MINING SURVEYORS AND REGXSf,RARSo

1871.

VICTORIA.

REPORTS

OF THll:

MINING SURVEYORS AND REGXSf,RARSo

QUARTER ENDING 31sT DECEMBER 1870.

PRESBNTED 'fO BOTH HOUSES OJ;' PARLIAMENT BY IIIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND,

1iJ!! lautbllrit!/: JOHN l'ERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE.

NO.2,

PrcpnrnUon. about Printing, &c. (105Q copies)

APPROXIMATE COST OF REPOIlTS. " •. d. 1210 0 69 0 0

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INDEX.

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Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ending 31st December H170. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ending 31st Decemher 1870. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &e., crushed during the Quarter ending 31st December 1870. Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st December 1870.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Page

Ballarat Central Division Ballarat Southern Division Buninyong Division Smythesdale Division Creswick Division ••• Gordon Subdivision Steiglitz Subdivision Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South

Subdi vision '

Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Registrar Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

7, 18, 20, 25 7, 16, 20, 25

Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7, t6, Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

7, 20, 26 16, 20, 26 18, 20, 26

7, 20, 27 8, 20, 27 8, 20, 28

Mr. J. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar ••• ' Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar

BEECHWORTR MINING DISTRICT. Beechworth Division, Yackandandah Division Indigo Di vision Buckland Division ... Alexandra Subdivision Maindample Subdivision Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Wood's Point Subdivision Big River Subdivision Mitta·mitta Division Jamieson Subdivision

Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar Mr. Thos. G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, ]).fjning Hegistrar , ... 9, Mr. R. A. F. Murray, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. W. Frewen, Mining Registrar Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. . Mr. A. R Ainsworth, Minil1g Surveyor and Registrar .. . Mr. A. R Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. l\ndrew Trench, Mining Registrar :Mr. H. C. Geneste, J\nning Registrar ...

8, 20, 28 8, 21, 28 8, 21, 29

16, 18, 21,29 9, 16, 21, 29

21, 30 10, 21, 30 10, 21, 31 10,21, 31

21 10, 21, 31

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division .•• ' Kilmore Division Heathcote Division and Waranga South Sub

division Waranga North Subdivi~ion ...

Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar Mr. James W. Osborn, Milling Registrar Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar'

10, 16, 18, 21, 32 11, 22, 32

1I, 16, 22, 33

Mr. Henry Doyns Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11, 16,22.33

Maryborough Division, Amherst Division •••

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. lir. P. Virtue, JUIl., Mining Registrar 11, 17, 22, 33

Il, 17, 22, 34 II, 17, 22, 34 12, Ii, 22, 34 12, 17, 22, 35 12, 17, 22, 85 12, 17, 22, 35

Avoca Subdi .... ision .. , Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Korong Division Redbank and St. Arnand South Su.bdivisious St. Arnaud North Subdivision

Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. W. G. Couehman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Henry J. Hughes, Mining Registrar Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

CASTLEMAIN E MINING DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division Fryer's Creek Division Hepburn Division ... Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Tarrangower'Division

.... ,

St. Andrew's East and St. Andrew's Central Subdivisions

St. Andrew's West and South Subdivisions Blue Mountain North Subdivision

Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar :Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining, Registra.r Mr. 'Thoma.s Orwin, Mining Registrar

13, 17, 22, 36 13, 17, 23, 36

18, 17, 19, 23, 37

Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 14, Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ...

13, 23, 37

17, 19, 23, 38 14, 23, 39

Mr. C .• Johnstone, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar

39 23

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Ararat Division

Pleasant Creek Division Barkly Division Raglan Division

Omeo Subdivision ... Mitchell River Subdivision Boggy Creek Subdivision Crooked River Division Jericho Division Donnelly's Creek Division ;;. St!inger's Creek Division Russell's Creek Division Bendoe Subdivision Tarwin Subdivision

Mr. Charles JaB. WID. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

Mr. W. Crellin, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. W. Crellin, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Augustns PoeppeJ, MiningRegistrar

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

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Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar 1IIr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. H. Sutton, Mining Registrar Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ... Mr. A . .B. Ainsworth, 'Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar ... Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Registrar :Mr. John Nichol, Mining Hegistrar ••. 1fr. G. Dunderdale, Mining Registrar •••

14, 18, 23, 8!l' 14, 18, 23. 39-

23, 40 23, 4()

23,40 15, 24, 40 15, 24, 41

15, 19, 24, 41 15, 24, 41 15, 24, 41

15, 19, 24, 42 15, 24, 42 15, 24, 42

24, 42:

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SUMMARY.

GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31st DECEMBER 1870. \

TABLE, SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERYrN USE AND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLDFIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. ,

Compiled from tke, Mining Sut'veyors and Registrars' Reports fop tke Quapter ending 3l.tt DecembeP 1870, --------;---_ ..... _- . ~--;------------~----,------~:-------------------;----;----;----;-----

DISTRICT. DIVIBION,

AND

SUBDIVISION,

Alluvial Miners,

Quartz Miners. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALl:UVIAL MINING, MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ MINING,

Approximate Value

of Mining Plant,

Number of

li~~~~f

Number of

distinot Quartz Reefs

~":o":!if to be

Price of Gold per ounce.

Auriferous Grouud actually worked upon. Auriferoru, 1---,-----

RALLARAT. Central Division , , _ , , , Southern Division . ~ • . • • Buninyong Division " , , , , Smythesdale.. ' , .. " Creswiok .. ,. .. .. Gordon" .. .. .. ••

~1";:::O.;J and Blue' M~;"'ta.i:O.

3,~ m ~~~:: i;¥~ 10~ 3'i~i 155 24 ~g s: If .. 2 :: 'io 'i '2 '8 1,190 250 300.. 1,140 29 ,800 '26 '7 11 11 2 .. .. 11.. . 1,320 300 20.. 1,640 58 1,329 57 6 15 14.. 42" 31 .. '£> Hj

9~ 4f~ ~:: 2,~~ 1~ .38~ 1~ ,~ 11~ 1~ ,~ 1::; :: :: :: ,: ::

~ ~ ~~:: t:~ :: :: :: :: ,,1 '.. :: 000:: 'is 'j :: ::

2 2

'i 1

26 10 14

5 32 13 14 22

599 U5 280 102

1,136 321 299 ~2 iiJ

371 60

102 ~

252 73 10.

'210

15 6

'4 . 7 3

13

'i 4

'2 'i

;B

258,500 27,550 46,000 30,000

119,000 13,763 21,535 49,000

1 6

14 13 12 3. 40 4

24 14 13 11 15 19 64 23

Totals .. .. 8,509 2,169 3,091 1-- 1 4,375 216 ~ 255 38 ~ 81 17 1,644 - .. - 14 12 -8-lil 6 136 3,314 ---- 1- - 1- 1- I---I---I-~---I---+--I---

South 19 .. 48 12 3 565,398 99. 1- -------------'-·1----1

11 i 1,241 183

BEECHWORTH, Beechwortb ,. Yackandandah Indigo.. .. Buckland .. Alexandra " Maindample • , llenalla;.. .. Gnffney's Creek Woodis Point H

~fit.t!.':iitta :: Jamieson ..

Tot.e.ls ..

SANDHURST,

1,143 960 490 560 112 161 }b~ i 1,2~

25 1

16 2 ;;

210 4

406 22

104

'i5 "8

10 15 5 5000 :; 59 28 2 1 99 \ 64 3 " 5 .. .. 41. 90

'39 1~ 38 :;:~~.. ~ 28 :: :: ':i ~ ~ 'j ;~.~ :: i '6 :: 1~~;~ .. " .. 'i~ ~~ :? 2'~;~ :~ ~~ :: :: :~ Ii ~ ~~ 2~ :: :: :~ :~ :: 2~:~~ li 35~

:: "91 "38 'i24 28 '281 :: :: :: :: :: :: .. '500:: '40 40 .. :: :: 's '88 in a5665' ',':. ,'i, :4: 'I' :1: 28:717 ~~ 1~

.. 199 12 242.. 446 .. .. .. .. .. .. 'i 320.. 24 24 'i .... 8 115 10 • 62,333 18 93

.. 130 30 55.. 215 .. ,. ., .. .. .. .. 420 8 8 '. .... 4 46 2 ~.. .. " .. .. 9,871 30 12

115 300 102 498 360 40

2,218 1,350

441 1,915 1,098

250 llO , 100

:: 2jIl i~ 2~.: l~~ :: ", :: ,. :: 2,~ .: 18 ~~ .. :: :: '4 '68 'i '61 .. :: .. :: _:.:...: +--=l.:::~:.:...g~:.:....+_-i:.:....-I-_:::l~g-" 3,510 3,004 2,038 32 9,184 1----00- 806 -;31-.. - ----ss 36 15014,114 112 268 '-m 1 - -1-1--11-1--9-53--

1--38-1.084 4 !~ 16 1'"10 1 303,152 241 738

1-- 1-- -.- -'-'-1- ---1----1·----- --1-----'-·1----1----1

Sandburst .. .. .. .. 2,350 610 4,070.. 7,090 37 Il42 .. 200 12 67 .. .. 28 .. 12 sri 1 12~ 2,240 .. 1,144 S .. 206 229 1 391,000 21 312

!~ ~ ~~:: ~ :: :: :: :: ro :~ ~~ ::14:: :: :: :: :: :: Jt j~ :~ 1~ :: :: t~ ~ :: f~;m u. i; Kilmore .• . • ~ • •• • -Heathcote and Wa.ranga South ,. Wa,ranga ~orth .. .. ..

Tota.ls .. 3,239 862 4,893 - -s:m 31 642 - -aos -'16'" 18 74.. 28.. 12 342 -1-1'-1-61--1--2-,1-42--1--2- -1,-444- 3---.. - Z28267 _.:...1:.....1 __ ~.:...5.:..,6.:.i5_1 __ l_3~-=-_I. __ 6_86_ - -- - - -:---

MARYBOROUGH, Maryborongh.. .. .. .. 2.145 400 655.. 3,200 31 111 24 ,. 146 20 4 .... 2 35 36 4 22 492 Amherst .. .. .. .. 1,170 100 80.. 1,350 24 470 31 . , 100 15 12 80.. ioo 1 21.. 10 200

111 48 hi

253 145

28 98

21 8

16 .. 99,030 5 135 . 5 .. 48,840 6 45

Avo,,",.. .. .. .. .. 803 1,336 55.. 2,194 11 218 8.. 65 6 30 20.. 8.. 1 20 'j 2 44 Dunolly and Tarnagulla. 325 594 123 24 1,666 2 25.... 74 38 8 •• .. 24 .. 40 651 il:i

34 '3 15

iii :: ~~5~g i~ l~i Korong., .. .. .. .. 1,800 14500 290.. 2,000 I 10.. ,. .. .. .... 1 6 22 510 Redbank and St, Arnaud South.. 841 49 8 910 .. 10 4 1 3 .... 4 75 tlt, Arnaud Nortb ., .. ,. ll1 123.. 316 .. 13 .. 8 hi 3.. 16 326

Totals.. .. .. 1,201 1,8851~32 12,186 69 ~~I-:-:- -ru;-11s "55 -m- 153' 3 84 1-62" 5 116 2,308 .. -,-57- '-,-,- .. -::iii 1---1--- :- --- 1- 1---1---1---1--1-:-- ---

2i ' i 3~:~~ i~ ~~ 15 .. 30,686 1 64

1 __ '_6 __ 11 ___ l_I __ 29_4_.30_5 __ .I-_1_1_-I~--00-1_-1

CABTLEMAINE, CasUemaine ,. Fryer's Creek • ~

'6.. .. ,Blue Mouutain North

Totals ..

ARARA.T, A.ra.rat.. .. Pleasant Oreek Rarkly.. .. Ragla.n.. ..

Total. .. '"

GIPPSLAND.

1,~~ I,m flJ:: ~:~ § 1~~ 4:: Jg~ '6 il~ ~:: rs'2 109 ~~ .. i~ ~~ .. ~ '2 .. ~ ft :: ~,~ 2~t 1~ m ~i ~:: ~:~ i i~ ::2:: ~! II :; 2t~:: l : ~~ : :~ ~, til :~ ~2~ ,: ;~ ~~ ~: :i ~!, ~i 246 140 160" 546 .. .. .. .. 3 '6.. 40.. 4 4 .. .. :: fi 82 'i 3~~ :: .. ~~ .. .. , 8,~~ I~I 61

19 11 : 36.. 126 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. ,. .. .. .. .. .... 3 30 .. 8,. ... .. .. .. ! .. 3.480 2,775 2.540 -:s.795 22 393 6 _ 449 130 10 142 :~ 11 1138 ~--1-1--146--1--2-,5-1-5-1--3-1.0981~ 2 ~~~ ___ 2_76:...,2_58_I--l-10_k-_I-_3-94--1

:: : i~ .~~:: 1,~ ~ ~ .. 2:: :i ,~,: ig:: :~5 :: ~ ~ :: ~~ }~ ,~ 2~ ,l :: ~ § '2 ~g:m ij3 .. 200 230 .. .. 480 2 24"2.. 30 10 :2 .. .. .. .. .... 1 14 .:: 8" :: :: :: :: 1,940 v,

