1876.
VICTORIA.
REPORTS
OF TS.
MINING S'URVEYORS AND REGIsrrRARS.
() - QUAR!fER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 1876.
PRESENTED 'fO UO'!'ll HOUSES Q}' PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMANn.
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.JOBN FERRl!.S, flO'-F.RN1I1J1:NT P:RJ~Tgll! ~1"!,J.:t'lOVRNIl. No fil) - AP,PROXIlIIATE COST OF REPORTS. £. 8. d. Preparation, about . • • 1210 0 Printing aud Lithogmphlng, (1,550 copies) 110 0 0 Total £122 10 0 INDEX.
SlImmary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 30th September 1876. • Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter in Borne of the Deepest Mines iuVictoria; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of' Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 30th September 1876, p. 5. Gold received at and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter elided 30th September 1876, p. 5. " Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 30th September 1876, p.6. Summary of Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed an(1 crushed during the Quarter ended 30th September • . 1876, p. 16. Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the CC\lony, 30th SClltember 1876, p. 19. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ballarat Central Division Mr. D. Christy, Mining Registrar... • .. 7,13, 14,16,18,19,23 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. George Perry, Mining Hegistrar 7, 16,18, 19,2:1 Buninyong Division 11ft. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7, 19, 23 Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••. 7,18,19,24 Ores wick Division ... Mr. James Stevenson,Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... i, 14, 19, 24 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registral 8,19,24 Steiglitz Subdi vision Mr. O. W. Oollins, Mining Registrar ... 8,13,14,19,25 Blackwood'Division and Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8,14,16,18,19,25 Subdivision Balian Subdivision ... Mr. S. Co?pel', Mining Registrar 19,26 BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar 8,15,17,19,26 Yackandandah Di vision MI:. P. Wright, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8, 15, 19,26 Indigo Division Mr. H. Arrowsl11ith, Mining Registrar ... 8, 17,20,26 Buckland Di vision ... Mr. J"ewis C. Kinehela, Mining Hegistrar 9, 15,20,27 . Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar 9, 13,20,27 Dry Creek Subdivision MI'. Robert Pemberton, Mining Registrar 20,27 Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 20,27 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A ..R. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 15, 20, 28 Big River Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Sur.veyor and Registrar 9,20,28 Mitta·mitta Division Mr. W. H. Cochrane, "'lining Registrar 20,28 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. W. II. Edwards, l\lining Registrar 9,20,28 SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 10, Ill, 15,17,20,29 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registmr 20 Heathcote Division and Waranga South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 13,20,30 division Waranga North SUbdivision... l\·lr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrar ...... 10,13,20,30 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT, Maryborough Division ::\Ofr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar 10, 14, 15, 17, 18,20,30 Majorca Subdivision Mr. John M. Murphy, Mining Registrar 11,21,31 ·Amherst Division .•• Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 17,18,21,31 Avoca Subdivision ... Mr. D. O'Leltry, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 14,15,21,31 Mr. W. G. Oouchman, Miniug Surveyor and Registrar ... j 11,14, 17, Dunolly and Tarnagulla Division ! 18,21,32 Inglewood Division ... Mr. T. W. Palmer, Mining Hegistrar ,.. 21, 32 \Vedderburn Division Mr. J. Heach, Mining Registrar ...... 21,32 Hedbank Subdivision Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 21,32 St. Arnaud South Subdivision Mr. 'V. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar II, 14,21,32 At. Arnaud North Subdivision Mr. 'V. G., COllchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 11, 14,21,32 CASTLE MAINE MINING DISTRICT, Castlemaine Division Mr. T. L. Bro~n, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,15, 18,21,33 Fryer's Creek Division Mr. Mn.rk Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12, 17,21,33 Hepburn Division ... Mr. Thos.'Hale, Mining Hegistrar ... 12,15,17,18,21,34- Tn.radale and Kyneton Subdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12,21,34 Tarrangower Division Mr. Robt.Nankivell,Mining Snrvcyor and Registrar 12,14, Ii, 21, 34 St. Andrew's Division Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12, 14,22,35 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. Graham McPherson, :Mining Registrar 22, 35 ARARAT 1\HNING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Thos. Foyster, Mining Registrn.r ... ••• .•. 12,18,22,35 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. C. H. Bate, 1\Iining Surveyor and Registrar 12,14, 18,22,36 Barldy Division Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar 22,36 Raglan Division Mr. C. ,V. Minchin, Mining Registrar 17,22,36 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTR,ICT. , Omeo Subdivision ... Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar 13,22,35 Mitchell River Subdivision Mr. John Grim,~s Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 22,36 Boggy Creek Subdivision Mr. J. Smith, Mining Registrar ...... :. 22,37 r:rooked Hi verDi vision Mr . .In-meG Travi3~ lfifllng neg-ist.rar .~. 13, 22, 37 Jericho Division Mr. R. .J. Donl1.ldson, Mining Registrar 13, 22, 37 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr. O. P. WhHelaw, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 22, 37 Stringer's Creek Division Mr. E. S. Glltteridge, Mining Registrar ... 13, Hi, 22, 37 Aberfeldy Subdivision l\'Ir. J. McCann, Mining Hegistrar ... 13, 15,22,38 Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining· Registrar ... 22,38 Bendoc Subdivision Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar 22,38 Tarwin Subdivision Mr. G. R. Murphy, Mining Registrar 13, 22, 38 Traralgon Subdivision "II!r. C: Denis, Mining Registrar 22,3D
Appendix A.-Description of New Vegetable Fossils with I,ithogranls ...... '.... 39 Appendix B.-Table showing the number of miners other than gold employed during the quarter. '" ",0 A 2
SUM¥ARY. I
GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 1876.
TABLE SHOWING APPIWXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND IrS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELPS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. { (Oompiledft:om tke Mining SurvCJlws and Registrars' Reports for tke Quarter ended 30tlt September 1876.)
Alluvial Quartz Miners.. Miners. MACHINERY ElIrPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ lIrINING.
Number of Price of Gold Steam Engine. S!:~o~~~i~es ~ pcrounee. DISTRICT, DIVISION, employed in Wind Square distill"; "d Winding, llumping, b'ih~.t QUQ·rtz Total ing, l:»Umping, &c. ;g 5 ~mesof AND Number G ~ i ~ Crushing, &c. .s :: ];~ Auriferous Reefs of ______~-----I Ground actually RUBD1VI~[oN. Miners. ~ ~ ~] ~] ~0t;,.: proved .~ ~ 1'~ .~d ~~a; t.... ~~~~~~! to be k upon. AuriferoUJ!., --_,--___ r '" 1 . t: :=: ~ ~,..: ~~~ ui tm~~ 8. . o ~ ~ S m ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ :E ~U1 ~.8 'a·S ~ a j :e j :g ;a:a- .{l s J .S S ;g ~"' "" 'g s'8J! I ;E From' To o o 1 ~ s: ~ &' ~ ~ ~ ~ 0~~ ~ ~.f~~ s: ____-:- _____ ,--1--1--1--1---1---1---! ------;£ s. d_ £ B.d BALL~RAT. £ Centra.l Division 526 161 1,457 10 2,154 54 60 2 33 24 1 52 429 17 121,200 39 24 4 2 0 4 3 0 Southern Division •• 5~7 350 100 997 2 2 '24261' 213 11 50 7 2 6 46 4 3 19,900 11 • 17 4 1 6 429 Buninyong Division •• 290 00 210 30 620 17 9 18 7 13 11 9 65 1 5 32.300 16 13 206 216 Smythesdale Division 137 810 120 1,657 52 64 17 9 39 2 10 3 30 1 1 26,000 18 12 4 0 0 426 Creswick Division _,'. 760 350 750 1,860 31 32 65 16 800 32 237 20 4 106,000 13 16 400 4 3 9 Gordon Subdivision ~. 12 27 223 262 13 73 3 13,135 3~ 19 318 0 400 Steiglitz Subdivision. ~ 36 , 72 160 268 100 9 30 14 15,218 50 75 4 O' 3 406 Blackwood Division and Blue 150 265 530 5 900 450 18 24 9 299 20 63,000 4& 31 317 6 400 Mounta.in South Subdivision Eallan Subdivision .. --:: 1 3 17 317 .6 11-1-1-1-11 400 3 To.o.1s 3,058 I 2,125 I 3,554 I 4& 8,782 156 4,920', 161 150 56 116-1-3-1~1 3,710 1----w--ll,217 2s ---~ 17--1- 397,1;13 - ~ 210
BEECHWORTH. , 25 7 I; 75 102 318 0 4 2 6 Beeohworlh Division 934 850 , 1 270 .4 8 5,200 3 52 20 2 115 53,260 Yaekaudandah Division 253 290 6 .~ 3,000 3 24 21 7 105 ~ 50 10,510' 80 310 0 4 0 0 Indigo Division • * 104 337 11 340 13 13 10 37 180 15 1 4 46 32 22,318 27 400 410 Buckland Division .• 87 945 2 22 2,000 42 44 2 J9 263 15 289 38,700 264 3 17 6 4 0 6 .Alexandra Subdivision 100 10 8~ 5. 74 4 6 40 2 4 9 120 1 94 17,500 14 3. 2 0 410 Dry Creek Subdivision 20 120 400 4 400 316 9 4. 1 0 Benalla Subdivision.. . . '- 3 Gaffney's: Creek Subdivision 60 4 85 149 170 12 12 5 11 172 1 19 315 0 317 6 Wood's PointSnbdivision .• 110 4 60 174 200 12 12 10 7 179 2 95 312 6 317 6 Big River Suhdivision 60 2 25 87 160 8 8 5 4" 14 315 0 3 17 6 Mitta-mitta Division •• , 55 80 300 435 35 12 12 4 4 34 300 311 6 Jamieson Subdivision •. _1.00 10 220 330 400 4 6 27 314 0 318 3 Totals 1,883 2,652 1,506 I 17 1-- 23 23 43 1 11,785 I 12 179 I 131 5 14 739 ---'---'-;;--1--1---1---1---1 ~--I-"--II---'-I--I--~I---:-
SANDHU~ST. Bandhurst Division •• 930 950 40 5,920. 10 190 55 6 10 3 124 218 3,940 . 1,240 3 190 200 480,000 22 321 318 3 3 18 3 Kilmore Division I...... 12 - 27 127 316 6 3 17 6 Heathcote Division and Waranga 134 40 595. 40 11 30 50 20 366 129 18 2~,185 81 204 317 0 4 2 6 SO\lth Subdivision -. North Subdivision .. 881' 58 115 261 24 1 176 68 11 12,258 11 124 313 6 4 2 Totals •• .. I~ 1,0!8 f,551 40 fi;6ii3 --10- 190 ~ ~ ~ ~ --=-- _~ -=-J ~ 124 --~ ~ -- 1,437 -3- ---- 200 229 ---520;443 141 176 MARYBOROUGH. Maryborough Division 400 875 3,100 3S 1,223 32 178 34 10 6 4 36 125 27 614 209 2 30 27 141.337 162 319 6 420 Majorca Subdivision .• 12 7 198 11 '234 8 13 11 7 1 11,10S 1 4 1 0 420 ,~ I; 316 0 4 2 6 Amherst Divisiun n 220 no 686 S 146 10 26 35 40 28 12 40 6 16 14,110 30 Avoca Subdivision •. •• •• 592 60 9 1,019 1 25 34 17 4 5 73 4 4 6,179 40 314 6 406 Dunolly and Taroa.gu1ln. Divisions 2LO 200 780 2 32 14 4 8 27 180 26 19 46,916 185 315 0 416 13 162 42 20 16,650 72 380 4 1 6 In~~~~oOd and WedderbumDivi- ~ I 217 70 2,771 4 74 ' 2 10 30 Redb"nk and St. Arnaud South 215 110 85 390 -' '24 2 6 78 - 42 - 4 4 7,864 • lq 28 314 ,0 '6 Subdivisions ' ' \ St. Arnaud North Subdivision' 115 40 285 10 17 326 104 2 17' 22 315 4 0 0 Totals. 5.84:>. 1;8iil 1,732' -- 61 1,734 52 -"428 69":" 51 72 85 167 100 -:t:890-1--IBIOI-4-1---llWlliZ ------~,384 -----~ ------CASTLEMA.lNE. Castlcmaine Division 362 309 402 . 65 no 6 7 38 690 287 24 26 67,050 103 3 18 0 400 Fryer's Creek Division " •• 845 735 145 1,725 5 88 56 6 15. 306 38 2 36 19 461 H6 1 9 15 71,124 ' . 37 3 18 6 319 0 220 35,727 88 3 17 6 400 Hepburn Division . • • & •• 434 355 450 1,289 1 8 '24 4 57 134 47 I 28 485 3 52 53. Taradale and Kyneton8ubdivis;on 162 140 109 411 5 139 8 11 6 1 3 18 13 308 112 33,897 19 -3 18 3 3 IS 6 TtUTangowcr Division 60 235 329 624 18 2 20 41 23 35 767 240 29 12 55,D95 74 3 10 0 410 4,768 75 317 6 4 1 0 St. Andrew's Division •. H 198 47 213 458 12 20 12 3 4 5 62 2 38 6 4 Blue Mount.. in North Subdivision 49 2' 4 55 8 2 28 8 1,900 4 ,3 17 6 3 18 0 ------1----1--··- --- Totals 2,150 1,823 1,652 5,625 12 243 183 26 74 536 1 20 137 I 29 1541 1 140 2,801 -I _21 1,049 166 400 ARARAT. Arara.t Division •• 370 45 12 4 29 4 92 30 1 3 14,530 34 20 318 0 406 Pleasant Creek Division 219 943 14 10 160 1 1 - 4 - 25 24 70 1 39 1,475 346 48 10 157,214 27 37 313 6 .4 1 0 Ba.rkly Division 253 , 7 514311111113141301 10 . - 865 16 9 319 6 406 4 0 3 413 Regtan Division 109 15 . ___, __~_ I~g _7_~~~_2_~.~ 10 8 10,700 6* 5 1,010 109 ----44-- 1,577 384 50 15 -- 183,309 63! 77 Totals •• 1,137 981 ----- QIPPSLAND. , Omeo Subdivision •. •• •• 74 250 20 875 2 21 21 17 i 20 6,065 11 22 312 6 3 17 6 Mitchell River and Boggy Creek 190 131 20 17 1,700 23 14 315 0 3 18 6 Subdivisions 200 ,20 8 137 4 126 32,222 49~ 350 3 8 319 0 Crooked 'Iliver Division 131 65 31 227 10 3 10 Jericho Division •• •• 60 58 25 143 90" 20 20 5 70 58 13,300 26 32 317 0 k Vivision •• 46 2 40 88 10 20 3 58 3 62 12,555 6~ 18 3 7 319 0 Division 120 500 620 .- 9 164 1 13S 49,366 7 13 310 400 ivision 48 52 102 3 35 1 40 7,4~0 20 4 10 2 2 5 160 35 11 3 10 0 3 16 0 usselFs -(]reek Division 78 78 2 316 0 I 317 0 Bendoe Subdivision .• 36 50 10 90 40 8 8 2 28 2 27 3,736 ,27 15 5 12 4 '1 . 10 3 37 1 30 4,365 3 3 3 16 0 . 3 18 6 Tarwln Subdivision <" 91 42 133 20 80 1 3 17 6 3 18 6 Traralgon Subdivision 52 59~_ 12u H --1- 1- TotoJ.. 926 567 720 - 2,213 ' 3 30 1 6 7 12 1,261 3 70 61 1~11O 2 36'1 566 15 1 130,949 20910 489 --1- -- 1- 1- 5 1,993,260 1,12M 3.278 GRAND Tm'ALS 16,160 10,997 14,725 108 41,000 _309 8,165 246 7 952 i '209 222 15,329 37 591 218 151 480 17 789 I 16,036 70 500 THOS, COUCH:!\rIAN, Office of Mines, Melbourne, October 1876. Acting Secretary for Mines. No. 50. ., . TABLE SHOWING THE YIELD 'OF GOLD FROM CERTAIN PARCELS OF QUARTZ RAISED DURING 'fHE QUARTER IN SOME OF MINES IN WITH THE DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW BEING SUNK, OR THE SINKING OF WHICH HAS ( Compiled from Returns made by tke Mining Surveyors and Registrars for the Quarter ended i------~~--_,--_,------~------
DISTRICT, DIVISION, Strike of the Quantity Dip of the AND NAME OF COMPANY. NAME OF REEF. £rorn Reel NAME OF COMPANY. REMARKS. C'rushed. (Bearing). SUBDIVISION. the Horizon.
BALLARAT. Tons. Oz. awt. gr. Feet. Feet. Feet. Central DivisIon Hero Extended Band of Hope SOO' 060 W.45' N. and S. 600 600 ! 522 .500 ~ A well-defineglode. Driving ~t 315-100t I~vel. Southern Division Hopewell Tribu!e Stafi{Jrdsltire 1,800 o 4 4 W.70· N.2'W. I BUllinyong Division Imperial: Hiscock's 2,151 o 2 16 W.Mo Va.rious N.5'W. 406 400 Smythe,daie Divia1.on fNorthsbaft .. 1,032 ,r 990 ~ InClusive of p,rites. of ]'Ive reefs. Clunes 8,070 o 4, 10' 2 Reels W. N. tN. S' E. fPo:t Phillip .. I Soutll shaft .• (>90 990 N.S'W. Creswick Division 4 Reefs E. \ South shart .• 1,100. 1,012 1,005 • Inrlusive of pyrites. Clunes 000 to 1,000 5,491 o 7 16" W.IS· N. N.5' E. tNew North Clunes 1 Pumping shaft I,OO~ ~ Winding shart l,oo.') "ordon SubdivisIon 345 to 385 1,814 o 12 21 South Learmonth 520 500 Stelglitz Subdivision •• Albion .. Portuguese 87. Sinking stopped, Sultnn and others 710 700 100 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Sultan aud others 165 to 700 3~600 o 13 Varies Varies N.U·W. Sultan .. Soutb SubdIvision Balian Subdivision Asbton's l1'reebold Ashton's 120 120
BEECHWORTR. Beeohworth Division •• Reform" Reform, Myrtleford 260 1,246 o 14 IS 10 0 Westerly S. Northerly Company Excelsjor~ Woorngee •• 310 310 ' 410 390 the S90-100t level, and crushing hns been starte~, h:t Yackandandah Division and Clingan Homewal"l.boundl HIllsborough ! yet. 220 220 Indigo Division Magenta Magenta 190 to 200 200 o 10 18 0 W.64' N.76' N.23'W. Mageota Magenta. ' 320 Albion...... Albion 223 • 2:13 May, l'rince, nnd CQ. •• Myrtle 204 120 Buckland Division Walden, Newton, and Co ... Homeward-bonnd 100 to 300 600 o 10 S { Cathcart, DunphYt and Co. Sou th Myrtle 236 218 James, Grear, and -Brown London 314 314 Alexandra Subdivision Dry Ul'eel<. Subdivision Benana. Subdivision • ~ Gafiney's Creek Subdivision .. I Rose of D~nm";'k Eureka. 250 600 o :; 3 16 0 S.W.85° ·N,W.30' N.W.30' N.52'W. Wiled's Point Subdivision Hope Mining Morning Star 350 370 036 3 to 4 6 S.W, RO· N.W.30' { All Nations All Nations 200 4'10 o 1 2 2 6 Vertical N.W.40' N. 52° \V•. Big River SubdIvision •• Londonderry Tribute Railway About 300 850 o 3 19 2 0 Vertical N.W.30" N.W.30" Mitta. Mltia Division •• Jamieson Subdivision" Leue Sailor Bill's 380 ~,480 053 o E.
