R~g1~pr~rs reHi.tive to tlie QUANTITY of WASIIDIRT Puddled or Sluiced in. the several Divisions arid Subdivisions of e!t~ll. Min1Bg Dih~~ <:i.~ring ~ge Qua!·ter; aiid the GoLD obtain~d tiie~ef~6ci; Remarks relative to the Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield and Where Washdlrt was obtained. Wasb.d.irtP;;_dd~ed. Yield of Gold ·, ·Deptli·at•.w.hlch•:the .<. • of Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. Washdirt.wi!B obtained, &c. ------1------..;,_"'---1------;U' .,. oz. dw.t. gr. CENTRAL. lDIVIBlON! ( ,.., .. Winter's Freehold ••• Cardigan .. 9,~:;~ o- o o 2 .2:&5 .. .i.o~iU6 o 405feet; wastf~h£rBrri ••• ···- ~ "\.j_ ------1 to 6ft. in thickness SOUTHERN DIVISION. Turner and party 1•• ~r~~~-o'~Day .•. 1,1~3 o o· o 2 M~3 ·24~ h 2a Depth 3'o t~ ·5o ·£~~t ; thickness 2 ft. 6 in. BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. ... ,. •.• ...... ' ;,.;".,·••. :-=;:-;""' BEECHWORTH ni~isioJ. United Eldorado ••• Eldorado 14,346 O· 0 0 0 12 358 13, 0 and 8 tons bl~~k ~~j ------(tin), 90 feet floor ...... IND~GO. DIYISJ<:>N_,, ..... _ Chiltern Valley Gold Mines ciillterii t-eaa .. : i5;i3i 0 0 0 2 10 1;s2s 7 o 330 feet Co. ALEXANDRA. SUBDIVISION. Revival Co. Working Mlh~f~· L~~d; 300 o o o i 2o·4s 27 16 0 Godfrey's Creek MARYBOROUGH' ' MINING ' DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Seaham ...... Alma ...... 175 0 0 0 4 0 35 0 0 Gladstone ...... Alma ...... 88 0 0 0 5 0 22 0 0 Argus ...... Chinaman's ...... 137 0 0 0 5 23•65 41 0 0 ------Totals ...... 400 0 0 0 4 21•6 98 0 0 Alii:HERST DIVISION. ------Union ...... Mount Green~~k Sbutii a,!ioo 0 0 0 i 6·5 247 17 0 240 feet Hoffnung ...... Mount Greenock South 2,054 0 0 0 0 11"68 50 0 0 100 feet ------Totals ...... 5,954 0 0 0 1 o·o1 297 17 0 lNGLEWOOD DIVISION. ------Golden Gate ...... Daly Lead ...... 264 0 0 0 5 0 66 0 0 16 QuANTnr of W ASHDIRT Puddled or Sluiced in the s{3veral Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-continued. ' : Division and Subdivision, Avciage Remarks relative to the and Where Washdlrt was obtruned. i Washd!rt Fuddled, Yield of Gold Total Yield Depth at which the • Name of Company. per Ton. of Gold. Wnshdirt was obtained, &c. tons cwt., qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Ellis and party ••. Church's Flat ... 780 0 0 0 I 0 39 0 0 14 feet Parsons and Co. •.. Horseshoe Bend 2,600 0 0 0 0 16'8 91 0 0 16 feet Tonkin and Co ... Chok'em Flat 1,040 0 0 0 0 18 39 0 o 15 feet Williams and Co. New Year's Flat 2,600 0 0 0 0 6 3210 o 15feet. Stephens and Co. New Year's Flat 1,3oo ·o o 0 0. 7•2 19 10 0 I7feet. Trethewey and Co. New Year's Flat i,300 0 0 0 0 12 32 10 0 16 feet. :M:ein's Freehold ... Guildford 3,600 0 0 0 2 10'24 436 17 0 220 feet Thomas and Co .... Spring Gully ... 1,300 0 0 .0 0 6 16 5 0 14 feet I 0 23•36 ' Totals ... -----14,520 0 0 ----0 -----706 12 0 HEPBURN DIVISION, Black and party ... Doctor's Gully 640 0 0 0 0 8'36. 11 3 0 15 feet· Black and Cameron's Sailors' Creek 680 0 0 0 0 23'89 33 17 0 25 feet Rolari's party ... Stony Creek ... 950 0 0 0 0 11•75 23 5 0 90 feet Brow's party Italian Hill 340 0 0 0 0 20'47 14 10 0 90 feet Federal Tunnel Italian mn 545 0 0 0 0 22'98 26 2 0 150 feet Calaneino's and Bulla's par- Elevated Plains 837 0 0 0 0 18•46 32 4 0 90 and 80 feet ties Grandi and party Jim Crow Creek 220 0 0 0 1 5'34 13 9 0 40 feet Franklinford Jim Crow Creek 780 0 o: 0 1 20·31 72 0 0 125 feet Several small parties Jim Crow Creek and va- 1,600 0 0 0 I 12 120 0 0 Shallow to 16 feet rious gullies 20 Chinamen Shepherd's Flat 600 0 0 0 0 16 20 0 0 Surface to 6 feet Three parties (24) Shepherd's l!'lat 350 0 0 0 1 0•68 18 0 0 50 feet 250 Chinese ... Hepburn .Division 9,000 0 0 0 1 2'66 500 0 0 Shallow 240 Europeans Hepburn Division 12,000 0 0 0 1 2 650 0 0 Surface to 30 feet Jas. Hunt and 14 parties Dry Diggings 1,100 0 0 0 1 2"18 60 0 0 Various depths Totall! ... 29,642 0 0 0 1 1·81 I 1;594 10 0 TAR.A.DAT.E AND KYNETON SuBDIVISION. Ironstone Hill · Taradale South 3,868 0 0 0 6 23•15 • 1,347 0 0 Confluence Malmsbury 990 0· 0 0 4 ,5'82 210 0 0 ------Totals ... -----4,858. o. 0 0 6 9'84 1,557 0 0 ·------i TARRANGOWER DIVISION. Ab ram Grigg ... Pegleg Gully ... 400 . 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 0 12 to 20 feet Robt. Grigg ... I Porcupine Flat 364 0 0 0 0 17•14 13 0 0 30 feet John Knight Porcupine Flat 325 0 0 0 0 19'2 13 0 0 30 feet Ja. Eddy and Co. Porcupine Flat • 650 0 0 0 0 14'4 19 10 o. 12 feet Totals ••• 1,739 0 0 0 0 15•32 10 0 ! ST. A:IIDREW'S DIVISION. I W arrandyte Freehold Warrandyte 808 10 o: 0 2 1"38 83 3 14 Diorite 8 to 16 feet 185 Europeans 10,000 0 oi 0 1 19•2 900 0 0 Shallow 46 Chinese 2,000 o 0 I o 1 2'4 I llO 0 o Shallow 1 Totals 12,80swoJ01I6·96/-1-,0-9-~-3-1_4_/ ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. RAGLAN DIVISION, About New Victoria ...... Waterloo Flat ... 7,600 0 0 0 2 17'47 1,036 12 18 160 feet 1'7 CEMENT. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY of CEliiENT Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District duri.U:g the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. Dlvlalon and Snl>dlvlslon, Average Remnrkll relative to the Total Yield of Depth at which the and Where Cement was obtained. ICement Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Name of Company. pe:r Ton.. Cement was obtained. I tons cw!. qr, oz. dwt. gr. 0~. dw!. gr. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. SlllYTIIESDALE DIVISION. Mark and Son ... Carngham ...... 663 0 0 0 1 17'69 57 11 15 Chibnall and Co .••• ... Carngham ...... 54 0 0 0 3 12 9 9 0 Totals ••• ... 717 0 0 0 l 20"87 67 0 .15 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. W ARA.NGA NORTH SUBD.IVISION. Crocker ...... Rushworth ...... 40 0 0 0 3 14"4 7 4 0 Ryan ...... Rush worth ...... 2 0 0 0 5 12 011 0 Scott ...... Whroo ...... 40 0 0 0 3 16"2 7 7 0 Totals ...... 82 0 0 0 3 16•39 15 ·-2 0 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. AlllliERST DIVISION, J. Rartlemore ...... Various ...... 436 0 0 0 1 17•83 38 0 0 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. . . FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION, Thomas and Co ...... Bald Hill ...... _____60 0 J , 0 5 0 15 0 0 li.EPBURN DIVISION, Leggo and party ... Camp street ...... 11'10 0 0 0 2 6'4 17 0 0 70 feet TA.RIUNGOWER DIVISION. Griffiths and Co. ... Growler's Gully ... 120 0 0 0 1 20"9 11 4 12 Surface to 10 feet .ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. P.Lli:ASA.NT CREEK DIVISION. Band of Hope ...... Deep Lead ...... 595 0 0 0 4 0'04 119 1 0 100 feet North and South Wales ... Deep Lead ...... 2,86'6 14 0 0 6 5'62 893 12 0 lOO feet ------Totals ...... 3,461 14 0 0 5 20"41 1,012 13 0 No.16. B 18 NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION-OF :MINERS ·oN THE GOLDFIELDS 'OF THE COLONY; ···''"' , . . FOR THE .QUARTER ENDEI>,~31~~-l\fAEC.E;I,l87fl~,: :·:. :.-:·. . ,, ,,, ,,, >1{ lj'rom ...RetJQrnB ,'f(!-.a.ih blJ the .Mining; SwrVC'/}0~8 and Registrars,,).:,., .. -;: '·. , ... ,:2~:··::J:~;:: :_,,,, ~ ' ;;,t;,~:; l ,:,c ''!. .- l ', • •• ~ ·~•.J,~ n• l«j -•• ·- •i•-"•• l,'~o': l) j .... -··.-! ...... I ... I .' . ' 'I Name of ~lace .. , J Totai. ------·_,.No: .. .'f"t\>1·. "• NameofPillce;" ··.No. B.u.U.lU.'l' DISTRICT. Brought forward 6,802 Central Division : Ballarat West ~Q~(j-l '' .,._.·,~ ~.- I \Gordbn~Bubdivi8ii»i': 360 ··· ·Ballarat East ... --...... ·-- ... - 1 ·~~--. -- .... - 1-- ·-}i~~~t-.-:;;--. .. 88- Little Bendigo and :Srown Hill ' · •Moorabool 9 Sago Hill... l 10 ·.u 2,100 452 'i ...· ·· Steiglitz Subdivisiuri: :, , · Southern Da·vision: ··, ; . t;~_. ~. -~--._.-: ,!.;.,20'.1 . Long Gully .:;, r 10 Steiglitz ·::. ·.:.· _.:;_...... ••• ,Morrison's and Little-Forest ' .l.~iir Staffordshire Reef ... ••• · 80 90 Italian Gully .~. .;.~ ~ ~·.; · 11 ' :t :Elaine and Mount Doran · Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain - 190 .• -~~!~!~~Gully __,;_.-- _____ •• _, ...... _.,. io!· . · ..... south ·sui)d{viiioii :· ···· · · · ----. · ..... - Moonlight 10 Golden Point 90 Junctio;;· f ,,_. ·o,~ ,Hed.Hill,-r.··: ·: .•• ; ••• 50 :~~~~~od :<::·;: ·~g:, ~-i- ·'· Barfy's Reef and Split-tree ... 200 - --·Mount.·Misery-· -.. ,...... , •., · --275-- ...... - ---- ·,Yankee Reef·and Creek· · ,-••• · · -85-- .. Ja.ckson's Gully 10 ;Simmons' Reef , .. • 55 Yankee Hill 15 \Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg-- ._;: , •80. ' : Grassy Gully ••• 30 ·Blakeville . ''"~: -. ,-20 f: Spring Creek ,: 8 .Snake Gully •.• , .. · ... 10 Sawpit Gully , r :~· _ 13 !Goodman's'Creek' ahd.'vicinity ••• 20 .· ;"·, :.# Whim Holes ••• .,._; ·; 2'5 ·Ballan Flat '"" ·:~~- '-'. · · ••• 30 Hard Hills •• , ••• ..;·· 3'0 _lGaribaldi and vicinity : · 20 Frenchman's ••• . < r~ ··!:·· .... '25' !Wright's Ree~. _,~,... . ••• 20 Pinchgut '' 30 iBacchus Marsh· and vicinity 20 . --Break-o'-Day--~···;· 80. ----'Maher's.Hill. . . 10 Western Creek 80 710 1 Ballan Subdivision: Buninyong Division: i'",TY' ~ ::·· --~~~- ·;: {Uppet:~W en:!l!e~ ~:my er ••• ·.. 8 Durham and tributaries ' .. ---;;: .. ·" t40 ... ·• ·-· Between W erribee and Eastern Branch 1 4 "·--Green Hills·a1ld·-:Devonshire~------;.7- ---25------·of River·Moorabool--· · -----·-····- · ---·· ... 12 Scotchman's and Hard Hills· .•• ! 90 Buninyong and Union Jack , 5 Total for Ballarat District·. ,, ··•·; . •, .._,,: ·8,166 Hiscoqk's and Fainveath!)r ~refs: ~~~·;. lq9 Winter's Flat and Cobbler's lOO - .. --Bhtck -Lead-and Gnin-tree...... • - ....40 ..... Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gym pie 20 Prospecting and isolated parties ••• 30 Beechworth Division: Grenville .. --·~.;.- _ :~}~-- -o.' , __ , ~- :.. ,,, ·f?pringJ)reek_: , __. ••. 105 - .A~!l~e_I~a:rf:?es _ ... _ .... . _ -·-·-· Silver Creek 25 555· ···'Deep-Creek ... 22 Smythesdale Division : ~ 1 Hurdle Creek ••• 22 Smythesdale .:•• 75 1 i Pennyweight Flat ... · : ':! •··"'. ·:tl';o· Searsdale and Newtown ., 100 .... Two-mile Creek· ;•: ..• · . L , •. ... . ,60 Cape Clear .•• 20 'Three-miie' Creek- :;; " ~~: . -~· ISO Brown's "25 ·Six-mile Creek ••• . 40 Italian Gully 5 Stony Creek .-:.65:' _, ,,,_ Derwent Ja!l!r'.S ;·: ·c·n ,, :-~·. 40 .. ao Myrtleford, &c,--:L·~·" .·"' ... '. J05 Piggoreet .:~.~- ...... --~--. W ooragee, &c. 100 Bottle Hill '50' Reid's Creek 38 Snake Valley and Hard Hills 90 Woolshed "':1 ,. · •••• • ··.to5 ... Happy Y alley and 'L)lcky Woman's ••• 160 SebastopQl,:,: __ ,o .... ·lOO'.·.. Hiiddon' ...·: · ·' J.: · ::. .:. 670 Eldorado ••• . 23'o ·Golden Lake - L 5· Stanley and neighborhood ••• . -340 Madden's Flat 10 Buekland Gap 25 Linton's ••• 130 Monkey Gully • •• \' '· •_12 < · :I ;:_, · · · Yackaridan'dah' South Subdivision : 1,612 Moonlight 10 Clear Creek 45 Preston Hill - .... .;; · -·· ~ -·- ~ · ·15 . ··~ :Briliroilg · " ·· - · .. 16 1 447 Creswick Division : . • ; Kirby's Flat " ...· .36 ; . Creswiek ·,,. · ;,; :.:· 30 , :Rowdy Flat · ••• 30. .... Os borne's Flat...... 46 Cluncs ~·, " 1·t l .• ; 900 ' · ' ' . Allan's Flat •••. " ·' 16 Springhill · 5 . .. 'Staghorn Flat ,., ••• 40 Hed Streak ,,,, • ~~ 1 1 Union Hill '-• :. ' " ' Twist's Creek"''' ...... 50 - "Loiigpoint.. l: ...... -~ .....' .. Muddy Creek_ ...... ·- .: ..... ·---· ...... _ ....3!L .. Diamond Gully 10 Hillsborough ... ••• ... 20 15 Sandy Creek SO Cobbler's Gully 1 Bald Hills 20 ' Township ••• 50 Sulky Gully 1 Hayes' Point 20 Slaty Creek 35° Fell Timber Creek 30 Mopoke ... ··- : 20'" ... -----~--- ·----- ... . - ·-- 514 I~digo Division: Humbug Hill 4 154 Portuguese Flat 35° Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads Suffolk Lead ,,, 4 Bttek Creek 15 Indigo Lead 114 Bullarook ~ l,750 Lancashire Lead 10 Carried forward .. , I 6,so2 Carried forward 2,126 ,_.,19 Name of Place. No. Total. I Name of Place. No. Total. ------:~----''-.-_------..-_- ---- B~ought forward ... 