1884.

VICTORIA.

GOLD-FIELDS OF VIC1~0RIA.

REPORTS OF THE ~'liNING IlEGISTRAl1S

FOH TilE

QUARTER ENDED 30Tn JUNE, 1884.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUHES OF PARLIAi\!ENT l3Y HIS EXCELLENCY'S CQ}Ii\1AND.

li11 !autf)ontl!:

Ko. 53. JOHN FEURES, GOVERNMENT PRINTEU, liELBOTJRNE,

Prep~tratlon-Not glv('n. I'riutln~ (1,700 copies)

Al'I'ROXI:\lATE COST OF REPORTS. .£ •• d.

lOB 10 0

INDEX

Area of auriferous land worked upon .. . Alluvial miners, number of .•• ... ... Average yields from quartz from certain deep levels

, from certain parcels of quartz crushed , , from quartz tailings and mullock , , from pyrites .. • .. . , , from washdirt and cement

Addresses ofMiniog Registrars ., Inspectors of Mines , Mining Surveyors ...

Blanketings and pyrites, yields from certain parcels of Buddies (quartz mining), number of ... • .. Boring machines (alluvial), number of

, , (for blasting), number of Cement and washdirt, yields from certain parcels of Chinese miners, number of ... ... . .. Crushing machines (other than steam), number o.f Depths of deepest shafts, levels, cross-cuts, &c. Divisions and subdivisions of mining districts Distribution of miners ... European miners, number of ... Estimated yield of gold for the quarter Exported gold, statement of .. . ... .. • Gold, estimated quantity raised during quarter ...

, exported, statement of ... ... . .. ,. price per ounce in the several mining districts

greatest depth at which obtained , gross weight of all rough gold and bullion received at Mint

, , of all coin and bullion issued from Mint , of Victorian rough gold received at Mint

., , ., of Victorian gold bullion received at Mint Hydraulic hoses, number employed in alluvial mining Horse-power of steam engines employed in alluvial mining

, , employed in quartz mining Inspectors of Mines, list of Miners, total number of ...

, number in each division and subdivision , distribution of, on the gold-fields ,. quartz, number of ... , alluvial, number of ... , European, number of ,. Chinese, number of

Mining plant, total value of , Hurveyors, list of , Regilltrars, list of , Inspectors, list of ... • •.

Machines moved by water·power, number of ... .. . Mu!lock and quartz tailings, yields from certain parcels of Maps, reports, &c., published by Mines Department ••• Pyrites and blanketings, yields from certain parcels of Puddling machines (horse), number of ... Pumps, number of ... .. . Quartz, yields from certain parcels of .. .

, reefs, number proved to be auriferous ... ... , tailings and mullock, yields from certain parcels of , miners, number of ... ••. •.• ...

Quicksilver and compound cradles, number of ... Ueefs proved to be auriferous, number of

, widtb of, in some deep mines ... Reports and maps, &c., published by Mines Department ...

, of the Mining Registrars . .. .. • . .. Steam engines (alluvial mining), number of

, , (quartz mining), number of Steam puddling maehines, number of ... Sluices, toms, and sluiee-hoxes, number of Stamp-heads for cement crushing, number of

, for quartz cru~hing, number of Summary ... . .. Value of mining plant on the gold-fields ... . .. Wa.shdirt and cement, average yields from certain parcels of Whims (alluvial mining), number of ... ... ...

,. (quartz mining), number of ... .. . Whips and pulleys (alluvial mining), number of

, , (quartz mining), number of Water-wheels, number of ... Yield of gold, total for quarter

from certain parcels of quartz

" ,. , of pyrites aml blanketings ,. , of cement and washdirt

, of quartz tailings and mullock ,, A2

Fllf:e

29 29 31 35 42 43 44

4 6 6

4a 29 29 29 44 29 29 31

4 48 29 27 33 27 33 29 31 33 33 33 33 29 29 29

5 29 48 48 29 29 29 29 29

6 4 6

29 4~

54 43 29 29 34 29 42 29 29 29 31 54

7 29 2!1 ... 29 211 29 2\1

5 29 H 29 29 29 29 29 27 35 43 H 42

Division or Snbdivls!on.

I. Central 2. Southern ... 3. Buninyong 4. Smythesdale 5. Creswick ... :6. Clnnes 7. Gordon ... 8. Steiglitz .. . . ..

LIST 0]' ~liNING REGISTRARS.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. llfinlng Registrar.

D. Christv George l'erry Robert M. Harvey John Lynch Jamcs titevenson C. A. C. Crcswell Thomas Cowan ... D. :Murphy

Address.

Ballarat Staffordshire Reef Buninyong Smythesdale Cre'swick Clnnes ... llallarat

9. Blaekwood and Blue Mountain South John .!<'. Hanscn ... John .If. Hansen ...

:lferet1ith Blackwood Black wood

Page.

7,27,29,30,31,32,~5,43,48 7, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35,45,48

7, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35,48 8, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 45, 47,48

8, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 47,48 8,27,29,30,31,32,35,43,45,48

9, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 3U, 48 10, 2i, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 42, 43, ·18

5, 10, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 43,48 11, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32,48 10. Ballan

11. Bcechworth 12. Yackandandah North 13. Y ackandandah South 14. Indigo 15. Wandi!igong 16. Buckland ... 17. Alexandra 18. Bcnalla ... 19. Dry Creek 20. Gaffney's Creek 21. Wood's Point 22. Big Hi ver 23. Mitta Mitta North 24. Mitta Mitta South 25. Bethanga, 26. Jamieson .•• 27. Dark River

28. Sandhurst 29. Eaglehawk 30. Kilmore ... 31. Heathcotc and Waranga South 32. W ara:aga North ...

33. ~fary borough

34. Majorca ... 35. Amherst .. . 36. Avoca .. . 37. Dunolly and Tarnagulla 38. Inglewood 39. Wedderburn 40. Red bank ..• 41. St. Arnaud South ... 42. St. Arnaud North ...

43. Castlemaine 44. l!'ryer's Creek

45. Daylesford (Hepburn) 46. Taradale and Kyneton 47. Tarrangower 48. St. Andrew's 49. Blue :Mountain North

50. Ararat 51. l'leasant Creek 52. Barkly 53, Haglan ...

64. Omeo 55. Gibbo 56. Mitchell River 57. Boggy Creek 58. Crooked River 59. Dargo 60. Jericho 61. Donnelly's Creek ... 62. Stringer's Creek 63. Russell's Creek 64. Bendoc 65. Tarwin ...

BEECHWORTH :ftfiNING DISTRICT. Alexander Alderdice J. C. Forster J. Smart H. Arrowsmith ... T. C. Kaighin ... B. K. Smart .A.. B. Ainsworth W. Stalker J. Pemherton A. B. Ainsworth .A. B. Ainsworth A. B. Ainsworth C. C. Sparrow ... Mary Thompson J. C . .l<'orster Thomas Still A. II. J\Ieurant ...

Beech worth Bethanga Yackandandah Chiltern W andiligong Bright ... Alcxandra l3cnalla ... Dry Creek Alexamlra Alexant1ra Alexandm Grauya ... .!\Iitta .:IIitta Bcthanga Jamieson Dark Hiver

SANDHUHST :NIINING DISTRICT. N. G. Stephens ... J?. R. Ellis G. Davis F. W. Greene Henry Hicks

Sandhurst :Eaglehawk Heet1y Creek Ilmthcote Hush worth

l\fAHYBOROUGII MINING DISTRICT. P. Virtue

P. Virtue C. Smith D. O'Leary W. G. Couchman N. J. Maude J. Heach D. O'Leary \V. G. Couchman W. G. Couchman

1\Iaryborough

Maryborough Talbot ... Maryborough Duuolly log le wood We(Merbnrn ::llaryborough Dunolly Dunolly

CASTLRMAINE MINING DISTRICT. T. L. Brown Mark .Amos

Thos. Hale S. Dorruan Hobt. Nankivell ... .Alfred Armstrong Graham l\icPherson

Castlcmaine Fryerstown

Dnylesford Taradale l\falt1on ... Eltham ... Trcntham

ARARAT "NIINING DISTIUCT. Thos. Foystcr H. C.llate H. C. Bate C. W. Minchin

Ararat .. . Stawell .. . ::;tawell .•. lleaufort

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT. J. Odell J. H . .F~lliott John Grimcs Peers J. Fletcher Ed. IIarrison J. B. Kelly R. J. Donalilson .. . 0. l'. Whitclaw .. . W. M. Smith C. II. \Villiams .John 1\ ichol Patrick bilk

Omco ••• Zulu Creek Bairnsdale lloggy Creek Grant .. . Dargo .. . Jericho ... Bright ... Walhalla Tanjil .. . Bcndoc .. . :Foster .. .

.5, 11, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 45, 48 11, 27, 29, 30, 31,32

... 12, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 42,48 12, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 42, 45, ·18 12,27,29,30,31,32,37,42,43,49 12, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 42, 45,49

13,27,29,30,31, 32,37,49 13, 27, 29, 30, 31,32

13, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37,49 13, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 3i, 49 13, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37,49

13, 27, 29, 30, 31,32 13, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 37, 43,49

14, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38, 49 14,27,29,30,31,32,38,43,49

14, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32,49 5, 14, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38,49

5, 15, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38, 44,49 15, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 38, 44,49

16, 21, 29, 3o, :n, 32, :>9, 49 17, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, 42,49 5, 17, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39,50

... 18, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, 42, 46 47,50 18,27,29,30,31,32,4G,50

19, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, 46, 47,50 19, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 46,50

19, :!7, 29, 30, 31,:12, 39, 46,50 19,27,29,30,31,32,39,50

19,27,29,30,31,32,50 19, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32,50

20,27,29,30,31,32 20, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 42,50

20, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 42, 44,50 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 44, 46,

47,50 ... 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 44, 51 ... 22, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 40, 46, 51 22,28,29,30,31,32,40,42,46,51 22,28,29,30,31,32,41,42,46,51

23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 41,51

23, 28, 29,:30, 31, 32, 51 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 41, 43, 47,51

23,28,29,30,31,32,51 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 51

24,28,29,30,31,32,41,51 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 51 24, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,51 25, 28, 29, 30, .31, 32, 51 25, 28, 29, 30, 31' 32, 51

25,28,29,30,31,32,41,52 25,28,29,30,31,32,41,52

5,25,28,29,30,31,32,41,52 26, 28, 29, .30, 31, :>2, 41,52

26, 28, 29, 30,3 I, 32, 52 26, 28, 29, 30, :ll, 32, 52 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 52

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SU~I~IARY.

For the quarter endc<l the 30th ,Jnue (the "midwinter quarter" as it is mtllcd), the total yield of Yield of gold. gold, a~ estimated by the Mining Registrars, was l90,218m:. 3tlwt., which is an increase of 9,20Goz. 4dwt. 15gr. over the estimate<! yield for the previons quarter. The principal increase wa~ in quartz mining, which yielded ll5,22loz. 7dwt. Ugr., as compared with l06,H72oz. lOdwt. l5gr. for the quarter erHletl 31st lVl:nrch. The increase in the yield from nllnvial mining was only H57oz. 7dwt. lGgr., but thi:-; is sati..;fadory when it is considered that the quarter was, according to the reports of the Mining Registrnrs, the driest midwinter quarter that hn~ bccll experienced in the colony for mauy years. The total Yalne of the gold raised iu Victoria <lnriug the past three months, at £4 per ounce, is £760,872 15s., as compare·,! with £724,0!7 lih;. Gd. for the previous quarter. Particular;; of the estimated quantity rai~ecl in cacl1 mining llivLion and subdivision of the colony are given in the snbjoineJ Statement No. 1, while Statement No. 2 shows the estimated yidJ of gold for the midwinter quarter of each of the last ten year~.

The area of auriferous ground actnally worked upon dnring the quarter is given as 1,313* square Ar~amined miles, which is lOJ square miles loss than the estimated area for the previous quarter. Statcmout No. 3

111 on,

gives the area mine<l upon in each tlivision aud snbdiviRion. . Tlte tu nu her of miners employed ou the gold-fielcls during the qnartor just passed was 2H,07 5, as Nmnber of

compared with 30,474 during the prc1•ious qnat·ter. The principal decrease was in the nnmher of allnvinl nnners.

miners, and tltil:' i'> accounted f01· by the nnnsnai ,]r~'llcss of the season already alluded to. Of the 29,075 miners at work during the quarter, 23,421 wc·ro Europeans and 5,G54 Chinese. Tile decreases, ns compa.rcd with the pnevin11,; quarter, were-Euwpeans 1,061, Chinese 338. Particulars of the distribution of mincrB over the col01n- will ho found in Statement. Xo. Hi.

The m{mher tlf Hteam engine~ employed in eonnexion with allnvial mining during the qnarter was ~lining: 220, rept·encntillg 6,5 t7 horoc-power, a~ compared with 238 engines, wpresonting 6, 933 horse-power, for the umcbmcry.

previons quarter. In quartz mining tl1nc was nu increase of 47 steam engines, the numbers for the Ja,;t and the previonH quarters being respectively 877 and 830. Statement No. 3 shows the divisions and subtliYision:l in which the machinery and mining appliances are located, the total Yalue of which is estimated n,t £1,939,879.

The depth of the deepest shaft in the colony on the 30th June was 2,409 feet. This shaft is on the Deepest shafts.

~Iagdala Company's claim nt Stawell. The nine next decpont shafts are 2,041, l,H40, 1,856, 1,830, 1,815, 1,770, l,G7l>, l,GG4, and 1,563 feet respectively. Particulars of the location of these aml other deep shafts will be fmmJ in Statement No. 4, which al~o shows the greatest depths at which auriferous quartz was obtained dnring the quarter, allll the a vcrngo yield of gold per ton therefrom.

Hoveral di~coverics of importmwe wore made during the quarter. One was at Green Hills, New disooveriea. near BlaclnnY>d, where a Swi~s miner, iu senrdting for tloep allnvimns, came across a quartz reef from 3 to 4 feet iu thicktiC-'c", "bowing rich gold. An intemoting account of this lliseovery is given by :Mr. Hauson, the local :Mining Hugbtrar, in l1is report, pnge 10.

Anothf'r illlporimrt diseovery j,., tlwr made at Coy's Digging~, by the New Byron Company, who struck a reef 7 foot thi"k at a tleprh of 200 feet, in which gold is freely seen. Mr. Hich, the Mining RegiBtrnt', ~late'i that the ui~covery ha:> given an impetus to mining in hi~ division.

In the Tanululu and Kyneton divi~iou, the Regi:'trar reports that three additional quartz claims haYe ohtainetl puyal>le "tone, viz., the North Qnoen's, O'Counor's, and South Queen's. The yield of gold in thi~ llivi"ion excee<l~ the yiehl for the previous quarter by 1,769oz., and the number of miners has ineronse<l by 1:-10. Al1ogether, the 1\lining Uegi~trar st:r~loH thnt mb1ing has not been in so prosperous a state for ma.ny years past, aud he lw.s no donbt that, if the demand~ nmde by landowners for the right to mine on t hci;· propr:rl ies be moderated, the di~tdet will become, during the ensuing year, one of the most important in the eolony.

1\fr. A. II. 1\Ionrant, Registrar for the Dark Hiver subdivision, states that new "finds'' are of constant oecmronee in the locality, and he mentions one case where a prospect equal to 4oz. to the ton was obtainetl. He cousi<lcrs the mining prospect~ of the district very fnvorahle.

At Samlhm~t, the New Chum and Victoria Company cut a small reef at 1,560 feet, a trial crushing from which averaged loz. to the ton. Mr. Stephons, the l\liniug Hcgistrar, states that the northern deep claims on the Now Churn line are being worked 1Yith renewed courage since the publication, at tloe inst:mce of the }fining Department, of the retums from Lausoll's Ko. 180 miue.

The Mining Hogistmr for tho Bcechworth divi.-:ion states t-hat the Try Again Company bottomed their ~h:tft at 2 J 8 f'eet, and obtained n. spleiH!id prospect of gold and tin, which, it is believed, will lead to a revival of mining in the locality, where ihero is a large extent of gronud available for prospectors.

:\fr. 'Whitelaw (Donnolly's Creek <livision) report~ that the Toornhon Company obtained greatly improYocl procpol'ts •luring the quarter, !JO;I tons of qtmrtz having yielded 1 ,Hl9oz. of gold; while the Uit-or-~fis~ Company han n large body of :<tone, in whieh occ:15ional 1·ieh patches of gold are seen.

The t k111 ks ,,f tbe Department aro tewlcrc•.l to the :Mining Hogi,;trnr::' who, with very few exceptions, Mining Regis·

haYe ,;,•nt in tiHir rettm:~ with commclt:!':U,• pn11dnali thereby C:lla],Jing mo to iscinc those otatistios mneh tra•s. carlic•r rhnl• 1 l!w. :c hltlrerlo nppean·d, \\'ith In tl10 few wl10 have failed in this rc:,:pee!, I feel smc tlia1 it ;,- ::e(;c~~;u·y to Jneni.ion tlw mlp•>rtanec ni taehe,] to the early receipt of their report~ to ~ecun: attentiou au,1llespateh {)!t thci:· p.lrt in fuu~rc.

C. W. LANGTREE,

Departnwnt. of .:\'line~ an<l Water Supply, 1\lolbourne, Jt;lh ,July, 1884.

Acting Secretary for :Mines and Water Supply.

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LIST OF MINING SURVEYORS.

:Name, Address. District.

Thos. Cowan Ballarat Ballarat. R. M.Harvey Buninyong Buninyong. John Lynch Smythesdale Smythesdale. H. Davidson Beech worth Beech worth. R. Arrowsmith Chiltern ... Chiltern. A. B. Ainsworth ... Alexandra Alexandra. A. W.Craven Tallangatta Tallangatta. A. F. Walker Sandhurst Sandhurst. J. F. O'Dwyer Eagle hawk Eaglehawk. D. W. Spreull Rushworth Waranga North. D. O'Leary Maryborough Maryborough. W. G. Couchman Dunolly ... Dunolly. T. L. Brown Castlemaine Castlemaine. M. Amos Fryerstown Fryerstown. H. Archdall Taradale Taradale. R. Nankivell Maldon Mal don. A. Armstrong Eltham ... Eltham. H. C. Bate Stawell ... Stawell. J. Grimes Peers Bairnsdale Bairnsdale. 0. P. Whitelnw Bright Walhalla. P. Simpson Palermo-street, Soul.h Yarra Heathcote and Waranga South.

LIST OF INSPECTORS OF MINES.

:Sa. me. Addreu. District.

H. B. Nicholas Castlemaine Cn.stlemaine. W. H. Grainger Sanclhurst Sandhurst.

C. Stewart Ballarat Ballarat. H. C. Bate Stawell ... Stawell. ,V. G. Couehman Dunolly ... Dunolly. A. B. Ainsworth .. Alexnndra Alexandra. A. Armstrong Eltham ... Eltham. H. Arrowsmith Chiltern ... Chiltern. H. Davidson Beech worth Beech worth. 0. P. Whitelaw Bright Walhalla. D. W. Spreull Rush worth Ruiihworth. R. Fenuelly Kilmore ••• Kilmore. J. G. Peers B:~irnsdale Bairnsdale. A. W. Craven Tallangatta Tallangatta. E. H. :M eekisou 77 Raglan-1treet, Ballarat (Travelling Inspector of Minea

and Machinery.)

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MINING REGISTRARS' REPORTS.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CENTRAL DIVISION.

(Mr. David Cltristy, Mining Registrar.)

Quartz .Jfining.-In reviewing the progress of mining operations Juring the last quarter, it is gratifying to report an increase of 1,420oz. Odwt. 20gr. in the aggregate yield of gold, as compared with that of the previous quarter, consequent, no doubt, upon the excellent returns from the Band of Hope and Albion Consols, North Band and Barton and North Woah Hawp Canton Companies. There is an imlica­tion from the workings of these companies that the lodes at deeper levels, if vigorously prosecuted in a northerly and southerly direction, woultl open up a good fleltl for the outlay of capital with energy and judgment, which I am of opinion woulJ be amply rewarded. In the eastern portion of my division, which embraces the Indicator line of reef, the following companies, viz.: Black Hill, Britannia, Speedwell, Last Chance Extended, Last Chance Tribnte, W oah Hawp Canton and others are obtaining good returns, as will be seen by reference to the statistical tables herewith (see pages 35 and 43).

The following are the dividends declared for the quarter, viz:-

Temperance Company Williams' Freehold Britannia Company ... North Band and Barton Company Sulieman Pasha Company

£ 8, d. 214 10 0 480 0 0 914 7 10

1,23:~ 7 0 600 0 0

8,442 4 10

Alluvial Mining.-The prospects of the Mount Rowan Company, Ballarat North, have improved very much during the quarter, the returns showing 385oz. I9tlwt. 2lgr. of gold, which augnrs well for the future prospects of the mine.

SOUTHERN DIVISION.

(Mt·. George Perry, Minitlg Registrar.)

Q~tartz Mining.-The returns for the quarter show a slight decrease both in the quantity of quartz crushed and in the total yield of goltl therefrom, which is principally owing to the lodes in several of the claims having become smaller than usual. The Little Hopewell Tribute Company, at Staffordshire Ueef, have been mostly employed prospecting. The Speedwell Tribute Company have struck a lode 7 feet wide, which at present is very poor. The William's Fancy Tribute Company, at Kangaroo, have not done so well this quarter, in consequence of their best shoot of gold hn,ving dipped under foot. The Grandview Company are mining good stone, but at present the lode is very small. The Kangaroo and the Lady Lowther Companies ha.ve crushed very little stouP, having been principally employed prospecting. Berriman and party have done well. They recently crntihed 63 tons of stone, obtained from the surface, which yielded 29oz. lOdwts. of gold, the result of three weeks' work for two men. The Pilot Company, at Paddy's Gully, have completed the erection of their winding plant, and are baling. They have an engine and battery of 12 heads on the claim, which they intend shortly to erect.

Alluvial ~Wining.-At Pitfie\d Plains, the New Golden Empire Company (Behro and party) have been employed repairing and slabbing an old shaft, which was sunk about sixteen years ago to the depth of 240 feet. They are about to erect powerful machinery, when sinking will be continued to a further depth of 30 feet before opening out. This venture is spoken of very highly, and, should it prove a success, will undoubtedly open up a large tract of auriferous country and give employment to a number of miners.

BUNINYONG DIVISION.

(Mr. R. M. Harvey, Mining Registrar.)

Quartz Mining.-There is a vast improvement in the yield of gold from quartz mines in the Buninyong division for this quarter (the increase amomating to 2,870oz.), and there is every prospect of the present yield being maintained or improved upon. The lodes found in the Buninyong Estate mine improve both in quantity and quality as a greater depth is attained, the stone at the bottom level ( 470 feet) yielding lioz. to the tou. The reef, with the spurs which come in both from east and west, averages 3 feet in width. The manager of the South Imperiul Company (one mile north of the Buninyong Estate) reports having struck stone similar to the Estate lodes, showing gold. The Energetic Company have struck rich

stone about 1,000 feet west from the Estate lodes. manager reports, improving. l'rospectiug works division looks prosperous.

Alluvial .. :tlining.-Nothing new to report.

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The prospects of the Old Imperial Company are, the arc being extensively carried on, and generally the

Lignite.-The Lal Lal Company continue active operations, and report finding improYed beds. It would be most satisfactory to have a Lore put through the strata at this mine to the bed-rock.

lVater.-The water from the Government reservoir has been extensively used during the quarter. I estimate the quantity at 10,000,000 gallons. The sum paid has been £18 6s.

SMYTHESDALE DIVISION.

(Mr. John Lynch, Mining Regist1·ar.)

The gold returns indicate a sel'ious falling off during the quarter. The old allm•ial claims have not maintained their usual productiveness, and but very little new ground has been struck. Hardly anything has been done in the way of prospecting, and altogether matters look less hopeful than at the end of last quarter. The progrc8S of the Golden Belt Extended has been gradual and Batisfactory, uut the New Golden Belt has been repeatedly checked by inbursts of water.

In quartz mining, Law and party have found rich stone in their new shaft-an event which should cause more activity along the line. The New Britannia Company, Carngham, are driving on the GOO-foot level for the lode. Kim 1\Iack and party, Searsdale, from a eru:,;hiug of 500 tons, obtained l45oz. 10dwt. A new winding engine has been erected on the claim of Battells and party, Lancashire Reef. Except as mentioned, there is nothing of any consequence doing in quartz mining. A fair share of work has been done by sluicing companies, and with the usual good results.

CRESWICK SUBDIVISION.

(.~fr. James Stevenson, Mining Registrar.)

I have the honour to report that there is an increase in the yield of alluvial gold for the quarter of over 4,000oz. The Davies Jnuctiou "Freehold Company has been added to the list of gold-producing companies. The Dykes and Ristori Companies have been workcu out. The sinking of the Berry Consols shaft has been abandoned ; they have commenced another shaft, and are making fair progress with the sinking of same. The Hepburn Estate and Earl of Beaconsfield Companies have purchased machinery, and intend erecting samo withour delay. The following are the yields, diviuends, &o., from the principal alluvial mines:-

NA.>!E OF COMPANY, YIELD. RoYALTY. DIVID'ENDS.

oz. dwr. gr. £ 8. d. £ Ristori Company, Spring Hill *1,61 9 11 2 720 11 l 6,900 Madame Berry Company, Spring Hill *(),133 4 0 1,902 8 0 12;600 Lone Hand Company, Spring Hill 9,033 4 0 2,824 17 3 8,700 Loughlin Company, Spring Hill ... 2,606 8 0 806 () G 2,400 Ristori \V est Company, Spring Hill 2,841 12 0 8"'" ,o 6 6 2,000 Lord Harry Company, Spring Hill 26 (j 0 8 2 0 Davies Junction Company, Spring Hill 171 19 12 13 15 6 New Australasian Company, Red Streak 3,146 3 0 500 North Australasian Company, Red Streak ... 4 13 0 Approximate from small claims ... 500 0 0

------ ------- ----26,083 014 £7,151 6 10 ... £33,100 ---- ------ ----

* Cement not included.

CLUNES SUBDIVISION.

(Jfr. C. A. C. Cresswell, llfining Regist1'ar.)

I have tho honour to report that during the past quarter mining affitirs in this sub,livision have been very dull, and that., with the exception of the New North Clunes Company, none of the companies are paying dividends. The I'ort Phillip Compauy are still prospecting in their lower workings. The New North Clunes is looking very well, the stone they are raising being of good payable quality, averaging, with pyrites, 13dwt. 20.10gr. per ton. They have a considerable quantity of this stone available for working from their 1,205-foot level, and as the stone is still dipping under foot, they hnve got n good prospect of getting it again at a deeper level. The mine in general is looking very prosperous. The South Clunes Company are sinking their shaft for a deeper level, their lowest level at present being not more than 780 feet. The Now Lothair Company are just struggling on with the hope of finding a more payable quality of wash than they have at present. The Bnte and Downe8 Company have raised but little wash during the quarter. In my last report I stated that they were preparing to put in a lower drive, from which to work the wash

7 which had dipped away at their 1hen lowe;;t level. This has been completed, ami they

have put a rise from it into the wash, ami connected n drive in it with their previous lowest workings. They have now commenced to raise the washdirt again, aml I am informed that the faces have an improved appearance ; they are, however, still in the dark as to the trend of the lead. The following is a detailed report of the workings at each of the mines during the quarter :-

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Quartz ftfines.-The Port Phillip Compuny.-At the 1,190-foot level the drive north on the western lode has been extended 18!1 feet. The vciu is smnll and disordered. A rii'e has beea pm up to commnniente with the 990-foot level, and ha~ now renched 58 feet. At !190-foot level a winzc is sunk to meet the rise from 1,190-foot level; present depth on the underlie of the lode i;, 120 feet, or 90 vertically. The lotio i" from 6 to 8 feet wiuo, a,; far :c,.; provet.l, bnt very V:t1hhle in yield, as high a:; 1 Gdwt. 1 Ggr. per ton lvnillg· hcen olltaincd from OJlO cru,.;hiug, whilst the uext yielded only ldwt. iOgr. pur t•m; the !'tone is now looking well, gold being freqnently ~cen in it. The New North Clunccl Comp:my.-Tlwy ha-_·e driYon on the course of the shoot of ;;tone, referred to in last report, for n distanec of :!1 u feet, ; rho lode is 2t feet wide, ami of good quality. They are now IJrcparing to sink the central shaft ll\0 feet llcepcr. The South Clunos Company.-Tho pumping eugino shaft ic now 847! feet deep. or G7~ feet l•olow the lowest level. Sinking is being carrietl on eontinuonsly from 5 o'elock p.m. to 7 11.m. The highest yield ohtainetl from 78o-foot level is idwt. 18gr. per ton. The lode in each face during the quarter has boon small, hnt they han' now reached a point south, where better stone is daily expected.

