1866 Mining Surveyors Reports

'1866.
VICTORIA.
REPORTS
OF THE
MINING SURVEYORS
AND
REGIST·RARS.
o
QU~A~RT'ER ENDING 31sT DECEMBER, 1865.
PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY'S COMMAND.
ti!! lUutboritp:
JOHN }'ERREB, GOVERNMENT PRINTER, MELBOURNE.
.
No.3 •
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APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORTS•
.DlilTAILED P ARTICllLAllS. AMOUNT.
Coat of Preparation, about

I ~r-=-
8 '0
d.
(J
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Prlntlng, &C. ",
TOTAL ' £ I 91 I 2 4
SUMMARY.-GOLD MINING STAl'ISTICS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31ST DECEMBER, 1865,
. ' \ , , ,; I
TABLE showing approximately the NmrBElt OF MINERS employed, the MACHINEltY in use and its Value, on the'sever'al,Go1d Fieids in the Colony of Vietoria.
Compiled from the Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Reports for the Quarter ending 31st December, 18651
, ,
, Alluvial Miners. '

Quart. I
Miners. " ,
' 1I1acWnery employed in Alluvial Mtuing, "
' J\1achinery ""1.l'loYed In j
I
Quartz l\!lning. • _,Number I
~ ~ppro",,· of !
I ~-, m"to I Price of Gold
d
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DISTRICT, DIVISION,
.; .:&; II M.iners~
Steam Engines
Number of employedWindlng, '"
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III
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• Steam Engines
emPIOYedWinding.l '"
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Value of
Miles of i
Auri!e-'! per oz.
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No.1
No, 2
BALLAARAT:
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90
60
360
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.. 1,710
1,110
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66
6
940
46
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70,900
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No.3,. .. ,. .. ,,216 262 133 •• '61,1, 8 102 '51 10 .. •• ,. .. .. ,. .. .. .. ., .. 12 210 .. .. .. .. I .. I ' 40,000 I ,I._ 88 ~ 4 I 6
No, 4 "' ., .. •• 1,898 194 162 6 2,860 46 1,186 85 3 7 .. •• .. .. .. .. .. I 6 .2 7 202 I" fi.. .. .. 2 135 79,000 8! 4 20
Buninyong :. ,. .. .. 1,~30 300 ,270.. 2,?OO 40 650 45 a:?'" .. •. .. .. .. .. .. .', ... .. 12 2 5 5 . . . . . . . . II , . .. I 88 63,000 14, 4 1 0
140 I ". ,. .. .. .. .. 1 40 1 80,000
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SmytbesdnIe .. .. .. 2,040 600. 60.. 3,200 72 1,500 73 I. .. •• .. " .. .. .. ,. .. I .. _6 II 4 00
()reswick.. .. ,. .. 910 800 GOO.. 2,370 21 383 180 10 6 .. '. ., .. .. .. .. .. 38 .. 1 31 6;0.....,.... .. 1 204 112,000 1 M 3,199
Gordon ., .. '.... 3 7 . .. 40.. 77 I 8 •• .. I .. .. •• .. .. .. ,. .. .. •• I 40 I.. .. 23 ..
~,OOO " .. i 2. 4 1 G
Stelglitz .. .. .... 6 0 . ' 260 1,020'.. 1,340 6 145 '., .. .. .. I.. .. .. .. 48 a .. 28 2 24 362 15 .. 178 1 61,200 13 3 18 0
Blackwood.. ., .. .. 627 4lO 250.. 1,287 1 15 2 I •• .. .' 8 .. ,.'.. .. .. " .. 10 . 169 11 9.. 11 I . . .. 170 29,700 2k 3170
Blue Mountain South ..... 35 10 "'," 45.. ,. 2.. ',:" 2 .. '- .. .. .. .. " .. .',.. ..'.. .... 50 1 2k 3 17 3
TotuJs.. .. .... --;:O,il:) -3,856 1-3,195-~ ~ 2u7
,_ _ 1 - - _ 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
4,925---;;;0 92 14 1'-::-2--~ -
-::-1--:< 48 - 3 - 1 73 ," 117 , - 2,370 I~ ~--:-li-171-211,090 I 573.30011
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691 1_ _ _ _ - '
BEECHWORTH:' " ,
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Beechworlh
Stanley ..
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780
267
990
209
165.:
27..
1,935 17
~03..
177
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12
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190
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31
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27,200 I
5,300 1
14
121 1 3 190
3 190 31(' 0
3190
Yackandandah
Sandy Creek
Indigo ..
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922
20
.361
600
150
236
160..
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12
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1,682..
170..
609 19 1" -
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28 4,0001
600 1
31i,900
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1 3 19 0
3 19 0
3 11 Ii
3 19 6
3 12 0
3 19 3
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36,500 I I ;;
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Buckland.. .. '.. .. 828 2,064 . 222.. 2,614 11 139 ,: 2 .. .. •• 82 12 7 Sll 8 .. .. 8 .. ..1167 17 0 3 17 6
Crooked Hiver ..,.. .. 320 • 140 486,.. 946.. .. ....,...................... 6 80,. 2 •• .. 2 .. .. 66 28,600 ~6 3 17 6 3 180
Jordan Nortlt, and part of Omeo 603 215 2,318," 3,136,.. .. . , . . I.. .. 8· 145 17 .. .. 17 .. 282 70, 083 1 35~ [3 3 0 3 190
.JordanSouth ., .. .. 183 200 1,202'.. 2,185 4 52 :;. .. ., .. .. 22 .. .. 98 ., .. .. .. 5 100 3 ., .. 1 ,. 70 50,548 Vi 1 3 146 4 2 0
Omeo Central .. .. .. 196 210 '20.. 426.. .. '.. .. .. ", '.. .. .. 25 300 .. .. .. .... .. .. •• .. .. .. .... 800 5 I 3 $ 0 3 17 6
- - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - I- - -
Snowy Cteek
SANDHURST:
Kangaroo Flat
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Totals..
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.487
850
60
---
600
5..
",~ 5,li74 4,617 ~ . 14,7~ ~

1,300..
552..
2,750 ".
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676
.. 330
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_ 1,100
260,631
140,000
21 1 3 5 0
196H
7
I
13 17 0
S 12 0
3 11 0.
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Kllmore ••
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Heathcote and Waranga South ..
3,t56
290..
570
130
1',I~O"
<59..
500..
4,906
549..
1,030..
27 363
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16
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97,...........
352 4 7.. .. ..
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7
54
95
145,000
7,715
39,650
6!?
30
80 3
3
170
Iii (\
19 9
3179
316 0
3 19 9
Warang.. Nortl...
Raywood ,,, ..
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.. 500
77
50
487..
150..
618..
700..
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10,350
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3 18 6
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M",ryborough
Amherst
Avooa
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2,550
1,790
971
1,490
421
835
620
280..
14..
.. I 4,660
2,491
1,820
19,
13
5
299.
195
124
310
217
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51,600 ,
21,900
10,000
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4
8
3 18 6
a 186
3 176
4 1 0
4 00
Dunolly '.. ;. ,. .. 2,010 ,440' 540.. 3,000 6 77 130 19 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. 29 424..'.......... 212 52,000' 13~ I 3 196 4 I 0
Koroug .. .. ., .. G60 300 .. 1 ,bOil .. ' .. 72 1 .. .. .. .. '.. .. .. .. .. ,. .. 22, '210 .. 24 .. .. .. 28 131 30,000 30 '13 17.6 3 180
Redbllnk and St. Arnaud South"
St,ArnaudNorth ....
480
207'
'30
76
780
~71
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70
2'000'1
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9~, 3 11 0
6 2'170
3196
4 1 6
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Totals., .. .. ~~5~ 2,455 2' 14,177'~ 715 851 180 :~_'_'_~_::" __I_I~_'_'_'_,_,_._ T _'_' _" 75 1,073 _,_7__ ~.. .. .. 53,
1
639 182,500 • 76~cr I' .
cast~~!;.,EMAI~~:, .. ,. 920, 1,500 462 10 2,892 G 96 240 .. .. 5 54 .. .. .. I -.. '.. 3 26'.. 25' 416' 25 31 .. ., .. .. 210 65,000 9 3 14 0
Fryer's Creek
Hepburn ..
..
..
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1,437
4,681
1,448
780
211 10
585..
3,101
6,052
12
24
260
610
234
219
12
49
45, 73
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31
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526 3
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70
308
51,000
77,060
I 28i
41
3 I" 0
i 3 16 3
3 16 6
3 11 6
3 17 0
'l'aradale
Maldon
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644
506
200
918
240..
603 ..
1,0.84
,21177
12
1
253
10
15
74
18
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1,14..
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320
26,000
7~,38.J
I 19
9~
13
IS 6
3153
3 180
3 19 6
5t Andrew's· .. .. .. ,471 156 144.. 771.. 16 .. •• .. .. .. .. ' .. .. .. •• .. .. 5 44, 1 i.. .. 1 ,. .. 43 6,~00 17k 3 150 3160
B1;'e MOllutain North .. .. 700 36 10.0.. 830 5 ........ 3 •• .. .. 8 •• .. .. .. 3 40......·...... 16 8,500 7 3 16 9 3 17 8
Totals.. .. .. 9,455 5,087 2,34520 ~ 601,263,-m 79 49- =78 ~ 7 .. .. 5 --a- 134
8 .. ll6 1,889 - ; ; - 125-..
.. 15 10 I,i27 30.,1451~1
ARARAT:
Ararat 'c" .. .. .,
1---
585 645
1-
310.. 1,540
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16, ,260
1-:-:-113
33k 17 6 3 11 9
Pleasant Crllek .. .. .. 4SS 250. 500.. 1,2~8 P 76t, II. 3 .. t.. 70 .. .. .. 46 .. 19 .. .. 12 338 9 26 10 .. .. 3 248 61,200 ll~ 3 15 0 3 17 0
Raglan •• ' .. .. .. 40.0 764 •• .. 1,164 15 166 49 14 1, '.. I ,: .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I 10.........,.. 12 9,270 5 3 18 II :I 18 6
- -- - -n,292
3 17 9
Barkly .. ' ..
Totals..
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1,140.
-2,013
- -~
210
1,860
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- 810..
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1,3bO
2~
I' ,12
266 .144
28 3
20
6
7
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125
236
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20 12 i','
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488
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9 26
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10 ", .. 3 310
3,200
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80,930 63~~
13k 3170
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GIUND TOTALS .. .. 41,226 20,OO~ 17,2[18 28 79,457_ 473 8,208 3,228 I 427 ll5 78 648 ,liW 33 110~ 14,428 8 1 ~5 461 4 491 , 8,606 99 1 231 10 56 15 98 15,ll9 1,173,2'i1
'~ 'rhe Mining RegIstrar for 'the St. 'Andrew's West subdivisio~ 'having (ailed t9 filrnlsh " report, the illfonnation has been taken from his return for the previuus quhrter.
R. BROUGH SMYTH,.
Mining Department, Melbourne, 12th January; 1866.
. - Se,cretal'Y for Mines,
No.3'" ,~
•
~ MINING SURVEYORS AND REGISTRARS9
REJPORTSo
BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.
No.1 DIVISION,
Mr. Robert Davidson, Mining Surveyor and Regi8trar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS:-
I Europeans, I Chine..., Total for the

Division. Remarks.
Alluvial Miners ... ... 1,7W 60 1,770
Quartz Miners ... ... ... ... ....

, Totals ... 1,710 60 1,770
,
TIlE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED:-:-
F'renchman's Lead 120 Inkermann Gully 45
vVoolshed Lead \ 70 White Flat ... 30
Golden Point· Lead 565 Sago Hill 130
Redan Lead , .. 115 Campbell's Gully 50
Swamp Lead ... I 30 Bunker's HilL. 140
Suburban Lead 65 Sailor's Gully 50
InkCl'rnann Lead 230
Dead Horse Lead 130 Total. 1,770
THE IS AS FOLLOWS:--;
Description of Machinery.
Aggregate Number Aggregate
At Work. Idle. , Horse-power of At Work. Idle. o[Stamp Horse-power of
----,
Stca.m E:uglnes.
, I Heads. Steam Engines.
Steam Engines ... 62 4 940 ... ... .-.. ...

Puddling ~fachines ... 65 2 '" ... . ... ... ...
Wbims ... ... 13 1 ... ... ... \
.. . ...
I
Total value of mining plant in the division, £70,900•

., Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
upon,l**. ._ ... . ..
N ~lmber of distinct quartz reefs which have been· actually proved to be auriferous' to the
present tIme, 5. ", ,
The price of gold during the quarter in the division'lias been' from £4' to £4 lB. 6d. per oz.
• ''::ZWllt of ground actually worked, without reference to that held in possession or claimed to be so held under miners' rights.
4-
YIELD OF GOLD FROM TIlE FOLLOWING COMPANIES, FOR TIlE QUARTEll:-
OZB. Dwt.- Gr.

,
...
.........
B\l<nd ~f I,Iope Gold Mining Co. ... Il,225 2 2
.........
St. George Gold Mining Co. ... '"
... 3,436 0
Ex:tended Gold Mining Co. ... ... 3,458
4
0 , 0
Albion Gold Mining Co. ;.. ...
......
2,722 0
.........
4
Koh-i.noor Gold Mining Co. ...
'"
... 2,573 S 12
.Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Co. ... ...
Ophir Gold Mining Co. '"
Essex Gold Mil)ing Co. ...
...
...... ...
... ...
...... IS3
3ill
619
5
16
0
15
22
, 18
Extension Gold' :!.'Iining Co.
Sir Wm. Don Gold Mining Co. ......
'" ... ... ...... 1,409 ,2 17
683 14 6
Globe Gold Mining Co.
Spes Bona Gold Mining Co.
... - ... ...... ...
...
...... 23 4 14 ,
150 0 0
.Mocking-bird Gold Mining Co.
Victoria Gold Mining Co.
...
......... ...
...
...
...
... 80 0 0
244 8 3
Royal Saxon'Gold Mining Co. ... .. .
... .., 535 0 0
Ascot Gold. Mining Co. '"
...
... ...... .. . 182 3 12
Falcon Gold Mining Co. '" 120 0 0
Wendouree Gold Mining Co. ,
New AU England Gold Mining Co.
'"
... ."
.,
...
... ... .
924 0 0
100 0 0
Sundry Claims at Campbell's Gully, Bunker's Hill, Sago Hill, 9-15 0 0
and Sailor's Gully (approximate yield)
Totals ... .,.
I 7
29,936 12
I have the honor to state, that mining operations have beeu attended with very favorable results
for the three months just past, as the returns of gold from the various companies will show; but
Dpt:withstanding the large amount of gold raised, nearly all scrip is at nominal rates, except that of the
Band of Hope and St. George companies. The older companies, viz., the Roh-i-noor, Great Extended,
Cosmopolitan, and Alhion still look forward to some years of dividends; and those engaged in sinking
operations, viz., the Great North·West, Rose Hill, Durham, and Hand-in.Hand keep pursuing their
lal)ors with energy. , .
' I n the neighborhood of. Sago Hill, Bunker's Hill, and Campbell's Gully, some parties continue
to w?rk old ground, and obtaiu wages 'averaging two pounds per week. .
The Falcon Company; at Sailor's Gully, have had a tolerably good prospect since they bottomed.
It is highly probable that a payable lead will be struck in the neighborhood of· the Falcon Claim. '
No.2' DIVISION.
Mr. P. 0. Fitz PatJ-ic7o, Mining Surveyor and Regis!rar.
TB;l!l TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS. IS AS 'FOLLOWS:-
. EI11'OP"floIl'I.
I
Chinese.
,
Toml f""the
- _......-
Division.. I
Remarks.
......
Alluvial Miners' 90 360 ,450
Quartz Miners ....; 660 ... 660
I
Totals ... 750 360 1,110
.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED:-
Black Hill ... 330

Little Bendigo
D,ead Horse Gully
... , 560
80
Springs. 140
Total
--'
1,110
5
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
,I
ALLUVIAL MINING QUARTZ l\fJ:NING.
I
At
Work.
Idle. I ' A!!gregate
Rorse~pl}wer
Steam 1<;ngines.
of
.\~~k.1- Idle.
Number
of lStarnp
Heads,
I Horse-power
Aggregate
of
Steam l£ngin....
Steam Engines, employed in pump- 6 ... 46 '" • ~! ... ., .

ing. winding, puddling, &c.
Whims' ...
Puddling Machines
.,. ...
.. 2 ...
32 ...
'"
,..
...
...... ... ......
, 13 .M
Steam Engines, employed in I

pumping, winding, crushing,
&c.
... ... .
...
... ..,
'" ....,. 11 3 164
.. ,
342
...
Whims .,
,
I 1 3
Total value of mining plant in the division, £34,500.

, N umber of square miles of auriferous gronnd which is being, or may have been, actually worked
ripon, It mile. ,
Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the
present time, 7. '
The price of gold during the quarter in the division has been from £3 198. 6d. to £4 la. per Olll.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS ,BEEN OBTUNED RELATIVE TO THE Q,UANTITY OF Q,UARTZ AND
Q,U.U(TZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSRED DURING THE Q,UARTER, AND THE GOLD 0BTAINED
THEREFROM.
Name of Company.
"I Where Quart.. &0,. were
obtained. Quartz crushed.
,
IYield
,
Average
Of Gold
per TOll.
ToW Yield
of Gold.
I
.
Remarks relative to the
Depthat which th~Qnartz,
&c., were Qbtamed.
~-'----'-- ---~.-- ,---
Black Hill Co. ... l3lack Hill ,.. tOll
4,900
cwt. qr.
0 0
oz. dwt. gr.
0 3 22i
oz. dwt. gr.
961 18 0 from 160 to 200 feet
Independent Co. ... Ditto ...
...
...... 1,015 0 0 0 1 22! 98 0 0 150 feet·
Majestic Co. ... Ditto 1,558 0 0 0 5 18~ 451 13 0 120 feet
Temperance Co.
Sisters' Co. . ..
...
...
Little Bendigo
Ditto ....
...
..,
' 720
200
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 21
9 16~
. 283 12 12
96 18 0
400 feet
567 feet
~.
Totals, Quartz ... 8,393 '0 0 0 4, 12~ 1,892 1 12

Quartz Tailings and -.
Oement crushed.
Two Ton Co. ... Black Hill '" 2,000
°° 0 1
°1 100 0 0 ThisCompanypuddle
and crush quartz
, Totals, Quartz Tail- } 1 schist, debris, and
ings and Cement 2,000 0 0 0 1 0 100 0 0 alluvial obtained on
I J surface
The continued drought has been of serious injury to alluvial mining, and there is nothing
to be reported on under that head. ,
I am led to believe that there will be a large increase in the yield of gold from quartz during
the coming year, and there are evident signs of improvement at present.
No. 3 DIVISION,
Mr. Thomas Gowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MIN1!RS IS AS FOLLOWS:-
. I Europeans.
i
1
Chines••
Total for the
Division. RelllArks.
~-~-~
~.-~-.-
Alluvial Miners , .. ... 216

I
262 478
Quartz Miners
,
... ,
'" 133 I ...
I
133
Totals ... 349 )-2~ GIl

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DlSTRIllUTED:-
Gum.tree Flat 57 Canadian· .,. 70'

Golden Point.. .. 39 Terrible Gully 6
Old Post Office Hill 54 Madman's Flat 30
Poverty P,)int 12 Prince Regent ... ( 22
,}{ed SLrcak 16 Miner's Right 6
Specimen Gully 29 White Flat and'Malakoff 32
Black Hill Flat 34 Eureka .. . 25
Caledonian ... 10 Sailor's Gully .. . I
i' ~ 20
Brown Hill Flat 60 Lady Barkly .. . .; .. 15'
Ashe's Lead ... 20 I
Clayton's HilL.. 16 Total 611
}>erl1lY wel£!ht Flat 6 I
Sind~if'" 'il ill 32
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ALLUVIAL MINING. QUA.RTZ MINING.
Il
--~-~-~-.
Description of Machinory. I
At Work. Idle.,
Aggregate
Horse-power of At Work. Idle. :
NJmoor Aggregate
of Stamp Hor5e~~wer of
II
Ste,!'1ll; Engine•. Head.. Swam gines.
! .
-~~~- _'._~i
I
Steam Engines, employed in wind-
ing and crushing
... ... ... 10 2f 88 I 210
Stearn Engines. employed in wind-

ing and puddling
4 4 102 ... ... I...
l
...
Steam Pu(i<lling Machines ... 5, 4 .., ... ."
...
......
... ... I
... II
Horse Puddling Machines 37 5 ."
... ...
I' i"""
'"
Whims '" '" 7 3 ... ."
-
~oj,al value of mining p1ant in .the division, £40,0.00.. . I
~ 11mb9r of square ~lles of aurIferous ground whICh 18 bellig, or may have been, actually worked,
upon, 32 , • • • . ,I
. Number of dlstmct quartz reefs whIch have been actually proved to be auriferous to the 'present
tnne, 6. ' I •
The price of gold during the quarter in the divisi;n has been from £4 Os. 6d. k; £4 Is. 6d.per oz.
, .1 . '
• I
THE FOLLOWING INFOUM';'TION IUS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO. THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
I
I
Where Quartz was \ Averal;e . IR~marks relative to' the
Total Yteldof 'DepthatwhichtheQWl.rtz
Name of Company. Quartz crushw. Yield of 'old
obtainw. : per TOll, Gold. lw,::btai:~ _ _ _.
-.-~~.---~--- - - - - - - ---_.
ton ewt. qr. oz. dwt;'gr. oz. dwt. gr. I
. Danberris
Union
...
...
...
...
Gum-tree Flat .
Golden Point ...
.. 4,'222
2,000
0
0 0° 0
0
:3 3 1t
2 5'~ .
661
223
0
0
2iO feet and 300 feet
0
0 90 feet level'
Old Post Office Hill ." Old Post Office Bill 2,600 0 0 0 3 22* 510 3 0 80 feet und 140 feet
Britannia ... ... Specimen Gully .... . 1,266 0• 0 0 3 6~ 207 18 0 40 feet, 60 feet, and
I I 130 feet
:
.
... ... .. . 4 8 12 . 195 _~_~118urface to 30 feet
h~~:~;:~
Endeavor Ditto 0
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Totals, Quartz 0 3 6~ 1,797 1 0

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I have the bonor to forward the quarterly report upon mining operations my'division. The
whole of the information is derived from the most minute inquiries, and by visiting personally the
iJ
several chims. 1
The BarHy Brid.qe, lrfount's Bay, and -Victoria Cement companies.-These, companies are, as
previously reported, engaged in working their claims from the surface to a depth of 35 feet, with satis-
factory results. . !
Blue Jacket Compan.y, Gum·tree Flat.-This company is proceeding in a very ~atisfactory manner.
They are about to extend their operations by the aid of machinery, the erec~ion of w)lich is to be com-
menced immediately. I .
Red Streak Company, Red Streak.-The macjlinery of this company has been :comp1eted since the
date of my. last report, and work was commenced a fe,,,- days ago. They; have not, yet washed ,off, ,so
that I am unable to report upon their prospects. I •
New Independent Compan.1l. Eureka.-During the quarter this company has erected steam puddling
machines, and is now washing with very encouraging results. :
l'he Railu'ay 81Ummit Company, Warrenheip, and Good Friday Company, E;ureka.-These com-
panies are at a standstill; nothiIig has been done since last report. i
LlaMerris Qua·rtz Jrfining Company, Gurt/,-tree Flat.-The lode, 50 feet in wi,dth at the 270 feet
level, is still being worked with very good results. \. . I
Pennywe~qht Hill Co-mpany.-To within the last fortnight this company has been prospecting,and
has succeeded in opening out payable ground at a depth of 20 feet. i
Tile Barkly Compa?!:y, Lad!! Bar/ely Lead.:-Thiscompany resumed operation,S during the quarter
(after having stopped for a time, for the purpose of reorgwising the comp!LJly), and worked for two months,
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but the·result was so unsatisfactory that an arrangement has been entered into with a party of miner!!,
under which the latter work the claim at their. own .cost and for their own benefit, with a view to the
further prospecting of the claim. .
With regard to the other companies, there is nothing to report beyond what appears iu the tables.
Mining operations throughout the division have been unusually dull during the quarter. A great number
of claims are being held in reserve from want of funds, and for other reasolis.
No. 4 DIVISION.
MT. Michael O'Malley, Mining Surveyor and Registmr.
j Europeans I Chin_ I Total for the I'

DiviBion. Remarks
I~---·~
Alluvial Miners ... ... 1,898 . 194 2,692
Quartz Miners ... n • 162 6 I 168

---_.--
,
Totals '" 2,060 800 2,860
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF l\frNER8 IS rHUS DISTRIBUTED : -
Bulldog ... 400 LongGully ... 17

Mount Misery Creek 350 Kangaroo Gully 16
Moonlight 67 Kangaroo Hill 40
Junction 135 Staffordshire Reef 150
Little Hard Hills .180 Sebastopol 215
Whim Holes' 30 Cobbler's " .. : '" 140
Sawpit Gully 75 Cambrian Hill and Winter's Flat 185
Grassy Gully.:. 200 Black Lead ... 120
Spring Creek ... 55 Napoleon and Dogtrap 80
Pmchgut ... 120 Watson's Hill ... 40
Frenchman's Gully 110
Break-o'-Day and Raglan 85 TOTAL 2,860
Italian Gully... ... 50
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS!-

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,
ALLUVIAL =a.
I QUARTZ r.I'u.-:rNa.
Description of Ma.ebinery,
At Work:. Idle.
Number
of Sta.mp
Heads.
Aggregate
Horse-power of At Work.
Steam En.cine•• ,
I I Number
Idle. , of Stamp
Heads.
I Aggrego,te
Horse-l)f)wer of
Sl;eam Engines.
Steam Engines ... . .. 86 9 ...6

...
1,176 5 2 135 202
St,eam Engines, crushing
cement
... 1 10 '" ... ...
Horse Puddling Machines .,.
...... ... 30 55 ...
... ...... ..8. ...
.........
......
Whims ... '"
1 2 2
Whips ... 7 ...1 ... ...
Boring Machines ... ... 1
I ...
'"
... I
2
'n •n ... ...
:rotal value of mining pl?-nt in the division, £79,000.
Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually
worked upon, 8!.
. Number of distinct quartz reefs which havc been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
time,8. . .
The price of gold during the quarter in the division has been frOID £4 Is. to £4 2s. per oz.
8
THE FQLLQWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN QBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUAUTZ
ORUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GQLD QBTAINED THEREFRQM'.
I Where Quartz was oll- n... ~_ I I

hed IlyAldverf-U" ld! Total Yield of Remarks 'relativ,; ~ the
Name of Company.
I
i
- tamed. "<~~ crUll
,
• 16 0
per Ton.
0 Gold
.
DepilintwhiehtheQuartz
was ~bt"ined, &C.
Staffordshire Reef
Comet ..• ...
... I Staffordshire Reef ...
Ditto... •.•
ton owt. 'Ir.
3,978 0 O.
'1,375 0 0
oz,
o
3 ~
o dwt.
4
oz. dwt. gr.
650 II 12
284 2 12
200 feet level, 4 feet lode
ISO feet level. 7 feet lode
Kangaroo ... ... Kangaroo Hill ... 750 0 0 o 6 ' 235 0 0 30 feet level; ; feet lode
Prince of Wales ••. Cobbler's ... 1,810 0 0 o 10 . 920 0 0 I 370 feet level !tom SUf-
Totals, I
Qu~rtz ~~O
I face, 8 feet' lode
I have the ho.nor to. report that mining affairs generally'throughout the divisiQn have undergone
little change since the date Qf my last report, inasmuch as there lias been in the interval no. newgr~)Und
Qpened, no.r, new. disco.veries made, save, perhaps, the disccvery by the Unabclished Ccmpany, at
Break.c'.day, near'RokewQod, Qf some very rich grQund Qn Qne Qf the public Qne.chain rQads in that
IQcality, lying between the private prQperty Qf Mr. Elder, and leading to a water-reserve Qn the
Kuruc.a.ruc Creek. This CQmpany occupy some 81 chains in length of the road mentioned, and, '
fortunately fQr them, it would appear, so. far. as it has been prQspected, to be almQst one mass Qf auriferQus
deposit; pure nuggets weighing 17, 25, 30, 95 and 205 Qunces respectively, together with num:rQus
smaller ones have been unearthed Qflate, but, Qwing to want of water, operations are at present suspended.
The sinking is Qnly about 14 feet, and in many places the height Qf washdirt is 7 feet. This disco.ery
wQuld hive led to a thorough prospecting Qf the adjacent conntry had it it been available for mining
purposes, but, unfortunately fQr the miners Qf the IQcality, it is all purchased land.
The RQkew9Qd .functiQn Company got swamped Qut at a):JOut 93 feet, and have tempQrarily
,suspended QperatiQns. "
Break-o'-day CQmpany, Elder's estate, are .busy getting ready their puddling engine and
tramway. Thev have' a large quantity of auriferQus earth Qn their claim, but, in consequen'ce of a. "
scarcity Qf wate~ and the non.completiQn of their tramway, they cannQt wash it just yet.
The Golden Empire CQmpany, Western Creek, have just bottomed at 191 feet, and, it is
thQught, are near the gutter. "
The Stanley Company, BulldQg, have j1,lst eompleted the erectiQn of their fine. engine
(70 horse-power), so. that Bulldog West will be ,thQrQughly ,prespected before many mQnths.
The M onitQr, Young Australia, and Plantagenet cQmpanies, Western Creek, are held under
prQtection registration at present, ip consequenee Qf the difficulty of getting in calls. '
The Pioneer CQmpany, Bulldog, are atil~ driving to t4e westward, but have nQt yet reaehed the
gutter.
The Bulldog Company, after having got into wasJidii-t, some six wiek!! since, 'IQst the drive
thrQugh the carelessness Qf ,some of the workmen, but the' manager calculates Qn speedily being on
gcld again. " . '
The Great, Western and Woady YalQak .functiQ~: Compan'y have,bottQmed their bQre,a't
232 feet. The claim is now held in reserve, 'pending tile, decisiQn of a general me.eting, to be held
shQrtly" as to future operatiQns. " . . _,
'A small, rush' to Kirk's Rill, between 'B'ulldQg.and' RQkewood .function, .tOQk place during the
quarter,and I am happy'to say several'imiall !parties li,ave been fortunate enQugh to,get possession of
remunerative claims. One party gQt 16 ounces for'a week's wQrk just before Christmas.
N Qw that the dry weather has fairly set in" most of 'the old gullies of good repute are again
being taken up, chiefly by Chinamen, and are being wQrked' on the" faciug" Qr '" paddocking" system.
The several.large companies referred to in my last repQrt, who tOQK PQssession Qf large areas in
the neighborhoQd' Qf Ross's Creek and Cherrytree Flat, continue, with one exception (the .New Band
Qf Hope Oompany). to hold them still in :reserv'e, 'orun-,,'orked,owing to the general dullness Qf the
times, and the great difficulty of getting in calls; but now that the hQlidays have, passed by, the general
opinion seems to. be that matters will BOQn mend.
'Ihe old di~idend.paying claims. in the' division cQritinue to yield satisfactory returns, and
sanguine hQpes are entertained as .to the final succesS qf such companies as the United Working Miners,
TjnemQtith and Pulmerston, Prlt:lc~ ~41fredElI:tended, andGreat ,ConsQhdated,. althQ~gh as Yet they
have nQt succeeded in getting paymg ground, or, perhaps I should rather say, III gettmg thQroughly
into their respective gutters; however, I think it likely that eaell Qf tllese cQmpanies will have some-
thing definite to 'report befQre the end of tull next quarter .
. The fQllowing ret1irn~ are' reported fQr the quarter:-
ozs ..
Nelson CQmpa:iJ.y,Sebastt;rpQl... 2,853
Red Jacket Company, ditto. ,'" ", 1,338
Alston and W eardale Company, Cambrian Hill .. , 1,405
*Great Gulf Company, ditto. -325
SCQttish and CQrnish CQmpany ... 930
tPrince QfWales CQmpany ..... 3,959
SQns of FreedQm, Napoleon's... 1,248
'The Great Gulf CQmpany have been engaged, since the 14th day of October, in putting ina reef
drive to strike the gutter ahead of their old .w9rkings, .whi!3h I understand is nQW completed, so that in
'future tliey expect to be'in receipt of their usual re~urhs.· .,
,t j;,'';.J:~igio~to this rtit~. ~20 ou:u;;"s bave b~ obt;ili,~d ~s th~ 'yie;d of quam ~ed aUiliig~he ~usrler.
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BUNINYONG DIVISION•
.Mr. Robert M. Harvey, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THB T~TA.L NUMBER 01' MINERS IS AS 1'OLLOWS:-
Earopea.ns. bhlnese. Total for the :Remarks.

Division.
Alluvial Mirrere
Quartz Miners ...... ...
...
1,930
270
300
... 2,230
270
Totals ... 2,200 300 2,500

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THB TOTAL N UMBBR Ol' !liINERS IS. THUS DISTRIBUTED:-
Watson's Hill 60 WhiteHorse 150

Durham 850 Magpie 100
Green Hills 70Cobbler's 100
Scotchman's 210 Long Gully ••. 60
Franklyn ... . .• 80 . One-eye and Spring Hill 40
Union Jack and Glencoe 80 New Chum .. . 60
Hard Hills ... 100 Napoleon .. . 170
Black Lead .. , 100
Winter's Flat 100 Total 2,500
Hiscock's 180
ALLUVIAL lIlINING. QUA-EIl:Z l\I:nrn;G.
Description of Machincr:!'.
: .Aggregate Number Aggregate
At W<lfk. Idle. Horse-power of At Work. Idle. of Stamp HOrse-Ceo!
Steam Engines. Head•. Steam ' ••
---
Steam Engines ... ... 39 I 650 7 5 8S 255
Puddling Machines ... ... 10 35 '" ... ... ... ... ,
Whims ... ... ... 25 10 ... ... ... ... ...
Total value of mining plant in the diVision, £63,000-
Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
upon, 14~
N umber of distinct quartz reefs which have been acmany proved to be au:riferous to the present
time, 12. .
The price of gold during the quarter in the division has been from £4 to £4 Is. per oz.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BBEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY 'OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM;
INa.me of Comp3Ill. Wbare '<iluarlz was

obtained.
.
Quarlz crushed. Yield of Gold
I A>erai:e Total Yield of
Gold.
Depth at which the
! petTon. 'Quarlz was obtained.
, ---~
ton· cw!;. q1". oz. /1m. gr. OIL dm. gr.

Standard Co. ... Hiscock's Reef .... 2,108 0 0 0 2 SIn 248 11 12 90-feet and 150-feet
Imperial Co. ... Ditto ... 2,460 0 0
levels
0 S Uti!' 429 4 IS 26().feet level
One-and-All Co. ... Ditto ... , .... ' 2,000 0 0
I
0 3 171'0' 374 19 12
I
lOO-feet & I20-feet
True Briton Co. ... Long Gully ... 8n 0 01' 0 1 25fu 80 17 0
levels
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Totals, Quartz..., 1 379 0 o I 0 3 P10 ],133 IS 18
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No.3, a.
10
QUARTZ MINING.
Quartz Mining operations are still confined to the Hiscock's and Long Gully reef's, with no
change to report, the average 'not having varied during the past year over a few grains. 1'he All
Nations Companyar,e erecting crushing machinery, and expect to complete the same during the next
quarter. ' " ,
ALLUVIAL MINING.
Durham Ll!,ad.
, The National Company maintain the excellent yield of the last quarter, their new machinery_'
now working .wcll. From the width 'of their main gutter and their having proved several tributaries
from the eastward, yielding rough gold in payable quantities, this claim is likely to maintain its position
'as one of the richest in the Ballarat district for a considerable time to come. During the quarter they
have secured'several valuable new claims. .
The' Alexandra Company, further up the lead, have also, for the small number of men employed,
obtained during the last two months some excellent yields, affording dividends to the company. This
company have: within the last fortnight, struck a run from the westward"from which they have obtained
over 50 ozs. of gold, with an excellent prospect for the future.
, Between the Alexandra and National, the old' ground has been again registered by Beanland
and Company. who are prosecuting their operations with vigor.
. TIle Oonvention Company continue to obtain gold in payable quantities.
The Pioneer are driving for a tributary trending from the westward of' their claim, '.and art!
sanguine'of success. ' , '. ., .
! The Garibaldi are oQtaining much better washdirt., " '
'The Oity of. Manchester Company have struck the gutter, and,are putting up a blind shaft, and
·generall?;, preparing for washing on alarge scale. ' ,
, 'Ihe South, Grenville and Leigh GraudJunction, expect,to tohchthe gutter daily.
, ',rhe prospects generally of 'the Durham Lead have improved during the quarter.
I
, Scotchman's Lead. '

: ,The Buri~yo~g Company are ;p~osecuting their works for th~ 'Union Saek, and other leads
known to traverse the north-east portIOn of their property, and though compelled through difficulties
arising in working their gutter shafts, to reduce their number of men, still obtain excellent yields.
, Tho Delhi Company have not yet commenced to wash. ,
The Derby Oompany, working for a t'ributary, supposed to fall into the Scotchman's from the
westward, opposite the workings of the Buuinyong Oompany's No.3 shaft, have struck a wash with
gold dipping very rapidly, and are now working to ,prove the same at, a lower level. '
Union Jack and Glencoe.
The United Golden Age persevere in their works; but with' little success. '
The Buninlong New Uompany, are reported to be through the rock at 206 feet depth, this, from
the depth at wmchthe Union Jack gutter was worked within a few hundred yards, must land them
close to, if not Qn, the gutter.
N.apoleon Lead.
',. The ~eviathan. Company are driving f~r the ~apoleon Lead, and at the same time prosecuting
theIr works In themam or Franklyn gutter, With consIderable success. '
Shallow Workings,
The want of water is severely felt, and comparatiyely little will be done till the advent of rains
sufficient to fill the dams. '. .
No.6 DIVISION.
Mr. John Lynch, Mining SU'1'veyor ana .Registrar.

\
. THE TOTAL NUMBER' OF MINERS IS 'AS FOLL~~S:-
Europeans. Total for the lWn:u>rkll.

CIiliiese. «
, , I '. Division.
,
Alluvial Miners' ... ... 2,540 600
.. 3,140
.'
Quartz Miners ... , ... t 60 , ,60
Tot:ils ... 2,600 600 '3,200

11

Smythesdale 200 Carngham : -
Scarsdale 700 Bottle Hill 40
Brown's ... . .. no Preston Hill 140
Monkey Gully and Italian Gully 100 Snake Valley .... 400
Springdallah .." ". ... 510 Snake Valley Reefs ". 60
Happy Valley and Springdallah Creek 700 Linton and Madden's Flat 200
Bulla·bulla Flat 40
Total 3,200
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ALLUVIAL MINING. QUARTZ MINING.

Description of Ma.chinery.
Number Aggregate Number Aggregate
At Work. Idle. of Stamp Horse-power of AtW~rk. Idle. of Stamp Horse-power of
Heads. Steam Engines. Head.,' Steam Engines.
--- ~-- ---
Steam Engines 57 15 1 1,500 5 1 40 140
......
... !
Whims . ... 14 3 ... ... ... ... ..,
"
Horse Puddling Machines 55 18 ... ... ... ..,

Number of square miles of auriferous ground\vhich is being, or may have been, actually worke
upon,11.
N umber of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
time,9. .. .
The price of gold during the quarter in the division has been from £3 If/s. 6d. to £4 pel' oz.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
.CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND .THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
o
Where Quartz was
Average Total Yield Remarks relative to the
Name of Company. obtaiued. Quartz crushed: Yield of G<>ld of G<>ld. Depth at which tha
per Ton. Quartz was obtaiued.
ton ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr ..