23 34 9 5

71 .. 1.035 1,020 663 2;708 --9 - 130 4 15 15 . 6 142 25 126 58 - 35 944 1 361 :I .. 45 9 2 109,618 7st 1-- 1- - 1- ---1----1,--1--1---1----1---1.--1--1--...;"..-1----1----1

~~~gellruve;';nd:BOgI!YCreek:: ~ll ~ "60:: ~ :: , :: :: :: :: :: :: I,O~g:: 2~ 25 :: :::: ~ M .. ~ ;::: 'i :: :i. t~ ~ i~ ~~~t7~:~ :: ::':: ~S 2~ 1~:: ~n :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ~:: 'fa ra :: :: :: 1~ 1~ 'i 1!~ :::: ::. .. ~:~fg ~~ 19 Stringer'sCreek .. .... 38.. 394:: 432,,:: .:: :: :: :: ..:: 10::....:::::: 15 314 'i 142 ::, 'i :: :: 62,590 1 ~g t'~de~~s Creek .. .. .. 120.. 75.. 195 ...,.. 2 '2 .. 195.. 'i2 '9 .. .... 6 85 2 65.. .. 2 'i" ~,I50~ 2i 11

. ........ 16 00 40.. 106 .. .. .. .. .. .. •. 45..,. 7 .. .... 2 28 2 32.. .. 3.. 3 1 TarWUl.. .. •• .. .. 156.. 19,,, 175.. .... 1.... .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., ", '~' __ '_' ___ '_' _ ___ ..

From To

;Ba,d, ;Ba.d,

4 1 0 !I 0 0 400 400 400 318 0 318 6 316 O.

319 6 3 8 0 3 19 6 311 6 314 9 315 0

3 '9 0 290 380 350 316 6:

318 3 315 0 315 0 315 0

4 210 4 1 0 410 <106 410 4 0 0 319 0 311 6

413 319 0 4 0 6 318 0 411 311 0

3 ii 6 311 6 317 6 312 0 318 0

318 3 311 6 3 19 6 <I 0 9

4 0 319 3 11 3 19 310 317 315

S 4 0 6 6 416 o 4 0 0 o 4 0 6 o 4 2 0 6 4 1 0 o . <I 1 0

311 3 3 18 0 3 17 6 3 17 6 311 3 317 6 311 6

317 6 316 6

. 318 0 311 9

317 6 3 18 6 319 6 318 6 319 3 4 0 6 3 17 6

319 0 319 6 319 0 318 6

3 10 0 :; 17 6 310 O. 317 0 3150'3180 3 0 0 311 6 3803160 31503160 310 0 3 15 0 310 0 316 6 315 0 3 15 6

-- ~~. --,-----1- --1--1- - -- - - -----1----1-- ,-- 454 Totals.. .. .. 1,301 I--=- 181.. 2,995 .. 3 2 " 2,214 .. 106 115 .. ..... 46 186 15 537 1 .. 1 1 _1-1-_1_45...:,_32_0~1--:UU--,''--+_--1

GRAND TO:rA.LI!I .. .. 28,281 15,oi5. 15,831 I~ 59,247 --:;;;-I~ 351 1-; 1,561 I~ 216 I~ ~I-;- 323 299:-1~1~- 111 13,572 70 -6-,;-22-1-:- --3-1-62-7 - --58-1- -10

* The Mitta.mitta report not having been received, the la5t returns have been adopted.

Office of Mines, Melbo~rn(l, J4tb Jalluary 1871.

No. ~,

2,128,896 938~ 3,031

R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines.

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ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.

FROM information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by the 'Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars,

the TOTAL QUANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QUARTZ REEFS are as follow:-

THE QUANTITY OF GOLD, the produce of this Colony, EXPORTED, according to Returns furnished by order

of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows :-

oz. dwt. Quarter ending 31st December 1870 284,193 7

SUMMARY.

THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ and QUARTZ TAILINGS,

CEMENT, and MULLocK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on, during the Quarter, and

the GOLD obtained therefrom :-

MIN[NG DISTRICTS. Quantity Crushed. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold from Gold per Ton. Quartz, &0., Crushed ..

Quartz. tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. Oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat ... ... ... ... ... . .. 81,943 5 0 0 5 22'50 24,328 9 14 Beechworth ... ... ... ... .. . ... 3-1c,733 ]0 0 0 8 18'34 15,221 3 1 Saudhul'llt ... ... ... ... .. . ... 51,167 0 0 0 II 9'35 29,138 II 22 Maryborough ... ... ... ... ... . .. 20,098 0 0 0 8 22'83 8,995 5 15 Castlemaine ... ... ... ... ..' . .. 38,950 0 0 0 10 3'72 19,777 6 3 Ararat ... ... ... '" .. . ... 24,980 18 1 0 14 15'87 18,312 15 22 Gippsland ... ... ... ... . .. ... 10,752 0 0 1 5 22'29 13,939 5 20 ,

Total Quartz ... ... ... 262,624 13 1 0 9 20'07 129,712 18 1

Quartz Tailings, Cement, and Mullock. Ballarflt ... '" ... ... . .. ... 500 0 0 0 7 7'88 183 4 6 Beechworth ... ... , .. . .. ... .. . 458 0 0 0 I 20'08 42 I 9 Sandhurst ... ... . .. '" . .. ... 28,909 0 0 0 2 16'80 3,902 14 13 Maryborllugh ... ... ... ... ... .. . 5,002 0 0 0 2 12'59 631 8 18 Castlemaine ... ... ... ... ... . .. 11,083 0 0 0 I 11'40 955 19 14 Ara.rat ... ... ... ... .. . '" 5,062 0 0 0 2 2'09 528 5 15 Gippsland ... ... ... ... ... .. . .. . ... .. .

Tota.l Quartz Tailings, Cement, &c. ... 5-1,014 0 0 '0 2 10'74 6,243 14 3

Ballarat P!lrite8 and Blanketinga operated on. ... ... ... ... ... ... 468 0 0 3 3 18'46 1,492 4 0

Beechworth ... ... '" ... ... .. . 24 0 0 18 9 4 4A3 0 0 Sandhurst ... ... .. , ... ... . .. 357 0 0 2 1 5'88 736 4 12 Maryborough ... ... .. . ... ... . .. . .. ... . .. Castlemaine ... ... .. . ... ... . .. 26 0 0 2 4 18'46 58 4 0 Ararat ... ... '" , ... ... ... ... . .. . .. Gippsland ... ... ... . .. ... . .. 39 10 0 5 4 7'29 206 v 0

Total Pyrites and Blanketings ... 914 10 0 3 4 4'84 2,935 12 12 ,

NOTE.-This Summary does not show the totuJ quantities of qUIlrtz, &c" crushed or operaicd on but only the yield of eemin respecting whkh the l\1iuing'Surveyors and Registrars hllye been able to obtain infOl'mn tion. Owing td the circumstance thut many of nIt:: (lwners are ,unable to' give. or nl'e 'Precluded from giving information, it is jmpo~Fible to get \;omplctc relurHB from every mstrict; rma in eOJ:,sideri.,g th., relative importance of each district, a. regards quam mining, &0" the tabies relating to machinery Should be examined and compared.

OffWe of Mines, Melbourne,14th January 1871.

R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines.

MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' RETURNSo

QUARTZ.

TUE following infor~ation has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars telative 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, and

Name of Company.

CENTRAL DIVISION,

Temperance ... Fouutain and Co, Bedstreak ... Llanberris ... Mount Clear ... Crocodile ... Britannia ... Endeavour ... Black Hill ... Queen Victoria ... St. Andrew ... One·and-All ... Red, White, and Blue Mr .• John ... Walker and party Tonj.(ue and party Jarvie and party Don .. , ... Old Post-office Hill

... , .. ... ... " . .. , ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Various small companies ... Baker and party ... ...

SOUTlIlmN DIVISION,

Speedwell ... ... Hopewell ... ... Black Swan ... '" Scandinavian .. , ... Hercules ... ... Homeward-bound ...

BUNINYONG DIVISION.

One-and-All ... ... Imperial ... ... Alfred ... ... Homeward-bound ... Tower Hill ... ...

CRESWlCK DIVISION.

Port Phillip ... .. , New North Clunes ... South Clunes ... ... Griffiths and party ... Marks and party ... Bradshaw and party ... Waterman and party ...

GORDON SUBDIVISION.

Egerton ... '"

Black Horse ... ... Victoria '" ... Parker's Reef ... ... Kangaroo Bob '" ...

I Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the

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

-----.. ,----I--oo-n-.-" -c-wt-.-q-r.-1--oZ-.-d-w-t.-g-r.-I·-oZ-.-d-w-t-. -gr-.-I------

. BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

Little Bendigo .. . 1,495 0 0 o 11 20'18 885 212 650 feet Sailor's Gully ... ... 75 0 0 7 14 16 580 0 0 50 feet Poverty Point ... 2,700 0 0 0 2 11'11 332 10 0 150 feet Gum-tree :mat .. . 2,961 0 0 0 I 12'91 227 15 0 300 feet White-horse Ranges ... 1,200 0 0 0 3 20 230 0 0 Black Hill .. ' ... 800 0 0 0 5 0 200 0 0 Specimen Gully ... 500 0 0 0 4 0'44 100 9 6 130 feet Specimen Gully ... 1,292 0 0 0 5 17'78 370 17 6 130 feet Black Hill ... .. . 3,275 ° 0 0 1 5'20 199 4 21 Surface Canadian Hill .. , .. . 3,350 0 0 0 4 5'37 707 10 0 ! 200 feet White-horse Ranges .. . 1,250 0 0 0 I 16'32 105 0 0 100 feet Little Bendigo . .. 142 0 0 o 13 12'50 96 0 0 Little Bendigo ... 154 0 0 0 3 13'71 27 10 0 Little Bendigo ... 80 0 0 0 6 I'SO 24 6 0 Little Bendigo . .. 40 0 0 0 6 0 12 0 0 Little Bendigo .., 102 0 0 0 5 10'58 27 15 0 Little Bendigo ... 62 0 0 0 7 14'32 23 11 0 Gum-tree Flat .. . 215 0 0 o 13 14-95 146 9 0 160 feet Old Post-office Hill . .. 2,400 0 0 0 2 12 300 0 0 200 feet .,. ... . .. 145 0 0 0 2 21'02 20 17 0 Poverty Point ... 160 0 0 0 1 14'62 12 17 12

----Total ••• ... ' 22,398 0 0 1 0 4 3'21 4,629 14 9

----------"-----Stn,ffordshire Reef ... 1,855 0 0 0 3 0 278 5 0 60, 80, and ISO-foot

Staffordshire Reef levels, 4 to 7 ft,lodes ... 165 0 0 0 5 5'30 43 J 12 50-ft, level, 3-ft. lode

Staffordshire Reef '" 150 0 0 0 3 17'60 28 0 0 45··ft. level, 3-ft. lode Mount Misery Creek, ... 119 0 0 0 8 18'35 52 3 0 60-ft. level, 3!.ft. lode Moonlight ••• • .. 160 0 0 0 2 0 16 0 0 75-ft. level, 4-ft. lode Moonlight '" ... 140 0 0 0 3 3'42 22 0 0 Surlace -------------

Total. .. ... 2,589 0 0 0 3 9'47 439 9 12 --------------

Hiscock's ... . .. 1,000 0 0 0 2 1'68 103 10 2 140 feet Hiscock's ... . .. I,H40 0 0 0 2 22',4 271 4 0 130 to 320 feet Hiscock's ... .. . 1,500 0 0 0 3 19'24 285 3 0 220 feet Homeward-bound ... 960 0 0 0 5 0'95 241 18 6 150 feet TowerHiU . .. ... 1,000 0 0 0 3 3'36 157 0 0 120 feet -------

Total ... ... 6,300 0 0 0 3 8'66 1,058 15 8 ~-'---i--------

Clunes Reefs .•• . .. 16,175 0 0 0 5'11'31 4,425 3 0 300 to 590 feet Clunes Reefs ... . .. 12,436 0 0 0 9 18'SO 6,075 II 0 240 to 590 feet Clunes Reefs .•• ... 4,572 0 0 0 5 11'79 1,255 6 12 100 to 316 feet George's Beef ..• ... 34 0 0 0 3 15'iO 6 4 6 Surface George's Beef ... ... 94 0 0 0 4 20'80 22 17 12 Surface Sulky Gully '" . .. 20 0 0 0 9 22'20 9 18 12 20 feet Sulky Gully ... 18 0 0 1 5 13'33 23 0 0 20 to 60 feet --------,

Total ... ... 33,349 0 0 0 7 2'09 11,818 o 18 ---------------Big Hill Reef ••• ... 3,235 0 0 0 10 4'57 1,648 6 0 370, 400, and 500-foot

levels Big Hill Reef, .. . .. 9fiO 0 0 0 5 11'24 259 15 0 550, 652, and 716 feet Parker's Reef ... 530 0 0 0 8 21'82 236 2 0 250 to 400 feet Parker's Reef 2:.'8 0 0 0 4 9'44 50 I 17 200 to 30o.feet Hicks and Fisher's Reef 255 0 0 0 5 2:1'53 76 5 0 150 to 300 feet ---------------

Total ••• ... 5,198 0 0 0 8 17'66 :1,270 9 17

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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Ct'ushed in each Dh'ision and Subd.ivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

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Where Quartz W!lS obtained. Average· :' Remarks relative to the

Quartz Crushed. . Yield of Gold Depth at which the per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &0.

--------------~--~----I----~·~~:~-----~-· -------.----STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.

Albion ••• New Albion Great Central New Alliance

rtligJlr;:':'- L ... I

Portnguese Reef Portuguese Reef Victoria Reef Victorin Red ...

.... A I Reef Boxing H('ef , .. J uiIction Reef· .. J.un~ctiou .;!.l()\::' :~r ;t~i .. ~

Tam 0' Shanter ." Tam o'.chanter Reef ....

--BLACKWOOD DIVISION' ~-- "Total-••• .. ,

tons qr. 1,323 5 0

137 0 0 16 (\ 0

J 21 0 0 19 0 0,

':' 616 '0 . 0 30 0'· 0 41 0':0

-------2,303- ·0,

oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

o 15 6'82 1,011 5 ° 653 feet I 19 9'28 269 16 0 343 feet 1 8 22'50 23 3 0 60 feet 1 1 5'95 128 II 0 70 feet 1· 11 J'26 29 10 0 Surfa.cc 0 7 1252 231 13 12 300 feet 1 • 6 16 40 0 0 ·100 feet 5 0 17'56 206 1.0 0 Surface to'25 feet

------1 "0 -16-20'38"i'I,940 8 12

AND BLUB MOUNTAIN SO'GTH ------- ------- . ',: '., ,::SUBDIVI:SION. I . \

Lerderderg "W, ...... ' Simmo'ns' Reef 900 0 0 0 2 13'05 114 9 12 70 to 80 feet 'Cornish ;;.--- _. ;:, Himmons' Hed 500" 0 O' 0'1321'12 347 0 0 200 feet Kohinoor Simmons' Hecf If)O 0 0 0 2 4'80 16 10 U 30 feet Star of the West ... Star of the West Reef ::: 1,000 0 0 0 3 0'25 150 10 9 SO feet Crown Simmons' Jbef 3,000 0 0 0 1 14'96 243 10 12 70 feet Great Extended Tunnel Johllson'~ Heef . 435 0 0 ·0 6 2'43 132 14 0 180 feet Faugh-a-Ballagh Barry'S Heef ... 193 0 O· 0 322'.'>1 38 0 0 1 liO to 200 feet Mount Rogers BigHill 1,300 0 0 0 ~ 331 138 19 12. 60 feet Morning Star Bald Hill 650 0 0 (l 12 877 401 17 13 60 to 80 feet Trewhella Brothers Ba,ry's Reef 950 O' 0 0 6 2'53 290 0 0 180 feet Cosmo ... Snake Gully 363 O' 0 011 0'46 200 0 0 63 feet Triumph

, .. ' Snake Gully 365 ' 0 0 0 5 8'88 '98 0" 0 100'feet , ."

, Total ... -, --. --~.-.-.. -\-.-----

9;806 0 0 0 4 10'30 2,171 H'IO

BEECHWORTH MINL.'TG DISTRICT . ..

BEr;CHWOHTH. DrrrsI,oN, Young Magpie . " ... Basin Creek' .•• ... 11;0 0 0 0 12 0 90 0"0 100 feet

North Magpie ... 1 Basin Creek ... 63 0 0 I 2 1i'30 70 0'''0 30 feet . .. Hardisty and Co.

, ." HobinoHood Reef 66 0 0 0 5 12 18. 3 '0 Surface

Wells and Co. .. , .... Star of Hope H,~ef ." 9 0 0 2 13 0 23 17" 0 120'feet

Cundy and Co. .. , ... ~lyrtleford .,. ... 14 0 0 0 10 0 7 0 0 40 feet Reform ... ... Myrt i" ford ... .. . 100 0 "0 0 I 0 5 O· 0 Abyssinian Reef ... Myrtlefo,rd ." . 82 ° 0 0 12 0 49 4 '0 50 feet Rac€eom'Ro Heef ... , ... \1 yrtleford ... .. . 20 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 Surface Wallaby Reef' ': ..

, Hurdle Flat 190 0 0 I '7 0 256 10 0 Various depths ... ... I , ...

~ -------- . , . Total. .. ." 694 0: 0 0 15 2'90 524 14 '0

lY! urmungee Mill.'" . , .--~-' ----~ ------~ -----~-

Thompson and Co. 'Six~mile ..... ~-> -

19 10 \) 0 12 0 11 14 0 Surface to 20 feet. Robin Hood BO~l1lan's Forest

.. iI 0, 0 0 12 0 3 12 0 . Sui-face .. , ... ."

Robin:l:lood": , .... ~ ..... . Bowman's :Forest ." 66 oi ·0 0 5.12 18 ·3 .. 0 Verious depths .. , '" Bowman's Forest ... 8 0, ° I 3 0 9, 4 0 60 feet B.alclmhn. ".: ,

Loyal Libeml;;; .. , Bowman's Forest . .: 10 O. ·0 OdO;IO 5 o ·0 50 feet ,.

~ .. {. 'L ... , ... Star-ofl Hope": . . " ; ... I,oy:il.Libel'lll '! ... .., Lo):al' Li beral , ." ... I,oyal Libl·ral ." ' ...... Barr and Co. " .. . .. Star of Hope ... . ..

Y A.CKANDANDAl!,. DIVISION.

Duke of Edinburgh Friday Heef . ... ScannillHviall Reef Polar "tar Hoef Homewnrd-bound Reef New Hc(>f ... Twist's Hcef ... ThirlowllY's Reef Hom~wal'(l·bound Eur(>ka Hc(>f .... ,

B 13 B P

on l\ecord·Reef. on Accol'd Beef irthdHY . " ride and Stringer

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INDIGO DIVISION. nit,en (:onsols ... all~ton (lnt! Co. !tledllllinn HePllng.

{cCarlney and Co. fag-ent a '. ,., .. ... uchan an<1 Co,' ••• arisl1 :Iltd CO.',l' •• :" 1»)(' and .co. .. , 'Neil and Co. ...

tlJthergl~n ." 10ss alld Co, ...

u C C }, },

B P A o 1 l\ V arioliB 'eompanies -'.,

...

." ... ... ...

... ..,

... ...

...

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

...

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

... ...

...

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

, ! ... Bowman's Forest ." Three-mile " ... ... Three, mile' ... ... Three-mile . .. -

1 ... Bllwllln.n·s Forest . .. Bowman's .!;'orest ",

Total... ... Twist's Creek , ... '['wht's Creek ... Twist's Creek ... Twist's Creek ,: ... Twist.!s Creek ." ,'[,wist's Creek ... Twist's 'Creek ... Twist's Cr~ek ." .Hill~boiough '" ." HiIlshnrollg-h ... ., . .Hillsborough ... ... Hillsborough ... ." Back Cr~ek ... ... Back Creek. . .. ."

; .. i -- Total ... I'" .

West·and Hig-g-ins' Reefs' ljrince Albert Reef ' .. ' C"lerionin'li Hee!' . .. Pepper-ann-Salt Beef ." M a(!enta ReeL .• ,

JO'·

Rann!'r's RAi,f .... *.1.

Parish's· Beef ... .' .. BalHwr'" Hpcf ... . .. O'Neil's Heef '" .. . Two-to·one Beef ... Cooper's Heef. .. ... Various reefs .. : ...

Totnl ... ...

" ' . ," '7 0' 0

~. 12 IO! .0 16 10 ·0

·20 0' 0 8 01 0 9 0 0

i82 10i 0 -----.--

31' 0, 0 26 0' ·0

166 0: ·0 129 0' ,0

8 O. 0 .' . 3 0 ,0

8 0 0 20 0 0 .. 2,642 ' 0; ·0

220 '(l ·0 60 0 ·0

320 0, 0 230 0 0 120 0 o·

--__ ~ ___ I-

. 3!983 0: 0 --,_ .. _---

248'0 0 27 0 0 33 '. O . 0 10 0 0

'4~6 0, 0 '119 0 ; O· · .. '74 0 o·

38 0 1 o· 13 0 0

'850 i . 0 0 12 0 0 28 0 0

1-- --1,8i8 0 0

2 '0 0 14· 0,·0 120 ·feet "

. I II 0 19 7 12 20 feet 0 18·18 15 9 9 Surface to 30 feet 0 12· 0 12 0 0 Surface to' 30 feet; 1 0 0 8 0 0 50 to 60 feet 2 13 0 2:) 17 0 130 feet

0 15. 9'12 140 6 21 ------ --~.~--

.. 0 8 0 I~ 8 0 0 I~ 0 1\1 10 0 ... 0 16 )8'9~ 139 ~ 0 .. 0 5 !j'9,'; 33 17 0 ... 0 II 6 4 10 0 0 12 '0 1 16 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 0 16 0 16 0 0 0 7 12 99() 15 0 ,"

0 3 0 33 q 0 0 4 0 12 0 '0

0 5 12 , 88 0 .. 0 0 7 0 80 10 ·0 I 11 0 186 ~ 0

1'.,' ... 0 8 3'~2 1,621 I~ 0

0 10 )9'~'; 1:34 0 260 to 280 feet ,0 9 4'4+ 12 8, 0 60 fect .,

I O,21'SI 34 10 .. 0 50 feet 1 13 -1811 16 12 0 I Surface to 30 feet 0 Ii '9'69 1 '16 8, ·0 200 feet 2 I') j·gl; 299 9' 0 50 feet 0 17 22':" 06 7 0 40 feet I :15 ·9'4; 67 r, 0 :-iurftwc to .50 feet 2 10 9'23 32 1.5, 0 Surface to 40 feet 0 :l 1~'11 110 O· 0 ~(J() feet 1 3 8 1,1 0 () 40 feet 0 16 Itl'2S : 2'3 0 0 Surface to 60 teet

----0 10 \'!JIi I 9IG 14 ()

*' Ucceived too lutc for inscrticu in the last Uept.l't. This return was furBhs:heu by lhc mauu.gcr of the mill.

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


Name 01 Company,

BUCKLAND DIVISION.

nited Miners ... oodcutters ...

U W J N

ohnson's tributors ewchum ...

Money Queen ... ry-again ... T

M Duke of Edinburgh

oney King ... Canton ... Good Hope ... Russell and Co. ... Nova Scotia ... F

P

orsa.ke-me-not ... Welcome and Champion

erseverance ... Swindle ...

Orienta.l Perseverance Pascoe and Co, ... T. Jones and Co, Peabody ... J. Davis ... C. Townsend ...

E. Carlisle ... Gladders and Co ... P. Orchard ... R. Evans ...

...

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

...

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

...

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

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... ... ... Meulman, Lynch, and Co .... J, A. Wallace ... '" Wallaby ... ... Laugher and Co .... '" Robertson and Co. ... Home Reef ... '" Home Reef ... ... Home Reef ... ... W, Croft ... ... John Berry ... '" R. Rowe ... ...

Unity Tributors, NQ. I '" Heddle and Co. ... ... D. Scott ... ... J. Howard and Co, ... Beasley, George, and Co. ... Finnie and Co. ... ... Harp of Erin .. , ... Hazleton and Co. ... Wm. Grove ... ' .. J, Stephens aud Co. ... Barnet ... ... ... Donnelly and Co. ...

Alps .. , ... ... J. A. Wallace and Co. ... Red Jacket ... ... Learmonth and Co. ... Wright and Co .... Chance Reef tributors ... H. M. Guin and Co. ... R. Howman and Co. ... F. Shaw and Co .... ... James Curry and Co. ... Murdock and Co. ... John Williams and Co. ... United Happy Valley ...

ALEXANDlU. SUBDIVISION.

Lewis and Co, ... ... Fitzgerald and Co, .. , Watson a:nd CQ. ... ... Ralph and Co.'" ... ... Marlo and Co." '" H. Albert ... ... Stillman and Co. ... Latbam and Co, ... ... Coots and Co. ... ... Palmateer and Co, ...

No, 2.

I Average ,I 'I I Remarks relative to the

Where Quartz wus obtained, Quartz Crushed. Yield 01 Gold Tota~~;;: d 0 Depth at which the per Ton, Quartz was obtained, &e,

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

United Miners Reef .. . 1,500 0 0 0 6 2'40 520 0 0 230 feet Woodcutters' Reef . .. 20 0 0 o 12 0 12 0 0 10 feet .Tohnson's Reef ... 170 0 0 o 12 22'58 llO 0 0 300 feet Newchum Reef . .. 36 0 0 1 13 S 60 o '0 30 feet Money Queen Reef . .. 20 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 50 feet Try-again Reef ... 10 0 0 1 0 0 10 '0 0 30 feet Duke of Edinburgh Reef 40 0 0 o 18 0 36 0 0 140 feet Money King Reef ... 26 0 0 2 8 11'07 63 0 0 50 feet

I Canton Reef .. . 20 0 () 1 0 0 20 0 0 30 feet Good Hope Reef .. . 300 0 0 0 8 16 130 0 0 230 feet Russell's Reef... .. . 60 0 0 0 1 16 5 0 0 40 feet Nova Scotia Reef .. . 20 0 0 o 19 0 19 0 0 30 feet Forsake-me-not Reef ... 60 0 0 0 9 8 28 0 0 90 feet Welcome & ChampionReef 40 0 0 I 2 12 45 0 0 70 feet Perseverance Reef ... 20 0 0 1 1 0 21 0 0 30 feet Swindle Reef ... '" 100 0 0 0 2 9'60 12 0 0 10 feet

Morse's Creek. Oriental Reef ... 794 0 0 0 2 23'24 117 17 0 250 feet Perseverance Reef . .. 55 0 0 0 4 22'03 13 10 12 Not stated Gladstone Reef . .. 6 0 0 0 \1 0 o 12 0 Not stated Peabody Reef . .. 401 0 0 0 4 1:1'07 91 2 13 229 feet Victoria Reef ... ... 47 0 0 o 12 18'38 30 0 0 160 feet Berkshire Reef n. 5 0 0 o 14 0 310 0 Surface

Growler's Creek. Helstone Reef ... ... 8 0 ,0 0 6 0 2 8 0 Not stated Albion Reef ... 70 0 0 o II 8'91 39 16 0 Not stated Boulders in creek . .. 20 0 0 5 II 6 III 5 0 Surface Monday Reef ... .. . 11 0 0 o 19 14'18 10 15 12 Surface Alpine Reef ... ... 145 0 0 0 7 0 50 15 0 Surface Lord of the Hills Reef ••• 275 0 0 0 5 20'16 80 6 0 80 feet Wallaby Reef ... . .. 525 0 0 o 12 10'56 326 11 0 150 feet Sundown Reef n. 45 0 0 1 12 21'33 74 0 0 30 feet Stonewall Reef ... 4 0 0 I 6 6 5 5 0 Surface Home Reef tunnel ... 100 0 0 0 3 9'60 17 0 0 230 feet Home Reef ... . .. 120 0 0 0 2 1'20 12 6 0 Surface Golden Bar Reef tunnel 170 0 0 o 10 23'01 93 3 0 50 feet Croft's Reef . .. 12 0 0 1 4 0 14 8 0 Surface Opossum Reef ... 31 0 0 0 5 21'29 9 2 12 Berkshire Reef ... 12 0 0 0 7 12 4 10 0

Ovens River. Unity Reef ... ... 15 0 0 1 2 0 16 10 0 60 feet Unity Reeftributors, NO.2 17 0 0 3 13 0 62 I 0 Surface Rip Van Winkle ... 3 0 0 I 0 0 3 0 0 Surface Cavalier Reef . .. 15 0 0 0 7 0 5 5 0 40 feet Smoko Reef '" 42 0 0 2 10 13'71 106 4 0 120 feet Old Woolshed Reef . .. 10 0 0 1 8 16'80 14 7 0 Not stated Harp of Erin Reef ... 505 0 0 0 3 14'78 91 6 0 Not stated Morgan's Creek Reef .., 65 0 0 0 8 14'76 28 0 0 Surface Brighton Reef . .. 7 0 0 0 4 0 1 8 0 Surface Adelaide Reef . .. 60 0 0 0 6 16 20 0 0 40 feet Heape's Old Reef '" 17 0 0 1 16 11'29 31 0 0 60 feet One-mile Reef ... 1 0 0 3 15 0 3 15 0 Surface

Buckland. Leinster Reef ... ... 1,979 0 0 0 5 2'55 505 6 0 150 feet Erindale Reef ... ... 83 0 0 1 8 1'01 116 7 12 40 feet Red Jacket Reef . .. 300 0 0 o 10 0 150 0 0 310 feet Miners' Right Reef , .. 161 0 0 1 2 0'89 177 8 0 100 feet Elgin Reef ... . .. 88 0 0 o 14 15 64 7 0 60 feet Chance Reef ... , .. 36 0 0 o 11 16'66 21 1 0 50 feet Sir Charles Darling Reef , 55 0 0 o 14 4'80 39 1 0 50 feet Duke of Edinburgh Reef 12 0 0 o 16 20 10 2 0 50 feet King of Denmark Reef... 177 0 0 0 5 12'33 48 16 0 30 feet Happy-go-lucky Reef .:. 35 0 0 1 2 3'42 38 15 0 40 feet Eureka Reef ... ... 68 0 0 o 16 0'70 5410 0 110 feet United Reef . .. . .. 96 0 0 1 3 3 III 0 0 80 feet

Running Creek, Happy Valley Reef ... 1,090 0 0 o a 13'65 794 0 0 450 feet

Total ... ... 10,235 0 0 0 9 5'19 4,716 12 13 ------

Albion Reef ... . .. 204 0 0 0 9 8'50 95 8 6 30 to 60 feet' i and 2 North Reef ... 90 0 0 o 13 0 58 10 0 100 feet 1 and 2, South Reef ... 17 0 0 I o 17 19'76 15 3 0 10 to 20 feet, Union Reef ... 113 0 0 o 14 12'31 82 0 0 40 feet 1 and 2 North Reef ... 152 0 0 o 16 9'63 124 18 0 30 to 35 feet Albert Reef ... 5 0 0 0 6 15'6 1 13 6 70 feet Alabama Reef . .. 5 0 0 0 8 9'6 2 2 0 50 feet Darling Reef ... ... 20 0 0 0 3 11'4 3 \I 12 60 feet Chance Reef ... ... 4 0 0 0 9 1'75 1 16 7 25 feet Britannia Reef ... 4 0 0 0 7 4'5

I 1 8 18 20 feet

• These crushlngB have heen taken Il'()m dykes,

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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quartet', &c~-continued . ......... __ .. - ..

Division and Subdivision, Wllere Quartz wa. obtained.

Average Total Yield of .. Remarks relative to the and Qua.rtz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the

Name of Comp!IJlY. ; , per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &0.

-.ALEXANDRA SUBDIVlSlOll"- tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

cQntinued. ,

Last Chance ... ... Last Chance Reef . .. 89 0 0 4 9 8'61 174 5 0 Surface to 60 feet Growler's ... '" Growler's Reef . .. 85 0 0 0 9 19'2 17 8 0 50 to 90 feet "'Louis and Co. '" Dyke Reef ... . .. S 0 0 0 6 0 2 8 0 Surface MeLean and Co .••• ... Home Reef . .. . .. I7. 0 0 I 10 14"12 26 0 0 Surface Talbot and Co, ... Hope Reef. ... ., . r 4 0 ,0 1 17 18 7 II 0 Surface 'Woodward and C~: .. , Raywood Reef ... 7 0 0 o 10 3'43 3,11 0 Surface Nil Desperahdum ... Happy~go-Lucky Reef ... 7 0 0 o 12 20'57 4 10 0 Surface Raeuber and Co, ... '" Happy-go-Lucky Reef .,. 13 0 0 2 1 22'15 27. 5 0 Surface Prince Albert ... ... Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... 4 0 0 o 10 12 2 2 0 Surface Jones and Co. ... Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... 6 0 0 2 0 0 12 U 0 Surface Lucky Prospecting '" Lucky Reef ... . .. 73 0, ,~ o 10 3'28 87',0 0 50 to ISO feet Albert ... ... ... No, 2 North Reef ... 121 0 0 I 11 6'05 189 112 50 to 200 feet Mysterious ... ... Mysterious Reef ... 155 0 0 I 19 8'36 304 19 0 80 to 100 feet , Homeward-bound ... Homeward .. bound Reef 23 0 0, o 10 18'78 ' 12, 8 0 '1)0 feet . . Ranklin and Co, ... '" Montezuma Reef ... 30 0 0 2 7 8'S 71· 1 0 70 feet "'Lilly Prospecting ... Lilly Reef . .. ... 20 10 0 1 3 18'14 24 7 0 80 feet "'Jones and Co, , .. .. , 5 and 6 North Reef ... 17 10 0 1 8 13'71 25 0 0 15 feet *Lilly Tributors ... ... Lilly Reef ... ... 23 10 0 2 ·14 18'38 64 7 0 50 feet Peterkin and Co. ... Galatea Reef ". ." 5 0 Q 2 7 14'4 n 18 0 30 to 60 feet Napoleon ... ". Napoleon ,Reef ." 410 0 o 16 10'66 3 14 0 Surfaee to 15 feet "'Thompson and Co, , .. Atlantic Reef ... . .. 6 0 0 0 6 4 1 17 0 Surface to 18 feet

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUB- Total ... ." 1,233 0 0 1 2 20'35 1,408 II 13 DIVISION.

Al ' .. ... Castle Reef .., ... 287 0 0 o 13 6'60 190 10 0 About 60 feet Gaffney's United .. , Homeward-bound Reef... 300 0 0 0 o 22'40 14 0 0 About 120 feet Drummond's Point '" Homeward-bound Reef, •. 200 0 0 0 0 12 , 5 0,0 About 70 feet Hunt's ... , .. , Homeward-bound Reef... 600 0 0 0 2 5'52' 66 18 0 About 200 feet Victoria ... . .. Homeward-bound Reef, .. 2,000 0 0 0 1 0'54 ,102' 5 0 About 150 feet' Golden Belt ... , ... Homeward-bound Reef ... 300 0 0 0 4 0'80 60 10 0 About 100 feet Corn hill '" Cornhill Reef ... ... 1,200 0 C\ 0 3, 5'30 193 is 0 About 50 feet Rose 'of Denmark '" Eureka Reef ... ... 1,370 0 0 0 7 15'64 524 8 0 About 200 feet City of Columbus ... Wallaby Reef ... ... 1,600 0 0 0 3 19'77 305 18 0 About 150 feet

WOOD'S POINT SUllDIVISION. Total ... ... 7,857 0 0 0 3 17'34 1,462 9 0

Prospectors' ... ... Morning Star Reefs . .. 520 0

gl 0 5 15'04 146, 6 0' About 300 feet

Nos, 1 and 2 North '" Morning Star Reefs '" 250 0 0 9 14'40 120 0 0 About 250 feet Hope' ... ... ... Morning Star Reefs . .. 2,038 0 010 1'28 1,024 9 0 About 350 feet United ... ... '" Morning Star Reefs ... 428 0 ,0 o II 16'15 249 16 0 About 350 feet Age of Progress .. _ '" Morning Star Reefs ... 304 0 0 010 9 157 14 0 About 200 feet Nos, 1 and 2 South Waverley Waverley Reef - ... 4liO 0 0 0 2 10'88 55 4 0 About 100 feet Shamroek ... ... Shamrock Reef . .. 150 0, 0 0, 4 19'20 36 0 0 About 70 feet Franklin ... '" Franklin Reef ... 650 0' C\ o 16 6'72 529 ,2,0 About 175 feet All Nations ... '" All Nations Reef ... 875 0 0 0,712'75 329 10 0 About 200 feet Golden Star ... ... Oriental Reef. .. . .. 90 0 0 0 2 16 12' 0 0 About 100 feet Oriental ... ... Oriental Reef ... ... 100 0 P 0 8 0 40' 0 0 About 100 feet Strap-and-buckle '" Standard Reef ... 180 0 0 o 10 18'66 97 0 0 About 70 feet

Total ... ... 6,035 0 ,0 0' 9 6-47 2,797 1 0 BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION.

0 Luck's-all ... ... Warner's Reef , ... 1,030 0 Oil 3'49 574 0 0 About 150 feet Londonderry ... ... Railway Reef ... . .. 533 0 0 0 5 15'98 151 0 0 About 250 feet Retriever ... .., Railway Reef ... ... 260 0 0 0 5 1'84 66 0 0 About 100 feet Maid of Enn ... ... Star of Erin Reef ... 60 0 0 0 4 0 12 0 0 About 50 feet

Total ... ... 1,883 0 0 0 8 12'69 803 0 0 JAMIESON SUllDIVISIQN.

Venture ... ... Mack's Creek ... ... 485 0 :ci' o 10 4'5 247 1 2 200 feet Gleeson's Lease ... . .. Sailor Bill's Creek . .. '130 0, 0 3 16 3'69 495 0 0 125 feet Alabama. ... . .. Mack's Creek ... . .. 38 0 0 1 5 1'8'94 49 0 0 Augusta. ... ... Swampy Creek ... toO 0 0 0 1 19'2 9 0 0

------5'99\ Tota.l ... ... '753 0 0 1 1 800 1 2

" * These crushln s lu've been taken from dykes, g

IDHU~ MINING 'DISTRICT.

" I .. SANDHURS'T DIVISION.

H, Koch (Pioneer Works); .. Long Gully ... 7,375 0 0 0' 14 l6'72 5,419 8 0

Metropolitan ... . .. Golden Square ... 4,409 0 0 o 10 0'32 2,207 9 0

Bird's Reef ... ... Kangaroo Flat ... 2,420 ,,0' 0 o 10 20'85 1,315 3 0

Catherine Reef United ... Catherine Reef, E, H, ... 3,834 0 0 0 4 13'42 874 1 0

Eagle ... ... . .. Eagle Reef , .. .. . 5,600 0 0 o 12 6'85 3,440 0 0

Beehive ... ... Deyonshire Reef, ... 2,507 0 0 0 9 23'70 1,251 19 4

G. G, Consolidated Glasgow Reef ... ... 2,012 0 6 0 4 23'42 500 11 18 rio us reefil Johnson's Reef ... ... Johnson's Reef . .. 2,886 0 0 o 17 17"91 2,560 15 18

Victoria Reef ... ... Victoria. Reef .•. ... 2,~27 0 0 o 17 5'84 1,920 I 0

