1873. '- VICTORIA.
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·REPORTS
OF THE
MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS.
f QUARTER ENDED 31sT MARCH 1873.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES.OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
· 1112 fluijorttv: JODN F.ERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, ~11-:I.ROU!lN >:. No. 2t. / ..
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Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 31st March 1873. Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter, in some of the Deepest Mines in Victoria ; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 31st M~rch 1~73. Gold received ~t and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter ended 31st March 1873. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1873. Silmmary of Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed and crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1873 ' p. 17. . Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st March 1873, p. 21.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Page Ballarat Central Division Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar ... 7, 16, 17, 21,25 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar ... 21,26 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor:1and Registrar 7, 21,26 Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 21,26 Creswick Division ... Mr, .James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar . .. 7, 16, 19, 21,27 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor an~ Registrar 7, 21, 27 1:\teiglitz Subdivision Mr. 0. W. Collins, Mining Registrar •.• 8, 21,27 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain· South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar ... 8, 16, 18, 21, 27 Subdivision Ballan Subdivision ... Mr. G. P. Black, ;_Mining Registrar 8, 21,28
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division ... Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar 8, 14, 21,28 Yackandandah Division •••• Mr. P. Wright, Mining Surveyor and Registrar s, 16, 21,29 Indigo Division Mr. R . .Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8, 18,22,29 Buckland Division ..• Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Uegistrar.' , 9, 16, 22, 29 Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 18, 22,30 Dry Creek Subdivision Mr. Robert Pemberton, Mining Registrar;! ... ••• 22,30 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision .•. Mr: A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 9,22,30 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . 10, 22,30 Big River Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . 10, 22,31 Mitta-mitta Division Mr. Andrew Trench, Mining Registrar . 22 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. w: :S:· Edwards, Mining Registrar ... 10, 22,31
SANDHUR,ST MINING .DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ••. . . Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar ••. 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 32 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Regis~rar'i 22,32 Heatheote Division and Waranga South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 14, 22, 32 division Waranga North Subdivision .•• Mr. C. J. W. Russell, Mining Reiistrar 11, 14, 22,33
_MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar ••. 11, 15, 16, 18, 20, 23,33 Amherst Division .. . Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 15, IS, 23,34 .Avoca Subdivision .. . Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 15, 18, 20, 23, 34 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor 'and Registrar... 11, lfi, 23,34 Korong Division Mr. Irvin Martin, Mining Registrar ' •.. 11, 23, 35 Redbank and St. Arnaud· South Subdivisions Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 15, 16, 23, 35 St. Arnaud North Subdivision. Mr.·P~ Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 15, 23,36
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Mr. Thos, L. Brown, Mining Surveyor a~d Registrar 12, 23,36 Fryer's Creek Division Mr. Mark Am os, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 19, 20, 23,37 Hepburn Division ...... Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar I 12, 15, 20, 23,37 Taradale and Kyneton S,ubdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12, 23 Tarrangower Division Mr. Robt.Nankivell,MiningSurveyorandRegistrar, 13, 15, 19, 20, 23,38 St. Andrew's Division Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar... 13, 15, 23, 39· Blue Mountain North Subdivision :\ir. Grahmn McPherson, Mining Regist4r 13, 24,39
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT . Ararat Division . Mr. Ferdinand M. Krause, Mining Surveyor and Regis- trar ... 13, 20, 24, 39 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 15, 20, 24, 40 Barkly Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 24,40 Raglan Division Mr. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar 13, 19, 24, 40
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision ... Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar 24,41 Mitchell River Subdivision Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 24,41 · Boggy Creek Subdivision Mr. George Alien, Mining Registrar ... 24 Crooked River Division Mr. James Travis, Mining~Registrar ... 13, 16, 24,41 Jericho Division Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar ,, H, 24, 41 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor "and Registrar... 14, 24,41 ' Stringer's Creek Division Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar 14, 16, 19, 24,41 Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. Gadd. Mining Registrar ... 24, 42 Bendoc Subdivision Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar ... 14, 16, 24,42 Tarwin Subdivision Mr. E. W. Turner, Mining Surveyor and ·Registrar 24, 42 Traralgon Subdivision Mr. C. Denis, Mining Registrar ... •• ••• 241 42 A 2 . \
... \ SUMMARYo '
GOLD MINING STATISTICS, FO:n, THE QUARTER ENDED 31st MARCH 1873. I . TABLE SHOWING APPltOXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY .IN USE AND IT, VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. (Compiled from the Mining &vrveyot>s and Regist;ars' Reports for the Q;uarte'l' ended 31st Mm:c11873.)
Quartz t MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL llfiNING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED ·fN QUARTZ llfl.NING. 1\f.iners. • Number Number of of Price of GOld .. I Approximate Square distinct per ounce. DISTRICT, DIVII)ION Value Miles of Quartz AND ~ i gj '8~ () .g E : ~ Mi~~g. A~t~o:s a::::uy l!lUBDIVISION 1 =o ~ ;q ~ " ~~ Plant. actually proved ~ ~] !~ ~ .!~ m ~ :a o • ~ 1;a t ~~ i ~ ll:i 11 ~ ~El -~ .oza ;.~e a ... ·a o ce: a o a ~o ~ lli-1-----1-w-u_';_:n_"·d-1-A-ur_t_?~-~r_~_us._+--.Fr~-om~~...,~,...---T-o- ~ !'< CJO i)215 I'Q l.DiY!Si
SANDHURST. 1 3 18 3 ~~:sbP.i:::'n :: :: :: 1,1~ ~ 4,sM ~ 6,~ .:o .~8 · :: :: 1?~ .~ ~ :: :: .:1 :: .~ 1:~ .~ 1~ s.'1f ·2 1,~g j :: 2:: 2~ .~ 44~:g~ ; iMI 3 16 0 lleathoote Division and Wat~ng& 400 50 520 .. 910 '...... 51 4 8 74 .. •• ...... 19 274 .. 147 .:~ .. 10 21 .. 20,825 81 182 316 6 W=N~.J:~:i"bdivis!on .. 110 56 195 10 <131 ...... •• 12 .. 5 ...... ~ ...... 9 153 .. 89 J · .. 1 22 .. 19,100 11 103 3 13 6 .. 2,352 m 5.073 32 I~ 20s 173 10 39-74 21 .. 16 -1-75-.1---~-t--224-- ~ 2 1,402 i 1234 -m--l--1-l---488_:_,42_s_;_l·--~41--l--129--l Totalll .. ---l-=- r-- 1--1-- 1---1 1- MARYBOROUGH. 156 4 0 0 Mllryborough Divi•ion • • .. 2,045 400 831 .. 3,282 50 1,562 36 • • 118 36 10 6 .. 4 2 36 132 4 26 604 .. 201 l .. 30 25 164,462 5 4 1 6 517 21,890 6 45 3 19 0 4 0 6 A:mherst Division . ; .. .. 16 •18,616 17~ 18 4 0 0 4 1 0 .boca Subdivision ~ • :. • • 1M ~ .. 2.~z 1: ~ 1i :: ~ 1: ~ 1~ :: 1~ :: 2~ :: .2 ~ ~ :: ~ ·ii .:: g 1g 1.~ 510 1,301 1 12 .. .. 74 16 8 ...... 20 .. .. 42 600 .. : .. 30 24 63,000 16 185 319 0 4 1 6 Dunolly and Ta.rnagulla Divisions 420 ii- ··~ 19,000 11 69 3 3 0 4 2 6 0 1,413 5~ 240 .. 2,245 2 20 .. •. 19 3 9 ...... 6 .. 15 2~ :: 28 :.·J .... sg 3f 'i 27 ~f:~ st. A,;,,.nJ ·sonih 257 10 73 .. . 400 ...... 9 2 1 8 ...... 3 6,682 11~ 319 0 4 0 0 Subdivisions 23,323 65 317 6 81. ArnaudNorth Snbdivision .. 1 4 0 0 .. , . .. 257 .. 80 J .. 12 16 316,973 80 Totalll .. i,~ 3.:~ -1,1-:W-9·1-~-;-,-1--1-~~~ 2:~99 ~ ~: ~~ ~~ 1~ I~ ;~51---il-88-2-1--1~-·-: --·-~-1--1-3_1 ---- ~~~ ---1·--1--10_9_,~-- 834 21:: 135 -1----·!----1 CASTLEYAINE. 3 318 0 319 9 vision 536 420 679 .. 1,619 4 13 4 .. 115 ~ 86 .. 16 72 •• 44 152 .. 14 . I .. 30 48 .. ~ 106 1,ooo s68 488 2,351 5 68 1 .. s 306 .. 3s 3 '18 435 • 8 1s .. 2"" ss 317 6 318 0 ivision n is ·2 36 . 3 M~ 2 .. 317 6 4 0 0 624 591 9:18 .. 2,153 2 39 1· .. 36 3 40 185 .. 70 2 .. 2 i 37 m .. 1SS 11 .. ro M .. 82 1 889 311 6 T· . • • .. Subdivisi~;, 1 317 9 :: 29 ii; :: 880 .. 309 ) :: 49 59,805 7140 318 3 4 0 3 ~~ ~ ~~ 1.~~~ ~ ro :: :: ~~ :~ :: ~ :: J ::. ~ si :: ~* 4 0 0 4 0 6 s~~~~ gi~i:ig~ :: :: 225 130 180 .. · 515 1 6 ' .. .. 3 ...... ~ 1~g :: sg J .. :: .. .. 5,971 1~ 4 3 17 6 317 6 llluo Mountain North .Subdivision 83 2 20 .. 105 .. •• ...... - ~ -.Ji_ ---1-__;_':_'-1__;_"-1--1_,1_50_-1- _ _:__ 1----1 1 1 Totals ...... 2,m 2,500 3,116 8,508 -17 305 6 281 . 37 55 616 I- 182 4 104 M 1 . 161 3,188 3 •2 6 31 .. 162 178 .. 282,426 166! 396 1~ --- · -·- --·1--1--1-~1-1------"----1---1---1·---·----1----1----1
2 22,880 34 26 316 3 318 0 1 8 21 37 :: 1 2 :: 3 10 'i 90,515 312 0 4 1 6· ~~ H~ rJ; ·.; 1.~~3 ~ ~~ .. ~ ~: ~g ::. .~ 2~ M :: ~~ ~~ :: ~ j 2,830 16 9 319 0 3 19 6 240 230 2 .. 472 ...... 4 • 2 8 .. • i ...... , u .. '2 4,800 6l: 5 318 6 4 0 9 295 139 22 .. 456 2 26 .. .. 37 10 1 4 .. .1 ...... 1 ---- ...1, 1,083 -1,-08-5 979 !--.5 --;-;-..; 12 151 1 ----55- 19 _1_3_ 49 -- ·-~1-3·l--l-29·-l-5~-l- 44 lo47 432 ~~~ 48 14 121,025 11 Totals .. . i--"-''u_• ' •• --"- _:_------..:L GIPPSLAND: 2 107 350 ' 457 ...... • • ...... 875 2 21 21 ...... 1 17 5,310 10 19 311 0 319 6 Subdivision • • u 04 i37 ...... 3 16 0 319 0 J?ver and • Bog!O' Creek 253 140 .. 8 :: ' 401' :: ...... ·,100 ...... 2 20 ...... 2,000 23 18 1 3 16 0 3 19 3 151 11 88 .. 296 .. .. • ...... 336 .. 28 ~0 ...... 1~ 1~ .~ ! ...... 1 Ps·~g ~~~ Msb 3 15 0 Jt!fioho Divisio~ivisi~~ :: 1 3 16 6 18 :: :: :: :: :: :: 4 58 1 145 :; 3 10 0 3 16 0 Division •• ~ sg ~ :: i~ :: :: :: :: :: :: :: .. :~ :i :: :: ~g:~~ ~ ~~- 3 15 0 3 15 6 Division •• .. 5 •• •• 619415 I ·•• ' ...... 10 lfs 2 17 ; .•1•. .. 2,800 4 14 '1~ 611~ ...... ·...... 120 .. 12 6 ...... 2 46 2 29··.. .. 5,839 26 3 0 0 3 17 6 ivis.ion •• 3 10 0 316 6 555 48 ~~ .. 431315 ..1 .. 6 ...... 1·o· .1. 6715 .. 12 12 ...... 41 s .. 4 . . .. 1 .. 1 683 3 ~ 40 3 16 0 3 17 9 Subdivisio;; 2 1 3 15 0 3 17 6 .. - ...... 9 ...... 5. ...I~ .6. :~62:t.. f ::: .20 1 Totals .. 1,3~: ·~93~~--+,-:-:-l--2.-~-~-~--·-·1- __._. 67"":-::-1-.-:: _._.9_ -1-·~-l-7- -1,58-: -·;-~~~~~--::-I·-:· -:-~-4-·~-::je ~ ~ l- -I-- ...... ::.:....1,_1_50_._183_-_:::==1=56~==:::===486===: ,- ---!·---1-·- ---1----1-1- ---1- --- ....._,_ 62 6 138 G&AND ToTus 21,945 14,020 1s s2.s73 376 1o,025 313 20 1,241 265 247 1s,20s 12 sss 221 224 431 24 788 15,122 ' arl 1 655 2.118,444 1.om 1 3,260
, beell adopted. • Tlw Mitta-mitt<> aud JY:;ggy Creek reports not having been reooived, the last returnll bl>Ve R. BROUGH S:VlYTH,
\ \' 0llice of Mines, Me,lhourne, 3rd May 1873., Secretary for Mine~:~. No. 22. ·445 TABLE SHOWING THE YIELD OF GOLD FROM CERTAIN PARCELS OF QUARTZ RAISED· DURING. THE QUARTER IN. I:N E OF THE DEEPEST MINES IN VIO'l'ORIA, WITH THE DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW BEING SUNK, OR 'fHE SINKING OF [CH HAS RECENTLY BEEN S'fOPPED, ETC. (Compiled from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars for the Quarter end• d 31st March 1873.)
Depth of Depth.of Depth at Depth . DISTRICT, DIVISION, Average Width Dip of the Strike of the the the which Quantity NAME OF REEF. 0{ REMARKS. ;L111D NAME OF· COMPANY. NAME OF REEF. the Quartz Cruahed. Yield of Gold of the Reef. Reef. Roof. ~ NAME OF COM.f'All ~. deepest per Ton. Shaft. CroSB-cut. SUBDIVISION. was got.
Feet. To!lB. oz. dwt. gr. Ft. In. Feet. Feet. BALLA.RAT. Band of Hope 550 500 Shaft Is sunk with the reef. W.40" N. Evening Star Central Division Evening Star ' •• Band of Hope 500 420 0 8 :; 6 Pioneer Perseverance 330 Shaft is now sinking, Speedwell •• Staffordshire .• 220 200 200 .. 370 250 250 Southern Division / Hopewell ... Staffordshire .. f Hiscock's •• 326 320 320 Buninyong Division , • Imperial .• Hiscock's .. .. 260 to 320 2,301 0 2 4 4to 12 0 W.5SO N.5'W. Imperial Globe .. Lancashire and Brown•s 80 to 110 480 0 7 10 ...... Smythesdale Division •. Port Phitlip •• Clunes 71i5 690 690 ' l Port Phlllip Clunes .. 15,380 *0 s 21 2to 30 0 E. 30" W. 30". N.S'E• Clunes 1,012 790 1,005 • Inclusive of gold from pyrites. ~~g ;~ ;~g :N. 5'E. New North Clunes Creswlck Division ( New North Clunes Clunes .. .. , 1_2,569 -o 12 11 2 to80 0 W.l5' { Clunes Consols •• Clunes 88fi R62 872 Big Hili s:10 826 825 Gordon Subdivision Egerton.. .. Big Hill 350 to 400 3,582 0 5 12 15 o. W.9' -Black-horse •. 3 0 W.2' N. Albion.. .. Portuguese .. 866 t85l> * Coarse gold was got at the lowest level; Steiglitz Subdivision •• .. . Alblon .. .. Portuguese •• .. *320 to 400 427 '0 10 14 the greater part of the stone raised during the past quarter was got at 400 feet in depth. t Coarse gold was got at 855 feet-the 0 11 13 6• E. Sl" N. Sultan .. Pioneer 412 400 400 lowest level; all through the gold ill Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Sultan •• Pioneer 165 to 400 coarse. South Subdivision Asbton's 125 125 Balian Subdivision •• Ash ton's Ashton's 50 2 3 12 0 W.20' N. Ash ton's
BEECRWORTII. I 400 400 Preparations nre being made to sink the Reform .. 190 11i0 0 5 0 ~ 3 0 N.byW. w. Homeward-bound Homeward-bound Beechworth Division •• Reform .. Homeward-bound 340 320 shaft to, a greater deptll. Yackilndandah D1vlslon Blgelow .. Homeward-bound •• 820 250 0 7 0 s ·o w. 77'. ' N.IO'W. Bigelow .. ( .. 0 5 0 3 0 W.86' to 88' N.24'W. Magenta .. Magenta .. 3~0 220 220. Indigo Divls~on •• Magenta Magenta 160 to 180 200 l United Miners' •• United Miners' 300 1,500 0 10 0 I to 40 0 Buckiand Division ~ .. t Happy V alley .. New Happy Valley i .129 to. 500 1,4(13 0 7 20 2 to-5 6 1if.56"W. and Christmas J \ .. :N, 42' w. N,45'W. Ajll.X .. Lucky 340 340 Alexandra Subdivision Lucky .. .. 340 3 14 19 61n. to 2ft. s.w.;e!l" Dry Ct•eek Snbd!v!sion .. .. Benalla Subdivision •• N.45'W. Homeward-bound *280 280 • Tbe entry Is by tunnel, put In from bed Gafiney's Creek Subdivision Rose of Denmark Eureka 250 500 0 5 12 s to 12 0 S.W.88' Victoria ' of creek; the depth below ridge of spur 4 12 0 N ..52'W. at boundary Is given. · l Sir John ~'ranklin Franklin 320 400 0 10 0 to 90" } Hope .. Mofning Star 307 Wood's Point Subdivision t J,eviathan .. Le vi•than 120 !50 0 4 11 2 to 4 0 S.E. 80' N.52'W. N,45'W. Luck's-Al! Luek's-Ail .. 250 250 • No shaft; level driven from tunnel. Big River Subdivision •• Luck'B·All .. Warner's 255 500 0 9 20 2 0 * Mitta-mitta Division •. 40" Jamieson'Subdlvls!on .• SaUorBill's •• 380 1,019 0 8 7 li' 0 E.
SANDHURST. Bustler's 730 1,642 0 8· 8 N. N.34'W. Collmann ·and Tacchl) .. Wetheral 824 800 5 Great Hustler's .. Hustler's 790 130 Sandhurst Division l Bustler's Reel: •• Hustler's 500 to 560 ~20 1 2 21 4to20 0 N.19' N.48'W. Great Hustler's .. " .. 1 Kilmore Division • • • • 530 420 420 Heathcote Division and Waranga ·South Costertleld 230 to 420 2117' 0 7 22 E. 60' N, 20"W. Costerfield Subdivision , I 0 I s. E.aqu w. Perseverance Nuggety 550 550 Wanmga North Subdivision .. l'erseverance 600 200 I
MA.RYBOROUGJl. Bristol Hill Extended Bristol Hill .. 340 Stopped level at 340 feet, for the purpose of· Maryborongh Division .• / .. sinking the shaft to a depth of 500 feet. Prince Alfred 220 220 Tbls company ha.' been the whole quarter ~ Croydon· r.. aum 150 to 200 420 0 2 6 80 0 W.70" N.n•w. 1 Deed Brothers •• employed In sinking and cross driving. Amherst Division 0 10 10 2 6 W.SO" N.8'W, ( Finche's .. I •• Fhlche's 156 lA I Avoca Subdivision .. •{~nlted ~overty :: t .... Poverty 520 500 500 Sandstone 420 181 0 9 5 6 6 w. South Sandstone Sandstone 418 410 410 ~ Victoria.. .. I Sandstone 500 420 420 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions ( Queen's Birthday Bealiba 335 to 380 1,381 0 6 8 5 0 w. ' Victoria .. .. ' Goldstiorongh .. , .. Bealiba 386 380 880 ~ ... ' Korong Division • • • • • • Oxonian *450 180 • Approximate: downright shaft 180 feet, IsiiJ'' Oxonlan 400 to 450 288 0 6 12 5 0 w. 68° N.W. New !si;; 4 • ~ 180 Red bank and St. Arnaud South Subdivi l underlie shaft 320 feet. sions Wilson's Hill 370 300 300 St. Arnaud North Subdivision •• Wilson's Hill Wilson's Hill 360 to 170· m 1 2 0 0 w:ss• N.30'W. Wilson'sHill .••
CASTLE MAINE. Devonshire •• 200 590 1 7 4 2ft.6in. to 4ft. w.76' N.l4'W. Lewis' Amalgamated Sebastopol .. 265 190 190 { Devonshire Reef .. De-.onshlre .. 247 200 200 Castlema.ine Division •• Wattle Gully 235 257 0 16 11 lft.6in. to 3ft. E. G6' N.4'W, Devonshire .• Cattle's 262 262 262 Tarr's .. 120 to 147 70 .o 13 19 1 6 W.G4' N. Duke of Cornwall E. 36' N. I4'W. Fryer's.. .. Cattle's 365 300 300 Fryer's Creek Division Ttue Cattle's .. 200 soo 0 19 16 3 0 'if![ GT Cattle's .. 140 to 160 1,253 0 11 16 70 0 E. 36° N.I4?W. Burdett Cou tts .. .. " Cattle's 242 235 200 Cornish 250 to 380 S,lf>6 0 12 0 10 0 S. 2S' N.l8"W. Argus United .. Cornish ~80 573 67' N.IO'W. l Hepbum Division .. Specimen H!ll •• Specimen Hill 310 to 383 1,743 0 3 19 5 0 s. j Fear-not •• .. Cornish 458 I 450 450 Cornish ... 310 to 394 !88 0 8 111 4 0 S.lS' :N.18' w. ' North Fear-not .. Energetic •• 380 350 Tommy Dodd. •• Bmndenburg •• 180 931 0 5 111 6 3 Energetic .. Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision l TommyDodd •• Bmndenburg •• 300 270 3 6 Metcalie Extended Prince Albert 160 21 0 10 3 Beebive .. Reebive .. 300 to 5.\10 771 0 10 21 2 to 8 0 W.70" N.lO".W. Great Western 557 *550 550 * The reef towarda the north is improving Great Western .. Eaglelmwk •• 570 534 534 at this leveL Tarrangower Division •• Maldon United .. Eaglehawk •• 400 240 0 13 19 2 ton o W.l3' N.4°W. Eaglehawk Union 9 N. St. An drew's Division •• ••l Union •• ... ,Phipp's •• ~00 603 2 I I 1 3 E.30 20"E. Blue .Mountain North Subdivision
A.RA.RAT. Kangaroo •• Campbell's •• 540 540 230 * This'a cross reef: ~ VIctoria' .. Rhym.ney 260 195 0 14 21 '•t 6 N.85' *li. 60" E. Eaglehawk .. ! :: Eaglehawk •• 268 200 260 A.r..rat Division ( Eaglehawk Eaglehawk .. lliO 2S 0 3 19 3 6 W.64' N. 2'1"W. { Lexington • • J •• Grampian 115 no 110 Still sinking. .. .. 1,156 Still sinking. ~=~~ton& Ple'c.:mnt c,..;;k New-chum and Cross •• 924 660 660 Still slnlting. Crown Cross Reef " •• Cross .. .. 830 810 810 Pleasant Creek Division Pleasant Creek North Cross Cross and Flat 400 to 700 1 13 4 3 to10 0 N.W.25' N. 54' E. Extended Cross Reef r .. Cross •• 890 700 '810 South Scotchman's r •. Scotchman's .. .. 840 500 500 Still sinking. Pleasant Creek North dross Cross and Flat .. 776 700 640 Still sinking, Barkly Division ~ ...... I .. Sailor's Gaily 250 250 250 Raglan Division •• Rlc'1mond Richmond ISO I 6 2 2 0 Rip and Tear .. ~ ..
GIPPSLAND. Omeo Subdivision • • , .. • • ' ... Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Subdivi· • .. sions . Good :Hope Good Hope •• 700 500 700 Tbe Good Hope Company have' !t In con Crooked River Division Good Hope GoodHope .. 650. to 700 320 0 19 20 0 10 W.70" N.W.and S.E. templation to slnkanotberw!nze, making Jericho Divi3ion ' •• Harbinger Harbinger 130 710 0 3 19 3ft. 6in. to 6ft. 61n. the total depth 760 foot. Donne!ly's Creek Division .. Blsmark.. .. 150 to 200 196 1 15 23• .. 243 to 323 4,117 1 14 19 lltoll 0 W.70' N. 32' j • Belvw adit. Long Tunnel •• Cohen's Cohen's 423 323 323 Stringer's Creek Division North Gippsland .. • ~ ·Cohen's 170 to 200 144 0 18 17 2 6 w. 70' JLong~nne1 ; .. ( t The shoot Is north • l,M~ 2 0 2 t5 6 W.6t<> Walhalla •• Cohen's so• Pheasant Creek 120 120 Russell's Creek Division f .. Cross Reel: .. •• ·Rising Sun 120 to i60 207 0 11 16 lOin tolft.2in E, Beudoc Subdivision .. .. • Marri~tt's .. j Ophlr 100 Tarwln Subdivision .. I .. Trara.Jgon Subdivision ...; \ . Office of Mines, Melbourne, 8rd May 18'78. R. BROUGH SMYTH, o. 22, Secretary for Mines. . . I ESTIMATED'. YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF 'GOLD EXPORTED.
