MINING SURVEYORS· AND REGISTRARS.

1877.

-VICTORIA.

REPORTS

OF THE

MINING SURVEYORS· AND REGISTRARS.

QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 1877.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIA.l\£ENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.

lily :llut~otitll: JOHN FERRIS, GOYJUlNlllilNT 1'1UN7:U, DLBOl1lUiE.

APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORTS.

!'reparation, about ,. Lithographing, &c;-.', . "-" -:.; _.

'!'rlntlnll (1,575 copies) ,t'.

Total

': ...

.. I

;',J ...

;£ B. d. 13 I) 0 19 0 0 99 5 0

131 6 0

][NDEX ..

Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 30th September 1877. Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter in some of the Deepest Minell

in Victoria; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. ' Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 30th September 1877, p. 5. Gold received at and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter ended 30th September 1877, p. 5. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 30th September 1877,

p.6. . Summary of Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed and crushed during the Quarter ended 30tli September

1877, p. 16. Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 30th September 1877, p. 19.

Ballarat Central Division Ballarat Southern Division Buninyong Division Smythesdale Division Creswick Division •• , Gordon Subdivision

BAU,! RAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. D. Christy. Miniug Registrar... ... 7,13,14,15,16,19,23 Mr. George Perry, Mining Registrar 7,16,18,19,23 Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar... 7, 19,24 Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7,18,19,24 Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7,14,15,19,24 Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar... 8,19,20

Steiglitz Subdivision ... Mr. W. W. Greene, Mining Registrar ... 8,14,15,19,25 Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8,14,15,19,25 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South

Subdivision Balian Subdivision ...

Beechworth Division Yackandandah South Subdivision Indigo Division Buekland Division ... Alexandra Subdivision Dry Creek Subdivision Gaffhey's Creek Subdivision .•• Wood's Point Subdivision ... Big River Subdivision ... Mitta Mitta North Subdivision Mitta Mitta South Subdivision Jamieson Subdivision

Sandhurst Division ... Kilmore Division Heatheote Division and Waranga

division Waranga North Subdivision ...

Maryborough Division Majorca Subdivision Amherst Division ... Avoca Subdivision .. , Dunolly and Tarnagulla Division

Inglewood Division ... Wedderburn Division Redbank Subdivision St. Arnaud South Subdivision St. Arnaud North Subdivision

Castlemaine Division Fryer's Creek Division Hepburn Division ... Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision Tarrangower Division St. Andrew's Division Blue Mountain North Subdivision

Ararat Division Pleasant Creek Division Barkly Division Raglan Division

Mr. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar Mr. J. Smart, Mining Registrar Mr. G. Anderson, Mining Registrar ••• Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Hegistrar ... Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Min' urveyor and Registrar Mr. J. Pemberton, Mining . Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mi g urveyor and Registrar Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. J. C. Forster, Mining Registrar Mr. W. H. Cochrane, Mining Registrar Mr. W. H. Edwards, Mining Registrar

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

8,19

8, 15,16,19,26 8,15,19,26 8,16,20,27 9,15,20,27 9,15,20,27

20,27 9,15,20,27

10,20,28 10,20,28

• •• 10,14,20,28 20,28

10,20,28

Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar

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

10,14,15,16,20,28 20,29

20

Mr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrar 11,14, 18,20, 30

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar 11,14,15,16,20,30 Mr. John M. Murphy, Mining Registrar... 21,31 Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,16,21,31 Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .. , ll, 14,21,31 Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and... .., 11, 18,21,31

Registrar Mr. W. H. Coffey, Mining Registrar ... 12, 16,18,21,32 Mr. J. Reach, Mining Registrar 21,32 Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 21,32 Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,14,15,21,32 Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12,21,32

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Mr. T. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,14,15,17,18,21,32 Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,17,18,21,82 Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar 12,14,15,17,21,33 Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12,21,33 Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13, 14, 17,21, 33 Mr. 'Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 13, 17,22,34 Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar 22,34

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Thos. Foyster, Mining Registrar... • •• Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. C. W. Minchin, Mining Registrar

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

22,34 18,18,22,34

22,35 17,22,85

Omeo Subdivision ... :ifr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar ... Mitchell River Subdivision Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

13, 22,35 22,35 22,35

13,22,35 22,36

]3,22,36 ... 13,15, 22 ,36

22,36 22,36

13,22,36

. Boggy Creek Subdivision Mr. J. Smith, Mining Registrar ... ... ... Crooked River Division Mr. James Travis, Mining Registrar ••• Jericho Division...... Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar ... Donnelly's Creek Division ... Mr. O. P. Whitelaw, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Stringer's Creek Division Mr. W. M. Smith, Mining Registrar .. . Aberfeldy Subdivision Mr. J. McCann, Mining Registrar .. . Russell's Creek Division Mr. C. H. Williams, Min' . trar ... Bendoc Subdivision .. ; Mr. John Nichol, :M:ining Tarwin SUbdivision Mr. G. R. Murphy, Mining Registrar Traralgon Subdivision Mr. C. Denis, Mininll Registrar APPE~'Dlx.-Description of New Vegetable Fossil with Lithogram

A2

18,22,37 22,87

31

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SUMMARY.

GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 1877 ..

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

DISTR.ICT, IHVISLON,

AND

SUBDIVISION .•

. Alluvial Miners.

. (Oompiled/rom the M~ning Surveyors and Registrars' Reports for the Quarter ended 30t!. September 1877.)

Quartz Miners. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING.

,'" . . ~ Total Steam Engines .; :a

Number e,mployed il?- Wind- :. ~ ~ , ~ § ltl

.of mg, .PumPIng, &0. .~ .~ ~ "! ~' ui '~e J;!. .S • Mmers. ~. ;a i§ • = il gj = 'i:l:;0.a 1l

MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ MINING.

Ste&m Engines employooin

Winding. Pumping, Crushing. &C.

"" ... " " '-" ~~ ~'al ~k.t' .9"'..... ~.ll"" ,J::/J:.< Uk ~~ "" _" 01> • C';l..s:::t wA ~ ... O~

o ~bS ~~ r.>0J~~ i il<

~~ :a'~

d

Approxima.te Value

of Mining Plant.

Square Miles of

Auriferous Ground

';~%'!~

Number of

distinct Quartz Reefs

aetually proved to be

Price of Gold perounoo.

~ 1

III .s '0 • ."0 • ~ 0 M to> .:::l tl)'O d d

. ~ ~ t fl. ~ m :I &: ~ m ,~ ~...8 ~ w ~ ~ § ~~ ~ ~ 8. to ,.0 I;l) ~,.., S,§ - tl)~ S tD ~ d> c:e ~ "" ta 0 ~f:l 'bll

J.i 1e ~~al ~~ ·ni bi~~& . .8 f~t ~g~ £~.-!. ~ ~'S.]~ I il l::

! iIll'l ",<I

Ullon • AuriferoUB.., ______ _

BALLARAT. Centrai Division Southern Division " .":.: Buninyong Division •.. 8my~hesda1e Division Creswick Division •• Gordon Subdivision .• Steiglitz Subdivision •• Blackwood Division and Blue

Mountain South Subdivision Ballan Subdivision • ~

Tota!s

~ ~.~ § ~~~ J~ ~ ~~ ;a ~ ~·S ~ ~ ~ ·S~ U .~ o I'l 0 ~~ "''''' ~~...! ~ ",IE b:I. il< ... 0'0 "'" tl<

425 170 1,710 8· 2,313 31 2,016 35 15 9 10 23 24 14 527 300 ·130 1 958 .- - 11 2 12 40 6· 280 80 280 30 670 13 260 S 19 8 1 13 8 , 611 810 73 1,494 41 1,080 55 12 7 33 10 650 300 900 1,850 21 424 25 60 16 800

1 332 18 351 83 1~3 10' 351 20

140 480 5 890 . 450 20 13

4 ___ ~ ___ -- -------- -- --- --, -- --J---I----I-~-

2,717 . 1,990 4,102 12 8,661 112 3,780 123 117 42 28 1,379 ·1' 58 13 16 10

~ ~~~ E'~'~ ~~~ -g ~S~g~ ;a Z <::tl ~ O.a~ OJ C'~ ~ ~Pot~~ £t; ------

.~:;; o:)l I'l=

;£

60 1,300 456 15 10 111,305 39 . 24 8 144 56 3 4 15,000 11 18 8 185 55 1 6 .31,000 16,\ 13 5 80 'll 2 1 25,500 18 12

35 1,120 266 22 8 1~ 103,500 13 16 17 457 101 5 17,935 3~ 19 9 223 30 ,1 13 14,588 50 75

25 547 9 275 20 _63,000 4~ 31

1 '10 8 • 400 1 3

I 168 4,066 _ 10 1,274 30 == 71 33 _~ 382,228 1~ 211

Beechworth Division .. • • 842 775 129 • '1,746 ( 25 270 4 . 8 3 5,200 \·3 52 20 . .:.. 2 7 115 5 75 5 53,260 . 47 Yackandandah South Subdivision 280 233 76 589 2 10 3,000 "3 26 21 • 5' 81 44 3 ~ I 2 10,425 13