Britannia ... ... Carngham ... 21778 0 0 .0 4 13t 631 18 12
..
At a depth' of from
.. ' 280 feet to 340 feet
----- ---- -----
Totals, Quartz 2,778 0 0 0 -1 }3t 631 .18 12
I have the honor to furnish the following report for the quarter.
The reaction which set in ·a· few months since, consequent upon the improvident. speculation of
the earlier part 6£ the year, has not yet subsided. At no former period have I observed such a disin.
clination to embark in mining ventures as at present, and yet the mines are yielding well, and· hold out
.excellent prospects for fut:ther enterprize. Although the . .present depression is attributable to a
'concurrence of causes, the chief .is the large payments made to the owners of private property.for
the right of mining on their lands. This took away all the. available money.. which the miners could
command; and, ·when afterwards calls succeeded each other .in the too many claims that were started,
it was found that they could not, in numerous instances be met, and the result .was, an abandonment of
some claims, a suspension of others, and a general depression throughout all. .
There has been nothing of material consequence met with in the Haddon neighborhood during
the quarter. The Phoonix remains yet a puzzle as to its ultimate value. Portions of the claim have
been sold to parties of Chinese, who have been very successful in turning them to good account. The
Pre-emptive (private property), are driving for the gutter. The Amazon are preparing for machinery.
From this place to Scarsdale, between three and four m~les, t.here is but very litttle doing. A few
small parties, European and 'Chinese, ocqp.py the Smythesdale Creek flat, and the shallow ranges
alongside it. .
At Scarsdale, matters continue in about the same state as at the date of my last report, except
that there is a marked improvement in the North Grenville and Azimuth claims. The Golden Stream
has likewise improved; the yield of the mine during the quarter was 1,142 ozs., or an average of
87 ozs. 17 dwts. weekly, whilst the average expenditure was £248 a week .. The Wheal Kitty con·
tinues its usual good returns. The Scarsdale Extended Company have as yet made no signs of
resuming operations; and the suspension of their mine '\las had the effect of obliging the Golden Lake
Company to cease working, as the .influx. of water was too much to allow of the shaft. being Bunk
while the Extended discontinued bailing.
. The ~olden Horn, at Sp~ngda;Hah, bottomed successfully, ~nd the shaft is nearly at the required
depth at whICh to open out a mam dnve. .
. The Atlas has strUck into the' washdirt, and obtained a very good prospect. . The Try.Again
sustains its reputation as one of .our best paying claims. The Grand Trunk is the most steady and best
paying claim we have; during the last fortnight the yield was 489 ounces. ..
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The Excl;tequer is 170 feet in rock. The shaft is slabbed up. water slightly increasing. The
Cape Clear has broken into the gutter, and washed between 13 and 14 ounces off the bottom. They
have now a chamber excav!tted, and the main drive opened up, so that I see nothing to prevent this
claim from giving regular ,returns in future. The claims taken up i,n February and March in and
around Moonlight Flat are some abandoned, and some held in reserve under protection registration.
The Oape of Good Hope are. driving, nothing definite arrived Il-t yet. I '
At Linton there is not a great deal'doing, but in a short time better things are expected. The
Atlas and Linton ,Park companies are getting satisfactory returns, and the Great B~itain gives reason-
able hopes that it will pay well eventually. The Royal Exchange looks hopeful; the Victory is poor;
but .there is a likelihood of a turn for the b e t t e r . ' I
At Happy :valley matters proceed in the usual routine. The British and Grand, .Junction pay
well; theCleft-in-the-Rock, Volunteers, Robin Hood. and 'vVaverley companies sho~ signs of improve-
ment. Some tunneling parties near Weston's Hill are getting very encouraging retUrns.
, At Carnghain the greater portion of the past quarter has been occupied in e~ecting machinery.
The British Columbia and Alabama are erecting very costly plants. The Kossuth and General Kossiaski
have theirs completerl, and they appear to be in every detail well adapted to their obj~ct. The Lyndoch,
Phamix, 'southern Lights, 'Prince of Wales, Magnum Bonum, and Carngham United, on the Snake
Valley Lead, are paying much in the same way as they 'have been for years baCK. Gum-tree Flat,
although not so thriving as it used to be, is still far from being exhausted, and as soon as confidence is
restored, and the money market becomes casier. we may cxpect to see busy operatiohs on it, as well as
in a great many other places within ,this. division now partly languishing. . I. .
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CRl<3SWICK DIVISION.
Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor

,
Chin_. Total for the

~pea,n •• Division. ROmarks.
, I
I
.., ...
.Alluvial Anners
Quartz Miner$ .•• ... ...
- - -....
970
600
SOO
...
1,770
600 - .
Totals ... ~ 1,570
I SOO 2,370
\
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THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS Tl;£US DISTRIBUTED:-

Clunes ... 600 Eaglehawk 40
Rocky Lead ... 190 Union Hill :;;~ 20
Pinchgllt Gully 100 New Chum Gully 10
Red Streak 170 Cobbler's Gully 60
Baek Creek 90 Sulky Gully ... , 60
Mopoke 160 Diamond Gully ! 20
Slaty Creck ... 120 Bald Hills i ... 50
Humbug HilL. 80 Longpoiht I ... 270
Portu~llese Flat 90
CreswlCk
Spring Hill
... . ...... .. .
...
...
...
140
100
Tbtal
\
2,370
-
THE JliIACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
'- '
ALLUVIAL 1IILNING.. I' QUAl!.TZ 1IILNING.

--------.------,-,~'----~---------.
, Description of Macllinery.
,
_ At
W k
or.
I dl
I e.
(J Number
f St
0
H
Aggregate
He!J."::~ st~:Z::;~';;~~s,
fl .At Work. Idle.
Jumber
of Stamp
Heads.
I .Aggregate
Horse.power or
Stea.m Engines. .
-S-te-'a-m-E-,n-g-i-ne-s-----.-
.. ' --~.5-.-I--:~ i~~~ ~--2-S-7--i---:-.~-+--:-..-,-I·-ti-~o-.:--- -·6-~-.~--
Whims ••• ...
Puddling Machines... 170 10 " •• , ... ••• ••• _ I'"
I
C;ment Mining. ,,' I

Swteh~rn Engines' ,.. 22 I 26 46 ••• ::: :::
1ms ...... ...... ••• .. .
Whips .. , ••• 6 ...... ...... I ...
..
13
Total value of mining' plant in the division, £112,000,
npon,8t·
Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
time, 14.
• The price of gold during the quarter in the division has been from £3 19s. 3d. to £3 198. 9d.
per oz.
THB FOLLOWING INFORMATION lUS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUART'ER, ,AND THE GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM.
Average Remarks remtiTe to the

Where Quartz, &c." Yield of Deptll at whicl!. the Qoortz
Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold Tota.!Gold.
Name of Company. were obtained. per Ton. was obtained, &0.
, ton cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr.

oz.dwt. ~~
Port Phillip Company Clunes Reef ......
13,645 0 0 o 7 4,9i6 12 0 Greatest depth374ft.
Victoria Company .. , Ditto .. '3,920 0 0 o 6 20' 1,342 6 0 Ditto, 5iO feet
elunes United Oompany Ditto .. ,
Sulky Gully
'
...
1,780 0 0
19 0 0
o
1
8 L3
0 3:
762 3 0
19 2 14
Ditto, 444 feet
Ditto, 20 feet
Gladstone Company .•. ."
Standard Bearer Co.... Springhill ...140 0 0
_ ................ - o 1 20: 13 0 0 Surface
Quartz Tailings and Totals, Quartz ... 19,504 0 0 0 7 7 7,113 3 14
Cement crushed.
Hard Hill Company ..• Hard Hill
Ditto .. ,
...... 120 0 0
0 0
0 6 2Jt
0 2 5'•
41 9 0
Enterprise Company ... 490 54 II 6
Livingstone and party Cobbler's Gully ... 19 0 0 0 4 5 4 0 0
Totals,Quartz Tail- } 629 0 0 3 4 31 100 0 6
ings and Ce,ment
~,
I have the honor to report that there is still a general dullness connected· with mining in this
division. Some of the claims are paying well, some are getting ready for- starting, whilst others have
suspended operations without thoroughly testing the resources or value of the mine. owing to the diffi.
cuhy experienced in getting in calls to carryon the necessary operations.
At Sulky Gully the Kuboid,Company and the Little .Extende~ Company, mentioned in my last
report as having commenced operations, have suspended work. The Gladstone Quartz Company is
raising· stone which looks well, and the White Horse Reef Company is sinking for the reef.
At BaJd Hills the Greal Extended Com as completed the erection of an engine of 25 horse-
power at No.1 shaft in Sims'g paddock; this s down 100 feet in the rock. and a set of lO-inch
pumps fixed in position; at No.2 shaft, Oil Crown lands, a 12 horse-power engine has been erected, and
the shaft. sunk to a depth of 171 feet, at which depth a main drive has been opened out in a north-east-
erly direction, and is in 100 feet from the shaft, it is expected that a further distance oC 100 feet will
have to be driven before the gutter is cut. Another company has been formed to work a portion of the
Young. Sons of Justice old claim.
At Graham's Hill the parties continue to work as usual; there has been a considerable increase
in the number of Chinese miners in this locality,owi.ng to the reputed success of two Chinese parties
who are paddocking in the bed of the creek; there is, !;l.owever, no possibility of obtaining reliable
information from them. The yield of gold has been ::-
OZ8.
Schache and party, 5 men, 3 months 48
Storm and party, 3 men, 3 months 24
Lehmann and party, 4 men, 3 months 15
At the Red Streak the Grand Trunk Company suspended operations during the early portion of'the
quarter, pending alterations and additions to the machinery i-two new east-iron puddling machines have
beQn erected, also the old sty Ie of driving the machine with a belt has been superseded by a shaft and level
wheels between the engine-shaft and the driving.shaft of the machine, and it can thus be set in motion or
stopped in an instant; also, besides avoiding the delay of putting on and off the belt, it was liable to slip
when an extra strain was brought to bear upon the machine, an evil entirely overcome by driving by means
of a shaft; the company resumed mining operatiolls fOllr weeks ago, and is now fairly at work in the
deepest ground ever tried in Creswick, so that it will not be long before it is proved whether the deep
ground in this locality is payable or not. The Junction IJompany has extended its main drive, which,
is now 425 feet from the shaft; at 400 feet washdirt was· met, it is two feet in thiekness and is considered
payable. The Sir Charles Darling Company is nOw engaged in driving to the east, as the manager
believes the Black Lead will be met at Ii. point more easterly than anywhere yet driven, this belief is
strengthened by the fact that the water is increasing as the drive extends to the east; 537 feet of
driving and 614 feet of ground have been stoped out during the quarter. 1'he Imperial Company
having re-organiRed, resumed operations in November, a:::d has got into payable ground; the prospects
of the mine have considerably improved. 1'he Hit-or-Miss and the }lose of Allandale companies con·
tinue to work as usual; the former is one of the most successful that has ever been on Creswick.
The yield for the quarter is as follow8:- 0:<' dwt. gr.
Hit-or-Miss Company, 12 men 513 12 9
Rose of Allandale Company, 12 men 163 10 0
Junction Company, hired labor . to. 380 0 0
Imperial Company (N ovember and December) hired labor .208 17 12
Grand Trunk Company, hired labor '" i02 0 0
Sir Charles Darling Company, hired labor 92 17 20
" .. '. l~.... . I
At German Gully, the JulIus Cresar Company 18 erectlllg an engme of fifteen horse-power, on the
the completion of which sinking will be resumed. I '
At Springhill, the Eldorado Company, having proved the ground by means of a shaft, drove'
a tunnel into the hill ;. it is now in 1,261 feet. Also, it erected an engine and battery of 12 stamps
. which were, however, obliged to stop after a few days' work for want of water. • "
At Rocky Lead, the Jupiter Company's main north drive is in 1,700 feet;: at 1,400 feet a branch
driv~' was put, in to the east, which cut the gutter at 200 feet. Lennoni,s Paddock Company
obtamed a prospect at a. depth of 285 feet and 560 feet from the shaft; It has since sunk the
shaft to a depth of 320 feet; and at this level put in a drive, which is now in 300 feet north-east from
the shaft; 300 feet more will have to be driven before the gutter is reached. The St ••George's
Company, at Langdon's Hill, is down 109 feet in the basaltic rock; the yield for the quarter has been
as follows :- i
. oz. ! dwt. gr.
Jupiter Company, hired labor . . . . . . . 409 3 0
1
Golden Emporium Company, 24 men ... '... 276 4 3

Golden Gate Company, hired lanor... ' . ... 255 3 2
You-Know Company, 16 men (November and December)... 65 15 1
The Smeaton Plmns Company has put down two bores, one bottomed at 132 feet, and the other
at 95 feet; fresh tenders are called for for putting down I.mot~er. I
The Kingston Gold :Mining Company is boring near Kingston, in' the vicinity of Bullarook or
Birch's Creek; the bore is down 135.feet in basaltic rock. . I
The .Hard Hill Company has been engaged the greater portion of the quarter in shifting the
pump and pumpiug gear from one shaft to another. 'rhe Enterprize Company was Iilso idle six weeks
during the erection of a new boiler. !
The Kuboid Company has ceased working, owing. I understand, to the' poorness of the yield
from the qnartz,crushed. I have been unable to get the returns of the quantity crushed and its yield.
The Bank of England Company, Frenchman's Reef,and the Standard-beJrerCompany, 8pring-
hill Reef, having been unable to get in the calls from the shareholders, have been sQld, off, as far as regards
the plant and machinery; it is, therefore, doubtful whether either can reorganise and resume work;
in neither case have the reefs been sufficiently tried." . • '
At Clunes, the Port Phillip Company crusbed during the quarter 13,645 tons of quartz, which
yielded 4J!76 ozs. 12 dwts. of gold; tlie furnace for roastiug pyrites, mentioned in my last report; is
, . completed, and will be got ,to work as soon as the pipes for cunveying the w~ter to the condensing
B chambers are fitted. The Clunes Company has paid during the quarter dividerids amounting to £26
on each original share. Tbe works in progress, mentioned in my last report, have been completed, and the
following eontracts have since been let, putting on western crosscut on No. 51e:vel, main shaft at £16
per fathom, and eastern at £5 1 er fathom; stoping north on No.4 level, R?b~nson's Reef at £21,
and south at £18 per fathom; sto g also on the same level and reef from the south shaft, north at
£9 lOs., and south at £18 lOs. per fathom; on No. 3 level sinking a winze oh Robinson's Reef, at
£9 lOs. per fathom, and stoping north at 5s. 3d. per ton, and south at 5s. 4d. per ton; also stoping On
Walcome Reef at 5s. 6d. per ton, and a winze sinking on eastern reef at £7 198. per fathom; the price'
of stoping varies from 4s. 6d. to 8s. 9d. per ton; the greatest depth from which quartz is raised is 374
feet; 260 men are employed on the mine. ) , I' ,
. The Victoria Company c;rushed during the quarter 3,920 tons of quartz, which yielded
1,342 oza. 6 dwts. of gqld, the, maln shaft has been sunk 15 feet below No. 6 level [and the lode is f(JUnd
to be.the size of the shaft; No. 6 level has been driven 60 feet north and 50 feet south from tl;J.e shaft,
the lode averag~s 8 feet in width, and the stone is payable. ' Stoping is being 'continued in the other"
portions of the mine ~t from 5s. lOd. to 12s •. 4d. per ton ; the greatest depth from which quartz is raised
lS 570 feet; 80 men a~e employed on the ~me.. .' I. .
.The Climes U mted Company crushed durmg the quarter 1,780 tons of quartz, whICh YIelded 762
ozs. 3 dwts.of gold, and paid dividends amounting to £15 per each origi.nal share, andimorewould have been
paid but for the large'outlay requisite for layiug in a winter stock of firewood and other materials. A
rise is being put up from No.·4 to No.' 3 leyel, and stoping is being done in four places on No~ 4 level,
the pr-ice varies from 7s. 5d. to 8s. 6d. per ton; on No.5 level the eastern crosscut is in 201 feet, and
the western 173 feet, the eastern and western reefs are expected to be struck in a few weeks; the
greatest depth from which quartz is obtained is 444 feet; 75 me'f\ are employed o:n the mine.
The New North Clunes Company's crosscut is in 324 feet, a mass of hard quartz and some leaders
have been driven thr.ough, and the men for the last 12 feet have 'been going. througp s!ate and sandstone;
during part of the tIme the work was done on wages, but a contract has SlUce been let at' £16 lOs. per
~~ I
Th~ Clunes Alluvial Company obtained during the quarter 1,000 oza. 2 dwlts of gold; the tunnel
alluded to in my last rel!ort has been finished, and the ventilation is now perfect; blocking out east and
west of the tunnel is belllg proceeded with, and some very good prospects have b'een obtamed the
eastern side; the dam has also been raised considerably, 80 that there has been !no scarcity of water,
and the prospects of the company have c~nsiderably improved.. I .
The South Clunes Company's engllle-shaft has been sunk durmg the quarter 49 feet, makmg a
total depth of 493 feet, and ~he price has ayeraged £4 lOs. per .f?ot•. The sec6ud plunger'has been
fixed, and a plat opened out at 446 feet, for the purpose of drmng a crosscut west. The northern
shaft has been sunk 6 feet, but operations had to be suspended in consequence qf the infiux of water.
A crosscut was opened out at 404 feet, and driven westerly 112 feet, when it intersected .Robinson's
Reef, underlyinO' fiat towards the west. A rise is being put up at 80 feet fro e shaft, in order to
intersect the qu~rtz making ili'the bend'of the lode where it assumes the un The dam is nearly
completed, and the stamps are being examined p,reparatory to commencing crushplg operations.
, . The Comet and Extended' (alluvial) companies are still idle for want of water.
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: GORDON SUBDIVISION.. ,
Mr. Tho'l"fln,8 Cowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

Europeans. Chinese. Tota! for the lWlllArkl!.

s Subdivision.
Alluvial Miners ... ... 37 ... 37

Quartz Miners ... ... 40 .. , 40
,
Totals .. , 77 ... 77
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED:"':'"
Mount Egerton 4
All Nations Gully 12
Big Hill Reef 40
Parker,'s Gully , 12
Moorabool ,.. .. 4
Bull's Run Gully 5
Total 77
THE MACHINERY 18 AS FOLLOWS:-

,
ALLUVIAL 1I1I:NI:NG. QUARTZ~G.
Description of Machiuery.
i Aggregate Aggregate.
At Work. Idle. t Horse-power of At Work.
Steam Engines. ,
Idle.
'ok~~d~~ Horse~power of
Steam Engines.
_. ..- -
Steam Puddling ... ... I ... 8 ... '" '. ... ...
Steam Crushing ... ... ... ... ... I .. . 23 40
Double Horse Whip ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... I

... ...
Total value of mining: plant in the subdivision, £3000.
upon,2i· . ' '
time,17. .
The price of gold during the quarter in the ,subdivision has been from £3 18s. 6d. to £41s. 6d.
per oz.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION lIAS BllEN OETAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF .QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE 'QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
Name of ComPllDJ'.
Where Quartz was
obtained. Qtmrtz cruBhed. i Yield of
I Avera~
, pel: ten.
ld
Total Yield of
Gold. I Rem""ks relative te th
Depth at which too
Quartz w3l! obtaIned.
i
Mount Egerton ... Big Hill Reef ... • ton

2,817
cwt. qr.
0 0
0<. dwt. gr .
0 3 21!
oz. dirt. gr.
548 8 0 60 feet and 120 feet
, I have the honor to forward herewith my report for the quarter. It is carefully compiled from
information reQeived by visiting personally the several claims.
The Kerrit Bareet Gold Mining Company, Parker'8 Lead. Since the date of the last report this
company suspended operations, in consequence of having struck water in their shaft at a depth of
about 85 feet, and not having caJ?ital enough to erect the necessary pumping engine and lifts. The
company's ground is now held In reserve. It may be mentioned that, though the company holds
ground for 200 men, there have never been more than fourteen men at work.
The Ballan Prospecting Company has not yet resumed operations. During the quarter a
prospectus was issued with a view to raise money by the sale of shares, in order to carryon operations
more vigorously, but with what success I have no~ learned. ,
QUARTZ MINING.
There is nothing new to report in regard to the quartz lodes of the subdivision, except that a new'
q)aim for thirty men has been laid off at Parker's Reef. Operations are not yet commenced.
The Mount Egerton Company !-lontinues to work steadily and profitably, as the accomplIDyllg
.table shows.
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STEIGLITZ SUBDIVISION.
Mr: T. Woolgrove, Mining Surveyor ood Registrar.

I
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THE TOTAL NUMllER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS·..J
• !
Europeans.
r Chinese. Total for the
.subdivision.
I I
\
I Remark.. -
I
Alluvial Miners ... ... 60 260 320 Numbe;~ of quartz miners leaving
Quartz Miners ... ... 1,020 ' ... 1,020 through want of employment.
ca.used by the grea.t drought
,
Totals ... 1,080 'I-~;;--I 1,840
!
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THE TOTAL NUMllEB 'OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED:;-
Steiglitz' ...... " '''1' 1,008

Morrison's and the Tea-tree Creek 60
Stony Rises ... •.. : ::l 12
260
Dolly's Creek •
··rI
Total 1,340
THE MAOHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
ALLUV1AL l\[:IlIING.
!
QUAll.TZ M'INnio.
!
Descriptioll of Machlnery.
I Idle. I
Number AggregareHorse.
. I ·1 .--~---~-'---
Number AggregateHors...
. • AtWork. of Stamp powerofO!team' AtWork.!
Heads., Engines.
Idle•
I
of Stamp power of Steam
Heads. Engines•
! - ' - - - - - '- - _.. - . -
Steam Engines. w~shing, I
pumping, and .winding 2 4 28 145
Boring Machines
... ...... 2 ... ...
5
.15.. ...19 178
...•
862
...
......... ...... ... ...
."".
Derricks 3 ...
...... ...
...... ...
...... ......
I
Sluice boxes 48
Flumes ' 7 ... .." .
"j
ui . ...
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision, £61,200. I '

upon,13.. . \
'. Number of distinct quartz reefs' which have been actually proved to bei auriferous to the present
tIme, 48. " - I '
'1:'he price of gol~ d~ring the quarter.in the subdivision has been from !£3 158. to £3 18s. per 01'
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THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION lIAs llEENOBTllNED RELA-TIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED
. I
DURlNG THE QUA.RTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEB~FROM.
I
Average
I
,I Remarks relative to the
-_.
NameofComl>"lll'. Where Quartz was
obtained. .
Quartz erushed. Yield of G<>ld
parTon.
Tot..l Yi~ld of
o"Id.
Depth at which theQuartz
was obtained•
'I
tOil cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Sailor's·Reef Company Steiglitz ... 11.- ,1,180 0 0 0 2 14i'r 147 0' 0
I
I SO ,feet
Follow-the-Leader Co. Steiglitz .,. .. , 1;800 0 0 0 5 0 825 0, 0

I
280 feet
Ballarat Quartz Mining Steiglitz ... ... 1,310 0 0 0 621! 451 0' 0" 800 feet
Company
... 1 4: 19! 81 Q 0
i 280 'feet
Forty-foot Quartz Steiglitz ... 25· 0' 0
:Mining Company
.' I
" Totals, Quartz •• , i2,~65 ~ 0
- - - --o~~I~~1
. i I
Mining matters during the quarter have been. remarkably dull in this division, mor~ 80 than ever
I knew before, considering the large amount of money eXPllnded on machinery and plant for the more
efficient development of the mines. Although, as will be seen by the returns of gold. there is II; grea*
depression here, still' from my knowledge of Steiglitz l?'nd its resources! i~ will. be quite a tem-
porary one, and we shall soon recover our lost. ground lU gold returns. IS attrIbutable: partly to :It
1
·1
,I
unroreseen circumstances, slloh ItS parties not being able to pay calIs to respective companies, whereby
operations have been materially re~araed; and, in t~e cas.e of several of the b~8t claims, .the excessive
drought has prevented them crushmg. The reservOirs Wlth one or two exceptlOns are qUIte dry.
. The Sailor's Roof Company from .the depth of 150 feet have crushed 1,130 tons of quartz, yield.
ing147 ounces of gold; although this is a poor return, the'company are sanguine of better results at It
greater depth, as the vein at the lowest depth presents a good' appearance.
The Cliffun Company, German Reef, partially suspended operations. The -?ioneer Company,
Ironbark Reef, and the l'ho.mix Company, Copenhagen Roof, have suspended operations. All at work
last quarter. . ."
The Waterloo Company~ Wellington RElef, have been obl,iged ito pull down and re-erect their
crushing battery, from some imperfect construction, but t~ey expect,.to start again in::11> fortnight.,
Plenty of water in this reservoir. .
The Electric Company, Ballarat Reef, have nearly, completed- th.e erection of their new
machinery, which will be openl1d next w.eek. i <; : ! . > : • , .. ,'. •
The Redan Company, and the ..Albert .. Ed-yvar!i Comp~~y caI)not cru,sh from the want of water,
aUhough there is abundance of material to be operated on. The same remark' will al?ply to the Prince
of Wales Company's claim; one winding ~d; pU!llping:,m~chi,~~ El~eAted.QIl tp.e !)lalm, and a crushing
battery. o~, th~ (,lre.ek a~o~t,:~90Jards pelQw, but, no water. .' ,.' . '
The Albion Company a~e erecting"n'ew 'inaeliir;:ery, ,their' present 'machinery being insufficient.
They are, also.sinking a new winding and pumping shaft. ?
The "M3lak'off' Conipany have completed' the 'erecti~n ,of their new' maohinery, orushing
battery, & 0 . ' ~
The' FortY~foot 'el~im,New Ye~'s Reef, have'oMy had one crushing during the quarter;
from 25 tons of quartz they obtained 31 ozs. gold.
,The. Ballaarat Quartz Milling c.ompany have, during the quarter, cruslled 1310 tons of quartz,.
from whioh they· have realised 451 oll's. This was fr9nl their lowest depth, 300 feet. The vein still
presents a strong ana steady appeararioe, and is about 4 feet in thiCkness.
In alluvial mining I have scarcely anything to report. Morrison's and the Teatree diggings
are comparatively abandoned. ' Dolly'S ,Creek, however, .still keeps in employment a good number of
Chinamen. On the Stony Rises alluvial mining is quite given up, but I hear that two or three
quartz mining companies are being organised there., . ' . •
. l'he,l!orhoneyghurk Company, Teatree,have comple~e~~ t~?ir .~_hinery, and have had a very
satisfactory start. There are no returns at present. ' ,,_. _...- ....
The Golden Rivers 'Oomp,any's c}aim stillremailis a mystery as to IlJll,existence of a deep lead
or gutter.' , . ' . . . . .; _ _ : " ',~ , ' ,
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THE TOTA.L NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS:-
.I TotaJ for the

-- Dlvlsioll.
Alluvial Miners '627 , 4!Q.
Quartz Miners 250

----"1-'----'---- - - - - - . - '."" -
'Totills 877; , 410 - .. 1,287
f~',: ,,,
, ;c... . }iJ" ,
THE TOTA.~. NUMBER Oil' MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED!- ., - ~,.
- . . . :~ ,;,~ I: , • ~~ i{)' ~~,,/'

Golden Point 270 'Barry's Reef 90,
Red Hill
Simmon'a'Reef
.... , , .~. ,
••.. - ..•. '"
215 . United Reef-
130. . Luckv·hit R~et
.......
.... ~:"
... 10
15
Sebastopol... ..;. .:;' .: .00' ,.:N;ewm'an's Re'ef 12
Yankee Gully ... ... 100 Goodman's Creek" 27
Main Creek, below Sebastopol ;.;,
Balian Flat .. ,:... '., _ ....
•. ,'
.... .: ,178 .. Balian
'30" .
-.
...
\
10
Split-tree Gully Ranges _ ' , I 77 : r.
Jackson's Gully ' ... .. .
~
'11 , Totar ... ' ... . ... 1,287
Johnson's Reef
No. 3, fl.
22
-
..,..
18
THE MACHINERY IS AS 'FOLLOWS:-
At Work.
j~~~
Idl.. HOI'1le·power of
I· At Work.
QU./.lI.TZNLG.!
Idle.
'Aggregate
ot Stamp Horse-powe': of.

Steam Engines. . HOads. 'Steam Engines.
~I. ~69
------------I---~-·~I---I
15 --4- --6-
Steam Engines " ••• ••. I
Water-wheels' .•. 3
'Vater-wheels, for drainage '"
.••
... , I
...36 5
... ... 84 ... '
c:
3 I
Whims ... ... ... I ...

Horse-power Puddling Machines 2 ... ... ...6 ... 1 '"
C-
I
Total value of mining plant in tne division, £29,700. .

Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, 'or may have be~n, actually worked
upon, .2~. " I
Number of d~stinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be 1auriferous to the
present time, i3. I
The price of gold during the quarter in the division has been from £3 168. tOi£3 17~. per oz.
i
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QVARTER, ANDTH~ 'GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM.
Name of Company. II Quartz crushed. IYield

Where Quartz, &0. were
I
obterned.
__ I
Average
of Gold
per Ton. I Gol~ . 1"-'0 """" ·
Totel YIeld of Depthat which the Quartz
&0., were obtained. ili.•
,-- I I
Crown Company Simmon's Reef

ton 'cwt.
896 0
Ioz.0 dwt.2 12gr:
qT. oz. dwt.
' 112
gr. :
0 0 I
Williams Brothers an<\
Company
Simmon's Reef 850 0 gl 0 6 0 255 0 0
Imperial. Oompany ... Simmon's Reef 550 0 0 0 3 82 10 0

Macredie and Company Newnlan's Reef 300 0 gl 0 0 4 60 0 0
. Macredie and Company Atkin's Reef 500 0 0 0 7 0 175 0 0
Oandage Barry'~ Reef~ . 42 0 0 0 8 0 16,16 0
True Blue Company ... St. George's Reef ... 600 0 0 Ql7 0 510 0 0
GraceEgerton Oompany St. George's Reef '" 150. 0 0 0 8 O· 60 0 0
ll'augH-a-Ballagh Com- ·St. George's Ree~ .. , 127 0 0 o 17 0 107 19 0
pany
Great Tunnel Company Johnson's Reef 25 0 0 0 4 0 5 0 0
United Company, United Reef 400 0 0 0 io 0 200 0 0 I
Cornish Company Simmon's Heef 100 0 0 0 I 12 7 10 0
Catherine Oompany : .. St. George's Reef ... ' 52 ,0 0 0 2 0 5 4 0
Trewhella Brothers ••. Lucky-hit Reef 600 0 0 0 15 0 450 0 ()
Purvis and Company ... Butcher's Reef
Purvis and Company: .. 'Butcher's Reef"
40 0
25 0
0
0'
0 ,6 0,
0 18 9J I 12 0
23 0
0
0
Totals, Quartz ... , 5,257---;;---; -:-:; 22ft 2,08} ~

Quartz Tailings .and
. Cement crushed.
ll'letcher and Company Split-tree Gully 54' 0 0 0 9 0 24 6 0
Ranges I
T<:tals,Quart,zTail- } ,~~ ~-:- ~-o- :
mgs and Oement I . .,' ., ,I
j ...
I
I have the honor to report that the general appearance of both quartz and alluvial claims i;n this
division is quite as good as, if not, better than I have seen for some time, though fo~ the last month the
e~tire want of water has prevented storie from being crush~d at the water-powe~ machines, and the
alluvial miners are entirely dependent on the tub and cradle as a means of extracting gold, though some
of them are doing reIparkably well by this crude way of working, the majority,' however, are doing
but little. . !
The Crown Comp-any have their tunnel up, by which they effect a'saviytg of £12 a week in
carting. .' I ,
The Imperial is not paying so well as was expected, the reef being small andl the claim very wet.
N ewm'an's Reef also is turning out very poorly, but the, adjacent claim on .Mkins Reef is paying
well, a party of miners have taken it on tribute for two years. Williams Brot1ters and -Company's
Claim is paying very well. * •. * *. * * *: *.
The Cornish' Company' have not yet got their tunnel up; this claim has not paid ~xpense8 for the last
two years, but the shareholders are sanguine of its paying well when the tunnel is i n . , .
. The Big Hill Company have not been able to crush any stone at their mill this gu.arter, theIr
,water-right being of a very re~ent' date; ~hey have, however, struck BOIDe good stone ln the leased
ground, formerly held by HarrIS and l\1~tlIl. :
I
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. The Garibaldi Reef is entirely deserted. The Prospectors' claim on the United Reef is looking
very payable, though some stone they crushed, at an old machine erected near the claim, did not yield
well, the machine no doubt losing gold from being badly put up. Trewhella Brothers and Com-
pany's claim on Lucky-hit Reef is paying well, and there is every indication of its continning to do BO.
All the claims (In St. George's Reef are paying well, with the exception of the Catherine and Sir
William Walmce, and in these instances it is mainly owing to want of capital and inefficient working.
Alluvial mining generally has been very dull this quarter, none of the sluicing companies having
been able to employ their full complement of hands advantageously owing to the scarcity of water, but,
on the whole they have done as well as could be expected.
The party who have rented the reservoir from the Ballan Shire Council will let out a few sluice
heads after the holidays, by which all the creek workers will be able to commence sluicing again, also
A few of the hill workers. .
BLUE MOUNTAIN SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
Mr. R. H. Horne, Mirairag Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUlIHIER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS:---':
Europea.ns. Chinese. Tota.! for the Subdivision. Remark••
Alluvial Miners ... ... 35 • 10 45 Other population,

Quartz Miners ... ... ... ... ... about 15
Totals ... 35
•
10 45
p . •
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED':-
Wilson's Gully and Kilkenp.y Bill 10

Lower. Road, or back of the Camp 10
Snake Gully 10
J!lue Mount... ... ... ... .. .. I)
Creeks and other localities without special name ... 10
Total ... 45
TilE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
I ALLUVUL :M:!:NmG. QUABTZ .:M:!:NmG.
Description of Ma.chlnery.
.Aggregate Number Aggregate
At Work. I
sti.iI;;- &g;;ie~:
At Work. Idle. Idle.
°k~ Horse-~Of
Stea.m .....
Sluicing Machines ... 1 1 ... ... ... ... ...

Puddling Machines ... 2 ... '" ... ... ...
Total val\le of mining plant in the subdivision, £50.
Number of square miles of auriferous ground whi;ch is being, or may have been, actually worked
upon,2j-.
. Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
tune, 3.
The price of gold during the quarter in the subdivision has been from £3 168. 9d. to £3 17s. 3d.
per oz.
N 0"!le of the companies nor any of the small parties have made any important diBCOveries or
progress slnce my last report. .
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Mr. Olarence Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
-
.~' .j: -~"I /'Tot'~l f~i ~~ ·'~".;l.,.:·j ~

Chines.. Subdlvision,
--------------,-.-I~~.r'---I~---I
Alluvial Miners 780 . '990'''· •.': i;770'"
'Quartz Miners... 165 ' 165
Totals dl4A, ,. 990 I. .1.9~5,
. : \.
~ll
THE TOTAr: NUMBER"OF'MINER,S IS TIlUS,DISTRIBUTED':-
Pe~yweight Flat 46' -'Eidorado Lead 130

One-mile Creek ;' 25 Murmungee Lead 55
Two-mile Creek 48 Wattle Gully." 14
Three-mile Creek 240 Kneebone's Gully •... 58
Six.mile Creek 12 . McLean's Gully. ., .. 41
Hurdle Creek, .. 32 German's Gully and vicinity 40
Chinamart's Flat 56 Myrtlcford Reefs' ., 52
Deep Creek .•. 25 Buffalo River ... 20
Silver Creek .'. . .•.. ,30 Sheep. station Creek ... 11
Madman's (i-ully .. , 31 Black-sand Creek 5'
Reefs, near Lake'Kerferd 40' :. Magpie Creek ' 160
Spring Creek .. . 140 . .wooragee Flat;.: <' ••• 120
Reid's Creek .. . 75 ..Wooragee Reefs " ;, ...... ,69
Young's Creek 26 ,.Barwidgee Creek ,"~'~'):.. ',,,,' 32
Woolshed ... ~·:205 I.: ' : , '. ..,:',: ';~~ '~.- i
Sebastopol
Napoleon Flat
· ... s '95
8
Total ... 1,935
TIlE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-,..

