1869.
VICTORIA.
OF THE
MINING. SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS.
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QUARTER ENDING 31sT MARCH, 1869.
PRESENTJm TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMA:r.."'D.
till !autf)orftll :
JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTE~, MELBOURNE. No. 3L APPROXIMATE COST' OF REPORTS.
DETAILED PA!1TICOLAIIS.
Cost or Preparation, abogt •• 12£ J··10 d.() Printing, {I ,050 copies) 54 9 0 TOTAL £ 66 I 19 o suMMARY.
GOLD MINING ·STATISTICS FOR THE QUAR"TER ENDING ·31st· MARCH, 1S69.
TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE' _NUMBER OF MINEHS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN TilE ,COLq~y OF VICTORIA. tke Quarter ending March, 1869. ' \
Quartz Alluvia.! MACHINJ<;RY EMPLOYED lN ALLUVIAL MINING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUAR'l'Z 1\IINING. ll:1iners. M~ers. - ---,-·-1---·---~------·- . - ---,- --~ ApproxiJnate -1----1 1------·--:---·:-···~-- .. -- Price;of Gold Total 'steam Engines per ounce. DISTRICT, DIY fSION, emploYed in Wind.. Number ing, Pumping, &c. AND of SUBDIVISION. 1\Iiners. J
BEECHWORTH. 85 4 1 0 63 319 0 Beechworth .. :: 1.~t3 1,gilfi 1~ ~ i·~ ~ 25~ -~5 :? :: ~:t~ :: gg ~ :: :: -~ ~ ro ~ ~ :: ~ ::· ~:~~ 4~27 - 3 13 6 Yack&ndand~h .. 46 198 .. '244 .. 6 6 ...... • 1,100 2 24 4 0 0 Sandy Oreel< .. .. m 1so "77 634 'is '4o6 '49 1 io 38 ··42 15 .. .. ·2 '4 '5o '4\J .. 'i '4 38,ll27 z• 275 3 18 6 Indigo ...... 129 1321 515 io 1,ss1 4 ss ...... 2,1!s · 4 .. 68 ...... 14 192 ii 233 · .. •5• . 36,398 60 29 4 0 0 Buckland .• .. 685 • 65 245 995 .. .. 13 .. .. 320 .. .. 1 ...... 8 104 18 .1.' 2 16,595 .14' 13 318 6 J amieson North .. 95 oo 1so 5 310 .. .. 1 .. 450 .. so .. 1 68 io 146 ao,50o a 92 4 0 0 Gafi'ney':;. Creek 8 3 18 6 Wood's Point .. 3 3 3 12 0 Big River •• 2 15 3 18 6 lllitta-mitta .. ~~ _~HI 4 ~ ~~ I ~~ ~~ ~~ , ? ~~ - ;~ :m :~ ~ ~ ;t ~: :t ~: , ~: -~ ~: :~ . ~t ~r ~u~ l J a.mieson SDuth .. '3,824 3,770 2,036' 2i\ 9,656 44 --ns1---:78 --26-l·-.40-·l-13-,8-1-8 -;;- 158 243 1 .. 5 ~~---838']"'38i-.1-,-01-6-!---1--l--15- _11 . 289,243 167! 607 Tot!!Js .. ----- ·---- 1-l--'-1---1--1--1--1--1--1-- \ ------1------1---1
SANDHURST •• 3 17 9 3 18 3 3 11 6 ! 4 0 0 Sandhurst ...... 2.~16 s~g il·m .. 6,~g 3~ 48~ 26~ :~ 75. -i~ :: :: :: :: 2:~ :: 1~ 2,0~~ •2 1,0~ :: 1~ 210 3sg;~ M~ 2~ 3 16 10 3 18 4 ~~g~t~ and.WM,.;illl' So;.th :: 7,106 229 210 'i; 7,611 .. .. 88 .. 2 '103 ...... 16 259 125 .. 14 2i 23,142 82 1~90 3 15 3 3 19 9 Waranlll' North ...... 84 38 111 .. 293 .. .. ;;& ...... 10 163 -:: 97 .. 12 17 10 4o 3 16 0 3 18 6 1 Ib;~~. R,-wood· ...... I~ .. 425 _ ..__ , ___325_'-:--·-·--r--"--i---i~------~-·-·-1--·-·-:--·-·-:--·-·-l--·-·_l_-·_·_,_._._, ___s_l---ao--1--·-·_,l--7-o_l---"-·l--·-·..:.. .. 23 Tota.la ...... ;ii>!_ 865 4,027 6 15,012 33, 4~ 449 16 I~ 160 ...... 298 .. _1_41__ __2_,6_46 __ 2 1,384 .. 197 _.:!_ __4_16_,1_02 __ __15_7;:_o_ __soo__ 1 1 1 1 1 / MARYBOROUGH. I 1 3 17 0 4 1 0 1 3 1 1 3 19 0 319 6 •• :: :: :: :: , 'iso ·2 2ilo ·2 3i 'i :: . :: ig !g 3 18 0· 3 18 6 r:,'?!:?~ough i:til~ Ell~ ~ -~:~8 i~ ~ i?~ ~ 1~ :~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~U~ ~ 3 17 6 4 0 0 Avoca .. :: ...... ~~I 1,~~ M8 . ~;i~ ~ 1ll ~~ ill 1 .. .. . i ...... 2 24 .. · 20 ...... 13,400 12 1 10 8 1 8 10 3 17 6 4 1 2 ·}i~~g~;~dT~a~a :: :: 1,700 1ii0 150 .. .2,000 .. .. 45 • 22 26 :: :: .. :: ~: :: :: ~g ~~ :: I~~ :: :~ .: ~j;~~g1 f1 ~~ 3 18 0 3 18 6 1 9 2 1 8 318 0 3 19 9 RedbankandSt.'ArnaudSoutih.. 100 I .. 15 .. 115 .. " ·· " " ·· ·• " " · " -~ .. .·•· 'i~ ., __:·9·_ __2_ 3_·.~_._z_ __._:~t'---l---~-2-l St. ArnaudNorth .. •• •. 38 42 182 •• 262 1 7 11 ~~ .. 4 .. 1 19 .. . 14 's .. · 12 .. 102. 1,__:___,_ 1 1 "" Tota.la ...... 6,135 3,132 2,017 • s 11,292 48 922 121 2 100 22 1 l--94---l--,-1-.6-65--l--.. .. • n 44 2a2,02s 66 4B5 :-m 1~ --rnr-z-!'350 -~~ 1
.. 570 18 1,138 5 '91 -8- 25 .. 100 12 ..--l--25-2-!--.-.- -l--25-l---4o----58-,8-90--l---9-+--9-3-! 3 17 0 castlem=~M~NE:. -= --= --=- -=~~- ]~l--3-0--l--4-9-6-1-- 3 17 6 3 17 9 Fryer's Creek ...... 1,260 1,000 250 •• 2,510 10 183 160 6 270 ,.. 75 2 3 78 .. 13 . 212 . 96 'i 6 9 53,462 30 3 17 3 3 19 0 M 3 28~ 319 0 ifep~u~n .. .. :: .. .1·~t ~21' 38J :: 2,il1~ . 1~ m ~ i~ 'i; I~ :: 2f i :: I i~ .: 3g I 4~ .. 322051J9 I .. ~0: 39 ~:~M ~ ~· ~ i~ 8 3 19 3 213 050 607 .. 1,110 2 20 13 .. 16 .. .. 5 17,16 41 750 .. .. • i2 96,663 74 317 6 4 0 6 M~:n·:: .. :: .. .. "I I 9~ 3 19 0 St. An drew's " .. .. 322 242 163 .. . 727 , . · ' .. , . ; · · 40 .. .. 4 .. 8 70 .. 37 ...... 6,310 1$.1 60 3 11 6 Kyneton .. .. • • .. 100 29 28 .. 157 .. .. , ' .. 4~.. • • .. • . .. .. 4 62 .. 85 · ...... 11,500 7 12 I 3 18 0 3.18 6 Blue Mountain 210 20 30 260 1 .. .. •. .. , .. •• '...... 4 48 .. 16 ...... 5,000 5 3 18 0 Nortih •• .. I .. ~~ 1 2~ 4,480 2,685 2,055 515 45 81 630 - .. 120 -1-136_1_2-,1-oo-- -..:.s.:__ _ __13s_ ...:.;10.:_o_ __zs_o:_,1_32_ __1_;67.::.*_ __37_B_ . Totals ...... 18- ~ 1 --ss- -12316 .lis _1~,06_;,;7~ _;j; __ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ARARAT. .. •• 1 --::--: -2-'-:----; 92 ~~- 3 --.-5~- ..- ~~~ -6-l~!~ --9-~ 144 .. 86 .. 2 ' 37,103 3~ 201 "' ! 3 17 6 3 18 6 2 7 3·19 0 M:t'ereek' :: .. .. l~ l~ 1,1gz .. 1,~~ 3 ~ 2~ f ~ ~ :: :: :: :~ I J! .. :~. I 573 .. 264 .. ss '4 7g;~!Jg i~ ~ 1 ~ i~ 9 I a 1s a 1 ~J!i. :: :: :: :: :: ~ 420 25 :; 720 ' 9 147 37 8 ...... , .. 8 :: 1 'is :: 'i2 ::. :: • I :: 8,940 6~ 4 318 61
TotnJs ...... "'1,322 1,16o 1,sz1 __2_ 22 363. __1s_ _::_ -125 - ..-. 23'-..- 21 100 • 2 -2-9- 726 .. asz .. 4 J __I_z6..:.,048 __ ___oo.:__ __64-,--- I ~ 4ol 1 1 1 1 --;--'------, -)--- I
ll10 0 3 17 6 oineo ..GIPPSLAND. .. .. •• .. 160 3li5 20 .• 525 .-. .. •• .. .. 600. I .. 40 ...... 1 17 .. h5 . • .. ' .·. 5,200 .. 8 1B 3 15 6 3 17 6 ' Mitchell River...... 300 260 25 .. '585 .. .. 3 .. .. 100 30 ...... 2 '1!1 .. .. 1 .. 4,995 4 9 3'17 Crooked River ...... 241 181 169 .. • 691 ...... I .. 600 I .. 35 42 ...... 11 149 5 130 ...... 32,635 !~If 335 · 3 0 8·1 ~ i~ 8 Jericho .. .. •• .. .. 264 43 88 .. 4iJO .. · .. -- , .. .. 274 .. 20 20, ...... 5 65 3 :.::.: 17,847 •w 28 lj g1 Pt g Donnelly's Creek ...... 103 10 30 .. 143 ...... , .. I ...... B 76 . ;. ~-~~-~~ I ::·:.: I .::_ ..:_· 19,550 61 • 13 1~ s , 3 10 o Stringer's Creek ...... 33 .. 218 1 .. 251 .. .. . , ...... , ...... 1 10 238 ~ 34,382 9· 3 2 1 ! .. Ru"""ll'sCreek ...... 220 .. so,.. 280 .. .. 2 .. " 220~ .. 38 13 ...... 1 1 8 1 3,900 6 ·7 s Soutih TaoJ:raville .. " .. 8 .. •• 1 " 8 " " " " i " 1 " · ·· " " " " " · .. '26 " .. .. " io Bendoc.. .. •• .. .. 22 70 10 162 .• . :· ...... 100...... • .• .. __2__ -1----- ___3_ ------'----:-+-___;,s,_75._o_ __ __ ~ 1 1 I 1 1 :w__ 1 _:__s_1 Tot!!Js , .. .. 1,341 92'4l 680 1 ~ 2,945 ] .. .. _ 5 [--::---::--~ 1,89< .. 1161 75 .. I~-· .. __,;_37 __ __604__ __1_4_ ~- __•• ___ 1 ___ ._. _ ~25..:'··_1709_ __1_200..:;__ ___42_7_ 1 1 1 1 1 T... 2,742 618 11,295 ·ss 6,048 499 2,157,828 'i ...... ,. .·...... ""'I ""'. " "·"' I .. I '·'" -'·~ I"' ··I "'"'I ' "'I.. "' "' • :Nvrn.--The Registrt>r for t.he Sandy Crllilk Subdivision ·having failed to forward hill repnrt, tihe last retlll'llfl have belln adopted. R. BROUGH 81\IYTH, Secretary for Mines. Mining Departmen~ Melbourne, 20th .April, 1869. No. 31 111 ' , ; 6
Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ending 31st March, 1869. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ending 31st March, 1869. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c. crus~ed during the Quarter ending 31st March, 1869.
:BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Page Ballarat Central Divisioll Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar .... 7, 19 Ballarat Southern Division ... Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar 7, 19 Buninyong Division ... Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 20 Smythesdale Division ... 'Mr. John.Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 20 Creswick Division ... Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7, 16, 20 Gordon Subdivision ..... Mr. Thomas Co\van, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 21 Steiglitz Subdivision Mr. Richard English, Mining Registrar 7121 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Mr, John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 7, 16, 21 Subdivision :BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar 8, 22 Y ackandandah Subdivision Mr. Thos. G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••. 8, 22 Indigo Division Mr. R.'Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar s, 22 Buckland Division ... Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar 8, 23 Jamieson North Subdivision ... Mr. Samuel K. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 14, 23 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 23 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 9, 24 Big River Subdivision Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 24 Mitta-mitta Division Mr. Andre'v Trench, Mining Registrar 24 Jamieson South Subdivision ... Mr. Hugh St. II. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 24 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Di v:~sion ... Mr. N. G. Stepl1ens, Mining Registrar 9, 15, 17, 25 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar 10, 26 Heathcote Division and Warauga South Sub Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 15, 26 division Waranga North Subdivision ... Mr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 26 Raywood Division Mr. E.Ivl. Cairnes, Mining Hegistrar ... 10, 26 MA,;RY:BOROUGH MINING·DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar 10, 15, 27 Amherst Division .•• Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 15, 27 Avoca Subdivision ... Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... ll, 15, 28 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Mr. W. G. Couchmati, Mining Surveyor and1 Registrar••. 11, 28 Korong Division Mr. R. Mason, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 15, 29 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 15, 29 St. Arnaud North Subdivision Mr. John Phillips, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 29 0 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surveyo~ and Registrar 12, 30 Fryer's Creek Subdivision Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 15, 30 Hepburn Division ... l\lr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar 12, 16, 17,31 Taradale Subdivision Mr. Thos. Orwin, Mining Registrar ... 12, 16, 31 Maldon Division Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Suneyor and Registrar 12, 16, 31 St. Andrew's East Subdivision Mr. Alfred Armstrong, :Mining Surveyor and Registrar 32 St. Andrew's Central Subdivision Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 32 Kyneton Subdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 13, 32 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 32
ARARAT M~NING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Charles Jas. Wm. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 33 Pleasant Creek 'Division Mr. Jolm D' A!ton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 16, 33 Barkly Division Mr. John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 16, 33 Raglan Division ~ ... Mr. John Templeton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 33 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision ... Mr. W. Phipps, !\'lining Registrar 34 llfitchell River Subdivision Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 34 Crooked River Subdivision Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ... 13, 16, 35 Jericho Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor ~nd Registrar ... 14, 35 Donnelly's Creek Subdivision Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Uegistrar ... 14, 35 Stringer's Creek Subdivision Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Rpgistrar 14, 17, 35 Russell's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Hegistrar ... 14 Bendoc Subdivision Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining &urveyor and Registrar 14, 16, 36 I I
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FROM information obta.i!!ed from Gold Buyers and others by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars• the ToTAL QuANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QuARTZ REEFS are as follow:-
Alluvial. Quartz. Total.
oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ending 31st March, 1869 ...... 216,343 14 125,372 12 341,716 6 '
THE QuANTITY OF GOLD, the produce of this Colony, EXPORTED, according to Returns furnished by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows:-
oz. dwt. Quarter ending 31st March, 1869 854,514 3 .
SUMMARY.
THE following information has been obtained relative to the QuANTITY OF QuARTZ and QuARTZ TAILINGS, CEMENT, and MULLOCK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on, during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom :-
MINING DISTRICTS Quan 'tit y crus h e'd • Average Yield of Tot.nl Yield of Gold from Gold per Ton. Quartz, &e., Crushed.
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Quartz. tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt;. gr•. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat ...... 55,509 0 0 0 8 3'22 22,575 19 16 Beechworth ...... 18,015 15 0 0 18 0'66 16,239 5 2 Sandhurst ...... 44,617 0 0 0 9 23'47 22,260 0 18 Maryborough ...... 16,253 10 0 0 9 21•48 8,041 13 I Castlemaine ...... "' ... 23,249 16 0 0 9 5•65 10,736 4 10 Ararat ...... 14,386 0 0 0 13 6'22 9,537 9 12 Gippsland ...... 5,738 0 0 1 I 8'54 6,126 19 23 . Total Quartz ...... 177,769 1 0 0 10 17'91 95,517 12 5 Quartz Tailings, Cement, and Mullock. ---- Ballarat ...... Beechworth ...... Ill 0 0 0 7 14"74 42 5 4 Sandhurst ...... 14,184 0 0 0 8 2•52 2,202 5 lO Maryborough ...... 3,126 0 0 0 8 12•51 550 8 17 Castlemaine ...... 13,184 0 0 0 .8 0'40 1,988 15 16 Ararat ...... 5,689 0 0 0 5 17'07 1,624 13 6 Gippsland ... . 200 0 0 , 0 4 10'32 44 6 0 ...... ______I______Total Quartz Tailings, Cement, &c. ... 36,494 0 0 0 8 12'87 6,452 14 5 Pyrites and Blanketings operated on. Ba.llarat ...... 134 0 0 4 2 9'94 552 3 12 Beechworth ...... Sandhurst ...... 6 0 0 l 10 16 9 4 0 Maryborough ...... Castlemaine ...... 8 0 0 7 1 0 56 s 0 Ararat ...... ••.• ...... Gippsland ...... 34 2 2 2 13 5'15 90 16 12 ------·------Total Pyrites and Blanketings . ... 182 2 2 3 17 19'55 708 12 0
NoTE.-Tills Summary does not show the total qunntities of quartz, &e., crushed or operated on, but only tl1e yield of certain crusbings, &c., respecting which the Mining Surveyors and Registrars llave been able to obtain information. Owing to the 'circumstance that mnny of the muclline owner.s nre UIHlble to give, or are precluded from giving inforrnnUon, it is impossible to get complete returns from every district; nnd in considering the relative importance of each district, as regards quartz mining, &c., the tables relating to Illilchinery should be examined and compared.
R. BROUGH SMYTH, Office of Mines, Secretary for Mines. Melbour!le, 20th April, 1869. I I
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11 MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS', RETURNS.
QUARTZ.