FRoM information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars the ToTAL QUANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QuA:RTZ REEFS are as follow:-
' Alluvial. Quartz. Total. I oz. dw1. ·oz. ~wt. oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st March 1873 ...... 129,046 2 168,665 j 5 I• 297,711 7
Tm: QuANTITY or .GOLD, the.produce of thi~ Colony, ExPO_RTED, according to Returns furnished by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is. ~s follo~s :- ..
oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st March 1873 367,159 4
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GOLD RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL MINT.
STA.TEliiENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD recei \•ed at and issued· fro~ the Melbourne Branch of the ROYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st March 18~3) : ·
RECEIVED. 198 uED; I
Gross Weight of Rough Gross Weight of Gold Gross Weight of Coin. Gr9ss Weight or Gold Gold. Bnlllon. I Bullion. j oz. oz. oz. oz. 11,420'46 39,296"42 49,181'990 864•518 I J Royal Mint, E. W. WARD. Melbourne, 3rd Aprill873.
I STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GoLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the RoYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 31st March 1873.
Gross Weight of Rough Gold. Gross Weight of Gold pnmon.
oz. oz. 8,264•20 7,618'69 I Non.-The Mint ho.s no evidence beyond the stntement of the depositors that the above.ls VIctorian gold. Royal Mint, E. W. WARD. Melbourne, 3rd April1873. QUA-R~Z, QljAR~Z TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETC .
... SUMMARY. TaE following inform~tion has been optaineg relative to the QuANTITY OF QuARTZ and QuARTZ TAILINGS' CEMEii'r, ~~d MuLLOCK Crusp.ed,. and PYRITES apd BLA.NKETINGS operated ~n, during the Quarter, and GOLD i · ·the ., obtained therefrom :- l
Average Yield ot Total Yield of Gold from MINING DISTBIOTS. ... Quantity Crushed. . . . ~·· - Gold per Ton. QuartZ, &c., Crushed •
quart~&. tons ewt. q~. oz. dwt. lP'· oz. dwt. il'· ·o . 7 Ballarat ...... <06•• 83,103 10 0 5 12'18 22,885 3 Beechworth ...... ·""! .... •"!" ~0,935 0 0 0 8 9'89 8,805 11 21 Sandhurst ...... 87 ;s2o 0 0 1 0 15•92 90,733 0 4 Maryboroiiglr::: · ...... ' ...... 8,380 15 0 0 10 ·11"39 4,389 5 15 Castle.ma.ine ...... 26,190 2 () 0 9 13'38 12,515 9 3 Ararat ...... 12,493 0 9 I 0 15 11'35 9,667 7 5 Gippsland ...... 8,346 0 0 i 8 15·26 11,949 17 6 ~ 0 T ~ •• '!" .. ~ - .~·-- ...... ------Total Quart~ ...... 247,268 7 0 0 13 0'43 160,945 ·14 13 Quartz Tailings, Cement, and Mullock. Ba.llarat · ...... Beechworth ...... : 348 0 0 0 1 18•00 30 9 0 Sandhurst ...... 1,054 0 0 0 1 6"09 66 1 18 Marybor~ugh ...... 2,340 0 0 .0 2 16•05 312 4 18 Castlemame . 901 0 0 0 2 15 96 120 1 0 Ararat 1 ...... ' 50' 8 22 Gippsland 1---93~.. 0-0-,~ 1 1"79 Total Quartz Tailings, &c. · · 5,578 0 0 0 2 I '85 579 5 10 ----- Pyrites and Blanketings oP,erated on. ------Ballarat. 279 0 0 311 6"57 994 5 8 Becchworth ... 123 0 0 2 2 5'12 259 12 6 Sandhurst ... 766 0
NOTE.-This Summary does not sliow tbe total qul\ntities Of quartz1 &c., crushed or operated on, but only the yield of certain crushiJlS'~t &c..t respecting which the lllln!ng Suri-eyors 8Jld lleglstrors have been able to obtain information. Owing to the circumstance tllut many of the machine owners are unable to gtve, or are p'recluded from giving, iitformntlon, it is 1rnpossible to get complete returns from 'every district; and in COllsidering' the relative importailce of each district, as regards quartz mining, &c., the toblcs relating to m~cbinery should be examined and compued.
R. BROUGH SMYTH, Office of Mines, Secretary for Mines. Melbourne, 3rd May ~873. ; . ~' ' ~· .
.MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRA'I~S' RETURNS.
,. (. I~ ·• QUARTZ~ ~-.- .
' ' . ,, ' .. THE following informatiori _has been· obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and,Registrars relative to the QuANTITY OF, QuARTZ Crushed in the several Divisiqns and Subdivisions of each · Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom.,. ;;-:·: ' I)
Division and Subdivision, Average~ 1 f -. . Remarks relative to the nnd .··Where Quartz wa~ obtained... Q. t C hed Yield of Gold 'Totli)'. Yield of Depth nt which the Name of Company. ~.ar z ru~ • ' . per Ton. . . Bendigo :' 813 0 0 o 3 o·29 ; 122 9 o 20 to 60 feet Jarvie and Co. .. . Yorkshire Reef 980 0 0 o . 1 20•44. : r9o 15 o· '60 feet' Evening Star .. . ..'. Little Bendigo : 420 .o. 0 o 8 5·96 , ·.n3 4 11 5oo feet Temperance ...... Little Bendigo 1,500 0 '0 0 7· 16•16 575 10 14 500 to 780 feet · Tunnel...... Little Bendigi.i . 390 0 0 04·o··'78oo 20 to so· feet Red Streak ...... Poverty Point ...~ . 1,940 0 0 0 2 ·0'01 l!i4 l 12 257 feet ' SovP.reign .. ; ' Canadian .. . 2,800 0· 0 0 2 8•31 : 328 10 15 670 feet Majestic .. . BlackHili .. . 1;560 0 0 0 . ·1 20'S I l45 0 0 250 feet Two-ton .. . •.. Black Hill' .. . 500 0· 0 0 31 0 ... '···~75 0 0 200 feet Dimmock's Reef ••• .. . Little Bimdigo 700 0 0 0 :2 11'21• ' 86 7 0 150 to 200 feet Volunteer .. . ••• Little Bendigo • 250 0 0 o ·4 · o ::.::.5o O· o 130 feet .. . Parade ...... Ballarat East ..• 328 0· 0 o 9 i3·75 157 o o 150 feet Black Hill West .. : Biack Hill Flat 75 O· 0 0. 8 ·i·2·24 '130 ' 7 0 60 to 160 feet Llanberris ...... Gum-tree Fiat 4,737 0 0 .o 1 13·22 367 8 2 200 to 3oo· feet Britannia .. . ~pechnen G:u~ly · ·1>oo o o 0 6 12"35 162 1i 8 130 feet Black Hill South ... Black Hm Flat 1,300 :0 0 0 2 12·81 164 14 0 240,feet Norman ... .. • Little Bendigo· I. 70 0 0 0 4 13'71 16 0 0 65 feet Ross and Co. •.. ••. Yorkshire'Reef 30 0 0 0 16 0 I 2'4 0· 0 30 feet Welcome· ...... ·Dead-horse ... ' ... 210 o· o· O· 5 0 52· 10· 0 30 feet Don ...... 'Gum-tree Flat 585 0 0 0 3 7'91 97 8 0 180 feet Middling and Co. Sailor's Gully· .. 3oo 'O, o 0 10 :'Q :' 150 0 0 30 feet Totals.,. 28,250 10 0 0 2 23'72 . 4,221 10 7
BuNINYONG. Dn'ISION. .,.,•' · Tower Hill •·· .. • Tower Hill Reef· ... '630 0 0 o . 3 5·65 : •101 18 12 210 feet ' Imperial ...... Hiscock's Reef .. . 2,301 0 () 0 2 4·7-7 253 o 6 260 to' 320 feet New Homewa:d-bound Homeward-bound Reef .. . 860 0 0 0 5, 9•1'5 2,?} 8 0 70 to 150 f~et 't"f •• ------·-·--- Totals ... ~,791 0 0 0 .9 ~·~4 . 5?6 6 18 ' ".' I Slii!THESDALE• DIVISION. ·------Globe ... •·· ... ~ancashire Reef, Brown's 480 0 0 0 7 10'20· 178 4 o so to HO feet Leonidas ...... HaddOJ?.,,. ••• •.. 24 o o l 5'1? .~ ~o 10 o· 20 ~eet -----·------'-·--- .. Totals ... · 504 0' 0 0· ·8 '6•76 208 14 0 CRESWICK DIVISION, ------" . Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs .. . 15;380 0 0 0 3 13•43 2,737 12 0 , I oo to 690 feet New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs .. . 12,569 0 0 0 11 ll·i'l 7,203 18 0 220 ·to 790 feet South Clunes · ...... Clunes Reefs ... 5,000 . 0 0 0 3 6'48 ' 817 11 0 100 to 39o feet Lothair:.:: · ...... Clunes Reefs,,·.. 4,940 0 0 0 4 10'88 '1;'100 0 0 364 to 465 feet Criterion· ...... Clunes Reefs'\ .. -· 800 0. 0 0 ·2 21'06 ll5 2 0 , ' -'I' . .- Armagh ...... Armagh Reef lOO 0 0 {)· .\ 14"40 8 0 0 60 feet Dungey and party. . ... Frenchman Reef 16 0 0 0 6 21'37 ' 5 10 6 10 to 20 feet Meek and party .. . Frenchman Reef 38 0 0 0 6 1'42 ;! 11 10 6 10 to 20 feet Shaw and party ...... Springhill,Reef 40 0 0 0 10 3'60 i ·•·,20 6 0 30 to 40 feet Marks and party..... , , ... George's Reef 38 0 0 o 8 i·o2 ,):5 15, 3 Surface)p ·J,q .f!Jet Morning Star· .. . •.... Sulky Gully ..... 29o. o' o 0 4 23·65 ,, 72 5 21 60 to 1oo feet ' Tot'als ... 1-.--.------,-,----. . ',I I ' Egerton ...... Mount Egerton 3,582 0 0 o 5. 12'23 , 98p 16 o 350 to 400 feet Black-horse ...... Mount Egerton .448 0 0 0 4 .6·fl , :.~.5 6 o 466 feet · ·· · Parker's Extended ... Gordon' · ·... 820 0 0 0 5_· i6:92 233 18 0 200 to 260 feet Moorabool.Champion 1 ... Mooraboo~ ..... 25 ·o o o 7 o ·. . 1 i · 8 15 o iio feet Gallaghei: and Co. ... Moorabool .. . 45 0 0 1 5. 0 , ·56 5 o 12 feet,: .·. 1 J:otals ... 4,920 0 0 0 5 14·7.3. J.,ilSJ 0 0 8
QUANTITY of QuARTl! Crushed in 'each Division an_d Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-~ontinued. -··------,------:'':._____ --;------;------:------n!vlslon and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of and Where Quartz was ob~alned. Quartz CrUBhed. Yield of Gold Name of Company.· per Ton. Gold.
STEIG;,rTz SuBDIVISioN. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt, gr, _ oz. dwt. gr. Albion .. • ••• .. • Portuguese Reef 427 0 0 0 10 14'05 226 0 0 New Albion ...... Portuguese Reef 195 0 0 2 'I 5•53 402 0 0 Tees .. • ••• ... Victoria Reef .•• 30 0 O· 0 12 0 IS 0 0 Happy-go-Lucky...... Victoria Reef ... 39 0 0 I 4 14'77 48 0 0 Jl.:linerva .•. ... Elaine ' ... 76 0 0 5 16 ]'26 441 0 0 Clark and Baldy ...... Elaine ••• '46 0 0 . 8 13 21'91 400 0 0 Lindsay and Co. .. • ..• Elaine .. . 214 0 0 2 15 3•36 590 0 0 Forlorn Hope ... •.. Elaine .. . 18 0 0 0 13 0 11 14 0 Perseverance ••. ,... Elaine ••• 37 0 0 0 ll 21'40 22 0 0 Post Office .. . Elaine , ... 146 0 0 0 4 J5•7s 34 0 0 Tempera,nce .•. .. • Elaine ... IS 0 0 0 6 0 5 8 0 Elephant and Castle .. . Elaine .. . 32 0 0 0 12 0'75 19 5 0 Ha,rp of Erin .•. .. • , Elaine .. . 85 0 0 0 10 12'42 44 14 0 Vieksburg ... ••• ' ,Eilline .. . 47 0 0 0 6 1'53 14 5 0 Sun ...... Mount Doran .. . 36 0 0 l 9 17'33 '53 10 0 Jerome and party ... Mount Doran .. . 21 0 0 I 0 0 21 0 0 Morning Star ••• ... Elaine .. . 101 0 0 o 12 a·o8 I' 61 5 o· Union Jack ••• ... Elaine .. . 18 0 0 1 10 0 27. 0 0
BLA.CKWOOD DIVISION Totals ... 1',586 o 0 I 10 18·17 2,439 - l o A.ND BLUE MouNTAIN SouTH SUBDIVISION. Sultan ...... Harry's ... 1,561 0 0 0 11 13'15 901 6 0 165. and 400 feet Sultana Tributers No. 1 ... Harry's ... 211 0 .o 0 9 21'95 104 12 0 Ioo. to 130 feet Sultana Tributers No. 3 .. . Harry's Reef .... 114 0 0 0 5 14'95 ll2 1 0 80 to 115 feet Mountis Bros., Tributers .. . Barry's Reef .•. 194 0 0 o 4 i·3b 41 1,5 0 100 feet Albion ...... •.. Lucky Hit Reef 54 ·o o o 6 16·44 I 18 l 0 60 to 80 feet North Britain ...... Wright's Reef 380 0 0 0 4 20'21 92 0 0 Surface to 30 feet Red, White, and Blue ... Wright's Reef 408 0 0 0 ·4 12•41 92 3. 0 100 feet Constellation ... ••. Wright's Reef 50 0 0 0 4 0 10 0 0 50 feet Great Tunnel .. . .. • Johnson's Reef 120 0 0 0 2 16 16 0 0 240 feet Morning Star ••• . .. Bald Hill ... 115 0 0 I I 2·50 121 'i 0 80 feet All Nations ...... Manheim Reef 208 0 0 0 3 13'96 37 5 0 40 feet, Crown ...... Simmons' Reef 750 0' 0 0 I 17'25 64 9 (l Surface and 180 feet Hill and Co. ..• •.. Simmons' Reef 29 0 0 0 3 3•72 4 11 12 25 to 30 feet Big run ...... Simmons' Reef 400 0 0 0 6 18 135 0 0 60 feet Cosmo ...... Snake Gully ••• 87 0 0 ·o 4 s·76 IS 12 12 50 feet Undaunted ...... Blakeville ... 130 0 0 1 8 17'12 1!16 12 18 ------1-----1 BALLAN SUBDIVISION. Totals ... 4,811 0 0 0 7 19•15 1,875 15 18
Ashton's ...... 1 Ashton's 30 0 0 2 3 12 ~ 65 5 o 50-foot level
BEECHWORTH l\ITNING DISTRICT.
BEECHWORTH DIVISION. " Revolution ...... Deep Creek ...... 20 0 01 0 4 0 4 0 0 40 feet Wallaby Reef ...... Hurdle Flat ...... 157 o· 0 0 7 8'71 57 16 0 50.feet Kingston Reef ...... Hurdle Flat ...... 54 0 0 0 8 0 21 12 0 90 feet Hope Reef ...... Hurdle Flat ...... 34 0 0 0 19 0 32 6 0 100 feet Sunday Reef ...... Three-mile Creek ... 9 0 0 I 13 0 14 17 0 lOO feet Bourbon Reef ...... Six-mile Creek .. . 20 0 0 2 4 6 • 44 5 0 40 feet Wall ace and Co ...... ·Magpie Reef ...... 95 0 0 0 9 0 42 15 0 70 feet Reform ...... Myrtleford ...... 150 0 0 0 5 0 37 10 0 190 feet Cundy and Co. ... Myrtleford ...... 60 0 0 1 15 16 107 0 0 40 feet Darling Grant Reef ... Granite Reef ...... 56 0 0 1 \ 18'85 61 0 0 40,feet McDonald and Co. ... Abyssinian Reef ... 59 0 0 l3 4'06 38 17 0 60 feet Power and Co...... Myrtleford ...... 2o 0 g! 0 5 0 5 0 0 Surface Totals ...... 734 0 0 0 12 17•33 466 18 0 I i Y J.ClUNDA.NDAH DIVISION. Hills borough. ------Bigelow and Clingan ... Homeward-bound Reef 250 0· 0 0 7 0 87 10 0 320 feet, 5 feet thick J. C. Bigelow ...... Pride and Stringer's Claim 74 0 oi 0 15 0 55 10 0 8() feet, 18 inches thick MeDonagh and Co. ... Bon Accord Reef ... 80 0 ol 0 16 0 64 0, 0 BO. feet, 2 feet thick Twist's Creek. Wood and Bolam ... Homeward-bound ... 86 0 0 0 8 12 36 ll· 0 200 feet Scandinavian ...... Scandinavian Reef ... 40 0 0 0 5 6 10 10 0 Surface 'Polar Star ...... Polar Star Reef ... 36 0 0 0 7 0 12 12 0 50 feet Jones and Dempsey· . ... Jones'Reef ...... 35 0 0 0 6 6 10 HI 18 Surface· " Totals .. .' ... 601 0 0 0 9 5'70 277 11 18 INDIGO DIVISION. Magenta ...... Magenta Reef ... 200 0 0 0 5 0 50 0 0 160 to 180 feet Giroud and Co...... Good Hope Reef .. . 8 0 0 4 1 0 32 8 0 50 to 80 feet Allewand Co...... Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... 14 0 0 0 5 17•14 4 0 0 80 feet Eureka ...... Eureka Reef ...... Ill 0· 0 0 2 0'21 ll ·3 0 lOO to 110 feet Ctoxton and Co ...... Cambridge Reef 20 0 0 0 19 6 19 5- 0 SO feet· Roughead.and Co. ... Banner's Heef... :::I 23 0 0 0 5.13•56 6· 8· 0 90 to 100 feet Various, companies (trial Various reefs ... : ... ,, 39 0· 0 0 9 6"76 18 2 0 Surface to lOO feet crushings) . Various Reefs ...... Rutherglen ...... 500 0 0 0 5 14·40 140 0 0 Surface to 160 feet ' Totals ...... 915 0 0 0 6 3'56 281 6 0
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QuANTITY of QuARTZ C1·ushed in each Division and Subdi.vision~in~- the Quarter, &c.-continued.
i 1 Division and Subdivision, Average 'l'atal Yield of Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. i Yield of Gold•' Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. ------tons cwt•. qr. oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr. BUCKLAND DIVISION, Buckland. ; I D. Murdoch ...... No Name Reef .. . 35 0 0 0 10 0 17 10 0 40 feet D. Murdoch ...... Orient Reef ... 12 0 0 0 ll 6 I 6 15 0 50 feet Jackson and Co ...... 'l'ry-again Reef ... 18 0 0 0 15 13"33 14 0 0 30 feet Douglas and Co ...... Golden Gate Reef ... 13 0 0 I 3 1'84 15 0 0 Surface Curry and Co...... United Reef ... 22 0 0 0 8 0 l ' 8 16 0 50 feet Maguire and Co ...... Harp of Erin Reef ... 21 0 0 0 15 20'57 16 13 0 Surface Associated Claims ... Erindale Reef ...... 802 0 0 0 7 2'25 284 9 12 80 feet J. A. Wallace ...... Miner's Right Reef ... 227 0 0 0 15 5'8\ 173 0 0 170 feet Smith and Niall ...... Duke Reef ...... 8 0 0 011 6 4 10 0 50 feet Hall and Co...... King of Denmark .. . 85 0 0 0 8 19'76 37 10 0 60 feet I ' Running Creek. I United Happy Valley ... Happy Valley and Christ- I,733 0 0 0 7 20'46 680 9 0 80, 275, and 500 feet ma.s Reefs Step Bros ...... Step's Reef ...... n 0 0 0 9 5•29 35 IO 0 wo feet
H arrietville. "
Law, Hanna, and Co. ... United Miners' Reef ... 1,600 0 0 0 8 3 I 650 0 0 300 feet Robins and Co...... Kangaroo Reef .. . 35 0 0 0 14 20"57 26 o· 0 40 feet Sharp and Co...... Carlton Hill Heef ... 8 0 0 0 17 12 7 0 0 9 feet Breen and Co...... Never Mind Reef ... 15 0 0 0 6 0 4 10 0 Not stated
Ovens River.
Osborne, Howman, and Co. Homeward-bound Reef... 780 0 0 0 5 Ii'84 224 0 0 I 50 feet Brown and Co...... Harp of Erin Reef ... 200 0 0 0 2 12 25 0 0 lOO feet Butler and Co...... Surrey Reef ... 5 0 0 0 14 0 3 10 0 Surface Smith and Co...... Excelsior Reef ... 11 0 0 0 6 8•72,, 3 10 0 15feet
Growler's Creek. ii Jones and Co...... Albion Reef ...... 33 0 0 0 7 0 1111 0 Surface Joues and Co...... Albion Reef ... 28 0 0 1 0 I2 28 14 0 20 feet Orchard and Co .••• ... Own Hook Reef ... 25 0 0 0 16 0 20 0 0 Not stated Associated Claims ... Prince Arthur Reef ... 252 0 0 0 12 14'73 158 I8 16 200 feet Hearne and Co...... Salisbury Reef ... 46 0 0 I 9 1'04 66 16 0 Not stated Cornish United ...... Alpine and Sanden Reef I,060 0 0 0 12 12•67 664 0 0 25 and 120 feet E. H. Gill ...... Golden Bar Reef ... 700 0 0 0 5 I7'14 200 0 0 160 feet Rawlings a!ld Lloyd ... English and Welsh Reef 140 0 0 0 19 14·57 137 5 0 Not stated Brennan and Co ...... : ...... 15 0 0 0 8 0 6 0 0 Not stated Mills and Co...... Mills' Reef ...... 12 0 0 0 15 0 9 0 0 20 feet Stephens and Co. ... Mills' Reef ...... 4 0 0 I 7 18 5 Jl 0 7 feet Spashett and Co ...... Constitutional cReef ... 23 0 0 2 11 7'30 59 0 0 I30 feet Brown, Green, and James ... London Reef ...... 28 0 1 10 0 ' 42 0 0 I2 feet 01 I ---- 'l'otals ...... 8,073 0 0 i 0 9 o·so 3,646 8 4 ------,- ALEXANDRA SuBDIVISION.
Ajax ...... Lucky Reef ...... 13 0 0 3 14 19·38 48 12 I2 340 feet Leviathan 'l'ribute ... Lucky Reef ...... 23 0 0 1 13 I0·43 38 9 0 200 feet Mysterious ...... Mysterious Reef ... 488 0 0 0 6 14'68 161 6 14 200 to 260 feet Prospec.ting ...... Montezuma Reef ... 15 0' 0 0 ll 0 I 8 5 0 120 feet Northern ...... Northern Reef .. . 55 0 0 o· 12 0 33 0 0 220 feet L:ist Chance ...... Last Chance Reef ... 19 0 0 0 9 14'21 9 2 6 120 feet I Egan and Co...... Outward-bound Heef ... ·9 0 0 I 3 3 I 10 8 3 30 feet J ones and Co...... 'l'rue Briton Reef ... 2 0 0 11 5 0 22 10 0 80 feet· Prospecting ...... 'l'riumph Reef ... 4 0 0 ,0 19 18 3 19 0 Surface to 4 o feet Prospecting ...... Independent Reef ... 16 0 0 2 7 3 I 37 14 0 80 feet 'l'ribute ...... United Kingdom Reef ... 10 0 0 2 19 6 29 12 12 150 to 250 feet Menoni and Co...... 3 & 4 North Durham Reef 62 0 0 I 3 0·58 71 7·12 so feet Roundtree and Co. ... 5 North Durham Reef ... 22 0 0 I' 15 22·9j 39 11 0 60 feet Bruce and Co...... Union Reef ...... 85 0 0 0 1-1 4'09 60 4 12 80 to 110 feet Merlo and Co...... l & 2 North Union Reef 91 0 p 0 14 4•41! 64 11 0 80 to 110 feet Lewis and Co...... Albion Reef' ...... 45 0 0 i 0 12 11'46 28 I 12 70 to lOO feet Saunders and Co. ... Norfolk Reef ...... 3 0 o· 0 10 8 I 11 0 50 feet Erskine and Co...... Stranger's Reef .. . 14 0 0 211 7•71 35 IS 12 40 to 60 feet I 'l'otals ...... 976 0 0 0 14 10'32 704 3 23 ----; G.a.FirNEY's CnEEK·Sun------· DIVISION.