Alluvial Jrines.-Tlw Now Lothair Company have driven about 200 feet in wa~h without any change for the hetl<~J-. They arc still p!'ospeeting. The Bute antl Downes Company .-The lower part of the lea<l i~ stiil dipping 10 feet in lOO, ~twllmB been proved for 1,000 foot in length; but, this lead i,; thought only to l>e :~ nibutary, loading into a lHain channel, of wl1ich there are indications that it i~ not far off. lf thi.:; j, fomHl tu he the ease, it will open np a large extent of now auriferon~ country. The uew level is 380 feet deep, and thure i:; still .'lO [cot of leYol aYailable from the lowo~t part of the waslt yet fonml. The Berry Con;;ob Extended Company lm 1·c hol~H engngo(l during the quarter boring with the diamond (lrill; une bore hn:; been bottomed nt 317 feet, uml a!JOther ici now ill rock at 312 feet. It is iutomleJ to put down a liuc of bore> Irom Xo. 5 f)orc to the north-ea~t corner of the elaim.

Dividends.-The New Xor!h C!unes Company.-Two of 5s. per slmre, and ono of 10s. per share, equivalent to £2,056.

\<Vater bought by mining: companies during: the quarter as follows:-Fon. STA,jtr~.

Port I>hillip Company New North Cluncs Company South Cluncs Company Perseveranco Company ... Now Lothair Company ... Bnto nud Downes Company Cnmct Co-operati vo ( Chirmnmu)

Totnl

Oallons. 18,225,000

7,365,000 10,605,000

600,000 7,695,000

... (For sluices) 760,000

45,250,000

FoR BoiLI<RB.

Gallons, 718,000 285,000

1,000,000 80,000

2tl4,UUO 450,000

2,907,000

Price paid for water, 1~d. per 1,000 gallons for stamp and sluicing purpo~os, aml ls. per l ,000 gallons for boiler purposes.

GORDON SUBDIVISION.

(Mr. 'Thomas Go wan, jlfining Registmr.) Tbo Black Horse Unite, I Compauy, Egerton.- \<Vork has been carried ou by this company <luring

the qnart\·r in the ol•l ~ttlpos from No. t1 level upwards. Sixty men have boon employed, aud 4,807 ton:; of stone have been raised nllll erushod for a yield of 52 I oz. 2dwt. 12gr. of gold, or an average of 2tlwt. 4·11gr. per ton.

The Egerton Company Limited, Egerton.- There is nothing of special importance to report rog:mling the progres,; of this company's miuc. The operations during the quarter jnl:!t culled arc similar to several past qnarterl'l, stone lmviug bceH ra!Hcit from the 300 and 900 foot level~, an(! sc\·oral lcYels between those depths. One hundred and fifty menlmve been employed, and 8,757 tons of stone have been rnisml and crushed for a yield of 1,\JSOoz. -hl wt. l2gr. of gold, or an average of 4dwt. 12·5.Jgr. per tou.

:Egerton.-t'orty-:,;even Chinese still con tin ne to wa~h the tailingt\ from the Black Horse and Egerton Companies' batteries, and it iB stated 70oz. of gold have been obtained hy them during the quarter.

No other work has been done at or in tile vicinity of Egerton during the quarter. Parker's United Company, Gonlon.-Tlw manager reports that the work during the quarter

has been pmcly of a prospecting nature. The company have been continually driving north to strike a downwanlshoot of stone from the 400-foot level, which it is expected will be met in lOO feet more. Pnv­ahle stone !ntH been discovered in the 580-foot level, ;)\)0 feet north of the north shaft, ttllll the company a~e sinkiug n \\'iuzc on the lode, intending to extewl n level, at 630 feet, to strike the same stone. A winze is also being sunk on the stone in the 400-foot ]eye\ south, and stone is beiug broken, on terms of contract, nboYe the 4110-foot level. One lmmlrod touR of stone were raised and crushed during the qn~rtcr, for a yield of 2:loz. 3tlwt. Flgr. of gold, or au average of :1dwt. 15·20gr. per ton. The unmber of men employed is (,o.

1\ino Clliue~o arc still engaged in wa::;hing the tailings from the Parker's United Company's battery, and it is otale:,l :::floz. of golJ luwe been obtained by them during the quarter. ·

N (l ollwr \Y(Jl'k has been done at Gonion or at J\Ioorabool vVeBt during the qnorter. The Great Northern l'arker'~ Compnny,I\:on1 eiuguboora.-This ('ompany haYo been at work at the

[>0-l'ool h:Yd d1c qunner, n;Hl 7 run:-~ uf ,·tonc: v.;:rc Jaisc<l au<l eruslw<i from 11do le1el, whidr yit'ltl0d ., <,,, nn an',:.,~c or ,-,d,v•. -,·l·l.~r. iOll. The Jliimbur of men 01:1plon:tl is 1:::. ·

'''nL-Two ~nw•i u:indc' }Jill ut bix all<! fonr mcu n>'Opcetlvcly han: hc::11 enrrarretl in workillil' on ihL; ;ino of reoJ', atHl l~;n·o ohtait:cd. front a dcptlt of 50 feet, ::!9 ;ou~ of sL<.iJc,, ~vl~ch yieltled t:!loz. of' gdd, or an aYC!'af!'t: of :!oz. 7dwt. lJ·Oigr. per ton.

Lnl Lal1.ron ~omp:~n,.r Limite<l,, Lal I,aL-Ono hnn<lred awl sixty men are omployetl hy this com­pany at the mme, 1n ad(lJ[wu to wlnd1 17 hamb are employed at the company's foundry, Ballarat, pro~lucilll!' eaotings for general purpo;.;e;-;.

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STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.

(Mr. D. Murphy, Mining Registrar.)

Mining has never been so dull in this division as it has been for tho last six months. Alluvial Jl1ining.-There has scarcely been anything done in this hrnnch of mining, although

water has been plentiful throughout the season. Q1tartz 1liining.-Most of the companies who were engaged in this branch have abandoned their

claims, there not being at the present time more than a dozen parties working on registered or leased land throughout the division. Most of the digging done consisted in prospecting for new reefs, and, con­sequently, only small quantities of quartz have been crushed by the different parties as trial crushings.

BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

(211r. John F. Jlansen, ~"+fining Registrar.)

The report that a rich patch of alluvial gold had been dropped upon at Green Hills by B. Guglicl­mina, n. Swiss, who occupies about 10 acres under the Gold Mining Lease _Regulations, caused a good deal of excitement during the latter part of the quarter. The locality is the same previously reported upon by me as being prospected for deep alluviums. From observations made when visiting the ground recently, I have the hononr to furnish you with the following particulars :-The character of the land is of volcanic n.nd schistose formation, the surface being of rich chocoln.te soil, and heavily timbered. The Green Hill Creek (one of the main branches of the Korjamunip Creek) intersects the bloek, and in the bed of this creek the lessee carries on mining operations by means of ground sluieing. The course of the creek ttt this point is due north and south, and a tail-race of considerable length ha:> been cut several feet deep in the schistose rocks. A dam has also been erected at the head of the claim, and a race to divert the wn.ter when not used has been cut. The volcanic formation is in close proximity to the eastern bank of the creek, where several shafts have been sunk ; one, 90 feet in depth, is about 70 feet deeper than the bed of the creek, and the strong influx of water haa hitherto prevented the hottoming with the appliances to hand. The shallow alluviums in the bed of the ereek have been worked a good many years, and Mr. Gnglielmina's brother, some six or seven years ago, worked the very spot where the gold is being found at present; but this gold is not from alluviums, but from a quartz reef that traverses the area. The reef here is from 3 to 4 feet in width, very brittle, much disturbed, and consists of quartz veins from 1 to 8 inches thiek, intersected by sandstone and slate, not well defined, but easily traced in the bottom and sides of the tail-rnce. Fonr di,;tinct cros,; comses, each about half a chain apart, arc met with, and the gold in the reef has been traced for a length of about 300 feet. A prospeet from the richest part, at a depth of between 3 to 4 feet (the top having been already removed), wao; broken out and washed in my presence, with a result of about 1 to l~oz. loose gold and gold in specimens. A pieee of the quartz from whieh this result was got, showing a little fine gold, I luwe forwarded to your Dermrtment. The extraction of gold from quartz by menus of ground slnicing seems to be mther a novel proceeding. I presume, however, that this is only a temporary arrange­ment, for the purpose of raising sufficient capital to erect a battery, as the quartz (excepting the richest, which is pounded in a mortar, and by which means more than 30oz. of gold have already been got) is carefully stacked for crushing purposes.

The splitters and sawmill hands iu this locality, including Blakeville, have, for some years past, continually supportc(l several miners iu prospecting the deep alluviums, being confident that a main trunk lead, taking its rise somewhere in the ranges, would be discovered ultimately. Their opinion must be strengthened by the discovery of a rich gold-bearing reef in close proximity to the volcanic formation, n.nl no doubt ~;ufficient capital will now be forthcoming to thoroughly test the grount1.

The prospects of the Simmons Reef Amalgamated Company, which, !tt the end of last year (when crushiug operations had to Le discontinued for the want of a sufficient supply of water), were of a very promi~ing nature, have met with some reverses of late, the average yield of gold por ton of quartz crnHhcd having fallen from 5dwt. 4gr., at the end of last year, to 2tlwt. 1Ugr. per ton during the quarter just ended. At the flrst-nmned period, the company, after purcha~ing the late Koh-i-noor Company's battery and claim, an<l placing £500 to the credit of the Blackwood Water Supply Committee, as a sulJsidy towards t.he construction of a reservoir at the upper Lcrderderg River, had still a balance left to carry on operations in the mine. This balance, together with the gold obtnined from crushing operations, seems not to have covered the whole of the eompauy's expenses, consequently tlJe £500 have been withtlrawn from the hank, presumedly for the present ouly. .From all appearance, however, although the several levels in the mine show an improvement, and the average yield of gold per ton has increased so as to leave a fair margin of profit over working expen~es, yet it is considered doubtful if the company will ever replace the amount for the purpose first intended. This is greatly to he regretted, as it is evident that steam-power is too costly for cru~:~hing the large bodies of quartz in this mine with any profit ; neither is it likely to prove very remunerati vc with the supply of water at present available, as a great portion of the profits rmtde during the winter mouths would have to be fallen back upon during the summer. It would, therefore, prove a great boon to the district if the Ballan Shire Council took steps to augment the present eupply. A small charge for the nse of the water, if made, would be the means of obtaining, if not sufficient capital for the construction of a second reservoir, at least ample to pay the interest on the loan required over and above the amount promised by the Government as a grant in aid. The Simmous Reef Amalgamated Company presumedly requires 1,000,000 gallons of water per diem. This, at a rate of one penny per 10,000 gallons, would amount to £2 lOs. per week for the 6,000,000 gallons required by the company dming that time. As the company cru;;hes about 150 tons per week, the charge would be equivalent to fourpence per ton, a mere trifle as compared with the cost of crushing by steam-power.

The Victoria Company, Yankee Reef, have reached and crushed from the shooty gold previously worked in the upper levels, aud 15-toz. of gold have been obtained during the quarter. The company is a co-opc1ativc one, worked by six men and two boy~, consequently a handsome profit over working expenses

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has been the result of their operation. The several levels in the Countess Company's mine, north of the Victoria Company, on the same line of reef (but known as the Union Reef), also show slight improvement.

Part of the area formerly held by the Sultan Company, Barry's Reef, has been taken up by Broad and Co., a co-operative party, under the style of "The Sultan Company." The company intend to work the upper levels of the old ground, and carry on crushing operations with water-power, the erection of a water-wheel, with an eight stamp-head battery attached, having just been completed.

The average returns of gold per ton of quartz crushed from the New North Britain Company's mine show a slight increase. The mine is a very promising one, and gold for a length of about 300 feet can be seen freely under foot at the lowest level. To get at this, however, the main shaft must be sunk deeper, and a winding and pumping engine is also very much needed.

Alluvial.-N othing definite has, as yet, resulted from the prospecting carried on for deep alluviums at the Green Hills. Chilvers and party, in driving their tunnel, have broken through in cement, under the volcanic formation. They are sinking a shaft at ihe bottom of the tunnel, and, if the influx of water can be kept under, are in hopes of being able to find the gutter of the deep lead, supposed to exist in this locality.

No miners are employed in this division in searching for any metals or minerals other than gold. No water has been sold dnriug the quarter for mining or other purposes. The rainfall during the quarter was-April, 1·64; May, 3·79; June, 3•28; total, 8·71 inches.

BALLAN SUBDIVISION.

(Mr. John F. Ilansen, .Llfining Registrar.)

Mining is at a complete standstill in this subdivision.

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

BEECHWORTH DIVISION.

(Mr. Alexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar.)

For midwinter qnart01·, the past one has been the driest ever experienced in the Ovens district, and slnicers cannot get enough water to keep them employed for more than half-time. In ordinary seasons there is always plenty of water to carry on operations to the fullest extent, but this past season has been an exception to the rule. Old miners assert that the seasons have changed greatly iu regard to water supply, and that formerly there was always too much water in winter time. Now creeks, ~prings and water holes are dried up, many of them not carrying so much water as they did in the middle of summer. A flood in this division would give the greatest pleasure to the sluicers.

The Try Again Company, Eldorado, have bottomed their shaft at 218 feet, and have obtained a splendid prospect of gold and tin, whicb will pay well. Many persons think that a revival in mining will take place at Eldorado in consequence. There certainly is plenty of ground to take up and work, with every prospect of its paying well. Two parties have already taken up claims adjoining the Try Again Company's ground.

The Rocky Mountain Company washed down about half the ground they had run off, and obtained 6.52oz. from it. The want of water has been a great drawback to this company's operations in the past, but it is anticipated that they will now be able to get along with better results, as they lwve purchased a good supply from Pcndergast and Co.

More attention is being given to quartz mining, and a great many small crnshings have been made, some with very payable results. A quartz mill is being erected at Stanley, which no donbt will give an impetus to quartz miniug in that locality, and the head of Six-mile Creek, where many reefs are known to exist, but which cannot Le worked profitably until a mill has been erected handy to thorn.

A party of miners are again prospecting the deep ground at 'Vooragee, hut they have not yet obtained the colour of gold. Their slmft was bottomed at 160 feet, on hard granite dipping to the south, alHl ihey are driving to find tbe lowest part of the gutter, if any exists. Most old miners think that they are too far easterly to strike the sn pposed lead in W ooragce, and that they should have sunk nearer tho Magpie Swamp.

The Murmungee Sluicing Company are pushing on with their tunnel through the forest range, but it is very slow work, as the rock has become very hard. It is anticipated that they will strike one or more reef3 in the tunnel, as there are several in the locality. The tunnel is 600 feet below the top of the range.

Alcock and Co. obtained a fine crushing from the Shakspeare Reef, Stanley, 30 tons givincr 84oz. of gold. This reef has lain idle for a long time, although it was known to be payable. In conse~ quence of this crushing, several old reefs have been taken up in the neighbomhood, and, us soon as the mill is erected, no doubt many more will be tested.

Y ACKANDANDAI-I NORTH SUBDIVISION.

(11,b·. J. C. Forster, Mining Registrar.) There is nothing to report concerning mining in this subdivision.

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Y ACKANDANDAH SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

( JJJr. Jose ph Smart, 11nning Registrar.)

The returns from alluvial mining still remain very small, the dry weather having only been broken up a week or t\\co, which is too short a period to make the rainfall felt in the yield.

In quartz mining I have to report that the batteries at Twist's Creek and Back Creek have been idle since my last report for the want of water.

INDIGO DIVISION.

(Mr. R. Arrowsmitll, .llining Registrar.)

The quantity of stone crushe<l tlmlng the quarter is not much greater than last quarter, but there is a dccillcd improvement in the average yield of gold.

The machinery of the Golden Bar Company has been sold hy auction, but the right to the leases is, I believe, in dispute, therefore no progress can be made by the now proprietary. The Rose Company in that locality continue to mise very remunerative stone, and the works at the Alfred Companv's mine are being vigorously pushed forward. •

At the Pass-by Reef the appliances have been fonnd inadequate for the quantity of water, and it is contemplated to employ steam-power.

The Groat Eastem Company at Rnthcrglen ha.;; been re-organized, and mining operations com­menced.

The alluvial claim on the Glamorgaushirc has not, BO fnr, proved payable, the payable drift being poorer and much narrower than was anticlpatetl when the machinery was placed on the grountl.

The Chiltern Valley Company's claim continue,; in full work, and the prospects arc said to be improving. The Star and the Stockyard claims arc still idle, pentling improvements in the prospects of the former.

There is nothing of public interest to report relative to other mining ventures, the division remaining much in the same condition for some years past.

W ANDILIGONG SUBDIVISION.

(.:tlr. T. C. Kaighin, 1Hining Registrar.)

The quarter ended ,June 30th has given a very small yield of gold in this division. The decrease, as compared with previous quarters, is in some degree tine to the exceedingly dry weather that prevailed during the greater part of the qna,rter, causing a suspension of operations altogether in several alluvial mines, and stopping such of the crushing mills as arc worked by water-power. A number of quartz· crushing mills have been id.le during the whole of the quarter. The Birthday, Growler's Creek right branch, the Break-o'-Day, Growler's Creek loft branch, the IIi\lsborough, Growler's Creek, and the Never­too-late, Upper "Morris's Creek, have operated upon no stone; while the Oriental mill put through only one small parcel, and the Hailway Company have heon employed but a small portion of the time. It is under­stood that the formation of a company to take over the Oriental mine and plant is about completed, and immediate operations on the various lines of reef in the lease are contemplated on an extensive scale. Towards the end of June the mining proiipccts of the tlivisiou appeared to improve fairly, considering the appearances of several new finds awl the pro;:pccts obtained from some old claims recently re-occupied. In reference to the deep alluvial ground, I can only report that the 'Vandiligong Estate Company are on good gold, but they have only ju~t resnmed operations after the su~pcnsion caused by the scarcity of water experienced in the autumn.

BUCKLAND DIVISION.

(Mr. B. Kneller Smart, .Mining Registrar.)

Less gold has been won than <lnring last quarter, but thoro i~ now more activity among the {vmrtz reefs occasioned by the influx of miners from the snow regions.

' At Upper Bueklam1 the number of both alluvial and quartz miners has increased, and, had the winter rains been earlier and more plentifnl, there would haYc hccn more crushings to report therefrom.

At Bright and Harming Creek very llttle has l;een done by way of winning gold. At the latter place the Iatelv-discovcrod reefs are pwmising well. There has. heel! nn exodus of alluvinl miners from Bricrht, caused.hy the total :-;uspension of fiJO New 'Yallnce Deep Luad Gold .:\lining Company.

" At Freebmcrh two of the lar"'e :clluvial parties of Chinese La \'c hoen broken up; one party lost the nm 0 (' gold, and th~ other (Ah ionn~ and Cu:J lmrc been :!topped l~y the lie;usce of th~ land under the 49th section Land Act, who, fnr a lung tune, reemrccl a;:; much as one-i'Jxth of tl1e gro~s ytcld of gold. At the time the Chinese were ~topped he wa;:; rccoiYiug hut one-twelfth. The quartz reefs in thi::; locality are lookinu verv- well.

0 At tiarrictvillc all the claims at'e lonldng fairly well, and the nmnber of miners has increased. The Harrietville Estate Deep I.ead Company's drive id uow 172 feet long. The rock has ehanged to a soft slate and the end of the drive is supposed to be under the deep ground. The Tidel-de-addle-du Compan; (quartz claim) still withhold all information; and, as it is publicly believed that their quartz is of

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good quality and the gold won thcrefrom nearly a,; mnch in qmtntity :M that produced by all the other claims iu the division put together, their retieeuce deprives the annexed tables of a very important item. (Tables, pages 37, 42).

Water sold.-Two sluiee heads at 20s.; 8 do. at 10s.; and 2 do. at IJs. each per week.

ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION.

(llfr. A. B. Ainswortlt, Mining Registrar.) There is ::t good yield this quarter from the W clcmno tribute, Ti-troc, the tributcrs having got in

their last level some three months hack; ami further good yields may safely be anticipated. I trust, also, to report good yields from the Providence Comp::wy, Yea, during the next half-year,

the erection of their machinery being all but complcte,l. The retmns from the reef:~ ucnr Alexamlra nre not ptLyable, nwl mining is mueh depressed. A good

deal of machinery b being removed from the di,;trict. The alluvial returns are, a,; usual, small for thi~ subuivision. No metal but gold is being mined

for.

BENALLA SUBDIVISION.

(Jfr. William Stallter, lrlining Registrm·.)

The Broken River Company, having ceased operations early in April lust, mining in this subdivision is at a standstill.

DRY CREEK SUBDIVISION.

(Mr. Jonathan Pemberton, ;}fining Registrar.) No ehangc to report eitlwr in quartz or alluvial mining in my rmLdi vision thi~ quarter.

GAFFNEY'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.

(l~:b·. A. B. Ainswort!t, Jlfining Registra1·.)

The Al trihuters will not Wlt::!h up till the end of September, when a yield of G,OOO or 7,000oz. is expected. They have now about 600oz. of mualgnm in hand. The reef continues to look well. Several claims will st1trt working again shortly in this whdivision, where mining is healthy, and not a man idle.

No metal save gold is being mined for iu the subdivi~ion.

WOOD'S POINT SCBDIVISION.

(lJfr. A. B. Ainswort!t, Mining Registrar.) I have nothing new to report of this sulHlivi,ion save that the All Nations Company is once more at

work prospecting am\ driving with six men. The yiehb given for the only two quartz claims crushing are barely payable, and there nre no signs of improvement. The allnvial has yielded np to the aYerago.

No metal save gold is heiug mined for in the subdivision.

BIG RIVER SUBDIVISION.

(llfr. A. B. Ainswortlt, llliwing Registrar.) Thoro has been no qmtrtz mine at work <lnring the past quarter in this subdivision. The alluvial

has not yielded qnite up to usunl nmonut, owing t() the (lryuoss of the early winter. No metal but gold worked for.

MITTA :.Y1ITTA NORTH SUBDIVISION.

(Jtfr. C. C. Sparrow, .Mining Registrar.) Nothing new to report this quarter, mining affnirs being abont the same as at date of last report.

No new crushing plant has boon erected, consequently small mine owners arc unable to get their quartz treated.

The Hidden Treasure party have about 20 tons of qnartz at grass, obtained at a depth of 100 to 14.0 feet. Stone looking very well. The last ortt~hing from this claim went 32oz. to the ton.

The Border City Company have 1tlso about :H tons of qnartz, got at a depth of 80 feet. This also looks well. The deepest shaft i::~ 120 fout, but it i~ not at preBent beiug sunk nny deeper.

Granya Company are ~till working nn the J\Iaritmm lode, the quartz obtaitted being crushed 11-t mill to extract free gold, and the pyrite~ treated at their work~ hem. The result;;, I mu informed, are Yery Batisfaetory. Their new 10-head battery i~ now near completion.

MITTA MITTA SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

(Mrs • .Mary Thompson, Mining Registrar.) .Alluvial Mining.-Beyond cutting races, very little work has been done during the past quarter

in this subdivision, the machinery for the large claims not yet being erected. Moncrieff and Co. had a partial wash-up, which gave Yery good returns, and a few individuals have made good wages at ground sluicing. The Pioneer Sluicing Company have nearly finished cutting their races. The Pride of the Mitta and the Long Point Sluicing Companies have jnst started with theirs. The Mammoth Company, now being floated, have surveyed for their race from the Lightning Creek to Granite Flat, where they intend to carry on extensive operations by the new system of hydraulic sluicing as practised in California.

Quartz .Mining.-Spargo and party had a crushing from the Empress Reef at Granite :Flat, hut the returns were not up to expectation. A few prospectors are out, but nothing has been done at the Junction.

BETHANGA SUBDIVISION.

(~fr. J. C. Forster, Mining Registrar.) I have the honour to report that two large companies, viz., Messrs. Harris and Hollow, and Wallace

and Co., have done no work this quarter. About 200 tons of ore have been raised at the Hamburg Lease (known as Kitchingman's Lease),

100 tons of which have been partly treated by t.he chlorination process, by the Murray Vnlley Pyrites Com­pany, nud found not payable, causing great loss to the company. The same company have treated about three tons from the South Hamburg, which yielded about 6oz. of gold.

}fessrs. Redelin and Wilson have started to work the chlorination process at Messrs. Harris and Hollows' works, Lower Bethanga, on some tailings from Mr. 'Trewalla's mill, Flag Staff Hill, aml are satisfied they can succeed in extracting all the gold from tailings which will not otherwise pay in conse­quence of the expense of carting.

The only crushing at the Flag Staff Hill was about 38 tons, which gave a yield of 23oz., or an average of 12dwt. 2gr. of gold per ton.

JAMIESON SUBDIVISION.

(Mr. Thomas Still, Mining Registrar.) I have the honour to report that very little mining operations have been carried out during the

quarter in either alluvial or quartz, chiefly in consequence of the scarcity of water for the bank-slnicing claims, and the quartz not being considered gold-bearing enough to warrant the expense of crushing.

The Sailor Bill CompRny arc taking out stone from the upper level, the reef being about 4 feet thick, but is of a very inferior description, and not considered to be of a more than wages-paying class. The directors have now decided to drive the main tunnel a further distance of 50 feet, and also to drive another 50 feet along the course of the eastern reef, where the stone was of a more remunerati\'e character.

The tributers in the Venture Company's claim are taking ont quartz, which is of a fair gold-bearing quality. This stone is being taken from the upper portion of the workings, the shareholders having decided to work the lower level by day wages.

The Gleeson's Lease Company is not being worked at present, pending the sale of one-third interest in the mine to further develop it in the deep ground.

The machinery for working the United Company (Howqua Hills) is now being rapidly completed; already nearly £9,000 have been expended in opening the ground, cutting races, and erecting mining plant. It iil expected that the company will he ready to crush during the next quarter.

DARK RIVER SUBDIVISION.

(liir. A. If. Meurant, Mining Registrar.) This district may he looked upon as a progressive one. Although the first crushings from the caps

of the reefs have not satisJ1cd the ideas of o,·er-sanguine promoters of companies, the field gives daily evidence of prosperity, and "new finds" are of constant occurrence.

Now tlmt good machinery is being erected at various points, the stone from the caps is gradunlly being tried, and more ground is being opened up in consequence.

Among the "new finds" may be mentioned Thomas's Lease on the Federal line; prospect in the dish np to 4oz. per ton.

We now have eight plants~ the Mascctte, Young Australian, Pioneer, Mascotte Extended, and Dark River; anil at, Green's Creek aml Larscn's, the Morning Star, Mitta Mitta, nnd Mountain Maid.

The only public crushings which have occnrrcd arc at the Young AnHtralian battery, about 100 tons from the N ormamly Company. Ten tous are now being packed thereto by the Dawn of Day, and 20 tons are to follow from the Hillsborongh Cumpauy out of ahont lOO tons atgra~s. The Hobert Burns will crush as soon as the Pioneer battery is ready, in Hbout a fortnight, and, from present appearances, a good result is expected. The l'ioneer C?mpany, :Which ~ll follow, has exc~,llent stone, half-an-ounce having been obtained to the dish from a reef 18 mches w1dc and m good "country.

Loon's Lease (the "Spread Eagle") has been sold to Mr. Ernest Giles, and offers a good opportunity of testinO' the line of reef which passes through it, and which shows good gold.

Altogethc1· the prospects of the district are very favorable; and, if expectations are not over-stated, aml stcatly work (pro~pecting and otherwise) is proceeded with, it will no doubt prove to be a permanent and payable field.

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SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

SANDHURST DIVISION.

(Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar.)

The quarter which has juRt closed has witnessed a continuance of the general prosperity which has for some time attended the mining indnHtry in this division. Work has been carried on without abatement of vigour and with good average results.

The New Chum line still occupies the leatling position, and surpasses all the others in activity and profit. At the south end of the line the Eureka Company have just opened up what promises to be a pay­able prospect at 1,200 feet, and the New Chum Railway are getting improved yields from the same reef at considerably over 1,000 feet. Next north, the Shenandoah and North Shenandoah Companies are conjointly sinking what will be the pioneer shaft of this portion of the line -they are now down nearly 280 feet. The Shamrock am! the Young Churn Companies are both sinking, ami the Craven, Garibaldi, 11nd Ellesmere Companies are working on ~tone of a more or lesK pnyable appearance between 600 and !!50 feet. The New Chum ConRo1idated slmft is down 1, l3f) feet. The New Chum United Company are still getting handsome rclurns. The northern dee"fl claims n,re working with renewed courage since the publication of the returns from Lansell'R 180 mine. The Lazarus are down 1,557 feet, and the Old Chum Company 1,340 feet. The New Chum awl Victoria have cnt a small reef 11t 1,5GO feet, and from the same stone, at !,500 feet, have had a crushing averaging about 1oz. per ton. North 01<1 Chum are just opening out at. 1,650 feet to cross-cut for the 180-foot reef. The Victoria Quartz .i\lining Company have recently resumed work.

