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across the beds which here dip west. The lode is said to have averaged 
about 3 feet in thickness. Several likely looking “ walls ” were cut in 
this cross-cut, but they have not been driven along. Two rises connect 
this level with No. i level. 
In No. 3, or the bottom level, the country dips east at 50°. A cross¬ 
cut is driven diagonally across the country for a distance of 124 feet, so 
as to cut the lode where the shoot of gold from No. 2 level comes in. The 
distance of the lode (at right angles to the strike of the beds) from the 
shaft would be about 90 feet. The lode is exposed at the end of the 
cross-cut, and shows about 2 feet of quartz, &c. The quartz is seamed 
with sulphides in parts, and shows free gold, so that the shoot worked at 
the No. 2 level continues apparently down to No. 3 level, and goes under¬ 
foot. Just at this point the lode is somewhat disturbed. 
This mine is only at the commencement of its career, and sinking 
operations should be vigorously undertaken to open deeper levels. A deep 
shaft on a mine is a ( s good as a reserve fund, if it is sunk into a productive 
zone. 
[Report sent in 26.11.06.'] 
THE PLAN OF THE ANTICLINES AT BENDIGO. 
By E. J. Dunn, F.G.S., Director , Geological Survey. 
In carrying out the extensions of the anticlines southward from the 
block already surveyed, Mr. H. S. Whitelaw has found that they take 
a strong sweep to the westward. To such an extent does this condition 
prevail that the Deborah Line in 3 miles has swung a distance of 33 chains 
more to the west than it would have been if the normal course of the 
anticline had continued. The method formerly adopted for tracing out 
the lines of reefs was to take a sight along the portion already worked, 
and then to prolong the line and open out on this extension. In the case 
of the Deborah Line the utter futility of such a method is well illustrated. 
The only reliable method of tracing out the anticlines is that now adopted 
by the Geological Survey. 
Longitudinal Section, Hustler's Line. 
A very valuable piece of work is being carried out at Bendigo in pro- , 
ducing the line of pitch through all the mines working on the Hustler’s 
Line. The extension of the lines of pitch through all the lines of reef is 
of the utmost value in practical mining operations. • 
As a result of the work done along the Hustler’s Line, it becomes 
evident that Thomson’s Reef, which in the Great Extended Hustler’s Mine 
alone yielded ,£360,000 worth of gold, pitches northward to such a degree 
that, although it was only 170 feet below the surface in the Imperial Hustlers 
Mine, at the United Hustler’s and Rider Mine (6,070 feet further to the 
north) Thomson’s Reef is almost 2,120 feet below the surface. Where 
Hustler’s Line is being sunk on at the Hustler’s Consols Mine, the saddle 
reef known as Thomson’s Reef will probably be met with at a depth of 
2,300 feet, always supposing the pitch to continue northward at the same 
rate. Still further northward the pitch rises to the north, and the lower 
strata again come nearer the surface, and also any saddle reefs contained 
in them. 
The most suitable site for a shaft has to be chosen with an eye to 
two prime considerations :—1st. The shaft should be as near the crest of 
the anticline as circumstances allow, so as to explore the deeper beds with 
the least amount of sinking, so that, as regards dip, the shaft should be 
as near the apex of the fold as possible. 2nd. The shaft must be placed 