_. ;.. J • r '.f.. J ~
" I : . ' f;,.
At W cmk. Idl
e, Ali W k. Idl'
,. or , e . . '.A'ggreg~te
Ilorse-power. .
~~~--~'~'~:'-'-~:-'--~----~,,-'-~_Q~-!-q-"'-I---~-I-~----- ~-'--"~--'------I---------
Stea~ E~giJes 12 177 \ 1 26
Puddling Ma.chines . 8 i
Whims and Pulleys ,...
Suction and .Elevator :rumps
... ;
••. '
12
·59 .... ...
I:::
, ::t
I'"
Sluices an~_Ton;tS ,. '.'~... ' , 150 40 ~,<I
Water·wheels '16 ,. 15 3 20
••• ".
28
Hydraulic Hoses
. Sluice Bol<es .•• 2,800
12 ,8
" ••.•,., ..
, •••• , j"
I··· ,
'Crushing Maehines '.:':" ~. "~'~;." ! ';,f";:' 40
Whips 5 " ...
Total value of mining plant in the sllbdi'Vis~on,.ofl27;2()O. ". ".' ".. 1)1~'" " , .••• :... ,,"'.
N funoor ofsquare miles of auriferous"ground which is being, or maj have been, actually :worke,d
4
upon, IN.umoer 0 f distmct
. quartz reefis Whieh 1:0' ueen aet ually proved to be aun.£erous t 0 the present
,-""ve '1:" . c.
ti~~, 21fue pnce of gold durink the quarler in:tJie: subdivi~io; lias been £3 Hls~ per oz.
I h8,ve appli!'ld to all the crushing machines in th!'l divis~on for e~timates of the. quantity of quartz
'crushed, and the YIeld of gold therefrom, but could gam no mformatlon on the subject. I believe the
Excelsior Reef, on the W ooragee Ranges, has had a. great quintity of quartz crushed, which averaged
about.,nine ouncell to the ton.
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. , :' '. ':1· have ·the: honOr to· report;·that mining operations during the quarter have been carried on
generally in avery. unsatisfactory' nanner, but some allowance must be made for the scarcity of water;
.for although many fine\races of water are still running, there are scores that have completely dried up
this. seaSOn, that have not been known to do so since the openil!K.of ..the Ovens Gold Fields. The
. miners; however, have not been altogether idle, for,· although ·tlie:fnave only.been able to work at their
claims for about one day in the 'week during the last: two months, they have been remaking and
deepening their races ; 'ahd'where .springs have-oeeiC6ozlDg out at the surfa<)e they have driven into
the bed.rock, and in most instan<?es.pro;!Ui~e f!lirly. to increase the supply of water twofold.
In speaking onlie wate(supply'ofthiS division, it· might be almost said that it is a true account
of the state of mining lmatters. in general, as the quanti~y. of auriferous earth washed is in, proportion
to the quantity of water'obtained, with the exception of Bowman's Forest and Eldorado, where it is
deep sinking; in the former place the Murmungee Company have erected a puddling machine, which
. will enable them to, ~ash all the year round, as there is a sufficient quantity, of water coming from the
shaft to wash all the stuff they can raise .
.At.Eldorado;·the-'Ovens Gold and Tin ,Mining Company ~vebeen boring to findthe'lead about
a mile below the village (Eldorado), but what success they have met with yet I do not know. ,
There has been a great falling off in the Wooragee Creek Diggings, the deep sinking not having
proved so remunerative as ~as at first expected.. Kneebone's Gully, in .Bowman~8 Forest, is also going
rather to the bad, several parties having sold out at a great sacrifice, .',
. Q,uartz".Mining is verr sluggish at present; although several good cruslp.ngs have been obtained
from reefs in the W ooragee Ranges. ' '. . . .
• 1 ' ~
(.. *.'
S'llANLEY SUBDIVISION •
." ";'-: ••• - . 1 ;
THE TOTAL NUMBER

_ _ ,' • ' . - ' -
, • "". ,:
OF MINERS IS
"". •• -
'All FOLLOWB:-
:-r • , .,' .1t~"" ~
,
'-'.. ...
ToW for the
EQl'Ope~ •.' Chinese.
.• , '1 Subdivision.: ' Bema.rkll.
. - , -, . ... ,-,
.' .. ' , ...., ~ -, .. - _. ~ .
Alluvial :Miners ... ... 267, 209 . 476 In, consequence of the drought the
Quartz Miners ... ... 27 ...
j
27 population has gradually decreased
.. '
. Totals ... 294. 209 503 ... j" ,.~ •
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUT:fm;",-
Upper Nine-mile . !... ,77, N uggety Gully 31

.. 'BackCr~ek .. ~ , ." 52 Deep Creek .. .. 25
. ,Lower Nine·mile '" ... 80 I 'Poverty Gully... . '14
Hurdle Flat .... ' •.• 37 .Upper Six·mile,. 10
Rocky Point .•. 91 .
Milkm!lJl's Flat .,. . 49 '503
Europa Gully 37
I
THE. MACHIN.ERY: IS AS FOLLOWS:- r:.

, . ...
.. ... I
ALLUVIAL ~G. QUARTZ lIflInNG.
.
I
--------~-~--
~tW~~ I.
Description of lIflIohilIery,
Agg,..gate Number ~gregate
..
Idle.
~=-Ce~ •.At .Work. , Idle. ofSta.mp
Heads. Horse-C. ell,of
Steam
~---~~~~-~~-
-'-'--
PUddling Mills ...... '1 .......- ." -
...1 ...... ... ...IS*
Quartz Mills .•. ' .'".. 11
I ... S
revolving
• With water·power as well, when .. supply can be obtained.
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision, £5300.

, Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been actually worked
upon,l2t. • ,
. Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually pro~ed to be auriferous to the present
tLme,15. ' .
The price of gold during the qua*r in the subdivision has be'en £3198. per oz.
22
THE, FOLLOWING INFORMATION _BAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
Name of Company. Whe~was Qmutz Cl'WIhed.

I Average
Yield ,of G<>ld
per. Ton. G<>ld.
I
Total Yield of Remarks relative to the
. 8~z:!..~~er.&
~,
--
D, ,
ton cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Homeward Bound .. , Rocky Point ... 500 0 0 1 I 0 525 0 0 340 feet
,
, Totals, Quartz ... W;-~-I701 525 0 0
There is nothing of importlj;Dce to report for the quarter. During a ten years' r~sidence in the
subdivision, I have never witnessed such a number of dry races as those I saw during the week I
was employed taking the returns, a result which is pressing heavily upon the miners, and also on all
p~rsons engaged in business. A. considerable amount of prospecting for quartz reefs is going ~n, but
WIth very small results. The Kmg Eagle Reef has not been worked for the last three months, III con-
sequence of water ~eing found in the shaft; some of the partners in the reef are busily employed in
prospecting a new reef low.er d~w~ the range, but have not yet succeeded in getting. anything to
encourage them. In allUVIal mllllllg, a small rush has taken place at the head of Milkman's Flat,
about thirty miners are employed, the depth of sinking varies from 20 to 30 'feet i some of the claims
are very wet, which interferes with the sinking, four claims are paying well, the depth of
washdirt'is from a foot to eighteen inches. Messrs. Thomson and party, race-owners, are commencing
to drive a tunnel which will effectually drain the ground, and enable the miners to work it with
greater facility. ..
Y ACKANDANDAH SUBDIVISION.
,Jf.r. TkOS. G. Kewnan, MVning Surveyor and Registrar.'
THE ~QTAL NUMBER 0li' MINERS IS AS FOLLO~S:-

.
EUl'Opeans.: Chinese. Total for RemArks:
the Subdivision:
--
,
Alluvial Miners ... ... 922' GOO 1,522,
Quartz Miners .• ; ... ... IGO .. I
1-~--I.~,
160
Totals ." I 1,082
•
TUB TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED:-
German' Flat .. , 70 Osborne's Flat 180

Muddy Creek ... ' 62 Allan's Flat ... 50
Murphy's Flat 75 Staghoru Flat... . .. 55
Haye's Point ... 20 Kinchington's Creek 120
Kirby's Flat ... " 31 Twist's Creek ... 142
Bell's 'Flat ... 37 Clear Creek 160
McCarthy'S Flat 60 Little River .. , 10
Whisky Flat 140 Gullies between ,Kinchington's Creek and
Township Hills 50 Yackandandalr 50'
Pyke's Flat ... 150
:Rowdy Flat 220 Total 1,682
,
\
THE l-fACUINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-',
ALLUVIAL Mnmia. QUA.l!.TZ Mnmia.

-
Description of Mllehinel,..
.
At Work. Idle.
.Aggregato
HO"""'COf At Work. Idle.
Number I
.Aggregate
of Stamp Ho.....power of
Heads. Swam Engines.
Swam ell.
,._--,- ----- ---
Water-wheels, for drainage ,
purposes
15 21) ... ... ... ...
1of 25 fe&t ... .,
"
'4-
Water-wheels and Stampers .., ... ... {

diameter
1 of 30 feet ... 8
...1
diameter
1 of 25 feet 8
Steam' Engine n. ~ ... ... ... . ... ...
diameter
8 8
.
23
Total value of mining plant in the ~ubdivision, £4000.

upon, 9.
time,32.
The price of gold during the quarter in the subdivision has been from £3198. to £3 198. 6d. per oz.
CRUSHl!D DURI~<G THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
I Remarks relative to the

Name of Company. Where Quartz was
• obtained. Quartz crushed. Yj~d=ld Total
Yield of Gold. Depth at which the
per Ton. Quartz wall obtained, &••
"
"

Twist's Creek Reef ...
Tunnel Reef ... Twist's Creek
Ditto ...... ...
...
136
IS2
0
0
0
0
o 10 21
0 5 IS!
73 19
52 12
0
0
120 feet
130 feet
•
Homeward Bound
Homeward Bound, No.
Ditto ... 31 0 0 I o lIt 31 15 0 80 feet
1 North
United Reef
...... Ditto
Ditto
...
.... ' ...... 159
164
0
0
0
0
0
o
9
19
9t
2~
74 13 0
155 13 0
Not ascertained
100 feet
Twist's Creek Reef, No.
1 North Ditto ... 22 0 0 ... o 18 17l 20 12 0 100 feet
Ditto ...
......
Yackandandah Reef ... 20 0 0 2 8 3i 48 3 0 120 feet·
Apollo Reef
Scandinavian Reef
...... Ditto
Ditto ......I 10 0 0
... ! 27 0 0
1 17 7!
iO 8 6i-
18 13 0 Not ascertained
II 8 0 '100 feet
...
......
Little Bangor Clear Creek 100 0 0 0 6 0 30 0 0 40 feet
Big Bangor ...
Homeward BOl\nd
...... Ditto ... 100 0 0
Kinchington's Creek 278 0 0
0 4 12
1 0 0
22 10 0 Surface quartz
273 0 0 120 feet
,
Totals, Quartz 1,224 0 0 0 13
7nI 818 13 0
Mining in this subdivision during the past quarter has been almost at a standstill. No water,
consequently no means of working. A great number of miners are prospecting for quartz reefs, and a
great many have temporarily removed to Thunder.and-Lightning Itush, to return as soon as water
becomes plentiful.
,SANDY CREEK SUBDIVISION,
. Mr. John W. Beattie, Minmg Registrar.
Europeans.
I Chin_. I Tota.! for the Subdivision. Bema.rb.
....- ..... -
Alluvial Miners ... ,.. 20 150 170
Quartz Miners ... ... ... ... ...
Totals I ... 20 150
. 170
Si\.ndy Creek, from Reservoir dow!!wards to Cemetery (3 miles) 40,

Sandy Creek,.from Cemetery to NIven's Flat (l~ miles) ... 124
Sandy Creek, below Niven's Flat, and Lockhart's Creek ... 6
Total ". ' ... 170
24
THE MAOHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS ::-.
Number Aggregate
Idle. of Stamp Horse"l'Ower of
Head.. Steam Engines.
Water'-wheels arid Horse'

Machines combined,
" 2 , .. '. ..~,'"
-'
.
" ."
:';
...........
..
.
,('";;.'\
; -
••• d .J.
for pumping
Water-wheels for pump~
~g __ ~I - !
... ~ ..•' ~-... .. ...
'-.'1
El~v;ator'iJ~»)lmps .,' :.. , r 'j-" ' ~": I to ,3;.{ . . · ~ ~- .. ~T••·,;·-·J·~ ! ,I ' ,,~
.,.' '. I
Total.value of- mining pJant in the"subd~v~siq,~" ,£,600. . .

Nu~bel;AfsquareIDiii;s of'auriferou~ gr<,lun~ wh}~h:iB being; 6r'lnay have beeri;work~.d upoii;'2.
Number. of. distinct quartz rt:;!lfs ~hi{Jh have\peE1u "ac!ull:lly proy~d to»e: aurif~rou~ t9 t4!l. present:,
tinJe, nil. I : . ; ! " . . ; .,: " ",''''r,:,:,:
The ''lfciceJf g61d' du~g thll quart'er iB tiie subdivision has ,been from
per oz. ,r •• - , !
".,~ ..
". :1 ' • '. ,; •
..:~':
'::'!': £3 lis. 6d. to' £3'128.,
. ' , . ' ':' . . ",,:. : .,' ,~.::;.~;)"
I .. q {),!li : t·,,~· , .
i
, , . ., ~ I ,:. ",- 1', d ,,' ;. • , ~. ~ • '. J ,;: "'1.,,' ~
/, Mining operations ,at ;the 9~n;tmE1ncement of the q~after wer!" ahriC!st a~ a.:standstill, frolp,.tqe
want of water: 'to pr,event a t@tal ic.,:ssation" the:.Chinese org!l-nized ~ se.heme,. by mutuatsu bscription, ,to,
rent three-latterly five ......heads of water from the reservOir. ThiS. mode. appears"to answer'tolerably'.
well for realli~g, the; bene.fit~~! t~epre~~nt 'stor!,-g,e water, which, .in. a~ li~e~ihood, w!ll be exhausted,
months prevlOusly to the arrIVal of the wmt~r rams; but the'general',behef.IB,that.were,a:irace or races
cut (in winter when the-ground'ia 'soft) to .command ·the surfacing on the banks, miners would avail
themselves of a ready supply of water to prospect and work new claims, which are generally.found
payable only.in patcheS,Anfi do.. n,ot.afi'ord s,p.j'ficie!!t .il1duce~~nt to individual 'enterprise to.risk.the~
expense of cutting a separate race. As a proof of the loss of water sustained by absorption in the bed
of the creek I may mention that it required three ,days .for the witter (3 heads) to appear on We surface
at a distance of four miles below the reservoir.
.,' ; ."'J'" •.•
INDIGO DIVISION.
Mr. Robert A'l'TO'U!smith, Mim/ilng SU'f'VeyO'1" an.d Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, .MINERS ,IS AS FO~LOWS:-
i'~':' ~~":I"Total:orth:I'
~
Alluvial Miners ... ... 361 236 597

Quartz Miners ... . .~.
...
-~":
12 ... 12 A considerable decrease of popula-
.. :,..;....-=-_~ I~_.....,... ..:0'---'1. '.: H?1f during the quarter
" , .-
,
Totals ... . 373
,
236 609
_. " I
THE TOTAL"NUMBED.' OP'MINERS .is·THUS D'iSTRI1!UTED'i=-"

Chiltern Lead ,,, ,., !.. 6~1 Glencoe L~ad .i ..
..
46
New Ballaarat Lead I 8 Lucknow'Lead 9
New Hibernian Lead '24 ' '~ritish'Queen Lead 18
Lancashire Leaa... ". ... 10 Clr,desdale'Lead : .. 42
Black' Dog Lea!1 ... ~, ,100 ,-.HIbernian LeaL.:.. 36,
Indi!\o Lead ... 99 Newcastle Lead '" 4
Cornlshtown Lead 12
Harrietville Lead... .." 110 :' "Reefs:-", ' : ' :-
Durham Lead 8 , , . A~l N 8;tion~ Re,er.) ,,; ..... ,,!.
4
Caledonian Lead ~... ... 24 Vletorla'Reef!.~ .. '-. 4
Clare Lead ... :.' 12 ,Prince 'Albert Reef 2
Fifeshire Lead '... .., . 4 . Eureka Reef .':;' ,.- • ••. r, ~
2
&obert Burns Lead, 4
Lanarkshire Lead .:. ... 32 Total 609
All England Lead... 26
, .
.\
25
THE lfACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-

.
, ALLUVIAL lI:I:INING. "- 'quARTZ Mnmm.
I
-~-~-~.- -~~~-~~.-~.~~--.~-.--~-~-~--
Description of Mo.ehinery. Number Aggregate

Aggregate
, At Work. rdle. Horse-power-of At Work. Idl•• of Stamp Horse-power of"
Steam Engines. Heads. Steam Engines.
~--- ----~-- ~-~-----
Steam Engines ... ~8 1 308 ' . ... 3 32 38

Steam and horse-power}
Puddling Machines 40 20 '"
I
no ... ... ...
Horse Whims ...
Whips ...
...
...
12
10
25
'20
...
... ...
n • ...... ...... ..... .
I
Total'value of mining plant in the division; £35,900. .

Number of square miles,of auriferous ground which is being, 'or may have been, actually worked
upon, 1 ! . , . .
• Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the
present time, 12.
The price of gold during the quarter iri the division has been from £3 19s. t,o £3 19s. 3d.
per oz.
,THE FOLLOWING INFORMA.TION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND'THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
~
Name of Compa.ny. Where Quartz 'Was" II Average I

Remarks relative to tbe
Quartz crushed. Yield ofG<lld Total Y,eld Of, Depth at which the
' I
' obtained. I
' per Ton, G<lld.! Quartz was obtained.
~~---~-~-I-.--~~.~--- ..
, ------~-
~--~--~-~ ~~--~-
ton owl;. qr. oz. dwt. gr. .... dwt. gr.

All Nation's Co. .. , All Nlttion's Reef ... 5 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 IOO feet from sur-
, face
Prince Albert Prospect- Prince Albert Reef l6 0 0 1 2 21 18 6 0 From surface to a
ing Co. ... ... . depth of 45 feet
,
,. Totals, Quartz ... I 21 0 0 1 622fi7· 28 6 '0
.
- l
The continued dry weather has had the effect of causing great depression in mining operations
during the quarter: Quartz crushing machines are ,whoUy idle, and mining on the dry leads is at a
complete stand stilt " -
, Mining in' this division is now entirely confined to the ~et leads where sufficient water is obtained
from the underground workings. The uncertain and Irregular character of the quartz reefs, generally
consis.ting of small v,~ins or leaders running ~hroug~ sandstone and, slate: rock, requires repeated trial
crushmgs to test theIr payable character, whwn cannot now,be obtamed In consequence of the stoppage
of the machines. ,
, A new reef has been discovered during the quarter on the range, about two. miles eastward of
Chiltern; three'trial-crushings of 16 tons averaged 1 oz. 2 dwts. 21 grs. to the ton, the reef varies in
width from 6 inches to ,2 feet, the depth of shaft is 45 feet. It has been named the Princ,e Albert Reef.
The report from the various companies working in alluvial ground is on the whole very
flatisfactory, the average yields being fully maintained,.
The Extended Sons of Freedom Company on the Chiltern Lead, have completed 3,000 feet of
. drives, proving 1,300 feet of the main lead. In one of the drives running towards the Black Dog Creek,
·the manager remarks, that prospects were obtained superior to anything he has seen on the Chiltern
J.ead-7 and 8 dwts, to the tin dish being quite a common occurrence. The depth of the washdirt
varies from one to four feet and the average width of the lead is 200 feet.
Referring to the working of this claim, ,the manager reports as follow'S :- .
"The present shafts of the company are situa~ed 1,500 feet west of, or below, the upper boundary
of the claim, and are of the following dimensions:-Engine or pump shaft, 6 feet by 4 feet containing
,pumps; it can also be used as a winding shaft when required. The winding shaft is 6 feet 6 inches,
divided into two compartments, in each of which double cages are worked, which greatly facilitates
the raising of dirt as compared with single cages ;' as an instance of which I may mention that the time
occupied in raising two trucks of dirt is one minute, and by making the necessary allowance for delays
in sending down timber and changing shifts, I am confident 2,000 trueks of dirt could be raised per
day of twenty-four hours." " ,
The engine.shaft of the Grand Junction Gold ~Iining Company is down to a depth of 218 feet;.
it is expected to run 255 feet, an,d will be bottomed by the aid of the machinery which is now completed.
The pumps comprise 400 feet of 12£-iuch pipes, calculated to throw 400 gallons per minute driven at a,
,:noderate specd~ The success of the In~igo '~own~hip Company, worki~g the ground adjoining, renders
It extremely probable that the company s claIm, will be very reniunerative.
'The .works of the ,Murray Valley Company,_ w!rich havehithert? .progressed somewhat slowly,
are now bemg pushed forward energetIcally, and It IS confidently antIcIpated that a few weeks will
place the company on payable gold, which has been proved to within 300 feet of the present shaft.,
, The British Queen Company have bottomed their shaft, and are now putting in their main drives:
The working machinery has been much improved, and may now be 'regarded as equal to any in the
district., .
A company has been formed, under the Limited Liabi!ity Act, to work the Black Ball claim.
No.3,c.
, - J
The prospecting claim and the United Britons Company, on the Glencoe Lead, have yielded
'" excellent returns during the quarter; the latter company have lately extended their claim, which now
comprises 3,000 feet along the course of the lead.
, The New Ballaarat Company, Who recently paid £450 for the· privilege to mine on private
property, are about to. abandon the ground, and are preparing to remove their machinery to the long-
abandoned Perseverance Lead, where they have tak,en up an extended claim. .
It will be noticed that the estimated value of mining machinery jn the division is somewhat less
than tliat of last quarter. This is accounted for by the fact that thc upper pait~ of the principal leads,
'upon which ~he machinery was .located, have been worked out, and pending the formation of new
companies in deeper and more difficult ground, where the machinery would not. be.of utility, it has' been
sold and removed to' other portions of the district; much heavier machinery being necessary as the
leads progress towards the deeper ground. I fe'el a pleasure in being. able to state that several large
joint-stock companies have' beim formed, and have made arrangements for the erection of frrBt~class
machinery. I am also glad to be able to report that the future mining prospects of the division never
looked b e t t e r . ' . .
BUCKLAND DIYISION.
-hIr• .Lewis O. Kinchela, Mining Registrar.

.
Eurorreans. I Chinese. Total for the
Division. Remarkll.
,--.
Alluvial Miners ... ... 328 2,064 2,392
Quartz Miners ... ... 222 ... I

222
.Totals ... 550 1~064~1 ~

2,614
,
Two Branches of Ovens' and Har- Gunphy's paddock to Bridge , 437

rietville. including new reef ... 218 Lower Bridge to Upper Bridge 658
HarrietviUe to Freeburgh crossing 55 Upper Bridge to Junction 117
Freeburgh' crossing to Bright Bridge 187 Right Branch ... • ... ·164
Bright Bridge to Buckland Junction 86 Left B r a n c h . : . 144
Buckland Junction and Happy Valley 54
Growler's Creek ... . .. 100 Total 2,614'
Morse's Creek 394
ALLUYIAL MINING.
.I QU.A.I<TZ MlNI:NG.
Description of Ma.chinel7.
At Work. Idle. '
I Aggregate
Horse-~w~r
Steam
of At Work.
gules.
I Idle.
Number
of Stamp
Heads.
Aggregate
Horae·power of
Stear;n Engine.a.
,--- --~
Water-wheel 011 Deep Lead

Water-wheels on Well Claims
... , 1
63
...
18
... ..... , .... , ...
...
...
...
...... ... .... ... ...
'"
...... ......
......
'"
Hydraulic Hoses 1.2
Horse Whims ... ... ,
2 ... ... .. .
Steam Engines . ... ... 5
.'
6 {Work OO}
Idle 79 ... ... ... ...
Water-wheels ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 7 {WOrklSl
Idle 70J ...
Steam Engines ... ... ... ... .. . 4 3 {Work49}
Idle 32
{WOrk47}
Idle 36

Number.of square miles of aur~fero~ ground which is being, may have been, actually or
worked upon, 53. " • . • '
. . Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
time, 84. / . . . F
. The 'price of gold during tlie q~a.rter in the division has been from £3 17s. to £3 17s. 6d. per oz.
27,
THB FOLLOWING INFORMATIO:N HAS BEEN OBTAI:NED RELATIVE TO THE QUA:NTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING TB:~ QU';BTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
Name ofComp!loll¥. Wbere QUlI.l'tz was

obtained. Quartz crushed. I
AVernge Yieldli Total Yield of
of Gold
per Ton. :
Gold.
Depth at which the
Quartz was obtained.
ton cwt. qr. oz. dwt. lIT. oz. dwt. lIT.

Perseverance Company
Mackay and Company
Oriental Reef
Reliance Reef
...... 3,500
790
0 0
0 0
o 6 12
0.4 0
1,137 10
158 0
0
0
150 to 170 feet
Surface
Gregory and Company
Walsh and Dale ...
Ebenezer Reef
Buckland Reef
...... 140
120
0
0
0
0
o 17
o 10
0
0
119 0
60 (} ()
0 ~05 feet
Surface
Australasia Company Oriental Reef ... 117 0 0, 150 146 5 0
Gitchell
Ditto
...... ...... Meade's Reef
Victoria Reef
.
.....
50
10
0
0
0
0
o 16 0
050
40 0 0
2 10 0
Surface and 80 feet
Surface .
Ditto ... ... Near the Morning
Star Reef ...
17 0 0 050 '4 5 0 Surface
Stivens and Cempany Victoria Reef· ... 120 0 0 1 10 180 0 0
Totals, Quartz ... 4,864 0 0 -;~ll'847 10 0
In transmitting the usual returns for the :Buckland' division, I have little to communicate of
an encouraging nature for the quarter. .
In the deeJllead on Morse's Creek, I may briefly say that n.o claims have been worked south of
No.6; Premier Lead. In No.6, the All Nations Company, the owners have hitherto been unable to
find the gutter, and the same remark applies equa.lly to the adjoining four amalgamated claims, the
Palmerston Company, and to No.1, the Cosmopolitan. This latter daim has suspended work, but
the other two named are still engaged in driving. .
The Birthday Company (the prospectors) having, as before stated, worked out about 300 feet of
the gntter, sunk another shaft 700 feet north of the one just worked 'ont; but although they have
driven easterly for about 250 feet, until met by a high reef apparently, they have ,succeeded in striking
n»thing so good as the wash obtained in their first shaft. However, they purpose opening out drives
in gravel found abont 60 feet from the shaft, which appears to be payable. I may state that the
. level of the rock in the drive mentioned is 8 feet above the level of the rock in the old workings, thus
strongly supporting a supposition now obtaining general credence, viz., that the gntter takes a sudden
tnr,n to the east from the point last worked by the prospectors, and that not ~nly that party, but all the
clmms to the south-Nos. 1, 4, and6-havebottomed consHlerably to the westward of the real lead,
which is now supposed ·to be on the other side of the reef struck by the prospectors; and this
idea is much strengthened by the fact that the next claim north, the Reform Company, where the
party have been driving unsuccessfully for months, broke throngh into washdirt, north-easterly of
their previous line of driving. The drive, now mentioned was opened by the oompany when they
first bottomed, but in consequence of the reef (as 'they thought) rising snddenly for 30 feet in height,
they abandoned work in that direction, and spent months in driving more to the south. The value of
the dirt has not been accurately ascertained, but is reported to be payable, and the rock is still dipping.
However, the fact is now almost established that the lead runs closely under the ranges on the eastern.
bank of Morse's Creek, and some hundreds of feet eastward of the workings hitherto carried on.
The Garibaldi Company have sus{lended working at a depth of 170 fe'3t, their pumps being
inadequate to keep down the water found m sinking.
Passing the two next claims, the Oliver Twist and the District Miners, in neither of which a
start has yet been made, the claim of t4e Morse's Creek Company is the next on the lead, and here
most strenuous efforts have b'llen made to get the' claim in. working order. In the last ten weeks two
powerful engines, and the requisite gear, &c., &c., have been erected. The company have com·
menced pumping, and great interest is excited in the. success of this enterprize, the reeults from
it during_ the ensuing quarter being calculated to influence materially the future working of the
Premier Lead.
The Wallace Deep Lead Company (extending for 2,000 yards, and being from No. 41 to No. 60
on the lead) having erected a 12 horse-power winding-engine, and put in a double set of 12.inch pumps,
worked by 60 horse-power water-wheel, start work on 1st January, and confidently anticipate being
able to bottom shortly, despite the very heavy undercurrent of water to be contended with. The
.shaft is now 108 feet in depth. .
On the Ovens river the most easterly ground, that occupied by the Ovens River Deep Lead
Company, near Harrietville, has been tried to a depth of 156 feet, without the rock being struck, but
. a wash of a promising description being got in the last blind shaft tried, the company feel so satisfied of
being on the deep ground, that they are now busily engaged in moving and re-erecting their very
efficient plant. •
The only other wet frontage-claim at w{}rk in the valley of the Ovens and :Bnckland is that of
the Vanguard Company, which has had hitherto many unforeseen difficulties to overcome. :Both the
surface and undercurrent water so very much exceeded all anticipation, that considerable time was
occupied in providing against it. A blue clay was met at a depth of 176 feet, which exercised such
.' pressure on the ,timbering, as very nearly to occasi.on the total 10s8 of the shaft; however, proper
precautions being adopted, the works have bee.u resumed, and there is reason to suppose that the shaft
will now be bottomed without any more than the average difficnlties attendant on deep sinking. This
shaft shares with that of the Morse's Creek Oompany the interest excited in their success, as being
decisive of the success of deep sinking in the Buckland division. .
. ~e ~elll:y which h~ hifhert<! taken pla~e i.n proying the leads, . has arise!1 chiefly from
lll.expenence III Buch.enterpnzes mducmg t~e pa~ties mter~sted to embark .m t:be v:a~lOus companies
~th too sm~l a capItal, and, .con~equently, 11?-effiClent machlllery. A depreSSIOn m mll~lllg speculations
1S now expenenced here, whlCh 18 really q11lte as groundless as were the too sangum6 anticipatioll6
previoUl!ly indulged in by the public ~ere generally.
·28
,'
, I~ quartz mining there have been ''no circumstances dudng, the quarter calling for particular
notice. ' ,
The long continued drought, unprecedented, in this division since the opening of the mines, ,has
exeJ;'cised a·most disastrous influence pn all branches of mining here, and unless a rainfall'occurs within
,a very short period, fully pne half of the claims now being worked must be suspended.
CROOKED RIVER SUm)IVISION.

" Mr; James Travis, ]{ining Sutveyo~ and If.~gi8trar.

.
I Europeans. Chin..... Total for the
Subdivl.siori. I Remarks.
\ - ...
Alluvial Miners ... ... 320 140 41;0

Quartz Miners \ ... ... 486 i ... 486 ,
,
- ~rotals
. ... 806
I
140 ·946

W ongungarra River 60 Thirty-mile Creek' 80
W onangatta River 10 Wentworth River i2
Jungle Creek ... 40 Mitchell River, ~~errjjig Creek,
Spring Hill '" 40 Nicholson ... 150
Good Luck Creek 87 Good Luck Creek 28
Crooked River ... 77'
Dargo River 150 Total 946
Mount Pleasant 260
Cobannah Creek ... 12
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLO'WS :,-
ALLUVIAL MINING. I QUARTZ lI1nmiG.
Description of Maehinexy.
At Work. Idle.
IAggregate Iforee-
power of Steam At Work.
I I
Number Aggregate Horse-
Being , of Stamp power of Steam
erected.
Engines. I Heads. Engines.
/
---
Steam Engines ... ... ... . ... '"
.5 1 50 80
,Water-power Machines ... ... ... ' ... :: ... 16 . 32
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision, £28,600.

. Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actua:ny worked
upon,46. " ' • "
. Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been aetually proved to be auriferous to the present
time, 280. ' • ' ,
The pdce of gold during the quarter in the subdivision has been from £3 17s. 6d. to £3 18s.
per oz.
TIlE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IIA.S EBEN OBTAINED RELArIvE TO,THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED
DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINim THEREFROM.
N"me of Comll!lJl1.
Where Quartz was
ob'ained. I Quartz crushed.
Avemge
Yield of G<>ld
per Ton.
Total Yield '
ofG<>ld.
Depth at which the
Quartz wa. obtained.
ton ewt. qr, oz. dwt. gr. ozt dwt. gr.

GoodHope ... Good Hope Reef ••• 370 0 0 1 '10 Hi! 568 0 0 240 feet
Oriental Reef... 2 3 0 " ·4 6' 0 ,70 feet
Oriental ...
'Harp-of-Erin
Morning Star
Harp-of-Erin Reef
Mornington Reef ...
2 0 0
35 0 0
20 ,0 0
1 12
3 0
2 12 12 40 feet
3 0 0 75 feet
°°
.Wingate ... Wingate Reef ••• 16, 0, 0 0 3 0 2 8 ~ 50 feet
Italian ... Italian Reef •.. ·62 10 0' 2 10 0 156 5.0 40 feet·
'Comet •.. Comet Reef ... 2 0 0 0 Hi '0 1 12 0 40 feet
Golden,Bower Golden Bower Reef 5 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 30 feet
Exeelsior Reef... 6 1 0 45 feet
Excelsior '"
Royal Saxon
Union ...
... ,Royal Saxon Reef...
.. ... Union Reef ...
lJ 0 0
7 0' 0
277 0 0
0 11 0
2 0
1 2!}i
14 0 0 75 feet
310 '0 0 110 feet
°
IRoyal Saxon Royal Saxon E. Reef _ _ ~ \' ~_o_ ~~ 40 feet
Totals, Quartz.... 809,.0 ° 1 6 1,9i 1,085 4 12
29
In submitting my report, I have much pleasure in stating that· mining operations are progressing
,favorably in this subdivision. '
Although the population has not increased much during the quarter, the miners are displaying
more energy in testing the richness of the various reefs.
Hitherto the very few crushing mills erected, and the want of capital to build more, have
operated much against the advancement of the subdivision; but during the quarter two more mills have
been completed, and preparations are being -made to build several more, by which means owners of
,surrounding reefs wiU be enabled t'ogeta trial crushing of their quartz.
The Italian Oompany have had 60 tons crushed at the llornington l}fachinc, and 2~ tons at the
Union, giving a return of 2~ ounces to the ton:' . I
, The Royal Saxon Company have had a trial cru!"hing at the Union Mill, yielding 8 ounces to
the ton. , '
Twenty-seven new reefshtmi been discovered during the q~arter. More than half of them are
situated on the Upper Dargo, from several I have seen specimens of remarkable richness.
The Eureka Oompany, Upper Dargo, have commenced putting up a quartz mill of eight
stampers, to be driven by a water-wheel of twelve horse.power, and as many of the reefs discovered on
the Dargo are in its immediate lleighborhood, the owners '\\ill be able to get their quartz tested at
comparatively small expense.
, The Britannia and Eldorado Companies are about to put up a mill of twelve horse, power to drive
eight stampers, and another mill of eight stampers is b.uilding at the New America, to be driven by a
turbine wheel of thirty.two horse.power. . -
The Jungle Mill, and the one at the Globe; have both been completed during the last few
weeks, and a few tons of quartz crushed at the former; but I have been unable to get any return of
the gold.
I regret that I cannot give the yield of gold from the Pioneer or Jeff Davis Reefs. The
managers are unwilling to give the information without the sanction of the owners who live in
Melbourne. '
They have crushed one thousand tons of quartz from the Pioneer Reef during the quarter,
which, at anything near its former average, would add la~gely to the return of gold from the sub.
division. The reef, which has been proved to a depth of 127 feet, shows an average width of 2 feet,
with very good stone. The company's mill of eight .stampers is situated within a few yards of the
reef; it is driven by a water-wheel of twenty horse-power, and is capable of crushing from 80 to 100
tons per week. ,
The Good Hope Mill has been unable to crush ,with more than four stampers for a considerable
time, from the want of a sufficient supply of water. The reef has belln tested to a. depth of 240 feet
and the stone is getting richer as they go down. _
The Union Company's Reef 1S looking well at a depth of 110 feet. Their mill is at present
cI'UBhing stone from the Italian Reef.
I have to report but little alteration in the alluvial workings during the quarter, except at the
Thirty-mile creek, where a small rush has taken place; most of the claims are paying fair wages.
, . The long continued drought is seriously felt by both quartz and alluvial miners; but now that
the owners of the numberless claims in the subdivision are beginning to show a disposition to work
them, ,and as in almost every,' instance where claims have been registered mor~ or less gold has been
found in them, I.have every confidence in its future prosperity.
JAMIESON SUBDIVISION.
,(Part of Jordan North.)

I
Mr. Samuel K. Vickery, .Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOIiLOWS;-

,
, I Gg;81 for the
Europeans. Chin.... bdivWon. J.l.emarks.
-~---~--~~-~-~.
-----~,
Alluvial Miners ... ... 12,0 55 175

Quartz Miners ... .., 290 ... .290
Totals ... 410 55 'j 465
Hell's Hole and Puzzle Ranges, near Merton 75' Banks of River Goulburn, between Big River
Euroll ." ...,... ." 10 Junction and Jamieson' '... ••• 25
Benalla workings .. , 25 Sailor Bill's Creek and Swampy Creek 200
Howqua River... ... .:. '" (j Mack's Creek· Ranges . . . . . . 95
Banks oX River Goulburn, between Swampy
Creek and Jamieson ... 30 Total 465
30
DeBCription of Ma~hin.....
At Work.
ALLUVIAL Ml1iING.
I Idle.
~gregat.
Horse~power of
Ste8olllEngin ••,
I At Work.
QUAJ>'fZ MINING.
I
Idle. : Nllmber of
.i Stamp.l:leads,
~--
I Horse,~wer
Aggregate of
Steam: gin••,
- -.. - - I_~. __ ~ ••• -~-,-- _ _ _ .~ •• _
Steam Crushi,ng Machine '"

.,. ... ... 2 22 24 .
'Water-wheel Machine ... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
li'IH ...
...
n •
Testing Horse ~Iachine (one 1- ...

horse-power)
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision, £1l,083. .

Number ofsquare miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
upon,13.
, Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
tlme,9. ' . , .
The price of gold 'during the quarter in the subdivision has been from £3 15s. to £3 18s. per oz.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED
DURING THE QUA.RTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
Name of CompllillY, .Wh ere Q uar z was

obtained.
t I .'
Average
Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold
. per ton,
I T I Y'
ot.. ,eld of
Gold, ,
II
D.epth at which tho
• Quartz was obtained.
- - - - - - - - .. -.~~~~---~ ."
Star ot the West Amal- Mack's Creek '265 0\ 0
tons cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr,
0 8 20
I 117
oz. dwt.
0
gr~0 Within a depth of
gamated Gold Mining· 60 feet
'Company
'Swit.zerland Company Ditto 302 10 0 8 0 121 .0 0 Ditto 40 feet
Hungarian, Nos. 3, 4, Sailor Bill's Creek... 43 0·0 6 1 99 0 0 Ditto 50 feet
and 5 north, Gold .'
Mining Company
Totals, Quartz
I do myself the honor to report that mining operations in this subdivision during the quarter
have not been so actively or successfully prosecuted as heretofore, The various impediments to mining
enterprise elfume~at~d. in my prev:ious rep?rts have ~perated seriously against pr?gress; resulting ~n a
diminution of the mmmg populahon, and m the placmg of a large number of claIms under suspensIOn.
While these remarks are intended to apply geperally to the workings in the neighborhood of Jamieson,
some marked exceptions must be noticed with regard to particular mines, amongst which may be men-
tioned those belonging to the Hungarian Prospecting, Nos. 3, 4, and /) North Amalgamated
Hungarian, Southern Cross ~rospecting, Mountain View, and Elizabeth companies. The ground held
, by these companies is being energetically and successfully worked, although the~non-completion of
machinery in the neighborh~od of th~ workings (Sailor Bill's Cre~k), and the, na~ural difficulties of
transit to the, nearest erushlllg machme, ha>:e prevented these mmes from YIeldmg returns, or the
character of the stone raised in them from .being tested.
At Benalla, several quartz-mining leases have been applied for; ann so far as the work at
'present effected permits an opini?n; the ~iscoveries made in that neighborhood are sufficiently promising
to eventuate in the number of mmers bemg largely augmented. .
