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VICTORIA.

REPORTS

OF THE

MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS.

QUARTER ENDING 30TH "JUNE, 1"868.

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

ti/i \Uut~odt» : JOHN FERREB, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE.

APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORTS.

DETAILED PARTICULARS. AMOuNT. -;£ .. d •

Cost of Preparation, about .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . :: i

12 10 0 Printing, (1,050 copies) .. " .. .. , , .. .. .. .. 53 8 0 ,

TOTAL .. .. .. .. . . .. ;£ ,65 IS 0

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SUMMARY. ,.

'1' " GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 30th .JUNE, lSf)S.

TABLE SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF M!'NERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS .V liUE, ON THE SEVERA~ GOLDFIELDS IN THE' COLONY OF VICTORIA. "

Compiled f-rom tke Mining Surveyors' amd Registrars' Reports for tke Quarter ending 30tk' June, 1868.

alluvial Miners.

Quartz Miners.

MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING.

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,MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ MINING, I' - -\' - Approximate Number , Number

DISTRICT, DIVISION,

',AND

Total I Steam JoJngines , employed In Wind·

Number ing, Pumping,. &c. ;- -n ~ 'Ore b G)

S!':n~o~~.f1;,"s !3 ~ , VaJue Sq~~re I diJ~lct Winding, Pumping, ~ ~ ~.S ta,..~ Miles of Quartz

Cruslti:ng, &0. .9'" ,,:;: '~:S"" w. of :Auriferous' Reefs

Price of Gold

per o1!Uce.

Ii :il",. "'::l .: ... '" ..: '3 Mlnlng ,actually. proved SUBDIVISION.

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~ I ·1 ,~ 1 j~ I d II. l ~!! I ~ ~ ~ ~l II ~ of

Mlners.

- -' -- ..d; ,sS ~ 0 ~ • <l) Ground I actua,lly

I< )E15~ jo ... oa~ II< worked to be ~ 8. "'$.8 '" Il ::fil':il 8. ., Il Plant. upon. .Aurife:rous.I-~--.,-__ _

[t.~ j ~~ ~~~ ~'~~~ Jl ,g J til ..c ~Q <ll" dl rt.I 1'tJ. d ~ 1;..' ~o ~

From 1 To ill", ... 'c:l ~"" t>:"", ~ '" <i;Q 0.,,::3 III ",1); ... 1I<;;;jil: J::: r-----I----I-··--- ' ___ 1 __ _ \-,-1--. --, ,---- .---I o

£ BAJ;LA.R.AT.

Centrnl Division Southem Division •• Buninyong Division ••

6,~~ 1 ~ lrg ii t~g 1~ 4,~~ ~g 3: 1~ ~ '9 .. i:i ~ ~ ~~ 2rs::'7'2 4~:~~ , 818 240 ,200" 1,258 35 610 1512' " 17 9 4 11 221 76...,.· 58.900

860 500 .• •• 1,360 10 1,341 22 22" 65 3 9.... 5 114··" 30 .. , . •• 33,200 ~=~~dale,,, .. 75() 400 600.. 1,150' 20 394 155 13' 2 1,200 1 12 1 22 694 - 1 184 .. (j) 3 .. 101,000

:: l~g ll&:: '~g i 1~' i :: :: "92,,, " .. .. ::. 2~m.. lPo'i g '3 J:~ 550 420 220.. 1,290 1 15 1" .. 1,260 " 'Jf/ L ~.. 15 10 154 11 122 .. 9 3 32,000

• 10,6: 3,1~~' 2:~24 -i- 15,S: 285 6:~ ~~l ~; ~~, 2,;~3~: .• ~ Jj] ~~ 39 5 108 2,410 12:~ .~ ~~ '~. l'M,8~~ 1 Mountain'South .

GorUoll ••

Totals ..

BEECH WORTH. B<ieehworth • 644 933, 134 ". • 1,'/11 21 146 ' 5 1~ 5 3,200 ..' 55 37 .. I,"" ", 3 I 34 S 37, I" .. 2

" ,318 158 12.. 488 .. .. 11,.... 1,305 .. .. .. .. .. .. ,1 1 18 .. 16 ," 2 ..

_~.. "':. 8~ ~gg .~77:: I'm' .. 1 .. 4 :: ::':: 3:~O :: sg ~ ,:: :::: .~ .S: .~ .~2 :: ,~ ':: Indigo .. ' 319 267 55 .. , 642 13 262 42 10 38 42.. 16 .. .. .. 1 4 00 .. 40 .. 1 4 Buckland.. . 205 1,347 367 8 1,927 8 III .. .. .. 2,560 2 .. 58 .. •• .. 11 140 12 204 1 1 •. .. Janueson North ,410 80 830.. 1,320 .. .. 13,.... 300.. .: 1 .. .... 5 .68 .. 50 I.. 1 .• (lail'ney'. Crook . 80 76 160.. 316 .: .. .. .. ..' 400 •• .. 00 .. .... 6 '58 10 1441 1 .. .. Wood'. Polnt .. ,420 6 280.. 706 •. ..'.. " 2 390.. 30 30 1 .. .. 10 155 10 281 .. 5 2 Bi"ruve.r',' . 140 28 80., 2~8 .. .. .. .. ,.. . 500 I" .. .. .. ".. 3 38 2 43 .. .. " Mltta-1llltta .. • 230. 240 .. .. 470 .. .. .. .. •• 2,000 1 2 19 18 .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. Jamieson So:th '--=:' 18 84 •. 194 __ " ___ " __ '_'_":' __ "_I~" .. 4 ...... 3 60 1, ,~I __ " __ '_'_' ___ '_'

Totals .. • 3.110 i'~ . 2,360 _8_ '9,954 __ 43_,~ __ 71_ ~ ~ I~ _4_ ~ ~ _1_1_"_ 1 51 686 40 L~I_·_2_, _ 11 8

BANDHUllST. ' Sanilhurst . 3,800 700 3,000 .... 7,520 33 ' 486 280 16 70 55.. .. " .. .. I" 98 2,034 .. 1,012\.. 150·200

~"th~~t.;and·wa~asO;"tb :: ;~ 18& ~~ '2 ~ :: :: 5~:: 3~ 4~!:: :: :: :: :: :: 1~ 2~~ ! 1~ :: I! 1¥ Wa.ranga North . 120 93 368 1 '582 .. .. 55.... .. .. .. .. .. ..'.. 10 165 .. 95 ..' 12 11

,Raywood .. 300.. 41)0.. 700' /;. .. 30 '" .. .. .. " .. .. .. .. 12 117 " 72 I'" 1 5

35,150 5,000

12,950 , 1,100

29,577 33,110 12,110

~:~ 12.000 2,603

16,000

359,883

354,810 5,000

25,146 19,160 13,340

417,516

7 6

14 11

1U 2~ 3,

11

24 12! 9 2 2*

59 11~ 3

18

~i 6

152!

14~ 26 80 9 -.

58

185~ Tota.lB ,,'.. , 4.7591-__ 97_3 '_-4,_40_9 ==3=_1_0;_143_~~~33_-_-_ 486 424 16 104 108 - .. ---.. ---:-:---:-: -,,-,_-.-.- __ 1_43 2,700 '41_1_,35_4_' -'-.. -'~ 241 .

MARYBOROUGH. I"· - 1 . " Maryborough .. ' 1,490 400 480.. 2,370 20 386 '. 120 ','16 6 .. .. .. .. 35 8 ", 17' 392 .. 138 " '15 10 69,120 ,5 .A mbcrst.. . 1,330 520 100.. 2.000 9 182 174 50 8 160 2 220 3 34 .... 6 84 .', 46 .. 10 9 33,805 5b Avoca.. .. .. .. .. 505 350 40.. '895 7 172 30 3 'I .. . .. .. .. 3 .... 2' 24 .. 20 .. 2 .. 12,000 8 Dunollyand !l'arnagulla.: .. 490 4'16 555 11 1,505 5 .>4, 83 22 4 .. .. 95 .. 12 .. .. 34 510 .. 209 .. 31, 7 50,000 16 Korong.. .. .. .. .. 400 200 250.. 850 ..'.. 45.... .. .. .. .. .. ...,. 20 375 .. 159 .. 22 26 28.000 10 Redbank and St. Arnaud Soutb .. 220.. ,100.. 320 .. ;.. 20' , 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I" 4 47 .. 32 .. 3 .. 2,230· 9t 8t:ArnaudNorth • 63 89 247.. 399 1 7 18 .... 6" 18 .. .. 6,.. 10 182 .. • 86 .. 16 8' 18,190 6.

-,-'---1---' ~,;.;,,- ,I-,~ 1---1-1-, -- , Totals .. ,4,549 2,005 1,775 11 ; 0,""" ,,42 801 ,490', 100 19 166 2 333 3 84 14 .. 93 '1,614 .. 690 '.. 99 60 213,165 60~ ______ .___________ --. -1-1--1-,,-----1- 1 . ,

22 7

13 " 10

15 17 56 16 3

159

00 25 61

'i9 193

24 13 91 8 3

15

502

160 82

125 86 35

488

I lOG 45 10

171 55 30 51

475

ciastlomnine .. 550 700 546 18 1,914 7 151 193 7 )'1 147 .. 24 I.. 100 '12 .. 26 336 .. 224 .. 25 55,600' 9 . 90 'CASTLEMAL'<E. , " " • 1

Fryer's Creek .. 1,350 '1,030 104.. 2,484 '10 183 155 6 14 'I 260 .. 74, 2 3 78 .. 10 116 " 72 .. 5 . 43,557 28f 30 Hepburu 1,712 .861 362... 2,935' 19 366 79 28 75 194 36 I 1 2 36 1 30 458 3 240 3, 31 43,556 82 85 Tar .. dale" 409 95 33.. . 542 9 199 16 16.. 13::.. I.. .. 121" 5 52 .. 36 .... 14,821 15 19 libIdo!'.. .. ;' 330 4*7 603" 1,360 '2, 20 73 .. 5 15 .. '" 5 12 16 .. 38 704 " 277 ..' 70 91,163, 9& 74 St, Andrews '.. .. 311, 155 III __ 577 .. .. 4.... 20. 6 7 , .... 5 58 2 44'.." 4,534 , 13!: 55 Kyneton .. .. 66 ,15 55.. 136 .. .. 4 4.. 2, . : .. .. " .... 4 62 .. 85 .. 4 11,310 1 10 l31ue Mountain North 300 20 50.. 370 1 .. 2 .. ' 6' .. ' .. .. . .... 3 28 .. 24 .... 6,000 7* 5,

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£ s. d.

416 406 406 319 6 319 6 319 0 316 6 316 0 317 6

£ B. d,

423 406 4~ 1 6 319 6 409 400 410 317 0 318 0

3190419 '3 19 6 3 19 6 319 6 319 6, 31163130 319 3319 {; 3 17 6 4 0 6

, 3 15 0 3 17 0 3 15 0 3 17 6 300400 3 17 6 '3 18 0 350'3120 3 15 0 I 3'17 6

317 0 315 0 318 0 315 6 317 0

318 0 319 0 3 17 0 319 9 316 6 3 18 0 318 6

3 16 91 318 0 3 17 6

n~ ~I 3 17 61 3 18 3 317 61

318 6 3 17 6 3 19 6 416 400

410 400 318 6 403 318 6 3 18 6 410 0

318 3 318 3 319 0 318 6 3 19 0 406 318 ,6 3,18 O.

T~taJa .. 15:lzS" ~,303' 1,869 1s-1~~1--;m-sul63'lgs -657 - .. - 140 1 15 11; 154, 1-121 1,874 5' 1,002 3 135 101 271,211 172! .358

ARARAT. • . Al'arat.. .. 282 550 145.. 1,077 4 130 4" 16 18.. .. .. 6,.. 2 '7 1'/1 .. 72 ....' 2 '" 26,246 33;\ 17 I' 317 61 317

9 ,Pleasant Creek 204 180 830.: 1,214 ,6 88 2 3 10 50 .. ,.. .. ' 20 74 .. 14 • 378 .. 232 .. 33 ,4 63,000 12 30, 3 16 0 ,3 19 6 'Barkly .. 1,000 120 .. .. 1,100 . 2 24 24 1 9 90 '.. .. .. 2 12 .. .. .. .. .. ," .. .. 3,000 14 7 3 L7 6 ~ F : :Rag"",- .: 310 ,530 14.. 854 12 132 40, 8 .. ..'.. .. .. ..' 8., .. '.. .. .. .. .. ..' 10,000 5& 4 3 18 6 8

TotalB ,. 'l;s26 1,480 989:. 4,295 --24-' -:i94 1-70 12 . 35 158.. .. .. 28 94 -- 21 '549 .. 304 .. 35 4 102,246 64i! --SS:-I -------1----1--1-_._--""- --!--'- ,----- . , , !,

GIPPSLAND, _, • . ~ ,0,",,,,, ", .. ~5 790 50.. 1,165 .. .. .. .. .. 1,100 .. 60 .. .. .... 1 17 2 ' 31 .. .. ,. 6,100 9 28

~~:~~':;:: ~g 1~ 33~:: ~J I':: :: .. 3::::- Wo:: ~ 37' :: :: :: 1~ 1~~ '4. 1i~ :: "~ :: 3t:: 4~~ sJ .Jericbo.. .. 244 50 • 60 . .. 854,.. •• .. .. .;" 270 " 20 20 .. ".. 4 58 5 80 .. .. .. ,20,644 25 • j6 Donnelly's Creek 44 7 55.. 106 .. ;. .. ,.' .. ;; .. .. .. .. ,.:. 5 76 .. 61 .. .. .. 21,000 2~ 2 • Stringer's Creek 30.. 257.. . 287'.. .. .. ..' .. .. ..' " .. ,,: .. .. 10 156 2 114 1 .. .. 34,075 7 . 9 Russell'Bereek 250, 6 24.. 280 ... " 2,.... 200.. 30 9:.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... 500 a .. 4, ,Soutb Tarraville ".., .. I~ _'_' ___ ',_: _I~I":""::'-I-':""'" .. .. .. .. .. I~ -"- -" ' ". .. .. .. .. .. .. ' , ,. ..

,1,383 1,063 '838.. 3,284 .. " . 5.. ," 2,170 " 177 66 .. .. .. .33 463 13, 425 1 'I .. 120,104 105 422 i ____ 1--- -1----'- ----'-.--- ,I

,32,025 '15,857 14,264 51 6Jl,197 475 ' 10,058' 1,875 312 313 20,079 6 394 321 244 301 9 570 10;315 74 5,741 1 488 422 2,108,936 811l 2,472 ,

Totals ..

GRAN» ToTAL!}

,R. BROUGH SMYTH,

3 6 0 317 0 317 6 300

, 315 0 3 9 0 I 3 4 0

317 6 317 3 318 6. 318 0 316 0 315 0 315 ()

. Mining Department, l\felboul'lle, 13th .July, 1868. Secx:etal'Y 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 RESPEOTIVELY FROM: ALLUVIUMS AND QUARTZ REEFS

ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

Alluvial. Quartz . Totala. . oz, dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt.

Quarter ending 31 at March ... . .. 307,125 16 134,936 8 442,062 4

Quarter ending 30th June ••. ... ... 279,349 18 145,163 1 424,512 19 .

Total for the ha,lf-year .n I 586,475 i4 280,099 9 866,575 3

THE QUANTITIES OF GOLD-THE PRODUCE OF THIS COLONy-EXPORTED, ACCORDING TO RETURNS FURNISHED BY

ORDER OF THE HONORABLE THE COMMISSIONER O~ TRADE AND CUSTOMS, ARE AS FOLLOWS

Quarter ending 31st March

Qua.rter ending 30tp June

Ofiice of Mines, Melbourne, 13th July, 1868.

Total for the half-year

oz. dwt.

532,066 10

385,792 .1

917,858 11

R. BROUGH SMYTH,

Secretary for Mines. .

INDEX.

Estimated Yield'of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Half-year ending 30th June, 1868. Suminary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter endiug 30th June, '1868.

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

Beechworth Subdivision Stanley Subdivision Yackandandah Subdivision Indigo Division Buckland Division ... Jamieson North Subdivision .. . Gaffney's Creek Subdivision .. . Wood's Point Subdivision Big River Subdivision Mitta-mitta Division Jamieson South Subdivision ...

Sandhurst Division ... Kilmore Division

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Harrie Wood, Mining Regiatrar Mr. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and'Registrar Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Henry Davidson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. E. G. Magnus, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar

, BEECHWORTH MINING DIS'fRICT.

Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar Mr. Thomas Stubbin, Mining Registrar Mr. Thos. G. Kenuan, Miniug Surveyor and Registrar .•. Mr. R. Al'rowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar Mr. Samuel K'Vickery, Miuiug Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. A. B. Aiusworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Andrew Trench, Miuiug Registrar Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Miniug Surveyor and Registrar

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

Pare • 7

8 8 9

10 10 11

12 12

13

14 14 14

15 16 17 18 18 19 19

Heathcote Division and Waranga 'South Sub- Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

19

21. 22

ciivision • Waranga North Subdivision ... Raywood Division ...

Maryborough Division Amherst :pi vision '" Avoca Subdivision ... Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Korong Division

Mr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. E. P. Virtue,. Mining Registrar

MARYBOROUG H MINING DISTRICT. Mr. P. Viriue, Mining Registrar Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. William Byrne, :'lUning Surveyor and Registrar Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining. Surveyor and Registrar .Mr. R. Mason, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

22 23

Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John Phillips, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

23 24 25 26 27

28 28 St. Arnaud North St!bdivlsion

Castlelllttine Di vision Fryer's Creek Subdivision Hepburn Division ... Taradale Subdivision Maldon Division St. Andrew's East Subdivision­St. Andrew's Central Subdivision Kyneton Subdivision Blue Mountain North Subdivision

Ararat Division .•• Pleasant Creek Division Barkly Division Raglan Division

Omeo Subdivision Mitchell River Subdivision Crooked River Subdivision Jerieho Subdivision Donnelly's Creek Subdivision Stringer's Creek Subdivision R.ussell's Creek Subdivision ...

CAS'rLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Miuing Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar :\1r. Tho~: Hale, Mining Registrar Mr. Thos. Orwin, Mining Registrar ... Mr. nobt. Nankivell, Mining S~rveyor and Registrar Mr. Alfred Armstmng, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

... Mr. Thomas Orwin, Miuing Registrar Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

29 30 31

33 33

. 84

85 85 86

Mr. Charles Jas. Will. Russell, Miuing Surveyor and Registrar... 86 Mr. John I)'Alton;Mining Surveyor and Registrar 37 Mr. John D'Alton, Miuiug Surveyor and Registrar, 38 Mr. John Templeton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 38

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. James Travis, Miniug Registrar ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John S. Patterson, Mining Registrar Mr. C. Gadd, Mining Registrar

39 39 39 40 40

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MINING SURVEYORS' AND REPORTSo

REG ISTRARS'

BALLARA.T MINING DISTRICT.

CENTR~L DIVISION.

Mr. name Woo'd, Mining Registrar .

. THE FOLLOWING iNFORMATION BAS' BEEN OBTAI~ED RELATIVE 'TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS ORUSHED DURING THl3i QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

i QUlIl'tz crushed',

, RemMks relative to the

N a.me of Company. Where Quartz, &e., were Average Yield of [Total fGold. Depth at which the obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz, &CO, were obtained.

ton. cwt. qr. oz. dWt, gr. oz. dwt. gr. Black Hill ... . .. Black Hill ' ... .. . 4,124 0 0 0 6 13'79 1,355 15 0 60 feet to 220 feet ·Llanberris Gum-tree Flat .. 4,829 0 0 0 3 1'15 736 0 0 300 feet ... . .. ... Temperance ... ... Little Bendigo . .. 770 0 0 o 10 18'54 414 15 0 580 feet to 650 feet Endeavour ... ... Specimen Gully ... 805 0 0 0 4 3'13 166 5 0 90 feet to 150 feet Britannia ... ... Specimen Gully ... 650 0 0 0 2 6'27 73 10 0 120 feet

-'-Total Q.uartz ... 1l,178 0 0 .0 2,746 5 0

Quctrtz Tailings, *rc., -,.,

crushed. Two-ton ... . .. Black Hill ... . .. 1,002 0 0 0 1 9'53 70 0 0 Surfacing and .tailin gs

The greater number of the claims in and about Webater-street have been worked out or abandoned. . Thc Great Northern Freehold ,Company have not washed during the last five weeks, the men underground

having I!een· engaged in prospecting a portion of the mine. About three weeks since this company purchased the claim of the Webster-street Freehold Company (from which at first such large quantities of gold were obtained), for the sum of £700, and will commence washing in a few, days.

The Band of Hope and. Albion Companies are now united under the style of the Band of Hope and Albion Consols Company, and the claims and plant of the first·named companies have been assigned to the new company.

Mining operations have been discontinued at one of the shafts of the United Hand-in-Hand and Band of Hope Company, in consequence of the washdirt not being remunerative.

The Cricket Reserve Company have stopped work, the claim having been worked out, and the plant is now advertised for· sale. .

The Newington Company have within the last fortnight suspended worK, and a portion'of the machinery has been sold. The mine is said to have been thoroughly tested, and the ground found to be too poor to pay for working.

The Inkermann and Durham Company, who lately purchased the claim and plant of the West Newington Company, have washed only four machines of dirt from the ground worked by the last-mentioned company, and it appears likely to prove payable. Several drives are now being opened into washdirt. New drives are being opened in different parts of the InkermaIlll' and Durham Company's former claim.

The Nelson and Wellington Company, at Sebastopol, has been reorganized under the style of the New Nelson Company, and active operations will be commenced forthwith. _ '

The Old Cosmopolitan Company have sold their claim and plant to the Black Hill Company, and 'a new company under the style of the New Burra-Burra Company has been formed to work it. The new company have purchased a plant and battery, formerly employed at Staffordshire Reef, and they intend sinking the shaft deeper for the purpose of testing the quartz at a greater depth.

You will observe, by the abstracts forwarded herewith, that all the quartz claims at' Little Bendigo have, with one exception, stopped work. Those on Golden Point have also stopped, the cause, no doubt, being that the yield was not. remunerative. Peake and Company have accepted tenders for sinking their shaft deeper.

THE FOLLOWING IS.A STATEMENT OF THE GOLl> OBTAINED. BY THE PRINCIPAL Ml'NING • DIVISION FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 30TH JUNB, 1868:-

Na.me of Company.

Band of Hope and Albion Consols ... Prinee of Wales ... • •. United Working Miners ... . .. Ballarat Freehold... ... . .. Bonshaw... ... .... . •. Park ••• ... ... ... Koh-i-noor... ... ••.. • .. United Hand-in-Hand.and Band of Hope Scottish and Cornish ... ... • .. United Sir William Don '" .. . Cricket Reserve ... ... .. . Great Northern.... ... . .. St. George (United) ... ... • .. New Don... ... ... .. . Newington ........ . Ballarat Freehold ... ... .. .

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Quantlty.

• 9z. dwt. gr. 18,581 3 0 8,654 14 0 8,389 7 0 6,033 15 0 . 4,615 j6 0 4,433 4 0 4,367 10 . 0 3,820 0 0 4,025 0 0 3,914 4 0 3,794 13 0 3,500 0 0 3,426 19 0 3,052 0 0 2,869 0 0 2,278 15 0

Na.me of ComPany.

Great Gulf ••• United Albion and Prinee of Wales Rose Hill ... ... .,. Webater-street Freehold ... Leviathan... ... • .. Sons of Freedom... ... Great Webster-street Freehold Dauntless ... .. .. Great Northern Junction .. . East Don ... ... .. . Inkermaun and DurhAm .. . Criterion ... ... .. . Co-operative Companies .. .

Total

COMPANIES IN THIS

Quantity.

0lI. dwt. gr. ... 1,723 8 0 ... 1,052 0 0 ... 978 14 0 ... ·800 0 0 ... '738 17 0 ... 601 16 0 ... . , 589 8 O' ... 270 0 0 ... 219 7 0 '" 62 0 0 ... 49 0 0 ... .. . 14 0 0

1,343 0 0 .,'

... 94,197 9 0

THE FOLLOWING IS A. STATE1UlNT OF THE DIVIDENDS, PAID BY T:e:E PRINCIPAL MINING COMPANIBS DUll.ING: TIlE , , QU4.RTER ENDING 30TII JUNE, 1868.

Name of Company. Amouut. . Name of Company. Amount •

£ s. d. £ 8. d. Band of Hope and Albion Consols ... 44,900 (j 0 Scottish and Cornish ... . .. 3,024 0 0 United Working Miners .. , ... 16,800 0 0 Great Northern Freehold ... . .. 2,2,50 0 0 Western Freehold .... ... ... 13,500 0 (j Webster-street Freehold ... .. . 1,800 0 0 Bonshaw 9,240 0 0 Black Hill ... \ 1,240 0 0 ... ... ... .. . . .. ... .. . Prince of W:ales ... ... ." 8,343 0 0 Great Gulf ... ... .. . 1,000 0 0 Koh-i-noor ... . .. ... '" 6,400 0 0 Nj)w Ballarat Freehold ... . .. 750 0 0 Newington ... . .. ... 4,000 0 0 Ballarat Freehold ... ... .., 3,750 0 0 Total ... . .. £1l6,997 0 0 .

