95

HOILEHS l~Sl'ECT!O~ AC'f.

REPORT OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR, A. H. MERRTN, .M.C.E.

I haxe the honour to report upon the wmking of th<? Bo~lf'rs Inspection Act for the year 191 r.

No. 1 RETUR..'i.-CLASSiliCATIDN" 011 llmLERs At\n

NuMBERS h<sPr:CTED I>- Cnres, TowNs, AND

~OROUGIIS. Type 0! fi,JI.:r. _\,,. Tl!··Jh.TLl'<L

Cornish r .H Lancashire 6o Cornish and rnultitubular (jackass) J 1...1-Lancashire and multitubuiar . .. 9 Multitubublr. under firPd ~F9 Multitubuiar, internallv ilwd. marine 90 1Iultitubuhu: intern:tlfr fi:·ed 1 dry bat·k 34 Locoruotin::- 1 ·portable · 81 Locomotive, stationarv 7 Locomotin:, tr.:-~ction · 3.) Water tube r44 Vertical 28z Cylindrical, under fired 7 Cylindric:::t11 egg-ended> unfk·r f1rrd q Superheah"d 6 Digester r :19

No. z RETUR~.-·~RrrorsrRATIO~, CERTlFfCATF.S,

ETc. l':utlculllt'lL

Boilers registered Boilers inspected aed testC'd Boiler certificates issued Boil<:r certificates pending Boilers condemned Steam pressure reduced Repairs ordereJ Furnaces strengthened Dangerou;) notice issued l.ockup safety valves .1dded Water gauge "mountings added Test cocks added Digesters registerf'd Digesters inspected Digesters certificates issued Nine licensed im;nL.octors bave been

these boilers during ~the year.

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J 1347 1.127

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3 l -, 2l

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0

r88 129 91

occupied upon

Mr. Sloss (:\felbourne) reports:--" In :tll cases boilers inspected hy me ~~nd in \\•·;rk arc fed from the metropolitan water supply. J\oilers llnder my SUp€!V)Si0n are an t10W generali Y deJ.JJ £md \Yh€re pitting h<t~> taken place, I have, by inOucing the owners to use preventatives, been able in nearly aH cases to arrest further deterioration, and during the Jast year's inspection have only two noted for future reference, Nearlv a.H boilers under my inspection are in first-class Condition, and h3-ve, by better at· tention during the last few years, impr{)\'ed ratlwr than deteriorntccl, Th,;\" ar..: now fre(: from !nr:rGs­tation, while rust and Pining hn\'C, in most cases1

been stopped, I find nwnns most courteous nnd only too gbd to c:ury out my instrw_·tio:l~ or ~ng­gestions, which they have found ]!!! in their inten:sL"

Mr. Fulton (~!elbourne, Geeiong, &c.) states that tne feed water is usually good, very little ~n, crustation or pitt:ng is visible, and, generally, the result of inspection has the effect of keeping the boilers dean ami in good condition1 and may be considered satlsfJ.ctor_y to boiler attenrlants awJ lo)Wners.

:\lr. Hurwood reports:-j 1 I:1 my inspections ln :-uch \Yiddy ::;eparated, districts as Melbourne, Pon­i:Ind, \VJ.rrnamhcoJ, Koroit! Geclong, St. Arnaud, Echuu. Malm5Jbury, and Sale, 1 have such J;!t:<l\' \,,rif'tr of fetd water that I recommend precaut10DS adapted to each respective place~ and the effec:t of t"i:.e WAter differs entirely <Kcorcling to its pec!li:(: charnctl:ristics. The general condition of the lxnlers has fJC:en bettr-r, beca u~e in a. wet year Eke 191 1. thl· ch:tracter of the \\'ater 1s definitely better for l>o1ler:-. than in ;1 fln· vear. Owuers ar<31 as a ru1e1 glad h; ;<et upcn ffi_y :tridCt\ and say so."

~lr. Kcrr (B,!lbrat and district), in submitting Lis n•port~r remarks th~1t--'~ The (..'On.dition of the hoilvrs gencrall} js good, and quite up to the stan~ tbrJ of l.tst vear. In some districts disincrustants an: used witb the feed water! to prevent pitting and to resist scale- fonn.1.tion, with very good re­sults. <t proper analys:~s of the feed water being fir~t made. The owners affon~ every facility for in~ sped ion and testing purposes. a

:.Ir. Sarvass, who inspected boilers at BendigoJ Eel mea~, ;md l ngle\vood, mentions in his report that -~·' Tbe \\ ater used for steaming purposes in the d]stric~ is very good, and, consequentiy1 very little lrH .. Tnstation is formed on the plates. Owners, for the most part, ha\'e given me every assistance to euablt: a thorough im:iflt'ction and test to Le mat.k •Jf rtwir boilers. and in e\-ery case tiJe boilers W(•re W<.'l~ c;m;d for and well managed.''

)lr. Go;ch (Melbourne and Western District) says -- '' So far as the feed water used in ~felbourne and :,uburbs is concerned ownen of boilers have 1htle m Y~Othing to complain of. At times the \Yater senice m:t y carry mud in suspension~ but beyond t>,is lht'tt' ))\'"ems to be no other propert!es in our w,tkr ;·.u;>ply to affect the boilers. The feed water n:;eJ out of the creeks1 &c., in the \Vestern District \..;. Yery injurious to boilers: especially boilers of tilt• undcr~fired type. The main causes of pitting­in boilers~ more so in boilers of the water-tube type; seem to be the introduction of oil into the water, caused by bad management of heating the feed W:Jter. l h:~ve had a number of the feed-water sy,.,tems n>arranged to overcome this diffiCulty. ln thi'5 )"l' :r l h;;~se- found tbe boilers in general in a much i" tkr condition <.~-.s compared with prcviou:-, yc,trs. The majority of owners now seem to recog~ nl.'-e th~;t nttcntilm in this diroction 500\l pays for it ~d f. On the \"\ hol(•, I fintl owners of bo1ler.s very rv:!SOnable t') dea~ w~th."

?-.Ics~>rs. \\'atsonj Harkness, and Tipping. also fur­nished r{'lKn·ts upon the boller~ they in.spect<:d.

Im.pector \Varhurst reports as follows upon saw­r,tili bodf'r" in sbires for tb(! half-year July to Dr­•t'mlvr1 19£1:~-

Cornish and multitubu\:::· (jack:<ss) r6 ).lultituhnlar under fired 4 \lultitubular~, internally fired .. dry back 2

Locomotive 'j Lo·_·on:oti y;}, portable r -t-9 Lo:::omoti\ e, stationary Locomotive, traction 9 Vertical 7

Particulau. Total,..

Boilers registered 330 Boilers inspected and tested 195 Boiler certificates issued 151 Boiler certificates pending 4r Condemned 3 Steam pressure reduced se Repairs ordered .. . 27 Dangerous notices issued 1 2

Lockup safety valves added . . . 9 Water gauge mountings added z Steam pressure gauges tested . . . J 89 Steam pressure gauges condemned as un~

reliable 7

The water used in connexlon with these boilers is generally of doubtful quality, and is got usually from darns and creeks. The type of boiler prin­cipalry used is the portable (loco. type), anU re· quires great attention! especially in the use of the blow ~off cock each morning, as an accumulation ot mud which settles near the foundation ring; j£ al­lowed to stay there, means a burnt fire-OOx~ and possibly something worse.

The water has variable quantities of magncsi;1 and other salts which require a. proper re-agt"ntf only found by c,ueft~l analysis of the feed water. Fre­C(Uent use ot the b1ow~off, awl. the addition of car­honate of soda to fe€d water, will hdp consider­ably to cht:'Ck the f:ffects ot water which is of a C(~r~ roslve nature. Incrustation is in evidence prin­cipally bf.low the water line .1nd on fire"box <'.rown plates.

Blotching and pitting is another torrn ot de­terioration, the former sometimes extending over large areas, whilst other parts of the plate seem un­nf.cctt··d. One boiler seemt.'d perfectly good exc'Cpt in one place, and a patch about r 5 inches in rlia~ meter had to be put on.

Care should be exercised in ~1aving tight jojnt:. at mud holes 1 as a leaky joint means a patch in a short time--quite 50 per cent. of portable boilers having one or more patches ln this place. Three boilers bnve been condemned, each of them on ar.­count ot age and general deterioration.

The general condition of boilers is good. Boiler" which had been working in a precarious state ha.ve been replaced with new ones since the Act was ex­tended to sawmill~ in shires. Those that bnw: been discarded havt: found their wav 1nto other parts of tbe shire where the Act is noi aJ?plied, and will go on working in an unsafe condition until such time as they are placed under supervision.

The attitnde of owners is favorab1e, a.nd all seem to welcome the extension of the Act~ aespite the fact that many of them have had the working pres­sure reduced to such an extent as to render the boiler useless, so far as their work is concerned. [ have frequently been asked to test other boilers, I)Uch as those used -in butter factories, chaffcutters, &c., but had to explain that these did not come under tbe Act. A number of owners complained that, whilst thev were in the heart of the forests, others, who wefe situated in populous districts~ are

exempt, simply because they are not cutting timbe;. The majority of owners would, I am sure, be m favour of the Act being exter.ded t:'i tl:cn1. n

ln my annual report for 1907 and 19:::9, i: was recommended that the Act be exte-nrleu. tu certain boilers in shires-the list included practk.tH y all boilers in shires except those undt.~ five-hors~ power "'x:empted under the Act. On the 23-rd March, J 91 1,

the Act was extended by order in ('()uncil to boiler~ in anv shire in the trade or busines>; of timber cut· ting. · :;;1wmitling, and :firev.-ood sawing i and t,J holler.:; in any shire not under the superv1s1on of the Victorian Railways Commissioners on land vested In the Cornmissioner~the latter consisting chiefly nf boilers used in cutting firewood on railw:ly sta­ti1 m:.;. The boilers covered by this extension, num~ berina probably 400, are distributed over the whole State~ and the system of inspection by ~ salar~M , ;fficer \\as resorted to. The work of mspectlOn c;,mn1(1;Cect early in July} and the foregoing report is f( ,r the ~ix months ending December.

Out of 195 boilers inspected anJ tested, it was found. th{H in 71 cases, or 35 per cent. of the tot:~ 1. the inspector took action more or less dra11tic:, in ordt•r to insme- the degn..-e of safety required by the regulation:;. The results of the inspection of these shire OOilcrs show that the extension of the Art h:t" bE'<;n beneficial.

Tlw ;u;;pector of sawmitl boilers in shires was 111:nk .m inspector- under the Factories Act in order !o 1mw~d<: for the supervision of saw-mm machinery to \Yhich this Act was made to apply. He is also a mcmht--r ot thi~ engine-drivers' Board. ln the latter Glpn6ty h(~ tt':-.t;;; the f]Ualifications of boiler attend­::mti., ·Thl." svslPP1 i~ of ~onsirlerabi(' <;onvenience. <lnd !'0\t:d be ·adopted in am- further extensions of h 1th I he RoilN.;. Inspection .-\-\1' and F;wtories Act.

ln order to insure the proper construction and safe ''o~-l..:ing of boilers generally, it i.<; r(:'Corumended that ,tl[ hnil1 rs throughout the State should he subject to thP provisions of the Boilers Inspection Act. The periodirnl inspection by an expert inspector tends ro iengthf'n the li_fe of a b?iler, and cond~ces to its ,;~ff' a;vi t."<'ononucal workmg. It also g1ves a de. siral:,]c ::.ccurity to the owner, by whom also the ~{ h·ic~ of the inspector is usually much valued. t nder a \Vorkers Compensation Act the insurance r.ompanies would probably adopt rates favorable to IJOtkr owners where the boile1· is subject to expert periodical inspection. Boilers which fail to corn~ ply with the requirements of the Act are driven ~ut­side the present area of its jurisdiction~ and thus shires become the dumping ground for many old and inferior boilers.

The extent to which boilers may escape the con­tinuous inspection required by the Act may be seen in the difference between the number of boilers rC<­gistered. since the inception of the Act, namely, 2,640, and the number inspected during the current ::-ear1 namely, 1,542. The OOilers represented by this difference were at some time under the Act, but have passed beyond its jurisdiction-principally into shires.

97

ENGll'Hi-DRIVERS' CERTIFICATES AND BOIJ,ER TEST LICENCES.

The H onorable the Minister of M''"''· &c .. &c. Sm,

We have t!Hl honour to furnish our report for the year 1911.

E'WJine-tlrivers. Examinations have hcen held in Melbourne quarterly, and in the country districts half-yearly, as

asual.

During the year 169 mining a:1d 650 factvry applications for certificates were received, or a total ,,f 819, and 739 certificates were issued. The following is a detailed list of the certificates :-Under the Mines Acts~ First-class competency, 47; sccond-dass competency, 108; third-class competency, 5. Under the Factories and Shops Acts~First-claa.<; competency, 125, second-.class competency. 321; third-class competc:ncy, 6; and boiler attendants, 120 ; first-class ser\icc, 2; second-class service, 5.

In addition to th<cse, 44 registration slips were issued t<J holders of certificates from other States oi the Conunonwe.alth and New Zealand-15 first-class, 28 second-class, and I third-class.

No accidents were reported to the Board.

Boiler Test Lic<mces. One examination was held, which Mr. A. Harkness, of Bendigo, succeeded in pa.ssing, and on tbo

recommendation of the Board was granted a licenc.:.: to inspect and test steam boilers.

Office of J\fines, Melbourne, 4th March, 1912.

We have the honou.r to be, Sir,

Your obedient servants,

ROBERT FULTON, JOHN COATS, BENJN. BARNES, E. R. ~lEEKISON, f'. WARHURST,

1 1 Members of the ~ Board of Examiners. I l

R. t:. BIRRELL, Secretary.

CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY TO METALLIFEROUS MINE MANAGERS AND OTHERS.

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EXA1UNERS.

To the Hanvrable the Minuter of Miloes, &ic., dk

We have the honour to submit our report for the year 1911. Only one examination was held during t.hc year. Ten applications for certificate~ \'W'te recPivcd,

and six certificates were issued.

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The following is a detailed list of certiJicates :--First~class mining managers 3 Second-class mining manager& 1 Battery managers 2

Office of Mines, Melboume, 5th Man~h, 1912.

Total .. 6

We have the honour to be, Sir,

Your obedient servants,

E. R. }lEEKISON, em rs 0 • e A. H. MERRIN, Chairman,} M be f th

J. LANGDON, Boardof Exanuners.

R. U. BIRRELL, Secretary.

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BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR ISSUING CERTIFICATES TO ::\f,L~AGERS AND UNDER ::I!A.c"'l"AGERS.

COAL MINES REGULATION ACT 1909.

To t1te Honorahle the Minister of Mines, &e., &c. Sm,

We have the honour to furnish our first report under the provisions of the above~mentioned Act, which made the holding of certificates compulsory for all managers of coal mines within the State.

The inaugural meetings of the Board were held in January, 1911, at which regulations for issuing certificates were drawn up and subsequently approved by the Governor in Council. A C?PY of the r<·gu­lations is appended. We would suggest that thoy be published with this report in the Annual Report of the Secretary for ~fines.

We held one examination in 1911, and have arranged to hold them periodically at hall-yearly intervals in the future. The number of applications !or certificates received during the year 1911 was 36, and 23 certificatos were issued, as shown by the following detailed list :-

Competency mining managers (first class) Competency under managers (second claas) Servtce mining managers (first class) Service under managers (second class)

8 2 8 5

Total 23

It is the Board's desire to accept, as far as possible without examination wherever the proVIBwns of the Act will allow, certificates of competency issued by any other corresponding examif'Jng body through­out the world, where the conditions of issue are considered equal to our own. 'Vith this end in view several certificates have been issued to the holders of Imperial Mining Manager's certificates, after the applicants have been submitted to an oral examination in the provisions of this Act.

Negotiations have also been in progreBB, under section 33 of the Act, with all the other States of the Commonwealth and the Dominion of New Zealand, with the object of securing a mntual recognition of certificates, and the rooult so far achieved is that reciprocity has been arrangod in the following certi­ficates:-

New Zealand Queensland Tasmania. Western A ustra!iA

H "

Mining manager compet<>ncy (first class).

" " " H "

" " H JJ

H H H H );

Under manager competency (second class)

The negotiations with New South Wales have so far failed, but it is hoped that reciprocity, with certain reservations on the part of New South Wales, will shortly be secured.

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 5th March, 1912.

We have the honow: to be,

Sir,

Your obedient Mrvants,

G. H. BROmfE, Chairm&n, 1 u b f th A. H. MERRIN, \ w.em ""' 0 0

H. PAYNE, J Board.

R. U. BIRRELL, Secret,.ry.

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REGI:U'I'JONS l'VR GRAN1'L'W C.ERTIFICAl'ES 1'0 MINTIIG MANAGERS AND IDIDER .MANAGERS l!Y '!'HE BOARD Oli EXAllTii.ERS FOR MIXING MANAGERS n>DER THE ACT.

r. Examination:> for certificates of competency will be conducted hy the Board at such time and place as may from time to time be notified by the secretary in the Go,uunmettt G11.11etle and in a newspaper puhlislted or circulated in the locality1 and candidates will he ex~ amined according to priority of receipt of notice as re­quired by clause 2. Each candidate will be duly notified of the tune and place of the examination.

,:.~. ~>\.ny peuon desiring to present himself for examin,\· tion shall notify the Secretary for Mines~ Melbourne, on an application form, which may be obtained from the secretary to the Board, such notice to be given not less than twenty~one clear days prior to the date of the e.J£· amination. The notke shaa be accompanied by the fee prescribed in regulation 6a or 6li, as the case m:.y be. This fee shall admit to one examinadon only.

3· Should the applicant pass the prescribed examination, tl1e deposit shall in each im.tance go toward$ payment of the fee for certificate. ln the eventl however) of the failure of the candidate to pass Lhe examination, such amuunt shall be forfeited to the Consulidated Revenue.

4· ~o certifirate shal.l be iss!Jed until full payment of the additional fee required by regulation 6c or 6d) as the cn~e may be, shaH have been made to the Secretary for Mines.

5· The Board wiU issue certificates of competency and service as mining manager (nt class) and as under roan~tger {:md ciass), and permits to managers of mines employing less than twelve persons underground. Such permit shall remain in force for twelve months, but may be renewed at the option of the Board,

6. The fees to be paid by an applicant for a certificate ahall be as follows :-

(a) Fee to be lodged with the application for a first class certificate of competency u m:ning manager ...

(b) I''e:7 to be lodged with the application for a certiflc::tte of competency .3$ under manager, for any certificate of service, or any certificate issued without ex~ amin:tlion

(c) Additional fee to be paid after examina .. tion on the granting of a fi,.t cla3S certih.c;:tc of competency as mining manager

(d) Add:tior.at lee lo be paid after examina" tlvn on the granting of a certificate of competency as under manager, for any eert.ificate of service, or any certificate i£Sued w ltbont examination ...

(e) Fee to be paid for a copy of a certif1-

£ s. d.

' 0 0

0 IO ()

' 0 Q

o ro o

cale oso (/} Fee to be pald for :~. permit as mining

manager o 2 6

7• No person shall be eligible for a certificate under these regulations nnless he has attained the age $pecified in tlte following sehedu!e :~

Yeau. (a) For a first clas.s certificate nf competency

or service as min1ng manager 25 (Q) For a certificate of competency or serviee

rts under manager .., 23 (C) Fvr a I'er:nit as mining m~nager as

S. H n. candihte shall hil to pass the examination prescribed, he shall not again present himself until a period of not less than three months shall have elapsed from the dnte of his !ast exumination.

9· Tl~<~ examinations may be conducted partly by means of printed or written papers, and partly viva voce.

10. Every- candidate for a certificate shall produce e\·idence satisfactory to the Board that he ha5 had ex· perience as fnllows :-

(") For a first class certificate of competency as minin.g manager : Five years' practical mming expenence.

(i) For a certificate of competency as under manager : Three years~ prac;tical mioing experience,

(c) The llo'1rd wiU accept as evidence of satis.Iactoty practical mining experience under {a) and (b):-

(i)

L The Degree of Bachelor of ~fining En­gineering, Univershy of ~lelbourne­:.2 years.

IL The Diploma of Mining Engineering of any SchooJ of Mines in Victoria ap­proved by the Board under clause IJ­r year,

For a first class certificate of service as a mining manager : Five years' practical expedence in mining, andt in adtlition, two years1 wil.hin the five years next preceding the d"ate of his appli­cation, as mining manager oi a mine or mines 1n Victoria in wh1eh on an average not less than twelve men were employed underground.

(e) For a second class certificate of service a(> a mining manager (i.e., under n:no1.nager) : Three years' practical experience in mining~ and, in addition, one year, within the five years next preceding the date of hi(> appliealion, as mining manager of a mine Qr mines in Victoria in which on an average not iess than twelve men were employed underground.

{j) For a J!ermit as a mining manager in the case of a mine in which le.on than twelve persons are employed underground ; Three years1 practical mining experience.

1 x. Every candidate @all produce to the Board teJ~ti~ moniab in proof o£ the nattue and extenl of his practical experience, sabriety2 and general good character, and sl.lting that he is not subJect to any mental or bodily iufimnty likely to interfere with the efficient discharge of his dulie!!., such testimonials to be signed by his pre~ v:ions employers, and in the Cl:U>e of a regtstered company, by the legal manager Qr chairman of directors of tbe company.

u. No candidate for any certificate shaa be entitled to be exa.ruined by the Board unles.s he produ<:C~J evidence to comply with regulation ro.

13. The Board shaH grant a certificate of competency to any person who has complied wilh regulations 61 7• ro, and H; and who shalJ produ~e to the Hoard a ceru!icate of having passed the requisite examinations from and under the seal of any school of mines or educational in:';t'itution whose curriculum, training and subjects for and mode of examinalion are approved of by the said Board, and every such certificate shaH state that it is Issued on the certificate of a school of mines or educational ln­stitu6on approved by the Boa.rdJ and also state the name of such school or tostitution and the class oi minet. to which the certificate relates.

14. Every candidate for a certificate shall 1 upon pre· seating himself before the Board for examination, make a statutory declaration that the testimonials he prodnce\l are genuine and true and correct in every particular; such declaration, together with copies of the testitnonia.ls produced, to be retained by the Board. The origina~ testimonials must be produced as well as copies. but the originab will be returned after perusal.

rs. If in any case the Board does not deem u satis~ factory the evidence submitted by any candidate as re· quired by regulations 10 and u, it shaH refuse tn allow such ca.ndidnte to present himself for examlnation 1 but this wiH not di-;;qua.Hfy him from again making appli~ cation to the Board in connexion with any subsequent examination.

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16. Every person who----ta) forges or counterfeits or knowingly makes any

false statement in any certificate of competency under this Act or in any cr:rtificate of service granted under this Act or any official copy of any such certificate; or ·

(J) knoWingly utters or uses any auch certificate or copy which has been forged or counterfeited or contains any false statement or knowingly makes use o:f or attempts to make use of any certificate of competency or service granted t4.> some other peuon; or

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(.:-) for the pnrpose of obtl1ining fo:r bh:nself or any other person etn.ployment as a. certificated manager or under manager or the grant re, newai or re~toration of anv certificate under this Act or a copy thereof,' either

(a) make~ or cives nny declaration represen­tntion statement or evidence which is false in any particular} or

(b) knowingly utters produces or makes use of any such declaration representation statement or evidence or any document containing the same-

shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and be liable oo con­viction to nnprisonment for any term not exceeding two rears.

17, Every holder of a second ch\ss certificate as under numo.ger unJer these regulations must produce such to the Hoard prev.ion$ to his being exammed for a first class certtficate as mining manager, and in the event of the i::1tter being granted, the certificate he holds shall he surrendered and delivered up to the Board.

rS, Every holder of a permit under these regulations must pro;.!uce such to the Doard previous to bts being examined (or a certificate, and in tne event of the latter bemg granted, the permit he holds shail be surrendered: and delivered up to tbe Board.

r9. "\Vbenever any person proves to the satisfaction of the Board of Examiners tbat he b:ls1 without fault on his part, lost any cerLifrcate granted to h:im under these regulations, such Board may, upon payment of the fee spe.;d.eU in regulation 6e, cause a copy of the certificate to which the applicant appears Lo be entitled to be made out. and certified to by the Secretary to the Boanl, and tleltvcred to the appl.cau.t, aud any c<>py so llU>de and ~eni!le~l to, as aioresa}J1 shaH haYe the effect of the onginal certificate. The fee herei.n referred to shaH be p:ud to the Secretary tor Mines in e;~;sh or posl·office order, and shall by him be paid into the Consolidated Revenue.

:m. Any person holding a certificate under these regu· !utions, aacl wl;o is charged wilh any offence or mist..:on· dud hkeJy to be demmental to lhe ellident discharge of his dutres, o:.:Ly render himself liable to have his eertifi­cate suspenJe~.i or cancelled by the Board.

21. Candidates for examination for first class certificates of compclt.:'llCY as mining managers must pass in all the following suLjects. The det:.;.ils speci:ied are intended 1:0 serve merely as a guiJe to canJidr.tes : ~

Arithmetic,-Elementary rules app;ied to mining pronlems. Vulgar and decimal fwctions. Simple mensurationJ use of elementary formulae.

Sun:eying.-Principlca and practice of surface and underground aurvey.ing; adjustment and me of r.linometer1 levcl 1 miners' comp1u:s, and theodo­lite; making of mine plan~ and connexion with surface surveying; measurements of bedded de­posits1 and calculating quantities thereof_. Each candidate must produce a mine plan w1th field notes of :m actual survey carried out by him­self.

21/ining t;eology.-General and fundamental principles. of geology, The composition and character of different classes of coal: bedded deposits and the more c:ommon rocks associated with deposits of coai 1 shale, iron stone, and fire clay; geologi~ cal sec~ions; effeet~ of faults; location of shaf!e:;.

J!ining.-The laying out and construction of shafts, chambers. and other underground workings_ The winnint; and working of coal, shale 1 iron stOUt!, or fire clay. The tapping of water under pres~ snre. The Jrainage of mines and construction of underground dams. Blasting, and the nature. properties, and uses of explosives.

Ventilatiun.-Th«Jry and practice of methods of ventiladon; testing and measurement of mine air; oonstruction of airways, division of currents, and the effects of friction. Th.e nature and pro· perlies of explosives and dangerous gases; con­struction, use, and examination of safety lamps; precautions against danger from the firing of coal dust.

Madn"nery (tnJ Surface Work.-'fbe principles of action, methods of inspection and testing, and the care of winding~ P.umping, and haulage machinery, and of boilers; practical elementary electricity; coal cutting ma<:hines; screening, eonveying1 and we.igbing of coat. Erection of mining plant t the laying out and construction of tramways, water races, and flumes. The con~ struction :md use of safety cages, detaching hooks, apparatus for preventing overwinding, and other safety appliances. Th.e strength of ma­t<:rials used in mining, such as ropes, chain:!!, timber, iron, and steel. Simple structures.

BoPkkeet•'ng.~Mine accounts and cost sheets. Mines Act.-The provisions of the CaaJ Mines Rtzu ..

Jatian Act tgog. "Firs/ Aid. 1'--Each candidate must be the holder

of a ''First Aid n certificate granted by the St. John Ambulance Society or other approved insti~ tution,

22. Candidates for examination for second class certifi­cates of competency as under manag(;rs mnst paS$ in all the following subjects :-

Arithmetic, elementary surveying (excluding produc­tion of 11\ine plan), mining, elementary .-entilationl Mines Act, and "First Aid.'' {For details o subjects see clause :u.)

Ooal Mine.t Regukltion Act 1909.

ADDE~DA TO THE REGULATIONS FOR ISSUING CERTIFICATES TO COAL MINE MANAGERS AND UNDER MANAGERS.

1. A candida to who has alreu.dy passed in Arithmetic, Mining, a.nd Mines Aet for an Under lfa.nager's Certificate~ wm not he re.examined in those subjeetlf when applying for a. !\fining :\fanager~s Certificate.

2 . .At least three years of the five years' practical mining experience :required !or & Certifies to of Competencyn.a MininR :M:tinager must be ob'tdined in Coa.l !\lines, and for Under MAna.ger two yeara out of the necessary three yea.rs.

3. !-,'or cxa.min<ition purposes tho following ~re the relative values of the subjects in the syllabus~-.. ~fining .Manager. Under .Manager.

Arithmetic 20 Arithme-tic 20 Surveying 40 Surveying 20 Geology 20 Mining . . 100 !\lining: • , 100 Ventilation 40 Ventih~otion SO }fines Act 40 Machinery u.nd Surface Work 80 llookkeeping 20 220 Mines Act 40

4. A l:!andida.tl) anawering the ma-ximum number of questions required in any pa-per will do so on the underatanding that the marks al~otted tber-eto !lre the most obtainable on those questions; tho mAximum marks being fixed a-s annount-ed,

5. At least 50 per cent. of the possible marks must 00 obtained in Mining. Ventilation, &nd }fines Aet in order to ar:cure a. pass in those subjects.

6. (';andida.tes for Mining M!>na.gers' rond Under l!anagers' ~rtifieaOOs of Competency will be l't)quired to produoo & "First Aid Ce-rtifiea.to" from the St. John Amb-ula.noo As.soeiation, or other approved body, in lieu of being exa.min~d in this subject,

By order of the Board ol Examiners, R. U. BiltRELL, a-,.

HH

BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR MINING SURVEYORS.

REPORT FOR YR>lR 1911.

The Board regrets to report the loss, through death, of one of_ its members! Mr. John IJynch, towards the end of the year. He was a. valued mem.berj at all times willing to take his share of the Board's work. Iu conjunction with Mr. Craven he represented the Victorian Institute of Surveyors on the Board for a. period of eight years. Mr. E. J. Brown was non1ina.ted by the Institute as ~Ir. Lynch's successor; the nomination has been endorsed by the Governor in ('.,.,unci!.

3fr. Thorn, Chief Mining Surveyor, was a.ssignnd a. so at on the Board, much to the satisfaction of his fellow members.

The Board now consists of Mess". Stuart llfurray, C.E. (Chnil'IMn); A. W. Craven, M.P.; E. J. Dunn, F.G.S.; A. R. Merrin, M,C.E.; \Y. Thorn; and E. J. Brown.

Two meetings were held during the year, at which the regulations were discussed and re-vised. The chief amendments were of clauses 3 and 5. Tho regulations are now 3.5 follows:-

1. A candidate must brhr-e notice, in writing, not less than three week.':! prior to tho date of an examination, of his intention to present himself thereat; he must also forward to the Board satisfactory documentary evidence that he has complied with Re~lations 2 and 3 following, and on lris application being appmvcd by the Board, must pay the prescribed lee of £2 2s. into the Treasury, Meihonme, or into n Receipt and Pay Office, and forward receipt for same t,o the Secretary to the Board, Office of Mines, )felbourno.

2. A candidate must produce a certificate of competency, issued by the Board of Examiners for the Survey Branch of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey of Vidoria, or a certificate of competency or diploma issued by one of the Federated Surveyors Board of Australia and New Zeala.nd.

3. He must also show to the satisfaction of the Board-( a) That he has served during not less than four months undor some authorized

mining snn:-cyor, in obtaining practical (Jxpcrienco in the conduct of underground sun-~eys ; or, that he has heen engaged for not less than htelve mouths in the conduct of such surveys.

{b} That he has acquired a Imowl;:dge of th(~ ID(;'thods and applian(X<s used in mining operations.

4. A candidate whose application has been approved as having complied with the foregoing will be examined, and will be required to pass in each of the four following subjects:-

(a) Mining Surveying.---Connexion and reduction of bearings to datum of surface survey ; survey of vf'rtlcal and inclined .shafts, drives, and work--ings ; survey of n:rir:eral veins, and lodes, leads, and drifts.

(b) Practical Ji?:ning.-Construction of shafts, chambers, cud tunnels in rock and drift; timbering, drainage, and ventilation of mines; general principles of the sircngf,h of timber in framings ; constructions in rough c:;upcntrv ; construction and management of pnmping, windlng1 and other miniilg machinery.

(c) Hydraulic Engine,cring.~Measurement and estimation of wa.ter in nn.tural a_nd artificial. channels; e~timation of sources of v.~ater supply; dimen­swns and dlSCharge of p1pea and channels ; construction of reservoir embankments, weirs, and aqueducts.

(d) Geology.-Lithological structure of the principal rock formations as they occur in Victoria; modes of occu:rrcnee ot gold and other valuable minerals.

5. Candidates who ha:\"(', ok<1inod fh~ certificate of thr- Board of ExaminC',rs _for Engineers of Water Supply in Victoria. will be exempt from the oxamina.tion req'-l.!rcd hv .sub-clause (c) of Regulation 4. Candidates who have taken a degree in ~fining Enainecrin~r in the University of Melbourne~ or ln somo University whoso dPgrees in Eno-ine~rinrr ~ recognised by that U'niYersity, and whose Engineering graduates are a.clmit'tcd bv it ad eundem .gradum, ?r who ~avc .taken a like ~egrcc in Civil En~tir;ecrinl'i and have pasSed the Uruvera1ty eniD.I1Ja.tJOn 1n Minmg Sun-eymg and Prac1acal Mimng, 1101! bo exempt irom the whole of the ex~!llinatione prescribed by Regulation 4.

fi, Examination• Are hel<l half-y.arly in April and October.

102

One candidate applied to be admitted to examination, but as he did not produce satisfactory evidence of eligibility, the appliootion was postponed pending compliance with the regulations.

Since the appointment of the Board in August, 1867, eighteen members have, from time to time, held seats thereon. O£these, four have held thoollice of chairman. )!r. StuartMurray, wlto has been chair­man for the past eight years, has been a member of the Boar<l for over thirty years, and holds certificate No. I, issued by the original Board.

During the same period there have been eight secretaries, the present occupant of that post having !>ten in the position for twenty yea1:11,

Of the eightoon members mentioned above eight arc deceased,

11th March. 1912.

STUAltT MURRAY, Chairman. J AMES MILNE, Secretary.

103

DREDGE MINING AND HYDRAULIC SLUICING.

REPORT OF THE ENGINEER IN CHARGE.

(D. B. SellMs.)

In this Sta.to the term H dredge miuing" is applied to l)rocesses whereby alluviums are in lar~o quantities broken down, conveyed1 elevated~ passed with water through sluice boxes for winuing gold. tin, &c., !md re·deposited in the ground. It includes bucket dredging, hydraulic sluicing by centrifugal pump, and by the jet elevator.

The term " hydraulic sluicing" ie applied to gra.-Hation plants, a limited number ol which is no,. working. No outaide power, except wate-r, is necessary, and by its application. uuder head pressure, it is forced through a nozzle against the alluviums, the dirt broken down, and then conveyed through gold­saving boxes, the heaviest wash being cast out and the balance disposed of by a tail race.

On 31st Deoember, 1911, the number and area of gold dredging and hydraulic sluicing leases in force in each district were as follow :---------------- --~---·~ ---~~---=-~---~-~~=~~-·-··-- -- -~- -------- ~

Mfninl Diakic$.. , I

Arorat n.nd Stawcll .. Ballarat •• Beeehworth Bendigo •. Ca.stlemaine Gippsland l.laryborough

Totals

INttmW of Ltue~. : .Area.

-----! . -~--~

A. :ft, P.

I 1 I 198 1 15 9 851 0 15

80 1 10,862 3 10 5 I 187 1 5

12 I 825 3 21 21 1,594 0 13 lO 596 2 7

,~------

138 i 15,116 0 6

The following statement shows the number of plants actually working, being built, reconatrnoted, or closed down in each district in 1911 :-

System.

Bucket

Pump Hydranlie Sluice

Jet Elevator

Total

·-----~~--~-~ -----~---, PlAn: c-io8ed o.r shifted ,, tn ronrse of Buildlq and

Actui!Jly elsewh&re. R~olllltructi6n.

Working Dl<ittlot and Number. d~1~.tc -.~-~-----·--- i

:No. Dieuict,. / Na Dl&trit<~.

·-·------.-~ I 1-----1 2 i Beeehworth, 2 I 4

34

7

--i 9.) !

Beechwort.ht 46 Ca!!~tlemaine, 4 Gipps!a.nd, .( H..r:r:rn.t. 1 Halla.rat, R Bcndigo, 4 Beech worth, 5 Caatlem.ainc, 11 )faryborougb, 5 Betwhworth, 2 Castlemaine, a Gippsland, I Hallarat, 1

Total

! 4 1 Ballartn, _I / I Cattlt~mame, 2 r I J3t;:eChWotth 1 1

I

i I I 1-!

Beech worth, 3 Gippsland, 1

1-1 ! 6 I

Tnt11l ... ' ~ I ! -----

_, _______ _ 1 I Allon• ••

; l~dg~' ., Bright Star o Brisela N'o. 1 n Bri!llli& No. 2 1 Brhei$ N'!J. 3 • • i 'I Bri.!!els No. 4 u Buekland River BOuij) EX:

tended 1n :S\lck!And ruvar J t BMkla.nd Star 1~ Bulfaln Sttu' .• 1:\ Camp hell's Creek No. 1 J 4 Campbell's Qrook No, 2 15 Coi.!ep:la.n 1 0 Contlde.n~ 11 Crooked Rl\"er 18 Enterprllm lY :E:>kda1e t 211 E>eoolslOr,. 21 Gaildiord ?2 JI,urletvilte '.!:'1 Harrktvllla St.a.r 2<\ H:mington . , 23 HtnnomunJie NI). 1 :!6 Hlnnomunj!o No. 2 21 Junction No. 1 2<!. Junction N'o. 2 ::u K!a Ora, No. 1 so X la Ora No. 2 ~l Mwrl QllOOn No. 1 ll:!' .Maori Queen No. 2

~a M.elburnltm

34 :M.ltta Mitta ~n Horae's Creek

36 Myrtleford ~ :a Myrtle Qtie('n :ll:! Owns Junction :W Oveus Valley 40 l'<:"rJeveranC!l 41 Pbrenl" .. 42 Porepun'kah 4::1 .rtaceeonua 44 Reform! 4,; Reliance No. 1 4!1 &IJ.u.nce No. 2 47 Smoko No. t 4~'< Smoko N'c!, 2 .• 4ll Tewkesbury No, 1 !JO Tewk~h\bury No. 2 b 1 Tewkcsbnry ~o. 3 5~ Towkesbtuy No. 4 b:> Tewke~bury No. 5 5-t Toogio 11 s,.s Vaugbnn •• !i6 W:l.lldillgong No. 1 (>7 Wall.dlllgong No. 2 5>! Private {))mp;my ••

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87,118

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6 30,'J21 42 : 1 590,879 •2 r :l3 ' 204,392 4{\ I 3Q2,1}i){} 31 210,540 46 ' 424,303

·as. 23.1:su 10 ' 82,280 27 ' 94,379 45 217,800 44 I 239,095 "' '} 903,400 40 I

50 i 3•H,446 48 , ZU3,215 I 51 , :m4,91'i 4.1 322,662 47 ! 43!'.,267 •1 1 aso,ooo 48 : U4,623

38 i 41l ;

412.000 261,300 1

518,925 i 375,904 300,530 . 200,2'JO : 280,720 208,278 i 356,950 !

a00:25o , 289,5\l3 ' 2$8,600 ' 280,'718 447,938 309,27'11 288,100

i!::~53 i

280•3 907'4 44'J•1

1,007•7 1,1';'3•4 1,726•3 1,9(17•7

731·2 I 713'3

1,292 '5 220·3 405'2

1,1171•8 1.627 ·s 2,009·8

1,567'4 l,t84 ·2 l,(HO •2 1,000 '5 2,531}•\f l.lfl8 ·I

1,1a1 ·s

l,ZQS•S (140•&

1)l25·s 639 •4

1,805•3 \025•1} 956'8 917 •J

1,155'7

1,'17i '4 \199'\l 817 '2 300'9 1138 •{J 615'0 92()•7 463'8

1,201'7

104

t(092 8,221'\ 3,495 4,MO 5A34

22,589

6,&13 5,484 5,979 7,il70 9.261 8,085

8,638

10,842 5,940

H~·.65d ?,cas 5,952 7,1)00 7,587 4.G20 I 7,'284 I

s:3e7 6,033 1 6.1'!88 9.680 8JU4 6,724 13,8(11 5,3il8 8,55(}

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z:l o:; 1A£·G 111 1'6 19'0 52•t!'f }'4 7'5 108•9 1}1 o·u n·o M!·s· 1·o n·1 11·n 1 0'11" lil'O (11 'tl i i 1·5 o·o 102·o: a

134 H3

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1,21!0

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12'9 :1,247•1 4 '9

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35'8 66>7

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215 '8

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23•7 30'2 19 '7 . 37'4 I

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) 27 !

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• 10 10

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14

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8,9:33•3. 6,41!4•7 •449•1

5,118'9 3,0<J2•5 3,056*4 2,0!7•1

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6,\)$1•8 2,7·;)0·1

246•8 20,6$7•6

1,712 •7 6,014•3 1,0;;1 ·o

1'?..590'4-

l.ljio·9 2:!0•3

3,3U8'2 ;J,Oi8'7 3,980•8

18,418'8

13,1\17-3 7,2.47'2

u,<»o ·o J2.0Dl '5 15,4il'dl

11.,173'8

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3,~3"2 4,056'2

12,8G2'7 11,11;6•2 13,010•4

4.,414. "9 3,513•7

16 112,1!45'3

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.. ' 1 1~ '.io! 15·7:945 s85.·u 3,o4S 2·e1 6·s 1SO·z 1 75 4~3-o sz·o i4·4 22:1 . 1s 7.3i5·Q 39 1 258,940 . 1.32'.!'5 6,636 z·• 10·1 n~·IJ, 2 12fl 70·6 .. t~·o as·B 1 H , e.9tm·& 43! 200,200 ' .885'2 6,144 1'6 I Ho•O 5ll'0 l 2 182 ' 58·2 123'8 11'0 ' 00'6 . Hi : 6,3:Mi'6

~! 284,1)92 ~ 1,282'7 6,468 ,_:::_1~~~~_1_._~:~-~--~~1 29'1 !~.!~_\_!,~li9'8 1 2,17\lf:I6,345,713: i&'J,4M·2, 7,600' 1·7s.: vss·z i 101·1, 60 i10,3flO · 3,01<J·5 7,371'5 17·2, 27'3 1 '<M I .. ·--~~~---·----- ----'---1---'-----'---'-·--·-----·-- ---:---·----

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225,&'16 I 24,737

3,652 I

20,165 I 128,93\1 26,216 1 15,326

4«,001

• Old Companr, 4,7o6·4 on.~-t Reduood 107 aerm:.--t Not ;rat starttx!.

DREDGING, 1911.

• ,, ,, ' " •

)I) 11 1;.~ 1<1 ,, t~. 11\ 17 J~\ J' :,!';

Alht!A \nn ., tiArwJ~'" Hrlght Star oJ.rt%1~ 'So. 1 BriM~hJ No. 2 tlri.o~e\$ No. S 1\risei$ No. <I Uuckland River s-·ut.h ~xtended

2:')}

l,fl!i:i ti(lil

Uuddand River .B1wklalld Star HniTA}(} St&r ~):ompltell's Creek Sn. 1 ) s',,\no c~~npbetl's Creok No. 2 l l'•llle:;!lan .• f'.,.~!H~ec «"ro·,ked River £nterpr1se E"•duJe t .. J\.xcct~lor •• Unildford •. tlArrieh'ille BA:rrlot\1lle Star .. Harr!:ngtcn .• Hinn4m.unjl;) No.l l:Unuomnnjie No. 2 Junction Nu-. 1 Junction No. '2 km Ora No. 1 KW. Orn No.:!. Ma.ori Queen No, 1 Mami Queen Xo. :;:

Molbumlan

Mitt:!. Mitta Mon~e•iJ Crook

Myrtleford i Myrtle Quet'n (h()ll$ JttU<:\UI!l 0VijJl"' V!i.lley l:'el'!'!$'f6!'1lOC<:" l'hrenlx . , l'orepunkAh 1\J~nne &form i .. Helinnoo So. 1 Reli&nee No. ~ hmoko No. 1 1:\UlOkO Xo. ~ Tewkesbur:.• S::;, 1 'l'cwkesbur:; Kn. ~ .l'ewkeabnry Ko. s Tewkesburr Xo. 4 l'e\Vkeabv.ry So. C. l'ongbJ , . V11J1gh9.U , • Wt~ndiligung Ko. 1 Wu.ndlllg®[.t Xo. 2 J!r1vata OJmpany

Total

I J

2JOO

(i,l$7

4tMSC

CEVATORS, l9ll.

I &r.kJ Mountain Prl,.&tt CompAnv l':rivato IJOmpanY

I '-'r1vaW Compn.ny P·intt Company l'rivtt.te Cumpr.ny li'rlvt.-M ComPDJlY

1 'foifil

£

2,001)

:d::;\) 7-50

7,273

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11;4oo

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fi.liOO

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14,~00

Zil,862 ' :\

33,670 1 I 1\

15,46ti"li .\

12,15(1

125 1i,4~1 14.400 1lU)67

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;)6,03>:

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5,000

3~':!50 4.111:?. ;!.,.)(tl 1l,50•J

12,l50 11,41i.J

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607 7Hi · j:!fJ:.

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14.200 8,0(/iJ 7 ,(}(){}

0 10 0

o 10 ·o 1 lfl'o 1 u () 0 7 6 , \ a2,ooo

J 6,ooo1

100 i 11,800 0 0

2,000 1 0 0 10 30000

IJ,OOU 1 u 0 1},000 1 (I l) i,OOO 1 0 0

:30,l'ili} 0 15 0 5,(\ll!) 1 5 o-

4_fll) 25 0 0 4- : 2,87!) 0 0

i} 10,000 1 0 0

0 0

H,19S

· iso 12,000

to as. 5,2\Jl)

2

10 7,500 2,000 4,500 lJJOO 1,000

4>0

• 4,000

Jl,{tOQ j

simo /. 6,850

32.0(10 '

eoo I z:Ooo 1

I

4',0oo \ 2,500

Hl.OOO 4,1)(}(1

0,000

IJ,lOO I: 9,100

I} 2,500 I zo 0 0 '{ 1,000 \ 650

'l!:!i'J 5 l) ! 10,000 13,000

"'tl 18,000

12,000 6.000

1U:ooo 30.00(1

4,500 7.500 5.000 7.1)(}1)

!!4,000 } 9{;

1 lH,ilUO

i f>t\,500

IJ 0 11 0

1. ·., !) 10

1 " l " l 0

' " tl 5 fi,) ()

0

&I ~i 0 (I

0

0 0

tl 0

10,607 •.• oo

ton

10,000 29,3(6

1,000 4-,750

125 5,000

'1-MOO

10,000

a:6oo 2,750 4,87ft 2,000

"

I :!3 7.UOO 0 (>

0 ,, 4,333 -l,OOO 3.600

z.eor I 4,000 32 8,000

tl 0 1~i '' u.oou 271 f '·""'I 2;)

Capital eatiM up per Sh&ri',

8. d.

1,250 0 u 0 13 ff 0 10 0 S () I)

0 0

0 10 0

0 10 11 1 3 11 0 1 I 0 7 Q

0 IQ ~~ 1.800 0 ()

l 0 0 1100 0 0

1 0 11 1 0 0 l 0 0 0 14 9 1 ' 6 25 0 ()

2,1375 0 0

018

0 13 0

z 0 0

0

l 0 0 1 1 0

i' 0 0 () 10 u 1 0 H 1 0 t) 1 0 u 1 0 0 0 5 Q

27 0 {)

0 0

0 0

1 Q u n 11 .:; 0 15 0

0 0

No.

1 Avoca lead 2 i Bendiga •• :: I :1 ' Boyfl'a No, 1 4 Boy<l's .Yo, 2 ft Buninyorur <> llnrnt. t'teek N"tL I ..

~ ~:k~ li[;~~0t z:. I 9 i Crc~wkk Hydraulic

10 ' Flery Ctwk 11 \ Fore.'tt Creek Nfi. 2 1~ Golden Cr;Hctmt J8 ' Golden Gully Syndl·

H \ G-!:i.0 B~o~. 1!1 Mclvor CtMk

I New Woorogoo Rowdy F~t •. Scott'K Gully and

Lltt·le Bc-ndilfO 10 South Golden l'O!nt 20 South Oph.\r ~t i Spring G:::Uy ;i \ StratrJoddon Goid , Ta£:~~

Welcomtl' Sfnmi!et' W!lber!orce Woohbed i

PRIVA'IE COlll'.unltS.

l'1ivate Company , , FtlvaW Comp:tny .. Pti'>aie Compa.ny •. PriVate Company .. Privat.>J Cou.pau;v , • Prh•ate Company • , Pxlvate Compa.ny .. Private Comp-u.ny .• l'ri'\"ate Cont'PiiDY .. Private COmp,a.:ny • ,

X"l.ol

11

~: i 241 111 "

33 1~

12i

•• 1l

" " 27

11

' 1S

Grand Total for Bucketo;, leU, and H$-d:ro.ul!e Pump Slu:icell •. ' 2,!J:.W

1! 4

10

' !8 6

. ·, ta

' ' 12

8

• 13

' 10

3 10

6

4.1,543 i 131,308 1J!),6\i4 11'2:,00:}

ii7,M,!7 258,13:l I

11'>·1·,249 100,833 138,908 fl9,3'l3 41,407

68,080 l:.!i,OOU i J83,tl20 I 31,&33 I

6>453

H<,360 15,326 20,43S 88,733

125$40 I

24,603 20.160 95,146

26~·4 i'ofi4.'0 i

1,149 •5 ilAll'!t 405 ·s {101)'7

1,0~(1·1)

fJ27'7 1,1(}6•1

47\>'6 22U·5 1

156';:! \ 2{;.:•4

:as'l·o i lll"d 161 '0

120'4 2t>Z·2 139 'il 2.55ti 926'3

201 '8 75'3

417"9

3,777 4,1\!7 4.1;~0 4,667 3,41':!

6::93 i

1:2n2 3.{!78 4.341 2.3f•2 4,141

o<>••·:> 13:444 5.573 2,M& 4,300

1,2](1 1,393 2,270 &,9la

'·""'

$,760

.1·0

f~! 4•2 ,., 1 ·sI

1 '2 1•0

I 1 ·o 1 1 '7 '

11 'tl I

::·g ri i 1 •3 i 3•5 '

3"9' 1'8 I 2 •1

108

5 2?2 •(j 1 311 •j) I 1 187 ·4 I 4'/\)•fl 1 14-il'-i 1

4"0 96"7 2 1 1

1•2 {13'2 0•4; 402•5

I·O 120•4 , \l.U.I 1•0 21.)2·2; 1) 1'0;13(;•9 1 s·o s&·2 llu .. ! fl'O i 154.·3, 1 ·

' . 2•0 i 100"9 1' 0"6: 125"J;i I 1 I !h~:a-:·o! 1

1

7

•• ,.,

HYDRAULIC PU1l!P

10 18 • • '"

• i u ..

17 ,11<6 l 6,1{>3•1\ i,t'i'fl·n f\,66!:: ·1 3,+1:<.:::·;. 8,iJ6n ·a

6,~~~~~ i'j:,fJ48"~ 8,181 •• i,2C8 ·o

2Bf>'i'l 8,4.'H\'V

8il ·,;

• Working on tt(bnte intern.tittcn"Uy, no detail<> aval!~b!e.~~-t Bargo »:U.bmergL'<.l, roffoat!ng.

SLUICES, 1911.

No. Name of C-ompany.

1 AYooa Lead 2 I Bendlgo , ,

! I t;~~:~ ~~: i 5 I Bultinyong 6 ' Burnt Creek Nil. 1 c. 7 ' Burnt Creek No. 2* 6 (})clt"l> l 1i.t>Deer t , • 9 Ctcsw!rk Hydr.'lulk

10 I Fiery Creek , • Jl Forost.Creek No. 2 12 ! Golden Crcsctmt 15 Golden Gnlly 8)'!1di-

, care 14 [ Gre!YO Broo. 15 Melvor Creek

16 ) Now Wourr.gea , . 17 -

1

ltowdv Flat .. lS Seott'& Gully and

, Little Dendij!:o 19 [ South Golden Poh1t 20" South Opllit' , . 21 , Spring Gully . , 22 : f!Ltat.hloddon 28 , Tamatlu!la (}<!Jtl

, IW>tatcs 24 ' Weleunw Stra.ngtlr , . Z5 'V\- UOOrfMce :.:e Woolshed §

27 Private Compll.ny •. 28 Privat-e Company . , 21) Pt>Vate Cout{mny .. ~W Private ('nmp:'l.ny •. 31 Private Comp;..n_>' • , 32 Privtt.te Cmnpmy .• 88 ; Private OHnpaUY •• 34 , Private CGmpanY,. 35 ' Prlvo.t.t: ('ompany •• 36 I Prhatt: L'ompany

Totf/J

G:riUld Totu.l d ..ih1oket,, Jel.s,

£ £

:x.n IU4l~i

'"t

':. :wu t!OU

. ~62 12,\137

. i(}5

3,153

~d U:vdmullc Purup Sl~ / e:O,C!O ,

£

s'.Ooo :!.750 2,250 2,i't53 2,7!18 l,!JOO

65D 250

4,0!\0 1,:.mo 1,788

1,039 2/~53 2,600 1,(J8(l 6,651

""" 1,041 5,000

2,674 5,M2 2,007 : 1,78(1

150 z.noo 2,1>00' 1.\.700

'"' 1,200 '

£ ,., 1,673 l,MS 1,027 1,040 2,476

1',42:4 2,5$8 1 1,955 2,391

OilO 16<

6<2 {171

2,510 65-t 119

239 520 282 841

:::,4SO

'72J i/'i~{l

717 3,71~

281 2 • .3W

1,404 fl8:! S1l

1 ,._OH 1:345

107

£ £

2!:! Ta 6~3 77G i 57.>

1,iJ07 I

257 89\l 714

~~i I 231

1$5 161

1,525

"' R6; 137

i~~ i 389

l,h3 i

215 l.lfl-~

:i:l:> ',':Sl ' 2lS I

'" 271 14li M4 i 305

78 10 HB 12

i~~ I i~ 65>! H 422 14.

i~s i2 3\H I 12 336 12 219 12.

Sd 12 ,. ' 1:2

2W 1{ 60

6 i:! 21) 1:!

E~1 12 32 10

' 574 14 I

~{8 I 1\t 3R 10

10J /'13 \12

m 1,01)')

41 198 42

J30 52 45

131 449

12 11 1:l 1:!

Li 7

1:! u 12

, ~UJM :13P,,!92 61,573 41,277

10 10 ]0 12 1:! 12

12 w 1(1 w 111 8

' 10

12 12 10

1 1 1

.i

~g i i' 12

8 I 12

12 12 1

j)13 2 I

HI 12 10 10

HI 10 10 12 10

1 "

2 l 1 l

2 1 1

r 1 1

211- 8,0tJ0 130 i ','JII}\1 125 'l 11\,000 '

HiO ;J I

78 :) 16))00 '

2fit) I 140

3W ' 130

w 20

20 130

470 3H

100

'" >O

"

" 175

; J 4fl/JO!l , 1:.0,000 ~.oon

45/IO!l 3,601)

3

·L~'\10

:!',OOo

'" 3,000 3,2\10 1,000 '

3!l,OOtl ! 30,000

;t !l. ;J,,

1 0 i1 (; 10 0 1 10 {l

0 i5 0

1 u 0 (\ 10 (l

1 n n 1 () 10 (I 1 5 0

' 0 0

1 iiJ 0

25 0 0

f, tl 0 l 0 0 1 ,:. 0

0 th 0 0 10 0

I 3,001)

1 ·.4as

12,~~:' 15,000

4tl0

15,P(}l)

!'dlOO 7,()fJ(i

H,:.;;,;;>

s',Ooo

40,1)(!1j

~·.i,oo ;)H,OIIO

;U!,JO

3,000

:.(•.iD& 50

;;'.!too :1,200 'i,OOU

:;n·,nJO 15,000

:£ ,, d,

(i 15 0 I) 3 6 1 6 Q

0 4 0

l! U! 7 \) )11 11 li 3 {I

I) 5 3 1 1 "

2 15 6

' 0 10 0 0

0 9 9 0 1 '

108

GRA VlTATION HYDRAULIC

I I i :ll.k. .. .. .. w·o n·s'

.. I 'i . it.; '2·n , t.i4 •!]. : 3~•Q 1 7'7 2 '"

,., 26•!'1 j 15'0 !i:t·t

' :2&l 13'0 267'0 Z3 •6 : i7 '9 1 • z·s S·2! 11-~ 1

1 1! 7 ., 6'3 t 33 ., 11 ·s 1 Z2 1 ·o 2t·Oj .... i 20'7 5

'

., 11} ·6 as·s 15·0 120·1

• 1.111.0'0 • " 7 .. 7

7:itJ>l 6

' 165 '6

" 25,1)00 •o

14 li!'ii so·o .504·0 ,. • :Boring to teat ground.---t 4 tons 2 .;wt. t!Xt, Yalu!ld e.t £4.67.

"LUICING, 1911.

Nt~tm: of Cornpa.uy. Di\'1-

denda for t.ho Year,

109

Inturu /

~ I' W&ge1. l'l&nl

I I,_ I I oud I 1

------ ---1---:---,---1 '

£ I ' • • 225 I

2 a • ' • i •

'Enever and PArty ~u.nw lltlyal J)argo Snalro VAlley 'J:oono Tin Prtvate Crlntptmy Private O.tmpal'ly Private Compa.n_v Private C»mpaoy

"'''"

,. ! .. , 11

4.&0 'h:l(, GO< 760

I, •·.17~2 002 ... ,. r.::.n I .• ! .. 1 mo : saa 1 __ ._·--:--·-·-~-~-~~- '--·-··.,"-

i •• I .. f 2:4,264 I 9,127

Nominal Capi~. ! Sharet Is-.ue,J. . .,.. 1 I I -- Ol 'tal ... ~ I -~~-------- ---- ('.afroo

Water. R• I I

1111per j Number AmOUOl l"ully {'Ot· Share.

j} , of

I ·of ..... t;rih 11.-

Sh...,. """'· ••• ~~~

I I ____ , ___ ----[ £ • •• d • • •• d.

.. 1i* 1 a,OOo 1 o· o 0 i:i 6 " I ·· I .. ' •

:: i .'' i . • I :: I' :: '.- --.:!'~_../ __ .. __ : ___ .. ____ .. _.1 ____ , ____ _

20 I fi2B I " I " '' I

---'---

----··--·-·--------

110

'rAllLE oll, Co>IPAI<IBON Fo& THE YEARS 1900 1'0 1911 INCLUsiVe, A!.so SHOWING Tout R:tsuw·s o:ll

DREDGE MrYING SINCE ITS INCEPTION, AXD OF fiYDRAUUC 8LUICIXG BY GRAVITATION" FOR 1':S:E ABOVE TWELVE YEARS.

Dredge Mini11f}.*

1... j Aggregn.te i A vem!W i Nurgrr I Nmnber : Quantity Yield ol 1/;!'f~n Area : Yirud in I

Year. , CUm· ' ol Weeks I oiMA_ tedn.l G<lid la bl t.:reaU•d ' Ounces

I paniea, worked Wi?rkedln , QunOOf!. P~n.~QJ.ci iuAorcs.li)(lr,-\erel Totn.l (gold wuu by dredging prior to 1000 WIU WGtkl.ug.: by ! CubiC fn.rda. I Mr.tcrL'\l , 1 treated. ~n,r;:.:s ou.; :.rea treatcU, 430 .aeres.)

-~~ ! I'lanta. I ~-----.~~J _____ I_·~!~. : I ! , ' ,

1000 I aa l,O:il 3,897,399 ' 21,536 2 ·lk'! 110 .,· 196·'; i To Mte 31st Deeemher, 1000, tJie tot:>I yield o! tin W!i$

I 70 tons. 1901 , 28 i);}l;t 5,93'!,9(}6 29,117 2"$2 1!\7•6 182'2 Other return, gave tif.ll !llid!t.ioual yfeld 0[ \108 OZ'!.

I 13 rlwt., but supplied uo further intormn.tion. 8

Hl02

1903

1\105

Hl06

1tl07

1008

1ll09

1U10

1911

1900 19tH 11#02

11103

1'ilG'

1-J05

HJO(l.

1007

hJ{)3 loo•

1910 Hnt

6,755,616

7,78'2,975 3!:!,11)7

1,800'5 10,192,400 4-G,118

82 2,801 l3,43H,945 72,0%

125 3,756 85,211

1;;;;

I a,4ns 20,S-Hl,{W6 101,11.\7

l!l 3,11Si 19,971,131 8'!,330

107 2,931 ! 1!),838,552 ~7,156

I $,920 1!1,743,335 78,535

105,624.!105

2'35

2'.3(1

739

6!)8•2

tun~ 9" ewt. of hn a.lllo '.1-Y>n. 175 1 Otlwr retur:1~ gave At\ ndditlon:al yield of ~30 us,

16 dwt., Lut :.unplicd no further in!Mmatlon. 1 ! ton 19 ~:wt. 3 qr~. 1:311'>1!. of tin al<~o vmu.

158·7\ Other MtiHU~ 1,1:we an 4dditi(mal yield oi 561 o;.:~. Jt! dwt.., but 'tUPJ=•licd no furUuor information.

' 11 tom:! cwt. 1 qr. 7lb>. of tin ~>lso won in11103. 14.3 ·t I Other rt:tilrn~ !{Axe &n additional yield of 30f! or.~t,

v! gold and U touA l4 cwt. 3 qrs, 2 lb~. of tin, {;:'f0U~£l~?.7 18:>. 5d., but lmpplied no further

152•1 Other returns gave a.u ruid!tioual yield of 7j, 01s, of gold. L1;t aUpJJlltrt no turthtjr lnformat!o::J. 49 tons 1 cwt. 0 qrs. 2 ll;n;, tiU, valutd £4,681 17'<. ~d., w:u ,_d;l.{l won.

135'6 I Tin woq, 4-5 toru 13 t"\Yt. 1 qr. 7lbs., ..,·n.Iut:d at £5,203 , Is. M.

132 ·a \ Other rt'tttrrti\ ga\'e nn miditim:tal ykki of 1,152 ots.; no ot..ltcr infvrnmtton 1n-al!a.L!fl. ,JJ ton,; 15 cwt. 0 qr•" Zl lb,, o! ;.in, vah.lell At £4,:'1:.:6, was al!o ob· tafuerl.

134

120

7!J3 DU, &l~o obt.>iued; Wl fnrther lnfvrmation, ~; ~~~s: 1iJ ewt. 1 qr. 11 lb~. nf tin won, valued K.t

257 'OLi: also obtnin<'!d; no other lltformatlon. .33 t.m~ 15 ~w~. of tln won, valued at £2,667.

124·8 143 u.:r:s. 11J,;o won. :No further infom>Ation, <J tou& 17 cwt. of tln won, valuod at £\)2.3,

na ·S 1 ton 17 cwt. of ttn wun, valned at £234.

T!l(ltot.&lquantity Cllgold won, induding tlw item;; re[crred to in the murginnleolnmn, is S'11,il37 ozs.; and of tin, 331# torn 5 ewi.

H ydraulw Sluioi11f} by Gra't-itation.

lO 513,S;JO 3.390 3 •J-7 1!J~ 261 • l7l 166,~·31 1.2-!8 .. , ,, 187·4 i 6 lOS 155,031 1,lr24 3 '11 ,, 20il'i:i ' Two o~her plantft gn.Ye nn Additional }'leld 6f 192

o::.s. U dwt.1 but gave n<r further mformath:m, :b';um the Mming &g:U!tra:re' Returns of 1002 an additional yield of 1,104 02:1. was obta.lned by small parties siatcing nnder mincn1• rlght.s. No other inf0lnmll1m av&iffi.bl<'!.

