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levels for 300 feet north of the tunnel and 300 feet south of the tunnel on 
one continuous shoot. Along the whole length the reef has been stoped 
from the tunnel level to the surface 90 feet above the tunnel. The shoot 
pitches northwards. At 150 feet west of the Champion reef the tunnel 
cuts another reef. In the north level, driven on it 60 feet from the tunnel, 
there are irregular spurs crossing the country rock; 500 tons crushed from 
these spurs yielded 1 oz. of gold per ton of quartz. 
At 250 feet below this, a tunnel is being driven to intersect the 
shoot further north. It is now 800 feet long and will be 1,000 feet long 
when completed. The Champion mine is about 20 chains S. 20 deg. E. 
from the New Alabama tunnel. 
The United Gleeson’s Mine, Ten-Mile. 
The United Gleeson’s lease includes the old Sailor Bill’s mine and 
several other original small holdings. These properties are noted for the 
rich yields formerly obtained. At present very little work is being done, 
although the conditions are such as warrant energetic development. An 
immense amount of work has been done, and there are numerous tunnels, 
shafts, &c. No. 5 tunnel is about 2,100 feet above sea-level. It is driven 
on a reef-track, and conforms to the strike of the country, which consists 
of slate and sandstone of Silurian age. The reef, which dips west, is known 
as the Easter Leader, and the quartz is about 12 inches thick. The quartz 
has been stoped from the tunnel to 1 the surface, and below the tunnel for 
another 30 feet. The top of the hill to the westward is 600 feet above the 
level of the No. 5 tunnel, and the works are connected right through. 
About 900 feet in from the tunnel mouth the level branches. The 
right hand branch continues for 300 feet and the left branch for 
600 feet beyond the junction. Near the junction on the west 
branch is the Main reef, which expands to< 10 or 20 feet in width, 
and consists of country rock through which quartz spurs ramify. The 
country here dips 85 deg. E. and pitches N. at 25 deg. About 300 feet 
in on the west branch of the level the quartz has been removed to a width 
of 16 to 18 feet. There is an abundant efflorescence on this quartz of 
what appears to be sulphate of magnesia. At this point a winze has been 
sunk 90 feet. Further in there are a saddle reef and a leg of quartz 
belonging to another saddle reef, the quartz being 6 feet thick. Nearer the 
mouth of the level and to the west of it a great mass of very rich gold- 
bearing quartz was removed when the mine was first worked, and the cavity 
is known as the “ Ball Room.” There is ample evidence in this mine of 
centre country with saddle reefs and legs, but the structure does not appear 
to have been grasped. There remains a great deal of exploratory work 
still to be done. Special attention should be directed to sinking in centre 
country and to cross-cutting, so as to discover other saddle reefs and 
“ legs.” A shaft is essential for the further development of the mine, and 
it is.to be expected that if the centre country is further explored in depth 
new saddle reefs will be discovered. 
The Blue Ribbon Mine, Ten-Mile. 
The Blue Ribbon mine is situate at about 2J miles in a southerly direc¬ 
tion from Ten-mile township on Purdy’s Creek, the left-hand branch of 
Sailor Bill’s Creek. 
