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1877-8.
VICTORIA.
REPOI~TS
OF TnE
MINING SURVEYORS & REGISTIlARS.
QUARTER ENDED 31sT DECEJ\1BER 1877.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HO,(;SES OF PAULIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
tiy a lllborlfy :
No. 17. Jill! i'i FIWHES, no\' I( BNlll'.NT I'HINTlerr, !lJELllIllJlt;l1l1:,
Preparation Prl1lting (1,275 copies)
APPROXIlItATE 008'r OF REPORT.
Total
£ s. d. 15 0 0 ~5 10 0
£10010 0
INDEX.
Su'mmary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. • . Table showing the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Qnartz raised during the Quarter in some of the Deepest Mmes
in Victoria; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. Estimated Yield of Gold and Qnantity of Gold Exported dnring the Quarter ended 31st December 1877, p. 5. Gold received at and issned from the Royal Mint during the quarter ended 31 st December 1877, p. 5. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Qnartz Tailings, &c., crushed dming the Quarter ended 31st December 1877,
p.6. Summary of Yield of Gold from 'Vashdirt and Cement washed and crushed dming the Quarter ended 31st December
1877, p. 16. Number and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st December 1877, p. 19.
Ballarat Central Division Ballarat Southern Division Buninyong Division Smvthesdale Division Cre'swick Division ... Gordon Subdivision Steiglitz Subdivision
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. D. Christy, Mining Registrar... 7,14,15,16,19,23 Mr. George Perry, Mining Registrar 7,16,18,19,23 Mr. Robert M.Harvey, Mining Snrveyor and Registrar ... 7,19,24
,Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7,14,18,19,24 Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 7,15,19,24 Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Smveyor and Registrar 7,19,25 Mr. W. 'V. Greene, Mining Registrar ... 8,14,15,19,26
Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Sonth Subdi vision
Mr. J olm F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8,15, 19,26
Ballan Subdivision ..•
Beechworth Division Yackandandah North Subdivision Yackandandah South Subdivision "IVandiligong Snbdivision Indigo Divi~ion Buckland Division ... Alexandra Snbdi vision Dry Creek Subdivision Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Wood's Point Sub,division Big River Subdivision Mitta Mitta North Subdivision Mitta Mitta South Subdivision Jamieson Subdivision
Sandhmst Division ... Kilmore Division
Mr. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar 8,19,26
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar Mr. J. C. Forster, Mining Registrar
8, 14, 15,16,19,26 ' 27
Mr. J. Smart, Mining Registrar Mr. T. C. Kaighen, Mining Registrar Mr. G. Anderson, Mining Registrar Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 1\1 r. J. Pemberton, Milling Registrar .•. ' Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. J. C. Forster, Mining Registrar Mr. W. H. Cochrane, Mining Hegistrar Mr. 'V. H. Edwards, Mining Registrar
SAND HURST MINING DISTInCT.
.,. 9,15,19,27 9, 15,16,20,27
9, 16,20,27 9,15,20,27
10,14,20,27 20,2!!
10,20,28 10, 15,20,28
10, 20,28 S, 14,20,27
20,28 10,20,28
Heatheote Division and W Rranga South Subdivision
Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Hegistrar Mr. James W. Oshorn, Mining Hegistmr Mr. E. C. Bell, Mining Registrar
10,14, Iii, 16,20,29 20,30
)1,14,20,30
Waranga North Subdivision ..•
Maryborough Division Majorca Subdivision Amherst Division Avoca Subdivision ... Dunolly and TarnRgulla Division Inglewood Division •.. Wedderburn Di vision 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 Barldy Division Raglan Division
Omeo Subdivision ... Mitchell River Subdivi~ion Boggy Creek Subdivision lirooked River Di vision .J ericho Division Donnelly's Creek Division Stringer's Creek Division Aberfeldy Subdivision Russell's Creek Division Bendoc Subdivision Tarwin Subdivision l'raralgon Subdivision
Mr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrar 11,18,20,30
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Hegistrar •.. 11,14,15,16,18,20,30 ]\[r. John M. Murphy, Mining Registrar 21,31 Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 11,14,16,21. :lI Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar I 1,14,17,18,21,:n Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12,17,21,31 Mr. W. H. Coffey, Mining Registrar ... 12,17,21,32 Mr. J. Reach, Mining Registrar 21,3t Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 21, :l2 Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,21,:l2 Mr. 'V. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12, 21, :32
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. Mr. T. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12,14,15,17,21,32 Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 17, 18, 21, 32 Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar 12,15, Ii, 21, 33 Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar 12,21,33 Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 13,14,17,21,34 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. Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar
13,22,34 13, 14,18,22,34
22,35 17,22,35
Mr. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. J. Fletcher, Mining Registrar ... ••. ...
13, 22,35 22,35 22,35
13,22,35 22,35
13,22,36 13, 15, 22,36
13, 22, :l6 22,36 22,86
)3,22,36
Mr. In.mcs Trayis~ 1,{ining Registrar ... -Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar Mr. O. P. Whitelaw, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. W. M. Smith, Mining.Registrar... ... Mr. J. McCann, Mining Registrar Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining Registrar ... Mr. John Nichol, Mining Registrar Mr. G. R. Murphy, Mining Registrar Mr. C. Denis, Mining Registrar
A2 22,36
SUMMARY.
GOLD MINING S.TATISTICS 'FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31st DECEMBER 1871. ,
"
TABLE SHOWING APPIWXafA.TE;LY THE NUMBElt OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS V:A.LUE, ON THE S,EVERAL GOLDFIELDS .. IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA.
DISTRICT, 'DIVISION,
AND
flUBDIVISION,
BALLARAT.
Totals ." , BIlECHWORTH.
Totals ..
CASTLEMAlNE: Ca.stlemaine Diviaioll Fryer's Creek Division Hepburn Division " - •. •• Tarauale and KynotonSubdivision Tarrangower Division St. Andrew's Division .• ..
Alluvial Miners.
~ i.i go £
~
l\Iiners.
~
~ o __ I ~ 395 527
,236 614 625
53 140
2,584
838
250 167 12 76 95 27
'1,625 67
289 420 320 120 149 300
115
4,005
1,957
40
1,SS2
300 135 300 140 154
47
3,7~
3lla
124
965
120 12
370 70
55
270
1,862
340 170 430 95
267 , -144
40
-:-
Blue Mountain North Subdivision 1--'-1---1 Totals ' ..
A!tA):tAT.
Totals
GIPPSLAND. Omeo Subdivision " . •• • • 1tfitcheU River and Boggy Creek
Subdivisions Crookerl River Division Jericho Division '.. •. DonneU~,J5 Creek Division .~ Stringer's Cr.eek Division Aberfeldy Subdivision Russell's Ureek Division Beudoc Subdivision •. Tarwin Subdivision ., Traralgon Subdivision
TotaJs
GRAND TOTA.LS
2,~gg 620
1,494 1,800
357 272 850
5,176
5,570 24
585
338
480 1,682
425 355
2.942
387 233
'Office of Mines; Meibourn~; 24th J~nuary t'S7S.
No. 77.
30 2
,13 41 23
115
25
37
10
1,93! 20
260 1.080
450
3.750
210
10 249
12
541
190
10 I 190
35 7 5 1 3
• 4
55
1 .{
12
4 10 1 7
22
255_
i,223. 167 60
.25 107
120
1.652
,20 78
139
10 10
251
35 160 10
123
328
1-1
10.
" 20
32
8 55 23
elfu 11 2 n 8 13 7 50 U
~ p..
~
I 1l 12 2
'5
43 ~ • 118 118 1 __ -_1--=-1--_.- 1....2
. 4
11 6
4
11 14 17 39 I-~I--+--+-,--
.-
32 10 8
,-60
40
24
124.
4
34 7 9
14
10
11
'26
68 54 Ic-.-I.~'--i --I--i'
42
64 . n· .10 ' 16 6
,6 3
10
. 6
15 55
, 2 '6
ALLU,VIAL MINING.
20 35 14 33
800
'150 190 150
• 450
31
.6 10 35 34
9
5
100
~ o
111
j ~,
3'
,3
13
i!r ~
p.;
22 6 ~
."i ~
i
20 I 14
'-
.56 14
521 20 ,24 ' 21
1
28
121 12 12 12 7
142 70 ·1--1--
6
6
10
60
4 9
40 17
71
6 38 33
1 26 3
4,
14-
10
16 10
3, 1 120
3 1'120
2 1 3
19
24
the Quarter ended, 31st December 1877.)
MACHINERY. EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ MIN~NG.
~ .S -§
~. '" ~
,4
~ ~
62 8 9 5
33 18 9
25
170
5 3 j 8
10
4 10' 6 8
4
74
215
19
9
243
27
5 5
25 1 1 4
38 19 28 14 34 10 1
1.322 144 260 80
1,0ti5 475 223 547
10
4.066'
115
81 44
ISO ll5 130
64 152
60 90
47
1,028
3,940
374
150
4,464
614 66 88
495 120
25 uS
690 486 483 328 722 180 14.
: I. 'l
10
5 8 1 1
12 7
I 3
42
...!
, 3
456 56 70
, 27 266
30 275
8·
1,188
75
.) 44 28
135
00
'" 'i!
J
30
124 1 -.-laO 10
172 .1 183 2
47 44
74 I "-1.036
1.240
129
95
1,464
209
34 13
150 iO 10 22
134
3
3
2
-.
3
'-
"7
~ 17 3 7
7 5
13 20
72
5
'5
-;-
13
185
30
6 4
26 6 1 4
17
;l
" ~ p.,.
1; ~
.§' ~
12 4 1
31
• 1
9
100 20
27
16 4
19 5
25 15 42
82 '144 2.903 .1 3 ]71 __ 1 __ - --1--1 -, 1--1--25 78
=--.
11
]2 10
33
4
3 4 2, 9
18 6
12
12
211'
30 25
5 10
70
935
230 90 30
I'J 'SS
4 '12
12
·1
13
• 22 I 29
121 10 20 .20
6 1
54
4 ' . 1 24 I 70
28 1 71
...::
~
10
-'
)0 1'.1
141 I 180 I 361 13
'I
5 39
45
'1 3,
S 3 3
11 4
1 3.
43
102 1,475
10
1,587
i7 30
137 35 58
355 48
16 37
733
16,654
3 1 .2
13
68
35 346
389
20 17
126 35 62
126' 50
486 .
6,259
"7
50
1 48
50
2
528
3 10 ;-
15
,455
'-
£' 112.405 15.000. :U,500 25,500
102,000 18.531 14.588 6:1,000
400
445,924
53,260
10,415 26,110 lS,seO 19.250 12,280 1,900
17.634 25.822 5,454 7.000 1,000
16,000
211,925
, 470.000
26,392
11,568
507,960
68.222 7n,999 34,963 34,893 5?766
F,492 870
271,305
32,280 9,000
12,550 46.430 12.500
15 1.160 ,3){i~~
. 125,575
2,029,962,
39 12 16~ 18 13 3~
50 4_
1 ,
IS7~
47
14 8
25 51 35 7
10 24 18
f~ , 16 9
311
23 26 81
11
24 18 13 12 16 19
, 75 31
3
211
les 85
'25 150 161 14 1 3 1~ 95 14' 10
27
169
321 126 204
124
5 .163 2_ 1
·5 30 18. 40 16 185 17 71 37 9 ,J.4* -,28
7 10
122k 591
1;185~
26 37 9 5·
77
23 . 21
350 33 18 13
4 16 13 4 1
496
3.328
Price of Gold pero~llI~c.
ll'rom I To
£ s. d. £' •• d: 4 2' 9 4 3 0 416,426 400420 400426 400429 3 17 0 4 1 0 3 16 0 4 0 6 3 17 6 4 0 0
3 17
3 18 0
3 15. 4 0 3 15 3 18 314 3 15
3 15 3 16 315 3 S 3 10 3 14
318 3 17 3 18
o
4 0 0 4 0 0 $ 17 6 3 19 0 315 0 3 17 0 3 18 6 315 0
3 15
3 17 6 3 17 O' S 18 0 318 0 3 17 6 3 18 0 316 6
3 18 313 3 19 319
312 0 3 15 0
.3 g. 0 310 0 3 10 0 310 0 315 0 310 0 312 0 3 15 0 315 0
o 9 3 o o o o 6 6 o o 3
3 18 0 318' 0 4 0 ,3
4 2
4 0 ,4 0 4 0 4 6 4 G 4 0 0 318 9 426
4 0
4 0 0 318 0 4 1 6 3 18 6 4 1· 0 406 3 17 0
3 18 0 4'0 6 460 403
3 11 6 3 17 6
3 18' 6 3 17 0 319 0 4 0 0 311 10
.3 16 0 316 0 400 3 18 6
THOS. COUCH~IAN, Secretary f~r Mines:
TABLE SHOWING 'l'HE YIELD OF GOLD
(Compiled from Returns made by tlte Mining Surveyor~ and Registrars for the Qua;te1> ended 31st Dec:ember
DISTinCT, DIVISION,
AND
. SUBDIVISION.
BALLARAT.
Central Divisjl)n Southern Division Buninyong Division Smythesdale Division
Creswick Division
Gordon Su bdivi~lon Steiglitz Subdivision Blackwood i>ivision and Blue Mountain . South Subdivision :saUan Subdivision
~EECHWO.RTH.
Bcechworth Division •• Yackandrindnb South SubdivisIon Indigo Division Buckland Division Alexandra Suhdlvision Dry Creek Subdivision
_ Benalla Subdivision' Gaffney's Creek Sllbdi'dslon 'Vood's Poillt Subdivision Big River Subdivision .•
NAME OF COMPAN·Y.
Temperance New Kangaroo Inlper~al
Port Phillip
New North Clunes
Sultan ••
Ashton's Mine
Reform .. Rigelowe and Clingan Magenta
Welcome
Golden'Belt Hope Londonde.ITY
Mitta ~litta North SubcUvision !\fittn l\1itm South SubdIvision .• Jamieson Subdivision .•
Wandiligong Subdivision {
I
~~~l~~iii Hood and Coatts .• Carlile'and Robinson London •. .. Bennett and ~eynon
SANDHURt\T.
Sandhurst Division
Kilmore Division ••
Great Extended Hustler's •• Garden Gully ,United
Heathcote DivIsion and 'Varanga south{ Subdivision ' ,
Costertleld Alison •. Alabama RURhworth United Augustine Waranga :North Subdivision " !
:!fARYBOROUGH.
Maryborough Division .. Majorca Subdivision .. Amherst j)ivi~ion Avoca Subdivision· , ·Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Inglewood and 'Vedderhurn Divisions Redbank & St. Al'llaud South Subdivisions
No. 2 Tri'b;'t~
~ Quee?'s Birthday Fone s .. •. Grecnock Reef
St. Arnaud North Subdivision •• " { Sanrlhurst and St. Arnaud
Chrysolite Tribute .Lord Uaglan
CASTLEMAINE.
Eureka Consols Castlemaine DIvision ••
Fryer's Creel\: Division
Hepburn Division
Tal'adale and Kyneton Subdivision
Tarr~ngowel' Division .•
! I Rowe Brothers li'erron's Hee!" Cornish.. . ~Specimen Hill
. Humbolt
St. Andrew's. Division ' ... Blue Mountain North Subdivision
ARARAT. Ararat DivisIon
Pleasant Creek Division
Barkly Division Raglan Dlvisiun \
GIPPSLAND.
Omeo Subdh'ision .hlit~l~ell lOver and,Boggy Creek SUbdi-j
vIsions Crooked River Division Jericho DiYisioll
• Donnelly's Creek Didsion
Stringer's Creek ·Division
Aberfeldy ~ubrtivision Russell's Creek Division Bendoc Su 1)(tivLsion Tllrwin Suhdivision l'raralgun Subdivision
North Eaglehawk United •• North llrilish
Oriental •• Pleasant Creek Cross
Good Hope
Long Tunnel Walballa'
No.1 South
.. '
Office of Mines, Melbourne, 24th January. \878.
No. 77,
NA1fE OF REEF.
Rand of·Hope Kangaroo Hiscock's
Clunes
Clunes
Sultan and others
Biakevil!e Road
Refonn Homeward·bound Magenta
Welcome
Homeward-bound .Morning Star Railway
Mack's Home 'l'ry Again Birthday London
. Oriental
Hustler's Garden Gully'
Costertleld Alison Butler's' .Frenchman's .. Belle Allianc~
Churcb Hill
Bealiba Lilipntian Greenock Wilson's Hill
Wilson's Hill
Eureka Cattle's Ferron's Cornish ' .. \ Sr~cimen Hill Humbolt .
;.
Linscott's & Eaglehawk Parkin's
New Scotchman's Flat Cross and Flat
Good Hope
Depth at which
tIle Quartz was got.
Feet,
460 to 900 21S'
200 to 320
100 to 990
180 to 1,005
100 to 75~
140
280 420 200
240
300 300 . 320
250 130 23"0 166
SO 180
350 to SOO . 745 and
upwf!ords
/
230 to 420 100 to 345' 260 to 3:!O
340 . 200
. 160
335 to 400 600 350 6S0
450
460 1.~5
330 2,520
400 to. 463 . 230 500 200
I,OGO to 1,120 550 to S50
430
343 to 523" Cohen's Cohen's " .••. ,385&upwds·
No.1 South- .. 140
Quantity Crushed.
Tons.
1,500 521
2,291
15,217
4,247
1,550
23
S20 620 S9
154
350 190 180
340 562 211 600 400 340
1,546 4,40S
120 3f,,, 5()0 250 49
64
2,287 1,114
201 300
900
805 750
3,345 2,520 2,402
10 139 7S
1',645 , 5,248
4,480 2,202
16
A verage "I Width 1 Dip of the Reef Yield of Gold of the Reef. fro~
p~r Ton. . the HOrIzon.
Oz. dwt. gr.
o 0 5'28 o 5 0'24 o 3 0'20
20'OS
o ~ 23'42
17 6'46
2
o 11 16'74 o . 6 0 o 9 22'92
2 0'67
o 2, 4'1l o 5 2'15 o 5 13'33.
o 10 lS'99 o 3 10 1 14 0 o 8 0'30 o 10 0 I 11 9.
1 I 8'16 o 13 6'20
o 5 9'11 1 1 19'38 I 0 .0 o 16 9"69
. 2 6 12'73
3 5' 8'15
2 11 0'92 o 10 0 o 15 17'73 o 7 0
o 10'45
o 11 o 6 o f> o 3 o 3 4 10 o 15 I 1
6 10
21'20 o S'43 7'55
lS'41 o
20'37 14'47
o 6'47
9 0'16 9 IS'46
Ft. in.
2 0 5 0
12 0
2 to 30
2to 6
6 iu. to 3 ft.
10 0 S, 0 6 0
'0
S 0 !fL6in.to 2ft.
2 0
I 3 to 10
1)
. 6
12 S
4 to 20 6 6 o 2 2
12 5
o O·
·0 6
6 o o o o
O· . 0 o o o 6 Ij
o
o
W.22!' W. 70'~ W.64'
f 4 reefs E, { 2 reefs W. 300
W.15'
Varies
W. W.8° W.75'
,S.W.75'
"N.E:S9' N.W.52' Vertical
E.400
!> Variable
N.45;·
W.40'
W.
"T ..
W.75' E.36' IV. 50' W.50' W. SO'
W. W.
W.70'
W.SO' W. SO'
I'
Dip of the Shoot
of Quartz.
S. S.
~
Varies
N. N. N.
Varies
S. Vertical
.N.W.45'
N.W.50'
:R.E.89° N.W.52'
S. "
q S.
,So
N.400
N.1 in 8 S.40' S.45'
N.W, 70' , ..
' .. N.30' N.300 ,
\ ..
N.E.
\.
. Strike of the . Reef
. (Bearing).
W. N.7°W. N.5'W.
N.8'E. N.8'W. N.5'E.
N.lI'W.
N. N.IO'E." N.23°W.
N.46'W.
N.33'W. N.W.52' N. 240 W.
S. N.20'W. N, 5"60 IV,
W .
N.16'W.
N.37~20IW.
N,37'20'W.
"N,5'W. N.H'W. N.5°E.
N.18'W. N.15'W.
'-",
N.IV.
N.W.19' N.W.19'
N,E.
NAME OF COJlfPANY;
Nerrina Hopewell Iniperial"
1 Port Phillip
New North Clunes
. Sultan ••
Dale and Co. Bigelowe and Clingan
Hillsborough J. A. Wallace Cornish United ••
(Victoria Reef
1
Great Extcnded Hustler's Tribute
Grent Extended HustIer's ~ La"selCs No. 180
1
Hurcules and 'Energetic •• Hustler's Reef .• .. North Old-chum '"
\.Koch's Pioneer
Costertleld Alison .• Alabama
Croydon'
Queen's Birthday ' ..
Snndhurst and St. Arnaud Cllryr.olite Tribute
Lord Raglan
Central Wattle Gully Rowe Brothers
·Fen-on's Reef
Eaglehawk Union North British .~
(Oriental
I· Pleasant Creek Cross, No.1
shaft Newington and ·Pleasant
I Creek ~ Magdala
1
Prince Patrick; •• South Scotchman's Prince Alfred ..
~Exte"ded Cross Reef
f 80ns of Freedom { Moody and Gibson Go.od Hope
1~ong TUllnel Wallwlla
No.1 Soutb
I
i NAME OF REEF. I
Dimock's StaffordshIre .. Hiscock's
Clnnes
Clunes
Sultan aild others "1
Excelsior, Wcoragee .. Homeward-bound
Hillsborough .. rrince Arthur Cornish
"ictoria HustIer's
Hustler's Victol'ia VictoTia Hustler's New-churn Garden Gully
Costertleld Alison Butler's
Laura
Bealiba
Wilson's Hil~
Wilson's Hill
WaUleGully Cattle's Ferron's
Eaglehawk P.arkin's
Sons of Freedom Galloway Good Hope
Cohen's _ Cohen's
No.1 South
.,
' ..
1"'
Depth of
Shaft.
Feet.
265 522 400
1,095
1,100
814
310 450
1,280 1,226
1,206 1,200 1,1:15 1,111 1,108 1,1~O'
620 365 305
200
405
689
500
40~ ]50 354
950 400
1,115 1,220
1,940
1,.,% 1,500 1,262 1,117 1,072
ii;o 1.\0 700
G34 GI5
150
Depth of I Depth of the the
deepest dcepest Level. Cross-cut,
Feet.
255 500 400
990
1,005
800
180 420
250 I " , 400 ,I 3110 I
l,IS0' 600
800 1,100 1,120
967 1,000 1,100
520 345 320
200
400
680
.\00
370 150 330
600 2~0
1,120 1,200
1,510
l,G62 1,340 1,252
951
150 11)0 1>00
623 585
140
Feet.
255 500 400
1,090
1,005
800
310
300
1,280 1,200
1,150 1,100 1,120 1,017 1,000 1,100
420 345
200
400
GSO
500
400 150 330
900 350
1,120 1,200
1,510
1,6G2 1,340 1,252
951
no 85
700
023 5~5·
140
WITH THE DEPTH
WO;'klng on the 200 feet le\'el. * Well·detlncd lo~e.
Not sinking. Not sinking,
Sinking.
Not siuklng. Not sinking. Sinkiug. Not sinking.
*' 4 feet crushed.
Still sinking.
RE)IARKS,
OF THE
1 So ~vor~ done during qnarter, . . But little crushed. .xo stone' taken out·bel,.!w 00J feet 4e\'el.
* Below adit levels.
e Pros-pectore' ceIDPllJ];r hn.Ye f.1I11(;: sil':lfl $;2 fee!, to he eOllt.illtlcd to 150 re~t.
'rHOS. COUCHMAN, Se<?retary for Mine·s.
ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.
Fnoll information obtained by lhe Mining Surveyors and Mining TIegis1rars from Gold Duyers and others
the TOTAL QUANTITms OF GOLD got respecti"ely from ALLUVIG!IS lind QUARTZ RI<:EFS lire as follow:-
!
Alluvial. Quarlz. Totnl.
\)z. dwt. 0'. dwl. 07.. rt,,·t. Qua1'ter enilpd 31st March 1877 '" ... 61,'1fiS 4 121,432 14 182,790 18 Quarter endeil 30th .June 1877 ... ... 72,784 6 I~S,:!84 Itl 201,01\8 19 tJllnrtt'r entletl ~Oth Septt'mher I P:';7 ... . .. 77,106 4 130,5-17 19 207,634 3 Qllartcr ended 31st December 1877 ... ... 78,5U5 5 139,653 19 218,159 4
Tm: QUANTITY OF GOLD, the produce of tbis Colony, EXPORTED, according to Rcturns furnished by order
of the Honorable the Commissioncr of Trade lind Customs, is as follows:-
--------------------------------------------------------------------------nz. dWt'6
Quarter ended 31st December 1877 163,!H6 10
NOTl!:.-ln addition 10 the aboTe, gold specie from all eource. was exported to the "nluo of £GSi.840.
GOLD RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAlJ ~IINT,
STATElIENT of the Gross Weight of GOT.D receh'ed at and issul'd from the ~relbourne TIl'aneh of the ROYAl.
MINT dUl'ilig the Quarter ended 31st Decem\,er 1~77.
RECEIVED,
Oro •• Wc!~ht of Rough OvId.
0:. 22,853'65
Royal Mint, Melbourne, 3rd January 1878.
Gross Weleht of Gold ]lulllpn.
(JZ.
5",,665'39
I"~UED.
! Gross Weight of Coin.
i
oz.
I 96,319'06
Gross Weight of Gold HulUuu.
oz,
859'20
RODEHT HUNT, Acling Deputy Muster.
STATElIENT of VICTORIAN GOLD received at the :\felbourne DrllDch of the ROYAL MINT during tlle
Quarter ended 31st December 1877.
