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1873. '- VICTORIA. ;\ ·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. / .. -\ . ~~ t: 1 '. ~ •Al'PROXIliiATE COST OF REPORTS. £ s; d. Preparation, about 13 .0 0 Printing (1100 copi!ll!) 75 10 0 Total £68 10 0 •• t •• ,. '.) "I'• .':.C' •. ! .~c~. ; ~ .. ,. INDEX. 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 <!j)l:l -------1---1--------- -----··1---1----1- £ •. d. £ 11. d. BALLA.RAT. '94 4 0 6 4 2 3 Centrl>l.DiY!Si<l!' .. .. .. 2,614 336 ·121 3,715 : 3,617 1Z2 8 45 42 1 53 5 25 1,046 9 ' 187 10 52 4 11 2 'i 'i 2 4 1 0 4 2 0 Southern Dr•~"!on .. .. .. 393 628 4 2 0 Jluninyong Dmslon .. .. .. 681 130 160 911 28 1800 22 '4 22 13 11 ll :: :l . •: : j il 4 0 0 1,880 62 1;410 69 8 18 11 66 io 'i ~ ~: :~ 4 0 0 4 2 0 340 70 35 20 .. • ·is28,800 15 11 .1.470 2 4 . .. i>'lll,ythesd»le Division . • • • 1,000 10 2 llgg . 4 0 6 4 0 6 ereswick Division • ~ • • ·u 640 500 900 2,040 15 350 11 95 16 5 2 186 193 2 ~ .121597 .. 4 . .. 1 1~:m 1~~ 818 0 4 .o 0 G.ord~ Subdiyi~i!>n • • • • ~. :! .::. lg 3 19 0 4 0 0 s·eiglilz SubdlVlSlOn.. .. .. 100 140 700 940 3 'ioo 18 ""9 •• .~ 8 '2 'i 19,215 50 73 BJMkWood Division and Blue 200 000 5(() 1,040 500 'i5 ~ .. I ·· 16 .. .. 45,500 ~ oo 317 0 318 6 Mountain South Subdivision 318 '5 Jlallan Subdivision .. .. .. .. ~ 40 .. 40 •• .. _ ..__ _ .._ _._._ _ .._ _ •• ___._. ____ ..___ .•___ .. ___•·_ _:: __..,- __1__ ___1_o_ __.._ ~~ ___:_:__ .. .. .. 1,ooo 1 3 316 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Totals •• .. .. 6,109 2,420 3,~42 11,871 . 208 6,364 234 20 231 86 19 1,138 1 41 2 1 20 10 136 3,320 2 24 M 9 2 506 825 141~ 202 ------------------·1---1---1---·----------- -------r----1·----1---1---+ 1----1--,----'--1----1----1 ~ BEECH WORTH. ~ 4 1 6 ]leechworth Division .• 1,176 935 83 .. 2,194 25 270 .. .. 6 12 5 5,200 3 52 20 .. .. 2 6 89 3 118 3 18 6 Yaokandandah Division .• 3 20 1 90 2 68 'i :: .. :: ~:~~g g ~ 317 6 4 0 0 ~H i~ ~~ .. 1~ :J. 'il :: ·a9 io as 'gos& -~ i; :: .. ·i 4 36 82 4 0 0 4 0 6 Indigo Division • • • • m 21 288 i4 289 311 9 3 18 9 Buckland Division .. .. IQ 120 16 J :: 'j :! :: ~~g ~gi 3!i 3 16 0 4 1 6 Alemndra Subdivision .. 1n 1,2!g .. .. ::2 :: :: :: :: :: } 316 0 4 1 0 Dry Creek Subdivision •• .~l~ ;~ 1,~~ ~ ~ :~4 :~ :~ 2·:~ ~: ... 400 llellJIII!> Subdivision.. • . ::-- 'oo •· :} .. :: :: :: 16* "3 '8 00 its ·; 3 i2 0 3 i8 0 Gsflney's ~'reek Subdivision 10 ·i .. w:31s 24 18 ·~~ .. lg ·~i5 ~~ ·ug :: :: :: :: :: :: :~ ·~g :: ··~ · ~g_ :: :: :: 8 1 250 3 0 0 318 0 Wood's Point Subdivision •• 5 M .~ 42 .)' :: :~ :: :~ f&~~ M il 3 10 0 3 16 6 ~ihft~~i~~~~m:~~ ~g 24g ' ~ '4 i~ :: :: :: :: :: :: :: 2,~ '3 1~ 1~ :: :: :: .. .li .. .. .. .. 2,603 3 5 . 3 5 0 312 0 :: 70 100 296 . • 466 .. • • .•• • • • • • • ... 400 •• • . • • •• • • • • "5 '1a '2 11 :l: .. •. .. .. 15,2oo 8!z 24 3 16 9 3 18 3 Ja.rnieson Subdivision •• ---1---·1---1-c...,-+--'+--------,.-1----1-__::..-1----1 Toto.ls .