THE following infqrmation has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QuANTITY OF QuARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, an~ the GoLD obtained therefrom :-
Division and Subdivision, Avemge Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz will! obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the Name of Compnny. per Ton. [ Quartz was obtained, &c. 1 ------l--to-n-s-ewt-. qr. -oz-.-d-w-t.-g-r.-1-= dwt. gr. ------
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. E ndeavour ...... Specimen Gully ... 1,145 0 0 0 2 14•98 150 5 0 160 to 230 feet 0 Id l'ost-office Hill ... Ol.d Post-office Hill ... 2,900 0 0 0 2 0'13 290 16 0 lOO to 150 feet L lanberris ...... Gum-tree Flat ... 2,160 0 0 0 I 8'62 146 16 0 100 to 120 feet st . .Andrew ...... White Horse ...... 1,125 0 0 0 3 13'22 199 15 0 90 to I oo feet Q ueen Victoria ...... Canadian ...... 560 0 0 0 3 20'91 lOS 8 0 I 00 to 200 feet B ritannia ...... Specimen Gully ... 634 0 0 0 6 4•23 195 16 0 120 to 180 feet B lack Hill ... ' ... Black Hill ...... 4,938 0 0 0 3 14•70 892 0 0 160 to 230 feet B urru-Burra ...... Ballarat West .. . 756 0 0 0 2 12"06 ' 94 12 0 150 to 190 feet T emperance ...... Little Bendigo .. . 1,200 0 0 0 10 8 620 0 0 500 to 650 feet 'fwo-ton ...... Black Hill ...... 300 0 0<. 0 2 8 35 0 0 50 to 70 feet llfajestie ••.~ ... Black Hill ...... 2,083 0 0 0 4 4•24 435 0 0 180 to 200 feet ------Total ... . ••..1 17,801 0 0 0 -3 13"43 ----3,168 8 0 SouTHERN. DIVISION. . speedwell ...... Staffordshire Reef ... 107 0 0 0 6 0 32 2 0 20 to 40 ft., 5-ft. lode Grassy Gully ...... Grassy Gully .•• ... 500 0 0 0 8 0 200 0 0 40 to 50 ft., 15-ft. lode ] )oyle and Company ... Grassy Gully ...... 120 0 0 I ' 5 15·50 153 17 12 30 to 40 ft., 14-ft. lode ] {angaroo ...... Kangaroo ...... 600 0 0 0 4 0 120 0 0 128 feet, 7·ft.lode I lokewoJd ...... Pinehgut ...... '420 0 0 0 11 21'71 250 0 0 40 feet, 3-ft. lode ------Total ...... 1,747 0 0 0 8 15'70 755 19 12 BuNINYO:XG DIVISION. 0 ne-and:.All ...... Hiscoek's Reef ... 1,300 0 0 0 2 21•17 187 7 0 210 feet I mperial ...... Hiscock's Reef ... 1,990 0 0 0 3 4'23 316 l 0 260 feet: Total ...... 3,290 0 0 3 1"44 503 8 0 CRESWICK DIVISION. ------p ort Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs .•• , ... 14,986 0 0 0 7 23"64 5,983 9 0 Greatest depth, 444 ft. s"outh Clunes ...... Clunes Reefs ...... 1,717 0 0 0 4 11'89 385 19 0 Greatest depth, 172 ft. N· ew North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs .. : ... 4,965 0 0 l 0 2•14 4,987 3 0 Greatest depth, 320ft. V ictoria ...... Clunes Reefs ...... 3,458 0 0 0 4 7"26 743 19 0 y ankee ...... Clunes Reefs ...... 946 0 0 0 3 16'55 174 10 12 Greatest depth, 67 5 ft. ] )ungey and Party ... .Armagh Reef ...... 89 0 0 0 4 1·88 18 3 0 Surface to 15 feet L ittle and Party ••• ... .Armagh Reef ...... 156 0 ·0 0 6 1·11 47 3 6 Surface to 15 feet shaw and Party ...... Springhill Reef ... 72 0 0 0 8 3'41 29 6 6 Surface to 20 feet H ard Hill ...... George's ReeJ' ...... 220 0 0 0 5 6 57 15 0 Surface to 20 feet George and Co. ... George's Beef...... 92 0 0 0 5 15•91 26 I 0 Surface to 20 feet .A . Robins and Party ... George's Reef...... 21 0 0 0 2 11'42 2 12 0 Surface to 5 feet webster and Party ... George's Reef...... 28 0 0 I 0 22•71 29 6 12 Surface to 10 feet H ogins and Party ... Springhill Reef ... 52 0 0 0 4 18'46 12 8 0 Surface to 20 feet ~---- Total...... 26,802 0 0 0 9 7"82 12,497 15 12 GoRDON SUBDIVISION. ------E gerton ...... Big Hill Reef ...... 1,950 0 0 0 14 2"88 i'll,3~6 14 0 325 to 370 feet B lack Hill ...... Big Hill Reef ...... 530 0 0 1 6 19•02 710 0 0 300 to 390 feet K angaroo Bob ...... Gordon ...... 460 0 0 0 4 17•73 109 0 0 300 feet ------Total ...... 2,940 0 0 0 14 22•48 2,195 14 0 STEIGLITZ SuBDIVISION. .A lbion ...... Albion Cfaim ...... 1,860 0 0 1 11 o·s8 2,884 10 0 573 feet s··teiglitz ...... Steiglitz Claim, new lode 375 0 0 0 8 0 150 0 0 320 feet N ew .Alliance ...... New .Alliance Claim ... -----30 0 0 2 0 0 60 0 0 350 feet Total ...... 2,265 0 0 l 7 7'78 3,094 10 0 BLACKWOOD DIVISION. Garibaldi ...... Garibaldi New Reef ... 130 0 0 0 18 18'46 122 0 0 80 feet Garibaldi ...... Garibaldi Old Reef ... 150 0 0 0 1 17•48 12 19 7 80 feet Star of the West ...... West of Simmons' Reef 140 0 0 0 10 22 76 8 9 From surface to 30 ft_ P. Hanssen ...... Manhem Reef ... 43 0 0 0 16 20'65 36 5 0 40 feet .All Nations ...... Manhem Reef ... 69 0 0 0 2 11'82 8 12 0 60 feet llickley and Co...... Snake Gully Reef ... 132 0 0 0 15 18'18 104 0 0 40 feet Total. •• ... 664 0 0 0 10 20•39 360 4 16 -8
QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division and Subd!vls!on, Average Remarks relative to tbe and Where Qun.rtz was obtained. Quart. Crushed. Yield of Gold Total Yield of Depth at which tbe Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c.
tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. · oz. dwt. gr.
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEEcnwonTII DrvrsroN. I - McLeod and Co ...... ~Iagpie Reef ••• ... 64 0 0 I 2 12 72 0 0 70 feet Frazer and Co. ... Kangaroo Reef ... 34 0 0 0 11 4'23 19 0. 0 35 feet - Heath and Bobbins ... Two-mile Creek ... 27 0 0 0 3 12 4 14 12 40 feet Watson and Webb ... Young Magpie Reef ... . 23 0 0 3' 0 0 69 0 0 Surface Henderson and Co. ... Excelsior Reef ... 25 0 0 1 18 0 47 10 0 200 feet Rathand Co. . ... Bowman's Forest ... 26 0 0 0 12 0 15 12 .. 0 Surface Murmungee ...... Bowman's Forest ... 130 0 0 0 9 0 58 10 0 50 feet Eskvale ...... Eskvale Reef ...... 120 0 0 0 8 12 51 0 0 90 feet Sundry reefs ...... 40 0 0 0 6 0 12 0 0 Total ...... 489 o _o 0 14 6•87 349 6 12 ------YACKANDANDAII SUBDIVI- SION. TaffReef ...... Sutton ... 240 0 0 0 14 4 170 0 0 100 feet Markham Reef ...... 'Hillsborough ::: ... 1,000 0 0 0 4 9•60 220 0 0 120 feet Stringer's Reef ...... Back Creek ...... 497 0 0 l 0 0 497 0 0 200 feet Pride Reef ...... Back Creek ...... 35 0 0 2 5 0 78 15 o • 120 feet Polar Star Reef ...... Twist's Creek ... 71 0 0 0 16 2"36 57 3 0 lOO feet Scandinavian Reef ... Twist's Creek ... 56 0 0 0 15 17'14 44 0 0 150 feet Birthday Reef ...... Twist's Creek ... 89 0 0 0 13 ll•59 60 0·0 lOO feet Excelsior Reef ... Twist's Creek ... 25 0 0 0 14 9'60 18 0 0 200 feet Homeward-bound Reef ... Twist's Creek ... 61 0 0 0 18 22'42 57 15 0 .160 feet United Reef ...... Twist's Creek ... 48 0 0 0 24 21'50 59 15 0 100 feet Danish Reef ...... Twist's Creek ... 20 0 0 0 15 9'60 15 s 0 150 feet Twist's Creek Reef ... Twist's Creek ... 9 o· ·o '0 12 21•33 5 16 0 Not ascertained Total .•• ... 2,151 0 . 0 ll 22'43 1,283 12 0 ---- INDIGO DIVISION. United Copsols ...... West's Reef ...... 1,370, 0 0 0 5 10'75 373 4 0 From 30 to 200 feet Paddy Malone Reef ... 32 10 0 l 15 o·Is 56 17 IS From 20 to 30 feet Unknown Reef 25 0 0 3 6 8"64 82 19 0 From surface to 20 feet Various Rutherglen re~f~ 37 0 0 2 7 18'48 88 7 12 From 40 to lOO feet ' Trial crushings from 25 0 0 0 2 12•04 3 2 13 Chiefly surface various reefs ' Magenta· ...... Magenta Reef...... lOO o. 0 0 5 0 25 0 0 Surface to 12 feet . Indigo Reef ... 138 0 0 1 4 ll•82 169 0 0 From 20 to 40 feet Parish's Reef ...... 5 10 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 Surface ~o 30 feet Rutherglen Reef (name· . 20 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 unknown) ' Total ... 1,753 0 0 9 11•14. 829 10 19 ... ·o ' BucKLAND DIVISION. Growler's Creek:- ·o 11ulman and Party ... Alpine Reef ...... 40 0 ·o 0 6 0 12 0 Surface s angster and Party ... Gladstone Reef ... 19 0 0 0 li 1'26 10 10 0 Not stat-ed J . Taylor ...... Red, White, and Blue ... 3 0 0 0 5 16 0.17 . 0 Not stated w. Grove ...... Waterloo Reef. ... '5 0 0 0 2 22'60 0 14 17 Surface ; 17 5 0 Surflice A . Attridge ' ...... Constitution Reef .. . 22 0 0 0 15 16'36 H . Carlile ...... Helstone Reef ... 5 0 0 5 0. 0 25 o· 0 llO feet w allabY. Quartz Mining ... Wallaby Reef ... 486 0 0 0 19 6•71 468 lO 0 120 feet wallaby .No. 1 ...... Wallaby No. 1 ... 190 0 0 2 13 8·84 507 0 0 120 feet N ewMoon ...... New Moon Reef \ ... , 12 0 0 8 17 22 106· 15 0 40 feet H ome Reef ...... Home Reef ... 1,050 0 0 0 4 16•27 245 12 0 252 feet s mith,and Co...... White Cap Reef ... 25 0 0 0 5 0 6 5 0 10 feet Morse's Creek:- B . Sala ...... Italian Reef ...... 3 0 ·o 0" 16· 16 2 10 0 Surface charles Townsend ... Berkshire Reef ... 6 0 0 0 17 6 5 3 12 Not stated 0 ricntal Perseverance ... Oriental Reef ... '686 0 0 0 3. 16'07 125 17 14 ISO feet !-Ki'ncade and Co. ... Kincade's Reef ... 15 0 0 0 6 0· 4 10 0 60 feet Harrietvilie:- . anna, Law, and Co: ... United Miners' Reef ... 940 0 0 0 10 13'71 496 17 0 190 feet addison and Co. ... True Blue· Reef ... 70 0 0 0 3 13•71 12 10 0 Surface 0 1 9 9•88 25 0 0 Surface rown and Co...... Young Australia ... 17 0 ; Ovens River:- arpofErin ...... Harp of Erin Reef ... 150 0 0 0 10 0 75 0 0 30 to 120 feet ci..ean, W allace, and Co .... Rose, Shamrock, and 40 0 0 511 6 222 10 0 520 feet Thistle . A; Wallace ...... Young Faulkner ... ·54 ·o 0 0 4 17·77 12 16 0 30 feet Buckland:- itchell, McLean, and Co. Red Jacket Reef ... 200 0 0 2 0 21•60 409 0 0 120 feet · lta and Nelson ...... Nelson Reef ... · ... 600 0 0 0 16 13'60 .497 0 0 170 feet Running Creek :- . appy Valley Happy V:alley·Reef ... 569 0 0 4 a· 1•81 2,363 19. 0 150 feet ...... ----- Total ... ' ... 5,207 0 0 1 1 17'08 5,652 12 19 , ...... ~·-- . - - ··~ .. 9.
Qu,A.NTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &e.-continued.
Division nnd Subdivision, Average Remarks relative to the I Total Yield of I Depth at which the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed, Yield o! Gold Gold. Name of Compn.ny, i per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c.
JAMIESON NoRTH Sun- tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. DIVISION. Albert ...... Lucky Reef ...... 230 0 0 2 2 14•61 490 0 0 Alfred ... I:.ucky Reef 5 10 0 0 5 0 I 7 12 ...... (.) ... From 150 to 220 fee t Ajax ...... Lucky Reef ...... 6 0 0 0 6 6 I 17 12 f Lucky Prospecting ... Lucky Reef ...... 38 0 0 0 11 1'26 21 0 0 Connolly's Lease ... Lucky Reef ...... 47 0 0 0 2 12 5 17 12 No. 4. North Lucky ... Lucky Reef ...... 52 0 0 0 17 21"23 46 10 0 } From 100 to 150 feet Colleen l3awn ...... Lucky Reef ...... 10 0 0 0 4 9•60 2 4 0 Homeward-bound Prospect- Homeward-bound Reef ... 48 0 0 I 2 0•58 52 17 4 200 feet ing Mysterious ...... Mysterious Reef ... 15 0 0 010 0 7 10 0 Never-too-late ...... Mysterious Reef ... 29 0 0 0 8 0 11 12 0 Welcome ...... Mysterious Reef ... 97 0 0 0 7 0'24 34 0 0 }F SANDHURST MININQ- DISTRICT. ' SANDHUnST DIVISION, . Try-again ...... Wellington Reef .. . 1,302 0 0 0 10 19'60 704 3 17 l3ird's Reef ...... l3ird's Reef ...... 1,316 0 0 0 10 17"41 705 15 0 Ellesmere ...... New-chum Gully ... 1,297 0 0 0 6 !•02 391 17 6 Metropolitan ...... Golden Square .. . 3,512 0 0 0 14 13"90 2,560 3 0 Fraser and Osborne ... Golden Square ... 1,210 0 0 1 7 ll•22 1,661 16 0 1 Allian~e ...... Golden Square ... 1,852 0 0 0 6 19•79 631 19 18 William Rite ...... Happy Valley ... 2,872 0 0 0 6 ] 8"42 971 17 0 Hercules ...... Happy Valley ... 1,000 0 0 0 6 22'56 347 0 0 Mixed lots from Denmark ...... Sparrowha'wk Gully ... 1,129 0 0 0 6 2"63 344 18 0 various reefs Pioneer Works ...... Long Gully ...... 5,331' 0 0 0 8 23'64 2,395 I 0 Johnson's Reef ...... California Gully ... 2,386 0 0 0 6 7•72 754 4 0 Beehive ...... Clarke's Reef ... 1,980 0 f) 0 6 13"78 650 17 9 Catherine Reef U. C. ... Catherine Reef ... 6,649 0 0 0 5 23•38 1,986 5 0 Eagle ...... Eagle Reef ...... 3,022 0 0 0 9 4'03 1,385 6 0 Prince of Wales ...... Prince of Wales Reef ... 1,867 0 ol 0 6 '3"07 572 0 21 Sundry small lots ...... 3,906 0 0 0 14 14'38 2,851 5 21 J Total ...... 40,631 0 0 0 '9 7"44 18,914 9 20 No. Sl, a. 10 QUANT~TY of QUARTZ Crushed in _each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-c~ritinued. - Division and Subdivision, to the Total.Yield of Remarks relative and Where Qucmz was' obtained.' Quartz Crns)led. Depth at which the • Name of Co!l1pany. __ Gold. ------·--- .• .. • per -.~· __ Quartz wns obtained, &c. ------______..:___, . ...::..:. __..:.::..___:_J--~-~ ------ KrLM:ORE DIVISION. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. Ryan and Co. ••• ••• Ryan's Reef, Sunday 15o o' o 0 18 6'40 137 0 0 80 to 100 feet Creek Tobin and Co. .•.• Tohin's Reef,. Sunday 20 0 0 0 18 0 18 0 o About 18 feet Creek Welcome ... Welcome Reef, Tea-tree 50 0 0 0 19 5'76 48 2 · ·o 230 feet Creek Welcome .. • Welcome Reef, Tea-tre)] 45 0 0 0 11 12·26 25 18 · 0 240 feet Creek · ·· Providence P1'ovidence Reef, Yea ... 90 0 0 4 0 0 • '360 · 0 0 200 fe'et Rising Sun ... Providence Reef, Yea ... 60 0 0 i 3 0 0 180 0 0 Various 769 0 . 0 .. HEATH(lOTE DIVlSION. 1A.ND Total ... 415 0 0 ! 1 17 1·44 W .A.RANGA SouTH Sun DIVISION. United Miners ... i ... Happy-go-Lucky Reef •.. 200 0 0 0 3' 21'32 38 17. '17 Surface to 12 feet Red Hill. ... Public crushings I •••., 45 0 ·o 0 12 '10•67 28 ci 0 Various depths ' Hawkridge and c~: ... William Tell Ree~. l ~;· 14 0 ·o 1 18 ..13•71 27- 0 0 Various depths · Yonder Luft's machine: ... .Public crushings ...... 22 0 0 0 19" .7·64 21 5·0 Various dep~hs ~ I.:. Total ... I,;, 281 0 ·o 0 8 4•67 ll5 2 17 -· WARA.NGA NoRTH Sun- . ; DIVISION...... --··. London ...... I ... London Lease ..• I ••• 68 0, 0 2 I 4•23 140 6 0 lOO feet Hoppum and Co ...... Old Spring Creek ·Reef . .-. 4 0 0 011 6 2 5 0 50 feet Hartley and Co .••• ... Blackwall Reef ; .•• 8 0 0 0 17 8 2 12 0 30 feet. Murray and Telford : , ... Cousin Jack Reef' .. 9 0 0 2 12 18'66 23 r5 0 60 feet Thompson ...... Fontainebleau .•• .. . 66 0 ·o 0 8 21'45 12 17 0 Surface Bailey and Co. .. • ... Car'r's Reef ...... ' 14 0 ·o 0 18 9 12 12 . 0 60 feet Jones and Mason ...... Welcome Reef ... 14 0 0 I 19 10'28 27 12 0 60 feet Darroch and others Albert and other reefs : .. 27 O· 0 .o 8 17•17 11 16 0 40 feet Regan, Anderson,and othe~~ Nuggety Reef.. : ... 323 0 0 0 19 22•51 322 0 0 lOO to 150 feet Perseverance ...... South Nuggety Reef 200 0 0 0 14 3'24 141 7 0 311 feet Rodstead, Mouseley,& others Main Gully & other reefs 87 0 0 0 16 10'2 7l 9 0 30 to 75 feet Richards and others . ; ... Cockatoo.and other reefs ,59 0 0 011 0 32 ,9 0 20 to 120 feet 20 10 . 0 Housley, Hilbrurn,andothers . Chinaman's ·and Belfast,, ' 82 0 0, 0 5 0 20 to 65 feet reefs .. ' " .. '',' Richards and Mengotti : ... Corroboree'and other reefs . :ss 0 0 0 13 15'15 25 18. 0 80'feet '98 1 116 Mather, Sutherland, & others . Ctiri:tberland.& other reefs 'I 0 ·o s ·1!)·65 I ~-0 45 .to ·~30 feet . '. . . . . : ; ·. :-:·: ". ' 1 Total ...... 1,092 0 0 017.15'38 963 4 0 ... , . llAYWOOD DIVISION. . . Nil Desperandum ... ·Raywood ...... 245 0 .0 0 4 19'68 59 i. 9 180 feet I 1;439 3 0 150 .and 200 feet Frederiek the Great ... Sebastian ~-·. .. . 1,953 o' 'o 0 I4 17'70 i ------Total ...... 2,198 o. 0 0 13 15•17 1,498 4 0 - - ' 'I~ ' MARYBORO'QG_H:' MINING DIS';i'RICT. ,_ - - -~- " - - ! ! ( .. '· MARYBOl!.OUGll DIVISION. . .. Mariner's Reef ...... Soldier's ReeL. ... 573 0 0 0 4 12'40 129 8 6 Various Mariner's Reef ... Public crushings ... I83 0 0 0 4.16·78 43 0 0 Various Penny and Claussen ... Public crushings ... 923 0 0 0 17 17'44 818 2 0 1 to 400 feet Williams Bros. and Co. ... Blue her's ...... 975 o: 0 0 i1 2•16. 540 13 0 Various New Flagstaff Reef Flagstaff 136 0 0 2 0 16•42 276 13 2 250 feet . -- ...... Ellery and Passn:iore . --- ·Bristol' Hill'-.-..~- ----... -· 120 -o.:--o- -2- ·9 ·12 -. ·297--0--0- -250-feet--- ...... Johnstone's ...... Public crushings ... 320 0 0 1 3 8'27 373 10 8 Various Leviathan Reef ... ' ... Public crushings ... 2,601 0 0 0 4 7'18 559 2 12 130 feet -----·-- 10'04 3,037 9 . ,. Total...... 5,831 0, 0 010 :i . .. ' .. ----- AMliEBST DIVIBION. ' .·. Cos stick and Co ...... New Gully Reef ... 800 0 0 0 4 13'36 68 7 0 40 feet Busch and Co...... Prince of Wales Reef' ... 45 0 0 I I 14•67 48 12 12 80 feet Several small parcels . ' ..... Ballarat Hill ... : 67 o' ·o 0 9)3·97 32 2"0 10 to·30 feet New Victoria ••• ' : · North British' Reef 800 o ·o 0 1 21'30 75 10. 0 70 to 80 feet -·: ···f 16 0 ·o 0 3 3 2 10 0 40 feet Bet-bet ...... I ,•••' Bet-bet Reef ... Mammoth ... 1; •••• Big Reef, Amherst ... 18 o; ·o .o 6 6 5 12 12 Surface· to 10 feet Waterloo ...... Blucher's Reef 20 o ·o 0 7 12 7' 10 0 80 feet • Clunes Northern, No. 2 ... Welcome Reef. ! 86 o, ·o 0 5 5 n 7 22 90 feet '8 12 0 96 0 45 feet Deed·Bros...... ;,.... Prince Alfred Reef o ·o 0 o· Cameron \,., ... Splitter's ·creek .40 0 0 0 6 10 12 16 16 60 feet Uncle Tom ...... Splitter's Creek ..... 20 o. 0 0 7 5 7 4"4 55 feet Morning Sar ... ,, ... , Split~er's Creek . 30 0 0 0 8 0 12 0" 0 60 feet ' ~ 35 0 0 0 8 10. 14 14"1:4 70 feet Magdala ...... Mount Glasgow Reef ... Northern Light ... Cornubian Reef ---- ·. ... 34~0 0 0 7 12 12 15 0 65 feet Total ...... 1,519 0'0 0 '5' I2·12 418 2 8 ~--~- _ .. _ ,.,...____.._ . . ____ ~ - ··-· '"" -· - . -- 11 QuANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in-each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.--continued. Division and Subdivision, Average ReDll\l'ks relative to the Quartz of Gold Total Yield of ' · and · ·' I Crushed. Yield Gold. Depth at which the Name of Company. ' l per Ton. Quartz wns obtn!ned, &c. AVOOA SUBDIVISION. tons owt. qr. oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Whiteman and Co. ... All England Reef ... 33 0 0 4 15 0 156 15 0 Whiteman and Co. ... All England Reef ... I6 . 0 0 I 10 3 24 2 0 Whiteman and Co. ~ ... All England Reef ... 27 0 0 0 17, 18"66 24 0 0 Wise and Co. •.. ••• Vale's Reef ...... 9 0 0 0 1l 2"66 5 0 0 Gibbs and Co. • .• ... Fiddler's Creek ... I2 0 0 0 3 8· ,2 0 0 Barnes and Co. ••. ... PlumReef ...... 12 o ·o 1 0 12 12 6 0 Morris and Co...... Luck's-all Reef ... 16 0 0 0 11 6 9 0 o 30 to 40-feet Morris and Co...... Luck's-all Reef ... 11 '0 0 0 10 21•81 6 0 o 30 to 40.feet E. Ward .. . .. • Welcome Reef ... 28 o' b 0 5 0 7 0 0 McGallon and Co, .. . West of England Reef .. . 10 o. 0 2 0 0 20 0 o 40 feet Dodd and Co. ••• •• . West of England Reef .. . 17 0 0 1 3 12•70 20 0 0 I Bosanquet and Co. ... Vale's Reef .•. 40 0 0 0 15 0 30 0 0 Bosanquet and Co. ... French's Reef...... 20 o ·o · 0 5 0 5 0 0 Total ... 251 0 0 1 5 14'15 321 s 0 DUNOLLY AND TABN.AGULLA DIVISIONS, Benyon's machine .• . Specimen Reef 59 0 0 0 7 2•84. 21 0 0 Athens Reef .. . 50 0 0 0 7 19'68 19 ll 0 Watts's Reef .. . 128 0 0 0 11 9•18 72 17 0 Black Ben's Reef 313 0 0 0 6 0•84 94 9 0 Forlorn Hope Reef 52 0 0 0 9 5'53 24 0 0 Sandstone Reef 59 0 0 1 0 0 59 0 0 Corfu Heef ... 179 0 0 I 4 20·38 222 8 0 All Nations Reef . 50 0 0 o 6 l4·4o 16 10 0 Merrijig Reef 18 0 0 0 I 16 I 10 0 Bousfield's machine .. • Sandstone Reef 1,149 0 0 0 12 3•50 697 16 0 Hammond's machine •• • Poverty Reef .•• 472 0 0 0 5 16'98 Ul4 14 0 Growler's Hill 15 0 0 0 10 14'40 7 19 0 Watts's Reef .. . 237 0 0 0 18 4•45 215 10 0 Ironbark .. . 86 0 0 0 4 7·81 18 12 0 Specimen Reef 17 0 0 0 7 0 5 19 0 Woolshed Reef 92 0 0 0 11 6•26 51 16 0 Sabbath Reef .•. 31 0' 0 0 4 8•51 6 15 0 Great Western Reef 10 0 0 0 3 0 1 10 0 Prince of· Wales·· 55 0 0 0 14 0•43 38 11 0 North Poverty Reef ... 71 0 0 0 6 7·09 22 7 0 GoldsbQrough · ...... Goldsborough 713 0 0 . 0 10 9•17 370 2 ll McCoy a?d Co...... Stewart's Hill. .. 107 0 0 0 ·5 6"95 28 6 0 Slaty Reef .•• 22 0 0 0 5 10•91 6 •0 0 Pike's machine ... .•• Perseverance Reef 1,000 0 0 0 3 12 175 0 0 Quaker's Gully machine ... Quaker's Reef 26 0 ··0 1 5 18•46 33 10 0 Total. .. 5,011 0 Q I 0 9 8'68 ' 2,345 12 11 KORONG DIVISION. Unity ...... March ... 1,001 0. 0 0 6 16·69 335 2 6 ') Independent ... 260 0 .o 0 4 6'23 55 7 12 Odin ..• 40 0 0 0 1 6•30 2 10 12 Reality •••• 3 0 0 0 .17 8 2 12 0 Morning Star ... 20 0 0 0 3 3•60 a a o Godwin ... :13 0 0 1 0 20'86 24 0 0 Exhibition·. •.. 22 0 0 1 2 8•72 24 12 0 No. 7 North March 20 0 0 0 5 16•80 5 14 0 Columbian ... 37 o. 0 0 6 0'64 ll 3 0 Various dl)pths March ... •.. March· ... 26 0 0 0 9 12 ' 12 7 0 Godwin ... 39 0 0 0 4 13"07 8 17 6 Morning Star ... 34 0 0 0 4 20•47 8 5 0 Duke of Cornwall ... Jersey ... 22 0 0 0 11 18•54 12 19 0 European Company 109 0 0 0 ·8 ·2'86 44 5 0 I Columbian ... 28 0 0 0 5 0'85 7 I 0 Eureka ... 1 0 0 3 4 0 a 4 o Prince ofWa.les ••• ... Jericho ... 564 0- 0 ·, 0 -4 19'61 135 17 0 ) Total ... 2,249 0 0 l 0 6 4"75 696 19 12 REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SoUTH SuBDIVISIONS. Star o~ the East .. • .. • Stuartmill ------1------10 0 0 0 10 0. 5 ,o 0 ST. AnNAUD Non:rH Su:n- DIVISION•. Welcome Reef 13 0 0 l 10 0 .. 19 10 0 20 feet Chrysolite Hill 56 5· o 0 7 16"74 2}-. 