HADABANATTA. 



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The lode was carefully sampled and the results obtained on assay 

 Results of assay. will be found in the following table : — 











Result of 













assay in 





Sample. 



Position. 



thick 

 lode 



ness of 

 sampled. 



dwts. of 



gold to 



ton of 



ore. 



Remarks. 







ft. 



in. 







E 5 



Old native workings 



2 



6 



trace 



Up per part only ex- 

 posed : total thick- 

 ness probably 6 ft, 



E16 



Shaft A 



4 







trace 



Lower level, lower 

 part of lode : total 

 thickness probably 

 7 ft- 



E23 



do. 







8 



5*2 dwts. 



Small band in centre 

 of lode, said to have 



E54 



15 ft. west of E16 



I 



9 



trace 



yielded visible gold. 

 Total thickness proba- 



E59 



42 ft. west of E5 



3 







trace 



bly 4 ft. 

 Whole lode. 



E66 



11 ft. west of E59 



1 



8 



trace 



Lode not exposed 

 between E66 and 

 E75- 



E75 



42 ft. west of E66 



1 



4i 



trace. 





E76 



5 ft. further west 



2 



4 



trace. 





E77 



6 ft. 



1 



9 



trace. 





E73 



8 ft. „ 



1 



9 



2 dwts. 





E79 



7 ft. 6in. „ 



3 



2 



trace 



Made up of lode 

 1' g"; country, 2', 

 lode, 6". 



E69 



4 ft. 6in. „ 



2 



3 



trace. 





Of the above samples the first six — viz., E 5, 16, 23, 54, 59, 66 

 — were taken from the old native workings, and the last six — 

 ^75) 7^» 77» 73» 79, 69 — from a western continuation of the lode 

 recently opened out by Mr. Morris. 



Those from the old native workings were taken from as much of 



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