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At the plat at this level, nicely laminated quartz veins (droppers or 
legs) occur in a belt of hard contorted mudstone. 
At 16 feet west of the shaft a small vertical laminated quartz lode 
6 inches wide was passed through in vertical beds of slate. 
At 40 feet west of the shaft there is a large slide dipping 1 in 1 to the 
west. 
At a point 65 feet from the shaft, drives were put in north and south, 
and stopes carried out on a small lode which is apparently a leg conform¬ 
able with the bedding planes. Twelve feet west of this drive a small 
synclinal fold followed by an anticline was passed through, and the cross¬ 
cut continued in strata with a westerly dip as far as the face. 
There are numerous spurs of quartz and faults throughout the strata. 
At the bottom level (342 feet), the cross-cut east intersected the Golden 
Bar lode at a point 60 feet from the shaft. The reef here was from 6 to 8 
feet in width. A rise connects this level with the upper one, and prepara¬ 
tions are now being made for stoping large quantities of quartz which has 
already proved to be payable. 
At 105 feet west of the shaft at this level, the No. 1 reef was inter¬ 
sected and driven on north and south. In the stopes this reef appears to 
be nearly vertical, and the amount of crushing material varies from a 
couple of feet where the reef is “ pinched ” to 10 or 12 feet where spurs 
are met with. 
Twenty feet west of the No. 1 reef, another line known as the No. 2 
reef was found, and this has been driven on north and south. South of 
the cross-cut the reef was worked 15 feet in width. It continued as a 
wide reef for over 40 feet, and then tapered out, the south face at 100 feet 
showing no stone. Underhand stoping was carried out to a depth of 6 feet 
below this level on the large body of stone. Northwards the reef was 
stoped for a length of 100 feet from the cross-cut. At this point, the reef 
apparently forms a west leg conforming in dip with the strata (westerly 
at 55 deg. to 60 deg.). 
At a point 30 feet west of the shaft there is a small reef which appears 
to be identical with the one which was cut in the upper level. This reef 
is 6 inches wide, and prospects about 15 dwts. per ton. 
Faults at this level are numerous, but the amount of displacement is 
not ascertainable. 
From old workings to the north of the present shaft, specimens of a 
decomposed dyke were noticed. This dyke appears to have an easterly 
and westerly strike, but has not been cut in the present workings. To the 
soutn-west of the main shaft there is a cross reef which has been worked 
to a depth of 200 feet on a vertical make. What appears to be the same 
reef shows at the No. 1 level, and a drive southerly along this would pro¬ 
bably reveal payable stone. 
Further cross-cutting, especially in an easterly direction, .should be 
carried out at this mine as all the bodies of quartz yet met with appear to 
be of an auriferous nature. Shaft sinking and further development of the 
reef should also be carried out. 
A complete crushing and cyanide plant together with a suitable winding 
plant are at present on the mine, which apparently possesses more than 
ordinary possibilities. 