On the Garden Gully line the Londonderry Company have just opened up a smn,ll reef above 1,200 feet, and the fir~:~t crushing gave a satisfactory result. The claims between this and the Garden Gully United Compttny nre doing little work. The Victory mu! P11ndora shaft is down 1,856 feet, the second decpe;;t in the tlist.rict.

Ou the Hustler's lino matters arc quiet. The Hustler's Reserve No. 2 arc working payable stone at •.100 feet., and h11ve just succeeded in getting on the dividend list.

The Groat Extmuled Hustler's Tribute arc cross-cutting at 1,452 feet. At Golden Gully matters remain rather quiet. None of the mines in that qunrtor eau show any

substn,ntial success. At Axedale, the Acott Company, having found the old reef unpayable, sank the shaft, and are now

just, on the point of opening up on another reef at 276 feet. The Alexander Company, 111 Lockwooll, appear to have a payable prospect at 2GO feet. There ici nothing worth mentioning in alluvial mining. 51,000,000 galls. of water have been sold

for mining- pnrposes during the quarter.

EAGLEHA WK SUBDIVISION.

(lrlr. F. R. Ellis, Mining Registrar.)

The present has been oven more successful than the past quarter, the dividends being £89,253 l4s· and the calls £47,·128 IOs., which is an increa.se on last qun,rtor's return of dividends over calls of £10,624 4s. The principal contributors to this grand total are the Bruhn's Tribute Company, at Sebastian, its yield being 2,55Goz. 4dwt. for the quarter, 1md the Lady Barkly Company 2,448oz. Hdwt. There is at the present time a good prospect of the continmwco of this success.

The Duke of Wellington Company have btoly struck gold, but at present the prospects are not very encouraging, the last crushing of 50 tons yielding only lloz. 5dwt. of gold. The quartz was obtained from the 180-foot and 2:20-foot levels.

The Pearl Company are still prospecting at the 550-foot n,nd 630-foot levels. The Groat Extended Victoria Compn,ny, which is still sinking (their present depth being 518 feet),

hn,,·e erected a very efficient winding pbnt, at a cost of over £3,000, and !trc now in full work. The plant is of a very powerful ehn,raetcr, anJ. exactly ,;imiln,r to the splendid machinery of the St. M:un"o (

• ' 0 ,ompau:v. The Dixon's Tribute Company, whose shaft is now ,123 feet deep, have opened out, 11ntl put in a

cross-cut. 7() feet. The New Victoria Catherine Company, ~incc last report, h11ve snnk a further depth of 20 feet, makin"

a total of ii L5 feet from the surface. They n.ro now cross-cutting at various levels. " The Duke of Edinburgh Company haYc an appli:w(•e in use for the prevention of over-win.ling of

cage~. The apparatus is simple in eonstnwtion, n1Hl lms bcPn very favornhly commented on by experts. Their ~lmft is now down :395 feet, an•l tiH'Y arc now sinking.

The Vietorhtn St. 1Iungo are now (!own a~n J~,ct, awl still ~inking. The New St. Mnngo are n,gain on the dividend-paying list, they having crushed 1,5ii3 tons for

1,010oz. 1edwt. dming the last quarter. The qnartz was obt11inod f1·om the 57i!-foot and Gi!O-foot levels. The Extended South Devonshire, at a depth of 612 feet, have driven a cross-cut a len<'th of 154

feet from the shaft. In this crosB-cut, at 1[)1 feet from the shaft, a black leader with ~purs was cut, showing gold.

The South Dcvon::;hire are still sinking. Their present depth is 525 feet. The Duchess of Edinburgh are now cross-cutting at the 710-foot level. A large amount of work

has been done in the li.JO-foot level, whore the reef b 33 feet in width, lmt, not being of a payable nature the company have since gone on sinking. '

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'l'he United Devonshire Company's crosH-cut, at a depth of GGG feet, is now in 85 feet. The western leader has been passed through, hut no gold has been seen. They expect to get the reef in ahont a 1Yeek. The cross-cut, at 435 feet, has passed through a small spur, and should reach the leader, upon which they arc sinking the winze, from the 375-foot level.

The Extended St. :Mnngo Company's crnshing for the last quarter yielded 557oz. 17dwt. from 5C8 tons. The stone was obtained from the 470-foot level.

The Phccnix Company have sunk their main shaft to a depth of 715 feet. They are now getting into better ground, having got through a large sandstone bar. The quartz was obtained from the G50-foot and 510-foot levels.

The Unicoro Company are drivinf{ the level at the 745 feet, alBo stoping on the north boundary on the Devonshire Reef, showing payable gold.

The South St. ::M:nngo have snnk a new winze, and expect to reach some of the rich spurs passed through in the shaft.

The Lady Barkly Company have, during the last quarter, clone a great amount of prospecting work. At the 6130-foot level the stone seems to be of a very payable nnture. The average yield from 4,123 tons is 12dwt. 1·73gr., as 1vill be seen by the annexed statement. (t3ee prrge 38.)

The St. 1\:Iungo Company show a marked improvement on last qnarter'o return. In the Sadowa Company's claim, nt the 620-foot level, the slopes on the east side of the south and

on the east side of the north levels are showing fair gold. The Eastwood's have struck a large body of stone at the C20-foot level, showing gold. The Ellcnborough Company are again on the dividend-paying li;.;t. In the 800-foot level there is a

large body of stone, showing heavy gold. The stone in the winze is also showing good gold. The Belmont ami Sax by Company have been duing fairly well lately. The main shaft has been

sunk to a depth of 890 feet. It is intended to open out a cross-cut at this depth. The La Belle are taking out stone at the UO-foot am! 7!:JO-foot lewls, hnt with indifferent results. The Snob's Hill Company have met with some stone showiug gold in the 98;)-foot level. Water

increasing. The Williums United Company are driving a cross-cut at the 800-foot level, in which they have cut

a spur four inches thick, showing galena, am! also gold. The Princess Alicc Company.-This company iH at present cross-cutting. A leader was cut at the

No. 14 cross-cut, from which several Rpnrs nmole, in which golcl is freely seen. The South Catherine Company arc sinldng their main shaft, which is now over 1,200 feet from

the surface. The Catherine Reef United Company are at present sinking their shaft; present depth 1,008 feet,

being one of the deepest Hhafts in this subdivision. Ground very hard. There i~ a great quantity of water in the 1,140-foot winze, which evidently indicates that stone is near.

The "Gnitcd Johnson's Company arc at pre;;ent re-timbering their old ~haft, having completed 150 feet.

'I' he J ohnoon's Reef Gold Miues Company are not at pre.~ent meeting with any groat success. They are doing a great amount of cross-cutting and pro,;pcctiYc work.

The Hose of Denmark Company are passing through ground, principally quartz mixed with slate and sandstone, carrying a little gold.

The North Rose of Denmark Company continue sinking their shaft, which is now 430 feet. The Princess Dagnmr Company are cross-cutting at the C80-foot level, but at present with little

success. The Great Northern Company, at a depth of G80 feet, have pnt up a rise of 46 feet, in which the

reef is improving, and showing more golrl. The Golden Pylre Company are sinking their shaft. The depth is 64c0 feet. At C30 feet from the

surface, :t small leatler WttS cut in the shaft three inches thick, but not ~bowing gold. The Specimen Hill 1Jnited Company are crnshing from the south level, the stone showing good gold. The New Argus Company ftre sinking their main shaft, having a great deal of water to contend with.

The shaft is 548 feet deep. The South New Moon Company are busily'prospecting. In the 315-foot and 375-foot cross-cut;; the

indications for gold are favorable. The Nil Company are doing very well lately. The reef at the 38G-foot level still continues westward,

where there is a strong body of stone, in which goool gold is seen. The Amalgamated South Frederick the Great Company arc driving a level at 133 feet, where there

is a quantity of stone, going south. The Frcderick the Great Tribute Company.-Dnring the past quarter this company have boon

engaged breaking stone at the 327 -foot level, taking the c:cslern side of the reef, which is showing gold. The intermediate level below the 380 has been extended 130 feet. The reef is solid and well defined, am! shows good gold. The reef iu the stope over thi~ level is making stronger. The western level at 380 feet has been extended 1V7 feet.

The Brnlm's Tri!mte.-The reef at the 300-foot level of this mine is l!:J feet wide, am! showing splendid gold. This level has been extended 35 feet during the qnarier. The 250-foot cross-cut has been extended 20 feet, and holed through to the wet winze from the 200-foot level.

Tho amount of water consumed for mining purposes in this subdivision was about 15,000,000 gallons.

KIL:MORE DIVISION.

(illr. Gem·ge Davis, Niuing Registmr.)

Owing to the small vield of goh! obtained during Hw quarter, the mining intcre~t i~ in a very depresset! stale. The prilwlpal claim~ are engngcd in ~inking_winzcs, and in .eross-cuttin:.r, emleavonrin.g to find payable gold. At the deepest lcYcb yet attained ({120 feet) the stone IS poor, and has not matermlly

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increased in size; otherwise, with the present average, it would enable the work being carried on without the necessity of calls being made.

The battery being erected at the Strath Creek is near completion. The Sovereign Company l1ave their shaft down a depth of 300 feet, aud are now driving to strike

the rich rich lode lately worked by the Langridge Company up to their boundary.

HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND WARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

(Mr. F. W. Greene, Niuing Registmr.)

As anticipated iu the last report, the yield of gold in this district has increasetl, although not so largely ns expected, owing, l believe, iu a great measure to want of energy on the part of proprietors and managers, and also to an insnffieicnt supply of capital. Of course there are exceptions, but, generally speaking, the mining community here arc cs~enlially slow.

Two fresh applications for leases have be<:.m IWH1e as undcr:-Alexander Reed applied for ten acres at South Costerfield. Two men are to he employed for the

first six months, and snbsequoncly six men. John Hedlcy applied for twenty acres at Ileathcoto fo1· the Resnrrection Gold lViining Company.

Four men are to be employed for the first Bix months, am! subsequently ten meu. Robinson's Gold Mining Company, referred to in the last report, has been formed and floated with

good prospects, I am informed, hut they have not yet'commenced crushing operations. The Old Costerfield Antimony and GolU Mining Company i~ in the same condition as previomly

reported. Generally, at Costerfield, there is an improvement. As to the Bombay Company I have no means of

reporting, the manager having neglected to furnish any rotum. It is said, however, that the results are of a satisfactory nature.

In Ileathcote proper, Mr. Thomas Hedlcy reports that in the Argyle claim, Argyle Reef, 43 tons have been crushed for 32oz. of gold, being an average of 15dwt. to the ton; depth, 210 feet; water-level, 50 feet.

In the Resurrection claim, Hard Hills, 5G tons of stone have heeu crnshed fer 20oz. lGdwt. The He:Lthcote Slnicing Company have suspended operations temporarily, bHt intend shortly to

re-commence with improved applinneos. At Gray Town (the Spring Creek gol•l-fiehls), Mr. \V. T. Od<:ly rc·ports the total nnml,or of minor~ at

work is 32; 12 mining in quartz, awi 20 in nlluvinl. Thoro iH no machinery in the ueighhomlHln<l, am! nil quartz raised has to lle crushed fl,t the Chc·rry Tree, CostPrflehl, <li:;tnnt some ten mile,;. Tl!o yield of go],\ from qufl,rtz during the quarter has been 60oz. for 20 ton~ of stoue, and the alluvial miners have :sold to lmyer~ 40oz. The average depth at which qunrtz ]Jas l>een obtained is HO feet.

At Redcnstle and Staffordshire :Flat there is also a great improvement. The yield from 91 tons of stone has been 12Hoz. 4t!wt.; from 60 loads of mulloeh, lloz. 15dwt. It is difficnlt to ascertain the yield from alluvial mining, but I am informed there ha~ bc<:•u an increm.;c since laAt repr:rl.

From Redo~~lale, Horseshoe Bend, allil the Colilmn, it is reported that the ,Tmnpint:: "Moses claim hn,; crushed 4 tons for 2oz. Tl1erc are fonrtecn Chinamen and fonr Europeans ttt work on the hanks of the river, bnt with what result is not known.

At Toohoornc the Victory C•)mpauy han· crn~h(•d 80 tons for 80oz.; •lrplh of eL'lll, ';';-. Tho alluvial remains much t"he i'1lllll~.

At the Wild Duck the Meadow Valley Creek Slnieing Company were at work with enry prni<peet of success, bnt an adverse verdict in court has caused operations to cease.

The golrl purchased by the banks at Heathcote <lurillg the quarter was as follows:-Alluvial gold, l20oz. Odwt. 3gr.; quartz, 346oz. 16dwt. 13gr.; total, 466oz. 16dwt. 16gr.

WARANGA NOUTH SUBDIVISION.

( jl{r. Hem:IJ Hick~, 1tlining Registrar.)

Q<wrtz 11fining.-Thc pnst quarter hn::; been one of increa~cd sneecs~ throughout the \Varanga North Divisi n, and the present, appcnnwee of the mine~ indieat"c continued prosperity. The mcst note­WOJ'thy te!tture is the gn·at. SliCCl'S>i of the New Byron Company, at Coy's Di;:rging:'l. The (:ompany have, after the expenllitnre of a large sttllJ, ~il·twk tlH• reef al a depth ol' :;'110 fecr. At pn'S<'llt it is S<'YCil

feet thick, and shows gold fn·ely. A quautity of stone wilt l>e trnchctl 61wrdy, utHl on exeelle11t yield of gold is expeded. The success of the ahoYc compauy has given nil impetus to fmthcr pro~peetir>g, and already leases have hecn grauteJ, or applieations made, for nearly ail the old elaims fonuerly worked with success to water-level, and then ab~ndoned for want of capitul. ln fact, a new em appears to have dawned upon tile division by the advent of the enpitalist. The .Phcenix Company, Rm;hworth, i:< now putting through about 500 tons. The Crown Cro,.:s awl Never Can Tell claims, at Rnshworth, awl \Yhite Elephant elaim, at Coy's Digginf!S, have, during tbe qtmrtcr, cnl;.;hetl stone of nnwoutcd richness. :For a general statement of the pre;;cnt stale of the mines, I have the honour to refer to return prepared in nccordnn<'e with instructious, and annexed hereto. (S<:>e page 3\l.)

Alluv"ial 1'tfin"ing.-In this class there i~:; no marked improvement. No mining for metals other than gold has been carrie<l on in this diYi:sion duriug the quartc;r, the

Blaek CJ, ud Antimony Company hcillg still idle. The only dividend deelared dnring the qnurtcr was that by the Phoouix Company, of 6d. per

24,000th share. No. 53, n

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MAHYBOROUGH MINING DISTHICT.

MARYBOROUGH DIVISION.

(1lfr. P. Virtue, j)fining Registrar.)

Quartz Mining.-Four prospecting and two eo operative prospecting claims were registered dnl'ing the quarter. A trial crushing of ten tons of stone, taken from the Louis claim; situate at Flagstaff Reef, gave an average of lOd wt. per ton; ami a similar crnshing of five tons, from the" King of Hanover and his White Horse'' claim, situated at White Horse Reef, Mosquito, gave an average of 26dwt. per ton. The depth of sinking at the former claim is 20 feet, aml at the latter 40 feet.

Work at the I.eviathan Reef mine is Leing vigorously carried on. All quartz below the 80-foot level has proved unremunerative, and extensive prospecting below that level has, so far, failed to discover payable stone, so that all present mining operations arc confined to working the fiat leaders on that level. The cross-cut in the 'Varrior shaft has been put in 30 feet. Blocks of stone, about 20 feet wide, have been cut through.

At the Goldstono mine, Craigie, work is progressing, but the ground is very hard aud expensive. The shaft has been deepened. No gold has yet been obtained.

The best stone obtained during the quarter was from Willwn's mine, Havelock. From a crushing of 40 tons, 47oz. l3dwt. was obtainod, or an average of loz. 3tlwt. 19gr. per ton.

Alluvial .Jfining.-The Duke Company have e:x:teuded their main drive considerably. The Eastern reef is still in hard and expensive ground. A Llri ve from this reef, trending in a northerly direction, has been put in, and payable prospects have been obtained. The returns from this mine are about the same as those obtained last quarter.

The Duke Consols Company have been driving at the north end of their mine, and they expect soon to be in a position to block. The wash at the south end is opening up well, and is yielding payable results. The tributers have not yet got into payable wash. The roturns obtained from this mine are much better than those of last quarter.

The Carisbrook Unitecl Company are still engaged in reef-driving. There is no change to report in the leading wash dirt drives, which arc being vigorously proceeded with.

Three loads of sand from the Duke Company which were troatecl at the Cambrian battery gave the handsome yield of 106oz. 4dwt. of gold.

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

Duke Company, Timor Duke Consols Company, Timor Carishrook United Company, C1trisbrook John Bright Company, Lower Alma Keep-it-Dark Company, Timor

Total

DIVIDENDS.

Duke Company, Timor .John Bright Company, Lower Alma

Total

1\IA,JORCA S.UI3D1VISIOX.

(Jfr. P. Virtue, lllinin!J Registrar.)

oz. dwt. gr. 2,870 11 0

60;) !) 12 552 16 0 115 7 12

41 5 0 ----4,185 !) 0

£ s. d. 1,250 0 0

389 4 0 ------1,639 4 0 -----

N othiug of importance ha~ occmTell in this snbllivi~ion dm·ing the quarter. Prospecting and other work is being still carded on nt the progressiYe miues, hut no gold has yet been obtained from any of them. The yield of gold from the New Kong Mong Company has been eonoitlt:rahly more this quarter than last, anu the mine is, just at present, showing signs of improvement. A load of sand from this mine, which was treated at the Cambrhn battery, gave 15oz. of gold.

The following is a stalement of the gold obtaimd tluring the qnnrler from the principal alluvial mines in this subdivision :-

Now Kong Meng, .Majoren Now Kong Meng, No. 1 Trilmtc New Kong Meng, No. 2 Tribute New Kong Mcng, :Ko. 3 Tr:buto

Total

oz. tlwt. gr. 77G 11 0

52 9 5 97 19 0

8 ~ 0

935 7 5

No dividend has been deQ]ared by any company in this subdivision <luring the quarter.

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AMIIEHST DIVISION.

(Mr. Clarence Smith, JJJining Registrm·.) Mining operations have hcen rather dull during lhe (pJarter. The only large claim paying at present is.

the U niou Quartz :Mining Company nJ Amher.<t, the ern~hitJgs for three months bciug 420 tons _for a yield of 87loz. 3d wt., ot• an average of 2oz. l<lwt. 11gr. per ton. Thirty-lh·e men are employed on the 1mue. A lease of 70 acres hns been pegged ont on the Tal hot Flat, to work the eontinnation of the Black Lead. This ground includes the ontlct of a gold-field of ahont 30 sqnare mile~, and has not been predously worked. The tributary gold-workings, many of which lmYc been highly renmnPmth·e, comprise about four sqnarc miles, so that a good payable lea<! shou],l be fonml within the gronnd applie'l for.

The amount received hy the Talbot l~orongh Council for water for mining purposes dming the quarter was £12 lGs.

A VOCA Sl!BDIVISIOX.

(ilh. D. 0' Leary, Jlfining Registrar.) The \Vorkiug Miners Comp:wy, at Homelmsh, haye been as usual furnishing fayorahle returns,

OY<'r 100 men being rcgnlarly employed. The Associanon Company, Fryingpnn Leau, haYe just bottomeu their shaft at a (lepth of \l7 feet, and will commence to open ont witlwnt delay. Prospects look l1etter in the Golden Stream Company, nml some euterprising miners hnYe been seeming the ground extending southerly, including the raceeonrsc in that locality. There is uothing of particular moment to note in quartz mining.

Slate Quan·ying.-Another mineral lease, of a lnrge area, has been applied for in the Pyrenees by the company rcferrml to in my previous report, thns ~Showing further confidence in this new industry of slate quarrying.

DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA DIVISION.

(Jlr. TV. G. Coachman, ]rfinin,q Registrar.)

Quartz "~finin,q.-There has been a great (lepression in mining matters in this part of the country of late, no new finds hnving been made to attrnct attention. The Qnoen'c BiTthdn.y Company have let por­tions of their mine on tribute, anJ arc pro~peetiug at t1JC deeper le\'Cls. The Sydenhmn Company have been rai:;ing quartz frmn 400-foot. level, aud arc (lriviug cross-cut wc~t at that level to intersect other reef~ known to exit;t in their grouml. Th•:; Yorkshire Compauy have been engage<! breaking out stone between 3-10 and 500 foot levels, anu are extending drive~ along the cour"e of the lode norilt ami south at the level~. The Kangaroo Company, Cay's Digging:', have de<we(l out nn old i'ilmft, atHl arc erecting win(ling machinery. The Mercantile Company have 6tlllk main :;haft to a depth of ·tOO feet from surfncc, and haYc openerl a cross-em at that level to intersect the Kangaroo Hoer. The Unit<'d Poverty nnd Prince of '\Vales Company l1ave been cross-cutting for the reef at 200 feet, and arc now in 217 feet from the shaft; they are also erecting pumping and winding machinery.

Allnvial l'llining-Bnrnt Creek Compm1y are driving and blocking out ground which is payable; 4,000 load.s washed gaYe a total yield of G32oz. Hldwt. 2lgr. of goJ,J ; they arc al~o sinking a new pros­pecting shaft, which will shortly be bottomed.

INGLEWOOD DIVISION.

(Mr .. Z'{. J. fl/aude, Mining Registmr.)

The yields of gohl obtained from qnartz cmshings arc much less than those olJtained during tlw quarter ending 31st March htst. Active operation~, principally in ~inking ami clriving, lmYc been carried on hy the various gold-mining companies, ami the quartz mised for crushing pnrposcs has not, as vet, been operated upon by many of them. •

l'yrites have not been Jealt with, owing to the want of proper appliances, which, however, it is expected will :'loon be obtained.

Very little nlluvial mining operation" hnvo been carrie<l on. A 11uggot weighing lWoz. :3d wt., and yielding ±l_ioz. of smelted golu, was found on the 20th :May, on

the surface, close to the City of Bath Hoof, bv n miner nnmed John Bleukworth. Several smaller nnm,.ets have also heen discovered, the largest of whi~h weighed lloz. "'"'

WEDDEHBUHN DIVISION.

{ilfr . .John Jl,:rrch, J1!ininy Rr~:ristrar.)

/Jl.lltvial ~!}finin,q.-"7

ilh the exception of n. small rnsh, which took place to some slmllow ground near Wlllmms' G~d!Y• a few days since, not,~ling worthy of mention has occurreu during the quarter. -

Qnartz Mmmg.-Two 01· three part1es have marked out claims on an abandoned reef in Bow .Flat One of these partic? obta}~e~l, at a dep~h of HIO feet,. what they consider a good prospect, anu they inte~(i to take out n ernslnng. I Ius reef-winch was very rreh near the snrfaco-has been abandoned about twenty years.

REDBANK SUBDIVISION.

( illr. D. 0' Lem·y, Jfining Regist1•ar.)

Thoro is not.hing particular to note in Dither quartz or alluvialmiuing in thiB suh(livision.

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ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

(llfr. TV. G. Conchman, Jlfininy Registrar.)

In this subdivision I have nothing to report in either quartz or alluvial mining.

ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION.

(Jlr. W. G. Couchman, Alining Registrar.) Quartz Mining.-During the past quarter the New Bendigo Company sank their main shaft to a

depth of 514 feet, and are now engaged driving a cross-cut at 500-foot level. They crushed 1,200 tons of quartz, taken from between 300-foot and 400-foot levels, which gave a yield of 561oz. of gold. The prospects of the mine are very promising at the lower levels.

No. 1 So nth New Bendigo are sinking an air shaft to ventilate the mine. A trial crushing of 30 tons of stone taken ont at 200 feet from the surface gave a yield of lOoz. Odwt. lOgr. of gold, which is payable. They have a reef at 200 and 300 foot levels, from 4 to 7 feet thick, :md the prospects of the mine are good.

The Lord Nelson Company have been engaged raising stone from three distinct lodes between 680-fool and 780-foot levels. From 832 tons crushed 766oz. l8dwt. of gold was obtained.

The Wilson's Hill Company have suspended operations, not having met with anything payable at the 600-foot level. This mine and plant are aJvertised for sale.

The .Jere Jaw Company have also suspended operations for the present. A new reef has been discovered about 11 miles east of St. Arna11cl in new country, and the prospects

obtained are very encouraging. The reef is from 1 foot to 2 feet thi(,k, and widening as they go down. The prospecting party have raised about 20 tons of stone, which they estimate will yield 2oz. per ton. A claim 11ex:t south of the prospectors' is in dispute, and the matter will be referred to the warden for settlement.

The other mines in this district of any note nrc doing prospecting work. In alluvial mining there is nothing fre:ih to report.

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.

(Mr. 1'. L. Brown, . .Mining Registrar.) In alluvial mining there are fifteen parties ground-sluicing, who realize about average wages, while

the Chinese anJ other alluvial miners make but a precarious living. Of the deep lead companies, the Gntnd Trunk find their levels too shallow te work their proved

large extent of auriferous drift ( 4 to 6 feet: thick). They are, therefore, obliged to deepen their shaft, and open main levels under the wash, which has the !tppcarance of a gutter, of which over 3,000 feet is within this company's lease. The Loddon Estate and other companies have also proved, by boring and shafts, a wide extent of auriferous drift, but lhe nndcrground flow of water has hitherto baffled their exertions.

In quartz Tnining very material improvements have been effected. The Forest Creek ·wattle Gully Company have completed their very superior crushing plant, its first product being l76oz., making 566oz. for the quarter. This company, having now efficient machinery, and an immense quantity of golden quartz already opened, regular returns may be anticipated.

The Central Wattle Gully Company continue to extend their 250 and 350 foot levels south through the Old Wheal Terrell, toward the Crown claim, where a good extent of backs will be available. This once rich claim wa~ formerly worked only by windlass and whim to 180 feet in depth.

The new Wattle Gully Company have renewed and repaired their machinery, and invited tenders for sinking their engine shaft.

The Franeis Ormond Company are cutting down and re-timbering their engine shaft (10 feet by 4 feet) into three partitions, preparatory to opening out underneath the old workings, from which such rich returns have been obtained.

The Garfield Company completed the erection of additional boiler and battery, the result being the crushing of 2,M.5 tons of quartz for a return of 80loz. 4dwt. gold. They have large bodies of quartz to operate upon, and their prospeets are enhanced by a new find in the north face of their central reef, from which a trial erushing of 66 tons yielded 74oz. Sdwt. of gold. They arc sinking a new engine shaft.

The Town Reef Company are sinking a new engine shaft (10 by 4 feet), and contractors are proceeding with the erection of a powerful plant.

The Ajax United Company are now down .587 feet in engine shaft, the country being intermittent bands of slate and sandstone, with leaders of qnartz. They also continue extending their several levels and winzes, meeting with numerous bodies of promising-looking quartz, impregnated with pyrites, one leader showing very niee gold.

The Champion Reef Company have sunk their engine shaft, and opened out at 140 feet, finding bodies of stone showing gold. 'Trial crushings ·will be made before erecting a crushing plunt.

The Nuggety Company's shaft is 461 feet deep, whence they have cross-cut and driven at the 3.50-foot and 400-foot levels, without as yet fimlin_g payable gold. From the Little Nuggety Company, at 280 feet (leep, 2U tons of quartz returned 136oz. 7dwt. of gold.

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On the Sebastopol Reef, Fischor and Co. have found a s11rfaco leader yielding splendid specimens; and from \Varren's Reef, O'Connor and Co. crnshod 9 tons, yielding 13oz. 16dwt.

Quartz prospecting claims have been taken up on several of the forfeited leases. The quantity of water sold during the quarter was 143,390,000 gallons at id., and 4,300,000 gallons

at 3d. and 4d., per 1,000 gallons.

FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION.

(Mr. Mark Amos, Mining Registrar.) Population.-Several of the old residents have recently left the district for Melbourne and other

localities, owing to the unproductive character nt the present, time of some of our quartz mines, and the apparently hopeless prospectof securing suitable employment for their families. Old miners, well advanced in years, who have devoted from twenty-five to thirty years of the hest part of their lives, have considered it necessary to seek less congenial cmploymen tin the city, and commence a nflw career, under circumstances not very fM'orable or encouraging in many instances. During the past ~ix months, a considerable decrease in the number of miners has been noted, and, unless some new and important discoveries are made in the course of the next six months, there will be a further diminution, which will materially affect the general gold return~ of this portion of the Castlemaine district.

New Era Company.-Some two months 8ince, this company eonsidcrcd it expedient to suspend mining operations, and discharge all the workmeu, 80 in number, repre~cnting that the mine had ceased to he payable. The action taken by the directors caused a consideraLie amount of surprise aud consternation amongst the miners and different tradesmen interested. However, after a few days. it was propo:"ed to work the nl.ine on the tribute system; but the terms submitted were not acceptable to the workmen, ami it was feat·ed the works would be stopped for an indefinite perio<l ; but, a,.; it wa;:; foreseen that the F<toppage wonl<l entail great hardship on a number of hanlworkiug and industrious men, the directors, on further conoideration, determined to re-commence operation~ untler the old system, the numlJer of men to be reduced. There are now about 40 miners employed, and recent crushingH show that, hy careful management, the mine is still capable of paying expenses.

