1870.

VICTORIA.

REPORTS

OF THB

MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS.

QUARTER ENDING 31sT MARCH 1870.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.

))11 antbor.it!J: JOHN FERRES, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, ~IELBOURNE.

No. 18.

Co~t of Preparation, about 11riUling' (1,050 copies)

APPIWXIMATE COST OF R)!:PORTS.

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£ s. d. 12 10 0 63 0 0

£75 10 0

INDEX.

'Slllllma.ry.-Gold Mining Statistics for the Quarter ending 31st March 1870. Estimated Yield of Gold a.nd Quantity of Gold Exported during the Quarter ending 31st March 1870 . .summary of Yield of Gold from Quartz, Quartz Tailings, '&0., crushed during the Quarter ending 31st March IBiO. •

•. Kumber and Distribution of Miners on the Goldfields of the Colony, 31st March 1870.

Hnlhtrat Central Division TIaBnrat Southern Division Buninyong Division 'Smythesdale Division 'Creswick Division ... Gordon Subdivision :Steiglitz Subdivision

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Harrie Wood, MiningHegistrar Mr. J. ·F. Coleman, Mining Regi&trar Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John Lynch, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Thomas Cowan, 1\fining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. J. So Cooper, Mining Registrar

Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar Subdivision '

Beechworth Division Yackandandah Division Indigo Division [luckland Division ... Alexandra Subdivision :Mansfield Subdivision Benalla Subdivision Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... Wood's Point Subdivision Big River Subdivision Mitta·mitta Division Jamieson Subdivision

BEECHWORTH MINING 'DISTRICT. Mr. Aiexander Alderdice, Mining Registrar , Mr. Thos. G. Kennan, Mining Surveyor and. Registrar ... Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar . Mr. Lewis C. Kinche1a, Mining Registrar Mr. R. A. F. Murray, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. J. H. Kelson, Mining Registrar Mr. John Liston, Mining Registrar Mr. A. n. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ••• Mr.A. ll. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. A. ll. Ainsworth, Mining Surveyor and Uegistrar Mr. Andrew Trench, Min~ng Registrar Mr •. H. C. Geneste, Mining Registrar ...

SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT.

Page

7, 16, 17, 22 7, 17, 22 7, Ii, 22

17, 23 7, 16, 17, 23

7, 17, 24 7, 16, 17, 24

8, 17, 24

8, 17,,25 8, 18, 25

• 8, 18, 25 8, 18, 26

9, 14, 18, 26 18, 26

26 9, 18,27 9, 18, 27 9, 18, 27

18 9, 18, 28

Sandhurst Division ... Kilmore Division , Heathcote Division and Waranga South Sub-

division

Mr. N. G. Stephens, Mining Registrar Mr. James W. Osborn, Mining Registrar Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

10, 14, 16, 18, ~8 10, 18, 29

10, 14, 19, 29

Waranga North Subdivision ... Raywood Division

Mr, Henry Boyns Nicholas, Jl.;fining Surveyor and Registrar

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT. Maryborough Division Amherst Division ••• Avoca Subdivision ." Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions Berlin Subdivision ... Korong Subdivision Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions St. Arnaud North Subdivision

Mr. P. Virtue, Jun., Mining Registrar Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Hugh St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor and Registrar .•• Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar ... Mr. Thomas Richardson, Mining Registrar Mr. R. Mason, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Hugh St. H.lllair, Milling Surveyor and Registrar Il, Mr. W. G. Couchman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

• 10, 19, 29

19

10, 14, 19, 30 II, 14, 19, 30 Il, 14, 19, 31

11, 19, 31 19

11, 19, :31 14, 16, 19, 31

11, 19, 32

11, 15, 19, 32 12, 15, .19, 32

Castlemaine Division Fryer's Creek Division Hepburn Division ... Taradale and Kyneton'Subdivision Tarrangower Division

Mr. Thos. L. Brown, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Mark Amqs, Mining Surveyor and Registrar lIir, Thos. Hale, Mining Hegistrar Mr. Thomas Orwin, Mining Registrar

12, 15, 16, 20, 33 12, 20, 33

St. Andrew's East and St. Andrew's Central Subdivisions "

Mr. Robt. Nankivell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. Alfred Armstrong, MiniIJg Surveyor and Registrar

Blue Mountain North Subdivision

Ararat Division

Pleasant Creek Division Barkly Division • Raglan Division

Dmeo Subdivision Mitchell River Subdivision Boggy Creek Subdivision Crooked River Division • Tericho Division Donnelly's Creek Division :Stringer's Creek Division Russen's Creek Division Bendoe Subdivision

••• r

Mr. Graham McPherson, Mining Registrar

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT. Mr. Charles' Jas. Wm. Russell, Mining Surveyor and

Registrar Mr. S. K. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. S, K. Vickery, Mining Surveyor and Registrar Mr. John Templeton,'Mining Survey

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SUMMARY~

_GOLD MINING STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDIN'G 31st MARCH 1870. , <

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

DISTRICT, DIVISION,

AND

SUBDIVISION.

Alluvial: Miners.

Quartz lI-liners,

Oompiled from tke Mining Surveyors and, Registrars' Reports for tke Quarter ending 31st Marck 1870.

MACHINERY EMPLOYED IN ALLUVIAL MINING;

Steam Engines Total e:mployed in Wind-N~her mg, Pumping, &c. ~

Miners. I-----,---~--I ~

MACHINERY ElIlPLOYED IN QUARTZ MINING,

Steam Engines employed in

Winding, Pumping, Crushing, &c.

" .5 " ~.~

~~ 00",

Approximate Value

of Minillg Plant,

Number of

Square :Miles of

Number of

distinct Quartz Reefs

actually proved -to be

Price of Gold per ounce.

~~ 'gro ~~ ,C4~.

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",0-

Auriferous Ground actually worked upon •. Auriferous"I--------

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ESTIMATED YIELD OF GOLD AND QUANTITY OF GOLD EXPORTED.

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

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

Alluvial. Quartz. T"Otal.

oz. dwt. oz. dwt. oz. dwt. Quarter ending"31st March 1870 ... ... 186,695 9 129,191 8 S15,886 17

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

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

oz. dwt. Quarter ending Slst March 1870 357,084 5

SUMMARY.

TBE following information has been obtained relative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ .and QUARTZ TAILINGS, , CEMENT, and MULl;,ocK Crushed, and PYRITES and BLANKETING6 operated on, during the Quarter, and

the GOLD obtained therefrom :-

. MINING DISTRICTS • Quantity pro.he

Quartz. tons ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt, gr. Ballarat ... ... . .. ... . .. .. , 57,697 15 0 0 7 2'77 . 20,527 16 12 Beechworth ... ... ... .. . . .. ... 19,180 , 10 0 0 10 0'41 9,606 12 22 Sandhurst ..... ... ... ... .., 46,116 0 0 0 14 S'28 32,596 10 10 Maryborough ... ~ 14,841 10 0 0 8 1'32 5,977 8 10 ... '" ... . .. ... Castlem:¥ne ... ... ... ... ." . .. 24,088 0 0 0 II 10'52 13,776 9, 7 Ararat ... .. , ... ... . .. ... 16,682 0 0 0 10 19'22 9,009 3 21 Gippsland ... ... ... ... .. . ... 5,723 0 0 I 8 5'03 8,072 5 1

Total Quartz ... . .. ... 184,328 15 0 0 10 19'27 99,566 6 II -------

Quartz Tailings, Cement, and Mullock. Ballarat ... ... '" ... ... ... ... .. . ... Beechworth ... ... ... ... . .. .. . 31 0 0 0 2 22'06 4 10 12 Sandhurst ... ... .. . ... ... 22,745 0 0 0 2 18'89 3,169 16 9 Maryborough ... ... ... '" . " . .. 2,307 0 0 0 3 19'27 438 ,14 2 Castlemaine ... '" ... ... ... ... 8,098 0 0 0 2 10'31 983 15 20 Ararat ... ... ... ... ... . .. 1,750 0 0 0 2 20'57 250 0 0 Gippsland ... ... ... ... ... . .. 500 8 0 0 2 19'01 69 1~ 8

-------Total Quartz Tailings, Cement, &c. ... 35,431 8 0 0 2 18'60 4,916 14 3

Pyrites and Blan"etings operated on. I

Ballarat .... ... .. . ... '" . .. 267 7 0 3 0 23:78 815 6 0 Becchworth ... ... ... ... . .. . .. . ... . .. . .. Sandhurst ... ... ... .. . ... .. . 15S 0 0 2 15 3'49 435 13 0 Maryborough ... ... ... ... ... . .. 150 0 0 2 10 0'00 375 0 0 Castlemaine '" ... ... ... ... ... 15 0 0 1 9 8'00 22 0 0 Ararat ... ... ... ... .... .. .. ' .... , .. . ... Gippsland ... '" ." ... ... .. . ... . .. ... ---------------

Total' Pyrites and Dlanketings ... 590 7 0 2 15 19'91 1,647 19 0

NOB.-This Summary does_ not show the totnl qunntities of quartz, &:{'., ('rushed or opeTated OD, but only the yield of certain crushings, &c. respecting which the )fining Surveyors and Registrars have been able to obtain information. Owing to the circumst:mce that numy of the machine: owners are unable to give, or .arc precluded tro'm giving information, it lS irnposRibJe to get complete returns frQID cycry district ~ und in conside.r1Dg the relative Importance of each dish'let, as regurds quartz mining, &c" the tables relating to machinery shonla be examillcu amI cOlllll.red.

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 22pd AprIl 1870.

R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines.

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MINING SURVEYORS' AND REGISTRARS' RETURNSo

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

relative to the QUANTITY OF QUARTZ Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD obtained therefrom:-

Division and Subdivision, and

Name 01 Company.

CENTnAL DIVISION. Old Post-office Hill Hedstreak ... Llanberris ... Endeavour ... Britannia ... Black Hill ... Temperance ' .. Queen Victoria . ,,~. St, Andrew ... lIlajestie ... nOB ... ...

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

SOUTHERN DIVISION.' Speedwell .. , .. , Kangaroo ... ... Homelvard-bound ...

BUNINYONG DIVISION, One-and-All ... ... Imperial ... .. , Alfred ... ... Homeward-bound ...

CUESWICK DIVISION. Port Phillip ... ... New North Clunes . " Victoria ... ... ... Yankee ... ... , .. South Clunes ... ... Criterion ... ... Hard Hill ... ... Shaw and Party ... ... Dungey and Party ... Stevenson and l:'arty ... Cassell and Party ... Bradshaw and Party ... Waterman and Party ...

GORDON SUBDIVISION. Victoria '" ... Egerton ... ... Black-horse ... ... Kangaroo Bob .. , ...

STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION, Albion ... ... ... Steiglitz ... ... New Alliance ... .. , Great Central '" ... Gla.dstone ... ...

Where Quartz WIlB obtained. Quartz Crn.hed. Yield of Gold To_ Yield 01 Average I --, per Ton. Gold.

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Quartz' was obtained, &e. 1------1--------------------

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

BALLARAT MINING· DISTRICT.

