In addition to the above I quote some general statements from The 
Mineral Resources of Amherst and Talbot , by G. D. Reid, page 16 : — 
“ From the Croydon battery (Cosstick’s) I find a total of 3,234 tons 
crushed for 1,324 oz. 9 dwt. As in previous cases the result of every third 
crushing is appended : — 
Tons. 
oz. 
dwt. 
20 
5 
10 
2 
5 
0 
80 
.. 30 
0 
65 
.. 26 
0 
20 
.. 12 
12 
43 
14 
18 
107 
.. 29 
15 
57 
16 
10 
86 
44 
0 
100 
.. 29 
14 
104 
43 
13 
78 
.. 39 
0 
204 
60 
0 
39 
.. 28 
0 
13 
6 
9 
39 
• • 
. . 24 
!5 
He also states : — 
“ The stone was somewhat variable in width in places up to 10 feet, 
but the bulk may be said to be three feet or four feet, which is a nice 
width to work.” 
The shoots are said to pitch north at 45 deg., but as to their length at a 
depth no information is obtainable as far as I can find out; but as 
before stated, a shoot over 100 feet in length on the surface was worked 
in Busch’s and Fentel’s claims together. 
Appended are some of the yields and notes which appeared in the 
Talbot Leader between 1870 to 1883 ; those in the sixties are not at present 
obtainable. 
Date. 
Tons. 
Ozs. 
Kemarks. 
25.10.70 
• • 
Reef cut at 110 feet deep. 
21.3.71 
15 
30 
24.8.71 
6 
6 f 
Fentel’s claim. Surface stone. 
17.10.71 
6 
91 
2 
Fentel’s claim. 
16.6.73 
1 
per ton 
3 feet wide. 
24.11.73 
71 
169f 
13.3.74 
28 
48 
5 feet wide. 
31.8.74 
80 
72 
4 feet wide. 
21.4.74 
30 
60 
3 feet wide. Fentel’s claim. 
19.5.74 
40 
23 
14.7.74 
40 
18 
Fentel’s claim. 
3.11.^4 
43 
344 
Fentel’s claim. 
21.4.74 
145 
67 
Busch’s claim ; 3^- weeks’ work. 
18.8.74 
82 
70 
Busch’s claim. 
15.9.74 
81 
94 
Busch’s claim. 
8.12.74 
Busch’s claim— 
88 
52-| 
Busch’s claim. 
15.2.75 
80 
37 
Busch’s claim; 3 feet wide at 
102 -ft. level. 
20.4.75 
80 
34-1- 
Bubbly ; easily mined ; Busch’s 
claim. 
11.5.75 
75 
354 
Busch’s claim. 
1.6.75 
80 
70f 
North boundary, Prince of Wales ; 
Busch’s claim. 
22.6.75 
60 
30f 
27.7.75 
120 
62i 
, Busch’s claim. 
17.8.75 
60 
36 
Busch’s claim. 
28.9.75 
70 
22 
Busch’s claim. 
5.11.75 
60 
40 
Busch’s claim. 
