MINING SURVEYORS AND- REGISTRARS. · 1874 •. victoria. reports of the j mining surveyors and- registrars. quarter ended 30th june 1874. presented to both: houses of parliament by

1874 •.

VICTORIA.

REPORTS

OF THE

j MINING SURVEYORS AND- REGISTRARS.

QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE 1874.

PRESENTED TO BOTH: HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND

.

No.H. JOIJN FERRES. GOVERNMENT PRINTBR, MELBOURNE,

APPROXWATE COST OF REPORTS.

Preparation, about ..... : Printing, Engraving, and L!thogr~phing (1550 copIes)

Total

,"

.. ' £ 8. d. 13 10 0

116 0 0

£\29 10 0

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INDE"X.

Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 30th JUlle 1874. Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quart<z raised during the Quarter in some of the Deepest Mines

in Victoria; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cutS, &c. Table showing approximately the descriptions, sizes, prices, kinds, and sources of supply of Timber used for Mining

purposes in Victoria. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 30th June 1874, p. 5. Gold received at and issued from the Royal1fint during the quarter ended 30th June 1874, p. 5. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 30th June 1874, p. G. Summary of Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed and crushed during the Quarter ended 30th June

1874, p. 17. • < Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 30th June 1874, p.21.

Ballarat Central Division Ballarat Southern Division Buninyong Division Smythesdf!ole Division Creswick Division •••

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. D. Christy, Mining Registrar n. 7, 15, 17, 21, 25 Mr. George Perry, Mining Registrar ... 7,20,21,25 Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7,17,21,26 Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar < 21,26 Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7,14, 15,21,26

Gordon Subdivision ••• Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7,21,26 Steiglitz Subdivision '" ... • .. Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South

Mr. O. W. Collins, Mining Registrar .. ": 7,21,27

Subdivision BalIan Subdivision ...

Beechworth Division Yackandandah Division Indigo Di vision Buckland Division .•• Alexandra Subdivision Dry Creek Subdivision .. . Gaffney'S Creek Subdivision .. . Wood's Point Subdivision Big River Subdivision Mitta-mitta Division Jamieson Subdivision

Sandhurst Division ... Kilmore Division Heatheote Division and Waranga

division Waranga North Subdivision ...

Aiaryborough Division Majorca Subdivision Amherst Division ••• Avoca Subdivision ... Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Korong Division

Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrllcr 8,18,21,27

Mr. G. P. Black, Mining'Registral'

BEECHWORTR MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Alexander Alderdice; Mining Registrar Mr. P. Wright, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Lewis C. KincheJa, Mining Hegistrar Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Hobert Pemberton, Mining Registrar

8,21,27

... 8, 14, 16, 21, 28 8,16,21,28 8,18,22,28 8,16,22,28

... 9, 14,18,22,29 22,29

9,16,22,29 9,22,30 9,22,30

22,30 9,22,30

Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. W. H. Cochrane, Mining Registrar Mr. W. H. Edwards, },fining Registrar ...

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar

South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

Mr. C. J. W. Russell, Mining Registrar

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

10,14,16,18,22,81 22

10,14,22,32

10,22,32

Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar 11,14,18,22,32 Mr. John M. Murphy, Mining Registrar .. ; 11,23,32 Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,18,23,33 Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14, 20,23,33 Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar... 11,18,23,33 Mr. G. W. Moore, Mining Registrar 11,23,33

Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions St. Arnand North Subdivision

Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,23,34 Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,16,23,34.

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

Castlemaine Division Fryer's Creek Division <

Mr. Thos. L. B'rown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,16,19,23,34 Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,19,20,23,35

Hepburn Division... . .. l\1r. Thoa. Hale, Mining Registrar ... 12,15,16,19,20,23,35 Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Tarrangower Division

Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12,23,35

St. Andrew's Division Blue Mountain North Subdivisi~n

Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 15, 19,23,36 Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Snrveyor and Registrar 13,15,19,24,36 Mr. Graha~ McPherson, Mining Registrar 24,36

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division Mr. Ferdinand M.Krause, Mining Surveyor and Regis-

Pleasant Creek Division Barkly Division Raglan Division

trar Mr. H. C. Bate, },fining Surveyor and Hegiatrar Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

13,20,24,37 13,15,16,20,24,37

24,37 13,20,24,37

Omeo Subdivision ,.. ... Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Hegistrar... ... • .. Mitchell River Subdivision ... Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining SUl'Veyor and Registrar

24,38 24,38

13,24,38 13,24,38 13,24,38 13,24,39

Boggy Creek Subdivision ... Mr. George All~.1, Mining R~:stl'ar ... C!rooked River Division ... ' Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ... ,Jericho Division Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar Donnelly'S Creek Division Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Snrveyor and Registrar ... Stringer's CreeK Division Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Registrar Bendoe Subdivision Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar ... Tarwin Subdivision • Mr. John H. Sandilands, Mining Registrar .. . Traralgon Subdivision ... • ... ... Mr. C. Denis, Mining Registrar ... .. . ApPENDI:x: A.-Special Report of the Deep Lead ill the Upper Palreozoic Rocks at Freestone Creek ApPENDIX B.-Report on the Geology of the country intersected by the Durham Lead, Buninyong

A 2

13, 16,24,39 13,24,39

24,39 13,24,40

24,40 41

42-50

r SUMMARY.

GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30th JUNE 1874, .,

TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED; THE MACHINERY IN c' - IN THE pOLONY OF· VICTORIA.

USE ANI ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS

! (Oompi~ecifr;m th~ Mining Surveyors and Registrars' l}eports fo.r the Quarter ended 30th Jfne 1874,)

·.~-----~------------~------------~----.~l--------~---------Alluvial Quartz 1 ,Millers, Miners, MACHINERY· EMPLOYED· IN ALLUVIAL MINING, MACHINER~. ~MPLOIYED IN QUARTZ JlIINING,

DISTRICT, DIVISION,

AND _

SUBDIVISION.

~ Steam Engines ~ Steam Engines .S employed in ~.S ~

Total' t:mpl?ed-i~ Wi&d~ "CI tI.l .Q Winding, Pumping, :ri ~ ..c.,.. ~,..~ Number mg, .umpmg,· c. be ~ 1=1 I'T.I ~ _~ m Crushing, &c. .S~ g5~ =~"CI vi tI.l ..

of ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 'g~....S .z ~ ~ ~ :E ~ (II ~ ~ ~ Miners. 'ti"'-i ~ ::s Srti ~ ~ d~ ~ ~ ~ ~~oS· ~~ ~~r;Sti .~ ;g~,,~

vi W <l.) !:: "d. "CI p.. '=' Ql ...... ~"CI d ~ Ql I':: ,.::; = 0 .... 0 ~ ~ d

§ ~ i3'~. ~ !&, ~m tri ~gi .~ ~~ ~ .~ ~§ ~-=- ~ ~. ~o ~.t'~ ~~ u3 ~~~& J.1 ~P:l Ql .... ... ~ Ql....., = <l.) e = t7l oo..c ::s a:t J!. ClIO 'oP bO ...... ~9' .~ ...... t,:: A~. Q) =9=· m ;;: 1:.0=

.Approximate Value of all

Minil1g Plant,

Number of

Square Miles of

Auriferous Ground actually worked upqn.

Number of

distinct Quartz Reefs

actually proved to be

Auriferous.

Price of Gold per.oUllce.

From To "'" ~" z§ Ql<l.) ftE ~ ~~. ~a A Q)aJ II!~ "§' <l.) ~p. ~= = ,Q ~~ _, .. " ......... oP ~ ;a'p:E~ EI A ~' .... ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~~ J~ 'g 8~ ~ oS'S ~ ~ ~ oS ~ ~ ~ 0g z~ bOO 'Eo~; ~ g~ ~ ~ffi~: - ;a ~ ]1 _-----"------�----.----::.- _.1"1 _____________ ~ ~ ~ ~ __ -.£_ EiJEiJ __ ~ _P"_ ~ ~ ~ _____ I"--<-~--I-o-"'-::l- 00 o"l'~ --- _ ... _-_~_ ... _ --~- -~- ---~- ______ 1 ____ 1-------- ___ _

BALLARAT, £ £. s, d" £ s, d,

'Icentral Division " 1,621 275 302 ~,698 72 3,033 83 3 18 14 l' 37 24 .. 47 ·952 428 10 148,230 39 24 4 2 0 4 2 9 Southern DlvlBlOn " 517 500 32. 1,049 3 125 4 30 3 11 47' i 7 'ii 4 70 30. 2' i 20,000 7. 15 4 0 9 4 1 9 Bumnyong DmSlOn "' 775 120 100 995 23 710 16 '2 25 8· 3 ·29 20 '3' '4' 8 ~50 86 1 42,000 16 13 4 1 6 4 1 9 Smylhesdale Division 1,035 580 24 1,839 62 1,370 66 4 16 7 2 64 io 'i 6 80 21 2 29,300 16 11 4 0 04 1 6 Creswlck DlVlSlon" " 920 450 600 1,970 26 472 23 85 16 7 800 30 2 28 986 1 197 19 "2 'i 104,OUO 13 15 4 0 0 4 2 9' Gordon Subdivision"" 13,·4 196 213 1 10 2 10 177 63 4 'i 9,723 3. 19 318 0 4 0 0

,~\~lt:!~~gbdr;;~~~,;' and' Blue m 2~ ~g. "2. 1,~rg 'i~g 'i5 '2 ~~ ;~~ i2 2~~ M 5 'i ~g'~~g 52. ~~ ~ 1~ ~ "~lg ~ :. Mountain South Subdivision 1 ' , Eallan Subdivision 20 20 1~ _ 1,000 3 . 3 16 6 3 17 i TO::;S 5,191 -2-,3-12- --2-,7-89- -- -10-,-29-4- --1-87- -5-,-72-0-192 -- --1-7-6- --48- 24-· -1,5-2-7 -- --6-6 -'-,5- -- "46- -5- --13-8-"+-3-,3-35--1'-:---1.-3- 1,198 25 ---5313---- 437,298 i50. 204

'BEECHWORTH, Beechworth Division Yackandandah Division

"Indigo Division ~Buckland Division 00 i'!'Alexandra Subdivision Dry Creek Subdivision 0 •

~ Benalla. Subdivision. . 0 •

( Gaffney's Creek Subdivision

~ ,~~O~~~!O~~t~~~f~:ion :: tMitta.-mitta Division 00 !-Jamieson Subdivision ••

f Totals

\

SANDHURST,

:~~y!~~!S~~t~f~~n :: . . . . Heathcote Division and Waranga

South Subdivision / c,.;\Varanga North SUbdiyision

Totals

MARYllOROUGH, : ~Iaryborough Division Majorca Subdivision o.

. Amherst Division ,Avoca Subdivision 00 o. " Dunollyand Tarnaguila. Divisions

ivision 00 ., ..

ank and St, Arnaud South divisions

ArnaudNorth Subdivision

Totals

CASTLEMAINE, ~astl~main~ Division •• • • fI ryer s Oreek Division •• ' •• ~ epburn .Division - 00 •• ••

T"".dale and Kyneton Subdivision ;srrrangower Division :. . . .n 0 Andrew's Division •• •.

lue ]\.Iountain North Subdivision

Totals

ARARAT, ~fara.t Division o. Ba~kj<tnt 9~e~k Division

ltagla~ ¥Jivi~li~~ :: Totals

o GIPPSLAND, ':ttu~eo Subdivision • 0 •• ••

chell River and Boggy Creek VISIons d River Division

Division o. I •• ly's Creek 'Division .• '8 Oreek Division s Oreek Division

w' c Subdivision .•

'l'rara\~~~~~J~~~iO~ Totals' ,"

1,061 280 120 123 200 55

"68 138

70 80

899· 364 351

1,171 25

100

6 12 6

70 80

98 94 51

427 105

"87 120 50

2,058 738 522·

1,721 330 155

'i87 270 126 150 400

25 1

11 2 5

270 6

338 22 90

4

"9

io

-----------1--1---(-------_· -I-~-

52 20 6, 89 4 59 "3' 5 49,960 47 97 80 25

460 70

3

38

'2 2

22 20 6 84 2 64 1- 9,835 12.

~f 53 1 1~ 2;g iii 2?~ 'i '6~ :4~ ~mg 66* 2 4 . ", 10 ' 151 1, 98 19'471050 35

4 "I' 50\: '" 'i75 'i4 ,i4 '6 'i8 iii i7~ 'i 'i 29;804 ~~ 1~ ·260 16 ·16· 9 135 9 250 2 '3 'i 62,073 18 94

5,200 3,000

190 2,000

30 400

180 8 8 ',' 5 52 42 10,683 33 14

1,~~g '5 2 4 '4 '47 '2 :J." 1~:5gg ~g ·26 ______ . ______ -. _ -- ---- ___ 1---,--- --f'- -----------. -----1----·1----

2,295 3,084 1,252 26 6,657 44 726 15 52 23 45 12,885 14 182 148 68 "907 46 1,049 7 16 11 258,548 280. 887 _. ---------'---------------1--1--1----\-------

_~OO

1,620 20

249

630 20 40

4,210 16

350

30 6,490 56

639

19 300 20~ 3,6~g '2 1,I~g 3 212 21~8~ 46g~g~? m 17 248 121 'i 20,240 81 202

100 6 161

"30 '50 40 '8 278 8 193 73 19,600 11' 108

1,934 _._74_7 _4,_74_8 _3_4 ___ 7,_46_3_ -_-_·="-1_9== __ 30_0 __ - _-_- -_-_- _-_1_40_· _10 ___ 35_- ===3=0 === _ 59 -_-_ ==6= _16_1_ -_ -_ -_ ----m-~ -- --1-:3-1- _-.=3= ====== _2_2_5 __ 2_6_8 __ -_-_~1===5=0-6..:.,-5-4~0-~~11~"----1-4:1::~1:~:::7-5--5-_-_-11

840 3,200 42 1,468 39 " 178 34 10 6 4 36 148 26 604 '201 30 25 149,152 5 160

45 57 172

1,960 111 830 569

, 340 750 165

58

400 30 97

1,139 320 310

75

91

6~ ~~ ~ i~6 1~ 33 Ig 22 6~ 7g 23 'i '3 '54'2J l i2· 1;:~~g' g.' 35 : 77 1,785 8 253 8 72 7 17 ' 42 10 3 3 7 105 69 'i 3 9 19,866 18. 20

3gg i2 l:ggg ~ ~~ ~~ 1~ 1~ 15 'i; tg ~~ i~~ ~g ~t ~g:~5f l~ l~f 44 284 12 2 _ 1 6 88 36 3 4 7,292 11i1 28

168 317 11 13 272 8~~ 13 '19 __ 1--'".-28.;.,7-83---1----,1--'--:6.,.6-1

~383 "2,462 . 1,880 12 ----s;687 --7i- 2,1iO 65" -- ---a91 76 69 ~ --90 --. 19m '8- 11l 2,071 ---s75 -- ----134 124 309,537 82~ 569 -------. ----.-. ----.----.----- -j -_. -----, 482 940 646 116

76 136

26

365 775 491 135 314 88 5

695 279 741 219 525 168 25

1,542 1,994 1,884

470 915 392 ·56

3 5

48 88

~"2,l73 2,652 -6-7,253 --13- ---m- -.- --

114 56 34 9

22 4 2

2;11 -------- .-------------- --- .-- --.--

25 29

100

2 6 2

i5 53

84 306 145

5 24

i 4 53 46 80 314 29 49 76,692 9! 103 38 ~2 2 36 19 461 147, '2 'i 9 15 69,524 28;/ 36 59 3 10 1 32 535 187, 1 3 60 58 38,780 82 88

1~ '2 35 if ~~g 'i ii~:~r 9 ~H~' :~! H 'i 3 36 ~ 1,900 4 4

10 68 127 -46- .-.- --1-5-8- 3,109 -- -1-,1-66-· ----- -16-5 - --13-1- ---1--2-84-,86-'8-1--1-6-5*--1---386--1

-.---------. --1---1---'---'1 -----90 564

2<1 25

"10

12

/ "I

~

{14 ·5 86 45 3 4 13,876 25 36 'i 32 946 340 48 10 109,198

, 2 10 10 2,510

34 ,27 16 6!

26 37 9 5 1 10 8, 'i' 2 10,700

1.238 --9-80- --1-,3-11- -is :-3,-55-4- ---17- --2-5-2- --. ~ -- --2-9- -1~7- --6- ---59--- ·-13- --29 -50~ -- --4-0--1--1-,0-52-- 1--- 4O:f:-::----·5216 -- 136,284 __ - - _. _______ - - __________ . __ -,-. ------1--- --j -~ ------ --1-.,----

245 410 350 233

725 1,845

616 368.

11 1 7"

10

3 2 3 9

450 160 260 110

30 1,250

6 25 'i23

83! 77

77 174

170 98 86

108 124

22 200 15

400 140

82 85 1

15 25

57 40 68

537 6

22 30

492 339

309 223 135 645 130 62

230 15

ii

17 \,2, 23 " '6,315 10 19 22 1~ 1 1,700 23 -18

~~ : : ~ ~g ~ 1~6 Ig~ r~:m ~~. 3~5 25 Ig 1~~ "i 1 ~~l 'ilg:~gg ~. K

'i 'i20 "6 '4 2 18 2 25 '2 2,649 4 14 30 5 . 4 46 1 26 1 4,765 26 145

'2 34 'i 1 10 4 1 2,300 i 1

875 ·21 21

___ 6 ____________ 1 _____ \ ____ 1-.- _,,_I ____ '_" _______ 1----45--1----1----1

1,054 726 800 2,580 20 17 11 3 1,<170 68 66 .41 572 13 wi 1 .. 5 1 1 142,097 158 482 ---------"-------------~-------- '--j --------

650 56<1 2,07<1,972 I,061! 3,367

319 0 311 0 4 0·0 3 18 3 3 15 0 316 0

3 i5 3 I 311 310 314

3 18 6 315 0 3 17 0

2 0 0'

4 1 5 400 3 17 0 312 0 3 17 6 3 17 0 3 19 6

3 0

317 3 3 18 9 3 17 6 318 6 3 10 0 317 6 3 0 0

3 18 3 9 4 0 4 0

311 3 5

315 0 310 0 310 0 3 10 0 300 310 0 3 16 0 316 6

4 2 6 4 0 9 410 400 420 410

3 ii 6 317 0 317 6 311 6 318 3

318 6 3 17 6 400

420

4 2 0 4'0 0 410 406 4 2 0 4 2 0 4- 0 6

4 0

318 6 319 0 319 6 319 6 403 4 0 6 3 17 6

318 0 426 416 4·0 0

3 17 6 318' 3

319 3 317 0 316 6 316 0 317 6 316 6 318 0 318 '6

18,467 12,484 15,432 105 46,488 353 9,403 286 1,046 195 250 16,667 22 605 223· 211 457··' 22 788 15,202 75 6,591' 41

.'---~ ___ ~_~~_2-~_~ ___ ~~~_~~~ __ ~~~ __ ~~~~ __ ~ ______ ~_+I~~--~~---~----~--~--~--~~--GRAND TOTALS

I

°llice of Mines, Melbourne, 20th July 1874,

N " .... I • -

~. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines.

515

'.

TAB L E' I I

SHOWING THE MINES IN VICTORIA, BEEN S'rOPPED, ETC.

YIELD',OF GOLD FROffI 'CERTAIN PARCELS OF QUA:a,TZ RAISED DlJRING THE QUARTER IN SOlIE OF THE DEEPEST DEPTH OF THE DEEPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW BEING SUNK, OR THE SINKING OF WHICH HASI REOENTLY

WITH THE

i (Compiled from Retur~ made by the J.lfining Surveyors and Reflistrars for the Quarter ended 30fk June 1874.)

DISTRICT, DIVISION, AND

SUBDIVISION, NAYE OE' CO:IIPANY. NAME OF REEF.

Depth at 'Which

tbe Quartz was fil.}t.

Quantity Crushed.

·Avenige Yield of Gold

per Ton.

________ .... _-- ~--~I-~---

tJcotlili Division { Tcm:per~nce TIle Queen

southetn DiV~Sio~ 8U"lnyong D1V.lS~O~ " Slllylhe.sdale DrVlSlOn ••

c"reswlck Division .... • • J roon SubdivIsIon •• •• ."

Go fgutz Subdivision,. .. .. S~ood Division Ilnd Blue Mountain ~ South Subdivision. •

DaUon SubdiviSion •• •• ..

BEECHWORTH ••

SeechW'orth Division ... r.ckl>ndandal1 Division

Speedwell

Imperial

]lort Phillip •• " New North Clune.

Purker's Extended

sultan ..

Homeward-bound Bigelow and Clingan

Feet.

Temperance •• The Queen lode

.. 600,600,750 SO

Stn;ffordshire

Hiscock':t

Clunes Clunos

140 . 200 to 320

100' to 790J

100~

265

Mounter's, Intermedi.. 70 to 500 ate, Pioneer, Sultan1

and Trewhella's ... Asllton's·.. .. 100

•• • Homeward-hou'nd •• ~. Homeward-bound, Hills ..

borough

440 330 to 355

Indigo Division Bnckland Division !lexondre. Subdivision Dry Creel< Subdivision

•• :l\(oorc and Findley •• Robert Burns Hillsborough .•

80 to 100 190

120 to 560 200.

Denolln Subdivision • • " • allifuey's Creek Subdivision

wood's Point Subdl~lslon

Big River Subdlvlsion •• Mltta-mitta. Division J.

Jau\icson Subdivision ••

SANDHURST.

Sandhurs! Division

KUmore Division • • • • U,"t~col.c Divislon.and Warauga

SubdIvision Warnng. Nortll Subdivision ••

lIARYBOROUGll.

!!aryborough Division •• !!ajorca Subdivision •• Amherst Division .. ArOCtl Subdivision ••

Dunolly and Tarnagullil Divisions

I

f Fletcher, Magill, &..cling,,,, l Happy Valley.. ..

•• . Crcesus •• •• •• Lily •.

.. {

Royal.. .. Rose of Denmnrk

{

Alps Central ~ Wood's Point AUiance,3liners .. Unknown

Venture ::,

{

Grent Hustlers •• North Old Chum. , Hustlers.. ..

south Costerfield

Bristol Hill Deed Brothers' Croydon

f Queen's Ilirthday' t Kern and Stone ..

.. ... Wallaby or Eldorado ..

Eureka •• ' •• ... Morning Star, ..

l\Iorning~Star •. Alliance Miners .. Unknown.. ..

.. Hustlers ..

._ ~ N'ew ChUln •• Hustlers

Costcrfield

Ea.~tern Alfred Laura.

Bealiba •• Break-o' .. day

! ..

'urong Division • ~ • • • • 1Mb,uk & St. Arnaud South Subdivialons

Fone's .Nc,Y Isis Wilson's Hill Rising Slar Chry;olite

Fone's •. Oxonian ••

it. Arnaud North SuMivlsion ••

CASTLE MAINE. C&itlemalne Division ••

Fryer's Creek Division

llepbutn DiVision

TArad.le and' Kyncton Subdivision

T'trango'IVer Division ••

~~ Andrew'sDivision..' .. ne drountaln North Subdivision

ARARAT. AnIr.t Dhislon ••

f

tl {

Englishman's I,ureka Tribute •.

I

\

Fryers .. Howe Uros. ~ * Comlsh .• Nortll Cornisll .. Specimen Hill •• ll'entou •• Adventure •• eagleha'Wk Union Thornhill! •• Great Western ..

(Claim No.3 SouUt)

Wilson's Hill •• Risjng Star .. Western ..

Englishman's Eureka. ••

Ferron's •• Cattle's ., Cornish .. Cornish •• Speeimeu Hill Fenton .. Adventure •• Eagle1mwk •• 'l'hornllill's .. Beelilve

Moore's

150 500

280 to 300 280 to aoo 175 to 200

100

780 and 830 460 to 676 530 to 565

520

310 233 150

335 80

375 140

300 to 380 460 460

270 280 'to 360

230 to 265 110 to 165 100 to 480 90) 150,320 170 to 383

200 240 600

300 to 500 130

67

Pleasant Oreek Division {North Cross Reef .. United Cross Ree!

Cross and·Flat .. 612,712,743 810

!lIrkly DIViSion

QIgIan DIViSion

~ GIPPSLAND, I!%,~ SUbdivision '.. .. ••

810'n;U Illv.r and Boggy Crook Subdl)'!-CrOOk { I, I Cd lliver Division • • Good Hope ... Goo,1 Hope ..

lIopelul - 80

60 to 80 n.'~~ho Division ... • LUdenbu:~ .. 6 ClIfs Creek Divisi~n .. .. Bismarck United.. .. " '. ". 238 ~

Tons.

1,500_. 458.

1,066

2,291

15,335 180

250

1,008

so

160 650

49 1,200 1,030

22

90 780 1M 576 300 23

1,400

1.084 2,710 1,130

188

1,341 20

56.5

7S1 46

1,162 3liO 100 204

1;119

51 390

S08 1,415 6,331

6Ill 2,589 1,600

100 320

1,145 13

11

6,222 51M!

510 00

oz. ·dwt. gt.

o 8 17 o 4 0

016

O. 3 14

o 3 13' o 6 1

0511

o '1~' 12

o 16 16

o 19 0 076

2 16 17 o 15 0 o 5 1 o 15 0 t

'0 14 .Jo 4 5 1 0 6 o 10 8. I 12 0 3 5 5

o 7 9

o 16 16 1 6 7 1 3 12

o 13 8

o 3 22 2 0 () o 3 10

0513 o 70

o io 17 o 12 15 o 19 23' o 19 14 o • 15

1 2 o 1. o 11 o 14 o 5 o 4 o 6 o 5 o 2 1 14 o I>

26 ()

I 2

20 21 20 9

13 10 o 9 o

18 .

o 1 15

1 13 1 1 1 0

o 9 '21 1 4 16

Width of the Reef,

Dip of the Reef.

Dip of the 8hoot

of Quartz.

Strike of tile Reef.

~---I~-----. .. I------I-------Ft. in.

.. 'Oto45 0 E.50"

5'0 W.70'

5 to 40 0 W.,56'

2 to 30 0 (2) E.:lO'(2)W.30' 4 to 6 0 E.55'

o s

, 1 0 W.20'

2 6 W. A 0 ' W.S7'

I /I 10 0

2 .0 2'to(.0 1 to 3 0

2 0 1 to 2 6

o 10 ". , to 8

10 I

o o 6

8 {) I 3

1 to 12 0

, 0

3 '0 4 to 8 0 4 to 5 0

7 0 1 to 4 0

1 6 (; \I

I 0 20to100 0

8 0 4 0 4 6 6 0 I 6 II' 0 .. 6 o 4

,. 2

8 9

o o

W.90'

i •

W.4&' W.80' W.30' W.30' W.85' S.5"

E.60"

W.70· .

W:60' W.

W.S9' W.

W.03' . E. SO"

W.4S' E.36' W.U' W.50· -W:. 4b'

W.S2' W.57' E~ 1'20

E.70"

W.70" W.80"

W.SO·

N.6'

N.

Vertical

N.40'

S.60' N.80·

W. W.

W.85' S.5' •

S. (0'

S.20' . S.

S.2()' s. ~OO Sd5'

S.19' N.15'

*

N.W.20' N.W.30'

N. 2" 30' E.

N.2"W.

N.5'W.

X.8'E. N.23'W.

N.lI'W.

N.

N. N.I0'W.

N. 10' 'V.

,N. 35' W. N. 3.5' W. N.52'W. N. 62' W. N. 52' W.

·N.W: '

N.20'W.

N.N.W.

N. 11' 17' W.

W.

. N.45'W. N.42'W. N;25'W.

'N.20'W,"

N.5'W. N.S'W.

N.I0'W. N. 14° 'Y .. N. 18" W. N.IS'W.

'N.!5"W.

, N.12'W. N.8'W. N .. 15'W.

N.1S'W,

N.W. N.W.·

115 4,747 3,820

108 200

4 12 2 I 7 18 I 0 7 o 7 22 o ~ 4 19

1'lnget'SGreekDiViSion I ~~l~~?~lDel:: ::. g~~~~:: .. :: 2i~:~m! nQ!3nl!' r .. t North Gippsland.. .. Cohen's :: .. i .;0 and 254 I

15 4 4

o 6 6

W. 78' to 83' W.OO·

N. 32' 50' N.32° N.32"

N.19'W. N.I9'W. N.19'W.

I NAME OF OOMPANY.

.. The Black Hill ..

I f ~p'eeclwcll t Hopewell II~perial ..

(

Port Phillip .. .sew North Clunei Cluncs Consols .• Black-horse .. Albion.. .. Sultau .. ..

Henderson' .. • Bigelow and Clingan

:!lIagenta Happy Valley ..

Albion ..

j .. l 'I' .. ..

r: .. , ..

NAlIIE OF REEF.

Staf!~~dshire :: Staffordsltire •• HiSCOCk's •• .. Clunes •• •• Cluncs •• ~. Clune!! "' "" •• lligHlll .. .. Portuguese •• • • :\Iounter's, Interme ..

diate, Ploneer)Snltan, and''l'rewhclla's "

E"celsior Homeward-bound t Hills-

borough lIiagenta •• N'ew Happy Valley ..

.d.lolon

{Carlisle, North Garden} Garden Gully

Gully, and PaSS-bY 1

Great Hustlers .. .. !lustier's ..

Costerfleld

. .. ...

lfuriner's Reef • ~

Croydon ..

{

Queen's Birthday Goldsborougll .. United Poverty •• Cambrian .. Victoria •• Fone's •• New",lsis •• Wilson's Hill .. RIsing Star •• " Chr)'solite ..

Costerfleld

Mariner's

Laura.

BeaUba •• •• BeaUba •• •• Poverty ~ ~ .. NewChum.. ." Sandstone.. •• lronc's ~. •• Oxonian .• •• Wilson's lIiIl .. Rising Star .. Ballarat and Western ..

Devonshire Wattlc Gully Devonshire ... Ferron's ••

[

Duke of Devon .• Wattle Gully Tribute Devonshire •• Anglo-Australian Fryers •. ~. -Ferron's ••

! Specimen Hni .. f Argns United .'

.. }E .... lehawk

.. RotbsehUd

f Sir George Bowen 1 Rbymney ••

NeWington & Pleasant creek South Scotchman's t.:

1 Magdala .. ..

Pleasant Creek North Oro,ss United Cross Reef .' Extended Cross Roof' •• .. '

r Richmond t Rip and Tear

I .. Good Hope Ludenburg

Long Tunnel .. Walhalla •. N orlh Gippsland

Specimen Hill

Euglehawk ..

Kitty Ogden ..

Campbell'" .. Rhymney

Richmond *. Rip and Tear

Good Hope .. Hopeful

Cohen's Cohen'S Cohen·s

Albert

' ..

Depth of

Shaft.

Feet.

320 220 370 3~6

890 1,012

990 830 87. 513

310 lI6S

320

189

750 840 -

637

220

410 419 ~72 450 500 400 450 380 4c70 506

200 alB 3S! 386 365

466 578

527

105

155 240

1,408 1',281 1,196

920 905 890

300 200

700 200

534, lIt'5 2Q9

75

89

!uepth of

tile deepest Level.

Feet.

200 250 320

790 1,005

9G2 826 865 500

355

220 580

189

480

830

520

528

. 200

"

405 29G 525 440 500 375 180 380 4';0, 500 '

250 318 " ~O -

300

462

127 240 800 660 500 761

.. 810 870

290 200

500 200

523 285 2M

75

80

Depth of the

deepest Cross-cut.

Feet.

200 2f>0 320

790 1,005

962 826 865 Ii,OO

310

220 580

170

682

830

630

200

4,05 880 :;25 440

.500 425 IBO 300 460 500

250 318 350

300

515

127 180 SOO 660 500 701 810 870

290

700 200

523 285 254

40

SO

I I ,

R*MARKS.

i

I It i. the Intention of this company to sink

this sllaft to a deptb of 700 feet, and probably to 1,000 feet, and then to d:rly ""st and west.,., test' tbe ground.

Cut payable qoattz in sbaft at 840 feet • " Inclusive of pyrites.

I I

(

Worked from a 'tunnel. The reef hasavernged u limglll of 214 fee

from the Burfnee to a depth of .60 feet where it 1ms been totaliy Just, and all efforts to find ft have been unsuccessful.

t Tile gold is obtained chiefly in eontae witll the wall. '

* Step Blloots in ilard granite dyke, vary ing from 3 inch'oS to 2 feet In thlcluless,

Sinking stopped at present. Still sinking. Still sinking. Sinking stopped. ' Sinkinglstoppect. , The roof has been cut at 425 feet.

300 feet (perpendicular).

Sinking.

~ow opening out at 40il leet.

[west of sllaft. Reef .truck in the cross-cut about 97 feet .. lIorizontal. .

Stlll sinking.

Still siuking. Still sinking. Still "inking. Also Sinking No.1 sllaft, whicll ie now 198 St!l1 sinking: [Ieet tn deptb.

Uenijo ~ Greek Division •• • • Cross Reef • • • . Pheasant •• .... I 1.3.5 I' ~''''IC ubdiv!slol1.. .. ,"{ Goldcn'B~r .. .. .... 75" ... '2 3 E:io' S:i5' .. Albert.." ..

n SUbdivision .. No. I Soutll .. :::: II, .. .. : .. : Ii so i 199 i tg g 2 0 E 20' S.15' ~.~. I.} B~~ison Flat •• ~"ral' .. llandells.: ::, :::: 107 14 1 0 0 .1 6 i:30" S.30' S:E:

~_iV_i_S_lo_n __ ' ___ ' __ '_' ______ "~i_'_'~/ ____ ·_· ____ ~" ______ ~ _____ '· ______ ·_·~~_·_·JI __ ~_·_· __ ~~ ___ ·_· __ ~ ______ ·_·~~~-----·\-·---1----~·-· ____ _1 _____ ··~ __ 1_ _____ ·_· ____ ~I~_··_· ____ '_· _____ ·_· ____ ~:·_·_L ____ ·_· _____ ._. ____ ~ .. ~ ____ .. __ ~~ __ ._. __ ~ ___ ._. __ ~ ______________________________ _ 0$ .

C(l of Mines, Melbourne, 20th July 1874. R. BROUGH SMYTH, ~.,"" t 1'v.po l'vfinpl'I.

17 5 .

I I

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I,

SI:IOWI~G 'APPRO~IM~TELY THE DESCRIPTIONS, SIZES,

TABLE r PRICES,KINDS,' AND SOl]RCES OF SUPPLY OF TIMBER USED FOR MINING PURPOSES

" . . .

---DISTRICT, DIVISION',

AND

SUllDIVISION.

" .IT T. '" 'T.

C ntr1l1 Division s~utMnt Dlvi8ion

[1unlnyo~~, Division •• .. •• ,,,,ytllCsaa;c Division •• • • ••

vision ~. •• •• vision.~ .. 6 ••

. vision •• _ 4 ~ • ~

~;~~~WOOd D,lvislon and 'Blue Mounlain Soutll Subdl,vlslon

JltlilOJl subdlV : SlOn

B!"ECHWORTH.

llcec!lwortl1 DlvisM~ •• y.clmndandah DlvlSlon Indigo Dh'islon ..