BEECHWORTII. 102 82 25

306 74 1

Indigo Division 155 87 112 354 9 249 11 ·6 4 6 . 39 7 -- 1.3 44 28 26,218 8 Buckla!"l Division .. 80 705 352 1,144 2 22 1,600 32 33 2 18 253 13 272 35,500 61 Ale:mndra Subdivision 90 10 110 210 30 . - 4 10 130 1 100 5 12,280 95 Dry Creek Subdivision 21 51 11 5 88 400 • ~ 400 7

~~~!;,:~~~!r~~{!ji~isiO;J: 50 2 125 150 12 12 4. 64' 12 172 1 3 17,634 ~~ Wood'sPointSubdivision.... 72 6 ·171 190 12 12' 10. 152.. 7 183 2, 25,822 18

3 19 95 14 3 Big River Subdivision •• .. 50 2 82 150 8 8 6 60 47 5,460 33

Mitta Mitta North Subdivision .• 354 9 98 50 7,650 14 Mitta Mitta South Subdivision .. ' 46 101 - 1,000 16 Ja.mieson Subdivision 20 200 320 450 4 47 2 64 15,000 9 I ZI

Totals . ,1,795 1,?31 1,540 12 5.284 38 551 Ii' -- ---u- 17 39 11,179 = "149 110 ___ ~ 76 1,044 40 ~ __ 4 13 9 . --ru;,ii4!l 295 -rn. SANDRURST.

S~ndhurst DiV. ision •. •• "I 900 850 3,780 40 5,570 10 190 . 60 10 120 215 3,940 1,240 3 185 190 2 470,000 23 Kiltnor. Division .• •. • • 15 15 12 42 26 Heatbcote Division and Waranga 145 40 385 ,570 40. 10 30 60 20 389 129 7 20 27,032 81 . South Sub<hvision . \ Watauga North Subdivision •• 439 54 113 695 24 8 144 89 3 11,618 11 124

1,519 ~ 4,290 40 --s;8ii8 --1-0- -uii) 124 4 10 -~3~1 -~ 00 120 243 4,473 -"- ,1,458 3 ---~ 210 2 508,700141 775 Total •.. ------ --- ------------~ --------- --- ---- ------ --- -~ . 1I1AIt YBOROUGH.

Maryborough Division 1,695 400 925 3,020 35 1,223 32 178 34 10 6 4 2 38 1?- I· . I Majorca. Subdivision.. 393. 12 5 110 7 161 10 6 7 10 9 7 . 1 10,140 2~ 1

~,,!5 614 209 27

Amherst Division . . 300 160 130 590 5 80 8 27 9 26 35 40 28 5 66 28 6 16 11,380 5 30 Avoca. Subdivision . : .. •• 352 592 23 967 1 25 100 34 17 4 5 88 73 4 4 6,179 18~ 40 Dunollyand TarnaguUa Divisions 20 2JO 370 900 3 57 2 50 14 . 4 8 25 495 160 26 19 '48,516 16 185 Inglewood and Wedderburn Divi- 986 442 75 1,503 4 120 2 9. 2 15 8 145 50 1 5 20,250 50 80

sions ' Redbank aod St. Arna.ud South 240 110 50 405 20 2 1 9 4 65 22 .,:. 4 4 6,088. 14! 28

Subdivioions . St: Arnaud North Subdivision 115 40 ZlO 425 5 19 400 134 2 17 22. 44,186 70

.... 4,101 l.966 1,853 --,1.920 --5-5-~ 54 403 68 . 41 100 72 4 lo4 132 .--9~ 1,873 676 ---95 -97- -- 288,056 12S! 596 Totals ••

OASTLEMAINE. Clistlemaine Division Fryer's Creek Division Hepburn Division . . • • a. Taradale and KynetonSubdivieion

~t.~~l~e~~~ Ni~~~~ H ••

lllue Mountain North Subdivision

Totals

ARARAT. Ara.rat Division .. Plea.sant Creek Division Barkly Division Ragla.n Division

Totals·

GIPPSLAND. Ome~ subdivision q ~. ••

Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisions

Crooked River Division .Tericho Division .• •• Donnelly's Creek Division •. Stringer's Creck Division Aberfeltly Subdivision . UusseWs Creek Division RomIne Subuivjsion .• (larwin Subdivision ..

295 815 382 169 80

184 42

300 735 302 131 254 49

-------------- ------ --'- --- -- --- --- -- --- --- --, -----------343 '170 443 100 240 144

938 1,120 1,10'1

400 ·554 377

42

1 4

5

20 78

139

10

65 57 20 10 16 13

6 2

10

8

15 55

101. 306 90

4 10 30 12

6 38 40 1

10 6

2 1 3

22

24 l'

38 20 28 14 32 7 2

690 486 433 328 712

90 20

3

294 146 196 112 240 80 8

.4 4 1

-;-

23 9

40

20 8

24 15 45

68.170 70,999 34,675 34,893 • 52,831 1,580 1,500

9! 28j 82 22 4~

15. 4

103 • 37 • 88 19 15 77 4

·5,138 11 247 181 1 __ I.~_I~ __ I __ I_I0_1_1 270,646 26 72' 541 20 156 403

10°13501301 1

480

1 41 351~1 111

13

1

4 5!7 253 917 3 1,720 10 160 1 1 4 240 190", - ~30 1 10 12 2 -231 109 15 ~ 355 l' 123 2 10 9 2

------_&- .---------~ ~------~I

, 10

902 962 3 22 328 33 18 6 10

12 4 24

20 70 . 10

4 39

92 1,475

10

30 346

8

1 46

3 10

11,100 34 I 26 157,214 27 37 865 16,'9

10,700 S! 5

13 '77 1,118 2,985 ___ , ___ , ___ , ___ , ___ , ___ , __ , __ .,---1--,---.---,--,--1 __ 1 ___ ' __ ' __ ' __ _

'57 165

157 63 34 64 86 51 30 39 54

..

58 60 5 6 3

20

80

,30 8

43 486 52 2 3

29

375 279

243 131 82

555 141 53 53 88 54

so

10

20

935 100

220 90 3.0

12 40 4

14

22 3

20 20

22

10 20

15

10

8 3 3

11 3

17 20

137 35 58

3;15 40

16 37

1-

4

3 1 2

2 1

20 17

126 35 62

126 50

20' 30

6,090 11 23 1,700 23 14

32,242 49. 350 9,000 26 33

12,550 6~ 18 46,430 7 13 12,500 20 4

26 33 16 1,636 26 13 4,200 3 4

70 1~ 1 Trara.igoll Subdivision"

Total" ••

GRAND TO",i'A1..S

.. 82Q\55211i831-1~1-3 1-30.\-1\-1-6 \-'"7\83 489 •• 113,997 10,077 ~ 14,870 127 39,071 ~ --s:778198 -4-' 1~182 -285 3,302

I

lI'rOlll I To

;£ s. d. 4 2 9 4 1 6 4 0 0 4 0 () 4 0 () 317 0 316 0 317 6

317 0

;£ s. d. 4 3 0 426

·4 2 9 4, 2 6 426 410 .4 0 6 400

317 6

318 310 316 318 3 14 315

o '4 2 6 o 4 1 6 O. 4 1 6 o 4 0 0 o 4 2 0 6 "4 0 0

315 6 ·315,6

315 0 300 310 0 314 0

318 0 3 15 0 3 17 3

300

406 317, 0 315 0 319 0 315 6 318 0

315 0

3.15 0

318 0 317 6 318 0

. 3 18 0 319 0 317 6 317 6

318 0 313 0 319 6 319 9

312 0 314 0

380 310 0 3 8 0 310 0 315 6· 316 0 316 0 315 0 3 15 0

3 16 6 4 1 9 316 6 3 5 0 311 0 318 3

318 3 317 6 4 0 0

4 2

420 4 1 9 416 4 2 0 416 400

420

0"0

4 0 0 3 18 0 4 1 0 318 6 416 410 318 0

318. 0 406 4 0 6 4'1 3

317 6 319 0

319 0 317 0 319 0 400 31710 3.18 0 316 0 4 0 0 319 0

'" THOS. COUCHMAN,

omee of Mines, Melbourne, .15th October 1877. -

No, 68~

\ '

Secretary for Mines.

TABLE , SHOWING THE YIELD OF GOLD FROM· CERTAIN, PARCELS OF QUARTZ RAISED DURING THE .QUARTER IN SOME OF THE DEEPEST !MINES IN VICTORIA, WITH THE DEPTH OF THE

DEEPEST SHAFTS WHICH ARE NOW ImING SUNK, OR THE SINKING OF WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEE,N STOPPED, ETC.

DIS'L'HIC'f, DIVISION,

AND

SUlmlVISION.

11 AU,ARAT.

Central Division

Crcswick Division

Gordon Subc1ivl:;ion

and Blue

BEECHWOItTH.

.Beeclnvorth IHvision •• • Yackanuandall South Subdivision lndig-o Division I'

Euckl.a.nd Di vision ~ w

Alexandra. SutHlivfsion Dry Cl'eek Subdivision Benalla Subdivision

. Gu.fIney's Creel;;. SllbdiYlSion Wood's Point Stlbdivision Big River 8nbdivision .•

• Mitt" Mitta South Subdivision .• • Jamieson,Subctivision •• Yackand'lll(lah NOTtll Subdivision Mitt.. Mitta Nortll Subdivision WalldUigong ~ub{1ivisioll

SANDHURST.

Sandhurst Division

Killuore Division Heatl.Icote Divi:;ion and Waranga

SubdiviRion Warung. North Subdivision

MARYBOROUGH.

St. Arnaud N ortl1 Sa bdlvlslon

Majorca. Subdivision ..

CASTLElIIAINE.

Ca.stlemainc Division • '.

Fryer's Creek DIvision

Hepbum Djvi~ion' Tar.dale and Kyneton Subdivision

Tarrangower Divisi~n ••

St. Andrew's Divi sion •• Blue Mountain North Subdivision

ARARAT.

Ararat Division

1'1e8Sllnt Creek Dlvisioll '-

illarkly Division Raglan Division

GIrpSLAND.\

NAlIIE OF COMPANY.

Hero Extended

Hopewell, Tribute Imperial

Christenson and Co. Bigelow and Clingan .Magenta

Welcome

; . The Dannabrog ~. ." • trbe Hope 1\Iining Tribute •• Luck's AJI Tribute J

Eureka Consols 'I Rowe Brothers t ,Ferron's Reef CorniRh •• ~ •• l Specimen Hill" ~

"{

Creel< Cross Reef

~

.. \.. .: Boggy Cre~k Subdi ..

Jericho Division Donnclly's Creek

StrInger's Creek Division

Russell's Creek Djvi~lon :Bendoe Subdivision Tarwin Subdivision Traralgon Su btiivision Aber!eldy Subdivision

Good Hope

Long Tunnel Walhalla

,< , 'Aurora Borealis No.1 South

>lAME.oF REEF.

Sultan and others

Sunday Homeward~bound Magmita

Welcome

Eureka Morning Star 'Vainer's

Sailor Bil\,s

Costcrfiold Alison

Blucher's \Vestern Church Hill

Enreka Cattle's }~eITim'a: Reef Cornish . Specimen Hill

Linscott's Linscott's

Cross and Flat

Good Hope

Aurora Borealis No.1 South ..

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 1;5th October, 1877. No. 68.

( Compiled from Returns made t;he M,ning Surveyors and Registrars for the Quarter ended 30tlt September 1877.)

Depth at which

the Quartz was got.

100 to SOD

200 420 200

240

200 300 250

380

868 846

600 and 700

470

626 and 850

340

120 112

Tons.

201

6,719 240

1,908

111'

280

218.

142 2,968 1,944

280 620

1,925 DnO 325

2,478

1,710

1,108 910 868

2,6\4 5,209

, '54 ,36

5,629

60

4,504 3,935

20 2!i

Oz.dwt. gr.

o to 0

026 o 2 13

\0 20'.

o 6 10' a 19 20

o 18 18

2 6 O~

o 5 17 o 7 J4

o 12 21

o a 5 o )0 10 o 1 3

10 18

o 7 18 o 6 18 * o 9 11

o 8 '9 o 11 0

o 5 0 o 10 3 3 7 S

1 3 lS o 10 0 o 14 0 o 8 a o o

OSlO o 8 23 o 7' 20 o 3 10 o 2 8

1 II S lOIS

I II 8

o 2 14

I 11 23 o 13 D

o o

Ft.

6 in: t.; 6fL

,1 8 6

o

12 0 2 6 3 0

15

o

o o

S

Q

o o

° o

7 0 20 0 fi 0 6 0

6 6

5 Q

W.45'

70'

Varies

N.40' W.SO' W.75'

S.W.75'

.' "*

S.W.85' S.W.80' S.W.SO"

E.HO'

E.40' ,Variable

-w.aO" W.35" N.'45'

W.40"

w. W.

75' 36'>

W.50' W.50' W.SO"

E.78" W.7S'

o 9 I W.70"

12 0 I' W.80' Ii 6 W. 76' to 83'

o 10 o 6 N.andS.

Dip of the Shoot'

of (luartz.,

S.

Varies

N. N. N.

Varies'

Vari;ble Vertical

N.W.45'

N.W.50'

Y.W.33' N.W.30' N.W.S5'

S.

'W.20"

S.

s. S. .. \

IN.40'

N.i'itiS S.40' S.45'

N.W.70'

.. \

Strike of the Reef,

(Bearing).

N.2'}V.,

N.6·W. N.S'W.

N. S·E. N:S·W. N.S'E.

N. and S;

N.H·W.

W. X.looE. N.23u W.

N.46'W.

N.27'W.

S. N.20·W.

4'

N.16'W.

N.S7"20'W.

N;.5°W. N.14°W. N.S' E.

N.IS' W. N.15'W.

N. 20' W. N. 20' W:.

N.W.

·N.W.mo N.W.19'

N.andS.

YAME OF COMPANY.

New \Velc0!lle

Hopewell IIDI>eriul

I Port Phillip New North Clunes Black-horse United

Sultan ..

Dale and Bigelow

NAME OF REEF.

Dead-horse

Staffordsilire .• Hisceck's

\o'.

C)unes

Sultan !lnd others

Excelsior, Wooragee •• Homeward-bound

'"

VictoriA Hustler's I Hustler's

Costerfield Alison

} .. Croyd~n

Queen's llirthday

New,Caledonla Tribute Rowe Bmtllerl! Ferron's Reef

}" '. .. .. } Eaglehawk Union

{Good Hopkins

No.1 South

r If

Co.

Custerlleld' Alison

Bealiba

Caledonut or Victoria .. Cattle's Ferron's

Englehawk

Good Hope l)almerston

No.1 South

•• I

..'

I..

Feet.

270

522 406

1,096

• 814

310 450

.;

1,2J4 1,220

620 354

200

405

365 150 354

920

1,800 1,500 1,262 1,185

1;145 ..

700 240

:[ I~O

Feet.

255

990

1,005 826

800

740 1,100

967 1,000 1,000

520 345

200

400

600

1,510

1,662 1,840 1,252

1,120

62J 585

112

Feet.

255

500 400

1,090

800

~IO

1,'200 1,200

1,150 1,020 1,017 1,080 1,000

420 345

200

350 150 330

900

1,510

'1,662 1,34U 1,252

\,120 \

700, 240

623 5B5

li2

\, REMARKS.

Intend to drive 150 feet in n southerly dIrection; at which point they expect to strike the reef.

" A well-defined lode.

• Including pyrites. .. Including pyrites. lIi The width only Qf

was driven through

~inking. Sinking.

Sinking. Sinking", Not sinking. Not sinking. Sinking.

* Mass Qf spur ••

* 4 feet crushed.

Still sinking.

Still sinking.

I These depths arc ll1eusut'cd leyels, anci not from the

-'

the nult I * ¥

THOS.' COUCHMAN, Secretary for Mines.

reef

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ESTIMA~ED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.

FROM information obtained py the Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars from Gold Buyers and others the TOTAL QUANTITIES OF GOLD got respectively from ALLUVIUMS and QUARTZ REEFS are as follow:-

. Alluvial. Qua.rtz • Total.

oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ended 31st March 1877 ... ... 61,358 4 1'21,432 14 182,790 18 Quarter ended 30th June 1877 ... . .. 72,784 6 128,284 13 201,068 19 Quarter ended 30th September 1877 ... ... 77,106 4 130,527 19 207,634 3

THIl: QUA.NTITY OF GOLD, the produce of this Colony, EXPORTED, according to Returns furnished by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, is as follows :-

oz. dwt. Qua.rter ended 30th September 1877 112,341 1~

NorB.-In addition to the aboTe, gold specie from aJ1sourees was exported to the value 01 £360,001.

GOLD RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL MINT.

STATEMENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD received at and issued from the Melbourne Branch of the RoYAl, MINT during the' Quarter ended 30th September 1877.

RECEIVED.

Gross Weight 01 Rough Gold.

oz. 14,~59'15

Royal Mint, lfelbourne, 3rd October 1877.

Gross Weight of Gold BuJllon.

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117,402'07

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ISSUED.

Gross Weight 01 COin.

oz. l12,231'26

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Gross Welght of Gold Bullion.

Oz. 772'343

ROBERT HUNT, Acting Deputy Master.

STATEMENT of VICTORIAN Go:r.p received at the Melbourne Branch of the RoYAL M~T during the Quarter ended 30th September 1817.

Gross Weight of Rough Gold. Gross Wel,bt 01 Gold Bullion.

011. oz. 5,329'70 98,363'08

NOTB.-Tbe Mint has no evidence beyond the statemellt of~lle depoilt.orUllaHllubove 18 VIctorIan gold.

Royal Mint, Melbourne, 3rd October 1877.

ROBERT RUNT. Acting Deputy Master.

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QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS; PYRITES, ETC. :1 '.

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'SUMMARY. ! :~"I' t, :

THE following information lias b~~~' obtained ~el~tiv~ to 'the QUANTITY "OF' QU~Riz, QUiRTZ, TAILINGS.

and MULLOCK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated, on, during the Quartor, and the GOLD obtained therefrom :-

'. " ,MINING DISTRICTS. . Quantity Crushed. Average Yield of Total Yield of Gold from Gold per Ton. Quartz, &c., Crushed.

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Quartz. tons cwt. qT. OZ. dwt. gr. 0 •• dwt. gr. Ballarat ... ... ... ... .. . .. . 95,390 10 0 0 6 18'67 32,327 0 6 Beechworth ... ... ... . .. .. . 21,557 0 0 0 8 16'07 9,344 10 6 Sandhurst .' 79,357 0 O' , 0' 8 8'82' 33,201 0 7 ... ... .. . ... . .. .. . Maryborough ... -, ... . " ...... ... .. . .. . 13,753 ,0 0, OlD 4'63 7,009 3 15 Castlemainc ... ... n. . .. . .. 23,444 0 0 o 5 22:93' 6,981 2 20 Ararat ... ... . .. . ... .. . ... 20,883 0 0' 0' i9 2'98 19,968 18 6 Gippsland ... ... ... ... .. . ... 10,330 0 0 1 1 0'34 10,853 17 12

Totals ... ... ... 264,714 10 0 0 9 1'02 119,685, 13 0

Quartz Tailings and lIfullock. ---.------- -------- --_._---

Ballarat ... ... ... ... ... . .. 290 0 0 0 4 6'37 61 17 0 Beechworth ... ... .. . ... ... . .. 100 0 0 0 ·2 17'28 13 12 0 Sandhurst •• !' " , "

... .. . ... 1,146 0 0 0 1 0'39 58 4 16 Maryborough .... ... " ... ... ... . .. 2,525 0 0 0 2 '9'98 305 0 6 Castlemaine ... ... ... .. . . .. .. . 1,869 0 0 0 1 18'02 163 12 0 Ararat n. ... ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... Gippsland ... ... ... ... .., . .. ... ... . ..

Tomb ... ... . .. 5,930 0 0 0 2 0'75 602 5 22

Pgrite$ and Btanketing$ operated on; , .. .- ,.

Ballara.t ... ... • 1\-. ,. , .:.~; ... t .•• ·, ... . , -294 10 0 I ,3 9 19'27 1,027 17 0 Beechworth 227 '9 0

.-1'11 23'11 363 10 0 ... ... ... .. . .. . . ..

Sandhurst ... ... .. , ... ... .. . 907 0 '0 2 1 23'10 1,903 0 1 Maryborough ... ... ... -, . .. ... 1,154 10- 0 0 5 1'74 292 16 0 Castlemaine ••• ... ... ... ... .. . 57 0 0 2 9 8'63 140 13 12 Ara.rat ... ...... J",t ... ... . .. .. , ... , . ... . .. Gippsland .•. .... ... ... .. . .. . 67 5 0 3 15 Ih5 253 15 0

.- -- -------Totals ... ... ' ... 2,707 14 0 1 9 9'82 3,981 11 13

NOTll.-Thls Summary dOell not· show the total qUl\ntities of. quartz. &0" cruBhed or operated on, but only the yield 01 certain crushlngs, &c" respecting wbich the MIning Surveyors and Registra.rs have been able to obtain informa.tion~ Owing to the circnmstancethat many of the machine .. owners aro'unable to gl .... or are preclud.d from gi .. lng, information, It Is impossible to get complet.e returns !rom every district; and in' conslderillg the relative Importance of eaeh district, al regards quartz mining, &c" the tables relating to machinery BhoUld be examined and compared.',

Office of Mines, Melbourne; 15th September 1877.

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MINING SURVEYORS AN'n REGISTRARS' RETURNSo

QUARTZ. THE following. information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars

relative to the QUANTITY OF"'QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during, the Quarter, and th~ G<{LD obt.a~lled therefr:om, . ,

Division and SubdlviBlon, Where Q~a:~ wa~ obtained •. : ['Quartz Crushe<!,

Average ,Tote.! Yield of Remarks relative to the and Yield of GOld

~old. Depth at which the

Name of Company. ' I' . " per Ton. Quartz wa..s obtained, &c.

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

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CENTRAL DIVISION. , United Black Hill ••• Black Hill Flat Don... '" ••• ' Gum-tree Flat North Dimmock's Reef ••• : Dead-horse Ranges New Dimmock's Reef .... Dead-horse Ranges Duchess... ... .., Ballarat East .. , New Welcome... ••• Dead-horse Ranges Manners'Lease '" ... Canadian .•• Llanberris ... .... .Gum-tree FIat Hero Extended Little Bendigo Red, White, and Blue ... Little Bendigo Smith's Freehold... ... Ballarat West Endeavor ,. , Sp.eci~~p~!,!:ullY New Sovereign •• : ... Canadian .. ,; .... Speedwell' P~verty ~pjilt Black Hill ':C· ... Black Hill Flat Parade ... .:: ... BBlaacllakraHit •. EII'fl.tSt..:.·,'. Two-ton n. n. Temperan~e , .... '; ... Little Be~!Iigo' New Koh-l-noor ... ... Ballarat' West .. . Countess :~'. ••• ~allarat E!tSt .. . Hanthorn and CO: ' ... Canadian, ," :,. Crushed at public batteries Ballarat'East ;:.

SOUTHERN DIVISION. Hopewell Tribute Speedwell Tribute

Nil Desperandum New Kangaroo New Try Again .. . WiJlianl's Fancy .. .

BUNINYONG DIVISION.

Totals.:.

... Staffordshire Reef ••• i Staffordshire Reef

... Kangaroo

... Kangaroo'

. .. Kangaroo

... Kangaroo

Totals ...

Imperial ....... I Hiscock's Reef One-and-All... ... Hiscock's Reef One-and-All ... Fairweather's and

One-a.nd-All (public crush-. ings) ',' , ,

line of re~f Various reefs ...

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Homeward-bound '(various public crushingS)'

John Bunyan .. i' ... D.evonshire:Reef , Llewelly and others at Mag- Ballarat batteries .

pie ' -' Total~ ...

SMYTHESDA.LE DIVISiON.

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2,266 0 0 0 6 5'67 706 12·0 834 0 0 0, J. 23'73 82 18 12 390 0 0 0·5 1'84 q 99 '0 0

... , 1,930 0 0 0 4 5'09 40610 0 635 0 0 0 6 16'03 211 14 5

2,897 0 0 0 2 0'94 295 7 5 938 0 0 0 4 ·14'66 . 216 2 23

.... 1,225 /) 0 0 1 13'60 95 19 6 201 /) 0 0 10 0 100 10 0 284 0 0 0 3 18'15 53 6 21

... I 1,500 0 0 0 1 Ii!,. 112 10 0

... : 234 0 0 0 4 15;44, ,54 6 i3 '''1' :470 0'0 0 4 :s'hl: ',9,7 10 18

:'''1 ·1;936 0' '0 0 6 0;14: 281 1 11 2,140 0 0 0 5 8;26 ~ . 571 16 21

'''1 3,040 0 '0 0 12 2?;1~ 1 1,9.70 17.12 • .. I . 250 0"0 0 2 9, ,,25 0 0 ''', 1,500 0 0 0 10 5'92: ,,16810, 2

'912 0 0 0 5 18;~7 ,263 17 0 all 0 '0 0' 4 l4'26. 71 8 20 340 0 '0 0 '4 1'06 '68 15 0

... . 10,442 0 0 0 7 15'59 3,993 18 16

... ~-;-;:;I 0 6 6'34 10,547 1317

1,200 0 0 /0-;-;'-:;-~698 499 0 0 , 0 3 16'56.. 92 1 10

175 0 0 0 3 15'77 32 0 0 560 0 0 0 2 9'83 67 9 9

.... , 166 ,0 0 0 3 21'68 32 7 23

... 141 0 0' 0 8" 7'32 58 11 0 'i==-~::""":"--~-'----

".. 2,741 0 0 0 3 1'37 418 19 2

350 to 450 feet 200 feet 180·feet 200 to 260 feet 200 to 360 feet 150 to 255 feet 20 to 100 feet .200 feet ,.". 650 to 750 feet Surface to 240 feet 250 feet Surface to 100 feet 400 feet ' 300 feet Surface to .490 ·feet 320 to 380 feet' 150 feet 520 'to 850 feet 356 feet 130 to 330 feet Surface to 80 fed

130 feet;, 8 ft, thick. 80 to 180 teet; 8 to 23

feet thick 81 feet, 6 feet wide 218 feet, 5 feet wide 100 feet, 6 feet wide 90 feet, 8 feet wide

------1-----1---;.,.---1 o 2 13'57 ' . 252: 11 12 200 ·to'320 feet 1,969 0 "0

1,736 0' 0 382 0 0 west

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'275 0" 0

o r 2:59 , 96, 3 6 270 feet o 4 12'05 85 19 21 } ,

Surf,.a,C,e to 1; ,I. 0 feet o 5 2'19 If :;l~. 3 12

o 4' 4'47' .. , 70 t'o 100 feet

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Smythesdale Consols ... German Reef, Smythes- 2,461 0 0 o 2 8'25' 288 7 22 150 to 200 feet dale .,..

The Brothers ... Watson's Hill; Smythes-dale

Victoria Marks and Co. ... O.K ....

... Result Reef, Carngharu • •• Walker's Reet', Carngham ... BottleHHl... ...

CHESWICK DIVISION.' Port Phillip ... • .. Port Phillip Co.'s Tributers New North Clunes ... New North Clunes Co.'s

Tributers South Clunes... ... South Clunes Co.'s Tributers New Lothair .. , .. , Perseverance... .. . South Creswick '" .. . Working Miners .. . Empress of India .. . Allce Maud ... .. .

Totals ...

Clunes Reefif .. , Clunes Reefs ... Clunes Reefs , .. Clunes Reefs ...

• Clunes BOOrs .. . Clunes Reefs .. . Clunes Reefs .. . Clunes Reefs .. . George's Reef .. , George's Reef .. . Spring Hill .. . Lucknow Hill .. .

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10 0 0 o 421'60. 2'- 9 0 35feet

105 0 0 0 2 17'5~ 116 0 0' 0 1 18 , , 14 O· 0 0 (j 14'29

14 6 13 Surface to 60 feet 10 ,3 0 Surface to 70 feet o 8 8 55 feet

2,70,6 0 0

5,314 0 0 12,930 O. 0 4,170 '0. 0 2,549 0, 0

6,438 0 0 771 0 0 872 0 0 686 O. ,0 315 0.0 ,380 0, 0 351 0 0

27 0 0

o 28 315 14 19

o 5 1'48 1,299, ~ 1 0 o 8' '9'63 5,431, 9 0 o 3 21'49 ',812 3 18 o 8 7'51' 1,059' 9 18

o 5 l4'57 o 4 23'66 o 5, 8'24 o 4 19'74 o .3 21'86 o 2 9'48 o 4 7'52 7 12 8'22

1,804 i8 12 . 192 4 0

232' 19 Il 165 8 6 61 12 0 45 10 4 75 14 0

205 13 6

150 to'990 feet 150 to 990 feet 230 to 1,005 feet 130 to 800 feet·

246 to 480 feet 246 to 480 feet 264 to 464 feet 150 feet 110 feet 100 feet 100 feet 10 to 15 feet

Totals .. . ... 34,803 0 0 I o 6 '13'04 1l,38~ 13 3

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

Division and Sl1bdlvlslon, and

Name of Company, Where Quartz was obtained.

per Ton. Total Yield 01

Gold, Remarks relative to the

Depth at which the Quartz was obtained, &0. !

'Average Ql1artz Crushed, Yield of Gold

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Black-horse United ... Egerton Parker's United ... ... Gordon United Miner's ••• ... Gordoli Sundry lots'" ...

tons owt,qr. oz, dwt,gr. oz, dwt, gr, 2,121 0 0 1 7 15'13 2,930 4 0

440 0 0 0 4 IS'8i 105 6 0 141 0 0 0 3 13'79 25 4 0

8,469 0 0 i 0 7 8'40 3,1l2 9 II

7II feet 400, 510, and ,545 feet 70 feet Itlld upwards

Totals ••• ..' ll,l7lO71~"t.25 6,l7s~. STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.

Native Youth... .., Steiglitz McGrath and Co. ... Stciglitz Morris and Co, ... Steiglitz Cole (North Albion) ... Steiglitz Stephens and Co, ... Steiglitz Juno... ... ... }<;Iaine Wee Speck ••• ... Elaine St. Andrews... ... Elaine Ringrose and Co. ... Elainc Elaine United... ... Elaine Barker and Co. ... ... Elaine Indicat()r ... ... Elaine Wormwood and Gall ... Elaine Baldy and Co. '... ... Elaine

BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH

SUBDIVISION. Sultan ... ... . • .. Sultan Tributers No.2 ... Mounter Bros.... • .. North Sultan TributersNo.1 North Sultan TributersNo, 2 Annie Laurie... • .. Crown ..... . Big Hill ... ... North Cornish '" ... Victoria... ... • .. Victoria Extended ... Morning Star .. , ...

BALLAN SUBDIVISION,

'Totals ...

Barry's Reef ... Barry's Reef ... Barry's Reef ... Barry's Reef ... Barry'S Reef ... Barry's Reef ... Simmons' Reef Simmons' Reef Simmons' Reef Yankee Reef ... Yankee Reef ,., Bald Hill ...

Totals ...

Ashton's Freehold ... Near Blakeville

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o 0.13 20'72 o 1'12 9'14 o I 7 2'66 o 1 4 5'65

15 5 0 1

530 820

4 5 12 0 64 0 40 0 46 0 25 0

o 0 13 12 o "O.JI 6 o 0 11 22'65

25 10 O! 30 10 0 \.

36 0 O. 250 feet 23 17 18 '

100 0 5 0

90 0 75 0 22 0

o 0 9 5'28 o 0 16 2'S8 o I 0 7'92 o 0 12 0 o I 0 I) 5'33 0.' 0 13 17'28 o 2 14 13'09

21 4 31 20 3 O·

101 13 0 300

23 10 0 51 9 0 60 0 0

543 10 0 0 15 15'65 425 6 21

1,908 0 0 25 0 0

130 0 0 10 0 0 79 0 0

242 0 0 600 0 0 850 0 0 80 0 0 78 0 0

663 0 0 50 0 0

o 18 18'75 o 13 22'08 o 18 2'40 o . 3 17'70 o 3 10'52 o 0 13'69 o 3 1l'20 o 2 4'52 o 4 17'10 o 12 2'77 o '3 3'48 o 3 12'96

1,791 14 12 17 8' 0

117 13 0 1 17 9

13 If 15 6 18 0

104 0"'0 93 0 0 18 17 0 47 5 0

104 5 0 8 17 0

---------,--!-~--4,115 0 0 0 9 20'72 2,325 6 21

13 0 0 200 26 0 0

100 to 800' feet 165 'feet 400 feet 650 feet 275 feet 20 feet " 250 feet 140 feet 400 feet 80 feet 100 feet 80 feet

• From lessees' returns received In.the Office of .Mines.

BEECHWORTH MINlNG DISTRICT.

BEECHWORTH DIVISION.

Wallace and Co, '" ... Decp Creek ... Hurdle Flat Threecmile Creek Sunday Reef ... Stony Creek ... Buffalo ... Palmerston ... Myrtleford' ...

Wallaby... .. . Tnesday Reef ... .. . Christenson and Co, ... 'W Ilshington '" ... Matthews and Co. • .. Blue Bell ... ..., Nil Desperandum .. . Kincaid and Co. ... .. . Myrtleford .. . Nonpariel ,.. .. . Stony Creek .. .

