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The Fanny Elizabeth Reef. 
A short distance to the east of and parallel to the Birthday and 
Danish reef is the Fanny Elizabeth reef. It appears to be much less 
regular and has been worked here and there for a few hundred feet in 
length. 
The Carney Reef. 
About half-a-mile south-west from the small battery, Twist’s Creek, is 
the Carney reef. A tunnel has been driven in and the reef worked to that 
level for 400 or 500 feet in length for yields of from J oz. of gold per 
ton upwards. 
The Homeward Bound Reef, Twist’s Creek. 
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The Homeward Bound reef is about half-a-mile south from, the upper 
battery at Twist’s Creek. A long tunnel has been driven in to' the reef 
from the east, and a considerable amount of work has been done with 
profitable results. This reef is considered to be continuous with the Friday 
reef, and also with the Little Tunnel reef further north. The reef below 
the tunnel level is said to be untouched. 
The Little Tunnel Reef, Twist’s Creek. 
The strike of the Little Tunnel reef is north, dip about vertical. The 
country rock consists of slates and sandstones of yellow colour and the 
soil is red. The reef conforms to the strike and dip of the country. The 
walls are 15 to 20 feet apart with quartz from 1 foot to 1 3 feet thick on 
each wall, and a belt of crushed country rock divides the quartz veins. 
Thirty or forty years ago this reef was actively worked and a great deal 
of gold was won. The workings extend for 500 feet north of the gully 
and for 100 feet south of it and down to water-level, and for 100 feet in 
length along the reef, and to' a depth of 40 feet below- the tunnel level. 
The Excelsior and the Non Pariel reefs are considered to be the northward 
continuation of the Little Tunnel reef. Gold from the latter reef is worth 
£4 is. per oz. 
The Big Tunnel Reef. 
Further west and about a quarter of a mile up the gully from the Little 
Tunnel reef is the Big Tunnel reef. The strike is north and south, dip 
about vertical and the reef conforms to the country in dip and strike. The 
country rock is yellowish sandstone and slate. The quartz averaged about 
2 feet thick and yielded up to 1 oz. of gold per ton. This reef has been 
worked for a length of 300 feet and down to the tunnel level. 
The Wallace Reef. 
About 500 yards west of the Big Tunnel reef is the Wallace reef. The 
quartz is stated to- have been up to 4 feet thick, but 1 foot was taken for 
crushing. It was worked to water-level and for a length of about 300 feet. 
The Iron Hand Reef. 
Three hundred feet east of the Little Tunnel reef and parallel to it is 
the Iron Hand reef on the course of which work has been done at intervals 
for a length of 400 feet on the north side of the gully. The strike of the 
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