13 0 lOO to 200 feet Ga:pReef ... 30 0 0 0 16 0 24 o· o I 50 feet Rising Star ... . Chrysolite Hill 478 o ·o 0 13 2a·29 aaa 18 0 250 feet Wilson's Hi!~ ... 61 o ·o 1 a o 70 3 0 70 feet Bell Rock Reef 465 0 0 l 1 14'59 502 7 20 230 feet Jerejaw Reef .. . 98 10 0' 0 14 .10'96 7I 4 0 90 feet Bristol Reef .. . 39 0 0 0 14 4'92 . 27 i4 0 90 feet St. Arnaud GoldandSilver{ Trinidad .. . 96 0 0 · o· 18 22'19 90 16 18 lOO feet Walker's Lease. 38 15' 0 I · 6 21 "99 52 a· o 220 feet Sanderske's ' ~.. ... Stuart's Hill Reefs ------7 0 0 0 ll 0 3 17 0 60 feet Total.:. 1,382 10 0 0 17 14'65 i 1,217 6 14 12 " QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each.Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &~.-conti~ued. Division alld Subdivision, Averngc / T 0 tal Yield of 'l Remarks relative to th~ and I Where Quartz was obtained. ' Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold 1 • Cl Id Depth at which the per Ton. I sO • ' Quartz was 10btnined, &c. ---'·-N.;..am_~ of Com;p_an_y:_.. --~-- tons cwt. qr. .-::-~~ oz. dwt. gr.~------,---- , ·, CASTLEMAINE MINI~G DiSTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Ajax ...... Bolivia Reef ... 1,166 0 0 0 16 9•84 956 14 20 240 feet Nuggety ••. Nuggety Reef 427 0 0 0 8 10'73 180 7 0 180 feet Terrill ... WatJl.e Gully •.• 308 0 0 0 11 18'59 181 6 15 135 feet ~·· Other claims •• . Wattle Gully ... 760 0 0 0 5, 12 209 0 0 140 to 200 feet Learmonth ••. Eureka Reef ••• 1eo o ·o 0 4 0 30 0 0 Near surface Harris and Co. Eureka Reef ... ll6 0 0 1 4 ll·60 142 0 23 40 to 6() feet Lewes and Co. · .•• ... Sebastopol .•• 280 0 "0 0 3 0 42 0 0 Straede and Co. •.. ... Sebastopol ..• 282 o ·o 0 5 9'44 76 l 0 lOO feet navis and Co. ••• ... Black's Reef ... 124 0 0 0 9 0 55 16 0 60 feet Gray and Co. •.• .. . Champion Reef 98 0 0 0 12 13•47 61 11 0 80 feet James ... Town Reef ... 36 0 0 1 0 5'33 36 8 0 40 feet Sundry .•• ... Various· reefs ..• 757 o ·o 0 5 1'23 191 4 0 Jones and Co...... Nimrod Reef ... 285 0 0 0 6 15'36 94 12 12 To 180 feet Walker ..• •.. Manchester .•• · · 452 0 0 0 5 10'35 122 15 0 To 165 feet Total ... 5,241 0 0 0 9 1"95 2,379 16 22 F~YER's CnE~K SunnivrsroN. Collyer and Co. ... •. . Middleton Creek 5 0 0 9 17 4"80 49 6 0 50 feet Mills, Hilton, and Co. .•• Cattle's Reef ... 600 0 0 0 15 0 450 0 0 llO feet Little and Davis' ••. Cattle's Reef ... 50 0 ,o 0 12 0 30 0 0 40 to 50 feet Stephens and Davis .•• Ferron's Reef ... 300 0 0 0 3 6•40 49 0 0 40 feet Teasdale' and Co...... Heron's Reef ... 77 0 0 0 5 3'74 19 17 0 Surface to 40·feet Rowe Brothers ...... Cattle's Reef ... 605 0 0 0 5 18'60 174 14 o 120 to 130 feet Red house and Co. .. . Cattle's Reef ..• 78 0 0 0 6 5"84 24 7 0 30 to 40 feet Bates and Co. •. • .. . Prince of Wales Reef ... 39 0 0 0 3 20"92 7 ll 0 50 to 70 feet Blacksmith's Gully ••• Blacksinith's Gully 98 0 0 0 8 8·32 40 IS o 30 feet . J. Pryor ... ••• Bullock Reef ... 8 0 0 0 ll 0 4 8 o 140feet Williams and Co. ... Cemetery Heef 11 0 0 0 l 0 0 11 0 20 feet (trial) Small and Co. ... .•• Cattle's Reef .•• 162 0 0 0 12 17•18 103 0 0 80 to 135 feet Rowbotham and Co. .•. Emu Reef •.• 52 0 0 1 0 9"23 53 0 0 31 feet Anglo Australian ... Emu Reef ... 400 0 0 0 7 0 140 0 0 12 feet 1----·--· ------Total ... 2,485 0 0 0 9 5"47 1,146 12 0 HEPDURN DrvrsroN. Great Reef ...... Yandoit' ••• 214 0 0 0 17 N5 182 ll 0 Glengower ... ••. Glengower ... 8 16 0 0 7 22 3 10 0 Shallow Glengower ...... King William Reef 4 0 0 0 6 6 l 5 0 Shallow Cornish ...... Cornish Reef ... 2,500 0 0 0 2 12 312 10 0 160 feet Specimen Hill ...... Speeirli'en Hill Reef 107 0 0 0 3 17·71 20 0 0 ,lOO feet Specimen Hill .•. .•. Specimen Hill Reef 1,606 0 0 0 11 0•07 883 1l 12 60 feet Prince of Wales ... Italian Hill N. 236. 0 0 0 12 2·~·25 152 1 0 125 feet Ell is and Party .. • • •. . Wombat Hill ... 59 0 0 0 16 7'38 48 2 4 lOO feet Hoc kin and Party .. . Collier's Reef ... 30 0 0 0 12. 13•80 18 17 6 125 feet Spring Creek ...... Spring' Creek .. . 117 0 0 0 l. 20•96 10 19 5 78 feet Barkla Public ••. ... Various reefs .. . 1,015 0 0 0 7. 20'08 397 14 12 lOO to 150 feet Jenkins' mill, Wil!ard ... Willard's Reef 42 o. 0 1 5 10•85 53 9 0 32 feet· Jenkins', Nuggety Tributors Nuggety Reef 70 0 0 0 3 14'88 12 13 ·10 57 feet Jenkins', Pryde and Co. ... Italian Hill S. 40 0 0 Q 14 J2'32 I 29 0 13 74 feet Jenkins', Burall and eo. •.• Gold's l>addock 46 0 0 0 2 23•69 6 17 10 38 feet Jenkins', Victoria •.. Willard's Reef 78 0 0 0 3 12'l5 13 13 12 35 feet .J. B. Conpin and Co. ... Adam's Reef ... 307 0 0 o· 4 12·53 69 8 9 125 feet J. B. Coupin and Co. ... Blackjack's Iteef 36 0 0 0 l 10'83 2 12 6 32 feet Royal Exchange .• • ••. I veson's Reef ... 102 0 0 0 13 22•39 71 1 4 200 to 254 feet 1------~l,---c~------Total. .. 6,617 16 0 6 22•()9 2,289 17 7 TARADALE SUBDiVISION. Achilles... ••• •.. Liberty Flat ... 50 0 0 0 5 0 12 lO 0 MALDON DrvrsroN. Albert ... Fenteman's Reef 251 0. 0 0 17 7'93 2l 7 1o o 400 feet Alpha .. • Victoria Reef ... 519 0 0 0 2 22•73 76 9 15 Caledonia .. . Eaglehawk, · Beehive, 1,579 0 0 0 9 4'65 725 17 12 Surface to 400 feet Victoria, 'Wilson's, Lin scott's, German, &c. Brittingham Bros. ... Thorn hill's Reef ... 52 0 0 .o 10 0 26 o o 200 feet Eaglehawk .•• ... Eaglehawk Reef ... 402 0 0 0 4 5•31 84 17 o 200 feet Great '\Vestern ...... Beehive Reef ... • .. 1,441 0 0 0 8 14'19 619 0· 0 200 and 300 feet Green, Bibby, and Co. ... Christie's Heef .. . 200 0 0 0 5 0 50 o 0 60 feet1 Nelson ••• Wilson:s Reef .. ; .. . 720 0 0 1 o s·o3 727 ll o 300 feet North British ... ••• Man ton's, Garkin's,Cook 592 0 0 0 15 18 466 4 0 Surface to 300 feet man's, and Lisle's Reefs Ph mnix • . • German, Victoria, Bee 874 0 0 0 10 6'32 448 10 o Surface to 300 feet hive, Eaglehawk, &c. Umon, Muckleford .. • Thornhill's Reef ... 320 0 0 0 7 7'35 ll6 18 o 100 to 300 feet Linseott's ...... Eaglehawk, Linscott's, 1,239 0 0 0 10 20'71 672 19- o Surface to 350 feet Beehive, Nuggety, &c. 1-~-----l------Total ... 8,189 0 0. 0 10 8•05 4,231 16 3 13 QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division rind Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.--continued. ' Division and Subdivision, Average Rell!Ark.s relative to the Total Yield of l)epth at which the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Name of Company. ------per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c. ST. ANDREW'S CENTRAL tons. cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. SUBDIVISION. Qram's Reef, No. 3 South ••• Panton Hill ...... 10 10 0 4 7 21•71 46 3 0 30 feet Oram's Reef, No. 4 South ... Panton Hill ...... 42 0 0 1 .4 1'50 50 10 15 30 feet You-you Antimony ... You-you ...... 1 10 0 1 1 18 1 12 I5 70 feet Eureka ...... You-you ...... 11 0 0 6 0 10'90 66 5 0 60 feet Boomer's Reef ... Long Gully ...... 5 io 0 4 6 3•27 23 13 18 130 feet Steel's Creek Reef ... Steel's Creek ...... 3 0 0 3 0 14 9 1 18 40 feet ' Mandell and Co ...... You-you ...... 2 10 0 0 IS 0 2 5 0 40 feet Fourth Hill ...... Wanandyte ...... 42 IO 0 I 19 14'49 84 3 4 130 feet Bendigo Reef ...... Wanandyte ... 6 10 0 0 9 0 2 18 12 70 feet Christian and Co. ... Diamond Creek ... 28 0 0 2 I 5•57 57 14 12 130 to 140 feet <::hristian and Co. ... Diamond Creek ... __4_1 ~I 3 11 9'95 146- 8 0 Total ...... 194 0 0 2 10 14•34 490 15 22 KYNETON SunnrvrsroN. Binie and Co. ... ., ... Orr's Paddoek ... 286 0 0 0 8 10•40 I20 12 0 12 feet Prince Alfred ...... Kangaroo Reef ... 21 0 0 0 4 0 4 4 0 80 feet Prince Alfred ...... Gray's Claim ...... 17 0 0 0 8 5'64 7 0 0 75 feet Prince Alfred ...... Gould's Claim ...... 12 0 0 0 4 12 2 14 0 75 feet Prince Alfred ...... Beard's Claim ...... 118 0 0 0 6 22 40 16 4 100 feet Prince Alfred ...... Frosty Morning ... 19 0 0 0 10 0 9 10 0 95 feet \ Total ••• ... 473• 0 0 0 7 19•54 184 16 4 ARARAT MINING' DISTRICT. j ARARAT DIVISION. North Star ... 1,491 0 0 0 3 5•19 239 15 12 386 feet Southern Cross Campbell's Reef, Moys- 821 0 0 0 4 20'93 200 ... ton 0 0 510 feet Kangaroo ... } 853 0 0 0 5 17'30 244 0 0 500 feet Rhymney Reef ...... Rhymney Reef ... 169 0 0 0 15 23•43 135 0 0 12 to 20 feet Eaglehnwk ...... Armstrong's ... 260 0 0 0 9 0 117 0 0 140 feet Mitchell's Reef ...... Ararat Ra~ges, Ararat ... 29 0 0: 0 13 20'69 20 2 0 60 t{} 13 feet, the first ------trial crushing Total...... 3,623 0 0 0 5 6•63 955 17 12 ------PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. I 'Vim m era ...... Scotchman's Reef ... 1,160 0 0 1 0 21'93 1,213 0 0 St. George's ...... Seotchman's Reef ... 2,800 0 0 0 17 0 2,380 0 0 330 feet Victoria ...... Various reefs ••. ... 2,252 0 0 0 10 6'18 1,155 0 0 Lamont and Co ...... Flat and Cross Reefs ... 3,024 0 0 0 17 0'41 2,573 0 0 Moonlight ...... Flat Reef ...... ),467 0 0 0 16 9•67 1,203 3 0 560 feet Cambrian ...... Wonga-W onga ... 60 0 0 0 19 3'60 57 9 0 ---- Total;.. ... 10,763 0 0 0 15 22'72 8,581 12 0 ' --,-- G IPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. MITCHELL JhvER Su:n- DIVISION. T11bal Cain ...... TubalCainReef,Deptford 22 0 0 2 6 0 50 12 () 70 to 90 feet ------CROOKED RIVER Su:n- DIVISION, Mornington ...... Long Neglected ... 17 0 0 0 14 2'82 12 0 0 Surface to 20 feet Steers and Co...... Little Dorr~t ...... 13 0 0 1 10 20'30 20 1 6 150 feet Mahon and Co...... Champion ...... 15 0 0 1 9 8 22 0 0 Surface to 40 feet Pioneer ...... Pioneer ...... 10 0 0 0 15 :3·60 7 11 12 120 feet Willmott and Whiting ... Time-will-tell ••• ... 35 0 0 0 19 23•71 34 19 14 90 feet Hughes, Spong, and Co. ... Black Snake .•• ... 56 0 0 1 3 5'14 65 .o 0 Go to wo feet Manuel and Co ...... Vulcan ...... 40 0 0 1 3 22'80 47 18 9 ;o feet Heedenberg and Co. ... Crinoline ...... 12 0 0 0 14 14 8 15 0 40 feet Hoskin and Co...... Welcome ...... 20 0 0 0 IS 15·90 18 13 6 Surface to 30 feet Breeze and Co...... Captain Cooke ... 12 0 o 0 10 2 6 i 0 · 30to50feet Bil.by and Co...... Eldorado ••• ... 50 0 ·o 0 5 9·12 13 9 o /50 to 70 feet Total ••. ... 280 0 0 1-;;-;~1--;;-s;;-1 14 QuANTITY of Qu:AR'i'z Cru~he.ll in:each DiV.ision :lnd Subdivision·during -the· .. Divrsroii'arld"sil.bdiviston; Avem~e Remarks relative·to~ the " and· of QuartZ• I I was' "'f•£• obtained.: I ,--" JERICHO SmmmsiON. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, oz. ~wt. gr, Lochfyne .•• ... Lochfyne,Reef 400 0 0 0 15 0 300 :0 0 90 to 150 feet Lochness ...... Lochfyne Reef 117 o... o 2 .s 0 . 251 11 ..o 50 to 70.feet No. 1 South New-Chum ... New-chum Reef 565 0 .o 0 --7 0 ·197 l5 . 0' 110 feet. Manoa· ... ••• .. .,; New-chum Reef 650 0 .. o 0 4 12 .. . ·146-·5 0 80 feet Blue Jacket .. ·• ... Blue Jacket Heef ; 130 o.. 0 0 3 7'01 21" [8. 0 90 feet Tota:J 1,862 o... o 0 ·9 20'37 , 916 19 0 ------' .. DoNNELLY's CREEK Sun DIVIsioN. . ' Morning Star ... ••• Morning Star·Tunnel : •. · 75 o... o 1 8 19'20 108 ' o.' 0 20ft. above creek level North Crinoline ... · ... North Crinoline Tunnel . 40 0 0 0 5 18 11 1o 0 100 feet above creek level Total .• ;- ~w 115 0 0 ' 1 0 18'78 119 lO 0 STRINGER's CREEK' Sun·· • DIVISION, I, W ellesley •• . : i ••. No. 8 Cohen's -Reef · .. . 'I 194 o .. o 1 17 :]0'14 363 I 0 .. 0 40 ft. below water level Happy-go-Lucky .. , · • ... Happy-go-Lucky ·Reef ...· .. 208 0··0 0 '·2'· 18'23 '28 14 .. 0 200 .feet from surface North Gippsland ·' ... No. 6 !]ohen's Heef · : .. . -140 0··0 1 .a. 23'48 167 i.7 .. 0 300 feet from surface Tubal Cain · ... ·· · ... Tubal Cain Reef,. ~· ...• 48 0 ··0 0 4 '18'50 11 ·g .. 0 100 feet'from surface Golden Fleece ...... No: 5 Cohen's Reef- ::::- · 50 0 0 1 9 8'64 73 8 0 60 feet from surface 1 Walhalla ...... No. 7 Cohen's·Reef ..• l,Ui5 0··0 2 ··1 20·58 2,354 lO 0 Various depths Longfellow'~ __ .. ••• Longfellow's Reef ... 902 0 0 1 3 10'74 1,057 10 0 250 feet from surface Perseverance ...... Perseverimce Reef ... 300 0 0 0 2 3'20 32 0 0 lOO feet from surfaee Young Happy i" ... Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... 56 0 0 1 18 22•28 109 0 0 50 feet from surface • Total' .. ~ ·. : ... · 3,023 0 •O 1 · 7 18'47 4,197 8 0 Russ:ELL's CREEK :;;u:u-- nrvuiioN. 1 Gippsland Empire .. • Western Branch, Tangil 3 0 0 32 0 0 96· 0 0,. Surfa.ci~ to 30 feet River Pheasant Creek fheasant. Creek 6 o o 1 a 10. o 21- : o o Surface to 20 feet 1- ' Total ... , 9 0 0 13 0. 0 117 0 0 , I 1-----,-t------BENnoc Sunmv.xsioN. , Morni~g 'Star Reef 70 0 .. o 1 2 0 77 •O 0 140 feet ~;;~t:d ~i:: ::: : ::: Evening Star Reef 4 0 0 0 15 0 3 · 0 0 40 feet Nos. 1,, 2; and a Morning Star Morning Star Reef 6 0 0 0 7 0 2 2 0 80feet Come-love ... Come-love Reef 267 0 0 1 0 0 267 o · 0· -100 feet Rising Sun .. • , ... Rising Sun ~~ef so 0 0 1 10 0 120 0 o 75 feet l I : TotaL .. ... '' ,.... QUARTZ TAILINGS, CEMENT, ETC. THJJ following inform_!~#on h_as been obtained,_from_Retul'!ls made by the MiJ!ing Suryey9.rs and Regi~tra:rs, relating to the Quantity of QuARTZ TAILINGS and CEMENT, &c., Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the Gold obtained -there_from :~ ' Division and Subdivision, Where Qna'rtz Taillngs and Qu.artz TaUlngs , Average ' . .. · 01 I Remarks reiative to. the and Cement, &c., were and Cement, &c., Yield of Gold Total Yield I Depth at whfcll tbe Name of Company. obtained. Crushed. per Ton. Gold. , Cement &c.,. were obtained. --~--~ tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr, oz. ~wt. gr;' ·: I . BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. I. J; I ·•- .,.· JAMIEBON NoRTH Still· DIVISION. i .. ,. 1 Albert ,;. Lucky ~eef, .A,le~andra 47 o:.o 0 '9 0·5·1' 21· · 4" o' Alfred_ ... "· L~cky RE_;ef, A;iexandra ao 0 0 0 :~ 23•33 . 1~ ~~:. 4 1 ••. t. Just-in-Tiill~ Mysterio~s Reef 34 o o o .. aT!l·1~- 6 2::0 Total ... '. 111 11 .• 0 0 7 14'74 42 5 4 15 QuANTITY of QuARTZ TAILINGS and CEMENT Crushed in each Division and Subilivision, &c.-continued. -D-Iv-is-ion-an--d-S-ub_d_iv_ls_io-n,--c--Wh'-e--'re~Q-u-artz-T-a-il-ln-ge_an_d-,1-Qu-a-rt-z-T-ru-·un~s ·1 Average !·Total Yi~d-of I Remarks relative to tbe ' and · Cement, &c., were and Cement, &c., Yield of Gold . • Gold Depth at whlcb the · No.me o! Com:PimY.. · ___obta_w_•_u_. ___ w:·::; ~. ·.. ~:·~ . ~ "' ~·' ~. &., -·~ 1 1 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. S.L'!DHURST DIVISION. t ' Guy, Clough, and Co ... White Hills ...... 2,529 o·o 0 1 13•82 199 5 6 Mixed lots Felix ... , .. "" ... White Hills ...... 2,290 0 0 0 2 1·78 237 10 4 Mixed lots North of England ... Huntly...... 764 0 0 0 4 7•83 165 5 12 Huntly Deep Lead ... Htintly ...... 2,017 0 o· 0 5 22'07 597 0 0 124 feet Huntly Deep Lead Extended Huntly ...... 250 0 0 0 4 12'48 56 10: 0 124 feet Telegraph ...... Huntly · ...... 315 0 0 0 4 0'77 63 10 4 112 to 114 feet Ballarat and Bendigo ... Huntly ...... 950 0 0 0 3 13'38 169 0 0 lOO to 130 feet True Briton ...... Huntly ...... 700 0 ,0 0 3 11'45 121 14 0 120 feet Morning Light ••• ' .... Huntly ...... 1,565 0 0 0 2 ·23•80 234 2 0 130 feet Sundry lots (private) ... Huntly .. ... - -· .... .2,500 0 0 0 2 13•41 319 17 0 . .. Total ...... 13,880 0 0 .0 3 2'82 2,163 14 2 IIEATIIOOTE DIVISION . - - -·.' AND W ARANGA SouTH SUII· DIVISION. Harrison, Lowe, and Co. · ... R€dcastle ...... 270' o ·o . 0- 1 16'89 c 23 0 0 Surface Red Hill ...... Public crushings ... 34 0 0 0 9 3'76 15 ll 8 Various depths ------'. Total ••• ... 304 0 0 0 2 -12'89 38 11 8 ¥,ARYBQROlJG.H MINING DISTRICT. MARYlloROUGB DIVISION •. - ' ' p hrenix ...... Mullock from Mariner's 429,: 0 0. 0 I 14'04 34 0. 0 ' ·- -- - -~eef . - A:MIIE'Il.ST DIVISION.' .• .. .. ! everal small claim's· ... -Mount Greenock and 325 o. 0 0 5 1'99 82 12 0 70 to lOO feet Back Creek AVQCA SUIIDIVISION. '. . . I .. B osanquet and Co. ... AvocaLead ...... 420 0 0 0 2 0 42 0 0 D aw and Co...... Fiddler's Creek ' ... 500 0 0 0 5 0 125 0 0 Total ...... ~20 0 0 0 3 15"13 167 0 0 ------KoRONG DIVISION. ... ' u uity ...... Cement .. . I ~ ... .. 845 0 9. 0 2 16'73 113 19 5 M arch ...... Cement ...... 136 0 0 0 3 5'64 22 0 0 J D uke of Cornwall ... Cement ...... 39 0 0 0 10 23'07. 21 7 12 wedderburn ...... Cement ...... 132 0 0 0 12 1•09 79 10 0 Total ...... 1,152 0 0 0 4 2'68 236 16 17 DBANK AND ST. ARNAUD ---- SouTH. ... star of the East ...... Stuartmill ...... 300 0 0 0 2 Q 30 0 .o .. OASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. FRYER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. .. Thomas and Co...... Bald Hill ...... 150 0 0 0 5 0 37 10 0 90 feet Jenkins and Co ...... Shicer Hill ... -:.·"· 130 0 0 0 4 0 26 0 0 80 feet Jenkins and Co. (public Various places ... 500 0 0 0 15 0 375 0 0 Va.rious crushing) Y ates and Co...... Table Hill ...... 54 0 0 ·o 10 0 27 0 0 90 feet Champion and Co. ... Table Hill ...... : lOO 0 0 0 4 0 20 0 0 lOO to -110 feet Ta.ble Hill ...... Table Hill ...... 210 0 0 0 5 0 52 10 0 120 feet Free Italian ...... Guildford Hill ... 750 0 0 0 2 0 75 0 0 200 feet William Tell ... Guildford Hill' ... 500 0 0 0 2 0 50 0 0 180 feet Sir H. Barkly .•• ... Pennyweight ...... 400 0 o. 0 6 0 120 0 0 70 to lOO feet Sir H. Barkly (public crush- Pennyweight-...... 30 0 0 1 5 0 37 10 0 Various ing) Bishop and Co...... Guildford Hill · ... 260 0 0 0 10 0 130 0 0 170 to 180 feet ' Total ••• ... ,3,084 0 0 0 6 3'93 950 10 0 16 QuANi'ITY of. Qu4-RT·z 'TAl~INGS and CEMENT Crushed 'in each 'Division and Subtliyil?ion, &c.-continued~. Division and Subdivision, . Where Qunrtz Talllngs and Qunrtz Tailings Average Totnl Yield of Remarks relative to the and Cement, &c., were and Cement, &c., Yield of. Gold Deptli at wllicll the Name of Compan;r:. obtained. Crushed. per.Ton: Gold. Ce!£lent, &c., were obtalped HEPBURN DIVlSION... tons cwt. qr. oz. d'l'li. gr. oz. dwt. gr. I ' Old Cornish machine ... Wombat· ... '••u 1,020 0 0 0 2 13'74' 131 4 0 Various Jenkins', Victoria ... Various ...... 153 0 0 0 l 6•19 9 12 12 Surface Perseverance ...... W:iJlaby ... 53 0 0 0 12 0•45 31 17 0 liO feet Enterprise II!ill ...... Wombat Hill ...... 1,274 0 0 0 1· 14'53 102 5 16 50 feet Total ...... 2,500 0 0 0·2 4·79 274 19 4 T.UU.DALE SURDIVISION. --- London and Melbourne· j ... Company's Claim ... 5,~00 0 0 0 2'"8•86 616 l 0 ... MALDON DIVISION...... Prince of Wales ...... Cement from surface ... 1,800 0 0 0 1 .8 120 0 .o Nnggety ...... Quartz tailings .. . 600 0 0 0 0.21'82 ,27 . 5 12 ----- Total .••,. ... 2,400 0 0 0 1 5'46 147 5 12 .. - ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. .. T~igea and Co. ... Deep Lead ...... 2,000. 0 !J. 0 l, 14 158 6 6 Pipeclay N. and S. Wales .•. ... Deep Lead...... 1,614 0 0 0 6 19•23 548 17 0 Cambrian ...... ·Silver Shilling .. . 275 0 0 0 4 0 55 0 0 p Total ...... 3,889 0 0 0 3 22•07 762 3 6 BARKI,Y DIVISION. Lands borough ...... Malony's and Ray's Leads 800 0 0 0 10 0 400 0 0 Malony's . Malony's Lead 1,000 0 0 0 9 6 462 lO 0 ...... Total ••• ... 1,800 0 0 0 9 14 862 10 .o. GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. - CROOKED RIVER SUB- ' DIVISION. Good Hope ...... Good Hope ...... so 0 0 0 5 I·8o 20 6 0 280 feet ., . .. BENDOC SUBDIVISION. .. I Come-love ...... Come-love ...... 50 0 0 0 2 12 6 5 0 Cement or mullock Nos. 1, 2, 3 Morning Star ... Morning Star Reef ... 30 0 0 0 2 12 3 15 0 Tailings Morning Star Morning Star Reef 40 0 0 14 0 0 Cement or mullock ...... ' ' - • Total. .. 120 0 ·0· .: :..~1 24 0 0 ~ .. ' PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS. THE following information has been obtained, frqm Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars, relating. to the Quantity of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in the several Divisio~s and Subdivisions of each Mining Distri~ durin~ the Quarter, and the Golcl obtained therefrom :-· Pyrites Average Remarks relative to the Division and Subdivision, Where Pyrites and Blanketings Total Yield of and and Blnnketlngs Yield of Gold Gold. • Depth at which the Name of Company. l were obtained. operated on. per ton. Pyrites, &c., were obtained. ------·------·------l------~l------l--~-----l---·------1 tons ·cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. I . BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. ... CRESWICK DIVISION. ... p ort Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs ••• ... 87 10 0 4 11 16'59 401 3 0· N ew North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs •...... 35 0 0 3 9 13•02 121 14 0 y an:Kee ...... Clunes Reefs ...... 10 10 0 2 13 22•85 28 6 12 Total ...... 133 0 0 4 2 21•20 551 3 12 ----- BLAOKWOOD DIVISION, • H ill and Co...... Barry's Reef ...... 1 0 .0 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 Q~ANTITY of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in each Division and Subdivi,;ion, &c.