MINING SURVEYORS AND REGXSTRAllSo

1877:

VICTORI·A.

RJEPO-RT§

. OF THE

MINING SURVEYORS AND REGXSTRAllSo

QUARTER EN'DED 31sT MARCH 1877.

1'1lESEN'l'EP ';Co BO'l'R HOUSES UP PAl~LIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.

till aut~otitl1 j

,No. 10 JOHN FERNES, GOVEllNlIIENT PRINTER, l\1ELBOURNE •

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Prepllrotlol!, abont Printing (1,55Q copies) ••

APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORTS. 8. d.

1210 0 11110 0

£104 0 0

INDEX. I •

Summary.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ended 31st March 1877. Table showiug the Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz raised during the Quarter in some of'the Deepest Mines

in Victoria; with Depth of the deepest Shafts, Levels, Cross-cuts, &c. Estimated Yield of Gold and Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ended 31st March 1877, p. O. Gold received at and issued from the Royal Mint during the quarter ended 31st March ]877, p. 5. Summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, &c., crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March 1877,

p.6. Summary of Yield of Gold from Washdirt and Cement washed and crushed during the Quarter ended 31st March

1877, p. 15. . . Number alld Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st March 1877, p. 19.

Ballarat Central Division Ballarat Southern Division Buninyong Division' $mythesdale Division .... Creswick Division ... Gordon Subdi vision Steiglitz Subdivision

BAL.LARAT MINING bISTRIOT. Mr. D. Christy, Mining R 7,13,14, 15,19,23 Mr. George Perry, Mining ar ..• : 7, 15,18,19,23 Mr. Robert ~r.Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar... 7,19,24 Mr. John I,ynch; Mining Surveyor and Registrar '" 7,13,19,24 Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 7,14,19,24 ~fr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and R"gistrar \l, 19,25 Mr. O. W. Collins, :vnning Registrar ... 8, 13, 14, 19,25

Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Subdivision

OBallan Subdivi~i.on ...

Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar 8, 14, 15, 18, 19, 25

Beechworth Di vision Yackandandah Division Indigo Division .•. Buckh.tnd Division ... . Alexandra Subdivision Dry Creek Subdivision Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Wood's Point Subdivision Big River Snbdivision Mitta Mitta Division Jamieson Subdivision

Sandhurst Division ... Kilmore Division Heatheote Division and Wttrariga

division Waranga North Subdivision •••

Maryborough Division Majorca Subdivision Amherst Division '" Avoca Subdivision ...

Dunolly and Tarnagulla Division

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

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

Ararat Division Pleasant Creek Division Barkly Division Raglan Division

Omco Subdivision ... Mitchell River Subdivision Boggy Creek Subdivision ()rooked River Division J erieho Division Donnelly's Creek Division Stringer's' Creek Division Aberfeldy Subdivision Russell's Creek Division Bendoc Subdivision Tarwin Subdivision Traralgon Subdivision

., ..

Mr. S. Cooper, Mining ~egistrar

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar Mr. P. Wright, Mining Surveyor and Hegistrar Mr. n.' Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Lewis C. Kinchela, Mining Registrar Mr. R. W. S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. J. Pemherton, Mining Registrar' .•. ... Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 1fr. A. B. Ainsworth, lfining Surveyor and Hegistrar Mr. W. H. Cochrane, Mining Registrar Mr. W. H. Edwards, Mining Registrar

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

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

Mr. Henry Hicks, Mining Registrar

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

19,26

8, 14, 10, 19,26 8, 14, 15, 19,26

8,20,26 8,14,20,27 9,13,20,27

20,27 9,20,27

9,14,20,27 :, 20,28 9,20,28 9,20,28

9, 13, 14, 20, 28 20,29

... 10,14,20,29

10,20,30'

Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining·Registrar 10, 13, 14, 16, 18,20,30 Mr. John M. Murphy, Mining Registrar ... 10, 13,21, 30 Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor 'and Registrar 10,13,16,21,31 Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar . 21,31

M W G C h . M" S d Re . t J 11,13,16, . r. . . ouc man, mmg urveyor an gis rar ... I 21,31

Mr. W. H. Coffey, Mining Registrl!X ... ... ll, 16, 21, 31 Mr. J. Reach, Mining Registrar ... 21,31 Mr. D. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 21,31 Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyoi' and Registrar 11, 13, 14, 21, 32 Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... ll, 21, 32

CASTLEl\,fAINE MINING DISTRICT. Mr. T. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 13,14,21,32 Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ll, 13, 16,18,21,32 Mr. Thos. Hale, Mining Registrar .... .. ll, 16,21,33 Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar... 12, 21,33 Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar 12, 13, 17, 21, 33 Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... 12, 17,22, 33 Mr. Graham McPherson, :Mining Registrar 22,34

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

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

22,34 ... 12,18,22,34

22,34 . 17,22, 34

Mr. W. Phipps, Mining Registrar ... ... ... 1\1r. John Grimes Peers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. J. Smith, Mining Registrar

22,35 22,35 22,35

Mr. James Travis. Minim! Re!l'ist~ar... .. . Mr. R. J. Donaldson; Mining Registrar .. . Mr. O. P. Whitelaw. Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. W. 1\[ Smith, Mining Registrar Mr. J. McCann, Mining l~egistrnr Mr. C. H. WilIiams,Mining Registrar ... Mr .• John Nichol, Mining Registrar ... Mr. G. R. Murphy, Mining Registrar Mr. C. Denis, Mining Registrar

A 2

12,22,35 22,35

12,22,35 ... 12, 14, 22, 36

22,36 22,36 22, 36

12,22,36 22, ~(j

\

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-'

SUMMARY.

GOLD MINING STATISrrICS FOR THE QUARTER END~D 31st 'MARCH 1877 . . '

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

DISTR.ICT, DIVISION,

AND

Alluvial Miners.'

Qua.rtz Miners,

. . (Oompiled from tke Mining SU;1'vefjors and Registrars' 'Reports for tke Quarter ende~ 31st ;Marel.

MACHINERY' EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ JlUNING. ,.. -" -

Steam Engine. employed in Windinll. Puml)ing, &c. • Total

Number ~ "" !!.':

$

"" I Steam Engines ..:::l employed in

ro ~ Winding, .Pumping, ;;. ~ t ~ Crushing. te. , ~ rn -.S . IT< _ rJ.l,.;::l ... i

Number of

APprOximatel Square Value 'Miles of

of Auriferous l\Iining Ground Plant. actually

Number of

distinct Quartz

I l~ccfs actually proved tob.

.1·t

Price of Gold per ounce.

\ SUBDIVISION,

~ t

• Miners. t ~ ~ 4> It" '0 uS

.. 111) ~ ~ ~8. iii~" I ,; .:1 :3

~ .. o

jooIooI d;} ro Q \1)

.0' ~ ~.~ • .re ~ ... :.s ~ ~ ,..c:;""':' ~ ; ~ A rn

~ ~ 0,

worked upon. Auriferous.I ___ ~---

l.I._I ___ 1 1 ___ 1 __

:g. I ~ a· ~ 6.~ ~ .0 f <b ~ .... '"d S JZ a G> •• .-1 a tD~ :g '" "";;J ~ ",S:;' "".0 " ~ = ' P-l po en ~ ~ z <= P=l

-'--- --- --- ---- -----18 ~ ¢I .0 Q) ~ - 4>'S S .S ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ;a e I>l 0 lZi ,-<l:ti iIl;Il);t p:: r'1

! From I To

----------, BALLARAT. £,

Oentral Division 510 170 1,500 12 2,192 39 2,349 49 5 18 24 20 - 55 1,243 408 13 4' ' 109 440 39 24 Southern Division " 547 300 110 1. 958 2 35 1 10 2 12 40 6 8, 144 46 ' 4 3 20'000 11 18 Bunin,yong Division " 264 80: 280 26 650 17 340 10 18 7 '13 11 9 200 65 1 6 32;000 16,; 13 Smythesdaie Division 694 825 65 1,,>84 49 1,100 59 13 8 34 '- 10 5 61 37 1 1 ' 26 000 18 ' 12 Creswick Division .. '650 310 900 1;860 25 477 28 65 16 5 800 35 1,116 259 22 5 22 100'000 13 16 Gordon Subdivision '. :I 1 336 23 362, 15 369 101 3 16'487 3£ 19 Stei-litz Subdivision., 40 75 153 268 "9 223 liO 14 14'618 50 75 Blackwood Division and Blue 150 264 531) 950 20 13 25 547 275 20 63'000' 4,! 31

Mountain South Subdivision ' BoJlan Subdivision ." • 4, 4 ,- 10 8 400 1 3

.. I 2,851' 2,035 --;i;S78 68, 8,828 132 ___ ~ 4 III 17 1,386 = 57 13- 16 3 163 3,919 10 1,229_ 2'J. ---~' 36 ~ -' 387,946 156,; , 211 Totals ','

!JElmHWORTH. 867

11

3

, 10 37

5.200 3,000

3 3

20 21

5 'I 1

1 '

53,260 47 10,050 12 20,658 8

Beechworth Division Yaekandandah Division Indigo 'DivJ~i~n

:Beilalla Subdivision.. .. G~ffney's Creek Subdivision Wood'sPointSubdivision .• !Jig River Subdivision Mittll Mittll Division Jamieson Subdivision

36,300 61 _ I 14,:~ -:g~ 65 ,4 70 139 160 12 12 4 64 U 172 3 17,642 24

.. , 120 6 56 182 200 -., 12 12 10 152 7 179 ' " 1 25,560 18 64 '2 20 86 150 8 8 6 60 47 5,460 33 64 70 270 404 7 '16 16 6 50 36 7,400 21

100 10 220 _ 531) ,C 450 2 \ - 4 47 64 15,000 9

1 5 4

18 11

13 1

75 54 32

272 106

115 81 46

2[)3 140

775 274 251 802 15 SO

134 80 53

373 130

8

1,176 599 381

1,245 210 109

25 2

11 2 2

270 10

340 " 22

30

52 24 15 38 1

180 2,000

30 400

, 245 77 70 60 21

, . 14

4 40 4 5 2

102 80 25

289 14 1 3

19 95 14 22 26

Totals .. i,753'] 2,289 1,414 _5_ 5,461, 42 672-, 13 __ ~ ~ 40 11,;70 i~ ~ 135 -- --4- 15 l,008 40 '1,037 6 ~ 15 16 = 206,670 2~ 1 ___ _ 750

BANpHURST; Sa.ndhurst Division •• Kilmore Division • • . ~. • . Heathcote Division and Wamnga

South Subdivision', I Watanga North Sllbdivision

850 I 25 ' 130

79 50

3'85jI 45

375

l!5 244

10 190 65 11 10,

40 4 10 30 50

25 ----,I--, .. ,---------I---~-I~---.

Totllis .. 1,084 'I,OlD 10 190 ,10 21 ,30 60

120

MARYBOROUGH, Maryborough Division 1,695 400 925 3,020 35 1.223 32 178 34 10 6< 4 2' 36 I 125 Maiorca Subdivision....' 101 12 8 121 7 167 10 6, 7 10' 9 7 Amherst Division .. 310 200 100 610, 6 ,lOa 10 27 9 24 35 '40 28 Avoca SubdivisiOli.. '.. .. ' 252 592 ' 16 9 969 1 25 100 34 17 4 Dunolly and Tarnagull" Divisions 325 210 290 825 3 107 2 -' 55 14 4 ' 8 I".ll~.:ood and Wedderh"!"n Divi- 1,393 421 76 1,890 4 120 2 10' 2 15 I 30

12

ltedbauk and St. Arnaud 'South . Subdi visions

4

St. Arnaud N~rth Subdivision

Totals .. ' ' .. ::ll:~1 ;~I-I :~I =, I ='r_I=I'2:il~ll ": = =1

6

',=, 4,516 2,000 1,746 -9- 8,;i7l--5-S-~ 56 -=-~ 68 I 39 -- -;:::- , 4 ~ 167 4

- 218

20

21

3 5

21 8

3

19

'92

3,940

• 384

614

40 88

520 146 \

38 400

1.845

Ca.tlemaine Diviqion 320 310 362 002 20 65 14 38 690 Fryer's Creek Division 815' 735 160 1,710 18 51 6, 15, ,2 2 24 19 461

CASTLEMA.INE.

Hepbuin Division.. .. .. ~'I2 3ill 450 1,109 18 4 50 2 1 29 493 ,dale and Kyneton Bubdivision 198 146 84 42'/' 5 139 8 11 3 13, 308

l";,"!;e';,'l~ Bi~~i~~ :: :: 1~ 2~~ n~ ~~~' u 4 23 ,ag 7~

1,240

129

209

12

134

287 146 196 130 240

36 8

3

,! 4 1

190

30 1 8 4

26 7

17

26 9

50

29 6

B\ueMollIltainNorth Subdivision 49 __ __ 49' ______ 8_,;--- 2 1 ___ 28 __ 1, ___ 1 __ _

1,979 1,795 1,480 11 ,2,15 27 67 534 43 24 ' 140 1----1---1------------- - ----- ---- --Totai.

200

20

27

16 4

19 5

22

25 15 48

12 4

474,000 22 17 81

11

131

,141,337 5 6,960 2.

11,650 ,5 '6,179 18,\ 48,516 16 20,380 55

3,248 14;t

123,f

67,866 9* 70,099 28:/ 35,134 82 33,891 22 04,075 4* 5,M8 15, 1,900 4

268,779 166

321 120 204

124

769

162 1

80 40

185 80

28

69

595

103 37 88 19 75 75 4

401

ARARAT. .A.ra.rat Division .. Pleasant Creek Division Ba.rkly Division

, ! 4 ~ 12 2~?~ 1\ 3t 1,4~;' 3~6 JIg 157;214 I 27 37 12 2 5 10 865 16 9

4 39

4 12

Ra-glan Division

Totals ..

GIPPSLAND. Qmeo Subdivision •• •• ~. Mitchell River and Boggy Creek

Subdivisions Crooked }liver Division Jericbo Division .. 4.

: Division .. Division vision

Russelrs 'Creek Division Bendoc Subdivision •• Tarwin Subdivision . ~

'Traraigon Subdivision

10 9 10 10 8 10,100 6* 5

__ I ___ I, ___ I ___ I--I-~,I--38-1 18 70 13 28 41 1,571 ___ 384 --== ~ -.:~ 180,509 ,38'; 77

46 165

Is 80

935 100

2'~ 3

22

150 61 243 __ 20 10 60 58 128 20 20 38 5 81 10 ---, 00 D ~ 96 139 ' -',

15

73 73 2 12 38, 35 6 79 40 '7 62 29 91 20 4 12 4 10 1 ~ _________ 5_5_ ____ ______ _,_ __ 11 1

569 ,620 2,062 30 '6' ,7, ; U2 1,422 75 60 15 10

,8 5 3

17 3

1 J

43,

11 20

137 70 58

355 .0

12 37

7~6

4

3 1 2

13

90 17

126 58 62

126 50

20 30

509

6,095 /. 11 ,23 1,7~" ,23 . 14

32f122 49. 350 ..... "3;300 26 33

:("; 12,550 6~ 18 --- / .... ,46,930, 7 13

/ 12,000 20 4 ,,___ 15 35 16 '

1,936 26 13 4,200 3 4

-;; 75 I! ' 1

131,023 208~ 489 ---------1,969,062

Totals ..

.. 1 14,179 10,660 14,478 130 39,441 ---;;--~I 2'.!6 -5-~ -;;;J -;;- 15,332 36 568 -;;;-197 ~ 16 , \ '

1,159 GRAND TOTALS

3,292

£, s.d,l£' s.d.

4 1 0 4 1 6 410 4 0 0 40 0 318 0 4 0 0 317 6

317 0

318 0 315 0 400 318 0 320 315 6

314 6 3 16 0 315 0 3 2 0 314 0

318 3 316 0 316 0

315

4 0 0 3 15 1 317 6 314 0 315 0 318 0

314

3 15

318 0 3 17 6 3 18 0 318 0 319 0 3 17 6 3 17 6

4 i 0 4 2 9 4'2 0 4 2 6 4 3 0 4' 0 0 406 4 0 0

317 6

4 2 '0 400 4 1 0 400 4 2 0 4 0 0

318 0 318 0 316,6 312 6 318 3

318 3 3 17 6 4 ,1 6

410

4 2 0 419 4 2 0 410 416 ~ .0 0

o 400

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

318013180 3130'400 3 19 6' 4 0 6 400413

3 12 0 314 0

3 86 310 0 370 3 10 0 3 15 0 310 0 315 0 3 15 6 3 16 6

3 17 6 3 19 0

319 0 317 0 3 18 0 4 0 0 317 0 3 18 0 316 6 3'18 0 319 6

J' TROS. ~OUCHMAN,

, Office of Mines, Melbourne, 12th April 1877.

Secretary for Mines.

,No. 10.

SIIOWING 'l'HE YIELD OF

I. TABL'E GOLD FROM CERTAIN PARCELS OF QUAR'l'Z'RAISED DURING THE QUARTER IN SO:\iE 'OF 'rIlE DIj:EPEST MINES IN VICTORIA,

DEEPEs'r SHAFTS WHICH ~RE NOW BEING ~UNK, OR l'Hlj: SINKING OF WHICH HAS REOEN1~LY m!lEN STOPPED, ETC.

WITH THE DEPTH OF 'fHE

" (Compiled from Returns naade by tlte Mining Surveyors and Registrarsfor the Quarter ended 31st Mar.c1t 1877.)

, ' , "--:------;-----------;------..,.----

DISTRICT, DIVISION,

AND

SUBDIVISION, N,HfE OF COMPANY. I" XAME OF REEF.

BALLARAT. , Central Divisif)n Southern Division Buninyollg Division Smythesdllie Division

Crcswick Division

Gordon Sllbdivislon SWiglitz Subdivision

B1ack-ho;se United

Blackwood Division and Blue MountaIn South Subdivision

Banan Subdivision

BEECHWORTH.

Beechworth Diyisiou •• Yackanda-ndah Division Indigo Division Buckland Division, Alex""dro. Subdivision Dry Creek Subdivision Gaffney's Creek SubdivisIon Wood's Poiut Subdivision Big River Subdivision •• Mitta Jlmta Division ••

Jamieson Subdivision ••

SANDHURST.

Sandhurst Division

Sultan

Re,form

Unity Victory Pandora .. Hustler's Reef Great Exwndcd Hustler's

Uee! Central Catherine

Ki.lmore DivIsIon Heathcote Division and Waranga South

• !Subdivision Wa.ranga North Subdivlsion

\ MARYl101WUGH.

Alison

lWl.ryborough Division.. . I Great Extended Majorca. Subdivision • • . . A.mherst Division Croydon A voea Subdivl,ion . Dunolly and ri'urnagulla Divisions Inglewood ami Wedderburn D[visions Redbank & St. Arnaud South Subdivisbns

St. Arnaud Nortl, Su~divisioll {

CASTLE~fAINE.

Oastiemaine Division, •.

Fryer's Creek Division

Hepburn Division Taradale and KYllcton Subdivision

, Tarrangower Division •.

St. Alldrew's DIvision •• Blue MO'q.utain North Sllbdiviaion

ARARAT.

Ararat Dlvision

Pleasant Creek Division

Barkly Division Raglan Division

GU'P~LAND.: \ Subdlvlslon .. •

River and Boggy Creek Subdi-

Crooked River Division

Jericho Division Donnelly's Creek Division

Patrick

;.'

Good Hope Clark and Co.

Long Tunnel Walhalla' .st!linger's Creek Diyl!'lon

Aberlcldy Subdivision ·Russell's Creek Division Bendoc Subdivision ••

I Tarwin SubdivisIon "! I.No. 1 South

t Golden Bar Traralgon Subdivision

I:: ,

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 12th April 1877. NQ.IO.

Climes·

Clunea

Egerton

Sultan and

Alison.

Bh.icher's

Lauta

Cross

Good Hope J ewcller's Shop

Cohen's Cohen's

No.1 SOUUl Golden Bar

,"

.,.

surface to 990

240 to 1,000

800

165 to'700

260

200 about 300

520 and 640

..: 150 to 265

~GQ.to 460

100

1,110

40 40

TOIlS.

800 1,000 2,048

1~,113

6,623

1,059

3,033

1,244

" ,

'140 604

262 68'

135

~93 2,849 2,930

648 2,257

1,114

600

623

735

1,224 600 261 ~02

-·370

953, 30(· 700

3,578 3,237 2,647

17 ISO 843 23

148

8.5 61

','

3,837

30 40

Oz. dwt. gr.

o 9 0 o S (j

o 2 8

o 6 22"

o 7· 0 * o 8,

13 10.

o ll, 11

078 1 13 21

o 28 9 9

o 15 6 3 3 9 o 13 23

I 1 18 o 9 13 o 9 19 o 17 1'8 o 12 15

012 3

o

o 4 20 .. G 4 I)

o 13 3 () .10 0 o 17' 1 o 5 2;l

o 0

o 9 14 o ]3 2 o 8 18 () ,6 28 o 4 15 () 3 10 2 U 0 2 9 28· o 15 3 5 1 16

1 ·15 19

10 4 2 10

8

17 21

0' 10 ." o 13 19

"Width I Dip of the Itecf.

>'t. in.

2 H

3 to 28 0

21030 0

2to,8 0

6iD'. to

10 0

9 0

3 '.6 26

o '"4 o 6

1

10

5 3 6

o

o

o

o

4 0 3 0

60 0 undefined

6 0 6 0 1 6 I 6 2 6

3 0

1 ] o 10

12 0

5 6

Varies

W.

W.75·

s.w. N.IV.

.. '

YarIes

w:jfl IV,40"

W.'

W.

W.7f,.·' W.75-E.36·' W.50· 'V.·a:>" W.3:;-

E,45" E. ~,,'

E. 52' S. 73

W. W. 76' to !IS'

~.tlDd s. N.audS.

Dip of the Shoot

of Qua~tz.

s. Varies

N. N.

N.

Va.ries

S.

N,W.45'

S.W.80· N.W.4s'

N.43"

s:· s. S.

N.1 inS "8.10"

S.IO'O

Vertical Vertical

,

N.W. N.W.

.. ' N.30' ,

N.3Z' .. \ .'.

\ .

"

N. and S. N.5°W. N .. jOW,

N .• 5'E,

N.11°W.

N.

N.23° W.

33°W. 52'

......

N. 20' W •. '

N. 9°10' W.

N.16°W.

N.37°20'W.

·N. 31° 20' W.

·N. 2° 301 E. N.5°,W. ,

N.14'W. N.5°E ..

1'.15° W. N. IS' W.

~AME OF COMPANY. NAME OF REEF.

I and

Imperial

{

Port PhiUip ;. . ., .New .N0l"~ Clu~es

Clunes

Clunes

Sultan .. Sultan amI others

.'.

Dale and Co. Wooragee ..

," "''' ..

Victoria Hustler's I lIustier's'

Costerfield

New-chum •• Garden Gully Victoria

Costcrueld

TIJistol Hill I wes~rn Croydon Laura

Bealiba

uml St. Arnaud I .Wilson's Hill Tribute

,Ghewton _. I Wattle Gully No.1 ( Rowe Hrothcni { Ferron's Iteef

} Specimen Hill

'/ f

Wilson's Hill

Specimen Hill

Eaglehavdt

... Onhcll1,s

Cohen's

~().l Slmtll ['Jo~pe{Jt.vrf nrlft

....

