JO HATCH: AURIFEROUS QUARTZITES OF PARHARDlAH. 



its foot wall 22 feet. Thedrivage on the course of the vein amounts 



to 23 feet. From the end of the cross-cut a rise communicates with 



an old working coming from the surface. 



Verner's shaft is down 83 feet. From the bottom a cross-cut has 



been put in 30 feet to the south. At 9 feet from the shaft a small 



quartzite bed, 3 feet thick, has been intersected, and at 19 feet there 



is a 4-inch vein, The main body has not been reached. 



With regard to relative position, No. 3 shaft is about 160 feet to 



the west of No. 4, and Verner's shaft about 400 feet west of No. 3. 



The following samples were taken :— 



No. 3 Shaft — 



C 34. From 70 foot level, full width of vein 12 feet. Assayed 



4-5 dwts. 



C 39. From supposed rich place on 70 foot level, pointed out by 



Mr. Mervyn Smith, 12 inches , . 3^25 dwts. 



C 90. From supposed rich place 50 feet down shaft, 6 feet only 



of vein exposed . . . assayed 1*3 dwts. 



No. 4 Shaft — 



C 93. From bottom, full width of vein, 12 feet. Assayed 



2 - o dwts. 

 Venter's Shaft— 



C 76. 3-foot " vein " in cross-cut. Assayed 7-8 dwts. 



C 71. 4-inch „ „ ,, „ 5-2 dwts. 



The "veins" are mineralized quartzite beds carrying cubical 



pyrites and gold. There are apparently at least 



Summary. 111 r » • 1 



two such beds, of which only the smaller one has 

 been tapped by the present workings; the other is a much bigger 

 body and should be prospected as there is a reasonable chance of its 

 also being auriferous, especially as there are signs of the ancients 

 having done some work upon it. 



The assay result obtained from the samples taken by me from the 

 " veins " of 12 and 3 feet thickness, at different points in their course, 

 are sufficiently encouraging to warrant some money being spent in 

 their further development. 

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