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About 8 chains further south than the top of the hill over which the 
Queen Elizabeth reef runs, this same reef is exposed. The quartz is from 
8 to 22 inches thick: strike H. i 5 ° W. Two chains further west of 
where this same reef crosses the first gully south of the hill, a small reef 
9 inches thick has been opened and found to carry a little gold. 
The Struck Oil Reef. 
The Struck Oil reef has been opened up about half-a-mile S. 30° 
E. from the hill crossed by the Queen Elizabeth reef; it is probably a con¬ 
tinuation of that reef. The country consists of soft yellow and grey slate 
and sandstone, and the soil is red. The strike of the country N. 2o<M\. ; 
dip 8o° W. j pitch north at about 8°; thickness of quartz from 
1 to 10 inches. An open cut has been made along the reef for 30 feet. 
The quartz yields about 1 oz. per ton. About ij chains to the.west of the 
Struck Oil reef, and in similar country, is. a parallel reef just opened 
up. the Sneezer. It is from 1 to 4 inches thick, dips 8o° \\ ., and a crush¬ 
ing yielded 1 oz. of gold per ton. 
Fletcher’s Reef. 
One mile south from the Queen Elizabeth is Fletcher's reef. Strike N. 
15 0 W. ; dip nearly vertical, but slightly to the west; the quartz is from 
1 to 6 inches thick, and a little gold is showing. A shaft has been sunk 
35 feet deep, and it has been opened for a length of 150 feet at the surface. 
The country consists of pink and yellow slates and sandstones, and the soil 
is red. Clear Creek flows about 8 chains east of the shaft. 
The Tin Tub Reef. 
One quarter of a mile southward from Fletcher’s reef is the Tin Tub 
reef. Forty years ago a shaft 30 feet deep was sunk here, but the shoot 
of gold w r as missed. A new shaft has been sunk 35 feet deep. The reef 
is from 1 inch to 9 inches thick, and dips to the west at 50°. The 
shoot of auriferous quartz pitches south, and has been proved for 70 feet 
in length. Mr. Roper crushed 5 tons from this reef for a yield of 21 oz. 
of gold. The country consists of yellow and grey slate and sandstone, 
soft for working, and the soil is red. 
The Queen Bee Reef. 
This reef, which is being prospected by Mr. I ? Anson, is 6J miles, a 
little west of south, from Yackandandah. It is half-a-mile in a southerly 
direction from the Tin Tub reef,- and is being worked at an old garden 
site. The surface along the reef has been opened up for 100 feet in 
length, but at a depth of 15 feet a nearly horizontal fault cut off the reef. 
From the surface to this fault the quartz was profitable to work. By 
driving 31 feet east the portion of the reef below the fault was recovered. 
The thickness of quartz varied from 3 inches to 22 inches. So far the 
auriferous shoot worked above the fault has not been picked up below it. 
The country consists of grey and yellow decomposed slates, and the soil is 
red. Mr. I’Anson has another prospecting site one quarter of a mile to 
the west. 
From the Queen Elizabeth to the Queen Bee reef the several prospecting 
sites are on the same belt of Ordovician country, and in this belt there 
appear to be two or three parallel lines of reef. For the most part the 
quartz is thin, ranging from an inch to 9 inches thick on an average, but 