Old Post-office Hill ... SOO 0 0 0 I 1'3S 42 6 6 200 feet Golden Point ••. ... 450 0 0 0 5 13'33 125 0 0 125 feet Gum-tree Flat ... 3,316 0 0 0 I 19'57 301 0 0 170 feet Specimen Gully . .. 954 0 0 0 4 0'02 190 17 0 150 to 200 feet Specimen Gully ... 650 0 0 0 6 23'37 226 13 0 50 to 130 feet Black Hill ... .. , 2,660 0 0 0 3 21'62 SIS 17 0 120 to 46ft feet Little Bendigo ... I,S50 0 0 0 4 13'IS 420 16, 6 550 to 650 feet Canadian Hill ... .., 1,946 0 0 0 4 0'02 389 6 0 160 feet White-horse . .. ... 1,250 0 0 0 I 8'90 85 14 0 120 feet Black Hill . .. . . .. 564 ,0 0 0 4 2'73 116 0 6 70 feet Gum-tree Flat ••• i 162 0 0 I 4 IS'3S 200 12 3 150 to ISO feet --------

Total ... ' .. 14,602 0 0 o ,3 14'02 2,617 I 21 , -------------Staffordshire Reef ... 460 0 0 0 7 0 161 0 0 40-footlevel, 5-foot lod Kangaroo . .. .. , 200 0 0 0 4 0 40" 0 0 ISO-foot level, 6-foot

lode Moonlight .. , ... 316 0 0 0 4 0 63 4 0 35-foot level, 4-foot lode

-------------Total. .. , .. 976 0 0 0 5 9'93 264 4 0

-------------Hiscock's Reef .. . J,OOO 0 0 0 3 0'91 151 IS 0 140 feet His,cock's Heef ... 2,300 0 0 0 3 7'SS 382 15 12 260, 200, and 130 feet Hiscock's Heef ... 500 0 0 0 3 18'96 94 15 0 220 feet Homeward-bound Reef... 1,500 0 0 o 6 6'12 - 469 2 12 200 feet

,------~ 3'49 1 1,09s ;;-0 Total... ... 5,300 0 0 -----~

Clunes Reefs .. , .. . . 11,734 0 0 0 3 19'01 2,225 0 0 300 feet to 517 feet Clunes Reefs ... ... 7,447 ,0 0 o 15 20-95 5,910 8 0 240 feet to 590 feet Clunes Heefs .,. .. . 2,561 0 0 0 6 0'92 773 5 0 620 feet Clunes,Reefs ... ... 1,765 0 0 0 3 2-31 273 5 0 352 feet Clunes Reefs ... .. , 1,720 0 0 0 8 19'50 757 IS 0 100 to 224 feet Clunes Heefs ... .. . 16S 0 0 0 4 6 35 14 0 320 feet George's Reef .•• . .. 203 0 0 o 10 12'41 106 15 0 20 feet Springhill . .. ... 37 0 0 0 6 12'64 12 I 12 20 feet Armagh Heef ... ... 12 0 0 0 .'3 16'50 2 4 6 15 feet Cobbler's Gully ... 40 0 0 0 6 0 12 0 0 60 feet Cobbler's Gully ... 20 0 0 0 2 23'70 2 19 IS Surface Sulky Gully ... ... 44 0 0 0 7 21 17 6 12 Surface to 20 feet Sulky Gully ... ... 50 0 0 1 5 20'40 64 12 J2 20 feet --------

Total ... ... 25,SOI 0 0 0 7 21'63 10,193 9 12 ---------------

Parker's Reef ... 190 0 0 o 18 10'JI 175 0 0 400 feet Big Hill Reef ... , .. 2,961 0 0 o 13 2'79 1,94l 17 ,0 370 feet BIg Hill Heef ••• ... 722 0 0 0 6 U'lO 233 6 0 400 feet Hicks' Reef . .. ... 600 0 0 o II 8 340 0 0 I 270 feet

Total ... ... 4,473 0 0 0 12 0-68 2,690 3_ 0 ---------------- /

, 8teiglitz . .. ... 1,032 0 0 o 10 15'34 549 0 0 6.';3 feet Steiglitz ... ... 370 0 0 0 S' 12 157 5 0 320 feet 8teiglitz ... ... 735 0 0 o II 0'75 405 11 0 400 feet Steiglitz ... ... 13 0 0 1 16 5'54 ~3 II 0 60 feet Steiglitz . .. ... i 10000 o 6 ll'28 __ 3~~1200 feet : .. \--;:250-;-0- ------Total ••• o 10 9-10 1,167 14 0

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

Division Bnd" Subdivision, and

Name of Company. I -

BLA.cKwOOD DIVISION,

Sultan .. , ... Star of the West ~ •• ... Morning Star ... ' .... True Blue ... . .. Faugh-a-Ballagh ... Wright and Jensen ... Cosmci: .. ' ... . .. S nake.Gully :1' ... ,,' ...

BEECHWORTa: DIVISION.

Homeward-bound Halifax and Co, ... M R

qLeod and Co .... acecourse .. ,

Sundry parcels ...

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

YACKANDANDAII DIVISION.

olar Star Reef .,. andinavian Reef, - .

ackandandah Reef nited Reef ... allace Reef ...

olar Star Reef .. :_

P Be Y U W P H T H

omeward·-boimd Reef atfReef '" aphazard Reef ...

, -

INDIGO DIVISION.

u nited Consols

agenta M

R utherglen' ,

,. ...

" ... ...

..

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

{ - { ...

BUCKLAND DIVISION.

unphy and Co. endridge and Co.

D p },

H G

1:cDonaldimd Co. ooper and Co, ... erratty aud Co.

urdoch and Co:

Ita and Nelson •••

M

A M G G

iner's Right ... reene and Co. '" reene and Co. ...

eabody ... · Rowe ... erseverance ...

P R P R T P W

owlings and Co. · Barnett' ••• , Robertson ... , Jones ... allaby ' .. orne Heef ... ruce and Co, ...

; ... ... ..... ... ... .. , . " . .. .. , ...

... ...

." ... ... ...

...

... . .. ... W H B B T L H

rennan, Martin, and Co .... · Barnett ... ... aiIer, McLoud, and Co, ... , Gladders ... ." ,

Average ToW Yield 'of I Remarks relative to the mere Quartz was obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at which the per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &te.

~'- . ", ,tons. ewt. qr. Oz. dwt. gr. . oz. dwt. gr, . .. Barry's Reef ... ... 1,425 15 0 I 2 6'02 1,586 4 15 224-foot level Simmons' Reef ... 922 0 0 0' 5 4'13 238 8 12 100 to 130 feet Bald Hill ... .. . 300 0 0 0'10 1'36 150 17 0 80 feet 'Barry's Reef ". ... 357 0 0 0 5 13'51 99 6 0 185 feet Barry's Reef ... ..' '290 0 0 0 I 13'41 22 12 0 150 feet Wright's Reef 27 0 0 1 17 14'22 50 15 0 Surface to 20 feet, Snake Gully ..• .~-.. 374 ·0 '0 0 7 1'41 132 0 0 80 feet Snake, Gully ••• ... . 600' 0'0 0 7 '·5'20 2~6 10 0 80 to: 130 feet

Total. .. ... 4,295 15 0 ,0 11 14'98 .2,496 '13 3

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

Rocky Point' , •• ... 58 0 0 1 5 12'41 74 0 0 50 feet Darling Grant Reef . ... 66 0 o ' 2 2 '2'90 139 '0 0 130 feet Magpie Heef ... . .... '13 0 0 3 1\ 0 46 3 0 80 feet Myrtleford ... ... 586 O. 0 0 5 0 -146 10 0 164 feet Murmungee . .. ... 45 0 0 0 9 .0 20 5 0 Surface

Total.' .. • ~. I 768 0 0, o 1\ 2'18 425 18 0 ..

Twist's Creek' , 59 0 0 0 2 23'18 ' '8 15 O· Surface Twist's Creek . .. 86 0 0 l. o 13'95 88 10 0 170 to 200 feet Twist's Creek "'/ ... 6 0 0 2 5 0 13 10 0 Not ascertained-Twist's Creek ... 12 0 0 0 8 16 5 4 0 100 feet Twist's Creek" ... 12 0 0 0 7 0 4 4 0 Surface Twist's Creek ' .. 45 0 0 0 2 21'86 6 11 0 Surface to 20 feet Twist's Creek '" 28 0 0 012.0 16 16 ·0 Not ascertained Sutton ... ... 450 0 0 o \0 21-33 245 0 0 50 to 100 feet Sutton .. , ... 130 0 0 0 4 0 26 0 0 100 fe~t

------Total ... '" 828 0 0 010 0'29 414 10 0 -----

Higgins' Reef ' .. ... 432 0 0 0 '7 13'11 163 0 0 270 to 290 feet 'Various reefs '"

, 14 0 0 0 6 20'57 4 16 0 Surface to 50 feet ...

Magenta Reef ... ... 150 0 0 0 9 i'60 68, 0 0 ,180 feet Banner's Reef" ... 22 0 0 2 7 17'45 52 10 0 Surface to 20 feet Various reefs ; .. ... 40 0 0 o 13 12 27 0 0- Surface to' 50 feet Hope Reef' -- 500 0 0 o 10 0 250 0 0 ... . .. Various reefs .:. ... 130 0 0 0 9 20'30 64 0 0

" I Total ... ... i,288 0 0 .0 9 1&52 629 6 ,0 !': .. (: , -------. . . . ... -. .- , Buckland.

Star of Erin Reef .•. 23,' 0 ,0 o 10 i4'60 12 :4. 0 20 feet Buckland Reef ... -, 150 0 0, 0 6 '0 45 ·0 0 60 feet Duke of Edinburgh ... 64 0 0 0 ~. f~'63. 28 8 6 56 feet Red, White, and Blue ... 190. 0 0 , , 0 . 62 0 0 35 feet Eldorado ... .. . 51 0 0 0 ,5 2'35 13 0 0 Surface' Metropolitan ... '" 10 0

0" 0 4 0 2 0 0 25 feet Perfect Cure ... ... 60 0 0 I' 6 is 80 0 0 35 feet Eureka ... ... 18 0 O. 1 15 13'33 .'32 0 0 Not stated. Nelson ... ... 10 0 0 o 17 0 S,1O 6 Not stated Miner's Right, .. ... 40 0 0 I 4 0 48 0 0 70 feet , . Darling Grant ... 43 0 0 1 2· 7"81 48 0 0 45 feet Chance ... ... 153 0 0 011 8'94 87 0 o· 65 feet

Morse'S Creek. "p'eabod~ Reef ... .. . 60 0 0 o VI 12 40 10 0 160 feet North tar ... . .. 20 0 0 '0 5 0 .. 5 0 0 50 feet Oriental ... '" 1,219 0 0 0 1 14'97 98 1-9 12 100 feet Cobblers ... . .. 105 0 0 1 1 0 ,110 5 0 Surface Wbite Star 5 10 0 2 0 0 11 0 0 Not stated

., ... ... '" ... ... \0 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 Not stated . .. ... ... 4 0 0 2 10 ·0 10 0 0 Not stated

)

Growler's Creek. Wallaby Reef ••. ... 590 0 0 1 523'18 766' 0 0 200 feet Home Reef ... ... 926 0 0 0 5 6'03 .243' 3 0 275 feet New Moon Reef . .. 80 0 0 1 3 18 95 0 0 Surface J' Rising Star Reef ...

" 60 0 () 3 10 6 210· 0 0 50 feef"

Gander's Reef ... 8 0 0 o 15 0 6 0 0 Not stated Sundown Reef .. , 10, 0 0 3 14 0 37 0 0 Surfacei New Albion .. ' ... 12 0 0 2 0 0 24 0 0 . Not stated . .

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

Division ana Subdivision, and

Name of Company. Where Quartz Wll.lI obtained.

.

Qna.rtz Crnshed. Ayerage

Yield of Gold per Ton.

Total Yield of Gold.

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Quartz was obtained, &e.

-------------------1-----·------------------------------1-----·-----:--------·------BUCKLA.ND DIVISION-

continued.

Happy Valley Greene and Co. . ..

United Miners n. W. Harrison ... McMillan and Co. ,Johnson's Reef .fohnson and Co, .. . Sullivatl. and Co ... . Pender and Co. . .. Chrysolite ...

McLean and Wallace

Running Creek. ... Happy Valley .. ' Root-hog

Harrietville. ,.. United Miners ... ~Forget-me-not '" Victoria .. . ... Johnson's .. . ... Money King ... ... SlvindJe .•• '" Monarch of Glen ... Chrysolite ...

'Ovens River. ... Rose, Shamrock:, and

Thistle

tons c-wt. qr. oz. dwt. gr, OZ~ dwt. gr.

408 0 0 230 0 0

I 8 15'~4 050

1,690 0 0 0 8 18-17' 60 0 0 1 II 16 22 0 0 'I 0 0

200 0 0 0 12 0 50 0 0 0 9 0 40 0 0 0 15 0

200 0 0 0 12 0 30 0 0 2 II 0

100 0 0 0 5 0

584 15 0 280 feet 57 10 0 185 fee.

HO 0 0 250 feet 95 0 0 Surface 22 '0 0 70 feet

120 0 0 180 feet 22 10· 0 Surface 30 '0 0 Surface

120 0 0 Surface i6 10, 0 Surface

25 0 0 Surface

George and Yarham Craig and Co. . .. ... Freeburgh

17 0 0 2 0 0 . 34 0 0 Surface ::: 8 0 0 1 10 0 : 12 0 0 Not stated

Total ...

ALEXANDlU SUBDIVISION.

Alfred ... '" Albert ... },ucky Prospecting Homeward-bound Invincible ... Welcome ... ,Just-in-time _" Lady of the Lake l\Iontezuma '" Prospecting ... I,ilI y i{eef .. , Hesult .. , .. , . Wm. Neuse and Co. I,ewis and Co. , .. Fitzgerald and Co. Peter Manoni ... Patrick Dayley ...

••. Lucky Reef ". • •• ... Lucky Reef ,.. ... ... I,ucky Heef '" ." Homeward-bound Reef ... ." Invincible Reef ... .., Mysterious Reef ... ... Mysterious Heef .•. ... Robinson Crusoe Reef ... ... Montezuma Reef .. . .•. Lilly Reef ,.. .. . ... LHly Beef ,.. • .. ... Pig-and·-W\.listle Reef .. ,

.., Britannia Reef

.., Durham Reef .,.

.. , Durham Reef .. ,

... Durham Reet ...

.., Durham HeeL ••

Total ...

GA.FFNEY'S CR~EK SUB-DIVISION.

A I ... ... ... Castle Reef ... Hunt's ... ... ... Homeward-bound Heef:., Gaffney's Creek United ... Homeward-bound Reef ... Rose of Denmark ... Eureka Reef ... .. . City of Columbus ... Wallaby Reef... .. .