Rose of Denmark ... Eureka Reef ...... 2,000 0 0 0 5 s·o~ 521 0 0 200 to 350 feet Great Eastern ...... Homeward-bound Reef... 600 0 0 0 0 14'05 17 I I 6 150 feet City of Columbus ... W al!aby Reef ... 300 0 0 0 I 10·68 21 13 12 lOO feet Gaffney's Creek .•. ... Homeward-hound Heef... !iOO 0 0 0. 4 JO·Olh 110 10 0 ------· 70 feet to surface Totals ...... 3,400 0 0 --;;-; 22·69167~-;- 10
QUANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. . . . ~ . ~
Division and Subdivision, Average Remarks.rela.tlve to the Total· Yield of i and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth a.t which the Nal\le of Company. per Ton. Quart~ w~ obtained, &c; ----·------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. WooD's PoiNT Sunm~SION. Prospecting Claim ... Morning Star Reef lOO 0 0 0 7 4'80 36 0 o. Chietly surface, No. I and 2 North Anialg. Morning Star Reef 400 0 0 0 2 )•92 41 12 o '150feet Hope...... Morning Star Reef 403 Q 0 0 13 7'50 268 '5 0' From 200 to 380 feet Telegraph ... · . •.. Waverley Reef . 200 0 0 0 2 15•12 26 i; 0 lOO feet Franklin ...... Franklin Reef 400 0 0 0 10 0 21,)0 0 0 320 'feet Prince of Wales .•• .. . All Nations Reef . ; 159 0 0 1 I 9:21, ,170 . 0 0 lOO feet ...... " . , Great Ea.stern ...... All Nations Heef 40 0 0 I 18 0 ,76 0 0. Surface to 60 feet All Nations ...... All Nations Heef 470 'f!' 0 0 3 14'81. 85 0 0 300 feet Leviathan ••• . •. Leviathan Reef 150 0 0 0 4 I 1;84 33 H 0 1 120 feet Oriental ...... Oriental l~ecf ... · 120 Q 0 i 0 3 0'40 1 18' 2 0 100 feet Oriental Reef .. . 146 10 0 15,0 feet Golden Star .. :· .. . 500 o o 1 0 5 20'64 !-...,-.,--.,-...... ,- ' , Totals"...... ;~~~-o-7__,;II,_·~_il_"_I,_lo_,l_,9 __ o_ 1 BIG RIVER SUllDIVISlON. ' r:u-Ck;s~&fi ~~. ~ ·· ~ .. - · ... W arn'er's Reef 1,200 o o I 531 0 0 . ------.!..-'"'-'''-1'•"-'-----1 JA.MIEBON SUllDIVlSlON•.
Gleeson's Lease .. . •• • Sailor Bill's Creek 1,019 0 0 0 8 7'26 423. 0 6 380 feet Venture ..., ,, ... Maek's Creek •.• ... 375 0 0 l 12' 15'36 ,612' 0 0 90 feet Hungarian , ., ••, Sailor Bill's Creek ' r!OO 0 0 0 7' '4·80 36 0 0 Surface Golden Nugget.".,.. •• • Baker's Creek •••, 600 o· 0 0 I 20 i 55 0 0 Surface
Totals ...... ---;,~~ o ~~ is·n 1·:.126 ·cis"
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. .. ..
SANDHURST DIVIS~ON, ! Koch's Pioneer Crushing ... Long·Gully ... 9,960 0 0 1 7 23'82 13,940' .8 0 'Fortuna Crush~ng .)Vorks .... New-chum Glllly. 1,803 0 0 0 14 20'73 1,340 0 0 , .. Metropolitan ... Golden Square '3,027 0 0 0 8 20'97 , I ,343 2 0 Roberts Bros...... ·Specimen .flill ... 115 0 0 0 9 l(J• 69' . ' 54 ' 6 6 Marong Crushing Works... Marong ·. ... 579 0 0 0 ' 6 5'76 180' 13 0 W. Rea • ...... Happy ,Yalley: . 2;599 0 0 0 8, 10'.0,1 1,093 16 0 Johnson's Reef...... Califoniia'Gully ~,234 0, 0 2 10 12·55 8,169 12 0 Shellback ..; ... Shellback,Reef . 1,297 0 0 I. 2 6·96. 1,4~5 10 12 Louisa ... .. l~evonshire Gully 3,079 o o .o 19 1;1·67. . 3,of5 6 o Beehive ...... Eaglebawk .' .. 2,562 0 0 0 15 0 1,921 10 0 ' Catherine Reef··.. : ... ~aglehaw~ .. . 2,181 0 0 0 6 7"95 .690 9 0 Eagle ... · ' · ... Eaglehawk ... , 3,240 0 0 0 9 0'35 '. 1,460 8 0 Great Hustler's ... Hustler's.Reef 1,642 0 0 0 8 8'53 686 0 0 Great Extended Hustler's ... Hustler's Reef 6,946 0 0 '( 19 15'17 13,764 7 0 " Hustler's Reef :.; Hustler's Heef 3,112 0 0 I 10 19'48. 4,794 6 0 Shenandoah •.• Golden Square '800 0 0 0 6 17'04 268 8 0 Mixed lots from va,.. Wallace Reef ...... Whipstick ... 400 0 0 0 12 6'24 245 4 0 rious reefs New Nelson Reef ... California Gully 717 o 0 0 16 15'39 596. 12 0 ·(See page 32) .. Lazarus New-chum ... New-chum Gully 1,452 0 ,0 0 5 14'13. 405 15 0 . Hercules ...... , ::Victoria.R.eef .. . 3,154 0 0 . 3 17 11:37. 12,217· 13 0 Wilson's Reef ... l ... Marong .. . 1,835 0 b 0 9 4'85 844!<> 6 0 Nil Desperandum ... Raywood 3,846 0 0 0 3 10•37 660 0 0 South .Alliance. ' •••. , , 5}olden Square . 599 0 0 0 14 19•95. 444 4 0 Golden Fleece ...... Stafford Reef ... 4,441 o o 1 1 o :r34 6,692 9 o Great Britain ...... Golden Square 2,78~ 0 0 0 13 6·3i 1,844' 18 0 Garden Gully United I ... Garden Gully Reef 700 0 0 1 10 2'40 1,05.3 10 0 G. G. Consolidated · ... Golden Gully ... 4,366 0 0 0 10 20'37 2,368 7 0 Bird's Heef .. . Kangaroo Fhit 1,530 o o o 9 .a'oi" 698 2 o Victoi:ia Re~f · ,;: · · ' ••. Happy V alley· o· o o 9 19·69 I,62o 3,300 s o I , ' L Victoria Consols...... Happy Valley 3,609 0 0 0 17 .11•07 . 3,150 19 0 1 Denmark .. ;, ... De.rwent Gully , ... 1,217 0 0 0 9 I2·6J 579 12 12 Alhert ...... •.• Diamond Hill... <' 2,223' o. o . o ·7 .20·92 • 874. (9 ~I Bendigo and Melbourne ... Kangaroo Flat 1,899 0 0 0 5 7'62 . 504' 18 0 Great Comet Tribute ... Comet Reef ... 44 0 0 0 2 21,'72 :6 7 20 ------.-. -1 ' i Totals·••. ... 84,290 0 0 1· i' ·2•68, 88)976 6 8 .;,,) j,L'1,, '-I HEATHCOTE DIVISION 'AND -,; .~. . :. WARANGA ·souTH ; S~-· ·------·1---·- ·-· .... t DIVISION.
Hall and Marchesi : ... Various places !50 0 0 0 10 17'28 80 8. 0 .V:ario)ls .:lepths George Archibald : .. . Horseshoe Bend 76 0 0 1 15 7'57 134 4 .. 0 Various depths Myrtle Creek ...... Myrtle Creek ... . 251 0 0 0 17 18•45 223 0 0 297 feet Costerfi,eJ!'I ~- and A.' .. . Costerfield .. . 237 0 0 0 7 22'88 94 5 0 From 23.0. to 420.feet John Collins · ...... Various places 133 0 oi o 1 J6:nr 51 4 0 V~rious depths --1-- 'Totals ••• 847 0 Ol 0 13 18•41 58;3 1 0 ,. Qu~TlTY.of QlJARTZ Crl1sh~d in eaclJ. Divisio!f and Subdivision durin9 the 9uarter, &c.-continued. ·' D!vlslon and Subdivision, Average Itemarks relative to the Total Yield of Depth at which the and Where Qmn:~ w~s obtained. ! Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold 1 Gold. Name of Company. per Cl.'on. I Quartz was obtained, &c.
WAIU.NGA NORTH SUDDI• tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt•. gr. l oz. dwt. gr. VISION. Balaclava ...... Balaclava Hill ... 1,454 0 0 0 4 15•25 337 0 6 Surface to 159. feet Balaclava ...... Fontaine bleau ...... 82 0 0 0 9 3'83j 37 ll 2 A. Darrock and Co. ... Various'· ...... 36 .0· 0 0 19 7'33 34 15. 0 1•83 200 15 6 600 feet Perseverance ,. South· Nuggety ... 200 0 0 1 0 Snelling and Co ...... Welcome Reef ... '40 0 0 2 0 1·2o:l 80 2 0 50 feet Various ...... Nuggety Hill, &c. ... 120 0 0 0 4 20•60 29 3 0 From·1o to SO feet John Holmes ...... Nuggety Hill ...... 23 0 0 0 9 22'17• ll 8 6 80 feet, dry · Various...... Various ...... 89 o .. 0 0 10 4•3li 45 6 0 Hollins and·~...... Growler's Reef ... 28 0 0 I 0 4'28' 28 5 0 200 feet, dry fvroller and Co .. ... Schleswig Holstein ReP.f 9 0 0 5 10 2'66 .. 49 ll 0 200 feet ·o 2 18 I 24 9 0 160 feet, dry Cracknell and Sinnett .,._,. ~ Frenchman's Reef ... 12 0 o London Reef ...... Coy's Diggings ... 124 .o. 0 0 13 '4•0'6, SI 13 0 220 feet Perseverance ...... Coy's Diggings ... 34 0 0 0 10 21'17: 18 10 0 ISO feet Byron Reef Co. and others Coy's Diggings ... 74 0 0 0 13 2'59 48 10 ·o 120 to 170·feet Groombridge ...... Cherryotree Diggjngs .... .22 0 0 : 0 19 15·27. 21 12 0 Surface Cherry Tree ••• ... Cherry-tree Diggii:igs ... 236 o ·o· i o 1· ·o· I 82 12 0 110 feet Kent ·~~. ·- ....- .. ... Cherry-tree Diggings ... lOO 0 o' 0 8 12 42 10 0 15 feet ' ' Totals ...... 2,,6saooj08 11·96 1:173 12-20 .....
I ~ARYBOROUGH MINING DISTR,ICT• • J I MABYBOROUGH ..Di:VISION .. ': . .. ' .. ~ . Penny' and Claussen ... Public crushings 0 14 2·'1~1 , 427 0 0 Various Johnston and Sous ... Public crushings · o 13 22·06 i 258 IS o Various Leviathan Tribute ··' ••• Public crushings o s 1"84 I 15 15 o Various ': 1·.1 l Totals .... AMHERST·DlVISION. Croydon ...... Laura Reef 150 to 200 feet Fenton and Co, , ...... Prince ofWales Reef ... 60 feet · Busch and Co. _ .. . .. • Prlnce of. Wales Reef ... 55 feet Miller and Co...... Prince of Wales Reef ... 40 feet Dehnat and Co. ... Hanoverian Reef surface to 5 feet Beckett and Co...... Blucher;s Reef lOO feet Klein and Co. .. • Surface Hill Reef lOO feet l!'inche's ... ····· Finehe's Reef .. . 156 feet Meredith and Co. ... Finche's Reef .. . 30 feet , _ .. Sangster and Co ...... Brown's Gully 20 feet
Totals ... 786 0 0 241 10 11
47 0 0 60 feet . 5 4 0 ·I 17 0 Surface and lSO.feet 2 13 0 7 10 0 17 11 12 150 feet I 19 0 Near surface 9 4 0 Surface.to 25,feet 8 0 0
DllNOLLY AND TaRNAGULLA Totals ... DIVISIONS, . .. Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef .• • .. • 1,381' 0 0 o- 6 . ·8·3o 438 4 0 335 to 380 feet Dahl and Co. ... ••• . Sydenhani Reef . ••• 19' 0 0 1 2 2·84 21 0 6 147 feet Chapple and Co...... ~g George Reef .. . 98 0 0 o 5 ·o. 24 10 0 lOO feet Cbapple and Co. ... ••• Advance Bealiba Reef .. . 77 0· 0 0 7 13'40 29 2 0 40 to no feet Kern and Stone and others ·Break-o'-Day Reef .. . 94 0 0 0 11 3·57' 52 8 0 60 feet Kern and Stone and others Red Streak Reef ... Il 0 0 0 7 0 3 17 0 Ah Moy and Co...... Canton Reef ... •.. 10 0 0 0 1. .o ,, 3 10 0 70 feet United Poverty and London Poverty Reef ...... 903 0 0 o 9 n·8i 428 11 12 250 to 35 o feet and Lancashire I Corfu · · .. ~.. ... Corfu Reef ... 15 0 0 0 8 9~60 6 6 0 South Sands~on~, Victoria, Sandstone Reef 905 0 0 o 9 5·88 . .41'8 7 0 350 to 4-20 feet and Golden Hope Tribute I ~ Mao~i Claim ... .. • SpecimQn Reef 35 0 0 0-17 17'14 31 0 0 Ruddock and McLean .. . Watt's Reef ••• 85 0 0 1 o o· 85. 0 0 Bartlett's Tribute party .. . 10 0 0 1 6 9'60 ·13 4 0 Calder Bros...... Windmill Reef 22 0 0 0. 3 15'27 4 0 0 Totals ...... 3,665 0 0 0 8 12·17 1,558 19 18 KolWNG Dn:II!ION. 1------Havilah ...... Maxwell's Reef, Inglewoodll 99 o o 1 · o o I . 99 0 0 British Sovereign ... Wehla ...... 865 0 0 o 4 14·15 198 10 0 Wallis and Grant ... Wchla ... •.. : 60 0 o 0 9· 0 ··: 27 0 0 Wilton and party ... Wehla ...... 15 0 o 3 o 0 :: 45 0 0 S. Samuel ·'· ... Poverty Reef, Inglewood lOO 0 0 1 0 0 lOO 0 0 Union :...... Greek's Reef ...... · 19 0 0 0 '7 2·52 6 15 0 Emerald ...... Exhibition. Reef ... ------38 0 0 0 14 23·05'. '28 8 12 Totals ••• 1,196 0 0 ' 0 8 10·55 504 13 12 , .·.I 12
QuANTITY,of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division ~nd Subdivision during the Quarter, &c •....:.:.Continued.
D!vl•lon ·and Subdivision, I I Average Total Yield of Remarks relatiYe to the . · and Where Quartz w!IS obtained. Quartz Crushed. ~ Yield of Gold Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. ------Quartz was obtained, &e. REDBANK AND. ST. ARNAUD tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt, gr. oz. dwt. gr. · SouTH SmsnrvrsxoNs. New Isis ...... Oxonian Reer" ...... I 288 0 0 0 6 I 2'35 93 16 4 400 to 450 feet Scott and Co...... Rubbly Reef ...... 33 o o 3 15 3·82 124 , o 6 25 to 40 feet. 1 1------1 ------1-----~ Totals .•. 321 0 0 I 0 13 I3•7I 2I7 I6 IO ST. ARNAUD NoRTH Sms- DIVISION. Wilson's Hill .• : ... Wilson's Hill ... 833 0 0 I 2 0•81 9I7 I4 0 360 to 370 feet Sandhurst and New Bendigo Bristol Reef 54 0 0 0 14 I9·55 40 0 0 200 to 250 feet Malcolm and Co. ... ,;, Greenock Reef 240 0 0 0 s 20 106 0 0 Surface to I 70 feet, or -·-----1·------water-level Total~ ... I,l27 0 0 0 I8 21'04 I,063 14 0
CASTLEMAINE 1!HNING DISTRICT.
CASTL:SMJ.INE DIVISIC)N. Walker and Co .... · ... Wattle Gully...... 98 0 0 I 2 5'39 IOS IS I 210 feet Wattle Gully United .•• Wattle Gully...... 257 0 0 0 I6 ll'95 212 0 0 235 feet Devonshire ••• . .. Devonshire Reef -... 590 0 0 I 7 4'47 802 0 0 20u feet Learmonth · .. • ... Eureka.Reef ... ' .•. BOO 0 0 0 2 18. 110 0 0 '285 feet ·Carter and Co...... • Shellback Reef ... 14 0 0 2 2 3'42 29 10 0 Surface Smith and another •.. Volunteer Reef ••• 50 0 0 1 6 11·04 66 3 0 45 feet Sebastopol and North ... Sebastopol Reef ... 147 0 o 0 7 15'08 56 I 10 ISO to 210 feet Powell and others ... Nimrod Reef ••• ... 18S 0 0 0 3 5·86 30 9 22 I20 feet Walker and others ... Various .•• ... 680 0 0 0 4 9·03 148 16 0 Various. Metdge and Co. •.. . .. Various ...... 300 0 0 0 6 20'80 103 0 0 Various Tambaroora ..• •.. Tambaroora Reef ... 93 0 0 0 I6 21•42 78 11 o SO feet Archer·...... • .• Break-o'-Day ...... I5 0 0 1 I3 4'80 24 IS· 0 60 feet Dyason ... ••• •.. Nnggety Reef ... 29 0 0 6 5 I2'4I IS2 0 0 · 56 feet Englishman's ...... Englishman's Reef .. . 6 0 0 6 0 0 36 0 0 Lamb and Co. ... . •. Various ...... 592 0 0 0 9 4'49 271 I8 I8 Ajax ...... Bolivia and Caledonia .. . I',o55 o 0 0 2 9'35 126 I 2 240 and 300 feet Smith and others ... Barker's Creek ... 68I 0 0 0 7 19·58 266 2 IS Various New Caledonia ...... Caledonia Reef ... I,700 0 0 ' 0 12·I2·35 1,063 15 0
New Caledonia Tribute No.1 Caledonia Reef ... 300 0 0 0 7 8'56 1 110 7 0 Totals ...... ~~~ ~~/3,826 1I.23 FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Esgle ...... •.. German Gully 70 0 0 0 I3 19'20 48 6 o I20 to I47 feet Ouke of Cornwall ... Cattle's Reef .. . 330 0 0 0 3 15'27 60 o 0 I20 feet Rowe and Co...... Cattle's Reef .. . 1,253 0 0 0 11 16'31 731 15 0 I4u to 160 feet Rowe and Co...... Ferron's Reef ... • 130 0 0 0 6 7'3S 41 0 0 IOOfeet Middlesex ...... Bullock Reef .. . 90 0 0 0 11 2'66 50 o 0 200 feet Small and Co...... ·. Cattle's Reef .. . 300 0 0 0 19 16 295 .0 o : 200 feet Mills and Co. .. • .. • Cattle's Reef ... 300 0 0 0 6 0 90 0 0 : 183 feet Black Hawk ...... Cattle's Reef ... li 0 0 0 15 2·1!; 8 6 0 120 feet· Ferron's Heef ...... Ferron's Reef ... 300 0 0 0 10 0 150 0 o 1 IOO to 120 feet 1------·------Totals ... 2;784 0 0 0 10 J4•I9 1,474 7 0 HEl'BUB.N DIVISION. Cornish...... ' ... Wombat Hill ... 3,156 0 0 0 12 0'6S I,S98 I IS 380 and 250 feet 1'. Lucini .. • .. . Commissioner's Reef ... 240 0 0 0 3 0 36 0 0 60 feet Specimen Hill ... ; ... Specimen Hill Heef I,743 'O 0 0 3 19•81 333 7 IS 310 and 383 feet North Cornish ...... Cornish Reef ... "' 1,223 0 0 0 6 4'32 377 18 7 420, 300, 120, and 16ft. Fear-not Tribute...... Sandstone Reef 434 0 0 0 4 23'93 HiS 4 I2 90 feet New Fear-not , ...... COrnish Heef ... 247 0 0 0 5 0'16 61 16 0 391, 313,and 250feet Last Chance ...... Keep-it-Dark Reef 70 0 0 0 13 3'09 45 I9 0 30 to 93 feet J. Macdonald and mates ... Telegraph Reef 64 0 0 0 3 14'25 11 10 0 50 feet North Fear-not ...... Cornish Reef ... 188 0 0 0 8 I9•97 83 0 12 310, 350, and 394. feet Freehold • .... • ... Mauritius Reef 336 0 0 0 5 6'23 88 7 6 190 feet Crown ...... St. George's Reef 53I 0 0 0 2 2'09 55 8 7 12 feet Jeffery (public) ...... Various reefs .. . :165 .0 0 0 3 0 54 I5 ·O 20 to I oo feet Jenkins (public)...... Various reefs .. . 319 0 0 0 9 23"21 158 19 I2 o to 70 feet South Argus ...... Collier's Reef ... 204 0 0 0 2 10 24 )3 0 50 to 95•feet Band of Hope ... •.. Nnggety R~ef 260 0 0 0 4 0 52 0 0 o to 10 feet Barkly.(pnblic) ...... Various reefs ... 253 0 0 0 9 14 121 4 14 Not known Gladstone ... .. • Brrce's Flat Reef 64 0 0 0 14 12'19 1 46 8 12 i 30 feet Vinevards ...... St: George's Reef 60 0 0 0 I 0 ' 3 0 0 Doodlem Buck ... , ... Mauritius Reef 118 0 0 0 3 20'60 .22 I5. 7 46 to. 70 feet I~ Totals ... 9,S75 0 0 7 6'18 3,5S3 9' 5 TARADALE AND KYNETON SIDlDIVlSION.' Metcalfe Extended ... Taradale 21· o o· 0 lO 3 1o 12 15 160 feet Glengonner ...... Limriston 812 0 0 0 8 11'88 344 18. o 150 feet Tommy Dodd ...... Malmsbury !m o o 0 5 19'21 270 , o o 180 feet Adventure ...... Taradale 50 0 0 1' 0 0 50 o. o 160 feet Fenton ...... Taradale 200 0 0 0 4 21'24 48 17 o 30 feet North Star ...... Lauriston 63p 0 0 0 5 21'73 I87 10. o 120, 150, and 200 feet Frosty Morning ...... Lauriston I6 0 0 0 8 3 · 6 10 o 80 feet .. · Taradale United ...... Taradale I50 0 0 0 5 12·so 4I 10 o I30.feet ' ·-. I Totals ... 2,815 0 0 0 6 19·67 959,17 15 13.
QuANTITY of QuARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. , I1
Division and Subdivision, Average Remarks relative to tile • Total Yield of and Where QuaJ4tz wns obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at wblch the N3Ille of Company. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c. -- tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. I oz. dwt. gr. TA.RRANGOWER DIVISION. " Linscott's mills ...... N uggety, Eaglehaw k, and 792 2 0 0 12 5•34- 484 2 0 Surface to 470 feet Beehive Reefs Caledonian mills ...... Beehive, Parkins' Reef, 517 0 0 0 10. 5'25 264 3 4 Surface to 470 feet Eaglehawk, Linscott's, and Victoria Phoonix mills ...... Whittaker's, Beehive, 260 0 0 0 9 13'10 124 2 0 Surface to 470 feet Swiper's, Alick's, and Post-office Reefs Great Western ...... Beehive Reef ••• ... 771 0 0 0 10 21'89 420 13 6 300 to 550 feet Union, Green Valley ... Thornhill Reef ... 3 0 0 0 8 0 I 4 0 300 to 500 feet Union mill ...... Captain's Gully, German 6 0 0 0 12 0 3 12 0 Surface to 50 feet Reef, &c. ---- Totals ...... 2,349 2 0 0 ll 1•19 1,297 16 10 ----- ' ST. ANDB.EW'S DIVISION. Perseverance ... Caledonia ...... 51 0 0 I 0 3'30 51 7 0 91 feet Diamond Creek ...... Nillumbik ...... 6 () 0 0 4 9 1 6 6 Surface to 20 feet Oram's No. 1 South . ... Kings town ...... 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 0 180 feet Oram's No. 5 South ... Kingstown ...... 2 0 0 0 13 12 I I 7 0 120 feet Union ...... Diamond Creek ... 0 0 2 1 1'71 1,238 6 0 200 feet Hurray ·and Co. . .• ... You-you ...... 6~~ 0 0 0 13 0 11 14 0 130 feet Rickards and Co. ... You-you ...... 10 0 0 3 I5 12 37 15 0 60 feet Muller and Co. ... You-you ...... 10 0 0 0 6 12 3 5 0 40 feet Preston and Co ...... You-you ...... I 0 0 0 8 I2 0 8 I2 40 feet Antimony Reef ...... Ringwood ...... 4 ·o 0 0 2 I I 0 8 4 Tot'als ...... 707 0 0 I I8 7'16 1,353 16 22 'I Bim: MoUNTAIN NoR,TH ----- SUBDIVISION, I Amelia ••• ...... Cosmo Company's cla,im, 65 0 0 0 6 0 19 10 0 Snake Gully, Black- wood Division ' I
~------~· ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. " ARARAT DIVISION. I Victoria ...... Rhymney Reef ... 195 0 0 0 14 20'86 144 I9 12 260 feet Eaglehawk ...... Eaglehawk Reef ... 80 0 0 0 3 I5·6o:! I4 12 0 200 feet Eaglehawk ...... Eaglehawk Reef ... 18 0 0 0 4 10'67. 4 0 0 250 feet Eaglehawk ...... Eaglehawk Reef ... 10 0 0 0 2 14'40i 1 6 0 250 feet Grampian ...... Grampian ...... 20 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 70 feet ·- Totals ...... 323 0 0 0 10 168 I7 12 PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. I Wimmera ...... Various Reefs ... 2,115 0 0 1 I 14'32 2,283 I7 18 240 to 700 feet Moonlight ...... Cross and Flat ... 2,383 0 0 0 19 s·9o' 2,308 1 0 Grant, Lamant, and Co. ... Cross, Scotchman's, and 3,323 0 0 0 16 0 2,658 8 0 200 to 7 oo feet Darlington Scotch man's ...... Various Reefs ... 1,740 0 0 0 15 20•Jll, 1,377 18 7 New St. George ...... Various Reefs ... 888 0 0 0 8 13'541 380 5 0 Newington ...... New-chum and Cross ... J,ll74 0 0 0 5 0 343 10 0 460, 560, and 660 feet Germania ...... Germania Reef ... 68 0 0 0 & 2 20 I3 16 70 feet Victoria Various Reefs 108 0 0 0 5 4 27 18 0 ...... I Totals ...... 11,999 0 0 9,400 ll 17 RAGLAN DIVISION. 1--',~~ ------Richmond ...... Richmond Reef ... 55 0 0 I 6 2·Is 71 I5 0 180 feet· Richmond Tribute ... Sheet Anchor Heef, para!- 116 0 0 ·o 4 12•20 26 3 0 80 feet lel and near to the Rich- I mond Reef Totals ...... 171 0 0 0 11 10'80 97 IS 0 ' GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRIQT.'