728

310

320 130

,' ..

1,180 1,128

1,107 1,106

1,02.5 '1020 1;008

620

.. I

40S

200

405

689

500

343

545

920

6:~4

615

170 120

Depth of the

deepest Level.

Feet.

600 500 400 .(/ 990 690

1,005

700·

220 280

1,100 600

925 800

985 1,020

854

~20

396

200

400

600

500

291 450 150 230

540

000

'500 140

623

585

700

310

no

396

200

400

600

500

150 8S0

540

900

700 140

623

585

1.;0 65

REMARKS.

the 400-foot level.

* .Includinj(.pyrltcs.

1 * Including pyrites.

Still sinking;

Sinking stopped-workings ill another shaft. , .

• Western reef 40 It., old eastern 2 it ..

Sinking winzes.

About to sink a new"Shaft south.

• Irregu lar.

Onl~~ working at 500 feet.

* Below, Mit.

• TIelo,~ 'ldit.

Cut two gold-bearing lenders. * Flat leade!'s.

TilOS.· COUCHMAN, Secretary for Mines.

I •

lJ

ESTHIATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.

FROM information obtained from Gold Buyers and others by lhe Mining Surveyors and Mining Registrars

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

Alluvial. Quartz. Total.

oz. dwt, oz. dwt. oz, dwt, Quarter ended 31st March 1877 ... .. - 61,358 4 121,432 14 182,790 18

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

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

oz. dwt* Quarter ended 31st March 1877 92,342 5

~OTE,-rn addition to the above, gold specie from all sourCes was exported to t.he value of £887,684,

GOLD -RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL MINT . ..

STATEMENT of the Gross Weight of GOLD reeei'ved at and issued from the Melbourne Braneh of the ROYAL

MINT during the Quarter ended 31st Mareh 1877.

RECEIVED,

Gross Weight of Rough Gold,

oz. 23,235'23

Royal Mint, Melbourne, 7th April 1877.

Gross Weight of Gold Bullion.

oz.

84,361'99

ISSUED,

Gross Welgbt of Coin. Gross Weight of Gold

oz. -123,022'88

Bullion.

oz.

915'097

ROBERT HUNT, Acting Deputy Master.

STATEMENT, of VICTORIAN GOLD received at the Melbourne Braneh of the ROYAL MINT during the

Quarter ended 31st l\farch 1877.

,Gross Weigl't of !tOUgh Gold, ",

oz. 9,398'67

Gross Weight of Gold Bullion,

oz, 73,555'99

XOTE,-The Mint has nO evidence jJeyolld the stutement orthe depositors that the above is Victorian gold.

Royal Mint, Melbollrne, 7th April 1877.

"ROBERT HUNT, Acting Deputy Master.

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QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETC.

SUMMARY:

THE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY OJ!' QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS,

and MULLOCK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on, during the Quarter, and the

GOLD obtained therefrom :- . lUNING DISTUICTS. ' Quantity Cr,!shed. Yield of Tot.al Yield of Gold from

TOll, Quartz, &c., Crushed.

Quartz, tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. OZ, dwt. gr. Ballarat ... ... ... . .. ..... . .. 75,468 10 0 0 6 22'81 26,227 6 9 Beechworth , .. 11,504 0 0 0 13 14'64 7,828 9 ,0 ... . .. ... ... . .. . .. Sandhurst . ,. ... ... ... . .. ... 76,368 0 0 0 9 15'61 36,848 II 22 Maryborough , .. ... ... . .. J .... . .. .5,820 0 0 0 9 21'02 2,873 16 10 Castle maine ... ... ... ..,

~.; " ... 20,607 0 0 0 8 14'20 8,852 9 9 Ararat ... ... , . .. ... . .. 17,357 10 0 0 13 8'79 II,600 5' 9 Gippsland ... ... ... '" . .. ... 6,069 0 0 1 6 19'69 8,138 12 6

Totals .. , .. , ... 213,194 0 0 0 9 14'48 102,369 10 17 . Ballarat

Quartz Tailings and JJlullock. ..... '" . .. '" ... ... 631 0 0 0 2 2'40' 66 5 0

Eeechworth ... ... ... '" . .. 57 0 0 0 1 18'32 5 12 0 Sandhurst ... '" . .. '" . .. , ... 926 0 0 0 0 ,20'48 39 10 0 !I:Iaryborough ... ... ... '" " . .. ... 1,365 0 0 0 .2 19'97 193 6 0 Castlemaine ... ... . .. .. . ... . .. 2,967 0 0 0 2 17'80 307 14 2 Ararat ... ... . .. . .. ... . .. ... .. . , .. Gippsland ... . .. ... . .. . ... .. . . .. ... .. .

. --Totals ... ... .. . 5,946 0 0 0 2 1'43 612 7 2

Ballarat Pyrites an4 Blanketings operated on.

'" .. , ... ... .., ... ;158 10 0 3 7 13'35 873 3 6 Beechworth " 122 0 0 1 9 22'16 182 10 16 ... ... ... ... . .. ... Sandhurst ... , ... . .. ... ... .. . 915 15 0, 1 16 17'85 1,682 8 5 Maryborough ... '" ... ... . .. . .. 60 15 0 0 16 18'37 50 18 12 Castlemaine ... ... . .. ... .. . 112' 11 0 2 I 6'71 232 6 0 Ararat ... " ... ... . ..... . .. . 1~" 10'83

... ~ippsland ... . .. ... . .. ... ... 24 12 0 I 48 10 12

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Totals '" ... ... 1,494 :1 0 2 I, 2'20 3,069 17 3 ..

NO'l'E.-This Summary does not show the total qunntities of qUl1tlz} &c., crushed or operated only t1H~ yield of certain crnshll1gs, &c., respecting which, the Mining Surveyors and Registrars ha.ve 1Jecu uble to obtain information. (hving circumstance that' many of the machine .. owners are unable to give, or are precluded from giving, informat.iOllt it is impossible to got complete returns from eyery distI<ict; and in (lonsidering the rel~t1ve imp'o~t!lnce of ~n.ch district, as regards quartz mining, &0., the tables relatill~ to machinery shouJd be exami!1e~ and compa.red.

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 12th April 1877.

THOS. COUCHMAN, Secretary for Mines,

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MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS' RETURNSo

QUARTZ.

THE following information has been ~btained from Returns made by the :M:ini,ng Surveyors aI\d Registrars relative to the QUAXTITY OF QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District duriug the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom. :', '

Division and Subdivision, I Average Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz was 0 btained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the

Name of Company. l, per Ton. Quartz waS 0 btained, &e.

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

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. c

CENTRAL DIVISION.

Parade ... ... ... Ballarat East .. . Countess '" ... Ballarat East .. . NorLh Dimmock's ... Little Bendigo New Dimmock's ... ... Little Bendigo United Black Hill ... mack Hill ... Don ••• \ ... ... Gum-tree Flat Hero Extended ,.. ... Little Bendigo Two,ton ... ... Black Hill ... Speedwell ... ... Poverty Point Black Hill ... ... Black Hill .. . Welcome ... ... Dead·horse .. . Llanberris ... n. Gum-tree Flat Hanthorn and Co. n. Mount Clear Temperance ... ... Littfe Bendigo Endeavor .•. ... Specimen Gully Red, White, and Blue ... Little Bendigo Duchess ... ... Blaek Hill Flat New Koh-i-noor n. ... Ballarat West ... Manners' Lease ... Canadian ... Crushed (on hire) by rijne Ballarat East ...

batteries

SOUTHERN DIVISION.

Hopewell Tribute Speedwell Tribute Nil Desperandum

BUNI:NYONG DIVISION.

Totals ...

'" Staffordshire Reef ... Staffordshire Reef n. liangaroq lJ'lat

Totals ...

Imperial ... ... Hiscock's Reef,

One-and-All { Public crushings ...

SMYTlIESDALE DIV1SION,

Hiscock's Heef Fairweather Reef West Reef ...

Totals •• ,

.1 •.

469 730 385

1,665 1,269

898 54

150 1,150 1,6J2 1.461 2,563

98 1,500

436 152 671

2,281 937

6,638

o 0 1 3 '0'07 o 0 0 8 20'76 o 0 0 2 28'60 o 0 0 2 23'25 o 0 0 6 10'98 o· 0 0 2 14'88 o 0 0 6 12'88 o 0 0 5 0 o 0 0 1 19·[0 o 0 0 4 7'25 o 0 0 7 0'01 o 0 0 1 7'15 o 0 0 5 12 o 0 0 9 '0'73 o 0 0 5 22 o 0 0 2 ,'89 o 0 • 0 9 8'43

o 0 I' 0 5 13'92 o 0 0 7 0'02 o 0 0 15 17'75

539 8 12 323 11 IS

57 8,16 247 3 0 409 15 0 117 13 0

17 13 0 37 10 0

103 5 10 346 15 9 51 I 7 19 166 7 12 26 19 0

677 5 18 128 19 15

17 14 0 313 14 15 636 8 0 328 0 0

5,224 0 22

------,---- ----'---25,1l9 0'0 0 8 3'50 lO,23 I 0 22 -------- ,------

1,000 0 0 549 0 0 394 0 0

o 3 6'37 o I 8'06 o 5 7'68

1,943 0 0 0 3 3'28

168 5 12 36 1.3 7

104 16 2

304 14·21

, ,

200 and 380 feet 50 and 300 feet 200 and 270 feet 260 feet 300 and 400 feet . 170 and 200 feet 600 feet 60 feet 200 and 250 feet Surface to 490 feet

1

250 feet ' Surface to 200 feet Surface to 70 feet 530 to 850 feet 60 to 100 feet Surface 200 to 360 feet 190 "feet 40 to 170 feet.

200 feet, '8, feet wide Trial crushing 81 feet, 8 feet wide

2,048 0 0 0 2 8'87 242 13 12 320 and 260 feet, 4 to 28 feet wide

60 0 0 242 0 0 180 0 0 737 0 0

o If} 3'90 o 9 15'59 o 3 0'10 o 6 15'45

15 9 18 116 15 6

27 0 18 244 16 12

;---,- --:---------3,267 0 0 o 3 23'03 646 15 18

Smythesdale COllsols" ... Ge,n](1ll Reef'::;"'J 'H~"JJ,le 1,366 0 0 0 '.2 17'36 185 19 22 30 to 1'50 feet CRESWICU: DIVISION.

Port Phillip ... ... Port Phillip Co's Tributers

Clunes Heefs '" Clunes Reefs .. ,

New North Clunes .•• CluDes Reefs ... New NQrth Clunes Oo.'s C1unes Reefs •••

Tributers ; South Clunes .. , .. , ! Chmes Reefs ... South Clulles Co,'s Tributers Climes Heefs ... New Lothair... ... Clunes Reefs ... South Creswick '" ... George's HeeL. 'Workillg Millers •.. George's Reef... Empress of India... ... Springhill •.. IUetllllOnd and party... Slaty Creek ..• Try Again '" '" Bullarook ...

Totals , ..

4,863 0 0 10,250 0 0 5,364 0 0 1,259 0 0

o '5 15'8il o 6 20'18 o I) 4'30 o 10 9'09

1,376 8 0 Surface to 99d' feet 3,505 19 12 Surface to 990 feet 1,:l~9 2 0 240 to 1,000 feet

653 7 6 120 to 630 feet

6,609 0 0 0 {) 13'11 1,832 Hi 0 246 to 390 feet 409 0 0 0 3 22'11 80 3 18 240 to 444 'feet 652 0 0 0 7 l4'15 247 8 12 364 to 464 feet

1,080 6 0 0 4 6'80 231 6 0 l10 feet • 470' 0 0 0 4 19'09 112 14' 0 20 to 100 filet '

392 0 0 0 5 15'92,. III 0 0 80 feet 15 0 0 0 322'40 219 0 30 feet

1,010 0 0;' 0 4. 2'25 206 15 0 Surface to 90 feet

:12,373 0 0 o 6. 0'56 9,74!1 19 0

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QUANTIT'y of QUARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued. I;)

-Division antI Subdivision,

Quartz Cru'shed. ,Average

Total Yield of Remarks relative to the and Where Quartz ,vas obtained. Yield of Gold Depth at which the

Name ofCompony. per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &c. I~-

GORDON SUBDIVISION. tons cwt,qr. oz. (1wt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Parker's. United .:. Ii •• Gordon ... . .. 1,100 0 0 0 7 16'15 422 0 0 420 to 4'55 feet Black-ho,rse United ... Egerton . .. ... 1,059 0 0 0 8 7'97 441 3.,18 800 feet Argyle ... ... . .. Moorabool' '" ... 240 O. !J 0 3 0 36 0 0 Surface

, Sundry lots· ... '" '" ... . .. 4,791 0 0 0 6 19'19 1,628 16 9

Totals ... . .. STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.

7,190 0 0 0 7 0-77 2,528 0 3

Morris and Co. ... ... Steiglitz ... ... 70 0 0 o 12 7'20 43 1 0 McGrath and Co. ... Steiglitz . .. . .. 7 0 0 1 14 10.28 12 I 0 Working Miners' ... }i~laine . .. , ... 3 10 0 0 8 13·71 1 10 0 Forlorn Hope ... ... Elaine .., ... 24 0 0 0 6 23 8 7 0 W ormw'ood and Gall ... Elaine ... ." 26 0 0 2 2 7'38 55 0 0 Downing and Co. ... Elaine' ... .., 47 0 0 0 4 2'62 9 13 3 Wee Speck '" ... Elaine ... 7 0 0 1 18 0 13 6 0 Harp of Erin ... . .. Elaine . .. ... 30 0 0 1 1 0 3110 0

Totals ... ... 214 10 6 o 16 6'28 174 S 3 BLACKWOOD DIVISION

AND BLUE MOUNT£IN SOUTII SUBDIVISION.

Sultan ... ... Barry's Reef .•. .., 3,033 0 0 o 13 10'15 2,035 12 0 165 to 700 feet, Sultan Tl'ibuters No.1 ... Barry's Reef ... ... 68 0 '0 o 14 7'76 48 14 0 100 feet &ultan Tributers No.2 ... Barry's Reef ... ... 15 0 0 o 14 20'80 II 3 0 165 feet Mounter Bros. '" ... Barry's Reef ... ... 76 0 0 3 5 15'95 249 10 12 230 feet. North Sultan Extended ... Barry's Reef ... . .. 59 0 0 0 4' 7'73 12 15 0 30 feet , Annie Laurie ... . .. Barry's Heef . .. 114 ·0 0 0 1 20'46 1011 4 16 feet Star of the West .,. Simmons' Reef . .. 16 0 0 0 2 0 I 12 0 200 feet Victoria Exten(led ... Yankee Reef ... ... 465 0 0 0 o 13'88 1:3 9 0 30 feet Morning Star ." Bald Hill ... ... 150 0 0 0 3 J'76 23 1 0 100 feet

Totals ... . .. ,0 0 0 12 1'06 2,406 7 16

.. From lessees' returns received in the Office of Mines .

. BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

BEECIIWORTB: DIVISIOX.

Wallace and. Co, .. : .. . Harpur and Co, ... .. . A, Wallace ... .. . Wallaby... '" Reform... ... ... Nil Desperandum ... Mathews and Co, ...

YACKANDANDAB: DIVISION,

Basin Creek .. . Basin Creek .. . Stanley Hurdle .Flat ... Myrtleford lI1yrtleford Buffalo

Totals· ...

Bigelow and Clingan ... Homeward-bound .Reef,

12 0 0 30 0 0 500

358 0 0 1,244 0 0

87 0 0 800

o 10 0 o 15 0 050 050 o 11 11'58 070 o II 12

1; 7440 0 0 9 23'04

23 0 0 1 12 4'17 i __ H~l~sborough Wilberforce and Co. ...' "f~~"'h"rr> Reef, Hills:.

borough .. ~ \ 43 0 0 o 18 l4'5J

Totals '" ... 66 0 0 138

600 22 10 0 150

.89 10 0 714 4 0

30 9 0 4 12' 0

868 lfl 0

37 0 0

40 0 0

71 0 0

Surface Surfaee Surfaee 140 feet 260 feet 160 feet Surface.

INDIGO DIVISION. I~-----i--------I-----·----I

Magenta Quartz Reefing and Crushing ... ... Magenta Reef

Various crushings at Magenta Co's mill ... ... Varions reefs ...

Buchan and Co. ... ... ,Eureka Reef ... Lambert and Co, ... 'Bar Reef '" Various crushingsat .Place's

140 0 0

38 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0

o 9 18'94 3 14 21'60 1 14 12

,mill... ... .. . Various reefs '"

Totals ...

600

... I~04 0 0

100

o 12 16'24

Harrietville and Ovens BUCKLAND DIVISION. River.

Davis and Co.... ... Tiddledeaddeltee Reef .. . Robins and Co,... ... Revival Reef· '" .. . .Page and Bell... ... Unity Heef... .. . Osborne and Mc}'arlane ." Magpie Reef '" .. . Jones, Barnett, Il,nd Co" ... W oolshed Reef ... Blair and Co,... . .. \Vest Briton Reef ... G. Holstein ... ... Harp of Erin Reef ... McDonald and pp.elps ••• Sultana Reef ... . ..

Hope .... , .. . Gilbert'and Co. .. . Odd lots Gill and Co.

Bright and Running' Creelt.

... Happy VaHey (new find)

... "Our" Reef ... ...

::: Stack~~' GnlliReef

18 0 0 J2 13 8 39 0 0 2 9 I 1'69 44 0 0 1 17 6'5·1

189 0 0 0 15 5'08 10 0 0 2 0 0 19 0 0 0 8 10'10 90 0 0 0,10 20'80 91 0 0 '0 15 0

79 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 40 Q 0

o {) 6:57 2 9 0 o 18 0 060

-

50 0 0

18 12 0 37 9 0 17 5 0

600

129 6 0

195 feet

Surface to 80 feet 130 feet 2'5 feet ~

Surface to 100 feet

228 0 0 300 feet 96 10 0 80 to 100 feet 82 0 0 78 feet

143 15 0 300 feet 20 0' 0 Surface 8 0 0 Surface

48 18 0 Not stated 68 ,5 0 Not stated

83' 0 0 Surface to 220 feet 0

49' 0 0 Surface to 40 feet 900

12 0 0 130 feet

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

Division and Subdivision, I

I Quartz crUShed: Total Yield of I Remarks relstive to the and Gold. Depth at which the

Name 01 Company. .' per Quartz was obtatued, &e.

BUCKLAND DIVISION-con- tons cwt. qr oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

tinued. Wandiligong, ~c. J. Lazouby and Co. ... Unnamed· ... ... ·H 0 0 o 13 10'36 29 11 0 Surface McLean, Bruce, and Co. ... English and Welsh Heef 108 0 0 o 19 12'89 105 10 0 180 feet A. Robertson and Co. , ... ~ Stonewall Reef ... 32 0 0 3 i3 10'50 117 10 0 Surface S. Rowe and Co .... ... ... ... . .. 40 0 0 o 11 18 23 10 0 Surface Grenness and Co. ... Lyrebird Reef . ... 11 0 0 o 11 ·19'63 6 10 0 Surface R. McLeod ... ... Edinburgh Heef . .. 7 0 0 4 17 3'43 34 0 0 Surface Hood and Coutts ... ... Try Again Reef ... 198 0 0 I 7' 22'30 276 10 0 230 feet Frsser and Co. ... ... Albion Reef . .. 60 0 0 ·0 5 0 15 0 0 78 feet Myrtle ' .. ... ... Sangster's Reef . .. 50 0 '0 0 8 9-60 21 0 0 106 feet South Myrtle ... '" South Myrtle Reef' ... 80 0 0 o 14 12 58 0 0 168 feet James, Greene, and Co, ... London Reef ... ... 504 0 0 1 13 21'33 854 0 0 300 feet-Odd lots ... ... .. , .. . ... 26 0 0 0 7 16'62 10 0 0 Cornislr United ... ... J~Jgin Reef ... .. . 30 0 0 2 14 12'SO 81 16 0 90 feet J. Laugher ... .., Northumberland Reef .,. 25 0 0 0 4 7'6S 5 8 0 ::'Sot stated J. Gregory '" ... Victoria Reef: .. . .. 18 0 0 o 12 17'33 11 9 0 ::'Sot stated R. Rowe ani! Co ... : ... Essex Reef ... '" 23 0 0 o 15 15'65 IS 0 0 Not stitted Forbes and Reid ... '" Perseverance Reef ... 10 0 0 4 '1 7'20 43 13 0 Not stated Lidston and Smith ... Home Heef ... . .. 92 0 0 011 2'09 51 0 0 Not stated Rawlings and Newton ... Oriental Heef .... '" 8 0 0 .. o 19 9 7 15 0 .Not stated

ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION. Totals ... ... 2,115 0 0.1 1 4 18'27 2,618 10 0 .,._-Albert Tribute ... I N, 2 Lucky Reef ... 400 0 0 0' 7 0 14(Y 0 0 Surface to 40 feet Barton and party Welcome Reef ... 32 0 0 0 6 23'25 II 3 0 30 feet Vortclt ... ... . .. Lucky Prospecting Claim 33 0 0 1 7 5'09 44 18 0 40 to 60 feet Linney and party ... ::'So. 5 Lucky Heef ... 34 0 0 1 o 19'76 35 8 0 20 to 50 feet Williams and party ... Galatea Reef ... ... I 0 '0 2 4 0 2 4 0 60 feet Peck and party '" ... Josephine Reef ... 6 0 0 0 7 20 2 7 0 20 feet

GAFFNEY'S CEEEK SUB- Totals ... ... 506 0 0 0 9 7'87 • 236 0 0 DIVISION.