" 218 180,001 1,447 a·s G·47 264"5 . Tllf> Mioing Regi.~tra.N furnith an ail<lit!onal y~ld of 1,720 M:~. for Hl03 won by small partie~ worldng: under miuers' rlt~hts, but iJ.wl nn further i!illlr· .roatlon. T\YO other plants gave yil:)Id5 o! 153 oaa.

313'9 ; 10 dwt. 2 gn., but 1W otht>r information.

20 181 llW,iH.2 3,014. S'l ••• .1-'our other J'lant.s g:~.vo an additional yield of BOl OZI!. of go Atld 35 tons 9 ewt, 0 1{s. 13 lba. of tin, \'nJued at £.2,660. The Mlulng eglstran Iumiliih G.n addi.Hnoal yi(;ld of 2,186 ozs.. 3 d;vt. 8 t"'· WQn hy small ~rties ander miners' rlghte, nt

I !

r<ive no further nformllti<m, • 1JOf 446,6!18 I,888 2'03 7'62 247"7 Two other )Jb.n~ gave an addititr!U>l yield ut 129 07.:-'. 2 d'll t. 6 gfl>, of go!d. 46 toM g cwt. 0 2f:· 26 lb~. rn tin, valued at £3,746 lOs. 4-d., was ll o won. The Mining Registrars !uruish an additional yield of 2,50(1 (IZS. WOO by ~llllill pnrtie.s U.UdH mirwr>'' rights, b11t give no turWw.r information.

lt 260 -l79,2M 4,115 .(•12 IS·O ••• Tho Mining RogbJtran furnish an addition&! 3,500 oz,;. wvu by ,;man pa.rhes under miners' rightl:l, but IJ:iYo<~ no :furth<'!r informa.tion. Tin won, 28

, Wn~ 9 cwt. 2 qrs., valuod at £.3,116 Ss. 4d. • 86 3~6.116 2,il95 2 •S4 12•0 l ~9 •5 \ Tbe ~:fining Itcgistru<t report an !ld.ditioUA.l $,60>) ot,., won by small part.iea llllder miuen;' rlgbts,

, bltt iPVIl rw further iniormatlon. Tln won, 20 t~u~ Hl cwt. 2 <J.!tl. 1 lb., valued at £:!,1571\ls. 10d.

031'11 14-.i Qz\1, aim won.

• lOO 156,;>86 ' 1,t'tU Tiu, 22 tom HI cwt.i valued £1,555, ~\so wtm. 1:.t llO 201,857 630 82 ·t 12 o-n. abo ohm nod; no turth<:r in!orm~otton..

' 36 tons 11 ewt. of tln al!!D WQn, vaiu~dat £2,440. • m 207 ·7 I a ton11 17 cwt. of tin e.luo WQo, valued &t £820. 8 "' 2SS ·s 4 tons 2 cwt . .o.t tin also won, valued at U67.

Total results

The tDt.&l Q.l'lii.Otity of gold won~ .Including the ltellli teterrnd to in t.he llllltgil1&l eolntnn, is 4.{},251 O;I!J, ; aad of tln, 212. tons 12 ewt.

,

111

, , : AVer~e ; ' Q:U&ntJty l Yield of , Yield tn I Area 1 Yftki ln 1 i o! l!atel'la.l J Gold In !Grains J~er·l trt&Wd Ounces I wt,ttked ln i Ouu<Ws jCilbie Y11.rd in Aere:i I pel' Acre 1 •. cubic Yan.I.R.· • i')f Mawria1

1

. · 1. treated. ; , )

1 treat<Jd. : :

---~--- --~~~~ :----~1------~----~----·---.----··~----------

1900 to 1911, inelnaive P:tior to 1900

Totals

. I i · 169,363. •,440! 808,0$5 I 2·3 ' 5,893·3 137'1

90,528 : 430 210·53

898,:l53 • I

1-----· 6.323·3 i 142·1 I

I I Th.o total quantity of gold won, including the items :referred to in the marginal co1u~m>, is 918,189 oza.; and of

tin, 5!)1 tons 17 cwt. 1 qr. 19lba.

NoTES ox THE FoREGOING RESULT'3.

Bueke.t Dredges. Fifty-fuur bucket dredges, working for a.n aggregate period of 2,179! week-s. raised 16,345,713 cubic

yardK i,f material for a. yiold of 59,498 ozs. of gold, or l •75 grajns per cubic yard. The area. troa. tcd was 588 acres, fl."td the quantity of gold saved per aeru was 101·1 o.zs. The dredge which treatr..:d th£ most ma.t,erial wnn l,J!)9 ozs. for 52 weeks' work fmm.30! acres of ground, a\~eragiP-g 1 ·3 gntins of gold per cubic yard of m:::>tcrial treated. The average weekly return of gold p<'~r plant was 27 ·34 o.za., the number of men cmplnyrd was 764, and tht\ weekly expenses for wages, fuel, wat0r) ma.inteuauce, and repairs per plant avnnged about £72, equivalent to 1 say, 18 ozs. of gold.

One bucket dredge treated over 13,000 cubic yards of material per week. One other turned over more t]ul.n 12,000 cubic yards per week .. and three others Ntch dealt with over 11,000 cubic yards weekly.

This system shows a decrease of gold won during the yoa.r of] l! ozs. a.s compared with the previous yt':;r, and a decrease in dividends of .£7,.399. Twenty-one com:ranit~s paid dividends! ranging from £325 ti", £0,187, from ground yielding 1•3 grains to 4 •3 grains per cub1c yard of mntcrial treat.ed; but it. is to he noted tha.t .a good ma.r.y oompanit's working these planta are practically paying for them out of the gold reeovcred, dividends thereby being reduced. The amount expended by tho u buckets" in wages, fuel, and maintenance during 19ll was £156,975, and the dividends paid £46,486. The initial cost of these plants '\\Tt.S £284,607.

Pump Sluices.

Thirty-lour pump hydraulic sluicing pbnts, for an aggregate working time of U08 weeh, dealt. with 2,952,721 cubic yards of material, i'or a retnr11 of 17,028 ozs. of gold, or 2~8 grains per cnbic yani. One ton 17 cwt. of tin, valued at £234~ was also \Von. The area worked was 92·7 acres; the quantity of gold won per acre being 183 ·6 ozs. The plant with the highest yi<·ld of gold obtained 1,367 ozs. from 4! acres oi ground) containing 292,820 cubic yards of material, or an averag~ of 2 ·2 grains pPr cubic yn.rd. The average weekly yield of gold pe-r plant was 28 OZ.-5. 1 and the r~umber of men employed was 568. The average weeldy cost of wages, fucl 1 wat.e:r, and repairs per plant---whilst sluicing, sh!ft.iag, and r0pairing-was £78 !Os., equal tc, say, ]9 ·6 ozs. of gold. 0"'' pump sluice plant operated on over 13,000 cubic yards of material per week. one other plant of the same typo treated ov~r 7,000 eubic yards of materia,} per week 1

and five others eac:h treated over 6,000 cubic yards, while othr>.rs each did over 5,000 cubic yards in tbe same period. As compared with the previous year1 a decrease of 7,670 ozs. of gold is sho·wn ·ny this type of dredge during 1911, a.lso a decrease of £252 in dividends.

The dividends paid by the companies varied from £300 to £1,941, obtained !mm ground worth 3 to 4 ·7 grains per cubic yard of overburden and wa.shdirt treated. A decrease of 8 tons in the tin yield is nlso shown. The wages, fuel. wa.ter, and maintenance accounts total £68,462, and the dividends paid were £3,153. The initial cost of thes·' plants was £95,451.

Jet Ek<'Olars.

Seven jet elev .. tore, wor!.-ing for an aggregate time of 132 weeks, put through 444,901 cubic yards for a return of 2,008 ·6 ozs., or 2 ·2 grains ol gold per cubic yard of material treated. The area dealt with Wllil 12•1 acres, the quantity of gold won per acre being 166 ot.s. These plants employed 59 men, and were valued at £1,051.

Dredge Mining J.ur'ng 19ll summarized. In all, 9o dredge mining plants, a.s described above, treated 19,743,335 cubic yards of material, for

& return of 78,535 ozs. of gold, valued at £314,140, or an average of 1 ·9 gmino pe• oubic yard of solid matter dealt with. The area worked w•s 693 !Wtes, which averaged a yield o! 113 •3 ozs, of gold per acre and employment was given tc 1,391 men. The divideuds paid, £00,939, show a decrease of £7,651 compared with the previouo year, In addition tc the gold won, 1 ton 17 cwt. of tin waa obtained, valued at £234. The tot&! amount of gold shows • dccre&ae of 8,621 ozs. 88 compared with the year 1910. The total expen· diture in wages, fuel, water, and m~intenance \VM .£231,142. 'Ihe initial cost of the plants is given u £381,339.

Gravitatia.. S!uicing. There were eight plants working by gravitation hydraulic •luicing. The aggregate number of weeks

'II'Otlred mr.• 113, the quantity of material tre&!.ed being «11,012 cu Me vard!!, for " return of 3,059 oz•. m· Ill\ l!>Vero.ge of 3 •66 graine of gold per cubic yard ol stuff dealt with. 'The area worked wa• 13 acres, the qu.i'I!tity of gold .,.ved being at. the rate of _233! OZ8. per acre. The highest yield ;vao 2,043 OD. from 6'8 acree. The plt.nta employed 76 men. Bemdeo thia gold )'leld 4 ten> 2 cwt. of tin. v&lued &t £467, were won.

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Su.nmary oj Dredge Mmi•'!l ml4 Hydrool4c SluWitng by Gm·1 i!al.ion duri"!!19ll. 'J~he ~otal quantity of material treated during th<' year, under drNlg 1iniug and hydraulic sluicing,

by gr;wrr.a.t1011 was 20,144)347 cubie yards, a~ aga.mr:;t 20,00·!1967 cub1c ya.~.Js in 1910, and the amount of gold won was 81,593 ·6 ozs., as agaiMt 88,319 ozs. in ]910. The yield of gold per cubic yard of material trcaced 'Was .1·9·! gminR, as against 2 ·I for the pr(~vjous ymu. The t.ytal area treated \YtiS 706 acres, the grvnmd ;·arymg from 7i ~ 40 feet in depth) ar,d the numbrr of meu en:p1oycd was 1,467. This area may be das.stfied thus :-AgriCultural, 48 acres; pastoral, 181 acres; riv:,;r a.nd creek beds and old worked ground, 477 acres. Under thls heading the dividcm1~> paid were £50,~39, the wages a.nd other expens(',s amounted to £240,817, and the initial cost of the plants was £405,6<Xl. The quantity of tin won during the year was 5 tons 19 cwt., valu"d at £70L

Y wld and Dit•idends /<tr cat:h District. Subjoined is a table showing the respective mining districts, th.- mtmher of plnuts, yields of gold,

and dividends paid during l9ll, which refers to dredge mining onlv. The figures are approximate, as fuJl particulars arc not furnished to the Department in regard to sonit: of the priva.tely-Qwncd plants.

Mlnln.g Dl&trtet.

Arnrat and StaweU Ballarat Beech worth Bendigo Castlemaine Gippsland .. Maryborough 'l

1 9

54 .6 16 4 5

95

Recapi.tulatitm.

028.

H27•7 6)264•2

54,147 ·9 2,134•9 7,021•9 5,388•7 2,619 •4

78,534 ·7

£

2.241 37;586

350 5,362 5,400

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50,939

Reference to the table of oompariaon for the years1900 to 1911 inclusive dtows that the lot& I quantity of material treated by dredge mining and hydraulic sluicing by gravitation during that term was 169,353,440 cubic yards, and the gold W1>n was 808,025 ozs., worth, say, at £4 per oz., £3,232,100. The average yield of gold per cubic yard of material dealt with waa 2 ·3 grains, the area worked 5,893 •3 acres, and the average yield of gold per acre 137 ·1 ozs. The quantity of tin obtained during the abow• twelve years was 551 tons 17 cwt.

The total quantity of gold won prior te 1900 by dredgin~ operations was 90,52il ozs. from an area of 430 acres, principally river and creek beds and old worked mi.nmg ground. If this be add<>d to the yields and area reoordeAI for the period 1900 to 1911 inclusive, a tetal is giwn of 898,553 ozs. of gold, valued at £3,594,212, from 6,323 •3 acres, tegether with 552 tens of tin, a!! the reslllt of gold dredging und gravitation sluicing since the inception of dredge mining. This yield should be supplemented by 19,636 ozs., obtained hy companies and co-<>perative parties, who gave no further iufonnation, making a grand total of 918,189 ozs. of gold, valued at £3,672,756.

GENEI.U.L.

Re·ao11i"!! A pp!iance. On No. :l Briseis, one of the rooently·built dredges in this State, an appliance, constructed of sheet

iron, having a. bed width of 6 feet, with a perforated bottem, is suspended over the upper portion of the ordinary sluiec-box. The wash picked up hy the buckets is thrown into this hanging receptacle whence the larger atoueB, o•Ning to a rapid jerky motion, due to the use of eccentrics, are quickly d.ischarged over th•• tail end of the perforated plate. The finer material gravitates through the holes in this plate inte goJd-saYing ~)XBS Lcueath, and thence, by sand .shoots, is eventually disduuged ovt~r the sten1 of the dredge, and deposited ou top of the heavy gravel at the tailings dump. For re-soiling purposes a belt conveyor, which extends 60 feet beyond the end of the poutoon, ia used. The endless belt is of rublJcr, 2! feet wide, and travels at the rate of 41i0 feet per minute. The bucket• have a capacity of 1if cubic feet each, and are discharged a.t the rate of 23 to the minuw. The length of the pontnon is lOO feet, aml its breadth 35 fc('t. Blue-gum timber has been largely used i11 ilx construction. Frame, 8 i;1chcs by 4 iu0hes verticals, 6 inchns by 4 inches diagonals, 9 inches by 5 indws stringers) 9 inches by 15 iJ1ehes soleplates, 12 inches by 2! inches planking gantry and tumbler frame, 14 inches by 14 inches; h•,ight. of tumbler shaft above deck, 21 ft. 7 in. ; boiler, IS feet by 7t feet ; lliO w.J>. ; main engine, lOO b.h.p. ; 400 revolutions per minute ; pump engine, 80 b.h.p. ; fuel used, 130 oords nf wood per month; lengtb of ladder, 70 feet centre; conveyor framing constructed of timber is 90 feet in length. The belt is driven from the outer end by a !-in. iron rope, working on pulleys 42 inehes in diameter at inner end 1 and 48 inch~Js in diameter at outer end. The conveyor is placed immediately above the sluice-box, midway across the pontoon. When required, a separate short length of oonveyor is lr>'wercU i11to po~ition at thedropahooL Thi,::: 1-?eder is lO feet long, ita belt 39 inches wide.

An area of about 10 acres has been dredged end re-soiled by this plmtt.. The oonYtyor he.s been IISCd rell"l&rly since work we.s commenced. In the opening stage t.he conveyor oHly was used in dealing with the earthy ov<!rburden till the wash was ruacbed. .After that the lower st!'1.e was raired and slniced, the conveyor being WIOd each day aa required when atripping overburden. Tho first work-done und""

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difficulties-was very uneven, but latterly the le,:cmng has been much better, any unevcncss being due to irregularities in the bottom, and tu varying depths uf ovcrburJen. The replaced material is irom 3 feet to 6 feet t.hick on top of the gravelly wash. The surface of the ground being dreclgtd is not the surface of! say. 50 years ago. It is a mnro recent covPring of s1Jt1 varying in thickness from 2 feet to 6 feet, beneath which the overburden jg a mixture o! clay, granitic sand and grit., and hill rubble. \V.hatevcr is there is lifted, and replaced behind the plant in a -hlnist state, the drg:rt>c of mni11ture being governed by the quantity of water lifted with tho earthy matter in the buckets.

Smolw No. 2 Plant.

The shaker in use at this plant is a perforated iron box suspended o\'-er the sluice-box from a timber frame by hinged hangers 20 inches ill kLgth. Tlw length o:f 1,he Bhaker is 46 feeL its width 6 feet, its depth about 14 inches, It moves with a stroke of .3 inches, 135 oscillations a minute. It js worked by ccceutrh:.s belt driven from the pum1l engine ~,vith int<Jnnl}diaw gear. A pipe, 5 feet above the shaker, extends the full length of same, t,h.rough which vmtcr1 li:l'teJ by a 12-in. pump, is sprayed over the whole surface of tlw material under trcatment.1 carrying the- finq portions through t1t~ perforations int<f the sluice-box beneath, while shaker discharges the stones a::Ld otlv'r coarse d6bn:S at its lower cwL 'l'he perforations are round holes, i of a.n inch in diameter~ except in the last ·1 f{:etl vdtere they arc i of an inch iu diarw;tcr. From each corner, at the lower end of t.he sluice~OOx, a. sand shoot, 2~ feet, witlc, oonduets the finer ruatcrial and t-ail water 27 feet beyond the place whore the larger stones are discharged. The sluice-box is hinged at the lower end, so that the upper portion may be lowered clear of the shaker when th0 box is to be clt•aucd. It is estimated that the power required for the sha.h.r is 2 h.p. The appliance (•asily treats the material lifted in 8 cubic feet buckets, thus Sa."\>i.ng much time in comparison 1vith the slower piDcoss of .sluicing coats!J gravel in the ordiuary way~ but it \Yas li.Oticod that 11a~ stom~s arc not turned over in the sba.kcr, and would be imperfectly washed if rovercd ,cith clayey mat<lrial.

Gold-sat>ing Applt'anct:s. For along tjme past it has i:w<m klt tlmt a large pt•.rcentage uf the gold i:t th1"' auriferous gravels and

wash dirt turrwd ov<'r by 1he dredges was not being retained, but simply bLavitax:C'd through the sluice hox on to the dump. A strikingirutanec of the necessity for mnch urcdcd improvement in this rcspcc:. i'i exempli~ fied in the cas~ of the }Iaori Q>wcn dredge No. 1. H.i cl·ntly tl1is plant., whieh had frn: a eo:1sich;rablr\ tin~<1 operated in the bed and banks of the Ov{'-ltS Rivcr1 procd:tleJ up stream br chrec days, whon it was found that the hard rock aides a:nd bottom \t'.:mld not allow it to dredge: further in that dirt•t•tion. It was turned ro1Uld 1 and for the next three days dredged fioa.1kg J~·pth ody. The yield for t.hat week -..ms 21 ozs. 2 dwts.

• 1l'he next. week was sper:;t- wholly in the ground -..vhich luul already bceu dredg(•d, and the full depth was takc1:.. This week's yi11.ld was!.,){) ozs. 3 d1\·ts. The followiLg w.rek the plant contiLm·J iu the dredged ground, but t.he last five shifts were in gtollild which had not been treated. The yidd for t-he W{'ek was 3;3 ozs. 12 d·.vts, Thus for the three weelm the yield was 74 ozs. 17 dwts.; but the first three days and the last five shifts were in ground which had not prcvionsly been dredgo::>d. Thn dredge master estimat0s that he won 45 o.zs. in two weeks drodgir:g through th(; ground agah;. TJ10 area uf tfl.ilings l'(Hlrcdgcd \Vas about 1{-a.cres. The time occupied was about. two and a half -..vooks. rrhc depth of ground averaged JJ feet. Th::: mn.terial was river gravel, rock })Ottom and Bide uf chamwl, wltich it was netwsso.ry to brt!ak wh(·.ll pas:!littg th'J firs-t 1imo, aad false bottom {a tight ceJJ:i('lhNl grnvelL All this \\·as kose 1hc ~wcnnd time uf dr<•d::;ing, and no Hnte was lust. Date of first drodging frum lst Scpt.:mia;l' lu aJ)Out 24th Oc~:.::,bor, Hill. Timt• oecupkd in £rst dredging! scv«n and a h:\1£-..v,~cks. Fr. ·m tlte t-.r;~a :)f about ll acrt's the yield n.tfirst drud.9;ing was 3-!5 ezs. for SPven weeks.

As another iust-tl.,._lcc, the ca3'3 of the Rdiancc Company may he quot(;'d. It is fPI:X)rted that the corn~ pany is likely to require th:~ -whole of the d:t~_:dgcd fU1~a, as thr; man:1.gH is of the opbiC'E thn.t with fx;ttcr appliances th._~ greater part of the hvlding will be dredt,""Cd ,a,t,rain.

Rocky lvlountain Extended Sluici<tg Compa"if. 'fhc follovtlllg is a short dCscription of the new settling arra.:1gemcnts provhh:d by the company at

Rcid•s Creek, down s~:ream of the upper falls:-The offtake from the croek is an orifice of 3 sq1tai'C feet in a u:as:)fil'Y weir. :B'rom this the tail 1V1i.tcr

i.s conducted by rac3 t.o a flume, whieh r~rosses the creek channel and lf'ads to tho ue¥t dump on the right­hand side of the e:roek The fiumiug is 240 feet. in length, 2! feC'C vide, and 2 ft. 3 in. deep, Mt on t:rcsscls ranging from 10 feet to 25 feet in height. The-re arc nineteen trcsst- la, ea.ch braced to the r_ext v.-.ith diagonal stays. The sole piwea arc sccm·cd to t.ho rock bottum with 1-in. iron bolts, 2ft. 6 b. in length. The treaaela are stringy bark poles 10 inclws in diametor at largo cHd; stays are frnm 4 incht's to 6 ir:ches in diameter at large end. The fn.ll-iu the flume i., 19!- inches pG! chain. 'l'hc outfa.ll from the flume is on the side o:f a hill) about 25 kcr above the bt:d of No. 1 rt-taining paddock. This paddock is formed by the con~ struction of a bank 11 chains in length, well bruiihE>J, and built up of creek gravel, ra.nglug in huight from 4 feet to 8 feet, having a crest width of 4 ieet1 with an uutsiclc slope of lt to 1, and has au arna. of about 1-l acres. luto this enclusurc is dumJWd the whol0 of the material, brought aemse the cro;;k hy m Pans of the flume. The coaTS'Jr portion of sucll mat<:ri<1l is the-re l'e!_ailwdj whilst the sludgy water nftt>r attaining a certain height gravitates tlwntl' hy a race 15 cha.i-u:~ b11g, hrwiug an .ancragc width oi 5 ft. 3 i:1. to a lower settling area, where setthug: aC('> mmGdation for all the fine srnff likf'ly to come dov.11 frc,m Ko. 1 paddock during the next twPlve nwJ,ths slui(~jug OJ.H ratim~s has been provided in Ho m A old :-.luiccd-out gr.:mrH.L From this settling area. 1he idllue:Jt discha1·ges by means of an uvcrHow \n~ir i.,1tn Hoid's Crr·ck. A by~pa.ss channel has been formed frum a gully on east side of the upper Lasia or sta.ckin;t paddock to cnnduct storm water through a. flume and across the slud~e race into Rdd1s Cr~;ok. This elmn:wl is 6! feet v:idc, 15 inches deep, aud has .a fall d !3 inchcf:' to the chain.

Another storm water chanmd has bc~cn fomwd parallf,l with the sludg•: race, 22 ch11.ius lfJng, 4! feet wide a.t bottom, to carry atvrm water past the lower settling basin.

The bank of No. l retaining pn.ddock can be roiscd an additic~nallD feet) a::d s~iltahle grouad is avail~ ahle down stream to provide stacking accommodation for the coarser material, by buil£iing np the bm:tks

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to the extent of, aay 500 acre feet. The coat of the above worlm to date is about £350.

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Mn<Es AcT 1907, No. 2127.

'rhe attention oi those int•'fested is invited to the following sections of the Act, a knowledge of which is essential to persons eng-aged in dredge mining and hydraulic sluieing.

Section 4.-Notwithsta.nding anything contained in the Miues Act or in any bywlaws made there­under-

(a) it &hall not-be lawful for any area e.:xcecding 5 acres in ext(':nt to be held as a dredging claim or as a sluioing claim ;

(b) the registration as a dredgiug claim or aa a sluicing claim of any area exceeding 5 acres in extent shall have uo force or effect ; and

(c) it shall not be lawful for the owners of any two or more adjoining c1aims to amalgamate the same iu such manner that the area of the amalgamated dredging claim or sluicing claim shall exceed 5 acres in extent.

Section G.--Notwithst-anding anything containf"d in the Mim•s Acts the yearly rent to be payable on and alter the lst day of .June, 1908, in respect of every mining lease (whether granted before or after the r.AJrumcncor:_ent of this Act) of any land {whether Crown land or private land) to he \\'Orked by means of tlredgkg or hydraulic slnicing shall be at the rate of Five shillings for cn;ry acre and portion of an acre demised.

Section 10,--(1} For !-he parpos.(;S uf this Act any wa.tf'r or sludge produced friJm or consequent on any mining Pperations and discha.:rged .into any such water-eo~, lake~ or reservoir, sha.li be deemed to poHute or injurr, th(' same if sud1 watn or sludge at the point wheru it l\~aves any claim or any land COin­

prised in a leasej or any land used in cmllirxion •vith any such mining operations by or hi any respect under the control of the person carrying on the sam~;-

(a} contains any poisoLous mattt~r ln the tot!l.] proportion of more than 50 grains to I gallon, or any llO:X:ious matter in .such quantity as to he injurious or detrimental to the pnhlic health; ~.,r

(b) holds in auspensiun or solution any earth or mineral or any earthy or mineral substance in the total proportion of mort- than 800 grains to 1 galluJL

(2) Notwithilt.!Hdiner anythi•1J.! in this section where any such water or aludgc is produced from or eon.sequm1t •;n a.uy mi-aing upemiicns c·a.rried on by rueans of bucket v.r suction drf'dt:ing in the bed of a water-course in which v.·atrr is flowing, thrm shall ho substituted for the pc·iat where th:! v;rat;er or sludge leaves s1v::h claim ur lawl as aforr>sa.i1l. a p•}ht not less tha'i a. quarter of a mile along such water-course aud below the sitn oi tht' Jn,dgi·. t

Section 12.·~(1) No person shall cvmrn('nce aay hydraulic mining1 dru.lging, sluiciug, or other form uf mining by which milleralizt·d or impure water, Hludge or mining deim:S may be discharged into any water­course, lake, or res.:rvoir as a.fort'SfJ.id, twless awl until th(• Board is satisfied that s~tffieient provision has been made for impounding slrdge or mining dCbri.s and for preventing the cscapt'. therL~of or of mineralized or impure \\"ah•r contrary to the proYi.sirJns uf this Act.

{:!) Any person guilty of a. cotltranmtion of this section shall be liable 011 cunviution to a penalty not exce~ding Twenty~ five pounds. and a funh~r p0ualt.y not t·:x:ceeding Five pomtds for every day on which minir.g opcra:lo.as arP carrird otL

Sr:clion 14.--·-Auy per30ll, who by himself or his agsnt or workman-{a) ca.nies ou m;y miuing operations as aforesaid in contravention of any order of the Board

as aforesaid ; or (l,) discbeys any order of the Board

shall be guilty of an offflnee; ; a1ul Mhall ft>r every day upon which mining operations have been so carried on or suGh nrdPr ll:_;,s hri'll disulwyNlU~ liahh· OL <·<,nvict.ion to a penalty of upt mort~ f ha.n One hundrC<d pounds, to he reeov1:red as pmvided ih this Al't oY :npon the complaint of any pm130n ~a-grieved the.reby.

Sl>f:tion I;).~· Any person who by himst'U, his agt'nt, or workman-( a) wilfdly d(•StNys, damages, or interfen-s with any settling dam, snttling basin, or works for

retaining any mincra.liz~'d nr imp:tre watr.r, slw:lgc 1 or nUdng debn:S so that any of auch water, sludge, or dl.bris cacapt~ti th~'rcfrom; or

(l1) in coutra.vention of t.his Act wilfully discharges or causes or permits to be discharge({ fmm any such dam or basin or vtorksinto any such wate.r-co:urso,lake, or reservoir not exempted from t11e provision~:' of tllis Act any sludge, or mining debris, or any mineralized or impure water1 ol' any wate-r which under thi~ Act is said to be de~Jmf'd to pollute or b1jure the same~

shall he guilty o:f an offence uwl shall bo liable on conviction to a. penalty of not ruorc than One hundred pounds} or to b0" imprisOJa•d for any tt'rm not excc(•.ding twelve months.

Cov·xsAN'rS OF LEASE.

To safeguard other· intercsr:-s, a Bucket Dredging }('ase (fonn No, 2) now contains, amongst other special cownants, the following:-

"And during the Mid t.<'rm, in connexion with or ineidc:tnal to any hydraulic mining dredging or other form of minii~g adopt0d un, (Jr iu connexinu with the land hereby demised, or the treatmvmt for the purpost~ of wimd·:~ a1'-Y mend rlterefro~ of 3'1Y m~:taJlilero~s eartlt, ~lay, s_and, gra.vc.I, ?r stone g~tten therPon hv which sl11dn:e iE> pr·)dnccd, or by whu;h any wau~r used m conuexum with snnh mmmg operations or treat~ :rrientis e::;:-;.ta~in.at('d or furr[v,r contamb.a.tf'd) or has i~1corporatnd or mixc·d l\1th or adrlcd to it any poioonous mattt)r tn as to wn{ain in solution more than 50 grains of .:such poisonous matter to each gallon of water or anv noxiouB matter in S'.It:h quantity as tu b(:eome injurious to public health, or whe!YJby any such water is mi;tGrdized, or furtJter ntint<mlizHl, or rendert<d -impure so as to eontaill in suspension any earth, clay, or mineral, ut auy earthy~ c-layey, or oth0r inSQluble 01.' mineral substtiD(:e in the total proportion oi more than

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800 gmins to each gallon used; that tl1e said lrsser, his execut,ors, administrators; and assigns shall and will before proceeding with any operations likely to prc,du<:e sludge ur to affect such. wa.t.er as a.foresa.id, !l'nd.there~ after from timo to time, as the necessity arlses, pro\"id(', cunstruct~ or make, aud at all timts mamtam a~d use proper a.ud sufficien~ sludg,~ paddocks, settlir~g basins, and precipitating tank.<;; as the case may requtre for the purpose of impounding, dealing wiLh) and treating all sludge vr mining def::rlx produced, or wa.ter affected as aforesaid, so that no sludge or mining dibn'.s, and no wa~er so affected shall be capablt> of flowmg or escaping. or of being at any time mediatdy or immediately \vashed or can·icd into any river, streaJ~J,. watcr-course 1 lake, or reservoir, whet her t.herc he Vla.ter in anv of the same or not,. ,.~\nd shall and will m~ke s!leh provision for the disposal of other detritus, dirt 1 waste workings, tailiugs, sludget or refuse of the sa.td nnne, so that the same shall not be an inconvf~niencc, nuisauce, or ohstraction to any roads, ways, rive_rn, c:reeks, or private or L'rown lauds, or iu <1ny mrmncr, occasion any public or private darnag« or incon­ventence."

''And shall, and will observe, perlorm1 olwv, and carrv out all orders a!ld directions made or given by the Sludge Abatement Board, or by such otht>~ body or pCrJOns who mn.,v for the time being he by law empowered to make or give the same in connexion with the disposition or tr;;atment of or dealing with ~ludgc, or of water, containing in oolntion or SilRpeiJsion poisonous, noxious, ~.,r &Jlid mattCI' in quantity m excess of that for the time heing nllowed to be discharged into a river, stre-am, or water~eoun;e, lake, or reservoir not exempt from the operation of the 1\tf.n('s Act 1904, or of the provisions of any other Act passed in lieu thereof, or in substitution thcrcfor:' . "And .shall not, nor will cnt any timher on the said land except for mining operations hereby author­Ized, and for tl1e domestic purposes of thoS<; residing on th<: sai(l land. And shaH pay such licenct>, fees, and charges for timber so cut. as if the said land was not included in this demise.''

"'And shall not, nor will cut down riug·hark, or burn any of the trees gr(,\\>ing within the boundaries of any State forest reservation for forest pnrposes or tin1ber NiS\'TV<', auy portion of which is within the boundaries of the land hereby dem.ised, nor it1 any way injure th(\ ~ame nor the soil ill which they are. growing, except in so far as may be absolutely necessary to rotnove any impediment to the proper exploration and mln.ing of the ground hereby demist,d, at~d shall pay for at1y trc~.:s so cut dowu, ring-barked or burnt, such fees and charges as would he payable if such State forest reB<'rvation. for forest purposes or timber reserve, or any portion thereof Wl.'ro not included in this demise."

u Aud shall not. nor will dep01:dt any silt or detritus, or allvw any sludge or rcfue:~ of rmy kind to flow into the water channels leading into any reservt1ir belonging to t.he Board of Land and Works, or to any ]oca.l governing body or water commission, nor carry on mining operations oo as in any V.'11Y to injure or interfc·re with any land set apart .for watr.r supply purposes."

t' And shall and will a.i: aU times afford tlw public frC'e aoccss to th(: river, creek, channeL water, course, for the purpose of watRring stock a;td of obraining wnter foT domestic and other purposes.~'

"And shall and will provide suitable api>roal'hes to the riw·r. c.:rcok, dmnnf'l, water-course bdore inter.fering with existing approaches."

HAnd shall and will provide to the- 8atis.faction of thf~ municipal eomwil or councils proper fords and other similar crossing-places in the river, creek1 channe-l, wah;r-e<:•urse before interfering with the exist~ ing provision."

"And shall not nor will carry on mining operat1ons in suclt ma.mwr as to cause any dam~go or injury to any works without the consent jn writiug of the {fwnnr1 oeeupler, eompany. corporation) municipal council trust, water supply _or other body, or of the Railway Commissioners, th(~ Board o.f I.-and a;1d Works, or of the Crown to whomsoevcr thoy bt•long."

"And shall not uor will hvdranlic Hluice the bed and banks oi the river, creek, or water-courw:.H "..t\nd shall and will build up and tnaintaiu th·'} banks of the riv~.~r, creek, water-course to J',he align·

mcnt and the height they were prior to auy exca•.tat.iou or work.ll "And shall and will, whel'e t1w soH anrl ntho~1r earthy overburden are not lo8S thau 2 feet deep,

advance strip such material to any depth dtat tuay br: fonnd down tD 7 feet lwl(J'\\' t-he ourfaco 1 and from the face colJvey same e-ither in a dry or moist state, hut not in s·;lution or suspensi(JU in water, and dis­tribute evenly with a. flat grade ou top of the coarse tJ.nd fiue materials dnmped frnm the l)oxcs, m:d uulc.s8 otherwise directed, sow thD nc\v-ly-formed stafar:c~ with approvt:d grass SDcds until they take r.Jot,''

"~<tnd shall aL.d will where the soH a.r..d oth<>.r earthy overburden are 2 feet deep or less, disrribut•1 and spread by means of si]t. distributors, and brush or other dams the grcat.esb possible qumttity of fine material from the exca.vatioES on the surfarA\ of the tailings dump wlth a flat gradc 1 and unless othenvise directed sow it with approved gross seeds untll they take root.n

•' And shall a.ud will remove a]j logs dear of the river, a;td deposit them a disrancc of not less than 33 feet irom tho top of the ba.tlk, or so a.s not to o hstruct the flow of the riv.:r at fl.llV stave.''

''And shall and wlii at alJ times wJ1ile working in the bed of a river creek Or wa'tor-courae, earn~ on mining operations in .such a rna.nncr as to provide a water--way and diooharge of not less dimensions than the existing channel, and shall not nor will n1.ise its bed above the existing bed level.n

·~And shall a.nd will mal""e the basin iu which the bucket-dredge rnay be working of sufficient coutcut to admit of the ():ffectivc settling in such basin of tho rnattt:r in su.speusioll, so that the water discha.r!!ed into the shall t10t be .in contravention of tlw }~fine,$ Act 1904, or of the provisi~us of any other Act passed in lieu thereof or .in substitution thereior."

In Pump Hydraulic Shllcing, and wheu working with Jet Elevator, W meet the altered eonditions under which the mining operations arc conducted, a different form of le-ase (No. 3) is used, whioh, in addition to such of the foregoing covenants as aro (l.pplicable to the case, also contains the following:-

"And shall and ~-i~l before working m1y P'"rtiou of the existing flood-way, or interfering with the flow, or with the river, creek, gully deprcsHiou, or drainage course, carry uut aud eonstruct a channel and wurks of diversion, and of retum to the riv(~r. CMek, gully depression or drainage c.oursc of not less water­way and discharge then the existing channel, and causing flood levels not higher than alroadv obtain and !or the diversion, together with return, a.cquirc any requisite land other than Cro= lands.". '

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"And shall not, nor will work, nor hvdraulic sluice the bed and banks of the river, creek, gully depression or drainage course until the stream is diverted into. and kept diverted in the aforesaid channel."

"And shall and will before commencing dredging operations construct an ellective settling baain or basins."

"And shall and will stack all tailings, and settle the mattern in suspension in the said basins clear • of, and so as not to block or partially block the flood-way and the water-way of the river, creek, gully

deprossion or drainagQ course, or drainage cha.nne1s from the sidos of the main course. Such basins shall be of sufficient area and depth to settle the matters in suspension effectively in accordance with the provisions of section 60 of the Mines Act 1904, or of the provisions of any Act passed in lieu thereof, or in substitution thercfor before the water is discharged into the river, c.reek, gully depression or drainage oourse.n

"And shall not nor will discharge any taiHngs or any matters in suspension in contravention of sub~ section (6) of aection 60 of the Mines Act 1904, or ""Y amendments thereof, into the river, creek, gully, depression or drainage course."

"And shall not, nor will construct, nor work, nor permit any under sluice in the dam of any settling b&sin.n

"And shall and "'..i_Il distribute, and spread the fine material from the excavations on the Bllrface of the tailings dump with a flat grade. And in order to obtain such fiat grade the crest of the tailings dump resulting from the ouHaH from tlw sluice-box shall be removed and deposited in the lower workings."

"And shall and will, unless otherwise directed, sow approved grass seeds on the graded surface and blinks uotil they take root."

'Vhcrc it is shown that a breach of, or non~ompliance with, the convena.nts of 1eaae has occurred, the lease may be declared void.

DISTRICT REPORTS, 191!.

No. 1 Dredging District (Mr. E. J. L. Brenmer, inspector) comprises Ararat, and portions of Ballarat, Cast)emaine, Gippsland, and Maryborough Mining Districts. Dredge mining just about held its own, the plants working at the end of uno continuing throughout the year.

Only one bucket dredge worked during the year at the Crooked River, Gippsla.ndy a.nd it wa.a tom~ porarily clcscd down owing to the rocgh nature of the ground bdng treated, and to allow furth('r prospecting work to be done. Operations have since becu started again. The huckot dredge that had been woilcing at Dargo was !L'mO\ted to Tongio \Vest, and re-erected there, aud was just completed at the end of the year. It should be in full work early in 1912.

Seven pump-Bluieing plants commenced the year in !nil work, and worked continuously with slightly­improved results, particularly at Smythesdale, where Boyd's hydralliic plants did splendidly, some very coarse gold being obtained by the No. 2 plant, one nugget weighing 139 ozs. These nuggets were obtained in ;-cry bard ironstone country, the wash being cemented together in layers about 3 feet thick. Mortar's patent gold-aaving box was nsed on both plants during the year, with good rcanlts.

Two ground sluicing plants worked during the year, with average results, and are continuing opera~ tions.

Throughout the whole district the lease convenants a.nd sludge provisions of Mines Act 1907 were generally complied with.

No. 2 District (M:r. A. R. Campbell, inspector) includes the Beechwurth and portion of the Gippsland (Omoo) Mining District.

PUMP SLUIC!NG PLANTS.

At the end of the year two plants were in operation, both in the catchment of the Ovens River. At each plaee good settling basins have been provi<l!d. Four plants have cea.sed operations, three in the Kicwa watershed, one in that of the Ovens. One h1 the Kiewa watershed will be removed to a new area in the same catchment. The one in

the watershed of the Ovens will be snperscded by a bucket dredge. One plant was in course of construction in the Mitta Mitta catchment.

JET ELEVATORS.

Four plants have worked when there has been sufficient water, two in the Ovens district, two in the Kiewa watershed.

At all of these the settling arrangements arc good.

GRAVI"['ATION SLUICING.

In the district there is now very little gravitation sluieing. At various places individuals aud small parti~ of men are em.ployed during the wiute~ months, when there is a good supply of water, but the only ex-tenSive works arc m the head of Hodgson·s Creek (Ovens R1vcr catchment).

The old basins used for the settlement of sludge from these workings, having served their purpose, and become filled with solids, it has been necessary during the year to provide a new area, which is now in use.

BucKET DRllDGlilS,

At the close of the year there were 49 plants at work (Oven•, 37; .Mitta Mitta, 8; Kiewa, 3; G<lul· burn, 1).

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Four of these had commenced operations during the year. two in OvenS1 one in Kiewa, one in Mitta Mitta watersheds. Three, all in the catchment of the Ovens, had been removed) and were re-erected, and started at new sites,

Four plants ceased operations in t]w Ovens district~ one of theS(> is being r~rnoved to a new area. Plants which have workt~d in dt;ep s0il-covert'd areas, and which were constructed with the object

of restoring the overburden, have continut>d to do good work i:1 thia rC'spect, though in each instance the original soil of the :flats had been covered by drposits of sludg(~, sand, or grave], or all three, before being treated by the plant,

At other places the depths of o\·crhurden have varied so much that the work done is patchy. It must be understood that the areas nf land '•:ht:ru deep soil oecurs a:re small in ('omparison with those which are gravel outcrop, or whrrc the ea.:nh is too shn,llow to be- treated separately. 'l'he work which has been done shc·ws that even under difficulties th~ h·ssN:s have cndmJ.voured to corn ply with cov;.,nants of leases, and, though the re-soiled patches are small, they an~ an improvement on the tailings left by the earlier dredging.

Where the re-soiling covenant of lease does not apply the lewlling and silt distribution have been fairly good. In groUlld which had already been mined, and left in a rough state, there has been a great improvement.

In the condition in which the dredge-a found it it was quite usckss, being holrs and hollows among heaps of stones. By th(t dredging, and d1e use of silt distributors, the atones have bven huriBd beneath the finer material, and the land is likely to be put to some nw.

In so:me of the ground being treated the gravel is ve-ry eoarse, and the sluicing water cannot carry it along the sluice boxes withont assistance. l\fueh time is lost pumping water to clear the sluice hoxest while the buckets remain idle. To overcome this difficulty, one plant in the Owms district was constructed, having a shoot which can be agitated tn send the stones along. The principle is likely to be adopted at other plants, in whieh event areas of ground where good yields were obtained at first dredging will be re-dredged.

Little has been done to show \1tha.t uses can be made of tailings. At one p1ace in the Bright district an an~a of about 2 acres was p1H.ntt>d with fruit-trt>fS two years a.go. Some of the trees have had strips of hark bound runml the trunks tl) prevent rahl;its frr1m gnav.-1.Lg tht:m, oihNs have not; they nre open to the incursions of rabbits a~1.d stock, a~Hl i11 spitB of this arc growing.

Another art'a, planted about fmJT years ago, was protreted by a wil'f-nettcd £0nce. Here the fruitR tref'S ha.vc had no Nur, and. are thriving well. \Vithin the; same eueh--'sure walnut trees are doing even better.

On the tailings adjoining this (>tea a plantation of wattles is grow-Jug. It ia less than three years since thf seeds were sown, yt:t the plantation is a tl1irket, in which some of thr: trees are of a greater height than 10 feet. The seeds were sown broadcast, and the ground was roughly harrowed, but :nothing further was done.

The variety is Acacia DCC'f.J,rrr-ns, or common wnttlt>, kt1own also under the name oi black wattle. The wood of the tree is ll&Jful for various purpost:a, and the bark is good for ram:ing.

It is not the silvrr wattle, which grows natnmlly on the drudged tailings in the district. On some of the carlit"r tailings the bdght of the self-HoWlt silver wattles exceeds 30 feet ..

ExcPpt from the dTI"dges whieh arc m;rkiHg in the beds of the strearnB tht•re is seldom ally overflow to a water~course. The supply of hca.dwatcr Js so regulati~d that the only escape ia usually by percolation.

Plants which have operated in beds of st!f'arns have improved the waterway by removing logs and ~tacking gravel at either side of the channel.

No. 3 District (Mr. J. E. Douglas, inspector) embmecs Bendign and portions of Caat!emaine, Ba!­Ja.rat, and Maryborough Mining Districts.

During 1911 the dredging industry in this district was represented by­(a) Nineteen pump hydraulic pont.oon aluicing plants. (b) Nine portable pump hydraulic sluicing plants. (c) Twenty-three jet elevators. (d) Four bucket dredges.

PuMP Swrcrna. Four pump hydraulic pontoon sfniciug plants ceased operations during the year. Of this number

two cut out their holdings, and t\.\'0 1 aft<'r several years, operations, worked out the profitable portion of their h~ased a.r;;as, leaving :fift.ecn ju full swing at dose of the year. Four of thesn were owned by public companies, seven were privately vwned, and four workDd on tribute. In each case the tributors appear well able to operate their shows succcssfnlly: nurinii the .ca.r1y part of the year a dl:clirw in this form of drc;dging occurred, au~ many plants v.:ere d1spos?d of at ndJCu~ously low figures. lat~r un, the diJmand for this class of plant unproved, and raua:d th·~ prtces by nearly 2:> pt•r cent. On the Bcmhgo field each plant has returned a fair margin of profit ; preparations arc being made for bringing another plant to the fie1d. Some applications for large~ areas are in ha!1d for the usual inspec!ions a.nd ~port; Exp~riments are now h!>ing conducted here w1th coal for st.ermnng purposes, and apptccta.ble reductions m workmg expenses have r('sulted.

PoRT ABLE PuMP SLUICING.

Five o£ these plants cea.scd operations during the year. Of these two cut out their holdings. one beCilJil• unprofitable, and two w"re replaced hy jot ?levators.

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JET ELEVATORS.

Twenty-three plants were, for various periods, working within the district. Of thesej three small ones shut down, leaving t wf'nty in operation at end of the year. This method of mining appears likely to displace gravitation sinking. 'Wh~n a good prt:ssuro head can be obtained this systt:m has hccome very popular. 11hc difficulty of providing for the settlement of sludge, whMe gravitation tu settling dams is impossible, through lack of m('ans to construct costly aqueducts from the mining operations, necessitates the use of s0me kind of elcvat.ing appliance. \rhat appears to be a. muchMncedcd a.djnnct, in connexion with sluicing operations carried on hy individual miners, or by snul.ll coMoperative partiesl is a low-priced portable, easily handled, hut efficient type of motor-driven grav'"'Cl pump, to r-levate everything cut down by the gravitation nozzle.

BucKET DREDGES.

Four plants were operating during the period nnder review. Tlt.ree of those -worked throughout the year, two oi them being :fitted with S('reens previously described and illustrated in Sludge Abatement Board's Report for the year 19!0. The operations of these dredges have heen largely confined to water· cou:rnes, dE>aling mostly with creek and river-bed material

The Guildford dredge is a modern plant, equipped similarly to two of the foregoing plants, with the addition of aa improved automatic rc,soiling deviiX'. This is a semi-circular-shaped chute, 86 feet lung, 2 £(let 8 inc-hes wide, lined with 2-in, pla.nks1 having a hopper reeeiv(lr attaeh{'d to jt.s upper end. The chute has suffie1ent pitch to deliver loam, &c,~ 22 ket beyond the lower end of the tail box and upon the dredged materiaL The hopper receiver is mountt•d on a pivot shaft, attached to the tumbler framing, enabling it to be detached from the main chute, swing out of p<;sition 1 and suspended a.loU when not .re-quired !or re-soiling. The height of the tumbler shaft ahove the deck is 24 feet.

Two of the abcve eompanics combined 1 and constructed a substantial ootiling area of about 20 acres in extent on a suitable flat~ 3 mih:s down .stream 1 to which the effluent fro-m th(' workings is conveyed by a race. Tl1i~ i.s a pmctieal demonstration of the efforts made by dredging and mining companies tu comply with the provisions of tho ;ltines Act 1907.

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INSPECTION OF MINES AND MACHINERY.

REPORT OF CHIEF MINING INSPECTOR, A. H. MERRIN, M.C.E.

I have the honour to submit my report for the yet>r 1911.

The duties of the inspectors ha"-re heen perform~d satisfactorily during the year.

A re~adjustment of the districts w.a.s :rentlered nel>'t'SBary t{}wa.rds the close of the year, owing to tho retirement of Inspectors Ab:rahams and \Villia.msor .. , and the return W duty of Insp{:ctor Mackenzie from the State coal minf;1t

Dist.ricts Nofl. 5 and 7 WC!\! combined so far as th•' rnetalllferons mines Wtire concerned.

Mr. A. C. Wa1lacc was appointf'd to a vacancy on t.he staff in May, and was placed in charge of coa.l mines, A.nnther vacancy on the staff "\V38 filled in NovPmlwr by the appnintmt•.nt of Mr. A. 8. Cain, o£ Bendigo.

Particular atfi,ution was giv•JH by th0 in!:lJH'('tors to the lt<;:alth and safety sr:·ctious of the !\lines Acts, -especially the provisions r•.'h"tlr.g to dvst supp:N"·s~o~i(!l1, Sa.'Iitatinu, and Vf~ntilation. Rdf'rrm.:t\S are made in the inspectors' r~~ports to tlw:>•' matt~r~-- -ltlRp1•t't•Jr \V alia~ d"aliug with them sn far as the coal mines are conr:'tnt·tl. In cv"ry cAAf' wher(' machin0 rnrk drills at<: used and dust arises, t~ither a water jDt or spray is provided. Satisfactory arran~mf'\nt:-: i\f'\1 ma.dt' throughuut thn oovcra.l districts for tnint.1 sanitation by the provil;lun of pana und<'-rground. or, ln the small shallow mines entered t'ithf'r by shaft or tunnel. bv la. trim~ O.te_ommodatiou on the Bl..trfam,, Veutilatiou of t·he m<:tallifcrous min(·S throughout the State may he con$idercd gNtcra.Uy satisfactory, <'::tceptions occurring temporarily in some of the deep. mines, wherr the working laces havC' lw<>r:_ pushed h.;yond th(': infiuen.ce of the main ventilati:1g currc·nt

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In snch ca.!Jc-s it is usually necessary to instaH auxiliary appliances, and, whilr the condition~ are under~ going improvunent, rt·duct·d hours ~r shift are workf'd. Nt'a.rly all oa.a·~s of this nature oecurred at Bendigo. The following giws particulars of the work done in ventiJatkm~ dust snpprrSRinn, &1rritation) &c .• in the B-endi~o and Eaglehawk Dlstriets during the year:-

Number oi coropani('S N lllll.ber o! sbt>lts Connexious of adjoining shafts .• Connt~xions by winzes or rises .. Stoppings pnt in Brattices put in Old sht>!ts covered

during year 1911 J

101 124

18 57 18 2 6 9 8 2

Drives cleared up Winz<:s~ &c., clear('d up Airways enlarged Fourth compartment starts at surface .. Fourth compartment start.s below surface fiAnnexions proceeding by drives .. Conue-xions proc"eding by winzes or ri~s Doori! being put in Vf'nti1ation plpe lhws-·voi.th air jet Ventilation pipe line-s-y;it,h water jet Veut1la.tion 11lp•: lines---'with fan Ventilation p-ipe lines-natural !l{t>chino drills, nurol>€r of Jdst number o-f Sprays, number of .. Buck""e't sprays, number of Water l:>id on throughout Water laid on partly .. Dtinkiug wat<'t-t.:J>Yn supply Drinking wo.t0r-raln wat\"r Pans in mines---'\\o--ith covers Pans in minee~without ('ovcra Pans iu mines--in boxes Change house--hot and c,old baths Change housc--{Oold baths Chang<> house~without baths Shalt-u pea.% Shaft-do>\-Jleast Shaft-ooll-conmined ~Ien on mines--an:ragc for 1911 Men on wages below for 1911 Men on tribute for 1911

1 ::}on 31st December, 19ll {

21 49 21 23 17 !i 5 8

11 217 174

4 95 53 15

107 10 38 28

198 21 14 67 32 51 42

.. 3,192

.. 2,016 406

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Six~ho;u sh~fts wt-re ordered and workE'd in 8 easrs, as foHows :--Shaft. sinking. 2 ~ levela, 3; wmze Til)~. 3 ; and stop•JS) 2.

Number of levc]s at which work was carried on between the dcpt,hs­fi-500 fret--by company 75, by tributer 30

500-I,OOO , 80 " 25 1,000-1 ,500 ;, >! 65 H 24 1,500~2,000 >l l> 41 H 13 2,000-~2,500 !I ll 37 H 7 2,500-3,000 ., 16 3,000-3,500 " , 7

321 99

Number of shafts in work hsving depths between the following limits:--Surface t•o 5fi0 feet 30 500 " 1,000 " 21 1,000 " 1,500 , 16 1,500 n 2,000 ,

1 10

2,000 U 2,500 H 23 2,500 , 3,000 , 15 3,000 , 3,500 " 8 Over 3,500 feet . . l

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. Assistant Inspector Rqss was engaged principally at Bendigo, on work connecred mainly with the tmpNvemc.nt of th'3 undergro:md conditions iu matters of ventila..tiou, dust suppression, a.nd .sanitation. He a1so ~<we a g1nd deal of attention to the inspection of mine maga.zine-s1 and the testing of explosives stored th•orrinl th'; rt•s·tlt br:Jing that l'mtsideruhle improw·ment hM heen e:ff~c.ted with regard to the BOU!tdness of oxpbsivcs fi'ld the stor11.ge conditionR.

A fi'port follows tJH the determination of dust ln mine air, and another report ou running trials of a steam plant at thr: Yirgiaia mine, Eagl;:.;hawk, us:bg slack coal from the State mine.

\Vith th'.> ()bjf'd ;;f ptoviding a m+>a.ns of prceipitating the dust suspended in the a.ir d~;livrred from a downc.a..'!t ruiEB to aa upc(l.st mine, experinumts were made with a wa.trr curt<i.in. 'l'his wn.s placed in a levd connr.cting the North R' d \Vhitc and Blnc ;nd the Y1·w Rwl \Vhite and Blue Consolidated mine.:;. '\Vh!'!n Ml•·re were no NCk drills working. no shovdling, u.nd no tiring, and the water curtain not ln operation, the qU"a:1ti:,y oi dusL in t1v--. air fNm the {onner miae was ·033:! and •0338-avera.JSe ·0345 grammes of dusli per kil•llitro of air. \Yith the water curt.a.it1 in operation the quantity was •0056 and •0026-a.veragc ·0041 ~rrammf's of dust pt'r kilolitre of air, the dust absorb0d being thna 88 per et': ut. The latter samples were taken close up to th~· cnrtain, ''"ht!rc the u.ir was full of mist e.u.rrying dui:lt, some of which would have settled later on. Other t-t•sl.s in these mines, when i!l fuli wol'k, gave before firing .913 and .85·1 grammes, and after firing ]·26! <\1<11·174. Ar the, (hrdea Gully Uuitd miJlC the air from No. 3 shaft C<lrriod dust •739 grammes per kilolitrt>- lwf•Jrc fieiu.g and ]·7B2 after firin,&;. At the Colhnaun and Tacchi mine, the air from the Johneon's No. l ca~rh•d dust ·1H:i grammes per kilolitre. The air carryirtg these quantities is quite clear to the eye.

In llc<'p mining the 0ffieien~:y of tiw worker is largely coutrallcd by the humidity of the air on_ the one hand1 aud hr; may, P~l the othr:r lund, h·.:- .<;'lhject t 1 the effects of a dusty atmosphere. Experiments Wtm~ cJnductcd upon t-h" supprcssir_)'l of dust -ryroduced l)y machine drills by means other tha-n a jet or spray, which incrnasc,s thn humi:lity o{ thl' air. Numel'ous tegts vrere mu.dc of a system of Bxhaust. No sa.tis{actory sch·:me lw.s bce;-1 so far ('nlved, Lut the f'l:&:pcrim\mts will be pr-oceeded with.

The carbonic a,cl,l ~;:1.s in the Bendigo mines usHally does not cxcc('"d the maximum und(;r the yenHJa.ting proviHions nf the Ac.t. Oceasiona.lly, howcverj a.n nxress of C02 is met with where the current 13 feeble, attd th•_; v<:utihtion m:hemt• requirN' modification.

T1v:: [ollo,'>il:!?; ar'" the resn1ts frvnl tests mad0 tn dctnrminc the pcrecntage of C0 2 in an upcast shaft when the mine was not. in work:~

New Chum R<1ilwf\y (idle)~ downca.st mine working~ 12 parts C02 iu 10,000. LauM,~ll's 1&) (idk), rlownoa-st mi11': not working, lO parts C0 2 iu 10,000. G!:!.nbn Gully U:litNl No. 1 shaft, mi~te {innluding dowacast) S':<}ppcd for week, 13·7 part,;; C02

in ](),<lfifi. Cornish United No. l shn.ft, mixH' (induiling tlow!lc.a~t.) Rtoppcd for W•!ck, 4 parts C0 2 in 10,000. c,_)umann atlil '1\l,<::-chl, miEn :;t,oppt~d for W()Ck, downcast mim~ working, 9-•5 pu.rts C02 in tO,OOO.

The following is the text of a. cir0nla.r issnt~d in the middh~ of the year to the :inspecbrs of mines:-

".TfJSls of Winding Plant Braka. u General Ru!t' 2G, Ji·ines Ad 190-1, provid~s-' Thoro shall be attached to every machine worked

by str::-4m, wn.tor, or m<'r-hankal -powf'r errct0d after the passing of this Act and used for raising and lowering persons an adeq;H\.te h!'ake . . , . . fittrd to each winding drum . . . . . In the case of shafts <ts:0eeding l,OOO feN· i!l clcpth S'lt>h. hrakt~S must !),_: W·Hk•~d by steam, air, e1cctridty, or watr·r.'

"An ad(:qm•te htl\,kn mn.y he ddinetl as ono by which the driver may contr0l the fally~loa.ded eage at any part of th'~ wind without usi~1g the st!O'am, either to promptly bring the eage t:J. rest, or to lower it l!teadily.

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HA vrinding engine is usua.lly controlled by checking with steam a.s well as by the a.pplie.ation of the brake, but it is cssenti<~.l that th0 hrak·~ shall he adt>quatc tu nv~et cases of accident to the winding engine by fl{ilure of i.he :nrn~rsing gt•ar, cluteh gen.r, spur gear, or other parts of the mccha.~1ism.

"Would InspecWr . . bu good enough to carry out at his conV<<nicnce the following tests s~ far as practicable on all the winding plants in his. district1 and furnish progress reports of same:-

"Test (l).-Th.1.t the winding ma.r:hincry running at various speeds with light a.nd h{iavy loads ca.n be readily slowed and stopped, and1 after st.opping~ c.au be immedinWly started again in either direction by the ongine~driver.

"TeJJt (2).-That each winding drum, Wlclutchcd from the .,;ngine, can be maintained in a position of re.st, with no more slipping than 1 foot, hy means of its own broke, whil>: b<~aring ita maximum load when mnding persons (allow 150 lbs. each).

" Test (3).-That the fully-loaded cage in motion a.nd working in balance ca.n be brought to rest promptly by applying the brakes with steam eut off.

"Test (4).--Tha.t the fully··load(•d cn.g,~· i> sh;:,lr gcn.r can be lowered stefi.dily and safely to the bottom plat (say for a distance o[ lOO fc<Ct) by applyi!lg the brake, and without using the steam.

"'State with rega.rd to each win<ling plant-­

(a) Geared. (b) On first motion.

(a) Brake 011 fly wheel. (d) Brake on one or both drums. (c) Drams--one or both loose with clutch. (f) Br3.k(~-ba.nd f>r post."

, The condnct of th;; t.~'st.s was into'it::N'd with, owing to t.h~; re~arrangcment of districts late in thfl ~ar, a.nd the r~>al!vtmcnt of the ·work amoJ~gst th.e inspc(!tol'!;, The :;:ctur11S are, knv0ver, almost C(;mpleted. Gcncra.I!y, th'-'Y slv:Jw t]Hl.t t}t<'! majority oi ¥rinding pla.uts can oumply sn.tisiactorily with thf! spceil1ed tests; in oome cas•·s the brak~ w~a.r required n:;·w hr1.kr: bl<·Ck.s, or adjustment of oome kind, while in a fc't.~ cases the brake 1 through unsnit;:\bl" tlesii-,'11, fr~lJ{\d to hold undcl' tht> more sever;. of tln OOsts.

Mine Boilers.-Thc numbf'r of new aud sccond~h.aud boilers inspected and tested dnringthe year was 118, as loll()ws :-

Cornish J,a.ncar;hitt~ Cornish and multitubular Lancashil'i' and mnltitubular Mnltitubt:lar uaderfired Locomotive portable Vertical .. Water tuoo Marine dry back

39 7

17 2

15 14 20 2 2

Of the total, the district inspectors of mines t.cst"d 26, and the boiler inspector liccll.OOd under the Mines Acts teskd 92.

DET:&:RJflNATION ol!' THE AMouNT oP DusT m MrN:m AIR.

By As.U,tant z,..pedi!r Ross, M.Sc., B.M.E.

The first appara.tus used to c.ullcct the dust from a. known volume of air consist<:d of-

(1) A garden syringo, 213 ·5 mm. strolro by 36 ·3 mm. here, 220 •95 cc. capacity, wit.h the leather so arra.uged as to draw iu. A two~way tap was fittfld OOtwcen the pump and the nozzle so that the air sucked in through the nozzle could be discharged through another opening:

(2) 'fhe sample tuoos, attached to the nozzle of the pump by short len~the of rubber tubing 3- ·5 mm. bore, wcro 50 mm. long in the barrel and 25 mm. iu the m pp le, 75 mm. over a.ll. The external diameter of the nipple wos 9 mm., to fit the rubber connexions tightly while the external diameter of the barrel was-- '

Nos. 1, 2 Nos. 8, 11 Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 1~

15•5 mm. 18

" 20 "

(3) Plugs of Red Cross cotton wo<•l, of known weight, W1'I'<l put in these tuhes, tightly-fitting corks ket>ping dirt out when not in use. .

To obtain a sample, a tube woald be fitu.:d to the pump, the cork removcdl and a given number of strolroo taken, drawing the air thrJugh the cotton wool, and discharging it through the opening provided, turning the two·way tap between each movement of the piaton .

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Evperimerr.t (1).-To det.,rmine the effect on the efficiency of the method by provi<>usly W£tting the cott<>n wool.

The roaulta o-f trials aT(~ givf'n in tabular form :-

Teal Number.

Orarwn(!'s Dust; Collected per Kilolitre or Air.

Dry())~ Wool. Wet. Oot.ton Wool. -- -- -~ --

0•679 0•859 0•1134 0·77!0 0·0823 0•0906

1•762 1•988 0·1812 I •538 0·1018 0·0+53

Thus, ('X<:cpting (6); whith is beyond the limits of accuracy of this method, t,he weu~otton wooloo11ects much more dust, and is th(,•T(•h,rc prcierabh1. The Wt)t wool hcoomt.'s drier the more strokes t.aken~ an t>Xperimcnts wcrte carried out to det.;m1ine the best nnmher oi strokrs to tak(1. Iu order tu a.vcrag6 the conditions, two aa.mpler; werr taken, ea.::h wit.h the smne numbn oi strokes, but ('qnidista.nt from the beginning and (•nd of tht: experiment, i.e., they wen1 t .. 'lkcn in the ordcr~l, 3, 5, 7, 9! 11, 12, 10, 8! 6, 412; 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 1> and 6, 7 and 8, 9 and 10, and 11 and 12 being the pairs.

Exper-iment {2).-To determine the best num_h('r t)i strokt"R to t<~kt'.

Or~~otu.nu•• Dust Collected per Kil(!l!tte of Air. ,---~--·- --~~-~-·--~-- -- ---~--~ --------------- ---------------- --

Nm:uber ot 8\t<:llretl, Test Number.

·--------· .. ----- --- --------~ ----~---- ----------~ -----7, •• .. 10.