CROOKED RIVER DlVISJO;s. I 01 Good Hope ...... Good Hope Reef ... 320 0 o 19 20·85 317 18' 0 650 to 700 feet :Foster and Co...... Cumberland Heef ... 12 0 0 I 17 12 22 10 0 Surface to 20 fe~>t J>ioneer ...... Pioneer J~eef ...... I2 () 0 0 7 I5 4 11 12 60 feet Seedenburg and Co. ... Hopeful Reef ...... 45 0 0 1 1 0 47 5 0 200 feet Garry Castle ...... Garry Castle Hee£ ... 160 0 0 0 7 6 78 58 5 6 50 to so feet Garry Castle ...... Great Republic Reef ... 30 0 0 I 3 16 ,, 35 10 0 Surface to 30 feet Totals ...... 579 0 0 0 16 18'89 485 19 18 .. i 14
..... _-·...... ,, :- _i Re;,;nit5i:eli>ttve to ·the ·;·and~------Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz. Cruahed. Yiefl~~foiJ [.Total: Yield of Dept!J at which the Name of Company. per Ton. i Gold. . . Qu':£~~:'>:as: ob_~J:l\'d• &c. ------!' ' tons cwt. 'qr. oz. dwt. gr., • oz. dwt. gr •. JERICHO DryiSION; Harbinger ••• .. • Their claim ...... 710 0 0 0 3 19•7.7 --. ,135:15 0 LochFyne ... .. • Their claim. ~...... 143 0 0 0 4 9;57; 31 ·9 0 Fern-tree ••• •.. Their claim ...... : 24 0 0 7 8.6: l77i,l8. 0 ---·---- Totals ... 877 0 0 0 7 20'88 . _345;·· -12 ' ~ DoNNELLY's CREEK DIVIsioN. Tunnel m · Company's ---3-oo--o-'-o..,.-I·-0--=-2·,.--12-_-. ...,,;·-- .. :37 .W : _q Aberfeldy . •:. ·•· lwo f~et .. · · ground ...... ,. '·'· •:, ' l .... Bismark·! ••.. Lower Tunnel in Com" 196 0 0 pany's.ground ·
Totals ... 496 0 0 0 15 17~6b 39Q 4 . 0 8TRINGEll 0S CllEEK DIVISION: North Gippsland ... Company's Lease, Cohen's 144 0 0 0 18 17'41 134 16 12 170 feet and 250 feet Reef .. · bel6~v'ltdit'r· · Long Tunnel •.• r· ... Company'sLease;Cohenls 4,117 0 0 l 14.J.9•37 ,7,165, .. 1 0 243 feet and 323 feet ,. R-eef . .. below adit · · · · · · --, " I Walhalla ,,-;;. ..-.. Cmhpany's Lease, Cohen's 1,545 0 0 2 0 2·78 3,098 '19 0 Chiefly from)lO feet ,...... I Reef "• •' below:.adit ·' Longfellow's ...... 'CO:riJ.pali.y's Lease, Long- ,38 0 0 2 1 1'2_6 78- ·0 0 323 feet below: adit, ' - ' ·fellow's R-eef . Aberfeldy ... •••w • Company's Lesse, Mount 337 0 0 0 4 19•37 :;,.81 • 0 :q ... ·.· • Look Out ,. ' r.!.• • « : •• t ' .. ------': Totals ...... 6,181 0 0 I 14 3'89 10,557: 16 12 "
Marriott's Rising Sun . ... ' Rising Su~-Reef ~." 207 0 0 011 16 120 15 0 120 to 160 feet Albert ...... Albert Reef ... I ... 6 0 0 8 6 16 50 0 0 Surface' to 20 ·r~et·: (,• • • # ••
: I, ------. . .:: l l''.•• ;;--l, f n'~· . ••• ! Totals ... ·-... 0 0 0.16 '0'78 :170!'5 6
/ QUARTz; TAILINGS, MULLOCK~ ETC'~ - '"" .. , ' .. THE following information' h11s beeh obtained. from Returns made by the. ~iit~ng 'Surveyors ·and Regis~rars relative to the Quantity of QuARTZ TAILINGS and MULLOCK, .&c., Crushed ju the several Divisions{md Subdivisions of each -Mining District during. the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. . · · .. · /, ~- . :: " ; ~ ... :
Division and Subfilvislon, Where Quartz Tailings and Quartz T~llings I A vemgc Total Yield of Iiemnrks relative .to the ..• ~nd· . 1\fullock, &c •• were and Mullock, &o., Yield of Gold Gold. Depth nt wlllcll the ' Name of company. obtained.' · Cruslled. per Ton. · Mnllock, &c., were obtained. !, __ .' tons cwt. qr, ! oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
BEECHWORTH MINIIil'G DISTRICT. h },'· . :· ,_. . . ,_, ...... , ; ·- . " BEEOHWOllTH DIVlSION. ·• ' I ·' Reform ...... M,rrtleford ...... 348 0 0 0 l 18 - 30 9 0 Various depths .. c
SANDHURST MiNING DISTRICT. I SANDHURST DIVISION. .. Denmark ...... Derwent Gully ... 55 0 0 0 0 10'03 1 3 0 ------·-- .. ----- HBATB.OOTE DIVISION AND W .A.RANG.A. Soura SUB- DIVISION. John COllins ...... ·Redcastle ...... lOO 0. 0 0 1 o· 5 0 0 WARA.NG.A. 'NORTH SuB- ' DIVISION. I . Balaclava...... Various ...... 282 0 0 0 1 19'65 25 13 0 . Perseverance ...... Various ...... 250 0 0 0 0 15'98 8 6 12 Corroborie ...... Corroborie ...... 17 0 0 0 I 8·s2 1 3 6 Mabar ...... Coy's Diggings ... 50 0 0 0 1 12'48 3 16 0 Surface Great Eastern ...... Coy's Diggings ... 300 0 0 0 1 9•6 ------" •• I Totals ...... 899 0 9 o 1 8·oo 59 .18 18 15
QuANTITY of QUARTZ TAILINGS and MULLOCK Cru~hed in each Division and Subdivision, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Quartz Talllngs .A. verage Total y· eld of I Remarks rclntive to the and 1\runock, &c., were and Mullock, &c., Yield of Gold 1 Depth at which the Name of Company. obtained. Crusltcd. per 'J'on. Gold, , Mullock, &c., were obtained. -0-z.-d-wt-·-. -gr-.;_l-o-z.-d-w-t.-g-r.l . ----- I tons cwt. qr.
I . ,. ,... MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
MARYliOROUGH DIVISION. Penny and Claussen ... I'ublic crush'ings ... sob 0 0 0 l 0· 40 0 0 Mullock Johnston and.Sons .. ... Public crushings ... 50 0 0 0 5 0 12 10 0 Mullock ·- Totals ...... 850 o,o 0 1 5'65 52 10 0 . ' AHHERST DIVISION, - " Nelson and Co...... Cockatoo ...... 36 0 0 0 16 12'83 29 15 6 80 feet • T. Bartlemore ...... Public crushings ... 584 0 0 0 2 ,., 83 0 0 Various depths - •, Totals ...... 620 0 0 0 3 •' '112,15 6 AvocA SUBDIVISION. Percydale Gold and Silver '.·1 Lead...... Fiddler's Reef ... 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 0 0 Tailings Harrison and Co ...... Bona Venture , .... - 5 0 0 0 1 16'80 0 8 12 Bosanko's mill ...... 40 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 Tailings... Totals ...... 55 0 0 0 3 ·10'25'· 9 8 12 ... - '' DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA ... 'l' DIVISIONS. I Davis and Co...... Bealiba · ...... 60 0 0 0 I 8 4 0 0 Quartz tailings -' .. . ·- REDBA!>'K ·AND ST. ARNAUD SoUTH SuBDIVISIONS. Lancashire mill ••• ' 400 0 0 0 55 0 ...... ,...... 2}~:4~ 7 .. .. , ST. AnNAUD NoRTH SuB- DIVISION. . ~i· ..... •\·' . .. Malcolm and Co ...... Greenock Ree£ ... 4 0 0 2 0 0 .\" 8 0 0 Tailings Douglass mill ...... ·351· 0 0 0 4· 0 ~ ·70 .. 4 .().. -::I'.a.iling•-· ·--·
Totals •• ,: ...' ?5~· 0 ·'0 0 4· 9·r3 '78 4 0
CASTLEMAINE MlNING DISTRICT. : . fuPBURN DIVISION. . ... "'-• Old Cornish ... Various reeis, &c. ... :ii8 0 0 0 4 0 23 12 0 50 to 140 feet ---- TARRANGOWER DIVISION. ! ' i Caledonian ·mills ...... !failings ...... '. 40 0 0 1 13 4'80 66 8 0 Tailings ST • .Al!DREW'J> DIVISION. j ... __ ' ~ .. I : .I Patterson and Co. ... Warrandyte · ... i ... '743 0 0 0 0 19'41 . 30 l 0 ) I
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
! ~ I ! PLEASANT CRE,EK DIVISION. - - Wimmera ...... 935 0 0 0 I 1'89 50 8 22 -· .. !. l6
PYRITES AND BLANKETI~GS.
, THE following information has beeu obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.
Division and Subdivision, ' I Where Pyrites and Blanket!ngs Pyrites Average Remarks relative to tbe and and Ble.nketings Yield of Gold Total Yield of were obtained. Gold, Depth ~>t which tbe N~>me of Company. operated on. per Ton. Pyrites, &c., were obtained.
I ' tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION. - Lla.nberris ...... Gum-tree Flat ... 13 0 0 1 9 3'38 18 18 20 ------CRESWIOK DIVISION. Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs ·... · ... 62 0 0 4 7 1'35 269 17 12 New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs ...... 1i5 lO 0 3 13 15'11 646 2 0 . South Clunes ...... Clunes Reefs ...... 8 10 0 4 0 i9•76 34 7 0 ---- BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND Totals ••• ... 246 0 0 8 17 6•29 950 6 12 BLUE MouNTAIN SOUTH -~---- SUBDIVISION. Undaunted ...... Blakeville ...... 5 0 0 0 16 0 4 0 0 Sultan ...... Barry's Reef .•. .. . !5 0 0 I 8 0 21 0 0 ------Totals ...... 20 0 0 1 5 0 . 25 0 0
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
YAO.KA:ND.I..NDAH DIVISION. . Bigelow and Clingan .... Homeward-bound, Hills- 64 0 0 2 10 0 160 0 ·0 borough BuoxL.I..ND DiviSION. Happy Valley ...... Happy Valley and Christ· 59 0 0 1 13 18'40 99 12 6 mas Reefs ~.
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
SANDHURST DIVISION. Sandhurst and Eaglehawk ;Tackass Flat ••• ... 152 0 0 1 19 6'94 298 12 0 . Pyrites Gold Extraction United Pyrites Gold Ex- Pinchgut Gully ... 180 0 0 5 0 1'20 900 9 0 traction J. P. Spargo ...... Great Western Gully. ... 97 0 0 5' 4 17"13 507 17 6 Koch's Pioneer ...... Long Gully ...... 251 0 0 2 15 5'54 693 8 0 Great Hustler's ...... Hustler's Reef ... 86 0 0 4 12 14•79 398 5 0 Totals ...... 766 0 0 3 13 1•51 2,798 6 .6
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRiCT.
" MiaY:BO.IIOUGH DIVISION. Marine:r's Reef Tribute ... Mariner's Reef ... 36 0 0 2 8 20'83 87 19 6 ' ---- REDBANK AND ST. AliNAUD SouTH SUBDIVISIONS. New Isia ...... Oxonian Reef ...... ll 15 0 2 ll '1'53 30 0 0
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
CROOKED RIVER DIVISION: Good Hope ...... Good Hope Mills ... 7 0 0 18 ll 10'28 130 0 0 --·----.------STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. I..ong Tunnel ...... 41 0 0 2 17 11'70 117 17 0 Walhalla ...... 13 14 0 3 17 1!1'44 53 6 0 ------Totals ...... 54 14 0 3 2 13'86 171 3 0 BBNDOO SUBDIVISION. . Marriott'sRising Sun Quartz Rising Sun Reefs ... 4 0 0 4 5 0 17 0 0 . 17
WASHDIRT AND CEMENT.
SUMMARY.
THE following iiJformation has been obtained relative to the QuANTITY ~f W ASHDIRT Puddled and Sluiced and CEMENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GoLD o~rained therefrom.
I I Quantity Puddled Average Yield of Gold Total Yield of Gold from Mining Districts. and Crushed. ~rToli. Wasbdirt and Cement.
Washdirt. ton• cwt. qr. oz. :1 dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat ...... 67,636 0 0 0 1 16'46 5,701 12 10 Beechworth ...... 9,080 0 0 0 2 s·s3 1,069 4 0 Sandhurst ...... 17,371 0 0 0 3 7'45 2,875. n 3 Maryborough ••...... 34,393 0 0 0 2 23'83 5,146 18 .0 Castlernaine ...... 74,614 0 0 0 . 0 8 51 1,323 ll 16 Ara.rat ...... 130 0 0 0 6 9'23 41 10 0 Gippsland ...... 561 0 0 0 0 18'95 !l2 3 0 .. ------. Total W ashdirt ...... 203,735 0 0 0 1 14•12 16,180 10 5 ------'-'------Cement. I Ballarat - ...... 150 0 0 0 8 1•60 60 10 0 Beech worth ...... Sandhurst ...... 2;700 0 0 0 0 9'48 53 6 13 Maryborough ...... 247 0 0 0 '6 6"73 77 11 6 Castlemaine ...... 16,743 0 0 0 1 6'39 1,060 3 0 .Ararat ...... 3,684 0 0 . 0. U! 3'32 2,235 16 22 ...... ~··· Gippsland ...... ' ...... ------0 .. ------, Total Cement ...... 23,524 0 0 2 23'16 3,487 7 17
NoTE.-Thls Summary does not show the total quantities of washdirt pnddled and slulced and cement crn•hed, but only the yield of certain unshings1 &c.~ respectinlt whreh the l\lluinJl Surveyors and Registrars have been able to obtain information. OWing, to tbe circum~tance thn.t mnny of the ma.chine-owners are unable to give or a.re precluded from giving information, it is impossible to get complete retu!ns from every district; nnd in consider Ing the relati.-e Importance of each district, as regard• a!lu.-lal mining, &c., the tables relating to machinery should be exam!ned and compared. R. BROUGH SMYTH, Office of Mines, Sec!etary for .Mines. Melbourne, 3rd May 1873.
WASHDIRT. THE follo~ing information has been obtained from Returns ~ade hy the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY of W ASBDIRT Puddled or Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained thereftom. . '
Division and Subdivision ' I Average Total Yield Remarksi'elatin to the and >yhere W'7"hdlrt was obtain."d .. WMhdlrt Puddled. Yield of Oold · Depth ot wbicb the 1 Name of Company. · per ton. ! ~ Gold, Washdirt was obtained, &c. qr.j_o_z_._d_w_t_.-g-r.-10::-: ------tons cwt.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
r CENTRAL DIVISION. Great Gulf ...... Ca.mbria.n Hill ... 6,480 0 0 0 I 17'75 563 14 4 150 feet Working Miners ... Sebastopol ...... 8,400 0 0 0 l 2'11 456 19 9 396 feet Koh-i-noor ...... Ballarat West ... 6,840 0 0 0 5 17'46 1,968 17 0 250 feet Golden Gate ...... Ballarat East ...... 2,160 0 0 O• I 13'89 qo 10 11 1!>0 feet Eastern Star ...... Ballarat East...... 2,016 0 0 0 1 13'29 156 12 20 120 feet National ...... Ballarat East .. , ... 2,600 0 0 0 0 13'22 71 12 18 140 feet Cardigan Consols ... Sago Hill ...... 2,150 0 0 0 1 9'48 150 0 0 150 feet United· Hand-in-Hand and Band of Hope ... Ballarat West ... 24,750 0 0 0 I 12•32 i 1,8~; l 0 265 feet Totals ...... 55,395 0 0 0 1 22"80 5,4(/1 7 14
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QuANTITY of WASHDffiT Fuddled o~ Sluiced in the several Di~isions and Subdivisions, &c.-continued.
Ilivision aml Subdivision. Average Remarks rehitive to the and Totnl Yield Depth at which the Where Wnshdlrt '!liS obtnlncd. W nslldirt Paddled. Yield of Gold of Gold. N' a me of ComPany .. .per Ton. Washdirt was obtained, &e • .. - .. --~------' ------BLACKWOOD DI~ISION to ill! cwt. qr. oz. dwt. q,· oz. dwt. gr, .AND BLUE MouNTAIN SouTH .. SunmviSION. . Byrnes and four others ... Snake Gully ...... I,400 0 0 0 0 3'52 lO 5 12 Surface to 20 feet Grirues and another ... Bed Hill ...... 200 0 0 0 l 12•48 I5 4 0 At 50 feet Sweet and another ... Yankee Creek ... ,150, 0 o· o 2 o·ss. 1'() 5 12 At 10 feet Turner and four others ... Yankee Range ... 9_00 0 Of .... 0 0 14'29 '26 16 0 Surface to 10 feet Campliell and two others ... Yankee Range ... :~oo o• 0 0 o· I9;62 I2 5 6 Surface to 18 feet Hendon and another Yankee Creek . 140 0 0 0 I 1'03 7 6 0 At 8feet ... , .... Gallop and another ... Grievenon's'Point ... ioo· o o·· 0 ()" 5'55 8 2 ·o' At 6 feet. V ebster and three others .•. Golden Point· ... J :! ... 1;020 0 0· •.Q· o:.w·6o 22 10 14 Surface to 22 feet '\' illiams and three others ... Simmons' Heef ... 300 0 o' 0 2 0 30 0 0 At I2 feet L' oeslcur and two others ... Horseshoe Bend ·- ..•. 1,200 0 0- ... o 0 2:80 -7 0 0 Surface to 8 feet Daley and five others· ... J3utcher's. Flat . .. .. 1,000 0 0 0 0 6 12 lO 0 Surface to 14o feet carpender:· .imd·t!uee others :Milkiimn's Flat ,/' .. _. ... 0 0 0 0 2I 35 0 0 At 45 feet A h Tack and five others ... GoidCn Point ... ~' ~ 0 0 0 0 8 Hi 0 0 At 6 feet 1,~~~ . 0 ., '\.h Add and seven others ... Tipperary Plat ' ... 05,0 0 0 0 ll·S7 . '23 10 0 ·At 5 feet - \h Tong and s!)v:en others Horseshoe Bend ... . 1,1~0 0 0 0 0 II•fl6 26 '10' 0 At IO feet h Tic and seven others ... ~ed Hill ...... · 1,ooo o o 0 0 14'40 30 0 0 At 7 feet . I ------J ' 'Totals ...... 1~240 70 0 0 11'77 300 4 20 .. - BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
~ INDIGO DIVISION. ! .. ' Sons and Doma Consols : ... Chilt~rn Lead ... 5,600 0 0 0 2 o· 560 0 0 280 feet Caledonian ...... Caledonian and Du~ham 2,300 0 0 0 2 20'03 326 0 0 I60 feet Leads . i <·' '['otals ...... 7,9~0 0 0 0 2 5:83 886 0 0 ·' ------.-.--- -ALEXA.Ni>RA SUBDIVISION: ! .. Peterkin and Sloan ... Royal Standard-Lead ... .. 955 0 0 0 2 17'59 130 lO 0 130 feet New Gobur ...... Working Mtners Lead ... 175 0 0 0 6 0"55 52 14 0 90 feet. Totals ...... 1,130 0 o· " 0 3 5•82 ·183 4 0 : ···: !··t '
) L , •• SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. . . SANDIIUJ:ST DIVISION. G uy, Clough, and Co. ... White Hills 2,7.1.3 .0 0_ _0_ ,l_J0·34 194 2 15 .Surfaee to 50 feet ,...... __ -·-·· T elegraph ...... Iluntly ...... 2,354 0 0 0 5 I6'84 6il 2 0 IIO feet B allarat and Bcndigo ... Huutly ...... 1,350 0 0 0 3 22'41 265 11 0 llO to 120 feet T rue Briton ...... Huntly ...... 960 0 0 0 4 18'4 . 228 16 0 135 feet A nnabella ...... Huntly ...... 3,477 0 0 0 3 9"56 590 17 0 138 feet .. B agshot Deep Lead ... IIuntly ...... 4,610 0 0 ·0 2 16"87 623 I 0 160 feet H untly ...... Huntly ...... 1,597 0 0 ,0 3 2'02 232 8 0 90 feet N"orth of England ... Huntly ...... 400 0 0 0 3 11'61 69 13 12 127 feet ----- ' Totals ... 17,371 0 o: 0 3' 7'45 2;875 ll 3 .. '····· ~ ., '
-·MARYBOROUGH 'MINING DISTRICT. - ,, , I' ' .,. ; ., ... MARYBOROUGH DIVISION, ...... ' Seaham ...... ' .... Alma .. • ' •• 5~ • ~. .. ~ ' .... -: ,.4,000- •0 0 0 6 17•76 1,348 0· 0 100 to 120 feet Gladstonc ...... Alma ...... 3,300 0 0 0 4 9'60 726 0 0 100 to 124 feet John Bright ...... Chinaman's ...... 4,030 0 0 i 0 7 3'03,I,436 0 0 150 to 160 feet -. 1 Totals ...... \1;33o ~ :-;;-::G 4·~o a,510 -:;Q .A!lHERST DIVISION,...... ------~ . . . .., Union ...... ::11ount Greenock .. . 7,750 0 0 0 1 4•50 -460 3 0 250 fee.t .. ,. Greenock Park Tribute ... Rocky Flat ...... 7,200 0 0 0 1 4'94 434 3 0 145 feet '• ;. B and of Hope ...... Cockatoo : ·. ... i ••• 5,250 0 o.l 0 1 2"97 295 0 0 74 feet .. lioffnung ...... Mo'unt Greenock 1,653 0 0 0 2 19•38 232 I 0 100 feet ... ' - " .. \ . ·'Totals ...... 21,~·s30 Average T Yf Id . Remarks relatiye to the Division and Subdivision, . I . : I :t 1 and W1wrc Washdlrt was obtained. . Washdirt Puddlcd.. Yield of Gold· ~tGoli Depth at wb1ch the Name of Company. ______:_. ~~~-·-· _· Washdlrtwasobtained,&c. · ; · . · 1 tons eJ.t. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr. ~, 1 CASTLEMAINE. MINING DISTRIQT. --~---~~------~------~--- FRYER's CREEK DIVISION. i Parsons and Co ...... Horseshoe.Bend 5,200 0 0 0 0 10'80 117 0 0 14 feet Ellis and Co. .. • ..• HorsE'shoe Bend 2,600 0 0 0 I 0 180 o o 16 feet Myers and Co. •.. .•. Deadnum's Hill 5,000 0 0 0 0 3'84 40 0 0 10 to 12 feet Kennedy and Co. ... Sullivan'B Hill . 1,300 0 0 0 0 4'80 13 0 0 10 feet Vosti and Co...... German Gully 2,600 0 0 0 I 0 130 0 0 12 feet S. Anderson ...... German Gully 1,200 0 o. 0 0· 6 l5 0 0 8 feet Brewer and Co. " ... Ne.w Year's Flat 1;SOO 0 0 0 0' 8'49 23 0 0 20 feet WH!iams and Co. ... New Year's Flat 2,600 0 0 0 6 4'80 26 0 0 16 feet Hooper and Co. •.. ... New Year's :Fiat ~.600 0 0 0 0 3'69 20 '0 0 17 feet Neilson and Co. ... New Year's Flat 2,600 0 0 0 0 7•38 • ~0 0 0 16 feet Rami! ton and Co. ... New Year's :Flat qGo o 0 ·o o 6:15· 2o •O o 16 feet Trethewey and Co. ... New Year's Flat '2,000 0 0 0 0 6·24 26 JO 0 17 feet Bismark ••. Long Gully .4,000 0 0 0 0 4'80 40 0 0 12 feet Ridley and Co...... Choke-'ern Flat 3,900 0 0 0 0 6'03 49 0 0 15 feet Serjeant and Co. ... New Year's Flat 3,000 0• 0 0 0 4 25 0 0 16 feet Thomas and Co . . :. ... German Gqlly. 1,001} 0 0 0 0 8 •16 13 0 Surface Weedon and Co ...... Mopoke ... 1,300 0 0 0 0 6 .16 '5 0 10 feet Petersen and Co ..•• .•. Choke-'em Flat 6,500 0 0. 0 0 5'76 .78 0 0 16 feet Jacob and Co. •.. .•. Nuggety 1,000 0 0 0 0 6 '12 10 0 8 feet Neilson and Co ...... Golden Gully ... 1,500 0 0 0 0 ll'52 36 0 0 16 feet Hoberts and Co ...... Deadman's· Flat f,300 0' o· 0 0 7•38 20 0 0 14 feet Strachan and Co. ... Deadrnan's Flat ... 2,000 0 0 0 0 7'92 '33 o o 14 feet M. Steil and Co .... .•. Deadman'8 Flat 1,040 0 0 0 0 12 26 0 0 10 feet W. Tonkin .•• ... 1::\pring Gully ... 1,300 0 0 0 0 14'40 .39 0 0 18 feet Parsons and Co...... Spring Gully •.• 1,300 0 0 0 0 14'40 139 0 0 14 feet W allace and Co ..•. ... Spring Gully ••. l;t70 0 0 0 0 13•53 33 0 0 15 feet Parsons and Co ...... Spring Gully ... 1,300 0 0 0 0 14'40 !39 0 0 20 feet •rreloar and Co. ·.. . .• . Spring Gully .•• 1,690 0 0 0 0 7'38 126 0 0 16 feet __ ,_____ ------,--- Totals ... 63,860 0 0 0 0 8•48 1,128 8 0 TA:RRANGOWER DIVISION. Grigg and Co. •. • ... Pegleg Gully .. . ·' 1,300 0 0 0 0 20 54 '3 8 Surface to 10 feet Ab ram Bowe, &c. .. • Pegleg Gully .. . 1,400 0 o 0 0 6 17 10 0 Surface to 6 feet Stevens and party .. . Pegleg Gully .. . 650 u 0 0 0 12 ' 16 5 0 Surface to 8 feet Lack andCo...... Porcupine Flat 1,450 0 0 0 0 8 _ 24 3 8 Surface and headings Coleman ·and Co...... Porcupine .Flat 1,280 0 0 0 6' 7 18 13 8 Surface and headings H. Smith and Co. . .. Porcupine l!'lat 750 0 0 · 0 0 6 :· 9 7 12 Surface and headings Knight and Co. .. . Porcupine Flat . 1,000 0 0 -0 0 6 '''ill 10 0 Surfaceandheadings Bradford and Co. . .. Growler's Gully 1,100 0 0 o 0 6 d3 15 0 Surface to 9 feet Shearer...... Eaglehawk .. . · :250 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 12 Surface and headings Shearer...... Long Gully .. . 560 o o o 6 6 '7 o o Surface and headings Hush and Co. •.. ... Chapman's Gully ... ! .. 800 o o o o 8 13 6 16 Surface and headings J. Hoberts ... .. • Sandy Creek ...... ' ·,·, 214 0 0 0 0 '12 5 7 9 4 to 6 feet. (Working ------1------'----' oc~asiona~ly.) Totals ... •• : 10,7'54 ·o ·o · · o o 8·71 I i95 3 ·16 1 t ·' .• ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. RAGLAN DIVISION. I .0 I Got him by the Wool HedStreakLe~d,Beaufort I 130 o o 6' ·9·23 10 o \ 62 fe~t GIPPSLAND :rtffl~ING DISTRICT. STRINGER'S CREEK Drn~:rnN Cooper's Creek Sluicing 561 0 0 0 0 18'95 22 3 6 30 feet from surface ,, ... CEMENT. · THE following information has been obtained from Returns made .bY the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY of CEllfENT Crushed in the several Divil,lions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. 1 Division and Subdlvls!on, I I Average I y Remarks relative to the Name o:~~mpany. ' Where, Cement wna obtained •. , Cement Crushed. Yl;~r ~o~~ld Tot~ ~Jd of Depth at which tlle 01 Cement was obtained. 1 ----~------:=:wt. qr,' -0~-.-d-w-.t.-gr-. l--o.-.-d-w-t.-g-r. ------1 BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CRESWICK DIVISION. I Hard Hills . .. Hard Hills, Creswick ... I 150 0 60 10 20 QuANTITY of CEMENT Crushed in the several Divisio~s .and Subdivisions, &c.-contimted~ Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and .- - Where Cement was obtained, Cement Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth nt which tbe Gold. • Name o! Company. 1 per 'fon. I Cement obtlllucd. '· tons cwt. qr.l oz. dwt.. gr. . oz. dwt. gr.j: t SANDHURST MJNING DISTRicT. SANDHURST DlYJSION. . Guy, Clough, and Co. ... White Hills / ... 2,700 0 0 0 0 9'48 53 6 13 '" I . MARYBOROUGH MINING. DISTRICT:·· " MARYBOROUGU DrviSION...... Jobnston and Sons ... Public crushing ... 46 0 0 0 12 23'60 . '29 17 61 Leviathan Tribute ... Seaha.m Co...... 198' 0 0 0 4 9'45 43 10 'o 1-· Totals ...... 244 0 0 0 6 0'32 73 7 6 Avoc;., SURDIVISION. ------Little and Co...... Homcbush ...... 3 0 0 1 8 0 4 4'0 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. ------,------,------.,.--.. ---·--~-----__;,- FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION, Table Hill ...... Table Hill .. . 7,000 0 0 0 0 9'25 135 0 0 lOO feet Jenkins and Co...... Shicer Hill .. . 100 0' 0 0 5 0 25 0 o 60 feet Jenkins and Co. (public) ... Table Hill ... . 14 0 0 0 lO 0 7 o 0 1Various Thomas and Co...... Bald Hill ... 300 0 0 0 5 0 7 5 0 0 : lOO feet Golden Lead Co...... Guildfor<.l Hill 6,550 0 0 0 1 19'60 595 0 0 200 feet !----~------,---- Totals ... 13,964 0 0 0 I 4'?7 i 837 · 0 0 HEPBURN ·DIVISION, Wombat Hill ... Wombat Hill ... 300 0 0 0 2 0 30 0 0 Shallow ,______,, _____ I,______' TARRANGOWER DIVISION .. J. Morgan, Prince of Wales Eaglehawk nnd E. H. 1,100 0 0 0 1 !1"81 77 10 0 Surface to 12 feet Union Co.'s Dam Linscott's ...... Banks, &c. . .. Phoenix ...... Banks, &c. ... Prince· of Wahis ••• ... Cement and Mullock Totals ... 2,479 o o _ 0 1 13'39 193 3 .o 1 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. I All..ABAT DmsroN. Bourke and Go. ... 5, ... Port Cnrtis Lead .. 100 0 0 0 4 0 20 0 0 Surface to 4 feet KTieal and Co...... Bridle Hill ...... 130 0, 0 0 3 18 24 7 12 45 t o 55 feet Cement ...... Londonderry ...... 306 0 0 0 6 12 99 9 0 60 t o 70 feet Walker and Co...... Londonderry ...... 26 0 0 0 1 1s·-t6 1 2 6 0 70 j5eet Totals ...... 562 0 0 o 5 4·so 1 146 2 12 ------PLEASANT CRE~K DIVISION. Hand in Hand ...... Deep Lead ...... 2,000 0 0 Oil 17'43 1,172 12 12 100 feet, cement North and South Wales Welshman's Flat. Wel- 1,122 0 0 0 16 8'34 917 1 22' 30 f eet, cement Crushing come Silver Shilling, and Deep ·Lead ------Totals ...... 3,122 0 • 0 0 13, 9'28 2,089 14 10 ! •. 21 l'i UMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON 'l'HE GOLDFI'ELDS o:F' THE COLONY, l!'OR THE QUARTER ENDED 31sT MAHCH'l873. (From Returns made by the 11-iining Surveyors {lnd •Registmrs.) a Name of Place. No. ~~tal. ·1 ~~-----·-:x_a'_"•_o_f_:;_l_nc_e_.--.----!1 ~ Totul. BALI.A.RAT DISTRICT. Brought forward ... ••• I ... . 7,618 Central Division: Creswick Division-continued. Ballarat West .823 Hum bug Hill ... 30 Ballarat.East 946 Portuguese Flat ,, 20 Ballarat North 97 Back Creek .. . 20 Sebastopol 956 Bullarook .. . 40 Cambrian Hill 364 Gordon Subdivision: 2,040 The Springs 64 Egerton Little Bendigo 351 !.. 138 Dead-horse 54 Moorabool 14 Gortlon ... 41 Sago Hill ... 60 193 - 3,715 . Steiglitz Su/,Jivision:. Soutltern Divisior~: Steiglitz ...... 350 6 Lon1r Gully ... :1-lorrison's and Tea-tree Creek 200 Staffordshire Reef 45 Doliy's Creek ...... 80 Italian Gully .•• 45 Elaine ...... 240 SpUtters' Gully ... IS il'lount Doron ...... Kangaroo ... 20 70 _ Moonlight .•. - 940 18 Blackwood Division ahd Blue Mountain Bulldog .•. ... 109 South Subdivision : Rokewood Junction 59 Mount Misery ... 