Tire A I ... '" Castle Heef .. , .. . 120 0 0 1 5 12 I 153 0 0 About 60 feet Great Eastern "'1 '" Homeward-bound Reef... 60 0 0 0 2 7'23 6 18 2 About 100 feet Golden Belt '" Homeward-bound Heef ... 465 0 0 0 3 10'72 80 2 16 About 120 feet Hunt's .Alualgamated ... Homeward-bound Reef .... 600 0 0 0 4 3'66 124 11 12 VictOria ... .... Homeward-bound Reef ... 900 0' 0 0 o 22-88 42 IS 0 About 200 feet Royal' ... ... Eldorado Reef . .. 50 0 0 0 020-04 2 I 18 Wallaby ... ... Eldorado Heef .. . 200 0 0 0 5 6'24 52 12 0 Near surface Rose of Denmark ... Eureka Reef _ .. ... 200 0 0 0 6 22-20 69 5 0 About 120 feet

. WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Totals ... . .. 2,595 0' 0 0 4 2'30 531 9 0

Morning Star Prospectors Morning Star Heef ... 200 0 0 0 7 3'0 71 5 0 Surface to 60 feet Hope ... ... ... Morning Star Reef . .. 271 0 0 0 9 9'65 127 8 0 300 feet Prince of Wales ... ... All Nations Reef "0 250 0 0 1 2 16'13 283 8 0 100 feet

MITTA MITTA DIVISION, Totals '" ... 721 0 0 o 13 S'92 482 1 0

Lucknow ... ... Perseverance .,. . .. 46 0 0 0 9 11'48 21 16 0 60 feet Star of Hope ... ... ltVelcome .., ... 700 0 0 0 8 0 2S0 0 0 70 feet Turn of Luck ... ... Gift : .. '" ... 13 0 0 1 2 7'38 1410 0 50 feet Uncle Sam ... '" Gift ... , .. ... 162 0 0 o 12 0 97 4 0 60 feet Smith and Sabel berg ... Public crushing machine 1,094 0 0 o 15 20'71 867 14 0 50 to 70 feet Empress ... ... Bethanga ." ... 600 0 0 I 5 0 750 0 0 60 feet New Year's Gift ... '" Gift ... ... ... 413 0 0 o 15 2'32 311 15 0 50 feet Excelsior ... ... Excelsior ... .. . 262 '0 0 o 15 6'87 200 5 0 100 feet

JAMIESON SUBDIVISION. Totals '" ... 3,290 0 0 o 15 11'04 2,543 4 0 . Venture ... ... Mack's Creek ... . .. 60 0 O· o 10 20 10 .0 150 feet Alabama '" ... Flume Creek .. , ... 68 0 o i 3 3 9'88 215 12 0 200 feet Mack's Creek ... '" Mack's Creek .. , ... 135 0 o ,0 13 23'47 94 7 0 200 feet

Totals .. , ... 263 0 o I 1 6 1 342 9 0

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

SANDHURS:r DIVISION.

Albert ... ... ... Diamond Hill ... .. . 916 0 0 I 0 8'47 932 3 9 Abe Lineoln ... , .. New-ehum Gnlly ... 2,340 0 0 0 6 0'13 702 13 0 Beehive ... ." Eaglehawk .., ... 3,459 (j 0 0 5 1-42 874 19 14 Bendigo and Melbourne '" Kangaroo Flat ... 2,446 0 0 0 ,5 23'11 729 6 0 Catherine Reef United Eaglehawk ... . .. 4,253 0 0 0 8 3'57 1;732 li 0 Fortnna and Thanet Work~ New-chum .. , ... 8,737 0 0 o ,S 13'88 3,747 10 12 Mixed lots from Garden Gully United '" Garden Gully Reef ... 3,590 0 0 9 18 1-91 3,245 7 0 varions reefs, G. G. Consolidated Golden Gully ... ... 934 0 0 0 S 7'53 388 5 0 ( See page 29).

Great Extended Hustler's::: Hnstl.er's Reef ." 4,100 0 0 o 16 12'66 3,388 3 9 Great Hustler'S '" , .. Hustler's Reef ... 665 0 0 o 12 15'95 421 2 0 Great Britain ... '" Golden Square ... 2,644 0 0 0 9 1'24 1,196 13 0 Hercnles and Energetic ... Victori!l. Reef ...

"'1 284 0 0 o 10 18-54 152'19 10

Hustler's Reef ... ... Hnstler's neef . .. 754 0 0 o 14 19-67 558 14 3

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QUANTITY Of QUARTZ Crush~~,il\,each Divisiou aud Subd~v~siou during the Quarter, &c.-continued. .. . . Division and Sul)divlslori,

, Average Totn 1 Yield of Remarks relatlve to the

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

-------------------- --------' , __ '--~_- -------------, tons cwt. qr. oz, dwt. gr. oz. d-lvt. gr.

SANDHURST DIVISION- , continued, , ' '

" ". Johnson's Reef ... .Tohnson's Reef . .. 6,825 . 0 0 0 3 14'64 1,23i 19 0 Koch's Pioneer· ... ... Long Gully, . .. 4,958 0 0 0 6 11'90 1,610 7 0 Lazarus New-chum ... New-chum ,Gully '" 2,532 0 0 0 12 10'76 1,575 19 12 Louisa ... .. , Eaglehawk. , ... 3,505 0 0 0 12 19'88 2,248 4 9 Metropolitan ... ... Golden Square .., 2,340 ,0, 0 0 8 4'43 957 12 0 Morning Light ....... . .. Golden Gully ... ' ... 1,171 0 0 0 13 11'99 790,8 0 New-chum and Victoria ... New-chum Gully , .. '2,717 0 0 o 14 23'96 2,037 'II, 0

Mixed lots frolit New-chum United ... New-chum Gully ... 1,810 0 0 0 6 6'30 566 15 0 New Nelson ... ... California Gully .. . 2,340 0 0 0 9 14'5l 1,123 15 0 various Teefs. Old Tom ... ... Whipstick .. . ... ,128 0 0 o 13 21'37 88 18 0 (See page 29.) Pioneer ... , .. ... Eaglehawk ... ~". , 1,500 ,0, 0 0 9 14'59 ) 720 '12 0 . Shenandoah ... .., Golden Square ... 1,968 0 0 016 2'65 1,585 5 0 South Fraser ... ... Golden Square ... ,1,024 0 0 0 13 2'10 67,0 1 22 Victoria Consols ... ... Victoria Reef ... . .. 3,879 0 0 0 8 2'59 1,57~ II 0 Victoria Reef . ,. ... Victoria Reef ... ... 2,749 0 0 0 7 5"98 996 8 0 Wilson's Reef .' Marong: 10 0 ,0 0 13 7'80 ,6 ,1~ 6 -... ... ... ... . " '}" 'J . .~ ... --Wallace Reef. ... ... Whipstick .. . ... 197 0 P 0 .5 14'37 .. 55 3 0 / ' " !,

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

lliATHCOTE DIVISION; AND Totals •• ~ ... 74,775 0 0 0 9 14'51' 135,~ 16 10

WAlUNGA SOUTH SUB- ' . ----, DIVISION, l.

Alison ... . .. Costerfield ... ... . 600 0 0" 0 4 0 12() 0 0 150 to 265.feet Hall and :fi'Iarchesi ... Heathcote ... ... 174 0 0 1 10 2'06 261 15 0 Various depths John Collins ... ... Redcastle ... . .. 150 0 0 o 18 12 13'8 15 0 50 to .100 feet S. H, Mitchell ... ... Staffordshire l!~lat .. . 34 0 0 I 10 9'~8 ; !it 13 0 Surface to 70 feet

- . ~ --------Totals ... ... 958 0 0 0 ii- 22'67 572 3 0

'WAltANGA NORTH SUB-. , I-~--, ----- ..

.. h " .. DIVISION. , ,

Hollins and' Co, ~ ... Rushworth .., ... 4 0 0 1 0 ,0 '4 9- 0 Hicks,and Clausen ... Rushworth ... . .. 8 0: 0 1 12 !2 :" 13 0 0 At )V!l.ter-l~vei, i55ft. Hollins ... ... .... Rushworth ... . .. 10 0 0, 1 I 9'60 ,'io 14. 0

" , ., .. ;

Mil!eay and Co. .... Rushworlh . .. . .. 32 '0 ,0 0 4 i6'S? 'j 10 12 Urene ... ... ... I Whroo, I .. ... . .. 12 0 0 0 2,14 ' '1 11 0 Hodge Bros. .. ~- . ... Urene and Co. ... ... Darroch and Co .... ... Hodge Bros. ... ... Sanches ... ... Balaclava'-'-Mary'vein ...

" Mary vein ...

" ' Various' ...

Thompson ... ... Augustine and Co. ... Jennese , .. ... ... Black Reef ... .. , Grumbridge and.Co. ... Taylor ... . .. ... Judson ... ... ...

MARYBOROUGIi Drv,IsIoN.,

James Kay Reade (public' cr1,lshings) ,

Lenny and Clausen (public crushings ),

Johnston and Sons (public crushings)

Great Extended ...

MAJORCA SUBDIVISION.

Prince Alfred Reef

AMHERST DIVISION.

Croydon Dunstan Brothers . Henry and ()o. , ... ' Union .... Bustle and Co; ''', LouIe and Co, Sundries

Whroo .-" ... .. . 3 0 0 1 1 16 3 ~ 0 W'hroo ... .. . .. 5 0 0 0,1421'69 ' '3 14 12

'Whroo .-, , ..... . .. 8,,0 0 o 14 9 ' i; 15 0 Whroo ... .. . " ,,;6 0 0 I 5 4, ',' 7 11 0 Whroo ... . .. ,5 Q' 0 0 3 12 o 17 12' Whroo ... . .. 188 0 0 0 9 9'06' 88 3 0

All above water level Whroo " ' , .. 25 0 0 0 2, 12'48 3 3 0 Whroo, ." .. , 195 0 0 0 3 16'98 36 3 0 Whroo, ... .. . 10 0 0 0 5 2'40 211 0 White Hills ... 33 0 0 2 1 3:64 67 18 0 White Hills .., ... 35,,0 0 0 10 9'60, 18 4 0 White Hills, ... .. , 16 0 0 0 6, 9 5 2 0 COY'slDiggings ~ .. ' 20 0 O' 0 II 12 II 10 0 Coy's 'Diggings ... 16 O • 0 3 9 9 55 10 0 Coy's Diggings ... 4 0 0 5 7 12 21 10 0

---------- ----------Totals ... ... ' 635 0 0 011 13'89 367 12 12

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'Il".,~ 'J\.fARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. < ' ': ,~ .

Cliinaman's Flat

.. ;, Bluch~r's, R!lef

Totals ...

G~rman Gully

Laura Reef North Rritish Reef .w elcome.li'eef Churchbili Reef Prince of :w ai'es Reef Prince of Wales Reef Various

, ' Totals ...

44 0 0 0 3 12 14 0 Various

311 0 0 I

0 12 6'63 190 18 0 Various

'. 44 0 0, o 10 3'27 22 6 0 Various

623 0 '0 0 4 20'34 151 0 0 450 to 360 feet

... 1 1,022 0 o. 0 7 6:67 ,371.18 0

__ · __ 5~.....::..1~ 14'58 ~~ " Quartz obtained at 374 feet depth'; depth of water-level 150 feet

735 0 0 0 4 0 ' 147' 0 0 100 feet 34 0 0 0 4 10-59 l ' 7 11 o 12 'to 20 feet 17 0 ,0 o ,6 15'53 ,5 13 o 140 feet 27 0 0 4 12,20'44 I 125, 7 o 90 feet

151 0 0 0 '8'14'62 I ,65. 0 o 60 feet 52 0 0 o 13 15'23 35 9' o ' 60 feet 36 0 0 o 10 ,13'33 ,- 19. 0 0

------- --------- -------1,052 0 01 0 7 16;79

p 405 0 0' ! ,

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QUA::NTITY of' QUA.RTZ CrJ]shed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Dlvtsiollanu Sabdlvislon, .. nd

Name 01 Company. -------

D UNQLLY AND TARNAGU,LU, DIVISIONS.

ueen's Birthday Q W W V T E

elcome . ... indmill Hill ...

;V atkins and Co •••• homson and Co.

'vans and Co. ...

I

INGLEWOOD DIVISION.

F 'ones' ... ...

... ...

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

... ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUB-

DIVISION.

reenock Reef ... renville and Co:

G G 8 S 'mith and Co. ... mith,and Co. , ..

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

ST, ARNAUD NORTH SUB-DIVISION.

andburst and St, Arnaud S

S P A Lo

Chrysolite Tribute t. Arnaud Cross Reef" ... rince of Wales ... .. , "ber and Tyson Tribute •• ~

Rismg Star . ~d Raglan ... ...

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.

Eureka Consols ... ... Central ... ... ... Wa,ttle Gully No.1 , ... Callander and others ... Chewton United ... ... Ajax Tribute ... ... Archbold's machine ... Little N uggety ... Sebastopol Crushing ... Cardwell and Dowling ... Bennett's ... ... . FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION.

Garnet and Co. ... Anglo ... H. White and Co. Ferron's Reef ... Perseverance ... Sorensen and Co. :Rowe Brothers ... Rowe Brothers ... Rowe Brothers Duke of Cornw!l.ll Brydges and Dale'

HEPBURN DIVISION.

Iveson and Co. ... Glengower ... Union ... ... Argus United ... Wilson's .,. Freeman .. , Willard and King N :forth Cornish Cornish

ax ~... . Aj S P

pecimen Hill rospectors

."

." ...

." . "

"

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

... ...

... ... ...

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

, QUartz Crushed.

Average' , ~otal yield of Remarks relative to the Where QU&rtz WaS obtained • Yield 01 Gold Gold. Deptb I1t which the

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

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

Bealiba Reef ... ... 1,224 0 0 o 13 3'41 804 6 0 335 to 400 feet Welcome Reef • .. 1 16 0 0 1 12 0 25 12 0 240 feet Bet Bet Reef ... ... 49 0 0 o II 14'20 28 8 0 ,SO feet Star Reef , .. ... 100 0 0 0 5 0 25 0 0 75 feet Star Reef ... , .. 58 0 0 I 0 0 58 0 0 60 feet Last Chance Reef ... 59 0 0 0 2 13'01 7 10 0 30 feet

Totals , •• ... 1,506 0 0 o 12 14"41 948 16 0

Burke's Flat ... .. . 600 0 0 o 10 0 300 0 0 520, 600 feet; depth of water.level 100 feet

Greeuock Reef .. . 261 0 0 ' 0 17 1'20 222 lO 0 350 feet : Oxonian Reef ... 6 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 0 40 feet Rose and Thistle Reef ... 17 0 0 0 3 1'41 '2 12 0 60 feet Rose and Thistle Reef ... 13 0 0 0 2 11'07 1 i2 0 30 feet

-----Totals ... ... 297 0 0 o 15 '6'63 226 17 0

-----.'

Wilson's Hill ... ... I 802 0 0 0 5 23'04 239 0 0 600 feet

Bell Rock Reef ... 36 0 0 0 ,6 0 10 16 0 370 Prince of Wales Reef ... 33 10 0 o 19 18'93 3;3 2 22 120 to 200 feet Main Silver Reef ... 40 0 0 o 12 12 25 0 0 lOOfeet Wilson's Hill ... . .. 370 0 0 0 4 0 74 0 0 450 to 500 feet Mareh Roe,f ... 8 0 0 1 12 12 13 0 0 20 feet

------ ---'---,-----Totals .:. 1;289 10 0 0 6 3'01

CASTLE MAINE MINING DISTRICT.

Eureka Reef . .. , .. 304 0 0 o 13 2'92 199 9 0 360 to 460 feet Wattle Gully ... 953 0 0 0 9 l4'85 458 6 8 350 feet Wattle Gully . .. 703 0 0 O'll 9'16 400 1 12 300 feet Forest Creek ... 310 0 0 0 5 0 77 10 0

• Ohewton . .. 185 0 0 0, i7 6'10 159 12 0 260 feet • Bolivia Reef ... .. . DO 0 0 o 13 9'38 73 13 0 300 feet

Various ... ... 212 0 0 0 84'45 86 15 7 Nuggety '" ... 56 0,0 o 12 16'28 35 10 0 240 feet Various '" ... 130 0 0 0 9 ,5'35 59 19 0 Town Reef ... ... 88 0 0 0 7 14'73 ; 33 10 0 Specimen Gully 49 0 0 o 14 14'69 35 16 0 I .. .

Totals ... ... 3,100 0 0 o 10 10'85 1,620 2 3 --------

Hit-or-Miss ... .. . ' 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 50 feet Golden Gully ... . .. 119 0 0 o 13 5'04 78 12 0 320 feet Clark's Reef ... ,30 0 O~ o 10 0, 15 0 0 20 feet Ferron's Reef. .. ... 3,578 0 0 0 6 '23'10 1,245 12 0 210 to 280 feet Cattle'B Reef ... ... 150 0 0 ,0 5 D'20 41 0 0 110 feet Specimen Hill . .. 21 0 0 o 14 3'42 14 17 0 80 feet Cattle's Reef ... .. . 700 0 0 0 8 18'92 307 12 0 160 to 170 feet Ferron's Reef '" . .. 202 0 0 0 3,12 35 7, 0 160 to 170 feet Cattle's Reef ' .. .... , 130 0 0 0 I 15'69, 10 15 0 160 to 170 feet Cattle's Reef ... ... 581 0 0 0 5 2'06 147 15 0 160 to 170 feet Specimen Hill ... 25 0 o 1 0 6 1'92 7 12 0 230 feet

---------------Totals ... ... 5,542 0 0 0 6 21'02 1,905 6 0

--------Keep-it-Dark ... .. . 42 0 0 2 10 0 105 0 0 60 feet Glengower ... ... lOO 0 0 OlO 3'42 50 14 6 'S88 feet Mauritius Reef . .. 30 0 0 0 6 22'40 10 8 0 145 feet Cornish Reef ... .. . 40r 0 0 0 2 15'08 52 14 3 500 feet Blind Creek ... 31 0 0 1 3 3'S7 35 18' 0 Fear-not Reef ... ... 26 0 0 0 7 10'15 9 13 0 30 feet Willard's Reef . .. 85 0 0 0 8 3'67 34 13 0 45 feet Cornish Heef ... ... 220 0 0 0 3 7'57 36 9 10 200 feet Cornish Reef .•• . .. 2,647 0 0 .0 3 10'80 456 13 1) 520 to surface Willard's Reef . .. 510 '0 0 o 15 17'41 401 0 0 140 to 150 feet Specimen Hill ... 3,237 0 0 0 4 15'21 750 0.0 463 feet Hepburn ... . .. 140 0 0 o 19 6'85 135 0 C i 10 feet

Totals ... ... 7,469 0 0 () 5 13'55 2,078 3 01

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

Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz was obtained.

Avera.ge Total Yield of Remarks relative to the (and Quartz Crusbed. Yield of Gold Gold. ' Depth nt which the

Name of Company. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c.

---------------T..uU.DALE AND KYNETON tOIlll cwt. qr. oz. dwt, ' gr. oz. dwt. gr.

SUBDIVISION.

McAllister's ... .. , Taradale ' ... ... 411 0 6 0 7 12 154 2 12 100 feet Humboldt ... ... Belltopper ... . .. 17 0 0 2 5 0 '38 5 0 140 feet Yankey Point ... " . Taradale '" . .. 20. 0 .0 o 10 0 10 0 0 Surfaee United Kingdom ... ... Taradale ... . .. 1,426 0' 0 0 13 12 962 II 0 30 feet ,----"--- ,

To'tals .. j ... 1,874 -0 0 o 12 iO'38 1,164 18 12 ------

TARRANGOWER DIVISION. ,

Caledonian mills ••• ... Parkins, Eaglehawk,Bee. 858 0 0 0 19 7'33 828 4 0 100 to 180 feet hive,Manton's and Nug-gety reefs

Linscott's mills ... ... Charcoal, Eaglchawk, 699 0 0 0 15 2'56 527 19 12 Vari9us, deepest 500 Wattle Gully, Mauton's, feet , and Victoria reefs

Phoonix mills ... ... Charcoal, Nuggety, 'Bee- 381 0 0 0 7 ,2'33 135 4 0 50 to 180 fet)t hive, Eaglehawk, and Victori.'!, reefs

Great Western mills .. , Beehive Reef ... ... 88 0 0 0 19, 16'50 86 12 12 300 feet Eagleho,wk Union ... Eaglehawk Reef ... 420 0 0 011 2'90 233 10 18. 300 to 550 feet

-------- ------ --------------, Tomls ... ... 2,446 0 0 o 14 19'4'9 1,811 10 18

ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. 1----

Crown '" ... ... Anderson's Creek .., 45 0 0 0 9 0 20 5 0 40 feet Pigtail , .. . .. ... ~, Anderson's Creek ... 29 0 0 0 3 4'14 4 12 0 50 feet Pioneer ... I ... ... Pioneer Reef ... ... 10 0 0 ] 16 12 18 5 0 35 feet

~ Allandale ... .. , Allen's Reef . .. 15 0 0 010 0 7 10 0 60 feet Bntler and Co. Diamond Reef I 2 ]0 0 5 6 0 13 5 O· 30'feet ... ... Day and Co. ,,, .. , Diamond Reef ... 10 10 0 2 17 1'14 29 19 0 100 feei Longley and Co .... ... Oram's Reef .., ... 23 0 0 5 I 16'69 116 19' 0 300 feet Central ... ... ... Reefton , .. .. . 16 0 0 2 4 0 35 4 0 80 feet Reef ton ••. ... ... Reef ton ... .., 5 0 0 4 0 0 20.0' 0 100 feet Young Chandler ••• ... Reef ton . .. ... 20 0 0 6 12 . 610 0 80 feet

Totals .. , ." .. 176 0 0 1 10 23'05 272- 9 0

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION. WiTllmera ... ... Stawell reefs ... , .. ' 4,597 0 0 o 13 14'09 3,123 o 16 Pioneer and Galatea ... Sta well reefs .. ' ... 3,499 , 0 0 0 9 4'13 1,604 13 9 New St, George's ... _ .. , Stawell reefs ... '" 2,9t,i 0 0 o 14 13'60 2,144 4 0 Scotchman's ... ... Stawell reefs ... ... 3,510. 10 0 o 15 23'07 2,801 12 8 Moonlight ... ... StaweU reefs ... .. . 2,807 0 0 o 13 17'48 1,926 15 0

-------- ._-----.:---------Totals ... ... 17,357 10 0 o 13 8'79 111,600 5

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GIPPSLAND MINING DIS'fRIC'l'.

CROOKED RIVER DIVISION. Good Hope Reef Good Hope ... ... . .. 35 0 0 o 10 4'11 1'7 16 0 500 feet

Republie , ... , .. Republic Reef ... 130 0 0 0 12 12'55 81 8 0 IO to 30 feet CIl)-rk and Co. ... ... Jeweller's Shop . .. 51 0 0 I 2 10'82 57 5 0 140 feet ,

. ~ I - ,Totals ••• ... 216 0 . 0 o 14 ]]'66 156 9 0

DONNELLY'S CREEK DiVISION, Florence ... .. , ... . .. . .. 90 0 0 0 3 22'80 17 15 12

-----STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. . Long Tunnel ... '.9 • Cohen's Reef ... . .. i,856 0 0 2 8 9'35 4,490 II 0 2,>3 to 523 feet Walhalla ... ... Cohen's Hecf ... , .. 3,837 0 0 0 17 21'19' 3,130 17 0 385 feet and upwards

-, i----,

Totals ... ... 5,693 0 0 I 7 19'88 7,921 8 0 \

------TARWlN SUBDIVISION,

No, 1 t:)outh ... ... ,No.1 Soutb,Eoster ... 30 0 0 () 10 520 15 6 12 Depth 40 feet, water-level 50 fiat . - leadcl'from 2 6 in.

Golden Bar ... ... Golden Bar elaim, Foster 40 0 0 o 13 19'95 2i 13 6 Depth 40 feci -------1-' ,-------, Totals '" - 70 0 0 0 12 G'77 I 42 19 ]8

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QUARTZ TAILINGS; MULLOCK, ETC. THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars

relative to the Quanti"ty 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

Name of CO!llpany.

Where Quartz Taillngs and 1¥lullock, &c., were

obtained.

Quartz ~railings and Mullock, &c.,

Crushed.

Average Yield of Gold

per Ton. ------_.---------------------

tons em. qr. oz. dwt. gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRIC'f.