Totals .. . YACKANDANDAH SOUTH

SUBDIVISION. . Hillsborough, Bigelow and Clingan James Wilberforce

Barry and Co. Simon Th'omas ... Hendy and Co, ...

INDIGO DIVISION.

Harris Itlld Hollow Magenta ... New Year's Gift ... Carlogi and Co, .. , J. Potter ... New Year's Gift .. . Various reefs .. . Buchan and Co, .. . Goldsworth and Co, Various reefs '" ,

... Homeward-bound Reef •••

... Hillsborough... ...

Twist's Creek. ... Independent Reef .. , Woods' Folly ...

" Totals ...

... Great Eastern Reef

... Magenta Reef

... Golden Bar ...

... Happy-go-Lucky

... Golden Bar ... '" Golden Bar ... ... Various reefs .. . ... Eureka Reef .. . ... 'Welcome ... ... • Various reefs ...

Totals ...

12 0 0 414 0 0

II 0 0 54 0 0 62 0 0 86 0 0 30 0 0

231 0 0 I

11 0 O' 60 0 0

911 0 0

o 16 0 o 5 17'04 o 12 0 260 o 3 12 o 12 12'2S o SO'

9 12 0 118 4 0

, 6 12 0 '124 4 0

10 17 0 53 16 0 12 0 0 63 14 0 850 900

o 5 12'36 1

o 15 0' I 030

I--~---o S 13'75- 1 416 4 0

SUti'!,!ce

50 feet 200 feet .40 feet 30 feet 120 feet 90 feet Surface Surface

________ ------1-----990 0 0 0 5 17'94 40 0 0 '0 10 0

73 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0

o 5 20'05 238 o 13 S

1,127 0 0 0 6 9'24

750 0 0 0 8 11'83 100 0 0 0 7 15'29

, 21 0 0 . 4 5 22'86 17 0 0 1 1 IS'35 18 0 0 .0 9 13'33 64 0 0 2 7 15'03 37 0 0 0 4 5'19 IS 0 0 1 S 6'66 90 0 0 1 6 I'SI

110 0 0 0 3 6'54

284 10 0 420 feet 20 O. 0 Surface

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21 6 0 30 f~et 26 O' 0

S 0 0

359 16 0

318 9 IS 38 3 17 90 ,5 0 IS 10 0 S 12 0

152 8 0 7 16 0

25 9 0 121 5' 0

18 0 0

200 feet 40 feet 50 feet Surface 50 feet Surface 130 feet 30 feet Surface

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

Division and Subdivision, Average Tot I Yield of Remarks relative to the and Whore Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield 01 Gold a Depth at whleh the

Name 01 Company. per Ton. Gold. Quartz was ohtained, &c. ------

tons awt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. BUCKLAND SUBDIVISION, Wandiligong,

McGill and Dwyer ... Londonderry Reef . .. 39 0 0 1 0 0 39 0 0 60 feet James, Green, & Lazomby ... London Reef ... ... 200 0 0 o 15 0 150 0 0 Surface to 70 feet James, Green, & Lazomby ... London Reef ... ... 218 0 ,0 1 0 0 218 0 0 Surface to 70 feet E. J,faidmont n. ... . Sons of Freedom n. 40 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 20 feet Fraser, Stephens, and Co. '" Albion Reef ... 210 0 0 0 3 0 31 10 0 96 to 160 feet Tribute No.1 ... ... Oriental Perseverance ... 192 0 0 1 11 11 302 0 0 400 feet Tribute No.2 ... ... Oriental Perseverance ... 10 0 0 o 18 0 9 0 0 Surface Rawlands and Newton ... Grace Darling ... 24 0 0 0 7 18 9 6 0 Surface W. Smith • n ... Home Reef ... ... 53 0 0 0 3 18'56 10 0 0 Not stated Sundry small lots ... ... '" ... 34 0 0 o 12 22'58 22 0 0 Lazomby and Co. ... ... ... ... 56 0 0 0 7 19'28 21 17 0 Not stated A. Robertson and Co. ... Stonewall Reef ... 7 0 0 4 0 0 28 0 0 Surface Lloyd and Dunphy ... Rainbow Reef .•• ... 12 0 0 o 16 16 10 0 0 Surface J. Laugher ... ... The Rat ... . .. 12 0 0 o 16 8 9 16 0 Surface Hood and Coutts ... ... Try Again ... .. . 180 0 0 o 17 0 153 0 0 100 to 200 feet McLean, Bruce, and Co, ... English and Welsh ... 305 0 0 0 7 17'31 117 15 0 150 feet E. M. Gill ... , .. Home Reef ... .. . 120 0 0 0 4 0 24 0 0 100 feet Nicholas and Co, ... ... Golden Bar Reef . .. 56 0 0 0 7 0 19 12 0 30 feet Carlile and Robinson ... Birthday ... . .. 480 0 0 o 10 20 260 0 0 130 feet Cornish United ... . .. Elgin Reef ... . .. 340 0 0 0 7 8'55 125 1 6 100 feet John A, Wallace ... ... Mea.des Reef '" ... 60 0 0 0 6 0 18 0 0 180 feet Stephens Bros. • •• ... Mystery Reef .•• ... 50 0 0 o 14 12 36 5 0 20 feet Gregory and Co .... ... Louisa Reef ... 64 0 0 I 3 10'50 75 0 0 25 feet Lindsay and Co, ... ... Mongrel Reef ... . .. 30 0 0 0 6 0 9 0 0 40 feet Craig, Flinn, and Co, ... Never-too-Late ... 27 0 0 0 6 16 9 0 0

H arrietville and Ovens ~

River, John A. Wallace ... Shamrock, Rose, and 770 0 0 0 14 4'99 547 0 0 70 to 160 feet

Thistle Barnett and Co. • .. ... Woolshed Reef ... 10 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 150 feet T. Couch and Co. ... Lyre Bird Reef ... 2 0 0 3 5 0 610 0 Surface Jacobs and Butler ... Stackey Gully Reef ... 22 0 0 3 2 IN5 69 0 0 Surface

Running Creek~ Buckland,

Francis Benty ... . .. Christmas Reef ... 232 0 0 0 6 10'14 74 10 0 Surface to 160 feet W, Stewart and Co. ... Kangaroo Reef ... -10 0 0 o 16 20'40 33 14 0 20 feet J. Monaghan ... ' .. Ireland Reef ... . .. 12 0 0 0 5 6 3 3 0 Surface P. Ratcliffe ... '" Tynewald ... ... 8 0 0 o 18 18 7 10 0 Surface O. Anderson and Co. ... Lady Darling ... . .. 72 0 0 o 10 16'66 38 10 0 40 feet A. McDonald and Co, ... Scottish Hero ... ... 12 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 0 Surface A. Anderson and Co. ... Miner's Right ... . .. 38 0 0 1 9 6'94 55 13 0 Surface Paulassyand Co, ... ... Harp of Erin ... ... 121 0 0 o 13 3'37 79 10 0 60 feet E. Cooper and Co, ... Star of Hope ... ... 27 0 0 o 17 9'77 23 10 0 100 feet R. B. Howard ... . .. Perseverance ... ... 48 0 0 o 10 20 26 0 0 50 feet J. B. Ballantyne ... ... St. Patrick's Reef . .. 24 0 0 0 8 8 10 0 0 Surface J. Thorpe and Co. ... Eclipse Reef '" . .. 1\ 0 0 0 8 8 210 0 Surface Stone and McGuire ... Harp of Erin South ... 16 0 0 0 5 15 4 10 0 Surface Lang and Shea ... ... Shamrock .. . . .. 7 0 0 1 8 6'85 9 18 0 40 feet R, Anderson ... ... Pride of the Hills . .. 10 0 0 I 16 12 18 5 0 Surface Tresize and Irwin ... Nelson Reef ... . .. 23 0 0 2 0 0 46 0 0 100 feet Brogan and Moran ... Hibernia Reef ... 67 0 0 1 3 11'46 78 13 0 60 feet

---------ALEXANDRA 'SUBDIVISION, Totals ... ... 4,386 0 0 o 13 2'90 2,877 8 6

Peck and party ... ... Hilror-Miss Reef ... 6 0 0 0 6 4'33 1 17 2 20 feet Allan and party ... ... Hit-or-Miss Reef . .. 16 0 0 0 8 12'31 6 16 5 20 to 50 feet Lewis and Wilson ... Hit-or-Miss Reef ... 5 0 0 0 8 4'80 2 1 0 30 feet Hallett and party '" Homeward-bound Reef ... 2 0 0 0 2 9 0 4 18 10 feet Pickering and party ... Lucky Reef ... . .. 10 0 0 1 2 19'20 11 8 0 30 feet D, McWaters ... ... Lucky Reef .. . ... 3 0 0 0 4 16 o 14 0 50 feet Brown and Liddell ... Lucky Reef ... ... 5 0 0 0 6 0 1 10 0 15 feet O'Sullivan and party '" Lucky Reef ... ... 6 0 0 0 4 8 1 6 0 30 feet Hewitt and party ... Lucky Reef ... ... 4 0 0 010 9 2 1 12 10 feet Albert ... ... .., Lucky Reef ... . .. 200 0 0 0 5 1'20 50 10 0 200 feet Pellerim and party '" Crresus Reef ... ... 10 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 50 feet Austin and party ... Gallitea Reef ... ... 5 10·· 0 o 14 8'78 3 19 0 50 feet Marls and party ... ... Durham Gully ... 80 0 0 0 8 12'00 34 0 0 120 feet Welcome Reef ... ... Tea-tree Creek ... III 0 0 o 12 21'84 71 13 0 240 feet

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUB· Totals ... ... 463 10 0 0 7 20'67 191 o 13 DIVISION.

Lauraville Tributers ... Homeward-bound Reef ... 200 0 0 0 I 15'60 16 10 0 About 150 feet Eastern Tributers ... Homeward-bound Reef ... 40 0 0 0 2 16'80 5 8 0 About 130 feet Golden Belt Tributers ... Homeward-bound Reef ... 1,000 0 0 0 3 19'60 190 17 0 About 200 feet Hunt's Co. Tributers ... Homeward-bouud Reef ... 2,200 0 0 0 I 6'83 141 6 12 About 60 feet Victoria. ... ... Homeward-bound Reef .•• 1,100 0 0 0 o 12'74 29 4 0 Various depths Dempsey's Tributers ... Homeward-bound Reef ... 100 0 0 0 I 14'41 8 0 0 About 100 feet Rose of DenlllJl.l'k Tributers Eureka Reef ... ... 210 0 0 0 1 19'43 19 0 0 About 200 feet Dannabrog Tributers ... Eureka Reef ... . .. 160 0 0 0 3 5'25 25 15 0 About 200 feet Revival ... ... ... Castle Reef ... . .. 130 0 0 0 3 13'66 23 4 0 About 100 feet Al G. M. Co.'!! Tribute ... Castle Reef . .. 220 0 0 3 1 2'18 672 0 0 About 60 feet Wallaby Tribute ... '" Wallaby Reef ... ... 100 0 0 • I. 15"1 53 5 0

Totals ... '" 5,460 0 0 o 4 8'13 1,184 ~

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

Division and Subdivision, and

Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz CrUShed.

Average Yield of Gold

per Ton. Total Yield of

Gold.

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Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Quartz was obtained, &c.

Hope Mine Tributers •.• Prospectors' Tributers ... Prince of Wales Tributers Weber's Prospecting'Claim Lady Franklin ... ... Sir John Franklin Tributers Knopp and Moore ...

BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. Thos. Noble and party .. . Luck's All Tributers .. . Londonderry Tributers .. .

MITTA MrTTA: NORTH SUB' DIVISION.

Wombat ... .., Charles Williams and Co .. .. Johnson and Co. ' .. . McCauly and Co; I .. . Thomas Williams and Co .... . John Doyle and Co. , .. .. Thomas Nankervis and Co. ' Connoss and Co.... .. . McCray and Co. ... .. . Smith and Co.... .. . Manik and Co.... . .. Berryman and Co. .. . Aslarmore and Co. .. . Carlile and Co.... .. . Quill and Co.' ... ! ... ' Berryman and Co. , ... Thomas Willianls and Co .. .. Cornish and Co. ... ; .. . Binns and Co.... .. . Michell and Sons : .. . Paget '... i .. . Leighton ""; .. . Shummon and Finn .. .

Excelsior ' ... ',' , .. ; Gift... ... I .. .

, i JAMIESON SUBDIVISION.

Mack's Creek ' .. . Alabama ... I .. .

I South Alabama ... .. . "---'Gleeson's lease... ! ... '

Perseverance ... .. . Venture ... .. . Clancey's ... .. .

SANDH'UBST DIVISION; Abe'Lincoln ...' , Beehive " .... , ... Bendigo and Melbourne .. , Boyd and James ...: ... Catherinc Reef United ... Fortuna and Thanet Works Garden Gully United .. . G. G. Consolidated .. . Great Extended Hustler's ... Grcat Britain , ... : ... Great Hustler's ... .. . Hercules and Energetic .. . Johnson's Reef... ' ... Koch's Pioneer... • .. Lazarus New-chum ... Louisa ..... . Metropolitan... .. . Morning Light ... .. . New-chum and :Victoria .. . New-chum United ... New Nelson .. . Pioneer ..• ... .. . Shenandoah ... , .. . South Fraser... • .. Victoria Con sols ~ .. , ... Victoria'Reef ••• .., Wallace Reef... • ••

Morning Star .. . Morning Star .. . All Nations Reef Weber's Reef .•• Lady Franklin Reef Franklin Reef Leviathan Reef

Totals ; ••

Unknown Reef Warner's Reef Railway Reef ...

Totals ...

Bethanga ;;. Bethanga ... Bethanga ... Bethanga ... Bethanga " '" Bethanga ... Bethanga,-', .•. Bethanga ... Bethanga; ...' Hamburg .. . Hamburg .. . Gift line .. . Gift line .. " .. . Gift line .. . Hamburg " !!. Gift line ' ; .. Bethanga:line ;;. Gift line .. . Gift line .. . Gift line .. .

, Bethanga line: .. Gift line ' ' ... Bethanga ... Gift .•. ... Excelsior ...

Totals ...

M~ck'~ Ci'eek ~ .. Flume' Creek ... Flume',Creek : .. Sailor ,Bill's Creek Sailor BiW~ Creek Mack's Creek ' ... Sailor ,Bill'~ Cr,eek '

Totals ,:.~ -

... '

, ... 1

, ... '

tons cwt. qr.

280 0 0 3,000 0 0

400 0 0 10 10 0

130 0 0 15 0 0 34 0 0

oz. dwt. gr.

o 10 20'70 o 2 11'20' o 12 23'40, ' o 17 3'43' o 8 15'14 o 15 16 4 19 19'76

oz. dwt. gr.

152 I 12 370 0 0 259 10 0

9 0 0 56 2 0 11'15' 0

169 14 0 .' ----------- --'----

3,869 10 '0 0 5 7'59: 1',028 ,2 12

About 300 feet Surface to 60 feet About 150 feet Near surface' About 130 feet Surface to 50 feet Surface to 40 feet

241 0 0 540 0 0 476 0 0

o Ii 15'43 o 1 6'22 O .. ~ 0'40

68 0 0 About 130 feet ,34 '0 0 About 250 feet 48 '0 0 About 300 feet

1,257 0' 0 0 2 9'28 150 0 0

116 0 0 0 16 15'31 '96 10 0 42 10 0 0 16 12'99 '35, 3 0 4 10 0 0 H 18',67 .. 2 13 '0

15 0 0 0 II- 20'80 : '8 18 0 16 0 0 0 7 15'75 6 2 12 9 0, 0 0 19 18'67, 8 18 0

37 0 0 0 10 12:97 'l9 10 0 128 0 0 1 '8 8'62 181 10' 0 46 0'''0 2 11 9'91 i18 5 0

118 0 0 0 16 22'78 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 '7 0 13 10 0 30 0 0 0 15 8 23 '0 0

.. ',32 0 0 0 7 4'50 ,Ill 10' 0 47 0 0 0 9 17'36 '22 17 0 31 0, ,0 0 2 10'84 :n 3 16 '0 32 () ,0 0 10 22'50 '17' 10" 0 29 0 0 1 6 10'7'6 38: 7 0 64 0 0 (i) 13 8'62 42 15 0 8 0 0 0 16 15 ,6 i3 0

100 0 0 0 18 9'ifo 92 ,0 0 I", 9 '0 0 0 9 13'33" j '; -4 6 0

15 0 0 0 11 17'60 "8 16 0 65 0 0 1 0 13'66 '66 i 7 0

691 '0,0 0 12 23'04 "'447 15'12 352 '0 0 0 '14 13"43 '256 5 0

----------- --"-"-' -' -'--2,047 ,0 0 0 15 23'00 1,6~3 : 7 0

------ ------ --' '---' -' -54 0' '0

9 10'''0 39 10 .. 0

" 218 0 0 60 0 0

330 p' 0 40 0 0

751 0 0

o 10 9'33 o i2 22'74 5 3 10'06 o Hi 14'20 2 15 20 o 3 23'71 3 Q 0,

o 18 18'73

1:".1.; ,28 1,0 630

204 10 0 115'9 .. 0 165 5 0 65 16 0

120 '0,,0

705 ,4 0

268.feet 180 feet'" 140 feet" " 380 feet ' ' '" 200, feet 200 feet 120 feet

SA-NDHURST MINING DISTRICT., ~ • . • • I r _ ~

I ,

N ew -cp.uui"G~ly Eaglehawk" :' .. Kangaroo' Fiai' Specimen iIill' Eaglehawk ... Sandhurst' ... Garden Gully'Reef Golden O:ully .~. Hustler's Reef Golden Square Hustler's Reef' Vi'ctoria 'Recf : .. Califo~nia Gully ," Long Gully: .. New-chum Gully Devonshire Gully Golden Square Golden Gully New-chum Gully ~ew·chum Gully Nelson Recf' .' •. Eaglel).aY,~k : ... Golden Square Golden Square Happy' Valley Happy Valley. Whipstick ...

, ,

Totals' ...

,I "708

''::: 3,460

... ,

1,574 326

5,179 6,468 4,874 1,858 4,722 2,871 3,715 1,300 5,922 6,039 2,520 4,289 1,828

473 3,554 2,747 1,160 3,100 1,079

391 ,4,862 3,267

225

i 0" 0 ,0 0 o '0 0' 0 o 0 () 0 0'''0 00 0'0 0";0 0" 0 :0 0 .0 0 o 0 p 0 0,0 0 .. 0 '0, b o 0 b ,0 o 0 '0., 0 '0 0 o 0 o 0 0 ... 0 o 0

78,511 0 0

o 6 23'73 o 6 13,'53 o 8 10"22 o 13 10'61;o 7 18'21 o 13 3'04 o f4 22'83 o 13 10'59 o 8 3'58 0"9 3'76 o 0 22'11 o 7 16'74 o 5 6'43 o 7 3'92 o 6 10'67 o 9 5'56 o 5 11'29 o 4 8'56 o 9 9'17 o 7 '18'99 o 7 11'88 o 7 23'74 o 7 7'98 o ,7 6'59 o 5 21'90 o 9 9'24 o 9 23'12

24'7 S .. 5 :1,13'5 10 0

663 ,2' 0 219 2 20

2,009 2 8 4,2'45 3 0 3;643 12 0 1,248 13 12 1,924 0 9 1;3if $" 6

1'71 ,2 4 '500 ~ 6 ' 0

1,559 16 0 2,163 1 0

812 1 0 1,979 14 13

500 0 0 103 019

1,667, 4" 0 '1,070 ,3 .. 0

434 14 0 1,238 7 0 ,395 12, 0 142 4 7

1,437 7 .. 0 1,533 '1 ' 0

112 I 18

", t

Mixed lots from : various reefs. • (See page 29,)

'"

u

QUUTITyofQUARTZ Orushed ineaoh Division and Subdivision duringlthe Quarter, &c.-continued.

D!v!sionllnd Subdivision" ' Averago and ' , Where Quartz was obtained; Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Total Yield of

, Remarks relative to the Depth at' which the

Quartz was obtained, &c. Same of Company. per Ton. Gold. --.-.-------- --·-------1-------1--'-------

W AltANGA NORTH SuB-DIVlSION.

West Growler's ••• Good Luck ••• Hard-up ••• Knocker '" Hope of Denmark Hit-or-Miss .. ; Erin-go-bragh ••. Energetic ... Forlorn Hope ... Frenchman's ... Balaclava (Mary vein) Balaclava (Shaft) Balaclava. (Trib.) Peep-o'-day ••• Hodge Bros. ... M. Gleuch ... U. and F. Comps. U.and F. Comps. Craga ••• Hannah... • •• Small lots Jannese .. . New Liverpool .. . Byron... .. . Whistler's ••• Whistler's Tribute Welcome .. . White Elephant .. . New London .•. Iverson ••• .. . Ewing ... .. .

. "

... Rushworth ... • •• Rushworth ... ... Rushworth ... ... Rushworth ... ... Rushworth ••• ••• Rushworth ... Rushworth ... , ••• Rushworth ... ... Rushworth: ..• ... Rushworth ... ••• Whroo ... Whroo ... Whroo • •• Whroo • •• Whroo

Whroo '" Whroo • .. ' Whroo ... 'Whroo

Whroo ... Whroo ... White Hills .•. ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ••• Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings '" Ooy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings

Coy's Diggings .•. Coy's Diggings

tons owt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr.

i'23 42 15 10 5

.. 15 16 11

6 37

155 141 20 7

12 8 II 22

1 2 4 8 4

27 , 31

10 11 12 '7 69 4

o 6 0 l; 23'80 o 0 0 15 17'14 o 0 0 8 0 o 0 0 6 19'20 o 0 0 19 9'60 o 0 8 3 20'80 o 0 8 19 9 o 0 0 16 8'73 o 0 9 3 8 .. 00089'08 0.0 0 10 8'02 o 0 0 5 l'49 o 0 0 17 15'60 o 0 0 10 5'14 o 0 0 8 18 o 0 0 6 4'50 o 0 1 3 15'27 o 0 0 18 18'5,5 o 0 0 17 12 o 0 0 15 0 o 0 0 5 0 o 0 06 4'50 o 0 3 18 18 '0 0 0 17 13'33 o 0 2]4 12'89 o 0 2 2 12 00 2 6 0 o 0 3 7 4 o 0 8 7 3'42 o 0 0 7 18'43 o 0 1 16 6

43 0 0 83 0 0 600 3 8 0 4 17 0

47 18 0 63 10 0 900

55, 0 0

Above' water level

15 10 0 240 feet

78 9 12 } 85 13 18 17 13 0 3 11 12 AboVC, water level 550 2 9 12

13 0 0 20 18 0 220 feet o 17 12

1 10 0 1 100 2 9 12

14 15 0 23 14 0 84 10 0, Above water level

21 5 0 'j. 25 6 0 40 6 0 2310 0 26 16 0 750

1---..,.---1------ ----846 r, 0 0 17 6'82 781 2 6 Totals ...

.' I'

,,,,': >~

MAHYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. ,

1 MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. \'

James Kay Reade (public: Chinaman's Flat and crushings) Havelock:

Cambrian (public crushings)_, Various ,places ... , Penny and Clausen (public GoldenPoint and French- i

crushings) , man's ,Reef Great Extended ... ... Blucher's Reef Cambrian Tribute, ... Mosquito ... Bristol Hill , ' ... ... Bristol Hill, lI1ary-

, " borough Mariner's Reef ,.... ... Mariner's Reef

421 0 0

250 0' '0 ,,29 0 0

408 0 0 211 0 0

1,054 0.,0

1,000 0" 0 500 0 0

j,\

o 5 7'l5 HI 10 10 "

o 14 19'20: 185 0 0 o 9 21'52 14 7 0

o 5 7'78 o 16 17'40 o 10 3'67

o 4 ,0 o 11 0

108 12 7 116 Ii 0 535 112

200 0 0 275 0 0 lI1ariner's Reef '(public Various pl!!-Ces

crushings)' 1------11------ ------AMHERST DInSION. _" Totals ...

Croydon ... Union No.1 .. . Union No, 2 .. . Dunstan and Co, ••• Edwards and Co .. .. Cook and Co. .. .

... La'ura Reef

... Churchhill'Reef

... ChurchhllJ Reef

... liondon Hill Reef

... Liverpool Reef ~ ... Amoor Reef

LouIe and Co. .. . ... Prince of'Wales Reef .. . Busch and Co. Prince of Wales Reef .. .

London Hill Reef Lockyer and Co .... Sundries ••• ... Various .. -

, AvocA. SUllDIV:ISION., T~tals ...

F. Barbat .:.; Fish and party ,

••• Mountain 'Hut Glenmona Reef

,< J , DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA ,

Tptals; ..

DIVISIONS.'

Queen's Birthday ... Crook and Co. • .. Kern and Bamford ... Stevens and Co. ... • .. Appleton and Co. ... Rogers and Co. ,'" ... Working Miners '" ... Decemvirate :' .•• ~: ,'" Ryan and Co. .;. .:. Ironbark crushing machine Prince Alfred... ...

Goldsborough, Bet Bet Reef ... Break-o'-Day'Reef Bealiba .... Bealiba ... Goldeh Fleece Reef Christmas'Reef Wayman's'Reef Smugglers' Reef Varioue reefs... ' Star Reef, ', ..

~ ..

Totalsl .. '\ ! " .. !

3,873 0 0

308 0 0 120 0 0 24 0 0

349 0 0 15 0 0 41 0, 0 16 0 0 16 0 0

252 0 0 295 0 0

o 8 7'04 1,606 0 5 ---------

o 6 21'08 3 7 8'80 o 11 16 o 2 5'87 o 9 17'60 o 3 i4'78 6 11 21 o 9 22'50 o 5 8'66 o 1 6:75

105 18 15 404 4 0

14 0 0 38 16 12 760 7 8 6 9 10 0 7 19 0

67 10 21 18 18 0

1,436 0 0 0 9 11'82 681 11 6 , ' ---------- ------

20 0, '0 0 8' 0 300 17 0 0 50 00 0 6 19'20

700 0 0 5 17'14 20 0 0 ------1---------

1,925 0 ,0 330 0 18 0,0 300

, 15:0 0 900

24 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 58 0 0

700 io 0

2,815 :0 0

1 3 18'80 2 7 22'18 o ,8 '0 030 o 3 12 090 o 3 0" 0,3 0 o 2 0 0, 2 9'38 0,4 0 '

2,289 3 0 79 I 12 5,4 0 090 2 12 12 410 3 12 0 800 1 10 0 6 18 16

,140 0 0

o 18, 0'36 2,585 11 16

70 feet 160 feet 70 feet 80 to 40 feet 40 feet 40 feet 70 feet 60 feet 35 feet

335 ·to 400 feet Various 30 feet ,10 feet 20 feet 100 feet 80 feet 80 feet

Various

12

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


Name of Company.

INGLEWOOD DIVISION.

Fones' ... ... ...

ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUB. DIVISION.

Greenock Reef ... ... Cole and Co, ... ... Cole and Co, ... . ..

ST, ARNAUD NORTH SUB-DIVISION.

Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Chrysolite Tribute

Lord Raglan and St. Arnaud Tribute

Prince of Wales-... .. , Rising Star ... , .. Old Victoria ... ...

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. ureka Consols ... E

C W C Be I.e A S C P

entral Wattle Gully attle Gully '"

hewton United ... nnett and others wis and Co. ...

jax Tribute ... ebastopol Crushing ardwell and Dowling almer and Co, ...

... ... ...

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

FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. eLaren and Co. M

F B B F A D C R Ro D 1

en'on's Reef ... lack Hawk ... rydges and Co .... ryers ... ... nglo-Australian uke of Cornwall attIe's Reef ... owe Brothers ...

we Brothers uus and Frank ...

tedhouse and White

HEPBURN DIVISION. nion ... ... rgus ... ilson's ...

U A W S C

pecimen Hill ... ornish (two months) 'ax '" ... M 'ng and Willard

veson's ... I M W J P

orris iIliams

ackson's rospeetors

... ... ... ... n.

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

... . .. ...

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ' .... ...

TARA.DALE AND KYNETON SURDIVISION.

nited Kingdom ... U H umboldt ... Legg'g Claim ... Ogg's Claim ... Corner's Claim ... Victoria. ...

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

... ...

Average Total Yield 01 'RemarksrelaUve to the Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the

per. Ton. Quartz was obtained, &0. ------- ---

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

Burke's Flat ... ... 900 0 0 0 9 22'38 446 19 6 520 to 600 feet ----

Greenock Reef ... 325 0 0 o 14 0 227 10 0 380 feet Greenock Reef .. . 50 0 0 o 1021'12 27 4 0 140 feet. Water level

200 feet Spinster Reef ... 9 0 0 0 4, 2'66 1 11 0 20 ~eet

---------,------Totals ... ... 384 0 0 ' 0 13 8'69 i 256 11 0

, I -------------

Wilson's Hill ... ... 2,478 0 0 0 8 3'~4 1,010 11 0 600 feet

Wilson's Hill ... , .. 1,710 0 0 0 5 0'35 428 15 0 470 feet .-Prince of Wales Reef ... 14 0 0 o 15 4-71 10 12 18 200 feet - . Wilson's Hill ... . .. 60 0 0 0 3 Q 9 0 0 200 feet Victoria. Reef ... .. . 13 0 0 0 5 12 3 11 12 16 feet

-------------Totals ... . .. 4,215 0 0 0 6 20'21 11,462 106 "

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

Eureka Reef ... .,. 1,108 0 0 0 8 10'09 466 10 1 460 feet Wattle Gully 967 0 0 0 6 22'81 336 1 0 320 feet

. '"

Wattle Gully . .. 195 0 0 0 3 19'93 37 7 0 300 feet Chewton Reef . .. 999 0 0 0 2 12'37 125 13 0 160 to 210 feet Forest Creek ... . .. 345 0 0 0 8 17'74 150 15 0 Various Nimrod Reef ... .. . 391 0 0 0 3 20'31 75 4 0 Various Bolivia Reef ... 295 0 0 0 4 20'44 71 11 7 300 feet Seba.s~opol Reef . .. 146 0 0 0 7 9'53 54' 0 0 Various Town Reef '" ... , 27 0 0 011 6'22 15 4 0 48 feet Monument Hill . .. 15 0 0 1 3 17'60 17 16 0 Surface

Totals ... ... 4,488 0 0 0 6 0'39 1,350 1 8 ,

Seba.stopol Reef ... 180 0-0 0 2 9'33 21 10 0 60 feet Ferron's Reef ... ... 868 0 0 0 7 20'68 34i 4 0 200 to 330 feet Cattle's Reef ... ... 170 0 0 0 9 10'81 80 7 0 210 feet Bullock Reef ... . .. 25 0 0 0 7 14'40 910 0 120 feet Cattle's Reef ... .. . 850 0 0 0 7 1'69 300 10 0 !l30 feet Golden Gully ... ... 19 0 0 0 3 7'58 3 3 0- 320 feet Cattle's Reef ... . .. 647 0 0 0 3 10'83 III 13 0 80 to 160 feet Cattle's Reef ... . .. 97 0 0 0 1 4'45 5 15 0 70 to 80 feet Cattle's Reef ... ... 910 0 0 0 $ 23'49 408 11 0 155 feet Ferron's Reef ... ... 400 0 0 0 2 16'08 53 8 0 80 feet Clark's Reef ... ... 20 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 0 30 to 40 feet Heron's Reef ... . .. 31 0 0 0 4 0 6 4 0 50 feet

--------Totals ... ... 4,217 0 0 0 6 11 1,361 J 5 0

Mauritius Reef . .. 579 0 0 0 1 14'85 46 17 16 70 feet Italian Hili North . .. 15 0 0 0 1 14'40 1 4 0 47 feet Blind Creek ... ... .48 0 0 1 3 23 57 10 0 70 feet Specimen Hill ... 5,209 0 0 0 2 S'69 615 5 0 463 feet Cornish Heef ... ... 2,614 0 0 0 3 10'06 446 18 12 520 feet Willard's Reef .. . 630 '0 0 ;0 10 9'14 327 0 0 60 to 140 feet Willard's Heef ... 114 0 0 1 6 8'63 150 5 0 100 feet Keep-it-Dark' ... ." 35 0 0 o 16 13'71 29 0 0 50 feet W onderful,Reef ... 28 0 0 0 7 0 9 16 0 50 feet Blind Creek ... .. . 40 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 60 feet Glengower. ... ... 800 0 0 0 5 0 200 0 0 Not given Hepburn ... , .. ' 200 0 0 0 7 0 70 0 0 Shallow

I ----------- , .

Totals ... ... 10,312 Q 0 0"3 19'22 1,959 16 4 -----. --------

, Taradale ... ... 1,000 0 0 0 4 12 225 0 0 70 feet Belltopper ... . .. 21 0 0 2 2 20'57 45 0 0 135 feet Back Creek ... . .. 22 0 0 1 3 0 25 6 0 60 feet BelltoPEer ... .. . S 0 0 1 10 0 12 0 0 200 feet Tarada e ... .. . 7 0 0 1 1 0 7 7 0' 20 feet

" 320 feet Taradale ... .. . 60 0 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 ------ --------

Totals .... .. , 1,118 0 0 0 517<66 320 13 0

13

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

Division and Subdlvlsioll, ,Where QUllrtz wIIlfobtAined. Quartz Crushed.

Average Total Yield of I Remarks reIs.tlve to the Illld Yield of Gold Depth at Which the

Name of O()mpany. per'l'Qu. Gold. Quartz was obtained. - ----TARlUNGOWER DIVISION.

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

Caledonian mills ... ... Parkins, Eaglehawk, Bee- 357 0 0 o 15 22'12 284 4 0 hive, Manton's, and

