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WALKER’S MINE AND OTHERS AT ST. ARNAUD. 
By E. /. Dunn, F.G.S., Director, Geological Survey. 
Walker’s Mine, St. Arnaud. 
About three-quarters of a mile north from the Lady Nelson Mine is 
Walker’s (the Lady Nelson Extended) Mine, from which all plant and 
machinery have been removed. A great deal of shallow work has been 
done on the hill-side, and fossickers are still at work following spurs 
that ramify through the country rock for about 2 chains in width. The 
rocks consist of slate and sandstone that appear to be nearly vertical 
in dip, and the strike of which is about N. 30 deg. W. The gold found 
in these workings is worth jQy per oz. No records are available to show 
what results were obtained from this shaft, which is 200 feet deep. 
The Comstock Mine, &c. 
About 25 chains northerly from Walker’s Mine is the Comstock where 
the shaft was sunk to a depth of 300 feet. At the Comstock there is 
much black slate inclined at a high angle. I11 this mine much silver is 
said to have been discovered, but there are no records of the gold and 
silver won. The gold is said to have been of very low grade. Surface 
workings connect Walker’s Mine with the Comstock Mine, and this strip 
of country appears deserving of more exploration than has been carried 
out. 
About 15 chains north of the Comstock are other surface workings 
where the spurs gave as mud? as \ oz. of gold per ton of quartz. These 
spurs have been worked over a length of about 5 chains; they occur in 
beds of very favorable appearance, the black slate being thickly studded 
with iron pyrites. At the north end of these workings a shaft has been 
sunk 200 feet, but very little work was done from it. From this point 
alluvial gullies have been worked northward. Six chains north-east 
from the shaft is the Silver King shaft, 70 feet deep, from which it is 
reputed rich silver ore was obtained. There has been very little work 
done from this shaft The shaft is on the south boundary of a 20-acre 
block. 
This tract of auriferous country deserves far more attention than has 
been bestowed upon it. Walker’s Mine appears to be especially suitable 
for further prospecting. 
[Report sent in 2 4.. 2.09.] 
The Dodger Workings, St. Arnaud.. 
On the edge of the Mallee and about 3 miles north-east of St. Arnaud 
are the Dodger workings, where a series of flat spurs has been mined. 
The quartz is of grey colour, and it breaks up into angular fragments. 
These spurs are up to 2 feet thick and they are so close together as to 
form a considerable proportion of the whole mass of rock. The country 
consists of white pipe-clay and white sandstone of a friable nature. A 
great deal of work has been done in shallow holes, and the quartz was 
crushed at a small battery which is about half-a-mile to .the east of the 
workings. It is stated that the spurs become productive when they 
crossed indicators. There appears to be room here for much more pros¬ 
pecting. Aields of about \ oz. are said to have been obtained from some 
of the quartz crushed. 
