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position in the upper levels, and it is probable that the reef and dyke have 
been faulted between No. 4 and No. 5 levels. By cleaning out the drive 
north at the No. 5 level a rise could be put up on the west wall of the 
dyke. Such a rise would probably intersect the United Miners’ reef, and 
this is the best method of prospecting the mine. 
The country rock to the east of the United Miners’ reef dips to the 
west. The reef outcrops near the top of the spur between the two branches 
of the Ovens River; on the western side of this spur the country rock dips 
east, so that the top of the spur with the reef and dyke occupies the centre 
of a large syncline. The country in the vicinity of the dyke and reef is 
very soft, and carries a large amount of water. The dyke is everywhere 
decomposed to a soft reddish earth. The width of reef stoped and the 
precise boundaries of the shoots cannot be ascertained, the old workings 
in the reef being almost all inaccessible. The recorded yields from the 
United Miners’ reef from 1869 to 1875 are given below. During this time 
27,105 tons of quartz were crushed for 11,899 ounces of gold, an average 
of 8 dwts. 18 grs. per ton. The mine was worked prior to 1869, but the 
table does not include the earlier crushings from the reef— 
Yield. Depth 
Date of Report. 
Tons. 
oz. dwt. 
gr. 
in feet. 
31.12.69 
780 
919 
11 
I 2 
250 
3 I- 3-70 
1,690 
740 
0 
O 
2 5 ° 
30.6.70 
I,8oo 
600 
0 
O 
240 
30.9.70 
I,8oo 
744 
17 
O 
2 5 ° 
31.12.70 
1,500 
5 2 ° 
0 
O 
230 
3 1 * 3 - 7 1 
1,200 
433 
0 
O 
280 
30.6.71 
1,500 
560 
0 
O 
260 
30.9.71 
1,500 
800 
0 
O 
288 
31.12.71 
1,240 
U 437 
!5 
O 
2 3 ° 
3 1 * 3 - 7 2 
1,200 
600 
0 
O 
230 
30.6.72 
2 5 
1 5 
6 
O 
40 
30.9.72 
1,600 
400 
0 
O 
200-300 
31.12.72 
1,200 
5 IQ 
0 
O 
35 ° 
31 - 3-73 
1,600 
650 
0 
O 
300 
30.6.73 
800 
200 
0 
O 
300 
30.9.73 
1,200 
420 
0 
O 
300 
3 I - I2 -73 
2,400 
3 °° 
0 
O 
400 
3 I - 3-74 
1,500 
270 
0 
O 
$ 
300 
30.6.74 
1,500 
U 3 12 
0 
O 
35 ° 
30.9.74 
1,000 
3 2 ° 
0 
O 
200-240 
3 1 . 12 .7 5 
70 
47 
10 
O 
35 ° 
The plan and sections of this mine will be published later. 
\Re-port sent in 10.5.07 .1 