Phoonix mills ... .., Nuggety reefs Charcoal, Eaglehawk, 813 0 0 0 5 16'62 231 8 0

Nuggety, Beehive, and Victoria reefs

Linscott's mills .. , ... Charcoal, Nuggety, Wat- - 673 0 0 0 9 15'02 323 18 2 tle Gully, Manton's, and Victoria reefs

Great Western mills ... Beehive Reef ... ... 261 0 0 0 7 5'03 94 1 18 Eaglehawk Union mills ... Eaglehawk Reef ... 380 0 0 o 10 1-26 191 0 0 Welshman's Reef mills ". Welshman's Reef ... 461 0 0 0 6 18'56 i 156 2 12

Totals .. , ... 2,945 0 0 0 8 16-74 1,280 14 8 Sr. ANDREW'S DIVISION. ---------- ---_.

Pioneer ... ... . .. Pioneer Reef , .. .. , IS 0 0 o 19 19'20 14 17 0 35 feet Pioneer Tribute ... ... Pioneer Reef ... ' .. 410 0 2 0 ° 9 0 0 50 feet Apted and Co, , .. . .. Pioneer Reef ... ... 15 0 0 4 2 12'80 61 18 0 45 feet Allandale ... ... Allen's Reef ." ... 43 10 0 1 16 15'45 79 14 0 45 feet Ross and Co. '" ... Diamond Reef ... 7 0 0 4' 4 3-43 29 9 0 no feet Butler and Co. ... ... Diamond Reef ... 7 0 0 9 4 10'28 64 IJ 0 30 feet Day and Co. ... . .. Diamond Reef ... 8 0 0 o 10 0 4 0 0 100 feet Crown (diorite) ... ... Warrandyte .. , ... 138 0 0 0 5 20'04 40 5 6 40 to 60 feet Oram'sReef ... . .. Panton Hill ... ... 90 0 0: 3 7 12'62 303 17 8 300 feet Oram'sReef ... ... Panton Hill ... . .. 34 0 0 2 18 10'18 99 6 10 300 feet Cleela.nd and Co .... ... You You ... ... 2 0 0 o 12 12 1 5 0 157 feet ----_. ~------

Totals ... ... 364 0 0 1 18 21'82 708 3 0

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

PLEASANT CREEK. DIVISION.

Wimmera. ... ... Stawell reefs ... ... 6,447 0 ° o 17 8'17 4,722 13 10 280 to 1,000 feet Pioneer and Galatea ... Stawell reers ... ... 4,521 0 0 o 16 17'66 3,783 4 12 400 to 1,100 feet New St. George ... ... Stawell reefs ••• ... 3,370 0 0 o 18 23'13 3,195 9 0 480 to 1,110 feet Scotchman's ... Stawell reefs ... 2,76'1 0 0 1 1 18'79 3,002 16 .. 300 to 850 feet ... ... I

Moonlight ... • .. Stawell reefs ... ... 4,269 0 0 1 4 5-27 6,157 12 1 410 to 1,060 feet Wonga and Birmingham ... 'Stawell reefs ... ... 529 0 0 0 4 1'27 107 4 0 24 to 70 feet.

----------Totals ... . .. 20,883 0 0 o 19 .2'98 19,968 i8 6

",., .. "

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. -

OMEO SUBDIVISION. I Duke of Cornwall lease ... Swift's Creek ... ... 180 0 0 o 12 11'73 lBl 8 0 Surface to 60 feet

Rob Roy claim ... ... Swift's Creek ... ... 44 0 0 1 4 2'18 53 0 0 Surface to 20 feet Fisher and Shaw claim ... Swift's Creek ... ." 80 0 0 0 6 6 25 0 0 Surface to 20 feet Russell and Elliot claim ... Swift's Creek ... ... 20 0 0 1 10 0 30 0 0 Surface to 20 feet

----:----Totals ... ... 324 0 0 o 13 14'52 220 8 0 ----,--------

CROOKED RIVEJ1 DIVISION. Reynolds and Co. ... Republic Reer ... 10 0 0 o 15 0 7 10 0 30 feet Walsh and Co. ... ... Garry Castle Reef . .. 60 0 0 0 6 11'28 16 3 12 Surface to 20 feet Clark and Co. ... ... Jeweller's Shop Reef ... 184 0 0 0 5 5'S6 48 5 0 200 feet Good Hope (Tribute) ... Good Hope ... .. . 60 0 0 0 2 14'80 7 17 0 340 feet Sons of Freedom ... ... Union Reef ... ... 12 0 0: 2 19 16 35 16 0 250 feet

Tgtals , .. ... 316 0 0 1 0 7 7'56 115 11 12

--'-1-------DONNELLy'S CREEK DIVISION, Gippsland Consols ... ... ... .. . 1,088 0 0 010 0 544 0 0 Florence ... ... ... ... . .. 110 0 0 o 11 19'64 ! 65 0 0

------ ,----Totals ... ... 1,198 0 O' 010 4 609 0 0 ._---.----

STRINGER'S CHEEK DIVISION. Long Tunnel ... ... Cohen's Reef ... . .. 4,604 0 0 1 11 23'93 7,205 14 12 243 to 523 feet Walhalla ... ... Cohen's Reef ... ... 3,935 0 0 o 13 9'82 2,638 4 12 385 feet and upwards - ----

Totals ... ... 8,439 0 01

1 8 7'91 9,843 19 0 - ----BBNOOO SttllDIVISION.

The Aurora. Borealis ... Aurora Borealis ... 20 0 0 1 4 0 24 0 0 ------------- .-

TARWIN SttBIHVIBION. JfrosIlcctors; Tribute, No. 3 Prospectors; claim, Foster 8 0 0 2 0 0 16 0 0 42 feet

an 4, No.1 South ... . .. No.1 South claim, Foster 25 0 0 o 19 28'04 24 19 0 --------'--

Totals ... ... 33 0 b 1 4: 19'64 40 19 0

-----> ~--- ~- - .- - .' ..

;. , ...

THE follow:~~}1tformatio~ ~.as. lie~~li9~~ained frop1 ~~tum~ ~ade byJhe, ,~!p.~:r!-g Hurveyors8fd. 'Registrars relative to~tlie Quantity_ of ~UARTZTAJ:'LING8 an.d MUL~ocK, &0., CrusJ.1edin,the severaLBivisions and Subdivisions oftlll:ch.Mining ])istrict during,the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

, . ~_ ,. , _ ,' .. _ " , ;..;.:_ ,;:' •. r~.

(, I _ _ \." J • :I~ . c~, , ,t -,. •• :' '. ( or 1·f.: •• • 'j '".t t

Division and Sllbd!v!.!~n, Where'Quartz Ta1I!ngs and : QllI1rtz 'ralllngs~; Ave!ng~~'. Tiithl Yieldo! Remarksreiativeto the Ilnd' Mnl!ock, &c., were i. and Mullock, &c., I' Yield of Gold,,~, ,,, Gold Depth at which the

___ N_a_m_e_of_c_o_mp_a_ny_ • ...,...._-I-___ '~(),b.:.ta~. !,-U""e,d_. , __ ' __ ~~. __ ~ Ton •. ::1' . '.' ",.' Mulloek, &c., were obtained

I tons cwt. qr. oz., dw( gr •. " ,'!oz. dwt, gr. ,' ...

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. ',:'/ , ,; •• ; ,'lhr",,":.,-.r,'_·:, ....

' •• "! , i CENTRAL DIVISION. i:f,,' "C', f;: :'

I . , • " .. : ~';'; " I.. , ; .; "'.

Manner'a Lease ••. . ... -Canadian,,··· .... Robertson's Battery :' .i ••• ' '.Ball!).rq.t'East .:.

:Totals .:. I :", t'

... i ·--34 0 0 0 5'65 2 2 0 , 256 0 0 0.4 16'03 59 1'5 0

,:~' .r--~oo:y -0-~6?i. : ~Y_ '.0 .

'.;

., . ' i'!','

BEECHWORTH ,MINING DISTRICT.' ,',

',.,: " " MITTA MITTA NORTH ...

SUBDIVISION: ' , ./f!

Excelsior Excelsior . 100 ,0 0 0 2 17'28 13 12 0 J .. ' , .,

SANDRlJRSr DIVISION. Beehive . .•• ' ••• E~gle~w:IS

t '\ I.:' \'. ~ t ", ' •• I t

. I '" o 0 22'12' i "'50 ;4i'l6

, ,., .- ,," ,

-----------1-----·-----· --.------"1,090 0"'0

W ARANGA' 'NoRTa:' , SUB-· . '~lnnSION:' ... . \ ~ ..

Balaclava' , Ounes and Co. Jones and Co.

... Whr"oo ~~;'J .; .. Coy's Diggings . - -- _. ~ .

· .. ·f '25 :0"0 .- '. 25 0' 0

"'''. ,: '1' 0 0

. 'ro~l!l ... .56 0 .. 0

, "

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

MARYl3OROUGa: DIVISION. James 'Kay Reade (public Alma:

Cl1.1Shings)

AMHERST DIVISION. Theophilus Bartlemore

AVOCA SUBDIVISION, ' Monte ChristO' ~;; .. I ".;;

. i '. ~ I j j • '_

ST • .A:aNAUD;SOuTH SUB~' ' DIVISION

Greenock Reef .. . Dougwand Co ... .

I,

Various' I i ~. t-

Varion~p.iices

'Greenock'Reer --Various reefs~ ..

Totals ... ,',,:11 :'

-r,305 0 0 02' .Ni,1,.,. 133. 5' 0 ,-----.-.---.. -~-, --'--

.1 .L I,'

, 7300 0 0 2 9'21 87'0 0 ,-; -, 1-"-"':-' .. -, ; v: 60 '0"0 '0 ~6":0;;' :':CY8 '0 0

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

, , , . . •. ~'. '"

..... ',250

... ' 180 o O. 0'0 I o 0

0 0

0

"'~ ~

4 0 1 :llO'70

3 2'53

.. , .. -' ~

1 ,'. , ,

50' 0 0 16 15 6

, ! 66.15' '6

QASTLEM~INE ,MINING DISTRICT. , .'

, CASTLEMAINE -DIVISION. Llewellyn and Co. ' ... Davies and Co.... ', ••• ,

I

Nimrod'Reef ... Cliewton .. ; •••.

,,. .,

.., .. Nt ,':1' o 1 0'58 o 2' 5'92

... ~ ..... T' "

. .)! .. -

" ~> 1 ~ • 1

.. ~ 1 •

,"1 ...

HEPBURN DIVISION: To~als, ...

I ,f.'. ,1,518 0 0 o 1 17'~9 1~1 10 12, .,

~~ ____ · .. ·:·;·:!·tr'""·· ..... ·

Ellis and Others ... . -... TARRANGOWERDlVIsION:

Linscott's mills... ... Phrenix mills ... • ..

. Wombat ruU· ... ,·

" . ~,

Eaglehawk Reef Growler's Gully

j TOtals:' ..

160 0 0 030 2,1: 0 0 40 feet

15

PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars

relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and BU.NKETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.


Name 01 Company.

OENTRAL DIVISION. Llanberris battery Hero Extended ... Moore's Pyrites Works

OREBWICK DmSIOl'{. Port Phillip ••• New North Olunes South Olunes ...

... ... ...

... ... ... STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.

Unknown ... ... BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND

BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDmSION.

Sultan ... ... . ..

BBECHWORTH DmSION. Tydaldy Adeldy ... ' ... Reform... • .. ...

Y ACKANDM.'DAII SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

Bigelow and Olingan ... BUCKLAND DmsION.

F, Henty '" ... Gill's mill ... ...

ALEXANDRA SUBDmSION. Provid~c~ ... _ ... ..!._ I ...

, GAFil),~y's OREEK SUB-DmSION.

Rose o( Denmark ...

SANDRUBST DIVISION, Spargo Brothers ••• ... United Pyrites ... .. , Sandhurst and Eaglehawk R. J. Liddell and 00. ... Koch's .Pioneer ... . .. Morning Light ... ...

l\IARYBOROUGH DmSION, Penny !IUd Olausen (public

Cl'Ushings )

ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUB-DmSION.

Pyrites .... ... ...

OASTLElII:AINE DmSION, Eureka. ... ... ...

HEPBURN DIVISION. ·Sundry lots ... . ..

STRINGER'S O:ttEEKDmSIOl'l. Long Tunnel ... ... Walhalla ... ...

I pYrite~ Average Remarks relative to the Where Pyrltes an~ BlanketingS~: and Blanketings Yield 01 Gold Total Yield 01 Depth nt which the

were obtamed, : operated on. per Ton. Gal(l. Pyrites, &e" 'lVere obtained.

l-t-ol1ll--cm-. -q-r-.I I-oz

-. -d-m'-.-g-r.- --o-z,-a-wt-,-gr-, -----.--

. BALLARAT, MINING DISTRICT.

~I BltU!lr!lt East ... 7' 10 2 5 1'60 16 18 0 Little Bendigo ... 10 0 0 8 16'80 4 7 0 Poverty Point ... 35 0 o I 2 0 0 7() 0 0

! ----Totals ... ... 52 10 0 1 14 18'28 91 5 01 -----

Olunes reefs '". . .. 85 0 0 ' 4 19 15'53 423 10 0 Olunes reefs ... ... 69 10 0 4 2 4'49 285 12 0 Olunes reefs ... , .. 25 10 0 3 11 18'35 91 10 0

----Totals ... ... 180 0 0 14 822'93 ' 800 12, 0

----- ----Elaine ... .. . 50 0 0 2 0 9'60 101 0 0

----

Barry's Reef ... ... 12 0 0 218 8 35 0 0

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

Hilriietville ... . .. 014 0 20 0 0, 14 '0 0 Myrtleford .. , ... 23 0 0 2 3 21'91 50 10 0

Totals ... ... 23 14 0 2 14 10'33 64 10 0

Homewa:rd-bound, Hills- 105 0 0 1 10 18'74 ,

161 12 0 borough -------------

Ruuning Oreek ... 18 0 0 1 14 17'33 31 5 0 Sundry ... . .. 75 0 0 1 6 -16 100 0 0

.----Totals ... . .. 93 0 0 1 8 5'42 131 5 0

' ' --------_. Providence Reef, Yea ... 1 o _0 5 0 0 ! 5 '0 0 --------:---'-

6 22'741

: Eureka. Reef ... ... 4 15 0 2 11 3 0 ,


Great Western Gully ... 132 0 0 2 1 0'54 270 15 0 Pincbgut Gully ... 354 0 0 2 8 10'34 857 4 13 Jackass-Flat i ... ... 218 0 0 2 0 3'30 437 10 0 Derwent Gully ... 141 0 0 1 19 21'70 281 6 12 Long Gully .. , ... 51 0 0 o 19 18'35 50 8 ,0 Golden Gully, . .. 11 0 0 o 10 13'09 5 16 0

--------, ----Totals ... ... 907 0 0 2 1 23'10 1,903 ,0 1


Timor ... ... 3 10 0 17 7 10'28 60 16 0 ----------Wilson's Hill ... ... 1,151 0' 0 0 4 0'75 232 0 0 400 to 600 feet


' -Eureka Reef ... . .. 15 0 0 3 15 13'60 56 13 12

460 feet ... ... n • 42 ,0 0 2 0 0 84 0 0

.. Estimated.

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. I

Cohen's Reef ... ... 36 17 2 4 17 3'33 i 179 2,0 Oohen's ~eef ... . .. 30' 7 2 2 9 3'65 ! 74 13 0 ----- ""3i5 ~1'15125315, .0 Totals ... ... 67 5 0

"

1VASHDIRT AND CEMENT.

SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY of WASH DIRT Puddled and

Sluiced and CEMENT Crushed during thc Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom •

Quantity Average Total Yield of •

Quantity Average Total Yield of :Mining Dlstrlcts. Puddled and Yield of Gold G<lld from "lining Districts. Puddled and Yield of Gold Gold from

Crushed. per Ton. WasMirt. Crushed. per;I'on. Cement. . .. ~

Washdirt. tons cwt.qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Cement. tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwl. gr. Ballarat ... 10,520 O· 0 0 2 14'19 1,363 o 12 Ballarat . .. 408. 0 0 0 7 2'79 145 3 14 Beechworth ... 27,330 0 0 0 1 7'15 1,773 13 o· Beechworth ... ... ... ., . Sandhurst ... 2,100 0 0 ' 0 2 ll'O6 258 8 0 Sandhurst . .. "40 0 0 o 19 0 38 0 0 Maryborough ... 10,141 0 0 I 0 2 13'14 1,291 13 12 Maryborough ... 218 0 0 0 6 8'92 69 9 0 Castlemaine ... 122,1960 0 0 o ll'09' 2,822 15 0 Castlemaine ... 565 0 0 i 0 4 15'25 130 19 0 Ararat ... 9,750 0 0 0 1 15 792 4 6 Ararat ... 5,577 0 o , 0 4 23'25 1,385 12 10 Gippsland ... ... .... ... Gipp~l.and , ...

o io--r 4'74

... .1 8,301

' . Totals • t •• 182,037 0 0 0 o 21'89 14 6 Totals . -.. 6,808 0 1,769 ,4 0

NOl'E,-Thls Summary does not show the total quantities of wasbdlrt puddled t1.Ud sluiced and cement crusbcd, but only the yield of ce~1lI1l crushlngs, &0" respecting which the Mining Surveyors and Registrars have bcen able to obtain Information, Owing to the circumstance l\1nt mllny of the machine-owners are unable to give Or arc precluded from giving information, it Is impossible to get complete returns from every district; and ill conSidering the relative Importance of each district, lIS rcgards alluvial milling, &c" the tables relating to machinery should be examined and compared •.

Office of Mines, THOS. COUCHMAN, Melbourne, 15th September 1877. Secretary for Mines.

WASHDIRT ... 'tHE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and. Registrars

relative to the QUA..~TITY of WASH DIRT Puddled or Sluiced in the 'several Diyisionsailu Subdivisions of each Mining Distdct during the Qnarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. ,,' 0 •

DIVision and SubdiVision, and

Nn.me of Company.

CENTRAL DIVISION. Winter's Freehold ...

SOUTHERN DIVISION. 1'umer and party ... Break-o'-Day ... ... Welcome ... ...

BEECIIWORTH DIVISION, McEvoy Wellington Ovens Gold and Tin

INDIGO DIVISION. Barrass and Co. .. . Chiltern Valley .. .

Where Wllshdirt was ~btainM, • Wa~h(Hrt. Pllddl.d 0

Average Total Yield nemarks relative to the Yield of Gold of Gold, Depth at which the

per Ton. Washdlrt was obtained, &c.

tqns owt. qr. oz, dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT • .. -Parish of Cardigan, Bal- . 8,331 0 o i 0 2 8 972 0 0 F~mt~~ ~1fgvi~~yg!~erp~:t

larat West -----'-------- lend, 405 reet from the sur ftwe, thickueas of w8Bhdirt

Break..o'-Day ... 6 feet '

... i,650 0"'0 o '3 9'37 '279 14 2 40 feet, 4 feet thick Break-o'-Day ... . .. 389 0 0 0 2 23'69 58 1 22 10 to 40 ft., 2l ft. thick Pitfield Plains ... 150 0 0 0 7 2'32 I 53 4 12 115 feet, 3 feet thick

Totals ... ... 2,189 0 0 0 3 13'74 391 o 12 ,

BEECHWORTH MINrn:G DISTRICT.

Eldorado, 17,iSO 0 0 0 1 0 '859 (\ o I 100 teet Eldorado ... i 6,000 0" 0 0 0 18 I 225 0 0 90 feet Eldorado I 1,200 0 0 .~~l~~i 276 feet

Totals... ...' 24,380 0 O. 0 0 22'23 i 1,129 0 0 i I ~--

DU~ham&caledonianleadSI· 400 0 0 I 0 5 12 1100 0 0 250 feet Chiltero lead ... ... 2,550 0 0 0 4, 4'64 534 13, 0 250 feet

'Totals :..' ... 2,95o-;;-oI04--;sg ---;;:M'i30

SANDHURST ¥mING DISTRICT •

SANDttURST DIVISION. I Lane's Tribute No.2... Bagshot .... 1 2,100 0 0 I 0 2 ll'06 I 258 8 0 I

MARYBOROUGH . MINING DISTRICT.

lURYBOnOUGn DIVISION. i I ,

.-

Seaham .. , ... Alma ... i ... ' 500 0 O· 0 4 16'51 i 117 4 0 Gladstone ... Alma ... . .. 1 400 10 0 0 4 0'51 • 80 8 12 ...

--__ 1 ___ -,-----Totals ... ... 900 0 0 0 4 6'73 197 12 12

AMHERST DIVISION. ____ 0- ----

Hoffnung ... ... Mount Greenock South 1,611 0 0 0 Ii 0'37 404 0 0 100 feet Union ... ... Mount Greenock South 2,300 0 0 0 1 IS'57 204 0 0 200 feet Nicholl's Freehold ... Mount Greenock South 2,566 0 0 0 1 2'19 140 0 0 100 feet

---------- -----Totals ... ... 6,477 0 0 0 2 7'43 748 0 0

INGLEWOOD DIVISiON. , --------------

Daly Lead Tribute ... Daiy Lead ... ... 2,764 0 0 0 2 i2'10 346 1 0 o , --~-- ..

17

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

DIvisIon and Subdivision, and

Name 01 Company.

, i Average i I Remarks relative to the Where Waahdlrt was obtatned. i Washdlrt PUddled.j Yield of Gold I TO?b ~~eld I'. Depth at which the

1----------1 ~~I--O-, _o_._~~~~ ton. owt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.


CAlIrLEMAINE DIVISION.

Ah Ming and Co. Hansen... • .. Smith and Co. ... Py Pieu... • ..

... Sailors' Flat ...

..• Adelaide Flat .. .

.., W caley Flat .. .

... Dinah Flat .. .

Totals '" FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION.

Parsons and Co. '" ... Murderer's Flat W. Tonkin ... ... Choke 'm Flat Williams and Co. ... New Year's Flat T. Stephens ... ... New Year's Flat Brewer and Co. ... ••• New Year's Flat Trethewey and Co. ... N ew Year's Flat H. Dunstan ... ... Hit-or-Miss Vosti and Co. '" ... Pennyweight ... Russell and Co. '" ... Pennyweight ••• Thomas and Co. '" ••• Bald Hill ... Small and Co.... '" COIhmissioner's 'Flat Ellis and Co. '" ... Church's Flat ... Thomas and Co. ... ... Spring Gully ••• R~berts and Co. '" ... Spring Gully ... Houston and Co. ... ... Table Hill ... Hines and Co. .. . ... Bald Hill ... Meins' Freehold ... ... Guildford ...

Totals ...

HEPBUlIN DIVISION.

Prince Extended ... Sebastopol Hill

Sailor Prince... ... SebastopollIill

Long Tunnel... ,.. Italian Hill .•• Federal Tunnel... ... Italian Hill ... Brow and mate ... ... Italian Hill .. . Caslit's,Meskill's,McQueen'a, Wombat Flat .. .

and Spence's parties Fitzpatrick's, Croker's, War- Table Hill ' ..

dell's, Robertson's,Young's, Twining's, and McCostin's parties

Rolleri's, Gladstone's, Rothe- Stony Creek ... ram's, and F olet ti' B parties

FolettPs No, 2 ;. ~ ... Corinella parties... • .. Black and Co.... ... Mawby and Ralph's parties Fox and Co. '" .. , Cameron and Co.... • .. 30 Europea~8 '" ...

Cameron's Gully '" Eganstown .. , '" Doctor's Gully ... Kidd's Gully '" ... Welshman's Gully ... Sailor's Creek '" Dry Diggings,Shepherd's

Flat, Hepburn, and other localities

Chinese parties ... ... Hepburn creeks

Totals •••

T ARRANGOWER DIVISION.

William Bowe... ... Blaekie's Rill ... Abram Grigg... ... Pegl!·g Gully ... Hobert Grigg... ,.. Porcnpine lflat J. Knight ... ... I Poreupine Flat J, Kent... '" ... Eaglehawk Flat J. Tremouth .. , ... Long Gully ... J. Coon ... ... ... Seventy-foot ... A, Pettitt ... ... Seventy-foot ' .. W, Hetherington... • .. Mucklt;ford .• , J. Haywood ._. ... Muckleford .. .

Totals .. . ST. ANDREW'S DlVISION;

Warrandyte :Freehold Gold Warrandyte ... Mining

2,300 0 0 845 0 0 SOO 0 0 390'0 0

o 0 6'52 o 0 14'76 o 0 12 o 0 16

4,335 0 0 0 0 9'99

31 5 0 26 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0

90 5 0 1-------------

11,700 0 0 3,100 0 0 2,600 0 0 1,300 0 0 1,950 0 0 1,950 0 0

100 0 0 500 0 0 260 0 0 500 0 0 260 0 0

2,600 0 0 1,200 0 0 2,500 0 0

700 0 0 600 0 0

3,960 0 0

o 0 2'95 o 0 6'04 o 0 4-S0 o 0 12'18 o 0 3'20 o 0 6'40 o 1 14'40 o 0 19'20 o 0 11'07 o 0 U-52 010 o 0 4'80 o 0 12 006 010 o 0 12 o 1 9'57

72 0 0 12 feet 39 0 0 16 feet 26 0 0 12 feet 33 0 0 16 feet 13 0 0 15 feet 26 0 0 15 feet 8 0 0 10 feet

20 0 0 14 to 16·feet 6 0 0 40 feet

12 0 0 90 feet 13 0 0 12 feet 26 0 0 14 feet 80 0 0 10 to 12 feet 31 5 0 12 to 14 feet 85 0 0 80 to 90 feet 15 0 0 90 to leo feet

277 0 0 200 feet

35,7S0 0 0 o 0 9'15 1 682 5 0

400 0 0

329 0 0

420 0 0 1,050 0 0

305 0 0 3,445 0 0

2,9S0 0 0

5,510 0 0 I 2,215 0 0 4,870 0 0 1500 0 0 8,100 0 0 4,130 0 0 1425 0 0

25,000 0 0

o 2 23'79

o 4 l'46

o 1 13'09 o 0 20'80 o 0 17'81 o 0 7'09

o 0 10'i5

o 0 8'08

o 0 6'77 o 0 2'66 o 0 15'22 o 0 1'39 o 0 1'57 o 0 10'16 o 0 10'75

15,000 0 0 0 I 0

59 16 18 4,446 feet in' tunnel

{Tunnel, llO from

66 16 0 grass, 2,500 feet in 82 9 2 45 10 0 liO feet

'11 0 0 SO feet 50 IS 0 S feet

66 15 0 To 50 feet

92 3 0 To 90 feet

31 50S feet 27 0 0 Various 15 17 0 20 feet 23 10 0 9 and 25 feet 13 10 0 20 feet 9 0 0 9 feet

560 0 0 Average 12 feet

750 0 0 Shallow 1,-------1------\-----

74,679 0 0 o 0 11'03 1,855 9 15

", 500 0 0 0 0 12-48 13 0 0 600 0 0 0 0 12 15 0 0 325 0 0 0 0 22-15 1" 0 0 325 0 0 0 0 IS , 12 8 18

2,000 0 0 0 0 4'SO' 20 0 0 520 0 0 0 0 6 6 10 0 455 0 0 0 0 16'87 16 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 S'16/ 0]7 0

100 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 16 0 10 0

--------------4,890 0 0 0 0 10'21 104 0 18

24 feet 12 feet 20 feet 20 feet 15 feet Surface 70 feet 4 feet 30 feet 20 feet

2,512 0 0 0 0 17'33 90 14 15 8 to 14 feet


RAGLAN DIVISION,

ew Victoria N ... . .. Waterloo Flat, near Beau- 9,750 0 0 0 1 15 792 4 6 160 feet fort

No. Ga.

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CEMENT. , .- . ~

THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and, Registrar. relative to the QUANTITY of' CKJlfENT Crushed in the several Divisions and ~ubdivh:;ion86f each Mining District dril'ing the Qual'ter~ and' the GOLD obtained therefrom.

~~ I Division and Subdivision, Average Total Yield of i and Where Cement was obtained. Cement Crushed. Yield of Gold I Gold. Name of Company. per Ton.

dWt. ~f.1 tons cwt. qr. oz. awt. gf. oz,

BALLARAT MININGDISTRIeT. . ,

SOUTHERN DIVISION. -

Crushed (on hire) by the Ka.ngaroo Flat ... 354 0 0 0 6 13'12 11t> 17 12 New Kangaroo Cpmpany's ' , , . battery , --------I' ,

SMYTH~8DALE DIVISION, "

Howcroft and party Happy i' ... Dreamer's Hill, 37 0 0 o 13 2 24 4 2

Drury and Co, Va.lley ,

Happy 060 152'0 ... ... Dreamer's Hill, 17 0 0, Valley

i

o 10 "',.1"--'-' Totals ... I 54 0 01

...

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT; ;

W llANGA. NORTH SUB-DIVISION,

'Semmens and Co. Rushworth, ... I .., 8 0' 0 1 6 6 10 10 0 Taylor ; .. .. , }

,

{ 22 0 0 1 1 8'73 23 10 0 Rya.n ... ... Hope Lead, New Rush 4 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 Geizler ... ... : 6 0 0 o 10 0 3 0 0

, 40 0 0 o 19 0 38 0 0


DUNOLLY A.ND TAIDlA.GULLA. DIVISIONS; ,

Simmonds and Co. Newbert and Co .... Rees and Co, ••• Cannon and Co. • .. Lang and Co. • .. H. Davies ... Goddard and Co .... John Job Boundry and Wilson

n. No.2 Hill ... ... Puzzle Flat '" • •. No.1 Hill ... ... ' Puzzle Flat ... ... Forty-foot Hill ... No.9 Hill " ... No: 9 Hill .. . .... No, 1 Hill .. . ... No.2 Hill .. .

36 0 0 58 0 0 17 0 0 300 600 5 0 0, 7 0 '0

20 '0 0 30 0 0

040 o 4 12 070 o 4 12 060 o 3 12 050 030 050

740 13 r 0 5 1'9 0 o 13 12 1 16 0 o 17'12 1 15 0 '3 0 0 7 10 0

------1----------Totals ...

INGLEWOOD DIVISION.

Daly Lead Tribute Gold Da.ly Lead Mining

182 0 0'0 4 14'24

36 0 0 0 Hi. 8'67

CASTLEMAINE.MINING DISTRiCT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. i

Browne and Co. • .. ..... Lusrungton Hill .. . [, 0 0 2 18 9'60 ----------

FRYElI.'s CREElt DIVISION.

Homeward-bound ... Table Hill ... ... 470 0 ,0 0 3 14'65' Thomas and Co .... ... Bald Rill ... . .. 90 0 0 0 7 0

Totals ••• ... 560 0 0 0 4 3'73


PLEASA.NT CREEK DIVISION.

Band of Hope' ... ... Deep Lead ... ... 2,:105 0 0 0 5 23'97 North and South Wales ... Deep Lead ... ... 2,541 0 0 0 5 7'69 Mullock ... ... . .. Deep Lead ... . .. 731 0 0 0 o 12'00

----------Totals ... ... 5,577 0 0 0 4 23'25

'j

41 16 0

27 13 0

14 12 0

'84 17 0 31 10 0

116 7 0

691 7 18 675 19 4

18 5 12

1,385 12 10

Remarks relative to tho Depth at which the

Cement was obtalned.

,,' .. '

50 to 65 feet :from lur face

, '

80 feet

80 f~et

'.

30 feet 70 feet 20 feet 40 feet 30 feet 60 feet 60 feet 30 feet 40 feet

" ,"

"

.. ,-

..

. ,,1]; "

.. ",'"

110 to 120 feet 90 feet

..

..

~ : r ".!"-" •

NU~IBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS O~ THF,) GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY,

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 1877.

(From Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Regi8trars.)

N rune or Place. No. Total. Name or Place. No. Total.

--- ---. BALLARAT DISTRIOT. Br~ught forward ... ... . .. 6.435

Central Division: Creswick Division-continued. Ballarat West and Sebastopol ... 380 Slaty Creek . .. . .. ,., 40 Ballarat East ... ... ... 1,078, Mopoke ... , .. ... .. . 20 Little Bendigo and Dead·horse ... 370 Humbug Hill ... ... .. , 60 Sago Hill... ... • •• ... 15 Portuguese Flat ... .. , . .. 40 Springs ... ... ... 20 Back Creek ... .. . . .. 10 White.horse, Prince Regent, and 450 Bullarook ... . .. ... 60

Canadian Gordon'Subdivis,ion: -- 1.115 -- 2,313 Egerton ... . .. . .. ... 277

o

Southern Division: Gordon , ... ... ... 18 Long Gully ... . .. ... 10 Moorabooi'" ... . .. .. . 56 Staffordshire Reef ... . .. 75 Steiglitz Subdivision: -- 3tH Italian Gully ... ... . .. 15 Splitters' Gully G Steiglitz ... '" ... ... 33 ... .. , . .. Morrison's 70 Kangaroo 81 ... ... .. . ... ... Dolly's Creek 10 Moonlight 10 ... ... ... ... . .. ... Elaine 160 Bulldog .... GO ... ... . .. .. , ... ... Mount Doran 70 Rokewood Junction 50 ... ... ... ... ... Little Forest S Mount Misery 300 ... . .. ... ... . .. ...

Blackwood Di~ision -- 85 Jackson's Gully ... ... . .. 10 and Blue Mountain Yankee Hill ... ... ... 15 South Subdivision:

1

Grassy Gully ... ... .. ... 30 Golden Poin't . ... ... . .. 100 Spring Creek ... .... ... 14- Red Hill . .. .. . .. . 60 Sawpit Gully ... ... ... 12 Barry'S Reef and Split-tree ... . .. 320 Whim Holes ... ... ... 25 Yankee Reef and Creek ... . .. 85 Hard Hills ... ... ... 30 Simmons' Reef and Back Creek . .. 65 }<'renchman's '" ... ... 25 Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg ... 90 Pinchgut ... ... ... ... .30 B!akeville ••• ... .. . 20 Break.o'-Day ... ... ... 80 'Snake,Gully ... ~.' .. . 10 Western Creek ... ... .. . 80 Goodman's Creek and vicinity . .. 20