SAJ;fDHURST. Victoria 1,118 l,eOO 1,100 DrivIng west Ilt 1,000 feet, and ....t Ilt 1,100 Husth,'\y'S 1.003 840 1,010 Sinking Iill,tler's 290 I I 6 o Hustler's I .. 1,028 000 1,000 Sinking Sandburst DiVision Garden Gully 3,809 o 14 0 Hustler's 1,034 1,017 967 Not siuking Gnrden Gully 1,21>6 o 13 20 Ito 8 967 916 916 SinkIng llartlculalll $lie pages Victorl .. 30. Catberine 1,1 III 1 1 23 3 Vicloria.. 965 955 955 !liot tjinking Victoria 961 820 820 SInking Kilmor. 'Division " .• •• 265 Heathcote Division and War-auga South! Alison Alison 200 300 010 N. 20' W. Aiison Alison 310 265 Subdivision ' WarangaNorth Snbdivlsion Cameron's White Hills Doctors 240 24 11 23 MARYBOROUGH. , Maryborongh Division •• Cambrian Mosquito 300 417 a ,12 16 Majorca Subdivision •• Amherst Division Busch and Co. Prince of Wales '155 342 o 8 11 2 6 W.70· N.43' N. 9'10' W. Croydon Laura 200 200 200 A'i'ocn SubdiVision Dunolly nnd Ta,:nagulla Divisions I I Q'ueen's Birthday Bealiba 1)355 o 7 19 8 0 W.40" s. ! Welcome Advance Bcaliba 60 2111 3 0 W. Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions H •• 444 444 SInking stopped at present. Redhauk & St. Arnaud South Subdivisions New Isis Oxonian 276 437 7 l! New ISis 44~ Sl1tHlhUT.:5t and ~t. Arnaud 607 600 600 Sinking stopped at present. Sandhurst and St. Arnaud and Wilson's 600 048 o 11 17 4 W. ,So N. 37' 20 W. Chrysulite Trlbute •• ' Sinking stopped at St. Arnaud North Subdivision Chrysolite Tribute St. Arnaud Cross Reef w. 400 { St. Arnaud Cre .. 370 614 o 4 2 3 0 W. { Gr(,A;nQck Ueef •• • ~ 300 Sinking stopped at Tribute Wilson's Hili Tribute •• 530 Sinkillil' stopped at
CASTLEMAINE. 240 231 231 Reef 59 3 14 6 S.32' Chemon 4.68 460 4flO CRstlemaine Division .• 254 195 W.75· I'" N.S'W. Eureka .... 468 400 '460 838 1 1 6 E.G4· ..' N. H'E. Wattle Gully 392 3.;0 300 920 Fryer's Creek DIvision o 8 11 ~:. 36" N. i4'W. Cattle'. 150 150 laO 8,701 o 3 22 W', GO° N. a'E. If'crron's 284 230 280 Hepburn Division 5,GOO o 4 17 W.55' N. 15' W. :;pecime~ 1i45 540 540 3,073 0214 W.35' N. IS' W. ,Cornish 500 '540 540 Turadaie and Kyneton Subdivision 1,000 o a 19 139 Tarrangower Division .• 1 11 19 E,76' Vertical N. W. \ EaglehawK Eaglehawk 850 800 432 o 14 20 W.78· Vertical N. W. t Eaglchawk Eaglebawk 636 tiOO present. St. Andrew·s Division ., 18 6 11 17_ Blue lI!ounlalll'Nortb Subdi'i'lalon
ARARAT. Amrat Division Rhymney Rhymney 200 93 o 19 17 1 t91 8 ". 1,862i 1,510 Still sInkIng 1 1,706 1,6~1l 1,uOO 1.~;'0 1,31;0 1,262 1,252 1,~J)2 I Pleasant Creek Di'i'islon Extended Cross •• Scotchman's and Flat •• S70 964 6 4 0 1.060 1,060 ).~'or furtber particulars 8e.! pages 12 nnd 36. ~ " 1,070 . 1,045 ~ 900 000 "1,026 Still sinking I 950 850 850 930 870 870 ) Division DiviSion I'·" GIPPSLAND. '\ Omeo Subdivision ... Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Su bdi- vIsIons I" Crooked River Di'i'islon Good Hope G Long Tunnel Cohen's Reel" 4,343 17 19 12 W.80' N. 19· W. 01 N. 30"3~' Cohen's Reel' •• 634 623 623 Still driving the main levcl north and south of cross-cut. Stringerfs Creek Division Cohen's Reef •• li11l 485 485 Still sinking. Walhalla Cohen's Reef .. 3,932 o 18 12 5 W. 760 to 8a' N.32'\ Cohen's Reef'" 324 324 324 Aberfeldy Subdivision •• Wilson and Barthold MaIn Western 2,150 040 Russcli's Creek Division llemloc Subdivision Venus Venus •• 43 No 1 Routh No:i'South" Tarwln Subdivision ,'. , "{ 114 39~ 2 6 12 o 10 N.a.ndS. No.1 South;. 114 170 114 Are about to open out deeper. OO1l..1tihBar Golden Bar 30 66 o 12 12 o 4 N.and S. { Prospectors' Extended 120 50 114 Struck quartz showing goid freely, 2719/76; cut several leaders. Traralgon Subdl'i'lslon ~r~s~e~~~::' Ex~nded \ . Office of Mines, Melbourne, 14th October 1876. THOS. COUCHMAN, No • .50. Acting Secretury for :'lincs. 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 TOTA.L QUANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QUARTZ REEFS are as follow;- Alluvial. Quart•• Total. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ended 80th September 18'16 ...... 86,716 7 158,192 12 244,908 19 THE QUANTITY OF GOLD, the produce' of this Colony, EXPORTED, according to Returns furnished by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows;- oz. dwt. Quarter ended 80th September 1876 115,461 I NOTE.-In addition to the above, &,old specie from all SOUrces w"", ex".orted to the value of £320,939. GOLD RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FRO}l THE ROYAL MINT. STATEMENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD re~eived at and issued from the Melbourne Br/lnch of the ROYAL , MINT during the Quarter ended 30th September 1876. RECEIVED. ISSUED. I Gross Weight ef Rough Gro •• Weight of Gold Oross Weigl,t of Gold Gold. Bullion. Gross Weight of Coin. I Bullion. I ez. oz. oz. oz. 12,772'27 118,156'41 I 128,408'010 807'060 I Royal Mint, ROBERT HUNT, Melbourne, 7th October 1876. " Acting Deputy Master. STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GOLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the ROYA.L MINT during the Quarter ended 30th September 1876. Gross Weight of Rough Gold. Gro •• Welgbt of Gold Bullion. oz. oz. 5,008'40 103,388'0:1 NOTE.-The Mint has lIoc.ldellce beyond the statement ofthe,depo.ltorsthat the above Is YlctoTlnngolil. Royal Mint; ROBERT HUNT, Melbourne, 7th October 18i6. Acting Deputy Master. QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAIJJINGS, PYRITES, ETO. SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtained relativ() to the QUANTIi'Y OF QUARTZ, QUAR~Z TAILINGS and MULLocK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKI~TINGS operated on, during the Quarter" and the GOLD obtained therefrom :- MINING DISTlUOTS, , Quantity Orushed. Average Yield of I Total of Gold from - Gold por Ton. Orushed. Quartz. tons ewt.. qr. Oz. dwt. gr. 0 •• dwt. gr, Ballarat ...... '" ...... 87,875 10 0 0 6 9'46 28,094 12 15 Bcechworth ...... , .. ... , .. "', 20,123 10 0 0 10 9'55 ,10,462 0 12 Salldhurst ...... 89,805 0 0 0 1'0 20'85 48,802 17 14 Mat'yborough ...... 8,880 0 0 0 8 4'74 3,639, II 23 Castlemainc ... - ...... '" ., . '" 27,272 0 0 0 7. 11:06 10,173 6 .21 Ararat ...... - 24,497 10 0 0 14 16:00 17,965 0 23 Gippsland ...... 12,836 6 0 I 0 19'57 13,359 5 5 Totals ...... '" 271,289 16 0 0 9 18'43 132,496 15 17 Quartz Tailings and lIfullock. - Ballarat ...... ' ...... 168 0 0 0 3 16'57 31 0 0 Beechwol'th ...... , .. . 72 0 0 0 1 16'33 6 1 0 Sa.Il(]hul'st ...... , ...... 4,553 0 0 0 0 i3'56 129 11 13 Maryhorough ...... 2,324- 0 0 0 3 lJ'95 406 9 12 Castlcmaille ...... , ...... 1,0QO 0 0 0, 1 8'90 68 10 18 Ararat .. ' ...... 150 0 0 0 2 13'73 19 5 19 Gippsland ... '" ...... , ...... - Totals ...... 8,267 0 0 0 1 14'37 660 18 14 .- Pyrites and Blanketings operated on. Ballarat , ...... , ...... , 248 5 ,0 3 3 4'93 784 10 18 Becclnvorth ...... 172 12 0 1 II 0'06 267 11 0 Salldhurst ...... , ..; 1,394 0 0 2 8 0'62 3,347 7 23 Maryborough .. , ...... 925 0 0, 0 0 IS'63 35 IS 0 C:l.st 1ema iue ...... , .. .., 21 10 0 3 16 20'09 1'2 12 . 0 Ararat .. , ...... ' .. , ...... '" III 10 0 2 16 21'45 1317 3 16 Gippsland ...... ' ...... 1- --- Totals .. , ,. ~ ~ ... 2,872 17 ,0 I 13 15'87 4,835 3 9 , XOTE.-This Summary docs not show the toti'll qunutities of qnnrtz} &c., crushed or operated hut 0111y the yield of certain crushings, &C'., respecting which the :Mining Surveyors nnd Registrars have been able to obtain infotwutioB. OwIng the ciICllmstancc that matly of the' mn<:hhlc" O'YI1CTS are unable to give, or are preclnded from giving, informntitlH t it is impos:silJle. to get complete returns from erery district j and in cOllsiderh~g the relative importance of each (listrictt as regards qun.:rtz mlningt &c., the tnbles relating to machinery sho'qld be examined and compared. THOS. COUCHMAN, Office of ]\fines, Acting Secretary for Mines. Melbourne, 14th October 1876. MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' RETURNS6 QUARTZ. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY OF' QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivis~ons of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. / Division and SuMivlsion, Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and Wllere Quartz was 0 btaln~d. Quartz Crushed. Depth at wllleh the Name 01 Gold. Quartz was obtained, &0. -----'---,-1------·--·--,.,------1·-----11-----1------tons OWl, qr. oz. dwt. gr, BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. Hero...... •.• Little Bendigo 800 0 0 060 240 0 0 860 to 900 feet Tempera.nee ... ••• Little Bendigo 1,500 0 0 '0 4 4'89 315 6 0 400,650,750, & 850 feet Red, White, a.nd Blue '" Little Bendigo 853 0 0 o 2 23'61 Ill7 5 12 70 to 200 feet New Dimmock's ...... Little Bendigo 2,680 0 0 o 2 18'90 373 II 0 250 feet North Dimmock's .. . Little Bendigo 976 0 0 o I 21'41 92 7 0 200 feet Black Hill ...... Black Hill ... 2,560 0 0 o 4 22'77 633 9 0 Surface to 490 feet United Black IIilINo Liability Black Hill Flat 2,235 0 0 o 5 1'25 564 12 0 300 to 420 feet Parade ." ' ...... Black Hill Flat 740 0 0 o 9 2'72 ,337 4 3 200 to 370 feet Black Hill South Extended Black Hill Flat 169 0 0 o 4 21'86 41 9 23 200 feet Countess ... •.. Black Hill Flat 632 0 0 o 7 23'10 251 12 8 50 to 300 feet Duchess ...... Black Hill Flat 6U 0 0 0 .. 9 !NI 316 10 7 200 feet Llanberris ... •.. Gum-tree Flat 3,520 0 0 o 2 13'26 449 5 6 90 to 300 feet Don...... Gum-tree Flat 936 0 0 o 1 21'58 88 17 16 200 feet Britannia ...... Specimen Gully 415, 0 0 o 4 9'96 91 12 6 230 feet Endeayor ...... Specimen Gully - 340 0 0 o 6 1'55 103 2 0 20 to 140 feet Ma.nners' Lea.5e ..• . .. Canadian .. . 803 0 0 o 10 10'51 419 1 20 20 to 100 feet Sovf!reign •.• , .. Golden Point .. . 2,500 0 0 o 3 2'06 385 15 5 400 to 780 feet New !{ohinoor ...... Ballarat West .. . 4,301 0 0 a 5 14'79 1,207 16 0 275 feet Welcome '" .. . Dead·horse .. . 3,800 0 0 o 2 22'49 558 0 22 250 feet Royal Ma.il ... • .. Main Road '" 57 0 0 o 15 3,36 43 3 0, 100 feet Crushed (on hire) by six •• 5 ' 3,868 0 0 a 9 4'07 1,773 8 18 different batteries i'------1------Totals .•. 34,359 0 0 o 421'53 8,413 10 2 SOUTHERN DlVISION. 1--,------Hopewell Tribute ... Staffordshire Reef 1,300 0 0 o 4 4'13 271 4 0 120 to 200 feet, 10 feet wide Speedwell Tribute ... StaffQrdshire Reef 996 ° 0 o 2 9'07 118 8 15 170 feet, 7 feet wide Hope ... •.. ... Frenchman's, .. 80 0 0 o 2 12 10 0 0 84 feet, 4 feet wide Nil Desperandum ••• Kangaroo Flat 149 0 0 o 5 14'60 41 15 16 75 feet, 8 feet wide 1------~----l Totals ... 2,525 0 0 0 3 11'91 441 8 7 BUNn.'YONG DIVISION. Imperial ...... Hiscock's Reef 2,157 0 0 0 2 16'36 289 4 16 200, 260, and 320 feet, lode 2 to 17feet wide One-and-All ... Hiscock's Reef, Chinese 871 0 0 0 1 18'89 77 16 18 ,100 feet tribute One· and-All ... Fairweather Reef, Tri 473 0 0 0 7 7'33 172 15 12 Surface to 80 feet bute parties One-and-All ... Public erushings, various 358 0 0 0 9 17-64 174 . 5 6 Surface to 80 feet reefs Totals ... 3,899 0 0 0 3 16'82 714 2 4 S~n'TnESDALE DIVISION. Eclipse ...... •.. Lancashire Reef, Newtown 1,020 0 0 0 1 19'38 92 3 20 40 to 60 feet Scarsdale Bristol .. : ... Bristol Reef, Linton Ranges - 23 0 0 0 7 23'91 i 9 3 22 i Surface to 50 feet Bute ...... Scarsdale ...... 900 050 250 ; 270 feet Piggoreet .. , Piggorect ...... 22 fi 0 0 3 7'28 3 13 12 100 feet Linton ...... Argyle, Linton .. . 230 0 0 i 0 14 20'87 171 0 0 60 feet Totals ... 1,304 5 0 I 0' 4 6'42, 278 6 6 CRESWICIt DIVISION. ------1----· Por.t, Phillip ._. ... Clunes Reefs ... 8,070 0 0 0 4 3'65 1,675 8.0 Suria.ce to 990 feet Port Phillip Co.'s Tributers Clunes Heefs .. , 2,980 0 0 0 9 8'1 i 1,391 15 12 30 to 90 feet South Clunes ... ' ... Clunes Reefs .. . 6,881 0 0 0 8 6',79 2,849 I 7 0 246. to 480 fee,t South Clunes Co.'s Tributers Clunes Heefs .. . 1,474 0 0 0' 3 20'10 282 17 0 244 feet New North Cluncs Clunes Reefs ••• 5,491 ,0 0 0 6 i 9'75 1,873 6 0' 500 to 1,000 feet New Lothair , .. '" Clunes Reefs ... 1,628 0 0 0 4 7'20 350 I 0 363 to 564 feet Try Again ...... flullarook ... 1,390 0 0 0 6 15'41 461 13 0 60 to 90 feet Working Miners ... George's Reef 610 0 0 i 0 1 1'41 32 5 21 20 to 100 feet South Creswick ...... George's Reef 10 0 0 0 15 16-80 7 17 0 110 feet Totals ... 28,534 0 0 o 6 6'13 8,925 0 9 " QUANTITY' of QUAR;Z Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-cQntinued. Division and Subdivision, " • <;. • Average 1 1 I Remarks relative to the , and Where Quartz was obt.. lned. Qu ..rtz Crushed. I Yield of Gold' I TombYlJ d of I llepth ..t which the Name of Company. ------, -::::= oz.P:,:t~O~~, 1-:. :w:~ ~~~Ined.~ GORDON SunDlVISION. Parker's United '" Gordon 1,314 0 0 0 12 21'90 S4S 7 0 345 to 3S5 feet Parker's United .•• .•. Gordon 304 0' 0 0 5 Ill'47 S3 IS 0 ISO to 200 feet Homeward Bound .,. i Gordon .•• 80 0 0 0 2 0 S 0 0 25 feet Homeward Bound Gordon 33 0 0 0 I 19 :I 9 12 25 feet Sundry lots· ~ . •.. 5,55 9 0 0 ... - 4,67S 12 0 Totals ... 7,290 0 0 o 15 10'11 5,621 6 12 STEIGLlTZ SUllDIV£!1l0N. Nimrod ... Sieiglitz 9 10 0 2 16 20'21 27 0 0 Morris :tnd Co. ..:, , Steiglitz 0' I.') 0 I 7 19'52' 800 McGrath and Co. ! Steiglitz I 2 15 0 1 6 16 17 0 0 Morning Star 21 I 10 0 010 9'82 110 I~ Browning aud Co. ' '''1'... Elaine}<~laine 1:I 0 0 o to 7 6 3 12 Minerva' ' ...... Elaine 31 5 15 0 0 S 17'29 137 13 12 The l'limsol .... I.Elaine 2 10 0 0 1 S 3 10 0 Royal Albert ... \ Elaine 7 0 0 o 2 ,2'57 1 0 0 Barker and Co. ... J;3laine 4 10 0 0 I; 22'66 I 11 6 Elaine Tribute ... , Elaine ... 15 5 0 0 I 1 12'42 166 15 ,5 Wee Speck .... Elaine '''1 2 S Ii 0 o 13 17,S4 19 S 6 Victoria ... i Elaine ••• i I 8 0 0 '0 17 14'16 15 16 15 Native Youth ... ! Elaine ••. ! 6 15 0 o 10 S'S8 3 10 0 ------,------BLACKWOOD DIVISION :.rotah ... "'1 789 5 0 i 0 13 2'72 517 9 20 AND BLUE MOUNTA1N SOUTII '--,--j------, SUBDlVISION. Sultan ...... Barry's Reef ... 3,600, 0 0 o 13 2'91 2,861 17 0 165 to 700 feet Mounter Bros. ... Ba.rry's Reef ... "'1 197 0 0 o 19 ,'92 190 S 0 250 feet Monnter Bros. Tributers ::: Barry's Reef ...... 109 0 0 0 5 18'94 31 II 0 200 feet North Sultan ... Barry's Heef ...... 3S 0 0 0 4 4'74 7- 19 12 650 feet New Annie Lauri~' ... Barry's Heef ...... ,50n 0 0 0 I 17'18 42 IS 0 70 fe4lt North Star ...... Union Hcef ...... 67 0 0 o IS 6'18 61 3 6 40 to llO feet Victoria ...... Yankee Heef ...... 140 0 0 0 6 IS'69 47 \) 0 30 feet Morning Star ... Bald Hill , ...... 109 0 0 o 12 11:45 68 0 0 100 feet North Morning Star ... Bald1:1m ...... 160 0 0 0 0 13'58 I 4 10 13 40 feet Big Hill '" ... Simmons' Reef ... 1,700 0 0 0 I 12'74 130 2 12 150 feet Crown ...... Simmons' Reef ... 1,200 0 0 0 1 6'83 77 1 S 150 feet Cornish' ...... Simmons' Reef ... SOO 0 0 0 I 2'70, 44 10 0 50 feet North Britain ... Wright's Reef ... 430 0 0 n 3 10'27 , 73 14 0 60 feet' Red, White, and Biue ... Wright's Reef ... 162 0 0 0 5 2'22 41 5 0 130 feet Denham ...... Bullengarook ...... 3 0 0 0 6 16 I 0 0 , 40 feet ;--' Tota.ls ...... 9,2 0 0 0 6 21'82 3,183 ~-;-I • JI'roIn lessees' retllrl\~ recetvetlln the Office of lhllC8. BEECHWORTH MI~ING IHSTRICT. BEECUWORTU D1VISION. I Hnrper alld Co...... Basin Creek ...... 18 0 0 0 14 0 12 12 n 14 feet Treloes .•• ... .., Basin Creek ... 6 0 0 o 13 0 3 IS 0 30 feet Q uarry ...... Nine-mile Creek ... i6 0 0 0 I 0 3 16 0 4il feet :Frcnchman's ...... Six-mile Creek ... 2 0 0 I IO o ' 3 0 0 12 feet Carnival Heef ...... Stanley ...... 11 0 0 1 10 0 16 10 0 170 feet Melbourne ...... Stony Cre .. k ...... 23 0 0 0 14 16'69 16 18 0 0 0 Nil Desperandulll .. , MyrtJcford ...... ' 321 u 0 0 7 14'42 : 122 ISO feet H eform ...... l\lyrtleford ...... 1,246 0 0 o 14 IS'79 921 0 0 260 feet Sunday Ileef ...... Three-mile ...... 50 0 0 2 0 0 i 100 0 0 'l'uesday Heef ...... Tliree.mile ...... S 0 0 1 14 0 13 12 0 Snrface Evening Star ...... Hurdle i,'lat ...... 1l! 0 0 0 10 10 i 6 S 0 Surface Wallaby ...... Hurdle Flat ...... 450 0 0 t) 4 11'04 ' 100 j 0 140 feet Stonewall ...... Two-mile Creek ... 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 Surface , 1 0 Hose of Denmark ... Hurdle F'Jat '" ••• i 4 0 0 0 6 6 5 50 feet Juvenile ...... Stony Creek ... 133 0 0 I 0 0 133 0 0 90 feet Totals ~ .. ... 2,364 0 0 0, 12 S'07 1,458 3 0 YACKANDAl QUA.NTITY of QUA.RTZ Crushed in ~l1ch Division and Subdivisi~n during the Quarter, &c.-cQntinued. Dl".lslon Bnd Subdl".lslOIl, Average I TQta~ Remarka relative to the , and Wilore Quartz was obtained. Quurtz Crushed. Yield 01 Gold I Yield of l)epth at wMoh the Name of Company, per TOll. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &te. BUOKLAND DIVIBIO;:o1. Running Greek. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. IIr. Happy Valley ...... Three reefs ...... 296 0 0 o 19 9'24 286 18 0 !?urface to 140 feet Harrietville 4f Ovens River. Clemens and Co ...... Tiddledendeltee Reef ... 6 0 0 12 0 0 72 0 0 120 feet Robins and Co, ... Johnston's Reef ...... - 30 0 0 o ]0 16 16 0 0 Surface to 30 feet Wallace, Osborne, and Co, Never-too-late Reef ... 400 0 0 0 5 21'18 117 13 0 150 feet Walden, Newton, and Co.; .. Homeward Bound Reef 600 0 0 () 10 8'52 310 13 0 100 to 300 feet Walden, Newton, and Co .... (Too late last quarter) ... :'i:'iO (} 0 0 9 14'40 264 0 0 50 to 400 feet Osborne, McFa.r1ane, and Co. Mugpie Reef ... '... 402 (} 0 o 10 20'29 218 0 0 200 to 300 feet Morgan Davies ... Centenniul Reef ... 20 0 0 o 19 0 19 0 0 Snrface Phelps and McDonald ... Sultana Heef ...... 160 0 0 o II 6 90 0 0 150 feet Gill and Co, ...... Stackey Gully Reef ... 27 0 0 o 1l 20'44 16 0 0 130 feet Simmonds and Co, ... Crusader Heef ... 3 0 0 1 10 0 4 10 '0 Surface Jagoe and Pellderidge .. , Unicorn Reef ...... 53 0 0 1 5 15'84 68 0 0 75 feet Brogan and Moran ... Hibernian Heef .. , 45 ,0 0 1 4 21'33 56 0 0 Surface R. Anderson and Co, ... ',Little Wonder Heee ... 40 0 0 2 5 0 90 0 0 Sur.fllce Ole Anderson and Howman Lady Darliug Heef " ... 85 0 0 1 7 9'88 II6 10 0 Surface Anderson and King ... Miner's Hight ... - 21 0 0 1 10 0 31. 10 0 Surface ." (I (} Keane and Co, ...... Chance Heef '" 27 0 0 o 18 12'44 25 60 feet John Butler ...... Bluff London Reef ... 23 0 0 4 19 3'13 114 0 0 Surface John Butler ...... Bluff London Reef .. . 53 0 0 2 4 10'41 117 15 0 Surface to 30 feet Wandiligo1l9, Moore and Co, , .. ... Break-ot-Day Ueef ... 90 0 0 1 9 8 132 0 0 140 feet North Hillsborough ... North Hillsborough , .. 15 0 0 0 8 1280 6 8 0 40 feet Gill and Co, ...... Home Heef .,. .. . 40 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 iO,feet Attridge, Butler, and Co .... Constitutional Heef ... 34 0 0 0 6 4'23 10 10 0 40 feet Hunter and Co. ... Hedruth Reef ...... 40 '0 0 0 1 6 2 10 0 27 feet James, Green, and Brown ... London Heef ...... 555 0 (I (I 14 2'81 391.15 0 280 feet May, Finnie, and Co. ... Myrtle Heef ... 1,786 0 0 o 17 6'68 1,543 0 0 186 feet C. Kearney and Co. ... Wolfe Tone Reef ... 32 0 0 0 9 9 15 0 0 Not stated Williamson and Co...... 18 0 0 I 3 2'66 20 16 0 Surface Hood and Coutts ...... Try Again Reef ... 152 0 0 2, 3 8'84 329 12 0 180 to 230 feet Hermann and Co. ... Goldsborough ...... 11 0 0 2 I 6'.'>4 22 14 0 Not stated Carlisle and Robinson ... Birthday Heef ... 105 0 0 1 5 21'71 136 0 0 50 to 100 feet Clingan, Fletcher, and Co, ... Hillsborough ...... 550 0 0 . 0 II 0 302 10 0 140 feet Cathcart, Dunphy. and Co. South Myrtle Reef ... 80U 0 0 0 6 0 240 0 0 200 feet Goldsworthy and Co...... 30 0 0 o 11 8 17 0 0 Not stated H. Rowe and Co .••• ... Essex Reef ...... 24 0 0 1 10 0 36 (I 0 Not stated Lidston and Co...... , Victory Heef ...... 72 0 0 0 5 7'33 19 2 0 Not stated Strokes and Co. '" ...... 23 0 0 2 17 9'39 66 0 0 Not stated F. Duane '" ... Londonderry ...... 13 0 0 1 4 14'76 16 0 0 Surface Naunce and Barnett .. , Two sUlall lots ... 20 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 Not stated H. Murray ...... Grace Darling Reef ... 3 0 0 4 (I 0 12 0 0 Surface Johnston Stephens , .. White Star Reef...... 100 0 0 1 7 9'60 137 0 0 200 feet Nicolls and Co. , .. Victoria Reef ...... 55 0 0 0 7 6'54 20 0 0 150 feet MeuleUlan and Co. ... Adventure Reef ... 12 0' 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 Surface ------. Totals ...... 7,421 0 0 0 14 21'25 ' 5,523 6 0 ALEXA;:o1DRA SUBDIVISION, ------Linney and party ... Lucky Ree~ ...... 65 0 0 I 9 6'64 95 3 0 Surface to 25 feet 0,'Sullivan a n d patty Lucky Heel ... 25 0 0 2 14 1752' . /)8 8 6 Surface to 25 feet Peck and party .. , Spring Creek ... 600 084 290 Surface to 25 feet Just-in-Time Godfrey's Creek 713 0 0 o 3 15'/)5 i30 4 0 Snrface to 50 feet Tea Tree Creek ... Welcome Heef 32 0 0 o 9 4'50 14 14 0 150 feet Hitchcock and party Kangaroo !leef 700 2 8 20'57 17 2 0 10 feet Lewis and Wilson Providence Reef 6 0 ,0 I 2 14 6 15 '1~ I 30 feet McColl and party Fiery Reef II 0 0 2 11 21'82 28 11 0 130 feet McColl and party Emu Heef 41 0 0 o 8 4'68 16 16 0 100 feet Harris and party ... Emu Heef 800 o 10 0 400 30 feet Hallett und party Emu Heel' 25 0 0 I 8 19'20 36 0 0 50 feet Boyce and party •__ Emu Reef 18 0 0 I 1 16 19 10 0 90 feet ------GA.FFNEY'S CREEK SUB- Totals ... 957 0 0 0 9 4'51 439 12 18 DIVISION. ------'- TheA 1 Castle Hee£ 300 0 0 1 18 1'60 571 0 0 About 50 feet Great Eastern Homeward Bound Reef 50 0 0 0' 9 14'40 24 0 0 About 150 feet Hunts , .. Homeward Bound Reef 2,400 0 0 () (I 16 80 0 0 :Surface mullock Rose of Denmark Eureka Reef ... 600 0 0 0 5 3'20 154 0 0 About 250 feet Wallaby Wallaby Reef... 110 0 0 (I 16 0 88 0 0 About 100 feet Eldomdo Wallaby Reef ... 2,10 0 0 o 14 16 17.6 0 0 About 100 feet Happy-go-lucky ... Happy-go.lucky Reef 47 0 0 0 9 8'68 22 0 0 About 60 feet Danabrogs ... Aladdin Reef '._ 60 0 0 0 o 23'80 2 19 12 ------Totals ... 3,807 0 0 0 5 20'96 WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. ------1,117 19 12 Morning Star Prospectors' Mornillg Star Reefs 1,000 0 0 0 2 12'96 '127 Hope 0 0 Face of hill Morning Star Reefs 370 0 0 0 3 6'55 60 II 0 350 feet Lady Franklin Johnson's Heef 234 0 0 I 13 11'41 Never Mind '" 391 13 6 About 200 feet Never Miud Heef 500 0 () 0 o 12'48 13 0 0 About 100 feet All Nations All Nations Heefs 450 0 0 0 1 2'13 Prince of Wales ... 24 10 0 About 250 feet All Nations Heefs 60 0 0 0 4 20 14 10 0 About 150 li:;et BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. Totals ... 2,614 0 '0 0 4 19'91 631 4 6 Londonderry Tribute Railway Heef 850 0 0 0 3 1'98 131 0 0 About 360 feet JA.IlIESON SUBDIVISION. ----- Gleeson's Lease Sailor Bill's Creek 1,480 0 0 0 5 7'05 Alabama 30! 14 12 380 feet Flume Creek '" 45 0 0 6 o 22'40 272 2 0 180 fcet Totals ... 1,525 0 0 0 8 16'87 663 16 12 10 QUANTITY of QUARTz Crushed in each Division aud Subdivision during the Quarter, &c •...,...-continued. Dhrlslon and Subdivision, Av'erage Totai Yield of Remark1l relative to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at which the Name of Company. per TOll. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &0. - tons .,,,t. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. ,lwt. gr. " SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. ~ SANDHURST DIVISION. Albert' .•• ...... Diamond Hill ...... 739 • 0 0 0 9 11.04- 349 II· 4 0'11 1,170 12 Abe Lincoln ...... New-chum '" ... 2,600 0 0 0 9 0 Beehive ...... Eaglehawk , ...... 5,426 0 0 0 9 20'59 2,674 10 0 Bendigo and Melbourne .. , Kangaroo Flat ... 1,802 0 0 0 6 22'10 623 12 0 Catherine Reef United ... Eaglehawk ... 