CENTRAL DIVISION. Treated at Canadian b~ttery Ballarat West ... ... 111 0 0 0 5 1'51

----------SMYTHESDALE DIVISION.

Marks and Co. ... ... Britannia Reef,Carngham 300 0 0 0 I 0'80 ------ -------

STEIGLITZ SUllDIVISION. Albion ... '" ... Steiglitz ... ... 100 0 0 0 I 10'08 Nimrod .... ... ... Steiglitz . .. ... f20 0 0 0 2,14'2

-----------Totals '" ... 220 0 0 0 2 1'42

Total Yield of Gold.

oz. dwt.gr.

28 2 0 ----

15 10 0 ----

7 2 0 15 II 0

-----22 13 ri

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

Remarks relative to the Depth at whieh the

M ullock, &c., were 0 btained

Not known

ALEXANDRA SUlIDlVISION. I Linney and party ... No.5 Lucky Reef ;··1 57 0 0 1 0 I 18'321 5 0 12 ~

SANDHURST'MINING DISTRICT.

SANDHURST DIVISION. Beehive ..• .,. ... Eaglehawk ... .. . 660 0 0 0 o 20'47 28 3 0 Johnson's Reef .,. ... California Gully .. . 122 0 0 0 o 20'85 5 6 0

---------------Totals ... ... 782 0 0 0 o 20'53 33 9 0


MARYBOROUGH DIVISION, , James Kay Reade (public ... ... .. . 264 0 0 I 0 2 0 26 8 0 Various

crushings) --------------MAJORCA SUBDIVISION.

Prince Alfred Reef ... German Gully , .. 30 0 0 0 5 23'60 8 19 12 ----------------

AMHERST DIVISION. T. Bartlemore ... ... Various ... ." 440 0 0 0 2 3'27 47 0 0

-------------DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA

DIVISIONS. Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef ... ... 107 0 0 0 3 10'43 18 7 12 Glamorganshire .. , ... Various hills ... ... 164 0 0 0 5 7'46 43 11 0 30 to 50 feet . , -----'---------

ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUB- Totals .... '" 271 0 0 0 4 13'68 61 18 12 --------------DIVISION ,

Douglas and Co, ... ... Various reefs ... ... 160 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 0 Greenock Reef ... '" Greenock Reer '" 200 0 0 0'4014000

--------------Totals ... ... 360 0 0 o 2 17'33 . 49 0 0

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Caledonia Tribute ... Caledonia Reef . .. 1,046 0 0 0 2 13'58 134 ,4 0 Daves and others ... Chewton ... . .. 860 0 0 0 2 12 107 10 2 Sebastopol ... . .. Lady Gully ... 156 0 0 0 2 12'77 19 15 0 Lamb and Co. ... ... Forest Creek ... ... 295 0 0 0 1 0 14 15 0

--------------Totals ' .. ... 2,357 0 0 0 2 8'25 276 4 2

FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION, -------------Anglo ... ... . .. Golden Gully ... ... 110 0 O. 0 1 4'36 610 0 Various

--------------TARRANGOWER DIVISION.

Phrenix mills ... ... ... '" ;. .. 500 0 0 0 1 0 25 0 0

. " .. .. ... . .

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PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS. THE following information has been obtained from Heturns made' by t.he Mining .Surveyors and Registrars

relative to the Qualltity of PYRITES and BLAN)"{ETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and Subdivi6ion~ . Mining the ,Qllarter, and the GOLD obtained,therefrom.

Division and SubdiVision, and

Name of Company,

. . . Whe~e Pyi-ltks and Blanketlngs

were obtained,

;r.', ,

. Pyrites '. and Blanketings

operated on.

Average; . Yield of Gold

perTon~

oz. dwt. gr,

Total Yield' of Gold.

,0': d wt, gr.

·If.AL~~RAT M~NING ·DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION.

Llanberris .... "'I Ballarat East CRESWICK DIVISION.' , ,

Port Phillip ... ... Chmes reefs, .. . New Norch Clunes ••• Clunes reefs .. . South. Clunes... '" ' Clunes r~efs.' ... "

STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Elaine .... ... BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND

Totals ...

BLuB MOUXTAIN SouTII ':." . SUllDIVI8ION. 'I" I ::", .. .

Sultan .,' ... :.: .•.. Barry'~ Reef .. " ,

...

... ...

...

... ,

! 1 16 2'73 I 19 17 6

'/ 11 0 0 ,

10 .0 7Ti6:97:!~~ 68 0 0 4 4 18'35 288 4 0

.26 0 0 4 0 0" ;104 ,0 0, -,-._--,--

172 10 0 4 5 9'25) 736 9 0

47 0 0 i 2, 5'62 52 5 0

", . r

__ 28 00' 2 6 3'43 64 12 0

I \~ '., .. :: BEECHWORTH MINING"bISTRICT~'

Miner's YACKANDANDAIf DIVISION.

Bigelow and Clingan.,

Buckland "'Ii;" :'"

Homewai'd-bOuild, 'Hills· liorough' .

Develin and Co, .•. '''! 'Homeward-bound, HillsH borouO'h :~., ,

. Homew;;;'d.bound, Hillsborough

Chamberlain and' Co,

Bolam and Co. . ..

BUCKL .. uiDDIVISION. Hope At Gill's mill

WOOD'S POIN1' SUBDIVISION,

I Twist's Creek ...

'rQ~I~~.;~ I

Happy Valley ;Reef, &0, Sundry lots, ;'" f', ••••. f

'Totals .:. .: ' •• " I. "

lnC'HI.LlH! Star reefs'

3 0 0 3 4 13'33

0 0 ~"6;~"

,? 10 0 7 10'91, .tt v;;

, ,5 0 0 -3 8' 0'

2 10 0 2 16 0

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT. SANDIIURST DIVISION.

' . ·1 " .

9 13 16

75 o. 0

,7 11 ,0

" \'"1

, 17 0' 0

7 0 0

11 0

,.I:\ .. 6 0 f9 10 0

62 16 0

0

1

Spargo. Brothers ... ... ·Specimen Hill,Lon~~':fI~ 307 0 0 ·1 9 2'891 447- o· Ig I United Pyrites ... ... Specimen Hill,LongGul 211 10 0 1 19 21'47 421 17

Saudhurst and Eaglehawk Jackass Flat Ii.. • ... 110 0 0 3 6 22'91 368 5 P.E. .,'

Koch's Pioneer ... ... Beehive , .. ... R. J. Liddle-and Co. •• '!.'

Morning Light ... ... ,

HEATHCOTE DIVISION AN'D , W ARANGA SOU1'H BURPI-

VISION. John Collins ... ... S. H. :Mitchell ... ...

- .. ..

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION. Eureka Consols ••• I

Yates and Co. ... Kitchinghan~ and Co,

STRINGER'S ~ .. ~~.,~."'~, Long Tunnel WalhaU~

... ... ...

- .. - -- ,-- I

Long Gully ... ... Ul 0 0 o 16 12'U, 91 12 0 Eaglehawk ... . .. 4 0 0 2 4 8'75 8 17 11 Derwent 'Gully, . .96 10 0 1 16 21'14 177i9 0 Golden Gully , ' .. ·75 15 0 2 4 1'27 . 166 17 0 , ------------~ " . Totals·· ... ... 915- 15 '0. 1 16 17'85 1,682 8 5.

~.~~ ·1 .. - 1-'--'--,.-!

Redcastle ... ... 36 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 0 StaffordshIre Flat 108 0 0 .. o· 0.18'89 ;-4 5 0 I .it .• ·• I -----

,. ." ," 144 0 0' 0 020'17 6 1 0 ' .. ,


Blucher'~ Reef '4 15 0 ·2 14 10'l,i 12 18 12 1 . " .-

Wilison's Hill 56 0 0 () 13 13'71 38 0 0

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT. , \ • j ~ ',;! • ,

Eureka ... .. . 11 6 0 IJ 17 21:03 32 14 0 Castlemaine ~. ~ . . .. .72 0 0 0 0" ; .144 0, () Chewton' ... ..", 29 :; () 18 0'41 55 12 0 ---

Totals '; .. " .. : 11:'2 11 01,2 1 6'7:1 232 6 0 .: '.' ..

GIPPSLAND l\n~~NG DISTRICT.

·r

Cohen's Reef ... 5 14 0 Cohen's Reef , .. 18 18 (I

Totals ... 24 12 0

--

Remarks relative to the Depth nt wbleh the

Pyrites, &c., were obtained.

... ,'. ~L ". -,

....

About 300 feet'

\

.-.'

'.

"

.'

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

Extractedat'the United' Pyrites Co;> Sand]J.Urst

..'

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WASHDIRT AND CElIENT.

SUMMARY. THE foll~wing information has ·been obtained relative to the QUANTITY of WASHDIRT Puddled and

Sluiced and CEMENT Crushed during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

Quantity Average Total Yield of ,Quantity Average Total Yield of Mining DIstricts. Puddled and Yield of Gold Gold from ~nning Districts. Puddled and Yield of Gold Gold 'from'

Crushed. ' per TOll. Washdirt. ; (J~¥s,he~.~ ~ ~ per Ton. Cemelft. , I ,

--,---

Washdirt, tons 'cwt, qr. J,oz. dwt. gr. oz. dyvt. gr. Cement. fODs cwt.' qr. oz. dwt. gr. 'd~l' oz. gr.

Balli:trat ... 4,4340 '0 o 4 :I3'90 .1,Ot5 3 6 Ballarat . .. 584 0 0 0 4 4'58 122 7 9 Beechworth ... 41,200 0 0 .0 0 7'03 603 15 0 .Beechworth ... ... . .. . .. Sandhurst ... ... ... .. . Sandhurst ... ... . .. Maryborough ... 19,190 0 0 '0' 2 0'98' 1,958 7 12 Maryborough' ... 16 0 0 o 17 4'pO ·13 15 0 Castlemaine ... 88,441 0 0 0 o 13'49 2,486 0 17 Castlemaine . .. 510 '0 0 0 5 0'14 J27 13 0 Ararat ... 5,800 0 0 0 I 10'21 413 6 12 Ararat ... 4;582 0 0 0 5 6'29 10 5 Gippsland ... ... . , ... i'.' ... Gipp~land . .. ... , .... . .. ..,

Totals ... !1 0 0 0 o 19'54 6,476 12 23 ,Totals 5,692 0 ol 0 5 3'90 1,469 ~ 14

NOTE.-Thls Snmmury does not show the total quantities of washdirt puddled and sluiCed. and cement crushed, but only the yield of certain crushings, &c., respecting which the !lHniug" Surveyors and Reglstral's have been able to obtain lufortnlltion, Owing to the circumstance that many of the machine~owners are unable to give or are precluded from giving informatioll, it is impossihle to get complete returns from eyery district; and in considering the relative importance of each district, as regards alluvial mining, &e" the tubles relating to IDachlnery should be examined and compared.

Office of Mines, TROS. COUCHMAN, Melbourne, 12th April 1877. . Secretary for Mines.

I . WASHpIRT.

THE following information has been' obtained from Returns made by ,the· :t\finirig Surveyors and Registrars relative to the Q~¥TITY' of W ASHDIRT' Puddled' 01' Sluiced in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining' District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.

, "

Division and SubdivllJlon, " Average I ' . Remarks relative to the , and Where Washdlrt was obtained. Wash<jlrtPuddled. Yield of Gold Total Yield Depth.t which the

____ N_run_8.CO_f_C_o_m •• p_o.n_y_.' ___ i ____ ,-i ____ --,:-I _____ .....:._.I~~n, ' ~~ ~~ained, &c.

tons cwt. ·qr. oz. dwt. gr. I pz. dwt. g~. • , ' ,

~ALLARAT MINiNG DISTRIQT. )

CENTRAL DIVISION.

Band and Albion ConsoI5... Ballarat :West (Golden 891 0 p 0 18 3'52 808 8 18 Reef-wash 130ft,above f'o,int) -.-. .:....-.. -. ------,-- ~--. - the gutter-workings

and 270 ft, below the surface SOUTHERN DIVrSION,

Turner and party Break-o'-Day ...

... Break.o'-Dfi.y~"

... Break~o'-Day; .. 1,720 0 0 0 1 i4;29

243 0 0' 0 3 7'79 i37 4 0 40 .., ~l

--.. ---------- -' -'-' -·--i

20 to 50 feet from sur face, 3 feet thick . ,

BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTa: SUBIHVISION.

South Sultan Extended Milkman's Flat Sluicing ...

BEECa:WORTH DIVISION.

cky Mountain Ro 1 'revillian and Co. Osborne and Co ....

INDIGO DIVISION.

rrass and Co. • ..

... ... ...

...

Totals ...

Big'Rill '" Milkman's Flat

'Totals, ...

1,963' 0 0 ° 1 19'43, 177 11 21 .

--1---' '-"'1 ... 80 ° 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 50 feet ... ~~I ° 0 S'69 27, 3 0 I 25 feet

1,580 0 0 0 0 S'S5 293. o-j " I

·BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

Spring Creek ... ... 36,000 0 0 0 ° 4'80. .,360 9 0 30 feet Spring Creek ... ... 1,200 0 0 0 o 12 30 0 O· 35 feet Spring Creek ... ... 2,000 0 0 0 o 15 62.10 d 35 feet

, Totals 39,200 0 0 0 0 ;c

452 '10 0 ... ... '.

Durham and Caledonian 2,000 0 0 0 1 12'30 151 5 0 250 feet leads .. -.

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QUANTITY of WAsHDmT Puddled or Sluiced in the se"eml Divisions and Subd~visions, &c.-:-continued.

Division and Subdivision, and

Name of Company. Where Washdirt was obtained.

• tons· cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr.

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Washdirt was obtained, &0 •.

MARYBOROUGH l\UNING DISTRICT.

MARYBOROUGH DIVISION. T

Seaham ... ... Alma . .. . .. 790 0 0 0 3 S'81 133 0 0 Gladstone ... ... Alma . .. . .. 1,600 o· 0 0 I 10'42 114 15 0

Totals ... /2,390 0 0 0 2 1"75 247 15 0

AMRERSl' DIVISION. I Hoffnung , .... . .. Mount Greenock South 1,600 0 0 0 3 17"10 297 0 0 100 feet Union ... ... Mount Greenock South 3,SOO 0 0 0 I 23'18 373 10 0 250 feet Nichol's Freehold , .. Mount Greenock South 1,500 0 0 5l 1 14'21 119 8 0 100 feet Tara's Hall ... , .. Paddock . .. 1,700 0 0 0 1 IS'S7 151 17 0 80 feet ..

!-

DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA Totals .... . .. . 8,600 '0 0 0 2 4'56 941 15 0

DIVISIONS.

Prince of Wales Tribute ... Pound Lead, Dunolly ... 4,500 0 0 0 1 11'72 334 17 12 60 to 70 feet 1-----

INGLEWOOD DIVISION, Watson's Inglewood claim Daly Lead ... . .. 3,700 0 0 0 I! S'30 434 0 0 150 feet

CASTLEMAINE 'MJ:NING DISTRICT.

FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION.

Sheppard and Co. Ellis and Co. Tomkin and Co .... Brewer and Co, Williams and Co: Parsous and Co, ... Stephens and Co, 'rrethewey and Co, V osti and Co, Gurr and Co. Roberts and Co ... . Thomas and Co ... . Pearsou and'Co .. .. Ah Chong and Co. Houston and Co ... , Hines and Co. McEwan and Co, liein's Freehold •••

HEPBURN DivISION.

Church's Flat .•• Horseshoe Bend New Year's Flat New Year's Flat New Year's Flat Horseshoe Bend New Year's Flat New Year's Flat Pennyweight ... Butcher'S Hill Spring Gully '" Spring Gully ... Pennyweight '" Pennyweight .,. Table Bill , B[Lld Hill .IJ'ryerstown

, .. Guildford

Totals ...

Weoer's, Duff's, Tinetti'~, Shepherd's Flat and Jones' parties, and the Perseverance party

Other p[Lrties ... '.. Shepherd's Flat Sailor Prince ... Deep Creek ... Corinella '" ... i Deep Creek ...' Cabancine's, Hewitt's, and' Elevated Plaius

Boltas' parties Rolleri's, Rotjleram's, and Stony Creek •.•

. Gladstone's parties Federal Tunnel.... .. Long Tunnel... . .. Brown's Tunnel... .. . Young and 'rwining .. . Telling's, Putt's, and Smith's

parties Alison's... . •. \ ... Black's ... ... • •• Fairbrother's,' Price's, and

Imlian Hill Italian Hill Italian Hill Table Hill. Yalldoit

Bald Hill ." Docto!"" Gully Dry Diggings ... . Chinese parties (5)

Matteis',Black's, and Burns' Sailor's Creek parties

}<'oletti's party ... 'Black's ... ,.' 250 Chinese .. . European parties .. . Oliver's party .••

... Stony Creek •.• • .. Hcpburn ••• ••. Hepburn ... ... Various places ..• ~pring Creek ....

Totals ...

. .. ~

..... i

520, 0 0 0 0 12'00 13 0 0 12 feet 2,600 0 0 0 0 4'SO 26 0 0 14 feet

100 0 0 0- 0 14'40 3 0 0 15 feet 2,000 0 0 0 0 3'12 13 0 0 14 feet 2,600 0 0 0 0 4-80 26 0 0 16 feet 4,160 0 0 0 0 10'50 91 0 0 12' feet 1,300 0 0 0 0 9'60 26 0 0 15 feet 2,000 0 0 0 0 6'24 26 0 0 15 feet 1,300 0 0 0 0 12 32 10 0 17 feet 1,000 0 0 0 0 12 25· 0 0 120 feet

'2,000 0 0 0 0 6 25 0 0, 12 to 14 feet 1,000 ,0 0 0 I 0 50 0 0 10 to 12 feet

600 0 O. 0 0 12 15 0 0 S to 10 feet 2,000 0 0 I 0 0 6 25 0 0 10 to 12 feet

300 0 0 0 2 {I 30 0 0 70 to 80 feet 400 0 0' 0 0 12 10 0 0'1 80 to 90 feet 400 O· Ii . 0 1 0 20 0 O. 14 feet 950 0 0 0 1 16'06 79 6 O' 160 feet

------1--,------25,230 0 0 0 0 10'19 535 16 O'!

700 0 0

300 0 0 403 0 O' 250 0 O'

1,660 0 0

o 2 4'11

040 o S 16'40 o 1 20-73 o 1 20'1S

1,070 0 0 0 I 2'60

7S0 0 0 1,400 0 0

180 0 0 299 0 0 547 0 0;

210 0 0 150 0 0

5,550 0 0

1,320 0 0

o (1 10'15 o 1 16-11 o I 19'20 o 1 16'61 o 1 15'61

o 1 1'25 o I 14'72 o 0 7'17

o 021'32

76 0 0 25 to 50 feet

60 0 0 Shallow 174 19 12, ' 5,757 feet in tunnel 23 6 0 10 to 15 feet .

152 16 0 77,90, and lOS,feet

59 6 0 70, 85, an!1 90 fe!"t

55 10 0 130 feet 117 0 0 140 feet

J 6 4 0' 90 ·feet 25 6 0 50 feet , 45 3 O' 35, 40, and 60 fcet

II 1 0 9,feet 1220 25 feet 83 0 0 11 feet

58 13 0 50, 60, and 70 feet

2,100 0 0 0 0 6'S2, 29 17 O. 8 feet 151 0 ,0 0 1 l4'46 12 2 0

17,000 0 0 - 0 0 16'37 5S0 0 0 Sliallow 25,000 0 0 0 0 3'84 I 200 0 0 Shallow

240 0 0 -0 0 15'00 7 10 0 SO feet

59,310 0 00 0 14'56 11,799 15 12

- . •

i'1

QUANTITl:' of QUA.RT~ Crushed in each Division and Subdivision during the Quarter, &c.-~ontinued.

Division and SubdivisIon, and

Name of Company.

TARRA.NGOWER DIVISION. bram Grigg and Co. A

R Kn J T A E

obt. Grigg and Co. ight and Co.

. Kent and Co .••• remouth and Co. bram Bowe and Co. ddyandCo. ...

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

ST. ANDREW's DIVISION.'

arrandyte Freehold W E wart and Co. : ..

RA.GLAN DIVISION,

...

...

New VictoriaQet on tribute)

No. 10. ,

Average Where Quartz Will! obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold

per Ton. . , tons cwt. qr. . oz. dwt. gr.

Pegleg Gully ... .. ' 750 0 0 0 o 12 Forty-foot Lead . .. 325 0 0 0 o 12 Porcupine Flat . .. 325 0 0 0 o 18 Porcupine Flat ... 390 0 0 0 o 16 Long ,Gully ... 180 0 0 0 o 12 Pegleg Gully ••• . .. 702 0 0 0 o iO'21 Seventy-foot Lead . .. 260 0 0 0 o 18

, . ----Totals ... .., 2,932 0 o i o 13'30

------ ----Anderson's Creek ... 463 10 0 0 1 1'89 Roddie's Creek . .. 505 10 0 0 1 17'99

----------Totals ••• ... 969 0 0 0 1 10'29 ,

, ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

Waterloo Flat ... 5,800, o 0 I 0 1 10'21

Total Yield of Remarka relatIve to the Gold. Depth at which the

Quartz was obtained.

oz. dwt. gr.

18 15 0 12 feet 8 .2 12 20 feet

12 3 18 25 feet 13 0 o .40 feet 4 10 o I 10 to 15 feet

14 18 12 20 feet 9 15 0 26 feet

81 4 18 ----

- 25 0 0 13 feet 44 411 50 feet

----69 4 II

413 6 12 160 feet

: 18

'!- •

j,.' .,.::

v\,· "',! ". " ."" ;:.r ~ . ~ J I '.'~ . .'

: ~. "/ i '",' t I

! .. : ,j": .. f' ,

'CEMENT. ';'-.: ; ...

THE following information-·has' b~en obtained from I{eturns made by the Mining' 'Surveyors and Registrars relative to the QUANTITY of ,CEMENT Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions ·of each Mining Distric~ during the' Quarter, and t~le QOLDobt~illed therefroJ?

Division and Subdivision, };, I t " j .,' Average Total Yield of . , and Where Cement was oht,;ined, Cement CrUBhed, Yield of Gold Gold • Name Of Company. , .. . . per Ton.

toils • wt, qr. oz, dwt • gr. oz. dwt. gr, , .. ,:, .

BALLARAT' MINING DISTRICT .

." ~..... , . ~ " .

I I I

SOUTHERN DIVISIO:l;'. .. .... ~, .. . .-Crushed (on hire) by .the Kangaroo.Flat ... 284 0 0 91 18 0 6 11'321 0:

New Kangaroo Company's : ----.---'--,

battery

BLACKWOOD DIVISIO:l;' AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH .

SUBDIVISION.

All Nations .. , .. , Yankee Hill ... ... 300 0 0 0 2 0'75


MARTBOROUGH DIVISION.

Johnston and Sons (public crushings)

16 0 0 o 17 4'50 I

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT,

FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION.

Thomas and Co ... , ... Bald Hill . , . , .. 60 0 0 o 13 8 Homewar4-bound ' '" Table Ritl ... .. , 450 0 0 0 3 21'49

'.