2,126 : Brought forward ... 4,609 Indigo Division:-continued. Mitta Mitta South Subdivision: Lanarkshire Lead 4 lightning Creek .. . 1.7 Caledonian: Lead ••• i2 Granite Flat. .. . .46 Clydesdale ..• 18 Mitta MittaRiver ... 10 Robert Burns .•• 4 Junction ... 23 Rutherglen Reefs ••• 39 Jamieson Subdivision: 96 Chiltern Reefs ••• 40 Howqua River and tributaries ... All England Lead ... 6 Goulburn River, from. Howqua to Newcastle Lead .•. 7 Jamieson ...... 25 Kincardinshire Lead ,8 Mack's Creek .. • . .. . ••• 40 Durham Lead ... 6 Goulburn ·River, from Jamieson to 426 Swampy Creek •.• .. 70 W andiligong Subdivision: wb Morse's and Growler's Creeks Sailor Bill's Creek... .. '... , ; : ... 170 Flume:Creek ...... IO 170 Buckland Division: Baker's Creek ... •.. 30 Harrietville ... 163 ---, 280 Harrietville to Bright 414 Total for Beechworth District .. ; .. 4,985 Bright to Running Creek 164 .... Buckland 1 ••• 305 1,046 SANDHURST DisTRICT. Alezandra Subdivision : Sandhurst Division: Alexaudra and vicinity ... 20· Back Creek and Spring Gully .. . 220 Godfrey's Creek and vicinity 25 Sheepshead and Golden Gully .. . 280 Devil's River and tributaries 15 Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat .. . 420 Johnson's Creek and tributaries 8 Crusoe Gully and neighborhood .. . 90 Head of U T Creek .. . 10 Marong and Bullock Creek .. . 140 Goulburn River ...... 15 Victoria and New-chum Reefs .. . 490 Doogalook ...... ··.• 2 Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies .. . 480 Spring Creek ...... 10• Ironbark · ... .:. .. . 490 Higinbotham ... •.. 10 Ben;digo Flat .. . .. • .. . 450. Tea-tree Creek and vicinity 15 White Hills and Epsom ...... ·80 Acheron River ...... 6 Huntly' ...... 170 Maindample and Doon ... 10 Sydlley Flat and Whipstick .. . 250 Yea .,...... 20 tlpeeimen Hill and Sailors' Gully .. . 260 Merton and vicinity .. . 12 Devonshire Gully and Dead-horse Flat 220 Scattered population .. . 12 Wind)1lill Hill and California Gully .. . 3so 190 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ...... 270 Dry Creek Subdivision: ,, Snob's·Rill and Pegleg Gully .. . 340 Brankeet Creek ...... i.o Ray'wood ...... 50 Dry Creek · .. . 43 Elysian Flat .. • ...... ·50 Hell's Hole Creek ... 21 Sebastian · .. . 7b Table Land ... 11, 45 85 Kamarooka .. . Gaffney:s Creek Subdivision: Scattered and prospecting ... 300 Goulburn River ...... '8 Ki/more Division: 5,495 Ga:fl'Iiey's Creek .. . 15 Kilmore·Diggings .. . 10· Cannon's Creek .. . 13 Reedy Creek .. . 40 Rasp berry .C~:eek, &c. .. .. 39 Sunday Creek ... '6' Lyre bird Creek ... · ·2 Heathcote· Division and Waranga South 56 Wallaby Reef, &c ... ~ lii Subdivision : Moving population 5 Grayiown .. . 20 2 Moonlight Creek ... Redcastle 1 .. . 90 Ry~n's Creek ... Hl ISO 112 Heathcote ' ... Wood's .Point Subdivision: Costerfield ' .. . 210 Wood's Point and Morning Star 25 Toobin'ac ! .. . . 25 Lower Goulburn ... 14 Kimbolton and Canipaspe .. . . 25 Right and left branches ... 20 Coljba~ and Myrtle Creek .. . •30 Gooley's Creek ...... 1 ' Wild-duck ... 35 Harper's and Pheasant Creeks io Waranga North Subdivision: 585 Perkins' Creek and Waverley 10 Rushw'orth' ... All Nations and Creek ... 8 Whr Nmt:BER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. Nllllle of Place. No. Total. .Nilllle of Place. No • Total. !- Brought forward , ...... 2,880 Brought forward ...... 6,915 Majorca Subdivision: St. Arnaud North Subdivision-continued. Majorca ...... 20 Emu, &c...... 18 England's Hill Lead ...... 13 Carapooe ...... , 22 Gibraltar Lead ...... 8 Bell Rock, &c...... 20 Scandinavian Lead ...... 18 Blink Bonnie, &c ...... 10 McCallum's Creek ...... 29 Duchess of Edinburgh ...... 20 Rocky Flat ...... 17 Jerejaw, &c...... 20 -- 105 Victoria Reef, &c ...... 20 A1nherst Division: 1- 439 About Talbot ...... 40 1- Scandinavian Lead ...... 20 Total for Maryborough District ...... 7,354 Mount Greenock ••• ~· 6 ... 62 Nuggety and Long Gullies ...... 30 --- Kangaroo Gully and Flat ...... 25 --- Mia Mia and tributaries ...... 30 Daisy Hill and tributaries ...... 130 CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT • Adelaide Lead South ...... 60 Blacksmith's Gully ...... 12 Castlemaine Division: Emu and Cockatoo ...... 26 Castlemaine ...... 85 Brown's Gully ...... () Eureka Reef ...... 26 Norfolk Gully ...... 10 Guildford ...... lOO Rocky Flat ...... 12 Campbell's Creek ...... 108 Mount Glasgow ...... 4 Sailor's Gully ...... 30 Lilicur ...... 6 Barker's Creek ...... 76 Eglinton ...... 6 Myrtle Creek ...... 40 Shellback Gully ...... 10 Moonlight Flat ...... 50 489 Chewton ...... 186 Avoca Subdivision: -- Wattle Gully ...... 90 Amphitheatre ...... 50 Golden Point ...... 70 Avoca Lead ...... 80 Diamond Gully ...... 87 Green Hill Creek ...... 72 -- 948 Percydale ...... ,150 Fryer's Creek Division: Home bush ...... 170 Golden Gully to Fryerstown ... 180 Lamplough ...... 135 Spring Gully to Specimen Hill ... so Mountain Hut ...... 25 Chok'em Flat to Vaughan .,., ... 220 No. I Creek ...... 45 Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills ... 80 No. 2 Creek ...... 85 German and 1\fopoke Gullies ... 105 Kimberley and Sardine ...... 15 Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight lOO Donkey Hill ... 10 ...... Table Hill and Tarilta ••.• ... 100 Middle Creek, &c ...... 25 Guildford Hills ...... 200 Gullies east of A voca ...... 15 Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe ... 165 Perseverance Reef ...... 4 Nuggety Gully and Irishtown ... llO Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions: 1- 881 Green and Sailors' Gullies ...... 35 Dunolly ...... 265 Pickpocket and Hard Hills ...... 50 Burnt Creek ...... lOO Strathloddon and Hit-or~Miss ... 120 Goldsbrough ...... 310 Hepburn Division: -- 1,545 Inkerman ...... 60 Dry Diggings Section ...... 64 Moliagul, &e...... 145 Y and oiL Section 87 Bealiba ...... 65 Boots Gully Section ...... 41 Murphy's Flat, &c ...... 15 Italian Gully Section 62 Jones' Creek, &c...... 70 ...... Tarnagulla Spring Creek Section ...... 61 ...... 80 Doctor's Gully Section ...... 49 Half-way, &c...... 10 Brandy-hot Section ...... 33 Llanelly, &c...... 60 Deep Creek Section 85 Wild·dog, &c. ... 42 ...... Blind Creek Section ...... 108 lnglewood and W edderburn Divisions : -- 1,222 Stony Creek Section ...... 74 Inglewood ••...... 200 Wombat Creek Section ...... 80 Berlin Diggings ...... 200 Daylesford Section ...... 265 Kingower ...... lOO Connel's Gully Section ...... 82 Mcintyre's ...... lOO - I,0\11 Syunott's ...... 30 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision: Burke's J<'lat ...... 50 Taradale ...... 70 Opossum Hill ...... 130 Liberty Flat and Bell topper ... 90 .Jordan ...... 10 Hedesdale ...... 35 Wehla ...... 30 Malmsbury ...... 70 · W edderburn ...... 85 Coli ban ...... 25 Garibaldi ...... 22 Lauriston ...... 40 A voca Forest ...... 9 Scattered ...... 75 Woolshed and Yorkshire Flat ... 27 Tarrangower Division: -- 405 Kllburnie ...... 14 Nortll Maldon ...... 40 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions: -- 1,007 Beehive Hill ...... 45 Stuartmill, &c...... 60 Eaglehawk ...... 98 Redbank, &c...... 53 Long Gully ...... 35 Fowler's Lead ...... 16 Porcupine Flat ...... 34 Hinds ...... 32 Fiddler's Flat ...... 2 Moonambel, &c...... 46 Mount Tarrangower ...... 6 Darling :Flat ...... 33 Sandy Creek ...... 75 Emerald J!'lat ...... 62 Nuggety ...... 4 Sandy Creek ...... 13 Mia ~Iia ...... 6 Canterbury ...... 16 Green V alley ...... 8 331 Muekleford ...... 12 St. Arnaud North Subdivision: -- Clydesdale ...... 10 New Bend'1go ...... 30 River J.AJddon 12 St. Arnaud ... 194 ...... Parkin's Reef ...... 33 Stuartmill, &c...... 45 German Reef ...... 27 Silver Mines, &c...... 20 Bell's Reef ...... 3 c Rostron'~ and Wattle Flat ...... 20 -- --- ·~ Carried forward· ...... 6,915 Carried forward '••• ...... 21 NuMBER and :PISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. Name ot Place. No. Total. ,I Name of Place. No. TotaL ------···--··--- -~···-1---~1 ~------Brought forward ••• 4,439 Brought forward ••. 737 St. Andrew's Division: Crooked River Division: Anderson's Creek ...... 70 Grant ... ••• 5 Long Gully ...... 18 Crooked River ...... 44 Smith's Gully ... ••• 16 Jungle Creek ...... 9 You-You ... •.. 14 Twelve-mile Creek...... 3 Wild-dog ...... 12 Twenty-five-mile Creek ••• 14 Walsh's ... ••• 18 Thirty-mile Creek ... • .. 21 Warburton ...... 6 Wentworth ... •.. 24 Cherry-tree ••• •.. 10 Upper Dargo ••• ... 22 Cobbler's Gully ...... 3 Middle Dargo ... ••. 18 Watery Gully .. . •.. 6 Lower Dargo ... ••• 14 Reefton ... ••• 23 Upper Mitchell ...... 22 Pioneer ...... 11 Good Hope ... •.. 9 Queenstown ... . •• 32 Good Luck Creek ...... 12 Kingstown ...... 29 Morris' and neigh boring Creeks 24 One-tree Hill .. • _ .. . 8 'V onnangatta ...... 2 McMahon's ... •.. 7 W ongungarra ...... 6 Emerald ... •.. 8 Jericlto Division: 249 Starvation Creek ...... 6 Dry Creek ... 6 Hoddle's Creek •.• .. . 52 Lower Jor l ! ! 1 - - ". ~' "' MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTS. . . . ,...... I'I .! . . ' ,, i',I " I ' ' ·. BAL'LARAT MINING! DISTRICT. I I OENTRAL DIVISION. i Mr; 11avid Cltristy, Mining Registrar. ·· I am h~ppy to report that, the 'progress. of ~ining operations dt!.l'ing the quarter just past may be regarded as highly satisfactory. The amount of gold obtained, ,although less than. that of the previous quarter, does not. show any appreciable falling o:ff in the yield :from either quartz or alluvial mining, but is due to the fact that a less quantity by 5,949 tons: of quartz passed through the batteries, and, owing to the continued drought, very many of the small companies, fossickers, and Chinamen engaged' in alluvial mining have been unable to continue their workings successfully. , ' ; . , , ·The. average yield from quartz mining for the quarter noted in my statistical returns, viz., 7 dwts. 22•10 grs. per ton is considered by: those engaged in that. branch of :iuining as satisfactory, and generally will afford reasonably fair dividends: '' " · ' The reefs on the -w;est of the Yarrowee Creek, extending north and south through the city, are assuming a very hopeful aspect and attracting attention, which it 'is unaccountable they did not do years ago. ·The reef in the New Koh-i-noor claim, about the first on which active operations were carrie9. out, has not been paying so well of late tts previously; and, in consequence, the company are fm:ther sinking their shaft with, a vie~v ,to cut it at, a deeper level, from·wllich they hope to obtain more remunerative returns. The Smith's Freehold-a small company further south on :the ~ame lode-have of late been doing remarkably well, but I am unable. to state the value ·o{ _the stone they are crushing. · · . · The Band and Albion Consols·adjoining has struck a continuation of the same lode, from which excellent returns are being obtained; and the Guiding Star· Co!itpany-still further south-is obtaining stone.whi.ch is averaging 1 oz. 7 d'\Vts. per ton. : In the· eastern portion of my ,divisio,1:! the Black Hill, Llanberris, and Victoria United companies, who are prosecuting mining operations at lower levelii"than previously, find that the quartz is improving in valu11. In alluvial mining, I may say that the Band and ltibion Consols and Winter Freehold companies maintain their ordinary average returns. · · 1 The City of Ballarat Company are pursuing their operations without intermission-the water from the mine is gradually draining, and the works underground have been' confined to reef-driving. In boring up, indications of an extensive· wash have been discovered, from which good prospects of gold have been obtained, aud it is the iuteution of the manager to put up a rise into this wash of auriferous earth, after which puddling will be· proceeded with. The quantity of water sold during the quarter was 34,054,000 gallons, at 2d. per 1,000 gallons for boilers, and !d. for mining purposes. ·· · STATEMENT SHOWING THE QUANTITY OF ALLUVIAL GOLD. OBTAINED ~y COMPA~Il'!S WITHI~· THE· DIVISIO~ . DURING THE QUARTER. oz. dwt. gr. ,. ,~ Band and Albion Consols ... i .,;1, • 1,394 14 0 Winter Freehold Co. .. .. ,, .. .,.., 1,020 10 0 New Ballarat Extension Co; ·' '; .. 