------- ---····

5 . . .. 0 •2715 0·136 0•1632 o·o 0•2715 0•408 0·1632 0•408

10 .. .. o·o 0•226 0'226 o·o o·o 0•156 0•070 o·o

15 .. .. 0•04535 0•0755 0'196 0•1057 0•181 0•0755 0•181 0•0755

20 .. .. .. O·Oi8 0•193 o·I7 .. O·OM 0'114 0•125

2~ .. .. 0•009 .. . . .. 0•272 .. .. ..

30 .. .. .. 0•038 0•098 0'189 .. 0•151 o·1s9 ..

40 .. .. 0•0453 0•017 0•085 0•074 0·0055 0•1414 0•091 0•0508

In tn;ts 7, 8, 9 plugs of cotton wnol weighkg 0•3 gm. Wt'I'f' uBf'd; in t~st 10, thr plugs wcighf'd 1·2 gm. The plugs -w£-rc inclu(~rr.tl'd, and the ash weiglv:d, tlw dust ht'ing the (':XCf'SS ~__,yp-:r thf' weight d_ t,he ash oi 3

blank. Test 10 shows that thl~ ~;rrors dnc to volatHiwtion lossve during ignition an(l the s:;m,•what -erratic ash oi the cotton wo~..l incrf'asc with inorNLAe of weight oi thD plug.

These teats show that thi-s method is quite untrustworthy. Th-e ideal method must eoHcct -every particle of dust, and must allow the duat so culh:cted to be accurately ,,·tdglJhL rro satisiy thcf*; requirem-ents, i designed and made an appa-ratus whieh cuabli!s the air t,o be filtered through distillrd water, a.nd then, to make douhly certain, tu form an cmuls1ou with water, so that cvt•ry particle must be eolh·cted. To make the apparatus small enough to be portabley it is nPcrssary t-Q rt>peat the cycle several timf'S.

The apparat,ua consists oi two bottles, oi 235 cc. net capacity each, fu-ed mouth to mouth, and oonnect~d to each othe:r by glass and rubber tubing, aud to the atmosphere by long glass tubes •Nith rubber unions. Sample bottlf'S, holding 245 cr. of di~tilkd ;tnd fiikr<'d water, aTi: rr•qu-ired.

To \>'Urk the apparatus the 245 cc. oi water in a sample bottle is e-mptie-d into the instrument1 filling on-e bottle, and leaving 10 cc. in th<~ other, 225 cc. of ~-ir s-pace rtroaining; th(m the appara-tus is tumed end for end, so tha.t the air is drawn into the top bottle as the water runs into the bottom bottle, driving the air in it out. When finished. the 10 ec. of water remaining in the top hottle is shaken up v.-i.th the air. and the appa:ratus is :reversed again, the operation being rcpt•atvd n11til sufficitmt strokes have be~m taken, when the waror is run ba<'k int<> the sample bt>ttle, taking caTe t<J flush out both the long tubes, a.o dust ms.y be &dl:wring t<> their sidee.

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The dust from the atmosphere is now in the water, and must be collected to be weighed. 1 tried flotation, but finally scttkd on filtration as being: quicker and more ccrta.m. 'rhe sample is heated ro hoi1mg. and filtered t1tronMh an "ashl<8H" filter paper, which 1s dried! 1gnired. and we-ighed, the result. less the gsh of the filter pn.pcr 1 is th<; weight of the dm;t in the volmnt' of a1r trcatt·d.

Condition,

Before nring Alter i\ring

Grammes Dust Collec-ted per Kilolitrn ut Air.

0•913 1•261

12.

0·854 1·1H

The h()kfl in test 12 were mnrh clnSt~r than thos(~ in tl:St lL otherwise conditions were sintila.r. The smoke cl('-arc-d (J:ff very quickly, {mly b•:ing thick while two out of the ten rtvt..~rsals taken Wt:re made. 'rhe air before firing seemed quite t.}t'ar to the ~Yt\ rnd probably no rosnlte wonld have been recorded by the oot.ton-wool method.

Test 1:3.

Gn":tditlcn. Befr,re Sprayint(. Alter 8J)r3ylng,

--··~- -·--· 10. 5. 10. '· ~·-----.. - - .. ·--~

Gra.mnlf'8 dust coHfc.ted p<'r kilolitr(• of u.ir 0•0352 0 ·0 .. 138 0·0055 0•0026

-Tht: amount of dust present after spraying is b<'low the iimits oi error.

Rt~"NrNu TnuLS OF THE STEAM PLANT AT THE VIRGIN"IA Mnm, EAGLEHAWK.

By Assi8tant I nspect<Jr Ross.

The plant. consists oi a batt0ry (\ngiufl, tandem, compound c.ondf'nsing, <:ylindt'rB 12 inches and 22 inches, by 36-in. stroke, 'Yhich runs at. 59·5 r.p.m.; ll!l air c.ompressor, sWam end tandem compound condcnsing 1 13-in. and 24-iu. cylindtrs by 30-in. stroke; ai-r t1lld tandem compound, 13-in. and 22-in. cylind(~rs by 30-ilL stroke; which runs at wha.tevt>r Sp<'ed is nc·cded1 thi: av(•tage bPing 45 ·8 r.p.ln. Both these engin€'5 ~uc hand govcraed 1 all the Yaln•R arc Bimilar, the inl('ts being oscillating Cor1iss-type Yalves, with concent.ric cnt-off Va.hcs, and the exha.usL bdn~ osci11atin~ CorHss-tJpc valves.

An ind{'pcndent eondt:nser and two ic('d pumps const.itnte the auxillaries. The boiler is a Stirling, No. 774, blowing off at l60 lbs. per square inch. Th• steam prossure ia

automatically r.-:~oorded by a Bristol ga.ngf:. Th('. first test was for SPVrn days. Of the 21 shifts in this period, the battery~enginc ran 18 and the

oomprcssor 12. Th(' boil('r was under suoam for the whole period.

Air Compressor.--···264J71 ri'Volntions in week; mean revolutions per minutc 1 4.5 ·8; volume free air displaced per N:~v-oh1tlon (100 per C('Jlt. t>ffl(';iency)~ 13•20 cubic feet; volume- iret> air distJla.ced pet week (100 p~;r cent, <:fficii·ltcy), 3,486,057 ·20 cubic fed: stNtin per roYoluticm 1 0·911lhs.; stNlm per; week, 24<\476lbs.; enal per week, 29)800 lhs. (50·6 per Cl!-nt. of total).

BaUenj b'ngine.-Rf'Yolutions p;:;r minutr, 59 ·5; revolutions p(\T wcrk, 5H,f.l00; stf'fl.Ul per revolu­tion, 0 ·459 lhs.; steam per we:Pk, 236,68-7 lbs. (49 ·4 per cent. of tDtal) ; t<Jiuu~g<:: (',flJShf'd. 762 per week; '"'"m per to.,, 3l0•5lbs; coal prr ton, 38•5lbs.; coal per week, 29,:528Jbs.

E1:aporation Test.-·~282,881 cubic innlH'S of wat~r at 126'2° F. ;;wapor~ted a.t 150 lbs. per square inch, equals 10,107 lbs. ~""' tl,502lbs. from and at 212° ".B~.; flla.ck consumed, 1,258·5 lh~.; evaporation froln 1~6·2° F. to steam at 150 lhs. per square inch 8•07 lbs.; <'vaporation f_rum and at 212' F.= 9·14 \bs.

For this test the ked water -. • ..--as meaiinrrd 'in the fted tanh, a.nd all thr slack coal went over a weigh­bridge i all mtwhinery under full llOrntalload.

The fuel wa.s ordinary slack coal from the State coal mine, 'VonthaggL In the test lasting for seven rlays, 59,1281bs. slack were conaumcd.

Air Compressor Test.-The battery eugiw:: was shut down; t.]l(~ condenser maintained 20-in. vacuum revolutions = 9,234 ; lnean siRam pressure = 155 lbs. per square inch; mean air ptfSSUl't' = 88 1bs. per square inc.h; meau vacuum = 20 inches; mean fcf3d temp('ra.tnre = 143° F.; coal (slllek) consumed, 1,466 lbs.

Evaporalwn.-236,880 cubic inches at 143" F. to steam at 155 lbs .. per square inch= 8,405•75 lbs. = 9414 ·4 lbs. from and at 212" F. 5 ·42 lbs. p<'r lb. slack = 0 ·9ll lbs. per revolution of oornpresaor.

The indicator diagrams are attached.

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No. l DisTRICT, M.u~no&otrGR.

B. D. Mitchcll, lmpector of Mines, Maryborough.

Mines.-Mining operations, on the who1<', throughout this district have been carried on in a fairly sa.fe e.nd practical manuer, and the mining regulations relating thereto reasonably observed. The work of &haft sinking, driving, rising, and atoping has been~ well conductr-d, while a fair supply of materiala for the proper carrying out of t,he work has been krpt on hand.

Acc1:dents.-Eight accidents were reported for the year, thr('e -fatal and five serious. Of the fatal accidents, two happt'ned at the Lord Nelson mine, St. Arnaud. Thoa. O)Brien, whilst v."''rking in a stope, was killed by a fall of wek frc,m the hanging walL In this case the timber was close up tD the face, aud the deccas{'d was working dovm loose ground, n.nd, while in a. stooping position, ?.llS struck on the back Df the ht:ad with a piece of quartz. C. Fcnn1:lly, L~mployed as platman at the same mine~ signall~d the cage away to the next lt'Y~·l! 3'ld, when it was in n:otion, tried to get aboard, ami was cn.nght against the cap piece and killt'd. The d<:ceased had bet'n platmail for many years, and was considered very carefu]. At the Burnt Creek dred~e, J. Pt>iUt, w-orking in an open cut face 12 !eet high, while in a stooping position, was struck by a fall of gravel and killed. Just previous to t.he n.eridl·nt the deceast_'d had insp;;cted the face and surface. Oftht• serious accidents, four happenecl at the Lord NPlson mine, St. Arnaud. J. Huxable, working in a stope, got cut en the shoulder by tlw fall of a s'!nall stone from a back. L. Con1eilus, working in a stope, got his head cut by falling ground. P. de Clark<' had 11is foot emshed by a fall of rock from th~ hanging wall. A. \Vilsm:, working in a stope, g(,t his head cut hy a fu.ll of stone. James Rovan, work"'ing in a stope at the Pyrenees mine, Rcdb&nk, got his foot hadly crushed by a fall of ground.

V cntilatiofl.-The various mines in t.he (listrict 1uwc been J«>pt in fair condition as rt>gards V('-ntHation. In the quartz section ventilation on the wholo has b"en good. At times in deep lev<'la and dead ends tcmptlraturos have bc<'-n ort the high side, b1.1t in most case-a only temporarily. In the alluvial section ventilation eonditior;J; ha.vc hecu good, CXC{'-pt at times with a north wind <oVld sudden changt·s, when the e.xtreme working parts and old p;round tl1row off a, good d1. al (;f gas. In such cases the men !(~move to other parts of the mine, ;,vh\'tC the condit.ions are wor'k;\hlP. \Vater is h~oid on, and jets for laying dust pwvidcd where necessary.

llfa<'lti:nery.-The maC'hiL;'ry h;~s be0-n kept in good \vorking order, cages tested, r(1p('s ovcrh;,aled &nd all w:ar atOOndcd to jn acc<rrdance with thf> r(•gulatirnts, no a.ceidents of note having occurred iu connexion thcrey.-ith. Boih'ri3 and a.U connexiuns haVe been kept in f!;I)Od working condition, cleaned, and tested in compliance with the boilt;r inspection provisions of the Act.

Sanitary.-This ha.a b..:en fairly wrll attended ro, aud the working and :r.:sting places kc:pt iu very fair condition. 'Workmen arc paying more attf'ntion to this part of their duty, recognisiu.g th~ importance oi the regulations relating thereto~ ar:d tl1eir Ticsponsibility in seeing that they arc compJicd with.

Prospecling.-Se~·cral parties r,nd compa11i<'s ha.ve bccn working with the a.id of Government 1oa.nS1

a good deal of work has been carrif'd out, and in n few ca.S('S payabk gold struck, The work in ~vera} is being conducted 'With payable rcs:llts. Two parties havt: refunde-d .£50 and £17 r('.spectivt:ly towards the loans granted.

Land.-A large nnmber oi land applications hav<1 bc{'n reported on during the term, and in most easea the blocks recommended subject t.o mining conditions.

Regu.lations.-The mining regulations have bf'en well complied with. The new code of signa.ls introduced appears to he worlcing well and giving satisfaction~ no complaints being made in any way.

No. 2 DISTRICT (CASTLEMA!NE).

J. Rowc. Inspedor oj Mine8) Castlern.aine.

~lining operations have been ra.rri(ld on throughout the district with all reasonable care ior the safety of the men employed thtl'ein. Tht sanitary conditions have been good. rrhe ventilation ht%.~ been satisfactory throughout. The machinc1'Y in use in th, district has, as usual, been kept in good ordt'r. All safety appliances ha.ve bet'n kt>pt itt gocd enh;r, and the ll<~ct·ssary poriodical ('Xtuninations of the .same have been reasonably well ccmp1ied with.

Nothing of a. payabl0 natun' has been diReoverNl during tht' y<.'fH by n.n:v uf th~-' parties or C'-'Jmpanies receiving aid under the Mines ~velopmcnt AcL

No fatal accident. has (I am ploas:rd to report} happened in the district during tlH~ year; but eh:~ven serious ones have occurred, viz. : .. -A. Sta.ndford, hand injur('d bj· the bar of the r.>ek drill fv.lling on it ; Jas. Baxter, jun., bruised about bc•dy by a fall or rock; A. Ward. injured lJy falling down shalt ; E. Sanfoad, small bone of hand broken by a piecf' of timber which he w~s handling falling on it; J. ThonH.\.61 small bone oi lf'g broken by a falling stone : Th•JS. Ydlandr rib broken and bB.tk br"J.ised hy a fulling buck·3t; '\Vm. Whlro~ finger bToken by letting a stamp"r f;:.ll 0r: it wlril<: putting f,n n new slL•e in tho battery; J. Moloney. arm cut by a fa.lliug stone; St.:~ph.r:u Hvskcn, toe brokP!t by falli1:g stone; Jnfl. Na:1ce, cngirlr~ drivFr, bruhwd leg and body, by falling from th<' u:illng of tltr; cng:lnc-housG; G.!ld \Ya.ltu Kels·J,leg br.:.lwn by a fall of earth iu a dredging claim. None of the Rbovt: injuries, I am pleased to say, is of a ncturc lik11ly M be permanent.

INDICATOR DIACRAMS, STEAM PlANT VI RCI NIA MINE, EAC lE HAWK.

AIR COMPRESSOR STEAM END Stroke 30'" AIR END

CJIS. 13'& 22' Cyls. 13': & 24" r---,_\ ~~ f ~·:~~~:~~fl~$ p~·,_ j. I

~If' M .. /" .. " e.p.m/G'f:'s ~

(H.P.cylinder

/ ~~am ~~ 0~,.·~~ !

• opm. 51 ':;;) I .:..>/ 1~0 lbs·l" _•\ -L- IOOibs•!' ·----- L ,_ ---- ·---·ATMOSPHERE ··· ----- -- ---·- --- ----

·ZERO---------------- ---· -----

I L.P.cJlinder< steam l!i&lbs per a~ ~ Combined

. vacuum zs·s~ Mean

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No. 3. DrsTRIOT (BENDIGo).

J. E. lt!cColl, lmpcdor of Mines, Bl!irldi1}o.

Report for period 7th November tJ 31st December, 1911 . .~l-Iines.-The underground workjng conditions of the mines <~rt· satisfactory, the grvund, where

required, is kfipt well timbered, and the filling in of worked sU.lp1~'l) als~) rcz·<·ivns close attention, One fatal accid(·nt oerurtf,d thr.Jngh a fall of c11rth .

.. 4ccidents.--Throughout the y(';at 21 serious ace.ident.s oe<>urrcd, which arc classed under t-he following ht::atHJ~gs. viz. :-

Falls o! earth Falling down shaft Falling down winzes, &e. Fall ol materials down shafts, &('.. Collision with cagd;; Truck Machinery Blasting • Miscella.ncous

B:illcd. lnJured.

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2 2 2 2 1 1 3

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Jfachinery is well kept and in good oTdcr; quite a r .. -.. ·.o::icr of eumpanies have gas auction plants drh'ing the batteries and eomprcssors, aud a great savir.g O'.i~T thoM drivrn hy st-eam power is claimed. Another saving ia effected by the use o:f Pow'lett coal; t,b.ts fuel i£ giving satisfr~etion, and its consumption is on the increase. Ropt'S, en.ges) and saict.y appliances rcccc"'.re att<Jntion. SoJHe ropes. huw(~vcr, in some unexplainable way appear to hide their ddcda from the e'~::nniu:uj.".: expert, and break when least expcct<:~d.

Ventilation and San,itatWn.-rfhe mines nrr fv_:.r~y w>·ll v..:ntiln;t:..,d. New shafts han~ been commenced v.ith four wmpartmcuts frvm the surfc:.cf', and ;onn.exions are made where pra.ctieabk. Water )ets or sprays are insisted on when boring with rod..: drill~. Oi.iO mi~Ie has wuter pipes laid to all the worldng faces, although no roek drill£! are in liS'!. O!le m:mager was tbcd {or not providing water for men Ul.iing s. rock drilL

No. 4 DioTRICT (BALLAl'AT, ARARAT AND StAWELL).

G. 11. Fitche., ln.<pectM of Mines, Bal/arat.

The mines regulations are, as a whole, reasonably well observed. The ventilation and sanitAtion of all mines are in a very fair aud reasonable eondition, and due regard for the safety and wrl:fare 0 j the employe is manifest, as well a.s an apparent i~1clination (~ll the part of t~e majority o! those employed to oo-operate. All appliances~ safety aud othcrwJSe, arc ~ub]cd to the sf:rutmy don:Anticd by the regulations, and in no case has a failure been reported through lax1.ty or non~observn.nce of tht~ general rules laid down.

Accldenls.-Scventeen accidents occurred during the year, six of which terminated fatallv. At Sta.wcll, Waiter Jones (a lad, aged sixtk'en yc•ars), whilst working with his father in a miner's right .. claim, 20 feet deep, received a fractured sh:ull, caust•.d l•y the wiudia.ss handle der..a.ching from the barn• I, whilst being lowered do\\"'n the shaft; his iujuries tcrminatt>d fatally nine days afrerwards. At the Australian ..Midaa zn.ine, Thomas Grenfell recciv.cd . bruiat•s to the body and shock, ta?scd by a piece of reef falling fro~ the back, whilst engaged blastmg lll a hotwm hole: At the Lla,nb~ws No. 1 nunc, Alex. Dempster recmved a sealp wound and cut fore-arm, ea used by a PH'(:C ot rt·wf shpptng from a. VNn overhead, whilst engaged fixing timher. ~At thn Jubike mine, G~;orgr> Sh,erlock hnd his fore~arm broken by meddling with a loose belt on a rcvolviug shaft in the batkry houst>. At thu New Norman by mine, John U'Hca rcr:eivcd a fractured skull, ra.mwd by falling from a.laddcr~\vay, ,ddlst tksccndlug from a rise; his injuries proved fatal three days afterwa-rds, At the Ei:VIh'rn Stat' miJL~. Joha Vim~n1t got hls atnt broken by his ntatc~s pick going through it whilst he was trimming down the. bat~k for laths. At the Ni:W Norma.nby mi1te, .John K~lly and Sa.m &we were cng.ngud puttln~ ~omt: the hao::.k la.th_s ~fa stope when .the timbers collapsedt evttlently taused hy Howe <JA~mdmrtaBy !illSSiE~ th>: lath <m(l lnttmg the eap, whwh complctPlY buried Kclly, who was iut~ta.nt.ly kiHud, rmd forced H.<1WC clear uninjured. At the Victoria Unitf'd mi1w: Rl,·hard Tomllnson ha.d Ills h·g bTOkc11 by a- ph't:B of rt>d faJliug out nf th(; siJc d ihP shaft whilst trimmiwr down a.ftkr a shot. At the Australian 1-Iidas mir,{;, 8amucl Kay (~.·ngiue-drivt:,r) was instautly killed h; bl'ing caught by the travellN of the surface pump :~nd the ooudcnscr \vhilst 6.ttending to duty. At E~hvards:' pyrites works, .Jamcs Hicks ret.:dv;-:;d bruk,,u rib::; and abra~ons hy .fallin~ off a staging t.u the floor~ ahout 12 fcct1 whilst removing a bdt !rom off a, p:rll( y. At t1t" ~f'W JuJnke mnw, TholllM House reeeivcd fatal injuries, caused b_v ~t faH of earth. from the ~idc oi :1.11 uprn eut.. At t-h~: Sh;m:.es aLd Scotelunr.u 's minf•, An drew· Vircoe had his ki-t erush('d h5· a faH in(,!; lump wh;{st r.lq~n-~:( d barring dow1~. At \V!lkius m and Co.'s works, Slaaluy Barwiu received fa.tai it:juries, caunt·d by btlllg t~aught in tLf; l· .. ld:;; of a b;·lt whih-t iu tbc r~t:t of putting th"· bdt on the grinilBt(JlH~. At EJwardsl pyrit~s works~ A.rthut Coyte reeeivt.:d a imctarcd skull, caused by falling off i\ s.ta.g~ 15 f\\Ct to !·b·'' 1luor, ~¥~-ing in _a pbch bur slipping whilst \'llf\<l.gcd fixing mach.inery. At th<o Llanbt,rrts :So. 1, Don Doylc rce<:Jved a d1sloeated ankle, caused by fallill,g 15 t('et dovt:It a dirt pa-ss, whilst engaged lugging up. At the Nc\Y Norma11by mine. Alex. Ritc.hie reeoivt.·d a. broken ann and abrasions by falling down a ladder-w"y 30 feet, whilst descending to his work. At the Australian Tailing Co.'s works, Jooeph Hoaley rccciv"d lacerated anns and head by h<Jing caught in the folds of a oolt whilat in t;A. aot of replacing it on a pulley.

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No. 5 DISTRICT (SoumERN 0ARTLEMAINF. A>D WEsTERN GIPPSLAND).

A. H. Slwrpc, Inspector o/liiincs, Elstcrnwwk.

No. 5 District now includf's the mctallikums portion of No. 7 District. . A_ccid-enls.-During th\) yen.r six accidents oc.curred, two of which tt~rminat,ud fatally. Of the six:

acc1dents) thn·:: happem~d on thc.surfacl:, a;Hl three. t:!.. the stapes undergrom:.l. 'Vith one exception (non~ iata.l) these a.ct:Hltnts may, I consJUer. be fatrly a.sertbed to car(:ksaness on tht~ part of those who wc:ro killed or injured.

Mines and 1\fachincry, including Boilers, Safcl!f Cfll}el1, awl Gear, llopcs, &c.--Reasonable eomplin.QCe with th-e provisions of the Act is being observed,

Ycnrilation.-Thc ventilation is satisfactory in all the mines other th&n th(' Long Tumwl, \ValhaHa, which mine is at present the only oue working in the detpcr zow.:s1 wh•:ro the radiation of heat from the roch.-s has to he cont<•mled vtith, in addition to the ordinary ~.outaruinating inilucnces c.xpericnccd in mine vontilatim:. As a result, rather high tcmperaturcg prevail at the lowest (3,375 ft.) lcvd, also in the stapes over th' :-:>,225-ft. level; but tmbstantial improw•mcnts ilre being dfe~ted th.-1.t will admit of the circulation of a. much grcatl:r volum{' of a.lr to the working pla.(WS in these kvcla. The sanitary arrangcmcnts are fairly satisfactory in all thCt mitws throughout the district.

Du8t Buppr~:ss·ion.-·An t•tlicient wator jet ii"rvie(' is im;talted 1 and satisfactorily applied in connexion with cvf·ry machine rock drill in use, At the Long Tn11ud miuet \\ralhalla, the changing room is equipped with baths, including a hot and c.old water fl(\rvie<', a.nJ is ample for the requir"•menb1 of the mine employes.

No. 6 DISTRICT (BE£CHWOR1'!I).

B. J. Prow.<c, Imp~tor o/ Jfines, WawJaratta .

.~.\! ines.~-The mines, w::nerally, wert: work~;d in a.n Dfficicnt. and fairly satisfactory manner~ in most cases th{• N'gulations were reasonably complied with, m1d the care a.nd safety Llf ~~mpluy€s cardnlly eousidQred .

. Machiucty.-The most uotioea.blc feature of tht\ v.·iudlllg mach.ini~I'Y during the year was the failure in several instances of the brakE's to act ac-cording tr1 r~:quirerueuts wltcn being suhjoiJtcd to tests; but, iu each instance where th{~ £('Sult was not satisfactory, ma.:u:~ogers at once undt•rtook to have the dcfi:ct rcmcdied as early n.a possible. ·with this rxc('ption, the' uukhin('ry gcnc·rally is in good order, Ropes, ca•rcs, &•:., were kept in good ordt•r} and I found the c<1.ges wer(; regularly tested in accordance with the re~ulations. During the year fiv-e boikrs were exrn.nin<>d a;1d tcst.:'d satisfactorily.

·v rNttilatWn llnd 8ani-tation.~·ln this district t.h1'ri.: ar(• no hlgh b•mpera.t.ur{·s, so that in this respect there arc no difficulties to cnntend with, lht th.; ~kcp alluvial mines, and some of the mint:s engaged in tunnelling, are occasionally a.fft>ctt'd by C02 ~ due fN;qucntly to insufikient circulation and f!.d.v<1rse atmos­pheric conditions on surfat:e, Tht! sanitary arraugcntonts are generally rarrh:d out it~ a s:~tisfactory manner.

Mim:ng Dmx:lopm.fnt Act.-The Gn Ahead Co., v:hieh tlnriug the previon~; y0ar had, with the assist­ance of a Gon~rnmcut loan, discovered a reef t'n.rrying paya.blr gold, has suspended active work under~ ground for some time, and has hm•n engn.gr"d erceting a hattt•ry to be worked by suction gas power on the mine. OH its completion, it is intendt•d to 0ndr.avour to ma.intAin a. r0gular vutput from the- ref•.f. Sma.IJ parti('.s arc at present engaged prospE:t·Ung in. vu.rhn1s ponions of the dist~ict v:ith assist.~·~t" under the Mining Dcvclnpllteut ;~c.t, but up to dato not~rng nf ounsequenr·e hn.s hce:t dlSCOYNed. ~ ..

Acct{lents.--Durmg the Yi'ar scvr:n acNdonts happened, tW•l provmg fa,tal, and tnc rerua.nm~ five were of a s-Jrinus nature. Archie Menl··ma.n wa.s 01tgaged in a lcv(•l off the main tuund at the Rose Thistle and Shamrock mine, Harrictvillr, whe!l a piece of ground sHppt;d from tlH; side of the drive. bruising his side and hips; H. Potter, while as~iflting tn put a n~::w pjn in the roller at. head r;f the bm~ket laddN on the­Tevdc.'!bury No, 2 dredge, siipped o.:.td fdl 6 feet or 7 {i~et, brt:<~king a. rib and bruising himself; Chas. Stcwart had his fingers tor:1 conBidcrably h? having them drawn into the shr:a.ws of the. lr..ddcr line on the Rcliaucc No. 2 tir('.dge

1 Free burgh; All)ert Alll'n, \Vhilc rngnged a..ssistin;.:\ to tighten the cahlo of <lll 3.\Jrin.l tramway at

the New Options miat~, Hfkrri>·tvillf', was stmck hy the strt\iniug L>g, c~<\tlsin~ c:xtenl'iive hrnis•.:s to his legs, a damp used for holding the oahl,--._ for tightening pnrpO!WS slipped, causing: the full::;l_ryt.in to fallolionc holding~ dow1~ holt, which brok() ; the straining log in its n·hound struck Alien, causing his injuries. Thoma..."> Cotnclins Brumlr-y, cnga.gf'd wi:h Alien at t.ltt:; time, got tht· full force of the blow iro:m ti1~ log, receiving injuries eau!5ing his death; _._\lh.:rt Bondini) while <'ngag:.--·d on the surfu.cc at the Great Southern Consols No. 2 shaft, 'fell into thu s1u~ft, and was killed. (Re R. Wilson, sec Inspector l\-facKenzic's report.)

No. 6 DisTRICT (BEEmnvo&Tn).

D. C. 11faeKenzie, lnspr-etor of ..:lfines, lfangarlltla"

Rep(>rt f(ir th1 i''-'riod 7th Novcn1ber until the 0nd nf Dri'eH'"ber. Ar--e·ldents.-Oue serions accident oucurred, in whieb. Robort. \Vilsonj t:mployed as fort'~man on one

of Fletc.her's ground~sluicing claims on De€pCr<?-ek1 4: mil(•R from Bf'ecl1worth, had his leg broken. He was bringing do\\'11 a iall from a bu.nk 7 feet high, and in trying to get away he t.rippt><l over a log aud got caught with the tleb,ris. . . . . . . . • . .

Jlfachirwry.-"At the mmes vtsttcd the machmory 15 111 accordanct>- w1th tlK mmmg rcgulatwna, and apparo11tly well kept. . · . . . . , .

Boilers.-,A.n a.ectdent happ{'1Wd to one of tht~ steam buders bdnngtng to tht> BnselS rm and General Minin(l' Oo., by which the crown plate in the Si'GO!Hl riHg vf the furJlac-(; tube buiged in. After inspection, I ordetr'~l a new rincr t.n be put in, The boiler was then sucucssfully subjected t.o hydmulh; test, and a 'fresh cerdfic<~.t\~ issue\1. >:')1'h(~ accid('nt to this boiler I attrilmb~d to D, deposit of uil on th'' pl~te from the condensed feed water u&:d, An rffici0nt filter has now hcen put to workj which should prevent any similar mishaps in the futuro.

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Mines.-The managem of the mines I have visited have reasonably rarried out the provisions of the M-ines Acts. I found them fairly well posted as to their responsibilities.

Venttlation.-As far as I have been abl(: t,o observe, I eould find no r<',asou for any corupl:1int on the score of insufficient ventilation.

SajeJ.y CageH, &c.-One safety cage has hei;n tested with satisfactory results. La'llil. Applications.-! have inspected and reported on a number of applications for land in auriferous

areas. Some long journeys had to be takf.n, as som0 oi the laud was in the most inacecssible. portions of the ilist,rict.

M-ining Detmlopment Act.,-A fn.ir :lumher of parties are at work prospecting with Government aid, but up to the end of the yot~.r nothing payahlt~ has been reportt>J. A lot of valuable work is a.t prDacnt b6ing done, and I anticipate g!)Od rnsults {rom BOme of it.

No. 7 DrsTRICT (CoAL MixEs).

A. H. S!w,rpe, ln•pxtor of Mines, El&f':Tflwick.

Durin~ the time I had t:Uargf: d this diNtrict1 lrum Jaatu:t.ry t-.' June i:wlusiv,,j t<-a w:rious acdtient.s occurred, of \\~hich number none, I am pkn.svd to S';.atc, h:;.Vt' terminated fat<\lly ,_,r p\•rmancntly !nca.pneitan;d the sufferers frum work In rcvhY\YiHg the ca.OH(' of the~ accidents, I n.m constrn.invd to say thn.t thc·y should not h.ave of.-curred had proper ea.re bN·u obsr,~rnd on tl1e pv.rt of thoi51:~ who were injur;;d. Of these mishaps, in my opinion, lack of spragging the coal waR responsible for 5; dcfid1mt timherh~g. 2; returning unduly quickly to a missfire charge, 1 ; failuro to stand clear of a. moving coal skip, 1 ; lack of caution in shunting a railway truck, I.

... Y1:nes and Mcwhincry1 including Boilr~r}j, Sa/e."y OtUJO;. rtT~ GaJT, Roprs1 &c,-Reasonahk compliance with the provisions oi the Aet is being obsenTcd.

Ven.tilaiion.-Due attention is bt•ing giv1~n to th)s important matter. All the mint"s working on ooa.l a!(J equipped with ejther a fan, ur furnact' :'::·qt.em oi :mgme1'-ting the air cnrn•nt, whieh in conjunction wjth its proper dlstri1mtion admits of satisfactory ventiJu.tion lwlnt; malutainnL

Sanitation.-\\rith one eXl'1'ptivn, that is now i1~ t· .. llt'dC d heing rt'lrt"'•lil'd, •~ll the mine:; hn.v'"' an etlicient sanitary serviee on the s•ttface and undergrt.Ultd. At. the ~mte coal miw·s the e~auitary con VPnien(~es, also the baths and lavatory appuinhn··nt->, whith includ•; a hot· and <;c}d wat( r S('rvict;, ar.c n:ally l~-xedk·nt. The baths an'; I am pleas1.'d to 8{'1\ mndt availNl of hy (!, hu~i' nmnlwr of th·~ eonl miners a.nd e-the-r mine employf:.s.

No. 7 DisTRWT (CoAL Mr~"Es).

A. C. WaliMC, lmpedor of Mines, Dandcno"'J·

Report siuce eummeJn;ing dut.y on 1st July. 1911.

Aa...,·dcnts.-During thia period t.hcrn hfH'{" l•eeu uo fa.tft.l at:eidt~nts, bu::. thirie;_•n ol u. scriou.s rHt.ture. Of tL.t'S(', i'~(·<·id<1nts, ftt.llR of slotH' and cual acco~mti:d ft1r 4; Htrutk hy :r::nH•j;'S skips, ·l; coal falling off skips, ~; struck by a eap-pitt-e, 1; iall off ladder, I; caught by 1w1-ehinery, L

1\ltu:h-inety.-The nt~wUin.ny and boikrs are kept iu11. r..'a.sonably good state (;f rep2.ir and cffiei('Hey.

V("·ntilation.-Thc ventilation has been fairly good all ruu.r~d, hut, owing to the rapidity with ,·vhlch ground is worked out in mining thin aotma of t•.:;al, and a]so to the :l:roq-,wncy with v.rhich ventilating systfms art' dlslocnted by faults, the conditi<:IHI arc eon~tn.Htly varyint;, and srriet care 3'Id attention are need.od on the part of the mine managers, a~J \Vell as con:-~idertl.ble 1·xpense ln :n·dE-r t(, kvcp th·~ n'ntilat.iou at a uniformly high sta11dard. Sanit.ary arrangl·Jtli'Ht:l ar,• made a'tti attl·t~dcd tc when· rc.quir:'tL

Sptcial Bulcs.-The matt.:>r of int.nJdut:iHg sp•?cial rnlt~ as req:1ired by tlv: Act tn suit oowlitiuns at diflert:nt mines has been attemkd tn, rmd thes(; will be brvuu;ht in tu use at an early dat0 at the more impoJ'U\nt ntilles. ·

No. 8 DrsTRIC'"r {EASTERN~ (hPPSLA:'iiD).

G. Hawke, Insp:>..ctor of _."tf£ncs, Omeu . .Jtines.-Thc regulations have been ffl.irly well complied with in the various lllim:s.

Accidcnts.-During thE' term tht•r:: lu:.fl k;en five rep::nted, one fn.tal n.nd four Bel'iuus. The fatal accident hr~>ppenod to \VaiOOr P. Jame8, who fell oft a punt and wag drowned, at the Hinnolllunjie Dredge Co.'s lNI.:W. Of the serious att:idents, one prrliOn was lnjnred by a prrmatttri' t\xp1usion, two by falls of ground, and mu:, by a fall down a cutting.

Boilers.-·Two have bwm put into commis~ion, one new and one socoud--ha.mL The. new holler it:~ a, 30 h.p. portable~ a.'!ld icl a 1Iigh-dMs picee of nmchincry regently {1rectcd on thE' Orientul ~luieing Co!s claim, wher0 it ia working sathda.ct.urily; ot.her built-rs in use in the rtit~triet ha.vf' het-n cll·a:wd r1nd tk:'ated bv th~ usc:rs periodically. ·

Machinmy.-Tho :rnac-hincry in use has bccu kept. iu fair ,~·vrking order. The madUnery erected during the year wu.s as follows :-·Uassilis Co., w:::w hlbe mill and vacuum !Hter press; Oriental Sinking Cn., portah1e r:ngine (newL ccutrifugal puntp boxt•s, &c.; Hc·udo(; Vicrvrian Gold Rt'efS Co., pvrtablE- engi1w aud winding plant; Hopeful Tin Minhg Co., SHf·timt gas ~'Hginc and te~1-hcad battery. ·

AppUances.-Allsaf(':ty ca.ges in use hrwc boe~1 tested a.nd k•-'pt in good wnrkingordrr;r•.pc::;cxrtminod, a.nd ue.w ones put lu where required.

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Ve-nt~ion.~'!'he.miw:>s working in the district, v~·ith one cx:ception, are in a satisfactory condition as re-gards thutr ventilation, ~rnd stens arC' hring ta.kcn to remrdv the one ddeotivc instanc(', As vet the mines in this district have not attained to a.n}r great dnpths, a;1d no difficulty has been experit3n~d in keeping the workings ventilated by n.atural meallil.

Sa~itation.-Most of th<: mines being shallow in depth and many being worked by tunnels, most of ~he s_ammry arrangements a~e at the s~rfacc. Atteutiun has been paid to th.coo, a11d w!wre miners haV0-

their Crib below boxes are provHled for any refuse, and these are cmptit\d periodically.

S1'gttals.-In all mines whnre the prescribed code of signals is in use it has given satisfaction.

Lanil.-A considerable number of appliea.tiona for land in t.hc auriferous areas hn.ve been inspcded and :reported upon, and, where deemed necessary) recommendations have Men made with a view to conserve mining in Wrests.

Prospeoting.-A number of partiPs have b('CH prospecting v.:ith the ;J.id of Government loans for gold and other minerals. most of thrm wlth indifferent resnlts, Alfan and party, at \Vangrabelle, have opened up a lode about l8 inches wide, containing copper and molyhdenit.c, -with very promibir;.g prospects. Storey and party, at Brandy Cn·.ek, have completed a lower level tunnel to 400 ft:h~t) and risen to the wash levd, from which payable prospects Wl~rc obtained, a.nd will now drive in the wash to prove ita value.

No. 9 DISTRICT (SouTll-EASTERN BEccJIWosm).

A. H. Sharpe, lnspectm of Mines, Elsternwiok.

In submitting my annual report for the year 1911 in connexion with No. 9 District, I ma.y stat-e that th\l. greater portion of my time was occupit'd with inspectoriil.l dutirs in oth~r distriets that wen· temporarily va.caut, Until Juue, I had charge of the ~o. -7 District, w·hh:h. jacluded the coal mines, and, subsequently, No. 5 District, which inrluded the metalliferous portion {)f No. 7.

Accidents.-No fatal or serious accidents occurred during the y(~ar.

Ventilaticrn and Sanitation.-Thc mines in this district are eX!\lusivdy C(,-rdiuE:td -w quartz miraug1

and operations arc carried on chiefly by means of tunm:ls. Iu no instance an: the worki11gs extensive or deep) thus admitting of the good ventilation that prevails bcir,g \'asy of <Hltomplishmrnt. The sanitary arrangements are likewise easily att<'ndt~d to.

Mine$ ami Machinery, inclwli11iJ Boilers, Safety Cages, ami Gear, Rop-., &:c.-RDasonable compliance with the provisions of the Act is being o bservcd.

No. 10 DisTRICT (EAGLERAWK).

J. E. McOoll, lnspedcrr of .Mines, Berniigo.

Report !or the period to 13th November, 1911.

Aooidents:.-Eight occurred during the above term, one fatalj and seven of a sBriuua nature, classed under the following headings :-Falling down shalt, one (fatal) ; falls of earth. four; mat,;rial falling ciown shaft, one; collision with shn.ft when ir. cage, one; fall down pass, ono.

Machinery.-Ia kept in good order. Safety ea.g(·S, stctl.m ga11gcs~ o.mi tanks are up to the atando.rd required. A number of the bra-kes on the fly wheel and winding drums have been t-B'Sted. 'fhe Post and Anchor brakes o.re most efficient, standing the test ·without any alt.erations made to the ordinary working conditions. The '"Band" brakes do not give equal satisfaction; the limiting depth for this class of brake should not exceed 1,000 feet.

Ventilation and Sanita.tU:m.--Cont,inucd improvements are being made in order to secure the hest results. The suppression of dust means a g'!':_~at dca.l for the health of the miner, and yet there is still a. percenta.!ffl of men who seem careless a.Itd indiffe-rent iu using the water provided for its suppression. One ma.nager

0

wa.a pr:osecuWd under Rule 2 for not providing water for men who were boring v.r:ith a. rock drill, and fined £1, with costa.

No. l() Diln&!CT (BEND!Go).

8. J. Pr01•se, lnspectvr of Mi,.,., EaglP.llawk.

Report from 9th Nov•mhcr to 31st Dec,;mher. Accidents.-One accident, of a non~fatal ehamC'ter, nccu:r:rPd through th(~ injured person projceting

his arm from the c.age while th(' rage was in motion, and gt1tting it caught, in the shaft thnhcr, a.nd thus hre(l,king it.

Illachittery,-In most {'a,ses th~ ma<'hinery )g of fit'3v-cla8s quality, awl. I fiad that b0th th(> mine managers and th') engine-drivers are n.nxions to ma.int11.i~ it in a stat-e of efficiency. Boilers are ref:,rnhuly cleaned and tested, as aloo are the haulabte cages and bahng t;1ukB..

Ventilalion.-TherC' is still rcom for impt.iVf'UWnt in 8'3\t(;ral inst.a.ilC\~8 in t,h\s particular. la tDmc mines six~h.our shifts arc being worked, but still, n.s far as I hi>. Ye be-ea able to o.scertain, the tcnden0y is generally ih the direction of improvement. '\Vater jets or sprays arc ~rovidcd in all e_as-es where rock drills are in use, and satisfactory arrangem('-ntB arc g<mera.lly made for la.trmc a000mmodatmn.

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PROGRESS OF MINING.

REPORTS OF THE INSPECTOHS ON l\HNES.

No. 1 District (Maryborougb).

B. D. 1lrTCHRLL, lNser:enm or ~It:-ms. l\IA-8YBOROUGH.

~fining operations both by C'nrupa.nil..'s a.Hl ~-mall partit·s tlnnnghnut this dii>trid have. been fa.frly 111ccessful during the yea.r1 and in several mines h'''-d rC>snlts Imve b\.":(':1 met- with.

Jlaryburough. The Duke and !.'[ain L>'n.c1s (\.ntp<tuy;c; mi;~,. ('Olltirc.u's to up(-n up \F·ll, and, fr,-11n all appea:ronceR,

thBrc arc many yt'<U'S r·f prditt:l.bh, \\"(;Tk tdt, ;.;,6. t+r•,uEd 1ak-··n (!HL by p::t:J, HiLg \\';}~; 17,466 fathoms; by drivi11g in wash, ,)4.,71:5 feet; a;~d hy bJ,jd~i-~g, 7,16i} fn·t. rJotn.l tn·arcdl 2.2,137 fatlwms, fnr a yiddof 11,791 ozs. g'lld, av(•ragP. 1 10 dwt}';. 15 grs. P'~'r f<:.rhom. Th(• m;.tin vd driv1' hftS bet~J: f'XtendPd a further distancfl of 5,013 fnC'-t, fklld the i:rtennvdialP red driYr' 1.2:2-.2 f('f't. <'ll~ployiJ'g 2fi0 n,{'lJ.. At. th<· Burflt. CrN?k mine, the maL'l red drlvL\ has he,('ll C'Xtendcd a furth(•r d\::;tan0c <•f 1,500 ft••·.t, acHt 1,88:1 fathoms takC'n out fur s yield of 1j540 (;7..8. Surface bl,ring: l~O il'( r, a:ld iJlldPrgrnmtd boring HOO fl>c;t, wn.s alsG done, an.d 90 men were omploy('d. The- quality .,f the ·wa·ill dir1· in thi'> miw: is improving, t~nd +he prosp•rts for t1w futuro are brighter.

rrhf' Duke Extvmlc·d C·ompauy cumpldcJ the eroelion nf pumplrg phtnt, (•(!USisti;·:g of (J1lC :36~iu. evlinder compound coudC'tJs1ng er g-lue and SN:nml boilc·r. ~8 f'"'et. lw 6 it. 6 in. Th0 main rnd drl\'C was €'~trndC'd ·100 fe('t, and thr\'e bore; Wt'.rC' put up. in 1!.11 LJ:3 f1.ot, ··rq;inyjng H('\"••n1:·~·:t Jlltll. This cor.tp&llJ

should prove the valun or the wash duriug tlw rnming year. ~c\'t~nh::·f'~l sm;;,ll panicB hav0 bl'cu working the shttllow ground at HB.V('lock. (':rr;plo_villg 81 nlt'JL Abont 1,560 i00t Jm\·..:·. been s:mk ln grc,und Y<Lry-in_g in d(-1pth frnm 60 k('t tc. 110 ket, [l, 131 fN't drin•n, •~nd 3,133 fathun·,s of wa:sh tn·akd; for n. yil:'ld of 1,000 ozs . ..t d-;,vts. c·f g{·ld, whil•~ 6,108 l(•ud.-;: t.•f shm~ h.!m th:.• pnU.dling mathints JntYc h('t>H trl'ft.tcd by cya;;ide for a }-icld of 1,117 oz.~. 4· dwts. of gold, or :t totul r.f 2.117 ozs. 8 d'.vts. nf g1)1t1~ value £4: 2s. 6d. p<<r oz. Tho wash is poot· ia frP(' gflld. henc" \Y!l..t~ ldt h_v enn:.prmi1•s in th'"' first \Ynrking, but. is ricl1 iu the fine golcl contained in t1w wush, hr-atliuf::.s. r;.wl Nd :~Lder tn-:.sh. The slum fr~>m tlH' mar.hbi;S is cnrC'fully stacltt<d, and, wh<'n dry nnd haviEg p;lS"~l'd thro~:q.~.h tm ~~.xidizing stti.gP, is t:\:tth.·1l by C'Jn.l!idc. In qr:artz mining, pmgiTBS has h0PH slo\". tlw Mariner.:,' H•.:t·I C\,mpal~Y !JP)ng t]~(' n;tly (\!tHpa•ty y;1,rkil1g in 1hl~ loce.lity. Oprmtions at the difft•n•nt ln·t Is have bi.'CH cn.rril·d on as fast r~s the r~UldS wodd allov.·. Mr. Bfl.mt,n...-anath, of the G<>ologicul Branch, insp•,'ctl'd the Etine in. ,luly la.s~, a::d his rtlport aad r~oom­mcndations havr; placN1 th•' mine IJH a g'iiJJ f('oting:. Th'J Wt•r.k rLd·,;],;:.\ d hy him l1n.s op:..:ncd up payable stonP at the 528-ft. leveL A lode. 3 fret j(, H i(·l't wide, has lhuu drivrn on 20() ft·et, tHirth o.ad s.)ntll, hoth faces still carrying good be din; (,f stont•. Th(' l{•J(• lms b .... en riSI'lt on 23 ft tt' mvl ("], \duze pm duwa ·!7 r(~t·t. both showing fair budirs d pay<'-lJlf' ore. At ilw !J::8.ft. luv<:l, a drlw jp, lking (·X,(·iulni south ,::o int( rs...ct the doWJl\t"ard cont!l;J.:.ai}l,f< d the lcdt_· :tt.uk'vu 4:7 fLd hc.lil th;: 5:18-fL.leY('L 'l'lt<: on: b()dics cn.J.TY a fair percentage td mincml; th~.-., c;.n;ni:th must uf tb• gn1d, but tl1!: coH(\UJ:tratittg pln.;'', JlC·i: b··ing suit~bl0 for itR l'(>Covtr)~ 1 the g,,:d wcHt uut ln the r;:s:d;w.-;. Tbn·c foncentratnrs have lwcn ad(lrd to the battery, a.Ld a ::mries of canvas tables, which have impnJ\~cU ~he r<'1un:.s. Still, it is sa.id t.:l(: rrsiducs C'dl.tain3 to 4 dv::ts. of gold pH ton. A furth{'r series oi ttJ..lJles is to be laid dowu, and later tyaniding m.:::ty he eunside:rf'f.L With the past record of the lfarincrs~ HHJ, and the pn.:hent vutlook of the mint', it is possible <pwrtz mining may be given new life in this diBtrlct. The cmnp[~:ry has trrated 1,99;:) tons for a yirld of 313 ozR, 13 d"\\1.S. of gold. Developmental wt_;rk haa been carrit'd out in driving, rising, stoping, and sinking, in all 84:1 feet. A number of smaH par..:ies, emplvying 47 JHen, haw· bc<.'n prospcctlJ~b throughou(: distrid·; in a few cases payabh'> stone has been s~ruck; they haYc tr•·ated 1,071 tDHB, for a. yle]d of 257 ozs. 1± dwts, of gold. \Veiliens Red, at. Majorca, hr.s been formt·d into a compnL:y; it :is propoS('d tu sink a wa.ir~ shaft to 300 ft::et. A guod dval of gold was \Von frc.m this line of red n;auy yt•tns ago. Th<l reef is w-:\11 dr!ined, and has given good patches of gold at di:ffucnt pnid.s nlr,ng its cour&: for S(:vrral mil<.•s, aHd warmute much furtlwr prospecting.

St. Amaua. At St. A..rnaud, the Lord Nclsnn Company ha.s Jonc a large amount of developmental work, and the

mine at the different levels is looking welL The main shaft has been swtk 185 itt·t, making it 2,405 feet; drivra on lode have becu put ir;. "!87 ieet; oros:N:utting awl vdr1ze sl1:king amount( d to 531 fcft,; crushed 28J639 tuns fur a yield (,f 8,036 ozs. 19 dwts. o£ guld., and 759 tons d pyrih,s vro::n· saY::d ; trcD.l ...-d by cyanide, 32,830 tons, for 2,6~2 V7.S. 1:3 dwts. oi g ,Id; sllrne5 ph1ut treated 8,Hl9 tto11B .tor 802 QZS. 14 dwis; total, 12,062 ozs. 61.h\'ts., whilf1 tll/l V1tluc of pyrites .i,-;. ;thrJllt £1G,l80. The lll~\\' r:.liW\'!1 phll~t t·r('ctrtl drrrin_'l the year ia giving good resulLs. TLc Ncv1 1J,-:w1igo Jiin~, at the uld township, iw.i:i lJ>J;•u rctioa~t~tl, rmd th~: old aMit put in order to 350 feet; crosc,H:uttlng n.ncl drivJng on lode to(allt·(l209 :k•Jt; fair-size bodies of stone were opened, but so far poor i11 gold. F. \V. Sn;..itl1 .l!nd party, working uwlnr Part V. 1 :nines D\;velopnw.nt Act, have starte.J tt.> sink a new shaft, -.,.vhit>h is dovt:l 6() fc'et b l!ard country. Tlw prospr·cts uf this mln.e at deeper levels should be fuvorablc.

lnJlewood.

The Max\\'oll's n,n::q>PvEY has been preBp< r:ting at tJ:r; 1 ,OOO~ir' fJ,'!ld l 'lOO"ft.. k\~("1s, but nothing vf a payab]o cha.ract;::r has bceE Til('t w-i~h, The Gnat Culumbian for t:t pvrlion of ilw reo.'r 'iAfas carryin.g on dl:vdvpnlcntd V\(•l'k, but with pr:cr n·;,uhs, a.ad the n .. i1H.: Wic\.~ d, s..::d cl,;'\YL. Th(:l (LHovray Red Company has h0gun operations in the sh:1lh.!l\~ l('V<.J;;;, and it~ ma.killg p1\·pau; k.:a3 lor tl1~· u,:ction dt n~a.chim:ry to work the deeper levels; w.hcrc parable ,':\tone has Let-n won,

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Tarnagulla ami Poseidon. In To.rnagulla, mining has bePn dull. No companies are at work. C. ll~alder and party, working

under Part V., ?~lines DeVt:-lopmt'nt Aut, sm:k a main shaft 69 feet, drov0 79 fcct1 and cut stonP ca.rrying 5 to 6 dwts. of gr.ld per ton. A few \,th~ r parties are prospccLing ir: shallo'.Y grom~d wirhpoor results in gold. At Puseidou, tht' Poscidon Alluvial Cc.mpauy has hz>cn !;pC'rating on good payahlt; f.TC:und, but, uwittg to its heavy nature, prof.,'Tt'ss has been slnw. A n•fw shaft has bt>Rll started in onler to relieve the pN~ssura of Wn.tcr over the wash; 1.350 fn,thoms weN taken out for a yivld of 3,375 ozs. of gold. The Great Poa,;idon CcJmpauy su:,rtcod a ILain sha.ft, bnt, owillg to ntee!-.ing drift aad not havi!)g the proper applian~s to deal with ilw watcr1 slo\v prc.·gn·~s was madt\ and, aftm· .SCV(~l'al r.wnths) work, operations C1'ased. The company is now nu~klug preparations for sink)ng through the drift, by the fr('R-Zing proerss. The Nick o" Time C-ompany oompleted tlH': winding and pumping plant lat.c in the year, and purpose sinking a main shaft. The l)oscidon King Company has appointf'd a manager, aitd decided to sink o, main shaft. after putting do\\'11 several bores t(l lorate deep ground. Several small parties have been working, with varying success. The \\''oolshed Rt'c'f has hecu formed into a oompany, and operations eommrnecd by sinking thu main shaft to intersect the lod{', A few partks: arc prospcetir:.g for quartz bct:Vt(;CU .PoSt:idon and Tamagulla.

Dur.olly. ~Iining in this district iB dulL Early in the year, fair progress was made, due to the erection of the

Government ba.tiC'ry. About t.wenty small parties were prospecting, employ-ing 43 men; 1,192 tons were treated for a yidd of 434 ozs. 11 dwts, of gold. Towa.nL~ the close oi the year, prospecting fell off. Thos. S. Rowe and party, •vork,ng under Part Y,, hn.vc bee~1 prospecting south on the linf' of the Birthday lode, average size of lode 3 fpet, g;iving at times fair prospects of gold. .Jas. Bums and party, also working \Yith the aid vf a GovcrJ:tw.:nt lPan, ha vu bcc:1 operating north on the Birthday line at a depth of 100 feet on a lode 3 feet to 6 feet wide, well miEe:ralizcd1 and carrying a litdc gold, but so fur not payable, This is a line of country which warrants more vigorous prospecting.

Mali<1gul and We/lla.

No improv·emcnt has taken place in this locality. A littie prospecting was carried on, with poor results. At \Vchla, the Prince <A \Vales ComiHt.uy has been driving on the cours .. , of fair-size bodies of stone~ well mineralized, containing ~ Httle gold, but not payable. Tlte Gulden Gate Company has been worked bytributcrs, ar.J devvlopmcnt is still belag proceeded wit.h, O'Brien an<l party, at llcinty:ros, have been working. on a. bl'lt of indicator eouHtry, aud treated 80 tons foT 90 ozs. 12 dwt!'i. of g 1ld. A few other parties have been prospocting in t1IC localicy.

Talbat. The only work of importance in this locality has be~n the development by the Loddon D~.•cp L<:·ads

C>Qmpany. Durlng tht year, the main reuf drive has been extended to 827 fee;:, whilst 1,193 fed has been driven in wush fvr a yidd of 83 ozs. of geld, a.:.1 average estimated at about 16 dwts. per iat.hom. Two steam pudd.Iiug ma.chh1es hav;3 bc•on t::r<,cted, a.nd the mine is wdl cqulppcJ -with a good winding and pumping plant; ,13 men are ~.·rnployPd, and, as the mine is being opened np, the staff is being iucrca.scdT The prospects of tl!is mine sp~.•2.ks \\"~·11 for the large area. ,.J country l.Jct\.YMn Loxton and Homvbush, a distance of about JG milt-s, and may he the m\XU!S of opening up a payable aHtlvlal field, A few blllall pa.rties have been working in different parts of the locality, a.nd getting a. litdc gold.

Avaca <>nil Homebuslt. :Sothiug of uote ha.s been doue at Avoca, bcyoad a little shallow prospecting. At Ht!mebush, the

Excelsior mine, owneJ by \Vilson and Shidls, has had a succLssful yt~ar. The main shaft has been ern1k a further dis·t.ancc of lOO feet, a!ld gnud bodies of ore workcd at. the l50~ft. aud 2.JO,ft. tuvels; 4,240 f,_,i~S 1mYe b•·i;Jl tn·awd for a :yield uf 2,00Guzs. of guld. It is reported this tnilu: has been suld for £6t00() to a Mdbour,;e eompany. 'l'he \\"est. Excdsior has been stopped the greater portion of the y~var, awaiting deYrlopmcnts in the aJj(Jiuing .urine. The Working Miners Company is about to restart sinking the main shaft. A !ew small parties have been working in the district, getting a little gold.

Redbank and M oonambe!. At Rr.:.dbn.nk, the Pyre11CCS Company has carrhld out a large amount of dcvelopment.al work, n.nd

sunk the ma.iu shaft a further lOO feet ju ionr compartments; depth from surface· 425 feet; 4,065 tons of ore u.-•att·d kr a yiPlJ (,f 2,H;JO ozs, 6 dw\s, of gold. This mine is opening up wdl, carrying large bodies of highly 1!1illl:raliz~'.J ~l'P m. tiu~es vel'y rich in gold, due ~o the intt·nwctiop of bdts of indicn.to.r count:ry with the lodt. Tlns 1::> a !Gr.alny Otat. warra.uts more v1gorous prospectmg. The Charltvn Entt'rpr1~e Company did a good dt:al of devl~lopmental work, tu~J oprued up a largo a:ca \d wasilj but too poor iH gold for blcddn" c,lrt; va.lue, 2 to 3 J.;v;a, pt;r fat.hup.t. 8tuart a.nd party, working undo· Par~ V., ::\lines DrvrlopHIC'J~t Act, H.r0 curryic1g on operations in iudicat.or country, stone showJug a little gold. A few .arnall parties have bHen prospecting the Pyrenees Ranges, and getting fair patches of gold.

Bcaliba and Emu.

A co-operative party of 60 shareholders prospected the alluvial deposits at Puzzle Flat1 and sunk a shaft tn a. depth of 110 f~_ct 1 opeucd out t:t.:Hl driven about 80 f~ct in wash, said to be worth from 10 to 12 dwts. per ia.tlwlll, and the filum 3 to 5 dw~s. of guM per load. Thi~ is a portion of thP ..:\.rchda.!e fcad, which, r;.o dcnbt, is a branch of the li'JllwLush aEd \Vorking :Miners run, and, if prvpGrly prospected, mn.y open up a 1a.rpu .:.r, a o~. payab]o ground. .At E:r.nu, the Emu Star C-um~mny waa 1ak•,;n over a11d worked for a f:.hvrt tu.:w by trJbuter&, but, the stone hung of lvw grade, opera.non.s <:ta.5cd.

L<1fflllsborough and Wcdderbum.

At Laudsburough, rniujug is at a sta.nd-still 1 thert'· bciug little or no pro~pecting. At "Wedde.l'burn, no progress has b0('11 mudc beyond a few parties working in the ranges, with poor results.

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Oyanide. The rooove:ry of gold by this process continues prosperous, and e·mploys a lart5e number of men

throughout the district, the returns varying !rum 3 to ll dwts. of gold per load. Both lode a.1d alluvial formations in the Maryborough District arc nnt•:d, with few ex~:.-.ptlons, for fuw gold, and, up to date, the treatment by cyanide has proved to he thr> l'l:napc-st and simplr-st method of extraction. Planta1 employing two to twelve men, are found working successfully on m oat of the old diggings, o.nd in some casoe old heaps are being treated the ..,cond and third time.

Dredgi11g. Dredge mining is still dull, only fvur plantS working in the district, three of which aro working

payable ground.

Ho. 2 District (Castlemalne). J. ROWE, INBPECTOR OF MINES, 0ASTI.EliiAlNR.

Castlemain.e. Quartz mhilng in thls division hM (I am pleased to report) somewhat improved during the year.

The Fra.nci~ Ormond Company has continued to operate on payable atone hctvvecn th~ 800 and 900 feet levels. The Chcwton Gold Mim·e has ma~1o.ged to keep frum closing do\vtl 1 and, from the latest reports. there are prospects of success fr;llowing tlw pr('twut prospecting work. The North Francis Ormond and Bannockhurn Companies amalgamated during tht> year, a!td af(' now proBpt'!cting frr•m the 900-ft. north level of the Francis Ormond (',ompa:r:;:.r~s mine, this len:l havkg been driv('ll by that cc,mpany to the boundary of the latn Bannockburn Compa1:y's lcft.S(', The B·mdlgonia Unib·d Compa:1y lta~ crec.ted a good winding plant, and has almost Cf;mplet(•d the un7:<\h:ring of the old \\Thitc Hor5f; Gully Oornpa.ny'd mine, which has been ahandou('d for many yt>:l.riL ThN•~ is a. Vi'ry WPH defined atrong qnMt:Z: reef running through thia company's }i'a&: whlch, in my opi;li,-,,,, !-he nrigina! company did lJ!jt n~arly sat.isfactorily test, a.nd which the pres,_;nt C'l•mp;:my ha.s rt'i\&JJl[l.b}e hnpe of proviHg to be a. pa-rable pmpr•sltion, The Bendigonia Gold Dcvdupn:_t';nt Culnpa-ry J-'i:mited sunk a main l::lhnft w n depth ni about 200 fwit, t'rcetod a winding plant th\:n>un, a:Hlls now ahout ff, open nut to in.u·rs(:Ct the gold-beating st,,uc prPvcd, by boring, to f:'Xist at that- dPpth. 'J'h,· Sonth \Va.ttlt· Gnlly C'Hmpany was iormi•t) during- the yfar [,r th.1 pnrposo of testing the \Vattl<- Gully awl Shank's lin,.s ui rt,•••fs. \Vork C•)mnwnc·~d olt t!10 old shaft- on Shank'slirw of reef, which is being cut d•>WI.: and enlarged. This company has also ..rcet-ed a winding pla•tt. Th"" Perseverance Company has continued \\'urk with a ft~w mf'n oq trihut{•, hut JV1thing pa)'ahl{· has been dlscovcred.

Seven hydraulic slnioing and two buok('t drrtlg<'s havr CO'Itinued to operatP .iu this division during the year with about payable results.

' Fryer• Creek.

Mining in this divi~ion continurs to be dull. The Spring Gnlly Cr;mpany has w•>rkerl in tho ~'-hfillh\'; h:vds at the north '-'llfl of the lt;asc with vcrv

indi:fic-re:nl. rt'.snlts, while <J.t thr; s;mH'- timr. tht· :rnair: shaft h~t'l. bc<:n cnrnpJ;;tNl to, a1Hl em.nected w·ith, th.-: 700~ft, lC'vf'l of th1: ln.lt; Spri,u.; Gully No. 1 C<~:rllpa!Ly's iiht~f:. Ylg•JTnus pr<ispC'cti!lg Wdrl: is now being ca.rrir•d on at this levd 1 -...dwno th•·rcH is:\ welt-ddincrl aEd promising-lHok-ing lode. The Spring G11lly J•Hteticm Company dosed down, and thcrr does not BN•m to !H' any immediate prnBp(:ets Df :~s r,~~op' ·tir.g. The ground f.Jrmerl_v hPld and ahaJcdtJm·d by tlw GoldPn 1;_ill Ctnnpany hi~a bf>en taken up by a syttdi~:atc, a-nd two m('ll are now endeavouring to luf'atD thr. lost shoot !Jf payable Htune. \V. Browning and party e<mtimw to W•)Tk th('ir quartz. claim.

Four hydraulic sluicing and two huckf't drf·dg;-•!1 ll!(' operating: in this division.

Maldon.

