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The main 40-ft. shaft is 6 chains south of this point; it exposes 
6 feet of black slates with quartz veins at intervals. At 30 feet a drive 
has been put in for 15 feet, and at 40 feet there is a cross-cut a few 
feet long in the black slate. The face exposed at 40 feet in this shaft 
is as follows, going from w T est to east: — 
St in. 
Black slate—an inch or two ... 
Two- nearly vertical quartz veins 
Black graphitic slate 
White to yellow slate 
Black graphitic slate 
White to yellow slate 
vSiliceous track—fault parallel to' the bedding 
Black graphitic slate 
White to yellow slate 
Black graphitic slate 
Nearly vertical quartz vein • ... 
Black graphitic slate with bright red patches 
o 4 
o 3 
O Ij 
1 3 
° 3 
1 2 2 
o 2 
1 1 
O 2 
i 8 
Total ... 6 6 
The whole formation is cut at intervals by quartz veins, many 
occurring at the 40-ft. level at the main shaft. Small faults with a 
throw of an inch or so occur, sometimes dipping to- the east, but more 
commonly to the west. Three samples were taken for assay from this 
place with the following results: — 
Gold per ton. 
oz. dwt. gr. 
Assay No. 291. Average sample of slate free from o 2 23 
quartz 
Assay No. 292. Average sample of slate with quartz 01 7 
Assay No. 295. Green slate 1 foot wide directly E. o o 16 
of the black slate 
The samples were broken out by myself after cleaning the face. 
One and a half chains south of the main shaft there is a small shaft 
which exposes a big quartz reef with black slate to the west of it. 
Further south, about f chain down the hill, there is a shallow shaft 
6 feet deep, which exposes more of the black slates, and § chain further 
on is Skene’s south shaft which follows the beds on the dip, 75 deg. E. 
Here the formation has been proved to a depth of 40 feet and to a 
width of over 4 feet; it consists of green slate with a quartz reef to- the 
east. A sample taken from the black slates and quartz veins on the 
heap assayed 1 dwt. 2 gr. of gold per ton (No. 293). Half a chain 
further south a 20-ft. shaft exposes the big quartz reef with its accom¬ 
panying green slate, and § chain beyond this an old shaft 70 feet deep 
exposes much black slate, and the same formation again appears at an 
old shaft 80 feet deep at the source of the lead. Between this point 
and Skene's main shaft the distance is about 350 feet, and for this 
length the black slate averages about 4 feet in width. 
In regard to the gold in the slates it may be stated thac throughout 
these rocks there is much decomposed pyrites of small size, and that 
the gold has quite possibly been set free from this mineral. Below the 
water level, which should here be well over 200 feet deep, the pyrites is 
probably unaltered. 
It is possible that the cross quartz veins may at times be rich, the 
formation being of the indicator class, but the value of the mine must 
be based on the bulk value of the black slates and small veins. 