Hustler's Reef ... Hustler's Reef ... 2,925 0 0 o 16 ll'58 2,410 12 0

Frederick the Great ... Seba.stian ... ... 3,518 0 0 0 4 20'21 851 15 0

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Nil Desperandum ... Raywood ... . .. 1,800 0 0 0 4 16 420 0 0

Sundry small lots ... Various reefs ... ... 3,972 0 0 0 9 4'21 1,822 6 0 I~--

Total. .. ... 45,485 0 0 o 10 23'76 24,994 1 16

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QUANTITY. of QUAll.,TZ Crushed in each Division,a1,ld Subdivision,during the Quarter, &c.-continued. . '. ~

I I

Dlvlslon and Subdivision, Average I Toml Yield of Remarks relative to the

and Where Quartz was obmiiled. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Del'th at which the , Name of Company. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c.

.. ; ------KILMORE DIVISION. tons owt, qr, oz. dwt. gr. oz, dwt, ('.

Chapman and Co. ... Reedy Creek ... . .. 13 0 0 6 0 0 78 0 0 About 30 feet Ryan and Co. ... ... Sunday Creek ... .. . 120 0 0 o 15 0 90 0 0 60 feet Tobin and Co. ... ... Sunday Creek ... .. . 50 0 0 o 15 0 37 10 0 60 feet Cheetham and Co. ... Higinbotham .. , . .. 44 0 0 110 0 66 0 0 80 feet Perseverance ... Higinbotham n. ... 38 0 0 1 0 0 38 0 0 50 feet

HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND Total. .. ... 265 0 0 1 3 8'60 309 10 0

WARANGA SOUTH SUB- ------ ------DIVISION. .

Costeriield ... ... Costeriield ... ... 201 0 0

I

0 8 17'67 87 16 0 320 feet Alison ... ... Costerfield ... . .. 150 0 0 0 6 17'30 50 8 3 200 feet Greenshield's ... ... Tooborac ... .. . 269 0 0 o 17 ,0'4 228 17 12 Various depths Graytown P. C. ... ... Graytown ... '" 143 0 0 o 14 8'39 102 12 0 Various depths Parker Brothers ... ... Wild Duck Creek ... 95 0 0 1 13 16'42 160 0 0 Field's (Major's Line) .. , Major's Linc ••• ... 765 0 0 0 6 9'90 245 5 18 Various depths Collins ... ... Redcastle ... '" 245 0 0 1 6 11 324 2 6 Various depths Hall and Marchesi ... Miscellaneous crushings 85 0 0 I 0 3'45 85 12 6 Various depths Von der Luft's ... ... Miscel1aneou~ crushings 271 0 0 I 16 23'29 600 19 0 Various depths

--'--WARANGA NORTH SUB- Total. .. ... 2,224 0 0 o 16 2'9 1,792 12 21

DIVISION. BaIac}ava ... ... Balada va Hill ... 1,452 0 0 0 4 9'68 319 13 21 250 to 280 feet

{ Happy-go-L).lcky, .John- 200 0 0 o 18 20'19 188 8 6 50 to 160 feet Darrock and Co., Whroo son's and other Reefs

Fontainebleau ... 39 0 0 0 9 14 18 13 18 75 feet

{ London Reef ... ... 95 0 0 o 17 5'3 81 16 0 160 feet Byron Reef ... ... 45 0 0 0 7 6'93 16 8 0 70 feet

Victoria, Coy's ... Perseverance and WeI- 45 0 0 1 1 7'2 47 18 12 110 to 160 feet come Reefs

Cousin Jack Reef ... 1 0 0 22 2 0 22 2 0 55 feet

{ Nuggety Reefs ... 443 0 0 0 8 14'08 J90 4 0 40 to 140 fee;

John Holmes Frenchman's Reef ... 59 0 0 2 6 15'45 137 12 0 160 feet ... Crocker's, Growler's and 131 0 0 o 14 7'14 93 13 0 30 to 170 feet other Reefs

{ South Nuggety Reef 160 0 0 4 9 6'9 714 6 0 440 feet

Perseverance Cumberland, Dunlop, 523 0 0 0 8 2'2 211' 12 0 Varioua depths ... Cockatdo, Welcome, & Schleswig·Holstein Reefs

o 12 19'02 -12,042 Total •.• ... 3,193 0 0 7 9

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

MARYBOROUGH DIVISION.

Perseverance ... ... Leviathan Reef ... 1,664 0 () 0 9 1'28 753 5 0 250 feet Bristol Hill ... ... Bristol Hill ... ... 769 0 0 0 6 6'91 241 15 12 242 feet Penny and Claussen ... Public crushings ... 1,406 0 0 o 12 6'75 863 8 0 Various Mariner's Reef ... Public crushings ... 1,768 0 0 ,0 5 20'86 518 17 0 Various Johnstone and Sons ... Public erushings . .. 1,164 0 0 o 16 6-10 946 0 3 Various North German ... ... Public crnshings ... 1,046 0 0 0 5 14'24 292 11 0 Various Cundy and Co. 1 .. ... Public cIushings . .. 2,000 0 0 0 8 12 850 0 0 Various

-----------------Total ... ... 9,817 0 0 0 9 235 4,465 16 15

AMHERST DIVISIOY. -----------------Deed Brothers ... ... Prince Alfred Reef . .. 28 0 0 6 7 23'14 179 3 0 130 feet, dry Brass and Co, ... ... Prussian Reef .. . 85 0 0 0 5 5'50 22 4 12 30 to 40 feet, dry Hogan and Co. ... Prussian Reef ... 66 0 0 0 6 12'63 21 10 18 40 to 50 feet, dry Eagleha.wk and Talbot ... Ba.llarat Hill ... ... 100 0 0 0 9 3 45 12 12 140 feet; water level

" 60 feet Cosstick and Beckett ... Laura Reef ... .. . 400 0 0 0 6 15'67 133 1 6 150 feet, dry Patterson and Co. ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 8 0 0 o 15 0 6 0 0 45 feet, dry Brilliant ... ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 22 0 0 0 4 6 4 13 12 117 feet, dry Waterloo ... ... Blucher's Reef .. . 40 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 150 feet; water level

120 feet T. Bartlemore ... ... Various small parcels .. . 110 0 0 0 5 9'82 29 15 0 Various depths New Victoria ... ... White Star Reef ... 27 0 0 0 5 6'22 7 :! 0 200 feet Busch and Co. ... ... All Nations l'l€ef ... 21 0 0 0 8 () 8 8 0 120 feet

1--Total ... ... 907 0 0 010 6'36 465 10 12

AVOCA SUDDrVISION.

Barnes Brothers ... ... Barnes' Reef ... ... 34 0 0 I 2 8'47 38 0 0 Barnes Brothers ... ... Barnes' Reef ... . .. 18 0 0 2 13 14'78 48 5 2 Hale and Co. ... ... Darling Reef ... . .. 41 0 0 0 8 18'i3 18 0 0 Vanous depths Davies and Co. .,. ... Cead-mille-Fealtha Reef 29 0 0 o 10 12'41 15 5 0 Dodd and Co. ... ... West of England Reef ... 10 0 0 I 2 7'20 11 3 0 50 feet Schultz .. , ... Vale's Reef ... . .. 9 0 0 2 8 21'33 22 0 0 Dawe's Machine ... ... Various reefs ... . .. 15 0 ,0 o 10 1l'20 7 17 0 Bosanko's 'Machine '" Unnamed reef near Nug- 6 0 0 0 2 0 o 12 0

gety Gully

Total ... ... 162 0 0 o 19 21'35 161 2 2

,- ..

12

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

DiTision and Subdivision, and

Name ot Company, Where Quartz was obtained, I Quartz Crushed.

Average I ' Yield of Gold : Total Yield of

per Ton, I Gold.

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

QUArtz was obtained, &0.

DUNoLLr AND T.lRN.A.GULLJ. DIVISIONS.

Bousfield

United Poverty Reef

McCoy and Co. .,.

Golds borough Arvon

KORONG DIVISION.

Jersey Reef ... Stark and Co, .,. Richardson and party

Metcalf and party

Power and others

Wootton and oth,ers

Haribal Rogers and Co. ... Moore and Co.

Morning Star

Various small lots Gray and Co. ...

( Sandstone Reef ...

J ReHas Reef n.

l Specimen Hill Reef ... N ewchum & Maiden Reefs Hard-up Reef... ... All Nations Reef ••• Star Reef'... ... Watt's Reef ... Poverty Reef ... .. .

{

Bulldog Reef ... .. . London Reef .•• • .. New Reef... • •• Wayman's Reef ...

... Bealiba Reef .•• .. .

... Arvon •.• .. .

Tota1. ..

... Jersey Reef, inglewood ... ••• Inglewood .•• • •• ... Honeymoon Reef, Ingle-

wood ... Manchester Reef, Ingle

wood .. , Honeymoon Reef, Ingle

wood ... Great Western Reef,

Inglewood ... Maxwell Reef, Inglewood ••• March Reef ••• • •• .•• Exhibition Reef, Ingle-

wood

{

Morning Star Reef,Inglewood

Morning Star Reef, Inglewood

Morning Star Reef,Inglewood

... Inglewood ... ••• Gray's Reef, Korong ...

Total ...

'REDBJ.NK J.ND ST, :ARNJ.UD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS.

New Isis

New Isis

'Excelsior .,. Swanton and Co.

... Oxonian and Star of the East Reefs

... Oxonian and Star of the East Reefs

... Lancashire Reef

... Eureka Reef ...

Total ... ST. ARNA.UD NORTH SUB-

DIVISION,

Wilson's Hill ... Chapman's .•. Chapman's .. . Chrysoli te .. . Whitely and Co ... . Higgins and Co, .. . Robinson and Co .. .. Scholes and Co. ." Poole and Co, ... Sanderske and Co. Matthew and Co .... Wheting and Co. Learmonth's ... Carr's .. , .• , Atkins and Co, ." Bristol Reef .,. Wilson and Co. Grenville and Co.

Freiberg

Phmnix ...

Pcnberthy and Co. ,'Opie and Co, ...

... Wilson's Rill ...

... Western Recf .. ,

... Parldy's Reef .. .

... Ballarat Reef .. .

... Chrysolite Hill

... Rising Star Reef : .. '.. Black Rock '" ... Excelsior Reef .. . ... Cornwall Reef .. . ... Reef east of silver mines ... Jerejaw Reef ... .. . ... Long-looked-for Reef .. . ... Bristol Reef... • .. ... Gap Reef ... ..' ... Bristol Reef, No. 1 S, ... ... Bristol Reef .. . ... Blink Bonny Reef .. . ... Victorian Reef ...

i Sec. H" Walker's ... Sec, n., Walker's .. , Trinidad Reef ( new shaft)

... Greenock Reef .. . Bachelor's Reef .. . Rose arid Thistle Reef .. .

... Hopeful Reef ... • ..

. .. Unnamed ... . ..

Total ...

.--. tons cwt, qr, ~dwt, gr, --1--=. ~wt. gr.

1,700 0 0 107 0, 0 158 0 0 167 0 0 48 0.0 13 0 0 41 0 0 15 O' 0

2,367 0 0 236 0 0

56 0 0 13 0 0

129 0 '0 1,185 0 '0

232 0 '0

o 9 17'42 o 2 16'42 o 4 22'71 o S 0'21 o 8 9'75 o 1 9'23 o 8 }O'83 o 9 12 o 9 14'47 o 13 16'67 o 5 1O'7! o 6 22'15 o 2 0'37 o 4 1'03 o 5 16'66

826 14 6 270 to 850 feet 14 7 5 ISO feet 39 I '12 180 feet 66 17"12 60 feet 8 3 12 o 18 0

17 6 12 7 2 12

1,136 9' 21 311 feet 161 12' 0

15 5' 0 4 10' 0

13 0 0 239 11 0 154 to 274 feet 66 I· 2 200 feet

6,467 0 0 0' 8 0 2'24 2,616 19 22

222 0 0 24 0 0 600

5 0' 0

17 0 0

300

37 0 0 II 0 0 15 0 0

52 0 0

IS3 0 0

5S 0 0

74 0 0 10 0 0

o 5 15'68 1 3 22 010

o 8 9'6

o 2 18'35

o 6 16

o 3 20'75 o .. 0 030

OlIO

o 12 28'84

o 3 17'79

o 9 11'02 100

62 15 2 150 to 175 feet 28 14 0 60 to 70 feet 060 60 feet

2 2 0 10 feet

2 7 0 40 feet

1 0 0 150 feet

7 3 0 220 feet 2 .. 0 68 feet 2 5 0 182 feet

28 12 0 170 feet

118 14 0 175 feet

10 17 0

35 0 0 80 to 150 feet 10 0 0 150 feet

717 0 0 0 8 16'83 3ll 19 2

357 0 0

17 16 0

26 0 0 33 10 0

o 8 17'14

2 12 19'41

o 3 IS'46 I 10 10'75

155 11 0 168, to 190 feet

47 0 0 168 to 190 feet

4 18 0 60 feet 51 0 0 Near surface

--------------' 434 6 0 0 II 21-65 258 9 0

83 0 0 40 0 0 27 0 0 32 0 0 900

264 0 0 800

19 10 0 400

17 0 0 36 0 0 13 10 0 33 0 0 60 0 0 600

70 0 0 48 0 0 34 0< 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 56 0 0

650 0 0 16 0 0 26 0 0 15 0 0 300

o 3 16-19 o 5 7'80 2 4 16 I 6 15 I 7 IS'67 o 9 20'S2 o 13 3 o 9 5'54 o 2 18 o 10 14"11 : o 11 17'33 o .. 19'55 o 15 0 o 15 18'90 080 050 I 2 23 I I 1'41 o 7 12 040 o 4 8'85 .0 5 3'34 o II .21 050 o II 4'80 o 15 0

15 5 0 220 feet 10 13 O· 240 feet 60 6 0 200 feet 42 12 0 240 feet 12 10 0 240 feet

130 5 0 420 feet 5 5 0 85 fe.et 900 o 11 0 Near surface 9 0 0 50 feet

21 2 0 125 feet 3 5 0 150 feet

24 15 0 47 7 6 125 feet 280

17 10 0 55 2 0 140 feet 35 16 0 Surface to 40 feet 4 10 0 Surface 2'8 0 130 feet

12 4. 16 176 feet 167 0 12 Various depths

9 10 0 100 feet 6 10 0 80 feet 8 8 O' 250

1------ ------------1,594 0 0 0 8 23'43 715 8 10

--------!.-----------'-----.!----'------''--~,-,----

J3

QUA.NTITY of QUARTz Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continuetl.


Name &1 Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of (MId Gold.

I Ave .... ge Total Yield of

j

_p_e_r_T_on,_·_I ____ 1

--------- -----.:..------~I--t~ns ew::' oz. d .... t. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT .

... C.A.STLEMA.INE DIVISIOX.

Wa.lker .... ... .. , Wattle Gully Reef ' ... 384 0 0 0 8 18'56 168 9 0 Terrill Brothers ... ... Wattle Gully Reef .. . 455 0 0 0 6 6'85 143 0 0 Other claims ... ... Wattle Gully Reef .. . 506 0 0 0 4 22'10 124 10 0 Low (private property) ... Cbewton Reef ... ... 253 0 0 0 7 1'40 89 5 20 'Walker and May ... Manchester Reef ... 191 0 0 0 6 0 57 6 0 Martin ... ... ... Deadman'S Reef ' ..... 91 0 0 o 13 17'67 62 10 0 Anderson ... ... Blarney Reef ... ... 41 0 0 3 2 2'02 127 5 11 Mussett ... ... Blarney Reef .. , ... 41 0 0 011 i'61 23 .4 0 Harvey No.4 ... ... Blarney Reef ... . .. 6 0 0 I 6 16 8 0 0 Walters and Bibby ... Specimen Gully . .. 397 0 0 0 8 21'76 176 16 0 Straede .. , ... ... Sebastopol Reef ... 831 0 0 0 3 14'58 149 18 0 Lewis ... ... ... Sebastopol Reef .. . .160 0 0 0 5 0 40 0 0 Ajax ... ... ... Bolivia Reef ... 1,818 0 0 0 2 16'08 242 14 7 Gra.y and Co. ... ... No, II Bolivia Reef . .. 161 0 0 0 5 18 46 5 18 Seven claims ... ... Nimrod Reef ••• ... 234 0 0 0 8 8 97 10 0 Learmontb '" ... Eureka Reef ... 129 0 0 0 8 1NI 56 4 0 Harris ... ... Eureka Reef ... ... lIO 0 0 0 7 3'46 39 5 21 Michel ... ... ... Cranky Ned's ... .. . 64 0 0 o 15 15'56 50 1 12 Rowe and Co. ... ... Turnbull's Reef ' ..... 109 0 0 0 6 1'32 33 0 0 Knox and others ... ... Various reefs ... .... 480 0 0 0 5 7 127 0 0 Six reefs ... ... Barker's Creek .... 462 0 0 0 3 11'47 80 6 18 Several reefs ... ... Chewton ... ' ... 478 0 0 0 7 10'23 177 9 18 Hunter and Co. ... ... Argus Reef ... . ... 4 0 0 6 0 0 24 0 0 Four claims ... ... Argus Reef ... . .. 849 0 0 0 3 8'48 142 7 0

Total ... '" FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. 8,254 0 0 0 5 12'96 2,286 9 5

Gill and Co. ... ... Cattle's Reef ... ~ .. 350 0 0 o 14 0 245 0 0 Pearson and Co. ... ... Specimen Hill ... 16 0 0 0 3,13'50 2 17 0 A. Sorensen ... ... Specimen Hill . .. 16 0 0 'I 18 0 30 8 0 D, Rees and Co .... ... Blacksmith's Gully . .. 33 0 0 0 9 2'18 15 0 0 Small and Co. ... ... Cattle's Reef ... ... 400 0 0 b 7 0 140 0 '0 Mills and Co. ... ... Cattle's Reef ... .. . 500 0 0 o II 0 275 0 0 Redhouse a.nd Co. ... Heron's Reef ... ... .40 0 0 1 1 12 43 0 0 Stevens and Co, ... ... Heron'S Reef ... ... 200 0 0 0 4 0 40 0 0 Rowe Brothers ... ... Cattle's Reef ... ... 956 0 0 o 16 10'64 i86 0 0

------Total ... ... 2,511 0 0 o 12 13'50 1,577 5 0

HEPBUlUI DIVISION.

Cornish .. , Cornish Reef ... A ... ... . .. 2,520 0 0 0 9 7'56 1,173 14 0

Specimen Hill ... ... Specimen Hill . .. 1,847 0 0 0 5 6'37 486 5 12

{ Mauritius Reef ... 210 0 0 0 2 12'22 26 7 0 Freehold ... Mauritius Reef ... 100 0 0 0 2 4'32 10 18 0

Mauritius Reef ... 118 0 0 0 6 17'69 39 15 0 Vineyard ... ... Mauritius Reef '" 2,130 0 0 0 !I 4'57 552 16 0 New North Hepburn ... Mauritius Reef . .. llO (,) (,) 0 3 6'54 18 0 0 North Cornish ... ... Wombat Hill Reefs . .. 82 0 0 0 7 1'83 29 0 6 Argus ... ... Sandstone Reef ... 44 0 0 1 2 5-59 48 18 6 Argus ...

. Sandstone Reef 120 0 0 0 7 lI'65 44 18 6 ... ... . ..

Victoria Mills '" ... Willard's Reef ... 16 0 0 o 19 10'87 , 15 II 6 Victoria Mills ... ... 'Edward's Argus Reef . .. 27 0 0 1 4 14 .. 22 : 33 4 0 Great Leasehold ... Dry Diggings ... ... 600 0 0 0 4 1'81 122 6 12 Old Cornish Mills

, Collier's Reef ... 40 0 0 o 15 0 30 0 0 ... . ..

Old Cornish Mill!! ... Womba.t Reefs ... 260 0 0 o 10 3'69 132 0 0 North Cornish '" ... Wombat Hill Reef ... 21 0 0 0 9 17'14 10 4 0 P. Lucini ... ... Commissioner's Reef ... 1,235 0 0 0 3 8'56 207 5 12 Ansonia ... ... White Hill ... ... 82 0 0 o 14 9'70 59 1 4 Richardson and Co. ... Nuggety Reef '" 36 0 0 0 4 13'33 8 4 12 Fraser and Co. ... ... Kibb~s Gully Reef ... 56 0 0 0 3 21'85 10 19 0 Garlick and Co, ... ... Shephard's Fla~ ... 88 0 0 0 6 4'90 27 6 0 Sundry ... ... ... Wombat and Mauritius 742 0 0 o 13 16'04 470 0 0

Reefs No, I South ... ' .. Freehold Reef ... 1,858 0 0 0 9 15'30 895 6 14

TABA.D.l.LE AND KYNBTON Total ... ... 12,342 0 0 0 7 5'14 4,452 I 18 SUBDIVISION. ------

Tara.dale United ••• ... Taradale South . .. 2,030 0 0 o 14 10'16 1,464 0 0 Fenton ... ... Taradale South . .. 1,521 0 0 o 18 0'03 1,369 0 0 Nelson ... '" . ~ *. Taradale South ... ,93 0 0 0 5 9'03 25 0 0 Adventure .. , '" Taradale Township ... 7 -0 0 o 13 6'85 4 13 0 Crown Prince .. ~ .. Crawford's Paddock ... 49 0 0 0 7 0 17 3 0 Baird and Marshall ... Kangaroo Reef '" 86 0 0 2 0 0 172 0 0 Nor~h Star ... " . Lauriston ... ... 955 0 0 0 7 9 352 3 3 Energetic ... ... Lauriston ... . .. 1,101 0 0 1 18 3 2,098 15 15 Centra.l Energetic' ... Lauriston ... . .. 1,552 0 {) o 19 21'44 1,543 14 18

---------Total .... ... 7,394 0 0 o 19 1'43 7,046 9 12

:Remarks rela Uve to the Depth at which the

Quar~z was &btalned, &c.

200 feet 200 feet 180 to 210 feet 30 to 40 feet 75 to 80 feet 50 to 75 feet Surface to 30 feet Surface to 30 feet Surface to 30 feet 230 feet 50 feet 65 feet 180 to 270 feet

.120 feet To 180 feet 300 feet From slate 25 to 38 feet 45 feet Various Variou!! Variou8

120 feet liO feet 28 feet 16 feet 160 feet 100 to 140 feet 102 feet 30 to 40 feet 120 feet

250, 270 feet 170, 349 feet 150 feet 95 feet 190 feet 63 and 117 feet 100 feet 270 feet 100 feet 60 feet 40 feet 80 feet 130 feet 100 feet 28 to 70 feet 30 feet 30 and 80 feet 10 to 40 feet 60 feet 35 feet 50 feet 140 feet

130 feet

54-foot level 60-foot level 70-foot level 12-foot level Near the surface Various depths 150 feet 138 and 180 feet li7, ISO,and 195 feet

14

, 'Divis'ion and Subdivision, ,Average '. TotaI'Yield of

Reml>.~ks relative to the " "" "and ',: WhereQuar~z will! o]jtahied. Quartz Crushed. YieId of Gold • Depth at which the " ,X<in!e of !JompllnY.. per Ton. Gold. ' 9Uartz was obtained,. &0. - - _.

TARRANGOWER DIVISION. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr_ oz. dwt. gr.

Caledonian Mills •.. ..... Wilson's, Tiverton, Eagle- 1,669 0 0 o 12 18'29 1,065 0 0 30 to 400 feet hawk, Nuggety, Vie-toria, Linscott's, and "

Parkins' Reefs

Phamix Mills ... . .. Brewer's, Victoria; Bee-hive, Nuggety, Wil-

642 0-0 0 8 18'79 275 5 0 30 to 380 feet

son's, Eaglehawk, and Manton's Reefs

Linscott's -Mills ... : ... Linscott's, Eaglehawk, . Nuggety, Ladies', Bee-hive, and Lahn's Reefs

1,276 0 0 o 12 8-01 786 17 18 i 25 to 360 feet

Great Western ... . .. Beehive Reef ... ... 1,808 0 0 0 7 21'62 714 5 0 150 to 400 feet Nelson ... ... Wilson's Reef ... ... 1,331 0 0 0 5 8'04 355 1 0 280 to 350 feet Union ... ... Thornhill's, N uggety, and 51~ 0 0 0 4 U-23 lI5 14 12 10 to 300 feet,

Buller's Reefs

Total .... ... 7,244 0 0 0 9 3-47 3,312 3 6 ST. ANDREW'S EASl' A.ND CENTRAL' SUBDIVISIONS.

No.1 South ... . .. Oram's Reef ... .. . 6 0/,0 4 15 1 28 10 6 200 feet No.4 South ... ... Oram's Reef . .. . .. 10 0 0 5 13 0 56 10 0 ' 160 feet No.5 South ... ... Oram's Reef ... . .. 4 0' 0 2 2 0 8 8 0 160 feet No.3 South ... ... Oram's Reef . .. ... 6 0·0 o II 3 3 6 18 170 feet Researeh ... ... Eltham ... .. . 1 0 0 Oll 5 o 11 5 15 feet Pioneer ... ... Diamond Creek ... 23 0 0 6 19 19 160 15 5 130 feet, '< No.4 North '" ... - Oram's Reef ... .. . 20 0 0 2 0 6 40 5 0 160 feet Evans' Reef ... You-you . .. . .. "4 0 0 3 9 3, 13 16 12 40 feet Never too late to '~end' ... Kingstown ... . .. 7 0 0 1 6 0 9 2 0 35 feet Poverty Reef '" ... ' Queenstown ... ... }4 0 0 011 1 7 14,14 45 feet MeN ab and Co. ... . .. You-you ... . .. 6 0 0 o Ii 1 5 2 6 70 feilt Goodyear and Co. . Badger's Reef 22 0 0 0 9 0 9 18 0 30 feet ... ... lI.furray and Co .... ... Allen's Reef ... . .. 7 0 0 o 12 0 4 4 '0 70 feet Preston and Co. • .. ... You~you ... .. . 5 0 0 I 0 0 5 0 :0 40 feet Mueller and Co .... , ... Crown Prinee Reef . .. 25 0 0 o 10 0 12 10 0 30 feet Hopkinson ... . .. You-you ... .. . 5 0 0 o 12 0 3 0 0 60 feet Hutchinson ... . .. You-you ... .. . 4 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 30 feet Foster and Co. ... ... You-you ... .. . 6 0 0 0 6 0 1 16 0 40 feet Engel and Co. ... ... North of Warrandyte ... 42 0 0 0 9 12'57 20 0 0 180 feet

~ Warraudyte ... ... 7 0 0 I 15 0 12 5 0 70 feet

Devonshire Claim Warrandyte ... . ~ .. 3 0 0 1 10 0 4 10 0 70 feet ( Warrandyte ... ... 10 0 0 o 17 0 0 8 10 70 feet

. I Warrandyte - 21 0 0 o 16 0'28 16 16 6 70 feet ... .. . Third Hill Warrandyte ... ... 11 0 0 1 12 15'27 17 19 ,0 70 feet, .. ,

1 Warrandyte 12 0 0 o 16 I 9 12 12 70 feet ... ... Warrandyte ... ... 14 0 0 o 15 n'14 10 16 <12 70 feet

Napoleon's March ... Steel's Creek ... . .. 150 0 0 o ]3 8 100 0 0 170 feet Perseverance, Buck Reef ... One-tree Hill ... ... 450 0·0 o 17 18'66 400 0 0 60 feet

Total. .. ... 895 0 0 1 1 16'69 970 17 10

.. .. ..

ARARAT J\lININGDISTRICT .

.. .. ARA.IUT DIVISION. ..

North Star (Invineible) , ... Campbell's Reef ... .576 0 0 0 5 16'66 164 0 0 280 feet

Victoria '" ... Rhymney Reef .. , 302 0 0 0 19 12<87 295 0 0 100 and 160 feet -----

Total ... ... 878 0 0 o 10 10'93 459 0 0

-----PLEA.SANT CREEK DIVISION.

New St. George ... . .. ~ eWefty from Boomh-{ 3,416 0 0 o 17 13'24 2,997 16 0 r Fro';' "0 to 55O.", Victoria ... . .. man's and Cross 2,025 0-0 0 9 21'04 1,000 0 0

Wimmera - ... ... Reefs. Some from 4,185 0 0 o 12 1'41 2,523 6 6 The most and the Leviathan, Scotchman's Reef ' Darlington; Germa- 4,445 5·0 o 12 20'95 2,861 3 <16 richest from 300 to Moonlight ... . .. nia, Hampshire, and 3,831 2 0 o II' 23'84 3,446 15 0 550 feet' Grant, Lamont, and Co. ... Perthshire Reefs 5,076 0-0 '0 18 12'19 4;697 6 10 . New Dundee ... . .. Darlington and Germania 1,003 0- 0 0 5 23'57 300 0 0 North and South Wales ... Germania ... ... 121 11, 1 0 4 12'31 27 8 14

Total ... ... 24,102 18, 1 o 14 19'55 17,85315 22

15

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

Division nnd Subdivision, , Average Total Yield of I Remarks relative to the

and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at which the Name of Company. per Ton. Gold. I Quartz was obtained. &c,

toIlS em. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr, I


MITCHELL RrvEll. SUBDIVI-SION.

Why-not ... ... Why-not Reef . .. 12 0 0 0 7 12 4. 10 0 Close to surface Excelsior ... '" Excelsior Reef ... 18 0 0 1 2 0 19 16 0 Surface to 10 feet Scandinavian ... . .. Happy-go-lucky Reef ... 8 0 0 1 1 0 8 8 0 20 feet from surface Tubal Cain ... ... Tubal Cain Reef ." 15 0 0 2 10 16 38 0 0 30 feet from surface Elizabeth ". ... Tubal Cain Reef ... 14 0 0 1 5 1~'14 18 0 0 20 feet from surface

Total n. ... 67 0 0 1 6 11'46 88 14 0

BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION. i

Sons of Freedom ... ... Sons of Freedom Reef ••• 105 0 0 0 8 0 42 0 0 50 feet Galway ... ... Galway Reef ... . .. 27 0 0 o 13 12 18 4 12 25 feet

1----__

Total ••• ... 132 0 0 0 9 3 60 4 12

CROOKED RIVllIR DIVISION.

Good Hope ... '" Good Hope Reef . .. 400 0 0 2 10 1'05 1,000 17 12 500 to 570 feet Evening Star ... ... Evening Star Reef ... 200 0 0 0 4 0 40 0 0 60 to 100 feet Moreland and Co. ... Jeweller's Shop Reef ,., 86 0 0 o 17 0'51 73 3 20 Surface to 60 feet Sclater and Pattison '" Rubble Reef ... n' 44 0 0 2 o >J9'09 89 15 0 100 feet Hopkins and Bassett ... Palmers ton Reef . .. 18 0 0 0 4 10'66 4 0 0 80 feet Golden Fleece ... ., . Golden Fleece Reef ... 69 0 0 0 4 8 , 14 19 0 Surface to 50 feet Willmott and Whiting ... Time-will·tell Reef ... 30 0 0 o 13 11'6 20 4 12 90 feet King and Fletcher ... Young Richard Fletcher 24 0 0 0 3 16'25 4 8 6 Surface to 20 feet

Reef ---------Total ... ... 871 0 0 1 8 15'43 1,247 8 2

JERICHO DIVISION.

Lochfyne Prorpectors '" Lochfyne ,Reel ... 85 0 0 o 14 8'47 61 0 0 About 70 feet Lochness ... ... Lochfyne Reef . .. 18 0 0 2 11 20'27 46 13 5 About 250 feet St. Andrew's ... ... Garibaldi Reef . .. 40 0 0 o 10 19'8 21 13 0 About 30 feet Commercial n. ... Commercial Reef , . .. 12 0 0 o 10 14 6 7 0 About face

------Total ... ' ... 155 0 0 o 17 12'11 135 13 5

DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION,

Victoria. ... ... From the Company's lower ' 55 0 ° 0 3 15 9 19 0 tunnel

'STlUNGER'S CREEK DIVISION.

Long ':l'unnel , .. .. , Company's lease, Cohen's 3,543 0 0 2 12 3'39 9,236 17 0 151 feet below water-Reef level

WalhaJ.la ... ... Company's lease, Cohen'S 2,204 0 0 o 14 18'31 1,626 18 ° Above creek level Reef

North Gippsland .'.~ Company's lease, Cohen's 426 0 () 0 8 22'59 190 9 0 100 feet below creek Reef level

Empress ... ... Company's lease, Cohen's 2,015 ° 0: 0 6 3'03 617 5 0 , Reef

Molesworth ... ... Company's lease, Cohen's 590 0 0 0 4 0 118 ° 0 Reef '

Longfellow's .. , ... Company's lease, Long,.' 160 0 :1 o 17 16'35 141 '9 0 150 feet from surface fellow'S Reef '

Eureka ... ... ... Company~s lease, Eureka i" 180 0 0 5 5'33 47 0 ,0 250 feet from surface Reef

- Total .• , ... 9,118 0 0 1 6 6'55 11,977 18 0

RUSSELL'S CREEK DrVISION.

Pheasant Creek Prospecting Pheasant Creek ... 50 0 0 1 15 0 87 10 0 60 to 120 feet

BENDOC SUBDrVISION.

Monarch ... .., Monarch Reef ... 32 0 0 1 4 9 39 0 0 40 to 54 feet Rising Sun ... '" Rising Sun Reef ... 120 0 0 1 o 16 124 0 0 60 to 90 feet Bendoc Park .. , '" Come-love Reef ... 152 0 0 1 2 5'53 168 19 1 Stoping from -to-foot

level to surface Total ... ... 304 0 0 1 1 20'13 331 19 1

16

QUARTZ TAILINGS, CEMENT, ETC.

THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Hegistrar15 relative to the Quantity of QUARTZ TAILINGS and CEMENT, &c" Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom:-


Name of Company.

SOUTHERN DIVISION, Reform ... , .. , ..

SMYTHESDALE DIVISIO>l, Prince Alfred ... ",

CRESWlCK DIVISION, Hard Hill , .. ...

BUCKLAND DIVISION, Home Red '" .. ,

ALEXL'iDRA SUBDIVISION. Lewis and Co. ... .., ust Chance .. , .. ,

SANDHURST DIVISION, Guy. Clough, and Co. ... Felix .. , ... ." Hardie Bros. ... .. ,

Cambridge ... ... North of England .. , Huntly Deep Lead ... Huntly Deep Lead Ex-

tended

Alabama ... ... Telegraph ... . ..

Ball!trat ... .. ,

Morning Light ... .. ,

Annabella. '" ... B!tgshot ... ... Sundry Iota ... ...

HIIATHOOTB DIVISION AND W,UU,NGA SOUTH SUlI-

DIVISION. Costerfield .. ' ... p, C. Graytown ... ... Von der Luft's .. , ...

WARANGA NORTH Sun-DIVISION,

Victoria .. , .. , John Holmes .. , ... Perseverance ... ...

Where Quartz Tailings and Cement, &c.~ were

obtailled.

Quartz Tailings and Cement, &e.,

Crushed,

Average Yield of Gold

per Ton,

tons em, qr, oz, dwt. gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTHICT,

Hard Hills, near Whim 2S0 0 0 0 2 S'34 Holes

Surface, being the tailings 70 0 0 1 5 0 and refuse from a bat-tery

H!trd Hills ... .,. 200 0 0 0 620'91

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT,

Home Reef, mullock 380 0 0 0 1 23'S1 bank in reef

Albion Reef .. , 62 0 0 0 1 5'42 L!tst Chance Reef ... 16 0 0 0 o 12'56

-----------Total ... ... i 7S 0 0 0 1 1'96

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

Cement, White Hills '" ... 3,458 0 0 0 I 15'77 White Hills , .. .. , 3,OSI 0 0 0 1 2'42 Pottery l<'lat ... ... 339 U 0 0 4 3'37

Huntly . .. . .. 1,130 0 0 0 2 20'17

Huntly ... ... 843 0 0 0 2 1l'41 Huntly .. , . .. 1;'492 0 ,0 0 4 16'15 Huntly .. , ... 2,520 0 0 0 2 17'65

Huntly .. , ... 1,114- 0 0 0 4- 1'09

Huntly ... .., 2,400 0 0 0 2 17'19

Huntly ... ... '650 0 0 0 4 7'38

, Huntly .. , ... 3,200 0 0 0 3 0'10

Huntly ... . .. 2,522 0 0 0 4- 8'71 Huntly ... .. . 2,611

001 0 2 13'26

Huntly .. , ... ISO o 0, 0 5 13'33 -----

Total .. , ... 25,490 0 o • 0 2 19'55 ----

... .., ... 1,04S 0 0 0 8 11'93 ... ... .. . 205 0 0 0 o 17'95 ... . .. . .. 8 0 0 0 5 S

Total. .. ... 1,256 0 0 --;-;t:;-I ----

Coy's Diggings .. , 1,670 0 0 0 o IS'61 Nuggety ... .. . 192 0 0 0 1 IS'37 Old Lead and Nuggety 801 0 0 0 2 19'09

Gully -----

Total .. , .. , 2,163 0 0 0 1 3'47

27 0 0

87 10 0

68 14 6

37 17 0

3 16 0 0 S 9

----4 4 9

286 II 2 166 17 2

70 3 15

160 10 0

104 7 0 348 12 .0 344 14 0

225 7 0

325 19 0

140 0 0

480 14 0

550 4 0 333 5 0

50 0 0

3.~87 3 19 ----

183 5 0 7 13 S o 16 0

191 14 IS ----

64 15 12 16 19 0 42 1 12

123 16 0

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Cement, &0., Will'C obtained"

Surface. Cement

Concentrated sand, re-duced from 1;200 tons of tailings,

..

Mullock Mullock

Surface Depth, 5 to 40 feet Depth, 80 feet j width

20 feet; water level 60 feet

Depth, 110 feet; width 40 feet; water level 101 feet

Depth, lOB feet; width 400 feet; water level 100 feet

Depth, 100 to 110 feet width,200feet; wate r level, 93 feet

Depth, 124 feet; width , r not defined; wate

level, 110 feet Depth, 100 feet; widt'Q ,

r 200 to 300 feet; wate level, II 0 feet

Depth, 136 feet; width 300 feet; water level 100 feet

Depth, 100 feet Depth, 160 feet; width

150 to 300 feet

Quartz tailings

17

QUANTITY of QUARTZ TAILIYGS and CEMENT Crushed in each Division and Subdivision, &c.-continuea.

Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings and Qualtz Tnilings Average Total Yield of Remarks relative 10 the Depth at which the I llnd Cement, &e., were and Cement, &c., Yield of GQld GQld.

N8Jlle of Company. obtained. Crushed. per Ton. Cement, &c., were obtained.

tons cwt. qr. QZ. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.


MxRYIlOROUGH DIVIS10N,

Johnstone and Sons ••• Public crushings Penny and Claussen •.. Public crushings North German _ ,.. ... Public crushings

AMHERST DIVISION.

T. Bartlemore

AVOCA SUBDIVISION,

Crichton and party Freestone and Co. Wright and Co .... Sons of Freedom Dawes' machine .•• Bosanko's machine

Total. ..

.,. About Talbot

... No.2 Creek ...

... No.2 Creek ...

... No.2 Creek ••. ••• Homebush ... No.2 Creek .. . ... Avoca. Lead .. .

DUNOLLY ..urn T.uUIA.GULLA DlVISIONS.

Total ...

Bousfield

KORONG DIVISION.