McDonald and party, German Gully, continue to find payable stone in their claim. The reef, how­ever, is comparatively narrow; but, as the last crnshings yielded l9dwt. to the ton, there can be no doubt the locality is worthy of the attention of those who are looking aft.er remunerative employment. The party has been working in the same claim for the past twenty years, which is a sure indication that the mine has paid a great deal more than working expenses. There is plenty of new ground in the immediate neigh­bourhood, both north and south, which would in all probability pay for prospecting.

Enterprise Company.-In my last report it was stated the company were unable to eout.inue mining operations until their financial difficulties were adjusted, but that there was some probability of starting afresh in the course of a short time. From recent inquiries, it would appear the directors have no hopes of re-organizing, conseqnently the leased ground is now virtually abandoned. The Bank of Victoria has a lien on the plant, but have no intention of working the ground, so it is expected the machinery will shortly be removed.

Perseverance Company.-The company have now completed the erection of their machinery, which consists of one 25 horse-power steam-engine for crushing, with 20 heads of stamps ; one 20 horse-power engine for winding ; and one ten horse-power engine for pumping. The steam is supplied from two boilers, The total cost of machinery and appliances is £3,500. Ev-erything is now in nu efficient state to c:trry out the different works on a very extensive scale. The reef at the 230-foot level shows gold, and there is a large quantity of quartz ready to pass through the batteries, which is expected to average 4 to 5 dwt. to the ton. It is considered there are rich lodes intersecting the claim at deeper lev-els hitherto unexplored, and which will be found eventually to connect with the claims situated north and south of the company's lease.

The RoynJ Saxon Company, Clark's Reef, and the Golden Eagle Company, :Fryerstown, have both been compelled to temporarily stop their works, owing to the unremunerative character of the crnshings during the past twelve months. There has been uo lack of energy in the management, both mines having been well prospected and driven at different levels; but it is presumed that mining operations will be resumed in the course of a few weeks, when a little more capital has been raised, which, judiciously expended, may probably lead to something more encouraging and satisfactory.

DAYLESFORD (HEPBURN) DIVISION.

(1lfr. Thomas Hale, Mining Registrar.) The Rising (Star Quartz Mining Company, Blind Creek (Frenchman'::; Reef), have sunk their main

shaft. to the depth of 530 feet, or 80 feet below the lower level, from which they obtain their payable quartz, the average for the last three months being over 8tlwt. per ton. They intend soon to open out, so as to again cut the same lode at the new level.

'fhe Cornish Quartz Mining Company, Cornish Reef, have now :mnk their main shaft to the depth of 775 feet, which is 30 feet below the lowest level from which payable gold during the last three months has been obtained, the average having been over 8dwt. per ton. They are still sinking deeper, and the water is getting easier on account of the commencement of the pumping operations at the Cornish Extended Company (formerly the Argus Company).

The North Cornish Quartz Mining Company, WemlJat Hill, have nearly completctl the erection of their new plant. The engine is a 16-inch one, the boiler being 26 feet loug nud 6ft. Gin. diameter. Over it is erected a substantial building, the outer covering being of pine, and the roof of corrugated iron. They have also erected a very sub::;tn.ntial brick chimney stack, and will now commenee to sink their main shaft deeper to strike the Cornish Reef.

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The South Star Quartz Mining Company, southwards of the Rising Star Company, have sunk their main shaft to the depth of 530 feet. They intend now to open out and to cut the chamber, so as to strike the reef, which is being so profitably worked by the Hising Star Quartz Mining Company.

The New Era GolJ Mining Company at Franklinfod have opened out their shaft at 82 feet, ant! put in three prospecting drives. They are now trying to reach the gntter, n good prospect having been obtained in the bore.

The Hepbmn Rocky Lead Gold 1\fining Company have opened out their shaft at 330 feet, and have put in several prospecting drives to the east, and succeeded in striking wash 4 feet in thickness, which has proved payable. The Hepburn Gold Mining Company, Smeaton, have got 2,47loz. 1dwt. of gold. I have been unable to ascertain the quantity of wash, but I estimate the yield at 2dwt. per ton. The royalty paid has been £746, the dividends being £4,9fi0.

The Town Clerk, who is, I believe, clerk of the Daylcsford Water Works, gives me the following particulars:-

The Wombat Creek water-rnce contains 10 sluice-heads of water, ar;d it is nearly all used at present in sluicing out the bed of the Hepburn Gold-fields Reservoir, by Paganetti and party. ·when water is sold by them, I understand the charge is £2 to £3 per week for day water, and £1 10s. to £2 for night water.

The Kangaroo Creek race contains about 15 ~<luicc-heads of water, which at present is all nsed in the Dry Diggings district .. When the Council supply water from the pipes for mining purposes, the charge is 10s. per day. About one sluice-head daily is Slll)pliml during the year.

TARADALE AND KYNETON SUBDIVISION.

(1111-. Steplum Dorman, Mining Registrar.) I have to report an increase in the yield of gold of 1,75Doz., obtained chiefly from the

Queen's Birthday, Egyptian, and Ar,~ona Companies' claims. One hundred and fifty additional minerd are employed in the (livision as compared with last quarter, and by the reports more could be taken on. ::\fining in this division has not been in so prosperous a state ns at present for many years past. There is a large extent of country yet to be opened np, the run of quartz being trncPd north towartls Taradale, south by Lauriston towanls Kyneton, and south-west towar<lii Trcntlmm. Tlm;e of the quartz claims have obtained payabic stone, viz.:-North Queen's, O'Connor'~, mHI South Queen's. Althm1gh supposed to be on the Queen's Birth< lay line, the returns are not so rich, hut, arc improving as tl!c deep ground is opened up. Nearly the whole of the auriferous (quartz) lan<l being heltl by private parties, prospecting is considerably retarded by the lligh prices charged for permis,;ion to break the soil, w much as £500 being demamletl in one case. A nnv discovery of quartz hns been matlc within the last few days in Tucker's paddock, near l\>ialmsbury; 1 ton crushed yielde'l 1oz. V'Hlwt. of gold. In alluvial, except in Ellis's Freehold, nothing appears to be doing, quartz alone ab,orhing the attention of miners and speculators. Taking into consideration the vast extent of country nntl'iml, there is no doubt hut within the next twelve months this will be one cf the most important mining districts in the colony, more especially if the demands made by landowners are moderated.

TARRANGOWER DIVISION.

( iJ.Jr. Robert Nanliivell, llfining Registrar.) Quartz .Minin,q.-'l'his quarter sho;ys a decrease in the yield of gold of 219oz. 4clwt. 2gr. as compared

with last quarter. This is owing to the falling off in the Great Western Cymru Company's returns. This company have been delayed abont one month in the erection of permission tables for treating the sand from the mills; they are now preparing to sink their main shaft; a further depth of 120 feet, to drain the mine, so as to enable them to work the run of gold gone down from the present bottom level. The prospects in the New Beehive Company's mine are still good. The shoot of gold referred to in my last quarter's report is still extending north and south. During the quarter, 720 tons ha>e been crushed, which yielded 525oz. 18dwt. of gold. A dividend (the lst) of 6d. per share on 30,000 shares has been paid. The South German Reef Company have sunk their shaft a further depth of 70 feet. In cross-cutting to the west a reef has been struck showing good prospect.s, bnt there has hccn no crmhing yet to test its quality; abont 50 tons of stone h:we been rabed reatly for the mills. Tllreo companies on Lislc'8 H.cef, Mount Tarran­gower, are still paying dividends. The Exhibition No. 1 have crnsbed for the qnarter 700 tons for a yield of 1,948oz. 18dwt. of gold. 'fhe South Exhibition Company have crnshell 8G1 tons for a yield of 1,216oz. 4dwt. 2gr. Lock's Company have completed the ereetiou of a ten-head battery of stampers, and started crushing, but have not yet had a washing off. In the bo1tom of tho mine, they hnYe come on a body of granite, which has cut the lode clean off. About 50 feet has been sunk in it, but no sign is there of getting throngh. Messrs. Bamford and Co. have been engaged for some time making some improvements in their battery, and building :t honse over it, in conseq11cnce of which opertttions in the mine have been suspended for some time; hut they arc now ready to resume >York !lllain.

Alluvial Mining.-Prospccting on the Lod<lou Fbt.s haB been suspended for some time, owing to an accident in the mine in Kenncdy's paddock. Prcpm·ations are being made to resume operations.

ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION.

(llfr. Alfred Armstrong, Jfining Registrar.)

Alluvial mining in this district has not improved during the last quarter. The vVarburton Company have suspended, owing to the need of extensive repairs to their water-race. The London Company, at Hoddle's Creek, have sunk their shaft to the dep1h of their gntter, ant! are now driving to reach the same.

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At Gembrook the Deep l,eaJ Company have driven 800 feet under the basalt, following washlllrt averaging 6 feet in depth by 60 feet in width, earrying a little gold, but not sufficient to pay, although the indications are most favorable. The only river elaim at Anderson's Creek has been suspended for the present, . . . . .

Quartz "~fining.-The Reefton elann~ are still bewg worked very qmetly by tnbuters, who havo 11pent the greater portion of the quarter in prospecting, and, therefore, their returns are very small.

The Muddy Creek Company's reef gave no yield from about 60 tons of quartz, hut the ground has been sinee pegged out, and will be worked by another party.

At Panton Hill the Bacehante Company's prospects are improving. The Phronix Company will now be carried on with greater spirit by a new company recently formed.

The Diamond Creek Gold Mining Company are progressing ''ell with the deepening of their shaft, having erecteJ additional machinery for working two air drills; hut their efforts are retarded from the large quantity of water to be coped with, involving weighty eolumns and pumping gear, to enable progress to be made.

The antimony \Yorks at Ringwood are still suspendeJ. The kaolin works in that locality are giving splendid results.

BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION.

(Jfr. Gralwm JfcPherson, Jrlining Registrar.) With the exception of the Triumph Company, which is reported to be now crushing better stone,

there are no quartz cla.ims at work in the subdivision at present. This mine is now being worked by tribnters.

Sluicers and fossickers are working as usual, and appear to ue obtaining the usual amount of gold.

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

ARARAT DIVISION.

(M1·. Tltomas Foyster, JWning Registrar.) During the past quarter but little change hn taken place in the mining prospects of this division. At the Grand J anction Company's claim, JJlack J~ead, the yield of gold has steadily increased until

the working expenses have nearly been appro:t-:lwd. The Heather Bell Company, Cathcart, have completed erection of plant, and are about to start

puddling. In quartz mining, the only noticeable feature has been the discovery of payable stone, by the l\fessrs,

Smart, at both Bridle's Hill ana Moyston.

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.

(Jf1·, If. C. Bate, Jiining Registrar.) The re~ults of the work •.lone in a few of the mines during the p:>st quarter have proved slightly

more favorable than for a con~iJcrable time previouci, and in the Rutland Company's ground a payable reef has been ui;;covcretl.

The Government Pro~pectiug party lms at ln~t becu successful in fintling oome payable alluvial ground near Great \Yestern, between the \'Y e:ltcrn Hill and the Shakespeare Hill Leads.

Abont 3,000,000 gallons of water were sold for miuiug purposes during the quartm·.

BAHKLY DIVISION.

(Jll,·. 11. C. Bate, Mining Registrw·.) There has been no new fiml tlming the pa:-;t quat'ter, and the gold yic!Js seem to he gradually

climinishi ng.

RAGLAN DIVISION.

(irJr. C. W. lffincltin, 1lfining Registrar.)

. The gold~hcaring mines throughout thi3 Jiv.i:;ion eontinne t~, progress f_or the most part satisfttctorily, the yteld averagt.ng nearly the san~e as tl~e lwececlmg qu::ntc_r. lhe total ywld for the quarter just ended wa~ 4,~04oz., hmug a deerease. ?f only t8n. ()!I tlw l_ll'CCodmg qual'ter. The w· orking Miners Company, wluch m my last report I autw1pated wouhl be turnmg ont sl•me go!tl dnring last quarter have not yet got on the gutter, hut are engaged prosceutiug drive:;. The machinery has been erected,' and is in full work.

There is very little " fo~sicking" or prospecting carried on at present in this division.

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GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

OMEO SUBDIVISION.

(Mr. J. Odell, Mining Registrar.)

Mining generally has been very dull, in consequence of the continuous dry weather. The following reports have been made:-Surprise Reef.-Shaft down 80 feet, at which level they are driving for the reef. No quartz

obtained during the quarter. Mountain Maid.-Doepest shaft down 90 feet; deepest level, GO feet. About 65 tons quartz obtained

during the quarter. All the machinery for this company is on the ground, and in process of erection. The company expect to start crushing about the beginning of September, by which time they will have about 150 tons ready to crush.

Federal Australian.-Two shafts arc down 70 feet; deepest level, 70 feet. About 20 tons quartz obtaineu during quarter. Machinery has been erected in connexion with this mine at a cost of about £1,200. The company are now driving a tunnel on the Omeo line of reef.

Polar Star.-This company is now crushing, and the results will appear in my next report. At Swift's Creek crushing is at a complete standstill, for want of water. Some new finds have been

made, which :tre spoken well of, but the value cannot be aHccrtained until the dry season has broken up. At Brandy Creek mining is to a great extent at a standstill, and about lOO men have left during the

snowy season.

GIBBO SUBDIVISION.

(Mr. J. H. Elliott, Nining Registrar.)

I have the honour to report that during the last quarter there has not been any increase in m1mng in this division, but this, I believe, has been on account of the want of machinery, which is at present being erected by two or three companies.

At the Wildboar Reef the battery is jn,;t erected, and the company intend to commence crushing at once. There is about 100 tons of quartz at grass, which it is e5timated will yield from 3 to 4 oz. to the ton. The reef from lOin. to 18in. in width.

At the Albion (Sailor Bill's) the men arc busily engaged digging out for the foundation and pre­paring the bed logs for the machinery, which is shortly expected to arrive.

At the Native Youth claim work is still suspendeu pending granting of lease, which is a great pity, as this is considered the hest quartz reef in the division; and I doubt not, from my own personal observa­tions, that a great deal of gold will be got. ont of this miue. The owners (a small party of 4 men) have got the mine in splendid working order. They have two tunnels in 300 feet each, which tap the reef at a depth of 220 feet from the snrface; a!Ho shafts ~unk down to the level of the tunnel (220 feet).

At the ,Jus t-in-Time tunnelling is being pushed on vigorou,;ly, and a battery is to be erected at once. At other claims the miners are busy ::linking or tmmclling. In alluvial mining there is nothing of especial importance to report upon. Taking it altogether, I consider the reefs in this division will, as soon as machinery is erected, almost

all prove payable. No other mineral but gold mined for in this division during the quarter.

MITCHELL RIVER SUBDIVISION.

(lrlr. John Grimes Pee1·s, J1ining Registrar.)

I have little chaugc to report. The population is about stationary, and the miners generally seem ~atislicd with their prospects.

The Ernestinc Company.-! am informed that this company have been busily engaged during the qnarter in raising quartz and having it crushc(l at their battery. I have not been able to ascertain the result. Ten men arc employed in workiug the mine.

The Hans Company.-This company nre lmsily engaged in erecting a crushing plant. Their operations have been considerably retarded, owing to the bad state of the roads and through tca,mstcrs failing to carry out their engagements. . . . . .

1 would recommend this locality to the attention of partws des1rous of prospectmg for aunferous

quartz reef:;. , . . . . . The Great Success Company, Dcptford.- fhrs company are st1ll carrymg on operatwns, and seem

quite sanguine of result. The manager informs me that £3,450 has .be~n expended in opening up the mine, alltl that the opemtious arc being carried o,n on the ~nost appwn:d pnuc1ples. . . . .

The Hidden Trcasnrc Company.-~ fbc erectron of a 1 0-hend battery and Iron water-wheel, bmldmg dams ami wiug dams, &c., has occupied thi~ company during the quarter. They have about 400 tons of quartz at gm~~~, fr01~1 which they exxcct a hand.sorne. !iehl. '' . • • . . .· .

Our Entcrpnse Comp::my.-lhe tunncl1n tlns company~ mmc rs still berng dnvcn. It is now in 90 feet. They expect to cut the reef at about 200 feet.

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BOGGY CREEK SlJBDIVISIOX.

(1lfr. John Fletclter, 1ltining Registra1·.)

There have Lcen exceedingly rich finds in alluvial during the quarter muling 30th June, and miners seem satisfied with their earnings.

Additional miners are coming daily to this locality.

CROOKED RIVER DIVISION.

( llr. Edward Harrison, lllining Regist1·ar.)

No crnsbing has been done in this suLdivisinn Juring the quarter, in consequence of the aLseneo of :rain. The Good Hope Company alone have over lUO tons remly to Le operatoi! on, und the Happy Home Company are also getting out stone. A new Llock of stone has been stmck in the Good Hope mine, and aLont twenty feet driven on it; it shows fair gold, ani! will yield, it is estimated, aLout loz. per ton. In alluvial the returns are poor, as the nnmbe1· of miuers is decreasing. The Alpine Deep Leads Gold :Mining Company have been driving a tunnel during the quarter, hut have not yet discovered anything to speak of in it. In a rise pnt up for the purpose of ascertaining the height at which the wasbtlirt is, they oLtained fair prospects. There is no mining in this sul!diYi:;ion for metals or minerals other than gold.

DARGO SUBDIVISION.

(1lfr. J. B. Kelly, 11/ining Regist1·m·.)

Qnartz .Il[in,ing.-Thits Lraueh of mining has been unusually depressed during the quarter, owing in a measure to scarcity of water preventing crushing. At the Exhibition battery, the passe;; and hoppers being blocked with quartz, operations arc temporarily suspended pending a fall of rain suflicient to enable the Lattery to start work. The Parnell Company are calling for tenders for driving a low level, which will give over lOO feet of backs. The Little Wonder Company have a trial lot of about 30 tons at the Parnell Lattery waiting to Le put through. A party of practical miners ha Ye taken np the old Bud gee Reef, under the name of the Nonpareil, and are putting the tailings through a llrcllnn basin, with, I understand, payable results. They intend extending operations to other reefs in this locality, beiug well satisfied with their prospects so far.

Allm:ial.-In this branch of mining there is nothing fresh to report, aml no mineral or metal other than gold ii; mined for in this subtli vi~ion.

JERICHO DIVISIO~.

(Mr. R. J. Donaldson, Nining Registra1'.)

A little improvement in quartz mining has helm noticeable in my division tlm·ing the quarter just ended, some new lea~es having Leen applied for awl several claims taken up under miner:l' rights.

The Toombon Company are steadily deYeloping theit· mine, employing 40 men, with Ycry satisfactory results. They are driving on n well-<lefined lode of payable stone, at their lowest level, which enables them to keep the battery constantly at work.

The battery at the Harbinger elnim is now fluisheu, and will he nt work in a few days. The mine bas been well tested, ani! is considered a good property.

The prospect;; of the New Lily Company's mine arc not encouraging, operations there during the quarter resulting in a loss to tributers and shareholders alike.

No returns have been furnisheLl to me by the Star aml Thomson Company·s manager. Nothing worthy of notice in alluvial mining. A party of men have l!eea out prospecting the upper

branches of the Jordan River, but have fountlno payable creeks. No other metal or mineral than gold mined for in thi.s division.

DONNELL Y'S CREEK DIVISION.

(1Jfr. 0. P. TV!Iiteluw, llfining Registrar.)

There arc two interesting items to record thi:l quarter, viz., the improved proRpects of the Toombon and the new Hit-or-::\Iiss Gold :Mining Companies. The fm·mer company have crushed 903 tons of quartz, yielding l,l99oz. The latter company have been plac:ing their Lattery in order, prepamtory to cmshin". They lmve a large body of stone, in which occasional. rich patches arc seen.

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The Bismarck Company continue stoping, but lmYe not crushed during the quarter. They are risinrr from their lowest tunnel, where gold wus lately obtained. 0

Pro~pecting is being curried on by sevcml companies in the Toombon locality, one of which viz., l!'ullarton'~, is obtaining a little gold. '

1'\ o other mineral Lut gold is mined for in this division.

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STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION.

(Mr. W: .. ~[ursell Smith, 1l.fining Registrar.)

Again I am able to report satisfactory results from quartz mining. All the companies whose works nre sufficiently adYttnCe(l to enable them to crush continue to do so with profit; while two other companies are erecting crushing machinery, and the remainder are either sinking or driving for the reef, in each case with vigour and confidence.

The Long Tunnel Company have resumecl the sinking of their No. 2 (late \Valhalla) shaft, 'vhieh they intend to put down to 800 feet. The Long Tunnel Extended Compuny have just completed the sinking of their shaft to 800 feet, and arc now eugagerl opening out for the reef at that level. The Great Northern Company have again struck gold-bearing stone in their adit level. These finds, though hitherto not of any great richness, nevertheless are of importance, as proving the auriferous character of Cohen's line of reef for about four miles. The North Long Tunnel Company have sunk their shaft to 200 feet. They are now sinking a well, on completion of which they will open out for the reef. The tunnel of the North Cohen's Company is tlrawing near to the line of reef.

On the whole, in view of these and other progressive works, I anticipate that seveml important discoveries will be lllade during the coming quarter. \'Vhile writing, I hear that the Long Tunnel Extended Company have struck a gold-bearing reef in their No. 7 North face. The ~tone is reported to be one foot thick, with every appearance of widening.

There is nothing fresh to report respecting alluvial mining, which continues dull.

RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION.

(Mr. Charles Henry Williams, .Mining Registrar.)

Since my last report, the Tangil Deep Leads Gold Mining Company have bottomed their shaft at a depth of 83 feet, sinking through 67 feet basalt,'l3 feet pug, 2 feet pudding stone, and the remainder wash; the shaft had a dip of 3 feet, in its length, to the west; the shaft afterwards was sunk GO feet in the reef or bed-rock. An opening set was placed at the upper or prospecting level, at 106 feet, and a similar opening set is fixed at 137 feet. A chamber, 8 feet wide, 7 feet high, and 12 feet long, was constructed at the upper level, a!ld a main drive (3 feet caps in the clear, 6 feet 6 inch legs) has been driven west 50 feet. The wash has dipped 15 feet since starting main drive, and is now at the point of the laths, and is looking favorahle; prospects from 1gr. to 3gr. in dish trials.

:M:oondarra Gold Mining Company.-No work done at this mine since my last report. The manager is now negotiating with a party to work the mine on the tribute system.

Lo11g Tunnel Gold ~fining Company, 'l'angil, have had two crushings, which have not turned out satisfactorily.

Southern Cross Gold Mining Company have, for the present, suspended work. 'l'angil Gold Mining Company is also at a standstill. Mnrray's Lead Gold Mining Company have suspended work. Basaltic Tunnel Gold Mining Company arc about sinking another shaft. Little or no work is being done in the gullies, for want of water.

BENDOC SUBDIVISION.

( Jh. Joltn Niclwl, ],fining Registrar.)

Mining in this subdivision for the quarter endctl has resulted much in the same way as stated iu many of my previous reports, and nothing of much importance has taken place; some of the miner,; making only a living, others finding a patch or two which has paid them well, the ground being very uncertain. Messrs. Power and party obtainetl some very good coarse gold at the head of the \'V ombat Creek, and Dowling and party ha Ye made good wages at Back Creek. In reference to the prospecting vote, the first party formcLl was unmccessful, but a new party has been organized, headed by Augustus Dovran, and are prospecting the coast-fall from Bu!Jale to Combine bar, but with what success I have not yet heard. I may mention that the winter months in this severe climate are much against pr.Jspecting in a rough country.

The Sluieing Companies in the Bendoc River during the first part of this qm~rtcr were compara­tively doing nothing, operating on very poor ground, but since that time they prospected some new ground, which they inform me is turning out satisfactorily. A Prospecting Quartz claim has been registered this quarter. The vein or qtmrtz leader was discovered upon the selection lately taken up by Henry Richardsou of Bendoc. Some of the stone was tried, and found to contain gold, but up to the present no work has been done. No other mineral but gold is being searched for in this subdivision.

TAR\\'1N SUBDIVISION,

(iffr. Pat1·ich Sil!t, ~Yining Registrar.)

Nothing worthy of note has occurred in gold mining at Foster during the past quarter. The Tin :Mine Company at Franklin River are preparing to go on with their mine, and have every

hope of good results from the prospects obtained.

27

YIELD OF GOLD FOR THE QUARTER. -~·---~----

STATEMENT No. 1.

SHOWI~G the YIELD OF GOLD from ALLUVIU~rs and QuAnTz REEFS in the several Divisions aml Subdivisions of ea eh ~fining Dirltrict during the Quarter cwled 30th ,J uuc, 1881., a~ estimated l>y the Mining Hegistrars,

' Dh;trict, nnd Division er Subdivision. Alluvial. Quo.rtz. Totals.

~.-~.--~ !·-

DALLATIAT. oz. d'wt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Central ... ... ... . .. .. . 1,285 19 21 \ 11,609 5 l6 12,895 5 13

Southern 1,070 10 9 i

356 14 12 1)1~7 ... ... ... ... ... I -! 2I

Duninyong 200 0 0 I 4,43-1 6 8 4,63~· 6 8 ... ... ... . .. . .. Smythesdale ... ... ... . .. ... 3,670 0 0 ; 224 I9 16

I 3,894 19 It;

I Cres>vick ... ... . .. ... ... 26,896 I5 14 I . .. 2G,8!J6 15 14

Clunes 623 17 I3 I 3,.'i60 li 0 ·1,184 8 13 ... ... ... . .. .. . Gordon ... ... . .. . .. ... 14 5 17 2,71 i 8 20 2,731 14 13

Steiglitz ... ... ... ... . .. 200 0 0 500 0 0 700 0 0

Black wood and Dine Mountain South ... ... 360 0 0 645 0 0 1,005 0 0

Dallan ... ... . .. . .. ... 6 0 0 I . .. 6 0 0 1-·

Totals ... ... ... 34,327 9 2 _I 2clo,0±8 6 o 1 ss,375 15 2

DEECIIWOTITII. I Deechworth ... ... ... ... ... 3,2-J.S 1 6 l 979 18 0 4,~27 19 6

Yackamlandah North ... ... ... ... ... . .. . .. Yackandandah South ... ... . .. .. . 328 4 9 1,074 4 0 1,402 8 9

Indigo ... . .. . .. ... . .. 1,690 9 0 675 3 0 2,365 12 0

Buck land ... ... . .. ... . .. 900 0 0 1,100 0 0 2,000 0 ()

Wandiligong ... ... ... .. . . .. 125 0 0 660 1i 2 785 17 2

Alexandra ... ... ... ... . .. 54 0 0 ·!26 7 0 480 7 0

Dry Creek ... ... . .. . .. . .. 131 5 9 2:35 19 0 3G7 ± 9

Denalla ... ... ... . .. ... 8 4 0 .. . 8 4 0

Gaffney's Creek ... . .. ... . .. 56 0 0 275 18 0 331 18 0

"rood's Point ... ... ... . .. . .. 156 0 0 109 8 0 I 265 8 0

Dig Hiver ... ... .. . ... ... 135 0 0 I ... 1:35 0 0

1\fitta :Mitt:1 North ... ... ... . .. . .. 2±3 2 0 24:3 2 0

J\Htta ::\!itta South ... ... . .. ... 450 0 0 4 18 6 45± 18 6

Bethauga 27 IO 0 9- 10 0 ... ... . .. ... ... . .. _,

Jamieson ... ... ... ... ... 340 0 0 . .. 3.Jc0 0 0

Dark River ... ... ... ... .. . H 0 0 160 0 0 234 0 0

Totals ... ... ... 7,696 4 0 5,973 4 8 13,669 8 8

SANDHCRST. Sandhurst ... ... . .. ... . .. 700 0 0 22,000 0 0 22,700 0 0

Eaglebawk ... ... ... ... . .. 800 0 0 26,977 6 4 27,777 6 4

Kilmore ... ... ... . .. . .. 40 0 0 238 0 0 :2;8 0 ()

Heathcote and \Varanga South ... ... ... 120 0 0 350 0 0 470 0 0

\Vamngtt North ... ... ... . .. 1!5 1.3 0 1,647 19 17 1,793 12 17

Totals ... ... ... 1,805 13 0 51,213 5 21 53,018 18 21

liiAHYBOROUGH. Maryborough ... ... ... . .. . .. 5,972 3 0 985 15 0 6,957 18 0

:Majorca ... ... . .. ... . .. 1,085 0 0 ... 1,085 0 0

Amherst ... ... . .. ... . .. 1,1:36 8 0 9'"' 16 6 2,059 4 6

Avoca ... ... ... ... .. . 2,500 0 0 35 0 0 2,535 0 0

Dunolly and Tarnagulla ... . .. . .. 944 15 13 681 8 4 1,626 3 17

Inglewood ... ... ... .. . ... 339 7 0 1,858 14 0 2,198 1 0

\Vedderbum ... ... . .. ... ... 171 19 0 . .. 171 19 0

Bed bank ... ... ... ... ... 400 0 0 . .. 400 0 0

St. Arnauc1 South ... ... . .. ... 63 2 0 .. . 63 2 0 I

St. Arnaml Xorth ... ... .. . ... I 46 16 22 I 1,716 18 11 1,763 1.5 9

Totals ... ... .. . 12,659 ll I 1 i 6,200 11 21 18,8GO 3 8

28

YIELD OF GoLD ti·om ALLUVIUMS and QuARTZ REEFS, &c.-continued . .