Some tunnelling claims have recently been taken up at Euroll., but the character of the reefs has
not been yet ascertained.
Steady progress is being made at the Hell's Hole and Dry Creek alluvial workings, though no
discoveries worthy of note mark the proceedin,gs of the quarter. In' the other parts of this sub-
division alluvial mining has not been attended WIth success.
GAFF!>I"'EY'~) CREEK SUBDIVISION.

(Part of Jordan North.)
Mr. H u,gh' St. H. Blair, Mining Surveyor a,nd Registrar.
.
I
: " I
, Chinese. Total for Rem,.,.ks.
I E~peans. the SUbdiviBion~ I
-i-~-~
,Alluvial-Miners ." ... ~ 100 150

I 250
... ... 840 ... I 340
QuartzMin~rs
..
Total$ ... 440 150
1-- 590
--
/
'" '
ai
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS. DISTRIBUTED : -
Goulburn River 180 Ryan's Creek 10

Gaffney's Creek 100 Lyre-bird Creek 12
Cannon's Creek 30 Wallaby Creek .20
I Raspberry Creek and branches ... 160 Prospectors ... 11
Victoria Gully ... ••• 45
Bald Hills 10 Total 590
Cornhill Reef 12
THE MACHINERY is AS FOLLOWS:-
ALL11VL\L ]lflNn;G. QUARTZ .illnlING.
Deserlption o~ Me.chine17.
Aggregate Number Aggregate
At Work. Idle. Hor",,-~erof At Work. Idle. ofStllmp Horse-~gle; of
Steam ines. Head•• Steam e••
...... .........
...6 ...
.........
Water-wheel Crushing Mills 3 32
Ditto ... ...
...... ... 60 ...
Steam Crushing Mills ... ... 2 24 12 and 24

Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actwilly worked
upon,2t. . '
time,13_ - .
The price of gold during the quarter in the subdivision has been from £3 15s. to £3 18s. 6d. per oz.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HA.S BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED
DURING THE QUARTER; AND THE GOLD OBTAI~ED THEREFROM.
-
IYi~~et~l~
Where Quartz was Total Yield !remarks relative. to the
Name of Company: Quartz crushed. Depth at which the
obtained. of Gold.
I Quartz was obtained.
ton ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz_ dwt. gr.
......
Castle Company Castle Reef 65 0 0 2 3 1Gb 142 0 0 50 feet
Root Hog or Die
'"
...
Ditto 112 0 0 ... o 17 12¥ 98 2 0 50 feet
No.. 7 South ... Homeward Bound ... 240 0 0 0 2 12 30 0 0 Near the surface
any
'"
Gaffney's Creek Comp- Ditto 114 0 0 ... ... 0 8 22! .51 0 0 40 to 60 feet
Shakespeare
Golden Belt ...
......
l'Ditto
Ditto
1,000 0 0
2,160 0 0
...... ...
... 0 4
o 12 0
0
600 0 0
432 0 0 100 feet
Great Eastern ...
Ditto " 650 0 0 ... 0 7 0 227 10 0
......
Rose of Denmark ... Eureka Reef '"
750 0 0 0 8 17b 326 15 0
Eldorado ... ...
'Lyre-bird ~eef 16 10 0 31 1 22~ 513 2 0 - 30 to 40 feet
(). TotalS, Quartz 5,lOi 10 0 o.9 llj 2,420 9 0
I have the honor to report that mining operations in this subdivision have not been carried on
with the same amount of vigour during the quarter as heretofore. This is partly owing to the great
scarcity of water for motive l>0wer purposes, and also to the returns from some of the crushings having
fallen far below the expectatIons of shareholders. In alluvial mining there has been a slight improve-
ment, most of 'the old creek elaims are paying good wages, and a few claims have divided as much as
twenty pounds a man for the fortnight. A'number of Chinese have taken up claims on the Goulburn,
below the junction of Gaffney's Creek, and, from inquiries made, I believe they are making at least two
pounds a week per man.
Oastle'Line of Reef.
The prospecting claim is looking remarkably well, gold being visible in all parts of the reef. It
is the intention of this company to erect an auxiliary steam-engine in connection with. the present mill
(driven by water). .
Tlie A 1 Company and Golden Gate Company's machine has just been completed_ They pro-
pose to start crushing on or about the 1st of the New Year. They have a large quantity of stone
raised, which, judging from appearances, will yield handsomely•.
The Independent lease, lying to the north of the prospecting claim, have struck gold in their
new t u n n e L . ' .
Outward Bound Ree/.

The whole of this line appears to be in a stagnant state, all works being suspended. I was told
~y some of the companies on this line that it was their intentiOJl to commence work on the 1st of
January, ~866. ' .
Homeu:~rd lJound Reef.
," An in~ideJ?t worthy of note has taken pla~e OJ?- ~his Jine, viz.,~esBrs. Urysdale 'aI).d Company,
for the, ~!lst elght<!en mon,tl;ls, have been engaged In drIVIng a ,tunnel frpm the Raspberry Creek side of
the range to eut. this reef at a low level; last \veek they struck the r:eef, and :1 was informed by the
manage:t: (Mr. Butler) that they hj.td taken opt a very good pxospect.The length of the tunnel is 550
feet, it euts the reef at a depth of 200 feet,from the surfaee. , ' "I,
, ' 14any oCthe daims on this line have suffered greatly from tl;le want,.of water' for crushing
purposes, and two or three have been forced to suspend work, for three month~,r as they llave not suffi-'
cient water to drive their machinery; I am of the opinion that eventually every lnill will have auxiliary
steam-power, for each succeeding sumIDer proves that the supply of .water by the mountain streams is
not to be relied on. , ", \ I
f)emjOsey's Reef.
-The Dr~m~ond's Point Gold Mining Company have c~m~enced'work in 'earnest, and are ereot- ,
ing powerful p,umping ,gear to enable them to test the reef at ,a greater depth. '
, Since my last report the Eldorado Company, Lyre-bird Reef, have continued their operations
upon the gra~ite belt previously mentioned. Reef No.1, which had been prev~ously opened on the
surface by a slmpJe cross trench, has been followed down-by a shaft on the underhe'to 'a depth of about
30 fe,e!; the reef opeI,led i~. a solid quartz-vein" varying if!. :vidth (rom six i.n4hes ~o t",o feet,~ith a
num'Qer of sinall quartz feeders and offjlhoots among the: gramte mullock on eltlier sIde; a portIon ,of
( this reef, about 10 feet by 15 feet, MS been 'blocked out, the solid quartz of which, amounting to 9 tons
2 cwt., has been packed down and crushed. giving a result of 448 ozs. 12 dW:t., being an average of
49 ozs. 5 dwt. to the ton; the small leaders 'and mullock from the same stoop, about 40 tons, are saved
for crushing when the company's own mill is erected. A crushing of 7 ton 8 cwjt.was had at the same
, time from the old shaft on No.2 reef which gave a yield of 64 ozs. 10 dwt., averaging 8 ozs. 14 dwt.
per ton. The company have purchased and are now sending up an extensive plaht of steani machinery,
which is expected to be ready for work by the beginning of May, 1866.
Wallaby Reef.'
. The.claims on this line are waiting anxio\ls(y for the erection of the Wallaby United Company's
steam machinery, as at present tliey have no means of getting their quartz cruslied. The reef on this
I ',' .
line I am inclined to believe is,the same as that worked in the Eldorado Company's ground.
, Cornkill Reef. , .
Mesal'S. Drysdale and Company have commenced work on this reef, they are now engaged in
getting out a trial crushing, and I believe they eventually intend erecting a st~am mill at the head of
Gaffney's Greek for the purpose of crushing the stone. '
WOOD'S POINT SUBDIVISION.

!
Mr. A. B. Ainsworth, llfinilng SU'l'Veyor and Registrar.
, TH~ TOTAL N~~~E~ MIN~Ra F~LLO~8 :-1

OF IS AS
European.: I' Chinese. Total for

the Subdivision. ,Remarks.
Alluvial .iiiners 250, 10

. 260 A decrease! 'in the number of aI-
Quartz Miners 1;592 . , 1,592' '
iuvial miners, and increase in the
~ i
number Of quartz prospectors
I
'j
Totals ... 1
1,842" 10
·1- 1~852
;
.. :
"
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MI~ERS, IS THUS DlSTRI~UTED':-:"
W oO,d's Point and Morning Star 560 Bald,Hms to Matlock I.. , 60

Lower Gbulburn 350 Toorak to Columbia
Right Branch of Goulburn'
Gooley's Creek and Bald Hills ~
40'
150
,tandard Reef
er 8 Greek
I...
...
I'" 40
60
4
, Harner's Greek . . . . . . 30 Champion and Robert Burns I 60
Kill!ir's and Pheasant Creeks 20 Leviathan ... I.. , ... '10
Perkin's Creek and Waverley 35 Prospecting and moving :population,
Emerald claims... 85 .. 15 per cent. !... 240
All Nations claims ... , 1 0 0 ' :I
MaorfCreek, .. : ... ' 4 Total 1,852
Edward's Reef, &c, 4
83
_ _ _Aw..,-''IW_!A_'_L'_lI.I'.rN.,.-l'NG._'
_"_ _ 'I:~_~~ .__ -C-_'M.mnf_'
Q_1ti.Mz._" _ '_<10.,''_ _ _ __
At Work;
i: '. ,
Idle.·
~ga1iOH_
power o.f Steam At Work. Idle.
·1 Number IAggregateHOrse-
of Stamp I power ~f Steam
I _"_._'_' ! i
•_ _ _ _ _.. _ _.. _ _ _ _ _ _ 1_1._ _ _ _ Engine.. :_"'_ _ 1_._(;_ _ ,1, Bead.. Ii . Engin~: .
f , I i, ,.'
€RustlflqQl Mlih:;1!;i ;1 • Ii I,.' '.
Water-wheels !- :~, i, • I~ "0
Age of Progress ...
McDougal's (No.1)
~
1
\1
. ...
8
I
I:,
McDougal's (No.2) . ,I; ••• \. 12 '

Scott an<i ~her!y ri." , j ' .....' ...." _.i
, fl II. t ",!.r. iI.-6. I, i.
NeVer~Miliif Fi'ospec'tlng,Cb'~, •• ~' ,",~!.i .... ' .. ' .••.• 'i,' lf~ ,j,
Steam Engines :- . . ,
Drysdale and Company 1 20 24
All Nations Company 1 1'6 20
The Alpin; Company: il 20 25
, ..
TbtaJ fafu.e or'mi~riig pll.t~t·lii die 'sulfdiVisio~, £90,000:
Number of square miles of a.uriferous ground which is beillg, or may have been, actually worked
'lIpoil, 18. _
Number of distinct q~artz reefs which" have been actually proved to be auriferous till the present
tiIM, about·85i.: " .', . .
The Erice of gold during the quarter in the subdivision has been' from' £3' 31i'.,~ £31r9-S~ per:o:t'.
,.
THE FOLLOWING ':[NFOR:M~TION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELA.TIVE TO ;HE QUANTI'1'Y' OF QUA.RTZ CRUSHED
DURING THE QUARTER" AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
-
No,me of Company. ;
.' It
whe~%~~:waii '
" ! .' Ave ",
II'" r'
. ,. " . " , '",''I,~
'. " kJj'Telil.ti\ta to th
! ,Quartto'orusheih i ¥ield'o~ld' !To~J;l~~of ,'Depth, ..t', whlCh': t '
, per Ton, Quartz w",,'obtained,
- --- _.
--
.
..
ton ewt, qr, oz. dwt. gr, oz, dwt, gr, '
McDougal and Company Morning Star '" 1,965 17 2 2 0 0 3,981 15 0 i
The Hope Qpmpany .... Morning Star 155, 0 0 2 1810'84 453 0 O.
...
.........
'"
Scott and Cherry Morning Star 1,700. 0 0 1 1620'75 3,133 10 01
Age,of-Progress . Morning Star ,... 2,851 0 0 0 913'6 1,363 15 0
All Nations ... Matloek ... ... 2,199 0 0 0'11 3'6 1,226 0 0
,Prince of Wales Matlock ... ... ... 53 0 0 019 5'88 51 0 0
Never-Mind Prospecting N"'~Ml"dSP".'.1 120 0 0 ,0\, '" 0 0
~ota.ls, Quartz 9i043-~ "i~.;-; 10,408 ---00
I
I have'the honour to report on'the'presentsfate,anro p:rosp~bt of the subdivisi~n. as follows!-

The depression of the money and share-ma~ket, consequent on the excessive and imprudent
speeulation of the summer of 1865, has ?e~p' felt, very ~~v~!elyduring t~e ,quarter in this subdivisi~n,
nevertheless as the confidenee of well mformed men In Its 'resources IS grounded on a substantIal
'basis, I expect that the end of the summer wi};} compensate us in a measure, for the depression
'l'eferred to. The.l'e· has'praeticallYi' beem no'ma'rket,'herei for shares'0r acriN,and ,with the exception of
;a few fancy transactions, mining property has been ·unsale'able. N evertlieless the migration to New
:Zealand has been little felt on this gold field; our .population has remained stationary, and when the
necessaries of life are. cheapened, no doubt a. large addItion will show itself. The competition between
,the Jamieson and the Yarra track has materially lowered the price of cartage; ordinary goods are now
delivered at Matlock frem'tlilhnetJrop6lis'in' si~to'eightMa'y8l at per 'iron; £25, and should the works
Rroceed with vigour on the new track, there can be litHe doubt that £10 per ton,wilI. be the charg.e
next summer. . i
.Prospfcting.li:as been earried· O'n::wlth,-mtmsidei'able' errel'gy;:·ht the state of the market has
(fortunately in this respect). precluded rushes 'on insufficient grounds" and. the taking:. up of. claims.
promiscuously, as was the case last: season. i have no finds' of any value to record. .
NTrie newprospe'ctl~g ciaiins. Horninary-, and',1 allttviardaimonly have Deen regi~tered.duriiig~
the quarter, as agairist 2'6 prospecting, 94 o~dina~y', and 32', alluvial' claims, for the same· Rer.iOd;
of 1864.
A large number of the leases applied f<jr hay;e remained:unworked, andproba.bly. one:half the
claims-have been abandoned •.
The additio~ to
(JUr crushing power has been 4 stampers, 1 new crushing machine of 8 stampers
ha.ving been erected at the Never-Mind, and a smaH machine of 4 stampers removed to the neighboring
subdivision.· ' ,.... . "
, Before the end of next month.4,1ll9re m'Whin,es.will be completed, namely. :---:20 stampers on the~
Morning Star; 12 at thtr Champion, -1'5'3 at' the'ROyal Standard" and.12 at tHe Fel'lrioy,. GOillburn River:.-
, • , , •• ~." " ' ! .." h. ," ,.... ,
. ..1 note as a matt~r of th:e,gr~a~!!t. imp.oruto',th~·distric't, th~ introduct~on into, this'·subdiv.isioni
.bx th~ Morning·Star. prosjJ.ectorl!hof. the tur:bine"as a motiV:<;l,power. . The va1.lIe of this itltroduct.ion1isl '
very great, its .success certain. ., , ' ,, "
. The want of water is alreadv severely felt by" our, water-wheel mills." The Age> of' J?il6g·ress1
wofk 6. in lieu of 20 stamps; the<R-tbspectors, 14 inllieu or: 20 stam:p'S;;·])t.'i'sltale"al:'i.'diQ()i,..121in:·lleiI~of.·
20'Btamps; Scott and Cherry, 8 in lieu of 16 stamps;' " . ' "
!
No. 3, d.
·34
Morning Star Reef. .

.. :rIle .Hotte Company ha.ve struck Scott a.nd Cherry's Reef· in their claim, sooner, than was
expected. Theil' erus~ing plant is in course of erection.
AU Nations, I}'c., Reef.'

' .. ' ,The prospe,ctors have paid off the debt incurred for machinery, and are now looking forward to
dIVIdends. ' .
, A fine reef has been struck in the Young May Moon, on the boundary of. the Prince of Wales
lease, in connection with a leader previously worked. ."
.Never-Mind Reef.
The prospectors have had a crushing of 120 tons, lI.t an average yield of 2 oz. 16 grs. per ton.
They have also struck in their ground a new leader of good a1!riferous stone.
Bald Hills Reef. '

Messrs. Drysdale, Eisenstaedter and Co., intend erecting shortly .Hi strong crushing plant ip,'
connection with their Great Victoria lease .. They have 'now a large quantity of .stone, from which
good trial crushings are said to have been had. ' . .
Black: River Reefs.

The Royal Standard will commence crushing early in February, as also the Cha,mpion,both
clai}l1l! are looking as well as ever. ' .
.The Robert B:urns have now as well defined a reef as any in the district, .and.intend trying 30
tons of stone at the Royal Standard machine, previous to erecting their own crushing plant.
ALLUVIA.L MINING.
Alluvial workings are gradually dying out in the distric~. . No new ground has been opened up
with fair proSEccts to my knowledge; but only old ground ry·wor~ed for small yields.
"
BIG RIVER SUBPIVISION.
Mr. Pe1tYQSe N e:uins, , Mini1tg SurveyOr and. Registrar.
THE TOTA.L NUMBER Ol" MINBRS IS AS FOLLOWS : - '
Europeans. ChInese.
I:the Total for
Subdivision. Rema.rlu.
,
I --~ .. -~ .. -~ ..
Alluvial Miners
Quartz Miners
...... ...... 133
'87 .........
133
87'
Population diminished by 30 since
last quarter
Prospectors ... ... ... 9 9
Totals ~ .. ... 229 ... 229
THE TOTA.L NUMBER Ol" MINERS'IS THUS DISTRIBUTED:-
Warner's Creek and reefs ... ... 27 Friar's Creek ... 6

Between Wamer's Creek and Enoch's Point 18 Knowles' Creek 6
Enoch's Creek ... ' ... ~l Frenchman's Creek ... 8
'Rail'way Creek... . ... ~ Between Newman's and Darlingford t 12.
Jem Thomas's Creek .... .. •• 36 Prospeotors .... i 9
Wild Dog Creek ...... 3
Between.Enoch's Point and Newman's 30 Total , .. 229
Caple's and Boyd's' Creeks ... . 9'
I '
85
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS!-
ALLUVIAL M1:N:J:N'G. QUARTZ M1:N:J:N'G.
Description of Maehiner:l'.
Number of i
l~teHorso-
pOwer of Number of AggregateBonl&<
pOwer of
At Work. Idle. At Work. Idle. Stamp Head•. steam
sta.mp Heads.! Steam Engines. Engines.
--- ----- ------ -
Water-wheel Crushing Mill , .. ... .. . .. , ... I 4 16
Steam qnartz Crushing Mill .. , ... ... ,., ... 1 12 16
,..
.
Water-wheel Crushing Mill
,
... ... ... ... 1 8 18
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision, £8000.·

Number of square miles of aurit'erous ground which IS being, or ma.y have been, actua.lly
worked upon,2!.
Number of distinct quartz reefs' which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
time, 11.
The price of gold during the quarter in th~ subdivision has been from £3 168. to £3 18s. per oz•
• Machinery lor p~ppin'. Reef is being brought up, and will comiderably inere~e tbis amount.
DURING THE QUARTER.
Name of Company.
I
Where Quartz was
obtained.
I Aof_
Quartz crushed. i Yield I
Gold, Total Yield of
: per Ton. i Gol~.
1-'" . . ,. •. ~
... Depth at which the
Quertz was obtained.
ton, ewt. qr. 0 .. dwl;. gr. oz. dwt, gr.l.

The Unknown United Railway Creek ... o () 1 12 23 1,210 18 l2 From the surface to a
depth of 45 feel, on a
. Quartz Mining Com- face of about 70 feet
pany wide
Luck's-A II Gold Mining Warner's Creek ... 150 0 0 0 3 0 22 10 0 From the 6urface to
depth of about 20 feet
'1\
Company
Totals' ... -sM-00[-1-721 -1,233
- -8 -
12
----- ,
In forwarding my report I have the honor to'state, which I do with much regret, that during
the quarter' the Luck's-All Company, at Warner's Creek, which it was confidently expected would
prove a most valuable one, have found it necessary to suspend crushing, as the returns did not pay the
expenses, This has caused great disappointment in the subdivision, as the company haye erected a
very valuable and expensive battery. Finding, however, that the returns were 80 unsatisfactory, the
company have decided upon suspending all crushing for the present; consequently both the batteries
are standing idle, and have been so during the greater part of the quarter. The com:pany, however,
arc; by no means disheartened. They decided to prospect their claim by driving in theIr tunnel,-the
drive is now in a distance of 160 feet,":"and confident· hopes are entertained that a good reef will very
shortly be struck.
No, 1 Suuth has been applied for as a lease by Mr. Knowles, and, pending the granting of it,
operations are temporarily suspended. .
The Ariel Cumpany, north of the Luck's·All, are still continuing to drive their tunnel, and are
very confident that they will strike a good reef; but the 'great expenge of these tunneling operations,
and the fact that the parties working them obtain no gold as they progress with their work, have caused
a very serious depiession in this portion of the subdivision. This tunnel is now driven to a distance
of 260 feet. '
Proceeding northwards from the Luck's-All, I regret to have to announce .another temporary
failure in the case of the Dundas, from which great expectations were some short time ago entertained; -
but, from my own observation of the grOlmd, I am still of opinion that a payable reef will be found,
and I think I may, state that it is principally the absence of capital that has caused this locality to
be for the present a08ndoned.
After the above discouraging statements in reference to tbis portion of my subdivision, I have
now the sat;ipfaction of being able to report that the company on the Seek.and-Find Reef, generally
known as " Peppin's," but registered under the name of the" Hope-On Hope.Ever" have during the
quarter made arrangements for the erection of a steam engine capable of driving 16 heads of stampers;
the whole to be completed by next April. About 6 tOilS of boiler-plates and other iron work are
already on the ground. Excavations, tramways,.a road for conveying the machinery from the place to
which the drays reached, along a very steep sideling or spur onto the ground, and other works are
being rapidly and vigorously proceeded with. Most of the sawn timber requisite is cut and on tbe
ground. A tunnel bas been driven in this claim to a di8tance of 200. feet; and there are 20 men
employed. The tramway necessary for ,delivering the quartz to the machine will occupy a distance
of 600 yards; of which about 150 will be almost level; and it will terminate in an iron.shod shoot, 160
feet in length for final delivery,. The present dimensions of the excavation for the machine site are 45
. feet deep, ~5 feet square on the bottom, which ·is bed rock. I confidently believe that the completion of
the work!! in pr~gress will exercise a very marked influence on this subdivision. It may be added as
a proof that roads available for traffic can be procured even through .these, at present, apparently
inaccCllsible rangCll, that all the machinery now upon the ground has been brought up from Melbourne
by bullock drays, and delivered wIthiii 'a very' short"distance of th~ machine site, and: the whole or
,the-maehinery.~'Wil1 'be~brought ~Qp' rn·this·manner. .I ,am~an::rious· to' bring this ,mctical proof of- the
rssibility I?i, ~ll;fiftgi.R'!'iailRble roads under no~.ic!},,~ .~AA .lH·p.~ng importance 0 this subdivision will,.
....fu!ltp!l!:!ly.Jl,M4,y.!il!,y_§QQ.~,.mQ§t 4istil!cJ;lY~l!d_.~~!,IY...!-llq.wjt~el:[._.. ; ,
' I . ,
,_. '. ~ :,'., ~ ,. '"* ,\.. .... _.:IiI, •• '. . .' ,. .. .-
~ , . JIl.No!'-l')N ()rth~!they ~
still ~iviIiglhe tunn:eI,which is now in'l~O feet •
. ..Nos;-2'Rnd"S-North are Idle. ; ." - -- .-- ,
,In No. 1 ~outh a ~haft is no~ .down about 60 feet; th'e prospects obt,q.i)1cd .a,re V;o;)ry. e.nc?l!!aging,o
'Further south again are the Shenandoah Company, who have reccntJy applied 'for Il'le'ase: -, 'They
ha.ve~~ tun~ell?ut in !l ~oD~iderahl~ distance, but as yet D? returns hav~ ,~,c::eri,!'~t!.l.W~d.,inJ;w.s,!?J.I!oj.m
that would JustIfy me 1Il statlllg anything specific. .., '.., ", , " .. " " .
~ A short distance further .8ou~h, an.extensive l.ease h~she,en ap'pli~q;f~!",~~41~jle.:WE!llJ9t9wn.
ConSIderable dou.bts have been expressed as to the authenti!lity 9f the very good prospects stated to
have· beencdiscovered·ofr,this· ground ..• On· this· subject· I cannot express any"oj?inion ;but'I"believe' that
on~~d.two reefs will be fonnd to exist ip,. ~Ais. ~1~k;!,JurMte~.prq~p~~E\fK,wW,}?e,~e\9.WsiteJq,test thi&
gr . ,.About . ontH:irile ,north {(If:the?Unknown,United;Gold 'M,iniiig Company:s ,claim'is' ' situated the
Surprise, In the prospecting claim a shaft has heen sunk to a depth of 60 feet; and 'throughout ,the
f~Jwle p~,jtg J;QIlP,ects: ar,e 0l?taipe9;:r'!!;l}gi,DgJI;9~ ~,gJ;aiRll, to l,dygt,1;o ,t~ejl.i!l,1!.. . . ,
'In No. orth. the Bame character of stone has been discovered; but the prospects.:.~e.:i,~9t
equal ~o tho~e. Q~taincd in the prospecting clai~, althoug~ ",hen a. gtJIl.$ of: 60 fpet wa..l1je~~Aed from
S'grains to·t dwt: to' the 'dish'were washed, as also some nice specimens. "Throughout tlie whole of the
sinkingthe co19r of g9ld was found. ". . .
To 'the s9utli of'the prospecting claim the ground presents the same appearance, and through
. the w401e length of the gr9und applied for .on lease under the title of the Enoch's Point Gold Mining
Company. What is here called a "mullocky reef" is found, with well defined back and foot walls.
:,' It is, ~llpp,OSe.<l thakthi~.is a contin~~tion ,of, the ~il way J~ne .pf r~t;lf, \Jut OI). ~his P9ip.~,;r.l?aJ,lnot
as yet speak with absolute confidence; but I may state that I fully believe this will prove to be &
satisfactory, payable, and probably very rich, reef.
. ~1~!tm, Y.erYuilorrYv,tQ hav.e., to, report. that, owing., to' the, ,protracted. drought, the, best claim (so
fil:r as is ,at present. known in the subdivis,ion) called the Unknown; has been obliged to suspend crushing.
;'l'his company" 'irhich.there is'every,.reason.toJ~eliere, ;yill prove equa1;if..not superior" to)my other yet
discovered. in these' mountains, has, owing to the drought now afI'ecting this district, been graduaIJy
reduced from the use of eight stamp heads to· that .of· one, wiLh which they made an effort ,to carry
,09; o~emtioJ;ls; J?Ut their bll,~te.ryha8 now" f~r ~ c-?~si4e'rable time, p,,:illg ,tq the iJ~ability of,pbt-aining
!,uffiplent. wawr,from the ltallway Creek, been completely at Ii stand stIll; and as ~llls battery IS ,worked
·solelv by..water-power, 1 much fear it will not be able to resume crushing for. some time: Meantime
they'arE!,/?tackirig ,up stollf:l; ,~nd as, soon as, they; are able to r~!,uJIle.. opera~iqn~sqme,.m,agr:\i,!i~e,nt, re~.t\t:I;!s •
may ,be looked for. '
No.1 North ,of the above company has been .puttin~ in al tuunel which is nQW .in about SO feet.
This company is at presentsuspepded, owing to the parties being short of funds.
. South of the above claim is the lease of Noble, Kellond, and Co.; they are actively and ener·
getically pushing forward with their tunnel, and are nQW in a distance of 110 feet; the driving is
,,thro]lgh very l:).ard blue roqk ,a~9 sl\tt~, ,~h'?'Y.j!lg ,l~I'ge ,qu!J.p~ities, qf, ~ll11dic,iI,l;terp1ing!E!q,.wij;h quart21
l(:laders, ,all, more ol:,JeS$' gqld:b~ari!-.g" out o~ "whjc4 PJ;9~P~cts J1lrl'iQ.IP,e~n. :w~}l,eQ :W'4i"h;J. aJll.informcd
,Py. 1.1,):. ;I{ello.nd.,are,J~qual to 2,OZ!l •• \to.,~4e,to~,;"tp:isvt.u.nqcJ,4as,yet..liO gej4.ri:~:t;lH a.bp.!J,FIOO;:f!1!:l.t.: Iiefore
~nteri:l!g., the ~ea~ed groUIl;d. ' c.O:¥seq~,,~py. the:p~o~ptic,ts.t.~~: :pr.i?§l~~~ Q'9.t,l!inQ.d"l;1.1l19ng.to,J;~~: pr!-tspecting
QllJ,im,1?]lt they: Il-re, b,ighly; epcR]lr!l"g'!ng toj,ge, \ea~.elJ,o~d~rs. " . t ' · . ' , ."'"
. . .. On tl;te,,Rail wayJi.ne of. reef',c.~nsi!ier~blfJ: activitYi.i~ now being. "hC),wT,l. ,1.;Iost" of.thenctaims. on
thisJiQ.e,a;re now/at work, .!1n.d. qn}hj:l:~i.l :P!lsp~~!l:nqum 1,: 1l;111,l,ri. ~reat )lqpes. tli.at. xp.a!l,hil!ery;w:ill v~ry
llhortly .be.erec~d;, nQgQtlatlQns ilre"a.t"present.m ,pt:0gre~,s f'?r ,t):hs pl!rp9sfJ"a,~d . .frqm,~.he mformatlon
I ,:Q!J.v,e, receiv,:ed, I hate every ,rllas9J?;to.,hel!e'j~t.4,ey, ;'I'I'ilLlle,..brqugl1t to a .s,!gc.es!!f.Jl~ ;Issue: .This 'line, of
reef is one of the most' promising in this subdIvision, and I confidently believe.1!tat:-.as .809n,/-I9
machinery ~s,ere\ltpd ~~e,re~urp.~:\\:ill;be.i\u\l~.as. ~o;gi,ve~~en:;.grft~t,!\!\ti~r~p!j!?J?: .... r ' , :' • , c '
The Star of Erm Company, whose lease IS' a short distange, .e,ast;Y!lt:d. , !l(.L~I?~ (,R8.l1w/-ly '11!\J;e.al~o
,w.~!ng a~.tiye exertions to,p.rocut:cm~c4!nery, a;td ,1 ;I!-J:g ;l!lf.9:rm~9- ~~l!:tJ tl;t!:,!r,e;is".eye!'Y;~:!fPJ!c.tation that
the ,nego~l\l-tlOnS,!l-~ ,pr:esent. 1Il .progress, :w.!lUerml.n~te .s:U,cP!l!,sfllU:y"'.. , .., . . . . .f •
. 4.I!-othe~, compil.lly,are, also ,negot~a~i!lg,,:(or ,lI!a,cID'QefY '. y'lz.,Jhe S~ap.e:s,Reef C9mpany. 1 Mr.
Otto, Stade: the"priqc,ipa,l Pl;',(m:ieWr ~of _thf:!.lm~SPeet~~lg rc1",im,.lf? a~.Ipre.~ent"in )~[elbQu.r,ne for. this
!
puip?s.e. ' ~his is' a highly' promising i:eef, and, hcliev~: will prove a very remunerative, one as soon as
machInery IS. erected. ' .
L. ,. . . ". ' : , " :'" .
- ",,', TheTl:'ue Blue C!lIItpany's lease isat present ,unworked, ,A cqnsiderable:JUIloJlnt,Qf !1loney 41¥l
been. expe!ldedol)., t,his, ,claim.~n ,Q~iving !>" ~~~el, ,now..i~,S90. fe.e,t, ll)ld,.!lj~¥:!!lg:{two,!!J;ia,ft~"and v;e,ry
good prospec~s, h\l-ve beeD.obta;med.• 'lJu~ c.1~II,!~,ls.:~el),j;h?.1~ght,of, l?ut,·fw::theI;. prOSPect!ng IS ,reqUISIte
to tt:ist its merits fully. ' . " ,,"
The Tr,ulil' C.o~p/-lny'fj I,ease, a~joi~~ng.. ,the" !.lbove,: ,~ppears at .prescnt to, be .ill.abeyance. Thiil
t)ompany hllve, not, as y,et;, got,anYI pl-:0,spec~B, that,'\J'pu.!d wll~rant me:in gi~iDg.an ,opinion o( thll,c}aim;
'in fact, very little work;.li&~;l).s ,ye,p;>een don,\ u.pon It..: '" : . , '.
·...The :eelfnst C9Il1pany,hlJ-ye made nq prQgre.ss'I~p..1? claiIll appears.to be aban,~olleQ.
, TheWangan~ll,I!"or ,Band,of,Hopf3, sJ~~fl!.s ,lj-lsp.~tpre~~n.t t!l he.,C!,ujte nt}gle~ted •
.,.. D.u:J;ing ,th.e ..qu!it~(),r"lJ. ne~ rllef, jJ~It}4 ~hi;l, 1J'<!:t:tl~p:4. ):tll:~J?~~Q. ,r~gls~c.r;!l.d. ..'
,,,. .. ,"", , ,.,,-,iiI< '," ,. ; "... ,. n,•
. Considerable interest has been' felt; withiuthe .last ;wee.k,' in a ne,,; reef (registered), called
the Shamrock. Several' claims, north and SQuth, have been' taken up; but too little prospecting has ,as
yet been, dQne to enable me to'say,anything confidently about it. , ' , .. ' '. . ". .
. . As regards the'Breakcof~Day Company, on the Jfrenchman s' Creek; ~heIr tunnel IS now 10 200
feet; and the claim is for the present suspended for three monthiJ..' ' , '
, , . The discovery!of a new, reef at the head pf t4e Frenchmari,'er Crelil}t has been reported with
gold visible in tho stone; and'in thots!l-me locality the New ;Hope 'Company are driving.a tunnel,
which is now in SOO feet, No results have as yet transpired in.this, portion of t~e subdivision of any
imp9rtance. . . ,.. .
,
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Taking the subdivision generally, in reference 'to the reefing, I consider the prospects to be
highly encouraging. Its great drawb,!l;<!k:~p,~ pef;ln phe:~,~t of machinery •. yery activ.e exertions. are
now being made to procure batteries; and I may state confidently my OpInIOn that, m a short tIme,
this district will be found to be a highly valuable one. '
As regards alluvial mining, there'is"nothin'lf particularly deserving of notice. The miners so
engaged are, generally speaking, making good, wages. Owing to the long protracted, drought, the river
haS fallen so low that' facilities are now afforded to work its bed, which has caused a considerable number
of river claims to be taken up, and vanous parties are now actively engaged in turning the bed. As
yet no results of any imp~ortance have been obtained ..
MATLOCK SUBDIVISION•
.(Part of Jordan So~th.)
:Dfr. John Usher,iun., Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
" ,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLL'OWS:-
, I
.. .. I
! European. Chinese.
Total for the
Subdivision. 'Remark&.
..
..
"
...
.,
·Alluvial Miners .- \ 550 200 ' ' ,750

..
Quart~ Miners ... ... 600 '"
I
600
Totals ... 1,150 200

.
. 1-- 1,35-0-'
,
Matlock and vicinity •.. 150 Blue Jacket, Red Jacket, Moonlight, New
Loch Fyne and vicinity ... 120 ' Chum, and Violettown ... , .. 250
:B. :B. Reefs and Creek 150 Aberfeldy 100
Garibaldi, Noble, and Mountaineer ,... . 75 Thompson River 5
-l~ri£ho, !ith I!pper and Lower 'Jord~n' .5,00 .. ~ .,,'
. Total 1,350
THE MACHINERY IS As FOLLOWS:-
¥LUVIAL JlUNINo. I QuAl\TZ MlmNo.

.
At Work.
. ,I Horse.col
Idle.,
Aggregate
At Work. IdJ,c.
I Number Aggregate
of Stamp Horae-power of
Steam 'os. Heads. Steam Engines.
Crushing' Machine. water-power;

late Scott's, Dry Creek '" ... '" ... 1 10 ...
Crushing Machine, ~~am-P9wer,
Loch Fyne . ... ... ... ... 1 , ." " III III
Crushing Machine, steam-power,
Alabama
... ... ... 1 12 18
...... ...... ..
... ...... ......
Water-wheels on alluvial claims 20 , ,
Sluice ,Boxes ... ... ... 98 ... . ... "
, .. ' ~ ,..
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision, £11,900.', . .. , , , ' :
upon, 2' 4~umber of sq~are miles of aurifero:ts. gr01!-nd, 'Yhic~ is being, or ~ay ,1taYIl,been, actually worked
, , ',' . '
time, 2~u:nber of distinct quartz re~fs which have bee~ ar~ually' prov~d, t~ \le,aurife!ous to.the present
., 'The price of golg, during the quarter, in the sub~ivision, hlUi be,en from.£~ 14s. 6d. to £3 '158. po~ oz.
I: '-" '
, DURING'THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM. ' ,
=-- ," '" , , - ".. ,
".I' ~~ ~:~e;;:
"
Where Qul\rlz was ReJ:tIal>k. relative to the
Name of Compa.lll'. obtain<l<i. y!td'';.''lI1!''old ,T~r~~d. ' DepthatwbichtheQuartz
per Ton. ,was obtained.
oz. dwt, gr,
"
LbchFyne ... ... Loch Fyfie Reef ...
I
ewt. '1r.
0 0 2 0' 0 '400
oz. dwt. gr.
0 0
In consequence of tho short timo I have beeh in charge of. this portion of the district I am
unable to furnish a detailed report. ' ,
From inquiries made I am satisfied that no important chango lfas taken place in mining matters
since the date .of my predecessor's -last quarterly rep?rt: '
The neIghborhood of tho Aberfeldy Rlver 1S Just now attracting" considerable number of
prospectors. . •
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DONNELLY'S CREEK.
(Part of Jordan South.)
Mr.'W., ,W.'Liddw,rd, Mining Surveyor and, Registrar.
THE TOTAL ,NUMBER OF MINERS IS +S FOLLOWS:-
I• Europeans I• Chinese Total for

i
i the Subdivision. i ' . Remark>!
AU uvial Miners ... ... 18 , .. 18
i
-,
Quartz Miners ... ... . 156 ... 156
I
.
__ h
Totals ... 174 174

I
n •
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, MINERS IS THUS DISTIUll1:'TED:-
':Edward's Hill and Concord 50 White Star ... 7

TuUamore or Crinoline 40 Aberfeldy ... 10
London ... 6 Donnelly'S Creek' 13
London .amalgamated 6
}I'ulton's Creek 40 Total 174
Morning Star 2
. I~
ALLUVIAL lIlnmm. QUARTZ MINING•
,
"-
I.
i ~.
DesCription of Machinery. I Number Aggregate,
Aggregate
I AtWork. Idle. ,Hora€~power of At Work. Idie. • of stamp Horse-power,of
• Steam Engines. Heads. Stffim Engines.
- .. --- --- \
......
...
......
... ... ...
Concord'
.......
I " lO 40
Edward's Hill ... ... ... I 10 ;12
Crinoline, steam and water-power " ... ... ... 1
I
16 18
i
Total value of mining plant in the Bubdivisiou, £22,548.

N umber of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
. upon, 1~.
time. 8 . ' • '
The price of gold during'the quarter in the,subdivision has been from £3 15s, to £4 per oz.
I have the honor to submit the following report on my subdivision.

Since my last report there has been no change in·the alluvial workings. ,
In quartz reefing the expenses for'tunneling and sinking are so great that. private individuals
are unable to carry out their plans, and have been obliged to form companies uuder TIle Limited
Liability Act; consequently, thel'e has been a great number of applications for leases during the quarter.
and pending the, result of these applications bu~ lit,tle labor has, been ,expen~e~; owing to the scarcity
()f water, the Crmohne Company, on the most Important reef m the subdIVISIon, have been unable to
crush, but in the mean time they hiive obtained steam auxiliary power, which will shortly be employed,
and which' will enable the~ to crush the large accumulation of stop.e now on their premises.
The Buctouche engine has not had mu~h employment; abou' three hundred tons have been
crushed by them for the Harp-of-Erin. but that claim being in dispute the result is unknown to me.
The prospects of the Australasian, Tara Hall, and !::tount Useful are good. .
The White Star will I believe shortly resume work, and they expect good results.
:From: tl~e Concord I havc no returns.
The number of applicatioDs for lea~es renders it impossible to report on each. but all the appli-
cants seem very sanguine, and most of them I be~ieve justly so. ,' ,
At Fulton's Creek also the owners seem to wait for the granting of their leases previous to com-
mencing operations j 'but the Golden Wall Company have erect,ed a powerful machine (water-power)
and Will very soon commence to crush, with every prospect of success .
•
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SALE SUBDIYISION".
(Part of Jord~n South.)
"Mr. OhQ/rles R. "G~oghegan, Mining Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWB:-'
-Chine...
Tota,l for
Euro!'aanll. - the Subdivision. Remarlo!.
Alluvial Miners .,. ... 15 ... 75

Quartz Miners ... ... ... 25 ... 25
Totals ... ' 100 ... 100
" . The mining, plant in the subdivision is limited to a few windlasses and two horse.puddling
machines. '
Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have "been, actually
worked upon, 3. "" : . ,
Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous, 3.
The price of gold during the quarter in the subdivision has been £3 16s.
There.are, I am:told, prospecting parties engaged in various parts of the subdivision, principally
in the north.west, But their being so scattered, and -the country in which they are employed being so
inaccessible and distant from Sale (70 to 90 miles). I have not been able to obtain a return of their
number, or an estimate of the results of their labors~
Two tons of qual)l:z have been sent to Castlemaine from the prospecting claim, Guiding Star
Reef, Crossover Creek, for the purpose of being crushed, as a test whether the inducements are such
',as to ~arrant the erectiqIi of crushing machinery. The rcsult I have not yet learned. _
Several claims on the Guiding Star Reef have, within the past two months, been amalgamated.
STRINGER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.
(Part of Joraan South.)
Mr. John 8. Patterson, Mvn:ilng Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOtLOWS:-
Europeans.. Chin.... Tota.! for the

Subdivision. &marlo!.
Alluvial Miners ... "i

i40 ... " 140 " Laborers, timber cutters• engi-
Quartz Miners ... ... 421 ... 42l Mers, &c., connected with the
. miners, about 150
... ...
Totals 561
I 561
Stringer's Creek ' 197 Thomson River ... .... 32

Hap~y.go-Lucky 158 Russell's Creek, Hawthorne Creek,
Girls Reef, Vulcan, and Tubal
Cain
Fulton's Creek. .. "',
Q
14
16
.
Pheasant Creek, Red Hill
Total .. <
140
.561
Aberfeldy 4.
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:":'"
' 'AL.·L~:;;'~G:· . . ,
~~-----;--I- - ; - ,-;-1- , - -
Description of lIfaehiner.t'. I, . ' I'
;.. ~ "'- ·'t, - 1.'-
'I·At "..0.... , 'I'"
co.
W<I..
• [""'"
~_.Ag!;f!'Pte·'f 'W"
,.".,rse-PQwet.o :At. orA:.
,I
Jill
....
Nfumoor I Agg-repte
0 Stamp ;Hortle·power cf
. " : . . , ',. 'Steiiin Engine.. ..,' Head.. ;Stea.m Engines.
Stringer's
---~--,---. · - - - ---,---1-----1---1---1---,1----
Creek :-
Steam Engines
W Ilter-wheels . _. :~~, . I', ':::
Happy-go7Lucky~'
Steam ED~~~_" ....,
f .... . " . _. • ._
Total value ofminiDg plant. in th!l subdiVision, £17,000", . . , . '.

N umber of square miles of aurif~rous grbund'which is b~jng, may have 'been, abt~illy worJf~(r or
upon, about 6. " I • •
. Number of distinct quartz reefs w:~ich have b'~en actuaiIipr?ved.to be a,urife~ous to the present