Unwin and Co. Wayman and Co. Bird and Co. Not named

... Hard Hills

... Old Inglewood

... Old Inglewood ••• Old Inglewood .. , Korong ...

REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDlVISIONS.

Total .,.

Lee's machine

ST. ARN"'UD NORTH SUBDlVIB10N.

Bristol Reef ... Douglas's machine

... Bristol Reef ...

Total ...

27 0 0 120 0 0 835 0 0

o 2 13'77 o 1 I o 4 13'36

:3 6

190

I .. 9 12 • Mulloek 5 O. Mullock 5 .0 Tailings

1------1-----------982 0 0 0 4 1'74

560 0 0

37 0 0 67 0 0 43 0 0 500

100 0 0 975 0 0

1,227 0 0

o 2 14'57

o 7 8'43 o 5 10'39 o 4 9'49 3 16 0 o 3 12 020

7 0 0 0 3 17'14

199 19 12

73 0 0 Various depths.

13 12 18 4

9 9 19 0 17 10 97 10

o Cement o Cement o Cement o Cement o Cement o Tailings.

1 6 0

,.. 29 0 0 0 5 9'10 7 16 0 60 feet ..'\ 28 0 0 0 12 3'42 17 0 0 120 feet. .., 15 0 0 II 0 4 3'6 3 2 6 40 feet ••• ~~~ ~_O ___ 5_0 __ 0_0_ 10 feet

1,072 0 0 I 0 I 10'88 ~~

650 0 0 I 0 1 14'40 52 0 0 Quartz tailings' ---1----360 0 0 0 1 16 144 0 ,0 0 3 1'33

I 504 0 0 i 0 2 1'52

30 0 0 Mnllock 22 0 0 Tailings

52 0 0

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAlNJil DIVISION.

Powell and Co. ... ... Nimrod Reef , .. , .. 860 0 0 0 1 11'69 63 19 4 Barris ... .. Enreka Reef ' .. ... 367 0 0 0 1 10'33 26 5 0 Michel.,. ... ... Cranky Ned's ... '" 1,827 0 0 0 0 6'24 23 15 13 Sir Colin and others ... Campbell's Creek , .. 1,972 0 0 0 ] 12 147 IS 0

----Total, .. ... 5,026 0 0 0 1 1'01 261 17 17

FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION,

Sir H. Barkly ... .., Pennyweight ... , .. 195 0 0 0 6 0 58 10 0 80 feet Sir H. Barkly (public) ... Pennyweight ... ,' .. 50 0 0 o 15 0 37 10 0 80 to 100 feet Bishop and Co. ... , .... Guildford Bill ... 200 0 0 0 9

o I 90 0 0 Various Free Italian , .. ... Guildford Bill ... 130 0 0 0 3 o - 19 10 0 90 to 100 feet William Tell ... ... Guildford Hill . .. 250 0 0 0 2 4'51 • 27 7 0 90 to I 00 feet Jenkins (public) ... Table and Kangaroo Hills 100 0 0 0 5 0 25 0 0 100 feet Thomas and Co. , .. ... Bald Hill ... ... 300 0 0 0 5 0 75 0 0 95 feet Table Hill ... ... Table Bill . .. . .. 1,040 0 0 0 2 0 104 0 0 100 feet

Total .•• ... 2,265 0 0 0 3 20-57 436 17 0 HEPBUR.N DIVISlON,

North Cornish ... . .. Wombat Bili ... ... 200 0 0 0 2 3-18 21 6 12 Shallow, Cement Vietoria Mill ... . .. Willard's Reef . .. 36 0 0 0 3 1'50 5 10 6 Cement Enterprise ... ... Johnson's Gully ' .. 107 0 0 0 I 15'05 8 14 3 Cement

Total ... ' .. 343 0 0 0 2 1-74 35 10 21 TARRANGOWER DlVISION,

1,820 0 0 0 I 0 91 0 i Surface. Cement ... ... ... 0 Prince of Wales ... .. , .. , ... ... 1,629 0 0 0 1 14-51 130 14 :1 S""~ Phoonix Mills ... ... -----

Total ... .. , 3,449 0 0 0 I 6'85 221 14

No.2. ('

Div:iBion a.nd SUbdivision" and

18

Name of Company.:

Where Quartz Ta!l!ngs and , ; ce(ment, &c., were

•• ~ " J obtained. .'

A.verage ; Total Yt~ld Of,,!,:jReJ'!l"!ks:l1lJatiVe to:tbe Yield of Gold~ ,. I Gold Depth,a,t which the

per Ton. :' Ceme'!t, &c., were 'obtained �-------------~---I-~-~----I--------

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt gr. oz. dvj't. gr. I

, ARA'.RAT MINING 'DISTRICT. '"

Aa.uuT CREEK DIVISION. Mullock Bank ••• .. •• ••• 288 0 0 0 7 0 100 16 P .60,feet below s1ll'face, form

1---------1--------1-:-------1' mg'tlle roof to former a.lIu vl~ ~orklns:. > ".

PLlIIASAlIT Cu.mx: DIVISION. j . ,~~ Mullock' . " Cement MUllock ~ailings andmullock

Cambrian '" .... Church Hill, Stawell. , .. 1,300 0 0 0 I 12 ·.H 97'110 ,0 North and South Wale~ ... Welshman's Flat, Silver } 576 0 0 0 7 0 201 12 0

Shilling, & Deep' Lead 1,728 0 ,0 0 1 0 S6 8 0 Ah Chow and Co. , ... Deep Lead ... . .. 1,170 0 0 0 o 17'22 41 19 15

: Total.;. : ... 4,774 0 0 'I 18'9S, '427'~'15

PYRITES, AND BLANKETINGB;'.~'\! ::: , ,.. , . i

THE following inforInation has oeEm obtained from Returns 'made bY'the Mining SUrveyors' 'aD:d Regiiiti'ars relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and 'BLANKETINGS operated on in . ,the several Divisions and Subdivisions ofieach Mining District during the Quarter; and the GOLD obtained therefrom:-, . .

, Division and SUbdivision, Where PYl'ites llnd Blanketings Pyrites Average Total :Yleld of Remarks relative to the, ;

and were obtained, and Blanketings Yield of Gold Gqld" •

; Depth at which the .-Name of Company. operated Oll. I per Ton.' i Pyrites, &c" "':':" obta,l.ned; , ' , .

: ~z, dwt. ~,I "

,. tollll ewt. qr. oz, dwt. gr.

'BALLARAT 'MINING DISTRICT.

! ..

CENTRAL DIVISION. , ,

.' . Llanberris ... ... Gum-tree Flat ... 19 0 0 1 S 0 26 12 0 Mason and party ... ... ... .. . 61 0 0 0 9 IS'09 29 15 0 Gray and party ... ,J"". ... .. . ... 11 10 0 0 14 22'95 8 12" 0 Red Streak ... ... Poverty Point ..' 10 0 0 1 16 16'80 18 7 0 Marks ... """. ... " .. ... . .. f; 10 0 4 1 19'63 22 10 0 Great Northern Junction ••• Creswick Road ... 1 0,9 6 12 0;,' 6 12 0

------Total ... ... lOS '0 0 - 1 o 19'55' -'112"'S 0- .~ .. . ,

CR'ESWICK DIVISION. -------Port Phillip ... ... Clunes Reefs ... .. . 143 0 0 4 0 3'35 573 0 0 New North-Clunes , . Clunes, Re'efs ... -, .. , " ·····2ro . 0 . 0 :':I ]3 21'25" , -775'16"'0- • >- .~- •• -. .. .. . ... ... South elunes ... ... Clunes Reefs '" ... 7 0 0 4 8 13'71 31 ,0 0

------------- -------Total ... ... 360 0 0 :':I 16 15'73 . :l,:mi i6 ,,0 .. .) .. , .. -. BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

BUCKLANI) DIVISION. ,J United Miners ... United Miners Reef ... 1 10 0 2 0 0 '3 0 ..

, .. f.,.,

Happy Valley . " ... Happy Valley Reef . .. 21 18 0 11 o '2'19 291' 0 '0 Happy Valley Happy Valley Reef o 12 0 248 6 16 149; 0 0 " , .. ... ...

"

Total 24 0 0 IS 9 4 " 443: '0 '0 . .', ... ... ,


SANI)HURST DIVISION. is.15 '12\ Blank~t '-sand,'

, Beehive Devonshire Reef

. 3 2" 14 arnale .. , ... ... 6 0 0 , .

gamating barrels .: Argus ... .. , ... Eagle Reel ... ... 2 0 0 110 0 3 0 0 Blanket sand, amai-

Johnson's Reef o i

gamating barrels Johnson's Reef ... , .. ... 32 0 0 3 6'75 5 5 0 : Pyrites re-crushed H. Koch (PioneerWor~s) ... Long Gully. ... ... 317 0 O! 2 4 17'86 709 '4 0 'I Pyrites;, reverberatory

! furnace and Whee-

Total .. , ... ---a;;-70/21 5'S8- 736 4 i2 i ler's pans' '.

19

QUANTITY of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in each Division and Subdivision, &c.--continued.

Division and'Subdivlslon, Where Pyrires and Blankotlngs Pyrites A'\-eragc Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and and Blanketing. Yield of Gold Depth at which thel

Name of Company. i j' were obtained. operated'on. ' per Ton. . , " 'Gold.; 'Pyrites, &0., were obtain ----

tons owt. qr • oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

.. CASTLEMAINEMINING DISTRICT.

lliPBURN DIVISION. C

I ..- . .

Sp~clmen HiH Crushing Mill Wombat Hill, Specimen .24 0 0 2 4:20 53 16 0 349 feet Hill

TABRA."{GOWl!lR DIVISION. /'

Caledonian Mills ••• ... From Yandoit ... 2 0 0 2 4, 0 4 8 0

,


CROOKED RIVlm DIVISION, I Good Hope ... ... Good Hope Mill . .. 3 10 o ! 33 1 10'28 115 15 0

-----STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION.

01 Walhalla ... ... Company's lease .~ . 36 0 2 10 3'33 90 5 0

20

NUlfBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY. FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31sT DECEMBER 1870.

(From Return8 made by tke Mining Surveyors and Registrars.)

Name of Place. No. Total. Name of Place. I :!!fo. Total.

--- !-

BALLARAT DISTRICT. Brought forward ... ... '" 9,666 Central Division: Creswick Division-continued.

Ballarat West '" ... ... 620 Diamond Gully ... . .. ... 30 , Ballarat East ... ... ... 700 Cobbler's Gully ... .. . .. . 40 Ballarat North ... ,.'. . .. 65 Bald Hills ... ... . . .. 20 Sebastopol ... ... ... 1,200 Sulky Gully ... ... .. . 25 Cambrian Hill ... ... ... 600 Slaty Creek ... ... . .. 50 The Springs ... ... ... ISO Mopoke ... ... ... .. . 70 Little Bendigo ... ... '" 200 Humbug Hill ... . .. ... 30 Deadhorse ... ... 250 Portuguese Flat ... ... . .. 50 Ballarat South

. , ,

690 Back Creek T 35 ... ... ... ... ... ... -- 4,505 , Rocky Lead ... ... ... 30

Sl1uthsrn Divi,ion : Pinchgut Gully ... ... ... 70 Long Gully ... ... ... 20 -- 2,200 Staffordshire Reef' ... ... 35 Gordon Subdivision: Italian Gully ... ... ... SO

Mount Egerton 86 Splitters' Gully 20 ... . .. ... ... ... ... Claims North of Big Hill Reef 56 ,Kangaroo .- 30 ... ... ... ... Moorabool 29 Moonlight 50 ... ... ... ... ... ... Gordon 88 Bulldog 95 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... All Nations Gully ... S Rokewood Junction 70 ... ... ... ... Cantwell's Creek 2 Mount Misery 370 ... ... ... ... ... ... Lal-Ial 10 Jackson's Gully . 15 ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. -- 219 Yankee Hill ... ... . .. 22

Grassy Gully ... ." . .. 40 Steiglilz Subdivision: Spring Creek ... ... ... 15 Steiglitz ... . .. . .. ... 500 Sawpit Gully ... ... ... 50 Morrison's ... ... ... 200 Whim Holes ... '" ... 35 Dolly'S Creek ... .. . .. , 100 Hard Hills ... ... . .. 47 Mount Doran . .. .. . ... 150 :ll'renchman's Gully ... ... 60 Stony Rises . .. ... ... 30 Pinchgut '" ... ... ... 120 Darriwill ... ... ... . .. 20 Break-o'-day ... ... . .. 300 I -- 1,000 Western Creek ... ... .. . 237

Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Raglan ... ... ... .. . 70 • South Subdivision: -- 1,781

Golden Point 220 ~Ilnin!/ong Division: ... . .. ... Red Hill ... .. . ... 150 Napoleon ... ... ... ... 100 Barry's Heef and Split-tree ... 230 Watson's Hill 40 ... .. ... . .. Yankee Reef and Creek 100 South Durham 50 ... ... ..... ' '" ... Simmons' Reef 140 Green Hills and Devonshire SO ... .., ... ... Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg 180 Scotchman's ,100 ... ... ... ... Garibaldi 30 Union Jack and Glencoe 180 ... . .. ... ... ... Snake Gully 52 Winter's Flat 30 ... " . ... ... ... ..... BaHan Flat 20 Hiscock's ... 160 ... . .. ...

'" ... ... Johnson's Reef 20 Magpie and Cobbler's 100 ... ... ... ... . .. Werribee '" 40 Durham (proper) ... 300 ... . .. .. . ... ... Newman's Reef and Two-mile Diggings 32 One-eye and Spring Hill ... . .. 70 Wright's Reef I 16 nard Hills 80 ... ... ... ... ... '" -- 1,230 Bla.ck Lead a.nd Wattle Gully ... 1i0

1-Durham Ranges and tributaries,' in- Total for Ballarat District ... ... 14,375 eluding New Rush at Kitty's ... 400 ----- 1,740 ,Smytkesdale Division:

Smytbesdale ... ... 80 ---Scarsdale ... ... .. . ... 585 Brown's and Monkey Gully ... 70 Italian Gully ... ... , .. 50 Derwent Jack's ... ... ... 15 BEECHWORTII DISTRICT. Piggoreet ... ... ... 100 Bottle Hill ... ... .. , 60 B eechworth Division: $nake Valley ... ... ... 100 Spring Creek ... .. . ... U5 Bulla Flat ... ... .. . 5 Siher Creek ... ... ... 25 :Springdallab Creek ... ... 40 Deep Creek ... ... ... 22 Happy Valley ... '" ... 100 Hurdle Creek ... ... ... 4S Haddon ... ... .. . 200 Pennyweight Flat ... , .. ... 52 'Golden Lake ... '" ... 135 Two-mile Creek ... . .. ... 60 Madden's Flat ... ... .. . 4, Three-mile Creek ... ... .. , 210 Linton ... ... '" ... 80 Six-mile Creek ... n' ... 55 Moonlight , .... ... . .. 16 Bowman's Forest, &c. ... ... 120

-- 1,640 Myrtleford, &c. ... '" ... 90 'Ort.wick Division: Woeragee, &c. ... ... .. . 170

Creswick ... ... '" ... 100 Reid's Creek ... ... .. . 38 Clunes ... ... ... ... 1,100 Wooished ... ... ... 190 Springhill ... ... ... 60 SebllBtopol ... ... ... 143 Red Streak ... ... ... 360 Eldorado, &c. ... . .. ." 430 Union Hill ... ... ... 30 Stanley, &c. ... ... ... 450 Longpoint ... ... ... 100 1- 2,218

---1~8 Carried forward . ... ... ... 9,666 Carried forward ... .. . ...

21 ~

NUMBER and, DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldllelds, &e.-continued.

Nama of Place. No. Total. N llIlle of Place. Total.

Brought forward 2,218 Brought forward 7,332

Yackandandalt Division: Gaffney's Creek Subdivision: German Flat 35 Goulburn River .. , 36 Muddy Creek 40 Gaffney'S Creek 70

's Flat 30 Cannon's Creek 40 5 Moonlight Creek 2

80 Raspberry Creek and branches 60 Bell's Flat It) Lyrebil'd Creek 10 McCarthy's Flat 25 Wallaby Creek ".,- 36 Whiskey Flat 25 Cornhill Reef, &c .... 14 Township Hills 45 Moving population 18 Pyke's Flat 50 281 Rowdy Flat 45 Osborne's ]j'lat 45 Wood's Point Subdivision: Allan's Flat 20 Wood's Point and Morning Star 140 Staghorn Flat 50 Lower Goulburn .,. 60 Kinchington~s Creek ... 60 Right and left branches 56 Twist's Creek 240 Gooley's Creek, &c. 60 Clear Creek 160 Harper's and Pheasant Creek 12 Hillsborough and Sutton 240 Perkins' Creek and Waverley .... 16 Sandy Creek ISO Emerald Claims 4 Lockhart's Creek 15 All Nations, &c. 80

1,850 Bald Hills to Matlock 2

Indigo Division: Toorak to Columbia 4 Black River 38 Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads ll3 Moving popUlation 20 Indigo Lead 102 .... Maori Creek 4 Caledonian Lead 8 '--- 4" Black Dog 1··· 10

Glencoe Lead 20 Big River Subdivision: Durham Lead 26

8 Wahgunyah Lead ... 8 Frenchman's Creek Robert Burns Lead 4 Ten-mile .•• .... 4

Warner's Creek 26 Mona Lead 21 Enoch's Creek 8 Magenta Reef 6 Railway Creek 26 Banner's Reef 10 Jim Thomas Creek. 6 Two-to-one 2 Big Hiver South 18 Price and Co. 2 ...

Harris and Co. 8 Big River North ... 28 Eureka 2 ]j'ryer's Creek ... '" 12 Perseverance 2 Darlingford to.Jerusalem Creek 60 Kincardinshire Lead 6 Moving population 19 Wallace's Gully 4 215 Lancashire Gully ... 8

Mitta·mitta Division: United Console 24 Thunder-and-lightning Creek 156 All England Lead ... 9 Snowy Creek 280 O'Neil , ... , 8 Mitta-mitta River ... 50 Caledonian Reef 4

486 Exchange Reef 6 Cooper's Reef 8

Jamieson Subdivision: Victoria Reef 3 Howqua River and tributaries 30 Prospecting in various localities 27 Goulburn from Howqua to Jamieson 125 441 Mack's Creek 67

Buckland Division: Goulburn from Jamieson to Swampy Creek 86 Harrietville 236 Sailor Bill's Creek ... 70 Harrietville to Bright 802 Swampy Creek 16

Flume Creek 20 Bright to Boundary 140 Prospectors 10 Running Creek 126

Growler's Creek IIO 424 :Morse's Creek 161

Total for Beechworth District 9,184 Buckland branches 225 Junction to Lower Bridge 360 Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction 315

1,975 ---Alerandra Subdivision:

SANDHURST DISTRICT, Alexandra and vicinity llO Godfrey's Creek ... 290 SandlturBt Dil)ision : Devil's River and tributaries 50 Back Creek and Spring Gully 160 Johnson's Creek and 'tributaries 130 Sheepshead and Golden Gully 4:10 Growler's Gully and vicinity 220 Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat 610 U T Creek 20 Crusoe Gully and neighborhood 120 Goulburn River 50 Marong and Bullock Creek 140 Ghin·ghin .. , 8 Victoria Reef and New-chum 640 Spring Creek and tributaries 90 Long Gully,MaidenandDerwent Gullies 590 Prospectors 60 Ironbark ... 570 Merton and vicinity 50 Bendigo Flat 340 Molesworth 20 White Hills 40

1,098 Epsom and Pottery Flat 134 Huntly 603

Maindample Subdivision: Sydney Flat and Whipstick 310 Dry Creek 160 Specimen lIilI, Eaglehawk ••• 268 Maindample 30 Devonshire and Deadhorse Gullies 372 Hayfield ... 25 Windmill Hill and California Gully::: 518 O'Brien's Creek 12 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ... __ , 815 Hell's Hole 23 250 Sailor's, Snob's, and Pegleg Gullies 390 ------- Raywood... .., ... 140

Carried forward 7,332 Elysian Flat 170

22

NUMBlj:R ,and .DISTRIBUTI.ON of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c '-Continued.

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

I ,,-,

Sandhur'st Division-continued.

'" , ........ I-----:-j -.,-:-~--:,_:_.--::_:::_:_:,,::: .. ,_:_. =c,=-_ -_"',-~ 1---,._--::::-::.-

• B~ought forvr!U'd. ... ...... 4,550 , 'Sebastian.:.·.. • ...... '.:.'

Kamltl'ooka ... • .. Scattered and .prospecting ••• ' ., ...•

" . K ilmore Division: .. , "

Reep; Creek .. , ... ~", ...... Stnith Creek, ... . Sunday' Creek, .,. " Higinbotham-and Yea. '. Junction Hill· ... '

.... ~... ;; ...

Heathcote Division and W~ranga South Subdivision:

Spring Creek ... Redca.stle " . • .. " ..." Heathcote: ... ' Costerfield ." ToobOrac ... '. • ..

I •••

... ' Kimbolton and,Campaspe ... Coliban' and Myrtle Creek ... Wild-duck Creek .. , Major's Line. . •.

Waranga Nortll Subdivision: Cherry-tree .. , ... Old 'Lead, Rushworth ... Chinaman's Flat... • •• Nuggety Reefs... . .. Mongolian Reefs .... .., Frenchman's ,Reefs ••• Coy's Diggings ...' .. .

.. ,'

Main Gully, Whroo ... ... Bah,clava ... ... • .. Albert and .Tohnson's, and Happy-go-

lucky Reefs ... ... . ...: Union Lead and tributary gullies ••. White Hills ... .... .. . Mallee Reefs ... ... • .. . Fontainebleau and Siberia ... .. . North Spring Creek ... .. . Nine-mile Creek ... ... .. . Good Friday, Mary Taylor's Creek .. . Growler's Reef... ... .. . Buffalo... ... .•• . .. Noorilim ... ... ... ...

Total for Sandhurst District ...

MARYDOROlCGH DISTRICT.

Maryoorougl! Division: Waterloo, Inkerman, Alma, Adelaide

Lead, Moonlight ••• • •• Goldcnpoint, Carrisbrook, Majorca,

Craigie, and Four-mile Flat ... 'Mosquito, Blucher'S, Mariner's, Bristol

HilI, and other reefs ... .. . Chinaman's Flat ... ... .. .

50 40

140 -- 7,090

136 ... , 3,

20 ! 52 • , 4'

-- 215

300 75

150 115 35

100 60 35 70

9 36 64 81, 38 22 54 26 51

33 25 10 '8 37

9 75 20 26

120 5

550

900

550 750

940

749

8,994 1--

, Newtown, Havelock, Lucknow, Mary-borough , ... '" "', 450

1- 3,200

Amherst Divi,9ion : About Talbot ... . .• Scandinavian Lead ... Rocky Flat, .... . .. Monnt Greenock ' ••• Nuggcty and Long Gullies .. . Kangaroo Flat: and Gully .. . Mia-mia Flat 'and tributaries Daisy Hill and tributaries .. . Adelaide Lead South .. . Blacksmith's Gully .. . Emu and Cockatoo .. . McCallum's Cieek... t ...

Mount Glasgow... . ..

Carried forward

100 120 180 220 40 50 80

160 130 40

170 50 10

'.

1- ,1,350 1-

4,550

,,t,boca Subdivision: Fiddler's Creek ... Amphitheat~e ' Avoca - ... Green HilllCreek ...

bush'. ,. ougll

Mountain Hut No.:(Creelf: : .. No.,2 Creek York's Gully'

... ... ...

" . .. ., ... , ..

DU1UJlly and Tarl/(igulla Divisions: DunolJy .... • .. ' ... ,- , Burnt Creek ... .. •.. Bet-bet... ... ... Goldsborougli" ..." ... Inkerman ... ...:.... Moliagul ••• ... • .. Bealiba ,;." ... ... • .. Tunstall's ,

" Murphy's Flat Jones' Creek 'farnagulla Half-way ... Llanelly •••

Korong Division: Jericho... • •• Jordan's I •••

Berlin... • .. Craigie Lea ... Kingower ... McI,ntyre's ••• Sinnott's .. , '" Burke's Flat .. . New IngJewood .. . ThoPlpson's Gully ••• Korong... '" Old Inglewood ... Christmas Flat ...

, .. ...

Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivision$: Stuartmill : Redhank ..... Donkey Hill Forest Hut

.... , " ...

1,250 30

250 15 92 15 20 72

400 50

1-

179 120

69 84

178 185 132 22 17

170 ,243

37 230

1-

50 30

1,800 15 30 30 25 40

100 20 90 10

200

60 10 30 20 20

2,194

1,666

2,500

Moonambel Middle Creek Sandy Creek Darling Flat, . '''ljLl

970 St. Arnaud North Subdivision:

New Bendigo '" ... St. Arnaud ... • •• Silv!'r MineS ... .. . Armenian Gully... ... ... Jerejaw, Fishhook, and other reefs ... Mt. Emu... ... • .. Greenock Reef... . .• Carapooce . ....... . Rostron's ... . .. Bald Hills '" ... Forty-foot ... • .. ,Tohn Bull Creek... ... Jardine's Gully... • .. Strathalbyn"... ... Blink Bomiy and other· reefs Sawpit Gully· ... ..,

Total for Maryborough District

CASTLEMllNllI DISTRICT •.

Castlemaine Division: Guildford Campbell's Creek ... Castlemaine Barker's Creek Myrtle Creek Chewton ... Golden Point

Carried forward

46 63

2 14 20 58 37

6 6 4 4

10 10 20

8 8

, 316

... 12,196

182 413 256 145 40

480 160

\- 1,676 1--

... 1,676

23

NUMBEir and -DiSTRIBUTION of MINERS on the-Goldfields~- Sic~.Lcontinued.

Name of Pla.ce. No. Total. I No. Total.

----~--------------------·I----<~~----·II~-------.. --~~----~·~·~···=·~·--------·--" Brought forward '"

Ftyer'lI Creek Division: . Golden Gully and 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 Hills... • •• Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe Nuggety Gully and Irishtown Guildford to Pickpocket ... Green and Sailor's Gullies ••• Pickpocket and Hard Hills .. : Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss

Hephurn Division: Franklin Section and

Glenlyon ••• Yandoit Section ... Boots' Gully Section Italian Gully Section Spring Creek Section Doctor's Gully Section Brandy-hot Section Deep Creek Section

- " Blind Creek Section Stony Creek Section Wombat Creek Section Daylesford Section Connel's Gully Section

Dry ,Diggings,

..... . ..

,Taradale and Kyneton Suhdivision: Taradale ... ... • .. Taradale South... • .. Piper's Creek ••. . • .. ' Kangaroo... ••• ... Malmsbury ... • .. Coliban North '" .,. Belltopper: '" ...

~ Redesdale .~. .. .. Barfold .•• • .. Lauriston... '" Mud Lark Gienlyon '"

Tarrangower Division:

355 188 430

60 120

.130 100 255 325 150 50

140 45

2-l0

96 214 40

150 U8 225

56 290 126 124 196 264

47

325 193 10 39 58 21 56 35 8

131 10 10

Beehive Hill '" ... ... 81 Eaglehawk Gully... ... ... 175 Long Gully ... ••• ... 132 Pegleg Gully '" ... ... 78 Growler's Gully... ... ••• 28 Porcupine Inat... ... ... 62 Mount Tarrangower ... ... 73 Fiddler's Flat ... ... ... 9 Sandy Creek... ... 144 Nuggety and Bradford ... ... 58 Green Valley '" ... ... 30 Frenchman's '" ... ••• 9 Muckleford ... ... ... 92 Newstead, Strangways, and Clydesdale 46

,

St. Andrew's Easf;,and Central Suhdivi,ions: ' "-" .. Anderson's Creek ... ... • •• Loyal Liberal Heef ... . .• Old Caledonia ... ... • .. Yow-yow... '" ... • •• Steel's Creek '" ••• • •• Yow-yow Gully... ... • •• Wild-dog ... ... • •• Diamond Creek '" ••• • .. Panton Hill ... ... ... Research ... ••• • •• Pioneer Reef '" ... ... Cherry-tree ... ••• • •. Hoddle's Creek ••. ... • .. McMahon's Creek, Warburton ••• Watery Gully '" ... • •• Queenstown ... ••• • .. Kingstown ... ... • .. One-tree Hill ... ... ...

Carried forward

112 16 li 30 25 16 28 45 29

7 15 14 60 35 7

37 23 30

1-

1,676

2,588.

1,946

8~6

1,0Ii

546

8,669

Brought forward ...

Blue Mountain North Suhdivision

Total for Castlemaine District ...

ABA~AT' DISTRICT.

Ararat Division: Ararat, including the White Lead, Can

ton Lead, Commissioner's Hill, Old Korns, Wet Lead, Hopkins and Black Lead, Mitchell's Heef, and Picnic ...

Armstrong's, with Dutton's Gully, Long and Napoleon Gullies, and Hospital Bill, Eaglehawk ... • ..

Philip's Flat, Nil Desperandum, and Slaughteryard Bill .. , ...

Cathcart, with Spring Lead, Bowman's Flat, and Black Hill Lead ...

Rhymney, Shea's Flat, McNab~s, Good Friday Gully, and Preston Reefs ...

Opossum Gully, Soldier's Flat, Wattle Gully, and Port Curtis... ...

Moyston, with Campbell's Reef, Alluvial Flat, Camp, Jonathan's, Shepherd's Gully, and Gray's Hut Lead and Londonderry ... • ••

Pleasant Creek Division: Commercial'Street Deep Lead Great Western Reefs '" Flying Doe Germania Reef ... Bonnie Dundee ... Seventy-foot

Barkly Division:

126

340

150

30

47

60

208

230

15 150 25

500 20 20 10 60

8,669

1210

8,795

1,065

soo

Landsborough Barkly ... Frenchman's Glenpatrick

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240 35 42 46

Raglan Division: Beaufort ... • .. Jock's Lead ... Main Lead ... Tributaries to ditto Raglan and King Charles Poverty Point Sailor's Gully ... Sulky and Charlton Waterloo '" ••• Baxter's Gully ...

Total for Ararat District

GIPPSLAND DISTRICT.

Omeo Subdivision: Livingstone Creek ... Upper Mitta-mitta River, from

bungara to Wombat Creek Wombat Creek... • .. Gibbo River ... • .. Swift's Creek ... .. . River Tambo ... .. .

Carried forward

---- 363

30 30 70

100 30 15 45

95 30 I ... i~ 480

i-__

Co-200

95 78 42

120 15

2,708

---- 550

NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of M1NJ!lRS on the Goldfields, &c.-continued.

Name of Place.

Brought forwarq ... ... MitckeliRiver and Boggy Creek'Sua'divisionS:

Nicholson River ... Macdona.ld's Creek Store Creek ... Haunted Stream ... Deptford ... ... Boggy Creek ... Merrijig and Sandy's Creek Buchan ... ...

Crooked River Division: Grant ... ... W onngangarra '" W onna.ngatta River Crooked River ... Good-luck Creek ...

, Jungle Creek '" , Black Snake ... Twelve-mile Creek ... Twenty-iiye-niile ... Thirty-mile ... Wentworth River .. , Upper Dargo ... Middle Dargo ... Lower Dargo ... Upper Mitchell ... Good Hope ...

Jericho Division: Matlock to Alhambra Lochfyne and Ferntree B B Creek and spurs Jericho and Jordan . . Blue Jacket ... Red Jacket . ,. Aberfeldy and Thomson Eldorado ... ... Dry Creek ... Moving population

Carried forward

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 14th January 18i!.

'" ... ... ... ... . .. ... . .. ... ... .. , ... ... ... ...

... .. .

... ...

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

... u. '" ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... ... ... ... ... . .. . .. ..,.

... ...

... ...

... .....

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

." ...

... ...

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

... ...

... . ..

No. I Total.

---... 550

30 15 40 30 45

200 120

4---- 484

24 6 4 ,

89 20 8 2 8

lO 12 98

lID 15

104 26 30

--- 566

3 30 48 80 2

28 120

2 24 15

1-··· 352

1-1,952

N arne of Place# No. Total.

---Brought forward ... ., . ... 1,952

Donnelly's Creek Division: , Store Point and Donnelly's Creek ... 52 Aberfeldy ... ... . .. 19 South Crinoline ..... ... .. . 6 Edwards' Hill ... ... .. . 13 Lee's Creek ... ... '" 7 Tullamore and North Crinoline . .. 4 Gladstone I 7 ~. l, ... . .. Upper Gladstone ... ... . .. 21 Prospectors at Freestone Creek ... 6

--- 13

Stringer's Creek Division: Walhalla ... ... ... . .. 307 Eureka Reef ... ... .. . 16 Happy-go-Lucky ... ... ... 18 Longfellow's Reef ... ... ... 27 Shamrock Reef ... . .. . .. S Thomson River and Aberfeldy Alluvial 38 Prospecting, scattered . .. .. . 18

--- 43

Russell's Creek Division: Russell's Creek and Lower Tangil ... 120 Upper Tangil ... ... ... ,25 Crossover and La Trobe River ... 50

--- 19

Bendoc Subdivision: Upper Bendoc ... ... . .. ~6 Lower Bendoc ... ... . .. 'IO Bog ... ... . .. ... 45 Bonang ... ... ... . .. 15

--- 106

Tarwin Subdivisio~: Stockyard Creek ... . .. . .. 175

--- 175 ---

Total for Gippsland District ... ... 2,99 ---

. GRAND TOTAL ... .. . I 59,247

R. BROUGH SMYTH, SecretarY' for Mines.

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MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTS.

'BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CENTRAL DIVISION. Mr. Harrle Wood, Jfining Registrar.

The quantity of gold obtained during the quarter ending 31st December 1810, exceeds the quantity obtained during the previous quarter by 8371 ozs. 6 dwts. 1 gr. In addition to a considerable increase in the amount paid during the quarter in dividends, there are also two dividends paid in the early part of this month (ith January 1811), amounting together to .£12,500, which may he largely credited to the gold produced dnring the quarter ending 31st December ultimo. l'here is also a large amount paid in liquidation of debts.

There is an increase in the number of steam-engines, but the number of men emploY,ed is less than during the previous quarter. This apparent disproportion is due to the fact that several of the mines are now worked ou tribute, under which system there is greater economy of labor, and the labor appears to be more skilfully employed.

During this quarter the Hand·in-Hand and Band of Hope Company has, after many years' Jabor and an immense outlay, become a payable mine. The Band of Hope and Albion Consols Company has greatly increased in productiveness duriug the quarter. In this claim there are thirteen steam-engines and five shafts. 'rhe ground around four of the shafts is worked on tribute, and the works connected with the fifth shaft will probably be productive towards the end of March uext. After a very large outlay of capital, and overcoming many impediments during the last eighteen months, the St. George and Band of Hope United Company now bids fair to be again one of om' most successful mines. ,

The yield of gold during the quarter. being satisfactory, and the reasonable hopes from progressive mines not yet yielding gold, there is reason to believe that the mining interest of Ballarat is in a fair way to recover its former prosperity. ..