Total ...

WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION.

Morning Star Prospecting ... Nos, 1 and 2 North Morniog

Morning Star Reef Morning Star Reef

Star Age of Progress .. . Hope... .. . Alps Great Central United '" ... All Nations ... That'll-do '" Franklin ... Johnson's ."

... Morning Star Reef '" Morning Star Reef ... Morning Star Reef ... Morning Star Reef ... All Nations Reef ... Shamrock Beef ••• Franklin Reef ... ... Johnson's Reef <

Total ...

BIG RIVER SUBDlVISION,

Hope-on-hope-ever Londonderry .. .

Luck'a-all .. ..

JAMIESON SUBDIVISION.

Alabama

No, 18.

... Seek-and-find Reef

... RailwaJ'Reef ... Luck's-all Heef

I Total ...

... Mack's Creek ...

I------i-----·I·--·---: 6,976 10 0 0 11 16'86 14,082 ~

122 0 0 149 0 0

.. 0 0 140 0 0

6 01 0 48 00

131 0 0 300

11 0 0 400

30 0 0 500 0 0

400 95 0 0 97 0 0 500

41 0 0

o 6 5'50 I 16 10'63 1 17 12 o 16 3'42 038 022 o '3 8'61 o 5 3'33 o 18 4'36 3 16 0

o 15 ° o 10 0

2 10 0 180 1 0 12'37 1 17 9'60 o 3 9-95

38 0 0 271 10 0

7 10 0 113 0 0

i ° 0 5 ° 0

22 0 0 o 15 10

10 0 0 15 4 0 22 10 0 90 feet

250 0 0 70 feet; water-lever iOO feet

10 ° 0 133 0 ° 99 10 0 970 700

1--------1----------1,390 0 0 0 14 14'61 1,015 6 10

1--------- --------------

408 0 0 1,000 0 0

400 0 ° 600 0"0 400 0 0

o 9 tN7 o 4 9'14 o 3 9'12 o 8 14'04 o 4 3'60

2,808 0 0 0 5 18'66

184 0 0 30 to 70 fee~ 219 1 0 220 feet

67 12 0 150 feet 257 11 0 200 feet 83 ° 0 200 feet

811 4 0 ------------------_.!---------

50 0 0 700 0 0

500 0 0 1,860 0 0

585 0 0 263, 0 0

• 240 0 0 11 0 0

360 a 0 20 0 0

o 9 7'68 o 4 6-03

o 3 4'46 o 10 20'52 o 2 9'44 o 10 15'87 020 a 19 2'18 I 10 16 I 7 18

23 6 0 350 feet 148 16 0 150 feet

i9 13 1,009 10

70 0 140 4 24 0 10 10

552 0 27 15

o 120 feet o 1400 feet o 400 feet o 1380 feet o . 260 feet o 1140 feet a . 100 to 160 feet o i 90 feet

----------i------ ------, 4,589 0 0 i ° 9 2'16 2,085 14 0 --1-,---

13 0 0 i 0 19 5'54 400 0 0 0 3 14'40 100 0 0 ° 7 4'80

12 10 0 100 feet 72 0 0 2no feet 36 0 0 100 feet

513 0 0 0 4 16'74 .120 10 0

20 0 0 1 2 0 22 0 0 Near surfllce

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QUANTITY of QUARTZ Crushed in eaeh Division'lJ.nd Subdivision during, the Quarter, &c.--continuea.

Division and Subdivision, and

Name of Company.

. . Where Quartz wlIS·obtained. Quartz Crushed.

tons ewt. qr.

. .Average 'TO~I Yield of I Remarks relative to the YIeld of Gold Gold Depth at wblcb the . per Ton. i . Quartz WIIS obtained, &e,

oz. dwt. gr. I oz. dwt. sr. 1 .

SANDHURST MINING DISTRICT.

SANDHURBT DivISION.

Hustler's Reef .•. Hustler's Reef .•• Catherine Reef U.C. Catherine Reef ' H. Koch (Pioneer Works)... Long Gully ... Metropolitan '0' .••• Golden Square ... Eagle ... .'.. ... Eagle Reef... • .. Wm, Rae ... ... ,Happy Valley ... Johnson's Reef ... ••• Johnson's Reef '" Beehive ...'... Devonshire Reef ... Hercules •• 0 ... Victoria Reef... _ .. Bird's Reef ... ... Bird's Heef... • .. Try Again ... ... Wellington Reef ... Fraser and Osborn ... Golden Square ... Alliance '" ... Golden Square '" Victoria ... Victoria Reef ... . ... Prince of Wales ... ••• Prince. of Wales Reel Sundry lots ... ... From va.rions machines

Total: •• ... !ULl\IORE DIVIIiION. Reedy Creek.

Landgridge ' ... . .. Landgridge Reef· ... Ryan and Co.

Sunday Creek. ... ... Ryau's Reef ... . .. Tobin and Co. ... Glasteragin Reef ... Cushing and Co .... ... Rising Sun Reef . .. lIcLean and Party

Higinbotham. ... Balaclava Reef ... Devonshire '" ... No.1 North do. '" Cheetham and Co. ... No.3 South do. '" McLean and Party ... HiginbothamProspecting

Claim

HEATHCOTE DIVISION AND Total... ... WARANGA SOUTH SUB-DIVISION.

Alison .... ... ... Kelborne Reef, Costerfield Costerfield ... ... Costerfield ... ... Von der Luft's machine Heathcote '" ... (miscellaneous)

Old Racecourse Reef Tipper and Co .... ... Collins ... ... ... Collins' Lease, Redcastle Collins' machine (miscel- Redcastle ... ...

laneous) Graytown P.C. (miscel- Graytown ... ...

Janeous) Caledonia Gully ... 1 Marchesi and Hall's rna.ehine

(miscellanous) Total ••• . ...

WARANGA NORTH SUB-DIVISION.

Lewis and Menzies ... Balaclava ... .. . Henry Thompson ... Fontainebleau ... Victoria engine ••• ... Coy's Diggings . .. Holmes' engine ... Nuggety .... . .. Perseverance engine ... South Nuggety ... Perseverance >engine ... Various Reefs . ..

Total ... ... , I

1,927 0 0 6,591 0 0 5,300 0 0 3,998 0' 0' 3,626 0 0 3,056 0 0

. 2,339 0 0 2,241 0 0 1,295 0 0 2,585 0 0

870 0 '0 864 00

1,350 0 0 1,590 0 t}

803 0 0 1,812 '0 0

40,247 0 0 -~

43 0'0

120 0 0 8 0 ()

20 0 0

63 -0 0 31 0 0 4' 0 0

38 0 0

327 0 0

223 0 0 383 0 0 . 56 0 0 921 0 0

15 0 0 38 0 0

695 0' 0

54 0 0

2,385 0 0

2,129 0 0 73 0 0

165 0 0 370 0 0

90 0 0 330 0 0

3,157 0 0

MARYB'OROUGH MINING

MARYBOllOUGH DIVISION.

Penny and Claussen ... Public crushings ... 940 0 0 North German ... ... .Chung-chung ' ... ... 1,146 0 0 North German ... ... Leviathan ... '" 670 0 0 North German ... ... o Yorkshire and Lancashire 270 0 0 Mariner's Reef ... ... Bristol Hill ... 258 0 0 Mariner's Reef ... ... Soldier's Reef. .. ... 107 0 0 Ma.riner's Reef ... ... Mariner's Reef ... 193 0 0 Mariner's Reef ... ... Battery Reef .,. ... 474' 0 0 Mariner's Reef ... ... Public crushings ... 428 0 0 Cundy and Co. ... ... Public crnshings ... 350 0 0

Total ... ... 4,836 0 0

3 II 1'71 o 7 4'74 o 13 16'59 o 17 19'17 o 11 23'33 o 13 17'45 o 5 8'53 o 10 17'95 o 10 0'40 o 12 8'61 o 13 14'67 1 14 23'34' o 6 10'52 o 14 9'89 o 10 18'17 o 5 22'43

o 14 14'67

o 16 0

0 9 0 8, 9 0 o 14 0

2 14 7 o 14 12 o 15 12 1 1 0

1 4 20'68

0 1 15'66 0 6 15'37 2 10 15'42

0 7 4'37 0 3 ll'20' I 3 13'26

0 6 20'13 ,

1 18 5'33

0 8 10'53

0 6 2'39 2 15 IS'08 o 10 17'96 o 12 10'21 4 0 0 o 15 1'81

OIl 6'65

!

6,847 '15 0 2,371 19 0 3,628 '4 0 3,558 0 0 2,170 12 0 2,097' 10 0

626 6 18 1,204 6 4

648 12 0 1,597 8 0

592 2 1 1,510 16 6

434 12 6 1,145 15 12

431 18 6 537 13 21

29,403 11 2

34 8 0

54 0 0 67 12 0 14 0 0

171 0 9 22 9 12 3 2 0

39 18 0

406 9 21.

18 8 12 127 3 8 141 16 0

330 15 0 2 12 0

44 15 0

237 13 0

103 4 0

1,006 620

649 6 15 203 10 0 88 13 12

229' 17 12 360 0 0 248 15 '0

1,780 2 15

DISTRICT.

,

o 13 0'35 0 4 0 0, 3 0 0 5 10 . o 19 5'30' 0, '6 29'04 0 0 0 0

0

2 21'11 2 11'77 6 15'09 3 4'SO

6 13'39

..1' . .,

611 14 0 229 4 0 100 10 0 73 2 12

247 19 0 38 11 12 27 15 20 59 o 12

141 17 6 56 0 0 ,

1,585 14 14

Public crushings

170 to 180 feet

70 to 80 feet 50 feet , 60 feet

Various 50 feet 30 feet Various

100ft., water-level 41ft. 320ft., water-Ievel90 ft. Varioua depths

100 ft., water-level 20 ft. 200 feet Various depths.

Various depths

Various depths ,

250 feet 50 feet Various 50 to 150 feet 350 feet 40 to 200 feet

1 to 150 feet 20 to 60 feet 170 to 140 feet 1I0 feet

. Various Various Various Various Various Vadou'!

. \

.I

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

Division, all:n~UbdivlSiOU,

Name of Company ..

AMHERST DIVISION.

stick and Co .... Cos Bus

. Pat Jen Bal Ebo Dee T.B

ch and Co. terson and Co. kins and Co .... es and Co. ... r ... ... d Brothers ... artlemore ... Himalaya ...

ton. and Party New Ren Ans Berr

ell and Party y and Party •••

AVOCA- DIVISION.

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

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

anquetand Co.'s Crush-Bos in

Daw g mill . e and Co.'s Crushing mill

DUN

Gol No, An Mo Corf Gla San Don Un Wa Ris Per

OLLY AND TUNA-GULLA. DIVISIONS.

dsborough ... ... 1 North Goldsborough ... on ... ...

nitor ... ... ... u ... . ~ ..

morganshire ... ... datone ... . .. nybrook ... ...

ited Poverty ... ... tts' Reef ... ... e-and-Shine ... ., . severance ... ...

KORONG SuB~IVISION. Duk e of Cornwall ...

DBA-NK A::ID ST. ARNAUD SoUTH SUllDIVISlONS,

Isis ... ... ... S T. ARNAUD NORTH SUB-

DIVISION, stol Reef ... ... ver Mine ... ...

Bri Sil Bu taher and 00.'8 machine

CASTLEMAINE DIVISION., Ajax... ..; ... McClure and Co. '" Knox and Co.... ... Joynes ... ... • .. Odgers ." ... .. . Trembath and Co, . .. . Walker and Vo,.:. • .. Walker and Co. ••. .. . Lewis and others' .. . Six Reefs ... .. . Lewis and Co, ... . .. Terrill and others .. . Collier ... .•• .. .

I I Average , Where Quartz was obtained. Total Yield of

Remarks relative to the Quartz Crushed. I Yield of Gold Gold. Deptb at wl!leh the . . per Ton. Quartz was obtalnad, &te.

tOIl1J cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. am. gr. William's Reef ... 340 0 0 0 3 O'll 51 1 12 Surface to 15 feet Prince of Wales Reef ., . 90 0 0 0 5 16 25 10 0 60 feet, dry Lost-and-found Reef ... 19 0 0 1 2 4'58 21 1 15 10 to 40 feet WlIIiam's Reef ... 43 0' 0 0 6 6'28 13 9 6 14 feet Emu Reef ... ... 26 0 0 0 9 2 II 16 4 100 to 120 feet Finche's Reef ... ... 17 0 0 2 15 7'06 47 0 0 220ft.,water-leveI70ft. Prince Alfred Reef ... 910 0 5 10 12'63 52 10 0 100 feet, dry workings All Nations Reef ... 88 O· 0 0 6 4'36 27 4 0 50to lOP ft., water-level

70ft. Big Reef, Amherst ... 75 0 0 o 10 0 37 10 0 80 ft., reef 18 ft. thick White Star Reef . .. , 64 0 0 0 6 0 19 4 0 65 ft.} White Star Reef ., . 5 0 0 o 15 0 315 0 20 ft.' reef 3i ft. thick White Star Reef ... 5 0 0 0 4 0 I 0 0 20 ft.