207 1 0 New Eureka G. 1\II. Co._ ... IL .. 71 9 6 G~:operat~ve · coll)parii;s. (including_ Chines\)), Ballarat East and Little .. Bendigo-approximately ... , ... ;,. 850 0 0 , I Total. 3,543 14 6 DIVIDENDs PAID FROM ALLUVIAL AND QuARTZ MINES DURI~G THE QuARTER, ,: ' : £ 8. d • .Guiding; Star Company's Tributers ... . :L. ... 2,039 18 6 Band and Albion Consols ... · . ... 1 1,361 5 · 0 Endeavor Co, 356 10 0 CityofYorkCo. 1;:: 360 0 0 Temperance Co. 1. .. 840 0 0 New Dimocks Co. 1,.. 48 0 0 Baker and Co. · '' ~·.:·· 150 10 0 Britannia Co. ... 177 10 0 ·--·---- £5,333 13 6 1: l S01{',I'HERN DIVISION. Mr. Geofge Perry, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ }fiNING, .' During the quarter a great amount of· unproductive work has been done in some of our principal mines; consequently the quantity of quartz c.rushed, and the total amount of gold obtained therefrom, is not up to' the usual average. · ·· . Staffordshire Reef.-The Hopewell Company have baled out the water and repaired tl,le shaft .to the 500-foot level, and have driven 150 feet 0n the course of the lode, but nothing of a payable nature has yet ·been met with. The number of 'men at present employed is 13. T4!3 Hopewell Tribute Company have let the mine on tribute for three years to a party of 10 men. The Speedwell Tribute Company have not been crushipg during the quarter, having been employe>,'! in the erection of a winding plant, which was completed in the early{art of March. They have since cleaned out an old shaft to the depthof150 feet, intending to go a fqrther depth o 50 feet before opening out, wh(ire \t ~~-s~id a. former company had left payable stqno, " Kangaroo.-The Ne:w~Kangaroo Company1are getting,good reJ;1J.l'QS;;,Jo!}e.lO.feet._;wide.:: ,., .. J ;c , •.. bit: o ,~ The Ne:w Try Again Company are. sinking their. shaft deeper. The Williani's Faney Company keep steadily crushing with ~rofitable results: . . The Nil Desperandum Company have nothing very encouragmg to report this quarter. They are now smki.ng, intending to intersect,the lode at a further depth of 50 feet. 1 ~ ., .-;~ ."' :: · · ;,· • · · •. •: ·:" ., : • • ····"' The New Venture Company have sunk their m~n shaft to the ,d_epth.ofql82,feet.;··groundvery hard. •':f Ir; \,) ~:. • ::( 'f" ~: < : ,.,.,~I (' ,.· ALLUVIAL ¥INI:NG. ,·;,,• r:th. ,,·:·::•··~·{<· ,,.··:·.l;·.: ·' ,,•· Nothfug worthy of special mentiiinlias occurred in this brarich'-bf .minin:g'sfuce'I!ly''lit!;t fepo:tt~ ' •" Kangaroo.-The Lucky. Company·are.. still doing well, averagin:g·'£3~pJ~ m~_tDi·p'e!·wee~~ ...:· • ;-1' : •·• Break-o'-Day.-Turner and party and" Grant and party ~e not doin:g·much':.w~ :,. '""'' ·· ;.~:·: :;~••'.r. ' Pitfield Pla~~:..:_The Nil Desperandum Company •have let tlie mi.rie:on'tribute· to· a'=goo'~ party of ~en, who are driving for the gutter; which they think is not far distant. •..... , ·1 ·;::c.>'"''''' ,' .... , " ••, ..... ,. ,, ·'· The Welcome C . q•; , ·.~1 .~,~ :- ,,; •. ·n': r. ')_::,it:·:>::::;· • . l••i .:;H;.,r l'li:T 't .:r..· .,..n •· ''· BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. R M. Harvey, M{rdng ..Surveyor and Registrar. '. · · ::A];iuviAL ·MninfG':~ ~': ,:·,., The very dry season has ma~erially.a:ffected this.,br;w,ch of zp.ining durin~.the quarter; and many miners ha.ve, during a great portion of it, betakElll themselves to farming operations; hence tlie'decline in yield. , " ,f· : \ , ,• ,,, , .. , , •••. , Q.U-4-J!..:L'Z ,j\:fi}fiNG •. !, ,.;.,, ; •• ~.; . :;: ;;2, • ,,t..• £':,...... , r v:: . A rich quartz· vein lids been ·struck by Ferguson and· Sons, at Gum-tree; near the'old Dan O'Coriliell claim; ra crushing :of'•40 tbn·s· yielded''~ ozs.,·4·dwts.·•to ·the. ton, : The 'vein is onlralfew'·inches thick.·'"' "" '· ... " ... · . · . . ··,,On Hiscocli:~s ·the' quartz·improves, 1the Imperia.J.: 0ompany·averaging from their mairl:body·of· stone 4 dwts. 4•66 grs. This company works so economically aft .to_1,11ak~ ~-.d;)Yt. stone return wages to the proprietors and their workmen. · •' .. · · ,. · · · T~e Homewar&Bound·is·~~:t'a stand s.ti~l.· '·Capital'is require? to develop.the·mine: ..:.p ···, ,·· ···•· .,,;.;, A strong compatiy ha;s b_een formed to·test:fully the•Devons)rire Reef. -Some gold-pearmgsto~o has been found, lmt nqt.'y~t ·in suffi.,ci!3nt quantity 'tQ warrant' the erection of.. fuacl$lery~: ;, ·;; .:· · •v:.:; !:,,; •<> -- ,,..,•• , .. , · "· ·; • • .. • '"~ ' : , l, ' •. ,) ~) ..•, l1 , __ ,,. ,, • ,, "· ,·~·. ·£ , ~,r •• ; J ··~": 1 •.•J.J"t•, •ff•:.J~ "'"~i ~ • ·-·· '''· :,·~ ., ... • ,: ... 1 ,.. , .. ''"·' •. WATER.... , .>. ·, '"' .;:... ··" . ',: ,,· The retui:n fr~m:Water·has be!in'nil for'the'qila.rter:·: ·· · ,,., · ·' · ,. ··· ·~·· '.,' "· · ·'· ;,. • ' , l.l.,. -'· , -! .:, {f< .. .. '", 1 • ' • I) ; ,, , .. ,. \:.'-; :~+•"·) ,:,.• ~· ~~ •, 1-' ... ,~<\''-{; .• LIGNITE. .; · • . ..TJ:ti.works ...at L~l·.Lai ~e again; hi'· ~per~t~o~ ~nd strong··hop(ls ''ate· entel:j;a:ined.itljit;:,'.'witli the new drying process, th~ compa.riy Will at last'l:ie.imccessfw. :·· .· ... ~. '' ' · ' · · ·. · · · .. · :· ' . · · · 1 , ,. , I / ~ '• , •, I · · ,,.SMYTHESDALE DIVIsioN:· r .. • ...... ~. • ''' ' ! • .._.: • . •• ' \ Mr. John !:,i/u:·~, M~n'in!J SUr!ieyor'a~~.!l,~~iBrr:ar,/, .!> ;<'• ... • •· .,. I ~e tOtal yield' of gold for the quarter is S,364•ozs., being the'ieast'we ha:ve·ever had:to reoo~. Th~re llleell:!-S to have been a._gerieral falling-off·t~roilghout·.tlie division, .. Haddon, '!loweve_r; althougb:·sillferii;lifl!.'decline,''lias done ver'j well; the returns from the -Reform; Racecourse,• and .. Trunk Lead,. being'5,511' ozs. ·Mining ·in-thiJl pa;rt 'of the dist'ri.!,lt promises to 9e of l~mg continuance. At Happy Valley, the City of 9anterbury and Springdalhili Junction::Compariy are payirig well, but, with these·exceptions; the pla~e exp.ibits a aownward·tendency.•· Lintons· , too, have not done so·well as usual; 'the'Jcontinued drought ·bei:tig doubtless a leading ·cause: The· Golden mpany, ·at Springdallah, are ,putti1,1g up machinery,_/lrnd ~pon th,e result of ,this venture depends· tp.e··futnre opening up of this part of the district, oi: its final I 'abandonment~,, ::A:t· Deiwent·Jacks a. new. runi of··gold'was :(lisbovered· in \J an nary last. The depth of lead is abo\lt 70 feet. Only one claim is fairly'ppened: up, and,> judging-from appearances· at· present, its prospects are,very·eneouraging. The run:is·about 60 f~~~·wide . .:.p ·.o.''· .!•· ·~·~· ··''·' •I·~:~ ':' .. •· '":· ·- · ·. · . · · .. Quartz m~ning is in a .depressed state. ·' The 'Brothers;9ompany ,· at)howns; which- •commenced operations abOut twelve months ago with what was·considered·faif' auspices,·have·not succeeded •in fhiding·sufficient t!! pay,-and have given ·up. The Sn'lythesdale · Consols• have rather receded than 'advanee'd lately. The same 'fuay· he said of quartz mining·1n and around Carngham. On the other han JJ ... : • ;~·~ ... : ...... • '1 }· .t ~. .. .,. ;,· ·l .·•· I ~ ~}. •' ~ ;· -_- 1.1 t , • · .', r. ~ f ' \'i ' ': -,...... ~~ .•'.' ";•·,. ~ . :. '• ;, '~ .. CRE~WIQ;K .. :QIVISIO~. _,:- , , ~ , '1 ,._, • • • '' ! :~ ~ ... 1 Mr. ~a~~s·'Ste~enson, Mining Su.f.'vey' Qi.· and 'Regi8trdr.. '·' ,. ::··; ..• •· '' -·" ·' '·· 'c: . • ' •. ·:."I' '::!}, ~·~ l"':· .. •i /. ·.~ .::.l·l, Jl. ,:;lt I have honor to report that there is a considerable decrease in the yield for the quarter, viz., over 1,'700 ozs. in the yield of quartz, and 500 ozs. in that of alluvial golCI:-· - -- In quartz, the decrease has been pa!1;ly caused by a smaller quantity of quartz having been operated on, and also to a decrease of .13 grs. !?er ton on th~ ge~er~l 1 ~yer!J:g~~. , ·• ::,~,·~:f.~ ''.. -, . . . . The decrease m alluVlal was to be antic1pated, as work at Ryne's was discontinued last quarter; and, 1n this the Kingston Park claim is nearly worked <:mt, ,whilst !t).lere,.fs, p.o,ptogre&siye, claim in gold. The Lone Hand Company is sinking a shaft, but a great deal of work has yet to be done before the company can hope for any return. ·"' In Loughlin GompanyJs claim tl;te diamond <;lrill·has :not .beeni'SO suceessful· asrwas'anticipa~edt;:·,the foUrth bore is now going .down, but owing to a 'leakage in the roe)!: the·,water escapes-, sand the drill'·will hot'work; no doubt this difficulty .will· soon !be •overcome. .The expense,-'on thenwhole·; has,~however, t.been •more ·than was at first 'expected\' The !llanager of the company believes that, with the experience gained, the drill will be more suocesaful:irl. tb:e.future• 24 The yields of the prir1cipal alluvial mines an~ di~d.e~~~ ~~d}oyalty ~e.~. fo~lo~, _viz.:- . Yu:ws. DIVIDENDS, ETC. oz. dwt. gr. £ $, d. Ristori Freehold Company, Springhill 3,172. 6 0 5,819 11 0 Dyke's Freehold Company, Springhill 2,157 16 0. '4,162 15 6 De Murska Freehold Company, Springhill 1,896 6 0 3,788 10 0 Ryan's Junction Freehold Company, Springhill 927 6 0 1,090 8 2 Kingston Park Freehold Company, Springhill 537 2 0 566 13 0 New Hit:or-Miss Company, R The quantity of water used during the quarter was 55,701,000 gallons, at 1tJ. per 1,000 gallons. GORDON SUBDIVISION. , Mr: .Tkomas po~~n, Mining S~rveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. Two shafts have been sunk during the quarter to test an alluvial lead, known to exist in All Nation's Gully; one by the Egerton Lead Prospecting Association, which bottomed at a depth of 113 feet; and the o.ther by H. Morris, which bottomed at a depth of 84 feet. Prospecting drives have been constructed at these depths to a short distance, but as yet nothing of a payable nature has been met with. ·No gold has been obtained during the quarter. QUARTZ MINING. Black Horse United Company.-During the past quarter the sinking of the No. 1 shaft has steadily been proceeded with, and has now reached a depth of 925 feet. At a depth of 920feet a drive has been put in to the south, and driven to a distance of 28 feet. It is purposed in time to connect this level with .the No. 8 by a winze and a rise. TheNos. 4, 5, and 6 levels have also bet'n extended in a large body of stone. The erection of the new battery of thirty stamp-heads and engine has been proceeded with during the quarter, and it is expected will be completed in about six weeks' time. 3,390 tons of stone were crushed during the quarter, yielding 1,380 ozs. 5 dwts. of gold, or an average of 8 dwts. 3·43 grs. to the ton, and dividends to the amount of £1,000 paid. The number of men employed is 124. . The Egerton Company have been raising stone from their "Quarry" shaft at a depth of from 450 to 780 feet, and from their ''Sister Rose" shaft at a 'depth of from 530 to 760 feet. 9,876 tons of stone were,crushed during the quarter, ·which yielded 2,951 ozs. 9 dwts. 20 grs. of gold, or an average of 5 dwts. 23•45 grs. to the ton, and dividends to the amount of £4,375 paid. The company are also erecting pumping machinery at the ''Sister Rose" shaft. The number of men employed is 191. South Learmonth and Egerton Amalgamated Company.