153 
At 401 feet, 426 feet, 452 feet, and 477 feet short cross-cuts have 
been driven into the reef, which is only a few feet to the east of the shaft. 
At 523 feet the reef was in the shaft, and drives have been extended 
149 feet north and 247 feet south, exposing die flat dyke as already men¬ 
tioned and the main reef track in the north face, where Mr. W illiams, the 
present manager, reports 10-dwt. prospects from a few inches of stone, 
apparently the end of the Little reef make. In this level, just south of 
the stopes, there is quartz 2 feet wide, from which Mr. Williams obtained 
prospects which he considers equal to 7 dwt. per ton. At the south 
end of this drive there is a rise stated to be 90 feet up, but at present 
it is inaccessible. Several small cross-cuts have been put in from the 
south drive. 
The most important workings, and those bearing most on the future 
development of the mine, are seen at the 625-ft. level, where drives 
extend 272 feet north and 75 feet south, with cross-cuts of 100 feet west 
from the shaft, and 20 feet west from the end of the north bottom level 
drive. The prospects of this bottom level may be stated as follow :— 
The south drive (75 feet) exposes a strong quartz reef averaging 8 feet 
in width and showing veins of iron pyrites, &c., on the hanging wall side 
cf the reef. Crushings from this big reef gave 3 dwt. per ton, so Mr. 
Ellery informs me. 
The north drive is along a strong reef averaging 7 feet near the incline 
workings, and from which crushings taken 3 feet and 4 feet wide yielded 
5 dwt., and up to 1 oz. from one parcel. The Advertiser records which 
I Have in my possession give some of the incline yields, which total 457 
tons for 261 oz. (amalgam), or 11J dwt. (amalgam) per ton. 
At about 184 feet in the north drive, and past the rise which connects 
with the blind shaft sunk from the 523-ft. level, the Little reef came only 
to within 10 feet of the bottom level, having made into a big spurry reef 
formation 4 feet to 8 feet wide, as recorded in the last half-yearly report 
ai the old company in 1883. 
In the extreme north end, the reef is only narrow, ranging from 2 feet 
to a mere track; underhand stoping was carried on for a depth of 15 feet 
by a length of 30 feet, and the stone crushed yielded 6 dwt. per ton. 
I- rom the end of the north drive a western cross-cut has been put in 
20 feet, cutting western spurs in eastern country; 3 feet of these spurs 
\ielded over 3 dwt. per ton from a trial of 5 tons (Advertiser records). 
A cross-cut, 100 feet from the shaft and going west, cut several 
small western quartz spurs in eastern country, and, at 89 feet in, a small 
well-defined lode track. At the 100 feet the cross-cut struck a very hard 
band, which I noted as the main dyke intrusion. 
Some of the rich crushings taken from between 380 feet and 610 feet 
on the Little reef may be here stated from the Advertiser record—- 
Date. 
Depth. 
Tons c 
rushed. 
• 
Gold yield 
2/8/61 
... 380 
ft. 
55 § 
tons 
2 22 
J 
oz. 
17 / 6 /' 61 
410 
ft. 
... 38 
tons 
118 
oz. 
18/7/62 
••• 55 ° 
ft. 
59 
tons 
303 
OZ. 
12/11/66 
600 
ft. 
30 
tons 
251 
oz. 15 
(2 feet wide) 
29/4/67 
610 
ft. 
45 
tons ... 
3 2 7 
oz. 