SOUTHERN DIVISION. Jlir. J. F. Ooleman, Mining Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION liAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TIIl'l QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS cRusII:im DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTUNED TIIEREFROM:-

Where Quartz; &e., were I Quartz crushed. Average Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Company. TotalTield of Gold. Depth at which the

\ obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c" were obtained.

tons owt. qt. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Kangaroo ... . .. Kan~roo ... ... 825 0 , ,0_ 0 4 0 ·165 0 0 130 feet level and a 5 Quartz Tailings feet lode

. crushed. Brookvale (late Con- Kangaroo ... ... 800 0 0 0 2 0 80 0 0 Tailings; &c.

queror)

The division continues to improve in a very marked manner. Speculators are bestowing attention on the several quartz reefs, and I am pleased to say with most satis­

factory results. The Rokewood Quartz-Mining Company, Pinchgut Reef, have, at a depth of. twenty-three feet, struck

a lode that, at the most moderate estimate, should yield 2 ozs. per ton. In fact the stone exceeds in auriferous appearance any that has come under my notice during my connexion with the division. The width of the vein is not'yet ascertained, the crosscut not 'being quite completed. .

. Moonlight Heef has been l'e-occupied by a company called the "Homeward-bound,1' who are in treaty for a crushing plant for the claim, the trial crushing having yielded 4 dwts. 5 grs. per ton. . ,

The Break-o'-pay Company, Elder's Estate, had 2,424 ozs. 16 dwts. of gold for the past quarter's washing, with every semblance of a continuance of the' lead. This last is private property.

Prospecting in the Rokewood portion of the division is can:ied on with unabated ardor, though, as yet, with but small result.

BUNINYONG DIVISION. Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

TIm FOLLOWING INFORMATION lIAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUS lIED 'D,uRING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED TIIEREFROM '

Average Yield 01 ITOtal

t fGold.

Remarks relative to the Name of Company. , Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Depth at which the

Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c ..

tons cwt. qT. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Imperial Company ... Hiscock's Reef ... 1,955 0 0 0 4 19'35 469 17 O. 320 feet; water-level, 80 feet

One.and~All Company Hiscock's Reef '" 1,760 0 0 0 2 23'62 262 12 0 100 and 140 feet; water-level, 80 feet

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Total Quartz ". 3,115 1° 0 0 3 22'64 732 9 o·

. It is eJrpected that operations will soon be renewed at the Erin-go-Bragh, by sinking to a deeper level, at which richer quartz is looked for. The Standard Company's mine is now ip possession of the Imperial Company, tlIe latter intending to work both batteries; meanwhile the Imperial are getting excellent returns from the 320 feet level, where their workings broke into those of the Standard, the .average being about .t of an oz. per ton. .

, The quartz reefs in this division are again attracting considerable attention, and parties have been formed to work the Long Gully and Cobbler's Reefs, whilst prospecting parties are generally spread over the division. It is not eJrpected that any rich reefs will be opened, but there is little doubt that quartz, averaging agout 3 dwts., exists in large quantities, and that average, it is now generally a~itted, ,,-ill pay in this divisi~n.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

In alluvial-mining there is little change to report. : Better yields have been obtained during the quarter at the lower Durham claims, leading to a hope that the Leigh Grand Junction and South Grenville may soon be at work at the shallow ground, situate three-quarters of a mile north-west from the South Grenville shaft, beil;lg the locality prospected by the Geological Survey party now camped close to the auriferous ground. A party have taken up a surface claim, and erected a puddling machine; from trials they have made tliey consider the dirt payable, though not rich; the ground they intend working is entirely surface, though in all probability payable washdirt will be found in the !!'utter forming from t~e shallow ground, .

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At the Franklyn a party are preparing to sink for a tributary which falls into the Franklyn worked gutter from the Hard Hills, in a southerly direction, formerly known as the Red-wash. '

At Buninyong ~he Webbville Company have at last got through the rock at a depth of 148 feet, which must be close to the gutter for which they are sinking, and which is supposed to be the same as that partially worked by the Buninyong New, at its junction with the Union Jack, where it was rich, falling in from the eastward.

The Independent still obtain good yields. The deep workings of Buninyong proper have as yet received but a very partial trial.

The following claims liave been registered during the quarter :-Energetic Q. M. Company, near Devonshire Reef 20 men l\'lcLean and Co., All Nations and Magpie Reefs ,.. 20 " New Black Lead Company, Black Lead Flat ... 12 ,. Coggins and Co., All Nations and Magpie Reefs 20 ., Try.again Company, Napoleon .. , 6 " Brown and Co., All Nations and Magpie Reefs , . ••• 6 " Indcpendent Company, Glenco ... 1 " Hembleton and Co., Napoleon 6 " Royal Oak Company, Suffolk .. , 12 " Elfverson and Co., Ryder's Lead 3 " Brown and Co., Scotchman's ... 6 " Dawe and Co., Hardie's Hill .. , ... 4 " Andrew Crawford (Water-Right), Hardie's Hill 1 " Prince Consort Company, Long Gully... 30 " Davidson and Co., Scotchman's 4 "

The following is a statement of the gold obtained during the quarter from the principal mines in this division:-

Leviathan G. M. Company Buninyong Company Buninyong New Company Garibaldi Company ... Duke of Cornwall Company Independe~t Company

Imperial Company One-and-All Company

Alluvial.

Quartz.

SMYTHESDALE DmSION.

Mr. John L'!fIWh, Mining Surveyor an~ Registrar.

oz. dwt. gr. 703 0 0 522 7 16 771 18 0 218 0 0 276 6 0 297 0 0

2,788 11 16

oz. dwt. gr. 469 17 0 262 12 0

732 9 0

The subjoined returns from the principal mines will show that they are paying well. There is, however, It considerable falling off in the aggregate yield of the division. This falling off is owing chiefly to the exhaustion of a good portion of best known leads, and also to. the migration, during the last twelve months, of a large number of miners to Ballarat and elsewhere, Since the date of my last report the Golden Lake Company have fairly driven into the gutter. The prospects of this mine are of a very enconraging nature. As a set· off, however, to this hopeful new mine we have to record the end of one which has for better than two years stood at the head of the mines in this division. The 'l'ry.again Claim, that referred to, will be probably finished this week. The Grand Trunk, Springdallah, is improving in yield, and the Exchequer is reported to be dipping at such a rate as leaves shareholders a hope that the unproductive gutter which they have been working in for several months is but a tributary, and that the main trunk gutter has not yet been reached. There is nothing doing southward of this claim. •

The Golden Stream puddled during the quarter 30,L88 trucks of washdirt, which gave 856 ozs. 14 dwts. 3 grs. This company is about starting the engine in the new shaft.

At Haddon there is not much doing at present. The Gladstone is the only company there getting gold. The Reform Company have been very unlucky in sinking the shaft. Twice within the last three months the puddling clay intended to have dammed back the water in the shaft gave way, and admitted such a quantity of water as will prevent further sinking until larger pumps than those in use at present be procured. These mishaps have materially retarded the progress of this promising locality. .

There is nothing new to be reported of the Carngham mines except the resumption of work in the Old Extended, at Bottle Hill, and the purchase of the late Triumph claim and plant, Snake Valley, by the Magnum Bonum Company.

There is nothing particular tp be reported of Linton and Happy Valley. Mining in these places is in a rather low condition. •

. Brown's, Italian's, Derwent Jack's, are nearly deserted. , There is no quartz mining in my division. I do not observe any noticeable change in the population since my

last report. . The quantity of gold produced in my division during the quarter was 14,122 ozs. 9 dwts. 15 grs., of which

10,876 ozs. 14 dwts. 15 grs. was obtained from Scarsdale and Springdallah, 1,480 ozs. 15 dwts. from Carngham, and 1,765 ozs. from Linton and Happy Valley. .

The yields from the principal mines are as follows :-

Grand Trunk ... Try.again Golden Stream' ... Golden Horn North Grenville Atlas ." Bute ... Avonclift Magnum Bonum (Carngham)

No. 51, a.

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oz. dwt. gr. It470 0 0 1,422 0 0

883 0 0 2,072 12 6

781 13 9 763 0 15 486 15 15 740 0 0 2311418

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,CTIESWICK' DiVISION.'~' jf r. 'James 'stevenson, M,ining Surveyor "and Registrar.,

a;'HE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS Bll:EN OBTAINED Rll:L~TIVE TO TirE QUANTITY OF', QUARTZ AND Cll:MENT CRUSHED, AND PYRITES OPERATED ON, DURING THll: QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM

NlUlle of Compo.!'y,

Port Phillip... .. . South elunes... ' .. . Victoria '" ... New North Clunes .. , Yankee ...' ... Eaton, n,F, ... • .... Broadfoot and Party .•. Hagins and Party ... Steve~son and Party ...

Cement crushed.

Where Quartz, &c" were obtained.

Clunes ... Clunes ... Clunes ... Clunes ... elunes ..• ' ... Creswick' ... Springhill·Reef... Springhill Beef Cobbler's Gully

Total Quartz

Hard'Hill ':' l:" ,,, ::',. ~ Hllls

Pyrites operated 0'11.

Port Phillip ... ..... Clunes ...

Quartz crushed, ' Ave;age ' • Of! Gold per ,I,

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

17,026 ° ° 0 8 10'64 1,767 0 0 0 6 23'00 4,541 0 0 0' 11 ',,:3'06 2,272 0 0 0 II ;,p'~2 1,956 0 0 0 5 1'9:44

428 0 0 ° 3 '1'4'21 '59 0 0' 0 13 2'1"96 ,5,9 0 0 0 4 S'74 21 0 0 0 6, 10'28'

f Gold,

oz. dwt. gr. 6,833 7· 0

614 15 10 2,526 II 0

.1,282 8 0 568 4 '18 '76' 1712; 41 1 ° 12 17 12

.. 6 15 '0' --,-----. -1-"-' -' -'-~I--.,----'-''--I

28,129 ° 0 ° 8 12'13" .1l,962 17,.4,

B, 1~ H:94 1 __ --'-_4_1_2_1

3 7 12'64 314 0 0

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Quartz wns obtained, ¥c,

The following. are the yields of tli~ principal alluvial mining companies ,in th~ ~vision:"":" ' ,I > t ".,~, • ·oz. dwt. 'gr.'

Ballarat and Clunes Company, Clunes (hired'labor) .•• ,"'," ,1,237 17 . 0 " Hit-6r~Miss Company, Red Streak{12 men) .... . •• ,:., 444 19 12

Junction Compa,ny, Red,Streak (hired labor), •.. ,;;.' .,. ,45".3,12 .. Royal Standard Company, Red Streak'(12 men) '" 198 0 .0

" Best 'and 'Party, Hed Streak (.~ men) 61 11 0 Rose of Allandale'Company, Union Rill (7 men) ... 70 0 ° Grand Trimk Company, Red Streak, no. retlJ.rns obtained.

Owing:to the. small quan,tity of rain that has fallen this season, and the consequent scarcity of water, there has been very little sl'uicing'done, and no returns have yet been obtained. :; •. ,~:"". . '

, At the Red Streak the Australasian Company have not yet succeeded in getting-gold."The Junetion' Company have been chiefly.engag"d in driving and opening out the grollnd from the No.2 shaft, .

At Langdon'~ 'Hill the St. George Company obtained a prospect of 3 ozs., at a depth of 263 feet, but the machinery arrangements not l-eing complete. washing dirt has not commenced. . .

At Clunes the Clunes Company paid dividem18 during the quarter amounting to £3,465, being £1 15s. per scrip, ,or £35 per original share: the stopes h~vc been let at prices varyi'ng flOm 3s. lOd. to 78. per tOll, winzes have been sunk at 'from !-6 to £l2 per fathom, al,ld 4~iy,ing d~ne !Lt, ~r~Il:! :l?3..r)~. to £18 per fathom. Two hundred and fifty men are employed In the mine. ,"! " > .. '; ," : '. > .' ': t I

In the claim of the South Clunes Company driving has been progressing on the.IOO feet lcvel north and the crosscuts at the 172 and 244 feet le,;;.eIs, 'where'further'veills Of quartz 'ha,ve.heen'cut; :driving bas also beell carried on at the engine shaft 300 feet level; stoping is being done on the 100 and 172 feet levels; and fifty-two men are employed at, the mine. , , .

, At the New ~o~th Cluries Company's claim two stopes are being·.worked on the No,·l or 240 feet level, with profitable results. No.2, or 320 feet level, has heen driven north 140 feet, making a distance of 260 feet from' cross­cut. The lode is from 9 '£0 10 feet wide, and continues good 'paying stone. A dri ve has aLso been put in south 210 feet, the present distance from crORscut being 366 feet: The l,ode is 4!- feet wide;' and the stone·good. Five stopes are being worked on this level with very satisfactory results,. On No.3, or 400 feef level, the crosscut"has been extended west 150 feet, and driving is being done ~outh on the vein intersected by this crosscut." At' .N'c.. 4, 01' 500 ·feet level, the plat is ill 'progre~s; 'the' shaft haS been sunk'to,the d"'pth of ,586 feet.' A second battery of ten head of stamps has been erected arid'started during the past week. Eighty~five men are employed at the mine. '

The Victoria Company paid dividends amounting to £2 r5s. per scrip, 01',£110 per original share, during the quarter; the engine shaft has been Bunk 8 feet; making a total depth of 708 feet from the surface, At No.8, or 700 feet level, the eastern crosscut has been driven '52 feet. making the present distance east of shaft 78 feet. At No.6, or 550 feet level, the wl)stern crosscut has been driven 95 feet, making the present distance west of engine shaft 480 feet •. Tl;te, ne,w spur has been driven north and Bouth about 150 feet, and stopingbegan; the lode looks well. The whole of tl;te stopes'throughout the mine cOl)tinue ~o give'good returns, and stoping is being done from 58. 3d. to lOs. per ton, NinNy men are employed at t.he mine. ,. ,'. '.'," , '

At thl) 'Ballarat and C1unes Company's Claim 3,879 feet of ground have been blocked'Qut at a cost of £947 8s. 5d., or 48. 10ld. per foot neal'ly,from which 1,237 ozs. 17 dwtf!. of gold hav,e been obtained. No.3 shaft is now down) 26 feet, at which depth the influx of 'water-became so great that it. could. not'be'sunk ,Vithout the assistance of an engine and pumps, and which are now being e'rec~ed with all possible'speed. 'l'he Qam has also ;been enlarged. at a cost of £30Q, and is capable of containing 1,500,000 gallons of water, which', together with' the water rais"d from No.3 shaft, will be sufficient for all purposes, and be a great saving,to the company, as the water Qbtained from the 'South Clunes Company for wash~ng,p.urposes, ha,!! cost, since the 1st of January, f~e sum of £~,050~,

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GORDON. SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Thoma8 Cowan, Milning Surveyor and Regisirar:: : ... ,

THE FOLLOWING' INFORMATION JIAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVB TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUS'KED DURING , . THE QTr'A.RTER, AND' 'TilB GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:- " .

.' Remarks relative to Ihe Name of Coinpaiiy, '" ,Where Quartz was obtained. . " Qnartz crushed. Average Yield 01 iTotal Of Gold, , Depth at which the,

Gold per Ton, Quartz was obtailled . . ' , .. ' .. .. " tons cwt. qr. ~dWt. gr. I oz. dwt. gr.

,Egerton ... ... Big Hill Reef .. :" .... . 3,116 0 0 ° 7 21'64 1,231 7 0 200 feet .., ..

ALLUVIAL MINING. \ . ~. ~ I .,". • • . , . r ~.. • ( ,; •

There is not suoh an evident desire. on the.JP.art of the .. Pllblic to prospeot; this branch of mining 80S there is evinced for quartz,. so that I have not much new information to give on the suhject.· Several large claims have been taken up in the vicinity of the ground applied for on lease ;by·the Ker.rit-Bareet Company. The t;;,king up of this portion of the .district was due to the fact of the Morning- Star Company (a company.to the north of the ground applied for bY,the Kerrit-Bareet Company) haviljg struck wash dirt at a depth of 60 fept, with indications of the lead deepening to the south.'" It is. expected thac this ie .. d will pa~s through the claim of the Kerrit-Bareet Company. This company are now engaged in sinking a shaft; which is now down a depth of 80 feet. The company are also about to erect the usual surface requirements for the purpose of sinking the shaft to the neces]ary dppth.

A party of Europeans are prospecting some ground in the neighborhood of CantwI·ll's Creek, north-east of Mount.Egerton, but as vet without any results. '.

Another party of Europeans are also prospecting some groun~ in the neighborhood of Little Ben's Creek, south. west of Mr. Learmonth's lease; they have already sunk their.shaft to a depthof90 feet. From.the strata passed through, there is every indication .that they are upon a 'deep run of ground. . .

A number of Chinese are working the old ground in All Nations Gully. and are now engaged in stacking their washdirt, there being a scarcity of:water just'now; but prior to the water failiug(they obtained, on an avelage, t oz. to the load. .

Below the above party another party of twelve Chinese have sunk a shaft '110 feet deep, ·through 67 feet of basaltic rock, and have bot.tomed in a gutter about 9 feet 1Videj 'with I) feet of washdirt, the average yield of which is about 4 dwts. to the load.

QUARTZ MINING" - -

The prospecting of this branch of I!liriing has been well carried on during the quarter. If the work is proceeded with in the same spirite<l manner, there is every probability that a large section of the' district will be well pl'Ospected;

Egerton Company.-This companYl,is still, as wiJl be seen by th~ tab~!'ls" 1ie~ng workE!d,inia.mQ~t sa~isfactory manncr. The company has, during the quarter, erected a winding engine of 14 horse-power.

The Black Horse Company.~The ~.haft C!f. ~his company is, no.w down\t. df;p~h of 326 feet. The reef wa~ st~uck at a depth of 275 feet; the shaft was then ~ullk through the solid reef to a depth of 310 feet; it then showed indlCatlOns of dipping to tlie 'west, but the reef was' regained at a depth of 317 feet, and- from' that depth to the present the reef appears to be getting more and more solid. ' . .

A 30 horse-power engine has been purchased by the company, and will be erected immediately. The number of stamp-heads has not yet been decided on; but!.~ will either be 15 or 20.

A contract has just been let for opening .the shaft out to the east, north, and south; the sinking is dry, or nearly so. ,

The White Horse Company is situated iIl}'!llediately nor.th of-the Black Horse Company. The company have sunk a shaft.to a depth of 205 feet; several leaders were struck as the shaft was sunk. At the depth of 205 feet a large hody of stone was struck; at the same time tt1!lre was such a rush of water that it was, quite impossible to keep it down with the means then in use; consequently operations had to be' suspended until a whim could be erected. The rush of water was so great ~hat it rose 25 feet in the shart in half an hour.

The Princess of Wales Company's shaft is down 100 feet. It is said that a reef 4 feet wide can be traced in this shaft from the surface, gold being occ!1sionally visible ill the stone. -

North Egerton Company.-A contract has heen let by this company for sinking 100 feet of their shaft. Kangaroo Bob Company, Gordoll.-Extensive works have been commenced by this company; they have erected

a pumping engine of 35 horse-power, and'a winding Ol1e of 14; the battery has not yet been erected. Victoria Quartz 11 ining Company.-The shaft of this company is down 178 feet. Quartz is now being raised in

which gold is occasionally seen; a 35 horse-power.e,ngine and a battery of 10 heads have just been erected, and active operations are now being carried on.. . ,

Although a large amount of work has been carried on in the district during the quarter, very little gold has been obtained. Th~ is on account of the princ~pal portion of the work being prospecting.

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STEIGLITZ SUimmSION.

Mr. Henry Davidson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar . . '. ., ~. .. . .

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO' THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND MULLOCX CRUSHED DURING. TEE QUA:.RTER, AND THE .GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-:-

- - ~.

Where Quartz, &0., were Remarks relative to the

Name of Company. Quartz cruShed. Average Yield of ITOtal Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obtained. Gold per TOD4 ' QuartzJ &c., were obtalned.

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

oz. dwt. gr. Albion ... ... . Portuguese Reef . .. 1:\92 0 0 2 15 '23'OS 2,495 18 0 320 feet to 573 feet New Ballarat .,. New Year's Reef . .. 696 '0 0 i 0 4 6'27 14S 6 0 300 feet to 3S0 feet Malakho:lf ... ... New Year's Reef . .. 320 0 0 0 9 13'05 152 14 0 100 feet Steiglitz ... ;: .. Davis Reef, &C,I ... 235 0 0 0 S 4'59 96 5 0 220 feet , -------

Total Quartz. ... 2,143 0 0 1 7 0'01 2,893 3 0 MullQck crushed. ----------

Princess Alice ... Yankee Smith's Reef .. . 276 0 0 0 1 S'30 16 17 0 Surface mullock , .

I haye very little alteration to report' in this subdivision during the quarter. The ,mi~ing population remains almost statIOnary, and many of the new oompanies which have taken up ground during the last six months are now at . work prospecting their claims.

-- - '-"--~- - Sieigliiz ... . ~lbion qomp~ny. Portuguese Reef.-The yield from this claim still oontinues very good, and th~re is every

probabIllt>: of a cOnLlrlUar;ce. The c?mpany expect in a short time .to be able t? crush a much huger quantity of stone each fortmght, when a shlliar-ger Yield may·be.looked for.. . t..' . '

Steigl~tz Company, Boxing a~d othElr Reefs.-The stone crushed ,has not yielded up to the usual average, but the manager IS sangume of better returIis s~ortly.· . " .. ' . ".' I .

The ~lala.khoff Company, ~ew YO!\.f'1I Reef.-Th.is cOlllpany still stea.dily perseveres, alth~)Ugb. the results, so far, are not oonsldered very en9~)Uragmg. •

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, Princ~ss Alice Company, Yankee Smith's Reef.-This company ha;ve now got their machinery and crushing battery in good working order. The shaft is down 91 feet, sinking very hard; a crosscut is being 'put in west for Yankee Smith's Reef, and east for Bull's Run Reef. ,While these operations are being carried on, the battery is kept steadily at work, crushing a quantity of surface mullock left by the parties who worked the rich vein near the surface several years ago, when as much as 24 ozs. to the ton were obtained. '

Golden Horn Company, Daylight Reef.-Company engaged deepening the shaft, but progress very slow. , Galatea Company, Prince Alfred Reef.-The dam is now completed and the machinery on the ground ready for

erection, after which it is expected crushing will be immediately commenced, as there is plenty of stone ne,ar the surface which can be easily raised. 'I

Working Miners Company, Boxing Reef.---: This company have applied for a lease of their ground. Meantime prospecting is being carried' on east and .west at the 250 feet level. . ' , ,Band of Hope Company, Victoria Reef.-Contract let for 50 feet of sinking, on completion of which it is intended to drive along the reef. Gold visible on the stone as the shaft goes down. .

New Alliance Company, Victoria Reef.-The shaft is now down to about 307 feet, through alternate belts of sandstone and slate. .

, Duke of Edinburgh Company, New-Chum Reef.-Shaft down 214 feet; it is intended to sink to 300. feet, and then crosscut west .for the Old New-Chum vein.

Wallace's Ranges. Several parties are still ~rospecting in this locality.

'I Stony Rises Diggings.

Everything i,s very dull in this locality at present. The Yorkeys' Reef Company have not yet commenced operations, and the South Jersey Company have temporarily suspended:

In alluvial mining there is nothing new to report, and very little doing.

Morrison's, Tea-tree, Sailor'~ Gully, Dolly's Creek. There is nothing new in this locality. If anything, Morrison's has been duller than usual, as many of the old

tunnel claims are gradually becoming worked out.

BLACKWOOD DIVISION.

Mr. E. G. Magnus, Mtnvng Surveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Where Quartz was obtahied: Average Yield 01 Remarks relative to the Name 01 Company. Quartz crushed. Total Yield 01 Gold. Depth at which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained.

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Imperial ... .. , Simmons' Reef - ... 250 0 0 I 17 14'40 470 0 0 135 feet Williams Bros. and Co. Simmons' Reef ... 800 0 0 0 4 0 160 0 0 150 feet Morning Star ... Bald Hill Reef . .. 300 0 0 0 7 0 \05 0 0 30 feet Faugh-a-Ballagh ... St. George's Reef ... 147 0 0 0 9 10'93 69 10 0 160 feet Faug h -a-Ballagh ... St. George's Reef 120 0 0 1 13 3'2 198 16 0 85 feet True Blue ... ... St. George's Reef '" 388 0 0 0 12 9'95 240 17 0 160 feet Annie Laurie ... Barry's Reef ... 284 0 0 o· 2 0 28 8 0 45 feet Hastings ... ... Eureka Reef ... .. . 156 0 0 1 1 0 163 16 0 115 feet Eureka ... ... Eureka Reef ... ... 31 0 0 2 8 12'38 75 4 0 50 feet Trewhella Bros; ... Eureka Reef ... 217 0 0 0 9 11'50 102 17 0 45 feet Eight-and-Two ... Homeward-bound Reef ... 307 0 0 0 5 1'01 77 8 0 30 feet Try-again, ... ... United Reef ... . .. 263 0 0 0 5 2'72 67 5 0 40 feet

------- ------------Total Quartz ... 3,263 0 0 0 \0 18'76 1,759 1 0 I

The tributors in the Imperial are' still getting . excellent stone. Owing to the formation of the ground on this . reef, the Crown Company and Williams Brothers will have to sink 60 feet to reach the same shot of gold. The Morning Star Company have not crushed much stone this quarter, as they are driving a tunnel 350 feet, which will give about 70 feet of backs. ,

The Faugh-a-Ballagh have opened a new reef to the east of their former workings, from which they obtained their last crushing of 120 tons. The True Blue still maintains its name as the most steady paying reef in the district: the tributors' time expires in July. The Hastings and. Eureka! claims are still yielding excellent stone; these claims will very shortly require powerful machinery to keep down the water, which is very quick. ,

Messrs. Hamann and Co. are crushing 150 tons from' their claim on the All Nations Reef, and, from the appearance of the boxes and plates, they anticipate that it will go about 2 ozs. to the ·ton. This line of reef has been' prospected f9r a distance of half a mile,· and payable prospects obtained all through; but there is no machine within four miles of it. Hamann and Co are paying 23s. for .carting' and crushing. ,

The sluicing claims are now all in full work. Very little has been done in alluvial mining for the last six months. A party of two obtained a nugget last month, weighing 44 ozs.; the same men had one about this time last year,

66 ozs., from the same claim. The Chinese have been doing rather better than their European neighbors, this season, in the creek and fiats.

BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar.

This subdivision remains in the same abandoned state as described in my previous reports.

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BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

BEECHWORTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining RegiBtrar.

THE ,FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Average Yield of ,Totar

Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Gold per Ton. o! Gold. Depth at which the

Quartz was obtained.

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

Barr, Bryce, and Co .... Barr's Reef ... 70 0 0 2 3 13'71 152 10 0 30 feet Ralston and Co. . ,. Forest Range ... ... 17 0 0 0 17 1'41 14 10 0 Surface McLeod and Co. ... Sunday Reef .. , ... 42 0 0 I 1 0 44 2 0 40 feet McLeod and Co. ... Magpie Reef ... ... \I 0 0 1 17 0 16 13 0 50 feet McIntosh and Co. ... Rose of Australia Reef 32 0 0 0 18 6 29 4 0 30 feet Thomas and Co. ... Mite Reef . .. ... 15 0 0 0 14 6'40 10 14 0 40 feet Edge, It'letrher, and Co. Darling Grant Reef ... 72 '0 0 4 10 0 324 0 0 40 feet Henderson and Co. ... Excelsior Reef ... 51 0 0 1 7 5'64 69 9 0 300 feet Sydney Company ... Wooragee '" ... 30 0 0 I I 8 32 0 0 90 feet Lily Company ... Wooragee ... ... 24 0 0 0 17 0 20 8 0 60 feet Prosser and Co. ... Tubal Cain Reef ... 60 0 0 1 1 0 63 0 0 140 feet

Total Quartz ... 422 0 0 ' 1 16 19'22 176 10 0

Spring Creek and neighborhood.

Sluicing operations have been nearly at a standstill in this locality, on account of the scarcity of water; but as the winter rains have now set in, the springs will soon give an increased supply, and work will be resumed. Miners engaged in sinking are making fair wages, and none have yet been induced to leave for Queensland.. '.

The Rocky Mountain Company are still blasting at their tailrace; it will be finished about the end of the year. The Excelsior Tailrace Company have washed up 287 ozs., being eight months' work for four men. . A small diamon~ has been found in Young's l,'reek; it :weighs nearly a carat, but is not of a very good color.

Bow'"1-an's Forest.

A large quantity of stone is on the surface here waiting for the erection Qf a crushing mill by Dean and Co., and several old abandoned reefs have been taken up again, as it is thought that they' will now pay-a mill being close at hand. The erection of the Murmungee Company's mill will be completed during next month.

Not much. doing in the alluvial here. Attempts have been made at various times to trace the leads into the . flats, but no shaft has ever been bottomed in the deep ground. Should an enterprising company put machinery of sufficient power on the ground to enable them to bottom, it is believed they would be rewarded with rich returns.

M!Jrtliford and vici'llit;y. The first crushing (72 tons) from the Darling Grant Reef gave 4~ ozs. to the ton. The reef is situate on the

range above Granite Creek, and is only from 8 to 12 inches in width, and is of a very hard description of stone. The shaft is down 40 feet, and at t4at depth the stone appears to be as rich as that already crushed.

The Tubal Cain Company are about to erect pumping and crushing machinery on their claim. The shaft has been sunk to a depth of 14D feet, where the reef is still 3 feet wide, and looking as rich as any that has been crushed from it. '

The Racecourse Company's shaft is down' 100 feet; when it is 30 feet deeper they will drive for the reef. The company are erecting a new water-wheel for the purpose of pumping and crushing.

Eldorado. Capitalists and mining speculators have at last turned their at~ention to this locality, and the lead has been

taken np for about six miles below the present workings. The claims at work still give excellent returns of gold and black sand (tin ore). The Wellington Company are

about to make their company a joint stock concern, for the purpose of increasing their capital and working their claim to greater advantage. A second shaft is required in this claim.

In McEvoy's (United Eldorado Company) a " run" of drift took place the 'other day which filled up a great part of their workings, and by which one man lost his life.. It will take some time before the damage to the claim can be repaired.

:Machinery is being laid down on both the Ovens Gold and Tin Company and the Great Extended Eldorado Company's ground. lIining operations will be commenced as soon as it is erected. '

'l'he Golden Lake Company have obtained a lease of their ground. • The Good Hope G?l~ ~nd 'rin Mining Company is the name of a new loeal company formed for the working of

the ground below and adjOInIng the Golden Lake Company's lease. . The Happy-go.Lucky Company have registered ground to the south of the Great Extended Company. Hindmarsh and Co. continue working on the 70-feet floor; and still obtain good returns. It will take two or

three years to work this floor out. Four bores have been put down on the Great Eldended Company's ground, and in each of the three floors wash­

dirt has been found. The deepest bore was 230 feet and the shallowest 175 feet. The shaft is hQing sunk in the vicinity of the first bore.

The following is a statement of the gold obtained by some of the mining companies in this subdivision during the quarter:-

oz, dwt. gr. 'Wellington Company 769 11 12 and 14 tons tin ore United Eldorado 133 4 0 " 13 Hindmarsh and Co. 639 17 0 " Thomson and Co. 190 0 0

.. .. Barr and 00. 152 10 0 Darling Grant Oompany 324 0 0 Excelsior Company , 281 0 0

3,096 2 12 and itO! tons tin ,?rE)

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STANLEY, SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Thomas Stubbin, Mining Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS ,BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE 'TO, THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Where QUartz was obtained. Quartz crushed, I Average Yield of Total' I Remarks relative to the

Nrulle of Company. [Gold. 'Depth at Which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtailled.

Robert' Burns, tons cwt. '11'. oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr. ... Upper Nine-mile ... 6 0 0 0 6 16 2 0 0 130 feet

Barr and: Gilmour -.. Upper Nine .. mile ... 46 0 0 0 13 6'26 ·30 10 0 25 feet I TO _.~_ • - ,

To~~l Quartz ... 0 0 0 12 12 32 10 0 -There is"nothing fresh to' report during the quarter in this subdivision. There has been above the average .

quantity of wat!(r'for the season of the year; comequently the sluicers have been able to work three to foul' days a week. , The quartz returns'are unusually small this quarter, not owing to the reefs at Rocky Point running out, but simply because they have not·crushed.',Both the Homeward-bound and Kerry Eagle reefs have a large quantity of stone ready for the :niH, which will be crushed immediately. '

'lihe reefs on the, Upper Nine-mile have failed, and the only available mill in the district is advertised for ~ale. -,

Y ACKANDANDAH S:UBDIVISION. Mr. Thos. ,G. Ken:nan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION lIAS 1lEEN 01lTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ ORUSIIED DURING TIlE , . '" , QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

- ." :' ~~re Quartz 'was obtained. I, Quartz crnshed. A vernge Yield of i Remarks relative to the

Name of Company. Gold per TOll. ' Wold. " Depth at Which the , ~.' J' 0

Qu:'rtz w!IS obtained.

-- . tons cwt. qr. :oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr,

Homeward-bound ... . Hillsborough ... ... 1,550 '·0 0 0 6 0 465 0 0 100 feet level Stringer' . '" .~. Back 'Creek ... 306 0 0 o 12 21'01 197 0 0 85 feet ... Pride " . Back Creek .... 462 0 0 I I 7'16 492 0 0 50 feet ... ... ... Lees' and Co. ... Clear Creek ... . .. 145 0 0 o 12 21'04 94 0 0 85 feet Sons of Freedom' , ... Twist's Creek, .. , 15 0 0 0 716 5 15 0 50 feet Polar'Star' ... ... Q'w,isc's Creek' ,

" ... 1.7 0 o. o 14 13'09 56 0 0 ,[

,,40 feet Scandinavian .• ... Twist:s: Creek . .. 147 0 0 1 6 2'93 192 0 0 120 feet 'Wood's l<'olly ... Twist's Creek ... 86 \) 0 0 3 17'30 16 0 0 50 feet London ... . .. Twist's Creek ... 17 0 0 1 0 0 17 0 0 Surface Duke ,of Edinburgh ... Twist's Creek ... 36 0 0 O' 2 18'66 5 0 0 30 feet United ... Twist's Creek '" 33 0 0 1 12 17'45 54- 0 0 ' 40'feet .' Morning'Star ,< ... Twist's Creek ... 18 0 0 0 4 10'66 4 0 0 Surface TalfReef ... ... Sutton . .. . .. 250 0 0

, ! I 5 22'08 324 0 0' ,

, , < Total Quartz 3,143 0 0

I 0 12 5'49 1,921 15 0 ~ ..

'. . -' , ... '.' . , ,

There is nothing new in alluvial mining to.report. Sluieershave been busily engaged in washiI~g: In quartz mining 'I have to report the erection of a new mill of five stamps by the Taff Reef Company; they

have been one month at work with most satisfactory results. ,There'areno new discoveries of reefs to report on.

INDIGO DIVISION. Hi-.' R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Regia'irar.

THE' FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN 9BTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, ,AND THE GQLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:- ..

No.me of Cqmpany. I , Average Yield of

Remarks relative to the ,Where Quartz W\lS obtained. Quartz crushed. Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the

Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained. !

, ,", tons c.wt. qr. oz. dwt. gt'. oz. dwt. gt'.

Uru~ ()Q~,"1; ~N {

Higgins' Reef... • •• 1,313 0 0 0 i 14'05 498 0 0 {FrOm surface to 140 feet

Moss's or PipeclayReef, } 17 7 0 S 13 6'84 150 6 12 50 feet 111 ining and Crushing Rutherglen Ranges

Company " r :, Jones', or Hope Reef,} , 20 0 0 o 13 6'50 18 5 10, ~o feet

~" "neai: Rutherglen Various reefs '" ... 49 10 0' o 18 21'01 34 620 . Fr~m surface to 60 feet

Magenta Quartz Mi- { Minie Reef ,> 65 0 0 0 7 0 22 15 0' , . r'Ji)!:'m 40 to 60 feet ning and Crushing ... ... Minie Reef 25 0 0 0 5 ,0 6 10 ,0",

Company ... ... , ":{,l

Erin-go-Bragh Qnartz } Essex Reef ut. 34 0 0 0 6 12'70.1 11 2·0 60 feet Crushing Company

! .. ~ Total Quartz ... :,524 17 0 0 9 1.5"77 736 5 18

\ , , ,

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The population, as is usual. at this season of the year, has slightly increased; 'the' great scarcity. of water, however, greatly retards working on the dry leads, which may be said to be almost at a standstill.

The Magenta Qu artz Mining Company have been engaged throughout the quarter in running a large open cut into the lower levels of the reef, in order to facilitate arid cheapen the mode of working the poorer parts of the veins, and have not, therefore crushed any .tone.

Two new reefs have been discovered in the neighborhood of Chiltem, and the prospects obtained are said to be very encouraging. . .

Thc ~ipeclay Reef, in the Rutherglen Ranges, has yielded' some very rich stone during the quarter, 17 tons 7 cwt. having producod 150 ozs. 6 dwts. 12 grs., being at the rate of 8 oz. 13 dwts. 6'84 grs, per ton, The width of reef has varied from 2 feet to a few inches, The casing is a soft pipeclay, which renders it very easy to extract the stone. The total depth sunk is about 70 feet.

The alluvial mines on the wet leads continue to be steadily worked. The yields from the Extended Sons of Freedom Gold Mining Company I have 'reason to believe are

satisfactory, The continued litigation between this company and the company claiming to occupy the adjoining ground sadly retards the progress of the Chiltem 'Lead; if this vexed question we're settled, two new' plants would immediately be placed on the ground. '.

The Indigo Grand Junction Company have now proved a considerable extent of ground and are preparing to block out. A few weeks will suffice to prove the value of the claim, '

The Rutherglen Gold Mining Company ai'e still engaged on their main drives; a large quantity of first-class ground has been discovered, It will probably be five or six months'before blocking ont is commenced in this claim.

It is to be hoped these important claims will more than realise the anticipations of the shareholders, and be the means of inducing the investment of capital in developing the vast resources and enhancing the value and importance of one of the most promisinp mining divisions in the colony. '

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BUCKLAND DIVISION.

Mr. Lewis O. Kincltela, Mining Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS 'BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND Mt'LLOCK CRUSHED AND PYRITES OPERATED ON DURING THE 'QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Name of Company.

Maidment ann Co. . .. T. Edmonds ann Co, ... Ray, Green, and Co, ... Meehan, Ray, and Co, ... . Foster and Co, .. .

Wallace, Buddie, and Co.

Platt, Hanna, and Co, .. . Wm. Harrison .. . Arthur and Co, ' McMillan and Co. ... Johnson, McLean, & Co, Dale, Hansen, and Co, .. . P. Howman... .. .

E. Mitchell and Co, ...

McLean, Wallace, & Co.

McLean, Gitchell, & Co. McGuire and Co, ... Murdock and Co. . .. Gibson and Co. ...

Orierital Perseverance Ware and Co, Kinkain and Co. Ah Ling and Co. \ .. . Chorl well and Co. .. . J. A. Wallace

Shaw and Co. John Stroke Clarke and Co. Rowe and Co.

Mullock crushed and Pyrites operated on.'

J. Stephens (pyrites) .. . Chorlwell (mullock) .. . Kinkaid & Co. (mullock)

Where Quartz, &c., were obtaiued,

. Running Creek :-

Pride of Erin Reef .. . Fortunate Heef .. . Ben Franklyn Reef .. . Root-Hog-or-Die Reef No. I North, Happy

Valley Reef Happy Valley Reef ...

Harrietvilie:-United Miners' Reef .. . Morning Light Heef .. . Bon Accord Reef .. . Victoria Heef , •• Johnson's Heef .•. Good Hope Heef .. , Thistle and :Shamrock

Reef Welcome Reef

Ovens Hiver:-Rose, Shamrock, and

Thistle Heef

Buckland:-Red Jacket Reef

Morse's Creek:­Oriental Reef Greenwood Reef Kinkaid's Reef Canton Reef White Star Heef Pioneer Reef

Growler's 'Cr~ek:-

" ...

Wallaby Heef ... Not named ... Gander's Reef .. . Star of the East Reef .. .

Total Quartz

Morse's Creek:-

Gitchell's Mill Tailings White Star .. , Kinkaid's Reef ,

Quartz crnshed,

tons cwt, gr.

108 0 0 liS 0 0

22 0 0 144' 0 0

37 0 0

107 0 0

• 960 0 0 500

465 0 0 3~ 0 0

1,320 0 0 130 0 0 20 0 0

40 0 0

1,910 0 0

420 0 0 60 0 0 48 0 0 30 0 0

4,115 0 0 800

244 0 0 36 0 0 10 6 0

150 0 0

148 0 0 4 14 0 900

19 0 0

10,720 0 '0

15 0 0 50 0 0 400 Q

. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold, . Gold per Ton.

oz, dwt, gr.

o 1 11':;5 o 14 1'67 o 15 1'09 1 15 1'66 o 9 21'40

,1 14 0'44

1 17 5'50 5 10 0 o 1 17'SO 200 o 2 20'58 I 18 0

'0 6 0

2 2 12

o ,5 3'27

2 6 3'14 160 o 16 6 o 7 '16

o 3 17'23 1 0:0 o 12 14'75 o 8 0 o 15 1'16 o 2 ,12

4 6 1'95 4 13 14'80 o 13 S

10 3 0

o II 23'43

100 o 1 19'2 o 1 0

oz. dWt. gr •

.8 0 0 83 0 6 16'11 0

252 10· 0 lS 6 0

182 0 0

1,787 '0 0 27 10 0 .40 IQ 0 64 0 0

18S 12 0 24'7 0 0

6 0' 0

85 0 0

490 10 0

96.S 15 0 78 0 0 39 0 0 II 10 0

765 0 0 8 0 0'

153 18 0 14 8 0 7 15 O·

18 15 ··0

637 0 '0 22 0 0 600

192 17 0

6,419 7 6

15 0 0 4 10 0 200

Remarks relative to the Depth nt whIch the

Quartz, &c., were obtained. '. ,. .',

Surface Surface Surface Surface Not stated

160 feet

70 to 120 feet Surface 50 to 150 feet Surface' -,. '" 100 to 140 feet Not stated Surface

Not stated

300 feet

Surface to 100 feet Surface Surface Not stated

160 feet 35 feet' 20 to 30 feet 40 feet, Not stated lOll feet

50 to 65 feet Surface 20 feet Not stated

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Quartz mining in'this division is steadily progressing-:-a result arising not only from the discovery of new and valuable reefs, but likewise from the fact of some of them being in localities heretofore looked upon by our prospectors as being without the supposed line of auriferous reefs, and with reference generally to ou!' older quartz workings, I have reason to think that a larger number of stamp· heads wiII be engaged crushiug quartz during the next six months than at any previous period here. My reasous for antieipating sueh a result are: first, that two new mills, with'I6 stamp-heads, are being erected; and, secondly, that the completion of tedious and expensive tunnels iuto the Alta, Australasia, and Home reefs, will enable the mills held in connection with these reefs to resume work after a very long period of idleness; and althongh one machine has been removed from the division, I shall not be surprised if from 50 to 60 stamp-heads, now idle, will be working within two or three months. ' , One of OUI new reefs-the' Un~ted Miners-near Harrietville, one-half of which is held by Melbourne share­holders, has paid over sixteen thousand pounds in dividends since August"I867, the large quantity of gold got being the produce of the work of only five stampers. '

The Phomix Deep Lead Claim, near Harrietville, is still being worked, and is paying fair wages to the 10 men employed upon it; however, partly from the lead, so far as it is worked, being only 40 feet in width, and,also from the' fact of the payable washdirt not being settled in a defined run upon bedrock, but found in a streak of gravel about 20 feet above it. No other claim has been opened below the.one referred to,

.JAMIESON NORTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Samuel K. Vickery, M ming ,Surveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS B'EEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE,QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND Q~ARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

i

• Where Quartz, &0., were ,Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Average Yield' of Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., wero obtained. ,

, ~--~,--

, tOllS c~t. qr. Oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Prospecting Claim ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 69 0 0 8 14 17'89 257 16 0 No. I North Claim .. , Lucky Reef, Alexandra 10 0 0 4 9 9'60 44 14 0 No.2 North Claim ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 262 0 0 8 11 12'64 987 0 0 No.4 North, Fireworks Lucky Reef, AI~xandra 8 0 0 86 6 0 108 18 0 No.5 North, Ajax ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 2 0 0 60 0 0 120 0 0 . No.6 North, ... ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 22 0 0 0 7 0 7 14 0 Connolly's Lease ... Lucky Reef, Alexandra 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 5 0 Prospecting Claim ... Homeward-bound Reef, 68 0 0 9 16 111'88 669 10 0

Alexandra No.1 South Claim ... Homeward-bound Reef, 149 0 0 6 18 IS'81 997 0 0

Alexandra Prospecting Claim ... Mysterious Reef, Alex- 405 0 0 1 ' 8 3'55 570 0 0

. andra ' Welcome ... .. , MysteriouB Reef, Alex- 87 0 0 0 9 10'76 41 2 0

andra Last Chance , •. Mysterious

andra Reef, Alex- I 20 0 0 0 2 16'80 2 14 0

Little Prince , ... Mysterious Reef, Alex- 68 0 0 0 9 4'95 29 0 0 andra

Frenchman's ... Mysterious Reef, Alex- 63 0 0 0 13 16'88 43 2 0 andra

Just-in~Time ... Mysterious Reef, Alex- 28 0 0 0 7 0 8 1 0 andra

ProspeCting Claim ... Eglinton 'Reet; Alex- 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 andra

Prospecting ... ." Perseverance Reef, Alex- 8 0 0 0 '8 0 1 4 0 andra

Morning Star ... Morning Star Alexandra

Reef, a 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0

No. 11 North Claim ,,, Eldorado Reef, U.T. 24 10 0 5 18 8'81 145 0 0 Creek

Ii ~o Prospecting Claim ... Perfect Cure Reef, Puzzle 9 0 10 0 4 10 0 Rallge

Independent ... ... Independent Reef, Steel's 3 10 0 0 14 6'85 2 10 0 Creek

London ... ... Pig - and - Whistle Reef, 21 0 0 ~ 0 5 0 (i 5 0 Molesworth

Prospecting Claim ... Little Topsy Reef, Spring 18 10' 0 2 0 19'55 27 II 0 Creek

Nos. 3 and 4 North Britannia Reef, Spring 24 ]0 0 2 19 7'34 72 13 0 . ...

Creek Prospecting Claim ... Norfolk

Creek Reet', Spring 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0

No.8 South ... ... Durham Reef, Spring 17 10 0 0 19 6'17

I 16 17 0

Creek Nos. 1,2,3, and 4 ... MetropolitanReef,Spring 25 0 0 0 13 0 16 5 0

Creek Prospecting .. , .... Northern Reef, Hayfield 1710 0 1 11 12'84 27 11 12 Empress Prospecting ... Maindample ... ..: 98 0 0 0 4 7'83 21 4 0 Prince Alfred ... Maind.ample ... . .. 6 0 0 2 19 20' 17 19 0 Pride of the Paps ... Maindample ... .. . 72 0 0 1 1 l' 75 15 0 Evening Star ... Maindample ... . .. ,10 0 U 0 14 19'20 7 8 0 Reliance ... ... Maindample, . .. .. . 19 0 0 0 14 17'68 14 0 0 Nil Desperandum ... Maindample ... . .. 12 0 0 0 6 6' 3 15 0 Homeward-bound ... Maindample' ... ... 45 0 0 0 2 8'53 5 6, 0 Pride of the Morning Maindample ... . .. 6 0 0 0 6 0 I 16 0 nuchanan '" ... Maindample .. ' . .. 18 0 0 0 1 0 o 18 0

.

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QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, &C., .CRUSHED, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFRoM-continued.

Where Quartz, &c., were of Remarks relative to the

Name of Companr. Quartz crushed. Total Yield of Gold. Depth I1t which the obtained. Quartz, &c., were obtained.

---tons cwt. qr, oz;. dwt, gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Walter Montgomery ... Maindample ... . .. 39 0 0 0 7 18'46 15 3 0 Mariner ... ... Maindample ... '" 10 0 0 0 7 4'80 3 12 0 Beautiful Star ... Maindample ... ... 19 0 0 1 5 6'31 24 0 0 Emperor ,., ... Maindample ... ... 29 0 () 0 14 7'45 20 15 0 Bon's Claim ... .. , Maindample ... ... 117 0 0 0 3 0'82 17 15 0

Christmas ... . .. Maindample ... ... 23 0 0 0 9 18'56 l! ,0 0 Tolmie's Claim ... Maindample ... .. . 9 0 0 0 10 16 4 16 0 Lone Star ... ... Maindample ... ... 8 0 0 O. 9 3 3 13 0 Wisdom ... ... Maindample ". .. . 2 0 0 1 9 0 2 18 0 Armstrong ... Muindumple ... . .. 10 0 0 2 3 14'40 21 16 0 Bon Accord ... ... Maindample ... . .. 4 0 0 0 11 6' 2 5 0 Duke of Edinburgh ... Maindample ... .. . 5 0 0 0 15 14'40 3' 18 0 Hermion .. , ... Maindample ... .. . 6 10 ' 0 1 2 7'38 7 5 0

------- ---'-----Quartz Tailings and Total Quartz ... 1,987 10 0 2 4 19'67 4,453 19 12

Cement crushed. ----- ------------No.4 North, Fireworks Lucky Reef, Alexandra 7 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 Prospec~ing Claim ... Homeward-bound Reef, 50 0 0 1 1 10'08 53 II 0

Alexandra , . Prospecting Claim ... Mysterious

andra Reef, Alex- 50 0 0 0 1 23'04 4 18 0

-------Total ... 107 0 0 0 12 5'60 65 9 0

The proceedings of the quarter throughout this division have been characterised by the successful development' of many of the older mines and the discovery of new £elds of operation.

. The yields from the mines in the vicinity of Alexandra, as well as fmm those in the outlying parts of the district, have been large, though, owing to the unusually dry season and the want of suitable appliances for conserving water for mining purposes, the quantity of quartz submitted to the crushing mills has been comparatively small.

In a previous report I referred to the facilities for prospecting that existed in this district: a{lother feature, and one to which in some measure the rapid and successful progress made in testing the newly discovered reefs at Alexandra must be attributed, is that water is seldom an obstructive at a less depth than 200 feet. I

Amongst other gratifying features which have marked the proceedings of the quarter may be mentioned the large yield obtained from the Homeward-bound, a line of reef rullI.ling nearly parallel and at a distance of about 400 yards from the Lucky Reef. The vein from which the quartz is being taken varies from 18 inches to 3 feet in width, presenting uniformity in' its dip and strike, and e'xhibiting, so far as'l.t has been opened, an appearance of permanency.

At; Ghin-ghin the alluvial ground is nearly worked out, and the population rapidly decreasing. Various reefs presenting appearances more or less promising have been discovered, from the position of which it is probable that a large portion of the alluvial gold has been denuded. It is therefore not impossible that a new and'more permanent character. may attach itself to that goldfield than has hitherto appeared.

Mining at Maindample is nO.t in a progressive state. The rE-efs at Spring Creek continue to yield largely, and assume a more defined appearance than they hitherto

presented. . In alluvial mining the yields are slightly under those of the previous quarter, in consequence of the rE-cent rising

of the rivers, to the banks of which that· branch of mining iA almost exclusively con£ned; though the aggregate quantity obtained, when taken in connection with the number of men employed, is most satisfactory.

While mining-alluvial and qnartz-both on the older workings and on those recently opened, is in a. healthy state, the general popUlation, and more especially that part of it depending more directly on the proceeds of the mines, appears to be excessive; a. circumstance, although indirectly operating. not unfrequently retards progress OIl a new goldfield.