-This company started sinking their new shaft, which is some distance to the south of their old· one, ou the 7th of January, and have been steadily at work ever since, the shaft being now a depth of 113 feet. · The number of men employed is 14. No work has been done by the All Fours Company during the quarter. The N ort.Q. Black Horse· Company during the first part of the quarter prospected their ground from the 295-foot level to within a few feet of their northern boundary, and then, not having met with anything· of a payable nature, .sank a winze to a depth of 40 feet, and put in a drive to the south, which is now a distance of 60 feet. The number of men employed is 12. · · · .Ah Jack and Co. are still washing the tailings from the Egerton Company's battery,but with only one cradle on account of the scarcity of water, and only four men have therefore been engaged. oit is stated that they obtained 16 ozs. of gold during the quarter. · · · . . Ah Ming and party of four men are engaged washing the tailings from the Black Horse United Company's battery, and have obtained.during the quarter 11 o;~s. of gold. · · · · . Two men have been engaged during the quarter in sinking a shaft on lease block 1,078, but, on the date of my inspection, I was informed that operations ceased on the 22nd March. This stoppage may, however, be temporary. : · .ll~ooraoool.-Rose, and· Shamrock Company .-This company ceased operations on the 19th of March, in consequence of the· yiel.d of gold not being sufficient to warrant them continuing longer. During the time of the quarter they were at wor.k 59 tons of stone were crushed, which yielded 34 ozs. of gold, or an average of 11 dwts. 12·61 grs .. to the ton; and 9 men were employed. , · · : , ' l]:ordon.,..Parker's United Company.-During the quarter 2,150 tons of stone have been raised and crushed, yielding·804 ozs. 5;dwts. of gold, or an average of 7 dwts. ll·55 grs. to the ton. This ·Stone was taken from the lode between the 590 and 630 foot levels. The 400-foot level is still being extended south in unsettled country, but the cross-cut to the east from this level is discontinued at present. The number of men employed is 80. The party working the quartz reef to the north of Gordon, and registered as the United Working Miners' Company, have been engaged during this quarter, and a portion of the previous one, in raising stone from the surface to a depth of 20 feet. They had a trial crushing last week of 86 tons, which yielded 78 ozs. 6 dwts. of gold, or an average of 18 dwts. 5 grs. to the ton. Three men are employed. Lal Lal Iron Company, Lal Lal.-During the quarter no ore has been smelted, the company having been engaged in boring and excavating. The furnaces have been repaired, and they intend smelting about the beginning of next month. The number Of men employed is 16. · STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. Denis Murphy, Mining Registrar. The mining in this district has fallen away greatly during the past quarter, remarkably so in the Elaine portion. At Steiglitz, however, 'tl:iere is an improvement, a private party of prospectors having found a reef at the dept~ of a few f~et .from the surface; which ! believe will prove a very rich on(). It has caused quite a· sti+ in thav port1on ~of'the distnct. , · · · · · · 25 BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ MINING. In consequence of the extreme dry season, only about two inches and a quarter of rain having fallen during the last three months, water has been very scarce, and mining operations have, in many instances, been greatly retarded. The batteries crushing with water-power have been completely at a standstill, and several batteries crushing with steam-power have been unable to work for the same reason; this is notably the case with the North Star Company, Union Reef; and the Victoria Company, Yankee Reef. The first-named company is at present burning a kiln containing 75 tons of very promising looking quartz, and getting another kiln of 50 tons ready. Gold is plainly visible in the stone under foot at the tunnel level, and a contract to sink the main shaft lOO feet below that level has been recently let. The latter company has raised a quantity of quartz which, from all appearance, will prove highly remunerative. Both companies will start crushing operations as soon as water is available. The Sultan Company have been able to crush all the quartz raised by them ; fifteen stamp-heads having been kept going with the water pumped out of their mine. The workings are all pushed on vigorously, and at the 800-foot level it is expected to reach the shoot of gold in three or four weeks. The 600 and 700 foot levels are yielding fair stone from the stopes. The Sultan lode is opening up well at the 500-foot level at the south end of the mine. At the 400-foot level some promising looking quartz has been struck recently. A dividend of £1,125, or at the rate of I Os. per share, has been declared during the quarter. The Ida Company, "Wright's Reef, since sinking and opening out below the water-level, have good reason to assume that they are in possession of a valuable mine. Hitherto this line of reef above the water-level has been remarkable for the almost entire absence of any pyrites in the quartz, but below the water-level it seems to have undergone a complete change: the stone is of a more highly auriferous nature, but in consequence of the great quantity of mineral in the lode, and the fineness of the gold, the yield was not so good as the appearance of the stone indicated. To obviate the loss of the fine gold as much as possible, the mining manager (Mr. Bedford) has devised a plan which is likely to be highly effective. He has laid reverse-acting copper plates so as to receive the discharge from the boxes; the plates are pitched at a slight gradient; and judging from a trial it is likely to be very successful ; if so, I will try to obtain all particulars for my next report. ALLUVIAL MINI:lfG. The yield of gold from this source of mining, namely, 870 ozs., as against 1,030 ozs. obtained in the previous quarter, is, when the scarcity of water is taken into consideration," as a whole, satisfactory. The miners working the banks and bed of the River Lerderderg have been supplied with water from the. reservoir; al1out 1,000,000 gallons per diem was left running, for which 1s. per week per man using the same was charged, giving a net income of about £3 per week to the shire council. The reservoir, however, being almost empty, it was, three weeks ago, shut down, so as to allow only about a tom stream running, for which no charge is made; The rainfall during the quarter has been as follows, namely :-January, 0•29 ; February, 0•85; March, 1'15 ; total, 2·29 inches. No miners are employed in mining for metals or minerals other than gold. No other water having been available, noue has been sold except as referred to above. BALLAN SUBDIVISION. J.lfr. Jokn P. Hansen, }dining Registrar. No proper mining of any description has been carried on in this subdivision during the quarter. BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEECHWORTH DIVISION. Mr. Alexander Alderdice, 1lfining Registrar. Very little rain has fallen during the past quarter, but the supply of water has continued to be very fair not withstanding, and the sluicers are still taking advantage of it. Some of the larger claims at the Three-mile Creek and Stanley have washed down ·with very good results for the past season ; thus showing that when the supply of water is at all favorable the auriferous ground in these localities will always give good returns for sluicing. I hope to be able next quarter to say the same about the ground at Spring Creek and the locality surrounding. Considerable progress has been made with the Rocky Mountain Company's tunnel during the past quarter. It is now in 1,945 feet, and the contractors believe they will be able to finish the remaining 400 feet within six months. If this be done the company will be in full work by the end of the year. . Quartz reefiug has been altogether confined to the four old claims which are named in my report, and they are all proving fairly remunerative. Very little prospecting is being done in the division at present. The Dublin Reef at Stony Creek has again been taken up, and a shoot of stone discovered in it which is likely to go about 2 ozs. to the ton. Paul .Brothers have also found payable stone in the Rob Roy Reef, Buffalo Creek. No crushings have taken place from either of these reefs, but the owners think that they will prove very rich. There is only one claim working at present at Eldorado. 'l'he Ovens Gold and Tin Prospecting Company became defunct about six weeks ago, although the manager still believes that payable ground exists in the company's lease. Before the Eldorado Lead can be further developed a considerable amount of capital must be expended in prospecting, and the district has become so poor lately that. this can only be done by persons outside of it. At Stony Creek the alluvial millers are still raising payable washdirt, though none has been washed, in consequence of the scarcity of water at that place. When water is available it is thought that there will be a considerable increase to the population here. YACKANDANDAH NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. C. Forster, Mining Registrar. There is no miuing as yet carried on in this subdivision. ~ ~' • • I '} I \ 26 YACKANDANDAH. SOUTH SUBDitVISION. .~ i .• , i .. " \.. ·· Mr:'J. Smart, Minini Hegisirar. · I have to report that quartz mining is dull throughout. the division, the Homeward-bound Company having discharged several miners, who have now left tpis divi~on for the Cotton-tree Reefs in the Mi~ta Mitta division. Davis an<) party removed tl:).eir. crushing.'machine ~rom Sandy Creek to Cottonctree Cr!)ek,. 'J;~~~~~!B !lot Sa~dy Qreek cannot get the stone operated upon until the new battery now being erected i!l cpmpleted. · . · ... At Fell Timber and Twist's Creeks no quartz has been crushed during the last quarter. · ,. ,):N:qiGO DIVJSION...... ,... "" , Mr. R. Arrowsmith,.Mining Surveyor·and Registrar. ... ,,, . . Tli,e returns from the qu,art~ ~.ines !ia;ve. been sll!~lier than· us~~1 thi~_quarter:. J¥f~cll;,.of tfi~'.stot)~· : •r ••· • BUdKLAND DIVISION.. · • .. , ·' . .M~:j f!ai:by~~'i~e, :Mijt~ng· Sur~~?/~~ and Regist~~r,.-'' · ,.. -·:.·;· ',': ..'.;~<. ·· .,,.:, There has been a considerable increase of: the· number Of both Europeans rand Chinese engaged ,in miniug during the quarter, principally in alluvial claims. The 1·eefs at Harrietville still continue to give high average yields. Were the gold equally distributed amongst those engaged in raising the quartz crushed during the quarter, the dividends would amount to some 45 ozs. per man. · Ten·sluice-heads of"water (an intermittent supply) were sold at from 5s. to 15s. per week each. W ANDILIGONG SUBDIVISION. Mr~ r: C. Kaigltin,.:Mi~ing .Registrar. The mining interest has in this portion of the district been in a very depressed condition during the 'past quarter. Nothing has occurred worthy of special ~omment;· with· the 'exception of the. very· satisfacfory results obtained from the Myrtle Company; which: shows a· reef about' eigl:it•feet widinvhicll promises '·to yield payable gold throughout. No water sold during quarter for mining purposes. ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION.· Mr;··F. H. D. Cotter, Mining. Registrar.,.: '•·•·" , ,,, . The ouly event worthy of note that has taken place in alluvial mining during the quarter is the re-taking up of the frontage workings on the Swamp Creek, Acheron. These were worked some years a.go,.·and very-promising prospects obtained, but, owing to the great influx of water, were abandoned. A company is now being formed to work the ground, and machinery sufficiently powerful to cope with the water will probably be erected, so as to thoroughly test the value of the lead. The manager of the Mysterious Quartz :;\ .. DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION. . ··· . ,. . . , Mr:.J. Pemb.