Totals n' ... 510 0 0 0 5 0'14 :

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

PLEASANT CR.EEK DIVISION.

Band of Hope .. , .. , Deep Lead North and -South Wales ... Deep Lead North and South Wales ... Deep Lead

2,346 0 0 . 1,756 0 0

480 0 0

070 o 4 3'06 o 022

30 9 9

13 15 0

40 0 0 87 13 0

127 13 O'

821 2 '0 I 362 8 5 22 0 0

Totals n. 4,582 0 0 0 5 6'29 1,205 ~I

, I

Remarks relntlve to tho Depth at which the

Cement was obtained,

50 to 65 feet from sur face

16 feet

, 100 teet 100 to 120 feet

19

I,.

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

FOR THE QUARTER,ENDED 31sT MARCH 1877.

(Prom Returns ,made, by the 'Mining Surveyors and Registrars.) ,

" I

I . Name of Place • '" " Total. Name of Place. No. Total.

- --- ;-----,-

BALLARAT DISTRICT. ,

Brought forward 5,384 ... . .. ... Central Division:

' , Creswlck Division-continued.

Ballarat West and'Sebastopol ... 280 Slaty Creek ... ... ... 40 Ballarat East ... ... ... 1,052 Mopoke •.. ... . .. ... 30 Ballarat North and Dead-horse ... 1 250 Humbug Hill ... . .. .. . 60 Little Bendigo ... ... ... 370 Portugues~ Flat ... . .. .. . 40

, Sago Hill ... ... ... ... 15 Bank Creek ... . .. .. . 10 -Springs ... ... ... 20 Bul!arook ... ... ... 70 White"horse Ranges ... •••• ! 205 Gordon Subdipision: -- 1,860

~ --- 2,192 I Egerton ... ... . .. .. . 279

Southern Division: ' Gordon ... ... ... .. . 72 Long Gully' ... ... ... 10 ;, Moorabool . .. .. , ... 11 Staffordshire Reef ... ... 75 I Steiglitz'.Subdiv'ision: -- 362 Italian Gully ... . .. ~,~. I 15 Steiglitz ... 35 Split~ers' Gully , 6 : ... ... ... ... ... Morrison's 70 Kangaroo 81 ... .., ... ... ... .. . Dolly's Creek 20 Moonlight 10 \

... ... ... ... ... ... Elaine 100 Bulldog 60 ... ... . .. ... ... ... . .. Mount Doran 35 Rokewood Junction '50 ... .. , ... ... ... Little Forest 8 Mount Misery 300 ... ... . .. ... ... .. . 268 Jackson's Gully 10 i Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain. --... ... . .. Yankee Hill ... 1'5 : .south Subdivision: . .. . .. Grassy Gully . " ,; .... ... 30, Golden Point ... .. . ... 110 Spring Creek ... ... ... 14' Red Hill ... . .. ... . .. 60 Sawpit Gully ... ... . .. 12 • Barry's Reef and Split-tree ... .... 360 Whim Holes ... ... ... 25 Yankee Reef and Creek ... .. . 65 Hard Hills ... ... . .. 3D Simmons' Beef and Back Creek ... 65 Frenchman's I 25 Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg 100 ... . .. . .. ... Pinchgut ...

I 30

, l3lakeville 30 ... ... ... 's." ... ...

Break-o'-Day ... . .. ... 80 Snake Gully ... ... ... 14 Western Creek ... ... ... 80 Goodman's Creek ... . .. ... 20

I~ 958 BaJlan Flat . 40 '" ... ...

Bunitzyong Division: Garibaldi and vicinity ... ... 20 Wright's Reef ... ... .. . 10 Durham and tributaries ... ... Bacchus Marsh and vicinity 40 Green Hills and Devomhire 30 ... ... Maher's Hill 16 Scotchman's and Hard Hills 100 ... ... ." ... 950 Buninyong and Union Jack 5 Ballan' Subdivision: --,

Hiscock's and Fairweather Reefs .. ' 120, Blakeville road ... ... ... 4 4 Winter's Flat, CObbler's, and Magpie , 100 ---Black Lead and Gum-tree ... ... 85 Toral for Ballarat District ... . .. 8,828 Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gympie 50 Prospecting and isolated parties ... 5.6 , ---Grenville ... ... ... ... ~O I BEEonwoRTH DIsTRIor.

--- 650 Beech;'o;th Division: Smythesdale Division: " " Spring CreeK ... ... ... lOS

Smythesdale .... ... . .. 120 Silver Creek ... ... .., 25 ,Scarsdale and Newtown ... ... ISO Deep Creek '" ... . .. 22 CaPe Clear ... ... . .. 40 Hurdle Creek . .. ... . .. 44 Brown's ;.. ~ ... ... 55 Pennyweight Flat ... ' . .. ... 52 Italian Gully ... ... 5 Two-mile Creek ... ... 60 Derwent Jack's ... ... . .. 50 Three-mile Creek ... .., ... 180· Pigg'oreet ... ... '" 70 Six-mile Creek ." ... ... 50 I

Bottle Hill ' ... ' 35 Stony Greek ... ... . .. 80 Snake Valley and Hard Hills ... 50, Myrtleford, &c. ... ... ... 110 Happy Valley and Lucky Woman's ... 140 W ooragee, &e. ... ... , 1l0' Haddon ... ... ... 610 Reid's Creek ... . .. 38 Golden Lake ... ... " . .. 5 Woolshed .. , ... .. . 140 Madden's Flat ... ...... , . .. 7 Sebastopol ... ... .. , 100 Linton's ... ... . ... . 170 Eldorado ... .. . . .. 280 Monkey Gully ... .., ... 7 Stanley and neighborhood ... ... 380 Moonlight Creek ... ... ... 10 Yaekandandah Division: -- 1,776 Preston Hill ... ... , ... 30 -- 1,584 Clear Creek ... ... . .. 60

Creswick Division: Bruarong ... '" ... 18 Kirby's Flat ... ... ... 55

Creswick ... ... ... .. . 40 Rowdy Flat •... ... . .. 38 Clunes ... ... ... 950 Osborne's Flat ... ... . .. 60' Springhill ... ... . .. 400 Allan's Flat .., ... ... 8 Broomfield Gully ... ... ... 10 Staghorn Flat ... ... .. . 50 Red Streak ... . .. ... 120 Twist's,Creek ... ... .. . 70 Union Hill ... ... ' ... 10 Muddy Creek ... . .. .. . 40 Longpoint ... . .. ... 25 Hillsborougn . .. ... .. . 35 Diamond Gully ... ... 15 Sandy Creek ... .. . . .. 75 'Cobbler's Gully

, 15 To,vnship 70 ... ... . .. '" ... ...

Bald Hills ... ... .. . 10 I Hayes' Point . .. . .. . .. 20 Sulky Gully ... ... . .. 15 ' -- 599

:.. I '5,384, Carried forward ---Carried forward ... . .. .., ... ... 2,375 ,

B2

20

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

I Name ofPlnce. No. ' Total.

-~'------------I-

, Brought forward ... Indigo Division:

Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads Suffolk Lead ... . .• Indigo Lead ... • •• Lancashire Lead ... ... ' All England Lead ... . .. . Caledonian and Durham Leads Wahgunyah ... .. . Clydesdale ... .. . Lanarkshire .. . Robert Burns .. . Rutherglen Reefs ... Chiltern Reefs Newcastle Lead ...

Buckland Division: Harrietville ... ... .. . Harrietville to' Bright ..... . Bright to Boundary,including Running

Creek '" ... ... Wandiligong ... '" Buekland to Upper Bridge .:. Upper to Lower Bridge ••• Lower Bridge to Ovens Junction •••

Aleza';dra Subdivision: . Alexandra and vicinity ... G<;ldfrey's Creek and vicinity Devil's River and tributaries Johnson's Creek and tributaries Head of U T Creek .. . Goulburn River... .. . Doogalook .•• ..'. Spring Creek and tributaries Higinbotham ... . ... Merton and vicinity ... Tea-tree Creek and vicinity Acheron River... ... Maindample and Doon ...

55 6

195 10

4 28

8 6

.6 4

38 15 6

1 __

142 274 120 178 168

50 10 10 10 10 20 2

15 '3

15 10

2,375

381

1,245

Yea ....... • .. ••• !

~~ I 10

i .23 Scattered population ...

Dry, Creek Subdivision: Brankeet Creek .• , Dry Creek ,., Hell's Hole ...

ddffney's Creek Subdivision: Goulburn River·... • •• Gaffney's Creek... . .. Cannon's Creek... ... Raspberry Creek and branches Lyrebird Creek... , •• Wallaby Reef .•. • .. Moving population .. . Moonlight Creek ... .. .

Wood's Poiut Subdivision: Wood's Point and Morning Star Lower Goulburn ... . .. Right and left branches ... Gooley's Creek... . .. Harper's and Pheasant Creeks' Perkins' Creek and Waverley All Nations and Creek •.• Black River Moving population Maori Creek ... Never-mind Spur ...

Big River Subdivision: Frenchman's Creek Warner's Creek .. . Enoch's Point ... . Railway Creek .. . Jim Thomas' Creek Big River North ... Big River South ... Fry's Creek ••• Moving population Goulburn River .. ,

Mitta Mitta Division: Ughtning Creek ... Granite 'Flat Mitta Mitta River ... Junction, Snowy Creek Bethanga... • .. Dart River ...

Carried forward

... o

~2 38

'59 .-

4 48 14 46 7

10 7 3

50 30 30

6 12

6 16 10 8 4

10

2 2

12 12 4

20 16 8 4

.6

29 ... • 45

25 15

270 20

210

109

139

182

86

--- 404 -... 5,131

Name of Place.

Brought forward ...

Jamieson Subdivision: Howqua Rh'er and tributaries Goulburn River, from Howqua to

Jamieson ... .. Mack's Creek .... .. Goulburn River, from Jamieson to

Swampy Creek .. . Sailor Bill's Creek .. . Flume Creek .. . ... Baker's Creek .. .

Total for Beechworth District ...

SANDHURBT DISTRIC;r.

I No.

5

35 60

170 100 30 30

Sandhurst Division: • 'Back Creek and Spring Gully ... 120 Sheepshead and Golden Gully ... 320 Golden Square and Kangaroo.Flat... 460 Crusoe Gully and neighborhood ... 70 Marong and Bullock Creek ... 80 Victoria and New-chum Reefs ... 540 Long, Maiden, and Derwent Gullies ... ' 500 !ronbark ... ... ... ... 510 Bendigo Flat ... ... ... 500 White Hills and Epsom... ... 40 Huntly... ... '" • ••. 165 Sydney Flat and Whips tick '... 160 ~pecimen Hill and Sailors' Gully... 290

. Devonshire Gully and Dead-horse Flat 250 Windmill Hill and California Gully... 430 Eaglehawk Gully and Flat ... ... 295 Snob's Hill and Pegleg Gully ... 390 Raywood... ... ... ... 70 Elysian Flat ... ... . ... 30 Sebastian... ... '" ••• 50 Homebush ... ••. .., 40 Kamarooka ... '" ... 35 Scattered and prospecting' ... ••. 300

Kilmore Division: Reedy Creek Sunday" Creek

40 10

Heathcote Division and Waranga South Subdivision:

GraytQwn Redcastle Heathcote Costerfleld Tooborac ... Kimbolton and Campaspe .. . Coli ban and Myrtle Creek .. . Wild-duck

Waranga North Subdivision: Rushworth .. . Whroo... .. . Coy's Diggings .. . White, Hills, &c. '" Waranga... ...

15 90

120 210 30 20 30

... 30 i-

97 ... 85 ... ' 31

21 4

Total.

5,131

330

5,461

5,1)45

50

545

-- 2:j,4

Total for Sandhurst District ...

MARYBOROUGll DISTRICT.

M aryborough Division: Alma ... Waterloo ... Inkerman ... Moonlight Flat ... Adelaide Lead Golden Point Craigie .,. Four-mile Flat '" Carisbrook Mosquito ... Blucher's .. . Newtown .. . Havelock ... Chinaman's Blackman's Lead ... Maryborough

Carried forward

...

... .

400 50 50 50

120 100 100 100 150 150 300 150 150 800

50 300

6,484 1----

-- '3,020

3,020

21

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

NlOme of PllOce.

Brought forward ...

Mai~rca Subdivision: Majorca. ... • •• View Point Lead ... England's Hill Lead Mount Greenock ••• Gibraltar Lead ... Scandinavian Lead McCallum's Old Lead German Gully (quartz)

Amherst Division: About Talbot ... • .. Scandinavian Lead ... Mount Greenock... . .. Mount Glasgow... . .. Nuggety and Long Gullies ...

, Kangaroo Gully... .. . Mia Mia and tributaries .. . Daisy Hill and tributaries .. . Adelaide Lead South .•. Blacksmith's Gully ... Emu and Cockatoo ' .•• Brown's Gully... . •• Norfolk Gully... • .. Rocky Flat ... • ..

Avoca Subdivision: Amphitheatre ... .. . Avoca Lead ... .. . Green Hill Creek '" ... Percydale ... . .. Homebush ... . •• Lamplough ... ... Monte Christo ... • •• Mountain Hut ... .. . No. I Creek ... .. . No.2 Creek ... .. . Kimberley and Sardine .. ,

. Donkey Hill ... ... Middle Creek, &c. ... • •• Gullies east of Avoca ... New Reef, Avoca road ...

Dunollyand Tarnagulla Divisions: Dunolly... ... . .. Burnt Creek ... .. . Goldsbrough ... .. . Inkerman... ... . .. Moliagul i &c. ... . .. Bealiba... ... . .. Murphy's Flat, &c. ... Jones' Creek, &c. .•. . .. Tarnagulla ... ... Half-way... ... • •• Llanelly ••• ... ... Wild-dog, &c. ... • ••

Inglewood and Weilderburn Divisions·: Berlin Diggings . ... .., Wehla... ••• .. . Kingower ... .. . Mcintyre's ... • •• Synnott's... ... .. . Burke's Flat ... .. . Inglewood ... • .. WedderburIi ••• ... Garibaldi ••• ... • .. A voea Forest ... ... Woolshed and Yorkshire Flat Opossum Hill and Orville ... Quartz Mines ... • ..

Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivilions: Stuartmill, &c.... ... .. . Redbank .. , ... ... .. . Fowler's Lead ... ... .. . Hines... ... ••• .. . Moonambel, &c.... .., Darling Flat' . ... .., Emernld Flat '" '" Sandy Creek ... . .. Canterbury ... '"

St. Arnaud North Subdivision: New Bendigo .. . St. Arnaud .. . Stuartmill, &c. . .. Silver Mines, &c. ...' Rostron's and Wattle Flat ...

Carried forward

No.

45 6 8 8 5

21 20

8

40 20 98

4 50 40 40

130 80 26 40

6 16 20

50 100

72 180 100 152 20 25 45

150 15 10 25 20

5

155 50 80 40

llO 90 20 60 90 25 30 75

125 50 65 67 35 30

280 150 27 33 47

970 11

45 66 30 30 80 40 80 20 20

25 190 40 30 25

Total.

3,020

121

610

969

825

1,890

411

1--7,846

Name 01 Place.

Brought forward ... • .. St. Arnaud North Subdivision-continued.

Emu, &c.... ... ... • •• Carapooe, &c. ... ... ... Bell Rock, &c.... • •• Blink Bonnie, &c. ... • .. Duchess of }~nburgh ... Jerejaw, &c. ... • .. Victoria Reef, &c. ... . ..

Total for Maryborough Distriet ...

CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT. Castlemaine Division:

Castle maine Eureka Reef Guildford Campbell's Creek ... Sailor'S Gully Barker's Creek Myrtle Creek Moonlight Flat ... Chewton ... Wattle Gully Golden Point Diamond Hill Bolivia 'Reef

Fryer's Creek Division: Golden Gully to Fryerstown Spring Gully and Speeimen Hill Chok'em Flat to Vaughan ... Butcher's and Kangaroo Hills German and Mopoke Gu.llies ••• Loddon: Vaughan to Pennyweight ... Table Hill and Tarilta. ... Guildford Hills... • .. Loddon:, Vaughan to Holcombe Nuggety Gully and Irishtown Green and Sailors' Gullies ... Pickpocket and Hard Hills '" Strathloddon and Hit-or-Miss

Hepburn Division: . Dry Diggings Seetion

Yandoit Section '" Boots Gully Section Italian Gully Section Spring Creek Section Doctor's Gully Section Brandy-hot Section Deep Creek Section Blind Creck Section Stony Creek Section Wombat Creek Section Daylesford Section Connel's Gully Section

Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision: Taradale •.• ... ... Liberty Flat ••• • .. Redesdale Yankee Point Malmsbury Coliban ...

• Belltopper Laurij!ton Scattered

Tarrangower Division: North Maldon ... Beehive Hill ..• Eaghlhawk .. . Long Gully .. . Porcupine Flat ... Fiddler's Flat ... Mount Tarrangower Sandy Creek .. . Nuggety "'" .. . Mia Mia ... Green Valley Muckleford Clydesdale River Loddon Parkin's Reef German Reef ChapU1ltn's Gully ... Bell's Beef

Carried forward

No. Totlll.

... 7,846

15 15 20 15 20 10 20 425 I-!~

... 8,271

80 36

100 114 32 95 36 61

182 86 65 80 25

150 120 230

80 130 100 100 220 220 130 40 40

150

64 116 33 58 68 52 '28 94

126 71 96

244 59

193 12 40 20 20 25 38 69 10

42 37

180 42 29

1 19 75 16 6

II 16 20 12 22 43

2 5

:--"-

992

1,710

1,109

427

578

... I 4,816

22

. NUMBER and DISTRlBU'TION of MINERS on th~': Goldfields, &c.-continued. .

Name of Place. No. Total. Nnmeof Plnce. No. Total.

---;-.,-. --------:------ - ---I -------.-, ---'----,.,... "".-. -, ---.-

Biought forward ... St. And~ew;s Division:

Andeison's!Creek ... Long G.ulli.... • •• Smith(s Gully. • .. You'Yciu . .1... ... Wild.'dog i ... W alsfr imd :A!rmstrong's _ ... Warburton ... .Cherry-tree •... Cobbler's Gully ...

'Watery Gupy .. . Reef ton .. '. .. . Pioneer • .1. .. . Queensto,wn . • •• Kingstown'.. • .. One:.tree Rill .. . McMahon's' .. . Emerald ••• Starvation Creek ... Rodine's Creek .•. Diamond Heefs ... Muddy Cre~k .. . Womfut Creek .. . Wilson's Creek ••• . I

Blue M~u~t~in 1N~;tl, Subdivision;

85· 23 17 12' Jl 16 II 16 '

3 9

25 6

34 24

7. 15 12 ,6 31 5 2 7 I

) 6J ..

,Trentham ... • .. Newbnry... .•. • .. Garlidjet's .... ... . .•

... ~o

... ,', '12

~ .. .'~ , . ,

;r,?talfor Castlemaine Distr~ct ..• ;,~ ... : 1~~. __ _

ARAll:AT DISTllICT.

Ararat Division1; Ararat Proper ....' ... ..... '

Armstrong's .... '" Philip's Flat and Cathcart ..• Rhymney Reef and Shea's Flat Opossum Gully and Port Curtis Moyston and Londonderry ...

PleasantlCreek Division: . " Silvt;r,8hillinj(... ... , ... , Deep Lead, Forty-foot, and Welsliman's .

Flat,·... ........ ,: ... Great:Western... .. . Stawell ... ... .. . Sev~ntY·foot ... . .. Germania ... .. . Welcome... .. .... .. . Darl:ingtim , ••• '" Ironbark ... ••• • ••

BarMy Division; Landsborougliimd Malakoff Bar1!:lj ........ • ••

. Frenchman's ... ~ ... .Gleripatrick... .... • ..

Raglan Division: ...

' ....

Beaufort and. surrounding. gullies ... Sailors'. Gully. .... . ... Charlton .• : ... ...

... :

.I55 75 70 40 90 65

15

530, 26

1,055 30 28

9 9

50

125 60

250 50

ll8 ' 81 60

4,816

389

49

5,254

1,752

485

Wat~rloo .. : ... .. • ", J

ir~t~l for Ararat District

... ~~ 1 :

GIPP~LAND DISTRICT.

Omeo Subdivision: Livingstone Creek ••• '. ... Mitta Mitta' River, from Cobungra to

Wombat Creek ... ... ... Wombat Creek... ••• , .. Gibbo'River .. , ... • .. Swift's Creek ,.. ,.. ... River ·Tam bo ... . ... , ..

MitchellRiver and Boggy Creell Subdivisions: Nicholson and Tambo Rivers ... Boggy Creek ... ... • .. Merrijig Creek.... ... • .. Sandy's' Creek ... ... . .. Mitchell River .. ... ...

Carried forward

Office of Mines, }lelbourile, 12th April 1877.

130

19 25 21

154 8

100 100 31' 29 19

3,087

!357

279

636

Brought forward ...

Croo/led River Division: Grant i ... • .. Crooked River·... .. . Jungle Creek ... .. . Twelve-mile Creek... .. . Twehty-five-mile Creek ... 'fhirty-mile, Creek ... ." 'Ventworthi .. , .. . Upper Dargo ... .. . Middle Dargo ... • .• Lower Dargo ... ... Upper Mitchell... • •• Good Hope' ... ... Good Luck Creek ... • .. Swamp and'Mf,lrris' Creeks ...

Jericlw Division: Dryc:reek ... Lower Jordan ... Upper Jordan ... Red Jacket Creek ... B B.Creek .. . Thomson River .. . Aberfeldy River .. . Prpspeeting .. .

'; f

Donnelly;s Creek Division;Donnelly's Creek ... A,berfeldy, Fulton's, &c.

, Freestone Creek ...

Strillger'~ 'Creek Division; Walhalla ... .,. Fulton's Creek ••• Aberfeldy l,tiver .•. Thomson River ...

, , Aberfeldy Subdivision;

Aberfeldy River... . •• Thomson River... .. . Wilson·and·Barthold's .. . James Rice's Lease, Aberfeldy

Russell's CreeR Division: Crossover' Creek .. . Tanjil ••. .. .

, Russell's Creek .. . Hawthorn Creek .. . Wombat Creek .. . Borer's Gully ... Lady Manners Sutton Good Hope .Creek ...

Bendoc Subdivision; Bendoc... • .. Bommg .:. • .. Delegate River ... Bog land Queensborongh

I ;', j .

Tarwin Subdivision: Foster .. .' Turton's Creek ... Prospectors;

Traralgon Subdivision: Morewell ... Nal'acan Creek ... Traralgon Creek ... Flinn's ·Creek ... .1'yer8 River arid Creek Merriman's.Creek ... Moe ... .. . La Trobe... .. . Eaglehawk Creek ... Haunted Hill. .. . Bennett's Creek .. .

....

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17 28

8 6

17 !

.7 27, 20 14 12 25 12 13 . 37

13 ,27

7 22 20,

:::Ij 42 37

2

445 2

40 50:

81 18 20" 20' .'