tIme, 8. . I ' , .
.The' price of'gold dUring the quarfer'ill the Bubdivisio-ri lias ,Been (rom £3'158. to' £'4: 2li: per~ oz:"
TBE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAil BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TIlE QUANTITY OF QUA.RTZ':cliii~lIED
• ~ ,~~--' "',,~ ;"i', ,* 't .,,'; ." !' ' •• H ~ : "q'~" ;.tq 'I, ,i;lr..-. ,'t . , ' 'tI'l '-""~',f"'r'\ ", , ' •
-, DURING TIlE QUA,RTER, AND THE' GOLD 'OBTAINED TIlEREFRinr: ' .
Name ,of ComJ)llllY.
,,:';';'.:·!HAI:r: ~fiC'f':t1Lh( "'1~, ;', "i(l h~::"'~1 ~ . .,(';";1_"1 t;(! ~~;Cwt. flr:· r ~~. ~:wt.~~~\\::: o,~~ .~~, gr. j • J'",.:~ .~l_J
WalbaUlieompany :;:;. i;Not 7!Nol.'!th,;80~en'sl l' 54'0 O' OlT,2;' 6, ),,9; :1:,263 ·5: or ,'to',feet,above creek
h,;~.!.,J'~~"!·u..,_:· ~t .,'il,~; ...,t:J':""f~! ,~.::, ,. li~ .~. • ~.;/·,u;: j: f., "';":,,1.-:. ,.';!' ·:.'!~611~"e~
-:"'\. :1:,,'.,,';.1;4',
North Gip. psLandCom- NO.6 North, Cohen s, I~L 0' ,0, i:~ 5'.;. 2, .. 9~, 1~~: ,5" O'lr7..01'le~It,ll-bo~!J"C[~f
ll.anY,' '" ' I ' '." - : I e~e ,'
.Alpjne'c?ompanY~ , ••:~' 1!N'~:;tSouth,€ohiin'8';' '416: d 0' L:.l' 10'1'91 1 '13\ninz:j:' 40 ~t(P80:fE~t J?elo'j\;:
", , ,,' " ... J ,"" I, " ,"',I , I; ,:':, ,. '., ):' ' " ,I' creek.le~elJ.' :i, __
Happy·go-Lucky !EiappY'~go:.:Euclty7 ..... i,. 180" 0;' 0' j 3:10 8ii2;14'3j 0)' 0)'i200ifee.t·a'bove·areei'
I ;. c'.... i' -- . ,- ,~,! • . <,,, ,,~ I' le~~1 d .•
Totals ..... 1,939 0 0 2 16 '10~ 5,471 9 23
I do myself the honor to report.that.owingJ!Lth.!'tC.:gris.~~s...holidays I h!J.ve had great difficulty.

in obtaining the information necessary for the compilation 6f my quarterly report, and that even now It
is far from being so complete as I could wish.
Commencing at the head' of Stringer'. Creek, the first claim to be noticedJs. the :British Queen
formed into a company under The Limited Liability Act, 1864. The manager of this company states
that a tunnel has been driven 220 feet, inters~cting three auriferous veins, that the main reef has not
yet been reached, and that the:\t:!l.I;e: JVlliting fl'}.'::m!J,c)i,inery.;;· ,.l?4~T~ef is a portion of the Britallnia
Reef., .
The next in oraer on the same lin,,!,o£:,~~ef..i!!,t!!y,~~~sp~eting Claim. This ~ompany have put in
a tunnel 140 feet. 'At 60 feet from the entrance they cut a ddined reef, from whlCh they have taken
about 150 tons of payable stqnp,;,:tl;te;y: ar,~,cp.ntinui~g. their, drive, for,'$e main reef. They have ordered
machinery which is now on'the roaa:from Mell:)ourne•. " . . .', . "'. ' ...
The shareholders of claim No.1 South, !ire carry,ing on their tunnel with similar prospects of
success, ,. ,
On Cohen's Reef"claims:N:@8r:141, 1:5, :h6,'hav.e been:, amalgamated, aJ?,d' application for a lease of
,the:g):ound.has. bee1!,.made .. "... ". '. ...• " .,. , ,.' , . : .. , .. ' .
The Long Tunnel Company, have put in one adit 350 fee't i another 150 feet; and' are riow'coii~
neeting the two'·b;Y::8: shaft. I ha~q li~'4::Ii~!i:(fi?Or.t frox,u.,the inanager,of'Claim No.8, Cohen's Reef North.
. .. _ .The WIl-lhalla COII\pany hav.EL~kf!!! Kr..oPl. theTI,:..l!ortherll dri!!? I 584 tons of stone; the height, of
the adit above the creek level being about 70 fet;lt, a second lidit o'n tile 'creeK lever is being made; the'
, distance alread:y.. driven. is. 280· feet ....The number of inb emp,loyed on the mine is 20...UR to the
#:S~,J;>'e~e,iqb~r.J'.54p t:0~s ot~stone ~ad ~~~n cr~shed',"yielciing 1,~63 o.vi: 5 dwtS~ of golii; t~e'price for
\VhlCh per ounee'stand.l,l.rd,gql~, was from"£3 17~. 3d,·to £3 178.' 60.. .. ,. .. ".
The North Gipps Land c.ompany_ha:v.e"crllshe.d_14'sJQn,s_pf stone, yielding 7320zs. 5 dwts;
A seeond reef on tills claim has be'en d~~c.overe4, showing ;a thick:ness of from 21 feet toll feet, rich in
. gold. ' I I "'"
... 1 J ;.; : . . . . ' •
.. No .. 5,North"ha:v:e,.gpktheir.jwm..el., iA,~ZQ, f!1.!lJ;,. __ :NQ,·1.4,~y~"drivt;l~'1Q4.(e.e,t. No, i;l,,129 feet;
The manager of the Prospecting Claim has given me no report; the only work done during tlie quarter'
has been the erection of a water-wheel for the purpose of pumping.
The Alpine Compan.ythIl.Y.e:su~ /lIma,in' ~haft,;;,tliein'lpresent· worJring-:leyel is 80 feet below the
creek. The average return from theIr 'stone IS 1 oz. lO'dwts. 19 grs. per ton. They employ 26 men,
and _the mine is no,W: in' good':orde:r.,cNo,:~ Sou~h sti!lllmsy; sinking .1)., second~4af~. , ~p. ;iJ:.lSouth
sinking a second:'shaft,,'and ~ nav.e.,erected,a,water-w;heel.to .:.drive six stamp'era. 'rhe,otlier.. cJ.aim~Fsouth
on C~~~~\;eii:~~;~~~!E~:~;:~he Prospecting clailn ljlgl 78Q ~r~~~ed ~ons o/~ton:~;whj~4:'Yielded
2,'143:ozs. of,gold, the, !l-verage;'pr.ic.e of which was £4128. per ounqe, They; have paid)p"Qlridends;,£8861;
for machinery; £1586; for wages, £2877 2s: 4d. .i ..
. ,
41 <>
The Castel Rosso Company have got' their .shaft down 100 feet, and expect to strike the reef in
10 or 12 feet more. " . ..'. _. .
I have no returns from the Lilly Dru.e or'Esmeralda companies.
Five new reefs have been registered during the quarter.
''II ... ... ... ~ ... 4* ...
OMEO SUBDIVISION.
I
. ;
"'THE TOTA"LNu'MBER 'OF 'MiNEil)j'iiCls"FotLows:=
...... ' '.-
I EUropeans. Chinllllli!.
Total for the
Subdivision.
~~--------------~~~I~~~~~I~--~I--/;~-------I-----~'~'''=-''~'~'~'~'''~'.~-~.~.~~---
,
Alluvial Miners 196 21(; 406
Quartz Miners 29 29 ..
Totals.
. ... .... ,. ...
,,"
~
~.
. Upper Livingstone CreekN

,
THE TOTAL ttM BER OF MiNERS IS .THUS II'HS!J1RI:BUTED:=
... 6
Middle Livingston'a .. . ... 120
. 'Lower Livingstone ... . .. ..... '.i ' 5
Cobungara and Mitta-mitta to Wombat Creek .... 105
'Wombat Creek, :.. , ' ... ..." 50
River Tambo to Sandy Creek .. . 50
Swift's Creek. ... . .. . ... 40
Store Creek..l River Nicholson 25
Cudgewah lJreek, Upper Murray .'.. ... '25
Totlil ... -426

..:..:.:..;;:..
r
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS :-.
.I~~ "ISte~
'I ri!~~~.Of
Description of Machinery;
At Work. Idle;
Numoei !rirega,te
:At Work. . of.Stamp Horse-!!9w~ of
Engines. Head.. Steam JSngiiles.
"
~----------~ ~- --~ .. ..-- /-----"-----·.,--1-----'---- --""-1-------
Californian PUfIlPS, and, Wheels :.. . 15 '19 ... ... ... ... ...
Sluice;.ooxes ." 240 60· .•. .. ~
\ ,,~.;.,
lo ..
: ,~l . J; ~~ 1
Totahalue'of mining plant in the subdivision, £800." ,, . :.' ..,

Number of sqiIare miles, of auriferous ground. which is'being; ormay'have'been, a~tually'worked
upon, 5;' ~ ' . t I n ' ' _ ,II. . r .'
Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferoUs to,the present
time,12. .
:rhe price of gold during the quarter in the subdi~ision, has been from £3'8s. to)l3 i78.6d.
per oz.
There is no change worthy of note in this subdivision since my last quarterJy report. One of
the creeks on the Tambo (Sandy) is attracting some attention, also the Upper Wombat, where a. pros-
pectin~ claim. showing very coarse gold. has recently been registered.
Now that the Swift's Creek Reefs aTe surveyed, there is a probability of some additional call for
labor in that direction, but as no machinery will be ordered until the leases are granted, I fear that it
will be many months before there can be any crushing. Want of water is retarding mining operations
generally.
No.3, e.
,
42
SNOwY CREEK SUBDIVISION.
Mr. Andrew Trench, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
- THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS:-
,EW"OjleIUIlI.
,
Chillese. Total for tbe
Subdivision. Bemarlm.
~~,~---- .. -.
Alluvial Miners ... ... 487 60 547
Quarti: Miners ... ... 5 ... 5
Totals
·,·1 492 60 552
TIlE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS' IS THUS DISTRIBUTED : -
Junction of Snowy Creek and Mitta- Mitta-mitta River, from Snowy Creek
mitta to Sandy Creek ... 30 to Wombat Creek ... ...
Granite Flat . .. .;, 90
·Thunder.and.Lightning Creek 300 Total
Peg-leg Creek ... . ... 100
,
.
ALLUVIAL MINING. QUA.lI.TZ MINING.,
Description of l\la.chlnery.
I'
Numb.rof Aggregate;Ron;e., I
Numb~rof I,Aggregate Horse-
•
At Work. Idle. Stamp Hea<lB. power of Steam, At Work. Idle. StampUe&ds pow~r of Steam,
I , , Engmes.: .] • Enginos. "
_ 1 _______
--, -~---'-.--'~'-~-- ~--~ ~ -~~.-
.........
Californian,Pumps and Wheels 7 ...... ... ... ... .. . ...
Californian Hand Pumps ...... ... ... ...
Sluice-boxes
W,hims
. ,. 2
1,000
2
22
2
...
... ...
'"
'" ...
... ...
'"
...'" ...
'"
:
Total' value of mining plant in the subdivision, £1100.

Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is Leing, or may, have been, actually
worked upon, 2i miles.
Number of
distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present.
time 3. '"
The price of gold during the quarter, in the subdivision, has been fr0n.t£3 os. to £3 12s. per oz.
I have the honor to report that during the quarter mining affairs generally ,have progressed
steadily, there are several parties now at work in the bed of Snowy Creek, a little above its junction'
with the Mitta.mitta River, and I am sure, from the prospects that have been got, very good wages will
be made therll for three or four months.
On the Mitta-mitta there is very little doing at present, owing to the' want of watel for sluicing,
still the miners are not idle there, as they have commenced to cut large races for the conveyance of
water fro~ the' Mitta·mitta River and two large tributaries, so. that they will have a supply of water.
all the year round. .
Very little change has taken place on Grant Flat since my last report; there are two parties
prospecting for quartz reefs, but up to the present time they have not discovered any payable ones.
Thunder-and.Lightning Creek is still turning out well, the w.orkings are principally in the creek
bed, and if something is not found In the banks and hill, it will be very nearly worked out this summer,
as the creek bed is very narrow.
, A rush has taken' place during the last quarter to a small creek called Peg-leg Creek, it is not
known how,.it ·will turn out yet" the prospectors got as much as () 4wts. to'a tin dish of stuff, taken
from the bottom of a. hole •.
4
'43
SANDHURST MI.NING DISTRICT .
. KANGAROO FLAT SUBDIVISION.
M'I'. N. G. Stephens, Mining Regist'l'd'l'.
THE TOTAL NUMBER' OF MINERS IS' AS FOLLOWS:-'
Earopea.ns, Chine..,. Total for th,

Subdivision.
I
:Remark
.
Allu,vial Miners ... ... 850 600 1,450
,
Quartz Miners .•. ... ... 1,300 ... 1,300
Totals ... .2,150 600 2;750'
I,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS. THUS DISTRIBUTED:-
:Bendigo. Flat, including Sandhurst and Irishtown ,•• 1,020

Ironbark " 180
Long' Gully... . .. 270
Victoria Reef, New Chum 200
Crusoe Gully' .,' .... 120
Lockwoood and Shelbourne 20
Kangaroo Flat 100
Golden Square .. . 100
Golden Gully .. . 230
. Sheepshead 190
Spring Gully 90
:Back Creek 80
)lilkmaid's Flat and Axe Creek 150
Total ... ~,750
,-
D""";'pti';" of Maclllne,.,.. ,
I At Work. :
i
I<ll•.
Aggregate
Borse-power of At Work.
Steam Engine••
f
Idle.
Number I Aggregate
of Stamp . Borse-~er of
Heads. • Steam ginea.
--- --- ------
Steam Enginlls.
Pnmping
Winding
. ~.
...
...
...
... .......... ......... ......... 2
...
...4- ...... 35,
94
Pumping and Winding
Crushing ...
'"
...
... ... ...... .....
9
8 13
8 ..303. 221
' 328
'"
...
Crushing and Pumping
Crushing and Winding
Crushing, Pumping, and Winding
... .......... ...
...
'"
...
'"
6
1
7
4
1
4
157
18
188
241
20
268
I
HorBe.
... ... - ... ...
Puddling Machines 30
I 300
I ... ... ...

Number of square Iniles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
.~~ .
N~J.;llber of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the
present tIme, 75. .
The price of gold dllring the quarter in the subdivision has been £3 11s. per oz.
'44.
'THE FOLLOWING INFOB11U,TION HAS BEEN' OBTA.INED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUABTZ
CRUSHED D·URING THE QUAp,TBB, AND THB GOLD OBTAINED THEERFROM.
I Where Quartz
Name Of CompaJll!•.
obl&ined.
WII&
Quartz crushed. Yj.;td~'j!'~d • 1'01&1I;l<>ld.
Yield of Remarks relMire to the Depth
at which the Quartz. w....
per Ton. obtained•
,.
'
ton
r
cwt.,qr. 'oz. dwt.~. 0lI>. dR. gr. ' ,
Sterry and Compan'y ••. Victoria Reef... 1,000 0 0 o 100 500 0 O~ Various
Alexander Reef Com- Meehosk Reef 30 0 0 1 1 0 81 10 0
pany .. "~ ~.~---
Union Company '" . Sheepshead 1,665 0'0 0 5 34 428 5 9 125 feet average depth,
'"
Indefatigable Company Vario~~, ..~ter~;·! " .2,<;>00 0, P 0 ~ Q '.:' .8QI! 0 0 Various'
Alliance Mining Com- Ditto
pany, registered
' 9'67 0" 0 ... o 13 15~' 659 10 0 Ditto
I
Glasgow Reef Gold- Dit~g • •• M?l. o, '"o· ~,!" "0,. , 6'
,> g." :,147. 7. 0 Ditto ,
Mining Company,re- "
gistered
Bird's Reef Gold Mining Bird's fleer '" 1,li3 - 6 '''it 0 0 2' 118 0 0 90 feet ; 30 feet below
Company, registered . ,., " water; reef from 10to
-,"
.'
I .. ,- 30 feet thick for 150
y.l!-rg.!l !!:J~!!g!.!! .,
Browu"s" ~eef...
~;-
Break-',o-Day 'Mining 3!) 0 0 0 2 4i 3 5'12 186feet; reefwiderung
Company.', . out
Rae and Company ... V arious ~ef~ '2,90(j 0 0 o 14 4i 2,958 0 0 Various
" ' -- . , - " -. .. --
Comet Company ... Redan .2,039 0 ,0 1 15 181~ 3,p48 9' 2 360 feet
Great Extended Hnst· Hustler's '" " 677 0 '0 1 2 O~ 745 13 6 270 feeC
, ,
-
ler's Reef .Company, •
registered . -
...
-~ ~~
Hustler's Reef Quartz Ditto 610 0 0 1 10 J~ ?3g. 4 0 240 feet and 810-feet
Mining Company levels. Reef ~lIicker
,
Lazarus ... ... 'New Chum Reef 40 0 0 o 18 12 37 Q

.,
0
and richer ,at 310 feet
200-feet level ;, 100 feet
below water
Adventure Company ... Victoria Reef... 869 0 0 2 19 9~ '2,51/0_ !;'I, P
Agamemnon ... Sreeiimiri Hill 50i 0 2 2! . S3 13 1 190 feet
New Chum j';)0mpany ...
H. Koch ... ' ...
Various
Ditto
'," M?,2 0 0
S,88?, 0 0
°° o 12 20~ . 951 13
OIl 17* 2,275'6
12
lif
,351> f~~.
V~r!(mS
'"
Albert Company .... Diamond Hill, 1,200 0 0 1 0 1200 ,0 0' .
Denma.rk .Quartz Min- N;w Zealand , 933 0 0 0 7 19~ ° 364 7 0 ,Frpm surface to 80 feet
ing Comp,a~y . Reef ,.
}foore and C0'Ppany ... Dird's Reef ... 823 0 o 0 10 23i' '452' 6· 2 . Under 1-1Q feet
.. '
To~~Is, Qua~~ I~,~ 0
o T.o 15 o~:: 18,285,3 8, '1
I
, ,
• ~
,
.-.. ", ... "",,, . .....
,~ ,,,~-,...-
I have th'e honor to ,report that during the 'quarter much activity has prevailed in quartz mining
in this subdivision. The yield of gold has. been very good, several new reefs have been discovered,
a number of new machines have .been completed, and, others are in course of. erection, but water has
been very scarce, in consequeIice,,(),( which ,~QJl!.l'l of t4~ mMjl!lfe~ hllYe, been idle for a considerable time.
However, quartz has been raised in the hope that the machines would soon resume work. Some who
have-not been· able.;to crush"and are,··not in7a·position· to ,prospect" hare ,.ceaBed.,w.orking ;, others hav.e
paid off a fEl~y_}l!J..n<).!1,',o~!y keeping th~ rest t(u?pl(n~pt,4~ mines,;and prepare for more extended
workings. BY' good management in thl'l workin'g of the iriiiles;'and hy T)lachinery to facilitate operations,
the pooiiBfqfourre~fs'(iome:-oCwliic~liave'b'eeiia1J-andoneq'f6F years) now pay (or: )Vorking, and it is
g~~er.a;JIy':pon,i4~rl'l1l ~haV'!'f!-inipK!1ffl!:ip'i i,I.rt~is BU b.Q.ivisi(?}! wtlre n§yer ~n a more 'healthy"and 'prosl'ergus
congitioii;,than .. at' ,the. pr,Ysenftime':' l.,{»,:ji:l:d·g.g~went to sip'k' to grl'later depths, and a proof of the
,sj;abili.ty_~Cour mine~, ar~_foupd jnth,ej'ltGt" .ili!!~_th,Lh~s.~ i!!1!IT!l!iJ1:tj~ "quarteL,!-~~ .. p.r~ncip.!l:py, frOm
quartz raIs~<l. from thfl deepes~ levels, vrhere ,!n som~, cases thr reefs are mcreasmg m size and rICliness. ,
" Durmg the las~ three months prospectmg c1al)llS have ,been tak,en up on the'Wallaby Reef, near
Smo~y Cree~ ; Fredericll;'s R\le~, 'nearl One-tree Hm; Sleep'ing·.J3ea*try.lteef, ['ippe:al'Y' Gully; i,'Pro-
vent~~L Reef; ;K~~garoo :r::1at; Clr~us Rieef,qrus?e Gully; Dry-Weat4er Reef, near P:!J.!popd HIIJ: I!l
eacl~ case the PFPl'pectors..I;tave ~eep good mdlcatlOns, but'havll not' as yet reported payable stol!e\ "'"
. 'Amo~g8tt1:t08e wlw hare t;~cen9Y erected m~chihery ,are the Prince Alfr,~g, QPglP!!Ol).Y,. Y~Q~9j:-i~
Reef.; 'Albion Gompapy, ,flheepshe,ad R,eef 1 ~~ltimore C,omP!l:nyl,}Jaltjmore Reef; :R"9Jp9UM qp~lp!-mYI
Glasgo.wReef ;!;'.VrY-A.gam CompallY, Welhng~on ~ef ;.}Vhlp ~ef CPmPllnY1 ;P)"ulhps, ~~f Co~paAY,
North Bird'.s Reef Company, I Adelaide Gully Comp,any, Kapgaroo a,ully Company" ~e,qell"aild' Com-
pany, Qrusoe G¥JJy, !!-nd.~J;te qrus?~ G~lly Company; ~~ .~helasf.-named district 8ev~r!U ~,~,w;r!!\lX\lr};W:Y.e
lately been discovered, but haying ilO machhiery near they have not been worked with SUCll spirit and
. with: such good results" as'may now'be-expected;", - ""~'4'~'''''''''' .,'~'.......,." T , -',' ,,' ., .." . ,- -, "~. ".
The new machines have been weI! p5B~ri]:?uted.oye.t:~he 81!bdi,visiop, bu,t p1a!ly mt;>re ll-re required
for the effectual and more economical working' of. our:;reefs'J·'i ,. , ' , ' , '
~ ..'; : .... 'At"thepr~sent·time~tl).ereefs.',9ontrib).l,te_':Ilel:l.ljly,a!H4!:hw.!!~~rJO!"cr,1J.SWlfg pUl'poses, W~iph shoY's
one great benefit derived from pumping machinery, but'rain-water is much required for dome~ti9'pW'-
~t~:tr'J i~r~~r:'~f1:~t~i~~~flr~??H~?' r~i,\l,J1,h*y.!l;p'}~r: }¥, a:~r~,!tt,~~~.~m:~ !!~p~ng!ld in ~~n!l.equence
The necessity of p:t;.<!vi,4jng large ~eservotrs,is gr~at ~nd a1;lparef:1t, ~spe~ially as machines are fast
increasing in nunibii'ran'd; ~as a; na.tural consequence; the populatlQ,nWill,mcrease Ilolso.· _.', .
"
45
EAGLEHAW"K Sm3DIVISION;
Mr. G. W. Hart! Mining Surveyor and Re~i8tral'.
THE TOT,.t~ NU~Bli1~ OF ,Mgl,liIlS IS AS FOLLOWS:-

--, '"'1 .. ,- ,., , ..
~uropeans.
0
Chin""", Total for the

~ubdivisio;ll.
I ~1l!I'!J?I.
.. -
... ...
II
I
Alluvial Miners ... 3156 570 3726

Quartz Miners ... ... ... ll80 ... "1180
.
, Totals ... 4336 570 4906 ." ..
.. . .. ..
THE TOTAL NUlltBEII'OF MINEIIS'IS THUS.DISTIlJBUTED:.,-
St. Mungo and pevonshh:-e 94 American Reef :p. 31
Windmill Hill Reef
Johnson's Reef
110
120
Sebastopol Re~f
J achsB Reef
... . ~.
2
10
"
Robert Burns Reef 21 Amiidale Reef (I
Anglo Reef .. ,
Eagle Reef ...
20
28
SJ:hia Reef ' ..
A elaide Reef
... 33
2
Comet Reef ... 18 Wallace Reef... 6
Red Hill Reef "
'SO Agnew Reef ... 8
Mechanics' Reef 6 Peter the Great Reef 6
East Johnson's Reef ::: 24 Epsom Reef ' ., 8
Catherine Reef " 82. Old Tom Reef : .. 12
Star Reef 42 Beehive Reef ... ...... 8
Specimen.Hill Reef 80 Albion Reef 8
Moon Reef' ... 46
57 .
~dnel: Reef ::: 2
'CJ~).'enjje Jiflef . ::: agle awk ... 800
Dead Horse ~eef, Napoleon 33 Myers' Flat ... 400
Dead Horse Reef, Peg.leg 37 Dead Horse Flat 120
Prince of Wales Reef 22 C.aliforpia f}ully 300
Moonlight Reef '
...
... 11 Pottery Fla,t ... .. ..
.,
i90
:Bignall Reef '. .... , 10 Beng,igo Flat ... ." 220
Snob's IIiI) Re,ef
Horstiana Reef
.. . .- 5~ White Hills
Whip.tick"
270
200
...
W etherall Reef -, 47 Huntly 340
:Black F prest Heef o ., ~ ... 8 F)psom 350
Christophe Reef ... 6 Ironstone Hill 210
Shellback Reef .'"1' • 23 Sydney Plat ... 90
Red Jacket Reef. 2 Red Jacket Flat -:'. 50
Blue Jacket Reef ... 0
4 Telegra.ph Lead 50
Redan Reef 68
Nelson Reef ... 60 Total ... 4,906
Lightning Reef .. 5
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS : -

.,
ALLuvaL ML'fINO. QUAltTZ MmIlw;
'At Work. Idle.
I_Head..
Stamp I Horse :
Power. At Work. Idle.
Number
of Stamp Horse,power of
~gregate
Heads. Steam Engine..

, ~--""- - - .1 - - ' - -- - , - - - - - -.-- --- ---_.-
Grushing Ilnd pumping '"
Pumping, winding, and crushing ...
... 3 ...1 28 48 2 ... 80 58
2 44 54 1 '" 24 45
Crushing ... ...
Crushing and winding ...
...
...
12
...i ...
2 15~
... m
... '..6
3 11
2
184
19
200
24
Pumping and winding .,. ... 21 2 128
Bailing and winding ...
Bailing, winding, and crushing
...
...
3
3 .....
;, ... 36
'29
... i .'".. 7
J8
Winding ...
,Horse puddling machines
...
, .
... 63 229
.., ... 3 '" 27
1
~ ,c ....
Total value of mining plant in the 8ubdivjsjo!,!-, ~14,5,OOO. '
Number of square miles of auriferous ground which 'being, or may have been, actually worked is
upon,6t. " .
. Number of distinct quartz reefs w)lich b,ave 1;Jeen actually proved. to be auriferous ,W t,he pr~sen~
tIme. 66.
The price of gold during the quarter in the s1).pdivi;;io~ has been from £.3 1713. to £3178. 9d. per
·Ounce. .
:46
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAB BEEN O~TAINBD RELATIVB TO THE QUANTITY ~F QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CE¥ENT CRUSHED DURING THB 9UARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTA.IlfBD
THEREFROM.
Na.me of Company..
_________
I Where = z , &0., W.,.e
,0 taWed.
QU&rtz eruahed. YietJ~~ld
per Ton.
ToW Yield of
Gold,
Remarks relative to th
Depth at which the
~l'~o., wero ob-
1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - · - - - - - - I ____~ - . - . _ - - - - -
ton en qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
,Esler and Company ... Wethera!l-Reef ... . '1,805 0 0 o 10 .q
JOhnson's Reef,G.M.Co. 909 7 12 Depths unknown
Johnson's Reef '" .• . 2,902 0 0 o 17 10 2,527 18 0
Nelson's Reef Company Nelson's Reef .. . 1,800 0 f) o 12 12 1,125 0 0 "
Wellington Company .. . Dead Horse Reef .. . 814 0 0 o 6. 6!. 255 7 8 "
Clarence Company ... · Clarence Reef ... 140 0 0 o 13 13~ 95 0 0 " crushing
One week's
Totals, Quartz 7,46l 0 0 0 13 4A 4,912 12 20
Quartz, Tailings, and
. Cement crushed."
Mitchell and Company Back Creek ... 6,500 0 0 0 1 0 3250 0
.James Brothers ... Fourth White Hill ... 2,080 0 0 0 I JO-Ib 151 0 0
Guy and Company ••• Fourth White Hill... 2,400 0 O· 0 4 0 480 0 0
Felix Company ..• Sixth White Hill .. . 2,600 0 0 () 2 .7-& 3UO 0 0
Lewis and Company ... Epsom... .. . 6000026 600
Roberts Brothers .•• Epsom ... 2,400 0 0 0 1 0 120 0 0
Sampson Brothers ... Epsom :.~. ... 320 0 0 ,0 5 15 9(} (} 0' <=>
Shenandoah Company Epsom' ;;. . •. 1,560 0 0 0 3 9t 264 0 () 00
Southern Cross ... Epsom' .. . 6.500 0 0 0 I 0 325 0 o as
Ajax Company '" ·:Epsom ... . 1,320 0 0 .0 7 0
'Hardie and, CompaQY Pottery Flat ".
462 0 o ~
80000060 240 (} o .3
Caledonian Company ... .Pottery Flat ... 2,5()0 0 0 0 4 0 500 0 o bll
Rising Sun... . ... Pottery Flat .... 600 . 0, 0 0 6 16 200 0 o <=l
North Star .. ; ... Pottery Flat ." 516 0 0 I 0 5 0 129 0 o .~
All England Eleven ... Pottery Flat ... 520 0 0 0 9 3 238 0 o >
Hoyal Oak Company ... Pottery Flat '" 335 0 0 0 5 109 9l 0 o 00
Undaunted Company...
~ I A~
'Huntly ... '" 390 0 0 0 2 0 39 0
Cambridge Company ... Huntly... •.. 1,950 0 0 0 4 0 390 0
Ballaarat Company ... Huntly,.. ... 520, 0 0 0 6 181'0 176 9 o
Totals,QuartzTaii. l----~-- -------
ings and Cement r 33,8il 0 0 0 2 16+ 4,526 9 0
.1
, I am sorry that I have nothing very favorable to report this quarter on the 'stat~ of this sub-
division, not th'!lt there is n"ot plenty of gold, and quite sufficient enterprise among the miners, but the
want of the great desideratum, water, is still, as it long has been, the cause of a most distressing stag-
·nation. As will be obRerved in my tabular statement, the greater portion' of the engines that crush stone
only, that is, those wholly dependent on the rain-fall for water supply, have long ceased, and only those that
have the advantage of reef water are now able to work; this .also, in some cases, is failing, and may be
'tlle cause of others lying idle in a short time .. The unfortunate result of this great drought is that a
great many men are thrown Olit of employment, although I am informed that some of the principal
miuers, in order to assist their workmen, and also in hopes that rain may sOOn come, have kept on as
,many of their best hands as they can without great loss to themselves. Some persevere in opening up'
,the ground with a view to the future, and thus give employment, but this only can be done by those
whose funds nre able to support the pressure. I have, the'l-efore, very little to report on the state of
;the mining interests, and I fear that, until we have a supply of rain, it will thus continue.' In alluvial
.mining this drought is so much the more to be deplored, as all the ,rich ground is worked out, and
those dependent on this source for a living, are now obliged to make quantity sllpplf the place of
quality, therefore more water is now wanted than formerly; some years since this was not so much
felt, beeause as much gold could then be got from ten loads of dirt as can now be got from forty,
ce;s:cept on very rare OCClL9ions. I have not heard that any prospecting is going on at present; indeed
{l~ospec~ing parties cannot remain long away fr?m the inhabited 10caFties, and therefo,re cannot go far
distant lUtO the bush, as the waterholes are qUite dry, and no water.8 to be bad for mIles around. -
KIUIORE DIVISION.
Mr. Martiln Meagher, Mining Surveyor and Regi$lrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS.IS AS FOLLOW8:-
I Europeans. Chinese. I ToW forllle

Di'lision. RemMks.
--,---
- "
Alluvial Miners ... 290 ... 290

"
Quartz Miners ... ... 259 ... 259
-----'-
...
-~---
Totals 549 ... 549

47
TUll TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS TUUS DISTRIBUTED:-
Reedy Creek .. . 310 Welcoma prospecting claim-oil Mount'

Strath Creek .. . 24 William Ranges 4.
Cattle Range, King Parrot )0 Spring Creek Fla.t 8
Muddy Creek, Yea '" 35 Pheasant Creek 4
Flat Lead, Yea 14 Goldie Moranding 2
Tea-tree Creek Ranges 58 King Parrot, &0. 6
Tallal'Ook Ranges 16 Sunday Creek ••• 2
Old Mountain Rush 4 Snob's and Dry creeks 40
Pyalong 4
Baek Creek 4' TOTAL ... 549
Springfield' 4'
TUE MACUINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
ALL1JV]'.AL MnmiG: QUARTZ MINnIG.

\
Deaorlption of Machinery. '---'
At Work. Idle. IHorse-power
Aggregate of I At Work.
Idle.
N umber \ Aggregate
of lltamp Horse-power of
Steam Engines. Hea.d.. Steam Engine••
- - - ---i-"'---'---:--- ,-~~
Steam Crushing Machines ...... ... ...6 .. . 1 6 54 97

Puddling Machines
Sluice Boxes ...
Water-wheel, abandoned
...
...... '"
SO
...
50
1
\ ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...... ......... .........
I
Total value of mining plant in the divfsion, £7715.
Number'Qf square 'miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
upon,30. '
time, 32.
The price of gold during the quarter, in the division has been from £3 15s•. 6d. to £3 16s. '
per oz.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION UAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAI!<ED THEREFROM.
Name of Compa.ny. woo'"bt'

Quartz was
I
I
'I ,Average I .
Remarks relativo to tho
Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold I Total~:fld of \ Depth at which tbs
I
. am••d
.
0 per Ton. I Quartz w"" obtained.
'
.
~-~,
-~-.---
ton ewt. qf. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr .

Providence Mining Muddy Creek, near 80 0 0 5 0 0 400 0 0 Shafts from 130
Association, Yea ... Yea. 152 feet deep
Reef from 4 in
ches to 2 fee t
thick, generallY
} I I ,
18 inches
I have the honor to Bend you my report for the quarter.

Reedy Greek Quartz Reefs.
Several leases have been applied for during the quarter. Ferrell and Constable applied for a
lease of 25 acres, and Ferrell, Meade alld Company applied for a lease of 10 acres, both situated at
Reedy Creek.
The Albert Gold Mining Company have four men constantly at work, :with great success; their
tunnel is about 50 feet in, and during its course several veins of quartz have been struck, which promis,e
weI!. rfhey have struck a leader 2 f!let in thickness; gold is seen all through the stone. The want of
water ia the ~general complaint throughout the district.
The Shepherd's !teef Gold Mining Company have a tunnel in 125 feet, I have not heard if they
have yet found the reef. . '
The Victoria Reef Company are tunneling, and are in high spirits at their' prospects.
Sailor's Gully Reef Company are tunneling; they are in 250 feet, and have not yet struck
the reef. .
The Reedy Creek Quartz Mining and Crushing Company have now their engine in thorough
repair, and have been erushing mulloek for themselves during the last fortnight; they have also pre.
pared tO'erush for the public occasionally, but are now stopped for the wapt of water.
~, The Levia.than ;Reef Gold Mining ,Company are sinking a shaft; and at a depth of 95 feet have
• struck a rich reef 18 inches thick. Gold is seen in the ~tone.
The Magenta and Solferino Reef Gold Mining Company have a tunnel in 130 feet, and have
Busp()nded operations for a month to re-organize the company.
In alluvial workings, on Reedypreek there are at present Ilbout 250 persons ~mployed, and some
llew leads have lately been struck w~ch are more tha.n payable;, the average earnings are about 30s •
• 0'
per wee:Jr per man; brifthe long contlnueddrdughi is ~he'great and general campiaint, as puddling and
sluicing have been suspended. ' I , ''
, , Siratk Oreek, nehr Reedy: Creek. " ,.

The Strath Creek Gold MiriingCQmpaiiy,Hayes ahd Ryan, have taken tip it lease and commenced
funneling in the vicinity of Sailor Jack's Reef; it is reported that a good reef has been l~tely dJj.:.
covered; machinery erected, and shares litj,ve gone up corisiderably. , _
Baile;y and party have a claimadjoinihg ;Hayes and Ryan's, from which a few tons have been
crushed; whlCh T am informed yielded ft~in Ii oz. tp .2 ois. to the ton:
Wild Dog Creek. _. ,
, Two leaSes have been'lately applied for by Cox and :Company, of 13 'acres and'Hfacr~~ res.
pectively.
," Golden Point; Stratk,Gre~lc;,' .
m
, , J anes"and party have taken up .an ordinary claiin ; they nave a tunnel 35' feet, alid are in high
spirits at their future' .prospects. . . . _...
, Arcus and Company of Kilmore have.a claim there also" and have erected a portable engine with
a battery of 6,hea!is of stamps; they intend to crush for the:public as well as for themselves.
Treiiseandcompany, have also taken. -qR a-,Claim oil th,e Strath,: the stone from which is reported
to be very.ricn;· These, creeks have all the iiiaications of, being highly !)iJll'iferous, and I am of opinion
thhat i~ ttlihe neig~~orll;!gt ~ie8, :we~e pr~Bpecte~, the ~esu~~ w<{uld. be hig.~!y satisfactory; many of t.\:tem
ave no een prospec ea; . .' : '
, 'King Parrot, 'caUle Range, '...
.Dr. Barker's ciainthas been activcly worked since taken up ; several tons of stOne liave oeen raiked
frpm the surface, 5 tons of which have been lately crushed at Web!,ter's machine at Yea, and yielded
6t dwts. to the ton; other claims have lately been taken up at the same place; it will be some time
before they are in regular working order; the .appearance of the country is highly auriferous.
.' 'Muddfj Creek, ;Yea.
. The Providence Gold Mining Company, Webster and Company's Reef about 18 inches thick;
stone improving in appearance :is they, ptoc~ed; tlie crushing.steMily yielding 50z. t? the ton:, ."
McIntosh DaVIS, Bnd Company s Claim, on the north SIde of Webster's, are stlll. tunnehng; they
are in 260 feet, 'and have not yet struck the reef, but have met several leaders; imd are very sanguinc
of success. .
An ordinary claim was taken up under a miner's right, on the south side of Wehster's claim,
about a week ago, and the party have commenced siliking a shaft.
Flat Lead, near .Yea.
Very little has been done in t~ locality, the wa~t of water h.av~ng almost entirely suspended
:iniilirig operations;
, Tea·tree ·Creelc Ral!ges.
. Willi~m Perryman .~nd Co~pany hav~ 8yplied for a lease of 16.acres, situated on the Dividing
Range, leadmg to the Kmg ·Parrot and adJolllmg the northern boundary of the Freemasons Gold
Mining Company; , .
. . The· FreemaSons Gold Mining Company have their tunnel in 155 f~et, and intend driving
45 feet further; as they have not yet struck the reef. ' . ,
, , JosepQ. L'Estrange has applied for a lease of 25 acres, situated about six miles from Yea near
the Junction. " I , . 9
Edward Barker has applied for a lease of 25 acres, situated about seven miles from Yea, on thc
new-road· from ¥ea.·toMelbourne by the Plenty Ranges, ' " . .
'Talliilrijolc Ranges.
e
Fox and Company have struck. a, re.!)f, fee~ tl;tic~! gold is seen in the ~tone; none yet crushed•
. O'Connor and Company, Sunday Creek, near the Broadford prospectmg claim, shaft 40 feet
deep; strUck a rich 'leader 2 feet thicK; no stone yet crushed•. , .' . ' .' .
Several. claims in this division ~il.ve been amalgamated, transferred; and suspended, 4tiring the
quarter, prmClpally through the scarCIty of water. "
, fie XifmiJre' dotd Minin!l (jo1~lpa1tjJ: iio:.a~/ling.

Several tons" of cement raised ready for crushirlg;but entirely s'topped for want of ~ater and
suspended until they get a supply to enable them' to' resume operations; ,
, " ,
AllSTRACT OF MINES NOW IN OCCUPATION, -AND THE NUr.UlER OF MEN EMPLOYED. IN EA.CH.
Reedjj Ore/Ie, i»j McKenzie' $ Run. ,

.. . . ' , , ' ., '. .. , , , N o . o f Men employed
Reedy Creek Gold Mining Company, Farrell and Co" stopped 'for want of water . .
Baffin Quartz Minjng Company, Farrell,ar,4Co.,:, ...... 6
~iilliagari Quartz Mining Company, Farrell and Co. ... ..' 6
Peruvian Gold Mining Compa.ny, Baugh and 00. '. 6
. S9lferind Reef Company, Sawell and 00. . '... 4.
Ma~tlnta Reef Company, Roberts and co~ , ... 6 tJ.
LeVIathan Reef Company, Miss Gavin arid Co. ...... '6
.Shepherd's Reef. Qompany, Baugh and 00. ',~ i ... 6
Wellington Reef Company... .•• ....il ... 6
Buttlers Reef Company ••. 4
-4lbett Reef Qoiirpanj. .... . .,. ...;.. 6
Sailor'1i Reef Company, Straighlierg arid Co. 4.
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1.'ect-tree Greek Ranges;: O'l/J 1lliUer'8 Ru;"'.

No.· of,lIlel1femplO,md.
Junction Quartz, Mining Company; Per-ryman and Co. . .. 6
Specimen Hill Gol.d Mining CnrnpB;ny. L:Estrange and Oo. 6
Grand Central Quartz Mining Company, E. Barker and 00. 6
Cathel'ine Reef ••. . ... ; ... ."..' ... 6
No. 1 South of Welcome; Reef 4
Dunrobin Reef .. ; 6
Enniskillen Reef, McFadgan and 00. 6
Band of Hope Reef ... ••. 6
Perseveranbe Reef, Gibbons' : .. 2
Rob Roy Reef ., ,.'., .:. 4
Freemasons Re,ef, Farrar and 00. 6
,
(Jattle'Ranges, near King Parrot.
Deas and Co.'s Olaim 4
Forster's Reef ... 4
Flat Lead Ranges;' on Miller's Rftn•. ,
No.1 South Reef ... 2
Lucky Woman's Reef 2
Horse-shoe Reef 2
Hit-or-Mi~8 ~ate Oanadian) 2
Coachman s eef .... 6
Muddy Greek,Yea, on Kerr's R1J,n.
McIntosh and Cp;s,Reef ... -6
Providence M inihg 'Association 25
Bergin's Reef, sinking a shaft '" 4
',t:·'·· 'king Parrot Greek; on Ferguson's 'Ru;n:;,
Doyle (late Hannigan), claim susp~nded 2
Strath CreelC, 'On Ferguson'l1 Run. '.
Golden Point, Janes and 00. . .. 4
I)
Wild Dog Creek, Cox and Co. 4.
Hayes and Co.'s· R e e f . . . ..... 4
Todd's Reef... ' 4
Arcus and CO.'8 Reef ... 4
Trezise' and Oo.'s Reef 4
Olit Mountain Rush, Second Greek,
Prospecting Quartz Olaim ' , .. 4
Pyalong, ncar Mollison's Gap, Mount William Ranges;
Prospecting Quartz Claim ... 4
, B',y;ck Creek, M01J,nt William Ranges.
Prospecting Quartz Claim 4
Spring Greek Flat.
Prospecting Quartz Claim __ :, 4
Laurence and J. Burke, two daunB 4i
Old Mo'unt'ain R'usk, Pkeasant Greek.
Prospecting, Claim 4
Mount William Range,S.
New Welcome Prospecting Claim 4.
Tallarook Ranges.
Fox and Co.'s l'fospecting Claim '4
Firin arid 00.'8 Prospecting Claim 4
O'~onn'or and Co:'s Prosp~ctjng Olaim 4.
O'Connor and Co., two claIms, .. ,~ . 4,
Springfielil, Mount William &nges.
Prospccting Claim, Percival and Co. ... 4, ..
Goldie.
John Gleeson's Quartz Claim .. , 2
Sunday Creek.
Ryan ~~d CO.'8 Quartz' Claim ... 2
Oattle Range.ne~r Kitfg Parrot. ~
Three Quartz Claims have been lately ta~en up here , 6
Tota:l, Quartz Miners' 259',

Alluvial }Iiners in Roedy Creek, 250 ( Total All 'al 290
Ditto in Snob's, and Dry Creeb40 S ,UVl
~ . ,
Total . 549'
~-
No.8,f,
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. . Mining operations have been very much retarded in this division during the quarter in both
. a!1uVial and quartz crushing from want of water generally. The principal work done is sinking shafts
and tunneling; pre'parations are being made in expectation of rain, and I expect that mining operations
will be very extenslvely carried on in this division shortly.
,. ,.. ,*' '* ,.. ,.. "" ,.. ,..
. Eight prospecting 'quartz claims have been taken up ~nd registered' in various' parts of this
division; they are reported to be rich and payable: also eleven ordinary quartz claims, all new •
. As little has been done in either sluicing or crushing, I have called at the banks here, they have
furnished me with the following information :-
oz.. dwts. gnI.
Oriental Bank 52 16 3 from 'quartz
Ditto 247 1 19 alluvial
299 17 22
Colonial Bank 64 9 0 quartz

Ditto 53 16 12 alluvial
124 5 12
, . : •fJ ~
HEATHcorE DIVISION AND W ARANGA SOUTH SUBDIVISION.
Mr. J. T. Strong, Mining S7.wveyor and Registrar.

Q
Chinese. I Total for tbe

Division a.nd
Subtlivision.
! Remarks.
Alluvial Miuers 400 130 530

\ '
Quartz Miners • 500 500
Totals 1,030
TIJ:E TOTAL NUMilER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED':-

Heathcote, including Argyle Gully, Cale- Mundy Gully, 'Ford's Gully, &c. 28
donia Gully, Long Gully, Wattle Flat, Campaspe and Coliban rivers,.. 78
Red Hill, Golden Gully, Commissioner's Wild Duck Creek ... ... 354
, Flat, &c. . . . . 410
Costerfield ... 130 Total 1,030
Redcastle, Spring Creek, &c.... ao
TRE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS : -
i I
ALLUVIAl, lIttNI:No. QUARTZ Mu;:nw.
• Description of Macbinery.
At Work, Idle.
---.
Aggregate
~~~-~~~~: ! A Work.
Idle.
INurnber'
of :>tamp
Heads.
Bors•.=
Aggregate
!Steam ~
of
'es~
... ...
......
StC'nm Engines , ... 1 11 5 95 352
Puddling Machines ... 11 64 ... ... ... ......
Chjlian Wheels ... ... ... ... ... ...
'"
'"
4 ...
...
Horse Whims ... ... 1
...... 1 ...
Horse Whips ... ... ......
'"
...
...
... 5 2 ... .. .
...
Sluice Heads (water) ... 4 '" ...
!
... ...
Total value of mining plant'in the division 'and subdivision, £39,650.