~rt~'(t~ JJfi~ing''Regi#iJ1.; ': '''>' . , . !.,!t. I have to report .that the decrease of gold this quarter is caused by. Mr. Meade's ·mine being·temporarily .idle, wanting water. Messrs. Maddock and Folks continue driving their prospecting·tunnel; prospects·satisfactory ... Two other.leases have been taken up since my last report. McClutchy and others.are prospecting, and, have crossed some good stone in their tunnel. _ .. , , · · ' Alluvial mining is about the same. GAFFNEY'S QREEK SUBDIVISION. .... ~ Mr. A. B. Ainswortli, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. . , , Paucity of water has beim the chief agent in reducing the yiel WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainswortk, .Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The yield of quartz gold is unusually small. This is due,to the few mines now being wor~ed, copiJ;l,i?ed with the absence of water.. ; ...... ·.r,... ., , ... The Sir John Franlrlin Company's tributers, known as Ford's Revival Company, are obtu.ining highly payable yields; and, notwithstanding,the amount of,labor.wages, are paying good dividends. .. , . , The Lady Franklin Company's yields have fallen off ~reatly during the quarter. , The Mount. Cenis Reef, ,discovered by the Italian tr1buters of the Prince of Wales mine, and abandoned for years, has given a payable return. , : .' ·, · , . · . . , . , . , . The All Nations Company's battery is being removed to a lower site, for the purpose of working a deeper level. The Leviathan companies have had no crushings, for want of water, but are on good gold. No men are working in the Morning Star Reefs, but a tribute, crossing the Prospectors' claim and Nos. 1 and 2 North, is on the point of being let. ' · The alluvial miners have averaged over 30s. per man p_er week, and are doing fairly. No water is being sold. No miners working other than in gold mines. ·'' ·.. BIG RIVER" SUBDIVISION. Mr~ :A. B. Ainswortk, Mining Surveyor and·Registrar, In quartz: mines, only the Railway R,eef and .Luck's All Reef m~n,es are at worll: •.• The.first.:named has paid its tributers very well during the past quarter. The alluvial is falling- off. This is partly due to the unusually dry season, water being particularly scarce. I have nothing interesting to report anent mining matters, which are iu their usual quiescent state. I hear of no water being sold When sold, 4s. to 4s. 6d. per sluice-head for twenty-four hours is paid. No miners but gold miners are at. work in ,this subdivision. MI.TTA MITTA NORTH SUBDIVISION. ' l ; ' "j ~ Mr. J. C. Forster, Mi'!ing Registrar. I have to report that the .yield of gold for the quarter just ended is 200 ozs. less than that for the previous quarter. . Mr. Dyring.is.still working the tribute .for copper; and raising about 50 tons per week. " Messrs. Harris and Hollow's claim is still at a standstill. A trial crushing from the Firebrace .Reef, Cotton-tree,Creek (the· stone _having .been ~ent to B.ethanga), yielded about 1 oz. 5 .dwts. per ton. Mr. William Rhode's mill, at· Cotton-tree, is now crushing for the public; the result of the filst crushing on the ground av.eraged 15 dwts. per.ton. A large number of reefs have be~m op~ned. up,.and the opinion is that they will all pay wages, and some even more, .. The New-chum Company have commenced work, and placed .the manageme11t .of .the~r mine _in the hi!nds of Daniel Dees,.and.when:in.full working'or The Jrfining Surveyor at: Beeckwortlt, Mr~ · Efenry David!fon, ltas furnislted the follmving report with · · reference to the Cotton-tree Creek Goldfield. · It is now the opinioP, of ma,ny experienced miners that this. field will support a:eonsiderltble numper,of.quartz reefers for a lon'g time1 t'o come. Nothing wonderfully rich is expected, but it will no doubt be a good wages field. Nothing much is' doing in the alluv~l at present, as there is no surface water for sluicing purposes, and cannot be until the winter rains'Set in.'· A project is on foot for trying the large alluvial flat on the main Cotton-tree Creek, and many old experienced miners consider it well worthy of such trial~ 'as, owing to the numerous quartz reefs opened up on the adjacent spurs,·it is· highly probable an alluvial lead exists, more especially as it is evident there has been considerable erosion of the rocks. The underground will, however, 'be very wet and a strong party will be required. Q\)ite a township· is springing up, J'llOSt of the business people' having located themselves on a flat outside the last fence up the creek. ,· . With the exception of the claims on the top of the Main Divide, between the Murray and Mitta Rivers, and around what was formerly known as Cleary and Cobb's prospecting claim, most of the finds of late are in the neighborhood ·Of the new township, on the spurs adjoining Conness' old forfeited lease. The lodes vary in width from 6 inches to 2 feet; in the majority of claims very hard quartz. and also hard ''country," granitic gneiss, &c., &c.,;is met with. · . I append a list of crushings obtained from a reliable source. It will be seen that the crushings of Davis and Co. and Collins and Co. are poor, but this was mainly owing to their breaking out the lode too wide, a trial crushing of 11 tons from Davis and Co.'s claiiJ:!. having given 12 ozs. These parties are now raising more stone, and selecting it more carefully, so that the next crushing 'will tell the tale. · · Crushings from claims on the Main Divide at and adjoining Cleary and Cobb's prospecting claim·:- .· · ' Happy-go-Lucky Company (original prospectors), Davis and Co., tributers, 11 tons, picked, gave 12 ozs.; 270 tons, taken out wide, gave 40 ozs. · Mar key ,and Co., No. 1 north, 20 tons gave' over H oz. per ton. . Collins and·Co., Nos. 4, 5, 6; 7 north, 91 tons gave 13' ozs. 1.odc taken out. far. too wide. Cmshings from claims near township at and around Conness' old forfeited gold .J'llin,htg lease:;- . . The Endeavor Company, Spargo, J ones, and Co. (Conness' old lease), 38 .tons· gave·43.ozs.ll dwts. Purcell and Smart, adjoining Conness':old lease, 15 tons yielded 1 oz. 3 dwts. to the ton:• · ., .. Phillips and Kcvan, Hertsog's line, 20 tons gave 34 ozs. 12 dwts. .'· ·· ·' ' · Hore and party, near Conness' old lease, 15 tons yielded 9 dwts .. to the ton; · . Matthews and party, 11 tons yielded 7 dwts. to the ton. Leach and party, quantity· not stated, 6 dwts. to the· ton.· . , .•..•. . 28 MIT1'A MITTA SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. D. H. Gilmore, Mining Registrar. There is no change in the alluvial in this subdivision. The only thing creating any stir is the quartz. New reefs, bearing gold pretty freely, are being found every few days. Claims are being pegged out and registered ; but as there is still no machinery for crushing, there is not much real work done. Mr. Spargo is busy erecting his battery at Granite Flat. Re expects to have it finished in about a month. Mr. 'l'urner has purchased a battery for this place (the Junction). It is at Wodonga, awaiting the waggons. All the practical reefers who have been here speak of this place as likely to become a very good reeling district, the country being very different to that about Bethanga. JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. Mr. W •.H. Edtvards, A-fining Registrar. The Sailor Bill's tribute party, consisting of eight men, are working in the intermediate level; they report the stone improving in appearance, and will commence crushing as soon as water is available, having about 250 tons of stone ready. Gleeson's Lease Company.-The tributers are still breaking stone from different portions of the mine. They have four men working inN o. 3 pass, stoping out below the level of the Sailor Bill's tunnel, and have also driven 14 feet west below the level of No. 4 tunnel, eut~ing across a reef 8 feet wide, showing a few colors. They will commence crushing as soon as there is sufficient water. The Venture Company are working north and south on the Spur Reef; ,there is a little gold showing in the atone. The Perseverance contractors are steadily driving the tunnel south ; the reef has not yet been broken into. SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. JJfr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar. There has been a slight falling off in the quantity of quartz produced during the past quarter, and the average yield of gold therefrom is somewhat lower. . The want of rain has been severely felt in portions of the district; some claims and machines have had to cease operations in consequence. In other parts the supply of water from the Coli ban has afforded employment to a great many miners. Between Spring Gully and the White Hills numerous parties are engaged in sluicing ground that has remained unworked for many years, and I believe that most of them are doing well. One party on the Third White Hill (:McGan and Co.) employ more than thirty men, and work night and day. In the subjoined tabular statement some good yields from quartz will be found, notably the United Hustler's and Redan Companies, from a discovery made in a cross-cut. The Carlisle North Garden Gully and Pass-by United Company, on the Garden Gully Reef, are daily expecting to meet with a new reef in a cross-cut they are putting in to the west. If they succeed in finding one that is payable, it will he of great importance to the district. The quantity of water sold for mining purposes in this division during the past quarter was l04,000,00Q gallons. Additional particulars respecting some of the quartz, &c., crushed during the past quarter are included in the tables prefixed to these reports :- Depth at which Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c., Quartz were Width of Reef, &c. were obtained. obtained. feet. United Hustler's and Rcdn.n Hustler's Reef 320 feet .. 1po Principally from a MW block of stone in a cross-cut 350 feet east of main shaft Great Extended Hustler's .Hustler's Reef 2,087 1,559 16 0 800 feet •• 109 From 1 ioot to 3 feet Old-chum ·.. New-chum Reef 428 465 7 0 960 to 1,037 feet •• 120 Average 14 inches Nmth Old·chum • . New-chum Reef 898 585 1 0 ~. New-chum Ueef 4,275 2,604 0 0 Surface to 950 feet 140 From S inches to 45 feet No. 1 • • New-chum Reef 1,138 441\ 12 0 140 to 900 feet 130 From 2 inches to 46 feet New-chum Uulted New-churn Heef 1,426 259 4 0 500 feet Bend!go and Melbourne B!rd's Reef •• 255 150 15 0 450 feet .. 50 J'rom 6 inches to 4 feet B1rd's ltcef • • nird's 1-teef. ~ 2,435 1,003 5 0 50 to 450 feet 45 From 1 foot to 50 feet AJbion United • • . • Blrd's ReeL. 392 74 6 12 100 to 300 feet .. 50 From 2 feet to 10 feet Victoriu, Reef G. ~r. . . Victoria Reef 3,783 2,097 14 0 430, 480, and 976 feet 180 From 1 inch to 50 feet South Victoria. ~. • • Victoria Reef 511 124 7 12 550 feet .. Various, chtefty spurs llcrculcs and Energetic . . Victoria Reef 2,702 961 17 0 550 to 1,120 feet •• J'rom spur~ nt 550 feet and reef a bout 7 feet Wide at 1, 120-foot level · Adventure and Advance •• i'ietorla Red 266 SG l 7 15 0 '0 12•77 190 feet .. Spurs Betts and Wnlker T'crsevernnce Reef .. 1791 133 13 4 0 14 22'41 100 to 300 feet 97 Various spurs Garden Gully United Garden Gully Heel 4,172 3,462 5 0 0 16 H-34 500 to 750 feet From 1 foot to 10 feet Great Soutltern Garden Garden Gully lteef 2,175 1,()88 7 0 0 10 0·18: 250 IUld 320 feet 250 From 4 lneltes to lG feet. New , Gully crushing machine; 24 sta.u1ps, and a winding plant erected Cather!ne Reef United Catherlnc Eeet 3,125 2,000 0 0 12 130 I'rincipa.lly from .smal1 veins Central Catherlne .. Catherine Itcef 1,375 565 6 0 0 B 180 6 inches to 3 feet South Catherine .• Catherine Reef 333 424 11 12 1 5 4 feet Extended St. Mungo .. St. llfungo Ileef 302 117 2 () () 7 N ort1t J ohnson's .. J ohnson's Reef 849 640 16 13 0 15 From 6 inches to 5 feet Johnson's Reef. G. ::\1:. Johnson's Ueef 5,528 1,591 12 0 0 5 Newl\Ioon .. Moon Reef .. 