4,223 0 0 0 9 7'54 1,966 14 0 Fortuna and Thanet Works New-chum and Hack 11,384 0 0 0 11 8'05 6,452 3 0 Creek, Garden Gully United , .. Garden Gully Hcef ... 4,200 0 0 I 4 2'17 5,059 I 0 G. G. Consolidated .. , Golden Gully ...... 2,592 0 0 0 7 13'98 982 14 15 Grcat Extended Hustler's,.: Hustler's Reef ... 5,135 0 0 0 12 23'44 3,331 17 ·14 Great Hustler's ...... IIustler's Reef ... 693 0 0 0 5 11'93 190 9 12 Great Britain ...... Golden square ... ' 3,lS9 0 0 0 8 IS'93 1,401 8 0 Hustler's Reef ...... Hustler'ij Reef ... 1,046 0 0 0 9 6'60 485 1 20 Johnson's Reef ...... J ohnSOll's Reef ... ,3,786 0 0 0 6 9'70 1,212 7 0 Mixed lots from Koch's Pioneer ...... Long Gully ...... 9,381 0 0 0 9 14'65 4,507 18 0 various reefs (see 29) Lazarus New-chum ... .Kew-chum '" .., 929. 0 0 0 7 17'30 35S 13 0 page Louisa .. , ... Eaglehawk ...... 5,179 0 0 0 8 2'92 2,103 3 3 0 16 17'53 3,555 5 0 Metropolitan ...... Golden square '" 4,250 0 o 0 46 16 8 Marong Crushing 'Vorks •• ; l'.larong '" ... 126 0 0 7 10'34 New-chum and Vic,toria ... Ironbark ...... 4,875 0 0 o 10 3-42 2,472 5 0 New-chum United ... New-chum ...... 1,924 0 0 ,0 8 20'59 852 3 0 New Nelson ...... Nelson Reef ...... 2,610 0 0 010 IS-12 1,403 11 0 W.Rae .•...... Happy Valley ... 1,907 O· 0 0 4 II-58 427 8 0 Shenandoah ...... Golden square ... 1,100 0 0 o 18 8'85 1,010 6 0 South Fraser's ...... Golden square ... 395 0 0 0 9 12'39 187 19 0 Shellback ...... Shellback Reef ... 1,750 0 0 0 6 0 525 0 0 Vietoria Co~sol8 ...... Victoria Reef ...... 4,316 O' 0 0.16 6'71 3,513 4 0 0 0 6 11'26 987 4 0 Victoria Reef ... ' ... Victoria licef...... 3,052 0 Wilson's Reef ...... Marong ...... 60 0- 0 0 3 10'40 10 • 6 0 , ----i------' . Totals ... ; ... 88,669 O' 0 o 10 19'09 47,861 ,3 4 HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND ------.- WARANGA SOUTH Sun- DIVISION. Alison ...... Costerfleld ...... 300 0 0 7 0 i05 0 0 104 1 12 15'22 169 13 23 John Collins ...... Redcastle ... '-~ () . ------~I Totals ...... 404 0 0 o 13, 14'3; 274 13 23 WARANGA NORTll SUB------.- DIVISION. Kelly and Co...... Hushworth ...... II 0 0 7 11 15'27 83 8 0 140 feet Kelly and Co, ... .., Rushworth , ...... 19 0 0 1 7 15'15 26 5 0 Ahern and Co...... Hushworth ...... 9 0 0 0 6 12 2 18 12 Sutherland and Co. ... Rushworth ...... 2 0 0 0 5 0 o 10 0 14- 0 0 o 10 13'71 7 8 0 130 fcet Ayers and Co. '" ... Hushworth ...... 11 0 114 7'63 18 17 12 120 feet Hilks and Clausen ... Hushworth ' .. .. . 0 Rushworth U. G, J\l[. ... Rushworth ...... 179 0 0 o 12 1'74 108 1 0 240 feet MeUeay and Co_ ...... Rushworth ...... 23 0 0 I 16 0 41 8 0 110 feet Forlorn Hope ...... Rushworth ...... 9 0 ·0 3, 8 23'33 31 o 18 30 feet Manuel and Co, ... Whroo ...... 2 0 0 I 13 0 3 6 0 Manuel and Co ...... Whroo ...... 2 0 0 o 12 0 1 4. 0 14 0 0 I 14 2-57 23 17 12 200 feet Darroch and· Co .• ~. ... Whroo '" ... Augustine and Co. ." White Hills .. , ... 20 0 0 o 14 2'40 14 2 0 Cameron Bros, ... White Hills ...... 24 0 0 2 11 23 62 7 0 240 feet 0 8 13'29 63 6 0 Balstrup and Co .... , White Hills ...... 1:48 0 0 Murray and Co, ...... Coy's Diggings ... 4 0 0 1 12 15 6 10 12 50 feet J o11nson and Co, ...... Coy's Diggings ... 5 0 0 6 18 12 34 12 12 Mason and Co...... Coy's Diggings ... 6 0 0 3 3 0 18 18 0 Taylor and Co, ...... Coy's Diggings ... 15 0 0 .. 4 16 63 10 0 50 feet Judson and Co. ... Coy's Diggings ... 9 0 0 0 7 4'66 3 4 18 Iverson and Co. ..; ... Coy's Diggings ... 74 0 0 0 4 3'56 15 7 0 20 feet Allen and Co, ...... Coy's Diggings ... 9 0 0 011 10'66 5 3 0 Magnes and Co. , •• ... COY'A Diggings ... 12 0 0 0 9 4 5 10 0 Judson and Co, ...... Coy's Diggings ... 19 0 0 0 8 16'42 8 5 0 Martin and ,Co. , .. Coy's Diggings ... 67 0 0 0 1 15'57 5 10 11 Sundry small lots, public Whroo ...... 25 0 0 010 0 12 10 0 . crushing, Balaclava ma- ., o chine Totals , •• ... 732 0 0 o 18 5'39 667 011 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. I MARYBOROUG~ DIVISION, .. 12 15'26 26:l 9 4 feet Cambrian ...... Mosquito ' ...... ,417 0 0 o James Kay Reade (public Chinaman's Flat ... 3i4 0 0 0 4 11'94 84 .2 7 crushiugs) 18 13'90 607 11' 0 Various Penny Qnd Clausen (public ...... , 654 0 0 o crushings) Johnston and SOIlS (public ...... 251 0 0 0 2 8'70 29 13 Various crushiugs) - Totals .•. ... 1,696 0 0 o 11 14'70 984 15 11 , - .. , .. 11 QUANTITY of' Crushed in each Division and SubdivIsion during the Quarter, &c.-continued. Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield ot I Remarks relatlve to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold - Gold. Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &0. i------cwt. qr.- oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr. , tons MAJORCA SUBDIVISION. Prince Alfred Reef ... German Gully ... 37 0 0 o 14 14'27 27 0 0 250 to 270 feet ------AMHERST ·DIVISION. . Busch and Co...... Prince of Wales Red ... 342 0 0 0 8 11'5 I 145 0 0 155 feet Louie and Co...... Prince of Wales Heef ... 259 0' 0 0 8 Il'12 109 12 0 120 feet Prince of Wales Tribute ... Priuce of -Wales Reef ... 300 0 0 0 8 0 120 0 0 140 feet Miller .and Co...... Jew's Reef ... ." 24 0 0 3 o 20 73 0 0 25 feet Union ... .. , Specimen Reef ... 27 0 0 2 14 9'33 73 8 12 50 feet Croydon ...... Laura Reef ...... 210 0 0 0 3 15'60 38 6 13 70 feet Cosstick and Co ...... ,:J?ermanagh Reef ... 105 0 0 0 9 20'50 51 14 16 45 feet Hamilton and Co. ... Bet Bet Reef ...... 24 0 0 0 9 9'12 11- 5 3 45 feet Ansell and Co...... , Bet Bet Reef , .. ... 16 0 0 o 12 12 10 0 0 20 feet Sundries .. , .. , Various, places .," . 112 0 0 0 4 17'25 26 8 12 Totals ...... 1,419 0 0 0 9 6'84 658 15 8 ------AVOCA SUBDIVISION, Perseverance ...... Company's Tunnel ... 917 0 0 0 3 5'66 148 7 11 Monte Christo ... ." From Tributers' Claims 407 0 0 0 4 18'04 96 14 0 50 feet; water-level 100 feet Fish and party ... .., Glenmona Reef ... 185 0 0 0 3 8'17 30 18 0 30 feet C, Coane , .. ... Glenpatriek , .. ... 18 0 0 o 13 8 12 0 0 15 feet Small -parcel from Vale's Reef ...... 5 0 0 o 12 0 3 -0 0 50 feet ------Totals ...... 1,532 0 0 0 3 19'16 290 19 11 DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA ------DIVISIONS. - .. Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef ...... 1,355 0 0 0 I 19'27 528 13 12 400 feet Welcome ...... Advance Bealiba Reef ... 60 0 0 2 1 2'56 123 6 10 240 feet Clouston and Co .••• ... Ironbark Reef ... 38 0 0 0 6 17'68 12 16 0 130 feet Williams Bros, ...... Greek's Hill Reef - ... 13 0 0 0 5 11'07 3 11 0 30 feet Jack and Co...... Bealiba ...... 44 O. 0 0 1 20'72 4 2 0 60 feet Stevens and Co...... Star Reef .., ... .6 0 0 0 2 12 o 15 0 8 feet ------8 21'14 3 22 Totals ... '" 1,516 0 0 0 673 ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUB------DIVISION. New Isis ...... Oxonian Reef .. . 437 0 0 0 7 20'65 171 15 0 276 feet Smith and Harvey ... Rose and Thistle Reef ." 33 0 0 0 7 3 11 15 3 20 to 30 feet, H. and E, Neville ." Lancashire Reef ... 20 0 0 0 4 6 4 5 0 40 feet Cole and Co. ... '.,. Greenock ...... 510 0 0 4 0 I -2 0 50 feet ------,---- Totals ...... 495 10 () 0 7 14'94 • 188 17 3 ST. ARNAUD NORTIl Sun- DIVISION. Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Western and Wilson's Hill 648 0 0 OIl 17'37 379 Ii 0 600 feet Chrysolite Tribute Reefs' St. Arnaud Cross Reef Bell Rock Reef ... 614 0 0 0 4 2'95 126 II 12 370 feet Tribute Rising Star ...... Wilson's Hill Reef .., 28 0 0 0 4 0 5 12 0 90 feet London and St,-Arnaud Various reefs ...... 566 0 0 0 2 4'53 61 19 0 30 to 161 feet London and St. Arnaud Various, reefs ...... 45 0 0 0 12 5'68 27 10 16 50 to 160 feet Tribute parties Hurren and Co. '" ... Wilson's Hill Reef ... 24 0 0 0 1 21'50 2 5 12 90 feet King and Co, ...... Silver Mines ...... 13 10 0 0 9 0 (; 1 12 Surface Greenock Reef ...... Greenock Reef ... 246 0 0 o 16 18'29 206 3 12 300 feet ---- Totals ...... 2,184 10 0 0- 7 1\'31 816 o 16 . " CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Little Nuggety ...... Nuggety Reef ... 59 0 0 3 14 6'50 219 2 0 180 to 200 feet Wattle Gully ...... Wattle Gully Reef ... 838 () 0 1 1 6'45 891 3 12 235 feet Central ...... '" Wattle Gully Reef ... 739 0 0 o 12 11'76 461 10 6 350 to 280 feet Chewton ...... Chew ton Heef 464 0 0 0 6 23'10 161 10 17 180 feet Eureka Consols '" ... Eureka.Reef ... , .. 254 0 0 1 9 5'10 371 0 0 360 feet Sebastopol Crushing , ... Various ...... 139 0 0 0 8 3'S8 56 14 12 Bennett and others ... Various .. , ... 287 0 0 0 7 3'22 102 7 12 Lamb and Co. ... Various ...... 212 0 0 0 9 9'17 99 9 0 Cardwell and Co::: ... Town Reef ." 247 0 0 010 8'31 127 15 12 Chalk and Co...... Town Reef ... '" 108 0 0 0 4 5'55 22 17 0 Babcock ...... Town Reef ... '''I 93 0 0 o 13 /4'45 63 5 0 Carter ...... Little Quartz '" 37 0 0 o 12 9'40 22 18 12 Walters ...... Specimen Gully .'''I.. 60 0 0 o 12 0'90 36 2 6 Tot.'ll~ ...... 1 3,537 0 0 o 14 21'69 2,635 15 17 I 12 , QUANTITY of QUARTZ, CI'~shed ill each Division and Subdivision dt1l'ing the Quartel', &e.-continued. Division and Subdivision, , Avernge I ta Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz was obtnined. Quartz Crushe.l. Yield of Gold To I Yield of Depth at which the per Ton. Gold. ------Name of Company. -_._------Quart~ was obtained. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gl'. oz. dwt. gr. FRYER'S CI\EEIt DIVISION. W eatherly and Co. ... Blacksmith's Gully ... 6 () 0 o 18 8 5 10 0 Near surface F erron's Reef Company ... Ferron s Reef ...... 3,707 0 0 0 a 22'01 726 1 12 160 to 280 feet S orensen and Co. ... Specimen Hill ... 18 0 0 o 19 13'33 17 II! 0 80 feet B rydges and Dale ... Bullock Reef ...... 6 0 0 0 4 0 I 4 0 100 feet A nglo-Australian .. , Golden Gully ...... 189 0 0 0 3 3'19 29 12 4 180 feet R owe Brothers ...... Catplc's Reef ...... 920 () 0 0 8 11'87 390 15 0 100 to 170 feet no we Brothers ...... I!'erron's Reef ...... 410 0 0 0 I 8'04 27 7 8 120 feet R owe Brothers ... Cattle's Reef (road claim) 147 0 0 0 4 18'85 35 3 12 170 feet D uke Cornw~1l C~: '" Cattle's Reef ...... 449 0 0 0 3 15'11 81 9 18 Surface to 180 feet J as. Paull ... .. , Kangaroo Hill ... 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 100 feet F . J. Pearce ...... Hit-or-Miss ... .., 10 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 4 feet . Small and Co...... Cattle's Reef ••• ... 200 0 0 0 2 0 20 0 0 100 feet Totals ...... 6,072 0, 0 0 4 9'91 1,339 15 6 HEPBURN DIVISION. A rgus United ...... Cornish Reef ...... 438 0-0 0 4 8'84 95 13 9 50 to 80 feet B urkett and Co...... German Gully ... 55 0 0 I 3 12'76 64 14 6 190 feet S peeimen Hill Co,& Tributcrs Specimen Hill ... 5,600 0 0 0 4 17'17 1,320 6 18 383 and 460 feet F ear-Not ...... W om bat Hill , .. ... 144 0 0 0 I) 0 36 0 0 100 feet W iIIard and King ... Willard's Heef ... 48 0 0 0 3 12 8 8 0 50 feet Co rnish ...... Cornish Reef ...... 3,07:1 0 0 0 2 17'75 420 19 11 To 540 feet N orth Cornish ...... Cornish Reef ...... a04 0 0 0 4 0'51 61 2 10 To 360 feet A jax Co, ...... 1,050 0 0 0 7 1'14 370 0 0 140 feet l'Taukervis ... , .. Mauritius Reef ... 30 0 0 0 3 16 5 10 0 30 feet L ueini ...... ''I" oman's Gully ... 200 0 0 0 I 12 15 0 0 100 feet 1veron and others .. ~ Keep-it-Dark ...... 90 0 0 0 8 21'33 40 0 0 20 feet ------() T ARADAf,E AND KYNETON Totals ...... lJ,032 0 0 4 10'06 2,437 14 6 SUBDIVISION. ------·------1-----·-.--- U nlted Kingdom ...... Taradale , .. .., 1,661 0 0 0 5 21-60 490 0 0 50 feet 1'1 cAllister ...... Tamdale .. . , .. 404 0 0 0 11 10'93 231 8 0 70 feet , M orton's .. ... Taradale ... '" 29 0 0 I 3 14'90 34 5 0 Surfuce H umbold ... '" Belltopper , ...... 5 0 0 0 8 19'20 2 4 0 Surface I follow's ...... Taradale ... .., 800050 200 Surface F enton Tribute ...... Taradalc ...... 1,000 0 0 0 5 HI'51 290 13 0 100 to 200 feet C ray's ...... Taradale .., ... 6 0 0 0 6 16 2 0 0 Surface H ubbards ... Belltopper 20 feet ...... ____1__ 2 __ 0___ 0_.1--0--~--1-4-1~~ '.rotals ... 3,125 0 0 0 6 18'45 11,057 13 0 TARItA."WOWER DIVISION. 1---·------1---- Linscott's Mills Various reefs .. , 464 0 0 0 JO 3'981 235 17 0 'Caledonian Mills ... Various reefo ' .. 854 0 0 0 15 23'98 683 3 12 Eaglehawk Union }~aglehawk Re~f :;25 0 0 0 9 9'72 I ~4!i Ii 18 Phrenix Mills Vario)ls reefs ... 738 0 0 0 9 10'29 347 18 12 Bell's Reef Bell's Reef 15 0 0 I 0 15 22'40 I II 19 0 Great W' estern Beehive Heef ... III 0 0, 0 12 8'64. 68 12 0 'Velshman's Beef 300 0 0 ~_O _I 60 0 0 Totals ... --=:007 ~ ~ 12'77il,65*. ~ ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. Longley and Co .... Oram's Reef .1 1800 611 ii'33 I 11811 0 300 feet Surman Allen's Heef 2' 0 0 2 5 20'50· 4 11 17 100 feet Rickards and Co .. Allen's Heef ,3 0 0 2 4 0 G 12 0 30 feet Central Mining Cu. Heefton 229 0 0 3·0 I!H6 i 694 7 12 100 feet Pigtail Company Anderson's Creek 79 0 () 0 14 17'77' 58 4 12 120 feet Lanz and Co. DiamolJ(l Creek 20 0 0 1 13 16'05 I, 33 13 9 120 feet Day and Co. Diamond Creek 44 0 0 0 9 17'86 21 8 18 200 feet Butler Diamond Creek 15 0 0 I 11 4'93 I: 23 8 2 120 feet Bradley and Co. '" Diamond Creek Ii 0 0 0 7 21'\7 6 14· 0 70 feet Pioneer Company Pioneer Heef '" 3U 0 0 1 4- 0'I 36 0 0 60 feet Apted and Cu. Pioneer Heef ' .. 27 ° 0 I 2 5'33 30 0 0 60 'feet Allamlale Allandale Reef 15 0 0 0 HI 8 14 \0 0 50 feet Totals ... 499 0 0 2 2 0'14 ~ 1,048 0,22 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. ARARAT DIVISION, Rhymney ...... Rhymney Beef .. , 67 0 0 0 17 21'49 59· 19' 0 290 feet Rhymney ...... Rhymney Reef ... 26 0 0 I 4 10'15 31 15 0 290 feet ,- Totlll~ .. , .. , 93 0 0 o HJ 17'29 nl H 0 --!- PLEASANT CREER DIYfSION, I Wimruera ...... Stawell Reefs ... 6,301 ,0 () () 13 ;'41 4,192 19 :I 280 to 850 feet Pioneer and Galatea ... Stawell HeefH , .. 5,i55 \I 0 () 14 11'79 4,169 18 13 4GOto 870 feet New St. George's ...... Stawell Reefs ... 4,588 0 0 0 13 9'14 3,069 II 0 480 to 850 fel:t Scotchman's ...... Stawell Reefs , .. 3,139 IU 0 0 14 20'81 2,333 16 i :lOO to 8St) feet Moonlight ... , .. Sta~,cll Heefs ·l,621 0 0 0 Ii 18'61 4,107 2 0 ,(10 to 1,060 teet '" ,- Totals ...... i 10 0 0 14 15'54 17,873 6 23 I - : i ]3 QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. • i I A Division and Subdivision, : :; verage Total Yield 01 Remarkerelattve to tile and WI,ere Quartz was obtained. :; Quartz Crushed. '\' Yield 01 Gold Gold Depth at whlcb tb. ---_._------,------Nam. 01 Oompany. per Ton. • Quartz was obtained, &c. i tons cwl,. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. I : GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. OMEO SUBDIVISION. I Isabella .. . Swift's Creek ... 28 6 0 I I 0 0 28 6 0 Eureka .. . Swift's Creek ... 50 0 0 I 0 4 0 10 0 0 Rob Roy Swift's Creek ... 94 0 0 I 7 9 128 13 6 Fashion ••• Swift's Creek •.. 460 400 17 " 0 Morning Star Sheep-station Creek 30 4 0 0 8 0 ! 12 1 15 1------1----: I Totals ... CROOKED' RIVER DIVISION. .. ·I~~I~~i~~ Good Hope ... Good Hope ...1 150 0 0 I 0 7 ;'68: 54 18 0 500 feet Thomas and Co •..• Bismark ••. , 18 0 0 j 0 6 22'66 I: 6 5 0 30 feet Reynolds and Co. Republic I 24 0 0 I 0 5 14 (j 14 0 30 to 40 feet Totals ... !~-;Oi--;;-;-J.621 (jj 17 0 JERICHO DIVISIO",. I Harbinger G. M .... Dry Creek :--;;0-0-1013 '2'32 1Is;"~ 220 feet 1------1----1----- DONNELLY'S CBBEK DIVISION. ! I • Bismarck United••• ... i 150 0 0 I 0 16 19'20; 126 0 0 Florence Q. M. Co. ... i 316 0 0 j 0 Ii 1'71 I 80 2 12 Totals ...... II~~-;_____ ,()8 ____ 20,32!1 _____206212 _ STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. Long Tunnel 1 Cohen's Reef ...... I 4,343'0 0 i I 17 19 8,206 9 18 Between 24S " 523 feet below adit Walhalla Cohen's Reef ...... I, 3,932 0 0 I, 0 18 12'36 1 3,640 2 0 From adit to 3S5 feet below North Gippsland... Cohen's Heef ...... 488 0 0 ------0 6 10'94 157 9 6 190 feet from surface Totals .. . "'i,~~~I'_1_7 9'53 12,00"~ AnERFELDY SUBDIVISION. Wilson and Barthold Main Western Reef ... 2,150 0 0 0.. 0'12 430 10 8 About 100 feet from Sundry lots" .-- 550___ 0 0' ------1---- 0 3 8'29 92 0 0 surface Totals ... 1 2,700 0 o. 0 3 20'89· 522 10 8 TARWIN SUBDIVISION. No.1 South .. : !~W-;lioi622:(i8l'3S 10 12 Depth, 114 feet Golden Bar ... i_------1-- 66 0 0; 0 12 12 ,,! 41 5 0 1 Depth, 30 feet Totals ...... 1 229 10 0 I 0 15 16 ,179 15 12 * From lessees' returns received!n tbe Omce of lIftnes. QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, ETC. THE following information has been obtained from Retlll'ns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of Ql;ARTZ TAILINGS and MULWCK, &c., Crushed in the several DiVIsions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. DIvision and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Qutu'tz !ralllngs Average Remarks relative to the and Yield of Gold Total Yield of Mullock, &0" were and Mullack, &c., Galli. Depth at which the Name of Company. obtained. Crushed. per Ton. Mullock, &c., were obtained I tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz; dwt. gr. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT . CENTRAL DIVISION. The Golden Point Battery... (Crushed on hire) ... I 48 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 0 STI!:IGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Native Youth Steiglitz ... I--;~~ ~-4-- -;;.~ BEECHWORTH MINING DIST~ICT. ALE:u.NDRA SUBDIVISION. Cbaffe and party... Emu Reef 72 0 0 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT• SA.NDHURST DIVISION, Koch's Pioneer ... Long Gully ...... i . 333' 0 0 I 0 1 5'37 20 7 13 HEA.THCOTE DIVISIO:N AND W A.RA.NGA. SOUTH SUB 1----,---- DIVISION. John Collins Redcastle '''1 __2~~1~_0 ___ 2 ~ W ARA.NGA. NORTH SUBDIVI SION. 1 . I Balaclava' Whroo 200001020 2000 Victoria••• Coy's Diggings ... i 1,000 0 0 0 0 lI'i6, 24 10 0 Victoria.. . Coy's Diggings 1,200 0 0 0 0 10'54 26 7 0 Victoria.. . Coy's Diggings ....'''1 801) 0 O. 0 0 10'95 18 5 0 Victoria.. . Coy's Diggings ... ;__ 1,0_0_0 _0_0_1_0_0 _8'_69___ 1_8 __2_0_ Totals ... .. ,I 4,200 0 0, 0 0 12'25 107 4 0 14 QUANTITY of QUARTZ TAILINGS and MULLoeR Cl'ushed in each Division and Subdivision,&c.-contimled. . Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings aud Quartz Talling. 'rutsl Yield of and l\.fullock, &c., were and ~Inllocl<, &c., Gold. Name of Company. obtained. Crushed. tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. MA.RYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARYBORUGH DIVISION. James, Kay, Reade (public Tailings 67S 0 0 0 2 3 72 0 IS' Variou!! crushings) AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Monte Christo ••• ... Tl:ibuters' claims DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Straker and Co...... Ironbark Reef 53 0 0 0 1 0 ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUB- • DIVISION. New Isis· Co" ...... Oxonian Reef ... 280 0 0 0 3 5'H 45 7 0 276 feet Douglas and Co ... . •.• Various reefs ... 240 0 0 0 1 9 16 10.,0 ----1--·--.1----- Totals n. 520 0 0 0 2 9'09 61 17 0 ST. ARNAUD NORTH Sun- . DIVISION • F. Stahl... ..• ... Wilson's Hill ... 167 0 0 . 0 5 0'86 42 I 0 Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Wilson's Hill ... 148 0 0 0 9 1l:0~ 70 0 0 600 feet Chrysolite Tribute St. Arnaud Public Crushing Various reefs ... 600 0 0 0 4 0 120 0 0 Greenock Reef ...... Greenock Reef 140 0 0 0 5 0 35 0 0 300 feet Totals : •• 1,055 0 0 0 5 1'50 267 1 0 CASTLEl\IAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. • Seba,stopol Crushing ... Lady Gully ...... 100 0 0 0 2 18'60 13 17 12 Lewellyn ...... Nimrod Reef ...... 558 0 0 0 I 4'10 32 13 6 ~- Tota.ls '" ... 658 0 0 0 I 9'93 46 10 IB T ARRANGOWER DIVISION. .. Phoonix Mills ...... German Gully ... 337 0 0 0 I 1'63 18 0 0 Surface -- ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. I,ongley and Co ...... Oram's Reef ...... 5 0 0 o 16 0 4 0 0 ARA.RAT MINING DISTRICT. PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. # Scotchman's ...... Stawell Reefs ... 150 O' 0 0 2 13'72 19 '5 19 ~ PYRITES '.AND BLANKETINGS. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by t.he Mining Surveyors£lnd Registrars relative to the Quantity 'of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in the sevl;lraL Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District tlie Quarter, aud the GOLD obtained therefrom. , ~ Division and Subdivision, Pyrites Avcruge Uemnrl!:.S relative to the Where Pyrites and Blanketings Total Ylel,l of 'Depth at which the and were obtained. and lllanketings Yield of Gold Gold. Na.me of Company. operated 011. per'l'on. Pyrites, &c" were obtained. - . tons' cwt. qr, Oz. dwt. gr. oz. d'wt. gr. BAIJLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. The Llanber:ris ... Gum-t·ree Flat ... 22 0 0 1 17 12'27 41 5 6 . . ------.------CRI!8WICK DIVISION. Port Phillip ...... Clunes Reefs •.• .. . 50 5 0 4 5 4'17 214 0 0 ~ New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs ...... 75 0 0 a 2 0 232 10 0 South Clunes ...... Clunes Reefs ...... 17 0 0 5 7 17'64 91 11 12 ---- ~ 'fotals ...... 142 5 0 3 15 15'64 538 I 12 - STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISIO~. ------Anonymous ...... ];~la.ille ...... 48 0 0 2 2 22 103 0 0 ------BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Sultan Barry's Reef ... 36 0 0 2 16 "18'67 102 4 0 ...... j 15 QUANTITY of PYRITES and BLANKETIXGS operated on in each Division and Subdivision, &:c.-contillued. Division and Subdivision, " I PyrItes 1 Average Remarks relative to the Where pYfltcs and nlanketings and Blankethlgs Yield of Gold Total Yield of and Gold. Depth at which the of Company. were oot-alued. 'i ?perated on~ per Ton. Pyrites, &0., were obtained. I tons cwt, qr,. oz. dwt, gr, oz, dwt. g)', BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEEClIwonTlI DIVISION. P ride and Stringer ... Clear Creek ... 10 0 0 1 13 16'8 16 17 0 Runday Reef ...... Three-mile Creek 3 12 0 I 9 17'33 5 7 0 N:Oil Desperandum . ... Myrtleford ... ..".. 2 10 0 I 4 19'2 3 2 0 Totals ...... 16 2 0 I II 10'2 25 6 0 Y ACKANDANDAlI DIVISION. B igelow and Clingan '" Homeward Bound Heef, 50 0 0 o 19 1'4 47 15 0 Hillsboro' BUCKLAND DlVISION. ,--- H appy Valley ...... Three reefs ...... 10 0 0 1 18 0 19 0 0 Hillsboro' ." ...... Hillsboro' Reef ., . 36 0 0 1 2 12 40 10 0 Sundry lots ...... At Gill's Mill ...... 25 0 0 1 II 4'80 39 0 0 -- . Totals ...... 71 0 0 I 7 \7'9\ 98 10 0 WOOD'S POIN1' SUBDIVISION. , The Hope ...... Morning Star Quartz ... 25 10 0 2 3 10'82 55 8 0 The Alps Gt. C. G. ... Morning Star Quartz ... 10 0 0 4 1 4'80 40'12, 0 Totals ...... 35,10 0 2 14 2'03 96 0 '0 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHunST DIVISION. Spargo Brothers ... .. , Great Western Gully ... 278 0 0 2 1 10'96 576 5 0 United Pyrites, G, E. '" Pinchgut Gully ... 582 0 0 3 I 17'86 1,796 15 5 Sandhurst and Eaglehawk Jackass Flat ... 347 0 0 1 18 6'88 664- 5 12 P.E. Koch's Pioneer ...... Long G,ully ...... 123 0 0 1 ,I 16'58 133 8 0 Beehive ...... Eaglehawk ...... 6 0 0 2 5 I 13 10 6 Liddell Bros...... Derwent Gull;r .,. 58 0 0 2 16 6'62 163 4 0 ------Totals ...... 1,394 0 0 2 8 0'62 3,347 7 23 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Johnston and Sons (public 8 0 0 1 2 12 9 0 0 I Various crushings) ______1 ____1 AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Perseverance Company's tunnel 917 0 0 o 0 14'081 26 18 0 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLE~IAINE DIVISION. Eureka Con sols ... '" Eureka Reef ...... 