J)ucklund Division

]·IREWOOD.

Price per ton I 'Of

46 cubic feet.

£ •. d.

J ; :1 050 040

o 7 7k () 2 6 040 026

o 2 9

050 046 045

o 4. 0

036

"

PliOPS AN;.D CAP-PIECES.

Average.

Length,

feet.

S. 4 to 12

6 to 6 6

6 (I to 7

9 61010

6

5 to 7 5 to 10 4! to 8

6

5 to 12

Dln.mewr.

inehes.

8 6 to 12

'7 to 8 6 '

5 to 10 8 to 10 ,

8 8 to 10 '

C> 6

7 to 8 12 to 18 8 to 13

6

8 to 12

Pl'ic€per.

100 feet.

;£ s. d.

o 19 31 o IS 6

1 2 6 o 16 6

I 0 4 o 10 I 050 o 19 0

I 12 6

012 0 1 :; 6 I 0 6

012 6

It ~ IN VICTORIA.

(From Retu1'ns made by the Mining Surveyo~rs and Registrars.) I

LATHS AND SLAIlS.

Average. o

~~ ~~ ThiCKness.

it in. i Inches.

.1 6 Ii to 2 4 6 7. Ii to 2

5 3 4 0

5 0 4· 9 5 0 4 6

4 0

5 ~O 6 0 4 0

6 0

'5 6

7 6

6 9 8

7

Ii l'i

I to I! 2 1~

Ii to 3

2'

1~ 3 Ii

1

I! to 2l

1

;£ s. d.

013 3 014 3

o 15 ,0 o 13 0

o 16 'gl 013 o 13 o 15

6 17 0

o 16 0 ,1 5 0 o Hi 0

216 0,

014 6

KIND OF TIMBER.

Stringy bark, pepperrrilnt, gum ••

Stringybark, peppermint, gum •• Btl'ingybark, gulU, she-oak

BOX, redgurh, stringybark Stringy bark, gum, peppermint Gum, strlngybark .. .. Stringybark, whitegum, messmate,

peppehnint Stringybark,blue, red gum'

Strillgybark, blucgn~ .. .. . Stringybark, peppermint ~. Yellow and white bOX, stdngybnrk

and

Strlngybal'k, peppermint, gnrn (white and blue) -

Strlngybark, bolt, whitegum

SAWN TIlIfBER.

Average price

per 100 feet.

£ s. d,

o 4 ~l '0 8 ,i 006 0; 6 0

o 5 5 045 o 710 o ?,9

066

014 0 1 0 0 012 6

o 18 6

014 6

Distance to tie

Carried.

mUcs.

.5to,6

1 to 9 3 to 30

6 to 20 i tO,1 J to 5 lto 2

6 to 20

I to 8

SOURCBJ OF SUPPLY,

I Buljarook F:orcst, Ross' Creek. Bre~k-o'-Day, Whim Holes, Moonlight, andStall'ordshire Reef

Ranges. , • DurJlam and Whim Holes Ranges, Clarendon, Burnt Bridge., Moupt Misery Rang .. " Smythesdale, Linton, Camgharn Ranges,

¥ount Cole .. Bongaree, Dean, Craigie, Campbelltown, LlIlcur, Bot-bet Creek. For~sts within a radius of one mile of the mines • • ~ , Vicinity of SteigHtz and Eclipse, Bullarook Forest •• .• Vicinity of the mines. •

I '

Bwrro" ,~" ~,,, - d"~"

Neighborhood of Stanley and Tarrawlngee, Mackay's Forest. Neighborhood of the mines; " For!"ts within a radius of eight mlle~ of the mines ••

Vicfity of the mines.

Vicinity of the.mines~

REMARKS.

Sawn timber Is carried sixteen miles.

Strlngybark Is principally used. Sawn timber is carried from ten to twenty mlles.

Timber is chiefly obtained from the basin of the Black Dog Creek.

Little or no timber used. Alexandra 811 bdlvlsion • " Dry Creck Subdivision, , Jlenalla Subdivision " GnffIlCY'S Creck Subdi;ision Wood's Point SnbdlvlslOn Jlig River Subdivision ., nlltm.mlttll Division .. J;untoson Subdivision "

... . Dluegum, messmate •• • ~ •• • a ••• ••

Immediate neigllborhood of tile mines .. • No timber nsed.

.. .. SANDHURST.

.ndhurst Division

Kilmore'Divlsion .. .. .. Heathcote Division and WaTanga Soutll

Subdivision lV.mnga North Subdivision •• ,.

lIIARYBOROUGH.

M.ryborough Division ••

Majorca Snbdivision •• Amherst Division

Avoca Subdiyision .. •• Dunolly and TtlrnaguJla Divisions

Korong Division .. .. •• lledb.nk and St .. Arnaud South Subdivisions S!' Arnaud N orlh Subdivision '.. • •

CASTLEMAINE.

Castlem.tne Div!.slon ••

Fryer's Creek Division

Hepburn Division

TarUdale and Kyneton Subdivision' Tarrangower Division •• .'. St. Alldl'ew's Division •• •• DIue Mountain North Subdivjslon

ARARAT.

Al:l!rut Division

~nt Creek Division ,

llarkly Division llagluU Division

,GIPPSLAND.

Om~o Subdivision

o 11 0 011 0 0,.10 0 0'5,0 064

o 63

046

042

o 4 S§

060 043

o 3 I~ 036

056 6 S I~

,6 311

046

054

032

036 076 048 040

046

,0 5 6

o S 3

/'

l~'to 8 2 to 5! lito 4

6

15

4 id 7k

s to 12

4! to 6

5 (I

I to 12 10

6 3~ to 8 I to 14

5

6 to 7

6

5 9

3 to 6 5

2 to 5

12

31 to 10

4 to ]8 9 to 18

16 to 18

6 to 12

6 to 16

6 to 14

5 to 12

'0 7 to 10

6 to I~ 7 to 12

II 4 to 12 a to 12

s

7 to S •

7 to 8

8 9

3 to 12 10 I

9 to 12

7 to 8

• 0 i7 6

g l~·g 150

1 5 0

1 io 0

1 'I 6

6 II 0

017 0 I 2 6

o 16 1 o 15 8

016 0 I 5 0 I 3 ~

I 4 0

lOS

076

014 0 o 16 0 o 18 II I 4 0

012 6

500

o 1l 0

:; 0 o 0 6,0

6 0

6 0

6 0

7 0

4. 6

4 6 4. 6

5 0 5 6

6 0 610 4 0

5 0

5 0

4 10

4 0 5 0 5 0 4 6 ~

4 0

5 6,

4 6

8 S 7

8

8

8

8

6 §!; 8

6 to S

.9 7 t08 7toS

7

8

8

6 8'

10 6

6

6

710S

2' 2 2}

3

I~

2

Ii to 2

1 to 2

2 Ilto 2 14 to 2

2

2

l~

2 ' 2 l~ 2

2

, ..

216 0 2 15 0 a 0 0

2 i,j' 0 ,

Rcdgum, peppermint, strlngybark, ironbark RedguID, peppermint,whioogum,stringybark Uedguffi, peppermint, stringybark •• Stringybark .. ... . .. .. Peppermint, strtngybark ~ •• ••

2 5 0 Box, ironbark, bluet red gUnl ••

2 0 0 Box,lronbark ••

2 16 0 BOX, Ironbark, whitegum

o 19 3 ned, white gum, stringybark ..

1 4 0, Box, whitegum 1 5 0 Box, !ronbark, stringy bark, redgnm.

1 0 0 1 10 0

] 12 0

1 15 0

011 6

012 0 2 5 0-o 16 0 o 7' 6

110

, 1 18 0

015 .7 . ,

BOX, bluegum, strlngyoork Bo:x) ironbark, gum ••

Redgum, box, ironbark ,. BOX, gum, iron bark •• Box, whitfgunl ••

Stringyhal'k, box"red, white, blue gum, messmate, peppermint

StrllljlY bark, box

Pepllermlnt, bOX, messmate, gums, strlngy-bark, wattle, l!ghtwood, cherry tree '

llox, stringybark, ~hitegum •• BOX, gum •• .~ •• B(}x, stringybark .. .. ..\lessmate, white~um; peppennint,

Stringy bark, redgum, box, messmate

Gum, stringybark, b9x

Box, gum, stringy bark, ironbark Messmate, strlngybark .. ..

1 2, 6 120 o IS 0 1 2 0 1 5 0

015 6

015 0

012 6

o 6 ~i

066 Ii 5 0

o 5 9' 056

056 o 9 S

.0 6 0

013 0

012 0

046

010 6 014 0 014 6 090

066

080

012 0

810 16

I t02

- to 6

:1 to 15

12 S to 14

to 9 •

Ilto 5 -to 3 -t06

6 to 12

6to 8

lto 7

Ho 6 5 to 8

to 8

II to 25

4 to 35

'1 to 3 -tol7

of tIle mines od of the mines

hood of tile rrilnes VT" ;; ,,, ,,;i,~. .. ." .. .. ..

Bullock and Emu CreekB, Whipstlck, Cnmpaspe, Echuea, Kim-bolton, El)'Sian Flat, Murphy~s W ntcrholes •

.. I.. .. .. Neighborllood of tile mines.

'," "'"'" .. '''"'''~''' .. rum. ..

Bet)l'een Mount Hooghly and Avoca River, Timor Creek,. Hayelock Flat.

Ha":elock, Avoca road beyond Adelaide Lead Bullnrook Forest, parishes of Lilicur and Amherst, Mount Cole,

Lexton, Pyrenees, Black Ranges, "Vicinity of the mines. It I~ Impossible to Mmc any particular locality,as the several

kinds aftimber occur throughout the whole of my div!.sion

N St B

of the mines. , varre Ranges, Vicinity of the mines.

Ranges, Stuartmill Ranges, vicinity of the mines.

BuIlarook Forest near Daylesford, Echuc3, North lIfuekleford, Walmer, Chinaman'. and Sandy Creeks and Ranges South. I' .

FrY1ir's Creek Uanges I . l3,UljarOOk Forest, Wombat and :;Iusk CreekB, Dividing Range

Ranges west of TamdRle, east of Coliban . . •• • . Parishes of Huycns'wood, Wo.lmcr, and Muckleford .' ~ •• Neighborhood of tile mines. . 'T"""O< ""', .,,"' .. .. .. . . Dunpeworlhy, Londonderry, Langi Gherin, Mounts Cole and

;;'~i~rti~.en Ney]s, Concongella and Three-mile Creeks,

Parij,hes of Bolangum and Callawadda, Dog-trap Creek, Bald lj.lJls, Watta Wella, Six·mile Creek, Joel-joel, :Ma.!akoll', Qampola, Ledcourl, between Monnt Dryden and the Grffill-Jilans, between Moyston' and Mokepiliy, Mount Cole, Qramplan ••

Landsborough Ranges, Glenpatrick, Barkly .,

I 0 0 5 0 8 1 10 '0 Illuegnrn, whit.gum, strlngybark

"T C.". ~ "." .. ~,.rt. W''''''''' "." ....

. 0 Ii 6 • S Great Dividing Range and the banks of rivers and creeks near tl1e 1l0ldworl<lngs'

126 lto5

~~,:chelllllveralld Boggy Creek Snbdhislons 0 5 71 4 to 12 9 .. .. .. .. •• Striugybark.. .. •• .. Close Yiclnity of mines.. •• J.""loked River Division .. •• •• 0 5 9 4 to 6 8 to 9 ' I 5 0 4 6 7 3 1 5, 0 Whltegnm, peppennint, mountain ash •• 1 5 0 - to 1 Immediate neighborhood of the mlnCIJ~

cho,Di'i1slon •• •• .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •. .. Whitegum. stringy bark, peppermint .. •• .. Vlcinltyofmines.. .. .. .;

llonneuy:. Creek Division •. •• 0 6 0 <Ii to 6~ 14 I 3 6 6 0 9 i 2;1 1 7 6 Stringybark, wllitegum. messmaw,' moun- 1 2 6 I to 3 Ranges adjacent to the mines. I 1 luln ash I

r's Creek Division .. .. 0 8 6 01 8 to 12 ~ 14 2 4 '9 '8 I \I 1 I? 6 Strlngybark, gum, ironbark .. .. 6 18 6 - to a Ranges round Walhalla.. .. ..

Timher is getting scarce and rising In price. The finest gum is got on high ridges. TImber is increaSing in value. Little or no timber used.

Redgum brought down the Murray RIver.

Little or no timber used.

Sawn timber is ean1ed eight miles.

" The distance to~be carried cannot Ile given; it depends in almost all cases upon the locality of the mine where it Is intended to be used,

. Timber is getting dearer, and the distance to cart

it and the difficulty ot procuring it greater. Redgum Is got from Echuca.

There is quite It difficulty in obtaining tlmberfor mJntng purposes. ' ,

Gum and box are getting searee. Long spars are got from Bullarook ~'orest.

Sa~tJ~:ber is enrrried from a quarter to three

Little or no thnber used. •



Ironbark cannot be gol eltcept at great cost, Little or no timber used. "

'" '~~~~t~ift~~iSiO~. .. .. 0" 6 '6 's 2'0 0 5"0 '6 I'· 3 1 '0 0 ~t~:;:~~::s~:::ssmate:: :: :: 0 i4 0 -'to 2 Wiih~~:~a~j:fsh~?~~~O!ti~:'~r;~~·mines.·· ria Subdivision.. :: :: 6 4 3, 3! to 8 7 to 8 0 16 S 5 3 7 ] i " 6 17 6 Whitegum, strbagybark, redgum _ .. 1 10 0 -to 1 Vicinity of the mines.

~_g_:J_U_S_U_b_dl_vl_S_lo_n __ '~~ __ ~_'_' ______ "-l _____ '_' ____ ~ ____ '_'~ __ ~ ___ '_' __ ~ __ ~,~'_' ____ ~I~'_' ______ '_'~ _____ " __ ~~ ___ '_' __ ~ ______ '_. ______ .• ______ ._. _____ ._. _____ ._.~----·-·---------·-·-'--~-·-·~Ir' ~:_._. _____ ._. _____ ._' ______ .. ______ ._. _____ ~-.-----.-.---L-lt-tl-e-o-r_n_o __ U_m~be __ r_U_~_d_. ________________ _

R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secre~ry for Mines •

.-Offic of Mines Melbourne 20th Jul J874.

'-'519

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 GOJ.D got respectively from ALLUVIUIIIS and QUARTZ REEFS are as follow:-

Alluvial. Quartz. Total.

"z. dwt. oz, dwt, oz, dwt. Quarter ended 30th June 1874 106,984 5 164,905 7 271,889 12

THE QUANTITY 011' 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, d\\"t.

Quarter ended 30th ,June 1874 238,272 11

GOLD RECEIV:ED ,AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL MINT.

STATEMENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD receil-ed at and issued from the Melbourne Branch of the ROYAL

MINT during the 9u!l:rter ended 30~h June 1874.

RECE[VED. !:iSUED.

Gross Weight of Rough Gold.

Gross Weight of Gold. i Bulllun. Gross Weight of CoIn. Gross WeIght of Gold

Bullioll,

oz. 8,745'05

Royal Mint, Melbourne, 6th July 1874.

oz,

21,468'39 I

·-·o------c--z,

84,92.9'59 oz,

655'117

E. W. WARD, Deputy Master.

STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GOLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the ROYAL MINT during the

Quarter ended 30th June 1874.

GroS8 Weight of Rough Gold,

oz,

5,878'91

G"OS8 WeIght of Gold Bullion,

oz. 18,731'50

,- NOTE,-The MInt bas no evJdcnee beyond the stlltemont o(the depositors thnt the ~bove 18 VIctorian gold.

Royal Mint,. Melbourne, 6th July 1874.

E. W. WARD, Deputy lfsster.

QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETO.

SUMMARY.

THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, and MULLOCK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on, during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom :-

M!:t..'lNG DISTRICTS. ,

Ballarat '" ... Quartz. ... '" Beechworth ... ... . .. ... Sandhurst ... ... .. . . .. Maryborough ... ... ... ... Castlemaine .

'" ... ... ... Ararat ... .., ... ... Gippsland •• 1. ... ... ...

Totals ...

Ballarat ' Quartz Tailings and Mu.lwck. ... ... '" ...

Beechworth ... ... ... . ... Sandhurst ... ... .. . , .. Maryborough .:. ... ... ... Castle maine ... ... '" ... Ararat '" ... ... ... Gippsland , ... ... ...

. Totals ...

B B

allarat Pyrites and Blanketings operated on.

eechworth 1 •• Sandhurst '" Maryborough '"

astlemaine C A .G

rarat ippsland

-

... ... ...

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... '" ... ... ... .. . ... ... .. . ... ... ... ...

Totals ...

. .. ... ... .. . ... . .. '" ... .. . . .. . .. . .. . .. . .. ... ... 1

... . .. . .. . .. ... .. . . .. .. . . .. ... .. . . .. i ••

... . ..

... . .. .. . . .. ... .. . ... . .. ... .., ... . .. . .. . ..

... . ..

Quantity Crushed. Average Yield of I Total Yield of Gold from Gold per Ton. Qua!tz, &c., Crushed.

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. 65,500 0 0 0 8 2'12 26,489 5 9 19,761 15 0 o 10 4'36 10,060 13 6 81,810 0 ° ° 12 20'27 52,540 19 13 8,759 10 ° 0 7 18'14 3,396 16 21

41,619 5 0 ° 7 21'04 16,390 18 9 16,590 0 0 o 19,18'10 16,386 3 23 10,825 0 ° 1 2 20'57 12,371 8 12

.244,865 10 ° o 11 5'80 137,636 5 21

13,220 ° 0 0 3 23'93 2,642 6 0 142 ° 0 0 5 3'80 36 12 12 885 0 0 0 2 18'89 123 6 17

3,078 0 ° 0 3 13'72 549 14 0 8,441 0 0 0 o 19'08 335 9 15 1,300 0 0 0 1 17'56 112 5 19 ..,

'" . .. 27,066 0 0 0 2 19'38 3,799 14 15

180 10 0 2 12 10'14 473 2 6 155 13 0 I 6'19'90 208 15 23 637 0 0 2 16 17'94 1,807 8 4 81 0 0 o 13 10'97 54 10 0

100 0 0 2 15 2'52 275 10 12 0 10 () 19 9 12'00 9 14 18

122 16 0 2 1 8'31 253 17 8 ,

1,277 9 0 2 8 6'41 3,082 18 23

. NO'l'Iii.-This Summa.ry does not show the total qun.utitics of quartz, &0., crushed or operated on, but only the yield of certain crushings, &c" "respecting which the Mining Surveyors nnd ]tegtstrars have been nble to obtain information, Owing to the circumstnnce that many of the muchlneowners are nnable to give,,,r are precluded from giving, Information, It Is Impossible to get complete returns from every district; and In considering the relative Importance 01 each district, as regards quartz mining, &c., the tables relating to machinery should be examined and compared.

Office bf Mines, Melbourne, 20th July 1874.

I

R. BROUGH SMYTH, . Secretary for Mines. ,

MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' RETURNSo

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 Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. .

Division and Subdivision, Average I Remarks relative to tho and Where Quartz WI\S obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Total Yield of i Depth I\t wbieb the

Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. , Quartz WaS obtained, &e.

oz. dwt. gr. I -tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr.

BALLARAT M:W-ING DISTRICT., CENTRAL DIVISION

Britannia ••• ... Specimen Gully ... Countess ... ... Barkly street ... Manton's Freebold ... Princess street •• , St. Paul's ,.. Near St. Paul's Church ... Black Hill South Tribute .• , Humffray street ... Two-ton ••. Black Hill... .. . Black Hill South Extended Dyte's parade .. . Parade ,..... Dyte's parade... .., Duchess ... ,.. Princess street ••. Parade Extended ... Princess street .. ' Grand Duke ... ... Melbourne road ... Sovereign ... '" Golden Point :.. • .. Queen ...... Canadian' ... • .. Welcome ... ••• Dead·horse... ... Ditto, on hire... ...... • .. New Red, White, and Blue Little Bendigo ... Ditto, on hire .... ... Little Bendigo', .. , Hero Extended ... Little Bendigo ... New Dimmock's Reef ... Little Bendigo .. . Tunnel... ... ... Little Bendigo .. . Don ••• ... Gum-tree Flat ... Little Bendigo and Black Bill Black Hlll Ranges .. , Black Hill ... ... Black Hill .. . Llanberris ... .•. Gum-tree Flat .. . Temperance Little Bendigo .. . Various batteries crushed Ballarat ... .. .

on hire Totals ...

602 0 0 0 2 0'63 61 0 0 320 0 0 0 5 18 92 0 0 150 0 0 0 4 19'20 36 0 0

,400 0 0 0 3 23'19 79 6 12 54 0 0 1 15 20'44 96 16 0

130 0 0 0 5 1'84 33 0 0 702 0 0 0 5 22'52 208 8 IS 773 0 0 0 14 22'77 577 15 14

1,013 0 0 0 6 S'06 320 IS 10 41 0 0 1 3 9'95 AS 0 0

348 0 0 0 4 12'20 7S '9 0 3,99S 0 0 0 3 6'36 652 13 17

458 0 0 0 4 0'47 92 1 14 SO 0 0 0 5 0 20 0 0 70 0 0 0 7 3'42 25 0 0

466 0 0 0 4 3'55 96 13 0 490 0 0 0 4 13'66 III 19 0

82 0 0 1 1 12 S8 3 0 1,260 0 0 0 4 14'47 290 0 0

'45' 0 0 0 5 5'33 11 15 0 83 0 0, 0 3 0'28 12 10 0

480 0 0 0 2 4'62 52 12 12 1,297 0 0 0 15 19'89 1,026 9 23 6,828 0 0 0 2 7'92 795 11 12 1;500 0 0 '. 0 8 17'56 654 18 0 2,250 0 0 I 0 4 12 ~~~

23,920 0 O. 0 5 1'77 i 6,068 6 12

130 feet

270 feet 165 feet 200 feet 160 feet 170 to 200 feet

100 to 200 feet 200 to 300 feet 160 to 180 feet 800 feet 50 fe-et 100 feet

40 feet

600 feet 200 feet 60 feet 200 feet 130 feet 320 feet

500,600, and750 feet

SoUTHERN DIVISION. Speedwell ••• ... Staffordshire Reef ... l,066-;;-Oi:-;)~ --67li-5 140 feet

SO feet Hopewell ... ... Staffordshire Reef

Totals ... BUNINYONG DIVISION.

Imperial ... ... Hiscock's Reef One and All ... ... Hiscock's Heef Tower Hill ... ... Tower Hill, Magpie

Ranges Totals ...

CRESWlOR: DIVISION. Port Phillip ... ... Clunes Reefs ... New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs ...

GORDON SUBDIVISION. Sundry lots. • .. Black Horse ... Parker's Extended North Parker's ... Jenny Lind ...

Totals ...

... Egerton

... Gordon • .. Gordon ... Moorabool

•..

480 0 0 0 2 8,83 56 16 18 -------1--------1----

1,546 0 0 0 1 14'62 124 7 23

2,291 0 0 376 0 0 714 0 0

o 3 l4'05 o 3 20'17 i

410 14 0 320 to 200 feet ;2 " 0 200 feet

o 2 7'03 8117 6 240 feet

3,381 0 0 o 3 8'18 564 15 6 ',-------1

15,335, 0 0 8,067 0 ().

o 3 6'19 2,498 6 0 100 to 790 feet o 12 10'54 5,017 9 0 240 to 1005 feet

23,402 0 0 0 6 10'15 7,515 15 0

4,704 40.5 250 400 _ 14

o 0 1 11 12'72 o 0 0 2 ll'97 o 0 0 5 11'42 i

o 0, 0 4 16'92 ' o 0 '0 9 0

7,415 17 0 50 12 0 6890 94 2 0 660

1--------'---------

265 feet 100 feet

STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Totals ... 5,773 0 0 1 6 10'84 7,635 6 0

.~~ ----- -----1-----1 Native Youth ... London... ... ... Mulroney and Co. . .. Eureka.... ... • .. Italian ... ... .., Gladstone ••• • •• Lindsay... ... . .. Minerva. ... ... Perseverance... • .. Morning Star... . •. Scott and Co.... .. . Post Office ... .. . Dove and Co,... .. . Golden Gate ... .. . Ditchburne's Tribute .. . Ringrose and Co.... • .. Von Moltke '" ... Davidson and Co, ... Capell and Co, ... • .. Jackson and Co. ... ... London and Edinburgh ... Bennett and Co. ... ...

A 1 Reef, Steiglitz ... Copenhagen Reef .•. New Reef, North Gympie Eureka Reef, Steiglitz ... Italian Reef... .., German Reef ... Post-office Reef, Elaine ... Elaine ... • .. Elaine ... • .. Elaine ... • •. Elaine ... . .. Elaine ... .. .. Elaine ... • •• Elaine ... • .. Elaine '" ... Elaine ... ... Elaine , •• Mount Doran ... ...

, Mount Doran ... . .. Mount Doran ••• .. . Mount Doran... .. . Mount Doran... .. .

480 0 0 43 0 0

6 0 0 800

10 0 0 16 0 0

620 0 0 328 0 0

96 0 0 84 0 0 31 0 0 78 0 0 1.4 0 0 54 0 0 15 0 0 28 0 0 20 0 0

337 0 0 57 0 0 17 0 0 87 0 0 15 0 0

o 9 S'85 2 1 8'37 2 1 16 1 ' 7 12 040 050 o 19 8'52 o 9 15'22 o 15 5 1 0 0 o 16 18'58 100 4 11 1'03 1 8 16'89 1 6 16 050 1 12 0 1 9 12'60 038 o 5 7'06 o 11 21'40 o 6 ll'i!

224 17 0 8S 18 0 12 10 0, 11 0 0 200 400

600 0 0 158 0 0

73 0 0 84 0 0 26 0 0 78 0 0 64 0 0 &4 0 0 20 0 0

7, 0 0 32 0_0

497 10 0 9 10 0 .. 10 0

22 0 0 4 17 0

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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed ,in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.,

" Division and Subdivision,

and No.me of Company,

BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH

SOBDIVISION. Sultan ... . .. Sultana ... ... ... Mounter Bros. ... . .. North Britain· .. , '" Hed, White, and Blue ... Vietoria ... ... Gre;'t Tunnel' ... '" All Nations ... ... Kohinoor ... ... Crown • oo ... Eldorado '" ... North Sultan ... '"

BALLAN SUBDIVISION.

Ashton's ... ...

BEECHWOllTH DIVISION.

Waterloo ... ... Trpzlse and CQ. ... McDonald and Co. ... !,;foore and Co, ... ... Reform ... ... Hordisty an~ Co. ... Forese View ... ... Rhorles and ~o. ... . .. Caledonian ... McLeod and' Co .... ... Black Magpie ... ... Golden Bar' • oo ... King~ton ... .. , Wallaby ... . .. Frenchman's Reef ... Hope Reef ' .. ... Homeward-bound ...

,

YACKANDANDAH DIVISION,

B

B

igelow and Clingan

igelow amj. Kelly

Bolam and Co. ... Bolam and Co. ...

INDIGO PIVISION.

Magenta ... Russell and' Co. W R

akeford and Co. oughead and Co.

Tr;'ll crushings ... T, Place ... Moore and Co. ... Trial crushings ... rvilkinson and Co. '\

E d wards and Co .... \ .

BUCKLAND DrvrsIOx.

Law, Hanna, and Co. Bromley and Co .... Belt Rnd Co, ...

...

...

. ..

...

...

... ...

... ... ...

...

... ... ...

... ...

... Sloane and Co.... • .. Johnson, Morgan and Co .....

Osborne, Hazelton and Co. Oshorne and Stephens ' ... H. R. Brown ... ... H ughes, Brown and Co. ...

"

Wllere Quartz was'obtalned, I Quartz Crushed, Average I Remarks relative to the

Yield of Gold Total YIeld of Depth at which the per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &e.

tons aWl. qt. oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr.

Barry's Reef ... ... 1,608 0 0 o 17 12'76 1,409 II 0 70 to 500 feet Barry's Reef ... ... 318 0 0 0 4 4'23 66 8 0 120 feet Barry'~ Reef ... 995 0 0 0 Ii 17'61 i 285 5 0 140 feet ~Vright's Reef ... 550 0 0 0 7 16'9 210 18 18 50 to 100 feet Wright's Heef ... 182 0 0 1 0 7'78 184 19 0 120 to 150 feet Yankee Reef '" ... 250 0 0 0 9 15'36 120 10 0 60 feet Schmion'. Reef ... 100 0 0 0 5 7'20 26 10 0 60 feet ;Vlanheim Reef . .. 83 0 0 0 3 2'75 12 18 12 35 feet Simmons' Reef ... 270 0 0 0 3 3'46 42 8 22 HO feet i-;immons' Reef ... 500 0 0 0 2 16'32 67 0 0 130 feet Hi!! Hill ... .. . 100 0 0 0 3 5'64 16 3 12 120 feet Barry's Reef ... ... 98 0 0 0 5 4'90 25 10 0 250 feet

----------------Totals ... ... 5,054· 0 0 0 9 18'41 2,468 2 16

------- ----- ,-----Ashton's . .. . .. 30 0 0 o 16 16 25 0 0 100 feet

BEEC¥WORTH MINING DISTRICT.

Myrtleford ... llO 0 0 0; 4 18'98 26 7 0 90 feet Granite Creek . .. 10 0 0 o 12 0 6 0 0 10 feet Myrtleford ... . .. 30 0 0 0 8 6'40 12 8 0 60 feet Myrtleford 9 0 0 0 S 21'38 4 0 0 Surface

, . .. . .. Myrtlcford ... .., 170 0 0 0 4 4'37 35 11 0, 200 feet Stony Creek '" ... IS 0 0 o 14 0' 12 12 0 30 feet Stony Crpek ... .. . 22 0 0 I 0 0 22 0 0 Surface Back Creek ... . .. 33 0 0 o 15 0 24 15 0 80leet Back Creek ... . .. 13 0 0 0 6 12'92 4 Ii 0 50 feet Wombat Gully . .. 85 0 0 3 II 10'28 125 0 0 50 feet Ba~in Creek' . .. 9 0 0 :) 5 13'33 47 10 0 60 feet Three-mile Creek ... 40 0 0 0 4 0 S 0 0 Surface Hurdle FliLt , .. . .. 69 0 0 0 8 23'65 31 0 0 90 feet Hurdle Flat . .. ... 48 0 0 I 5 J5 61 10 0 90 feet Hurdle ~'Iat ... .. . 4 0 0' 1 10 0 6 0',0 Surface Hurdle,Flat ... . .. 12 0 0 o 16 0 9 12 0 Surface Rocky Point ... . .. 160 0 o i

-o 19 0 I

IfJ2 0 0 ,440 f£'et

TotRls ... ... 792 0 0 0 14 20'66 588 JO '0

Homeward-bound, HilIs- 650 0 0 0 7 6 235 12 12 380 to 355 feet borough

' ,

Bon Accord Reef, mils- 110 0 0 010 4 55 18 8 50 feet borough

Scandinavian Reef, 8 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 Surface Twist's Creek

' ,

Homew:trd-bound Twist's Creek

Reef, 143 10 0 o 13 22'49 100 0 0 200 feet

-~---- ------.------ ,

Totals ... .. , 911 10 0 0 8 18'40 399 10 20

Magenta Reef ... . .. 200 0 0 0 JO (\ 100 0 0 80 to 100 feet Ruseell's Reef ... ... 32 0 0 0 II· 6 18 0 I) 60 to 100 feet, Wakeforrl's Reef '" 16 10 ' 0 1 1 5'09 17 10 0 20 to 70 feet Ibnner's Reef ... 24 '0 0 1 7 12 33 0 0 80 to 110 feet VRrious reefs ... - 21) 0 0 0 7 19'20 7 16 0 Surface to 60 feet Good Hope Reef 'OO li9 0 0 I 8 1'07 251 0 0 60 to 80 feet H. Burns' Reef .. . 49 0 0 2 16 11'63 139 0 0 80 to 100 feet Various reefs ... ... 20 10 0 I 4 2'34 2-1, 14 0 ::\ul'face to 10 feet Llinarkshirc Reef , .. 21 0

~I 1 5 17'14 27 0 0 80 to 100 feet

Not, known ... . .. ·7 5 4 5 12'41' 31 0 0

Totals ... ... 569 5 o! I 2 19'24 649 0 '0 ------- --,--- ------

Harrietville.

United Miners' Reef ... 1,500, 0 0 0 17 11'84 1,312 0 0 350 feet Rose of A ustraJia ... ,23 0 0 I II 17'73 36 10 ,0 40 feet Unity ... .. . 49 0 0 1 15 0 8.'\ 15 0 40 feet Never-too-JJate ... 50 0 0 I 12 0 80 0 0 20 feet Southern Cross ... 600 0 0 0 'I 18'~ 58 0 0 150 feet

Smoke Creek and Ovens Rive,'.

Homeward-bound ... 1,040 0 0 o 11 7'jl 588 14 12 200 feet J.anarkshire ... ... 50 0 0

I 0 6 9'60 ]6 0 0 100 feet

Harp of Erin '" ... 60 0 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 80 feet America ... . .. 28 0 0 2 0 0 56 0 0 25 feet

.

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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivil'ioll during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of Remarks relatJve to the Ilnd Where Quartz was obtained, Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the

Name ot Company. per Ton, Quar~z was obtained, &0.

BUCKLAND DIVISlON- tons owt. qt, oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr.

continued. ~ Running Creek.