Quartz mining in this division has been comparatively qui,__•t during the year. The South German Reef Company has continn<>d to break stnnc fur t:nilliug purpolks at different

levels fr<,m the 600-ft. to the 2,100-ft. level wilh about payable results. At \)swald's North British min<l the prvspcctB Are good, ns favHrable dcvclupm<mts at tlw 1,100, 600, a.:1d 400 f•~et l<'vn)s ha,~c t.aken place duriu~ the year. The Eagkhnwk Conwli!lat<·d Cump[l.l~j" hn.S1 vwi:ug to the "Want qf pt<.yn.hlt' .st.one and of tht~ neC<'S5ary capital to cnnti:nuu the prosprf':iHg work, hPcE obllg•'d to tf'ntpu:rorily suspcwl :\ll undnt~r~mnd V>"'rk. The ONtt.ra.l c .. wkmans Cotopa•ty 1lal:l worl..::{)d tbroughout the J{'<H with almnt payn.hle resulrs, (ltJ.d has sunk the main shaft a. fo:rth~~r d••pth ui j'OO fu·t 1 Jnaki~tg tlH• t•dalLkpth "f Lhr~ mai~c f;h~h 7::18 f..~',-t. The Old Uuion Company susp!'1HlNl op,_·raHuns Pa,rly iH t h<' y1 ar. 'f1hc Ucrhy Uni1,·<l Cr~mpany, haviug <,bta.imld fresh ea.pital, reBUmed work, and almnst iJ:1nt•:dic.tdy stru('k payabl" stoli(;. \\r-..-:·k -ia this mil:c is now boiug carri1~<t 011 \Vith rolll'wt:d vigPnr, Tih' Nn;..:,!!·'tty :Wxt"·:;1ded ('.;mpn.r,y) havins.; a.malgam2.t~>d with th<J Nuggctty Extended No. l Cnmpany, nsumetl ,,.·ork, and is110w (•ngaw~d h~ driving on the f(;ef {irom "·hich, prc¥"iously, very rich eru!::lhings weN t-aken) at the· :100-ft. l!:v<;l. The Olrl Nugw-tt.y Syndief\t(' 1m.s cont:inucd throughout the year to work their minD with, I .am i.Jl.fornv·d 1 payabl{~ rcsulH>. This s_,·ndit;•t~· has a 12~lw00 battery driven by suction gn.s. 'Ihc North (ha:.to and Pione-er Otago C1lmpa><ks (whosu kn.ses a.djoin) amalgamated during thC' Y('ar, and a.rc now, afrn· having su.;;pmv]Pd \\~ork f(1f a p·:ri0d, fl.bom. t\• enter nu further prospecting work. The \Velcume R•'d S_vndif:a.tt' t·reci{·d a 1'.!-head •·rushing plant- 011 its };>asc (situated nea.r Sandy Creek), and commenced mining opr·rations in J,nll~ b.st, :siute wlv'n (;P'"'rat,imH! have continued with, I underatand 1 pa-yable If'sults. Lock's Syndicate hf\s contiuund pro~pecting thr•.>ughout the year without having met with success, The Gn·at South Gr~rman Compa1~,v ha.s couti-ancd work with indificrent resultr;. Mu,luney's Red White and Blue Cumpany has not been so a-w~ccssful as during 1910, but has about paid il,s way. A good dPal of time was lust owin~ tu d1du('t8 lu 1 he erushin~ plant-. The South Maloncy's Red \VhiOO and Blu<l Compar.y has carrii::d on prvspceting vrnrk .luring tht5 yoa.r, hllt has not yet met with the (lcsired auce-ess. The John Bull Co-operative Company, Green Guliyt has had a suoceBBful y<ar.

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There arc a number of prospecting parties scattered throughout this division, hut only one up to the present has been fortunatl.) enough to finU ar;,y stone of a payabl{~ .nature, viz., \V m. Bailey and party, of North GiJW!U. This party, whmt I visitod it on th, 21st D:;combcr, 19ll, w<::rc breakbg out payable stone f.rnm a st.rnng rucf at a d~_•pth of ab.mt 50 f,;ct. Thls is a liac of re"'£ on which vury little W1Hk has been dofll\ so far.

A number of parties in this division continue to treat the old tailings heaps by the cyanide process, but there 1a practically no alluvial mining being carried on.

Dayk.f<>rd. Quartz mining in this <livision has continued to be \~cry brisk and fairly successful. The Yew O.}rnish Compa.ny, after a long t~rm of unprofitabl..; -work1 has agah fou:td payable stone~

and in crnwr:qu{'UC<' is cmpl<~yinp; n consitlvr-J.blc number of filt'n. The principal \YY•rk is being carried out at th" 1,000-lt.levcl .,£ ~ritch,.JJ's slmft. The Aja.x GJmpany hili! k'·pt its ~0-hend crushiag mill going with pr(tfitabh~ r~_,s~llts, This eompany \:ructed a new ad of p -~ppet heads, aud installed r0ck-horing machinery and double-dr:ck~~d cag\'a duriug the year. The mine rna~tager informs me that the introduction of the rock-buring machinery has considera.My red Heed the workinq costs of ore hreaking. Tl1e Nuggctty Ajax Cumpany, having overcome tho creep tmuble of last year, rctur:-tcd to the dividf·nrllist, and is still paying well. The North N,.ggetty Ajax Company completed the erection of an up-oo-dntc 10-hcad crushing plant early in tha year, since whDn thr: ~old yields have cclips1~d c,ll other minos: on the field, U.'ld dividends up to as. pf'r shar.~ have bo:::cn paid. The prvspocts flJT HH~ aro yay prvmising indeed. The 11'renchm.aTIB Reef Company has continued to flprratc on payable stm:e, although nrJt so prvfitabln as that r·btaincd during l!HO. \\'urk is bdng -v'it;nrously carried out,, aad th(; prt)spN!tS f•1r 1912 me r0asrraahly g:1ocl. The Crntral Ajn-x Comp:my, having sunk a goud shaft to about JOO feet, a:;d rrcctz•d a wbdiag piaat; is ah::)Ut to erect a eruslri ~g ph~·~t to tr..:at the riG!t stnn<J disC.JVCrt-,d. Th~: pr<~3'[1· cts 'Jf this mhtc are Vo·ry i<>.deed. The New Speeimcn Hill C ,mpa.11y, kwhg acq'tired a porl-iun of thr: )and fornwrly h· Id by the Yict:Jria. Star C .. mpa•ljtt With t]H: plant thu.-xm (cunsisting of iVi :flhg UEd <"nlshiag ma.chiacry), U:-t\t"atf'rrcl the mine, and s1mk tho shaft a f:nthrJr depth of 80 feet, makbg th•; total dnpth tn tho b,~,ttum level 430 feet. On an east cr•ISS-Cllt bdng drivr-n at th11 4:30-ft.level, a 1 Hl•~. varyi:.1g fr,~,m 4: to 0 f~et thir:k, \Yti.S cut, which proved tn b;) ltighly pa.ya.hle. Tlw future prrlspects •){ this mlHe an; fav;·mblc. Tlw \V"iHiam Tell C•lmpar:y has c~cried r)ut. a cnn.sidern.bl~ amount of d~_weLpmental W!Jrk during the yt~ar, a.'l.d hn.::~ erected a. new winding and cn1shi:~g plant. It is ll:lticipat·•d that rngnlar pa.:a~Jlc Td;trc~s will be obtai1wd fr:Jm thi~ mine during 1912. 'rlw Old Jubilnc C:nnpany cumplet(1d tht: Ctt'di·!?J. of a Y•TY comph:to crushing plant early in 1911~ sin(tc \Yhen a considnral.l'.J q11a,1tity of stone has ly'en mill,;d., bnt, telfvrtut~atdy, th11 yields have not come up to ('Xpectatjons. It is now proposed t>~:l siak the shto{t a~lOt!P;r lift. The :N"e:w Dry Dig::,>ings Cvmpany discovered atone fr~>m which S~Jvc:ml pn.yabl0 crush!ngs were obtn,hwd before it dipped uadrrf>HJt. Drives ar(' •1•)W bd!·,g pushed a.h1:ad at a lower level tQ pick up the: continuation of this stone, whe!l it. is tl1lticipated a pr,fitable p1;rhd will f··How. 'fhe Glenmona- Cumpany has c,J,ttinucd v.~nrk, hat hr.s _nqt yrt Eif:t with th(• snccr;gs r>XpPcted. Th(l S'mth Ajax C·;rupany, a:fter snsp<>iHljng opPrati"'nis f1"'r a tirhr; owing to the •mt~_~r bt,ing too strong for the wbiru i.a uso, crcr:ted a steam windJ:-tg phnt, :nd ros:umt~d opcra.tim1s under­gr'•UHd late in the year. Th8 Olive Bta'wh Cumpa~~y crr:ct<CU a lO~h·•a.d crushi1!g pla'1t, with \Yhich it cnmmen&ld cnlshing la to in the year. This mine is cquipp::d u0w with a wi,;_diug ar:d crushing plant, and should appear among tho regular g•.Jd pr .. duc•.·rs.

The f. ·llov.ing companirs have continued pro~pccting work thraughout l!Hl without finding payable atone, viz., North Ajax, ChristenB/m1

8 Aja.x. Cameron's Ajax, Nu;::;gctty Trafalgar, Pitr:ht~r's Reef, Swi.sa Mount, South Frc:lchmans, Frenchmans and }lanritins, and '\-Vombat Hill Exteudcd.

The NtJrth Frcachma.!IB C.;mpauy continued operations until t:arly in Deeemher, 1911, when) owing to it being all•:ged that the opeui.11g up of this mine had. caa1~0d the Hcpburn 1\iiaeral Spriags to cease flowing, work was suapcndDd, and the mine closed down.

The Bjax Curupany cnmmcuccd operations during th/3 yN~r, and is now c:agaged in sinh.--ing & first-class main shalt. The pr,;moters of this minJJ app:::ar to be sa.·1gniac of success. The Harry La.uder Company has carried ou opr:rations throughout the year with indifferent success. Large bodies uf stone exist in this mine, but the gold is patchy. This mine ia fully equipped with winding and oruahing machinery.

Alluvial mining in this division has practically ceased to exist, only a few fossickers a.nd ground aiuieera being Bngagod theroin.

Taradalc.

!\lining in this division during tho past year has been very quiet indeed. The principal mine in_ the divisbn, viz.j the Russclls Ama.1gama.ted Compauy, suspended operations

late in September owing to want of funds. The O'C..mners Compa~1y resumed work early in 1911, and shortly after cut payable st011e fr0m which T>:gular crushi:tga: hn.v~ been taken. The Hanover Company haa compkt(·d tlw \'r(ctimt of a wkdh:..g and pumpkg phnt, 3..~d is HOW cngag<:Hl li1 sbkiul-!: the shaft. Hah0cr ~nd 8 ,ns have co:1tl•nwd w,,rking~ a 1d (,cca.<)iOJt:.+lly put through parcels of sl:one whh~h yielded up to 3 (,zs. t.v the ton. '!'his is about pa.yabl·J orJly, owiag b the hd0 b. i,1g Vt:ry small a~1d the ground c~~mparntivdy hard. Bucr Brothers have di5{!0Vt·rcd a. reef abo;:tt 3 mil.;s south 0f La.uriston, from which it is rcpor~t~d thPy have obtained yidds up tu 5 01.-:). tu tl1e ton. The~ .Madam\~ Mdbn. C!Jmpany is engaged it. ai.1kj1lg u. r,ud , sh:;.[t aUout half-a-mile north of the O'Conncrs Compa:ly. A promisingwlooking ,reef outcrops near the sik (1f th•-; shaft.

The alluvial parties working in this division have, so far as I can asct:rtain, dwindled dowu to one party, viz., Cv-ulun and party, who are worki;lg from a tuuuelnnder the basalt at South Tamdale. It is report.rd that a strong company has been floated wit.h the object of testing the doe:p alluvial lead at Ma.ln~sburyl but up t{} the pr~:sJnt no evidence of active op0ra.tione is appare-nt.

Creswick. In this J.iY'lsi~,n, the Gt\orges Reef Q1.1artz Comp,tny ceased work duriag the year. A main shaft wa.a

a:mk to a. dt.:p:.h fJf ahout 200 feet, a.nd crusa..;;ut._q put out cast and west, in which promiEW.g qJ.uarta lode&

were i~tersected. On a t,rial erushiui.~ which 1vas pu~ thro11gh proving disappointing, the mine waa suddenly shut tLG\\'ll. A sautH wi1~lli11g plildt \;'M crc•ct,: .. L

. OI~C deep allu:i,al :t:JiHi' n;lly is '\0\';." w._.rktJtg ill this division, viz., the s.)uth Berry. The prospect8 in th1s nuac are consiaereU goud.

Heatkate,

. Only a few eo-operative parties arc mining in my portion of this divisionJ a.nd none of these h&ve du;covcred anything needing special mention.

Kilmore. Th.e only rr.inini? at pNsent being carried on in my portion of this division is that boing done by &

('O-oporatnrc party, whwb is now engaged in nectiHg a small crushing plant with which they purpvso Mating the stone found.

No. 8 District (Bandlgo).

J. E McCoLL, IN:3?ECTOR oF MINE-~, BENDIGO.

Hustler's Line. United lla8tler's ani Rwlan c .. nnpany.-Tn th·1 R:d;tn sh-1.ft, P'l"fJ.ble !SOld is being obt:l.incd in the

winze below the bottom level. K.K. sh:dt. -P.rn::'1:::;tirrg th:! sh.1.llm\-~ hvds. is rw;0i:.:iw~ attcation; fi'Ood I '11' ' ~ " pa.yab e mt mg stm1e has h~en met ,,-J.t.h. Comet Com.p!lny.-F.·dr millin:; stou3 11'::~ ln:m oyorated on hy the company, and in so.:ne Claes by

tribntcrs. Hustler's Reef.-Th9 wa;;.:s men thJ.t >Yer~: em?~oyed eu:rlior in the ye:lr at tln nHin 3l1.ft have been

removed to the north sh..1ft, r~nd are operating: in ply~-..ble s'Jone; t.h.c quJ.rt.Z is beddOO in a. perfect ilnticlinal fold.

Great Extencle.'l llustlers.·--Th.o crushing m1.teri:d is obtained from a win~ east of the sh<lft: and below the 3.260-ft. lev~l the stone i:.s pn.y.1b!~. Rhaft sinking h'J.s been comm:Jnced; it. is proposed to sink a further depth of 2()() fee:.

Hustler's Royal Res<Jrrc.~P.uk Sh<lft.-~'Pr<J .p;:cting at v;~doas le•lola i& cnrded on; nothirrg of a permanent pay<;.hln n~._tur\' h,1'3 ho~n l1ls~~o-,rfJTI~d. R.:~crve Shalt.~'1'11·~ wa.~es m'n a.rc J:x>spec"tin~, and trilmtcrs are oper.o.tin~{ on p;!:mrs.

Fortuntt Hustler~"--.\ li,nl:,ed numi)'J! of mt:n are em:)loyod un~ler.;round; s:n1.ll p:ucc!s of stone e.re crllshcd fo:r pa ya.bl0 yields.

Garden Gt1lly Line. Cornish Company.-Stoping a!ltl d~valopm~n~.~l work is. proceeding on lowwgrade or;;. Ca·rlisle Company is prospee:.ing a.nd stoplng s~nc of low rrade. RecenJ.;;ly a dis-;:;overy was made

at the 3,375-ft, level; p.:1yable prospcc~~ having been obtained, work is now b<?ing carried on to prove its extent und furthel' v-alues.

Unity Oompany.-1,Votk i:1 in prosrc•ss at Yariou."') levels. A centre eountry winz;; is being sunk east on the Paddy's Gully line.

Victory and Panrlora.-·-Nothin;s: of nCJte h:\& occurreJ in. thi" mine during the ye.u. Prospocting is carried on in the sha.llow leveLs.

Garden Gully United.-R1.cent operJ.tion~ a.t, this mine rcceiv·ed n check owins to the h'lildin(:!s and machinery being destroyed by fire at tho unin shJ.ft. The newly-erected plant only COtn!U:mced b:1iling in December.

\Vork at the ".No. S :4h'tft was kept goim;; wa~ea men and trihnters were em?ioy-ed. The erection of marJdnery on the east shaft on P;:~.ddy's GuHy Hnc is nearly completed; the shaft is down 125 fc;>t from the surfa .. cc.

Sea Comvan'{ is crushinQ" low-D'rade ore. In the eas.t cro'5s~cat, on the Plddy's Gallv line work has been commenced i~ the old st~pes; thZl stone h::u; a favora!)le appearance. ~

South GarJen United Company.--Encoura..;:~ing progpccts hava been obtained in the hacks over the 2,130·f.t. level.

Inndonderry Company has done a considerable amount of developmental work Conncxions by winzes and rises have been complc1x~d h~twcen tha 2,0l7~ft. and 2,736~ft. levels; good ventilation has been secured. In the east cros-,~cnt o.t the 2)736-ft. lewl payable stone W£:.5 met with. A western shaft is now being sunk on the D0bora.h li~w of roof, ltnd i:>. clown 50 feet below the surface.

Un:ited UZste·r Company is obtaining average payable yields; developing work is aillo being ca.rried on.

Grent Southern.~'fhis company has been nrushing stone somewhat low in grndo; an improvement is looked (or at any time.

· Ga.rde·n Gully Oon8ols.-Thc shaft is down 528 feet: crosa~cuts have been extended wost at different levels. At the bottom level (500 feet}, a la.:rp:e body of .stone was encountered ; its appe:uu.nco is promising, but no gold ha8 yet beon seen ; further prospeoting on this make of stone will b:J done.

Xew Chu-m Line. Several cornpa.nies on this lin""1 of reef, whose deep vmrkin':i's pnvf'.d imr·.~m·mer3.tivc, c;:;:l'\Cd

op·•ra~ ions. Thi~~ si.?pya.g;; of _b.t.illn "! ~\-(Ydd i:nl10s0 r.n 0o:ctra burdn1 on ~'!"hz::::- ~~:ap,ttiM. whi;;~ were alreadv taxed to -,Jti?lr utmost lumt. When the cxr0s8 water appro:J.ched theu workm:s, they had m each ease to abandon tho deeper levels. It wm probably be some thn,, before an attempt will b" m~de to again

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work the deep ground ; the present shafts are uusuitr~blc, and the eost to sink a main c.cntral shaft to be uS<:d as a pumping station would he too eostly ior -r~ny sin~le company to undertake. In the ~ew C~~m Consolidated Company, the water was 1,770 feet below the surf::t.ce ~t the end of December. :No knhng is now done on the line; \York is coalln•:d to the ~5haUow ~cvcl~.

Hercules and En.ergeti<~.-~Th.c v;orkin:ss in thi,; mine arc coafinod to the shallow levels; some good returns have heen obtained from the 600-ft. lcv- ,} up-.v:trds. The oompL:ly is enlarging a.n eastern shaft on the Slle•:ps~v~ad iinc of reef. An up-to~d.-..b windin; p!~t:tt i-:> i;l course of erection.

lronbark.-The uuder_grnund op3r:J.tion"J wcr(1o prirl-Jipally confined t0 rhr; Sheepf:lhea.d line; good payable stone has been met with, and it is propooo~I to s,ink an c::~stcm sh:~H to the present level. This will pro·vide perfc{jt vcntibtio!l, an{l generally reduce costs of production.

Vi.ctoria Oonmls Company has been operating on stone I'll the New Chllm line some\~hat low in grad•J, An cast-ern bhaft is being sunk on the Sheep.;.;Lead hne ; in course of sinking, a. formation of stone was gone t'hro,:gh thlt carried gold; future developments wiU prove its extent and value.

Central iVew Ch'4oJrt Campan:y is pro3pcetia; t'~t<: shallow grmrnd from the 500-ft. level upwards Spurs ha-..·e b:?-en mnt with, and, although small, carrird nice gold.

}{ew Clmm Cons.olidated.-\Vork is ca•·ried Otl in the sh:1.l!ow ground a.t 660 r~·;ot, driving north on a west back of promising appearance.

New Sltenandoah Cmnp,'lny.-Good returns have been ohhincd by this eomprm.y from the shallow levels in the vicinity oi tiOO fed and sh3llower. The company is also working the old Shamrock shaft; a connexion has re(;cntly been mr~de, thus sec tiring good ventilation.

Bide Line.'!. 1'hese lines are becoming noted gold producers, and arc now receiving more attenti,)n than the old

mu.in lines. Sheepslwad O'l Blue Lit~e.

The ri(:h a.nd ronsistcnt. returns obtained by the Central Rf'Ai "\'Tfiite !ind Bhre Company ha'> heon the means of cansinf.:~: nearly aH th<:: corn panic!< on the New Cltum line holding ground to the eat;Jt to either cross-cut to the channel or Ri!lk shafts from tlt0 sutL•cc.

Active o-perations a. re ~;::..rricd on on this line, from the Hcrcule8 and ~n.:;rgetic on the north to Caslcy's Red White and Blue on the south.

N ell Gwynrw Line. The largest emp!oycr of labour is the Vietoria P-roprietary Comptmy. No fresh developments have

occurred on this line during the year. Pc.dJy' s GuUy Line.

Th~ Sea, Garden Gully United, and Unity companies are prospecting this line of reef.

DeiY>rah LiM. The Deho:ra.h Reef Companv~ is sinking, and the Monument Hill Company is also working in the

vicinity of this line, ~ -Christmas Line.

Very litt1e is helm~ done on this line of rcnf. 'Phe Christmas Reef Compa.ny id prospecting.

Bird's Line. ~e Bird's Reel Company is the only one thJ,t is employiilg labour to any extent. A IO~head battery,

to be drtven by gas suction plant, is nearly co!nplcted.

No. 4 District (Ballarat, Ararat and Stawell).

G. H. FrTCFIEs. !Ns'!'ECro& oF :\[rNES, BALLARAT.

Ballarat West. The Ralln.rat. Prospe'~,tin~ Compan:v ceased active mining operations dnring the early part of the

year owing to the v-~ry poor support forthcomln~ fror:1 :tbe invc:;t~m; p;1blic, \Yhich is to be regretted, n.s the eh:t.ncos of the minf' deYt<lopinn; into a p:J..y:th!,-, o~tc w:':.?. r,;a,sont~1~ty assured jud_::.>;ing by the nature of the country pt>.ss.cd through.. The lhlln.r:o:t f:ity c~)mpn.ny, adjoiuin!.:!;. has fared a similar fn.te owing to the want of support to ext-end the r:robs~c.utB far cnou!!h into thr> anriferoas eh11.nnel, a t,u.sk tha.t proved very expensive owiar.r to the ho::ury flow ohYatN, n.nd :t was still increasing ss the cross-cut adva.nccd1 so much .so that the machinery and pla.nt \Ya8 trrx:ed to its utmost; thl"!~ min(>s will, vrithout doubt, :receive further ntt.ention in tho future.

The ~ew ChalUhcrs Company failed to !ind support, and the phnt and machinery was sold and removed, whid1 e.nd~1 ano-i-her particnlarly pmmic;ing minl'l a.bsoiut-Jly nuprospectml.

The New Kohinoor Company l1as (',easr.d to r:xist, the plant a.nd mj,chinery having been gold off and removed: thus WM tb.e c;uoor oi one of the oldes~ mines in naHarat ended, amply iustified by the probable dangers of water trQtlhlcs from the waterlogged plateau.

The CentrJ.l Pbt.e~o.u mine has made good progress during: the yt~ar, having deepened the No. 2 shaft to 620 feet, ::md has got the cross~nut within a few feet of -where the track of the western line of lode ougbt to be. Developments may be expected at an early d<>tc, which, if succe<S!ul, will probably stimulate prospecting to the north.

The SeO:utopol P;:.~tcau No. 1 mine is still in the fossiclcing stage n.t th.:: shullow levels, employing about twenty mcu ·s1th u!Jout p::1.yahlc results. Nodev~lopmenta! work is beingdont',nor hf\s any attempt been mP,de to furthr;r prospect the large ore bodies (already exposed) in the lower levels; until this is done, the mine eanuot hope for anything better than a bare existence.

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Ballarat North.

The Australian Midas mine did not realize anticipation;; when the mill was s:et to work, nor was the previous sampling in any way confirmed; the pyritie seam carries good Yalues, but is limited in quantity} and altogether inadequatD to give a payfo,ble value to the m:l.inlode formatioM. Oper~tions are temporarily suspended pending the receipt of a further instalment of enpitnl for further deYelopment., wl1ieh is hopM '"'ill be suffirient to properly test the mine. A good ~,crvieen.ble plant, suita..blc for all ordinary requirements) has been installed.

The Xew Seymour Company failed in its effort~ to obtain the necessary capital for proper develop~ mental work, and iR closed pending the return of onP. of the principals, vtho has gone abroad to raise the ne,:essary funds. The Rose Hill Company has got a shaft do>rn 20 feet, and has a bout completed a smnll plant to sink about 200 feet, and further pro!'pcct the old allu \·id workin~s for reef washes alleged to han~ been overlook0d hy companies in the eurly ,L'l.ys. His possible that some ree.f wa.sheA may he h•it· behind, but the chances are they will be limited in quantity, and not Yery rich iu quality, as the old~time miner had a keen regard for anything that would pay wages. The llaHarat North AHuvial Company has failed to obtain sufficient capital to commence active operations, and is therefore RtrandNl for want of support.

Ballarat Ea.st.

The Victoria Uniwd Company has not been able to achic,·e its former prosperity, but has been ahlo to make ends meet with a reduced staff:. The main shaft has been deepened a lift, and cross-cuts driven to the auriferous channels, where gold has been found in the Iormu.timiti and veins pa.&.'!Cd through. which is encouragement to further prosped and open up the Vit.riou:r; liner; of lode. 'fhe prospoMs for the coming year are brighter, and point to an aU-round improvement. 'l'he Britannia rnited Company has not advanced past. the fossicking stage, and was compelled to ~eM\~ underground work a bout three months :::.go for the pur­pose of erecting new poppet legs and bob. 'Ihc L,,,t rh an ne Company has done no legitimate development"] work during the year, save to pick up the south main drivfl at rhc 800 feet le, vel, to work a block of stone adjoining the old workings, considered too poor many years fl ,..:o. 1'here seems to be a fair amount of crushing material in s~ht that may lcP.ep it going fm some time, but :rather low in grade to yield a murgin ,,f profit. The First Chance Company has persist.cnt,ly kept thedevclopmeut.al work going on, bntoo far ha"'~/e failed to uncover anything new. The North First Chance Company ha<:! eontinucd to fossick about the old ground with three or fonr men, all of whom have been starved out; there does not r.ppear to be ::my better times for the company unless new ground is cx.ptorcd, .:md that menns decp~r sin kin~, which th(\ company cannot undertake owing to the want offundsfor the renewnl of plant whit'h has !!One to the extent of its powt'r, The Llanberris No. J Comp'1ny has kept going with the u:-:u(l.l shff on ore that hns Dftid its way n.nd rcturnr:d a small profit; there appears to be abundance of crushing mat.eria! in sigbt of a more or 1es~ -payable character, and all the energy th&t can be afforded i~ d!rccted to (lcveloping: the bottom level. where indication>< point to a fa.vorable clumge at any time. The Llanberris No. 2 Company has done nothing during tlw year owing to the ~rreat,(?r portion of the shares lying in the office. This onPC iam.ous mine is worthy of aH the energy that can be put into it. 'Ihe Norman by :Sorth mine was dosed down owing to ,..,.ant of fund::~ to keep going. The New Normanby mine hn.s had a fairly pro!:!perous year, and has the appeManc.e of continued prosperity for some time to come. 'l'he North \Yoah Rawp Cumpany, adjoining, hl'ls had some fine vields from the indicator slates which has considerably Msisted to work the large lode formations that are, "by themselves, low grade, and will hardly pay to take out. The main shaft ·has been sunk another lift, opened out, and cross-cuts started for the lode channels, which should ear]y in the year roa\'h a continuation of the stone that is boin~ so profitn.bly ruine-d at the Nevl ~onuanhy. ·The \\""oah Hnwp Canton Comp:my hj,3 not discoYcr<>d any pate he~ d nuggets during the year, but has kept the dcvrJopmrntal work going without intermission, as well as erecting an up~t<l-date winding pl.?.nt rtfld deepening the main shaft another lift of lOO feet, whieh it is hoped will turn out woH, awi reimburse the eompany for the large outlay. In addition to the l1ig expenditure on the: main :-:haft, the oompany hr~~~ eredf'd a suitable plant on the old Corn Exchange shaft, which is vvithin its lease, and worke-d down ma.nv years ago to a depth of 500 feet. The intention of the company it; to re-timber and dco~l_)Cll 2DO feet before Opening out. 'rhe New Indicator and Bonnie Jean Compani<~s adjoining ceased operations during the early part of the year for want oi suffidf'nt f('rnuncrative erushing matt>riaL The latter Pompn.ny spent tho1Ait1ands of pmmds in prospecting without result. 'l'hc Little"s Defianee Company" has done nothing for the t~rm, like­wise the Dalzell and Bnehanan Company. The lVor,h Hawp No. I Conrpany has bc(m chiefly manned hy tributers, who have ahout mn.de wn;:res. An effort is now bt1ing mn.dc to further prospect the bottom or 1.200-ft. level. Tl10 "\Voah Hawp No. 2 Compn.ny did nor.hln?!: on the mine for the year. The 'l'ower Hill Company hn.a vigorously prospected its claim withnut l'f>lmlt, aJJd iS~ now enr.taged :\linking the shaft deeper.

Buninyong.

The New Imperial Company has during the yf'..Ar consistently persevered with developmental work in the lower levels, but has failed tn locate the extensive ore bodies worked so p:rofitahly in the levels ahoYe; but, nevcrtheless1 the old mine has had a r~gular output, and has paid the workinen (who arc chiefiv tributers) considerably over wages. The prospects are, on the whole, encouraging, and promise bett,;r times for the future. The Ne\V South Imperia-l mine is still hung up for want of rapital.

At Na-poleous, nothing is being done except by a few individual prospectors, lil(ewise at Enfield; where an alluvial run proved :rcm1merative for a good unmher of parties unti] the ground proved too deep for anything but steam powet. The Taylor':s Hill Alluvial Company failed to do more than drive across the witter (which proved only about 20 fe+:·t wid0 where intersected), and take out a fcn:r horse machin('s, and, hoc:Juse the mine could not be made self-su-pporting whilst heing cut up an\l drained, operations cea£-ted. The prospects were worth up to I oz. to the fathom, but it had wet and heavy ground. to ('Olltend with, which would have drained off in a short time,

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Rokewvod and Distrid.

The New I..,ong 'fhonght of Company has not <~isroYeiTd unything new, and is not likely whilst fos~icking among old workingH with two or thrc(•, men. The Golden Re:efs Company. at Dered, is about in the same position, takiug out ovf'ry gold~bea.ring vein that is met in order to pay costs. Apart from a few small parties prospecting at various parts around the district, mining is duli.

Pitfic!d.

One co-opera.th·e party of six men, and a. few ryanidets1 constituto the whole of the mining energy exerted in this once busy mining centre.

Berringa.

The Birthday Tunnel Company hns done an immense amount of developmental work, hut failed to locate anythlng but low~f!rade ore. 'l1u•. ore bodies in sight nre large, and the mine is worl~ed most economicu,lly in order to make ends meet ; Yignrous pro,:;pccting for better stone is in progress. At the \-Villbm&1 Faucy mine a, si1nila.r state of tliings cxigt; the ore body ia large, but low in grade, so mu(~.h so that there is :i') margin left for pro~pe<'.iing. The Kangaroo miw:; has IJeen idle for th.e greater portion of the yoa.r for V>.:J.nt of oapitu.lio prospect at ll deeper level. The Birthday Now }j'ind Compauy has ceased to exist, an(l most of the tn!\chinety n•tw)Ved ; this wn.:-; a promiBing mine, not half prospected. A eo~ ope:rntive party are working at the .muth end of 1tc Birthday fidd, and prospct~ting for ;J continuation of the Birthday line oi loJe. The proS1lects arc f,~vorablc for nn early development.

Scarsdale.

The J u hi lee Company is fast working out the ore rescrvcB, and has some ditflculty .in making ends meet, although a 1-rinze is going dmn1 from the bottom lc,.-cl on the usual quality stone. :~u shaft sinking is being done, and I question whetl1er it would be wi2e to sink the present shalt any deeper -r.nd cross~cut 900 feet to the lodt' throup:1l, hard DOUntry. rrhc lll:lill shaft is a sOurce of trou!Jle owing t:u the bad nature of the gnmnd down to ] ,000 f;:;ct, alld rcqnirrs cons to. ut r.:p.airs and ronev.-ul of timber, ·whi..:h makes the mine n·.ry ('Xpcnsivt: to kcr;p going. Gonse1.J.uently, a m:;y.; slmft and short cross~cat:\ would be cheaper in the end, Proapecting for the displ.n:ed portion of tlv: nhin lode, 1-vhich h.a.s never hcen seen or 1 )okcd for pa11t the break, iG now in p;;ogress at the 500-fr. level. The lhst .JuLHJ';e Cowpany hnd added n Jift of 150 feet to the depth of the shaft, open(i: out, and isdrh·ing on the lode in stone of the ustw.l qm1lity, but no 0rushing has been don!'. The Triaraph Company (in thn t>a .. me: neighbourhood) hu.s sunk a. !5ha-ft to 200 feot 1 and eroded a suittt.blc winch phut, fot tlte purpose of pro:~pccting n. lode formation ~vlis.covcred iu the early days; :rich stone W<~S mined down to 50 feet~ cross-cuts arc now being pnt in iu search of n J.own·wnrd coutinu'ltion of samo, und, judging l)y appearances, favoral;le dovelopmentn may he expect.d ..

rfhe New .Jubilee Company has added a li(t ro the main shaft, and equipped the mine with good serviceable machinerY and crushing power suflicient for twice the present depth of goo feet. 'l'he mine has opened r.p \VClL v.ith ahund::mee of crushing material of the usun,l fair grade; preparations are in progress for deeper siuking rtt No.;~ shaft. The ~ew North Jubilee: Company has vigorou$ly pmspocicd the nnious lines of lode (iown to 300 feet without discovering ore i11 payit.hle quantiti0;:1 ; diG cross~,;nts are still being ad,'unued at the 300-ft.level, o.s well as Rinkin~ the main shaft a. 200-ft.lift, which will be c.Dmpl<'t.ed early iu the yca.r. tt·h.e Jubilee Consolidated Compr~ny kept going the greater p::trt of the year v.ith only three or four men under~romul, and at last ceased operations in order to reconstruct.

l'iggoreet. The whole of the Port Arthur group are d~funct, and the machinery and plants have been removed.

Canico. This once famous fietd, worked to about 130 feet by eo-opern.tive p~rties 30 or 40 years ago, has

again received the attention of investors. The Xe-w C,:miGO Cl)mpany has discovered payable stone down to ~75 feet; the iode is of smaB dimension~, hutpi1y:tble. A 10-;;tmnp mill ha::; just heen completed, with the nc<;essary ~Dld mining appliances. nnd in tho nrar futnre p.1yable returns may b2 looked for. The South Canico Company has the 3hn.~t down 150 feet, and is contemplating the erection of suitable machinery. The Canir;o Consols Company is pro;>pcotin~I for a site for a. main shaft,

Nerrina. The Grey Hor:'\c Company has 1nadc no progress during the year, and hn.s only ha.d a. eouple of

men below on onP shift fo,;;siuking for 1-·dn3 in (:<ncl a. bout the old wori..:ings. l nm led to bclie\'e that a vigorous poli<ry Dl prosr>ct'-'7",ing is routemph:ted durin)! the qominc: ;n:nr, made po::;si;)h; Ly a sncccssft'!l rcconstrnchon, wl:L·lt har:; hron,!!ht a chan~e in the ma:r:ahf'.tncnt. The Xcw 'l'emperanc0 Company has not put the amom:t of CW)rgy i!ltO tlw \"ClJtU:rc that the miiw WJJ'l'ant~;, It appear;'; to Le V('ry Hhort or fundr:, and has work<'d ahout· lu:-~H timt:- for tlt<' year 'With a h:w men. 'l'hr> E:18tern Stil.r C:omp[l,By ha.s failed to disCOYer anythinp in the mine do\\.n to 200 fcei, n:ntl do&l'J dowH. The machinery and plant has since bren sold to pay oft a.rreanL The Eurd;::a Phrenix nomp:my has ah::;o failed to disCDVer payu.ble crllBhing material in tJw: small n.rea J>rosp{'ete(i, and rca~ed operations some months ago for want of support to carry on prospecting work.

Beaufort. The Carters DPnp LN1ds Compo.ny has a]mut made ends meet during the year; the ground is fn.irly

good in quality, but Vf':ry hf'aYy and hard to J::rep open) which. malu:s it very expensive to work. The company is at presrmt blookin~ hn,("k, :md I think t'h(• future policy will he a new shaft if the life of the mine is to br> prolong~d.

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Morris and party (seventeen men) have worked the whole of the year in wash that h"" given them, on the whole, over wn.r:ec;, and, from n.ppcarar.\'('3, i~ Jik(•ly to continue Cor some time. The Hope co~opera.Hve party has put o. shaft down in the nei;.::hbourhood of Trawallo., opened out with enf~OUTcl.ging prospects, and expcc~ during the year to Le gold producing.

Ararat.

The Cathcart Company hna had a remunerative year) and worked out about a mile of lead until the workings dipped under foot. Blocking baek is now in full swing with good payable results, and likely to continue until No. 3 shalt is ready to take its plaee, whieh ha,s been sunk to the required depth and cqnippcd wi<:.h a serviccabl<\ plant. )lain driving is now in progress towards the point where the gutter was left, and in tlle near future horing wilt be commcnoed to drn.in the area in readincs5 for the puddlers which are in course of ercchon. The Cntbca.rt No:nh Comprmy is re-boring the claim in order to locate the ran of wash now lv.•ing worked u.t the north··west enJ of the parent company. The Cathcc..rt (\ontr;~1 Company has the sha.ft down, and the lc,-uling drh~es v:ell advnnMd towarUs the gutter; three bores have been put up to the wash, and are running full, whieh is kcepinu; the pumps goin~ about ten strokes. A good scrvicca.blc plant has bef'n installeJ, and the mavhines are in the eoursc of erection. H \viH r(>quire 8. fc\V month:> l\1 eut up anti drain llw ~round bdorc active 1•uddling cJ.n he comment:ed, when a. steady profit.ahlo onr.pnt can h« rca~ona,hly ,·xpcctcd. 'lhe Cathc,\rt Victory Comptmy has o. good area of ;:!:tounO cut up, which ~ti\·cs fai:: to pay aLl" prospects; an effort is 1f•iug made to inorea::,p the output~ which shoald incre£1Se the yiclJs. The New Langi Logan Company is approaching the point where the wash ought soon to be disclosed. The main tlriYe is uuw in over 1,100 feet, or within £tbout 3DO feet of the bore put down many years ago. Some di!fi,-..ulty has b{'~n experienced in driving the main drive, whiz-h defied all efforts to kcPp it open for ull•)Et ;)()0 f•:el: in length, but this tTouble has been overcome by driving- on eitlv:r side p:mdlel and horsing up"' ilL t~mhcr; this awl gravel ballast has relieved the pre:::sure. The driYc is nm..- in good crd.cr, and 5tu.nding well. 'i'he secmd bore wiH he put up about the end of FoL~t1ary, ;md n. p:ood flow of \Yater rn:-ty be cxpc(1"!',od, ,-.,-hieh the powerful pnmpi11g maclJinery is all in readiness to receive. -"nv r::old rctum.;; irorn lhi" miao s.re h01rd!y proLah(f' for at least twelve month:'J:. The Lam:;i -Lo~;~m South t'~omp:ln,v hct5 ,•.ompl('tr-d the nr,;ctio~l of the m.1in pian\ and has the shaft down to UO fr-cL. in h·nd rod.::, whi(·t1. :.: lih~r.:i:in:r tl bon+ 30.000 gulluns of w:~::""".r per h.ourt <:on;-;<~qu<:ntly -progress is s.low. The L'Ln::;i .Lng1tn No::tP_ Cnm:l;my }lll..; un'.t'hxt a s:inkini:! plcmr., .t11Ll (-ittutcd sh;.ft sinking with one shift. The L:L;si Ln;:aa \Yest Company Ltikd tu lotmt:: su.fiiei(:n~. <pantiriell of p<~yJ.!,lc w.v.h at the shJ.llow end of the mine, and i<:! now cnt!'t\<:cd 1n horinr o-pcrJhcm:1 i·1 order to JiGcovev dcc-pt':r ,t:;round preparatory to sinking Xo. 2 ;~~~aft. The Hnbsm:s Comp:my (ue~11' A -:-~n~trnn:!'~} fdiled in itE. f'ndf'<1Vo1tr to make the claim pay1 or in any way confirm the samplinp; r:obp<·.e1s. 'f'he vahtrs appe.-tr ro h~vc gmw away with the ~>limes, .:~nd before t'. sur,~c,~/5 f'an lm m.1de of the mine a slimes pla.nt will ruquire to be installed.

Stawell.

The )l;_;~dtda Co111p.rmy has not nude mu,;h pro:::rr:::~s l.ll!th:rgronndj but has renov3.ted the battery and COll(<CntntinJJ; 11Iant, u.ddcd :::,n()thcr ]l}d\VaT;:l:.:,' irnprovc.:d ro.\.~t,ing furnace, :md i:> contcmph:r:ing an incrcas;d Q1ltpnt, fur th0 CfVllin.f; rf\~~:r. Th3 :\ttS'-:f.l~i,.tn Blimes TrGJ.tm.:ont Comp:tny has duplicltted th;; pldnt, as well ;;.s intro<bnv{ ma~1_v addition,tl applianct•s for ih.;; p:rorlr:r extr:~r.tion of gold., and has altogether spent about £20,0:}() in perfeetirq~ the p1al~t. Thi: cxtrn(ttion s-o br 1tas not been profitable. The Sloancs and Scotohmans Compu.ny has pnrC'h:1sc1l the Orir:nt:ll U;tttcry of 12 h.e,lds, and hat\ almost completed the erection of an additional 10 heads, together with the ner·c:;sary concentrating ma<:hines and a. Merton roasting furnaM, an of which shouid be in commission before the year is far advancetl 1 wh-en profitable returns may bn expected. Wilkinson and Company arc opcra.ting on material from an open cut in the big hill with a 10-hen.d mill cyanide and atim<B plant) and are making the c•ttcrprist· pay, f•mploying on an avera.ge 27 men. A rn~opc:::ative party if>l working the sha.llov.r lc>:els at the notih crosscut, 1UHl.«.t times making wages.

l>1ount lfilliam,

The UJ3ual number of f.ossickcrs and sluiccrs nre still on the field; they make good wages when water is a.vailahle. One party has. assistance Irom the )lines Development Act to drive a tunnel.

Dredgi'IVJ.

The Electro Hydraulic Sluicing Company finally dosed tlown, and sold off: the extensive plant. A numb~r of the men th,tt were- en!ptged by f,he eompa.ny has1 sint':e operations ceased, made good Wd..ftcs by re~treating the Jehrt'.s he-aps. The !-\'round ha_~ bJ(m r:::~~pec;ged by <l.nothcr eomp.:my which should, under good managcmen~-, succce~. The Boyds H.S Com!)UH)~ has h.Ml both plants con:rinuaHy going throughout the ymtr on profitable ground, The Kintingbool H.S. (\)mpauy has kept going during the year on grou11d that ha.s just about pilid. At Beaufort, the Fiery Creek H.S. Company has had two pla.nLs wDr.kiag payr~ble gt'OuJ:d.

The other dredging plants in fhe district have done nothing during the year.

Jf ines Deuelopment Ad.

EY~:ry comp:my and party th.tt~ hat> mceivcJ. asgistance. under ih<l Mines Dr:vclopment At:t has ceased work, except the Central Plateau and Grey Horse companies.

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No. li District (Castlemalne).

A. H. SrrARPE, IxsrECTOR OJi' MrnEs, ELsTER!'I."WICK.

D-iamond OrrrA: 0Mnpany. At tlw time 1h:e e::anpa:ty wa,'l termed, and t.he old !':line reS'IscitatodJ tho mni'l shaft Wi\fl in tvto

compartrw::ats aad 300 f~.d in df']lth. Slncc operations comme!1errl, tlw shaft ha.H bren t~nl.:u(l'cd to ~dmit of thr: space required for puntpo and a ladderwa_v. a.~td dn(·}Wued by succ~'SI3iV(: stn.gos to 700 ff:ct. 'rhc 1odn, r:Hho,ugh '\f compar:.ttlv~·]~ s~utH tor:nag•;, has mn.intai!H•d its payable rh::~ractcr dmvnwards. Owil:g t•J tlv' rap1d uuw::rlay d thn K(tf: m. rclct10n to th(• shaft, and cons':.'quent r:onsldcrablc length of cross-cut that would requirr to be driY\·n d.U\!~;,"Jl hard glX•mtd to iz1t•·rsect the lock: in the next and succrssive :dnks ir0m 1'·hc main slmft, the cnmprt11y lns resortr~d to the expedient of sinking an. incline shaft o:f 4.5 dt'grcts south fmm a .·mitab!e si to in the hot tom h~v('l. Ha.rd hamn<nr work has bf'et"t discm·ded in favour of maehine 1\JCk drill~, rnd gotlr1 vc·uti1ation prevails sillr.e n connexion was madtJ ~) thf' bottom lcv('l in the Unio11 mah: shaft.

Panton Hill1 Quecnstown, and Arthur's Greek. These gold-fields are now in_ the hands of a few cr;-operative partit'S. The majnrit.v are only

prospectier;; and oi thvst:: \Yh<> are on gold none arn making m0re tha.n a living wage,

JJ' arrandyte.

The Caledonia, Company ls prospecting t1w western country of the CaJcdo;1ia lode ayst(':ffi in th"' neighhourh.0od o£ thf' parc11t. nrinc A stEall makn of Rtun~ has been md ·with in aha!low grnundt and a crushii1;;; obtaint'rl th·~refrom ·with satisfactory J'Pihtlis.

On tht< north:;r]y ext~:nsieu of th'sline of red, Browue and pa.rt,v ar;:, ·w·ith aid from a Cwvcr:tment loan, extcn•ling a tunnel on a W01l-dt,finod h1de ehanncl whieh carries a .3<:mbln.ncc of auriferous lode formation.

The Govr.r:nn~nt ba,tt0ry is dnh;r good. work as a test a11d public crushing mil1 1 both in oonnexion \'tith a.ll t.hr lucal gold-fil>:lds, lnr.hu1ing Qu('.C~lstovn-:. :tnd Artlmr~s Creek.

Hoddlr's Creek. Th(! ltl(m'Itn.h. Quer>n Cumpany has di.sco~1ti~m0d prospt·ctirlg the alluvial wash deposita in favour

of that of quartz. Th~ f'ap of n. hdfl which outN\lp:.t n.t '.Y;.sh h•vd has heN:. drinm on for a kn~;th o£ about 100 feet, and, although it prosp<:•rts poor. a paya.hlc Lttcrval m&y f'xist (tt m:y point in advance, as the alluv-ial ground wa8 fairly good in the imm!.'di:tte n; ighbourbood of thls outcrop, a.J:.d ihf' charact\ r of the gold is id~mt:caL

Oockaioo. The Na.ngana Company is prl;~rpecting by meaa.s nf. Hhafts aatl tuuneh a series of aurif•::roul:! dyke

cxposnrPS that; So f:1r, prove tu be patchy in their go!d contents.

Gordon anrl Egerltm.

At pri:sent, mi~ing is nnusunlly dull on th!!sc g•)ld-fields. At Gonion, only a few prosp('cto:rs are at \Vork intennittcnt1y, whilst at li~g•\rton only two mines a:re working, where operations are confined to prospecting in a small '-Y<1.Y1 at shrdlc.w dt•pth.

At Little Fnr0st, Nieb.· •las an.d party) o:1 th(' str0ugth nf a sh'Jotol stone thd pro.sp~otcd eneoura¥iugly, has NC'c>trd a small milling ph1nt1 but th-; crushingg provc>d unpayable, having r(:gard to t.he mc~agre tonnage of the lode.

Blab:vtllc.

The C:rold<'n Hope claim h._1.s lJet'n acqch·{:d hy a r;ompany, whic1t has lost no time in erecting a .crrvicr::r;h!r; ·wi:~v!!ng phv1t, a;:d is 'lOW' ('1\~a~;t•d sin1dnfr n. V('rtieal ::;haft of 8 1tbsta.ntial dim('!lf3ions in the (:Xpo:.ctatiun <·f mf·ding with a J'f(·::r'7'( ;·,f" cf t]v, rich 1:1lv ols •d stmw we;rkNl hy th·~ origiJ:fl.l syLdirat0. On tho southPrlv 0xtcnsiwt o,f this Erw, tlw 1:huth G .. h~i·n.lfop(~ Company is shdtlng a. main shaft.

At sPar~o Cr·~t·k, 'Yatt rud p..:.r'cy has, with aid from thf:' Departmeat1 further oxpluiY..dold \Vorkings that yielded some rich putchl;:'s of stone in tlw f:a.rly dnys.

StelqUtz.

King1oc.k Company.-Ou ru:count of the. small bnt very ri~h s~oot o£ sto.ne petering out, and the inability of the company to 1ocate a. r0cnrrenc~ m the 1ast substa.:ltir.) smk, thr> mme hail been closed down.

The only mine of importance now x>rorking is that of the Ironbark Company, which has tn.ken up the old Iron hark minf:, and crt,cted a scrvice~ble winding plant th1!reon, and i" at pre1w.nt un\•tattring the sha£t

1 which is somr. 500 £eet. in d\}pth.

1li orrisons and Ela£ne.

The Morria11ns go!d-fif'ld is in the hands of industrious miners, working co-opcrativoly, and who are operating on, by me~us oi tunnels) a. large body of low~gradc wash existing jn the basaltic plateau country.

At. Elalne, the Lord Kitehr:nrr Sy,ldicate S'.lnk a shaft and er~·eted a smttll \vinding plant on a lode that pr"apr;ctr,d well a.t and H<'M the surface, but was d!::l1tppJinting at a doepur level, henee the mine has lmeu closed down.

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Blackwood. During the year, the British Lion Cumpany has Ct;ascd work after do.ing a lot of sysWmatic

prospecting at a con~iderably grea.t0r depth than that att ... 1.iw::d on this liJV>; of lode by the old-time companice. Good stone was mot with at tim0n~ but the b~:lk miHbgs proved it to b0 a rn1m:: intu:val of patchea.

Hill Brothers mi,tr:, that \\':J.S rc·mult:;r,:.:ivdy wur.kt:d to ',''._:t· r-1· ~·f·l hy C•)~uperativ-t' •:nh·rprjsr>, has b0ca a.cquin)d by the Xew St!lta~l Compaay, v.·hich ha3 \J,:c.tcd 1~ sen"ic(:ahl..; wbd.i.-,:J a.nJ 11~iiling pla,rt, and is aow eaga.g·~d sinking a, pcrma.n.:nt shaft.

On the British line of reef: at a sito whcr;; the hrrpst to1mag~~ of th~ pa.ya!:ll'! shoota of stontJ wa.a workHd, but tv a shallow d.:,ptll ouly, t.hr: Xorth Hritt\in Cvmpany l1::~s crc\'tcd a u..<;efu1 winding plant, and repaired the~ main slw.ft, a. 1d sinking to a groat.er l!epth is now b progress.

lVa1ltaUa. At t.hc Long Tulluel mine, deYelopmenta during tht.1 latter mouths of the year on the S~:mtherly

cxtcusi•Jll of th'! bwest (:3j:nG fw:t) level ;;r~atly ,~nha!HJC the future prospects of the mine. The lodt:: in thib section, wh:i;:h for a. le:-tgthy inten,...ll ha,;; milled payably, is well dufined and of substantial tonnage, nuJ is freo fn .. m the disturban(:'(3 that thf lf,df': clumnel and cuclosing strati\ are 1nbject to in the lowest le\·els f11l the r;.ortherly extension.

Long Tunnci Exc.eiHlcd Company.~-Early in thr. year this crstwhilt bmous mine was closed down. Sinec the dt~pldi~m of a!l th1; k-1.own paya.bln stnue, a lot of int,:liigent pruspeding has btf'.n done at various Ievds on th·~ lnde system, bat nothkg of .&!lY value BCt'mS to ha.ve been left.

Great Extended Tnnnd Coffipa.ny.-Dndng the l<lttcr part o£ thi1 yen.r this C(1mprmy Prceted a small milling phut ic("• te~t th-e: valn•·51 la b:llk, of thi3 f'X!,tn:si\~e lotle rxp0anrPs in the tmm(ol \'-"orkings. Several urushings hi!.Yf' sinee b\:0U put th<'::mgh with. I nnd•;rsta11d, disarpointing i't•sults.

At the Gladst.n0 mi.1c:, SLr;veas and party ha.s, aided hy a loan from the Gov(lrnmcnt, by means of u l<nver tunn/01, ~neat'C!d the downward e:J11tittni1y of the l1Hl€', which is bdng st.op(~d out with hardly payable results.

Gippsland Copper a,Hl Platinum Comp[l.ny.-Although thia comptmy at the ouhH:t eqnippt;d the mine with a smelting plant, ar~d Collstn:ctcd l0:1gthy t.rarr.ways from th.-: mine and :railway lbu, aud other surface -..Yorl::s, \"(H'Y little cmd.ergru:Jnd (l<:vu1c~pirwi-~ta.l wurk has hecn done up to thf: pr('S<:nt. Thu ore that was put: thr~JuJh thfl RmPJter \ltt\.s ohr:;t,h_Btl it·om rt<!llJl;mts f,•f;, ia the :old stvp<'s, n.ltvt from tht' ulrl~dme nmlloek dumps a:td. ho~IAJms of th~; dmelt~rs fo~1~1crly in usn1 Gl•J~sl.'q'IOJ:tly r:~rthl~~g has h6(·r: do1w to prove the dow:lwtud O()lltmmty of the ore b(;dH's salJ1 tn ha\'e ht·f!:l Ht•_ rset:f,·d ny thamottd dnll borilrg 8,1u~ yt!ars ago.

11foondarra. ' A ltngtliy tunnel is in coui'3e of bf3ing P:X:tr:mded under the }fooridarra. De\'p L-:'ad systems with a

view of fnrl.lt(~r testing th0 extensive wash deposit~ rJruap11Ctfcd by shafts some twenty Y~'ars ago. 1

flannelly' If Creek. The White Star Company, Mount Usefu], has intermittently cnlltluctcd prvsp\'ding operations in

various parts of the mine '>\'ithout BUC{'t'M.

At Edwa.rd's Hill, 1\lc:Marrus anJ party, with aid from. the Guvcrmncntt h.as further eXtB-nded a tunnel on a lode tTack that. prospected en·couragingly fur a time, and then petered out

Toombon and Aberfeldy. Merrington and party are {udhcr extending th'3 lnwcr tum:.el iu the <'Xpcct.ation of meeting -with a.

recu:rnmcr: of the paya.bh; ;:~:h<.•ot uf stcue wvrh:d at a higher kYt·l in earli~r year::•. At the St.ar a.nd Thumpsdn mine, A?crit_Jdy, the ~ode l'~amw] has a.t ln.st.hc.en int(;rsected by the

lengthy cr.)ss-cut tunr:~L Th1l lode formatwu lB now be1ug drtnn on to thr potnt where t.he downward ext<:·naion of the sh·)Ot of stone is expected to he met with.

J cncho and Rl)8!1 Creek. George [Ultl party a.re, with, aid frum the Govern:"u(\nt 1 driving a lower t:mncl to iut(·rscct the rich

shoot of stone goh:g strongly u:ldcrfqof. icl tl1e sutr~·Ht'rtyd witJu in the npper tunnel Wtfrkings. At s('rif'ho, Be'llli'H and Son c:ontinue to HHI.l«; ~·VJd wagfs by hydraulic sluioing th£ old alluvial

ground. New T..tOell Fyne Q,-m1pa.ny. -~A gc•od {l;--aJ of proeprcting ·work in th<' wny of rising rmd driYing ha.e

been dune at the various 1-?vtJs, with disappointing results.

Foster and Toora.

\Vith ~id from the P:ospeeting Yob:, L~ndy an9- pa~ty ~re further pru~pccting by tunnc1Hng some 8Urltt:rous VNlJ.S that theyd.isc:::n~Prc>J v~1 a SfC~"UPl. nf Kaffir·~; Illll thrt.t lwr~"h.1fvr0 was r1·gard1,d as barren. At 1ft•ora, the surwikrous waah depcs:i;s atn bting sbictd on th(' hydraulie s]uidng systc:in with aefnuingly p•y•hle returns.

Mo. 8 Dbirlcl (BeechworthJ.

8. J. PROWSE, INSPECTOR OF MINES.

Rutherylen.

The Great SJnthcrn Compauy has been workiag regularly1 treating large qua.:;tities of alluival wash succeasful1y, :nd mnploying a. ln.r;S•J st.r:.ff of men. The G:r>';at S.mthLrn CunR .Is nnnpanv has ceased extracting wash through t.he No. I shaft, the distauce of the worbng faees being too far froffi the sh&ft to

permit o.f euonomieal working, and the eqnipmf,nt. of tl1c No. 2, or" South Shaft.!" which is more advantage~ oualy situated for W()tklng the r•~maiai:~g P'lrll;.n d t.hv lNtd, has hr:cu pro{;ced~d ·with. These are th0 only compa,cics novt operating in tllls purd:,•l vf thCJ liist.rict., although effort>fl arc being made to treat the slimcs at the Groat Northern Exwnded CoEft)ls and the Pro1:ticc and Southern mines. Qu~J.rtz mining is part.ifmlarly quiet, b~ing confined to small _parties which crush at the Guvcrnmcnt baUcry.

Chiltem. A1hPtial mining in this _portion of tht:' dist:!'ict is now confined to the Chiltern Valley Company and

two or three co~operative partic.s. The Victoria Extended Company, at Christmas Town, closed down during th.; year. rr'here are nmuerous cya'jrln plauts operating thruughout the diatrict, successfully tr<;ating th0 slimrs fr<Jm tl~,c old puJ.dling ndlls. Qua:tz mi1\ing throughout has heen very dull, none of th'J miaes at work ha.ving ho.d a sncccssfal year.

Beechworth arnl Stanley. The Rocky Mountain Extended Slulcing Cvmpany has been engaged regul"rly and profitably during

the. term. Th..:l ~ew \Voora.gee Sluicing Company, at \rooragce~ is again working, but. up to the pn:scnt th"' result-s haYD not br·rll as good r:.s :'~nticipr..tcd. Th(• \V('OlshPd VallPy Compa~1y suspended operntinns, 'iYltich has h:td the effect oi maidng ma~·.t.ns n:ry dnll l.~o::t.l1y. At Eldomdo, the C0ck's Pioneer El~:ctric lfydr.-~>Jli;; SiuieiEg (\,H.:par.y hlls s~nrtr·d up('l'<'!.tinrJ• ahout a rnl}.-; b~\·i.:f down the crt.~.~k, closlOl to th(j tmvu, f1'ld th'! ma·1agerr:ont is hopduJ d a profit.ahl<, [uhu~' .

.:\ft)SS.rs. Pund ac1d F1Btcher aro s~iU (;pcra~ing h i.h(~ Thr('i; a.t~U Si1: Mile Crr'cks resp,,czivr1y, sluicing by gravitation, with .n. fait stafi uf :ncn. TJw \Vilhrrforce Sbkinf!: C<,Jnpa·1y, c.t Stanl: y, a.ft·::r a l(Jng period of u.:r1.profiiahk work, ceaqcd operations, a'td suld the pln._~:-,, th•_-ir watrr~rights bcbg bought by Sodduu aud party, \":ho will contin110 gravitation ~'>luiclDg it:. tk; vic1·jty. Otl1cr partit~s aro t'l'--ga1~··d sluidng in tho Ninr-~file Crl1ok aud its tr~butarics. Q11a.rtz mi j::g is bcin;j carried on by val'ious parties aud con:J.paniea, but the year h<"~S not hNn a s;,ccnssful ono.

l' ackandan'iah.

'f1he Rda.y Comp::my, workint; rq;ular1y, h% had 8"nt€ fair returns from the- reef. 'fhc Go Ah~'ad C.1n:pany, gfh'l' cbtnirci•lg a cnnpl': &f pny2.l>k aps!1hp> f:\:m th0 red a.t th~~ 300~ft. l<.·Yd, d<~c!df·d to erect a IO-h•·rtd bn.ttcry wi1h a sucti<,n ,s;11s ' m" th·· mi;-;,(:, 'Th\; r1 d has b;;eu drivt>n on for a cons:derab1(· le>n~~th at th-:· 3(10-.ft. l·-v• 1, r~· rl r.;Jp•·ars t.o b<' g"jHg stTt!ngly uud•JrfPot) ar..d) with thr1 compktion of the crushi~lg ph~llt, is h·>P' ial ,._r pr~-Sl)('J'>YUA vpt~rat1ons, rrhc Homeward BHund .:i.;;J

Bon Acc.ord C<Hnpany, at HHlshorvagh) b-~~ ~''et ('q:;ag d prcsp~·ctil'.g I'l!h~Ilar:y, hut, up to Ht•·l p.rd;•·r1t, without t('salta. Small pardr.s arc cJso CH.!;:'>~· d prH~ptJcriag i.1 Vtuious p .• rtil'ns (,f the district. The Briw:is Tir. and G1:m:ral !~:lining C(;mp<VLY start·-'d the Nu. 4- bue.lc,,t (lr'-d£;(' t~t Osborne's Flat durbg tho year, and is now working two in this por~ion oi the dtstrict. Flo:.,tc herlK sluiciag o.nd 'dredging plants are fully ('Jlgag;ed~ and giving employnwnt to a fair rcmn ~;er of m.eu.

Sandy Creek.

Bris~?is ~os. I and 2 bucket dredges hn.•:e brJ'n \\·.-,rking succ<'ss.fully in conjnP.ction with the Nos, 3 a!ld 4 dredges at .\Ha~1's Fiat a!Ld Os})Orlit'H l-'h·~t r .. ~Kp<C>e~ivdy. The Argo b'!ltk(jt drNlge is also working regularly.

The British a!'.d ~-\uatralian mhH\ at Sn::dy Crc(;k, has had some fair t~rushings from th.-, reef struck during the previous year. and is aow ('ngagNl tuml(·JliEg for it 'i.Yith the viewof more economical working conditions.

Nilta Milia.

The Mitta 1\fitta dredge has been iVorking re~:,"11larly, m~d it is the C<>r.lprmy's intenti11n to add another plant to Wlirk the kast:. A ~~~:w buckt't <Jr,·d:::'' hP,s Jw,·n lnilt ;,J;. thr, 1\litta 1\litta Hivcr, at the junction of tbl:' ~litta. Mitta a!Ld i.h0 Scrubby Creek, hy tlw 5:{:-:Jale lhwkd D.>Jdbing Cr•mpa::y. Th!r~ dr(;dgc hn,a not bc('ll working long.

At Tallandoonj the 'fallanrfco1> Tin Mines Cc.n•_paJ;y hr •. 'i hl":i'n maintr~:ining a fairly reguln.r output. other parti-es arc prospecting fur tb in the kcality. At E3kdak, l..itt.lc l\Iort·y Cn•t_,k, ar1d ~H. Ehnot work is hc:ing carried un by various parties on the I\)<. ffi i;t the vieinity.

Km/lowJ. Operations here arc principally oonfi:Jrd t.o alh:.via.l n~bing in tho Koetc,ng and Royal 0-lk Cr;'cks

for tin1 and some of the. parties are wor]:lng with pa.-ya.hl,• rr·suHB. ep tn th:: pr~·s-,'!t~·, nothing r,f (',>IH>~q~;(mcc~ has been disoo,·er( d by pn~Slwct.~.,rs for i(,du th in Lhis lr·cality, noht: 1)£ th:: fil~d::; made Hlnwing signs of pcrrna.-ncncy. At Ct,rryvn:::, '<Yvrk i:; CfJJ:fi:v;d to S!UU.ll parht\~ c..rmnid 1It. Elliott, and th<' same apJilius w to the 'l'alla~p>tta Valley.