-continued. Division and Subdivision, Pyrites Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to tho and Where Pyrites and Blanketlngs and manketings Ylel ----.-~--==~ =~ -=wt .. gr. ------ SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. Ellesmere ...... New-chum Gully ... 4 0 1 8 0 5 12 0 Beehive ... Clarke's Reef ... 1 0 gl 2 0 0 2 0 0 Prince of Wales ...... Prince of Wales Reef ... 1 0 0 1 12 0 1 12 0 Total ••• ... 6 0 0 1 10 16 9 4 0 . CAS'l'LEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. ~ HEPBURN DIVISION,. ~ Specimen Hill · ...... Specimen Hill ••• ... 8 0 0 7 1 0 S6 8 0 289 feet GIPP,S~AND MINING DISTRicT: , STRINGER's CREEK Sw- I DmSION. Walhalla ...... No. 7 Cohen's Reef- Blanket sand ... 2 2 3•20 3 14 13•01 8 0 0 \ Pyrites ...... 18 2 1 18 19•18 85 4 0 Pyrites ... (' 13 16 3 8 19•33 47 12 12 ... ---- Total...... 34 2 ml2•23 2 13 5'!'5 90 16 12 •No. 31, b, ' . .. ·-, ' . ' MINING SURVEYORS AND' REGISTRARS' REPORTSo J?ALLARAT' MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. Mr. HaN'ie W:ood, Mining Registrar. It will be perceived that there is a reduction in the number of steam-engines, several having been sold and sent to Gordon's, Pleasant Creek, and elsewhere. This reduction has taken place principally with those described as " idle " in the previous quarterly report. The future prospects in ;,tlluvial mining are favorable. The St. George and Band of Hope United· Company have, during the last quarter, thoroughly opened up their claim and made discoveries to warrant confidence in a greatly increased yield, and of long continuance. They have disco;ered, on the reefs of the Golden Point Lead, good paying wash at difl'erent levels, varying from 50 feet to 150 feet above the Golden Point gutter. · The All Saints,, one of the most important companies here, have recently struck on gold not far from their shaft. This claim lies about a mile west from the No. 2 shaft of the Band of Hope and Albion Consols. The All Saints Company promises to be one of the most important in Ballarat. · . The Winter's Freehold 9ompany have also found gold at .their No. 2 shaft. . _ The Lady of the Lake Company, after several years of perseverance, have at length struck gold 1mmedmtely under Lake Wendouree, 1,500 feet from any other' workings. . · The Durham Company, also at Lake Wendouree, is now in good working order. The yield of gold during the quarter amounts to nearly 1,000 ozs. These are among the largest and most important companies at Ballarat. Boring has been going on for some time in the North Park Company and Mississippi Company, west of Lake Wendouree, and very deep ground has been proved. The f'ormer company has reached a depth of 428 feet. This of course is a very favorable indication, and, if these companies are successful, will be of great importance to Ballarat, from the wide field of virgin ground in that directio~. ' STATEMENT of Gold obtained by the principal Mining Companies in.th~ Central Division of the Ballarat District, for · the Quarter ending 31st March, 1869. Name of Company. Quantity. Name of Company. Quantity. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Great Northern Junction 2,263 8 0 Band of Hope and Albion,Consols 16,478 0 0 Don (Gum-tree Flat) . ... •.. 200 0 0 Great Northern 481 8 0 .United Hand-in-Hand and Band of Hope 1,042 2 12 Guiding Star 1,060 0 0 Working Miners 966 10 0 NewDon ... 1,118 12 6 Prince of Wales 4,151 0 0 Inkerman and Durham 301 0 0 Leviathan 1,829 5 0 .Park 6,504 5 0 Scottish and Cornish 4,039 8 0 Koh-i-noor 3,894 0 0 Great Gulf .•. . 1,682 10 0 St. George and Band of Hope Unii;ed ... • 2,455 0 0 Bonshaw 5,926 4 0 Co-operative Companies · ...... 2,500 0 0 United Albion and Prince of Wales 2,351 17 0 Durham 956 0 0 Total 61,200 9 18 STATEMENT of Dividends for the Quarter ending 31st March, 1869. I I Name of Company. Amount. Name of Company. Amount. £' 8, d,>' £ 8. d. Don (Gum-tree Flat) ...... 800 0 0 Bonshaw ...... 6,720 0 0 Prince of Wales ...... 2,085 15 0 Band of Hope and Albion Consols ... 22,450 0 0 United Albion and Prince of Wales ... 3,224 0 0 Guiding Star ...... 1,500 0 0 Britannia ...... 460 0 0 Park ...... ' ... ' ... 15,360 0 0 Endcavor ...... 25 0 0 Koh-i-noor ...... 4,000 0 0 Scottish and Cornish ...... 6,048 0 0 Temper~~ce ...... 1,200 0 0 Great Gulf ...... 2,000 0 0 Total ...... £65,872 15 0 ' SOUTHERN DIVISION. Mr. J. F. Coleman; Mining Regist;ar. The past quarter has been signalized by an alluvial rush to a gully midway between Break-o'-day and Bulldog, but no finds of particular import were obtained. Indeed, notwithstanding the encouraging returns m<;Jt with by the prospectors (Perry and party), on bottoming, the subsequent yields were insignificant. . - The returns from some of the recently discovered quartz reefs hav(l exceeded my most sanguine anticipations; those from the Grassy Gully Reef notably so, where the yield-ta~ i11to account the gold washed frow. the debris while being WQrf!:~q-w!IB more tha~ 2 ozs. p~r ton. . · "' " "' 1 · .. - .... ·' • 20 BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M. Harveg, Mining Survegor and Registrar, . 'QuARTZ MINING. . Very little actual work has been done during the quarter .in proving the ground previouslY: taken up as quartz claims, and I have nothing new to report. Hiscock's Reef is steadily worked by the One-and: An and Imperial Com panies with the usual steady returns; and there is every prospect of the John Bull, late Erin-go-Bragh, Company. recommencing operations. ' · .ALLUVAL MINING. On the Durham proper, the Garibaldi, Enfield, and Duke of Cornwall 'obtain gold in remunerative quantities. The S. Grenvil}e Company are advertising for tenders to sink shaft, and the Leigh Grand Junction has been for the present given up; the Durham tributaries; at the northern portion, together with the old lead, are turning out very well. There is considerable difficulty in getting accurate returns from small co-operative claims. At Buniriyong, the Buninyong Company is doing little or nothing. The Webbville and Buninyong New obtain barely sufficient to cover working expenses. 'The Independent obtain excellent yields; and the old shaft of the·Pactolus Company has been put in order, and efficient machinery erected to work the nort)lern portion of the Union.Tack and Glencoe, which are' supposed to unite and pas,s near this shaft; actual mining operations are to be commenced this week. Want of water has prevented much work being done on the shallow workings.. · . · The following is a statement of the gold obtained from some of the principal mines in the division during . ' the quarter:- ' J , · - . - · Alluvial Gold. · oz. dwt. gr. Leviathan (Napoleon) ' 1,844 5 0 Buninyong (Scotchman's) 36 0 0 Buninyong New (Union Jack) .·.. 516 5 9 Duke of Cornwall (Durham) 370 1812 Enfield (Durham)... .' ...... ,263 0 0 I Independent (Union Jack and Glencoe) ... 274 6 5 Webbville (Union Jack) ...... ' 753 17 0 Garibaldi (Durham), approximate 400 0 0 j" Speculation (Winter's Flat) approxh:pate ••,• 450 0 0 Total 4,908 12 2 SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Mr. John Lynch, Mining Survegor and Registrar. In all,uvial mining there has been an improvement in the last quarter's returns \I-S· compared with those of the previous quarter: the excess being 447 ozs. 18 Q.wts. 19 grs. The yield from the principal mines is as follows :- oz. dwt. gr. Goiden Horn ~... 2,102 14 0 Golden Stream 1,64.6 0 0 Grand Trunk 1,474 0 0 Galatea · \0 •• 842 1 2 Golden Lake 792 0 0 Bute .. . 758 18 18 Atl~s ... ' 665 5 12 Wheal Kitty 355 5 1.5 . The total yield from all sources was 14,256 o.z~. 16 dwts. Attention is directed at present more towards Haddon ' than any other part of this division. The Reform Company, upon the-result of whose efforts will, in a large measure, depend the opening up or abimdonment of an extensive tract of undeveloped, country, have entered the guttf;r in two places, and obtained very, encouraging prospects; but .the water is so heavy that very little progress has been hitherto marle in opening up the mine. Further ahead, op the same course of deep ground, the Trunk Lead Company have .bored over 180 feet, and are still in solid rook. This depth is .looked upon as determining sa-tisfa-ctorily th!l course of the Haddon leads to be trending in a north-easterly direction towards Ballarat. · . . · In quartz mining t.here is scarcely anything doing. At the beginning of the quarter there were some efforts. madE! to revive that branch of mining, but the ardour soon abated, and the few undertakings that were commenoed either languished through want of support or are entirely :tb:tndoned. There is one exception to this state ~f affairs. to be found in the Result Company, at Carngharp, who have, duriu'g the quarter, done a commendable amount of work in sinking a shaft and removing and erecting machinery. . · : • Sirice the late rains, many of the horse pud,dlitlg machines, which were idle during the dcy seaso~, have been' started to work, · CR:ESWICK DIVISION: Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar~ •· The impr~vement in the mining prospects of this division reported last quarter stiU ·continues. The work in the new g'round taken up is, however, still confined to sinking shafts, boring, or other works in view of the future working of the ground, so that, for the present, there is no increase in the yields for the district. • , Tile yield of the principal alluvial claims is as follows :.::.. · oz. dwt, gr. Australasian (hired labor), lled s·t~ak 1,752 11 0 Jupction (hired labor), Red Streak 765 2 12 Hit or Miss (12 men), Red Streak ... 190 14 4 Gist and Party (5 men), Red Streak 11 4 18 Rose of Allandale (12 men), Red Streak 76 0 0 Royal Standard (16 men), Red Streak 72 9 0 •Watman and Party (4 men), Union IJill 70 0 0 Wallace and !'arty (4 men), Sulky Gully 70' 0 0 St, George's (hired -~a~or) 1 Langdon's Hill 21 12 q 21 GORDON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.' . . ALLUVIAL MINING. No operations of importance have been carried on in this branch of mining during the quarter. The claims at Cantwell's Creek are still being worked, but with no re~urns as yet. Water has been very scarce during the. quarter. . . . QUARTZ MINING. . Egerton Company .-Although this company suspended operations for four weeks for want of water, the returns contrast ~avorably with other quarters. The stone appears to improve i~ quality with the greater depth. • Black Horse Company have not crushed a large amount of quartz, hut that which has been worked has yielded very satisfactory returns, as will be· seen from the tables. . . ' W ellesley Company are still engaged in' sinking their shaft, which has now reached a depth of 340 feet. ~everal promising 'leaders have been ·struck as the shaft has been sunk. It is not intended to open out until the shaft IS sunk to a depth of 400 feet. The sinking. is very wet. Flying Scud Company.-The winding machinery of this company h~s just been completed; sinking operations were suspended during the last month, but will be resumed immediately. The shaft is down a depth of 200 feet. The North Egerton Company's shaft is down to a depth of 260 feet; the sinking is very wet. The company erected pumping and winding machinery during the 'luarterPat a cost of,£1,000. . Princess of Wales Company's shaft is 235 feet deep. Reef struck about lOO feet to east of shaft. The stone looks exceedingly well; from the appearance of the gold in the quartz, the yield is expected to be good. If the water increases, the company intend to erect pumping machinery. . Greed's Reef Company.-This company exlect to strike the solid reef at a depth of 216 feet. The reef was • struck at the 112-foot level, and a trial crushing o a small quantity of stone yielded at the rate of 5 dwts. per ton. Emu Quartz Mining Oompany.-The shaft on Peterson's.Reef opened out at the 112-foot level, and struck the reef a~ a distance of 50 feet east of the shaft. The company are now engaged in raising stone, some very fine samples of which have been brought up. . _ . It is intended to open out the shaft on Hick's Reef at a depth of 250 feet. The company are about to erect machmery. ~he Kangaroo :Bob Quartz Mining Company.-During the quarter this company crushed a small quantity of stone with rather poor results; but they expect the stone to-improve very much as the reef gets deeper. Vic~oria C9mpany are sinking their shaft by contract. · Whi~e Horse Company are engaged iu sinking their shaft ; it is not intende~ to open out under 500 feet. . A large ~u!llber of companies are engaged in sinking, and the strong inclination which was shown to prospect this branch of mmmg d~s not as yet show any symptoms of abatement. STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. Richara English, Mining Registrar. There is a marked ~mprovement in quartz during the last quarter, both as to the quantity of stone raised and quality operated upon; at the same time I regret to observe it (as yet) is only noticeable in the Steiglitz portion of the divisiOn. " The A1bion Company.-This reef improves mos.t materially, both in the thickness of stone and yield per ton, as they get deeper. At 573 and 600.foot levels tlie reef is well defined, .averaging 5 feet thick, and giving throughout 1t ozs. "to the ton ; and a most remarkable and. unusual feature· that at this depth the water found is insufficient to supply their machinery for the various purposes for which it is required, and the company, in conse quence, have had to cu~ a water-race several miles in length, tlie source of supply being one of the many swamps which are found (in and near to the Stony Creek portion of the division) to. contain permanent water. Whilst on the subject of water supply, it may probably not be out of place to remark that in these swamps there is ample supply (at present not utilised) for the Steiglitz borough and suburbs, for domestic and other purposes, and which can be brought at a very small outlay, by gravitation, to those places where, not alone in dry seasons, but at any other time, good wa.ter is unavailable. , . Th.e Ne~ :Alliance Company.-This company have st:nck a payable. vein at t~e 350-foot level, which ~ppea;rs to be very nch, giVIng 2 ounces to the ton from the quantity crnshed, With a considerable amount of debns miXed. I am informed this vein ill only 18 inches wide ; but as it is believed to be the same vein as that now worked in the Albion Company's claim, at the 600-foot level, this company have qetermined to sink one or two hundred feet deeper immediately, and upon the faith of the prospect obtained they appear to be sanguine 'as to the results at the lower level. The Steiglitz Company.-This company is working what they call the new lode, lying east of the Boxing Reef, and the manager informs me that, at a lower level, he is confident, wHh increased thickness, the vein will be highly remunerative. · New Gympie, Alluvial.-This company ia worKing upon ground applied' for on lease with steam-power, and although no washing has yet been done, the prospects obtained are highly encouraging, and has induced other parties to take up several claims (nt each end of the lease) under the miner's right title. In the other portions of II!Y division, owing principally to the scarcity of water, I have nothing to report worthy of note, . · · BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. · Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar. The supply of water has never been so short on Blackwood in any previous year. Since February last, the reservoir has been empty, and, consequently, not only the sluicing claims, but also.a number of creek claims, had to suspend operations. The yield of gold has been very small quring the quarter, oWi.n~ principally, I presume, to the shortness of water, and, 'with the exception of a nu~get of 27 ozs., fourid at Golden Pomt by some Chinese, on surface ground, I have nothing of importance in alluvial mming to report. ' In quartz mining, owing to the success of the. Garibaldi Company and the good prospect obtained by the Star pf the West Company at Simmons' Reef, great excitement prevails. Reefs, or supposed lines of reefs, have been taken 1-!-P in eyery direction. . • . · · • • The Sultan's Company, Barry's Reef.-New winding and pumping engine of twenty-five horse. power has been ,etected. As the last crushing of this company, at the water-level, was about 2 ozs. to the ton, it is not unreasonable t.o suppose that good returns maybe looked for. · The Clunes and Blackwood· Company, Yankee Reef, have purchased a forty horse-power engine, and ~enders 'Fe called for the supply and er!'l,ction of a twe;t~Y stamp-head battery. • • , The Extended Great 'runnel, the.Mormng Star, and most of the compames on S1mmons' and Barry s Reefs,~ ,engaged in progressive work, as no water for crushing is .available. . The owner of the. B~g Hill l)laim, Simmons' 'Reef, l.u1-s ~rected crushing machinery, consisting of a battery of ,eight stamp-heads, and engm~ of twelve horse•power> As this mine has been thoroughly opened up, and as the tunnel ~Ommands the -~ ~0 a deJ_>th of 500 feet, operations are likely tO b~.jlOntinUOtiS f9r a long time ~9 \E9m\'ll , • I -• • \' ' I ~ ' ' •' • ~ \. lo ' "' ~' ~ 22 'BEEC.HWOR TH ·MINING DISTRIGT. BEECHWORTH DIVISION. ff,fr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar. The past quarter has been the worst for water that has ever been experienced in the Ovens district, and, during th'~ Ia;tter fart of it, sl~oing operations ha~e been dis?ontinued en~irely; ~e miners turning their attention to the bmldmg o dams, cleanng out races, &c., m 'preparatiOn for the wmter rams. So severe has the drought been, that race-owners say that water, in sufficient quantities to enable them to work, cannot be expected before May or June, . the Spring~? are so thoroughly dried up. · · . Eldorado.-Operations here are very brisk. · The Wellington and. Knee bone Company haVing been put into ~oint stock compai:ries, the management is better conducted than formerly, and much larger returns have· been obtained m consequence. A new shaft for pumping is being sunk on the Wellington ground, and a·'40 horse-pvwer engine is being erected to do the work; the present shaft is· too small for both pumping and winding. The shaft of the Ovens Gold and Tin Company is _now down 180 feet, and the water which formerly prevailed has been got u~der. It is thought that the washdrrt will'be struck during the next fortnight. · · The Great Extended Company's shaft has not been sunk much on accom:it of the great quantity ·of water and drift sand ; but drives have been put in which it is thought will draw the water from the shaft, and enable it to be deepened; . . · · In the Golden Lake Company's ground, a shaft has been put down to the first floor ; at 93 feet a bed of wash ,dirt was found 5 feet in thickness, containing a fair quantity of gold and black sand. · At first it was thought that this floor was the bottom; but this was a mistake, and boring operations will' be again commenced from the bottom of this shaft, and it is probable that the bed-rock will not be found under. 300 feet: . Boring operations continue in. the Good Hope claim. The rods were drawn from the first Bore. at 340 feet without.bottombeing found. The second bore (150 yards from the first) is now t.lown 397 feet, on .a stiff clay; and it is thought that bottom will not be got under 420 feet ; and the auriferous indications obtained from it are similar to those in the claims at work higher up the creek. • · · QUARTZ. Very little has. been, crushed. during the quarter, most of the mills. having been stopped on account of the scarcity of water. A large quantity Of stone has, however, been raised from the various reefs, and is awaiting the starting of the mills. . . ' . Although a large number of reefs have been taken up, none of them are· worthy of note except the Young Magpie, on Basin Creek, a trial• crushing from which gave the )landsome result of 3 ozs. to the ton. 'l'he reef is nearly 2 feet wide and well defined ; it is situated near McLeod's Magpie Reef, and is thought to be a continuation of it. '., YACKANDANDAH SUBDIVISION. '' Mr. Thomas G. Kerman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. In alluvial mining working has been ·very slack, owing to· the great scarcity of water. A new quartz mill has been erected on the Markham Reef, and has commenced crushing operations. Six quartz mining leases, and three alluvial gold mining leases, have been applied for during the quarter. · ·INDIGO DIVISION. Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Sur-veydr and Registrar. QUARTZ ~{tN;rNG. . There is nothing important to report in •quartz mining. The few qua~tz miners in the division continue. working steadily, ~nd·obtain, on the average, a high rate of wages-nearly an ounce of gold per man weekly. . Two new reefs have been discpvered near Chiltern during the quarter. They are named " Paddy l\falone " and "Unknown" Reefs. A crushing of 32 tons 10 cwt. from the for_mer yielded 56 ozs. 17 dwts. 18 grs., while from the latter 82 ozs. 19 dwts. were obtained from 25 tons of stone. , The Magenta Company have been.prospectj.ng during the quarter, _and have crushed very little stone. 'ALLUVIAL MINING. The ·follo~ing returns of gold have been ~btained from some of tlie principal claims during the quarter:- Extended Sons of Freedom Company_(regist!Jred), Chiltern Lead 1,743 17t, ~· ,Rutherglen Gold Mining Company (registered), Lucknow Lead... 1,484 0 0 ··-Indigo Township Mining Company, Indigo Lead · 400 0 0 The Ex'tended Sons of Freedom Company's claim has yielded steadily. There are .about 130 men and boys constantly employed, and the returns give ;upwards of~ oz. per week to each. The mine is in fine working order, and it is confidently anticipated the yield will be. larger next quarter. . · The greater portion of the machinery of the Doma MuJigi Company, Chiltern Lead, has arrived on th~ ground, and active preparatiOns are being made for ~ts erecti<;m •. The exact locality is. on the line of·bores marked A'B on plan and section accompanying my report for the quarter ending 31st December, 1867, where full particulars are given as, to depths of strata, prospects obtained, &c. The ground in question then formed a portion of the Extended Sons of Freedom Compl!ny's claim. Subsequently it was thought desirable to CO!DIDence a new company, with larger ', machinery, the old plant being considered insufficient for the deeper ground. The lower part of the claim was given up, which, with some additional ground, now forms the Doma Mungi Company:s claim, about one and a half miles in length, by a width. of one mile. · , · The pumping engine is 90 horse-power, the winding engine 25 horse-power, ap.d the puddling engine 25 horse- power, or an aggregate of 140 horse-power. · . . The cost of the machinery delivered on the ground is £7,000, and the total cost of machinery and surface plant, when completed, is estimated at £10,950 .. This is _by far the largest and most expensive plant in the Beechworth district. • · · ' . · · A company properly managed; with such a plant at command, fitted up with all modern appliances, on a lead yielding 27 grs. of gold to the boring-tool, and with 7 feet of washdirt, can hardly fail ,being successfUl. · It augurs well for the permanency of the Chiltern Lead, when practical miners who have had the experience of ~ears in wo~king it, unde!' every difficulty: ~~yg .confidence enoJlgh to invest so largely in such a speculation as th~ t'oma Mung1: ·, · · ,f • • .. • • • 23 Extending southward from the Sons of Freedom Company's claim along the course of the' Black-dog Creek, is the North-Eastern, the Golden V alley, and the Lady Sutton claims, all promising speculations. The machinery of the latter, consisting of a 16 horse-power pumping engine and a.l2 horse-power winding engine, is in course o~ erec~i?n, and the shaft has been sunk 45 feet. The other claims are m the market, but not yet launched. From therr pos1tion it is evident they must intersect the drainage arl)a cif a large extent of auriferous country forming the extensive basin of the ·Black-dog Creek, producing also an abundance of tin ore of the finest quality. Before the position of the lead can be ascertained, extensive boring operations will be necessary. The claim' of the Indigo Grand Junction Gold Mining Company is still idle ; an attempt is being made to re-form the company, under the style of the "Chiltern and Ballarat Gold Mining Company," with a considerable increase of eapital. · . _ The Rutherglen Gold Mining Company's claim (registered) has yielded tolerably fair returns during the quarter, and has discharged nearly all its liabilities. There have been some drawbacks from the old workings that have been . discovered, and the usual breakages of machinery, &c., consequent on opening new ground when large bodies of water are encountered. The claim has every appearance of being successful. The Surprise Company {registered) have cleared out the old workings and put in some new main drives, and will shortly commence blocking out: Some fine specimens of stone have been obtained from the reef, and two mining leases have been applied for on its supposed course. · The new company on the :\foua Lead have purchased the old Black Ball·engine, on the Clydesdale Lead, and are now erecting it on their claim. · . The general prospects of the division may be. described as highly encouraging, and there is every prospect of the population being at least doubled during the. next twelve months. BUCKLAND DIVISION. Mr. Lewis C. K~nckela, Mining Registrar • . QuARTZ MINING. The past quarter has been marked in the Buckland division by an unprecedented excitement in quartz mining, which resulted in three of the most valuable of our local reefs passing, at large prices, ·into the hands of Ballarat speculators, while several other quartz mines were purchased at more moderate rates. Attendant upon the foregoing circumstances, a large number of prospectors have been, during the past three months, and are up to the present time, engaged in searching for new reefs; but although very many have been regis- tered, I cannot yet speak of any of them as being of much value. , , From facts within my own knowledge, I am led to believe that a sum amounting to £42,000 has been received in cash during the quarter, by residents within the division, for mining interests disposed of either wholly or in part; and this sum does not include any subsequent receipts from shares, nor does it include the market value of shares in the new companies now held by these parties. · ' The plant for three new. quartz mills is now on the ground, or partly erected, but is not included in the machinery return for this quarter. · The drought during the summer has exceeded any previously experienced here by the miners, and therefore the quantity of quartz crushed is little over half of the usual average; but owing to the unwonted richness of the recently discovered reefs, the quantity of gold is nearly equal to the usual quarterly yields. No pyrites have been operated upon during the qua.rt,er. ALLUVIAL MINING. The scarcity of water has almost 'totally stopped sluic~g operations, and though some few river claims are being successfully worked, I am quite at a loss to account .for the large quantity of alluvial gold sold during the quarter, as although the Chinese population (who are the chief alluvial gold miners here) has very slightly diminished, yet a very large proportion of them are now engaged in cradling only, which is considered as affording a bare means of subsistence to them; however, as 5'5 inches of rain have fallen here within the last three days, I have no doubt that both sluicers and quartz crushers will have a constant supply of water until next summer. ' Eighty men's ground has been taken up at Harrietville, upon-the abandoned deep lead, but no operations have been commenced yet. . Taken as a whole, I have never known the division in a more prosperous condition, or work more abundant. JAMIESON NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Samuel K. Vickery, Mining 8urvey0'1' ,and Registrar. During the quarter very little work hlls been accomplished, and the results from the crushings have been much below the average. Excepting at .Godfrey's Creek the population of the various goldfields throughout the subdivision has dimi.nilihed. No discoveries w.orthy of mention have been made. . '"' GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, l)fining 8urvey0'1' and Registrar. · The undermentioned companies have several hundreds of tons of stone raised and ready for the. mill, but will have to wait until water becomes more plentiful before they can commence crushing. · ' . A 1 Company ' about 250 tons. ' Castle Company , 200 ,, Junction .. . , 150 ., , Other mines ·I , 300 ,, Alluvial mining is slightly improved, some of the old claims on Gaffney's Creek having lately divided about £20 per man per fortnight. , ' · · , Hunt's Gold Mining Company (registered) have added a portable steam·engine to their plant· this will enable thein to oroah during the summer months. ' ' 24'- WOOD'S POIN'.(' SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainswortlt, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. . . QUAI.ITZ MINING. . ' I'have to 'report a continued improvement in our quart~ mines, which has been but little affected by the scarcity of water usually experienced during the past quarter of the year. It is true that we have not raised within 800 ozs. of what was raised in the quarter ending December, 1868; but this is entirely due to the want. of adequate returns from those mines who have only water-power available for their machinery, and have consequently been unable to crush. . · . . . · The yield is nearly lO.dwts. higher per ton than as shown in thj:llast returns. This fine average is due to the Hope mine, whose average for nearly 900 tons has been 4 ozs. per ton. The yield from this claim.would have. been materially higher but for stoppages caused by want of water, and the necessity of re-steeling the cams. r.J;he mine is l!)oking as usual, and further great cakes will be forthcoming during the wj.nter. The prospectors have been maimed in their crushing operations for want of W!J.ter, or .they would have had at least treble the yield returned. The · Franklin and W averley Reef mines have been suffering from the same cause. It will be seen that the averages from. the All Nations and Franklin are above 1 oz. per ton; and but for the quantity of mullock crushed in the Alps, that. mine would also show a very much higher average. ·The Johnson Reef prospectors have cut a road, and will, during the course of April, crush some 200 tons which they have to grass. · · . · · I have to record the 're~discovery of a reef that was approached by the early workers in the All Nations Company's ground. The new reef, which runs parallel to the old line, has been already prospected sufficiently to justify the sanguine hopes of the shareholders who have stooq by the claim so long and under so many discoumgements. The Prince of Wales Company expect to join their shaft and tunnel in a few days, and will then prepare for crushing. I am of opinion that the failure of our mines in 1865 and 1866. was in a great measure due,to inexperience in reefing, and ignorance (especially among the alluvial miners who in those years turned their attention to quartz) of the nature of the breaks and faults occurring in mineral veins, and .the indications by which they may be traced. Every day, so to speak. discoveries are made in our mines tending. to justify this conviction. · ' ALLUVIAL MINING, Notwithstanding the large yield 'of ,our alluvial mines, I cannot speak favorably of our operations during the past quarter. A few claims have paid very handsomely, but many have been below the'average. · · It will be seen that our population is still decreasing, although we have arrived at a point when more capital and more labor are indispensable to the healthy and moderately rapid, development of the district. Wages are £3 per'week. • ' BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. · 'Mr. Buglt St. H. Blair; Mining Surveyor ttn,d Regist1•ar• . Quartz mining operations in this subdivision have been greatly retarded during the present quartet by the · ·. great scarcity of water for crushing purposes. . Alluvial mining ·is at present confined to the beds of the Big River and the tributary streams. Some good yields have been· obtained by parties working in the Frenchman's Creek, and there is a slight increase in the • population in that locality. · · 1\UTTA-MI'fTA DIVISION. ']lfr• Andrew Trenclt, Mining Registrar. I have the honor to report that on the Mitta-mitta 1\iver, since my last report, mining affairs have progressed steadily. One extensive water-race has been almost completed, and, when completed, the owners expect to do very · well, as they have very good sluicing prospects, and 'with a good supply of water they will be, able to work all the year round. ' , On Snowy ereek several parties have been doing very well in the bed of the creek this summer, as there was almost no water to contend 'Yith, and parts of the creek which could not be got at before have been worked this summer to great advantage-some have made as much as twenty pounds per week per man. The quartz reef prospectors have not discovered payable stone as yet.. Very little has been done in the large bank sluicing claims,·for want of water. . · , Very little change has taken place on Thunder-ann-Lightning 9reek and Merrimac Creek since the last time I reported on them. · . · . ' ' JAMIESON SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Huglt St. H. Blair, Mining Suroeyor and Registrar. -· . Q.wing to the late dry weather,. most of the crushing machines have been idle during the qlllU'ter. Many of the companies have large quantities of stone raised, and are waiting for water to enable t.hem to crush. · Alluvial mining is still attended with fair results, but the want of \yater for sluicing purposes is greatly felt. 25 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. !fr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. . I have the honor to report that during the past quarter very little has been done in alluvial mining on account of the scarcity of water. At Huntly some of the machines had to stop, and discharge a number of men. Some of the quartz machines have also been idle from the same cause, so that the total yield of gold is not quite up to the average; but within the last week there has been a heavy fall of min, and most of the machines are now in full operation. QUARTZ MINING. Some of the largest quartz mines have not been yielding much for the last two or three months, but generally quartz mining has been attended with great success. Many of our quartz mines have been worked on tribute, a system which is in great favor at present, as under it the owners of claims obtain a share of whatever gold is produced, without the fear of having to ,pay calls, and the tributors, or working party, having an interest in the produce of the claim, strive eagerly to find payable st.one; and there is little doubt that, through the adoption of this system, many claims are now being worked energetically, and some pl'otitably, that would otherwise have been allowed to remain idle. The :Monument Hill, on which very little work has been done for a long time, is now being worked by Brooks and Co., a party of tributors, who have discovered a good reef to the west of previous workings, and they have erected a winding engine for the more economical working of it. ' Tlie Opossum Reef Company having worked their ground for a long time without success let it to a par~y of tributors, who have disco.vered gold, and it is now paying well. The tributors in the Star Reef Company's ground are doing well. The Prince Alfred Tribute Company in Fick and Co.'s claim, Caledonian Reef, have been very successful; also the Bellevue Reef tributors, and many others. It is generally believed that the pyrites found in some of our reefs contain a large percentage of gold ; and it is known that this metal is found in coiisiderable quantities in some claims, and that we have no means of saving it, except by blankets, which allow a great deal to escape. The inference is that much gold is at the present time lost. Attention has, ho,vever, been directed to this matter by the introduction of a new machine (Brown and Stansfield's Concentrator) for separating pyrit.es from quartz tailings as they flow from the stampers. The patentees erected one at the works of the Hustler's Reef Company, a few wee:ks since, and it gave the most satisfactory proof of its efficiency. I understand that several companies have ordered sets of these machines. The Extended Hustler's Reef Company are already erecting a pair, which will be ready for work in a few days. . In Collmann, Tacchi, and Uo.'s claim, Wetheral Reef, which. is yielding first·rate stone at a depth of 615 feet, they find pyrites in large lluantities ; of this they- save as much as possible on blankets. The blanketings are then placed in an iron revolving baiTel, with rollers for grinding it, and afterwards in another revolving' barrel, with quicksilver. By this process the manager informs me they obtain about 2 ozs. of gold per ton, at a cost of about three pounds. The manager also states that, at one time, they had great trouble in dealing with the stuff after amalga. mation, as the silver was very much broken up in the process, but that the addition of a small quantity of nitric acid prevented d lie has reason to believe that they obt:Un more gold in consequence. The manager of the Catherine Reef United Company (Mr. Eyre) states that gun-cotton is used to great ad vantage in hard ground. The Break-o'-day Company, Brown's Reef, have commenced work again. The manager states that copper-ore was often seen at the 160-foot workings ; but at the 200-foot level none has been met with, and there is not so much gold as where the copper was found. The reef is irregular from surface to 320 feet. The North Johnson's Company have made arrangements with Johnson's Reef Gold Mining Company to put in a cross-cut from their deep level, over 500 feet, to drain their claim. The New-chum Reef is turning out well, but operations are greatly impeded by water. If the reef were drained to a greater dept.h, about two hundred more hands would be profitably employed on that line. In order to effect this, the Ellesmere Company, whose shaft is down 405 feet, have entered into an agreement with the other claims to drain the reef, but they have nearly 150 feet to drive for it. On the Sheepshead Reef very little is doing, '!:lxcept in the Albion Company's ground, where the tributors have recently met with some spurs in sinking that lead th~m to expect that they will soon find a good reef. On the Lawrence Reef, Sc~erberg and Co. have found very good stone in the ~round formerly .held by the Law rence Reef Company. One lot of s1x tons averaged over 13 ozs. to the ton. Other cla1ms on the same hne are doing well. . Several prospecting claims have been taken up. in the neighborhood of th.e Big Hill and Crusoe Gully, in consequence of the success of those who have been .work1ng there; but there are still a great number of reefs in that locality that have not yet been opened. · THE FOLLOWING lNFORMA',riON HAS BEEN OBTAINED RESPECTING SOME OF THE QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER :- Average. I Total Depth·nt which j!l. Name of Col!lpllny. Name of Reef. Tons. Yield of Gold Yield of the Quartz Averuge Width of Reef. per Ton, Gold. was obtained. :~~~ Oi!~ .• ----- oz.dwt. g~. .oz. dwt. gr. feet Wllllam Rne .. Victoria .. .. 1,029 0 3 !•09 1~6 14 0 From 150 to 200 feet Catherine Reef 1Jnlted .. Catherfne .. .. 2,533 0 6 17·87 854 5 0 From 70 to 300 feet 130 Prlncipnlly obtained from flat spurs ll.lld small veins Pegieg .. .. Prince ol Wnles .. 432 0 s 6 3.5 178 10 9 l<'rom 50 to 150 feet 160 Bird's Reef .. Bird's .. 289 0 9 o·sa 130 ll 0 150 feet •• .. 48 Fraser nnd Osborn .. Caledonia .. .. 112 0 :J 20·14 21 10 0 150 feet .. .. :o ltl'lnches :Eagle .. J<:agle .. 202 0 I 19·48 18 6 0 300 feet •• .. 200 From 12 incl>es to 4 feet Johnson's Reef •• .. Jollllson's .• .. 2,231 0 6 7'25 703 0 0 .. .. Glasgow .. Glasgow .. .. 82 0 6 2•84 25 0 0 25 feet .. 99 9 feet Victoria Reef (':Cr!bute) .. Victoria .. .. 1,995 0 9 o·?o 925 12 18 100 feet •• .. 300 30 feet Bellevue (Tribute) llellevue .. .. 40 5 10 12 221 0 0 120 feet •• .. lOO 6 to 15 inches Prince Alfred Tribute (Fick C!l.!edonla .. .. 623 3 0 I '81 1,871 7 0 160 feet .. .. 10 2 feet and Co.'s claim) Young·chum .. .. New·chnm .. 