Happy Valley ... ... Happy Valley, &c. (4) ... 1,030 0 0 0 5 1'16 260 0 0 120 to 560 feet

.Morse's and Growler's cree/Is,

James, Brown, and Greene London Red ... ... 194 0 0 2 0 0 3SS 0 0 Snrfaceto 175ft, Rowe and Co. ... ... \Yonloomooloo Reef . .. ~IS 0 0 0 17 IS'66 16 0 0 70 feet E,M,Gill ... ... Home Beef .. , .. . 300 0 0 0 3 19"68 57 6 0 100 feet McGill, Clingin. and Co, ... Hillsborough Reef . .. 1,200 0 0 0 15 0 900 0 0 190 feet Hazelton and Duncan ... Queen of the Soulh Reef 300 0 0 0 10 0 HiO 0 0 Not stated Cornish United ... Alpine and EI{!"in Reef(3) 1,050 0 0 0 3 6'17 171 0 0 30 to 130 feet Nicholls, Halvey, and Co, ... Gunnies Lake Heef ... 45 0 0 o 14 19"73 '33 7 0 80 feet Hood and Coutts ... ... Try Again Reef ... 105 0 0 o 15" 12'57 SI 10 0 Not stated McLean, Mortimer, and Co. English and Weleh Reef 182 0 0 I I 1265 195 IS 0 70 feet

'" ... ... . .. Caernarvon ... . .. 15 0 0 0 8 0 6 0 0 36 feet Jones, Benyon, and Co. ... Albion Reef ... 38 0 0 1 2 15'15 43 0 0 60 feet Martin and Co. • .. ... ~Retlrnth Reef .•• ... 40 0 0 0 6 12 13 0 0 60 feet Cardwell, May, and Co. ... lIIyrtle Reef ..• . .. 213 0 0 2 16 5'85 599 0 0 50 to 80 feet Kinkade, Wallace,and Co .... Rai! way Reef ... J92 0 0 o 14 6'50 137 0 0 50 feet

Buckland. Hill's Tribute ... . .. Alta and Nelson Heef ... 90 0 ,0 0 17 21'33 SO 10 0 200 feet Thorpe and Co. ... ... Perse\"erence Reef .. . 48 0 0 "0 19 4 46 0 0 50 feet Curry and Co. ... ... Perfect Cure Heet ... 15 0, 0 0 5 S 4 0 0 50 feet Keane and Co. ... ... General Jackson Reef ... 18 0 o· o 10 U 9 0 0 35 feet J. A. Wallace ... ... Miner's Hight Reef ... 88 0 0 o IS 10'63 SI 3 0 230 feet McDonald and Sagoe ... Unicorn Reef ... ... 34 0 0 1 12 9'17 55 1 12 100 feet R. Howman and Co. ... Lady ~aley Reef ... 41 0 0 0 9 5'26 18 IS 0 SO feet Hall and Co. ... . .. Hobin Hood Reef ... ... 32 0 0 o 13 IS 22 0 0 30 feet J. Monaghan ... . .. Ireland Reef ... ... 14 0 0 I 17 20'57 26 10 0 55 feet

Totals ... ... 8,702 0 0 o 12 22'77 5,634 3 0 ALl'lXANDRA SUDDlVIBION. ---------------

Martin Egan ... ... Outward-bound Reef ... 13 0 0 o 17 22'15 11 13 0 Philip Ryan ... . .. Outward-bound Reef ... 3 0 0 0 7 S 1 2 0 . Waters and party ... Redivivus Reef ... 16 0 0 o 17 12 14. 0 0 Menoni and party ... Durham Reef "" ... 22 0 0 0 4 8'73 4 16 0 lao feet Johnson and party ... Durham Reef ... ... S 0 0 0 3 22"50 1 11 12 Surface to 10 ft. Albert Tribute ... ... Albion Heef ... .. . 9 0 0 o 13 7'33 5 19 IS SO feet Albion ... ... ... Albion Reef, ... 6 0 0 0 5 8 1 12 0 130 feet Murrindindi ... . .. Higinbotham Reef . .. 36 0 0 0 2 12 410 0 50 feet Tea Tree ... . .. Welcome Reef ... 91 0 0 o 15 19'63 71 19 11 Croosus ••• .. ... Lily Reef '" ... 22 0 0 o 15 0 16 10 0 200 teet Hitchcock and party ... Kangaroo Reef ... 10 0 0 6 11 19'20 65 18 0 30 feet Hewitt and party ... Galatea Reef ... .., 4 0 0 7 4 3 28 16 12 50 feet

------ ------Totals ... ... 240 o "0 o 19 0'82 228 S 5

·GAFFNl'lY'S CREKK SUB-DIVlSION.

Great Eastern ... . .. Homeward-bound Reef .. , 450 0 0 0 2 0'14 45 2 17 150 feet, about Victoria ... ... Homeward-bound Reef .•• 600 0 0 0 1 1955 54 8 18 175 feet, about Lauraville ... . .. Homeward-bound Reef .•• 400 0 0 0 1 7'S6 26 1\ 0 150 feet, ahout Wallaby . - Wallaby Reef... 360 0 0 (j 2 12 45 5 0 175 feet, about ... ... . .. Royal... , ... ... Wallaby Reef... ... 340 0 0 o 12 0'21 204- 3 0 100 feet, about Rose of Denmark ... Eureka Reef '" .. . 780 '0 0 0 4 5'66 165 4 0 500 feet, about

. _-----------Totals , .. ... 2,930 0 0 0 3 16'58 540 14 11

WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. --------Hope ... ' ... . .... lI~orning Star Reef ... 60S 0 0 0 7 23"93 243 2 6 Various depths

to 350 feet Alps Great Central ... !\Iorning Stltr Heef ... J50 0 0 I 0 6:40 152 0 0 2S0 feet, about Woods Point .••• ... Morning Star Reef . .. 576 0 0 o 10 S-96 298 15 0 2S0 feet, about No.1 and 2 North Morning Star Beef ... 180 0 0 0 6 9"20 57 9 0 300 feet Prospeetors' Morning Sta~" Morning Star Reef ... 600 0, 0 0 o 16:40 20 10 0 150 feet Telegraph ... • .. 'Yaverly Beef ' ... 300 0 0 0 3 "16'S8 55 II 0 J 50 feet All Nations ... All Nations Reef ... 290 0 0 0 223'17 43 0 0 300 "feet Prince of Wales ::: All Nations Reef 240 0 0 0 5" 6 63 0 0 200 feet

, ... Alliance Miner's ... ... Alliance Miner's Reef ... 300 0 0 1 12 0 480 0 0 i 75 to 200 feet

--------------Totals ... 3,244 0 0 0 S 17'13 1,413 7 6

BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION, ----------------Luck's-All ... . .. 'Varner's Reef 600 0 0 0 5 4 155 0 0 300 feet, about Londonderry cum Retriever Rail way Reef ... ... 1,200 0 0 0 3 10 205 0 0 300 feet, about The Unknown ... ... Unknown Reef .. . 23 0 0 3 5 5'22 75 0 0 100 feet, about

--------------Totals ... ... l,S23 0-0 0 4 18'54 435 0 0

JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. --------------Golden Nugget Tribute ... Baker's Creok ... 150 0 0 0 3 4'32 23 17 0 liO feet Venture ... Mack's Creek 400 0 0 0 7 975 14S 2 12 100 feet

------------ ------Totals ... ... 550 0 0 0 6 6"08 171 19 12

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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision uuring the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Dlvi.lon and Subdivision, I and' Where Quartz 'Yas obtelned.

Name of Company, !

----'-1 . ,

Average Quartz Crushed. I', Yield of Gold

per Ton.

tons·cwt. qr.1 oz. Ilwt. gr.

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

!

SANDHURST'DIVISION.

Garden Gully United ... Garden Gully Reef ... 3,102 0 0 2 6 10'57 Lazarus New Chum ... New-chum Gully ... 1,459 0 0 o 14 7'53 Hercules ... ... Victoria Reef . .. , 3,873 0 0 0 6 4'06 G. G. Consolidated ... Golden Gully ... ... 3,057 0 0 0 8 10'71 Koch's Pioneer .• , , ... Long Gully ... 7;785 0 0 0 9 14'67 ... Great Extended Hustler's ... Hustler's Reef ... ·6,178 0 0 0 9 14'73 Great Hustler's ... . .. Hustler's Reef ... 2,050 0 0 o 12 )2'01 Hustler's Reef i .. Hustler's Reef 2,193 0 0 o 18 1\'09 ... Victoria Consols ... ... Victoria Reef 4,387 0 0 011 4'74-... Victoria Reef ... ... Victoria Reef '" 2,542 0 0 o 1021'23. Metropolitan ... i . .. Golden Square .. . 3,981 0 0 o 10 12'55 . Johnson's Reef ... ... California Gully ... 3,301 0 0 0 5 23;76 Beehive ... ... . Eaglehawk ... .. . 2,120 0 0 o 13 5'34 Louisa ... . .. Devonshire Gully 3,334 0 0 0 8 10'77 Catherine Reef United ... Eaglehawk . .. 1,773 0 0 o 12 18'26 W. Rae ... ... . .. Happy Valley ... 3,091 0 0 o II 17'14 Fortuna Works ... ; ... New-chum Gully ... 2,020 O. 0 ,I. 7.23'88. Albert ... Diamond Hill ... 945 . 0 0 0 8 ,2'78 Bendigo'~~d Meljj~urne ... Kangaroo Flat ... 2,634 0 0 011 9'Ol Great Britain... l, ... Golden [Square . .. 3,801 0 o· 0 6 15'33 Abe Lincoln ... ... New-chum Gully ... 4,200 0 0 1 14 8'72 Shellback ... . .. Shellback Reef . .. 1,583 0 0 0 6 23'01 Roberts Bros.

, Specimen Hiil, Long Gully 90 0 0 0 9 0 ... ...

Barkly Reef ... . .. Elysian Flat... ' ... 50 0 0' 011 3'84 Perfect Cure , * .... ... Crusoe Gully ... ... 342 0 0 0 6 22'17 New Chum and Victoria ••• Victoria Ret:;f; ... I ... 2,641 ' O. 0 0 8 4'07 Wilson's Reef ... : . .. M:arong . .. . .. 1,448 0 0 0 6 9'72 Golden Fleece ... " ... Stafford Reef ••• ... 2,689 0 0' 0 5 9'05 New Nelaon Reef ... California Gully ,." 3,400 0 0 0 8 9'45

-----Totals ... 0>' 80,069, 0 0 o 12 17'99

1-----HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND !

I' WARANGA SOUTR SUB-DIVI!!ION.

Costerfteld ... ... (",osterfield ... .. . 188 0 0 o 13 8'55 Hall and Marchesi ... Various place,!! . .. 270 0 0 o 1420'17 ;r ohn Collins ... . .. Redeastle ... . .. 83 0 0 014 5'71

------, -----Totals ... '" 541 0 0 o 14 5'57

--:""l"-

WARANGA NORTI,i: SUB-DIVISION.

R. Crocker and Co., ... Scrub Reef ... .. . 5 0 0 1 16 0 Cortezi and Co. ... .", •• t Corrobboree Reef ... 89 0 0 0 5 3'24 Sinnott and Co. "', ... Frenchman's Reef ... 39 0 0 0 8 19'69 Milleay and Co. • .. '" West Growler's Reef ... 38 0 0 0 8 0 Scnrry and Co. ... ... Scrub Reef ... ... 92 0 0 0 6 14'87 Welch a.nd Co. • .. ' ... White Hills ... . .. 109 0 0 3 13 19'38 Vaughan Ilnd Co. ... Belfas t Reef ... ... 83 0 0 0 3 11'57 Porter and Co. ... . .. White Hills ... . .. 1l 0 0 0 7 1'64 Bock and Co. ... ... White Hills '" ... 10 0 0 I o 21'60 Hodge and Co., ... ... White Hilla ... ... 3 0 0 0 8 0 Keys and Co. ... ... 'White Hills ... . .. 12 0 0 o 10 0 Ludlow ind Co. .. ~ ... White Hills ... . .. 4 0 0 o 12 4'50 Ryan and Co. ... ... White Hills ... . .. 12 0 0 0 o 17 Balaclava Sub Tribute ... Balaclava Hill, Whroo ... 295 0 0 o 12 16'45 Stock and Co, ... ." Stockyard Reef ... 20 0 0 0 6 18 Various crushings ... Chief!. y WI1i t e Hills ... 115 0 0 0 8 22'01 Oppermann and Co. ... Coy's Diggings . .. 6 0 0 27 8 8 Scanlan and Co, ... ... Coy's Diggings ... 11 0 0 3 4 13'09 Bryant and Co. ... Coy's Diggings ... 90 0 0 0 8 16 Va.rious crushings ... Coy's Diggings ... 156 0 0 o 12' 0'88

------? ,

1,200 0 0 0 18 13'53 I Totals ... ... , . ,

I . Remarks relative to the : Totel Yield of Depth at which the : Gold. Quartz was obtained, .!ie •.

1---:. dwt~ -----

,7,202 19 0 1,044 4 0 1,194 14 10 1,291 1 0 3,741 4 12 2,969 15 0 1.281 6 0 2,024 8 0 2,456 4 0 c'

1,383 9 0 2,094 13 0

988 14 0 1,401 12 0 1,408 8 11 Mixed lots .1,131 5 2 from various reef • ·1,810' 9. 14

(Set: ll~e 31) 2,827 10,.0 .,. " 0

383 9,12 " . 1,498 3 .0 ; .'1 , ,

,1,261 15 0 7,216 6 0

550 15 18 40 10 0 27 18 0

118 18 0 1,078 16 0

463 15 0 723 0 0

1,427 0 0

51,042 3 7

;.

I'

125 11 0 520 feet 200 7 0 Various depths' 59 1 18 Various depths

384 19'18 -,

9 0 0 22 17 0 17 4 0 15 4 0 30 9 0

402 5 0 .. i4 9 0 . . 3 17 18

10 9 -0 1 4 0 Mostly shallow; 11.1 6 0 0 above 'water level 2 8 18 0 8 12

187 2;6 6 15 0

51 5 12 164 10 0 35 10 0 39 0 0 93 17 18

1,113 16 12

11

QUANTITY of QUA.RTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued •

• Division and Subdivision,

Where Quartz was obta.lned. Average Total-Yleld of Remarks·relatlve to the

arid Quartz Crushed. YIeld of Gold Depth a.t which the Name?f Oompany. per Ton • Gold. Quartz was o)ltalned, &e. .

tons ewt. qr I oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.


MARYB0J,i0UGH DIVISION.

Bristol Hill ' ... Johnston and Sons Penny and Claussen Mariner's Reef ...

MAJORCA SuBDIVISION.

Deed Brothers ...

AMHERST DiVISION.

Croydon ... Fenton and Co. ... Busch and Co. ... Specimen ...

... Bristol Bill ... .. . 1,841 0 0 0 3 22'86 265 o 12 310 feet ... Public crushings ... 338 0 0 011 0'26 186 1 16 Various

... Public crushings . .. 231 0 0 011 S 130 18 0 Various

... Public crushings . .. 250 0 0 o 12 22'OS 161 10 0 Various

Totals ... ... 2,160 0 0 0 6 21'22 743 10 4

-------------

... Alfred Reef, Gully

German 20 0 0 2 0 0 40 0 0 233 feet level. Reef

... Laura Reef ... .. . ... Prince of Wales Reef ... ... Prince of Wales Reef ... ... Churchhill Reef . ..

______ -------- 15 inches thick

565 0 0 0 3 10'46 151 0 0 o 19 IS'59 229 0 0 0 9 23'05

20 .0 0 o 10 12

96 11 12 149 6 0 114 1 0 10.10 0

150 feet. 70 to 90 feet 62 to 90 feet 54 feet

Clements and Co. ..... Whipstick Reef ... 10 0 0 2 0 9'60 : 20 4 0 40 feet Warrior ... Sundries . ,.

AVOCA SUBDIVISION.

Monte Christo ... Murdoch ... Haberle .. . Not named .. .

... ... .,. 20 0 0 0 7 1 . 7 020 UdnyReef ... Various ... . .. _40 ~.~_O .1_6 ~ Totals ... . .. 1,035 0 0 0 '1 19'20 403 13 S

- ---------1-----

... Monte Christo Reef... 646 0 0 0 2 22'59 ••• Pioneer Reef ••• ... 42 0 0 1 9 18'29 ''', Vale's Reef... ... 55 0 0 1 19 S'29 ... Township Reef ... 20 0 0 0 2 21'60

95 0 0 62 10 0

Monte Christo Mill d'" Vart9us ... ... 19 0 0 ,0 3 17'68 Green's Reef ... ••• 23 0 0 0 3 7-30

lOS 4 0 2 IS 0 3 11 0 3 16 0

Davies and Simons Various parcels ...

... Leicestershire Reef... 10 0 0 1 10 S'40 15 3 12 10 18 3 ... Percy dale and Donkey' 166 0 0 0 1 7'54

Hill ----- --,--1----1 Totals... ... ·981 0 0 0 6 3'7f;t '302 0 15

-----1--,.--------

60 feet

Surface to 40 feet Near surface

Near surface

DUNOLLY AND TABNAGULLA D1VISIONS.

Queen's Birthday

Bet-bet Reef T.·W, and J, Pike United Poverty Reef Kern and Stone ••• Drayton and Co ....

KORONG DIVISION.

Fane's' ...

... Bealiba Reef, Goldsbo- i

rough ... Bet-bet Reef ... ... Perseverance Reef ... Poverty"Reef ... ... Break1o'-Day Reef ... ••• Pipeclay Reef

Totals ...

... Fone's Reef ...

REDBANll: AlliD ST. ARNAUD SOU1'H SUBDIVISIONS.

New Isis Eureka Darling Flat

... Oxonian Reef •• :

.. . Eureka Reef .. .

... Rubbly Reef .. .

Totals ••• ST, ARNAUD NORTH SUB

DIVISION.

Rising Star .. . Wilson's Hill .. . Chrysolite ... Greenock ... Smith and Co. . •• Edwards .•• Dawe and St. Clare

Rising Star Reef ••• Wilson's Hill ... ... Western Reef ... Greenock Reef ... Devonshire Reef ... Garibaldi Reef ,.. Pioneer Reef .• ,

Caledonia Reef

731 0 0

151 0 0 100 0 0 257 0 0 46 0 0 2S 0 0

o 5 13'95

o 7 12'37 001 o 2 21'44 070 0' 6 18

204 0 0 335 feet

56 14 21 30 feet 5 0 0 100 feet

37 3 15 16 2 0 SO feet 990

1,313 0 0 0 5 0'08 328 9 12

1,162 0 0 0 10 17'76 624 0 0 375 feet

360 0'" 0' 0, III 15'SO 9 0., 0 0 13 5'33

40000112'40

227 17 0 140 feet 5 19 0 80 feet, or water level

22 4 0

409 0 0 0 12 12'24 256 0 0

204 0 0 100 0 0

1,119 0 0 200 0 0

20 10 0 200

25 0 0 900

o 19 14'59 o 19 23'76 o 5 15'43 060 o 7 7'61 200 o 6 17'28 080

200 0 0 460 feet 99 19 0 300 to 380 feet

315 14 6 460 feet 60 0 0'

7 10 0 40 feet 400 S 8 0 3 12 0

--·---1--,..---- -----Totals ... .... 1,679 10 0 0 S 7'82 699 3 6

12

QUANTITY Qf :QUARTZ Crushed in each Divisjon and Subdivision during the Quarter, &e.-cQtltinued.

Dlvision and Subdi~Igfon, and

Name of Compa~y.

I " Avernge I 1 I Where Quartz was obtained. I QUartz Crushed. Yield 01 Gold T{}tao!~ld 01

per Ton.. I . -------------------I tons cwt. qt. OZ, dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr. 1


CA8TLEMAINE DIVISION.

O,Q,X, ... Volunteer ... New Caledonia ... Eureka Con.ols ; Eureka Tribute ... William Tell .. , Euergetic ••• Devonshire ... Ajax aud others .:. Walker and others Lewes and others ' Callander ... Englishman's ...

..' Volunteer Reef ... VOIU!lteer Reef .•• Caledonia Reef ... ]~ureka Reef ... ... Flureka lieef ... ... Chewton Heef ... Manchester Reef ... Devonshire Reef ... Campbell's Creek ... Wattle Gully Reef ... Nimrod Reef ... ... Forest Creek ... ." Englishman's Reef

FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. Totals ...

Garnet and Co. ... Cumberland ... Burdett Coutts .. . Black Hawk .. . Fryers' .... • .. Ferron's Reef ... Anglo Australian Hope Tribute .:. Redhouse and White MeDonald and Wilson Rowe Brothers ... Small and Co. .' .. Rowe Brothers ... Duke Cornwall, •..• Duchess ••. Cattle's Reef ... Middlesex .••

HEPBURN DIVISION.

... Hit-or-Miss

... Cattle's Reef ...

... Cattle's Heef ...

... Cattle's Reef .. '

... Cattle's Heef ' ..

..• Ferron's Heef. ..

... Cattle's Reef ' ..

... Cattle's Reef ...

... Ferrou's Reef ... ,.. German Gully ... Cattle's Reef ... ... Cattle's Reef ... ... Ferron's Reef. .. ... Cattle's Reef ••• .., Cattle's Reef ' .. ... Cattle's Reef ... ... Bullock Reef ...

Totals , ..

, ~ ...

816 384

3,385 928 390

1,117 511

1,003 720 60

364 380

51

o 0 o 0 o 0 o . 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0

o 15 18'44 o 19 12'56 o 4 7'55 o 6 21'23 o 15 2'05 0,4 5'84 o 7 6'44 o 8 9'46 o 3 7'98 o 15 7'50 o 6 21'28 o 10 0'51 I 2 1'41

643 7 0 374 17 0 730 5 0 319 9 0 294 3 9 237 0 0 185 14 3 '420 19 12 119 19 10 45 18 18

125 6 21 190 8 0

5G 5 Q

10,109 0 0 0 7 9'76.3,743 13 1

10 0 0 490 0 0 80 0 0

1,200 0 0 308 0 0

1,624 0 0 301 0, 0 '20 0 0 76 0 0 24 0 0

1,415 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 684 0 0 210 0 0 300 0 0

93 0 0

o 10 0 o 4 12-i3 I o 2 7'50 o 8 13'32 o 11 20'96 o 3 11'05 o 9 3'74 1 19, 0 o 3 10'10

.1 15 0 o 1421'70 o 10 14'40 o 2 0 o I 23'43 o 2 13','i0 o 3 3'20 o 13 6'70

500 III 0 0 950

513 6 0 182 17 0' 281 0 0 137'16 0 39 0 0 13 0 0 42 0 0

1,054 9 14, 53 0 0 15 0 0 67 12 0 30 15 0 47 0 0 61 15 0

7,lI5 0 0 0 7 1l'70 2,663 15 14

Remarks relative to the Depth at whIch the'

Qua.rlz,wa.s obtained, &c.

120 feet 120 feet ) 60 to 200 feet 280 to 360 feet 280 to 360 feet 90 feet 80 to 150 feet 250 to 304 feet Various' 235 feet Various Various 270 feet

50 to 60 feet 200 to 220 feet 140 feet 170 feet ' .. 230 to 265 feet ' 130 to 198 feet 80 feet 80 feet 140 to 160 feet 60 feet 110 to 165 feet 180 to 200 feet 100 to 235 feet .. 110 to 170 feet 50 feet 100 feet

Cerberus ... White and party; Jenkins' mills ...

.•• All Nations Reef .. ,

... Goldsmith's Reef __ .

... Mauritius and Willard's

66 0 '0 20 0 0 94 0 0

o 8 11'63 o 18 0 o 13 3'44

28 0 0 80 teet 18 0 0 30ieet 61 15 12 30feet

C. Morrison and ,Co. North Cornish ... Barkla's mills ... Mawby and party Anehor Tribute .. . Specimen Hill .. .. Risk's Prospect ; .. . Cornish... .. . Black Jack, ' .. . McDonnell .. . South Argus .. , Rean's Tribute ...

l'e'(fs ... , .. ... Chance Reef .. , .. . ... Cornish Reef... .. . ... Spring Creek ... • .. ... Mauritius Reef ... ,.. Mauritius Beef ... ... . Specimen Hill .. , ,.. Glengower... ... ... Cornish Reef ... '" ... Black Jack Gully .•• ... , Stony Creek ... .., ... Crown Reef .. : ' •• , .. , Commissioner's Heef ...

34 0 0 612 0 0 396 0 0 474 0 0 178 0 0

2,589 0 0 45 0 0

6,331 0 0 60 0 0 55 0 0 95 0 0 53 0 0

o 6 1'41 o 4 9'58 o 12 17'4.2 o 9 0'63 o 4 19'39 o 6 13'92 o 13 ,8 o 5 20'96 o 2.12'80 o 8 1'30 o 8 18'94 o 19 12'67

10 6 0 134 12 4 251 19 12 213 18 12 42'1521

851 15 20 30 0 0

1,8;'9 ~ 15 7 12 0

22 3 0 18 0 0 51 15 0

--------1----,-----,--------1 TARADALE AND KYNETON Totals ... ... . 11,102 0 0 o 6 11'72 3,601 Ii 0

• ' SUBDIVI,SION,

Taradale United ... Fenton' ... , '" Adventure , .. , Extended Napier North Energetic ... Tommy Dodd : ... Patton's •• ,

.. , Tar'adale , .. Taradale .. , Taradale ... Lauriston ... J .. auriston '" Malmsbury '" Taradale

1,500 0 1,600 0

100 0 1,425 0

127 0 o o

2,241 22

o o o o

'0,

o

o !l Jl'OI o 5 10'}7 020 o 6 )'73 o 3 12 o 6 16'11 300

i09 433

10 432

22 147

66

7 22 18 O' o 0

13 0 4 12

10 0 o 0

: , TARRANGOWER DIVISION,

I

Totals , ..

o , .,. , _____ ~II-----I , __ 7,015 0 ,:. 0 6 21:70 2,421 13 10

Caledonian mills ... , Linscott's mil1~ ... ,

Phrenix mills

Great Western ... Eaglehawk Union Thornhill's Reef ... Britannia •. ,

/

... Eaglehawk, Cookman's and 'Yatkins' Reefs

.._ 'Nuggety, Eaglehawk, Linscott's, and Church Hill

... Otago, Cookman's, Beehi,e, and Eaglehawk

, reefs '.. BeehiYe Reef .,. , .. ... Eaglehawk Reef' .. , ... Thornhill's Reef .. . ,.. Red, 'Vllitc, and Blue .. .

Totals .. ,

339 0 0 o II 188 8 0

942 0 0 o 16 23'49 799 14 0

332 0 0 o 9 15'90 160 8 0

i!H 0 0 0 12 12'54 497 3 0 1,895 0 I) I 0 17 6'58' 1,636 15 0 1,145 '0 0 0 5 031 287 0 0

675 0 0 0 5 3'73 174 0 0 ------------- -----, 6,122 ,0 0 I 0 12 5'50 3,743 II 0

25 feet 90, 150, nnd 326 :feet 30, 35; and 100 feet is'feet 90 feet ) 70 to 383 feet 50 feet 100 to,480 feet fOO to 150 feet' 4 to 45 feet 95 feet i3 feet

130 feet 200 feet 2{0 feet

130 feet 190 feet 32 feet

140 to 550 feet

Surface to 560 feet

Surface to 300 feet

Surface to 300 feat 600 feet 300 to 500 feet 200 feet

13

QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-':continued.

Division and Subdivision, Avera.ge Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed, Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the

Name 01 Company. per Ton, Quartz was Obtained, &c. ._-------------- '-- -------

ST. ANDRl-:W'S DIVISION. tons e"t, qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. awt, gr,

Ninck and Co; Good Success ... 37 10 0 1 7 21'65 52 6 8 Hickards and Co. You-you 4 10 0 3 4 10'66 14 10 0' Surman and Co .... You-you 2 0 0 o 15 0 1 10 0 Quarman and. Co. Orams 1 5 0 3 16 0 4 15 0 Magnet Warrandyte " •• i 8 0 0 1 5 0 10 0 0 Mitchell Warrandyte 101- 0 0 o 16 12 11 11 0 Stiggants and Co. Wal'randyte 25 0 0 1 0 0 25 0 0 Pickwick Warrandyte 27 0 () o 11 16.89 15 16. 0 Dead Eye Warrandyte ,17 0 0 o 12 14'11 10 14 0 Allandale Diamond Creek 20 0 0 3 10 10'80 70 9 0

---------------------Totals ... 156 5 0

1 1 7 17'29 216 11 8

ARARAT. MJNlL~G DISTRICT.

AURJ.T DIVISION. I

I Jury and Party ... ... No.3 South, Moore's Reef ' 11 0 0: 0 1 15'55 o 18 3 67 feet

-------.-------------PLEASANT CItEEK DIVISION.

i Wimmera '" ... , .. ... ... 1,3,353 0 0 1 1 9'89 3,589 15 3 l'ioneer and Galatea ... .. , ... ... 4,078 0 0 o 19 6'54 3,929 13 14 Scotchman's Reef ... ... . .. ... 2,750 0 0 o 16 22'98 2,331 12 15 Moonlight '" ... . .. ... 2,930 0 0 I o 19'31 3,047 18 0 New St. George '" ... ... ... ... 2,614 0 0 I 3 14'46 3,084.17 12 Newington IJJ1d Pleasant ... ... ... 299 0 0 0 7 12'52 112 9 ()

Creek Germania ... ... ... ... . .. 328 0 0 0 14 16'68 241 0 0

Totals ... I ... 16,352 0 0 0 19 23'56 16,337 5 20

RA.GLJ.N DIVISION. -----Richmond ... ... Richmond Reef, 'Vaterloo 227 0 0 0 4 5'50 48 0 0

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

!

. J BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION •

Sons of Freedom '" ... SOIlS of Freedom, Boggy ISO 0 0 1 0 .4'40 lSI 13 '0 145 feet Creek

9 21'121

CROOKED RIVER Dr-nstoN.

Good Hope '" ... Good Hope Reef ... 510 0 0 0 251 19 0 80 feet Ludenburg and Co, ... Hopefnl Reef ... ... 30 0 0 1 4 16 37 0 0 60 to 80 feet Gladstone ... ... Vulcan Reef ... ... 9 0 0 011 2'66 5 0 0 50 feet Garry Ca.stle ... ... Republic Reef . .. 19 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 0 20 to 60 feet

-- --~--:-----. Totals ... 568 0 0 o 11 0'44 312 19 0 , .. .JERICHO DIVISION. ------ ------

Star of Hope ... ... Dry Creek . .. ... 530 0 0 0 2 12 66 5 0 Near the suruce

DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVI' i SIOS'.

Bismark United .. , ... ... ... . .. Il5 0 0 4 12 2'50 529 12 0 : 238 feet United Star '" ... ... ... ... 32 0 O. 1 16 6 58 0 0 . Creek level Gippsland Consols ... ... . .. . .. 195 0 O' 1 o 17'23 202 0 0 750 feet from crown 0 f

------ ------ hill 'l'otabl. ... .. , 342 0 0 2 6 4'21 789 12 0

STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION, ------ ------ --------J,ong Tunnel '" , .. Cohen's Ree.f .. , .. . 4,747 0 0 1 7 1~'36 6,590 2 0 Between 243 ft. and 323 ft. below water level

Walhalla '" ... Cohen's Reef ... . .. 3,820 0 0 1 0 j'85 3,882 10 0 Between 85 ft, and 185 ft, below water level

My Dream '" ... My Dream Reef . .. 36 0 0 0 13 1'33 , 23 10 0 150 feet from surface North Gippsland ... Cohen's Reef ... ..*' lQ8 0 () 0 7 22'55 : 42 17 12 50 and 254 feet below

water level Totals ... ... 8,711 0 0 1 4 4'72 10,538 19 12

~

RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION.

Cross Reef ... ... Pbe119antCreek ... 200 0 0 0 4 19'20 48 0 0 135 feet ---------------TJ.RWIN SUBDIVISION.

Golden Bar '" ... Stockyard Creek . .. 160 0 0 1 10 0 240 0 0 75 feet No.1 South ", ... Stockyard Creek ... 120 0 0, 1 10 0 180 0 0 eo feet Randell's '" ... Stockyard Creek ... 14 0 0: 1 0 0 14 0 0 107 feet

Totals .... . .. 294 0 01

1 9 12'57 434 0 0

14

I "

QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, ErC.

THE following in,ormation has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of QUARTZ TAILINGS and MULLOOK, &13., Crushed ill the several Divisions and Subdivisions: of each Mining District dUl'i~g the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

Division and Subdivision, Where 'Quartz Tailings and Quartz Talllngs Average Total 'Yield of and Mullock, &c., were and Mullock, &c., Yield of Gold Gold. Name of Company. , obtained. Crushed, per Ton. ----,

tons ewt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

BA.LLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CRESWICK DIVISION. Tributers Port Phillip South Clunes ...

... Clunes

... Clunes I,S1l3 0 0

0 II

11,397 _ 0 j o 2 21'84 265 5 0 o 4 4'11 2,377 1 0

. BEECIIWORTH Di"vISION.

Rechabite ... I ... Black Magpie ... ...

:

:ALEXANDRA SuBDIVISION.

Albert ... ... ...

: ~ . ~ ! -

SANDIH1lUT DIVISION. Lazarus New ChjJ.m ... Great Extended ;Hustlers ...

, . I

HEATHOOTE DIVISION W ARANGA §iOUTH SUIlDIVI-

. SION'. George Harrisoli ... ... John Collins f ... ' ...

I

M..l..RYllOROUGR DIVISION. Penny and Clarissen ...

, AMHERST DIVISION.

Thos. Bartlemore ... AVOOA Sl1lJDIVIS~ON.

Avoca and Py~eneesmill ...

REDIlANK AND ST. AnNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS.

New Isis ... ... Lancashire mill ... ...

I'., .. ST. ARNAUD, NOllTJl.SUB-

DIVISION.

Douglas mill , , ... ... St. Arnaud mill ... ... Greenock ... ... ~ - - -i

Totals ... ... 13,22~-0-1-0-3-23-'-93- -2-,6-42--6-0-

I

nEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT •

Hurdle Flat ... ... 22 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 0 Basin Creek .., . .. 20 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0

----- ----Totals ... 42 0 0 0 3 11'42 .. 6 0 ... I

--------Lucky Reef . .. ... 100 0 0 0 5 IS'36 28 16 12

, '


:

New Chum Reef . .. 17 0 0 2 9 18'35, i 42 6 0 ,Hustler's Reef .•• ... 8 0 0 3 2 12 25 0 0

------ ~20.!6i TotaJ.s ... ... 25 0 0 67 6 0 -----,

Redcastle ... ... SOO 0 0 0 1 7'52 52 10 17 Redcastle' ... ... 60 0 0 0 1 4 <3 10 0

TotaJ.s ... ... 860 0 0 0 1 7'21 I 56 017

MA.RYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

,

Public crushing ... 560 0 0 0 1 13'15 43 7 0 ------

VariOU!! parts ... ... '65' 0 0 0 2 2.S2 • 81 0 0 . -----

Donk~y Hill ... . .. st 0 0 0 0 S'23 1 9 12 -----.---------

" ,

Oxonian Reef... ... 347 0 0 0 9 7'23 161 7 12 ... .. . ... 380 0 0 0 2 7'89 44 5 0 )' -,----

Totals ... ... 727 0 0 0 5 15'76 205 12 12 ----'.-

... ... . .. 390 0 0 0 2 12 48 15 • 0 ... ... .. . 300, 0 0 0 8 19'20 132 O' 0 Greenock Reef ... 250 0 0 0 3 0 37 10 0 - ---- ----

Totals ... ... 940 0 0 0 4 15'45 21S 5 0 t

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Mullock, &0" were obtained.

.

Quartz tailings . Mullock

.

Tailings

Quartz tailings

"

,

..

~ - - ..

..,

...

- Division and Subdivision, and'

Name or Company.

]5

QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, ETc.--continued.

Where Quartz Tailings and Mullock, &0., were

obtained.

Quartz Tailings and Mullock, &0.,

Crushed.

Average Yield of Gold

per Ton.

Total Yield of I Remarks relative to the Gold. Depth at whieh the.

• Mnllock, &e., were obtaiued. ----------- -------------------1------,-----------

lliPBUllN DIVISION,

Cerberus '" ... Gladstone ... .. ,

TARRANGOWER DIVISION.