Oross Weight of Rough Gold.
oz. 7,Oi8'49
GrO&9 'YOII1111 of Gold nalllon.
oz. 4.5,159'80
li'OTE.-The Mint bas no evidence beyond the ,Inlern.nt oftbe depoSitors that tbe above Is VletorllLllgold.
Royal Mint, Alclbourne, Brd January I8iS.
ROBERT HUNT, Acting Deputy Master.
QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETC.
SUMMARY.
THE following infurmatiun has been obtained relative to the QUANTiTY OF QUAUTZ, QUARTZ TAiLINGE,
and _ MULLOCK Crushed, and PYlUTI~S and BLANK~:TINGS operated on, during" the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained theren'om :-
a.Ilarat ... eechworth ... andhurst ...
,B B S 1\ C A G
laryborough ... 'astlemainc ...
rarat ... ippsland ...
MINING DISTRICTS,
~--~
.Qllartz, '" .. , .. ' ... . .. , .. '" . .. ... ... '" ...
'" '" ... ... ... ... . .. '" ... ...
Totals ... Quartz Tai.lings and lUullocR. -
B allarat ... B eeehworth ... S andhurst ... Iarybor~ugh ... h
CastIeroame Ararat Gippsland
... ... . .. . .. ... . .. d ••• .. , ... '" ... .....
Totals
...
... . .. ... ., ., .. ... ... . ..
. .. ... . .. .. ,
Pyrites and Blanketings operated on. ...... Ballarat
Becehworth Sandhurst Maryborough ... Castlemaine Ararat Gippsland
Totals
. .. '" '"
'" '"
'" .. . '" i
... '" . .. '"
Quantity CrUShed, I Avcrngc Yierd of Gold per Ton.
~ .. ----"---
tons cwt. qr. oz. dl'.,.t. gr. 9i,OlG 0 0 0 6 19'62 li,441 2 0 0 11 1'58 75,084 10 0 0 8 9'65 10,379 0 0 0 18 n'43 26,486 10 0 0 5 16'50 17,855 13 0 0 19 1'22
9,438 0 0 0 18 22'70 __________ 1 _____ ' -_'
253,701 5 0
1,640 0 0 851 0 0 655 0 I)
1,402 0 0 2,765 0 0 1,752 0 ° 9,065 0 °
307 15 0 537 ,0 0 661 0 0
,5 0 0 243 0 0
0 9 6, --------
0 2 8'6G 0 2 21"35 I) 0 9'15 0 2 7,:4(1, I) 1 20'37 o 1 21'72
° 2 0'37
3 9 13'22 o 17 \4'50 1 14 0'56 5 0 0 2 4 5'93
Totnl Yield of Gold from Quartz, &e., Crusl1cd.
oz. dwt, gr,
3:3,OiO ]0 ]2 9,650 0 11
31,54a 17 16 9,588 6 3 7,531 IS 8
17,008 2 6 8,943 i 0
---------117,338 14 8
--------19a 11 12 123 9 0 12 9 15
161 19 21 2.55 11 6 166 18 0
913 I!) {)
1,070" 4 5 472 13 12
1,124 9 12 ' '25 0 I)
537 12 0
10 2 0 I" 2!) 9'15 24 19 0
--~~-0---I-~n"--~W--5
... NOTE.::::-This Summary does not show the to_tal quftnt.ities of I)ttlHt:t:l &c., crushed or ~peratcd on, but only the yield of certain crushings, &c., respecting which'the Mining Surveyors llnd Registrars have heen able t,o obtain hlformntion. Owing to the circumstance tlwt mnllY of the machine .. owners are unable to give,or are precluded from giving, infonuat,iol1~ it is hnpo~f'ibJe to get complete retUl'llS irom every district; 3nd in considering the relative importance of each district, as regards qua.rtz mining, &c') the tahles relating to machinery Should be examined ana compared.
Offiee of Mines, Melbourne, 24th January 1878.
TROS. COUCHMAN, Secrel;ary for Mines.
MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' RETURNS.
QUARTZ. THE following information has been obtained from Retllrns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars
relative to the QUANTITY O.l!' QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each. Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.
Division and Subdivision, and '
Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained.
I I Average : Ttl Y' Id j I Remarks relative to the
Yiel.d of Gold i 0 aG
l~e, 0, Depth at which the per Ton. I o. I Quartz was obtained, &0.
I~-t-o-n-s -,,-w-t-, q-r-. I-o-Z.":'d-w-t-.--g-r-, I~~ ----------Quartz Crus!>ed.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION. Parade ,.. .. . Black Hill .. . United Black Hill Temperance ,., Britannia .. _ Baker's Tribute ... Duchess... . .. North Dimock's Reef New Dimock's Reef non... .. . Ende!Lvor .. . Llanberris ... New Koh-i-noor ... Red, White, and Blue Hero F,xtended _ .. Hanthorn and Co. Two-ton .• , Countess '" New Sovereign .. , Speedwell ••• Manners' Lease ..•
... Ballarat East '"
... Ballarat East ... '.. Ba.llarat East ... ... pttle Bendigo ... Specimen Gully ... White-horse RatJge~ .. , 'Ballarat East I
... Little Bendig;)
... Little Bendigo
... Gum-tree Flat
... Specimen Gully
.. , Gum-tree Flat
... Ballarat West".
... Little Bendigo
... Little Bendigo
... Mount Clear ...
... Black Hill .. ,
... Ballarat Eust ...
... Golden Point ' .. '" Poverty Poillt
,:-';\ Calladian ... '\"1 Ballarat ...
2,221 0 0 1,789 0 0
877 0' 0 1,500 0 0
320 0 0 2,000 0 0
56!) ,0' 0 908 0 0
2,340 0 0 520 0 0 :j2H 0 0
1,162 0 0 2,364 0 0
233 0 0 201 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 189 0 0 920 0 0 820 (l 0 841 (l 0
10,152 0 0
o 15 13'62 o 4 2'30 o 19 17-93 o 9 5-29 o :l 14'45 o 15 0 o 7 7'93 o 4 0 o 4 ·7'38 o 2 \'40 o 4 5',74 o 2 7'63 o 8 14'21 o 4 6'25 o 10 0'36 o 4 0'68 o 2 0'40 o 5 9'68 o 5 21'63 o 3 19'75 o 4 19'56 o 8 21'26
1,728 15 18 366 7 23 865 18 6 691 10 12
57 12 16 1,500 0 0
245 4 2 181 12 0 504 0 0 53 10 9 69 2 0
134 13 12 1,015 12 0
49 12 18 100 13 0
70 10 0 30 5 0 51 I 6
271 9 6 156 14 18 203·18 12
4,510 9 21
320 to 434 feet Surface to 490 feet 350 to 400 feet 450 to 900 .feet 2151eet 50, 100, and 200 feet 80, 200, and 360 feet 200 feet 50, 200, and 230 feet 150 feet 60 feet 200 feet 356 feet 70 to 90 feet 650 feet Surface to 90 feet 150 feet 50 to 130 feet 400 feet 300 feet 20 to 100 feet
Totals ... ... ':n,008 0 0 o 8 7'05 i1: 13 II SOUTHERN DIVISION.
Hopewell Tribute ... Staffordshire Reef Speedwell Tribute ... Staffordshire Reef New Kangaroo... .., Kangaroo William's Fancy'... ... Kangaroo ... Nil Desperaudum .. , Kangaroo .. , New Try Again ••• ... Kangaroo .. . After Dark ... I ... Rangaroo .. . Hopewell Company ... Staffordshire Reef
Totals ... , BUNiN-YQNG DIVISION,
Imperial ,.. ... Hiscock's Reef One-and-All... ... Hiscock's Heef One-and-All, •• , ... Fairweather.Reef One-und-All (public crush- Various reefs ...
iugs) Llewellyn ... Various small partie,S
... Tower Hill, Magpie , ..
.. , Scotchmnn's" Gum-tree,
SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. Smythesdale Consols ... The Brothers ... ...
New Piggoreet... ...
and Hiscock's .
Totals ...
German Reef,Smythesdale 1Vntson's Hill, Smythes
dale Piggoreet Carngham Carngham
Riseand l-ihine (McKay &~Co) Victoria (Stephens and Walker and Co .... .., Carngham ...
CRESWICK DlYISION. Port Phillip ... . .. Port PhiIlip Co.'s Tributers New North Chmes ... New North Clunes Co.'s
Tributers
Totals ...
Clunes Reers '" Clun~s Heefs ... Clnnes Reefs .. , Clunes l~eef, ...
South Cillnes ... ... Clulles Heefs ... South ChtHes Co!s 'l'ributers Clunes Heefs .. .. New Lothair... .., Cluues Heefs .. . Perseverancc .. , ... Clunes Reefs .. . W orkiug Miners ... George's Recf..,
l;otal~ ... GORDON SUBDIVlSlON,
Parker's United ... ... Gordon Black-horse United .. , Egerton United Miner'g, ,.. ... G01'don ,. Sundry lo~s ...
~~~----I---------:-------I
1,000 0 0 I,IIO 0 0
521 0 0 1,003 0 0
742 0 0 183 0 0 118 0 0 651 0 0
5,328 0 0
2,291 0 0 J,657 0 0
174 0 0 488 0 0
216 0 0 100 0 0
4,926 0 0
1,877 0 0 13 0 0
10 0 0 206 0 0 154 0 0 22 0 0
2,282 0 0
o 1 20'97 93 13 18 120 feet, 6 feet wide o 3 5'88 180 2 3 80 feet, 8 feet wide o 5 0'24 130 10 8 218 feet, ;; feet wide o 5 0'09 250 18 18 103 feet, 7 feet wide o 3 18'14 139' 623 ;0 to 120ft .. 7 ft, wide o 410'13 40 9 () 100 feet, 6 feet wide o I 18'06 10' 6 19 90 feet, 10 fcet wide o 1 10'06 46 3 18 200 to 250 ft., 3 ft, wide
o 3 8'32
o 3 0'20 o 1 2'92 o 7 l'65 o 5 (i-85
o 6 1'94 o 10 0
o 3 0'47
o 2 2'44 o 2 7'38
o 3 7'20 o 4 18'95 o 6 10'4-1, o 1 H\'68
o 2 15'31
891 11 17
344 J2 18 92 19 0 61 10 0
128 Hi 6
260 and 320 feet 200 feet 100 feet Various depths
65 13 12 96 feet 50 0 0
197 4 22 ISO to 200 feet I 10 0 60ieet
I 13 0 80 feet 49 6 16 70 feet 49 11 0 60 to 80 feet
1 14 13 Surface to 20 feet
301 0 11 -'~---J------I-----'----
4,911 0 0 10,306 () 0
1.963 0 0 2,284· 10 0
7,805 0 0 1,60a 0 0 1,:li5 0 0
707 0 0 4-4.0 [) 0
31,3~.f 10 0
o .'i 9'32 o 7 23'28 o 3 17'96 o .'i 19'74
1,323 2 0 4,107 2 0
367 18 0 665 2 0
o 5 1'37 1,973 o 4 22·9.f 397 o ,~11'27 376 o 5 7'44 187 o 3 6'62. 72
9 18 4 2 o 21
14 6 I 9
200 to 890 feet 100 to 990 feet 180 to 1,005 feet 180 to 1,005 feet
1
2 -10 to 480 feet 320 to 394 feet 204 to 5fl.:l fed 150 feet 100 feet
------, o 6 0'78. 9,469 14 8
900' 0 0 0 Ii 21'30 265 0 0 440 and .'i10 feet 1,998 19 0 711 feet 4,232 0 0 0 9 10'72
65 0 0 0 J 18 fi 13 18 50 to 70 feet 3,3~:; 14 12 10,116 0 0 I 0 6 16'17
1---------1--------1 Totals ... .., 15,313 0 0 I 0 7 8'96 5,6.f5 7 6
8
'QrrA~TITY of QUA"RTZ Crushed in each Division Ilud Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
nh~i8[Oll and SUbllidsiol1 J
alltl Name of CmnpnllY.
Where Quartz wa, obtained, Quartz Crusbed, A "cmge I • I n<mllrk. relatly. to the
\"teld.,f Uol<l 'I Totll~' i~Id 01. JJCI,11I al \VIIii'll tile Iler TUB. {). QUarb WlllSohtuhICU,&C.
STEIGLITZ SUBDIViSION. Juno... •.. .. . 'Vee Speek ... .. . Golden Gate... .. . Downing an.j T'arty ••. ;\Iortimcr anti Party .. . Hiug rose anti I 'n rl y .. . Montgom('ry and Party,., 13arhr and Purty ... l11dicator ... • •. Elaine United Tribute .. . Victoria ... .. . Consolation ... ..' 'Vorrnwood and Gall , .. Boardman' ancl Party .. . 1Irown and Party .. . :McGrutlo anti Party, .. i\jorris and Party ••• bwedhel'g ... '" l'ilkinglon an,l Party .. , Davidson aud Pill ty ". Baldy anti Party .. , ...
BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND llL1J1> MOUI\T"I~ ISVUTll
IS UEm nSlON.
;t:laine IClalllc Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaiml Elaine Elaine Eiaillc Elaine l~!alne "0
Eillille ... Elaiue .. . Steiglilz .. . Slelglilz .•. Steig-1Hz ... l-lteLdirz .• , Steiglitz .. . Steiglitz .. . 1.1oullt Doran ... .\louut Domn .,.
Totals ...
~u1tn:n ...... Barry's Reef .n Sultan Trihuters Xo, I ... nan',"s R"ef .. . Sultan Trihuters r\o, 2 ... Barry's H",d .. . tiultan Tl'ibulers Ko. 3 ... Harry's Ih,ef ... lIiolllltel' 111'08.... ... Barry's Heef .... llollllt!·r Bros. TrihutersNo. I Barry's Hed ... l\~Olllltt']' Hr.·s. Tr;l,uterb No, "I 13arl'y'8 }teef ... l\orth Sultau... ... Barn's Ret·f ' .. Vietori;. .., ... Barry's Beef .. ; Aml;" IAlUrie... ••. Barry's Heel' ... l\lorn:ng Star... ... Bald Hill ... Victor'a ... ... Yallhe Heef '" Victoria Extended ... Yallkee Heef Cornish .•. ... ••• tjimlllons' Heef Big Hill ." ... Simmolls' Rl'ef Crown' ... ... •.. SillllllOll~' Reef
Totals ... BALLA~ SUDDIYIPION.
Ashton's (pri> ate mine) ..• Blakeviile road
---- ----- ,-----~-----
tons cwt, qr:
921 0 0 35 0 0 46 0 0 59 0 0 11 0 0 500 900 900
14 0 0 66 0 0 900 500
16 0 0 30 0 0 17 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 400
20 0 0 ll3 0 0 300
oz. dwt. gr. o 8 10'14 I 13 19'54 o 19 2'87 o 5 2'u3 o 13 12';0 o 10 4'80 o 6 16 o I~ 5'3:3 o 9 6'86 I 0 22'36 4 10 23'66 o 0 3'010 o i 12 o II 16 080 2 7 5'54 2 8 7':.10 o 15 12 o 6 1320 o 12 9'35 838
i oz. dwt,'gr,
387 17 tJ 51l :l 12 43 19 12 15 0 0 II 10 0 2 11 0 300 5 10 0 6 10 0
61l I 12 40 18 21 o 0 11 G 0 U
17 10 0 6 16 0
30 I4 () 24 8 0 8 2 U 6 II 0
iO 0 0 24 10 0
1---------------_·_-----------1,421 0 0 0 II li'85 834 8 2
1,550 0 0 0 17 6'46· 1,838 7 0 74 0 0 0 6 9'08 28 12 0 9 0 n 0 I) 2'67 2 6 0
30. 0 0 0 101 13 I' 21 16 6 40 0 0 0 15 4'20 30 7 0 31 () 0 0, 18 22'45 i 29 7 0 67 0 0 0 16 6-95 1 46 8 12 81 0 0 0 I 16'96 6 18 6 11 0 0 0 4 9'91 2 8 13 36 0 0 0 6 6'67 11 6 0
107 0 0 0 4 0'45 21 ,10 0 ,.. • 225 0 0 0 8 1280 39 15 0
330 0 U I 0 4 IS'80 78 18 12 300 0 0 I 0 17 16-92 265 II 12
1,4()0 0 0 0 2 21'94 204 0 0
... ~~~_O_~~~~ 5,32 I 0 0 I 0 8 13'48 12,280 1 I
... -2aO;;-I-2-~0-1~-;O:
250 feet
100 to i50 feet 100 feet 165 f(.'Ct 11>5 feet .Jun feet 3(J0 I"et 411u f""t 260 Ilnd 650 feet ;'in feet 140 feet 115 feet 35 feet 80 fe{'t 300 feet 140 fe('t 18u feet
BEECHWORTII l\:USL.~G DISTRICT.
BI!ECIIWOIl.'r1l DIVISION. I Puut and Co.... ... Bnfi'alo Creek '" 220 0 0 0 5 0 55 0 0 35 feet ,ily Woorngee 27 0 0 o 10 0 I" 10 0 100 teet ... . .. '" ... ... , .
Helorol ... ... ... ;\1 vrtlet'ord .. , .. . 820 () '0 OIl 16',4 479 12 0 280 feet Killcade and Co, ... ... l'uimerst on ... ... 5,1 0 0 1 0 0 55 0 0 ao feet
I
Matthe"'s aUlI Co. ... l'alm{'fston ... '" 38 0 0 0 5 6'32 j() 0 (I :-.urta.<'e Triffilt and Co. ... ... Mynletord . .. .., 4 0 0 0 18 0 3 12 0 Surface Hurst aild Co. ... '" Myt'tletord ... ... 18 0 0 0 I) 0 4 10 0 burface W. Matthews ... ... Buffalo ... ... 28 0 0 0 8 IH'71 12 0 0 30 feet 1\ il Des lleralld urn ... Barwidgee ." ... 53 0 0 0 8 16'30 23 0 U 18u feet
--------,----,- -----Totals ... ... 1,26.1 0 0 0 10 9'39 656 4 u
MITTA MITTA NORTH -------- ---_.---------SCBDIVISION,
Golden Ball ... ... Jarvis' Creek ... ... HO 0 0 0 G 12 45 10 G I~xc{·I"ior ... ... Bethanga ... . .. 607 0 0 0 9 13'30 289 II 0 Gift J,ines ... ... Bethanga '" '" 100 0 0 0 9 0 45 0 II New Temperance ... llethanga ... ... 36 0 I) 0 10 0 HI 0 0 Christi{> and Co .... ... Excelsior ... . .. 11 0 0 u 13 4'36 7 5 0 120 fe('t. ·No water Paget Michell's Paddock ••• l~xcelsior .. 8 0 0 I 5 0 10 0 0 ... '" Christie ... ... Excelsior .. . '" 25 0 0 0 14 19'20 i 18 10. u l'~!!,et ... ... ' .. Excel ... ior .. . ... 8 0 0 I 6 9 10 Il u Chri.Jie and Co, ... ... Excelsior ... ... 5 0 0 o 14 19'20 3 14 0 Berryman ... ... Gift. lines ... .. . 9 0 0 0 5 0 2 5 0 Berryman ... ... Gift lines ... . .. 32 0 0 0 1:3 18 22 0 0 Cal'lvle ... "'''., ... Gi:t lines ... ... 44 0 0 1 2 6'55 41l 0 0 50 to 60 feet Sanl!ers ... ... Fla!!staff Hill ... ... 44 0 0 0 820'73 19 10 0 rord ana Sons ... , .. Gin lines '" .. , 56 0 Q 0 7 3'43 20 0 0 ( 'orllish ... ... Trihute .. . ... . 35 0 0 O' III 6'86 III tl 0 50 to 60 feet l.{'i~" ton ... ... Gift iine ... . .. 5;; 0 0 0 1:3 IU 91 37 0 0 J{,.rl ... ... .. , Gilt litle ... .. . 9 U 0 2 II 2133 22 0 0 ]\hnn(>y and Co .... ... Gift line ... .. , 91 0 0 0 12 "*i5 56 0 u l.aw Itlltl Co. ... ... Gift line ... ... 16 0 0 U 5 0 4 0 0 Carlyle ... ... ... Gift line ... ... 44 0 0 0 5 0 II 0 0
Totals ... ... 1,375 0 0 o 10 7'44 708 16 6 ,
9
QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
i I
Uemll.rk. relll.ttve to the DIvIsion and Rubdlvlslon, Avcroge Total Yield of I and Whero Quartz Was obtaIned. Quartz Crushed. Yiel~ of Ould Ould. iJcJlth ul which Ihe
Name of Cumpany. per 11uu. Quartz wa:s obta.:ncu t &e.
---------_ .. YACIU1'DANDAII SOUTH
tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. 07.. dwt. gr.
SUDnrvlslON. Hillsborough. Rigelowe and Clingan '" Homeward-bound ... 620 0 0 0 6 0 186 0 0 420 feet J. C. lligeluwe ... ... Birth-day . .. ... 30U 0 0 0 6 0 90 0 0 100leet Haphazari! ... ... Bruarong .. . ... 65 U 0 0 5 0 16 5 0 40 feet Jewitt and Co. '" ... Bruarong ... ... 8 0 0 2 0 0
I 16 0 0 Surface
l!lliependent ... '" Twist's Creek .~. t 17 0 0 0 6 0 5 2 0 ao feet Pig and Whistle ". Twist's Creek I 37 0 0 o 10 10'38 19 6 (l 2U feet ... ... \ Scandina daD ... ... Twist's Creek 22 0 0 0 9 4'90 10 2 12 40 feet
~,.. , Wood's Folly ... ... Twist's Creek ... ' 14 0 0 o 13 0 9 2 0 Surface
--------Totals .. , ... 1,083 0 0 0 6 11'95 351 17 12
------------._---INDIGO DIVISION.
Harris and Hollow ... Great Eastern Heef ... 296 U 0 4 I 0'94 1,199 7 14 150 feet !vlat!enta .. , ... Magenta Heef ... 89 0 0 0 9 22'92 44 6 0 200 feei I1anl'ock ani! Co. ... ~ew Yenr's Gift ... 68 0 0 I 12 18'35 111 1:1 0 40 fel;t Goldsworthy and Co. ... ~1ount Pleasant ... 52 0 0 3 7 16'62 1i6 0 0 50 fel't Jlarras anil Co. '" Caledonian '" ... J7 0 0 1 12 22'59 28 0 0 Surll\ee' Barlogie and Co .... ... Eureka ... ... 27 0 0 0 3 \1'78 4 12 0 50 feet Archer anrlSon , .. ... StirJingshire '" ... 24 0 0 o 18 18 22 10 0 1I0·,ley llni! Co. ... ... Cooper's Heef ... ... 10 0 0 7 4 0 72 0 0 J'rice and Co. ... ... Coover's Heef. .. ... 13 0 0 1 5 11'08 16 II 0 Bigby and Co. ... . .. Wallace's Gully ... 13 0 0 I ) 5 18'46 23 1) 0 Buchan an, I Co. ... ... Eureka '" ... 12 0 0 o 18 8 II 0 0 130 feet Varioua reefs . " Various reefs ... ... 72 0 0 0 9 0'33 32 9 0 ::; urfaee to 40 feet
Totals ... ••• I 693 0 0 210 6'18 1,141 8 14 ,_._--------- --.--WANDlLIGOXG SUllDIVISION.
Bennett and Beynon ... Oriental neet~ Wandill- 156 0 0 I 4 20'92 194 0 0 180 feet gong
Wandili-Bennett and Beynon .. , Oriental Reef, 184 0 0 I 16 22'69 339 18 0 ISO feet gong
London ... ... ... Growler's Creek • .. 1 400 0 0 010 S'40 207 0 0 80 feet
Londonderry ... . .. Gruwler's Creek 80 0 0 o 12 '18'00 51 0 0 80 feet Engli~h aDd Welsh ... Growler's Creek. . .. 20S 0 0 0 9 0'92 94 0 0 Hoo,1 and Coutts ... ... Growler's Creek , .. 277 0 0 1 132:N4 470 0 0 230 feet Eo Nt Gill ... ... Growler's Crel'k . .. 562 0 0 0 3 658 92 0 0 Birthday ... '" Growll;r's t:reck .. , 600 0 0 0 S 0'80 241 0 0 166 feet 29 small parcels from various ... ... ... 736 0 0 o 15 5'22 560 0 0 Surface principally
sources ------ --.-------Totals ... ... 3,203 0 0 o 14 102 2,248 18 0 ._._---- -----------
BUCKI,AND DIVISION. Buckland. H. llomes and Co. ... Good Hope Heef ... 18 0 0 0 8 22'66 8 1 0 Surface O. An'dersou and Co. ... Lady Darling ... ... 17 0 0 011 9·88 914 0 40 feet G. t-hippen ... ... Mary Ann .. . ... 9 0 0 I 10 13'33 13 15 0 Surface W. Stewart ani! Co. '" Kangaroo '" ... 2;> 0 0 1 I 0 26 5 0 45 teet T. Fowler and Co. ... Minee's Hight ... ... 40 0 0 0121NO 25 4 0 5u feet Grant and Go. ... ... Leinster ... .. . 11 0 0 2 :- 19'63 26 6 0 Surface A. Anderson and Co, ... Miner's Hight '" II n O· 2 i 1963 26 6 0 Surface Don ~ lass and t:o. '" A Ilianr'e ... ... 10 0 0 6 10 0 65 0 0 Surface 1'. Pauluss,'y and Co. ... lIarp of Erin ... ... 123 0 0 o 13 0'19 SO 0 0 6" feet P. MeGuire ... ... South Harp of Erin .., 20 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 Surface Tresize and Trea.sure ... llid Nelwn ... .. . 50 0 0 0 4 0 10 0 0 ill feet R. Anderson '" ... . Pride of the Uills ... 3 0 0 6 2 S IS 7 0 Surface D. Murdoch '" ... Littie Enreka ... ... 20 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 30 feet
IIenty and Co. Running Creek.
