C.—3c. 
12 
The No. 5 level is carried fi’oui the bottom of the shaft, and is about 700ft. below the lev^ of 
the surface. The lode here varies from 4ft. to 40ft. in width, and would average about 2/)ft. thick 
for 118ft. long. The stone underfoot in this level appears to be of better quality than that worked 
above this. A winze has been sunk on the lode from this level to a depth of about WOft., carryhig 
good gold in the stone for this distance. There has been no working on the line of this reef at this 
level within 600ft. of the Globe boundary. From all the information supplied me, the No. o level 
in the Progress is about 65ft. lower than the deepest working in the Globe. This ground is easily 
worked, and the cost of mining should be very small when the size of the lodes aie taken into con¬ 
sideration, and the fact that only about 560 gallons of water have to be lifted per week. 
The following statement will show the result of the working in this mine from March, 1894, to 
July of the present year :— 
Date. 
1894. 
10 March 
6 April 
9 May 
6 June 
30 July 
23 August ... 
7 September 
10 October ... 
7 November 
4 December 
1895. 
17 January ... 
February 
March 
April 
May 
14 June 
July 
Returns. 
Expenditure. 
Dividends. 
I 
) 
Tons. 
Oz. 
dwt. 
gf- 
£ 
S. 
A 
£ 
a. 
a. 
£ 
SI, 
a. 
425 
180 
15 
6 
732 
1 
9 
819 
3 
0 
600 
0 
710 
415 
15 
0 
1,685 
2 
3 
1,690 
16 
3 
0 
895 
458 
11 
12 
1,859 
2 
8 
1,510 
5 
9 
600 
0 
0 
720 
242 
5 
6 
984 
3 
9 
1,332 
15 
7 
• 
• 
1,480 
741 
9 
5 
3,011 
15 
5 
994 
2 
11 
*600’ 
0 
495 
222 
18 
8 
905 
13 
7 
1,019 
18 
4 
0 
851 
15 
5 
. 
. 
•• 
382 
14 
4 
. 
10 
( 476 
19 
4 
600 
0 
0 
1,375 
783 
17 
23 
3,169 
11 
(1,388 
4 
1 
600 
0 
0 
165 
11 
5 
600 
0 
0 
760 
374 
11 
4 
1,516 
19 
2 
1,811 
17 
6 
600 
0 
0 
715 
380 
8 
0 
1,540 
12 
4 
705 
0 
0 
600 
0 
0 
815 
374 
18 
0 
1,518 
15 
0 
844 
7 
5 
600 
0 
0 
319 
15 
22 
1,295 
3 
6 
757 
12 
1 
600 
0 
0 
860 
337 
16 
9 
1.365 
7 
0 
855 
8 
10 
600 
0 
0 
875 
308 
10 
8 
1,243 
1 
4 
1,146 
9 
2 
• 
10,120 
5,141 
12 
7* 
20,827 
8 
8 
16,744 
1 
5 
6,600 
0 
0 
• This leaves a net profit on the working of £4,083 Vs. 3d., while £6,600 has been paid away in dividends. This 
shows that there must be a considerable reserve in hand. 
There is a great deal of pyrites in the stone, which is very rich in gold. Recently 10 tons 18cwt' 
of concentrates obtained from the washings of the blankets, after working the concentrates in the 
berdans, and taking all the gold that could be got by this process by amalgamation, was sent to 
Melbourne for treatment. The returns for this showed that the concentrates contained gold to the 
value of £260, or equal to £23 168. per ton. -i' n 
As stated in mv annual report, the tailings are carried away by the water in Devil’s Creek and 
strewed over its be5, and would now be difficult to recover; but it is certain that there has been in 
the past, and even at the present time, a very large loss of gold at this company’s plant. 
The crushing plant and winding gear being fully described in my annual report, there is no 
need to refer to this again. It may, however, be stated that, notwithstanding anything that may 
be said to the contrary, this company has a valuable property, and from the large waste of gold 
that is still being made, until such time as a considerable change is made in the method of treating 
the ore, it is only by having very rich stone that any profit on the working of the mine can be 
expected. 
Larnach. 
This is a special claim of 100 acres, including ground held in mining leases known as the 
Empress, General Gordon, Heather Bell, Lone Hand, Pioneer, Albion Extended, Surprise, and 
Great Western. This claim adjoins the southern boundaries of the Globe and Progress. Very little 
can be said respecting this ground, with the exception that some rich specimen-stone was found on 
the surface, although very little has yet been got from any record of stone crushed. There was 60 
tons of stone crushed from the Heather Bell, which yielded lOoz. gold, representing a value of £39. 
This claim is on the line of the gold-bearing belt of country, and, as there has not been any 
prospecting done at any great depth below the surface, there is a fair probability of auriferous lodes 
being found payable for working. 
Mekrijig’s.* 
Cumberland. 
This is a special claim of 30 acres, bounded on the north by the Success and Exchange holdings, 
on the west and south by the Golden Head and Durham Claims. There has been 12,655 tons of 
stone crushed from this ground, which yielded 11,096oz. of gold, representing a value of £4o,420, out 
of which dividends have been paid to the extent of £13,800. 
The workings were carried on below the level of the surface to a depth of 230ft. from three adit- 
levels. In the lowest of these a shaft was sunk at a point about 580ft. from the mouth of the adit- 
to a depth of 200ft., where the present workings are now carried on. The length of the block of stone 