9 0 0 411 8 41 2 0 ---- HEPBURN DIVISION. North Cornish ...... Cornish Reef ...... I 0 0 3 0 0 '"3 0 0 Sold at 50s. Cornish .. ; ...... Cornish Reef ...... 7 10 0 3 0 0 '"22 10 0 Sold at 50s, Specimen Hill ... .. , Specimen Hill ... 4 0 0 4 0 0 '"16 0 0 Sold at 100s. ----- Totals ...... 12 10 0 3 6 9'60 41 10 • ,. Estimated, GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION., I Long Tunnel G. M. Reg.... Cohen's Reef ... .. , , 34 l(l 0 3 7 2'34 1I6 IS 0 Walballa G. M. Reg. ... Cohen's Reef ' .. .. ' 26 4 0 I 18 4'41 50 o 12 Totals ... 61 0 0 2 14 16'33 166 15 12 ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION. Sundry lots}!> ...... '" ...... sO 10 0 2 19 13'62 150 8 4 • From lessees' returns received in the Office of 1IIines. 16 W:A.SHDIR'f AND CEMENT, SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY of W ASHDlRT Puddled llDd Sluiced and CEMENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. . Quantity Puddled Average Yield of Gold ~?~al, Yield 01 Gold from ~!!nlng Districts, and Urnshed. per 'COH. and Cement. Washdirt. tong cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, oz. <1wt. gr. Ballarat ...... 22,243 () 0 () 0 !i:al 802 0 17 Beechworth ...... 33,434 () 0 () 0 15'47 1,0ii 2 '0 Sand hurst ...... '" .,. ... 3,590 0 0 0 I :l3'1i 357 6 0 Maryborough ••• ...... 13,918 2 0 0 3 6'87 2,287 0 0 Castlemaine ...... 103,236 0 0 () 0 12-;7 2,745 10 8 Ararat' ...... 5,175 0 0 0 I 7'36 338 3 0 Gippsland ...... , ...... -- Totals ...... 181,596 2 0 () 0 20'11 7,607 2 1 1-' Cement. Ballarat ...... , .. 1,901 0 0 0 3 1'44 '289 13 9 Beechworth ...... ' ...... , ...... Sandhurst ...... '" ...... Maryborough ...... 881. 0 0 0 2 16-27 117 19 0 Castlemaine ...... 9:)9 0 0 0 ';l 8'71 161 5 0 Ararat ...... 3,7~6 0 0 0 4 21-99 930 14 o· Gippsland ...... Totals ' .. ' .. ... 7,.'i27 0 0 0 3 23'63 1,499 11 9 Non. -This Summary do•• not Show the total quantltlos 01 washdirt puddled and sluiced and cement cro Office of Mines, THOS, COUCHMAN, Melbourne, 14th Oct.ober 1876. ' Acting Secretary for Mines. WASHDIR'1'. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by ,the Mining Surveyors and Registl'ars relative to the QUAi\,TITY of WASHDIRT Puddled o'r Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining DistricLduring the Qual'tel', and the GOLD obtained therefrom. Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yleid Remarks relative to the and Where Washtllrt was obtained.' Yield of Gold Depth .t which the Nameot Camp.. ny. ller'ron. of Gold. \Vashdlrt was obtained, &e. tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. 1 The' Eastern Star ... Ballarat Ellst '" ... 1,700 0 0 0 2 9'88 205 0 0 At 'a depth of 120 ft ------from a gutter having , It width of about 30ft SOUTHERN DIVISION. Turner and party ... Break-o'-Day,., ... 2,986, 0 0 0 1 23'26 294 0 0 : 30 to 40 ft.,. 3 to 4 ft thick Grant and party ...... : Break-o'-Day". ... 357 0 0 0 4 11'87 80 4 17 • 30 ft" 21 ft. thick Totals ...... 3,343 0 0 0 2 5'73 374 4 17 BLAOKWOOD DIVJSION I ---::------AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Butcher's Flat Sluicing ... Butcher's Flat ... 3,000 0 0 0 0 :NA 21 10 0' Surface to 25 ft. Golden Point Sluicing ... Butcher's Flat ' .. 450 0 0' 0 1 ,3'31 25 12 0 20 feet Ah Tuck and party ... Yankee Creek ' .. - 1,600 0 0 0 0 7'98 26 12 0 5 feet Ah How and p,arty ... Yankee Creek ... 550 0 0 0 o 11'13 12 15 0 7 feet Ah Foo and jarty ... Red Hill ...... 850 0 0 0 o 10'45 18 10 0 7 feet Ah Fong an party ... Tipperary Flat 3,000 0 0 0 0 3'84 24 0 0 5 feet Ah Foon and sarty ... Kangaroo CreeK .'''1.. , 1,950 0 0 0 0 4'31 17 10 0 11 feet Ah Quong an party ... Kangaroo Flat - 2,850 0 0 0 0 6'11 36 5 0 5 feet Ah Tan and party ... Lower Lerderderg - ... 2,100 0 0 () 0 4'23 18 10 0 5 feet Ah You and party ... Yankee Creek "'1 850 0 0 0 o 12'20 21 12 0 6 feet '- Totals ... "'1 17,200 0 0 0 0 6'22 222 16 0 17 QUANTITY of WASHDlHT Puddled. or Sluiced in the sevel'ld Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-continued. DIvision and SubdivIsIon, I' I Average i I RemlU'ksTeiatlvetothe ,and 1 Where Washdlrt was obtained. Wa.bdirtPuddled Yield of Gold; To~ab ~~eld Depth at wblcb tbe __~~~~ __ I___ ' _____ ' _- _____ I~~I __O __O_._ ~~~~ tons cwt,. qr.1 oz. dwt~ gr. oz. dwt. gr. BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEEOHWORTH DIVISION. Ovens Gold and Tin ... Eldorado ...... 24 0 0 0 1 20 2 4 0 216 feet from the bo tom of two shafts Wellington ... Eldorado ...... 21,440 0 0 0 o 12 536 0 0 90·foot floor McEvoy .•• .....' Eldorado ...... 1,560 0 0 0 o 12 189 0 0 248 feet Trevillian and Co. ... Spring Creek .•• ... 1,110 0 0 0 I 0 58 10.0 135 feet Osborne. and Co ...... Spring Creek ...... 2,340 0 0' 0 1 8 156 0 o 35 ft. A portion 0 f ------1 this gold had bee n Totals ...... 32,534 0 0 o 0 13'891 941 14 0 lying in tail-race for INDIGO DIvisION. ----- some months Barrass and Co...... Durham and Caled~nian 900 0 0 ----o 3 0'21,-----1 135 8 0 230 feet Leads SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. I Ballarat and Bendigo .. , Huntly ...... 990 0 0 0 4 0 198 0 0 Depth 122 ft. ; origina . water level 116 ft. Lane's Tribute No.2 '" Huntly ...... 2,600 0 0 0 1 5'40 159 6 0 Depth 95 ft. ; origina water level 92 ft. Totals ... .., 3,690 0 0 0 I 23'11 351 6 0 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MAIl.TBOROUOH DIVISION. Seaham ...... Alma ...... 1,500 0 0 0 2 19'20 I 210 0 o 1100 feet Gladstone ...... Alma ...... 2,100 0 0 0 3 2'05 1 324 0 0 80 to 100 feet Totals ...... 8,600 0 0 0 2 23'20 534 0 0 AMHERST DIVISION, Union ...... Mount Greenock South 5,530 0 0 0 I 12'63 422 0 0 250 feet Hoffnung .. , ... Mount Greenock South 1,560 0 0 0 6 2'65 398 12 0 100 feet Tara's Hall ...... Taaffe's Paddock ... 2,228 2 0 0 2 6'37 i 262 8 0 60 feet DUNOLLY AND l'ARNAGULLA Totals ...... 9,318 2 0 0 2 1'27 i 1,073 0 0 DIVISIONS .• Prince of Wales ...... Pottery Hill, Dunolly ." 1,000 0 o ! 0 13 14'40 i .680 0 0 60 to 70 feet CASTLEMAJNE MINING DlSTRICT. FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Thomas and Co ...... Spring Gully ...... ) 850 0 0 0 I 0 42 10 0 10 to 12 feet Roberts and Co ...... Spring Gully '" ... 1,400 0 0 0 0 4 II 13 8 12 to 14 feet Ellis and Williams' ... Horseshoe Bend 1,400 () 0 o '0 9 26 5 0 10 to 14 feet Parsons and Co...... Horseshoe Bend '''1 5,880 0 0 0 010 122 10 0 12 to 14 feet Riddle and Co...... New Year's Flat ... 2,800 0 0 0 010 51! 6 16 15 feet Brewer and Co. ... 'New Year's Flat ... i 2,100 0 0 0 0 3 13 2 12 15 feet Trethewey and Co. ... New Year's Flat ... 1,680 0 0 0 0 8 28 0 0 16 to 18 feet Stephens and Co. ... New Year's Flat oU I 100 0 0 0 014 20 8 8 16 to 18 feet Vosti and Co...... German Gully ... 2,800, () 0 0 I 12 210 0 0 14 to 20 feet J, Scott ...... Pennyweight ". ... i5 0 0 0 o Il'S4 I 11 0 12 feet T. Pearson ...... Pennyweight .... ' ... 560 0 0 0 o 12 14 0 0 8 to 10 feet· Fox and Co...... Pennyweight ...... 1,400 0 0 0 1 0 70 0 o , Various Ah Chong and Co. ... Pennyweight ...... 1,5()O 0 0 0 0 3'84 12 0 o 1 10 to 12 feet W. Gurr and Co. .. , Butcher's Hill ... 300 0 0 O' 0 9'60 6 0 o ; 100 feet ------Totals ...... 23,445 0 0 0 o 13'03 636 12 20 HEPBURN DIVISION. ------Perseverance and oiher par- Yandoit, Hepbufll, and 600 0 0 0 3 16 110 0 0 To 15 feet ties Shepherd's Flat Franklinford ...... Franklin ...... 2 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 120 feet Sailor Prinee ...... Sebastopol ...... 270 0 0 0 6 17'28 90 14 10 Tunnel Table A ...... Hepburn division ... 20,680 0 0 0 o 14'87 641 I 12 10 to 120 feet 355 Chinese ...... Hepburn division ... 50,000 0 0 0 o 10'22, 1,065 0 0 Shallow Townie Isaacs, Good and Daylesford ...... 3,275 0 0, 0 0 9'79 66 16 0 Various Hocking .------Totals ...... 14,821 0 0 0 o 12'67 1,974 1122 TJ,RIUNGOWER DIVISIO:-I, ------Bowe and Co...... Blackie's Hill ...... 696 0 0 0 o n'65 16 18 14 24 feet Abram Grigg ...... Pegleg Gully ...... 1,200 0 0 0 0 8 20 0 0 12 feet RoM. Grigg ...... Porcupine Flat ... 260 0 0 0 O. 18 9 15 0 50 feet John Knight ...... Porcupine Flat ... 260 0 0 0 o 18 9 15 0 20 feet Jolly and CO. H' ... Eaglehawk ...... 2,080 0 0 0 0 4'32 18 1 0 14 feet Ja.mes Kent ...... Porcupine Flat .. . 260 0 0 0 3 0 39 0 0 40 feet Hetherington and Co. ... Muckleford ...... 208 0 0 0 2 0 20 16 0 30 feet 1 ---- Totals ...... 4,964 0 0 0 0 12'98 134 5 14 ARARAT MIN[NG DISTRICT. RAGLAN DIvrSION. New Victoria ... Waterloo ... 5,175 0 0 0 I 7'36 338 3 0 160 feet ... .. ·1 , ~-, '~"':""C .."r No. 50. B Hi CEMENT. THE following information has been obtained from Returns' made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars l'elative to the QUANTITY of CEIIrENT Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. i Division and Subdivision, Average Totnl Yield of Remarks relative to tl.e Name of"_lI_d Company.. _____ ,_'_V_he_r_e_ce_m_e_D.t_w_n_' S_O_bto_in_ed_'I_c_e_m_en_t._c_rU_S_he_d_' 'I_Y_Ie_ld_o._f_G_· per Ton.O_ld ___ G_O_ld_. _ ~_D_e_p_th_a_t_w_h_IC_h_th_e_ Cement was obtolned__ •. tons owt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. o~. dwt. gr, BALIJARAT MINING DISTRICT. 'CENTRAL DIVISION. The Golden Point battery ...... 48 0 0 0 5 0 12 0 0 . '" ------SOUTHERN DIVISION, ---- Crushed ,(on hire) by the New Kangaroo battery ... Kaogaroo Flat .. ' 568 0 0 0 4 1'72 115 12 19 ----- SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. ------. Howcroft and party ... Dreamer's Hill, Happy 32 0 0 0 9 7 14 17 8 Valley Drury and party ••• ... Dreamer's Hill, Happy 11 0 0 I o 13 1 7 3 11 Valley BLACKWOOD DIVISION ---- .L'ID BLUE MOUNTAIN SouTa Totals ... '" 43 0 0 010 6'02 22 0 19 SUBDIVISION. All NationS ...... Yankee Hill ...... 1,242 0 0 0'2 6'10 13~ 19 19 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARTBOROUGII DIVISION." Johnston and Soos (public crushings)' .... ••. 14 0 0 0'7 3'42 5 0 0 Various AMIIERST DIVISION. J. Bartlemore...... Various places ------790 0 0 ----0 2 9'11 ------94 0 0 DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Jas. Simmollds ...... No.2 Hill, Bealiba ... 43 0 0 o 4 22'32 10 12 0 40 feet John Job ...... No.1 Hill, Bealiba '" 22 0 0 060 6 12 0 30 feet Sayers and Co. .." .. ' Forty-foot Hill, Bealiba 700 o 2 20'57 1 0 0 20 feet Geo. Boundry ... . ,. No.2 Hill, Bealiba ". 500 030 o 15 0 Surface ______1 ___- ____ Tot:tls .... 77 0 0 I 0 -1 22'12 18 19 0 CASTLEMAINE MINh~G DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Thomas and Co, ... Bald Hill 280 : 0 10 4 0 56 0 0 100 feet Homeward Bound Table Hill lIO to 125 feet '''I--~~I~~~~ HEPBURN DIVISION. Totals ... '''\_ 790 0 0: 0 3 8'96 ~~ Eddy and party Wombat Hill ". I. 169 0 0 I 0 3 7'52 28 0 0 150 feet ARARAT MINING DISTRICT• ARARAT DIVISION. Londonderry Londonderry ... 1. 791 0 0 0 4 12'50 178 16 0 70 feet Backhouse and Co. Mulloek Bank 40 feet '''I __ ~_~I_O_~O__ ~~ Totals ... PLEASANT CREEK DiVISION'. ... !_'_~~I'~ 1406. ~~ Band of Hope Deep Lead' ...\ 2,960 0 0 I 0 5 0'22 '741 8 0 - 19 NUMBER AND DIS'rRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY, FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 1876. (From Returns made by tke Mining Surveyors and Registra1's.) Name of Place. No; Total. Name of PlIl.ce. No. Total. ------~ BALLARAT DISTRICT. . Brought forward ••• 5,438 Central Division: Creswich Division-continued. Ballarat West 200 Slaty Creek 40 Ballarat East 912 Mopoke 30 Ballarat North 100 Humbug Hill 40 Sebastopol 112 Portuguese Flat 45 Little Bendigo 400 Back Creek 10 Dead-horse 180 Bullarook 70 Sago Hill and the Springs 50 Gordon Subdivision: -- 1,860 White Horse Ranges 200 2,154 Egerton ... 193 Gordon 65 Southern Division: Moorabool 4 Long Gully 10 Steiglitz Subdivision: 262 Staffordshire Reef 75 Steiglitz ... Italian Gully 15 35 Morrison's 70 Splitters' Gully 6 80 Dolly's Creek 15 Kangaroo Elaine 120 . Mooulight 10 Mount Doran Bulldog GO 20 Rokewood Junction 50 Litt.le Forest 8 Mount Misery Creek 310 Blackwood Divi.. ioll and Blue Mountain 26.8 Jackson's Gully 10 Soutli Subdivision: Yankee Hill 15 Golden Point 110 Grassy Gully 30 Hed Hill ... 60 Spring Creek 14 Barry's Reef and Split-tree ... 360 Sawpit Gully 12 Yllnkee Reef and Creek 60 Whim Holes 25 Simmons' Reef and Buck Creek 50 Hard Hills 30 Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg 100 l<'renchman's' 50 Blakeville 30 Pinchgut ... 35 Snake Gully 14 Break-o'-Day 80 Goodman's Creek ... 20 Western Creek 80 Balian Flat 40 997 Garibaldi and vicinity 20 Wright's Reef 30 Buninyong Division: Bacchus Marsh and vicinity 40 Durham and tributaries 100 Maher's Hill ... Green Hills and Devonshire 40 16 ,- 950 Scotchman's and Hard Hills 85 Ballan Subdivision: Buninyong and Union Jack 15 Between BaHan and Blakeville 4 4 Hiscock's and Fairweather Reefs 90 Winter's Flat, Cobbler's, and Magpie 100 Total for Ballarat District 8,782 Black Lead and Gum-tree ." ... 80 Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gympie 50 Prospecting and isolated parties' ... 50 BEECHWORTH DISTRICT. Mount Helen 10 620 Beechworth Division: SlIIythesdale Division: Spring Creek 105 Silver Creek 25 Smythesdale 140. Deep Creek Scarsdale and Newtown 200 22 Hurdle Creek 54 Cape Clear 40 Pennyweight l!'1at .. . Brown's ... 80 52 Italian Gully Two-mile Creek .. . 60 5 Three-mile Creek .. . 190 Derwent Jack's 60 Six-mile Creek Piggoreet 70 50 Stony Creek 80 Bottle Hill 40 Myrtleford, &c. Snake Valley and Hard Hills 50 110 Wool'l~gee, &c. 110 Happy Valley and Lucky Woman's ••• 140 Reid's Creek Haddon 600 as . Golden Lake Wooished 190 10 Sebastopol Madden's Flat 10 120 Eldorado 350 Linton's .. ~ 170 Stanley and neighborhood Monkey Gully 10 380 Moonlight Creek 12 Yackandandah Division: 1,936 Preston Hill 30 Clear Creek .• ; 64 \,667 Bruarong 18 Creswick Division: Kirby's Flat 57 Creswick ... 90 Rowdy Flat 38 Clunes "', 900 . Osborne's Flat 60 Springhill 450 Allan's Flftt 8 Broomfield Gully 10 Siaghorn Flat 52 Red Streak in 'l'wist's Creek 7G Union Hill . 20 Muddy Creek 40 Longpoint 25 Hillsborough 40 Diamond Gully 15 Sandy Creek 80 Cobbler's Gully 15 Township 70 Bald Hills 10 Hayes' Point 20 Sulky Gully' 15 623 Carried forward 5,438 Carried forward 2,559 20 NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS 011 the Goldfields, &c.-continued. Name oCPlace. No. Total. Name of Place. No. Total. ------~'------I~-----II·------I~----- Brought forward...... 2,559 Brought forward ••. 5,7Il Indigo Division: Jamieson Subdivision: Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads 68 Howqua Hiver and tributaries ... 5 Suffolk Lead ...... 10 Goulburn River, from Howqua to Sebastopol Lead...... 4 Jami~son ... .., ... 35 Iudigo Lead ...... 234 Mack's Creek '" ...... 60 Robert Burns ...... 6 Glencoe I.ead ... ••. Goulburn River, from Jamieson to 6 Swampy Creek...... 70 Lancashire Lead ... 6 Sailor Bill's Creek...... _ 100 All England Lead...... 16 Caledonian and Durham Leads Flume Creek ...... 30 62 Baker's Creek ...... 30 WatJgunyah ...... 8 --- 330 Clydesdale ...... 10 Lanarkshire ...... 3 ':l'otal for Beechworth District ... 6,041 New Hibernian...... 8 Rutherglen Reefs ...... 31 Chiltern Reefs ...... 23 495 Buckland Division:- SANDHURST DISTRICT. Harrietville ...... 102 Harrietville to'Bright ...... 426' 8anilliUl'st Division: Bright to Boundary,including Running Back Creek and Spring Gully ... • 145 Creek ...... •. 136 Sheepshead and Golden Gully ... 360 W andiligong ...... 280 Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat ... 480 Buckland to Upper Bridge ... ••. 119 Crusoe Gully and neighborhood .•• 80 Upper to Lower Bridge... •.. 183 Marong and Bullock Creek ... 120 Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction ... 188 Victoria aud New-ehum Reefs ... 560 1,434 Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies ... 525 Alerandra Subdivision: Ironbark ...... 510 Alexandra and vicinity ... 30 Bendigo Flat ...... • .. . 515 Godfrey's Creek and vicinity 40 White Hills and Epsom...... 100 Devil's Ri vcr and tributaries 20 Huntly...... 215 .Johnson's Creek and tributaries 8 Sydney Flat and Whipstick .. . 190 Head of U T Creek .. . 10 , 1:lpecimen Hill and Sailors' Gully .. . 290 Goulburn River...... 10 Devonshire Gully and Dead-horse Flat 250 Doojalook ... 2 Windmill Hill and California Gully .. . 430 Spring Creek and tributaries 10 Eaglehawk Gnlly and :Flat...· .. . 315 Higin botham ...... 2 Snob's Hill and Pegleg Gully .. . 395 Merton and vicinity IS' Raywood...... 70 Tea-tree Creek and Yicinity 15 Elysian Flat ...... 40 Scattered population .. . 20 Sebastian...... 40 Acheron River ...... 40 Kamarooka .. . 40 Maindample and Doon ... 8 Scattered and prospecting ... 250 Yea ...... 10 5,920 'Dry Creek Subdivision: 238 K ilmore Divisi~n : Reedy Creek 15 Brankeet Creek ... 6 12, Dry Creek ... Sunday Creek 1I0 27 Hell's Hole .. ' 24 Heathcote Division and Waranga South 1- GajJne!!,s Creek Subdivision: 1- 140 Subdivision: Goulburn Ri ver...... 4 Graytown .. . 15 Gafl'lHiv's Creek...... 49 Redcastle .. . 90 Cannon's Creek...... 19 Heathcote .. . 140 Raspberry Creek and branches 34, Costerfield ... 220 Lyrebird Creek...... 3 Tooborac...... 40 Wallaby Reef .. . 24 Kimbolton and Campaspe .. . 20 Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... 3 {',oliban and Myrtle Creek .. . 40 Moving population .. . 8 Wild-duck ... 30 1- Moonlight Creek .•• .. . 5 Waranga Nor/I. Subdivision: ,595 Wood's Point Subdivision: - 149 Rushworth ... 100 Wood's Point and Morning Star 35 Whroo... •.. 95 Lower Goulburn...... 20 Coy's Diggings .. . 35 Right and left branches .. . 36 White Hills, &e. .. . 25 Gooleycs Creek...... 10 Waranga .... •.. 6 Harper's and Pheasant Creeks 10 1- 261 Perkins' Creek and Waverley 6 All Nations and Creek' ... 12 Total for Sandhurst District ... 6,803 Black River ' ,., 14 Moving popUlation 8 Maori Creek ... 3 MARYBOltOUGH DISTRICT. Never-mind Spur .•• 20 M aryborough Divisi()1! : Btg River Subdivision: 174 Alma .. . 450 Frenchman's Creek 3 Waterloo .. . 60 Warner's Creek ... 4 Inkerman .. . 50 Enoch's Point .•• 10 Moonlight Flat 50 Railway Creek ... 24 Adelaide Lead J50 Jim Thomas' Creek 3 Golden Point , 100 Big River North ... 20 Craigie ... 100 Big River South ••• 6 Four-mile Flat 100 Fry's Creek ... 8 Carisbrook 200 Wilson's Creek 2 Mosquito ... 150 Moving popUlation 4 Blucher's ... 250 Goulburn River ... 3 Newtown ... 150 M ieta-milla Division: 87 Havelock .. , '150 Lightning Creek .. . 35 Chinaman's 800 Granite Flat .. . 65 Blackman's Lead ... 50 Mitta Mitta River .. . 25 Maryborough 300 Jun~tion, Snowy Creek 10 ---- 3,100 Bethanga...... 300 435 Carried forward ... 1- 3110~ Carried forward 5,7Il 21 NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. No. Total. Name of place. Total. Name of Place. ------... ---,.---~ .. ~~- ... ----'.. ------Brought forward ... 3,100 Brought forward ...... 8,944 St. Arnaud North Subdivision-continued. Majorca Subdivision: Majorca Lead ...... S2 Emu, &c...... 15 7 Carapooe ... 10 View Point Lead ...... 40 England's Hill Lead ... 14 Bell ·Rock, &c. . .. 3 Blink Bonnie, &c. '" 15 Rocky Flat Lead ... •.. 20 Gibraltar Lead... •.. 17 Duchess of Edinburgh 36 Jerejaw, &c. ... 10 Scaudinavian Lead ... 20 Gladstone Co., McCallum's Creek .,. 32 Victoria Reef, &c .. " 440 German Gully ... •.. 7 19S Amherst Division: 9,384 About Talbot ...... 40 Total for Maryborough District ... Scandinavian Lead .. . 20 Mount Greenock...... 90 Mount Glasgow... ••• 6 CUTLElIU.INE DISTRICT. Nuggety and Long Gullies .•• .50 Castiemaine Division: Kangaroo Flat and Gully... _ ••• 50 Eureka Heef 45 100 Mia Mia and tributaries .. . 50 Guildford ... Daisy Hill and tributaries .. . 144 Campbell's Creek ... 120 lUO Sailor's Gully 37 Adelaide Lead South .. . 90 Blacksmith's Gully .. . 36 Castle maine ' Emu and Cockatoo .. . 50 Barker's Creek 90 Brown's Gully...... 20 Myrtle Creek 40 Norfolk and Shellback Gullies 30 Moonlight Flat ... 62 196 Alloea Subdivision: 686 Chew ton 66 Wattle Gully 115 Amphitheatre .. , ... 59 Avoca Lead .. - ... " 100 Golden Point Green Hill Creek ...... 72 Diamond Hill S2 ISO Bolivia Reef ... 27 Percydale ... ." 1,068 Homebush .•• . .. 90 Fryer's Creek Division: 152 Golden Gully to Fryerstown 135 Lamplough .. , ." 120 Barnes'Reef ...... 6 Spring Gully and Speeimen lIilI Monte Christo .•• .. . 25 Chok'em Flat to Vaughan ... 240 Mountain Hut ...... 25 Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills SO 45 German and Mopoke Gullies 130 No.1 Creek ...... 100 No.2 Creek .. , •.• 150 Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ... 15 Table Hill and 'rarilta • .. . 100 Kimberley and Sardine .. . 230 Donkey Hill ...... 10 . Guildford Hills...... Middle Creek, &c...... , 25 .Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe 230 Gullies east of Avoca .,. 20 Nuggety Gully and Irishtown 130 Perseverance Reef...... 25 Green and Sailors' Gullies .. . 40 New Reef, Avoca Road .. . 5 Pickpocket and Hard Hills .. . 40 Glenpatrick Reef ...... 8 Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss 150 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions: 1,019 Hepburn Division: 1,725 Dunolly...... 100 Dry Diggings Section ... 78 Burnt Creek ... - .. . 50 Yaudoit Section ...... 123 Goldsbrough ...... SO Boots Gully Section ... 54 Inkerman...... •• 35 Italian Gully Section .. . 76 Moliagul, &c. ." ••. 90 Spring Creek Section .. . 81 Bealiba .•• ...... 90 Doctor's Gully Section .. . 69 Murphy's Flat, &c. • .. 15 Brandy-hot Section .. . 33 Jones' Creek, &c. ... ••• 80 Deep Creek Section ... 114 Wild Dog, &c...... 90 Blind Creek Section ... 123 Tarnagulla ...... SO ' Stony Creek Section .. . 80 Half-way...... 25 Wombat Creek Section .. . 107 i Davlesford Section .. . 275 Llanelly ... .., ... 45 \ Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions: -- iSO Coimel's Gully Section ... 76 Jericho and Jordan ... ••• 100 Tamdlde alld Kynetoli Subdivisi NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued. Name of Place. No. Total. Name of Place. IN-o. Total. ------1------.- - Br!!ught forward ••• 5,112 Brought forward ... 674 St. Andrew's Division: Crooked River Division; Anderson's Creek ... 96 Grant...... 22 Long Gully: ... 4 Crooked River. ••• ... - . 25 Smith's Gully ... I8 Jungle Creek ...... 8' You You ... ." ·17 , Twel ve-mile Creek...... 3' Wild-dog' ... 14 Twenty-five-mile Creek ... 14 Phipps' Gully .•. 27 Thirty-mile Creek ... ." 6 Walsh and Armstrong's _IS Wentworth ... •.. 25 Warburton .•. 23 Upper Dargo ...... 20 Cherry Tree ... 13 Middle Dargo ... . .• H· Cobbler's Gully .. . i6 Lower Dargo ...... 12 Watery Gully .. . 7 Upper Mitchell ...... '2i Reef ton .• ; .... 62 Good Hope ...... • •• i '12~ Pioneer .. . 21 Good Luck Creek ... ••• 15 Queeustown .•• 28 Swamp and Morris' ' Creeks .... 24 ' Kingstown ... 26 227 , 9 Jericho Division: One-tree II ill ... Dry Creek .. . 22 McMahon's ... 15 Lower Jordan .. . 30 'Emerald ... 12 Upper Jordan .. . 7 Star,vation Creek ... ,4 22 Hoddle's Creek ... 26 Red Jacket Creek ... Muddy Creek ... 2 B B Creek .. . 20 458 Thomson River. .. . 24 Blue Mountain North Subdivision: Aberfeldy River .. . fil Trentham ...... 17 Loch l;'yne ... 3 N~wbury...... •.. 15 Gar.1ick'a...... 23 Prospecting ... Donllell!/,s Creek Division: "* ' 143 Donnelly's Creek .... 