Xumber of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
upon,80. • '. .
Number of distinct quartz reefs which, have been actually proved to be a:unferous to the
present time, 96. . q
The price of gold {{uring the quarter in the division and subdivision has been £3 19~. 9d. per oz.
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TIIJ, FOLLOWING INFOIUU.TlON HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ CRUSHED
DURING THE QUARTEIi.~ AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
Name of Company. Where Quartz we.i!

obtained.
I
Quartz cruBbed.
AVerafti, r . I
Yield of ld· Total, YIeld of Depth a.t which the
per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained, &6.

Costerfield Gold and Costerneld ... 690 0 0 1 -0 O·3 692 0 0 180 feet
Antimony Mining
Company
Alabama Company Caledonia Gully ...... 3510 0 1 15 12 623 0 0 330 feet
Red Hill Company .... Heathcote 162 0 0 1 8 3~ 228 0 0 . 160 feet
Kirby and Company ... Scandinavian Reef... 73 0 0 2 13 23~ 197 0 0 130 feet
Riley and Company ...
Dale and Company
Swedes' Gully
Golden Gully , ..... 35 0
48 0
0
0
2 3
o 13
1~
8
75 7 0 30 feet
32 0 0 17 feet
0' Meara and Company Red Hill ... ... 7 0 0 o 14 5 0 0 Surface
Argyle Gully Company Argyle Hill
.. , ...
... 46 0 0 1 15
6'
15~ 82 0 9 100 feet
.
l:3undry crushings .••
"'1 - 173
Totals, Quartz... . 1,585 0 0
- -0 ' 0-
4 5 13~ ?40 0 0
- - -7 -
\ 1 13 11'9 2,674 0
I have the honor .to forward the accompanying returns for the quarter.
That period has been characterised by the almost total suspension of alluvial mining throughout
this division in consequence of the prolonged drought, and a correspondin'g decrease in the yields is
observable. .
1'his circumstance has, however, indirectly given an impetu5' t.o quartz mining, as very many
persons were thus led to direct their attention to it, and prospecting parties were formed, from some of
which satisfactory results are reported.
Quartz mining on the· whole manifestR a decid~d improvement, and I note with satisfaction the
excellent yields obtained by the various public companies throughout the division.
. With the yields thus obtained, the reRults of individual labor bear most unfavorable comparison,
and I feel convinced that most of the reefs of the division partially worked and abandoned, would, by
the judicious outlay of capital in the erection of machinery, &c., prove highly remunerative.
In reference to mining operations in the basalt country on the banks of the Coliban and
Campaspe rivers, no decisive results are reported. Prospecting still continues, and is being carried on
both by shafts aud tunnels, but in consequence of the difficulties to be encountered, no great pro-
gress has yet been made.
At the Wild Duck Creek gold has been struck at a point about a mile to the north.wp~t of the
former leads. The prospectors report satisfactory yields, and the ground has been extensively taken
up; this point is on the basaltic plains adjacent to the junction of the Wild Duck Creek and the
Campaspe River.
WARANGA NORTH SUBDIVISION,
Mr. H. B. Nicholas, Mi,ni7l.q Surveyor and Registrar.
Europeans. Chinese.
I Total for the
Subdivision. Remarks.
Alluvial Miners
Quartz Miners
...... ...... 54
487 ...77 I
131
487
Totals ... 5U 77 618

I I
Ruskwortk-- Albert, and its parallels ... 25
Old Lead, and its branches ... 51 J ohns.on's, and its p~'allels '" 13
Chinaman's Flat, and its branches 33 OO.1/S-
Nuggety, and Growler's, and parallel London Reef, and its parallels 97
. group of Reefs ... . .. 130 'Byron Reef, and its parallels 63
Chinaman's, parallel group of Reefs .. . 21 Cherry Tree Reefs... . .. 78
White Hills, and Siberia... ... . 29
Whroo......,. Total 618
Main Gully, and its branches 47
Balaclava;.and its parallels 31
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. :![!B:E 'M,l€lUN~RY' IS AS ·,FOLI.0WS : -
Q~ARTZ Mnmm.
Aggregate
, ,At Work. .Idle •. Horse·power of ,At Work, , Idle.
Steam Engine•.
Steam Engines-
Quartz crushing 3 4 ~o
Pumping"crush,ing. and winding 1 1.6
Horse Puqdling Mills ... . .. i 7
Horse Whims
Horse Whips , ..•. ....
'
i I .. ;48
;~!3
j; ',:.'1
3
I
:1
Totalv.alue of mining plant in the subdivision,.£20:000.

Number of squ~r~ n:(iles of" a,llu~ial: ground which is''oeing, or may nave . been, actuallJ worked
upon, 9. '
. ' . Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
~m . '_ ' '.
~~'
The price of gold.during .the ,quarter,,in ,the ,sn.bdiv:isiqn, ,has he en from .£,3 15s. to ,£4 Os. 6d.
. . .
'THB FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIV'E TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ
TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM •
.. ,
Avern.ge Total 'Yield of Remarks relative :tolthe
Name of, Company. Where Quartz, &0" were 9uartz crushed. Yield of Gold Depth at which the
I obt ..ined. Gold.
parTon. .Quartz -w.as obtaineIi.
I
, ton cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. .oz. dwt. gr. ,
Schultz, ,G~yle, Crocke~" ,Sons .of Freedom, 686 0 0 1 19 4;1, 1,343 15 8 From .the surface. t()
Ahern, Anderson, and, .Sonth Devon, Croc- , 250 feet
other compani,!s, kers, Aherns. N ng-
'gety, and ',other
r.el'fs at 'Uush;worth
Bailey;,..Jones, Cameron, ' Carrls, Prince of. 107 .0 0 1 .a ~ 124 .15 ,0 50 .feet ,to ;1:50Jeet
'Sanchez, mid other Wales, Johnson's, -
cOrIJpanies Chinaman's, and , ,
other reefs at Whroo'
Jones,.'W'i\son, 'Telford, 'Spring 'Creek, ,Old' , "1 '5. 45·N '0" 'Surface to 50
and'·other companies. IHlmore road, -and!
'36 0 0
, fee~
Siberia reefs
Pollon, Snelling. Hicks, London, Byron, Hicks, 467 0 0 3 1 141 1,438 15 12 Surface to 80 feet
Murray, Inifcr, John- Murray, Cherry
son, ·Jones, Flynn, Tree, We\come, and
and other companies other reefs at Coy's
diggings
Totals, quartz ... 1,296 0 0 2 5 13§ 2,952 16 20
Quartz Tailing,8 and I--
Cement crushed. ,
, Pioneer Company ... Nuggetyand Grow-,
Jers' reefs
770 0 0 0 3 IP 131 11 6 Rubbish, cement,
and t ailings, from
Law and Company .••• I i
the surface '
Totah,Quartz Tail- } 0 3 lO 131 11 6
-
770 0 0
I
ings and Cement , -
The above return of quartz gold does not represent by 25 per cent. the actual amount of gold
raised ffom our ·reefs during the three .months. Upon 'Fefer-enre' to the average pel' ton, it will
.be apparent that only quartz of unmistak"able qualit.y.,has been crush!ld~_ At Coy's di~gings there are
now about 2000 tons of quartz lying upon different clalms, and, cO,llsequent upon the continued drought,
causing the cost of carriage to the nearest crushing'mil~8, to range frPI:!? 128. to 178. 6d. per.ton,: -thete
it must remain. The thoroughly complete new machmery of Masterton and·Comp!llly,.on,the;Gr-cat
Eastern Reef is still idle. not from any want .of pro"ision fol' storage of water, ,but from the fact that
no rain has f;lien upon this new Ijold field for ,upw~rds Of .1~ 'm~nth~. Alluyial .mining has entirely
ceased, ,and ,exemplion Imm ,w,orkmg the ,quartz ,claims untll.It rams" IS bec.omll:\g the rule. ..
At Rushworth and Whroo, the older portions of the gold worldngs of this district, excepting
from the water obtained:from,the Pioneer and Albed ;Com.pany;s.shafts, ;the fwhole of the 'machinery
would be similarly situated,.and.it is t9 the ,eI\gines supplied from those sources that,9.uartz,is being,
carted from 10 tOl5.miles .
• '" Ganeralli I c~:msid~rt~e prospects,o~ the miners fo~ ihe,ne'wlyear;,olbe,remarkabJy!goo,d.
'rl
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; :R4.¥W.OOl) .DIYISI9~,
Mr. E. N. Emmett, .Mini:ng Jleg,istrar.
THE TOTAL Nu~rnER OF MINERS

, IS AS FOLLOWS : -
Euxopeans. i Chinese.
I
Total fnr the
Division. Remarks,
--~~-----~----~---~---
I
Alluvial Miners ... ... 500 50 550 Number of miners decreased solely
from the want of water
Quartz Miners ... ... 150
i ... 150
Totals ... 650

j, 50 700
Raywood ,200
Sebastian 80
Elysian Flat 300
Kamarooka 120
Total 700
ALLUVIAL MINING. QUARTZ MINING.
. I
--~.-,
I ~ggregat.
Description of Maohinery. IAt Work. II Idle.
·1 Aggregate
, Horse,pow.ro!
I
I At Work, Idle.
Number
01 stamp Horse,pow.ro!
Ste_ .Engine•. Reads, I Steam Engines.
--.-,- . , -
Steam Engines .. ... ... .. . ... ...

Puddling Mills ...
,
... ... 45 ... I ..... "
5
... .,54. 52
.
.~
Total value of minin~ plant in the division, £10.350. _ .•

N umber of square miles of aurifllrous ground ,which isb,e.i.ng, or ,{nay ha;v;ebeen, aetually worked
upon, 50.
Number of distinct quartz ·reefs which ,have been actually -proved to 'be auriferous to th!, present
time, 16.
The price of gold during the ,quarter-in the division has Jbeen frqm £3. 17s. 6d. to £3 18s. 6d.
per oz.
'THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBT~INiFJD RELATIVE TO' THE QUANcrITY OF ,QUA;Ij,TZ AN:D
ALLUVIUM CRUS:EIED ;DU_RTN9 THE ,.QUtRTER, A'ND THE HOLP ,OBTA.INlilD ,TnEREFRo'1)l: •
.• . 5
Name of Comp,any.
I Where Quartz, &'0., were
obt.a.iued.
ton ewt. qr. oz. dwt, gr. oz. dwt. gr'l ,:2 0
Jones' Reef .. , I .... Knmarooka ... 50 0 0 1 '2 ,9;)· '56 0 0 ·
Doubtful Heef .... ,Ditto ... ... 28 0 0 .1 I I S~ 30 !10 0 0
l+'~
,
Barkly Heef... Elysian Flat '" 34 O' 0 0 13 19H 2310 ()

Somerset 'Reef I.litto ... ... 12 0 0 1 2 12 13'10 0 +>
Manly Reef ... Ditto ... a ... ,
'l>l .00 00 ,Ill 21n 1711 O'J<E.!l
,Austrian Hpef Ditto ... :1 3 11 18 14 7 0 iii
Christmas Beef Haywood'" ... 10 0 0 0 5 0 2 10 0 S
Eureka Heef Sebastian .... ~~I."<::' 5 0, 25 (I 0 8
. S ..rface Quartz and ,
T~tals, Quartz ... ~~~ 16l'1182 18 0 .""
Alluvium.
Fred!:r.ick the Great Sebastian ... 1,880 0 0 O. 1 15TI! J 53 2'J 5
Company
Totals, Surface Quartz and Alluvium ... 1,880 0-:',-0' I 15iol~~-;
C!
There has'been no, rain-fall during tbe quarter; and i regret to have to state that all the steam!.
engines and 'puddlinr:: -mills are idle for ,wan.t.ofwater.
A considerable quantity of stone is at grass ready for crushing.
Four pros,pe.cting .and t"e.nty-.:me ,or.dinal'~ ,qJ,aims 'hay,~ ,hee.nr'lgistered-,qleasu,rement 011 the
lines of reef 24,80 yards, by 200 in width. namely, the Lance Reef Prospecting Claim, Bl~()k ~o'G"
Prospecting Claim" :Maso.nic J>rospectin,g Claim. and Austrian Prospec,ting .Cll}.im •
.A. very large portion of the area of the Whips tick Scrub has been burned 'by a suecession of fires.
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The prospector has now a fine field in which to selecb quartz reefs. When rain comes I have no
doubt many valuable ones will be secured. "
The disastrous drought with which this mining division has been visited, particularly during the
quarter, has been temporarily destructive to the advancement of the miner.
. From the absence of water the mining population has decreased. but the absentees are mostly to
be trllce~ to the adjacent squatting stabions. particularly to those 'of Messrs. Wilson, Fenton, Kelly
and RaleIgh, where they are employed in fencing, well sinking, and making dams. So Boon as rain falls
they will return to their mining claims. :
MAR YBOROUGH MININ·G DISTRICT.
MARYBOROUGH DIVISION.
Mr. D. O'Leary,' Mining Surveyor .and RegiBtrar.
THE PO.PULATION IS' AS FOLLOWS:-
,
Europeans.
I
Chinese. I Total for the
Divisio~. Remarks.
.
--~---,-
Alluvial }Iiners
--
.., ... 2,550 1,490
--~.--
4,040
---
The popUlation appears of a settled
Quartz ~liners ... ... 620 ... 620 character
Totals ... 3,170 1,490 4,660 ,

.
Maryborough, Main Lead, and Blackman's 150 Chinaman's and adjacent reefs ~.. 600
'Waterloo and gullies adjoining... . .. 75 Adelaide Lead and reefs adjoining 320
Mosquito Flat and adjacent r~efs . 570 Alma and Balaclava I 170
Old Man's Gully and reefs ad,)Ollllng 240 In different gullies 365
Golden Point and reefs adjacent 200
Havelock Flat and adjoining reefs 220 Total ... 4,660
Majorca, including Gibraltar 1,750
THE MACH'INERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
1- ALLUVIAL l\1nrrNo. QUARTZ JlImnw.

I-~--"
,.
Deso:ription of l\fuchinery. •. . I
Aggregate Number Aggregat<l
At Work. Idle. At Work. I of !>tnmp
r:a:*~~~~:.
Idle. Horse-Puwel' of
-----~ ..
I -.-~.--
---
Heads.
---.~
titcam Engines.
-
SteamEngines,empioyedin
pumpmg, winding, &c.
18
!
1 299 ... ... ..
, ...
Whims
Puddling Machines
... ...
...
115
125
...
185
...
...
...
.. ,
...
...
...
...
...
...
Steam }~ngines, employed ... ... ... J 9 1 170 170 .
in pumping, winding,
crushing, &c.
Whips ... ... ... ... .. , .. , 25 ... ... .. .
•
Total value of all mining plant in the division, £51,600.
N umber of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or !llay have been, actually
workcd upon, 4! iniles. .
- Number of distincb quartz reefs ",hich have been actu8Jly proved to·be auriferoud to the present
time, 118. . • .
1'he price of gold during the quarter in thc division has been from £3 18s. 6d. to £418. 6d. per oz.
, ..
'65
TilE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED' RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ .AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM.
i Ave Remarks relative to the

Nama of Comp!lllY. Where Qua.rtz, &001 were
obtained. Quartz crushed. Yleldo~ld Total Yield
of Gold. Dep<h at whiob <he
per Ton. Quartz wa. obtained.
I
ton cwt. qr.• oz.dwt. gr. oz •• dwt. gr.
Ballarat Company ...
Leviathan, &c. ... 2,620 0 0 0 6 0 786 0 0 From 100 ft. to 140 ft •
Penny and Cpmpany ...From different reefs 1.658 0 0 1 1 4j 1,757 0 0 Different depths
Haughton and WilliamsBlucher's Reef ... 900 0 0 o 13 12 607 10 0 200 feet
Splitters' Reef
Haughton and Williams. 80 0 0 0 5 0 7 10 0 190 feet
M~riners' Reef Soldier's Reef
... {
Differen t reefs
; ..
...
2,180 0 0 0 2 12 266 5 0 80 feet
406 0 0 0 9 12 192 17 0 Different depths
Greenaway and WallaceSydney. Blucher, &c. 1,150 0 0 o 10 12 603 15 0 nom 200 ft. \0 250 ft.
Johnston and. Sons ...
Whitehorse, Britan- 1,250 0 0 1 2 0 1,375 0 o ! From'200 fl. to 250 ft.
nia i
Perseverance Company Great Western. &c.
Watkins and Company Yorkshire Heef, &c.
714
1,150
0
0
0
0
I 0 9 12
0 10 12
839 8
693 15
o I About 90 feet
o From 19 ft. to 60 ft.
------- ---- -
Totals, Quartz ... 12,008 0 0 o 10 211 6,588 15 o I
Quartz Tailings and

------ ----- ------
Cement crushed.
Greenaway and Wallace Cement from Majorca. o 12 0
and Cockatoo
Cement from Majorca,
I 850
200
0
0
0
0 0 8 0
510
80' 0
0 0
0
Johnston and SO!)S {
and Cockatoo
Tailings ... ... 60 0 0 o 12
----- - - - -
0 86 0 0
Totals, Quartz Tnil- }

ings and Cement 1,110 0 0, O"ll 6£ 626 0 0
,
I have the honor to report tliat, in conseqnence of the contmue'd' dronght, the usual activity,
both in'alluvial and quartz mining, has been much impeded. In the deep sinking, where water can be
procured, and where the necessary appliances have been erected tD bring i.t to the surface, no change is
perceptible; but in the shallow workings throughont the division matters look very gloomy.
At Majorca, in the crown of the hill, near Gibraltar, s<?me good payable ground h;1S been
discovered. The depth is about 150 feet, and the gutter is 60 feet wide. ., The Victory party," com-
posed of eight men, who have been working the ground for some time with a whim, have been regularly
securing £60 per week.
In the ground of the Manchester· Company, about ten chains farther north, at a depth of 160
feet, payable ground of a similar character has been traced. It would therefore appear, from this
favorable indication of the depth at Majorca, that the supposed deep lead through this place has at last
been discovered. , .
The Mariner's R.eef Company, so long idle, commenced operations again on the 14th October
last. Out of their shaft, No.1. 550 feet deep, the manager states positively that he will have ready
for crushing, ahout the end of this month, 100 tons of quartz, which will be sure to realize from five to
six ounces per ton.
It may not be uninteresting to state 'II' hat is certainly a very peculiar feature in the character of
. this reef, at this great depth-that is, that when the reef is less than eight and over eighteen inches
thick, the stone is very poor; but when the thickness is between those numbers, it is very rich •
. ..
AMHERST DIVISION.
Mr. Joseph Smith, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS : -
I Enropeans. Obinese. I Total for tho

Division.
I Remarks,.
i
... ...
Alluvial Miners
Quartz Miners ... ... ...
1,790
280
421
...
2,211
280
I
Totals .. , 2,070 421
I 2,491
I
,
THE TOUL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS' DISTRJ.BUTBD:-
,Rocky 'Plat' ". ... 276~ N nggety (tully 50
Mount Greenock Lead
Gibraltar (south end)
220
120
Scandinavian Lead ." .... ' 36
Mysterious Lead and Hard Hill 90
McC,aIJum:s Cre~k . . . . . . 135 Spli tters' Creek 20
CocKatoo'and Emu, ;;~ : .:.' 246 . :Bung Bong , 20
BllwKsmith's Guily... ... 270 Long Gully 60
Daisy.Hill and A;mherst Fiat... 250 Private paddoeks 90 "
Mia-mia Flat " .'" ". 140

.Adel,ai~e Lead,{a:outh) , 305 d Total 2,491
~,angaroo Flat .• , ... ... ,170
.
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLqWS':--"
.,
, ,
DeScription of Maciunety.
Number
'Idle. 'of Stamp
,Head••
------~~----------~l------l-----I----~--~'-----·~-'-------~--l--------
Steam Engines quartz crushing· ... ... 2 30.
Steam Engine'S pumping, winding,
and puddling
8 5 195
'
. ..'. 38'
Horse Whims ...

Horse Pnddling Machines
29
lO'o in"
16 1/,' • •
.....
....
Hoz:se;Whips ... . •. 10 .',Ii' '0. ...•
Quicksil ver Cradles 45 .t.
Hydraulic Hose (I set)
C !'!;
• idle from the want .,(water.
Total vaIu~ of rlliiiing plant 'in the divisioii, £21,900. "

, ,_ 4Nup1h.er,of'squ~re miles of auriferous ground which is b~ing, or mriy have b'etiri, aetuaiiy worked
upon, • "
'. Numl,ler of ci.i~tinct q)la;ftz reefs which hav!J ,been' actually proved to be auriferous to the present
~~", ' , ,
The price of gold during the quarter in tlie division has been from £$ iSs. 6d. to £4 Is. p.ei oz.
THE FOLLO'wING INFORMATION HAS llEEN OJJTAINED . RELATivE 1'6 THE QUANTITY OF, Q,UARTZ ~ND
, QUA!1T2i TAI~INqS, AND GElI.E'NT CRUSm>D DUR'ING THE QUARTER, AND T~~ GOLD OJJTAINED
THEREFROM.
-- ..... . ... .. --, - .. .. .
' ., , ~M. ___ ••
. ,
A I IRemarks relative 'to th~

Name of ComPiIllY, Where ~,±~:.c,. wer~ Quartz crushed. YiOld I Total Yield of Depth at, which, the
perT GOld. : Quartz was obtained. '
':
, ----.~
,
,
"
," ton: cwt, qr;, ' OZ, .dwt: gr, ' , oz':dwt;,' gr, .,
Bartiemore, Talbot Flat •V~i'ioris Coujpanies 161 0'0 0 H 7i\- 91 0' 0 60 feet
Clemona ... Bet-bet Reef ... 40 0 0 0 8 0 16 0 0, 70 feet
Mills , '"
...
Bet-bet Reef 190 0 0 0 8 () 75 0 0
Carls Fox ...
Busch and Co.
... Oppossum Gully ...
Liverpool ... Arms
I
I
20
30
0
0
0
0
0 10 0
() \! 0
10
13 10
0 0
0
I Heef i I
---.--- I
Totals, Quartz 441 0 0 0 9 8t 206 10 0

Quartz Tailings Q,nd
Cement crushed. '
Bartlemore, Talbot,Flat Various companies 266 0 0 0 5 1 67 0 0
_.
Totals. Quartz Tail- 266 () 0 0 5 1 67 () 0
iugs and Cement
. I r;gret to have to r~;ort that. oWlng'to the extreme d~yness of the season, a decrease of 6S1
miners bas taken place in this division durin'g the quarter. A further decrease would have taken place
but for the partial supply of water from Messrs. Stuart and Farnsworth's races, but without rain their.
reservoir will"shortly be exhaust-ed. The various parts of the diggings in the division appear to be as
rich as usual, but the gold cunnot be extracted without a' plentiful supply of water. 'I'wo out of the
three quartz crushing' machines, the hydraulic worb at Kangaroo Gully, and 117 puddling machines
are idle for the want of water. '
On the other lland, two of the Mount. Greenock companies hav;e. opened out rich leads of gold
during the qU!lrter;whicb promise to give handsome returns. Several large nuggets have been found
at Hard Hill, near Talbot, at about six feet below the surface, but the remainder of the ground at the
same place has not yielded a fair amount of wages to the miners employed. '
( I <, • !:' ~, '.: ...'; 11 ,
,/I
.AVOCA 'Suitirvi§iON!';'
~ ;.: .. "."
l' ,
t L
,;~ .•' ~i" ."'"

';T~iiij,~O~AL'NuMB'~R' ~F': Mi~~RB::is 'AiI'-;o:do~s'-;L::"
• • ~.,. -" - ." •• " -< •• ~ ,', 'rf t·,..,,,...,1 .\., •• ~".j.
, ' • J" ~ _, • '" .1 "'" ~" '!" ~- .... ~ .:
Total for'
Subdivision.
the I _
Alluvial Miners 911 835 1,806

Quartz Miners 14 14
----1-----
Totals 985 835 1,820
THB TOTAL N UMBBR OF MINBRS IS THUS ..DISTRIBUTED : -
Avoca 700 I Lamplough .. , 160

Homebush ...
Amphitheatre
Mountain Hut
...
...
120
S80
100
I No.1 Creek ...
Fiddler's Creek
92
280
Green Hill Creek ..." S8~ .. , Total 1,820
ALLUVIAL MINING. QUA.RTZ MINING.
,,,
DeS<lliptiou of Machinery. I. I;; ~
IHorse-power
." of
A,ggrega,te
:
"
f'
Number Aggregate
Id.~.
Al;Work. Idle. At Work...
o~=~ HOl'Se-~ of
..
, Steam Engines.
-
Steam
.
ea.
SteamEngines,employed
in winding, pumping,
4 1 .- 124 '- ... .... . .
" ... ....
and crushing
Puddling Machines ...
... 20
...
70' ....
... ...
.....
. . .... -..
.....
, ...... ......
.....
Crushing Machines 1
Winding, pumping, &c.
Toms ... ... 4
10
...
20 ....•. J;;.
~
...
~
...
...
...... .
Total value of mining plant in the'subdivision, tio,ooo.

': ;Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually' worked
upon, ~.'. . .':.'J., i " . , . .
Number of distinct quartz reefs which hav.e been. ~ctually proved to be auriferous to the
present time, 7. ' " ,.' . .
The price of gold during the qu~i in t}{~ subdivision has been from £3 17s. 6d. to £4;' per oz.
r '
THB FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY ,OF QUARTZ AND
THEREFROM.
Name of Company. Where Quartz. !tc., were

obtained.
Quartz crushed . AV~~
IYield of ld TotaJ Yield of
of Gold.
RemarkB relative to the
Depth at. which the
per Ton. Quartzwasobtained,ko.
-.----_.- , - - _ _
_.,-
,.,_L
Bosanko a~d Company

,
".
i Vale's Reef
Fryingpan ...
..,
ton cwt. qr.
20 0 0
1'0 0 0
-.~----;;;+--'
30 .. 0 0
-.--
oz. dwt. gr.
0 8 0
0,.11. 0,
oz. dwt. gr.
8 0 0
5 10 0
13 10 0
50-feet level
20-feet level
Totals, Quartz 0 9 0
Quartz Tailings and
Cement Crushed. r
Bosankoand compani{ Avoca Lead .. ...
...
400 0 .. 0 7 12 15 (, 61 Cement" ...
Avoca River. 400 0 0 0 .3 12
--~-~
~2~~ Tailings
Totals,Quartz Tail- }
.~.I.
ings and Cement 440 0 0 0 3 20f 85 0
. .. ~ , ,
. . I have the honor to report that,in consequence of th; c?ntinued dry ~~ason most ~f U;e .pud41ing ,
maehmes, and the only crushmg machme (Bo~a~~o and Co. 8) I~ my sub~I":lsl(}n; have been. Idle during
the last two months; the want of water for mmmg purposes IS now bemg very severely felt, tending
greatly to retard mining operations in every branch.
No.a,g.
58
A party of Chinese, working in the upper portion of the Avoca Lead, have entered into arrange:
menj;s for conveying water (for puddling purposes) from the Avoca Gold Mining Association's shaft to
their workings on the lead, to do this requires an elevation of that element of about 25 feet to reach
its, destination; the Chinese have entered into contracts for the construction of works for the purpose,
amounting to £150. The ground the Chinese are working is considered very remunerative, but, on my
inquiring from them, they inform me that" it is very poor."
, , I fully exp.ected that, from appearances last quarter, I should have been in a position, in this
report, to enumerate some good returns from the Avoca Gold Mining Association's claim; they have
bottomed upon 'Payable dirt, getting 4 OllS. of gold off the bottom of their shaft, but, in COllsequence of
the large quantity of water, and the loose nature of a drift stratum near the bottom, the manager.
informs me they have only just completed their chamber, and will open out during the first week in the
new year.
,. . At Homebush mining progresses very slowly, neither have I anything encouraging to commu-
nicate from the other portions of my subdivision.
DUNOLLY DIVISION.
Mr. R. J. M eMUlan, Mining Surveyor and Registra'l'.
Europeans. Chinese. Total for the Rem....ks.

Division.
-
Alluvial Miners ... ... 2,070 440 2,510
Quartz Miners, ... ... 540 ... 540
Totals ...
I
2,610 440 13,050-
. .
.
Dunolly:-
Inkermaun and WattIe Flat 200

Old Lead 300 Moliagul 250
Wilson's Lead 30 Bealiba 250
Hard Hill 180 Tarnagulla .. 400
Gooseberrv .•. 400 Hard Hills and Halfway 200
Pound rush .. 250 Jones's Creek ... 250
:Burnt Creek and :Bet-bet 300 Cay's ... 40
Total ... 3,050
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLT,OWS:-
QUaRTZ lIlINING.
.1 ALLUVIAL !\l:I.l'i1:NG.
----------~--~-~--~
DesCIiption or Machinery.
Aggregate '!Sumber Aggregate
At Work. Idle. Horse.power of' At Work, Idle. of Stamp Horse-power of .
Steam Engines. Heads. Steam Engines..
- - - ,- - - - - - - - - - - - --- --- ------~-
steam Engines, employed pump- 6 n. 77 13 16 212 424

ing. wiuding. and crushing
...
......
W hims ... ... ... 19 .... ... ... ...
... ...
~
... ... ... ...

l'uddliug Machines. 30. 100
I
upon, 13!.
Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to ~e
present time, 158. .
The price of-gold du;ing the quarter in the division has been from £3 193. 6d. to £4 Is. per oz.
59
TilE FOLLOWING INJ'ORMATION IUS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TilE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT ORUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLl> OBTAINED
THEREFROM.
Name of Oomp&llJ'. Where Quartz &0.. W_

obtained.
! Quartz ClrUIlhed, Yi:fJ~~";!!;ld Total Yield of
Gold,
Remarks relative, to the
Depth at which the
. per Ton. Quartz w... obtained
. ton owt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
John Davies .. j New Chum Reef

Sandstone Reef
M.aiden Reef
Watts' Reef
} J,860 0
°° ° 19 1,767
° 0
...... ,~dW;m~ j Dead-lock Reef

Ironbark
Bowen's Reef
Greek's Hill
Wilson's Reef
} 980 0 0 o 13 0 637 0
°
Arvon Reef
D:Kirk ... . :1 Bealiba Reef
Belgium Reef
New Year's Reef
} 1,040 0 0 0 9
/ ° 468
° 0,
Hoskins and Co, . .i Queen's Reef

Patterson's Reef
Derby Reef } 640 0 0 o 16 0 512 0 0
Totals, Quartz ... 4,520 0 o 14 23! 3,384 0

Quartz Tailings and
0
°
Cement crushed.
Glamorganshire Com- Cement and tailings 1,900 0 0 0 4 0 380 0 0
pany, Bealiba from numerous
spots and beds of >
the creek
In alluvial mining, Gooseberry Hill, the Pound, and Hard Hill, Tarnagulla, continue to carry'a
fair but decreasing population. I consider the decrease is owing to a rush having set in to Sinnott's, in
the Korong division, during the last ten days; but the decrease in the mining population is not of much
extent, A rush set in early in October near Dunolly and near Belgium Reef; a number of large
nuggets were got, and great hopes were entertained that a rush of some extent would occur, which
hopes have not been realized. .
On account of the almost total want of water, nearly all the puddling machines in the division
are at a stand still, and many of tb,em have been totally abandoned as u~eless property.
In quartz mining there is no change to report.
KORONG DIVISION.
Mr. W. G. Oouohman, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

o
Europeans.'I Chinese. \ Total for the

Division,
, i.
"
...... ...
Alluvial Miners 660 I 300 i 960
Quartz Miners 00 • 545 '0. 545
i
Totals ... 1,205 300 j 1,505
I
New Inglewood 480

Old Inglewood 40
Thompson's Gully 25
Korong 00. 425
Jericho 75
Kingower 170
McIntyre's 50
Sinnott's 0" 60
Bourke's Flat '" 40
Commissioner's Flat 20
Loddon and Kingarra 120
. Total 1,505
60
THE MA:CHl:!!iERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-

~f"\' t' ,", ',',' ~,"" t" '. -·:.;rr*~ ,.
----A...,.L-L-UV-IAL--MrN-:--Il!-G-·--- I. ~. =~., .•
QUA.ll.TZ MlNINa:
' . • •--c..- - - - - -
I
Number: Ag~gate
Idle. of Stamp i HOrSe-power of
Q Heads. Steam Engin....
-,---- I
------1------ 1- - - - - - - - _ .
.- .... J .. . _.,'r'. ~
Steam Engines, employed p~mping , ... d '!t
4 4 90
Steam Engines, employ~? ct;us~ing ,... "
,',7 ,', 7 131 ]80
"
Whims }O 14
Whips n 17
Puddling Machines 32. 40 ... , 'J'
.. ..... j:
Total value of mining plant in the division, £30,000:; ·r.' ,: ,:', I '
Number of square miles of, auriferous ground which is being, or m~y have been, actually worked
upon,30. . : , , " ' , ..' , , .,' • .',' ,
, N umber of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually provr.d to he auriferous to the present
time, 140. / :: . J::' 1 . ' , ,
The price of g9ld ,d~ring 'the quarter in thE) div~sion has b!lcn from £3 178. 6d• .to £3 ,18s.
per oz. ' . , ," "
THE ,FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAB BEEN, OBTAI:!!i];]D ]lELATIYE TO THE Q.UANTITY OF QUABTZ AND
QUARTZ TA.ILINGS A:!!iD' CEME:!!iT cmiSHED DURING THE QUA.RTER, AND THE GOr.D OBTAINED,
THEREFROM.
Name of Company. i "\ ~.roQUarf,Z, obtained. •

&0., were I Quartz cru.hed.IYi~d~~~ld per Ton.
Total Yield of
Gol~,
I ~~~~z
-
IWmarks rew.tive to the
::. ob~.J~e
- - - - - - - -..- -·~·-~:__---I-·--·-'~- - - - - - - 1 - - - -..,- --.-~-----
tou cwt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

L~y JDarling ... -
European Reef, Ingle- 28 0 0 1 1 9¥ 29 19 12
I" " _
·"";\~ood.,,
," Jersey Heef, ao. 67 0 0 0 16 ink 55 0 18
,. Princess Alexandrado. 19 0 0 1 II 0"3 29 9 12
Leicester Reef, '00. 62 .0 0 0 2 81, 7 6 12
Vulcan Reef, (10. 21 0 0 o 10 I'~ 10 11 0
Maxwell's Heef, do, 23 0 0 0 2 4* 2 '10 12
I ,March R,eef, ' ap,. 33, 0 0 0 5,,1O! 8 19 0
Prince Albert .'.;.. 'r .. i Maxwell's:Reef, ~. do.. ' ".72 . Q:"O, ,0,.8; ,:}a
~ i';'·~ .29 7. 12
'Morning Star, do. 190 0 0 0 57, 2 0
Robert Burns, do. 18 1' ;'0 .. 0 ' :'0' !)I~t , '''18' '8 12
March, do, 924 0 0 o 13 5 6)0 7 Q
City of Bath,,,, . ,,-do. 120 -.0·0 0-: 4-lOi· 26 13 4
Catherine, do, 57 0 0 0 4 9! 12 9 22
Welcome, do, 128 0 0 1 0 2~ 128 13 18
Duke of Cornwall ...
Nelson, •':."do. -.
, . ,290;':: 0 .. 0' 0 2 22;1- 42 9 12
Sundry Reefs, do. 83 0 0 0 1 1011 6 0 0
Jersey Heef"
. \ ·Leicester .. dOl' >".l~O, 0 0 0.14 16 132, 1 ,0
'
Reef;"" ' do. '
~
'40 0 0 '0" 3 1 '. 6' "1 '1'8
Polka Reef, • do. " " 67 .... 0 0 0 3 20~ 12 19 0
Hock of Cashcl, do. 42 0 0 0 3 14~ 7 12 0
Hising Sun, do. r6 0 0 o 16 12 4 19 0 ~
,
Eliropean, ' do. 34 0" 0' , () • '521 " 10 0 16
'Victoria ... ...
Odin, , ,\ do. 78 0 0 '0',5 21,i 23 o 12
Vulcan, , ,do; 6 0 :0 o 11 12 3 9 0
' 16' -0
.,"
Nairnshire, do. 0' iii' I:! 15 5 0
Mg!.lling, StaI', " do, . 51 0' ,~ 1 2 4 56 10 9
'Catto's ... ...
Adelaide Reef,Jericho
Black RE'ef, ,- do.
450' 0 0'13 8
,3' 0 0 0 16 0
,
30 0 0
2 8 0
German Reef, ' • do. 63. 0 10 0.7 13i 23 17 0
Prince of Wales Compy. German Reef, ,do, _1,743_0 .. .'0, 0 2 911 210 0 0
Thompson's Gully ...
Hyland Reef, ;'(',do. ,82. 0 ;0 ,,0';,4-16
84 0 :0 '0 6 7~
19 ,4.12
I'
Wild Rose, do 26 II 0
. 'Welcome, do. 13 "0 0 0' 3 "lOil
" 2 4 12
Quartz Tailings and ,

Oementcrushed. , .
Totals, Quarti i
.. , ..
'
. ...
;.:
"
" 4,751
..
0 ":0
'"
..
0 623f
. i~661 11 9
.. , , .
Lady Darling ... ... ... 20 0 Q 0
"
9, ,4! 9 . 3'.18
Prince Albert
Duke of Cornwall "
... Flat
...
...... Commissioner's '" 95
32
0 0
0 0
0
0
6 IO~
!} Ih
"30 11 9
14 9 12
Victoria -.' .... .. Daly Lead .. ...
Blackman'!! Lead .••
,
20
"210
0 "0
0 "0
0
0
5'''9?n
4"22~
'5 8 ,2
51 17 21
Commissioner's Flat "338 0"0 0 7 '5f 122 5 3
Old Inglewood' ... IS 0"0 1 2 '10 17 )9ryO
Sundry lots ... ' " 46 0 .. 0 0 4 ,17 ... 10'\6 14
Thompson's Gully ....... Old Inglewood " ... ... 12 0 ,0 4 ·17 ' lI';US'12
Catto's __ -1
...
_~.u<
... Tailings ... ... 600 0 ,0
1
0 1 Sr'
,;',37" 0 '0
'., f Totals,QuartzTail- }
ings and Cement
,~ . 1;389 0 0 '" 0 4 12i 314 7 19
I have the honor to report that mining operations for the quarter have been very dull, especially
in alluvial, owing to the great scarcity of water; and some of the quartz crushing mills have recently
been stopped from want of water. .
, \' ~n9lewood.
Maxwell's Reef.-The prospectors or'this line of reef, having a lease of their ground, are forming
into a. scrip company. The Hope Company, south of the prospecting claim, are driving in search of
the reef. The Enterprise Company, still farther south, a~e engaged enlarging and slabbing their shaft.
Raving worked the-reef to the water-level they are now negotiating for steam machinery for pumping
and winding. " , " , . . ....... " .. , ,
The several leases and claims north of 'the prospecting, claim have been nearly idle during the
quarter. The Great Extended Company have'been trylllg'to make arrangements with claims south of
them to amalgamate, but, have not been successful; I am informed they intend to start sinking their
shaft dceper at once.
Columbian Reef.-The Columbian Company have been doing nothing during the last three
months; there have been several meetings of ,the shareholders respecting the working of the mine, the
result of which has been the alJpointment of new directors; they will, I al'!l informed, resume work
iJ;D.mediately. The ground north of this company's is held under lease, 'and lying idle up to the Rock
; of Cashel, which appears to be a continuation of the, same line, where there are two men working, raising
lltone for the mill; and thi"Y have recently applied for the ground, under the leasing regulations •
. ' European Reef.-The Ophir Company have at present their men employed raising'stone for the
mill ; the ground north of them is held under miners' rights, and I 'am informed the party holding it
have recently struck a body of stone that is likely to remunei'ate them for their labor.
*' *' *' .. .., *' • '. •
Jersey Reef-A continuation of the Old Inglewood line.-The eompany holding the ground south
of the prospecting .elai.m a~e now raising, good sto~e, an4 ,have twelve men and a horse·whim em-
ployed thereon. The:VlCtorla Company are prospectmg theIr ground.
March Reer.-The prospectors have been engaged driving to cut the reef at a low level. The
:rndependent Company had to stop their work in consequence of having no fresh water for their boiler,
theirs being .a portable engine, could not make use of the brackish water from the mine. The Unity
,Company are ,still profitably employed raising stone for crushing. . The.. Hope an,d Anchor Com'()any
broke through into the Unity Company's workings with a small drive about three weeks ago, and find.
ing they were some' fect'over their boundary commenced driving from their shaft at a higher level to
cut t~e stone. ' , I.. ,
N airnshire Reef.-This line of reef has been for some time abandoned. About two months
since a lease was applied for under the Gold Mining Leases Regulations; and some men employed to
prospect the ground were fortunate enough to strike a body of stone that yielded, from ,the first
c;l'1lshing of sixteen tons, nearly an ounce of gold per ton.
ALLUVIAL.
Daly Lead.-The company on this lead are now engaged sinking a shaft, which they have now
nearly got down to water, when they will require the aid of steam.power to enable them to reach the
bottom, and for w~ich they are at present negotiating.
Korong. ;:,
From this portion of my division I have nothing new to report. From the quartz reefs there
has been a small rush to a cement hill west of the township. Some of the claims are paying well.
The sm,king is about 20 feet, and very hard.
Jericho.
'" 'The Prince of Wales Company are still engaged sinking their engiiie.shaft, and expecl to get it
to the depth they require in about; four weeks more, when they will have to drive 50 feet to the east to
cut the reef. '
At Bourke's Flat the reefs are looking very well. Some stone from them, recently crushed,
averaged over two ounces of gold per ton. ,.
McIntyre'a.
At this place there has been some little excitement, in consequence of the Matrix Company,
soon after .commencing operations, having struck a rich patch of stone, from a bucketful of which they
obtamed SIXtY. ounces of gold. The place,from which this was taken, being close to the old workings,
was ~ot consIdered safe, so that .they aye now enga.ged sinki!lg on the reef further to tae north. I have
not Slllce heard of any extraordlll:ary finds., Three leases have been applied for, two north and one
south of the comp'any'~ ground. '. , , ".',' ,.
Alluvial mining is ~t a stand·still from want 6f water. Most 'Of the puddling niachines are stopped.
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REDBANK AND ST. ARNAUD SOUTH SUBDIVISIONS.
Mr. William Byrne, Mining Surveyor and Regutrar.