-- 958 Ballan Flat ... '" ... 40

Buninyong Division: Garibaldi and vicinity ... 20 -

Durham and tributaries 100 Wright's Reef ... ... . .. 4 ... ... Bacchus Marsh and vicinity 40 Green Hills and Devonshire 30 ...

'" Maher's Hill ... . .. 16 Scotchman's and Hard Hills 100 ... ... 89 Buninyong and Union Jack 10 Balian Subdivision: --... Hiscock's and Fairweather Reefs ", lIO Blakeville road ... . .. ... 4 4

o

Winter's Flat, Cobbler'S, and Magpie 130 ---Black Lead and Gum-tree ... ... 80 Total for Ballarat District ..... . .. 8,881 Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gympie 40 ----Prospecting and isolated parties ... 50

BEECHWORTH DISTRICT. Grenville .. , ... ... .. . 20 -- 670 Beechworth Division:

Smythesdale Division: Spring Creek ... ... .. . 105

Smythesdale 100 Sil ver Creek ... ... . .. 25 ... ... .. . Deep Creek 22 Scarsdale and Newtown 180 ... ... ... ... ... Hurdle Creek 44 Cape Clear 30 ... ... ... ... ... . .. l'ennyweight Flat ... 52 Brown's 30 ... ... ... . .. . .. Two-mile Creek 60 Italian Gully 5 . ... ... ... . .. . .. Three-mile Creek ... 180 Derwent .Jack's 50 ... . .. .. , ... ... Six·mile Creek 50 Piggoreet 30 ... ... ... ... ... ... Stony Creek 70 Bottle Hill 30 ... ... . .. ... . .. ... Myrtleford, &e. 11.0 Snake Valley and Hard Hills 50 ... .. . ... ... ·W ooragee, &c. 110 Happy .Val1ey and Lucky Woma.n's ... 140 ... ... .. . Haddon ... 620 Reid's Creek .. , ... ... 8S ... ... . .. Wooished 130 Uolrlen Lake 6 ... ... .. . ... '" ... Sebastopol )00 Madden's Flat 7 ... .. ,

j-'. ... . .... Eldorado '280 IJinton's 170 ... ... . .. ... ... . .. Stanley and neighborhood 340 Monkey Gully 7 ... . .. ... ... ... Buckland Gap 30 Moonlight Creek 10 ... ... .. . ... ... ... -- 1,746 Preston Hill ... ... ... 80 Yackandandah South Subdivision:

-- 1,494 Clear Creek '" ... 54 Bruarong

,. 20

CreswicR. Division: ... ... ...

Creswick '" 40 Kirby's Flat ... .... < ... 38 ... ... .. . Rowdy Flat 36

Clunes 950 ... ... ... ... . .. ... .. . Osborne's Flat 58

SpringJ,iIl - 400 ... . .. ... ... . .. ... Allan's Flat' 28, Broomf)eld Gully 10

... ... ... ... ... ., . Stagborn Filii 50 Red Streak· . 150 ... . .. . .. ... . .. ... Twist's Creek 60. Union Hm 10 '" .... ... ... . .. . .. Muddy Creek ~_ 35-Longpoint 25

... ... ... c ... ... ... Hillsborough 35 Diamond Gully '10 ... ... ... ... ... . .. Sandy:Creek 90 Cobbler's Gully 15

... ... . .. ... ... .. . Township 65 Bald Hills 10

... ... ... ... ... .. . Hayes' Point 20 Sulky Gully 10 ... ... ... IiS9 ... ... . .. ----- --

Carried forward ... ... ... 5,435 Carried forward .., ... ... 2.385 .. _.

B2

20

NUMBER a.nd DIsTRmuTION of MINERS 011 the Goldfields, &c.--continued.

Name of PI nee. No. Tolal. '1 Name of Place. I No. Total.

-------------- --1---1-------------------Brought forward •••

I1Iui'qV Division: Chiltern Valley... ... Suffolk Lead ... . .. Indigo Leads ... . .. Lancashire Lead ... • •• Perseverance Lead ... Caledonian and Durham Leads Clydesdale ... . .. Bobby Bums ... • .. R'lthergJen Reefs ... • .. Chiltern Reefs ... ... Chiltern and Ballarat Leads Indigo Reefs. ... ...

Bucldand Division: H,u'l'ietville ... ••• . .. Harrietville to Bright ... . .. Bright to Boundary,including Running.

Creek... ••• ••• • .. Waudlligong ... ... • •• Buckland to Upper Bridge .•• ... Upper to Lower Bridge... . .. Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction ...

Alexandra SubdivisiM: ' Alexandra and vicinity •.. Godfrey's Creek and vicinity Devil's River and tributaries J'olmson's Creek and tributaries Head of U T Creek ••• Goulburn River... .. . Doogalook ... .. . Spring Creek a.nd tributaries Higinbotham ... • •• Merton and vicinity ... 'felt-tree Creek and vicinity Acheron River... • .. Maindample and Doon ... Yea ... •.• • .. Scattered population ...

Dry Greek Subdivision: Brankeet Creek ... Dry Creek ... Hell's Hole ... Stringybark Creek

Gaffney's Creel! Subdivision: Gonlburn River ... • .. Gaffney's Creek ••• . •• Cannon's Creek ••• . .. Raspberry Creek and branches Lyrebil'd Creek... . •• 'Wallaby Creek .•• . .• Moving pOJ>ulation "-Moonlight Creek ... .. . Ryan's Creek ... .. .

Wood's Poirtt Subdivision: Wood's Point and Morning Sta.r Lower Goulblll'll ... Right and left branches ... Gooley's Creek... ... Harper's and Pheasant Creeks Perkins' Creek and Waverley All Nations and Creek ... Black l'ther ... • .. Moving popUlation ." Maori Creek ... ." Never:mind Spur '" ...

Big River Subdivision: Frenchman's Creek 'Warner's Creek .. . Enoch's Point .. . R:l.ilway Creek .. . Jim Thoma.s' Creek Big lUver North ... Big River South ... Fry's Creek ... Moving population GOlllhurn Hiver... ...

Jditta Mit/a Nort!l Subdivision: Scot Hamburg .. . Gift'Line... .. . Lneknow... .. . Iflagstatr Hill ... Welcome... • .. Bethanga... . .. Execlsior ... ... Empress '" Ruby Creek ...

130 6

67 3 2

16 6 2

43 50 10 19

-97

308

145 244

87 155 lOB

-30 80 10 10

8 10 2

20 4

IS 15 12 10 15 19

4 30 16 48

4 12

6 8 2

36 24 30

8 10

6 16 16

8 3

14

3 12 6

15 4

20 8 4 4 6

15 104 '10 20 20

120 20 15 10

2,335

354

1,144

210

88

125

171

82

Jarvis Creek ••• ... 20 .- 354

Carried forwa.rd ,-

4,863

Brought forward ...

Mitta Mitta South Subdivision: L1ghtning Creek ... Granite Flat .. . Mitta Mitta River .. . Junction ;.. .. .

Jamieson Subdivision: Howqua Hiver and tributllries ... Goulbnrll River, from Howqua. to

Jamieson ... .. ... • .. Mack's Creek .. , ••• • .. Goulburn niver, from Jamieson to

Swampy Creek... ... .. . Sa.ilor Bill's Creek... ... .. . Flume Creek ... ... .. . Baker's Creek ... ... .. .

Total for Beechworth ,District ...

SANDIIURST DISTRICT. Sandhurst Division:

Back Creek and Spring Gully ... Sheepshead and Golden Gully .. . Golden Square and lrangaroo Flat .. . Crusoe Gully and neighborhood ... }'farong and Bullock Creek ... Victoria and New-chum Ueefs ... Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies ... Ironbark .•• ... ... • .. Bendigo Flat ... ... . .• White Hills and Epsom ••• ... Huntly... .... ••• • .. Sydney Flat and Whipstick ... Specimen Hill and Sailors' Gnlly ... Devonshire Gullyand Dead-horse Flat Windmill Hill and California Gully ... Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ... ... Snob's Hill a.nd Pegleg Gully ... Raywood... ... ... • •• Elysian Flat ... ... ... Sebastian... ... ... • .. Kamarooka ... ... .. . Scattered and prospecting ••• .. .

Kibnore Division: Reedy Creek Sunday Creek

Heathcote Division and Waranga South Su bdivision :

Graytown ... Redcastle .. . Heathcote .. . Costerfield ... Tooborac... '" Kimbolton and Campaspe ... Coli ban and l\:Iyrtle Creek '" Wild-duck ...

Waranga lVort" Subdivision: RlIshworth ... Wilroo... • .. Coy's Diggings ... White Hills, &c. • ..

Total for Sandhurst District ...

MARrnOROUGH DISTRIOT. M aryborough Division:

Alma ... Waterloo ... Inkerman ... Moonlight Flat ... Adelaide Lead Golden Point Craigie ... Four-mile Flat Carisbrook Mosquito .. . Blucher's .. . Newtown .•• Havelock ... Chin:tman's BhlCkman's Lead ••• Maryborough

Carried forward

20 49 22 10

Ii

25 60

70 100 30 30

170 300 460

90 150 510 500 490 450 40

185 190 270 220 850 270 890 50 50

100 35

300

29 13

15 90

180 220

25 25 30 85

490 80 32 24

400 50 50 50

120 100 100 100 150 150 300 150 150 800 50

300, 1-

4,863

101

320

5,284

5,570

42

570

626

6,808

3,020

3,020

21

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

! Name of rlaee. No. Total. Name of Place.

Brought forward ... ... . .. 3,020 Brought forward ... .. . Majorca Suhdivision : St. Arnaud North Subdivision-continued.

Majorca. ... ... ... 24 Carapooe ••. ... ... .. . England's Hill Lead ... '" 8 Bell Rock, &c. ... ... . .. Mount Greenock ... ... .. . 8 mink Bonnie '" ... ... Gibraltar Lead ... ... ... 6 Duchcss of Edinburgh ... ... Scandinavian Lead ... ... 46 Jerejaw, &c. ... ... . .. McCallum's Old Lead ... ... 13 Victoria Reef, &c .... ... ... German Gully (quartz) 5 ... ...

Amherst Division: -- lIO Total for Maryborough District ... About Talbot ... ... ... 40 ---Scaudinavian Lead ... ... 20 CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT • Mount Greenock ... '" 90 Castlemaine Division: Nuggety and Long Gullies ... ... 46 Castlemaine . .. ... . .. Kangaroo Gully and Flat -.:; ... 40 Eureka Reef . .. . .. . .. Mia Mia and tributaries ... ... 40 Guildford . .. ... ... Daisy Hill and tributaries .. , ... 140 Campbcll's Creek ... ... ... Adelaide Lead South ... '" 70 Sailor's Gully ... . .. . ..... Blacksmith's Gully ... ... 20 Barker's Creek ... . .. . .. Emu and Cockatoo ... ... 40 Myrtle Creek ... ... .. . Brown's Gully ... . .. ... 8 Moonlight Flat ... ... . .. Norfolk Gully ... . .. ... 16 Chewton ... ... . .. Rocky Flat ... ... .. , 20 Wattle Gully ... . " .. . .

Alloca Subdivision: -- 590 Golden Point ... ... ... Amphitheatre ... ... . , . 50 Diamond GuUy ... ... . .. Avoca Lead ... ... '" 100 Fryer's Creek Division: Green Hill Creek ... ... ... 72 Golden Gully to Fryerstown ... Percydale ... ... ... 180 Spring Gully and Spccimen Hill '" Homebush ... ... ... 100 Choke 'm Flat to Vaughan ... . .. Lamplough ... '" ... 152 Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills . .. Monte Christo ... ... ... 15 German and Mopoke Gullies ... Mountain Hut ... ... ... 25 Loddon: Vaugban to Pennyweight ... No.1 Creek ... ... '" 45 Table Hill and Tarilta ... ... No.2 Creek ... ... ...

-, 150 Guildford Hills ... . .. . .. Kimberley and Sardine ... .. , 15 Loddon: Vaughan to Holcombe ... Donkey Hill ... ... '" 10 Nuggety Gully and Irishtown . .. Middle Creek, &c .... ... ... 25 Green and Sailors' Gullies .. , . .. Gullies east of Avoca ... . .. 20 Pickpocket and Hard Hills ... .. Glenmona Reef ... ... ... 8 Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss . ..

Dtinollyand Tarnagulla Divisions: --- 967 Hephurn Division:

Dunolly ... ... . .. ... 200 Dry Diggings Section ... '" Burnt Creek ... ... ... 50 Yandoit Section ... ... .. . Goldsbrough ... '" ... 100 Boots Gully Section ... ... Inkerman ... ... ... ... 40 Italian Guny Section ... .. . Moliagul, &c. ... ... ... 130 Spring Creek Section ... .. . Bealiba ... '" ... ... 90 Doctor's Gully Section ... '" Murphy's Flat, &c. ... . .. 20 Brandy-hot Section ... '" Jones' Creek, &c. ... '" ... 70 Deep Creek Section ... ... Tarnagulla ... . .. ... 90 Blind Creek Section ... . .. Half-way ... ... ... ... 35 Stony Creek Section . .. . .. . Llanelly ... ... ... 25 Wombat Creek Section ... . .. Wild·dog, &c. ... ... ... 50 Davlesford Section ... .. .

In.glewood and Wedderhurn Divisions: -- 900 Coimel's Gully Section ... . .. Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision: Berlin Diggings ..• '" ... 140

Webla ... . .. ... ... 53 Taradale ... .. , .. , ... Kingower ... '" '" llO Liberty Flat ... ... . .. McIntyre's ... ... ... 65 Uedesdale ... ... ... Synnott's ... ... ." ... 37 Yankee Point ... ... . .. Burke's Flat ... ... ... 55 Malmsbury ... ... .. . Inglewood ... ... '" 400 CoBban ... ... . .. Wedrlerburn ... ... '" 82 Belltopper '" ... ... Garibaldi ... ... ... ... 23 Laurist-on ... '" . .. A v oca J;'ores t ... ... .. . 20 Scattered ... ." . .. Woolshed Rnd Yorkshire Flat ... 36 Tarrangllwer Division: Opossum Hill and OrviIle ... 450 North Maldon ... .n Chinese 32 '" ... ... ... . .. Beehive Hill ... 1,503 ... . ..

RedDank and St. Arnaud South SuiJdivi&ions: -- Eaglehawk ... 'H . .. StuartmiIJ, &c. ... ... ... 55 Long Gully -' ... ... H'

Redbank ... ... ... 60 Porcupine Fht ... '" . .. Fowler's Lead ... ... ... 30 Fiddler's Flat ... . .. .. . Hinds ... .. , ... .. . 30 Mount Tarrangower ... .. . Moonambel, &c. ... ... .. . SO Sandy Creek ... ... . .. Darling Flat ... ... ...

I 40 Nuggety ... ... ... .. .

Emerald Flat ... ... ... 70 Mia Mia ... ... ... . .. Sandy Creek ... ... .. . 20 Green Valley ... ... .. . Canterbury ... ... ... 20 Muckleford ... ... . ..

,- 405 Clydesdale '" ... '" St. Arnaud North Subdivision: River I.ofldon - ... ... .. . New Bendigo ... ... . .. 25 l'arkin's Red ... ... . .. St. Arnaud ... . ,. . .. 190 German Reef ... .. . ... Stuartmill, &c. ... ... ... 40 Chapman's Gully . .. '" '" Silver Minep, &c. ... . .. '" 30 Bell's Reef ... .. . ... Rostron's and Wattle Flat ... . .. 25 Welshman's Reef ... .. . . .. Emu, &c .... ... ... ... 15 Fenteman's Reef . .. ... . .. ---

Carried forward ... ... ... 7,495 Carried forward ... ...

I No.

i--...

15 20 15 20 10 20

---...

86 56

109 110 30 85 31! 60

155 70 55 90

1-

160 120 230

80 130 100 100 220 220 130

4.0 40

ISO

1-65

115 30 52 67 54 28 93

120 71 95

248 69

--100

12 40 25 20 25 39 49 90

--40 37

145 39 27

1 17 65 12 6

28 13 2!l 10 37 26 4 4

21 2

--. ..

Tolal.

1-7,49:>

!

425 ---7,92 o

93 8

I,i2 o

1,10 7

4{) o

55

4,il

4 --9

22

NUMBER .and DISTRIBUTION. C!fMINERS on the Gpldfields,. &c.-continued. :t"·'·

Name of Place. No. I Total. Name of Place. No. Total. ___ --.:. ___________ --·---1;:1---------'------- --

;Brought Corward ...

St. Andrew's Division: Anderson's Creek .. . Long Gully .. . Smith's Gully ... You You... • ..

80 20

.... , .16. , is.

Wild-4og ... Walsh and Armstrong's Warburton. .. . Cherry-tree .. . Cobbler's Gully .. . Watery Gully .. . Reef ton ... . .. Pioneer ••• • .. Queenstown ••• Kingstown ••• One-tree Rill ... McMahon'S: .•• Emerald .. ~ ..• Star;vation Greek .•• Roddie's Creek ... Diamond Reefs .. , Muddy'Creek ... Wombat Creek ... Wilson's Creek ...

Blue Mountain North Subdivision: Trentham' ... ... Newbury... ... • •. Garlick's... ••. . ..

... I

Total for Castlemaine District ...

,. -ARARAT DISTRICT.

Ararat Division: Ararat Proper·... .. . Armstrong's ... .. . Philip's Flat and Cathcart ... Rhymney Reef and Shea's Fla,t Opossum Gully and Port Curtis Moyston and Londonderry ...

Pleasant Creek Division: Silver;·Shilling ... ... • •. Deep Lead,Forty-foot, and Welshman's

Flat... ... ••• • •• Great Western ..• ... .. . Stawell .: ... ... .. . Seventy-Coot ... ••• .. . Germania ... ... .. . Welcome ••• ... ... .. . Darlington: ... ,'" •••.. Ironbark .. '. ... ••• .. . Cosmgp.olitan· ... ... .. .

BarMy Divfsion: Lan(lsboro~gh ... Barkly.... . .. Frencnman!s ••• qlenpatrick .. ,

Raglan Division: .. Beaufort and surrounding gullies •••

... '

Sailors' Gully... • •• Chariton '" '" Wa.terloo .:. ... ... ,

Total for Arara.t District

,GIPPSLAND DlSTJUCT. OIlUO Subdivision: . ,

Livingstone Creek , ... .. ... Mitta Mitta River, from Cobungra. to·

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

Mitchell River and Doggy Creek Sub4ivisions: Nicholson and Tambo Rivers ... ' Boggy Creek~ ." ... . .. Merrijig Creek... ... .. .

n 12 • 2

13 5 6

13 7

34 35,

6 14 '9 , '8.

34 10 .

9 : 7

8

'10 12 20 --'-

150 80 70 35 90 55

15

4S0 35

995 $2 28

9 8

88 30.

100 60

220 50

100 lOci ?l 29

4,719

377

42

5,138

480

1,720

430

355

2,985

375

Sandy:s Creek ... ... .. . Mitchell River... ... .. . I~ 279'

Carried forward

'Office of Mines, Melbourne, 15th Sep~embe:r 1877.

'.t,---· ... 654

i : ' Brought forward '" I Crooked River Division: ; Grant... ... • •.

Crooked River... .. . Jungle Creek .... .... . Twel ve-mile Creek... . •. Twenty-nve-mile Creek ... Thirty-mile Creek.. .• •• Wentworth ... . .. Upper. Dargo ... • •• Middle Dargo ... .. . Lower Dargo ... .. . Upper Mitchell... • •. Good Hope ... • .. Good Luck Creek ... • .. Swamp and Morris' Creeks .. . W onnangatta ... .. .

I ,.

Jericho Division: Dry Creek' ... Lower Jordan ... Upper Jordan ... .. Red Jacket Creek .. . B B Creek ... Thomson River .. . Aberfeldy River .. . Eldorado ... . ..

Donnelly's Creek Division: Donnelly's Creek ... Aberfeldy, Fnlton's, &e.Freestone Creek n.

Stringer's Creek Division: Walhalla: ... ... Aberfeldy 1;{iver .. , Thomson River ...

Aberfeldy Subdivision: Aberfeldy River... .. . Thomson River... .. . Wilson and.Barthold's .. . James Rice's Lease, Aberfeldy Star and Thomson... ... United.Miners... . ..

Russell's Creek Division: Crossover Creek .n

Tanjil'- ... Russell!s Creek ... Rawthorn Creek ... W omliat Creek ... Good Hope ,Creek ... Western Branch .. . Growler's Creek ... . Pheasant Creek .•.

BenMc Subdivision: Bendoe... . .. Bonang... • .• Delegate River ••• Bog and Queensborough

Tarwin Subdivision: Foster' •.• Turton's Creek

Traralgon Subdivision: Morewell ... N aracan Creek .. . Traralgon Creek .. . Flinn's Creek .. .

... I)

TyeTs ~iver,and Creek Merriman's Creek ... Moe'... • •• La Trobe.... .. . . " Wilderness ,.. ... Bennett's Creek ... Mosquito Creek ...

, , ... .. ...

•• " j

....

......

. .. '

Total for Gippsland District ...

GRAND TOTAL

16 30

6 6

17 5

24 20 14 '13 24 10 15

,37 6

8 40

7 15 30 14 12 5

56 24

2

486 25 45

. :.

76 ' 13 2'i 25 t .2

,8 23 12

4-4 1 2'

\,4: - 3

8 13 14 18

.81 7

4 6·

"2', ·2';1

-'7. 4; '4 6

, 4' '3' 12 .

654

:

243

131

82

556

14.1

,88

.... 2,055

,.. 39,071

THOS. COUCHMAN, Secretary for ¥j.)le\l.

23

'"

MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CENTRAL DIVISION.

Mr. David Christy, Mining Registrar.

The last quarter shows an increase of 2,236 ozs. 14 dwts. 2 grs. in the aggregate yield of gold from this division (especially from quartz), which has induced several enterprising 'persons to erect new batteries.

The prospects are good for the ensuing quarter, both from quartz and alluvial. I may make special mention that the indications of the City of Ballarat Company are very ent;louraging. ,The Company expect daily to reach the gutter, and it is confidently believed that there is a bright future hi store for the western portion of this goldfield.

• The consumption of water by mining companies during the' quarter has been 19;458,000 gaqons, at an average . pnce of 3d. per 1,000 gallons. ' ' , ," ,

Dividends paid, £3,937.

GOIJ) 'OBTA.INBD PROM THE PRINCIPA.L ALLUVIAL MINES IN THJ! CENTRA.L MINING DISTRIOT FOR THE QUARTER ENl>ING 30TH SEPTEMBER,1877.

NIIlIlG of Company.

Nil Desperandum Eastern Star ~.. . .. Band and Albion Consols .'. Winter's Freehold . Bushby and Co .... St. George ' .. . .. , ... Puddlers (principally Chinese), about

Duchess Company Temperance CO,lllpany New Dimock's Reef Company Eastern Star Company Parade. Company

Total

Total

DiVIDENDS.

SOUTHERN DIVISION.,:~ , 1 .; ~

Mr. George Perry, Mining,Regil~r.ar~: ..

QUABTZ MINING.

Yleldo(Gmd. oz. d1ri. lI1'.

17 15 0 105 0 0 865 0 0 972 0 0 40 4 0

171 13 12 1,100 0 0 -----

3,271 12 12 -----

£ 8. d. 105 0 0

1,440 0 0 480 0 0 312 0 0

1,600 0 ° £3,937 0 0

The improvement in this branch of mining ind~stry, not~d in my last report, still continues; but in c~nsequence oftha heavy flow of water at Kangaroo progress 1S necessanly slow.

Staffordshire Reef.:"-The Hopewell Tribute Company are still raising pajable'sto~e. ' , The Speedwell Tribute Company have been vigorously prospecting their ground at the 80 feet level, and

towards the end of the month went through a large body of atone 23 feet thick. showing payable gold all through. The Hopewell Company have nearly completed the erection of their battery, and will start crushing operations

in about three weeks; work below is being confined to making chamber and repairing drives, preparatory to breaking out quartz.

Kangaroo.-The New Kangaroo Company have been crushing very poor stone, but there is now a slight change for the better. . "

The Nil Desperandum Company have completed the erection of their crusbing plant, and have put through 175 tons of stone and mullock, which yielded 320zs. of gold. They have Bunk their shaft to ,a further depth of 55 feet, making a total depth of 136 feet, at which depth'they are putting in a crpsscut west to intersect the lode now being worked at the 81 feet level." ',' ,," . ," "

The New 'rry Again Company continue to give payable yields. .', ' , . '".,' The William's .Fancy and Early Dawn Companies, situated to'tb~northofand adjo~niDg the Nil Desperandum

Company, have amalgamated, and are now working under the style Of the William's Fancy Amalgamated Quartz :Mining Company-a co-operative party of thirteen men. They have ,sunk a shaft 90 feet, and ,opened out on the Nil Desperalldum lode, from which a trial crushing of 141 tons was taken, which yielded 58 ozs. 11 dwts. of gold. The lode is 8 feet thick, and easily worked. The success of this compallY has given an impetus to prospecting, and several parties are sinking further north to strike the same run of stonl'.

ALLUVIA.L MINING. There is no change to report. At Kangaroo, Break.o'-Day,and Pitfield Plains several parties are g~t~ing fll;lr'retl1rns. In other parts of th,e division there is very UWe doing. " ,

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BUNINYONG DIVISION.

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

The yields from the Main Durham Gutter at the Persevera~ce mine have improved towards the end of the quarter; rough gold up to 3-oz. pieces is met with. and there is every prospect of this the main run of alluvial drift in the Buninyong division prodng remunerative as it runs southward, where for miles it is uU\\'OI·ked. A nugget of about lib. ',"eight was found at the head of the Old Magl'ie Lead, close to the surface. It was studded with quartz, and had evidently come from a. reef close at hand. The yield fr()m alluvial workings is ahove hst quarter's. ,

In quartz mining comiderahle prospecting is going on, anfl some good yields have been ohtained,by small co-opera.tive parties at the )",mges between Hiscock's alld Magpie. 'fhe new lO-head battery at Scotchmall's bas Le~n

'started, but not kept at full work. Another new battery is being erected hy the Llewellyn Company at MllgpW, where considerable activity prevails ill quartz mining. 'l'he prospects of Lhe division generally have improved duriug the quarter.

The estimated quantity of water sold from Buninyong ReservOIr is 10,000,000 gallons, for which the sum of £3 11s. 6d. has been received by the Buninyong' Borough Council.

SMYTHESDALE DIVISION.

Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

The yield of gold for this quarter exceeds that of the last by 550ozs. 13 dwts., the excess being attributable to the improved condition of the Haddon alluvial mines. ,The same description of mining in the Linton's portion of the division continues to give very fair results, and, with these two exceptions, it must 'be aliowed that the. district has unpleasantly receded from its wonted position. The Grand Trunk mine, at Springdallah. the existence of which dates back 'to 1862, was obliged to suspend operations a few weeks ago_ With the abandonment of old claims, and the non-substitution of allY new oues, alluvial mining is apparently approaching extinction here.

Some nopes 'are entertained of a revival of quartz mining, but, notwithstanding a few meritorious efforts, that branch of minilig is still in 0 backward state.

The dryness of the season has prevented anything being done in hill sluicing. The following are the yields from some of the principal mines;-

Reform Company, Haddon Trunk Lead Company, Haddon Racecourse Company, Haddon Smythesdale Console, Smythesdale Brown's Con sols, Brown's ...

CRESWICK DIVISION.

.o:r;. dwt.

2,696 6 1,067. .0 1,063 15

288 8 120 13

Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyo,' and Registrar.

There is a large increase in the yield of gold (nearly 5,000ozs.) for this divisi~n during the qua.rter. This increase is principally owing to the improved yields in Cameron's Freehold, Dyke's Freehold, and the De Murska. companies.

The average yield from quartz is slightly smaner, although the total yield is larger, caused by 8. greater quantity of quartz having }Jeen operated on. 'rhe small'leader found at .the head of Eaglehawk Gully, a.nd mentioned in my former report, although very rich, has not yet resulted in leading to a payable reef. , The following are the yields and dividends obtained from the principal mines (alluvial), viz. :-

OZ, dwt. IT.

Port Phillip COifany (tributers), Clunes ... 121 16 12 Australasian Gol Mining Com~any, Red Streak ... 787 18 ° New Hit-or-Miss Compan~ Re Streak... . .. 29 14 0 Cameron's Freehold Gold ~ ining Company, Springhill 4,291 3 ° De Murska Company, Springhill '" 1,176 17 ° Kingston Pa.rk Company, Springhill 1,100' 10 0 Dyke's Freehold Company, Springhill 1,086 2 0" Ryan's Junction Company, Springhill 997 4 ° Bunyan Freehold Company, Springhill 628 0 ° Ryrie's Freehold Company, Sringhill 168 7 0 Approximate yield from smal claims 2,000 ° °

