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At Mackenzie and Younghusband’s claim the sinking is unchanged and 
13 feet deep. “ The New Year’s Gift,” 104J ozs. gross weight is the 
largest nugget from the claim. (See list, Nos. 10, 34, 49, 53, 61). 
J. Porter’s claim is situated partly in the Crown lands and partly in 
Weyrues’ allotment 14A, and has not been worked as continuously as the 
others. Some of the yields are —7 ozs. off the bottom of the prospecting 
shaft; eight loads washed for 7 ozs., besides small nuggets of 14 ozs., 
2' ozs., and i\ ozs. Since my return a 26 oz. nugget has been found. 
The lead now leaves the Crown lands and trends through Weym.es* 
allotment 14A, in a westerly direction, for about 12 chains and then turns 
sharply to the north. 
Before reaching the turn it passes through the claims from Cummins 
and party to Armstrong and party, increasing gradually in depth from 
25 feet to 46 feet. Up to this it was practically dry, but as it turns north 
water is met, and after the junction with another lead coming in from the 
west the water gradually increases to 50 gallons an hour where the lead 
crosses the road before entering allotment 9. 
In the deeper ground after the bend to the north, some of the claims 
are being worked with whips, and the sinking has been through red sands, 
clays, gravels, iron cement, and sub-angular quartz and gravel wash, with 
a little pug. • 
The wash has been taken in varying thickness, from ift. 6in. to 3 feet 
and 4 feet in some claims. 
The yields reported, of which some are given in the following list, 
have been from if dwts. up to 1 oz. to the load :— 
Claim. 
Depth. 
Yield per Load. 
Radnell and party 
feet. 
52 
1 J dwt. to 4 dwt. per load 
Patterson and party .. 
53 
2 dwt. per load 
Wheeler and party 
53 
2 J dwt. per load 
Baker and party 
55 
5 dwt. (and a 9 J-dwt. slug) 
Baker and party (reported since 
55 
18 loads for 12-| ozs. (including 
my return) 
5 -oz. slug) 
Paul and party 
56 
3 J dwt. (also 20 loads for 4 ozs.. 
Eivett and West (Whip Claim).. 
58 
including 2-oz. slug) 
1 oz. per load 
Glover and Tyres (reported since 
60 
Specimens of 5 ozs., If ozs., 2 ozs. 
my return) 
11 dwt. 
Bayiy and party (on road) 
64 
Reported payable 
On the whole the gutter is narrow, but very rich in the shallower 
claims. It has a bumpy bottom of Ordovician slate and sandstone, and 
many small turns along its course. 
The nuggets have been generally found above the slate and mostly on 
the north side of the gutter. 
In the shallow ground to the south of the main gutter several nuggets 
have been found in the dark-brown surface clay above the bottom. These 
outside nuggets are scattered here and there, and so far doi not show 
any trace of arrangement relatively to one another, such as there would 
be if they occurred in another gutter. Of the outside nuggets, Bravo 
and Leighton have found the largest, ‘ c The Groper ’ ’ and another, 
146 ozs. and 148J ozs. The various outside nuggets are referred to in the 
nugget list. (See Nos. 13, 27, 30A, 31, 59, 65, 66, 67). 