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING L~FOR~[ATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RET.ATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTElt, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED TIIEltEFROJl[:-

Average Yield of Total ,I Rema.rks relative to the Name of Comprmy. Where Qunrtz was obtained. Quartz crushed. r,.old per Ton, Depth at whlch the

Quartz was obtn.ined.

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

Al . " ... Castle Reef ... . .. 500 0 0 1 11 14'64 790 5 0 Surface to 150 feet Castle ... '" Castle Heef ... ... 31 0 0 o 13 20'90 21 10 0 150 feet to 180 feet Golden Belt ... '" Homeward-bound Reef ... 140 0 0 0 3 3:61 22 1 2 200 feet Try-again ... ' .. Cannon's Reef ... 100 0 0 0 5 4'32 25 18 0 Surface to 30 feet R.ose of Denmark ... Hose of Denmark Reef ... 1,100 0 .0 1 o 10'58 1,124 5 0 250 feet Junction ... '" Castle Reef ... ... . 20 0 0 1 1 10'80 21 9 0 80 feet

Total Quartz ... 1,891 0 0 1 5'03 2,005 8 2

No. 51, b.

18·

Quartz minirig ill this suhdivision is again drawing the attention of the public. The late good yields from 'the A 1 and the Rose'of Denmark mines acting as a stimulant; ,

The scarcity of waleI' for motive power purposes has been a. great drawback to most of the mines; but during the last fOJ tllight we have had beavy aud contilluous rains, and, at the present time, the followiug companies are busy crushillg uigllL alldday, v~z. :-A 1, Gold'en Edt, Vidoria, HUllt's~ Gafflley's Cleek l'nited, Sons of Erin (a new plant erected elUl'iug the pre;ellt quarter on the 'Sons of Edn lease). Rose ot Denmark, and Try-again companies.' ,

In all of the above named'companies' mines they have a large quantity of stone ready to be put through the 'mill, and the reef now being I'rorked in the mines looks very promi1;illg, and I have no doubt but the next quarter's ret.urn will show a very great increase in the amount of gold raised. '

, Alluvial mining,still continues in a very depressed state, /IDd the greater number of the miners have ~ot been making average wages; . "

WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION.

Afr . .A. B • .Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLowr::;-G INFORMATION RAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TRE. QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ 'l'AILIlWS CRUSHED Dll,1 THE QUARTEIl, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Hcmnl'k$ relntlve to the Name of Company. 'Vhcl'e Quartz, &c:, were

olJtuinetl. AYerage Yield vf

Gold pcr TUll. Total'

i

Quartz ctusncd. of Gold. {)Hqv::CPtl1 at ' .... hich tile ~~",uW>l &e., were ol.Jtained~

-' --------I-----------I:--to-n-s-c'-vt-,-q-r.-I--o-Z-.d-,,-.t-."C"g,-.. -i---o-Z.-d-w-t.-g-r-.·I---.... ·------'-

No. I arid 2 North .. , United ... . .. 'Vood'~ Point ... Never·mind ... • •. Express ... . .. Marmion... . .. Leviathan A Tn~lO'~m"t"il Prince of Wales ...

Quartz Tailings a;'d Ceme,d Cl'u,q/ted.

Tbe Alps,Great Cen.traJ

Morning Star Reef ... 1,8i2 0 0 '0 3 (j'64 28,3 6 0 .MorniDg~tarHeef· ... 19600 01611'26 16180 l\lornillg Star Heef ... 250 0 0 0 4 19'20 60 0 0 Never-mind Heef ... 7.10 0: 0 0 2 13'76 ,96 10 0 Waverly Heef ... 216 0 0 0 2 0 21 12 ci Waverly Reef ••. 170 0 0 0 1 10'87 12 7 0 ,bviathan Heef ... 914 0 0 1'10 0 1'371 0 0 All Nations Beef ... II~ 0 0 2 2 4'36 232 0 0

Total Quartz ... 4.478 0 0 ! o 9 23'90 2,238 3 0 ------

Morning Star :Reef 160 0 0 o I 19'35 14 9 0

About 120 feet'" About 330 feet Abont 130 feet

Down to 10 feet

About 160 feet t

• These crushing. are of mullock and Morning star granite and s,Yenite. t The amount of .tone crushed is estimated by the manuger. The above. are nll the cru&hillgS for the .quarter' washed up.

The hopes entertained of an improvement in the pro~pects,of this district in April were materially damped by a protracted period of dry weather, lasting ten weelis.Such lengthened drought and lrost has not bl;)en known here b.dore. The rain bas now set in, and the bU5iness of mining is assuming its winter aspect.

The 'Vood's Point ~Company have crushed some 250 tOllS of stone at the Morning Star Prospectors' lower machine; the result is given above. ' '

The Marmion Company have failed to obtain payable results frgm their last crushing of 170 tons. Considering the amount of gold obtainable by panning, this result would astonish us much were we not now used to these disappointments.

l'he present proprietor of the lease known as C. D. Fleming's, on the North Waverly, has been engaged conveying and erecting a crushing plant forinerly working at Gaffney's Creek. He will start crushing shortly.

The Never-mind is now let on tribute: the. prospects of this mine are not very brilliant at present. The Morning Star Prospectors are getting out stone and will commence crushing when their engagement with

the Wood's Point Company shall be ccmpleted~ , . , The Hope Company has not yet had a washing up. lI1:atters here are, however, looking very well, and the men

are at, their full complement ~ince the end of last week. , The United, whose tunnel is the key to the north-west claims of the Morning Star, have struck stone giving over,

16 dwts., as will be 'seen above. and though the quantity on their present level will be limited, their success promises well for their neighbors, the Alps Great Oontral Gold Mining Oompany and the Hope, who hold the body of the vein.' The yantage of their position enables them to take, the Alps and 'V ood's Point ground on tribute, a~d an arrangement has, I understand, been arrived at. ,

The Franklin Company, which has excellent prospects, began crushing at the Golden Bar machine last week. Their incline, connecting claim and machine, which has can sed the delay, is the longest in the division, nearly 1,200 yards, with a rise 'of say ToO feet. It is worked wth a barrel-break and trucks holding 35 cwt. to 2 ton·s.

Payable gold has been found in an old abandoned elaim, known as No.2 S. Shamrock west. It is intended­from the nature of the lode-to sluice it, then to crush the quartz and tailings, for whi!-,h purpose a water-wheel will be shortly erected on Gooley's Creek. ". ' ,

From the foregoing notes it will be apparent that enterprise is again being brought to ·bear on our mineral resources, and I trust a permanent steady improvement will follow.' ,

The alluvial continues to pay well; the yield of alluvial gold, so far as traceable, I find to be ] ,583 ozs. A few creek daims are already flooded, hut the ,banks of the Goulburn al'l) only scratched, and claims producing £6 a man a week 'are still" to be met with in them; we want more skilled miners in this the best shallow alluvial field now 'in Victoria. I may add also that quartz miners are getting Bcru:ce." Wage,s are £~ a week.

BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION .

. Mr. Hugh 1St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

Mining operations i~ this subdivision still continue in a'very depressed state. ~ think this is chiefly owing to the want of-capital, for several of the reefs have been proved to be payable. The mmes at work are worked on the tribute system by men who have no capital, and consequently their operatiGns are limited.

The Hope-on Company's mine is flooded, and in all probability they will not be able to resume work till after the winter months. They have a quantity of stone raised, which will be put through the mill at once.

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The holders of the Londonderry lease have purchased the Unknown Company's machine, and are now engaged in constructing a tramway from their mine to the machine.

The Luck-'s-All Company have still a few men at wo:k; but, owing to the absence of the manager, I was unable to obtain any information. .

In ailuvial mining there is nothing new to report.

MITTA-111TTA DIVISION.

Mr. Andrew Trench, Mining Registrar.

. The yield of gold during the quarter in this division I estimate to be about 2.850 OZ9., the whole of which has been obtained from alluvial workings, as therp. are no quartz reefd worked ill this division. . .

As there is now a full supply of water the sluicing cbims are all heiug worked. At the junction, two par,ies have been prospectiug for deep leads, one party has bottomed their shaft at 100

feet, but found that the gold 011 the bottom was not sUlflcient to pay for working, as they bottomed about 40 feet below the level of the ]\litta-mitta, river, and had a large quantity of water to contend with; the other party are now down with their shaft about 80 feet. and have not struck bottom yet, but as they are getting a little gold as they go down they are in hopes of striking it good when they bottom. . ,

The other parts of this division remain about the same as, at the date of my last 1·eport. No new discoveries have been made during the quarter.

JAMIESON SOUTH SUBDmSION.

Mr. Hugh St. 11. Blair, ~Vining Surveyor and Registrar.,

With regard to quartz mining in this subdivision, there is a Jarge quantity of stone on the surface waiting for the mills. one of which, the Star of the West machine, bas been put in thorough order, during the summer, whi;o there was a sCHrcity of water. The other machine, at Mack's Creek (the Luck-'s-All), has only lately been re-erected by the Luck.'s-AII Company, both machines are now busy crushing.

The gold that, has been raised in this part of the subdivision during the past quarter has come from the bed and banks of the Goulburn river and the trihutary creel,s. 'llhe average has been about 800zs a week, but the lato heavy rains have raised the river so much that all the claimholders working in the bet!. have had to suspend theu claims. This. however, is not likely to cause any diminution in the return of alluvia! gold, for a great number of bank claims only await water to be worked. In.fact, in tlJe winter, the retul'llS are generally larger than in the summer, as the 'm luers theu haye greater fagilities for working It larger area of grvuud,

On the whole, the miners in Lhis part of the division are getting as good average re.urns as those in any other part of the colony. .

SAND HURST MINING .DISTRICT.

SANDBURS']: DIVISION.

Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining' Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO, THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND CllMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLl) OBTAINED THEREFROM :-

.'Name of Company. I WbGre Ql1nl't1.~ &e" WCriI A VGfrtge Y,nld 01 ! Total : Gold,' Rcmnl'itFt l'ctnth"e to the

obtaIned. Quartz: crushed. Gold per tOll. I)epth nt whiclt the Quartz, &C*1 were olJtainetl,

tons ewe. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr_ Glasgow Reef ... Various reefs (principally 595 0 0 0 8 0'28 238 7 0 Various depths

Glasgow Reef) Union Jaek ... ... Various reefs ... . .. 352 0 0 I 4 10'77 430 6 0 Various depths Try-ag-ain ... ... Various reefs ... . .. 1,:;6{ 0 0 0 6 3'62 481 0 0 'Various depths Dird's Reef ... Various reefs ... . .. 950 0 0 0 9 12'08 451 8 6 Various depths lSt!'phenson and Dressler V rtriotls reefs ... ... 647 0 0 0 7 1591 247 18 0 Various depths Ellesmere ... . .. New Chum J~eef ... 1,729 (l 0 o 10 1'63 8iO 8 0 2,0 feet to 340 feet n. Lazarus ... New Chum Reef . .. 840 0 0 0 9 1661 407 I 12 Various depths Metropolitan ... Various reefs ... . .. 3,145 0 0 011 4'09 1,7:'6 12 0 Various depth.s FraseI' and Osbourne ... Various r!'efs ... ... 1,334 0 ° 010 7'34 687 8 9 Various depths Roberts Bros. ... Various reefs ... . .. 7116 0 0 0 4 0'32 loll 13 10 Various depths :!Ifoore and Co. ... 'Various reefs at Marong 402, 0 0 o 10 20'71 218 7 0 Variolls d('pths Luff~man, Sterry & Co, , Various reefs... ... 2,000 0 0 0 5 12 550 0 0 Various oepths W.R'1,e ... "'1 Variglls reefs ... . .. 2,473 0 0 0 9 2'26 1,124 10 0 Various deplhs Hercules ... ... Various reefs ... '" 654 0 0 o 13 23'41 457 0 0 Various dppths Denmark ... ... Various reefs ... ... 755 0 0 0 6 4'41 233 9 0 Various depths Pioneer (II. Koch) ... Various reefs ... ... 5,082 0 ,0 0 ( I 12'49 2,927 7 0 Vltriou~ depths Nelson Reef ... ... Various reefs ... ... 1,563 0 0 0 6 16'J9 521 6 0 Various depths John~on's Reef .. , Various reefs ... ... 3,.:\21 0 0 0 10 2'13 1,675 5 6 Various depths Simon Albert ... Various reefs ... ... 1,600 0 0 0 7 12 600 0 0 Various depths

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QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, &C., ORUSlIED, AND TlIE GOLD OBTAINED TlII!REFROM.-contin'llet:Z.

Wbere Quartz, &0 •• were Average Yield of Remarks relative to the .Name of eompa.u,. Quartz crushed. Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obt.'lined. Gold peT Ton. .Quartz, &c., wen: obtained.

--_ .. tons cwt. qr. oz. awl. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Beehive '" ... Vadoua reefs ... . .. 1,S17 0 0 0 6 23'71 634 17 6 Various depths Catherine Reef (U.C.) Various reefs ... ... 5,58S 0 0 0 6 20'2S 1,912 '10 '0 Various depths Eagle ... . , Various reefs ... . .. 4,560 0 0 014 215 3,212 10 0 Various depths Rudolph ... .. , Various reefs ... ... 490 0 0 0 5 20'08 143 0 0 Various depths Prince of Wales .. , Vadoua reefs ... '" (151 0 01 OIl 4'51 i 532 2 6 Various depths Hustler's Reef .. , Various reefs ... ' . i ... 712, 0 ° 0 5 3'96 183 17 12 Various depths Comet ... .. , Vadous reefs ... I'" 1,601 0 ° 0 9 2'94· 730 5 1,2 Various depths Alabama ... .. , Various reefs ... ': .... 2,427 0 0 o 15 15'08 1,896 10 0 Various depths Bendigo Grel!-t Extended Axe Creek ... . .. 369 O. 0 0 2 13'21 47 1 6 Various depths' , ,

Total Quartz ... 48,227 0 0 0 9 16'02 23,312 o 13 Cement crushed. ----- ---.-- -.-----

Bon Accord ••• ... Ironstone Hill ... 3,000 0 0 0 4 0 600 0 0 Various depths Guy, Clough an<! Co .... White Hills ... . .. 2,595 0 0 0 1 5'OS 157 5 4 SO feet and under Felix ... ... White Hills ... 2,110 0 0 0 2 17'98 290 I 0 80 feet and under Mitchell Dros. .. , Back Creek, Epsom ... 2,000 0 0 0 2 2'40 210 0 0 80 feet to 100 feet Hardie Bros. .. , Epsom ... ... 4S0 0 0 0 4 5 101 0 0 80 feet to 100 feet Rising Sun .... ... Epsom ... ... 420 0 ° ° 4 0'57 84 10 ° 80 feet to 100 feet All England ... Pottery Flat ... 280 0 0 ° 9 15'42 135 0 0 80 feet to J 00 feet Cambridge ... Huntly ... ... 1,723 0 0 0 4 0'83 347 12 0 100 feet to 120 feet North of England ... Huntly . .. ... 596 0 0 0 2 20'46 85 0 6 100 feet to 120 feet Private ... . .. Huntly ... . .. 1,500 0 0 ° 3 7'03 246 19 12 100 feet to 120 feet Deep Lead .. , .. , Huntly ,. .... ... 2,600 0 01 0 3 10'80 448 10 0 100 feet to 123 feet Alabama ... ... Huntly .... ' ... 1

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1,552 0 o . 0 3 22'60 305 17 12 100 feet to 120 feet Ballarat and Bendigo ... Huntly ... . .. 950 0 0 0 3· 5'SI 154 0 0 100 feet to 120 feet True Briton ... .. , Huntly ... 1,440 ° 0 0 2 15'11 IS9 7 0 100 feet to 120 feet Morning Light .. , Huntly ... ... 995 0 0 0 5 0'72 250 5 0 100 feet to 120 feet

Total Cement ,,,1' 22,241 0 0 0 3 5'81 3,605 7 10

During the past quarter, considerable actiyity has been shown both in quartz and alluvial mining in this division. , "

A great many payable alluvial claims have been found-in the neighborhood of Bullock Creek. This, with the continued rich yields ,from Wilson's claim, at lVlarong, has attracted a great number'of miners to that part in search of alluvial diggings and new quartz reefs •. A considerable quantity of alluvial ground has consequently been sunk upon, in many cases with good results, and a number of quartz reefs discovered, some of which have proved payable.

From our old reefs there has .been more rich quartz crushed than I have known for some time past. Several claims have lately been taken up on the Barnia, Lawrence, Glasgow, Carshaiton, and Bignell reefs, and most .of them are doing well. ' "

It is a fact worthy of note that our deepest shafts are now being sunk still deeper, and the mines are paying well.

The Hustler's Reef Company are down 597 feet, and are still sinking at an enormous cost. They confidently expect to cut a good payable reef at 600 feet. At present they have about 30 men employed. , The Comet Company, Redan Hill, are down 533 feet, and are cross-cutting .at 500 feet to strike the Hustlers

line, which they expect to meet in a few days; they employ over 50 men in their mine. A buddle has been erected for the purpose of working their tailings, but the pyrites have not proved payable.

The Eagle Company, Specimen Hill, Eaglehawk, are putting in a cross-cut at a depth of 516 feet; thej have 26 men employed in their mine. .

The Johnson's Reef Company's engine shaft is n,ow 520 feet deep and is being sunk deeper. At 527 feet they intend putt.ing in a cross-cut to intersect the reef. A new shaft is also lJeing sunk from the surface, to facilitate the working of the western line of reef that has been paying handsomely of late. Bet.ween 70 and 80 men are employed in their mine.

Collman, Tacchi and CO.'8 shaft, on the Wetherall'Reef; is down 479 feet. Their quartz averages over 2 ozs. to the ton. They are sinking deeper.

The Ellesmere Company, on the New Chum Reef, are down 400 feet, and are still sinking, v.ith the view of putting in a drive at Ii greater depth to cut the reef. A considerable quantity of ground has been .opened up in different parts of their mine showing good prospects. They have over 50 men employed.

The Energetic Company, on Victoria Reef; have obtained good quartz at their 380 and 435 feet level. 68 tons of quartz yielded 202 OjlS. of gold.. '

The whole of the claims I have mentioned have bel:'n doing well at great depths, and many others have also. The following companies have been raising very good stone :-Exhibition Company, near the Big Hill, crushed

a lot that averaged over 8 ozs. to the ton. The Perfect Cure Company obtained 221 ozs. from 54 tons. Their reef averages 2 feet in thickness. 'rhev are down 80 feet-water level. The U. C. Company, New Chum Reef, have also had 'crushings of over 5' ozs. to the "ton. Burrows and Co. obtained 20 OllS, from ,10 tons at the Gold Dust Reef, near the,Campaspe..The Moon Reef Company crushed a lot which averaged over 6 ozs. to the ton. The Belle Vue Company, Golden Gully, obtained over 5 ozs. to the ton at their last crushing. The Argus Company, Alliance Com. pany, Lady Barkly Company, Young Chum Company, and North Johnsons Company have been getting first·rate ~~ . .

On the Sheepshead Reef very little is doing. The Union Company state 'that they have been paying a heavy drainage assessment for a long time past, but their ground has not been drained, and they have not been· able to work in consequence. It is supposed that a bar exists between their mine and the pumping claim which prevents the drainage 'if 'if '*' if: *' 'if 'if 'if 'if 'if * 'if '" '"

Wilson and Co.,.of Marong, obtained 388 ozs. from 63 tons of quartz. Quartz Prospecting claims have been registercd during the last three months on the following reefs :-Urie

Reef', Gifford's Reef, Silk's Reef, Flint's Reef, Beresford's Hill, Breton Reef, Martin's Reef, and Henderson's Reef, all near Marong and Bullock Creek, and one on Prince Albert's Reef, at the Whipstick. . At the commencement of this quarter water was ~ather scarce, and some of the crushing' machines were idle in consequence; it also proyed a drawback to the alluvial mining at Bullock Creek, but the late rains having given'uB a temporary supply, all are now busy. '

There is not much doing at the W.hite HiUs or Epsom, but at Huntly the companies have very good prospects in the deep leads.

The Huntly Deep Lead Company are. doing well. The manager states that they have discovered ~ right-angle bend in the lead to the East. .

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The Telegraph Company find the lead very hard to trace. Last quarter they were working on a run of gold , which was bearing due east from the shaft and crossing the reefs. Since then, they find it mnning in a southerly

direction, The lead is about 300 feet wide. In the Cambridge Company's claim the lead has taken a sharp'turn. In Britt's claim, a very soft pipeclay reef runs about 300 feet north and south, and at each place it was

, touched for that distance it showed a perpendicular wall, about 8 feet in height, along which the auriferous wash ran quite close to the bottom of it, and from thence up the vertical part and over the tOP

Alluvial Prospecting claims have been taken up at Great Britain Gully, Bullock Creek, 29 feet, easy sinking, washdirt yielding t dwt. to the dish; Pol warth Hill, near Bullock Creek, 20 feet sinking, 12 feet of it cement, 18 inches of washdirt, yielding 3 dwts. per load; Whaler's Gully, Leichar~t, from 4 to 6 feet sinking, 6 inches of wash­dirt, yieldinO" 4 dwts. to the load; near the Pound, at Marong, 61 feet sinking, about] foot of washdirt, yielding 17 dwts. from two lo~ds; Bolle's Flat, Whipstick, 2 to 4 feet sinking, 1 foot of washdirt, yielding about 1 dwt. to the tin dish.

The gold found at Marong and Bullock Creek is not worth so much by about Is, 6d. per oz. as that found in other parts of this division. It is of a light yellow color, and may be easily distinguished. The alluvial is generally :fine, flaky, and ragged.

Statement of gold obtained by some of the public companies, and total amount of gold published during the quarter:- '

Johnson's Reef Gold Mining Company Collman, Taechi and Co. Catherine Reef U. C. Company Comet Company ... ' Elle~mere Company Argus Company Walker and Co. Energetic Company C. C. Company ... . .. North Specimen Hill Company

'Young Chum Company Robin Hood Company Lady Darkly Company Star~Reef (Tribute) Eclipse Company ... North Yorkshire ... New Moon Company

t?undry parcels

Total amount ,published

1,725 ozs. 1,272 ,;

807 " 752 " 727 ." 667 " 581 " 486 "

'469 " 406 " 393 " 371 " 324 " 312 " 285 " 233 " 190 "

10,000 ozs. 7,494 "

17,4940zs.

It is almost unnecessary to state, that by far the greater portion of our claimholders do not publish the amount of gold they obtain. .

The total amount of gold obtained this quarter may be estimated at about 44,000 ozs. from quartz, and about 10,000 ozs. from alluvial. . Total 54,000 ozs.

KILMORE DIVISION.

Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Reqistrar.·

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTiTY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING TH.R QUARTER, AND THE GOI:D OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Name of Company. Wltere Quartz was Quartz crushed. A yerage Yield of obtained. G<lld per ton.

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. ,gr. Tea-Tree Creek:

Welcome Welcome Reef 74 0 0 0 14 S'74 52 7 13 240 feet

Sunday Creek: Ryan and Co. Ryan'a Reef 140 0 0 1 0 0 140 0 0 70 to SO feet Tobin and Co. Tobin's Reef ... 39 0 0 0 16 9'S4 32 0 0 50 to 70 feet

Total Quartz 253 0 0 0 17 17'69 224 7 13

Some of the older quartz mines in this division having been worked unprofitably have been abandoned. The Magenta Company are now in with their tunnel 420 feet, and anticipate striking the reef in abont 30 feet

more. They are provided with a very snng plant the moment it is required. , The sale of the Reedy Creek Company's battery will be a serious check to prospectors, as there will be no battery on the creek to give stone a trial.

The Providence Mining Association, Yea, have let their claim on tribute, and the tributora are putting in a new lift of pnmps. When they can get out stone they anticipate that the reef will be highly remunerative. Two claims soutli on the Providence Reef have been taken up since.

The Welcome Company, Tea-tree Creek, are at work sinking a main water shaft, aud are not raising stone at present.' ,

Several new quartz reefs, some of them very promising, have been opened out on the Murrundindi Creek, about 12 miles from Yea, but the drawback hitherto has been want of machinery; arrangements are, however, made to supply that deficiency; . ' .

There have been a few trial' cmshings or stone from reefs nearer Yea, at the machine at the Flat Lead, but none of importance.

European alluvial miners a~e returning to the Reedy Creek, and I think next quarter will show an improvement in the yield of gold from this part of my division. .

, The Chinese miners are now partially employed by puddlers, their numbers, from inquiry, are not likely to mer ease. .

Alluvial workings still exist at Sunday Creek; Tea-tree Creek, and Murrundindi Creek, but they call for no particular remarks. . .

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HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND W ARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

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

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT, CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c" were Quartz crushed. .Average Yield of Remarks relative to the obtained. Gold per Ton. Total Yield of Gold. Depth at which the

Quartz, &c" were obtained.

tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. d",i;, gr.