... . .. Leader, Happy Valley ... 125 0 0 0 7 15'74 47 17 0 240 feet
Briqltt. John Butler ... ... Sta.ekey Gully . .. 13 0 0 3 0 0 39 0 0 Surface J"<'obs und Butler ... Stackey Gully North '" 12 0 0 2 1 0 24 12 0 Not stated John Bettles ... ... l'ioneer ... .. . 20 0 0 I 0 0 2U 0 0 Surface
lJ arrietville. Owen and Co. ... . .. Victoria . .. ... 4 0 n I 7 10 0 30 0 0 50 feet Lewis Brot hers .. , ... Clifton ... .. . 13 0 0 n 17 16'61 11 10 0 Surface Wilson and Co. ... ... Golden Era ... .. . 20 0 0 1 18 0 38 0 0 80 feet Page and Co. ... . .. Buckeye ... .. . 23 0 0 1 10 10'4::1 35 0 0 20 teet Bell and Co. ... . .. Unity ... .. . 22 0 0 I 16 8'72 40 0 (I 280 feet McLem and Co .... ... Revival ... . .. 17 0 0 2 12 22'58 45 0 0 1211 feet, McLean and Cn .... ... Hevival ... . .. 20 0 0 5 2 0 102 0 0 Surface John A. Wallace ... Unexpected ... . .. 1,080 0 0 o 17 19'11 961 0 0 Surface to 60 feet
Ovens River. Frn.ncis ani! Co .... ... Dilloll ... ... 17 0 0 2 8 5'64 41 0 0 80 feet Osborne and Co .... ... Magpie ... . .. 97 0 0 o 14 12'86 70 10 0 2511 feet Walden anll Co .... ... Perse\'crftnce ... ... 80 0 0 0 7 12 30 0 0 240 feet G. Holstein ... . .. Harp of Erin ... ' .. 700 0 0 0 3 22'74 138 3 12 Not stated Mc\lonald ani! Phelps ... Sultana ... . .. 70 0 0 0 S 20'57 31 0 0 Not stat.ed J. M. Brown ... ... Dillon .. . '" 40 0 0 I 0 9 40 15 0 I Not stated A. Goldsworthy ... ... ilritannia ... .. . 10 0 0 I 8 9'60· .. , °r't~'''d ~
I Totals ... ... 2,740 0 0 0 14 18'65 2,024 9 12
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QUAN~ITl' of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Qual'tel',&c.-continuea.
I?i:,ision and Subdi'lision, . and
Yame of COmjlany,
ALEXAYDRA SUBDIVISIOY,
Vortex: Tribute ... Walton and Co, ...• ... Lewis and Co, ... '" l'ickering and·Co, ... Brown and Co, ... . .. Austin and Co. ... lV clcome Tribute , ..
GUFYEY'S CREEK SUB-DIVISION.
Al Co. ... . .. ... Great Eastern ... . .. Golden Belt ... . .. Hunt's Co. ." ... Dempsey's Co. ... ... Revival, .. ... ... Lauraville ... .., Dannabrog ... ... Rose of Denmark .. , Wallaby ... ...
WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION,
Hope Jl.:l'i~iilg ... . .. Prospectors' Morning Star Syc'Llllore ... ... Sir ,Tohn Franklin ... Prince of Wales ... ... Leviathan ]~xtended ... Mountaineer· ... ...
BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION,
Unknown ... . .. Londonderry ... '" Lnek's All ... ...
JAMIESON SUBDIVISIOY.
Perseverance Tribute ... Ventnre ... ... Alabama ... . .. Maek's Creek ... .., 1 South Alabama ... Sailor Bill's Co .... ...
SANDHURS'1' DlVISION .. Albert ... Beehive
I
Bendigo and Melbourne Boyd and James ,:. Catherine Reef United Fortuna and Thanet 'Vork's Garden Gully United .. . G, G. Consolidated .. . Great Extended Hustler's .. . G relIt Britain Hercules and Energetic Hustler's Heef Johnson's Heef Koch's Pioneer L:lzarus I,ouisa ... ' Metropolitan ?llorning Light New-chum United New Nelson Pioneer ... Shenandoah Victoria Consols ... Victoria Reef Wallace Reef Sontb Fraser New-chum and Victoria
I TO~") Yield of I ., ...•
Average Remarks relative to the Whore Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed, Yield of Gold ; Depth III which'the
pel' Ton, Gold. Quartz was obtnined, &c.
---------------tOllS cwt. qr. oz, dwt. gr. oz, dwt, gr.
Lucky Reef ... . .. 29 0 0 0 9 19'86 i 14 5 0 15 to 100 feet Hit-or-Miss Reef ... 9 0 0 I 4 18'67 11 3 0 60 feet Hit-or-Miss Reef ... 4 0 0 010 0 2 0 0 50 feet Lucky Reef ... ... 20 0 0 o 18 15'60 18 13 0 30 to 65 feet ,-Lucky Reef , ... 6 0 0 0 6 4 1 17 0 20 feet Galatea Reef ... ... 400 2 14 0 10 16 0 40 to 70 feet Tea·,tree Creek ... 154 0 0 1 2 0'671 169 12, 8 240 feet
--------- -------- ------Totals ... ... 226 0 0 I 0 4'92 2:18 6 8
------Castle Reef ... 120 0 0 2 11 19'20 310 16 0 Surface to so feet Homewartl-boulld Heef. .. ~oo 0 0 0 2 i'80 23 5 0 150 teet Homeward-bound HeeL. 350 0 0 0 2 4'\1 38 0 0 300 feet Homeward-bound HeeL. 200 0 0 0 421'30 48 17 13 150 feet Dempsey's Reef ... 50 0 0 0 I ll'16 ::I 1'3 6 100 feet Castle Reef ... .. . 150 0 0 0 2 20 21 5 0 120 feet Homeward-bound Reef ... 250 0 0 0 I 0'96 13 0 0 130 feet EurekaRe5f .. ~ 590 0 0 0 0 12'65 15 11 0 100 feet Eureka Heof ... 200 0 0 0 '6 9'30 63 17 12 50 'to 120 feet Wallaby Reef ... ... 150 0 0 o f6 10'24 123 4 0 100 feet
Totals ... ... 2,260 0 0 0 5 :!O'48 661 9 1 .. ---------- ----Morning 8t\11' Red ... 190 0 0 0 3 2'15 29 7 0 About 300 feet Morning Star Reef ... 2,000 0 0 0 2 0'24 201 10 0 Sllrface to 60 feet Sycalilore'He"f ' ... 200 0 0 0 6 0'96 60 8 0 60 to 100 feet l!'ranklin Reef .., 35 0 0 1 o 22'63 36 13 0 Surface to 60 feet All Nations Reef . .. 300 0 0 0 (j, 8'SO 95 10 0 About 125 feet I.e viathan Heef ... 15 0 0 6 4 16 93 10 0 Surface to 30 feet Oriental Reef... . .. 300 0 0 0 I 22'68 29 3 12 Surface
1,-- ----, Totals ... ... 3,040 0 0 0 3 14'22 546 I 12
" o -!
-----Unknown Heef ... 320 0 0 2 10'50 39 0 0 About no feet Railway Reef ... '" 180 0 0 0 5 13'33 GO' 0 o· Abont 320 feet Warner's Creek Reef ... 420 0 0 0 3 10'29 __ 7~_0_1 About.220 feet
Totals '" ... 920 0 0 0 3 12 161 0 0 ------------_ ... ----- ,
I
Sailor Bill's Creek ... 60 0 0 o 16 ;'60 48,19 0 200 feet Mack's Creek ... , .. . 340 0 (j o 10 lS'99 183 9 0 250 feet : -;.
l!1.ume Creek ... ... 9 10 0 o 12 22'14 6 3 0 120 feet Mack's Creek ... .... 54 0 0 010 9'33 28 1 0 220 feet Flume Creck ... . .. 14 12 0 2 -I, 14'14 32,11 0 90 feet Sailor Bill's Creek . .. 160 0 0 0 3 0'95 24 6 '12 300 feet
Totals .. , ... 638 2 0 0 10 3'32 323 9 12 .: ~
S.i\.NDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
Diamond Hill ' .. Eaglehawk Kailgaroo Flat Specinlen Hill Eaglehawk 'New-chum Gully Garclen Gully Reef Golden Gully .. .' Hustler's Reef Golden Square Victoria Hcef ... Hustler's Heef Johnson's Heef Long Gully ... New-chum Gully Eaglehawk Golden Square Golden Gully ... New-chum Gully Nelson Reef .. . Eaglehawk .. .. Golden Square Victoria Reef ... Victoria Reef '" Whipstick Golden Squarc New-chum
Tot.'l.ls .. ,
531 0 0 0 7 11'74 19S 16 19 3,840 0 0 0 3 S'06 640 9 12 1,24S 0 0 0 11 16'14 728' 7 5
291 0 0 0 14 18'93 215.3 12 4,210 0 0 0 7 12'57 1,583' 16 9
'6,654 fj 0 0 8 21'63 2,961 10 0 4,408 0 0 0 13 16'21 3,014 1 0 1,785 0 0 0 II 4-41 998 3 2 3,313 0 0 0 14 5'86 2,359 11 8 2,375 0 0 0 II 4'62 1,329 1 21 2,973 0 0 0 6 13'78 977 6 0
28 0 0 0 17 4'78 24 I 14 5,855 0 0 0 4 8'69 1,277 I 0 6,039 0 0 0 5 IS'47 1,742 2 10 3,3S8 0 0 0'622'81 1,1i7' 8 12 ,1,'105 0 0 0 10 8'00 .1.2,275 18 14 2,095 0 0 0 7 6'51 i61 13 0
895 0 0 0 3 15'63 164 8 2 2,031 0 0 0 5 20'68 595 5 0 1,220 ° 0 O. 9 10'86 576 12 0 1,960 0 0 0 8 23-39 879 10 0
738 0 0 0 5 1'37 186 12 6 4,881 0 0 0 4 5'33 1,030 7 0 3,243' 0 0 0 10 1'43 1,631 3 12
234 0 0 0 10 4'15, 119 0 12 308 0 0 0 17 21'12'1 275 7 4
3,554 0 0 0 9 9'17 1,667 4 0
.. : I 72,50;--;;-; ~ 2'57 -129,3901-6-
Mixed lots from various reefs. (See page 29,). -
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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
Division and Subdivislon, "nd
Xame 01 Company.
HEATHCOl'J:; ANn WARANGA t)O[jl'll SUDDIVISION.
Where Quartz was obtaine,l. Quartz Crushed. Average
Yield 01 Gold per Tou.
Total Yield of Gold.
----.-----i------- ----1------tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Remarks relative to the Depth at which the
Quartz was ohtnined, &e.
Coster field Gold and Anti- Costerfield 120 0 0 0 5 9'20 32 (; 0 230 to 420 feet mony
,Alison G. and A, ... Alabama and BULlers ... • John Collins ... ...
W ARANGA NORTH SUll-. DIVISION.
Good Luck ... ... H. U. G, :NI. Comp's. (French-
man's) Hobertshaw ... McKay and Son ... ]~nergetic ... Warwick ... 'Vest Growler's Balaclava (Shaft) Balac1ava (Mary vein) Balaclava (South vein) Hodge Brothers ••• Cameron Brothers U, and E. Comps. Hannah ... .. Belle Alliance ... • Jannese ... Black Reef ... Robinson and Co. Albion ... Clack's Reef ...
ailey and Co. ... Tew Li verpool, .. , renchman's '"
B N F W , bite Elephant ... Ve1come ew London ock and Co.
N B
... ... ...
... ...
... ...
... ...
... ... ...
...
... .. , ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. ... ... ... '" ... ...
Costerfield ... .. . Butler's Reef, Heathcote Redcastle ... . ..
Totals ... ...
ItushworLh ... '" Rush\l'orth ... . .. Rushworth . .. .. . Hushworth . .. ... Rushworth . .. . .. Rushworth .. . ... Hushworth . .. ... Wbroo ... ... Whroo ... ... Whroo ... . .. Whroo ... . .. Whroo . .. ... Whroo ... ... "'hrao ... . .. White Hills .. . .. . White Hills ... .. . White HilI~ ... .. . White Hills ... ' .. ~ Coy's Diggings ..' Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... ... ... ...
. .. .., ... ... ... . .. Totals ... ...
354 0 0 I 1 19'39 386 0 0 500 0 0 I 0 0 500 0 0 137 0 0 0 13 12'79 92 14 0
---------------1,111 0 0 o 18 4'79 1,011 0 0
-----------------
:36 0 0 o 13 21'33 25 0 0 250 0 0 o 16 9'69 205 I 0
7 0 0 o 12 20'57 4 10 0 .~ 0 0 2 15 14'40 13 18 0 5 0 0 I 8 4'80 7 I 0
19 0 0 1 8 16'42 27 5 0 257 O. 0 0 9 11'95 122 1 0
'287 0 0 o 15 12'37 222 13 0 267 0 0 0 8 22'56 119 7 0
19 0 0 1 8 16'42 27 5 0 21 0 0 2 12 10'29 55 1 0 610 0 o 18 22'15 6 3 0
20 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 i 0 0 0 3 12 I 4 12
49 0 0 2 6 12-73 114 0 0 10 0 0 0 12 7'20 6 3 0 18 0 0 0 7 10 6 13 12 10 0 0 0 G 12 3 5 0 7 0 0 I 7 3'42 9 10 0
100 0 0 0 1 19'30 9 o 10 3 0 0 I 3 8 3 10 0 8 0 0 5 9 9 43 15 0 8 0 0 1 o 21 8 7 0
24 0 0 2 7 2 56 10 0 6 0 0 1 13 16 10 2 0 9 0 0 I 14 0 15 6 0
13 0 0 1 12 16'62 21 5 0 ------------ ------
1,471 10 0 o 15 12'79 1,142 16 10
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT • . !
MARYBOROUGII DIVISION.
Johnston Brothers (public Various places crushings)
James Kay Reade (public Various piaees crushings)
Cambrian (public crushings) J'.fosquito and Mariner's Reef
Penny !lnd Clausen (public Various places crushings)
Cambrian ... Bristol Hill ... Telegraph United Alexandm ... Princess Royal ... Great J~xtended ...
AMlIERST DIVISION.
Union No.1 Tribute Union No, 2 Tribute Croydon No.1 Tribute Croydon No, 2 Tribute Dunstan and Co .. .. Dunstan and Co ... . Busch and Co. .. . Powel! and Co. .. . Miller and Co. • .. Lockyer and Co ... . Edwards and Go .. .. Sundries ...
... Mosquito .. .
... 'Vestern Reef .. .
... Carisbrook road . .. Mosquito ... ... Mosquito ... ... Blucher's Reef
Totals ...
... Churchhill Reef
... Churchhill Reef '" Laura Reef ... ... Laura ~eef ... ... London Hill Reef ... North-western Reef
! ~ ...
... Prince of Wales Reef .. ,
... Musical Reef ... '" Jew's Reef .•. ... London Hill Beef ... Liverpool Reef
147 0 0
573 0 0
282 0 0
187 0 0
221> 0 0 1,194 0 0
12 0 0 424 0 0 234 0 0 375 0 0
o '17 2'65
o 6 15'II
o 10 0
I 11 10'65
o 13 8'28 o 8 23'08 o 13 8 o 7 Il'1O 1 0 3'38 o 4 23'80
125 15 6
189 18 22
141 0 0
294 0 0
150 16 0 535 0 0 800
158 4 6 235 13 0
93,12 0 -----;,--,-~ ----
3,654 0 0 o 10 13'78 1,931 19 10 I--~--' --------.
79 0 0 64 0 0
325 0 0 235 0 0 129, 0 0 23 0 0 25 0 0 69 0 0
8 0' 0 455 0 0 60 0 0
210 0 0
o 8 1S'61 3 5 8'15 o 2 18'08 0'10 15'32 o 2 0'92 1 5 16'48 o 12 4'80 o 3 16'42 1 1 12'75 o '2 0'76 100 o 3 16'99
34 '13 6 209 I 11:1 44 14 21
125 0 0 13 2 23 29 10 19 15 5 0 12 14 4 8 12 6
46 4 12 60 0 0 38 18 16
------;._-,------AVOCA SUBDIVISION. Totals '" ... 1.682 ~ _0 __ 7_14,_'_04_,._63_7 __ 1_8_5
Fish and party ... Riege... • .. Murdoch ... Murdoch ... .
... Glellmona Reef
... Vale's Reef ".
... Bung Bong .. .
. .. Bung Bong .. .
Totals ... '''1 ...
60 0 0 700 600
II 0 0
84 0 0
o 2 19'20 o 13 0 060 1 0 0
o 6 3'14
880 4 11 0 I 16 0
II 0 0
25 15 0
i
100 to 345 feet 260 to 320 feet 10 to 100 feel
340 feet
80 feet HiO fcet 40 to 70 feet 40 to 70 feet 40 feet 30 to 50 feet 70 feet 20 feet 70 feet 40 feet 50 feet
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QUANTTTY of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, Sec.-continued. I
Division and Subdivlslon, AverI1ge Total YIeld of RemnTKfi.relntlve to the and Where Quartz was obtained. Yield 01 (lold Depth at whkh the
Yame 01 Company. per Ton. Gold. Quurtz was uutu.lncd 1 &c. I Q",," C, ... ~ ---
tOilS ewl. qr. DUNOLLY AND 'l'ARNAGULLA
oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
DIVISIONS. Queen's Birthday ... Bealiha Heef .•. ... 2,287 0 0 2 11 0'92 5,836 5 0 3~5 to 400 feet Burke and party .•. . " Burnt Creek ... ... 34 0 0 0 8 9'52 14 5 12 20 feet
Totals ... . .. 2,321 0 0 2 10 9'93 5,850 10 12
h'GLEWOOD DIVISION,
Fone's Tribute ... . .. Burke's Flat ••. ... 1,114 0 0 o 10 0 557 3 0 ------- --
ST. ARNAUD SOUTH 8un-l.>lVISION.
GrE'enOeK Reef ... Greenock Heef ... 291 0 0 o 15 1 i"i3 229 0 0 350 feet Douglass and Co, ... Various reefs ... . .. 33 0 0 0 4 5·8:.! 7 0 0 30 to 60 feet
------ ----------Totals ... '" 324 0 0 o 14 13'63 236 0 0
ST. ARNAUD NORTH SU1I-______ 1
------DIVISIOS.
Sandhurst lind St, Arnaud Wilson's Hill Reef ' .. 300 0 0 0 7 0 105 0 0 680 feet l~hryso1ite Tribute
Lord lwglan ... ... Wilson's Hill Reef , .. 900 0 0 0 5 10'45 244 12 0 450 feet ----- --------
Totals ... . .. 1,200 0 0 0 5 19'84 349 12 0
CASTLEMAINE MINI~G DISTRICT.
C.A.8TLEllA1NE DrnsloN,
Eureka. Consols ... ... F.ureka Reef ..' Central ... .. , ... Wattle Gully Wattle Gully ... ... Wattle Gully Callander and Co. ... Variou. ... Logan and olhers ... 1 Argus Reef ... Sebastopol ... Various ... Varioll~ ... . .. Cardwell and Dowling ...
FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION.
FE'rrOll'S Ueef ... ... }'fI'ers ... ... ... ']luke of Cornwu.1l ... Cat! Ie's \t,.ef ... . .. P,'rseveram'e Tribute ... Brydges alul CO .... ... }lowe Brothers ... ... }lowe Brothers ." ... Black Hawk ... ... Redhouse and Co. ...
IIEPnURN DIVISION.
Iveson's (various pal'ties) ... Union ... ... . .. Corni"h ... ... ... Specimen HilI ... ~a.mpson's .. , ... Eade and Co. .. , ... l'annam and Co, ... ... Baker ... ... McMillan ... ... Jackson's ... . .. Nt'w N, Cornish ... ... .A rgu~ U lli ted ... ... P rnspectors ... ... Cornish ... ... ... Argus Unit7d ... ...
TAltADALE AND KYNETON SOBDIVISION.
United mngdom ... Legg .md party Ogg and party Williams VlCtona. Humboldt
... ...
... ...
... ... ... . ..
. ,. 14 claims ... 'I'own !leef ...
Totals ...
Ferron's Reef ... Cattle '0 He"f •.• Cattle's Reef ... Cattle's Reef ... I :attic's Ned '" Sl'eldmen Hill Caltle's Jleef ... Ferron'd J-:eef .. , Cattle's II eef '" Heroh's l{ecf ...
Totals •• ,
Keep.it-Dnrk Reef Mauritius \leer Cornish Reef ... ~pecill1en Hill
Welshman's Gully Doctor's Beef Pircllt:r's Ht'ef ~Iauritius Beef Ajax Reet . .. G'cllgowt'r Reef Gornish Heef ••• WomblLt Hill ... Hepburn Division Wombat Hill ... Smith's Creek
Totals ...
Taradalo l'aradale Belltopper 'l'aradale Ta'Hd 1 I a e Belltopper
... ... . .. ... ...
Totals ...
... ~O5 0 0 0 11 21'20 4iS 6 1 460 feet
... 1,4111 0 0 0 4 ~O'I'~ 341 I 0 3iB feet . .. 514 0 0 0 5 3'62 132 7 12 300 feet .. . 286 0 0 0 8 19'55 126 1 0 I Various ... 207 0 0 o 10 6'90 106 9 1:; Various
. .. 141 0 0 0 7 3'23 50 6 0
. .. 192 0 0 u 7 8 70 8 0 .. . 59 0 0 0 8 13 25 4 0 ----- ------ ------... 3,6U5 0 0 Q 7 9'10 1,330 3 2 ------- --- .----.:...
' .. 3,345 0 0 0 5 8"43 895 0 0 2;0;0 to 330 feet . .. 600 0 0 0 7 13'60 227 0 0 160 to 200 feet ... 613 0 0 0 :.I 1628 112 15 0 60 to 21)0 feet ... 208 0 0 0 2 2'76 22 0 0 160 feet ... Ifill 0 0 0 18 16 140 0 0 I:.!II feet
'" 25 0 0 0 4 9'60 5 10 U Various .. . iflU 0 0 0 6 0 225 0 0 155 feet ... 45() 0 0 0 2 12 50 5 0 8,1 feet ... 792 0 0 0 13 i'54 527 5 0 1611 feet , .. 110 U 0 0 6 2:>'78 38 9 0 60 feet
' .. 7,043 0 0 0 6 9'28 2,249 4 0 ---------------
.. , 103 0 0 o 1,5 17'21 80 18 21 60 to 100 feet
. .. 1.480 0 0 0 2 2387 221- 12 0 150 feet
. .. 2,520 0 0 0 3 O'S8 382 12 20 520 feet
... 2,402 0 0 0 3 84:1 402 9 0 2511, 3UO, 383, and 46 fet't .. , 47 0 0 0 7 14'29 17 17 0 Shallow
... 59 Q 0 0 7 22':J7 23 8 0 1511 f"et ... 300 0 0 0 2 13'60 38 10 0 25 to 45 feet . .. 25 0 0 0 5 0 6 5 0 35 teet ... 700 0 0 0 6 20'57 240 0 0 ~OO feet , .. 700 0 0 0 4 4'80 147 0 n 4011 feet ... 1,121 0 0 0 1 20'41 IP3 14 12 250 feet
,0" 290 0 0 0 1 22'87 28 6 10 4~ feet . .. "1,000 0 0 0 5 0 250 0 0 so feet , .. 1,121 0 0 0 1 20'41 10:3 14 12 100 feet ... 290 0 0 0 1 22'87 21; 6 10 2;')0 feet -----~ ---- ----... 12,158 0 0 0 3 9'91 ~,Oi4 14 13 ----- ------ -----
... 764 0 0 0 7 0'63 268 8 0 150 feet
· .. 1 13 0 0 2 0 0
I 26 0 0 311 fe!.!t
••• 1 13 10 0 1 7 0 18 4, 12 80 feet
::: I 8 0 0 o 15 () 6 {} 0 75 feet
106 0 0 011 0 I 58 6 0 1 iW feet I ... I 10 0 0 i 4 10 0 • 45 0 0.230 feet
· .. I-m;-; 1--;;-; 5'45 1 421 ~I II Estimate.
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QOANTITyof QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.
DlvlBlon and Subdivision, Where Quortz ,,\,8S obtained. ! Quartz Crushed. Average I Total Yield of Remarks relative to the
and Yield of Gold Gold. Depth nl which the Name of Company. per Ton. Quartz was obtained.
---- ----tons ewt. qr.