688 176 3 18 0 5 ]10 Pascoe and Simmonds lJ!ghtnJng Reef 906 571 19 12 0 12 175 20 feet Shamrock .. New-chum 1~eef 1,472 834 18 0 011 About 2 feet United Perseverance Perseverance Reef .. 143 84 12 6 011 1 foot l'tRITES. Garden Qutly United Garden Gully Reef .. 110 594 7 0 5 8 Great Extended Hustler's Hustler's Reef 18 4G 16 0 2 12 Rercules and Energetic Victoria Reef ' 65 62 1 0 0 19 Johnson's Reef G. M: .. Johnson's Reef 16 1 12 18 0 2 Old-chum .. New-chum Reef 8 20 16 0 2 12 South Catherine •• .. Ca.therinc Heel 2 57 8 0 28 14 Npn.-Tbe above figures o.re not to be added to those in the tables preflxed to these repor,ts, They are ~~r~ady m\~Ssed ~nd .inelqded in the table~: 29 KILMORE DIVISION. Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar. The past quarter has seen trial crushings at the new battery erected by the Doyle's Reef Quartz Crushing Com pany at Reedy Creek, the most prominent of which have been from Doyle's Reef and Chapman's Iteef. The Crown claim adjoining Doyle's have struck a reef showing more than payable gold, and, as it is near the boundary of Doyle's, will no doubt enter that claim in about 15 or 20 feet. Some· 30 tons of stone are ready to crush, but the continued drought precludes any more crushing until rain falls. Great expectations are indulged in as to the future of the Kilmore diggings, three claims being at work; but the distance to cart stuff for crushing will necessitate a battery on the ground, the erection of which is in con templation. The Kimmerlos Company, Strath Creek, bottomed and drove 10 feet, but without profitable results. No water is sold in this division for mining purposes. HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND W ARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. E. C. Bell, )'fining Registrar. During the past quarter alluvial mining in this division has been almost at a standstill for want of water. The Alabama and Butler's Reef Company, the most important mine here, have had no crushing, but have been engaged sinking a shaft and opening out for new level. On the 18th February last, this company, at the 500-foot level, struck a reef that will, in all probability, go from 4 to 6 ozs. to the ton. The Albion Company, at Lower Costerfield, crushed 120 tons, the average yield of gold being 10 dwts. 3 grs. No crushing has been done at Red castle, owing to the want of water. The Why Not Reef, which was supposed to have run out lately, has been found again, after sinking 40 feet and driving 15 feet; six loads taken out produced 1 oz. to the ton. A large number of reefs at Redcastle were worked to a certain depth in the early days and abandoned for want of better appliances; two of them have been recently re-opened, and payable stone is now being raised. There is an excellent opening at Redcastle for capitalists to re-open reefs supposed to be worked out, and there is a considerable quantity of antimony in some of the reefs. WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrar. Quartz.-The long drought of the present season has had a very marked effect on the returns of g~ld obtained at the various crushing machines; the dams lJeing quite dry, scarcely any work has been done. Several paddocks of good stone await crushin£l'. Alluvial.-A like drawback has been experienced by the alluvial miners. But little change has taken place in the number of resident.miners, although many have turned their attention to other pursuits until rain comes. Metals other than gold.-Nothing has been done during quarter. · MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Mr. P. Virtue, jun., llfining Registrar. No season of such excessive drought as this has been experienced in this district for a number of years. In consequence, the supply of water has been so diminished in the dams and watercourses as to have operated most injuriously to the mining interests of the district. The pyrites works at Mariner's Reef and two of the crushing machines have remained idle during nearly the whole of the quarter; while the puddlers and fossickers have been put to great straita to earn a bare living. QuARTz MrNING. This class of mining still continues to make favorable progress. Excellent returns have been obtained from the mines at Bristol Hill, Telegraph, Blucher's, and Leviathan lteefs. Messrs. Anderson Brothers are still making valuable improvements on their mine. 'l.'hey have recently accepted a contract from Conway and party for sinking the main shaft to a further depth of 120 feet, which, when complete\!, will make the total depth of the shaft 620 feet. The cost of sinking the 120 feet will be £6 10s. a foot. The reef at Bristol Hill has been found to increase in thickness and in quality as it descends, The pyrites obtained from the mine is sent by rail to Clunes for treatment, with excellent results. Before long pyrites works will be erected on the spot. The Telegraph United Company are making excellent progress. The mine is looking well, and all the appointments are in good order. About 40 tons of payable stone are at grass. The last crushing of 47 tons gave a yield of 110 ozs., or an average of 2 ozs. 6 dwts. 19 grs. per ton. Messrs. Wardley and Park are working the Leviathan Reef mine with capital results. The want of water prevents them from crushing now, but they have 140 tons of stone at grass. 1'heir last crushing of 149 tons gave a yield of 123 ozs. 14 dwts. 15 grs., or an average of 16 dwts. 13 grs. per ton. The depth of sinking is from 60 to 80 feet. The Queen Victoria Company, of Mariner's Reef, have completed the erection of their machinery, whieh has been entirely remodelled. They are now engaged in pumping the water out of the main shaft, which will probably occupy a period of five weeks, and then mining operations will be resumed. Mr. John Carlyon is prospecting his ground held under lease near the Telegraph Reef. In a shaft of 30 feet deep a reef of excellent formation has been cut, which carries gold on the surface. ALr,uvuL MINING. At Carisbrook, the mines are still making good progress, and I believe that the most of them will soon be in a position to pay dividends. At the Alma, the Bismarck is improvmg; and the other mines there would have given much better returns but for the want of water. At Timor, t.he Duke is making good progress, but the Victoria is still idle. 30 The following is a statement of the gold obtained' from the principal alluvial mines in this division during the quarter:- ~ ,, . ,• .. oz. dwt. gr.. Duke, Timer ... ·r. 1,851 11 0 Oount Bismarck, Lower Alma · 1,120 4' 0 .. Carisbrook Consols, Carisbrooli 228 o o· · Argus, Chinaman's Flat 41 0 0 Gladstone, Alina 22 o o··· . Seaham, Alma ... 35 o··o . W oolbrook, Carisbrook 174 5 18 , . . .. . 3,472 0 18 There have been no dividends paid during the quarter.· MA.JORCA SUBDIY,ISION. Nr. P. Virtue,jurp., Mining Registrar. There is nothing of special importance to report respecting mining affairs in this subdivision. The principal mines are still idle, and the want of water has been severely felt. Forbes' Union Companyare erecting machinery. The Perseverance Company have had no returns of gold during the quarter. · . · · · . .... I • . , .r AMHERST DIVISION. ; I I • • ' i '. ~ .... .,. .;· Mr. Joseplt Smitlt, Nining Surveyor and Registrar. . \ Iri alhiVial minipg very little has been done during the quarter. : '·. A small rush has takdn place at Shellback Gully, but the proceeds are almost nil. QUARTZ :i\IINING. The Union Company, Mount Greenock, struck a quartz reef in one of the main drives, 5 feet in thickness, from which they obtained 23! tons of stone, which they got crushed iu Cluue.s, aud gave a return of 10 dwts. 5 grs. per ton. The Uuion Quartz Mining Company, Amherst, are pumping and clearing out the drive for future operations. The New Briseis Quartz Mining Company have erected an engine, and are progressing. "'', The Perseverance Quartz Mining Company,. Prince of •W ales' Reef; are sinking a new shaft; · · ' The sale of water·for mining purposes during the quarter amounted to £49t9s. Sd; ' · · · '" ~ ·' • . l ' A VOCA" .SUBDIVISION;· Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. In alluvial mining the principal feature during the quarter has been the splendid yield from the Working Miners' claim, Home bush, resulting iu 2;004 ozs: There is.. now ·every confidence in the coutinuation of the lead northerly, and on its supposed course another lease of about 200 acres has been taken up. QUARTZ MINING. In quartz mining ther~ is nothing fresh to note. The Pyrenees.Tunnel; Percydale, is now driven in a northerly direction 950 feet, and it is intended to continue driving in the same course. No water has been sold during the quarter. DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA .DIVISIONS. Mr. W. G. Coucltman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar . ., As may be seen by 'the report of this quarter, quartz mining continues to improve. From reliable information whic~ _I have received, I venture to state that the report for the uext quarter will show mining operations to be more lucrative, owing to the Queen's Birthday mine, from its remarkable success, having been the cause of inducing enterprising speculators to start new companies. Some of the principal residents of Dunolly have determined to erect a public crushing machine in that town, the want of which has been considerably felt. · ' ' The Queen's Birthday.-Stoneis being obtained from ·the mine, principally from Nos. 3 and 4,levels. No. 4 stopes continue to look well, the reef averaging about 10 feet wide, and gold fr~cly distributed thrc;mgl;10ut. · The reef in No. 3 stopes averages about 2 feet wide, with gold to be seen in the· stone. No•. 6 drive i!! no~ a, di~tance of 198 feet from main cross-cut. Present depth of hew main shaft 450 feet. . .The· Queen's Reef, Moliagul.-This mine. is being ope~ec;! out by ~riving, ~oss-cutting,, and stqpji;Jg, a qu;mtity of stone being on the surface re1Ldy for crushing. The western reef has recently be~n opened out at 130 feet deep, and is. at present about 4' feet wide. The l,iew .machinery has been completed, embracing a first-class 20-heaq battery. Crushing will be commenced on 15th inst. . . . . ,. INGLEWOOD DIVISION. ".t • f'l'r. W. H. Coffey, JJ;fining Registrar.', . . ;...... ' ·. ". ,,,_ ..QUARTZ MINING.. . ' .• ·· Inglewood;-The HaVilan Company; on the Maxwell Ree'f; have cominenood.'work during' the past: quartet, 'iind 0 it ia expected 'the mine Will be 'free frOm Water in abOUt a fortnight, . ' I . ' 'f ' ' · The Little Gem Company, on the Jersey Reef, being satisfied \vith· their ·pros"pects, are ere'cting substantial machinery. ' Mclntyre's.-The Dalmatia Company have erected their machinery and raised some quartz, but are unable to crush from want of water. On the adjo~iug. claim the_lVIax~milian Company are still sin~ing, . ' 'ALLUVIAL MINING,. .•• ; .... ·,, .,. " .. ·: : · , ·There is nothing worthy of report during the past quarter. The scarcity of water has occasioned in .several instances a temporary cessation of work. 31 WEDDERBURN; DIVISION. Mr. John Reach, Mining Registrar. Nothing whatever doing in quartz mining. · In alluvial mining there have been two or three payable prospects obtained during the quarter, in new ground, but the want of water renders it impossible to test the ground properly; in fact, in numbers of instances water has to be carted for miles even for domestic purposes. · . REDBANK SUBDIVISION. ;' , , Mr. D. Q' Leary, Mini;,g Su;veyor imd. Registrar. Mining is exceedingly ~ull in this subdivision. Nothing to note during the quarter. ~ . . ' . ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. From scarcity of water in this subdivision, the mining operations and gold returns have very much decreased durfug·this quarter. .. .