42 Total for Ca.atlemaine District ... 5,625 Aberfeldy, Fulton's, &c. 32· :Freestone Creek .. . 10 Gladstone .. . "4 ARARAT DISTRICT. 88 Stl'inger'~ Cnjek'Divisioll: ::,f . Ararat Division: Walhalla ...... 496 Arara.t Proper ...... 165 _ . Neilson's Creek ••• •.. '2 Ai:mstrong's, ... •.. 80 Aberfeldy River...... 60 Philip's Flat and Cathcart ... 65 Thomson'River...... 54 Rhymney Reef and Shea's Flat 55 Stringer's Creek...... ·4 Opossum, Gully and Port'Curtis 95 Prospecting on Pleiades Ranges 4, M~yston'and Londonderry ... 70 Aberfeldy Subdivision: 620 Pleaaallt'Creek Division: 530 Aberfeldy River... ••• 44 Silver Shilling ...... ••• 18 Thomson River... . •• 6 D~ep Lead,Fol'ty-foot, and Welshman's 40 :Wilsoll and Barthold's Lease '2 ,Flat'...... ••• 535 'Vaterloo Company's Lease ... G~eat Western...... 38 Aberfeldy Company's ,Lease 6 Stawell... '" ...... 1,045 St.ar and'Thomson Lease ... 4 S~venty-foot ...... •.. 36 102 Germania ...... 21 Russell's Creek Division: ,8 Welcome·...... ,6 Crossover Creek ... Darlington ...... 15 Tangil...... 40 Ironbark ...... , ... 58 Taugil (Western Branch) ... 2 BarMy 'Division: 1,772 .l'I.ussell's Creek ... ,'6 Lan!lsborough ...... 1!l5 Pheasant Crcek .. . 3 60 Hawthorn .. . 8 Barkly...... 1 Frenchman's ... •.. 250 Wombat Creek .. . '1 Glen patrick ...... 50 Good Hope Creek .. . Charity... •.. 1 Raglan Division: , 485 2 , Beaufort and surrounding gullies ... 118 Lady Manll~rs Sutton ... ---'-' 78 Sailors' Gully...... 81 i Bendoc Subdivisio11: Charlton ... 60 i ,6 96 . Bendoe...... W'aterloo... •.. Bonang ... 30 -- 355 Delegete Ri ver ... 36 Bog and Qneensborough 24 , Total for Ararat District 3,142 96 Tarwin Subdivision: Foster ... I25 8 GIPPSLANI) DISTRICT. Turton's Creek 133 Omeo Subdivision: Traralgon Subdit'ision r Livingstone Creek .. , ... 122 Morewell ... 8 Mitta-mitta River, from Cobungra to Naracan Creek ... 7 Wombat Creek .•. ... •.. 32 'l'raralgon .. . 4 W,ornbat Creek ...... 30 lninn's Creek .. . 4 Gibbo River ••...... 15 Tyers River and Creek 8 Swift's Creek ...... 136 Merriman's Creek ... 3 River Tambo ...... 14 Moe ...... II Riley's Creek ...... •.. 4 La Trobe...... 4 Mitchell River and BoggU Creek Subdivisions: 353 Eaglehawk Creek ... 3 Nicholson and Tambo Rivers ... 110 Bennett's Creek '" 2 Boggy Creek ...... 117 Haunied Hill ... 4 Merrijig Creek ...... 52 --'- - 52 Sandy's Creek ...... 32 2,2I3 Mitchell River .. ... "'!~ 321 Total for Gippsland District ... Carried forward ... , .... 674 GRAND TOTAL -11,990 THOS. COUCHMAN, Ofllce of Mines, Acting Secretary for Mines. }!elboUlne, 14th October 1816. 23 MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION. Mr. David Cltristy, Mining Registrar. During the quarter nothing of any importance in mining has happened. The run of auriferous ~uartz spoken of in a former report, and known as the" Indicator Lead," still continues a favorite, returning to the miner a fair remuneration; it is occasionally very rich, and has now been traced over three miles. The total consumption of water by mining companies, supplied by the BalltU'at Water Commission, for the quarter, was 8,021,000 gallons, at 4d. per 1,000 gallons. No miners are employed other than gold miners in this division. GOLD obtained by the principal Alluvial Claims for the Quartel' ending 30th September 1876. oz. dwt. g •• oz. dwt. gr. 390 16 18 From puddlers, &c. The St. George ... () ...... 1,200 ° ° The Nil Desperandum 396 4 12 Winter's Freehold ... 1,865 5 0 Total ... 4,057 6 '6 The Eastern Star 205 0 0 DIVIDENDS. £ s. d. The Duchess 180 0 The Endeavor 172 °0 0 The Parade 100 0 0 The Temperance 460 0 0 The Britannia ... ------171 \} 0 Total ----£1,083 0 0 SOUTHERN DIVISION. Afr. George Perry, Mining Registrar. QUARTZ MINING. , \ The chief item of interest which has 'occurred during the quarter is the striking a reef by Schreck and party Nil Deaperandnm Company, Kangaroo Flat-at a depth of 75 feet from the surface. VeryJittle is yet known as to the value of the find; but, from present appearance~, it is likely to prove importflllt. The r~ef is 8 feet wide, and easily worked. Two trial crushlllgs of 78 and 71 tons taken' therefrom yielded 22 ozs. 8 dwts. IS grs. and 19 ozs. 7 dwts. 3 grs. respectively. Much richer stone is stated to exist deeper; but with present appliances they are unable to work it with advantage, in consequence of the great quantity of water; Two other claims have been registered on the same line of reef. Staffordshire ReeC.-The Hopewell Tribute Company still continue to pay handsome dividends. The Speedwell 'l'ribute Company have purchased a small winding engine, which they intend to erect forthwith, to enable them to work the quartz at a deeper level, their present level-just above the water-being nearly worked out. The Hopewell Company are still engaged driving their Sl5-foot level; but nothing of an encouraging nature has yet been met with..' . The New Kangaroo Company have nearly completed the erection of their winding plant, and will start sinking in about ten days. '. Frenchman's.-The Hope Company have had such exceedingly poor returns from the quartz crushed that they have ceased operations, and contemplate ,winding-up the company. This is much 'to b!l regretted, owing to the great a.mount that has been expended on machinery and plant. The claim will doubtless be taken up again. ALLUVIAL MINING. At Kangaroo Flat several parties are doing exceedingly well, notably the Lucky Company, who have divided as high as .£40 per man per week. I am ct'edibly informed that they have netted the very handsome Bum of over .£700 per man from the time they took up the claim to date-twelve months. McMullen's Bridge.-The Goldsbrough Company are still prospecting, but have not yet met with anything payable. Pitfield Plains.-The Welcome Company are sinking a new shaft. No water is sold in this division. BUNINYONG DIVISION, lIfr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. With the exception of a tributary to the Durham at tlie Red Jacket, nothing new has been found this quarter; at this place several parties are doing well. The gold is rough, nuggets up to 2~ ozs. having been got. The' main Durham lead at the Persev~ra!lce mille is now worked by English tributers, and with considerable success. QUARTZ MINING. There is a considerable improvement in this branch of mining during the quarter. For a distance of over two miles Fairweather's and Scotchman's lines of reef being pretty well studded with parties nt work, that are, in many instances, doing well. 'These parties have crushed 831 tQDS, with all average of over 8 dwts. to the ton. ' The quantity of water sold during the quarter-Fl'om Government reservoir, under charge of Buninyong Borough Council, quantity used, 35,000,.000 gallo!ls; amount paid, £10 128. 6d. 24 SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. The returns for the quarter show considerable improvement in the condition of the mines, giving 730 ozs. in excess of the previous quarter's yield. The Haddon portion of the district has been the chief cont.ributor, next to which rank Linton, and Scarsdale. Other parts, notably Carngbam and Cape Clear, have been very backward, and, as far as can be judged of at present, there does not appear to be much prospect of amendment. Although the greater portion of the alluvial ground now in occupation is opening up well, but little desire seems to exist to prospect neW ground of that character, and consequently only a few alluvial claims have beeu taken up during the quarter. Quartz mining is in better repute, and, on that account, is receiving a greater amount of attention in the way of prospecting. The" Smythesdale Consols" (quartz) have made very commendable progress as regards the erection of machinery and other preparatory works. The" Linton" quartz claim continues to maintain its high character, as may be seen from the a.nnexed returns. Considering the number engaged in mining here and the quantity of gold produced, I think it may be allowed that the district well maintains its usual reputation as a gold-producing one. The past season being so dry, sluicing has not been attended with its wonted success. . .The following are the yields from the principal mines :-Reform, Haddon, 2,041 ozs. 3 dwts.; Trunk Lead. Haddon, 1,329 ozs. 1 dwt. 13 grs.; Racecourse, Haddou, 1,302 ozs. 10 dwts.; Preston Hill, Carugham, 186 ozs. 8 dwts. No water wall sold during the quarter. , ' CRESWICK DIVISION. Mr ..Jame$ Stevenson, lUining Surveym' and Registrar. QUiRTZ MINING. In quartz the yield of gold is nearly 1,000 OZS. greater than in the preceding quarter. This is partly owing to .. greater quantity of quartz having been crushed, but principally to' the general average being nearly 7 grs. per ton higher. ALLUVIAL. In alluvial gold there is a falling off of about 3,000 ozs. At Springhill several of the richest mines have been worked out; the numlier of mines in gold are fewer in number, and the difficulties of finding the gold and worki~ the ground increase as the leads progress. The following are the yields and dividends from the principal mines :- YIELDS. oz. dWI. Ir. Approximate yield of small miues 1,500 0 Port Phillip Compauy Tributers, Clnues 213 18 12° Cunuings' Company (Freehold), Springhill ... 1,886 17 Cameron's Freehold Company, Springhill ·1,166 16 °0 Bunyan's Freehold Coll1pany, Springhill 706 1 Kingston Park Company, Springhill ...... 974 6 °0 Ryrie's Freehold Company, Spriughill ...... 940 17 12 Richardson's Western Freehold Company, Springhill 246' 14 ° 7,635 10 ° DIVIDENDS' AND RoYALTY. £ .. 8. d. Port Phillip Company, Clunes 1,065 2 9 South Clunes Company, Clunes ... 6,000 0 New North Clunes Company, Clunes 5,140 0° 0 Bunyan's Freehold Company, Springhill 2,090 13 6 Cunnings' Freehold Company, Springhill 4,526 0 0 Camerou's Freehold Company, Springhill 779 5 0 Kingston Park Company, Springhill 1,204 9 6 Ryrie's Freehold Company, Springhill ...... 1,398 14 0 , Richard£on's 'Western .Ilreehold Company, Springhill 1,454 10 O~. Try Again Quartz Mining Compa.ny, Bullarook ... 375 ° 0 £2;1,033 14 9 The quantity of water used by the quartz mining companies at Clunes has been 89,898,920 gallons, at lid. per 1,000 .ga.llons. . GORDON SUBDIVISION. JJr. Thomas Cowan, Mining SW'veyor and Registrar. . QUAllTZ MIlIIN.G. Egerton.-:-Black Horse United' Company.-Work during the past qiiarter has been exclusively devqted to . making alterations in machinery at the mine, and II general overhauling prevlOus to re8uming work on what is deemed to be a very satisfactory basis. Pumping was commenced on Saturday, 23rd September, and as the water in the. mine has reached all the workings, it is anticipated that it will take about eight weeks to draw it. After that is effected, work will be carried on with vigor. Before pumping operations were resumed, 13 men were employed for th'e last month, but now,and till the mine is free from water, only 6 men will be employed, exclusive of those cutting and hauling firewood, the consumption of which is considerable. The Egerton Company have let. on a nominal tribute to this company, 600 feet of their northern~ground; which, when taken in conjunction with their own, should give the Blaek Horse United Company every prospect of being successful, which they undoubtedly deserve. The company have been reorganized, with II fresh capital, and it is hoped that any calls thnt may be made will be r~sponded to. 25 The Egerton Company.-This company are still engaged in raising stone from their new shaft at a depth of from 400 to 600 feet. The number of'men employed is 130. ' S.outh Learmonth and E~erton Amalgamated Company.-T~is company for the present have finished sinking their shaft, which has now reached a depth of 520 feet. A chamber has been opened out at 500 feet, and they are now engaged in " skidding" the shaft with a view of driving for the lode. No work has been done by the Argyle Company during the quarter, but in the last week of it a company hail been formed for the purpose of further prospecting their ground. The North Argyle Company during the quarter have sunk their new shaft to a depth of 80 feet, and are now engaged in driving for the lode. The Chinese company consisting of 12 men are still engaged in washing the tailings from the Egerton Com pany's battery. The yield of gold for the present quarter has beeu 45t ozs. Four other Chinese are also engaged in washing the tailings from the same company's battery, and have obtained 10 ozs. for the quarter. • The Chinese company consisting of 11 men are still washing the quartz tailings from the Black Horse Com pany's battery with about the same success as last quarter. The yield of gold for the quarter was 20 ozs. Gordon.-Parker's United Company.-During the quarter this company have sunk their underlay shaft a further depth of 40 feet, making a total depth of 385 feet, following a lode from 6 to 8 feet in width, and taking out quartz to a distance of 90 feet fr9m their shaft. 1,314 tons were crushed fx:om this lode, which yielded 848 ozs. 7 dwts., or 12 dwts. 21'9 grs. to the ton. On the south portion of this company's ground a tribute party have raised and crushed 304 tons, whieh yielded 83 OZ8. 18 dwts., or 5 dwts. 12'47 grs. to the ton. This stone was obtained from no regular defined lode, but from small branches or bunches of quartz. The tributers have now given up their tribute Homeward.bound Company.-This company are still continuing prospecting operations, but as yet have been unsuccessful in developing any payable reef. Two trial crushings of 80 tons and 33 tons have been raised and crushed, which yielded respectively 2 dwts. and It dwts. to the ton. During the last month of the quarter a. party have been prospecting in quartz reefs situated a short distance north of Gordon, and have obtained a fair prospect. ALLUVIAL MINING. Only 3 ozs. of gold have been obtained from this branc.h of mining during the quarter, by two men who work occasionally in Parker's Gully, Gordon. . Prospecting for alluvial ground is still being carried on in Cobbler's Gully, Egerton, by the same company as mentioned m my last report. This company's works during this quarter consist of sinking and driving, the shaft having been sunk to a depth of 150 feet, and a drive 100 feet in length having been driven to the east; nothing of an encouraging nature, however, has yet been met with. No water was met with either in sinking or driving. The company working in All Nations Gully, mentioned in my last report, have ceased operations, in consequence, as they state, of too much surface water; they, however, in Lend to resume operations as soon as the dry weather sets in. IRON. Lal Lal Iron Company, LaI Lal.-No ore has been raised or smelted during the quarter. The company have removed, the steam.engine from the ground, but I am informed that they are about to call for tenders for a new engine to be erected in place of the one removed. STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. O. W. Collins, ~'1inillg Registrar. During the past quarter mining has not much improved. At Elaine a fair amount of work has been done; and the late rains' have enabled the alluvial miners at Morrisons and elsewhere to wash up a good deal of the stacked dirt. There is no mining in this division for metals or minerals other than gold. The population remains much the same, though there has been some moving about from one place to another. No water was sold during the quarter. BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. lJfr. John F. Hansen, lJfining Registrar. QUARTZ MnUNG• . The average yield of gold per ton of quartz crushed has been less by more than one-half, although the quantity of gold obtained from this source of mining is almost equal to that of the previous quarter. The low average yield, however, may almost be looked upon with a certainty about this time of the year, when a sufficient supply of water can usually be obtained for crnshing purposes with water-power, in conseqllen'ce of which, large quantities of quartz are passed through the batteries which would not pay expenses if steam-power were used. A new reef situated at Mr. Edgar's farm, allotment 20, parish of Bullengarook, has been discovered lately. The locality is about nine miles south·west from GisJ:lorne, on the Bacchus Marsh road, and a lease of Crown lands adjoining the farm has been applied for and granted to the prospectors. A trial crushing from this reef, of three tons of quartz, yielding 1 oz. of gold, has taken place at Malmsbury ; and a company (the Denham) have been formed to work the reef, and to purchase and erect crushing machinery. If they should be successful in obtaining remunera tive returns, it will, in all probability, lead to the opening up of a large auriferous area hitherto undeveloped. The Sultan Company have recently come across some excellent gold-bearing quartz at the 700·foot (lowest) level. The gold as seen in the stone is of a coarser description than usually obtained from this mine. 'I'he dividends declared by this company during the quarter amounted to £2,500, equal to £1 per share. . The North Sultan Company, having expended all their available funds, have reorganized the company, and enlarged their capital. This company's main shaft has been sunk to a depth of 668 feet; and cross-driving east at the 575-foot level, as well as north, on the intermediate lode, from the 275-foot level, is now being carried on. There can be scarcely any doubt but that this mine will eventually be one of the best paying ventures in this distnct, as all the gold-bearing lodes a.t present worked i.n the Sultan mine are dipping to the north into the area held by this company. The rainfall during the quarrer has been a greltt deal le~s than usual during the winter season, and the insuffi~ient supply of water has greatly interrupted the operations of companies crushing with water. power, as in some lllstances they ha.ve been unable to cru~h the whole of the 'large quantities of quartz raised during the summer months. ., 26 ".. ALLUVIAL MINING. The ~ement cr~shed by the All Nations Company has been of a highly remunerative ehanicted; l49 ozs. of gold 'were obtaine~"giving each working shareholder a net profit of about £5 per week for the quarter. Water.-Average qtlantity of water sold was :-Ten sluice-heads, at lOs. per week per sluice-head. No mining for metals or minerals other than l1;old has been carried on in this division. The following is the register of r,ainfall during the past quarter :-July, 3'06; August, 3'58; September 5'03. -Total, 11'67 inches. BALLAN SUBDIVISION. Mr. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar. The only mining operntionsin this subdivision during the last quarter have been confined to Ashton's f)'echold mine, near Blakeville; He and his sons have sunk their shaft deeper 'and have also raised some quartz, which looks well, and may return a good average when crushed. None has been crushed this quarter as yet. No metals or minerals other than gold are searched for in this subdivision. No water was sold during this quarter. BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. BEECHWORTH 'DIVISION. Mr. Alexa'(tde~ Alderdice, Mining Registrar. , The conthiued drought during the past' quarter has made, the produce of gold in this division' the smallest ever recorded. The third quarter of the year, is always the best for sluicing, purposes; hut this order of things has been reversed during the past quarter, as water has been scarcer than it usually is in the summer months. At Eldorado, the Ovens Gold and Tin Company have bottomed both their shafts at a depth of 276 feet, and the prospects are very good-2 ozs;4 dwts. of gold and 120 lbs. of black sand having been obtained from the bottom. The washdirt is about 4 feet in thickness •. As soon as preparations can be completed the company will' put on men to OPlln the main- drives. From the position in which the lead has been found in this claim it is evident that it runs to the north of Reedy Creck, and not, as was fOl'qlerly supposed, to the south. The Wellington Company have been Hooded out, and are not at_ work at present. The water got into the claim through some of the old drives, and is now standing well up in the shaft. 'fhis is to be regretted, as the company were giving employment to a large number of hands, and they were on very good ~round on the upper fioor at the time of the accident., It is the intention of the McEvoy Company to work on the upper or 90-foot fioor, as the bottom Hoar, where the shaft is sunk, consists principally of boulders and hard rock, and they find it difficult to follow the lead in consequence. The R{Jcky.Mountain Company began their tunnel under the town of Beechworth during the quarter, and are employing Ford's rock-boring machines to do the work. These are working very successfully in the hands of the contractors, Messrs. Stephens Bros., and it is intended- to use eleetricity in firing the shots off, in order that three or four bores ma.y be exploded at the samc insta.nt. The time' allowed to the contractors to complete the tunnel (700 yards) is two years, but it is thought that it will be finished prior to that time. , . Quartz mining is not very brisk. The Juvenile Company have l1;iven 'up their reef, and the mill is idle-the trifl,l crushings from Stony Creek not warranting the miners to continue at the reef. The Nonpareil Reef Company are erecting a small battery close to their reef, but as the season is so dry it is thought there will not be enough water 'for crushing until- rain comes. A of stone from the SuudayReef (50 tons) gave 2 ozs. per ton, a very good yield; but the ~tone is hard to obtain, the reef narrow. ' ' YACKANDANDAH DIVISION. Mr. Peter Wright, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Alluvial mining continues quiet. 'The Staghorn Flat claims are doing 'very well In other localities the miners are hardly making current wages. Water is scarce already. Quartz mining is looking up, and people are getting less afraid of it than they have been foreeveral years past. A company has been formed t,o work the old Excelsior Reef on Twist's Creek, and has commenced operations by putting a pumping engine on, and is now busy widening the shaft. This reef paid very well in years gone by:. The Stringer Company have bought the crushing plant belonging to the old company, and are promising to continue doing well. The Try Again is a new claim. Its first crushing has given over 3t ozs. to the ton. Two heads of water are being sold at 158. per head per week. INDIGO' DIVISION; . Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar: The quantity of stone crushed during the' quarter' has been smaller' th~n usual, owing, ill a great measure, to the scarcity of water, otherwise the yield would have been greater than that of any previous .quarter. -. . The first crushing from the claim of Harris and Hollow, on the Great ,Eastern Reef, at Ruthel'glen, 98 tons having produced 153 ozs. 13 dwts. 12 'grs. of gold, is highly satisfactory. The main drive in this claim has been completed f"om end to end, at a depth of about 160 feet from the surlace.. The reef is about 2 feet in width, w.ell defined, and the stone is calculated to yield, on an avera.ge, If ozs. to the tou. _ _ . 