Geohxjji of Warviindyte Gold field. 547 



In Quarter 

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30 6,69 —Fourth Hill 

 30,9/73 — Indiistrial 



31 3/74 —Marble Hall 

 30/6 75 —Pigtail 

 31/12/75— Pigtail 

 31 12 80— Messrs. Sloan & Party 



(Fourth Hill) 

 313 81 —Messrs. Sloan & Party - 4 29 10 7 7 12 35 



(Fourth Hill) 

 31/3/83 —Young Colonial 

 31/3/85 — Yarra Tunnelling - 

 30/6 92 -Black Swan 

 30/6,95 —Messrs. Blair Bros. - 

 31/3/96 —Messrs. Dixon & Holloway 

 31/3/96 —Messrs. H. Squires & Party 

 30/9/96 —Victory - - ... 



The results from alluvial mining cannot be given. No regular 

 returns can be obtained. Instances are recorded of various 

 rich finds, but nothing definite can be stated as to the workings 

 as a whole. 



From the general reports of the Mining Surveyors and Regis- 

 trars, the gullies and creeks tributary to the Yarra at Warran- 

 dvte have not been very profitable. The best returns have been 

 from the bed of the Yarra itself. The river was in the early 

 days dammed and paddocked so as to reach the gold, and the 

 results in general are stated to have been satisfactory. In later 

 years further efforts were made, but without success. The bulk 

 of the gold had ai)parently been obtained by the earlier miners. 



Two undertakings, on account of their magnitude, deserve to 

 be mentioned. One is the cut through the river at tlie bend 

 known as Thomson's Jiend, near Parson's (iully, by which an 

 island was formed, and the other the tunnel through the 

 rocks at Pound Bend, connecting the river at two points. Tlie 

 object in each case was to divert the river from the bend, and 

 obtain the gold from the river bed. 



The cut at Thomson's Bend was begun in 1859, and com- 

 pleted in 1860. The river was diverted through the new cut, 

 and the old bed laid dry Difficulties were encountered by the 



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