1870. [SECO.ND SESSION.] VICTORIA. R·EPQRTS Ol",THE MINING. SURVEYORS· AND:· REGISTRARS. QUARTER ENDING 30rrr ·JUNE 1870. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMA~D • . .. 1611 11ut~ortt11: . JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE, No.2. APPROXIMATl' COS'l' OF ItEPORTS. £ '· d. Cost of Prepar:'ttion. abont 12 10 0 Printillg 0~050 copies) 110 0 0 £1!.!2 to o ., INDEX:. Summa.ry.-Gold Mining Statistics tor the Quarter ending 30th June 1870. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity 'of Gold Exported during the Quarter ending 30th June 1870. Summary .of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ending 30th June 1870. Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 30th June 1870. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Page Ballarat Central Division Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar ••. 7, 17, 19, 24 Ballarat Southern Division Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar 7, 19, 24 Buninyong Division Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 19, 24 Smythesdale Division Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 15, 19, 25 Creswick Division ... Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and ·Registrar ... 7, 17, 19, 26 Gordon Subdivision Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, 19, 26 Steiglitz Subdivision Mr. J. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar ... 7, 19, 26 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8, 17, 19, 27 Subdivision BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar 8, 19, 27 Yackandandah Division Mr. Thos. G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 8, 20, 28 Indigo Division Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 8, 15, 20, 28 'Buckland Division ... Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar 8, 18, 20, 28 Alexandra Subdivision Mr. R. A. F. Murray, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 9, 15, 20, 28 Maindample Subdivision Mr. W. Frewen, Mining Registrar 20 Mansfield Subdivision Mr. J. H. Kelson, Mining Registrar ... 29 Benalla Subdivision Mr. John Liston, Mining Registrar 30 Gaffuey's Creek Subdivision ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••. 9, 20, .30 Wood's Point Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 20, 30 Big River Subdivision Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 20, 30 Mitta-mitta Division Mr. Andrew Trencb, Mining Registrar 20 Jamieson Subdivision Mr. H. C. Geneste, Mining Registrar ... 10, 20, 31 SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division ... Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar 10, 15, 18, 20, 31 Kilmore Division Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar 10, 20, 32 Heathcote Division and Waranga South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 10, 15, 21, 32 division Waranga North Subdivision ••. Mr. HenryBoyns Nicholas,Mining Surveyor and Registrar 10, 15, 21, 32 MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar ll, 16, 18, 21, 33 Amherst Division ... Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor anjl Registrar 11, 16, 21, 33 Avoea Subdivision ... Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and uegistrar••• 11, 16, 21, 34 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 11, 16, 21, 34 Korong Division Mr. Henry J. Hughes, Mining Registrar 11, 16, 21, 34 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 16, 18, 21, 35 St. Arpaud North Subdivision Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 16, 18, 21, 35 CASTLEMAINE MI;NING DISTRICT. Castlemafne Division Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 21, 3fi Fryer's Creek Division Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, J 6, 22, 35 Hepburn Division .... Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar 12, 16, 18, 22, 36 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12, 22, 37 Tarrangowcr Division Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 16, 22, 38 St. Andrew's East and St. Andrew's Central Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 16,_ 22, 38 Subdivisions St. Andrew's West and South Subdivision Mr. C. Johnstone, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 22, 38 Blue Mountain North Subdivision Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar ... 22, 39 ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Charles jag, Wm. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 22, 39 Pleasant Creek Division Mr. S. K. