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stone from this reef varies considerably in richness ; one- 
picked specimen yielded 
Silver 5220z. 2dwt. Ogrs. per ton. 
Gold 180z. 6dwt. 10grs. 
and contained 10% of sulphides, &e. solute in nitric acid. 
Other samples gave 
ilver loz. 4dwt. 9grs. per ton. 
Gold 5grs. 
Silver 200z. Sdwt. 10grs. per ton. 
Gold Sdwt. 10g Pe 
and stone taken from the ihicty feet level, gave 
Silver 4202. ay Ogrs. per ton. 
Gold 10dw t. 19grs Ys 
The mineral matter in the picked specimen contained iron pyrites, 
sulphide of silver, antimonite of silver, free silver and gold, and 
quantities of galena, 
The Golden Age reef appears to be a continuation of the 
Addison reef, as it is in the same direct line. A sam mple of the 
stone taken from the fifty feet level on the reef gave 
Silver 980z. 16dwt. 19g¢rs. per ton. 
Gold loz. 4dwt. Ogrs 
whilst a sample of the crushed stone from the same level as 
delivered from the stamper boxes of the machine, gave 
Silver 83o0z. 12dwt. 19 r ton. 
Gold ae 
The whole neighbourhood appears to contain argentifer ous reefs, 
and there have lately been discovered the Golden Crown reef, 
which runs parallel to the Addison, and distant from it about 10 
ins. A sample of stone from the surface of this reef gave 
Silver 4590z. 16dwt. te per ton. 
Gold’ oz. 1ldwt. 14 
The silver in or ore is partly in the ove of antimonide with 
m Boorook, and a sample of Ary atin yielded 
Silver 5o0z. 10dwt. Ogrs. am ton. 
Gold Qoz. Odwt. 19grs. 
Near to this is the Alderman reef, a sample of which from the 
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cio) Bilver 3702. 15dwt. l4grs. per ton. 
Gold = 0oz dwt. 5Sgrs, 
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