Thomas J as. Stephenson Old Racecourse Reef ... 487 . 0 0 0 10 2'46 246 0 0 ,24 ft.; water-Ievel,9ft. Charles Kean ... Old Racecourse Reef 216 0 0 0 4 4'33 45 3 0 24 ft.; water-level, 9 ft. Messrs. Read and Co .... Great Northern Reef,Red- 25 0 0 0 12 12'48 15 13 0 Various depths

castle Marchesi and Co.' ... Alfred Reef . .. 48 0 '0 2 18 4'5 139 13 0 Various depths British Standard ... Happy-go-Lucky Reef... 79 0 0 0 '3 4'86 12 13 0 Surface to 6 feet Schrivelius and Co. ... Alfred Reef . .. ... 18 0 0 3 4 10'66 58 0 0 V Ilrious depths Donaldson and Co. ... Mariners' Reef ... 23 0 0 0 14 17 16 18 7 Various depths Green and Co. Redan Reef ... ... 205 0 0 0 6 18'49 69 8 0 Various depths Miscellaneous crushings at Charles & Co.'s machine 125 0 0 0 2 8'16 14 12 12 Various depths Miscellaneous crushings at Von del' Luft's machine' 88 0 0 0 5 5'18 22 19 0 Various de pths Miscellaneous crushings at Perseverance Company's 14 0 0 1 15 3'42 24 12 0 Various depths

machine Miscellaneous crushings at John Collins's machine 128 0 0 0 7 18'65 49 15 12 Various depths Miscellaneous crushings at Red Hill Company's 525 0 0 0 8 8'22 219 0 0 Various depths

machine Costerfield Gold &'Antimony Mining Company·

------- ------, Total Quartz ... ... 1,981. 0 0 0 9 10'39 934 7 7

------------- -------Quartz Tailings, ,and

Cement crushed. Perseveran'ce ... Redcastle ... .. . 450 0 0 0 2 6 50 12 12 Surface John Collins ••• ... Redeastle . .. ... 92 0 0 0 1 23'86 9 3 12 Surface

------Total Quartz TailingS}

and Cement, 542 0 0 0 2 4'95 59 16 0

, . * Could not be obtained ill time fOl' insertion.

. There is, I thin Jr, a promise of a slight improvement' in mining prospects in my division, as indicated by the increased number of claims registered during the last three or four weeks; but as many of them are not' yet ill full work the returns of gold have not exhibited any improvement. A small rush has set in to a place near the base of Mount Koala, on the McIvor Creek; seven alluvial creek-claims and four quartz-claims have been registered-the sinking in the alluvial is about 6 feet through decomposed granite on to a bottom of solid granite; the gold has averaged about 4 dwts. to the tub. There has been some little stir also in reference to the antimony mines~eight claims have been registered during the last three weeks at. a place known as the" Old Antimony," about 4 miles from Heathcote. . '

'W ARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION:

Mr. Henry Boyns Nicholas, Mining Sttrveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ius BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND. QUARTZ TAILINGS AND' CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND TIlE GOLD OBTAINED Cl'HEREFROM:-

. 1Vhere Quartz, &e., were Average Yield of Remarks relative to tl1e

Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Total Yield orGold. Depth at which the obtained. Gold per TOll. Quartz, &c., were obtn.ined.

tOllS cwt. qT, oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Lewis and,Menzies I Ralaclava Hill 3,538 0 0 0 2 5'32 393 o 19 Surface to 90 feet ... ... Walhran, Farquharson" Nuggety Beef ... 482 0 0 o 11 23'15 288 7 0 50 to 150 feet

Fitzpatrick,Anderson, and others

Cracknell, Scott and Mongolian Beef ... 31 0 0 7 II 20'12 235 7 0 50 to 200 feet

Berg and Sennett Fenchman's Beef 0 3 7 0 80 8 0 140 feet Cracknell ... 24 0

Mouseley, Miller, and Main Gully Beef ... 55 0 0 0 11 5'67 30 18 0 40 to 140 feet

others 30 feet Edwards ... ... Eclipse Reef ... 21 0 0 1 8 0 29 8 0

McDonald and others Forester's and other Beefs 53 0 0 o 12 16 33 II 8 Various

Thompson, Baud, and Johnson, and other Beefs 107, 0 0 OIl 2'01 59 6 0 Various

others "

Thompson.and Corbett Fontaincbleau ... 35 <i 0 0 18 1'37 31 12 0 Surface to 60 feet

Jones and Co. ... \Velcome Reef ... 18 0 0 3 15 13':)3 68 0 0 60 feet

Ratcliff and Co. ... London Reef ... . .. 46 0 0 3 3 7'30 'l45 12 0 300 feet

Stewart and others ... Cherry Tree' Reef ... 140 0 0 0 6 0 42 0 0 100 feet ------- ------- -------

Quartz Tailings and Total Quartz ... 4,550 0 0 0 6 7'64 1,437 10 3

Cement crushed. ------

Benbow,Marsland,Jones, Township of Rushworth, 606 0 0 0 7 5'14 218 12 0 Surface to 15 feet

Muhlhan, and others and Nuggety Gully

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Our mining population is again slowly increasing. Many old familiar faces are to be met with returning from " rushes" to our more re!\ularly productive reefs and gullies. A few strangers have also been attracted by the reports of the discoveries of payt,ble gold at the Buffalo ranges and at Siberia.

During the wet months I anticipate these localities, as well as the country southwards towards Mount }loorm­bool, will be well prospected, and with satisfactory results.

Amongst our quartz I'eet's Oll Hushworth, Old Nuggety Hill and the Mongolian, ha,e mainta.ined the leading positions. 'fhe average produce of the quartz from the latter reef continues remarkably good.

At Balaclava. the stolle crushed was taken from the surface to the depth of 90 feet, hy a.breadth of upwards of 100 feet, and low as the average appears to be, it more than pays the general working expenses of,. the miue. It is noteworthy that the whole of the quarter's crushing, viz., 3,538 tons, is a part of several thousand tons removed by one blast. •

The millers employed crushing cement at Rushworth are doing well.

RAYWOOD DIVISION.

Mr. E. P.Virtue, Mining Registrar. , ,

THE FoLLOWING INFORMATION HAS DEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY of QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THB Q G UARTER, AND THE OLD QR1'.lTNED THEREFROM:-

I Where Qllnrtz was I A verug" Yield of iTotlll .I Remnrl" relattve to the Name of Company. of Depth Ilt which the obtained. Quartz crushed. Gold per TOil,

Quartz was oli[ained~

tons. cwt, qT, oz. dwt. gr# oz. dwt. gr.

Frederick the Great .•• Frederick the Great Reef 3,216 0 0 0 7 11·94 1,205 12 12 150 feet R Foley and Co. ... BI.rkly lieef ... ... 164 0 0 o 19 12'75 160 3 3 100 feet Elysian Flat ... Barkly Reef ... ... 14 0 0 o 16 20'57 II 16 0 80 feet W, H, Colles and Co .... Darkly Heef ... ... 19 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 0 80 feet Roberts and Co. ... Barkly Reef ... ... 98 0 0 I o 23'26 102 15 0 125 feet Nil DesperanduID ... WeI bourne Reef . .. 1,702 0 0 0 8 14'91 733 14 0 130 feet l\fcGilIivary aud Co .... Doubtful Reef ... 3 0 0 \l 19 8 2 18 0 150 teet Williams lllld Smith ... Jones's Reef ... '" 122 0 0 o 14 3'54 86 6 0 160 feet Urie and Franci~ ... Doubtful Heef . .. 18 0 0 i UIO 0 9 0 0 80 feet

Total Quartz ... 5,356 0 0 0 8 16'92 2,3:31 4 15

. Mining matters iu this division, during the quarter, have been much depressed, owing to the long continued drought, which, it will be seeu, has cOJlsiderahly lessened the returns. The prospects of this division, in the opening up of p"yable reefs, are however now greatly hetter than ever they have heen since Raywood diggings were discovered: all that is required is water, and if this element is uot soon available, I fear the public here will suffer a rninous loss.

The following Companies' crushing mttchines stopped work six. weeks ago, and are still idle from the above cause :-New Era, Elysian Fbt, Rtephens' and Nicholls', and Nil Desperaudum. The latter company have just completed the erection of an excellent whim, in conuecti~ll with their famous claim on the Welbourne reef.

A party of miners are llOW engaged in erecting an 8-horsepower crushing plant in Raywood Gully for public purposes.

In alluvial mining I have nothing new to report. The rush to Bullock Creek, 18 miles distant, has caused a small exodus of .that class of miners ii'om this division.

, A small rush has taken place near· Doolmall's Hotel, in the Whipstick; but I have been yet unable to visit the locality. '

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. Mr. P. ViTtue, jun., Mining Registrar.

TIlE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, MULLOCX, QUARTZ 'rAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURlNG TIlE QUARTER. AND TIlE GOLD OBTAINED TIIEREFllOl!:-

Name of Company. "Whero Quartz, &c., were I QUn.rtz crushed. I Average Yield of Remarks TC'lutive to the Total YIeld ofGold. Depth at which the oiJtained. . GOld j,er TOll. Quartz, &c" were obtained.

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt.·gr. oz. dwt. gr. Penny and Claussen ... Puhlic Crushing . .. 1,121 0 0 I 1 19'43 1,222 9 0 I to 300 feet Cundy and Co. ... Public crushing . .. 2,470 0 0 0 8 0 988 0 0 Vari"us Leviathan Heef ... Public erushing . .. 720 0 0 0 5 5'50 ]~8 5 0 Not known Leviathan Heef ... Leviathan Heef 1,i28 0 0 0 4 5·29 364 14 0 80 leet to 110 feet Mariners' Heef ... Soldiers' and Bnttery Reefs 1,610 0 0 0 3 12'07 282 0 0 30 feet to 50 feet Phrenix Company ... Mariners' Heef ••• '" 599 0 0 0 3 6'93 98 10 0 400 feet Williams, Bros. & Co .... Blucher's Reef ... 390 0 0 o 13 0 253 10 0 420 feet Williams, Bros. & Co .... Public crushings ... 140 0 0 0 9 0 63 0 0 Various Johnstone's ... . .. Public crushings ... 397 0 0 o 11 16·55 232 o 22 Various ------ ------ -------Mul/oe", Quartz Tailings Total Quartz ... 9,175 0 0 0 8 1'17 3,692 8 22

and Cement crushed: -----------------Johnst{)ne's ... ... Public crushing ... 181 0 0 0 6 IS'SI 59 • (; 10 Various

. ~he condition of mil1~l1g affairs at Majorca' is still considerably depressed and unsatisfactory. An increase 'of cap:talls n?w urgently reqUlred. T~e wallt of capital is th~ cause· of .~he entire stopl;'ag~ of work by several com­palllcs dunng. the quarter. T~ere IS undoubtedly a :flue field for capItal and enterprIse III the deep lea.ds situated around the lle1ghborhood of Majorca.

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At Maiden's Hill, to the south of Majorca and Gibraltar, there is a very rich lead. This lead has been worked down to hcavy water, but work will now have to be abandoned thereon, as steam machinery can alone enable miners to go successfully into the deep ground. One company lately sunk a shaft on the edge of the deep ground over the lead, and took 31 ozs. 17.dwts. off the bottom. This company hold_ about 20 acres of ground on this spot, but. they have no machinery. and are therefore unable to work it to any advantage. ' ..

The Old Victory Company, at Majorca, have abandoned their deep ground, and so have the Kearsage Company, because of their total inability to cope with the water since the stoppage of the Manchester engine. The stoppage of these two companies will leave, for the present, one of the richest runs of gold at Majorca idle. This run is supposed to be identical with the lead belonging to the famous Cossey Company; the ground 'of the latter company has .been worked for the last four years and a-half, by a few enterprising Swiss and Italians.

The United Kingdom Company (co-operative) have worked for about six years on the outside of the well known Gibraltar Lead. It is probable that the best days of this company are yet before them. It would seem as though the lead at Gibraltar was supplemented by a quartz vein, which runs throul:(h the ground of the United Kingdom.Company. I infer th.is, because that company have occasonally, during their operatious, met with outside detached blocks of quartz, and some of these have turned out exceedingly rich. . .

if. . if. if. if. * if ...

The lead at Harrisou's Hill, near Carisbrook, and which is situated on private property, is now attracting considerable attention. This lead is 220 feet wide, and has an average depth of 70 feet, and appears to be very rich. The Phoenix Company (eo-operative), who have a eIaim thereon, have had 'returns for ·the quarter amounting to 485 ozs. 13 dwts., but they are under a heavy tribute to the proprietor of the land.

The Magnum Bonum Gold Mining Company (registered), at Chinaman's Flat, have been engaged during the quarter in blocking on the main lead in that place; they show very handsome returns. .

The Band of Hope Gold Mining Oompany, who were engaged last quarter in driving for thil gutter, have at length struck the lead, and have obtained a very handsome prospect. '1'he depth of their present shaft is 183 feet, with two levels, one at 160 feet, and the other at 177 feet. They have put in drives, including both levels, to the extent of nearly 800 feet, through reef and,gravel, a work of great labor, as the ground was very wet and drifty.

The following is a statement of gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines in this division for the past quarter :-

f Magnum Bonum Extended, Chinaman's Flat Band of Hope Company, Chinaman's Flat Cossey Gold Mining Company, Majorca ... Robin Hood Gold Mining Company, Majorca Kong Mimg Company, Majorca ... United Kingdom Company, Gibraltar ... Prince of Wales Company, Four-mile Flat Hope Company, Battery Hill ~uudry (15) Whim Claims

Total

ozs. dwts, grs. 1,362 12 12

11 16 12 lHO 19 0 230 0 0 120 0,0 216 15 0 300 0 0

16 0 0 1,148 0 0

3,916 3 0

. '.I'he returns from several of the quartz reefs ill the division during the quarter show signs of healthy and vigorous improvement. Some of the reefs in the neighborhood of n-Iosquito are proving very valuable. Tick and party, of Adelaide Lead Reef, raised a lot of stone which yielded 4 ozs. to the ton; and a party on Blucher's Reef had a late crushing of 160 tons of stone, which gave them a return of 307 ozs. '.I'he New Flagstaff Reef Company had a trial crushing of 7 tons lately, which gave If ozs. to the ton.

,The Mariner's Reef Gold Mining Uompany (registered) are still idle, the stone being too poor to cover working expenses. The operations of the company are now confined to Battery and Soldiers' Reefs. These reefs are easily worked, being composed of a mixture of quartz and mullock veins. Depth of reefs 50 feet and upwards to the surface. They are worked on half tribute. * * * '* '* * * >I< * >I<

It is worthy of mention that a party of seven Chinamen have a quicksilver cradle at work upon the tailings of the Leviathan Reef Gold Mining Company, and 'it has been reported to me t,hat·they are deriving an income from their operations of £35 a week. '.

On the whole, the position of mining matters generally in this division is now established upon a more sound and prosperous basi.s than it has been for several years past.

, AMHERST DIVISION.

Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN oBTAINED, RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUABTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT ORUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

I Where Quartz, &0., were Average Yield of ToW Yield -of Remarks relative to the

Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Depth at which the obtained. Gold per Ton. Gold. Quartz, &e., were obtained. --

Cosstick's Machine....:. tons cwL qr. Oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Cosstiek and Co. ... Laura Reef ... .. . 650 0 0 0 3 14'54 117 4 0 40 feet to 60 feet Busch and Co. .,. Prince of Wales Reef ... 40 0 0 0 10 0 20 0 0 70 feet to 90 feet Dunstan and Co. ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 36 0 0 0 10 10'67 18 16 0 Surface to 40 feet

, BeiU and Co. ... Prince of Wales Reef ... 42 '0 0 0 6 23'71 14 13 12 70 feet to 90 feet Theophs.· Bartlemore ... All Nations Reef ... 324 0 0 0 8 3'22 131 15 12 60 feet to 90 feet Victoria Machine-

Victoria Co. ... Whitehorse Reef ... 212 0 0 0 3 8 35 6 16 60.feet to 100 feet Usher and Co. ... Churchhill Reef. .. ... 98 0 0 0 3 20'82 18 19 0 80 feet to 90 feet Thomas and Co. ... Churchhill Reef ... ." 185 0 0 0 3 0'26 27 17 0 70 feet to 80 feet Ansell and Co; ... W clcome Reef ... ... 11 0 0 0 16 0 8 16 0 60 feet Cole and Co. ... Welcome Reef ... Il 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 . Surface to 10 feet

Robt. Smith and Co. ... Blucher's Reef, Emu ... 30 0 0 1 . I O· 31 10 0 Surface to 14 feet

Quartz Tailings and Total Quartz ... 1,639 0 0 0 5 4'75 425 19 16

Cement crUS/led. Mount I Theophs. Bartlemore ... Back Creek and 123 0 0 0 10 13'12 64 17 6 Various depths

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The following is the quantity of gold obtained by alluvial mining in the division during the last quarter, viz.-

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Sadowa Company, McCullough's paddock 1,705 ozs. Private property Taaffe's paddock ... ... 299 "

Dunne's paddock . . . . . . 194 " Hoffnung Company, Mount Greenock' 190 " Queen of the lsres Company, Cockatoo 162 " General Picton, Rocky Flat 70 " Dublin Castle, Rocky Flat 62 " Duke of Cornwall, Cockatoo ... 60 ". Enterprise, Mysterious Lead ... ... 00 " Fifty whims and whips, at 4 0:1.8. per week each 2,600 " Puddling machines and o~her s01!rces 3,500 "

Total alluvial ... 8,892ozs.

Quartz mining in this division is likely to improve. A Ballarat'company, combined with working men i~ the locality, have lately taken up 3,000 feet of Blucher's Reef under the bye-laws, and are about to place powerful machmery on the claim: they consider that they will be able t{) obtain sufficient water for the stampers from the reef, as the water­level is only 112 feet· from the surface. .

A plan is furnished, on a small scale, on whi.ch you will perceive that the alluVial diggings closely hugs the line of reef; this is also observable through Emu alluvial workings to the north of the plan, and also along its supposed course in a southerly direction through McCullough's paddock, and near to the Sadowa Company's workings.

PLAN OF WATERLOO CI,AIM, BLUCHER'S REEF, ElIIU DIGGINGS, TALBOT. \

REFERENC'.-a iI a, Gold Workings 1 b. Whim Shate. 140 feet deep, 112 feet to water level; c. Shaft, 70 feet deep. 8cALE-670 foet to I Inch.

A prospectfug quartz claim has been surveyed at Emu, the stone of which is of a blueish-white colour and easy to work, so that two men have obtained 31~ ozs. of gold in four or five week~. 'l'heprospector gave it the name of N uggety Reef, but on laying it down in plan 1 found it to be a spur of Blucher's Reef. ... .

In allUvial mining the greatest improvement is in the Sadowa Claim, the increase d1ll'ing the quarter being 559 0:1.8. of gold.. .

A number of nuggets have been found through the' shallow alluvial workings, varying from 1 to 150zs., but the shallow ground, as a rule, does not give sufficient wages, unless puddling or sluicing is resorted to. '

The Nil Desperandum Alluvial Company, near Talbot, (which is held under the bye-laws), have just completed their good machinery and shaft of 160 feet deep, and are now engaged in the formation, of the working chamber.

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AVOCA SUBDIVISION.

Mr. William Byrne, lJ[i'Tiing Surveyo'j' and Registrar.

TIlE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTI'fY OF QUARTZ AND CEMENT

\ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM :-

Where Quartz, &0., were r Quartz crushed. Average Yield of Total rGold. Remarks relo.tive to the

Name of Company. Depth at which tIle obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., were obtained .

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teDS em. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Dame's Crushing Ma- :ponkey Hill Reef 65 0 0 0 8 0 26 0 0 From surface to 20 feet

chine,Fiddler's Creek Ditto ... . .. Fiddler's Creek Reef ... 142 0 0 0 5 0 35 10 0 40 feet deep Ditto ... . .. Bullocky Reef ... 42 0 0 0 12 6'85 25 16 0 Ditto ... ... Luck-'s-All Reef . .. 38 0 0 0 7 0 13 6 0 Bosanquet and Oo.'s Vale's Reef ... ... 50 0 0

i 2 0 0 100 0 0

MachIne, Avoca Total Quartz ... 337 0 0 0 11 21'72 200 12 0

Cement crushed.

Bosanquet and Co.'s Cement from Avoca old 300 0 0 0 5 0 75 0 0 Machine, Avoca Lead .

. During the past month the New Holland Company have struck gold at a depth of 140 feet, and from eleven machmes have obtained 260 ozs. 'l'he water still continues troublesome, and the company are about to erect another engine. The direction of the lead being now well defined, the Pactolus Company are also about to commence work, and have called for tenders for the sinking of a shaft. The Golden Lake Company Homebush have obtained 295 ozs. during the past quarter. . ' , , There is nothing new to report in quartz mining.

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DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS. ~ 'I ~. '.' , '.>1' ,

. Mr. W. G. Oouck:nan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar: • , . ' ,t.

THE FOLLOWING INFOR)I[ATION HAS BEE!f OBTAINED RELA~IVE TO 'TIoIE QUA:NTITy'OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS, CEMENT, AND MULLOCK, CRUSHED DJ;RING THE QUARTER,' AND ,THE 5iOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

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Nan:e of Company. Where Quartz, &0., were obtained.

, ' • Remarks relative to the ,AveTage'Yleld of' Total Yield or Goid: Depth at which the Quartz crl'shed. , Gold per Ton, Quartz, &0" Were obtained,

Goldsborough Criterion •••

Goldsborough ," ••• Belgian Reef North Goldsborough ... Bismarck .•. ' German Reef .•• Perseverance

tons cwt. qr. 1,035 0' 0

600 0 0. 30 0. 0. 70 '0 0 70 0 0

oz, dwt. gr, '05'Il'20 040 o ,,1 0 o 14 0 060 040

. oz, dwt, gr. 282 18 9 120 0 0

Bet-betd

Old Lead, Dunolly ...', ... 'Bet-bet Reef.~.'

Hong Kong' , •• Glasgow .•.

120 0. 0 900

4390' 0 22 0 0 64 0 0.

153 0 0 700,0,0.,. 340 0 0 474 0 0

3 8 21'33

1 10 0 49 0 0 21 0 0 24 '0' 0 31 0 '0 68 18' 0 '

Pike and Co. Cambrian ... South Sandstone Victoria ...

Perseverance Reef ... New Chum Reef Sandstone Reef Sandstone Reef

Bonsfield's Machine ;;~," All Nations Reef 'tl-aribaldi ...

North Poverty Glamorganshire Hammond's Machine ...

McCoy and Co. '. fl

Try-me-well .

Cement and MullQck Crushed.

Sandstone Specimen Hill Reef ... Star Reef ... Donnybrook Reef North Poverty Reef Bealiba ....' '-;';;" Specimen Hill ... Poverty Reef... .. .

, Stubbs Reef ... .. . Great Western' ... Wilson's Hill ... Needful Reef .. . Mosquito Reef .. . Queen's Reef... . .. Slaty Reef ... Ste:w:art's Hill ... Coy's Diggings, Speci-

men Reef ,

41 0 0 '120 0 0

266 0 0 33 0 0 300

42 0 0 161 0 0 140 0 0 74 0 0

464 0 0 25 0 0 94 0 0

156 0 0 600 "100

174 0 0 ..51 0, 0.

40 0 0 22 0 0

o 3,,3'33' o 5 9'54 069 0, 8 5'49 1 8 18'25 o 10 10'03 o 9 17'48

.0 15 23'41 1 14 22 o 17 9'80 o 4 9'51 o '2 0 o 3 2'28 o 8 11'92 O. 5, 6 o 4 2'91 o 9 18 o 1 8'64 o 9 21'19 0, 7 12'61 040 o 2 20'57 o 10 4'13 o ,8 18'35 060 1. ,7 17:45

5 18 18 20. 8 6 62 19 0

1,006 12 11 '177 2 3 230 11 6 32 15 0

209 10 0 231 10 15

7 5 12 060 6 10 0

68 8 '0 36 15 0 15 5 0

226 4 0 1 14 0

46 9 0 58 14 0

" 1 4 '0 ,I 0 0

88 10 0 ,22 7 0

12 0 0 30 10 0.

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90 feet to 135 feet Various

40 feet 35 feet 70 feet' 25 feet 150 'feet level 60. feet 45 feet 10 feet to 50 feet 300 feet 220 feet 260. feet

160. feet 200 feet to 260 feet

30 feet

Various depths 95 feet

40 feet

Glamorganshire Bonsfield's Machine l ••

Total Quartz

Bealiba

••• 1_6_,04_5_0_0_1 0 l~ 13'99 I 3,198 15 2

••• 750 0 0', 0 4 8 ~ 162 10 0 70 feet cement Specimen "~;. 35 0 0., 0, 5 8·9~ 9 8 0 Cement and mullock

1------1-----------1 . Total Cement and} I' Mullock 785 0 0 ,0 4 9'11 171 18 0

The mining interests in this district, more particularly in the. Tarnagulla division, for the past thrce months, have improved materi:111y. ",., • ,

In the Tarnagulla !iivision, the progress'o~ the defined reefs have considerably advanced. Since my last report, some new reefs have been opened with encouraging prospects, and the shareholders are very sanguine of suc,gess.

In the Dunolly division mining interests have advanced but little. In alluvial, I have nothing fresh to com­municate. Several parties of Chinamen are steadily engaged in working, out ground on the old leads, with what result it is difficult to ascertain. Three new reefs have been discovered, but, at present, it would be premature to speak as to their auriferous "'Thlue: Tj:!e prospectors, however, seem ~o entertain great hopes of success.

The Goldsl;lorough Company have been sinking a new shaft toa depth of 180 feet, and are putting ina cross-cut at that level to strike the reef, which they expect·to do in about three weeks. 'To the east of the main r~ef a new lode .has been discovered underlying west and dipping ~outh 1 foot in 6 feet; this has been opened 180 feet in length, is 6 feet thick, well'defined, and,bearing very payable gold. Towards, the north ,the stone appears to be cutting out. They have also completed the erection of a 35 horse-power'engine, for pumpiIlg and winding purposes, and in the new shaft have lO-inch lifts and plunger.. Nothing more has been 'done' to the' antimony mine since my last report. The holde~s of the ground are, I am inforined, trying to tnake terms with some l\:1elbourne men, with a view to opening out the mme. :

Tarnagulla Division.

