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carting to the battery. The spurs range from i to 6 inches in thickness, 
but are not continuous for any great length. 
Walker Brothers (3) are working within the same grazing area, but 
further to the east, on “Our Bob’s reef.” This consists of two walls, 
from 1 to 4 feet apart, on each wall of which there occurs a quartz vein, 
that ranges from 1 to 6 inches in thickness; the remainder of the space 
is filled with country-rock. The strike of this reef is N. 20 deg. W., 
and the dip is W. at 80 deg. The country rocks, consisting of slate and 
micaceous sandstone, dip W. at 60 deg., and pitch S. at 5 deg. The 
walls of the reef are fairly well marked in parts. The reef has been 
faulted further to the south, and also northward; the throw is to the 
E. A shaft has been sunk to a depth of 85 feet by Ruhe Brothers. The 
northern end of this reef is being worked by J. Ives, and some shafts 
have been sunk to a depth of 60 feet.. To the north, the reef has been 
worked inside of Prentice’s vineyard, and to the south up to another 
vineyard, inside which auriferous specimens have been found. There can 
be little doubt that the alienation of the auriferous country around Ruther- 
glen has most prejudiciouslv affected mining interests. The ground worked 
by Ruhe Brothers gives a fair return, and now and then rich patches are 
found. I was informed that fifteen months ago they washed 60 ozs. of 
gold from a dishful of veinstone from their claim. The gold is worth 
^4 2s. per oz. Arsenical pyrites occurs in the quartz. 
Further E., and a little to the S., within a few chains of the middle 
road to Springhurst, in the grazing area near the magazine, there are two 
small lines of workings along a reef of irregular character. They are 
1J chains apart. The eastern line is being worked by Messrs. Wilson and 
Smith. The slate and sandstone are of favorable appearance, and the 
soil is red. A shaft has been sunk here to a depth of 24 feet. The 
reef dips slightly to the E., and the country rocks dip W. Quartz spurs 
up to 2 feet in thickness are being worked along this line, and there does 
not appear to be any regular channel. With the auriferous quartz copper 
pyrites occurs. 
One and a half chains further to the east, a run of quartz has been 
worked for a length of 400 feet, and to a depth of 60 feet in the deepest 
part. Quartz spurs were the feature here. Most of the adjacent land is 
undoubtedly auriferous, and seamed with quartz veins; but it is private 
property, and not open to mining. 
Northward from Rutherglen the Lancashire reef is situated at the 
head of the Lancashire lead. The country rock is yellow and pink sand¬ 
stone, mudstones, and slate. Through this quartz spurs occur for a width 
of about a chain, and these have evidently been profitable to work, 
judging by the manner in which the ground has been turned over. These 
spurs mostly ranged up to a few inches thick. The workings stop 
abruptly on the northern side at a garden fence, but it is most likely that 
the auriferous stone is not bounded by it. A shaft hasi been sunk to a depth 
of 150 feet, and there are many others of less depth. 
Old Garibaldi Reef. 
The old Garibaldi reef, now known as the Rutherglen Quartz Com¬ 
pany, is } mile to the north of Rutherglen. It dips to the east. A 
new winding plant has just been erected, and the shaft has been sunk to 
390 feet, but the workings were not accessible. The country-rocks are soft 
sandstones and mudstone of yellow and pink colour, soil red. 
The Pipe-Clay Reefs. 
The Pipe-Clay reefs are four in number; they are a little to the W. 
(4 chains) of the Garibaldi reef. These small reefs dip W., and cut 
