an underlie shaft on the reef, payable gold continuing for about 16 or 18 
feet and reaching a maximum length of 13 feet. The main body of reef 
ranged between 2 ft. 6 in. and 3 ft. 6 in., but the auriferous portion did not 
exceed 8 inches, and averaged about 4 inches. In all 12 tons of stone were 
crushed for a yield of 30 ozs. 19 grs. of gold, in addition to which 
5 ozs. 2 dwts. 9 grs. were obtained by dollying specimens, giving a total 
return of 35 ozs. 3 dwts. 4 grs. of gold. A few tons of “ seconds ” at 
present lying on the surface are considered worth about half-an-ounce 
per ton. 
A vertical shaft was sunk to the west by the prospectors, cutting the 
reef on its underlie at 40 feet; the bottom of this shaft has been connected 
by winze with the underlie shaft from which the gold was obtained, but 
nothing payable was intersected. 
At 18 feet in the underlie shaft—that is just below where the gold was 
lost going down—rough levels have been extended about 23 feet both north 
and south, but with no success. Promising looking stone shows in both 
faces. No levels have been extended from the bottom of the 40-foot shaft. 
It will thus be seen that beyond piercing the reef by an underlie shaft 
to a depth of about 25 feet below where the gold apparently cut out, this 
reef has not been prospected. 