D.istrlct, nnd Dhdsion or Suhdivi£ion..

CA.STLElfA.INE. Castlemaine ... ... ... Fryer's Creek ... ... ... Hepburn ... ... ... Taradale and Kyncton ••• ... Tarrangowcr ... ... . .. St. A.ndrew's ... ... ... Blue Mountain North ... ...

A.mrat ... Pleasant Creek

l3arkly ... Raglan ...

Omeo ... Gibuo ... ?.lltchell R1ver...

Boggy Creek ...

Crooked River

Dargo

Jericho

Donnelly's Creek

Stringer's Creek

Russell's Creek

Ben doe

Tarwin

Totals ..

A.RARA.T.

... ...

... ...

... ...

... ...

Totals ...

GIPPSLAND.

... .. .

... ...

Totals

GRAND ToTAr.s ...

...

...

...

...

...

.. .

...

...

...

...

...

.. .

...

...

...

...

. ..

. ..

.. .

. ..

...

.. .

...

.. .

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...

...

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...

I Alluvial. I

oz. dwt. gr.

1,376 10 0

1,000 18 0

4,150 14 6 I

1,284 18 o~

1,668 18 6

800 0 0

33 9 6

1-10,315 7 18

489 8 12

700 0 0

64 0 0

4,404 2 15

1 5,657 ll 3

500 0 0

260 0 0 ..,. -oO 0 0

170 0 0

74 17

154 10

462 0

210 0

0

0

0

0

80 0

123 0

235 12 0

15 0 0

0

0

2,534 19 0

I

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i Quartz. Totals.

oz. dwt. gr. QZ, dwt. gr.

2,062 15 9 3,439 5 9

627 0 0 1,627 18 0

3,490 1 9 7,640 15 15

3,688 2 0 4,9~3 0 0

5,167 17 12 6,836 15 18

402 5 1 1,202 5 1

46 19 6 80 8 12

15,485 0 13 25,800 8 7

46 13 15 536 2 3

3,054 19 o1 3,754 19 0

. .. I

64 0 0

... 4,404 2 15

-------· 3,101 12 15 8,759 3 18

------------

105 0 0 605 0 0

... 260 6 0 . 2a0 0 0

170 0 0

74 17 0

33 4 8 187 H 8

839 17 0 1,301 17 0

1,199 0 0 1,409 0 0

6,987 5 0 7,067 5 0

35 0 0 158 0 0

235 12 0

15 0 0

9,199 6 8 11,734 5 8

i 115,221 7 14 190,218 3 0

STATEMENT No. 2.

SHOWING the EsTDTATED YIEV.) o.P GoLD for the Quarter eulled 30th June (or Midwinter Quarter} in each of the last Teu Years.

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

1875 25i,641 13 12 1880 198,528 7 22

1SiG 249,281 14 12 1881 206,789 18 14

1877 201,068 19 22 1882 213,394 17 5

1878 187,594 15 3 1883 203,897 i 23

1819 189,336 14 4 1884 190,218 3 0

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STATEME:N'T :N'o. 3. 29-30

SHOWING APPROXIMATELY THE NUMBER OF MINERS EMPLOYED, THE MACHINERY IN USE AND ITS VALUE, ON THE SEVERAL GOLD-FIELDS IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA.

DISTRICT, AND DIVISION

OR

SUBDIVISION.

Alluvial Miners.

Qua.rtz Miners.

(Compiledfrom the Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Reparts.for the Quarter ended 30th June, 1884.)

MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING. MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN QUARTZ MINING,

~w,

:ai ~,.,

Number of

aplV'iif.l!'"te A~tl:~r of Auriferous

Mining Ground Plant. actually

Number of

distinct Quartz .Reefs

actually proved to be

'

Price of Gold per ounce.

t; :-::r:>:~ . e !f.s ~ ·~i

worked upvn . Au:riferous. ---,.-----

From To

,..::...:_ -----1---- ---- ----1--·--BALLARAT. £

Central .. .. .. .. .. 60 130 1,174 80 1,444 3 330 4 14 13 7 - 10 - - 77 1,984 - 512 3 25 12 - 120,680 39 24 Southern .. .. • • .. 36~ 60 75 500 - - - 7 2 4 4 - - - - - 6 HO 48 - 2 2 10,800 17 22 Buninyong .. .. .. .. 35 20 341 10 4()6 4 75 4 8 5 2 8 - 2 - - - 21 350 - 112 10 3 - 30,000 I6o 15 Bmythesdale • • •• .. • • 4110 460 80 10 I,OOO 21 435 20 30 21 2 12 - - - 10 8 107 63 - 2 1 18,700 18 I2

g:,~ck.. :: :: :: :: 1'~5 ~~g 4n -

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6~ -1~ = ~ = 2g;~~ 7~~ 2~5

South ~ AV - - 300 - 16 J5 - - 11 195 8 161 16 - - 30,000 4~ 33

Ballan .. To;~Is :: :: :: 969 2~13 I~ 6,3~ -:s 3~ ~ ---65_1_46_ 1_1_5_ ----47-7 ---l---28-l--~-5-l·-=-l--20-l-.-ll-.,-1~-2--l--4-,~-9-1-·l----8- 1,281 ~ ----- -7s-:---~-·+--4- --,-~n= """-l-.,-1::8'1:-1 ~:--+--354:-3:---l

------ ------------- -- ------1·--1---. ---1---"·v-,v•vJ----1----1 BEECH WORTH.

Beoohworth . . . • .. Yackandandah North .. Yackandandah South .. Indigo .. •. .. •• Buckland .• •• •• Wandiligong • • • • .. Alexa.ndra •• •• •• Dry Creek •• •• •• Benalla .. .. .. .• Gaffney's Creek • .. • • Wood's Point .. .. ..

"fr1tt!1~i'lta xoi-th :: :: Mitta Mitta South .. .. Bethanga .. •• .. Jamieson •• •• ... DarkRiver •• •• ••

Totals ..

557 498

121 76 245 115

71 614 35 27 77 6 4() 33

30 119 79

2 2 2

118

110 79

146 70 70 10

73 40 10 90 10 8

100 195

1,130

I5 1

1,113 15 3 5 5,200 20 14 7 115 75 4 I_ 21,34Q

307 2 12 - - - 1,500 3 14 6 - - 5 70 50 1 - 1 - S,508 439 8 249 11 6 6 9 39 7 - - I 7 88 - 68 2 - - 29,718 835 1 12 - - - - 3,700 8 26 23 - - - 9 106 9 117 1 - - - 23,605 132 2 40 - - - - 280 - 4 1 - - 6 122 5 117 - - - - 18,900 168 - 1 6 7 105 - 6 6 - - 9 150 1 60 - 3 4 - 5,725

84 - - - - - 195 2 1 1 - - 2 20 - 15 - 1 - - - 2,970 - 2 22 2 1 - I - - - - - - - - - - - I,OOO 105 - - - 120 8 8 - 4 68 12 172 1 2 - - - 17,930 24 101 - - - - - 110 - 9 9 - - 11 172 9 207 2 1 - 27,&17 I8

91 - - - - 90 8 8 - - - 2 30 1 30 - - - 3,215 33

t~ 1 10 - - - 000 1 --2 2 - - - i ~~ - 30 .!: _! = ~:l ~

i~ I :: - = ~ = - I :: = :: :: ~ = - f ~~ ~ :: :: :: ~trl ~

2

130

130 28

212 176

74 2

19 95 I4 2<> I5 30 30 47

4,096 I~ 360 I3 11 117 1"18111.640 111 105 78--=-· - 3

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SANDHURST, 1

Sandhurst • • .. • • .. 150 1, 700 1,910 3 45 - - - - 60 - 3 - - 30 161 4,150 3 - 26 130 78 280.000 Eaglehawk .. .. .. .. 100 1,881 2,031 - - - - - - - - - - - 00 2,231 52 81 26 I90,206

18 250 22

ll7 206 130

Kilmore .. .. .. .. 8 130 140 - - - - - - - 11 110 - - 4 4 2 10,000

~';;"';..~~:'k"o~~hWar~~,. s.o.uth :: 2~ ~~ f~~ = ~~ = = -5 _ - _ = = = _ _ 1~ j~g = 64 - 2 3s = ~;I~ s

'111 81 16

Totals ..

MARYBOROUGH. !laryborough .. .. .. Majorca... .. .. .. Amherst.. .. .. .. Avoca . ~ • • • • •• Dnno!ly and Tarnagulla •• Inglewood .. .. .. Wedderbum . + • • ••

Redhank .. •• .. St. Arnaud South .. •• St. Arnaud North .. ..

Totals ..

CASTLEMUNE, Ca.stlemaine • • .. • • • Jh:yer's Creek • • • • .. • Hepburn .. .• .. Taradale and Kyneton .. Tarrangower . . • • • . St. Audrew's . . • . . . Blue Mountain North •.

Totals ..

ARARAT. Ara.rat .. .. Pleasant Creek Ba.rkly . • . • Raglan .. ••

Totals ..