North British from quartz tailings by compound cra-dles

Chinese washing tailings with compound quick-silver cradles

ST, AlIDREW'S DIVISION.

Ninck and Co, ... ...

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.

New St. George ... Scotchman reef ...

tons' cwi. qr, oz. dwt •. gr. oz. dwt. gr.


All Nations Reef ... 100 0 0 0 1 6'48 Sailor's Creek ... 35 0 0 0 1 18'86

Totals ... ... 135 0 0 0 1 9'68

... ... ... 960 0 0 0 o 17'13

... ... . t"._

1~6 0 0 0 o 18'97

Totals n. ... 8,296 0 0 0 o 18'76 ------

Good Success .•• ... 1'0 0 0 0 3 12

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

:Totals ...

-[ 64 0 0 0 '1 17

1,236 0 O! 0 1 10'02 ,

?~I·-0--1-7.-46-'i

! 6 '1 o . 30 to 40 feet 3 2 12 i Surface

9 9 12

34- 5 3

290 0 0

324- 5 3

1 15 0 I

24 13 8 Mullock 87 12 11 Quartz tailings

112 5 19\

PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS.

THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and Br,.ANKETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

Division and SubdivIsloD, and

Name of Company,

CENTRAL DIVISION.

The Llanberris ...

CRESWIOK DIVISION.

Port Phillip ... New North Clunes

Where Pyrites and Blnnkettag8 were obtained.

Pyrites Ilnd Blanketing.

operated on.

tons em. qr.

Average YIeld of Gold

per Ton.

oz. dm, gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

... Gllm-tree Flat 1 8 7'94

Total Yield of i Remarks relat!ye to the Gold Depth at whlch tM

• • Pyrites, &c., were obtained.

~wt, gr. 1--------

52 8 6 37 0 0·1 ----------11------

_74 0 0 I 69 10 0

... Clunes Reefs .. .

143 10 0 i Clunes Reefs ... .

Totals ...

2 19 21'72 2 17 6'73

2 18 15'21

221 13 0 199 1 0

420 14 0

;

16

QUANTI~Y of Pl'RII;ES and BLANKETINGS op~l'ated ou in each Division aud.Subdivision, &c.-continued.

Division and'Subdlvlsion, and

Name of Company.

BEECIIWORTH DIVISION, , . Reform ... , .. ... Miners Right ... . .. Prince Arthur Heef ...

Y.l.CKANDAND.l.II DIVISION. :

Bigelow and Clingan , ... BUCKLA.ND DIVISIO)or,

Happy Valley ... . .. GA.l!'li'NEX'S CREEK StinDI-

VISION, Rose of Denmark ...

SANDIIURSl' DIVISION.

I Where Pyrites and Blank.till·gS were obtained.

ryrites and Blanketlngs , operated on.

toni owt.

Total Yield of (lold.

oz. dwt. sr.

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

! "

Myrtleford . .. ... 5 0 0 2 12 7 13 I II Myrtleford ... ... 17 10· 0 1 11 17'14 ~7 15 0 :Myrtleford ... . . .. 8 3 OJ 1 15 18'40 14 II 12

----Totals ... ... 30 13 01 I 16 3'57 55 7'23

Homeward-bound, Hills- 90 0 ·0 1 4 0 108 O. 0 borough

01

Happy Valley Reef, &c, . 27 0 I 5 4'44 34 0 0 ______ 1 ______ :

8 0 0·1 1 8 12 I . Eureka Heef ... '" Jl 8 0


Koch's Pioneer J, T. Spargo Sandhurst and

... ... J~ong Gully ... 153 0 0 241 .0 0 239 0 0

2 12 1'56 4 2 4'97 1 14 1'43

898 6 0 990 12 0 410 0 0

Pyrites G, E, Beehive ... '

.. , '" Great Western Gully ... Eaglehawk Jackass Flat... . ...

400 2 2 13 8 10 4

i Totals ... 637 0 0 2 16 17'94 1,807 8 4


ST. ARNAUD NORTIi Sun-DIVISION. ,

Chrysolite ... ... Western Reef ... ... 81 0 0 0 13 10'97 54 10 0

CASTLEMAI~E MINING DISTRICT . . ,

RelllllJ'ks relative to the Depth at which the

l'yrites, &c., were obtained.

500 feet

CASTI.imA.INE DIVISION ..

01

Yates and Co. , Castlemaine 79 0 0 2 10 12'76 199 12 ... ... .. .

Eureka .... ... ... Eureka Reef ... . .. 2 0 0 4 14 6 9 8 12 280 feet

HEPBURN DIVISION. Totals ... . .. 81 0 0 2 11 14'66 209 o 12

Cornish ... ... Cornish Reef . .. 10 0 0 3 to 0 3li (, 0 } 100 to 480 feet Specimen-Hill ... ' ... Specimen Hill • •• I, 8 0 0 310 0 28 0 0

North Cornish _ .. ' ... Cornish Reef ... ... I 1 0 0 310 0 3 10 0

Totals ... ... 19 0 0 3 10 0 66 10 o~ -

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT .

. . PLE.l.SL"'T CREEK DIVISION.

Scotchman's Reef I ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 19 9 12 9 14 18

GIPPSLAND .MINING DISTRICT.

STRINGlIR'aCREElI'.DIVISION.

Long Tunnel ... ... Cohen's Reef ... . .. 61 17 0 I 19 7'31 121 11 0 Walhalla ... . .. Cohen's Reef ... ... 60 19 0 2 3 10'03 132 6 8

------Totals ... ... 122 16 0 2 1 8'31 258 17 8

• EsUamted.

17

WASHDIRT AND 'CE}IENT.

SUMMARY . . THE following information has been obtaine(l relative to the QUANTITY of WASHi)lRT Puddled and

Sluiced and CEUENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. !

Mining Districts. Qunntity Puddled AYernge Yield of Gold Total Yield of Gold from

nud Crushed. per Ton. Washdirt nnd Cement.

Waslldirt_ tOM owt. qr_ oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Ballarat ... ... ... ... . .. .. . 45,458 0 0 0 1 6-91 2,927 2 15 Beechworth ... .. , ... ... .. . . .. 15,610 0 0 0 2 8'91 1,850 12 8 Sandhurst ... ... . .. ... ... . .. 7,244 0 0 0 3 4-02 1,147 7 0 Maryborough ... ... ... ... ... .. . 12,881 0 0 0 2 S-55 1,517 9 6 Castlemaine ... ... .. . ... ... .. . 80,480 0 0 0 0 11"67 1,956 13 16 Ararat ... ... '" ... ... ., . 1,808 12 0 0 3 1-03 275 3 19 Gippsland ... ... ... ... ... . .. ... ... . ..

Totals ... ... ... 163,481 12 0 0 1 4-41 9,674 8 16

Cement. Ballarat ... ... ... . .. ... . .. 200 0 0 0 4 12 45 0 0 Beechworth ... ... ... ... ... . .. ... ... .. . Sandhurst ... ... ... . .. ... ... . .. ... . .. Maryborough ••• ... ... .. . ... ... 16 0 0 0 0 18'75 0 12 12 Castlemaine ... ... ... ... . .. . .. 1,153 0 0 0 2 0'15 115 13 0 Ararat ... ... .. , ... . .. ... 3;354 0 0 0 Ii 19'26 973 I 22 Gippsland ... ... ... . .. ... ... ... .. . ...

--------- ------------------Totals ... . .. . .. 4,723 0 0 0 4 19'28 1,134 7 10

" NOTl'!.-This Summary does not show the totnl quantities of wn8bdirt pud(iled and sluiced and cement eru.'hed, hut only the yield of certain

c:rushfngs, &e .• l'CSpectilll,f which the Mininj,t Surveyors and ltegistrnrs have been able to ohtaln information. OwIng to the cirCUmf'tllllce that many of the mncblne~owners are unable to givo or are precluded fJ'om giving information, it is impossible to get complete returns Crom every district, anll in consider .. Ing tho relative importance of eueh district, a. regurds alluvial mining. &c" the t1lbles relating to machinery should be examined and compared.

office of Mines, Melbourne, 20th July 1874.

WASHDIRT.

R. 'UROUGH SMYTH. Secretary for Mines.

THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY of W ASllDlRT Puddled 01' Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of'each Mining District ,luring the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

Division and Subdivision, and Where Washdirt WitS obtained. 'VasIl dirt l'uddled.: 1~i~~~tl~~ld

per Ton. Name of Company. -----1----1 tonB ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr.


CENTRAL DIVISION.

Golden Reef ... ... Ballarat West . .. 3,200 0 0 0 I 2'25 New Koh-i-noor ... ... Ballarat West ... 6,000 0 0 0 1 5'30 Eastern Star ... ... Ballarat East ... . .. 2,350 0 0 0 I 8'68 Golden Gate ... ... Ballarat West . .. 1,875 0 0 0 1 20'SO Koh-i-noor ... ... Ballarat West ... 3,589 0 0 0 2 15'79 Leviathan ... ... Cambrian Hill . .. 19,004 0 0 0 I 9

-------------Totals ... '" 36,018 0 0 0 I 1l'44

BUNINTONG DlVIiION. 1---'--Hopeful ... ... Green Hills LeRd ... . 900 0 0: 0 I 9'60

Board of Advice ... Green Hills Lead ... 900 0 0 0 1 15'47 ------- -------

Tolals ... ... 1,800 0 0 0 1 12'53

Total Yield of Gold.

oz. d",t. gr.

175 0 0 366 4 6 160 0 0 li5 0 0 477 0 0

1,306 II 0 ------2,659 15 6 ------

63 0 1

74 0 0 ------

137 0 1

. . "- - , .. No. 64.

Ilemarks relative to the Depth nt which the

Washdlrt was'obtained, &e.

220 feet 230 feet 160 feet 140 feet 290 feet 310 feet

104 feet from old workjpgs'

100 feei from old wot:kings

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QUANTITY of WASHDIRT Puddled or Sluiced in tIle seveml Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-;.continued.

Division ~n:n~ubdlvISion. Where Wasbdlrt w ... oblained,

Average . Total Yield I Remarks relative to tbe Washdlrt Puddled, Yield 01 GOld of Gold. • Deptb at which the

Name of Comp",n,., per'roll, i Washdirt was. obtained, &c. -----------_._---, tons om. qr, OZ, dwt. , gr. oz, dwt, gr. ,

BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNT.AIN SOUTH

SUBDI'VrSION.

Daley and four others . ,. Butchers' Flat ... 2,000 0 0 0 0 S'74 15 12 0 Surface to 12 feet Loislew and t,vo others ... Red Hill '" ... 2,50,0 0 0 0 0 5'10 26 2 0 Surface to 20 feet, Lowry and t~pother8 ... Back Creek ... 1,000 0 0 0 0 5'79 12 I 8 Surface to is feet Ah Tack and seven others .• , Kangaroo Flat ~!"~ .1 780 0 0 0 o 18'46 80 0 0 At 4 feet Ah Tie and five others ... Red Hill , .. . .. 260 0 0 0 I 20'31 24 0 0 At 6 feet Ah ToY, and five others ... Yankee Creek . .. 1,100 0 0 0 1 9'86 22 12 0 Surface to 3 feet

----------------_. ,

Totals .. , 7,640 0 0 0 0 8'19 130 7 8


, "

INDIGO ·DIVISION. , Doma Mungi Tribute ... Chiltern Lead ... 8,000 0 0 0 2 9'60 960 0 0 280 feet Caledonian and Durham ... CalcdOJ;1ian and Durham 2,OSO 0 0 0 2 2224 SOO 0 0 160 feet ,

Leads ----------- ------

Totals ... 10,050 0 0 0 2 12'17 1,260 0 0

ALEXANDRA. SUllDIVIBION, --.-.~------------ -New Gobur . ... ... Working Miners' Lead ... 5,560 0 0 0 2 2'99, S90 12 8 100 feet -,. - : ' ..

,

SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT.

SANDliuRST DIVISION. , Ballarat and Bendigo Huntly 1,200 0 0 3 16'30 220 15 0 From 11 0 to" 120 feet '" .. , ... o. Bagshot Deep Lead ... Huntly ... ... 1,707 0 o I 0 4 20'85 415 11 0 About 160 feet Sundry lots ... ... Huntly .. , .. . 1,500 0 0 0 2 9'60 180 0 0 About 80 feet Annabella. ... ... Huntly ... . .. 2,837 0 0 0 2 8'01 331 1 0 From l30 to 140 feet

. ------Tota.ls , .. . .. 7,244 '0 0 0 3 4'02 1,147 7 0

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT .

:p,IA.Rril~RpU«fH DIVISION,

. ..1 ' . : " .'"

John Brigh:t ' "' • ... ,

China.i:uan's Flat 5;300 2'14 150 feet .. ... 0 0 0 3 818 13 0 .

" ~ , .----

AMHERST DIVISION.

Band of Hope::-270 trucks Cockatoo . ' ... 3,996 0 0 '0 1 '2:28 218 16 6 100 feet

per diem for 74 working .

. dayB, at 5 trucks per ton

'Mount Greenock UO·feet ..

Hoffnung-90 trucks per ... 1,050 0 0, 0 5 1'25 265 5 o· ,diem for 70 working : .. , .., day's, at 6 trucks per ton

O! Union-ISO trucks per diem Mount Greenock' •• h· 2,100 0 0 1 0'20 127 15 0 340 feet for 70 working days, at5 -t;rucks per ton ' ,,-0 " .

. , , Totals ... . 7;146 0 0 0 I 17'09 611 16 6

I

DUlI'OLLY ·AND TARNAGULLA DIVISION,

,

Crushed by the Glamorgan-shire· Co. nt Bealiba, for

Various hills at Bealiba. 435 0 0 0 4 0 87 0 0 20 to 90 feet

different. parties

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QUANTITY of WASHDIRT Puddled 01', Sluiced ilJ the several Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-continued.

Division and Subdivision. ,Average Ttl YI ld Remark. relative to the I I and ,Where Washdlrt was obtained, ! Wash(Ul't Pnddled. Yield of Gold 0 a C Depth at which the

Name of Company. per Ton, of Gold, Wa.l1dirt was obtalued, &c.

-------------I---,------,-~, tons cwt,tir, ~;:-;;- ~wt. gr"


CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.

Ah Wan ... Callesen and Co ... , Smith and Co. .. .

... Forest Creek ...

... :Forest Creek ' ..

... Forest Creek ...

Totals ...

:FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION.

Schade and Co.... ... Choke-'em Flat Riddle and Co. ... Choke-'em :Flat Williams and Co. ... New Year's Flat Lawson and Co. ... .. New Year's :Flat Stevens and Co. ... ... New Year's Flat Claen and Co.... ... New Year's Flat Brewer and Co., ... . .. New Year's Flat' Trethewey and Co. ... New Year's :Flat Stephens and Co. '... Tarilta .•• Vosti and Co.... ... German Gully Mein's :Freehold .•• '" Guildford Hill Thomas and Co. ... ... Bald Hill .. . Stibeek and Co, ... Spring Gully .. . Peake and Co" , ... ... ~pring Gully .•. Peterson and Co, ... .,. Spring Gully .. . Wm. Tonkin and Co. ... Spring Gully .. . Ellis and Co. ... Murdering Flat Parsons and Co, ... ... Murdering Flat Peterson and Co. '" German Gully Thomas and Co. ... ... German Gully Kyeser and Co. ... German Gully Emmermark and Co. ... German Gully Neilson and Uo. ... ... Golden Gully Jackson and Co. ... ... Nuggety Gully C. Iskow and Co. ... Deadman's Flat Raynor and Co. ... ... Deadman's Flat M. Stiel and Co. ... ... Deadman's :Flat

HEPBURN DIVISION.

Reynolds and party Hy. Reynolds and party Sibbison and party Corinella party ... Calaneini and party Schneider and party Johns and party ... McAllister and party Shiminnos and party Fairbrother and party Johnson and party Begg and party Kirkham and party McLennon and party Swan and party , .. Ireland and party McQueen and party Thomas and party Falcher and party

Totals ...

... Table Hill ...

... Table Hill ...

... Table Hill ...

... Deep Creek ••.

... Elevated Plains

... Shepherd's Flat

... Shepherd's ,Flat '" Boots Gully ... Dry Diggings .. . ... Dry Diggings .. . ... Middleton Creek ... Dry Diggings ... .•• Dry Diggings .. . ... Dry Diggings .. . ... Plains ... ... Dry Diggings, .. ... Wombat , .. ." Yandoit ... .. , Blacksmith's Gully ... Argyle Gully ...

::: I 2,660 0 0 2,640 0 0 2,700 0 0

8,000 0 0

o 0 5'12 o 0 7'43 o 0 3'47

o 0 5'33

28 7 3\ 40 18 0' 19 10 I)!

88 15 ::: I' !-------

1,600 0 0 0 10 80 0 0 i 13 to 15 feet 3,900 0 0 0 0 4'921 40 0 0; 13 to 15 feet 2,600 0 0 . 0 0 4'SO 26 0 0 I 15 to 20 feet 2,600 0 0 0 0 4'80 26 0 0 15 to 20 feet 2,600 0 0 0 0 4·SO. 26 0 0 15 to 20 feet 1,300 ,0 0 0 0 4'SO! 13 0 0 i 15 to 20 feet 3,000 0 0 '0 0 3'20 'I 20 0 O. 15 to 20 feet 3,000 0 0 0 0 4'80 30 0 0 15 to 20 feet

100 0, 0 0 2 14'40 13'0 0 70 to SO feet

• .. i

.50 i

2,000 0 0 0 0 6'24 26 0 0 14 to 16 feet 5,200 0 0 0 I 15'69 430 0 0 200 feet

130 0 0 0 5 0 32 10 0 100 feet 520 0 0 0 0 12 13 0 0 14 feet 400 0 0 0 I 3'60 23 0 0 15 feet 650 0 0 0 1 4'80 39 0 0 20 feet 650 0 0 H 0 6 8 2 12 13 feet

5,500 0 0 .0 ° 3'0535 0 0 10 to 15 feet 12,000 0 0 0 0 6'24 156 0 0 12 feet

520 0 0 0 0 6 6 10 0 22 feet 780 0 0 0 0 6 9 15 0 15 feet

2,340 0 0 0 0 6 29 5 0 10 feet 2,340 0 0 0 0 6 '29 5 0 10 feet 1,000 0 0 0 0 3'84 8 0 0 10 feet

140 0 0 0 0 12 3 10 0 I to 6 feet 1,430 0 0 0 0 5'10 17 0 0 16 feet 1,040 0 O. 0 0 12 1 26' 0 0 13 feet 1,200 0 0 I 0 0 6 • 15 0 0 1 to 4 feet

... -;s,~;=o-;;---;;--;;-~ 1,180 ~ ------,--------

94 174 186 347 235

87 74 78

00 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0, o 0 I

o 0 o 0

o 3 5'36 o 3 19'59 043 o 2 10'79

, 0' 2 7'15 o 2 18'75 o ,2 15'89 04.4 020

'0 10'06 o 2 20'57 o 1 10'28 o 1 15 . o 1 0'12 o 1 0 o 1 452 o 1 10'41 o 2 1'56 o 0 13'30

15 3 33 4. 38 7 42 10 27 0 12 2 9 17

16 5 30 0 19 10 39 0 12 0 19 10 8 10

13 0 1410

9 15 19 0 12 0 32 9

o 45 feet o 40 feet 6 50 feet o 65 feet o 70 feet o 35 feet o 30 feet o 20 feet, o 16 feet o 18 feet o 12 feet o 16 feet o 8 feet o 20 feet o 15 feet o 8 feet o 6 feet o 60 feet o 26 feet o 17 feet Fox and party ...

Powell and party ... Dry Diggings Gully ...

300 389 273 168 240 165 260 244 136 184 433 610 174 o 0

o 1 1'53 ° 0 23'44 8 10 o 9 feet

TARRANGOWER DIVISION.

Bowe and Co.... .. . Knight and Co. ... .. . Coleman and Co.... .. . McManaman and Co. . .. Robert Grigg and Son ... Birmingham ... • •• Abram Grigg... • .. Stevens and Co. ... .. . Grenfell and Co. .. . Jolly and Co.... .. . Bryson and Co. ... . .. Kelly and Co.... ...

,Sr. ANDREW'S DIVISION.

Totals ...

Pegleg Gully ... Porcupine Flat Porcupine Flat Porcupine :Flat Porcupine :Flat Chapman's Gully Pegleg Gully ... Pegleg Gully ... Parkins' Reef Sandy Creek .. , Sandy Creek ... Sandy Creek ...

Totals ...

Talbot and Co.... ... Little Yankee Jim's

4,851 0 0 0 1 18'76 432 2 6 -----------1-----

1,467 0 0 0 0 9'44 325 0 0 0 0 9'60 182 0 0 0 1 12

l,~~g g og i, . g g 1~:~~ 100 0 0 0 12

2,400 0 0 1 0 0 12 900 0 0 0 0 12 30 0 O. 0 2 0

;:g g 000 \ g ~ 1~'37 300 0 0 1 0

8,369 0 O! 0 0 12'01

28 17 9 6 10 0

13 13 0 9 15 0

14 13 10 2 10 0

60 0 0 22 10 0 300

16 15 0 16 5 0 15 0 0

209 8 19 1------1--'-·-------

27 feet from surface 15 to 40 feet 12 feet 12 feet 40 to 45 feet -Surface 10 feet 20 feet 25 feet 15 feet 45 feet 18 feet

720 0 0 o 1 6'33 45 10 0 8 feet

n2

20

QUA.NTITY of W.A.SHDlRT Puddled or Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-cQntinued.

Division and Subdivision, Average I I Remarks relative to the and, Where W'ashd!rt was obtained, W'ashd!rt Puddled. Yield of Gold. Total Yield Depth at which the

__ Name of comp.~Y' __ i ____ ' ______ . __ ' _________ pe~I' __ Of GOI<l_,_, was~~~~d,&e.

I tons owt. qT. oz. dwt, gr., oz. dwt, gr, i


. i i RAGLAN DIVISION.

Got-him-by-the-wool (co- Beaufort ... ... 162 12- 0 0 5 5'95 42 12 8 i 61 feet operative) ,

Band of Hope (co-operative) Charlton ... ... 400 0 0 0 1 6'90 25 15 0 120 feet Toman and party (co-opera- 'Waterloo ... ... 480 0 0 0 6 5'28 149 5 14 75 feet

tive, 6 men) Victoria Tribute ... ... Waterloo . .. ... i 766 0 0 0 1 12'06 57 10 21 150 feet

----Totals ... ... 1,808 12 0 0 3 1'03 275 3 19 -

CEMENT.

THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars relative ,to the QUANTITY of CE}lENT Crushed in the several Divisions and Snbdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter; aua the GOLD obtained therefrom.

Division and '".

Name of Company.

SOUTHERN DIVISION.

McClelland ... ...

AvooA. SUBDmSION •.

A voca. and Pyrenees mill ...

FRYER'S CREE'K DmSION,

Thomas and Co .••. J. Woods '" Homeward-bound

HEPBURN DIVISION.

Eade and party ...

ARARAT DIVISION.

ement ... C K H

... neale and party elsell and party

... ... ...

...

... ... ...

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.

Hand-in-Hand .. , ... North and South Wales '"

-..

i Average Remarks relative to the Toto I Yield of. Where Cement was obtained. Cement Cruslled. I Yield 01 Gold Gold, - Depth at which the per Ton. Cement was obtained.

tons ewt. qr.1 oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

BALLARAT MININQ: DISTRICT.

,. Hard Hills . .. ... 200 0 0 0 -4 12 45 0 0 At a. depth of 20 fee t

1 tp 2 feet thick


,

Donkey Hill ... ... 16 0 0 0 o IS'75 012 12


, ~ I

Bald Hill .. , ... 700 0 0 0 o 12 17 10 0 100 feet Kangaroo ... . .. 30 0 0 0 l' 8 2 0 0 90 feet Table Hill ... .. . 350 0 0 0 4 12 78 15 0 105 feet

Totals '" ... 1,080 0 0 0 1 19'66 i 98 5 0

Spring Creek· ... . .. 73 0 0 0 -I. 18'41\ 11 8 0 25 feet

ARARAT IVII~ING DISTRICT.

2 lo'8s1

I

Londonderry ... .. . 763 0 0 0 93 11 22 70 feet Port Fairy Road ... 70 0 0 0 3 12 12 5 0 12 feet Spring Lead ... .. . 29 0 0 0 2 23'17 4 6 0 65 feet

Totals ... " ... 862 0 0 0 2 13'33 lIO 2 22 . Deep Lead, ... ... 700 0 0 0 6 0'96 211 8 0 Welshman's Flat and

Deep Lead ... ... 1,792 0 0 0 7 6'52 651 11 0

Totals ... ... 2,492 0 o i 0 6 22'21 862 19 0

o

21

NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY,

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE 1874.

(From Returns made by the Mining Surv8!JO'rs and Regutrars.)

Name of Place. No. Total. Name of PIMe. No. 'Total.

----------~-----------------I·---- ----~ 1----------------------------------·-----BALLARAT DISTIUCT.

Central Division: Ballarat West Ballarat East Ballarat North Sebastopol Cambrian Hill The Springs Little Bendigo Dead-horse .Sago Hill .••

Southern Division. Long Gully ••• Staffordshire Reef Italian Gully ••• Splitters' Gully .. . Kangaroo .. . Moonlight '" Bulldog ••• Rokewood Junction Mount Misery Creek Jackson's Gully ... Yankee Hill ... Grassy GuUy ••• Spring Creek ... Sawpit GuUy ... Whim Holes ••• Hard Hills ... :Frenchman's Pinchgut ... Break-o'-Day' Western Creek

Buninyong Division: Durham and tributaries ... ... Green Hills and Devonshire ••. Scotchman's and Hard Hills ... Duninyong and Buninyong Estate ... Hiscock's Reef... ... .. . Winter's Flat and Cobbler's .. . One-eye and Spring Hill... • .. Black Lead ... ... ...

, Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gympie Prospecting and isolated parties ...

Smythesdale Division: Smythesdale ... Scarsdale and Newtown Cape Clear Brown's Italian Gully Derwent Jack's Piggoreet Bottle Hill Snake Valley Happy Valley Haddon ... Golden Lake Madden's Flat Linton's Monkey Gully Moonlight Creek ...

Creswick Division: Creswick ... Clunes ... Springhill Broomfield Gully ... Red Streak Union Hill Longpoint Dhtmond Gully Cobbler's Gully' ... Bald Hills Sulky Gully Slaty Creek Mopoke ...

Carried forward

50n 976

75 550 225 70

224 54 24

8 54

, 40 14 8

16 100

61 820

10 15 87 14 24 80 82 80 66 90 80

1-155 80 80

250 60

100 20 40

200 60

200 280 20 70 80 24 70 60 60

120 400

90 10

180 15 10

20 900 500

10 280 20 20 15 15 10 20 50 80

2,698

1,049

995

1,639

6,881

Brought forward ...

Creswick Division-continued. Humbug Hill .. . Portuguese .Flat .. . Back Creek '" Bullarook ...

Gordon Subdivision: Egerton .. . Gordon .. . Moorabool

Sleiglitz Subdivisiun: Steiglitz ... _Morrison's Dolly'S Creek Elaine ... Mount Doran Little Forest

Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Subdivision:

Golden Point ... .. . Hed Hill .... .. Barry's Heef and Split-tree ••• Yankee Reef and Creek ... Simmons' Heef and Back Creek Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg ... Blakeville ... ... Snake Gully... ". Goodman's Greek ... • .. Dallan Flat ... .. . Johnston's Reef... .. . Garibaldi and vicinity .. . Wright's Reef ... • .. Bacchus Marsh and vicinity

Balian Subdivision: Blakcville

Total for Ballarat District

BEECH'WORTH DISTRICT.

BeeclLwortli Division: Spring Creek Sil ver Creek .. . Deep Creek .. . Hurdle Creek ... Pennyweight Flat ... T\vo-mile Creek Three-mile Creek .. . Six-mile Creek .. . Bowman's ]<'orest, &c. Myrtleford, &c. .. . Wooragee, &c. .. .

'Reid's Creek .. . Wooisbed .. . Sebastopol .. . Eldorado .. . Stanley and neighborhood ...

Yackandandah Division': Clear Creek ... Bruarong ... Kirby's Flat .. . Rowdy Flat .. . Osborne's Flat .. . Allan's Flat .. . Staghorn Flat .. . Twist's Creek ... JlIuddy Creek .. . Hillsborough .. . Sanoy Creek ... Township ... Hayes' Point ...

Carried forward

20 20 10 80

142 58 18

150 180 40

175 85 20

___ I

170 70

360 60 80

140 40 14' 20 40 16 30 80 40

20

105 25 22 54 52 60

210 55 74 80

180 38

H10 133 420 410

6,881

1,970

218

600

1,110

20

10,294

---- 2,058

75 80 75 46 60 10 24

100 48 65

100 80 25

788 1--

2,796

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NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS 011 tho Goldfields, &e.-continued.

Name o(Place. No. Total. Name of Place. No. Total.

---

Brought forward ... ... ... 2,796 " Brought forward ... ... ... 6,107

Indigo Division: Milta-mitta Division:

Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads 139 . . J,ightnjng Creek ... ... ... 45 ... Sno'wy Creek ... .. 55 Suffolk Lead 10 ... . .. ... ... ... Mitta-mitta l~iver ..• 25 Indigo Lead i . . 209 . .. ... ... . .. . .. Junction, Snowy' Creek , -'2r Glencoe Lead 10 ... ... ... ... ... - ....,.- 11>0 Durham Lead ... ... ... 27 Jamieson Subdivision: Lancashire Lead ... . .. . .. 12 Howqua Ri\'er and tributaries ... 20 New Hibernian ... . .. ... " 2 Goulburn from' Howqua to Jamieson 120 All England Lead ... ... ... 12 , Mack's Creek ... ... . .. 50 Caledonian ... ... ... 12 1 Goulburn fromJ amieson to Swampy Creek 60.

I Clydcsdale ... . .. ... 16 Sailor Bill's Creek .•. . .. .. . 100 Wahgunyah ... ... .. . 8 :Flume Creek ... . .. ... 30 Robert Burns ... ... . .. 4 I Baker's Creek ... . .. ... 20 400 Hibernian .•• ... ... .. . 10 ------Lanarkshire ... ... ... 4 Total for Beechworth District ... 6,657

. Various Quartz Reefs 47 . .. ... ... ------ 522 ----

Bucldand Division: S.~NDnuR8T DISTRIOT. .. Harrietville ... ... . .. 113 Sandhurst Division:

A

Harrietville to'Bright : 394 Back Creek and Spring Gully . 140 ... . .. ... Bright to Boundary ... . .. 235 Sheepshead and Golden Gully ... 420 Running Creek .•• .. , ... 81 Golden Square and Kangaroo 1flat ... 530 Morse's and Growler's Creeks ... 294 Crusoe Gully and neighborhood ... 90' Buckland branches liO

, Marong and Bullock Creek 1,30 . ... ... . ...

Upper to Lower Bridge ... ' ... 250. Victoria and New-chum Reefs . .. 510 Lower Bridge ,to Ovens Junction ... 184 Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies ... 520'

-- 1,721 Ironbark ... ... ... . .. 500 lezandra Subdivision: . Bendigo Flat ... ... .. . . 510.

Alexandra and vicinity ... ... 20 White Hills and EpSOllI ... ... 110 Godfrey's Creek ... ... ... 120' Huntly ... " •• 5 . .. ... 300 Devil's River and tributaries ... 15- Sydney Flat and Whipstick ... 210' Johnson's Creek and tributaries ... . 5· l:3pecimen Hill and Sailor's Gully ... 340 Garibaldi Gully and vicinity " ... 10 Devonshire and Dead-horse Gullies ... 270 Head of U T Creek ... ... 5 Windmill Hill and California Gully ••• 480' Goulburn River ... ... ... 35 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ... .. . 320 Doojal,ook' ... ... . 8 Snob's Hill and Pegleg Gully 340 ... .. . Spring Creek 'and tributaries ... 20 Rf1ywood ... ... .. . ... 80 Higinbotham: . ... ... 12 Elysian Flat ... . .. ... 50 Merton.and vicinity ... ... 10 Sebastian ... ... ... .. . 50

. Tea-tree Creek and vicinity ... 20 Kamarooka ... .. . ... 100 Soattered prospectors ... - ... 20 Scattered and prospecting ... ... 430 Acheron River ... ... ... ·10 Kilmore Divi;iol!:

-'--- 6,490 Maindample and Doon .. , ... 20 . Reedy Creek 40 -- ... ... ...

16 Dry Creek Subdivision: .. 330 Su,nday Creek ... ... ...

Brankeet Creek 8 H eatllcote· Division and Waranga South --:-' 56 ... ... ... Dry Creek '" ... ... 100 Subdivision: Hell's Hole .. , ... ... 47 Graytown ... ... . .. 30

' ... --- Redcastle 110 ... . .. . .. Gaffney's Creek Subdivision: 155 Heathcote ... ... ... 150

Goulburn River ... ' ... ... 24 Costerfield ... ... ... 92 Gaffney's Creek ... ... ... 36 Tooborac ... ... ... .. . 30 Cannon's Creek ... ... ... 20 . Kimbolton and Campaspe . .. . .. 30 Raspberry Creek and branches ... 45 Coli ban and Myrtle Creek ... ... 60 Lyrebird Creek ... ... .. . 4 Wild-duck ... ... . .. 37 Wallaby Reef ... .. , ... 20 One-eyed Gully ... ... .. . 100 Eldorado· .... ... ... . .. 22 Waranga North Subdivision:

--'-'-- 639 Moving population ... .:.~ 8 Hushworth 103 Moonlight ap.d Snakes' Creeks 8 ... ... . ..

50 ... Whroo ... ... .. . .. . -- 187 " Coy's and Cherry-tree 35. l-Vood's Point Su'bdivision :

... . .. Fontainebleau and White Hills 90 ,

-Wood's Point and Morning Star 100 ... 278 ... --Lower Goulburn ... . .. 36 -Right and left branches ... ... 40 Total for Sandhurst District ... ... 7,463 Gooley's Creek, &c. , ... ... 12 ---- ----Harper's and Pheasant Creeks ... lO MARYDOllOUGII DISTRICT . Perkins' Creek and Waverley ... 10 IJf aryborollg1.Division : All Nations, &c. ... ... ... 32 Alma 400 Black Hiver 14 . " ... . .. .. . ... ... ... Waterloo ••• 40 Prospecting and moving population ... 12 ... ... .. .

Inkerman ... ... ... .. . 60 Maori Creek ... ... ... 4 Moonlight Flat; 50

: ,- 210 ... ... . ..

Big River Subdivision: Adelaide I..ead ... ... ... 150

- Golden Point ... ... ... 100 Frenchman's Creek '" ... ·10 Craigie 150 ... ... ... .. . Ten-mile .... ... ... 2 Four-mile Flat ]50 Warner's Creek 22 C!

