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The shaft is io ft. x 4 ft. in three compartments, and is sunk to 
a depth of 760 feet. It is sunk about 190 feet east of the anticline or 
centre country. It is probable that the plane of the anticline will be either 
nearly vertical or slightly inclined to the west, so that, as the depth of 
the shaft increases, the cross-cuts to centre country are likely to be a little 
longer. The cross-cuts so far run out west support the opinion that, like 
the Chewton anticlines, the trend is to the west as depth increases. 
In No. 4 level (237 feet below the surface) centre country was cut 
at 190 feet west from the shaft. At No. to level (685 feet) the west 
cross-cut was driven 203 feet without cutting centre country, although it is 
probably within a few feet of the face. 
There are two sets of “ backs ” or “ walls ” in the mine that originate 
at centre country. The one set dips east and the other set dips west. 
Although the arch at No. 4 cross-cut is well formed, no attempt has been 
made to prospect centre country by winzes below No. 4 level. 
From Nos. 1, 2, and 3 levels considerable bodies of spurs were 
worked. From No. 4 level spurry country north of the cross-cut was 
extensively worked. 
At No. 6 level, 371 feet from the surface, the west cross-cut has been 
driven for nearly 200 feet, but centre country was not reached. In No. 8 
level the spurry quartz was worked for a width of 30 feet in places. No 
work was done at No. 9 level. 
At No. 10 level, 685 feet from the surface, the west cross-cut is 203 feet 
long and passes through east country all the way. The rocks are slates 
and sandstones, with slate in the face. A level has been driven northward 
from the cross-cut and the spurry country on the main wall has been 
worked for a length of 500 feet and to widths ranging from 10 feet to 
40 feet. Southward from the cross-cut a level has been driven for 300 feet 
and the spurry country worked for that length and to a width of 10 to 15 
feet. The pitch of the country is about 6 deg. to the south and the pitch 
of the gold shoot corresponds. The whole width of the spurry country 
was broken down, the slate and sandstone were picked out, and all the 
quartz sent to be crushed. At the intermediate level above No. 10 level the 
spurs were worked to a width of 40 feet in places. Iron pyrites, galena, 
and zinc blende occur disseminated through the quartz spurs. The gold 
occurs as fine particles and is worth when smelted about £4 per oz. 
The body of spurs worked in the lower levels is bounded on the east 
by a well-marked wall. On the west the spurs taper out into the country 
and there is no foot wall. The strike of the east wall is about the same 
as that of the country, and the dip ranges from about 35 deg. to 55 deg. 
At No. 10 level the east wall dips E. 45 deg. At No. 11 level it dips 
E. 54 deg. 
At No. 11 level, 760 feet from surface a cross-cut is driven 179 leer 
west. At 100 feet in, the spurry country is about 30 feet wide. The pitch 
of the country is northward for some distance, then southward at a low 
angle. A winze connects Nos. 10 and 11 levels at 300 feet north of the 
cross-cut. 
At this mine the workings hitherto have been in spurry country east of 
the centre country and in the Castlemaine zone. Centre country has not 
been prospected for saddle reefs. The proper policy to be pursued is to 
sink the shaft vigorously so as to reach the more productive Bendigo zone, 
and not to do much cross-cutting until that is reached. The mine is in its 
infancy and there is every reason to expect that saddle reefs will occur 
at lower levels, also that the spurry country east of the anticline will be 
richer when the BendigO' zone of country is reached than it has been in the 
Castlemaine zone so far worked. 