9!0 0 9 20·87 449 I 12 120 to 160 feet 90 From 4 to 8 feet Argus ...... Engle .. .. 841 0 13 18·~6 579 316 300 anti 3tl0 feet •• 170 From number of spurs, vn.ry!ng from 4 in. to 2 ft. 6 in. :New Moon .. .. Moon .. .. 440 0 9 23'77 219 15 18 120 feet ...... From 3 amnll spurs, varying from 6 inches to I foot Oeo. Ell!ott .. .. WhiP .. 1,057 ,0 ll 23•99 634 3 17 110 feet ?0 North Johnson's Johnson's .• .. 307 0 10 23'80 201 14 0 225 o.nd 250it.1eve1s About 12 inches Collmnnu, Tacchl, !llld Co. Wethernl .. 389 3 2 2'81 1,20S 3 15 515feet .. 93 About 2 feet Wnlker and Co •••. .. l!obcrt l3lmls 81 0 13 16•44 (J!j 8 12 11'rom 100 to 140 .. 175 O!nches Energetic .. .. mrcules (Victoria 31 6 0 15•48 187 0 0 440 ,eet •• .. 90 - Heef} Span-owhawk .. Wilsonts .. 192 0 ·3 22•71 37 17 18 286 feet •• .. 110 12 Inches North Hnstlct~s •• .. Ncrtb. I:Instlcr•s 96 3 8 2 826 16 0 400 feet •• .. .. 2 to 8 feet Opossum Reef , .. Clay's, or Opossum •• 29 3 6 1•2( 95 15 12 300 feet , .. .. No. a1, c. 26 KD..MORE DMSI0N. Mr~ Ja,;,es W. Osborn,_ Mini~g Regzstrar. At Reedy Creek alluvial mining has been almost suspended for lack of water. In quartz reefing some improve.. ment has taken place in Landgridge's .Reef. The Albert, Doyle's, .the Leviatha~, and others have been taken up. The Magenta Gompany are still at work driving cross-cut to reef, and a rich ·reef is reported as having been struck at N~g~jety.Gully. Alluvial.at Sunday Creek is attrac.ting at~nt~on. · 'l'ollet a~d part.r have registered a prospecting clann, and have shown a mce sample of gold, some pieces wmghmg.l3 dwts., smkmg from 12 to 16 feet.' -The quartz reefs are p HEATH COTE DIVISION AND WAR.ANGA fo\OUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. T.Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. There has been a slight increase in the number of miners in the' Heathcote di~ision, .but not a corresponding · increase in the quantity of gold obtained. A great scarcity of water has prevailed during nearly the whole of the quarter, which sufficiently accounts for the smallness of the yield. . . · Spring Creek is still being vigorously worked, and the number of miners on the ground at tl,le date of my last report was considerably augmented during the two first mouths of the year, but has since diminished. I am unable to obtain accurate returns of the yield of gold, and can therefore only offer an approximate estimate, based on the number of miners actually at wor!l: and their average" earnings. Estimated quantity of gold from ·Spring Creek, 19,500 ozs. . . . 'l'wo small rushes have been reported near the head of the lead during the quarter, but have not resulted in any rich discoveries. · , · . ·. · There has been a considerable fall of rain within the last week, which has filled numerous waterholes in Spring Creek, and will, no doubt, enable the miners to wash at a much cheaper rate than before. From the best information I can collect, the average yield appears to be about. seven (7) or eight (8) pennyweights to the load. The lower portion of the lead, near the junction of Coropton's and Spring Creeks, which has been known as the deep sinking, has not realised the expectations formed of it ; the sinking varied from 65 to 90 feet. In some of the shafts water, in considerable quantities, was struck'; nearly all the shafts have been abandoned as not paya_ble~ WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION. 1Jfr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The' ex~dus of miners from this subdiVision of W aranga to the rush at Spring Creek, in the 'adjoining subdivision, and the continued drought, have combined to reduce the yield of gold for this quarter lower than any other which has preceded it for several years past. The quartz IJ1ills, excepting only that of the Perseverance Company, have been comparatively idle'; and the puddling mill owners have almost of necessity gone to Spring Creek. 'fhe engines at the Balaelava works, Darroch's and Co.'s,. on the Albei-t, and the Victoria, at Coy's diggings, have workr:d about one-third time, whilst those at Growler's Hill and Nuggety have been completely at a standstill. As a consequence, the depression has been felt alike by the miners and by the business men. , A reaction will most certainly follow ; a~d I anticipate that valuable discoveri(')s will be made through the country extending from Spring Creek towards Fontainebleim, and from Whroo into the White Hills district, during the coming rainy season. · ' . · · · .. There has not been any particular instance of progress in the aids to mining operations nor in the development of any of ~e roin.es to D;Otice. . .. · . . .. , . . . . RAYWOOD D.fV.ISION. Mr. E. M. Cairnes, Mining Registrar. . During the past quarter ·mining matte~s have been almost entirely suspended, owing to the long and excessive drought. . . · ' , ·. Several miners have returned from: Spring Creek since the recent rain, with a view to re-working their exempted ·clruros. . . . At present roost of the ctushing machines are in full work ; and the storage_ of water, w)lere care has been exercised, is sufficient to keep the ciushirig machines going for about three or four months. Plenty of stone has •been· .raised to give miners and mine owners pleasant hopes of a more prosperous fu~ure • . ' ' .. ''· .- . '•/' M:ARYBOROUGH MINING DIS.TRICT. o· MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Mr. P. Virtue, jun., Mining Registrar. The stoppage for a considerable period during the quarter of several of the principal alluvial and quartz mines in the division, for the purpose of repairing machinery and other· necessary matters, together with the prolonged and exceedingly dry weather we have had, have caused a considerable decrease in the returns of both descriptions of gold. We have now, however, just had .a splendid fall of rain, which' will have the effect of immediately reviving mining industry throughout the division. ALLUVIAL MINING. Majorca.-The Grand Junction and Minorca shafts are making progress. The latter is down 90 feet, but not .bottomed. These shafts will de'l'elope a supposed new lead at Majorca, which can only be' a junction of the Four-mile Flat and Cockatoo Leads, and probably the Rocky Ji'lat Lead also. No other outlet exists for all the Amherst and Talbot Leads, except through the basalt formation at Majorca. The Gibraltar diggings are too shallow and dry to carry:such deep and wet leads as these. Should this supposition prove correct, then a new stretch of miles of country will be opened from Cockatoo to. Chalk's Plains, Carisbrook. The Enterprise Company are developing the le;1.d from l'Iaiden :mu backwards towards its source, which is probably the McCallum's old lead, German Gully. ~inking is now goipg on in advance of the Hanoveriau Lead, in a 42nd-section paddock, and all the available land near is held under lease. The Kong Meng Company are engaged upon the shallow gr(mnd of their claim, the deep ground being still too wet, although the most valuable; their returns are 363 ozs. The Robin Hood Company have only thirty men at work on their claim, which is too small a force to work it efficiently; their returns are 381~ ozs. The United Kingdo1p. Company have disposed of their claim .and plant to the New Band of Hope Company; their returns are 192f! ozs. The Homeward-bound Company are at present· unable tc work the deep gutter because of the water; their returns are 70 ozs. . Craigie,-The Britannia Company are now occupied in ,tracing through, under the creek, the Four-mile Lead, in the direction of Majorca; their returns are· 121 ozs. The Victory Company are drowned out; they badly want machinery.; ~their-returns are 63 ozs .. The Happy-go-Lucky Company are working what is supposed to be a feeder of the Four-mile Lead; their returns are 60 ozs,. The Try-again Company were drowned out during the late flood, and required a period of three weeks to bale out and repair ; their returns are 76 ozs. · Carisbrook.-The · Phrenix Company, Scholes: Paddock, are working a lead which is supposed to be the. Harrison's Hill Lead; their returns are 461 ozs. The Returns from Hudson's Company are 132 ozs. · Alma.__,_;:Four extended alluvial claims, comprising an area of 138 acres, have been registered during the quarter.' The· depth ·of 'sinking in three ,of these claims will exceed 100 feet, and, so soon as the ground has been satisfactorily prospected, powerful steam :machinery will at once be procured by their respective owners. Chinaman's Flat.-The Band of Hope Company have now got the whole of the appliances of their mine into excellent working order, but their operations during the quarter have been somewhat disturbed by litigation. The Duke ai).d Timor Company are now pushing forward their new and extensive works to completion with celerity. 'J1he following is a stat~ment of the gold obtained from t~~ principal alluvial mines in this division during the quarter:- . ·. ozs. d wts. grs. Magnum Bonum Extended, Chinaman's Ji'.lat 1,710 18 12 Band of Hope Extended, Chinaman's Flat 147 10 12 Kong·Meng·GoldMining Company, Majorca .. :> 363 0 0 Robin Hood Gold Mining Company, Majorca· " 381 10 0 Cossey Gold-Mining Company; Majorca 1 :·.. ... 226 0 0 United Kingdom Gold Mining Company, Gibraltar ... 192 10 0 Prince of Wales Gold Mining Company, Four-mile Ji'lat 268 16 0 Phcenix Company, Harrison's Lead (private property) 461 0 0 . J;Iudson's Company, Pott's Paddock, Carisbrook .... 132 3 0 Sunburst Gold Mining Company, Gibraltar 55 14 12 . Columbia Gold Mining Company, Majorca 121 0 0 Sundry (13) whim claims 777 16 0 Total 4,826 17 12 . QuARTZ MINING. A new reef containing stone which will yield from 15 dwts. to 1 oz. per ton has been opened at Rodborough, near Bucknall's, Deep 'Creek, in the limestone formation near Leap Rock. The Sunburst Company, Gibraltar, have discove~ed a rich reef in their alluvial claim, 12 feet below the washdirt, and' at 95 feet below the surface; width of reef 18 :inches. Fro~ a crushing of 77 toi).S this company received a return of 106 ozs. The United Kingdom Corn .pany, Gibraltar, have also discovered two parallel b'ut distinct reefs in their alluvial claim, below the washdirt, and at 80 and'120 feet below the surface; width of each reef, 9 and 21 inches. Ji'rom a crushing of 110 tons they obtained a return of 43 ozs. Goldstone Company, Ironstone Reef, liive been receiving splendid returns during the quarter. li'or want of machinery this valuable r~ef was abandoned for three years: From two crushings of 141 tons they obtained returns a,tpounting to 232 ozs. 16 dwts. 10 grs:; width of reef, 18 inches ; depth of sinking, 126 feet. 'rhe Britannia .Company, Pegleg Gully, crushed 280 tons, which gave an average of 9 'dwts. per ton; width of reef, 16 inches; depth of sinking from 140 to 160 feet. A parcel of 93 tons of stone from White-horse Reef gave 154 ozs.; 73 tons from Frenchman's Reef gave 78 ozs.; 8 tons from Deed's Reef gave 96 ozs.; 160 tons from Union Reef, near Pegleg Gully, gave 84f ozs .. ; 230 tons from Mosquito Reef gave an· average of 16 dwts. per ton; 160 tons from Blacksmith's Reef, Waterloo Gu:lly, gave 17 dwts. per ton; 145 tons from California Reef, ,Eaglehawk, gave lot dwts. per ton; and 280 tons from Britannia Reef, Pegleg G~ly, gave 9 dwts. per ton. AMHERS11 DIVISION Mr. Josepk Smitlt, Mining Surveyor ,and Registrar. . The applications £or ground for mining purposes in this division are greater than at any former period. · Mining operations have been commenced on some of the leases recent! granted with average results, as far as they have been proved, but the want of water has been a great drawback. to · operations generally. The Sadowa Gold Mining Company have produced 2,228 ozs. of gold during t e quarter, which is 99 ozs. below the yiel~ o~. the p~evious quarter, but this was owing to the stoppage of .the·. works qwip.g the i>liJ.cip.g a new winding· engiDe m position. ! · · • 28 . The Brunswick Gold Mining 5Jompany, Cockatoo, have completed the erection of a new: stea.m~engine of 27 horse-power, and are ready to .open out; and Nich.oll's Freehold Gold Mining Company are progressing with the erection of two engines of the collective power of 4tl horses, which they expect to have completed during the incoming quarter. . The Union Gold Mining Company, Mount Greenock, have bottomed on gold at a depth of 150 feet, or 5 feet above the level of McCallum's Creek, but they intend sinking 50 feet deeper before they open out, so as to have command of th7 deep and wet ground. · .~> A VOCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining in this division has been very ~uch retarded from want of water. The new rush at Fiddler's Creek, being particularly affected by the long continued drought, large piles of washdirt· have been raised and stacked, and the value of their. contents is only now obtaining solution. A heavy fall of rain occurred on the evening of Tuesday, the 30th March, and continued without intermission for twenty-four hours. The whole of the reservoirs were filled to overflowing, and the alluvial miners are busy washing up. .Some of the returns, I am informed, have exceeded the expectations of the claim holders; and there is every prospect ~hat the operations of the ensuing quarter Vlill consid. erably increase the amount of gold obtained in this division. · · Quartz mining at Fiddler's Creek is gradually progressing, a considerable amount of prospecting being carried on. An injunction having been issued against Whiteman and Party to stop work, less gold has been obtained from their claim than was anticipated. The ,Rrospeetors (Wright and Party) on .the London Reef, ·Amphitheatre, have a. considerable quantity of good looking stone rais~d and ready for crushing ; the width of stone in this reef is about 5 feet. Tl;le New Avoca Company are ereeting powerful machinery for the purpose of working a lease obtained by them on a continuation of the Lamplough Lead. The New Holland Gold Mining Company have all their pumps at work, and are constantly washing. I have been unable to obtain tlie exact quantity of gol~ obtained by this company. The Golden Lake Company have bottomed their new shaft (150 feet deep), and are about opening out their main drive. Several extended claims have been taken up for the purpose of working wet grounds. Since writing the above I have aseertained that, from the claim of Gunn and Party at Fiddler's Creek, six~een loads of washdirt yielded one (1) oz. to the load, whilst during the quarter a 10-oz. nugget. was obtained. The washdirt in this claim averages from 18 inches to 3 feet in thickness. , . The lead on which this claim is situate is almost entirely occupied by Chinese, from whom it is very difficult to obtain information. They have marked out a new lead nearly parallel with the. old one. Claims on this new lead are selling for from.£20 to £40 (unworked). In every instance the purchasers are Chinese. ' ' DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Mr. W. G•. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. , I· have the honor to report that the mines (more especially the quartz), both in the Dunolly and Tarnagulla. divisions, are steadily improving. * * * The finding of the large nugget at Moliagul has given an impetus to mining in that locality, and been the means of introducing foreign capital to the district. The prospects of some of the most notable companies are as follow :- DunoUy •. Bealiba Reif-The Goldsborough Company are breaking out stone from the main and eastern reefs at the 164-foot level, the former of which averages 7 feet in width, and the latter 3 feet. They are also sinking the main shaft 60 feet deeper, which will shortly be completed, w_hen a cross-cut will be put in to strike the reef at that level. During ;\:larch no stone has been crushed, as they have been busily engaged erecting new batteries, which arc now complete and at work. , i ,Queen's Birth-day Company have ·been and still are busily engaged in opening up the mine, and erecting a crushing plant, consisting of a 40 horse-power engine and lO stamp-heads. They have called for tenders for breaking out 2,000 tons of stone from the 155 to the 204 levels, and will commence crushing in about a fortnight. Their prospects are exceedingly good. · . , Arvon Reef.-On the lease held by Yates, 'Vaughan, and Co. a shaft of large dimensions is being sunk to cut the reef at the 170-foot level.· They are·now down 160 feet, and will shortly be raising quartz for crushing.· Monday Mornin,q Reif.-The lessees of this reef have applied for an ext'ended area, and are negociating for powerful machinery. To the north-east of the company's ground another party is engaged sinking a shaft, with encouraging prospects. , Moliagul; Wa,yman's Reif....:..The ground formerly held by Ward and Phillips, under lease, is now in the hands ofa new company, known as the Ballarat and Moliagul Quartz and Alluvial Gold Mining Company. They have applied for an extended area,- which, if granted, will make their holding about 45 acres. ~hey have let a contract for sinking a new~ shaft, which is n&w down over 60 feet. On the Black and Bull Dog Reefs, south of_ Wayman's, and on which the large · nugget was found, two leases have been applied for-one by the lucky finder of the t, and the other by a Ballarat company. South of that again a lease has been applied for on the Little Bull- eef, and several other reefs which have been lying idle for years past are now taken up; but the J3allarat and gul Company is the only one ~hat has commenced work up· to the present time. · · Tat-nagttlla. New-chum Reif.-Nos. I, 2,, and 3 are getting out stone from the 90-foot levels. They have 150 loads on the surface, are now crushing, and expect a yield of t·oz. per load, Four men are employed. No. 4 claim is idle, in consequence of water being up in the workings. . · Cambrian Company have 21 men employe~ breaking out stone, sinking a new shaft, and tting down heavy lifts. The operations of the company were stopped from 19th December, 1868, to 1st March,1 1 in consequence Of the heavy pressure of water. They commenced crushing a fortnight since, and have taken 313 ozs. of amalgam from 150 loads of stone. The reef is from 5 feet to 12 feet thick at 340-foot leV\)1, and the mine is loo]dng quite as well as ever. Prince of Wales Company, next North, are engaged pumping, and will be able to resume work in a few weeks. Great E:;t~~de4 Contpa.Il-Y have sq.t).k t~~ir s~aft to ~ dept~ of 200 feet, and a,r~ now ~i yin~ for t4~ r~ef! ' 29 Sandstone Reif,-The South Sandstone Company have 10 men employed sinking a new shaft, which is now down to a depth of 170 feet. In Watkins' Claim, next North, 10 men are employed breaking out quartz from the 250 to 285 foot levels. The reef is in some places 15 feet thick. The average yield is over 12 dwts. per ton. 300 loads of quartz are now on the surface, and one machine of 12 stamps is kept constantly employed crushing. Victoria Company, next North, have 6 men employed. They have 200 loads of stone from 25Q.foot to 300-foot levels on the surface, but h:ave crushed none during the la~t quarter, in consequence of sinking a water shaft, driving south, and sinking a new shaft on the north boundsry. The prospects of!the mine are very good. Princess Royal Company, next North, have 6 men and 3 boys employed. They crushed 59 loads, which yielded 58 ozs. 10 dwts., and have now about 150 loads on the surface. The reef is from 4 feet to 5 feet thick, and shows good prospects. _ ' . Black Ben's Ree.f.-There are 9 men employed breaking stone from a reef from 6 to 7 feet thick at the 90-foot level. Prospects are good. Corfu Reif.-Last Chance Company have 6 men employed breaking out stone. They crushed 154loads from the 120-foot.level, which yielded 72 ozs. 5 dwts. 2 grs. The reef is from 4 feet to 7 feet thick, and the prospects in the bottom appear to be improving. . Manchester Company, next South, cru~hed 74ioa.ds from the 250-foot level, for 152 ozs. of gold, taking about 3 feet of the reef. They have 11 men employed, and are now engaged driving to another shaft for air. Prospects continuEl good. · North Poverty Company have 7 men employed. They have been for some time stacking quartz, in consequence of having no water f~r the crushing mill to work, with good prospects. On the Sabbath Reef 2 men are employed getting out payable stone. Watts's Reef Excelsior Company have 3 men employed on a reef about 5 feet thick at the lOO-foot level. . They have about 90 loads on ~he surface, which will yield about! oz. per load, and their prospects are improving. Poverty Ret!f.