Total 12,287 11 12

DIVIDENDS AND, RoYALTY. £ $. d.

Port Phillip Company, ~luneB. • .. 6,400 0 0 New North CIunes Company, Clunes 2,056 0 0 South CIunes Company, Clunes ... 2,000 ° 0 Cameron's Freehold Company, Springhill "' .. 12.870 2 ,0 Ryan's Junction Company, Springhill 2,796 11 ° Kingston Park Company, Springhill 1,640 9 0 Dyke's Freehold Company, Springhill 1,236 4 6 De M urska Company. Springhill ". 1,164 .1 ° Bunyan's Freehold Uompa.ny, Springhill 258 18 0 Ryrie's Freehold Company, Springhill 34 10 6

£30,456 16 0

t' ,,'; • " (,' ' . \ " • f .' ,

The qua.ntity of water used at the quartz mines during the quarter WIl.S 126,584,000 gallons, at ltd. per 1,000 lallollS.

25

GORDON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

QUARTZ MINING.

Egerton.-:-BIack-horse United COlDpany.-The connecting drive, referred to in my Jast rt'port, from the No.7 .evelof the No.2 shaft to the drive from the l'i"e in the No.8 level of the No.1 shaft has heen completed. In this ddve a very rich run of stone, of cOllsiderable thickness and extending overhpad and underfoot, wns cut. Although stopiu,l!; ha" been c"rried ou overhead to a width of oul'y 14 feet, where the valuable stolle was obtailJcd, yet the lode has heen driven ea,t and west to It distance of' 48 feet withom striking the westerll wall. The Jode lIJ,derfoot JelllaillS untouche'i, /ro cut this rich run of stone a drive is being constl'u<:tcd from the rise in the No.8 level of the No, 1 shaft about 50 feet above the said level, while a winze is beillg put down from the No.7 level 10 meet this drive. The last mentioned level is also being extended north in a large body of stene carrying good gold. During the quaner 2,121 tons of stone have been crushed, yielding 2.9300Z5. 4 dwts. of gold. or an average of 1 oz. 7 dwls., IS'13 grs. to the ton, and dividends amounting to £6,750 have heen paid, besides clearing off a mortgage of £1,800 The full com!llemellt of stamps, viz., 22 he,td, is now at work. The lwerage number of men employed is 64.

'The EgertoOc' COlnpauy.-During the quarter this company have been engaged in raising stone from their No.1 ROB!,!, No.2 Rose, and Quarry shafts, at a depth of fl'om SOO to 675 feet. A new winding.engme of 40·horse pOlVer has alw been erected at the Quarry shaft, at a cost of .£900. The average number of men employed is 17S.

The South Learmonth and Egerton Amalgamated Company during the quarter have been vigol>ously prospecting their ground. but as yet have been unsuccessful in discovering anything of a payable nature. The average number of men employed is 20.

During the first two months of the quarter the Argyle Company prospected their ground, but as nothing of a payable nature was met with operations were abandoned. The number of men employed was 4. .

North Argyle Company.-During the quarter this company have been engaged in prospecting their ground at a depth of 170 feet, but have been unsuccessful in meeting with anything of a payable nature. The number of men employed is 8. '

The Chinese Company of 12 men, registered as Ah Jack and Co., and washing the tailings from the Egerton Company's battery have obtained an average yield of 21- OZ8. per week, or a total of 29 OZ8. [) dwts. for the qnarter.

A Chinese company of 6 men are engaged ill w'ashing the tailings from the Black Horse United Cvmpany's battery, and have obtained an average yield of 1 oz. per week.,or a total of 1302:8. for the quarter.

A new claim under the name of the Rose and Shamrock Company has been taken up at Moorabool during the quarter. The company are now engaged in sinking their shaft to a depth of 100 feet preparatory to opening out. The number of men employed is 6.

Gordon.-Parker's United Company.-At the commencement of the quarter this company were raising stone from their 545-foot level, and although promising 100king,250 tons which were crushed only yielded 44 0208. 16 dwts., or an average of 3 dwts. 14 grs. to the ton. The company then drove north at this level passing through a very hea.vy slide. which greatly disturbed the country. Three separate crushings, amounting in all to 190 tons, were tried from the 400, 510, and 545-foot levels, whieh yielded 60 OZ8. 10 dwts., or an average of 6 dwts. 8'8 grs. to the ton. A crosscut is now being put in east at the 440-foot level to strike the lode obtained at the 510-foot level, which is there 3 feet wide and showing gold. The average number of men employed is 50.

Operations have not been carried on by the Mars Company during the quarter. United Miners Company.-In the early part of the quarter two trial crushings were made, one of81 tons

yielding 16 OZ8. 4 dwts. of gold, or an average of 4 dwts. to the ton, and the other of 60 tons, yielding 9 OZ8., or an average of 3 dms. to the ton. This was not considered a payable yield, and the company are now engaged in raising quartz to further test the stone, and should it yield 6 dwts. to the ton, a battery will be erected. The number of men employed is 5. '

ALLUVIAL MINING.

No mining has been carried on under this head during the quarter; 2 ozs. 18 dwts. 12 grs. of gold were obtained by a man who occasionally fossieks in the old worked out gullies.

IRON.

Lal LalJron Company, Lal Lal.-No work has been earned on by this company during the quarter further than placing an engine and gear upon the ground, the erection of which will be proceeded with as soon as funds are availa.ble fo'r that purpose. The nmri.ber of men employed is 2.

STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. . Mr. W. W. Greene, -"Vining Registrar.

Since the breaking up of the drought mining operations 'have been carried on to a greater extent about Elaine and Mount Doran than during the previous quarter, the supply of water having enabled the miners to get what quartz they had obtained crushed. 'fhere have been besides some fresh discoveries in reefs hitherto but partially prospected; these are all about Elaine. At Mount Doran there has been some alluvial mining, Phylan and party having discovered several nuggets in close proximity to the ground tllat turned out well some two or three years ago. In oonsequenee of this about 50 men have begun work within the last month. The sinking is about 15 feet, and some of it yields an ounce to the ton. . '

At Steiglitz there are about the same number of men as last quarter. There is but little gold obtained by the quartz miners, and the alluvial is equally unremunerative and very little worked. .

No water was sold during the quarter.

BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Jonn F. Hansen, 11fining Registrar.

QUARTZ MINING. 0

Mini~g. matters, as a whole, are very stagnant here at present. The number of miners employed in this braneh of mmmg has been getting less for some time hack, many having left the district; a fair percentaO'e of them has sought employment in 'rasmanian tin and Caledonian nickel mines. The number of men employed by t,he Sultan Company hal! been reduced by ahout 60 sinee the commencemellt of the year. The totnl qUftntity of gold ob~ned by this company remains about the same; the averag'e yield of gold per ton has been nearly double, but the quan;lty 0.£ qua.rtz crushed has on been about one-half of that of the previous quarter. The sinking of this company s mam shaft has beensto for the present, pending the further development of their lowest (SOO-foot) level.

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The capital called up by the North .Sultan Company- before ,and after re-orga.nization amounts to £14,000; as yet no prospects of a remunerative nature have been met with: No other public company here has been so well supported by local shareholders notwithstanding past and, present calls ;for contribution's that have been and are made upon them. They, are yet in hopes that even tualJy they will get their capital returned with interest. , The Victoria Extended Oompany, at Yankee Reef, consisting of five co,operative shareholders have of late

come upon some encouraging prospects. Their tunnel on the lode has been driven about 900 feet, and the last few crushings have left a margin of profit after paying all working expenses, including wages for 25 men employed by them.

A copious fall of rain having lately taken place the owners of water-wheels are now enabled to keep their batteries fully employed, and in most eases large quantities of quartz are ready to be operated upon. '

The Star and Stripes Company are the only one at work at Wright's Reef; their tunnel has been extended another 100 feet during the last three months without as yet intersecting the reef looked for.

An old claim, known as the Flora :nfcDonald, situated at the Korweinguboora Creek has recently been taken up again. The Undaunted Company's mine, at Blakeville, is still at a standstill,

ALLUVIAL.

Nothing of importance has occurred in this branch of mining. The late heavy rains have given all the sluicing parties a full supply of water, of which they were very short during the early part of the season. ' There is every probability, therefore, of the ensUing quarter's return being in excess of this. '

No men are employed in mining'for other metal or minerals than gold. . The average quantity of water sold was ten sluice heads, at lOs. per week;: ~er:~~uiQe-h~a,d. [ -.

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'. • 1:- ;,~': , '.

-BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

BEECHWORTH DIVISION. , - ,

Mr. Alexande.r Alderdice, Mining Registrar.

The wet season may now be said to be over as.far as mining is concerned, and,a w9rse one ha,s not, beel! ,experienced in this district since the opening of the goldfields. Water races, which usually gave full employment to the claimholders have, during the past season, only enabled them to work two or three days per week; th~ retu!-"l1 of gold has, cOllsequently, been the smallest recorded during a similar period. " '-", .

The Rocky Mountain Company still make good progress with their tunnel. It 'is now in 750 feet: , The rock (granite) is very hard to work, and if boring maehineswere not used the progress would be slow. The company are working the claim' through the old tailrace, and if water were plentiful a good washing-up woUld have taken 'place this year." ' "". ," .

During the quarter several claims were taken up at' the (}overnment I,end; Buckland Gap. but nothing very satisfactory has been obtained there yet. The prospectors are sinking a new shaft, in order to be' more on the deep' ground. No.1 North has bottomed shallow, and is now sinking nearer the road. The prospect from No.1 South is about 3 grains to the dish, with 3 feet of wash. Some of the miners from here have gone to Rushworth.

At Eldorado the McEvoy Company are doing well, having obtained 859 ounces of :gold and 13 t~)llS 16 ewt: of black sand during the quarter. The ground which is best seems to run under tne township of Eldorado. It is thought that the increased returu is also attributable to the fine system of working this company is now carrying on. The Wellington Oompany's ground appears lately to have been patchy, and they are now trying .to get on to the same run as the McEvoy Company, which is more regular. The Ovens Gold and Tin COIl;lpany have done a great deal of driving during the quarter through a granite spur, but-they are now on as good ground as ever they had. The gold and sand are very coarse, and not so much water-worn as up the creek, thus giving some evidence that all the gold has not been brought to Eldorado from great distances. • The following amount of tin ore (black sand) was obtained, viz. ;-

McEvoy Wellington ,.. . .. Ovens Gold and Tin Company

"

13 tons 16 em. 4" 0" o " 15 "

18 tous·ll cwt.,

Quartz minihg seems to'have been affected by the drought as well as alluvial. ,It is very quiet: A new reef has been found near the Kangaroo Springs, Basin Creek, the stono from which looks well, and is of a superior character to that generally found in that locality. The prospect claim is named the Caledonian, and the reef has been traced,some considerable distrance both north and south. No crushings have taken place. '

The Wallaby Company, J:lurdle Flat, are putting through their muUock hel1p, which gives an average of 5 dwts .. per ton. 'L'he stone in the claim has widened to about 14 feet, and, though not so rich as it has been, it is thought will pay well, as the mill is close to the reef.

The Sunday Reef Oompany have had a very good crushing; but the reef .is hard and narrow, and consequently the profit to'the proprietors is not large.

At Stony Creek quartz mining may be said to have collapsed for the present, the last crushings from that place yielding only about 3 dwts. per ton.

YACKANDANDAH SOUTH SUBDIVISION .

.Afr: Joseph Smm't, J,lfiningRegistrar.· , ,

The returns from alluvial mining' in this division still keep low, on account of the dry season and, want of water, and the number of Chinese leaving mining and taking to tobacco growing. '

In quartz mining I have to report that on the new ,field at Sandy Creek the miners, are still getting up,goop. payable stOlle, and seem quite ~atisfied with the prospect,before them, Owing to nomacliinerY,as.yet Ming o~ft~'? ground there has been no crushmg. '

NQ water was ~o14 this quarter. '

INDIGO DIVISION ..

. Mr. George Anderson, Mining Registrar.

Gooq prospects from qnaTtz have fixed the attention of the mining community on the reefs, a seaTch for which is beini{ made everywhere. Many quartz claims have been taken· up at the Golden Bar, Chiltern, a line of reefs which ha..~been abandoned for many years. A reef by the old Essex Reef, Indigo, is turning out some very good stone.

o Except at the Chiltern Valley mine alluvial prospects are not improving. ~'he leads at Rutherglen are stili virtually abandoned through the scarcity of water in the dams, temporary employment being found elsewhere. I have also to record the cessation of operations since last July of Banan and Co. (Durham and Caledonia Company). This, with other changes, is making alluvial matters dull on the Indigo.

The first washing of gold from the puddling machines of the Chiltern Valley Gold Mining Company took place on 16th July. since which time the very satisfactory return of 534 ozs. 13 dwts. of gold has been obtained from the drives. clearly showing the dividend properties of the Chiltern Lead when thoroughly opened up. ~'he work of con· structing main drives have sufficiently progressed to admit of a; few blocking out drives being opened. Generally speaking the prospects of this company are exceediugly good.

No water was Bold during the quarter.

BUCKLAND SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar.

No improvement has taken place in mining within the Buckland dfvision during the past quarter, and.I am not in possession of any information which would lead me to expect any increase of the yield of gold in the. quarter now current. .

The reduction in the number of miners upon the Buckland river arises chiefly from the number of Chinese who have given up mining for tobacco growing.

The quantity of water sold during the quarter was :-Buckland', ten heads, at from 5B~ to 208. per head; Bright, &c., seven lieads, at from 5s. to 128. 6d. per head. '

4LEXANDRA 13UBDIvrSION.

Mr. Robert S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registmr.

, ALLUVIAL MINING.

A sh;Ut has be~n' sunk ~n a portion of th~ ground recently abandoned by the New Gobur Company at Godfrey's Oreek, and payable prospects obtained. Arrangements have beeu prosecuted for obtaining machinery to work the ground which can only be effectively done by the aid of steam power.

No change has taken place during the quarter in other localities as regards this class of mining.

QUARTZ MINING.

The Just in Time Company, GQdfrey's Creek, have been vigorously prosecuting 'work, sinking a shaft. and otherwise prospecting their ground, and altering the position of their machinery. Tbey anticipate reaching crushing material during next quarter .

. An attempt is at present being made to form a. company to work the ground held under Gold Mining Leases, Nos. 941, 1,359. 1,633, and 1,690 (Beechworth), which has not yet been quite completed. Should it be successful, there is likely to be Bome improvement in mining matters in Alexandra.

There have been no new discoveries made during the quarter. . No water has been sold during the·quarter. .

DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Jonathan Pember.tan, llfining. Registra1'.

NothiDg worthy of remark has occurred since my last report.

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION •.

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

. Quartz mining is not yielding as good results as were expected at the commencement of the quarter, nevertheless the Dannabrog, as well as the ,Wallaby, have had a first payable crushing. , Hunt's last crushing was poor, but as they are now working chiefly patches· of ground overlooked, or left unworked for other reasons, a steady run of yields is not to he expected.. ' .

. The Rose o( Denmark tributers are now crushing, and expect a payable yield. The A. C.'s ground is looking poorer just now. The Golden Belt is 11.18.0 falling off. . .

The Victoria mine is prospecting with tIme men and the battery. . , The Revival did not come up to expectations, but as 'there is abunda,nce of dirt now this reef will be further

tried. The yield is brought to a high total by the crushing, which was ~etoTted on the 9th .J uly last, and which

yielded the handsome return of 672 ounces for 220 tons. This crushing had been raised during the previous quarter. Alhivial mining has averaged 25s. per man per week. There ~s no water being sold here. nor are any miners employed mining for other metals or minerals than gold.

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

All the tribute parties in this subdivision are obtaining payable yields. The tribute pnrty holding the Morping SLar prospecting claim, more especially, are m:tkillg high ~ages. Messrs. Moore and. Kr.opp have again obtained a fine yield from the feeders of the Main Leviathan Reef; approxim'ately they han;, without outlay, secured'.£l,OOO a man for seven months' work. Further prospecting has led to the disl~overy of a similar vein further south on the ~ame reef. and thh is llowbeing worked by the prospeetors, Joseph .Mayall and another, and bids fair to yield 4 or 5 ozs. to the Ion. The veills are small-an avemge of 6 inches only of crushing stuff beiug taken-and run along a so-caUed buck-vein which, however. is also auriferous. ,

Another weJl.d<:'fiued vein h:ts beendi~eovered b,V Weher, on the All Nations Oreek, yielding over 17 dwts. to the ton; its value has, outside of a trial crushing of Wi tons, not been 'ascertained as yet. \ The vein' is fully 3t feet thick, with a .clean western wall. ,

The Frnnklin tributers discovered a 80ft diorite lode not hitherto worked in that mine, and have obtair.ed the handsome yield of nearly 16 dwts. to the ton; this must be considered payabJe even under fJresent disHdvalltages; when, however, the Lady Franklin Company shall have p.recled batteries close at hand the expellse of packing will be so materially reduecd as to render this discovery of ccnsider<l.ble additional value. Com:Jl'ellensively, the district may be said to be looking up, and during the next quarter good results may be expected from so many new finds in quartz.

The alluvial miners have made unusually good wages during the quarter. ' No water has been sold. Gold alone is mined for here.

BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION. lJfr. A. B. 'AinstlJorth, lJfining Surveyor and Registrar.

There is nothing new to report oObis subdivision. The three mines at work have obtained poor results only. and their prOSDeets are not mnch better. .,

Alluvial miners have averaged about 20s. a week per man. , Water is abundant, and none is being sold. No miners are at present engaged in mining for other metals or minerals than gold.

MIT'rA MITTA NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. John C. Forster, ,Mining Registrar.

I have to report, for the quarter ending 30th September 18i7, that mining operations have given general satisfaction, the returns averaging 19 dwts. 13 grs. per ton., A number of cl:tims have been let on tribute on satisfactory terms. At tne commencement of the year a large number of miners will find employment in connection with the smelting works now erected for the treatment of the copper ore discovered in almost every claim producing gold. The present number of miners employed on this goldfield are about 350, many having recently left for other goldfields.

MJTTA MITTA SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. H. Cocltrane, Mining Registrar.

There is nothing fresh t'o report this quarter.

JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. H. Edwards, Mining Registrar.

The Venture Company have been crushing from the big reef, but with poor results, and are ~ow prospecting for the old strike of gold.

The Gleeson's Lease Company have stopped work for the present, having called for tenders to let the mine on tribute.

The Perseverance have six men driving a tunnel north, and are prospecting various portions of the mine. The Specimen Reef Company have been driving the south tunnel during the past quarter, but have not as yet

found anything payable. ' The crushing from the Mack's Oreek Company did not answer expectations; they are now putting in a level

from the main shaft, 80 feet from the bottom hivel. , The Poverty Company are driving a main tunnel, and expect to cut the reef in about 50 feet. The Alabama Company are rising at the extreme north of the bottom level, where they have good prospects. The Sailor DiU's Company have only just completed the erecLion of machine, and are to commence crushing

next week.


SANDHURST DIVISION. Mr. N. G. Stepnens, Mining Registrar. ,

, The'yield of gold during the past quarter is less than nsual, and mining affairs have been considered to be in a. very dull state, but there has been an extraordinary number of hopeful and import:tnt discoveries in the principal lines of reef. aud in every part of the district. In connection with hopeful prospects it may be mentioned that Mr. LanseH has purchased two large mining claims, the Sandhurst Company's on the American Reef, and the Oollmanu and T!tcchi CompMuy's claim on the Wethcrall Reef. botll with machin<'ry thereon t'l'hich has lain idle for years past; also the. great.er portion of shares in the Great Nortnern Company's claim on Johnson's Reef North, which otherwise would now be idle.

A great desire is evinced for the importation of rock-boring machines and diamond drills, !lnd stops are being taken to import them as soon as possible. One eompany coutemplates letting a contract for sinking and cross.cutting to Ford and Oompany, with their patent rock-boring machine. '.

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Investors say they would pay a call if the prospecting work, such as sinking or cross.cutting, could be executed in, say, a month, where they would not if it took, say, three months to do it. -It may therefore be expected that in a. short time mining operations will be carried on much more expeditiously, arid probably with improved results. It is to be regretted that the Hustler's Reef Company's claim having ceased work the water has risen considerably in several claims, and serious results might ensue. Several claims on the Garden Gnlly line have also been flooded on account of the stoppage of some of the claims.

Much attention has lately been given to the invention of safety cages and signal~. Messrs. Jackson and Middleton have exhibited a safety cage, the principle of which is much admired; and Mr. Jennings, milling manager of the Pandora Company, has constructed a simple and effective contrivance for notifying ihe engine driver in case of over-winding or starting in the wrong direction. The engineer at Koch's Pioneer Company (:Mr. Saul) has also constructed an improved cut-off, or expansion valve, for their crushing engine, which effects a material saving in fuel, and gives great control to the governors.