'Sandstone Recf.-South Sandstone 'Company have 70, tons'.of quartz on the surface, which they anticipate will yield It ois. of gold per ton, and their prospects'are improving; the stone in the water looking better than ever­reef 6 feet thick. In the prospecting claim, the reefat the 260 feet level is 8 feet thick, the average yield from 3 feet of which is Ii OZS., and the remainder t oz. per ton.: The Victoria Company, next north, 'are raising stone from the 260 feet level"':"reef from 3 to 5 feet thick-:-and expected to yield 15 dwts. per ton. They are erecting powerful pumping and winding machinery. The next claim north are sinking for the same run of stone worked by the Victoria Company. ' , " .

New Chum Reef.-Cambrian Company.-The water shaft is down about 328 feet, and from which they are raising stone taken from the 312 feet level, where the reef is 9 feet thick: their prospects continue as good as ever. They have 170 loads of stone now on the surface, 'and are raising, on an average, 90 loads per week. Prince of Wales Company, next north, have their shaft down 279 feet. 'A cross-cut ha.s been put in at 248 feet; and, on the 29th June they cut the reef~ with gold visible in every stone, which has very much enhanced the value of the shares. No.4 South are taking out stone at.22 feet level, which is payable 4 feet thick. Nos. 1,2, and 3 South (amalgamated) struck stone in the main shaft at, 256 feet level. Gold is visible, but none ha.s yet been crushed. '

Watts' Reef.-TlJ.e Perseverance Company are raising stone from the Water Shaft-reef 4 .feet thick-and , ,expected to yield from 1 to It ozs. per ton. :&celsior Company; next south, are taking out stone from t.he Water

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shaft, the reef is 4 feet thick, and encouraging prospects. They are also raising stone 90 feet south of the water­shaft', below the block. When pr'evioualy worked, yielded 6 ozs. 'per fon ;' it is stilliookiiig very rich, but none has yet been crushed 1)y either' company since they resumed work. ' "

Specimen Reef.-Gullyand Party are raising good stone, but have not lately crushed any; they have about 30 tons on the surface. Their last crushing yielded 1 oz, per ton: '" ,

Rise and, Shine Company, Stubbs's Reef, are sinking their shaft 30 feet df;leper, making a total depth of 126 feet. On the Poverty Reef some'tributors are still working; and, I am' informed, making very fair'wages.

Iron Bark.-Williams and Party are raising stone, which, from appearances, 'is'likely to yield 3 ozs. per ton. The reef is from 3 feet to 4 feet 6 inches thick; none has yet been crushed. '

Corfu Reef.-The Garibaldi Company are raising quartz from the 160 feet level, where the reef is 4 feet thick. They have 20 tons on the surface, which promises a good yield. They are also sinking a new shaft at the extreme north of their ground, and at 42 feet struck very payable stone,'whehthe und'adjoining was immediately taken up, and a company formed called "The Last Chance." They started a and at 29 feet deep struck a reef 5 feet thick, 2 feet of which is expected (from the appearance of the stone) to yield 5 OZ8. of gold per ton. Manchester Company, south of the Garibaldi, are sinking a new shaft to get on the stone work,ed by the latter company, 19 tons from which yielded 5 ozs. per ton; they are now down 90 feet.' .

Specimen Reef, Cay's Diggings.-This reef, which has been abandoned and lying idle eight years, was taken up by the 'I'ry-me·well Company about two months since. They sunk a shaft beside the old workings, which had fallen in considerably, and at about 40 feet struck a body of quartz from 3 feet to 7 feet thick. The first 22 tons

. crushed yielded 30 ozs. lOdwts .. of gold. They have now about 7? tons on the surface equally good. Two claims north are sinking for the ilame stone, but have not yet struck anythmg payable. The Kangaroo Reef Company have registered under the Limited Liability Act, and have invited tenders for sinking a new shaft. From Moliagal and Cochrane's I have nothing fresh to report. At Tunstall's the shallow alluvial ground is pretty well worked out, and the population is 4ecreasing. '

KORONG DIVISION.

Mr. RoUt. Mq,son, Minilng SurveyO'1' OII'IAZ RegiStrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION lIAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TlIll QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND CEMENT CRll'SlIllD

DURING TlIE QUARTER, AND TlIE GOLD OBTAINED TlIEREFROM:-

No.me of Company. Where Quartz, &c., were obtained.

QUllrtz crushed. I Rema.rks relative to the Average Yield of Total Yield Of Gold. Depth at which the

Gold per Ton. . Qunrtz, &c., were obtained.

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Unity ... ... March Reef .. . Duke of Cornwall , .. Vulcan .. .

Daly... .. . Maxwell's .. . Morning Star ... ..~: Tara Hall, No.1 .. .

Lady Darling ... Independent Company .. .

Baragwanath and Co .... Prince of Wales ... Morley and Fone ...

Cement crul1hed.

Duke of Cornwall ... Lady Darling ...

City of Bath... " .. . No.5 and 6 Jersey .. . Potter's Hill ... . .. Bird-in-Hand .. . .Jersey G.M, Company ... No.3 North Morning Star Daly... ... .. . No.5 Morning Star .. . No.4 Morning Star .. . No.7 North March ... Rising Sun... .. . Poverty Reef ... .. . Jericho ... . .. Burke's'Flat ... . .. Morning Star,tB. Flat , .. David's, Bnrke's Flat .. . Greeks, Burke's Flat .. . Greeks, Burke's Flat .. . Liliputian, Burke's Flat

, Total Quartz

Cement . .. . .. Cement ... ...

Total Cement' ... .

tons cwt, qr. 1,227 0 0

10 0,0 34 0 0

434 0 0 38 0 0 15 0 0 18 0 0 27 0 ,0' 19 0 0 800

97 00 25 0 0 28 0 0 500

21 0 0 900

10 0 0 10 0 0

200 0 0 450 0 0

"'600 0 0 '33 0 0 15 0 0 11 0 0 70 0 0 55 0 0

3,475 0 0

105 0 0 136 0 0

241 0 0

" Doubtful.

oz. dwt. gr. o 2 3'69 o 6 18 o 6 7'76 o 12 12'73 o 10 8'20 o 8 0 o 1 22'66 o 2 15'11 o 2 1'26 o 2 16'50 0, 4 19'05 o 4 26'16 o 6 7'71 o 3 8'40 1 2 3'42 o 2 6'66 o 3'15'60 o 2 7'20 050 040 2 10 0 4' 10 21'81 o 14 16 o 11 18'34 o 3 10'28 o 6 0 '

o 13 13'70

0 6 15'31 0 4 12'52

0 5 10'65

AUUVIA.L MINING.

oz •. dwt. gr. I' 132 4 6 200 feet

3 7 12 10 15 0

271 18 6 19 13 0 600 1 15 0 3 11 0 I 19 0 ) 1 12

23 '5' 0 610 8 17 0 o 16 18

23 5 0 1 0 12 1 16 12 130

50 0 0 90 0 0

1,500 0, 0 150 0 0

11 0 0 ~ 10 0 0 12 0 0 16 10 0

2,357 19 6

34 17 0 30 15 0

65 12 0

: Various depths : Various depths Various depths Various depths Vadous depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths Various depths

Bome new ground has been opened recently near Sennott's, and several of the claims have proved to be payable. The Inglewood Alluvial Gold Mining Company's pumpinO" plant has been removed to Tarnagulla and the Daly

lead. may now be described as abandoned. <:> ,

, QUARTZ MINING.

The Odin Company have purchased th~ pumping plant from the Enterprise Company, it has been removed and and re-erected and started to work on the Odm Reef i the prospectll of tPis company are supposed to be very good.

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. The Unity Company have now got fairly started to work at their new pumping and winding shaft. The present mode of"conductiI!g mining- operations by this company is on the most improved principles, and might be described,as a model. A temporary falling oft' in the return of gold has been caused by the removal of the miners to new ground in connexion with the new shaft.' ,

Tara Hall Reef was discovered about two months ago, and No.1 North have had a trial crushing of 15 tons, w:lich yielded 8 dwts. to the ton. 1

The reefs in the vicinity of Burke's Flat still continue to improve, and this portion of the division is at present in the most prosperous circumstances. . . .

REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS.

Mr. William Byrne, Mining Sqtrveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE '1'0 THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ

TAILINGS CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE Gor,D OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Remarks relative to the Where Quartz, &c., were A vernge Yield' of Name of Company. Quartz crusbed. of Gold.i Depth at which the obtained. Gold per 'l'on. : Quartz, &c., were obtained.

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

'Duke of Pyrenees Reef 90 0 0 0 15 8 69 0 0 Lancashire Bangor Reef ... 20 0 0 0 14 0 14 0 0 . ID.g)

Total Quartz 1lO 0 0 0 15 2'18 83 0 0 Quartz Tailings

crushed. Lancashire Reef Tailings from Strat'h- 400 0 0 0 2 IS 55 0 0

ing) flllan Creek

The quartz miners of this division have been engaged principally in prospecting during the quarter, The Duke of Edinburgh Company, on the Pyrenees' Ikef, having failed to strike the reef in their shaft, have closed operations. I am informed that the machinery for the Isis Gold Mining Company, Stuart Mill, will be speedily in course 01 eIection. The late heavy rains have giv~n an impetus to the alluvial mining in the neighborhood of Victoria and

. adjoining g~es.. '

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ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr, John Phillips, Mining Surveyor' a;nd Registrar.

THE FOLJ,OWING INFORMATION H.A,S BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TJ:!:E QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING

THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED TREREFROM:-

Average Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Compuny. Where Quartz was obtainea. Quartz crushed. Gold per TOll. Depth I1t which the

Quartz waS obtained.

tons cwt. qr. oz. dWt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Pl'ospectorsand No. I, S, liS 0 I) I 13 7'42 288 2 12 80 feet Leaseholders 29 0 0 0 II 2'48 16 2 6 75 feet Chrysolite 49 0 0 0 9 3'18 22 7 12 Edgar and others 11 10 0 0 10 10'43 6 0 0 45 feet Prospectors ... parts 23 10 0 0 .. 9'19 5 3 0 Surface :Penberthy and Co. Blink Bonny Reef 82 0 0, 0 12 3'80 49 17 0 60 to() 120 feet • Tributors Gap Reef 207 0 0 0 10 0'34 103 13 0 50 to 110 feet Perry & Co. and Hopeful Reef... , . 63 10 0 1 1 14'93 68 13 0 90 feet Blackie and Co. Warwickshire Reef 39 0 0 0 I 14'77 3 3 0 25 feet Tributors Bell Rock Reef 110 0 0 0 13 0 71 10 0 128 to 138 feet Hosking and Co. Wilson's Hill ... 20 0 0 I 10 0 30 0 0 180 feet Rising Star Chrysolite lodes 129' 10 0 0 18 15'SO 120 16 6 200 feet Chapman and Co. Public crushing 487 0 0 0 11 4'33 272 5 0 Lessees ... Bristol Reef 448 0 0 0 7 17'09 172 15 0 100 to 135 feet Tributors Annenian Reef 240 0 0 0 7 12 90 0 0 40 feet

Total Quartz 2,112 0 0 0 12 12'08 1,320 7 6

. The Pioneer Silver Mining Company have crushed, from the Rotten Reef, stuff broken from the depth of 100 feet to the surface, 774 tons, yielding gold and silver alloy 2,505 ozs. 9 dwts. '

There is nothing of striking interest to notice for the last quarter. The works are proceeding regularly in all the undertakings, and mostly with a good average of'success. .

The Bell Rock indications are important for an extensive mine; and this is thEi:more important in consequence of its being isolated in a locality abounding in large reefs almost untried, but, nevertheless, showing gold.

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CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.

Mr. Thomas'L. Brown, Mining Surveyor' and Regi8trar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE 1'0 THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING

THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:- . I Where Q~artz was ohtnined.

, Remarks relative to the

Nu.me of Company. Qual'tz c;ushed. Average Yield of ITotal 'Gold. Depth at which the Gold per 'fon. Quartz was obtatned,

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Ajax ... . .. Bolivia Reef ... ... 977 0 0 o 12 7'71 601 18 18 Surface to 270 feet Boss Ajax ... ... Bolivia Reef ... . .. 312 0 0 o 13 19'81 215 13 15 60 feet to 120 feet South Ajax ... ... Cumberland Reef ... 230 0 0 0 7 9'39 85 0 0 Surface to 80 feet Gray and Co. ... Champion Reef ... 133 0 0 o 10 7'76 68 13 0 120 feet Tributors ... ... Nuggety Reef .. . 134 0 0 0 7 5'55 48 9 0 60 feet Lewis and five others ... Nimrod Reef ... .. , 266 0 0 0 9 19'38 130 8 20 18 feet to 104 feet Lloyd ... ... Wattle Gully ... ... 360 0 0 o 11 12'08 207 1 5 to 130 feet Terrill ... ... Wattle Gully ... ... 461 0 0 010 0 230 9 0 130 feet Walker ... ... Wattle Gully ... ... 365 0 0 0 6 18'25 123 7 15 135 feet Myers , .. . .. Wattle Gully ... ... 455 0 0 0 6 0'05 136 11 0 135 feet Fairbairn and others ... Wattle Gully ... ... 525 0 0 0 5 4'75 136 9 6 135 feet to 200 feet Straede ' ... ... Sebastopol .. ' ... 134 0 0 o 14 1'74 94 5 18 80 feet to 150 feet Lewis ... .. , Sebastopol .... ' ... 150 0 0 0 4 0 30 0 0 140 feet Harris and others ... Eureka Reef , .. ... 648 0 0 0 5 23'51 193 14 20 Surface to 40 feet Walker ... ... Manchester ... 83 0 !l 0 4 17'06 19 II 0 140 feet Williamson '" ... Clinker's Hill ... ... 17 0 0 o 15 18'35 13 8 0 New reefline of Bolivia Russell and Co. ... Argus Reef .. , 267 0 0 0 9 20'94 131 16 0 127 feet Opie and Co .... ... Post Office Reef ... 64 0 0 0 6 21 22 0 0 75 feet James ... . .. Town Reef ... 18 0 0 o 11 20 10 13 0 130 feet Carter and others ... J~ittle Bendigo ... 153 0 0 0 4 22'27 37 14 0 Sundry ... ... Ij'orest Creek Reefs ... 332 0 0 0 5 9'85 89 16 9

, Total Quartz ... 6,084 0 0 0 8 15'25 2,627 0 6 ,

In alluvial mining there is nothing of importance to report; the old workings and appliances remain much the same as last quarter; the only alluvial companies. the .Belmore and St. Margaret's, maintain their usual returns, and small rushes in Milkmaid's Flat and Oampbell's Creek employ a few miners with only poor results.

In quartz mining we can again report progress. The Ajax Company ar(;l again successful. The mine is now divided into eight "pitches" or separate working parties-seven parties of 6 men each, one of 14 men, and 4 men pros­pecting, making 60 men employed. 977 tons raised, yielded 601 ozs. IS dwts. 1S,grs., the product. at different depths, 'being a2 follows :-Two surface tributes, 390 tons, average 11 dWLS. 16'IS grs. per ton; three pitches to ISO feet deep. 287 tons, average '7 dwts. 16'76 grs. per ton; No.3, at 240 feet level, 241 tons, ,yield-average 9 dwts. lS'33 grs. per ton; and No, S, at 270 feet level, 69 tons, gave, on an average, 2 ozs.l dwt. 22'79 grs. per ton. The surface workings are on north end of lease, the others, vertically, one under the other. The tribute varies from 25 per cent. to 32~ per cent., clear of expenses, and out of the above yield a dividend of £500 has been paid. ThcI:e are two reefs unopened within the company's leases, upon which the company offer to each prospeeting party a claim of 100 yards. * * *

The NuggetyTributors have been crushing for 2 dwts. per ton until last week when they received 16 ozs. from 13 tons; much of the old workings have fallen in, the attle having been raised to surface, instead of supporting the mine. They have a good engine shaft 270 feet deep, from which, driving 30 feet west, two lodes, 2 feet and 3 feet wide respectively, were cut. 'Doubtless a splendid mine lavs west of the old workings. .

,The South Ajax, also the Boss Ajax mines, have agaill been let on tribute. On the Eureka Reef, Harris and Oompany have the deepest workings in this division, viz. :-280 feet, 140 below

water-level: the reef carries a regular head-wall all down, but the width of reef varies from 6 feet to 16 feet, making to the greater width in the foot-wall, then again contracting, where, as at 140 to 160 feet, 2 ozs. per ton was obtained. At 280 feet the reef is 6 feet wide, averages 5 dwts. per ton. with excellent indications of improved yields.

On the South Eureka an auriferous slate reef is being worked which yields 9 dwts. per ton. This slate is distinct, with regular w:alls, nearly vertical, average width 9 inches, of the. same character as usually accompanies auriferous deposits. . , Upon the Nimrod Reef the returns are small, in consequence of most of the claims being worked to water-level,

112 feet. The claimholders are about to amalgamate and sink a shaft 300 teet upon which to placc an engine to drain and wind from all claims interested. Rich deposits are proved to exist under the water-level, above which over 12,000 ozs. have been obtained, the average yield being 1 oz. to ,the ton.

New Machinery.-Oonsiderable additions are being made to our crushing machinery. The Hit·or.Miss Com­pany, Wattle Gully, have nearly erected a 16 horse-power horizontal engine with two batteries of 5 stamps each; north, on the Bame reef, Vivian and Company have a 12 horse-power engine and pumping gear erecting on their lease. Again, north on the Chew ton Reef, Powell and Company have erected an 8 horse. power locomotive with 150 feet of 6·inch pumps; and on the Argus Reef, Jenkin and Company have just completed the removal of their engine and plant, making seven engines upon this line within 1~ miles.

New reefs in Mosquito Gully,-A flat lode has been opened, from which splendid specimens, as heavy as 1 oz. each, have been taken; no crushing has yet been made. , On Clinker's Hill, supposed in line with the Bolivia Reef, a new reef has been opened, a crushing of 17 tons

, yielded 13 ozs. 8 dwts,; and in Wattle Gully, Walker and Company have struck rich gold at the south end of reef, and ~~e North Abutment QO!ll'pany at the north :nd reef, as at prese~t workin~,

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FRYER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.

1111'. Marle Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. , r ,

THE FOLLowpm INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELA!IVE TO THE, QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ

TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED'DURING THE QUARTlm;' AND, THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

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Where QURrtz, &c., were Average Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Company. obtained. Quartz crushed. G;0\d per TOll. Total Yield of Gold. Depth lit which the

, , '",,:),J. '. \' .. " , Quartz, &c., were obtained. . .. ~ .... -- .

tons owt. qT. oz. dwt. gr. oz. d~t. gr.

Bli. Collier and Co. ... Gollier's Reef, Middleton 2 0 0 13 13 12 27 7 0 30 feet deep .' , ,.'; 'Creek I :, " Stevens and Davis '" Ferron's Reef ... ... 200 0 0 0 10 0 100 0 0 40 feet deep Stevens and Davis, (Tri- Ferron's Reef. •• ' .. 100 0 0 0 6 0 30 0 0 60 feet deep ...

butors) Badcock and Co. . . Specimen Hill ... 20 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 Surface' Rowland. and Co .. ... Specimen Hill . .. 50 0 0 0 4 12 I 11, 5 0 120 feet Heath anti" Co; , ... Bullock Reef ... ... 13 0 0 0 8 0 ! 5 4 0 35 feet Bristol Reef ... ... Bristol Reef ... . .. 25 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 0 130 'feet Hand of Friendship ... Emu Reef ... . .. .1,400 0 0 0 0 20'57 60 '0 0 90 feet' Rowe and Co. ... CattUi's Reef ... ... 510 0 0 0 7 IS'82 '198 19 0 110 to 140 feet Rowe and ·Co. (Public Various· . ... ... 154 0 0 0 9 2'18 70 0 0 . 30 to 50 feet

Crushing2: " Cattle arid o. .' .,. Cattle's Reef ... . .. 110 0 0 0 7 6'54 '40 0 0 20 to 45, feet S. Scotson ... ... Mopoke Reef ... . .. 3,900 0 Q 0 1 12 292 10 0 Surface to 110 feet .

-----Quartz Tailings and Total Quarti .. '. .6,484 0 0 0 2 H'2S 841 6 Q ...

Cement crushed.. i Table Hill ... . , ..... ' ... Table Bill·· ... . .. 480 0 0 0 10 0 :!40 0 0 130 feet

Free Italian ... Guildford Hill ... 600 0 0 0 1 0 30 0 0 180 feet William Tell ",i'

,.. Guildfoid Hill 300 0 0 0 'I 14'4 24 0 0 180 feet ... ...

Bishop and Co. ", Guildford Hill 60 0 0 0 8 0 24 0 0 70 feet " ... ... Bishop and Co. (Public) Pitcher's Flat, &c. ... ' 240 0 0 0 9, 0 108 "0 0 Various Sir R. Barkly ," " ... Pennyweight ... ... 680 0 0 0 S 0 272 0 0 180 feet Champion and Co:' ... Table Hill,,&c. ... ,70 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 Various Champion &Co, (Public) Table Hill, &c. ... 130 0 0 0 8 0 52 0 0 Various Jenkins and Co;· ... Shicer Hill ... ... 60 ,0 0 0 6 0 18 0 0 Various Jenkins & Co, (Public) Tarilta ... ... 100 0 0 0 S 0 40 0 '0 Various Thomas and Co... • .. Bald Hill ... ... 300 0 0 0 5 16 85 0 0 90 feet

Total Quartz Tailings } 3,020 0 0 0 5 23'04 900 0 0 :;t~d Cement, i -' '" ..

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ALLUVIAL MINING.

:puri~g.the past quarter no great change has taken place; At New Year's Flat, Fryerstown, and. Spring Gully, several parties of puddlers have been doing ,well, but the

heavy rains have retarded their operations.

QUARTZ MINING.

Quartz mining is assuming a more healthy app,~arance. The advent of two new steam engines is a sure index that the attention of the mining community is being directed to the numerous reefs existing in this locality .

. . Messrs. Mills; Hilton, and Co., have been engaged during the past three months sinking new shafts and erecting machinery, coriseqri~ntly no quartz has been raised; this has materially affected the gross returns.

", Messrs. Rowe and Co., who occupy a claim about 200 feet to the south of the Duke of Cornwall, have already sunk a shaft to a depth of 140 feet, and 76 feet below the water level; at the 140 feet level the reef is from 2 to 3 feet wi4e, ~j~~dtngt, 9~. to th~i ton.. . ' .

The fqllowing table' will'show the depth of s~me of the shafts, &c., 'which ~ave been sunk during the past six or seven years...,. . ,,. I, • i •. .', • • • i~ . , . '.

. . Name of Reef. Depth of Shaft. Width of Reef, Yield per Ton .

Liverpool Reef ... ... 145 feet ... Not known Not known Greenwood's' Reef ... 135 feet ... 6 to 15 feet ii! dwt. Th>wmdCo.,Ca""',n.,r I '" roe' ... 2 to 3 feet 10 dwt. Bullock Reef ... . . ..; 175 feet I~Jeet ... 2 dwt. Frenchman's Reef· ... 135 feet Not known Not' known , .

, CE:i.[ENT CRUSHINGS. ,I

A ~onside~blf; falling off has taken pl.ace, compared with previous quaders; thil! is 'attributable to the Eldorado Company naving'suspended operations. This company generally employed 60 ~ 80 men, and crushed from 2,000 to' 3,000 tons quarterly; but the yield of gold proved so small of late, t~at, although worked on' tribute, the etaim would not paj' working expenses;

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NEW MACHINERY •

. ':Duri~g t'te past' three months two steam engines and crushing plant have been erected within this di~ision; one at Fryerstown and the other at the head of Sailor's Gully. The one at Fryerstown has been erected by Mills, Hilton, and, Co., ~'12liorse'·power engine, driving 8 stamps; they anticipate commencing crushing operations within a: week. The one at Sailor's Gully, erected by Greenwood and' Co., an 8 horse-power engiM, driving 6 stamps, is now at work.

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NEW:REEFS.

It is satisfactOry to be enabled, occasionally, to record the fact of a new quartz reef being 'opened, especially when the discoverers have been many months engaged prospecting. The locale of the present reef is about three miles south of Vaughan township. Although the vein of quar"z now being worked is very narrow (4 inches), it is exceedingly rich; 27 ozs. 7 dwts. having been obtained from a trial crushing of 2 tons. The prospectors of the claim have followed the leader to a depth of, 30 feet, and expect meeting with a properly defined reef ere many weeks have elapsed. It is believed that in the neighborhood of Middleton's Creek good quartz reefs are to be found; the external features of the hills bear out such an idea. A properly organized prospecting association would do well to explore this part' of the district. . ,

RED HILL, FRYERSTOWN.

The accompanying sectional drawings have been prepared with the view of drawing attention to various remarkable features in connexion with the formation of the hiIrto which they refer •.

This hill comprises an area of from twelve to fourteen acres, and has been more or less worked without intermission during the past fourteen years. 1'he hill being of.alluvial formation, and comparatively shallow sinking (greatest depth 12 to 15 feet), and exceedingly rich in its auriferous deposits, nearly the whole of the earth to the bed rock, has been carted away by the puddlers. ' .

The peculiar features with reference to this hill consist in four bottoms having been originally discovered, the goJd bearing properties of which have proved highly remunerative. Nos. 1, 2, q, (marked on drawings) are characterised by the miners asfalse bottoms, consisting of seams of sand and pipe clay, varying much in thickness and gold bearing character. No.4 comprising drift and clay resting upon the bed rock, being generally assumed as the only gold bearing strata: indeed it is customary to sink through the different layers of sand, gravel, and clay, without ascertaining at different depths whether gold exists upon th,e various seams intersected. As it is possible there are many hills scattered over the various mining districts, showing external features similar to the one herein describe«, and if more closely examined might lead to the discovery of different bottoms, la.'1Jers, or seams, during the process of sinking, it would appear not undesirable to direct the attention of the mining community to facts and figures relative to yields from the auriferous deposits described ;-

Bottom. . Depth of Wash dirt. Yielding.