-Victoria and Central Compj!.nies have let their mines on tribute. 16 men are employed, and have about 700 loads of payable stone broken out. . · . ' Oa!f's Diggi'ng~. Kangaroo Company are making arrangements for machinery. Try-me-well have 6 men employed sinking a new shaft, and are down 65 feet. In alluvial mining I have nothing particular to report •. KORONG DIVISION. Mr. R. Mason,- Mining Surveyor and Registrar. QUARTZ. In this branch of mining there is a large deficiency in the amount of gold returned, principally caused by want of water' and the superior attractions of the Berlin rush. ' ALLUVIAL, '!1he Berlin ru~h continues to be the leading feature in mining in th~s di~sion. The total number of persons on the ground are est1mated at two thousand, and reports of new ground bemg opened, and large nuggets discovered, are frequently occurring. REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. . Alluvial mining in this division is .Principally carried on by persons who, during a portion of the year, have been engaged in agriculture. · · Quartz mining is progressing, several leases having been applied for The Isis Company are erecting an 18-inch cylinder engine for the purpose of driving a battery of 12 heads i the present depth of tlieir shaft is 180 feet. They are putting in. a cross-cut towards the Star of the East ; the lodes they have already cut look well. · The Moonambel Tunnelling Company have commenced operations; several tons of quartz were carted from their mine to Balla.rat, but I have not been able to ascertain the result of the crushing. ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Phillips, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. There is nothing of special interest to notice in the working or success of the established mines of the locality. The Bell Rock, Bristol Reef, Wilson's Hill, Walker's, Trinidad, Chrysolite Hill, Greenock Reef and Isabelle ·Reef being pursued steadily, with fair yields. · ' The Messrs. Learmonth are erecting an engine on the Bristol Reef for drawing water and stuff; and the prospectprs of th\) Isabelle Reef, near the Avoca River, are putting up their stampers. ),.' C30 I CAS·TLEMAINFf, MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DrVI~ION. ' . Mr. Thomas L. Brown, Mining Su~v~yor and -Registrar. . · During the. past quarter many of the crushing and puddling machines were idle'for want of water, followed by very hea'Vy J:loods, which did much damage to mining claims and plant. . . · . · · In quartz mining'and machinery we have to report progress. . · · ; .. , Mr. Leannonth has comple~ed the erection of a 30 horse-power engine, with a battery of 12 stamP.s; also a 25 horse-power engine for winding and pumping. His· engine-shaft is now down 260 feet, and'purpose sinking to 300 feet bef9re opening out:' · . · . . · On the. Old Quartz Hill'a fine .engine, with winding and pumping gear for 300 feet in d~pth, is being erected; they purpose sinking to 400 feet'forthwith. • · · · · · · · At the White-horse reservoir a 15 horse-power engine, with, winding gear, has been erected, and an engine-shaft is being sunk. . ' . . · . · . ~ The Burns Reef Company have made a commencement. The Vineyard Claims are again under work. ·Several continuations of reefs have been opened with very; _go~d prospects, and generally. there appears. a determination to prospect our numerous reefs, both on new ground and m depth below the old workmgs. Considerable attention is just now directed to the quartz reefs at Myrtle Creek'; many of our old reefers are .tP.ere prosp~cting, aJ?-d report. good ac?o~?-ts, the reefs showing highly ~.m~fero~s. O.n visiting ~he loc~lity I find most of the work1ngs are just outs1de my d1V1S1on, north of Myrtle Creek, at 1ts JUnctiOn mth the Cohban R1ver. The deep 'alluvial workings arE) being abandoned-the Pioneer·, the Castlemaine, an'd the Belmore Companies having 'sold off their machinery, the only public ~Jompany now remaining being the St.. Margaret, where gold is still obtained. ., FRYER'S' CREEK SU]lDIVISION. Mr. Mark Amos,.]}fining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. In alluvial mining the puddling returns have fallen off, partly in consequence of operations being suspended during the Christmas and Easter holidays, partly through the late flood swamping a great number of claims, and partly through mining labor being diverted into another channel-quartz prospecting. The returns from tunnelling in the volcanic hills at Guildford, Vaughan, Kangaroo, &c., show considerable improvement, although the number of tons crushed is not up to the average of preceding quarters. The ordinary alluvial min'er is but indifferently remunerated. 1 · ' · · . PoPULATioN. . ..~Y. t~e,popula,tipn.. retl.J.ltl~ jt wi,\,_be se~:m,~at .70 m;:mi are engageq ,in quar~~ mining th~~:n t~e previous quarter, ·and it is fully anticipated that, within'a few 'months, a far grea_ter numbehvill. be ;.tdded to those now engaged in this branch of mining, more particularly when the many leases ·of quartz lodes now applied for are granted, and the proprietors are fully secure in their title. · ~ 1 • • , . e-.:,;;,. . ~· , ; ' , . • QUARTZ MINING. · r , • , , , , ' .· ··::.. .. A grl;lat deal·of:atten~ion h~~:s:been,,diret:~ted to·quartz ll}ining in this-district during the past three rp.o~t~s. The results of crushings from.the various claims in full working. order fully bear out· the predictions which have..from tinie to ti:Qle been hazarded in my preceding reports. Although the ,number of miners has very'considerably increased in quartz mining, it may be observed that a great many are engaged in prospecting, or endeavoring to strike the lode upon well defined lines of reef-Cattle's, Ferron's, Heron's, Prince of Wales, Cemetery, and Specimen Hill Reefs con stitute nearly one continuous, ~l).brok-:n line of reef, although there are what are denolninated the eastern and western lodes, 9 or 10 chains apart, with numerous veins and leaders rmming. at different 1angles between them ; these latter veins, might be considered !l.~ tributary or feeders to the !pain-lodes already r~ferred:to. The testimony of a great many practical miners engaged upon the tract of country described would lead to the inference that a sti,ll better defined.and more developed Iog.e of auriferous quartz will eventually-be disyovered, and at no very distant period. The depth at which this supposed lode will be struck is estimated at. fro I!\ 700 to J ;ooo feet. ·As very payable stone is now being raised at the ·135-foot level (Cattle~ a Reef}-;h_alfa.n~ three'-quarter;o~. to.the ton . it is not unreasonable to suppose there is some foundation for,~he theory already advanced. The whole hne 6f country between Specimen. Hill and Little Nuggety Gully, Fryer~town, is already .occupied under the mining _bye~la~a and .the leasing regulations, and considerable disappointment has been evinced by many living out of the district that no more . ground can be secured on this favorite Hne without goin~ a mile or more south of the workings of Mills, Small, and others;. and as the line has been pf9ven·rjclj. for some miles, it is ve!Y likely. within a short perio'd operations will be extended southerly. · * * * * · · · · ConrPANIES. Th'e Australian United Gold Mining Company have succeeded in placing their plant upon the ground, but their large engine is only erected. The total value of the plant is about £8,500, consisting of a vertical double-acting engine, with a 9-foot stroke in cylinder, with,!t.nominal horse-power of 70, but can be worked to 200, with 24 head of stamps; one 25 horse-power horizontal engine for winding; one 1 horse-power portable engine for sawing timber. The company have three working shafts, one 84 feet.deep, one 145 feet, and on.e 135 feet. It is proposed to sink the 145-foot llhaft to a depth of 1,000 feet. A large quantity of quartz has already been raised, something like 1,500 tons, from the·135-foot level; the quality is of a highly auriferous character, and is estimated to yield from. 8 to 10 dwts. to the ton. ·The stamping maehinery will be erected in the course of two months, ·and crushing .operations commenced; but the claim will not be in full working order for nine or twelve months. ., . . > • • ' ·· Mills, Hilton, and Co.-This company is proceeding energetically;· the lode is well defined, 9 feet wide at a ·depth of qo feet, and averaging-15 dwts. to the ton;. but a large body of water has to be encountered, which much impedes their operations. · Cattle and Oo. have been sinking and driving .in order to strike the lode which the Australian Company are at present working. They have been unable to crush during the past three months. Small and Co., an associated mining company working both the alluvial and the quartz.-This party have most promising prospects ; they have hitherto crushed but 112 tons, averaging l2f dwts. to the ton, from the 135-foot level; but a separate crushing of 55 tons realised 63 ozs. This lode 1uns through the centre of Commissioner's Flat, towards N uggety Gully, bearing about 8° 30' east of-south. ·' .. ·- · • . Blacksmith's Gully Company have been at work about a month, and have very favorable prospects. A crushing of 20 tons gave' 10 07!S.; 25 tons gave 12! ozs.; 23 tons gave 9 ozs.; at a depth of 30 feet. The reef is 4 feet thick; 15 men !l-fe employed. A new shaft is being sunk to strike the lode at a lower level. • The returns for the quarter give an average of 9! dwts. to the ton, against an average of 5 dwts. last quarter. But the quantity of stone raised and crushed is not so much in excess of last quarter. It is considered that, ere many months have elap~?~d! th~~ di~Wo~ ~11 becom~ more note~ than many others which have' 1hled. high as quartz min~ng distr.icts. ' · • ,31 HEPBURN DIVISION. Mr. Tkomas Hale, Mining Registrar. I have to report ,the removal of a few of the engines long unused. QUARTZ, Specimen Hill Quartz Mining Company.-The stone in the 289-foot level looks well, and carries with it a rich vein of gold-nearing pyrites. Eight tons have been treated at Clunes, giving the magnificent result of 7 ozs. per ton. The removal and re-erection of machinery have caused some interruption in the crushing, but it is expected that the stamp heads will be again in full work at the end of three weeks. Prince of Wales Quartz Mining Company.-This company, working south of the Argus Quartz Mining Company, at whose battery they crushed 236 tons of stone, producing 12 dwts. 21•25 grs. per ton. Enterprise Quartz Mining Company, Stanbridge-street, 'crush quartz and cement from the face down to 15 feet or 20 feet. A tunnel is being put in so as to strike the main reef at 50 feet. Spring Creek Quartz Mining Company.-This company are sinking their shaft 50 feet deeper, or to 112 feet, the water coming in heavily, the rock hard and tenacious, blasting causing only a small displacement of stone. * * # Iveson's Reef.-The Royal Exchange Quartz Mining Company have sunk a winze and timbered the main shaft. Gold is seen in the stone and pyrites are abundant. The reef is now three feet thick. , Yandoit.-The engine of the Daylesford Extension Gold Mining Company is to be erected· at Sardines Reef; a. battery is to be erected, obtained from outside the district. Grant Reef Quartz Mining Company.-One of the late crushings, 7 tons, gave 12 oza. of retorted gold. · .Cornish Quartz Mining Company, Wombat Hill, have removed .and re-erected their engine, and drove ISO feet from the :shaft, so as to strike the reef. They are now down 40 feet With a new shaft. ALLUVIAL. The Perseverance'Gold Mining Company have crushed a quantity of alluvial cement at Victoria mills, but being a picked sample gave the extraordinary average of 12 dwts. •04 grs. per ton. The lead, however, continues undefined; but between this company and the Astley the question as to the pos1tion of the main gutter must be only a question of time. Astley. Gold Mining Company.-This company have crushed 4,974 tons of alluvial cement, yielding 799 ozs. 12 dwts., or the fine return of 3 dwts. 5·16 grs. The liabilities· have been reduced by a sum of, £650 during the quarter ; the machinery is in fine order, the ventilation of the mine perfect, but during the past two months barely sufficient water has been obtainable. Blanket Flat, at Corinella: 979 ozs. 18 dwts. 12 grs. have been obtained ; prospecting is going on for other lea.da, and preparations for winter puddling are being. made, both here and at Deep Creek. Stony Creek,:_Gold has been struck in some of the tunnels, and competition for blqeks is the result; the lead goes through certa~n 42nd section areas. · . . Glengower.-Tunnelling has been vigorously carried on in this locality, and a payable lead is a.nxiouslyexpected to be discovered. . _ Federal Tunnel.-This claim continue to work their old and payable gutter. : , Balla.rat Tunnel, or Sailor Prince Gold Mining Company.-The company are still working the reef drives, but the stone continues hard. Ninnerous shallow and deep Sinking cJ.a.i.ms are being worked, more particularly in the south-west section of this division. TARADALE- SUBDIVISION. Mr. Tkomas Orwin, Mining Registrar. The mining interest in this division has not improved much during the quarter ; there have not been a.ny new leads discovered or new claims commenced. , ·The recent copious rains have had an improving tendency, supplying a lack that was almost generally felt by the miners here. The London and· Melbourne Company have proved a large extent of ground, in which are two distinct runs of gold that will.yield remunerating returns f~r a long period ;,_ they are. pu.ttin~ in an exploring drive nearly due east in search of, a th1rd run or lead of gold, of which the ground giVes clear md1cat10ns. The Taradale Company hold the adjoining claim, and are working at the same level, and doing well ; 17 men for the last two weeks' work obtained 73 ozs. The London and Working Miners are both doing well, and paying good wages. The llercynia Company are putting a tunnel into the Waterloo Hill, under the trap-rock. The Happy-go-Lucky Company have been obliged to put in a new· tunnel at a considerably lower level than their former one, to run the water from the works; they are in under the trap formation 165 feet. Operations are still continued at the Central (the claim recently ta.ken up by Mr. Kitto ), and the miners generally are sangtJ.ine of their success. Ixi quartz reefing very little. has been done this quarter. The Achilles, Victoria, Belltopper, Charcoal Gully, and the Alpha are· still idle. <> A party has taken up and crushed from·a reef on Liberty Flat 50 tons that yielded 5 dwta. per ton. There is no doubt that, wb:en the Coliban water supply is completed, and miners can wash poor ground by ground slui~ing, many reefs will be discovered in this division in the immediate vicinity of the aqueduct . .MALDON DIVISION. Mr. Robert Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The return of quartz crushed and gold obtained therefrom shows a considera~le decline as compared with last quarter. , The greater portion of stone raised along the \vhole line of the Eaglehawk reef has been too poor to crush. The yields from the Nelson Company's mine have suddenly and very considerably fallen ofF, and the average of the ,Great '\Vestern Company's returns, as against last quarter, have dropped three dwts. per ton; in fact the yields from almost every mine in the district have fallen ofF at once. Vl')ry good gold has been struck in the Speculation Company's mine, Nuggety Reef, at a depth of 250 feet, and will probably be the means of reviving mining industry in tha.t part of the division. · A company has been formed to work a portion of a line of quartz situated in section 15, parish of N eereman, known as the Exploration Reef, which some four years ago produced as· much as from six to eight ounces to the ton; but, in consequence of disputes havfug arisen betw~en landlord and tenant (that portion of the reef being on private property), and having to contend with a heavy influx of water; it was abandoned, althougli then yielding about 32 one ounce to the ton. The present company.bave made arrangements with the owner of the land, and are about to ' ere~t pumping and crushing machinery;, they hav7 also applied for a lease f?r ground outside the. pri"!lte property. This hue of reef eau be traced for a considerable distance north wards' through Crown·lands; but, bemg situated in the heart of an agricultural population, has elicited but little attention since it was last abandoned. It is distant about eleven miles westerly from Maldon. The character of the country is. schistose; the reef is well defined, and presents a promising appearance, is about nine feet thick, and underlies slightly to the westward. The present company have sunk a new sliaft, drove for and cut the reef at 94 feet from surface, and present prospects go to show the stone worth about one ounce to the ton for four feet out of the nine. ST. ANDREW'S EAST SUBDIVISION. Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Owing to the fact of the Golden Bower. Quartz Mining Company having decided not to work their machine until the completion of their tunnel (mentioned in my last report), I have no returns of the yields from quartz from this district for the past quarter. The tunnel haf? been driven a distance of upwards of 500 feet, and a further extension of 50 feet will cut the reef. The cutting was found extremely hard through the entire length, up to 450 feet; since then the·excavations have become much easier, and in about a fortnight hence it may reasonably be anticipated that the whole will be completed, and the usual mining operations resumed. The machine owned by this company is.at present the only one in this subdivision, and its temporary suspension has, no doubt, in some measure checked prospecting, and prevented other claims being worked with that vigor usually evinced by men who hope to receive an immediate reward for their earnings. . . No change has taken place in alluvial mining during th~ quarter; the same individual miners are nearly always to be found in their adopted locations, giving the same account of their earnings, which seem to average to the most industrio1,1s something more than labo'rer's wages, obtained without half the exertion required of the. former. The repairs and improvements upon the roads being made by the Government will prove a great boon to the ·miners, ~nd will materially assist the development of this district. 