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No. 3 level. It had a maximum length of 73 feet, and an average width 
of 2 feet 6 inches. From this shoot 430 tons were crushed for a yield of 
1,500 ozs. 
These makes were worked east along the line until, the stone pinched 
out. Beyond the area stoped out the line carried no stone. 
When the third make of stone was worked out, the company ceased 
operations. 
During the last six months three tributers, having obtained a twelve 
months’ tribute, started to further prospect the mine. They found a new 
shoot on the Western line near the junction of the reefs. The first 
crushing of 38 tons gave 585 ozs. of gold, an average of 15 ozs. 8 dwts. 
per ton. 
The ‘‘makes” of stone on the Eastern line were worked up to the junc¬ 
tion with the Western line, and in places for 10 feet along it. The walls 
of the Western line show slickenslided surfaces, and it appears probable 
that this line has faulted the* Eastern reef, which would be picked up 
again by driving north. The recent yield from, this mine was obtained 
at the No. 2 level on the Western reef. This reef has not been prospected 
below this level. 
The historv and appearance of the mine justifies further development. 
There is very little water to contend with, the shaft having filled to a depth 
of 90 feet in two years. 
When the mine was taken over by the company they purchased a battery 
on the Ovens River about 6 miles away. A considerable sum was expended 
in cutting a road from the mine to the battery. The cost of carting the 
stone to the battery was 13s. per ton. There is an old battery site below the 
mine. If a battery were erected here, and an incline or aerial tramway 
constructed, low grade ore, formerly unpayable, could be treated at a 
profit. As a rule the reefs in this district have been worked by tunnelling 
to a depth o,f 300 or 400 feet and then abandoned. The Buckeye reef could 
readily be tested to a greater depth, and if the shoots were proved to go 
down it would give a great impetus to the rest of the field. 
[.Report sent in P-5-R5-] 
BASALT ALONG THE GIBBO RIVER. 
By Reginald A. F. Murray. 
I have the honour to report that I went to Benambra and thence to the 
Gibbo River with a .view to tracing out the basaltic formation on and 
adjacent to the Gibbo River and the Mitta Mitta River. 
In the first place, however, I saw the basaltic formation along the 
Morass (Murphy’s) Creek commencing 1 to show on the road about 5 miles 
northerly from Benambra, and on the Deep Creek some 4 miles further 
north, thence extending to the Gibbo River. 
This basaltic area is correctly shown, as far as scale will allow, on the 
geological map of Victoria, and I understand that Mr. O. A. L. Whitelaw 
made a survey of its boundaries. 
The first strip narrows upward along the Morass Creek to a termination 
some miles easterly from the road, so also does that along the Deep Creek. 
The two flows conjoin and form a plateau which extends in parts to the 
eastern side of the Mitta Mitta River and northerly to the southern side of 
the Gibbo River as shown on the geological map. 
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