T ARRANGOW'ER DIVISION. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwl. gr,
Caledonia mills ... ... Parkins', Beehh'e. North 356 0 0 o 14 0'27 249 8 0 Eaglebawk United,Man-ton's Gully, and Eagle-bawk reef5
Phrenix mills , .. ... Nuggety, German, Eagle-hawk, Charcoal, lice-
456 0 0 0 \} 2'57 207 13 0
hive, Victoria, and Smith's reefs
Linscott's Co. ... '" North of Englanfl, Rmitll's, 485 0 0 0 8 1'13 195 3 0 J·'enteman's, J.inscott's, I Beehire, Nuggety, and Ealllebawk reefs
Great Western , .. Beehive Reef ... ... 606 0 0 0 3 17'62 1I3 3 0 Eaglebawk Union .. , :Eagleha.w k Ueef , .. 360 f) ~I o 13 13'33 244 0 0 Bell's Reef ... ... HeWs R<.'ef .. . ... 17 0 0 9 22'35 8 820 W dshman's Reef '" Welshman's Reef ' .. 250 0 o i 0 3 0'19 I 37 12 0
1----Totals ... ... 2,530 0 o 0 8 8-24, 1,055 7 20
ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. ------ ---------Oram's Reef ... ... Panton Hill ... .. . 115 10 0 2 o 11'84 283 17 0 300 feet Hosford and Co .... .. , Warrandyte ... ... 34 0 0 o 17 15'53 30 0 0 55 f~et A pled and Co, ... ... Pioneer .. . ... 27 0 0 o 1821'34 25 10 0 80 ft'et Ross and Co. ... ... Diamond reefs . .. 5 10 0 2 8 8'73 13 6 0 12n feet Reynold's and Co, ... Diamond reefs . .. 1 10 0 3 1 14 4 12 9 80 feet G. Healey and Co. ... Diamond reefs -.. 7 0 0 o 15 20'57 511 0 110 feet M. Butler and Co, .. , Diamond reefs ... 3 0 0 0 8 0 1 4 0 100 f~et N. Butler aud Co. ... Diamond reefs ... 5 10 0 3 0 8'73 16 12 0 1110 feet Lee and Carroll ... ... Rt:effon ... . .. 9 0 0 2 14 8 24 9 0 70 feet Millar and Co. ... ... Oram's Reef . .. 4 0 0 a 17 12 15 10 0 260 feet Longley, H. ... ... Oram's Reef .. , ... 1 0 0 ' 13 1 0 13 1 0 60 feet I.ongley, H. ..' ' .. Queenstown . .. 18 0 o I 0 12 0 10 16 0 !)5 feet Hickards and Co, '" Eurt'ka Reef ... ... 3 0 o 0 15 0 2 5 0 45 feet Chasney and Co. ... Plevna ... ... 2 0 o 1 18 12 3 17 0 40 feet --------------
Totals ••• ... 236 0 01 1 13 22'61 400 10 9
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT:
ARARAT DIVISION. Try Again ... ... Gap Reef .. . ... 30 0 0 0 8 0 12 0 0 50 feet , --------------
PLEASANT CREEK SUB-DIVISIOY,
Wimmera '" , .. Stawe1J reefs .. , ... 4,070 0 0 1 2 9-53 4,557 16 4 2S0 to 1,000 feet Pioneer and Galatea ... Stilwell reefs ••• ... 3,743 0 0 1 o 23'37 3,925 5 21 200 to 1,100 feet New St. George ... ... Stawdl "'efs ... '" 2,907 0 0 1 5 12'41 3,708 19 0 480 to I,lln feet Scotchman's ... ... Stll well reefs ... .. . 2,760 10 0 0 9 6'41 1,279 I 15 300 to 850 feE't Moonli!{ht ... ... Stawell reefs ... ... 2,993 0 0 1 2 5'25 3,325_ 1 0 410 to 1,120 feet Wong-a and Birmingham ... 8tawcll rel'fs '" ... 1,205 6 0 0 2 9'36 144 o Ii 24 to iU feet. North and SOlltb. Wales ... Deep Lead, Cosmopolitan, 146 17 0 0 7 14'69 55 17 21 8 to 80 feet
&c. ------ ---- ----Totals ... ... 17,825 13 0 o 19 1'66 16,996 2 6
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
O:llEO SUBDIV18IOY, \-Duke of Curuwail ... Lower Swift's Creek ... 400000110 220 0 0
CnOOKED RIVER DIVISION. Republic ... ... Republic Reef Hopkins and Co;... ... Palmel'ston ... Guod Hope ... ... Good Hope ...
... 90 0 0 0 5 0 22 10 0 60 feet ... 21 0 0 o 17 3'43 IS 0 0 160 feet ... 50 0 0 o 19 14'40 49 0 0 430 feet ----- ----i----Totals ... '" 161 0 0 011 2'83 89 10 0
DONNELLy'SCnEEK DIVISION. ,--------:Flol'ence ... • .. • .. , 280 0 0 0 66'09 87 11 0 Adit level Uismark ... GipPliland Consols •••
STRINGEn'S CaEEX DIVISION. I,ong Tunnel... • •• Walhalla ... • ..
ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION. James liice's lease ... Lily of the Valley, ..
TARWIN SUBDIVISION.
Totals ...
Cohen's Reef ... Cohen's Heef •••
Totals ...
Totals ...
... 'I 52 0 0 1 17 16'61 98 0 0 ... 732 0 0 0 10 8 378 4 0 Adit level
... 1,064 0 0l:~~~~
. .. 1 4,480 0 0 1 9 0'76 6,503 3 0 ''', 2,202 0 0, 0 9 IS'46 1,075 12 0 ,-----,--------
::: I' 6,:: : : 1:~I: :::::. 7,::::: : ... 680 0 0 0 5 18'35 196 0 0 ----__ i __ ' --_______ _
------ ----- ----No. 1 South ... ... No.1 South claim,Foster
1,115 0 0 I- 0 8 12'29 474 11 0
16 a 0 I I 0 16 16 0 140 feet
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QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK;ETC.; THE following information llas been obtained from Retul'Iis made by the' Mining Surveyors and Regist.rars
. relative to the Quantity of QUARTZ TAILINGS and MULLOCK, &c., Crushed in the several Divisions and . Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.
DivIsIon and Subdivision, and
N~me 01 Company.
CENTRAL DIVISION. Robertson's battery Meyer's battery ...
. ,.
...
S;\{YTHESDAI,E DIVISION. Mark and Co. ... ...
STEI(H,ITZ SUBDIVISION. Ni;.~~~)Co. (Pilkington and
'.
BEECHWORTJ!:. DIVISION. Wallaby Co. ... ~ ...
MITTA MITTA NORTla: SUBDIVISION,
John Dent ... ... ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION.
Hewitt and Co. ... Albert Tribute Co. ...
,
•
Where Quartz Tailings and :Mullock, &c .• 'Were
obtained. I Quartz 'failings I Average \ '
and Mullock, &c" Yield of Gold Tota~!t\eld.9f '- Crushed, i, per Ton. I ,( .
I tons cwt. qr. I oz. dwt. gr. I . oz. dwt. gr.
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
1
Ballarat East ... ... 593 0 0 0 4 8'47 129 1 12 Ballarat East ... ... ~ i 910 0 0' 0 I 3'37 51 IS 0
Totals ... ••• I 1,503 0 0 0 2 9'79 ISO 19 12 .-
Carngham ... .. . .27 0 0 0 2 28'11 4 0 0
Steiglitz ... . .. 110 0 0 0 1 13'53 8 12 0
BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.
I Hurdle Flat ... .... i 800 0 0 0 8 9'60 51 0 0
... ... . .. ... 84 0 0 0 2 1'41 3 ~O 0
Homeward-bound Reef... 67 0 0 0 3 13'61 1'1 19 '0 No.2 Lucky Reef 450 0 0 0 2 12'80 57 0 0 . ,
, .' Totals .•. ... 517 0 0 0 2 16'01 68 19 0
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
S..L'IDHURST DIVISION. I Albert Co. ... ••. Diamond Hill ... 612 0 o , o 0 5'86 I 7 9 15
HEATHCOTE AND W ARANOA SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
John Collins ... I Redcastle ...... 43 0 01 0 2 7'~1
MARYBOROUGH MINING DIS·TRICT.
MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. . 01 0 7'84 1 James Kay Reade (public Various places ... 657 0 2
crllshlngs) Johnston' Brothers (public Various places ... 25 0 .0 , 0 5 9'60
crushings) Totals ... ... 682 0 0 0 2 10'55
AMHERST DIVISION. '. ;,.,'.;
T. Bartlemore ... ... Various ... .. . 695 0 0 <2..._2 3'10 : ._---
AVOCA SUBDIVISION. '. i Harvey ... ... ..... Avo~a Main Lead. .25 0 0 ,0. ,320'16
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION, . .~ .. -,! ,Daviea and Co. ... Forest Creek ... 980 0 0 0 2 II . Llewellyn and Co. ... Nimrod Reef .:. 070 0 0 0 '2 12 :. ,
Sebastopol 0.0. . .. ... Sebastopol .., ... 61 0 0 0 2 0 "
Totals ... I,GIl 0 '0 0 '210'93 . ... TARlUNOOWER DIVISION. I
Phoonix mills ... ... German Gully . .. 1,150 0 0 0 I O· Caledonia. ... . .. '" ... ... 4 0'0 0 I '0
Totals '" , ... 1,154 0 :0 0 'I 0
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
5 0 0
76 8 21
6 15 0
83 3 21
74. () o '! 4 16 0
120 10 0 7l 5 6 6 2 [)
'197 1;7' 6
57 10 0 0 4 0
57 14 01
Remarks relative to the Depth at which the
Mulloek, &c., were obtained
. .
Surface
Mullock
40 to 130 feet
-
Surface ISO feet
." -.,"
..
... ..~" ,). . ,,'
'- .. ,
. '
.~--~-,--~'-~' --~-----,--,-,---,-,------~----,-,-,-,---------,-
PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. Scotchman's StaweU reefs ... North am1 South Wales ... Deep Lead
Totals ...
.:.1 1,406 0"0 0 2 3'07 1' 149 12 0 ,100 to 850 feet
.. :J4G 0 0 0 1 0 17 6 0 8 to 100 feet ----- ------1----'--
... / 1,752 0 0 01 21'72! 166 18 0
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PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS. THE following infol'mation has been 'obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors anJ Regi;;;trars
relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of !'lilch Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.
Division nnd Subdivision, Where Pyrites and BI.1.nket.ings Pyrites Average Total Yield of and una BlankeMn~s Yield of Gold Name of Company. were obtained. operated on. per trOll.
Gold.
tons cw!.. qr. oz. dwL. gr. u". owt. gr.
BALLARA'r MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION. "foore's Pyrites Works ... Poverty Point Black Hill Co. Registered... Black lIill ... Llanberris ... ••• Gum Tree Flat
Totals ••• CRESWICK DIVISION.
Port Phillip ... ... Clunes reefs .. . New North Clunes ••. Clun'es reefs .. . South Clunes ••. ••• Clunes reefs ... South Clunes Tributers ... Clunes reefs ...
STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Unkno'ivn ••• ... Elaine
BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
Totals ...
Sultan .•• ... Barry's Reef •••
1 I I
... 10 0 0 I 1 10 0 I 15 0 0
... 8 0 0 1 8 1'12 11 4 9\ ... __ 8_~1-.:..::~ __ 13_~ 26 0 0 1 10 4'04 39 4 9 I
•• ---W~1--;-;;n;1~-0-' 63 15 0 \ 3 14 1'881 236 2 12 26 15 0 3 93'81 92 10 0
4 0 0, 7 8 12 29 14 0
201 15 0 4 8 7'43 i 890 16 12
11 0 0 4 6 16 47 13 8
BEECHWORTII MINING DISTRICT.
BEECHWOltTH DIVISION. ... i
I
Reform ... , .. ... Myrtleford ... 14 0 01
3 17 3'43 54 0 0 1
YACKA."'IDANDAH SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
Bigelowe and Clingan .. , Bruarong ... ... 55 0 0 1 5 0 68 15 0 Green and Coupan ... Bruarong ... .. . 15 0 01 4 6 16 65 0 0 • J. C. Bigelowe ... ... Hillsborough ... ••• i 8 0 01 3 7 12 27 0 0
, Totals ... ... 78 0 0: 2 1 5'23 160 15 0 W ANDlLIGONG SUBDIVISION: E. M. Gill ... ... A number of small lots ... 115 0 01 o 18 0 103 10 0 Johnstol"! Stephens ... A number of small lots ... 300 0 0 0 5 0 i 75 0 0
Totals ... ... 415 0 0 0 8 14'46,: 178 10 0 BUCKLAND DIVISION.
Hope mill ... ... Various, for public ... 8 0 0 4 4 3 I 33 13 0 Hope mill ... ... Own pyrites ... ... 5 0 °1 o l!l 16'80 4 18 12 .-
Totals ... ... 13 0 0 2 19 8'30 38 II 12 \VOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION.
···1' 01 2 .-
Hope Mining ... . .. Morning Star Reef . 17 0 8 1'06 40 17 0,
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
SANDHUltST DIVISION. ,
Spargo Brothers ... 1 Great Western Gnlly 142 0 0 1 16 4"73 257 0 0 ... .. , Sandhurst and Eaglehawk Jackass };'!at .. , ... 260 0 0 1 13 6'18 432 7 0 Koch's Pioneer ... . .. Long Gully . .. 40 0 0 o 18 7'20 36 12 0 Liddell and Co. ... Derwent Gully .., 82 0 0 I 6 3'80 107 5 0 United Pyrites G. E. ... Pinchgut Gully ... 137 0 0 2 2 12'52 291 5 12
Totals .,. ... 661 0 0 1 14 0'56 1,124 9 12
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
MAltYBOROUGH DIVISION. I Great Extended .. ' ... Blucher's Reef 5 0 0 5 0 01 25 0 0
CASrLElIIAINE DIVISION. . Eureka Consols Yates Kitchingman
HEPBURN DtVIstON. Particulars as to companies,
&c., refused
STRINGER'S CRllHKDIYIS10N.!
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT •
Eureka Reef ... Castle maine Works Dinah Works ...
Totals
... \ • ~. i
22' 0 0 92 0 0 79 0 0
I
2 IS 18'551 2 0 18'26 2 0 14'88
64 13 0 187 10 0 160 9 0
--)-9;--;;-; 22~I~~' -----I~-I
",50 0 0 2 10 0' 125 0 0 I I I
., Estimate ..
GIPPSLAND l\HNING DISTRICT.
Walhalla· .. , Cohen's Reef ... 10 2 0 2 9 9';:1
Remarks relative to the Depth at which the
Pyrites, &e., were ubtai1)ed.
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WASHDIRT AND CEMENlf ,
SUMMARY. THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY of W ASBDlRT Puddled and
Sluiced and CElrENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GOI.D obtained therefl'om.
lUning District!!. I Quantity I Average Totnl Yield of QlH1.I1t1ty I Avera):. !. Total Yield of Puddled and Yield of Gold Gold from )!lnlllg nistric!" Puddled and 'Yleld of Gold Gold from Cruslled. per Ton, Wasbdirt. erushed. per Ton. Cement.
----~--_ .. --_ ..
Was/!dirt. tons .. qr. oz. dwt. gr. Ballarat
o?. dwt. gr. Cement. tons c'Yt. ql'. oz. dwt. gr. . oz. dwt. gr, ... 11,17QOO 0 2 16'07 1,491 0 7 Ballarat ... 229 0 0 0 5 10'18 62 2 4 Beechworth ... 33,380 0 0 0 o 21'00 1,460 II 20 Beech worth ... ... ... .. . Sanclhnrst ... 2,400 0 0 0 2 4'43 262 3 0 Sandhurst , " 149 0 0 0 6 15'14 49 8 0 Maryborough ... 15,575 0 0 0 3 17'89 2,916 15 4 l\faryborough ... 97 0 0 o 14 9'95 69 18 5 Castlemaine ... 159,!l40 0 0 0 o 22'06. 5,024 5 0 Gastlemaine ... 470 0 0 0 4 15'57 109 5 0 Ararat ... 7,150 0 0 0 2 4'07 ii5 13 6 Ararat . .. 4,472 16 0 o 21 23'09 l,lO9 15 9 Gippsland ... " . ... ... Gippsland ... . .. . .. ,,,
Totals '" 229,015 0 0 0 I 1'01 11,930 8 13 Totals ' .. 5,417 16 0 0 5 4'07 1,400 8 18
NOTII,-Thls Summary does not show the tot,,1 quautlties of washdirt puddled and sluiced and cement ero,hed, hut only tile ~'ield of <er:o!u. cnlshlngst &0 .. rCfl:pecthl\t " .. hleh the !\Iininlt Surveyors and Hcgistrars have been nble to onta1n lllfol'mation. Owing to the circums;:tance that mnny of the muohll1e .. nwneriJ are un1tble to gIve or are precluded from giving information, it is impos.Rible to get complete rctlJTlIS from every ai&:trict; and in con .. tlderlng the relative Importance of each district. as reg(uds alluvial mining, &e .• the t!\blcE relnting to machinery should be examined and compured~
Office of Mines, Melbourne,24th January I87S.
vVASHDIRT.
THOS, COUCHMAN, Secretary for Mines.
TnE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Minibg Rurveyors and Hegistrlll'S relative to,the QlfANTITY of WAsnDIUT Puddled 01' Sluiced in the several Divi~ionB and Subdivi"ioDS of each Mining District during the Quartel', and the GOLD obtained therel'rom.
Dlvilllon and Subdivision, and
:Nameof Company. I ' A verage I Remarks relative to Ihe
per Ton, 01 Gold, Wasbdirt was O~!o.llled, &Lc, Where Washdlrt was obtained. WashdJrt l'uddled. Yield of Gold I Total Yield lJepth .t wlilch tbe
-----------;------,--:----- -----------------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. ! oz. dwt. gr.
BALLAUAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISIO~, Winter's Freehold ... Parish of Cardigan, near 8,100 0 0 0 2 6'99
Ballarat
SOUTHER~ DIVISION, .-Turner and party Break-o'-Day ... ."/ 1,935 0 0 0 3 20'04 Grant and party ... , .. Bre~k·o'-Day ... '" 1,035 0 0 0 2 9'19 Doughboy ... ... Pitfield Plains 100 o· 0 0 13 IN4 ,
Totals ... . .. 3,070 0 0: 0 3 16'03 I
BEECHWORTH MINIXG DISTIUCT.
BEECHWORTII Dn'IslON, United J;:ldorado ••• Eldorado 18,438 0 Ovens Gold and Tin Eldorado 4,462 0
Totals 22,900 0 INDIGO D1VISIOK,
Chiltern Valley Gol'l Mines Chiltern lead 1,400 0
,V ANDlLIGONG SUBDIVISION. .. Orchard and Co, Bank claim, Growler's SUndl'y lots
Totals
SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT. I
... / 2,400 0 0 I 0 2 4'43 I SANDHUI1.ST DIVISION. I Lane's Tribute No.2' ". Huntly
928, 0 0
371 1 2 123 6 13 68 12 16
563 0 i
921 18 0 167 6 6
405 feet from the sur-face, average depth of washdirt 6 feet .
25 to 70 feet, 2 to Heet th Icl< 6 1<> 30 leet, I to 6 feet thick 70 ft., I to 2 feet thick
90 feet floor 2i6 feet
1250 feet
I Surface to 20 feet
:162 3 0 \120 feet
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
MARTIlORQUGll DIVISION. Seaham Alma 9UO 0 0 136 1 ;l 0 Gladstone Alma 1,20() 0 0 135 0 0 James Kay HenGe (puhlic i Alma, Timor, and China- 2~18 II I) 108 I:> 22
crushings) man's Totnls ... 2,:,38 0 0 ;l80 6 22
-----, A1IHERST DIVISION, Iso i'eet Hoffuung Mount G reenoek South 1 "1 t} ()O II 0 ;)42 4, 0
Union ~101lnt Greenock Sonth I,B:), 0 0 188 0 0 i 250 feet • Nichol '8 Freehohl }Iount Greenoek :'lomb I) 0 140 0 0 100 feet
0 0 0 2 i'49 6iO 4 0
t Only" »Ortlon of tile quanllty Pl1t tlJronglJ Ihe b0xesl1Y Orchllrd and Co, is wn8Mlr!, as they t.ke the blll)~ on·a f"oe anel ... ",11 the wtole away wllilollt bnnoling, th(' iyntfl' doing nil the work~
17
QtJ'ANTITY' of WASHDIRT Puddled or Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions, &c.-continued.
Dh1slon and Subdivision, and
N arne of Company.
AVOCA SUBDIVISION. " Working Miners," Home-
bush
DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS,
Prince of Wales Tribute ... INGLEWOOD DIVISION.
Daly I..ead Tribute .,.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION,
Lewis and Co. ", ... Ah War ... ... Smith and Co. ... ... Pi Uhe .•. ... ...
FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION,
Meins' Freehold ... ... Trethewey and Co, ... V osti an d Co. ... ... Thomas and Co, ..• ... Ellis and Co. , .. .. , Parsons and Co ...• ... Williams and Co. , .. Stephens and Co. ... Brewer and Co. ... Thomas and Co .... ...
HEPBURN DIVISION.
Corinella ... ... Bulla ... ... ... Rendf's, Wood's, Utrop's,
Campbell's, and Willis' parties
Rolari's Co. ... ... Goods and Cnmervns ... Matheson's. Pratt's, Rothe-
ram's, Foletti's and Re-becchi's parties
Fox and Hill's parties ... .Jj'oletti's & Matheson's parties Federal ... ... ... Sailor Prince .. , ... Eliot and Rotheram's parties 5 parties ... ... Ii parties , .. ... Long Tllnnel ... ... Chinese ... ... Europeans .. , .. ,
TARRANGOWER DIVISION ..
Rowe and Co. ... '" Grigg and Co, ... ... Knight and Co, '" ... Robert Grigg , .. ... • Tohn Coon ... , .. l\lartin Grenfell ... .. , Pettitt and Co, ... ."
ST. ANDHE\V'S DIYlSION,
Warrandyte Freehold ... Warrandyte Freehold ... H. Stiggants and Co. .. , :Europe:m alluvial miners
(approximfl.te) Chinese alluvial mines (ap-
proximate)
HAGLAN DiVISION.
The New Victoria G. j\f, No Liability
No. 77.
'PUddlCd,1 Average I Total Yield Whete Washdlrt was obtained. I Washdirt Yield of Gold of Golti. i per'1'on.
tons owt. qr. oz, dwt. gr. oz, dwt. gr.
Company's ground ... 1,540 0 0 o 11 22'44 1,381 0 0
I 'Pound Lead, DunolJy ... 4,100 O. 0 0 1 6'82 263 5 (I
Daly Lead, Inglewood .. .J 1,800 0 () 0 2 ll'19 221 19 6
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
Montgomery}'lat '" 1,700 0 0 0 0 7'59 26 18 6 Montgomery Flat '" 2,800 0 0 0 0 7'97 46 10 0 Adelaide }·iat ... ... 1,600 0 0 0 0 8'34 27 16 0 Dinah Flat ... ... 1,700 0 0 0 0 6'92 24 10 0 ,-
Totals ... ... 7,800 0 0 0 0 7'74 125 14 6
Guildford ... .. . 3,500 0 0 0 2 8'88 414 16 0 New Year's Flat . .. 1,950 0 0 0 0 8 .32 10 0 Pennyweight ... . .. 3,250 0 0 0 0 3'84 26 0 0 Vaughan ... . .. 600 0 0 0 0 6 7 10 0 Horseshoe Bend , .. 1,300 0 0 0 o 14'40 39 0 0 Horseshoe Bend ., . 3,120 0 0 0 o 14 91 0 0 New Year's Flat ... 2,600 0 0 0 0 4'80 26 0 0 New Year's Flat ... 1,950 0 0 0 0 5'66 23 0 0 New Year's Flat ... 520 0 0 0 o 15'69 17 0 0 Spring Glllly ... ... 2,000 0 0 0 0 6 25 0 0
---------------Totals ... ... 20,790 0 0 0 o 16'20 701 16 0
--------Eganstmm ... .. . 750 0 0 0 o 10'88 17 0 0 Elevated Plnins .. . 820 0 0 0 o 12'49 21 7 0 Doctor's Gully ... 3,830 0 0 0 0 u'02 52 1 0
, .
I,anky Gully ... .. . 2,400 0 0 0 0 5'30 26 10 0 Sailor's Creek ... 4,900 0 0 0 0 3'15 112 5 0 S~ony Creek '" ... 7,030 0 0 0 0 10'22 149 15 0
Welshman's Gully . .. 3,100 0 0 0 0 2'75 17 15 0 Cameron's Glllly ... 1,950 0 0 0 0 10'92 44 S 0 Wombat ... '" 1,300 0 0 0 0 17'17 46 10 0 Sebastopol Hill ... 712 0 0 0 {) 5'28 185 16 18 Stony Creek ... 170 0 0 0 5 17'64 48 15 0 Dry Diggings and vicinity 15,300 0 0 0 0 n'I9 2~:1 0 0 Shepherd's Iflat & vicinity 2,000 0 0 0 0 9'60 40 0 0 Itali!tll Hill ... : .. 500 0 0 ° 1 7'87 33 3 22
... . .. . .. 12,000 ° () 0 I 0 600 0 0
.. ' ... ... 30,000 0 ° 0 0 12'1\0 800 0 0 ,------
Totals ... ... 86,762 0 0 0 o 13'32 ,2,408 6 16 ------ -----1----
Bla<;kie's Hill ... ' .. 714 0 0 0 0 9'62 14 6 8 Pegleg Gully ... ... 700 0 (} 0 o 12 Ii 10 ° Porcnpine J;'lat ' .. 325 0 0 0 0 18 12 3 18 PorCllpille :Flat . .. 260 0 0 0 0 18'46 10 0 0 Reve)lty-foot, Sandy Creek 320 0 0 0 I 1'50 17 0 0
' Parkius' Reef ... 1:30 0 0 0 I 0 6 10 ° Parkins' Reef ... 100 0 0 0 o 12 2 10 0
'fotals ... ... 2,549 ° 0 0 0 15'06 80 0 2 ------ -----------
Warrandvte ... . .. 3,044 0 0 0 I 20'23 280 10 0 Warrandyte ... ... :36 0 0 a 1 1066 2 12 0 Warrandyte ... ... 360 () 0 0 4 4'40 75 6 0
'" .. ' ... 30,666 0 O! 0 o 18 II,J50 0 0
... ... ..' 7,333 0 0 0 o 13'09 200 0 0 ---------- -----Tolals ... . .. 41,439 0 0 0 (J 19'79 1,708 8 0
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
Waterloo Flat ' .. 7,150 0 0 0 2 4'07 7i5 13 6
D
i
Remarks reJat!ve to the Depth at which the
Waslldirt waS obtaIued, &e.