It is worthy of note that many of the miners who formerly depended entirely upon the earning of wages in our larger mines, now, when not 80 employed, form co-operative parties to re-work portions of the old ground in and around Ballarat East.

GOLD obtruned by the principal A.lluvial Claims in the Central Division of the Ballarat District, during the ~uarter , ending 31st Dec_ember 1870.

Name of Campany. Quantity. NlIllle of Company. Quantity.

oz. dwt. 'gr. oz. dwt. gr.

All Nations ... ... ... 40 0 0 Prince of Wales . .. . .. ... 769 6 0 National ... ... '" . .. 78 0 0' Roberts and Party ... ... '" so 0 0 Eastern Star ... ... . .. ... 120 0 0 Bonshaw ... . .. ... ... 2,2i8 0 0 Golden Gate ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 Recovery .. . ... . .. 157 14 0 Association ... . .. ... ... 195 0 ° Wintcr's Freehold ... . .. ... 450 ° ° Try-Again ... . .. ... .. . 260 0 ° St. George and Band of Hope United ... 5,925 12 ° Caledonian '" ... ... 80 0 0 Leviathan ... ... . .. ... 2,856 18 0 Prince Imperial ... ... ... J50 ° ° Great Gulf ... ... .. . 5J!! 3 0 Rose Hill ... ... ... . .. 759 5 0 Cardigan Consols ... . .. . .. 444 2 19 Inkerman and Durham ... ... 127 ° ° DUl'ham ... . .. .. . , ... 339 13 0 Park ... ... ... . .. 5,951 14 ° Great Northern Junction ... . .. 367 18 0 Hand-in-Band and Band of Hope ... 4,477 15 0 I{oyalOak ... ... .. . 253 0 0 Koh-i-noor ... . .. ... .. . 1,009 8 0 Co-operative Companies ... . .. 3,000 0 0 Band of Hope and Albion Consols ... 7,150 1 ° . E:x:tended Working Miners ... ... 466 1 12 Prince of Wales and Albion ... ... 1,061 16 0 Total yield of alluvial gold ... 39,<145 7 7

DIVIDENDS. --------------------------~---------.------------------------~~--------

Nilme of Company.

Temperance ... ... . .. Fountain and Party... ... Band of Hope and Albion Consols Bonshaw ... .... . .. St. George and Band of Hope United

Amount.

£ SO' dO' !I 1,500 2,000 0 0 9,541 5 ° 2,100 0 ° 7,200 0 °

Name o! Company.

Hand-in-Band aud Band of Hope Park ... ... . .. Queen Victoria ... ...

Total dividends

SOUTHERN DIVISION. JIr. J.' P. Coleman, Mining Registrar.

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Amount.

£ 8. d. 3,200 0 0

12,800 ° 0 312 10 0

£38,658 15 °

. On th7 whole, the 'district has somewhat revived during th7. past quarter. The companies on the Pitfield PlaInS are dOlllg for the most part well; and the prospects of the BrItIsh Banner and Stanley Companies are such as to inspire entire confidence in that locality.

At Staffordshire Reef matters are looking a little brighter, as both the Speedwell and Hopewell (late Napier) Companies are now getting remunerative stone.

Mr. McClelland, at. Hard Hills, has erected a mill for reducing a large stratum of cement existing in thut locality, and so far the venture has been proved a sound one.

At Break-o'-Day the mines are yielding betfer than for some time past. At Rokewood Junction a party of nine has been getting as much as 25 o'zs. per week.

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BUNINYONG DIVISION.

, lJfr. Robert M. Harvell, Minirtg Survellor an/I,~Registrar. " ,

, ALLUVIAL 'MINING.

The Buninyong township claims, on the Union .Tack and Glenco leads, continue remunerative,'and a new company have, during the quarter, obtained a payable prospect from their claim situate on the Union Jack, north of the Crown and Innes' claims,

On the Durham, all the old claims continue to give remunerative returns. A considerable rush has taken place to some shallow ground situate 3t, miles south-west from Buninyong town

ship, on the Western Durham Ranges, at the top of a tributary known as Kitty's lead, where a payable quartz reef is supposed to exist, ma,ny specimens havin~ at different times been brought fr{)m the locality, The present workings are in the immediate vicinity of the supposed course of the reef'. The depth at which the gold is found varies from 3 inches to 9 feet. Sca,rcely a speck of fiue gold is found, while nuggets va,rying from eleven pounds to a few ounces have been discovered. The gold is very little water~wol'n and very pure, being estimated at 24 carats; and £4 Is. per ounce is given for it, Some small pieces of quartz 'are found elubedde'd' in the cavities, 'I'he sinking is very easy, through a yellowish clay. Thc gold iscemheddedeitherin the surface soil, a,sandy loam, or in a reddish clay which rests,. in either case, on a hard sandstone reefwithlitt,le or no wasb. ,As,many as 5UO people have been on the ground at one time; and a forest of pegs mark ofl' the ground for, about a mile north and south of the prospectors; the lucky claims are, how-ever, few in number. About 750 ozs. of gold have beeu,obtained. "

There can be no doubt hut that an excellent field for prospecting, with every chance of finding gold in 'Payable quantities, exist.s in thecoulltry to the west of tbe Main Durham lead, along the continuation'of the belt of auriferous quartz reefs which runs f!'Om Hiscock's southward by the Homeward Bound along the Durham Ranges, and I anticipate that valuable discoveries will be the result of the present rush along this line of country.

I have no other change to report in alluvini mining. 'fhe following is a return of gold obtained, from the principal gold mines ill this district, and as near an

approximate as I can arrive at of gold obtained from other sourees ;- '

Independent' (Buninyong township) Innes Freehold (Buninyong township) .. , Crown Leasehold (Buninyong township) Vietoria (Buninyong township) Garibaldi, Durham (approximate) Duke of Cornwall (Durham) Enfield,(Durham) , ,," .. , Kitty's lead,.near shallow rush Hopeful, John Bull, and shallow workings

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'QUARTZ MINING.

ozs. dwts. grs.

281 6 13 386 6 12 480 12 16 158 0 0

.. , 460 ° 0" 99 11 0

' .. '. 283 10,0 750 ° 0, 700 (l °

3,599 6 17

, I 'have little change to report in this branch of mining during' the quarter; the average of gold' per ton is low, being 3·~ dwts. per t~m., ",' " ,

Several parties are prospecting the Durham Ranges ill the vicinity of the Kitty's lead rush, and are sanguine of success.

I have been unable to get 'returns' from Garibaldi, Durham, though I have waited beyond my'time'for them, lind have therefore'taken the average of the last 'two, quaJ;ters as approximate for this. , . .! ,.. -,' ", .. , •

SMYTHESDAL:E1 DIVISION.'

ltfr. John LlInch, ,jJ:fining Sui-vellor and Registrar.

The gold returns for' the; quarte; show tli~t this divisi<,l)1 h~s attained a very hi!l:li state of prosperity. Although two of our principle mines have contribute,a but little during the quarter, in consequence of, the inundation of their workin,~s, described by me in preyious reports, the others /la-ve been so unusually good as to have raised the aggregate yield to 'an'amount exceeding that produced in any equal interval for several years back. ' " '

The next qnarterpl'omises to be still better, as all the mines are in good working order, and no further impediments to progress apprehended.

There is nothing' particillar'to re'Port in the matter ofriew discoveries either in quartz or alhiviat The yield oftheprincipal mine!! !l.re,~sfollows:-

Golden Stream ... Golden Lake Galatea Bute ... Rotlisay

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CRESWICK DIVISION.

,

." '"

ozs.

3,180 2,039 2,057

500 559

dwts. grs. o '0 4 4

10 6 4 3 4 3.;

---"',.-8,336, 2 16

~fr. James Stevenson, Mini17g Surveyor and Registrar .

• The yield of both alluvial and quartz gold con~iderably exceeds that of last quarter; the increase in alluvial is principally caus~d by several, of the sluicing parties washing up, and in quartz from a, gre,ater, qU,antity of stone being crushed. , , ,

, I regret t<; say that, at the end of De~ember, the Al;lstralasian Company's m~le gqt ~oo~eAollt)tliere' is no~ 100 feet of waterm the shaft, The company Intend to proVlde a more powerful engme forpumpmg It out, but thIS will involve a delay of nearly four months. ,The Cosmopolitan Company have their machineryere{)ted and,at work. This company will, I hope, 'soon prove 'that the deep leads go in its direction. ,.. -, , .' .. " .. ~.

During the quarter the claim and, plant of the 'ViCtoria Quartz Company and tl;le Ya1,lk~e Company, both of elunes, have been sold off. The la,tter,is at presell,t unworked, but the former lias been purchased by the New North (Jlunes Company, who are working it in connexion with their own mine, .

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The yield of the principal alluvial claims for the qua.rter is as follows:.,....

Grand Trunk Company (on tribute) Australasian Company (hired labor) Hit-or-Miss Company (12 men) Royal Standard Oompany (16 men) Golden Point Company (16 men) Lothair Company (hired labor)

GORDON SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registra,r.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

ozs. 206

1,231 137 234 280 73

2,163

dwt/l. gTS.

18 0 0 0

15 12 9 ()

0 0 9 10

n 22

• Mining throughout the division is in a very depressed state; with one or two exceptions, nothi!lg whatever is being done. .

A party of Europeans have commenced work on the Parker's Gully lead; they are not doing very much, but persevere in the hope of something better turning up. This, with the exception of a few Europeans and Ohinese fossicking about Egerton, is the only alluvial work being carried on.

QUARTZ MINING

Has almost come to a standstill. Of the long lines of claims between Gordon and Egerton not one is now working. Several of the companies have sold their machinery, and it has been removed from the claims.

The Summerhill is a company just started foJ' the purp03e of prospecting a reef about miles north of Gordon; the stone looks very well, and the reef is' well defined and of a considerable width. The company have resolved to erect machinery immediately. -

The shareholders ill the private property claim on the Bungal pre-emptive right, who obtained such an excellent prospect as reported last quarter, are still very dilatory in their movements, and have not yet had a second crushing. They have, however, completed the erection of an eight-head battery at a cost of £600, and commenced crushing this week. The stone is expected to yield over an ounce to the ton. The reef they are working has slightly increased in width, and is now about 8 feet wide. " - •

STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.

Mr., John Sisson Cooper, .Wining llegistrm·.

During the past qua.rter the prospects of this subdivision have been very satisfactory and encouraging. A new reef has been discovered, north of the New Years Reef, and trending towards Stony Creek Heservoir. It is likely to prove one of the best in the district. It was found outcropping on the surface. has beeu sunk upon to a depth of 25 feet, and the lode has been found, <;>n a length of 200 feet, to be well defined and equally rich throughout. It is styled the Tam O'Shanter Reef. The first crushing of 41 tons yielded the excellent result of 206t ozs. of retorted gold, or over,1? OZS. per ton.' Several other claims have been surveyed and marked off on this reef-north and south-and, shares are eagerly sought for. .

Junction Reef.-This is another new reef opened up dUling the quarter. It is supposed to be the southern continuation of the old Bolting Reef, situated south of the Salamander Company's clajm, and in immediate contiguity tb the township. The first crushing from this reef, of 30 tons of quartz, yielded 400zs. of retorted gold. The vein at 100 feet depth is 18 inches in thickness, and the prospects are very promising.

Al Reef.-This reef, abandoned for some years, has been re-opened, within the last six weeks, by a party of prospectors. It is situated about one mile west of the township of Steiglitz. In its course it is quite exceptional from the others on this field, running east and west, with a southerly dip, ill contradistinction to the others, which almost invariably keep a north and south line or course and dip east. A crushing of 19 tons yielded 29~ ozs. The reef is large, and the ground easily worked.

Albion Quartz Mining Oompany.-The main shaft from the 653-foot level has been Slink 72 feet during the quarter, and sinking operations are continued. The main drive,.at this level is now 783 feet north of the shaft, having been extended 180 feet during the quarter. ' The lode is thick and carries average gold; A pneumatic engine (double cylinder) is now fixed at this level, for the purpose of working the lode to a furtller depth of 300 to 500 feet, at a distance of 600 feet from the main shaft. The air-chamber is fixed on surface, and the air conducted by pipes to the engine. A boring machine (Ford's patent) has' been for some time used in this claim, and is working admirably; it effects a saving of at least 40 per' cent. A dividend of lOs. per share has been declared during the quarter. 1323t tons crushed-lOll! ozs. of gold realized.

Steiglitz Quartz Mining Company.-This mine is still worked hy several tribute parties, and. the prospects are gradually improving. 616 tons of quartz have been raised and crushed, yielding 231 ozs. 13 dwts. 12 grs. of gold.

Great Oentral Oompany.-This mine has been- let on tribute for twelve months. The main shaft is sunk 200 feet deep, and it is proposed thence to open out the mine. A crushing of 16 tons yielded 23 ozs. 3 dwts of gold.

Gladstone Company.-The main shaft in this claim is HOW sunk to a, depth of 275 (ect. The lode was cut ill

the shaft, showing rough gold, and the proprietors are very ,~anguine of _good payable results. A 10 horse-power engine has been erected, for the purpose of winding, &:c. .

New Albion Quartz Mining Company.-The main drive has been extended north 196 feet, and the reef still looks promising. A fresh contract has been taken for driving 100 feet further. 137 tons of quartz crushed yielded 2690zs. 16dwts. of gold. 'l'wo dividends of 2s. 6d. each per share have been declared, and a return of pel' cent. on the paid-up capital of this company has been published.

New Alliance Company.-This company's claim, worked by t/iibute, cuntinues to give satisfactory returns. 121 tons of quartz raised and cruehecl by them yielded 128ozs. 11 dwts. of gold. The operations in the deep ground are for the present suspended by the company.

Numerous co-operative parties are scattered over the wide area of the Steiglitz gold-field, and most of th6Ill are doing well. They almost invariably succeed where large companies fail.

Jlfo1''I'isons, &e., &c. The alluvial workings at Morrisons, Dolly'S Creek, Stony RiRes, &c., are still carried on satisfactorily. As a great number of Ohjnese are engaged in those 10caIities~ l ffnq it impos!libl~ to obtain correct inform!l.tio~

as to the results. . -. . . -. --

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BL~CK~OOD DIVISION, AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar.

QUARTZ MiNING.

<?n ~immons' Ree! the quarter just ended has b~n a very successf!!l one to nearly the whole of the co"operative compames III that localIty. Here most of the CI'UShlllg plants are driven by water-power. The mines are nearly all worked hy tunnelling, and the qt,tartz so obtained is delivered in trucks direct to the batteries. With these adv~ntages c~mbined, the expenses of working the .sa:ne are c?mpara~ively trifling. In illustration of thi~ ~he following particulars wIlL show:-The·Crown Company, conSIstIng of SIX sleeplllg shareholders, who employ a mllllllg manager and wages men, crus\led 3000 tons of,quartz, which yieldeu an average of 1 dwt. 15 grs. per ton. After payment of all expenses the result was a dividend of £100 per share.

On Barry's Reef the Sultan Company are driving on the 396-foot level for the reef, and, with the exception of Trewhella Brothers, none of the companies have been successful of late.

On Wright's Reef the North Britain Company are driving a tunnel. They are in about 150 feet, on a reef of an average width of 4 feet, with excellent prospects. Most of their machinery is on the ground. A new reef about 500 yards west of Wright's, Reef has recently llecn discovered, and good prospects obtained. When th,e crushing plant ill course of erection is completed, a fresh impetus wiII be given to this almost new but verypromisini{ ncicrhborhood.

'1'he Cosmo and the Triumph (late Snake Gully) Companies, 011 the Snake Gully line of reef, aft~r having been idle for some time, are now worked on tribute, with profitable results to all concerned. The Cosmo is looking as well, if not better than cver it did. ,

The plant of the late Union Company, and the winding and pumping engine of the Koh.i-noor, also defunct have been removed dur,ing the last three months. . - '

. Ar.Luv:u,L MINING.

A party of three old resident miners, who work a portion of the Camp Reserve at Golden Point" have been very fortunate lately, in getting from 3 to 4 ozs. of gold per man a week for t.he last four weeks. I have not heard of any large finds by any of our sluicing parties; hut, as a whole, the average earnings of both the European and Chinese miners have been better lately. '

r.I;he population is stilhlightly decreasing, but the gold obtained from alluvial as well as quartz exceeds that of the previous quarter.

BEECHWORTH MINING DIS,!'RICT.

BEECHWORTH DIVISION. ~flfr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Reg istnt r.

'l'bere has been a plentiful supply of water during the quarter, and the ra~eowners anu sluicers have made the most of it. Not many have yet washed up, but the returns' of those who have prove that the past year has been a most prosperous one for the sluicers in this division. There are yet many thousands of acres of payable sluicing ground in this neighborhood untouched, and must remain so for many years, as the supply of water is limited. The heavy rains of the past year were taken advantage of by the miners, and the consequence is that more ground has been put through the slui~e during that period than usually is put through in two years.

Quartz mining has been dull during the quarter; nothing Ilew bas been foulld. '1'he Wallaby Reef, at Hurdle Flat, still gives good returqs, and as the reef goes down the stone continues to look well. A large quantity of stone has ·been raised from the Kerry Eagle, 'bnt has not yet been crushed. 'l'he l\1 urmungee mill bas been sold, and is about to be removed from the forest to :Vlorse's Creek. This will be disastrous for the reefers in the vicinity of Bow-' man's Forest, as they will have to cart their quartz long distances to the crushing mills, and will probably cause some reefs to be given up altogether. The Racecourse Company, at Myrtleford, are still driving the tunnel; the stone that has been tried is not payable. The Abyssinian Company have let their reef 011 tribute; a good body of payable stone' is visible, and if it continues to go down this reef will prove oue of the best in the locality.

rfhe miners at Wool shed and. its tributaries are making. fair ''rages. Several of the smaller creeks are heing worked for black sand (tin). This class of mining is now employing an increased number of men, and in wet seasons, as the past, it is generally more profitable than gold mining. Doubtless in years to come "tin st.reaming" in this division will be the regular avocation of a large number of men, as every: creek and gully falling from both sides of the ranges contllins hlack sand. -

A diamond, weighing 1'111 carats, was found last month by Patersou and Co., in the Snakehead Creek, a tributary of Young's Creek. The gem is of a light straw color, and in shape a regular octahedron, Mr. Turner, jt!weller, bought it for £4. This diamond, like· aU others found in this neighborhood, was picked up by accident. '

Tlle deepcsinking claims at Eldorado are progressing favorably. The Ovens Gold .and Tin Company came on some splendid washdirt, which proves that the lead does not diminish in richness as it goes down the creek. The' ground below this company's lease, which was formerly held by the Great Extended Company, has again been taken up, and a company is being formed to, work it. The Wellington Company are about to commence their llew shaft close ,to the boundary between their lease and that of the Ovens Gold and Tin Company, and if they do not meet with heavy sand drifts will shortly be again a productive mine. Work has been considerably retarded in the Kneebone Company 011 'account Of the vieinity of the old workings, from which a large quantity of water and sand flows into the present workings. Steps have been taken to prevent this flow, and the works are now progressing more favorably. ' The returns from the McEvoy Oompany (co·operative)for the past quarter have been highly remunerative. Nothing is doing in the other claims at Eldorado. .

The prospectors at Yellow Creek have abandoned their claim, the ground not being sufficiently. rich to induce them to continue. If a tail-race could be brought up to this gronnd, and it worked by sluicing, it would pay well, butit is too poor to pay for any other system of mining..' . '

YACKANDANDAH DIVISION . . Mr. Thomas G; Kennan, 1l1ining Surveyor and Registrar.

Alluvial miners have been employed the greater portion of the quarter in l:cpairing damages caused by the floods. This is one reason of the smallness of the yield, but I think the chief cause is really that, as far as alluvial

mining is concerned, this division is getting pretty well worked out. '. Quartz mining also seems to be languishing, as I hardly ever hear of any new reefs being discovered, and miners

have to be content:with a very small yield per ton on those reefs that are being worked. There are thousands of tons of tailings in this subdivision that would.pay well for working could machinery be got, that not only would save all the gold, but at the same time put throllgh a large quantity per diem. .

. .. Our cement hills would also pay with proper machinery, and I have no doubt· they will soon be worked, now that other parts are getting poor.

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INDIGO DIVISION. lIb'. R. Arrowsmith, llHnil1g Sllrvey01' and Regist/'ar.

'I.'here is scarcely anything of importance to report in this division for the quarter; 110 l1ew discoveries, either ill quartz or alluvial mining, have been made. rhei'e is " slight nccessioll to the number of quartz miners, owing to the stoppage of No.1 shaft of the SODs and Doma Oonsois Oompany, which has heen worked out and abandoned, and ~\ few of the men thrown idle have turned their attention to the qun.rtz reefs.

Alluvial mining is unusually dull. 'rhe Sons aUll Doma. Consols Company are busy running their main drives iu No.2 shaft, and until this preliminary work is completed the number of men usually employed must remain idle, or find employment elsewhere. The prospects obtained are said to be satisfactory, and it is to be hoped that the blocking.ont will prove the ground to De fully equal to that of the Sons of Freedom claim.

A few claims are at work On other leads of the division, but in no ease !Lre miners obtaining more than -bare wages.

BUCKLAND DIVISION. lrlr. Lewis C. Kincltela, }l'lining llegisb·ar.

For the quarter just closed, I have little of interest to report respecting the Buckland Mining Division, further than to note that a slight improvement may be perceivecl in the general H.speeL of mining enterprise; and although the rate of wages usually obtained by quartz miners-the only class of hired melll.tcre-shows a tendency towards reduction, yet on the other hand this circumstance will probably result in all increase of the number of reefs from which quartz will be raised, whether such result arises from the men taking up some of our very many abandoned reefs and leaders, or from the holders of the larger and poorer reefs resuming operations thereon.

About the usual number of new reefs have been registered during the qnarter, but I am not aware of anyone which is worth noting specially, and I may say that the custom of t.'1.king up and giving new names to quartz claim previously abandoned-several times perhaps-renders lIly return of "reefs diseovered in the division " very unsatis factory to myself, as I cannot always ascertain the facts from the parties registering.

The resnlt of the new proccss for extracting the gold from pyrites, now being carried out by the proprietors of the United Happy Valley Company, has been eminently satisfactory; as may be seen from return herewith, showing an average of over II ozs. of gold per ton, obtained from the blanketings, &e., which had passed over the tables and copper-plates; and of which about 60 tons were 8<wed. I do not refer here to the richer residue (12 cwt.) which had been carefully put aside for snbsequent manipulation by the mining manager.

The large quantity of alluvial gold sold to the ballk~ here is a matter of surprise to me, knowing as I do that very few of the white alluvial miners are earning more than wages; and being also aware that the Chinese holding extended claims and employing men are fewer uow than a year since, and consequently many more of that class of miners are working with the tnb and cradlc. A small quantity of this gold comes from the Dargo, but is so trifling as not to influence the amount to any appreciable extent; however, I believe a large part of the alluvial gold comeS from the Oven's river banks, from Porepunkah to Harrietville-and ought to be a reason, I should imagine, for great care being exercised in the alienation of IItnd close to the river banks, as the mere fact of such being fenced prevents the Chinese from entering upon it for mining.

The Phamix Deep Lead Company at Harrietville are now engaged in sinking a new shaft, about 300 yards below the previous one.

ALEXANDHA SUBDIVISION. 1l1r. R. A. F. MIl1'ray, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLIJVlAL MINING. Little of importance has taken place ill this branch of mining during the past quarter. At Alexandra it has been totally neglected, the uew eompany formed to test the U.T. flut not having com.

menced operations. On the <klulburn active preparations are heing mude to work the river bed during the dry season, though no

yields have yet been reported. At Johnson's Creek the Apsley Gold Mining Company bottomed their shaft at a depth of 138 feet, through the

following strata :-

Strata.

Surface soil ••• Red clay Sandy clay ... Fine shing'ly gravel Layers of fine gravel... Fine reddish gravel Coarse gravel and sand Black clay with charcoal Brown clay ... Dark, almost black gravel Sandy black clay ,vith charcoal Fine sand and gravel .•. Grey clay with fragments of decomposed wood ... Heavy gravel Fine yellow sand Coarse red gravel Fine yellow gravel Fine gravel ... Very tough black c1ny Light sandy clay Fine grey sandy gravel

YeHow sandy clay Fine quartz gravel Nearly pure quartz gravel

'rota! depth

Depth.

Ft. In.

1 0 1 6 8 6 0 6

50 0 16 0 2 6 4 0 3 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 5 0 2 0 4 ()

2 0 S 0 3 0 Ii 0 4 0

0 6 :; 6 S 0

138 0

Addltlonal remarks.

Very wet in the winter season. Of various colors, greatly mixed with clay. Occasional boulders and water (started the pumps). Increase in water.

Resembling partially dried sludge from puddling-machine. Intermixed with clay.

Intermixed with angular quartz fragments. Containing much charcoal.

Containing a log, 18 inches in diameter, of well preserved timber, retaining even its original elasticity.

Gold obtaiued, though uot as yet payable, but with favorable indications of improving.

_________ 'I_'h_e_b_e~d~-_rock ~llSists of yello,,. sllndy sh1l1e intersected by ferruginous joints.

Driving for the gutter at a level of 160 feet from surface is in progress, and, should this be deep enough, the value' of the claim w:ill soon be ascertained.

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The Portia Gold Mining Company have erected a whim, and sunk tneir new shaft to a depth of 80 feet. Steady and fairly remunerative yields continue from the workings of Robinson Crusoe Gully. The alluvial workings of Durham Gully are almost abandoned, but a movement is on foot to test the main flat