300 Golden Point .... ••• 180 Hed Hill ...... Jackson's Gully ••• 10 80 Darry's Heef and Split-tree .. . 240 Yankee Hill .. . 15 Grassy Gully .. . 35 Yankee Reef and ereek ... 50 Simnions' Reef and Back Creek Spring Creek .. . 12 80 Sawpit Gully ... 26 Sebastopol and Lol.ver Lerderderg ... 170 Whim Holes ..... 30 Blakeville ... •.. 70 Hard Hills .•• 35 Snake Gully ...... 21 l<'renchman's Gully 30 Goodman's Creek ·.• . ••• 20 Pinchgut ... . •• 66 Ballan Flat ... • .. 40 · Break-o'-Day .•. Johnson's Reef ,...... 16 90 Garibaldi and v.icinity ... Western Creek ... 80 16 --- 1,046 Wright's Reef ...... 20 Buninyong Division: Bacchus Marsh and vicinity 37 Watson's Hill j ... 12 1,040 Durham and tributaries ... 200 Ballan Subdivision: llallan ...... Green Hills and Devonshire 30 20 Scotchman's and Hard Hills 150 Prospecting, Blakeville 20 Buninyong .•. •.. 100 1- 40 Hiscock's ...... 60 Total for B~ll:trat District Winter's Flat., Magpie, and Cobbler's ... 150 1 One-eye and Spring Hill ... •.. 25 Black Lead ...... 80 ' Durham Ranges, Nt\poleon, Kitty's, and BEECHWORTH DISTRICT, Gympie ... .•. . .. 120 Beecltworth Division: Prospecting and isolated parties ... 50 Spring Creek .. . 115 Silver Creek , .. . -- 977 25 Smythesdale Divi.~ion : :Qeep Creek .. . 22 Smythesdale ... 170 Hurdle Creek .. . 54 Scarsdale . :. . .. 550 Pennyweight Flat .. . 52 Brown's ... 70 Two-mile Creek ••. 60 Italian Gully ... 50 Three-mile Creek .. . 210 Derwent Jack's ••• 20 Six-wile Crook , .. . 55 Piggoreet .•. 90 Bowman's•lforest, &c. llO Bottle Hill .. . 60 Myrtleford, &c. . •• 80 Snake Valley .. . 90 1 W oorage<>, &c. , ... 150 Springdallah Creek 20 Reid's Creek , ... 3R Happy Valley ... 80 Woolsbed ... 190 Haildon ... 350 Sebastopol ... 143 Uolden Lake ... 140 Eldorado ...... 480 ?1-Tadden's Flat ... 15 Stanley and neigllborhood ... 410 T,inton'~ ... 160 ·-- 2,194 11oonlight Creek .•• 1.5 Yaclwndandah Division: 1,880 Creswiclt J) ;,."sion : Clear Creek Jnneiion 80 Crt!SIVi<:k ... 60 Rruarong ... 35 Clnnes ...... 1,000 Kirby's Flat ... 7:3 Springhill~ 50 ltowdy I<'lat ... ,. 46 Brnomtield Gully ... 60 Osborne's Flat ..• 60 ltca ~treak 500 All:tn's l!'htt .. . 12 Union Hill 20 St.aghorn Flat ' .. . 24 Longpoint. 40 Twist's Creek .. . 90 Diamond Gully 20 Muddy Creek .. . 56 Cobbler's Gull}• 25 Hillshorough ' .. . 60 .Bald Hills 25' Sandy Creek ... 100 Sulky Gully 50 Township ... 78 fllaty Creek 40 Ilayes' I'oint ... 25 i\lopoke ... 40 -- 739 CttrrieJ forward 7,618 Carried fonnml 2,933 '. '• 22 ~UMBER and DrsTRmUTION ~f MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. Name of Place. No. . Total. Nn.me of Place. i No. Total. -~;--:---;------,-""-,-,---:---11-- ------,-----·---- Brought forward .•• 2,933 Brought forward- ... 6,252 Indigo Division : . Big River Subdivision-continued. Chiltern and New Brularat Leads 110, Big Hi ver North ... •.. 6 Indigo Lead ... .. • 229 'J!'ry's Creek · ...... 18 'Glencoe Lead ... • .. - ' ... 50 Jerusalem Creek.and Wilson's 18 Durham Lead ...... 20 .~oving population ... - 8 Magenta Reef ••• 8 158 Lancashire and. Black-dog .Leads 12 Mitta-mitta .Division : - - All England Lead . • • .. • 22 Thunder-and-lightning Creek 156 H~tppy-go-Lucky Reef ... 12 Snowy Creek ... .:. 280 Caledonian ... .. • ... " 12 Mitta-mitta River ... · ... 50 Clydesdale ...... 16 486 WahgunyaJ:!. ... • .. 8 Jamieson Subdii.li!i_ism: . Robert·Burns ... ••• 14 Howqua Rh·er and tributaries ... 43 Hib'ernian ... · ...... 8 Goulburn frqm Howqua to Jamieson lOO .. Lanarkshire ... •.. 16 Mack's Cree~_ ...... 57 Skeleton ... ••• • .. 12 Goulburn fromJamieson to Swampy Creek 60 Goqd Hope ...... 6 Sa.il~r Bill's ()reek... ·., ••. .. . 148 Various Quartz Heefs. •.. 36 Flume Creek ... · 1 ...... :)6 591 Baker's Creek ... · · .•• , . .. . 20 Buckland Division 1 Prospectors ... :: ...... 12 Harrietville ...... 198 466 Harrietville to Bright ••• 273 ' - Bright to Boundary ... 165 Total for Beechworth District.... 7,362 Running Creek .. • .. . 98 Morse's and Growler's Creeks 216 Buckland to Upper Bridge ..• 182 Upper Bridge to Lmvei Bridge 314- ; Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction 262 'SANDHURST DISTRICT. ~ . , 1,708 Sandhurst Di"ision : Alexandra Subdi!!ision 1 Back· (Jreek and Spring Gully, and Ale'xandra ap.4 vicinity .•• 50, Milkmaid's Flat ... ••. , 160 Godfrey's Creek ...... fjp Sheepshead and Golden Gully ... 485 Devil's Hiver and tributaries. 2(j Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat .. . 550 Crusoe·Gully and neighborhood .. . 110 Johnson's Creek and tribiuaries 30' Garlbaldi Gl!)!y and vicinity · 50 :.\ia1'ong and Bullock Creek .. .. . 150 Head of U•T Creek .•• 5 Victoria Heef an ' · · Carried forward .. : ~~~6,252 Total for Sandhurst District ... 8,232 ) I I. . i :N'UMBER and DISTRIBUTIO,N of MINERs.qn the Goldpelds, &.c.~ontinued~ Nnme o! Place. No. Total. Name of Place. No. Totul, . Brought fo,~ward_ ... 10,380 MARYBOROUGH DISTRICT. St. Arnaud North Subdi~ision-continued. Maryborough Division: . Hostron's and Wattie Flat· .. 80 Waterloo, Inkerman, Alma, Adelaide Emu. I 6 Lead, Moonlight Flat ••. ..; 560 Carapoocc 22 Golden Point, Carisbrook, Majorca, Bell Rock, &c. 15 Craigie, and Four-mile Flat ... 950 Blink Bonnie ... 9 Mosquito, Blucher's, Mariner's, Bristol Hopeful and other Reefs . 6 Hill, and other reefs ••• . ,••• 837 Fishhook and Jereja"':. 5 Chinaman's Flat, Newtown, Ha.velock, · Lucknow,.Ma.ryborough ... 935 Amherst Division : . 3,282: Total for Maryborough District 10,752 About Talbot ••• '30 Scandinavian Lead '40 I I• 108 CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT. Hocky Flat .. . 1 Mount Greenock .. . 84 Castlemai~e Division: ' , • Nugg'ety and Long Gullies . 30 Guildford, · · ... 200 Kangaroo Flat and Gully ... 20 Cainpbell's Creek 326 Mia-mia Flat and tributaries 16 Castlemaine 235 Daisy Hill and tributaries 120 Bm;ker~s .Creek ,... 178 Adelaide Lead South 50 Myrtle Creek 60 Blacksmith's Gully 15 Chewton ... 470 Emu and Cockatoo .•. •.. llO Gold~n Point 150 McCallum's Creek and German Gully 30 1,619 Bf9wn's Gully ...... · ... 4 F':yer's·Cieek Diviswn: 657 ' · Golden Gully and 1Fryerstown 330 Avoca Subdivision: Spring Gully and Specimen Hill 210 Amphitheatre 60 Church's ~!at to y aughan ... 320 Old Avoca Lead .. . 405 Butcher's and 80 Green Hill Creek .. . 60 German and M ullies 136 Percydale· 525 Loddon: Vaug to Pennyweight 105 Homebush 110 130 '24 Table Hill and Tarilta. ... Latnplough ... •.. Guildford ;Hills ... ·•· 250 Middle Creek and Ja.ckson's 350 Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe 300 Mountain Hut .•. •.. .ss Nuggety Gully and Irishtown 120 No, 1 Creek and Sugarloaf ... 202 Green and Sailor's Gullies ... 90 No. 2 Creek ... . •• 180 Pickpocket and Hard Hills ... 40 Kimberley and Sardine Gully 450 Stf,a~~)od(lon 'and Hit-or-hfiss 240 Donkey Hill ...... 39 2,351 Vale~s Hill and l<'ryingpan Gully •18 Hepburh Divis¥on: _ Mosquito...... 28. Dry..J)iggillgs Section ... 105 I 2,489 Pickpocket and Yandoit Section ... 230 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions: llard Hill ·and Bo,ots' Gully Section ... 120 Dunolly ; .. · ...... 225 Ita~ian Gully Section ...... 140 Burnt Creek 70 Spring Creek Section 132 Goldsborough 55 Doctor's Gully Section 175 Inkerman ... 50 Brandy-hot Section 62 Moliagul .. ; .. 210 190. Deep Creek Sectibn 156 Bealiba · Blind Creek Section 75 15 Murphy's Flat St Carried forward 10,380 Carried forward 7,888 24 ·, NuMBER and DtsTiuBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c •.;_continued. I Name of PI~Lee. TotaJ. Name of Place. No. Total. -~~ I 1---- I Brought forward ...... ' 7,888 Brought forward ...... 457 St, Andrew's Division-continued. . Mite hell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisions: Diamond Creek and Pioneer ... 52 Nicholso'n and Tambo Rivers ... 190 Walsh Creek ...... 17 Boggy Cree)!: ...... 140 Warburton ...... 17 Merrijig Creek ...... 22 Knobs ...... 6 Sandy's C:eek ...... 49 Back Creek ...... 18 --- 401 Cherry-tree and Watery Gullies 29 ... Crooked River Division : I Black Calf ... '.~. ... 13 Hoddle's Creek 37 Grant ...... 16 ...... W ongungarra ...... 20 McMahon's Cre11k ...... 14 40 Steel's Creek ...... 6 Crooked River ...... Emerald ...... 16 Wonangatta ...... 6 Queenstown· ...... 28 Jungle Creek ...... 18 Kings town 19 Twelve-mile Creek ...... 21 ...... Twenty-five-mile Creek ...... 10 Haunted Gully, Berwick ...... 48 15 One-tree Hill ••• 31 Thirty-mile Creek ...... ·Wentworth River ...... so· Research Gully ...... 7 42 Kangerong and Pakenham ...... 9 Upper Dargo ...... 515 Middle Dargo ...... 10 --- Lower Dargo ...... 28. Blue· Mountain North Subdivision: Upper Mitchell ...... 18 Trentha.m ...... 30 Good Hope ...... 22 Newbury ...... 49 ~-- 296 Garlick's ••...... 26 I -- 105 Jericho Division: ---- Dry Creek . , ...... 27 Total 'for Castlema.ine District ...... 8,508, Lochfyne and Ferntre!J ...... 25 .... --- St. Andrew's . · ...... 4 Mount Look Out ...... S4 ·--- I Jordan ...... 62 Red Jacket ...... 71 BB Creek 45 AJU.RAT DIST.IUCT. ... .••• ... -- 268 A rarat Division: 280 Donnelly's Creek Division: Ararat Proper ...... 46 Armstrong's .. . , ...... 112 Store Point and Donnelly's Creek ... 212 Aberfeldy River ...... 39 Philip's Flat and Cathea.rt ...... 9 Rhymney Reef, Shea's Flat ...... 38 South Crinoline ...... 140 Edwards' Hill ...... 12 Opossum Gully and Port Curtis ... Granite Creek 2 ·. Moyston and Londonderry ...... 34 ...... 816 Tulla.more and North Crinoline ... 16 --- Heyfield ...... 4 p leas ant Creek Division: . Gtadstone ...... 13 Silver Shilling ...... 20 --- 141 Deep Lead, Forty-foot, and Welshman's Stringer's Creek Division: Flat...... · ..·• . •• 230 444 Great Western .. ... 40 Waihalla ...... Happy-go-Lucky ' ...... 14 Stawell ...... 910 20 Seventy-foot ...... 40 Sa tin llird Ueef ...... ' N eillson's Creek ... ' ...... 20 Germania ...... 18 125 Welcome ...... lOO· Mount Look Out ...... 35 Plciacles and Fulton's Creek ... 10 Darlington ...... Aberfeldy and Thompson Iron bark ...... 15 Rivers and --- . 1,408 Cooper's Creek ...... 58 ' 691 Barkly Division : Russell's Creek Division: ·---· Lamlsborough ...... 150' Lower Tangil ...... 75 Barkly ...... 225 Upper Tangil and Russell's Creek ... 45 Frenchman's ...... 15 Crossover, Live horse, and Tarwin'Ri:ver 25 Ghinpa~rick ...... 82 -- 145 --- 472 Bendoc Subdivision: · Bendoe ...... 15 Raglan Division : . . Bog and Queensborough ...... 46 Beaufort and surrounding Gullies .... 150 Bonaug ...... 16 Sailor's Gully ...... 38 Delegate River 14 Char! ton ...... 88 ...... Cobyi~gbar ...... 40 . Waterloo and tributaries ...... I ISO --- 456 -- 131 --- Tarwin Subdivision: 3,152 Stockyard Creek ...... 225 Total for Ararat District ...... Turton's Creek ...... 16(l ·--- Moving miners ...... 50 ---- ,- 435 Traralgon Subdit•isiott: - Tyers ·" 10 GJPPSLAND DISTRICT...... Merriman's Creek ...... 4 Omeo Subdivision:_ Flinn's Creek , .... J ...... 5 Livingstone Creek ...... 149 Traralgon Creek ...... 2 Mitta-mitta River, from Cobungrn. to Bennett's ... ••• I ...... 4 ·wombat Creek ...... 70 Upper Morewell ...... :4 Wombat Creek ...... 40 Stony Creek ...... 2 Gibbo River ...... - ... 40 1- 31 Swift's Creek ...... 135 River Tambo ...... 23 Total for Gippsland District ...... 2,996 -- 457 . --- ·-1- Carried forward ...... ' ... 457 GRAli"D TOTAL ...... 52,873 ! "0 H. BHOUGH. SMYTH, Office of Mines, Secretary for Mines. Mel~o~rnc, 3rd May 1879. MINING SURVEYOR:S AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. . 1lfr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrlfr· · The City of Ballarat. (late Durham) Company are still sinking their new shaft, whic~ has now reached a depth of 340 feet. . The Band of ·Hope and Albion Consols are still prospecting for other reef-washes, and are making preparations for opening up _and working their quartz reef. , · The St. George and Ban~ of Hope United Company are pushing on 'their prospecting works, with a view to. open up the reef-washes within their claim. ·· . tl The United Hand-in-Hand and Band of Hope Company's main drive, at a. depth of 425 feet, has recently broken through into payable washdirt. .i The prospecting works of the Park Company appear likely to lead to the discovery of extensive reef-washes in the north-western portion of their mine . • The Golden Reef Company. are driving through reef-wash at a depth1of 240 feet, and will shortly commence washing. . . The New Koh-i-noor Company are prospecting for reef-washes in the .~laim formerly known as the Burra-burra Company's claim. A. company has recent.ly been formed to work the ground formerly l}eld by the Sir William Don Company. They are sinking a shaft, which is now about 90 feet deep. · The Great Gulf Company have recently discovered another reef-wash from their No. 2 shaft, but are prevented by loss of level from proving the extent and quality of it, until a new drive shall have been constructed. The Earl of Essex Company recently struck a tributary lead 15 feet wide, from which a trial machine yielded 2 ozs. of gold. The Nil Desperandum (formerly Rose Hill) Company, after sinking their shaft to a depth of 168 feet; had to abandon it in consequence of meeting with a very troublesome drift, containing a large quantity of water. They ~ve co:nmebced a new shaft in a position where they expect to reach the ~ottoin without encountering any serious dillicult1es.. The depth of the new shaft is 60 feet. . The Sovereign Company are still sinking their shaft, which is now 670 feet deep. The last 6 feet have been sun~ in a .strong lode, and they have. not_yet got thr?ugh it: They have reduc~d a much larger quantity of stone durmg this quarter, and the average yield IS a shade higher than that of the prevwus quarter. The Pioneer Company are still sinking. 'fheir shaft is now 330 feet deep. The Countess Company have recently completed the erection of additional machinery, and will shortly com- mence crushing operations. • 1 The quantity of water supplied by the Ballarat and Ballarat bast Water Commission during the. quarter was 13,150,000 gallons; and the price charged was 4d. per thou&'tnd1gallons. -. The banks. purchased during the quarter 34,000 ozs. 18 dwts. 23 grs. of gold. The quantity of gold paid to companies as tribute from quartz mines was 551 ozs. 13 dwts. 21 grs. The quantity of gold paid to companies as tribute from alluvial mines; was 2151 ozs. 13 dwts. 6 grs. .. 418 co-operative quartz miners (including tributers), with the help of 120 hired men, won 3169 ozs. 1 dwt. 8 gra • net. 1530 co-operative alluvial miners (including tributers), with the help of 346 hired men, won 9796 ozs. 6 dwte. 16 grs. net. 1 GoLD obtainea from Alluvial Mines iu the Centr'al Division of the Ballarat District for the Quarter ending 31st March 1873. '. I Name of Company. Quantity, Name of Company. Quantity. oz .. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr, Band and Albion Consols ...... 2,176 18 0 O'Connor nnd (\;o...... 52 0 0 Koh-i-noor 1,958 17 0 Royal Oak ...... 49 13 0 United Hand-i~-Hand -~~d Band.' of Ho;~· 1,873 l 0 Pride of the Ea~t ...... 39 12 0 Leviathan ...... 1,161 l 0 Ah Shing and Co...... 27 10 0 Prince of Wales ...... 1,156 0 0 Andrews and Co...... 26 0 0 United Albion and Prince of Wales ... 869 I 12 Frazer and Co...... 1!1 10 0 Great Gulf ...... ·563 14 4 Tip Koon and Co...... 15 15 0 Working Miners ...... 456 19 9 Ash worth and Co...... 14 10 9 Bonshaw ... 377-16 0 Lady Bowen ...... 12 9 11 Rt. George au'a.' Band df' Hope U~ited ... 315 10 0 Sayers and Co; ...... 9 15 0 Park ...... 235 9 0 Strange nn~ Co...... 9 0 0 Saints ...... 210 12 0 Earl of Essex !; ...... 7 0 0 Golden Gate ...... 170 10 11 Winter's Freehold ...... 361 Il 0 Eastern ~:!tar ...... 11 ... 156 12 20 Sundry co~operatil'e miners ...... 1,388 0 0 Cardigan Consois ...... 150 0 0 I , Caledonian ...... 78 0 0 ------National ...... 71 12 18 ' Total ...... 14,013 0 22 I 211 DrVI:DliNfiS paid by certain Companies 'during the Quarter ending :hst March 1873. £ s. d. Koh-i-noor 1,600 o 0 Temperance ... 1,520 0 0 Unitea Albion and Prince of Wttles 1,450 16 o Evening Star ... 380 0 0 Queen Victoria 375 0 0 Hed, White, and Blue 300 0 0 « Endeavor 174 5 0 Tunnel 17 10 0 Total . ,£5,817 11 0 t; 'SOUTHERN DIVISION. . Mr.. J. ~f. Colifman, Mining Registrar. Though not quite as cheerful as could be desired, the division is not so oppressively dull as it has been. The most strikingly noteworthy incident of the quarter is the discovery at ,Paddy's Gully, Rokewood Junction, of a 40-oz. nugget, by a party of fossickers, only a couple 'of inches_from the surface. . I regre~ that, o.wing to the hurried, manner in which the lucky find was broken up. and disposed of, a cast or sketch was 1mpract1cable. . · The Paddy's Gully Reef traverses the precise ground in which thc"nugget was found. . The prospects of the Stanley CoJ1!pany, Pitfield l'lains, have improved immensely within the past few weeks, a new run of auriferous drift, yieldi~g 10 ozs. to the. machine, having been alighted pn. Th~ Hopewell Company, Staffordshire Reef, have just had erected a neat compact eight-head battery; and as the stone now being raised looks splendidly, they expect to render a respectable account of themselves in next quarter's returns. . The Spee!fwell Claim is ·being worked by a tribute party recently organized. ·. ·:·· ·' 1. ·' · • ' At J?reak-o' -Day the private property has been yielding somewhat· better returns thim: ordinary.· Bulldog is dull. Grassy Gully hopelessly so. · · . ' " . l ,; • • ! .·' •-;." ':1 .·. BU~WYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M. Harvey, )l!,i,nin!J Surveyor and'Registra:. QUARTZ MINING. .. This bran~h of' mining continues. po~r, the total returns being 586'ozs. of gold from 3791 ton; or'qvartz. No new; qi~c,oyeries have been made during the quatter, and there is nothi!lg calling for special re.port.,. A. considerable amount of prospecting is being done. ALLUVIAL MINING. The Charters Towers Company; Buninyong Estat:~, is obtaining good yields, and mining operations are being carried on vigorously at the other mines. on, the· estate.· The. Devonshire are working in the gutter, and obtaining payable yields: There is nothing new to report on the Durham, or the other deep workings. On the shallow ground, at. Kitty's, son:io large nuggets, up to as high as 12 lbs. weight, have been unearthed from very. shallow workings. I estimate the amount of.alluvial gold obtained during the quarter at 4131 ozs., as follows :- · oz. dwt. gr. Defiance 439' 0' 0 'Perseverance 1,132 0 0 . . Char.ters Towers . 400 0 0 Duke of Cornwall 300 0 .0 .Kitty's 360 0 0 'All other sources .. 1,5_00 0 0 .!I'otal 4,131 0 0 \ ·SMY.THESDALE DIVISION. Mr. Jol!n Lynclt, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ·· The yield.' from all sources has been 14,729 ozs.'9 dwts.; showing n slight falling off as compared with that of the previous quarter. This is owing to the cessation of some claims·at Carnghain, and a decline in the proceeds of one or two of thll chief .mines at Scarsdale. New claims in ·oth!3r parts of the division, and inc.r!'!ased returns from some old ones; ar"e making amends for a good 'portion of the loss occasioned by the causes above mentioned~ The Trunk Lead, at Haddon, is steadily improving, and will probably in .a few months more add materially to the ret~rns from that portion of the district. In general, Haddon may be considered as regaining position. A.t Smythesdale thQ Eldorado· Claim is giving excellent returns. The gold is taken from a reef-wash unnoticed or. disregarded at the first working of the lead some years ago; indeed, it may he said that these reef-wasl:ies constitute. now the most valuable portion of the mines of this division. Beyond these few general remarks there is nothing to report respecting the alluvial mines. Quartz mining is still in a backward condition. 'l'he non-success of the New Britannia, at Carngham, has extinguished, for a 'time at least, further efforts in that direction. There are, however, indications of a revival in Hadrlou ·~ .. 229 6 .•-:• .' CRESWICK DIVISION. !if';· James Stevenson, Mining Surveyo-r and J;legistrar. · I have the honor to report that there is a considerable increase in the quantity of quartz gold obtained during the quarter, and that tlie average yield per ton is nearly a pennyweight per ton' greater. · The quantity of alluvial gold has decreased, but this is principally due to the fact that there has been very little gold obtained from sluicing during the quarter. I regret to say that the Cosmopolitan Company h~s discontinued operations for the present owing to the difficulty of getting in calls ; I hope, ho.wevcr, it may be reorganized, and that its stoppage may be only temp'orary, otherwise it will greatly retard the proving the direction of the deep leads at Creawick, as it was the most advanced company on the' deep ground. ' • GORDON SUBDIVISION . . Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Sur.veyor and Registrar. . '' - ALLUVIAL MINING·. No mining of any importance has been carried on during the quarter under this head, only 23 ozs. of gold having been obtai11;ed~, . . . , · . •. ' ' .. ' . . • QUARTZ MINING. The Egerton Company have been raising quartz from their shaft in th,e cutting at a depth of from 400 to 350 feet, still continuing to take only about 10 feet of quartz along the western wall. In addition to this they have also been raising stone from the shaft, 300 feet in depth, at the southern end of their lease. Both parcels have been crushed together, so that no average of each reef can be given, · · · Black-horse Company,-'l'he stone raised by this comp~ny has been tall:en from a depth of about 466 feet from the surface, and from a lode averaging 13 feet in width. They have crushed 448 tons from the whole width of the 'reef, which yielded 4 dwts. 6'11 grs. to the ton. A considerable amount of prospecting has also been carried on during the quarter at the 826-foot level, but as yet without any very encouraging results. This company have also been engaged during the quarter crushing stone for the Welcome Company, J,ittle Forest. Moorabool Champion Compauy,_..:.This company have worked in the first mouth of the year only, and during that time crushed 25 tons from a lode 60 feet from the surface and from 6 to 14 inches in width, which averaged 7 dwts. to the ton. They have ceased operations since that time. · Gallagher, and Co., Moorabool, have lleen engaged in raising stone from a lode averaging 8 inches in width. They have crushed 45 tons during the quarter, which yielded 1 oz. 5 dwts. per ton. Parker's Extended Company, Gordon, have been raising quro·tz from a 'lode 9 feet in width, at a depth of from 200 to 260 feet from the BUlface, during the last two months. They have crushed 820 tons, yielding 233 ozs. 18 dwts., from this lode. The company consider their prospects very encoul'aging, as t4e yields are gradually increasing. · · South Learmouth and l!:gerton Amalgamated Company are engaged in sinking a shaft about 500 feet south of the Egerton Company's shaft. It is now sank to a depth of 114 feet, but the ~ompany intend to sink it to a depth of 300 feet from the surface before opening out. ' STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. 0. W. Collins,. "-l:lining Regist;ar. The principal feature in quartz mining in this .division during the irpast quarter has been· the discovery of severnl new reefs at Elaine, and the good results obtained from some of the stone crushed. Although, in some cases, the crushings have been poor, still a large extent of auriferous ground is shown to exist, and some of the claims, such as Clark, Baldy and Co., the Minerva Company, Lindsay and Co., and others, give every indication of the permanent character of this goldfield. . : · On Steiglitz mining matters have been very quiet; but the returns from the crushing still keep a good average, particularly in the case of the New Albion Compa~y. In their 300-foot level north payable stone has been traced for 28/.i feet north, and in some places it is remarkably rich. · . The returns from the Albion Company are a little below the average, but the manager reports favorably on the appearance of the stone in the stopes and faces. One hundred tons of quartz are now awaiting crushin·g. _The Native Youth Company have 170 tons of stone raised ready for crushing of the average character. This company, whose returns have hitherto been so good, is compelled to partially suspend operations on account of the great influx of water. · · The Dividend Quartz Mining Company, after .working their claim for some months with very poor results, have let it on tribute, and the stone now being taken out is very rich. . . . The Welcome Company, at Little .Forest, are about crushing stone which promises w.ell. On Elaine prospecting for gold drifts by boring is being commenced. , BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAlN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Joltn F. Hansen, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ· MINING. Barru's Reif.