I I

Total. .. - ... 781 10 0 0 7 23'06 311 1 13 -Vale's Reef ... ... 45 0 0 110 \) 67 10 0 Luck's-all Reef ... 68 0 0 o 10 1'41 34 4 0 West'of,England Reef ... 11 0 0 o 15 10'91 8 10 0 Poverty Reef .•. ... 40 0 0 0 2 14'40 5 4 0 Young Australia Reef ... 7 0 0 0 5 20'57 2 1 0 Honeycomb Reef ... 72 0 0 0 7 12 27 0 0 Reef unnamed ... 5 0 0 0 6 0 1 10 0 .

Total ... ... 248 0 0 o 11 18'48 145 19 0 . -----Goldsborough ... ... 1,927 0 0 0 9 21'30 952 13 14 Goldsborough ... ... 163 0 0 0 4 0 32 12 0 Dunolly ... ... 47, 0 0 0 8 0 18 16 0 Moliagul ... ... . 25 0 0 1 2 0 27 10 0 Half-way, ... ... 26 0 0 0 3 0'92 3 19 0 Half-way ... . .. 41 0 0 0 8 12'29 17 9 0 Llanelli ... ... 1,342 0 0 o 17 11'51 1,172 18 0 Llanelly ... ... 27. 0 0 0 2 1'77 2 16 0 Tarnagtilla ... . .. 1,480 O· 0 0 3 0 222 0 0 Tarnagulla ... .. , 351 0 0 0 2 23'63 52 7 17 Tarnagulla .. , ... 25 0 0 1 16 7'68 45 8 0 Tarnagul\a , .. ... 860 0 0 0 3 6'40 58 16 0 , Tot¥ ... ... 5,814 0 0 0 8 23'25 2,601 5 7

, Jersey ... . .... 30 0 0 0 15 0 22 10 0

----- ----, ----Oxonian Reef ... ... 2,000 0 0 0 3 12 350 0 0 150 to 200 feet ----------------

New BeJldigo ... ... 493 0 0 o 13 15'67 336 11 0 150 feet Armenian Heef ... 232 0 0 0 4 21'52 56 16 0 80 feet Ohrysolite Hill . ... 101 0 0 3 6 18'29 337 3 0 270 to 300 feei Jerejaw, ... '" 44 0 0 1 8 9'82 62 10 0 75 to 200 feet Trinidad ... ... 46 o· 0 o 14 13'56 33 10 0 140 feet North of Silver Mines ... 10 0 0 '1 8 9'60 14 4 0 125 feet South of Silver Mines .;. 127 0 0 o 12 14'36 80 0 0 50 feet Gap... . .... ... 14 0 0 1 8 0 19 12 0 240 feet Wilson's Hill ••• ... 58 0 0 0 4 14'89 13 8 0 130 to 220 feet Snake Reef ... ... 7 .0 0 0 8 10'28 1 4 0 90 feet , --------

Total. .. ... 1,132 0 0 o 16 20'90 954 18 0 ---~'"---

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICj:'.

1,760 0, 0 0 2 6'81 200 19 13 170 to 280 feet '46 0' 0 0 16 8'74 37 12 18 65 feet

664 0 0 0 6 20'09 227 0 0 Various 6 0 0 '2 7 0 14 2 0 60 feet

16 0 0 1 II 16'50 '25 7 0 20 feet (underalluviai) 433 0' 0 0 t 12'01 162 7 18 70 to 130 feet '348 0' 0 0 4 4'07 72 11 0 180 feet 146 0 0 0 5 12'16 40 4 0 200 feet i20 0 0 0 16 8'80 98 4 0 20 to 170 feet 184 0; 0 0 4 6'42 39 5 6 Various 846 0 0 0 6 4'J2 260 18 0 30 to 120 feet 570 0 0 0 11 4'04 318 6 0 200 feet 36 0 0 0 10 13'33 19 0 0 35 feet

Bolivia Reef ... '" Mount Alexander Reef Various'reefs .. . Argus Reef... .. . Dinah Flat... .. . Eureka Reef .. :' ... Wattle Gully... .. . Manchester Reef .. . Nimrod 'Ueef .. : .. . Backus Creek... '" Scbas topal ... .., Wattle Gully... .. . Greaterox Reef .. .

Tota1. •• 5,175 0 0 I-O-~~-7-

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QUANTITY of 9.UARTZ Crushed in each Division and Subdivisiol?- during the Quarter, &c.-continued.

Dlylsion and Subolvlslon, Average TotaJ Yield ot Remarks relative to tbe and Whore Quartz WIlS obtained. Quartz Crushed. Yield 01 Gold Gold. Depth at which the

Name of Comp1lnY. per Ton. Quartz was obtzined, &c. ----FRYER'S CREEK DIVISION. tOIlB em. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Emu (Spring Gully) .. , Emu Hill '" ... 680 0 0 0 5 0 170 0 0 100 feet Sorensen and Co. ... Specimen Hill ... 52 0 0 1 1 14'76 56 " 0 24 to 50 f~et Heath and Co. .. , ... Cemetery Reef '" 40 0 0 0 6 0 12 0 0 40 feet Collyer and Co. , •• ... Collyer's Reef ... 2 0 0 1 10 0 3 0 0 30 to 40 feet Australian United ... Cattle's Reef ... .•.. 2,200 0 0 0 4 11'34 492 0 0 200 feet Rowe Brothers ... Cattle's Reef ... ... 345 0 0 o 13 1'04 225 0 0 80 and 17 5 feet Rowe, Kitto, and Co, ... Cattle's Reef ... ... 70 0 0 1 2 13'71 79 0 0 140 feet Cattle and Co. ... ... Cattle's Reef ... ... 256 0 0' 0 7 8'76 94 5 12 90 to 100 feet

Total ... ... 3,645 0 0 0 6 5 1,131 9 12 HEPBURN DIVISION. ----

Pitt and others ... ... Keep-it:dark Reefs .., 176 0 0 1 2 17'45 200 o '0 60 feet Cornish ... ... ... Wombat Hill ... .. . 2 0 0 8 0 0 '16 0 0 250 feet Specimen Hill ... ... Specimen Hill ... ... 1,500 0 0 0 2 12 187 10 0 349 feet Specimen Hill Tributors ... Specimen HilL,. ... 300 0 0 0 5 0 75 0 0 150 feet Freehold '" ... Mauritius Reef ... 3,054 0 0 0 15 15'97 2,392 2 2 To 40 feet Sardines ... ... Yandoit .... . .. . 128 0 0 0 9 7'12 59 10 0 70 and 120 feet Various prospectors ... Yandoit Reefs, various ... 390 0 0 0 8 0 156 0 0 12 to 50 feet Wheal Dory Tributors ... Adams' Reef '" ... 37 0 0 1 3 18'81 44 0 0 140 feet Dickenson and Co. ... Dont-wak'm Reefs ... 4 0 0 o 15 0 3 0 0 Pryde and Co. ... ... Italian Hill ... ... 80 0 0 011 3 44 10 0 60 and 100-foot levels Willard and King ... Willard's Reef ... 30 0 0 1 0 9'60 30 12 0 Dunstan and Party ... St, George's Reef ... 41 0 0 1 0 8'78 41 15 \) 90 feet Lucini Pietro ... ... Commissioner's Reef ... 609 0 0 0 7 21'16 240 0 0 83 feet Rogers and Party ... Commissioner's Reef ... 34 0 0 o 16 '11'29 28 0 0 Sherwood and Party ... Italian Hill . . .. ... 14 0 0 o 14 0 9 16 0 llO feet Ellis and Co, ... ... Italian Hill . .. . .. 70 0 0 0 6 0 21 0 0 100 feet White and Co. (public) ... Racecourse Road. ... . 150 0 0 o 15 0 112 10 0 Various White and Co. ... ... Racecourse Road ... 2-1, 0 0 o 10 20 13 0 0 Various Smith and Co. .,.'. ... Connell's Gully ... 40 0 0 1 5 0 50 0 0 40 feet Pollard and Party ... Wombat Reefs . .. 40 0 0 1 0 0 40 0 0 50 feet . Barkla, public mill Various reefs ... { 236 0 0 }011 7'65 246 15 0 ( 60 to 70 feet ... 200 0 0 l Shallow . No.1 South ... ... Mauritius Reef ... 49 0 0 1 5 7'34 62 0 0

Total. .. ... 7,208 0 0 011 7'23 4,073 0 2 TAlU.D..IJ.E AND KYNETON ---------------

SUBDIVISION.

Martin's Reef ... ... Taradale South ... 15 0 0 o 15 8 11 10 0 Near the surface Dannill's ... . .. Millvane's Paddock . .. 30 0 0 o 10 0 15 0 0 6 feet deep Energet.ic ... ... Lonergan's Paddock .. . 649 0 0 2 0 9'87 1,311 7 0 183-foot level North Star ... ... Lonergan's Paddock ... 416 0 0 1 12 18 681 4 0 150-foot level Kyneton ... ... Hunter's Paddock . .. 168 0 0 o 17 14'85 148 0 0 194-foot level Band of Hope Kangaroo Reef

, ... . .. ... 26 0 0 1 16 20 , 47 17 16'

T.ARRANGOWER DIVISION. Total ... ... 1,304 0 o I 1 13 23'32 2,214 18 16

Bell's Reef ... ... Eaglehawk, Bell's, and 738 0 0 017 18'79 656 4 0 50 to 400 feet Nuggety Reefs

130 to 400 feet Caledonia 1-~ill8 ... ... Wilson's, Victoria, Lin- 414 0 0 o 15 2'03 312 5 0 scott's, J\.fanton's,'Nug-gety, and Eaglehawk . Reefs

North British Mills ... Parkins', 'Wilson's, and 419 0 0 0 14 17'07 308 4 6 25'0 to 360 feet Great Western

Nnggety Reefs ... ... Beehive Reef •.. .., 2,482 0 0 0 6 18'41 839 16 12 300 to 400 feet Nelson ... . .. Wilson's Reef ... ... 840 0 0 Q 8 20'27 371 9 12 360 feet Linscott's Mills ... ... Eaglehawk, Nuggety, 237 0 0 o 12 2?'99 153 11 0 30 to' 350 feet

Lahn's, and Beehive Reefs

Albert ... ... . .. Fentoman's Beef ... 100 0 0 0 6 0 30 0 0 150 feet Union ... ... .. . Thornhill's Reef . .. 150 0 () 0 5 1'60 I ,38 0 0 250 feet

I ) Total ... ... 5,380 0 0 0 , 10 1'73 2,709 10 6

ST, ANDREW'S EAST 'AND -----CENTRAL SUBDIVISIONS.

No, 4 North ... ... Cram's Reef . .. ... 42 0 0 I 17 ll'7l 78 14 12 40 feet No, 1 North ... ... Cramls Heef ... ... I 0 0 o 16 0 o 16 0 120 feet No, 3 North ... ... Cram's Reef ... ... 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 160 feet No. I South_ ... ... Cram's Reef .. . '" 6 0 0 3 8 2 20 8 12 120 feet No.3 South , .. ... Cram's Reef ... .... 19 0 0 1 10 14'16 29 1 5 180 feet No, 4 South ... ... Cram's Reef .., ... 6 10 0 5 4 13'84 33 19 18 195 feet Pioneer ... ... ... Diamond Creek ... 32 10 0 I II 4't;4 50 13. 19 75 feet Central Pioneer ... ... Diamond Creek ... 2 0 0 1 6 6 2 12 12 90 feet Christian and Patterson ... Diamond Creek . .. 306 0 0 4 15 7'15 1,458 1 6, 140 feet Cargill and Co, ... ... Loyal Liberal Reef .., 20 0 0 o 17 0 17 0 0 70 feet Loyal Liberal ..... ... Loyal Liberal Reef . .. 90 0 0 0 3 8 15 O· 0 70 feet Golden Bower ... '" Donovan's Creek ... 500 0 0 o 10 0 . 250 0 0 150 feet ---.--

Total ••. ... 1,026 0 0 1 18 3'40 1,956 13 12 BI,UE MOUNTAIN NORTH

SUBDIVISION, Amelia ... ... .. , Cosmo Newberr ... 350 0 0 0 10 0 175 0 0 .80 feet

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

Division and Subdivision, lind

Name of Company. Where Quartz was obtained: I QU,artz Crusbed. Yi~:~~a:ld i TotAl Yield of

per Ton. ' Gold.

Remarks relative to the Depth at which the

Quartz was obtained, &c.

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

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

'AluRAT DIVISION. ~I North Star ... .. , Campbell's Reef ... 952 0 0 8 17'30 415 2 6 396 feet Southern Cross ... .. , Campbell's Reef ... 1,293 0 0 5 21'11 380 2 9 50 feet Kangaroo ... ... Campbel!'s Reef . .. 1,174 0 0, 0 5 14 327 15 6 570 feet

Total ... ... 3,419 0 0: 0 6 13'65 1,122 19 21

PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.