· · •• i •• ~·i ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION. ',f' Mr. W.. ,G. Couchman,)Jfining 1 S'lftr'fey~r .and Reg_istrar. There is nothing worth notice in this subdivision, but the general complaint of the want of water is severely felt by the miners. , . . CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. ,' • ~ r. •;. t t CASTLEMAJ;NE DIVISION. " Mr. T. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. In alluvial mining there are no discoverie~. Numerous parties are still an~iously waiting to obtain heads of water, convinced that the large area of old workings will afford them profitable employment. An increased number of men are utilizing the tail water from sluices now in operation. Quartz mining has been very dull during the past quarter. The Chewton United machinery has been removed to the Fryer's division. The Eureka. Consols mine (the only remaining public company) has been sold, and is now in the hands of the bank, The Nuggetv Company have succeeded in draining the extensive Nuggety line of reef to 275-foot level, and will now be enabled to follow the rich runs of gold worked to water-level. The Wattle Gully Company have put in a .cross-cut at 270-foot level, 140 feet west, in fine slate country, carrying quartz leaders showing gold. The shaft sunk to recover the diamond drill is down 70·feet on the quartz leader, 2 feet wide, showing gold, which was found whilst working the drill. . . . . Several of our old reefs, or continuatious thereof, are being prospected •. ·: .-.· The Sebastopol Crushing and other companies have bee.n unable to crush during the quarter fo~ want of water. McWalter's claim continues good, 2 ozs:. 18 dwts. to the ton, but adjoining claimholders cannot as yet find the same run of stone. · · The quantity of water sold during the quarter for mining purposes was 150,300,000 gallons., at id. per 1000 gall~ms; 7op,ooo gaflons,. a~ 4d. per 1000 gallons.-Total, 101,050,000 gallons. FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. fir ..Mark Amos, JJHning Surveyor and Registrar~ PoPULATION. During the past ·three months there has been no perceptible change. in th'e number of miners located over the district. The uncertainty of finding better fields operates as a check on those who have established permanent homes. Pu.DDLING AND Sr.uiCING. The returns for the past .quarter are not so satisfactory as might be desired-.not from want of energy nnd perseverance on behalf of those who engage, in .this description of mining. The great scarcity of water for sluicing purposes has had the effect. of retarding mining operations to a considerable extent. A great deal of wash dirt is now being stacked, to be in readiness when w;>ter shall be available and more abundant.· . The Loddon Company's race has ceased running for some time, and the dry weather has seriously affected the ftumiilg, which stands much in need of repair; but the company have no particular reason to ineur extra expenses, as the dividends have been very small and far between. The anticipations as to the productiveness of the old workings (deserted and abandoned by the puddlers) have not been realized in a way to satisfy the parties interested. However, the alluvial miner is now satisfied with very small returns. . QUARTZ MINING. In this branch of mining there is nothing of special importance to t:eport. The yield of gold during the past three months in the aggregate is not much below previous quarters; the average yield per ton of quartz crushed is about 4 dwts., 9,587 tons having been crushed. The Ferron's Reef Company (New Era) are still actively engaged in sinking, having now reached a depth in their engine-shaft of 450 feet. A vast quantity of stone is still in view. Siit.feighf men and boys are employed in connection with the various works. · · · . Th? F~yer~s Company, S~a!l and Co., Blac_k H:i.wk, Rowe Brothers, and the various other companies in the ne1ghborl:iood of Fryerstowil; have been progressmg steadily, and on the whole there is no puxticular grounds for taking a gloomy view of mining 'prospects in this division as compared with other portions of the Castlemaine district. No water sold during the quarter. 32 HEPBURN DIVISION. ~lir. Thomas Hale, Minin,q Registrar. Not only have numerous sluicing and other alluvial workings been completely stopped for want of water, but even quartz claims; for the same reason, all the races in the division have been for months completely dry, and the rcturhs given in the tables are consequently very-meagre. The Rising Star Quartz Company, Frenchman's Reef, have sunk a new shaft 200 feet, and cut a chamber, drive, and cross-cut 30 feet east; but a :flow of water has been struck. 750 tons of quartz yielded 125 ozs. The Specimen Hill Company's claim and machinery have been purchased by Messrs. Macmillan and Co. ; there is little doubt but the speculation will prove_a good one. The Cornish Company's claim is being worked on tribute. The Argus Company are still erecting machinery over main shaft, and are placing 9-inch pumps and lifts to 300-foot levels. Walker's Last Chance, Keep-it-Dark Reef, gave 8! ozs. per ton for 12 tons crushed, and other claims there gave from 15 to 18 dwts. per ton; 100 tons await crushing for want of water. There are numerous reefs in this division which have been, comparatively speaking, untouched, probably due in a great measure to the want of easy access from the outer mining centres. It is hoped that the completion of the railway works now in progress may lead to the district being brou~ht more prominently under the notice of the mining public. This division is suff~ring greatly through various drawbacks, the most prominent of which is the want of outside capital to develop the goldfield. The quantity of water sold during the quarter has been very little, if any. During the past six months 7 inches and 6 points only of rain have fallen. The township old lead is again being tested. Kessell and party have sunk a shaft on Millar's property, Bridport street, to a depth of 70 feet. A crushing of the wash is being done at Freeman's battery. From the want of water in the races, puddling is generally impossible. · Some very valuable races and claims have changed hands in anticipation of a termination of the protracted drought of five months. TARAD.ALE AND KYNETON StJBDIVISION. flfr. Stephen Dorman, Mining Registrar. There has been an increase during the quarter in the amount of gold obtained of more than 600 ozs., chiefly from alluvial-the Ironstone Hill claim contributing the large yield of 1,347 ozs. The Confluence Company's mine is being well opened out; the average yield from dirt washed is good. The ground referred to in my previous report, at Malmsbury reserve, is turning out well. Several shafts have been sunk, but the parties are unable to wash on account of want of water. The tributers of Trafalgar, Victol'ia, and Comet mines have given up; the claims are at present idle. At present, mining at Lauriston and Belltopper has· ceased for want of water. TARRANGOWER DIVISION. Mr. Robert Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. In this branch of mining the yield has fallen off over 150 ozs. during the quarter, owing to the want of water. The only water to be got now is from the Eaglehawk Limited Company's mine. It has been purchased by some parties of Chinese, who have conveyed it by a race to Growler's Gully, where they are now busily engaged sluicing the gully, and to all. appearances are highly satisfied with the profits obtained. QuARTz MINING. This branch of mining shows a decrease of 824 tons in the quantity crushed, and over 350 ozs. in the yield of gold, the cause of which in a great measure is the suspension of work in several of our principal mines, viz., the two Nelsons, the Crown claim, the Cymru, the Great Western, the Beehive, six mines on the Eaglehawk line, three mines on the Nuggety line, the Grand Junction and Welshman's Reef, and three mines on the Victoria line mH.king altogether twenty mines in which the engines are idle, and the water within from 100 to l 80 feet of the surface. All the work being done in these mines is merely fossicking in the shallow ground. About half-a-dozen energetic tribute companies (backed by tradespeople and others in the locality) have recently started, and, after considerable outlay in draining the mines and getting them in good working order, are likely to be w'ell remunerated. One of the parties, known as the Linscott's Tribute Company, has been in receipt of good dividends for the last seven months. It was the good prospect in this mine that induced the Duke Tribute Company to start in the Wellington mine, about four months ago. They have now drained the mine of over 400 feet of water, and driven over 60 feet westward, and expect to strike the reef in a few feet further. ~'he German Reef and \Velcome Tribute Companies have come upon some splendid stone within the last week. A bucket of stone sent up from the Welcome yesterday caused great excitement among the shareholders, most of whom are local men. A party of men-four brothers, 'named Locke-farmers on the Loddon, to fill up their spare time since harvest, started prospecting near Irish Billy's Reef, and this week discovered a lode, at a depth of 25 feet, 10 inches thick, a ton of stone from which produced 14 ozs. of retorted gold. Maldon only wants prospecting under good management to make It one of the best quartz mining districts in Vi.ctoria. ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. l Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The only new circumstance I l)ave to report is the registration of a prospecting claim on Bear's Creek, Upper Yarra, near the Great Britain Reef, Donovan's Creek, which was worked some years since. The alluvial workings employ about the same number of men, with about the same results, as formerly. 1'be hydraulic works at W arburton, which have been some time suspended, will, I am informed, be shortly let on tribute. 33 The quartz mines at Panton Hill are in a state of uncertainty, the lessees being unable to erush for want of water. The Progress Company have a considerable quantity of stone ready to crush as soon as the dam supplies sufficient water for the purpose. . The Unity lessees, at Hoddle's Creek, have only recently completed their plant, and have not yet started crushing. so that no returns have been had from them. 'l'he owners of dykes referred to in my last report could only commence to crush towards the end of the quarter, the crushing mill on the river being still out of repair; the returns are therefore smaller than I anticipated. At Reefton the returns are also small, in consequence of the large quantity of dead work which has been only recently completed, and the inability of the company to work the ground until a greater depth had been attained by a tunnel tapping the reef at a lower level. The district on the whole shows a slight change for the better. BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION. lr.lr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar. Mining is at present at a very low ebb in this district. In the shallow ground there is no water either for puddling or sluicing purposes, and most of the miners have recently been working on the railway in course of constructiou between Carlsruhe and Daylesford. ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. 