0 ST. ANDREW'S CENTRAL SUBDIVISION. Jfr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The drought during the past quarter has tended very materially to reduce the yield of gold, both from alluviums and quartz, the crushing and puddling machines being unable to work for want of water. I have to report a slight inlprovement in the prospects of the Anderson's Creek portion of my division, where increased activity exists both in quartz and alluvial works. The latter operations are principally confined to the bed of the River Yarra, .in which several rich claims have been developed by means of paddocks of considerable area. A claim of this description, situated below the Pound, has- yielded at the rate of 17 dwts. per man per diem, and is still promising well. , The qua~tz workings referred to are all re-developments of old abandoned claims. A reef formerly· known as Outard's Reef, which some time since was worked up to the north bank of the Yarra, is again being resumed; a drive has been excavated to a distance of 35 feet under the river, with the intention of following the vein to the south bank. Although the drive is only 25 feet b.elow the bed of the river, and the existing strata appears to be nearly vertical, no more water has been met with than can be kept well under by a good pump. From several specimens I examined, taketi'from about two tons of the stone, I should consider this a· very prom~sing claim, the only drawback being the fact that the reef, like nearly all the others yet di~covered in this dist1~ct, is very thin, averaging only six to E}ight inches in thickness. · Theyieldsfrom the Fourth Hill have averaged vel'y fairly; but the crushing machine, being worked by water power, proved unable latterly to drive more than two stampers at a time (owing to the small supply of water that . could be made available in the river), preventing several crushings which would have otherwise appeared in thi~ return. Some very good stone has recently been taken from a reef hitherto known as the thickest but poorest in the district, c.alled the Buck Reef, situated on the One-tree Rill. range. The vein averages from three to four feet in thickness, and, if the stone continues as rich'as it now appears, could be worked to great advantage, and I have no doubt would yield a handsome return ; but, as no crushing has yet been made from the same, I am unable to give any positive results. · · The Steel's Creek locality shows some slight glimmering of hope,- could prospectors only be induced to give the ,ground a trial. KYNETON SUBDIVISION. ~Jr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar. . .Mining in· this subdivision, as my report showeth, has not improved mueh during the quarter; but I leant that the General Wyndham, the Wellington, and the Glengower Companies are about amalgamating, and will then form an efficient company to work the ground at Lauristou, and thus prevent the ~acrifiee of much val.uable mining plant. The owners of an adjoining claim, formerly called the Comet, have struck a quartz reef, from which they have had a trial crushing which yielded 1 oz. to the ton. . · . The Lauriston Extended Claim are still sinking; their shaft is down to 85 feet; at that depth the water proves a great obatruction. , . ' The Prince Alfred Company contemJ?late resuming operations in one month's time. Two or three claims have been taken up in Orr's Paddock, and are bemg work,ed with promising prospects. Quartz reefing in this district is very far from been exhausted, and all that is required to develope its. rich resources is an energetic application of combined skill, capital, and labor. BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Joltn ,F. Hansen, :Mining Registra_r. Alluvial as well as quartz mining in this division is almost at a standstfV. The total suspension of work by the Alma and Amelia Quartz Mining Companies has had a very depressing influence on the whole of the district. The good crushing from the Snake Gully Reef, Blue Mountain, Blackwood division, has had the effect of inducing miners to commence prospecting, and, as some of the Blackwood reefs must traverse this division, good results are likely. to ensue. · · 83 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Charles J. W. Russell, 11fining Surveyor and Registrar. Th'e alluvial mining during the quarter has been much depressed from the generally depressed character of the old workings, and especially from the excessive drought that has prevailed, an evil that has also prevented any prospecting. The deep alluvial auriferous deposits have been worked with partial success in the following claims, though, from the very short time they have been working, their worth is unknown. . The Ararat Black Lead, after spending months in erectine: new powerful pumps, have again drained their mine and resumed work ; they report employing 40 men, and having, obtained 12 ozs. of gold. The Galatea Company (lease) have sunk their shaft 100 feet, and from a level at 80 feet have struck the Black Lead, 2 to 3 feet in thickness,' and 40 feet in width ; they have only just commenced washing, and the results are not yet published. The Wet Lead Company, who occupy a part of the late Duke of Edinburgh Company's ground, have erected a steam-Emgine and puddling machine, and sunk a shaft 96 feet in depth, and struck an auriferous bed of washdirt 2 fee£. in thickness, of unascertained width, which has yielded 10 dwts. per load. Other small companies are making preparations to work deep leads, so that it may be reasonably expected a greatly increased quantity of gold will be obtained in the ensuing quarter. In :quartz mining great interest has lately been exhibited. New and old, or known reefs, are being extensively taken up and prospected in all directions, which may be attributed to the very favorable returns from the Eaglehawk Company's works at Armstrong's, the prospecting claim at the Rhymney Reef, near Shear Flat, and the Mitchell's Reef Company's (lease) works at Ararat, all of which promise to become valuable mining properties; whilst the old established mining companies' claims at Moyston, on the Campbell's Reef, have, since their works have l1een carried down to a. depth of from 500 to 600 feet, proved their reefs to be comparatively inexhaustible, and a greatly increased value in the public estimation has resulted. · PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. Mr. John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. , QuARTZ MnnNG. During the last quarter the Pleasant Creek division has experienced what may be termed a quartz-roofing rush, and a rather indiscriminate taking up of ground occurred. The entire Ironbark Range has been marked off, extending from the Four-posts dig~ngs to the Quartz Reefs. A considerable extent of country has also been occupied on the Bonnie Dundee and Flying Doe lines of reef. The district known as the Bald Hills, parish of Wattawilla, has lately attracted some attention, a reef having been discovered, from which what is considered a payable prospect has been obtained. On the older lines of reefs a great quantity of stone has been raised ; but, owing to the long-continued drought, the crushing is far behind the amount raised, and many thousand tons of burnt quartz remain encumbering the surface, awaiting the resumption of work by the machines ; arid to such an extent has this inconvenience amounted, that in several instances claims have had to reduce their hands, having no room for more stone on the surface. · Th~ee of the principal crushing machines have been either altogether or partially idle during the quarter. A yonsiderable quant!ty of new machinery has been iptroduced into the division, and is now in courl!2 of erection.· Two very important events have occurred, illustrative of the extent and permanency of the Pleasant Creek reefs. The first was the striking of·an auriferous reef in a bore put down by the Cross Reef Extended Company, at a depth of 730 feet from the surface ; the second being the striking of rich stone in the Hard-nail Reef, at a distance of about three-quarters of a mile north-east of the Cross Reef. This line is supposed to be quite distinct from any of the known: reefs. If the stone continues equally rich with that at present being taken out, 6 ozs. per ton would not be too high an estimate for its average yield. ' .; ALLUVIAL MINING. ' The want of water has almost brought alluvial mining to a stand-still. At the Deep Lead, the Standard Company continue to find payable ground, and apparently have recovered the lost lead. · The. Welshman's Flat has again been applied for on lease, all the old companies having abandoned the gwund. The Concongella Deep Lead Company have been started for the purpose of prospecting for a lead near Concongella Creek. The result, up to the present time, has been encouraging, but a good deal of water has to be contended with. ' BARKLY DIVISION. Mr. John D'Alton, Mining S~rveyor and Registrar. ' QU.A:RTZ MIN.ING. Attention has at length been drawn to the neglected Landsborough reefs, and several companies ha,ve been formed, and ground to a considerable extent taken up. Montgomery Reef, now in the possession of the Empire Company, was the first from which stone was raised, the result of the trial crushing being Hi dwts. per ton. Several other reefs·in various parts of the Barkly division have also• been taken up; but as none of them have as yet been followed to any considerable depth, an estimate of their character cannc•t at present be formed. ' ALLUviAL MINING. Wit)l the e~ception of Malony's Lead (Landsbor.ough), scarcely anything is doing; the scarcity of water being: the cause of the falling off. The new reefs have also attracted many alluvial mintlrs. Some activity prevails in Glenpatrick, where water has been plentiful; but no new ground has been opened. ' RAGLAN DIVISION. Mr. John Templeton, Mining Surveyor a'nd Registrar. The great drought that has been experienced during the last quarter has had a prejudicial effect on the yield of .gold, and a considerable portion of the Chinese population has left, chiefly owing to the want of water. However there was a heavy fall of rain on the ~Oth ultimo, which has filled most of the smaller dams, and things will no~ Pevert to their former state. · No. :n, a, 34 I have not much to report as to alluvial working this quarter. On Seal's lease, at Charlton, the shaft has been bottomed, and a drive is now being made towards the last lio_re. The engi1).e and plant are the best I have seen in this district. I attach to this report a statement showing the different strata passed through in sinking the shaft, and also . in the deepest bore, about 300 feet to the westw11rd. * · ' . A new claim has been taken up in the Police Paddock, and one of the steam-engines that has been for some- time idle has been removed to it. The shaft is now being sunk. • • The claim immediately south of the reservoir has turned out some very good yields dilring the quarter, and is expected to improve. . In Sailors' Gully the yields have been very poor. In Baxtex:'s Gully, near Waterloo Swamp, about the same number of men are at work, and have been doing moderately well. · · I -have nothing new to report about any of the other gullies. ' ·. . . There has been no quartz crushed during the quarter. The Sheet-Anchor Company, on the reef of that name,· have been engaged i~ removing their machiriery,.&c., over the hill to the ,next gully to the north. They have nearly completed the erection of the lnachinery, which is' very su~sta~tial and c~mplete, and expect to commence crusl,ling in about ten days. A good deal of stone has been already ra1sed by·th1s·company, and by the Margaretta Company immediately to the south, and now awaits the completion of the machinery. Should the stone turn. out as well as is confidently expected, I think that a good deal of work will shortly be going on in that locality. · On the Red Hill Reef, to the north of'the township, the first shaft has been sunk to the water-level without any results, and a new one is now being sunk about 300 yards to the north-east ; it is now down about 35 feet. · · *Strata passed through in sinking shaft on Seal's lease at Strata passed through in No. 6 bore,.iJn Seal's lease at Charlton. · Charlton. Feet. Feet. · Surl'ace soil... . 1 Surface soil "':""·. l Surface clay . .•••. 5 Surface clay "... 6 Mixed salljiy Clay 15 Drifts 7 Drift and cement .;. .-.. 20 White and red clay ... 15 Sandy clay ... 2 Red cement and drift 10 Coarse wash on reef ... 5 White clay .. . 2 Shaft in reef 88 Drift · .. . 13 Mixed sandy clay '' 17 Total depth .. : .... 136 White clay ... 4 White and red clay ... 18 Blue clay .. . ·2 Black clay .. . 5 Dark drift (fine) 3 Brown clay .... 6 Washdirt on reef 2 Total depth of bore ••• Ill GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. •, : OMEO SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. Pltipps, Mining Registrar. The continued· dry weather has seriously affected mining operations throughout the quarter in ,this district. Quartz miners have been unable to get their quartz crushed·; an:d except in a few favored localities where water is still available, sluicers have had to suspend their claims or resort to cradling their stuff. The Chinese have struck a promising lead near Swift's Creek Swamp, and have registered forty men's ground within the last few days. A pros pecting area of 1,000 ~uare yards for a deep lead has also been ·registered, including a deep shaft sunk four years ago at the foot of Mount L1vingstone, and abandoned, after a very imperfect trial, for want of funds. , MITCHELL. RIVER SUBDIVISION. ,.¥r. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. Owing to the great scarcity of water during. the past quarter, this branch of mining has 'not been attended with the same success as hitherto. : · · The only remarkable incident is the finding· of a nugget weighing 48l ozs. A miner named William Pa trick Murphy discovered the hidden treasure, about two feet from the surface, in one of the tributaries of Store Creek. I saw the nugget this morning (1st April) ii). the ofq.ce of one of the Bairnsdale storekeepers. The finder declines giving any further information until he has secured a title to the ground. QuARTz MINING. The only claim that is being worked, ia ,that of, the Tubal Cain Company at Deptford. The last crushing yielded 2 ozs. 6 dwts. to the ton. . . In consequence of the above-mentioned yield several claims hav:e been taken up adjo~ning the Tubal Cain. . . The ground formerly held by the Tambo Company, at Store Creek, has been apphed for under the leasmg regulations by a newly form~d company. I am informed by the manager that operations are to be commenced shortly. 35 CROOKED R.I.VER SUBDIVISI·ON. Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar. QuA.RTZ MINING. I have the honor to report that quartz mining is duller in this ·division at present than it has been any time previously during the last three years. By referring to the schedule attached, it will be seen that the number of tons of quartz crushed this quarter is only about one-fourth the quantity that was crushed in the last quarter of 1868. In a great measure, the falling off is attributable to the extreme dryness of the season; none of the quartz mills having had sufficient water to crush with, Another reason for so sp1all a return is, that, with the exception of 80 tons of cement, no stone has been. crushed from the Good· Hope mine, the usual returns from which is from 600 to 800 tons per quarter. On the Upper Dargo, the only event that has transpired since my last report worthy of note, is the completion of the Warsaw Company's new crushing mill. . ALLUVIAL MINING, In alluvial mining a change for the better has taken place. The number of alluvial miners is considerably in excess of what it was at the end of last year, and a corresponding· increase is to be seen in the return of gold from that description of mining. Gold, hns been discovered in payable quantities on the Dargo Flat, about 15 miles .from Grant, and about the same distance below any other diggings on the Dargo River. Too little work has yet been done to enable me to form an opinion as to its permanency. . Several claims have been taken up on the Crooked River lately, between Talbotville and the Junction, some of ·which are paying·. v.ery well indeed. On the Twenty-five and Thirty.mile Creeks, the maJority of the miners are making fair wages. JERICHO SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I have to report a material improvement in the Jericho division during the past quarter, as well as a promising appearance for the next. A lode, known at one time as the Moonlight Reef, has been re-opened by new prospectors on the Dry Creek, and, from the surface work done, promises well. A new lode or reef is now being opened up adjoining the Eldorado lease, Aberfeldy Spur ; so little has been done that no opinion of its continuity can as yet be formed, but the stone is goo~ crushing stone, showing much fine gold. The reef is at present in sandstone. The discoverer of the _latter reef was Charles Svenson, one of the discoverers of the Champion, and one of the hardiest and luckiest of our prospectors. The return forwarded shows improved yields from nearly all the mines in this division, and some 200 ozs. in excess of last quarter's total yield. . The alluvial during the past quarter. has afforded satisfactory results. The old B. B. continues to yield excellent . returns, though most claims on that creek are being worked for the third time. I think there are ample grounds to justify sanguine hopes of renewed prosperity for this division. DONNELLY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. There have been no new discoveries in this subdivision; in either quartz or alluvial, during the past quarter. At Donnelly's Creek the miners have been mostly employed in re-working the bed of the ereek, and in some cases with very good returns. A nugget weighing 10 ozs. 10 dwts. was obtained by Hampden and Party in the claim formerly known as the Jolly Packer's claim, below the North Crinoline, and smaller ones in some of the other claims. There is a party of six alluvial miners working on the Aberfeldy, who are making good wages. The Omega, formerly the South Crinoline, have again commenced work, and have now four men at work driving a tunnel. ,--- STRINGER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar. There have been no discoveries in quartz reefs during the quarter, but several' abandoned claims have been taken up and arc in progress of working. An alluvia,! prospecting claim on the Aberfeldy River has been registered. In consequence of the great scarcity of water, many of the claims have been unable to crush, otherwise I should have had a much larger quantity of gold to report. The Wellesley Company have about 150 tons of quartz of good quality in their paddock; it was taken from a depth of 40 feet below water-level. Width of reef, 2 feet. · o The Long Tunnel Company have sunk their shaft a depth of 161 feet ; the reef is 4 feet thick, and looks remarkably good ; they have out about 40 tons. ·Golden Fleece Company are sinking a winze from the lower level to a depth of 50 feet. Reef, 2 feet North Gippsland Company, until these last few days, have been unable to crush from want of water; they are now crushing for the Just-in-time Company; they have been engaged repairing their main shaft, getting out stone from their lower level, and making preparations for fixing a pumping and winding engine in tunnel, which is now on the road up. Walhalla Company are working and crushing as usual; during the quarter they have had two break-downs, which, together, delayed them about five weeks. Empress Company are making preparations for the erection of very large machinery which . has lately been purchased. The Eureka Company have struck the eastern reef in their lower level, and will continue driving in the same direction until they break into the winze from the upper tunnel ; they have also struck some golden stone on the surface about 70 feet to the w~st, which is expected will prove to be the western reef. ' r 36 BE~DOC SUBDIVISION. hfr. J. G. \Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I have the honor to report that the past quarter in this subdivision has not been marked by any great progress in quartz 'mining, though much improvement is anticipated from the fact that, in nearly all the claims, the stone becomes richer as the reef is worked down. - · I beg to give you an abstract of the condition and prospects of some of the principal companies in this place. The Come-love Company are now working their ground at the 100-foot level, from which depth their last crushing, consisting of 8 tons of quartz, yielded 21~ ozs. of gold. · The .Morning Star Company are at present raising stone from their deep shaft, with very satisfactory prospects. The Evening Star Company, and the companies working Nos. 1, 2, and 3 on the Morning Star. Reef, are similarly engaged, )1nd with like success. T·he United Company are engaged in prospecting their ground, by driving,a tunnel from the present water level to cut the reef, but make slow progress, in consequence of the hardness of the rock. This tunnel is at present about 100 feet in length. ·~ I observe that several companies here are becoming alive to the necessity of erecting more efficiep.t machinery for crushing purposes. The Rising Sun Company have purchased a six horse-power iron water-wheel and plant for this purpose; and the Union Company are themselves ~onstructing a similar machine. This latter com·pany have at present (iO tons of quartz raised and ready for crushing. · I have to report that considerable activity prevails here amongst prospectors for quartz reefs, many parties being thus et~gagcd from whose labors much is expected. · The alluvial workings in this subdivision, which are chiefly creek and river claims, are nearly all occupied by Chinese • .. By Authority: JoHN FERRES, Government Printer, Melbourne.