130 feet
80 feet
10 feet f )0 feet f
ace ace
12 feet 13il feet
200 feet
100 feet
10 to 15 feet
IS feet 70 feet 6 to 22 f ect
90 feet 6 to 14 f 6 to 70 f
eet eet
I:~ to 110\ 9to:lOf
feet eet
170 feet 300 feet 40 feet 20 feet, 50 feet
Shallow 25 feet
14 feet 12 feet 20 feet 15 feet, 70 feet 12 feet 40 feet
Surface t From dio From dio
010 feet rite rite
About 160 fcet
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CEMENT.
THE following information has been obt,ained f'l'om Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and R,egistrars relative to the QUANTITY of CEnfENT Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom,
--~-------~--~~
Division and Subdivision, and
Name of Company.
SOUTHERN DIVISION,
I Where Cement was obtained. Cement ernshcd,
tons cwt. qr,
BALLARAT MINING DISTRIqT.
Crushed (on hire) by the, Kangaroo Flat 19,5 0 0 0 5 5'li New Kangaroo Company's "
Remn.rks relative to tlie Depth at which the
Cement was obtn!ued,
50 17 0 50 to 65 feet from S11rface '
battery --------------'.
S~IYT!IESDALE DIVISION,
Howcroft and ])arty ." Dreamer's Hill, Happy 22 0 () ,0 6 10 7 ValJey
Pii,cr and party .•. ... Dreamer's Hill, Happy ,12 () 0 0 7 0 4 ValJey
-' Totals ... '" 34 0 0 0 6 14'94 11
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
'VARANGA NORTH SUB· I
DIVISION,
Spence and Co. '" j 22 0 0 0 (i 11'45 (i
Geisler and Co.
l:, R.ushworth (New Rush"
10 (I (I 0 3 4'80 1 llfallsley and Co .... 10 0 0 0 2 12 I Wiggings and Co, 10 0 0 o 12 9'6!) 6 Semmens ltlld Co, 22 0 0 {) 8' 0 8 Taylor and Co, I i Old I,ead) 14 0 0 0 9 18'86
I II
Cobbledich au(l Co. 30 {) 0 0 4 8 6 Kruse aud' Co. ,,, J:l 0 I), 0 4 7'38 i 2 Hepgrave and Co, ) 18 0 ,0 i o 10 2'67 9
149 () 01 0 6 1;')-]4 ! 4!1 I
MARYBOiWUGH MINING DISTRICT.
1
?llARYBOROUGH DIVISION, . Johnston Brothers (public Various places ... !l0 U'O o 15 0'18 67
crushings)
AVOCA SUlIDIvISroX. '
Gouge aud party ... Avoca Main Lead ... i {) 0 0 6 18'85 2
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
I
l!'RYIm'S CREEK DIVISION.
Homeward-bound ... Table Hill ... . .. 350 U 0 0 :l 12 61 Thomaa ltnd Co, ... ... Vaughan . .. ... 12U 0 0 0 S 0 48
Totals ... '" 4;0 0 0 0 4 15'57 109
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
I
PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.
Band of Hope Deep Lead ... , 1,904 0 {) 0 4 23'97 4i5 North and South Wales .. , Deep IJeltd .. ' 2,568 16 0 0 4 22'44 i G:'):l
Totals ... · .. 1
4,472 Hi 0 () -I 2:3'091,,109 i
1 4 70 feet, I
4 0 15 to 20 feet
Ii 4
..
I 6 0
12_.0 Ii ,0 .. . .. 4 0
16 0 17 0 10. ,0 16, ,0
2 {)
8 0 ,
10:'; 7 1 \
,
; 12
Ii o 1 100 to 120 feet 0 0
5 0
18 0 17 9
15 9
100 to llU feet
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NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION _~F MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF 'I'HE COLONY,
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31sT DECEMBER 1877.
(Fron/, Retu7'ns made by tlw illinin.9 Sur~(}yors and Registra1's,)
_____________ N_a_m_e_Of_p_l_ac_e_~~;----------I-;-N-O--•. I~~~~ 11: ______________ N __ am __ ._Of_P_l_"C_e_· _______ '_· ___ ·II~Eo!al. BALLARAT D[STRI~T. !I _ II: Brought forward ••• ...... . 5,3;9
Gentral Division: Ballarat West ... • .• Ballarat East .•• . •• Little Bendigo and Dead-horsc ~ag? Hill... .•. • •• I:lprmgs '" ..• • ••
360 1,090
340
1Vhitc-llOrse Ranges and Canadian •••
15 20
480
Southern Division: Long Gully.,. Staffordshire Reef Italian Gully ... Splitters' Gully .. , Kangaroo ... Moonlight .•. Bulldog ... Hoke wood Junction Monnt Misery •.• .Jackson's Gully ... Yankee Hill ." Gras9y Gully ..• Spring Creek •.. Sawpit Gully ... Whim Holes .•. Hard Hills Frenchman's Pinchgut ... I3reak-o'-Day Western Creek
10 80 J5 4
95 10 GO
... I 50
. .. i 290 10 I 15 30 II 10 25 30 25 30
... I 80
''':~I BUllinyo!tg Division: II i
Durham and tributltries '" ... • 90 I Green Hills and Devonshire .•• ClO Scotchman's and Hurd Hills ... 80 lluninyong ltnd Union .Tack '" 10 I Hiscock's and ]fairweather Reefs 120 Winter's Flat, Cobbler's, !Lnd Magpie 120 Black Lead aud Gum-tree .•. ... 60 Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gympie 40 Prospecting and isolated parties ... 40 G renville... ... ... ... 30
Smythesdale Division: Smy thes dale ... Scarsdale and Newtown Cape Clear '" Brown's .•. . •. Italian Gully .•• Derwent Jack's ... Piggoreet .•• Bottle Hill .•• Snake Valley and Hard Hills Happy Valley and Lucky ·Woman's ... Haddon .... Golden Lake Madden's Flat Linton's Monkey Gully Moonlight Creek ... Preston Hill
Creswick Division:' Creswick ... Clunes ••• Springhill Broomfield Gully .•• Red Streak Uuion Hill Longpoint Diltmond Gully Cobbler's Gully Bald Hills Sulky Gully Slaty Creek
Carried forward
1-
75 170 30 50 5
SO 30 3;; 70
140 620
» 7
160 7
10 30
.50 950 450 10 40 10 25
'10 15 10 10 40
2,305
620
1,494
---5,379 I
I Creswick Division-continued. Mopoke '" Humbug Hill ... Portuguese Flat ••. Back Creek .. . Bullarook .. .
Gordon Subdivision: Egerton .. . Gordon .. . J\fooraboo I
. Steiglitz Subdivisiun , Steiglitz ... ~r orrison's Dolly's Creek Elaine ... Mount DOl'lt1l nttle Forest
Blackwood Division and Bille Mountain SOil/it Subdivision:
Golden Point ... . .. Hed Hill ...• .. Barry'S Beef and Split-tree ... Yankee Reef and Creek ... 8i mmons' Reef and Back Creek Sebastopol and 1Jo'l"cr Lcrderderg ... Bhtkevillc ... . .. Snake Gully... . .. Goodman's Creek alHl vicinity Bail'ln :Flat ... ..: Garibaldi and vicinity ... Wright's Beef ... . .. Bacchus Marsh and vicinity J\faller's lIilI ... . ...
Balla1t Sllbdivisi01t: B1akcville roa,1
Total for Ballitrat District
Beeclt.wo,·t!! Division: Spring Creek .. . Silver Creek .. . Deep Creek .. . Hurdle Creek ••. Pennyweight Flat ... 'I'wo-mile Creek ... Three-mile Creek ••• Six-mile Creek ••• Stony Creek ... Myrtleford, &e. • •• Wooragee, &c. • •• Reid's Creek ... Wooished •.• Sebastopol ... Eldorado ... Stnnley and ueighborhood ... Buckland Gap ..•
Yaclw"dandaiL Soutll Subdivision: Clear Creek ..• . •. Brllarong ... • •• Kirbv's JJ1lat ... . .• Howdy Flat ... • .. Osborne's Flat ••• • .. Allan's Flat ... • .. Staghorn Flat ••• • .• Twist's Creek ... '" Muddy Creek ... • .. Hillsborough ... • •• Sandy Creek ... • .. Township ... ... Hayes' Point ... • ..
Carried forward
20 50 40 10 60
291 56 10
31 70 10
106 45 IIJ
100 60
280 85 65 91J 20 10 20 40 2Q 4
40 16
4
105 25 22 35 50 60
180 40 70
110 110 38
110 100 280 340 30
50 20 36 32 56 18 40 60 35 35
100 65 20
1,800
357
272
850
4,
8,662
1,705
661
2,272
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NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Goldfields, &c.-continuea.
I Name of Place. No. Totnl. Name of Place. No. Total.
------------- -- ---11-------_·_------- ----Brought forward •••
Indigo Division: J
Chiltern Valley... '" Suffolk Lead ••. • •• Indigo Leads ... • .. Lancashire Lead... .. . Perseverance Lead .. . Caledoni.·J.n and Durham Leads Clydesdale ... ... Bobby Burns ••• • .. Rntherglen Heefs ... . .. Chiltern Reefs... • .. Uhiltern and Ballarat Leads Indigo Beefs ... ...
Wandiligong Subdi1Jision: Growler's Creek ... lior8e's Creek ...
Buckland Division: Harrietville ... ... • .. Harrietvi lie to Bright ... ... Bnght to Boundary,including Running
, Creek... ... ... • •• Bueldand to Upper Bridge... . .• Upper to Lower Bridge... . .. Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction ."
Alexandra Subdivision: Alexandra and vicinity ... Godfrey's Creek and vicinity Devil's m vel' and tributaries Johnson's Creek and tributaries Head of U T Creek .. . Goulburn mver... .. . Doog:dook ... . . .. Spring Creek and tributaries Higinbotham ... "', Me.rton and vicinity ... Tea-tree Creek and vicinity A"heron Ri ver ... ... Mltindample and Doon .•• Yea ... ... • .. Scattered populatioll prospecting
Dry Creek Subdivision: Brankeet Creek ... Dry Creek ... Hell's Hole .. , Tableland ...
Gafflle.lJ'. Creek Subdivi.~ion: Gonlhurn River... . .. GafInev's Creek... . .. C'LtlllO~'S Creek .,. . .. Raspberry Creek and branches Lyrl'bil'd Creek... .. . 'Vnllaby Creek... .. . Moving population .. . MocmJight Creek... .. . Ryan's Creek ... .. .
Wood'.~ Point Suhdivision: Wood's Point and Morning Star Lower Goulburn... .. . Right alld left branches .. . Gooley's Creek... .. . Harper's and PheaAAnt Creeks Perkins' Creek lind Waverley All Nations and Creek .. , Black Hi,'er ". '" Moving popUlation ... Maori Creek ... ... Never-m~nd Spur ... ...,
Big River Suudivision : Frenchman's Creek 'Varner's Creek .. . Enoch's' Point .. . Railway Creek .. . Jim Thomas' Creek Dig Uiver North ... Big Ri Ver South ... Fry's Creek ... Moving popUlation Goulburn Hiver ...
M.iUa /VI itta North Subdivision: Bethllnga... ... Jarvis Creek
Carried forward
••• 2,272
130 6
72 3 2
26 6 2
45 50 10 22
142 24
137 293
147 115 193 17:.l
25 25 15 10
8 20
2 15 3
10 15
6 10 15 21
8 42 24 14
8 20 20 50
2 14 Ii 2 2
30 20 26 16 8 6
14 16 7 4
18
2 14
6 19
3 20
4 4 7 6
1-
230 20
-
374
166
1,057
200
88
124
165
85
250
4,781
Brought forward •••
MiUa Milia South Subdivision: Lightning Creek ... Granite lflat .. . Mitta liitta River .. . Junction ... .. .
Jamieson Subdivision: Howqua Hiver and tributaries ... Goulburn HiYer, from Howqua to
Jamieson ... .... • .. Mack's Creek ... .., ... Goulburn Hiver, from Jamieson to
Swaml'y Creek... ... • .. Sailor Bill's Creek... ... .. . lnume Creek ... .., .. . Baker's ,Creek .. , ... • ..
Total for Becchworth District ...
SANDHURST DISTlUCT. Sandl!urst 'D'lJision :
Back Creek and Spring Gully ... Sheepshead and Golden Gully ... Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat ... Crusoe Gully and neighborhood .. , iVlarong and Bullock Creek ... Victoria and New-chum Heefs ... Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies ... Iroubark ... ... ... , .. Bendigo Flat ... .., ... White Hills and Epsom... . .. Huntly... ... ... ... Sydney Flat and Whipstick ... Specimen Hill and Sailors' Gully ... Devonshire Gully and Dead-horse Flat Windmill Hill and California Gully .. . Eaglehrtwk Gully and :rlat ... .. . Snob's Hill and Peg leg Gully .. . Haywood... ... ... .. . Elysian Flat ... '" .. . Se bas ti,an .. . ... ... .. . I(amarooka ... ... • •. Scattered and prospecting ... '"
K ;/mare Division: Reedy Creek Sunday Creek
Heutkl10te Division and Waranga Soullt Subdivision:
Graytown ... . Redcastle .. . Heathcote ... Costerfield .. . 'l'ooborac ... .. . Kimbolton and Campaspe ... Coliban and Myrtle Creek ... Wild-duck ...
Waranga Nortlt Subdivision: RlIshwortb ... Whroo... • .. Coy's Diggings ... White HillS, &c. _ .. 1Varanga ... ...
.. •• !
Total for Sandburst District ...
MARYBOROUGH DISTRICT. Ai aryborougl! Division:
Alma .. . Waterloo .. . Inkerman ... :Moonlight Flat ... Adelaide Lead Golden Point Craigie ... Four,milc Flat Carisbrook Mosquito .. .
• Blucher's .. . Newtown .. . H:welock .. . Chinamrtn's
.Blackman's I_ead ... Maryborongh
Carried forward
20 25 10 20
4,781
-- 75
5
25 60
iO 100 30 30
-- 320
170 300 460
90 150 510 500 490 450 40
185 190 2,0 220 350 2iO 390
50 50
luO 35
300
16 8
20 90
150 210
25 25 30 35
Iljl 85 31 2i 4
400 50 50 50
120 100 HiO 85
100 150 300 150 165 750
50 320
5,176
5,570
24
085
338
6,517
2.940
2,940
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NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINER8 OIl the Goldfields, &c.-continued.
I Name of Plnee. No. TOIo.l. N u:me of rlflC~ No. I Total.
,_·~w~ __ ~ ,-i-Brought forward ... ... . .. 2,940 Brought forward ... ... . .. i,324
Majorca Subdivision: St. Arnaud Nortlt Subdivision-{!ontinued.
Majorca ... ... . .. ... 24 Emu, &c .... ... ... ... 20 England's Hill Lead ... '" !) Carapooe ... ... ... ... 15
Gibniltar Lead ... ... G Bell Hock, &c. ... .. , '" 20 ... Blink Bonnie Scandinavian Lead ... 20 ... .. . ... 15 ... Duchess of Edinburgh McCallum's Old Lead ... ... 20 ... .. . 20
-- 79 Jerejaw, &c. ... ... ... 10 Amherst Division: Victoria Heef, &c .... ... ... 20 425 About Talbot ... ... .. . 40 -----
Scandinavian Lead ... ... 20 Total for Maryborough District ... .. . 7,749 Mount Greenock ... ... 81 ---Nuggety and Long Gullies ... ... 45 ---Kangaroo Gully and Flat ... '" 30 CASTI.I<;)IAINE DISTRICT. 1rliit 2.Ha and tributaries ... ... 40 Castlemaine Division: Daisy Hill and tributaries ... ... 1.50 Castlemaine ... ... .. . 79 Adelaide Lead South ... ... 70 Eureka Heef ... ... . .. 44 Blacksmith's Gully .. , ... 18 Guildford ... ... .. . 102 Emu and Cockatoo ... ... 44 Campbell's Creek ... .., ... llO Brown's Gully ... ... .. . 8 Sailor's Gully ... ... . .. 34 Norfolk Gully ... ... . .. 16 Barker's Creek ... . .. .. . 89 Rocky Flat ... ... ... 25 Myrtle Creek ... ... . .. 30 lfount Glasgow ... ... .. . 4 Moonlight :Flat ... . .. 56 Lilicur ... ... ... . .. 12 Chew ton . .. ... . .. .. . 1;2 Eglin ton ... ... . .. .. . 6 Wattle Gully ... . .. .. . 67
Avoca Subdivision: -- 609 Golden Point ... ... ... 57
Amphitheatre 50 Diamond Gully ... ... .. . 103 ... ... .. . Bolivia Reef 5 Avoca Lead 100 ... ... .. . ... ... ... ,- 94 Green Hill Creek ... ... .. . 72 Fryer's Creell Division:
Percydale ... ... ... 180 Golden Gully to Fryersto\\'n ... J 60 Homebush .. , ... ... 170 Spring Gully and Specimen Hill ... 120 Lamplough . " ... ... 150 Choke 'Ill Flat to Vaughan ... ... 230 Monte Christo ... . .. ... 4 Butcher'S and Kangaroo Hills . .. 80 Mountain Hut ... ... ... 25 German and Mopoke Gullies ... 130 No. I Creek .n ... . .. 45 Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ." luO No.2 Creek .. , ... .. . 150 'fable Hill and Tarilta ... .. , 100
8
Ki(Tlberley and Sardine ... ... J5 Guildford Hills ... ... .. . 220 Donkey Hill ... ... '" 10 Loddon: Vaughan to Holeombe ... 220 :Middle Creek, &e .... ... . .. 25 Nuggety Gully and Irishtowll ... 130 Gullies eMt of Avoc:t ... .. , 20 GreCH and Sailors' Gullies . .. '" 40 Glenmona Reef ... ... ... 8 Pickpocket and II ard Hills ... . .. 40
Dunol(1J and Tarnagulla Divisions: -- 1,024 Strathloddon alld Hit-or-Miss ... 1.50
, Hepbu1'n Division: -- 1,72 Dnnolly ... ... ... ... 200 Burnt Creek ... ... ... 50 Dry lJiggings Section ... ... 68
o
Goldsbrongh ... ... ... 120 Yandoh Section ... ... . .. 98 Inkerman ... ... ... .. , 40 Boots Gully Section '" ... ill )[oliagul, &c. ... ... .. . 1:10 Itrtlian Gully Section ... ... 70 Bealiba ... ... ... .. . 80 Spring Creek Section ... ... 75 Murphy's mat, &c. ... ... 20 Doctor's Gully Section ... ... 62 Jones' Creek, &c. ... ... ." 70 Brandy-hot Section ... '" 29 'farnaguJla ... ... . .. 80 Deep Cre~k Section ... ... 9.5 Half-way ... ... ... ... 35 Blind Creck Section ... . .. 114 Llanelly ... ... ... .. . 25 Stony Creek Section ... ...
I 69
Wild.do~, &c. ... ... .. . 50 Wombat Creek Section ... ... 87
Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions: -- 900 Daylesforo Section ... ... 270 Connel's Gully Section ... '" 72
Berlin Diggings ... ... .. . 150 Taradale and K.1fneton Subdivision: -- 1,14.
Wehl" ... ... . .. .. . 50 Iiingower ... ... '" 200 'l'll.raoale ... '" . .. .. . 102 McIlltyrt;'s ... ... ... Gil Liberty Flat ... . .. ... 15 Synnott's ... ... '" ... 30 HedesdaJe '" ... ... 50 Burke's Flat ... ... '" 50 Yankee l'oint ... ... ... 28
o
Ing:lewood ... ... ... 300 :il{alms!lury '" ... . .. 18 'Ved,lerburu ... ... ... 73 Colilmll ... ... '" 30
Garibaloi ... ... ... .. . 18 Belitoppcr ... ... . .. 40 Avoca Forest ... ... . .. 21 I."auriston ... ... . .. 47 Woolshed and Yorkshire Flat ... 37 Scattered ... ... .. . 75 Opossum Hill and Orville ... ... 250 Tarra'l1goICer Division: -- 40 Chinese ... '" ... ... 28 North Maldoll ... . .. .. . 40
Redbflnh and 81. Arnaud Sou tit Subdivi&ions: i-- 1,267 Beehive I-lill ... ... ... 43
StuartmiJl, &0. ... . .. ... 55 Eaglelmwk ... .. . ... 134 Hedbank ... ... ... .. . 100 I,ong Gully ... . .. '" 31 Fowler's Lead '" ... ... 30 Poreupine Flat ... .. . '" 22 Hinds ... ... .. . 3f) ]iiddler's Flat '" ... '" 2 . ..
]VIoun t T'lrrango\\'cr 19 Moonamhel, &c. ... ... ... 140 ... ... Darlin)! Flat ... ... .. . I 40 Sanoy Creek ... ... . .. 72 Emerald Flat 70 Nngll'ct.y .. , ... ... ... 6 ." '" ...
I Jllia Mia 6 Samly Creek ... . .. 20 ... ... ... . .. G ree" V alley 11 Canterbury ... ... .. . 20 ... ... . ..
'-- 505 :M ncklcford ... ... ... 14 St. Arnaud NfI/·tit S uhdivision: Clyoes((ale ... ... . .. 12
New Bendigo ... ... . .. 25 Rh'er Loiloon ... ... .. . 17
5
St. Arnaud ... ... . .. 190 l'arkin's Heef ."'., . .. ... 31 Stuartmill, &c. ... ... ... 40 German Reef ... ' .... . .. 88 Silver Mine~, &e. ... ... ... 20 Be It's Ree.f ... .. . . .. 5 Rostron's and Wattle Flat ... . .. 30 ''IT dshman's Heef ... ... .. . 15
--- - 518 Carried forward ... ... .. . 7,324 Carried forward ... ... '" 4,731
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N Ul!BElt and DISTRIBUTION of' l\'lINERS 011 the Goldfields, &c.-eontinued.
1 :lIame of Plnco. i .No~ 'rotal.
Brought forward ... ... . .. 4,i31
&. Andrew's Division: Anderson's Creek ... .. , ... 7i Long Gully ... ... . .. 18
I Smith's Gully ... ... ... IG , You You .•• ... ... . .. 18 Wild-dog ... ... ... ]2 Walsh and Arlllstrong'ti ... ... '12 Warburton ... ... ... 4 Cherry-tree ... ... . .. 1:3 Cobbler's Gully ... ... . .. 5 Watery Gnlly ... ... ... 6 Reef ton ... ... ... . .. 16 i Pioneer ... ... ... i Queenstown ... . .. . .. 34 Kingsto\vn ... ... ... 35 One-tree Hill ... ... . .. 6' MeMahon's ... ." . .. 14 Emerald ••• ... ... . .. '9 Star~ation Creek -6' ... ... '" Hoddle's Creek ... . .. • i ~ :32 ' Dianlond Heefs '" ... 10: }Iuddy Creek ... ... .. . 2' Wombat Creek ... ... ... 7 Wilson's Creek ... ... .. . 12
I~ :\71 Blue Mountain North Subdivision:
Trentham ... ... ... 8 Newbury ... ... ... . ... " 12 Garliek's ... ... ' ..... ... ~i 53
i-Total for Castlemaine District ... ... 5,155
------ARARAT DISTRIOT.