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18 24

6 10 8 4 1 2

':10 • 26'

29 ... 14 .~

I ,

. .8 7 4 5 7 6 4 6. 2 4 2

Total for Gippsla.nd District •••

GRAND TOTAL

636

243

128

81

537

139

73

79

91

55

2,062

39,447

TROS. COUCHMAN, Secretary for Mines.

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b~NT~AL DIVISION; Mr. David Christy, Mining Registrar.

Mining during the past quarter; both in alluvial and' quartz workings. has progressed ~ith rather more favorable results than heretofore. It will be seen that the average yieHl. from quartz. shows an increase, and it may be fairly presumed that when this' branch of ~ining industry becomes mor,e, fully _de'ICeloped the re~urns frqm this goldfield will be as encouraging as that from any otherin the colony;" In alluviaL mining the Band of Hope Company have-discovered an alluvial reef wash about 130 feet above the gutter level, from which very good yields are being obtained. There has from time to time been similarly ri~h workings met with in many of the mines on the Sebastopol plateau, but unfortunately the infiul( of water, wi}ich kept gradually increasing as company after company ceased operations, has caused reef workings to be almost discontinued. It is to be regretted that the company which waS some time since proposed for the purpose of ,pumping (oyercoming ,the water which had swamped out nearly all the old alluvial mines), did not meet with that 'support froml capitalists which such a speculation would warrant. It may be fairly inferred from past and occasional rich ,alluvial reef discoveries, that if the difficulties presented by water were overoome, there'could be opened up a rich field of alluvial workings, which would make this goldfield prosperous for many years. '.,'" ,. " , '. '

The City of Ballarat Company have bottomed their shaft since the date of my last report. The company have had to contend with ansi overcome 2,800 gallons of water per. minute in sinking; the whole of which ha~ been"stopped back by a llew process invented by Mr. Thompson, the manager. The strata passed ,through, i~,sinking are chiefly basalt, of which there have been four distinct rocks, ma.king' a. total depth .of 397 feet of basalt and sedimentary layers. The sinking is now in pipeclay, and in a few' weeks they will have reached a depth sufficient for opening out. In my nex.t report I hope I shall be able to number: this claim among theJgold.producing mines., , "

'l'he consumption of water by mining companies during the quarter was 20,970,000 gallons, at 4d. per 1,000 ~~. '

GOLD obtained from the principal.Alluvial Mines in the Central Division, for Quarter ending 31st,March 1877. Names. b

Nil Desperandum Eastern Star Golden Reef ...

oz. dwt. gr •. 246 16 0, In 0 0

Names. Bushby and Co. St. George ... Puddlers (say) ...

,"oz. dwt. gr. ',' .. ": ... 23 1 12

, ,'" ... ; , ,_" ' ..... :, .• 296 19 12 ... 1,100 0 0

Band and Albion Consols ... Koh.i·noor

45 0 0 808 8,18 28 18 6

502,0 0 Total' ... ".:, .:: 3;222 4 0

Winter's Freehold

Temperance Company Two-ton Company Endeavor Company, -Duchess Company Manners'Lease .. :" Bushby and Company' ....

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DIVIDENDS.

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Mr. George Perry, Mining Registrar • . . ,'- .. ,'

;£ s. d.

1,370 0 0 100 0 0 276 0 0 105 0 0

.i. :,600 ,0 0" .... l. 2616 9 0

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I .... £2,477 16 9

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QUARTZ MINING" This branch of mining industry is in the ascendant, chiefly c~used by the success ~chieved by th~ Nil Desperan.

dum Company, Kangaroo Flat, a co.operative party of seven men, who, after a very hard struggle, have at last got fairly at work with good results. The line of reef is entirely new, and the payable stone is 8 feet wide and easily worked. The adjoining claimholders are energetically prospecting 'for> the same reef.

The New Kangaroo Comp1tny are still sinking. Staffordshire Reef.-The Hopewell Tribute Company are in better stone, with the.fac~s i~prov;ing •

. The .Speedwell Tribute 9oll}pany have been ,most of their time pro~p'e'c~~ng, fo~.b~~tElr,:.B~ciri~:',,;The lode, as mentIOned 11l my last report, .dId not turn out so well as expected. ." ' . " ' "

T4e Hopew~ll Company are busily employed connecting their' ~orki,I:tg~, wit4' ~he 'tributer!' workings for the purpose ofventiiatlOn. 'r.> 'I, .. ,.

ALLUVIAL MINING. •

There is nothing ~f an encouraging nature to ~ep'ort in this class of mining. ' McMulloll's Bridge.-The Goldsbrough COnIp!toy have been cO,mpelled to cease work at their claim in Conse

quence of their inability to find payable ground. 'l'his is much to lie deplored, as their claim is in the 'centre of a large tract of unexplored country which I have no doubt will ultimately prove auriferous. They have sold their plant, but the machinery is stH! Oll the claim,

Pitfield Plaius.-The Welcome Compauy al'C still driving for the g~tter •. "

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BUNINYONG DIVISION.

Mr. Robert M~ Harvell, Mining Surveyor and.Registrar.

. AdUVIAL MINING.

During the quarter the workings in the main Durham gutter, at the Perseverance mine, have proved remunerative. The washdirt has improved considerably; and it is a matter to be wondered at that the miles of this alluvial auriferous drift should remain unworked, with such excellent returns from this the only mine 'now on the lead.

I have no new discoveries to record during this quarter. . .. The Stonewall Company, on the old workings of the Black Lead, have improved yields; and some excellent

yields have been obtained at tlie Red Jacket. ' The prospecting party have as yet not been successful. '. '

QUARTZ' MINING.

This branch of mining is steadily improving, Fairweather Reef especially yielding well. . On the Devonshire, Holden and party have had to get their boiler repaired, the hydraulic test applied having proved some of the plates n~ ,

LIGNITE.

The. company at Lal·Lal have done nothingduri~g the quarter.' . The j:luantity of water sold during the quarter was 10,000,000 gallons from the Government reservoir; under

control of Bu~yong Borough Council, 18s. 6d. being the amount receivea. .

SMYTHESDALE DIVISION.

·l'fr. ,John Lyndt, Min'ing Surveyor and Regi8trar.

The yield of gold for ·the quarter shows a considerable decrease, being less than that of the previous quarter by 1,746 ozs.· . . . "

The decadence of mining throughout the district is becoming general, the exception being in favor of Haddon • and Lintons, where the yield is still kept up with wonted regularity. No new workings have been discovered, nor is there any marked disposition on the part of ·the miners' to embark in \l-nything, like expensive prospecting. There is not sufficient encouragement now to induce them to incur any outlay in exploring doubtful localities, and the known leads are either worked already or being subjected now to that process. These remarks 'apply to alluvial mining; and as regards quartz mining, its condition, although looked upon as more hopeful, is at present equally depressed.

The yields of the principal mines are as follow :- '

Reform, Haddon ... . Racecourse, Haddon' Trunk Lead, Haddon

Smythesdale Consols, Smythesdale

ALLUVIAL.

QUA.RTZ.

CRESWICK DIVISION.

2,5850Zs . 1,082 " '818 "

186 ozs ..

Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

There has be~n a great decrease in the yield of alluvial g:>ld during the quarter. Several of the rich claim,S at SpringhilFare worked' out; the progressive mines have not yet llluch gold, whilst Cameron's Freehold Oompany's claim ,has been swamped out and is only now getting the ground into working order.

The yield, from quartz continues nearly the same, but. there is a' slight decrease in the general average; more . claims under this class are, however, being worked in the Creswick portion of the division. .

The following are the yields from the principal alluvial mines ;- . . .

Tributers, Port Phillip Company, Clunes Australasian Company, Red Streak .Cameron's Freehold Company, Springhill Ryrie's Freehold Company, Springhill Bunyan's Freehold Company, Springhill .. . Kingst~m Park ComPany, Springhill .. . De Murska Freehold Company, Springhill· .. . Approximate yield of small mines .

ROYALTY AND DIVIDENDS.

Port Phillip Company ... . .. New North Clunes Oompany South Olunes Company ... ' Cameron's Freehold Oompany Ounnin~s' Freehold (Jompany Bunyan s Freehold Company Kingston Park Company Ryrie's Freehold Company De Murska Freehold Oompany

oz. dwt. gr. 127 12 12 612 ' 13 °

86 3 0 .249 5 0 574 10 °

1,130' 8 0 225 14 0

1,500 0 0

4,506 5 '12

£, S. d. 4,827 8 3

..4,112 0 0 2,000 ,0 0

36 ° 0 1,212 0 ° 639 6 0 '1,752 10 ° 103 10 0

71 10 0

£'14,75~ 18 3

T~a qua.ntity of water us~d during the-quarter was 116,943,000 galions, at ltd. per 1,000 gallons.

GORDON SUBDIVISION .

. Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

No mining under this head has been carried on during the quarter except the fossicking in the old worked-out. alluvial gullies, which has engaged the attention of a few men. Fourteen ounces of gold only were obtained from this branch of mining during the quarter.

. QUARTZ MINING.

Egerton.-Black-horse United Company.-At the time of my last report it was stated that pumping operations were still being carried on,and that the water had been reduced to the SOO-foot level, at which it was intended to resume mining operations. The shaft having been carefully overhauled, in the beginning of January IDen were sent below to break quartz at the above-mentioned level, and on the 10th of the same month the two five-head batteries were started, the remaining twelve standing idle till the mine is sufficiently opened up to admit of more men being employed in breaking quartz. Since starting, about 140 feet have been driven, and 1,059 tons of quartz raised and crushed, yielding 441 OZ8. 3 dwts. IS grs. of gold. Thelode from which this stone was taken is between 8 and 10 feet in thickness. ' At present a considerable amount of dead work is being done, such as sinking the No.2 shaft, which is situated on that portion of ground held on tribute from the Egerton Company. It is intended to connect the work. ings from this shaft with those at the SOO-foot level in the No.1 shaft for ventilation, &c. The number of men employed is 61.

The Egerton Company.-This company have again' resumed operatiolls in the shaft in the cutting, and are now raising stone from it and the No.2" Rose" shaft. They have commenced reducing quartz with the new engine and battery, of which mention was made in my last report, and have now 43 stamp,·heads regularly at work. The number of men employed is 175.

South Learmonth and Egerton Amalgamated Company.-During the quarter this company have regularly been at work prospecting their ground at the 400 and 500.foot levels. Although a lode has been met with in the 500-foot level, and work?d for a distance of 170 feet, yet it is found to be unremunerative, as the ground is much broken up in cODsequence of crosscuts and slides. The number of men employed is 20. ' ,

,. The Argyle Company during the quarter have principally been engaged in crushing quartz which was left on the surface by a previous party. 240 tons were crushed, which yielded 36 ozs. of gold, or 3 dwts. to the tun. The number of men employed is 6. '

North Argyle Company.-This company have been engaged in prospecting their f,'Tound at a depth of 135 feet, but as yet nothing of a remunerative nature has been met with. The number of men employed is 5.

The Chinese company of 12 men, re"istered as Ah Jack and Co., are still engaged in washing the tailings from the Egerton Company's battery, with the same result as last quarter, having obtained an average yield of 4 ozs. of gold per week, or a total of 52 ozs. for the quarter. '

The Chinese company of 11 men washing the tailings from the Black.horse. United Company's battery have not been so successful as Ah Jack and Co., as only 26 ozs. of gold were obtained during the quarter, or an average yield of 2 ozs. per week.

Gordon.-Parker's United Company.-This company during the quarter have raised and crushed from their underlay shaft, on lease block 1023, 1,100 tons of quartz, which yielded 422 OZ5. of gold,or 7 dwts. 16'15 grs. to the ton. This shaft is now a total depth of 455 feet, and the lode is still from 7 to 8 feet in thickness. The drive from the main (engine) shaft at a depth of 400 feet has been connected with the workings in the underlay shaft, and the quartz obtained from this shaft is trucked at this level to the engine· shaft, a distance of about 2,200 feet. With a view of cutting a payable lode, which is known to exist to the south of the main shaft, prospecting operations' are

. being carried on at the 400-foot level. The number of men employed is 60. No work has been done by the Homeward.bound Company during the quarter, hut the machinery is still on the

ground. Mars Company ha:ve sunk a shaft 50 feet in depth, opened out and driven 20 feet, at which distance a lode was

cut, which appears not to be carrying golg. They, however, intend to test its value by sinking another shaft upon it farther north. The number of men employed is 3. ,

, United Miners Company.-During the quarter this company have sunk a shaft 70 feet in depth, opened out at tl.lat depth and dr-iven west 27 feet. A well· defined lode, carrying a little gold, was met with at this point. Ten feet have been driven along its course. No trial crushing has yet been made. '£he number of men employed is 6.

IRON.

Lal Lal Iron Company, Lal Lal.-No ore has been raised nor smelted during the quarter.

STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.

Mr. O. W. Collins," ]l1ining Registrar.

There has been but little gold obtained on any of the fields in this division during the past quarter, as will be seen by the returns.

Water has been very scarce. No water was sold during the quarter.

BLACKWOOD' DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining" Registrar.

Qu ARTZ MINING. , , Mining matters on the whole have been rather stagnant during the quarter. With the exceptions of the Sultan

and 1\iounter Brothers' mines no remunerative returns have been obtained from any of the mines at present held in this division; this, however, is mainly owing to the great scarpity of water, which not only stopped aU batteries driven by water power, but also ,a number of steam-engines where only a limited supply can be obtained.

The Sultan Company are sinking their main shaft another 100 feet, or to a total depth of 800 feet. The present l?west level (700 feet) has now been thoroughly opened up with good prospects of payable gold, and as the permanency of reefs in this division has now been establishcd, hopes are entertained that it will be the means of bringing ~n capital for a further development of the numerous lodes in the district.

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The S?ltana Comp:myare driving south of theirshaft at the 200:foot level. They have come upon gold-bearing quartz at a distance of 120 feet from tqe shaft. The v\lfue of the .stone has not beell ascertained, no opening up having as·yet takcn place. \,' .,. '. '\ ': .", ,..., I,t ,. ' f

, The a,rea formerly held by the Constellation Company, Wright's Reef, has been recently taken up by a party of 12 co-operative shareholder:s. under. the style of tlieSt'ar and Stripes Quartz Mining Company; they are driving a.

. tunnel, 'and haye reached a distance of 240 feet, and expect to strike the reef within another 200 feet, which .will give about 200 feet of backs. As thel'esult of former crusjlings from,the upper levels proved payable, the shareholders are . confident of the venture turning out remunerative. Should this prove correct, it would. undoubtedly haye;tp,e:.effE)ct of:again starti;:tg the adjoining claims, namely, the Red, White, and Blue and the North Britain companies, now ull,\"orked and Idle for some time back.

. ALLUV~AL' MINING. . ,

Had a supply of water ftom the ~overnment 're~~~voi~. Jiot, been ava'ilable, the wo~kings of banks and .river beds would have'been almost entirely suspended .. The bed of phe river has,in most instances, been work~dover arid over again, in'consequence of which the returns are very small as a rule; exceptions"howev,er, occur occasionally, a.s from a reliable'source I hear that a party of six Cliinese miners have, within the last· two months,"disposed of parcels of gold to the value of about £250. " . ,,' .

The average quantity of water· sold was four sluice.heads, at lOs •. per ,week per sluice.head: ,<, -,

BALLANS UBDIVISION. :

l1Jr'. S. Cooper, Mining Registrar. , .",' , .

Mining has been almost at a .standstill ig. t1l!s' subgivision du;ing th~, 'lluarter, an, ~cciderit :ha:~ng' happened t(ythe proprie~or (Mr. Ashton) of the only,mine at present w~rked in the subdivision: ' 'PiicticallY'!lothing hasbe.en

.done at the mme. • .', .• ,.' , ,. ",; ".' " . No minerals other than gold are searched for iIi. this sulldivision.·, .. , ' .. ~. " , No water was sold during the quarter. " .,'

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BEECHWORTH DIVISION.

,¥ ~Mr. Alexalider Alderdice, Mlning i Registrar. -'~i '"

,j: '.' '. _.. ... ~. '" t ';s, . :. ). , _ .) . .... ~ " . " .. The want of water in this division still continues, and in consequence all kinds of mining are riearly,·at astarid~'

s~ill. The output of gold for the .past quart,<r i~_ .t~e~;Aq.l)esi yet i:eco~!i!l~' an4' unJes~ the co,miri$witit~r, fnif il. d1fferent character to the last, cons1derable suffenng 18 hkely to be experIenced by the mmers. ,. ,., . , The Rocky Mountaii1 Company's'.tunnel is 110W ,being.:proce\l!ied" wi~h"m?st vigo~?u~ly, t,~,e,cha.r~~ter'of'the

stone (granite) having <;hanged. During the past mO)lth, 70 feet wer~ driv~u, ap!i 'it is antic~pated"that the, rockborers will be able to accomplish 100 feet per month when'the workmen are better acquainted with 'tliem:', The total distance now driven'is 430 feet~ or about one-fourth of the whole length of the tunnel. ,

A considerable number of men who have been th~own out, of w~)l'kby the want of wa"ter have been, prospectipg ror quartz.ree,fsin this ~vision"butthey have not yet been rewarded,by t.h~.9i5c9veryo~ apy payable ,ston~., . ,:_"

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YACKANDANDAH DIVISION.

Mr. Peter WrigM, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

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'INDIGO DIVISION.

,Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

Mining 'o~e:rations di.lrillg th,e' quru.:ter ',!lav~r:lle~n unpr<:~ede!1l'edly dul1,o~ing to the cont~nu9d.dry weather' and consequent scarcity of watcr. ' . ' .. ' ".,' " ". ~ . .' ' .. " ..... ",' d J

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The machille of Harris and 00., at Rutherglen, h:,tS been wholly Id!e; hut· the mme has been stead1ly worked and a large quantity of rich stone brought to grass, which since the late 'rains is now being operated upon.

A new claim has been taken up,on the fiat into which the Great Eastern Reef.is trending. There appears to be a. determinlltion on the part <;>f thc, ~u~iue?s, p'eople as, wpll ,as ~p.e oPt;mtiv7 minOI'i? t~, give this, as weq as the neighboring reef~ :;.round R?therglen".a fair trial. .. " '. ~ " ' ""

Quartz mllllllg at Ch:ltern contlllueS(aS usual< v::;ry dull. . i' '. .'. " _ . "

'l'he claim of the Chiitern Valley MInes Company may now be saId to be 111 working order. Thepu·mps are 'permanently fixed and-the ~ain drives are being open~d. Qut~., , . ,\ " .~. .

'rho Chinese population on the dry leads has diminished to a considerable extent; ,Depending wholly on the stock of water in small dams or reservoirs, many, ~fter stacking washdirt, sludg(f? &e., have been 'compelled to leave, for more favored districts. 0

No. water sold during thc quarter.

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BUCKLAND bI'VISION.' lI-Ir. Lewis C. 'Kinc"itela, Mining .Registrar. '

Alluvial mining in this division is at,ill almost excluaive~y i~, th,e ,hands of the:C:hin~se, a large proportio~ of whom are merely fossicking, The only two important u!1dertakmgs m thiS class of mmmg III European hands, ViZ., the Bright Extended Sluicincr Company and Messrs, Brown !l.ud Airey's claim' at Freeburgh, upon each of which from £700 to £1,000 I-tave been e~pended, have not py any means ;-ealized the projectors', e~pectations., ,

The very small quantity of quartz crusbed here dunng the past quarter is ill part owmg to the scarcity of water, but results ch:iefly ~ro~ t~e greater ,number of our, mos~ important .reefs be.ing, ~or the present at least,. nonproductive. There is no mdlCatlOll of any lmprovemeIlt either m the quantity of stone raised, and consequently m the number of· hands engaged for wages, for the ensuing'winter. . . . .

The average per ton of the quartz crushed here for t~e pas~ quarter, ViZ., 1 oz: ~ .dwts. ,18:27 grs., is worthy o~ <,

note, bcing by far the highest of any quarterly average obt~llled m ,the Buckland·dlVlslOn WithIn any twelve years experience. ',. , " Eight sluice.heads of water, averaging lOs. per head per week, were sold in the quarter.

ALEXANDRA, SUBDIVISION.' Mr. R. w., S. Greig, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

. Alluvial mining in our deep leads is absolutely ~t a standstill. " The Triumph Company's machinery has been removed from the ground, and the plant of the New Gobur Company has also been disposed of and par~ially r<:moved.

The workings in the Goulburu River, and other shallow workings, have not proved remunerative durmg the past quarter, the latter chiefly arising from the extreme drought of this season.

QUARTZ MINING.

The Perseverance Tt:ibute Company have been engaged in draining their works, repairing their shafts.and drives, and are 'now raising quartz. ,

The Providence Company have been engaged during the past quarter in draining their m,ines and in prospecting their ground;, they have now nearly completed their drainage, and are in hopes .of crus~in~ durin~ the ensuin? quarter.

The tnbute party at the Welcome Reef, Tea-tree Greek, have been engaged smkmg their shaft. They hope to resume winning quartz during the ensuing quarter.

The returns herewith are very meagre, chiefly owing to the claims recently worked at the Acheron giving out, and no new discoveries being made in that vicinity.

DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION, Mr. J. Pemberton, 111ining Regist1'a1',

There is an improvement in quartz prospecting since my last report on the table-land, Dry Creek. .A machine is in course of erection. . '

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, lJ1ining Surveyor and Registrar.

The excellent yields obtained by 'the tributers of the A 1 Gold Mining Company; and of Hunt:s, acting as stimulants to the remarkable enterprise of the miners of this subdhision, have caused every mine with available machinery to be taken up by tributers, with one solitary exception .. It is therefore with hopeful anticipations of good yields to come that we look forward,to the proximate winter rains. '. '

The A 1 Company's tributers continue on excellent stone, a~d; but for want of water, would be crushing. The Hunt's Oompany's tributers, having all but completed the crushings of old mullock, are on excellent

prospects in the reef. The Wallaby tributers are driving for' their best shot of gOld, U1ld have: yet some 100 feet to go; but they are

also crushing inferior matrix, giving them about 30s. a week per 'man. , . , The Golden Belt tributers have obtained yields justifying, so far, the extreme percentage (37 per cent.) they are

giving for the mine, say about £2 per man per week. . The Rose of Denmark mine is again on tribute, al)d the tributers (six men) have just washed up 690zs, 5 dwts.

for six weeks' work, which, according to their tribute,arrangements, will give them wages at the rate of £3 5s. or thereabouts a week. They expect an improved result next crushing.

The Great Eastern, the Lauraville, and Dempsey's have all been lately taken by parties of tributers, and two of these are already at work. ' '

In addition to the above cheering facts is to be recorded the discover'y by William Brown (prospecting'for himself and a party of contributing miners and others resident at Sailor Bill's Creek and the Ten-Mile) of a reef long looked for on Ryan's Creek, and of which specimens had been found more than twelve years ago by Mr. D. Harris a1id his brother, The vein is about 8 in. thick near the surface, on which it shows without any cap, and !ies in metamorphic slate. The stone is first class, carrying its gold imbedded in the quartz in solid pellets freely dispersed, and promising a yield of some 4 ozs, per ton. ,

The alluvial miners have averaged about 30s. per week during the quarter • . . . I hear of no water having been sold. No miners are engaged on raising other minerals than gold in'this sub.

diVIslon. '

WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION. Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, 111ining Surveyor ~nd Registrar.