7 ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Thomas Foyster, Mining Registrar. The continuous dry weather of the past quarter has caused several sluicing parties to suspend operations, and the yield of gold has consequently fallen much below the returns of the preceding three months. On the claim of the Rescue Company, on the Upper Wet Lead, a 10 horse-power engine, with an 8-inch lift of pipes, has been erected, and the further development of the mine will be at once proceeded with. The depth at which manuallabor vras beaten by the water was 63 feet; and although the company expect to bottom at 75 feet, it is intended to put down the shaft about 90 feet before opening out to test the deep ground. At the Ararat claim, on Mitchell's Reef, the present depth of·shaft is 318 feet, and recently the sinking has cut through the course of a reef with well-defined walls 2 feet apart. A drive to the west has been put in at the 265-foot level a distauce of 49 feet 4 inches to the westward, and another drive is about being started towards the east. The 'I'ry Again Company have driven in the 196-foot level a distance of lOO feet north along the course of the reef, which now shows a thiclmess of 5 inches. PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION . .1.l1r. H. C. Bate, j].fining Surveyo1· and Registrar. There is a great falling off to be noted for the past quarter in the amount of quartz crushed and the total and' average amount of gold obtained therefrom. One splendid crushing has, however, just been completed of stone taken from the New Scotchman's Flat Reef, recently discovered in the mine of the Pleasant Creek Cross Reef Compauy-the yield averaging 6 ozs. 17 dwts. 10 grs. per ton from 102 tons. lVI ining affairs generally are very dull. The quantity of water sold during the quarter in this division for purposes was 484,000 gallons. BARKLY DIVISION. Mr. I:l. C. Bate, .lriining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining affairs continue very dull in this division, and the yield of gold for the past quarter is much less than, usual. The long-continued dry weather will perhaps in some measure account for this. UAGLAN DIVISION. JJ1r. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar. I am glad to be able to report that the mining prospects I){ this district have very much improved during the past quarter, quite a revival having taken place; some eight or ten new leases having been applied for, chiefly on the Beaufort and Waterloo Flats. At the latter, the New Victoria Company have had a very encouraging return for the quarter. The Hobart Pasha Gold :Mining Company, close by, have completed the sinkiug of their shaft (189 feet), and are about to commence driving, with good prospects. This is becoming a very important district, and it is likely to get a fai~ trial now, as a good deal of Ballarat capital is being invesled iri it. The '.relegraph Co-operative Company, whose claim is situated at the south end of the old reservoir, arc still driving, and have had a small yield of gold, expecting it to improve daily. W~ather still dry, and water rather scarce. No. 16. c 34 - GIPPSLANb 'MINING 'DiSTRICT. OlVIEO SUBDIVISION. jlfr. J. Odell, Acting ]}fining Registrar. Mining generally is about the same as it was during the last quarter. There is an increase in the number of miners on the Sassafras and Saltpetre Ureeks, and some active prospecting is being carried on in the latter, with good indications. The track at present being cut by Mr. Surveyor Whitelaw's party will-be a great assistance in opening up this portion of the district. At Swift's Creek the crushing machinery has been lying idle, but about 51 tons of quartz have been raised and stacked, pending a good supply of water. · MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining matters generally throughout this subdivision are in the same depressed state as previously reported. ·Quartz mi.ning is at a complete standstill. The aliuvial miners on the Nicholson and Tambo Rivers appear to be earning a fair livelihood; at any rate they seem satisfied. A number of them hold selections under the 19th section of the existing Land Act. None of the galena mines at Buchan are being worked. · Gold is the only metal or mineral searched for. No water is sold in this subdivision for mining purposes . . BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION. l!Ir. J. Fletcher; JJfining Registrar . . ·: The'r(ds nothing to i·eporf on .'in IDY. subdivision' during tlie ·quarter. ·water is 'vecy sc'ai·ce, but the 'diggers seem satisfied with small wages. · There are ~·few parties making good wages: ' . , . A .crushing machine is being erected _on tho Galloway Reef. CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. Mr. James T1·avis, Mining Registrar. Quartz mining has been very slack during the present quarter. Excepting the Union, there has been no stone crushed from any of the mines in this division. A fe)v tons of tailings were crushed at the Good Hope, the return from which was so satisfactory that arrangements are in progress to put through a large quantity during the ensuing quarter. An effort is also being made to form a new .company in connection with this mine, having for its object the putting 'in of a level that will cut the reef at a depth of 1,100 feet from the surface. The eagerness with which the working miners here seek a share in the venture on the terms offered is good evidence of the confidence generally felt in its ultimately proving a remunerative speculation. · ' '£here has been a good deal of shifting about from place to place amongst 'the alluvial miners during the past three months, nevertheless a fair amount of gold has been obtained by them. There is no water sold in this division, and no mining done for metals or minerals other than gold. JERICHO DIVISION. Mr. R. J. Donaldson, ]}fining Registrar. Quartz mining has been' entirely suspended during the quarter just erided, but work on the Loch Fyne Com pany's lease will be resumed at once, as a party of .miner~ have· taken up the ground under miners' rights, the .company's lease having been declared >oid a few days ago. · . Want of water has interfered with alluvial mining considerably, though some of the claims on the Lower .Jordan have been paying well. · . Payable ground having been discovered on one of the branches of the Upper Jordan, a number of miners have .settled down there, who arc likely to do well during the winter. No mining for other minerals or metals than gold. No water sold. DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. 0. P. WMtelaw, Mining Surveyor and Registt·ar.; The only company that has dorie any crushing during the quarter is the Gippsland Consols. They redri.ceu 120 tons, yielding 37 ozs. 9 dwts., and obtained 25 ozs. from the plates. The Bismarck; Hit-or-Miss, and' Victory Companies are raising stone, but cannot reduce, owing to want of water. No metals other than gold mined .for, and no water sold. 35 STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. j}fr. W. M. Smith, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ. The only dividend-paying quartz mine in this division at the present time is the Long Tunnel Company. which for permanency of lode and richness of stone has, during the quarter, fully maintained its reputation. The shareholders of the W alhalla Company, after drawing handsome dividends for so many years, do not take kindly to paying calls, which, for the first time in the history of the company, it has been found necessary recently to make; and con· sequently the development of virgin country is more or less retarded. This is the more to be ~;egretted, as the prospects in the southern portion of the claim are reported to be encouraging. I have nothing new to report of the other mines on this line of reef, all of which are at present progressive. Work, however, is being carried on in these and the one at the Happy-go-Lucky, and also at the Plutus, Yarraman's Creek, with spirit and enterprise. ALLUVIAJ,. In this branch of mining, besides the ordinary creek and river sluieing, which continues to give a fair return for the labor and c:tpital expended, a party of miners are driving a tuuhel some 600 or 700 feet, to endeavor to prospect ~drift supposed to exist below the flow of basalt to be found on the ranges between the Thomson River and Jacoh's Creek. They had previously sunk a shaft to over lOO· feet, but were unfortunate in losing it through too great a flow of water in the upper drift. CoPPER. The W alhalla Copper Company's mine and machinery at Cooper's Creek are now in full work, turning out a good quantity and quality of copper. There are about 70 men employed in connection with the mine. ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION. Mr. jJf. Nugimt, Mining Registrar. There has not been so much gold obtained as during last quarter, as mining operations were retarded for want 'l)f water. From 350 tons of stone obtained from the Aberfeldy claim an average of 17 dwts. 20·57 grs. per ton was got, which was very 'good, considering that. the stone was not picked, but that all the stuff that came from the claim was crushed. The reef in the mine has been proved to the depth of 175 feet, and is getting richer as it goes down; its width is about 4 feet. There has not been any crushing during the quarter by the Lily Company, but it is expected that the reef will be cut in about three weeks . .Matters are beginning to look up in the l;one Star and Thompson. The company are driving to reach the shaft, which has been sunk on a payable reef to the depth of 120 feet, parts of which went 5 ozs. to the ton. They are now about 40 feet from it, and expect to strike gold every day. As regards alluvial, some of the miners are doing very well. Some of the miners on the Thomson River made from £4 to £6 per man per week, others on the Aberfeldy River obtained £10 per week. RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. C. H. Williams, JJ1ining Registrar. Mining operations have been much the same as last quarter-very dull; the miners in the gullies scarcely able to make a living for want of water. · · The Baw Baw sluicing company are pushing on with their race, and will be able to supply a good number of men with water when they have it completed, and will open up a large tract of country known to be gold-bearing, but too poor to work save by hydraulie power. No water sold in this division. BENDOC SUBDIVISION. j}fr. John Nicltol, Mining Registrar. Quartz mining in this subdivision still remains in the same depressed state, and nothing doing. During the quarter nothing has transpired worthy of record. As a rule, the alluvial miners seem satisfied with their earnings, which appear more profitable to them than any other employment. :Many of the Chinese have.lefe this district, and have found employment as shepherds, cooks, &c., on the New South Wales side of the border. No mining for metals other than gold. No water sold in this subdivision. TARWIN SUBDIVISION. Mr. H. M. Murphy, Mining Registrar. . Durin&' the quarter mining seems to have taken a new start in this division. The prospectors have formed a eomp~ny .agam, and are now al~ost in full _work. The Forty Thieves Company's. engine is being moved to the opposite s1de of the creek, and w11l soon he m full work. Four men are prospectmg at the Benison Cr€ek and seven at _1'u~o:t;t's qre~k, with every hope of success. ' Tm m1mng lB m the same state as on the date of my last report. TRARALGO~ SUBDIVISION. Mr. C. Denis, Mining Registrar. Since m:y last, mining has not made much pr;>gress, ?n account of the scarcity of water ; mining operations in so_me places be1?!S: suspended, and only those parties havmg permanent water being able to carry on w01·k. 'l'he Pwneer qold Mmmg Company, on Couehman's Creek, have not yet commenced washing, being engaged in the constructiOn of a. w~ter-race and other wo;ks. required to be done before commencing OJ?erations. Coal and lignite have been found w1thm the last few days on the Morwell, near 1ts junction with the Lo. Trohe. By Authority: JoR:> FEBB..&s, Government Printer, Melbourne.