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 17, 22, 39 Barkly Division Mr. S. K .. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 17, 22, 40 Raglan Division Mr. Augustus Poeppel, Mining l!egistrar 22, 40 GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Omeo Subdivision ... Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar 22, 40 Mitehell River Subdivision Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 23, 40 Boggy Creek Subdivision Mr. H. Sutton, Mining Registrar 14, 23 Crooked River Division Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ... 14, 23, 40 Jericho Division Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. 14, 23, 41 Donnelly's Creek Division Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. 14, 23, 41 Stringer's Creek Division Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar 14, IS. 23, 41 Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Registrar 14, 17, :!3, 42 Bendoc Subdivision Mr. John Niehol, Mining Registrar 14, 23, 42 Paper on the Durham Lead, from Sebastopol to 'Mount Mercer SUMMARY. GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 30th JUNE 1870. TABLE SHOWlNG APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. tke and Registrars' Reports for tke Quarter ending 30th June .1870. AlluviaJ. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL JlllNI.>qG, MACHINERY ,EMPLOYED IN ,QUARTZ llnNIXG. Miners. Number Number "' of of Price of Gold Steam Engines ls App+~ximlue ate, ,Srqu arof distinr.t per oooce. DISTRICT, DIYISION, employed in Wind­ ~ ~ ~tE .u il1 0 8 0 Quartz ing, Pumping, &c. -~; :a :So~ . ; ~ biJ of Auriferous Reefs AND '=' ::; .., ;:: - " 51 Mining Ground · actw:llly 1 1~1~ 3il< Plant. P[gb':,d SUBDIVISION. ~~ ~t;J~ , ~~ ~~~~ "'· ~ r3 m ~ ~ ~ ~ . S ~ ~ upon. Auriferous. I---_,............................ '""'>'<1l Ill s·~ P.~..:.. ;2 ;a·a~ ~ s ~·.s I· I§ m1<~ 'g .S § g~ ;a :a ·gal From To ~ ~ ~~ t;2 S.tl I'< ~!'<);!~ ~ ~ 1'1 gj z &.;;;: '-------'--1~-1-----1---1:---·1--- --- -----------1--·-1---1---11-- --·--1------1--1--1-- £ £s,d. £s.d. BALLARAT. 14 276,250 7 24 4 1 6 4 3 0 36 36 2 2 31 659 359 3,810 495 567 4,872 99 3,636 154 28 .. 160' 84 6 28,000 6 14 4 0 6 4 1 6 Central Division . • • • . 1,861 10 202 62 4 11 2 'io 'i '2 4 11 4 0 0 4 2 6 Southern Division . 720 200 9. 2 15 900 110 50,000 14 13 260 300 1,620 30 853 "2s 9 16 13 ' .. 28,430 13 11 4 0 0 4 0 9 Euninyong Division "',. • . .. 1,235 57 13 .. 43 31 '5 'i 4 90 33 1.5:ij1,240 I 250 40 1,530 55 io 1,150 'i 234 is '3 'i 111,500 12 15 319 0 4 0 6 ·Smythesdale .. .. • .. 13 305 17 ~· 115 a ·2 1,000 1 2 30 ~18 4 0 0 Creswick .• •. .. .• 950 400 850 2,200 16 421 65 7 16,763 . 3o 18 0 14 13 308 335 1 8 1 .. 85 136 2 28,430 18 62 318 0 4 0 0 Gordon .• ,. •• •. •· 1 10 19 374 318 0 319 6 280 520 1,000 500 24 432 io 284 14 52,000 4 21 ~tl~~oOd and Bl;,~ )f~~ta;;, 340 . ~g 520 1,290 1B i!outb 1 - ,- 2,768 1 _:: ___, __o_s ___20_9_ ==242== _-_7-5····· __17___ ==1,_-630_- --••- ___1_o-... -__- _-_-·=· == _-_-9== Totals •. 8 635 ~3o5 14 7 :~==6=,2=49=~:==257=~:==44= -_-_7~0-l-~---2_-~-~~s= :.==9=:~==15=o==~:l==-3-,_58-_-6==~:=_-n_-_-_- :_-1=,305=~-~--=-13- =~46~--- ==1=~:~===59=..:1-,_403---=-=~:====77~~===~~ 1 1 1 1 I·· BEECH WORTH. 64' 3 5 53,980 47 90 319 6 4 1 3 25 270 10 15 5,500 3 58 28 2 7 99 3 8 0 319 0 Beechworth •• 1,241 1,010 160 2,411 3,100 6 90 85 2 16,000 ·370 ... 1,590 1 4 1 37 37 1 39,900 1~1 ~ 319 6 4 0 6 Yacka.ndandah 500 560 ·,m 10 250 15 3 6 64 58 6 213 147 53 .. 413 16 406 259 284 14 60 338 318 0 Indigo ** .4 , 2 .22 '2,314 5 48 '2 18 4 1 0 165 1,281 406 1,004 6 72 58 '3 17 30 ~u ·~ Bucklaud •• 150 1,035 6 104 'i4 io 50 2 'i :a 9 16 315 0 3 16 6 865 20 2 150 20 2 24 20 pie*:: 150 100 50 310 0 3 '5 0 3 i9 6 Bcnalla .. , :ioo ::48 :ias ~·m· :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :~ :: -~ ~~ :: :: :: :~ .. i~ i~ :i :i :: :: :: ~:347 ~ -~~ 2'11 0 4 0 0 Gaffney's Creek 252 6 200 •. •• .. •• .• .. 'i 380 .. 30 50 'i :: :: 8 10 255 .. .. ·;, '2 'i 62,509 1~ 93 3 10 0 4 0 0 '\Vood's Point .• 125 50 80 :: .. .. .. .• •• .. • . 550 8 8 .. .. • • 4 2 43 .. •• • . .. 9,976 30 12 3 5 0 3 12 0 Biglliver .• 230 240 12 4 .. • • .. • • .. .. .. 2,000 3 1s 18 .. • • . • . •. .. .. .. .. .· .· 2,603 3 5 3 16 6 3 18 0 ]lfitta.-Initta* · .• EO 70 200 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. MO .. • • ' • • .. 4 68 1 _...::....61 13,560 7 16 J'a.mieson .• 1 1 1 ~o31 _3,_532_ _::sn :~:~~-8-l===-oo--:-_1·_-_-_ -_s=os=~:_2_3.cl·-·-· ___75_ _-36_- ... _48__ 1_i._63_4 _u_ _:_s .E~~~ 6 --;;s- __oo_5 __ __.::.24::_.