Granya.. Mining h1 re at pr('st•ut:. is confined to srnall parrie~;,no \York heing carrh'd on ;a t.b• Gra!1ya or Bordor

City mines ; consuquently, miuir:.g is Vl'r.Y Uull.

Brtilanqa.

'"Work has brcn susp(•nded in thf' ~<'W Bet~1.·;.ga G:>Id Mi!tiru; Company's mbes, u.:1d up to th~ nres0nt they have not been re-started. Th~s tuin .. f', h' ing the priL\eJpnJ nnpl _~y~·r of ~;t:KJur h·:rz") th0 c•'B5a'":.io:1 of work has cast quite a gln(·m ovn 1Jt'' p~a.ct•. 'I he wiu:s e~;.-:·-:.:y lar:;•~ n·s~;~rn."s uf rnrrHcr.ms (oft'S, bat, ,·)win,; to th{_ir bt;My refractr,ry l:t.:td t>~n:pl·~x :~uLar·"", 1h'J tr.·a::L~'-'ht pr·Jhkm s.-uus u ,.,_"-ry ditfic;tlt nW:\, whidt, i:( once sHtlcd on a fairly tcom•I:ilC<d b:~sict, should n:;.ake this a thr:ivin~;; iidJ, ami which I b<:<liev·n c.ontains great pcssibilitics.

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Myrtkjord ancl BricJht. In this dlstrict, buckot dredging opMn ::.icJUs :;,ro h:,.ing rxto;nsivoh- c&rricd on, and pmcticn.11y tho

wh(,l;: (•f th•~ dredges iE th•o 0\~{'UR \ntt<'rnh··d (to the -;oumb\'t of :~bout 3J) ]HtYe b•._'cn rr.gnh\orly a~1d profitably employed. During thA y\ ar, the Smuk) n.mp<tHJ startcJ n. tK'(',_.~ld dtcdbl'· The ''"'n.~tdillgr-ng- No. 1 Qr(l.dgt>, which during the pr<)Yions yrnr h:1cl hw·n dismantl('d ~\nd r''IJt!,H'(~ to aw.thr"r p;1rtion d the 1'- <L'>{\ has als:J been working a (~onsiderablr- t:imJ'. 'fjl" Bo.nvidgce l:mck<'i d:t• d;-:,f•, whieh wa"i r<'mo"'·cd from Ban-ridge<\ to Bucldand1 has r~'Hltmt.r:d (•p(•mtiomL The Btd'falo Rtar d-frdgc \\'fl.S aiso startl;d. The Rlehmo11d Point dredgej which was n~mqy~·d t(~ th>::- Happy Vall(:'y Cr('ck, E~·ar 31yrtlefnrd, i~ &ppron.elring completion, There in a eonsideruh1t· n.nl')\!1\t nf reef mining cnrrif'd on tilrollqhont this district, tht: largest, •::nployrr of labour being the Hosr, rrhisill', [H~{l Sk,mrc ('k ml;H' ;t-:_ Hn.;TktYillr·. 'fhr Jll'dPllt indleatioES S'-'Cffi to point to U f\'-,1/'-\\Td int{'f( St i11 f\'('f.ng Jt<.n', a'ld r <'f.il! h•Jpf'iql; f f> br:;~h!••t futmT f<)r quartz l~liHin~ in this {orality. Scmt? r!f th~: partio.! i!l ih\: rrnwtc p:_.rtiL·}.S ( r the di.s~.,·:(;; 1U1YC ahTady ohtainf·d fnme highly profitabh' rchUJH.

No. 7 District (Coal Mining).

A. C, \VALLACF:, L...-sPFCTOR OF :Mn.,.I<:S 1 DAND1£;XOXG.

Jw,?.Uimna Coal ;l(i•~"'.

Althfmgh thr '\Yill:ling or CL&l has h('i'H eor:fin-ed -1,-· dBy shift, i!: order to rl'dUC-C CGStS to a minimum, t-he total prududi'".l hf:.s hL~('H Yvdl maiutaia_ ..J. L) Ic;wing oE au important inereas0 of two lar~e Lancashirr boikrs, <'> t\>,\)-Btr.~c ,_..,ir fnmprcssJr is i .. <;(.;lL.' tlf crt.'Ltio.t. This '~-rill g:rratJy f<~cilitate nndurground hauln.gc a::;_d praupiag, &.lJ.d y,-i]] t:lta"1le: prol:!I-z>~tir:r·, ;.·-·_d drn/.:'Iopnwntal-work to b<> p:1sh~d on., The reeontly compktcd nvrth-(•ast drh\.', ·which hc.ct b·.:e::; in l_.Togr(< ~for the last tNo years, has made available an additional area of c.ual of cxce.lkut quality v.n:i con,Jid,;;·~-U·_· extent, Boring vpero.tions ar(' being :re·commf'need t.o furt-h•.'r prove the comp<:Lty's pNpt>riy.

Outtrim. f!oal Cc.t~~;.r..m

Th<J prineipn.l op•::mtjoJ::s in_ tllo:: iYilY f:f c,;al whu_i;lg h(nT lh',C·u jli JkL<'od's tmmrL Th(; bottom p;)rtion of the olJ main dlp L!ln!F'l, k.~owu r.s "l"ori.y Soct.:uE 1 ht::1 lJ_;('j;_ ahn.-Jlo:wd, bat a ccrh;.in amouut of C·Jal is still b<::ing wvu from this tu·u.d a.t. th0 ilit;lv-~ lr·vc,tt:. Bo:Ltg hws lr:~.:.l st.:~r~d:Iy c;mtinur•d

1 n.:Hl thn

com~)a,ny hopca t{J strik(· a p<itn1bl·· Nettm Oh the~ l•-•1N grom~d <'ail'.. of ~he Oatt.dm t:J-,vctship. Irnprov\'d vc~1filatimt hcts rel:\nltt-U ia ~tlcLu,,d'a Hi•Htd hy the '·'fle.dng vuL nt u. bwut lunl oi a CDHilBXion v..-ith tlw old .Jumbunna workiEgs.

Awural Coal Jline. 'l'he 111\tl('tgT;Hmcl worklDg<·l urc b('ing • xteHC~f'd L<. a. pn.ya.h!" scru:l d 1':Xcdlm:..t c·on.l in an 1·ast and

suuth direction, with _t!;>od pr .. 1Rprcts d fnrthPr oxtu:sinn to tlv· v:·· st. Th1• 2i~·~c0mprcssiug plaJLt is brin:r considerably t>nlarg>'d, proYisit•n h::wing beell mu.C.e in the first d::sign for duplic.:o,ting tJu~ r:lr-evli•l<ler tmd compounding t.he steam evlim]ror. '1\n; typN\ of coal euttcrti. work· cl by colrtpl·e,<;tH~d air,~ Jun-e lxTn introdllCt'd, r,nd thr; ma:Htg•.'r Jwpcs to dJ>er con::Jidei"a.hlu sa.,-inl! in t:{;d by tlv·:ir uw'.

/)u.nbecnr6 Colliery.

1'ho party which were ft rmorly workir:g thifl por~i,u d :h(' tJld CualOrc·"k IraM hrrviilg c._ as<: cl work another t1mnt'l1las bet:n op(\JH'd at a difte-rnut. point i/t tb:; same 1:wa.m by· S. Kr,.,~ and pnrtv·. r:t,h'T hav~ struck the soam, a~1d a~e uow proceeding to open GHt ia coal of ftl.ir quality, -.,~·hloh will pr0bab]y~j 1i1prove a.s they advan00- in tu the hilL "

w .J. C:Ookc and party a.P working Cdt a.notlv:r portion o.: this l(•as::, a:td ar~: now v,·ir;_ning coa1 from a seam of good thillkn<'SS and quality. · ·

Garrlitf Colliery" This con-1pany have cea.scd operaticns on a.ncount of want of funds.

Bass V alley Ooll£cry.

No further \York has been done at this mill(•, tho first prol;)pectiltg operati(,aS no~ having proved profitable. The <.:ompa11y, howeYer, still has hop(13t.>f g':tti.tg a payD..ble seam on th-e l(;a::~c a.s soon -as funds become available for fnrthL•r work.

K ·tlcunrla 1.'t! inr,

The WfJrk. o£ sha-ft-Hi~1king haBc he•'n r·umpln-t.r'd? n·~(~ '" ~·~:Wt oi gno~I hard. r;od stti.,l·:!-.: at & depth of 280 fet~t. Hril.dmgs ar_r h: l~lg,p~ahr~-d i'ut fro.ru the anr~ft. vo~c·m, a-H~. w1th a vww to d.::;.1:1g this di.nrdop~ mmltal work more mptdly, 1t ~.s lllti.:udnd to nr~bll C'Af.l~f'nttli~;; :1'.-<~f'lUJlNY work1'd by cornprcss0d rtir, An a.ir.c<)mprPss·n Js be~ng •!r?ctcd on th<: ~nr1ac.t:, end \vi.HI:c n~:tdy for \rork a~.:. Hl1. Pt:.dy datt:. A railv ... ay tndmg has brBn put m to C'onw·ct 1 h::. mJ'.H' Y.~nh tltn mt.u lL.lf' to :Jfdhoul'~t0. Scrcc'J~slm v1· bern en~eted and a. cousid(·rabk &,mcunt t,£ eoa.l has beea ~tad:::•'ll at gt~i.ss. '

Pmddt YMth on•l Wor.l:-1 .tfli Cullir:ry.

Op0nttions at thi,c; mi-.u, have hr-t>n c:arrL·d ult rapidly. Th·~ np .. to-dah' {:.Z>al tippler ·'l.lld BCI'(·en&

instalkd in the \;a.rl_y pa~ nf th.c- yea~ ~u\; wo~kin~ -w .. •H .rud .:::ratlbg the (:oal to sul.t mt~rkf:t requirements. A lar;;e. Oouush both r, of 1:.!0 lns. W~)fk'lllg' P.r0.ssuru, lLti b<~CJ~ -ndJ.cd. to t.Jic· plant l!l order to provide

steam for un mercased output. An d·H'tnen.lly-Jrn:en_ (~f·ijl~u;JLcr 181\"orkmg_ wr·li, iiud f'Uabliuff reduction in hewin~ cos~s to be rnadc,a1l~ impro\·dneL~ as. rtt;;arda the i_)!'t,por~ion of ~lack C1)al A Yon~ilatiug fan of the Wladnull ty_f'c h~s been mstalled u:~dorgro~nd •11: th~ b\).tt~,m d th~ up-~;ast s!w.it, driven by an electro. mot:or, and IS domg good -wodr, W 1th _a VlB\:· h> tmpr1Jvmg tlw q?-2.hty u:t the sl:~ck coal, a. washing plant 18 bct:ng erected, fed by an elevator winch rmsu; the s1aC;k ccr.l tr\Jlll b<'ncath scruena a sufficient height to enable it to gravitate- through the wa.shur and ihto Lius erected fur holding it.

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Allona Bay Colliery. Thr: WQrk of d:rivi'":_g h·-·adi·l.gs a!.._d makL1g c,lnJWx-ions round the shaft- in coal for ventilation haa bcDn

pi'tJCeQdcd with. An additivnaJ hvilcr has b(,<'ll added to the plant.

Dudley Oonicry. Very HtLle underground w<;:rk hr:,s hcon do~te during tho last six moath~ beyond keeping the water

pump{~d out and driving or~e IJf the he~1dhgs a few Ji!.rds in coal.

Yt.ctorian :li,:nerals D"-velopmcnt Company. A few rot<n have been rmployc-d doing \Try important work in boring and otherwise testing the

extent of the' irnm(•nse body of brown coal which this company proposts to work.

State Goal Mines. s~·c General ~Ianag(·:r's Report.

No. 8 District (Eastern Glppsland).

G. H.AWKE, I~SPECTOR OF MINES, 0MEO.

C<UJsilis. The Cassilis 0Jmpany eo~ltinued treat1nij the slhnrs, and has eredod a t!lbo mifl for re-treatment

of residuNJ from tht< roastb1g furnaces hy thr: cya-1idc process. \\rork i11 the mine has been steadily carried on but on a rcducrd output; th0 f··r'l trcr .. tcd appears tn lw pay,able,ar:1d would 110 doubt gin.' a greater profit if the output were i.:icr<JhS''\1 to the full capacity oi th•".\ plt:mt. \Yith thro: v-iew of providing for increaat~d production! devdopmental \York has b':>.<t pusho:d on by the opcdng up of No. 8 lev(d, a.:;;d the connexion of levels by wiJlZPS is now proe':J•ding. At th>: King Cassilis mine, il'JffiC ha.lf-deze:n nwn hay(' bueu enaa1rcd

in prospPcting th::- l11dc fo:rn<atitH 2.t vatiocts points above tumwl ]r>vel. a11d at the end of the year had a parcel of oro N!ady for tr•:atmf·nt. Nulrm and Caddy, W(,rking rm the k:de in the O:d Dund{·f', have been fairly successful in rais!ug storcr uf payable a.vern.gr. Several (:ther working partie':! ha.ve heen operating with but modcra.k !(;suits, Th.t>:rc has b~0n no nt:w fiuds reported from this loen.lity during the tenn.

Glen Wills ana Sunnyside. South from thn Yellow Girl mine, Toner and pn.ny found a small lode, from w--hich they have obtained

payable gvld, and are tmgagcd opening it up with e:wour.aging rrsults. The Ydlow Girl Syndicate haa been steadily opcniq~ up the Ld.e south from the break, and the vrl' broken has been pay&blc. It has been now provC>d for over lOO fcr>t in height above the bottom lt;vl~l, and should give profitable work for some thu<' ..

The Maud and Home\vard Hound mine has el:t.a11ged 1mnds, aud is now known as the Goloonda. Gold Mining Syt:.tlicat•'· 'l'he rrreooat (1Wl1Cl'S han~ been successful in opm:ing up & payable lode between the No. I and Xo. 2 tunnc,ls, for n. 1v'ight ut lOO iod.-; th:: lq,Je varies fr•JJn l foot. to 2 ft. 6 in. wide, and ha.s yielded from l oz. to 2 ozcl. per t·P:1. They are now in a posit!un tc- maintain n. rA~n1a.r output, and should have a profitablt\ toming year. Hunt and Muldoou ha Ye c;;;ntinued opcrt::.t.ions on r Idr-aize lode with fairly profitable res,lts.

At Sunnyside, the :3-IN:l's.chaPm, G~nt.lc: A:miu) ancl Anti:)pe mines ha\''t) f·O<ltinned tn produce payable ore; other. mir\CS have. been worked with but moderate rcs·,1lts. Quite a number oi: what I :may term small mines in this locr.Iity have rc2>dH!--d the pobt a.t which \YorlCt1g parties of miners ran 110 longer deal profitably with th'7m. 'Vhat is required is up~to-datc (•qdpn:ent and modern methods of mining to further work them, and that requires capital. In this comJ:cxim~. it is plr>asing to note that the United, after more than three years1 idlenf'tiS, has bcolt aequir(•d by a strong company. which jtu~t, lwbre the eloso of the ycr~r oommcnced ac::.ive operations ,__m a scale that is confidently believ(•d v.·illlead to success. Should this prove to bD correct, there is no doubt it will give a great impetus to mitling in the locality.

Tin JJ.fining.

That numero118 th lod.C'S outcrop 0~1 the v<.:..ricus spurs around }It. \'\tills js common knowledge, and during the past two years~ since the price of :,iu h;ts risen so high, much talk of a speculative nature has tak(\n place in bcul m.ining circk·s as to whether :.hcso lodl..'JS are payable whh tin at its present pricl". It romahed f1)r Mr. '\Vhiti,lg a:1d party to put it to the test, and tlt•;y srJcctcd a large outcrop of griesen ll('.ar th~ head of Light~dng Cr-ed<, about lO mll0s >lOrt.h (,f Sunnysidt~, as the place of triaL During the year, they commenced operntions by open cut 0~1 the lode, erected a 10-head battery, tabks, &c.j and for motiv<: pvwt·r inst.alkd_ a 28 break h•Jrsc~powcr 8 1.-lcti«u gas enghtfl, atrd u.t the •'nd of the yem w<::re ~'ngaged putting through a t·.--ir· t lot, of lOO tons, the rctnlts from \':hich are anxiously await-ed. This is eall0d the HopefuJ Tin :Mining CoHipa-ny, and, should it pr.ove successful, will probably kad to others commencing operations, aR quite a m:~mb~r of blocks have been pegged out on the various outerops north of Suun:yside.

Omeo. For a considerable Hme nticiHg in th(; immcdiato locality has been dull, but towards the ciose of

the yt· .. ar thPre W(~rr signs that an. improvl'mellt is likely to m::cur. The New Gambetta Comp~ny, which took over th0 mine last year, has bee11 steadily pr.ospecting

below t:mnel h·vd witbont finding anything payablv. In the latt.c·r part of thP year, ar:tentiou was directed to finding at tunnrllevcl the\hoot d skne that llad be(tn '\'1--ork:;•d by the old company and lo8t, aud it aucceedml in fi,tding a body of hig·h1y mhcraliz?d ore in which free gnld was .._,asily S•-.!en; a cut was put iuto the ha.r:.giug W<',ll wh1:rc the lode P.ppcars to have made off. Vtl:wtht:r it will prove to he a continuance of the old ahoDt :remains to be proved ; a parcel of 20 tons, which a.ppears to be payable, has been raised l"ll&dy for cruahing.

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At Dry Hill, the ground formerly work<>d by the old Orient,,! 8luicing Company ha• been take!l up by a financially strong comp<"my. It ha.s inst;\lkd a powerfu] p·uup shicing plant, driven 1Jy a lH'W .3? ho.rsn­pow,;r pnrtahl(:~ mtginc i.•i lah·;;t d0sig ,, n:adt; by llubPy a:~d Cu. Th•\ cAnpJ.d.y c.)mmt:nC\•d shacmg JUBt before Chris.t.ma,s, r>~,d willlr'.'-..tt' t.lt" f:rst \\'Hr(;h~up Harly in tlv: ne\V' yoar. TJv.,re is a larg(~ ar~:ti >1f grfinn<l to deal with, a.·irl in placi s u\'<!! 100 f,:nt in dtlpth. It is eonfid('ntly t•.xpt·eLed chat the treatmf'ut of this immc:;J{(J depoHit by np~:;,n~rlr..tt; neth-.~ds will be du1w ·with profitu.hlt• results, thud t;idug employment to fr,;m 25 to 50 men for mauy yenrii.

l-tC'cently, G. Fursyth {l;UH<l a.lvdo 011 the south Hide or Livingstone Creek, about 3 miles above Omeo, which ou assay gave go1,d results tor silv.:l:' ~nd also gold. A small trial lot has been raiood, and will be treated to ascertain results it~ bulk.

BrookviUe. ~Iiriing has been very quiet in this locality. No Ilf!\Y finds hn.ve been reported. The Perseverance

Company lw.s mostly confined operations to working out a block \Jfott"ofromthe maintunnt\Ucvcl to surface with payable results. Tlus hlock was au old shoot that has been profitably worked to & depth of 300 feet below the tunneL Attention i:J now diro;>-et<'d to the Richmond shoot, higher up the hill, audit is also purposed to drive a main tunnel in order to cut this hde at deptl1. Luvas and pJ.rty have ceased opHations at Rih•y's Creek. the lode being vay smalL RryJwlds Brothers are still working at Gum }l~o'fi',st, as n.lso Dawson Brothers, at the hon.d of Swift's Cre(;k. Around C:U.r.dotte Spur, Crisp and party1 also Haycox and party, are at work \Vith mud•:ratc results.

Stirling .

.l'IitUug ha.s been on the dow~1 g:ra.do in this loca.lity for some time, the H~1s Company being tho only m~e doing an:;"thing, and it 1s stili carryinl-{ on p.r(,sp(•diug qpf'-rations.

Sa.wyor a:td party, at· Da.wson CJt.y, ha.'>~e had a. pr,}fita.blc ye.-~es W•Jrk, having obt .. 'lined ove:r 1 oz. per ten f:rom one- 0rushing of 100 lon.ds1 a ad othr~r lots tn~ated ha.V(l b:;en payabl<::.. ·

BldU!tlUJ(J(Jl,

The Beehive Company has steadily pursl.F'd npQratit'hS en the rod between the 600 and 800 feet levels with fair rcs;_]_lts, and to >vards th<? clns~: of th0 year was prt:pa.d;tg to sink furth>_<r on thid shoot of at"JlW. A considerable amount of prospecting has been do~to on n. J,;dt' \\'('st of tih' ma-L1 lode \V:ith encouraging results. l_1"'~urthor work here UH\-Y succeed in opeaing np a t:o·uddcri\hll..~ ~uea of ground •A a profitn.hle nature. Several other pa-rties are prospecting~ ba~ nothing of v-alue is reported.

Buchan.

The Victorian 1{a.ngaur-se and I::on Mines G)mpany has bren c:urying out dc,.·rlopmental work in the direction of ('l'Qss-cuttiug ~tml sinkiug oa tht~ large! deposit of maagn.c\esc ore at tho Iroa Mask; ot.hcrwiae there is uothin3' o£ note doing in the locality.

Brndoc.

Th·_; Butdoc Vietorian Gold Rf·t~fs Compa~:yt havit;_g JU:hlc additi-ons aJ:d a.ltemtions t-o the plant, a.ad .. <llal'goli the shdt tu tlu·te compatt:mcnts, is cugaged in sinking a~wt.]IH Jlft uf lOO feet. \\'hen thia is t:Y-'mpleted 1 thL· ktlf whivh ga\-·e highly rotmtnerati V(~ yivhls frvm the- S'1rhec down t~' 70 fct:·t 'Will be operated on.

The Dunlop Cumpf!.liY ha.s also illcr<'a::;cil thr; plant, and. done a large amount of developmental work which, t.owa.rtls the e:nd of t~t<~ yoar, had placed tho mine in a positiun to maintain a regular output of oro sufllciu;tt t-o k1·ep the batt,_:ry f,tl]y empl ,y('d. Odwr parties are at work prospecting in differcr..t plact"s. Very little has bt!(~n. done at t.hc \YulLt·a.m depo-i-!i~s at Round Hill; these veipa containing wvlfram and bismuth a.:rc ,y,·ll worth further prosp;:ctiug.

The \Vulh·aru mine at Mt. filurphy is Htill pmducing ortl Lt payable quantlH~~s) but no fresh developments have b<"t>ll recorded from the loca-hty.

No. 9 District (South-Eastern Beechworlh).

A. H. SHARPE, INsPr.er6R. oF MIN£81 Er .. sTERNWICX.

Jlatlook.

At the All Natiuns mi!tc, opt:rn,t.ions have Lc•:n Ctmfincd to the 5\':VC-ra.l tunnel levdsj and, although n largo amouut of s .. nud prospecting, C\)mprisi_ag cross~cutti!lg, driviq~ levds1 and rising ia the most likt,ly places has be>.>n done, Lothi;::g pn.y,1.-hle has- yet hL'dl mPt with. ,loJ~es u.nd party arn still extending the iowcr tunnel un the course of the lode channel, \\-i.th enoonragiug prospects. Under economical workinz: oouditions, Sutcliff Brothers a-re working sm;~ll tonnage veins that just ahout givHs them a living wage.

Wood's Point.

For a brief period, the Hope mine was r{;suscitati'd, and the most favoured one of th':' scrh1s of floors of stone further driven on with disa.pp.,intiug results, and the prop~'rty is again shut down. On the" Neve-r 1viind" spur, at an old rni.u: that prod'-Lced a good amount of gi_rld in the early days, Stacpo<,hl a.Ed party has opened np (I.Hd tf;paired the old t111me!~ .a.ntl further prospected the dyke by rising and driving thcreon with fruitless rci!llltl!.

Gafjney's Oreek.

The New Dempsey's Company has further exteudcd the lower level on the "Hunt's " dyke lode syBtem without tnueting with the shrwt of stone s,mght after. During the year, the shaft and levds therdrom in the upper tum.u! workings were unwatered, and the most likely plaees further prospected, with encouraging resulta.

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Rose oi Denmark Compa.ny.~Owing t-0 th(' lode Byst,em being situated in countr:v of a precipitollil na.turt', the shaft and rru:whinn·y are situat,.:d in <~> h'ngthy tunneL The downward continuity of tht: lode opcnrd up in the lowest le\Tr::l ptuYCS t.o be of substar,tial toa~:.nge and payable ch&ractur. Int.crmittt:nt :vork ~as bC':n carried (ill by tbc \V!:\llaby Conqumy, itcdicating that tlte lode to be not well d('.fined :and lno:msmtent m gold contc!rts.

Ten Jt,le. Star of the \Vest Compa.ny.-Exi>loitntion of tho lode at the 200-:ft. level discloses it to be consistently

poor. Deepening the shaft is now in progress ia the reasnnablt\ expectation of me<:ting with, in the next level, a rc(mrrencc o:f the rkh shoot dcplvt.cd fi·om tht> upper tu:t:lel workings. The Champion Company, workbg und\'r f'conomic ntilllng and r,thn cow1itions. ha:'! bct>n cnn.bl<>d to mine at a prnfit a large body nf comparatiydy low-grade vrt. Co_nl:raf.'Y to cx:ptJdationR, the payable shoot of stnnt' located by the Stt1.r of the \Vest. Blocks By_tdicate has faiJql to sustah it::; remunerative vn.luts, and the !(line, wh;:!u at work, is in th;; hands of tributers. Tho U:1itcd Gl•Jesoa\; :nd Sailor Bill's Company is in a small way prospecting nt water level thrJ smaller of tht: two lodo syst('ms, so far with unpa.yahlB results. Further afwld, \Vheder Brothf:rs are, with aid frnm th•:; Govt:rnmeut, making anothrr 0fiort to discover a rucurreEcc of the extremely rich m~k(:S of stone workt:d by thcnui·_kes l'Ptd ntherB in fhe early rlays. At Doctor's CrMk, O'Neil and party art: furthrr opening up, by sinkiag and dri\'lag, a rnrfacc lode tlmt vms discove:r.._•d by other prospectors in -earlier years. So far, the mn.ir. hndy of StJIJ>O prJvt-o to b~J vt ry poor, a:td the most defined of a1:1y of the rnakrs of stonu going underfoot iA bcivz sunk o~l, with no improvement showing.

Enoch's Point.

0~1ly three miwm a:"e at work in this kca.lity. The Star of E:in Company is operating on patchy atonr-, chilractc:ristic of B')ff, di,nite <lyJm formations. Work at thr: B·~ll~::o, of Vcnctia is confi:m;d to drivin~ e. lo'.Y-er tnnnd, Higgins and parc.y has dcvowd th~?ir attention oo taking out the :remnants of stone ldv by the old-time eorripanit:s in ca:rl1Dr yNns.

Jamieson. 0~1 the Tipper Jami.:son Riv·::r \Vakrsh"d, the Jamieson Creek Silver Company hn.s, with the aid uf

a Government loan, carried on work in a. small way by t·xtnnding tho? lowest l-!0-ft. lcYrl, w-itl1 results that aro not encouraging. A ttt'W mine', locab·d iH preC'ipltmw co:I!l'Lry, a·1d known as t1tc St,mf')' Creek Silve:r minn, has hccn dc,;c-lopl'd nn th1' courst>: of a silver ul'·~ drposit, with discoura.ghg rmmlts, as the ore is :found to exist only in small splashes and films, here a;,.rl ther•', throughout the mM::>.

F ppcr Th-ornton. The Hd<'ln's l_)<:ak Exwnd1~d UJLW has bt·cn eLJs:Jd dvwn a3 a. result of thD iailu_re of tlw IH'1tdicatc t.o

locate a downwttrd rt.:curr::;r.cc of tll" shoot >:Jf st<H~e. Op·'mtb;:s a:-c .:ow ce:ttrnd i_)n the [l.djoining propi~rty, known a3 the Hulnn's Peak, fr,,rn whi0h highly pa,yn.h!c retnrns ·.vere 'Jbtain(·d i;1 the <'a-rly days.

Alo~andra.

'rhe Alexandra Reefs Uompany Juts, after r•t~teh prospecting, succc-erled in bca.tingt at a greater depth, a payable recurrence of olle of the hvu lode systems !YJ:lght.. On the vuhkirts of th>:< gold-fidd, P('tt and party a:re sinking on stvn~·~ wher'::' th;: pa.yub1c shoot i» show:1 to b(' V('ry short· n.ad patchy.

Reedy Creek. This gold~field hM steadily dedin('d, as only threo mine-s are wurri:(ld iu a small \\~ay, of -n:hioh number

two are Vr"Urked on tribute. Dry Creek.

Other than quartz prospocting of a defmltory ch:uf\.cter, the Coll,_.gian Bucket DrN1go Compnny is the only one at work b gronnd of reported g.wd values.

Ruslru~orth and Wltroo.

These gold-fields are in the hands of a few prospectors wor:..:iug co-upc:ratively, of which two parties have made good wage~:~.

Jlurcln"son East. Aided. by a prospecting loan, Stock and party tiro furth(lr prospect,ing, by sinking and driving, on

the course of a lode formation thnt yielded encouraging: trial erushings in earlier years.

Dookie, \Vithin the- Dookic Agrh:ulbral Coll('gc Rcs('rvc, the Mines Department is conducting prospecting

operations on the extensive 1rou ore deposits 3hnwing on t.he surf;:tee. As tho ·work only sta.rtod early in December, the ore hodica arc not sn:fficit•!l.tly t·pcned np to determin1; their extent. aaJ valncs.

No. 10 District (Eaglebawk). J. E. McCou., I)fSPECTOR oF MixEs, Bt::"{DIGO.

Taking the lines of reef in order fror.t west to (·ast, the first is the­

Oa-rsl;,alf-on, 1.1he New Prince of Wales Company is the O!l.ly large empl(}yur d labour on the liHe. The Railway

Prinoo n)mpany is prospecting; it, is only recently the Ghc:.ft has been :lnwatt.t(d,

Ne-w Chum Line.

\Villiams United nnd Catherine Reef Unitcrl Cornprmi(·s are the only huge cmployurs oi lahou:;: on the line. TIE~,sc companies are obtai:1hg -payal1le sL;;h.O i 1t -Loirly In.rgP quantities. Ot.lv:·r mints on the line are prosprcting and crushing int<!rmittt.ntly.

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Slwepshead Line. The Pearl, Victoria, Catherine, Now St. Mungo, United Devonshire, and South New }Ioon Cumpani(•S

are exploiting this line hy sinking and cross-cuttiu~. It is to be hoped that thiB systemo.tie l!.t,tempt nu th~ pa~ of .th~ various companies noted vrlU be reward;;d, c.ud aJso pro Ye that gold in pay3b1c qua.ntities ex1sts m thlB lme north of Long Gully.

Garden Gully Lir«?, Pyke anrl 21f non. Koch's Pioneert Windmill Hill, Great Northern, Virginia, &.nth New !loon, and New :lltloon Companks

Oft this line are the principal gold produecrs and hugest, employers of labour. The other ruin('S on the Hw:; have not such a large output, and oomc P,..re prospl~r~t1ng h :<lv:::.lhw !>:::vds. The r~'cunt fc vorn.hlr <l{;\'cl.:·, pmeuta th1:1t have t&ken place in the Golden Pyke mine has n.dd.ed incrco.scd interest in those adjoidng.

Paddy's Gully Line. The Sandhurst, Collmann and Ta.cchi. and Johnson's No. 1 ar0 obtaining payable yields. 'l'ho John­

aon's ~o. 2~ Golden Age~ South Virginia, Virginia, N(';w Argllil, Clt:.n'nce Unl.ted1 South NBw Moon, and No•vt Moon Companies a:re prospecting thB line further nort1l. In l>Jme uf Lhe::,;e i11.i.Ltes the outlvok is of an enoour&ging nature.

.tf111er's Li11e. At the Jolmsonja No. 3 the shaft ha.a been unwatercd} and prospecting 0ommenced.

Sebastian. t-Fredmck the Great and Bruhn's Conoolidatod Companies ""' crushing low-grade ore. The ::-<ew

Nil Deapera.ndum Company, at Ra.ywoodt ia having returns recently, anil. the future pruspects a:rc: fa.vura.bl<;.

s. J. PROWSEl INSPECTOR OF MI~ES} EAGLEHA'iVK.

1'he principal employers ol l;;bour are the C<Ltherine Reel lJnited Compcny, which is operating on a large formation, maintaining a. large m1tl l'<;g~llu.r outpu·L whicU, dthough 1~ot d higl1 c;mde, is being worked profitably, and the Williama Unitefl Compsny, w·hich is engaged on a spur1y f,-,:rmation at the 2,100-ft. level. Most of the other companies which are >mrking along this liw.' arc p::nHpoctit;g. Several of the companies, however, have leases rmbraci.ng the Shcepshrad line of r(·\;f, and ~11-e carrying on prospecting wo:rk on thia lino either by sb.tlcing ne\v sh;~~~s iJl' crvss-uu.tting from the;~ m::l:1. s1w.fts.

Along the Garden Gully line work is being canicd on more extensively, and a large numbor of men are at work in several of the mines. The Joh:1son's Ueef Company at thf' Nu. 1 shwft is working the Collmann .reef on tho P.:tddy's Gully H1~'' with prciita.hlt.' results. This cornpar.y has rcc:m: tly r"C~stc ;_·~rd \\."Ork at the No. 3 (or Nelson) shaft with a ·view of prospvcting that line, which has at difieront pt:riods be;m worked profitably, and it is to be hoped that its .-::fforts will be- succeasful1 t1Us behg the only s.l1aft working on the Nelson or Derby line of reef. Cross-c\:.tting forth-:' CoHmann reef from the ~o. 2 sh11ft,: SEVPrai humlrod feet north of the present workingS:, is als::> b('i1~g m:.rricd out. The Gold0n Age, So~1th Vir~;idc~, E:v.•f· Virginia., New Argus, Clarenco Uuited, South Nc\'r .:l1oon, and New Moon Companies a.co aH pa.ying ;httendoa to the Paddy's Gully lh:e, so that in the n.;;:;;r('g<~te a. good deal of prospecting wu:rk is being carri('d ou. ou this long neglected Jin('. The ~cw Argu& Compa.ny~ at about it!O feet., have a sr.ddlc r''d . .Jf very 1~icc appearance on this line, but which up to the present has not ea.rried payable gold. The Httstler's Cons:1Js Company, the only oompany on thr: wdl-k::.w-.,rn Hustlers li!te in this district, is sixtk:htg r, ctc:1tr'' country ~e below the bottom plat, but up to the prt'wmt have found nothing of importance, but it is earnestly hoped that the systematic work now being carried on in t.he shallow ground on the inturmedia,tP, or, ea ao.metimt's called, side lines, will during the coming year be rewarded with payablt: results.

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ENGUSH-OWNED MINES.

REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS OF WORK CARRIED ON BY COMPANIES IN WHICH INVESTORS IN ENGLA.'ID ARE INTERESTED.

Australian Midat Gold Estates limited,

The following work has been done at the Aus­tralian Midas Gold Estates Limited mine up to 31st December, 19r1 :-

200 FetL1 .le"!e~.-I,o4o feet, ~r?Sscutting; 400 feet, dnvmg .: 6o feet, nsmg; xoo x zo feet, sloping.

300 Feet level.--Soo feet, driving; •oo x 14 feet, stoping; 25 ~eet, rising.

400 Feet Level.-300 feet crosscutting; 700 feet, d.ri_ving; 300 x 7 feet, stoping; 145 feet, nsmg.

Crushed~ 2,oo6 tons; yield; 160 oz. r:z dwt 3 gr.

Value, £902 ros. rod. (including £•65 I7S. ud. from mineral).

Twenty-head mill, with all necessary machinery, has been ereeted.

BENDIGO.

Victoria Propriet~~ry (I\X>J) Ltd. .!lain Shaft (r ,4~0 Feet).-West crosscut driven

15 f€et, and cut a western back, with 4 to 6 inches of streaky stone and a few small spurs, highly mineralized, and showing a few line colours of gold. Drove north 15 feet, and cut another spur 4 inches thick, also carrying a little. gold, but un~ payable; crushed a trial lot of zo tons, which produced ra dwt. of gold, so discontinued work here.

710 Feet.--Cut a plat :<t this depth, and extended west crosscut, which was out 35 feet, to 8o feet. Cut western back, with 2 inches stone and 4 inches Bucan, :)f no value. At to ft!et, west of shaft, broke a crushmg of fourteen loads from reef and spurs 4 to 5 feet thick for re dwt. of gold. Have driven south on this reef 1 to feet ; reef 1 in end 1 z to I 8 inches thick; of no value as vet. All other work at this shaft has been carried O-ut by tributers1 with varying success, at 950, 1,030, I,roo, and r,200 feet levels~ and they have broken and crushed z Jo88 loads for 547 oz. 15 dwt. of goli:l.

;oo Feet Reef, South Shaft.-'!:-;orth level advanced 84 feet; total, 100 feet; in reef 2 to 4 feet wide, carrying a good deal of minerals and a little gold. Sunk. wini..e from end of level, 22 feci, in stone :t to 5 feet thick _: also of a well mineraJized nature.

780 Fut.~-North levd dJiven a further 268 feet 1

making a total o! 428 feet from shaft, stone varv· ing from 4 to I 2 feet wide in places, and at times showing fair gold. Have also been stoping over level, t;1e reef averuging 5 feet in thickness~ and c~-trries il little golU. At xoo feet in, put up a rise 50 feet. and holed thrcugh to winre sunk from 700 fed. \Vinre. 50 fC'i.."t north) sunk 33 feet i total, 64 fret; reef xo feet to t:z feet wide, whidi showed a little gold for the whole distance. Have driven a leveJ south 150 feet; reef 3 to 7 f-eet thick, of a well mineralized nature.

8-15 Feet (700 Feet Recf).-At this depth cut a plat xo x xo x 12, and drove crosscut east 36 feet. At 25 feet cut downward extension of ?Oo feet reef; which was xo to u feet thick, of a nice lami­nated and mineralized nature, showing a few colours of gold. North level advanced to z 53 feet, reef in places being ro feet wide, well mineralized, and showing a little gold. The reef in end being only 2 feet thick and broken up; stopped driving, and have started an intermediate level 30 feet above, the stone here being 5 feet thick. A considerable amount of stoping has been done, in which gold is seen occasionally. Dro1·e leyel south 275 feet; the reef in end is z feet thick, intennixed with spurs and sandstone for a width of ? feet. In the first 8o feet of driving fair gold was seen on both ea.st and west walls. Have been sloping over level, and gold is seen at times. At 2o feet south1 sunk winze 33 feet; all in quarti showing minerals.

915 Feet (;oo Feet Ree/).-Extended crosscut east so feet, in sandstone and slate. At as feet cut stone 2 feet wide, and broken up quartz for another r 8 inches. Drove a level south r64 feet, the reef in end being 8 feet wide, showing a few colours of gold. In places the quartz is 14 feet wide. At 20 feet south put up rise JO feet, and conn€C!ed with winze from 845 feet; reef s to 6 feet wide and well mineralized. At 140 feet south have ~tarted ~o. 2 rise, and see a little gold; also in sropes from this point. Cleaned and tested boilers, air r~ceiYers; overhauled machinery, effected neces· ;..ary repairs, and cYerything is now in good -working order. Crushed, 15,776 loads for J,iZI oz. 5 dwt. of gold, and all pyrites have been sold by tender. The following is the number of tons from the different levels :-700 feet, 334; 78o fee-t, 4,168 j 845 feet, to,I6J; 915 feet, r,o87; trial lots, 34; total, r5, 776. With the quartr in sight at ;oo feet, 780 feet, 845 feet, and 9' 5 feet levels, crushing material is sufficie-nt to keep the batteries employed for years. The formation is of a patchy nMuie) and, on the whole, has been of lmv grade order, but, as it continues so massive and highly mineralized (as reflected by the high prices received for concentrates) the possibilities are that, by further prospecting, an improvement in quality may he met with at any time. It has al:;o been proved for a height of zr s feet, and is st11l going down below the 915 feet south level.

CASTLE><AINI!!.

C newton Geld M'"" ltd.

The English company, after prospecting at the ro, rr and rz levels, and crushing 541 tons for a yield of 172 oz., which exhausted all the funds. stopped work. Being in fear that the Wages Board for miners would very greatly increase the cost of mining, it decided to go no further, and, there­fore, instructed that the mine and plant be realized. "\ local syndic<rte was then formed, taking the pro· perty under an option for purchase. After prospect· ing at Nos. 12 and IJ levels, and spending £750, they now returned the mine, and also declined 10 go any further.

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CO$Tlll<FI£LD.

Costerfield Mining Company. The yield of concentrates was 743 tons of ore;

value, 45 per cent. antimony with z oz. Idwt. of gold per ton of a gross value of over £8,ooo. The winze from the 420 feet level has been sunk too feet.

· The ore continues, and appears to lengthen in depth. An air winch has been installed, capable of handling the product from 300 feet. The nnrth drive, on the western reef, has been driven zoo feet. Two Linkenbach tables have been added to the concentrating plant. Seventy men have bet~n regularly employed) and a small rise in the pric-e of metal would allow the manager to double th<> output and show a profit.

DAYUSFORD.

Ntw Cornish Gold Mines Limited. In December, 19ro, aU work underground w,~s

stopped, and~ for a period of four months, from January to the end of April, 191 IJ operations were confined to keeping the mine free from water and gas~ pending financial arrangements in London. Repairs to the winding plants, and a thorough cleaning of the battery house and p:a,nt, were effected, At the end of April work was started in the mine and continued through the year, Prospect­ing and stoping have been carried on in the fol· !owing levels :-No. z (270 fret), No. 6 (795 feet), No. 7 (892 feet). and No. 8 (t,ooo feet).

No. 2 (270 Feei).--Stoping on a fiat make, dip· ping south, between Collier's and .Mitchell's shaft. Sandstollc lode not very high grade. but payabk, until it went underfoot, when a start was made to extend the south intermediate 23 feet below the 270 feet level to meet it. This intermediate has been extended to 276 feet, and about zo feet more driving should meet the shute of stone worked on in the stopes above the 270 feet level. The exten~ sion of the south intermediate i~ being continued.

lllo. 6 (795 Fect),~-The south drJve on Cornish lode has been extended to t64 feet from the main east crosscut; an average of 5 feet of stone all tbe way; very low grade. There being no encourage­ment to proceed further this work was stopped. Main north drive on Cornish lode exte~ded H4 feet during the eight mouths; total distance from the main east crosscut, 507 feet. Stoping on leaders east of )ode to a distance of about Ioo feet north of No. 1 rise from No. 7 level; these leaders de­creased in quality and work was stopped tem­porarily. A crosscut was put out east from the stopes 14 feet above the level to a distance of 50 feet; a hard bar of sandstone was met, and this work was stopped as the sandstone was a.n indica~ tion of eastern country of gold-bearing leaders. The mine manager intends to continue work in this level short! y.

No. 7 (892 Feet).-Work in this level has been confined to an intermediate north from winze: 40 feet below the 892 feet level. This intermediate k·n·l was extended to 70 fe;::t, where gold-bearing stmll'' was met; a cros;;;cut was put out west to r t f('Ct 011 this stone. where the hanging wall Wil~ CUt. ih-tn a drive made north on the hanging \Vall to a distance of 5 r feet ; all th<' stone brtwf't'fl this rlrh-e north and the 892 feet level ha:. been stoped out : av('.rage width of stone wa:;: 7 ff'r:•t.

No, 8 (r,ooo Feet) Deepest levcl.-Crown Jode, 624 feet east from Mitchell's shaft. North drive on lode extended 98 fret during eight months; total, from main east crosscut, 184 feet. No work done

in south drive during 1911. A prospecting stope was opened north of the main east crosscut) at the junction of the north drivel on small leaders, carry­ing good gold; leaders increased in size and width, and stoping operations have been continued to a dis­tance of 1 oo feet north of the crosscut, and 40 feet :-outh of the crosscut, where the ~ute of stone went under level, the avtrage width of this formation I:i r 4 feet_; the shute continues to rise north, carry­ing p>vable gold. At a point in the south drive 6o h·et from the main east crosscut a crosscut west W:J:> p;lt out to 13 feet to ascertain -where the flow of wat·~r ·was coming from; it was proved to he coming froJ,;l .:;,t.U(l.;.;tone and fJUartz leaders of no val·ue. Tbe top stope in the north drive i.s 49 feet above the level.

Hattcry.-lt has not been possible to keep the battery running full time as the developments are not sufficiently opened up. From May to Decem­ber1 r91 I, the mill was working irregularly) averag .. ing about two weeks each crushing; 5,833 tons of stone w<:>re crushed, yielding z~167 oz. r z dwt. of golrl; Y<J1U{\ £8.709 Tos., including concentr.ates.

MALDON.

The Eaglc!wwh Consolidated Gvld Mining Co. Ltd. Four thousand seven hundred and sixty~one tons

of st011e vielded 835 oz. 17 dwt. of gold from thff ba,t'terv, and from s:wd and slimes, treated by ~:yaiiide, 4,1oo tons yielded 246 oz. 14 dwt. The stone crushed was drawn from the stopes at the 550 feet and 650 f~t levels, south of shaft, and from the 850 feet :md 950 feet TeYels, north of ~h::tft.

450 Feet Le-;.:el,~·The south le\e! was extended a distance of 160 feet.; total from shaft, 360 feet; the reef being more than full width of drive,; values being poor work w:ts suspended ;tt thi;; le<eL

550 Feet Le·vd.--:'io. r crn,.scnt. :.ituate<:l 64o feet :-:outh of shaft, was dri,-ea 6o fe<:t west, but noth~ ing of v:tlue was proYed. No. 2 cros~cut; 521 feet ~outh of shaft. was driven 6o feet west; veins of quarlz and slate were passed through 4 {{?et wide, assnring up to 4 dwt. of gold per ton, This re;::f was, dri\·en on 25 feet south and stopC'd to a height cf zo feet, when ,.a lues bl>came too poor to con~ tinue. No. 3 crosscut, 400 feet south of ~Shaft, was driven 32 feet west; payatle ;;.tone was cut 17 feet W<:Kt of the main level_; tbis has been driven on for a k-ngth of 7 5 feet, the a\·erage width being about 5 feet, anrl worth about 6 dwt of gold per ton. Stoping has been carried on above this level for a length of 75 feet, to a he1ght of 35 feet, but owing to the stopes becoming unpayable work was sus­pended. A winze was put down below this level to a depth of 43 feet in ~tone 5 feet wide, but as~.ays being unpayable work was stopped.

6'io Feet level.- --An intermediate le\·('l was driven 6o i'cet north of the rise, and stoping continued up to the ·· fautt, ., which cut off the stone. At this level, at a point 479 feet .south of the shaft, two crosscuts hnn:: bc-t~n put out; the ea;;.t crosscut driven 40 feet passed th:-ough stone 3 feet wide; assay valut.o.s, z dwt. ·1 gr. per ton. The west crosscut \\as dri,-en 47 feet. and pa.sserl throu~h stone 14 feet \Vide; <JSS;ty valH('s, 2 dwt. per t0d.

f50 Fut lrve!.-"-:\t th(-; winze. 521 feet north of the shaft 1 tbe intermediate dri\·e north has been <:·"<tended to 35 feet i n crosscut has been put out f'ilSt off this ]ev£>1 a distance of 58 feet. ~\t a point 43 ff'et east of level stone wa:: cut 8 feet wide, and driven on north .32 feet; the stone not being pay· able all work was suspended here.

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Bso Feet Letiei.-At 452 feet north of shaft a level was put in on stone 4 feet wide, giving good assay values j stoping was started, and a. rise put up to connect with a winze from the 7 so feet level; also a little driving and crosscutting was done, but values did not continue.

950 Feet Levei.-This level has heen extended south of shaft a total distance of 266 feet; stone more than full width of drive of low grade. Two crosscuts have been put out off end of this level ; east crosscut to 65 feet, west crosscut to r6 :feet; passed through a hody of stone u feet wide; assay values, z dwt. r8 gr. per ton. About 30 feet above this level a fair quantay of stone was stoped ot:Jt, which averaged about 5 dwt. per ton.

I.jJo Feet Level.-This level has heen extendetl north on the west wall to a distance of 234 feet. At a point 1:25 feet north of the crosscut stone was met with 14 inches wide} carrying gold; the stone

C'Ontinued gold bearing for a distance of 20 feet ; average assay value, 6 dwt. per ton. This stone did not continue. At a point qo feet east of shaft drove north on east wail 41 feet, in stone 2 feet wide i assay values, I dwt. r2 gr. per ton. On the 19th !'ovember, 19rr, all work at the mine was suspended, with the exception of pumping, and the treatment of stored slimes, pending further capital being raised.

TALBOT.

loddo11 Deep Leads (Victoria) Umiud. During the last twelve months have erected two

steam puddlers and driven 827 feet of main reef drive, and 1,193 feet of wash drive. The puddlers started running on 6th December; with these, and the previous temporary horse puddler, 83 oz. of gold were won. The number of men employed is forty­three, steadily increasing as room occurs ..

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STATE COAL MINES.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENERAL MANAGER OF STATE COAL ~!I.NES, INCLUDING THE BALANCE-SHEET AND Sl'ATEMENT OF ACCOUN'I'S DULY AUDITED.

W ontha.ggi, 23rd November, 1911.

Sm,

J have the honour to submit the Annual Report and Balance-sheet of the State Cool }1ines at Wonthaggi, for the year ended 30th June, 1911.

The gross output for the year was 396,042 tons, and the net output, after allowing for mine consumption, coal supplied to miners, and waste, was 376,070 tons.

The net output for each month of the financial year was as follows :-

July August September 0<-1;ober November December January February March April May June -

The coal produced was of the following grades :-

10,560 24,236 27,576 29,855 30,686 23,824 32,877 35,029 42,235 :U,533 45,826 41,833

376,070

Screened, 209,244 tons; unscreened, 38,412 tons; slack, 128,414 tons.

The coal was disposed of as follows:-

Bold tQ Vicrori•n Railways .. ,. other Victorian Departments ,. the Public

Stored at mine

Total

Tw• 205,915

3,329

209,244

'l'ons. 38,412

38,412

To111. T""". 150 44,477

1,534 4,863 115,057 115,057

ll,673 11,673 ---- --

128,414 376,070

Three shafts, Nos. 9, 10, and 11, have been sunk during the year. The depth to the coal in No. 9 shaft is 170 feet; in No. 10 shaft, 278 feet; and in No. lJ shaft, 80 feet.

The whole output is now being wound from three shafts, Nos. 3, 5, and 11.

:!'f os. 1, 2, 4, ~.nd 7 shafts, which are each about 50 feet in depth, No. 8 shaft, which is 85 feet in depth, and No. 6 shaft, which is 160 feet in depth, are used for ventilation, for lowering timber, and for pumping. These shafts were ~.ll us< d for winding coal in the initial stages, in order to hasten development.

:Nos. 9 and 10 shafts are both being fit.ted for winding, and each of these shafts will have a capacity of 800 tons per shift when fully developed.

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The daily output at the time of writing is 2,300 tons.

The average number of employes through the year was 946, comprising-

458 coal miners, 77 wheelers,

134 others below ground, 277 surface men.

Ninety-three of the surface men were employed m the erection of buildings machinery, &c.

The mine worked 284 days during the year, and the average earnings of the miners was l3s. ld. per dn,y, after deducting the cost of explosives and lights.

I regret to report one fatal accident, in No. 3 shaft workings, due to a fall of coal at the working face.

During the year 65 bores have been put down on the State Coal Mine Reserve. For the first six months three Victorian drills were in full commission, but during the remaining six months only two were worked.

The bores rang.;d up to 620 feet in depth, and an aggregate of 16,000 feet of boring was accomplished during the financial year.

The wages and transport cost of the boring during the financial year averaged 3s. lOd. per foot. 'rhiR low cost speaks well both for the drills and for the operators.

Much of the boring was done for the purpose of locating Nos. 9 and 10 shafts, and for defining the areas of coal available for working from the same. The boring disclosed the fact that a considerable area of coal of from 5 feet to 6 feet in thickness could be won from these shafts.

The boring in the north-western portion of the Reserve ext.ended the already proved coal be.aring area, and disdosed a seam of good coal of about 3 feet in thickness and of considerabl~ extent, at a depth of between 300 and 400 feet.

A contract has been let for the main generating and distributing plant, which will consist of two 720 R.P. 3-crank, high-speed compound engines, direct coupled to 500 K.W. generators, and one 530 K.\V. Curtis mixed pressure turbine generator set; the whole of the foundations for which are completed.

Steam ·will be supplied from eight locally-constructed Lancashire boilers, which are now being erected.

With a view to economical distribution. three-phase current will be employed at a voltage, across the generator terminals, of 5,200. 'l'he current will be transformed for surface power generally to 415 volts., and for lighting, to 240 volts.

It is proposed to use electrical power for winding, pumping, hauling, ventilating, lighting, coal cutting, and for running surfaee machinery at all new plants, and at the plants now in coursP, of erection.

It is also proposed to supply the electricity for street and house lighting and power in the Wonthaggi township.

For use underground the current will be converted to direct current, at a pressure of 250 volts.

Commodious workshops have been erected adjacent to the power house site, and suitable machine tools are being erected for the manufacture of mine skips, and for executing repairs to machinery, &c.

At No. 3 shaft, bins of 300 tons capacity have been erected for the storage of slack, and rm ''conomical coal-handling plant has been installed. The plant comprises a two speed semi-automatic power-driven tippler, a jigging screen and conveyor, an elevator and scraper conveyor for the slack, and skip handling machinery.

THREE STAGES IN THE PROGRESS OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE STATE COAL MINES, WONTHAGCI.

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WONiHA..GGl 'JC)W\"'SH J P , FI~!O¥ RtSlRVOlB. HrLI.., HO VE.WDER, <JII

YII-:\\ :-:HO\\ 1:\f~ !·.LECTIHC PO\\'H{ HOFSE HOILEHS 1:-\ C(H:RSE OF ERECTION; AL;..;o \YOIU\:SHOI':-; .\:\1) X~>3. J, ~. 6. 11, A1\1J H SIIAFTS

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At No. 5 shaft, steel-framed slack bins, 1,000 tons capacity, have been erect~d, and contracts have been entered into for the supply and erection of coal handling and classifying machinery, to deal with an output of 2,000 tons per shift. It is proposed to load the output from Nos. 5, 9, and 10 shafts into railway waggons at this point­a surface tramway having been laid down for this purpose.

The plan appended hereto shows the extent of the underground workings, and the following table gives some interesting data of the work done from the commencement of mining operations, November, 1909, to June, 1911.

WORK DONE UNDERGROUND FROM PLAN MEASUREMENTS.

Period. Narrow Work. St.on<~ Drl~.

----~-· ·~·--~-~-·-·-~--- -~--- -~~---~-·

Fee$. ... l From commencement to 30th June, 1910 .. .. 20,188 300 From 30th June, 1910, to 30th June, 19ll (12 months) 122,625 9Hi

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Total . . .. .. 142,813 1,215

I have the honour to be, Sir,

Binldng. ---~~~-

Fe6t. 633 703

----1,336

Your obedient Servant,

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Nil no

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The Hon. Peter 'McBride, Minister of Mines,

Melbourne.

GEO. H. BROOME, General Manager.

i 1.&•nl,iability, Act No. 2240 Sundry Oreditcrs

LlllllLITIIS,

DepositR on Account of Coal Purchaaos

Net Profits, as per Profit and I.oss Account • ,

(Signed) JOHN SHEA, Accountant, Mines Departmen._

17th November, 1911.

STATE COAL .MINE, WONTHAGGI. BALANCE-SHEET AT 30TH .TUNE, 191!.

.A..BSETS.

' •. d. £ •. d. £ •• d. £ •••• 141,000 0 0

3,207 15 11 243 10 1

3,451 6 0 24,101 18 9

£168,553 4 9

Unexpended Balauee of IJOau Moneys M per Treasury .. I.esa Aceounts D11e and Passed for Payment but not

Paid at 30th .Tnno, 1911

Land Pnrch;;scd, . Shaft Sinking, Development, &c. Buildings, Poppet Heails, &c. Machinery .. RaiL~, Tubs, Ropes, l'la.nt1 &c. Horses, Harhoss, &c. • . Office }i'urnitnre und Scientific Instruments

Btcres onlhnd .. Coal on Hand Sundry Dcbtcrs

" " on Account of Coal Sales

Cash in TruMt Account Cash at Cnt·dit of the Si11king a.nd Depreciation Funds

(being portion of the net profits for tltc year paid thereto in accordance with section 96 of Act No. 2240)-

Sinking Fund Depredation Fund ..

Outlltanding .Jonrnal Entry, included in £14,267 I3s. 3d. above, to he credited to Depreciation Fund

39,815 17 7

14,267 13 3 --------

3,672 9 4 44,012 310 17,396 2 4 17,256 9 2 10,487 3 8 2,014 18 3

890 10 9

79 9 4 5,108 511

7,050 0 0 8,525 1 6

25,548 4 '

95,729 17 4 22,809 1 4 2,922 0 0

5,187 15 3 243 10 1

15,576 1 6

537 14 11

£168,553 4 9

Nole.-AllBets are •hown at cost. Actual dopreciation on machinery, L•ilding•, plant, &c., is estimated to amount to £5,745.

(Signed) G. H. BROOME, General Mana~, State Coal Mine,

17th November, 1911. Audited and found correct>-

(Bignod) F. H. BRUFORD, Auditor· General,

24th November, 1911.

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t:>TATE COAL J\II.l\E, WONTHAGGI.

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30'I'll JUNE, 1911.

To Working Expenses, Raising nnd Deapatohing Coal Salaries . . . . . . . . . , Interest .. .. . , .. Owner'• Contribution to Accident Fund Bad Debts .. . . . . Balance-Net Profit !or the Yoo.r

(Signed) JOHN SHEA, Accountant, Mines Department,

17tl> November, 1911,

.. .. ..

£ •. a. 143,098 16 2

1,589 3 4 2,467 10 6

479 13 2 28 12 5

24,101 18 9

£171,765 u 4,

By Sale of Coal-Receipts to 30th June, 1911 Unpaid Accounts

Sundry Recoipta . . . . Coal on Hand at 30th June, 1911

Correct-­(Signed) F. H. BRUFORD,

Auditor-Generl.\1, 24th November, 1911.

£. •. d. £ •• d •

163,524 9 0 5,136 18 4

168,661 7 4 182 7 0

2,922 0 0

£171,765 a 4,

(Signed) G. H. BlWOME, General Manager, SLate Coal Mine,

17th November, 1911.

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STATE COAL MINE, WONTHAGGI.

CAPITAL ACCOUNT.

Stalemem showing Recei'[!M <md Bwpenditure on Oapiuil A"""'11t from the Oom"""""""em of the Mine !o the 30th .Tu.~~e, 1911. RECEIPTS. FlXPENDlTURE.

£ •• d. £ s. d.,. fo Procood• of Stock isaued under the provisiom of Act No. 2240 .. 141,000 0 0 By Land Purchased

£ •. d. 3,672 9 4

44,012 3 10 17,396 2 4 17,256 9 2 10,487 3 8 2,014 18 3

(SisnedJ JOHNLSHEA, A.ooountant, Mines Department,

17th November, 1911.

£141,000 0 0

Oorrect­(Signed)

Shaft Sinking, Development, &e. Buildings, Poppet Heads, &c. . • Machinery .. Rails, Tubs, Ropes, Plant, &c. Horses, Harness, &c. Office .Furniture and Scientific Instrnmenta

Stores PurcJ>.ased and in Stook Balance Unexpended . . . . Le& Sundry Creditors on Capital Account

890 10 9

25,548 4 4 3,087 3 0

95,729 17 4 22,80:> 1 4

22,461 1 4

£141,000 0 0

Expended to 30th June, 1910 , Year ended 30th June, 1911

Total as above

F. H. BRUFORD, Audiror-Genern.l.

24th November, 1911.

35,906 6 1 59,823 12 3

£95,729 17 4

(Signed) G. H. BROOME, Genern.l Manager, State Con.! Mine,

17tb November, 1911.

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VICTORIAN COAL MINBRS' ACCIDENTS RELIEF BOAl:D.

REPOR'f FOR 1911.

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 1st :May, 1912.

Tlle Honornble tlle i'rfinwr of Mines.

Sm, We have the honour to submit the attached Balance-sheet of the Victorian

Coal Miners' Accidents Relief Fund for the year ending 31st December, 1911. The books aad accounts have been audited by the State Auditor-General, who

has furnished the necessary certificate. As will be seen from the Balance-sheet, sums totalling £2,068 6s. 6d. were added

to the Investment Account during the year. The total amount invested at the end of the year was £2,750. There were 315 accidents reeorded by the Board. This is a large increase on

the number (177) for the previous year, but it must be remembered that the Fund was in operat-ion for nine months only of tlwt :vear. The average age of the injured mine1s is 38.

Fortunately, there were no fatal accidents recorded. One of the non-fatal cases has been declared a permanent one. The four children

of the miner are consequently on t.he Fund. We visited the several mines during the latter part of the ;·ear, and had interviews

with officers of Committees from whom we learned that there was a strong feeling amongst the miners that the nllowance of 12s. per week was quite inadequate .

.Vir, \Vallace, Inspector of )fines, accompanied us on the trip and rendered valuable assistance.

With your approvr,l, the Secretary visited Sydney in April, and saw P..&. Blanks by, the Secretary of the New South Wales Accident Helief Board, who very kindly gave him an insight into tl>e working of the Fund in New South Wales.

At the last meeting of the Board it was decided to ask you to cause an actuarial examination of the fund to be made as to whether the allowance for accident pay could with Bafety be increased fl'Om the present rate (l2s. per week) to 15s. per week.

Yen wei'e ;;ccord:.ngly approached on the subject, and informed us that the request would be eompiied with. 'fhe result of this examination, which came to hand just reeently, is against an_y increase being made.

To t.he various Committees are due the best thanks of the Board for their willing assist.mce in carrying out their part of the work. The Board is convinced that it is owing to the watchful care exercised bv the CommitteP.s that there is no apparent impn,itinn nn the l<'und.

We have the honour t.o he, Sir,

Yours obediently,

ALF. S. BAILES, Chail'Illan.

JAMES MIL~E. Secretary.

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Smt:J\LUtY OF EMPLOYES' CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOWANCES PAID AT THE SEVERAL COAL MINES.

Name of Mlue. Emr,-· Qontr baUona. A.llo~ l'Ai4.

£ •• d. £ •• Austral .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 56 16 8 56 14 Ooal Creek .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 19 2 16 16 Dudley .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 3 0 .. Jumbunna .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 177 10 9 73 14 Kilounda .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 I> lOt 2 4 Melbourne and Altona .. .. .. .. .. . . 18 0 9 28 4 Outtrim .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10018 9 64 12 Powlett North Woolamai . . .. .. .. .. 56 2 3! 20 14 State Coal llines .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,001 1 1 390 0 Sunbeam .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 15 2i 6 2

£1,443 13 7i £659 0

STATEMENT OF ACCOlJNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31sT DECE)fBER, 1911.

REOEil'TS.

Or. By Cash on hand, 31st December, 1910

Cash in bank do. ·Owners' contributions .. State contributions .. Remittances from Committees Refund of travelling expenses ol

Secretary Interest Fines

£ •. d.

0 12 0 169 14 7 721 6 7 719 19 3 906 7 4

7 4 10 ll2 10 0 8 6 1

:£2,1\85 19 8

EXPENDITURE.

Dr. To Chairman's salary

Memberst fees a.nd travelling ex-penses

Remuneration of officers of Committees £55 17 6

Advances to Committees for expel1lles 13 6 0

Invested in Victorian Government 3l per cent. Stock .. ..