,
Europea.na. Chines••
-
'Iota.! for the
SubdivisioDJ3• I Rema.rks.
. ---.~
~.~ - - - - - - -.
..
.Alluvial Miners '" ... 480 30 510
9uartz Miners ... ... 270 .. . 270
Totals ... -750 . 30 .780

, -
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED : -
Redbank 250 Stuart Mill ... 80
Hines ... 30 Darling l!'1at 200
Donkey Hill .. . 40
Moonambel ... •.. 60 Total ... , 780
Vic'toria. and adjoining gullies 80
Forest Hut ... ... 40
TUE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
ALLUVIAL MINING. I QuARTZ MINING.
Description of Maehine17.
Aggregate ~ IAt Work. I . Idle. Number Aggi-eg~te
~~:'~~e~~
At Work. Idle. Horse·power of Stamp
Stoom Engines. Heads.
...lO... ...... ..65....

Puddling Machines ... ... 7 9 ... ...
Whims ... . ... .. ... ... 2 3
Steam Engines, employed in pump- 1 ... 3 1 26
ing and crushing
Total value of mining plant in the Bubdivisions, £2000. . .

upon,9t· . .
N umber of distinct quartz reefs whieh have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present'
time, 2<1,.
The price of gold during the quarter iT! the subdivisions has bee~ from £3 17s. to £3 198. 6d.
per oz.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS' BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
THEREFROM.
Average Tot~Gold
Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c., were
obta.incd Quartz crushed.
I Yield*, Gold
per on.
Yield of 'RemarkS relative to tho
~ePtt" at
UAr was 0
'b't.
c h dthe
me.
---~-~-.--~- ---.--- ~-----
ton cwt. qr. oz. tlwt. gr. oz. dwtll gr.

Pyrenees Quartz Crush- Pyrenees Reef 49 0 0 I 4 9 59 16 0
ing Company
... ... ...
...
Ditto
l)itto
Ditto ...... .., .
... "
...
Appenines
llrighthelrostone ,"
Pyrenees
. 2 10
0 15
42 10
0
0
0
0 19 14~
4 1 8
0 13 15~
2
3
29
9
1
0
0
0
0
Ditto
Ditto
...
...
...
... ...
... Pyrenees
Perseverance
" . 24 0
15 0
0
0
0 4 4
0 5 20~
5
4
0
8
0
0
........ .........
Ditto ... Appenines " 12 10 0 o 10 3~ 6 7 0
Ditto "
Ditto
...
, ,
Pyrenees
llrighthelmstone "
" 55 0
1 10
0
0
o 12 5~
2 7 8
33
3
13
II o·
0
J)itto ... ... . .. . Raphoe '.," 1 7 0 o 15 13A 1 I 0

Ditto ... ... .. . Liverpool 2 10 0 I 10 9'l3 3 16 0
Ditto ... .
.. , .. Pyrenees "" . 410
12 0
0 0 5 9~
o 19 23~
1
II
4 6
19 19
Lancashire Reef Quartz West of England " 0
Crushing Company
Ditto... ." ... Eureka II 0 0 O· 9 64 5 2 0
Ditto ... ... ... ... Eureka
, "
" 16 0 0 o 17 12 14 0 0
Ditto ... ... Eureka 4 10 0 o 16 10i 3 14 0
Ditto ,
Ditto ...
... ......
; ..
Eureka
Unexpected
"
"
5 0
37 0
0
01
o 16
I
0
3 17 I
4 0
43 17
0
0
i
Ditto ... ... .. ~ ' Lancashire "

"
31 0 0 1
i
0 1 2l3 i 1 14 0
Totals, Quartz 327 12 0 0 14 12! 237 13 I

1 -----
Quartz Taili~gs and
Cement crushed.
Lancashire Reef Quartz Stuart Mill ... 11 0 01 0 7 22 4 7 0 ~
Crushing Company ------,----- ------

Totals, Quartz Tail· }
ings and Cement __ I~I~~ _~_O_
63,
ST. ARNAUD NORTH SUBDIVISION.
Mr. John Phillips, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE .TOTAL NUMBER 0],' MINEI\S IS AS FOLLOWS:-
ChiDese. Total for the Rema:rkJ!.

Europea.ns. Subdivision.
~--.
Alluvial Miners ... ... 207 76 283 Want of water disperses the alluvial
Quartz Miners '" ... 186 2 lSg miners on various pursuits
Totals ... I 393 78 471
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINElIS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED:-

Greenock and Spinster reefs ... 17 Blink Bonny reef 16
Carapooee Hills, above Edelsten's 75 Strathalbyn reef 6
Rostron's Diggings and Four-mile Gully 8 Hopeful reef ." 16
Peters's Diggings ... 50 Venus reef ... 6
Sheaoak ana Dogbury 44 Stuart's Hill .. 4.Q
Butcher's and McCredie's 11 New Bendigo and Rush 108
Armenian and Gap gullies 22
18 Total
'" 471
Chrysolite Hill
Emu ... 15
St. Arnaud United 19
THE MACIIINERY IS 'AS FOLLOWS:-
ALLUVIAL MINING. QUAll.TZ Mnmm.

-.------
Description of Maohlnery. i . Number
Aggregato Aggregate
At Work., Idle. Horse-power of At Work: Idle. ofStemp Horse-power of
Steam Engines. Heads. Steam, Engines.
,- --- --
Steam Engines ... ...... ... 1 ...
......
It) 4 *3 70 106
Balfour's Pulverizer
Appleton's Breaker ...
..
...
...
...
...
...
......
...
...
"I
I
...
... ......
Whims
Chilian Mills
...... ...
...
...
.. .
...
...
.. .
...
14
5
3
...
...
... -.....
Puddling Machines ... 8 "8 ... . " ... ... ...
...
Races and Sluices ... .'".. '" "'4 .... ' ... ... ... ,
• Idle from want of wa.ter.
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision £15,000. '

Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually
worke.d upon, 6.
time, 48. .
The price of gold during the quarter in the Bubdivision has been from £2 17s. to £4 lB. 6d.
per oz.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIvE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT OImSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED
THEREF1WM.
Avernge Retnarks rehtivc to the

Name of Company. Where ~attz, &c., were Quartz cl'llilhed. Yield of Gold Total Yield of Depth at which the
o tained~ per Ton. Gold. Quartz was obtained,&c.

Greenock Reef ... 148 0 0 I 9 15 219 5 0 HiO feet
Spinster's Reef ...
...
43 0 0 o 12 13! 27 o 12 100 feet to 120 feet
Bachelor's Reef 17 0 0 I 7 I! 23 0 0 110 feet
Chrysolite machinery Chiefly for claims 974 0 0 o 12 191'0 623 3 0 At surface and
various depthst
Freiberg Company's Others' quartz ... 219 0 0 o 10 18~ I 118 0 0 Varioust
machinery
Butcher and Co. ... Others' quartz ... 350 0 0 I10! 200 o 11 0 0 Various
, Totals, Quartz ... 1,751 0
- - -8 12-
0
i----
o 1320 1,210
Quartz Tailings and - - - ' - - ---- ------
Cement Crushed.
Williams and Co. ... Cement at Peters's 360 o 0 0 II 6 202 10 O·
To!als,Quartz Tail-}
mgs and Cement
I-:;;~ ~-6-1 I
202;-;'
• Idle from want of water. t Silver 280 ounces. t Silver 106 oun.....
As it regards water for mining use, the future of this part of the country will depend on deep
mining, its meteorology being very uncertain. 'l'he owners of the races now idle presumed on experi-
ence during former years, and are confident of finally deriving pro~t from their outlay.
. ,. ,....' .t ~
CA ST LEMAIN E MINING DISTRICT.
CASTLEMAINE DIVISION.
I;,
Mr.,
.
Thomas
.
L. Brown;, Miining, Surveyor
.
and Registrar., ./ "
.~.
_ ....w~,
I'
... I Europeans.
,~.
. Ohinese. 'TotAlfO' i
Remarks.
the Division. h :
.A:llUVia.t Miileiiil , .... 920' 1,500 2,420

Quartz }Iiriers 462~ 10 ,472
Totals 1,382 1,510 2,892
THE TOTA.L NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED;-
Golden Point 320

Chewton 492
Pennyweight Flat 290
Moonlight Flat 170
Castle maine
i~g··
Diamond Gully
Seventy.foot "
Ca0pbell's' Oreek
... " 220
375 .
• Gmldford , .. 225
Barker's Creek 330''''
Muckleford 70
Total 2892,
THE MA.9HINERY IS .AS FOLLOWS:-

, . ~.: .: --' .
ALLUVIAL MnmIa.
,I Y
Description of Maebinery.
• Number or' Aggregate . . . , : NlUllber of 'Aggregate
:AtWork. Idle. BtampHeads, Horse-power of ·At.Wo,,:B:. Idle'.!SlampHeads. J;Iorse-ljFw<;r of
.i ,Steam Engmes. I , ', Steam n,~es,
----~------I-- - - - , - - - - 1
Steam Engines 8' 3 26 96, 23 . '2 270 416;'

Crushing Machines 8 '.23 .2 ....
Horse Puddling Machines '" U6 124
Horse Pumps . 5 ...i
Horse Whims and Pulleys ... ' ... ",1 .,
... J 31
_",Ii
" "
Sluices and Toms ... 54 • ... '"
Total value of mining plant in the division; £65,000. ", ..

Number 'of squar,e miles of auriferous ground which being, or may have been, actually worked
upon, 9. ,. .' .. ' ".' - ".'(','" ,,. , .
is
. , Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
time,OO.;f ,:~"
The price of gold d~ing the quarter in the division has been from £3 148. to £3 168. 6d, per oz.
65
THE FOLLOWING INFORMA.'l'ION HAS BEEN OB'l'AINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, L'lD THE GOLD OBTAINED,
THEREFROM.
Name of Company. Where Quartz, te., were Quartz cruBhed.

I A.. er~
Yield of old Tot.1 Yield iIRemarks relative to the
Depth at which the
obtained. per Ton.. of Gold. Quartz waoobtaiDea, &c.
-.~~
ton cwt: qr. Ot. dwt. gr. Oz. dwt. gr.

Powell and Company ...
Logan and"Company •••
Chewton Reef
Argus Reef
...... 53
IB
0
0
0
0
I 12 4!
o 16 ll~
85 6 12
94 0 0
Small and otliers ... Hard Hill Reef ... no 0 0 0 6 8ft 33 17 12
Walker and Company Manchester Reef ... 238 0 0 0 5 51 62 4 12
• 44 15
Ditto
Lloyd
•••
... •.•
...
Wattle Gully Reef
Ditto ...
149
52
0
0
0
0
0 6
0 5 o~ °t 13 I 0 °
Fairbairn n.
McIntosh ...
...... Ditto ..,
Vineyard Reef
'"
'"
...
546
94
0
0
0
0'
0 610
o 17 lot
175 5
81 18
18
0
.
Tullock ...
Black and others
... Ditto
Ditto
.,
.... .. 61
161
0
0
0
0
o 14 22§
0 9 3~
45 11
7813
12
12
......
'"
Jones and Company ... Nimrod Reef 150 0 0 0 3 6~ 24 Jl 18
......... .........
Powell and Son Ditto 800 ,0 0 0 2 8 35 0 0
Evans and others Ditto 29!1 0 0 o 16 14~ 248 6 6
LewiIJ ... Ditto
'"
... 0 0 o 15 0 75 0
...
100 0
Anderton ... No Name Reef
......... 0 o 11 8
21 0 11 18 0 r
Salmon ... Barns Reef 104 0 0 o 11 19! 61 7 12
McWater and others •••
Spencer ... Ditto ...
Leicestershire Reef
91
31
0
0
0
0
0 9 7's
o 12 8~
42 6
19 2 12
0
'"
Opie and others Old Post Office Reef 51 0 0 o II 14 29 11 '0
......... ......
'"
Ah Sam Little Bendigo Reef 42 0 0 o 16 8 34 6 0
Straede Sebastopol 470 0 0 0 6 1O~ 151 6 0
Lewis
Schell ...... ...
...
Ditto ,..
Fiddler's Reef
... 384
12
O·
0
'0
00
0 5 8~
o 18 12
102 10
11 7
0
0
Trevorah ... Lucknow Reef .,
'"
. 15 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0
mster Company
Bennetts .,.
, ..
...
Old Quartz Hill Reef
South American Reef
106
66
0
0
0
0
0 5 5~
1 o 11ir
27 14
67 10 12
8
.........
Ajax Company Bolivia Reef I,U21 0 0 0 9 12& 485 5 0
Sir Colin Campbell
'"
... Ditto ... 390. 0 0 0 6 17! 131 4 3
Spencer and Company Deadcat Reef 106 0 0 0 6 7l 33 10 0
Meir and Company ... Shanks Reef ... 437 0 0 0 4 7~ '94 0
......
0
Nuggety Company ... Nuggety Reef 68 0 0 0 6 3! 20 18 0
Moore 'and others Ditto ... 142 0 0 0 8 18t 62 6 12
South Ajax Compa~y Cumberland Reef... 183 0 0 0 8 0 73 3 6.
Church and Company Devonshire Reef ... 30 0 0 1 13 I! 49 12 0
Sir Henry Barkly Boli via Reef * ••• 408 0 0 0 3 7 67 1 0
Company
Moscrip and Company
James ... ..,
Ditto
Town Reef
... ...
...
176
85
0
0
0
0
0
o
7 12~
16 20
66 3 12
7l 10 16
Jenkin and others ... Various reefs ... 873 0 0 0 6 6i 274 1 17
Tot~ls, Quartz 7,739 0 0 0 7 23! 1 3,083 5 20
(Jement and Tailings

"
... ... ... 285 0 0 )-? 2101 34 12 10
FRYER'S CREEK SUBDIVISION.
Mr. R. L. M Kitto, Mining Surveyor. and Registrar.
THB TOTAL NUMBER OF MINIlRS' IS AS FOLLOWS:-
Europeans. Chin..." I Total for the

Subdivision. Remarks.
Alluvial Miners ... ... 1,437 1,443 2,880

Quartz Miners ... ... '" 211 10
I
221
Totals ... 1,648 1,453 1·--~,IOl-
No. 3. II.
66
THE TOTAL NUMBER 0]" MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED:-
Specimen Hill 53 Glenluce 172

Blacksmith's Gully 21 Hard Hills 120 '
Spring Gully , ... 189 Sailor's Gully 67
Church's Flat 47 PicktJocket and Loddon 375
Deadman's Gully 75 Holcombe ... •.. 164
Chapel Hill 54 Fryerstown 223
New Year's Flat ... 130 Vaughan 346
German Gully an~ Mopoke 177 Woody Flat 62
Strathloddon and Guildford 331
'l'arilta ... . .. 228 Total 3,101
Loddon and Valley ... 267
THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS;-
ALLUVlA.L lIIllrlNG. QUAl<TZ JII11"1<<1.

