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The Corner Stone Reef. 
This reef is about 300 yards west of the Morning Star reef. The 
quartz is 8 inches thick. Gold was somewhat patchy in this reef which was 
worked for a length of between 500 and 600 feet. The shoots pitch N. 
The Eclipse Mine. 
This reef is about 2 miles in a southerly direction from Bendoc and 
30 chains east of Bendoc River. Very rich auriferous quartz is said to 
have been obtained at the surface. 
Clarkeville. 
This old quartz mining camp is on the divide between the waters flowing 
into Bendoc ixiver and Buck Creek. The height above sea-level is 3,400 
feet. It is quite deserted at present. 
The New North Discovery Mine. 
The shaft is about 300 feet deep. About five years ago a Ballarat 
syndicate attempted to re-open this mine. The country rock is Ordovician 
slate and sandstone beds of grey and yellow 7 colour. -There appears to be 
an abundance of quartz here but the gold contents is said to be poor. 
The Sunbeam Mine. 
This reef is about half a mile from the New North Discovery mine in 
a direction a little west of north. The country rock about half-a-mile north 
of Clarkeville consists of grey sandstone much resembling the pebbles in 
Brodribb River at Goonegerah. 
The Wagra and Waratah Reefs. 
These reefs are about half a mile south-west from the New North 
Discovery reef. 
The Jungle King, Jungle King Extended, Snow Storm, and South Dis¬ 
covery reefs are a little to the south and south-west of the New North 
Discovery reef. The Bendoc River rises at Clarkeville. 
The Welcome Stranger Reef. 
This reef is 4 miles from Bendoc on the Clarkeville-road. The poppet 
heads are still standing and very rich auriferous quartz is reported to 
have been found here. The country rock consists of grey sandstones and 
slates. The height above sea-level is 2,800 feet. The shaft is 105 feet 
deep and the reef is 10 inches thick. 
The Star of Bendoc Mine. 
About 300 feet south of the Welcome Stranger shaft is a whip over a 
shaft 90 feet deep. Another shaft has been sunk a little further to the 
south. Two' hundred yards due south from the Welcome Stranger shaft 
some work has been done at the surface. A quarter of a mile north of the 
Welcome Stranger mine very rich auriferous quartz specimens were found 
but the reef has not yet been located. 
Trie Oversight Reef. 
This reef was worked a little further west from the Welcome Stranger 
shaft and some quartz of payable character extracted. 
At Bendoc, Mr. Mahonv, the Registrar, was good enough to accompany 
me to the several reefs and I am indebted to him for many of the particu¬ 
lars about them. 