No.1 No.2

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HEPBURN DIVISION.

1 dwt. to 1 oz. to the tub. 4 dw.ts. to 2 OZS. to the tub.

2 dms.·to! oz. to the tub. 5 dwts. to 7 ozs. to the tnb.

Mr. 'Thomas Hale, Mining-Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAll BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND Q.UARTZ TAILINGS

AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURIN!l THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Where Quartz) &c., were Average Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Company. obtained. Qu~z crushed. Gold per '.1'011. Total Yleld'of Gold. Depth at which the .

QU!lltz, &c., were obtJlJned.

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Abundance Scandinavian Reef 10 (j 0

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0 18 0 9 0 0 60 feet ." .. .. ,;, . .. Enterpri~e ... ... Ajax Reef . .. . .. 196 0 0 0 6 5'02 60 17 0 60 feet Wilson'S ... ... Me~vin's Reef. .. . .. 490 0 0 0 0 18 1~ 7 12 40 feet .. Cornish ... ... Wombat Hill Reefs . .. 1,541 0 0 0 1 11'69 133 17 0 280 feet Cornish ... . .. : Wombat Hill Reefs . .. 1,594 0 0 0 2 23'66 238 0 0 40 feet Specimen Hill ... Specimen Hill ... ... 1,673 0 0 0 6 0'97 505 5 15 225 feet William Tell ... Sailor's Hill Reef ... 130 0 0 0 6 2'40 39 13 0 Shallow Morrison (TributOrs) .•. Christmas Reef '" 66 0 0 0 5 19'03 19 2 8 130 feet Bolitho and Party ... Kid's GUlly ... ... 189 0 0 0 16 13'81 115 4 0 50 feet Panham and Party ... Mauritius Reef . ... 73 0 0 0 4 17'09 17 4 0 40 feet Mitchell and Party Cobbler's Gully ..

107 0 0 0 7 11'43 40 0 0 12 feet ... . .. Angove and Party ... Cobbler's Gully ... 35 0 0 0 10 13'il 18 10 0 lO~~t Iveson and Co. ... ,Iveson's Reef .... ... '90 0 0 1 14 5'33 154 0 0 190 feet Garibaldi ... ... Garibaldi Reef . .. 4 0 0 3 2 0'75 12 0 11 23 feet Argus ... . .. Wombat Hill Reef ... 168 0 0 1 19 12'35 381 18 12 100 feet White and Co. ... Wombat, various ... 950 0 0 0 8 0 380 0 0 100 to 120 feet Conne1'5 Gully ... N uggety Reef . .. 71 0 0 0 8 20'95 31 10 0 40 feet Jenkins' Gully. , .. Welcome Reef ... 95 0 0 0 11 O·~ 52 5 4, 35 feet Various Reefs ... Wombat Hill ... . .. 1,200 0 0 0 4 22 295 0 0 40 to 160 feet

-----------Total Quartz ... 8,632 0 0 0 5 11'44 2,471 14 14

QUANTITY OF QUARTZ, &C., CRUSHED, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM-continued.

Where QUartz, &c., Wel'e Quartz crushed. I' Average Yield of Remarks reln.tive to the

Name of Company. Tota.! Yield of Gold. Depth at which the obtained. • Gold per Ton, Quartz, &c., were obtained.

Quartz Tailings and , taos cwt. qr •. oz. , Cement cru.shed. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Abundance ... . .. Scandinavian Reef . .. \90 0 0 0 2 15'15 25 0-0 Surface Enterprise ... ... Wombat Hill ... J ... l,ins 0 0 0 S 5'22 211 5 0 Surface Wilson's .. , ... Melvin's Reef .•• ... 495 0 0 0 0 17 17 '10 15 Surface to 20 feet P. Lucini ... ... Commissioner's Reef ... 198 0 0 0 1 12'S6 15 0 0 . Shallow Morrison's ... Yandoit, &c. ... '.~ . 51 0 0 0 5 17'52 14 12 6 130 feet Wh' I Ite and Co. (Public) Wombat Reefs ... 994 0 0 0 S 8'16 166 0 ,0 Various Conners Gully ... Connel's Gully 340 0 0 0 1 lI'S8 25 8,10 Various Jenkins' Gully ... Wombat Hill Reefs ... 600 0 0 0 1 12 45 0 0 Various

Total Quartz Tailings} and Cement I 4,181 0 0 0 2 11'67 /119 16 7

The Argus Quartz Mining Company, Wombat Hill South, are 'actively engaged at work on a sman tributary spur or leader of great richness; they have also, during the past quarter, sunk a shaft south of Smith's Creek, and have formed a tunnel; they are down 100 fee~ in another shaft, near their southern boundary, intending to a depth of 50 feet additional, to drain this part of the mine, as well as to work the reef at 120 feet level. his claim five distinct reefs exist, viz., Collier's Reef, Sandstone Reef, Cornish Reef, Mullocky Reef; aud Crown Reef, everyone of which is gold-bearing. The prospects of this company are brilliant. The great quantity of mundic or

'pyrites is being carefully collected for future treatment, a trial bucket of mundic having produced over 24 ozs. of gold. , The Duke of Edinburgh Quartz Mining Company are on the ground formerly occupied by the' Havelock and North Crown'Companies; their second engine is no\v being erected, and a shaft is sunk to'a depth of 300 feet, striking the reef at that depth, with gold visible in the quartz.

The Sp~ci'f!len Hill Quart.<; Mining Company are sinking for a 280 feet level, where,a rieh re,ef is kno:w.n to exist; the returns have been uniform in the upper levels during the past three months, 1,673 tons of quartz, averaging

, 6 dwts. 0'97 grs: to the ton. ' . . .. .. ..., ' At Yandoit, quartz mining continues to improve. Several l)arties are prospecting, and decided signs of activity

are again manifesting themselves in this once favored quarter. , , The William Tell, at Sailor's Hill Reef, have resumed work during the past month; they have, from 130 tons.

of quartz, obtained 6 dwts. 2'40 grs. per ton. _ , At Mauritius Reef; great exeitement prevails, in consequence of the fence on the east boundary of the New

United Freehold Company's ground being-found to be too much to the west, and a prospect from a shaft now going down in the paddock, and, at a depth of ,50 feet, showing gold in very great quantity. .

The St. George's Reef Quartz Company have erected an engine on their elaim, and are nearly ready to erush. This reef is southerly from the Mauritius,Reef, and. great expectations are consequently raised.

- Mr. Lucini Pietro has also completed the erection of his engine at Commissioner's Reef. They are going down with a shaft, but have also'an old tunnel from whieh payable quartz has been obtained.

Frenchman's Reef, Blind Creek, a prospecting party of six men were rewarded with £17 per man for one week, after several trial crnshlngs; the next week, £52 per man was got. There is little doubt but that scores of reefs in this division would show the same results if sydematieally worked.

, ') Wombat Hill.-Two companies have united for the purpose of re-working the alluvial lead running' north. easterly from the old crater; ninety men's additional ground has been reeently registered. '

The Astley United are working their claim with 00 men, and are in 800 feet south.easterly. 'rhe junction of the Wombat Hill and Astley gutters is proved beyond a doubt; the Astley gutter is 120 feet in width at present, with 6 to 8 feet of washdirt; the Wombat Hill lead being 35 feet wide, with from 6 inches to 2 feet 6 inches of wash.

,dirt. The influx of water has been so gre~t, since the removal of the Perseverance Company's engine and plant, that 12.inch pumps are being put in; they have crushed 8,160 tons of'stuft; realizing the excellent return of 1 dwt. 18'87 grs. per ton. Had the company been able to continue at full work during the whole quarter the returns would have been increased. ' "

The 'Cosmopolitan Company are transferring their plant to their north shaft, in order to work the Fern Hill lead, which has recently been struck by the Galatea Company; the shaft is down 180 feet; the stratification comprised roek, rotten rock, elay, and gravel, beneath the alluvium the bed rock being slaty, and through which they eontinued sinking. . '

The Galatea Company opened out at 134 feet, driving westwards, and struck the gutter at a short distance from the shaft. A trial crushing of 30 tons' gave 4 ozs. 8 dwts., or 3 dwts; 7'53 grs. to the ton of three trncks.

The Fern Hill Company are vigorously pushing on their works. . The Perseverance Gold Mining Company have sunk a new shaft westwards of their old one; the gutter came in

from the Pride of the Hill and Wallaby 'ground boundary very shallow, the \vashdirt being struck at 90 feet, and the present position of the new shaft will enable the company to work highly advantageously: .

The Corinella Paddock, at Blanket Flat, continues to yield well; 220 men are engaged in' this paddock. -The Daylesford Extension Gold Mining Company continue working their gutter advantageously; the prospects

are mueh improved during the latter half of the quarter.. . , Alluvial workings, not specially named, are in general doing passably; and, the men eilgaged in them earn

suffieient, in general, ·to keep themselves tolerably comfortable during about four months, or from that to six; very few working as miners duriug the whole year. .

Puddlers and sluicers, except in or near to the beds of creeks, are anxiously awaiting water. 1'he alluvial mining population has increased considerably during the quarter; but until a eomprehensve water

supply, with a perpetual he1id at Ii high level, is obtained,' sluicing and puddling will not be possible for more' than two-fifths of the year. Quartz prospecting goes on as usual, and occasionally specimens, that prove the existence of numerous unworked reefs, present themselves.

" ' f) NOTE.-Mr. Hale hos fOrWlll'ded to the Ofllce 01 blillcs sections sllowing the wOl'kings of the Perseverance Gold lIIinlog Company above referred to.

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TARADALE 'SUBDIVISION. Mr. Tho'mas Orwin, Mining Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND TIlE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

WIH~re Quartz, &c., were

! I Average Yield 01 ! Gold.\ R<>marks relative to the

Xrune 01 Company. Quartz crusbe~. Gold per Ton. I Depth at wh!eh the obtained, Quartz, &e., were obtn.:tned.

tons cwt. qr, oz, dwt. gr. : oz. dwt. gr.

Prince Albert ... Near Taradale ' .. 94 0 0 o 12 13'27 59 0 0 40 feet Achilles .. ' .. ' Taradale ... .. . 162 0 0 0 2 13'48 20 15 0 Various depths Lord Newry , .. Near Taradale ... i 109 0 0 0 7 8'41 i 88 18 12 85 feet

Quartz Tailings and 'Total Quartz , •• I 365 0 0 0 6 12'06 lI8 13 12

Cement crushed. " ...1 i 'London and 'LU Taradale ... 2,600 0 0 0 o 22'61 122 10 0 : i

ALLUVIAL MINING.

Nothing new has occurred in the shallow workings here during the quarter, except the opening of the Botanical gardens, and the adjacent ground in proximity to the Taradale Viaduct! whi?h is yielding satisfactory results. The lead seems to tend towards Mr. Urquhart's paddo'ck, east of the Hlberman, Golden Hope, Lady Darling, and Park lead claims; the three latter are idle, but are likely to be taken up and worked to profit •

. The claim I alluded to in my last report, viz., Tibb and party. as obtaining very coarse gold from the Cambrian ground, are now tunnelling the hill, driving south-east under the trap formation, and have proved various gutters all running towards the Great Central claim. The gold they obtain is generally found on the reef sloping eastwards.

,South of the Great Central claim is the Lord Malmsbury claim, still idle, although there is a good shaft sunk to the depth of 235 feet, and a level opened out at 225 feet on the top of a gutter, with a heavy wash, the depth of which has not yet been proved, but wash-dirt obtained at this level yielded 11 ozs. to the machine.

The party who took up the Rising Sun claim, now called the" Try-again," are energetically at work putting in their main drive, and daily expect to be on the gutter. The great abundance of water ,with which they have to contend. impedes their progress; besides, in this claim is a drift such as is found in the Lord Malmsbury south, and the London and Melbourne, and other claims north-west of this claim. A. drive was lost last week in the London and Melbourne claim by 'this drift; and but a few, weeks ago, an accident occurred at the London through the same cause, wllereby one man lost his life: miners say it is a similar drift to that obtaining at Ballarat.

QUARTZ MINING. '

The Achilles Company are still sinking their ,shaft deeper, so that the water may be discharged from the workings into the well-hole, and they will be better able to obtain 'stone at a lower level. The lack of application of scientific skill in the working of this mine in former years has entailed numerons difficulties and an nnnecessary outlay of a large amount of capital. It is one of those mines which, with skilful and cheap management, will pay for years to come. The last small lot of stone crushed by this company yielded half an ounce to the ton.

The Lord Newry, cr Old Belltopper Company, have let their mine on tribute, the tributors are obtaining stone yielding 9 or 10 dwts. per ton, with an engine and battery on the Claim, that pays them, although the stone is very hard, and the reef but narrow.

, A new reef was discovered about a month ago in the parish of Emberton, about nine miles north-east of Tal'adale, approaching the Barfold BaDges. Several claims have been marked off and taken up, three of which have got 'gold. The prospectors have obtained highly auriferous stone, likely to yield 5 or 6 ozs. per ton; but as they have not yet had a trial crushing, I cannot report the correct yield. No, 1 North and No. 1 South have each struck the gold. ,

MALDON DIVISION. Mr. Robt. Nank:ivell, )Jlining Surveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CE~lENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREi1ROM:-

Where QUartz, &c" were A.verage Yield of 1.1 Remarks relative to the' Name of Company. . Quartz crushed. Total Depth at which the obtained.· . Gold ]ler Ton. . Quartz, &c., were olltaln.

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

Beehive ... '" Beehive Reef ... ... 185 0 0 O· 8 20'17 81 15 12 40 to 200 feet, Eaglebawk ... ... Eaglehawk Reef· . .. 646 0 0 0 5 6'57 170 6 23 150 to 280 feet

{ Linscott's, BeehiVe,} Linscott's Reef Labn's Eaglehawk 1,715 0 0 0 17 10'74 1,496 3 0 10 to 850 feet

and Nuggety Reefs Caledonia ... .. , Manton's and Parkins' ... 1,442 0 0 0 9 1S'S4 705 10 0 10 to 400 feet North Bl'itish ... Manton's I,isles ... 986 0 0 ·0 7 19'04 364 14 J8 20 to 28(} feet

{ Beehive, Post OffiCe,}

} From surface to 35 Phoonix ... Wilson's, Linscott's, 787 0 0 0 10 14'59 417 8 12 and Victoria Reefs feet

Albert ... ... Fenteman's Reef ... 191 0 0 0 8 17'84 83 10 0, . 300 feet

{ Omega Reef and Nug- } , Galatea ... gety Reef, Muckle- '\ 65 0 0 0 6 17'35 21 17 0, 150 feet

ford . Nelson ... '" Wilson's Reef... ... , 774 0 0 2 0, 1'02 1,549 13 0 800 feet

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--. Total Quartz ... 6,741 0 0 0 14- 12'26 4,890 18 17

Quartz Tailings and Cement crushed.

4 121 Nuggety ... . .. Quartz tailings ... 742 0 0 0 I 15'60 61 l'l'ince of Wales ... Cement '" ... 1,586 0 0 0 1 1'68 84 14 6

Total Quartz Tailings} and Cement 2,328 0 0 0 1 6'09 145 18 18

No. 51, d.

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There has been,but a poor yield this quarter for the number of tons' crushed; the public crushings have been generally low, and the parcels small, which may be accounted for by the large amount of prospecting going on in 'old reefs, many men during the quarterbeirigl,out of·, constant, employment, consequent on the Union, Beehive, Great Western and Derby Oompanies having, more or less, eeased work or reduced their hands underground.

In the' Esperance Oompimy's claim, on Linscott's Reef, at about 380 feet deep, a new reef has been discovered about 4 feet west of the old lode; which pinched out. The new reef shows prospects of, gold, but has not been opened out upon, the shareholders having determined to sink deeper. ;' ,-

, The 'Albert Company, on Fenteman's Reef,have 4 feet of stop.e, at about 400 feet deep, :withgol~ visibl~.in the stone.' ,,' .

Although of late mining, throughout the district, ha,s. been very dull, there is every prospect of Ii change for the better shortly.. ' , ,

The Beehive mine is drained an'd sinking resumed. ; The Great Western. Oompany tried, their maoI/mery Bome days since, and will commence work underground

shortly. ' , , '

I have the honor to forward herewitb sections of 'the Albert Quartz Mining COmpil.llY's mine at Fenteman's Reef, Maldon, which are drawn to a scale of 160 feet to an inch. Of the two reefs, shown on the cross 'section the' western one only his proved rem~erative, and has ranged from 12 ozs. to 12 dwts. to the ton; ,but be~ng ,an outside reef little attention was paid to it since the gold fell off at. a little over 300 feet until the present couipany finding the water, too much for whim buckets 'erected pumping a!ld cr~shing machinery. .

The lode struck at the 400 feet cross-cut is 4 feet thrqugh, and shows to be payable. No crushing as yet has been got out; the miners ar~ opening up. i " , " <, • "

,,(I . j.'. . lIf/iio Sh~t. '4 fl::flie. 8 f~fde. 'I: Main ahaft.

Se.6tions of th~ Alb~it'Coinpany's worki~gB, Fentellian's Reef, Maldon.

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Ji;. Alfred ii~8tro~, Mmimg S'1:£~~or an,d Regi8t;'!-r: . .

Nothing of importance has occurred during the past quarter beyond the fact of a,' s~ght rush to a gully about <

nine miles from Warburton, towards McMahon's Creek, on the Upper' Yana track ;[ the washdj.rt has been found to be about 2 feet deep, and yields from the sw-face about 6 grains to the dish. .,

" There has also been an incfease!I number of miners working at Boddle's Creek ori.'~. re-discovered lead of gold known as qoulthard Lead. . " .. ' .

, QUARTZ MINING;

The Golden Bower Company and others have about 170 tons of quartz waiting the completion of the erection of their machine, which will very shortly be in work~ng order. " ' ,

The New: Star, Gre~t Bri~ain, a~d 'Saral1.r~rie, ,Reefs, w:ill tlien,iri all probability be tested. All the alluvial miners are doing very fairly, and inform' me that they can average from £2 to £3 per man

per week, but have to undergo great discomforts during the wet weather in the winter season. .

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ST. ANDREW'S CENTRAL SUBDIVISION. > • { '..... f

Mr. Alfre~ Armstrong, Mini'flg Surveyor ap.d Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION lUS BEEN OBTAINED RltuTIVE TO THE' QUANTITY, OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING

-• TH;E QUARTER, AND THE GOJ,D OB,!,AINED T¥E!tEFRO~:-

' . . '

I , RelIlllrks relative to the Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Average Yield of ; Total Yield of Gold. . Depth at which the

Gold per Ton. I i

Quartz wa;; obtained.

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

Orain's Reef, No.5 N. Panton Hill ... ... 20 10 0 0 10 23'56 11 5 3 226 feet Oram's Reef, No.3 S. Panton Hill ... 12 ,0 0 2 9 0 29 8 0 Oram's Reef, No.1 S. Panton Hill ... H • I 10 0 5 16 0 8 14 0 Oram's Reef, No.4 S. . Panton Hill ... ... 7 0 0 6' 2 0 42 14 0 180 feet Lancashire Hero ... One-tree Hill ... . .. 1 0 O· 2 2 0 2 2 0 Eureka Reef ... You-you ." H. I 10 0 2 16 0 4 4 0 Growler's Reef ... Anderson's Creek Road 1 0 0 0 5 12 0 5 12 40 feet Boomer's Reef ... Caledonia ... 6 0 0 I 4 1 7 4 6 80 feet Perseverance You-you '. 2 0 0 O· 19 0 I 18 0 ... ... ... Allen's Reef ... ... You-you ... .. . 6 0 0 1 3 . 0 6 18 '0 Boomer's Reef ... Caledonia ... . .. 4 0 0 1 15 0 7 0 0 65 feet German Reef ... You-you ... . .. I '0 0 '4 10 .. 0 , . 4 10 0 Queenstown Reef ... Queenstown Hill ... 3 0 0 0 14 0 2 2 0 Jenny Lind ... • ..... 1 Caledonia .. ... ... 2 10 0 0 -18- ,0 -.- .- 2 5 0 Christian and Co. ... Diamond Creek & Pioneer 40 0 0 5 0 0 200 0 0 No.3 North Pioneer ... Diamond 'Creek ... 15 0 0 2 -0 0 30 0 0 Pioneer Prospecting ... Diamond Creek ... 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 o '0 Gray's Reef ••• ... Diamond Creek . .. 5 0 0 0 18 0 4·10 0 Gray's Reef ... I Diamond Creek

, 4 0 0 0 17 0 3 8 0 ... ...

Allen's Reef, N. ... You-you . .. ... 3 0 0 0 15 0 2 5 0 Nelson ... ... On~-tr~,e,Hill ... , '" 18: 0-0 0

118 21'33 0 0 ,

Total Quartz ... .156 0 0 2 9. 22'90 _ 389 12 21 r·

There is still a general dullness in quartz mining in this distri(,lt, which is tllemore apparent in the neighborhood of Queenstown, from the fact of several of its denizens having taken up claims at Anderson's Creek. As there are many other parties who have recently been attracted to this locality, and machinery is being constructed for crushing by water-power on the Yarra, I 'consid~r it 'probable that a general'resumption of reefing operations may follow. Many of the reefs that have been so long abandoned are well known to be payable under the altered and recently reduced charges for crushing and cartage. '

The Victoria or Nelson Company (One-tree Hill) made a further trial crushing of 18 tons of stone recently, which yielded 17 ozs. of gold. The lessees are now about-to drive their tunnel a further distance of 150 feet; and if the ground. would prove a little more encouraging extend their operations.

The only change 'in alluvial mining is the fact of a slight rush having taken place to some ground near the western boundary of the township of Queentown, known as the" Slaughter. yard Rush." The sinking is the deepest of any in the district; being about 60 feet; but the best claims have only paid from £3 to £3 lOs, per manler week. , The river workings at Anderson's Creek are now all suspended, owing to the ri~ing of the river. II have done

remarkably well, with only one exception. The claim called the "Graball " yielded to four men, for four months' work, 930zs. of gold, and. at the time of its suspension, the clainlholders state that their ground had only been begun upon.

The Happy-go-Lucky claim of Lee and Oargills, situated a short distance higher ul? the river, yielded from 30 tubs of wash.dirt, 3 ozs. to the tub; the last 6 feet of drift having given 10 OZS., the clrom being now registered for future resumption, as soon as the Yarra falls sufficiently to admit of the same being worked. Q

I have no hesitation in stating that nearly all the alluvial miners located on the south side of the Yarra have made very fair wages during"the past quarter; and th~fr prospec't'id'or the futUl.'e seehI"moI'e defined and certain from the local knowledge acquired, most of them having been residents for several years in the neighborhood.

KYNETON SUBpIVIS~O;N ..

Mr. Thomas O'l"l1Yi.tnr,MilnVng Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE' TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSlIED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM':- • ,

Name of Company. i Where ~u6rtz was O~talned. Average Yield of ITotal' Wold. Remarks relative to the

Quartz crushed. Depth at Which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained.

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz, dwt, gr. Prince Alfred ... Kangaroo . .. ... I,lIS -0 0 0 1 12 84 3 12 90 feet to 280 Wellington ... Lauriston . .. . .. 300 I) 0 0 2 16 40 0 0 150 feet Wyndham '" ... Lauriston . .. ... 20 '0- 0 0 4 1

i 4 o 20 80 feet

, Total Quartz '" 1,438 0 0 0 1 18'79 128 4 8 -

ALLUVIAL MINING.

In. the Kyne~o~ Subdivision but little is doing in alluvial mining: there is but one deep claim at work. . , A ~ompany IS III course of fo:mation to work a large claim, consisting of about 180 acres, at Lauriston: the

slllklllg ';111 be about 200 feet, and IS to be managed by gentlemen from B~rat, .

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QUA~T2i MINING.

The returns in this important branch of mining operations continue very dull. ' The Prince Alfred Gold Mining Oompany, on the Frenchman's Reef, Kangaroo, have ceased to work from their

tunnel and have sunk their shaft deeper, and let a portion of the mine to tributors, who anticipate satisfactory results, alt!lough the stone lately has been very poor. '

The Wellington still continues to work without very favorable results. -A new reef was recently discovered, about ten miles north:west of Kyneton, in the Seven-mile Forest. A

trial crushing 'has just been completed, yielding 1 oz. 3 d wts. per ton. ClaiIDs are marked off for over a mile on the supposed lode., The only claims at work yet are on private propcrty.

BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. R. H. Horne, Mining Registrar.

, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUA.NTITY OF QUART2i CRUsHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFRo~r:-

i Average Yield of Remarks relAtive to the

Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Total Yield of (lold. Depth at which the , 'Gold per Ton. QUllltz ",a. obtained.

, tons cm. qr. oz. dwi. gr. oz. dm. gr.

Alma Reef ... ... Alma Reef . .. . .. 492 0 0 0 4 5'81 lO4 7 4 220ft.; depth of water-

New Amelia Reef ... Amelia Reef .•. ... 150 0 () level, 210ft.

o 12 0 90 0 0 245 ft.; depth of water-level, 245 ft.

Total Quartz ... 642 0 o· 0 6 1'31 194' 7 4

The newly opened reef, within three miles of Trentham, continues to show good signs of gold. The auriferous lead has been traced to a considerable distance: it is thought to be a continuation of the Alma. Reef; The shaft is now 60 feet deep. 'They have had one crushing of ~ tons; but the yield of gold has heen so differently stated by different parties connected with the claim that I prefer to say nothing about it for the present.

The Columbian has again stopped all work, and appears to be again abandoned.

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

ARARAT DIVISION.

illr. Oharles J. W. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Regi8trf!tr.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING

THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

, • Where Quartz was obtained. A vernge YIeld of Remarks relative to the

Name of Oompany. Quartz crushed, Tota.! Yield of Gold. Depth at which the Gold per Tou. Quartz was obtained.

