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quartz along this level ranges from i foot to 6 feet thick. Near the north 
end of the level the quartz shows gold freely, and at/ this point it is i foot 
thick. The strike of the reef is N. io deg. W. and the dip vertical. 
Strike of the sandstone and slate beds N. 40 deg. W., dip 85 deg. W. 
At 198 feet in the north level from the crosscut 1 , a /west crosscut has 
been driven west for 36 feet. The beds here dip 86 deg. W. 
From the west cross-cut at 140 feet from the shaft, a level extends south¬ 
ward 148 feet on No. 1 reef, and for 70 feet in, the reef has been stoped 
above the level. At the end of this level the reef is 9 inches thick. 
Between the shaft and No. 1 reef the country is much disturbed, and spurrv 
country occurs for about 20 feet in one place. 
In the west cross-cut 214 feet from the shaft is No. 2 reef. Its strike 
is N. 35 deg. W., dip 57 deg. W. In the level on this reef there is 
about 1 foot of quartz, &c. 
[Report sent in i\g.6.o~.'] 
REEFS IN THE ROCKY POINT AND TWIST’S CREEK 
DISTRICTS, NEAR BEECHWORTH. 
By E. J. Dunn , F.G.S., Director, Geological Survey. 
The Homeward Bound Reef. 
This reef is situate on the west side of the Lower Nine-Mile Creek, 
about 6 miles in a direction a little east of south from Beechworth. It has 
been worked at intervals for over 40 years and has furnished a considerable 
quantity of gold. 
The soil is deep red, and the country rock consists of Ordovician slates 
and sandstones of grey to vellowish colour. The strike of the country is 
N.. 2 deg. W., dip 74 deg. W. The reef conforms to the strike and dip 
of the country. The pitch of the gold shoots is northward at a low angle. 
Gold from this mine is worth -Qy 3s. per oz. 
A main shaft has been sunk on the reef for 675 feet on the dip. There 
are workings on the surface of the reef that define its course for some 
hundreds of feet north of the shaft and to the top of the spur. 
From the side of the hill a tunnel has been driven for the most part 
on the course of the reef for 1,400 feet. This tunnel is about 400 feet 
on the dip below the collar of the main shaft. Above the tunnel there are 
three levels (two main levels and one intermediate level), and below the 
tunnel there are three levels, all of which are driven along the reef 
channel. 
In the tunnel about 800 feet from its mouth, a cross-cut driven 54 feet 
west from the tunnel has cut a second reef in which there is from a few 
inches to 18 inches of quartz. This reef has been driven on along its 
course for 50 feet and it carries a little gold. To prospect the country the 
crosscut might be extended for another 200 feet in a westerly direction. 
The appearance of this reef warrants further testing, especiallv as it is 
practically intact so far as it continues towards the surface. 