Ararat Division: Ararn.t Proper ... ... ... 160 Armstrong's ... . .. '" SO Philip's Flat and Cathcart ... ... 70 Rhymney Reef and Shea's Flat ... 35 Opossnm Gully and Port Curtis '" 90
I Moyston and Londonderry ... ... 45 Pleasant Creek Division: -- 48O
Silver Shilling ... ... ... 15 Deep Lead, Forty-foot, and Welshman's
Flat ... ... . .. ... 482 Great Western ... ... . .. 40 Stawell ... ... ... 940 Seventy-foot ... ... ... 30 Germania ... .. , . .. 38 Welcome ... ' ... ... . .. 9 Darlington .. , '" ... 8 Ironbark ... ... ... . .. 98 Cosmopolitan ... ... ... 22
Barhi!lDivisio!, : --- 1,682 Lantlsborough ... ... ... 85 Barkly ... . .. '" ..... 70 ~'renchman's' ... ... ... !l20 Glenpatrick ... ... . .. 50
Raglan. DivisIOn: -- 425 Beaufort and surroundj.ng gullies ... lIS Sailors' Gully ... ... ... 81 Charlton ... ... . .. .. . 60 Waterloo ... ... ... ... 96
I~ :rotal for Ararat District ... ... 2,942 --------
GIPPSLAND DISi'RIOT. Omeo Subdivision:
I.ivingstone Creek .' ... • .. 130 Mitta Mitta River, from Cobllngra to
Wombat Creek ... ... ... 19 Wombat Creek ... ... ... 2S Gibbo Creek ... ... 25 Swift's Creek ... ... . .. li7 River ,Tambo ... ... ... 8 -- 387
MitchellRiverand Boggy Creek Subdivisions: Nicholson and Tambo Rivers ... 93
... ... . .. 92 Boggy Creek Merrijig Creek: ... ... } 48 . Sandy's Creek ... ... 233 1--
Carried forward
Offiee of Mines, Melbo-qrpe, ~4tb Janua!ll878,
... ... -~--... 620
I
\
No. I Nmnc of Place . Total. - .. ~ 1-
Brought forward ... . .. j
.., 620
Crooked River Division: Grant ... ... . .. .. . 14 Crooked Ri vel' ... '" .. . ' ill
Jungie Creek ... . .. . .. 4 Twelve-mile Creek ... ... .. . 5. Twenty-live-mile Creek ... .. . 17 Thirty-mile Creek ... ... .. . 7 'Wentworth ... ... . .. 26 Upper Dnrgo . .. ... '"
18 J\Uddle Dargo ... ... .. . 12 I~owcr Dnrgo ... ... . .. 12 Upper ~Htehcll . .. ... ... 26 Good Hope ... ... . .. 8 Good Luck Creek ... ... . .. 12 Swltmp and r.'1orris' Creeks ... ... 38
'V onnang .. tt" '" ... ... 2 W ongongarr:t ... . .. . .. 12
-- 244 Jericho Div;s;oll :
Dry Creek ... . .. ' .. S Lower Jordan ... ... ...... 40 Upper Jordan ... .. . ... 7 Reel .Taeket Creek ... ... .. , 15 B B Creek . .. ... ... 30 Thomson River ... '" ... 14, Abedeldy Biver ... ... .. . 1'2 Eldora.do ... ... .,. . .. '5
-- 131 Donnelly's Creek Divisio1l:
Donnelly's Creek ... ... ." u3 Aberfeldy, Fulton's, &c. ... . .. 29 ,-- 83
Stringer's Creel. Divisioll : WaihaUa ... ... . .. .. .. . 345 Aberfeldy River ... .... . .... 12 Thomson River ... ... ~ .... 30 Happy-go-lucky ... ... ... 2
--- 389 Aberfeldy Subdivision:
Aberfeldy River ... ... ... 68 Thomson HiveI' ... ... ... 13 Lily of the Valley Co. ... '" 27 James Ric-e's Lease, Aberfeldy . .. 27 Star and Thomson ... ... ... 4 Stockholm Tar (Prospecting) .. . 2
,--- 141 Russell's Creel< Division:
Tanjil .. . ... . .. ... IS Lady .Ma.nners-Sutton Creek ... 2 Russell's Creek '" ... ... 5 Hawthorn Creek ... ... .. . 5 Wombat Creek .. , ... ... 7 Charity Creek ... ... . .. 1 Westem Branch ... ... .. . 2 Kennev's Creek ... ... '" 5 Pheas~nt Creek ... ... .. . 1 Bnll-heef Creek ... .. . . .. 7
--- 53 Bendoc Subdivision:
Bendoc ... ... ... .. . 18 llonnng ... ... .. . 10 Bog und Quecnsborough ... ... 10 .- 38
7'al'win Subdivision: Foster ... ... .. . ···1 3S Turton's Creek ... ... ... 9 Benison Flat ... ... ." 6
-- 53 Traralgon Subdivision:
Morewell ... ... .. , 6,
N aracltn Creek ... ... ... S Traralgon Creek ... .. . ... 8 Flinn's Creek ... . .. ... 3 Trers Ri\'er and Creek ... ... 3 Merrimt1n's Creek ... ... ... 4 Moe ... ... .. . ... 6 La Trohe ... ... ... ... 6
Bennett's Creek '" ... ... 4 Mosquito Creek .. , ... ... 4
-- 52 ---
Total for Gippsland District ... ... 1,804 ---
GRAND TOTAL ... ... '38,001)
THOS. COUCHMAN, Secretary for ~q!1e~.
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.NIINING SURVEYOnS AND REGISTRARS' REPORTSo
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
CENTRAL DIVISION .
.lib,. David Christy, Mining Registrar.
Quartz" mllllllg operations in this division still continue to attract attention, and give evidence of their value and stabilit,y, as shown in the annexed tabulated returns.
The mine of the Old Post Office Company, situated at Goldel! Point, will be started again in a few weeks, after having rema-incd unworked for several years. The present proprietor has commenced the erection of a substantial plant, and sanguine hopes are entertained of the success of the undertaking.
The late New Welcome Q. "1\1. Company, at Dca-d-horse Ranges, have reorganised under a new proprietory, called the" Nerrilla," and are at present eU):iaged sinking the main shaft to a deeper level.
At Mount Clear (vVhHe Horse Itanges) several co-operative parties are crushing stone which yields from 10 dwts. to 2ozs. per ton, but their returns apnear only under the head of" public crnshings."
The machinery connected with the late St, George and Band of Hope Company has beeu sold by order of the mortgagee, and removed to Spring Hill, near Crcswick, .A company recently formed have already made arrangements for the ereetion of a complete mining plant for the purpose of further exploring the ami(crous reef-wash known to exist in an easterly direction on the Old Golden Point I,ead. Good progress has been ma'de by the City of Ballarat Company. * GOLD Ol3TAINED FBO~t 'filE PRINCIPAl, lhLUVIAL MINES IN THE CENTRAL MINING DISTRICT DURING THE QUARTER
ENDlNG 31ST DECE~!BER 1877, Name ofCollmauy.
Band and Albion Consols ... Eastern Star Nil Desperandum Winter's Freehold Grand Duke ... Puddlers and co· operative parties at Little Bendigo, Canadian; and White
Horse Ranges, estimated at
Eastern Star ComPlluy. Parade Company Temperance Company Endea\'or Company New Dimock's Company Parade Company's Tl'ibuters
Total
United Black Hill tJompany's Tributers Baker's Tributers ... . .. Hero Extended Company ...
Total
DIVIDENDS.
Yield of Gold. oz. dwt. gr.
153 16 0 60 18 0 21 17 0
928 (I 0 290 (I 0
1,450 0 0
2,904 11 0
£ 8. d. 240 0 (I
1,100 O· 0 1,540 (I 0
164 0 0 432 0 (I
5,704 11 2 '2,708 1 3
280 0 0 325 0 0
£12,493 12 5
MEMO.-COllsumption of water by mining companies, 26,421,000 ~allons, at 4d. per 1,000 gallons for battery purposes, and at 2d. per 1,000 gallons for boilers, .
. ',," . ..f' , • .,
.. Mr. Chri.ty has forwurded a sketch supplieLl to him by 1.lr. ,f. H. Thomp"oll, the malinger of the Oit.)" of Ballarat Oompany, 01 the reef, drives, and lodes in this 'mine. .
SOUTHERN DIVISION_
1111'. George Perr;lj, ~J1ining Re,gisl1·a1'.
QUARTZ iVhNING.
The j·eturns show a marked improvement in the yield of quartz gold in this division during the present quarter. The improvement is attributable to the greater qUtwtity of quartz crushed and the general good average yield per ton obtained fl'om the mines at Kangaroo. 'I'his part of the ,division is rising in importance, and steps are being taken to have it proclaimed a township.
Staffordshire Reef.-The Hopewell Company completed the cr,ection of their 16-hcad battery on the 8th of October, since which date they,have been crushing very poor stonE'; but as good prospects were obtained towards the end of the quarter, better results are antiCipated_ '
The Hopewell Tribute Company have not been crushing for the past month, and, unfortunately, will not be able to resume. crushing operations fol' some time to come, owing to their crushing pb,t having been totally destroyed by fire on the 16th. December. '11he cause of the fire is unkno\vn.
'rhe Speedwell Tribute Company's yields fell off tow;u'ds the end of the qual"t~r, and i~ COllS!3l).ueJ!.oo they are making preparations to opeu 01fta~ .~ ,deeper level, expecting to s1;rike better stone.
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Kangaroo.-The New Kangaroo Company have got their mine in good working order, with a sufficient quantity of payahle quartz in view to keep the whole of their battery (16 heads) constantly going for some time to come. Up to the present they have only been using six heads-ten heads having been engaged for public erushings.
The New '1'ry Again (Jompany have had 183 tons of stone reduced at the New Kangaroo Uompany's battery, from which they obtained 400zs. H dwts. 6 grs. of gold. They have a quantity of stone at grass, but are unable to get it crushed as heretofore, and unless they erect a battery for themselves it is impossible to say when they will have another crushing. . '
The Nil Desperandum Company ha,e connected their two levels, proviiig 50 feet in depth of payable stone, averaging7 feet wide. The battery is kept constantly going.
The William's Fancy Company, during the quarter, obtained 2500zs. 18 dwts. 18 grs. of gold from 1,003 tons of stone. '1'he depth of the 8haft is 103 feet, and the lode is from 6 to 7 feet wide.
The After Dark Company,' situated to the north of n.nd adjoining the vVilliam's Fancy Company, have had a trial crushing of 118 tons of stone, from which they obtained 10 ozs. 6 dwts. 19 grs. of gold. This crushing was taken from the cap of the lode, where it was very wide and much broken up. They intend sinking deeper, when no doubt better stone will be met with.
Three other pn.rties are prospecting on the same line of reef, with varied results.
ALLUVIAl, MINING.
The most importn.nt event in connection with this class of !Lining during the qnarter has been the finding of a nugget hy Turner and party, ill Elder's plivate property, llreak-o'-Day. Its gross weight was 1750zs., alJd when broken up yielded 162 ozs, pure gold. Prior to the breaking up of the nugget I took a cast, which I have forwarded' to the department. It was found at a depth of 29 feet, in groulJd that had been abandoned for years in consequence of the poor nature of the wash, producing as low as 7 dwts. to the machine They are now ona good run of gold, but do not expect it will last long, as it is believed to be only a brea.k off from the old lead.
Pitfield Plains.-The Doughboy Company are getting excellent returns. The Nil Desperandum Company have erected two lO-inch cylinder engines-one for windin'g and the other
for pumping. The shaft is sunk to the depth of 91 feet, and a contract is let for sinking 50 feet further at £2 158. per foot. Should this venture prove successful, a great impetus will be given to mining in that locality.
Water is very scarce throughout the division.
BUNINYONG DIVISION.
Mr. R~bert M. Harvey, Jfining Surveyor and Registrar.
AI,LUVIAL.
No change has taken place during the quarter; the total yield is less, owing to the great scarcity of water.
, QUARTZ. This branch of mining has continued to improve during the quarter. .A new battery of 15 heads of stampers
has been erected by the Llewellyn Company at Magpie, but owing to a want of water crushing has not been carried on. Good stone has, however, been struck, and is being paddocked. , At tbe Homeward-bound, Scotchman's, a pnmping and winding plant is again to be ereeted, and quartz
below the water-level will shortly be raised. No new reef has been struck during the quarter, though prospecting is being carried on to a cOllsiderable
extent. The amount of money received by the Borough Council of Buninyong for wawr from the Government reservoir
during the quarter has been £2 3s. 6d,," and the quantity of water used is estimated at 7,000,000 gallons.
SMYTHESDALE DIVISION.
1711'. John Lynch, :Mining SU1'veyor and Registrar.
. The yield of gold from aU'sources has been 10,359 ozs. 5 dwts., being an increase of 983t ozs. upon that of the IJreviOUB quarter. This is chiefly owing to the improved condition of the alluvial mines at Haddon. The returns from Linton and Happy Valley are pretty well maintained, but with these exceptions there is very little of an
, encouraging nature to report. A little. patch ?f alluvial was foun~ about two months ago with!n the townshiJ? of S~ythesdale, but it was
shown to be limited III extent and poor 10 character. Along the mam trunk lead from Plggoreet to Cape Clear mining is extinct-the Grand Trunk mine, one of the oldest on the lead, having had to cease operations a few months ago.
, In quartz mining there is a little doing, and, as far as the prospects obtained are considered, they are of an encouraging character.
'1'he total want of water for sluicing purposes has prevented any work being done in connection with this branch of mining for the last two years.
Quarter's yield from principal mines ;-oz, dwt.
'Reform 3,110 7 'Irunk Lead 1,429 0 Racecourse 936 ° Smythesdale Consols 197 0
CRESWICK DIVISION.
lUr. James Stevenson, Mining Survey01' and Registrar.
There is a derrease in the yield both of alluvial and quartz gold, compared with the previous quarter. In alluvial the decrease is principally,caused by Bunyan's Freehold having been worked out, and the temporary
stoppage from washing by the Australasian Company, owing to the company sinking a new shaft, so as to get the work carried on more economically.
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In quartz the decl'ease is partly owiug to!1 ~Illaller quantity of quartz being crushed, but principally to a. decrease of about 12 grs. pel' ton in the average yield. The decrease is particularly noticeable in the average of the New Nortn Cluoes Company, which is far below anything hitherto obtained by that company.
Tile following are the yields from the principal alluvial mines :-, oz. tlwt. sr.
Port Phillip Company, Clunes .,. 66 10 0 Cameron's Freehold Company, Springhill ... 2,750 10 0 Kingston Park Freehold Company, Springhill 1,373 0 0 De Murska Company, Springhill ... . .. 1,367 5 0 Uyan's Junction Freehold Company, Spriughill 1,381 18 0 Dyke's.Freehold Company, Springhill 839 11 10 Ityrie's Freehold Company, Springhill 387 6 (\
New fIit-or·Miss Company, Hed Streak 56 9 13 Approximate yield of small claims 2,000 0 0
Total 10,222 9 23
, DrVII>ENDS AND UOYALTY.
£ S. d. Port Phillip Company, Clunes ... 6,854 0 0 South Clunes Company, Clunes 2,000 0 0 New NOl,th Clunes Company, Chmes 1,028 0 0 Cameron's Freehold Company, Springhill 5.65:3 1 0 Kingston Park Freehold Company, Springhill 3,126 3 0 De Murska Company. Springhill ... ... 1,825 5 6 Ryan's Junction Freehold Company, Springhill 3,098 0 0 Dyke's Freehold Company, Springhill 235 15 6 Ryrie's Freehold Company, Springhill 79 6 0 Bunyan's Freehold Company, Springhill . 900 0 0 Baron Rothschild Company, Springhill 260 0 0
£25,049 11 0
The quantity of water used during the quarter was 110,234,000 gallons, at l~d. per 1,000 gallons.
GORDON SUBDIVISION.
lJl1·. TftOmas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
QUARTZ ~fININa.
Egertoll.-B1ack.horse United Compauy.-l'he work carried 011 by this company during the past quarter has been chiefly of an opening-up character, though the stone raised has been almost sufficient to keep the battery in full work. The drive connecting the No. 8 ~evel of the No.1 shaft with the No.7 level of the No. 2 shaft, and termed the" Intermediate," has been extended south, and connected with the winze from the No.7 level. This drive has been permanently timbered, and stoping commenced in it, the stone being of a good payable quality. The No.8 level has also been driven south, as it is intended in time to connect this drive with the No.7 level by the winze mentioned above, for the purpose of conveying mullock for filling up and otherwise working the lode. On the west side of this level a run of stone c!UTyillg good gold has been cut. 'fhis is supposed to be the same as that got in the No.7 level; the stone, however, contains a greater amount of mineral, and is darker, the result, probably, of greater depth. During the quarter 4,232 tons of qual'tz have been crushed, yielding 1,9980zs. 19 dwts. of gold, or an average of 9 dwts. 10'724 grs. to the tOll, and dividends amounting to £3,600 paid. The average number of men employed is 78.
The Egerton Company, during th!'l quarter, have been raising stone from their" No. I Rose," "No.2 Rose," and "Quarry" shafts, at a depth of from 600 to BOO feet. Tailing pumps, und machinery connected therewith, have also been erected at the battery. The average number of men employed is 176.
South Learmonth and Egerton Amalgamated Company.-This company have been vigorously prospecting their ground at the 50D-foot level during the quarter, but as yet have not met with anything of a payable nature. The average number of men employed is 18.
No work has been done by the Argyle and North Argyle companies during the quarter. The Chinese company of 12 men, registered as Ah Jack and Co., are still washing the tailings from the Egerton
Company's battery, and have obtained on an average 3 OllS. per week, or a total of 39 ozs. for the quarter. The Chinese party washing the tailings at the Black-horse United Company's battery have ceased operations.
They only worked the first month of the quarter, during which time they obtained but about 40zs. of gold. Rose and Shamrock Company:-Dm'ing the quarter this comp/tny have been sinking their shaft, which is now
a depth of 110 feet. 'fhey opened out at 100 feet, and are now driving ill search of the lode. The average number of men employed is 10.
The IS orth HIack.horse Company, which hold lease No. 1083, situated to the north and west of the Blackhorse United Com!lany's lease, are engaged in erecting a winding engine of 20-horse power for the purpose of working their ground from all old shaft sunk several years ago. It is expected that everything will be completed about the middle of January, when mining operations will be at once commenced. The number of men employed is 8.
Gordon.-Parker's IT oited Company.-During the quarter this company have been engaged in raising aod crush,ing stone from their 440 and 51O-foot levels; 900 tons were crushed, which yielded 265 ozs. of gold. The width of the lode at both levels varies from 2~ to 3 feet, and yields an average of 5 dwts. 2H grs. to the ton, which is not considered a payable yield; but should the lode widen out to w hat it has been in several places the returus would be payable. The 44O-foot level is now being driven south to strike a shoot of stone formerly worked at the 260.foot level. It is the intention of the company to sink their north shaft deeper. The average number of men employed is 50.
United Miners Company.-During the first two months of the quarter this company were engaged in raising atone at a depth of from 50 to 70 feet, and ill connecting the workings at the present or main shaft with those of the old shaft, for ventiiatioJ;!. Sixty-five tons of the stone raised were crushed, which only yielded 5 OZ9. 13 dwts.18 ,,-8., or an' average of It dwts. to the ton. In consequence of this small yield'no more of the stone raised was crushed, and operations ceased. 'fhe number of men employed was 6.
. . No work has heen done hy the Mars Company during the quarter.
ALLUVIAL :r.IINI:>G.
'No mining under this head has beeu carried 011 during the quarter, and no gold was obtai1;l.ed.
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Lal 1,al iron Company, Lal Lal.--The engiue and gear, plaeed on the ground during the last quarter, has not been erected, but the management expect to be in a position to do so early in the next quarter. 'I'he number of men employed is 2. ' ,
STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. j):fr. ,v. W. Greene, JVining Registrm·.
The want of water is lIOW greatly felt all through this subdivision, and but -for its scarcity there is no doubt that much more stone would have been crushed during the quarter. '
About two months ago an attempt was made by the millers at Elaine to induce the Government to take the works of the late Lal Lal Association in hand, with a view to supplying that plaee with water, and the prospect thereby held out caused an improvement in the appearance of, mining matters for the time. Nothing 'more appears to have been done in the matter, and consequelltly there is great depression cxisting at the present time. '
A slight stir has taken place at the Little Forest, and I am informed that the prospect is looking welL
BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. '701tn F. Hansen, 'j}fining Registrar.
QUARTZ MINING.
'l'he several companies at Simmollsl Reef crushing with water-power h!lve been. very, successful during the season, more especially the Cornish Company (consisting of four co-operative shareholders), who shared the handsome return of 365 ozs. of gold; and as the working expenses are merely nominal, the dividends must have been considerahly large. Mr. Rogers, owner of the Big Hill Company's mine, also cleared several hundred pounds sterling over and above working expeuses on a small average yield of less than 3 dwts. of /!,old to the ton of quartz crushed.
At Barry's Reef the Sultan Company's returns show the average yield of gold per ton to be It dwt. less as against that of thc' previous quarter. The nnmber of miners employed by the same company in this quarter has beeu about 40 less, consequently the quantity of quartz mised is less by several hundred tOIlS. . 'rhe total yield of-gold has
I fallen off in comparison, but, this; however, has not affected the total return fOl' the division, inasmuch as the good yields from Simmons' Reef haye brought the total yield of gold from quartz up to within a few oUllces of that of the previous quarter.
At Blakeville, Garibaldi, and Wri,ght's Reef the claims are all at. a standstill, and nothing of importance to report has occurred in any other part of this division.
ALWVIAL MINING.
A marked improvement in the total yicld of gold hlistaken place in this branch of mining-an increase of over 4000zs. above that of the previous qual'ter has been o.btained. The average earnings per man are very small; a 'few parties. however, have been very fortunate of late, the earnings of one party baving been from £5 to over £20 per man per week.
Nomen are employed in milling f9r other rnetal'or mineral than gold. , The average quantity of water sold was seven sluice-heads, at lOs. per week per sluice-head •
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'. '"Bl\LLAN SUBDIYISION.' ", ,': ;' li1;: S. COOpe1~, Jlini1;g Registid,·.
There is nothing new to report as regards mining in this subdivision during the quarter. Ashton's Freehold mille is still Llle only oue at work. The stoue is raised only in small quantities, and maintains the average Of 2ozs. to the ton.
No water was sold during the quarter.
BEECHWOR TH MINING, DIS';rRIC,T.
BEECH WORTH DIVISION. 11lr. Alexander Alde1'dice, 1I1ining Registrar.
The past quarter has been the driest experienced ill this division since the opening of the Ovens goldfields, lLnd creeks which usually run all the year round are literally dried up. If it were possible to run all 'the available water at present in this division into one race it would not be sufficient to keep one claim at full work. The sluicers have consequently had a very bad season, and unless rain'sets in e;trlier and heavier than usual a. considerable portion of the coming year will also be bad for them.
'rhe drought has also affected quartz mining injuriously. There are three crushing-mills idle at Stony Creek, there not being suffh;ient water to wet the t!,hles; and the same may be said in' regard to the Wallaby. Mill, at H mdlc Flat. '
At Eldorado the three ,deep claims are at work, although only oue, the United Eldorado Company, is producing gold in quantities. This com'panyobtained dnrinp; the quarter 921 OllS. 18 dwts. of gold" and 16 tons 15 cwt. of black s;md. 'I'heir workings are altogether on the south side or tli'e creek and under the township, some of the best was,hdirt being fouud there. The vV cllington Cornpauy have been putting in a prospecting drive to the south, going up close to the old shaft of the South Wellington Company, but they have not yet been rewarded with anything payable. The OvellS Gold and Tin Company continue to put ill opening drives, and the washdirt passed.through appears to be of good quality. During tQ.e quarter the company o):>taiu8d 1670zs. of gold and about 2 toils 15 ·(l\vt. of black sand.
At the Buckland Gap lead two of the 'claims have liad a washillg-up, which paid fair wages. 1'he dirt averages about 5 dwts,. to the load, but it is pretty ha!"d to obtain,
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At Stony Creek a short lead has been struck on the flat behind Hardisty's house. There are several floors of washdirt, the deepest being 170 feet, and wet. The prospectors are working the upper, or 90-foot floor, as that appears to he the hest .. No washing has yet heen done.
It would have been supposed that as the season was so dry more attention would have been given to quartz reefing in this division, but it has not been 80, from what cause does not appear. 'l'here is a large number of reefs, which; if economically worked, would gh'e fair wages to industrious men; and as there is an abundance of crushing power lying idle the price for quartz-crushing ought to be nominal only. An instance in point has occurred during the past qW11'ter: The :Messrs. Paul Brothers took up an old adalldoned reef at Buffalo Ureek, called the United, and got out about 220 tons of stone, which, on being crushed at Hart's mill, yielded 55 ozs., or 5 dwts. per ton. This gave them very good wages for the time they had worked, after paying 5s. per ton for crushing and 28. 6d. pel' ton for carting. There ,He many more reefs in this division w hieh would p<ly even hetter than this has done if properly ~~ .
·YACKANDANDAH NORTH SUBDIV~-SION. Mi'. John C. Forster, ltlining ilegistra1',
I have to report that there is no mining at present in this division.
YACKANDANDAH SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Joseplt Smart; Mining Registrar.
In alluvial mHlIng, owing to the extremely dry season, returns continue to fall oft', miners, both European &lld Ohinese, being compelled from the want of water to seck other employment.
In quart4 mining the reefs at Saudy Creek .are showing fair prospects. Machinery is in course of erection, and crushing operations will be commenced in the course of a few weeks.
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" INDIGO DIVISION. 1111'. George Anderson, 111ininfJ Regist1'a1'~" ;-.
'I recorded in my last report the cessation of operations by Barrass ~'ndCo, (Durhtmi and,Caledonian). Since that time the colla,pse of the ,shafts of ,the,Chilt,)rn Valley, Mines Company \las put an end to any grand operations in the ll-lluvial ill this division. The Chiltern Valley Comp~y have now agreed to put !10WIl £10,000 more additional capital, ,alld ar~ ,bJlsy sinking, new, shafts i,11 a more, secure part of their claim. 1'he Caledonian and Durham still remain idle, without auy prospect of their reopening.' The excessive drought tells heavi,ly, against 'alluvial mining operations. . '
A great deal of attention is being paid to quartz, though as yet no very great work has been done. From th_1! high average percentage of gold. obtained, it is, howe,er, very evident mining in quartz in this division is very remunerative. .
There is nothing further particular to report, unless it be the finding of gold in a sandstone which has evidently formed a portion of a lode. The stone was in the form of water-worn nodules, and had formed part of the rubbish thrown out of the washdirt ohtained from the Indigo Lead. The prospect ran about 1 oz. to the ton, and some 6 tons of it were crushed. '
There was no water sold during the quarter.
WANDILIGONG SUBDIVISION. 1111'. T. C. Kaigltin, il1ining Registrar.
The extreme dryness of the present season has brought the whole of the alluvial mines in this division to a standstill, as well as some 'of bhe quartz mills, which will now have to remain idle until the autumn rains set in. During the quarter a number of prospectors have been out on the ranges at the head of Morse's Oreek testing comparatively new country, as very little prospecting, has been done there in the past, and several have already been successful in discovering new reefs. These, though looking well in most instances, have not been sufIiciently tried at present to war milt anything being said about their value.
The handsome yields obtained by Orchard and Co. from their sluicing claim on the ahandoned ground in Growler's Creek have induced others to occupy groUlld of l1 similar nature in Morse's Creek, but the scarcity of water for sluicing, has compelled a suspension of operations.
BUCKLAND DIVISION. Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar.
The mining statistics for this quarter show that-contrary to my previously expressed anticipations-thc yield of gold for this district still keeps up to the usual average, although there is now only one quartz claim which employs labor to any extent.