Allowances paid by Board .. Advances to Committees for allow-

ances Balance as per Pass Book £76 9 5 Less unpreaented cheques 10 10 4

Cash in hand-<>dd half-pence

£ •• 156 0

61 16

69 3

2,068 6 106 16

1>7 17

65 19 0 0

:£2,1>85 19

INVESTMEJl."'T ACCOUNT.

'I' o Balanoo forward ,. Government Investment Stock

For the Victorian Coal Miners' Accidents Relief Board.

2~th April, 1912.

Audited and found correct-

29th April, 1n2.

F. H. BRUFORD, Auditor-General.

:£700 :£2,050

£2,750

ALF. S. BAILES, Chairman.

JAV~S MILNB, Secretary.

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16,000

' 18,000

~ 11 20,000

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DIACRAM SHOWING NUMBER Of FEET BORED EACH YEAR

Alluvial I (/u,:;rt2 I & Lode

Coal I

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DIAGRAM SHOWING AVERAGE COST PER FOOT Of BORING FOR EACH YEAR

1901 i9•0 2 1'11 0 f() e -- _1)77

£ _Q. 13. 3 i.Q.;_I2 .5

Alluviid

1903 1904 0 8 5 0 !:..1 -- -9 12 I 0 . 12.4 1 0 . 14. 6

Qu,:;rfz & Lode

1905 ! 1906 \ J_0_ 7 0 --To tt: • o . 10.10 1 0 .13.4

Coal

IS0 7 1 19_g_f ppo9 1910 ' I 91 1 Q__fi~l.: 11 J ~' a- ·.:; • 0 I •

D 14 o .~>~ : 1 0 '~ , - I 3 .10 (;u 3.2 1o . a .3 1 o.l2.3 0 7. 4 OJ~a...l

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BortiS f(O.t I!J anrf 20 fol' Co<J/ wer-e f'lll tfown at 8el'f'_)'S Cr•eelr.l'<ll'isn of MRNIIIn Lo depths of J?'/0" 11ntf i/52' T Mspectrvely 11nd we~e inclurferl in Diagram ot .rear 1!108 They v~e included m lne Ot.?gt'am fot• lite Yilat' !909

157

BORING:.

RECORD OF OPERATIOXS .

.. !;tan(~!! llunt<'r, Engimtr for llori'llf!.

Thu following are pia.na, Bection, and recor1lli of the boring eomptetoJ tl:..~_ring 19111 anJ Lho liu hurilnuder shows the locality of the opt·rations :-

l.iJOalit)'. . .... Au.uvuL GoLD.

l!ollarot .. Maryborm1gh.,

&ochworth Boochworth ..

.. i AUenda!• •• , 'Bealib& ..

. . I GreeT!·· Creek - Gibbo River

1 Cb:nea i .-:xehdal"'

.. I ;.;AWi.eJla -"" :£<Jw.::.mba , ,

1£)7 .. I l5U

:I 161 162

Co.u..

ll!ornington Mornington -Glppoland Gippoland

.. [ Ca.pe Sch!mck _ , Ftjndera

- 'K.ina.k -- I Wontbaggi

ALLENDALE: BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

PARISH 0~ SPRING HILL.

West Berry 00118ols Loose. Plates I. and lA.

For previous boring in this parish see­Parish of Spring Hili.-

Australian Extd. Co.-Bores 1 to 5, D.D. Rept. 1, pp. 23, 58.

Berry Consols Co.-Bores 1 to 12, D.D. Rept. 1, pp. 16, 25, 28, 3!; bores 12 and 13, Ann. Rept., 1902, p. 61 ; bores 1 to 3 (2nd series), Ann. Rept., 1896, p. 64.

Dav:ies' Freehold Jnnotion.-Bores 1 to 3, D.D. Rept. I, pp. IO, 58.

Dav:ies' Stonebarn C<>.-Bores I to 5, D.D. Rept. 2, p. 3.

Earl of Beaoonsfield.-Plan, D.D. Rcpt. 2. Frenchman's Reef.-Bores 1 to 3, Ann. Rept.,

1892, p. 60 ; bore 4, Ann. Rept., 1893, p. 44 ; bore 5, Ann. Rept., 1894, p. 5.

Lord Harry Co.-Bores I to 6, D.D. Rept. I, p. 24.

Loughlin Co.-Bot!lll I to I5, D.D. Rept. 1, pp. 14, 22, 58.

Madame Berry Co.-Bores I to 6, D.D. Rept. I, pp. 23, 29, 58; bores 1 and 2 (2nd line), Ann. Rept., 1869, p. 73.

Madame Berry West.-Bores 1 to 10, Ann. Rept., 1893, p. 43 ; bore 11, Ann. Rept., 1894, p. 52; bores I to 7, D.D. Rept. 1, pp. 33, 58 ; bore 8, Ann. Rept., 1896, p. 64.

West Berry Ct>nsols.-Bores 1 and 2, Ann. Rept., 1896, p. 77.

West Loughlin.-Bores 1 to 4, D.D. Rept. 2, P• 21.

162

=i 163 163 .. 169

.,

1

. r.c;:~>l _ - ID.mdnD -- }[);:,zal: -- Wonthaggi _

I

Ae the bore numbers in this parish have been dupli· cated in many inatances, and the difference between companies' bores a.nd Government bores have not been clearly defined, the number of the fust bore of this series is fixed as 101.

Bore No. IOI. VieloNa PeriYWJIMto Drill No. 3. Foreman, J. T.

Smith. Position : 5 ·oo chains eastward from bore No. I08.

Surface level, I,379•9 feet; bedrock level, I,239 feet. Commenced, 26th April, 1911 ; completed, 30th

May, 1911.

·- 'fbk¥.neM. De-pLh lt.fU{"k: • .... '"· .... ...

Su.tface soil, gravel and clay 3 0 0 0 Basalt 56 0 .. 3 0

•• h._,

Clay, baaaltie, yellow 1 0 59 0 B"""lt 31 0 60 0 Clay, b .... ltic, red 2 9 9I 0 Basalt 5 3 98 9 Clay 1 0 99 0 Basalt 3 6 100 0 Clay 1 0 103 6 Basalt 6 6 104 6 Clay, basaltic 4 0 Ill 0 Baaalt 6 0 115 0 Clay, red 18 0 121 0 Sand, white .. 2 0 139 0 Bedrock, decomposed t slate and

sandstone 51 0 HI 0

Total depth bored I92 0

Bottomed at 141 0

158

BORING AT ALLENDALE.

Bore No. 102.

Po:~ition : 2 ~44 chaing east, then 17 links north from bore No. 107.

Surlaee level, 1382•2 feet; bedrock level, 1,279 feet.

Commcnecd. 2nd June, 1911; completed, 13th Juue, 19ll.

Surface soil and clay .. Basalt Cby, basaltic, dark .. Basalt Clay, little grit on bottom Bedrock, decomposed ..

Total depth bored

Bottomed at

Bvre No. 103.

'l'blckntu. n. la.

5 0 77 6 1 6

16 0 3 0

11 0

""'" •truolt. ... "'· 0 0 5 0

82 6 84 0

lOO 0 103 0

ll4 0

103 0

Position: 14•00 chains east along road from S.·W. comer allotment 95, Spring Hill.

Surface level, 1,378"'2 feet.

ComllleJJ.ced, 15th June, 1911; obandoncd, 3rd .July, 1911. - 'l'billklll'&!. "'•"' etrw:\, ... In. Fl In.

Surface soil and e lay .. 5 0 0 0 Baaalt 46 0 5 0 Clay, basaltic 1 0 51 0 Basalt 27 0 52 0 Clay 1 0 99 0 Baaalt 2 0 lOO 0 Clay, basaltic 2 0 102 0 Basalt 19 0 104 0 Clay, basaltic 1 0 123 0 Basalt 3 0 124 0

Abandoned at 127 0

Bore No. 104.

Position: 7•15 chains east, then 35 link-> south from bore No. 102.

Surface level, 1,381· 21eet; bedrock level, 1,327·2 feet.

Commenced, 5th July, 1911; completed, lOth July, 1911.

Surface soil and clay .. Gravel, fine . Clay Basalt Clay, red Bedrock

Total depth bored

Bottomed "t

ThiciuJIII;,t. .... (p.

12 0 1 0 1 0

39 0 1 0

10 0

l>epth •truck, n. tn.

0 (l

12 0 13 0 14 0 53 0 54 0

64 0

54 0

B,,,.. No. 105.

Position: 12·08 chains east., thcnl·30 chains north from bore No. 104.

Surface level, l ,416· 5 feet; bedrock level; 1~353 ·5 feet~

Commenced, 12th July, 19ll; completed, 18th July, 1911.

Stn.t.a. Tlti~ltnt's.t. ~pt-h ttYU::k.

FO, "" i"t.. Ja.

Surfa.et~ soil and day 2 0 0 0 Basalt 59 0 2 0 Clay, red 2 0 61 0 Bedrock, decomposed slate and

sandstone 12 0 63 0

Total depth bored 75 0

Bottomed at 63 0

B<tre No. 106.

Position : 20 •()() chains cost from bore ~o. 105, then 2 •92 ehains north.

Surfacelcvcl, 1,425•9 feet; bedrock level, 1,295•9 feet.

Commenced, 22ud July, 1911; August, 1911.

oomplered, lOth

Sf!'tlttr., 'fbickr..IIIIIJ. D<ptl> •truck.

)'t, In. F~ lo.

Surface soil, &c. 3 0 0 0 Basalt 119 0 3 0 Clay, red 3 0 122 0 Cla-v, ironstone a:ud quartz 5 0 125 0 Bedrock, slate, decomposed 18 0 130 0

Total depth bored 148 0

Bottomed at 130 0

Bore No. 107. Position: 2 •54 chains east from bore No. 101.

Surface level, 1381 •9 feet ; bedrock level, 1,267 ·9 feet.

Commenced, 11th August, 19ll ; completed, 7th September, !911.

....... Surlace soil and clay .. B .... lt Clay &drock, slore, decomposed Bedrock, slate, blue pyritic

Total depth bored

Bott.omed at

Calyx cutters uaed on t!Uo bore.

Bt>re No. !OB. Position: 5 •09 chains east along

No. 113.

Tbickn~n .

JL lo.

5 0 104 6

4 6 113 0 30 0

ll.-pt·h i;.rack. Ft. In.

0 0 5 0

109 6 114 0 227 0

257 0

ll4 0

road from bore

Surface level, 1,373 •5 feet; bedrock level, 1,182•5 feet.

Commenced, 13th Soptember, 1911 ; completed, 28th September, 1911.

Surface soil and clay .. &aalt, mth thin clay bands

12 0 120 6

J>;,pth ._.me«. i't. ru

0 0 12 0

ile;;,;rtmellt

/OS

i/)7

J

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PLAN OF BORES AT

CRESWI CK~ PARISH Of

97

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Hi9

BORING AT ALLENDALE AND BEALIBA.

Clay, red basaltic Clay, sandy, white Gravel, fine .. Wash Bedrock, blue slate for lower

portion

Total depth bored

Bottomed at

Water struck at llO feet;.

Thk•iue,~. .... ... 24 0 28 6

I) 0 I 0

37 6

l>c;]•l· .<:r>ICk • Ft.. In

132 6 156 6 185 0 lOO 0

191 0

228 6

191 0

BEALIBA: l!ARYBOROUGH DISTRICT.

p .AJUl!H OF ARCHDALli:.

Plate" II. <>nd II&.

Bore No. 1.

Position : 4 uhains so11th-castward from Bore No. 2.

Surface level, 736 •50 feet; bedrock level, 707 ·50 feet.

Com:mmeed,29thApril, 1911; oompleted, 17th May, 1911.

'fhkkrH'S!>. l-'e;••.n Sirau.. ... ,l!•ot,

Fl;, In. i''~ . In

Surface gravel 1 0 0 ()

Clay, sandy, red 20 0 1 0 Sand, firm, dr.v 8 0 21 0 Bedrock-

8Jat0-, decoihpof<.ed} whit1· .. 36 6 29 0 ~rhist, de;:;·omposed, red 23 6 65 6

Total depth bored 89 0

Bottomed ot 29 0

Position: 4 uhains wuth-eastward f:mrn Bore No. 3.

Surface level, 726 •17 feet ; bedrock level, 633 •25 Jeet.

Commenced, 17th May, 1911; completed, 28th .T>we, 1911.

Thi<;kne~~. l"':nh Strata. 1'11 ~1: ;,_

l<t, '"· , .. !J:

Clay, Handy, coaT:Sc 36 6 0 0 Clay, fine 1 6 36 6 Sand, white, fine 21 0 38 0 Clay, white, with quartz occa-

siona.lly 16 0 59 0 Clay, fine, whire 4 0 75 0 Sand, fin(' 3 0 79 0 Gravel 1 coarse 3 0 82 0 Wash 8 6 85 0 Wash, cemented 3 0 93 6 Bedrock, slate decomposed 3 6 96 6

Total depth bored lOO 0

Bottomed at 96 6

_ ... _~-··-~···

Bore No. 3.

Position; 4 chains south~eastward from Boro No. 8. Surlooe level, 721 •75 feet; bedrock level, 656 •71S

feet. Commenced, 29th June, 19ll; completed, lOth July,

19ll.

'" r;~.w.. Thicknesl!l, D<'Jlt.h atruck ...... rt, ln

Clay, aandy .. 2 0 0 0 Clay, red 4 0 2 0 Sand 31 0 6 0 Clay, fine, white 3 0 37 0 Sand, with coarse gravel 25 0 40 0 Bedrock, slate decomposed 10 0 65 0

Total depth bored 75 0

Bottomed at; 65 0

No water in bore.

BOf't No. 4.

Position; 2 chains south-westward from Bore No. 3.

Burlace love!, 724 •75 feet; bedrock level, 632 •75 feet.

Commenced, 11th July, 19ll; completed, 22nd July, 1911.

'l'hi l:nt• -. 1• ,•'),

~tr,.t. .. ,, L In. (•:

Clay, sandy 3 0 0 0 &nd, yellow 3 0 3 0 Clay, white . 8 0 6 0 Band, brown and yellow 20 0 u 0 Clay, fine, white 1 0 34 0 Sand, fine, white 17 0 35 0 Sand, coarse, red 17 0 52 0 Clay, white, and whitP. sa.nd 8 0 69 0 Sand, yellow 3 0 77 0 Gravel, ooarso 3 0 80 0 Wash and hard boulder 9 0 83 0 Bedrock, slate, decomposed 18 0 92 0

Total depth bored uo 0

Bottomed ai 92 0

:So water in bore.

Bore No. 5.

Position : Midw•y het.ween Bores Nos. 2 and 4. Surface level, 726 •25 feet; bedrock level, 633 ·2~

feet. {',ommeuood, 1st August, 1911 ; completed, 14t;b

August, 1911.

S r:.t.._ 'l1tidme~W. j,rp•h ><lr•·rk.

n. lo. Ft. ,, Clay, aandy .. 3 0 0 0 Sand 12 0 3 0 Clay, white, saudy 3 0 15 0 Sand 18 0 18 0 Clay, fine, white 2 0 36 0 Clay, sandy, white 20 0 38 0 Sand, red 3 0 58 0 Clay, white, with occasional b'l'it 7 0 61 0

-----~--·-----·----

____________ ,, _____ ,

160

BORING AT BE.!LIBA.

.Stro.ta..

Clay, sandy, white Sand, yellow Wash, fine .. Wash and bouldero Bethoek, slate, decomposed

ToW depth bored

Bottomed at

No water in bore.

Bore No. 6.

Thicknes!. Fe In.

JZ 0 3 0 4 6 5 6 7 0

nopth et rue~. Fi. In,

68 0 80 0 83 0 87 6 93 0

100 0

93 0

Position: lOO feet south-eastward from Bore No. 2.

Surface level, 731 ·OS feet ; bothoek level, 626 ·OS feet.

Commenced, 30th August, 1911; completed, 15th September, 1911.

Sbrnta. Thk:O..est~. Dq)!h !!~ruck,

Fl. In. 1--~. ln

!land, coarse and fine .. 24 0 0 0 Oby, white •• 1 6 24 0 S!l.lld, brown 4 6 25 6 Clay • . . • 1 6 30 0 Sand, fine and eoa.rse .• 6 6 31 6 Clay .• 1 0 38 0 Band, fine, white 29 0 39 0 Clay, white .. 14 0 68 0 Sand, fine, yellow 3 6 82 0 Gravel, fine .. 1 6 85 6 Boulders and coarse wash 3 9 93 0 Clay 0 9 96 9 Wash; hard •. 0 6 97 6 Bethock, slate, decomposed 1 0 98 0

ToW depth bored 105 0

Bottomed at 98 0

No water in bore.

Bure No. 7. Position : 100 feet west ol Pa:ule Jnat Corn·

pany'sshaft. Surface level, 619 ·10 feet ; hethock level, 732 •60

feet. Commenced, 16th September, 1911; completed, 18th

October, 1911. .. _ Thickn~S9. D"~•4ll

slr<tdl, ... In. Ft. In.

Surface soil!l.lld sand .• 5 0 0 0 Sand, coarse 72 6 5 0 Gravel, cemented 3 8 77 6 Sand, fine 2 10 81 2 Sand, with quartz grit 11 6 84 0 Gravel, angular, fine .. 6 0 95 6 W&ah 3 0 110 6 Bethock, slate, decompo~d 4 0 113 9

Total depth bored 117 6

Bottomed at 113 6

Stmek water at no loot 6 incllaa.

Bore No. 8. Position: 35 chains south, then 50 links east

from N.W. corner, allotment 101, A.rchd&le.

Surface level, 717 ·OO feet; bedrock level, 6ro •00 feet.

Commenced, 11th November, 1911 ; completed, 6th December, 1911.

Thkkl,e.;~. f\l'p<.h

su ... ta. t>l w-L , .• In, F!. In.

Sand 2 0 0 0 Cement 33 0 2 0 Sand, fine, with angular c;n:t: 30 0 35 0 Gre vel, angular 10 0 65 0 Cement 1 0 75 0 Gravel 1 0 76 0 Bedrock, sla.te, decompoJeC. 8 0 77 0

ToW depth bo:<ed 85 0

Bottomed at 77 0

Bore No. 9.

Position: 4 chains north-west from Bore No. 8. Snrface level, 712 ·OS feet; bethock level, 625 ·58

feet.

Commenced, 7th December, 1911 ; completed, 15th January, 1912.

ThinknemL Depth ........ ~tru>ek . f't. iu. ;F~. ilL

Sand, yellow 1 6 0 0 Clay, yellow 1 6 l 6 Band, cemented, at top and bottom 45 0 3 0 Clay, white .. 3 6 48 0 Sand, yellow, fine 1 6 51 6 Gravel. coarse, and fine sand 19 6 53 0 Gravel, very coarse, and brown

eand 11 0 72 6 Bedrock, slate, decomposed 4 6 83 6

Total depth bored 88 0

Bottomed at 83 6

No water or gold in bore.

BMe No. 10. Position : 4 chains north-weotward from Bore No. 9. Surface level, 706 •17feet; hethock level, 618·67 feet. Commenced, 16th January, llll2; completed, 8th

February, 1912.

stnh.o Thickne~. Depth ~~~ruck.

n 1n, Ft. ln.

Surlaee Band, white 1 0 0 0 Clay, yellow 2 0 1 0 Sand, cemented, white 5 0 3 0 Clay, eandy .. 5 0 8 0 Sand with occasional angular

quartz 74 5 13 0 Cement, brown 0 1 87 5 Bedrock 5 6 87 6

Total depth bored • 93 0

Bottomed at 87 6

No gold or water struck in bore,

PLAN AND SECTIONS OF BORES

VICTORIA SILVER GREEN'S CREEK,

PARISH OF SCALE 3ll

LEAD LODE. OARTMOUTH I

DARTELLA.

LONGJTUOJNAL SECTION

I I

TRANSVERSE SECTION

\ I

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\

161

BORING AT BEALIBA AND GREEN'S CREEK.

Bare No. 11.

Position : 4 chains north~westwo.rd from Bore No. 10. Surface level, 703 •17 feet.; bedrock level, 622 ·57 feet. Commenced, 9th February, 1912; completed, 2nd

Surface sat~d, white Clay, yellow Sand, yellow C-emen~t, brown.

March, 1912.

Sand and angular quariz gravel Grave], coarse, lower pordot;_

cemented Bedrock

Total depth bored

Thic'kn~'Ml.

Ft. fn.

0 2 0

;J7 0 I 0

38 0

1 6 9 6

l)(·p(,

~•r:";··k, n. JL

I) (\

1 0 3 0

40 \)

·11 (I

79 {)

80 6

90 0

Bottomed at 80 6

A lew fine coloUIS of gold obtained. Small aupply of water struck at 77 foci.

•

GREEN'S CREEK : BEECHWORTH DISTRICT.

PARISH OF DAR'fELLA.

Plate III.

Owing to the broken nature of the couEtry tested by these six bores, it was impossible to obtain cores; the nomenclature of strata cannot therefore be guaranteed as correct.

For position see plan and sections.

Bore No. 1.

Pioneer Drill. Fme:moo, G. Andenon. Commenced, 1st December, 1910;

December, 1910. completed, 16th

StrAt4..

Slate Dioritc dyke Slate, black, with quartz veins Slate and quartz. mineralized , . Slate and quartz Quartzite and quartz veins Quartzite, with small bar of slate

Total depth bored

Bare No. 2.

'fhlekntQ, , .• lB.

32 0 10 0 30 0 ]() 0 8 0 5 0

15 u

Dl'pth 1Lrurk. F't, In.

0 0 32 0 42 0 72 0 83 0 90 0 95 0

llO 0

Commenced, 16th January, 19ll; completed, 23rd Jmmary, 1911.

Slate, black . Galena veins in quartz Sandstone and quartzite, with

small bands of slate

'fotal depth bored

1164.

l'hl~·kl!e>,~.

"" In.

4 0 ~ 0

48 0

l!t'plh lltl·uvk. FL ll!.

0 0 4 0

6 0

54 0

L

Bme No. 3. Commenced, 25th Januarv1 19ll; comp1t!ted, 31st

Jl\lluarj, 1911. 'l'hlck1;.:,...,, Depth

Stt·tttP.. struck. Ft, In. Ft. l~l.

Slate 14 0 0 0 Slate, with quartz and galena

veins 17 0 14 0 Quartzite 10 () 31 0 Slat,, black, with fine veins of

quartz, showing little galena and copper pyrites 9 0 41 ()

Quartzite 15 0 50 0

Total depth bored 65 0

BMe No. 4.

Commenced, 4th February, 1911; completed, 9th February, 1911.

Slate, black, and quartzite, with quartz and galena veins

Sandstone, with quartz veins .. Slates and quartzt with veins of

galena and quartz .. Quartz, white, showing galena

right through Quartzite ; at 55 feet struck

fault

Total depth bored

Bore No. 5.

Thieknt ... n. Iu •

22 0 13 0

7 0

9 0

4 0

Depth &trn~k. ft, In.

0 0 ~2 0

35 0

42 0

51 0

55 0

Commenced, 20th February, 1911; completed, 2nd }larch, !911.

Slate, black .. Quartzito, broken, large, irregu-

lar, at 21 feet Grano·diorite dyke Quartzite Sandstone, with quartz veins Slate, black .. Slate, showing little galena Quartzite ; struck fault at 85

feet

Total depth bored

Bare No. 6.

'!'hkl:nt:J~~,

i't. In.

20 0

9 0 ll 0 10 () 4 0 5 0

21 0

5 0

Dtcptb atrucl. Ft. !<\

0 0

20 0 29 0 40 0 50 0 54 0 59 0

80 0

85 0

Commenced, I:lth March, 1911; completed, 25th March, 1911.

Slate, black . , Dyke mat.erial, dinril<l Quartzite, black Slate, black, with quartz and

slight tracoo of galena Slate, sandstoue, aud quartzites

Total depth bored

'l'l!':;knP'i'~.

F•. lu.

20 0 35 0 19 0

14 0 37 0

J)cpth S~l~l •k, Ft. Jr..

0 0 20 0 55 0

74 0 88 0

125 0

I

16i!

BORING A1' GREEN'S CREEK, GIBBO RIVER, AND CAPE SCHANCK,

Bore .Vo. 7.

Positiun : At mouth of tunnel.

Direction : Parallel with. and underlying tunr .. cl.

Inclination from horizontal: 30 degrees.

Commenced, 2nd May, 1911; completed, 5th )lay, 1911.

Slate, black and small n;ineral· ized quartz veins ..

Fault channel

Tot»! depth bored

Bore No. 8.

Th",:·I!JH"1ll,

Ft. ''· ~0 0 10 0

fll•t•Lh ~·ru:·k.

H. ( ~ I,

0 0 20 0

30 0

Poaition: At mouth of tunnel. Same site aH

Bore No. 7.

Dil'(Jction: Parallel with and underlying tun!icl.

Inclination from horizontal: 40 dcgr·:es.

Commenced, 6th May, !Dll; completed, 1Dth May, H•IL

Slate, black, with mineralized veins

Porphyry S!a.te and mineralized quartz

veins (very little core)

Total depth !YJrcU

Assuys.

ample No. Bore Na. Depth. Gol;J..

188 ·i lU Nil 189 4 3-10 Nil

"· 2 1

190 4 10-20 Nil 13 191 4 20-31 Nil l

i"!d<:i>.be&IJ. fl•'pth 111rw;k,

Fe In. Ft. I~

20 0 I) 0 2 0 20 {)

91 0 22 0

113 0

Silver. Lea. d. dwt~. .,. H 5 G ·5~·6 ~ 9 0 ·-10/n 2 l) 0 ·4:~{,

H 15 3 •l'J~

GIBBO RIVER: BEECH WORTH DISTRICT.

P ARrsu oF MowA'YBA.

Plate IV.

P'ioneer Dn1t. F&eman, G. Andersan,

Bore 1.'lo. 1.

Position : Sec plan.

Vertical hole.

Conunenccd, ll th September, 1911 ; completed, 2:3rd September, 1911.

Tliillkne~. Ttcrt:t

Strata. !'!Crucll. :k't, lli. l't~ In.

Slate, mineralized 28 0 0 0 Slate, black .. 1 0 28 0 Lode material 53 0 29 0 Faulted countJ:y 20 0 82 0 Quartzite 20 0 102 0

Total depth bored 122 0

Bore No. 2. Position: Same as Bore No. l.

Direction : 50° bearing.

tnclined from horizontal: 30'. Comnwncc'd, 27th September, 19ll ; eomplcied, ah

Oct<lber, 1nL

Suuta.

Sla.te, rnineraliztd, anti quartz veins

Faulted country, mineral running into hole

Sandstone

Total depth bored

Bore No. 3.

Position: Seo plan. Vertical hole.

T!.i;;!.W:H.N.

"'· In.

50 0

19 0 17 0

T!v1Ah ~~rUr-.k. 1-'1 ... Jll,

!) 0

50 0 69 0

86 0

Cummcnccd1 29th November, 1911; corr:pletcd, 11th December, 1911.

'l'J,iekll<;:"'-'· tlivth S~ra.ta. ,.rn<'.'r.

"'· In. l'L. la.

Quartzite 32 0 () 0 Sar..dstone, lmrd 10 0 :J~ 0 Slate 4. 0 4.:! 0 Sandst.ouc 7 0 4f) 0 Slat-e 8 {) u:~ 0 Sa.nd.st.:me 43 () 61 u SJ.te 17 0 104 0

Total depth bored 121 u

Bore No. 4. Positi~n: Same as Bor~ No. 3.

Direction : 38° bearing. Inclination from horiwntal : 30°.

Commenced: 15th December~ H.ill ; completed, Hth

Porphyry Quartzite

December, 1911.

Strata..

Total depth bored

'fhioktled3. )i'l., In.

7 0 10 0

l1ept,h ~1 r'l<:'k, l<\. tr ...

0 0 7 0

l7 0

CAPE SCHANCK: MORNING TON DIS'rRICT. PARISII OF F!NGAL.

Plate V. Bore 1'-l o. I.

Diamond Drill, No. 3. Forf!"fltan1 J. Jlilne. Surface level, 80 feet (approx.).

Commenced, 6th February, 1911; completed, ULh June, 1911.

Tkc:!;:nues. Ve-pth St<at.. l<!"ruek.

}'t;, In. l"r. HL

Surface sand 8 0 0 0 Clay, aandy .. 1 6 8 0 Boulders, basalt rubble 6 0 9 6 Basalt, concretionnry~ ht~.rtl 18 0 15 6

PLAN OF

GIBBO PARISH OF

SCALE

BORES AT

RIVER, MOW AM BA.

• 1 '

:J.

z: <( --I 0.... !::

"' 0 a...

'(/) L.L.J

= (/) -0::::

0:

--I l.L.

BORING AT CAPE SCHANCK, FLINDERS, AND KIRRA:It.

Str;o\.a.. 'l'hid>rle.£~, Dep:h. strucK,

n. In. "· Basalt, decompos<Jd 6j 6 3:) Basalt, portions df::st>., portim:s

decomposed 271 ~) 97 Basa.lt gravel a.nd conglomerate B 9 368 Clay, 'b3~ltic, red and grey 187 () :nT :Basalt, crush·_ tl imd bruken in

places 178 6 56! Clay o.nd d1JC'"'mposed has:L]t,

slickcnsided b plt~ccs 69 0 7-13 Basalt 48 0 81:!

Total depth bored 860

FLINDERS: MORNINGTON Dl;-JTRICT. p A.R1SII 01:' FLINDERS.

Plate \'.

B?rc ~Vo. I.

lo.

6

()

9 6

6

()

0

0

Diamond Dtill, No, 3. Foremen, E. K&i{Jhley ond J. Milne.

Position: On \Vcsternport Bay Frontage Rusf~rvP, at mouth of Dodd's Crc(_"':k, and just sonth Ltf S.E. corner allotment 61, section B, pa.ri&h of }11inders.

Surface love·l, 40 feet {approx.). Commenced, 25th ,July, 1911 ; completed, 1st

I1'obrua.ry, 191~ ..

:;; (J~;\, 'l'Lk·k:;e:,.,. h:·p 11 'otl\1<"''

J\. ill. F·. ', Surface soil, dark 1 () <) 0 Clay, yellow ~0 6 1 0 Bilsa.lt, decomposed 112 0 21 6 Basa.lt1 hard, jointy with dccom-

poB!ld layers 8·13 () 133 6 Clay1 ba.saltie 176 0 976 6 Basalt, hard, broken .. 20 6 1,152 6 Basaltic, decomposed, and basal-

tic clays .. 127 () 1,173 0 ~-··-~--

Total depth bored 1,300 0

Nou. Thl~ bot& was completci early iu llll2:, but the complete rocord is pubti$hed herewith,

KIRRAK : GIPPSLAND DISTRIC'f. PARISH OF KnmAK.

Plate VI. For previous boring in this parish see--

Annual Report, 1908, p. 182 (bores 1 and 2). Annual Report, 1909, p. 169 (bores 3 to 5). Annual Report, 1910, p. 155 (bores 6 to 11).

Bore No. 12.

Victoria Drill, No. 7. Foreman, P. McAllister. Position; 6·28 chains aouth-casterly along road from

S.W. corner allotment 27E. Surface level, ll0•7 feet.

Commenced, 6th .January, 1911 ; completed, 6th February, 1911.

No coal obtained. ·- ""'*"- l>opth lltruoi" .

... ID. ....... Surface loam 2 0 0 0 Clay, stiff> sandy 23 0 2 0 Mndatone, soft 15 0 25 0 Shale, band& of mudstone 63 8 40 0

Strnta. 'Thickness, bt>ptli struc.11:.

Ft. ln. Ft, In.

Mudstone 9 3 103 8 Shale, sandy 3 1 112 11 Stindstone 34 10 116 0 Mudstonc 15 10 150 10 Sandstone 95 10 166 8 Shale 6 4 262 6 Mudstone 11 3 268 10 Sandstone 33 3 280 1 Mndstonc 7 6 313 4 Sandstone 22 2 320 10 !ludstonc 20 3 343 0 Sandstone, mudstone bands 19 5 363 3 Shale, sandy 5 4 382 8 Sa.ndstoneJ mudstone bands 24 0 388 0 Mud.Btone 3 3 412 0

Tom! depth proved 415 3

BQ'fe No. 13. l'icl&rw Drill, No. 6. Foreman, J. CliOard.

Position: 18 •85 chains east along road from S.W. corner allotment 26A.

Surlace level, ll5 feet (approx.) C{)mm"nccd, 11th .January, 1911 ; completed, 4tlt

February, 1911. l'hick:ness. Drpth Floor

struck. LeveL FL In. Fl. Iu. F'

Coal { 0 6 82 6 + 32 1 6 107 3 + 6

StratA. Thieklleal. n,,.. •tru.:k.

F • ... Ft. Jn.

Surface soil 1 0 0 0 Clay 20 0 1 0 Sandstone 47 0 21 0 Mudstone 14 6 68 0 Coal 0 6 82 6 Mudstone 24 3 83 0 Coal, good 1 6 107 3 Mudstone 42 9 108 9 Sandstone 15 6 151 6 Mudstonc ss 0 167 0 Sandstone 26 0 205 ()

Mudstone 21 0 231 0 Sandstone 1 0 252 0 Mudstone 51 () 259 0 Sandstone 59 0 310 0

Total depth bored 369 0

BQ'fe No. 14. Victoria n,;n, No. 6. Foreman, L. 11. Batty.

Position : 40 ·ooo chains north of S. W. corner allot· ment 26A.

Surface level, 100 ·O leet.

Commenced, 11th February, 1911 ; completed, 29th March, 1911.

No C<>.J.l obtained.

St:~ Thkkttesa. DtPth •tr.t<:k.

. n. ill. n ••• Surface soil 2 () 0 ,o Clay 16 0 2 0 Sandstone 35 0 18 0 Mudstone 55 () 53 ()

Sandstone 205 6 108 0 Mudstone, lower portion sa1:dy 21 2 314 6 Sandstone l 4 335 8

L2

BORING ATlKIRRAK.

Mudstone Shale, carbonaceous Mudstone Shale, carbonaceoue Mudstone, with sandstone bands Mudstone, carbonaceoru Sandstone

Total depth bored

Bore No. 15.

Ft. 1n.

23 0 0 6

19 0 1 0

35 6 ~ 0

52 0

th>p~ll. btl'uck, FL. ln

337 0 360 0 360 6 379 6 380 6 416 0 418 0

470 0

Victoria llii/1, No. 7. Fareman, P . .MoAl!iatet.

Position : 13 •oo chains south of S.W. corner allot· ment 26A.

Surface level, 129 ·2 feet.

Commenced, lOth February, 1911; eompleted, lltl1 March, 1911.

Coal { 'l'hick:nt~S.

Ft, l:n,

0 6 0 3 0 6

J)f'pth struck.

}'t. ln.. 1 ')") 6 171 0 184 6

J.'t,">()f L<·1ri. n, +6'

-.i2 _,5,5

Mudstone Shale, mudstone bands Sandstone .. ~lud•toue Shale, black, carbonaceous J\ludstone, shale bands Mudstone, earbonaceous Coal, inferior Mudstonc Goal 1\ludstone Ooal~ inferior Mudstone Sandstone 1\ludstone Sandstone Goal, hard Mudstoue Goal, inferior Mudstone, bands of sandstone

Total depth bored

Bore No. 17.

Thickness. .... ln.

8 2 7 4 8 10 1 2 0 6

38 11 1 0 0 7 0 10 I 8

24 4 2 0

21 2 4 0

19 6 10 0 0 3

13 6 0 2

20 7

I!t·pth atnwk.

Ft, ln.

117 6 125 R 133 () 141 10 143 0 143 6 18~ 5 IBS 5 184 0 184 10 186 6 210 IO 212 10 234 0 238 0 257 6 267 6 267 u 281 3 281 5

302 0

Tt.irkn<"ss.

Fl. In.

lJ('J•tlt '!Jl,(·k. Calyx Drill, No. 3M. lloreman, J. H. Fields. Ft. lit..

Surface soil .. Clav

2 0 17 0 17 0 47 0 33 0 6 6

0 2

19 36 83

116

0 Position: 19•91 chains east along road from S.S.W.

0 corner of allotment 22A. 0 Surface level, 114 ·1 feet. Sa!ld.,tone, soft

Sa.,dstone Mudstone Sandstone

0 Commenced 20th March, 1911; completed, 8th June, 0 1911.

Coal, lludstone Sandstone Mudstone Coal1

Mudstone Ooal1 inferior Mudstone S..tndstone .. Mud 'tone, broken Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone ~ludstone

Total depth bored

BMe No. 16.

0 6 29 6 5 6

13 0 0 3

13 3 0 6

41 0 29 0 48 6 66 6 12 0 14 0 11 10

122 123 152 158 171 171 184 185 226 255 303 370 382 396

0 6 0 6 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0

407 10

Victoria Dn7l, No. 7. Foreman, P. JfcA.llisler. Position : 45 ·oo chains north of S.E. corner, allot·

meUL· 26A. Surface level, 103 ·6 feet.

Commenced, 18th )la ·eh, 1911 ; eomplcted, 6th April, 1911.

Coal

Thlcknegs.

Ft. In,

~ ~ ~ 0 3 0 2

DeptJ1 etru<~k. Ft. In.

184 10 210 10 267 6 281 3

:Floor u~·ct

Ft.

-83 -109 -164 -178 Depth !!!:.ruck. F• In.

Coal

·-Surfnce ooil and clay .. Sandstone Mudstone, sandy Sandstone 1\ludstone Ooal 1 earthy, inferior .. Mudstone Sandstone 1\ludstone Coal ~[udstone Stmdstonc oludstone Sandstone 11udstone Sandstone, very hard ,\l:u&tone Sand':!tone, Jmrd 1\ludstonc Sandstone l\fu&tone Sandstone lliudstone S.>ndstone, hard patches Mudstone Sandstone

{

Thlckneem. Ft. Jn.

0 8 0 4

Mudstone, faulted at 607 feet .. Sandstone, hard patohes 1\ludstone

Surface loam Clay, s.iJI, yellow Sandstone

Thic-kness.

nln. 2 0 5 0

0 0 Sandstone 2 0 Mudstone

110 6 7 o Sandstone

Depth vtn!clr.

Pt, In.

155 0 257 0

3 0 10 6 88 6 49 0 4 0 0 8

78 4 21 6 1 6 0 4

10 2 6 6

22 0 19 0 28 9 3 0

11 3 21 0 24

5 11 5

19 137

12 4

u 51 10

115 89 15

6 6 0 4 8 7 5 0 0 0 6 6 0 6

FJo,,r Levd.

Ft.

-41 -143 D'P$

struok. ... ,.. 0 0 3 0

13 6 102 0 151 0 155 0 155 8 234 0 255 6 257 0 257 4 267 6 274 0 296 0 315 0 343 9 346 9 358 0 379 0 403 6 409 0 420 0 423 4 443 0 580 7 593 0 597 0 611 0 642 0 652 6 768 0 857 0

165

BORING A1' KlRRAK.

Mudstonf'; Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone

Stmt3.

Mudstone, faulted at 940 feet. to 980 foot

Sandstone Mudstone

Total depth bored

B,.e No. 18.

Thickne&'J. Ft. lu.

10 6 11 6 29 6

8 6

56 6 12 0 21 0

n.::p:h 'llr.wk.

l't. Jn,

872 6 883 0 894 6 924 0

932 6 989 0

1,001 0

1,002 0

Victoria Drill, No. 6. Frm>nan, L. H. Batt.y. Position: 25•00 chains east of bore No. 2.

Snrlaoo level, 1·15 ·2 feet. Commenced, 3rd April, 1911; completed, 15th 1\fuy,

1911.

Coal

........ Clay, sandy .. Clay Sandstone, decomposed Coaly material, rotten Sandstone, hard patches Coal, good . . . . Sandstone, carbonaceous Mndstone, sandy Sandsrone .. Mudstone Sandstone Shale, sandy Sandstone, ca:rbonacoous Mudstone, sandy .• Sandstone, hard pat~hes Coal, poor . . . • }!udstone, carbonaceous Coal ~udstone, black Coal M.udstone Coal Mudstone Coal ~Iudsrone Coal, part good Mudstone

Thlc!meM. FS. In.

0 6 1 0 0 4 0 6 0 5 0 6 2 6

T<>tal depth bored

Bore No. 19.

Depth strucL.

:Fi. In.

2<J5 8 333 0 336 0 337 6 347 0 365 1 367 10

2 0 20 0 9 0 2 0

172 8 0 6

11 1 7 3

32 8 ~ 0 29 4 5 9 8 s 7 1

22 () l 0 2 () 0 ·i 1 2 0 6 ~ 0 0 5

17 8 0 6 j 3 2 6

lO :l

I<'loor I.evol.

F•. -fll ~189

~191 -192 --202 --220 ~225 l)(jp"h !lltrnpk. Ft" In_

0 0 ~ 0

22 0 :n o 33 0

20rJ B 20G 2 '217 3 :2:!1 6 257 ~ 2fJO 2 28~ 6 295 3 30~ 11 ~11 0 333 () 334 0 33G 0 :l36 4 337 6 :l38 0 347 0 347 ~ 36[} 1 36.') 7 367 ]() 370 4

380 6

Vidaria Drill, No. 1. F(}l'eman, P. MeAllisl<rr. Position: About midway between bores Nos. 3 and 10.

Suxface level, 101 ·2 feet. Commenced, 12th April, 1911; completed, 5th 1\fav,

1911. •

Coal

Tblckt~e!ll.

l'r. ln.

2 3 f) l

De;1rL l!ltl'UCit. h. In.

178 6 229 11

Floo't L~:v~:L

Ft,

~79

-129

Clay Sandst-one, soft Sandstone Shale; carbonaccons Sandstone Mudstone Ooal; inferior Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Shale, carbona.ceous Coal, splint .. Mudstonc .. Mudstone, ca.rbonaccous Mudstone Sandstone, carbonacoous Mudstonc

Total depth bored

Bore No. 20.

T"niclmess. Ft. ....

9 0 11 0

143 2 0 6 2 4

12 6 2 3

31 10 H 2

2 3 011 0 I

18 2 3 1 3 9 7 6 9 0

Depth Ftruck. Ft. In

0 0 9 0

20 () 163 2 163 ~ 166 () 178 6 180 9 212 7 226 9 229 0 229 11 230 () 248 2 251 3 255 0 262 6

271 6

Vict&ria Drill, No. 1. FMem<~n, P. McAilister. Position: 24•47 cltains at 43' from bore No. 14.

Commenced, lOth May, 1911; completed, 3rd .Tunc 1

1911. Surface lrvrl, 97 ·1 feet.

Coal ..

Surface soil Clay Sandstone Mudstone Coal, inferior ~fudstone ()oal Mudstone Shale, carbonaceou;;; Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Coal, splint Mudstone Sandstone Mudstonc, sandv Sandstone · Mudstone Srmdstone Mndstone Sandstone, bard Mudsrone

ThitknBBB.

Ft. In. 1 5 0 6 0 4

Total dept.h boted

B,.e No. 21.

D10pth strnck . Ft. tn HO 0 143 9 209 8

Thiclmess. Ft. ln.

l 0 23 0

110 0 6 0 1 5 2 4 0 6

36 9 0 4

21 8 4 9 111 0 4

28 4 5 8

51 0 5 0 8 0 5 n 8 0

40 6 2 0

-113 Depth struck. l!'t. ,,_

0 0 1 0

24 0 134 0 140 0 141 5 143 9 144 3 181 0 181 4 203 0 207 9 209 8 210 0 238 ± 244 0 295 0 300 0 308 () 3Ul 0 321 0 361 6

363 6

Calyx Drill, No. 1. F,.emwn, J. Harvey. Position: '2•14 chains at 203° from 8.\V. corner of

allotment 24A, Surface level, 135 ·6 feet.

Commenced, 17th 1\fay, 1911 ; completed, 30th Auguat, 1911.

Tblc.k1WS3. Depth Floor Le vs!. F. struck.

Ft Ia F~ In. 0 3 523 0 1 0 1,003 0

Covl -387 -1!68

166

BORING: AT KIRRAK.

Surface soil .. Clay, stiff, yellow Sandstone, jointy, yellow Sandstone . . . . MudsWnc, fossiliierous Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mndstone Sandstone Shale, sandy Sandstone, c;:;.rbonaccout: lludst<>ne Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstonc Coril, splint Mudatone Sandstone Mudstonc, faulted at 58() feet Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone ~iudstone

Thicku~u.

n. Io.

2 0 8 0 4 3 9 9

26 3 59 9 3 r~

42 1 2 0

97 6 87 0

5 0 16 9 5 0 4 9 8 0

29 0 30 0 22 0 51 6 9 0 0 3

31 6 11 3 17 6 12 9 6 9

neptl1 t~trvdc. f'\. lu.

0 0 2 0

10 0 14 3 24 0 50 :\

11 ~' 0 113 5 155 6

6 0 0 0 9 9

157 2,)5 342 347 363 368 373 to 381 6 410 6 440 6 462 6 514 0 523 0

Sa1:dstone, faulted at 637 feet .. Mudstone, faulted

5 () 13 G 2:! 3

3 137

6 3

523 554 566 583 596 603 608 621 613 6.\7

3 9 0 6 3 0 0 6 9 3 6 6

Sandstone Mudstoue 5 0 784 Sandstone 21 0 789 Mudetonc 21 G 810 6 Sandstone 109 8350 Mudstone 360 8459 Sandstone 62 3 881 9 Mudstone, faulted at 960 feet .. Coal; inferior

590 9440 I 0 1,003 0 4 0 1,ll04 0 Mudstonc, very faulted

Total depth bored 1,008 0

130'/'e No. 22.

Victoria Drill, No. 6. Foreman, L. H. Batty.

Position: 20·00 chains north of bore Xo. 3. Surface level, 1:38 ·2 feet.

Commenced, 19th May. 1911; completed, 20th J11ly, 1911.

Coal . .. r

D!!pth ~truelt.

Ft. Jr., Ft. In.

0 9 121 3 0 4 209 8 08 2269 0 6 401 () 054999 010 506 2 1 9 511 1

4 ft. 3 in. (inferior) between 522ft. 3 in. and 529 ft. 6 in.

Hnrfa.ce ('lay Clav San"dsb:me, decomposed Sandstone . . • • :Mudstone, carbonaceous

ThidiJIIIII,

n. In.

•> 0 16 0 :!2 0 72 0 1 0

1'1001" ],waol.

Ft. +17 -72 -··· S9

--...:!6J .... -J6.'~ -368 -375

--391 T'rprh •Truelo;.

Fl, fli.

0 0 ~ 0

18 J 40 0

lljl 0

Stmtto,.

Mudstonc, r::!\ndy Mudstone Coal M::dstono S:mdstonc, carbonaceous ~1udetom.i} sandy; carbona.('eous

bands at 170 feet .. Sandstone, hard nodules Mudstone Coal Mndstouc C<1al, infPrior Mudstonc, sandy Sandstone, hard banda Coal Sandstone, hard nodules Coal Mudstono Coal Mudstone Coal inferior Mudstonc 1 thffi .c.oal seams Mudstone, l:tard Coal, inferior Shale, cal'bonaeeous Coal. inferio1' Shale, cu.rbonaccous Cool, iniNior Mud.atonc Coal~ inferior Mudstonel carbonfl.('cDus Cool1 inferior Mudstone, sandy glmlo, sandy

Total depth bored

Bore ).,To, 23.

'!.'likknel!'& Ft. J.n,

" 0 2 3 0 9

19 lO R 2

47 0 3 6 9 2 0 4

16 9 !) 8

32 7 141 ()

() 6 98 3 0 5 6 0 0 10 4 I I 9 3 4 6 1 0 ~ 0 8 0 8 0 7 0 3 1 2 I 0 0 7 I 8

24 3 3 3

Depth 6ttuc.k.

Ft. ln,

113 0 119 0 121 3 122 0 141 10

150 0 197 0 200 6 209 8 210 u 226 9 ~27 5 260 0 401 0 401 6 499 n uoo 2 506 2 507 0 51! 1 512 10 516 :2 .)•}•) :5

5:J2 11 5:23 7 524 3 524 10 525 1 526 3 527 3 527 10 529 6 553 9

557 0

Victoria DriU, No. 1. Foreman, P. lJfcAilist<r. Position : At N.-E. eomer of n.l1otment 26A.

Surface level, 87 <> feet.

Commenced, lOth June, 1911; comp!ctcd, 24th July, 1911.

Sever11l thin tot:l eca.ms of poor qtmiity ·were pa.sood through.

Surface soil .. Clay, stiff, yellow Sandstone :\Iudstonc 'llnstouc. ca.rbona.ft)O~Is, clark Coal. inf~:ior ~[udstouc Santlstow: Mudstone Se.ndstono Shale, bla.ck, coaly Sandstone~ mud:stonc ba:tdfl :l-Iud&ton(', ::~andy Sandstor;c )1udstono Sandstone Mud:;tonc Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone

Th!ck:J.eu. l't. In.

1 0 1~ 0 74. 0

2 6 011 0 3 3 4

42 0 8 ~ 6 :l 2 0

19 6 17 3 23 9 16 0 9 0

11 () 126 0

2 0 34 7 0 3

nertb .:n--e•. n. In..

0 0 I 0

20 0 94 0 96 6 97 5 97 8

101 0 143 0 151 3 157 6 159 6 179 0 196 3 220 0 236 () 245 0 256 0 382 0 384 0 418 7

....

167

BORING AT KIRRAK.

Coal, splint .. Muds.tone, sandy Sandstone · Mudstone Sandstone

Total depth bored

Ti;Cuh!;e~ ...

J!"t. JH.

0 5 11 9 4 0

61 0 20 0

l>('ptl~ Sill\·\,, l:'L lu,

41R JO ·lH! ;) 431 0 435 () 496 ()

516 0

Bore No. 25.

Victon'a Drill, No. 7. Fo-rema-n, P. AfcAllister.

l)osition : :JO •OO e~tt>.ins S.-E. of bore ~o. 23. Sarfacc level. 118 ·8 feet.

Co:mH\CHCNl, 29th Ju\, 1911; completed, 20th Sep­h,m1w,r1 1911.

Thicilloa. Depth Floor ~troh:k. Level.

Ft. Jn. F<. '"· F<. 1 () 405 0 -281 0 6 4H 8 -326 0 3 538 4 -421 V 4 54:! 8 424 (J 4 50~ 10 -444

Thlckne~:t. Depth lltr\ICL .... ln. .. Ju.

V>ctoria Drill, No. 6. Foreman, L. H. Bat111. Surhcc loam 2 0 (J 0 10 0 2 0

Position : 20 ·OO chain.• north from bo:rc No. Clav, YPJlow, atiff

::!~ Sa.ridsfor<.c, soft Su.ndstone }ludstonc Sand'itcn~c Mud:r;tone

·i 0 12 0

Surlare level, 133 ·8 feet.

Commenced, 29th July, 1~11; completed, 25th Se.ptember, 1911.

Thicl::o:eu. Dep<;h .P'loor i'I111H'}L lA¥;:>!. .... Jn . Ft, lll, Ft.

() 4 27!} 6 -l.fri 010 54:! 0 -.409

Coal ... 0 7 1>±7 8 -414 (I 9 559 0 ~42G

0 11 563 3 43(}

e ...... '!11kk!H'"'1, P•1<h ijit,J;t:.

l:l, ·~ l;'t, In.

Bu:da.ee soil .. :l 0 () 0 Clav 17 0 ·> 0 Sar{dstone, soft l:l 0 1~! ()

~1udstonc 6 0 :; ! u Sandstone, with occ3.Mionr.l car·

bonacoous mudstonc bands 7:3 0 •j":'

"' 0 Mud:; tone 14 0 110 0 Saadstono 20 0 124 0 Shale, sa"dy 11 6 144 ()

Sandstone 43 6 155 G Shale, sandy 7 () 1\)U 0 Sandstone, £also bedded 17 0 206 0 M.udstone 52 6 ~:..;3 ll Sandlltone '1· 0 :;75 ;; Coal () 4 279 ()

Sandst(Jne, !also bedded ~0 g :.!7H 10 Mudstone 25 6 :;oo ;; Shale, sandy 8 :; ~l:2() 0 Sandstone, hard, c.Jlettreoa!' no:r·

tion current bedded • ~~i :l 40:! 3 Mudstoni', c-arbona.ceous 0 4 403 :; Sa.nd.Btone, hard, calca.r~ous 135 0 4D2 7 Mudst,.one, crusted, ca.rbor;_u.ccous 4 5 5:H 7 Coal 010 54~ u ..Mudstone, hard 4 10 542 10 Coal 0 7 547 8 ]\[udstone 10 9 !H-8 :; Coal 0 9 [).";1!) 0 ]\[udsronc 3 6 559 9 Coal 0 11 563 3 Mudstoue 31 lO 56± ~ Sandstone, c011glorn.•_;rate 1 0 586 0 Mudstone 1 J JS7 ()

Total depth bored 588 3

Sandstone Mudstone Sandl'>tonc, vcrv har<l 'Mudstono ~ Cool, fair quality Mudstono Coal ~ludstone Sr:mdstonc ~Iud ctonc Sandstone Mudstone Sandsto!le ~Iudstone Coal :Mud~tonc Coal )lmlstor.e

Jludstm:.e

Totn.! Ucpth boreU

Bore No. ~6.

:;o 0 16 0 0 6 49 0

8\J ·1 49 6 2 6 138 10

1"'' '" 6 141 4 3-:i: 5 313 10 11 \) 348 3 45 0 360 0

1 0 405 0 38 8 406 0 0 6 444 8 810 44.5 2 3 0 45<1 0

15 6 457 0 11 2 472 6 0 8 483 8

51 1 484 4 311 535 5 0 3 538 4 4 1 538 7 0 4 542 8

19 10 543 0

" 4 562 10 310 563 2

572 0

Calyx Drill, No. 2. Fol'eman, J. Sp•ncer. Position: llidvtay betwee-n bores Nos. 10 a.nd 25.

Surface kvd, 1~-1·7 feet~ Commenced, 18th August, 1911 ; completed, 25th

Septcm bor, HHL 'f'h.CI<:l- Dep:h Fkml'

str,.d;.. L.,..-•. :, }"t,_ ''· " In. ,.,

r u 4 96 7 -28 0 8 340 5 -216

Coal .. JI 0 11 343 0 -218 1 6 348 6 -225 0 11 372 1 -248

'I\:kl.!-~YS. l'>t-P'h Btntt.. 11Jruc-t.

Ji'h In. h. '" Surface wil and day 12 6 0 0 Sandstone 2a 10 12 6 llndstm11'' an.11dy 17 7 36 4 ~udstone 26 9 53 11 :Mudstone, puggy nnd toug11 in

plat~::l 15 11 30 R Coal 0 4 96 7 Mudstouc :;5 3 9G 11

168

BORING AT KIRRAK.

··- Thtcknei!s. Ft.. In.

Depth struck. Ft. In.

Sandstone) occasionally carbon-aceous

Coal Mudstone Coal Mudstone Coal Mudstone Shale, ()arbonaceo11S Coal Shale, carbonaceolls Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Shale, sandy Sandstone Mudstilne, sandy Shale, sandy Sandstone Conglomerate Sandstone Mudstor .. e, sandy Sandstone Mudstone

Total depth bored

218 3 0 8 1 11 011 4 7 l 6

21 7 0 6 Oll 0 5 8 3 1 9

10 2 13 5 3 0

24 6 3 1 3 10 I 2 7 10

39 11 12 5 2 7

122 2 340 5 341 1 343 0 343 11 348 6 300 0 371 7 372 1 373 0 373 5 381 8 383 5 393 7 ·107 0 410 (1

434 6 437 1 441 5 442 7 450 5 490 4 002 9

515 4

BMe No. 27. Calyz Drill, No. 1. Penman, J. Han"1f.

Position: 36•00 chains north of S.·E. corner of allot· ment 22c.

SuJ:faee level, 92 ·3 feet. Commenced, Uth September, 1911 ; completed,

Coal

Smfaee soil and clay , . Clay, yellow, stifl Sandsi:<Jne Mudsi:<Jne Sandai:<Jne Coalv material Mua;,tone Sandstone Mudsi:<Jne Sandsi:<Jne Mudstone Coal Mudstone. carbonaceous Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mu date ne Sandstone Mudstone Sandsi:<Jne Mudai:<Jne Sandstone, calca-roous Sandstone Mudatone Sandstone Mudatone Sandstone, hard Mudat<Jne ~andatone

Total depth bored

Thid:ne,.

.n. In.

Dlrpth Floor $truck. I.rrel .

Ft. In. Ft. 0 1 356 0-264

ThJ<JlmE>ss.

Ft. In.

2 0 4 0

32 4 12 4 23 0 0 7

105 0 48 9 94 6 11 3 23 3 0 l 6 7

31 0 98 9 92 ·7 54 0 10 8 20 8 27 1

3 4 23 3 53 6

6 0 11 6 38 7 7 5

22 6 56 6

Depth 15truf'k. P't. In.

0 0 2 I)

6 0 38 4 50 8 73 8 74 3

179 :l 228 0 322 6 333 9 356 0 356 I 362 8 393 8 492 5 585 0 639 0 649 8 670 4 697 5 700 9 724 () 777 6 783 6 795 0 833 7 841 0 863 6

920 u

Bore No. 28.

Victori11 Drill, No. 6. Foreman, L. H. Batty. Position: 20 ·oo chains north of bore No. 24.

Surfac-e level) 135 ·6. Commenced, 30th September, 1911 ; completed, 13th

November, l!Hl.

Coal

Surface soil .. Clay, grey Mudstone, soft Sandstone Shale Sandstone, hard Mudste<>e Mudstone, carbonaeeous

'l'hicltn11. n. In.. 0 4

Shale, with dark bands Mudstone, blended with dark

shale Sandstone, ha.rd, with carbon~

aeoous bands Mudstolle Coal Mudstone, with carbonaeeoua

bands Shale Sand.Btone, '-Vith ca.rbonllceous

bands ~Iudstone, fgulted Sandstone Mndstone, ft~','•~~rd Shale

Total depth bored

Bm-e No. 29.

Thicknest~,

Ft.. In.

2 0 20 0 34 0 15 0 56 0 94 10 2 3 5 (!

3 10

35 10

61 8 24 4

() 4

811 18 9

35 3 H 3 9 I ,, 4

3 0

F1oo• J,cw•L

l"t. -220 De~h struck. Ft. In.

0 0 2 0

22 0 5~ 0 71 0

127 0 221 10 224 I 229 ](I

233 8

269 6 331 2 355 6

355 10 364 9

383 6 418 9 433 0 442 1 444 5

447 5

Oalyz Drill, No. 2. Foreman, J. Spencer. Position: 30 ·00 che.ins 11ort.h of bore )fo, 26.

Surface level, 130-5 fe<'t,, Commenced, :'>th October, 1911; completed, 6th

December, 1911.

Ooal

Surface soil and r la\­Sandstone · Shale, carbonaecous Mudatone Ooal Mudstone Coal Mudatone Gaol Mudstone Shale, sandy Mudstone, puggy Sandstone Mndsi:<Jne Sandsi:<Jne Mudstone, puggy Mudai:<Jne, sandy Shale, sandy

.. { 'fhlekn.., lt. I-. 010 0 9 0 5

Dt!pth .at ruck.

!'li. ln.

J"lom LeTel • ..... +39 +31

90 4 98 2

121 8 +8

'l'bh'"""&IJ. :trL Iu,

10 0 78 1 0 6 1 9 0 10 7 0 0 9

22 9 0 5

32 0 9 0 911 4 11 9 0 6 2 610

!6 9 19 4

TlPpt"t\ ttl U•~l. 1-'t. :n

0 0 10 0 88 1 88 7 90 4 91 2 98 2 98 11

121 8 122 I ·154 1 163 1 173 0 177 11 186 11 193 1 199 11 216

•

169

BORING AT KIRR.~K AND WONTHAGGL

'fh icku es.11. Dl'ptb SlrJ.tn., ~tml"'k.

Fi. In. Yt. ln.

Sandstone 33 4 2:16 0 .Mudstoue l 2 269 4 Shale, carbonaccous 1 9 :!70 6 .Mudstone, puggy 18 6 272 3 Sandstone 5 4 290 9 Mudstm>e 4 6 296 1 Mudstone, sandy 36 0 300 7 Sandswne 29 10 336 1 .Mudstone, puggy 3 9 365 5 Mudstonc, sandy 7 8 369 2 Sandstone, hard 19 8 :176 10 .Mudstone 45 ~ :!96 6 Sandstone 29 11 -141 " ' Mudstone, sandy 16 Hl ·t7l 7 Sandstone 5 () 488 f) Shale, sandy 13 9 493 G Mudstone, puggy [) 10 507 2 Sandstone, hMd 6 6 513 ()

Mndstone 10 3 519 6 Sandstone 3 :J 529 9 Mudstonc, sondy 47 () 532 11 Sandstone, hard 40 :l 579 ll Mudstone 9 2 620 :l Sandstone 24 8 6:!9 4 Mudstone, puggr 16 2 f>54 0 .Mudstone, sandy :lo 6 670 :l

Total depth borod 700 8

BOTe !\a. 30.

Vic~ort:a Drill, No. l. Ji'tYrema.n, J. Breu:. Position : On road, 20 ·oo chains S.-E. of corner

allotment No. 23~ Surface level, 147 ·2 feet.

Commenced, 30th October, 1911 ; completed,

'Ihicknell8, Depf.h l<'Jo<)r ~truck. L(>V('L

Ft. Jr.. Ft. ln. Ft.

··{ I 4 48 6 +97

Coal " 1 39 0 +88 l 0 94 8 +5B

8tu,t~~o. Thi~kll~H. Ilcpth trrucll..

Ft. k }'t. ln.

Surface soil and clay .. 22 () 0 0 Sandstone, soft 18 () 22 0 ~Iudstonc, suft 8 6 40 0 Coal 1 4 48 f.)

Mudstone, soft 9 2 49 10 Coal () 1 u9 ()

Mudstone, oo!t 31 1 5Y 1 Sandstone 4 6 90 2 Goal 1 0 94 8 Mudstone 30 1 95 8 Sandstone 39 5 125 9 ~fudstone 79 6 165 2 Sandstone 3 0 244 8 .Mudstone 44 3 247 8 Sandstone 3 6 ~91 11 Mudstone 16 " 295 5 ' 8andstone7 carbon.acrouti 4 0 312 0 Mudstoue 23 7 316 0 Sandstone 62 9 339 7 Mudstone 10 6 402 4 Sandst()ne 1 2 412 10

fotal depth bored 414 0

Bore No. 31.

Victoria Drill, No. 6. Forema", L. H. BaJ.ty. Position : :39 chains north, then 13 chains east from

Bore No. 6. Surface level, 151 •3 feet .

Commenced, 27th November, 1911 ; completed, 9i it January, 1912.

Thickt!C$$. rJt•wh 61till.fl.. «Hu•·k.

Ft. In. FC hl

Surface soil .. 2 0 0 (I

Clay and decomposed basalt 87 0 ,,

()

Baaalt, hard, broken .. 25 0 89 " Clay, hasaltic, red 14 6 114 " Sandstone (.Turassic), frinble 106 9 128 G Mudstone, crushed 37 0 235 :I

Total depth bored 272 :l

WONTilAGGI: GII'PST,AND DISTRICT.

PARISH OF WONTHAGGI.

Pia tes VI and VII.

For previous boring in this parish see-

Report, Select Committee, Cape Paterson CoAl~ fields, Parliamentary Papers, 1864-5, IT., D. 27.

Bores Nos, 1 to 17, Annual Report, 1908, p. 176.

Ilorcs Nos. 18 to 54, Annual Report,, 1909, p. 1~0.

Bores Nos. 55 to 167, Annual Report, 1910, p. 157.

·me letter (K) jn conjunction with the bore number indicates bores put down iu the t-3stem portion of pariah ot Wouthaggi, and in whe.t ia known a& the Kirrak Coal Basin.