Several prospecting claims in alluvial have been taken up in different parts of the district, but the only one of importance is that at Wilson's Hill, Marong, where a considerable number of men are at work, and they appear to be qUIte satisfied from the results of a few claims bottomed that they have struck a. good lead; the sinking is about 130 feet.

Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &c" crushed during the past quarter, included in the tables prefixed to these reports:-

Name of Compa.ny. Where Qutu'tz, &c., : ~~

were ohtruned. ~ ~ Total

Yield of Gold.

I Average I Yield

DeptlI at which the Quartz

wo..s obtaIned.

Burrowes' Freehold Tribute Garden Gully United .. SQuth Ulster.. .. Lea .. Great Southern Garden

Gully

Garden Gully Reef .. Garden Gully lleef •• Garden Guny neef •• Garden Gully 1wef Garden Gully Reef ••

Cornish United •• . . Garden Gully Reef •. Koch's Pioneer .. • • Garden GuUy 11eef •• Pandora .. .. Garden Gully Reef .. Victory.. .. •• Garden Gully Reef .. Bendigo alld Melbourne •• Bird'. Ueef •• .' Albion United .. Blrd's Reef.. .. Cenlral Catherine •• , CatherIne Reef •• Catherine Reef U. C. ..: Calherine Reef .. : Eureka Extended' .. New-chum !lecf ..

<New-chum and Belle-yue New-chum Reef Hallway Heserve

Lazarus .. .. New·chum Heef Lazarus No.1.. New-chum Reef New-chum !lIld Victoria. •• New-chum Hcef North Old-chum ,. NeW-Chum Heef

New-eJlUm Consolidated.. NeW-Chum Reef New-chum United •• ,New-chum Reef Odd-chum Tribute ,. New-chum Reef Rourke a.nd Henderson's.. New"chum Reef Shenandoah .. .. New-chum Heef Young-chum .. New-chum Reef Dnche.3 of Edinburgh •• Devonshire Reef PrIncess Alexandra • • Devonalllre Reef United Devonshire .. De"onshlre Reef

Extended St. 1I1ungo .. st, Y-ungo and Devon. .hIre Heef

Snob's Hill • ~ St. lIungo and Devon .. shire Reef

Hustler's Reef Extended Hustler's Freehold

Great Extended Hustler's.. Hustler's Reef

Hercules and Energetic South V ietaria lice! AIlllII-

gamnted

Vietoria ncef Victol'in Heel

Vicloria. Reef Quartz • _ Victoria Reef Victoria l~e.f G. M. •• Yictorla Ikef Victot'Jn Consois •• Victoria Reef Great Brlhin •• • , Prince Alfred neef •• Graluiin's Lease •• ... Moon Heef ~. New Moon •• •• :Mooll l~eef •• JohnSton's Ree! G. M. .~ Joh11801l':; Hee! NQ1'th Johnson's.. •• Jol1n,.oll's lteef United Persevernllce •• PerSeVeUlill'C llcef ••

l)YRlTES.

Extended St. l'IIungo •• St. Mungo and Devon

Grent Extended Hustler's •• Garden Gully United' .. Pandora •• •• Victory .. .. New-chum -and Belle·vue

1fall wny Reserve Shellsnouah South Victoria Roof Amal

gamated

shire HCQf Hustler's Heef •• Garden Gully Reef .. Gonlen Gu Uy Ueef .. Garden Gully }(eef •• ::\ew-ehum Ueef ••

New Chum Heef Victoria Ucef

Victoria Consnls_. .. Victoria Reef Johnson's Reef G. M. ., JolInson'simef

--.;----tons_

688 4,874 ~9S ~9

476

142 2,96~ 1,944 1,376

112 1,170 1,088 5,179

842

305

2,147 978 914

1,640

296 1,408

943 llO

1,079 1,808

855 2,307 1,007

oz, dwt,gr, 676 5 0

3,643 12 0 487 17 0 37 12 0

276 0 0

55 3 0 1,000 8 0

922 8 12 505 IU 12 130 16 ° 457 8 0 935 0 0

2,009 2 8 745 17 0

166 I 0

654 16 0 377 14 0 325 5 0 646 4 0

212 8 0 479 10 0 229 18 0 73 18 20

395 12 0 709 18 0 309 I 22 812 17 12 all 11 17

per Ton.

oz, dwt, gr. o 16 8'03 o 14 22'82 o 16 9'56 o 12 17'90 o 11 14'32

o 118'4~ o 618'76 o 9 11'78 o 7 8'34 1 4 10'28 o 7 19'65 o 17 4'5 o 7 18'21 o 17 17'19

o 1021'32

300 feet .. 360 and 745 feet " 250 feet 340 to 405 feet 240 feet "

868 feet 846 feet.. .. Between 600&1ooft, 426 feet.. .. 450 feet •. 300 to 350 feet •. 520 and 640 feet •. Surface to ~OO feet 300 to 350 feet ..

434 alld 690 feet ••

o 6 2'39 Surface to 750 feet o 7 17-S7 Surface to 745 feet o 1 2'81 J!'rom 100 to 1,000 ft. o 721'13 From 100 to I,QOOIt.

o 14 8'43 o 6 19'46 o 4 21'02 o 13 10'65 o 7 7'98 o 72(N1 o 7 5'03 o 6 20'84 o 6 4'52

Surfncc to 500 feet Valious .. .. 4!i0 feet.. .. Surfacc .. 450 and 500 feet .. 370 feet SOOfeetand upward.

328 feet ..

818

863

637

210 8 6 (0 5 iN1 305 feet ..

944 11 0 1 1 21'36 Surface ..

227 7 23 0 7 3'35 230, a:;6, and 406 feet

2,794

1,460 703

1,IR4 3.207 2,484-1,333

1';1 3M

.5,922 881 190

1,147 7 21

5.10 612 lO~ 15 0

241 19 21 1,53:l 1 0

1>2512 I. 510 17 6 106 6 18 In6 1 0

1,059 16 0 42~ 1 0 167 11 8

4 6 5 12

5 ~ 19 12 76 237 16 0 a';J 66 ~ 12 26 bl 2 12

4 12 8 0

]8 14 613 12 35 6 12

li8 129 15 12 28 Sold for£8a 20.

o 8 5'12

o 7 12'93 o 8 2'25

o 4, 2'10 o 9 n'24 o 4 :;'fi7 o 7 15'% o 17 13'8~ o G 0'61 o :; (N3 o 9 17'~2 o 17 15';13

1 J1 9

I 1921'0 3 2 IS',9 1 16 7'06 I 19 1'04 320

o 15 22'06 2 18 ~I

2 4 18

~oo, 600, 680, and 700 leet

Surface to 986 feet 540 .lId 620 feet ••

1,200 feet .. 220 feet .. 524 fcet .. .. 221) fcet .. .. 3(1 t" 80 feet .. itGU feet ... 100 til 6uO feet .. 40U lccttlud uljWard~ ataJcet .. ..

1 I Trenterlbyreverbe-

r ratory furnace and arasil a~

J

feet, 20

150 300

47

50 50

180 130 100

140 140 150 150

100 120

100

150

Width of Reef, &c.

From 1 foot to 20 feet From 1 foot to 12 feet From 9 Inches to 4 feet From 6 Inches to 3 feet From 3 incha. to 3 feet

!tfass of spurs The bulk is about 2 feet 2 feet From 3 feet to 4 feet From 2 leet to 111 fect About 3 feet ]'rorn small veins A series of spurs, varying from

several inches to a feet or 4fcet 2 feet

From 1 foot to 32 feet From 6 Inches to 25 feet From 6 Inches to Ii feet From 1 foot to 20 feet. From fonr

le"cls dlITerent bodies of stone From I foot to 10 feet Various From 8 feet to 24 reet ]'rom 1 foot to 12 feet 3 feet

Spurs

:Principally fiat spurs from II Ineb •• to 3 feel'

From 4, inches to 2 feet

100 From 1 foot to 6 feet

'The 230, from 2~ feet to Heet: tho 356.8Inclles; and Ihe 400, 14inches

90 East reef, fr(lm 6 luclles to 2 feet west reef, average 20 feet

Vllrlous

ISO

~o J 10 no

l'rpm 2 feet to 6 fee!

Average 4 feet G Inche; 1040 fce,t lo'IOlll 2 feet to ~ feet Spurs ll'r('gu 1nr ;c:purs Frum :J inches to 8 feet Chit·fly F}'lllrA From ti illl::llcs to G feet Average I~ lllcl,es

NarB.-Tho above figures are not to be added to those in the tabla. prefixed to these reports. The;r are already massed and Included In the tables.

ltlLMORE DlvIStoN.

Mr . .tames W. Osborn, lIfining Registrar.

There is nothing doing in this division worthy of notice. A prospectillg party are sinking a shaft at Doyle'S Reef, Reedy Oreek, which gave excellent retul'llS some year!

since; they seem sanguine of ~uccess. No water was sold in this division,

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W.AR.ANGA NORTH'SuBDIVISION. Mr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrar.

Alluvial mining during the quarter has attracted much attention. A rush has set in at the Old Le~d,'RuBh-worth, where there are now about 400 miners present, the number still increasing. , " ,

, The ground is that lately prospected by Government subsidy; the sinking is from 25 to 32 feet, and the average yield about 1 oz. 5 dwts. per load. Up to date, nine claims were on gold. The run of gold is narrow, from 3 to 16 feet, and the washdirt from 9 inches to 2 feet: ''''fork is carried on with D;luch energy. '

Quartz mining is in a very satiSfactory state; the present appearance of ,many of the mines most encouraging. The stamping machine at R. U. G. M: Company, Frenchman's Reef, is now complete. ' '

~ MINING FOR METALS OTHER THAN GOLD-ANTIMONY.

"The U. and F. Company, Old ,Albert Reef, Whroo.-The reef is increasing in thickness, and looks well. The Black Cloud Reef, at Coy's Diggiugs.":"-Work will be resumed here in a few days. A small eJ;lgine on

the ground. .


MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. , , .

Mr.P. Virt'lfe,jun., Mining ll.C!Jistrar.

QUARTZ MINING. .:

In my last report special attention was called to the rapid . and substantial improvement which had recently taken place throughout the division in the prospects of this class of mining; and I am now glad to be, able to state that, as a rule, the quartz mines which are being worked are looking exceedingly well. The most of them are pro-ducing unusually good yields, anqpromise to be highly remunerative to the sh!lfeholdera.' .

The owners of the Professor Pearson claim have crushed 84 tons of stone during the quarter, which. gave a return of 78 ozs. 9 dwts., or an average of nearly an .ounce to the ton. This claim is situate at Chinaman's Flat, on the Great Western Reef, a~d was lately taken up and registered as a prospecting claim by Messrs. Wilson and,Dark. The depth of sinking is 50 feet. . .' , . .

The mine of 'the Great Extended Company at, Bluchers is now being prospected bya drivj:l, being continued to the north along the course of the lode. ,The Alexandra Tribute Company have been engaged during the quarter in putting in a cross-cut from a deep shaft lately sunk on' their claim.' They are now driving along the crown' of the reef, which shows a large body of stone; and they have got nearly 200 tons of payable stone. at graBs. !twill be noticed that this company have crnshed during the'quarter 250 tons of stone for the public.' ,

Mr. William Noell, of Maldon, has completed satisfactory arrangements. with Mr. Isaac, Lyons, of ' the Mariners' Reef Company, for the right to operate on and extract gold from the sand, debris of tailings, and quartz, now lying on the claim of the company at Mariners' Reef. The' agreement between the parties is to continue for five years. The company get 10 per cent on the groBs'yield of gold; but Mr. Noell has to provide at his own expense all necessary steam machinery and appliances for successfullY treating the pyrites. He has also undertaken to provide sufficient labor to operate upon at least 100,tons of tailillgs every week. The steam machinery and appliances required are now in course of erection, and will soon be ready; their cost will be about £2,000.. .

The Manners' Reef Company crushed 1,000 tons of stone during the quarter for 200 ozs. 'of gold. They also orushed 500 tons for the public, whicll gave a return of 275 ozs., or an average of.over half an ounce to the ton. They have.a battery of 20 stamp-heads crushing by night and day., '

ALLUVIAL MINING.

The Duchess of Timor Tribute mine has not been so prospe~ous as usual during the quarter. T!Iere was lately a slight hitch in the machinery, which caused delay, but only for a short time. The water is still very heavy in this mine, and all the operations in connec~ion ~i~h it :are attepqed'1'i~h gr~at expense; but, in spit~ of a.4 draw~ backs, this is a first-class property. ,

The Band of Hope mine is worked out. The pumps have been drawn, and the machinery is about to be sold. A block of the lease has. been let on tribute, and the ground' will' be worke(,r by horse.power.,: Nearly all the gold obtained in the Queen Company's mine har, been got by the ·No. 7 tl'ibu&e party,and their success is due. ~o their having erected machinery. The ground of this mine is far too wet to be successfully worked by horse-pO,wer. The water of the Try Again Company's mine at Timor has at ,last been baled out, and the mine was ha:r:dedQver to the tributers on the 4th September; and since that time the trihuters have been busily employed in putting new drives into the mine for the purpose of breaking into payable ground. . . ' . " ,

A fine yield has been obtained by 1,he Bismarck Company. In addition to· declaring dividends during the qua,rter .t~ the value of £5,850. this company ha,v:e,paid off £400 of a C1frrent ,liability ahd 100 g1fineas as a bonus to theIr mlUlllg manager, Mr. G; F. Beaven. , '. . ' .

The following is a statement of the gold obtained from the p~incipal alluvial mines. in this division during the quarter :- 'I -' • " '. .:' , ...

: oz. dwt. gr.

Band of Hope, Chinaman's .. ' Duchess of Timor Tribute, Timor Count Bismarck, Alma ' Seaham, Alma ....

, ; 190 17 6 1,500 0 0

. 2,803 5 '0 , ., "" H7 4.' 0" -,

Gladstone, Alma Queen, Alma ... St., Osyth, Chinaman's

Total

DivideJ?ds as under have been paid during thequa.rter by the companies named :

Count Bismarck St. Osy~h ...

80 8 12 113 17 1 40 12 0

4;846 3 19

£ 8. d. 5,850 0 0

US 0.0,

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MAJORCA SUBDIVISION.

Mr. John M. Murplty, Mining Registrar.

I have the honor to report that during the past quarter mining in this subdivision has been very dull except at Rocky Flat, where .one or two claims have been doing fairly. 'fhe Reliance and Kong Meng claims, on the Hanoverian Lead, are still unworked, although it was anticipated that the two claims above-mentioned (amalgamated) would during the past quarter have been started under the title of the Golden Valley Company. The Prince Alfred Quartz. Mining Company, Deed's Reef, have suspended operations for the purpose of erecting machinery. The Duke of Edinburgh Company (Walker's Paddock) remains still unworked.

AMHERST DIVISION.

Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

In alluvial mining the men have not obtained average wages, except the Hoffman Gold Mining Company, Mount Greenock, which produced 4040zs. of gold during the quarter, giving 20 men (the number employed) 20 ozs. 4 dwts. per man.

The Golden Gate Company, Rocky Flat, broke into the old workings of the Sadowa Company, which flooded them out, and have been engaged most of the quarter in pumping.

In quartz mining, the Church Hill Company, Amherst, have hit upon a patch of 36 tons of stone which yielded 225 ozs. of gold, giving 6 ozs. 5 dwts. per ton.

There has not been anything collected from the sale of water during the quarter, owing to the reservoir being under repair.

AVOCA SUBDIVISION.

Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

In this division alluvial mining has been progressing very favorably during the quarter. At Homebush, the washdirt in the now defined lead continues yielding rich returns; 45 consecutive machines realising 1,0460zs. 12 dwts., which include several nuggets varying from t oz. to 60 ozs. The supposed course of the lead for a con· siderable distance has been secured under lease. On the Rutherford Creek several extended claims have been taken up on the supposed continuation of the Lamplough old lead, where some very encouraging prospects have recently been found •. Suitable machinery has already been erected on the prospecting claim.

Quartz mining has been dull during the quarter.

DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS.

Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

IJunolZy IJivision. I have to report a very decided improvement in quartz mining operations during the quarter. This is in a

great measure owing to the successful operations of the Queen's Birthday Company, which has been and is getting very excellent returns. This success has stimulated other persons to again test reefs which have for a long time been abandoned. A company termed the King's Birthday Company has been incorporated to work the lease (No. 1993) south of the Queen's Birthday Company; and another company to work the lease south-east of it, and styled the South Birthday Company, the lease being that known as Borwick's (No. 1995); several other leases have been taken np in this locality, .

Queen's Birthday Company have crushed 1,925 tons of stone for a yield of 2,289 ozs. This stone was taken from the 335 and 400 foot le,els south, and from the stopes above these levels. An ail' shaft is being sunk a consider. able distance south of the working shaft, in order to better ventilate the mine, and tenders are called for sinking a new main shaft a considerable distance south of the present working shaft. The mine is looking very well indeed, and gives promise of good and long continuous yields. Fifteen heads of stamps are at present employed crushing stone, and it is intended to get 12 heads more to work as quickly as possible. I am informed that the <lOO-foot level is driven upwards of 1,500 feet south, and is still carrying very good stone, with good stone also under foot. The dividends paid by the company during the quarter amount in the aggregate to £1 6s. per share (6,000 shares), and a handsome sum has been placed to reserve fund account.

Crook and Co., Det Bet Reef, continue to get very good stone; 33 tons yielded 79 ozs., and the mine is still looking well. Queen's Reef Company have not had any crushings during the quarter, but report that the stone being broken out bids fair to yield 1 oz. per ton, and it is 4 feet in width; they are driving south at the 400-foot level, and north from No.1 shaft. The Sydenham Company (lease 1740) are about resuming operations, tenders being invited for completing the sinking of the shaft, and work will be started without delay. The Working Miners' Company, Christmas Reef, have suspended operations, but with a view of shortly resuming them by testing the reef at the deepest level. Calder Brothers have discovered a new reef or leader in the alluvial workings at the head of Norfolk Gully, Bet Bet; the stone is narrow at present, but is widening out as it is sunk down upon, and shows gold in payable quantities. The Band of Hope Company, Monday Morning Reef, have completed the sinking the shaft, heve erected a whim, and are now cross-cutting west for the reef, and are very 'sanguine as to results. Bond and party are working Starke's Reef, near the reservoir, and report getting a little gold in the rubble. The Welcome Company, Advance Bealiba Reef, expect to make a start very soon, their shares being now in the market.

In alluvial mining no new ground has been opened. A nugget weighing 12 ozs. 14 dwts. has been obtained at Little Chinaman's Lead, and it is reported that another one weighinj!; 40 ozs. was obtained at Clover's Gully, and sold at Maryborough,but the miner who is credited with obtaining it denies the truth of the report.

Tarnaflulla Division. Nothing noteworthy has occurred during the quarter, but it is reported that the Poverty Reef will shortly be

in work again, and it is hoped that this will induce miners to take up and test some of the numerous very valuable but neglected reefs in this locality.

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INGLEWOOD DIVISION. J/r. W. H. Coffey, Mining Registr.ar.

No change worthy of note has taken place in this division with regard to mining operations during the last quarter. ,

WEDDERBURN DIVISION. Mr. John Reach, Mining Registrar.

Mining opera~ions !n this division stiH continue in a v~ry stagnan~ state. There are no quartz reefs working. The number of alluVial mlllefS are on the decrease, partly owmg to shearmg season having commenced.

No water is stored for sale in this division.

REDBANK SUBDIVISION. Mr . .D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

The usual dullness in mining still prevails in this subdivision. Nothing deserving special notice has occurred during the quarter." " ,

ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

Mining operations continue in a very depressed state in this subdivision. The Greenock Reef Company still continue to have payable yields, but beyond this there is nothing of note

to report.

ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. G. Couchman, lJfining Surveyor and Registrar:

, Mining operations have not improved in this subdivision since the date of.last report. The Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Company are carrying on operations in the lower levels with good returns.

The Lord Raglan and St. Arnaud Company are extending the 400·foot level north, and intend to sink the shaft deeper shortly

Nothing of impor~ance has occurred in alluvial mining.


CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. ,Mr. Thomas L. Brown, .Mining Surve!J(w and Registrar.

The only new find during the quarter is a quartz Jeader east of Burke's monument, which yielded 1 oz. 4 dwtll. (nearly) to the ton.

A trial crushing of cement from the surface of Lu~hingtQn Hill, yielding nearly 3 dwts. to the ton, has caused II lease to be applied for, aud it is illlended to erect crushing machinery on the ground, thele being II large quantity of cement in the looali!'y.

In both alluvial Hnd quartz mining the llVer!l!!e yields are small; improved sy~tems of working are necessary to put through larger quantiti~s. j\lany are slill !ll1xiously awaitillg the completion of Colihall water supply.

'fhe Central Company have ereeled a Hew 15·hcad battery of revolring stamps. lind made other improvements. The Daniel O'Connell Com puny have completed the erection of their machinery, aud made several improve-

ments therein. ' ,', , The, Eureka Consols "have fixed a new ladder-way, and are continuing their 4(]Q·foot level, now in 670 feet

north of shaft, the reef being 15 feet thick, about 2 feet of each face being taken for crushing. The Ctiledonia mille is let on tribute to a Sandhurst party, who are prospecting by drives from the main shaft.

:FRYER'S CREEK DIVISIO:N. Mr. Mark Amos, lIIining Surveyor and Registrar.

POPULATION. There has been a slight increase during the past quarter in quar~z mining.

PUDDLING AND SLUICING.

Some very good yields have been obtained by different parties during the past three months. tn sluicing, a. party of four have averaged about £5 per week per man, working old grOUlJd abandoned many years ago, and after paymg ~t the rate of .£9 per week for 6 ~Iuice·btads; this ground is likely to continue payable for a considerable time to COllle. In the neIghborhood of the Horseshoe Bend the puddlers occflsion~lIy find some good patches. and are .altogether doing very well. At Tarilta !lnd Vaughan there are a few alluvial claims which have re,cently paid very well for 'Working, and are likely.to prove remunerative for some time to come; the alluvi.al diggings ~e nor yet exhausted.

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The Duke of Cornwall Company have been doing a great deal of dead work during the past quarter, twclve men having been constantly employed putting in cross-cuts and levels. The claim is principally worked by tributers; the lode being worked is from 5 to 6 feet wide, and likely to pay very well. ,

Rowe Brothers', Cattle's Reef, still maintains a high average yield, viz., 9 dwts. to the ton. at a depth from surface of 155 feet; the lode 7 feet in thickness. Some magnificent specimens were unearthed a short time since. On the Ferron's Reef, their average yield is about 3 dwts. to the ton; lode 6 feet in thickness, at a depth of 80 feet; this latter claim at present is only moderately remunerative, but the supply·of quartz is apparently inexhaustible.

The Ferron's R·eef Company.-'l'his company have completed the various additions and improvements alluded to in last report, viz., erected a new winding engine of 25 horse-power, new winding gear, poppet legs, two new cages (with coverings), enlarged and cut the main shaft down 200 feet; the total cost being about £900. The plant and machinery belonging to this company is in a very efficient state, and the prospects of the min\) highly favorable; the quartz now being raised, taken from between the 200 and 330 foot levels, the crushing stuff 20 feet in thickness, and yielding about 8 dwts. to the ton.' .

The Fryer's Company.-This mine is now getting into fair working order again, some 34 men being employed, the manager contemplating engaging more during the present quarter; the quartz lately ra,ised has been taken from the 230-foot level, averaging 7 ?wts. to the ton; the width of lode 3 feet. Many of the men are now occupied driving cross-cuts, putting up rises, and sinking winzes; altogether, the mine is opening up well, and . looks very promising. Some extra good crushings would be highly acceptable, infuse new life and vigor into the Ijlanagement, and afford encouragement to other claimholders in the vicinity.

Anglo-Australian G. M. Company has lately been re-organized, sufficient English capital having been imported to enable the manager to open out and develop the mine in a satisfactory manner; the successful working of the

· large· area of ground held by the company is looked forWard to with considerable interest, and it is greatly to be desired that the English shareholders should realise some good dividends.

Black Hawk Company.-During the past quarter a party of tributers have been working at this claim with very fair returns, 9t dwts. to the ton being the average from a crushing of 170 tons; this gives good wages to the

· men employed, and there is every probability of other profitable returns during the next quarter. .

