X38 Mines and Mineral Statistics. 
Erom Apsley, south of Bathurst, Mr. E. Farr, Mining Eegis- 
trar, forwarded samples of ore yielding from 20 to 30 per. cent, 
copper ; they are of grey and yellow sulphide, sulphide of copper 
with galena, red and black oxides, and green and blue carbonates 
of copper, from depths of 20 to 90 feet, the lode being 3 to 5 feet 
wide. 
Peelwood Copper Mine, ten miles from Tuena. From Mr. 
Thos. Taylor : green and blue carbonates of copper from twenty 
fathoms deep, red oxide and native copper from 30 fathoms, red 
oxide and green and blue carbonates from 40 fathoms, yellow 
sulphide of copper at 50 fathoms. The lode strikes S.E. and 
N.W., and averages 4 feet in thickness. 
Ophir Copper Mine. From Messrs. Gilchrist and "Weston; 
three largo specimens of yellow sulphide and green and blue car- 
bonates of copper. 
Belara Copper Mine, near Mudgee. From Mi*. C. E. Barton : 
samples of native or virgin copper, grey and yellow sulphide, 
green and blue carbonates, and red and black oxides of copper, 
assaying from 25 to 40*4 per cent. 
Mr. F. Dalton; AFarden, has sent specimens of yellow sulphide 
of copper from Buckinbah, and of green carbonates and red 
oxide, which he says abound north-west of Parkes, and south of 
Condoholin. 
Messrs. Ilurley and AFearne’s Copper Mine, AFellington Dis- 
trict : lode 2 feet thick, chiefly yellow and grey sulphide, with 
green carbonate of copper. 
Gordon Brook, Clarence Eiver. Bawden and Fisher’s Copper 
Mine : good sample of coarsely crystalline yellow copper ore. 
Frogshole, parish of Bala, county of King. From Mr. John 
Deer : green and blue carbonates, yellow sulphide, and red oxide 
of copper. 
Bingera, Bobby AYhitlow’s Copper Mine. From Mining Eegis- 
trar : red oxide, green and blue carbonates, and yellow sulphide 
of copper, from a north and south lode 2 to 3 feet wide. 
Three-mile Flat, four miles north of AFellington. From Mr. 
J. Chiplin : green carbonate and grey sulphide of copper, from 
a lode 22 inches wide ; and rich yellow sulphide of copper from 
a lode 18 inches wide, depth 88 feet, 10 miles north of AFelling- 
tou. Mr. AY. Edwards also sent samples of tho above-mentioned 
ores, with black oxide of copper from the same localities. 
Mitchell’s Creek, county of Lincoln. From Mr, Gustavus 
Lett : Eleven samples, chiefly of yellow sulphide, with green and 
blue carbonates. 
AYellington District. From Mr. AY. B. Simpson: specimens 
of copper ore from nineteen difi’erent localities within 25 miles 
from AYellington; they consist of native copper, green and blue 