There is but little to report of this subdivision. The enterprise or'miners is discouraged by the absence of any' material assistance on the part of storekeepers or others, and the progress of the dislrict is thus arrested .

. The Prince of w: ales tr!buters hav:- obtaine~ a handson;e reward !Ol' their enterprise, as also the tributers of the Mormng Star Prospectmg chum, :and the Hope 'rnbute has YIelded a faIr return. Minmg languishes notwithstanding, and tribute parties are only formed with great dilliculty, and are easily discouraged. The summer has been unusually' dry withal, and water scarce at most wat~r-vower engines.

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The Lady Franklin Company, after spending· much time and £400 on a tunnel, have suspended their operations and are once mOre raising gold out of their original workings. The mine looks well.' . '

The alluvial miners have done fairly during the past quarter, their earnings amounting to about 278. per week ~m~ ,

,I do not hear of any water having been sold.. . -No miners are employed in this district on other metals than. gold. ,

BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION.

M;r. A. B. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor, and Registrar.

The prospects of this subdivision have not improved. The summer has been unusually dry, and reducing operations were necessarily suspended· in consequence.

'l'he Luck '8 All is not yet at work, but the Londonderry mine is once more under tribute. The tributers are repairing the old rails of the. tramways of this mine while waiting for water. '

The Unknown mine is looking well, but the owners cannot resume crushing operations until the winter rains shall have begun to fall. .,

The Belle of Victoria mine is also .once more at work, but little is to be expected in the way of returns. The dl'Y season has favored the river workings, but the earnings of the alluvial miners have been very small

(under £1 per man per week), and the withholding of the lands from settlement along the river banks leaves them . but a very precarious existence, and drives them out of the district. . . I hear of no water being sold.

No miners employed in the search of other metals than gold.

MITTA MITTA DIVISION.

)fIr. W. H. Cochrane, lIfinirlg Registrm:. , .

The alluvial diggings on the Mitta Mitta and Snowy Creek: hJve been rather·slack this quarter, in consequence of the continued dry weather. There is little fresh to report, excepting that a small 1118h has occurred to the Dart· Rjver, a tril:lutary of the Mitta. Ahout 25 men are at work, but as yet little more than prospecting has been done. -

No water was sold during the quarter.

JAMIESON ·SUBDIVISION.

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

There is but little of importance to report with reference to the past quarter, no new discoveries having been • ·made.

The Gleeson Lease Company have been unable' to C1118h during the past quarter, owing to the scarcity of water. . . . .. .

The Sailor Bill's Company, having purchased machinery, are making arrangements for its immediate erection, as they have stone broken sufficient to keep it in full work for six months. .

The Poverty Company have made a fresh start and are· now driving a low-level tunnel. They expect to strike the reef in about 200 fe'st. . .

The Mack Creek. Company are still driving the :bottom level along the reef, hut the results of the c111shings during the past· quarter have not been up to expectations.

The Alabama Company are doing well and are extending the bottom level to the north. The stone is looking well. '

The No.1 South Alabama, having made arrangements with the Alabama Company for the use of' their tqnnel, are now opening out the reef. The stone is looking well. . . .

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

SANDHURST DIVISION.

~Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Ref:listrar ..

In quartz mining there has been a considerable falling off 1n the quantity crushed and the average yield, . although as many or more claims have contributed to the total.

About a month since an alluvinJ prospecting party (Messrs. Wells, Massoni, and Pattet'son) reported having fOUlid payable gold in some made hills about five miles from Sandhtirst on the l\'IcIvor road. II: rilsh ~o the placecalled the Homebush diggings~ensued, and in a fortnight se;reral hundred digg~rs had markedo~t cl~im,s an.d commenced sinking, but only a few of them bottomed, and no finds worth mentlOnmg were made. The slllkmg IS

from 20 to 40 feet, part of it through v:cry hard conglomerate. The place is now ahuost deserted, but there are a few left who are determined to give it a further trial, feeling assured from the prospects they have obtained that they will be able to make a living there .. The same kind of country extends for mil",s, and has been tried in various places years ago, but never thoroughly tested. . '

The quantity of. water sold for mining purposes during the past quarter is 22,632,000 gallons.

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Additional information respecting Borne of'the qU&rtz, &0., crushed during the past quarter, included in the tables • prefixed to these repor~s:- ,

Name 01 Company,

,., "

Where Quartz,&c., Ii ~i Yre~~f1~f A;~~fJo Depth fit which the Quartz

was obta.ined. Width 01 Reef, &c,

were obtained. ,~ ~ Gold. -\ler'Tono -·-1----1----I

I!~il 5~';

--_···----1---'-- -----------

New .. chum and Victoria •• Heroules and Energetic ,. Alfred Tribnte •• South Victoria Reef Amal-

Victoria Reef Victoria Ree! Victoria Reef

;Vlctoria Reef gamated

Victoria Heef G, M. .. Victoria Reef Adventure and Advance Victoria Reel

Amalgamated Victoria Consol. ., Victoria Reef

··1

"I ..

Albert '. •• , • Diamond Hill Ree! " Al bert Tribute .. Diamond Hill Ree! .. Garden GuUy United •• Garden Gully Reef " Londonderry.. '. Garden Gully Reel .. Unity .... Garden Gully Heef .. Unity Freehold •• "Garden Gully Iteef ,,' Victory,. , • •• Gal'den Gully Reef " Pandora .. .. Garden Gulty Reef .. Koch's Pioneer " ., Garden Gully Reef " Carlisle, North Garden Garden Gully Heef :'

Gully, and I'assby Hustler's Reel Extndd. Hustlers Freehold Great Extended Hustler'.,.

Hustler's Reet Hustler'. nee! Hustler's neef

Great Hustler's .,

North Hustler's •• A, E, ;;loore'. Claim Lazarus •• Lazarus No. 1 ~ ..

.. Hustler's Reel

• * Hustler's Reef .. • Hustler~s Reef .. New-chum Iteef " New-chum neef

New-chum Consolidated.. New-churn nee! ,. North Old-chum .. New'chum Reef .. Koch and Hildebrnndt ., New-chum Reef ., New-chum United "New-chum neef •• North Shenandoah .. New·chnm l~eef .. Ellesmere No, 1 " "New-chum Reef " Young,chum.. .. New,chum Iteef .. Hibernia Iteet , , "Hibernia Reef , • South Fraser's Reef (BeU's) Hibernia Ree! " South ~'raser'. (Simpson'.) Hibernia Ueef .. Bendigo and lIIelbourne " Bird's Reef, • " Albion United .. Bird's Reel., .. Catherine Reef U, C, "Catherine Reef " Central Catherine , , Catherine Reef •• Snob's Hili , • Catherine Reef ' , South Catherine" • ' Catherine !teef , . Saxby No, 1 .' .. St. 1>lungo !teef .. Ellenborough , , St. ~Illngo Reef , . Duchess of Edinburgh , • Devonshire Iteef " Princess Alexandra ~. Devonshire Reef •• Johnson's Reef .Ext, Trlb, Johnson's !teef " Rose of Denmark •• Johnson's Reef •• Princess Dagmar Tribute.. Johnson'. neel .. North Johnson's.. .. Johnson's Reef " Johnson's Reef G. M. , , Johnsou's Reef • , United Persevemn.. , • Perseverance Iteef " ltoynl Ouk .. .. Persevemnce Reef .. Windmill Hill ,.. Windmlll 11m Reef " Central Windmill Hill , , Windmill HiII!teef ,', Graham's Lease. . • • Moon Reef •• - .. New]lloon .. .. Moon Reef .. , .. Boyd and Jame. "Great Eastern Reef ••

EmplM .. Christmas Reef '. Great Britaln , • lIIorning Light, "

.. Derwent Reef , , Christmas Reef • , Prinee Alfred Uee! ., .. Trevillian Iteef

tons, 366 284 34 80

2,749 ' Ilo

1,176 525 418

3,590 433 793

68 2,849 2,930

358 1,447

648 239

2,257

665

374 814 603

1,995

388 1,270

220 9U6 un

,223 1,284

150 540

9S 2,017

297 4,'253 1,114

586 427 193 270

1,295 2,699

250, 756 90

281 6,825

71 109

53 240 195 782 784

407 _ 41

1,453 1,171

.. Whip Reel., North Whip .. Oriental Perseverance South Extended Monday .. United Devoushlre ••

Flom Ree! •• Curshalton Heef Devonshire Reef

:: 'I,~~

PYRITES.

Albert ., , , • . Diamond Hm Reef " Great.Extended Hustler's.. Hustler. Iteef ... North Shenandoah •• NeW-Chum Reef • ~ Pandora .. .. Garden Guny Reef .. United Devonshire " ])evonshire Itee! , , Victoria Reef G. M, . . Victoria R~el , ,

194 785

2 38 13 30 5!

15

oz. dwt,gr, 493 4 0 152 19 10

1412 15 85' 8 0

995 8 0 45 414

426 1 10 612 5 12 590 4 0

3,245 7 0 414 16 0 863 IS 0 56 12 19

1,859 17 0 1,434 10 0

54 1 18 507 8 0

575 8 15 62 922

1,427 11 0

oz. dwt,gr, ,I 6 22'82 o 10 18'04 o H 14'56 o 8 20'40

o 7,0'98 o 7 20'78

O. 7 5'90 I 3 7'79 1 8 5'74 o 18 1'92 o 19 S'S2 I I 18'01 o 16 10'81 o 9 13'11 o 9 1Y'uO o 3 0'52 o 7 0'31

o 17 18'24 o 5 5'51 o 12 15'59

012 H;'95

100 to 610 feet ilOO feet '" 250 feet ., 620 feet ..

220feet .. .. 350 feet and nbove

500 feet •• 30 and 250 feet .. 260 feet.. .. 400 to 668 feet .. 380 to 440 feet .. 710 feet ," •• 400feet .. .. 610 feet.. .. l}etween 600&700 ft. 812 to 900 feet .. 730 to 854 feet ..

725,900, & 1,000 feet 185 and 230 feet " 600 and 680 feet "

500, SOO, 900, &950 ft. 421 2 0

7315 3 874 5, 0

"484 8 0 1,111 11 0

o 3 22'66 250 reet I 'I 11'M 245 feet ., o 16 1'59 290 to 700 leet o 11 3'44 290 to 800 feet

272 12' 1 899 8 0

74 17 0 167 3 0 69 5 0

13, 13.0 558 17 12 284 4 0 274 2 0 53 022

640 0 0 5415 0

1,732 17 0 676 13 0 548 18 14 258 17 18 135 0 6

72 13 21 514 3 0

1,284 9 0 395 's 0 817 13 0 92 18 0

,184 7 :.I 1,231 19 0

62 15 0 55 12 0 41 18 4 48 8 5

104 19 12 226 14 18 526 10 20

o 14 1'24 o 14 3'93 o 619'31 o 3 10'55 o 9 4'18 o 12 3'98 o 8 Hj,9'~ I 17 21'44 o 10 3'64 o 11 4'02 o 6 8'30 o 3 16'48 o 8' 3'57 o 12 S'OS o 18 17'03 o 12 3'02 o 14 0'40 o 5 9'23 o 7 22'07 o I} 12'43 1 11 14'97 1 1 111'83 1 0 14'13 o 13 2'91 o 3 14'64 o 17 10'22 () 10 4'84 o 15 19'55 o 4 0'82 o 10 18'40 o 6 19'17 o 13 10'37

7614, 106 18 534 2 190 8 350 19

o 0 8 18'45 3 2 12 3'08 o 0 7 8'44

77 2 114 18 326,0

o 0 3 6'04 0' 0 7 0'28 o 0 a 1'14

g g, I~ 2~:i:

6 5 6, 191 11 II!

18 19 0 82 10 0 9 18 0

1316 0

a 215 I) 019'89 1 8 9'23 21,'> 0 1 16 0 o 18 9'60

Surface to 500 feet 150 to 950 feet ••

Various 450 feet .. 100 to 275 feet , • SOD feet 260leet .. .. 350leet .. •• 180 feet.. .. 400 feet •• .. 300feet .. .. Surface to 740 feet 520 and 640 leet .. From surface ~. 240 to 640 feet .. 370 to 517 fect .. From surface ,. 350 ieet .. .. 244 and 344 feet .. 450 feet .. ..

200 ieet 250 to 600 feet .. 110 to 600 feet 312 leet ,. 350 feet 200 feet 300 feet & above '. Surface to 130 teet lOll to 360 toot .. 75 feet'.. ..

100 to 120 leet 225 feet .. 450 teet •• 360 feet ..

Iloleet \ 32peet ..

}

Treatment, rever .. batory lurllll.Ce

. '

feet,

72

180 160

50

245

47 90

66

90

70 140 140

50 50 50 50 50

laO 180 150

120 100 1,00

,300 110 no 150

120 80

180 SO

250

From I foot to 4 leet From 1 foot to 0 ieet 8 or 4 feet 6 feet

From 6 inehes to 48 leet PrIncipally spurs

From 3 feet to 0 reet Frem 1 foot to 4 reet From S Inches to 6 feet From 3 feet to 15 feet From S inches to 12 inches. From 2 leet to 10 feet 10 inches ,'rom 1 foot to 4 feet, The bulk is about 2 feet Succession of spurs At 730-foot level,20 teet; at 854·

loot level, 13 feet Average 1 loot 8 iuches to 2 feet Western reef, 40 feet; old eastern,

2 feet At 500 and 600 feet, a feet; at

900 and 9~0 feet, I foot

A "erage 8 feet From 1 foot to 27 tect From 1 foot to 30 feet, Reached

the top of a neW formation at 900 feet

From 1 toot to 10 feet From II feet to 5 feet

About· 5 feet Average 18 inches

6 inches to 2 feet From i foot to 4 feet From 1 foot to 3 feet From 2 feet to 4 feet From 2 feet to 8 feet Small veins' 3 feet Spurs, from 1 foot to 6 reet Small spurs SmaUspurs From 1 foot to 6 reet spurs Spurs Spurs From 3 in.hel! to 9 Inches

F,om 8 inches to 7 feet

I foot

Spurs Spurs 2 feet 6 Inches Spurs lrOm 6 Inches to 30 Inches.

Workings 25 feet in width at north end and 20 feet In south end

linch to 18 Inches Spurs 2 feet From 18 Inches to 7 feet

Spurs

NOTE,-Th~ ab,ove figures are not to be added to those in the 'tables prefixed to thes. ro orts, They are already massed and included in the tables,

KILMORE DIVISION. Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar.

A prospecting party have been raising quartz at the Shepherd's Reef, Reedy Creek, but the distance to the mill was too grea~ to allow of profits, and the claim has been placed under exemption, ,

AllUVIal miners on Sunday and Reedy Creeks are obtaining a,mere pittance. No. water was sold in tpis division during the quarter,

HEATHCOTE DIVISION ,AND WARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION. Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

As far as regards the public companies in this division, there is no alteration to report. Mining operations are being pursued steadily.

Two claims, held ~nder minerS' rights by CMrlee Husfeldt and 'Michael Manton respectively, have produced some very good stone during the,last quarter, yielding about ~ o~s. to the ton, As the gold was taken to Melbourne lind sold there, it does not appear in my return.

~o water was 8014 during the 'luarter.

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f,., WAR,ANGA)S'ORTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Henry lI~(jks, 1}Iini7lg Regi~tra~. No change has taken place in the number of alluvial or quartz miners since last report j the long drought

having had the effect of drying up all water-holes, it has been· impossible for the ,former to pursue their usual employment. 1-

, The yield of gold from the quartz mines is,:unusually small,a fact easily accounted for by the want Of water • . Some of the best claims have ,stone in paddocks awaiting crushing. ' , ' ,

At 'Coy's Diggings and White Hills Jhe present prospects are' good. At Rush~orth; Holmes's machine,:so long idle, has been repaired, and has started ,crushing, this .. week.' ,At Whroo, the manager 'of the Balaclava Company reports-" On account of scarcity of water the r,eturlls for the quarter 'are very poor. Several of the old veins are'now

, looking up." ,'. ,_,: ',' , " '" .: , J ' " " •

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MARYBOROUGIIMINING 'DtSTRIC'T. "l' [t 'j "1 , ,

, /

" . MAR,YBORQUGH DIVISION.

Mr. p~ Vi;tue,jun., )I'fining Registrar.

, +\'LLUVIAL ,MINING.

, " , I

For the first two months of ' the quarter the s~atcity of water, consequent'on the iong-pr'otracted drought, was , severely felt, and had a most dep'ressing, eff,!ct onmiriing operations' generally. An extemled alluvial C!aillf ofsil'

acres, situate at Cl;tinaman's Flat, and two, prospe'cting alluvial claims situate respectively at' Flagstaff and Chinaman's ll'[at, have be,~n register!ld during the quartef~ 'c;The prospecting Claim at Chinaman's. Flat lies between the lease·of the John Bright Company and Humbug, Lead ; "the ,depth of, sinking is 50 feet; and the pr6sp<ict, so'far, averages 6 dwts. a load;' the gold:obtailled ,is, coarse'and heavy, and a nugget weighing I 'oz. 15dwts. has been f~und. There is a considerable area of new country in thti .ictnity, 9f the claim, an.d a llllmber of miners are present who will soon thoroughly test its character. " , ' .:,

:l,'he neW. tribute party of tlie I{uches,s, of Timor claim are now, doing exceedingly well'; the average weekly yield of gold obtained from the ,claim reaches from 250 to 300 OZS., and there is every prospect of this fine yield continuing for a long time to come. The quanty of water pumped per minute is 1,640 gallons. The claim of the, J unction Company was rec~ntly sold ·at ~heinstance (>f 'one of the banks.''' This property is now in the h!J.nds of '3: ii¢w company, who have named the claim, the "Try Again.'" I believe this claim is rich, and that liefore long good yields will be obtained from it. ' " : ' , ' I ,

The foIlo",ing is a statement of the gold obtained from the principal alluvial mines iiJ: this division during the quarter :~ - '

Band of Hope, Chinaman's Duke and Timot:, Timor 'Count Bismarck, Alma Seaham, Alma Ghtdst'on~,.:.;\IIDa:

,New Magnum Bonum, Alma Queen, Alma St~ Osyth, Ohina~n)

, .... ."!, .

, ' , , ',"

Total , '.'.<.,

A dividend as under has been paid during the quarter,bYrthe company named:"';'

Gladstone, Alma,

: ,QUARTZ MINING.,

'oz. dwt: gr. '387 11 18

1,'992 14 0 110 2 ,0 ]33 ° 0 114 15 0 244 0 0, 561 10 12 43 7.12

3,5~7 0)8

£ s. d. 600, 0 0

I, ,

Mr. Reade, the proprietor 'of the AII' Nation's batterY;,has written, to me as follows :....:." Since last quarter's returns the battery was idle eleven weeks and four days for want of water. I have only ten days' crushing'to report." The Great Extended, at Blucher'S, crushed 623 tons for 151 ozs., or 4 dwts. 20'34 gas. a ton; the result has disappointed the shareholders, who have now let the claim on tribute ,at 15 per cent. on the gross yield of gold. Mr. Edward O~Farrel1 has taken the Mariners' Reef claim on tribu~e. He proposes to sublet his interest in the claipl to'suitable parties of working'miners.

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MAJORCA: 'SUBDIVISION.

Mr. John M. 1lfurphy, Mining Registrar.

, I have the honor to report that 'during the 'past quarter mining in this' subdivision has been very dull, especially in alluvial. The Golden Gate, Company and the U:pited Miners' Company, RockY,Flat, have both bottomed their shafts, and are now engaged, main driving with sanguine hopes of success~ The Duke of Edinburg4 Company, 'Walker's Paddock, McCalll;lm's Creek, ha.s been let on, tribute, and are now driving for another run of alluvial ground. The Prince Alfred Company (quartz), Deed'~'Reef, GerDlan Gully, have had a couple of good 'crushings during the quarter, the quartz averagi~g over 4 OZ8: 4 d,vts: tc:'th~ ton. ,The ,Reliance ~ompany, the ~op.g iVlcng and Columbia Company, and the Enterpnse Company, are' still. Idle for the, want of capital, although It 18 an accepted fact that there is good payable rich ground in each of the claims.

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.A.MHERST DIVISION.

:;Mr.Joseph Smith, lYIining Surveyor and Registrar.

. Owing to the scarcity of water I have to report a falling off in the yield of gold, but the large claims give about the smp-e as usual •. : In .quartz mining there.is only one ,claim which is noticeable, viz., Union, ChurchhiU Reef, Aniherst, which has yielded.4 ozs. 12 dwts. 20'44 grs. pcrton. '

A VOeA SUBDIVISION.

Mr. D. OILea;y, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. . Owing to an exceptionally dry summer and consequent absence of water, alluvial mining in the division was

all but suspended during last quarter; now; however, that the recent rains have filled the puddlers' dams, operations will·be speedily resumed.· At Homebush, in the Working Miners' claim, prospects continue favorable; the main drive in the lower level is further extended westerly 31.9 feet, being now a distance from the main shaft of 1,129 feet.

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QUARTZ •

. Qu~rtz mining has also suffered fropI want of water. In the Monto Christo !'Pine, south of the, township, the' tributers have been sinking for the middle reef, and at a depth of 100 feet are driving to cut it. There is nothing fresh from the Pyrenees reefs, no crushing having been done during the quarter.

No water has been sold during the quarter.

DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISIONS.

Mr. W. G. Couchman, lI-iining Surveyo; and Registrar. Dunoll.o/ Division.

During the past quarter a slightJmprovement in quartz mining has taken place in this division. . Bealiba Reef.-Queen's Birthday Company have crushed 1,224 tons of quartz for a yield of 8040zs. 6 dwts. of

gold, or,an average of 13 dwts. 3'41 grs. per ton. The prospects of the mine are very good; the lode now being worked at the 300 and 400-foot levels is /'j feet thick, from which more stone can be obtained than their present appliances can crush. Another hattery of five stamp-heads is aboJIt to be erected .. 'rhis company recently purchased t1le Golds.brollghQuartz Mining Company's mine and plant, and as the ground adjoins their own leases it makes a 'Very valuable addition to their property., 'Two pairs of Chilian mills have been erected for the treatment of tailings and pyrites. Another lease of 15 acres of ground has been' applied for in' the legal manager's name, adjoining east of their existing leases, and two other .lel!-s\is s~uth and sOllt~-e\l>st. have been applied for, for gold mining purposes, by Messrs. Yates and Borwick respectively., .. . '. .

Monday Morning Reef has been taken up by a co.operative party. Wayman's Reef, Moliagul.-Pumping and winding machinery is being erected. Queen's Reef Company, Moliagul.-The tributers are now workillg a lode 3 feet thick, at a depth of 75 feet,

with good prospects. .

The Prince of Wales Tribute Company have been in full work during the quart(ilr, for a yield of 3340zs. 17 dwts. of gold; some main driving had to be done. They have now tapped the lead at a lower level with ex:cene~t prospects.

Tar'llagulla.

During the quarter mining has been nearly at a st:wdstill both in quartz and alluvial.

INGLEWOOD 'DIVISION.

