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By sinking a shaft to a depth of, say, ioo feet, the lode would be cut 
below water-level and its normal character would be determined. All the 
material in the lode above water-level has been subjected to leaching, 
oxidation, &c., and, therefore, it does not afford a true index to the 
character of the ore to be met with in the unaltered portion of the lode. 
This spot is about 4 miles from the main road up Pine Mountain Creek, 
and a small expenditure would suffice to make a good dray road to it. 
The strike of the lode at this site is north-west and south-east, dip 60 deg. 
S.W. The lode is remarkably well defined and strong where opened 
out and is said to be traceable for fully a mile in length. It has all the 
appearance of being of a most permanent character and possesses especial 
interest on account of the abundance of fluorite which occurs as veins from 
mere threads up to massive bands with quartz as much as 5 feet wide. 
Through this fluorite the galena is distributed as kernels and masses. The 
fluorite is of amethyst colour when first broken out but on exposure it 
bleaches white. It shows a beautiful ribbon structure. The occurrence of 
so much fluorite has not been previously noted in the State. From all the 
circumstances and the high grade galena obtained above water-level, 
where the ore has been subjected to much leaching, it is to be expected that 
below water-level high class galena in greater quantity will occur. The 
work of sinking a shaft and exploiting the lode below water-level should be 
at once undertaken. It is probable that the water will require to be dealt 
with by means of efficient pumping plant. There is a good road down the 
Murray Valley to Bethanga Rail wav Station which is about 70 miles 
distant. 
[-Refort sent in 74.5.07.] 
CORRYONG AND THOUGLA CREEK. 
By E. J . Dunn , F.G.S., Director , Geological Survey. 
The Just in Time mine is situated in Carkeek's Gully, on the west flank 
of Mt. Elliott, about 4 miles E. 20 deg. N. of Corryong, and is about 
1,400 feet above sea-level. A tunnel on the north side of the gully has 
been driven 300 feet and the reef has been stoped along that distance and 
worked below the tunnel level in some places to a depth of 60 feet. South¬ 
ward from the gully the tunnel is driven along the reef for 500 feet. At 
300 feet in, a shoot of gold has been worked 100 feet in length and stoped 
up for 70 feet above the level to the surface. Below the tunnel level the 
shoot has been worked for 200 feet in depth. The strike of the reef is about 
north and south, dip 75 deg. E., and it is from 4 to 12 inches thick. The 
strike of the country rock is about N. 20 deg. W., dip 60 deg. E. The 
shoot of gold dips 70 deg. S. To the north the same reef has been worked 
for about half-a-mile and to the south for nearly a mile at intervals. 
At the Just in Time mine a party is now at work taking out a slice of 
quartz that was missed by the previous workers and which is expected to 
yield 3 ounces of gold per ton. Some of the quartz is thickly studded with 
gold and some very rich yields are stated to have been obtained formerly. 
The reef is a very persistent one and the depth of 200 feet below the tunnel 
level to which it has already been worked is only a fraction of the depth 
to which it may be expected to live. Besides sinking to greater depths 
this mine requires that the tunnels should be extended so as to prove the 
