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reef is north and south, dip slightly to the east. The quartz is about 
2 feet thick and yielded about half an ounce of gold per ton. The country 
rock consists of yellowish sandstone and slate of Ordovician age, and the 
reef conforms to it in dip and strike. The soil is red. 
There are two small batteries at Twist's Creek that crush for the public. 
The charge is 8s. per ton. With the exception of the Little Tunnel reef 
where two miners are at work, and the Go Ahead reef where six men are 
employed, little is being done on the other reefs, and this field, which is the 
best for reefs anywhere around Beechworth, and from which a great deal 
of gold was formerly obtained, is almost deserted. Besides the opening up 
at lower levels of reefs which have been found to be richly auriferous at 
the surface, there is scope for the miner in searching for and opening out 
other reefs than those already proved. The township of Yackandandah 
is only about 4 miles to the eastward of Twist’s Creek. 
The Go Ahead Mine. 
The Go Ahead mine is situated about half-a-mile W. 30 deg. N. from 
the upper battery, Twist’s Creek. Three parallel lines of reef are being 
developed here. The most eastern is the Keep It Dark reef. The quartz 
is about 6 inches thick and has been worked for about 400 feet in length. 
The strike is N. 10 deg. W., dip about vertical. The Go Ahead reef 
is nearly vertical, but dips slightly west. The auartz is from 1 to 3 feet 
thick and has been worked for 200 feet in length. The last crushing of 
56 tons, yielded 3J ozs. of gold per ton. Forty tons now at the battery 
ready for crushing is expected to yield 3 ozs. per ton. It has been worked 
down to a depth of 60 feet, where a fault dipping 45 deg. W. was 
encountered. It is yet to be decided whether the Go Ahead reef above the 
fault may not be the upper portion of the Scandinavian reef which was 
worked further west. 
The Scandinavian reef is the most westerly of the group. Its strike 
is about N. 10 deg. W., dip slightly to the west (the three reefs are 
within a belt 50 feet wide). The quartz is 4 feet thick and is said to have 
yielded 1 oz. of gold per ton. The reef has been worked for about 
a quarter of a mile in length, and down to 300 feet in depth near the main 
shaft. Most of the workings do- not extend below 70 feet from the surface. 
It is reported that from the deep shaft 5,000 tons of quartz yielding 1 oz. 
of gold per ton were crushed. 
The Polar Star Reef. 
One mile north from Twist’s Creek is the Polar Star reef, worked by 
a tunnel from the south. The strike of the reef is north and south, dip 
85 deg. E. The strike of the country rock is a little west of north, dip 
50 deg. E., pitch northward at 20 deg. The country consists of 
yellowish sandstone and slate and the soil is red. Along the surface there 
are two parallel lines of reef that have been worked for many chains and 
to a depth of 100 feet. The thickness of the quartz ranges from 6 inches 
up to 1 ft. 3 in., and it is highly charged with sulphides where worked in 
the tunnel. The shoots of gold are said to- pitch south in this reef. 
Excelsior Reef. 
About a quarter of a mile westerly from the Polar Star reef are the old 
workings on the Excelsior reef. The strike of the reef is north and south, 
dip 80 deg. W., quartz 6 to 12 inches thick, yielding 3 o-zs. of gold 
per ton. The shaft is sunk to 350 feet, and the reef worked out to 300 
feet in depth This reef is supposed to be a continuation of the Little 
Tunnel and Friday lines. 
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