27 A large reservoir has been constructed which will enable them to keep their machine cOllstantly employed. A considerable quantity of stone has accumulated during the dry weather, wben crushing could not be carried on. 1'hey , employ from twelve to thirteen men, and anticipate a yield of from 2,000 to 3,000 ozs. during the current quarter. It may be safely affirmed this is the best reef ever opened in the Indigo division. . The success attending this company has induced the more enterprising portion of the business people of Rutherglen to organize parties to test the partly worked reefs in the neighboring hills. Their operations are confined to the Great Eastern, Pipeclay, and Lanarkshire reefs. It is to be hoped this spirited enterprise will meet the deserved reward. . Two new reefs have been reported in the neighborhood of Chiltern • .A new company has commenced operations on the alluvial claim formerly known as the Sons of Freedom, late Doma Mungi, under the title of the Cbiltern Valley Gold Mines Company Limited. The capital is .£20,000, in 20,000 sbares of .£1 each. 'fhe shaft will be near the extremity of the old workings, where the ground is known to be good, and from this point the lead will be followed downwards. l'enders have. been called for the removal of the machinery to the new site, and in a short time the mine will be in full working order. There are no miners engaged in the division in working for other minerals than gold. BUCKLAND DIVISION. Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar. The very large quantity of gold obtained in the Buckland division in the past three months fully bears out the anticipations upon the point entertained ill my previous report. Alluvial mining is almost entirely confined to the Chinese population, and that it affords that class a mere , Bubsistence may be gathered from the fact that ill the great majority of cases they now neither register claims nor hold miners' rights. A tunnell, 780 feet in length' has, after three years' work, just been finished by Messrs. May, Cardwell, and Co., undertaken for the purpose of draining a large alluvial claim at Bright. In consequence of some of the leading companies having paid off a number of hands, a large amount of pro specting is being carried on throughout this division at present. When the weather permits of the burning off of the almost impenetrable brushwood, &c., on the west side of the Buckland River, southerly from the fine reef found by Mr. Butler' on Keating'S Creek, sanguine hopes are entertained that the line of country referred to, and which haa hitherto been totally unprospected, will afford some rich discoveries in reefing. The quantity of water sold during the quarter was 26 heads, at from 68. to 208. ; general price, lOs. per head. ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ALLUVIAL MINING. The Triumph Company's tribute party abandoned work about the beginning of the quarter, and the Albion Company have also abandoned their ground, the quantity of water they had to contend with being more than their machinery could cope with. They have removed the plant to a site formerly worked near the head of the lead, in the hope of obtaining some payable results from blocks left at first working. No other lead is at present working. . Several prospecting claims have recently been registered, and the result of the operations is anxiously looked for. A number of miners are still engaged ill fossicking in the old workings •. No water has been disposed of for mining purposes during the quarter. QUARTZ MINING. The results obtained from .the Just-in-Time claim at Gobur have been so discouraging that it is now reported there is a great probability of the company ceasing work, for a time at any rate. The Acheron diggings have not proved remunerative during the quarter, and no new discoveries have been made in the neighborhood. . Work has again been resumed in three of the claims on the Lucky Reef, Alexandra, from two of which fair returns have been obtained; the other-viz., the Albert Company's claim-has been let on tribute, the machinery repaired, and the pumps replaced in the shaft. An early crushing is expected from material already at grass. The antimony lode prospected for at Merton was cut at the depth of 76 feet, and the shaft continued to a depth ofloo feet ;,the thicknes~ of the lode is 12 inches where cut. It is a fine sample, being very pure. - DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert Pemberton, Mining Regist,'al'. Nothing of any consequence whatever has occurred in alluvial mining during the past quarter. The yield of gold is a little below the average. The European portion of the population is gradually decreasing, owing to the difficulty of finding anything sufficiently encouraging to retain them. In quartz mining nothing is being done; this lack of vigor is attributable to the want of capital and population. There is no other metal or mineral of any kind but gold sought after in this division. GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Min,ing Surveyor and Registrar. Quartz mining in this subdivision has been more lively during the past quarter than for years back. The average yield of nearly 6 dwts. for nearly 4,000 tons is an excellent one, and one rarely attained of late here for anything like that quantity. . The yield of the Al tributers was quite up to expectation, and excellent' stone is still being obtained. The Eldorado tributers have also been very successful, as they did but lit.tle dead work for the yield obtained and the vein they are on promises further good ont-puts. ' 28 The Wallaby Company are also doing well, and look forward to an improved yield shortly. _' The new reef known as the Happy-go-Lucky has again yielded a payable crushing of nearly half an ounce to the ton, and the lode is widening. The crushing from Hunt's tribute company is a payable one at 20 grs, and over, the stuff crushed being on the lIurface, easily moved, and reduced by water-power at a trifling cost. There is generally a revi val of confidence in the lodes of the subdivision, and, a good deal of activity prevails. The alluvial miners have averaged 258. per week wages, but there have been no great finds. No water is being Bold at present; it is very abundant. No millers are employed mining for other metals 01' minerals, but for gold only. All the crushings are given. ' WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth; Mining. Surveyor and Registrar. There has been an impruvement in the yield of quartz gold during the past quarter, but nothing of sufficient consequence to lead to bright anticipations for the future. • . The comparative failure of the Hope Mining Company to trace a payable shoot of gold in their lowest level ha~ been a heavy damper to Wood's Point. The company, aftel' an outlay on shafts and machinery of some £7,000, have for the present abandoned deep prospecting, and the npper ground is in part let on tribute. The tl'ihuters have not obtained as yet payable results, but are very sanguine of ulterior success. The Lady Franklin Company have again obtained very satisfactory results, their crushings averaging 1 oz. 131 dwts. to the ton; they have now started a deep tunnel, and contemplate erecting machinery. At Matlock the All Nations Company alone are working. At the Black River (Royal Standard) the Golden Star Company have two men on_ The other claims at both places are idle. On tbe Morning Star Hill the only claims wOl'king are the Hope Company and the prospectors, who are sluicing down and crushing the face of the hill, and.obtaining highly payable results. The average earnings of alluvial miners have been 2is. 6d. per man per week. Water israbundant, and I hear of none being sold. No miners are employed mining for other metal or minerals but gold in this subdivision at present. BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. M,'. A. B. Aillswortlt, M.ining Surveyor and Registrar. " Two companies only are at work in this subdivisioy.-the Londondcrry Company of tributers, who have had a payable yield of 131 ozs. retorted gold, and the Unknown Company, who are still engaged ereoting their battery. Tbe Luck's All Mine continues idle, as also the Belle of Venetia. In quartz mining very little is doing. In alluvial mining miners have averaged £1 a week. . I hear of no water being sold. When sold, price 4s. 6d. per sluice-head. No miners ~!,e employed mining for other metals than gold in this subdivision.' MITTA MIT'rA DIVISION. lIlr. W. H. Cocltrane, lJfillillg Registrar. The ~ld alluvial workings on the Mitta Mitta River and Snowy Creek continue without any change to report. The Bethanga reefs are slowly developing. The crusbings from twelve different reefs have yielded about 1,5000zs. for the last quarter. One claim yielded 500 ozs. for 250 tons of quartz-about 2 ozs. to the ton; the others averaging from Ii ozs. to 5 dwts. Tbe population continues steady, and good confidence seems to be felt of its continuance. Increased machinery is in the course of erection, and building is going 011 in every direction. JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. . lIlr. PfT. Ii. EduJards,.llfining Registrar . The Gleeson Lease Company are raising stone from their western spur gronnd,. A few days ago a fresh make of stone was struck, gold being frequently seen. It appears to be of a permanent character, and the foot and hanging walls are well defined. The compauy are, very busy crashing, and will wash up llext week. , Sailor Bill's Company.-'l'he shareholders in this company arc now lookillg forward to a retul'll of over £5,000' spent during the past four years in prospecting the claim. The reef struck ill the tunnel has now opened out from 4 inches to 2 feet 6 inches thick, showi'ng gold freely. They will commence raising stone i.n a short time. Venture Company are dl'iving the tunnel to strike the No.1 reef. The ground has been very hard, but is now much softer, so that bettei' progress will be made. It is expected to strike the reef in about 40 feet. - lVlack's Creek Company are still driving the cross-cut, and expect every day to break into "Haywood" shaft, when they will at once take out stolle alld comnlence crushing. 1'he Alabama still contiques to keep its character as a 'dividend-paying mine. A rise has been put up on the - new make of stone known as II ughes' leader, for a distance of 40 feet, the stone keeping about the same in thickness ,and quality. The Just-in-Time Company, in pULtillg up a rise from their No.'2 level, struck a recf two feet thick, carrying gold; they will commenoe breaking out stone as soon as possible. . 29 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDHURST DIVISION. 1.11r. N. G. Stephens, frli'l1ing Registrar. The quantity of quartz crushed during the past qU!lrter is fully up to the average, but there haa been a slight falling off in the yield of gold. This, I believe, will provp, to be temporary, as most encouraging discoveries have been made very recently. On the Garden Gully Reef the Garden Gully United Company have, at 668 feet, struck a continuation of the reef found in the Pandora Company's claim at a great depth. The two claims are several hundred yards from each other. The reef shows gold as far as they ha.ve driven through it, and it is several feet in thickness. The prospects of the whole line is thereby greatly improved. - The tributers at the southern end of the Great Extended Hustler's Reef Company's lease have also just come on to a good reef, yielding about an ounce to the ton. The Morning Light Company, in Golden Gully, last week obtained 336 ozs. of gold from 10 tons of dressed pyrites, the produce of 120 tons taken from the reef, which is a good size, and nearly all pyrites. An'unusual number of claims have been taken up, and good reports are coming in from various parts of the district. Very little is doing in alluvial mininl;f. The quantity of water sold for min1ng purposes is 709,000 gallons, unfiltered, at 4d. per 1,000 gallons; and 9,480,000 gallons of filtered water, at 6d. and Is. per 1,000 gallons. Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &c., crushed during the past quarter, included in the tables prefixed to these reports :- " '1'otal ' Average Depth at whleh Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c., Yield of Yield the Quartz Width of Reef, &Ie. were obta.ined. Gold, per TOll. was obtained, tons~ oz. dwt,gt', oz. dwt. bl"l'. feet. Garden Gully Vnlted Garden Guny Reef .. 4,200 ;,0;9 1 0 1 4 2'17 300 to 670 feet North end about Heel, In engine shaft 8 feet, not through yet Golden Stream Tribute Garden Gully Reef ., 6;1 1,299 10 0 I 19 22'15 300 feet" 266 Average 9 Inches Horwood's E'reehold Garden Gully !leef .. 1,891 2,636 5 0 1 7 21'17 ~OO feet Londonderry Tribute Garden Gully Reef ,. 427 412 Il 0 o 19 7'7G 310 to 330 feet From I foot to 4 feet. Ne ... and powerful machinery erected on the company1s ground Burrowes' Freehold Garden Gully Ree! .• 406 330 0 18 0 16 6'19 310 feet About 1 foot Garden Gully Railway Re- Garden Gully Heef •. 321 237 2 0 0 14 18'54 250 feet 60 Average 18 Inches serve Koch's PIoneer.. Garden Gully'Reef.. 1,201 402 9 ,47 Series of spurs, occupying 20 feet of country Miller and Co. Oo.rden Gully Reef .. , 95 60 15 9 0 12 19'041' aGO feet :. 2 reet North Se.. Tribute Garden Gully Hee! .. ,I 639 349 3 o 0 10 22'27 350 to 400 feet From I foot to 6 feet Pandora Garden Gul!y Heef 8,809 2,6(,9 16 o '0 14 '0'44 About 670 reet St. Patrick', Garden Gully Heef.."I' 407 278 13 o 0 13 16'62 400 to 450 feet From 1 foot to 3 feet Unity Freehold .• Garden Gully Reer •• 419 170 6 o 0 8 8'09 840 feet .. '8 feet Uulty Garden Gully Reef.. 1,256 ~G9 9 o 0 13 20'27 ': 110 fe.t ". 11i0 From 1 foot to 8 leet Yietory._ Garden Gully Reef .. : 4,483 3,936 4 o 0 17 13'45 , 670 feet .. }'rom 3 reet to 20 feet Great Exleuded Hustier's •• Hustler', Iteef i 3,;60 2,156 17 o 0 11 11 '34 680 to 740 teet 90 Western reef, 80 feet; old east reof I' from I foot to 3 feet Great Hustler's" Hustler', Reef 580 165 19 0 0 5 17'33 800 to 900 feet Average 1 foot Hustler', Reef Hustler's Heef 290 308 6 12 I 1 6'33. 800 and 9;0 feet 70 1 foot United Pioneer .. Hustler's Heef 230 III 2 8 0 9 15'89 , 500 to 600 feet 150 Spurs ElIa Vicloria Reef G, M, " I· Victoria lleef :1,052 , 987 4 0 o 6 11'26 i 120 and 9 .. 7 feet " 150 . From 6 inches to 40 feet King of Prussia.. .. . Lightning Reef 356 ' 241 16, 0 o 13' 14'02 . 150 feet .. 170 'I 6 feet St"er and Co. . . ., , Lightning Recf 170 168 I 0 o 18 14'26 i 25 to 30 feet About 4 feet Bendigo and i\lelbourne "I Bird'. Ileef.. 1,212 41S 17 0 o 6 2l'H8 I 300 to 350 feet GO 1 From I foot to 10 feet Empire. • ., Derwent Heef 182 55 15 0 o 6 3'03 GOlden Crown •• Carshalton neef 259 '182 7 0 o 14 1'94 GO to 100 teet • • Spurs, from 3 inches to I toot White Star ••• Call1halton Reef a04 92 6 12 o 6 1'77 IGOfcet" 1 foot Great BritBln •. : PrInce Alfred Ileef 1,326 454 9 0 o 6 20'50 ! 226 feet .. SO Spurs Liverpool .. ., I, Specimen HIlI 93 95 0 12 I 0 10'45 • 240 feet " i Spurs New 1I100n " ., • Moon Heef " •. 3;7 79 2 18 ,0 4 10'40 200 to 360 feet 110 ' }'rom 6 Inches to :. feet Oriental Perseverance .4 I Flora Reef •• 296 1 38 5 C o 2 14'02 United Perseverance .6 l'erscver..Lnce Reef 79 120 7 0 I 10 11'24 31aceet 10 inches York and Durham Snob's Hill !leef ! 1,362 672 6 0 o 9 20'93 600 feet 350 From :I teet to 6 fe..t PYRITES. North Shenandoah New-chum Reef 30 9316 0 8 2 12'80 '\ Shenandoah New ... chum Reef .. SO 80 0 0 2 13 8 New.chum Unlt~d NeW-Chum lteef 19 17 6 0 o 18 5'05 I New-chum & Belle VueI!:Ji N ew·chum Reef "I 19 86 7 0 t 10 21'47 Horwood's Freehold Garden Gully Reef " 16 63 15 0 3 19 16'50 Pandora Gardell Gully Reef _. 59 200 I 0 3 7 19'52 ITreatment, rever- Burrowes' Freeh~id Garden Gully "cet " 16 36 6 0 2 5 9 1batory furnace Victory.. ., ' Garden Gully Reef " 8; 265 15 0 3 2 12'70 and acastro Garden Gully Unltod .. Garden Gully Reef .. 120 60411 0 5 o 1R'20 VIctoria Reef G. 111. VictorIa Reet 41 102 0 0 2 9 18'14 I Great Extended Hustle";:: Hustler's Iteef 50 199 B Q 8 19 18'24 . United Pioneer Hustler's Reef 221 71 2 0 a 4 1~'27 , TorI< And Dur~ Snob's Hill Reef H 26 S 01 I 17 17'14 I) Non.-Tbe above figures Ire not to be adde4 10 tbose in the tables preJixed to Ihese reports. They are already IIUlSSe<1 and included In tile lables. 30 Partioulars respecting some ofthe deepest shafts which are now being sunk, or the sinking of which has recently been . stopped for the purpose of putting in levels or cross-cuts. Depth of Name of Company. Name of Hecf. Shaft, lWmarks. feet. teet. feet. Victoria Reef Q. M. Victoria Reef 1,118 1,000, l,lOO Driving W. at 1,000 and E. at 1,100 Great Extended I:!ustler's , Hustler's Reef 1,063 840 1,010 Siuking Great Extended Hustler's Tribute Hustle'r's Reef 1,0~8 500 1,000 Sinking Hnstler's Reef Q. M; and D. Hustler's Reef 1,034 1,017 967 " Not sinking Victoria Reef G. M. Victoria Heef 967 916. 916 Sinking I.ansell's 180 claim Victoria Reef 965 955 955 Not sinking Hercules ... Victoria Reef 961 820 820 Sinking. Great Hustler's ...... Hustler's Reef 950 950 950 Not sinking North Old-chum New-chum Reef 950 938 8i8 Sinking Carlisle, North Garden Gully, and Garden Gully Reef 940 784 924 Not sinki~g Passby Old-chum New-chum Reef 940 840 860 Sinking New-chum and Victoria ... New-chum Reef 931 I' 880 925 . Not sinking Koch's Pioneer Garden GullJ: Reef 916 812 812 Not sinking; opening out at 906 feet .,',' , Lazarus ... New-chum Reef. 901 800. 800 Not sinking Hustler's Premier ... Hustler's Reef 894 800' 800 Not sinkirig ;' shaft 804, winze 90 feet Windmill Hill Windmill Hill Reef 880 780 880 Sinking Adventure and. Advance Victoria Reef 855 845 845 Not sinking Unity Garden Gully Reef 853 710 844 Not sinking Cornish United Garden Gully Reef 825 4:13 800 Sinking Coli mann and Taechi's Wetheral Reef 824 800 800 Not sinking . Catherine Reef U .... Catherine Reef 81 i 800 800 Not sinking Pandora Ga,rdell Gully Reef soo 740 800 Sinking HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND W ARANG,-A SOUTH SUBDIVISION. illr. J. T. 'St~ong; lWlning Survey~r and Registrar. A sligHt improvement in mining operations has taken place sinl'e my 'last report. Five leases have been' applied for during tlle quarter just expir~d, arid generally more animation has been displayed ill various parts of the division, although the gold returns show a falling olf. NO'water was sold during the quarter. . .------ WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION. 11fr. Henry Hicks, Mining RegistmT. . Beyond the fact that a few of the old puddling sites have been taken up, .the alluvial mines' are exactly in the state they were at the date oimy last report. . . The returns from the quartz miiles are very satisf:),ctory, the yields therefrom being much in exoess of last quarter; some, particularly those worked by the owners under miners' rights. have proved highly remunerative. • The Rushworth U. G. l\f. Company have ceased work for the present. It .was formed under the Limited Liability Act, and has expended its capital. . . The Balaclava claim has again fallen into the hands of the proprietors. It will now be carried on under the supervision of .:Mr. Lewis, ita first owner, from whose local knowledge and energy great hope is entertained that it may again resume its former activity. The Mongolian Company have resumed work. . . Messrs. Cameron, of White Hills, have, been rewarded for their perseverance by a trial crushing of 24 tone, which gave the handsome return of 62 ozs. 7 dwts. No water was sold during the quarter. MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. MARYBOROUGH DIVISION, Mr. P. Virtue,jun., },1fining'Registrar. ALJ,UVIAL .MINING. A small rush took place during the quarter at a place calIed Rifle Butts Hill, si~i.late at Chinaman's FJ.a,t. The prospectors, Messrs. Bryant and Gologher, obtained the excellent prospect of half an ounce of gold to t1)o load from their registered claim. The depth of sinking is 40 feet, and the width of gutter 20 feet. About a mile of the lead has been taken up; a la~ge number of men are on the ground, and several claims are yiet'.ling faJrreturlls .. But. the principal e .... ent of the quarter has been the temporary stoppage of the works on the eialll of the Duke and Tlllor Company, which had the .effect of throwing a large number of men Dividends as under have been paid during the quarter by the companies·named: £ &. d. Ba~d of Hope, Chinaman's 300 0 0 New Magnum, Alma . 300 0 0 Total £600 0 0 QUARTZ MINING. The Bristol Hill Company have now got their machinery all in order, and are engaged in cutting down the western main shaft to a greater depth. The Great Extended Company are engaged with the erection of buddIes, and a.re making fair progress with the development of their mine. The Maryborough Con sols Company have, after Bpending'many thousands of pounds upon their claim, abandoned it, as they could not make it pay. There is nothing of any importance that I know of to remark with respect to the other mines in the division. MAJORCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. John M ..Murphy, Mining Registrar. During the past quarter mining in this subdivision has somewhat improved, more especially at Rocky Flat, where the Golden (late Extended Company are now erecting machinery which will be completed in a week or two. At Gibraltar, near Majorca, several claims have been taken up under miners' rights, with a fair prospect of success. The.Duke of Edinburgh Company (Walker'S paddock), McCallum's Creek, have had very good returns for the past quarter; and the company feel so much confidence in the lead they are now working that they have purchased thirty acres of private property (Forbes' Freehold) adjoining their present claim. There seems no present prospect of the deep mines (the Kong lVIeng Company and the Reliance Company) on the Hanoverian Lead, north of Majorca, being worked. - There is nothing special to report with respect to quartz mining. 'The Prince Alfred Reef Company, German Gully, have just completed the erection of a new whim capable of raising stone from a depth of six. hundred feet. They are now driving for the reef. There are no metals or minerals other than gold obtained in this subdivision. , No water was sold during the quarter. AMHERST DIVISION. Mr. Joseph Smith., Minin.q Surveyor and Regi.