~This portion of the district 'has lately attracted a good deal of attention, owing principally to the steady increase of the yield of gold from the Sultan Company's min!l. This is the ·only public company of the. many formed about four years ago, at the time of the rush, which has, in the face of heavy expenses and many diffi culties, carried on the development of its mine in a systematic and energetic manner. Judging from the large body of gold-bearing quartz at present in view, the shareholders will, in all probabiltty, see their mine quoted as a dividend-paying one before long. Operations in this mine· are carried on with vigor. 'l.'he 165-foot level, No. 2 s,l;laft, has been driven over 500 feet on the line of reef in payable stone; a wil:tze from this level is now going down to connect it with the 'works of the 400-foot-Ievel. When the two levels are cortnected, one of the winding and pumping ~ngines can be dispensed with, and a considerable saving in the working expenses will be effected. 2S Mountis Brothers are working on a small but very rich lode of quartz, 20 tons of which have given a yield of 220 ozs. 5 dwts., or an average yield of 11 ozs. to the ton. They finished crushing on the 31st ultimo, but did not clean up till the 1st instan~, consequently the yield of gold will appear iu my next quarterly 'return. This mine is-one of t.h~ first taken up on Blackwood, and originally held by Trewhella Brothers, who did so well in it as to be in a pos1t10~ to retire in independent.circumstances, when they disposed of it to the present owners. The mine is a sm:>ll o:ne, be:ng only 160 feet on the hne of the reef, and surrounded by the areas of the Sultan and tlje Sultana Compames respect1vel y. · • · Simmons' Reif,-1Vater not having been plentiful the crushing mills driven by that power have been mostly at a standstill, aud as a consequence the yield of gold has been small. . .G.olden. Point.-The Morning Star Company, after overhauling their machinery, erecting a nli)w engine~house and dnvmg another cross-cut over 100 feet from the main tunnel, with the intention of making it a permanent way, have again struck good ,quartz. The first crushing, ,with an average yield of an ounce to th~ ton, has just taken place. Prospecting is being carried on north and south of this mine with nothing of any consequence to report upon as yet.. , · Blalceville.-The Undaunted Company having effected some alterations on their battery, crushing operations were suspended during the ,timl:!, in consequence of which the• quantity of quartz operated upon has been comparatively • ~m~ll, w?ilst t)le average yield of go~d per to1~ h~s. been maintained: The original share~olders h~ving merged their mterest 1nto a company under the L1m1ted L1ab1hty Act, the company have let the mme BALLAN SlJBDIVISION. , Mr. G. P .• Black, Mining Registrar. During the past quarter a good d((al of dead work has been done at the different claims. Ash ton's Claim.-A new and permanent shaft has been suuk to a depth of 125 feet, at which lf}vel driving will be commenced as soon as the well is sunk ; a whim is also in process of erection. There was only 30 tons of quartz put through the battery during the quarter, which yielded 65 ozs. 5 dwts., or an average of 2 ozs. 3 dwts. 12 grs. to the ton. · Kirby's Claim. -'A tunnel is being put in from the bed of the creek; a distance of 100 feet has been 'driven and it is anticipated that.another 20 feet further will cut the lode. Blake's Claim.-The shaft is sunk to a depth of 70 feet, with very good indications. Sinking will be continued. A good deal of prospecting is going on all over the district. . . , BEEOHWOR TH MINING DIS'l'RICT . .. BEECHWORTH DIVISION. • Mr. Alexander Alderdice, J1liuiug Registrar. Durina the quarter· minina has been exceedingly dull in this division-the alluvial in consequence of the dryness of th~ season, and the q)la-;.tz on account of there being no fresh discoveries, and the old reefs not turning out as well as they used to. - The Rocky .Mountain Company, Spring Creelr, 'had what may b~ called their first "wash-down" in the early part· of the quarter, which proved very remunerative to the shareholders. For thirteen months' work of 8 men the result' was 1213 ozs'., or a dividend of £2 17s. 6d: per share. As this is perhaps,' the most extensive sluicing company in tlle colony, I give a few figures i~ connection with it which may prove interesting:-The tail-race, which is 1178 yards in length, has been blasted through hard granite for nearly the whole distance. Its average depth is about 12 feet, aud boxes have been put into it which are 16 inches wide and 3 feet high. 'l'he total cost of the tail-race, which took about £ve years to cc•mplete, was £7500 .. Tl;e claim is situate on Spring Creek, immediately below the town of Beeehworth, and consists of old worlrings prihcipally, varxing fro111 about 15 to 35' feet in depth. The water by ~vhich it is worked is o,btained from Spring Creek and springs in the vicinity. At the rate the ground was was~ed away last'year the claim will take about twelve years to work out. But as the water was more than usually plentiful during the past year, it is·probaLle, that taking ordinary seas~us, t~H:re is flfteen years' work before t~e company .. 'rhe Eldorado mines are not progressin!.{ f~vorahly. '1 ~:e Endeavor Company (a new one) whwh h~l~s a p1ece of ground adjoining the old Knee bone Company, r:>ottomed thmr first shaft a few weeks· back, and after dnvJng some distance they struck the lead-about 3 feet of washdirt, containing a fair show of gold and san~. The Oyens Gold and 'l'in Company are putting on more hands, nnd it is thought that they will soon get out of the1r ddlicult~es. The mortgagee has sold up the Wellington Company, although it was understood that the prospects of the compan:y_were improving, and that the claim was being worked very economically. 29 Y ACKANDANDAH DIVISION. 1 Mr. Peter Wrig!tf, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining in this division has presented no unusual feature during the past quarter. The alluvial miners have had more water than is usual at the season,r and are consequently more steadily employed than in most summers; the returns are rather low, but are very steady. No new ground has been opened, and there is none to be opened; the ground is all ~hallow, and has been thoroughly prospected, so that every place that is payable is pretty well known. The quartz miners are not doin~~; well. The Homeward-bound Claim, at Hillsborough, is the only one tha,t is being worked with any spirit; the shaft has been sunk to a depth of 340 feet, and. continues payable; th;, reef at that depth is 5 feet thick, and,.gives about 7 dwts. per ton. , · The V on Moltke,T,pnnel is being driven as fast'as. possible, but the ro(lk is hard, and the progress slow; the finishing of this work willJset about 20 more men to work. ' There is no water being sold just now; at the beginning of the quarter. there were four heads being sold at a.bout a farthing per thousa~d gallons. INDIGO DIVISION. Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I Quartz mining as usual continues exceedingly dull; no new discoveries h~ve been made during the quarter, and the returns are below the average. · . Alluvial mining is much in the s.'lme condition as last quarter. The Doma Mungi Tribute Company are still engaged in running their main drives, preparatory to blocking out, whic4 is to be OOn;Jmenced in a month or six: weeks. Some trial washings have been made with a view to ascertain approximately the probable yield of the washdirt. From the last machine (the fifth tried) containing 29f square fathoms, 1 oz. 1 dwt. per square fathom or SE.'t of timber was said to be obtained. Should anything like this average be maintained, the results will, of course, be very satisfactory. · The Caledonian Company, at the junction of the Caledonian and Durham Leads, have, after steadily persevering for many months, struek very good washdirt, and hopes are entertained that the lead may be traeed into the ground formerly held by the Indigo Grand Junction Company. who expended a large sum without discovering payable gold. · . TJ;le Glencoe ·Junction Company are still sinking shafts, and several months must necessarily elapse before . payable yields are obtained. .. A large claim for 80 men has been taken up on the Stockyard Creek, situated between Chiltern and Barnawartha. The locality is almost untried. A considerable outlay of capital will be required, but no doubt the company, -which is being formed by Mr. John Wallace, will; under his direction, give the ground a thorough trial, and it is to be hoped the results will fully meet the expectations of the promoters. The Chinese continue steadily at work on the old leads. Want of water is compelling several parties to suspend their claims from work until the wet weather sets in. No water sold for ~ining purposes during the quarter. · BUCKLAND DIVISION. Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar. It is a matter to be· regretted that no improvement in mining results, nor in mining prospects generally, can be recorded for the quarter just closed, so far as the Buckland·diviRion is effected, In' quartz mining the most noteworthy circumstance is the fact of the workings in the Happy Valley Reef having now re!lched a depth of 600 feet from .the cap of the old reef, and that at this level the quartz struck, and the general indications, leave room for little doubt to exist that not only a permanent but remunerative lode remains still ~o be worked by this company. · A reef discovered at Growler'n Creek in 1859, and subsequently abandoned as being worked out many years since (Meade's Reef, now the Prince Arthur), has r'lcently been occupied by the Associated Claims Company, the result of whose operations may be briefly stated as follows :-The quartz towards the southern boundary of the claim ran out in the old workings, but the walls of the dyke remained clearly defined. ,A drive was put in for the purpo~ of prospecting in the direction named, this work being partly carried out by !,various parties who at different times oocupied the claim and then abandoned it as worthless, and partly by the present owners, until a distance of 200 feet was reached, when the cap of new and large reef was struck. Subsequent workings have proved this reef to average from 3 f~t to 9 feet in width-has been driven along for a length of 126' feet without its southern boundary being reached-and at present 88 feet of backs are ready for stopin~~;. This large body of stene is judged, from trial crushings, to be not less than 14 dwts. to tb.e ton; and in this reef-discovered by a moderate sh,are of perseverance and·' inconsiderable outlay..:...the Associated Claims Company possess, I believe, one of the most valuable mining properties in this division. - ' Three other of our old rich, hut subsequently abandoned reefs, are held by this company; however, the prospect-ing upon them. is carried out in a languid manner, in consequencej it is supposed, of all these properties being either under offer, or sold to an English company, by whom, it is reported, adequate capital will be devoted to thoroughly test all these mines. ' A river claim has la~ely been opened in the Ovens River, abou~ one mile from the Porepunkah Homestead. It is beli£ved to pay from £5 to £6 per man per week. ~'he owners have applied for a mining lease of this elaim. Miles of the river abovlf and below this ground are not only unoccupied but unprospected. Jfemo. q_f number of Sluiee-heads of Water sold in the Buckldnd division for Quarter ending 31st Marc!• 1873 :-No. of sluice-heads, 18; price, 2s. 6d. te 20s.; average,_ 10s. ' .ao ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert W. S. Greig, Mining 'Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL l\fiXING. . Working Miners' Lead, Goqfrey's .Creek.-The prospects"obtained in ·the· New 'Gobur ·'companY's 'ground during the. present. quarter hav.e realiz DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert Pemberton, Mining llegi;;t'l·m-. I have the honor to report that during the past quarter mining operations in my subdivision have been as al.ltively carried on as heretofore, although I am sorry to say the yield of _gold has considerably decreased. · ·GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainswortlt, Mining Surveyor and Regi!ftra~. The prospects of this subdivision have not improved during the past quarter... The Rose of Denmark Company are working their mine energeLically with pay'able results, but without· 'the high average yield fl'equenUy obtained from this mine. Th\ly have now 52 men at work, and the mine is looking well. The other mines being worked,are under tribute. . · .The ,Gaffney's.Creek tributers have obtained. highly satisfactory results, the stuff being easily raised.•' . "" The Wallal1y trihuters ,have thrown. up t{wir agreement, their crushipg proving unsatisfactory. The ·Greil.t .Eas~rn is being worked by Chinamen, but the result during the quarter·has been discouraging. · · · I have nothing encouraging to report of the mines in this subdivision, and tho yield of quartz gold is unusually .small.' . . . . , ., . Good resu.lts have been ohtained from the \~orking of a few alluvial .cr'!ek claims on Raspberry and Gaffney's reeks, but ou the whole the yields have not been of average .value. • · " There is no puddling carried on in this subdivision, and I hear of no water now being sold. WOOD'S POINT· SUBDIVISION. 111r. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining ,~urveyor and Registrar,. , Despite the small yield of quartz gold there app"ears to be an improvement in the prospects of this subdivi~iori. This is due. in a great measure, to the beneficial effects of the tribute system (its abuses have not yet been felt here), which obtains now throughout the district. With one exception the mines now, being worked are W,holly or 'partially under tribute. In the case of such mines as the Hope and Alps Great Uentral, the adoption of this mode of working inay be but temporary1 thou~h some modifications will +tO do~bt !Jlak~ it adaptable to the deep mining in prospect, 31 The Hope Mining Company have now three tributes let, all of which are payable, and promise well for the future. One of these has averaged £7 to £8 a 'man since it started. 'fhis company's shaft is progressing most fovorably and not more .than 93 feet remain to be sunk. 'l'he machinery which is to, be erected consists of pumping and winding gear of about 20 horse-power nominal;_ the pumps 81! inches diameter. The entire depth of the shafts when completed from surface will be about 550 feet, or 110 feet below the bed of the river; of the prospects of the mine at that depth nothing is yet known. · . The Alps Grettt Central have been driving on the new reef, but. have, not .struck payable stone. Their' distance from the. western slate on this vein is, however, yet eonsiderfl.ble, and th,ere is good reason to expect a,strike of good gold before the. vein is traced to the western slate, wherein, as yet,, all v9ins worked ha ye proved rich in .t~}s .mine. ' No. 1 and 2 North have had a poor yield, but as the stuff was easily raisea, there has hardly been a loss to the tributers, who are looking forward to much better results, now that they are in ~orking order. 'fhe .All Nations ltributers have had but a poor crushing, and the appe'arance of the mine is not just now favorable. " · The Prince of Wa1Js 'tributers have been successful, and have made a good thing out of t.heir undertaking, which has yet some eight months to run. ' The Great Eastern tributers ·are working a spur from the main reef dipping west with satisfactory results. At the Black River the Golden Star Company have lmd very satisfactory1erushings, and the Oriental tributers have payable yields. " , . 'l'he Leviathan Tribute has barely yielded wages hitherto. , There are not· less than 16 men out prospecting, chiefly in the Black River district, but so far, the season's work has not yielded a;ny results; the weather, however, has been so unsettled 1as much to interfere with.systematic prospecting, and we have two months before us yet, during which finds may be made. .. . , The amount of alluvial gold raised is unusually high,'and it is satisfactory to report an increase in the number of alluvial miners. There has been an influx of disappointed men from Stockyard Creek, who state themselves to be highly satisfied with their prospects in these parts, and who will, I trust, induce' many of their friends to join them. N othwithstandiug the extreme dulness in all business connected with mihing during the past quarter, I think there is reason for hopeful anticipations in the future. , There is no puddling done in this subdivision, and I hear of no water oeing sold; when sold, price lOs. per sluice-hea_? for 12 hours. · · BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, llfining Burveyor and Registrar. · The Luck's-all Company is the only one 'now crushing in this subdivision; the average yield for the past quarter has been somewhat below the usual return, and the quantity crushed would have been larger but for the fact of the incoming of a new tribute party. 'fhe mine is now looking well. . One of 'the former tributers of this company's mine has taken up ground to the south of their lease, and is now prospecting it, but without as yet striking gold. ·· . The Londonderry and Retriever are doing little or nothing at present, pending ulterior arrangements with the owner of their crushing plant. There is but very little prospecting going on though the encouragements'are many. The Venitia Belle has not yet rewarded its tributers with any results worth mention. .. In other respects quartz mining. continuP.s very dull in this subdivision, owing to the absence of capital available for speculation and the difficulties with which prospectors have to contend. The alluvial miners have on the whole obtained satisfactory results fm; the quarter, and though the -population remainB stagnant, there appear preliminary indications of a proximate increase by immigration from .• the lower goldfields, as indeed is the case in other parts of these ranges. No puddling operations are caiTied on in this subdivision, nor have I h_eard of any water now being sold; the supply has been abundant this sumnier. · . . JAl\IIESON SUBDIVISION. Mr. ·w. H. Edwards, Mining Regish;ar. Mining operations in this subdivion, have not shown any improvement' since the last quarterly report, no new discoveries having been made, and the worldngs have been confined to those clitirns previously reported on. . Gleeson Lease Quartz Mining· Company.-This comp SANDHURST DIVISION. 111r.. N. G. Stephens, JJJining Registrar. ~' I think the accompanying returns will prove that quartz mining in this division is in· a more flourishing con d~tion than ever. They are the most complete that I have, ever obtained, and the yield of gold from the quartz is the h1ghest I have kno.wn, 84,290 tons averaging 1 oz. 1 dwt. 2 grs. per ton. In alluvial mining there is no change. No water has been sold for mining purposes. The rainfall for the quarter is 5·14 mches. . Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &c., crushed during the. past quarter included in the tables prefixed to these Reports:- ' ! Total Average Depth o.t which Name ot Company, Name of Reef. Tons. Yield of per Ton. the Quartz Width of Reel, &c. Gold. was obtained. --- lh oz. dwt.gr. oz.dwt. gr. feet. Shenandoah, New .. chnm, New-chum .. 1,238 1,528 9 0 1 4 16'61 166 feet .. .. 70 From I to 6 feet and Bellevne Tribute ' Railway Tribute, No. 2 .. Kew-chum .. 62 173 17 0 2 16 1"93 ~60 Ceet .. .. 70 la inches North Old-chum •• .. New... chum .. 1,805 768 I 12 0 8 12"2-) 400 feet ...... 12feet Bonati .. .. New .. chum .. 909 2b0 0 0 o· o 12·01 400 to 500 reet .. .. Young-chum .. ' .. New-chum .. 757 295 19 0 ·o 7 !9•65 300 to 360 feet .. .. From 6 to 8 feet New-chum and Rellevue New-chum ... 2,110 2,428 9 0 1 a 0"44 180 feet •. .. 60 Average about l2leet Railway Lazarus, New .. chu~ .. New-chum .. 1,452 405 15 0 0 () .14•1$ 535 to 606 feet .. 140 4 feet. C>'ew body o stone struck at 606-foo t level Great Exteuded Rustler's Hustler's .. .. 1,526 2,620 7 0 1 14 8•22 300 to 358 feet .. 130 A vcrag; 6 feet to 7 feet Tribute. . Great Hustler's ~. .. Hustler's .. .. 1,642 086 0 0 0 8 8'53 730 feet .. 60 -. Hustler's Reef .. HusUer's .. .. 620 5!!5 1& 0 1 2 21"92 500 to 550 feet .. . . From 4 to 20 inches . Great Extended Hustler's~ ~ • Hustler's .. .. 6,946 ~I3,71J4 0 0 I 19 15·15 330 nnd 600 feet .. 90 Average 30 feet.' Garden Gully United .. Garden Gully .. 700 1,053 10 0 1 JO ~·04 430 feet ...... From 2 to 3 feet Comloh UnltM .. .. G:udcn Gully .. 264 71 4 0 0 5 9•45 320 feet .. .. 4 feet. Main shaft S66 feet Carlisle .. .. Garden Gully .. 955 ~,868 16 19 ll 0 1 '92 S50 het .. .. i .io I Average 2 feet 4 Inches , North Garden Gully .. Gnnlen Gully .. 1,931 ti)l!)8 J l 0 4 4 12'01 320 feet .. .. l!fect · Pass-by, .. .. Garden Gully .. 1,174 6,488 14 18 5 10 12•97. 360 to 430 feet .. .. . 18 Inches to 4 feet 6 lnch•s St•. Mungo Tribute .. St. ~!ungo •• .. soo 752 13 0 0 17 17"0~ 2,<0 to 300 feet .. lOO 6 to 18 inches Princess Alexandra Trlhutc D~vo11shire .. 1,515 461 7 0 0 G 2"17 305 f{':Ct .. .. ]50 From 4 to 10 feet Mount Blanch •rrtbute .. Cu.rshalton •• .. 883 409 12 0 0 9 6•05 210fcet ...... From 4 to 5 feet llnnsel Monday Tribute .. Car;:;halton. 9 .. 1,34'4 1,009 13 0 0 15 0'58 lbO feet ...... From 20 to 30 feet North J ohnson 's .• .. Johnson's .. .. 976 1,4;1 15 0 I 10 3•81 4R7 feet ...... 12 to 30 Inches Johnson's Reef G. nr. .. Jolmson's .. .. 2,643 7,978 10 0 3 0 8"98 400 feet ...... From 2 to 11 feet Golden Fleece, No. 2. Stafford .. .. l,o29 618 0 0 0 H 2'00 500 feet ...... From 2 to 6 feet - "Tribute Golden Fleece .. .. Stafford .. .. 4,441 6,692 9 Q I 10 3•34 175 to 360 feet .. .. From 2 to 6 feet. Engine shaft 460 feet North Whip .. .. Whip .. .. 936 499 18 0 0 10 16'35 200 to 250 feet .. .. lltostly spurs from 1 to 3 feet Australian .. .. Napoleon .. .. 889 490 o ·o 0 11 0'56 270 feet ...... From 10 to 12 feet • Argus .. Eagle .. .. 163 78 13 0 0 915•6<) 400 feet .. .. 170 4 inches Soutll.Cnthcrine R•ef .. Cnthcrine .. .. 595 380 4 0 0 12 18"71 .. .. Cntlle•·ine Reef United .. Cntherinc .. .. 2,181 690 9 0 o- 6 7·G5 2~0 to 300 feet .. ISO PrincipnJly from small-vein~ Nil Dcspernndum · .. Welbourne .. 3,84G 6()0 0 0 ·o 3 10'~7 200 feet .. 175 About 30 feet _averngc l) Wilson's neef .. .. Wilsou'a1 :Mnrong .. 1,885 84t 6 0 9 4•8i; 4QO feet u pwnrds •. :120 From 1 to IS feet Koch's Pioneer .. .. Persevere nee .. 690 189 !'4 0 0 5 11•96 350 feet .. 47 6 feet. ~fnin shnft 500 teet W.Rne .. Victoria 958 lb3 17 0 0 5"40 150 feet .. 130 2o feet spurs ...... 3 .. '' Victoria Reef G. M. .. Victor.a .. .. 3,300 1,620 8 0 0 9 19•69 310 to 480 feet .. .~00 Average 5 feet Bendigo and Melbourne .. Bird's . .. .. 1,008 327 2 0 0 6 11•76 130 to 170 feet .. 50 l!'rom 30 to 40 feet Pyrites. Howtr NOTE.-The "'bove figures are not to be added to tho~e In the tables prefl:eu to these Reperts. They are a.lready massed and !nclude KILMORE. DIVISION. .J.fr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar. There is nothing new to'remark as to the Kilmore Division for the quarter. HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND WARANGA ROUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr: J. T. Strong,' Mining Surveyor and Registrar. I have little of impo~tance to report with reference to·the last quarter, excepting that a· small' alluvial rush has taken place about 6 miles from the township of Heathcot,e, and about t}lree-quarters of a mile south of what is known as the Wild-duck road, and close to Mr. Speed's purcballed land (allotment 27, parish of Heathcote). There are possibly about 300 people on the grom1d, hut many of them not working. 