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of which a good deal of shallow digging has been done with, by report, pay¬ 
able results, a little gold also being obtained in Doctor’s Gully. The workings 
were continued down the flat, the sinking becoming gradually deeper and the 
wash at the same time poorer until the basalt was reached, at which 
point mining operations ceased, owing, I presume, to the inability of the 
individual miner occupying only a small claim to profitably sink through 
the basaltic rock. The depth at this point from surface to bedrock is 
about 70 feet. 
Two tributaries junction with the lead close to where the Bet Bet and 
Dunira Creeks meet at the present time. The western tributary, known as 
the One-mile, was payable though patchy, and was abandoned owing to heavy 
inflow of water. A little gold was also obtained in the eastern tributary, 
know as Christmas Gully, but only at the head. 
A shaft was sunk just west of the junction of Bet Bet and Dunira Creeks, 
passing through basalt and bottoming at 90 feet. It is reported that payable 
gold was obtained. This gutter is probably on the course of the One-mile 
lead. 
It is possible that deeper ground exists on the south side of Bet Bet Creek in 
the alluvial flat, as the mere fact of basalt occupying a certain area parallel 
to the creek does not necessarily prove that the deepest ground will be found 
under it. Several attempts have been made by local miners to bottom the 
ground south of the basalt, but heavy water has always rendered the attempt 
unsuccessful. 
Three bores were put down many years ago to determine the junction of 
the Moore's Flat lead with a gutter coming, in from the west, but they 
were placed apparently too far north and bottomed on shallow ground. The 
junction is, probably, south-east of the bores. 
Ordovician. 
The rocks of this series in this area consist principally of hard ferruginous 
sandstones and light blue or green slates, traversed by a few lines of reefs. 
The strata have a general easterly dip, but in a cutting on the road in the 
south-east corner of the iiarish two folds occur (anticlinal and synclinal) 
close together. 
In the eastern portion of the parish I have traced a dyke for about 15 
chains on the surface, the width in places being 25 feet. 
Reefs. 
One-mile .—This reef has been worked to 70 feet, but no information of 
a reliable character can be obtained ; by report it was unpayable. 
North British .—Was worked down to 70 feet or 80 feet, averaging 5 dwts. 
to the ton ; underlays west, strikes 4° west of north. 
Bei'keley .—This reef is very close to the east boundary of parish, but the 
outcrop is in the parish of Amherst. A shaft was sunk to 80 feet, and 
reef proved to underlay east, with a strike of 4° west of north. By report, 
it averaged 5 to 6 dwts. per ton. 
Whitehorse .—This is the only reef in the parish worked below water level, 
the bottom of stopes being at '300 feet. By report it yielded an average of 
4 ozs. to the ton, while some crushings gave phenomenally large yields. The 
reef underlays west, with a strike of 4° W. of N. Large cubes of iron 
pyrites exist in the cleavage planes of slate associated with reef. 
Albert .—This reef has been tried with fairly payable though very patchy 
results, as much as 6 ozs. to the ton being obtained. The reef is 18 inches 
wide, heavily mineralized, and worked down to 60 feet. 