... ... .. . '" ... ... Carisbro'ok ... ... ... 400

Enoch's Point ... ... .. . !O Mosquito ... ... ... . .. 200 Railway Creek ... . .. ... 30 Blucher's ... 200 ; ... ... .. . Jim Thomas' Creek ... ... 4 Mariners' Reef· 50 Big River South 6 ... ... . .. ... ... ... Newtown ... ... ... ... 150 , Big River North ... ... .. . 20 Havelock ... 150 ... ... . .. Goulburn River ... '" ... 8 tucknow ... 50 ... ... .. . Fry's Creek ... ... . .. 6 Chinaman's 600

, ... ... ... Jerusalem and WiI~on's Creeks ... 2 Blackman's Lead 50 ... ... .. . Moving population ... ... 6 Maryborough 250 ... . .. . ..

--- 126

I-=-c~ ---C~~~e~ for'!l':~r.d .. , ... .. . 6,107 Carried forward ... ... ... I .. 3,200 - - . -. ,-

23

NUMBER and DISTRIBUTIO~ of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-coniinued.

Name of Place.

Brought forward ."

Majorc'a Subdivision: Majorca ... England's Hi)! Hocky Flat· Gibraltar .•• Mount Greenock German Gully

Amherst Division: About Talbot ... .. . Scandinavian Lead .. . Mount Greenock... • .. Nuggety and Long Gullies ••• Kangaroo Flat and Gully ... Mia-mia and tributaries ... Daisy Hill and tributaries .. . Adelaide 'Lead South .. . Blacksmith's Gully ." Emu and Cockatoo ... Brown's Gully, near Lexton

Avoca Subdivision: Amphitheatre Avoca Lead Green Hill Creek ••• Percydale Homebush Larnplough Sardine Monte Christo Mountain Hut No.1 Creek No.2 Creek Kimberley Donkey Hill Vale's Hill, &c. Mosquito, &c. Bay of Biscay

. Middle Creek

Dunolly and Tm'nagu(la Divisions: Dunolly... ." ... Burnt Creek ... .. . Goldsborough ... .. . Inkerman... ... .. . Moliagul... ... .. . Bealiba... ... • •• Murphy's Flat ••• .. . Jones' Creek ... .. . Tarnagulla ... • .. Half-way... ," ... Llanelly .•• ". ...

Korong Division: Jericho ... Jordan ... Berlin ••• Kingower McIntyre's Sinnott's ... Burke's Flat New Inglewood Garibaldi .•. Avoca Forest

Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions: Stuartmill ... ... ... Redbank .... .. Gullies between Stuartmill and Red-

bank... ... ... ... Fowler's Lead ••• ... • .. Hinds' .•• ... ... • .. l'vfoonambel ... ... . .. Forest Hut ... ... ."

. Sandy Creek ." .... ... Canterbury ... ... .. . Darling Flat ... ... .. .

St. Arnaud North Subdivision: New Bendigo ... .. . St .. Arnaud ... .. . Stuartmill ••. .. . Silver Mines and neighborhood Bostron's and Wattle Flat ••• Emu, &c .. ;" ... .. . Carapooce ... .. .

Carried forward

No.

51 8

72 4 6 3

60 24 50 40 30 '16 92

108 18 80 24

50 210 45

400 40

100 100

15 30 45

275 200

70 10 12 13

170

180 60 70 45

130 150

15 llO 140 25

130

30 20

400 50 30 40

100 150 40

500

50 30

35 60 30 38

.- 8 10 7

16 1-

62 125 14. 35 14 15 12

Total.

3,200

144

542

.1~785

1,055

1,360

284

8,370

, Name of Place. No. Total.

Brought forward ...

St. Arnaud North Subdivision-continued. Bell Hock, &c.... ... ... 12 Blink Bonnie ... ... ... 10

- Mallee ••• ... ... ... 12' Queen Mary ... ... ••• 2 J!'ishhook ... ... ... ... 4·

Total for Maryborough District ...

CA.STLElII'AINE DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division:

Eureka Reef ... Guildford .. .

,Bolivia Reef .. . Campbell's Creek ... Sailor's Gully, &c ... . Castle maine .. . Caledonia Reef ... Barker's Creek ... Volunteer Reef ... Myrtle Creek ... Moonlight Flat ... Chewton ... Wattle Gully ... Golden Point ... Diamond Gully ...

. Fryer's Creell DivislOn: Golden Gully to Fryerstown Spring Gully and Specimen Hill Church's Flat to Vaughan ... Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills German and Mopoke Gullies Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ... Table Hill and Tarilta ... Guildford mils .:. .. • Loddon, Vaughan to Holcombe Nuggety Gully and Irishtown Green and Sailor's Gullies .. . Pickpocket and Hard Hills .. . Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss

88 162 40

120 108 102

76 154 50 60 60

218 86

liS 100

270 170 220

SO 144 100 no 245 250 120 62 25

198

8,370

317

8,687

1,642

Hepburn Division: -- 1,994

Dry Diggings Section Yandoit Section ... Boots' Gully Section Italian Gully Section Spring Creek Section Doctor's Gully Section llrandy-hot Section ·Deep Creek Section Blind Creek Section Stony Creek Section Wombat Creek Section Daylesford Section Connel's Gully Section

Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision: Taradale ... ... Taradale South ... • .. Yankee Point ... ... Malmsbury ... • .. CoHban... ... • .. Belltopper ... • •• Lauriston ... .. . Back' Creek ... .. .

Tarrangower Division: Beehive Hill ... • ••

. Eaglehawk and Pegleg Gully Long Gully... • .. Porcupine Flat... ... Fiddler'S Flat ... '" Mount Tarraugqwer ... Sandy Creek ... .. . Nuggety ... ... .. . Mia-mia ... • •• Green Valley ••• • .. Muckleford ... • .. Smith's Reef ... ... Clydesdale ... • .. River Loddon ... .. . Sandon... ... .. .

Carried forward

... '

92 184: 93

127 . 124 • 138

53 145 91

143 189, 407.

98

167 80 20 42 30 32 83 16

78 309

73 49

3 , 42 J

130 • 39'

8 ! 66 ' 49 7

25 31

6

1,884

470

-- 915

••• l ••• 6,805

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NUlIIBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued.

Name 01 Place.

Brought forward ... ... St. Andrew's Division:

Anderson's Creek ... ... ... Long Gully ... ... . .. Fern-tree ... ... ... n. Smith's Gully ... ... . .. Yow-yow ... ... ... ... Wild-dog ... ... .. . Diamond Creek ... ... ... Walsh Creek ... ... ... Warburton ... ... ... Back 'Creek ... ... .. . Cherry-tree and Watery Gullies ... Black Calf ... ... .. . Hoddle's Creek ... ... ... McMahon's Creek ... ... ... Emerald ..•. , .. .. , ... Qaeenstown ... .. , ... Kingstown ... ... . .... Haunted Gully ... ... ... One-tree Hill ... ... ... Sailor's Gully ... ... . ..

Blue .. tfountain North Subdivision: Trentbarb. ... ... .. . Newbury ... ... ... ... Garlick'~ ••• ... ... .. .

Total for Castlemaine District ... , ---~RARAT DISTRICT.

Ararat Division: Ararat Proper ... , .. .. . Armstrong's ... ... ..,

Philip's Flat and Cathcart : .. ... Rhymney Reef, Shea's Flat, &c. ... Opossum Gully and Port Curtis ... 'Moyston an,d Londonderry ... '"

Pleasant Creek lJivision: ... ... ... Silver Shilling

Deep Lead, Forty-foot, and Welshman's Flat ... ... .... ...

Great 'Vestern ... ... ... Stawell ... ... ... .. . Seventy-foot ... n. ... Germania. ... ... . .. Welcome ... ... ... ... Darlington ... ... ... Ironbark ... ... ... ...

Barkly Division: Landsborough ... ... .. . Barkly ... ... ... . .. Frenchman's ... ... '" Glen patrick ... .,. .. .

Raglan Division: Beaufort and surrounding gullies ... Sailor~s Gully ... ... ... Charlton ... ... ... . .. Waterloo .. , ... ... ...

Total for Ararat District ... ,

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" GIPPSLAND DISTRICT. Omeo Stlbdivision: ... . .. Livingstone Creek

Mitta-mitta River, from Cobungra to Wombat Creek ...

Wombat Creek .... Gibbo River ... Swift's Creek .. , River Tambo ...

Carried forward ,

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 20th July 1874:.

... . .. ... .. ,

... . .. ... .. . .... ...

... ...

No.

1-

. .. 87

9 6

31 8

14 40

9\ 18 16 7

14 8

45 II 20 I:; 5

30 2

--

6 26 24

--...

222 160 135 37

135 36

--23

372 42

1,135 40 75 98 35 25

---226 250

20 120

---150 38 90 90

--

...

1'40

30 35 32

22.'; 30 --

...

Total.

---6,805

39,2

56 ---

7,~53 ---

~ I

725

. 1,845

616

I 368 1--

3,554 ----

492 I--

492

Na.me of Place. No. Total.

.--- -Brought forward ... ... ... 492

MitchellRiver and Boggy Creek Subdivisions; Nicholson and l'ambo Rivers . .. 114 Boggy Creek ... .. . .n 141 Merrijig Creek ... .. . 30 Sandy's Creek . - 54 ... .. . ...

-- 339

Crooked River Division; Grant 9 ... ... . .. . .. W ongungarra ·6 ... ... ... Crooked Hiver 60 ... ... ... Jungle Creek 22 ... ... .. . .Twelve-mile Creek ... 6 ... ... Twcnty-five-mile Creek 12 ... . .. Thirty-mile Creek ... 10 ... . .. Wentworth 36 , .. ... ., . Upper Dargo 30 ... ... . .. Middle Dargo 29 ... ... ... Lower Dargo 26 ... ... ... Upper Mitchell 22 ... ... ... ,. Good Hope 28 ... . .. . .. Good Luck Creek II ... . .. . .. W'onnangatta ... . .. ... 2

--- 309

Jericho Division: Dry Greek . .. . .. . .. 22 Defiance Creek ... ... . .. 4 Mount Look Out ... ... ... 16 Jordan . .. . .. . .. ... 62 Red Jacket Creek ... ... ... 54 B B Creek ... . .. ... 45 Thom.son River 20 ... ... ...

-- 228

Donnelly's Creel, Division: Store Point and DgnneUy's Creek 47 ... Aberfeldy River... • .. ... 30 Lee's Creek . .. . .. ... 2 Edwards' Hill ." ... ... 20 Freestone Creek ... .. . '"

6 Upper Gladstone ... ... .. . 12 Lower Gladstone ... . .. . .. 18

--- 131i

Stringer's Creeh Division: Walhalla ... ... ... .. . Pearson Town

501 ... ... ... 4 Neillson's Creek ... '" ... 6 Pleiades Ranges ... ... . .. 6 Aberfeldy River ... ... ... 98 Thomson Itiver ... '" .. . 30

--- .645 Russell's Creek -Division:

Lower Tanjil ... ... ... 55 Russell's Creek and Upper TanjU ... 45 Crossover and Tarwin ... . .. 30

--- 130

Bendoc Subdivision: Bendoc ... . .. n. ... 6 Lower Bendoc ... ... ... 4 Bog ... ... ... ... 6 Bonang ... ... ... 20 Delegate Hiver ... ... .. , 16 Cobyingbar ... ... ... 6 Prospecting ... ... . .. 4

--- 62

Tarwin Subdivision: Stockyard Creek ... ... ... 200 Turton's Creek ... . .. ... 30

--- 230

Traralgon S"kdit'isio7!: Morewell ... ... ... . .. 2 Namcan ... ... . .. 3 Tramlgoll Creek ... ... ... 2 Dennett's Creek ... . .. ... 3 Merriman's C~eek ... ... . .. 2 Mountain Creek ... ... .. . 3

--' 15 I :----

Total for Gippsland D.istrict . " ... 2,580

I 46,48~ 0 GUAND TOTAl. '" ...

R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Minell.

, TRAN 8VERSE 'SE C TION

OF THE

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MINING SURVEYO'RS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo


CENTRAL DIVISION .

. AIr. D. Cllristy, Mining Registrar. The only circumstance of any importance in regard to mining during the quarter is the discovery of alluvial

ground by Mr. Cbarles Talbot, who, for pver two years past, has beel! prospecting for the discovery with a :firm con· viction of success, and has at last succceded. This discovery is about 3i miles from the post office, in a south. easterly direction, not far from and east of the Buninyong road. At a depth of 90 feet a bucket of dirt was obtained off the reef and washed, yielding 2 dwts. 7 grs. of gold. He is now driving for the gutter, where he anticipates a rich deposit. Several claims have been taken up in that neighborhood in anticipation of his success,

Enclosed will be found a transverse section of the Sovereign Quartz Mining Company's workings, one of the most importan.t quartz mines in this division. (See Lithograph:)

GOLD obtained from the principal Alluvial Claims for the Quarter ending 30th June 1874.

Prince of Wales Two claims Saints ... Golden'Gate Eastern Star Band and Albion Consols, and

fossickers ... New Red Jacket Koh-i-noor Leviathan

Temperance Llanberris Black Hill Parade ...

oz. dwt.gr. 1,586 2 21

640 0 0 228 10 0 175 0 0 160 0 0

820 7 0 52 17 10

477 0 0 1,306 11 0

-Winter's Freehold Golden Reef New Koh-i-noor Horse-puddling companies Fossickers in old claims, &c. Small co-operative parties

Total ...

DIVIDENDS.

oz. dwt. gr. 450 11 0 175 0 0 366 4 6

1,600 0 0 1,200 0 0 1,0000 0

.. , 10,238 3 13

£, II. d. 880 0 0 650 0 0 248 0 0 400 0 0

Total ... 2,178 0 0

SOUTHERN DIVISION.

Mr. George Perry, Mining Registrar.

QUARTZ MINING.

Staffordshire Reef.-The unusually small returns for the quarter from the Hopewell and Speedwell Companies is IQainly attributable to several trial crushings which turned out very poor. They are now in better stone, and larger yields are anticipated.

The Hopewell (no liability) have not yet their plant erected, owing to the contractor having thrown up his contract. The manager (Mr. Heywood) informed me that the company have now undertaken the crection, and expect to have it completed in six weeks.

The Farewell Oompany have had a trial crushing, which resulted in less than 1 dwt. per ton. In consequence, work is suspended pending a meeting of shareholders. This line of reef is exceedingly hard, and altogether distinct from the Staffordshire line of reef, which is very soft, and about 700 feet further west.

Frenchman's.-The Hope Company (Amalgamated) are in with their tunnel 232 feet. The manager informed me that he sunk a shaft 22 feet, and obtained a good prospect from a lode 4 feet thick, and that he expects to intersect the lode at the 70-foot level, by driving the tunnel 20 feet further. .

At Grassy Gully two claims (Somerset and Cornish and Hercules Companies) have been registered during the quarter, on a new line of reef discovered by Stevens and Sons, who showed me 'about 10 dwts. of coarse gold obtained from 26 buckets of stone, washed with tub and cradle. On the 7th of May I visited the mine, and found the shaft sunk about 12 feet into a good-looking lode from 4 to I:) feet wide; depth of shaft from surface 47 feet. They (the Somerset and Cornish Company) have since had a trial crushing of SO _ tons, with payable results. They purpose sinking to a further depth of 100 feet, to prove the value of their mine, before erecting machinery. The Hercules Company, on the same line of reef, have lately struck a large body of gold. bearing quartz at 70 feet.

ALLUVIAL.

The rains at the commencement and during-the past quarter have been the means of keeping this class of miners busily employed, and in some instances with favorable results.

At Break-o'.Day, 'l'urner and party, a co,operati"e company of SO men, are working their claim with a whip and puddling machines, and have done fairly during the quarter, averaging about £2 7s. per week per man. Grant and party, a co-operative company of 14 men, have averaged £3 per week perman.

:Between Rokewood Junction and Bulldog several parties are making good wages. . A number of miners are employed in the old ground around the Bard Hills, Grasay Gully, Staffordshire Reef,

and other parts of the diviaion, with but very indifferent success. .

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BUNINYONG DIVISION.

'Mr. Robert M. Harvey, .Mining Surveyor and Regist1w'.

ALLUVIAL ]\fINING.

I append a return of' gold obtained from 'alluvial mines in this division, which shows the total yield to be maintained for the quarter. There are indications of tlie yield from some of our deepest mines improving, especially at the Main Durham Lead, at the Perseverance Company's mine. . • . ,

oz .. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Kitty's all,d South Durham (approxi. Perseverance, Durham

Buninyong Estate, Devonshire Buninyong Estate, Scotchman's

736 7 12 43 9 6 79 16 18 63 0 1 74 0 0 60 0 0

mate) 220 0 0

Hopeful, Green Hills ... All other ,alluvial mining (approxi.

mate) ... ... ... 900 0 0 Board of Advice, Green Hills Old St. Paul's, Bunillyong ... Leviathan, Napoleons, No.1 shaft ... Bowen Hill, Buninyong (approximate)

616 -8· 0 780 0 0

QUARTZ ll:IrNING.

3,562 1 13

The New One ailq All Company, Hiscock's, have struck what they believe to be quite a new lode; average' thickness for 70 feet, 8 feet, yielding over 4 dwts. to the tOll., 'fhe Imperial Company have also had better stone dill'ing the quarter, with an average of 3t dwts. A new company has been formed to test the ground north of the One and All Company.

SMYTHESDALE DIVISION.

Mr. John Lyndt, Mining Sttrveyor and Registrar.

The general condition of the mines may be regarded' as improving, as is evidenced by the quarter's return of gold, whieh gives a considerable excess over that of the previous quarter; yet there is nothing specially new to record, no new discovery of any kind, but a regular steady advance in the old established mines, particularly Olle or twq about Haddon. In the old claims along the Main Lead, through Scarsdale, operations are carried on in the usual regular manner, without the occurrence of any incident worthy of notice. The reef-washes along the valleys of the deep' leads keep still opening up, and disclosing an extent of auriferous 'wash not, until recently, supposed to exist. , These washes are now the ma~n source of supply throughout Smythesdale, Scarsdale, and Happy Valley. " ,

The deep leads at Linton continue still in favor, and lately an accession to the number, which promises to turn out well, is the Anderson's Freehold Company. Camgham appears to be in a more depressed statc than any'p~rt of the distriet, but the decadence is not likely to be permanent. Hill-sluicing, where water is abundant, is giving profitable occupation, but the intermittent state of the supply is always a drawback to the value of this branch of mining. In quartz mining there is nothing doing worthy of special mention. The following is the return of gold from the principal claims for the quarter ;-

" oz. dwt, gr. Reform, Haddon i 2,541 6 0 Golden Lake, Piggoreet... 1,191 18 0 Eldorado, Smythesdale 655 0 0 Trunk Lead, Haddon 652 0 0

Grand Trunk, Piggoreet Racecourse, Haddon Golden Stream, Scarsdale United Lead~, Brownsvale

CRESWICK DIVISION.

Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyo1' and Registrar.

oz. dwt. gr. 626 0 0 626 0 0 388 0 0 301 18 0

I have the' honor to report that the yield of alluvial gold has again increased this quarter. The yield from Spring Hill still continues equally good; three claims in this locality have been worked out or abandoned, but others

,are taking their place.; the yield also £i'om the deep leads at Red Streak (the Australasian and Key Companies)' has improved, and a new. company has taken up a portion of the grouud abandoned by the Cosmopolitan Company, immediately north of the Australasian Company.' _ ,

The to~al quantity of gold obtained from quartz is about the same, but there has 'been a smaller quantity of quartz crushed, espedally by the New North Clunes Company, which has now only 30 head of stamps at work; the average yield of the company has, however, greatly improved.

GORDON SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

There has been no' mining of any co~sequence carried on under this head during the quarter.

QUARTZ J\:hNING.

The Egerton Company have been obtaining quartz from their No.1 shaft, at a depth ;of from 3i5 to 525 feet from the surface, during the quarter. They have also sunk this shaft 75 feet deeper. 'No work is being carried on at the No.2 shaft, as the engine is being repaired. The depth of the shaft is 550 feet. . ' ' , '.

Black Horse ,Company have crushed during the quarter 405 tons of quartz, yielding OOozs. 12 dwts. of gold. The ~tone was obtained from the Nos. 5 and 6 levels. They have chiefly been prospecting at .the d_eepest level (826 feet). The number,of men employed on the claim is 32. . "

South Learmonth amd };~gerton Amalgamated Company have been actively engaged in prospecting during the quarter; and the number of men .employed is 16.

Parker's Extended Company, Gordon, have during the qUaJ'tcr crushed 250 tons of quartz, whi'ch was taken from the 265-foot level from a lode averaging 2 feet in width. They have also been engaged in driving the east crosScut at the 400-foot level, to cut a known lode; and have also driven 60 feet on a lode at the 300-foot level, but it is very poor, in consequence of which only 24 men could be employcd. The quartz is considered better from the 250 to 300 foot levels than at the 4OO-foot level, where the lodes are very large, but poor. They have also crushed on hire during the quarter :400 to~s, a.t 6s. per tou.

'2'7

North Parker's Oompany, Gordon, have sunk their shaft to a depth of 160 feet, where a drive was put in about 12 feet to cut the lode. They have crushed 400 tons of quartz, yielding 940zs. 2 dwts., taken from the 100-foot level;' the lode was traced from the surface to this level. An average number of 16 men have been employed, which was reduced to 6 when the prospecting began; and as soon as payable stone is met the number will be as formerly.

l'he Old Jenny Lind Company, Mooi:abool, has again been taken up on tribute by Gallagher and Co. They have raised about 120 tons, and have just commenced crushing.

Morris' Tribute Company are at present engaged in sinking their ahaft, which is now about 50 feet in depth, and they expect to strike the reef about the end of the week. -

'rhe Rose and Shamrock Company have crushed 14 tons of quartz during the quarter, averaging 9 dwts. to the ton. They ha"e sunk a new shaft, and struck the reef, with a great body of w.ater, and consequently had to suspend operations pending the erection of machinery. A small parcel of quartz taken from the bottom of the new shaft was very rich. '

STEIGLlTZ SUBDIVISION. Mr. O. W. Collins, .. "dining Registrar.

There has been no improvement in mining matters on Steiglitz during the past quarter, and more attention has been given to prospecting for alluvial deposits than for quartz reefs. -

The Albion and New Albion Companies have done but little underground for some time. A new reef has been discovered south and east of the New Gympie. A trial crushing of 6 tons gave twelve and a·half ounces of gold. The reef is about 8 inches wide, and is easily worked. The Native Youth Company have a reef now averaging 3 feet 6 inches in width, and the returns from their crushings have enabled them to pay dividends. The London Company have on the northern side of their claim some very rich stone, equal to any yet obtained by them. The vein is 18 inches thick. The Electric Company have commenced operations on their claim on the tribute system, and with good prospects of success.

On Mount Doran many small parties are engaged raising stone for trial crushings. On Elaine the Minerva Company are busy erecting a 16 horse-power winding and pumping engine. The increased yield from alluvial mines at Morrison's may partly be accounted for by there being for the

present a sufficient supply of water available.

BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDl,VISION. JJfr. Joltn F. Hansen, Mining Registrar.

QUARTZ MINING.

The first crushing from the Eldorado and the Albion Companies' mine, having turned out far below what WIlS expected, has had the e:ffect of still further depressing the value of the Blackwood mines held by public companies. It should be borne in mind, however, that neither of these companies have done much as yet to develop their properties. . '

The North Sultan Company also crushed their stone raised some time back, which yielded at the rate of over 5 dwts. to the ton, from a reef 3 feet in width at the 250-foot level. Considering that this yield was obtained from stone directly after striking the reef from a cross-drive, and that the area held by this company is all maiden ground, the prospects should be deemed excellent; nevertheless, with the exception of 8. few men employed to finish the erection of machinery, no work has been done in this mine for some months past.

The Sultan Company have finished the erection of their 60 horse-power steam engine, with 20 stamp-head battery attached, at a total cost of £4,740. The mine is now in thorough working order. All,the works being now connected with No.1 ahaft, the w'inding engine of No.2 shaft will be dispensed with, consequently, a considerable saving will be e:ffected.

Mounter Bros. have lately crushed from their Western Reef. The lode is 30 feet in width, and they have just come upon very rich quartz, far superior in appearance to the stone obtained some time back from the lode known as Mounter's, 20 tons of which gave an average yield of over 11 ozs. to the ton.

The Red, White, and Elue and the North 'Britain Companies at Wright's Reef have been very successful during the quarter, arid have excellent prospects in view. The gold on this line of reef, although very fine, is well distributed throughout the stone, and easily saved, as there is an almost entire absence of zincblende and other base metals. Good prospects are also obtained from the same line of reef from ground formerly held by the Constellation Company, from which a trial crushing will shortly take place at Mr. Stobie's battery, and from all appearance at present this line of reef will take a very prominent place amongst the quartz mines of this district. A peculiar feature on this line of reef worth noticing is that the lode of the Red, White, and Blue Company runs almost due east and west, similar to the cross reefs at Pleasant Creek; whereas, the reef'in the area of the North Britain Company on the north, and the claim of the Constellation on the south, takes its normal course.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

About 'two months ago some new ground was opened up situate at the head of the eastern branch of Yankee Creek. The depth of sinking is from six to ten feet, and as much as a quarter of an ounce of gold to the tub has been obtained. The gold is waterworn, and of a rather superior character to that usually obtained in this division. There are about 20 miners at work, mostly old inhabitants of Newberry, and the average earnings a man have been from £1 to £5 per week. " ,

Some nuggets have recently been turned up in Long Gully, famous for that description of gold in former days -one of 11 02:8. was found by an old resident, and another of 6 ozs. and several smaller ones by a party of two men.

Water.-Average quantity of water sold :-Ten sluice-heads; price per sluice-head, 128. 6d. and 15s.

BALLAN SUBDIVISION. Mr. G. P. Black, Mining Registrar.

Mining in this subdivision is still in a very depressed state, and I have no alteration to make from my report of previous quarter. During the past'quarter, Ashton's had only one crushing of 30 tons quartz, which yielded 25 ozs. gold.

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BEECH WORTH DIVISION.

Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Alining Registrar.

The copious rains during the past quarter have enabled all the sluicers in this division to commence operations and to be employed full time. There is nothing fresh to report as regards alluvial workings.

The small ~ush reported to have take.n place at Stony Creek has dwindled 'away to four or five claims. The stone already crus):1ed (only two small lots) has not come up to expectation; but some stone now lying at the mill is thought to be better. There is, at least, one reef, t,he "Dublin," at Stony Creek,. that gives every sign ·of being a permanent and rich on.e. It is about 3 feet wide, and has been opened in various places to the extent, say, of ,100 yards. The reef runs nearly east and west, and the stone is easily obtained, the country heing 80ft. No crushing frol}l it has yet been tried, but, judging from appearances, it will go a bout 4 ·ozs. to the ton. The miners in this neighborhood are greatly in want of a crushing machine, and, if one were erected here, several reefs now abandoned could be worked profitably.

The prospects of the Reform Reef, Myrtleford, are improving i it is the intention of the owners to erect a machine to pump 'and wind, and for this purpose a shaft has been sunk 70 feet below the lowest level.

The Waterloc> Company are driving a cross-cut to the front reef-which will be likely to be struck in a week or two. If this reef prove as good as formerly, the proprietors will have a good thing, as it never went under 2 ozs. to the ton. The cross-cut will touch the reef at about 50 feet below the old workings.

YACKANDANDAHDIVISION.

1I1r. Peter Wright, Afining Surveyor and Registrar.

There is nothing special to report upon alluvial mining. Water is plentiful, and with that a moderate amount of success is almost certain.

Some new ground has been recently oecupied, but it "Will merely take the place of ground of similar quality worked out. .

_, In quartz mining the most noticeable item of news is the success attained by the Co-operative Company which - is now working the Homeward-hound claim at Twist's Creek. The late owners could not work it,profital,ly, but it, is

now avery good property-partly tJlrough an improvement in)he stone, mainly through better appliances and better management. , .

James Magill, having suspended his tunnelling operations for the Von Moltke Reef, put up a whim to sink on the reef, and was successful for a time, but since the recent rains the water has again beaten him.

About sii heads of water are being sold, the number varies; the nominal price is £1 per head. Th ehead is not rigidly measured. .

h~DIGO DIVISION.

Mr. R. Arrowsmith, lJ1ining Surveyor and Registrar.

Quartz. mining, as usual, has not been very actively prosecuted during the quarter. The average returns, however, show a very decided improvement, and it is not improbable that capital and enterprise may shortly be brought to bear on some of the very promising reefs around Chiltern and Rutherglen, which, if worked to greater depths than heretofore, I am of opinion would be found very remunerative. Near· the latter township some very superior stone 'is now being obtained, a great portion of which it is· found necessary to' cart to the mills near Chiltern, a distance of eleven or twelve miles. • , '

The Durham aHd Caledonian Alluvial Mining Company, having worked out all the available ground around the present engine. shaft, are erecting a hattery of ten stampers to .crush the stone and debris from the workinl!s, which it lS found will yield at the rate of 3 dwts. to the ton, Should the speculation prove successful, it is their !Dtention to re-erect the machinery at their next shaft, and pass thc whole of the washdirt through the battery, instead of the puddling ma.chine and sluice.boxes, as has always been the practice in this division.

1'here is nothing whatever of interest to report on alluvial mining, beyond the fact that the Glencoe Junction Company have succumbed to their difficulties, and the machinery has been sold by auction. _

No water has been sold during the quarter .

. BUCKLAND DIVISION .

. .Mr. Lewis C. Kineltela, .Mining Registrar. , The returns I have the honor to forward herewith fully prove the prosperous condition of qua~tz mining at

present upon Growler's and ·Morsc's Crecks; and from the aspect of the leading mines there now, together with the prospects obtained· from new reefs recently registered, it may fairly be inferred that even an increase upon the present fine yield of gold from these localities will be recorded il1 the September returns. The fact ma.y also 1Je noted that the average per ton of the quartz crushed in the last three months is fifty per cent. higher ~han ill the previous quarter, being nearly 13dwts. pel' ton.. - ,

It is a )Ilatter of regret that the efforts to find the New Happy Valley Reef (which has been completely cut out by a smooth floor of slate-rock at a depth of 560 feet) have hitherto been unavailing. However, as little.doubt is entertained· that this" fault" is merely one.of those" jumps," of which four or five of a somewhat similar but limited extent had hitherto been experienced in the mine, vigorous efforts are now being comnienced to find the reef again; and it may be considered that the success of the enterpriSil is not only of vital importance to that locality itself, hut is fraught with the greatest interest to this whole district, as directly bearing upon the question of the existence and value of Ollf reefs at hitherto unattained depths. .

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Alluvial mining in shallow w?rkings presents no points requir?-ng special m~ntion. ., . After being allowed to stand Idle for years, the Deep I;ead Claim (the P~oomx!, at HarnetVllle, has agam b?en

put in working order, having been pumped dry two weeks Blllce,. an,d all the tlmbermg an~ u!1dergrou~d work bemg found but little damaged, The owners expect to obtain gold wlthm a week or two; a~d It IS not unhkely that the result of the washings will be an incentive to the working of the other leads known to eXIst here.

Memo. of N1(/lnOer and Price of Sluice-heads of Water Sold in tlte Buckland IHl!uio1i.-38 sluice-heads, costing from 2s. 6d. to 158. each. Average price, lOs.

ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Robert W. S. Greig, lIfining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

There have been no new discoveries made in auriferous alluviums during the quarter, and mining generally is much depressed.

The Freehold Company, on the ~c~eron Lead, after unsu?cessfully trying to ,,!,o:-k their ground w~th. a wh~m, have e~tered into arrangements for obtainmg steam power for dramage purposes, and It IS stated to be their llltentlOn to have an engine erected forthwith.' ..

• The machinery on the Royal Standard Lead, Johnson's Creek, has been sold and removed. The lead is now totally abandoned. .

On the Working Miners' Lead, Godfrey's Creek, the New Gobur is the only company that bas obtained washdirt during the ~uarter. The three .other companies, viz., the T~iumph, the Victory, and the li[orth ~o~ur, have .b~en prosecuting theIr works. The machinery of the first two compames has been completed, and they anticIpate obtalllmg gold during the ensuing quarter. The latter company have completed sinking their shaft, which has bottomed on gold.

QUARTZ MINING.

Quartz mining continues to be much depressed. The contemplated amalgamation of the Durham Gully claims and leases has not been carried out; they have

therefore, to a great extent, been temporarily abandoned. . The MY,starious claim, after its lengthened stoppage, has again resumed work j the water has been drained,

and the winning of quartz has been proceeded with for the past week, but no crushing has as yet been obtained sinee the resumption of work. .

ACMron Re~fS.-Owing to the good crushing, viz., an average of over 6! ozs. to the ton, from the Kangaroo Reef, the local miners have devoted a little more attention to that locality, and one or two new prospecting claims have been registered during the quarter.

DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Robert Pemberton, J.Wining Registra1'.

I have the honor to report that no alteration in mining matters has taken place in the Dry Creek subdivision since my last return. I, however, regret to state that a great many claims, owing to the late heavy floods, have been partially suspended, thereby rendering the yield of gold smaller than it otherwise would have been.

With respect to the quantity of washdirt puddled, &c., it is impossible to give any returns that would be of any mining statIstical value. There are a great many fossickers.

Quartz mining is not carried on in my division; at least up to the present no quartz approaching to anything like payable has been found.

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.

Mr. 4. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

I have little cheerful to report of this subdivision. Its best hopes lie in the character of its miners, who here, more than in other parts of the district, snow a readiness to stand by their mines through good or ill fortnne, and are ever prepared to take them on tribute, which, in the face of the small averages obtained, deserves commendation, and promises well for all should better stone be obtained at a depth.

The Hunt's have stopped work and suspended their claim, as also the A.G.M. Company. The Victoria tributers . are working energetically and prospecting ahead, but the results do not do justice to their industry. The Wallaby proprietors have within the last week obtained highly cheering prospects, and hope to make this once valuable mine remunerative again. "

The Eldorado, now Royal Gold Mining Company's block., has yielded good returns, and,the company are now driving again ahead, with the prospect of str~king another vein similar to the last, which gave average yields of over 12 dwts. per ton.

The Danabrog (late Aladdin) are driving their tunnel ahead, and have called for tenders to cut and flume races, ·and make other preparations for the erection of machinery.

The Rose of Denmark tributers are stoping between the 2nd and 3rd level in that mine. In producing their No. 2 level they have struck a vein of auriferous quartz, showing gold freely, the existence of which was not known hitherto. They have plenty of stone in view. The Golden Belt Company will reach their reef shortly in their deep tunnel.

A new company is on the point of starting operations. It is called the Gaffney's Creek Extended Gold Mining Company, and proposes to work the Gaffney's Creek Compu.ny's (HUllt'~) reef, north of that company's lease block, and extending north along the bed of the creek towards Dempsey's Some excellent specimen stone has already been. obtained from the bed of the creek, and its prospects are considered good.

There is nothing new to report in alluvial, of which the workers are obtaining an average of 28s. per week. There is no water being sold in this subdivision.

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WOOD'S P()I~T .SlTBDIVISIO~.

