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Returning to the tunnel, near the western end of it, and about 1,100 
feet from the mouth, a thin reef was cut between well marked walls, 
dipping to W. This same reef was cut in the north-western level, 220 
feet in from the tunnel. From its strike and dip it looks as though this 
may be the downward extension, of the Track Reef, allowing for the 
westerly dip. From the level this should be driven on in a northerly 
direction, but it is nearly 500 feet further north to where the old workings 
were. That this reef is more likely to be the Track Reef than the 
Homeward Bound Reef appears from the strike of the latter, which alone 
would carry it much further to the west than, wheie the thin reef is cut. 
The westerly dip, of course, would carry the Homeward Bound Reef still 
further to the west. Taking the strike and dip of the Track Reef, it 
would, if continued southward and downward, come out not far from 
where the thin reef occurs. 
A cross-cut, driven north-easterly 250 feet from a point in the north¬ 
western level, 150 feet from its present face, should intersect the down¬ 
ward course of the Homeward Bound Reef, if it continues downwards, 
and this would perhaps be the quickest means of getting to that reef or to 
where it should be. Mr. Craven’s plan and sections clearly show the 
relations of the several workings, shafts, tunnels, levels, &c., to one 
another. 
Appended is a tabulated statement of the yield of gold from this mine. 
Table of Quartz Crushed and Gold Obtained from the Homeward 
Bound Reef. 
Year. 
Tons 
of 
Quartz. 
Gold. 
Deptn ! 
in 
Feet. 
Year. 
Tons 
of 
Quartz. 
Gold. 
Depth 
in 
Feet 
ozs. dwts. 
ozs. dwts. 
1865 ... 
50 
100 
0 
20 * 
1873 ... 
1,228 
429 
16 
320 
3 5 ... 
273 
273 
0 
120 
1874 ...■ 
620 
248 
0 
350 
1866 ... 
1,300 
1,235 
0 
80 
,, ... 
22 
8 
16 
3 3 * * ' 
184 
105 
16 
. . , 
,, 
650 
235 
12 
350 
5 3 * * ’ 
2,340 
2,925 
0 
90 
33 * * * 
720 
297 
0 
350 
33 
1,950 
1,950 
0 
100-110 
3 3 ' * * 
392 
187 
0 
380 
1867 .. 
1,200 
814 
0 
160 
1875 ... 
490 
263 
0 
400 
33 * * * 
1,200 
1,600 
0 
100 
,, ... 
390 
243 
0 
400 
33 • * ’ 
2,000 
980 
0 
240 
1876 ... 
642 
200 
14 
400 
3 3 ’ * * 
2,300 
911 
0 
100 
1877 ... 
23 
37 
0 
1868 ... 
1,000 
3,000 
0 
125 
,, ... 
990 
395 
16 
420 
33 ' # * 
1,550 
465 
0 
100 
,, ... 
990 
284 
10 
420 
35 * * * 
1,500 
1,125 
0 
100 
33 *'• 
620 
186 
0 
420 
33 # * # 
1,700 
595 
0 
• • • 
1878 ... 
300 
52 
0 
420 
1869 ... 
1,900 
665 
0 
120 
,, ... 
208 
62 
8 
170 
33 # * 
2,000 
900 
0 
140 
,, ... 
308 
77 
0 
200 
1870 ... 
2,400 
960 
0 
200 
,, ... 
300 
75 
0 
170 
33 * - * 
800 
400 
0 
• • • 
1879 ... 
40 
12 
0 
33 ' * * 
2,642 
990 
15 
... 
33 * * * 
310 
108 
10 
40 
1871 ... 
560 
196 
0 
100 
33 * * • 
130 
54 
3 
40 
3 3 ' * * 
85 
29 
15 
100 
1880 ... 
350 
52 
10 
33 ' * * 
838 
293 
6 
160 
,, ... 
300 
37 
10 
3 3 • * * 
588 
235 
4 
200 
1888 ... 
200 
233 
3 
260 
1872 ... 
340 
119 
0 
220 
33 * ' • 
180 
303 
0 
250 
33 * * • 
1,060 
371 
0 
... 
1890 ... 
379 
164 
10 
400 
33 * * * 
900 
315 
0 
250 
1892 .. 
26 
24 
3 
3 3 * * • 
200 
70 
0 
310 
1893 ... 
67 
22 
0 
1873 ... 
250 
87 
10 
320 f 
,, ... 
1,150 
402 
10 
320 
Total ... 
45,135 
26,407 
17 
• • • 
* Reef was 4 feet wide. f Reef was 5 feet wide. 