Wimmera machine ... Various reefs ... ... 1,657 0 0 0 6 11'62 537 4 0 Victoria machine ... Scotcbman's Reef ... 1,324 0 0 0 5 21 '71 390 18 0 Lamont and Co.'s machine Cross and Scotchman's 3,384 0 0 o 13 12'26 2,286 0 0 300 to 500 feet St. George machine ... Various reefs ' ••. ... 1,729 0 0 1 6 12'14 2,291 9 0 Leviathan machine ... Various reefs ... ... ' 3,831 0 0 0 9 1'\>4 : 1,732 5 0 Moonlight machine ... Various reefs ... ... 1,338 0 O[ 0 9 16'61 I 648 8 0

Total ... ... 13,263 0 0 o 11 21'40 7,886 4 0

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

MITCIIELL RIVER SUBDIVI-SION.

Tubal Cain ... Elizabeth ... Duke of Edinburgh

... Tubal Cain Reef

... Tubal Cain Reef

... Tubal Cain Reef,

• Total ...

CROOKED RIVER DIVISION.

Evening Star... ... Evening Star Reef J orgonson and Co. . ... Duffer Reef .. .

JERICIIO DIVISION.

Lochfyne Pr~spectors Commercial ... Eldorado '"

Total .. .

... Lochfyne Reel'

... Commercial Reef ••• Eldorado Reef

To~ ...

STRINGER'S CREEK DIVISION.

Walhalla ... • .. Long Tunnel... • •. Shamrock '" Northern and Eastern ... Happy-go-Lucky (tributors) Eureka... ... • .. Young Happy... • ..

No.7 Cohen'S Reef •.. No.9 and 10 Cohen's Reef Sbamrock Reef ... Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... Happy-go-Lucky Reef ... Eureka Reef ... • •• Happy-go-Lucky R€er ...

Total •••

RUSSELL'S CREEK DIVISION.

Albion ... ••• ... Crossover Creek Columbia ... ... Russell's Creek Geo, Higinbotham '" Pheasant Creek Pheasant Creek Prospecting Pheasant Creek Empire ... .•. ... Western Branch

Total ...

BENDOC SUBDIVISION.

Come-love ... Come-love H€ef

Come-love ... ... Come-love Reef ... Luck-and-Leisure

Luck-and-Leisure Luck -and· Leisure Prima Donna ...

... Luck-and-Leisure Reef

... Luck-and-Leisure Reef

... Luck-and-Leisure Reef ••. Prinra Donna Reef ••• i

52 0 O' 3 5 16 '77 170 16 8 10 0 0 1 8 0 14 0 0 20 0 0 I 0 16 9'60! 16 8 0 82 0 0 2 9 1'85! 201 4 8

193 0 0 i~=I--4-8-0-0-1 160 feet 146 0 0 0 4 19'06 I 35 0 0 Surface to 30 feet

------------I---------l------339 0 0 0 4 21'52

500 0 0 0 9 0 20 0 0 0 10 0

130 0 0 I 0 3 19'75 ;

650 0 0: 0 7 23'89 !

1,344 0 1,661 0 1,031 0

50 0 90 0

103 0 31 0

I 5 5'12 2 17 19'24 o 3 2'49 o 7 12'48 5 4 10'66 i ~ !~ 1::~~ i

83 0 0

225 0 0 100 feet 10 0 0 Opening in face of bil 24 1.7 0 130 feet

259 17 0

1,694 7 4,800 1/

160 0 18 16

470 0 71 0 19 0

o Various depths o IOOft,belowwater-leve b Surface. o 80 feet from surfaee. o 160 feet from surface. o 100 feet from surface o ] 50 feet from surface,

4,310 0 0 1 13 13'59 7,233 12 0

12 0 0 200

13 0 0 65 0 0

I 9 0

I 0 0

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THE. following information has been obtained from Returns made by the' Mini'ng Surveyors and Registrars ,relative to the Quantity of QUARTZ TAILINGS and qE~~NT, .. 8z;~., Crushed in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter,and the GOLD obtained therefrom:-

Division and Subdlvlslon, and

Same of Company. I Where Quartz TnUing. and I Quartz Ta!llngs II Averag'- I T tal Yield f I Remarks relative to the Cement, &e., were and Cement, &c., Yield of Gold 0 Gold 0 Depth "t wbieb the obtained. Crushed. per Ton. I . Cement, &0., 'Yere obtained. 1 ________________ _ tOllS cwt. qT. I oz. dwt. 81'. . Oz. dwt. gr. I· .

BEECHWORTH MINING DISTRICT.

ALEXANDRA SUBDIVISION.

Homeward-bound ... Homeward-bound Reef ... 25 O· 0 0 o 19'20 1 o .0, Alexandra ... '" Mullock and tailings ... .6 0 0 0 11 IS 3 10 12

.. Total ... · .. 1 31 0 0 0 2 22-06 4 10·12

SAND HURST MINING DISTRICT. ,

SANDHURST DIVISION. . Guy, Clough, and Co. ... White Hills . .. .. , 2,638 0 0 0 1 3'12 149 1 10 Surface to 40 feet Felix ... '" ... White Hills ... ... 2,087 0 0 0 1 17'27 179 9 5 From 6 to 14 feet Caledonia ... ... Epsom ... .. . 1,395 0 0 0 4 16'24 326 4 0 Depth, SO feet; widtb.

3 feet North of England . ... Huntly ... . .. :, " 'S05, 0 0 0 4 13'30 II5 0 0 Depth, 124fee~; widtb,

300 feet Huntly Deep Lead ... Huntly ... . .. 2,943 0 0 0 1 12'58 224 6 0 Huntly Deep Lead Extended ,Huntly ... ... 2,010 0,0 0 222'15 293 15 8 Depth, 109 feet; widtb,

" , ,

300 feet Telegraph .. \. '" Huntly ... ... 1,969 0:0 0 2 '8'62 232 '6 0 Depth, 130feetj width

not defined Ballarat and Bendigo ... Huntly . .. ... 1,110 0 0 0 2 ~ 120 5 0 Width· varies fI;om 300

to 400 feet True Rrilon ... ... Huntly ... . .. 960 9,0 0 4 0'05 192 2 0 Depth, 120 feet; widtb ,

100 feet Morning Light ... ... Huntly '" . .. 2,378 0 0 0 2 13'90 306 1 0 Depth, 136 feet; width

300 feet' . Caledonia ... ... Huntly ... .. . 960 0 0 0 3 14'70 173 8 0 Depth, 130 feet Annabella ... . .. Huntly ... ... 2,360 0 0 0 5 8'67 632 13 0 Depth,125feet; width,

, 300 feet H. Koch (Pioneer Works) ... Long Gully ... ... 135 0 0 0 1 1l'37 9 19 0 Previously washed by

.. "" 1 Chinamen Johnson's Reef ... ... California Gully . .. 199 0' 0 0 0 9'64 I 4. 0 0

HEATHCOTE DIVISION Total ... ... . 21,644 0 0 0 2 l7'59 i 2,957 19 23. AND W ARANGA SOUTH SUB· t

DIVISION, - ! .. Von der Luft's machine Ce~ent Hill ... ... 56 o ' 0 0 7 9'43 20 U' 0

"

(cement) Redcastle Collins' machine (tailings) ... .. , ... 80 0 0 0 o 13'50 2 5 0

Costerfield (tailings) ... ,Co~terfiE;ld ... 965 O! 0, O' 3.21'95 188 17 10 ------

Total... 1,101 0 0 : '0 20'35 211 16 10 ' " ... . 1 ..

) ~.

1

MARYBOROUGHMINING DISTRICT.

MARYl!0ROUGU DIVISION.

North German ..... Mariner's Reef, " .. "

... Public crushings

... Public c!ushings

Total...

183 0 0 0 3 0 , .... 1 40 0 0 0 5 19'25

27 9 0 Various II 12 2 Various

...-=:3_0 0 1_0 .3 12'061'~-2 • AMHERST DIVISION. -

T.Bllrtlemore(smallparcels) Ballarat Hill and Back . 294 0 0 I 0 3 16'81· 54 8 0 Various,d.eptqs, i' Creek -----

,.. 500 0 0. I 0 2 0 50 0 0 Cement 'AvoCA SUBDIVl.SION;

Bosanquet and (;0.'8 crush- Old Avoca Lead , ing!pill Dawe and Co.'s 'crushing Fiddler's Creek

mill

REDBANK AND ·ST. ARNAUD" .' SOUTU SullDIVISlONS,

Lancashlre ... , ." Stuartmill

915 0 O'l~~i 239 '0 0 Cement' "

375 0 0 o '3 0 56 5 0

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quANTITY of QUA.RTZ TA.ILINGS and CEMENT Crushed in each Division and Subdivision, &c.-continued.

Average ' : Rema.rb relative to tbe Division and Subdlvlsioll, and

Name of CompllllY.

Wherll Quartz Tailings .. lid Cement, &Ie., were

obtained.

Quarta Taillng8 and Cement; &c.,

,Crushed •. Yield of Gold Total Yield of! Depth at which the

• per Ton. Gold; I Cement, &0., were obtained. --~·I~~·~---I------~~--~

CASTLEMAlNE DIVISION.

B ennetts and Co. ...

FRYBR'S CREEK DIVISION.

able Hill ... ". ir H. Barkly . .... . .. illiain Tell ... . .. ee Italian ... ...

enkins and Co. ... ...

T S W Fr J J T

enkins and Co. (public) ... homas and Co ..•. ...

HEPBURN DIVISION. . ing Sun ... ... RiB

Fre H ·Co

eman and Co. (public) ... ocking a.nd Co.... ... llpin, J. B. ... . ..

T.ARRANGOWER DIVISION.

P rinoo of Wales ... \ ...

ST. ANDREW'S EAST AND CBNTRAL SUBDIVISIONS.

ullock .. , ... ... ,

,

PLEASANT CnEEK DIVISION.

Cambrian CO.'s machine ... Tregea. and Co.'s machine ...

BARKLY DIVISION.

tons owt, qr. oz. dwt. gr.

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT.

" I Hard Hill ... . .. 360 0 0 0 3 6

Table Hill ... .. . 2,120 0 0 0 2 6'33 Pennyweight '" ... 600 0 0 0 5 0 Guildford Hill ... 250 0 0 0 '2 3'16 Guildford Hill .. . 520 0 0 0 3 12 Table and Kangaroo· Hill 200 0 o· 0 6 0 Table and Kangaroo Hill 60 0 0 0 8 0 Bald Hill ... . .. 100 0 0 0 6 0

------Total. .. ... 3,850 0 0 0 3 5'50

Blind Creek South .. . 600 0 0 0 1 12 Wombat Hill ... 200 0 0 0 4. 0 Argus Reefs ... 500 0 0 0 3 0

1 Adams' New Reef . .. 921 0 0 0 1 0

Total ... ... 2,221 OJ 0 0 1 20'53 !

- - '. Cement '" '" 1,660 0 0 0 1 4

No.4 North ." ... 7 .0 0 0 2 4

ARARAT MINING DISTRICT.

Silver Shilling and Forty-foot Hill

150 0 0 0 6 0

Tailings, various ... 1,000 0 0: 0 o 12 . 01

Total ... ... 1,150 0 0 1 5'21

Various crushings of cement, passed through the 600 0 0 0 6 0 machines at work ,

GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT.

RUIISELL's CREEK DIVISION, I ,

i No.1 Tangil Cement '" Tangil ... '''1 400 0 0 0 1 B'SS' Jumping Sailor or Tangil , .. ... .. . '53 8 0 o 13 11'59

Golden Cement I Q

Total ... ... 453 8 0 0 2 21'76 !

BENDOO SUBDIVISION. . Rising Sun Prospccting Claim Rising Sun Reef .. , 47 0 0 0 I 16'51

oz. d.:n. gr./

58 10 0

240 0 0 100 feet 150 ,0 0 90 to 100 feet 26 13 0 80 feet 91 :0 0 100 feet 60 '0 0 Various 24 0 0 Various 30 0 0 Various

621 13 0

45 0 o I Surface and 125 feet 40 0 o 1 Shallow 75 0 o 20 feet 46 1 o Surface

206 1 0

96 16 16 Surface

o 15 4 \

.45 0 0 I

25 0 0 I

. 70 0 0

ISO 0 0

29 18 0 About 200 feet 36 Q 0 120 feet

65 IS 0

. 3 19 S Cemen't on surfu.ce

I

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PYRITES AND BLANKETINGS.

THE following information has been obtained from Returns made by. the Mining Surveyors and RegistrarI'! relative to the Quantity of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in the several Divisions and

. Subdivisions of each Mining District during the Quarter, and the GOLD .obtained therefrom;-

DIvision and Subdivision, Where Pyrltes and B1anketlngs Pyrites Average Totsl Yield of Remarks relativ~ to the and were obtslned. and Blanketings Yield of Gold Gold. Depth at which the N!IIlle of Company. operated on. per Ton. Pyrites, &c., were obt!lined ..