M,'. A. B. Ainsworth, 'j!1inillg Surveyor and Registrar •

. The Hope Mining Company have completed their new winding and pumping ma.chinery, and will now enter on a new phase in their venture directly related to the interests of Wood's Point and district-that of sinking their main shaft another 100 feet, with a view of putting in the necessary levels to test the value of the Morning Star dyke-veins below water-level-say for 200 feet to 250 feet to begin with. The upper parts of the mine are let on tribute. "

The Alps Great Central Company's tributers have been getting excellent stone, yielding over an onnce per ton, and the mine is still looking well. The company are erecting new Doxes and tables, which, when completed, will add considerably to the ·value of their plant. .

The Wood's Point Company have obtained payable results, with good prospects. The Telegrapp Company, on the Wandy, continue to pay their way and make good wages. ' The Alliance miners have had the premier crushing for the quarter, namely 480 ozs. for 300 tons, more or less.

They continue to prospect their new lode, but have. not as yet struck any new shoot of gold in their reef. The old shoot is under foot and water line. : .

The prospects of the All Nations and Prince of Wales appear slightly on the improve. The heavy fll-lls of snow and rain hll-ve compelled the alluvial minerll to abandon for the present the new rush

on Standers Creek. Two parties remain on the ground, which will afford.good ground for the alluvial miner with the'returning spring season. . , .

. ,.Sever~l parties ha~e returned from tl}.e Queensland rushes, and express themselves more satisfied with their' prospects here. ,

There is no :vater being sold at present. When sold, it is worth lOs. per sluice-head.

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'Mr. A: ii.' Ai~s~orth, Mi~i~g S~TVeyo; and Registrm:.

There' has been a slight improvement in the general prospects of this subdivision during the quarter, due rather to the condition of the surrounding goldfields than to any material improvement in the mining prospects of the subdivision.

Several parties have returned from the Queensland goldfields, and the miners settled on the river below Ne\vruan's (Ihy's Creek) are doing fairly.

The party (Noble and others)"working the old Unknown ground have obtained another good crushing, averaging 3 ozs. 5 dwts. 5 grs. per ton. TheIr present prospects are good. .'

, , The Luck's All and Londonderry-cum-Uetriever tributers are obtaining wages returns and no more. . A prospecting claim has been taken up on the Big River Reef, and Henry White has driven a tunnel, now·

about 120 feet in, in which he hopes shortly to get gold. . I hear of no water being sold; there is abundance for the little doing at the present time.

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MITTA~1I1IT'l'A DIVISION.

Mr. W. H. CQc/;rane, Mining Registrar.

Nothin'g out of the uS1J.al course 4as occurfed this quarter. T·he population is:steady, and 'the, min~rs are e~rhirig fail' wages. The rents for water supply amount to £20.

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JAMIESON. SUBDIVISION.

Mr. W. H. Edwards, .Mining Registrar.

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The returns for the past quarter show Ii considerable decrease.in the yield of quartz gold. This is accounted for by the fact that the two principal mines-the, Gleeson's Lease, Company, Sn.ilor Bill's Creek, and the Venture Company, Mack's Creek, have been completing their tramroads. They are now finished. and in good working order. Both companies, are now crushing. ' . c·

The Sailor Bill's Company are 'now in 820 feet, having a furt.her distance' of 130 feet to drive to strike the reef, which bas been traced from Gleeson's No.4 level into their claim. .

Daw's. Specimen Reef Company.':""The contractors are now in 250 feet, having a further distance of 100 feet to drive. , "

The Just-in.Time Company arc continuing the low tunnel, being now in 170 feet.

made.

,The North Gleeson's Company are still driving along the reef, but have not stru(Jk any gold-bearing stone yet. The :M:ack!s Creek Company arc now in 680 feet. 'fhe ground beiug very hard and wet, little progress can be

The Queen of 'the Alps and Perseverance mines have been let on tribute. , . ", ' .

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SANDHURST DIVISION.

Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Regi,strar.

The returns show that 80,069 tons of quartz have been crushed during the quarter, averaging 12 dwts. 18 grs. porton. a result which is very satisfactory. "

'fhe numerous calls made for progressive mines, and the too high prices paid for shares in them, have crippled speculators. Money is scarce, 'so that the works in lJlany mities of this class have been stopped, and there are not so many miners employed. But a good number of claims have been taken up by private parties, which is, I think, It healthy sign, indicating a feeling of confidence in the results of quartz mining on this goldfield.

It will be seen by the subjoined list of crushings that the reefs at great depths have yielded well. No water has been sold for miq.ing purposes.

Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &c., raised during, the past quarter included in the tables prefixed to these Reports:-

Name of Company. I Where Quartz, &c" • were obtained,

Great Hustler's ., .. Great Extended Hustler's Extended Hustler'sFt<lehol<l Hustler's Q, )[ and D. .. ltoyal Hustler's • ~ .. G.rden Gully United .,

Burrowes' Freehold .. South Garden Gully Tribute Garden Gully Freehold .. Cornish United .. I,ondonderry 1'rlbute .. Koch and Hildebrandt .. Rourke, Hemlcrson,and Co. Lazerus No.1 .. .. Lazarus .. .. "

, North Old-chum •• .. New-chum and VIctorla._ Victoria Reef G. M. .. Hercules .. Catherine Reef U, C, .. South Catherine Ileef .-

Bendigo and Melbourne .. Albion United .. .. Saxby No. I, Tribute .. Lady Bark:ly Tribute " Bclmont Tribute . , Stafford Tribute" " Golden Fleece .. .. Hansel Monday" .. At<ladlnn .. .. Great !lope Tribute ..

Great Britain .... .. North Whip .. .. Liverpool TrIbute .. Jolin.on's Ueef G, lIf. .. Wilson'. Uee! .. .. Rose of' Denmark .. Shellback: .. .. Christmas Iteef Tribute .. EmpIre •• .. .. Oriental Perseverance .. Hibernia Ueef Tribute ..

Pyrites and Blanketinf/"

Great Extended Hustler'S Great Hustler's •• .. Hustler!s'Reet Q. M. and D,. Hetcules .. Victoria neetG, }f. La.za.rus, New .. chum Lazarus No.1 .. North'Old-chum Cornish United .. Garden C'.-ully J!"rechold Gardon Gully United n G

endigo llnd .i\felbourne reat Hope Tribute

Saxby No.1 Tribute ohnson's Heef G. :M. J

J A B

ohnson's nee! G. M, Ibert .. eehive - ..

.. .. .. .. ,

. , .. -. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Hustler's n~ef .. HustIer's Ueef .. Hustier's Reef' ..

'Hustler's Reef .. Hustler's nee! .. Garden Gully Reet "

Garden Gully Reef •• Garden Gully necf " Garden Gully neel ._

. Garden Gully neef ._ Garden Gully Reef •• NeW-chum Hee! .. New weh urn Heel .. New-chu.m Reef .. New-chum Reef .. , New-chum Ueef .. -gcw-chum Ueef .. Victoria Reef .. Victoria. neef .. Cntherine Reef .. Catherine Reef .. llird's Iteet. • .. Bird's Reef, • .. St, Mungo Recf .. st. Mungo Roef .. St. Mungo Ueef .. Stafford ]te.f .. Stafford neef . . Car.halton Reef .. Carshalton [{eef .. J ack50n' s Heef ..

Prince Alfred Reef •• Whip 1iocf" .. Specimen Hill Reef,

E.H, Johnson's Reef .. Wllson'sHeef,3Illrong Burn's Recf .. Shellback: Reel .. Christmas Reef .. Sparrowhawk: neef _. Flora neet •• .. Hibernia Reef ..

HusUer's neef .. Hustler's Iteef .. Hustler's neef .. Victoria l!eef .. Victoria Ucel .. New-chum neel .. New-chum Reef .. NcW'~clmm' Reef .. Garden Gully Heet .. Garden Gully)tcel .. G"I'(len Gully ueer ._ BirdJg Reef .. Jackson's Ueef .. St. Mungo R{!ef .. Johnson's Reel .. Johnson's Heef .. Devonshire Reef .. Deyonshlre Reet ..

i Tons. Total

Yiel<lof Gold.

oz. dwt.gr. 1,084 903 8 0 6,178 2,H69 15 0

.87 152 12 12 1,130 1,329 16 0

962 571 17 U

3,102 7,202 19 0

939 1,305 18 0 330 122 17 0 9U 412 7 23

1,842 1,433 1 0 71 48 5 0

128 79 13 0 619 463 14 0 854 639 6 0 ~8 91 9 0

2,710 3,568 0 0 2,641 1,078 16 0 2,085 974 1 0 3,457 959 10 0 1,773 1,131 ;; 0 ,

353 23616 0 1,300 151 14 0

265 288 13 0

626 872 II 12 868 214 12 12 340 377 5 0 M8 263·0 0

2.289 063 0 0 ,1.6(9 1,089 12 0

1,002 221 6 0 699 966 0 0'

3.801 1,261 15 0 521 115 IS 22 316 174 17 0

3,228 966 0 0 1,448 46315 0

602 372 3 0 629 147 lli 18

608 26610 o· 1,[45 317 6 0

853 462 18 0 658 095 9 0

76 20310 0 12 30 0 0 27 99 0 0 Ii 2 0 0

42 65 2 0 26 47 3 0 13 8313 0 21 105 10 0 14 .0 0 0 20 61 8 0 40 409 0 0 10 21 1 0 7 53 0 0 4 910 0

14 J1 4 0 59 4 ~ 0 6 610 0 , ·610 4

Average Depth at which d.

Yield the Quartz ~E~ Width of Reef, s.c. per'l.'on. was obtalne(l. ~-~~

oz,dwt. gr, feet, 8 ft, at 780 ft,; and 4 ft. at 830 ft, '0 16 16'02 780 and 830 feet .. ..

0 9 14'13 380 to 600 fect 0 6 6'43 3(\6 to 410 feet .. .. 9 Inches to 2! feet I 3 12-87 530 and' 56. feet .. 70 18 inches o !l 21':13 l3etwecn 240 and )80 A ycrago 18 inches

260 feet -2 6 10'57 300 to 400 feet .. .. About 4 feet. The tributes havc expired, Ilnd the company work their Q\yn ground

I 9 17'551295 feet " .. 40 Average 4 Icet o 7 10'(}9 305 feet .. .. About 5 feet o 10 ;;'20 SI2 fect ;. .. 250 3,to 4 feet o 15 13'43 ' 363 and 423 fect .. 70 18 inclles to 2 feet o 12 4'39 310 fcet .. .. 40 2 to 3 feet o 12 10'OB o 13 J5'19 200 feet .. .. 2 to 3 feet o 14 23'32 600 to 700 feet .. ISO From 1 to 32 feet I 11 12'82 600 to 700 foet .. 180 From 1 to 20 feet, Large bo~les 01

1 6 7'97 460 to 676 feet

quartz at 700 feet, not Bufficiently opened out to test them .. .. About 10 feet

0 8 4'07 0 9 8'24 330 to 430 feet .. .. Good reet eu tat 700 feet In de]lth 0 5 13'22 400 to 480 feet 70 From I to ~O feet o 12 18'26 Surface to 450 leot o 18 9'99 0 2 S'OI 100 to 400 toot .. 50 From 6 fo 20 feet I I 18'~8 140 to liO teet " 50 About 9 feet, and spurs frcm 6 to

18 inches I 7 21'06 370 feet " .. 120 Spurs averaging 2 feet 0 4 22'68 145 teet .. .. From 2 to 6.feet I 2 4';8 380 to 440 teet .. 100 Spurs varying from 6 to 18 inch •• 0 9 6'25 300 to 400 feet .. 4.0 ~'rOlll J to 6 feet 0 5 19'03 150 to .60 reet .. .. From 2 to 12 feet 013 5"16 120 to 160 feet " .. From 4 to 20 teet 0 4 10'01 250 feet .. 180 From 1 to 10 feet 1 7 15'34 216 t" 276 f .. t .. 140 .From I to 20 feet, average 8 teet,

Reef increaSing in size from 216 teet, and appears to be: improv-

0 6 15'33 226leet ing at a greater depth

80 Spurs 102 (eet 0 4 10'82 Surface to 280 leet 80 Spurs averaging from 6 in. to 2 ft. 011 1'59 200 to 240 feet .. 80 Spurs avernging from::; to 12 in.

0 '5 23'64 300 to 461i (eet .. .. 6 inches to 6 feet 0 6 0'72 160 to 330 feet .. 220 From 1 to 5 feet o 12 8'73 0 4 16'77 80 to 100 leet .. 150 No regular lode; quartz makes in

6 blocks from 3 to 48 feet in width

8 18'39 115 to 215 teet .. 215 Ayel:age 2 feet 0 513'01

,0 10 20'48 2~O feet .. .. 200 2 reet o 18 2'36 213 feet •• .. Sur- Flat s]lurs

face

2 13 13'26 2 to 0 313 8 0 8 0 1 11 0 1 16 6'46 2 11 18'46 5 o 114~ 2 17 3'42 3 1 9'60

10 4 12 2 2 2'40 7 II 10'78 2 7 12 016 0 , 0 1 9'35 .. .. .. o- j Re-crushed' I 1 16 2 2 13

NOTE,-The above figures are not to be added to those in the tObles prefixed to these Reports. They are alreMy massed and included in the tables.

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HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND WARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. J. T. Stron!l' Mining Surveyor and Registrar. , I regret that I have nothing encouraging with regard to minhig to report; during the last quarter dulness has

characterised all mining operations in my division,.as is evidenced by the decreased number of miners, and the consequent decreased yield in the gold. There are neither snrveys nor registrations to effect. Many of those who obtained their living from m!ning pursuits have gone into other avocations, principally farming. '

W ARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION.

M;'. Charles J. W. Russell, lIfining Registrar.

There has been 'a considerable improvement in the yield of gold for the past quarter over the previous one, lind this improvement is likely to be maintained, as the Mongolian Reef Company have completed the erection of their pmilping machinery, and expect to strike the reef in their shaft daily; and their pumping, drains several adjacent claims, which will shortly resume work.


MARYBOROUGH DIVISION.

lIfr. P. Virtue,jun., jJli1iing Registrar.

Nothing,of any importance has occurred during the quarter, excepting the severe accident at the Duke and Timor mine. On the contrary, mining business generally has been in a state of unusual depression. This will b;q best understood from the fact that the only dividends declared were those by the John Bright Oompany, amounting to £300. ,

The Duke and Timor Company are now opening up their mine from north to south, in order to effect its drainage as speedily as possible. The water in the mine is being raised at the, rate of 750 gallons per minute. The Band of Hope Oompany have again begun operations in their mine, it having been satisfactorily ascertained by them that the drainage eB'ected by the Duke and Timor engine was sufficient to enable them to do so with safety. 'rhe All Nations Company have let two blocks of their ground on tIibute. The Queen Company have ceased to work their mine, and, as soon!!-s the underground material is taken up, the pumps will be drawn; several blocks of ground on the claim have been let on tribute, and a portion of the mine will yet be worked by separate machinery. The Horsington Freehold Oompany, Alma, have been engaged dnring the quarter in testing their claim, and have obtained an excellent prospect from a bore of 114t feet in depth at the south end of it.

The following is a statement of the gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines in this division during the quarter:- •

John Bright, Chinaman's Flat l3and' of Hope, Chinaman's Flat Unicorn, Alma Alma Consols, Alma Queen, Alma Count Bismarck, Alma Seaham, Alma Gladstone, Alma ... New, Magnum, Alma

Total

QUARTZ MINING.

oz. dwt. gr. 818 13 0 210 10 0 16 0 0

868 9 0 377 17 12 967 19 0 590 19 0 626 3 12 635 0 0

... 5,111 11 0

The shaft on the western reef of the l3ristol Hill Company's claim has been stopped, in consequence, of the water being too heayy for winding; the depth of the shaft is 410 feet. The reef on the claim of the Montrose Company, situate near Maryborough, o,~ the Avoca road, is turning out well. The company have 200 tons of stone a~ grass. Their last crushing of 60 tons gave one ounce to the ton. Shaw and party had a crushing of 37 tons from the Rob Roy rcef, near Haveloek, which gave a total yield of 102 ozs. 13 dwts. 12 grs. No pyrites have been operated on during the quarter. -

MAJORCA SUBDIVISION.

Mr. John At .. Murphy,' Mining Registrar.

I have the honor to report that mining in this subdivision still continues in a very depressed state, hut it is anticipated that in a few weeks there will be an improvement. The Enterprise Company, Maiden Hill, has been let on tribute, and at present are activtly employed pumping; operations in the mine will commence in about a month. The Gibraltar Oompany, Garden Flat, have commenced the erection of machinery, which is being removed from the Prince of Wales Company's claim, Cockatoo. '

, Minorca Company, .Majorca.-During the past quarter the shaft has been sunk to a depth of 135 feet, a level opened out at 125 feet and put in 220 feet, by a series of bores varying from 35 to 5 feet above the drive; an extent of gold-bearing drift has been touched on the west slope of reef 120 feet 'wide) from one .of the bores of 3 inches di.ameter three grains of gold were washed, and from the other bores good prospects were obtalUed, thus apparently provmg the existence of n run of pnyable gold in an altogether untried locality. DuJ;:e of Edinburgh Oompany, Walker's paddock (private).-Sha,ft sunk 82 feet; at about 30 feet a layer of cement was passed through, and a small piece of gold weighing 1 dwt. was fouud in sinking. As heayy water ina very fine drift was struck nt 80 feet, work is suspended at present, for ,the erecti<!,n of machinery. The Kong Mong and Colnmbia Tribute and the Reliance Companies, Hanoverian,Lead, are still idle, though it is well known that both companies possess payable ground. Outside capital is urgently required to develop the deep mines ill this locality.

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AMHERST DIVISION.

1Ii1'. Josepll Smith, jIiniug Surveyor and Registrar.

I have the honor to report that mining oper[tlions in the division show ,an improvement in the yield of gold and in die number of miners employed, when compared to thc prcvious quarter.

In quartz mining the Prince of Wales lode gives good wages,to the men employed on the works. They are n.ow down to the water.level; but when the pumping engine, which is now being erected ou Leasc No. 1765, is in workmg order, they are of opinion that the yields will improve, as gold can be freely seen in the stone at that depth.

Laura Heef has given slightly improved yields during the quarter, which give a good rate of wages to the mell employed, owing'to the ease with which the stone can be worked, and the great tbickness of the lode.

The reefs at Brown's Gully, neal' Lexton, have a large quantity of stone at grass. but they arc still without a crushing plant. The Warrior' 'has had a trial crushing of 20 tons, which gave an avernge of about 7 dwts. per ton; but the great expense incurred in the carriage does ilOt leave a margin for profit.

In aUu vial mining the claims to the south of }J ount Greenock have given improved yields, but the claims at Cockatoo sh[)w a decrease. The Prinee of Wales alluvial claim have discontinued working, pendiIlg the formation of a new tribme party.

Tara's Hall claim, situate on the continuation of Daisy Hill Lead, have commenced puddling with encouraging prospects: the two first puddling machines yielded 31 ozs. 11 d wts. 12 grs.' of gold.

Returns a/wwing the Income derived fron~ Water jor the Quarter ending 30th June 1874. Three sluicing parties (at two sluice-heads each), at 408. per week for each party-12 weeks £72 Three puddling machines (at Olle sluice-head each), at 208./ per week for each party-

12 weeks 36

Total £108

The reservoir and races belonging to ,:\'lessrs, Stewart and Farnsworth stand the same as in my former returns •.

" AVOCA SUBDIVISION.'

hIt .. P. Simpson, ~JI1ining Surveyor and Registrar.

The large alluvial claims in this subdivision remain idle, and alhlviai,'mining generally has been very dull d~ring the past quarter.

QUARTZ MINING •.

The Perseverance Company have driveri their tunnel 325 feet through hard rock. Several promlSlng leaders have been cut; one particularly; but none hav.e yet been tried. 'fheyexpect to cut the main lode about 125 feet further. Should a payable reef be struck here, which there is good reason to anticipate, it will, I think, have a very beneficial effect on mining in the Pyrenees. .

The reefs generally may be considered as being not much more than prospected. The Monte Christo Company's mill is the only one that has been employed during the quarter, and this

principally with stone from their own mine. A new reef, the Pioneer, has been discovered in Paddy's Gully, Avoca Lead. The tables show the result of the

first crushing. . No water has been sold for milling purposes during the quarter.

DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS.

lIfr. W. G. Couclu:nan, hli",;ing Sl~l'Vey~r and Reg~~lra1" There has not bee~ any improvement in mining operatiolls during the quarter, both q~artz and alluvial mining

still continuing exceedingly dull. .DunolZy Division.

Bealiha Jteef--The Goldsborough Company are sinking the shaft deener, the present depth being 419 feet, and it is intended to sink to 436 feet before opening out. The QHeen's Birthday Company are cross-cutting for the re!'f at a depth of 405 f~~t. They are also sinking willzes from the 335-foot to the 405-foot level, and stoping the baeks from the former level. 731 tons of stone have .been reduced, 'which yiel4ed, 2()4 '9zs. .

Queen's Reef.-The QuelJn's Reef Oompany are sillking the ~haft deeper, the present depth being 225 feet. Bet-bet Reef.-TheBet-bet Company have had men on breaking'out stone from the Western reef, at a depth of

about 30 feet, 151 tons having yielded 56 OZS; 14 dwts, 21 gre, . , , Most of the other rc!!fs in the division are lying idle at presellt. " ,

In allllvial mining there is llothing notelVort hy to report. ' The Prince of Wales Company, at Pottery Hill, have put down their large lifts, and finished cutting the chamber,

and are nQW putting in a drive for the deep ground.

Tarnagulla Division. Poverty Reef.-The United Poverty Reef Company have been driving the eastern drive at the 525-foot level,

and sinking the shaft deelJer, the present depth being 572 feet. Prince of Wales Compaliy have 2 men on breaking out sLOlle .

. Ne.w-chum Reef.-The Cambrian Company; 'with which is ttmaJgamated the 'Prince of Wales Company, have been Blllkmg' the shaft deeper, the present depth being 450 feet. and ha,ve also ~een driving the north and south drives at the 440-foot level. In the former drive the reef is '\'I'ell defintJd, about 8 feet thick, heavily charged with pyrites and carrying a little gold. They' are also' driving the 345.foorlevel. ' '

Sandstone Reef.-The Victoria Company have been breaking out stone from the 500·foot level, and have. let a portion' of their ground on tribute.

KORO.NG DIVISION.

}rh. George Walton Jl.fool'e, Mining Registrar.

. During the past quarte~ mining matters have been extremely dull ill this division, and there is nothing of any Importance to report. ,

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REDBANKAND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. , }JEr. P. Simpson, Mining SU1'veyor, and Registrm<

The New Isis Company are extending their drives soVth, and taking out stone at a depth of 140 feet .. The Darling Flat Company, -Rubbly Reef, have stopped work, pendiug amalgamaLion with adjoining com.

panies. . The Ram Company have not been successful, and their claim is abandoned. The other companies on the Rubbly line of, reef have suspended \York for the present. A new reef-Finlayson's-has beon discovered at Darling Flat. Some e;'!:cellent specimens have been obtained

from the surface. At the Eureka. Reef stone is being raised from above the water-level during repairs to the machinery. In alluvial mining there is nothing to report. . No water. has been sold for mining purposes during the quarter.

ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDINISION .

. }JEr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Reflistmr.

At the Rising Star mining operations are progressing steadily. They are now raising stone from the 460·foot level on Paddy's Reef.

o. At Wilson's Hill a new shaft on west side of the hill is being sunk to a. proposed depth of 400 or 450 feet; present depth, 200 feet. The St. Arnaud Creek battery is now eng'Lged on 600 tons of stone from this mine, the result of. which will appear in next quarter's return.

'rhe Chrysolite Company are opening out n'orth on the Ballarat Reef, which has been struck at 99 feet from shaft, at the 50n.foot level.' The stone looks, I believe, better than that at the 400·foot level~

The Bell Rock Company have stopped sinking their shaft at 413feet, and are now putting in a cross-cilt at the "400-foot level. .

The Blinkborinie Company are still cross· cutting for the reef; water heavy. The GreenocJ.;: Company are raising stone from the 200·foot level. . . A company has been formed to work the Queen Mary Reef,.and a lease of the ground applied for. A new reef"':"the Duchess of Edinburgh-has been discovered not far from the Prince of Orange Reef, ·the

stone from which is said to look excellent. A prospecting claim has been applied for. . Messrs; Scoles' No.1 S. Silver Reef have obtained, from 11 tons of quartz, 84 ozs. of mixed metal, worth

ahout £75. ' At the Silver Mines the removal of the inachilleT'Y has been completed on to their new shaft (Sec. H.,Walker's),

and mining. operations have been eommenced on the reef at the 300·foot level. , An association has been formed at St. Arnaud for prospecting for reefs and alluviums. No water was sold for mining purposes during the quarter.


CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.

, ffIr. Thomas L. Broum, Mining Surveyor and Reqistrar.

Both quartz and alluvial mining have been exceedingly dull during the quarter, and the returns are smaller than usual.

In quartz· mining, prospects have been obtained on the White Horse, the Mysterious, the South Eureka, and Cemetery Gully Reefs. . 0 • 0

The Eureka Consols are stoping between the 360 and·280 foot levels, averaging from the main lode 7 dwts. per ton, and from eastern reef 15 dwts. to the ton.

The Wattle Gully United, at 410 feet; eut a large reef carrying a fine drift-sand on its face and gold in the· stone. They are sinking with the reef to open out at 460 feet. . '.I'he Wattle Gully Tributel's' shaft is 318 feet. . On a lode 3 feet 6 inches wide a trial crushing from the cap

'yielded 19 dwts. to the ton, and gold is seen as the lode is worked. , The Lewis's Amalgamated have driven on the 400-foot level; but in each face the reef is much broken and

mixed with sandstone. 'l'heyare now cross-eutting at 250 feet, having quartz leaders in the face; also driving along the reef at the ISO-foot level, to which depth rich gold has been obtained. 0

'The Nirprod Reef claimholders, 'having arranged for the drainage of the reef, have recommenced work. , The Chewton United, in a new shaft, have eome upon gold-bearing stone at a depth of 70 feet. . The Caledonia mine continues to employ a number of men, and, by sys~ematic mining, making 4 dwts. to the

ton profitable. ' The Volunteer Reef continues its good yields, 1,250 tons having yielded 1,018 ozs. of gold. Four parties have commenced ground-sluicing, obtaining their water supply from the Government supply

pipes i but as ret the wor~ 41'S barely pa~d expenses.

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FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION.

Mr. "Mark Amos, lIfining Surveyor and Registrm'. Popula,tion.-There has been a considerable fl1.11ing off in mining population during the past few months, so

much so that I have made a careful revision, aud a fair roturll is now given. Several mining companies have sus. pended operations and the relinquishment of mining for other pursuits will account for the decrease in numbers.

Alluvial Mining and PuddIing.-A ~radual fa}ling off in the number of m~chines in use an,d min~rs employed. Many of ~he pu~dlers, ~y steady work du.rmg a senes.of ;:ears, have ~a:,ed suffiClent to embark .m agr~cult~ral pursuits, feanng to rlsk thelr hard-earned savmgs by engagmg III quartz mllllllg. Some few puddlers are shll dOlllg well, but the gro~nd will soon !:'e entirely worked out... ... ..

SluiclUg.-The Chlllese and a fcw others are still very actively employed In thlS braneh of mmmg. The reo turns, so far as I call ascertain, are satisfactory, although water more abundantly supplied and at a cheaper rate would materially affect the number employed,

'Vater Power for Crushing Cement.-Messrs. Broad and Company have recently erected a 20·foot overshot water-wheel. They are using four heads of water from the Loddon O.ompany, and driving 10 heads of stamps, thus re-working a block of ground which would otherwise be considered useless. They are crushing cement taken from the Old Red Hill, Chokem Flat (famed in the early days for its rich alluvial deposits). ,!,hey have not been sufficiently long at work to tell how the speculation will pay; but one great advantage is secured-viz., the application of water as a motive power in connection with machinery, and the saving of fuel and labor.

Mining Companies.-The Fryers, Cumberland, Black Hawk, Small's, Rowe Brothers', and Cattle's claims are now nearly all connected by underground workings, well ventilated and drained.

Rowe Brothers.-The yield from this claim is superior to anything hitherto, and when the great quantity of crushing stuff is 'considered (20 to 100 feet thick), and that the claim has been tested some 20 feet deeper, equally promising, it must be regarded as indicative of a long continuance of highly payable returns, .and an inducement to all adjacent holders to prosecute their works zealously. ' . Mining Leases.-It may be interesting to remark that for a long time back numerous complaints have been

made locally regarding the alleged injustice done by lessees of auriferous lands" monopolising" the same to the detri. ment of bonafide miners. I can (from careful observation) assert that the instances are very rare where these coveted leases are taken possession of after being declared void; but, when such is the case, it is generally by those previously interested in the ground.

Slui()e-l~eacls.

Nolan and 00., Vaughan and Glenluce, 2 heads, 24 hours per day-per week per head Moyle and Co.,,, " 1 head, 10 hours per day-per week ... Loddon Company, Vaughan and Glenluce:-

1 head, per week 2 heads, per week 3 heads, per week

HEPBURN DIVISION .

. .lfr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar. •

£ s. d. 300 280

3 10 0 6 10 0 9 0 0

Alluvial mining is principally carried on by sluicing parties. It is estimated that 4,()() ozs. of gold is obtained by migratory Europeans, and the Chinese population will not give any returns. '

Water is plentiful just now. Seventy slu,ice.heads a,re working, at from 78. 6d. to 20s. per head per week, each shift of eight hours.

Lucni'8 Quartz Mining Tributers, Commissioner's Reef, are opening out at 130 feet; they are putting in also a cross-cut. Thirteen tons of stone 'gave 9 ozs. 15 dwts.; but 40 tons from 70-foot level, 40 feet south of shaft, gave 42 OZ9. of gold.

At St. George's Reef, . Mauritius Reef, Pitcher's Reef, Willard's Reef, Milkman's Reef, and many others, several co-operative cla,ims are being worked, with fair results. Black and party obtained 168 ozs. from 147 tons quartz; Pannam and party, 50 ozs. from 147 tons; Richardson, It ozs. from 6 tons; Goldsworthy and party, 32 ozs. from 99 tons; Mawby and party, 213 ozs. from 474 tons; Anchor Tributers, 42 ozs. from 178 tons, crushed at public mills.

Cornish Quartz Mining Company.-This claim maintains first position, paying regular dividends. The gold is obtained principally by tributers at levels varying from 100 to 480 feet; the reef is now 8 feet thick. A fourth engine is.to be erected shortly. '"

North Cornish Quartz Mining Co~pany are prospecting. '1'he Argus United are down 578 feet, and are prospecting for the reef at different levels. Risk's Quartz Mining Company, Glengower.-A cross-cut is driven 8 feet to the west of southern drive, and is

extended southerly 12 feet from cross-cut. Stoping has been carried on both north and south of underlay shaft. The reef in north stope is about 3 feet thick, showing gold. The battery is finished, but water is scarce.

Oliver Cromwell Quartz Mining Company, south of Risk's, are working from an old shaft abandoned some years ago. A good prospect was obtained from a blow or small cap. They are down 100 feet, but work from a tunnel on the south-west side. They have driven 60 feet easterly, and put down a winze 32 feet from fioor of tunnel, and driven 25 feet from winze in the same direction, striking small leaders. Protcction for three months is sought, to obtain funds to continue prospecting.

Morrison and Company, Yandoit, are doing but little. The old reef is 2 feet thick. A fresh make was discovered about 15 feet from surface, dipping south 15°, strike north 5° west, underlying westerly.

The Bongaghilmu (south of Anson's) Quartz Mining Company, Spring Oreek, have erected an engine 8 horsepower, 8 head of stampers, and. commence crushing next week.

Hancock and parl-y, Boots Gul!y, will commence quartz.crushing shortly. Ninety.four tons quartz crushed at Jenkins's mills from Ajax Company, Gazely and party, Willard's Reef and Mauritius Reef, yielded 61 OZ5. 15 dwts. 12 grs. of gold.

TARADAJ .. E AND KYNETQN SUBDIVISIONS.

Mr. Thomas Or1Vin, lIfining Registrar. It is pl.easin~ to be able. to report that in this divisio~ the m,ining interest is 110t declining; but, on the con.

trary, there has agam been an lllcreased amount of gold obtamcd thlS quarter. Several quartz claims here are paying wep. The Fenton Compan:r ~r7 erect~ng. efficient machinery, and consider their prospects g~arante!l the expenditure, bemg en the adjOlnlllg clalmholders, whose perseverance has tended to uphold thl8 distnct. . T. x.tended Company, have just completed an .impo~ta~t improvement in ,t~e!r machinery, and will be m full worlnng order m a few days, wlth good prospects. ThiS clalm 18 south of and adJolnmg the Taradale United who obtained for the quarter over 709 OZB. I

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The claim take~ up by McAllister and party in the' Back Creek, Taradale (alluded. to in my report for the 31st / December last as yielding .1 ozs, per ton), is so wet that they are obliged to cease siuking their shaft, and are now erecting an engine for pumping and winding i in sinking deeper they struck several gold-bearing leaders.

The Tommy Dodd United Company, at Malmsbury, are continuing to obtain payable results, and have again the .largest yield in this division. '

'1'he Extended Napier, Lauriston, is looking hetter. The company is raising a large quantity of stone, and their yield will be greater next quartel'. Mining at Lauriston is extremely dull; several good mining managers have left the place, and but few miners are at work. -

In alluvial mining here there is a considerable imprOI'ement in deep ground. The Ironstone IIill Company are highly satisfied with their yields fl'om"the gutter drive, also from the quarter

drives; althoilgh they are scareeljr fairly commenced Yllt within the quarter, they have obtained 445 ozs, of gold. 'I'he Lord Malmshury Company are also on the deep gutter. They have completed their balance-shaft, con

structed the c~arnber~ at the top, and are commencing to drive. Their yield for the quarter is 3fl8 ozs. The Central Mine is now let on tribute, and ,is paying very welL Those thl'tle companies having proved the

deep ground here, I ,have no doubt, before long, capitalists will be induced to invest and further prospect this deep alluvial lead eastward,

TARRANGOWER DIVISION. M1', Robert Nankivell, "Mining Syrve!Jor and Registrar.

. QU..l.RTZ, J\1 INES.

The yield from this branch of mining shows an advance on the previolls quarter of 887 ozs. 17 dwts. 18 grs., which has beexi. obtained chiefly. from the Eaglehawk Union and the Great Western Companies' mines. The Eaglehawk Union has improved very much during the past week. Some splendid specimens have been obtained, and the stone in various parts of the mine looks well. 'fhe Central Eaglehawk Company have come upon good golden stone ill sinking their shaft, at a depth of 520 feet. The Linscott's Company, in the 570·foot drive, have been getting gold for some weeks past, and the 'reef is improving d~,ily in the north eod. . ,'l'he North Maldon United Company have suspended operations in the deep ground for the present, with a. view of letting it on tribute; the shallow ground has beea let OIl tribute for some time past, and some old blocks taken Qut hy the tributers have paid them well. The Eaglehawk Limited Company have just struck the reef in the bottom cross-cut about 98 feet west from the shaft; it has heen cut into about 2 feet, but th~re is no gold visible. The Great 13ritain 'l'ribute Company, on this line of reef, have been crushing stone yielding 1 oz. 3 dwts. per ton from the last 300 tons. , ' , ' .