'l'here are, perhaps, about thirty shafts bottvmed, in which gold was obtained-many without the "color." The sinking varies from about 12 feet to 18 feet, through clay, cemented gravel, and pipeclay. The washdirt'is from about 2'inches to 6 inches in thickness, the width not yet determined. 1 The yield of gold v;tries from about 5 dwts.' to 1 oz. to the load.. The groun·.t is very patchy. I do not think it is likely to be a permanent digging; howeve1·, I shall take an early opportunity of again visiting the ground. 'I ·. 33 W.ARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION. 'Mr. Charles J. W. Russell, ]}fining Surveyor and Registrar. Alluvial mining is at a very low ebb in this division at the present time. No new finds of importance have arisen during the last quarter, and the old workings are generally abandoned. Quartz mining occupies the principal attention in this division, aud is the chief interest. A new winding and crushing plant has been erected a~ Cherry Tree, Coy's Diggings, during the past quarter, and is now actively at work. Another reef has been discovered on the same ground, parallel to the last-named, with payable gold vis1ble in the stone. The reef is 3 feet in thickness. MARYBOROUGH MINJNG DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. lJfr. P. Virtue, jun., Mining Registrar. A:tLUTIAL MINING. During the first half of the quarter mining operations in nearly all the principal alluvial mines in the division have been attended with unusual difficulties, and consequent depression ; but, through the steady application of patience, perseverance, and capital, these difficulties are now being gradually overcome, and I entertain no doubt that the return of gold for the ensuing quarter from each of the gold-producing mines will be fully as large as usual. · ' At Chinaman's Flat the Band of Hope Company have had to encounter a constant and veey heavy tlow of water and drift in their mine. This circumstance has greatly embarrassed their operations and consumed time. Por several weeks the company could obtain .no returns whatever. The Duke and Timor Company are now erecting a suitable engine-house on their claim. They are looking forward to the speedy arrival from England of the fine new engine which they ordered some time ago. Very sanguine hopes are entertained by the shareholders as to the ultimate success of this mine ; in fact, its success is looked upon as certain. 'l'he money already spent upon it is simply enormous. The claim lies close, to that of the Band of Hope Company, and will, in my opinion; when the splendid machinery· to arrive has been erected, and when everything connected with.it is in full working order, prove one of the most valuable mining properties in the division. - · The John Bright Company have been working outside ground duriug the greater portion of the quarter. At the Alma, the Seaham Company have just erected a powerful battery with twenty stamp-heads, for crushing the plentiful and valuable cement which is found on their claim. Hitherto they have had this cement crushed by the Leviathan 'rribute Company. The Alma and 'l'imor Junction Company have begun the erection of their steam machinery, which consists of one 24-inch and one lt\t-inch cylinder engine and a double set of lifts. The heavy timber for the engine-beds is on the ground, and it is expected that the plant will be completed, about the end of July. The Gladstone Company have been working poor outside ground during the quarter, hut better. prospects are now being obtuined. The Queen Company have struck deeper ground; this has compelled them to put in new levels, and they are now just getting into full work. The Count Bismarck Company. are gradually opening up their mine; they will not be in full work for some months to eome. At Havelock, the Lord Clyde Company have at last made a beginning. The drives put in ha,·e touched the lead, from which a good and payable prospect has been obtained. I hope in my next report to be able to speak well of the prospects of this mine. At :Ylajorca, the Golden Lake Company are sinking a shaft through basaltic rock, and are down about 80 feet. Should they succeed in bottoming, it will lead to the further prospecting of the run of deep ground which has been found in the Minorca shaft. This ground has not yet been proved, nor can it be proved without the aid of powerful steam machinery, M the water is excet:dingly heavy. The Kong Meng Company are now attracting great attention. A new engine of 35 horse power has recently been added to their plant, and is nearly ready to start. 'fhe deep ground in this mine has already proved to be very valuaole, as much as 3 ozs. 5 dwts. to the set having been obtained. The following is a statement of the gold obtained from the principal mines in this division during the quarter:- oz. dwt. gt. oz. dwt. gr. Band of Hope, Chinaman's Flat 1,349 8 0 Morning Star, Majorca 585 16 0 John Bright, Chinaman's Flat 1,436 0 0 Cosmopolitan, Majorca 276 10 0 Alma Consols, Alma 901 ll 0 Phronix, Carisbrook 223 0 0 Queen, Alma 1,155 1 12 Reform, l\fajorca ... 113 0 0 Count Bismarck, Alma 215 17 0 Fox's, McCallum's 76 0 0 Seaham, Alma ... 1,348 0 0 Gladstone, Alma ... 72q 0 0 Total ... 8,406 3 12 Dividends as under have been paid during the quarter by the companies named: £ 8. d. Band of Hope 900 0 0 John Bright 2,100 0 0 Alma Consols 1,200 0 0 Queen 600 0 0 Seaham ... 1,200 0 0 Gladstone. 900 0 ------0 Total ------£6,900 0 o· QuARTV- MrNING. The Blucher's Reef Company are, with great difficulty, pumping t):Je water out of their claim. They are now down to 330 feet, and in a few days they hope to be down to 360 fe1•t; when this depth has been attained qu<)-rtz will be raised. The North German Company have suEtained a seve're accident to their plant. In the early part of January a frightful explosion took place, which completely destroyed the boiler and stack. Iu consequence of this accident the mine has been idle during the quarter. Respecting the Mariner's Reef Company. the manager, Mr. Hampton, writes to me as follows:-'' We have done nothing in quartz during the quarter. ·We started a drive southward from engine-shaft at the 530-foot level, but the ground being hard it was thought best to discontinue it, and sink the No. 22. o 84 engine-shaft a ~urther depth of 100'{eet befiite Qpeiiing out:; a,J;i.d:ive.~a~e·nciy.r engaged abo~t 'that work." ~lessrs. Be:r;mett and Son, who arc tributers to the above co~pa~y, hav~.opera.te . .AMHERST DIVISION. ·Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining in this division has never been in so depressed a state since it has been a goldfield. 1 In quartz mining, ~eed (bro~hers), .~n Pri11ce Alfred J,teef, are no:w, sinking to a lower level, which will engage them for several months wrthout returns. - · ' · ' · · ' · · " The company on Mia-Mia Reef are also sinking to a lower level and clearing out the old drives. The Prince of Wales Reef shows some good average returns, but all the other reefs have fallen off in the yield, or are abandoned for the want of capital to carry on the works. · . In alluvial mining m9st of the larger co!llpitnie~ keElp .up t9 near tl:Je average yield, but they do not produce payable wages to the tributers who are working the mines. Several other mines remain idle. On the other hand the Prince of lfales. Cowpany, Cockat(\o, h1we encouraging, prospects. The mine is opened out, and is now producing gold from pa'ya~le washdirt;'which''iS about 3 fee't ii:dhickuess. . .Sad~wa ~ O; .4 is _.again let on tt;ibute, the sharehol~ers of. \" · .A VOCA SUBDIVISION. , • • , • 1 Mr. P. Simpson, .Mining. Survey~r ar~_:d Registrar. , .. . At the. Mell;>ourne a~d Avoca Company's ground the machinery has been removed from the abandoned.(No. 3) shaft to the new. No. 3 shaft, neal" river, which. ha~ be~n ~uccessfully sunk, to a depth of 147. feet. Pumping at the ~o."1 sqaf~ jla~,Ju~t been st<_)pp~~. and the machinery will be removed therefrom. Work will probably be resumed .in a few weeks,from the.No. 2 shaft in the western drives. . . . . , .. . .. ,, 1 • . , • : , •• , .. i , ..• The: Golden .Lake Company's ieases and machinery have been. sold.. The purchasers· intend forming a new company to work th~s g1-:ound. ., ,. ,...... , ! , , . ,. ' 1 • • ••• , The Band and Lake Company, Homebush, have driven about 4QO feet. 'fhe lead· has not yet been struck. The Enterprise and Sons of- Freedom Companies, Avoca Lead, have been steadily working during.t]le quarter. Results !j.ll ~hown in tables. . . , . · _. , . : · Trevithick and Co. are driving in deep ground eastward. · .. _ Th!J ru!\h at the head_slf ~o •. ~ Qre DUNOLLY .AND TARN.AGULL.A DIVISIONS. Mr. W. G. Couc'hman, Mi1iing Su.rveyor and Registrar. DUNOLLY DIVISION. Bealiba Reef Goldsborough.-The Queen's Birthday Company are breaking out stone at the 335-foot level. 1381 tons crushed h~ve yielded 438 ozs. 4 dwts. The first dividend of 2s. 6d. per share, or a total of £750, has been declared during. the quarter: Goldsborough Company have not be(ln working, but intend· to start v~ry soon. Goldsbm;ough Extended Company have driven 30 feet east, at the 200-fo.ot level, 1md come upon stone, and mtend to carry the drive further in. . · .. : ' , · • Queen's Reef.-The Queen's Reef. Company .have completed the erection of their pumping. and_ winding machinery and are now sinkin . KORONQ, DIVISIO,N. l ' ' I ~ ·, , I · ' Mr: 'Irvin Martin, ".ZifinintF Regitf!rar·. ·. ·. · Mining in this division.has been:~ther:dull.duri~g th'~ past,q~!l~ter., .. .-• ... -~ .. / ...... ~'he Havilah Company, ... Maxwell's Reef, have 22 ,men _,employed. <-From. two ,crushings during -~h.'l past quarter an average of 2 ozs;, and 1 oz. 3 dwts. respectively has been obtained, and there are about 200 tons .of stuff at grass "waiting ._to. be· crushed. The men are still engaged iu driving, and the .sh;tft is down to. a. depth of 400 feet...... ; .' . --'"": . . . .. ·"' ...... _ . , At the Union Company, Greelf's Reef, the shaft, is dow11- to a der.th of 175.feet, and the reef is 2 feet wide. The. last crushing.yielded an. average of.7 dwt~. to the:ton, and.the total fqr the'.quarter, out of.l9.tons of quartz, has been. 6ozs.l5dwts. Twomenareemployed... , .,, ...... ·. '- . :. , ···:; ..., - · Emerald Company, Exhibition Reef.-In this company's claim four men are _employed. The shaft is down to a. d;pth of 195 .feet, and the reef is 6. feet wide. The qu!lortZ crushed for the. quarter. 4as ,been 38 , tons, arid the ;y1eld of gold 28 ozs. 8 dwts. 12 grs. . ·f·...... "1. "'' . . . . ••. . .• 11 •. • • • .: ·- At the Uncle Tom Company's claim, Honeymoo~ Reef,.two .men are employed. The shaft is down to a depth of 130 feet, and driving for the reef is carried on towards the east. No quartz has been, crushed for the quarter. . On the Honeymoon Reef, McQur~n and. another have taken up a, prospecting claim, which they hold under miners' rights. They are employed in sinking the shaft. . On the South Honeymooi\, Richar,dson a!ld anoth'lr. are 1 e:t:~gaged. i;n sinking, 1 -; _, 'J • , .. The last crushing for th.e Bird-in-Hand Company wa~.very poor. T,wq men al'j) employed in the claim. . On the May Reef, Metcalf and. party hav!! been employed ~n taking out quartz, but none has been crushed. Opie's Gold Mining Company,-.Simmons' Reef.-On .this -reef thtee men -are employed in raisi:pg .quar,tz and sinking. 8om~ good prospects have been obtained, and a yield of about £.oz. t() 'the. ton is. expected. , "· ' . Puddler s Reef has ,been taken .up. by.-Thompson a11d party:, who have obtained .som!) good prospects; Two mim · are engaged in driving in the reef. · · . · . .. . . · · ,. ,, 'J'he .M'axweli's Reef V:nited Coptpany have Just succeeded in striking,golq. • . , , .. . , ,, ,:· ·· ; · The Unity, Company's machine was employed during the latter portion of the quarter in crushing for the publi<;, · and several small lots and trial crushings were put.through the ~tampers. Bird and party, of.Commissioner'a Flat, and S?uthey ar:d party, of Blackman's J1ead, had a quantity of cement-about 14 or, ~i:>.t9I\8 ,eMh-:-erushed,,and the ~verage peld was over 6 dwts. , : , · · , ," , , , ·. .• . . T~e sch:me of amalgamation_ in the March .Reef, prop()~ed by the, -Unity Con:mariy to the proprietary of the ne~ghbormg c!aizns, has not P,rospered, and the Unity Company have recently suspended w_ork. Their ground has been , • • ,-. _ • • , worked at var1ous levels down from the surface, to a .d.epth. of 430 feet. ._, 1 , L ~ ~ j • ...... ; . l.. . .• ' ' ' ' REDBANK AND ST. 'ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. :: .l · Jl.fr. P. Simpson, 'Minin,q Surveyor and Registrar.:. · . •·' .. . . . At the New Isis C()mpany),claiw it will be _seen t)lat there is, a falling -.oJf~in·t~e quap.tity of ,quru:f;z e~usb.'ed. This 1s due t~ the fact that several tribute parties. have taken up work and abaiJcloned tt. The ta~~~~ show a. \9w,er average, but m the P5Jttom l~v!il, I underst!!-nd; both the reef ap.d the. stone_;are \o~ildng. a_s weU as ever. _ W~rk has been resumed on the Eureka. Reef, a. larger lease over which has be'en applied for. 36 Work is at present suspended on_ Scott and Co.'s _Amalgamated claims (the prospecting claim of No. 1 N.), Rubbly Reef, Darling Flat, during the forming of dam and erection of crushing machinery, a. special site for which has been obtained. The ta_bles will show that excellent stone is still obtained. Leases and claims have been marked out on this line of r\)ef for Ol'er half a mile north and a quarter of. a mile south of the prospectors. The claims immediately north and south of Scott and Co.'s are either getting out good stone or have good prospects. None will be crushed until the machinery alluded to above has been erected. . At Fowler's Lead, Canterbury, a trial of the ground near the upper end, on the line of the lead, and which has h1therto proved unproductive, is being made. No water has been sold during the quarter for mining purposes. · ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION. ~fr. P. Simpson, ~fining Surveyor and Registrar. The Wilson's Hill tributers are still getting out good stone; width or' auriferous reef 4 to 5 feet. The Rising Star Company are now engaged in crushing, which.has been delayed by repairs to their crushing plant. · The Sandhurst and Chrysolite Hill Company are opening up at.the :380-foot level on the Ballarat and Western Reefs, and cross-cutting ettst at the 335-foot level-a.bout. iO feet from the common boundary of their and the Wilson's Hill Lease-for the Wilson's Rill Reef. 'rhe Sandhurst and New Eendigo Company, Bristol Reef, are driving south on the course of the lode; width of reef 5 feet, gold visible therein. 'fhe Bristol Reef Company's leases, with crushing plMt, have been purchased by the above comp{Lny. At the Bell Rock the shaft is down about 200 feet. The Blinkbonnie Company have sunk about the same depth. At the Victoria Claim, driving south, at the 186-foot or water level, good stone is being got out; width of reef 8 inches ·to 1 foot, and easily worked. The Avoca Tribute Coinpany, Hopeful Reef, have struck payable stone in their old workings. Work has been resumed at the silver mines. The machinery at the old Silver Mines Reef is being put in order, and the shaft, which is 324 feet·deep, cleared out preparatory to sinking the same still further. The whim has been removed from Sehastopol Hill and placed at the Rotten Reef shaft, which has been sunk an additional lOO feet. A complete alteration is being made in the crushing plant; a dry process is to be' adopted. Roasting furnaces are being constructed at a cost of £1500. Another quarter will probably not pass over without some interesting results from this large undertaking. ALLUVIAL MINING. A small rush has taken place to Wattle l<'lat, near Rostron's. No water has been sold during the quarter for mining purposes. CASTLE'MAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Mr. Thomas L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. In alluvial mining I have only.to report a general decadence both in operations arid· results, excepting the Defiance Company, Guildford Plain, who have opened. out a large extent ot. ground, and proved its auriferous character by washing the dirt from the several levels driven ; only one puddling machine has been in use ; the gold obta.ined has been 600 ozs. 12 dwts. 6 grs. for 109 days' washing-over 5t ozs. per day. A second machine, with other additional appliances, is nearly completed, when the large extent of ground now ready for blocking will be operated ·upon. . In quartz mining a steady determined progress is made in sinking main shafts and other permanent works. Upon ~he Caledonia Reef the New Caledonia Company have completed erection of extensive plant, consisting of two horizontal engines, pumping, winding, and crushing gear, and battery of twenty stamps. The company hold about one-half their lease (No. 1137), and have let the other half under three tributes. The gold previously reported was struck at 45 feet deep, and followed to 60-foot level on the foot-wall; but on sinking their shaft-to 115 feet, and driving thence south, no gold was found; by following a very narrow dyke or cross-course, striking south-west, a large body of golden Stone was found 36 feet west of the foot-wall. In the several stopes ·and cross-cuts other leaders and bodies of stone head away west, where the hanging wall has yet to he found. This company have been crushing; they have now 1754 ozs. of amalgam, and expect 1200 ozs. to 1300 ozs. when cleaning up on Saturday next. The No. 1 Tribute will also finish a large crushing from 134-foot level, their claim being north of the com p!!.ny, and the stone obtained along the foot-wall. Upon this lease 64 men are employed, and along the same line shafts are being sunk upon the several leases. , Tbe Devonshire Company have obtained.802 ozs. from 590 tons of quartz, obtained from their 200-foot level, along tfte foot-wall, from which numerous leaders are striking west; the shaft is being sunk deeper in water, over 6000 gallons per hour ha,ving to be raised. This mine and plant are in excellent order. The adjoining leases are cross-cutting for the reef, the Duke (south) at 164 feet, and the North Devon at 246 feet·; other companies on this line are also working. · In Wattle Gully, the United Company, in addition to the leaders previously reported, foupd a western reef before miknown ; from the 235-foot level 257 tons yielded 212 ozs. of gold. Their cross-cut at 310-foot level is in 72 feet east toward the main reef. Another engine and additional plant is erecting to crush the large body of stone available. In the adjoining claim, south, Walker and Co. obtained 108 ozs. 18 dwts. from 98 tons of stone. The Wheat Terril Company continue sinking their main shaft, now down 302 feet. The Old W:tttle Gully Company are cross-cutting at 334 feet deep. At the South Nuggety Reef, Dyason and Co. obtained 182 ozs. from 29 tons, and are now raising even richer stone, the gold showing in the solid stone splendidly. . On the Shellhack Reef, inside, Carter and Co. obtained 29?;- ozs. from 14 tons; a large crushing of equally rich stone is nearly completed; the ·reef increases in size and richness as it goes down. Ail a consequence the adjoining Great and Little Comet Companies have risen in prospective value. · · " The 'White-horse Company have deepened their shafts, extended their levels, raised a quantity of quartz ready for crushing, and nearly completed the erection of a second engine with 12-head bat;tery. ' · The Englishman's Company obtained from a small reef 6 ozs. per ton from 6 tons, and are now sinking shaft to enable them to follow the gold. .. . On the Sehastopol Reef, the Lewis Amalgamated Company are still sinking; now down 270 feet, with impr.oved indications. They purpose sinking another 100 feet before opening out. The North Sehastopol Company, at 210-foot level, struck a reef 7 feet wide which shows gold. 37 FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. PoPULATION. The population returns show a slight increase of quartz miners, but there is no difference except in this respect. AI,LUVIAL MINING In alluvial mining there is but little doing, except at Table Hill, where tunnelling operations are being successfully carried on by a company, consisting principally of Maldon shareholders. QUARTZ MINING. Notwithstanding the excellent yields we have· had from this neighborhood, from time to time the very primitive appliances in nearly all instances, it is thought that ere long this division will rank amongst the dividend paying ones. , · The most noticeable feature in the past quarter being the yield from the Eagle Company, situated at the head of German Gully, which gave the excellent average pf 14 dwts. per ton at water level, and it must be remarked that the ·reef is well defined, and improving with depth, .indeed at the southern end of the company's lease the stone is looking better than any seen hitherto. 'l'his has led to the occupation of the ground south, and a determination on the part of the proprietors to prosecute their labors vigorously. · Next to the above is the excellent yield of Small and Co., Some few weeks back they exhibited specimens of great richness, and their returns have proven that it was no patch, indeed their crushing now looks even superior. . . The Black-hawk Company, who have certainly shown indomitable energy for the past~few years, have at length ' an excellent yield of 15 dwts. to the ton, with a large and well-defined lode. 'l'his is regarded by experienced miners as satisfactory to tl).eir neighbors south (the Burdett Coutts, to the Cumberland Company north), and will eventually end in operations being carried on still further south, and inore energetically than hitherto. The old Cornish and Spanish Reef, about 30 chains south-east of the Eagle Company, has been taken UJ? by a party of Sandhurst miners, who have every faith that the excellent returns years back to water level was suffiCient to justify them in seeking gold at greater depths. The Thyra Company, at Specimen Hill, have struck very promising stone at the 240-foot levelr,this may lead to the testing of ground both north and south at greater depths than hitherto. , NEw MACHINERY, ETc. The Cumberland Company have now cotnpleted the erection of a 35-horse power, vertical engine with patent boiler and patent winding gear, and the ordinary pumping gear. They have a battery of)2 revolving heads. The actual cost to the company has been £1700. It is confidently expected that this southernmost battery will not be idle for want of crushing stuff as, in addition to their own, the Black-hawk Company contemplate crushing with them as the cartage will be but 10 or 12 chains. The prospects of this (the Cumberland Company) were long back sufficient to warrant the erection of proper machinery; and, in addition. to the Black-hawk, we have the Burdett Coutts adjoining, south, who ·have an immense amount of crushing stuff untried, probably from the fact that eartage to any more ~istant place would be, if not unremunerative, still far more payable when t~a.t serious object of cartage does not extst. . Whilst upon the above subject it is contemplated by a company who now hold the old Chapel Hill ground to provide for the erection of a. crushing plant for public purposes in coimection with their mine-a more central position could not be proposed, seeing the excellent returns from Wilson and McDonald's, the Eagle, and. those of the Little .Nugget, near New London, all of whom cart to, and crush at, Small's, in Fryerstown; cartage costs therefrom·4s. per ton, hence it is obvious that a. great impetus would be given to quartz mining by the erection of a .plant as proposed, for prospecting would be more vigorously carried on, as parties are often deterred from risking crnshings when cartage is so expensive; and again, oftentimes small yields are abandoned altogether which might ultimately lead to payable and even rich results. Water Supply.