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cross-cut is in decomposed dyke, which forms the southern portion of 
the outcrop. At ioo feet from the entrance a drive was put in north and 
south along a spurry formation, and a winze sunk below the level to a 
depth of 60 feet. A rise from this point connects with surface workings, 
which appear to be about 60 feet in length. About 25 feet east of these 
reef workings another drive is put in north and south on a wall with a 
westerly dip. A small amount of underhand stoping, as well as rising, 
has been carried on from this drive, but the formation is small. At 150 
feet from the entrance a small reef 8 inches thick with a westerly dip of, 
45 0 was passed through. At 200 feet from the entrance a drive was 
put in on a formation which has been stoped to the surface. Fifty 
feet south of the cross-cut, Silurian strata were met with on the footwall 
of the reef, and a fair body of crushing material (spurrv formation carry¬ 
ing a little gold) proved. The extent of this make could be tested only 
by driving, but it is probable that it will form only as a contact make 
and die out as the southern edge of the dyke is reached. A winze was 
sunk to a depth of 36 feet from a point 30 feet south of the cross-cut. 
The dip of this winze would, if continued, connect with the No. 2 reef in 
the Coronation adit. Fifteen feet east of the reef workings a connexion 
was made, by a winze from a short north drive, to the stopes from the 
Coronation adit. By this an airway was formed which ventilates the 
main workings of the Coronation company. In the decomposed portion 
of the dyke at this level veins of impure manganese ore (wad) are notice¬ 
able. 
The Coronation main adit, to which operations have for the past five 
years been confined, was started from a point 750 feet south of the old Tubal 
Cain adit and 420 feet west of the mouth of ChalvvelFs adit. The cross¬ 
cut has a bearing of N. 56° 46' E., and intersects the dyke near 
its southern edge at 370 feet from the entrance. The strata passed 
through have a general easterly dip of from 70° to 8o° for 
280 feet, where a sharp roll with a southerly pitch of io° is met 
with. The remaining strata till the dyke is reached dip easterly at an 
angle of about 50°. Cleavage is vertical. At 450 feet from the 
entrance the first formation, No. 1 reef, was passed through; this con¬ 
sisted of from 6 to 12 inches of quartz with two good walls and a westerly 
dip of 45 0 . Fifty feet further east another make, No. 2 reef, 
carrying up to 18 inches of quartz was intersected. A drive was put 
in south-east on this for 150 feet. About 80 feet south of the cross-cut soft 