\ tons em. qr. oz. dm. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

North Star ... ... Campbell'sReef, Muyston 1,626 0 0 0 12 0 975 12 0 296 feet

Kangaroo Campbell's Reef, Moyston ,

8 0 480 0 0 500 feet ... ... 1,200 0 0 0

North Perseveranc~ ... CampbeU'sReef,Moyston I, 370 0 0 0 10 7'45 190 15 ~ I ~~o~::t Eaglel:\awk .•. ... ' Eaglehawk Reef, Arm- : 80 0 0 0 8 0 32 0 strong's

Total Quartz '''I~~-o 0 10 5'91 I 1,678 7 0

Alluvial mining in this division during the last quarter has not presented any important novelties. The number of diggeI:s, both European and Chinese, remain but slightly altered. Several small patches of auriferous alluvium have been found amongst the old workings, affording temporary employment to small groups of miners; but the majority are engaged in fossicking old ground. Great interest exists as to the issue of the immense preparations making by the Ararat Black Lead Uompany, who have already expended upwards of £23,000 on their works. From a depth of 196 feet in their shaft they have put in a horizontal'chamber 300 feet in length, an~ at 270 feet from the shaft they are putting up a rise through the schist to reach the auriferous drift; the work has advanced 26 feet of about 40 feet the estimated height of the,drift above the chamber; they expect to reach the drift in a few days. The water, which originally stoo.d at 18 feet below ,the surface of the ground, makes at the rate of ~6,000 gallons per hour.

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In quartz mining I have to report a steady advance. At Oampbell's Reef, Moyston, the North Star have, from a depth of 296 feet, raised 1,626 tons of stone, yielding 976 ozs. of gold.

The Southern Cross have been engaged improving their machinery, at the same time they sunk their working shaft an additional 100 feet, making its total depth 510 feet. They are now taking out stone from three levels simultaneously. No stone has been crushed during the quarter. They employ 21 men at present.

The Northern Perseverance Company have raised, from a depth of 140 feet, 370 tons of stone, yielding 100i ozs. of gold. They employ 8 to 12 men.

?,he Kangaroo Company have, from a depth of 500 feet, raised 1,200 tons of stone, yielding 480ozs. of gold. They employ 45 men.

At Moor's Reef, Ararat, reefing has been at a stand. The Noah's Ark Company, failing to find payable stone, have, for want of funds, stopped work; and the whole leased ground, with the machinery and works, have been transferred to a new company. This stoppage of the Noah's Ark has affected the other leased claims in its vicinity, and they are all at a stand still.

The reefs at Armstrong's, during a period extending over eight or ten years, have been tried on and off with prospects that would now be payable with the advantages of improved machinery and low priced crushing. The Eaglehawk Reef fairly promises to be the best that has yet been opened in the district. When the Eaglehawk claim was taken up by the present company, a few months ago, a shaft was sunk, and from a well defined reef, nearly 2 feet in thickness, 80 tons of stone ,were taken, which yielded 9 dwts. of gold per ton; the stone evidently improving to the northward. The company are preparing to erect efficient machinery, and will get to work with as liUle delay as possible. '

Two other quartz mining leases have been applied for on the same line of reef and adjacent to the Eaglehawk Company's. Several claims have also been takcn up under the Mining Bye-laws, and prospecting is being earnestly carried on. The locality of this reef is regarded by 'many experienced miners as the most promising new reefing district of the west, as it is believed that all the reefs are the same as those worked to so much advantage at Pleasant Creek.

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.

Mr. John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ,HAS 'BEEN OBTAINED, RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-.

Where Quartz, &c., were Avernge Yield of Remarks relative to the Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Total Yield of Gold. Depth at wbieh the obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz, &e., were obtained.

tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. St. George's ... Scotchman's Reef ... 2,883 0 0 1 8 18'11 4,145 0 0 820 feet Cambrian ... ... Wonga- Wonga and 400 0 0 1 0 0 400 0 0 From 70 to 200 feet

Sloan's Reef Moonlight ... ... Scotchman's and Cross i,450 0 0 o 16 0 1,160 0 0 From 300 to 500 feet

Reef Victoria ... ... Cross and Scotchman's ... 1,294 0 0 1 o 15'37 1,335 9 0 300 to 400 feet Lamont and Co. ... Scotchman's and Flat 2,404 0 0 1 1 5'63 2,552 8 0 300 to 562 feet

Pleasant Creek Cross Reef .. ~. Cross Reef ... ... 722 0 0 0 7 23'66 288 6 0 200 feet

Wimmera ... ... Scotchman's Reef ... 3.7;31 0 0 1 o 11'07 3,817 1 0 320 to 350 feet

Total Quartz ... 12,884 0 0 1 1 6'32 13,698 4 0

Quartz Tailings and Cement crushed.

Cambrian .. "~ .. , .. Silver Shilling ... 400 0 0 0 3 18 75 0 0 N. and S. Wales ... ... ... ... 2,000 0 0 0 4 0 400 0 0 Tregea and Co. .. ' ... ... ... 1,200 0 0 0 3 16 220 0 0 Hit-or-Miss (Chinamen) ... ... ... 80 0 0 0 4 0 16 0 0

Total Quartz Tailings} ,

and Cement 3,680 0 0 0 3 20'73 711 0 0

. QUARTZ.

The various mines in this locality continue in a most prosperous condition, and the quantity of stone raised, as well as the average return 9f gold obtained therefrom, have materially increased. The want of sufficient crnshing power, however, has been inconveniently felt, so that several claims were obliged to reduce their hands from time to time, in consequence of the large ~nantity of uncrnshed stone remaining on the claim. This will be shortly remedied by the introduction of three additional engines and 160 head of stampers.

The Flat Cross Reef has been unusually productive in claim No.7 North. This is the more encouraging, as at t~is point it has reac~ed a d:pth of. 500 feet. Here, also, it presents a new and interesting featur.e, namely, rich speCImens of gold assoCIated WIth pyrItes. '

On the Scotchman's line eleven claims are producing gold, their average being over 1 oz. per ton. . A new reef has been struck in the extreme northern claim, on the Perthshire Reef, at a depth of about 200 feet, the trial kiln yielded 1 oz, 2 dwts. per ton. This reef has been broken into for a distance of 7 feet across its course without getting through it, so that it must:be of considerable thickness; in consequence of this discovery, shares have advanced considerably in value along the'whole .Perthshire Reef. '

On the South Scotchman's, the Rose of Denmark Company have, after a suspension of nearly two years, resumed work, and being assis~ed by the adjoining claims, have commenced sinking their shaft, which they propose carrying down to a depth of 600 feet;, benefit has, acoordingly, been felt already by the adjoining claims, in the shape of drainage, so that several have been enabled to continue sinking their shafts below the original water-leveL

Qn the Hampshire Reef considcrable activity prevails, but no payable stone has yet been discovered. Further south, the W onga-W onga Rccf is yielding vcry good returns in Henderson's Prospecting claim, but the adjoining claims, with one exception, have been unable as yet to discovl'lf tpe continuatioI;! of this lode.

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,'<l'" O'iitlie Oioi!S"R:eEif' a number 'of cl~ms have amaigamated for the purpose ofprospectiilg fOfa:iower fiat reef, which is supposed to underlie the present reef. This work is 'to' be effected' by means of boring, arid' 'Messrs'. Grant,' Lam~n~, and CO.'8 Bha~t has been sel~c~ed for this important work. The prese~t depth of this shaft being nearly 609, feet,'It IS proposed to bore for an addItIonal depth of 400 feet. Tenders for this work' have been accepted, and the,

, required,W!!o9,lJ.i,n.elY Will, shortly pe erect'l4. ' ' ..,', . . Several companies have been formed for th~ purpose of prospecting various outlying ree~s, principally in the,

dI,rec~lon 9f the,de~p lead, but, up to the present time none have produced payable stone; but, as none of them' have been tested'below,the'waterlevel, which level is at an inconsiderable depth froni the surface, about Isd ~eet, they cannot be,said to have been properly prospected; all; however, have produced gold ranging from 2 to 4'dwts. per ton.

, pQ.nsid!,lrabUdmprovement has been effected in the machinery of several crushing mills; the capacity of the~r reservoirs, I1S well as the construction of their embankments, have also be~n greatly improve,d; and, altogether, the progress of tliis locality, during the last three month's, may be considered as highly satisfactory.'" "

ALLUVIAL.

I cannot !!peak so favorably of the prospects of alluvial mining: there' i~ a falling off in the number of European while there is a slight increase in Chinese. At present the superior attraction of .the quartz reefs causes alluvial prosp'ecting to pe altogether neglected. However, tllere appears to be but very trifling (if any) falling off in the produce of gold from the old leads, and those at present working them seem well satisfied with the returns ob'tained." "

. " ~ommercial Street Leads are almost exclusively in the hands of Chinese, and the same may be said of the Eastern part of the 'Deep Lead. , ,

_ . The Standard Company, on the Deep Lead, are persevering, and in the face of great difficulties have erected an engine, alfd are proceeding vigorously with their work; having overcome the water which at ,first threatene;;l to be a serious obStacle. J They have got their sJiaft down to a depth of 90 feet, with every' indication of being on the deep, ground. , '

There is very little doing at the Great Western, and at Shakespere Hill the lead has been lost for the present, and that diggings all but abandoned.

" BARKLY ·DIVISION.

Mr.:.John D'..Alton" M'vnilng Swrveyor,ana Registrar.

v/ !I~. :J.J (' •. '" ~;! QUARTZ There hasbeeJ{ no quartz miniIig during the quarter.

ALLUVIAL.

,The re~enhainB have given some, slight impetus to alluvial miui~g, and there has been consequently an increase in·the popriYati6n,' ,,,;. : .

Somenew·patches of grou:nd have been opened at the Frenchman's Lead, and this, together with Waler's rush, now support the larges~ section of miners in the divi8ion; the lead, however, is poor and difficult to follow.

At IJands);lOrough a small'rush ];tas taken place :called "Charcoal rush," but the ground is of inconsiderable e:x.tent, al).dis siiPP9Sed to be only' a patch, the. principal product being cement. Considerable inconvenience h~s been experienced by miners whose claims only produced cement, in consequence of the temporary stoppage of the only crushingcmachinein'th!'l divisio:n, for tHe purpose of repairs; wor,k has, however, been resumed within the last week, but as no crushinghadlbeen completed I was unable to obtain any return from this machine. 1

Beyond I the' old, claims, there i~ scarcely ,any thing doing in Glenpatrick, the other companies having failed to' find payable ground'; as;'however, nothing was attempted in the new 'ground beyond sinking one shaft and ,driving' about 50 feet, I do not think this place has been fairly tested. . ' / .

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RAGLAN DIYISION. l .

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" Mr. John Templeton, Milnilng Swrveyor and Registrar. I, ...':. 0 ."

THE FOLLOWING INFoRMATION'.HAS Blh1!N OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ ORUSHED DURING THE :" QUARTER,.;AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:- .

•

, .. .. Remarks relative to the Name of COID]lllIlY. Were Quartz wtis obb.ined. Quartz Cl'UBhed. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold: depth at which the

Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained. ~-,

tons. cwt. qr. ozs. dwt. gr. ozs. dwt. gr. . She~t Anclior ... About silc'miles north-" "10 0 0 0 7! 0 3 '15.0 60 feet.

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' .. : . east of Beaufort " " ! .. .... 0. .. . " . '" ," .

The e.liove was fu:~~eIY a trial crushing of stone ootaineo In a H- in ,this neighborhood. I

" 'J'iie:.Yie~~ 9:£ gol!'lIJlhow~ a ,considerable increase on that of the previous quarter, although I have to note a sligh~ decrease, in the'number of miners. "

A 1J0.operatipn party of ~!ln men have comlJlenced operations on a quart~ reef, which was formerly worked and then abandoned. It is' sitnated about six miles rlorth~east of Beaufort:' In the prospecting shaft the reef was struck 8£the depth of SO feet, 'and 'found to be about S feet thick. A trial crushing was made of ,10 tons of the stone, and the yield was n dwts. to. the ton, with very inferi()r appliances in the shape of machinery. The men are at present employed in ma'kmg a dam; and have arranged for an engine of 18 horse-power and 12 stamp-heads to be brought on the ground shortly. ,

, The. Hope Company in the Police Paddock; and the Perseverance Company in Wingfield's Gully, are still at work, but have only had moderate returns during the quarter. The small lease in Shicer's Gully continues to give very good returns. .' '

. , The .co-oper~tive party inNe-yv ~ing Cha:lie's Gully hav~ had Bome very 'Hne yiel~s Sil;lCO my last re.port., AbOut Sulky Flat and Charlton there 18 stIll a conSIderable populatlOn profitably employed, chIefly 1D the 9ld worklllgs. In a gully leading into th~ Waterloo Swamp there has been a small rush during the quarter:. about 30 men are at present employed there. The sinking is dry and from 20 'to 30 feet deep. '

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GIPPS,LA·ND MINING DISTRI'c'T.

OMEO SUBDIVISION.

Mr. William Phipps, Mining Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE 'QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DUR.ING THE QUARTim, AND THE, GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROlI :-.

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Average Yield of. I Total Yield of Gold. Remarks relative to the

Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crashed. Depth at which the. .. Gold per Ton. Qulntz was obtained .

tons cwt. qr.· oz. dm. gr. oz. dm. gr ••

Duke ... . .. Swift's Creek ... ... 27 0 0 0 13 I:.N4 18 5 ,0, " Surface to 30 feet Black Prince ... Swift's Creek •.. ... 18 10 0 3, 4 1'29 59 5 0 Surface to 16 feet Eureka ... ... Swift's Creek ... . .. 87 0 0 1 0 15'44 I 89 16 0 Surface to 75 feet

Total Quartz ... 132 10 0 1 5 6'06 I~;;-;-

Most of the alluvial claims at Swift's Creek continue to be suspended for want of water, and many of the Chinese formerly engaged there, aided by some of their countrymen from the Buckland, have availed themselves of the unusual lowness of the water to take up and work' a considerable extent of ground as river claims on the Tambo, from Swift's Creek downwards. .

An extensive tunnel and tailrace have just been completed by the New Adventure ComJ?any, by cutting through a 'high rocky bluff, known as the Frenchman's Hill, on Livingstone Creek, opposite the township. It will enable the company to re'·work a considerable portion of the best part of the creek, and probably employ a number of hired hands. ,

New reefs continue to be discovered on the banks of the Upper Bendoc, near Delegate !'[ount8.in, which dominates a large area of proved auriferous country. At Wombat Creek and Cobungara there is no change worthy of note.

·NOTE.-Mi', Phipps has forwarded to the Office of Mines a photograph of the New Adventure tunnel and tailrace above referred to .

.. MITCHELL RIVER' SUBDIVISION.

Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Swrveyor and Registrar.

The recent favorable accounts from the Upper Bendoc a;nd Alexandra goldfields have caused about .one hundred of the miners to leave this division. A number have also left for Queensland. , , '

The stagnatiou in quartz mining mentioned in my last report continues. The miners in the alluvial clainis continue to earn fair wages. Some of the claimholders have been cOmpelled

to suspend operations during the last two months, owing to a want of sufficient water. A number of parties have been, and are, out prospecting in the creeks and gullies on the eastern side of Mount Taylor. On one of these cJ;eeks, known as Clifton, a prospecting and several ordinary creek claims have been registered. I am informed by' one of the prospectors that he and his mates earn from 50s. to 60s. per week each.

CROOKED RIVER' SUBDIVISION. , , Mr. James Trow, Mining Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTIH OF QUARTZ CRUSHED AND PYRITES OPERATED ON DURING THE QUARTER, A.ND THE GOLD OBTAINED TlIEll.liFROM:-

I Where Qoortz, &c., were A. verage Yield' of Bernarkll relative to the Name of Company, ' Quartz crushed, Total Yield of Gold, Depth at Which the obtained. Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained.

tons om. qr. oz. dm. gr. 0lI. dm. gr. Evening Star ... ... Evening Star Reef . .. 410 0 0 017 2'22 350 8 0 120 feet John Conness ... ... . John Conness Reef '" 320 0 0 o .I 1 1'50 177 0 0 15 feet below water·level Sayers and Manuel ... Vulcan Reef ... '" 35 0 0 4 16 9'60 168 14 0 40 feet Bassitt and Co .• ... Glen Ora Reef . .. 5 0 0 o 19 9'60 4 17 0 80 feet Primrose and Co, ... Palmerston Reef . .. 11 0 0 1 6 4'36 14 8 0 90 feet Selater and Pattison ... Rubble 110ef ... ... 55 0 0 I 9 2'18 80 0 0 40 to 90 feet Lightbound and Co, ... Uncle Tom·Reef ... 12 0 0 1 ._0_1:4. .. ' • 12 7 0 60 feet Clout and Fantella Niagara Reef ... ... 10 0 0 1 4 19'2 12 8 0 Surface to 20 feet Whiting and Willmott, Time-will-tell Rcef ... 84 0 0 1 1 5'42 89 3 0 20 to 90 feet Hubbard and Co. .. , Champion Reef ... ... 15 0 0 2 7 0 35 5 0 80 fcet Norton and Co. ... Brother Jonathan . .. 14 0 0 010 0 7 0 0 60 to, 80 feet Kent Company ... Hibernia Reef ... . .. 68 0 0 0 9 5'38 ; 31 7 6 80 to 100 feet - '

Welckina and Co. ... Specimen Hill Reef . .. 40 0 0 1 o 10'8 40 18 0 Surface to 60 feet Merrington and Co. ... . Walthamstow Reef . .. 12 0 0 , 2 3 8 26 0 0 Surface to 20 fe,et Good Hope , .. ... Good Hope Reef .. . 639 0 0 3 5 18'55 .2,101 9 0 350 to 500 feet .. -----

Pyrites operated on. Total Quartz . .. 1,730 0 0 1 16 10'32 3,151 't 6 -~---

Good Hope ... ... Good Hope Mill ... 12 0 0 40 8 8 485 0 0

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, The principal item of importance is the abandonment of the Hibernian mine by the Ken't Company, after a trial of over two years. The company have gone to very great expense in erecting crushing machinery, and also in sinking shafts and putting in ,drives for the purpose of prospecting the mine; but although the stone taken out appears to be sufficiently rich to pay for raising, yet, from the limited supply of water available for crnshing, 'they have been compelled to discharge the hands and abandon the reef. This is the more to be regretted from the fact that there is at the present time over 100 tons of stone at the ~ill which they are unable to crush. It is the intention of the company, I believe, to remove the whole of their mining plant to some.other part of the division. '

The Good Hope Company have been very successful this quarter, having crushed 639 tons of quartz, yielding' 2,101 OZ8. of gold. They bve also operated on 12 tons of pyrites, from which they obtained 485 ozs., being an average of 40 ozs. 8 dwts. to the ton. 'rp.e pyrites from this reef is of three qualities, numbered 1, 2, and 3. No.1 is taken from the blankets, and Nos. 2 and 3 are saved by means of the percussion tables patented by Mr. H. A. Thomson, and improved upon by the present manager of thc Good Hope Company. No.1 is by far the richest in quality; 1,900 lbs. of it gave a return of 120 ozs. 3 dwts. The company are pushing on vigorously with their lower level; it is already in over 200 feet, and they exgect to drive 900 feet further ,before cutting the vein. They have still three months' work for their full complement of men above the present level. , On the Upper Dargo the Evening Star and John Oonnees. are the only reefs from which any stone has been

crushed, if I except a few tons crushed on trial from the Walthamstow. ' The John Conness Reef has been paying so badly of late that the company have determined to abandon it,

and purpose removing their mill to some reef in the neighborhood of Grant. , In alluvial mining I have very little change to report. On the Twenty-five and Thirty-mile Creeks the miners,

are making fair wages, and a few parties are doing well on the Middle Dargo.

NOTE.-Mr. Travis has 10rwnrdcI\ to the Office ol,Mlnes sections showing the workings 01 the Good Hope mine.

JERICHO SUBDIVISION.

Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining S~trveyor and Registrar.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIYE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING. TITE QUARTER, ,AND TIlE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

Average Yield of Name 01 Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Gold per Ton.

tOllS cwt. qr. ~z. Owt. gr. Loch Fyne ... Loch Fyne Reef ... 60 0 0 o 16 16 Blue Jacket ... Blue Jacket Reef . .. 100 0 0 o 12 9'60 Eldorado ... ... Eldorado Reef . .. 200 0 0 0 9 4'20

Total Quartz ... 360 0 0 11 7'66

, • A mixed lot 01 mullock. tailings, and 'lunrtz, with 31 oz. 18 owt. obtained from copper plates. t The tonnage of thls lot is estimated. No other crushlngs have roken plnce in tllis oivislon.

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.Total 'Gold.

oz. dwl. gr.

50 0 0 62 0 0 91 15, 0

203 15 0

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Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Quartz was obtaiued.

About 80 feet. About 50 feet.'" About 70 feet.t

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I have nothing remarkable to chronicle in the mining history of this division during the past quarter, with the exception of the transfer, now in progress, of the Smile of Fortune crushing batteries to the Dry Creek, and, in connection therewith, of a boiler and This machinery is intended to work the. Red J aeket and Moonlight ~efs, on which several leases have been applied for: so far, therefore, quart'! .. is reviving in this division, and promises to continue to advance, as the Red Jacket Reefs are likely to be payable, ju ng from the crushings obtained by the No. 1 Sou~h New Chum Gold Mining Company. . .

The Eldorado men continue to drive their tunnel for opening up and working their claim economically. The dry weather has been rather fav.orable, to this division, since, without flooding the claims, there has been

sufficient water to carry on alluvial mining; while, on the other hand, the reefs were not sufficiently forward to have been inconvenieneed by the short supply.

DONNELL Y'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.'

Mr. Arthur F. Walker, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

'fHE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, lIAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM:-

I Where Qnartz was obtained. Average Yield of I 01 Gold. Remark's relntive to the

Name of Company. Quartz crnshed. Depth at which the' Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained.

tons cwt. ql'. OZ. dwt. gr. oz, dwt. gr.

North Crinoline ... No~th Crinoline Co.'s 75 0 0 0 9 16'32 ,36 6 0 tunnel

Morning S~r ... Moruing Star tunnel ... 72 0 0 1 0 4 ' I 72 12 0

Total Quartz ." 147 0 0 0 14 19'59 I lOS 18 0

This subdivision, as far as quartz mining is concen{ed, has been very much at a standstill during the last quarter. The North Crinoline QUaJ:tz Crushing Machine has been the, only mill at work, and the amount of stone crushed very small. 'rhe,tributors of the North Crinoline and Morning Star claims continue to take out payable stone, and will shortly have another crushing. ,

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The Harp of Erin tributors have taken out abo"'ut 400 tons 'of quartz, which promises to yield a fair return, but ·they hflve beell unable to crush it from the want of water. The Pickwick Company have about 300 tons stacked, but are also'waiting for a supply of water to crush. '. . '

'l'he Mount Useful Prospecting Claim, and Nos. 1,2, and 3 North, intend to commence work immediately. I hope, therefore, that the return of gold from quartz will next quarter far exceed that of the present. .

The alluvial miners on Donnelly's Creek are making good wages, and contribute the greater part of the gold m this subdivision. '

Nothing new has been discovered either iF- quartz or alluvial.

STRINGER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.

Mr.J-ohn S. Patterson, Mining Registrar.

'THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN ODTAINED RELATIVE TO TilE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSIIED DURING THE

QUARTER, AND THE GOLD ODTAINED THEREFROM:-

A vernge Yield of Remarks relative to the - Name of Company. Where Qnartz was obtained. Quartz crushed. Total YIeld of Gold. Depth nt which the Gold per Ton. Quartz was obtained,

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tons cwt. qr. oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Wellesley , .. ... No.8 North, Cohen's Reef 439 0 0 2 8 22'10 1,073 16 6 30 feet below creek Walhalla ... ... No.7 North, Cohen's Reef 964 0 0 2 14 2'09 2,607 0 0 20 to 80 feet above

creek North Gippsland ... No.6 North, Cohen's Reef 296 0 0 2 5 4'29 668 13 0 40 feet below to 80 feet

above creek Golden Fleece (tribu- No.5 North, Cohen's Reef 159 0 0, 1 15 10'56 281 15 0 80 feet above creek

tors) South Gippsland (tribu- Prospecting Claim '" 120 0 0 0 11 17'80 70 9 0 40 feet below creek

tors) .TubalCain ... T~bal Cain Reef . .. 144 0 0 0 1 8'63 9 15 19 100 feet deep Happy-go-Lucky '" Happy-go-Lucky ... 150 0 0 0 18 15'52 139 17 0 200 feet above creek Longfellow'3 ... Longfellow's Reef ... 702 0 0 1 7 14'87 969 9 0 70 feet above creek Wealth of Nations ... Shamrock Line ... . .. 39 0 0 1 15 21'54 70 0 0 Perseverance ... Shamrock Line ... ... 137 0 0 0 11 19'18 80 16 12

-------------Total Quartz ... 3,150 0 0 1 17 21'95 5,!l71 11 13

I have nothing to report for this quarter; there have been no di~coveries eithp.r in quartz reefs or alluvial.

RUSSELL'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Oharles Gadd, Mining Registrar.

The p,rospectors of the Empire Reef expect to have their battery at work by the 1st September. The quantity of. gold obtamed ~rom alluvial workings has fallen off d?-ring. the quarter, chiefly owing to the rise in the 'rivers. The mIllers are sc~tterIDg over the small creeks, many of whIch WIll pay from £1 to £3 per week during the winter months. A nugget WeIghing 13 ozs. 5 dwts. was obtained last' week in the banks of the Tangil River; this is the largest piece

-:found in this division.

No, 51, ,e. By Authority: JOlIN FERRES, Government Printer, Melbourne.