GIPPSLA.ND. Omeo .. .. Gibbo .. .. Mitchell River :Boggy Creek .. Crooked River Da.rgo •• •• Jericho .. .. Donnelly's Creek

~~~:iif~5c~~~i:k Bendoo .. .. Tarwin .• ..

Totals ..

GRA.ND TOTALS

No. 53.

.. I~ -wJ 4,168 Wl~ 3 46 -- --5-·l-!-- 60 - 3 -_- -----30- --I--2S-9--I--6-,-89:-3-·I--_-Il,56ll-al- 84 l-~-:::--!106 509,23I 1------- __ , __ ------- , ___ , __ --- -------·1----1--- --1- 1-1--1-----1---150 725

.. 640 275 250 - 1,165 28 892 2I 106 30 11 6 2 30 97 l 12 348 - 105 2 18 27 - 96,283 5~ 172

.. 215 15 - - zao n 20s u 10 s s a 1 8 - 1 - - - - - I0,500 2~ 2

.. 284 80 h5 - 429 5 60 4 64 5 5 65 - 66 - 8 260 - 68 4 I6 3 19,544 7 30

.. 375 125 20 - 520 7 325 5 95 4 36 17 1 4 - 1 123 - 83 - 4 4 - 24,723 180 42 • • 265 174 559 - 206 2 70 2 39 - - 3 - - 4 - 739 - 261 14 10 5 64,071 18 196 "1~!280 250 370 - 900 - 13 - - - - 15 - 315 - 70 - 6 8 - I2,600 20 75 .. 27 6 - 154 - - 12 1 3 35 - 16 - 1 1,515 37 11

:: ~ 3J :: :~ I :: - - ~: 2 - 6 - - = 3 - I :: ~ :: 1: 2 I - 1: : - ~:~; 1~~ ~

.. 2,325 1,069 1,677 -_---•• -rn-1-1--7 1,555 43 355 50 161--I-2-I·I---I- 97 4 72 97 ~~~--1--l-2-.203---l--- 750 1'41-::-- 59 --:;s'-8 -.,-2c85,~_:7_:09_+-1--37:-t-+--:639::::--l ,_- ---·------ :·--- -i- - ---

283 570 332 170 48

11>2 21

215 360 248

60 116

84

326 250 360 265 524

73 30

824 I,l80

940 495 £88 309 51

2 2 8 5 4 3

42 36

228 160 54 60

4

6 5 2 2

22 32 4 7

12 7 9

I5 24

2

90 200

65 5

17 lOO 10

2 17 28

12 4

471 2 215 10 2 15 22 1 48,7110 9! 103 546 - 1110 4 1 9 15 I 61,741 2

882

'1 37 24 432 1 180 - - 13 18 46,092 90

105 ' - 5 78 44 - - 3 2 13.000 34 22

-

-_ I' -= 38 789 - 260 - 28 9 7 65,854 14• 76

I2 17S 4 62 - 2 6 - - 11,713 511 79 , __ z __ 1 ___ 4_o_

1---::-- 10 - ---::--l---,.-l-~--i·-::-l·---a:..,oo_o_ 1 ___ 4_-l-_-4_

.. 1~ I,o83 ~s- . - 4,487 24 530 19 __ 84 -27- 49 1~ 1s'- 63 10 2 113 _ 1 1125 2,534 1_:.._ _92_1 ~ _I_4 ____ s_ 74 66 s __ 2_5o_,l_5_o_,

1 __ 1_7_8 __

1 ___ 4_11_

:: m i~ ~:: ~ ~·~J 1! !~~ ~~ 11 I 1 ~ :: = ~1J4 =-~~ 1 ~= I~-~-:~--:--I--I.,...22=62=0-·I-----~-3~--=-----; ____ ==_2_1----~--:--~-~--1-:_!:_~_:_I--~-=--i--~-t_, "1~1~ 639 -·- 2,2!21~1'~ -u 21 113- -7- 80 24 "" 1,282 319 -- - 41 29 31 168,365 ~ 83

·1- 1---- --·1 .. ---j---1-- --.. 112 50 357 1,041 2 15 15 35 1 32 - - - 5,850 15 44 . • 37 10 30 11 47 - - 1 12 1 9 - - - 2,000 8 16 .. 40 10 110 - 100 - - - - - - - 3 28 1 IS - - 1,1100 6 I2 .. 130 20 - - 170 1 60 I - - - - - - 8 - - - - - 20 20 10 . . 61 2 10 - 73 - - - - 36 2 12 12 - - - 4 66 3 56 - - - 2 6,902 ~! 322

. . ~ J ~~ • = 2~ ::: - = = = I~~ 25 2~ = = = t 1~ ~ ~ 1 - - I~:~ 30 ~~ ~~ 1n _lg s~!. :: Hi _ - = :: ~ ~ _so __ -a :: ~ :: 1 ~ 5~~ t iH :: = - = !U~ 21~ ii . . 46 26 - - 72 - - 3 - - 45 2 2 - - - - 1 5 - - 432 26 13 .. 10 20 - 30 1 6 - - - - 2 - - 2 3 26 1 I5 I 1 - 1,400 3~ 7 .. 816 335 ~--=-~ --2-l~ --1 --3- -- -~- 1;359 14 1-56 -61--14- -2- --46--l·--92-8_,_19- _46_4_ -2- -= 1 2 93,376 202:1 525

.. 10,617 5.524 12,804 w 129.ii7.5 1---;;;,;-l 6,547 I55 -5110- 153 100 14,214 36 376 168 ss 322 14 -8-77--l--1-9,,,-717--l--8-2-l-6-,4()-8 -53:=--·~1·--:-9-~~336::--l-.,..455=--: 159 1,939,879 1,313if 3,7&1

" Exclnsi•e of the wen employed by the Lru LaJ. Iron Co. f There are also about 15 miners working for tin in thls Subdi1'ision.

£ •• £ 4 2 4 4 0 4 4 3 4 4 0 4 4 0 4

i ~z ~ : 318 Q 4 3 18 0 4

•• d. 3 0 211 4 0 2 9 3 0 2 0 0 9 1 0 0 0

318 0 3 18 0

3I80 420

3109 416 400 426 3!80 400 3 16 0 4 1 0 3 I7 6 4 0 6 3 17 6 I 4 0 0 400'400 3160 3186 3 10 0 3 17 6 3 16 6 3 IS 6 3 16 6 4 I 0 390 3150 3 14 0 4 0 0 3140 3150 3100 3120

3 18 3 3 I7 0 3 16 0 4 0 0 3 16 9

4 0 0 4 0 0 3 1S 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 IS 0 3 19 0 4 0 0 3 16 0 316 0

3 17 6 3 17 6 3 17 0 3 17 6 a 19 o a IS 6 3 18 0

3 17 0 a I3 o 4 0 0 4 1 0

3 18 3 3 I9 0 3 18 6 4 1 6 4 3 0

4 2 0 4 1 1 4 2 0 4 0 0 4 2 3 4 0 0 3 I9 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 0

4 0 0 3 18 0 4 1 0 4 0 6 4 1 6 4 1 6 3 18 6

4 2 0 3 18 9 4 1 0 4 1 9

3 8 0 . 3 19 6 31>0 3100 3 10 0 3 16 6 a 17 o 3 17 s 400 400 3 IS 6 4 0 0 3 15 0 3 17 6 3 10 0 4 0 0 a100 400 3 10 0 3 18 0 3 16 o a I6 6 3 15 6 3 15 6

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MINING DIV!SlONS, WJTH

33

STATEMENT No. 5. SHOWING the Q.uANTITY AND VALUE OF GOLD, the produce of this Colony, ExPORTED, according to

Returns furmshed by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, as follows:-

oz. dwt.

Quarter ended 30th June, 1884 ••• 89,114 8

£

357,982

NOTE.-In addition to the above, gold specie from all souroos was exported to the value of £~3.5,464.

(Signed) A. W. MUSGROVE, Secretary for Trade and Customs.

(Signed) G. D. LANGRIDGE, Commissioner of Trade aud Customs.

STATEMENT No. 6.

SIIOWING the QuANTITY AND VALUE oF GoLD, not the produce of this Colony, ExPORTED, according to I~eturns furnished by order of the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade aud Custom~, as follows:-

Where Produced.

Quarter ended 30th June, 1884

(Signecl)

oz. dwt. gr.

Nil

£

Nil

A. W. l\IUSGROVE, Secretary for Trade and CustomR.

GOLD RECEIVED AT AND ISSUED FROM THE ROYAL }liNT.

STATEMENT No. 7. SnOWING the GRoss WEIGIIT OF GoLD received at and issued from the :Melbourne Branch of the

RoYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1884.

Received.

Gross Weight of Rough Guld,

oz.

42,560'11

Royal Mint, Melbourne, 4th July, 1884.

Gross Weight of Gold Bullion.

oz.

182,580"82

! Gross Weight of Coin. Gross Weight of Gold

Bullion.

-····

oz. oz.

140,872•10 86,053'994

V. DELVES BROUGHTON, Deputy :Master of tlto Hoyal Mint, and Chief Officer

of the Melbourne Branch.

STATEMENT No. 8.

SHOWING the QuANTITY OF VICTORIAN GoLD received at the Melbourne Branch of the RoYAL MINT during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1884.

Gross Weight of Rough Golu.

oz.

21,795•24

Gross Weight of Golll Bullion.

oz.

164,156•87

Nou.-The Mint has no evidence beyond the statements of the depositors that the nbove is Victorian gold,

Uoyal Mint, Melbourne, 4th July, 1884.

No. 53,

V. DEI,VES BROUGHTON, Deputy Master of the Hoyal Mint, anil Chief Officer

of the Melbourne llranch.

34

QUARTZ, QUARTZ TAILINGS, PYRITES, ETC.

STATEJIENT No. 9.

SHOWING the AVERAGE YIELD OI!' GOLD from certain parcels of QuARTZ, QuARTZ TAILINGS and MULLOCK

crushed, and PnnTES and BLANKETINGS operated on, during the Quarter, an4 the GOLD obtained

there from*:-

Total Yield of Gold Average Yield of MINING DISTUICTS. Quantity Crushed. from Qunrtz, &e.,

Crushed. Gold per Ton.

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

Ballarat ... ... .. . ... H• ... 69,710 16 0 23,113 17 11 0 6 15'15

Beech worth ... ... .. . ... ... . .. 9, l69 19 0 5,158 11 6 0 11 6'02

Sandhurst ... ... ... ... . .. .. . 82,l34 0 0 45,588 15 14 0 11 2'42

1\Iaryborough ... ... ... ... . .. . .. 12,004 ri 0 5,079 1 4 0 8 11'09

Castlemaine ... ... ... ... . .. . .. 28,062 0 0 14,848 3 19 0 10 13'97

Aramt ... ... ... . .. ... .. . 10,634 0 0 2,798 8 17 0 5 6'31

Gippsland ... ... ... .. . ... . .. Nil Nil . .. ---------

Totals ... ... . .. 211,715 0 0 96,586 17 23 0 9 2'98

---------- ---------Quartz 1'ai/iugs and Mullock.

Ballarat ... ... . .. .. . . .. ... 51 0 0 15 0 0 0 5 21'17

D eechworth ... ... ... . .. . .. . .. 808 0 0 101 14 2 0 2 12•42

Sandhurst ... . .. . .. . .. ... . .. 60 0 0 9 15 0 0 3 6

Maryborough ... ... ... ... ... ... 504 0 0 37 12 0 0 1 11'81

C!IStlemaine ... ... ... ... ... . .. 1,666 0 0 134 6 6 0 l 14'69

Ararat ... ... ... ... ... .. . 4,060 0 0 256 10 6 0 l 6•32

Gippsland ... ... ... .. . . .. . .. Nil Nil ...

Totals ... . .. . .. 7,149 0 0 554 17 14 0 1 13'25

---------- --------- --------Pyrites and Blanketings operated on,

Ballarat ... . .. ... ... . .. .. . 386 13 0 651 13 15 1 13 17

Beech worth ... ... . .. .. . ... . .. 99 16 0 170 3 0 1 14 2•36

Sandhurst ... . .. ... ... ... .. . 1,234 0 0 2,930 19 12 2 7 12'08

Ma.ryborough ... ... ... . .. ... .. . Nil Nil .. . Castlernaine ... ... ... . .. ... .. . 124 0 0 291 11 12 2 7 0•68

Ararat ... ... ... . .. .. . ... Nil Nil ... Gippsland ... ... ... ... .. . . .. Nil Nil ...

---------- --------------- --------Totals ... ... . .. 1,844 9 0 4,044 7 15 2 3 20'51

~OTF..-St 11tements Nos. 9,10,11 and 12 do not show the tot11l quantities of quartz,&c., crushed or opernted on, but only the yield of certain cruslliugs, &c., respecting whlch the ·Mining Registrars hu.ve been able to obtain information. Owing to tlH! circumstance that many of the machine .. owners arc unable to give, or arc precluded from giving, iuformution, it is impossible to get complete returns from every district; and in considerir;g the relative importance ol each district, as regards quartz mining, &c., the tables relating to machinery (Stntcmcnt No. 3) should be examined and

compared.

3 • ·)

:MINING SURVEYORS' AND REGISTRARS' RETUHNS.

QUARTZ.

STATEMENT No. 10.

SnoWING the A n:RAGE YIELD OF GoLD from certain parcels of QuARTZ crushed in the several Division~ and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD outainetl therefrom.'"

Dhision or Subdivision, and

Name of Compn.uy. -~ Where Quartz was obtained. ~ Quartz Crushed.

-----------------! I tons cwt. qr.

Total Yield of oo:d.

oz. dwt. gr.

Average Yield ol Gold

per Ton.

oz. tlwt. gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. CENTRAL DIVISION.

Ban<! of Hope and Albion Consols

Washington Freehold Temperance Bl;tck Hill \Villiams' Freehold Britannia Tribute Band of Hope Quartz Llanberris Hanthorn and Co. \Voah Hawp Cfmton Sulieman Pasha .. , l'arade ... United Black Hill Speedwell Tribute J,ast Chance Tribute North Bctrton and Band Serjeunt's Freehold North Woah Hawp New Dimock's Public crushings

SOUTHERN DIVISION.

Little Ilopcwell Tribute Speedwell Tribute \Villiam's l<'ancy Tribute Gmndview Lady Lowthcr Kangaroo Lucky ... Berriman and party

(Cmshed, on hire, at the Little IIopewdl Com­pany's battery.)

BUNINYONG DIVISION,

Jmperi:cl Imperial Tributers

Re clan

Red an Little Bendigo Black Hill Hedan Specimen Gully Hcdan Gnm-trec Flat ::: I ?.fount Ckar ••• Sailor's Gt~lly ... Bakery Hill ... BaHarat East ... Ballarat East ... Poverty Point Specimen Gully Hctlan Re clan Sailor's Gully ...

Ballarat East antl West ..

Totals ...

Staffordshire Reef Staffordshire Reef Kangaroo Kangaroo Kangaroo Kangaroo Kangaroo Kangaroo

Totals ...

Hiscock's Reef Hiscock's Reef

North Imperial (public IIiscock and locality .. crushing)

South Imperial ... Dolcoath Dolcoath (public crushings) Dcsoza ... Buninyong Estate Hubicon Trcnfiold and Co.

SMYTHESDALE DTVISION,

New Britannia Kim :Hack Transit ... IAtW and party

CLU:->Es Sunmnswx. I'nrt Phillip New ::Sorth Clum's t'onth Clunes Perseverance

IIiscock's Hiscock's Hiscock's Hiscock's Hiocock's Devonshire Hod Jliscock's North

Totals ...

Totals

l

11

..

3,888 0 0

1,5:)3 0 0 850 0 0

1,451 () 0 2.295 0 0 1;:100 0 0

.j_•)•) 0 0

2,·1;)0 1,!00

-iO 380

1,000 \ll3

2,700 2,500

li!i GO

6,229

30,627

!55 :)B4 86.5

53 55 (i9

51 G:l

1,096

I,fJ27 6::5 186

fiG! :l:!G 4-63 6/.5

1,985 :!G 65

7,239

!!OG .)00 105

:28

839

6,302 1.50·1 4;685

200

12,691

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 () 0 0 0 0 ()

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

() ()

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ()

() ()

0 ()

(} 0 0 0

0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 () 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (} 0

0 ()

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0

0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0

(j ()

2,437 12 18 0 12 12'94

379 13 190 8 570 17 454 0 4~2 10

B-! Ill l:lO 8

12 0 12 0

I 0 0 0 0 0 () ' 0 6 0

4 :n·a4 cl ll'ii3 7 20'84 :j 22•95 G 1:! 4 o·n 2 lH9

Iq., 5 o o 7 In·:H ~" I 565 5 20 I 0 4 ]4•75

5i5 8 18 ' 0 ]0 l!·J !

11 18 6 I () 5 22·9.1 50 13 d 0 2 1.5'98

2H 0 () 0 4 19'68 3GZ L'l 12 0 7 ~2·67

1,250 4 12 () 9 6•:!() :!G4 12 0 (J 2 22 ~H7 Hl 0 1 lli a·r:;

];5 0 0 0 5 0 2,933 I 13 () \l J()•QJ

IH,480 I 13 0 7 ))•9:! --

49 16 12 0 G 10'29 3) 3 () 0 1 ]4·!):3

175 19 () I) 4 J•6:l 16 12 () 0 G c,·:l!l 12 17 () () 4 14' 1·1 9~ ~J l(i 0 0 8 1•39 13 1 () 0 5 2•82 29 !0 0 0 9 8·76

35G H 12 0 4 4•95 --····· '~-

205 8 0 () 3 1'5S 2G5 0 18 0 R ]]•5.J-

51 I 0 0 5 ll•7i

204 9 20 (J ·1 6•13 Gli 9 6 0 4 o·:Jt<

j()G 0 0 0 s I 1'19 GliO et () 0 19 13'47

2,664 7 0 I 6 2o·21 :l IG l:l 0 2 !!:J•(j]

28 0 0 0 8 14'77 -

4,433 IG 8 0 12 5'99

32 10 12 0 3 a·78 14.5 10 0 0 5 J 9'68 35 ll 4 0 (j 18·5:) 11 l:l 0 0 8 3'43

224 19 16 0 5 s·7I

!,291 8 12 ll 4 2·:)6 955 8 0 1_1 12 16'85 892 15 0 0 3 19'46

.30 0 0 0 :3 0 ,_ :l,IG9 11 1~ 0 ·1. :!:l·Si

~ Sec Ne.. to at foot oi Statement No. (j •

. F 2

l

i

Uemarlts relative to the Depth at which the

Qnnrtz was obtained, &c.

GiO to 8!0 feat

210 to 320 feet (Ji'>O feet 500 feet and upwards 4-20 to 480 feet ~JOO feet 320 feet 300 fL·ct ISO feet 24/i f;,et 440 to 4 60 feet 200 to 400 feet 350 to 400 feet 254 feet 2GO to 280 feet 700 to SuO feet 410 to soo feet 200 to 2 20 fed 80 feet

50 feet, 3 feet wide ·10 fcl't, 7 feet wirle 2!5 feet, I!J feet wide iO feet .J.O 30 feet I oo feet Surface

50 to 200 feat 50 to 2ll0 feet Various

1 ;o feet 3UO feat Vm·ious 375 to 2110 fl·Gt :l70 to 470 feet 45 fed 70 fc(;t

l:lO feat 2·t0 feet ;o feet -10 feet

Surface to 1,1 ~( it,<"L 1.000 to l ,205 Jcot 2ll0 to 780 feet 150 feet

36

AVERAGE Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz Crushed during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Division or Subdivision, ' I I A I Re k th

----------a-nd---------·-·-WhereQ-uartz-wasobtalned Name of Company. :

Total Yield ol veragc mar s relative to ~

Quartz Crushed. Gold. Yield cl Gold Depth at which the per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &c,

·i--:::-::;::;1-:~~ ··-----:-

GORDON SUBDIVISION. Egerton Egerton

Black Horse United Egerton Limited Parker's United ... Great Northern Parker's Co-operative parties

.. •. Gordon Korweingu boom Korweinguboora

STEIGLITZ SuBDIVISION. Elliott and party Stephens and party Copperwaite and party '1'. Callder ..• Bell and party ... J. Cody... ... Bannister and party Stott and party ... British Queen T. Smith Sitleton and party P. Hurley ... Nelthorp and party Trethowan ...

BLAOKWOOD DIVISION A!'!D BLuE MouNTAIN SouTH SUBDIVISION.

Simmons' Reef Amalgamated Countess Egerton ... Mounter's Tributers Willman and party Nuggetty ... New North Britain Victoria

Totals

Elaine Steiglitz Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine Elaine

Totals ...

Simmons' Reef Union Reef Barry's Reef ... Barry's Reef ... Barry's Reef ... Union Reef ... Wright's Reef Yankee Heef ...

Totals ...

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

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

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

.. ..

..

4,807 0 0 !

521 16 12 8,757 0 0 '1,980 4 12

lOO 0 0 2:3 3 8 7 0 0 5 6 12

29 0 0 69 0 0 ------- -------

13,700 0 0 2,599 10 20 --

18 0 0 26 0 0 4 0 0 12 13 0 6 lO 0 51 10 0

10 0 0 4 16 0 3 0 0 4 10 0 2 0 0 3 10 0 3 0 0 13 0 ()

14 0 0 34 10 0 46 0 0 18 14 0

3 0 0 1 13 0 4 0 0 12 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 0 5 0 0 12 10 ()

' 122 10 0 213 6 0 ' -----------

1,410 0 0 173 3 0 98 0 0 61 7 0

416 0 0 58 8 18 10 0 0 211 0 60 0 0 6 17 20 12 0 0 1 4 0

570 0 0 178 0 0 220 0 0 154 5 12

----------2,796 0 0 635 17 2

oz. dwt. gr. I

0 2 4'11 ' 400 to 800 feet 0 4 12•54 300 to 900 feet 0 4 15•2 400 feet and upwards 0 15 5'14 50 feet 2 7 14·07 50 feet

' ----0 3 19'08

1 8 21'33 3 3 6 7 18 11•07 0 9 14'4 1 10 0 1 15 0 4 6 16 2 9 6'85 0 8 3'13 011 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 10 0 ----

1 14 19•78 ----

0 2 10'94 200 to 400 feet 0 12 12'49 275 feet 0 2 19•43 130 to 200 feet 0 5 2'4 lo feet 0 2 7'13 20 feet 0 2 0 70 feet () 6 5'89 165 feet 0 14 0•6 26-J. feet ----

0 4 13•16

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

BEECHWORT!I DIVISION, 0 i Reform ... . .. 1\fyrtleford ... ... 778 0 0 438 0 0 ll 6'23 550 feet

Wallaby ... ... Hurdle Flat ... ... 268 0 0 93 16 ol 0 7 0 Hart and Co. ... ... Buffalo ... .. . 64 0 0 105 12 ol 1 13 0 80 feet Green and Co. ... ... Buffalo . .. ... 17 0 0 14 0 0 0 16 11'29 50 feet Ottrey and Co. ... ... Stony Creek ... .. . 82 0 0 69 0 oi 0 16 19·9 120 feet P. Cousins and Co. ... Stony Creek ... ... 125 0 0 29 10 0 0 4 17·28 40 feet C. Grant, jun. ... . .. Stony Creek . .. . .. 2 0 0 1 15 0 0 17 12 Surface Downs and Co. ... ... Stony Creek . .. . .. 3 0 0 4 4 0 1 8 0 Surface G. Biddington ... ... Blue Bell ... .. . 12 0 0 6 9 0 0 10 18 Surface J. Woods and Co ... ... Stony Creek ... ... 22 0 0 5 10 0 0 5 0 Surface Cousins and Co .... ... Stony Creek ... .. . 33 0 0 10 0 0 0 6 1•45 35 feet Blackwell and Co. ... Stony Creek ... ... 21 0 0 9 9 0 0 7 0 Surface Grant and Co. ... ... Stony Creek ... ... 11 0 0 15 8 0 I 8 0 40 feet German ... . .. Bowman's Forest . .. 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 14 0 Surface Warren and Co .... ... Madman's Gully ... 75 0 0 22 10 0 0 6 0 20 feet Thomson and Co ... ... Murmungee ... ... 2 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 Surface Crouch and Co. ... One-mile ... .. . 5 0 0 3 18 0 0 15 14•4 40 feet Tatham and Co .... ... Six-mile ... .. . 35 0 0 20 10 0 0 11 17•14

Clark and Co. ... ... Six-mile .. . ... 8 0 0 4 2 0 0 lO 6 Surface Whitehead and Co. ... Stanley . .. ... 10 0 0 2 5 0 0 4 12 Surface George and Co. ... ... Bowman's Forest . .. 3 0 0 2 14 0 0 18 0 Surface Alcock and Co. ... Shakspeare Heef ... 30 0 0 84 0 0 2 16 0 loo feet McGeehan and Co. ... Stanley ... . .. 30 0 0 16 4 0 0 10 19'2 Surface Wiseman and Co. ... Stanley ... .. . 13 0 0 4 9 0 0 6 20•3 Surface Stevens and Co .••• ... Stanley ... . .. 7 0 0 9 11 0 1 7 6•85 Surface

------- ----Totals ... ... 1,665 0 0 979 18 0 0 11 18•49

YACKANDANDAU SOUTH ------ --------SUBDIVISION.

Magnire and Co .... ... Sandy Creek ... ... 26 0 0 168 0 0 6 9 5•53 lOO feet Benzie and Co. ... ... Sandy Creek ... ... 21 0 0 33 15 0 1 12 3'42 30 feet IL Briddon ... ... Sandy Creek ... ... 19 0 0 11 15 0 0 12 8•84 50 feet Blair and Co. ... ... Sandy Creek ... . .. 5 0 0 24 0 0 4 16 0 100 feet McGrath ... ... Sandy Creek ... . .. 8 0 0 30 15 0 3 16 21 40 feet Scotchrnan's Reef ... Sandy Creek ... ... 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 2 12 20 feet Bucknell Heef ... ... Lockhart's Creek . .. 50 0 0 19 10 0 0 7 19'2 40 feet Blair Beef ... ... J,ockhart's Creek ... I 0 0 I 13 0 1 13 0 Surface Gathergood and party ... Lockhart's Creek ... 13 0 0 39 0 0 3 0 0 70 feet

H. Briddon ... . .. Lockhart's Creek ... 24 0 0 10 0 0 0 8 8 40 feet Conness and Gibson ... Lockhart's Creek ... 237 0 0 505 0 0 2 2 14'78 Surface to 80 feet Prosser and Brown ... Lockhart's Creek ... 23 0 0 28 4 0 I 4 12•52 50 feet Birthday ... ... Hillsborough ... ... 15 0 0 6 4 0 0 8 6•4 50 feet Try .Again Reef ... ... Hillsborough ... . .. 5 0 0 4 0 0 0 16 0 20 feet Bon Accord Reef ... ... Hillsborough ... .. . 176 0 0 89 17 0 0 10 5'04 150 feet

IXL ... ... . .. Sandy Creek ... ... 200 0 oi 90 0 0 0 9 0 60 feet

---j·-- ------Totals ... . .. 8~5 0 0 1,063 18 0 l 5 18•9

37

AvERAGE Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz Crushed during the Quarter, &c.-eontin~ted.

Division or SubdiYision, nnd

Name of Company.

INDIGO DIVISION.

Pass-by Tribute ... Railway Williams and Co .... Grace and Co. Magenta Rose Alfred ... Rutherglen

vVANDILIGOXG SunDIVISION.

At Try-again Mill: Try-again

At Oriental Mill: Tributers

At Railway Mill: Several small lots

At Cornish Co.'s Mill : Cornish United Q. M.

At Gill's Mill : Attridge and Spargo Phelps and Rowe Three other lots

At Stephens' Mill : Four mixed Jots Attridge and Spargo 'Nilliam Smith ... William Chalwell G. ~mith and Co. Ilcwitson and Crabb

BUCKLAND DIVISION.

'il Desperandum N s B p

outhern Cross romley and Co .... hrenix ..• ... angaroo ... ackass Tribute ...

K J M D J R L E

atilda .•. ... aul. McCarthy .•. olm Butler (trial lot) . Clements ... ittle Wonder ...

,ureka Tribute ... Wombat Reef ... Lucky Jack ... Lucky Jack ... Shouldn't Wonder Shouldn't Wonder

... ·-· ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . .. ... ... ... ... ... ...

ALEXAXDRA SUBDIVISION.

Marchioness of N ormanby Mount Pleasant G. M. ... Providence G. M ... ... Welcome G. M. ... ...

DRY CREEl( S l!BDIVI SION.

Unee Tribute ... ...

GAFFNEY'S CREEK Svn-DIVISION.

Wallaby G. M. ... Rose of Denmark ...

\Voon's PorxT SUBDIVISION,

Hope Mining ... ... Morning Star Prospecting

Claim

MITTA :\hTTA KORTH Sun-DIHSIOX.

Granya ... ... ... Stcwart and Co .... ... Ibrper ... ...

Where Quartz was ohtahwd.

Pass-by Reef ... Railway Reef ... Devonshire Heef PassoYer Reef ... "'"'"'"'"" Heef...

Bar Golden Bar Uutherglen reefs

Totals ...

Try-agnin Reef,Growler's Creek

Oriental Reef ...

Growler's Creek

Growler's Creek

Shaw's Reef Golden Bar Various localities

Various localiLies Shaw's Reef ... Lord of Hills Range C pp er ::\Iorse's Creek Lord of Hills 111 or se's Ck.,

W oolloomooloo

Totals ...

Harrietville ... Harrietville ... Harrietville ... H arrietville . .. HarrietYille ... Harrietville . .. Harrietville ... Bright ... Bright ... Buckland ... Buckland . .. Buckland ... Buckland ... Free burgh ... Free burgh ... Free burgh ... Free burgh ...

Totals ...

Lucky Reef ... Eglington Reef ProYidence Reef Welcome Heef

Totals ...

...

.. . ...

.. .

. .. ...

. .. ... . ..

... .. .

...

. .. . ..

.. .

... . .. ...

...

...

. .. . .. ...

... Table Laml, Dry Creek

Wallaby Reef ... ... Try-again Reef ...

Totals ... . .. ~iorning Star ... ... .Age of Progress Reef ...

Totals ... . ..

Cotton Tree 11nd noinity Cottou Tree :1nd vieinity Cotton Tree an<l >icinity

vVilliam; and party ... I Cotton Tree and vicinity

Totals ... ...

Quartz Crushed.

tons cwt. qr~

56 0 0 9 0 0

11 0 0 18 0 0 40 0 0

145 0 0 lOO 0 0 51 0 0

------430 0 0

217 0 0

10 0 0

66 0 0

164 0 0

106 0 0 40 0 0 68 0 0

42 0 0 70 0 0 34 0 0 10 9 0 19 IO 0 20 0 0

866 19 0

20 0 0 I8 0 0 15 0 0 18 0 0 26 0 0 18 0 0 20 0 0 11 0 0 12 0 ()

4 0 0 13 0 0 15 0 0

4 0 0 102 0 0

G6 0 0 36 0 0 46 0 0

444 0 0

16 0 0 54 0 0 10 0 0

I

Total Yield of Gold.

oz. dwt. gr.

174 8 0 20 5 0 11 0 0

129 5 0 26 0 0

196 0 0 38 0 0 68 5 0

------663 3 0

-----221 0 0

30 0 0

20 7 0

32 0 0

30 0 0 12 0 0 15 0 0

27 0 0 24 0 0 62 0 0 54 16 0 21 16 0 29 0 0

------578 19 0

----

25 0 0 I5 0 0 26 0 0 75 0 0

6 0 0 S4 0 0 19 0 0 28 0 0

I 12 0 9 16 0

13 0 0 15 0 0 16 0 0 56 10 0 33 10 0

148 10 0 10:1 10 0

2 6"85 5 0 0 0

7 3 14'66 0 13 0 1 7 0"82 0 7 14'4 I 6 18•35

-----· 1 IO 20"26

-----

0 8"88

3 0 0

0 6 4

0 3 21"65

0 5 15•84 0 6 0 0 4 9'88

0 ]2 20·57 0 6 20"57 l 16 11•29 5 4 21'12 1 2 8"61 l 9 0

-----0 13 8·:js -----

1 5 0 0 16 I6 1 14 16 4 3 8 0 4 14•77 3 0 0 0 19 0 2 10 21•82 0 2 16 2 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 11 1•88 0 10 3"63 4 2 12 2 i 14'61

------------651 8 o I 1 9 8·21

------ ------6 6 0 I 0 7 21

50 15 0 0 18 19•11 11 6 Oi 1 2 14•4

380 0 0 358 0 0 i 0 18 20"21

-460 -;Q 4:t67_o_[~ 12·s9

---~- ------j----

2,600 0 0 235 19 0 0 1 19'56

--·---- --------·---------

600 0 0 252 9 0 0 8 9"96 300 0 0 23 9 0 0 1 I3•52

----- -----·-----900 0 0 275 18 0 0 6 3"15

-------.----·----300 0 () 92 11 0 0 6 4"08 250 0 0 16 17 0 0 1 8•35

-------!----- i-----550 0 0 109 8 0

I 0 3 23"48

------

129 0 0 46 10 0 0 7 5'02 8 0 0 22 7 0 2 15 21 6 0 0 7 5 0 1 4 4 8 0 0 9 13 0

' I 4 3

-----------151 0 0 85 15 0 ! 0 11 8'58

I !

200 feet 100 feet 80 feet 180 feet 150 feet 130 feet 150 feet lOO to 150 feet

Not given

I Not gi"o Not given Not given Not given :Not given Not given 70 feet 90 feet 90 feet 80 feet 90 feet 30 feet 250 feet 250 feet lOO feet lOO feet

40 feet 130 feet lOO feet 400 feet

50 feet

100 feet 150 feet

150 feet 300 feet

70 feet Various depths

38

AvEIUGJ<: Yield of Gold from eertain pareels of Quartz Crnshetl during the Quarter, &e.-continued. ~-----

Division or Average relative to the )\"here Qnnrtz was obtn.ined. Quartz Crushed. Total Yield of Yield of O:old at which tbe

Kame o! C:ompn.ny. Gold. per Ton. Quartz was obtained, &e.

--1\IrTT.\ ~IITTA SouTII Sul- tons: cwt. qr. oz. clwt~ gr. oz. dwt. gr.

DIYlSIO,, Empress ... ... Snowy Creelt ... ... 40 0 0 4 18 6 0 2 10'95 2fl feet

BETHA,GA SunmviSION, Trcwallfl ... ... Flagstaff Hill ... . .. 38 0 0 23 0 0 0 12 2•52

D.um lliVER SunmvrsroN. Nornmnbv ... ... ... .. . .. lOO 0 0 26 10 0 0 5 7'2 Surface and tunnel La Mascottc ... ,. ... . .. . .. lUO 0 0 :l3 10 0 0 6 16'8 Surface and 40 feet

d()ep Totflls ... ... 200 0 0 60 0 0 0 6 0

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

SA:SDIIUUST DIVISION. Xcw Chum Unite(! N cw Chum Hcef 2,950 0 0 3,320 12 0 1 2 J2·:l 875 to 1,025 feet North Shenandoah New Chum Reef 158 0 0 163 17 0 1 () 17'77 877 to 977 feet Lansell's 180 claim Victoria Reef ... 2,420 0 0 l,S34 17 () 0 15 3•93 1,660 to I ,760 feet Shenamloah New Chum Heef 257 0 0 137 ll 0 0 10 16•9 87 7 to 977 feet Young Chum New Chum Hed 651 0 0 308 5 0 0 9 11'28 !llO feet F.lle~trH'rC ::\' cw Chum Heef 1,471 0 0 526 5 0 0 7 3'71 475 and 930 feet Garibaldi New Chum Heef 396 0 0 139 18 t) 0 7 ]·57 500, 660, and 87 5 feet New Chum New Chum Heef 3,482 0 0 1,578 7 0 0 9 ]•57 1,026 feet New Chum New Chum Heef 815 0 0 325 I 12 0 23'45 930 feet [feet Old Chum Hccf Xew Chuml~ecf 965 0 0 284 5 0 0 5 21•38 Between 1,000and 1,100 LanRell's ~:!2 claim New Chum Heef 129 t) 0 35 10 0 () 5 12•09 900 to 1,000 feet Shamrock New Chum Reef 37.1 0 0 120 6 0 6 10'89 870 feet Garden Gully United Garden Gully Hecf 4,0iJS () 0 4,368 1 0 1 1 7•63 Great Southern Garden Gully Heef 88 0 0 61 10 0 0 13 23•45 350 feet Kentish claim Garden Gully Heef 8:ll t) 0 587 16 0 0 14 7'65 860 feet Unity Garden Gully Hcef 1,-110 0 (I 603 1 0 0 8 13'29 1,30() Cornish United Garden Gully Reef 380 0 0 120 3 0 0 6 7•76 900 feet Park Hustler·s Heef ~~~ 0 0 85 17 0 0 17 ]6•82 400 feet Royal Hustler's Hustler's Reef 265 0 0 55 19 0 0 4 5•34 835 feet Hustler's Hoyal Reserve, Hustler's Heef 611 0 0 388 15 0 0 12 17'4 410 feet