~trar. The total quantity of gold obtained during the quarter exceeds the return of the previous quarter by 166 ozs. In quartz mining the yield of gold shows an increase of over 2 dwts. to the ton in excess of the previous quarter. A new quartz claim, which has b'een opened by John Miller, has produced over 3 ozs. per ton, and several other reefs show an increase of yield, so that quartz mining is attracting more attention in the division. The reefing operations at Brown's Gully, near Lex.ton, have turned out a faih,tre,.and the excellent plant of twelve stamps is advertised for sale. .' ,"'. - In alluvial mining there have been two Ilr three small rushes, which 'caused much excitement amol1g the diggers. Norfolk rush has dwindled down; instead of the 300 miners who formerly occupied ground there are at present only 10 men at work. A more recent rush, called Shellback Gully, had about 100 men at work, but the number has decreased to about 20, In the large companies Nichol's Freehold appears to have found the lead, and may be expected to show a good return for the ensuing quarter. The Hoffnung Company still keeps up an excellent yield per ton of washdirt, and the Tara's Hall Company also shows an increased yield.· .. The quantity of water sold during the quarter is :-Three sluicing parties (two sluice-heads each), at 408. per week for six weeks, £36; three puddling machines (one sluice.head each), at 208. per week for six weeks, £18. Total, £54. The reservoir and TaOOS of Messrs. Stewart and Farnsworth are about to be sold to the borough council of Talbot. AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. Owing to tlie scarcity of water in the early part of th" quarter, mining has been very dull in this division; since the recent rains, however, a large number of the old puddling mills have resumed work. In a tributary of the Old Lamplough Lead, at the bottom of Mosquito Gully, a small run of gold of a coarse character has beeJ;l. discovered, and a few miners are there still profitably employed. At Homebush, in the claim of the" Working Miners," 680 feet of the old drive in the deep level have been cleared out, and fresh timbers ~upplied where required; the driving continues still westerly. Quartz mining has been unusually dull, and work has been temporarily suspended in several reefs in the Pyrenees. The Perseverance claim is the only one at present in full work in' that 10calHy. On the eastern side of the Avoca river, the Monte Christo tributers are earning good wages; and the Glenmona Reef is also paying well. ,3 -9 '. DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. Mr. W •. G. Couchman, .itlining Surveyor and Registrar. .Dunoll.'I/ ])ivision. Both alluvial and quartz mining continue in a very dull state. The Queen's Birthday Company (Bealiba Reef) have driven the 400-foot level south 794 feet, at which point a new block of stone, carrying good /.told and with every indication of permanency, has made 10 feet west of the old block. The cross-cut for the western reef is in 74 feet, and a strong body of water coming from the face. Machinery is about to be erected for treating the tailings (some 25.000 tons) and pyrites, which are expected to pay well; and, on the. whole, the prospects of the nline are very promising. The Goldsborough Company expect very shortly to resume operations. A small co-operative company has been formed to work the Windmill Hill Reef, and operations are to be commenced at once. Another co-operative company is testing the Chinaman's Reef, on the Old Lead, from which good returns were obtained a nnmber of years since. The Welcome Company, Advance Bealiba Reef, have been breaking out stone from the 240-foot level and the stopes above that level. The stone is very good, 60 tons having yielded 133 ozs. 6 dwts. In alluvial mining, the Prince of Wales Company, Pottery Hill, have driven the main level·in reef 400 feet, and the intermediate level 200 feet, and have also put up two rises and sunk an !tir shaft, besides blocking out a good deal of ground; 1,000 loads of washdirt have yielded 680 ozs. of gold. A few nuggets have lately been found at the Shoots, near Jones's Creek, and a good number of miners are at work in that locality. Tarna.qulla ]){vision. Mining matters are in an extremely dull state in this division, and there is nothing of any great importance to note either in quartz or alluvial mining. The erection of the crushing plant at the. Slar Reef, Halfway Diggings, is proceeding rapidly, under the superintendence of the proprietor; Mr. Watkins. '!'he Poverty Reef Company expect· to resume operations very shortly, a number of gentlemen from Sebastian being in treaty to tribute the mine. Mo&t of the other reefs are idle at present. .' INGLEWOOD DIVISION. Mr. T. W. Palmer, Mining Registrar. During the past quarter mining in this division ha's not been attended with very encouraging results. The· Berlin goldfield is, so far as mining is concerned, almost abandoned. The rush at Orville, commonly known as "Possum Hill," is fast de,clining, there being at present not more than twenty claims yielding ordinary wages; results and the population are fast decreasin~. . At Inglewood. Watson's Company, on the Daly Lead, are doing good work, but the results are said not to ~e as favorable as the proprietors anticipated, and are not of a very definite nature. From enquiry, I learn that the returns are greatly under t.he working expeuses. In quartz, a discovery has been made by Eak and Whitehead, on the Irwin Reef, at Inglewood; the yield of a trial crushing was about half an ounce to the ton; but litigation now depending prevents the prosecution of active operations. • In alluvial mining little or'nothing is doing, and the ground is being worked by "hatters" and" f08sickers." An application has 'Oeen made to me for a prospecting claim (quartz), in the vicinity of Berlin, by Ernest Breren and Leo Plania. WEDDERBURN DIVISION. Mr. John Reach, Mining Registrar. Quartz mining is completely at a standstill, with the exception of a few miners prospecting in the mance scrub. In alluvial mining there have heen two or three small rushes, at one of which about eight or ten claims were payable. Several nuggets have been Iound during the quarter from 2 to· 11 ozs. No water was sold during the quarter. " REDBANK SUBDIVISION. lrIr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surv,eyor and Registrar. There is nothing in mining matters to report during the quarter in this subdivision. No water sold during the quarter. ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION: J.1£1'. w. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. No improvement in lPining operations, either quartz or alluvial, can be uoted during the quarter. The New Isis Company 'have worked out the payable stone at the ~hallow levels, and have stopped operations for the present, with a view to form a new company and to sink a new mam shaft. so as to cut the stone at a much greater depth than has hitherto been attained. . ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. G. Couehman, ilfining Surveyor and Registrar. There is no improvement to note. in mining operations during the quarter. The Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Chrysolite Tribute Company have driven the 600-foot level north 120 feet, and south 60 feet, and have opened the winze from the 500 to 600 foot levels, and are now stoping the backs from the 600-foot lev.el. The Cross Reef Oompany (Bell Rock) have been driving the 400-foot level, and aTe now stoping the backs from that, level. The London and • St. Arnaud Company have. a number'of tl"ibu,ters ,at work,. and are also prospecting their mine in. s~veral places. '1'he Rising Star Company are In treaty to .let t~elr mme ?n trlbute~ and expe.ct ve:y shortly tc: have It III full work. The WilSOll'S Hill Tribute Company are st1ll dOlUg very httle, pendmg a modlficatlOn of the tnbute terms. The Greenock Reef qompany have been sinking the. shaft deeper with the underlie of the r~<:f, and br~ing out and ~rushing stone therefrom; the shaft is now 305 feet 1lI depth, and the stone looks very promlsmg for contu)cued good YIelds. In alluvial mining there is nothing whatever to report. 33 CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. bIr. Tlwmas L. Biown, blining Surveyor and Registrar. Nothing has 'occurred in alluvial mining worth recording; both miners and yield of gold continue gradually to decline. - QUARTZ. In quartz mining the larlYest yields are from Wattle Gully Reef; the Wattle Gully Company having obtained 891 ozs. of gold from 838 tons °of dirt, and the CentI:al Company 461t ozs. from 739 tons; in both these mines sinking and driving in greater depths are beinl{ vigorously prosecuted. . The Eureka Consols continue drivilll{ their main levels; tbat at 360·foot level driven 404 feet south, and at 460-foot level 150 feet north; from 360.foot level north a winze is sunk 75 feet ill gold-bearing quartz. This company obtained 371 ozs. from 254 tons of quartz, and 4l ozs. from 9 tons pyrites. ' The Chewton Uuited continue sinking; now down 245 feet. In driving a cross-cut at 231 feet, at 12 feet east of shaft, they cut through what appears to be the Main Chew ton Reef, 7 feet thick, underlying west, having a regular formation, and gold-bearing. This is an important discovery, ,as all previous workings have been on leaders lying east of their shaft. . The Little Nuggety (Dyason and Co.) continues very good, 59 tons yielding 219 ozs. of gold. Other reefs are giving payable returns, and several old claims are being re-occupied. MINERA.L. There are 29 men employed upon mineral leases, raising and preparing slate, flagging, &0. l<'RYE~'S CREEK DIVISION • .frJr, iffark Amos, l11ining Surveyor and Registra1 .. POPULATlO~. During the past three months that'e has been little alteration in the number of miners distributed over the division; the rush to new goldfields has not proved so vcry remunerative as might have been expected. ALLUVIH MINING. Homeward-bound, Table Hill.-This company occupy a large area of ground, which is being worked by tunnels; it was for many years occupied by a party of Italians, who relinquished their claim on the supposition that the various lends of gold had beon exhausted. The pl'esent proprietors, in exploring the unworked portions, have discovered pntches of gold more or less payable. During the past quarter they have found some good ground, the prospects being so highly encouraging that they expect to be in a position to, declare dividends in a short time. The capital and lahor expended have heen very considerable, and some good returns wonld now he very acceptable. , Some of the puddling' mach~nes have done very well of late; one in particular, situute in German Gully, Pennyweight, gives a retul'll of 210 ozs. for the pnst three months, thus showing the old abandoned workings are still worthy of notice, and C1\leulated to astonish many pel'sons who 'are apt to draw hasty conclusions as to the exhaustion of our alluvial deposits. Sluicing operatiolls are confined principally to the Chinese, whose weekly earnings are difficult to estimate, the Chinaman being remarkable for his reticence regarding his actual gains in mining: Ten shillings to 208. is about the average weekly earnings, so fas as I can judge. The Loddoll Sluicing Company continue to supply a limited number of European miners, but the supply of water for sluicing purposes has not been sufficient to pay the company for some time past; it is considered that too high a price has been charged for sluice-heads, considering the Ilolliparative poverty of the soil operated on. QUAR'l'Z MINING. New Rush.-A new rush has lately taken place at Blncksmith's Gully, on the western side of the main roae!, near Specimen Hill; the grouud was originally taken up and pegged off' during the" grent rush" in the early part of 1872, but very lHtle was done at that time in testing the vuIue of the ground. Messrs. Wentherly and Co. have beeu prospecting in this neighborhood for many months past, with,little or no encouragement until very recently; they have now succeeded in discovering auriferous quartz in a very sll1~tll leader 2 to 5 inches in thickness, with a westerly underlie. A trial crushing of 6 tons has yieldcd 5 ozs. 10 dwts. ; at preseut there is nothing like a properly defined reef to be seen; it would therefore be prematnre to hazard any opinion as to the ultimate importance of this discovery.' A great many claims have'been taken. up north and SQuth of the p"Qspectors', and a considerable amount of energy is being displayed in sinking, &c. ' Ferron's Reef Q. M. Company.-This company have heen very successful during the past three months, having crushed 3,700 tons, yielding 726 OZS., and employing ,1"". men. 'l'he main shaft has been sunk 284 fect ; at 280 feet a cross-cut has heen driven ::'16 feet in a westerly direction, intersecting ll, lleries of large payahle leaders. varying from 2 to 6 feet in thickness, extending the whole distance, interlaced with seams of sandstone llnd slate, &c., &c. ; the end of 116-foot drive intersects the Main Eastern Lode, which is now about 3 feet wide; the lode cuts the main shaft 140 feet from the surface. The company have a large amount of crushing stuff, which is very remunerative, and likely to iucrease in extent as they sink deeper; they are now engaged sinking their main shaft to a further depth of 20 feet, and intend to· sink still deeper from time to time. Duke of Cornwall Company.-The large extent of ground lately occupied by this company has fallen into the hands of Messrs. Rowe and Co., whose success in quartz mining hns been so remarkable for many years pa.st. The :lpathy displayed in the management, of this mille heretofore has now ceased. the present owners havin HEPBURN DIVISION. .111'. Thomas Hale, l}Jining Registrar. Specimen Hill Company still continue to raise payable stone j the shaft is sunk 545 feet j they are working on 383 and 460 foot levels j a cross-cut is driven on the lo\ver level; they sell the mundic to the pyrites company for treatment. I estimate the results at 80s. per ton. " Argus United Company Limited are.working the 50 and 80 foot levels witJ;133 men, but the manager hopes to double that number shortly. German Gully, Yandoit.-It will be noticed by referellce to the returns that 1 oz. 3~ dwts. per ton have been obtained at 180 and 200 feet. They drove a cross-cut through the reef, which is said to be 20 feet thick; but the Daylesford Company's water coming in heavy on them drove them to the 120.foot level. . Cornish Company are pushing on the main drive southward at 540.foot level, distant 120 feet from cross.cut, in slate and quartz, showing a little gl)ld. The driving towards Crown Reef is suspended for the present, so as to allow the ground to drain. Ajax.Quartz Company are down 140 feet. Forty-five tons of this quarter's crushing gave 41 ozs. The lode varies from 2 feet 6 inches to 6 feet. Keep.it.Dark claims are again producing coarse gold, and exciting attention. Franklinford Goldl Mining Company.-A shaft was sunk some ten years ago through 86 feet of basalt, at It cost of £800, and abandoned; it,has been again recently opened, and an 8-horse.power engine and 1.20 feet 7·inch lifts placed. They obtained a streak of wash 6 x 3 inches, bearing gold; but they sank 17 feet further, and opened out at 12 feet, leaving 4 feet of reef overhead. They carried plat II feet westerly, then drove 9 feet, and struck wash, showing gold; are now 26 feet in, on It lJew gutter containing very rough water-worn boulders and wash, with charcoal and ashes, quite fresh in appearance, and large and solid timber, showing what must have been It heavy stream, believed by old miners never to have been struck before. The company have spent £700, and 20 men are working the elaim) they intend washing up at ·once. 'l'he quantity 'of water sold was 70 to 80 he~ds, at from lOs. to 25s. per head per shift of eight hours. TARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. Thomas Orwin, 1tlining Registrar. The past quarter has not been remarkable for any particular improvement in this division, yet there is a sign of better times for this almost untried goldfield. The Lord l\'Ialmsbury Company, with an energetic perseverance, are sinking their shaft, and will BOOn be on ground that they have proved payable from their former shaft. The Ironstone Hill Company are about to resume full work; they, with the former company, are large capitalists, and give employment to a great numher of miners when at work. . The old Hughes' Reef has been ta,ken up on lease by moneyed men, who will commence operations soon.- This reef was, when worked, the richest reef in the Castlemaine district, occasionally yielding from 20 ozs. to 300zs. per ton. There arc t.wo shafts sunk, one of which is 260 feet deep. The reef is over 20 feet thic~, and the last stone taken from it yielded 2t Ozs. per ton. The claim seems the hope of Taradale. With good machinery and proper management, payable results will be obtained, and other claims will be taken up on the same line north and south. I am not a.ware of any miners obtaining metals and minerals other than gold in this division. TARRANGOWER DIVISION. Mr. Robe1·t Nanltivell, Jfining Surveyor and Registrar. Mining during the'quarter has not improved, and the 'prospects at present are not very bright. 'Three of our principal mines, viz., th,e Old Beehive, the Eaglehawk Limited, and the Central Eaglehawk Companies, have suspended operations for the present, and about forty men are thereby thrown out of employment. The prospects' ill each of these mines arc such that should encourage a further outlay of capital, in order.to develop their resources. In the Beehive mine a crushilig of stone from below the bottom level yielded an ounce and half to the ton. The reef is from 1 foot to 1 foot 6 inches in thickness; but owing to hardness of the ground, and wa,nt of proper appliances for working, this did not pay. It. appears to be a new shoot of golden stone, that is likely to lead to something better, and only requires the mine to be systematically worked to be made remunerative to the shareholders. The same may be said of the other two mines referred to. The reef in the Eaglehawk Limited, at the bottom of the mine, is .22 feet in thicknes; and in driving along it. on the east side, golden stone yielding nearly all ounce of gold per ton was found. and continued for about 35 feet in length; hut this did not prove payable, and was consequently stopped. The Ea,glehawk Union Company, in sinking their engine shaft, came on to a dyke about 44 feet below the 800-foot drive. Previous to this the shaft was dry, but th,is dyke has let down a large quantity of water. The dyke has been sunk through, and a reservoir cut out of the solid rock, into whicl! the water is conducted and haled by the engine. The shaft below the dyke is quite dry. 'rhe quantity of water caught in the reservoir is ,35 tanks per day, each tank con taining 140 gallons. The surface water is aU conducted into a reservoir at the 400·foot level, from which it is baled. The total quantity of water from the mine is 363 tanks, or 50,820 gallons, per week. • 'rhe Charcoal Reef, recently re-opencd by Wratten and Co., has turned out a good paying reef; it is from 2 to 5 feet in thickness, the last erushing from which gave an ounce of gold per tOll. 'rhc gold has been followed for about 80 feet in length. A trial crushing of 30 tons from this reef has been sent to two mills-the Phronix and Bell's ]{eef mills-15 tons to each, measured bueket and bucket into the carts. At the Bell's Rcef ,mill, the atone was crushed with stampers, and passed through rocking-cradles with blanket hottoms, worked by the engine; and no quicksilver used. At ,the Phcenix mill, quicksilver was used in the stamp.boxes, ripples) and Chilian mills. The result was in favor of the Phroni~, the difference being 3 ozs. 17 dwts.; or 11 OZS. 19 c1wls, fro~ Bell's Reef mills, llnd J 5 OZ9. 16 dwts. from the Phoonix-from 15 tons of ~tone at each mill. . No water was sold during the quarter. ' , . 3;') ST. ANDREW'S DIVlSION. Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. In alluvial mining 'a slight change for the better has taken place, a payable lead of gold in tunnelling ground having been discovered at BoddIe's Creek, on the McCra.e Hill. The wash is found intermixed with small boulders, consisting of dark sandstone surrounded with ferruginous veins of black clay and shale, which was at first supposed to be basaltic. The gold is easily separated by means of an hydraulic hose under a pressure of a column of from 25 to.30 ,feet of water, .Messrs. Thomas Ewart, William Hampson, and John Lithgow were the discoverers of the lead, whIch promises to be of considerable importance' from its richness and extent. Its position would also, in my opinion, indicate the source' of the extensive auriferous fiat known as the Roddie's Creek goldfield. The river ,claims at Warrandyte have been suspended during the quarter, owing to the flooded state of the river. QUARTZ, A very rich reef has recently been opened in Elliott's Freehold, Warrandyte, and a company has been formed to work the same, A prospecting claim has been applied for on a new reef called the Last Itesource, at You You; Caledonia; but as no crushing has been made, the richness of the stone cannot be estimated. The manager of the Magnet Oompany, Warrandyte, reports that he has at length struck payable gold in the upper level, 50 feet from the surface, after ha.ing. patiently persevered for some years with little success. I am informed that a small patch of quartz weighing 17 Ibs; was taken from Messrs,' Ewart and CO.'8 lease at Muddy Creek, Upper Yarra, which yielded 17 ozs. of gold. At Reefton there are six companies tunnelling, four of whom have not yet reached the reef; but th~ similarity of the strata in each of the drives to that in the claim now yielding good returns gives every promise that the reef will soon be reached in all. . In minerals other than gold in this district I have to report considerable development. At Ringwood Antimony Mines, Messrs. Boardman and Co. have a 40.horse-power engine for winding and pumping, and other companies are prospecting for the reef. The McCrae's Creek Stream Tin Mining Companies are making active preparations for working their leases .by , constructing races and slu~ce.boxes. erecting huts, and providing other requisite plant, BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar, There is nothing of any interest to report regarding mining in this subdivision. With the exception of the small quantity of gold obtained by fossickers and a few sluicing parties, none has been raised. The All Nations Alluvial Company have been compelled to suspeud work for the present for want of funds. The rock through which they were sinking is extremely hard, and the water is very heavy. I am informed by the manager of the Cora Lynn Company that operations in this mine will l)e resumed immc diately. None of the other companies are showing any signs of making a start. No water was sold during the quarter. . ARARAT MINING DISTRICT, ARARAT DIVISION, J11', Thomas Foysle1', Mining Registrar, , .. Sever~l,smal1 rl1sh~s have taken place dl~ring the quartel', and hav? given ~ol'e profitnhle employment for mdlvldual mllllDg enterprIse than has been expenenced of late, the most notICeable bemg at the head of Oliver's Gully (now traced'into private property) and that at Twin Gully. At Seimeting's Lease,,!Jeside doing a large quantity of race-cutting, &c., the holders have cleared about £4 each per week, and have recently come upon very handsome specimens. About 60 loads are now ready for washinO' . . A breakage connected with the pumping gear has caused the Rhymn~y Quartz lHning 'Company to ';,uspend operatIOns, and although the last three crushIngs more than covered expenses, It has been thought advisable to re-form the company and call up additional capital. . " Some af the late Govemment prospecting party have been trying the deep ground at Frenchman's rush, beyoud Mayston,hut have at present only obtained about 1'~ dwt. to the load. Prospecting for-the Canton Lead Reef is now at a standstill, the amount of water stl'Uck beillCt sufficient to allow the first contractors for sinking to throw up their engagement. " To the west of the Canton Company's shaft sevcral claims have lwen taken up for alluvial drifts but none have yielded more than 6 dwts, pcdoad, which is not considered payable. ' PLEASANT CREEK Dl VISION. lV,.. H. C. Bate" Jllinillg Sm've,lJo1" and Regisll'w·. The returns fOl' the past quarter show that a larger quantity of quartz was erushed, but that the average yield was not so great as heretofore. ' • The prospects ~f the division, however, perhaps never looked better, and I think we may safely look forward to many years of prosperIty. The Magdala Company have made a discovel'}' of a new reef, which is reported to be 14 feet in thicknes3 and the stone from which has a far better appearance than that which was first struck by them in the low level Atl'ial crllshing will shortly be made of some of the stone. ' . 