B<>re No. 168.

Victoria Drill, No. 5. FMema", J. L. Smith.

Position : 11 ·37 chains at 100° from bore No. 163. Surface level, 81 ·8 feet.

Commenced, 17th December, 1910; completed, 17th January, 1911.

'Ibbkneu. ]),:ptl1 f,n..,r 11truclr. L~J•d.

Fe In. FF In. Fe

Coal { 2 0 239 6 ~160 1 6 247 () ~167

Thk:km.>~il. )l~f•tl)

S:tru.. nrudr. h. '"· Ft. '"· Sand 32 0 0 0

Clay, sandy .. 13 0 32 0 Sandstone 150 0 45 0 Mudstone 16 0 195 0 Sandstone 28 6 21! 0 Cool 2 0 239 6 Mudstone, fossiiiferous 5 6 241 6 Coal 1 6 247 0 Mudstone 32 6 248 6 Shale, sandy 6 0 281 0 Sandstone 39 6 287 0

Total depti] bowl 326 6 ~-~

•

170

BORING "\ T WONTHAGGI.

Bore No. 169.

Victvtia Drill, No. 2. Foreman, B. Sheehan.

Position: From S.W. corner of Camcron and Gral1am streets, 'Vontha.ggi, 13•16 clLains wegterly along Gra.ham-street, then 7 •4- chains at 180°.

Surface level, 104·0 feet (approx.).

Commenced, 12th January, 1911 ; completed, 19th January, 1911.

Th!;:t.n~~OJ. Depth

Strub .. strw·k. I:'t.. In. l'• '" Sand 5 0 0 0

Raud, brown and h-::1.:rd 3 0 J 0 Sand, drift '' 9 0 8 0 Mudstone~ saudy 2 0 17 0 Mudstone 3 6 19 0 Mudstone, sandy 8 6 22 6 Shale 1 0 31 0 Sandstone 144 0 3:.! 0

Total depth bored 176 0

B&rc No. 170.

Victoria Drill, No. 5. Foreman, J. L. Smith.

Position: 7•83 chains at 281° from bore No. 104. Surface level, 76 •69 feet.

Commenced, 19th January, I9ll; complet<?d, 28th January, 1911.

'rhic.i:n~n. Deptt: f]o;, !truck. r,~vtl. ... In. Ft. In. Yt.

Coal J 0 ii 002 0 ·-228 .. l l 6 306 3 -231

ThkknE:llii. lt>:[J[,I\ ~Wtta. &ttUck.

Ft. In. 1!':. I~

Sand ~0 () 0 0 Clay, white '. ~4 0 20 0 ~1udsrone 31 0 44 0 Shale, aandy 25 0 73 0 Sandstone 11\3 () lOO 0 Shale 11 0 263 0 Sandstone 6 0 ~H, 0 Sl\ale, sandy 1fl () 280 0 Sandstone " 0 ~96 0 Coal 0 6 ~lOt 0 Mudstone, fos:;;ilifm:ous 3 9 3\)~ 6 Coal 1 6 306 3 Mudstono 18 :J 307 9

Total depth bored :l:!G I)

Bore No. 171 (K).

Vicwr/a. Drill, No. 2. FonTttan, B. Shecha.n.

Position : 17 •72 chains at 233° from bore ~o. 141 Su:rCa.ce level, 61•32 feet.

Comm(mced> 21st January) 1911; completed. 26th January, 1911.

'Ih1..:kM!!a. IJ~plh Fkor ~r..ru.1t. Ll'Ytl,

7C In, :t'i, bt. "'· .. { 1 () 66 0 -6

Coal 1 0 6~ 0 -9 2 6 70 G -·12

lir&IA!t. 'fh oli:h~Nl. Tl"}'''' J.t.rqe'

.l't. ln. .,. l.u,

Su:rfa.ce soil &nd sand 3 0 0 0 Sand and clay 5 0 3 0 Clay, sandy .. 7 0 8 0 Saudstonc, decomposed 37 u 15 0

'I'hicknel.la. Depth Strala. suu,~k.

lfL. In. l't. ln.

S11ndstonc, portions nubontl.ceous 14 0 52 0 Goal 1 0 66 ()

Aiudstone 2 0 6'i ()

Coal 1 () 69 0 Mndstono 0 6 70 ()

Coal 2 6 70 6 llndstone 19 0 73 0 Sandstone 6 0 92 0 'lludatone 6 0 98 0 Sandstone 4 0 104 0 Mudstor>e 13 0 108 0

'l'otal depth bored 121 0

Bore No. 172 (K).

Cal?ft Drill, No. 1. Foreman, J. Harvey.

Position : 10 ·96 chains at 266° from bore No. 9, Kirrak.

Surhcc level, 128-61 feet. Comm<'llC('d, 2:3rd Jdonuary, 1911; completed, 6th

May, 1911. 'rhh:lklltN !Jepth P'laor

~truck. L"w"L n. t.. .... In. ,...

.J 1 0 523 0 -395 C,;al 0 2 575 8 -447

l () 6 585 2 -457 0 3 1,(116 6 --888

£~rr,n. 'l'lliekrtcss.. Thlptl! f.-!>UL'\,

Ft • ." Ia. l'L In.

Surface sand 6 0 0 0 Clay, stiff ll 0 6 0 Sandstone, decomposed 3 0 17 () Sandstone 53 0 20 0 ~ludstone 58 10 73 0 Sandstone 131 4 131 10 ~Iud!1tone 76 10 263 :J s.mdstonc 10 0 340 0 'lludskme H 0 350 0 Sandstone ID 0 364 0 Mudstonc 21 0 404 0 Sandstone 36 3 425 0 Mudstonc 12 () 461 3 Sandstone 14 " 473 3 Mudstone 7 8 487 9 Sn.ndstone 11 1 495 5 Mudr:>ton.; 16 6 506 6 Coal, good l 0 523 0 Mud:.; tone 17 9 524 0 Shale, sundy 19 7 541 9 .\1udston<' 14 • 561 4 Coal 0 2 575 8 Mudstone, carbonaceons 9 4 575 10 Coal 0 6 585 2 ~Iudstone, carbonaceoua 52 7 585 8 Sandstone, ealca.reous, hard 105 2 638 3 :'tbdstot~(·, handy hi 1 743 5 Sandstnuc, portions very hard ~R fi 761 6 Mudstono 4 0 850 0 SandBtone 97 5 854 0 lf.udstone 3 9 951 5 SandstQJ:..e, pugg:y t-o 966 foct 45 8 955 2 Mudstone, tough and puggy 15 8 1,000 10 Coal, inferior 0 3 1,016 6 :Mu& tone 63 3 1,016 9

~---

Tob.l depth ho:red 1,080 ()

---~

171

BORING AT WON'rHAGGI.

Bore No. 173 (K).

Calyz Dn'U, No. 7I.. Fown<>n, E. Keighley. Position : On road, 41•86 chains south·easterly from

S.W. corner of allotment No. 34E, 54linka square off fence.

Surfaoo level, 74 · 5 leet. Commenced, 6th Febrnray, 1911: completed, 28th

April, 1911. 'l'hlcknwt. ""''" """' fir.a:ek. Le'¥~~:1. n. ... ... '•· .i';.

.. { 0 2 474 ,,

~00 ~

0 4 486 " ~412 Cool '

1 0 1,222 6-1.14.9 q 3 1,240 11-1,169 • ....... !rb!olu.t-. Depib

lrtii'I.Vk. 1\. In. J't. tn.

Surface soil, sandy I 10 0 0 Clay, with mud stone , . 8 2 I 10 Sandstone 41 9 10 0 Mudstone, ca.rbonaoeous 1 8 51 9 Mudstone 44 9 53 5 S::mdst<ine 38 3 98 2 Shale, sandy 10 5 136 5 Sandswne 31 10 146 10 Mudstone 15 8 178 8 Sand·;tone 44 7 191 4 1\Iudstono 51 2 238 11 S.mdaronc 174 6 290 1 Mudstono 9 7 461 7 Caa!, inferior 0 2 474 " ~ ~{udstone 12 3 471 4 Coal, iaferior 0 4 486 7 Mudstone 42 9 486 11 SandstQne 23 6 529 8 1\fudstone 53 2 553 2 S:cmdstone 11 3 606 4 Mudstone (smnll splint seam at

630 feet) 14 7 617 7 SJndstone 38 11 632 2 1\lndstone 20 8 671 1 Sandstone 67 1 691 9 ;;.Iudatone, fossillferous 38 7 759 4 Sandstone 71 4 797 11 Mudstone 2 4 869 3 Sandstone 189 ll 871 1 ~1udstone, sandy 5 6 1,061 6 Sandstone 76 5 1,067 0 Mndstone 2 9 1,14:1 5 Saadstont 73 ll l,l4fi 2 Mudstone 1 8 1,220 1 Shale, carbonaceous, black 0 9 1,221 9 Coal, inferior 1 0 1,222 6 :.\lud.stone, sandy l'i 5 J,223 6 Coal, inff\rior in places ~ 3 1,240 11 Mudst.one 11 5 1,243 2

Total depth bored 1,254 7

Bore No. 174.

Victoria Dn11, No. 8. Foreman, D. Mel.enn<>n, !o 448 feet. Foreman, J. Oli{jord, 44R feet to 574 feet.

Position : 11·53 chaina at 267° from bore :So. 159. Surface level, 28 ·24 feet.

f'A>mmenood, 23rd January, 1911; completed, 18th March, 1911.

'nliclulUII. D<pth """' uruek:, Level • .... In. n. In. "'· .. { l 6 187 0 11>0

eoal .. 0 6 190 0 ..... ,](;]

1 6 193 0 ~166

Thicknc~s. DCjJ!h F:co~

~;tru•·k. Lk\d, n. In. Jlt. I a. J':.

3 0 200 0 -176 0 6 203 6 -175 1 0 ~31 0 -30;2.

Coal 1 0 336 6 ~309

0 6 388 6 ~310

1 0 374 0 ~347

0 6 394 0 --.165

l!tnt.a. 'l'hkkneM. flepih l'tn•ck.

Ft. ••• Ft. In.

Sand and clay, altemate layers 24 0 0 0 Sandstone 14 0 :24 0 Shale 2 0 38 0 Sandstone 72 0 40 0 Shale, hard knobs 3 0 ll:J 0 Sandstone 62 0 115 0 Sandato~e, carbonaceou~ 7 0 177 0 Shale 3 0 184 0 Coal, good 1 6 187 0 Mudstono 1 6 188 0 Coal 0 6 190 6 1\{udstone 2 6 190 6 Coal, good 1 6 193 0 Mudstone 2 0 194 6 Sandstone 3 6 196 6 Ooal, good 3 0 200 0 Mudstone 0 6 203 0 Coal 0 6 2(!:~ 6 lludst()ne. carbona.coous 27 0 20± 0 Sandstone 94 0 231 0 Sandstone, ca.tbonaceous 6 0 325 0 Cool 0 6 331 0 Coal, r:;plint .. 0 6 331 6 ~fudstOni', ca.rbonaceous 4 6 332 0 Coal, good . - 1 0 336 6 ~fndstone, carbonaceQUS 1 0 3;}7 6 Coal 0 6 338 6 :\!udstone, carbonac.eous 7 0 339 0 Shale, mudstone bands 7 0 346 0 ~ludstOlce 21 0 353 0 Coal, splint .. 1 0 37-1 0 Mudstone !9 0 375 0 Coal, splint .. 0 6 394 0 Shale and mudstonc 17 6 394 G Mudstono, greasy 21 0 412 ()

Sandstone 17 0 433 0 Mndstonc 10 0 450 0 Shale 1 0 460 0 Mudstonc 2H 0 46! 0 Shale, sandy 8 0 490 0 s,ndstone :n 6 4\!8 0 1fudst<Jne :n 6 529 G Sa.ndstono 1'' ., 0 561 0

Tot•l depth bored G7J 0

Bore Na. 175.

Calyx Drals1 Nos. 8t and 6t. Forema11, J. Delahenty.

P.osition : 7 •35 chains at 126o:> 3lY from ~o. 5 shaft.

Surface level, 60 ·OO feet.

Commenced, 6th February, 19ll; complekd, 2nd August, 1911.

Thicll:neu. Depth r:oo.r 1t,rud::, L~,-,..:...

1\. In. Ft '"· n

t'o•1l ( 6 0 70 0 ~16 .. . 'l 0 10 85 1 ~26

112

BORTh'G AT WON'l'HAGGI.

'l'hickne~ll.

rt. In.

~th Floor t<trud::. Le.vel.

:tt, In Ft.

Ooal

8t1'a.tQ<.

Soil and clay Sandstone Ooal, good MudstOne Ooal, good Mudstone Sandstone

l .. l 1 6 0 6 I 2 () 3

Mudstone, carbon~c,eous band.A Sandstone Mudstone Ooalt fair Mudstone Ooal, solid, fai:r Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Coal, c.ontaining pyrites Mudstone, ca.rbonaceous Coal, good . . . . Mudstone, sandstone bands Sandstone, hard bands Mudstone, hard bands Sandstone, hard knots Mudstone, portions sandy Sandstone, hard knots Mudstone, puggy Sandstone !!Iudstone Sandstone Mudstone, hard patches Sandstone, very hard bands Mudstonc, jointy, hard bands Sandstone Mudstone, puggy Sandstone llludstone

...

Sandstone, hard patche> con-glomerate

Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone, hard Mudstone Sandstone, conglomerate and

breccia., very hard .. Mudstone, hard, fo.ssiliferous Breccia, red Red rock (1), ironstaincd Mudstone (1), soft, yellow }!udstone (?), soft, biW!h .. Quartzite, white showing abund-

ance of pyrites

Total depth bored

438 3 --380 448 11 --389 521 3 ~--462 522 9 ---463

Thi;;l.l!~

H. ln.

3 8 66 4 6 0 9 1 0 10

57 6 89 10

109 3 92 0 ~ 9 1 6 9 ~ 0 6

22 1 9 6

15 0 23 0

2 3 1 2 0 4 0 ~

30 9 33 9 20 () 44 0 79 0 21 0 14 6 27 3 15 3 28 3 89 3 29 0 17 6 13 6 20 9 26 9

3 0

Dcpr.h ~truck .E<'t. lr:.

0 0 3 8

70 0 76 () 85 I 85 11

143 5 233 :J 342 6 434 6 438 3 439 9 448 11 449 5 471 6 481 0 496 0 519 0 521 3 522 5 522 9 o23 o 553 9 587 6 608 0 652 0 731 0 752 0 766 6 793 9 609 0 837 3 926 6 955 6 973 0 986 6

1,007 :; 1,034 0

82 6 1,037 0 8 0 1,119 6

39 0 1,127 6 14 6 1,166 6

1 9 1,181 0 20 3 1,182 9

9 3 1,203 0 14 3 1,212 :;

64 6 1,226 6 9 0 1,291 0 5 6 1,300 0

29 6 1,305 6 5 6 1,335 0 0 6 1,340 6

39 9 1,341 0

1,380 9

N.B.-Red rock (t) assayed 18 per cent. iron, and ' trace of cobalt; but no gold.

Mineralized quartaite from about 1,391 feet was assayed; it con (,~lined a trace of gold,

Bore No. 176.

Vidoria Drt1l, No. 2. Foreman, B. S"MAihan.

Position : 7 ·28 chains at 250° from bore No. 58. Surface level, 52 •48 feet.

Commenced, 28th January, 1911; completed, 11th February, 1911.

Orml .. 1

Surface soil and day .. <'lay, sandy .. Clav Safl:d Clay, sandy, dark Sandstone, dec<>mposcd Shale, sandy Mudstone-, sandy Mudstone Sandstone, c-arbonacoous Coal, splint .. Sandstone ..

'l'hiel:nen . Ft. In,

0 6 2 0 0 2 0 2

Sandstone, portions carbonaceous Coal, inferior Mudstone 1 carbonaceous Ooal Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Sandstone, carbona(',eous Mudstone Coal Mudstonc. carbonaeeOus bands .. Sandstone Mudstone, aoft bll!lds Mudstone Sandstone

Total depth bored

Bare No, 177 (K).

Depth lltruei:,

Ft. In. 94 0

144 0 147 0 224 ()

f· j,,

3 0 3 0 2 0 4 0 5 0 8 0

11 0 25 0 27 0 6 0 0 6

10 6 39 0 2 0 1 0 0 2

36 10 7 0

11 0 17 0 3 0 2 0 0 2

10 10 1 0 4 0

26 0 14 0

Flo0r JA~Vf),

}"t.

---41 -94 -95

-171 }I('!Jtll atnldc Ft. j,,

0 0 3 0 6 0 8 0

12 0 17 0 25 0 36 0 61 0 88 0 94 (I

94 fj

105 0 144 {I

146 (I

147 {I

147 ., 184 (I

191 (I

202 i}

219 () 222 0 224 {) 224 2 236 I)

236 0 240 0 266 0

280 0

Calp Drill, No. 3. Foreman, J. H. Field$. Po8ition: 18 ·4 c.hains at 172° from bore No. 80.

Surfac"' level, 148·7 feet.

Commenced, 2nd February, 1911 ; completed, lOth March, 1911.

Coal Bilurian Stral.a

Clay Sandstone, soft, brown Mudstone Sandstone, hard Mudstorw Ooal

'l'hicknN!a, Fr. In.

0 10

~1udstone, faulted at 195 feet .. Sandstone Mudstone Ooql, inferior '.

Depth ..trucl<, Ft. In.

226 0 739 3

Thidtnese. Ft. In.

9 0 15 0 73 6 61 6 5 0 0 1

47 11 1 3

12 9 ow

Floor Levd,

''· -78 -ti91 Depth et ruck. Ft. In.

0 0 9 0

24 0 97 6

159 (!

164 0 164 1 212 0 213 3 226 0

178

BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

Mudato!!ll Cool Mudatone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudatone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudatone Sandstone Mudatone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudatone, sandy Sandstone Mudatone, laull<>d at 672 feet .. Silurian Strata-

Mudstone and slate, green .. Sandstone, fine grained, green

Total depth bored

Bore No. 178 (K).

Th!ch:ness. Ft. In.

14 2 0 4

32 8 17 0 3 0

23 0 6 0

61 0 41 0 54 6 25 0 48 6 28 0 0 8

15 4 7 0

14 0 6 6

ll 6 23 0 80 3

8 3 97 3

Deyth ~>truck.

Ft. In"

226 10 241 0 241 4 274 0 291 0 294 0 :ll7 0 :l2:l 0 384 0 425 0 479 6 fJ04 6 553 0 581 0 581 8 597 0 604 0 618 0 624 6 636 0 659 0

739 3 747 6

844 9

Victoria Dn1l, No. l. FOTeman, J. Brew.

Position; 14•54 chains westerly along fence from N.E. corner of allotment 37A, then 3·59 chains north.

Surface level, 125•7 feet.

Commenced, lOth February, 1911; completed, 12th May, 1911.

Cool

....... Surface soil .. Clay Sandstone, decomposed Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone, portions hard Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Coal, inferior Mudatone, sandy Sandstone, portions hard Mudstone Sandstone Mud!ltone Sandstone Mudstone Coal, inferior Mud!ll<>ne, puggy Sandstone ..

Total depth bored

Depth Floor l'ltrud. t.e~el. Ft. In. J.'t.

455 6 -330 667 0 --fj42

ThJ~knH&.

Ft. ....

2 0 8 6

12 0 28 0

2 0 22 0

111 0 33 11

216 9 0 9

12 9 5 10 0 7

37 2 68 9 5 0

2410 9 6

18 5 47 3 0 6

60 0 6 1

ll<"J>!h !ittU:'i:" Ft. 111.

0 0 2 0

10 0 22 6 50 6 52 6 74 6

185 6 219 6 436 5 436 12 449 1 455 8 456 6 493 1 562 3 567 0 591 10 601 4 619 9 667 0 667 6 727 6

733 7

Bore No. 179.

VictOTw lln1l, No. 5. F<Yreman, J. L. Smith.

Position: 11•35 chains north along fence from N.E. comeT allotment 23c.

Surface level, 39 •37 feet.

Commenced, 2nd February, 1911 ; completed, 27th February, 1911.

Tbiekneu. .... )n.

2 3 2 0

Depth !!.truck, Ft. ln.

}"CH r ),H~•· ,,

Coal .. {

Surfa.ce clay and soil .. Sand Clay Mudstone Shale Mud!ll<>ne Sandstone, soft Coal, soft Mudstone Sandstone, good roof Splint Ooal, good Mudstone Shale Sandstone Sandstone, mudstone nodules Sandstone

Total depth bored

Bore No. 180 (K).

91 9 202 0

Tbiclonen.

n. ln.

6 6 11 6 4 0

35 0 13 0 4 0

17 9 2 3

13 0 94 9 0 3 2 0

2:l 0 10 0 43 6 28 0 59 6

••

-55 -16.5 lnpth •~ru.-11. y,, In.

0 0 6 6

18 (l

22 0 57 0 70 0 74 () 91 9 94 0

107 0 201 9 202 0 204 0 227 0 237 0 280 6 308 6

368 0

Vict<Yria Drill, No. 3. Foreman, J. T. Smith.

Position : 10 ·98 chains south along line of fence from S.W. corner of allotment 38, then 10 •28 chains at 169°.

Surface level, 62 ·9 feet.

Commenced, 27th February, 1911 ; completed, 30th March, 1911.

Only small bands of coal obtained.

Sandy soil and black clay Sand Clav, stili, bluish Sa0:dstone, soft Sandstone Mudetone Sandstone Mudiitone Mudstone, black and shaly Mudatone Coal, good .. Mudatone Coal, very inferior Mudatone Sandstone Mudstone, sandy, jointy Cool Mudstone, jointy

Total depth bo;red

Thlcknen. n. Jn.

8 0 5 0 8 0 1 0

62 0 19 0 18 6 11 6 0 6 9 3 0 2 8 1 0 4

27 8 3 6

19 0 0 3 3 3

..

n~·p•h ~ttT, ell Ft. ln,

0 0 8 0

13 0 21 0 22 0 84 0

103 0 121 6 133 0 133 6 142 9 142 11 151 0 151 4 179 0 182 6 201 6 201 9

2000

174

BORING AT \'.·O~l'!IAGGI.

Bate "Ko. 181 (K).

V icl.oria Drill, No. 2. F&eman, B. Skeclum.

Position ; 21•04 chains north along road from S. W eorncr of allotment 38.

Surface level, 99 ·7 feet.

Commenced, lot March, 1911; complctod, 7th April, 1911.

Only small bamis of coal obtained.

Surface soil and clay .. Clay, yellow · Cby, blue Peat Clay Mudsto-ne 1 decomposed Mudswnc Sandstone Mudstone, carbonaceous Shale, carbona.ceous Mlidstone Sandstone Mudstono Sa.ndstonc 1 carbonaceous J\ludstone, sandy Coal, good .. !liudstone) sandy Sandstone, c{}a.r.se grained Mudstone Coal, fair llfudswnc Sr~ndstone Mudstone ~ · Sandstone :M:udst-on.-.-Sandstmw Jlludstone Sa.ndEtonc, mud~tone bands Mudstor.e Sand, I<> ne Mudswne Sandstone Mudstcne Sandsto-ne Mudstono

Total depth bored

Bore No. 182 (K).

Tlrlcknea.

l"'l. lH.

5 (J

5 <)

4 0 0 6 1 6 5 0 ~ 0

:m o 15 0 l 0 7 il 2 (J

12 0 ~ 0

:.!0 0 0 ~ 610

29 0 :l9 0

(J 3 18 \l

4 0 17 0 40 0 47 0 2 0 4 0

21 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 4 0

14 0

Dtpth ••,rurl!. tt.. In

0 0 5 0

lO 0 B 0 14 6 16 0 21 0 30 0 59 0 74 0 75 0 g~ 0 84. l)

96 0 98 0

118 0 118 2 125 0 !54 0 193 0 19~ 3 212 0 216 0 233 0 273 0 320 0 3:!2 0 326 0 347 0 :>48 0 3il5 0 356 0 359 0 363 0 367 0

381 0

Calyx Drill, No. 2. Foreman, J. Spencer. Position: 22·13 chains east ,-dong road from SE.

corner of allotment 35ct then B ·48 chains at 164':.

Surface level, 124 ·3 feet.

Commenced, 24th February, 1911; completed, ~Oth April, 1911.

Only small bands of coal obtained.

Surface soil and clay .. Sandstone, yellow -Sandsrone Mudswne Sandstone Mudswue, sandy Coal, inferior Mudswne, sandy, faulted at 436

feet Sandstone

T:1,·k1te~~.

. Ft. Iu.

7 0 3 3

105 7 34 2

280 0 47 1 0 5

64 6 36 10

Ioepth lltracj>.. Ft. lu •

0 0 7 0

10 3 115 10 150 0 380 0 427 1

427 6 492 0

Strc..~

Mudstone, St1.::1.dy, fal:~t,ed Sandstoilc Shale, sandy Sandstone · Mudstonc, faulted

'J.'hic1DNI!lo

Ft. lu.

57 6

Depth ""tra"k. l<'t. In.

Sandston(~, faultPd at Gl3 ft,•t:t Sh"le, dark, soft

5 1 410 3 7 6 ·! !J () 0 !)

25 ;!

528 10 586 4 591 5 596 3 599 10 606 2 615 8 616 2 641 5 670 5 6il 8 683 0 684 3 688 ~ 689 1 722 2 723 11 734 11 743 3 747 5 785 6 789 9 798 ~ 803 G 804 11 853 2 857 4

Mudstcnc, faulted s~mdstonc, solid Shale, sandy Mudswnc Shale, sandy Mudswnc Coal, splint .. MudstQne Shale, sandy Sandstone Mudstonc, faulted Sandstone

:!9 0 1 3

10 1

4 6 0 4

3:l 1 l 9

11 0 8 4 4 :l

Mudstonc, faulted at 150 feet Sandstone

38 1 4 a ~ 0 4 9 J ;:,

Mudstone, sandv Sandstone · sru~lc, sandy .MudHtonc, sandy, puggy Stmdswne Mudstono, puggy

Tot!,] depth bored

48 :J 4 ,,

5 3

862 7

B&e No. 183.

Vict&ria Drill, No. 5. Foreman, J. L. Smith.

Position: j,·[16 chains at 287° from N.\Y. eontcr o£ allotment 26.

Surface level, 25•8 feet.

Commenced, 21th February, 1911; cornplcted 1 .:Hth. April, 1911.

(

I . '1

Surface soil and cla. y .. Sandstone · Coal Mudstone, soft, crushed Shale, soft .. Sandstone, soft Coal Mudswne Coal 1\Iudstone Coal Mudswne Coal Mudstone Sandstone Coal, splint Mndswne Coal

l

Thlr:i:nu1.

:n. ID. 1 3 2 3 1 9 0 6 0 6 0 8 ll 4 0 9 u 6

Depth Hoot' 11truck. L"v&L

l"t. la ¥t. 84 0- 69

2{)3 3 -179 215 9 -19~ ~19 0 -194 229 6 -204 376 0 -350 411 3 -··-386 473 6 --460 476 0 --451

'l'l!k\;netSL

Ft. ~~

D•plh ttrudr, ft. in.

13 0 71 0 1 3

52 9 13 0 52 3

10 3 l 9 l 6 0 6

10 0 0 6 7 0

139 0 0 8

35 0 0 .j,

0 0 13 0 84 0 85 3

138 0 151 0 203 3 ~(}5 6 215 9 217 6 219 0 219 6 229 6 230 0 237 0 376 0 376 8 <lll 8

175

BORI:;G AT Wm!THAGGT. • Sl.raL~. rLk!.ru:,.,. llepth

!!truck. F~ ~~ ,., la.

Mud• tone 56 () u:: 0 Sandstone 5 0 458 0 l\Iudstonc ~ 6 47:J 0 Coal 0 y 475 6 Mudstone 0 :} 476 3 Coal 0 (j 416 6 Mudstonc 43 0 ,!77 0 Sandstone 3:3 0 520 0 Mudston..: :!;7 0 552 0 Sandstoncc :!.7 0 579 0

Total depth bored 606 0

Bore No. 184.

Victoria Drill, No. 8. Foreman, J. Clifjord.

Position: 12 ·10 chains at 273' lrom bore No. 174.

Surla.ce level, 26 ·o leet.

Commenced, 23rd ~farch, 1911; completed, 29th .March, 1911.

T.1,d;w;u. n~r!h t' ot>r "trudc T.rnl. ... '"· ,,

Ill. " ' 1 0 122 6 ---97

Cool . . I 1 6 125 6 -101

l 1 0 133 0 -108 () ~ l :36 0 -110

"'""" Tlllckn.-.as. Depth

•Hm::lt. ... In. F;. In,

Sandy soil 0 0 0 Sa!ld 29 0 1 0 Clay 6 0 30 0 Sandstone 8! 0 36 0 Sandstone, carbonaccous 2 6 1!l0 0 Coal, good h&rd 1 0 122 6 .!.fudstonc 2 0 123 6 Coal, good .. 1 6 125 6 ~[udstone 6 0 127 ()

Coal, inferior 1 0 133 0 Mudstone 2 0 134 0 Coal 0 3 136 0 Mudstone 3 9 136 3 Mudstone, sandy 21 0 140 0 Sandstone 12 0 161 0

Total depth horud 173 0

Bore No. 185.

Victoria Drill, No. 8. Foremmt, J. Clifford.

Position: 11·46 chains at 350° from bore No. 183

Surface level, 20•4 feet.

Commenced, 1st April, 1911; complct.,d, lOth April, 1911.

Coal

....... Surface soil ~ . Clay Sandstone

.. ~ Thiclrn~u.

Ft. Tn.

0 8 2 0 1 6 2 0

D!"pt.h l'loor ~truck. UveJ.

)."t;. Jl;, P't.

36 9 -16 251 0 -233 255 9 --237 260 3 -242

Tbitlknesa, Depth •truck. .... , .. "'"'" 1 0 0 0

8 0 1 0 27 9 9 0

Coa?, inferior Jlladstm~e SahtiGtor.c Sar;.dstonc, carbonllCeous Mudstone Sands tow: Coal Mud.st.one Coal llludston.o Coal Mudstonc Sandstone

Total depth bored

'£l,:ch!lc:U.

n. In.

0 8 25 I 91 0

2 0 34 0 61 !I

:1 (I

2 9 1 (l

3 0 2 0

17 9 I 0

Pi•ptlt bl·l'\1ek. )'~ .. In.

3i) 9 :)7 5 (1;) 0

15l (I

IGG 0 190 0 2Gl ()

25~\ 0 ')~-

.JJ ~ 257 :J 2GO 3 26:2 3 280 0

2t:U 0

Bore No. 186 (K).

Y.ictorw Drill, !l'o. ~. Fomnan, B. Sheehan •

Position : 54 ·96 chains northwards along f(mce from south-west corner of nllotmeut 38, then 75 links west .

Surla.ce level, 113 •2 feet.

Commenced, 20th April, 1911; completed, 19th 1\lay, 1911.

Thkkn~,s. D?pth F!vGT r;:nwl:, LtNel.

n. Jn. YL lr.. Ft

Coal l 6 173 0 -6J 0 6 228 6 -113

- '!:· :knv~~. ll!"pili ltru()i:.

t"t. ln. 1-). I H.

Surface soil of sand 3 0 0 0 Sand, dark .. 1 0 3 u Sand 2 0 4 0 Clay, blue 7 0 () 0 Cla.y, light coloured 6 () 13 0 Mudstouc, decomposed " 0 19 ()

Shale, carbonaeeous .. 1 0 24 ()

Mudstonc 1 decomposed 1 0 25 0 Mudstone 2 () 26 ()

Shale, sandy 4 () 28 0 Sandstone 45 0 jj 0 Mudstone 8 0 77 ()

Sandstone 15 () b5 ()

l\Iudstone 12 () 100 0 Sandstone 61 () 112 ()

Mudstonc 2 0 173 u Coal, good 1 6 17;) 0 ~Indstone !I 0 176 ()

Sandstone 3 6 185 6 }fudstonc, carbona.ceons 3 () 189 0 Coal, poor 0 6 192 0 Mudstone 16 6 192 6 Sandstone 10 0 209 0 Mndsrone \) 0 21{; 0 Coal, good () 6 228 0 Mudstone, sandy 14 G 2:38 6 Sandstone 26 0 243 ()

Mudstone 8 0 269 0 Sandstone, mudstonc bauJs 9 0 2'" " 0 Mudstone, sandy patches 63 0 286 o. Sandstone · 22 3 349 0

Total depth bored 371 3

176

• BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

Bore No. 187.

Victoria Drill, No. B. Foreman, J. OlifJO<d. Position: On road 9 •86 chains north-westerly from

south corner of allotment 22A.

Ooal

Surface level, 11·5 feet. Commenced, 13th April, 1911 ; completed,

8th May, Hlll.

Fe, Jn.

Tblckmllft Depth FloQr st.ruc:k. LeveL l•'t ln Fl

Strata..

Sandstone Mudstone, sandy Sandstone, faulted from 410 feet Mudstono, sandv, faulted Sandstone · Mudstono, dark shaly Mudsrone, faulted from 678 feet Sandsrone, faulted ~Iudsrone, sandy, faulted

Total depth bored

'l'bicknelf, Ft. In.

7 6 59 9

123 9 10 3

196 .~ 5 0

78 3 7 3

:n 10

Depth struck. Ft. In.

250 6 258 0 317 9 441 6 451 9 648 0 653 0 731 3 738 6

776 --1:

.......

1 0 1 0 0 6 0 3 2 0

160 6 -144 263 0 --247 265 0 --248 267 6 -2,50 397 6 -382

Dcptb Bore No. 189 (1<). Th!ckheu.

.... Io.

1 0 9 0

'""''· Calyx Drill, No. 7L. Foreman, E. Keighley, to ·lol Surface soil .. Clay Sandsrone Mudsrone Sandsrone Mudsrone Sandstone

Fto '"0 feet; foreman, J. Ilarvey, 261 feet to 532 ft. 6 m.;

1 0 foreman, E. Keighley, 532 ft. 6 in. to 98;3 feet.

31 0 2 0

12 !)

24 0 66 11

15 6 1 0 4 6

lO 0 9 0

ll 0 63 6 3 6

10 0 Position : 15 •4! chains nmth along allotment lircc 41 () from south-west corner of allotment 34B. 4:l o Surface level, 66 ·7 feet.

Commen<·ed, 20th May, 1911 ; discontinued hetw0tm 27th July, 1911, and 20th November, 1911 ; completed, 8th J,;nuary, 1912. Sandstone, carbona.ceous

Coal, inferior ~[udsrone Mudsrone, sandy Sandsrone .. Muderone, sandy Sandsrone Mudsrone Ooal, good Mudsrone Ooal Mudsrone Ooal Mudstone Sandstone Ooa1 .\[udsrone

Total depth bored

Bare No. !BB (1<).

1 0 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 3

30 3 99 6 2 0

16 6

55 {) 7~) 0

145 0 160 6 161 6 166 () 176 185 196 259 263 264 265 265

0 0 0 6 0 0 ()

6 6 9

267 267 298 0 397 6 399 6

416 0

Oalyx DriU, No. 2. Fm"eman, J. Spe7!Ce'l'. Position : 25 ·H chainsat238° from south-west corner

of allotment 21n, Kirmk. Surface level, 130 ·O feet.

Commenced, 8th May, Hlll; completed, 22nd July, 1911.

Ooal

Surfa"" soil of clay Mudstone, decomposed Sandstone, decomposed Mudstone, decomposed Mudstone, sandy Sandstone Mudstone Shale, sandy Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone ..

· Mudstone, sandy Sandstone .. Mudstone Ooal, inferior Mudlltone ..

'X'hldrnoesa J:<'t. tn. 0 7

Depth Mnwk. lo't.. In.

240 7 '1'.tickne,'S.

Ft. In.

10 6 9 2 3 3 5 1

25 2 20 8 24 2 7 6 3 6

24 5 ll 7 4-3 0 29 6 23 1 0 7 9 4

FJoiJr Level.

H.

-111 !">C]lth ~tnwl>. n, h•

0 0 10 6 19 8 22 ll 28 0 53 2 73 10 98 0

105 6 109 0 133 5 145 0 188 0 217 6 240 7 liU 2

Ooal

n.lokn­Ft. ...

1 3 0 6 3 0

fnpth noor •lnlak. Lnrl n. In. n.

295 0 -229 963 6 -897 974 6 -911

Surlaoo soil, dark Clay, grey, yellow, and blue Sandstone .. Shale, sandv Sandstone • ~ludstone, dark Sandstone Mudstone, sandy Sandstone }tudstone, carbona.ceous bands Ooal1 crushed~ calcareous Mudstone, dark, fos.siliferous Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Muderone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone, very hard Mudstone, sandy Sandstone, hard patches Mudstone Sa.ndst~me, with occasional mud~

stone nodules Mudstone, aandy Sandstone, with mudstone nodules Mudstone Sandstone, with occasional mud-

stone nodules Mudstone, broken Sandstone .. Ooal, inferior~ crushed .\ludstone, somewhat crushed and

sandstone hands Sandstone .. Mudatonet ca.rbonaceous Ooa!, chips only o htained Mudstone, e&rbonaceous

Total depth bored

Thicknen. n. lu,

2 0 16 0

0 26 5 (I

13 6 21 6 3 0

38 9 142 6

26 9 I 3

48 9 59 0 18 0 11 0 20 0 19 0 48 0 5 0 7 6

7l 6 2 0

77 0 5 0

106 6 4 6

70 0 5 6

89 0 0 6

7 0 1 6 2 0 3 0 5 6

0 0 2 ()

18 0 44 0 49 0 62 6 84 0 87 0

125 268 295 296 345 404 422 433 453 472 520 525 532 604

9 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0

606 0 683 0 688 0 794 6

799 0 869 0 874 6 963 6

964 0 971 0 972 6 914 6 977 6

983 0

177

BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

Bote No. 190. Victoria Drill, No. 8. Ftrreman, J. Clifjtrrd.

Pnsition : On road 17 ·95 cbai!ll! south·easterly lrom west corner of allotment 22A.

Surfaoo level, 17•5 feet. (\,mmeuced, 18th May, 1911 ; completed, 8th

June, 1911. :O.pl·h riocr 'l"bielnMa. ttruc\:, !Ant

••• '"· l't '"· ,,,

.. j 0 9 32 0 -15 0 6 293 6 -276

Coal 0 6 296 0 -279 2 3 423 6 --408 0 3 432 6 -415

S.n.1r.. 'l'h:olt:lt ... D~~ll ...,. .. Ft. In. Ft. In.

Surface soil .. 2 0 0 0 Clay 16 0 2 0 Mudatone 14 0 18 0 Ooa!, splint 0 9 32 0 1\Iudstone 6 9 32 9 Sandstone 45 6 39 6 Mudstone 36 0 85 0 Sandstone " 73 0 121 0 !tludstone, portions sandy 23 0 194 0 Sandstone 76 6 217 0 Coal, splint .. 0 6 293 6 ~ludst<>ne 2 0 294 0 Coal, inlerior 0 6 296 0 Mudstone 17 6 296 6 ~ludstone and oandatone 21 0 314 0 Sandstone " 47 0 335 0 Sandstone, portions carbone.ceous 41 6 382 0 Coal, good 2 3 423 6 Mudstone 6 9 425 9 Coal 0 3 432 6 Mudstone 12 3 432 9

Total depth bored 445 0

Bote No. 191 (K). Yietoria Drill, No. l. •Foreman) J. Btew.

Position: On road, 22 ·86 chains south of south·eBst corner of allotment 29.

Surface level, 11)2 ·O feet. CommenC<ld, 26th May, 1911; completad, 1st

July, 1911.

Strt~.ta.. Tbi\lko .... Dtp\.n

"""""' Fl In. Ft. In

Surface e.and 2 0 0 0 Clay 9 6 2 0 Band 24 6 11 6 Clay 8 0 36 0 Sandstone 4 0 44 0 Mudstone, dark, bro!ren 30 0 48 0 S.ndatone 23 0 78 0 Mudstone 26 6 101 0 Sandstone 3 6 127 6 Mudstone 3 6 131 0 Sandstone 27 9 134 6 Mudstone 14 9 162 3 Sandstone 48 3 177 0 Mudstone 86 9 225 3 SM1dstono 26 0 312 0 Mudstone 8 0 338 0 Slaty mudstonc .. .. }

33 0 346 0 Shale .. .. .. Sandstone, with powdery kaolin

. TotAl depth bored 379' 0

15.~4. )l

Bote No. 192.

Y ictoria Drill, N a. 5. Foreman, J. L. Smith. Position: On road, 5 ·35 chains aouth·wost of west

corner of allotment 22A. Surface level, 10 •5 foot.

Commenood, 22nd May, 1911; oompleted, 13th June, 1911.

Thiell.n*. Def't.ll. llO<>< •tn:lck. IAnL r In. " "" n

I 8 114 10 -106

..1 0 6 130 6 -120 Coal 2 4 422 0 -414 ..

) 0 4 431 8 -421 2 6 438 3 --430

{ 0 3 442 0 -4J2

!l .. n.'J. .,.,.,.._ -""'""' ~·l . ... .... '

Soil Bnd cl•y 21 0 0 0 Sandstone 10 0 21 0 Shale, carbonae€"ous 1 0 31 I)

Sandstone 31 0 32 0 Mudstone 7 0 63 0 Sandstone 39 0 70 0 Mudstone 5 10 109 0 Coal 1 8 114 10 ~fudstone 14 0 116 6 Coal, splint 0 6 130 6 )!udstone, sandy 48 0 131 0 Sandstone 243 0 179 0 Goal 2 4 422 0 Mudatone 7 4 424 4 Coal 0 4 431 8 Mudstone 6 3 432 0 Coal 2 6 438 3 ~[udstone 1 3 440 9 Coal 0 3 442 0 Mudstone 18 9 442 3

Total depth bored 461 0

Bore No. 193 (K).

Victoria Drill, Na. 2. Foreman, B. Sheehan. Position: On road 16 •08 chains aouth of north.weet

corner of allotment 38. Surface level, 96 •6 feet.

Commenced, 29th ll[ay, 1911 ; completed, 7th July 1911.

'l'b.icAm~J.- "-Pth .. ,,. 1truck. LevoL ... Jo. ... '•· Ft.

I 0 6 42 0 +54 1 0 46 0 +50

Cool i 0 6 54 1 +42 ·; I) 4 85 0 +11

\ 0 :l 214 9-114

!ltn.~ .....,.,_ "-""' ........ ...... ""' Surface ooil of ""nd 3 0 0 0

Sand and c!s y 3 0 3 0 Clay .. 1 0 6 0 Sand, drift .. 12 0 7 0 Sandstone 23 0 19 0 Coal, inferior 0 6 42 0 Mudstone, oarbonaceoua 3 6 42 6 Cool, inferior l 0 46 0 Mudatone ' 0 47 0 Cool, inferior 0 6 54 0 S.ndstone, mudstone hands 30 6 54 6 Coal 0 4 85 0 1tludstone, carbonaceoue and

sandy 24 8 85 4

171\

BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

....... Sandstone Mudstone, carbonaoeous Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Ooal, inferior Mudstone, sandy Sandstone .. Mudstone Sandstone, hard bande Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone, l!&ndv Sandstone .. • Mudstone, sandy Sandstone Mudstone

Total depth bor<ld

'rblekne.B •

Ft.Jo. 29 0

I 0 20 0 14 0 32 0 8 9 0 3

12 0 5 0

16 0 35 0 57 0 4 0

30 0 2 0

12 0 3 0

50 0

D~th atrud;. Ft. ln,

110 0 139 0 140 0 160 0 174 0 206 0 214 9 215 0 227 0 232 0 248 0 283 0 340 0 344 0 374 0 376 0 388 0 391 0

441 0

&rre No. 194. Victoria Drill, No. R. Foreman, J. Clifford.

Position: 19·77 chains at 295° from west corner of a.llotment 22&.

Surface level, 10 feet (approx.) Commenced, 14th June, 1911 ; completed, 25th July

1911.

CMI

Surface soil ..

'!'hlekntu,

n. la. 1 0 1 3 0 9 1 0 2 0

Uepth !"!cor Jttudt, ~vel. n. Iu, n.

127 0 -117 161 0 -JM 180 0 -170 246 3 -236 579 3 -,571

Thlcktiliil..

l't.ln.

2 0

Depth struck. Ft.. In,

0 0 Sand aud clay containing Recent

marine shells Mudstone Sandstone ~fudstone, sandy Coal, inferior }fudstone, aandy Sandstone .. Mudstone Coal. inferior Mudstone Ooal1 inferior Mudstoue Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Ooal, good Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone, mndstone bands Mudstone Sandstone, broken to 567 feet .. Mudstone Oval, good .. Mudstone Shale, carhonaceons Mudstone

Total depth bored

62 0 31 0 12 0 20 0

1 0 17 0 11 0 5 0 1 3

17 9 0 9

21 3 25 6 14 6 4 3 1 0

57 6 124 3

11 0 M 0 38 0 43 9 1 6 2 0

13 3 0 6

25 0

2 0 64 0 95 0

107 0 127 0 128 0 145 0 156 0 161 0 162 3 180 0 180 9 202 0 227 6 242 0 246 3 247 3 304 9 429 0 440 0 496 0 534 0 577 9 579 3 581 3 594 6 595 0

620 0

B(Jf'o No. 195 (K).

Calyx lffill, No. 3. For.....,., J. H. Field8. Position : 1 •98 chains north along fenc.e from bort>

No. 74, then 10•60chains at280°.

Surfsee level, 143 ·8 feet.

Commenced, 21st June, 1911 ; completed, 11th July, 19ll.

Ooal .. { Surface 110il and elav •. Sandstone . . · Shale, black coaly Mudstone, sandy Sandstone .• M.udatone, sandy Ss.ndstone, conglomer~tt"­Mudstone Coal, inferior Shale, black Mudstone Cool, inferior Mudstone Coal, good .. Mudstone Coal, good .. Mndstone, sandy

Total depth bored

Thlei:n••· n. m.

0 4 0 4 3 4 0 7

Depth Floor ttruek. LeveL n. In.- n. 219 6 -76 234 6 -91 239 6 --99 256 3 -113

Thi'lkO(' •.

i't. In.

Depth .tm~i.. ft. ll.l.

8 0 44 7 0 5

108 0 6 0

18 0 30 6 4 0 0 4 3 0

11 8 0 4 4 8 3 4

13 5 0 7

26 2

0 0 8 0

52 7 53 0

161 0 167 0 185 0 215 6 219 6 219 10 222 10 234 6 234 10 239 6 242 10 256 3 256 10

283 0

Bore No. 196.

Victoria Drill, No. 5. F<>reman, J. L. Smith. Position : On road at south corner of allotment 21/J..

Surface level, 9 •4 feet.

Commenced, 16th June, 1911; completed, 8th July, 1911.

r Coal .. i.

Surface 110il and cl a v .. Sand drift · Clay, blue Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Coal, splint Mndstone Coal Mudstone Coal Mudstone Sandstone Shale, sandy Sandstone .. ]dudstone, carbonaceous Mndstone

Thick M!#\.. n. ln.

D0}'tl1 F:oor i!H"HPk. Level.

Ft. ln. F'l. 0 3 1 3 1 0 I 2 0 3 2 8 1 0

237 9--228 2·l0 9~233 246 7--238 366 3--357 375 3-366 384 0-377 387 6--379

h In.

10 0 3 0

18 0 32 0

171 0 3 9 0 3 2 9 l 3 4 7 l 0

34 5 54 0 3 0

17 6 2 0 7 If

.., ....... u

"'""" Fl. In.

0 0 10 0 13 0 31 0 63 0

234 0 237 9 238 0 240 9 242 0 246 7 247 7 2B2 0 336 0 339 0 356 6 358 6

BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

Codl Mur!stone GOI.Il Mndatone . . . . Cool, first foot inferior Mur!stone Goal, inferior Mur!stone Shale, carbonacoous Mur!stone Sanr!stone

'l'ilickneiS,

:i:'l. lu.

1 2 710 0 3 8 6 2 8 0 10 I 0 6 0 I G 6 0

13 0

Dupth \lt.r;t<;k. F~. lu.

3G6 3 367 5 376 3 375 6 384 () 3G6 R 387 6 388 6 394 6 396 0 402 0

Total deplh bored -~

Bore No. 197.

415 0

Vii'lmia Drill, No. I. FrJremato, J. Brew. Position; 24 ·50 chains at 88c from Bore No. 180.

Surface level, ll3 ·3 feet. Commenced, lOth July, 1911 ; completed, ~nd

October, 1911.

Coal

Surface sand Clay Sandstone Mudstone

.. {

Coal, chips only obtained :'\Iudstone Godl Tlfudstone Sandetone Mndetone, sandv Sa11dstone · Cool, ehipo only obtained Sandetone, broken Mudstono, broken Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone

Total depth bored

Th!oll::nhl.

ft. In.

0 4 0 3 010

Depth fttruek. n. ru.

l'loor Lel't'l.

Fl.

50 0 68 0

335 2 'I'bicku{)!iffl,

Fe. I~

6 0 9 0

24 0 11 () 0 4

17 8 0 3

44 3 109 0

4 0 9 8 010

26 6 1 6

54 0 23 0

176 0 32 0 14 6 11 6 36 0 34 6 65 6

+63 +46

-223 Dt>pth vtru· k. H. liL

0 0 6 0

15 0 39 0 50 0 !iO 4 68 0 68 3

112 6 2~1 6 225 6 300 2 3~6 0 362 0 370 6 424 0 ·147 0 623 0 6511 0 669 6 681 0 717 0 751 6

817 0

BM• No. 198.

Victoria Drill, No. 5. Foreman, J. L, Smith. Position: On road, 1~·24 chains south-westerly from

south corner of allotment 21A. Surface level, 38·2 feet.

CollU!leneed, 12th Jnly, 1911 ; completed, 31st Jnly, 1911.

Goal

1154.

r

--~ l

,._ n. tn. I 0 2 6 2 7 1 10 1 0

Depth l'1ovr struck. Lt•<ol.

Fi. In. Ft. 13 10 +43

287 9-252 413 10 ·-378 435 0 ----399 440 0 -lf)3

~

....... Thiokt~HL De.pth

"'"'""' Soil and clay

... Io. ....... 5 0 0 0

Sandstone 810 0 0 Goal, soft 1 0 13 10 Mudatone 45 2 14 IO Sandstone 227 9 60 0 Coal 2 6 287 9 Mudstone 4 9 290 3 Sandstone 0 0 295 0 Shale, sandy 12 0 300 0 Sandstone 3 0 312 0 Shale, sandy 6 0 315 0 Sandet.,ne 92 10 321 0 Coal, inferior 2 7 413 10 Mudstone 6 1 416 5 MudstonP. earbona.ceons 010 422 6 .Mudstorw 11 8 423 4 Goal 110 435 0 :Mt:dstone '" ,) ~ 436 10 Goal 1 0 440 0 Mudstorre 1 0 441 0

T ot<>l depth bored 442 0

Br>re No. 199 (K) •

Calyx Drill, No. 3><. Foreman, J. H. Fiilds. Position: 10·39 chains at 283' from rme !\To. 105.

Surface level, 1·!:5 9 5 ieet. Commenced, 18th July, 1911; completed, 27th

July, 1911. Thickn~~. Depth n~,

lliruck. n. lu. Ft.

Level. In. Pt.

Goal 2 7 140 4 +2 Stnt:r.. Tl:kknf~s. J)ept~

.Ft. l.tJ. Ptrnyl~:

Surlace soil and clay .. 6 6 0 0 Sandstone . . . . 1~ 6 6 6 Mudutone, s-~ndy 7 0 26 0 Sandstor>e 25 0 ~3 0 Mudstono, sandy 5 0 58 0 S&!ltlstone 6·1 0 63 0 ~Iudstono, sandy 5 0 127 0 Sandstone 7 0 132 0 Mudstor>e 1 4 139 0 Coal 2 9 140 4 Mudetone, faulted at 153 feet .. 24 11 a a 1 Mudstone, sandy 26 2 168 0

Total depth bored 19·1 2

Bote No. 200 (K).

Victoria Drill, Na. 2. FMemoo, B. Sheelwm. Position: 7'73 chains, at 200° from bore No. 78.

Sur!aoo level, !60•3 feet. Commenced, 24th July, 1911 ; oompleted, 21st

August, 1911. 1h1Gkneu. Dl'ptb Fklct

8ttu<:""k. Lev"l. .... JtL. >t. ln. 'Ft,

Ooal 1 2 427 6 ~-268

St.rata. 'IhicJ..!:C,;.~. lJcrth ~tnwk.

n. In. Ft. In.

Sand 7 0 0 0 Clay, sandy .. .. 5 0 7 ()

Sandstone, decomposed et 0 12 0 Sandstontl 55 0 16 0 Shale, sandy :; 0 71 !)

Mud•tone, sandy 6 0 76 0 Sandstone 17 0 82 0

·---------

180

BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

Bt·rat:~. 'fi:L:kl.'-'~li. l"•~vtr. S'!lll'!... ... In. Ft, In.

Shale, sandy 1 0 99 0 Sandstone. 180 0 lOO 0 Mudstone, sandy 69 0 280 0 Sandstone .. 1:1 0 349 0 Mudstonc, sandy 9 0 362 0 Sandstone, faulted at J24 feet .. 56 6 371 8 Coal, infm·ior 1 2 427 6 "llndstone, &l.ndyr faulted M 430

fl\et 33 ~ !28 8 Sa.nflstoue 1 6 462 0 Shale, sandy 0 6 ,!63 6 Sa.udstoue 30 0 464 0 MudstonJ•, fault(~d 9 0 !94 0

Total dept-lL bornl 503 0

Bore No, :!01 (K),

Calyx DriU, No. 3. l'oreman, J. 11. F;.'elds.

I>osition: J2"42 chains at 298° front boro No. 199. Surface level, 147·2 feet.

Comuwnecd, lst August, 1911 ; compleh~ct, 7th August, l9U.

'thickneNl. Depth noor st:ruek. Lnel.

lt. In. F~ In. • Ft. 0 I 14 6 +133

Coal 0 2 56 6 +91 2 7 175 9 --31

Str:.la.. T!ih·kn~,~. itq<th l<tru,,;,,

l•'L b. l''t. lu.

Surface soil and clay .. 8 6 0 0 Sandstone 6 0 8 6 Coal, inferio t' () l H 6 Sandstone 20 5 14 7 .MudsOOne, sandy 3 0 35 0 Sandstone 15 0 :;s 0 MudstoM 3 6 53 0 Cool, inferior 0 2 56 6 Mudstone 4 4 56 8 SaudstOJlE', carbouacc!lUS ]()6 0 61 0 M:udstonc I 6 167 0 Shale 1 black, earl:)l.Hta.t::cous 1 6 168 6 Muds"knt•~ 5 9 170 (I

Coal, good .. 2 7 175 ~

Mudstmlt\ saudy 12 ll 178 .j,

Shale, black) eatbonaceous l 4 191 0 Mu..lstone 10 8 192 4

Total depth bored 203 i)

Bore No. 20.2.

Victoria Drill, No. 8. Foreman, J. Clifford. l'osition: 6·5 chains at 211° from No. 10 shaft.

Surfaf'c lPvd, 65•+ feet. fommow:ed, lst Angust, 1911 ; completed, 8th

August, l9ll.

Coal

Surfare sail Olav Mudstmte SandstoJ:c and mudstonc Sandstone-Sandstor:{'·, mudstmw !ayrrs

'I'h:dm•~~'•

.f"t. lll,

5 6

lkpth ""'" 11trm•:t. Le•el. ... lo, n. 232 0-172

'Ihit•ttnt~!. l!t-<.rh ~\f\K'k,

n. In, , .. ln.

2 0 0 0 13 (l 2 0 17 0 15 0 13 0 32 0 38 0 45 0 14 6 83 0

l!lh:·ua. ThkknO»s. f;;>plt·. I'IHJJck •

FL In. l"t, In.

Mudstone 39 6 97 6 Sandstone 29 0 l:l7 0 Mudstone, saJtdy 9 0 166 (I

Sandstone 21 0 175 ()

iliudstone, sandy 12 0 196 0 Sandstone, good roof 24 0 208 0 Coal, good .. 5 6 232 0 Mudst<>nc 9 6 237 6

Total depth bored 24.7 0

Bore No. 203.

Vicwria .IHill, No. 5. FMe:man, J. L. Smith.

1'osition : On road, 15 •92 ehains north-easterly from south corner of allotment 21.

Surface leveluot obtained.

Commenced, 7th August, 19ll ; completed, 19th August, 191l.

Tl:iklt!t•"'<~, lk•,r.h -tnid.,

~ "'· Ft. In.

.. J

0 6 20 6 1 10 371 4

Coal l 0 374 8

l I 0 385 9 010 387 0 0 9 392 6

Strt.\il.. TJ;Icimt'Stl. nepth l!ltluck.

Ft. In. F~. In.

Surface soil 10 0 0 0 Mudstonc 10 0 10 0 Coal, soft 0 6 20 0 :Mudstone, sa.ndy 22 6 20 6 Sandstone 313 0 43 0 Mudstone, sandy 6 0 356 0 Shale, sandy 5 0 362 0 .r.Iudstone, sandy 4 4 367 0 Coal 1 10 371 4 Mudstone 1 6 373 2 Coal, inferior 1 0 374 8 Mudstoue 10 I 375 8 Cool, splint .. I 0 385 9 Mudstone, ea.rbonacoous 0 3 386 9 Coal 010 387 0 Mudstonc 4 8 387 !O Coal 0 9 392 6 Mudstone 8 9 393 3

Total depth bored 402 0

NOTB.-'rhis bore was abandoned; tubes left in so tlllit hole could he re-entered at a later d•te.

Bote No. 204.

Calyx Drill, No. 3M. Forem®, J. H. Fields •

Position ; 7 chains eaat from west corner Re.serve, Section 88, Town of Wontllliggi.

Su:r!ace level, 145 •3 feet.

Commenced, 11th August, 1911 ; completed, 19th August, 1911,

Coal

'!'bleknen. :n. In. 3 G

Depth ttrnelt.

Ft. In. 176 0

181

BORING AT WONTIIA.GGI.

Thlukll€>4. ~p!l! Str..a. ~trudr. .... In. l<'L In

Surface soil and clay .. 4 0 0 0 Sandstone 73 0 4 0 Mudatone, faulted 29 0 77 0 Sandstone 68 0 106 0 Mudstone 2 0 174 0 Goal 3 6 176 0 Mudstone 14 0 179 6

Total depth bored 193 6

Bore No. 205.

VidMia Drill, No. 8. FMM»afl, J. Glif}Md.

Position: 11•84 chains at 269" from bore Xo. 212. Surface level, 49·0 feet.

Com.meneed, 14th August, 1911 ; completed, 4th September, 1911.

Tltickness. l!<epth ,Floor ..rr:J<~k. f.e,:t-1

Ft. In.. ,, lll. " 0 6 132 0 ~3 1 9 184 9 ~137

Oaal ' 3 9 353 0 ~308

i 6 9* 368 0 ~27

l 1 0 379 0 ---331 Tbickn•-•"-. ''·' ;, ........ -'1''

"' '" I' ,.,

Surface aoil .. 1 0 0 u Clay 12 0 1 0 Mudstone 59 0 13 0 Sandstone 54 0 72 0 Mudstone 6 0 126 0 Coal, inferior 0 6 132 0 Mudstone 52 3 132 6 Ooal, lair 1 9 184 9 Mudstone 0 8 186 6 Ooal 0 3 187 2 Mudstone 28 1 187 5 Sandstone 13 6 215 6 Mudstone 9 6 229 0 Sandstone 43 6 238 6 Mudstone 5 3 282 0 Sandstone 65 9 287 3 Ooal1 inferior 3 9 353 0 Mudstone 11 3 356 9 Ooal, fair 3 0 368 0 Mudstone 0 5 371 0 Ooal, good 2 7 371 5 Mudstone 0 7 374 0 Coal, fair, hard 1 2 374 7 Mudstone 0 9 375 ~ Coal, inferior 0 3 376 6 Mudstone 2 3 376 ,, Goal, fair 1 0 379 u Mudstonc 17 0 380 0

'l'otal depth bored :397 0

• (J(lnt4tns thin bMI.ib of mtli.iaione.

B<>re No. 206. Victoria Drill, No. 5. F~>re>nan, J. L. Smi<!t.

Position:· 2•96 chains at 357° from bore :To. :!02, Surlace level, 66·4 feet.

Commenced, 22nd August, 1911 ; completed, 29th August, 1911.

Tb:ckness, j ' ·~ ,, ,, F'- In. H )·,.

c"'" J " ± l!lM 0 -/(1:! "l 4 " 10~

., :!4{! " ,,

N

Str~

Soil and l:ltmd Clay) sru1dy tmd wbite Sandstone Mudstone Shale, sand,. Sandstone • Mudstone a oal, sp \in t Mudstoue Sandstone :M:udstonc, sand v Sandstone · Mudstone Sandstone Ooal, goad Mudstone

Total depth bored

Bvre No. 207 (K).

Tllickn('~';,

F:. In.

3 0 11 () 9 ()

20 0 15 0 99 0 11 0 0 4 5 8 7 0

21 0 60 0 9 6

30 9 4 3

14 6

D<:vlh !>ltiWk, n, ln.

0 0 :1 0

J.j, 0 23 0 43 0 58 0

157 0 168 0 168 4 174 0 181 () ~02 0 262 (I

271 6 302 a 306 H

321 ()

Oalyx Drill, No. 3. Jloremon, J. H. Jlie!ds.

2

Position: 11 •26 chains at lO::o from bt.m~ No. 201. Surface l(wel) 155·-t feet.

Comrn<•nced, 24th August, 1911 ; eomplelr>d, 4th September, 1911 .

Tim:knu• Hcpth !';cor '{lrud." Lt-wl.

:n. ln. !•'t. In. n. ( 0 2 148 0 +"i

Goal J il 8 :!96 V --141 .. l 2 n 298 8 ~146

......... 'l'bickne-. ""''" nruclt. .... In,, 11>. In. Suxfo.ce soii 4 0 0 0 Stmdstonr 109 6 4 0 Mudstonc ~6 6 113 G Sandst;Qne 7 6 140 0 Mudstone (I ;; 147 6 Ooal 0 l 148 ()

:MHdston(: ~0 lU 148 ., s:~udstour :n 0 16\l 0 Mudstone I 0 :!06 il

Stmdstont> ~.t 0 207 11

~Iudstone, fuulted at 238 ket .. 8 6 231 0 Sandstone 5o 6 239 li Mudstone 6 0 29U (l

Coal I) 8 2n6 ()

)Iudstone ., 0 296 8 Coal, inferior 2 !l 29R 8 ~fudstonc :.!3 u 301 i>

Tot<1l depth bored 324 5

Bore No. 208.

Diamond Drill, 8L. Forenum, J. Delah.enty. Position : On road 6 chains northward frG m

Bore No. liJ. Surface ltYYel, 26 ·5 fE'et.

C~rumenced, 29c,h August, 1911; compkh'<L ::!t:d April, 1912.

'l'hicll:ne>~. n.,pth l·lN;r ,f,n;d(. l,t"\t:.