No. 2 Ilcrcules and Vietorin Hecf ... 4,097 0 0 1,335 15 0 0 6 12•49 600 to 780 feet Victori11 Hed G. Victoria Reef ... 2,387 0 0 5-15 8 0 0 4 13·67 4:!0 and 480 feet New Chum and Victoria Victoria&NcwChum l,278 0 0 336 15 18 0 5 (j•.J.9 Surface to 1 ,;)00 feet Nnpoleon United Xapoleon Reef 346 0 0 135 0 0 0 7 ]!)•28 640 feet New Union .Jack ... Union .Jack Reef 74 0 0 23 13 0 0 6 9•4 330 feet Unitell Whip and Jersey Whip Reef 165 0 0 80 11 5 0 9 18'35 Surface to 200 feet

Totals 30,184 0 0 17,503 0 17 0 11 14'34

F.AGI.EIIA \\'K SUBDIVISION. South St. Mungo St. :>Inn go and Devon- 2,955 0 0 4,094 ll 0 7 li'l Between 533 and 610

shire Ucef feet Bclmont and Saxby United St. 'Mungo and Devon- :1,419 () () 2,3:13 18 0 0 13 15•1)6 728 to 809 feet

shire Hecf Catherine H<:cf UnHe(l St. ~Tunga and Devon- 455 0 0 95 4 18 0 4 4'±7 l ,008 feet

shire Hccf Ellcnborough St. 1\lungo and Devon- 2,-149 0 0 782 10 0 0 6 9'36 720 and 800 feet

shire Hccf Extended St. l\Iungo St. i\fungo and Devon- 586 0 0 557 17 0 0 19 0'94 470 feet

shire Reef Lady Barkly St. Mungo an cl Devon- 4,12:3 t) 0 2,488 14 0 0 12 1•73 600 to 7 20 feet

shire Heef La Belle St. Mungo anc1 Devon- 777 0 0 2/G 2 0 0 7 2'5G 74U to 790 feet

shire Heef New St. :viungo St. Mnngo and Devon- 1,553 0 () 1,010 1G 0 0 13 0'41 s: 5 to 650 feet

shire Heef Pho:mix St. i\1 ungo and Devon- 1,597 0 0 4:3·.1 16 () 0 5 10'68 570 to 650 feet

shire Hcd Princess Alexandra St. 1Inngo and Devon- 411 0 0 1:13 17 0 0 6 0 64 590 feet

shire Heef Sadowtt St. ~Iung-o nnd Devon- 4,130 0 0 12 0 0 10 19'47 620 and 690 feet

shire Heef St. Mungo St. :Vlungo and Devon- 4,989 0 0 14 12 0 5 7'16 400 to 67 5 feet

shire l{ecf I~xtcwled South Devonshire St. Mungo and Devon- 1,0:J7 0 0 12 0 0 5 9•41 5 20 to 612 feet

shire Heef Bruhn's Tribute Frcdcrick t-he Great Hcef 4,909 0 0 4 0 0 10 9'94 150 to 300 feet .Frederick the Great Frcderick the Great Reef 7,945 0 0 1 () 0 8 9·3 l50 to 380 feet Snob's Uill Snob'H 11 ill 47 0 0 28 lJ 0 0 12 3'57 400 feet 1-\'illimns United Snob's Bill 524 0 0 169 17 3 0 6 ]]·59 300 to 800 feet Gre~t Northem ... ... .Johnson's Hcef 6:14 0 () 310 13 0 0 9 19•19 4:.!0, 510, and 680 feet Princess nagmar ... J ohnson's Hcef 298 0 0 ]:38 13 0 0 9 7·:12 530 to 640 feet Rose of Denmark ,Johnson's Hcef 0 0 sua 0 10 0 !) 1'68 210 to 360 feet ;rolmson's Hcef Gold ?1Hnes J ohnson 's Hecf 0 0 H4 10 6 0 3 15·69 Sur face to i 80 feet Specimen Uill Specimen Hill Hecf 0 0 5P5 8 0 0 11 3··1il ·150 to 520 feet Virui:da ~;pecimcn Hill J~cd 281 0 () 11:1 l!\ 0 0 8 2•:3 615 feet N ,n:ih ( 'larcnee }[oon n<'d :n 0 () 51 6 21 1 1:3 3 160 feet New }foon ~foon Heef 634 0 0 52() 1 12 0 16 9•i4 :-lurface to 300 feet Nil Ravwood 1,460 0 0 776 0 0 () 10 Hi'l2 Duke of \Y ellington Dead Horse Hcef 131 0 0 3J !l 18 0 5 2·7 180 to 220 feet

Total,; ... 5(),(jJ8 0 0 :25,87515 4 0 10 5·37

39

AVERAGE Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz Cru:;hed during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Division or Subdivision, nnd

Name o1 Company.

----------------KILl\IORE DIVISION.

angridge L c rown ... H EATIICOTE

'VARANGA DIVISION. rgyle ... esurrection

...

... DIVISION

So urn

...

... A R V V

arious companies !1-rious companies

umping ::Yioses J V ictory ...

...

...

... . .. AND

S'GB·

...

... ... ...

. .. ...

'V ARANGA NORTH Sun-DIVISION.

M A p

anning and Sinnett yers nnd Co. ... hrenix ... rules Clauscn ... T

T B s D 'V ]\

homson and Ilarrison randt .•. ... pence Bros. ... unlop's ...

IV a! bran and Co. 1:enzie's Trib.

w H M T 1 A s c c 0 s I ~

m. Cameron and Co. odge Bros. ... arsh and C:o. ...

.aylor and Murrny 1:yer and Co. ... pperman and Co.

'undry lots ... /rocker and Co .... larkc Bros. ... hrt ::tnd Co. ...

'tewart and Co .... ,aing and Co. ... fomn aud Co. ...

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

Where Quartz W8B obtained.

-~--------------

Reedy Creek ... . .. Heedy Creek .•• ...

Totals ... ...

Argylc Hecf . .. ... Hard Hills .. . . .. Gray Town ... .. . Rcdcastle and Stafford-

shire l!'l::tt Rcdesdale, &c. ... Tooborac . .. .. .

Totals ... ...

Rush worth ... ... Rush worth ... .. . Rush worth ... .. . Rushworth . .. . .. Hush worth ... . .. Rush worth ... ... Hush worth ... ... Rush worth ... .. . Rushworth ... ... Whroo ... ... Whroo ... ... Whroo ... ... Whroo ... . .. Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... ... ... .. . Rush worth ... ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ... Coy's Diggings ...

Totals ••• ...

··········~·~-

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

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

212 0 0 183 0 0 0 17 6'33 11 0 0 55 0 0 5 0 0

-----223 0 0 238 0 0 1 1 8'28

--------·

4:> 0 0 32 0 0 0 14 21'21 56 0 0 20 16 0 0 7 10'28 20 0 0 60 0 0 3 0 0 91 0 0 129 4 0 1 8 9'49

4 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 1 0 0

------ --------294 0 0 324 0 0 1 2 0'98

------- ------ -------99 0 0 561 0 0 5 13 8 72 0 0 5:3 3 3 0 14 18•37

190 0 0 279 7 0 1 9 9•73 21 0 0 34 lO 0 I 12 20•57 ~~ 0 0 14() 5 0 4 I6 6•97 39 0 0 30 2 18 0 15 10•92

7 0 0 I9 1 0 2 14 I0•28 10 0 0 I 10 0 0 3 0 :lO 0 0 8 10 0 0 8 12

158 0 0 209 0 0 I 6 10'93 5 0 0 6 10 0 1 6 0

12 0 0 13 0 0 1 I 16 14 0 0 11 5 0 0 16 1'71 19 0 0 98 14 6 5 3 2l'i9 4 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0

24 0 0 55 15 0 2 6 11 40 0 0 9 12 6 0 4 19'35 I:~ e 0 5 3 8 0 7 22'77 12 0 0 19 16 0 1 13 0 12 0 0 33 13 () 2 16 2 5 0 0 8 ll 0 l 14 4•8 4 0 0 11 5 0 2 16 6 4 0 0 9 6 0 2 6 12

--------- ------815 0 0 1,647 19 17 2 0 10"59

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

MARYBOROUGH DIVII!ION. I Leviathan Heef ... ... Chinaman's Flat "' 4,150 0 0 449 0 12 0 2 3'93 Perseverance ... ... Chinaman's Flat ... 67 u 0 9 0 0 0 2 16'47 Cam brian Battery ... Various places ... 87 10 0 44 4 0 0 10 2'46 Stapleton and party ... Mnid of Athens Reef ... 55 15 0 51 4 0 0 18 8'82 Campaneas and party ... Cleopatra Heef ... 19 0 0 14 10 0 0 15 6·31 Bremer and party ... Cleopatra Reef ... 36 0 u 24 9 0 0 13 14 Willson and party ... Havelock ... .. . 40 0 0 47 13 0 1 3 19•8 Cock and party ... ... Havelock ... .. . 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 13•71 Brinckmann and party ... White Horse Reef ... 8 0 0 8 10 0 1 I 6

-------Totals ... ... 4,470 5 0 651 10 12 0 2 21'95

--------AMHER8T DIVISION,

Union Q. M. ... . .. Church Hill, Amherst ... 420 0 0 871 3 0 2 1 11•6

W. Cosstiek (mill) ... Bet Bet and Amherst ... 124 0 0 20 0 6 0 3 5·47 T. Bartlemore (mill) ... Tal bot ... ... 27 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 7•11 Amherst United ... White Horse Reef ... 26 0 0 24 10 0 0 18 20'31

--------- -------Totals ... ... 597 0 0 922 16 6 1 10 21'96

DUNOLLY AND TARNAGULLA ---------DIVISIONS.

Queen's Birthday ... Bealiba Reef ... ... 450 () 0 116 16 18 0 5 4'62 Yorkshire ... ... Wat.ts' Heef ... 1,211 () 0 242 I () 0 3 23"94 Sydenham ... . .. Sydenham Reef ... !58 0 0 173 18 10 1 2 0·36 Inkerman ... . .. Inkerman ... ... 400 0 0 121 10 0 0 6 1·8 Public Crushing :

Sydenham ... ... Various reefs ... ... 40 0 0 27 2 0 0 13 13'2 -------

Totals ... ... 2,259 0 0 681 8 4 0 6 0•78

lXGLEWOOD DIVISlO!'I. Maxwell's ... ... Maxwell's Heef, Inglewood I,437 0 0 1,007 14 12 0 14 0'61 Fones'Q. M. ... ... Burke's }'!at ... 840 0 0 351 11 0 0 8 s·ss P. Anglem and party ... Drendnought Reef,Ingle- 34 0 0 26 14 0 0 15 16'94

wood Odin G. M. ... ... lnglewood ... .. . 17 0 0 8 0 0 0 9 9'88 Toghill and party ... Simmon's Reef, Inglewood 10 0 0 5 13 0 Oil 7•2

--------- ------Totals ... ... 2,338 0 0 1,399 12 12 0 11 23'35

~

Remarks relative to the Depth ut which the

Quartz wn• obtained, &c. -----------

200 feet 300 feet

210 feet

Average 140 feet

75 feet

66 feet 90 feet 90 feet 130 feet 100 feet

40 feet lOO feet

200 feet

200 feet 20 feet

150 feet 130 feet

90 feet. 130 feet

89 to 200 feet 50 feet

Between 400 and 500 feet

Near the surface Near the surface 200 feet

500 to 600 feet 340 to 500 feet 400 feet 85 to 166 feet

Various depths

37 5 to 405 feet 870 feet

130 to 200 feet 80 feet

40

AVERAGE Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz Crushed during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Division or Sul)division 1 Remarks relative to the

I Totnl Yield of Average ~ and Where Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Gold. Yield of Gold Depth at which the

Quartz was obtaiued, &e. :Name of Company. per Ton.

tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr. ST. AnNAUD NORTH

SuBDIVISION, I~ord Nelson ... . .. vVestern Reef and others 832 0 o . 765 18 0 0 18 9•86 680 to 7 80 feet New Bendigo ... . .. Bristo 1 Reef ... .. . 1,200 0 ~ I 561 0 0 0 9 8'4 300 to 400 feet Queen Mary ... ... Queen )fary . .. 10 0 4 10 0 0 9 0 East Neuk ... ... East Neuk Reef ... 40 0 0 31 ll IS 0 15 19'05 160 feet Public crushings ... ... Various reds •• , ... 258 0 0 60 14 0 0 4 16'93 Various depths

Totals ... . .. 2,340 0 0 1,423 13 18 'I 0 12 4'03

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEliiAINE DIVISIO.:'l'.

Garfield .. . Garficld .. . Forest Creek .. . Central ... Louisa James ... Logan and Co. • .. Little Nuggety •.• Se bas topo I crushing Valincourt ...

... Sailor's Gully ...

... Sailor's Gully ...

... Wattle Gully ...

... Wattle Gully ...

.. . Sailor's Gully ...

... Argus Reef ...

... Nuggety Ueef...

.. • Lady Gully ...

... Burns Ueef ...

!

... I

2,789 0 0 66 0 0

1,519 0 0 1,573 0 0

503 0 0 197 0 0 224 0 0

78 0 0 18 0 0

I

726 16 0 74 8 0

565 19 12 134 17 3

75 8 18 102 13 18 136 7 6

45 6 18 12 3 0

o 5 5·091140 feet 1 2 13·09 New find, 140 feet 0 7 10·84 550 to 650 feet o I I 7·15 250 to 350 feet o 2 23'99 140 feet 0 10 10·2 In tunnel o 12 4'2 . 280 feet 0 11 15 I Near surface 0 13 12 In tunnel

Totals ... ... I 6,967 o 0 1,874 0 3 o 5 9·11

FRYER'S CHEEK DIVISION.

Rowe Brothers ... Jas. Uoberts and party ... New Era G. M. ... • .. Brydges and party ... Golden Eagle Q. M. . .. Hunt and Temby .. . McDonald and Oo. .. . English-Australian .. . Woodyatt and party .. . Gwillim and party .. .

Cattle's Ueef ... ... Frenchman's Heef ... Ferron's Heef ... .. • Bullock Ueef . .. • .. Cattle's Reef .. . • .. Eureka ... .. . German Gully .. . Golden Gully ... .. • Little Nuggety ... Cornish and Spanish Reef

949 0 0 174 0 0

3,201 0 0 27 0 0 59 0 0 20 0 0 43 0 0

340 0 0 26 0 0 19 0 0

ll8 16 0 13 13 0

341 4 0 7 12 0 7 5 0 3 0 0

40 16 0 24 16 0

6 0 0 4 8 0

0 2 12•08 0 1 13•65 0 2 3•16 0 5 15'11 0 2 10'98 0 3 0 0 18 23'44 0 1 11·01 0 4 14•76 0 4 15'15

I

• 150 to 340 feet 14 feet 200 to 380 feet 75 feet 300 feet 50 feet 30 t<J 90 feet 90 to 150 feet 40 feet 60 to 70 feet

---------- ---------1---------

HEPBURN DIVISION.

Rising Star Q. M.

Cornish Q. M. • .. Florence Q. M. .. .

Totals ...

.. , Frenchman's Reef, Blind Creek

•• • Cornish Reef • .. • •• ... Try-again Ueef, Kidd's

Gully New Wonderful Q. M. ... Wonderful Ueef ... Straek and party .. , · Sportsman's Ueef, Dry

I Diggings Shimmins and party ....

1

. Coc!ratoo Ueef, Dry Dig- i

gmgs · Strackandparty,OldAnchor Mauritius Reef ... Baker and party... ... Freehold, or Mauritius

Merritt and party Morning Light ...

Victoria Q. )f. ...

Heef •• . Alexandra Ueef ... Try-again Reef,

maids ... Mauritius Ueef

Milk-1

4,858 o o 567 10 o o 2 s·o7

4,504 0 0 1,873 18 0

2,170 0 0 1,250 0 0

34 0 0 23 0 0

8 0 0

11 0 0

5 0 0 17 0 0

228 0 0

888 4 0 338 14 10

7 5 0 24 0 0

6 0 0

1 18 12

13 10 17 2 19 6

106 0 0

200 0 0 ! 47 4 0

o 8 7'7 380 to 450 feet

0 8 4·46 745 feet o 5 lo·o6 160 feet

0 4 6·35 50 feet 1 o 20'86 40 feet

0 15 0

0 3 12

20 feet

25 feet

2 14 3'4 40 feet o 3 li ·64 25 feet 0 9 7•15 170 feet

o 4 17'28 130 feet ... I 1-------

Totals ...

TARADALE AND KYNETON SunDIVISION.

Queen's Birthday Egyptian ... O'Connor's Freehold

... Malmsbury

... Malmsbury ••.

... Malmsbury • •• !

8,450 0 0 3,309 13 21 0 7 20

700 0 0 1 2,626 18 0 714 0 0 . 975 13 0

30 0 0 41 17 0

3 15 1·3 200 feet 1 7 7•89 150 to 200 feet 1 7 21'6

i-----·- -------1--------... :- 1,444 0 0 3,644 8 0 2 10 11•43 Totals ... 1-------:--~-----

TARRANGOWER DIVISION.

Linscott's Mills ... • •• Lisle's Reef ... Lisle's, Beehive, and Nug­

gety Ueefs Phoonix Mills .. . • ..

Caledonia Mills •••

Great Western Cymru J,ittle Wonder ... Pcntarchy ...

Alliance Governor Loch ...

... Beehive, Baglehawk, 1

J ... isle's, Parkin's, and 1

Mahon Reefs ... Beehive Reef ... .. . Smith's Reef ... ... Hallelujah and Otago

Heefs 1

.. . Lisle's Ueef

... Irish Billy's l~eef

Totals •••

287 0 0 214 19 0 438 0 0 268 12 12

1,344 0 0

1,430 0 0 109 0 0 210 0 0 I

854 8 0

462 16 6 7 6 2

16 10 0

1,531 0 0 3.030 1 8 130 0 0 .160 0 0

o 14 23'49 160 to 180 feet o 12 6'38 160 to 600 feet

o 12 17·14 160 to 600 feet

0 6 11·34 200 to 550 feet 0 I 8'16 Surface 0 1 13·71 20 feet

1 19 13·98 180 feet 1 4 14'76 440 feet

5,479 0 0 5,014 13 4 0 18 7'32

41

AVERAGE Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz Crushed during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Division or :Subdivision, nnd

Narnc of Company.

ST . .ANDREW's DIVISION.

Central ... ... ... Diamond Creek ... ...

Where Quartz was obtained.

Reefton . .. ... Diamond Creek ...

Bacchante ... ... i Pan ton Hill ... .. . Logan and party ... ... : vYarranuyte ... ... Ganlner and party ... 'y arrandyte ... . ..

Totals ... ... HLUE MouNTAIN NoRTH

SUBDIVISION,

Triumph ... ... .Amelia Reef ... .. .

! •rota! Yield of Quartz Crushed. Golrt.

ons cw. qr. oz. d wt. gr.

25 0 0 20 10 0 262 0 0 70 13 0 193 0 0 278 8 12

9 0 0 15 19 IS 65 0 0 5 8 3

554 0 0 390 19 9

310 0 0 46 19 61

oz. d t w. gr.

0 16 9•6 0 5 9'43 1 8 20'4 1 15 12'66 0 I 15'92

014 2'74

Remnrks relative to the ncpth. ut whlcl1 the

Quartz wus obtainetl, &c.

70 feet lOO feet 300 feet 35 feet Surface

0 3 0·71 I From 275 to 305 feet

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.

Wimmera ... ... Stawell Reefs ... ... 1,618 0 0 710 2 23 0 8 18'67 Pioneer and Galatea ... Stawell Reefs ... ... 395 0 0 68 3 9 0 3 10•83 New St. George ... ... Stawell Hecfs ... ... 833 0 0 378 18 2 0 9 2•33 from 200 to Moonlight ... . .. Stawell Reefs ... . .. 2,2:~2 0 0 637 14 0 0 5 17'14 1,540 Wonga and Birmingham ... St&well Heefs ... . .. 1,534 0 0 257 15 7 0 3 8•65 Scotchman's ... ... Stawell Reefs .•. ... 4,022 0 0 745 15 0 0 3 17

Totals ... . .. 10,634 0 0 2,798 8 17 0 5 6'31

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

OMEO SunnrnsiON.

Sundry parcels .•. Dry Gully

DARGO SUDDIVI.SION.

Parnell ... Parnell Reef ...

JERICHO DIVISION.

Toomhon G. M., No Lia· Company's :Yiine bility

New Lily G. M., .Abcrfeldy Company's Mine

DoNNELLY's CREEK DIVISION,

Total

Toombon G. M. ... ... Stopes, &c.

STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION.

Long Tunnel Long Tunnel Extended

RuSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION.

Long Tunnel G. M.

Cohcn's Cohcn's

Total

Tanjil

s ...

...

...

... s ...

...

155 0 0 105 3 0 0 13 13"63 ------------------

1

190 0 0 33 4 8 o 3 ll'92 200 feet

I

503 o o 736 5 6 9 6·59 100 to 300 feet

::: __ 460 ~~--7-_6_1_2,_o ___ o __ 3_7_·9_3_ 250 feet

... 963 0 0 812 17 6 0 16 21•17 -- ·-

. .. 903 0 0 i 1,199 0 o, 1 6 13'34 92 feet level I

. .. 4,359 0 0 5,594 10 0 I 5 16'04 250 to 823 feet ... 1,656 0 0 1,392 15 0 0 16 19'69 400 to 700 feet ---·--... 6,015 0 0 6,987 5 0 1 3 5'58

... 117 0 0 35 0 0 0 5 23'59

42

QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, ETC.

STATEMENT No. 11. SHOWING the AvERAGE YrELD OF GoLD from certain parcels of QuARTZ TAILINGS, 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 Company.

Where Quartz Tailings, Mullock, &c., were

obtained.

Quartz Tailings, Total Yield of M~~~~~~:.c., Gold.

Average Yield of Gold

per Ton.

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

1\Iullock, &c., were obtained, ----·--·--·----------------------·1-------

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

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

8TEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION. Trethowan and party Elaine 12 0 0

39 0 0 11 0 0 0 18 8

Lindsay and party Elaine 4 0 0 0 2 1"23

Totals 51 o o I 15 o o o 5 21·11

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

YACKANDANDAH SOUTH SUBDIVISION,

Lady Mary ... ... Hillsborough ... . .. 55 0 0 10 6 0 0 3 17•89 ---------------

INDIGO DIVISION. Various companies ... Various sources ... 360 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 16

------ --------BucKLAND DIVISION.

John Butler and Co. ... Bright ... ... 43 0 0 4 6 0 0 2 0 ---------------

W .\NDILIGONG SUBDIVISION. Nankervis and Sangster ... Various localities ... 350 0 0 i5 2 2 0 4 7

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

HEATH COTE DIVISION AND I WARANGA SouTH SuB- i DIVISION.

Various companies . .. ' Redcastle and Stafford- 60 0 0 9 15 0 0 3 6

I shire Flat

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

' MARYBOROUGH DIVISION, I Cambrian Battery ... Mosquito ... .. . I 304 0 0 7 12 0 0 0 12

------ST. AnNAUD NoRTH Sun-

I DIVISION.

i Watson and Co .... ... St. Arnaud ... ...

I

200 0 0 30 0 0 0 3 0

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLE}IAINE DIVISION. Ajax and others ... ... Campbell's Creek .. . 606 0 0 40 9 0 0 1 8"04

Davis and Co. ... ... Jj'orest Creek ... . .. i42 0 0 46 7 6 0 1 5'99 -------------

Totals ... ... 1,348 0 0 86 16 6 0 1 6•91 ------ ---- ------

TARRANGOWER DIVISION. Linscott's Mills ... ... Lisle's Reef ... ... 69 0 0 14 5 8 0 4 3'24

Caledonia Mills ... Parkin's Reef ... ... 25 0 0 3 15 0 0 3 0 ... 18 0 3 12 Phcenix Mills ... ... Lisle's Beef . .. ... 104 0 0 I 4 0

---~-- -----Totals ... ... 198 0 0 36 4 8 0 3 15'79

ST. ANDREW'S DIVISION. __ 6_6_-:-:-1

Central ... ... ... Reefton ... . .. 8 10 0 0 2 13•81

Gardner and party "' Warrandyte ... ... 54 0 0~ 2 15 16 0 1 0·74 -----------------

Totals ... ... 120 0 01 11 5 16 0 1 21'13

• See Note at foot of Statement No. 9.

Mostly surface

160 to 180 feet 400 to 600 feet 160 to 180 feet

70 feet Surface

43

AvERAGE Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz Tailings, .Mullock, &c., Crushed-continued.

Division and Subdivision, Where Quartz Tailings, Quartz Tailings. Total Yield of Average n.enmrks relative to the

und :liullock, &c., were }lullock; &c., Yield of Goltl IMull~~~t~,at which the Name of Comprmy. obtaine(l, Crushed. Gold. jlcrTon. , &c., were obtained.

tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. ~;r.

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.

New St. George ... ... Stawell Reefs ... . .. 2,940 0 0 161 2 12 0 1 2•3 Moonlight ... ... Stawell Reefs ... . .. 799 0 0 59 6 0 0 1 ll•62 North and South Wales ... Cosmopolitan Reef, &c. 321 0 0 36 1 18 0 2 5•96

Totals ... ... 4,060 0 0 256 10 6 0 1 6'32

PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS.

STATEM.ENT No. 12. SHOWING the AVERAGE YIELD OJ;' GoLD from certain parcels of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated

on in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GoLD obtained therefrom. *

Division and Subdivision. and

Name of Company.

CENTRAL DIVISION.

Band.of Hope and Albion Consols

Black Hill ... ... Britannia ... ... Llanberris ... ... Speedwell ... ...

CLUNES SunmvisiO::<.

Port Phillip ... ... New Korth Chmes ... South Clunes ... ...

8TEIGLITZ Su!lDIVISION.

Enterprise ... ... Br.AcKwoon DrvisiON

A~D BLUE "\IouN'I'.UN SouTn SunmvrsmN.

Marquand and Boy ...

vV ANDILIGONG Sun• DIVISION.

At Nankervis and Sang-ster's Works-

Vale and Mance ...

MITTA MITT A Xo:rtTn Sun-DIVISIO:{.

Granya ... ... ... Ih:Tll.\NGA SUBDIVISION.

Murray Valley Pyrites ...

Pyrites I T tal y· Id f and Blanketings 0 10 0

opero.tetl on. Gold.

Avemge .• Remarks relat!V<l to the Yield of Gold i Dept11 at which the

per Ton. Pyrites. &c., were obtuinec!.

tons cwt. qr. I oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. i

BALLARAT MI~I.NG DISTRICT.

Redan ... ... 31 0 0 34 15 12 1 2 10•45

Black Hill ... . .. 25 0 0 26 l7 3 I 1 11'64 Specimen Gully . .. 1 10 0 2 9 0 1 12 16 Gum :Flat ... ... 25 0 0 46 18 12 I 17 12•96 Poverty Point . .. 10 0 0 18 4 0 1 16 9'6

Totals ... ... 92 10 0 129 4 3 1 7 22•47

Clunes ... .. . ·18 0 0 235 2 0 4 1i 23 Clunes ... .. . 18 15 0 85 12 12 411 8 Clunes . .. ... 23 18 0 70 5 0 2 18 18·R7

Totals ... ... 90 13 0 390 19 12 4 6 6'24

Elaine ... ... 202 0 0 124 0 0 0 12 6·65 Tl1c wiwlc of the pyrites

i--give>n herein was not got at ElM ne, bn t was sent to be treated at the cum· pany's works,

Harry's Reef ... . .. l 10 0 7 10 0 5 0 0

BEECHWORTH MINI~G DISTRICT.

Never too Late ... 6 16 0 6 16 0 1 0 0 1---

Cotton Tree, Granya . .. 90 0 0 157 7 0 1 l4 23'2 --Hainbury ... ... 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0

. * See Note at foot or Statement No. 9.

44

A VElU.GE Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Pyrites and Blanketings operated on, &c.-continued.

Division and Subdivision, Wl.tcrc Pyrites aml Blanketlngs l'nites / Average Remarks relative to tl>e and were obtained. and Blauketings Total Yield of Yield of Gold Depth at which the

Name of Company. operated on. Gold. per Ton. Pyrites, &c., were obtained. ------tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, oz. dwt. gr.

SANDHURST MINING DISTlUCT.

SANDHURST DIVISION,

0 11,050 12 United Pyrites ... Pinchgut Gully ... 420 0 0 2 10 0'68 Great Western Pyrites ... Great Western Gully . .. 95 0 0 207 11 0 2 3 16'67 Liddell and Co. ... ... Little Derwent Gully ... 193 10 0 571 5 12 2 19 1'11

Totals ... ••• i 708 10 0 1,829 8 12 2 11 15•41

•

EAGLEHAWK SUBDIVISION.

Sandhurst and Eaglehawk Jackass Flat ... ... 344 0 0 629 5 0 1 16 14'02 P.G.E.

Belmont and Saxby ... St. MungoandDevonshire 35 0 0 88 10 0 2 10 13•71 Ellenborough ... ... St. Mungo and Devonshire 13 0 0 20 19 0 1 12 5•53 Extended St. Mungo ... St. Mungo and Devonshire. 8 0 0 11 16 0 1 9 12 Lady l3arkly ... ... St. M ungo and Devonshire 42 0 0 151 4 0 3 12 0 La Belle ... . .. St. }fun go and Devonshire 6 0 0 7 9 0 1 4 20 New St. Mungo ... ... St. Mungo and Devonshire 7 10 0 26 4 0 3 9 20'8 Sadow:t ... ... . .. St. M~,;ngo and Devonshire 34 0 0 78 15 0 2 6 7•76 St. Mungo ... ... St.Mungoand Devonshire 36 0 0 87 9 0 2 8 14

Totals ... ... 525 10 0 1,101 11 0 2 1 22•17

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.

CastlemainePyritesWorks I I

Geo. Yeats ... ... 63 0 0 101 19 0 i 1 12 8•76

FRYER'S CREilK. I Rowe Brothers ... ... Cattle's Reef ... ~·. ' 7 0 0 9 5 0 1 6 10•28 150 to 340 feet.

--IIEPDURN DIVISION, I

Rising Star ... ... Frenchman's Reef ... 34 0 0 123 4 12 3 12 11•64 380 to 450 feet Cornish ... . .. Cornish Hecf ... ... 20 0 0 57 3 0 2 17 3'6 745 feet

Total ... ... 54 0 0 180 7 12 3 6 19•33

WASHDIRT AND CEMENT.

STATEMENT lfo. 13. SHOWING the A YE RAGE YIELD OF GoLD from certain parcels of W ASHDIRT Puddled and Sluiced and

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

Quantity Total Yield of j A vernge Qunnttty I Total Yield of ] Average llnnlng Districts. Pu<ldled nnd Gold !rom Yield of Gold Mining Dlstrlct;J, Puudled and Gold from Yield oi Gold

Crushed. Washdirt. per Ton. Crushed. Cement. per Ton. ~-------- ---· -~--- ---~-------~-

Washdirt. tons cwt. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr. Cement. tons cwt. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Ba!larat"' ... 35,801 0 2,744 12 6 0 1 12'79 Ballara.t :j: . .. 1,293 0 868 13 6 0 13 10•47 Beechworth t ... 52,086 0 2,813 9 0 0 1 1'92 Beech worth ... ... ... .. . Sandhurst ... ... ... . .. Sandhurst ... ... ... . .. Maryborough ... 43,i77 0 7,301 14 5 0 3 8•06 Maryborough § ... 289 0 125 19 0 0 8 17'19 Castlemaine ... 86,588 0

_: 6,44~:: 0 0 0 1 11•75 Castlemaine 11 ... 150 0 45 0 0 0 6 0

Ararat ... ... .. . Ararat, ... 720 0 129 18 1 0 3 14'6 Gippsland ... ... ... Gippsland ... .. . ·~

... Totals ... 218,25:! 0 ]19,307 15 ll 0 1 18'46

11 Totals ... 2,452 0 • 1,169 10 7 0 9 12•94

I

NOTE.-Stateruent Kos. 13, !4, and 15 do not show the total quantities of W>~Slldirt putldletl and sluiced and cement crushed in the several localities, but only th~ yields from certain washings aml erushings respecting whtch the lYJining Registrars; have been able to obtain reliable infomlation. The returnd n.1·e very imperfect as regard5 the washdirt, O'\Ying to the imposs1iJility of obtaining particulars oi the quantity of earth treated by hydraulic sluiciug, &c., and owing to the ctrcum.stance that many of the mnelline owners are unable to give, or are precluded from giving, information.

* Certain parcels treated in the Smythesdale, Southern, and Clunes divisions only.--t Certain parcels treated In the Deecbworth, Indigo, and Bucklnnd divisions on!y.-t Certain parcels treated In Sruythesuale and Cresw!ck divisions only.-§ Certain parcels treated In llfaryborough and Amherst divisions only.-ii Certain parcels treated in Fryer's Creek division only .-'If Certain parcels trellted in Pleasant Creel< dlvioton only.

45

WASHDIRT.

STATEMENT lio. 14. SHOWING the AVERAGE YIELD OF GOLD from certain parcels of WASHDJRT Puddled or Sluiced in the

several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.*

Division or Su\Jdivislon, o.nd

Name ol Company.

SOUTliERN DIVISION,

Turner and party ...

SMYTHESDALE DIVISION.

Reform ... ... . .. Trunk Lead ... ... Racecourse ... ...

CLUNES DIVISION.

Port Phillip ... ...

South Clunea ... ...

New Lothair ... . ..

Bute and Downes Amalga-mated

Comet Co-operative (China-men)

BEECHWORTII DIVISION.

•

I

I Total Yield ' Average 1 Remarks relative to the

Where w ... hdirt was obtained. WashdirtPudt\led. of Gold. Yield ol Gold 1 • DeJ?th at whiell the per Ton. i Wash dirt was obto.lned, &c.

-------------------------'-------1 tons cwt. qr, oz. dwt. g1". oz. dwt. gr. I

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

Break·o'-Day ... ... 1,420 0 0 154 5 17 0 2 4'15 20 to 52 thick

feet; 2 feet

---------

IIaddon ... . .. 3,625 0 0 454 15 0 0 2 12•21 60 feet Haddon ... .. . 14,480 0 0 725 15 0 0 1 o·u6 260 feet Haddon ... . .. 9,100 0 0 785 19 0 0 1 17"46 160 feet

----Totals ... ... 27,205 0 0 1,966 9 0 0 I 10·69

----

Clunes . .. .. . 320 0 0 40 2 0 0 2 12'15 lOO feet. This washdirt was crushed instead

Clunes . .. . .. 3,3til 0 0 318 ll 18 0 1 21'49 of being puddled

About 200 feet. This washdirt was crushed, not puddlcd

Clunes ... ... 2,085 0 0 232 0 0 0 2 5'41 At 324 feet from sur-face. This washdirt was crushed, puddled

not

Clunes ... ... 460 0 0 16 8 0 0 0 17'll About 300 feet from surface