Several of the Chinese who left mining for tobacco.growing have resumed their former occupation. All our working population seem to be fully employed at remunerative wages. The quantity of water sold during the quarter was as follows :-Bright district, five heads, at lOs. per head.
ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Mr. Robert S. Greig, .fllining Surveyor and Regist1·ar.
ALLUVIAl, MINING.
The Revival Company, Godfrey'S Creek, have been completing their ammgements for proculing machinery, the ground being held meanwhile under a suspension certificate. The machinery has not yet been placed on the ground, but I am informed that the purchase has been effected, and that it will shortly he erected.
Nothing else of importance has occurred in this class of ruining during the qnarter. QUAltTZ MINING.
The Just in Time Company, gobur, have cut the reef at ~ depth of about 100 feet, They are now opening oul" and anticipate raising crushing material during the coming quarter.
A company has'been formed to work the leases on the Lucky line of reef, referred to in my report of last quarter. The shareholders purpose commencing operations forthwith.
No fresh discoveries have been made during the fJuarter, No water has heen sold during the quarter.
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DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION. 1111'. Jonathan Pemberton, 11Iining Hegi8trU1·.
Since my last report Mr. R. G. Meades' macbinery has been completed; it consists of two batteries of five stamper'> each. driven by a water-wheel 30 feet in diameter. Several miles of races have been cut to convey the VI'ater to the machine, at the cost of £1,500, nnd it is expected to be at work in a day or two. 'l'wo more leases have been applied for.
GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registml'.
A marked improvement shows in this subdivision in the quarter's yields, which would have been striking indeed if two crushings now proceeding, and from which some 600ozs. may be expected, had been includcd. The crushings referred to are those of the AI, expected to return over 600 OZS., and of the Goldeu Belt. Tho anxiety to use all water available to the last moment. keeps these yields out of this qnarter's returns, to which they properly belong.
The Wallaby tributers have at length excellent prospects, and the yield giveu is highly remunerative. The Great Eastern mine has also improved upon the usual returns. 'fhe energy and perseverance characteristic
of the mineT's in this subdivision promise to place it ill the premier position of the district, notwithstanding that no new discoveries have been made. The Al mine is especially remarkable for the character of its stone, which lately has yielded gold in substantial-lumps, not put through the battery.
In alluvial I have nothing uew to report, and no water has been sold ill the subdivision, nor are any miners employed save in the extraction of gold.
WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. 1ff".. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registra~.
Mr. John Stackpoole and party, whose original mode of working the surfaee deposits of our richer dykes has been previouSly described, continue to obtain excelleut results from their tribute of the Morning Star Prospectir.g Claim. Mr. Staekpoole's example has been followed by the Mountaineer Company, Black River. and although-the circumstances not being so favorable to the application of this method-the same results cannot be expected, payable yields have already be~n obtained.
'fhe other companies on the Morning Star reefs are not now raising stone, pending the prosecution of the tunnel now being driven into the Wood's Point ground and reefs by the United G. M. Co., as tributers of the larger part of the hill. The country has been extremely hard to penetrate, though improving lately, and the manager anticipates, I uuderstand, reaching the vein he is presently seltT'ching for in about 15 feet.
The All Nations Company are idle; and the Prince of Wales tributers have had one highly satisfactory crushing for the quarter.
'fhe prospect,s of the Sycamore Reef are improving, and a promise of permanent results is apparent in their workings.
The Lady Franklin Company are busy ere cLing their new battery; and the Sir John Franklin tribute party propose following suit. The latter company are obtaining payahle dirt.
The Leviathan Extended Company have a halance of rich stone to grass, but wat~r being ,scarce, and their leader requiring furLher prcspeeting, they are driving further into the hill, with very favorable indications of another make of rich stone.
Messrs. Welsh and Axton. adapting their mode of working to' the example set them by Messrs. Stack poole and party, have obtained most promising ground south-west of the latter. and are busy huilding a ii-head battery on their ground. There is nothing new to report in alluvial sluicing. No water has been sold in this subdivisi?ll.
BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION . .Mr. A. B. AinsUJorth, 11fining Surveyor and Registrar.
The only three quartz mines working during the last few years il,l this subdivision have been at work during the past quarter, and the yields, without being good, may be termed payable, The Unknown Company left off'work in December; but the other two eompanies are likely to continuo operations during the summer months.
. There is nothing whatever of all interesting character to report anent these operations. The alluvial miners have averaged about 20s. to 21s. per month; and no water has, so far as I have heard,
b~en sold. When disposed of the price ranges from 48. 6d. per sluice-head per week downwards.
MITTA MITTA NORTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. Jolt'll C. Forster, .iJ1inillg Registrar.
There has been no improvement in gold mining during the quarter. Copper mining is causing great excitement, over 100 men being employed raising copper ore. A number of claims have been let on tribute at satisfactory terms.
MITT A l\UTTA SOUTH SUBDIVISION . .Mr. W. Il. Coel.rune, 11:lilling Registrm"
Alluvial mining continues with little change-if anything, it is for the worse, on account of the scarcity of water.
A good deal of prospecting for reefs is going ou and some payable, or supposed to be payable. have been feund ; but there is much difficulty in g'etting people sufficiently speculative to put machinery up.
,JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. ]tIl'. W~ Il. Edwards, JJfining Registrar.
The Gleeson's Lease Coml?any have let a contract to cross-cut in the No; ::I level, to prospect for the western leader and are also prospecting III other portions of the mine.
'The Sailor Bill's Company, after several delays, commenced crushing, and after pa.ssing 160 tons througll the mill were obliged to stop, owing to the scarcity of water.
trhe PerseV'erance Tribute Company haV'e been engaged cross-cl1ttiIig to the east of the tecf', but nothing having been found or a payable nature they are now going to continue the main tunnel north.
The prospect of the Venture mine is looking better, and there is every probability of its again giving dividends. The Poverty Company, having struck a leader in the low tunnel, have stopped driving to prospect the new find.
SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.
SANDHURST DIVISION. Mt·, N. G. Stepllens, ,Mining Registrar.
The most noticeable thing in connection with mining affairs during the past quarter is the completion of the Coliban scheme, whereby a, large supply of water is now available for sluicing. In consequence claims have been taken up for that purpose, but little, however, has been done in that way as yet.
Quartz mining generally has not been carried on with much spirit, but 1, revival is shortly expected. Deep sinking is persisted in, as there are sufficient inducements for doing so. 'l'he Victoria Reef Q. Company,
whilst sinking at 1,2,.1.0 feet, cut a spur showing gold; and the Victoria Reef G. M. Company have seen good gold at 970 feet. ',Chere are good prospects all along the Garden Gully line; and the Great Bxteuded Hustlers have found good stone.
A few claims at the Fruhling and Blue Jacket reefs, at the Whipstick, are yielding well, but are not worked energetically. The Alexander Reef, at Lockwood, is also paying well.
A few are doing pretty well at Wilson's Hill, lYIarong, and the rush is progressing. The sinking is from 120 to 150 feet,
At Elysian Flat a nugget weighing 75 ozs. was found in old workings at 40 feet, a few days since, by Mr, James Webster. '
The number of public companies and holdings are being lessened by amalgamation. The calls during the past three months amount to £12,553, and the dividends to £22,375. A trial of Nance's new safety cage was made at the City of Sandhurst Company's mine the other day, and it
gave great satisfaction. It is of very simple construction, but it effected t.he desired object in every instance.
Additional information respecting some of the quartz, &c., crushed during the past quarter ;-
n Total Average Depth at which ;;;,
Where Qunrtz. &e., " ... Name of Company. Yield of Yield the Quartz .- Q"'" WIdth 01 Reef, &e. were obtained. ~-~ Gold. pcr Ton. was obtu.inetl~ ~~~
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tons, oz. dwt.gr. o:t.. dwt. gr. fect, Ncw·chum and Belle·vue New-chum Reef .. 1~9 142 11 0 I 2 2'~2 About 200 feet . , .. A few inches; various
RaHway Ueserve NeW'*chum Oonsolidate!l ~. New~chUtn Heef .. 440 273 14 19 o 12 10'62 Above 300 feet .' .. From 1 foot to 4 feet 'sew·chum and Victoria .• Ncw·c:hum Ueef .. 8!l9 439 4 0 {) 10 2'09 Surface to 1,000 feet .. Ytll'ions Odd-chmn 'l'ribllte .. N ew~chmn Ucef .. 594 39310 0 o 13 5'~7 About 450 feet .. .. From 2 feet to ISleet Eur", ka :Extended .. New-chum Ucef .. 805 371 8 0 0 9 5'45 350 feet .. 230 From 30 inches t.o 4 feet Lazarus .. .. ),'cw*chum He!::! .. 2,439 877 3 12 {) 1 4'63 Surface to 800 feet 140 From 3 inches to 4:) feet Young~chum .. . , Xew~chuJll Reef .. 910 350 13 0 0 7 16'95 410 feet .. Lazarus No.1 .. ::s-ew~cllUm Ueef .. 949 280 5 0 0 521'74 Surfuee to 800 foot 140 From 3 inches to 45 feet New~chum United .. New·chum neef ". 2,031 59!; n 0 0 5 20'67 Various •• ' . .. Yl'u'fous }forth Old-chum .. Ncw*chum l{t'ef .. 1,343 28914 0 0 4 7"54 100 to 900 leet .. . . ~'rOIll 1 foot to 8 feet Shamrock .. . - 'S ew ~chum Heef .. 916 212 1 6 0 4 15'28 150 to 424 fect .. .. From 5 fcet to 6 fcet Great E:xtcU(ICdHustler's .. H ustlcr's ]teef .. 1,546 1,649 11 20 I 1 S'16 350 to 800 leet .. 90 12 inches Great Hustlel"s •• .. H ustler's !leef .. 143 87 4 22 o 12 4'S5 Above 200 feet .. .. About l2 inches Extended Hustlcrts Free- Hustler's ]teef ., 555 203 15 0 0 7 8'21 230 leet -, '. .. From Ij inches to fJ fect
hold Burrowc's FrcC'nold .. Garden Gnlly Reel .. 225 1711 J9 12 ° 1511'14 300 to 400 feet .. ;'0 18 in..;hc8 to 2 feet Gurden GuUy United .. Garden Gully nee!. • ~ 4,408 3,014 I 0 o 13 6'20 74!ifeet.ud upwards .. From 3 fcet to 10 feet (trent Southern ~ .. .. Garden GuUy Heef •• 733 365 13 0 0 9 23'44 235 to 2liO leet .. 200 From G iu;::hcs to 4 feet Victory .. .. Garden Gully nee I , . 248 222 17 0 o 17 23·32 670 and no fcet .. .. From:; feetto 15 reet. At the foot
wuH of ea~t leg, at 130 feet, n body of sl:lte and <\uartz SPUI'S, 10 01' 12
, fect thiCk, fOlllld on the we:-.t Side, carrying' coarse payuble gvld
Unity .. .. Garden {lully Reef .. 204 118 12 G o 11 15'OS Surface to 400 feet 150 From (; inches to S feet "Pandora. .. .. Garden Gully Hecl .. 2,!O~ 940 13 0 0 S 22'59_ 130 leet and above .. From 1 loot to 12 feet Cornish Uniteu .. .. Garden Gttlly llecf .. 148 48 to 0 0 6 13'30 ~68 and 920 feet .. .. F, om 6 feet to 7 fcct, Cross-cutting
west at 81S fcet Kochts Pioneer .. .. Gllrdcn Gully Heef .. 2,000 969 2 10 0 6 16'41 850 feet .. .. 47 Succession of sp\Jrs~ averaging 12
fecI.. in width Alexan,ler Reef, , ,. Alex""der Reef .. 121 119 012 1 8 4·63 240 feet .. 50 From I) inches to 4 feet Albion United _. .. IllrrI's Heef ' . .. 332 190 7 5 011 ll'n 360icetand upwards 50 ~'rom 1 fo"t to 6 r.et Dogel aud Co. . - Lightning Hecf .. 469 1M 11 0 0 7 0'41 {;5 feet -. .. .. 10 feet average Central \Vuterworks .. Hlhemla Hcef .. 104 150 15 S o IS 9'26 South Fras~es !tee! .. Hibernia neef .. 109 42 10 1 0 1 19'16 100 to 300 feet .. 50 Spurs 6 inches to 2 leet Yictorla Heef G. M. .. Vjctorin. Ueef .. 3,243 J,t131 S 12 010 1'~3 430 tv m6 feet ., ISO 11'rQm 1 foot to 12 feet Victoria Consols .. Victoria Uecf .. 2,034 215 12 0 (j 2 17'03 400 to GOO feet .. . . }o~rom 4 inchB.:-l to ~ meh.::! ~outll Vlewrla Reef Amal· Victoria Heef . - 1()2 121 0 0 0 3 4'22 540 to 610 feet .. .. l~ru I inCh to 4 inches
gamnted Hercules and Energetic .. Victoria Reef .. 2,973 977 6 0 0 6 13'78 Vnrlousup to 1,IOOI!. .. Chlcfiy spurs.
30 feet Width 01 working
Empire Amalgamated .. .Freedman's Reef .. 942 334 9 12 0 7 2'4~ VarIous liP to 140 ft. .. About 31eet Catherine Heef U. C. .. Cu tllerine neef .. 4,210 1,583 16 9 0 7 12'51 ~urface to ijOO foot 130 l>rincipal'y obtained from small
\feins South Catherine .. St. 3Iungo Reef .. 604 251 512 0 8 1'68 Ellenborol1gh .. .. St.],! ungo a.nd Devon .. 282 139 16 5 0 921-97 From surface .. 100 l'rom I foot to 3 feet. JlIachlllery
shire Reef I erected. gtruck new spur at 3g6
8no/)'. Hill .. .. St. Mungo und De"on- 537 386 1118 014 9'82 l"rom surface .. 100 ieet, showing good gold.
11"rom I foot to 3: feet shire Reef
Oreat Britain ,- .. l>rinco Alfred'Reef .. 621 183 5 21 ° 521'61 225 feet .. 80 Spurs Johnson's neet .. .. J OhUSOll'S Hc.c.f .. 5,855 1,277 1 0 0 4 S'OO Surfuce to 600 feet .. From 2 inclles to 8 feet, with a mlx-
North .Johnson's •• Johnson's l!ecf 1,151 7161521 o 1210'92 480 feet ture of shlte and .sandstone spun .. .. .. .. .. From 3 inches to 2 feet
United Johnson's .. Johnson's Ueef .. 127 49 17 8 0 7 2U-47 31\0 feet .. .. 150 S[JUrs nose of Denmark .. J0onsoll's nee, .. 1,582 1,312 11 0 o 16 14'2~ 70 feet . . .. .. Varlons Morning IJght .. CarsholtOIl neef .. 895 163 8 2 0 3 15'0:1 200 feet .. .. 180 .FroIn a few inches: to 8 feet South lextended lI!o"day •• Carshalton Beef .. 246 110 16 0 0 9 0'19 130 feet .. .. .. I"lnches l!o),nIOali: .. .. Perseverance neef .. 162 125 0 0 o Iii 11'2. 300 feet .. .. .. l~ Illches United })evonshire .. t>cxonshil'c I-wer .. 285 97 17 8 0 621)'83 327 feet .. .. 150 PrinCipally spnrs United Windmill Hill WilldmillUccf .. IUS 60 10 12 0 0 3'45
PYRITES.
Great Extended Hustler' ••. Hustler's Ueef .. II 41 13 0 4 6 15'27 I Treated by reverbe-Odd.chum Tribute .. New Chum Reef .. S I~ 6 0 I 15 18 ratory furnace •
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KIL:MOl~E DIVISION.
jJir .• James Osborn, 111ining Registrar.,
There is nothing satisfactory in progress to report. No water was sold during the quarter.
HEATHCOTE AND WARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
jl{r. E, C. Bell, 'lYlin'illfl Registrar.
A great improvement in the yield of gold in my division and subdivision during the quarter just expired is apparent from the crushing of stone obtained in the Alison Oompany at Costerfield, which yielded 386 ozs. from 354 tons. The Alabama and Butler's Reef companies' claim has obtained 500 ozs. from 500 tOllS of stone.
No water was sold during the quarter.
WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION.
1111'. IIem'y I£ieks, ilfining Registrm'.
ALLUYIAI"
The rush to the Old Lead, Rushworth, spoken of in my last report, has now subsided; at one period of the quarter about 700 men were on the ground; but, although much wO~'k was done, they failed to follow the gold beyond a few claims" At present a rush is setting in to ground situated at the nort;h end of Nuggety Gully, Rushworth. The gold is nuggety-the largest nugget yet obtained (8 ozs. 14 dwts.) by Black and 00., the sinking being from 10 feet to 14 feet. Puddling machines are, in consequence of the ,'I'ant of water, all idle. Throughout the subdivision
, great scarcity of water prevails; it is with great difficulty that even small lots of dirt can be washed. Water for domestic purposes is almost exhaustcd.
QUARTZ.
The ret~rns of yield of gold from the reefs show a very large increilse on the corresponding quarter 1876. although two of the crushing m~chines, Holmes', Rushworth, and Victoria, Coy's Diggings, have been idle for the past three months for the want of water.
The manager R. U. G. 1''1.. Company, Frenchman'S, reports :-Durillg the quartel' a crushing machine with six stamp.heads has been erected, the main shaft 340 feet, reef 6 inches, driven at 340-foot level 100 feet to }J., 40 feet to W.; prospects good; 25 men at work. The reports, generally from the reefs throughout the subdivision are very favorable.
MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.
MARYBOROUGH DIVISION.
Mr. P. Vi1'tue,jun., Mining Regist1'a1',
QUARTZ MINING.
Rix pl'ospecting claims were taken up ~nd registered during the quarter. '.rhese claims are now being opened out, with every prospect of success to the owners. Thcy are situate at White Hills, Shell-back Gully, Golden Point, Donkey Gully, Mosquito, and Ohinaman's }'lat. A crushing of 21 tons from the claim at Golden Point gave a yield of 2 ozs. 17 dwts. to the ton ;' while a small crushing from the claim at Donkey Gully gave a yield of 3 ozs. 2 dwts. 6 grs. to the ton.
The Maryborough Consols mine, at Chinaman's Flat, has chauged hall~s. It was lately sold by the London Ohartered Bank to 1\£r. James Logan, of Timor. This gentleman is now actively engaged in an attempt to float a company for the purpose of resuming operations in this mine. The machinery aud all the appointments in connection with it are complete, and in first-class order. The original cost of the plant was between £3,000 and £4,000.
The Bristol Hill Mine is still progressing favorably. It is situate close to the town of Maryborough, and affords steady employment to a number of men. During the quarter 1,194 tons of stone from this mine were crushed. The yield obtained from this parcel produced all average of upwards of 8 dwts, to the ton, which is considered to be payable and satisfactory. A large Dumber of men are also now being employed by the Mariners' Reef Con:pany, and the works of the company l~re a hive of mining industry. 'l'hc Great Extended mine, at Blucher's, has becn let on tribute.
. ALI,UVIAL MINING.
The protracted and severe drought 'of this season has told with much effect on this class of mining during the quarter. Scarcely any rain has fallen in .this district for six months, and consequently the dams and water.holes, on which the miners place so much dependence, are now either wholly or almost dry .. It is also a remarkable fact that the public reservoir has got so low that the borough council have judgcd it necessary to caution the public against a too extravagant use of the water. 'fhe maximum depth of water in the reservoir is 12* feet; and, according to the present rate of consumption, the supply is not likely to endure beyond six weeks from the 1st of January. , The Duchess of Timor mine has again changed hands. The sale was effected by the London Chartered Bank,
and the purchaser is .Mr. Martin Loughlin, of Ballarat. 'rhe purchase-molley was £12,500. Mr. Loughlin means to form a company in order to work the mine. 'rhe pumping machinery connected with the mine will be made powerful and efficient.
The Count Bismarck mine continues to giye capital l'etmns. The Try Again Company are erecting new machinery on their claim at Timor. Their new issue of shm'cs have been ,quitted in the Ballarat market. The prospects of the company are excellent. None of the other mines in the division call for special remark.
'rhe following is n statement of the gold obtained from the principal mines in this division during the quarte!' :oz. dwt. g".
Duchess of Timor Tribute, Timor Count Bismarck, Alma Benham, Alma Gladstone; Alma Queen, Alma
Dividends as under have been paid during .the quarter by the companies named :
Count Bismarck, Alma Queen, Alma
MAJORCA SUBDIVISION . . ,
Mr. John JJf. Murphy, Mining Regist?'a1'.
1,315 7 12 2,779 19 0
136]3 0 ]35 0 0 ]87 6 0
-----,-4,554 5 12
£ s. d. 4,275 0 0
150 0 (
4,425 0 0
During the past quarter mining in this subdivisiou has been very much depressed. The few miners wOl'king the old ground on the McCallum's old lead, Garden Flat, found their operatio)Js very much retarded during the last few weeks by the want of water for puddling. Nothing whatever has been doing in quartz mining. The Reliance and Kong Meng mines, Hanoverian Lead, still remain umvorked for the want of capital to start them, although it is an accepted fact that there is plenty of gold in either claim to reimburse any parties that could start them afresh.
AMHERST DIVISION.
Mr. Josepl. Smitn, lfining Reg~strar.
In quartz mining there appears to be a great want of crushing machinery. A small battery of six stamps iG now being erected on the Bet-bet, and the Church Hill Company are making arrangements for the erection of one at Amherst. The various companies have a large amount of stone at grass, waiting to be crushed. .
The increase in the yield is III ozs. over the previous quarter. In alluvial mining the Golden Gate Company, Rocky Flat, have mastered the water from the Sadowa old
workings, and are now in a fair way of making progress. 'rhe yield of gold from the various mines is 1,0660zs. over the previous quarter. No water has been sold during the quarter, owing to the municipal reservoir being under repair.
AVOCA SUBDIVISION.
Afr. D. Q'Lea7'Y, Mining SurlleYa?' and Registrar.
In alluvial mining Homebush is the only place at present engaging attention. In the Working Miners' claim the rich character of the ground in a northerly direction has been t.horoughly proved, and attention is being dii'ected southerly, where the washdirt is also 3 feet thick, and averages 18 ozs. to the machine. During the quarter ],381ozs. have been obtained out of this claim. On the north side boi'ing has recently been carried on to ascertain the direction of the deep ground. The ground lately takeu up 011 the Rutherford Creek, where the Lamplough old lead had been lost, has not been yet successfully worked, principally on account of ineffective machinery. In the old leads in the division a general dulness has prevailed, consequent on the unu~ual scarcity of water.
In quart.z mining nothing deserving special notice has occurred during the quarter.
DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS.
Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surve.1for and Registrm·.
I have the honor to report that mining matters in these divisions have slightly improved, more especially in quartz mining. ,
Bealiba Reef.-Queen's Birthday Company have been engaged pushing on their drives in 300 and 400 feet levels, and breaking out stolle·between those levels. Dming the quarter they have crushed 2,287 tons of stone for the handsome yield of 20zs. 11 dwts. 0'92 grs. per ton, or a total of 5,836 ozs. 5 dwts. of gold. The reef at the 400-foot level is 5 feet thick at the face, and at 300 feet is 10 feet thick. The prospects still continue good-rather improving, if anything. They have sunk an air·shaft 27'1 feet deep, .but have not yet broke into the workings; and .the new main Ehaft is being sunk, which is now down to a depth of 175 feet from the surface. King's Birthday Company, next south, have let a contract to sink a shaft on their lease to a depth of 300 feet, which is now down ]20 feet, and good pI'ogress is being made with it.
Monday l\Iorning Reef.-A lease has been applied for; and llew leases have been taken up at Ironbark Reef, about 41,- miles north·east of Dunolly, and the parties applyiug for the leases have very encouraging prospects 011 the surface.
ALLUVIAL MINING.
'l'he Cnledonian C~mpa.ny, Burnt Creek, are erecting powerful stearn machinery for the purpose of workin'" the ground held undel' lense by A. Watsoll, amI will commence mining operations shortly. Prince of Wales Company Pottery Hill, ~ro wOl'king the mine 01; tribute i tlle tributel's obtained 263.ozs. 5 dwts. of gold for the quarter. '
Water IS "ery scarce for wa~Jung PIU'POSeS, consequently pl'ospectmg fol' llew ground for the ·time being is stopped.
lNGLEWOOD DIVISION.
Mr. W. H. Coffey, Minil1g Registrar.
. There is a slight decrease in the yield of gold this quarter, parUy owing to the stoppage of the Daly Lead trlbuters, in consequence of legal proceedin~s,·but they. have liOW, resumed work. . ..
.with the exception of· an improvement in the yield from. Fone's Quartz Mining Co~pany, mining matters are otherwise unchanged. . : ...,. . ,
WEDDERBURN DIVISION. J1b .. John Reach, Mining Registra1'.
There has been no improvement in mining 1l; this division since my last report. Water is getting to be'very scarce. There is none stored for sale in this division. No water was Bold during the qualter.
REDBANK SUBDIVISION. Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor a1ld Registrar.
The scarcity of wuter, caused by the continual dry weather, has added to the usnal dulness in this subdivision.
ST. AHNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION .
.Jfr. W. G. COltchman, lrJinil1g Surveyor and Registrar.
Mining operations during the past quarter have been very dull, and there is nothing of any note to record. In consequence of the scaroity of water for washing purposes, all kinds of mining industries have more or les8 Buffered.
ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION.
Mr. W. 'G. Caucltman, 1.1fining Surveyor and Registrar.
Mining matters in this division during the past quarter have been very quiet; therefore there is nothing of any importance to record.
Tbe Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Chrysolite 'rribute Company have been driving a level from the shaft at 680 feet; to strike the reef which was obtained, and 300 tons of quartz miRed lherefrom, which yielded 1050zs. of gold.