of the Spring Creek. Growler's Gully and vicinity still support a large population; the old shallow ground continues to be worked,

several tributary gullies have been proved payable, and good prospects are reported from a shaft recently bottomed at 60,feet on the course of the Puzzle lead.

At Merton only a few parties are makillg wages. '1'he lead is difficult to trace, narrow and patchy; but as diligent' prospecting is contiuued there is evel'y hope of Ii better state of things, the neighborhood presenting most favorable indications.

The workings of Godfrey'S Creek pre~ent a more promising aspect thau they have doue for many months.' The Never-can-tell and the Working'Miners Companies continue to raise good wash-dirt. The Gobur Gold Mining Company have adjusted· their machinery and commenced raising gold. This will enable the provedly rich claims lower down the lead to be worked, as, in several cases their proprietors, though aware of their value, have been unablc through want of means to contend successfully with the water unassisted by machinery.

The heads of the various creeks in the division still sllpport a small number of miners. Prospecting is being carried on, and, in spite of the present depression, the district may be said to show a slight though perceptible progressive movement in alluvial mining.

QUART:!; MINING.

A decided improvement is noticeable in quartz mining. Numerous abandoned claims have been taken up and several fresh discoveries made.

At Alexandra, the Albert Gold Mining Company have completed erection of machinery, which is now working, and the general prospects of this, the leading qnartz mine in the district, are promising. Good crushings ha,e been taken fi'om the Mys0erious Gold Mining Company's lease; and a new company, the Monar(;h, on the same line, have sunk their shaft to a depth of 116 feet, encountering a heavy influx of water during the last 20 feet. The company have taken steps to procure machinery by the sale of 1,000 paid up shares l'esel'Ved for that purpose.

The Gahtea, and Montezuma Reefs have been yielding remunel'ntive stone. At Durham Gully the reefs are yieh:j.ing good returns, a result contributed to by the inereased facilities for

Cl'ushing afforded by the erection of machinery in the vicinity. '1'he same remarks apply to Growler's Gully,where some good reefs are being developed, tho best being Messrs. Basse and N euse'R Last Chance Heef, the aggregate crushing. from which yielded an average exceeding 4 ozs. per ton.

At Godfrey's Creek a Dew reef, styled the Royal Oak, has been discovered by Messrs. Payne and Smith. The result of the trial crushing has not been reported, but the s~one shows abundance of gold.

At Molesworth no crushings have been effected owing to the flooding out of the workings, to drain which has occupied the past 'two months. A new whim has been erected on the Result Company's elaim, and crushing is expected to recommence shortly. , . ... ,.

The dykes in the district are having .it fail' sh,tl'e of attention bestowed on them. '1'he line known as thc Lily Roef is l\ diorite dyke, traced and proved auriferous for about two miles; its bearing is (magnetic) N. 80° W., and its thickness. varies up to 30 feet; it is crossed by quartz veins of considerable thickness, in some portions highly auriferous.

The Union Reef, ·a dyke at Durham Gully, continues to yield well, considering its thickness (3 feet), tlle ease with which it is taken out, and the fact that it is crushed ill bulk without separating the quartz; its course has been traced for some distance. A new dyke, styJed the Atlantic Reef. near t4e head of Johnson's Creek, yielded poorly from a bulk crushing; but as it has been proved aUl'iferous for a cousiderable distance, tLOd only partially tested, the result obtained, about 6 dwts. per ton, is no criterion to judge by. The dyke is about 3 feet thick, and the above yield, if continuous, would pay well with machinery on the ground. It lllay be remarked that, as far as has yet been observed, these dykes do not traverse the line of any axis of elevatiou, but simply occupy fissures extending across the strike oft1!9. silurian strata.

Several other dykes are known to occur in the Puzzle Ranges, and appear to be the principal'source whence the alluvial gold in the creeks has been derived. •

MAINDAMPLE SUBDIVISION.

Mr. W. Frewen, .:.lfining Registmr.

In consequence of the late floods, severfll of the Dry Creek millers are about leaving, having sustained severe losses therefrom.

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. . lYh. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Regist1'ar.

This subdivisiou shows no promiSe of improvement this quarter. Thc average yield in every claim now crushing is below what it was last quarter, and the Great Ea~teru, l,aul'aville, Drummond's Point, Aladdin, Try Again, Castle, and Bristol Companies, as also the Eclipse, il.we stopped crushing altogether, chiefly from pooruess of yield.

Ncw ·ground, however, is openillg up on the Eureka and Wallaby lines.. and the Bristol Company are engaged in further prospecting their reef. The Inter crushings in the COl'l1hill Reef show better returns. We have reasonable ground, therefore, to hope for improvement. The spirited diJ'ectoi'y of the leading claim in this subdivision, the Rose of Dcnmark, have just completeu the erection of a complete and powerful machine of 20 stamps, driven optionally by water or stealn, with excelleut table areas, tramw:1Ys, shoots, &c., and which will triple their present crushing power: The mine is looking well; and the South Rose and Buckeye, on this line, promise an early and permanent addition to our resources.

The Victori,\ and Golden Belt are known, from results obtained from the neighboring claim, Hunt's, as well as frol11 their ·own prospectiug, to he valuable mines; the expense and time requisite to open them up are accountable for tho fact that they do hot show more favorably in the returns of this subdivision.

Some good yields have been lately obtained in the open claims on Gaffncy's CreeR; ;md a few patches are no,," being 'luietl;y opened 011 the Raspberry, whi~h I h~ve relil\ble inform!i.tion give first-class prospects.

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WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, ~Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

The returns of quartz gold for the quarter, in this subdivision, show a falling off of over 3OO0ozs. over last quarter, and of 200ozs. over the corresponding quarter last year. The average yield, on the other hand, which is the more correct test of mining profits, is 9 dwts. 6'47 grs., as against 6 dwtB. 0'02 grs. per ton for the same season in 1869. A substantial proof of improvement during the last twelve months.

The falling oft' on the past quarter is due mainly to the difference in the yields from the All Nations, which, ,from 2161 OZB' in the qumier ending September 30th, has dropped to 3290zs, 10 dwts.-say 17ooozs. less. Ou completion of the last tribute it was determined to thoroughly overhaul the machinery, and replace the injured parts by new pieces, which were much longer on the J'oad than had been anticipated; hence the new tributors only crushed about ha,lf time; and this, combined with a falling off-temporary I trust-in the value of the stone, accounts for this great difference. .

The Hope Mining Company's stone has also materially deteriorated from the handsome yield last quarter of 1 oz. 3 dwts. per ton, which fol' the past quarter has ouly been 10 dwts. For the last three weeks, however, this mine has very materinlly improved in the quality of' its stone, and dividends will no doubt increase once more. As regards its permanent features, the Hope may be said to show better rather than the reverse, the falling off referred to being due to fluctnations in the quality of the stone, to which all mines are subject. The stone is increasing in bulk and quality in the veins most relied on, and a new vein, proved to be payable for 30 feet down, has lately been opened up for prospecting. It appears at present as a vertieal vein, making for the eastern slate, and without presently traeed connection with the flat reefs forming the staple of the hill. Large quantities of pyrites !lnd tailings have been accumulating around most of our claims for years past, and the company is now erecting two buddIes and accessories for extracting the gold from the refuse of their machine.

The United Company struck in their tribute gronnd a vein of pnyable stone, from which about 400 tons have been raised, giving a total yield of 2490zs. 16 dwts., as against 4707.s. 9 dwts. for 000 tons of stone last quarter.

The Shamrock Company have been compelled to stop for want of water. . The Express Company have obtained 55 ozs. 4dwts. out of their tribute ground, Nos. 1 and 2 South Waverley

through which alone the Greenwich lease-also mainly the property of that compa,ny-can be worked profitably. Theil' workings are now fast approaching this new ground, and so soon ns there shall be sufficient water to turn their wheel, they will; I think, be ready to tap this new block.

The Alliance Company, holding, the ground formerly known as the Johnson's Prospecting Claim, continue sinking below their main level. Their shaft is now down 70 feet, 'in what appears excellent stone. They propose to crush shortly, to test the vein.

The Leviathan Company are raising stone from their new level, about 70 feet below the creek, and expect to erush, water permitting, early·next month.

On the Never Mind I find Messrs. Holt and Party, occupying ground lately known as the Sons of Freedom, have struck some exeellent veins along the eastern bonndary of their dyke (diorite), and are bnilding a tramway to get their stuff down to the Never Mind Company's machine.

In alluvial I have only to report that the effect of the late floods has materially reduced the returns for the past quarter, and caused considerable discouragement, from which we are slowly reeovering.

BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION.

Nr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

The quartz yield in this subdivision shows a very considerable improvement, being double what it was last quarter, and four times as mueh as for the corresponding quarter in 1869. This, however, is not toO be taken as a sign of marked progress in the district, and is amply balanced by the slow but continnous decrease of the mining population, and the falling off in yield of the allnvial gold.

The Maid of Erin Company is the only addition to the list of crushing companies, and the return obtained is not payable under their circumstances of extraction and ernshing. Better yields,'however, are promised.

The Lucks-all mine shows well for the tributors, and"is likely to continue payable for several crushings to come. The Londonderry and Retriever .returns are barely payable, especially the latter, owing to the cost of conveying

to the machine their ore. They are both situated on the flank of Mount Ten1ble, and the shoots, inclines, and trams, through and over whieh the stuff must pass before reaching the only available maehine on the Railway Creek, add a very material item to the cost of raising.

At the Seek-and-Find Reef nothing is doing. The alluvial eontinues to decline, and the country remains unexplored, from the absence of stores and roads,

and the consequent hardships to which persons prospecting are liable. The subdivision, notwithstanding the increase in its quartz gold, continues its steady deeline.

JAMIESON SUBDIVISION.

, Mr. H. C. Geneste, Mining Registrar.

The yield from alluvium during the past quarter has been above the average, in consequence of the plentiful supply of water having enabled the miners to work ground at a distance from the river, and which is usually unavailable for want of water. At the Howqua River there is likely shortly to be a rush, as some very rich patches of gold have been discovered. There are at present some eight or ten parties at work, all of whom are making good wages.

In quartz mining there is little of importanee to report. One new reef has been discovered, at the head of Baker's Creek, whieh it is expected will yield well, judging from the appearance of the stone. A trial erushing from this reef will probably take place next quarter, as the company are now putting up machinery, when I shall report the result.

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SANDHURST DIVISION. lHr. N. G. Stepltens, "Mining Registrar.

With respect to mining affairs in this division, I think I may safely state that they are in a very prosperollS , condition,

A considerable amount of labor has been expended on the new ground that has recently been taken up, and which is as yet unproductive, so that calls have been rather numerous; but the general result of milling operations is very satisfactory, as the yield of gold is above the average, and the deepest mi.ues, instead of showing any decline, are, as a rule, the most valuable.

The deeper they Bink on reefs the richer and appareutly more permanent they become. The prospects of some elaims that have no payable quartz in hand, or that do not expect to strike the reef for some time to come, are considered so good (on account of their being situated on lines that have been proved at much greater depths) that shares in them readily command a very high price.

From every portion of the division favorable reports fire received of new reefs thftt have been discovered, The holidays have interfered with the l'eLurns '.of quart? crashed for this quarter- 'rhe information supplied

represents little more than one-half of what has been ct'Ushcd, ' In alluvial mining there is little to report, as it is, nearly entirely confined to Huntly. 'rhe Huntly Deep Lead Company, hitherto successful, have worked ou~ their ground and sold their engine;

, but the Bagshot Company, holding two hundred acres, h,we erected two cngines and twenty head of stampers. As it is proved that the rich lead the Annftbella Company has becn working runs through their ground, and as they ,llayc nearly completed their main drives, &c., for working it" they appear to have good prospects,

The other companies in that locality are doing about as weU as usual.

'Information respectin,~ some of the quart? crushed during the past quarter:-

Totnl Ayerage ! Depth .t which i!h: Name I)f Company, Name: of neef, &e. i '('ons. Y10}(l of I)Cl' Ton.

thc Quartz Width of Reef, &c, Gold. i WfiS obtained.

~-..

oz. flwt. gr. o7 .. dwt. gr. leet. Great Extended Hnstlcr's Huetlcr" '" .. 5j Q!J7 3,784 It} 0 0 14 20'<14 . llctlVccu-l00nnd500 90 20 feet

Recf I feet Victoria Reef .. .. Victoria .. .. 2,227 1,920 J I) o 17 0'84 Bct, 330 & 430 fect 90 {) to 18 feet Hercules .. .. Victorl .. .. .. 774 191 1 0 o . 4 22'4~ 400 fect .. " 80 l~ fcct l'ruser's " .. Fraser's, Golden-sq, 564 826 ;) () I 9 7'10 Hct.. 130 & 100 feet Surfe. ;,pur. Alliance .. " ""raser's, nolden~S(I. 300 194 Ii) 0 o 12 23'2 : 115 feet.. " 60 6 to 8 fcet Imlefatigablc " " Gre"t };""tem, 81', fl, 450 li6 8 {) o 212'16 I Bet,:120 & lJiOfeet 150 14 to 2; feet })ass-by •• .. , . Garden Gully .. 845 1,372 14 0 I 12 11'75 I 250 feet .. " l5feet X ortll Garden Gully .. Garden Gull~~ .. J ,46['1 1,282 0 () () 1712'04. Z30fc.t.. .. 150 12 feet Golden Fleece .. " Garden Gully .. 1.147 1,476 16 0 1 5 Id'OI : 250 feet .. 170 15 feet Cadisle •• .. Garden Gully " 1,071 8B4 10 0 () 16 INI 235 fcet .. .. 16{) 2 to 14 fcet "Bell and Watson .. Garden Gully " 268 268 0 0 1 0 {j 2,00 feet " " . 130 ;; feet Yictory .• " " Garden Gully .. '1,383 722 12 () o 10 10'79 250 fect " .. S fcct Windmill Hill .- .. Windmill Hill .- 205 162 i4 0 o I~ 20'95 300 fect ,,' 30 feet, ii, spurs Anglo-Gennan Windmill Hill " 212 a50 7 {o I 13 1'24 380 fect ..

:: I 60 9 to IS inches

RouI:kc, HendersQn, and Co. BeUe \'ue " .. 72 666 G I) 9 5 2 180 fcct .. .- 10 inches Railway ('l'rillutc) .. Belle Vue .. " 190 48 10 0 0 Ii 2'52 ! Great Britain .. .. Caledonin .. .. 1,513 821 6 6 o 10 20'56 150 feet,. " 80 25 foet Albion .. .- J~irr1:s

" 1,401 419 15 (I ,0 6 20'36 I;Oleet .. 48 40 feet, Stewart's (Tribute) Hinfs " .- I,ISI 797 0 I) o 13 11'02 150 fcet .. " 48 40 feel Sn.wers ami ""Talker .- Bird'. .. .. 928 4i!\ 15 0 o )0 NI WO feet., .. 48 40 fcet White's }'rcellOld .. Bird-'s' .. JSG 8M o 12 I I 15'98 130 feet ,. .. 50 Crushing SO fcct .• Total width not

1,112 known

.YouHg~cbum " New-clmLH .. 1,727 18 0 o 1220'31 330 feet .. " 90 14 to 25 feet New-chum ('fribute) .. New-chum " li4 35 18 0 o 13 7'II 300 feet .. " 90 Rpurs Alpine •• .. .. Perfect Cure .. 131 2j8 10 0 I 1722';;3 155 feet .. . . 4 feet North Johnson'R Reef .. .Tohnson"s .. .. 984 1,633 I 10 I 13 4'61 Bet. 400 & 43i feet .. I to 3 feet, Routh Johnson's Reef " .rohnson's .. , " GOO 149 5 () 0 4 23'4 Bet, 340 & 430 fect 150 A .. erage 10 fect Johnson's Ueef ~Tohnsonls .. 1,26; 583 0 0 () 9 5'21 net, 180 & 52'; feet. " I'rom 3 inches to 211 feet Collmann ann Tacclti's Heer Colemnun.ud \Vetheral 721 1,163 2 0 1 12 6'32 581 feet .. .. 70 18 inches to 4. feet Argus .. " .. leagle, Eoglehnwk " 977 708 1 6 o 14 12'01 Bet, aoo & 420 fect 170 }l'rorn 2 to l a inches I'a.scoc .. .. Snob's lIlII.};, IL .. 446 253 1j 8 o II 8'57 Surface to 300 feet 100 l·'rom 6 to 12 iu" horizontal sput's New Moon .. .. :1I.roon, Eaglehnwk .. 2,728 876 18 (I 0 6 10'29 220 feet " .. 100 50 feet York and DIU'ham " St. l\Iungo, E. 1I. .. 1,1 IIi 709 16 IC, o 12 17'30 240 fcet .. " 190 I'rom 2 to 3 feet South l)c.vol1shire (TrHmte) Dcyou~hirc, E. [[, " laQ 233 18 0 1 15 23'63 270 feet. .. .. .. l·'rorn 6 to 18 tnches South Catllerine " Catherine, E. 1-1. .. 481 380 14 0 o 10 19'90 2S0 fect Oa therine ned U, C. .. Cntherine, K ll, . . 3,834 874 I 0 0 4 l:l'42 !let, 30 & 290 feet 130 3 Inches to 5 feet Golden Pyke " .. COlllett li.:llg'iellnwk '.' G7G :;07 12 0 o 15 0'42 180 feet .. 1 to 2 feet Priuce of 'Vales .. .. Prince of 'Vntes,]j~. H. 38i 134 2 0 I) 7 O'!14 Bet, 100& 21>0 feet 160 Ahout 2 feet 6 ill, Spurs Frederick the Great, " Scba!!tinll .. " 3,518 851 15 0 0 420'21 Bet-IOOI!:; 170feet 100 to to 20 feet NU1)e.spcranillllll " UB.""woo!1 .. " 1,800 420 i) 0 0 4 16

Pyritf:F- ami JUrmket Sand. 31 13 0 2 r. r,'14 Obtained by means of revc.l'beru.tol'y furnace and '\'u~elcr's pans Hercules .. " Victoria .- " 14

Heehi\'e .- .- Devonshire " r. 18 j~ I~ 3 2 14 Obtained by m~ans of revolving amalgamating barrels )iortli Gflr[1CH Gnllr Gar(lell (luI!)" " 40 :40 0 0 3 10 0 Obtnined by means of reverberatory furnace, &c. Argus " " Eagle 2 3 0 0 I 10 0 Ohta.ined by m<:ans of amalgamating barrels .TohIlSQn~8 j~ecf .. .Johnson;$!' " " a2 5 fi 0 I) a 6'7." Obtained by men us of fe-crushing (j-l'eut E.xtended HlH~tJ(>r'8 Hustler's .- .. 72 167 15 0 2 G 14'33 Obtn1ncd hy llieans of reverberatory furnace, &c.

Hcel llusUcr's Heel or HlIstler'.' " " 29 46 9 0 1 12 0'82 Obtained by means O'f reverberatory fllrnact, &c.

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KILJ\lORE DIVISION. 11fr • .James rv. O,~born, flfinil1g Registrar.

Alluvial mllllng on Reedy Creek is being followed by about fifty-seven Chinese and fOl,ty-nine Europeans. Their average earnings from 208. to 30s: per week. A1Jout thirty more are at Higinbotham, doing po~rly, and not averaging 25s, per week. The severe wmtel' floods destroyed many dams, races, &c., and drove the mmers to seek other fields of employment.

Quartz mining is in a very dull state; only one claim crushed on Reedy Creek, but with a good prospect. Chapman and Company, from a reef near the Magenta, obtained 78 ozs, from 13 tons.

The old claims at Sunday Creek find good wages for the shareholders, but nothing new, calls for attention. The Providence Reef, Yea, will SOOll be again in work, as a Hew company have obtained a lease and intend

extending operations. At Higinbotham persevera1lce is still the motto, and with fair results. In an abandoned reef 38 tons yielded

lor,. to the ton,

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HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND WARANGA FlOUTH SUBDIvISION. Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining S!lrveyor and Registrar.

I have nothing of any consequence to report as regards mining in my division during the quarter. 'rhe Major's Line Reefs have not realised the expectations of tho claimholders, but there is still confidence

expressed in many of the claims turning out well. The greatest part of the stone already crushed has, I believe, paid tolerably well.

The Spring Creek portion of my division is still being deserted. Some very good yields have been obtained by Robinson and Neil, since my last report, from the Red Hill, close

to Heathcote; the average yield from which has been 2 ozs. 5 dwts. 18'6 grs. to the ton, and the claim is still looking well.

W ARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION. jUr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

At the Buffalo Ranges a further development of the old lead has caused an access to the population of about ]00 miners. The lead at 25 feet deep continues narrow-about 8 feet wide; the depth of washdirt is from 1 foot 6 inches to 4 feet, and the yield from 4 to n· dwts. per load. At Koorilim, about four miles northwards. Rehberg and four others are at work in 6-feet sinking, with about 1 foot of washdirt, and have washed as much as 121 dwts. per load. The whole of the intermediate country is of similar formation. Good Friday and Mary Taylor'S Creek are comparatively deserted. About 70 miners at the Nine-mile are making fair wages.

The returns from puddling Itt Rushworth appear to be slightly improving. QUARTZ MINING.

For the past three months this branch of mining has been generally very dull. Exceptionally the yields from the Perseverance Company, on the South Nuggety Reef, are to be distinguished. At 440 feet deep the average produce of 160 tons of quartz is nearly 4t ozs. per ton. 'rhe reef shows no sign of change.

At Balaelava, in the bottom of the main shaft, the reef carries gold, hut not in sufficient quantity to pay without adding pumping geer or an improved method 0'£ raising the water. The tributors on the other parts of the mine are obtaining fair wages.

The North Balaclava Company have, at last, begun sinking with vigor, the contractors working night and day. The success of of this company will materially affect the prosperity of the district.

At Fontainebleau, and on the Happy-go-.Lucky and Maliee Reefs the prospects are improving. The latter company have ceased work, pending the issue of their lease.


MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Mr. P. Virtue, jun., ~fining Registl'm·.

On no previous occasion have I been in a position to report so favorably as now respecting the material progress and stability of the general mining interest of this division. During the quarter several extended alluvial claims, situate at the Alma, and several prospecting quartz claims, situate on the Cambrian, Nelson, and Telegraph Reefs, have been registered. Trial crushings from some of the quartz claims gave an average of more than half an ounce of gold per ton. The European mining popUlation of the division, especially at the Alma and Uhinaman's Flat, has much increased. These places are now hives of mining industry. Mining property, house property, and property in land are steadily increasing in value.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

The Mines at Carisbrook are now beginning to look up, and to manifest signs of prosperous development. The Phrenix Company have just completed the erection of their steam machinery, which will enable them to overcome the difficnlties that formerly obstructed their progress. The Dan. O'Connell Company have been chiefly engaged in main driving; the lead has been found at a depth of 100 feet. At Majorca, the newly orgamsed Kong Meng and Columbia Company have only managed four washings since they begun operations, and these have given a return of ]47 ozs. 10 dwts. The :Reform Company have found the lead which was lost by the Defiance Company, at a depth of 120 feet, and have obtained the excellent return of 342 ozs. A large number of valuable mines, in this portion of the division, and which have remained idle for years, have now been taken in hand by fresh companies, and are being worked with excellent prospects of success.

At the Alma, the Golden Gate Company are about to erect an additional steam-engine and a 12-head battery. The Gladstone Company have erected two engines of 25 horse.power each, and have begun operations. The Queen Company, as the result of boring, have found ground at a depth of 115 feet, from which they obtained a prospect of gold; they have purchased machinery, and will at once proceed with its erection. l'he Count Bismarck Company have also found ground at a depth of 138 feet, from which they have obtained excellent prospects. The Duke and Timor Company, Chinaman's Flat, have sunk their shaft to a depth of 350 feet, and will at once proceed with the chambers and main drives.

l'he following is a statement of the gold obtained. from the principal alluvial mines in this division during the quarter :-

No.2.

Magnum Bonum Extended (Chinaman's Flat) Band of Hope Extended (Chinaman's Flat) Alma Consols (Alma) ... .. . Seaham Extended (Alma) ... .. . Golden Gate (Timor Creek, Alma) ... Dan. O'Connell (Carisbrook) Umted Kingdom (Majorca) Kong Meng and Columbia (Majorca) Reform (Majorca) ... ... . .. Morning Star (Majorca) Baron Clyde (Majorca) Sundry whim claims

E

oz.. d w[s. grs.

1,060 0 0 3,082 15 9 1,567 1 0 1,260 11 0

306 12 0 148 0 0 60 0 0

147 10 0 342 0 0 103 0 0 64 0 0

205 0 0

8,346 9 9

Dividends as under have b~en paid ~uril!g the quarter, by the companies named :-' £, s. d.

750 0 0 2,400 '0' 0 2,8500. ,0 8,350 ;0 ·0,

Magnum Bonum Extended .:. Seham Extended ." Alma Coosols Rimd of Hope Extended

. .... .....

£14,,350 ~" 0 '--.--.--

QUARTZ MINING.

The reefs at Chinaman's Flat are now being work~d to great advantage, and quartz mining throughout the division is ill a prosperous state. 'l'he .Bristol Hill Company have 30 men at work on their claim, but no steam maehillcr,Y h>ts yet heen erected. Several claims 011 tbe hill.are llowid~e,. ,~ater having been reached at a depth of 250 feet, and at pre-ent tbere is no available mealls of drainage. .'

Som~ of the highesG .returns for ,~,he qll:;trter are.:-90 tons from]~ristol Hill, w4ic~ gave 88 OZS; 28 tons from Deed's Reef gave 179 ozs. 10 dwts. ; 120 tons from the Iro!,!stoue Reef gave 1620zs. ; 125 tons, crushed at Johnstone's, gave 19,..; OZS,; and 50 tons from the White Horse Reef'gave ail average of nearly 2 ozs, per ton.

'l'he North .German Company have let their mine on tribute. , .

AMHERST DIVISION. Mr. Jose'f.? S,mitlt, lIfining Surveyor ~nd R.egistl'ar:·.

Mining operations in this division bave been in a depressed state during the quarter, with a corresponding decrease in the number of miners employed. '. '

Quartz mining in the division does' not appear to be well understoQd, or we should'not have valuable lodes like unto l3lucher's, White Horse, and tile Big Reefs; \vhich are known'to yield good payable'returns, standing idle.' '. '

Attempts (tre now being made to' fodn a company to work the White Horse Reef, but the public do not appear to take up a sufficient number of shares to wan'apt the promoters commencing operations,' "

On the other band, we have the·Annqities claim, at' Mount Glasgow, and the Nuggety Company/on Blucher'I!' Reef, in the act of erectiug batteries at or near their respective claims, . ' ' ..

Alluvial mining in the deep ground has disappointed Our expectations, It was thought tbat Mount Greenock lead, when found, would give good results; but after an expenditure of more than £20,000 in the Potosi and Gladstone claims, the aforesaid lead has been found worthless in the parts worked, so that we have nothing but the subsidiary leads to depend upon in alluvial mining. ,', " , '.' , , .

'rhe Sadowa, Nichol's Freehold, Union, Brunswick, and Hoffnung claims have produced 1,381 OZS" 1,296 ozs., 676 ozs" 580 ozs" and 331 ozs. of gold respectively during the quarter. ,