Clunes ... ... 950 0 0 16 15 19 0 0 8•48 About 150 feet from surface

Totals ... ... 7,176 0 0 623 17 13 0 I 17"73 I

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

Ah Sam and Co. ... ... Bowman's Forest 2,100 0 0 315 0 0 0 3 0 120 feet

INDIGO DIVISION.

Chiltern Valley Gold Mines Chiltern and other Leads Various companies ... Glamorganshire, Stock­

yard, &c.

Bl::CKLAND DIVISION.

Ah Gee and Co. .. . .. . Ah Wye and Co.... .. . Ah Sue and Co. • .. .. . Ah }'at and Co. ... .. . Ah Moon and Co. .. . Hon Chin and Co. .. . Ah llee and Co. .. . .. . Ah Chee and Co. .. . Hon Chin and Co. . .. Ah Chew and Co. . .. Ah W ong and Co. . .. Quon Tack and Co. . .. Small parties and cradle men

Totals ...

IIarrietville ••• Harrietville ... Buckland Buckland Buekland Buckland lfreeburgh Free burgh Free burgh Free burgh 1'reeburgh Free burgh Free burgh

Totals ...

31,776 0 0 ' 1,454 9 0 o o 21·97 280 feet 3,3!.10 0 0 236 0 0 o 1 10·12 Surface to 200 feet

-------- -----!------/ 35,096 0 0 1,690 9 0 0 0 23'll

------~---

2,380 0 0 600 u 0

1,160 0 0 850 0 0 700 0 0

1,650 0 0 900 0 0

1,200 0 0 600 0 0 suo () () 900 0 0 650 0 0

2,500 0 0

14,890 0 0

70 40 60 70

lOO 70 42 64 15 26 45 22

I84

g ~I g 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 l4•ll 1 8 1 o·s2 I 15·52 2 20•57 0 !!0•36 0 22•4 1 1'6 0 12 0 15·6 I 0 0 16•24 I II·32

808 0 0 0 l 2•05

l l Shallo\v workings

j

• See Note at loot ol Sta.tement N"o. 13.

46

AvERAGE Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Washdirt Puddled or Sluiced, &c.-continued.

Division or Subdivision, and

Name of Company. Where Washdlrt was obtained. WasMirt Puddled. Total Yield

of Gold.

Average Yield of Gold

per Ton.

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Washdlrt was obtained, &e. -----·------- ------------------1---------------

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

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

MARTBOROUGH DIVISION, I

Duke ... ... Timor ... . .. 19,137 0 0 2,870 11 0 0 3 0 300 feet Duke Consols ... ... Timor . .. . .. 1,000 0 0 605 9 12 0 12 2'62 204 feet Carisbrook United ... Carisbrook . .. ... 3,500 0 0 552 16 0 0 3 3•81 200 feet John Bright ... ... Lower Alma. ... . .. 300 0 0 115 17 12 0 7 17'4 168 feet Keep-it-Dark ... ... Chinaman's Flat . .. 390 0 0 41 5 0 0 2 2•76 160 feet

Totals ... ... 24,327 0 0 4,185 19 0 0 3 10'59

MAJOltCA SUBDlVISION. -------·----New Kong Meng ... Majorca ... . .. 3,900 0 0 i76 11 0 0 3 23•57 170 and 200 feet New Kong Meng, No. 1 Majorca ... . .. 275 0 0 52 9 5 0 3 19'56 160 feet

Tribute party New Kong Meng, No. 2 Majorca. ... ... 275 0 0 97 19 0 0 7 2·9G 160 feet

Tribute party New Kong Meng, No. 3 Majorca ... ... 50 0 0 8 8 0 0 3 8'64 150 feet

Tribute party ----

I

Totals ....... ... 4,1'i00 0 0 935 7 5 0 4 3·77

AMHEilST DIVISION, ---------- ----

South Greenock ... ... 'Mt. Greenock Lead ... 2,850 0 0 618 13 18 0 4 8•2 135 feet Union ... ... ... Mt. Greenock Lead . .. 1,900 0 0 63 15 9 0 0 16•11 160 feet

Totals ... ... 4,i50 0 0 682 9 3 0 2 20•96

AVOCA DIVISION.

Working 1\Iiners United ... Company's ground,IIome- 6,200 0 0 865 0 0 0 2 18•96 bush -----

Dt:NOLLr AND TA.RNA.GULLA DIVISION.

Burnt Creek ... . .. Burnt Crc~k ... . .. 4,000 0 01

632 18 21 0 3 3'95 128 feet

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

FRTER'S CREEK DIVISION. 112 to 15 feet Ellis and party ... Church's Flat ... 2,600 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 7'2

Tonkin and party ... Church's :Flat . .. 104 0 0 10 8 0 0 2 0 14 feet Vosti and party ... ... German Gully ... 650 0 0 16 5 0 0 0 12 16 feet Hansen nnd party ... Mopokc Gully ... 400 0 0 10 () 0 0 0 12 10 to 12 feet Thomas and party ... Bald Hill ... .. . 400 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 90 feet Williams and party ... I New Year's Flat ... 3,900 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 4'8 14 to 16 feet Robcrts and party ... Butcher's Hill ... 300 0 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 90 feet Andersen and party ... i Spring Gully ... . .. 400 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 9•6 12 to 14 feet J ensen and party ... · Specimen Hill ... 600 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 4'8 Various Webb and party ... ... Spring Gully ... ... 500 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 6·72 18 to 20 feet Mein's Freehold G. M. ... Guildford . .. . .. 1,100 0 0 80 0 0 0 1 10•9 220 feet

------Totals ... ... 10,954 0 0 235 13 0 0 0 10'33

HEPBURN DIVISION,

Smeaton G. M. ... Smeaton ... ... 2,280 0 0 370 13 0 0 3 6'03 270 feet Long Tunnel G. M. ... Italian Hill ... . .. 629 0 () 47 16 0 0 1 12'47 100 to 150 feet Yandoit Grand Junction ... Yandoit ... ... 3,200 0 0 560 0 0 0 3 12 120 feet Yandoit Freehold ... Yandoit ... ... 80 0 0 9 9 0 0 2 8•7 120 feet Sailor Prince Extended ... Deep Creek ... .. . 525 0 0 28 5 6 0 1 1'84 320 feet Ilepburn Home Paddock ... Smeaton ... .. . 24,710 0 0 12,471 1 0 0 2 0 225 feet Sutton and party ... Table Hill ... .. . 540 0 0 13 10 0 0 0 12 1 to 15 feet 248 Chinese ... ... All over the division ... 12,000 0 0 300 0 0 0 0 12 Shallow European prospectors ... All the division ... 14,000 0 0 350 0 0 0 0 12 1 to 50 feet

----,----T ARADALE AND KTNETON

Totals ... ... 57,964 0 0 4,150 14 6 0 1 10•37 ' --~-

SUBDIVISION.

Ellis's Freehold ... ... Taradale South ... 5,700 0 0· 794 0 0 0 2 18•86 250 feet Royal Standard ... ... Malmsbury .. . ... 650 0 o I 116 3 10 0 3 13'79 lOO feet Aroona ... ... ... Drummond ... .. . 1,330 0 0* 332 10 0 0 5 0 290 feet

----Total( ... ... 7,680 0 0 1,242 13 10 0 3 5"66

TARRANGOWER DIVISION.

Abram, Grigg, and Co. ... Porcupine Flat . .. 390 0 0 9 15 0 0 0 12 10 to 20 feet John Knight and Co. ... Porcupine Flat ... 400 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 12 20 to 30 feet

Totals ... ... 790 0 0 19 15 0 0 0 12

ST . .ANDR.Ew's DIVISIO~.

140 Europeans ... ... All the division ... 8,000 0 0 700 0 0 0 1 18 Surface 84 Chinese ... . .. All the division ... 1,200 0 0 lOO 0 0 0 1 16 Surface

Totals ... . .. 9,200 0 0 800 0 o 1~ 1i·74

• Estimated.

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CEMENT.

STATEMEifT Ifo. 15.

SHOWING the AvERAGE YIELD of GoLD from certain parcels of CElllENT Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom.•

Division or Subdivision, and

Name of Company, I Where Cement was obtained.

I

Cement Crushed I Total Yield of • Gold.

Average Yield of Geld

per Ton. i--------1---------

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

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. I : Mark and Son .. . • .. Hard Hills, Carngham ... 1

E. Woods ... ... Dreamer's Hill ... ·

CRESWICK DIVISION.

Madame Berry ••. Histori ... . ..

Totals ...

.. . Spring Hill ...

... Spring Hill

Totals ...

. .. I

... i ••• !

405 0 0 25 0 0

----·---430 0 0

40 0 0 823 0 0

863 0 0

:

51 3 6 i 0 2 12'64 3 15 0 0 3 0

54 18 6 0 2 13'3

I 43 15 0 1 1 21

770 0 01 0 18 17•08 ----

813 15 0 0 18 20•6

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT.

MA:RYllOROUGH DIVISION, 0 135 Duke ... ... .. . Timor . .. ... 3 0 0 106 4 8 0 -----

AMUERST DIVISION.

r

Remarks relative to the Depth at wblcl! the

Cement was obtained.

20 feet ao to 50 feet

Sand

T. Bartlemore ... ... Tal bot . .. ... 286 0 0 19 15 0 0 1 9'15 1 Near the surface I I

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT •

... 1 150 0 0 1 45 0 0 0 6 0 90 feet

FinER's CREEK DIVISION.! Thomas and party ... Bald Hill

I

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

h.EAM" Cm• Dmow•.

1

North and South Wales ... Deep Lead, &c. ... 720 0 0 129 18 1 0 3 14•6

* See Note at loot ol Statement No. 13.

48

STATEMENT No. 16.

SHOWING THE NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLD-FIELDS OF '!'HE COLONY FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1884.

(From Returns made by the ]}fining Registrars.)

Name of Place, No. Total. Name of Place. No. Total. , ___

l----BALLARAT DISTRICT, Brought forward ... ... ... 5,01

Central Division : Clunes Subdivision: Ballarat West, including Seba.stopol 378 Clunes ... ... .. 495

and Mount Rowan Smeaton ... ... ... . .. 9 Ballarat East, including Canadian, 1,046

Gordon Subdivision: -- 504 Sailor's Gully, Black Hill, and Little Bendigo Egerton ... ... ... .. . 276

Sago Hill ... 20 Gordon ... ... ... . .. 50 ... ... ... Korweinguboora 12 -- 1,444 ... ... ...

Southern Division: Steiglitz Subdivision: -- 338 Long Gully ... ... . .. 6 Steiglitz ... ... . .. 20 Staffordshire Reef ... . .. 35 Elaine and :\lount Doran ... .. . 40 Italian Gully ... ... ... 4 Morrison's and Dolly's Creek ... 30 Kangaroo ... ... .. . 52 W oodburn Creek ... . .. .. . 10 Moonlight ... ... ... 4 -- lOO

2

Bulldog ... ... ... 40 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain Rokewood Junction ... ... 40 So uti! Subdivision: Mount Misery ... ... ... lOO Golden Point ... ... . .. 40 Yankee Hill ... ... .. . 5 Hed Hill ... ... . .. 30 Grassy Gully ... ... ... 25 Barry's Reef and Split Tree ... 70 Spring Creek ... ... ... 8 Yankee Heef, Creek, and Union Reef ... 55 Sawpit Gully ... ... ... 6 Simmons' Reef . .. ... .. . 40 Jackson's Gully ... ... . .. 5 Sebastopol and Lower Lerderderg . .. 40 Whim Holes ... ... ... 10 Blakeville ... ... . .. 10 Hard Hills ... ... ... 30 Snake Gully ... ... . .. 15 Frenchman's ... ... ... 10 Goodman's Creek and Bullenga.rook ... 10 Pinchgut ... ... ... 13 Ballan Flat ... ... . .. 20 Break-o'-Day ... ... ... 71 Garibaldi, Green Hills, and vicinity ... 25 Western Creek and Pitfield Plains ... 36 Wright's Reef ... .. . ... 30 -- 500 Bacchus Marsh and vicinity ... 15

Buninyong Division: Malter's Hill ... ... ... 10 Durham and tributaries ... ... 20 i -- 410 Green Hills and Devonshire ... 16 I Ballan Subdivision: Hard Hills ... ... ... 18

i Upper Werribee River and vicinity ... I 4

Hiscock's line of reef ... ... 260 1- 4 Winter's Flat and Cobbler's ... 20

I ---Napoleon, Kitty's Ranges, and Gym pie 14 Total for Ballarat District ... ... 6,368 Grenville ... ... ... 4 I ------Magpie Ranges ... ... ... 20 P. J. Hanges ... ... ... 4 BEECHWORTH DISTRICT, Black Lead ... ... ... 8 Beechwot·th Division: Long Gully and Poor Man's ... ... 12 Spring Creek ... ... ... 105 Union Jack ... ... ... 2 Silver Creek ... ... ... 25 Prospecting and isolated parties ... 8 Deep Creek ... ... ... 20

-- 406 Hurdle Creek ... ... ... 25 Smyt!tesdale Division: Pennyweight l<'lat ... ... ... 50

Smythesdale ... ... ... 50 Two-mile Creek ... ... ... 40 Searsdale and Newtown ... . .. so Three-mile Creek ... ... . .. I HO Cape Clear ... ... ... 25 Six-mile Creek ... ... ... 30 Brown's ... ... ... 20 Stony Creek ... ... ... 35 Italian Gully ... . .. ... 10 Myrtleford, &c. ... ... .. . lOO Derwent Jack's ... . .. ... 60 ·w ooragee, &c. ... ... .. . 50 Piggoreet ... ... ... 10 Reid's Creek ... ... .. . 28 Bottle Hill ... ... ... 40 Woolshed ... ... ... 85 Snake Valley and Hard Hills ... 70 Sebastopol ... ... ... 60 Happy Valley and Lucky Woman's ... 85 Eldorado ... ... . .. 60 Haddon ... ... ... . .. 400 Stanley and neighbourhood ... ... 260 Golden Lake ... ... .. . 5 Bowman's Forest ... ... . .. 60 Madden's Flat ... ... .. . 10 Yackandandah South Subdivision: -- 1,17 Linton's ... ... ... 110 Clear Creek .. . 40 Monkey Gully 15 ... ... ... ... . .. I Bruarong 4 Moonlight 5

... . .. .. . ... ... ... Kirby's Flat . .. 10 Preston Hill 5

... ... ... ... ... Rowdy Flat 12 1,000 ... ... . .. -- Os borne's Flat 15 Creswick Subdivision : ... ... ... Allan's Flat ... ... ... s Creswick ... ... ... 15 Staghorn Flat .. . 13 Spring hill 1,220 ... ... ... ... . .. Twist's Creek ... ... . .. 27 Hed Streak ... ... ... 270 Muddy Creek .. . 16

Union Hill 6 ... ... ... ... ... Hills borough . .. 25 Longpo:int 10 ... ... ... ... . .. Sanrly Creek . .. 90 Diamond Gully 6 ... ... ... ... ... Township 30

Cobbler's Gully 6 ... ... .. . ... ... . .. Hayes' Point ... . .. . .. 14 Bald Hills ... ... ... 25 Fell Timber Creek ... 3 ... . .. Sulky Gully ... ... .. . 2 -- 30 Slaty Creek ... ... ... 25 Indigo Division: Mopoke ... ... ... ... 10 Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads ... 196 Humbug Hill ... ... . .. 12 Suffolk Lead ... ... ... 6 Portuguese Flat ... ... . .. 15 Indigo Lead ... ... ... 78 Back Creek ... ... . .. 10 Lancashire Lead ... ... ... 6

3

7

Bullarook ... ... . .. 30 Lanarkshire Lead ••• ... ... 6 --- 1,662 Caledonian Lead ... ... ... 16

---Carried forward ... ... ... 5,012 Carried forward ... .. . ... 1,48 0

I

49

NUMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS ou the Gold-fields, &c.-continued.

Name of Place.

Brought forward

Indigo Division-con tinned. Clydesdale Lead Robert Burns Lead Durham Lead Rutherglen Reefs ... Chiltern Beefs Kincardinshire Lead Newcastle Lead All England Lead ... Stockyard Lead McHughes' Gully Lead Glamorganshire Lead

Buck/and Division: Buckland ... Harrietville Harrietville to Bright Bright to Boundary, including Run­

ning Creek

Wandiligong Subdivision: Morse's and Growler's Creeks

Alexandra Subdivision: Alexandra and vicinity Gobur and vicinity

No.

2 4 7

21 58

5 2 4

12 2

14

276 124 363

72

132

Total.

1,480

439

835

132

Name of r1ace.

Brought forward ...

M itta Ill ill a N or·th Suhdivi,ion: Granya and vicinity

Mitta Mitta South Subdivision: Granite Flat Mitta Mitta Hiver ..• Junction Lightning Creek Snowy Creek Mount Cmlgewa Logbridge Creek

Bethanga Subdivision: llethanga and vicinity

Jamieson Subdivision: Howqua llills llowqua l{inr to .Jamicson River Mack's Creek Sailor Bill's Creek ... J amicson to Loyal a

Dark River Subdivision:

Nu.

~I 0

;)()

~I)

18 12

9 10

2

-I 8

40 :!0 20 50

120

I

Total.

:1,435

90

101

8

250

Devil's Hi ver and tributaries J ohnson's Creek and tributaries UT Creek

20 12 18 ~

2

Dark Hivcr Brown's Creek Lawson's Creek Little !Jark Hiver :\Icl~ay's Cret·k Green':; Creek

... i

Goulburn Hiver Doogalook Spring Creek and Durham Gully Hi gin bot ham Ti-trec Creek and vicinity ... Acheron l~iver nnd Field Maindamplc and Doon Yea and Yea Hiver Merton and vicinity King Parrot Creek Arcona and Ilevfield Moving popnln£ion ...

Dry Cree" Subdivision : Brankeet Creek Dry 'Creek Hell's Hole Table Land

Gaffney's Creeh Subdivision: Goulburn River Gaffney's Creek Raspberry Creek Wallaby Reef and Creek Ryan's Creek Lyre Bird Creek ... Cannon's Creek Moving population

Wood's Point Su/J(/iuision: \Vood's Point and Morning Star Lower Gonlburn ... Right and left branches Goolcy's Creek Harper's and Pheasant Creeks All Nations' Creeks Black Hh·cr :Maori Creek Never-mind Spur Moving population

Big River Subdivision: \Varner's Creek Enoch's Point Hailw:l•· Crc•ck .Jinl 'l'l;om:ts's Creek Big- Hi,·cr North Big Hivn Sonlh :Frv's Creek Goulburn Hi ,·er Frcnclnuan's ('reek :\Iodng popnlatiou

Carried forward

]()

G G :!

24

8 20

7 15

·1 ]()

:ls 28 !I

30 40 ]()

~

2 8 ()

20

20 ·1 4

Ill 4 2 4 5

3 IO 20

li ;)()

(j

:l 9

I

Total for lleechworth District ...

i SANDHURST lhSTHICT.

I Sandhurst Division: Back Creek and Spring Gully Sheepshearl and Golden Gully Golden Square and Kangaroo Flat Crusoe Gully and neighbourhood ::\larong ant! Dullock Creek Victoria rtlHl N ew-ehum Reefs

168

84

105

101

I 91 I

I

Long, Mai<lcn, and Dcrwent Gullies ... Iron bark Bendigo Flat White Hills und Epsom IIuntly Kamurooku Axcdale ... Scattered and prospecting

Eaglehawh Subdivision: }:Jysian Flat, Sebastian, and Raywootl Prince of \Vales Hec·f licad llorsc• Herf ... J,~ried man's Beef llcrenlcs, Devon,!Jire, rtntl t,it. ::\Iun;l"

Hc.:r r~ Snob':; Ili~ I, Cat herine, anti Star 1:cc f,, 'VinclJnill, Xv1soiJ, and lJohusOI:\; Hetl." ~,;pteinu.:n Jiill, ( lan:llC(·, and 1\Joon

Hl'cls Splncy l•'lat llll<l \Yiiipstick ". Lip,ht!tlng Jlill ~ea 1 t{' re( 1 and 11rosrwcti ng

Kilmorc /)/,,is/on: Hccdv Crc·c>k Suml;,y Crc('k Stmth Creek

lleathcote Diui,ion and Waranya South Subdivision;

Graylown Hedcasile llcatht•oil' Coslerllcld 'l'ooiHll'ae Kintll()lton Hll<l Clllllpaspe Coli ball and ::\Iyrtlc Crcc,k \Viltl-(lw.:l<i:

Carried forward , :3,435 11 _______ :...___...:._ __ ,_,__ _____________ _ No, .5~.

' :'c; : .--1 I 1----

! 4,09fi

HI I ~·J 170

40 -o

4'iiJ

:!20 !50

·ill le 1<1

}Qt\ I . _____ [

L'l2 2 (j

.j()

!:

1,\110

:!,031

140

580

1,661

5()

NuMBER and DrsTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Gold-fields, &c.-conti1lued.

Name of Place. ,. ! T I ,,o. I ota • Name oll'lace. No. Total.

------------------------------ -----11------~ ~------------------------------1-----1-----

Brought forward... ... I 4)l61 Drought forward ... ... ... 3,342

Waranga North Subdivision: Rush worth Whroo Coy's Diggings

Total for Sandhurst District

MARYDOliOUGH DlSTIUCT.

Maryborouglt Division: Alma Waterloo Inkermau Moonlight Flat Adelaide Lead Golden Point Craigie Four-mile Flat Carisbrook Mosquito Blucher's Heef Newtown Havelock Chinaman's l<'lat Blackman's Lead Maryborough

Majwca Subdivision: Majorca England's Hill Lead Gibraltar Lead Scandinavian Lead McCallum's Creek Rocky .Flat

Amherst Di•;ision: Tal bot Seandinavian Lead Mount Greenock Lead Nuggety and Long Gullies ••• 1\:angnroo Gully and Flat ... Mia Mia Flat and tributaries Daisy Hill and tributaries Adelaide Lead South Blacksmith's Gully Emu and Cockatoo Brown's Gully Rocky Flat Lilicur

.dvoca Subdivision: Amphitheatre Avoca Lead Green llill Creek Percydale Home bush Lam plough Mountain Hut No. I Creek l'o. 2 Creek Kimbcrlcv and Sardine J)onkey Hill 1\liJdle Creek, &e .... Gullies east of Avoca Golden Stream Bung Bung

Dunolly and 1'arnagulla Divisions: Dunolly Burnt Creek Goldsborough lnkerman Moliagul, &c. Bcaliba Murphy's.Flat, &e .... Jones' Creek, &c. Tarnagulla Half-way, &c. Llanelly, &c. Wild-dog, &c. 1\losquito .Flat

Carried forward

llO 79 60

3(1

10 20 20 35 20 25 20 90 30 2D 40 4D

500 25

240

150 10 15 10 :~o

15

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270 :w 10 10 Jo

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5 -·

170 1~0

lOo 78

120 (i.')

12 IH

145 )~

25 20 12

249

4,910

1,165

230

429

520

998

lnglewood Divi8ion : lnglewood .. . Berlin Diggings .. . Kingower .. . Mclntyrc's .. . Synnott's ... Bnrkc's Flat ... Opossum Flat ..• Wchla ... ... Jordan ... • .. l(angadaraar Creek

Wedderburn Dh•ision: \V cdderlmrn .•• ... .. . A voc!t Eorest and Pine IHdge .. . Woolshcd and Yorkshire ]'!at ... Kilburnie ... ... ... .. . Gariualdi ... ... ... .. . :vraryuorough Gully and neighbourhood Wychetclla Gully ... ... . ..

Redbank Subdivi;ion: l\foonambel, &c. J<:mcralt! .Flat Reduank, &c.

St. Arnawl South Subdivision: Stuartmill, &c. ... ... .. . Hincs ... ... .•• .. . Darling Flat ... ... • •• Sandy Creek ... ... • .. Cantcrbnrv ... ... ... G nllies between Stuartmill and Hines

'I St. Arnaud North Subdivision: ,I New l3cndigo ... • ..

1:

St. Arnaud .. . Silver Mines, &c. .. . J<:rnu, &c. • .. Carapoocc .. . Bdl Hock, &c. .. . Blink Bonnic, &e ... . Malice ... .. . Queen l\fary, &c. .. . Dalycnong .. . Jere .Jaw .. . .. . Bay Horse Heef ...

Total for J\faryborough District ...

CA!TLE~!All<E DISTRICT.

Casllemaiue Dioi~io11: Ca3tlcmainc Eurektt Hed Guildfonl Camphdl's Cre<'l< ... f'ailor'~ Gullv Barker's Crc~k ~lyrtlc Crc<·k 1\loonlight Flat Chew ton Wattle Gully Golden Point J)iaiiWIH! Gu:Iy J3o~ivill Hcd

F•·yer's Creeh DiL'i.>iuu: Gulden Gnlly to Frycrstown Spring Gully to Specimen llill Chok'clll Flat !o Yauglutn ... Bukhn's :tn<l Kangaroo Hills <iennan :ttl\1 ~lopokc Gullies Lo<hlon: Yaughrw to Pennyweight ... Table llill and Tarilta. ... G nildfor.l lli\ls ... • .. Lod,]on: Vaughan to Uolcombc Nuggcty Hill anti frishtown Green and Sailors' Gullies ... Piekpocket and H urJ Hills ... Stratitloddon and Hit-or-Miss

Carried forward

S95 lOO 145 20 40 85 20 45 30 20

69 Hi 13 10

8 32

6

85 20 20

12 11 21!

9 13 8

147 184

8 12

5 8

16 36 15 7

22 15

iS 2

6\J 81'1 82 57

2 54

180 9:l

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31

220 :15 40 \10 80 ill 90

200 so 90 G5

900

154

125

75

475

5,07

824

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NuMBER and DISTRIBUTION of MINERS on the Gold-fields, &c.-continued. : I

Name of Place. So. Total. Name of l'lace. No. Total. ······---~·- - ··-- --·····- ---·---

Brought forward ... ... . .. 2,004 AuARAT DISTRICT,

Davlesford ( Flepbum) Division: A.rarat Division: Dry Diggings Section 35

I Amrat Proper 250 ... ... I ... ... . ..

Yantloit Section ... ... 90 Armstrong's .. . ... ... liO Boots Gully Section ... ... 0" I l'hilip's Flat l11Hl Cathcart ... . .. :~5 _, l talian Gully Section ... ... 14 Shca's Flat ... . .. ... 10

, Spring Creek Section ... ... 51 Opossum Gully and Port Curtis ... 35 Doctor's Gully Section ... ... 21 I 1\loyston and Londonderry ... . .. 30 Brandy-hot Section ... ... 28 I --- 420 Deep Creek Section ... . .. 15 : Blind Creek Section ... . .. 91 Pleasant Creek Division: Stony Creek Section ... ... as Silver Shilling ... ... ... 12 Wombat Creek Section ... . .. 5~)

i llccp Lcad,l<'orty-foot, & W elshmnn's Flat 250

Day!esford Section ... ... 272

I Great Western ... . .. . .. 150

Connell's Gully Section ... . .. 20 Stawell ... ... .. . 540 Western Mines ... ... . .. 95 Seventy-foot ... . .. ... 15 Southern Mines ... ... . .. 24 Germania ... ... .. . 6

1- 940

I

Welcome ... ... .. . 2 Darli ngton ... ... ... 4

Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision: lronbark ... . .. ... 8 : Cosmopolitan ... ... ... 14

Tara.dale 92 I --- 1,001 ... . .. ... I

Bell topper ... ... . .. 69 Barkly Division: l~edesdale ... ... ... 12

I Mahnsbury 146 Lall<lsborough . .. ... . .. 102 ... ... ... Darkly 37 Coli ban 10 I ... ... .. . ... ... .. . :Frenchman's 65 Lauriston 52 ... . .. .. . ... ... ... Glenr1atrick 60 Drummontl 'il ... ... .. . ... . .. ... --- 264 Liberty Flat ... ... ... 115 I Scattered ... . .. ... I 18 Raglan Division :

J-- 49.5 Beaufort ... ... ... . .. 80 I Sailors' Gully ... ... . .. 20

Tarrangotnr Division: I

Waterloo ... ... ... 400 Old Main J,ead ... ... .. . 50

North Maldon ... ... . .. 41 Chute ... ... ... .. . 7 Beehive Ilill ... ... . .. 71 --- 557 J<:aglchawk ... ... ... 52 ---J,ong Gully ... ... ... 1!! Total for Ararat District .. . ... 2,242 Porcupine Flat ... ... ... 36 ---Mount Tarrangower ... ... 180 ----Sall<ly Creek ... . .. . .. 8fl Nttg!(cty ... ... ... 45

GlPPSJ.AND DISTRICT. Mi:t Mia ... ... .. . (j

Green Vall~y ... ... . .. 2,) Omeo Subdivision: M ucklefurd ... ... ... 13 Livingstone Creek 150 Clydesdale 16 ... ... ... ... ... Mitta.Mitta Rh·er, from Cobnngra to J'arkin's Reef ... ... . .. 4)

German Heef 55 W om b>tt Creek ... ... .. . 30 ... ... ... Cobnngra. ... 30 Newstead ... '"i_l ... ... .. . ... ...

Wombat 10 Bell's Heef ... 5 ... ... ... ... ... Swift's Creek 125 688 ... ... . .. Hivcr Tambo ... ... . .. 12

St. Andrew's Division: --- 357

Anderson's Creek 75 Giblw Subdivision: ... ... ...

Gibbo Hiver 10 Long Gully l:J ... ... ... ... ... . .. Rassafras Creek nud Saltpetre Creek 20 Smith's Gully ... . .. ... 9 Zulu Creek 44 Yow-Yow 7 ... . .. ... ... ... . .. Cribbage Creek 3 Wi\tl-dog 12 ... ... ... ... . .. ... --- 77 Walsh's ... . .. ... 6 Cherry-tree ... ... . .. 4 Mirc!tell !liver Subdivision: Cobbler's Gully ... ... ... I 4 Nichnlson and Tambo riYers and their Watery Gully ... ... ...

I 5

trilmhtrics 40 Reef ton 9 ... ... . .. ... ... ... llauntcd ~tt·cam :JO Queens town 22 ... ... . .. ... ... .. . I Dcptfonl ... 30 Kingstown (Panton Hill) 33 I ... ... . .. ... . ..

1-- lOO 1\Ic~bhon's ... ... ... :3 Emerald ... ... .. . 9 !Jog[}!! Creek Subdh•ision: Starvation Creek ... ... ... 2 B"!!I'Y Creek ... . .. . .. 100 Hoddlc's Crec•k ... ... ... 2:~ Merriji,r Creek ... ... . .. 20 Wilson's Creek ... ... ... 2 S1tntly's Creek ... . .. ... 15 Diamoml Creek ... ... ... 31 i 'J'wo-mil" Creek ... ... .. . 10 Britannia ... ... ... ... 4 1\litcht'l t Hi ver ... ... .. . 25 Donovan's Creek ... ... . .. 7 --- 170 Muddy Creek ... ... .. . 4

I. Croolud !liver Dil·ision: One-tree Hill ... ... .. 8 Grant 6 Ge•nhrook 14 ... ... ... ... ... ... Crooked River 27 Scotch man's 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... Jungle Creek 4 ------ 309 ... ... ... Thirty-mile Creek ... ... ... 1

Blue Mountain Nor/lt Su/,division: Upper Dargo ... ... . .. 24 Good !lope Creek ... ... . .. 6

Trentham ... ... . .. tl \Vongnngarra ... . .. ... 2 Newbury ... ... ... 15 Gootl Lnek Creek ... ,., 2 Garlick's ... ... ... 30 Twc!Yc-mi!e Creek . .. . .. I

--- 51 1- 73 1--- ----

Total for Castlemaine District ... ... 4,-l87 Car rietl forward ... ... ... 777

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NmiBER an<l DrsTRillUl'ION of MINERS on the Gohl-fiel<ls, &c.-continued.

N amc of rlacc. No. I

Name of l)lnce. --~~~ Tvral. i Total.

! ~--

Brought forward 777 Brought forward 1,666

Dargo Subdivision : Russell's Creek Division : Middle Dargo 26 Cross-over Creek 8 Lower Dargo 8 Tanjil 42 Wentworth River ••• 14 Exhibition Reef 10 Russell's Creek 18 Mitcheli River 17 Hawthorn Creek 9 Swamp Creek 2 Wombat Creek 3

Parnell Reef 8 Buckley's Flat 2

Dane's Creek 3 Western Branch, Tanjil River 6

Teacup Creek 4 Camp Creek 4

N ormanby Reef 2 Sandy Creek 2 Jindivic 6 Budgee Reefs 5 Narracan Creek 3 99 Tar win 6 Jericho Division: Clarke's Gully 1 Dry Creek 12

Lower Jordan 42 Trafalgar ... 3

Upper Jordan 7 Lady Manners Sutton Creek 4 Stony Creek ••• • •• 2 Red Jacket Creek ••• 8 Traralgon ... 6 BB Creek 15

Toorak Line 4 Ross Gully 1 Toombon Claim 40 German Gully 2

New Lily Claim 9 Neerim 2 Bear's Creek 3 Thomson Hiver 8

133 Aberfeldy River 25 Star and Thomson .•• 12 Bendoc Subdivision: Prospecting and fossicking ... 20

202 Ben doe 12 Donnelly's Creek Division: Lower Bendoc 4

Donnelly's Creek 75 Delegate River 10 Aberfeldy 67 Bog and Queensborough 26 Fulton's Creek 2 Back Creek 12 Blackwall Reef 5 Prospecting 8

149 72 Stringer's Creek Division:

Walhalla (Cohen's Reef) 370 Tarwin Subdivision: Aberfeldy River 10 Foster 20 Thomson River 25 Deep Creek 2 Stringer's Creek 8 Turton's Creek 4 Black Diamond 6 Tin Creek, Franklin 4 Ranges ... 10 30 Fulton's Creek 2 j---Tubal Cain 8 Total for Gippsland District

<1-39 1,901

Carried forward 1,666 GRAND TOTAL 29,075

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