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To the west of the main reef another reef, known as the “ West reef,” 
branches off and diverges, going north. This reef averages 3 feet wide, 
and dips 85 deg. E. 
A shaft was sunk on the main reef from the Harrietville-Omeo road, 
and five adits have been driven, the lowest being 400 feet below the 
mouth of the shaft. 
No. 1 level is driven on the line of the West reef ; a shoot of stone 
30 feet long and 3 feet wide has been worked on this reef to a depth 
of 45 feet. 
The No. 2 level was put in after the company which worked the mine 
had ceased operations. A block of payable stone was supposed to have 
been left in the old workings, and this level was driven to locate it, but 
the undertaking was not successful. 
The United Miners’ reef was cut at 75 feet from the adit mouth in 
solid ground. The adit was continued west, and intersected the . West 
reef. A drive north for 60 feet was pul in on this reef, and a rise was 
put up to the shoot worked in the No. 1 level. The drive was continued, 
and another reef, 1 foot wide, was cut 15 feet further west. This reef 
was driven on for a distance of 100 feet, and some of the quartz was 
probably crushed, as there is a pass at the north end of the drive. From 
this reef, a drive was put in back to the United Miners’ line. The reef 
was cut 235 feet north of the point where the line was intersected in 
the cross-cut, and just south of a rise to the surface. The reef had been 
stoped out at this point, and also at another point 60 feet further south, 
where the line was again cut. 
In the No. 3 level, the United Miner’s reef is cut at 227 feet from the 
adit mouth, and 5 feet further west the dyke is intersected. The adit 
is blocked at this point, and the width of the dyke could not be ascer¬ 
tained. This adit continues west for 180 feet. Its position has been 
laid down from a plan by Mr. T. C. Davey. At this level the reef has 
been worked to the south of the dyke. 
At the No. 4 level a cross-cut west has been put in for 541 feet, passing 
through the dyke which is 24 feet thick; 60 feet east of the dyke a reef 
4 feet to 6 feet wide was cut. A drive south follows the reef for 90 feet, 
and a cross-cut to the west cuts the dyke, which is here 14 feet wide, at 
35 feet. The reef to the east of the dyke carries a little gold, and if the 
drive on it were continued south for about 100 feet, the reef would junction 
with the dyke and might become payable near the junction. To the north 
of the cross-cut a drive is open for a distance of 328 feet. It cuts the 
dyke, which widens out towards the north. The reef has been stoped for a 
length of 70 feet in the dyke. At 328 feet from the cross-cut the drive is 
blocked, passing into the second shoot, said to be about 200 feet long. 
The No. 5 level is accessible for a distance of 1,057 feet. At 838 feet 
a cross-cut south-west is open for a distance of 116 feet. This cross-cut 
was driven a further distance of 262 feet and must pass through the dyke. 
At 1,057 feet in the adit there is a drive 92 feet south to the east wall of 
the dyke and a rise to No. 4 level. Mr. Davey’s plan shows the cross-cut 
f° r I 55 feet beyond this drive, a drive north for 140 feet, and a rise at the 
north end of the drive. 
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The main shoot on the United Miners’ reef, which was worked from the 
surface to below, the No. 4 level, has not been located in the No. 5 level. 
The dyke in this level is further west than would be expected from its 
