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diagonally with the reef at the end. The country rock is slate and sand¬ 
stone similar to what occurs at the Homeward Bound mine. I he strike of 
country, which is very hard, is N. 2 deg. W., dip 80 deg. N.W. The reef 
conforms to the country both in the dip and strike and has been worked 
above the tunnel foT 200 feet north of the tunnel and for 200 feet south of 
it. The channel has been followed for 100 feet still further northward 
than the stopes. Southward the channel has been traced for 150 feet beyond 
the stopes. Below the level the reef has not been worked. At the south 
end of the level a winze has been sunk 20 feet. At the surface the 
reef was about 150 feet long, but it has widened out to 400 feet at the 
bottom level. From the surface to the tunnel level the depth is about 
270 feet, and the whole has been stoped out. 
The quartz is stated to have been from 6 inches to 18 inches thick and 
to have been very profitable to work. 
To further develop this mine it would be necessary to cut down a shaft 
through the old stopes to the present level and then to sink on the reef 
below that level. 
The quartz is crushed at the Homeward Bound battery and the two 
reefs could be advantageously worked together. 
The following table gives the returns from the Homeward Bound, 
Homeward Bound Extended, and Kerry Eagle reefs:—- 
Year. 
Tons 
of 
Quartz. 
Gold. 
Depth 
in 
Feet. 
Year. 
Tons 
of 
Quartz. 
Gold. 
Depth 
in 
Feet. 
ozs. dwts. 
ozs. dwts. 
Homeward Bound, Beechworth. 
Homeward Bound, Beechworth- 
1864 .. 
45 
137 
2 
300 
continued . 
1865 .. 
96 
156 
4 
300 
1874 .. 
300 
345 
0 
430 
55 
276 
394 
9 
300 
55 
160 
152 
0 
430 
55 
776 
894 
0 
320 
5 5 
155 
272 
10 
430 
55 
500 
525 
0 
340 
5 5 
525 
476 
0 
430 
1866 .. 
550 
495 
0 
400 
1875 .. 
600 
340 
0 
470 
55 
220 
132 
0 
420 
5 5 
518 
284 
18 
470 
55 
65 
42 
5 
420 
55 
250 
150 
0 
500 
55 
60 
91 
0 
# , 
1876 .. 
20 
20 
0 
# # 
55 
3 
14 
0 
1878 .. 
338 
195 
0 
550 
1867 .. 
43 
40 
17 
420 
5? 
160 
52 
0 
600 
5 5 
126 
92 
15 
420 
55 
300 
175 
0 
600 
55 
80 
110 
0 
# , 
1879 .. 
175 
96 
5 
600 
55 
185 
168 
0 
. , 
55 
460 
166 
15 
600 
1868 .. 
80 
32 
0 
# # 
5 5 
460 
189 
15 
600 
5 5 
200 
48 
10 
430 
1880 .. 
96 
134 
8 
250 
5 5 
70 
22 
10 
490 
55 
232 
249 
0 
350 
1869 .. 
157 
199 
16 
240 
1881 .. 
90 
11 
5 
500 
55 
30 
12 
0 
• 0 
1884 .. 
6 
14 
18 
250 
1870 .. 
58 
74 
0 
50 
1887 .. 
27 
6 
16 
• • 
55 
70 
24 
10 
40 
55 
130 
52 
0 
700 
1873 .. 
250 
592 
0 430 
55 
42 
34 
0 
740 
2021 . 