HEPBURN DIVISION • . .lfr. Tlwmas Hale, llfining Registrar.

Cornish Quartz Company have cut leaders from Crown Reef; they are working at different levels. It will be-seen by the tables that the proceeds of two months only is given. . -

Specimen Hill Company are driving On lowest levels, and are stoping in 380 and 460 foot levels. Wilson's, Blind Creek, are down 70· feet; they have finished erection of engine and battery; eight heads

stampers are at work. _ _ Ajax Company are down] 50 feet. The mille looks well. Willard and King, at 110 feet, broke through into the Ajax Company's claim. The mine looks remarkably well. Union Tunnel have got into a good run of stone towards'N ew North Hepburn lode'; it is said to average

10 dwts. Alluvial workings are somewhat retarded for want of water. Water has· been scarce; 36 heads are the, most that can be said to have been actually sold, three shifts

per day. .

TARA DALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISION. Mr. Thomas Orwin, J.l1ining Registrar.

. Although there has not been an increase in the yield of gold this quarter in this division, still there is a. considerable improvement in· mining, especially in quartz mining. ~ever!l'l miners have lately been trying old reefs which were worked many years ago and left, and in ,three instances they are likely to succeed. On the Belltopper Ranges a claim called the Humboldt, taken up by Messrs. Thureau and others, is yielding over 2 ozs. per ton. Another claim on the" summjt of the ranges-and also an old claim-is being worked, and yielding 1 il oz. per ton.

The Victoria Company have cleared out and ex:plore~ the old workings of what was formerly called Hughes' Reef, and have encouraging prospects; they are now sinking a shaft on the north of the claim, aiming for a new and solid portion of t,he reef. A new claim on the Back Creek, near the Leviathan claim, was taken up during the quarter. The party obtained one crushing, which yielded over 1 oz. per ton.. The reef is not thick, but that will pay well. There are. several shafts being Bunk on the roads as road claims, where prospecting for reefs is going on. . The United Kingdom Company have struck a new shoot of gold that will take them a year to work out. The

Extended United CompallY are still driving for the gutter known to run through their claim.

TARRANGOWER DIVISION . .Air,. Robert Nankivell, ,iJlining Surveyor and Registrar.

Mining has not improved during the quarter. The quantity of gold is about the same from our quartz mines, but the average per ton is considerably less. The owner of the North British mine has made several improvements on the mine. A winding engine has been erected, the shaft divided and put in good order, and a contract Jet to sink 50 feet, to test. the reef at a deeper level. '.

The Union Oompany are still driving their gOO-foot cross-cut eastward in search of the reef. The rock, which has hitherto been very hard. has slightly changed for the better, and is intermixed with quartz. Other parties are employed breaking quartz from the gtopes in diff"rent parts of the mine for crushing. Water baling from this mine is iii heavy item of expense. The quantity is 14,000 gallons daily; 3,300 gallons of this quantity is running over from the Oentral Company's mine, which adjoins on the south. , · The first crushing from the German Reef Company's mine after getting the water out was 126 tons for 39 ozs. 8 dwts. of gold. Since this crushing the reef has improved; the storie now being broken is much better in quality. A crushing now going throngh the mills is expected to give a much better yield.

The tribute parties in the Alliance and Speculation Companies' mines are getting out quartz that gives nearly an ounce per ton. One crnshing of 22 tons frClm the Speculation mine gave 24 ozs. 6 dwts, of gold.

The Eaglehawk United Company have let their mille Oil tribute for a term of five 'years. The water-baling question has now become a very seriolls matter along our principal lines of reef. Many of our companies have suspended work in the deep ground. and allowed the water to rise. In the Eaglehawk Limited Company's mine it, has risen to the 200-foot level, and is now affecting the claims and mincs north and south of it very seriously. . . No water was sol~ during the quarter .

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, J ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. : , ,",'{' ,. ; Mr: Alfred Armstrong, :.tlIining Surveyor and'Registrar.'~' ';" "7"::1; :,.;';,d q,'", ;M~nillg ,opera~ions in this district h~v~~ slightly improved 41;1ri l1g the quart'!~. ',IJ;ithe' Uppei't atr~~4}~tdct'the

few ,al~uvlld mmers now eng;aged are a:ll ~ettmg good wages. At Hod~le'll CI;ee,k the de~p 1~~ dev,e{?'p:e<1.~n,)~'Ie~~;w. ,Ewart arid J,lb.'s lease, at '~lcOrae's Hill, IS 'about'to be \Yorked 'on: a.p1~~~ llxtens!ve, se,ale by a Melp6urne.,company.

,.Although the original' leaseholders 'obtained' excelle'nt returns from the mine; tIley 'tonsiiier'that the ifltrodllCtion:-of capital is absolutely necessary to work to a p'roper !tdvantage.,~qt4er parties itre alsoerecting pfuiiping :iriachiiuSry to work by water-power. "

,QUARTZ. ,,'

, ,At, 'Reefton: there are now only, two companies at worli, and they have 'not yet struck tbe 'reef' in 'tJiefr 'lower tunnels, and therefore no crushings appear in this return." r, ' ':'

At Muddy Oreek, Messrs. Gilroy have about 80 tons of rich stone ready for crushing, anq. "tliej'a~e;erecting machinery for'that purpose.: " , ' ': 1 " _ ,;, :". " • .1

". At- Warrandyte, Messrs; 'Horsford and ,the' Defiance Oompany have ere,cted a v~rJdinebatteiy\,with:pufuping and wmding gear, and are now recommeneing operations. . , .. ,,: ' .. ,',':' '0, : _Ii . ,:

; '" T~~ discovery of: two, diorite dykes north. oLtlie, Warra!ldyte 'Freeho"ld Gdld'Miniiig Cdmpitiiy.]s: gToiihd/~D,d which hav,e been traced for some mile's, is'quite.a'new featu're'in'this district.: Tb:e dykes beatN.W.l;:have'aii:'eaiit'erly underlay of 40°, are about 8 or9 feet wide, and yield by crusq,ing"nElarly 6' dwts, to' the',ton. ThEi:stiiff{which in some instane,es resembles ochre,. and in others kaolin, i~ quiteso~t;,'aIid' can ,4,ecrllsli,ed for',2s:per t,?il'~ 'l;'\t::'. ..'.

I. At Klllgstown,., Messrs, Oakley:and Co. liavefimshed thell' ,battery. ''l'he'PlOneer'''Reef at.·]j)llImonu fereeK',ls being reworked: A new reef called' the Grea,tNorthern has been opened on the north'side of the' River 'Yarra. 'YiiiTa, opposite Warrandyte. ,,', , ' , ", '" i.J ,', ' ',:: j ,I: m ,.C ,.k

,.: . .' I,MiNERALS OTHER 'THAN ·GOLD.' " ~,::;! !" "I~L

: c The '''antimony' reefs' at; Rill~60d are stillHin active prog;ess. , Messrs: Bp?-fdirian' and Co'; "at~:~ip~i~~~de~p~r. Messrs. Oun'an and Co. are 'saugume that they 'are near the lode from the nature of the' stratum 'tli~iLh'ave iio'w reached. Messrs. Bright and 00. have erected a fine engine for crushing and pumping; the latter operation to be performed by steam pressure only. Stream tin workings are vigorously progressing on the Bunyip. ' 0

BLUE MOUNTAIN.NORTH SUBDIVISION. lWr. Ora/lam' ]}IcPlterson, 111ining Registrar.

No inlprovement has taken place smce I fu~ished my last report. , t,,','

The All Nations Alluvial Oompany has ~een dissolved, and 1\0 other .companies, have yet made ,a' start>, The small amount of gold raised has been obtained by a' few sluicing parties and fossickers. ,


ARARAT DIVISION. Mr. Thomas Foyster, Afining Registrar.

Beyond the' formation of a quartz prospecting company, in which the expenditure of £450 locally subscribed has been invested, nothing of general interest bas been noticed during the past quarter. ,

The company referred to have eallt;d for tenders for testing Mitchell's Reef, situate half a" mile ,west of the, town, and have applied for a lease. ',," , '.. , ..' •

. ,A~ the Pprt Fairy Gal? Reef a claim has been taken up, and is now being'prospected by Ii pa!,ty of four.

PLEASLl'YT bREEK DIVISION. ,ilfr.,H. C. Bate, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. ,,"

The principal feature to be noted with reference to' th!'l workings in this divisiondllring ,tne 'quarter 'is the re-opening of the Oosmopolitan Reef, in the parish of Bellellen. The prospectors ,had at return from ,their first crushing which averaged 2'ozs. 13 dwts. per ton, but the later yields have not been so good.

The return from the quartz crushed during the quarter, although very good, would have been mueR'improved but for the stoppage of the Oriental Oompany's workings from the "pinching" of their shaft •. The company has lately resumed work, and stone is being got out as usual. At the vVonga a,nd Birmingham Company's mine a ,crushing plant has been erected; and great hopes are entertained by the company that their operations will be .successful, and that their success may induce other companies to 'give a; fair'trial to similar ground at Stawell .. yielding comparatively.poor stone:

'rhe accompanylllg tabl~ gIves a 1,000 feet:- '

list of the deepest shafts; of which teli have now attained a depth of over , ' ;;

Statement of Gold Purchased, &c.

Name of Company, Deptll of, Shaft. Uemarks.

Ne\vington and Pleasant Creek ... feet. 1,940 ":",1', "

:Magdala 1,800 Prince Patrick 1,500 South Scotchmans - 1,262 Pleas alit Creek Cross Reef (No, 1) , 1,185 Still sinking. ., Oriental ,1,145 Still sinking. Extended Cros8 Reef 1,072 Still sinking. !;\

Prince Alfred ... 1,060 Still sinkiI]g., West Scotchmans 1,052

;'.1 'r" Crown Cross Ueef United 1,045

'Sootchmans Roof United 991 'Pleasant Creek Cross Reef (No; 2) 950 siDking.

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BARKLY DIVISION. Mi.,H. C.-Bate, Mining Surve,1jor. and Registrar. ,

A little more gold has been obtained during the last quarter, but there are"rio,important finds to ·chronicle. Mining operations are generally dull' throughout the division'; but it is worthy of notice '.that·ailease,:has been

survllyed on the' continuation of the main Barldy Lead, from the working of which,the applicants' for it' have good hopes of success. ' • ., .' " , ','. I'd

No water wall sold during the quarter for mining purposes. " . "

RAGLAN DIVISION.

Mr. C.' W. Minchi~"Mi~ing Regi;tT~~. ~ ._.,. -,' Manriers':and:p~rty,'l'eferred to in' my last report, haveu'Otbeen quite so successful in the q~rter just;eildbd

as:regards the yield of gold. By the end olthe present quarter they e':s:pecfthey will have t~en out all the:available ground in their claim. . ' , . ' '. ' ! . ." ."', ' ,:,;,!!!~

The New Victoria Gold"Miuing Company at Waterloo Flat,the only Iilin~ at 'work there at present; ,have<oe'im progressing very satiSfactorily. during the quarter, and have had more than an average yield of gold.· . Two-fresh appli-eations for gold-mining leases have recently been made for ground in this locali(y.-' : ' . ,

At Oharlton a new'company has lately started, under the style of the (, New Enterprise Gold Mining Company (No 'Liability)," to ·work the . leased ground formerly held by the Ne'wCh'arltoIi Gold 'Milling GomplIDY, and for the present have let the mine on tribute. ~ '. ., " , ',.. , . ,MCining interests in this district have been generally dull;

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

OMEO SUBDIVISION.

Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar. I

Quarlz mining at Swift's Creek is reviving, the quartz miners being encouraged by the result of' several recent crushings. .

, There is no change in alluvial mining, but, the creek workers have suffered much from floods caused by the l'ecent heavy rains.' ' , ,

The Omeo prospectors' claim, on the Dargo High Plains, is yielding good results.

MITCHELL RIVER SlJBDIVISION.

Mr. John Grimes Peers,. Mining Surveyor and Reg~strar. Mining generally throughout this division is in a somewhat similar state to that previously reported.

, No quartz mining is being carried on. ' , The parties engaged in alluv.ial mining seem to be 'earning fait:wages.

The lessees ofthe mines at Buchan have suspended operatious.,. No water is sold for mining purposes in this subdivision. Gold and galena are 'the only.minerals searched f({r.

" 'BOGGY 'GREEK SUBDIViSION.

Mr. John Fletclwr, Mining Registrar. ~1he heavy floods here have retarde4 mining operatioI).s in the bed of the creek. Those miners who have been

at work on the banks of the creek appear to have averaged good wages. About a dozen of the quartz reefs have been prospected, but a want of the necessary capital ,has prevented anY,attempt ,at crushing being made •. Mr. Mitchell, late mana,ger of the Good Hope Company: Crooked River, has purchased a valuable crushing machine, and intends erecting it 011 BOl'gy Creek. One of the oosta.cles that has hitherto stood in the'way of ascertaining the value of the quartz reefs hy trial crushings will thus be removed.

CROOKED RIVER DIVISION.

Mr; James Travis, 1J.1ining Registrar. 'fhe crushing from the Good Hope (tribute) was very poor indeed, being by far the lowest average ever obtained

from the mine. About 50 tons, however, are now being p,ut through the mill, that will, I think, give an average return of at least one ounee per ton. There is a good prospect of the preaent rUn of stone lasting for a considerable length 9f time. . .

Although the crushing from the Jeweller's Shop Reef was much poorer than was anticipated, that from the UI).ion. (Son~ of Freed.om Company) ~as exceedingly good. Th?re a.re about 200 tons more ready for the stampers from thIS mme that WlIlbe put through as soon as the tramway IS fimshed. '.

, In alluvial there is' nothing worth, of comment. . . There is no watel' sold ill this diVISion.

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JERICiIO DIVISION. -"'Ir, R. J. Donaldson, .l.l1ining Registrar.

There has been nothing of importance in quartz mining to report during the quarter.

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The tributers in the Harbinger are not sending stone to the mill, but are still driving on the line of reef. Most of the alluvial miners in the upper branches of thc.creeks'wcre idle for two months for want of water,

but have resumed working since the late rains. ' No miners are ~mployed mining for' other metals or minerals than gold. No water has been sold.

DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION. jJfr. O. P. 1f7ltitelaw, -"'lining SUr1Jtyor and Registrar.

There has been a decided improvement in quartz mining during the quarter. Only two companies have crushed; , the yield from each has been satisfactory. The striking of a new shoot of rich ,stone by the Hit or Miss Oompany in the Bismarck ground has improved the prospects'of both companies. The following arc the companies at work:-

'1'he Bismarck United G. M. Company.-Oontinuing lower tunnel on course of reef. They have not crushed during the quarter. A small parcel'obtained from a winze in the upper. tunnel, and from the shoot lately cut oy the Hit or Miss Company, will be put through in a few days. There are eight men employed.

The Gippsland Oonsols.-'-This company have had three crushings during the quarter; 559 tons yielded 3iO OZ8. 3 dwts. '£here are 21 men employed in the claim.

The Florence G. M. Company have had a crushing of no tons, yielding 65 ozs. Three men employed. ',rhe Stratford and Avon has again heen taken up by Mr. J. Rice, and another lease applied for. The Sterling Q, M. Company continue to drive their tunnel on the course of the reef; they are now in 1,020 feet. The Hit or Miss Q. M. Company, who are continuing the Bismarck tunnel to get into their own ground, struck

rich stone near their boundary. , No minerals other than gold milled for. No water sold.

STRIN"GER'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. W. M. Smith, Mining Registrar.

A reference to the quantity of quartz crushed,. the total yield of gold obtained, and the average yield per ton, will show that there has ,been little or no change in quartz mining in this division during the past quarter.

The quantity of quartz crushed was 8,4,39 tons; for a yield of 9;843 02:S. 19 dwts., or an average of 1 oz. 3 dwts. 7'91 grs. per ton. , ., " " , , No new discoveries have been made during the quarter; the progressive companies, ho;yever, are pushing on their works with ,igor. " ,

ALLUVIAL.

The yield ~f gold of the year. "

f~r the quarter from this branch of mini~g is remarkabiy good, considering the season

OOPPER.

No smelting has been done at the Walhalla Copper Oompany's works during the quarter, owing to their having "run short of fuel, and pending arrangements for a less costly mode o~ transit of the ore. The mine continues to look about'the same. '

ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION. j}jr. Joltn M~Cann, Mining Registrar.

The mine held under James Rice's lease has been in full swing during the quarter, with the exception of a few weeks' during repair of ttamways. Water has been very strong; pumping and winding gear now in course of erection, and, when complete, deep sinking will be commenced. The Lily of the Valley Company, late Wilson and Barthold's lease; have. commenced work again, and have also let a portion of the mine on tribute. I hear of good prospects being

• had there. The United Miners' Company were obliged to suspend work for three months for want of funds. The Stockholm Tal' Company have made another start with two men. The Star and Thomson Company have not yet succeeded in striking payable stone, but are sanguine of success. Alluvial mining has been very quiet during the quarter, owing to floods., Most of the miners have been working in spurs up from the river, which would pay well with proper appliances, but owing to the distance to take the wash to river their workings did not pay.

No water has been sold. during the quarter. Gold is the ouly metal or mineral searched-for in this subdivision.

RUSSELL'S .. CREE~ DIVISION. • Mr. C. H.Williams, Mining Registrar •

. 'Mining in this divisionc'oritinues inth!! 6am~ depressed state.." " The Tangil G. Mining Company, Cement Hill, have struck the wash III the tunnel, but I have not heard the

prospect obtained. The race party, Buckley's Flat, have obtained some very good prospects, and are likely to" have a good

washing up. . ' " Pleasant Creek.-The few mmers there are on good gold. ,

Hawthorn and Wombat Creeks are yielding scarcely anything, and the miners contemplate leaving. The Old Oolumbia claim (quart2!) has been taken, up agai~; it is intended to put in a tunnel, the estimated

distance beiner 400 feet; some stone taken out from the old worklDgs shows good gold. • No water was sold in this division. '

6 BENDOC SUBDIVISION. :Afr. John Nichol, JJfining Registrar.

Mining in this subdivision still remains, dull. The only quartz mine 'wrought b~iDg ~he Aurora Borealis, which is on tribute; during the past quarte~ they p,rocure~ and ~rushed 20 tons of stone, which JIelded 24 ozs. of gold.

The alluvial miners appear satIsfied With theIr earmngs. ' No water was sold in this district.

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TARWIN SUBDIVISION~

frb'. G. Read ,~lllrphy, frlining Registrar. Great depression has been felt in miniug during the quarter, and several miuershave left the district. No.1 South have crushed 25 tons of stone, wbichyielded 240zs. 19 dwts.; they are now opening out at a.

deeper level.' '.' . The Prospectors' Tributel's h!1.ve ahandoned theIr old shaft, and h~ve co~menced to sl,nk a new one; they have

now reached a depth of about 80 feet, and ha.ve commenced to move thell" plant. The Prospectors' Extended have abandoned their claim; it is.proposed to form a new company ana sink for

quartz. The Caffer Company have heen still sinking; they have cut,a rich leader, but it is very thin. Several men are'making a living by fossicking about Foster and Turton's Oreek. .

LDIE.

The VVaratah Lime and )1rLl'ble Oompany still continue to make improvements, and are now looking out for a steamer to carry their lime to Melbourne; they have every tIling ready to commence operations on a large scale. A lease is held behind the company's ground, on w;.ich are large quarries of grey limestone, which has been proved suitable for building purposes. .

TIN.

Mr. John Arney h~s been further :pTospecting, lind proved b.eyond doubt the payable nature ~f the tin in this locality; he has cut a track for a proposed flume from. the Agnes Rlver,. and a tramway to the Frankhn; he expects to get his lease in a week or ten days. '

TRARALGON SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Charles De7!is, J:lining Registrar. With regard to mininO' dllring the past quarter, there is not much improvement in that branch of industry,

The members of tlie mining "'po'pulation al'e poor, and unable to develop the resources of the district, 80 that the mineral wealth lies dormant for want of a little capital to work it and make it remunerative; the miners for the most part are working for a bare subsistence, in the hope of something better turning up.

A seam of coal has been found lately at the head of TYlll's Creek; it is intended to use it (if it will answer the purpose) in smelting the copper ore at Cooper's Oree~.

APPENDIXo

OBSERVATIONS ON NEW VEGETABLE FOSSILS OF THE AURIFEROUS 'DRIFTR

BY BARON FERDIl';'AND VON MUELLER, C.M.G., M.D,. Ph.D., F.R.S., GOVERNMENT BOTANIST.

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Wilkinsimia. Fruit completely bivalved, one-celled, almost orbicular, more or less trnncate"strongly compressed,

nearly flat, irregularly traversed by several longitudinal prominent somewhat anastomosing ridges. Seed seemingly only one, flat, roundish, occnpying fully lH~lf the space of the valves; its embryonic structnre not yet ascertained.

Wilkinsonia bilaminata. At a depth of abou't '110-130 feet nnder basalt at Beneree, C. S. Wilkinson, Esq., and E. Farr,

Esq. ; in the black lead of G\llgong, 140-175 feet deep beneath a layer (15 feet thick) of basalt, Charles E. Bamard, M.D.

The first specimens of this remarkable fossil were obtained through the circumspect exertions of the Government Geologist of New South Wales, C. S. Wilkinson, Esq., F;G.S., through whosedeparlmental action also many other palreontologic relics of the sister colony became known. Some of the first discovered specimens of this apparently rare fossil were hardly half the size of those kindly transmitted by Dr. Bamard, the dimensions of which may be estimated from Major Shepherd's excellent lithograms. The fomi verges rarely into oval; one, of the valves· is occasionally more convex than the other. The ramified main-ridges number nsually six, they are sometimes slightly flexuous; the interstices, formed by the reticulations, constitnte often deep impressions; the edge of the valves acutely. attenuated; the

,laminre closely appressed to each other, the exterior ridges nearer to the next than to the margin, and from these lesser elevations ·radiating. Seed closely filling the shallow cavity, in large specimens measuring rather abov.e one inch In length and breadth; its substance too much decayed in the samples hitherto examined to ascertain the mode of attachment. The p€duncular or pedicellar cicatrix also not yet observed, to arrive at a knowledge of the relative position of the seed.

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The plant, producing 'this remarkab,e fruit, may perhaps have belonged to the order of Sapindacere ; but with the material at present available it is impossible to fix its exact ordinal position, as no external

,resemblance indicates any close relationship to existing genera. Some similarity to a small ostreoid sh~ll renders the genus Wilkillsonia' readily recognized among other fqssils. It has received a record in the documents of the Victorian Mines Department, though not yet fmmd in our colony; because as this plaut proves to be coeval to the'series, published by us here, it is likely that also this new addition will be traced yet to .localities within our colony, It ,thus also proved, that the fossil treasures of that particular tertiary period, the upper pliocene, to which we have added already many significant forms, are as yet by no means exhausted.

, ' EXPLANATION O'F· LITHOGRAM.

PLATE XIII. FiGS. 1 and 2.-Side-view of fruit.

3 and 4. - Marginal view of the same. ' 5 and 6.-Inner faces of the fruit, exhibiting also the seed.

All natural size.

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