The decrease in the value of the mining pla.nt is owing to several of the claims being at a standstill, and in some cases the pIa-ntis waiting removaL

AVOCA SUBDIVISWN. Mr. P .. Simp~~'n; jlining Survey<?r and Registra7'.

The Golden Lake Company, HQmeh~sh, h,ave been obtaining'.very good retun;ls during the greater part -of this qU!;lrter. Sever::tl nuggotshave been fouud, the largest abou~ 54 Oi/,8. in weight. Dllring the last six weeks' they have averaged over' 60 ozs. per week., ., .

'fhe Albion COInpany, A:i·oca lead. have 'suspended operations. On the ot.ber hand the New Holland claiin,· which has heen so long idle, has been taken up again by a HelV company, tile Melbourne and Avoca, who have been at w.)rk about a montb. They are testing the groun'd in tho deepest part, ,,,hich their ample maehinery should well enable them to do. The BucceRS of the Golden Lake Company is having its effect, and I tpink, b'lfore long, tllere will be great improvement in milling matters here., . , .

Messl's. Clapperton ha.ve just co;mpleteda. fine cr,ushing plant of ten, head of stamps, at Fid!1ler's Creek.

DUNOLLY AND TARN4-GULLA DIYISIONS.· 1111'. Tf7: G. ,Couchman, ,Mining f!.urYe,1jor and Regi.~trar~.q ,.'.

. I have the honor to report that mining matters during the last quarter" in the Tarnagulla ana DunoHy divisions, have not made mueh progress, which may in a great'measure be attributed to the superior attractions for capital ill the Sandhurst district, ' '

Tarnagull'a; The prospects of the U aited 'Poverty Company have materially imp~oved during the last quarter. They are' now

working at the 311·foot leyel, where the reef is from 20 feet to 25 feet thick, and its average yield of gold 13 dwts, to, the ton, . ' .... ,

Ironbark Comp:l.ny,-Halliger and party are at present 'engaged raising good payable quartz from about ~he water level. ' ' .

The South Poverty Consols C9mpany are getting in calls, for the purpose of sinking the main shaft dee'per: The Rise and Shine Company have been sinking and sl:l.bbing their' eastern shaft 25 feet deeper: . T~ey have

eight men employed. . Hard-up ,l{eef,-Norris and Company are breaking out payable stone, bst, .crushing. averaging 10 dwts. to the

tOil. The Excelsio; and Per~everance Companies'are stopped"ior the'~au't of machinery. The Phcenix Company have let their mine on tribute. There are four men employed raising' stone, which

yields about 7 dwts. to tile lflad.' . ' New Chu.m ,Reef,-iV!itten and party are at preseutdriving for the reef, ,'. • On· the Cambrian Company'sgroulldthe 'pumping' engine 'is occasionally employed pumping water to wash

tailings. .,' . .' . " , Da vis and party, who are engaged in extracting the gold from'tailmgs, use one of Carpentet"s machines for that

purpose, and expect it will pay them well. . . , '. . " In conselfH'l1Ce of the Cllmbri,ln Company's pumping engine not being 'regularly employed, :th~ Prince of Wales

and Gleat l<~xtet1de1 Companie3 cannot pi'oceed with the Itorking of their ground. ,'"',, I,

i'u.ndston() l{.eef,-The South Sandstone Company have let a portion of their mine on tribute, from which stone of a payable character is being raised, In sinking a new shaft on another portion of their ground a large block of golden quartz wasl>truek, at the depth of 20 feet,

'On Watkins' claim nine men are employed., Th»: have·sunka new shaft about 420 feet deep, and have begun to drive for the reef, which they expect to cut at about 40 feet froin the shaft.

The Victoria Oompany have been crushing very good. stone during the last quarter, and are now remodllg their engine to their new shaft, which is 'being sllllk, and is at present down to the depth of 285 feet,

'fhe Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, (lnd Prince Patrick Companies, north oftte Victoria Company, have found it necessary to suspend operations until.the Vict,oria Oompany's shaft is sunk sufficiently deep to drain their mines.

On the Uorfu line of reef the Mancheste'r, Garibaldi, and Last Chance Oompanies are endeavoring to come to terms for the amalgamation of their properties, ,

The Kangaroo and American Companies (Cay's) are negotiating with .Melbourne capitalists for tbe ere0tion of machinery for the purpose of working their mines in a more efficient manneI'.

. The Nil Desperandum Company, Woolshed Reef, have nine men employed raising and crushing quartz, which averages half an ounce of gold per ton.

DllJloll.y. . The Goldsborough Company have sunk their main Rhaft to the depth of 325 fect. They have also been engaged in putting in a level at 274 f~et, and stoping tQ.e back to. the south on the main reef, and breaking out stone between the 214-feet and 2M-feet levels on the eastern. reef, both n9rtht}ndsomh of the shaf~.

The'prospects of the Queen's BirthdrlY Company are improving'. They are now working payable stone. The Avon Reef Company have sunk their shaft to the depth of 240 feet, and have put in levels both north and

south, with payable prospects. A new reef has recently been opened by Williams and Party, ahout 10 chains north of the Avon Reef Com

pany's leased ground. The first lot of about 7 tOllS cl'ltshed therefrom yielded ovel' 7 OZ8. of gold per ton. A scevnd lot of 35 tpns from the same claim .yielded over 2 ozs. per ton. The mine is still looking well. Calder and Party discovered anotblr new reef, which they have named the Oaledonian Iteef. They raised and crushed 22 tons of stone, from which they obtained 28 ozs. of gold. . .

Clements and Co. crushed 8k tons of quartz from the Sydenham Reef;. wbich yielded 10 ozs. of gold . . ~heJ;e is nothing of imp~rtance to report !Ipon in alluvial mining thisql:\arter,

KORONG DIVISION.

Mr. Hmry J. Hughes, Mining Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

. During the past quarter. the population at and about Berlin has remained unchanged. A slight rush set into Christmas Flat, and some line gold was obtained, as well as nuggets of lib. weight and under, and it is expected that the ground will be entirely turned over, as it is a continuation of Tyler's.

In the latter part of the quarter a rush took 'place to a spot called Craigie Lea, close to Korong, r.nd son;e goll~dwas obtained by several, and it is not imposs:bl~ t,h.a~ . many miners will leave Berlin for that locality afLer the ho 1 ays.

Large nuggets still continue to be found in the. private property a~ .B.erlin. . . '

. QUARTZ MININ.G.

The only company that has given a good yield,is the Lilliputian, Burke's Flat. All the other companies are progressive, ~i.nking or dri ving in .s~arch. of st,:me, whiclL is. knQwn ~o be payaPle, if it can <tnly be mf)twith before the shareholders' patience and money are exhausted. . . .

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REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIO~S.

j1£r .. P. Simpson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

Very little has been done in quartz mining this quarter. The Isis claim is being carried on by a new company, the New Isis, who have let the mine on tribute. .

The Sandy Creek rush does not extend, but it well supports thennmber who are engaged there. . The principal feature of the quarter is the rush to Middle Creek, where there are now between three and

four hundred miners. I shall specially report upon this. .

ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. P. Simpson,.J!ining Surveyor and Registrar~

.. Th;;~e are n~t, I think,' wanti~g signs of improvement in quartz ml;ing here, although both the amount of quartz crushed and the a vertlge yield is less than those of last quarter, and although it is true that none of the larger claims (excepting Higgins' perhaps) have been v~ry succes~ful of la\e.

Messrs. Higgins and Co. cut the Rising Star Reef at the .420-foot level, 6 feet to east of shaft. The reef is from 5 to 6 feet in width. . ' . . .

At Messrs. Jjearmonth's Bristol Reef, mining operations have been much retarded by the influx of water on outting the reef at the 21l0-foot level.' .

The Greenock Reef has chinged hands. It is now worked by thePhcenix Company. At the 200-foot level it is driven 110 feet south and 100 feet noyth of shaft; ,.

ALLUVIAL.

There has been a small rush-amounting at one time, I understand, to between one and two hundred-to Stratbalbyn, a tributary of Armenian Gully. It is said a Chinaman ohtained a nugget here weighing 96 OZ5. I cannot learn definitely of anything more than 44ozs. The lead has not been traced far. The richest part is towards the head of the gully. The gold is like reef gold.

1'ho Emu new diggings are about It miles north-wes~ of the ~ownship. Some minera have been earnin~ from £3 to £5 per week for the last two months: ...

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CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION . . Mr. Thomas L. Brown, 111ining S~rveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL :\hNING.

During the past quarter alluvial mining has been unusually active. Throughout the natural watercourses Chinese an~ Europeans were profitably employed with cradles and toms, gathering the gold deposited by the late floods; and a plentiful supply of water enabled sluicing parties to further work the surface hills of pliocene formation.

Mauy miners in deeper sinking- find good washdirt. Wallis and Co., in one 'Il"eek, obtained 81 ozs. ; GraI\t and Co., working portion of Lease ~o. 382, obtained 500zs. 6 dwts. ; from a small roadside claim at Chewton, Orchard :lI1d Co. (three men) obtained goid to the value of £550; and feom Odger's claim the Chiuese tributors obtained, from ahout oue acre worked by them, 5640zs. of gold. 'rhe Chinese, tired of the several floods, left the claim, and seventeen men and three boys (Europeans) succeeded them; their return for six weeks has been 690zs. 16 dwts.

But already the water is done-the district looks dry and parched-and alluvial mining is subsiding to its usual monotony.

QUARTZ MINING.

In quartz mining the most notcworthy is the discovery of Blarney Reef, on the ranges east of former goldworkings on White Horse Flat, Chewton. This reef was found h:r following surface deposits to near top of a sandstone range, and between the sandstone outcrop was found the reef, whICh underlays east at an angle of 44° to 55°. When first opened it was a thin leader, but increases in depth, carrying regular walls-88 tons (including surface, &c.) crushed yielded 148* ozs. of gold. The prospects are very good in other claims from which no stone has yet been crushed. In running the base line, I find Blarney Reef to be a continuation southerly of Burns' Reef.

The Wattle Gully line of reefs are somewhat quiet, several of the claims bcing held under protective registration. 'rhis line runs through the private property of Mr. lJUw and others, whose allotments appear nearly all quartz reefs. From the surface of Mr. Law's ground 253 tons yielded 89 ozs. 6 dwts. Crossing the Melbourne road the same line is known as the Argus Reef. Through Dyason's, Hawkins', and other claims the lode continues of irregular size and easterly underlay, and is worked into water. From Dyason and Co's ground the late tributors obtained £5173 15s. yalue of gold from 2437 tons; and previous miners obtained £9025 138. from 4927 tons. On this and parallel lines in Chewtou, and through northerly to Barker's Creek, a large number of prospecting claims have been taken up. .

At Barker's Creek the Specimen Gully Reef is being profitably worked by Bibby and Walters. The reef is 20 to 30 feet wide. Six feet of its western face is being 'Il"orked, from which 397 tons have yielded 1760zs. 16 dwts. 'rhirteell men are employed. ,

On Cranky Ned's twelve men have been employed working the alluvial by means of a steam puddling machine; and from a quartz leader 32 tons produced 380zs. 7 dwts.

In Campbell's Creek quartz mining is nearly snspended-all the companies' machinery is idle. In each case the mines are exhausted to present depth, and deeper sinking must be resorted to.

FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION . .Afr. 111ark Amos, lIfining Surveyor. and Registmr.

POPULATION.

It will be seen from the tabulated returns that the 'number of miners is increased; this is mainly attributable to the fact that many have removed from adjacent loealities to test the quality of old alluvial workings by ground sluicing from water available from the Loddon and Tributaries Water Company, and that great inducement has been offered to the Chinese to work the bed of the Loddon, wherein vast quantities. of headings, &c., have been deposited from tunnelling and other pperations, which were to a great extent carried away by the late floods, thereby rendering their operations easy; the results ha,ing proved very satisfactory.

ALLUVIAL MINING AND PUDDI,ING.

I have nothing important to report in this branch of mining, although I beHeve many a1'e still obtaining fair returns, very much in excess of last quarter.

SLUICING.

The River Loddon and Tributaries Water Supply Company have completed their main and some branch races, and the entire scheme is nearly carried out. The supply of water at the present time (December 31st) from the Loddon source is from 10 to 12 heads, allowing 391' 4 sluice heads to run free at thc point ()f .divergence, viz., the head of the main race, Rae's Hill. '1'he whole work has been completed in a very satisfactory manner, the fluming being especially well constructed.

It is now five years since the scheme was first projected, and at that time under discouraging circumstances, owing to insufficient capital and lack of proper engineering supervision. .

The present company have succeeded in initiating a system very much needed in this district, and which will in the end prove a great boon to the miners who have still to depend upon the old alluvial workings for the means of subsistence.

With the commeneement of the new year it is expected that many parties will be fully in work, so in the next quarter's report I may be enahled to give results; at present it would be premature to hazard any opinion, as in a few mouths the experiment will have been tried as to whether ground sluicing can be made remunerative in workings long abandoned.

QUARTZ' MINING, ETC.

In quartz mining great activity has been evinced by miners and others to secure ground on the line of reef known as Ferron's, Cattle'S, Kitto's, &c.; the returns are not, however, so good this quarter as I had some reason to anticipate, and yet there has been no lack of energy displayed by the lessees and claimholders; many are sinking new shafts and extending their operations under ground, while others are endeavouring to orj!anise companies in order to raise capital for tlle purchase of plant and machinery to work their mines.

The position of some of our principal mines will be better understood by reference to the following brief sketches.

. The Fryer's Company.-This company some weeks since cnt a lode (about 20 inches thick) from their main shaft westerly; it is supposed this stone will yield 1 oz. per ton, as very fine specimens', were obtained. The company are still driving hoth east and west; the driving to the west (from auriferous lode alluded to) being through ground considered very promising.

Small and Company have heen working at a depth of 160 feet. taking crushing stuff 10 feet wide, which is comprised of thrce lodes, making beneath to a compact body. As the party work lower, the stone becomes much

richer, hence there is another proof that the most auriferous stone exists at gre!lter depths than hitherto worked in this locality, and this will no doubt be more fully corroborated during the next SIX months.

Mills and Company's returns nre exceedingly good, the yield being ~ oz. per ton, and the crushing stuff taken from 6 to 14 feet wide.

Gill and Company (who are working upon private property, on the supposed eastern. lode of :Ferron's Reef), between Rowe Bros., and Mills and Company, have had. most satisfactory returns. 'rhey have crushe~ 350 tons froI? a depth of 120 feet, yielding 14 dwts. per ton. The reef 01' lode under.lays east, and 79 ~h,:y have. not dnven throu(l:~ It easterly its thickness cannot be determined. They have crushed a Width of 8 feet. rlns IS considered most promlSlng for those holding ground easterly upon this line of reef. .

The Australian United Gold Mining Company are actively engaged ill cross·cuct~ng for t?e easterl!- lode, whlCh they expect intersecting within some 30 feet of their pl:esent drive. 'rhe mauager is stll.l sangUl!lC of ultimate success.

Rowe Bros., Cattle's Reef.-The returns of thiS party are very good, and notwlthstandmg ~hat they hav:e for years past obtained excelleut averages, yet the proprietors are confident that at greater depths thelr returns wlll be much above anything hitherto obtained. . '

The Anglo Australian Company.-This company have nearly completed ~he el'ectlOll of a splendId plant.. A Cornish beam-engine, 75 horse-power, nominal, with pumping and aU other applm~ces; also a 40 .horse-power engllle~ with ordinary winding gear. At a depth of.93 fe:t they s.tru?k a lo~e 18 inches thlCk; ,th~ ston~ 18 supposed to be .of a highly auriferous eharaeter, yet the propnetors llltend slllklllg unhl a depth of 300 feet IS attallled before they rMse any quartz for crushing. _

Another shaft, about 300 fect east is being sunk, in order to work the eastern lode of Ferrou's Reef. . Redhouse and Company, who hold a claim within the above lease, obtained at about 1/)0 feet level 43 ozs. from

40 tons; this was from line of Ulark's Reef. Sorensen and Company have still been doing well, although at no greater depth than 30 feet. 'rhe party are

about sinking a main shaft to test the ground economically at a greater depth.

HEPBURN DIVISIOK

.llr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar.

New North Hepburn Quartz Mining Company intend letting the mine on tribute. At the workings in the east lower (15O-foot) level the reef appears to be much broken up 01' irregular; the lode struck is evidently not that of Bray'S, which gave 1 oz. to the ton, but is a leader 2 inches thick. Whieh direction the main body of quartz will be found in is, at present, a problem not easily solved.

Kohinoor and Brunswick Quartz Uornpany have invited tenders for sinking a shaft. South Freehold are driving east, but have not yet got quartz of a payable cbaracter. The Vineyard's Quartz Mining Company have 'not only good quartz, but the alluvial ground shows good

prospects; they have broken into the drive of the Golden Mount Company. Golden Mount Company are on the basaltic ridge, forming the old crater, on which is Mr. John Hour's

paddocks; the gutter has been broken into at 57 feet from shaft; ~ dwt. to the tin dish was obtained. Crown Quartz Mining Company are driving nort,h and south from their shaft, Hi feet each way; gold is seen in

the south drive, the quartz vein being 2 feet thick. No.1 South have in hand the erection of an engine and battery. The Argosy Quartz Mining Company are down 120 feet; in addition to the reef a good wash is expected, similar

to that of the Golden Mount. A winze is being sunk on the south side, where the indications are good, and gold is visible in the stone.

All the foregoing are on the same 01' contiguous !ille of reef, and extend southwards from the foundry. The Cornish Quartz II-Iining Company is a good dividend paying claim. Specimen HilI Quartz Mining Company.-TweHty-four tons of pyrites, treated at different times, yielded

2 OZ8., 4 dwts. per ton. Long Jack's Prospecting Claim, at Bismark Reef, gave Ii oz. per ton at a trial of 30 tons; the cap was poor,

but the quartz is increasing in thickness; several claims have consequently been taken up both north and south. Alluvial claims, especially those of sluicillg and puddling, have, in consequence of the quantity of rainfall,

contributed to swell our gold crop, which, from all sources, has considerably exceeded 10,000 OZ8. for the quarter, and is considerably in excess of any previous quarter duriug 1870. The gold raised in this division during the twelve months is nearly 35,000 ozs.

The Sailor Prince (Old Ballarat Tunnel) have, aftel' indomitable perseverance, struck the gutter; 80 feet of driving in 30-foot level gave the excellent return of 5 dwts. to the truck~ They are in 3000 feet from the tunnel mouth; a shaft is Bunk in the same, the top of which is 400 feet from grass. This shaft is 40 feet deep, and the level in which the gutter exists is 30 feet from the fioor. Much credit is due to the company, who have unmistakably proved a gutter.

The Astley Gold Mining CompallY ha,ve obtained a. very fair yield, viz. 503 ozs. 18 dwts., eight weeks' work. The Corinella Paddock is still a good gold-bearing claim. A nugget of 9 ozs. 1 dwt. 14 grs. was unearthed on

2nd December last'. ' The numerous tunnels and alluvial claims are steadily working and paying fairly, but no particular features

appear. A large nugget of 60 ozs. is said to have been fonnd by Dunmore, at Old Tom Gully; but, after many attempts,

I have failed in obtaining any reliable information. Several smaller ones have been found there, as also at Bulbrook Forest, amongst which I may mention one of 8 ozs. 3 dwts. 12 grs., another 6 ozs. and 3 grs., another 3 OZ8. 2 dwts., and many smaller ones, the weight of which are not known.

'fARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Thomas Orwin, jJfining Registrar.

I have the honor to report the past quarter as the most successful one in the history of mining in this goldfield as the accompanying returns show. '

The qua:tz ~1a.imB th.a.c are b~ing properly worked., and. have had a reasouable aJJ?ount of capital expended on t~e~? are contlllumg to yIeld satIsfactory results, which wlll cause other quartz clalms to be opened up in this diVISIon.

There are several miles of unexplored ground to be proved between the claims on the same line of reefs that are now being worked and paying well.

The progressive improvement of the past qn:tl'ter is ve~y opportune as the mining interest here had become greatly depressed, and the gradual advancement of thIS goldfield IS to a great extent a guarantee of its permanency.

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_._, Capital and skill have been a,nd continue to be imported into the district. The management qf themii1!~s~s better regulated, shareholders are able to realise on their interests and to obtain fair prices. The price~ of shares have gone up considerahly lately in many of the claims, especially in the Energetic, Central Energetic, North Star, KynetoJ;l, All Nations, Gold Mines, Lauriston Extended, United Mint, and the Adventure, at Kangaroo'Reef; the' Taradale. United, the Fenton, also the Adventure, at Taradale. ., , '

From various causes a large number of claims are suspended in the Lauriston district. There are but five claims held on Crown lands under the bye-laws at work, employing in the aggregate only eighteen men; so that; although there has been a great increase of gold obtained during the quarter, it has been obtaiued chiefly from'Claims held on freeholds, or otherwise held under lease. '

'file total amount of gold obtained in the division for the quarter shows an increase over last (]uarter of 3897 ozs. 15 dwts. and 12 grs. ' ,

The total amount of gold obtained for the year 1870 is 21,745 OZ5. and 8 dwts., 'showing an increase of 11,959 ozs. 4 dwts. and 12 grs., as compared with the year 1869. The total increase of quartz gold for the year 1870, as compared with the year 1869, is 13,301 ozs. 3 dwts. and 16 grs. •

The highest average has not exceeded 2 ozs. per ton, whilst thc lowcst has not been below 5 d,wts .. and 9 grs .. The total average for the quarter is 19 dwts. (tnd 1'438. grs., "'ith, in many instances, a great width of.stone, and' as it is' contemplated by yariouB companies to erect crushinl\' machines, at an early date, that, witp. the increased crushing power recently erected by Mr. Binnie, the Centrltl Energetie, the Kyneton, the Devonshire, and th'e Crown' Prince Companies, I anticipate a great increase in the yield of gold nex:t quarter. The Taradale United Company continues' to yield well, although they have crushed many tons of poor stone~the average yield is nearly 15 dwts. They have ceased to work for a few days to add improvements to their machinery. .

The Fenton Claim is also yielding richly; their average for quarter is 18 dwts. The Nelson Company have struck a large body of stone, and no doubt this claim will be a dividend-paying claim

when properly opened out. No.2 shaft is down to the depth of 108 feet. . . The London and Melbourne Company continues to raise stone from the 65 and 90-foot levels. The reef is about

2 feet wide, and of a promising character. They are unable to crush, althongh they have 150 tons of stone on the surface. .

The Energetic claim, at Lauriston, continues to yield rich stone and good dividends. Last week a dividend of 15s. per share was declared. The average yield of gold from this' claim this quarter is 1 oz. 18 dwts. and 3 grains.

The Central Energetic Company, with a great width of stone at 150 and 195 foot levels, yielded an average this quarter of nearly 1 oz. per ton. . ,

The average yield of gold by the North Star this quarter is not quite so high as it was last. The Kyneton Company's claim continues to improve; last week they obtained 123 ozs. of gold from 150 tons,

from ISO-foot leve!; . ' ' , .' South Energetic have recently struck payable stone, and intend to erect an engine. The Gold Mines Company, with a shaft 86 feet deep, at 18-foot level, have cut the reef 4 feet wide, with gold

clearly seen in the stone. This discovery has tended to set a high value on the claim, ' , The Eureka Reef has again found favor with ·the miners, and is again being worked. Stone is obtained at

50-foot level, and is nearly 2 feet wide, and will yield 5 dwts. per ton. The inconveuient distance from available crushing power retards mining operations here. " , At the Kangaroo Reef the United Mint Gold Mining CompaIlY has about 500 tons of stOlle ready for crushing, which is likely to yield about 2 ounees per ton. Two distinct reefs run through this claim. 'rhere are two shafts on the claim; one is 100 'feet, and the other is 120 feet deep. ,They have driven both nor~h and south about 145 feet, The quartz is coated thickly with oxide of iron. The company is erectiug a winding and crushing machine' of a' superioI' kind, so that shortly they will be crushing. ' : '.

The adjoining claim (Baird and Marshall's) have had a trial crushing, which yielded 2 ozs. per ton. They h~~~ also a large quantity of similar stone on the surface ready for crushing. ,

The Forest claim have the reef on the surface. Their shaft is 106 feet deep; they intend to open out at no feet. Many years ago stone was obtained from this reef which yielded nearly 2 0:;:8. per ton, but the distance from any erushing mill precludes the possibility of their having a trial crushing, except at a great expense.

The shareholders in Crawford's paddock have got a lease of ten years for their claim. Theil' prospects are so cheering that they have been at the expense of erecting a crushing machine near the claim.

The Lauriston Extended Gold Mining Company, at Lauriston, have at lcngth struck the gutter in their claim. They put up a jump-up from the drive, and aIter much expense and commendable perseverence, have obtained a'good prospect of coarse nuggetygold. This claim is in good repute at Ballarat and other distant gold. fields. ,

The Anglo~Australian Gold M.ining Company (the Central, llear Taradale) continues to obtain grand results (so says report), but I regret to say it'is impossible to.ascertain correctly the result of the operations of this ahd 'another claim in my division. '

The Devonshire Company, who held under lease the (lId Alpha claim, have just completed the erection of a very powerful winding and crushing ylant, which will supply a want that has long been experienced here, and thus afford an opportunity of testing severa untried reefs here, besides giving employment to a number of hands. '