36 The Crown Cross Reef United Comp;iny have' ulso'UiscoV'ered a neW'make of stone, which seems to' underlie the fiat reef lately worked oy them. ' . The Oriental Company have not yet found the fiat reef for which they have beeh searching; but recent work in the Extended Cross Reef Company's mine seems to prove that, as I had suspected, the reef dips at a much greater rate from the 870-foot level of the last. named company's mine, which would, of course, carry it to a much lower depth in the Oriental Company's ground., . No water was sold during the quarter for mining purposes. BARKLY DIVISION.. '.'., 1111'. H. C. Bate, j}I~ning S1.trVe!IOr and Registrar. Work in this division has been carried on much the same as usual during the quarter. Most of the mining may be put under the head of fossicking, and there have been no new finds. " No water was sold for mining purposes during the quarter. ' RAGLAN DIVISION. lIfl'. C. W. JJfinc!rin, lH'ining Regist'l'ar. • >, f In the immediate neighborhood of the town of Beaufort, the Try Again Gold Mining Company,,:recently on the Garibaldi IJead, have abandoned their claim there, and have marked out ground close by the B.eaufort and Ararat railway line, on the western boundary of the township. It is on the opposite side of the line; but'in close proximIty to the claim held by the Got-him-by-the-Wool Gold :Mining Company, and hope is entertained of getthig on the same lead or gutter that the last-named company are on at present, which has proved exceedingly rich in gold; they are engaged sinking their shaft, which is now sunk about 60 feet. ' . Manners' and party, the owners of the said Got-him-by-the-Wool Gold Mining Oompany (six co-operative miners), have been prosperous beyond all anticipation during the past quarter, having washed out 453 ozs. 12 dwts. 10 grs. of gold, giving an average cash return of something over £23 per man per week. They still have a good deal of ground, which they ex.pect, when operated upon, will give equally good results; they have also some ground which will give comparatively small yields, whieh they purpose working previous to the more likely ground. At Waterloo the N (lW Victoria'Gold Mining: Company, und~r the management of Mr. James Gibbs, continues to make fair progress, paying wages and some of the preliminary expenses. It is probable that ere long much of the ground in that locality will be re·taken up for mining purposes.' .. Mining prospects generally throughout this qi.ision are decidedly much improved of late, and a buoyancy of hope has becn raised which in itself may lead to fU1'ther discoveries and successes. The want of capital, 'however, is a. great hindrance to development of mining. GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. OMEO SUBDIVISION. lJfr. fV, Phipps, j}Jinitlg Registr,ar. The heavy rains during the early ·part of the quarter enabled the quartz mills at Swift's Creek to resume crushing, and the results arc shown in the returns. The Oriental Company are proceeding with tlleir large race, of which about two miles are (Jut; about four miles more will bring them to a selector's fenc(l, and the owncr of the ground objects to allow them to pass through. In consequence, the company have applied to thc Department of Lands for the requisite permission to cvntinue their work over the ground. There is nothing lleW to report in alluvial mining through the rest of the district, , There are llO pers.ons employed in mining for any met.al eKcept gold, nor in searc~ of 'minerals. MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. JiJ~n Grime,~ Peers, Mining Surveyo1' and Registrar. Mining matters generally in this suhdi,vision are in a somewha.t similar state to that previotlsly reported. NQ new discoveries have been made. " No work worthy of record has b(jeu carried on on the mineral leases at Buchan. No water is sold in this subdivision for milling purposcs. BO GO Y CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. James Smith, lHining Registrm" QUARTZ MINING. The Sons of Freedom Quartz Mining Oompany have not resumed wor~ as yet; efforts are no,! being made.by the new company to have the workings recommenced at an early date. Partles meanwlule are pumpmg and keepmg the mine dry. The Galloway: quartz mine will have a machine Oil the ground in the course o.f .U few 'Yeek~; it has never had Olle previously. There are tlbout 200 tOllS of stone qn the smfuce ready for cr.ushmg. ThlS mUle has been amply 3'7 prospected; a shaft 150 feet deep has been sunk; abundance of auriferous stone has been met with, which has beeu proved to be decidedly remunerative by practical men who have tahen crushings. There are a number of other reefs in close proximity to the Galloway proved to be equally auriferous, only waiting on enterprise and capital to develop them. - • ALLUVIAL. During the last quarter there is no material improvement to report in the condition of alluvial mining, a.lthough a considerable number of miners are doing remarkably well in back gullies where water is attainable. There are no miners employed in mining for metals and minllrals other .than gold within this subdivision. CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. Ah. James Travis, Mining J!egistrar. Quartz mining in this division still remains in a depressed state. The stone raised and crushed from the Good Hope mine has not turned out nearly so well as was anticipated. The incoming quarter, however, looks more promising, inasmuch as the reef has been struck in the Jeweller's Shop tunnel, after twelve months' hard driving. Not much stone has yet been knocked down, but what IJas been taken out shows a fair quantity of gold. On the Wentworth, the Republic Reef is also looking better. A large quantity of stone is now ready to be put through the stampers as soon as packers can be obtained. There are 110 miners ijmployed in this division for metals or minerals other than gold. JERICHO DIVISION. }Jb'. fl. J. Donaldson, Afining Registrar. The tributers in the Harbinger Company's mine. Dry Creek, and two' or three others out prospecting. are the only quartz miners at present employed in my division. ' The prospects of the Harbinger Oompany's mine are steadily improving; although the difficulty in working it necessarily increases as operations are extended further or deeper under ground. . The main level at the present time is 220 feet perpendicular from the surface, and is reached by a tunnel 500 feet long. From this level 279 tons of stone have becn crushed during the last three months, yielding 182ozs. 14 dwts. retorted gold. '. There are 22 men employed at this mine. . . In alluvial mining there is no perceptible improvement, nor yet any apparent falling off. No doubt in time the creeks and spurs must become thoroughly exhausted; yet on account of the large extent of ground known to be auriferous the process must be slow, re<}.uiring many years for its accomplishment. There are no men employed in mming for other metals 01' minerals in this division. There bas been no pyrites treated during the last quarter, and no water sold. DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. O. P. Whitelaw, Mining Surveyor and llegistmr. Florence Quartz Mining (Jompany.-A tIibute party of six men have been employed during quarter raising and crushing stone. . Sterling Quartz Mining Company.-'-Four men are employed driving on course of the lode, expecting to strike another make of quartz. . United Star Quartz Mining Company.-No work has been done during quarter. Stratford and Avon Quartz Milling Oompany.-Tenders are out for a tribute party. Bismarck United Quartz l'vlininM Company.-Eight msn are employed raising and crushing. Gippsland COll80ls Quartz Minin/{ Company.-Six men arc employed driving on Course of the vein and taking out st{)ne. They expect to crush shortly. Many of the alluvial miners have beon flooded out by the late rains, causing considerable amount of los8, both of time and labor. .' Gold is the only mineral searched for in this division. No water was sold during the. quarter. STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. lIb'. E. S. Gzttteridge, Mining Registrar. Little or no change has taken place in quartz mining in this division for the past quarter. The Walhalla and Long Tunnel Companies have been steadily crushing, and paying excellent dividends monthly; both mines are in first class working order, as also all their machinery. In the various progressive mines work is being pushed ahead as quickly as possible, but as yet I have no new find to report. . The Long Tunnel Extended Company's chamber will be completed in about three weeks; the rise from this to the surface is now up 145 feet. 'fhc South Cohen's Tribute Company are engaged driving a lower level to intersect a shoot of gold left at foot at the old SO-foot level. The Great Extended Walha11a Company have now driven their tunnel a distance of 620 feet: The Fear Not Company are still driving their lower tunnel; a distance of 433! feet has been reached. In 28 feet more the course of the lode is expected to be struck. The 'fhomson River Copper Mining Company will shortly complete t4e remodelling of their smelting establish ment, and expect to commence. smelting during the month of November, This company ha.ve been working most vigorously, and give employment to a considerable number of men. Cooper's Creek township, the site of this company's works, now presents a "ery lively appeamllce, and will in all probability, in a short time, become a flourishing Iit~le place. 38 ' ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION. •'tIr. John'McCann, Mining Re.qistrar. There is DO improvement in this subdivision for the past quarter. . T~e Wilson and Barthold mine has been at work all the time, ,and, I am told, paying well; the lower tunnel is be.mg drIven very fast, and the contractors expect to ha,ve it complete in about six months. The Aberfeldy Company's mille was sold during the quarter, and it is confidently expected tliat the new proprietor will be well repayed for his outlay, as the mine is supposed to be as good as any in the ranges. The Star and Thomson Company are driving a tunnel on the line of reef, towards the shaft lately Bunk, and from which payable stuff has been raised. The Waterloo Company are still prospecting, but so far without success. The alluvial miners were all swamped out by the late floods, and conscquently have not been doing any work for some time, but are looking forward hopefully to the summer months. The new track which has been cut over ~he Baw Baw to Reef ton will open a splendid field for ~he prospector this summer, and J am told that there are two or three parties starting out as soon lIS the weather Improves. I ahovld say the average wages of alluvial miners would be about 258. per man per week. There was no water sold during the quarter, .. ~ RUSSELL'S' CREEK DIVISION. . Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining Registrar. Russell's Creek.-:-Ground stuicers are doing better than during last quarter, making small wages. Pleasant Creek.-The ground mentioned in my last report seems to have been worked out, as I learn most of the miners have left. ' Hawthorn Creek.-The old creek is being worked, and most of the claims are payable, averaging, per man, from £2 to £2 lOs. per week. Wombat Creek.-The ground sluicers are not doing so well as expected; in fact the most of them are at present off gold. I Tangil.-The Traralgon Company are pushing on with the tunnel. Very little gold obtained here of late. No water was sold here during the quarter. ' , . .Mr. Alfred Armstrong, the .!Iining Sl1rveyor for the St. Andrew's division, reports :-:-" The Victoria Stream Tin Mining Company have, with great perseverance, completed their tail-race, which was executed under great difficulties, comprising three cuttings through the hardest description of granite boulders which could not be penetrated without the aid of dynamite. This wprk when completed will drain the river to its bed, which is to be ~iverted by means of a dam and race, a mile whereof was under progress ou my visiting the ground during the present month; and I was informed that as soon as completed, and the arrangements for sluicing properly effected, it would be followed by the drainage of similar lengths at higher points. The compallY's operations have been very much impeded by reason of the track to the mine. being all but impassable during the ,winter months. Packers could not be prevailed on to carry in stores to the mine, except at enormous rates of freight, in sufficient quantities to supply the men with provisions; and their manager was, therefore, reduoed to tb.e alternative of discharging nearly aU his men, who would otherwise have been employed the whole time," . BENDOC SUBDIVISION., Mr. Jolin Nichol, Mining Registrar. Mining in this subdivision has been unusually dun duritig the past quarter. The only quartz claim being worked is the Venus at Bonang, at whioh three men are employed. They have .20 tons ofst<>ne at grass, and have just completed alteratiuns to the tables of their battery, but have not yet started crushing. Their shaft is down to a depth of 43 feet. . The alluvial rush to the Blackfel1ow's and Diok Turpin gullies at Bonang has been on tbe whole a failure, only the lower parts of those creeks or gullies being deemed worth working. There are now only six men employed on the former, and two on the latter. The Blue Peter claim amalgamated, consisting of eight men's ground, has suspended operations for three months through overflow of water. . Many of the allu\·ial miners are making fair wages. There is no water sold in this subdivisiou. No miners are employed mining for metals or minerals other than gold, 'rARWIN SUBDIVISION. Mr. G.Read J1fU11)hy, Mining Registrar. The yield of gold during the qnar.ter. was extremely small. owing to the priucipal claims being occupied. in erecting or removing machinery. No.1 South has not done as well as was expected, the yield?f gold being a fra~tlOn under 16 dwts. 23 grs. per ton; they are now getting out rich stone. The Prospectors Extendpd have fimshed putting up their very.complete plant. They bo~to~ed o~ wash showing gold fr;el.y on the 27th September. 'r~e Golden Bar still pay expenses, and the prospect IS ImprovlUg. The Pro~peetors TrIbute Company have moved th\llr engine, &c., fur·ther up Stockyal'd Or'eek, to save trucking j they have cut several leader's in their new shaft. . The Pioneer claim bas heen flooded out, but intend to ,commence work TRARALGON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Charles Denis, Mining Registrar. Since my last report mining has not progressed much, owing to tempestuous weather and heavy falls of snow. There has been an increase in the number of miners. Gold is being found in different places on the secoIid section of the Gippsland Railway line, but scarcely enough as yet to pay wages. Reports have reached here lately of payable gold also outcrops of gold-bearing quartz, having beeJt found on a tributary of the Morewell; but they have not yet been'confirmed. There are sever!l.l parties e~gagl'd prospecting for coal, outcrops of which are to be found in the ranges Jying south of the second section of the Glppsland RaIlway. No water was sold during the quarter. NEW VEG ETABLl~ FOSSILS OF VICTORIA, DESORIBED BY BARON FERD. VON l\lUELLER, C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. [CONTINUED.] DESCRIPTION OF FOSSn pLANTS F'ROM THE UPPER TERTIARY AURIFEROUS DRIFTS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. (l{e-printed from the AunualReport of the Department of Mines, New South Wales, for the year 1875.) Rh!ltidocaryon-(F. von Mueller). Fruit . spherical or slightly ovate, not distinctly dehiscent,. one-seeded, with an oLlique basal. or slightly lateml attachment, woody 01' bony, externally wrinkled and somewhat tuberculate. Septum large, placenta-like, erect or slightly ascending from the bottom of the cavity, consisting of two por.tions, which are smooth, tnrgid, oblique ovate, or sometimes broadly clavate 01' roundish, always more or less contl'acted at the base, mntually connate at the middle, rouJlded at the edges, broadly adnate to the lateral parts of the cavity, free from its summit. Seed cylindrical, bent around the placon'tnl 01' septal protrusion, oblique orbicular- or ovate-hippocrepical in ontline, with It marginal furrow. Testa thin, brittle, smooth. ' Rhytidoca1'!Jrm Wilkinsonii-(Plate xii., figs. 1, 2, 3). Beneree, under basalt, at 'a depth of 110 feet; lVIr. Edward Farr: communicated Ly Mr. C. S. Wilkinson. Found also between Carcoar and Orange, by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, M.A. Fruits which constituted probably separate carpels of a tricoccous fructification from if to rather above ( inch long, externally uneven from somewhat irregular,slightly concentric ridges, which are often broken up into short tubel'cules approaching in roughness somewhat to those of Phymatocaryoll Mackap, probably covered originally by a pulpy peri carp, which ill decay would early pel'ish, thus the nut-like covering constitnting a putamen or endocarp; a very faint cleavage at the base, but 110 tl'l\ce of valvular dehiscence; septal process from less than double to ne~rly triple the width of the walls of the endocarp, except the base and back free from the cavity. Seeds (in all specimens under examination) perished, but theil' form rccognized from the space left for their reception between the dissepiment and the inner faces of the en do carp ; remnants of the testa not showing any indications to intrusions luto the albumeu. Tile latter and the embryo unknown. This new fossil, so far as 1 can judge from the'matf'riai transmitted to me, brings before us for the first time with certainty'a member of the Menispermere among the vf'getatioll of by-gone creations, inasmuch as of this order hitherto only the altogether doubtful genus McClintocli:ia (Heel', die Fossile del' .Pollullinder, 114-116; Schimperr Traite de Paleontologie Vegetale, iii. .83-84, pJ. xcviii.) became palreontologically recorded. Unaquainted as we are with the flowers and the' embryonic characters of the fruit, we must regal'd it unsafe to place this into any of the numcl'Ous genera of Menispermere, distinguished mainly by their floral organisat,ioll and the inner structure of their fruit; but the endocarp and septal protuberance show some resemblance to the South Asiatic genera H,ypsel'pa (Miers, in Annals of Natural History, see. ser. vii. 40), Limacia and Nephl'oica (Laureiro Flora Cochinchillensi~, 620 et 692), and the East Australian Sarcopetalum (F. v. M. Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria, i. 27, pI. iii. Suppl.). The putamen, ,however, is more rough thaI,! that of any of these genera, and indeed cODIlpicuously thicker than that of any I ,,"'. 40 liviug meuispermaceous plaut known to me, while ill its great size the fruit of Rhytidocaryon s60ws only similarity (and ill this respect merely) to Ifrelllatocarpu8 C~Hers' Contributions to Botany, iii. 324, t. 134). The leaves are unknown. It is probable, that the plant yielding these fruits formcd, like most of the menispermaceous order, It climbing shrub . . NO'fE.-1t might be added Oll this 'occasion, that Xylocl1l'yon Lockii (plnte xi.), pUblished in the second Quarterly Repor,t of last year, would probably best find 11 place ill the systematic alTangement among Olacinere, of which order as yet no member stands on palooontologic record. Should this conjecture be borne out by future disclosures from more instructive materials, then Xylocaryon would take its place in the systematic series near Phlebocaiymllll1 (Griffith, in BClltham et Hooker's Genera Plantal'um, i. 353) of which'Indian geuus a new representative has bl3el~ dete~ted )n QU/ilellsland (F.. v. 1\1ue11e1', Fragmenta Phytogmphire Australioo, ix. 151). Affinity would aiso'draw o'ur fossil neal' to Gonocaryum (Miquel, Prodromus Florre Sumatrarre, 343); the fruit of which has recently becn described by Dl'. Scheffer (Annales du Jal'din Botanique de Buitenzorg, i. 13). the' close relationship bet\veen Goooearyum and VillareRia being thus established. " EXPLANATION OF LIT~OGRAM. PLATE XII. Rhytidocaryon Wilkinsonii-(Figs. 1, 2, 8). FIG. la.-:Anterior view of fruit. \b.-View of summit of ,fruit. le.-Dorsal vie,v. FIG. 2a, 2b.-Ante;ior and posterior views of iai·ger fruit. 2".-Side view. 2d.-Interior view exhibi~ing cavity and condyle. FIG. 3a, Sb.-Interior of smaller variety of fruit, showing cavity and condyles. 3e.-Side view. 3d, S~.-.Anterlor and posterior views. . Figures drawn according to natural dimensions. (Plate re-drawn under the direction of and revised by Baron,Ferd. von Mueller fr011l the Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales, for the year 1875.) APPENDIX .B. The Numbers of Miners Employed dm'ing the Quarter ended 30th September 1816 in Miuing for Metals and Minerals other than Gold were as follows ;- Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Divlslons.u.nd SubdiviSions. BtLlIarat Bllninyong .. , 5 5 f Sandhllrst ... 6 6 Sandhurst ... I ·Waranga 51 51 Fryer's Creek 29 29 Ca~t1clUaine { St. Andrews 27 23 50 Boggy Creek ... 10, 10 r Stringer's Creek 43 43 GlppshLud ... 18 Russell's Creek ~ ... 6 t Traralgon .1 •• 6 Totals ... SO 6 By AutllOrit~· : ,JOHN ]);~R1lS, Government Printer, ~!e\b9urllet QI'trL',l, 1~'}Wlli; 7J,-' ITt 181 JIT IT J])(O) r1 AIRlllmri\r 1\rlt)1 TIt. Jlll~ [\~ ~1 fnnl. 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