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The crushing plant is but a few hundred feet from the mouth of the 
tunnel : it is driven by water power, and the cost of crushing is Very low'. 
There is abundance of water available throughout the year. Electric 
light is installed throughout the mine, and electric haulage and pumping 
can be installed at a moderate outlay. The conditions are favorable 
for making a low-grade ore pay. At present a syndicate is engaged in 
further opening up the mine. Mr. Kenny has made a survey, and plans 
of the mine will be published. 
[Report sent in 18.10.06 .] 
THE TRIDENT MINE, STACKEY GULLY, BRIGHT. 
By ]. P. L. Kenny. 
The Trident mine is situated near the head of Stackey Gully, about 
three miles N.W. of the town of Bright, at an elevation of 1,980 feet 
above sea-level. The workings are on a main line of reef, which has 
been worked to shallow 7 depths at various points along the line. The 
reef strikes W. 33 deg. N., and has an eastward dip of about 80 degrees. 
At 'the Trident workings an open cut extends for 65 feet. The main 
Trident line dips to the east. On the eastern side of the open cut 
another line, with a western dip of 55 deg., can be seen. This line would 
join the Trident line at a depth of 15 feet. Both lines appear to have 
carried payable stone at the surface. 
At a vertical depth of 25 feet below the outcrop, an adit (B on plan) 
has been put in for a distance of 38 feet to the Trident line. The reef 
has been sloped out on each side of the tunnel. At a distance of 5 feet 
from the mouth of this tunnel a reef striking W. 44 deg. N., and dipping 
S.W. at 71 deg., has been cut. A shoot of gold about 10 feet long, 
and pitching southward at 65 deg. has been w'orked down below 7 the adit 
level. The country rock here strikes W. 10 deg. N., with a dip of 
65 deg. to the south. At a level of 53 feet below 7 the outcrop, a second 
adit (C on plan) has been put in. This adit cut the reef worked near 
the mouth of the upper adit (B) at a distance of 60 feet. The line here 
carries no quartz, and has not been driven on. The Trident line is 
intersected at a distance of 88 feet, and drives north and south have been 
put in on the line. To the north of the adit the reef dips westerly at 
50 deg., while to the south the dip is east at 80 .deg., the change in under¬ 
lie occurring just where the tunnel intersects the line. About 5 feet 
north of the adit a shoot 20 feet long, and pitching south at 55 deg., has 
been worked down below' the adit level, and another shoot has been 
worked to the south. At 140 feet from the mouth of the adit a reef 
1 foot wide, dipping south at 45 deg., w r as intersected. A drive east for 
about 60 feet has been put in on this line, but no payable stone has been 
met. About 20 feet west of this, a dyke 14 feet v’ide shows in the 
adit. The dyke is decomposed to> a reddish brown, earthy rock containing 
very hard undecomposed nodules, which are dark blue in colour. The adit 
is continued for a distance of 98 feet past the dyke, and cuts another line 
to the w'est, which has been worked on the surface. The shoot appears to 
have been w r orked down to this level, but the drive is inaccessible. 
The adit now being driven (A on plan) is 59 feet below the level of 
adit C. It has been driven w'est on the line of reef from a gully to the 
east. The reef has been worked on the surface for a distance of 115 
feet w-est from the adit mouth, but no payable stone has been obtained 