TARRANGOWER DIVISION. Mr. Robert Nanhivell, Mining 8urveY(J1" and Registrar.

Quartz mining has slightly improved during 'the past quarter. The returns show an increase of 1354 tons crushed, and of 5i8 OZ8. 8 dwts. 18 grs. in the yield of gold. . , ' "

Our best mines have been the Tarrangower Nuggety Alliance, SpeculutioH, and New Enterprise 'on Nuggetiy Reef; the Great Western, on the Beehh'e Reef, and the Nelson Extended on Wilson's Reef.

The iributing parties in the Tarrangowel' Nuggety Alliance mine have crushed, during the quarter, 158 tons of quartz, for a yield of 226 ozs. of gold, or an average of 1 oz. 8 dwts. 14 grs. per ton.

The tributors in the Speculation mine are making good ~ages, the quartz during the quarter having yielded about 1 oz. per ton. ' , i

The New Enterprise Company have crushed 291 tons for a yield of 199 ozs. of smelted gold, or an average of 13 dwts. 16 grs. per ton; but this yield, owing to the hardness of the rock, and the inefficient mode of working, does not pay, a call having recently l)een made to meet oxpenses. '

The Nelson Extended 'l'ributing Company have crushed 359 tons, with an average yield of 1 oz. 1 dwt. 13 grs. per ton; but from the same causes as mentioned above, with the addition of twenty-five per cent. paid to the owners of the mine, no dividends have hitherto been declared. ' -

The expectations of the Nelson Company, adjoining the Nelson Extended on the north, have not been realised; instead of 8 dwts. per ton, only 5 dwts. 8 grs. has been obtained during the quarter. '

There is also a sl~ght improvement in alluvial mining. This I account for from the plentiful supply of water we have had, which has ellabled the puddlers to keep constantly at work.

A nugget, weighing It little over 5 OZS., was found at Fiddler's Flat about a fortnight since, and another about be s~me weii!\ht has be~n found f1.t Peg-leg Gully, by a man,fossicking in the old l~ad., .,

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ST. ANDREW'S EAST AND ST. ANDREW'S CENTRAL SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. Alfred Armstrong, JJfining Surveyor and Registrar.

I have great pleasure in reporting that the mining prospects of this district are still improving, and although the yield of gold from quartz does not show a very large incr~ase over th~t of the l~t qUl!'rter, wh,en the fact that several of the most important claims have been suspended durmg the erectIOn of machmery 18 taken mto account, the general result will contrast very favorably with any previous return. . . ' .

The Perseverance Company, One-tree Hill, are now about. to e~ct addltIOnal ;nachmery, a~d have determmed upon driving a tunnel from the eastern side of their lease, whIch will cut three lines of reef, vIz:-The Buck, the Moonlight, and the Swedish.

The Buck Reef was formerly not considered payable, but now, at a depth of about 60 feet froID: the surface, the vein is, found to be from 4 to 5 feet in thickness, and averages about an ounc.e to the.t~n. 'l'~lS cO~l?any have established themselves entirely from profit. They have made no calls, but have patd two dIVIdends m additlon to the purchase of their plant, . ' .,

The Union Company, Diamond Creek, have sunk an additIOnal shaft, for pumpmg and w~dmg, to a depth of 70 feet below their tunnel level, and have struck the reef, showing rich stone, eqnal to any prevlously worked m the claim. ~

The claim south, called the South Union Company, will commence operations immediately after the holidays. The Yarra Tunnelling Company, Warrandyte, have let their claim on tribute. The tributors will shortly

commence sinking a new shaft for winding independently of the pumping-shaft. . The Evelyn Tunnelling Company have now completed their dam of the Yarra Yarra, and the water of the nver

is now wholly diverted through the tunnel;, they have also obtained tw~ further. leases of river claims above and below the pound bend, so that they possess about sel'en miles. of river for thel~' ?peratlOns, . ... .

Should this company's enterprise be attended wlth success I antICIpate that allUVIal mUllllg III the neIghborhood will also attract considerable attention.

ST. ANDREW'S WEST AND SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. Mr. Clement. Johnstone, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

No work is being done on the blocks held by :pro Jordan at Bullengarook. Messrs. McCarthy and Walsh are working the coal at Kilcunda. 'l'hey have brought a few tons of coaJ. clown

to Griffiths' Point for shipment to Melbourne.

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Charles Jas. Wm. Russell, ~Wining Surveyor and Registrar.

The alluvial mining in this division has been rather more prosperous during the last quarter, notwithstanding t~e cessation of the Steam .Mining Company's Works (the Wet lead), there having been several lost-lead prospecting claims taken up, which, though only of a temporary character, turned out profitable to many miners. 'l'he small rush at the Lono Star has held out well, and a great deal of gold has been obtained, though it appears now to be subsiding. Anot.her small rush has occurred at" McNabs Gully, near Elysium Flat, through the discovery of a lost lead, which has yielded largely, and is still beiug worked. Also one at the head of Spring lead, where, for a few weeks past, gold has been procured giving good returns. A lost lead has also been discovered at the southern end of the Nil Despel'andum lead. The Galatea Company have worked the Black lead of auriferous drift through their leased ground with reasonable profit, and have now stopped on the lcad at ground already disturbed by workings, and they propose moving their machinery lower down the lead into sounder ground.

The quartz interest in the division has experienced great general depression. All the reef claims on the leased ~round, excepting four, are suspended or abandoned. The Victoria Company, at the Rhymney Reef, which was discovered in October 1868, about seven miles north from Moyston, is turning out stone yielding, on an average for the quarter, over J 9 dwts. to the ton. At Moyston the North Star (now called the Invincible), is being worked full handed, whilst the Southern Cross is nearly at a standstill, and the Kangaroo Company have entirely stopped. The Golden Hope, a new reef, is quietly prospecting. .

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION, llfr. W. Crellin, Mining Surveyor and Registra1'.

QUARTZ.

. A great revival in quartz mining has' taken place through the adoption of the system of tributing. Claims whICh have not been worked for years, and which looked as if they never would be worked again, and others which for ten or twelve years passed have ,been lahoriously prospected by. the expenditure of heavy calls, show all the freshness and activity of a new rush; and many of them are already making handsome:returns to both tributors and owners. This change is chiefly to be seen on the Hampshire, the Perthshire, and the older portion of the Cross Recf.

The claims on. the North Cross Reef continue their excellent returns, particularly the Oriental Company and North Cross Reef Company, which have apparently an unlimited extent of fiat reef, 10 feet thick and averaging It oz. to the ton. The latter company have divided something over £10,000 during the quarter, besides adding to their reser-ye fund. They have commenced a new shaft to work the reef northwards, and have purchased new steam machmery for that purpose. A 1O,OOOth share of this company is readily saleable in the market for £20. The deep shaft of the Ex~ended Cross Recf Company is now down 880 feet, presumably the deepest in the colony.

The N eWlllgton Company, two months ago, struck a reef supposed to be a coutinuation of the Main Cross Reef. lt shows great fluctuations in width. Two kilns of about 200 tons each, have been burnt and arc awaiting the starting of the Newington batteries (at present undergoing repairs), which will be ready for the stone in a few days.

A great quantity of quartz piled up at the Germania Reef during the wet weather has been crushed, and a.lthough not realising expectations, it has given a very fair return, averaging very nearly i oz. Many ofthese claims are regist.ered 0l!- water. The great waIl:t is a pumping engine. A partial effo;t to form a company has been made, and, I thlUk, faded. The over-speculatIon of a year ago has made -qs over cautIOUS. Few undertakings would make a better return, or do more good to the district. A new crushing plant of 12 stampers is about to be erected here. It is thought the saving of cartage will render an immense quantity of stone payable.

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The Dal'ltngton hag averaged half an ounee, and is pitying dIvIdends. Both the Darlington and Bonnio Dundee have struck richer stone during the last fortnight. The richness as well as the thiokness of these reefs is vet·y unequal. The property of the Bonnie Dundee Company has lat.ely passed into the hands of a new company called the New Dundee.

The Scotchman's line is suffering from temporary exhaustion. But as these claims have only worked to a depth of 300 feet, a rich future is probably still' before them, to be realised when means are procured to explore a deeper levcl. 'fhis probability will become a certainty should the deep shaft of the Extended Cross Reef strike payable gold, all event which would treble the value of all property here.

The South Scotchman's are stilI sinking with untiring perseverance. Their shaft is now down 646 feet The success of this company Kill permanently extend our main body of reefs on the south, as the Newington has done on the north, and will give encoUl'<l;gement and direction to new efforts further afield.

Most of the claims on the W onga-Wonga, the Birmingham and the Victoria Reefs, are registered on water. A successful method of treating pyrites, practised at one mill here, is to skim the silver in the ripples at stated

intervals and hurn at a red heat. The blankets are found to be scarcely WQJ;th washing. The avemge yield of gold per ton is t5 dwts.

. ALLUVIAL.

One or two small rushes have taken place, but after a few days' excitement, have come to nothing. The principal of these was one on the eastern slope of the Big Hill range, between the Hampshire Reef and Concongella Creek, discovered by McEwan and Byrne. As many as 200 miners were on the ground for a day or two, and pegs were observable everywhere. This has dwindled to seven workinJ); claims which do not give wages. One peculiarity is noticeable in the shallow alluvial deposits here, namely, that the headings which overlie the washdirt is an exceedingly hard cement, instead of a loose drift, as in most other places. A few nuggets and some coarse gold have been got from the One-Hole lead (an old lead), which extends north-westerly tht'ough the UllitedlBand of Hope to the Clifton Rock.

The average yield from old workings is It dwt. to the ton.

BARKLY DIVISION . . A1r. W. C1'ellin, .fl1ining Sltrve.1for and Registrar.

Two alluvial rushes have lately taken place in this neighborhood, namely, to Canterbury and Middle Creek, both in the Avoca division of the Maryborough district, which have caused a good many of our miners to leave for one or other of those places.

There is not a single company at work in either quartz or alluvial. Parties of two and three remain working in the old ground. No l]eW ground has been discovered in any part of this division. ..

TheJlOpes entertained of Montgomery's and Powiss' Reefs have suffered a premature death through the want of success of the claim of the Empire Company, whose crnshing plant is advertised for sale, and will probably be removed.

Austerberry's and Amarant'g machines arc both at a standstill, except occasionally crushing tailings for the proprietors themselves. No men are employed on wages at either mill.

R.AGLAN DIVISION. 11ft·. Augustus Poeppel, Mining Registrar.

There are no operations in quartz ill this division at present. A considerable number of miners leave mining at this time of the year and take advantage of the high rate of

wages during tlu) harvest season. The Chinese are eagerly sought after and employed by the farmers, as they work at a wage considerably below that which would induce the European miner to leave his occupation. 'l'he usual number of miners employed on this field, except dnring the harv~st season, is 250 Europeans and about 330 Chinese.

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GIPPSI,AND MINING DISTRICT.

OMEO SUBDIVISION . .Jr/,. W. Pllipps, lIfining Registrar. \

~'his division is slowly but stendily recovering from the de,pression caused by the very lica'{y winter floods. 'fhe New Deep J.ead Company, Bloomfield Gully, have, from the difficulties experienced in opening the

ground, been able to get only three weeks' washing of the auriferous gravel laid open below the Chinamen's drives. The yield .werages not more than half an ounce per lllan per week, but the claim is now thoroughly opened out, and the manager expects much better returns as the work goes down.

There are several parties out prospecting the High Plains above Cobungaro, aud about fifty Chinese on the Cobungara River, between Mount Battery and the falls. . ..

'Ehe part,Y reported in my last to have stnl'ted to PI'OSPl.'ct an aunferous creek entermg the Indl have returned without succeeding in their ol:(ject.

MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION . .11£1:- .John Grime,. Peers, lIfining Sltrvey01' and Registrar.

The following is au abstl':1ct of the condition of Bome of the principal companies in this subdivision ;-'rhe 'rubal Cain Company and the Elizabeth COmpaI1Y have amalgamated, and have applied for their claim

under the Gold Mining IJeases Regulations. I am informed it is intended to register the new company under the Ijimited Liability Act. .

The Duke of Edinburgh Company have taken advantage of a clause in the bye-laws, and suspended their claim. Cause-want of funds.

The Why-Not Company are not carrying on ,operations as energetically as they ought considering the fine lode they have in their claim.

The Standard of Freedom Company have suspended operations. Cause-want of sufficient funds.

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The Scandinavia Company have about 50 tons of "quartz on grass, which is expected to yield about an ounce to the ton. It will be crushed in January.

The Excelsior Company have about 120 tous raised, which is expected to yield about an ounce to t~e ton. A road has been cleared and formed from the mine to Salter's machine at Deptford, tt distance of ubout two mIles. Mr. OweD< Williams has taken a contract to cart the stolle raised at 8s. per ton, aud is at present busily engaged in carrying it on.

The above are co-operative companies, and are worked by local shareholders. In alluvial mining I have ltO change to report, the millerS as a rule are earning fair wages.. . Generally the mining prospects of this district are satisfactory, and merely require the mtroductIOn of some

foreign capibtl to further develope them.

BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. Henri! Sutton, JJfining Regist1·ar.

I have the honor to report that nothing of importance has transpired during the quarter. Quartz mining still" remains in a depressed state, owing to the want of sufficient machinery. Experienced

quartz miners have great faith in this as a payable quartz-mining district.

CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. llfr. James Travis, Jl1ining Registrar.

QUARTZ. " The quantity of stone crushed during this quarter is less than that of the previous one-the average yield p.er

ton being some 7 dwts. higher. That taken from the Good Hope mine has given an exceedingly good return, whlie from the Jeweller's Shop and Palmerston it has been far below what was anticipated. In the first-mentioned mine all the stone above the present level has beeu taken out and crushed, and no further return of gold need be expected for several months. The company are just now engaged in putting up pipes through the old workings, to carry off" the smoke from the pumping and winding engine. This will take considerable time to complete_ After which they will at once commence sinking another winze. Altogether it will be five, or possibly six months befOl'e they will be able to start crushing again.

Great disappointment has been felt in regard to the yield from the JewelJer's Shop Reef. During the past six weeks some very rich stone was raised, leading to the belief that an average of at least 20zs. would be obtained. Unfortunately the result of the crushing in no way justified these expectations, the return being only about 17 dwts. to the ton.

On the Upper Dargo the yield from the Evening Star and Goldeu Fleece mines has heen very poor-in neither case exceeding 4 dwts. to the j 011 •

. , Some excitement has beell,Oceasionod by the discovery of two new l'eefl:> at the heau of the Wcntwol th Hiver. Both are large and well-defined, with a fair show of gold through the stone; and, as this part of the division has· been hitherto unprospeeted, it is thought that some good discoveries will be made there during the summer.

ALLUVIAL.

This description of mining is beginuing to improve a little. The flood in the rivers having subsided, the miners are once more opening up their claims; and there is already a slight increase of population on the Crooked and Wentworth Rivers.

JERICHO DIVISION. Mr. A. B. AinsUJorth, Mining Surveyor and Registrm·.

In this division there is a falling off in the quantity of quartz crushed and the total yield, but a material" increase in the average yield, which is traceable to the Loch Ness Company's discovery of a large body of stone, carrying with it a rich leader, now being worked, and which has yiehlecI the high average of 20zs. 11 dwts. 20 grs. per ton. Apart und independent of this, the quartz mines in the district are more promising than they have been, and l' look forward to a gradual improvement, checked only by the a,bsence of water during the height of summer.

The Harbinger Company have not had any crusqing this quarter, being engaged in laying a tramway to the Dry Creek machine; aud the Commerdal Reef Company are in difficulties. The Eldorado CompalJY had again let their mine on tribute, but towards the end of November the tributors abandoned it, and the miue is now idle.

The St. Andrew's Company. on the Garibaldi Reef, ha,e been somewhat disappointed in the yield obtained, yet this mine, when properly opened up, is expected to pay well.

The Aberfeldy Reef is uow being opened up. It is a well-defined and continuous lode, traced for more than two miles across the country by the prospector, and believed. so far us surface indiCrltions and washings show, to be payable throughout. The owners are now putting in a tunnel wilh thtl red, and so soon as a machine can be erected on the ground, will be in a condition to supply it with stone.

In alluvial we have had a rush towards the old ground lmown as the Thomson River bed. About sixty Chinamen have found their way down, and about forty Europeans. Of these, say four parties are getting good wages, se,en or eight average wages, and the rest" tucl;er"-iu example, £1 10'£1 5s. per week. The slight faU in the river. requiring long .r~ces to ~.ork the c.laims, is. a ~re~t drawback to this goldfield, and will permanently keep it in a struggling condItIOn. FIfteen feet III the mlle IS lIttle fall enough where rock has to be cut, or sawn-stull:" flumes erected. and considering that, in places, the banks slope back very gradually, and the auriferous deposits with them, a mile'of race does very little towards opening up for sluicing such broad tracts of land. A company has been formed for constructinO" along race, and distrihuting water along its course; but, owing to the slight fall referred to, a considerable amount cl:' labor and capital must neceesarily be exp('nded before any returns are obtained.

In other parts of the district the floods have done much iJljury to the alluvial miner, and the sudden falling off of water; due to the compalative little snow existing during the past winter, prevents them from recovering themselves ..

DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. fflr. Arthur F Walker, Mining Surveyor and Regist1·ar.

Notwi.thstanding the sm?ll yield of,gold j~r the qual"te~, quartz mining operations have been carried on with greater activity than for some tIme past. 1 he Pnnce Alfred lompllDy have fourteen men at work. and have driven 230 feet in I.heir lowest or 770-foot level during the three mOllths, showing gold for the Jast 20 feet. In the middle or 500-foot level they are sinking two ullderla"~ :;hafts ?ll the lode, \\"hieh is ~lere 3 feet wide, carrying gold. The tributors ill the upper or 120·foot level afe engaged m \'1 eaklllg down quartz, and ll1telld to crush immediately the holidays are over.

The Golden Key Company have ten men em~,lu.l'ed on contrad, sinking the shaft on the lode. It is DOW 60 feet in. dep~h. The reef is wel.1 detiIwd, Ilnd 8\'ernges :I. fept in thickness, showing gold. If the yields from the stone being ra~s~d 1~ the .above ~wo mmes fulfil the ex!-,ectations formed respecting them, a great impetus will be given to quart1. mlDmg III thlslocahty.

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~ The Victoria Company are still engaged in prospecting their mine, and the stone crushed· during the quarter has been from two parcels of quartz, put through the mill for the purpose of testing it.

lThe Morning .Star, Enterprise, and Lady Darlillg claims have' been amalgamated, and:a 'company formed to· work the ground, operations to commence the beginning of the year. '.

There is rio thing ne,,' to report in alluvial workings at Donnelly's Creek. There is little change in mining matters at Freestone Creek. Most of' the claims remain in the same hands and

the average yield continues steady. The greater part of the gold has been brought in from Upper Gladstone at ~hich place several of the claims are being worked'in a systematic manner .. Messrs: J org-ensen and Petersen and ~thers arc endeavoring to trace the lead by means of drives put in from tunnels driven into the side of the hill.

The claims at Gladstone and Monday Gully have hardly fulfilled the expeetations at first formed. They are however, still held, in the hopes of finding something better. '

. A par~y of thre~ experienee$l miners are being kept out by the ~tratford Prosp?cting Association. They report haVlng examll~e~ thc rlght··hand branches of Freestone Creek, and haVIng found gold III almost every gully, but not in payable quantIties. They then prospected the country between Lee's and 0astleburn Creeks, which is deseribed as being vcry broken and ~crubby, affording strong indications of being auriferous, b~t were unsuccessful in obtaining a'payable prospect .. They mtend next to try the ground between George's and ValenCIa Crecks. . . '

STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. E. S. Gutteridge, Mining Registrar.

During the past quarter a greater quantity of quartz has been reduced, and more gold obtained than in any preceding quarter. The inereased yield from the Long Tunnel Company's mine is'lhighly satisfactory. It will be notieed fl'~~ the statis~ics forwarded t~at the major portio? of this'quarter's yield of gold has 'been' from that comp~ny's mh:~e" MIllIng operatIOns are,'not bemg 'prosecuted so vlgorously'as heretofore, the 'Empress,Molesworth, aI.1d otherq9in~ panies having temporarilYisuspended'operations, and are taking steps to increase their respective·capitals., The Sciut4 Cohen1s90mpany have broken' into the ·old workings, the ,reef showing about l-foot'in thickness, andcaiTying gold. Many mmers have been thrown out of employment by the stoppage of the companies alluded to; several have left the district, and 'others are turning their attention to alluvial mining on the Thomson River. ':" ' ,", ,. The Walhalla Company have nearly completed the'excavation of ' a chamber in the mine for the reception' bf machinery for pumping and winding. The North Gippsland Company are engaged sinking Ii shaft and putting' the battery in a thorough state of repair." I have not been able to get statistics from the Shamrock Company. ' ,

RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. Clwrles Gadd, l/'lining Registrar.

Since the fine weather has set in a good number of miners have gone down to prospect in the l).eighborhood oJ Stockyard Creek:;Corner Inlet; South Gippsland, reports fro~ them having been very encohraging:'; ';' . "

BENDOC SUBDIVISION. ,Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar.

Mining operations, both in alluvial and quartz mining, have been dull for this quarter, owing to many of the quartz claims being completely suspended from work; and one of the principal claims, the Rising Sup., the proprietors are involved in difficulties, and their mine and plant advertised for sale, causing many of the miners to Beek for work to enable them to obtain a little money to commence operations for the new year. The alluvial portion of these diggings, which was chiefly occupied by Chinese, is'almost all abandoned, most of the Chinese having removed to the other side of the defined ,boundary line between the colonie.s of Victoria and New South V{ ales, 8'0 that most of them are operating in that colony. I maYc remark that that portion of the mining~population is very fl uctuating; for a short time they will be mining in Victoria and',tJ;ten in New South Wales; they chiefly confine themselves to old diggings and ground which has been prospected and' operated UpOIl by Europeans. .

The Belldoc Park, Quartz Mining Company (registered) have just completed their crushing of the last 100 tons, which have yielded very satisfactorily; shown in,table of'more than 1 oz. per ton. They intend to again resume work after Christmas and New Year Holidays.'

'rhe United Tunnel Claim.-This company are still cngaged driving their: tunnel , which they have. now driven 595 feet, but at present have not cut their intended reef. . The ?fonarch Quartz Company have had a crushing this quarter, which proved very satisfactory, it having

gone over 1 oz. per ton. , . _ The Rising Sun Prospecting Quartz Company, have had one crushing for the quarter of 120 tons, which yielded

124038. . The Homeward Bound Quartz' Company' commenced operations, but, ·on account of the large quantity of water

in their vertical and old shafts, have been compelled to.abandon·it again, not having·sufficient funds to enable them to carryon their works.,

. 'I.'he Agry, Luck-and-Leisure, Good Hope, ,Union, !\forning Star, Rose of the Valley, and Rising Sun 'Quart:r. claims are all suspended, 'owing chiefly to the want of funds to earry on their works., .

,The alluvi?J claims have, most'of them, been deserted, chiefly operated upon by Chinese; but there are several claims, held by Europeans, which are paying good wages, both on the upper end of the Beudoc and Bog streams.

TARWIN SUBDIVISION. Mr. G. Dunderdale, Mining Registrar.

, As I have not been able to visit Stockyard Creek, my report must necessarily be incomplete. The miners who have registered their claims here appear perfectly satisfied with the prospects obtained, and almost without exception, are of opinion that an extensive goldfield will be developed, Very little ground has been actually worked, on account of the abnndance of water and, wimt of machinery; and, in some chims, the working is delayed on account of disputes which will require settlement by' a warden. 'rhe gold is COlu'se and very little water-worn. The nuggets obtained hitherto are .two of 7 ozs. each, one of 8 ozs., and one of· 12 07:s., eaclt mixed with some quartz. The quantity ()f.ground being worked I find it impossible to estim.ate, as it has been variously stated at from three square miles to sixteen square miles. . . . Several quartz leaders have been discovered, whioh are supposed to converge into one reef, gold visible

throughout.

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