Ft. In, !'t In. f"~-

1 3 63 i) -· 3R 3 l 313 ?, -290 1 9 321 0 ~296

Goal 2 3 37:) 3 -35:J j ·I 17~~ :l -·Ui I " -179 2 -451 0 lcl -lit! 8 -157

-Surface soil •• Clay Sandstone ~ •. ~~ Ooa! , .• Mudst<>ne • . ·, Sandstone, soft · Mudstone, portion sandy Shale, sandy .. Sandstone Mudstone, sandy Shale, sandy Sandstone Shale, sandy &nd..l)tonc Fault channel Sandstone, broken ~ludstone Sandstone Mudstone Ooal Mudstone Ooal Mudstone Shale, C.arbonaoeous Sandstone •• Coal, htf..;rior Mudstone Sandstone Mudstone Oval Muds\Qne Ooa! Mudst<>ne. Ooa! Mudstone Sandatone Mudstone, sandy .• Sandstone, with hard bands Mudstone Sandstone .• Muclstonc Sandatonc, with hard bands Mudstone Sandstone, hard, calca.reoua in

places Mudstone Fault breooia Sandstone Mudstone, sandy Shale, carbonaceous Mudstone, lower portion sandy Sandstone }!udstone Sa,~dstune Mudstone 1 sandy Sandstone, with hard bands Mudstone, eandy Sandstone, with hard bands Mudst.one Sandstone, hard, calcareous Mudstoue Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone 11udstone Sandst.one, with hard calcareous

bands Mudstone Sandstone, with conglomerate

ba.Jlds

1St

BORING AT!WONTHAGGI.

1 3 7 9

5! 0 I 3 2 0 2 9

55 0 6 6

40 3 I7 3 ll 3 69 0 2 6 5 8 0 ()

ll 9 4 6

11 3 9 0 3 I 4 8 I 9

47 6 I 3 • 3 9 2 3

ll 6 79 6 3 9 I 4 5 7 I Q 2 6 () IO

2I 9 30 3 20 9 l7 6 36 0 3 9

30 0 36 6 29 6

44 0 46 6 9 0

I6 6 6 0 0 6

33 3 3 9

26 0 I6 9 55 0 I4 6 28 3 30 9 24 3 16 0 2 0 9 0 4 9

12 6 75 6

D<.:pth litrti.Ok.. .... In.

0 0 I 3 9 0

63 () 64 3 66 3 69 0

I24 0 I30 6 170 9 I88 0 I99 3 268 3 270 9 216 3 27fi 9 288 6 203 0 30± 3 3!3 3 3!0 4 32I 0 322 9 370 3 371 6 375 3 :J77 6 389 0 468 6 472 s 473 7 479 2 480 2 482 8 483 6 005 3 536 6 51!6 3 573 9 609 9 613 6 643 6 680 0

709 6 753 6 8000 809 0 825 6 831 6 832 0 86:i 3 869 () 895 0 911 9 966 9 98I 3

I,OOO 6 I,040 3 I,064 ·6 1,080 6 1,082 6 1,09! 6 1,096 3 1,108 9

106 9 '1,184 3 35 0 1,291 0

132 0 I,326 0

-Mudstone, sandy 81>ndstone Mudstono, oonglomemte Sand•tone, with hard bands

Total depth bored

.......... = :1'1. tn. ft. Io.

9 3 1,458 0 4 6 1,467 3 i 3 1,411 0

34 6 !,434 9

I,5I8 6

Non.-ThiB bore was eomplctod tmrly in 1912, but the eomplnit:! record is published hetewit14

Bott No. 209 (1t).

V ict<wia Drill, No. 2. Forem<£n, B. SM.ehan. Position : 5 chains at 239° from bore No. 204,

then 12 •85 chaina at 285°.

Surface level, 142·8 feet.

Oommenced, 24th August, I911; completed, 18th September, I911.

""­... "'-

Deylh ,.,.., «true\, IAffd. :h. ID. J'i.

Oval ••

Surface soil, da.rk Clay, dark .. Clay, oandy .. Sandstone, decomPQsed Sandstone Ooal, fair Mudatone, !lll.udy

··l

Ooal, good .. Mudsi;(.)ne, carbonaceous Mudstone, sandy Sendstone Mudstone, sandy Ooa!, SJllint .. Mudstone, sandy Sandatone Mudstonc, sandy Coal, inferior

0 8 I 0 0 2 1 0 0 l 0 I

Mudstone, cn.rbonaccous7 bla.ck 11udstonc, sandy Mndstonc, carbonaceous, black;

with thin la yera of coal Mndstone, sandy Sandstone Mudstone, sandy, fu.11lted Ooo!, splint .. Mudstonc, sM1dy . . . . Mudstone, carbonaceous, black Mudstono, sandy Saudstonc, broken Mudstone, sandy, broke!! to 418

feet Ooal, •plint .. Mudstono, sandy San<lstone Mudstone, sa.udy

Total depth bored

liS 0 +26 I86 0 --44 230 0 -f'.8 249 0 -1(!/ 364 0 -222 446 0 -804

rhicll::n~o~.

.... '"' 1 0 5 0 4 0 4 0

I04 0 0 8

67 4 I 0 l 0 8 0

25 0 9 0 0 2

11 10 4 0 3 0 I 0 2 0 i 0

1 0 48 0 13 0 46 0 0 l 711 2 0

12 0 7 0

53 0 0 1

37 11 26 0 8 0

r~th et;ru;;\;, n. In •

0 0 I 0 6 0

10 0 I4 0

118 I) 118 I! 186 0 I81 0 188 0 I\16 0 22I 0 230 0 230 0 242 2 246 0 249 0 250 0 252 0

256 0 257 0 305 0 318 0 36! 0 364 1 372 0 374 0 386 0

393 0 446 0 446 1 464 0 510 0

518 0

183

BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

BMe No. 210.

Vicloria Dn1!, No. 5. Farem4n, J. L. Smith.

Position: 2 ·43 chains ae 53° from bore No. 202.

Surface level, 79 •7 foot.

Commenced, lst September, 19ll ; completed, 8th September, 19ll.

Coal .• .. { .......

Sand Clay, sandy .. Sandstone Shale, carbona.ceous Mudstone, sandy Sandstone Mudstone, sandy Coal, splint .. MudsOOno, caibona.ceou8 Mudstone Sandstone Coal, soft, friable Mudstone, carbonac.eous Coal, friable Mudstone, faulted*

Total depth bored

'fble'htut. 11'1;. Iu.

0 6 4 2 0 11

Dtop~h J'loor ~truck. l~wt!l.

Ft.. In. Ft.

169 6 -90 260 10 -185 266 3 -187

f'blokD,., n.,th nrueiL ... ln. J'i. ln,

15 0 0 0 13 0 15 0 42 0 28 0 0 3 70 0

29 9 70 3 59 0 lOO 0 lO 6 !59 0 0 6 169 6 l 0 170 0

32 0 171 0 57 lO 203 0 4 2 260 10 I 3 265 0 0 9 266 3 7 0 267 0

274 0

Bore No. 211 (K).

Calyx Drill, No. 3. FMeman, J. H. Fields. Sur/ace to 350 /rxt.

Victoria Drill, No. 2. Foreman, B. Shrxhan. 350 feet to 476 feel.

Position: 12·11 chains at 314° from Bore No. 207. Snrface level, 162 ·3 feet.

• Comme:aced, 8th September, 1911 ; opcratiOI~S dis­continued between 21.0,11 a.nd 19.Ll21 also between 22.1.12 and 29.2.12; completed, 3rd ~larch, IUI2.

Coal .. { .........

Surface BOil •• Sandstone :Mudstone Coal, inferior Mudstone Sandstone Mndstone Coal Mudstone, sandy Sandst-one Mudstone Coal Mlld5t()ne, sandy Sandstone

Total depth bored

'lh!e\:uu.. Dt'p~h 1''1ov.r ~tru<ek. tf>vel,

:n. In. I 10 0 9 0 3

f't. Il:l. }'t.

307 0 -147 356 0 -194 430 0 -268

'l'hieknif:H. i'"'Nll druck:.

n In. :n. Ir..,

3 6 0 0 254 6 3 6

49 0 258 0 110 307 0

19 2 308 10 6 0 328 0

22 0 334 0 0 9 356 0

13 3 356 9 58 0 370 0

2 9 438 0 0 3 430 9

33 0 431 0 11 3 461 0

475 3

• Bore pll.l:!sed tllrnugh fa.alt huving 1m G3tirual\ld displacc.ucnt c>f 40 ieet

Bor• Ne. 212. Victoria Drm, No. 8. Forem..,., J. Clit/,ml.

Position: 19·25 chains at 8° from bore No. 115.

Surface le>'el, 54·3 feet.

Commenced, 6th September, 1911 ; completed, 18th September, 19ll.

Coal .• .. { .......

Sand and clay Mudstone Sandstone :Mndstonc Sandstone Mudstone Coal Mndstone Coal, inferior ~Inwtono 8andston.e Mudstono Sn.ndstonc Gorel1 infe-rior Mudstoue Coal, lair llbdstone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone MudaOOne

'fotal depth bo:red

'th~t'knetH.

n. In.

l'ert:l r:Mr l'<lrm:k. l,tveL

Ft. Ju. trt.

I 0 0 9 3 3

176 0 -123 270 3 -217 277 0 -226

Thiei:c~M.. ntr·~b. rlr·'"'~ll. .... Iu . f't. In.

16 0 0 0 45 0 16 0 31 6 61 0 2 6 92 6

22 9 95 0 3 6 ll7 9 0 3 121 3

54 6 121 6 1 0 176 0

26 0 177 0 5 6 203 0

19 6 208 6 42 3 228 0

0 9 270 3 6 0 271 0 3 3 277 0 7 3 280 3

16 6 287 6 6 0 304 0 7 0 310 0

27 0 317 0

344 0

BO<e No. 213.

'P"ictoria Drill, No. 5. Foreman, J. L. Sm,:th. Position: 5•73 chains at 192" from bo:ro No. 104.

Stubee level, 65·8 feet . Corumoneed, 12th September, 19Il ; completed, 19th

September, 1911. Tbicknt•. Depth F1oor

l!LrW'it. ~v~l. ... In. F~ Iu . ... .. { I 0 90 9 -25

Cool .. 2 ! 215 6 -152 010 255 w· -191 - Thlckn~n. Depth

&true\:, Ft. la. n. Ia.

Sand 7 0 0 0 Clay, black .. 3 0 7 0 Clay, white, sandy .. 15 0 10 0 Shale, sandy 10 0 25 0 Sandstone 46 0 35 0 Mlldstone 9 9 81 0 Coal, fair l 1 90 9 Mndstone, sandy 26 2 91 10 Sandstone 41 0 ll8 0 J;Iudstono, sandy 9 0 159 0 Sandstone 47 6 16R 0 Coal, good .• 2 4 215 6 Mud.stor .. e1 carbonaneous l 2 217 10 Mudstone 6 10 219 0 Coal, splint .. 0 10 22-5 10 Mudstone, sandy 16 4 226 8

'l'otal dopth bored 2i3 0

184

BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

Bore No. 214.

"Victoria Drill, No. 8. FMeman, J. Glifford.

Position: 1~ •72 chains at 89° from bore No. 212.

Surface level, 61 ·2 feet.

l'ommenret!, ~Oth September, 1911 ; complet,d, 6th October, 1911.

'X'bielmesa. fi~~~~ ;:,.~::.'t Jl't. In. Ft In. .,

0 6 109 9 09 3399 1 9 353 0

Coal .. ·{ -49

-279 -293

SI,..._ 'l'hkknest. h.:plh <;t ~-;I 'l.

Ft. ln. lu.

Clay 8 0 0 0 l\Ict!stone, sandy 55 0 8 0 Sandstone 36 6 63 0 Mudstone, sandv 6 6 99 6 SandRtone 3 9 106 0 Goal, sdt 0 6 109 9 Mudstone 26 9 110 3 Sandstone 11 0 137 0 Mudstone and bands of sand·

stone 2~ iJ 148 0 Sandstone 11 0 170 0 Sandsb:me~ carbonaceous 12 0 181 0 Sandstone 33 0 W3 0 Mndstone and bonds oJ sand·

srone 32 0 226 0 Sandstone 69 0 258 0 Mudstonc 12 9 3:"n 0 Coal 0 9 339 9 Mudstone 12 6 MO 6 Coal I 9 353 0 Mudstone 42 3 354 9

Total depth bored 397 0

BOl'e No. 315 (K).

ViclMi-a Dtill, No. 2. Foreman, B. Slteeka,.. J>usition : 9 •OO chains at 264", then 5 •50 chains at

:n4:. from bore .Xo. 209.

Su.lface level. 136 ·I foot.

Comnwnced, 20th September, 1911 : f'ompleted, 7th Oetob<·r, 1\H I.

StrJ.wo" ,,.,, ... ,...,.1. ;;;.;:;·

'>lrlW~

n. In. FL LL

Surfart> soil .. 2 0 () 0 Sand 5 0 2 0 Clay, sandy .. 2 0 7 0 Mudstone) soft 7 0 9 0 SMdtstone, soft- ~ 0 16 0 Mu&t(me, soft 6 I) 18 0 Mudstone. Dcca:Sltm<~By snmly :::9 () ~4 0 Sandstone 19 0 53 0 Mudstrmt•, sandy 2 0 102 ()

Sandstone l8 0 10,[ H Sandstont', soft, with bands ,;(

shale 19 () 12j 0 Sandstone 1 0 14.1 n Mudstone :1 0 145 0 Sandstone 48 0 148 ()

Sandstone, earbonac,(JOUS l (I 196 ()

Sanlli;t<lne, faulted :29 0 197 0 liudstone, with hrmd* of sand~

stone 3 0 226 0 SandStone 91 0 229 0 Sar,dRtonf', earbomweou:-; ;) () 320 0

'Tblek.nelil. lleplll St:mta. et:ruek.

Fl. , .. ""' ... Sandstm:.e 2 0 325 0 Sandstone. carbona.rceous I 0 327 0 Sandstone 23 0 328 0 Srmdstonc1 earbonaer',)lls 2 0 351 0 Mudstone, faulted 12 0 353 0 ~iudstone, sandy 26 0 365 0 J:fudstone 1 carbonaooous 0 6 391 0 l\ludstone, sandy 12 6 391 6 Sandstone 42 0 4()4 0 l\Iudstone 7 0 446 0 Mudstone, carbonaceous 2 0 453 0 1\Iu&tone, sandy 11 0 455 0

Total depth bored 466 0

Bore No. 216 (K).

Calyx Drill, No. 3. Foreman, J. H. Fields.

Position: In Dirkson-a:treet, 15 •42 ehains, north· westerly from bore No. 211.

Surface level, 157 •I feet.

Commenced, 25th September, 1911 ; completed, 17th Octo her, 1911.

'l'hiekne:<3.. Th>pth Floor e:truek. 1-evd,

·~ In. '" In. Ft.

.. { 1 4 189 0 -83 Goal .. 2 9 413 0 -259

1 4 435 0 -279

""- 'I'hickn~&. f)q,tl, ~!rw<:.

Ft. In. Ft. lu.

Surface soil ar.d clay .. 6 0 0 0 Sandstone 134 6 6 0 Mudstone 48 6 140 6 Coal, inferior 1 4 189 0 }ludstone, 1ft. 6 in. carbonacemlR,

mudstone at :222 ft. 6 in. 57 2 190 4 Sandstone 39 6 247 6 ~[ud,tone 5 0 286 0 S11ndstone 21 0 291 0 1\:Iudstone 5 0 312 0 Sandstone i9 4 317 0 :AfudstOllf> 1 soft 16 8 :J96 4 Coal 2 9 ·il3 0 ~iudstone, soft in place< 19 9 415 9 Coal I 4 435 6 lludstone, faulted 8 3 436 10

Total depth'. bored 455 1

Bore No. 217.

Victoria Dr;:JI, No. 7. Forema,., P. McAlUster.

Position: J5~sd <'haius at 158° irom bore No. 20.

Surf a eo level. 49 ·5 feeL

Comnwm·cd, 4th October, 1911 ; compl•ted, lOth October, 1911.

Thlt·kneH. Depth ""'" .struck. Level. 1'1;, In. 'L In. ,.,

Coal I 0 3 61 0 -12 .. ~ 0 61 6 -14

St.r4t:.. 'l'hY~./1(·~~. l'r]'th J•'h.Wl;.

Fe Jn. l<'t, lo.

Surface soil I 0 (I 0 Clay 13 (l 1 0 8aridstone 47 ll 14 0

185

BORING AT WONTKAGGI.

Goal :lofudatone Goal Mudstone Sandstone

'fotal depth bot'<'.d

BOf'e No. 218.

TbWkneas. ... ln.

0 3 0 3 2 0

19 9 5 6

Depth stn:ck.

Ft. In

61 0 61 3 61 6 63 6 83 3

88 9

Victvria Drill, No. 5. FMeman, J. L. Smith.

Position: 9•50 chaiua at 269" from llore No. 30. Surface level, 87•0 feet.

Commenced, 30th September, 1911 ; completed, 6th October, 1911.

'l'hk:knei!S_ Depth "''" otruck. "'"'-"'· In. .... ln. ... I 1 6 34 :l +tiO

Goal I 0 !59 6 -72

"1 4 9 !59 6 ~71

2 3 165 6 -81

Slrat~t. T!Jkkne.~~ Dcpti"1 $trt1<'h.

Ft. In. Fe I~

Sand g 0 () 0 Clay, white 4 0 8 0 3-ludatonc, soft 22 3 12 0 Goal 1 6 34 3 :\iudatone, faulted :)3 3 35 9 Sandstone and fault brrr,ein 70 6 89 0 Goal, splint , . I 0 !59 !; Goal, friable 3 9 160 6 Mudstone, crnalwd 1 3 164 :l Goal, friable 2 3 165 6 ~fud.:,tone, crmdted ~ -~ 167 ll

Total depth bored 170 ()

Strata throughout. bore V(~ty nnf!hed and fault-ed,

Bore No. 219.

V·i~lon:a Drill, No. G. Foreman, J. L. Sm.1:th.

Po:::~ition: 10•:23 chains at 355° Irom Bore- :So. ~:.;:) S11rface level. 81•40 feet.

Commencoo, iltlt October, 1911; eomplet~<l, 16th October, 191 L

Thld;:rw•11, n"':>li* J':o., -.ln'<'h. ,.,.

rt. '"· "· !IJ I c

Goal r 4 0 111 0 --34 "I 1 0 ll8 Q --38

.li~tat:t .. Thid,"·~ Ltp~;.

l l"hl"k, l:"t. ltL n !.•.

Sand 15 0 0 ()

Olay, dark 5 0 15 0 Samlston•l ~6 () 20 0 Shale, sandy 6 0 56 0 Sandstone 49 () 62 0 Goal 4 0 111 0 Mudstone 3 0 115 0 Coa! J 0 118 0 Mudstone :l 0 119 0

1'otal depth bored 121 0

BrTfe No. 220.

Victmia Drill, No. 8. Foreman, Jas. Glif!Ma.

Position: 10•36 chains at 85' from llore No. 214. Surface level, 71 •8 feet..

CommPttccd, llth October, 1911; 0ompleted, 17th October, 1911.

'fhk•kiJ~:IS.

Ft, In.

Ik>pth ~tru('il:,

H. In.

!'loor L11Vfli. !'!.

Coal 3 9 71 6 --3

Sand and claY Sandstqnt: -Goal }'ludstone Sand11t.ono ..\ludstonc Sand~;tone, wltlt mudst.{)ne rn.uul."

Total depth bored

BMe No. 221 (K).

Thickm~~

;·c li1.

12 " 59 6 3 !J

4;l 9

" - (\

60 6 J ,, ·- 0

!hpf>\ Ntm•k.

FL l::,

0 0 12 0 il 6 75 3

118 0 120 6 181 0

Victvria Drill, No. 2. ForeJ!liW, B. 8heelu•n.

Position: 1·20 chains west, thou 65 liuksnorth flom sout1t end of bound<J.r'{ hetweeu allotment." 4 <tnd 5, S~ection 83, tmvn~hip of \Vontb:-~g.Ld.

Surbr-e k\·el, 147•{ feet.

C'ommenccd, 13th October, 1911; romplet<•d. llth November, 19\l.

Only two thin bandA of r:oal obtained.

S:1·l\f:~ Thl..\.JI('~~. 1'•!•1\) '·k,

:n. In. TiJ.

Surface sand 8 0 0 0 Sand, drift,· ! 0 B () Clay 4 () 12 0 Sandstont:, soft in placoo 142 0 16 0 )fndatone, dark, occasionally

sandy 46 0 158 0 SandsWnc, cnrbonaceous :! 0 204 0 }lltdstone., :;andy J2 0 206 0 Sandstone, carbonaceonli 8 0 218 0 Mud.~tone, sa.utl:~ !I 0 :.!~6 0 Sandston(' ('<mtaining nnHL'ltone

nodules orcasionall.v 5~ I) ~;~5 0 ~Indst,one 0 6 287 0 Ooal 0 :1 287 6 Mudstonc 2 :.! 287 9 MudJlt,Qnf', Nand.\· + 0 2!1() ()

&ndston,; 6 0 2!14 0 Mudstonel sandy J () 300 0 ~hrdatone. sandy, faulted 8 () ':105 0 .:\ludstone, earbmtaceous I 0 313 0 ~Iudstone 40 I) 314 0 Sa.ndstonr 29 0 3-14 (I

Mndstone1 ;;andY () 9 3~3 ()

Goal () n 3:!3 9 Yudstone, <:nrbonn.ct'fiU~ 0 6 38-1 2 ~iudatone, sandv 17 4 384 8 Saudst.ono 56 () 402 0 :M:ndstone, Bandy 20 0 458 0

Total depth b.md 478 0

186

BORING AT WON'l'HAGGI.

Bore No. 222. Victoria Drill, No. 1. FMem<m, P. j!,fcAUister.

Po,ition: ~·80 chebs at. 266° from Bore No. 38.

Surface level, 14 ·6 met.

Commenced, 14!,]1 October, 1911; completed, 18th October, 1911.

Tb1tli:tHII6 Dq:.>th no or ~uudL Ut.-~L

••• To. .. In. "· Coal .. l 3 9 60 3 +10

0 6 66 3 + 8 Th};;l,:rttSS.

DqJtL Streia. S\tuc\;.

F•. lo. Ft. ln.

Sand 15 0 0 0 Clay 2 0 !5 0 Sandstone 43 3 17 0 Coal Q 9 60 3 v

.Mudstone 2 3 64 0 Coal 0 6 66 3 .Mudstone 9 3 66 9

Total depth bornd 76 0

Bore No. 223. Vicwria. Drill, No. 5. Foreman, J. L. Smith.

Position: 40•00 chains south from Bore No. 27.

Surface level, 84·3 feet.

Commenced, 18th Oet.ober, 1911 ; completed, 26th Oet.ober, 1911.

Coal

S~r..u ..

Clay .Mudstono, sandy Shale, sandy .Mudatone, sandy Sandstone .Mudstone Sandstone lludst.one, upper portion

bonaceous •• Coal, •plint .. Mudstone

T<:>tal depth bored

Thlt'k:nll'• Ft. In. 0 8

car~

Depth Floor &truck. l.eYeL Ft.. In. Ft.

205 0 -121

Th'cktli!'IIA. n~rth ~r.rqc·k.

l<'t, Trl. .ft .. 1;1.

10 0 0 0 8 0 10 0

16 0 18 0 39 0 34 0 19 0 73 0 4 0 9!1 0

92 0 96 0

17 0 188 0 0 8 205 0

42 4 205 8

248 0

Bore No. 224. Victoria Drill, No. 8. Foreman, JIU!. Clifford.

Position: 2 ·6.3 chains at 93·"), then 7 ·22 chains at 84° from bore No. 20.

Surface level, 71 ·9 feet.

Commenced, 19th October, 1911; completed, 9th November, 19ll.

'ltdcbl.w. lh:]•! 1c ~r.tu. Ol. l '•

:rt. "'· " '" Coal f 0 3 359 9 -288

l 1 6 365 0 -294

S:ttata. Thiek:ue!!S. Depth. ~<;rur·k, .... Io . Ft. lD.

Clay 19 0 0 0 Mudatone 17 0 19 0 Sandstone 34 0 36 0 Shale, sandy 5 0 70 ()

Sa.ndstow~ 127 6 75 0 Mudstono 65 6 202 6

Blrat&,. Tbiek:M~. Dopth i!ltrtl(;k..

FC Io. Ft. In.

Snndatone, with mudstone bands 6 0 268 0 ~fuibtone 26 0 27-i 0 Sandatono 59 9 300 0 Coal 0 3 300 9 Mudstone 5 0 860 0 Coal 1 6 365 0 .Mudstone 75 6 366 6 Sandat<Jne 13 0 442 0 .Mudatone 31 0 455 0

Total depth bored 486 0

Bore No. 22a. Victoria Drill, No. 7. Foreman, P. McAlU..ter.

Position: 40 •11\ chains at 266" from Boro No. ~23.

Surface level, 72 •5 feet.

CQmmenced, 20th October, I9ll; completed, 26th October, 1911.

Coal

Sand Clay Sandstone .Mudatone Sandstone Mudstone, sa.ndy Sandstone Mudstone Coal Mudstone

Total depth bored

Bore No. 226.

·= Ft. In.

142 4

Ft, In.

20 0 2 0

47 0 0 9

26 3 11 6

35 0 5 10 3 6

18 2

-.. ........ "'· -73

n.,pth !itrud::. ]'t. tu.

0 0 20 0 22 0 69 0 6U ll ~6 0

101 $ 136 6 142 ' 146 10

164 0

Calyx Dri!l, No. 3. Foreman, J. H. FieW...

Position: At N .E. corner .Mat thews-street and Merrin Crescent,

Surface level, 152 ·3 feet.

Commenced, 24th October, 1911; abandoned Ist Nowmber, HHI.

Surface clay Sandstone .. .Mudstone, very faulted

Total depth bored

Bore No. 227.

'fhir'kn&$1,

FL In.

ll 0 7 0

59 0

D.,~,,h uloud:, FL 1tL

0 0 11 0 18 0

77 0

Victoria Drill, No. 5. Foreman, J. L. Smith.

Position: 9 ·93 chains at 179" from Bore No. 205. Surface level, 51 ·4 feet.

Commenced, 31st October, 1911 ; completed, 9th January, 1912.

'nliclrnea • D')>"' ..... . -.. We!. n. In. "'· 1n. Ft.

r 3 0 27 0 +21

Caal n 3 35 ·1 +16

l I 1 240 9 -190 I 3 380 4 -330

187

ftolUNG AT WO~TliAGGl.

81U'face soil and clay ~illdstono Sandstone Colll Mudstone Coal Mudstone &ndotone Mudstone, s&ndy Sandstone .. 1Iuoutone Mut:lfltone, carbon&eeous Mudatone Coal Mudatone Sandstone Mudstonc, c.arhonacoous in parts Coal .. .. .. Mudstone, carbonaceollil in parta Saudsto!le, hAtd , , . , Mudstone, puggy Sandstone, bard Mudstone Sandstone Mndstone &ndotona :biudstonc

Total doptl> ho red

Bore No. 228.

F't, In.

7 0 18 ll 2 0 3 0 5 4 0 3

44 5 73 0 11 0 45 0 22 5 0 7 8 9 1 1

58 2 76 0 4 4 1 3

• 22 11 0 6 1 3

27 3 26 6 10 0 9 0 7 0

14 0

t•.pih '-'d"!!•'k, r•. Jt,

0 0 7 0

25 0 27 0 30 0 35 4 35 7 80 0

lli3 0 16( 0 209 0 231 5 23Z o 240 9 241 10 300 0 376 0 380 4 381 7 404 6 400 0 406 3 433 6 460 0 470 0 47\1 0 486 0

5000

V<doriq DriU, No. 7. Foreman, P. McAUiswr. Position; IO·M chains at 76* from Bore No. 121.

Surface level, 53 ·9 feet. Commenced, 2nd November, I9ll; oompleted, 7th

November, 1911.

Goal

Sll.l'fl<ce eoil , . Clay, white , . Cl~y, sandy .. Saudotono, soft Goal Mudatone

Total depth bored

Thl"'n-. J't. In.

3 9

Thipta struck,

Ft.. ln,.

121 0

1ft. in,

2 0 14 0 2 0

103 0 3 9 9 1

n<"vlh tltuu'k". }"l. iH.

0 0 :1 0

16 0 18 0

llll 0 U4 9

1st '

Bore No. 229. Victoria Drill, No. 6. Foreman, J. L. SmitA.

Poaition : 4 ·00 chains ll!l\lth fwlll llure No. 206. Surmce level, 50 ·I feet.

Commenced 3rd November, 1911; completed, 24th November, 1911.

Goal

(

'llll«lolt",. n. lp.

0 3 1 0 1 ~ 0 4 2 9 4 10 l 0 0 7 111

Peptll }~?rn

i'ltrurlt. Lf',<"J, "1. ln FL

71 ~ - 28 171 6 -122 210 2 -161 212 8 -163 224 6 ~-·177 429 10 ----J85 435 7 -.38/l 437 7 -488 440 0 -392

-Surface soil and clav Sand11tone "' Mudstone CO<J! Mud stone 8and$tonc Shale, carbonaceuus Shale. sandy Sandotono Sh>\le, sandv Goql • Mudatone Mudstone. ca.rbonaceous Mudston•:. Cool ~Yud•tone Coal Mudatow~ Goal Mudatone Sandstone Mudstone Sandstone, hard Go~! Mndstono Coal Mudstone Coal Mudstone Goal Mudstol!e

ToW depth bored

BOPe No. 230 (K).

Ft, In.

11 0 42 0 24 I) 0 3

26 4 8 0 1 0 2 0

63 6 3 0 1 0 5 6 0 3

31 11 1 2 I 0 0 4

1110 ~ 9

26 9 20 0 8 0

147 10 4 10 on 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 lO 1 11 ·i 1

Dq>th .. ,,.",·k. }';. L.

0 0 H o ll3 0 77 6 77 8

104 0 U2 o 113 0 Uti o 168 6 111 6 17)! 6 l1a 0 178 3 210 2 ~11 4 212 4 212 8 224 6 227 3 254 0 274 0 282 0 429 10 434 8 435 7 436 7 4c31 7 438 2 HO 0 441 ll

446 0

Calyx Dr•11, 3M. Foreman, J. B. Fieldo.

Position : 1 ·30 chains sonth""ast from north corner tlllotment 41 section 66.

Surface level, 158 ·6 feet. Commenced, 7th November, 1911; completed, 1Qth

February, 1912.

Go<U

Sand &ndotone Mudotona Sal!d.aton~ Mudl!tone

{

Sand•tone, fault at 274 feet Mndstone Goal Mudstone Goal ]l{ud•ton~ &ndotcne Mudstone Mudstone, carbonaceo\}s l\{udstone Sandstont, with ha%d bands Mudstone Ooal, inf•rior

Tbiekntl!. l"t. In.

1 0 0 8 2 8

.o 8 ThidmesB,

Ft. ln.

14 0 48 0 0 6

96 6 76 0 74 0 4 0 1 0

10 6 0 8

19 4 26 6 5 0 2 6

ll 0 20 6 2 6 2 8

Di!pth lltt.•vk. }il. ln

0 0 u. 0 62 0 62 6

159 0 235 0 309 0 313 0 314 0 324 6 32~ 2 M4 6 371 0 376 0 378 6 399 6 420 0 422 6

J

188

BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

Thickness. De}lth strntk,

Mudstone Coal, good quality Mudstone Sandstone, hard bands Mudstone Sandstone Mudstonr Coal Mudstone Sa.ndstont;>, Mudstonc Fault channel Mudstone Sandstone Mudstoue Srmdstone }Iudstone

Total depth bored

Bore No. 231.

H. In.

310 0 R

14 10 n1 6 "" 6 "'·· :!H 6 18 .; 0 2

54 0 9 6 9 0

31 0 42 0

4 0 22 0 25 6 65 6

Fe In"

425 2 429 0 429 8 444 6 502 0 534 6 555 0 573 4 573 6 627 6 637 0 64f 0 677 0 719 0 723 0 74-~ 0 770 6

836 0

Victoria Drill, No. 7. Foreman, P. JltcAllister. Poaition: In Milner-strcet, South Dudlcy, 12 •20

chains northward from bore No. 229. Surface level, 47 '.1 foot.

Onnmcnc,d, lOth November, 1911 ; completed, 20th November, 1911.

'l'hkkw:,J!. J)eplh F1om &'-l'UCk, [!'V~!.

Ft. 1n. H. ln Ft.

.. j 0 8 59 81 () 4 60 8)-18

Coal 1 0 222 ~}-177 010 223 4 3 235 a·-192

'li.i' Ll•t·~. :H;• I,

SW'lill.IL •1 "''' "-I>t. ·~ F1. 1·1.

Clay 17 ,.0 0 0 Sandstone 12 0 17 0 Mudstone 30 8 29 0 Coal 0 8 59 8 Mudstonc 0 4 60 4 Coal 0 * 60 8 Mudstonc 31 () 61 0 Sandstone 2 0 92 0 Mudstone 4 0 \l4 0 Sandstone 8 0 98 0 ~fudstone, sandy 9 4 106 0 :l[udstone '. 38 5 115 4 SandsWne 68 5 153 9 Coal 1 0 222 2 ~Iudstone, c&rbonac\'ous 0 4 223 2 Coal 0 10 223 6 Sandstone 1011 224 4 Coal 4 3 235 3 Mudstone l 9 239 6

To tal depth bored 241 3

Bore No. 232.

Victoria Drill, No. 8. Foreman, Jas. Cli.f/ord. Position: 5·68 chains at 272' from Bore No. 33.

Commenced, 13th November, 19!1 ; completed, 20th November, 191!.

Thickness. Dcyth Fl~ struck. Level.

Ft. ln. Fl. ln. ,. .1

1 5 32 7 + 11 Coal 2 3 177 9 -136

l 5 6 186 0-146

su-.~ Thiakn~

Depth m:ruek

>"C In. }it. In.

Sand and clay 20 0 0 0 Mudstone 12 7 20 0 Cool 1 5 32 7 Mudstone 2 0 34 0 ~fudstone, sa.ndy 35 0 36 0 Sandstone 7 6 71 0 Mudstone aud sandstone in bands 23 6 78 6 Sandstone .. 73 0 102 0 Sandstone, carbonaceous 2 9 175 0 Coal 2 3 177 9 l\Iudstone 6 0 180 0 Coal [, 6 186 0 Mudstone 26 6 191 6

Total depth bored 218 0

Bore No. 233 (x). Victoria Drill, No. 2. FtYfeman, B. Sheehan.

Position : On road 55 links northweatward from north end of boundary between allotments 1 and 2; section 84, Town o£ Wontbaggi.

Surface level, 150•3 feet. Commenced, 14th November, 1911 ; comple'"d, 23rd

November, 1911. ~iclmess.

l)epth Yloor .struek, Leye,J.

F\;. In, Ft. In. Fl.

0 6 70 0 +80 l IO 7·! 0 +74

Coal ' 0 7 92 <) +68 ' 0 9 lM 0 -4

t 0 3 159 0 -9 0 " 224 0 -74 ~

....... Thidme;>. !J .. rt ., >~::nwl..

ft. In. FL lll.

Surface soil l 0 0 0 Csy 5 0 I 0 Sandstone 64 0 6 0 Coal () 6 70 0 Mudstonc 3 6 70 6 Coal 1 lO 74 0 Mudstone, sandy 16 2 75 10 Coal, inferior 0 7 92 0 Mudstone, S.'l.nd y 61 5 92 7 Coal 0 9 154 0 Mudstonc 4 3 154 9 C:oal () 3 159 0 Mudstone, sandy, with occasional

sandstone bnnds 64 9 159 3 Coal 0 2 224 0 Mudstone 45 10 224 2 Sandstone 14 0 270 0

'l'otal depth bore•! 284 0

Bare No. 234.

Victaria Drill, No. 8. Foreman, J. ClifjtYrd. PositSon: 9·76 chains at no from Bore No. 33.

Surface level, 6:J •O feet.

Commenced, 22nd November, I9ll ; complet-ed, 25th November, 1911.

TbieknetS, ! 1~ pi ' F'tnr ~t r>,·< .. :.·. •<.

n. In. J(. In t"r

.) I 6 97 3 -39 Coal 4 10 106 0 } -.53 I l 5 Ill c 7 .

189

BORING AT WONTHAGGI.

....... -rhkk:ne~. Dc:,l\1 »tr"rk.

FO. In. } r. i"

Sand and clay 18 0 0 ()

Sandstone 79 3 18 0 Coal l 6 97 3 1\fudstone 5 3 98 9 Sandstone 2 0 104 0 Coal 4 10 lOG 0 Mud stone 0 9 no 10 Coal 1 5 Ill 7 Mudstono 9 0 ll3 0

Total depth bored 122 0

Bore No. 235.

Vietoria Drill, No. 7. FOTeman, P. McAllistff.

Position: At N.E. corner of streets, S. Dudlev• 10•54 chains at 314° from Bore No. 21. •

Surface level, 46 ·4 feet.

Commenced, 24th November, 1911 ; completed, 1st December, 1911.

'rtJirknen. il'1'1 i1 f :n. ·1'

o>l~:H'l, ;,,.,.,~.

Coal

·.,,

Sand Clay, sandy Mudstone, sandy l\Iudstone Sandstone (Joal Mudstonc

n To.

6 0

Total depth bore<!

Bore No. 236 (K).

" {n \-!

150 4-110

\n·

I i•. l·.

19 0 0 0 7 0 19 0 4 0 26 0

35 0 30 ()

85 4 65 0 6 0 !50 4

13 8 156 4

170 0

Victoria Drill, No. 2. Foreman., B. Sheeha.n. Position: On road opposite wr.st ro:tner, Section 64·

Surface level, 155 feet. (approx.).

Commenced, 27th November, 1911; complrted1 llth .huauuy, 1912.

Coal

StrAla,

Clav

(

) •• 1

Tbldm~>n,

l't.. In..

0 4 0 10 0 8

~!udstone, decumpoeeda.ud sandy Sandstonf· Shale Sandstone, occasionally car-

D•·pth Floor Hrw.:k. Ln•cl.

l't. Ju. FL

302 0 ·-·147 456 0 -302 460 6 -306

;,,:ckn!i!'*!, !l,'ptU ~rn .• •k. ,.. tn. n. In.

5 6 0 0 13 6 5 6 18 0 18 0 ~ 0 3tl 0

bonaceous and calcan•.ous 190 0 38 0 Mlldstono, sandy 30 0 228 0 Mudefune, carbonaceous 0 6 258 0 Mudstone, sandy 43 6 258 6 Coal 0 4 302 0 Mudstoue, sandy l 8 302 4 Sandstone 3 0 31)4 0 ]![ndstm;e 60 () 307 0 Sandstone 60 0 367 0 :\[udstone, sandy 29 0 427 () Coal 0 10 456

l(l lfudstone, carbonaceous 0 8 4?>6 0

Strata.

Mudstone, sandy Coal Mudstone

Tota.l depth hored

Th'u:knd~ .

Ft. In.

3 0 0 8

31 10

D.:;pth '-'11:(1{'\:.

Ft. ll1

. 457 6 460 6 461 2

493 0

Bore No. 237,

Victoria Drill, No. 8. Forema,., Jas. Olitforr!.. Position: At site of No. 12 shaft. See plan.

Surface lev0l, 87 ·5 feet.

Commenced, 29th November, !9ll : completed 5th Decemb1'r, 1911.

Thk'k!H.',I, n~vth Fin or ~i t\101!. Le,.:;L

n. '"· P. In • •• Coal J 0 9 ll6 9 --30

l 5 10 ~29 6 --148 :,_, '·" ill. ''

Sand and clay 32 () 0 0 Sandstone til 0 32 0 Mudstone }!) 0 83 0 Sa.ndstont- 7 0 98 0 :;\rudstDnf' 11 9 105 0 Coal () 9 116 9 Mudstone, sandy 34 6 117 6 Sandstone 5 0 152 0 llfudstone 8 0 157 0 Sandstoue, o.arbona.ceoua m

places 64 6 165 0 Coal 510 229 ~ Mudstone 2 8 235 4

Total depth bored 238 0

Bore No. 238.

Victoria Drill, No. 7. Fo,.man, P. l.fcAllister. Position : :&Iidway between Bores 17 and 20.

Surface 1evt•1, 46 ·3 feet.

Commenc('d, 5th DN:ember, HHI; completed, 16th DecPm1wr 1 1911.

111kkn""·'· p.,pth I'lo.:-•r

Hl1.Wd. Lc,el, Ft. In. H. '" n

r 0 9• 26 ~t +19 Coal "l. 0 6• 27 4 9 118 0 -76

T:,,, ··''("'-~· ''1''

~tlaC:~o. • r ...... FL lu. l> '" Clay, sandy .. 3 0 0 0

Sand 8 () 3 i)

Clay, black and yellow 10 0 11 0 Sandstone, soft ,, 0 21 0 Coal, inferior 0 9 26 0 Mudstone 0 6 26 9 Goal, inferior 0 6 27 3 Mudstone 22 3 27 9 Sandstone 68 0 50 0 Coal 4 9 liS 0 Mudstonet ca.rbonaceous I 0 122 9 Mudstone, sandy 5 3 123 9

Total tiepth borerl 129 ()

--~--·----·--·-• &:te pa!l!iQd through fault hllv~ng un estimated dlsr,Jacemcnt oi

aM ut; 60 feet. The {;061 i~ cru~hed and shckeusided.

190

BORING AT WONTIUGGI.

Bore No. 239. Bor• No. 241.

Victoria Drill, No. 8. Fore1l'll:m, J. Olifford. Victoria Drill, No. 7. Foreman, P. Mcrillistcr.

Position: 8·00 chaioo N.W. of Bore No. 28. Poaltion: 18•20 chains at 227° from Bore No. 36.

Surface level, 95 ·8 feet. Surface level, 43 •4 feet.

Commenced, 7th December, 1911; completed, 14th Commenced, 15th December, 19ll; compl•ted, 19th December, 1911. December, !911.

Coal

Band Clay Cool, soft Mudst<>no

~ilknaa. Depth

mu<>. ,. Tn. .... In.

3 0 33 0

Thlokne~~IL

Ft. "'· 20 0 13 0 3 0

16 0

"""' """' n. +59 Coal

Depth etru"k. ....... Yt. In,

0 0 Surface soil .. 20 0 Clay, sandy in part.. 33 0 Sandatone 36 0 Coal

Mudstone, carbonaceoua

'rb::ckness. Depth !'loot lrtruok. Ltmd.

n. In. Ft. In. Ft.

4 lO 87 0 -IJ9

'l"bicknlllli. fk:>lh c-tn;:·>.,_

Fe. l;c p In.

2 0 0 0 17 0 2 0 68 0 19 0 4 10 87 0

and Total depth borC!d 52 0 aandy 21 8 91 10

Bore No. 240,

Victoria Drill, No. 8. FMema,., J. Cliflord.

fpsltion: 2 •50 chains S. of Bore No. 239.

Surface level, 94 •4 feat.

Commencad, 15th December, 1911; completed, 19th Deoember, 1911.

'lblekJJI!M. Dtpth Fjoot

w.ruck. Level. .... ... n !n . fl.

Coal s 0 70 0 +21 L'hiehw:~>~.

l;t<p\h Strata. rttll"k.

n. In. :r ~ '" Sandy soil 2 0 0 0 Clay 7 0 2 0 Sand•tone 24 0 9 0 Mudatono, lllllldy 12 0 33 0 Sandstone 25 0 45 0 Coal, soft 3 0 70 0 Mudatone, faulted 9 0 73 0 Sandstone, faulted 66 0 89 0 Mudstone 2 0 148 0

Total depth bored 150 0

Total dopth bored !13 tl

Bore No. 242.

Victoria Drill, No. 8. F&eman, J. OU(ford.

Position: About 5 chains sout.h from Bore No. 210. Surface level, 101 ·:l feet.

Commenced, 15th December, 1911 ; completed, 19th Docember, 1911.

Coal

strata.

Surface aoil, sa,ndy Clay Sandstone Mudstone, sandy Banrlstono Coal, soft Mudstone, broken Sandstone~ broken Mudstone

Total depth bored

'l'hiclmeu. .... lo. 3 0

Depth struclr. Ft. In • 70 0

l'tn,,~l;""" ' '" h

:h, In.

2 0 0 7 0 2

24 0 9 12 0 33 25 0 45 3 0 70 9 0 73

66 0 82 2 0 148

150

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0

191

INDEX.

Abel'ieldv Accident~':~

Subject,

i.n gold mining during 1911 h2t twenty years

ll''ernge per 1,000 killed and injured dur-

Page

139 s. 29

~G 2V

29 ing ill~L :l.\\ enty ye:1ra .. cause,.,, in gold mining, during ooo:h last.

29 so 3U

38yeara ., ., in coal mining during HH l .• Ctt Ul>CS, in CO!lJ mining, ltJ.St 22 yt:mrr> by rnachim·t·y, inquiries by Board of Ex-

aminers for Engine-driverE , . . . 97 119 reports of inspectors of mines ..

Relit{ Board, Coal Advance to min.ing <.'Ompanios IUld mim:rs Ajax Com1lfmy Alcxanclr;:: . • , , Alexandra Hecfs Cbnsolidat.cd <Ampany All :XaLon"' Compnny .Alluti2l l!ines, yields and diYidenda •.

dredging and hydrH.ulio aiulf<ing Altona Bay Colliery Analysis oi various ores Antimony Ararat Areu. of miniug l~e il;::>ued during 19:11

held by vn:rious eompanioo Assay-'> and analysea , • .Austral Coal :Mine .. Austmlinn 'Midas Gold Estates Ltd. Australian Slime.::; Treatment Company Avooa.

Ballun.t Ballara.t Citv C'omvany .. Balltt.rat Pr~spet:Hng Company

12, 151} IL 31

132 lH 144 143

. . 22, 34 )03 142 59 27

137 30 34 59

141 135. 146

137 130

BaM Valley Colliery . , , . , . • . Btlt !.orU"''> Government, qntmtity of oro treated ..

lo~i.n, expenditure, receipW,

134 134 134 141 33

.to. . . 11, 33 of V;J.rious. (;OJupaniea 34

Ii}6 Beaufol't 1:3ooehwo.rth . . . . Beehive Company, Bulumwc1al Boor Bros. :Mine Bealiba

140 143 132 130

Bendigo .. . . . . Bendigo Uolli Do..-elopment Company Bendigo United Company Bendoo Bendoo VidoriJ. Reds Compans Berringa

64. 133, 144, 146 131 131 143 143 !36

Betha.nga Birthday New "Find Company Birthday 'l'unnel Company llj' n.:x: Com:ra.ny B aekwoo .. Blakeville Board of Examiners for engine-drivQrs a.n.d boil~r-

tes:t licences. . . . . Board of Ex.amint>rs fot mln1ng managers Ema'd, Sludge Ahatemeot . • . . Doiler.<> Inspection Act Boilers, rcport>a on . . . . Boiler-testS licenee'>, exu-minations for Bonnic Jean Compn,ny Boriug ..

Records of opcr.ttioi:lfi for gold~ AHendule Re1.1iha. ..

Records of onerntions for coal-­Cape Sehanck lJ'lb)ders Kirmk WQntlmggi

Boring for mineral lodes­Greens Cteok Gibbo ltiver

Loon Expenditure Border City Company . . . . Boyd\~1 Hydraulic Gold Sluicing Company Bright ,,

140 136 13G 132 139 138

!l7 ~17 70 flj l);)

07 135 157

162 163 163 169

161 162

11, 33 140 131 141

Snbjed.

BriW,unin UnitRAl Company BriBeis Company .• T>riti.sh o.nd Australian Comp;:-tny )hiti:'lh Lion Company llrookville Urown Cou.l Buchan Bu.ckot Dredgi.ug Building Stones "Bulumwa.al .• Buninyong , , Burnt Creek Company

Ca.nico Cap:tu.! oi variou:s eompa.nies .. Carter's Doop Lends. LLd. Company C&aa.'Jis Cas;u:.:.S C:tmpu.ny .. Cu.ilicsrt Central Company Ca.i.hc&t't Gold ~Iines Com+pany Cattcut Sorth Compa.ny Catt.curb Victory Company Uatl:erine Roof Comp:my Centta! Ajn:x: Company CE<ntra.1 CookiU.an';: Company Ceut!al Plateau Company .. Cht::c:::pion Gold Mined Compru~y Chtdton En:erprise Company ChewtGn Gold Mines Ltd. · Chiltern Clays, pit,-rment C-oal. out1mt for 1911

of ooeh mino up to end of 1911

v:tlu.e for 1911 and up to end of 1911 acwidcnta in tnines boring operationa yield diagram , . . ,

Coal Miners' Accident..il Relief Board Coal MhlP~; I uspection Coal mining . . . , .. Co:tl, mining mana.ge-r';::; certidca.tea Co::t.l, Stt: ... te 1\liJlt·s • , •. Cock's Pioneer Dl'edging Company Collegia.n :Uucket Dredging Compuny ColnpD.Jlies, numbe1· regisi.e-tcrl .. Cort(·entratc.s, qt1antity· trettb).1 Copper ore .. Copper mine, "\V rtlha-U[l. C.orryong Oooterfield Coot oi la hour Croowick •. Cya,nide, yield of gold

Da.wwn City .. Daylesford Dee-p mine~ . . . , Derby {;nitcd Comp11.ny Deree\ , . Dh.mond Creek Company Diamond driU boring , , llia tomaceou.s carth7 output Dividends. ..

for mining districts , ior principal gold-fiolds

totd of vnrious com:r»wics Dh·itlcud lode mine,;

alluYial mines UoetOrt' Cree1.. . , Donnelly.s Greek , , •. Dredge mining und hydraulic :duieing

Area of ground worked Dry Creek Dudley Colliery Duke and :Main Le-ads Consols Company Duke Extended Com pomy • • • • Dunlop Company Dunn, E. J. Duuolly DuJt in m.inei

•

Page

135 112, 140

140 139 143

7~ 142 143 103 28

143 135 129

136 34

136 142 142 137 137 137 137 146 132 131 134 144 130

131. 146 140 28

6. 2() 26 26 26 30

!62 213

1:!, 155 127 141 98

7, 14}J 14U 144

8 .. .20~ M '. 27, 65

139 14U 147

14; 26 132

8, 20, 54

143 132, 147

24 131 136 13B ]i'i7

2B 6, 20

21 21 34 ~1 22

144 139

10, 103 10

144 142 129 1211 H3 56

• • lOO 119, 121

suhjoot.

Eaglehawk CoiWolidatt:d Gold ):lining Ltd. . •

Company

Bast Jubilee Company Eastern Stnr Comp;tny .. J::lt>clor-Hvdmnllc Drctlg'in~ ()ml!14HV Emu • .. • .. - ·~ , . • Emu Sfa.e f'ornrr_,nr Enfield . . · , , . . . . .l::ngine-tlriver;;, report of 'koa.rd of Exa-miner« F,ngli;;~,_.o'.Ym:!l mineR EnO(;h':,; 1'oint Eukdah:: Excel.'lior mine Exct>lidor \\"e:t :\tinf' , • • . . , Fiery Creek Hydraulic Sl.uidng Compan;v First Cha.nce Corn pany , , • , Eitohc~, G. I:L, inspedor of mines Foster .. Frand:> OriJtond Company Frenohmanr; Reef Company Fryer's Creek

Gtd:'fney's Crelolk .. Gallow&y R.eef Syndic<tte .• Geological Survey and Laboratory George's Reef Company Gibbo River, :Mammoth lode .. Gippghmd Copper a.ud Platinum Companv Gladston-e miuc , . , • . ~ G1enmon.'l C'ompa.n) Glen Wills Go-Ahe-.td )line Go1conda Syndicate Gold--

YieJd for 1911 .-each month of L:tst fivo years each year~lS51 to HH1

192

Page

131. 141 13(\ 1 :}{1

137 l3U 130 J:Vi Hi

l±tl 144 14{1 !:ln 1JO 137 135

125. J34-13H 131 132 !31

H5 139 1.1n 132 142

126, 140 142

17 17 17

1907 to 1911 iu Australian ~tatesand New Zealand , ,

'fokt.l yield nnd ,-aJ;:e from 1851 to I fill of _,_\u,.,~ tmlian S1at.e.i!. and "New Zr:ah.nd ..

Yield of gold ill mining disLrict;; fnr pxrticula.r gold-field~> in mining divisiorn .. of variouS mines for lfl'll and up

to end of l!H 1 from con,•entmtca: by cyanide t-reatment hy dt•cdging and hydruuli(' .,Juie­

ing Yield diagram .

Gotd Buyen Act 1907 and 1910 Golden Gate Comp,my Golden Hill Company Gollen Hope Company Go !den Reefs Corn pan:r GoldfieldF, list oi Gordon Government. Hattetil·,., Granya .• Great (',Qlumhi;l.U Company Great l;~x:tended 1'nnnel Company Great. Poscidon Company .. Great South G-erman AIIlil.lgnmnk>-d t 'ompan;r Grent Southern Consols Compau_y Grey Hor<>e a.nd Dimock's Company Gum Forest . , Gypsum, output

Hano~·er Cowpr.n,Y Huns C-ompany Harrietville , . Harry Lauder Compu.ny Hawke, G. 7 iuspect01' of mines Heathoote Hcicn 's Peak Exteudcd ~j--ndicnte Hobson'.s Comp<>ny Hoddle's Creek Homebush Homewa.rd Bound and Bon Accord Company Hope mine . . , . Hubber and Sons mine Hunter, S. B, .. Hustler's Consols Compr~ny Hustler\• Reef Com}ltlll} Hy;inuJif· 'ilnking

18

lS 2\J 21 23

34 2D 211

IO:J 18 13

130 131 138 136

U'l

138 11, 33

l4U 12n l3!J 130 131 l!W 130 143

:28

132 143 141 132 127 133 144 137 138 130 140 143 132 157 J.tr1 13:: HI'}

lnfn;(H"hd e,1rth ln$rlev.ood .. T nSpootion 11r mines and ntaehiuery lnm o:rc, out put Tron ore, Uookit' lronb{lrk f'omp:~ny. Steiglitz

.hmie!Ot:. ,Jc:ricllo ,John Bull Co-operative t'umpany ,Johrv;om Reef Company ,Juhil-ee Compnny . . . . .Jubilee Consolidated Company .Jumhnnnn. Colliery

Kw•';(ltl'oo ( ~onquny Kaolin, output Kileunda Colliery Kilmore King C.'1.ti5ili.s mine Kingloek Company Kot:>tong

Lahour, cOdt of Laml."lborough La.ngi Logan ~o:rth Company Langi Logan 8outh Company L;tngi Logan Wel't Comp..'lny LaEt Chan,•e United L":ompany .. Lead ore, ontput , . . . J. .. case.-;, number hl:mcd during HH1 Wgal mam>gets of varions oompanie:,; Lignite, out.put Lightning Creek Flume Llanbertis No. 1 COmpi:!·tlY I~hwhel"l'ii> No. 2 Company

••

Lorm e:.:pcnditurc. }{j_ning Development "-k·t Loun.'l io corrrpanie.~~ and miner::; Lodt!on Doop L<>mb Comnan;- .. Wck';;; Svndica.te Long Tui.mel Com paJlY l.ord Kitchent<r Syndic-a t.e Lord ~elson Company Low -grade ore

..... 28

120 119

2$ 144 138

144 139 131 14fi 13G 136 141

):1G 28

141 113 142 131< 140

14. 25 130 137 137 137 135 28 30 34 28 65

135 135

11, 31 11, 31

130, 148 131 139 138 !29

6

l1achincr.Y, inspection of 1HI Yllluc of 26

l.lllckenzie,. D. C., impt'(:tor of miueb 126 )'[,lda.me _Mdba Company 132 ~hgd:1Ja.-eum-Moon1ight ~line . , 137 Magnesite 28 MaJdon 131. 147 Maloneys Red. Wllik and Blue C'omJnmy I3J Manganese 28, 143 Mn.rineril Reef Company 129 Jd.aryborough I2fl Matlook 143 Matrix Mine , . 130 AL<tudc and Hmn!m-ard Bound t:nited Onnpa•lY 142 ~1a.X\Yf'll Comp:my . . . , 129 )l(·Coll, J. E., inspector of mincfl- )2;";, 128, 133, 144 Moorst;haum Min(; 142 Merriu, A. H .• chiei mi:uing inspeetvr 119 Metal and l\iinerali'l, output 27 Miners, number employed in gold, eoa.~ &c., mining 25 Mining Development Act 11, 31

Loan expenditure 11. 31 Receipt"> and expenditure on t&ting pla,nt~ 33

31ining lease8, number issued during Hll1 30 ::\:lining plant; in me, va,Jue of , , 26

plant ;tt Virginia mine . . 123 managers' certifieatcs . • 97 surveyors' certificate-s . , 101

~\titdtclL R D., in.;pector of mines 124, 129 :.mt.ta 1littlt il3, 1.ro :1'1:oliagul 130 Moonumbel 130 Moonda.l'l'a 130 ~lo:rri>;' )Hne 137 ll<mli<ons . . . . 138 Mountain Q,neen Company 138 Mount ~turph~· 28, 14-3 Mount WiHlarn l~7 Murchkon Ea~-L 1H l\.-1y!'tlf'ffli •I ! -1 j

Subject.

Xaugan;~ Company Napoleons Nerrina or Little Beudigo ~ew Bendi).(o )line ~ew Bethanga Gold }line.~ Comt-·Dny ~e"- Canico Company New Chambers CoiUJ;~my New Cornish Gold }'line,.; Ne,1- Dempsey'." Company Xe11 Dry Digging:-; ('ompnlly K011 Ua.mbetta ('ompany New 1mperial C{)mpany New Indieator Company New Jubilee Compu.11y ~1ew Loch Fyne Company ~('\I" Nort.h ,Jubilee Company New Kohinoor Company New Langi Logan Company .. New Long Thought Of Compam­Ncw Normanby Company .". Ne"· Seyrnonr Company ~ c1v South Imperial Compa.ny .New South Walec;, yield of gold :New Sl-Jecimen Hill Company Ke\\ Sultan Compctll:'-'·· New Tempc·mnee ( 'omp,,n,,· New Zealand. yield of gold Xiek o'Time ('omp·m;c · Kormanby North Comp;tn,l· North Britain Company North First Chanee Uomv~~ny .. Xorth Frauds Ormond Compnny North I''reuehm;tns Reef Company North Nuggetby Aja.x Company North Otago Company .. North \Voah I:la"'P Company Nuggets Nuggetty Ajax Company Nug:getty Extended Cornpnll.Y

O'Connor's Company Old ,Jubilee Company Old Nuggetty ,Syndicate Old Union Company, Maldon Olive llranel1 Company Omeo Ore, quu.ntity t.rettted during HH1

last ten ye;tr,; cl f vnriom: mine;;

Oriental ,Sluieiug Company {b\mlcl':< North B1·iti~:~h 3'line ()u t.trim ( 'ulliery

.Pcrsevcr.-mc·e 1llne Piggore.r-1 .Pitfield Poseidon Alluvial Com1)anv Po.;eidon · Poseidon King Company .. Powlett ~orth and Woolmnai Collien­Pmvlett R.iver coal . . ·' Prince o[ Wales Mine, ·wehla .. Pro\n;e, .S. J., inspector of mi.J.u.:.~ .Pyrenee.<; .Proprietary Company

Queen.~Lmd, yield of gold

Red bank Reedy ('reek .. RegiRtration of gold mining cmnpanies Relay Company . . . , Riley's Creek R.oeky }Jounta.in Bxtended Company Rokewood Ropes, inspection and testin" of Rose Hill Uompany . . .., , . Roso of Denmark Company . , Rose, Thi.;t.Je, and Shami·oek :Mine Ros~, T. '\V., inspector of minee: Rowe, .f., inspector of minet< Rush1vorth RusRell';; Reef Amalgamated Company Rutherglen -

l :3~.

05.

193

Page

1:.1R 13.> 13h 12H 140 1~1{i

I ~l-1-Hi ]4~

132 142 \3.i l;-};i

J:m ]:{!)

I::Hi 1:14 1:n nw 13;.) J:.HJ 135

" 1:3:? t:3!J J:J(i

JS J;}!)

13.) 13\-l J3,"i l3l 132 1:32 131 1 :J.j

UG 1:12 1:H

1:J2 1:t! 1.3J 1:ll 13~

1-tJ l!l 20 :1-t

]1:: 131 Ill

LJJ 131i l:J(i J:J(l t:lO 1:1() I-t!

i. 141, 14fl, 1!\!l 130

1~G, 128, 1:~9, 1l:J 1:10

1''

I:~{)

144 H

1-W 14:~

J la, }..l(l

J:lfi 110 13.') 144 141 121

J:?4, J:n 144 \:32 J:l9

Hafety u.ppliances, inspeet.ion and testing of Sandy C'reek

119 140

Sanitation in mines 1!9 Scarsdale 136

--------

Subject.

,':i;,·]m.,tPpol l'hltl;au No. 1 Company SharC'.~ in ...-a.riouf' companies SJwl'[w. A. H., in~peetor of mines JZii, l~i, 12tl., 138, 1 ~:J ,':lilver, out put ::'';' Silver-lend OI'C, output ~ilYer ore, Kt.ony ('reek f:iilver ore, Umeo i'iloanc's and Seothmans Company ~Judge .:\Uatement Board, report for l\-l1l ~outh Ajax Company South Au,tralia, yield of gold ~outh .Berry Company South (:auieo Company· '"outh Germnn Compa.ny South Lrmgi Logan Company ~outh Wa.ttle Gully Company t'pargo Creek :-\pring Gully Company Spring Gully ,function Coml-Juny SunbeaiU Colliery Stamps, numbers at various mines Sta.nlev t'r. .\rimud Sta.r and Tl10mpson ('ompany til.tr or Erin Company Hta.r of lhe West Company (Jamieson) t'tar of the Wco,t Rloeks l\line

:2S 144

ti."i 1;)7 70

132 IS

1:-1:1 1:3() 131 137 131 138 131 J3l 1+1

34 140 12U 139 144 144 IH

Ntnte Co:d )hnf';; .. 7, 123, 149, 1@ 137 138 143 142 143

f:lt.a well Stei,glitz Stirling :->w·q\-,ide ,Sutdlfi Bros, ).line

Tailing.~, quiLntity treated hy cyanide 'l11Jbot Tallaudonu Tnradn.IC' Tarna.gultl Tasmdllia. :,-. icld of gold 'l'aylor'R Hill Allnvia.l Company 'l'e.~ting plants. receipts Mtd e.xpenditnre on Tin at Wen Wills Tin at :Mittn )lithL Tin at KoetonJ.'. Tiu ore, ontpnt 'l'oombon Toon~ Tower Hill Company Triumph Com-pilny C"nHed Glee~on',; and Nailor 13ill'o,; Compnny Upper 'l'horntm1

Ventilation du.;t in mine.; repc,rts of inspector~

Vi(·Lodot Extended Compa.ny Vidorian .1\linur,Jl,; Development Comp.my Victoria Proprietary (1903) Company Ltd. Victoria Unired C'ornpmy Victorian .1\:langanese 1\lines Company Virgh1h (_'omp<l'\Y

\V ages Boards Walhalla Wallaby Consolidated Company A. C. Wan~~~'e, in,•pector of minf's Warrandyte .. Wedderburn Wehlu. Weihem H.ecf Comp11ny Welcome Reef Svndicrtte \Vestern Australia, yif'ld of :;old \Vhito .')Lu· Company .. \Vhroo William Tdl Company \Vil!ianu/ .Fancy ('onqnny tVoah Hawp 0anton CompiLny Woah Hawp No. 1 Company \Vorth Ha\\·p No. 2 Company Wolfram Wolfram .:\!in~. Omeo \Vood's Point, Woolshed Rcc~f Company Working :Minors' Mine

Y ackandandah Yellow Girl Mine

•

X, 20, 54-130, 148

G3, 66, 140 132 1:W

18 135 33

142 63

140 27

1:m 139 135 13fi 144 144

.. 9. lHl 119, 121

124 140 1-1:2 14fl 135 1-13 123

14 J :~!.l 144

127, j.;J 13~

130 I:~o

120 131

18 130 144 J:l2 I:J(i 13i> 135 13;') 28

28, 14:.; 14;; 130 130

l4u 142

'fl) Amlwri'l>) : A~HF.kT J .'rluu.~~r-r, A_, ring Govf"ntllit'ht rr"irltf"r, MdlKIUTlll!,