-Ohm'f!e& for Sluice-heads. £ 8. d. Joseph Nolan and Co., Vaughan and Glenluce, 2 heads, 24 hours per day-per week 3 0 0 Edward Moyle and Co., Vaughan, 1 head, 10 hours per day ...... 2 8 0 River Loddon Company, average 6 heads per week:- · 1 Sluice-head, per week ...... 3 10 0 2 " " 6 10 0 3 " 9 0 0 HEPBURN DIVISION. ~l:lr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar. Specimen .Hill Quartz Mining Company are driving in the 310 and 383-foot levels; but little mundic is observable. The machinery works admirably; 1743 tons of quartz gave 333 ozs. of gold, besides the pyrites, for which they got £3 per ton; the reef is now 5 feet thick. 'rhe huddle and the Chilian mill, Hungarian mills, &c., are let at a rental of £3 per week, together with sufficient steam-power, to a party treating pyrites, so that, although small quantities are reported, they must be rich in ore. . · Cornish Quartz Company, Wombat Hill, gives an average of 12 dwts. 0•68 grs., 3166 tons being crushed during the qua.rter, obtained from 250 and 380-foot levels. Pumping is easy ; the underlie is 1 in 3 westerly ; dividends are regular, and the mine looks first rate. . · The North Cornish Company have part of their claim let to tribute parties, and are working at different levels to 420 feet with fair average results. The Gladstone Quartz Mining Company, Bryee's Flat, obtained gold-bearing quartz at 30 feet, yielding 14! dwts. to the ton ; the lode is 5 feet thick of solid quartz ; the shaft is down 50 feet; from the bottom of the tunnel is 9 ft. x 4 ft. the underlie is a little to the east. 'l'he Last Chance Quartz Mining Company, Keep-it-dark, are working a fiat reef spur or leader 8 inches thick ; 13 dwts. 3•09 grs, per ton was obtained. , The .Argus United Quartz Mining Company have· sunk their shaft 580 feet, and are opening out at 573 feet· great expectations are entertained of striking the Cornish lode on the northern boundary. - ' The Band of Hope Quartz Mining Company, N uggety Reef, are about to• replace machinery on the old Nuggety Company's shaft, some large veips being known to exist. · The Creole Quartz Mining Company, Adams' Reef, are driving at 290 feet easterly; expect to cut the lode ~Wto®~. . · The Fear-~~t Tribute Quart~ Co~p1my, North Fear-not Quartz Company, Freehold Quartz Company, No. 1, South Q~ar_tz Mmmg Compa;ny, Bnt~ma Company, Wo11d~rful, Foundry Quartz Mining Company, Lucinis, Crown Quartz l\'hrung Company eontmue makmg progress; but nothing special--can be reported beyond that contained in the tabulated statement. 38 .The following table will show the crushings of sever:il co-operative parties with results, the aggregated results of wh1ch are give~ in quartz tables a~ from public mills. , . • Quartz crushed. Yield. Depth. tons. ozs. dwts. grs. -!eet;J, Lockhart and party, Black Jack Gully ... 5 . 2 ll 0 .as : .. L.. L !. • •• ....~ Schinkle and party, Crown Reef 86 21 16 18 10 to 70 Hollingsworth and party, Black .Tack .. 12 . 9, 18 0 25 .. Shaw and Pearce, Daylesford 'jVest ••. 15 8 .5 0 shallow· · Gazely aridparty, Willard's old Reef . 92 97 '10 0 60 Nelson tributers, Willard's old Reef .•• 7 1 0 18 25 Willard .and eo:,, Willard's J'!,eef 66 '13 '-10 ··o ·.50. ·Lawson and Co., Keep-i~-quie~ Reef ..• 10 . 4 8 0 40 'r. "' · ,., Barkla Prospects ... ;.. . •. ,••• 26 . 12 16 0 White Hills · 49 20 0 0 30 fanham, Doctor's Gully 83 18 6 0 20. Wild Cat Gully 43 2Q' 0 0 B:tack and party .•. 32 50 8 12 WATER. Thtf suppiy of water may be taken as 90 slui~e-hea.ds, the price averaging 40s. per sluice-head per week, the shift of eight hours ; and two shifts per diem are all that at this period are generally available, t~e three 8-hour shifts. may next quart,er be used. t • . • • . . • . . . . . • • . In machmeryJhere has been some alterations, but the totals are nearly the same, except as to values. Alluvial mining is principally·carried on by small co-operative companies, and the results·are considerably less than heretofore, and hardly obtainable, in consequence of· the 'migratory habits of the miners working .this branch. · · .. · · ' · • · ·· · · _ · ! . , The Great' Tui:melling Gold Min~ng Company, at Italian Hill, are working in the. faces at 4000 feet 'frcini 'tlie tunnel' mouth at 180 feet from the surface; the wash is 2 feet deep, and the width lOO feet;· 61 ozs. ·14 dwts. 12 grs. have been obt\-1-ined during the quarter, 6 men being employed iu the work, exclusive of fellers of' timber,_ ·carter~1 &c. ·The old workings in the Corinella: paddock, Eganstown, hav_e given employment to 17 men; and.from vario~. depths, genera.Jly, shallow, 147 ozs. 5 9-wts. have been obtained. . · ...... ·:...... , .. · '·· · The Sailor Prince and Prince Extended Compauies, at Sebastopol Hill, continue working 'lfith modeffi.te success; the· wash is improving slightly; good results may be shortly expected. · · · · ~ .. _ ., , Cornish Quartz Company sold 20 tons of pyrites at £2 5s. per ton. , , . North Cornish sold ·4 tons .19 cwt: at £2 lOs. per ton. . . ,. Specimen Hill 'sold 1 ton lO'cwt. at £3 per ton. Results not given. ·· ·T,ARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISION; Mr. Tho'mas Orwin, Mining Registrar. The apparent unsatisfactory resuits of mining here during the quarter are not, calculated to inc:rease the reputation of this division. So small a quantity of gold has not been obtained within tl~e S!!n:ili peri(!l.f.of time for many quarters past, but it is greatly to be attributed to the large amount of unproductive '(or dead) _w;o~lf necessary and preparatory to successful mining operations-such as sinking new shafts, deepening old ones, erecting suitable machinery for winding, pumping, or crushing purposes-which has been so generally 'carried on here since my last report. . . _ , The Adventure Company, Taradale, have been sinking their shaft deeper for the last two months. . The J\.Ietcalfe Extended, formerly the Pr~nce Albert Reef, hne only recently ceased sinking and are noi'r erectmg a crushing plant. The United Kingdom Company are and have been sinking their shaft deeper for most of th~J quarter. The United Kingdom Extended Company are still sinking, have completed the erection of a steam-engine. The Fenton and Nelson Tribute Companies are 'about resuming work. : The Ironstone Hill Company have almost finished the erection of a very powerful engine, and commence to work the claim in a few days. , , · , , . . . . . The Lord Maims bury C9mpany are erecting pwo engines for wind!pg .and pumping, · The l¥Ia1n:isbury Rklservoir Compan.fs claim is looking welt 'fhe cap'of what seems a pajable reef was lately struck at a depth of 70 feet, and although the reef is' by no means well defined yet doubtless it will be at a greater· depth. · · . · · ·. · ·· -· ·.. Tile Bra.ndruiberg, the· Tommy Dodd, and the 'Caledonian Companies' claims are likely to ;yield well nlixt .quar,ter:. . . .The Glengonner, at Lauriston, is sti~l yielding r.ich stone. The reef is about 15 feet thick, and the company' have ·about 100·feet of the' reef to work before reaching their southern boundary. ' · · · ·. _ · , . ~ The South Glengonner Company are about resuming work, being encouraged by the results or the· adjo~riing claim (the Glengormer). . · · . . . · ~- . The North Star Company are raising ·atone from· three levels, viz., 120, 150, and 200 feet. The reef is 13Jeet, thick. · · · · The :Australian United or 'Central Company 9ontinue· to obtain large quantities of gold weekiy; !:luring. the present month they had from one machine 26 ozs., and from another 28 ozs.; they have proved, the adjo!ning ground south to be very rich. . · , : · · . TA:aRANGOWER DIVISION. '. l" 11:lr. Rf!bert Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. '· ., Qu.A.nTz MIN~NG. ~ .. , . .. . ,. -{ There is not such a large yield of gold this quarter as last, but the average yield for. the quanFty is .about the same;. The cause is. that tlie Eagle hawk Union D)nhpany have not completed their very, ex't~nsive cruship.g· plank although their JI1ine is improving in quantity and,quaJity; also !'CVeral Co!llpaniys h.av:e let th.~ir ~il\es·On tribut~,, a,nd· the 'tributers are uow forming compa!Jies fo't" the better and more convement workmg of the mmes. By r~fern,ng. t(). the Report ou the Deepest Shafts1 it will be seen that the Maldon United Company's mine, on Eaglehawk Reef,_ is 39 improving in depth, and I am informed. t):lat they ha-ve struck a fine body of stone in sinking their shaft. The Great Western Company still continue to receive average returns, and are getting a fine body of payable. stone along the west boundary of the Beehive Company's Lease at the 470-foot level. At Green Valley the '£hornh1ll Company have tried their new machinery, which, I ain informed, worked very well; they crushed lOO tons, the yield I have not yet ascertained. The Speculation tributers on Nuggety Reef have again resumed operations, and are erecting a winding· engine on the claim. The Alliance, :dso on the same reef, have nearly completed erecting a powerful winding and pumping plant, ·and the prospects generally seem to be improving, which will make a considerable addition in the' yields for the ensuing quarter. . ALLUVIAl, MINING. . J'he yield has improved a little. Parties are setting in to work again who have returried from the· harvesting. The whole returns from the workings on the Loddon River I ha,ve not been able to get, but I am informed tha~ the claims are yielding very well.· ·, ST. ANDREW'S DffiSION. ''Mr. Alfred,A~strong, Mining S.urveyor and Registrar. I have very little change to report for the last quarter. In alluvial mining some very extensive hydraulic sluicing operations are being initiated at Warburton by the Warburton Hydraulic Gold Miriihg Company; The race required to supply the water has been marked out for a distance of about 7.miles to an elevation of 320 feet above the claim, a-qd machinery and piping only await transit from Melbourne, which will be attended with some difficulty, as the whole of the material will have to be packed from the'foot of Warburton Hill, a distance of nearly three-quarters of a miltl, unless a small side cutting sufficient to enable a dray to travel be first cut, which, I am informed, will be shortly done by the Roads and Bridges department. This work will also tend to open up the whole of the Upper Yarra district. The difficulty of transit and consequent high price ohtores has a very depressing effect up~m, and is a great drawback to, the mining community in that locality. A party of miners have a good claim in.the Yarra Yarra, at Warrandyte, and other parts of the same river will shortly be tested. · , At Haunted Gully,,Berwick, several claims are paying well; the sinking is from 10 to 12 feet, and .the yields are from 6 dwta. to 1 oz. per man. ·. 1 QUARTZ MINING. · · Owing to the Perseverance Company, One-tree Hill, having ouly crushed once during the quarter their returns are much smaller than they otherwise would have been. This company expect daily to strike tho reef in their tunnel, which has been driven through very hard ground a distance of 268 feet; they have also cut a winze, out of which they crushed 51 ozs. 7 dwts. from 61 tons of stone, the reef proving to be 5 feet in thickness. The returns for the Union Company, Diamond Creek, are very good. The reef called No. 3 Reef has been struck a.t a. depth of 150 feet from surface, and will now be worked. The Defiance Company," Warrandyte, have called for tenders for deepening their shaft, and have resumed work. A small quartz leader showing gold has been struck at Hoddle's Creek, and about 2 tons of quartlll are shortly to be crushed for trial. · · · . Upon the whole mining matters generally may be said to be slowly progressing in this_ district. BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDiviSION., Mr. GTaham McPherson, Mining Registrar. Until within the last few weeks nothing has been done in alluvial mining in this subdivision except by individual miners, but a complmy of 20 men have taken up the ground lately abandoned by the Grand Junction Company, and are now engaged in sinking a shaft. In quartz, tho Cora Lynn Company have been sinking. The present depth of shaft is 200 feet. The manager purposes sinking to a further depth of 15 feet previous. to opening out. 1'he indications are good, and the quartz from the 150-foot to the present level contains gold. '):he water is very heavy. ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Ferdinand M. Krause, ..Wining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. ' ' ...... ; . .A copious rainfall.during the quarter ha.s allowed slnicers to prosecute their work without interruption, and it 1S Ol).l,Y since the last few. weeks of BARKL Y DIVISION. Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Regi<•trar. QUARTZ MINING. Glen Dhu is the only place in this division where quartz mining can be said to be carried on, and there are at present only two men I believe employed on the leases surveyed some months back ; but I understand it is the intention ofthose who have taken up the ground-by raising a company with sufficient capital-to develop the reef, which is ·supposed to be a good payable one. . . · • ALLUVIAL MINING. A rush has lately taken place between Barkly Post Office and b'renchman's Creek, and about 100 miners are on the ground. 'fhe prospector's claim was bottomed at 40 feet, and the prospect obtained was 5 dwts. to the load. At Glenpatrick also there is more activity observable, and I understand that some of the parties working there are obtaining excellent prospects. ' · · RAGLAN DIVISION. M1·. C. W. Mine/tin, Mining Registrar .. Manners and party, on the Red Streak Lead, Beaufort, continue to work their claim energetically, but do not seem to have had as good a return for their labor this qual'ter as they had for the previous one, the average per week per man being only about £2 5s. · Cumming and party are still pushing on their operations, driving in a south-westerly direction, at a depth of about 108 feet, in what is supposed to be the course of the old Garibaldi Lead. They have averaged at the rate of a little over £4 per man per week for the quarter. ' Day and party have purchased the whim, &c., of the party of Chinese who have till recently been working on the old Main Lead with pretty fair success, near t.o where the course of the said lead was lost many years ago. They have only just bottomed their shaft, and are preparing for OMEO SUBDIVISION. M1-. W. Phipps, Mi~ing Registrar. Quartz mining at Swift's Creek is at a standstill, awaiting the removal of the late Black Prince Company's quartz .mill to a more central locality, that being the only mill in the district that· has the requisite appliance for treating the minerals other than gold with which. the quartz at Swift's Creek abounds, and which cannot be properly sepnrated from the gold by simple crushing and the use of quicksilver only. The alluvial miners are generally well employed. Tin ore of aood quality, and in quantities supposed to be payable, has been discovered by a party of prospectors from Omeo,"'in the Pilot River, just over the border of the distr_ict, but ·which runs towards the Victorian boundary, MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining SU1·veyor and.Registrar. Nothing noteworthy has occurred since the date of my last rep~rt. Quartz mining is still in the same depressed state, owing to a want of foreign capital. The alluvial miners seem satisfied with their earnings. The galena mines at Buchan continue to attract attention. Several mineral lease applications have been lodged ro·r.land in the locality. ' CROOKED RIVER DIVISIO~·. Mr. James Travis, Miidng Registrar. At no time during the past eight years have mining matters, either as regards quartz or alluvial, looked so gloomy and unpromising in this division as they do at the present time. Comparatively speaking, very little stone has been raised and crushed during the quarter, and the returns in every instance have been llelow expectations. In the Good Hope :Mine"all the paynble stone above the lowest cross-cut has been taken out, and most of the hands· have been discharged. The reef has been cut in tile level into the new reef, but as yet no auriferous stone has been found. I believe the company have it in contemplation to sink another winze in the old mine; in the meantime, they have taken up the Collingwood and Uncle Tom Reefs, and have commenced prospecting the former. Should they succeed in finding payable stone in this mine, it will give employment to a considerable number of hands. The crushing from the Hopeful Mine was not 11early so good as was anticipated, only yielding a little over 1 oz. to the ton. The stone looked well, and was confidently expected to return at least double what it did. The shareholders have commenced work again, however, intending to have another crushing in seven weeks' time. The retums from the Garry Castle Mine (Upper Wentworth) have not been quite satisfactory, but the mine is, I believe, looking better at the present time. The trial crushing from the Great Republic (Garry Castle Company) was very good indeed, yielding Mer 1 oz. to the ton. As this is by far the largest reef in the division, and likewise very easily 'rorked, 10 dwts. to the ton would pay handsomely for working it. . A crushing of 12 tons from the Cumberland Reef (Thirty-mile Creek) gave an average yield of nearly 2 ozs., but as the cost of packing and crushing amounted to something like £4 per ton, it barely covered expenses. I u alluvial, mining matters are, if possible, still duller than in the quartz. Except a few parties on the Twelve mile, I know of none so engaged that are making even small wages, certainly not more than from 15s; to £1 per week. There is no water sold in this diviliion for mining purposes,' JERICHO DIVISION. JJ'£1·. R. J. Donaldson, 11/ining Registrar. In quartz mining things are very quiet here at present. .Although several parties are out prospecting, and various reefs already found are being tried, there is nothing of consequence to rep01-t. The Harbinger has not paid working expenses during the last quarter, the gold obtained being only 135 ozs.l5 dwts. from 710 tons of stone crushed, while the returns from the Loehfyne and Ferntree line have been only payable. In alluvial, the scarcity 9f water in the upper branches of the various creeks has caused many of the miners to suspend work for the present, and where water is plentiful the ground is nearly all worked out. There are no puddling machines in this division. No'water sold for mining purposes during last quarter. DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION . .Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, J}fining Registrar• . I have the ho11?~ to report tha~ during th~ past quart~r the Long Tunnel an.d· Walhalla Companies have been constantly eugaged ramng and crushmg stone w1th ve1y satisfactory results. Durmg the last fortnioht the North. Gippsland Company, on the same line of reef (Cohen's), have been raising and crushing good stone, and ~ill, I believe, be in full work hereafter. No work has been done in any of the claims· on Cohen's Reef south of the Walhalla Company, excepting that of the Little Joe Company, where prospecting operations have been vigorously carried on. At Mount I,_o?k Out little or no improvement is as yet apparent. No. 22. 42 Alluvial mining is quiet; a limited number of miners are. engaged on the Thomson and Aberfeldy Rivers with moderate success. ·•': ; : ' -':,• . , , · , , · A creek prospecting claim has 1been· taken up by Geo. Sco.uller; the situation about· 10 miles from Walhalla, in a south-easterly direction, on the western side of the Thomson River. The'prospector reports having obtained from 1 gr. to t dwt. per dish, with 2 feet of washdirt. Several miners have visited the ground; the general opinion expressed is that the workings are of a poor nature; and:riot JikelY'to attract a large population. '·' ·~·· RUSSELL'S CR,EEK DI"fJSION. :;· , :.'. ,, ... ' 1 Mr.. Charl~s Gadd, Mini,;g Registrar: . G~n~ral dep~essio~ in alluvial mi~ing since the new year, particularly in th~ cement claims at Tangil: ihave registered a prospecting claim on the frontage system during the quarter. Mr. A. Lamond, together with some ex.Perienced Ballarat miners, has succeeded in obtaining good prospects by sinking a shaft through bluestone, this bemg the first experiment tried of the,kinq,..in ,this .divt~ion ; they. expect .. t() pr!JVC the ground thoroughly in a month • . No quartz crushed during the quarter: 'Tlie • I • I,· ., ·BENDOC· SUBDIVISION. ~· ; . · Mr. John Nichol, .Min,ing Registrar. . Quartz mining in this subdivision.is nearly at a .standstill owing to want of hands to work the mines, and capital. . ,. , . , , , .. . . The only claims in operation are t'[le Rising S.tm, Luelry Hit, and AlbeJ:t, a new reef reported in my last, which, as far as the. yteld of ,gold from the trjai'c~ushing and the appe.arance of the stone is concerned, surpasses any reef in this distqct yet 'discqvered, 6 tons havi.iJ:g;yielded'over.S ozs, per ton.· 1This reef, as fat as they have sunk, appears to average over·1 1foot wide.· • ·· · ':·i. · ..; ~ J x · • , • . . , In alluvial mining the prospects in this subdivision: are very 'encouraging, and most of theininers have left the reefs for the Cobyingbar Creek. The prospectors ·anrl another party having strucrk good payable gold of a very coarse description, several pieces weighing over 10 dwts., and one piece I saw, which the prospectors obtained, weighed over 17 dwts.; but most of the parties on tfiis creek .are· at present cutting tail~races and. preparing for the winter season, erecting huts, &c., so that operations are'·not fairly set in. . · · · . . · · ;,. ' •. TARWIN SUBDIVISION. Mr.- E. W. Turner, Mining Surveyor a~d Registrar. Turton's Creek Goldfield.-This goldfield, which was discovered by Oldham and party early in last December, and 'which is situated about 12 miles north of Foster, has caused a great amount of excitement during the quarter.- · .. : .. ' . . · • · · : · · • ·, "'The :yield of gold from·Turtori's' Cre'ek ·alone amounts1 to ·5499 ozs., arid. allowing that 'there are 160 miners. employed, will give a return of £11 2s. 8d. per man per week, calculat~ng.gold at 77s. 9d. per oz. One rather strange feature of the country·at Turton's Creek is the absence of quartz. Scarcely any is found, and it is a com)Ilon saying that there is'more gold than quartz•. All the gold brought from Turton's Creek is nuggety and very much >yater-worn. • The sinking is from 10 or 12 feet deep to nothing, and the whole of this ground is sluiced. The richness of these gold workings, arid th~ easy mode 6f obtaining the gold; have given rise to a great many disputes among the miners, and the consequence is that there is a continual contention for the land, and the Warden's Qourtis swarmed with cases of trespas~, encroachment, &c. '.. · The road from Stockyard Creek to the diggings is very b.ad at present, and will be .almost impassable in the winter time. . . Stockyard Creek.-During the early portion of the quarter about one-half· of the claims were suspended, and the holders thereof. set out for Turton's Creek. · However, later in ~he quarter; the whole of these claims were again taken up and are now being worked to advantage. The yield of gold for the quarter· is 2037 ozs. ~·'"' ,. , • There has been nothing done in quartz mining. .., ., , ' - TRARALGON Slhmrv:ISION,". A ,, ••• , , ,, , ,, ilfr. Charles Denis, It!inirtg. Reg,istrar. , .. J, ;I have the ,honor ·to inform you that since my last'·report there has beerl.a small increase in the number of miners in this division.,,. Gold ,is being found in different localities both north and south, but I have been unable to ascertain with certainty if it is in payable quantities.. Coal is also rJ:lported to have been found lately at Scrubby Forest, on the More:well River, the seam I am 'informed being 8 feet thick. , .. '. . I !_.,,, By .Authority: JonN FERR~s, Goyerpment.Prj.uter, ~elbourne.