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Mines and Mineral Statistics. 
Eicliardson’s Lead (length, mile) is a tinbutary to the 
Welcome ^ depth, 30 to 60 feet ; thickness of wash, 9 to IS inches. 
Several nuggets have been obtained from this lead, we^hing from 
3 to 9 ozs. Quartz reefs abound in the ridges on its southern 
flank. Some of the claims about the centre of the lead produced 
from 15 to 8 dwts. per load, the yield of the remainder was barely 
payable. A fcAV claims on this lead are still occupied and worked. 
Sparling’s Camp, not proving payable, was abandoned early in 
the year. The area selected by the prospecting party was in the 
centre of a wide flat, where, at a de])th of from 80 to 100 feet, a 
good wash was obtaiued, that appeared to be spread in every 
direction over the bottom ; this wash contained from 2 to 4 dwts. 
of gold per load. That portion of the Grold Tield has not been 
sufficiently prospected. 
Daring the year 1874 several minor leads were, after much 
inospecting, discovered in the valleys on the north bank of the 
Goobang, all trending towards that stream ; they were fro,m ^ a 
mile to I of a mile in length. A few claims about the centre of 
most of these leads \N'ere barely payable ; the depth ranged from 
80 to 90 feet, and the wash from 9 to IS inches in thickness. 
They are as follows : — The Land of Hope, Donald’s Gully, 
Sydney Clinker, All ^^'ations, Gilguey’s, The Union, The Tear- 
away, The Caledonia, The Little Welcome, In addition to these 
were several large areas of surfacing, all of a similar character. 
The undermentioned leads, more important in their character, 
eituated on the north hank, and having their source amidst quartz 
reefs and transmuted formations, descend to the margin of the 
stream : — 
The Mbler’s Lead. — The prospecting claim yielded 1 oz. of 
gold per load ; depth, 25 to 30 feet ; wash, 12 inches thick. On 
the remainder of the lead the claims produced from 3 to 5 dwts, 
per load. Six parties now working ; greater part of the remaining 
ground worked out. 
^ The Growlers’ Lead. — Narrow and difficult to trace ; 2 claims 
yielded 18 dwts. per load; remainder, wages ; depth, 14 feet. 
The Well-tried Lead has its source, in surfacing, near the head 
of M'Guiggan’s Lead. Some of the ceutral claims produced 
14 dwts. per load, the remainder averaged 6 dwts. Twenty-six 
claims now occupied ; remainder worked out ; depth, from G to 35 
feet ; wash, from 12 to 24 inches — narrow. 
The Erenchman’s Lead, about 1 mile in length, is situated on 
the slopes of a ridge between Paddy’s Plat and the Victoria 
Lead j in some places it expands and becomes surfacing ; depth, 
12 to 14 feet ; thickness of wash, 3 feet j yield ranges between 
2 and 14 dwts. per load — nearly worked out. 
The four preceding leads were discovered in the early part of 
1874 . ^ ^ 
