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* The Golden Eagle Reef. 
This reef is J mile westerly from the Green’s Creek battery, and is 
reached by a cut track along the hill side. From this track an adit has 
been driven to the reef, and further up the hill to the south of the track a 
shaft has been sunk to meet it. The strike of the reef is N.W. The 
reef is from 9 to 12 inches thick. From the mouth of the adit the reef 
has been worked for 2J chains; there a fault was met with, the reef being 
about 1 chain to the west. A shaft has been sunk on the fault to a depth 
of 50 feet. At the shaft the reef is much broken up. A considerable 
quantity of quartz has: been crushed from this reef, but the returns were 
not available. The strike of the country-rocks is N.W., and the dip N.E., 
at the top of the workings to the south of the track. The height above 
sea-level is about 2,500 feet. 
Sperm Whale Reef. 
This reef is 1 mile to the west of the Green’s Creek battery, on the 
same spur as the Golden Eagle reef, but lower down. The country-rocks 
are the same, viz., slates and sandstones. The strike of the beds is E. 35 
deg. S., and the dip westward at 80 deg. The strike of the quartz reef 
is E. 40 deg. S., and the dip 85 deg. S.W. It ranges up to 2 feet in thick¬ 
ness. This reef has been worked from the surface to a depth of 50 feet, 
and for a length of 60 feet. At each end, also at the bottom, the reef is 
cut off by faults. The yield has been from ij to 2 ozs. of gold per ton. 
The Clara Reef. 
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About 2 chains to the east of the Sperm Whale reef is the Clara Reef, 
which ranges up to 2 feet in thickness. Its strike is N. 20 deg. W., and 
its dip eastward 70 deg. The strike of country-rocks is S.E., and 
they dip N.E. at 70 deg. The first crushing from this reef, Mr. Murtagh. 
informs me, gave 2 ozs. of gold, worth £3 17s. 6d. per oz., per ton of ore. 
An adit has been driven from the southern side of the spur to work the reef 
at a lower level, but very little ore appears to have been broken out. The 
yields, Mir. Murtagh informs me, were from 1 to 2J ozs. of gold per ton. 
The Commonwealth Reef. 
This reef is 2 chains to the north of the Clara reef, and a little to the 
east of it. It is so much shattered and disturbed that its strike could not 
be ascertained; but it is probably the northern continuation of the Clara 
reef. Recently some small crushings were taken out. 
The Morning Star Reef. 
This reef is about 25 chains S. 30 deg. W. from the Green’s Creek 
battery, and is situated on the western side of the same gully. The reef 
has been extensively worked from an adit. The height of the mouth of 
the adit is about 2,700 feet above sea-level. The strike of the country- 
rocks, which are the same as at all the reefs specified above, is S. 20 deg. 
E., and they are here tilted up vertically. 
About 18 years ago this and several of the other reefs were in full work. 
From this reef the quartz was conveyed to the battery by a tramway. Below 
the adit two winzes were sunk to depth of about 40 feet. A long shoot 
of gold was worked from the surface down to the adit level (over 100 feet 
in depth), but little effort appears to have been made to prospect below it. 