, The Great Southern Coinpany, in draining their mine, have exhausted their capital, and again suspended operations in the deep 'ground; the shallow ground is let on tribute. The Cymru Company have heen pumping for the last t.hree mouths, but the hody of water is so great that but little progrcss can be made; a cross-cut has been started at the 420·foot level, to strike the east face of the reef, which has not .been seen below the 260-foot level; the stone in the CI'OSR-cut looks very promising, and great expectations are ent.ertained that gold will soon be. found. The Nelson Company have recently stopped work in the deep groulld, and let the shallow ground on tribute. They have driven a cross-cut east about 60 feet in search of the reef that was cut off by a dyke at the 340-foot level. In the Nelson Extended miue adjoilling the company have driven west 15U feet for ,the same object, but both parties hitherto have failed to discover it. •

'fhe Alliance Company, N uggety Reef, have at last, after a IOllg and expensive struggle, corne upon golden stone, a crushing, of 75 tons yielding nearly an ounce per ton; should this continue, it will give some return for their great outlay.

In ~lluvial mining there is no ch!\nge to report.

ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. Jlfr. Alfred Armstrong, lrIining Surveyor and Registrar.

Tbere has been very little mining in this district dnring the last quarter. A rush has taken place to a. gully leading froUl the top of One-tree Hill, Caledonia, into Smith's Gully. 'fhe gold found is of a coarse description; nuggets ranging from a quarter of a pennyweight to 15 dwts. have been found. There are also three alluvial elaims situated Ilear McMahon's CI'eek, which are said to be yielding from 7 to 10 ozs, per man poll' week. I regret to state tbat quartz mining gencrally has retrograded during the quarter, The Perseverance Company, One-tree Hill, are now driving to cut the Sweedish Reef. The yield from the back reef in this claim has fallen off.

The Union Company, Diamond Creek, have not afforded me any information as to their workings, , The, Yarra Tunnelling Company's elaim, lately purchased by Mr. David Mitchell, lllwl been abandoned by him,

and the machinery I,'emoved, He lately crushed 10 tons of stone, which yielded over three-quarters of an ounce to the tOil. The Magnet Company, Warrandyte, have struck golden stone, and believe their prospects to be improving.

'1'he river cla,ims are all suspended, in consequence of the flooded state 'of the river.

BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION. Afr. Graham JlfcPherson, Mining Registrar.

, Barry's Reef is still absorbing most of the capital in this district, and the majority of our resident miners are employed there

The Rothsehild Company are down 105 feet with their shaft, and hope to reach the eon tract depth (125 feet) in about a fortnight, when they will commence driving for the reef, which is expected to yield from 22 to 27 dwts. per ton.

The Corn Lynn Company have done no work during the quarter. The machinery has boen found insufficient, and the shareholders contemplate providing a more powerful engine before re-commencing.

The alluvial,miners have been doing very little during the quarter, as the .water is very he.a~y in the deep ground. The EasL 'frcntbam puddlers h,we not been at work during the last three months. I VISIted the ground about

a fortnif.(ht a)(o, and found it deluged whh water, and saw no appearance of any operations being carried on. Now that water is abundant, I expect several sluicing parties will shortly be making a commencement of work.

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ARARAT DIVISION.

Mr. Ferdinand M. Krause, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

Several small leads, employing about a dozen miners, have been di~covered at Bridal Hill, Phillips' Flat, and Twin Gully. Sluicing has not yet been properly started, on account of the paucity of rainfall during the last two months. The Cement Company, at Londonderry, have nearly worked out the ground of their old leasehold, and an application for a new lease of ground on the continuation of the lead is now pending.

QUARTZ MINING.

The Sir George Bowen Company, at Moyston, are in fair working order; they struck a quartz vein at 155 feet; but as this is not considered the main lode, sinking is continued in search of the reef formerly worked by the Cambrian Company.

The Rhymney Company have recently completed the erection of new machinery, and are baling the shaft, which was filled to within a few feet from the brace.

At Moore's Reef four claims are working. ·No. 3 South has just had a trial crushing, with the discouraging result of Ii dwts. per ton.

The Maryborough Company opened out at 70 feet. and drove,200 feet east, with the view 'of striking a quartz lode, which is said to have beeu discovered in an alluvial shaft on Commissioner's Hill Lead some tpn ye[trs [tgo.

A riew company, the "directors ()f which were appointed by a public meeting, Ims been formed Jast "'cck, with the object of testing the quartz reefs in the neighborhood of Ararat, below the water-level. The locality fixed upon is at the Golden Hope Reef, on the eastem slope of the Kangaroo Range.

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.'

Mr. H. C. Bate, lIfining Surve?J01' and Registrar.

There is nothing of any importance to note in reference to mining operations in this division for the P[tst quarter. No new finds worthy of mention have been m[tde, but the general progress of the mines has heen, on the whole, very satisfactory. Several mines are IlOW paying dividends, and foremost among these is the North Cross (Pleasant Creek Cross Reef) Compauy, which, during the quarter, has paid £2fl,OOO in dividends. Prospectillg, both in quartz arid alluvial, is being carried on, and appe,Lrances generally are sufficient to make persolls interested in the district sanguine of a prosperous future for it.

BARKLY DIVISION.

Ab·. H. C. Bate, Alining SuryeZ/or and Registrm·.

There is noticeable a slight improvemelit in mining affairs iu this division lately. A rush has taken place to Borne alluvial ground about two miles east of the township of Barkly. About 200 miners are on the ground, and the depth of sinking is abwt 58 feet, through shingle. clay, and cement. "

Work is being prosecuted in the leases appFed for-the Wimmera and the Kara-kura Companies. The Wimmera Company are tnnnelling through the bill to strike the reef, and the Kara-kura Company are engaged in slabbing the shaft, which has been sunk to a depth of 90 feet. '

On the Landsborough Flat s~veral partie~ aI's engaged in prospecting the Wet Lead aud Moloney's Lead.

RAGLA'N DIVISION.

Mr. C. W. Minchin, Minzng Registrar.

At Beaufort the Goldcn Fleece Company, worki[)g on the Garibaldi Lead, consisting of a party of 14, have had It fair yield of gold for the quarter! though not SQ good as that of h~t; and have a\·eruged ahout ;i;:3 per week pel' man. Manner,. and party, consistirig of 6 men, alId working on the llrd Streak Lead, though engHgrd princi).JilIly ih prosecuting main drives in their claim, during the qllarter, have ohtained fair average wages of nearly .1::2 lOs. pCI'

man per week. ViThen they come to block out, they anticipate much higher results. 'l'bey have a good deal of wuter to contend with, however, almost more than they can subdue wiLh a horse whim. The ollly.ot,her gold-getting company or part.y in this locality; of any extent, is the Chinese pm·ty of 10 men. During the quarter they Imve been chipfly occupied in sinking a uew sbaft, and moving their mining plant about 200 yards to the west of their old shaft. 'rlwy bottomed at 90 feet, and have put in two drives, one of 68 and another of 64 feet. They say they have. obtained about 20 ozs. of gold for three weeks' work; but it is very hard to get any reliable information from them.

At Charlton not much appears to be doing as yet. '1'he New Cbarlton Gold Mining Company arc busy driving a reef drive at 140 feet deptb, towards the gutter. The Balld of Hope Company, which also have been at work durill" the quarter, have now ceased, for the purpose of re.organizing their party, with tbe view of obtaining lIlore capital t~ work their' claim. 'rhey have had but a small yield of gold for the quarter.. .

At Waterloo, Toman and party, consisting of 6 mpn, ha\'e been doing' remarkably well during the quart.er, and have averaged ncarly £8 65. per wepk per man, with good prospects for the future. The Victoria Tribute Company, in the immediate vicinity of 'farnan's ground, h[t\"e hopes of doing fairly, when they can get t.heir levels suited to work the gutter, which lies about :30 fcet below their present works. Most of the companies in this line elltertain bright hopes of future success. 'rhe Richmond Reef Quartz Mining Company have let their claim on trihutl'. The prospects of the claim are not so encouraging as anticipated.

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GIPPSLAND MINING·' DISTRICT.

OMEO SUBDIVISION. , ;

Mr. W. Phipps, Mini,!g Registrar.

Not any quartz has been crushed in this division dUl::ing the quarter. There are three quarti claims at work at Swift's Creek, with fair prospects, but the quantities of stone raised as yet are not sufficient to make a crushing. The Eureka Company are pushing forward their main tunnel, to cut the reef in depth. '

Recent heavy floods have done great damage to the creek workers, in part compensated by the quantity of tailings which obstructed the working of some of the claims being swept away.

I have nothing new to report either in quartz or alluvial.

MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION.

Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar: ,

With the exception of a great decrease in the population, I have no change to report. The alluvial miners seem to be ',earning fair wages, notwithstanding the heav:}' losses they have sustained by the

recent floods. GALENA 'MINES, BUCHAN.

" Buchan Lead and Silver lfining Company.-There have been but two men employed on this company's mine during the quarter. I am informed by the manager that the ore is improving.

Murrindal Company.-Four men are engaged on this company's mine, preparing ore for the furuaces. No men are employed on any of the other mines in this locality.

BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION.

Mr. George Allen, Mining R,egistrar.

In quartz mining I have to report that the Sons of Freedom Company have sunk their shaft to the depth of 156 feet, and have. crushed 180 tons of quartz from the 145-foot level, which yielded 181 ozs. 13 dwts. of gold.

The Cassandra'Lease (late Galway) has been let on tribute; the tributers are raising stone which shows gold freely. , .

The other reefs are idle at present for want of machinery. Nothing new in a.lluvial mining.

-CROOKED ·RIVER DIVISiON.

Mr. James T1'avis, lItining Registrar.

The amount of quartz crushed during this quarter, and the average yield llcr ton, is less thun that'for the preceding one. The number of miners engaged in this description of mining has also decreased. Nevertheless the prospects for the future are, I think, slightly improving. A llew reef ha,.s been discovered in the neighborhood of the Good Hope, and several claims registered upon it. The stone in the prospecting shaft looks very well indeed. Another reef, showing very rich stone, has been registered on the Upper Jungle Creek; very little work, however, has been done upon it as yet. Some vcry good finds have been made in alluvial mining, principally on the Crooked River and Good Luck Creek. In the other parts of the division there is little or no change to report in this description of mining.

There is no w!l>ter sold in this 'division for mining purposes.

JERICHO DIVISION.

Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar.

There has been very little done here in quartz mining during the quarter. '> The Harbinger and Lochfyne Com pany having suspended work for a time; the returns from the reefs have been

unusually low. , The alluvial miners are working their creek cla.ims a second aDd in some instances a third time, realizing a.

low rate of wages, but no new ground has been opened or other payable creek discovered. , There are no' cement claims in this division, and no watcl" sold for mining purposes at present,'

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DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION.

Ml'.Jlugk.St. H. Blair, )}Iining Surveyor and Regist1·ar.

Since my last report we have had three crushings from different companies; the tabulated returns show satisfactory results. The United Star Tribute party obtained their stone at the creek level. 'The Bismarck United Quartz Mining Oompany have twelve men employed driving No.3 level and stoping. The quartz crushed was obtained froIQ, No.3 level, 238 feet.below the surface. The reef has II westerly underlay. '

Gippsland Consols Quartz Mining Company.-The Ieef in this company's ground has.an easterly u~derlay; depth of workings, 750 feet from crown of hill. ' " . , Golden 'Key Quartz Mining Compllny.-Four'men employed driving deep level and cross-cutting for second make of reef. '1'hey are now on stone highly mineralized, hut no gold at present,

In other companies rio work has been done during the' quarter. Nothing new to report in the alluvial workings, owing to the winter floods. The miners are chiefly engaged in

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, FREESTONE CREEK.

On April 8th another prospecting quartz claim was registered, situated at Long Pat's Creek, three miles north of Crystal Reef. Good surface indications were obtained, and they are now trenching for the reef. '

Scandinavian Company.-The prospectors have been following the footwall, which dips at an angle of 40°. The reef has not yet made, and at the depth of 50 feet they are still in what appears to be a large blow of broken quartz mixed with'ruhble, 'Small well-defined veins of quartz are continuous, and it is hoped they will eventually lead to the reef. Fine gold can be washed from the rubble.

Freestone Creek Deep Lead Company.-Operations in shaft temporarily suspended while the company was being registered, In the meantime the hands are employed in making a whim; this is now ready, and sinking is to be at onoe proceeded with. A number of claims north and south of the eompany's area have been registered under the frontage bye-law. Tht!y are held in suspense, pending the bottoming of the prospecting shaft.

Crystal Reef.-Shaft sunk to depth of 64 feet, carrying a solid reef throughout. At that depth drive put in 16 feet. Gold shows in the stone and in the rubble. ' . 'Very little doing in creek workings, the attention of the miners having been diverted to the recent quartz

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STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION.

JJfr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar.

The principal event in mining which has taken place tbis quarter is the successful floating of the Thomson River Copper Mine. It is now named the Walhalla Copper Mining Company Limited, and has been put into 30,000 shares of £1 each, the whole of which, with tho exception of 1000 held by the company, have been taken up. The company is a very good one, so there is every probability of the lode being properly tested; and, according to the opinions 'of several gentlemen well acquainted with copper, there is 'Very little doubt that this mine, with proper management, will be highly remunerative.

The two principal mines, viz., the Long Tunnel and the Walhalla, have been constantly crushing, with satisfactory results", The former are about to erect more powerful winding machinery, to enable them to sink to a greater depth, _ North Gippsland Company,-The upper workings of this company's mine have been let on tribute. The tributers have driven a tunnel 190 feet, and struck the lode; they are now opening out, and, judging from appearances, the stone is payable. The company are sinking a winze to the No. 1 level, after which they intend opening out and commence crushing.

My Dream Company.-Through an accident to the crank shaft, this company have only crushed 36 tons of stone for the quarter. 'rhey have now over IOO tons,in the paddock, and as soon as the breakage is repaired they will start crushing continuo:u.sly.

RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION:

Jb'. Charles Gadd, l"lining Registra1'.

Mining in all its branches has been in a very depressed state during the quarter. The ieturns from the Cross Reef Oompany, Pheasant Creek, having been so poor, all hands are discharged, with the intention of winding up the company at the next meeting of directors. No other reef in the division has been worked. '

Alluvial mining has dwindled down tofossicking, with the exception of'a few sluicing parties, and the Pioneer Company, who have nearly finished the erection of a puddling machine, the returns from which are anxiously looked forward to, this company's ground being the only mine iu the district in which payable pI'ospects have been obtained by siuking through bluestone.

BENDOC SUBDIVISION.

Af'!'. John Nichol, Mining Registrar.

Mining operations in this subdivision have been much the same as stated by me in my previous quarterly report, and verv little alteration has occurred.

The crushing of the Cerberus machine, as was expected; failed, not having sufficient water-power, they having made some mistake in the levelling of their race, which, after beiug complete, proved to be much too low, making a breast.power instead of an overshot, which they require. I am informed they have commenced another race higher 80 that, if they Bucceed,.it will be some time yet before crushing will commence, which is a great disappointment to th~ shareholders of the, Albert and the Auro:-a Borealis qua.rtz claims, they ~aving a good ql~antity of ~tone grassed.

I may mentlOn, another prospectlllg quartz claIm has been regIstered by me thIS quarter III the locality of the above-named. '

The alluvial portion of miners in this subdivision have been much retarded in their operations this quarter, owing to the incessant rains, whicli have Hooded them out once or twice, causing. m~ny to leave their claims uutil the weather becomes more settled.

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TARWIN SUBDIVISION.

Mr. John IT. Sandilands, ,l'fining Registrar.

It is to be regrett,ed that 'no improvement in minIng matters can be reported as having taken place during the last quarter, notwithstanding ~he efforts made by numerous prospecting parties to discover new goldfields within this subdivision. In alluvial mining at Stockyard Creek there is nothing worthy of mention. The gold that is being

- found is mostly from sha:llow ground on the Cafl're, Growler, or New Zealand Hills. In quartz mining good yields have beeu obtained by the Golden Bar Company and the No.1 South Company, the latter company having struck the leader at present beipg worked by the Golden 'Bar Company; \nd the tributers of the African Company are now' _ sinking a shaft upon th~ir southern boundary, in hopes of a similar oresult. ' 1'he narrowness of the leader hitherto discovered, and the he8.7 expenses' for crushing, seriously retard this branch of mining.

TRARAI.GON SUBDIVISION.

ll!r. Charles Denis, Mining Registrar.

Since my last report mining in this subdivision is at a standstill, and ",ill be for the next three monthS'. The number of miners has d,,\crol1sed. Some have gone, to the Palmer, while those that remain are unable to work, from the inclemency of the w~ather. Gold has heen lately di8covered in Mosquito Creek, a tributary of the Narracan, but cannot; be worked tillsummer time, on account of the quall~ity of water. All the creeks and gullies in the neighbor. hood of the Narraoan anQ the Moe have been found to contain gold, tin, lind other minerals. '

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APPENDIX A.

SPECIAL REPORT.

Sunnyside,-Sale, 1st June 1874. I have the honor to inform you that, in accordance with your instructions (par- M.D. 74·14067,

ticulars as per margin), I have yisi ted the shaft of the Freestone Creek Deep Lead ~:~~'~i~J ;e~~:i Company, and examined the country in the vicinity. Enclosed are a. tracing showing approxi- on a.legod gold

mately the position of the shaft and the geological boundaries (see Lithograph); and a ~~~~~;::l. near

detailed description of the strata passed ,through in the shaft, furnished by Mr. Legge, mining manager. The shaft is situated about thirty chains east from the Freestone Creek, and three miles north-

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easterly from the township of Briagolong. . The nearest rock formation is that of the H Avon sandstone"· series, classified. on your geological

sketch-map as upper palreozoic. At the quarry are exposed thick-bedded greyish-white sandstones and fissile grit of good quality, and used for building, &c. In the Freestone Creek, west from the shaft, are thick-bedded, hard, fine sandstone, and coarse sandstone occasionally passing into conglomerate.

In the country westward are beds of conglomerate similar to those of the Mitchell River, Tambo, &c. Though the "Avon sandstone" is well exposed in and along, the creek bed, and on its banks, the

. country eastward for mallY miles consists of tertiary gravels, clays. &c., of unknown dcpth. There appears to be no connection between the valley of the Freestone Creek and the deep ground proved by the shaft, and it is uncertain whether the laUeris a le!td, or Illerely the edge of the great tertiary area.

At the nearest gold-workings up the creek-those of the Gladstone and :Maximilian creeks-the hed-rock js a hard fine siliceolls grit, lllluerlying the upper palreozoic conglomerates, and contaiuing quartz veins; it is- apparently, silurian. Pebbles and houlders of this rock, occur in the npper palreozoic conglomerates amI in the tertiary grayels .. The gravel deposits 'sunk through in the shaft are composed of pebbles of this rock intermixed with those of quartz, qnartzite, sandstone, &c., and I consider these gravels to be derived from the disintegration of the upper paJreozoic conglomerates.

I did not see the gold alleged to have been obtained, but MI'. Legge states that it wns 1Yashed by himself and others from the stuff brought up by the auge)' in boring from the shaft, and describes it as being light and scaly, with one piece of a "shotty" characte,t.t Taking into consideration the eharacter'of the gravels, the occurl'ence of fine gold in small quantity is not surprising, but, when proved, will nevertheless be It most valuahle fac,t in evidenee of the existence of gold in the upper palreozoie conglomerates, w hicI! has long been a matter of doubt.

I am not aware of any remullerativc gold-w.orking!,\ having been discovered within a watershed of which the upper palreozoic, or "Avon sandstone," was exclusively the bed-rock. This evidence, though negative, prohibits indulgence of sanguine anticipations as ·to the payable character of the gravels which the Freestone Creek Deep Lead Company is now prospecting. The enterprise is a spirited one, deserving of all encouragement, and its successful issue will be the means of opening a valuable field of exploration to the miner.

A whim is now in eonrse of erection, and when it is completed sinking will be resumed. , I have the honor to be,' Sir,

Your obedient sel'vallt, R. Brollgh Smyth, Esq" F.G.S. London,

Secretary for :Mines, &c., Melbonrne: REGINALD A. :F. MURRAY,

Mining and Geological Snrveyol',

FREESTONE CREEK DEEP LEAD CmIPANY'S SHAFT.

(Information supplied by fllr. Legge, J.Iining Jfanllger.) rt. hi.

Surface-soil and drift 2 0 Sandy clayey gravel .;, 2 0 Yellowish clay ". I) 0 Tight gravel ... ......."... ,,, 12 0 " False bottom," greyish-yellow sundy clay (fine gold thereon) ." ... 3 0 Cemented ferruginous quartz gravel, and loose gravelly sandy wash, passing Into

clayey sand, occasionally mixed with gravellycemcnt 13 0 Hard \vhitish sand .. ' ,... ...,... 4 6 'right wash o,f angular q~artz like granitic detritus 12 0 R,ounded whIte quartz drIft ... ... 1 6 Yellow sandy wash, with rounded gravel '" 2 0 l'hin seam of dark gravelly wash and tight; ;:;ravel 2 0 "False bottom," moist tough sandy clay... ... ...... 5 0 Sand drift, changing to waterworn gravel and gravelly wash, with dark wat~~:

worn pebbles, some oflarge size '" ... ... ". .., 6 0 Yellow sand with lumps of eemented quartz gravel... ... ... ... 8 0 Tight gravel, containi!lg pieces of fossil wood, and thin layer of hard ferrugiuous

cement, below whICh water commences .. , .. ... ... ... 5 0 Sandy drift, coutaining pieces of fossil wood, with thin layer of black loam at

.3 feet, tough sandy clay at 9 feet (below which water made 200 to 300 gallons per hour), and ·layers of c,oarse saud alternating with the fine, containing numerous lumps, in all forms of sand, cemented ",ith iron pyrites (very fine); bottom of shaft ... ... ... ... ... ... ..' 19 0

Dore through dark and white drift, with pyritous lumps above described, and boulders of co~rse quartzose sandstone_ At bottom of bore tight gravel and sandy day. Fllle gold wllshed from stuff brought up from bore .. ' .. ' 1-1, 0

Total 116 0

.. ~'h. generic term" Avon sandstones" Is used by Mr. Howitt, and may be adVAntageously retRined 'for Illi. aerle~. t A sample of !!,old said to han bee!lll'Qt, III thl3 bore Is I'laced In the collectloll of the'DQI'arlmon! (::io. 2970).

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APPENDIX B.

The following Repilrt on the Geology of the country intersected by the Durham Lead, Buninyong, written by Mr. Robert Epheridge, jun., and Mr. Reginald A. F. Murray, when employed' as, Assistant Field Geologists in 1867-8\ is now pU:blished for general information.' '

.. Mr. Robert Etheridge, jlID., F.G.S., now Palreontologist for the Geological Survey of Scotland, has been so good as to forw~rd:the .. ¥S. fl:Om Edinburgh; and as it contains many useful and valuable facts, it has been' thought right to print it. ,. ,

The conclusions arrived at in I 867-S;viewed in the light of facts since acquil'ed,'would, no doubt, be grc,:,tly modified.

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RE?ORT ON THE DURHAM LEAD, BUNINYONG. THE SILURIAN.

" The lower silurian .forms the bed-rock of all the country to which this report refers; the principal creeks and gullies show it in their beds, and nowhere is it more than 300 feet below the surface of the ground..,....rarely more than!50; though it occurs as the surfac.e-rock only where denudation has removed .the tertiary formations wh~ch originally covered it. In such places it forms spurs separating the various creeks and gullies. These; spurs, though not well grassed, generally support better timber than the pliocene country; stringy bark (Eu:calyptus obliqua) being the prevailing species. The principal drainage channels where the rocks are exp~sed in natural section are the Leigh River, the Coole-Barghurk, the Cargerie, Reid's and Williamson's cr:eeks"; and in thes'! no ~triking difference occurs as to the litliological character of the beds. Tlie same v*rieties exhibit. themselves in all, and may be enumerated as follows:-Qartzite ; quartz grit; sandstones, of all colors and textures, from the coarsest to the finest ; shales, chiefly brown, yellow, and grey, of varying degrees of hardness, and exhibiting every shade of change from a coarse sandy to a fine earthy roc~.

It'is a noticeable fact that the rocks on the upper part of the hills assume lighter 'tints than those in , the beds of the creeks; ~he yellow and br,own, tints of the more elevated being doubtless due to longer exposure to the oxydising: influence of the atmosphere. Along the Durham Lead the "bed-rock" seems to eonsist almost entirely of 'shales and mudstones of a ,light to dark grey, blue, and sometimes very black color. i

, Pyritous shales are:common in the City of Manchester claim; the" mundic"·occurrin'g both dissemi-nated and crystallized in cubes, &c'. .

The beds exposed in the River Leigh exhibit much contortion; many anticlinals occur, some of them exceedingly fine; in all, t,he nucleus or centre consists of a dark:colored dense indurated quartzose sandstone, almo!:!t resembling basalt in texture. At one or two points similar rocks have been quarried by the Aboriginals, evidently for the purpose of making stone weapons. This appears to have been a favorite locality with the natives, as their" ovens "-indicated by -heaps of stones-are scattered about all the creeks and gullies in tlie vicinity' ; the largest noticed in the ~hole district was about three chains in circumference .. , A quarter of a mile below Reid's Creek occurs a cliff 60 feet high" in which shales and fissile sandstones are exposed. The cliff faces theea8t, and is traversed by nearly vertical and horizontal joints, at right angles, more or less,; to the strike, giving it the appearance of rectangular !llabs, 10 feet high by 4 feet wide, piled up lengthways. The dip and eleavage nearly coincide, the former being about E. at 75°, and the latter E. at 85°. ThlIs" as the cleavage is nearly vertical and parallel to the face of the cliff, slabs may easily be scaled off_ On~ bed, about 10 feet thick, :would yield good flagging were it properly opened out.

Dip and strike . .,..:.;rhe general strike throughout the district, is' slightly to the west of north. The dip is always at a high: angle, rarely less than 50°, and often vertical; the direction is very varied, constantly changing from, east to west. ." , ,

Quartz reefs are not numerous or of any great thickness, though most of the hills are strewn with angular fragments of quahz, showing the existence of small veins. The prevailing chamcter of the quartz is a hard milk-white crystalline rock, containing few or no minerals, and known to miners as "hungrylooking." No regular prospecting has been attempted on these reefs, except in one or two instances, which turned out failures, though it would certainly appear that the contiguous quartz veins have yielded the supply of alluvial gold found in many of the creeks and gullies.

A large reef on: the western side of an auriferous gully known as "J;>iggers' Gully" a sheet "'26 S.E.) was opened by, the Geological Survey party, but no traces of gold or any other mineral were found in the quartz, which was of the hard crystalline nature described above. One was opened by Mazey \1lld party, on the ranges two miles to the east of the Duke of Cornwall claim, Durham Lead U sheet 63 S.E.).* This reef was 18 feet thick from the surface to the bottom' of the lowest level-a depth of clO feet; the quartz was of the same:" hungry" appearance" but more broken by joints, filled with ferruginous matter •• A pareel of-the surface ~tone assayed by Mr. Newbery gave a yield of 3dwts. per ton ; the stone from the lower level was itself l;>anen, though a small amount of gold could, be detec~ed in the ferruginous mattel; contained in the ioints. : The most likely locality for auriferous quartz reefs is the north-western corner of t sheet 63 S.E., 'as several tributaries of the Durham Lead take their rise there, and ,gold can be found in nearly all the' gullies. Several 'quartz veins ean be seen traversing t.he silurian, near the Grenville claim. It is reported that these I were struck in the bed-rock of the clai.m, and that 8pecimens were obtained con-taining gold. : ' . '

, The silurian rocks occupying this latter portion do not afford any good· sections, but the prevailing forms are yellow and br.own sandstones and shales.

Organic remain~ are rare; the only fossils. hitherto discovered are graptolites, at several points on the Leigh River, in ! sheets 64 N.E. and 26 S.E.; also on the Coole.Barghurk Creek (l sheet 26 S.E.). T1?-ey appear to be entirely to the same'description of rock, a dark-blue fissile shale, whose cleavage and stratification are

• Quarter sheet 63 S.E. blllilot been publillhed, btl' a part of It IJj ~hown In tho IIlaP Qf the Durham Lilad, OjlP;p. 43lllinlng SIU'veyors and .RegiBtrnrB' :J!.eports, 50th Jlllle 1610. ; ..

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TIlE MIOCENE.

The miocene beds are only met with in t sheet 26 S.E., and form one of the smallest exposed deposits in this district. Their first appearance is at a short distance below the mouth of McQuinn's Creek, wpence they may be traced down to section 77 A (1 sheet 26 S.E.), where the river has formed large alluvial fiats owing to the friable nature of the formation. Below these flats the miocene gets thinner, and finally dis~ppears for a short distance, until near the Deep Creek, where it is again met with, and increases in thickness southwards until it forms the entire bank and bed of the river, whose hitherto broken and precipitous channel is exchanged for a course through wide fertile alluvial flats, bounded by smooth, well. grassed hills; capped with lava. The following description has been furnished by Mr. Wilkinson:-

"These strata belong chiefly to the so-called' middle' division of the miocene s(lries, though the coralline limestone, so characteristic of the' upper' beds, occurs near the mouth of Reid's Creek, and in a. few other places. These upper beds consist of a soft yellow limestone, composed of an aggregate of fragments of polyzon corals, spines of echinoderms, and a few shells, chiefly terebratulre, ostreB, pect.en" &c.

"So broken are these fossils that one is rarely found perfect. The limestone is sometimes very sandy, but, generally it is almost wholly composed of a mixed mass of comminuted fragments of polyzoa, hence its name of coralline limestone."

Though several trials of this lime have been made, it has hitherto been found t09 impure for economical purposes, from. the large admixture of sand. In creeks and crevices of the underlying silurian some of tolerably pure quality occurs, no doubt filtered from above. The following is the result of an analysis made at the Geological Survey laboratory;-

Silica, &0, Sesquioxides of iron and alumina. .. Carbonate of lime Carbonate of magnesia Phosphoric acid

17'612 2'961

76'716 2'335

strong trace

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"The middle miocene strata differ greatly' in lithological character from those just described. Where they first appear on the river bank, about 2! miles above the mouth of Reid's Creek, they consist of a calcareous, sandy, and pebbly drift. A section at this point shows the lava escarpment, underlaid by calcareous drift, passing downwards into a hard calcareo-ferruginous conglomerate" resting on silurian. A number of quartz pebbles from this conglomerate were assayed by Mr. Newbery, who, though he failed to discover gold in them, found a trace in their ferruginous coating. I ... ower down thc river, in section 77 A,

occur .beds of fine sand, like sea sand, with occasional thin intervening layers of quartz, pebble-drift, and hard limestone. A shaft sunk through portion oBhese beds gave the following section :-

Total ...

1 i feet 0 inches recent alluvium 10 ,,0 " yellow ferruginous waterworn sand o ,,6 " rounded quartz pebbles 3 " 6 " yellow ferruginous sand, like sea sand

31 feet 0 inches., Bottomed on silurian.

j{ As the silurian disappears these strata become more calcareous 'and less sandy, till at the Dog Island they change into blue, yellow, and white clays, with small bands of hard limestone."

"These clays abound in well-preserved fossils. The surface of the outcropping beds often glitters with the white shells, which have been exposed by atmospheric action."

A collection of the fossils taken from this locality has been forwarded to the Geologieal Survey office for identification by Professor McCoy. Amongst them we have noticed :-Spines and remains of echinoderms (spatangus, &c.); broken fragments of polyzoa; remains of tere bratulre; and mollusca of the genera-ostrea, pecten, anomia, &c.

TIlE PLIOCENE.

The various subdivisions of this period may be classed under three 'heads, viz.:-1. Those forming "'cappings," immediately overlying the silurian, and termed the older pliocene; 2. Those filling in old valleys, forming "leads ;" 3. Those forming "washes" on older rocks;

tlie two first being older than the basalt of the neighborhood, and the last or more recent dat~.

Subdivision I.-Those forming " cap pings," <tc.-Older Pliocene. Deposits constituting ,this formation extend over the whole of the district now under

consideration, the exposed area amounting to about 15 square miles; a mucbP greater extent, however, is concealed from view by the overlying basalt, which occupies so considerable a portion of the neighborhood. The physical features of the country it occupies are gently sloping, and in some p~aces nearly level sandy tracts, broken at their edges into numerous .purs and ridges by creeks and gullies which intersect them. The vegetation varies according to the lithological characters, but as a general rule the sandy soil.furnished by the ferruginous sandstone supports a tolerably thick growth of stunted timber, viz., a. dwarf low-spreading gum (Eucalyptus), a few bastard Itringybarks, and here and there a "cherry-tree" (ExocarpuB cupressiformis), together with a high coarse rushy grass; while those parts occupied by the quartz drift are more open and free from the latter (i.e., the grass). The prevailing lithological characters are-ferruginous sandstone, ferruginous sandstone or cement contairiing rounded quartz pebbles and loose drift, consisting chiefly of the latter.

Reference to the maps will show that the principal localities occupied by the older pliocene are the N.E. corner of :l sheet 26 S.E., cut off by the Coole-Barghurk Creek; the whole of the more elevated country from the N a.tive-hut CreeJ<. to Leigh River in the northern part of! sheet 26 S.E. ; the S.E. corner of 64 N.E.; thespnrs north of the basalt boundary on the south-western edge of:l sheet 63 S.E.; and the southern portion of the ranges between Williamson's Creek and the Leigh River. It occurs between the basalt and silurian along the south-east bank of the former, and the east of the latter; a little north of the point of junction of the Durham Lead flow with that of the plains, both banks are capped by older pliocene deposits (see sketch section, a, b). The low hills on the east are, however, seen /Surrounded by

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the lava, which has merely flown round them, and. not over, unless denuded subsequently; but·as not the slightest indications of its presence remains, we conclude that it never covered the hills refel'rcd to, clearly proving that the flow is of younger age than the pliocene (c).

Sketch Section ].

(d.O) Older plloeene.-(c) Lav •• -(d) I,ower newer pliocene.

