Burke’s Flat Jimmy’s Reef. 
About io chains southward from Fone’s reef is another reef called 
Burke’s Flat Jimmy’s reef. The strike of the reef is N. 40 deg. E., and 
its dip is 53 deg. eastward. The country rock consists of gray and yellow 
sandstones and slates. The quartz is about 1 foot thick at the surface, and 
Mr. Martin states that it was up to 4 feet thick in the bottom of the work¬ 
ings. The reef was stoped to a depth of 63 feet. At the time this reef 
was worked, it cost jQi per ton for carting and crushing, and the stone is 
said to have yielded between half-an-ounce and one ounce of gold per ton. 
This reef looks to be worth further prospecting. 
The Lay Reef. 
This reef, which is from 6 inches to 12 inches thick, is on the Flat, and 
about 25 chains S. 20 deg. E. from Fone’s reef. The strike of the reef 
is W. 15 deg. S., and its dip 56 deg. to the south. The soil is red, and 
the country rock yellow sandstone and slate of very ferruginous character, 
with abundance of quartz spurs. Three shafts were sunk,, the deepest 
about 150 feet deep. 
The country around Burke’s Flat should be favorable for prospectors. 
Small reefs carrying gold are reported in several places in the neighbour¬ 
hood. 
Alluvial workings are crossed on the road to Bealiba, and there is a 
wide tract of country that requires careful exploration. A few miles to 
the eastward from the road between Burke’s Flat and Bealiba there is a 
tract of country that has furnished the largest known masses of gold. 
The Prince of Wales’ Reef. 
Five miles northward from Burke’s Flat is Wehla, the site of extensive 
mining operations thirty years ago, when the Prince of Wales’ reef was 
being worked. Sam’s Wealth of Nations Shaft is the most northern of 
the workings on this line of reef; it is 330 feet deep and right in the 
township. Only the poppet heads now stand, and particulars as to the 
work done or results could not be obtained. Southerly from this shaft 
there is a great chasm, 500 feet long and 50 feet to 80 feet deep. The 
subsided cavity indicates that an enormous bulk of crushing material has 
been extracted. The workings are said to reach a depth of. 300 feet from 
the surface. 
The main reef occupies a fault which apparently has the same strike 
as the country rock, but which dips E. across the country. The strike of 
the country is N. 10 deg. W., and its dip is 60 deg. E. Quartz spurs 
on an extensive scale occur in the country rock on the E. side of the reef, 
and these appear to have been mined as well as the principal reef. The 
soil is of deep red colour, and the country rock is sandstone and slate of 
yellow and pink colours. It is of Ordovician age, and probably hi the 
lower Castlemaine zone. The appearance of the country rock is most 
favorable for gold. Seams of limonite, associated with quartz spurs, are 
plentiful. 
The Frenchman’s Reef. 
This reef is about 5 chains S. of the S. end of the Prince of Wales’ 
workings, and a little to the east of them. It is a very persistent line, 
and has been worked southward for over a mile along its strike, which 
is N. 15 deg. W. The dip is westerly at 72 deg. Pale vellow and 
brown sandstones and grey slates form the country rock. The reef is 
from 8 inches to 7 or 8 feet thick. The shafts do not appear to have 