, toIlS em. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CENTRAL DIVISION.

o 16 20'951 Black Hi.!l ... ... Black Hill '" ... 15 7 0 12 19 0 Don. ... ... Gum-tree Flat . .. 2 0 0 4 10 0 9 0 0 Llanberris ... ... Gum-tree l!'!at . .. 49 o :0 2 4 5'87 lOB 8 0

CRESWICK DIVISION. Total ... . .. 66 - 7 0 1 19 6'99 130 7 0 Port Phillip ... ... Clunes Reefs ••• . .. 96 0 0 2 16 21'75 273 3 0 New North Clunes ... Clunes Reefs •.• ... sa 0 0 4 9 22'55 373 5 0 Yankee .•• ... ... Clunes ~eefs ••• ... 14 0 0 1 9 8'57 20 11 0

\ -----SUIGLITZ ~U1IDIVISION. Total

(:.f1+;;) -:: :'GJ.>

. .. 19S 0 ~ 3 9 2'73 666 19 0 Albion ... Steiglitz .J 8 0 0 2 5 0 18 0 0 ... '" ... . ..

r(\ SAl~DHURST MINING DISTRICT.

, I.' SANDHURST DIVISION.

Pioneer Works Long Gully ,

158 0 0 2 15 3'49 43513'0 ... , ... ... . ..

MARYBOROUGH MINING DISTRICT • .

REDBU'X AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS. ,

Isis ... ... ... Stuartni.il1 ... . .. 150, 0 0 2 10 0 375 O' 0

CASTLEMAINE MINING DISTRICT •

. " HEPBURN DIVISION; ,

Sp~imen Hill '" Specimen Hill ... ... 15 0 0 1 9 8 22 0 0 349 feet , .. ,

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NUMBER AND DISTRIBUTION OF MINERS ON THE GOLDFIELDS OF THE COLONY, FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31s'T MARCH 1870.

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

'0

I Name of Place. !i'o. Total. Name of Place. No~ Total. -- -,~-.. - ---BALLAlIAT DISTRICT. Brought forward ... ... ... 10,122

Cenlral Division: Creswick Division-continu!!d. Ballarat West ... ... -.. 850 Bald Hills ... . .. . .. 20 Ballarat East . ,. ... ... 750 Sulky Gully . .. ... .., 15 Ballarat North ... ... ... 50 Slaty Creek . .. . .. .. . 50 Sebastopol ... ... ... 1,300 Mopoke ... . .. . .. .. . 80 Cambrian Hill ... ... ... 550 Humbug Hill ... . .. ... 80 Springs ••• ... ... ... 155 Portuguese Flat ... ... . .. 50 Little Bendigo ... . ,. ... 140 Back Creek .. . . .. . .. 35 Deadhorse ... ... ... 450 Rocky Lead ... . .. . .. 30 Ballarat South ... ... ... 1,067 Pinchgut Gully ... ... .. . 70 -- 5,312 - . 2,200

Southern Division: Gordon Subdivision: Long"Gully '" ... '" 75 Mount Egerton '" ... ... 60 Staffordshire Reef ... . .. 45 Claims North of Big Hill Reef ... 103 Italian Gully ... ... ... 80 Moorabool ... ... ., . 6 Splitters' Gully ... ... . .. 30 Gordon , 94 ... ... ... .. . Kangaroo ... ... . .. 55 All Nations Gully ... ... ... 8 Moonlight ... ... .. . 50 -- 271 Bulldog... . .. ... ... 130 Steiglitz Subdivision : Rokewood Junction ... ... 100 Mount Misery Creek 370 Steiglitz ... ... ... .. . 600 ... ... Morrison's 450 Jackson's Gully 15 ... .. , ... ... ... ...

1 Dolly's Creek 150 Yankee Gully 30 ... ... ... ... ... ... Mount Doran 100 Grassy Gully 120 ... ... ... ... ... ... Stony Rises 30 Spring Creek 20 ... ... .. . ... ... ... Darriwill .•• 20 Sawpit Gully, 50 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,350 Whim Holes 50 --.•. ... . .. Hard Hills ... ... ... 55 Blackwood Diviswn and Blue Mountain lfrenchman's Gully ... ... 50 • South Subdiviaion: Pinchgut ; •• ' ... ... ... 70 Golden Point ... ... . .. 250 Break·o'-day ... ... .. . 400 Bed Hill '" .... ... 170 Western Creek ... ... ... 7Q Barry's Reef and Split-tree ... ... 300 Raglan ... ... ... .. . 20 Yankee Reef and Creek ... . .. 120 -- 1,885 Simmons' Reef ... ... . .. 150

Buninyong Diviaion : Sebastopol and Main Creek below () Sebastopol ... . .. .. . 190 . Napoleon ... ... . .. . .. 80 Garibaldi 40 Watson's Hill 50 ... ... . .. .. '" . .. Snake Gully 40 Durham and tributaries 300 ... , .. ... ... . .. Ballan Flat 20 Green Hills 80 ... .. .,. ... ., . '" , Johnson's Reef 20 Scotchman's 180 ... ... . .. ... ... . .. Werribee ... 20 Union Jack and Glencoe 200 ... ... ... ... ... Newman's Reef 8 I Winter's Flat 60 ... ... ... ... ... . .. Sardine Creek 2~ I Hiscock's ... 150 ... ... ... ... ... Goodman's Creek ... Magpie 50 ... ... ... ... . .. . Wright's Reef 8 Cobbler's '" ... ... ... 50 ... ... .. .

New-chum ... . .. ... 30 ,- 1,360 One·eye and Spring Hill 60

I ---... '" Total for Ballarat District 15,303 Hard Hills ... ... ... I 100 ... . .. Black Lead 120 ---.. , .. , ...

-- 1,!i1O .. Smytkesdale Division: ---Smythesdale .. , ... .. . llO

Scarsdale ... ... . .. ... 520 Brown's ... ... .. . 50 Monkey Gully ... ... ... 15 BEKCHWORTH DISTRICT . Italian's ... ... ... ... 20 Derwent Jack's ." .. , '" 30 Beechworth Division: Piggoreet ... . .. ... 100 Spring Creek Bottle Hill ... ... 60 ... ... . .. 115 ... Silver Creek 28 Snake Valley 140 ... ... .. . ... . .. ... Deep Creek Lint.on ... ... 70 ... ." ... 22 ... ... Hurdle Creek 55 SpringdalJah Creek 40 , ... ... . .. ... ... Pennyweight Flat ... 46 Happy Valley ... . .. 60 ... .. . ... Two-mile Creek 60 Haddon 200 ." ... ... ... ... . .. Three-mile Creek ... 210 --- 1,415 ... ... Six"mile Creek '" ... ... 55

Creswick Division: Bowman's Forest ... . .. ... 135 Creswick ... ... ... . .. 100 l\1yrtleford, &c. ... ... ... llS Clunes. .~. ... ... .. . 1,100 W ooragee, &c. ... . .. ... 200 Springhill ... .,. . .. 60 ' Reid's Creek . .. . .. . .. 4f! Red Streak ... ... . .. 360 Wool shed .., ... . .. 205 Union Hill 80 Sebastopol - 145 ... . .. . .. ... . .. . ..

- Longpoint ... ... ... 100 Eldorado ... ... ... ... 540 Diamond Gully ... ... .., 30 Stanley ... ... . .. . .. 450 Cobbler's Gully ... ... . .. 40 -- 2,429 --- ---Carried forward '" ... ... 10,122 Carried forward ... ... .. . 2,429 . No. 18. c

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

Name ofPlD.ce.

Brought forward ... Yackandandah bVivision :

German Flat '" Muddy Creek ...,' Murphy's Flat '" Hayes' Point ... Kirby's Flat '" Bell's Flat ••• McCarthy's Flat ... Whiskey Flat '" Township,Hills ... Pyke's Flat '" Rowdy Flat '" Osborne's Flat .. . Allan's Flat .. . Staghorn Flat .. . Kinchington's Creek T\vist's Creek '" Clear Creek Hillsborough and Sutton Sandy Creek ... Lockhart's Creek '"

.... ,."

Illdigo.Division:· .' Chiltern and New Ballarat Leads Indigo Lead ... i ~ •• Caledonian Lead British Queen Lead Perseverance Lead ... Gleneoe Lead '"

....

No.

40 50 45 18 26 15 25 40 30 70 7'0 90' 20 80' 60.

'270· ISO' 280

••• I 190 20

140 175

-l _ 35~.

5:' 5

Total.

2,429

1,599

Clydesdale Lead '" Durham Lead ... Wahgunyah Lead ... . ~ Robert Burns Lead

..... 12 __ " ........ ' . 0 - , .. : .. ::: . ·:·12 ; Blackdog Lead '" Mona Lead, '" Higgins' Reef '" Magenta Reef ... Banner's Reef ••• Lanarkshire Reef .•• Two,to-Qne Reef ••• Parish's Reef ••. Lambert and Co. McQueen and Co. '" Hope Reef ... . Holman and Co. , .... ' Burns and Co. .. . Moss and Co, '"

Buckland Division:

.. ...

Two branches of Ovens to Harrietville Harrietville to Bright ... '" Bright to Boundary ... ... Running Creek... ... '" Growler'S Creek... ... .. . Morse's Creek ... ... . .. . Buckland to Upper Bridge ... '" Upper to Lower Bridge '" ... ]~ower Bridge to Oyens Junction '"

Alexandra Sul,division : Ale;mndra and surrounding locality .•. Godfrey's Creek... ..; ... Devil's River and tributaries • '" JohnsOl1's Creek and tributaries' '< .. . Growler's Gully ... , "'::., .... . U T Creek ... ...' '" Goulburn Hiver... ... '" Ghin'ghin '''' .•• • .•. Spring Creek and tributaries '" Prospectors throughout the locality,."

Mansfield Subdivision:

·i,o. , 2Q, 20. 20 6 3

. 7 4 ,3,

2 2

10 ,2

2 2

260 263 143

89 136 185. 241 Si4 278

60 ,41)0

20 110 175 30

120 8

60 59

Dry Greek and locality Maindample ••• Hltdield '" O'Brien's Creek ...

200 25

'25 ... ;, 60

GIJ.i!ne!i's Cree!, Subdivision : Goullmin J{j ver... ' ... . .. Gaffney's Creek... ... '" Cannon's Creek... ... .. . Moonlight Creek... ... .. . Raspberry Creek and branches '" LrrelJird Creek... ... '" W allahy Creek '" ... ... Cornhiil Reef ... ... '" Prospectors throughout the subdivision

Carried forward

40 78 " 58 B

77 . 6' • 16, 18 15"·

511

1,909

1,033

310

316

8,107

" .

Name of Plnoo.

Brought forw:ard , ... I Wood's Point Subdivision:

Wood's Point and Morning Star Lower Goulburn·· ... ' , .... Righ t and left branenes ... Gooley's Creek and Bald Hills Harper's and Pheasant Creek Perkins' Creek and Waverley Emerald Claims ... .. . Ali Nations ... .. . Maori Creek .... .. . Bald Hills to Toorak ... Toorak to Columbia .. . Black River ... .. .

,~ Moving and prospecting miners 'r

Big River Subdivision:' Frenchman's Creek •.• Ten-mile .:. ... .., Warner's ,... ... ... Enoch's Creek ... .. . Railway Creek... . .. Jim Thomas Creek '" Big:I~iver South .•. • .. Big Hiver North... ... Fryer's Creek' ...

•••. I

No.

144 82 56 88, iO 20

6 14 6 2, 4

26· 45

20-'6.: ' 12 10 20 . 22 64

.,~ 46' ., ...' 12

38

Total.

8,107

503

Darlingford to Jerusalem Creek Moving and p.J:ospecting miners 25_. __ :::'

M ' : D·I" !tta'1Rltta !VISIOn:

Thunder-a~d-lightning Creek Snowy,Creek ... '" Mitta.-mitta River .. , ... ...

Jamieson Subdivision: Howqua Hiver and tributaries ... Goulburn from Howqua to Jamieson Mack';f:Cre~Ji: :.. .... ... Goulburn from Jamieson to Swampy Creek Sail!)r Bill's Creek... ... • .. Swampy Cl;'eek:'" ... • .. Flume Creek ... ... .. . Prospectors .. , ... .. .

Total for Beechworth District ,

, SAN*IIURST DISTRICT,

Sandlt ursl Di'lision :

156 280

50 '--. ..

30 15 7'5 80 72; 20' 12

,12

Axe Creek and Milkmaid's Flat ... 30 Back 'Creek and Spring Gully ... 172 Sheepshead "'I)d Golden Gully ... 428 Go\tl

Kilmore Division: -- 6,365

Heedy Creek (Upper) Heedy 'Creek (Lower) Strath Creek .. . Sunday Creek .. . Tommy's Hut .. . Yea .. '. . ..

