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top of the ridge to the westward and about 400 feet higher than the 
tunnel. Where first opened the reef was known as the Transit of Venus 
reef and the quartz was richly 1 auriferous. The shoot of gold pitches 
south and the continuation of this reef is being worked in the present 
tunnel. 
The strike of the dyke is N. 20 deg. W, at 2 chains south from the 
mouth of the tunnel. At the mouth of the tunnel the beds dip W. at 
about 89 deg. and strike N. 20 deg. W. 
At 150 feet in from the mouth of the tunnel the dyke was struck. It 
dips 47 deg. S.W. and strikes N. 35 deg. W. The pitch of the country 
and of the gold is about 18 deg. S. The dyke ranges from 4 to 5 feet 
thick. About 335 feet in is the Home Rule reef, a leg of quartz conform¬ 
ing to the strike and dip of the containing beds. This “ leg” is about 
2 feet thick where it intersects the dyke and is pay ably auriferous along 
the intersection. 
Plan of the Junction of the Dyke and Reef in the Tunnel, 335 feet from its 
Mouth, New Home Rule Mine. 
About 500 feet in, the dyke intersects another reef about 1 inch thick 
and carrying rich gold at the intersection. The reef is about vertical and 
it cuts through the dyke and faults it. The dyke on the east side of the 
reef is about 40 feet higher than the dyke on the west side of it. The 
west and lower portion of the faulted dyke is in the tunnel level and is 
4 feet thick. The pitch of the intersection of the reef and the faulted ends 
of the dyke is S. at about 35 deg. There are two lines of auriferous stone 
on this reef, the lower one where the lower portion of the faulted 