Mr. W.,.If. lJoffey, Min!ll{j Registrar;

The prosp~cts cif thldj'onesQuartz'Mining Company and Watson's Claim have 'both improved si,nce my last report. No other changc has taken place." ,.... , "

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WEDDERBURN 'DIVISION.

Mr. ,John Reach, lI-finingRegistrar.

" '. bHlling, especially quiuiz,~stilrcbntinues very stagnant. A smaU'alluyial rush took place last week about half ~ pIile ~rQ:tp.Wedderburn, the prospector obtaining 2 OZS, 14 dwts. 'for one week's work. The gold was of a coarse and ragged nat!l~e •. There are no appearances of the rush assuming large proportions. , . No water is 'stored here for sale. '

REDBANK SUBDIVISION.

Mr: n. O'Leary, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

In the low ranges, betwCE;r:~ Redbank and Moon~bel, It rush set in about a fortnight ago in shallow ground, and some good prospects wero obtamed. In a few days It turned out to be only a patch, and the place is now nearly deserted. ,

No water was Bold during the quarter.

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ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

The Greenock Reef Gold Mining Company, Greenock Reef, during the last quarter have crushed 261 tons of quartz, olitained from the 350-foot level, for a yield of 222 ozs. 10 dwts. of gold, or an average of 17 dwts. 1'20 grs. per .ton. There is nothing of any importance t9 report from the other reefs. Alluvial mining is, very du11.

ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVI$ION.

Mr. W. G. Couchman,1I1ining Surveyor and Registrar.,

'Mining matters in this subdivision have been very dull dUring the past quarter. ._ , Wilson's Hill.-The Sandhurst and St. Arnaud Chrysolite Tribute Company have been engaged breaking'out

stone from the SOO-foot level; 802 tons crushed yielded 239 ozs. of gold, or an average of 5 dwts. 23'04 grs. per ton. The main shan has been sunk to a depth of 689 feet, at which a cross-cut is about to be opened for the reef. This company have purchased the machinery of t,he New Isis Company, Stuart Mill, which they are going to aM to that Which they have already. erected. The Lord Raglan Company are .raising and crushing stone from the 450 and 500-foot levels ;370 tons , crushed yielded 74 ozs. of gold, or an average of 4 dwts, per ton.

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.'

iJfr. Thomas L: Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar. . , Very little change in the phase of mining operations' and prospects has occurred during the' quarter. Several

prospecting claims have been taken up upon abandoned reefs and some leased ground, as the Old Quartz Hill, Old Wattle Gully, Caledonia companies, and others, are being re-worked, but as yet 'without discovering any very rich stone., . . .

The Eureka Consols have connected their 360 and 460-foot levels by a winze and are now well ventilated. The Oriental Company have struck the reef at 150 feet deep, 2 feet 6 inches thick, showing a little gold. The Chewton United have driven their 230-foot cross-cut 217 feet east under their old runs of gold; and in

their 290-foot cross-cut west they have what they consider the main reef, in which the gold appears to be striking north. The Ajax Tribute are on payable stone at the 300-foot level. The Old Quartz Hill 'l;ribute are sink~ng .a winze

upon the eastern face of. the reef, 'expecting thereby to find the old runs of gold. Several private rarties are obtaining good prospects and hope for better times.

FRYER',S CR~EK DIVISION.

iJfr. iJfark Amos, JJfining Surveyor and Registrar.

POPULATION.

There hlJ,s been 'no perceptible alteration during th~ past quarter; a few persons have left to enga'ge in agricul. t nrl11 pursuits, but others have taken their place. . . . . .

PUDDLING AND SLUIOING.

Operations, although . not highly remunerative, are still carried on by a few, wh,o will-probably for a limited o period adhere to an old system of gold extraction, which seems to be satisfactory.. ,

QUARTZ MINING.

In a general way there is a marked improvement, and some of the olrl abandoned ground is being taken up a~d re.worked, notably that on the old Sebastopol Reef, Middletoil Creek; a party of miners (Messrs. Williams and Com-pany) have taken up a claim there, which promises to pay very well. •

This small co-operative company have p.urchased and removed the engine and plant formerly in possession of the Cattle's Reef Company, at Fryerstown; the machinery is not very extensive or of great value, but will probably answer the purpose of the companYHwho will be able to crush their quartz on the spot, and thus save the serions item of cartage. . . .

, The re:working of this reef is .expected to lead to the prospecting of the ranges i~ the immediate neighborhood the indications being highly favorable to the existence of numerous quartz reefs. Claims have already been taken up and operations commenced. in the immediate locality. _ .

The Ferron's Company are still sinking the main shaft, the total depth of which is 343 feet from surface; the deepest cross-cut 330 feet, in which payable gold has been recently struck, although not yet sufficiently developed to report upon. - '

The Fryers Company resumed work during the past quarter at the 230 and 265-foot levels. A cross-cut west at the 265"foot level is being driven; they are 111so driving south on the lode, but have at present no crushings.

Rowe Brothers and the Duke of Coruwall Company are still working with their usual energy and remunerative returns. .

persever:J.nce Oompany.-'l'his company are working energetically, but their returns are very n\oderate. The Black Hawk Company have had no crushing during the quarter. , Sorensen and Company, Specimen Hill, have sunk ... new shaft 120 feet. deep; after driving 20 feet west, they

struck il riew reef; no crushing yet therefrom, but gold is seen in the stone, .' . , "

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, HEPBURN DIVISION.

J:lr. Thomas Hale, jJ:lining Registrar.

'fhere is a falling off in both the number of mi.ners and the amount of gold, the great drought contributing ill some degree to produce that effect. '

The Cornish Company are working from the upper levels and to 520 feet; they expect to cut the Crown Reef 20 feet further than the end of drive" which is 352 west of shaft.

Specimen Hill Company are stoping in the lower level at 540 feet, the reef being 6 feet thick. Dividends are paid as usual; the stone got in the cross-cut from the lower level is looking well.

, Ajax Company obtained 401 OilS. from 5lO tons at the 140 to l50-foot level. They are, stoping and driving in the lower level; the reef is 3 feet thick.

Argus Company are pushing on much the same as previously reported. ' Union Company are in the tunnel at Witfield's Gully, 663 feet. They have struck payable gold, a trial crush-

ing giving 7 ozs. to the ton., • Franklinford Company are erecting an engine purchased at Smeaton some time since.

TARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISIONS.

Mr. Thomas Orwin, .Dfining Registrar.

The mines in this division have not improved during the 'quarter, yet the miners are hopeful and are daily expecting an improvement. 'Efforts are being made to obtain payable stone in the ranges on the east of the Coliban, also on the Belltopper ranges.

A claim on the Belltopper ranges has been recently taken up by a few local miners, and payable gold nas been struck. The last crushing yielded 2 07:8. 5 dwts. per ton. .

The United Kil}gdom Company's claim continues to improve. The company ~ve de-dared and paid a dividend of £70 to each of the 16 shareholders.. .

The United Extended Company are still driving for the Bame reef. _ , The Fenton, a claim that was BO rich five years ago, has of late become very poor, and in consequence

thereof has 8uspendl'd work. . The Tommy Dodd and the Glengonner companies have'also ceased to work. Each ?f the above claims, however, contemplate letting the mines on triblfte.

TARRANGOWER DIVISION.

,Mr. Robert Nankivell, .Dfining Surveyor and Registrar.

'fhe yield of gold has slightly improved this quarter, being 157 ozs. in excess of the previous quarter. The greater portion of the gold has been obtained from the following mines, viz. :-The North Eaglehawk United, the Charcoal Reef, and the North British companies. A party of tributers in the Nuggety Alliance' came on a patch from which 11 tons of stone yielded 143 ozs. 10 dwts., and have another lot of similar stone at the mills re!J.dy for crushing. It was obtained about 100 feet from the surface. being a portion of reef left alongside of a granite dyke by

. the original holders of the claim; it was a nice patch for the tributers, but unfortunately it is exhausted. Most of our mines are idle at present (with the exception of a few· tributers working the shallow ground), pending the making of new arrangements for the raising of capital.

, The Grand Junction Company have let a contract to sink a new shaft from the surface to strike the lode that was cut off by a dyke in the old mine, and hitherto has never been found south of said dyke. .

The Eaglehawk Union Company have started to put'in a cross-cut from the main shaft eastward at the 900-foot level, to cut the reef which had been previously followed down to about .850 feet, where they were obliged to stop sinking on account of a heavy influx of water, and having no means of baling it but by a windlass.

A small rush has taken place at Sandy Creek; a party working some alluvial ground came upon it small flat quart,z leader, from which a prospect was obtained by dish trials. A few tons have'since been Bent to the crushing mills and yielded 12 dwts, per ton, which caused the rush. ,The prospector was in possession of a lO.acre paddock on the opposite side of the road adjoining his claim, which he sold to a party of miners for £100. The party have sunk several holes, but can find nothing, and now consider themselves sold.

No water, was sold during the quart~r.

ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION.

}Jr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor .and Registrar.

There is very little to report in this division for the ,past quarter; the only exehange for the better being the establishment of a company called the Warrandyte Freehold Gold M.ining Company for steam puddling at Warrandyte. The property is known to embrace several leads of gold which had been worked some time since', The whole of the mullock IS now being stripped to the wash to a depth of 12 feet, the latter being wound up to the puddling machine by the engine. The average yield bas 80 far proved remunerative, and will undoubtedly improve as sool] as the works are in sufficiently advanced state to enable the men to work to advantage.

At McCrae's Hill, Roddie's Creek, some very extensive alluviums' have been discovered by Messrs. Ewart, Lithgow, and Hampson. The mode 6f procedure adopted is to tunnel into the hill and 'prospect and work t\le various drifts containing gold horizontally and vertically as they arise. The formation is of a most singular character, con· taining pebbles, enormous round boulders, and sand drifts, intermingled in the most chaotic manner, the whole masS' being covered in the deeper ground apparently with a more recent rock. The wash varies in richness from a dwt. to the dish to a, dwt. to the load. .

QUARTZ MI!!ING.

At Reefto,n the companies are still tunnelling. . At Warrandyte protracted litigation has caused, the suspension of the only pa.yable claim, called the Pig-tail.

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MINER.4.'LS • OTHER THAN GOJ,D. Boardman and Company, Ringwood antimony mine, still yields,a great abundancc of this valuable metal and

the company hav~ a very, effective ,plant, consisting of a 40-horse power p,umping and winding engine. M~ssrs. Oqrran an,d' Com pan!" ,and Messrs; Bnght Brothers and Oompany are also er~ctlUg engines, ." ,

OXIde of antImony has been fonnd at Yangardook, and a shaft is bemg sunk to find the lode, but I am unable to report the result. '

Sluicing operations for tin are still being carried on 'at Mount Benak, and the La Trobe River, but I have not reeeived ~ni returns from them: .

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,I '.' ~ I. BLUE MOUNT:A.fN:NORTH SUBDIVISioN;(" .-

, .J'[r.. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar. ..\ , '

The All Nations Alluvial Gold Mining Company have bottomed their. shaft, hut have as yet obtained no payable gold. They are resolved to ))ontinue driving for the purpose of cutting the deep ground. "

There has been no work done in qnartz during the last quarter, and all the gold obtained has been raised by individual miners working.with tub and cradle, and by a few sluicing parties, .

No water was sold during the quarter. '

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. ,[ Mr: ,Thom(js~''.Fby8terl'MininglRegistrar.l .;!, !''''; -,.:,.,;., ., "

During the pa.st quarter ~inirig in tliis a.'ivision lias lieen':.more'aeprbssei:i ~tn&~for'sbmei years' past; and,the result of the several prospecting parties (Governmental and private) now at work is looked forward to with increasinO' ~~. 0

At Geimering:s lease several good machines have been washed, ranging as high as 14 oz~., which, in addition to what is picked out, renders the claim one of'the best in the ~istrict'. .

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';-:H .; '" '\;'\ "r :<.Llf1~. H .. C. Bate;.)I:[{ning. SMrveyor: and Registrar.

:.;1 ::~""Tli~' most impqft'ar;i:e~Wt'iriciihlie<!t~oh i>~th;tlh.i'min'iilg 0p{iratibns oftli:e' pa~tquarter has';been the fi~ding'of a reef in the 1,11O;foofl'evel"of'tlie' Pfince 'Patrick:' ;eomim:ny's workings.'" The stl:me froln the reef. has, so far;'yielded'at 'th~"rate' of' more tlliin''i' oz; l'5"dwts:i:d tile ton'! ££y'the' rough sketcn-ana., diagram1hvhichJ I have ,forwarded to the 'department itwill.be.'seen there ean be little doubt that this reef is a continuation' tif'the: celebrated:Oross:Reef;, and "its being

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foun'd"£lius Iar'1;o"itie' fiC;r:th.,v~st\ frilfhhvl1'ere J iVwas"first ·discovered' augurs well· (or 'the 'future quartz ,W,9!:kjT,lg80f.~tawell. , .... , ..... ',c·,. .••• , .' .

. n ,... ::In the workingtof'tliitLiftle"N eWirigtop:'!i:nd ~~ll Englan·d· Company 'at' :Stawell/ arid at the·W est Germania Oompany's groun'd'(aoout" eiglit~IDiI'es fr8iii: Sta:Wlell)~!Jwliatlappearsltobe'good·payable'swne"has also been discovered. ".' Pal'ticu]ars'aii't'otlle aeepe'st shafis will be'found in the-ilccompanyirig·tables;:' ,; , ."", ,'" i

.:; ,:.,"T~e Goteriiiiientpr'o~p~diiig)pa~t,iesbave'Juoy~et'riiade anj'ii:nportant discovery .• " ,." ':,'" I . '.' . , !

BARKLY DIVISION. lrfr. H. .C. Br::te, lrfining Surveyor and Registrar.'

The only matter of interest to mention with reference to the mining affairs of this division is that the . Government prospecting party has been, eIp.p'loy'e.di!:~ pp.~ qll:l!l~ofty. valley, between Landsborough and Decameron.

Portions of this country are likely to prove auriferous, but up to the present no find of gold has been made. . No water :vas sold during.t~e,quarter.fo~"w~!\hlg;.pu~po~es. ~"., " ,.... - . .

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RAGLAN DIVISION • . _ ....... ,:.. . Mr. ,c. W.J.l!inchin;;Mining'Registrar.". ' >;

,·li). ,:>.At. Waterloo mi~ing operations are progressi.ng steadily and successfillly with' the New VlCtqx:ia Gol~ Mining 'ei5hll'i~l1y'tfil:iut'e'party, and a very fair yield of gold has been obtainei). for ~he quarter.' I Their 'present workl;ng' level B~s::r601feet· deep';'but,in ~; v:ery:shortr time they:pur.pos~ '. <:pening and wo:rkmg ano~h~!i 3?,'feet .:de.epe~; by;~vhlCh th~y oexpeet JW';cCillsiderably extend . the development,of ·the.mlne.. In. other. respe,cts mmmg m thIS localIty at· present '18

q,uiet. . ', .' . '." Mann:ers. and party, of the Got-l1im:by.the-'Y!(,~1 Gold. MlU1)l.g Company, on Beaufort West flat, hav~ been dOlUg

very well, havmg averaged about £7 Ius, per 'man per week· for the quarter .. Another par!'Y, havmg recently, commenceli operations a little to the west of them, have got a shaft sunk and a whun erected.. In my n,extreport I h~pe'to'lle"able to state that "thej have'met with!:some SUCCeSS.' 'rhe, other portions of. this district are extremely dull at. present.

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., GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

OMEO SUBDIVISION. 1111'. W. Phipps, 111ining Registrar.

Water has been very scarce at Swift's Creek during the past quarter, and no quartz has been crushed ill ·consequence. The Eureka machine is being shifted to a better site in the midst of the principal reefs, where the company expect to do a large business.

There is no change in alluvial mining. • , ~'he Government prospectors have been examining the western fall of the High Plains, near Little River.

They can find the color of gold almost anywhere, but no payable goldfield. They have, in the course of their seach, unearthed some interesting fossils. Mr. Howitt has gone out to meet Mr. M1lrray, the Government geologist, and fix on a site for the tunnel t? be driven into the auriferous drift below the basalt that covers the High Plains.

MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION; ltfr. John Grimes p'eers, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

Nothing worth recording has taken place ill this subdivision since the date of my last report. No quartz mining is being carried on., ' Very little work is being performed on the ,mineral leases at Buchan. Mining generally throughout the subdivision is in a depressed state.

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B'OGGY CRKE'K SUBDIVISION. Mr. James Smith, Mining Registrar •

QUARTZ Mnmw. There are no quartz reefs in operation in this division.'

ALLUVIAL MINING. '

There is no change to report in the condition of alluvial mining. We have had an extremely dry quarter, 'lldvantageous to those working the beds of creeks, but retarding diggers in dry gullies.

More thau oue-half of diggers in this division, withal, I believe, are making wages, and a considerable number ~ven more.

CROO~ED RIVER DIVISION. :':. ,,- Mr. James Travis, lIiining Registrar.

A slight improvement has takeu place in quartz mining in' this division since my l~st report; sufficient, I . think; to justify'.ii, hopefril'feeHng for the future. "The Good Hope Illi~e ~as,been let on tribute to,a party of working miners, whose long connection with the mine as· employes,.of the cO.mpa,ny. should,.place them in possession ,of the necessary information to enable them to work it to the veq best advantage,

The result of the crushing from the Jeweller's Shop was neiulY:Jiouble what. was \\nticipated, and ,work has been renewed with energy; a number of extra hands have been already put on. They intend ha.ving another crushing in about four weeks.

On the Wentworth the Republic has widened out to,12 feet, shQwing Bome remarkably rich stone. I yesterday saw a prospect of loose gold, washed from the casing, yielding t oz. to half a dishful of stone.

'l'here are 110 miners employed in this division for metals or minerals other than gold. , ' ,

JERICHO DIVISION. Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Mining Registrar •

.. 'f" ~,,-, MiniiIghas been extremely dull, during ,the, quarter .... , The .scarcity,of water has _seriously interfered with the working of alluvial claims, while quartz .mining has almost .entirely ceased to exist in. this division.

A party of tributersj"dri Ving a tunnel to open up the Harhinger Company's claim, are the only quartz miners ~mployed at the present time.

There has been no mining done for any other mineral than gold, and no water sold.

, ' DONNELLY'S CREEK DIVISION.

" " ' "., <'- J111r. O. P. Whitelaw; MiningSu":veyor and ,Registrar.

The Florence is the only company that haserushed during this 'quarter; 90 toll8 yielded 17ozs .. i5 dwts. l2.grs. The Sterling Company continue to drive on the coui'se of. the lode expecting to meet another make of quartz.

'There,are four :men employed. ,r .. . On the Hit-or-Miss a little surface prospecting has been done. " .' , ' The Bismark United tunnel is still being carried on. There have been six' men' employed at the tunnel and

sinking a winze, Gippsland CODsols.-Eight men employed. No crushing this quarter owing to scarcity of water. No m~eral other than gold being,searched for., No water, sold.. " "

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STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION. Afr. W. M. Smitll, Mining Registrar.

, The promising appearance of. the reef lately discovered ,in the:C1aim of the Fear Not Company, has given no small inducement to speculate in what are called outside claims, which for some time have been neglected in this division. -Several parcels of ground have been applied for under the bye-laws, and also under the lcasing regulations, which, if energetically prospected, will no doubt lead to fresh discoveries.

, The mines of the Walhalla and Long Tunnel companies continue to yield stone of a high quality., -The pro. gressive/companies of thedivision are pushing on favorably with their necessary dead works. ,

The yield of quartz gold for the ~uarter has been very materially affected by the long continuance of dry weather. I

COPPER. -

. The Walhalla eopper Company, at 'Cooper's Creek, have commenced smelting operations, and hope to be exporting copper during the coming quarter. '

ABERFELDY SUBDIVISION. ",Yr. Jolln McCann, Mining' Registrar.

Quartz mining in this subdivision has been remarkably dull during last quarter, want of water obliging the compa;lies to stop crushing. The prospects look well, so when crushing commences there is no doubt but that things will improve.,' _

All)lvial mining has been vigorously carried on, but not with the expected results; the average per man would, not exceed 258. per week. "

There was one new prospecting claim -(quartz) registered during the quarter: No water was sold ~uring the quarter." ,-

RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION. Mr. C. H. Williams, Mining Registrar.

Mining matters in this division are still in 'a very depressed state on account of the scarcity of water. Wombat Creek being better supplied, some of the miners are doing well, especially those who are working in the river or on the river banks., '

, Hawthorn Creek is nearly dry, so that the miners are able to do. very little, although the ground prospects well.' At Crossover Creek a party are cutting a race to bring the water in a distance,of eight or ten miles, to work

some old ground formerly held by the Albion and ,Happy-go.J"ucky Quartz l\iining companies. , No water sold in this division. '

BENDOC SUBDIVISION. Afr. Jolln Nicllol, Mining Registrar.

Quartz mining in this subdivision still remains in a dqptessed statc. The only. mine at work is the Albert Company; two men are prospecting for the run of gold, which, appears to have' been lost some time back; and four men in the No.1 North-West Albert claim. .

, The alluvial miners appear satisfied -With their earnings, the chief portion operating in the Blackfellow's Gully" at Bonang. ",

, The machinery belonging to the Rising Sun Company has been all removed over the Border into the New South Wales district, they being unable to float a company for the carrying on their works. ,

, Gold is the only mineral searched for in this division. " . No water ,was sold during the quarter.

TAR WIN SUBDIVISION. Mr. G. Read ]tfurplly, Mir,ting Registrar.

Mining is still depressed throughout the district, and many miners are turning their attention to agriculture. The Prospectors' Tribute Company have done very w~ll during the quarter, having declared dividends to the

extent of £40 pel' share, and paid off all liabilities on the company. The Prospectors' Extended claim still get a little gold, but not enough to pay qver half wages .• The Prussian's Tribute Company con~inue to do :very well, the,ir wash from the Black Lead being very nuggety. The No.1 South and Golden Bar claIms are gettmg about half waO"es, after paying all expenses. The Native Youth claim, which was worked about nine months ago, has again co~menced work, and a new bank sluicing claim has been started. The North Extended and CafFer's have given up

- work for the present; a few fossickers make wages. 'rurton's Creek is yielding a livelihood to eight men. Three men are boring in the neighborhood of Poor-Fellow· Me Creek, ,-!-,he Government prospectors .have been prospecting the

. north of Turton's Creek and the Tarwin River, but are now l~ the neighborhood of Waratah Bay. , ' i, ",

TRARALGON' SUBDIVISION. Mr. Cllarles Denis, lIfining Registrar.

Since my last report information has reached me of payable gold having been found, but the finders :seem reluctant to make the, localities of their finds public. Gold, in conjunction with tin, has been found on the head waters of Merriman's Creek, distant from Traralgon, in a straight line,. about from twelve to fourteen miles; as yetI have been unable to ascertain if it is in payable,quantities. , 'rhe minerals searched for other than gold, are tin, iron, and coal.

, " .' IRON. , , With reference to the ironstone on the Traralgon Creek, the claim is being worked a~ a lower level. The sample of ironstone obtained is much better and heavier, than the sample 'already forwarded to the Mining Department for analysis.

By Authority: JOHN FEIUlES, Government Printer, Melbourne.,

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