The beds east, of the Coole-Barghurk Creek, and those' capping the ranges from the Native-hnt Creek to the Leigh -River, in lithological charact.er, may bc descrihed as' consisting, of hard fe\'fuginons sandstone freqnently taking the form known as "ironstone cemcnt.," lind containing 'an abundance of quartz pcbbles. They are au extcnsion of thc same (leposit found ou thc Moorabool and Steiglitz ranges, but slightly auriferoll~, 'owing prohnbly to their extendcd l1.\'ca, ;;;0 that t.he "old was not collected in any particnlar "run" or ~' bcd.·' , . 0

Between the upper part of Reid's aud the Cargeric c\'ccks a.]al'ge hasin appears to cxist, filled with this deposit aud partially coveretl by lava; its character, as seen ou the Tea-tree Creek, a branch of the Cargerie, is that of a highly ferrnginous sandstone, cont.aining uumerollS fragments of fossil 'woo(l, with small and sparingly distributed qual'tz pebbles. . . , On the east bank of the Spring Gully a shaft was sunk by the Geological Sill'vey party through 30

feet of compact ferruginous sand, containing a few qwU'tz pebbles neat· dle bot.tom. Another, Slink by It party of millers, between the head of Spring Gullyallll thc Lcigh'River, passed through a similar bed, but with more numero.us and lurger quartz pebhles. QU~l'tz l)onldel's, as mnch as a hundred-weight, occur in the river escarpment somewhat, llOt·th of the month of the laRt-named gully; this is the only place where p.ayable gold has been found in the oldel' plioeeneitsclt: In t.his immediate district auother bcd of quartz pebbles'about 20 feet in thickness occurs 011 the e:lst biwk of the rivel', nbo\'e and below the mouth of Spring Gully.. .. .

Many of the gullies draining this portion contain pay,tble gold, while indeed some of the rieIlest spots in the river-bed have been found below them, so that they hav~ apparently furnished the supply of gold, however widely distributed it may be; but it must be remember'ed that the river, in cutting its WilY, would, together with minor agent~, act as Ii, sluicing maohine on a large scale, and concentrate in a narrow compass the gold from 1\ large quantity of drift. . . .

North of the point' of junction of the DnrlJam Lead, befol'e l'efel'1'ed to, a light-colored cement of very rounded qn~wtz pebbles ull.d sand cap3the west hank of the riYel' above the level of the surrounding plain, but passes under it 011 the bank of a small gllllyrunning pamllel with the river (a and ai, sketch.

"section 1). . " , . In the neighborhood of the Swamps, noar the Leigh Riyer Grand Jnnction claim, oceurs 1\ cement

composed of Bmall iI'onatone nodules; un~erlaid by rounded quartz drift. and sand. Along the houndary between 1 sheets 64 K.E. I1rd 63 S.E., westward.of the rh·er, OC;Clll' soft sandy ironstone, with quar.tz drift and hard ferruginolls eonglo·merate., . .

About three'ql1artel'S of' l1 mile north-west of Grenville exists a small tract of country covered with older pliooene, which, though of no great extent,. is worthy of note from its auriferous nature and the Tadety of its lithological chal'ac~ers .. It 9ceupiesportion of' a dividing range bctween two main gullies, tind covei's severltl of' the !ipili's separating theil' brmlches. It does hot, ns in othei' placc~, spread evenly over the sihtrian, but seems to fill in a nl1mbil1"of hollo\,'s ill tho lattel', leaving otliet more elevated portiolls bare. It is auriferolls, as fine gold can be found e"el'ywhcre. On olle 81H11' Ojl.posite Stcwl1rl.'s Hill, payable gold was s't1'l1ck by tlU3 Geological Sur,vey ]1!1I't,y in It drift compoHed of SILllll, ironstone, and quart.z bouldcrs, . This was worked by several mining parties with varying results. but all efforts to disoovel' a well-definel1 run have hitherto failed. ,Thc gold appears to exist simply in patches, Hs position being npparontly unin:flllcnced by the undulations of tIle bql-roek : tOt' thc decpcst holcs sunk havc generally been the least productive. Thc bulk of ~he deposit consists of a woll-rounded drift, containing pebhlcs of cIuar!.z, sandstoue, and quartzite, mi xed 'with ferruginolls sand. Thesc are sometimcs united together in the form of It conglomerate.

The "wnshdirt" from this dl'ift contains smallt'01lUded grains of Zil'COli and sallphb'o (bhte). Two other patches of plioceneocclIr Ileal' the Grcnville elaim. Olle i:; on tho main road sonlh of

Hardie's Hill, nnd consi~ts 'of It hnnl light·eolored conglomemte of sand and qual'l;>; pebbles. The other is seen capping It smnll hill 011 thc cast sidc of' the rou!l IIcar the GI'enville Hotel. It is slJl"l'onndcd on . three sides by tim In":lof the Durham Lea(l, ahorc wlwso.lcvel it rises. It consists of H thin deposit of qnartz drift amI ~and, covhing rhe :,ilul'ial1 to- \t depth of ~t few feet. Gold was fbuml in it, but IlOt payably so. .

Subdivision IT.- Tlmse jillillg' ill old l~all{!lJ'~, f01"~il/g " leads." Deposits referable.to this division are (If. eomparalively ;;111all extcnt, OCCU1)ying the beds of gullies

and raviues iii older rocks, Those with allY certainty uttHchetl to them al'C few in uumber, viz. :-1. The driftf; eompo;;illg the Durham Lcad and its hn11lehes. 2~ Tho' .drifts OCCtlPying two gullies in the N. W. portiol] of 1 sheet 63 S.E. 3. All old gully crossillg thEl RiYer Leigh, about balf a mile aboye mouth of Cnrgede Cre~k

(! sheet) 64 N.E.,

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1. The Durltam Lead.-After the deposition of the older }J1iocene, the natural drainage of the' country formed a channel, the course of a large and powerful water eurrent. This cut through the older plioeene and deeply into the silurian, formerly a large valley, the lowest portion of whose bed was filled with a drift deposit, derived from the ,denlHlatiOll oftllese oldel' rocks, brought down and rounded by the actio II of wat,e,' (d, section 1), This deposit is that nolV worked as the auriferous 'wash of the" Durham Lead." It rarely exceeds 12 feet in thiclmess, and varies from 230 to 300 feet in depth from. the surface. It consists of, well-I'ounded pebbles of quartz, qnartzite, quartz conglomerate, puddingstone, pink quartzite, ferruginuus cement, containing fragments of fossil wood; ferruginous cement, with l'Ounded pebbles of both q ual'tz and sandstone; pebbles of both hard and soft &'tndstone, rounded masses of shale and sch ist.

Much wood in the form of lignite is found in it, large trunks of trees being common. Iron pyrites occur in the crevices of the latter, deposited from solution,

The softer portions of the dl'ift are most likely of local derivation, sueh as the rounded masses of -shalf', sehist, and soft sandstone.

A large piece of lignite, coated with an efBorescence of native sulphate of iron, found in the gutter of the City of Manehester claim, was forwarded to the Geological Survey office.

Above this auriferous wash the old river channel is occupied by the Durham Lead flows of lava, separated from one another by fine drift deposits. On the upper Durham Lead flow rests a bed of clay separating it from a third basaltic layer. This we refer to the neighboring point of eruption, Hardie's Hill. Each of these flows is locally termed the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rock. The best section is that seen at the Duke of Cornwall claim :-

Basalt, 1st rock (Hardie's Hill), .. Clay .• , Bllsalt, 2nd rock (Durham Lead) Gr~;v cemented sand, 9 ft, 0 in, l (pliocene) Drift, 5" 10" J Basalt, 3rd rock (Durham Lead) Drift, "washdirt " (pliocene) ... Silurian, " reef OJ

, Rocks represented in the neighborhood are :

Ft, in. 35 0

7 0 113 I)

14 10

88 9 4 0

17 0

280 0

The two Durham L,ead flow,", or lower rocks, with their intermediate drift bed, are traeeable the whole way fi'om the Pioneer (the,most northerly claim to which this paper refers) to the most southerly on the lead, the Leigh Grand Junction. The top rock, or Hardie's Hill flow, on the other hand, is only notieeable, so far as we have been able to ascertain, in three, all in its immediate neighborhood, viz., the Gari-baldi, Enfield, and Duke of Cornwall. .

This middle deposit consists of two beds, the upper of a greyish cemented sand, and the lower a quartz d"ift, This, in the Duke of Cornwall claim, was found to contain gold, but not in payable qua.ntities. . To the drift occnpying the original Leigh River bed, we think may be safely applied the name of lower newer pliocene, from its evidently following next in successiou to the ,true older pliocene capping the ranges, considering the basalt covering it (3rd rock, E, section 2), as belonging to the same geological epoch, though, of course, of slightly more recent date. This is proved by the fact that the forces which deposited it have evidently cut through the older pliocene lying above the detrital ma.tter of the latter, helping to form this newer pliocene drift (sections 1 and 2). That.it was next to the older pliocene, and prior to any of the lava flows, is proved by the fact that no pieces of basalt, either rounded or angular, are found in it, as most others.

, For the intermediate drift, with its basalt (2nd ro'ck, c and d, sketeh section 2), we propose the name of middle newer pliocene, As the Hat'die's Hill flow, from all appearance contemporaneous with the other volcanic eruptions of the neighborhood, follows next in succession, we consider it to belong to the younger portion of this period.

The following mining companies' claims occur along this portion of the Durham Lead :-

The Duke of Northumberland Compa.ny, The Chryseis Company, The Pioneer claim, I The Leigh Con sols,

The Garibaldi Company, The South Grenville Company,

The Duke of Cornwall Compauy, The Leigh Grand Junction. The Enfield Company, I The City of Manchester Company,

The P. I. Company,

The first and six last are now idle, though some will probably be resumed again. The Chryseis Company's claim is reported to have yielded payable dirt, but was abandoned thl'ough the inadequacy of the pumping machinery to contend with the water. A constantly flowing stream now issues from the mouth of the shaft, giving a strong odor of sulphuretted hydrogen to the atmosphere around. On analysis by Mr. J. C, Ne!vbery, B.Sc., it was found to contain 58'904 grains of solid matter to one imperial gallon, in the following pl'oportions :-

Bases. Silica (SiO.) and cla.y

. Sesquioxide of alumina.(AI.O l )

Lime (CaO) .. ,.' ,., Magnesia (MgO) , .. Soda (NaO) with a trace of potash

0'604 0'924 1'764 6'156

17'044

26'492

Carbonic acid (C02) by loss ... Chlorine (Cl)

26'492 + 32'412 = 58'904 grains to gallon. ,

0'248 U'876 20'288

32'412

The South Grenville was not thoroughly proved, as the claim was aba.ndoned on reaching the gutter, ,though we have been informed that one man in It. single shift knocked out washdirt which yielded 2 ozs. 7 dwts. In the Leigh Grand Junction gold of good quality was obta.ined; but the elaim was abandoned through want of funds before the deepest part of the gutter was struck.

In all .these claims the wash is of tolerable width, and auswers to the general description given before; but in the last-named it is confined to an extremely narrow gorge, filled with immense angular blocks of silurian, evidently fallen from the precipitous sides, and since remained undisturbed. The drift betweeu these is of a. finer character; large quartz boulders being rare.

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Extension of the· Durham Lead.-Beyond the point where the lead is shown by natural sections to enter the plains, it is impo·ssible to form an estimate of its exact course, owing to the flow from Mount Mercer having covered up the grounu and obliterated any indications of its presence. It is cvident, however, that it took a southerly course, between the silurian rocks seen in the valley of the present river and those which occur ~ear the Spring Creek, on the western side of the Mount Mercer Plains. This leaves a width of more than three miles, through some portion of which it must run; but the exact position can only·be determined by sinking. : .

As to the aurifer.ous character of the lead, it is impossible to predict with certainty whether future ~inillg enterprise below the Leigh Grand Junction claim will be rewarded with payable yields, for it aepends much on the auriferous character of the now hidden rocks through :vhich the old river cut its way, and whioh mnst have partially snpplied the gold in its beu. We may, however, form some opinion from an investigation of the present river courso, whose action in cutting its way has been similttr to that of the old one. The bed of the Leigh River has been more or less profitably worked for years, from the. Leigh Grand J unction claim down to the Dog Island; but, though gola exists everywhere along that portion of its course, only parts have proved p!1yable,. sometimes separated from one another by a long reach of non-payable ground. Some of the best spots .have been found below localities 011 the precipitous banks, capped by deposits of drift, &c., or where quartz veins traverse' the silurian forming the bed of the river. It may therefore be inferred that the. supply of gold was derived chiifly fi:om local sources, and has. not been carried down the whole course of the river from the goldfields of .Ballarat and Buninyong. .

Applying these observ!1tions to the Durham Lead, we may conclude that it will be found auriferous, if the hidden silurian rocJ>:s, through:which it takes its oourse, contained auriferous quartz veins, or were covered with drift.deposits, such as. would yield'sufficient gohi, when sluiced by·the river actiou, to reward the labors of the miner at the present day. ' .

.The old river must have been !1 far larger and more powerful stream than the present: its denudatioll was more extensive and to a greater depth, and if, like ,the' present river, the supply of gold W!1S derived chiefly from local sources, there 'js every probability that the lead will continue to be productive as far as its course !ies in silurian rocks, but that .the supply of gold will cease when it reaches the miocene beds underlying the bas!1lt farther south, and which, as far as geological experience goes, are non-auriferous.. It is a fact that no. paY!1ble gold has been found in the present ,river below the point where the silurian rocks disappear beneath the miocene, owing, as bofore stated, to the non-auriferous cho.,racter ,of the latter. Any th!1t may exist is only such lightcr particles as have been carried down. We have therefore good reason to imagine that the extensipn of the Dqrllam Lead will no longel~ be remnnerative when it is traced .beyond rocks of sihidan age, and: has for its bet! those of the miocene series; but that, up to such a point, it will pay to work it, if the present river may be taken as an cxample.

Section 2. Ideal Section,sllowing position of Durllam Lead under tlte Mount ':Mercer Plains.

Ca) Mount Morcer ftow (lRva).-(b) Older plloa"nc.-(el Durham L~a<l (211(1 rock).-(d) Middle drift.-(e) Durham Lead (Srd rOCk). , (fJ Lower drift,-{rr) Silurian (betl.rock). .

I 2. Leads to West of Dur/tam T01vnship.-Two leadr;; in north-west pnrt of t sheet 63 S.E.

occupyinO' the beds of two gullies,' and whose auriferous wash can be traced under the basalt of thc Durham Lead th;s shown to be coeval with and a tributary of the latter.

, The first of them is in the immediat.e north-west corner of the t sheet. The drift composing the body of the lEmd occupies a large flat. The" run" itself is on 1.he east of a guUy since formed, and nearly parallel wit.h it. At its head the deposit is only a few fe~t in depth; lower down the fiat it becomes as much as 60. It is now worked at this depth'. It consists of debris derived from the neighboring silurian hills. Near the surface is a stiff reddish clay resting 011 clay and saml containing angular and semi-rounded pieces of sandstone, shale, and quartz. The gold is not much watcrworn, and has evidently been derived from some neighboring reef, whose discovery would in all probability \vell recompcnse the prospector. From its connection with the Durham Lead we refer this to the lower ncwer pliocene.

The second is about a mile to the eastward from the last, and, like it, passes under the basalt of the Durham Lead. The gully in which it occurs has only been partially filled by the Durham Lead flow, the upper part simply having a covering' of reeent alluvium. No working is at present in progress, but the number of holes shows that it was at onc time remunerative. Like in the first, the gold can only owe its derivation to quartz veins.in the neighborhood.. '

, 3. Branch Lead crossing Leig/~ River., half-a"mileabove mouth of Cargerie Creek, ~ sheet 64 N.E. -At this point a small lead, crosses the river obliqncly with its ·gutter at about 10 feet !1bove the rivcr level, filled with 3 feet of ferruginous sand and drift; the remainder of the depression is filled with the same basalt as that occupying the surrounding plains. On each side of this lead (i.e., N. and S.) silurian strata rise to within a short distance of the level of the table:land~ On the eastern side of the Ll;ligh deposits of older pliocene age intcrvene between the two, clcarly proving that the lef;ld drift is of younger age than the l!1tter. ..

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A prospecting tunnel was put in by the Geological Survey party. A small quantity of very fine gold only was obtained. -

This lead is apparently a tributary of the Durham Lead, joining it at some point under the Mount Mercer Plains.

It is again seen farther N.E. crossing the Cargerie Creek at its junction with the Tea-tree Creek. Under the head of (I Deposits, filling-in old valleys, &c.," will come the following remarks on some

ddfts arising from the destruction of the older pliocene capping the silurian ranges to the west of the Grenville claim, beforc referred to (page 44), immediately opposite Stewart's Hill, which are evidently a redistribution of parts of the cappings. That on the east side of the range takes the form of a small "lead," rising' at the auriferous ground referred to before (page 44), and following northward until it 'disappears under the basalt of Stewart's Hill, probably joining the Durham Lead. It is auriferous, but has not yct been proved payably so.

On the west side of the range, on the other hand, it was found payable by this party, existing only in patchcs, and forming no well-defined course, but appears to be much spread over the mouths of several branch gullies. Evidcnce of its outlet can be seen, and a rcference to the map will show its occurrence in the form of a small lead on the west of the present gully. Careful pl'ospecting might develop payable gold in it.

The gold found here is ~f a very bright color. It varies in size from pieces of half a. pennyweight to the finest dust. The larger pieces are all rounded and smooth on one side, and rough on the other, as though'carried for a long distance on the surface of quartz pebbles and boulders, and deposited in situ as soon as detached from them. Quartz veins, &c., intersect the silurian strata of the neighborhood, 'but none

, have as yet been proved auriferous, s,o that these observations would indicate that the gold was principally derived from some far distant source, the same as that whence the quartz boulders themselves were carried.

Subdivision III.- Those forming "'was/les," or thin cappings, on older formations.

Deposits of the above nature in this district are of two kinds :-Quartz wash; beds of clay. The former occurs at intervals on the cap of the basalt escarpment along the present Leigh River.

It consists of rounded and angular pieces of quartz and sandstone, varying in thickness from a few pebbles scattered about to a foot or, so, in one or two instances 'reaching as much as 10 feet, The two most notice~ble examples of the latter are those occurring in the neighborhood of the Garibaldi and City of Manchester claims, where they are seen as light reddish-brown clays, here and there -containing pieces of rounded and angular quartz. That at the latter claim reaches a depth of 45 feet.

Alluvial.-Redistributed matter, referable to post-pliocene age, oCCllpies the sides and beds of most of the larger gullies and water-courses. It varies in cliaracter according to the composition of the rocks, from whose destruction by atmospheric and other influences it has been derived. Those derived from silurian strata are a rubble of sandstone, shale, and' quartz, overlaid ,by clay, with some surface-soil. The destruction of beds of pliocen,e age generally affords alternating deposits of fine sand and quartz pebbles, with sometimes variegated clays. Basaltic formations give dark-red to brown clays, forming good soils.

UPPER BASALT • .. . Tlie next subjects for consideration are the lava flows forming the upper or pliocene basalt series.

Of these there appear to be not less than five flows, well marked and distinct, occupying about half the whole area. They are-

1. The: Mount Mercer flow. 2. The Green Hills flow. 3. The Hardie's Hill fl'ow. 4. The Durham Lead flow. 5. A flow in the N.E. corner, sketch-map S.E. (source not clearly defined).

On the whole forming well wooded and open tra.cts of country, producing a good red to black or brown fertile soil; timbered by various eucalypti, the she-oak (Casuarina quadrivalvis) and honeysu'ckle (Banksia integrifolia ).

1. The Mount Mercer flow (! sheet 64 N.E.) takes its rise from the extinct crater of Mount Mercer, sit,uated about 2! miles W. of the Leigh River, in the parish of Lawaluk. The flow has tllken principally a southern course, as it is distinctly traceable as far as ~helford, a distance of seventeen miles, if not farther. To the south it forms open and stony plains, except in the immediate vicinity of the point of ertiption, where it is well wooded and undulating. '1'0 the north it has only extended about a mile and a half, the basalt itself being much covered up by soil. To the west it has not goue farther than the Spring Creek; and, lastiy, to the east the Mount Mercer flow has 'extended as far as the Leigh Uivel', where it terminates in sharp and steep escarpments; it is also continued into t sheet 26 S.E., wher!3 it overlies miocene beds cropping ont on the banks of the same river.

In lithological characters this basalt is of it light-blue vesicular and porous variety, that forming the southern portion of the flow being somewhat harder and denser than the northern. A few blocks and masses of a light-blue exceedingly hard and close-grained basalt occnr around the point of etnption. An analysis of a specimen fr~m the flow by Mr. J. C. Newbcry gave the following results :-

Silica Alumina ... Peroxide of Iron Lime Magnesia ... Potash Soda Water

24'3 per eent. soluble in Hydrochlorie Aeid, Soluble. 34'361

6'835 37'962

4'260 12'951 0'091 } 2'901 0'902

100'263

Insoluble. 58'016 23'738

5'266 10'670 trace.

2'310

100'000

Mount ,Mercer, the poiut of eruption, rises abruptly from the general plain towards the south, to a height of about 150 feet, forming a sfimich'cular ridge, with well-grassed .slope~, both illternalalld external. The lowe~t depression is towards the norl,h-west, and may be said to be t,he "lip" of the crater, which is circular, forming a swamp without any visible outlet. SCOl'ire are plentifully scattered about, together with a little ash and pieces of quartz. '

A smaller vofcariic point., Mount Lawaluk, is situated about a mile south-east of Mount Mercer, but does not appear to have taken any great part in the troubles of the eruptive period. It presents a sharp rocky escarpment to the south, but has no well-defined crater, although an abundance of sCOl'ire lie scattered about. The general character of the basalt is an exceedingly hard and flinty, close-grained, and light-blue variety., ,

Thl'Ce creeks take their rise in the Mount Mercer Plains, viz:, the Lawaluk creek, with its branch the \Varrar,nbine, and the Spring creek; the iiI'st rises near Mount Lawaluk, the secOlId drains the central POl'tiOll of the district, and the last somewhat to the north-west of Mount Mercer itself.

We wish to draw' attention to the fact that the four extinct craters, Mounts Mercer, Buninyong, • Wal'renheip, Il,nd Hardie's Hill form a chain, all lying in one common bearillg, as taken from the highest point of the first, viz., N. 15° E. .: .

2. The Hardie's :Hill flow (! sheet 68 S.E.).-The point from which this flow iss~led appears to be the large alluvial flat now occupying the centre of Hnrdie's Hill. (See map of the Durham Lea~, opp. p. 43 Reports of the Mining Surveyors and Registrars, 80th June 187,0.) The general appearance of ,this flat would lead the observer to imagine that it at one time formed the point of exit of a very large mass of matter., The crater is about nine chains from north to' soutJl, and ten east to west. The lip or chief point of exit is to tIle north-e,ast, now the exit of the drainage water of the flat.

The regular flow of lava, as at present seen, is of small extent, being entirely confined to the north of the crater. It is seeri in the shaft of the Duke of Cornwall claim, overlying the ba.salt of the'DUI'ham Lead, but separated fro~ it by a bed of clay. The whole thickness measures about 35 feet (sketch section 2) ; it generally <lonsists of a dark-grey to black or red porous basalt. .

This, on the higher parts of Hardie's Hill, with its neighbor, Stewart's Hill. is overlaid by beds of ash aIHI volcanic breccia, forming, on the south-east of the former hill, a bold escarpment towards the riyer. Sect.ion of Hardie's Hill, with map of Durham Lead above mentioned, is carried across the two highest points of Hardie's Hill, both of which are entirely covered with ash. _

In lithological characters these beds consist of brown, dark-red, or bluish-grey ash, alternating with. similar beds, containing large and small pieces of dense black scol'iaceous and vesicular basalt, scorire, nngular and semi-rollndeu pieces of silurian sandstone and shale, quartz, and ironstone pebbles. In :places the ash appears alone, ~ither without its foreign ingredients, or having them in smaller quantilies, A fine section is seen at the S.E. comer of Hlu'die's Hill, on the Leigh River, where it contains pieces of all the above-mentioned rocks. .

The line of junction of the Hardie's Hill flow with that of the DUl'ham Lead cannot clearly be made out, except here and there, a thick soil generally hiding any well-detiiled boundary. A hole sunk by the Geological Survey party, on the south siue of Hardie's Hill, will afford an example:-

Soil ... Mottled yellow and red clay White sandy clay, Stiff red and white cla.y Red clay Black cla.y

Tota.l

Ft, in. 1 0 9 0 2 3 9 0

,2 3 1 0

... 24 6

This hole was abandoned on account of the rapid influx of water (very brackish) •.

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Large masses 'of the sandstone and shale contained in the ash-beds lie scattered about the slop~,~ ~nd tops of the hills. They have all a more or less we~thered appearaneq" and correspond in lithological character with'l'ocks of the same age visihle ill different parts of the district.' , , ,

The physical characters presented by these ash-beds are dome-shaped hills, with well-grassed slopes, yielding, when broken np, a good black aud red fertile 8'oil. Whether they are the result of one prot.racted erupt,ioTl, or of several successive ones of short duration, it is difficult to' say, but from the size of the crater, and the absence of any smaller ones, we should conclude the former.

-8. The Green Hills flow (section of ~ sheets 64 N.E. and' 63 S.E.) occu])ies the south-eastern corner of the latter, and tlie north-east. corner of ! sheet 64 N.E. To the south the flow does not extend far over the Cargerie· Creek. To tile north it certaiply does not extend over 'Williamson's Creek; but this portion of,country has 'not yet been mapped, 'and the exact boundaries ar'e therefore uncertain. To the west it merges into the flow from Mount Mercer. Like the latter, the rock is covered up with a good deal of surface-soil.

The point of eruptio,n, the Green Hill, or- as it is sometimes called, "Collier's Hill," is situated just inside the south-east boundary of ! sheet 63 S.E. (but is shown 011 t sheet 64 N.E.) It rises gradually from the plain below unHl Oil about the same level as Mount Mercer, forming a slight rocky escarpment to t,he south. The Cl'ater, though perceptible, is ill-defined, with a large quantity of red seOl'ire, and pieces of scoriaceous lava scattered about. ' .

4. The Dm'ham Lead flows occupy more 01' less the whole course,of th~ old Leigh River channel, in t sheet 68 S.E., and par~ of the same in ! sheet 64 N.E:, and also form the bed of the present river.

These flows are two in number, overlying one another, but separated 'by' an intervening bed of dl·ift (see ante, page 46, and sketch section 2). They appear to obtain their greatest width in the northern portion of the former·;t speet, in the neighborhood of the Gll.ribaldi.: The, narrowest 'point is I1bout I1i quarter of a mile above the Leigh Grand Junction claim, where it does not excecd seven chains, proving that. the old river course must have occupied a very narrow and precipitous gorge. The thickness of the two flows appears to vary. The only in~tal~ce in which we could obtain reliable information was at the Duke of Cornwall claim, tbrough the kindness of Mr. Scott, the manager. Here the lower flow, or, as they'are locally tel'med, "rocks," measured 8,8 feet 9 inches, the top one 113 feet 5 inches. (See sketch section 2). . .

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The present river has'cut its way in places through the upper flow, in others along either its eastern or western gap, more generally the former. The only place where the river is any distance from the flow is to the east of Hardie's Hill, the ash-beds from that point of erruption completely concealing thc original lead basalt.

Small branch leads have taken their course up somc few of the gullies, the basalt now forming the oeds of the present watercourses in them. The lithological characters vary; along the river escarpment it generally presents a black slaty appearance. Several slllall shafts sunk in various parts of the flow, nearcr its centre, show a grey to black compact variety. The accompanying analysis, by :Mr. J. C. Newbery, of basalt from the upper flow, will, on comparison with thltt frolll the neighborhood of Mount :M:ercel', show a slight difference in the amount of the various coustituents, principally in the larger pereentage of the oxides of iron, both in the soluble and insoluble portions. The Leigh River basalt has a somewlmt higher degree of solubility than that from the Mount :Mercer district.

Analysis.-Thirty-ollc per cent. of soluble in hydrochloric acid :-

Silica .Alumina ... Iron (Fe20 a and FeO) Lime Magnesia Potash Soda Water

Sol. portion, 33'020

3'671 40'060

5'131 16'413 trace 1'400 0'566

100'261

Insol, portion, 55'653 21'585

8'854 9'950 0'722 '1l0

trace 0'295

97'169

Augite, olivine, carbonate of lime, and flos ferl'i (club-shaped), are the only minerals which have hitherto been obsel'ved.

Fot· abont two miles south of the northern boundary of i sheet 64 N.E. the Dllrham Lead flow continues its course between silurian hills, but on arriving at this point the latter attain a lower elevation, and the present river leaves the course of the old lcad, which it. has hitherto followed, cutting a way for it~clf through the Mount Mercer Plains, which entirely covel' over the lead flow, so that it becomes lost to view; whether it is COlitinuous beneath the former is uncertain. On comparing the Durham Lead flow with those occupying the higher ground, previously deseribed, Mr. Selwyn's opinion, expressed on visiting the locality, that they were quite distinct and separate, is fully borne out by further investigations, as the 'following recapitulation will show ;-

1st. The lead lava is at a far lowerlcvel than that of the plain, as shown by- section 4 sheet 64 N.E.

2nd. At their point 'of junction the plain flow is distinctly seen o\'erlying that of the lead, although careful search failed to discover any intermediate bed or beds, however small.

3rd. The basalt forming the upper ground has been derived from two or thrce extinct volcanocs in the immediate neighborhood-Mounts Mercer and Lawaluk on the west, and the Green Hills on the east, of the present Leigh River. These flows took principally a southern direction, the point of junction being probably'somewhere about the course of the river, as that on the east is at a very slightly higher level than that on the west; and in places separated by a low pliocene range. On the other hand, thc Durham Lead flow has come from some point or poillts of eruption farther north, perhaps in the neighborhood of Buninyollg.

5. Flow ili N.E.,corner of! sheet 26 S.E.-NSlarly the whole of the eastern half of this! sheet is occnpied by a large· tract of basalt, in thc parishes of Coolc-Barglmrk arid Burtwarrah. In the northern part of the sheet i,t is exceedingly narrow, being confined by the Native-hut and Coole-Barghurk creeks. Farther south it spreads over the west bank of the former, at last reaching the Leigh, a little below the junction of Wilson's or Reid's creck, where it overlies miocene beds and forms a steep and bold escarpment,

Qexposing several fine sections, of which the folJowiug is one :-

Vesicular basalt Soft yellow coralline limeston~· Thin-bedded silurian sandstone .•.

.... Ii' 30 feet. 40 " 60 "

130 feet.

The thickness of this flow, as measured in natural sections along the Leigh, varies from 10 to 50 feet. In lithological' character it varies gl'eatly: in some places it is hard and dense, and in others soft and vesicular. In all probability the plain formed by this basalt is underlaid ,by.beds of miocene age, extending as far as the Moorabool River. They also appear ill the bed of. the Native-hut Creek farther to the south.

On re~erence to the map (4 sheet 26· S.E.) the narrow strip of basalt, mentioned above as occurring between the Native-hut alld Coole-Blll'ghurk creeks, will be seen. Is there any probability that below this lies thc outlet to the tertiary deposits occUl'l'!ng l'ound Morrison's diggings? Unless it has taken the very unusual conrse of flowing north, with its exit in the neighborhood of Bacchus MarsA, we cannot see any more probable outlet, at least nntil a more detailed ,survey of that district has been made. It cannot pass out underneath the stl'ip of basalt between the silurian ranges of (~ sheet 26 KE.) Reid's Creek on the south and Williamson's Creek on the. north; because along the course of the Leigh River the" oed-rock" is visible the 'whole way underneath tbi8 strip: had, therefore, any old river channel existed there, some traces would lmve been visible. The only other exit left for it is betwecn the Native-hut und Coole-Barghurk creeks, unle~s, as ,before stated, it has flown north, or more properly north-east. - >

Tlte Dog Island and other similar elevations.-From the southern boundnry of t sheet 26 S.E., down the valley of the Leigh, a series of smull elevations occur in the bed of the rivcr, of which the Dog Islaud is the most conspicuous.

This is a small hill rising abruptly from the alluvial flat; it is capped by a .layer of basalt, about 10 feet thick, but at a lower level than that of the surrounding plains. MallY of the small spurs.

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~ utting im . to t.he flats from the ,main bank, have' small' basalti'c"outliers' On' them, at'tt' level 'about half~way between the ,river-bed" and· the 'table-land. This basalt is evidently not intet'stratifiedwith the beds of

'mioeene age '; it wonld, therefore appear that a depression' iilthe latter. had been 'fllled in by the 'basalt, forming a thin _capping, and that the river, in eutting its course,. took the line of this depression, leaving occasional mounds and spurs from which'it failed to remove all-·the basalt, as, from ,its more durable natme, it protected the' beds on which it rested. . .

GENERAL ,GEOLOGICAL SUlIIMARY.

Bef~;:e concluding, it will not be out of place to give the following summary of the geological history 'of this district, more .particularly bearing reference ·to the J;;eigh River and Durham Lead.

The earliest geological ,formation we have any knowledge of in the three quarter sheets is that of silurian ag<;l, forming the foundation or "bed-rock" for all those above it. The next in geological succession is of marine origin, referable to the, miocene epoch, and containing numerous organic' remains. These, however .. are confined to the· most sontherly portion under consideration. After the deposition of beds of sand, clay, gravel, and conglomerate, termed ·the' older pliocene, on the upturned surface of the silurian; all era of fluviatile denudation set in, resulting ~n the wearing out· of the older watercourses and channels, now refilleq by newer, deposits. Amongst these was the old Leigh River; its waters, in their tUl'll, bdnging

, down matter derived froni the destruction of, the before-mentioned gravels, conglomerates, &c., of pliocene,· with shales and sandstones of silmian age. After a lapse of time sufficient to allow the accumulation of such re-formed matter, referred by.us to the lower newer pliocene, together with the gold contained in it, this old riyer-bec1 became .partially filled by a lava stream from the north, which eovered up the results of ages of denudation, und, together with'the underlying drifts,llow form what is known as a "deep lead." Denudation again set in, and was followed by the same course of events as before: a smaller lead following as the result, covered by a second flow of lav~ from the north .. The' d'eposits in this lead we have classed.as the middle newer pliocene. SubBequently a series of volcanic eruptions took place, all more or less. con.temporaneous with one another, eovering up nearly the whole surface of the country-that to the south from Mount

.. Mercer and Mount Lawaluk, to the east from .collier's Hill, and to ,the' north from Hal'die's Hill; the latter """ in part flowing ov'er the already. filled Leigh River channel. Denudation again set in, . scooping out the water channels oLthe present day; among~~ them that of. theLeig~'River, in nearly the same course' as .the old filled-in. valley contaiIiing the Durham Lead; leaving on its banks a wash of in some places gravel, in others clay, refelTed tq, the upper newe1' pliocene. .'

, In conclusion, we beg to state, that it is our opllllon that' further researches' northwards, towards Buninyong and Ballarat, would bring to light many facts interesting bo'th' from a scientific and practical point 'of view., It seems very.probable that _ the Durham.Lead.is one,.i£.not the main, ont.iet of}he Ballarat " deep leads ;" ,but furtller researches are necessary to pl:ove the fact.

ROBERl' ETHERIDGE, } , REGINA;r.;D A. F. MURRAY, .Assist. Field Geologists •

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~y Authority: JOHN FERll.ES, Government Printer, Melbourne .

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