Higinbotham ... Teactree Creek ... Thornton .. . Acheron River .. . Kil~ore Dig5ings .. .

Carried forward

• •• -.J

80 100 . 20

22 14 30 40 12

120 250

4

'} ".J_

692

7,057

19

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

Name of Place.

·Brought forward ...

Heathcote Division and Waranga Subdivision:

Spring Creek.(Mormbool) ••• Redcastle ... Heathcote •••. ... Costerfield (Upper and Lower) Tooborac... ... . .. Kimbolton and Canipa~pe .. . Coli ban and Myrtle Creek .. . Wild-duck Creek .,. .. .

Waranga North Subdivision:

South

...

Old Lead and tributaries, Rushworth Chinaman's Flat and Old Ned's ••. Nuggety and Main Gully Reefs .. . Mongolian and Cumberland Heefs .. . Frenchman's Reef .•• ... . .. Coy's Diggings... ... .., Main Gully and tributaries, Whroo ... Balaclava ... ... . .. Albert, .Tohnson's, and other reefs ... Union Lead and tributaries... , •. White Hills ... ... ... Mallee Reefs. ...... ..... '

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

N arne of Place. No. I Total. Name of Place. No, ~--------~--------------~--I------III-------------------------------- ----

Brought forward ... Hepburn Division:

Dry Diggings Section Pickpocket, &c., Section Forty-foot Section Boots' Gully, Section Italian Gully Section Spring Creek Section Doctor's Gully Section Brandy-hot Sectic;m Connell's Gully Section Blind Creek Section Deep Creek Section Stony Creek Section Wombat Creek Section Daylesford Section

Taradale and Kyneion Subdivision.: Taradale and neighborhood .. . Taradale South ... .. . Yankee Point ... • .. Kangaroo ••• . ••

. Malmsbury ... • .. Coliban North ... ... Piper's Creek •.• . .. Belltopper ... . •• Redesdale ... ... Barfold ••• ... . .. Lauriston:.. ••• • •• Mudlark ••• ... • .. Wattle Flat ... • .. Glenlyon... ... • ..

Tarrangower Division: Beehive Hill ... ... . .. Eaglehawk Gully... ... .. . Long Gully... ... .. . Pegleg Gully ... ... .,.

'Growler's Gully... ' ... , ... Porcupine ... ... '" Mount Tarrangower ... . •• Fiddler's Flat ... ... . .. Sandy Creek ... ..• • •. Nuggety ... ... ... .. . Green Valley ... ... .. . Frenchman's ... ••. .. . Muckleford ... ... . .. Newstead, Strangways, and Clydesdale

St. Andrew's East and Central Subdivisio1l$ : Anderson' Creek ..... . Loyal Liberal Reef ... . .. Old Caledonia ... ... . .. Yow-yow... .., ... • •• Big Pat Swamp... ...' ... Steel's Creek ... ... • •• lronbark ... ... ... ... Yow~yow Gully... ... ~ .. Wild-dog ... ••• .., Watery Gully... ... ... Diamond Creek ... ... • .. Panton Hill ... ... ... Research and Rocky ... • .. Pioneer Reef ... . .. Whiskey Gully... ... . .. Hoddle's Creek... ... • .. McMahon's Creek .. , ... • •• Warburton. ... .•• ... Donovan's Creek... ... . ••

Blue Mountain North Subdivi8ion: In and around Trentham ...

Total for Castlemaine District ...

AlaRAT DISTRICT. Ararat Division: ,

Ararat, including the White Lead, Can-tnn Lead, Commissioner's Hill, Old Korns,Wet Lead, :S;opkins, Black Lead, Mitchell Reef, and Picnic ...

Armstrong's, Dutton's Gully, Long Gully, Napoleon Gully, and Hospital Hill... ... ... • ••

Carried forward

. \

101 172 111

94 160 124 221 83 50 92

320 li5 137 206

225 76 66 14 10

100 12 35 80 30 91

S 20 18

94 142 96 98 23 50 93 17

106 46 64 5

86 104

147 7

12 ,26 63 16

9 II 22 16 21 34 12 14 12 95 40

. 23 30

148

310

190

500

4,040

1,986

785

1,024

610

148

8,593

Brought forward ...

Ararat DivisiOlI-continued. Philip's Flat, Nil Desperandum, and

Slaughteryard Hill ... ... Cathcm't, with Spring Lead, Bowman's

Flat, and Black Hill Lead ... Rhymney, Shea's Flat, McNab's Swamp,

and. Good Friday Gully, Preston Reefs ........ .

Opossum Gully, Soldier's Flat, Wattle Gully, and Port Curtis ••• ...

Moyston, with Campbell's Reef, Allu-vial Flat, Camp, Jonathan's Gully, Shepherd's Gully, and Gray's Hut Lead... ... ... ...

Pleasant Creek Division: Commercial Street Deep Lead Great Western Four Posts Quartz Reefs Flying Doe Germania Ironbark ... Bonnie Dundee '"

Barkly Division: Malony's Lead Landsborough Barkly ...

, Walter's Frenchman's Malakoff ... Glenpatrick Emu ... Dividing Range Cambrian ... Stringybark

Raglan Division: Beaufort, &c. ... • •. Jock's Lead .•• .. . Main Lead ... .. . Tributaries to ditto .. . Gullies on fall towards Raglan Poverty 'Point ... .. . Sailor's Gully ... .. . Sniky and Charlton ... Waterloo, &c. ... • .. Baxter's Gully ... ...

Total for Ararat District

GIl'PSLA.ND DISTIUOT.

Omeo Subdivision: Livingstone Creek ... ... Upper Mitta-mitta, from Cobungara to

Wombat Creek... ... • .. Wombat Creek... ... . .. Gibbo River ... ... ... Swift's Creek ... ... • .. River Tamb'o .'. ... ... Indi, cir Upper Murray ... . ..

Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisio1l$: Boggy Creek ...'... . .. . Merrijig and Sandy's Creek .. . Nicholson River _... .•• .. . McDonald's Creek ... ... • •• Tambo River ... ... .. . Store Creek ... ... .. . Haunted Stream... ... • •• Shady Creek .. . ••. . •• ,Deptford ... ... ... ...

Crooked River Division: Grant... . .. Wongangarra River W onanga.tta River Crooked Ri ver ... Good-luck Creek ...

Carried forward

500

2S

50

26

290

169 1-

70 100 45 30

820 10 25 15 10

90 , 90

70 30 50 20 30 20

·30, 45 15

40 30

120 100

10 10

'25 65

180 35

205

45 78 75

120 20

5

300 100

10 16 20 30

'.15 12 60

40' :6 15 75 16

152

1,063

1,125

,490

615

3,293

548

563

1,111

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NUMBER and DISTRlBU1'ION of MINERS 011 the Goldfields, &c.-continued.

Name Of Place.

Brought forward '" .. , Crooked River Div"sion-continued.

Jungle Creek ... ... . .. Black Snake ... ... ... Twelve-mile ... ... . .. Twenty-five-mile ... . .. ... Thirty-mile ... ... ... Wentworth River ... ... ... Upper Dargo .. , ... ... Middle Dargo ... ... ... Lower Dargo ... ... ... Upper Mitchell . " ... ... Good Hope ... ... .. .

Jericho Division: Matlock to Alhambm ... ... Lochfyne ... ... . .. ... B B Creek and spurs ... ... Jericho and Jordan ... . .. Blue Jacket ... ... .. . Red Jacket ... ... ... Aberfeldy lind Thomson ... ... Eldorado ... ... . .. ... Moving and prospecting miners ...

Donnelly's Creek Division: Donnelly's Creek ... ... ... Aberfeldy Creek and Fulton's Creek ... South Crinoline ... . .. Edwards' Hill ... ... Tullamore and North Crinoline Freestone Creek ... ...

Stringer's Creek Division: Walhalla Company ... Perseverance Compa.ny ... Hercules Company ... Tubal Cain Company ... Eureka Company ... • .. Happy-go-Lucky Company ...

Carried forward

Office of Mines, Melbourne, 22nd April 1870.

...

... . .. ...

...

... '" ... ... '" .. , '"

No. 'rota!.

,-'- ---_. 152 1,111

17 2 2

16 20 90

111 20

188 45 22

--- 635 4

30 65

180 2

42 34 6

81 -- 844

48 10 10 12 15 80

-- 125

54 1 4 1 6 4 -----

70 2,215

Name of PInee. . No. Total. . Brought forward '" ... 70 2,215 I

Stringer's Creek Division-continued. Happy·go-Lucky (Tributors) ... 4 Young Happy Company ... .. , 5 Golden Eagle Company ... ... 4 North Gippsland Company ... ... 85 Longfellow's Company ... ... 25 Empress Company ... ... 28 Shamrock Company ... ... 8 North Eureka Compa.ny ... .. . 2 Northern and Eastern Happy-go-Lucky

Company ... ... ... 4 Great :Extended Company ... . .. 4 Great Northern Company ... ... 4 Molesworth Company ... ... 2 Routh Cohen's Company ... ... 14 Long Tunnel Company ... . ~ . 61 North Walhalla Company '" ... 4 Royal Mint Company ... .. . 2 ' . Emperor Company ... ... 4 Thomson River and'Aberfeldy Alluvial 85

-- 815 Russell's Creek Division:

Russell's Creek and Upper Tangil 72 ... Lower Tangil ... . .. . .. 100 Hawthorn and Pheasant Creek ... 28 Crossover and Tarwin ... . ... 42 -- 242

Bendoc Sulxiivision: Bendoc '" ... ... ... 55 Delegete River ... ... ..: 30 Lower Bendoc ... ... .. . 14 Queenbury River and Back Creek ... 15 Bog .. , ... .. . .., 25 Bonang ... .. . .., 42 Prospectors .. , . .. n • 19 -- 200 ---

Total for Gippsland District ... '" 2,972 --~

GRAND TOTAL ... .. . 62,206

R. BROUGH SMYTH, Secretary for Mines.

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. MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS'. ·REPORTS.· "

BAL,LARAT MINING DISTRICT.

CENTRAL DIVISION. 1111', Harrie Wood, jJlining Registrar.

The decrease of gold for the quarter is considerable, but an increase for the next quarter is ~nticipated. Several of the most important mining companies have heen doiug work of a prospective character during the quarter ending 31st March, and are now in a posit.ion to do more profitable work. Among' these may be mentioned the St. George and Band of Hope United, the Bonshaw, and the United Suburban. The Koh-i-noor Company, while working the reef-washes, recently discovered a gutter at about 60 feet above the level of the Golden Point gutter, and of considerable richness. The gutter is supposed to be the continuation of the tributary lead discovered by the Cosmopolitan Company some years since, and named the Cosmopolitan Lead. The width of the gutter-varies from 20 to 40 feet, and from the point at which it has been struck to its junction with the Golden Point Lead is about 600 feet. . . .

The Don Company, on Gumtree Flat, is a co-operative quartz mining company, working at present a small reef which yields over 1 oz. per ton; they have also two other reefs within their boundaries-one of 25 feet thick, which will pay' 5 dwts. per ton; and the other about 5 feet thick, which they assure me will pay 2 ozs. per ton. The Old Post-office Hill Quartz Company's claim is now worked hy tributors, and they are doing well. :

The Quyen VictorIa an~.the Red Streak ~uartz Mining Compa;:ties are now i.n regular work an~ doing well. The; process of extractmg gold from pyrrtes has been much Improved dUrIng the quarter,.as IS shown by the

returns of the Llanberris Company. . '.

, SirATBMENT of Gold obtained· by the principal Mining Companies of the Central Divisioll, Ballarat District, for the Quarter ending 31st March 1870. - ,

., .' ., I I , Niune of CompllllY. Quantity. Name of Company. Quantity.

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

Band of Hope and Albion COllsols ... 7,624 7 23 Hand-in-Band and Band of Hope United 675 18 0 Park ... ... ... ... 7,188 0 0 Koh-i·noor ... ... .., ... .1,716 . 0 0 Great Northern Junction ... ... 3,642 0 0 < All Saints , .. , ... ... 317 14 0 Prince of Wales ... ... ... 3,957 5 0 Cardigan Consols ... ... ... 192 13 6 Leviathan . ,. ... ... . .. 3,132 2 0 St. George and Band of Hope·United ... 1,124 5 0 Albion and Prince of Wales United .. ... 427 O. 0 Durham ... ' ... ... .. . 654 14 12 Bonshaw ... , .. ... . .. 4,527 14 0 Rose Hill . " ... ... 458 6 12· Royal Oak ... .. , .. , 1,036 12 0 Co-operative Companies ... ... 2,500 0 0 Working .Minllrs ... ... ... 945 0 0 Inkermi!iO.n and Durliam ,lV' ••• ... 30·3 0 Total ... .. . 40,149 15 5

DIVIDENDS.