Description »f Ma.chinerY. ,
Aggregate Aggregate
i~=
Number
At Work. Horse-power of , At Work. I.ll•.
~~~~W~j~~~
/
ldie. of Stamp
Steam Engines. Heads.
,-- --- "-,-1 - -
--
Steam Engines, washing. pump-
jng, and crushing cement
10 2 108 260 ... '" ... ...
....
...... .........
Horse Puddling j\:[achines ... ISO 74 ...
Whims ••. ••• ...... ... ... .. .
,'.' '" '
...
WhipM ...
12
411 5 .. , .. . '"
.........
Horse Pumps ... ... 60 ,13 ....
'"
... '"
Sluices and Toms
Water-wheels
...
...
... 65
1
45_
3
...
...... ...
'"
,
...
...
'"
'" ...n....
Steam Engines ...'"
... ... .. . ...
'"
7
'"
1, 70 lit
Whims ... ... ... ... .. . ... 2 ... ...
Whips '" ... ...
I ... ... ... ... 10
1
4 ... ...
Total value of mining plant in the ~ubdivision, £51,000.
Number of square miles of auriferous groulldwhich is being, or may have been, a'ctually worked'
upon, 28~.· ,
• Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be anriferous to the present
time,27. " • ,
The price oi gold dnri~g the quarter in the subdivision has been from £3 15s. to £3 17s. 6d.
~~ . , '
QUARI'Z TAILINGS AND CEMENI' CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED '
THEREFROM. "
Name of Company. Where Quartz. &te.} were

ootawed.
I Quartz crushed.
IYieldAverage
,
of Gold
p~r ton.
Total Yield of
Gold,
llilmarks relative to tile
J)epth at which the
Quartz, &0., were ob-
tained.
-'-~~----I----I------'~I--------
"
ton cwt. qr. 07. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Hand of li'riendship ; •. Emu Reef .,. ... 160 0 0 0 2 16~ 21 10 ,0 47 feet

Cattle and Company .. , Cattle's Heef ... 352 '0 0 0 4 4~ 73 II 0 60 feet
Duke of Cornwall Co. Ditto ... '" 117 0 0 0 5 0 29 5 0 72 feet
Ferron's Company ... Ferron's Reef
...
... 215 0 0 0 3 4 34 0 0 Various
Howe I3rothers .,. Cattle's J{eef 300 0 0 o 15 9~ 231 0 0 110 feet
Rowe Brothers,crushing Ferron's and Heron's 377 0 0 0 7 0 131 19 0 Various
for hire reefs
,
Totals, Quartz ... 1,521 0,0 0 6 20! 521 5 0
Quartz Tailin,q" and .--.-.--~
Ce11lent crushed.
Perseverance Company Butcher's Hill 520 0 0 0 10 0 260 0 0
Odgers and Company ... Table Hill ." 455 0 00 8 0 '182 0 0
Jenkin and, Company \ Kangaroo, 1,1 iO 0 0 0 7 12 438 15 0
Shieer Gully Company Table Hill ... 2S0 0 0 0 4 0 52 0 0
William TE'll Company :M'ein's HiIL..' 6.'>0 .0 0 0 6 0 195 0 0
Sir H. Barkly Company Gllildford Hill 400 0 0 1 0 0 4()O 0 0
Ditto._ ... . .• Public crushing ...
Totals,Quart?Tail- }
! inC(s' and Cement
-;;~: :-I~ : ,: ,: -i-;'::: ,:--+
The want of water has not been felt so severe1y as many expected some fcw months past;
although, even at this early period of the summer, nearly-one third of the puddling machines are idle.
A'thunderstorm, about a fortnight ago, gave several parties of puddlers'about a month's water.
Not a t<lnth of the machines have a summer's supply_
67
Although there are hundreds of acres of auriferous hills in this locality that will pay for being
,sluiced, .no attempt has been made to bring water to bear on the ground referred to. A scheme is now
" on the tapis, prop6unded by Messrs. Wardle and Amos, which is in my opinion practicab~e, if t~e
money can be obtained to carryon the works. 'l'he personli' referred to contemplate takmg theIr
supply from the river Loddon, in the vicinity of Holcombe, and bringing it by a contour ra!le to the
. heads of the various gullies at Fryer's Vreek. l'hey do not propose to dam the river, but to divert
as much water as the race will carry: while the river is running. As this stream runs, on the average,
only for seven or eight months in the year, it wilf be for that period only that the sluicers will be
. enabled to work. While the water lasts, they contemplate both night and day work.
I reported in my last that several companies were being formed to work the deep leads in this
district. Most of these ventures are progressing favorably; a cOllsiderable time will elapse before the
majority of them will be in regular ·work. The proprietors of the Eldorado, Guildford, have purchased
an engine Ot 70 horse-power, the largest yet brought to the distriet. '
_ 'Lhe mining population is gradually decreasing. There is a difference of 131 in the numbers for
December, 1864, and December, 1865; the respective returns being 3,232 and S,101. 'l'he decrease is
pretty regular, but 1 hope not permanent. In December, 1863, there were 128 miners more than'
In 1864.
Steam machinery is being employed to a greater extent'than in the previous year. In December,
1864, 'fourteen steam engines of an aggregate power equal to 222 horses, and working ninety-two
stampheads, were engag"d in the various branches of mining. In December, 1865, there are twenty
steam engines having power equal to 377 horses, and working 178 starnpheads, doing similar work •
. There is nothing new to report, except the above, in either quartz or alluvial mining.
HEPBURN DIVISION.
Mr. Ambrose Johnson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
TIlE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS:-
Europea.na. Chinese. I Total for the Diviilion. lI.emo.rks.

I
Alluvial Miners ... ... 4,687 780 5,467
Quartz Miners . ... ... 585 .. . 585
.,
Totals ... ... 5,272 780 6,052 ,
TIlE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERB IS TIlUS DISTRIBUTED:-

Spring Creek 623 Wombat Creek 520
Sailor's Creek
Dry Diggings
670 Stony Creek ' .. , 410
. .. 305 Pickpocket 390
Deep Creek ... 640 Forty.foot 118
Doctor's Gully 316 Boots 352
Blind Creek ... •.. 285 Brandy-hot 180
Wombat ... 503
Daylesford and'Glenlyon 660 Total . 6,052
Connell's Gully .. , 180
TIlE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
i .ALLUVIAL MINING. QUARTl< MINING.
Description of Ma.chine.ry.
"I Aggregate Number , Aggregate
At Work. i Idle.
: ~~:?&l~C~: At Work, Idle. of i>temp
. Heads, :~~-W~i!e~:
--- ------
,
Steam Engines, employed in pump-
jng, winding, puddling, &c.
11 18 610 ... '" ... ...
Steam Engines, employed in pump-
iug, winding, crushing, &c.
... , ... ... 14 17 286 526
Crushing Machines (water,.power) ... .. . ... ...
.........
3'
...22..
'
Whims ... '" ... 28 26 ...
.25..
19
Horse Puddliug Machines ... 61
I 158 '" ...
I
,
Total value of mining plant iu the division, £77060.

Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or' may have been, actually worked
upon,47. •
N:lmber of distinct quilrtz reefs which have been aetually' proved to be auriferous to "the
present hme, 82. .
The price of gold during the quarte~ in the division ha.s been from is 3d, to £S 175. per oz. i6s.
J
68
THE FOLLOWING· INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF .QUABTZ AND
THEREFROM.
• I
. Where Quartz, "'c., were
I I ,
Average
1
I .Remarks reletiv. to the
Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold, Total Yield of Depth at which the
obtained. " perTon. I ··Gold. QUlI..l"tz was obtained.
ton cwt. qr. oz. dwt.,gr, " oz•. dwt. gr.

Dannevirke Company Adelaide Reef 200.0 0 1 4. 21~ .249 0 0
.Prince of. Wales Co.
J. Halfey and Co.
...... Glamorganshire Reef 1,200 0 0
Hamburg Reef ......
300 0 0'
O. 6 0 !
0 8 12
360
.127
0
10
0 100 feet
0 120 feet
Lucini's Mill ," .. Doctor's Reef 200 0 0
... Oll 0 110 0 0 no feet
Ditto ...
'Howe's Mill ... "
.....
'" Ditto ...
Various localities ...
225 0 0
720 0 0
0 9 23
0 50
112
180
10
0
0 112 feet
O· .
Alliance 'Company
Argus Company ..........
Mauritius Reef ...
Italian Hill .
478 0 0
...
108 0 0
0 4 0
1 2 0
95
118
t2
16
0
0
20 to 60feet
.200 feet
Havelock Company Crown Reef ... . 80 0 0 o 17 3 68 10 0 300 feet
'Fearnot Company ... {;ampstreet .... ' 500 0 0 '0 .7' 0 175 .0 0 100 feet
,Jenkins' Mill ... , Various localities ... 60 0 ·0 0 7 8 : 22 0 0 '30 to 40 feet
Specimen Hill Company Specimen Reef
liarckla's Mill
...
942 0 0
953 0 0
I> 2 O· 94 15 0
0
67 feet
Various localities ... 0 5 7i: 252 12
..... Nuggety Reef
Surface to .50 feet
Nuggety Mill ...
1,071 0 0 0 5 1 270' 0 0 200 feet
Trafalgar Company Ditto ... ... 700 0 0 0 5 14 1i15 8 0 200 feet
Grace Egerton Company Beehive Reef ...
60 0 0 o 18 8 55 0 0
Wonderful Company ... Wonderful Reef ...
250 0 0 0 8 19! 110 0 0 ,
Totals, Quitrtz .•. 8,047 0 0 0 6 10! 2,596 13 0
Quartz Tailings and
Cement crushed.
Jenkins' Mill ... White Star Cbim ... 1 600 0 0 I 0 10 0 300 0 0 i
Ditto ... ... Table Hill ••• ,1

__4~~~. i 0 .6 0 .
12 0 0
. Tot.als, Quartz Tail.

mgs and Cement } \'
640 0 0 10 9 18 312 0 0 I ~
In reviewing the past year' and comparing the present condition of mining matters Witil the
general aspect of affairs exhibited at the beginning of the year, it becomes at once evident, that the
progress has not been such as at that time ,there 'lfas every reason to e~pect. . ,
This is not ·however the result of the failure of any considerable number of undertakings, but
simply the inevitable reaction consequent lJpon over speculation. During .the latter part of 1864 a
great number of companies cam_e into existence, and although foreign capital was soon, at least in a,great
measure, withdrawn from the, dill,trict, still things .continued for months to look as healthy as could be
desired; and the general.opinion amongst local ~harehold~~s seemed to b~, that when a fe'lf undertakings,
started for mere speculatIve purposes, had subsIded, legIt1mate enterprizes would be so much the more
·appreciated. With the'sanguine expectations, 'generally characteristic of miners, everything was looked
upon in the most favorable light, the protracted prospecting since expended, was in anticipation reduced
to a minimum, and gt'eat sacrifices ·havesince·been required to' enable shareholders to keep up their
.interests, all the time in tile expe9tatjon ,that the v.alue of stock would .improve, or that the respective
claims would at no remote period P:rove ,remunerativ.e. Although it .must be .admitted, ,that in many
,instances it has .been proyed at gr\'l~t co~t that,the actual course of the load did not correspond with the
.assumed one, stip I am I).~t aware ..~hat,in any ·one instance has the non·existence of any supposed lead
been definitely proved, and there j~ therefore -room to ho.pe that by amalgamating claims and otherwise
reducing the working exp~nses, th~ presentatagnation may be. overcome, and some definite result arrived
at.· .. At present half of our ,progressive companies are ·at.a temporary stand, but there seenis £0 ;prevail
an opinion that after the hol.idays a change for the better will.take place. ' ,
In quartz mining less activity has been evinced than, during. the preceding quarter, except 'in
dividend paying mines, the yield from which does not. as far as I can learn, show any decline. The
Havelock Company have struck -the reef in their new shaft in QueenRberry street at a depth of 300
.feet, and their crushing·averaged about 17 dwt. per ton .. 1'he Specimen Hill Company is reported to have
found some very. good.stone in the lOO.foot le~,el, but:none of this has yet been crushed. Several of
the more important claims are at_atempor,a!y stand, pending amalgamation, erection of machinery, or
from other causes, and the scarcity of water does also in a few instances retard. operations, ·although most
of the machines .cr1,ls'hiI.lg .for il!ire'!Hr~e ,a .8uf!.i.ci~nt supply. for actual.requiremen~s.
Puddling and sluicing hav~, g.nril!g the last season, been more than usually dull, owing to the
small and irregular supply of water. In the early part of the season this want was not so much felt,
as su:f!.i.cient employment. at ordinarywages 'was afforded by the numerous companies engaged in deep
sinking; but, now that the supply of watflr bas ceased, no such opportunity exists, and the general
depression in mining matters is thereby augmented.
In tuuneling nothing worthy of remark has occurred. . '1'he iBallaarat \Dunnel .Company at
Sebastopol Hill, and F,ederal Company, at .Italian Hill, continue Ilooking well; and ·generally this
branch of mining is in a satisfactory condition, but the old ground is ·gradually becomi,pg exhausted,
and no new ground has been opened.
Deep alluvial sin~ing is at present in a languispiqg condition, and money is so scarce that the
prospects of a speedy recovel,"y are by no means fhHering. In all directions operations have been
suspended, and. companies are 'being wound up. re-formed, and capital increased, with a view of
resuming work. Ther€' is no doubt that such will ultimately be the 'case, but progress must necessarily
·be very gradual, ,as experience shows how ·very necessary cau tion is in undertakings of such a nature.
Shallow. alluvial sinking has not during the quarter presented any feature.of interest, and is at
present of very little importance. .
TARADALE SUBDIVISION.
lYlr. Robert Strickland, Mining Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER Oil: MINERS IS AS' FOLLOlVS:-
cae. Total for the Remarks

Europea.nJ!. Subdivision~
Alluvial Min~rs ... ... 644 200 844

Quartz Miners ... ... 240 ... 240
Totals ... 884 200 1,084

o .
Taradale (scattered) 200 BeHtopper ... 40
Yankee Point 30 Green Hills . 12
Park Lead .. . 50 Redesdale (scattered) ... 80
Bell's'Lead .. . 180 Snodgrll88 Gully 12
Maimsbury (srattered) 150 Albert Reef ... 20
Lauriston 220
Kangaroo Creek ... '60 Total 1,084
Barfold Ranges ... ~\ 30
THE MAOHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
. ALLUVIAL MINI.NG. QUARTZ lIttNING.

, - I~-
Description of Macllinery.
At Work. Idle. I Aggrega.te
Horse~power of At Work. Idle.
Number I
Aggregate
of Stamp . Horse·power of
Steam Engine•. Hood.. I Steam Engine.o.
.,- ~-.-
I~" I~ ~--
Steam Engines, for puddling and .pumping

Ditto, crushing and pu.mping ...
10
...
. 1
J
247
6
...9 .2.. ..
100
..,
114
Horse Puddling Machines ... 13 2 ... .. ... .. ... ......
......
'" ~
Horse Whims
Whips ... ...... ... 16
4
2
'" ..s.... 1
1
1
... I ... ...
Total.value of mining :plant in the subdivllllon, £26,000.

Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may ~ave been, actually
worked upon, 19.
Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually p:roved to be auriferous to the present.
time, 26 .
. The price of ,gold dur~ng the quarter in the subilivision ~as been froDl £3 15s.6d. to £3 18s.
per oz.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IUS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT ORUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM.
Averlll]e Remarks rellitiveto

Wbere Quartz. &c., were
Name of Company.
-'---,-----
obtained.
--,-,~,--,~--,--
Qun.rtz CIUl3hed.
-----
Yield of Gold
per Ton.
.--.-~--
Total Yield of
wId.
Ithe Deptb atwbich
the Quartz was
, obtained, &c.
ton em. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
Green Hill ·Company ... ·Barfold ... ... '150 0 0 OIL 0 82 10 0
Wellington Company Jefferson's Reef .... 657 ,0 0 o 12 15! 416 0 0 100 feet
Nelson Company ... 'Jefferson's Reef ... 35 0 0 1 2 0 38 10 0 130 feet
MeKenzie and Co. . •. Frosty Morning Reef ... 17 ,0 0 .r 2 17 .19 ,6 -0 50·feet
Lucardie and Co. . .. Swiss Reef . ... .. 6 0 0 0 2 12 o 15 0
Russell and Co. ... Coliban Reef .. ... 250 0 0 ·0 10 -5 127 12 0 64 feet
Johnson and Co. •.. Prince Albert Reef ... 100 0 0 1 0 0 100 0 0 30 feet
Belltopper Company .. : , :Belltopper . ...... .. 20' 0 0' ,0 10 ·0 10 ·0 0
Leviathan Company ... Eaek Creek ... 32 0 0 7 12 12 0 0
Alpha Company ••• Back,Creek
..
. ... ~ . 60 0
0\
0 0
."~----,
3 ·0 9 0 0 i 75 feet
Quartz Tailings and

Totals, Quartz ... i 1,327 () 0 o 12 '7 815 13 0
Cement erushed.
London and Melbourne
Company
Taradale '" , .. 50 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 I
{ A trial of aUuVlal
• taUlDg:i
Drewand.Co.
William Tell Compal~Y'
Taradale
Taradnle
...
...
...
.
...
lOO 0 0
300 0 0
·0 6 0
o 10 0
30 0 .0
150 0 0
Alluvi!,1 WllBhdlrt
AlIuvlal.wasbdlrt
Alpha Company ... Taradale ... .... ! \(10 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 Alluvial taDinga
.--~--~---
. Totals, Quartz Taillngs } i

and Cement... . 550 0 0 0 7 2lr 195 0 0
I
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,
MALDON DIVISION.
Mr. Baht. N ank:ivell, Mining Surveym' ana' Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS;-
.
I I Total for the
European. Chinese. Divi~ion.
(;'
I'
,---"
Remarks.
Alluvial Miners ... ... 596 , 9i8 .1,574

Quartz Miners ... ... 603
,
... 603
Total .... .,. 1,199 . 978 2,177 ,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF J\,1:!NERS IS: THUS DISTRIBUTED ;_.
Mount Tarrangower 238

Eaglehawk ... 180
Growler's Gully 60
Peg-leg Gully 78
Beehive Hill 152
Porcupine 52
Nuggety 68
Sandy Creek '" 256
N ewstead and Pickpocket 815
Gardner's Gully 16
Long Gully 48
Ironbark Gully 27
A.rmstrong's Gully 7
Hard Hills ... 25
Hunter's Rush 28
. Back Creek 23
Fryingpan Gully 21
Green VaHey 38
.Long Gully . 39 .
Frenchl!lan's 6
Total 2,177
TRIll MACRIN'EIl.Y IS AS FOLLOWS;-
ALLUVrAJ, MINING. !__:---.__ Q_UA.R---;-T_Z_lI_fININ

__
T
G• _ _ _ __
At Work. Idle.
IHorse-power
Aggregate
of At Work. Idle.
Number
of Stamp
Aggregate
Horse-po f
Sbeam Engines, i • Hea.ds. Steam E~%e~.
-,------~----I---I-~-I-----I--- - - - ----1------
Steam Engines, employ'ed in pump- 10 22 II 320 63jl
ing, winding. and crushing
Whims ... . .. 32 13
Derricks ... ... 5 4 2
Puddling Machines ... 18 56
Toms ... •.. 4 11
,Water-wheels ... 3

Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually work~d
npon,9l·
time, 53.
The price of gold during the quarter in.the division has been from £3158. 3d. to £3198. 6d. pe~ oz.
71
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE 'QUANTITY OF QUARTZ -AND QUARTZ
TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHED, DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OIl'l'AINED THEREFROM.
, 4
II
Name of Company. Where Q11lU'tz, &0"
obtained.
were
• Q11lU'tz crushe<; YI~J"c:'r~ld Total Yield of \ Remarks relative to the
Gold. • ~~~z ::'o~i':';!ed:h"
parTon.
--
ton ewt. qr. oz. dwt. -gr. oz. dwt. if.
Beehive
Eaglehawk
... ...
Beehive Reef
...
Eaglehawk,andBeehive
... 1,714
1,180
0
0
0
0
1
o 12
1 6!
10~~
1,821 19
732 14
6
0
150 feet to 280 feet
50 feet to 265 feet
Union ... ... Reefs

EagJehawk Reef ..,
- 890 0 0 1 2 24 1,023 7 12 260 feet
Wellington ...
Linscott's Reef ... 100 0 0 0 9 0 45 0 0 280 feet
Phrnnix ... ..... Eaglehawk, Manton's 1,100 0 0 1 6 16, 1,467 0 0 20 feet Ito 300 feet
Gully, German and
Wilson's Reefs _
Oswald ... ...
Wilson's,Manton'sGully, 982 0 0 2 8 20! 2,398 19 15 10 feet to 290 feet
Eaglchawk and Bee-
hive Reefs ' ,
North British ...
Manton's Gully,Wilson's 1,300 0 0 I 6 Ok 1,690 12 0 15 feet to 270 feet
Parkins, and Vktoria
. ~ Rcc!s
Great Western ...
Beehive Reef
T
Welsh and English ... E1(celsior and Teetotal

... 588
110
0
0
0
0
0
,0
9 22~
9 22
291 14 12
54 10 0
120 feet to 240 feet
50 feet to 120 feet
Reef
...
......... ...
Alpha Beehive Reef 400 0 0 0 5 0 100 0 0 180 feet
Brillingham Thornhill's Reef ... '482 -0 0 o 14 2311 360 13 0 400 feet
Union ... Thornhill's Reef ... 420 0 0 o II 5'1 236 0 0 380 feet
• --.---
Quartz, Tailings.
Toy Brothers ...
Totals, Quartz
... ...
9,2?6
1;200
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
2
'I
o
"I"'"120
9 21
0 0
-
ST. ANDREW'S EAST SUBDIVISION.
Mr. R. Brazill, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE TOTAL' N UMllER OF ]\fINERS n~ AS FOLLOWS:-
Europe""". Chinese. ! Total for the Division. Rema.rks.

.--- -----,
Alluvial Miners
Quartz Miners
...... 109
IS
...... 109
18
-_ .. _ - - . ~--
Totals' ... 127 ... 127
THE TOTAL NUMllER OF MINERS 18 THUS DISTRIllUTED:-

Christmas Reef 18 Warburton "... 4
J31al:!k Spur ... S RoddIe's Creek 21
Walshe's Creek 8 Emerald 12
Muddy Creek ... 18
McMahon's Creek 20 Total 127
Y nrra River Clai'ms 18
THE ::\-fAOfIINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
. ALLUVIAL MINING. QUARTZ MINING.

i
I
Description of Maohinery.
AggTegate
Rorse-~w~r
IAt Work. ' i Numher i Aggregate
ft:';;~~.;:.:
At Work. Idle. Idle.
Steam
of
gmes. °ir:. p
•
---
Ordinary Puddling
worked by horses
Machines, 1 8
,
..,. ... ... ... ...
Water-wheel ... ... ... ': .. ... ... 1 ... 4 ...
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision, £1200. '
, Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
upon, S~.
time, 5.
The price of gold during the quarter in the subdivision has been from £.3 155. to £3 16s. per oz.
o
I
72
An alluvial prospecting claim was applied for during the quarter by 'Burd and'party, on' Black
Spur Creek,' near Healesville., and subsequently about 100 miners congregated ~here, but as their
earnings were very small they threw up their claims as 'soon as the Jordan road works were resumed;
and obtained work 'upon them.
• . .Goid ID1':ling generally is ~ot improving'in this subdivision, although there is an ample field for
mtelhgent partIes WIth some c a p I t a l . ' .
. . T~ere are six ~men prospecting for applicants for tin mining leases (Yarra. Y!lrra Rivulet), not
mcluded· m the foregomg return.· ,
ST. ANDREW'S qENTRAL SUBDIVISION.

,I . ".
. Mr. Alfred Armstrong, Mining Surveyor and Jlegistrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF'MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS:- ,0
l-~~'
- , Total for
Chinese. the Subdivision.
_ ..
Alluvial Miners ... ,

... 338 156 494 The alluvial miners are all ~orking
Quartz Miners ... ... 122 ' .. 122
old ground . .
Totafs ... ... 460 156 616

I ·1
'THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISl'RIllUTED:-
Black Calf and Wild Dog 22 Cherry tree 24

'Back Creek . " ... 42 Queenstown 35
Ironbark 30 Mountain Rush 40
25 Anderson's Creek
}
You·hou. ...
Smyt 's Gul~ 39 Parson's Gully
Whitehair 90
Whiskey. Gu ly 10
~anish Gully 5 North bank of Yarra
ern· tree Gully ... 17 Pantonville ... 44
Old Caledonia ...'. .. 41 Queenstown Hill 28
First Watery' Gully ... 15 Yow-yow 50
Second Watery Gully". 10
Red Shirt Gully 5 Total ... 616
Long Gully,.:, f··· 44
ALLUVIAL, lIIINING. QUARTZ Mn."ING.
Description of 'Machinery, . I
I
At work. ' Number of • H~;rwt,:'r of
l'Idle. Stamp At Work. Idl.I'. Stamp
Number ot'
Heade.
Heads. Steam Fillgines.
i
--- i
Horse Puddling Machines ... 5 2 ... ... ... ... ... i ...
Steam Engines '" ... ... .. . ... ... S 2 34 44
..
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision, £5000 •.

Number of square miles of auriferous ground whi()h is being. or may have been, actually worked •
upon; 4.
Number of'distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
time, 33.
The price of gold during the quarter in the subdivision has been from £3 15s. 3d. to £3 15s.
9d. per oz. . ' . '
I)
73.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
TAILINGS AND CEMENT CRUSHBD DURING THE QUARTER AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM : -
, Name of Company. Wh.'" Quartz, was

IAverage
Quartz orullhed•. Yield of Uol<l Tota.! Yield of
r Remarks relative to the
'Depth at which the
obtained. per ton. Gold. Quartz, &c" were ob.-
tained.
. _-' - ..- - - . - -.. .
ton owt. 'lr. oz. dwt. gr. 0:0. dwt. gr;'
Oram's Reef, No. '4 north St. Andrews ... 88 O· () 1 19 !jd~ 172 10 12 80 feet
Ditto, No.5 north ...
Ditto, No.3 south ...
Ditto
Ditto
...... ...... 14
10
0
0
0
0
1 13
3 2
13~ 23~1O 0
31 1 18
90 feet
85 feet
4!
Ditto, No.2 south ... Ditto ...... .. . . 4 0 0 1 8 6 5 13 0 100 feet
•Tenny Lind Reef ... Ditto ... 24 0 0 .0 17. 4 20 12 0
Boomer's Reef
Queenstown Reef
...
...
Ditto
Queenstown
... ...
...
17
2
0
0
0
0
1 4
o 13
4.1
9•
20 II 0
1 6 18
Victoria Reef
Hirt's Reef
...
...
tot. Andrews
Ditto ... ...'"
4
2
0
0
0
0
o 13
0 8
12
17
214 0
o 17 10
Lancashire Hero Reef... One-tree, St. Andrews 10 0 0 12 10 0 125 0 0
Twiss and Company's Queenstown ... 8 0 0 0 6 18 2 14 0
Reef
Eureka Reef ... St. Andrews ... S 0 0 7 15' 0 62 0 0
Sable berg's Machine ... Headings,
... ... ...
One-tree,
182 0 o· 0 10 2J~ 99 5 0
Ditto 50 0 0 0 5 12 13 15 0
St. Andrews
Totals, Quartz .... 423 0 0 1· 7 lli 581 10 10
I have the honor to report that the alluvial mining operations in this subdivision, near Queens-
town, are now confined to working in old gullies, both by Europeans and Ohinese. Although the
-aggregate population so employed is considerable, from the fact of the payable portion of the gold
workings existing in long, narrow gullies the miners are so scattered that a casual observer would
imagine them to be entirely abandoned. I am happy, however, to state that many industrious'persons
are enabled, by this means, to obtain something more than current wages, with now and then a bonus
in meeting with an old pillar or patch of unworked ground. .
The owners of puddling. machines have experienced great inconvenience and loss from the want
of water, and prospecting for new ground has not been attempted from the same cause.
A rush of about two hundred miners to a point known as the Black Spur, on the Upper Yarra
track to Wood's point, toolr place previously to my appointment, but the' ground has since been totally
abandoned, not having been found payable. .
At Anderson's Creek the greater portion of the miners are working upon the north and south
banks of the I~iver Yaml: Yarra, and those who have had the good fortune tQ bottom have, with few
exceptions, done remarkably well. .
Quartz mining near Queenstown has received a considerable impulse from the excellent results
l!Jtely obta.ined, and from the opening of a new reef called the Eureka, which has, yielded, from eight
tons of stone, 6:J ozs. of gold, or at the rate of 7 ozs. 15 dwts. per ton; .and It claim known as the
Lancashire Hero, on the On'e-tree Hill, yielded, from ten tons of picked stone, 125 OZS., or at the rate
of 12 ozs. 10 dwts. per ton; fl,nd the general average of the whole of the crushings in the district will
compare yery favorably with those of any other gold field in the colony.
At Anderson's Creek, quartz mining is 1l0W redueed to one elaim of ten holders of miners"
rights, working on the Fifth Hill. They are at present down to a depth of 50 feet, and hope, after
sinking to a further depth of 20 feet, to strike It ·bed ot' auriferous gravel or cement, which was worked
some years since, but ahand_oned, although it was proved to be'"of great thickness, and would give an
average of half an ounce to the ton. If this company's hopes' are realised, they contemplate erecting
a crushing-machine, which will be a very great boon to this localit.y, as at present the only machine
existiug is worked by a single hor~e; and yet there is an abundance of payable reefs that have been
worked and proved, but abandoned.
The great dnw,back, however, to the develop!Ilent of this gold field generally is the total absence
of any eapitalists upon it .. It seems an anomaly th!lt any' number of udventurers may be found willing
to invest III any comparatively unknown locality, having merely unsubstantiated rumor to guide them
as to their prospects; but that within a few miles of Melbourne, and where ocular demonstration may
at all times be had as to the bonafide nature of the transaction, and eTery information would be cneer-
full.v given, not a single capitali:<t has ventured to embark; and I consider that mining pursuits, to be
profitably conducted, should, above all others, be well supported with capital. I feel sanguine, how-
ever, that the merits of this gold field, as a legitimate outlet for investment, mUBt ultimately become
better known. /
'
BLUE MOUNTAIN NORTH SUBDIVISION.
Mr. R, H. Horne, .Mining Registrar.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF M,uIllBS' IS AS FOLLOWS:-
Europeans. ,Cbinooe. Tota.! for the Subdivision. RelllMk••

..
~~
'--'--"--"-
Allu vial Miners ... ... 100 30 130

.
Quartz Miners ... ... ~ ..
100 ... 100
The other population
amounts to ..haUl
4/iO
. Totals ... ... 800 I 80 830
No.3, i.
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TnE TOTAL NUMBEB OF MINERS IS TnUS DISl'RIBUTED:-
Tre~tham, including Trentham Creek, Stony Creek, Rocky Lead, &c. 60

Cohban Falls ... ' :.. ." ... .•• ... -10
Farmers' Commons 15
Tylden, on the Coliban .. , ... ... 10
Newbury, including Main Flat, D9ver Vastle Creek, &c. 25
Dry Diggings ... ... ...... 20
Amelia Reef 20
Mudlark Diggings, .Kangaroo Creek 15
.Alma Reef; Alma Creek, &c. ... 150
Garlick's and the Glue Pot ... ... 460
Doctor's Hill, Canadian Hill. Blue Creek, &c. 45
Total 830
TnE MACniNERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
,
, ALLU'VIAL MINING.
. .
DeSCription 'of Machinery.
~t Work. I Idle.
Aggreg"te \
Horne-power of At Work.
Steam Engine •.
----T-;:mber " Aggregate
Idle. ofSt..mp Horse-Power of
Heads. Stl>am Engines..
.~---~-
---.~ ---- -.-.~- , _._.. -
.. --- - - - ----_.-
steam Engines, for crushing, ... 3 34 2 1 16 40
pumping. ,and winding ...
... ... ...
......2 ... ...
Steam Sawmill (Coliball Falls) 1
Steam Sawmill (Yankee Tom) ... 1 ... ... ... ... ...
.. , ... ...... ... ....
.
......
L oug Toms ... 1
Sluicing Boxes ... ... 4 4 ... .'"..
Total value of mining plant in the subdivision, £8500. 1.&
. Number of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
upon,7. '
. N umber of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually p~oved to be auriferous to the present
tIme,5. " ' ,
The price of gold during the quarter in the subdivision has beel'}. from £3 168. 9d. to £3 17s. 3d.
per oz.
TnE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ
CRUSHED DURING TnE' QUARTER, AND Tn~ G:OLD ODTAINEI! THEREFROM.
I,Tot..l Yield of '1. Remarks relative to the

Name of ComPany. "\\"here Quartz WIloS
obt..ined. I Quartz crushed.
1 Average
Yieid of G<>ld
per ton.
Gold. . depth at which the
Quartz was obtained.
-' ---~-
ton ewt. qr. oz. dwt: gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Amelia Reef G. M: C. Amelia Reef '"
, 610 0 0 0 4 5t 128 13 6
I
The only quartz crushe9, during the last quarter was from the Amelia Reef. ,
With regard to the alluvial claims, I have the honor to make the following statements :-
Many 'of the small parties of three or four; and from nve to eight J71en, have been doing'very
fairly; a few; very well indeed; but not one of the large claims for 50 men's ground, up to 175 men's
ground, has made any satisfactory progress since my last report, and they are all at present under
registered protection. .
. The Columbian Gold Mining Company has very nne prospects. having to all' appearance, as
stated in my previous report, struck the deep auriferous lead of this gold field; but no work has been
done during the quarter in this claim, ~I!Y more. than in the <?ther large claims ~olding grouf.ld for
many mell. The causes stated for reqUlrmg reglstered protectIon, are the quantity of water m the
w~lls ?f the shaft~, which requ~re additional machinery for the pumping power!-:-t~e necessity ?f recon-
structmg compames,-and;echlcf of all, the want of funds. 'l'uere are other lllJunous causes In opera-
tion, which it is not the province of this report to particularise. -
The gold purchased by the Bank of Australasia (Blackwood branch), during the last quarter,
amounts to 285 oz. 11 dwt.· 6 grs. of alluvial gold; 52 oz. 16 dwt. 12 grs. of cement; and 248 oz.
1 dwt. 6 grs. of quartz gold; making a total of 586 oz. 9 dll,t.; which, being added to the 128 oz.
13 dwt. 6 grs. obtained by the crushings of the Amelia Reef, gives a total of 715 oz. 2 dwt. 6 grs. for
the quarter, so far as I have been' able to obtain a positive knowl~dge. The remainder, whatever'
~t may a~ount to, is disposed of privately in various ways. ' •
A·RARAT MI N l N G DISTRICT.
ARARAT DIVISION.
Mr. Oharles J. W. Russell, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS A~ FOLLOWS:-
Europeans. Ohineae. Tota.lfor the Remarks.

Division.
Alluvial Miners ... ... 585 645 1,230 The miners are so scattered over
Quartz Miners ... ...
Q
310 ... '310 this very large division as to
render it almost impossible to
to make more than an approxi-
Totals ... 895 645 1,540
, mate estimate
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS THUS DISTRIBUTED , -

Ararat, including White JJead, Canton Lead, Commissioner's Hill, Old
Korns, Old and New Deep Lead, Hopkins, and Black Lead ... 250
Armstrong's, including Long Gully, Napoleon, and Dutton's Gully 200
Philip's Flat, including ,Nil Desperandum. and Slaughteryard Hill 60
Cathcart, including Spring Lead, Bowman's, Gibson's Flat, and Blaek'
Hill Lead ~.. ... ,'" 15()
Shea's Flat, including McNabs and Swamp Gully... .. 200
Opossum Gul including Wattle Gully, and' Port Curtis Lead 300
Moyston, . bell's and Camp Lead 320
Jonathan and Shep Gully.. . ::.. 60
Total .... 1,540
THE MACIDNERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
ALLtrV1:A.L lI1:INl:!iG. QUARTZ lI1:INl:!iG.
DeSCription of Machiner,..
• .Aggregate Number .Aggregate
, At Work. Idle. Horse-Power of At Work. Idle. of Stamp Horse-Power of
Steam Engines. Headi!. !:Iteam Engines.
---
Steam Engines, pumping, haul-
ing, and crushing
... ... I,
... 5 ... 42 68
Steam Engines, pumping and
hauling
... ... ... 2 ... ... 60
Ditto, crushing ouly ... ... ...1 ... ... 1 ... 8 12
Ditto, pumping, hauling, and
puddling
... 12 \ ... ... ... ...
Puddling MAchines n. ...... 9 47 ... , ... ..... . ... I ......
Sluices and Toms ... 15 25 ... '. ...
I
...
:
Total value of mining plant in the division, £16,260. .
Number of square miles ofauriferouB ground which is being, or may have been, actually worked
upon, S S ! . ' . .
. Number of distinct quartz reefs which ha,!e been actually proved to be auriferous to the present
tIme,14. .
The price of gold during the quarter in the division has been from £3178. 6d. to £317s. 9d. per oz.
CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD QBTAINED THEREFROM.
Name of Company. Where Quartz was Average Yield of Remarks relative to the
Quartz ernshed. Yield of Gold TotalG<Jld.
obtained. Depth at which the Quartz
per Ton. was obta.lned.
ton ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.
.........
n . Campbell's Reef
~. ~
lV 40 0 0 o 15 3~5 30 6 0 300 feet
.....
UVUUH,,'" •• •
Perseverance Company Ditto 960 0 0 1 2 6' 1,068 0 0 320 feet

Kangaroo Company Ditto , 1,672 0 0 o 17 5~ 1,440 0 0 350 feet
Totals, Quartz ... 2,672 ,0 0 o 19 0 2,538 6 0
~ 76
It is probable that the yield from the quartz reefs at Moyeton will
give considerably increased
ret~rns t~f gold for the next qU,a;ter, as t~e majority of the companies during the. quarte!;' have had
theIr engmes suspended for addItIOns and Improvements, not yet completed. Two of the companies
have not erected their batteries. ' '
The banks' re~urns of gold, purchased <;luring the quarter" are as, folloVl;S, viz. :-Alluvial,
1867 ozs.-12 dwts. 21 '. grs.; quartz,' 25~8 ozs.' 6 dwts. 4 grs.; total, 4405 ozs. 19 dwts. 1 gr. These
quantities are believed to represent very neads: the tota) quantities raised.
I have to report that the alluvial workings, of which this district almost entirely consists, are
generally deserted; for, although porJions of some of the flats are known to be richly auriferous, yet
it is at so great a depth that they camiot be worked by individual miners, in consequence of the pre-
valence of water. This observation especially applies to the alluvial flat near to, and ell:tending south-
westerly from, .. ~he, town of Ararat, including the White, ,the Black, the OJd, and New deep leads,
the Commissioner's Hill, Old Rorn's and Hopkins' leads, where only a few Chinamen are working .
. Several valuable leads ,that pass through this flat have been worked at a former time with great
profit to the miners; but as they extended south, the depths of the leads increased, and the progress
of the miners was entirely. stopped by water. Latterly, several large areas have been taken up by
,.,mining.. companies, "under a clause of, the mining' bye-law!!. as "extend!,d block claims," and pro-
specting is being carried on by boring ~o find the deep alluvial leads that are believed to lie below
the trap formation, at depths from VO feet., .
Of these extended block clairr!s," the Black Lead, the Ararat, the Canton, and the Burrumbeep,
are occupying about 12,313 acrcs. The first-named company. have already put down six or seven
bores of. various'depths. The last bore is 200 feet, mostly through hard trap.rock. ' A shaft at the
"same spot, for ·pumping and hauling"is,now commenced, and down 3~'feet to water. 4- jlt.eam.engine
'of 75 horse-power is being erected for pumping, and one of aboutc20 horse-power for winding and
cr'ushing. , . ' , ,
The Ararat Company, adjoining, are also prospecting by boring on their ground, and after
,. boring five or sill: 'shafts'of various depths, they are' now boring one in which the depth of 174 feet
has been attained, but not yet thro,ugh the tr,ap~rock. Water has been very abundant in both these
works after about 30 feet from the surface.
The two other companies have olltained leave for suspension of work to ,procure machinery.
Should the efforts making by,these companies prove successful, a powerful impulse will be thereby
given to miil~ng interests generally, and activity may again prevail where now a few mere fossickers
are the only occupants of thegl'ound. ' , ,
At Moyston, the Grand JUllction Gold .i\'Iiuillg, Company have taken up an extended block
claim of 324{) acres, for working a deep alluvial lead With a ~haft R5 feet in depth; thcy arc working
a drivll, at 80' feet, at present wiih small profit" They have recently erected a steam-engine for
hauling. pumping', and puddling; but have scarcely yet got fnlly to work. Shea's Flat and Arm-
strong's have recently been aC,tive, but are now very quiet, and almoBt deserted through want of water.
'l'he almost total absence of water available for the' .use of tllll digger~ on (;he shallow workings has
driven great numbers from, the division, giving to the guliies generally a very deserted appearance.
A small rush has. ,within a, few ditys, taken plaee closo to the reservoir, in Opossum Qully.
About twenty holes are down, of which six have proved auriferous at about 15 feet. The washdirt in
one has produced 3 ozs. to a load, the others varying frqlll 17 dwts. to about 2 ozs. per load. The
area of the ground is supposed to be limited to one and a half acres.' .
, The quartz mining is confined to the vicinity of Moyston, Shea's Flat, and Port Curtis Lead.
The most important works are at Moyston, where three distinct auriferous reefs Ha.e been discovered_
. ·'l'wo of them ,are being- worked by separate companies, and eXi:!ellent stone, obtained. The quartz
mining .in the .. other gullies has not proved, 8uffi9iently rerp.unerative to comniand much 'attention.
' , ' '" •• 1.' ,
PLEASANT CREEK DIVISION.
Mr. John D'Alton, Mining Surveyor and Registrar·
, Europeans. ,Cblnese. Total for the

, . DiVision.
Alluvial Miners 488 250 738

Quartz Miners 500 500
, . Totals 988 250 ",1,238
-~, THB TOTAL NUMBER of"MINERS IS THUS mSTRIBUTED:-
,Deep Lead ... '" ·;100

Four-posts ...
. 60
Commercial street 160
Quartz Reefs .,~ 500
Great Western 200
'If)
Berman Gully, ' .. .. .. ·It
Elizabeth ,Creek ... 8
,....TQtal ... 1,238

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ALLUVIAL MINING• . QUARTZ MINING.

- ...~"""".
D<lseription of lIIaehiner)'.
~~
Number Aggrega~
Idle. Hor8e--puwer of At Work. Idle. of Stamp Horse-power of
Ai Work.
'1 Steam Engines. Head•• Steam Engines.
... -
Steam Engines
......... 3 2 76 9 3 338
Crushing Machines ...
'"
3 2 ...
...
8
... ...
'1
'"
248
... " .
Puddling Machines ....'. 1 10
...
.........
'"
Whims 2 23 3
Whips
'"
...
H.
......1 ... ......

H.
3
...
...
.. .
... I
...'"
... ... ...
H.
Sluice Boxes
Toms .
,.
Large Compound Cradles, worked
... ... 20
7
46
50
3
..... , ...... . ...
... .. .
...
...
...
... .
by horse-power,
Chilian Rollers'" ... ... 14 ... ... ... ... .... ~
.,
• Crushing quartz-tailings
Total value of mining plant in the division, £61:200.

upon,lli· '
Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actually proved. to be auriferous to the present
time, 18.
T~ price of gold during the quarter in the diyisio~ has been from £3 15s. to £3 17s. per oz.
TilE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED RELATIVE TO TilE QUANTITY OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ
'V '
TAILINGS AND CIlMENT CRUSHED DURING THE- QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFRO}!.
i . • Average RemarkB relative to the

Na.me of Company. Where Quartz, &e" were
obtained. Quartz cl1llilied. Yield of G<>ld TotalGuld.
Yield of
Depth at which the
per Ton. Quartz was obtained.
"--
Pleasant Creek Company Cross and New Chum 1.749 0 0 o ,9 3! 799 8 11 Various
Cato and Company ... 'New Chum ... 85 0 0 0 7 0 29 15 0 200 feet
St. George's Company Cross Reef ... 560 0 0 011 6+ 315 3 7 340 feet
Wimmera Company: .. Sloan's Reef ". 1,313 0 0 o 14 5 932 11) 15 285 feet
Rose of Denmark Com- Scotchman's Reef ••.
pany 800 0 0 o 12 0 480 0 0 280 feet
Victoria Company ... Sloan's & Scotchman's 1,307 0 0 o 11 18~ 770 0 0 285 feet
Lamont and Company Cross Reef ." 1,962 0 0 o 16 22! : 1,661 9 ,9 460 feet
Moonlight Company ... Cross Reef , .. 350 0 0 0 5 12 96 5 8 400 teet
Quartz Tailings and
Cement crushed.
Totals, Quartz ..• 8.126 0 0 0 12 1!! 5,~ 17 2
Treagea and party " Lend
Deep ... 510 0 0 0 4 0 102 0 0
St. George's Company
North lind South Wales
Quartz Reefs
Deep Lead
...... '2,060
780
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 14 266
129
1 16
0 0
3 1O!
Company
Tweedy and Company Commerdal street ... 170 0 0 0 6 14 56 0 0
Little Western ... Great Western ... --
1,200
....
0 0
_--- 0 4 5 247 10 0
Totals,Quartz Tail- } 5,720 0 0 0 19t 800 11 16
-
ings and Cement
.2
, The machines crushing cement and tailings do not weigh any they crush on their own account;
only what is supplied by the public is wflighed. '. .
None of the quartz crushing machines worked full time, owing to scarcity of water.
.
- QUARTZ.
A considerable advance in the value of mining property generally has been the chief feature in
quartz mining during the quarter; at the same time the claim owners do not appear at all anxious
to sep. This .shows. increas~ng confidence i~ the permanenee and p,roductiveness of the re~fs in this
locahty, and IS maInly owmg to thc contmued development of' the deep reefs struck In several
claims during the past year; all, with one exception, considerably below the water-level. The sub-
joined list will give an idea of the advance that' has taken place in the price of shares on several of the
reefs:,- ' . •
1864.-Claim No.8, North Cross Reef, £30 asked for one share. 1865.-£400 obtained.
1864.-Claim No.7, North Cross Reef, £60 asked for one share. 1865.-£700 obtained.
1864.-Claim No.8, North Scotchman'S; £10 asked (no buyer). 1865.-£2,000 offered and not
accepted by the hcilder. . ' .
1864.-Claim No.9, North Scotchman's, only nominal value. 1865.-£1,700 obtained.
1864.;-:Claiin No.7. North Scotchman's. £35 obtained. 1865.-£600 offered (not accepted).
1864.-Claim No. 10, North Scotehman's,.only nominal value. 1865.-£300 obtained.
Each share consisting of 20 feet along the course 'of the reef.- ,
A similar advance, although not in such excess, has taken place on all the other reefs.
78
, ,
A new reef has been struck in the alluvial workings, Old Hill, Great Western; gold is to be Been
in the stone, but none has yet been crushed. ..' . .
Crushing operations have been retarded from want of a full supply of water, the pumping engines
now forming the only means by which it is to be obtained; two crushing machines have therefore been
obliged to suspend work'during the last week of this quarter.
ALLUVIAL.
Alluvial mining at the present time is almost lit a standstill owing to the want of water. A
number of miners are, however, engafled clearing out the deposit left from former washings in the beds
. of several creeks and waterholes; whICh they are storing up in anticipation of the next rainy season.
There have been but two prospecting claims taken up during the quarter, both of which were close to
old ground and proved to ,be only small spurs from the original lead. The unprecedented dry season
has had a most disasterous effect on. the prospects of the miners who were carrying on sluicing
operations at Commercial Street and Church Hill. For'the short time water was obtainable the ground
:c;
above. referred paid from '£3 to £5 per man per week. , .
RAGLAN DIVISION.
11:11'. Edward W. Bagshawe, Mining Surveyor and Regis.trar.
TRE TOTAL N UMllER OF· ]l,fINERS IS AS FOLLQ.WS:-
Europeans. . Total for the

Chinese.
I Remarks.
j
Division.
---
Alluvial Miners ... ... 400 764 1,164
Quartz Miners ... ... ... ... '"
I Thethepopulation
97
has decreased
since last return, owing to
scarcity of water.
by
Totals ... 400 764 1,164

I
•THE TOTAL N UM~ER OF MINERS IS THUS DISl'RIllUTED:-
Beaufort and Yam Hills 60 Sulky Lead 54

Jock's Lead and Tributaries 152 Tributaries .. , 66
Old '::\fain Lead' 432 Waterloo and Tributaries 154
Tributary Gullies 106 Sailor's Gully'and Tributaries 106
Old King Charlie's 30
Long Gully 4; Total 1,164
TRE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-
.4l.LUVlAL MINING. QUARTZ MINING.

I
Number of:
i AggTllgate i Aggregate
At Work. Idle. At Work. Idle.
• Stamp Heads. ft~=-~~\':;.::.: '
i Horse-power of
Steo.m Engin ....
, " .~
Steam Engines, employed - in 6 9 ... 166 . ... ... .. .

pumping, winding, and pud-
...
dling
Steam Cement Crusher ... ., . 1 12 10 ... ...
Puddling Machines ... 32 17 ... ...... ... ..... .
Whims ... ... ... 8 6,. : .. . '"
... .. .
.
Whips
Sluices
...
...
...
...
...
... 1
1
...
..'
...
...
...
... ...
.,
... j
..,...
Total value of mining plant in the division, £9270.
N umbe~ of square miles of auriferous ground which is being, or may have been, actually worklild
upon, 6.,
Number of distinct quartz reefs which have been actuallY,proved to be auriferous to the
present time, 4.
The price of gold during the quarter in the div~ion has been from £3 J8s, 3d. to £3 18s. 6d.
per oz: - .
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I h~ve the honor to forward the accomp~nying report for the quarter, and'regret to state that
the want of water has lessened the population, as also thrown out of employment many miners.
, In Beaufort the Hope Company have worked out their upper block, and commenced the
removal of their engine and plaut to a new site near the corner of the police paddock; the company's
present shaft has attained a depth of 60 feet, this is the second shaft commenced by this company since
abandoning their upper bloek; in the first shaft the influx of water was so great, at a depth of only
50 feet from the surface, as t.o preclude the possibility of bottoming it by ordinary means. This
company displays great perseverance in exploring the ground, notwithstanding the fact that other
partles whose boundaries adjoined their lease·block, above and below, had abandoned the task; the
result is the proof of the existence of two parallel gutters, from each of which a payable prospect has
been obtained. The last weekly dividend resulting from the working of the block recently abandoned
was £2 15s. per twenty. second share. ,
At Jonathan's Gully,East, the Try.again Company have worked out their upper block, the
weekly returns from which fluctuated from 2 to 9 oz., the gutter is narrow and tortuous, the depth of
sinking 72 feet to the working level. The company will commcnce a new shaft' immediately after the
holidays are over.
. The Triumphant Company (late Garibaldi) have suspended operations, and are looking out for
a more remunerative site, their present claim having yielded but £2 lOs. per man during a fortnight's
blocking back.
At 'Musical Gully, 'the Prince Alfred Company ceased operations some weeks since; the
machinery on the claim is quite inadequate to overcome the water in the lower block, and. as many of
the shareholders have an interest in other miTtes, there is little hope of their resuming operations at
prescnt. The Burke Company's blocking back 'continues to pay very handsomely; the claim has
yieldcd 164 ounces during the four weeks preceding the hohdays. Immediately above the south-
wes~ern boundary of the Burke claim two whim partieR are steadily working; one of these claims
recently yielded an Olmee of gold per man for the week's work. Higher up' the· gully a number of
Chinese have been doing very well lately, but their operations are somewhat restricted, owing to the
paueity of water.
. , At Shicer Gully O'Hara's party are just making wages at present. The returns from the
Olive Branch Company's claim have not been equal to the prospects obtained in main driving; the last
fortnight's operations resulte~ in a dividend of £5 per twelfth sha~e.
At Sulky Flat, the Charlton Company have put down nine bores varying from 4S feet to 106 feet,
and have struck gold in three of the bores. They are now commencing to sink a. shaft, and expect to
be down on the gold in about three weeks from the present time. '
. The Crinoline Company have reilised excellent dividends during the whole quarter, excepting
two weeks occupied in exploration; the yield of the claim for the last fortnight was 79 oz. 16 dwt. 6 grs.,
resulting in a net dividend of £47 per man for the period indicated. The gold obtained in this claim is
nearly all of a nugget, character, at least 75 per cent. of the yield consisting of pieces varying from
one pennyweight to SIX ounces each; the estimated width of the lead or run from which these hand-
some results are being realised, is thirty feet, and it is quite distinct from the Slaughteryard Gutter, to
which it is nearly parallel. The Enterprise Company have obtained a good sample of gold, consisting
of pieces of from one to seventeen pennyweights; the ground is shallower and poorer than that of the
Crinoline Company, but is likely to give a fair return when blocking out is commcnced.
The' Prince of Wales Company is the only party at work on Slaughteryard Lead; the claim
yielded 11 oz. 12 dm. 6,grs. for the week ending 23rd December, giving a net dividend of £5 per.
working share for the same period. .
At Sulky Lead, the Resu,lt and Sulky companies have adjusted their differences, and amalga-
mated the two areas, under the style of the Sulky .united Company. A good shaft is already sunk and
eentr~d up, and the party, which is a co-operative one, is activcly engagcd in the erection of an engine
and plant.
At Humbug Lead, a: small party, called the Band of Hope, is realising good returns; this com.
pany's claim recently yielded 14 ozs. of gold as the result of six men's labor for one week. The New
Saxon Company have bottomed on gold, but, in consequence of a fine drift, the timbering has given way,
which will take some time to secure, and may require the sinking of a new sh\l-ft.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
At Charlton's Lead, the puddlers are gctting' sh~rt,of water, and will be some months idle if the
present drought continues. At Raglan proper the Old King Charlie's Qompany (limited) have sunk a
shaft at an expense of £150, and bottomed on reef at 64 feet. Six bores, varying in depth from 96 to
152.ieet, have aleC) been put down through different strata in 'each, although in close proximity to each
other. ,
. In the neighborhood of the Old Lead iliere is little worthy of note, exeept that a small patch of
shallow sinking, near the Cricket Oround, has been recently rushed. One or two of the claims here
produce £1 pcr clay for each miner. The population in, and yield of gold from the eastern tributaries
of the Old Lead are much diminished, owing to a scarcity of water in those localities.
At Sailor's Gully (Trawalla), the Helmsdale and Saxon companies' claims,continue to yield well;
both companies are engaged in main drives. The Royal Saxon men generally obtain from 18 to 20
ounces a week when in full work; they are also driving towards the Helmsdale claim.
'1'he Defiance Company, when sinkipg, struck trap-rock at 44 feet, and went through 40 feet
rock, and then black clay and boulders; the shaft was bpttomed at 107 feet; the washdirt obtained
varies in thickness from 3 to 6 feet, and has yielded from l~ oz. to 2 oz. gold from the space of a set of
timber. The company obtained 41 oz., and declared a dividend of £10 per sharc, for the week ending
23rd December.
{ . The Great Victoria Company have Bunk their. engi.ne shaft 44 feet 8 inches, 33 f~.ct &inche~ of
whlCh are through rock; at thlS stage of the operations l~ wll;s found necessary to pronde a.n engme,
and the company have procured one, and commenced erectmg It. .
. The shallow ground at the head of Sailor's Gully, although well supplied with water, is ma.ni-
festing very decided symptOlnB of its early·exhausti9ll.
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ANALYSIS 'sIIowiNG IIOW AND WIIERE TIIE EUROPEAN AND CHINESE MINERS ARE DISTRIBUTED.
ALSO MACIIINERY, PLANT, ETC.
I Alluvial I
Population. Cement
Steam J.:ngincs .. L Steam Ellgines.
Whims. Puddling
lIlachiues. 80
r;;
I
~J ... ""iii
! !
Loeallty.
~ ~0 .' .'" 8 ~
I
~ ~,,<> ~~
.
: European. Chinese.
:!il
.;
:a
I .....
-- ----
s~; iii:
~'" I :!il .... ~8. -< .... "
:a !:Ii'
:!il .... ~ ]rD
1 - - - -- -- -- - - -- -
~
..
.;
Beaufort and Yam Holes

Malakoff ..• ...... ..........
30
6 ...12030 I~
...... ...2 28... , ..••.. ... ... ... ...1 . ...4
... ... ... ... ... 1 ... ...
1
Jock's Lead 6 2
Jenkinson's Gully ••• ...... ...52 20
Main Lead
Ararat Flat
I ... ... 8
380 1 1 16 ... 1 10 . 1 2 9 ·2 ... 1
Argyle Lead
'"
... ... 1 6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
Charcoal Gully West
Annie's Gully ... ...... ... 3
... ... ... .... ... ... ... 1
...'" ... ... ... '"1
6
...
~
Jonathan's Gully West ... 1 20 ... ... ...

... ... ... .. . ... ... S
...
...... ... ...
Tipperary Gully West 10 10 ...
... ... ... ... 2
......... ... 1 •
Musical Gully West 28 ...
Tucker Gully ...... 12 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
I,ong Gully 4.
King Charlie's Gully West ... 18 12
..... 1 14 ... ...
Sulky Lead ... ... 25 29 ... .. . I -2 1 .
Hu'mbug Lead ...... ... ... ... 1 14 .... ... 1
.....4' ... .. . 3 1
11
Charlton's Lead ... 12 ...... ... .. . ... ... ...
4, ... ... .. . ... I ... I
...
... ...... ... ... ...
Slaughteryard Lead 8 1
Crinoli'ne Lead
Cosmopolitan Lead
... ...
...
27
2
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
... I ... 2 .. . 1
... ... ... ... 1
Bagster's Gu\ly ... ... 2 •
Madman's Gully ...
Shiccr Gully ...
...
...
2
20 ...... 1 .. . 8 ... ... ... 1 1
Perseverance Gnlly ... 2 ... 1 12
'" '"
Mnsical Gully East ...
...... ..'". ...... ...2 ... ...
20
Waterloo Hill ... .., 26
4
26
14 ...1 I
... 1
Surface Hill East ... ... 4
'"
...
Sawpit Gully East ...
Jonathan's Gully East
Charcoal Gully I~ast
...
.. ,
_.w .
20
6
'"
...
16
... I
... ...
I 12
.. . ... ... ..,.. 1 1
Po.ver~y Point
Sallor s Gully
... ... ...
8.')
12
20
'"
... '" ...
'"
... ... ... '" .. . ,
I
1
2 1 38, : 1 1 4 1
Kerrimuir:
- - -I- -
6 ~ l~;' I-:-I~ ~.~ I~I~ ~~ ~
... - 4
Totals 400 164
BARllLY DIVISION.
Mf: John 'D'Alton, Mininfj SU1'veyor an<! Registrar.
TIIE 'l'OTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS : - '
Europeans.
I
Chinese. I Totnl for tho
Division.
~
ll.ema.rka.
..... ~ ..... ......- ,~
Allu vial ?Iiners· ... ... i,140 210 1,350

Quartz Miners ... ... ... - '" ...
,
Totals ... 1.140 210 1,350
, - .~
TIIE TOTAL N'UMBER 'OF MINERS IS TIIUS DISTRIB'UTED:-!.
Landsborough .20. Glasgow Lead 120

Native Youth 10 Frenchman's 40
':Burwood Lead 400 Glenpatrick 110
Emu Flat
500 I
'Barkly
Malakoff 199' : Total 1,360
81
1:HE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-,
ALLUVIAL Mnml(}. QUARTZ MmlNO.
DeIWription of Machinery. I Number Aggregate Aggregate

At Work. Idle. of stm.np Ho...e-Powerof At Work. Idle. Ho...e·Power of
Heads. Stearn Engines. Steam Engines.
Stea.m Engines ... ... 1 ...... ... 12 ... ...... ..... .

Crushing Machine ...
Pllddling Machines ...
...
...... 6 1
18
12
...
...
...... ......... ......... .........
Whips ... . .. 10
... ...
...... ......
Whims
Toms
...
...
...
... ......... 12524
...
...2S
... ......... ...

... .. .
...
'Sluice-boxes ... '"
Total value of mining plant in the division, £3200. . _

upon,13t. . ,
time, 6.
The price of gold during the quarter in the division has been from £3 17s. toJl3 17s. 9d. per oz.
QUARTZ TAILINGS AND CEMENT CnUSHED DURING THE QUARTER AND THE GOLD OBTAINED
THEREFROM. •
Name of Company. Where Quartz, &c., were

obto.lned. Quartz crushed. Yi.;tJ'i:r~ld Total Yield of
Gold. Remarks.
perron.
tone ewt. qr. oz. dwt. gr. oz. dwt. gr.

Landsborough Company Power's Reef ... 8 0 0 0 5 '0 2 0 0
Quartz Tailings and Totals, Quartz, ..

----8 0 0 0 5 0 2 0 0
Cement crushed.
Landsborough Company Glasgow Reef ...
-600- -0 -0 0 Weight
S 10 102 10 0 estimated
Totals,QuartzTail- } -600
- -0 -0 only
ings and Cement 0 3 10 1102 10 0
..
QUARTZ.
A second crushing from Powers' Reef, Landsborough, not having paid expenses, work has been
suspended. .
, The alluvial' rush to Emu Flat has also prevented anything further being done with Native
Youth Reef. ,
As ,ret there have been no steps taken to commence operations at Glendhu.
It IS also to be regretted that the Tunnel Company, Glenpatrick, after a suspension of three
months; have not 'resumed operations. .
ALLUVIAL.
, .. A very healthy rush is progressing at a place now called Emil Flat, about three miles west of
Landsborough. lead hasnow been traced for about a mile in length; it is very tortuons, and the
sinking deep and - g from 77 to 100 feet, mostly d cement; the bottom is dry;
the go~d coarse and nuggety, the yield from 4 dwts. to 3 oz At the present time it is
worked at great disadvantage, all the washdirt having to earted nearly three miles for the
pUrpose of washing. ,
Burwood Lead continues still to be successfully traced, and has nearly reached the boundary of'
the Landsborough Gold l.1:ining Company;s leased ground at one end, while at the other it takes almost
a due easterly direction.
On the older diggings, although a considerable number of claims are held very little is being
done, except at one or two places, where water has been obtained by sinking; this, however, afl'ora!l
but a very Insignificant supply. .
In the neighborhood of Barkly, at S'wiper's Point" Spring Flat, and Wet Lead (Main Lead),
a few claims are working, as water is there obtainable in the drift.
At Glenpatrick very favorable prospects have been obtained in the new ground lately taken up
. by the Glenpatricjr Company, 8 dwts. per tub being taken from the bottom of the prospectin~ shaft; in
consequence of this, a large area of ground has been marked out for the purpose of applymg for the
Bame on lease. .
In the hi~her portion of the gully the sluicing. and other claims continu~ to be successfully
worked, the dramage of the same being considerably assisted by the level which Messrs. Skellett.
Hartle, and Co. have driven into the lower portion of their ground.
, There is now every appearance of Glenpatrick becoming an important field for mining enter-
prize, and as prospects have been obtained in the neighborhood of Elmhurst, the. existence of a deep
lead between the two places is not at all improbable.
By Authority: JOHN FERRES, Government Printer; Melbonrne.

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'1866.

QU~A~RT'ER ENDING 31sT DECEMBER, 1865.

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

APPROXIMATE COST OF REPORTS•

.DlilTAILED P ARTICllLAllS. AMOUNT.

Coat of Preparation, about

, Alluvial Miners. '

",~ 5,li74 4,617 ~ . 14,7~ ~

~ __~ _ _ _,_._ ~ I~ _'_'_ ~i-2::.

1- 1-- --"-----~-.' '---1---1- I-'~-- --- 1-;"''' ---,-1-1

BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT.

Mr. Robert Davidson, Mining Surveyor and Regi8trar.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS:-

I Europeans, I Chine..., Total for the

Alluvial Miners ... ... 1,7W 60 1,770

Quartz Miners ... ... ... ... ....

Steam Engines ... 62 4 940 ... ... .-.. ...

Total value of mining plant in the division, £70,900•

YIELD OF GOLD FROM TIlE FOLLOWING COMPANIES, FOR TIlE QUARTEll:-

OZB. Dwt.- Gr.

Mr. P. 0. Fitz PatJ-ic7o, Mining Surveyor and Regis!rar.

TB;l!l TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS. IS AS 'FOLLOWS:-

Black Hill ... 330

THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-

Steam Engines, employed in pump- 6 ... 46 '" • ~! ... ., .

Steam Engines, employed in I

Total value of mining plant in the division, £34,500.

Totals, Quartz ... 8,393 '0 0 0 4, 12~ 1,892 1 12

Mr. Thomas Gowan, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MIN1!RS IS AS FOLLOWS:-

Alluvial Miners , .. ... 216

Totals ... 349 )-2~ GIl

Gum.tree Flat 57 Canadian· .,. 70'

THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-

Stearn Engines. employed in wind-

Totals, Quartz 0 3 6~ 1,797 1 0

MT. Michael O'Malley, Mining Surveyor and Registmr.

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MINERS IS AS FOLLOWS:-

j Europeans I Chin_ I Total for the I'

Quartz Miners ... n • 162 6 I 168

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF l\frNER8 IS rHUS DISTRIBUTED : -

Bulldog ... 400 LongGully ... 17

THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS!-

Steam Engines ... . .. 86 9 ...6

I Where Quartz was oll- n... ~_ I I

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

THB T~TA.L NUMBER 01' MINERS IS AS 1'OLLOWS:-

Earopea.ns. bhlnese. Total for the :Remarks.

Totals ... 2,200 300 2,500

Watson's Hill 60 WhiteHorse 150

THE MACHINERY IS AS FOLLOWS:-

ALLUVIAL lIlINING. QUA-EIl:Z l\I:nrn;G.

CRUSHED DURING THE QUARTER, AND THE GOLD OBTAINED THEREFROM;

INa.me of Comp3Ill. Wbare '<iluarlz was

ton· cw!;. q1". oz. /1m. gr. OIL dm. gr.

, Scotchman's Lead. '

Mr. John Lynch, Mining SU'1'veyor ana .Registrar.

. THE TOTAL NUMBER' OF MINERS IS 'AS FOLL~~S:-

Europeans. Total for the lWn:u>rkll.

- . . . :~ ,;,~ I: , • i{)' ,,/'