The Lord Raglan Company, Wilson's Hill, crushed 900 tOllS of quartz taken from the 450 feet level, which yielded 244 OZ8. 12 d wts. of gold. '
In allnyial mining no new ground has been opened, the miners being principally engaged ill old shallow workings. Water is very scarce for prospecting purposes, and rain much needed.
CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.
CASTLEl\:IAINE DIVISION.
M1·. Thomas L. Brown, :Mining Surve.1JM and Registmr.
;\'~ining operations continue exceedingly depressed, many of our larger quartz mining companies doing nothing, and the mining appliances remaining idle.
'rhe Ajax, Devonshire, White Horse, Mauchester, Nnggety, Cumberland, Burns, Caledonia, Old Quartz Hill, Sebastopol, and other noted reefs, continue unworked,
The Eureka Consols, in driving and rising north, h~we discol'cred large bodies of gold-bearinR stone, materially improving their prospects.
The Wattle Gully Recf has been dull, but hetter prospects are found ill the central mine, and running into the 'Wattle Gullv Company's ground. .
The Cranky Ned's tributers have found rich quartz to commence the new year. The Argus Reef is yielding good returns to three parties "'orking it, and the Dead Cat is coming.to again, 'l'he Chew tOT} United, after determinedly sinking and drh'ing in sandstone countryawav west of the gold,
have now commenced a new shaft in the line of slate. •
Nmv ALLUVIAL DIGGINGS,
An application for an alluvial prospecting c]nim has jnst been made by J. T. Clark, 1. P. Clark, and Wm. Weir, who have discovered gold in 6 feet sinking, west of Mount iVIacedon, within the Stnte forest, and about half a mile west of John Daley's selection, where they state is a large extent of apparently auriferous country.
FRYER'S (Jl~EEK DIVISIOS.
1111'. Mark Amos; Mining Sun,:p.1/or mid lle.1isi1'at'.
POPULATION.
There has been no perceptible change during the past quarter, and t.he indncements to visit other districts have not been sufficiently great to oause any alteration ill the number and distribution of the' mining population.
PUDDLING ·AND. SLUICING.
In a general way, the activity displayed, and the r(~tUl'ns furnished, at'e equal to any other quarter during the past year, two or three special cases being more satisfactory than usual.
Parsons and Co., of the Horseshoe Bend, are still working the old ground, with good results, 11 men being, employed washing about 4 feet of drift and clay. They average aho'ut 7 ozs. per week, which is equal to a little over. t dwt. to the load. They have still a large quantity of auriferous ground to operate on, which will, no doubt, profitably employ the party for some years to come ..
Meill's Freehold Gold Mining Company.-'I'his company ha.ve now got fairly to work in their new shaft; depth, 200 feet, They have no regularly defined lead of gold underlying the volcauic formation; but they are working within a 'space of about 400 feet in width, yielding 2t dwts. to the load, 36 men being constantly employed.
QUAILTZ MINING.
A general review of quartz mining during the past three months is not calculated to cause any particnlar depression, or induce any gloomy apprehensions for the future. This district (Fryer's Oreek) will still beltr favorable comparison with many of the old goldfields. Within the last three months we have been enabled to raise and crush 7,000 tOllS of quartz, averaging 6~ dwts. to the ton. 'Ihol'e are, certainly. speoial instances where particular claims have proved highly remunel'l1tive, but these will be referred to undcr special heads. .
The Ferron's Reef Company.-This company temporarily suspended mining operations during a crisis, owing to a law-suit, bnt recently has heen reorganized, and is now 1Jroceeding with vigor undcr the able supervision of the present manager. Various improvements and additions havc been effected in connection with the machinery and plant during the past six months, viz., a new boiler and winding-engine erected; the main shaft (0 feet by '1 feet) has also been cut dOWIl from the top to a deuth of 854 feet; and nelv poppet.heads, gfmgwny, &c., have beel! constructed. The company is now getting payable gold at the 330-foot cross·cut, and has cl'nshed during the past quarter :3,3,j5 tons. at an average of nearly 51, dwts. to the ton.
'1'he llerscvemllce Company (Tribute) . ...::..This company. under the managemeut. of Mr. A. :MiIIs, has sncceeded ,during the past quarter in proving thftt the Cnttle's line of reef is still worthy of consideration, the remit of the total cmshing' being ]50 tons, equal'140 ozs.,Oat 120 feet deep, "'ith It width of':1 feet.
The Fryer's Compally.-This company has heen veryaetive during the past quarter, the present manager, MI'. W. A: "farshall, having de.termined to follow the course laid down by his predecessor. lVIr. Philip Rowe, who was compelled to resign the mining m:magership through serious indisposition, 'l~hel'e are now 32 men employed, the al'erage yield for past quattel' being 7~ dwts. to the ton. '
'rho Blackhawk Company.-For some considerable time this company was in a rather depressed condition; it was originally started by MI'. fl. W. IJamb, and somc splendid returns were realized in the early days. Recently' some experienced miners have been working the mine under the tribute system. ~rhese men would appe:tr to have had some special knowledge of the nature of the grouud .and the ilirection of the lead of gold, as their mining knowledge and industry brings upthe average to \'ery good figures, viz., 13~" dwts. to the tOil. Over 500 ozs. have been realized during the past three months ill this claim. .
.' Duke and Duchess United, Goldeu Gully.-'l'his company has been a long time working. with considerable spirit and energy, and payahle gold has been struck. . . l Duke of. Cornwall Company.-The prescnt' mining manager of this important mine (1\£1'. E. W. H. Rowe)
reports that, from previous experience and obserl'atioll, he has great hopes of improved prospects respecting its ultimate value. The gold now being obtained is raisecl from GO to 200 feet, the width of the reef being 1 ft. 6 in. ~5~ ..
Rowe Brothel'S, Cattle's Roef.-This claim is not progressing quite so satisfactorily as previous experience would lead to exp,ect, the present average being 6.dwts. to the ton; the reef is 8 feet wide, and the depth from the surface is 155 feet. Rowe Brothers are, however, very enterprising and energetic; and as the proper developme.nt of the main line of reef (Cattle:s) depends on sinking and extcnding mining operations at greater depths, it is anticipated ~9me, great revival in mining matters wilhlltimntely take place, .and that at, no \'ery distant period.
HEPBURN DIVISION. ~111·. Thomas Hale, Mining Regist1·ar.
QUARTZ.
and New North Com ish companies have been working from the surface to the The Cornish, Specimen Hill, lower levels by tribute parties.
Good gold nas been got at Stony Oreek; olle party obtainedl oz. per ton. Willard's Reef still is a gold. bearing one, 1 oz. per ton being quite common; but owners of claims are some
what reticent, and retnrns come in with those classified in table~ as prospectors, Argl,ls United Company are putting in a cross·cut at the 500.foot level, in ordel' to strike the Sandstone and
Collier's reefs. . In alluvial mining the tabulated statement shows all that is noteworthy. Thc want of water has seriously
affected this branch., , Twenty.five heads of water have been sold, at lOs. to 20s. per head per week per shift (three shifts per day).
TARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISION. ,JYh·. Thomas Orwin, .Mining Regisl1m·.
Ar,LuvI.U, AimING.
Little has been doue in this division during' the quarter,except by the Ironstone Hill Company. The Lord Malmshury CompallY are still sinking their new shaft. The alluvial claims at Lauriston are idle, and are protected. The Italians' tnnnel has yielded but poor returns lately. The Chinamen's tunnel, in the Police Paddock, is also protected, in consequenee of a misunderstanding amongst
owners. The various tunnels in the Railway Hill are bei~g worjr€ld, but are yieldil1g poor ~eturnB.
QUARTZ MINING.
, S(;vorall:)oo~ rields h,~ve heen obtained as trial crushings on a small "~,tIle. J[cssrs. Thurellu's chtim, on the Hl.:ll!b?ldt Reef, Yielded ,.1, Q~g •• 10 dwts. 1)er ton; Ogg's claim, on the BeJltop\ler R:mges, yielded 2 OZS. pel' tOil. ' A claim IU Mr. Berry's paddock Ylelded I oz. 7 dwts. per ton; but in each of those claims the reef is small and !lot 80 remunerative as the yield of gold would .indicate. '
The Ironstone Hill ItS an alluvil)1 claim, and the United Kingdom as a qunrl~ c1'\im, arc the only two cJaims really giving dividend,. '
~o, 77~ c
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TARRANGOWER DIVISION. 1111'. Robert Nankivell, lIfining Surveyor ant! Registrar.
Thi~ qnnrter's report show!! a falling,off in the Ijunntity of gold olltaineo, and also the average prr ton; there i~ also a decI'l'HSt' ill th" IllImber of millen employed, who hal'e left for Tasmllnhm and in other Jill ami copper mines. Revlmd of Olll' mines on the main Iinc, uf I'eer are idle, and itl consequence of the watcr rising and O\'l)tf!owillg- hllo thc few mines that are at wOl'k j!'l'pat inconvenience ·!tlld exprllse nrc l'uused. l'he coutractors for (he sillkin,~ of the Eaglehawk. Unicn Compnny'<\ ~hafe have got dO\m 50 ft;ct (one-lmlf of their contract), and arc'lIow timhering up preparatory to t!l(' sinkiltg the remaining 50 feet; the sh1n will tben be 1 ,000 feet deep. Pal'ties of men are employed breaking quar:z 1'01' cm,hitlg'; these are working rtbove the Gon-foot level. Nothing below this ]",-el has hitherto been foulld payahle ill the winze, which has Joen sunk on the course of the loffe from the 600.foot to' the 950-foot. In this distonce the lode cOllsist~ of hard metamorphic slate, Wilh occasionally Jl'ltches of quartz; it vllties from 4 feet to 6 inches in thicklless, with one I(ood face, Hnd sumetimes two, Gold hus been seen occasiollully, but lIot in paying quantities.
l'ile Gerwan l~cef Company have been for several weeks past baling wafer {I'om the defp ground; the pump vnlves and pi,tons, through huvillg' been ullder Wlt:er for sevel1tl yl?:\l'S, have been so corroded tlmt tbey are rendered u,olt·ss. A new lift of pUlllpS has been dropped down alon~side bf th" old pumps,' to get tbe watel' down. 1'0 us to renew the valves a'ld packin~ i1l the old pumps, The Old Beehi\'ll, Grent Westel'lI, and Cyll1ru companiep Hre wurking thc shallow groulld ill t],eil' mines.on tl'il,ute. Thel e are 300 feet of water in fhe mines, 111Id Ihe I,ltgilles all idle. l'be only ocher n.ines doing any worle of nuy cOllseq"ence are the North .Eagl~hawk United, the Linscott's, and North llritioh nti11e~, There is no improvement in alluvial mining.,
No water was sold during the quarter. ,
ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. Nr. Alfred Armstrong, lII~ning Sunj~yor and Registrar.
I.have very little change to report in mining matters for the present quarter. . 'fhe.aUnvial miners in the Upper Yarra portion of the district continue to make good WU/l:ee. ME-ssl'S. Ewart
and party have ~ucceerled in fOl'ITling II cOlllpany fOI' t.he purpose of working their leases at Iloddle's Creek, nnd 8ra about to open out tlieir ground on an extimsive scale; and the hydraulic works at Warburton are also about to be resumed. .
'1'he ffiorite oylws at Ander,on's Creek art' ghini! excellent returns. the I'round heing very ea~ily worked. 'The re£\f, at Bceft~111 arc now IlIf1Rdy wodwd 011 trillllt .. , !lnd a small trial. crushing has paid the tributers. iUessrs.'';akley aud Cu. are vigorously workiug their ground at Orain's Heef, which still yields vcry l-ich stone. "
j\; I~ER,ns OTITER TIUN GOI,D.
lITessr~. Boardman and Coo's mine ~till eontilluC's io yield good retul'l1S of antimony. The engine erected by l\f e~srp. Brbht Hnd Co .. f,.r pUHlping, hus Pl:o\'cd illadequate in power to reduce tlte Wilier, alld will have to he replaced by one of gr('ater power. The other leases at Rill~wood have not yet reached the IceI', and must erect pumps before much IJI'Obr~ss ('an he made. ,
A fine description of slate is now being opened out at Watson's Creek, and some large Enmple.blocka are being operated on. 'I'he stone b said to take a fine polish, and will probably be utilised ·for billiard-tables, mantel· IJieces, &c. '
BLUE MOU:STAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION. Jilr. Graham lIIcPlterson, JJfining Regist1·ar.
Since mv last report was forwarded there has beeu very little done in the way of mining in this subdivision. One alluvial complUly Ithe Ellterprisc. at llIue ,\1 (Juntain) stal'led about six weeks "go; they have a lIew tell 'horse. power en"il1e 011 the claim. The depth of the shafe is 50 fcet. They have now about 18 inches of wll.shdirt, frum which th;y uhrain, hy gluicillg, !thout ;~ dwts" per load. ,
As u,mal at this, seasull ma.llY uf the Illlllel'. have gone to the harvest.
ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.
ARARAT DIVISroN. lIt1'. Thomas FOYRler, lIfining llegisl1'ar.
Within the past three months quartz prospecting hns l,cen steadily pJ'()~ecutcd in this division. ' At 1 he Try ,\ !.(alll Com patty's shuft, 011 I h" Gap Iteef, Hbout 30 tons hllVe Leen taken from the depth of 50 feet,
which, ielderl .. buut 15 dlYts. pe!' lOll .. l'he next trial will be CroU1 a much greater depth, as sinldug is HOW Ldllg Carl'ielf 011. '1'he pJ'l'sent ciepl h of ~haft io 80 feet. .
The i\lltchell's l't:ef VOlIlpallY have timbered their new prospecting shaft down to 100 feet, and have sunk an addition:!1 60 f"et,
On Moore's Reef a small five-head battery is now engaged in testing top stone, while ·the owners are busy in . getting out quartz from the lowest level, and a.i80 iu sinking.
PLEASANT CREEK DIVISIO~. Nr. H. C. Bate, JJIining Surveyor and Registrar.
tl'ot fO mnch quartz as usual was cl'Ushed during the past quarter, but the average yield of 'gold still continues. to be v 'l'y gooJ, the returns from foul' of the mills showing over 1 oz. per ton.
(Tp to the pl'esellt the J'etul'1ls fl'om th\l crushings of the 'Vongll and Birmingham Company have been .... ery pl)or, bnt the shareholders expect tlmt '?efore long- richer stone will Ite found in their miue,
The Cosmopolitan Heel' has not proved as yet so great a success as was at first anticipated. Fah' returns have heen I?btailled from some of the alluvial claims at the Deep Leao. \\'at~r b3A been soh! during the qnar((,T for milling purposes, but I have not h€eltllhl(' to' !lscert:l.in the qnnntitr.
BARKLY DIVISION. Mr. If. C. Bate, J.llining Surveyor and Registrar.
The only thing ?{orthy of notice in the milling history of this division during the past quarter is the occurrence of an alluvial "rush." to some ground situate between Darkly and Frenchman's. About 200 miners are on the ground, and their average finds are from 2 to 6 dwls. to the load.
No new grot:ud h.ns been opened, and mining operations generally throughout the division are confined to f05sicking. •
1'<0 water was sold during the quarter fol' mining purposes.
RAGLAN DIVISION • .All'. C. W. Mine1lin, ~A1ining Regist1'ar.
Manners and party, who, it is to be regretted for the district, have' uow worked out their claim on the old Red Streak Lead, Beaufort, at which they have been engaged for the lust seven or eight years. They have had a good yield of gold for the quarter just euded, having averaged a little over 11 guineas a man per week, reckoning the gold obtained at £4 to the oz .. . At Waterloo the New Victoria Gold Miuing Company continue to do well, and have had a yield of gold nearly up to the preceding quarter; but it is stated that the ground is· hoth difficult and expensive to work.
At present the New :Enterprise Company, at Charlton, seem to be getting but little, but mean to persevere, I understand.
In other localities mining is merely nominal throughout the district.
GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.
OMEO SUBDIVISION. Mr. W. PhiPP8, Jfining'Registrar •.
Tbereis no material change t() report in quartz mining. Alluvial mining remaiua uualtered with the exception of 3; few more miners at Wombat and Gibbo Creek. Water is scarce.
MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION. Mr. JO't~ Grimes Peers, J.lfining Surveyor and Registrar.
Nothing noteworthy has oC'cun'ed in this subdivision siuce the date of my last report. Quar! z mining iR still ill a dllpressed state. The allurial miners seem to be earning a livelihood, but nothing more. No work of any importance is being gone on witb at the galena mines, at Buchan. No water is sold for mining purposes in this subdivision •. Gold and galena are the only minerals searched for.
BOGGY CREEK SUBDIVISION. flf1', John Fletelter, :Mining Re,qistrar,
The avt'rage wages of alluvial miners is about £ l lOs. per week. Quarta nuners, when working for wages, get £2 lOs, per week.
'l'he dry summer has detprred miners from prospecting gullies. The reefs are at a standstill at present iu my division for want of capital to put up machinery. About twelve
reefs have been discovered and proved payable for some depths, hut they are now idle. Towards the end of t,he quarter a rush t.ook place to a large tlat near Boggy Creek, which promises well. The
prollpect yielded £4 lOs. per m(ln to four men for one week's work. 1'he scarcity of water is at present a great drawback to mining operations, as miners can only work ground close to the creeks.. .
,CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. jJlr. James Travis, JJ1ining Registrar.
. Quartz mining has been duller, if possihle, during this quarter Ihan it has ever beeu before in this division. The retul'lls from the Good Hope Tribute were much poorer than was anticipated, while those from the" Palmers ton " were slill worse. On the Wentworth, owing to some of the machinery breaking, less stone was crushed than was expected, and the yield very much below the usual average.
In alluvial mining I have little change to report. Some payable ground has been discovered ou the Wongun. garra, and a few parties are doing very well; but no rich patches have been struck yet. •
N~ mining i.s done in this division for metals or minerals other than gold, and there is no water sold,
JERICHO DIVISION. Nr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar.
As regards quartz mining in this district there is nothing of importance to report as having occurred during the past quarter. .
The want of water for the purpose of alluvi:tl mining has been severely felt, and miners have been compelled to almost suspend operations in the upp"r branches of the creeks,
No miner,S are employ~d mining for any metals or minemls other ~ban gold! No water was sold durmg the qUllrter! .
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DONN~LL Y:S CREEK, DIVISION., . . ", . . Mr, 0, P, ,WltitelaU{,lYlining Survpyor an'd Registrr"r. , ., '
Tile' return.s f~Gm alluvi~l rl~iniIig this q.ua:rtel:'have b!len, as I!s~al, ·pGO!'. Quart~ mining is h~proving. The followmg are the prInCipal CGmpamcs that bave been workmg dunng the quarter:- . FlGreuce Compnny.-'l'his cGmpauy liave crushed 280 tons, yielding 87 ins, 11 dwts, Four men employed •
. Hit-or-Miss Company.-The tunnel !Jas been continued thrm.igh the Bismarck Company's lease into. their own. ground. A gQld.hearing shoot was passed thrGugh, about 15 feet frQm the houndary, in the Bismarck' Company's' ground. The dip Qf the shoGt is towards the Hit-or-Miss grQund. ;'rhe tunnel is b'eing continued, the mamlger expecting to. cut anGther shoGt, Three·men emplQyed. • .
'l'he Sterling Company cQntinue to. drive their tUlmel on the cQurse Gf the IGde. Bunches 0.'£ quartz have be~n cut, but no gQld has been seen. Five men emploved. J' ,
"Bismarck Company.-Stoping Qn shootla'tely ulrL bv·the lIjf!~i':Miss CQmpany, also driving lower tunnel ,on supposed ree!,: There has been one c.rnshiugdul'ing'this quarter . yielding 98 ozs. Six men employed.
, ,The Glppsla.nd Collsols have crushed 732 tQllR for ?78ozi'. enty-seven men are employed . . : ~ 0 wa~er.ha.s' beeri so~d, and no :othel' mineral but gold hilS b: en mined for. ',' . . . . ,. " ..
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. :STRING:~R',~ QltEEK DIV:rSION,:. . ~ it/rIO W .. ftl: S'Jnitlt, "i[ining Registrar. ~ ; "~~ ",.
, The past quarter, while it has witnessed n great ,falling-off in' .the, yield. of .quartz .. gQld~owing to the long stQPpage of the Walhalla Company, which only resu~ned crushing on the 7th January-will also be remcmbered as' the Qne in which no.less than three differeut new ·discoveries were made"all of. a highl"" promisihg:character, RO far as surface indic3:tions may he taken as a prospect of whnt is below. Next quarter, when more work has been done in these new claIms, I hope to. be able to report more fl1l1y on them. '
The Long Tunnel Company continue"tQ' crusn 'rich: stQne and p:lylari-:e dividends. The prQi-:ressive companies are pushing on ,with their- l1ecessary dead-work. There is nothing calling for speciaf notice among the alluvial miners of ,the division. Sluicing the banks and
beds of the Ri vers Thomso~ and' Aberfcldy ~e,em to be as fairly remunerative as of yore .
. ·ABERFEI~DY SUBDIVISION. 111.1'., J. jJfcC(pm,J.l{iu:ing Registrar.
. There ,is little QrllO ch:).llge to. report in mining' matteI's for the past quarter. BQth Qf the two principal mines have bejln engagt;ld iu doing a great deal of qead-wol'k, which is·nQw'complete. und·everything -in readiness for a sta.rt if the sCll.rcity of water 'does nQt'cause'a tempQrary stoppage..-" , ' '. \,:', ::, " . .... .
No minerals other than gold wQrked for in this subdhision. No water sold.. .> .•
RUSSE~L'S CREEKDl~~SION'~ , , . JIIr. C. H. Williams, Mining Registra1', ' . .• ,. '
Mining in this division remaiI)s in the same depressed state,' the general cQmplaint being'want of \~atet:., The Tallgil G. M. Company 'ar€)}lushing inl with,the'tunnel: " ,: i.':' " WQmbat Creek.-'rhe few miners Qn this creek arli not more tlian cleal'ingexpenses, . . ': At Kenney's Creek they ar~ dQi,ngbetter, as they havea. fair' supply of ~vater,' aha ate : making ab(lut two
pounds a man a week. . ' .. ',,', ,I,' ' , 't.. '.c • \., . ,
Hawthorn Creek is almost dry, and the miners are doing very lfttle. .' " ~J, .. '
I hear a'race at CrossQver Creek has been cQnstructed;' a'good snpply'of W:itCI' lias 'been"obtained, \vhioh :viU enable a large extent of country to be worked .
. ' BENDOC. SUBDIVISION. iJh', Joltn Nichol, Mining Registrar:
, Quartz miniJlg, in this subdivision is cqmpletely at a standstill (not a single claim at work), and tl}tJ'AurQra BQrealis CQmpany have placed the whole Qf theil' plant ih 'the market fQr sale. "
The alluvial miners here seem satisfied with their earnings, bnt many at this seaSQn of the year leav,e the gold and obtain,employment harvesting and, sheep-shea.ring, ,labor generally speaking heing scarce at this >particular time over the bGrder. Most of the Cpillese,minel's ~lave left, bere, finding emp19y.ment n:m9ng~t th,~ ~.S.W. settle~~ twd sEile'cto,rs.lLs hlltk~cp,ers,.:cook~; and ~~~p'hergs, ;and manytakent9 garden!!lg... "" ".. " ' .... ' ...... ,'. "., No,wa~! l~ .. sr?ld;!n t.llls,sup,dIY~~lOn.;, "" '. , " .. .
TAR WIN )~UB:QIYISIbN. Ml·. G. Rea'd Murplly, Mining Registrar.
Gold mining during. the ql!arter' has been vel'y,'mllch. depressed; and many miners have left the district. Operations at the Prospecting Tribut~ CGmpany were delayed, for want of additiQnal machinery, for the first six weeks of the quarter; t,hey have nGW sunk to a depth of 82 f()e~, .' .: 'No; 1 SQuth are driviIig at a 'depth of '14.0 feet., They ci'ushed' 16 tons of stone, which yielded 16 ozs, 16 dwts. " Wilson an5i pal'tYhave'botto~ed·Q~'ioQd gronnd at,Beni~on,Flat, and are nQW putting up'a \vhim': ,
.. or ' ' TIN ~1TNING • . T~ree men are still.op,ening up A~ey'8 tin wor~s, and are 'obt!tining'improving, and excellent, fJro~pects.
, " .' ':., i:'.,,:>" LDIE.-.: ... .- . ' ... '.' ,":" The.;YY aratah Lime, Co;np~uy Il!lve, W:l.~ ·yst commell~~d active operation,s, ~hoy.gh; they 'af(',~~)U?"ing sn;uiil
shipments of superior lime to 'Melbourne. ," , ". ",
TRARALG;QN: SUBDIVISION. , . Blr .. 91iarles 'Denis, lJfining 'Registrar.
The past quarter has been rather unfavorable fDr mining, owing tb the' scarcity of water. Several parties who have ,been engaged in sluicirfg hav!) had to 'suspend work till·a.n1ore favorable time arrives, and h,ave gQnc prospecting for'lJew ground. 'rhere are t~VQ or three parties working at the head of 'l'ramlgon Creek, and said to he',makinl! .fair wages;, the depth of sinking, I IUn informed, being frQm 4 to 10 feet, Gn a sla.te bQttom. The place is vcry difficult 'of access, the scruh being almost impenetrahle ill somc p:J.rts, mincrs having ·tQ goon hands and 'knees. There is. also. an outcrop Qf broken quartz, a good many.pieces Of which 'have heen fonnd to contain gold .. ' .'
. Uy Anth?rij,y: .T ORN FERl:ES, Govel'llment Printe.r • .vlelbou!·ne.