Name of OOmpallY. Amount. Name of Company. Amount. ,

£ s. d. £ $. d. Band of Hope and Albion Console ... 2,80G 5 0 Don ... ... ... ... .800. 0 0 Park ...... ... ... . .. 12,800 0 0 . Koh-i-noor ... , .. , .. 800 0 0 Great Northern Junction ... ... 2,000 0 0 Prince of Wa!es ... '" ... 5,880 0 0 Total ... ... £25,086 5 0

. S\OUTHERN DIVISION.

111.,·. J. F. Coleman, Mining Registrar. Mining generaliy has been much impeded through th~ long drought. . The success that has attimded mining on the plains near Pitfield has givell considerable vitality to speCUlation

in that neighborhood. The following are the results from some of the' mines on the plains for the quarter:-Maiden City, 275 ozs. 4 dwts. :3 grs.; depth of shaft, 65 feet; height of wash, 3 feet. Perseverance Company, 177 ozs. 7 dwts.; depth of shaft, 65 feet; height of wash, 2 feet; this includes a number of nuggets. Duke of Edinburgh Company, 20 ozs. This last has only just struck the wash.

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

QUARTZ MINING. During the quarter the Tower of London Company, on Magpie Ranges, which had sunk and tested the reef to

a depth.of 450 feet, have suspended operations owing to the poverty of the quartz, which only averaged It dwt. to the ton. '

On the Hiscock's line of reef, including the Homeward-bound Compa1\Y, th~ quartz continues payable, and several prospecting cll,l,ims are at work in this locality. Quartz prospecting ill other portions of the division is at a standstill. .

'. AI,LUVlAL MINING.

The l3uninyong township claims continue in full work, and obtain payable yields. On the Durham, prospects aie much brighter tha.ll they have been for a long time. The Garibaldi, Enfield, and Duke of Cornwall tribute parties are all obtaining good washdi"rt, and in considerable quantities. A.t the Enfield the junction of King's Gully Lead is supposed to have been met with. At the P~rsevemnce Company, the lowest claim at present at work on the .I?ul'ham, payable wash nas ·been struck; and operattoDS may shortly be expectcd to be renewed at the South Grennlle, and probably also at the Leigh Grand Junction. .

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The Leviathan Company havc now worked out of this division, and their yield is now omitted from my returns, The yield from the shallow and old workings has been about ,the usual average for the quarter. The following is a statement obtained from some of the principal mines in this division, with as near an

approximate as I can arrive at of the other gold obtained:-A.llwvial.

Garibaldi (Durham) Enfield (Durham) ... Duke.of Cornwall (Durham) Independent (Buninyong Township) .,'. Innes Freehold (Buninyong Township) Crown Leashold (Buninyong Townsbip) Speculator (Winter's Flat) ... Other workings

Total

One.and-All (Hiscock's) Imperial (Hiscock's) Alfred (Hiscock's)

Quartz.

Homeward-bound (Homeward-bound Reef)

Total

SMYTHESDALE DIVISION. )11'. Jolm Lynch, Minin,q Surveyor and Registrar~.'

oz. dwt. gr. 423 2 0 201 15 12 185 15 12 235 0 0 373 3 0 544 820 589 1 6 700 0 0

3,252 6 2

oz. dwt. gr. 151 18 0 382 15 12 94 15 0

469 2 12

1,098 11 0

Tbe quantity of gold obtained during tbe quarter shows that the mines are upou the whole as productive as ever, for although there is a very sensible declension iu the yield from some localities, there are others whose richness

'makes full amends for' such falling off. This latter observat,ion specially applies to that portion of the division com· prising the main lead from Scarsdale to Piggor,eet,in which there is a succcssion .of claims giving magnificent weekly returns.

The principal claims, with their yields, are as follow :-oz, dwt. gr.

Golden Stream 3,284 0 0 Galatea. ... 1,637 12 13 Golden Lake 1,57:3 0 0 Golden Horn 1,189 12 18 Blite 731 1 16

o Grand Trunk 554 0 0 Rothsay.... 308 18 7

The Grand Trunk claim at Piggoreet has to be temporarily removed from the category of paying claims, owing to a mishap arising out of 'an immense influx of water, whereby their works have been sw:npped to an extent beyond

'the power of their present resources to reduce. . At Cape Clear and Derwent Jack's there is notbing doing, large tracts of ground being held there under

protection registration.., " . On, Springdallah Old Lead there is not much progress making on account of the water in the drift oeing rather

'excessive; but this will be overcome by perseverance, after which I have no doubt of the certain success of all parties interested. Along the course of tbe Old Main Lead, Happy Valley, there are a few small co-operative parties at work who are doing admirably well. It appears that extensive and rich washes have been discovered by them on the shelving reefs sloping away from the deep gutter, and in many instances patches are struck ricber than was the gutter itself. _'

There is nothing particular at present to relate respecting alluvial mining ,at Linton and Carngham. At the former place there are a few small companies at work and getting paid, but its chief hope is centred in the Linton Junction Company, which occupies probably two miles of the principal lead ; whilst as regards the latter, I cannot say that there is any noticeable de\'iation from the usual steady routine of business, with the exception of the Southern Lights claim which has been at work uninterruptedly for the last ten years, and always paying regularly and well, but which is now fipallyworked out. The Haddon mines are in a rather unsatisfactory state at present. The Reform has not by any means hitherto answered the expectations formed of it. It is thought now that tbe proper lead has not yct been rea!)hed, and indeed the sudden dips lately met with in the workings go a great way to strengthen this view.

In quartz mining there has been a respectable commencement m?de. The Cal'ngham Consols Company have erected crushing machinery of fifteen stampers. There has been one crushing, the particulars of which I have not been able to ascertain. The Browns and Scarsdale Company have placed an engine on the claim, but there is no crushing machinery there yet.

CRESWICK DIVISION. J.¥r. James Stevenson, ldining Surveyor and Registrar.

The yield of gold in this division is smaller, both for quartz and alluvial gold, 'during the present quarter than in thl) previous one. In the former the decrease is principally caused by the fact that all the Clunes companies, especially the Port Phillip Company, have crushed less quartz; the average yield 'per ton is also, at Clunes, slightly lower. The decrease in alluvial gold is owing principally to tbe fact that ill the chief claims at Red St.reak , new levels had to be driven, and a good deal of dead work performed, some of the faces in the old levels having been worked out, and also to the decreased yield in the Ballarat and Clunes Company's ground at Clunes. . ,

Owing to tbe decreased yield at Clunes, and also nonc of tbe new mines having' yet succeeded in getting any of the main reefs, mining at Clunes is in a depressed state; but this I believe to be only temporary.

The yields of the principal alluvial mines are as follow :-00" dwt. gr.

GraJ?d Trunk (hired labor) 1,928 0 0 Australasian (hired labor) 992 14 0 Hit·or-Miss (12 men) ... .. 202 1 6 Royal Standard (16 men) ... 231 11 9 Golden Point (16 men) ... ... 210 0 0 Ballarat and Clunes (hired la.bor), ... 423 14 0

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GORDON SUBDIVISION.

Mr. Thomas Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

ALLUVIAL MINING.

Nothing whatever has been done in this branch of mining. Every claim which is not abandoned is being held under protection registration. The small amount of alluvial gold obtained' was procured by Chinese, working in All Nations and Parker's Gullics. II

QUARTZ :i\fINING.

Were it not for the ll:gerton Company the quartz ret,urns this quarter would be almost as poor as the alluvial. The reaction from a nearly general reckless speculation has produced a stagnation from' which the division has not yet

.. recovered. ' Black-horse Company.-This company have been prospecting their claim during the whole of the quarter, The

shaft has been deepened, in doing which, a mass of stone 8 feet thick wa~ passed through; this is supposed, to be a leader running to the east into the reef bcing worked by the Egerton Company. It will require some little time to prospect as to whether this is "the case or not, but thc management is confident as to the improved prospects of the mine. " ,

The White-horse Company abandoned their intention of sinking their shaft to a depth of 600 feet, and opened out at the 552-foot level, and have driven in a south-easterly direction a distance of 225 feet, without striking any great body of stone, but, from indications in the surrounding country, the manager anticipates that a lode will be struck before the drive is carried much further. The water continues about the same as last reported.

The Wellesley Company have struck a lode 8 feet thick on the 4l0-foot level, at a distance of 200 feet to the east of the shaft. A jump-up has been put up along the stone, and there is every indication of its being a well-defined reef. No gold has been seen in the stone.

The Flying Scud Company are still prospecting; they are now driving east and west at the 300-foot level. The Victoria Company, towards the end of the quarter, succeeded in striking a lode about 4 feet wide, the

average yield of which, as seen in the ta.bles, is very encouraging .. There is not a large amount of stone opened out yet, but, as far as can be judged, the lode has indil'ations of extending a considerable distance.

STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION,

Mr. J. S. Cooper, Jlining Regis/rar. Mining matters in this division have been comparatively quiet, the returns from the various mines not having

come up to expectation. In the New Albion Company the vein at the lowest level (345 feet) has been found very,rich, and, in the levels

above, equally rich stone exists, proving a good and continuous run. of gold. A trial crushing of about 60 tons is now being made at the New Alliance crushing battery.

In the Albion Company's claim nothing of any great interest has occurred beyond the average of the late usual crushings; the vein still continues strong and well. defined, with the usual proportion of gold, but the great expenses o'n dead work prevent the usual dividends' to the shareholders. This company is erecting two new and powerful driving-wheels.

. The results from the New Alliance Company's crushing have greatly disappointed those interested in this mine. From the appearance of the lode much .lll,rgcr returns were anticipated; it is now proposed to discontiIJue driving altogether on all levels, and sink the main shaft deeper. ,

From the Gladstone Company's claim, although the returns from the last crushing were not large, still sufficient inducement exists to warrant the proprietors in continuing operations in sinking. At the point where the quartz crushed was obtained, the two lodes, east and west, were gradually making into one, and gold can be traced at the junction of the two lodes underfoot. Sinking is now being vigorously, carried on. -

On Boxing Roof the south portion of the Salamander Company's leased ground is let on tribute. This, at present, seems to be the only method left to work the large amount of ground held under lease to advantage-making the working men co-adventurers with the proprietors, and at an easy percentage.

The Ironbark Reef is also being worked in the same manner. Their guarantee is for three years' holding, and there is little doubt but that it 'must end eventually in success to all parties, taking into account the past rate of wages, expenses of cartage, crushing, &c. "

In alluvial mining a fresh rush has taken place at Morrison's, 011 the side Of the vall~y opposite to' the old workings, on the Moorabool River, and at the back of the township .. The formation is very similar to that found in the old workings opposite, but the cement and' conglomerate is of a much harder character, but carrying gold.through-out for 5 feet high. Average 2 dwts. to the load, which will pay handsomely, as there is abundance of water close at hand.

BLACKWOOD DIVISION AND BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.

Mr. John F. Hansen, Mining Registrar.

Owing principally to the scarcity of water for crushing purposes, and the depressed state of the market, quartz mining has not been carried pn with that vigor which might have been expected from the large amount of machinery which has been erected within the last twelve months. ,

At Barry's Reef the quality, as well as the quantity, of stone crushed by the Sultan Company has exceeded that of any previous quarter. The Faugh-a-Balla~h Company's mine and plant have been sold by auction for the amount due to the bank. A large number of shares In this company were held in Blackwood; there was also a large amount of money due for contract, wages, and stores. and the failure of the company has consequently been very severely felt in the district. ' The claim is highly thought of notwithstanding. The True Blue Company are now raising and crushing stone which looks better than the stone crushed during the quarter which has expired.

At Snake Gully the Snake Gully Company, as well as the Cosmo, have of late not been very successful in raising quartz of a very payable nature; the stone in the Cosmo lS said to look better and showin~ good prospects.

On Simmons' Reef the Star of the West is the only company that have been crushing durmg the quarter, and although the average yield of gold per ton has been small, it leaves a margin of profit, as there is a large body of rp.ef. This company are at present erecting five extra stamp-heads, and are confident of being able to declare dividends shortly. ·The Crown, the Cornish, and the Imperial Companies have no water for crushing. The latter company have also raised a considerable quantity of very excellent looking stone. The A.chilles Company is still driving on the reef at the 300-foot level; ·they are in 50 feet, on a reef 6 feet wide, containing a little gold, but nothing of a payable nature has yet been discovered. .

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On the new line of reei, frye miles due south from Blackwood, now known as Wright's Reef, the 'prospectors had a trial crushing of 27 tOl!S of quartz at the Great Extended Tunnel Company's machine, which gave a return of 50 ozs. 15 dwts., and stone with gold'visible is now being raised in the adjoining claim south. Not more than eight men are employed on this line of reef, and the progrcss made is consequently very limited. There will shortly be another crushing of 100 tons from the prospecting claim, which is expect0d to yield over an ounce to the ton.

The Great Extended Tunnel Company have nearly finished the erection of their pumping and winding engine, when' the sinking of the shaft to a further depth will be proceeded with. .

No fresh discoveri