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Cecil Rhodes Mine. 
In a south-westerly direction from the Coliban Reef, and about four 
miles from Kyneton, is the Cecil Rhodes mine, now being worked by 
Messrs. Eadie Bros., and on which is a small oil engine, driving five 
stamps. This shaft is down ioo feet. At the surface a mass of quartz 
6 feet thick was exposed. From the surface this was worked by a 
company, and 34 tons of ore taken out yielded 147 ozs. 12 dwts. of gold. 
The country rocks consist of soft and friable slates and sandstones of 
greyish colour, dipping easterly. The quartz body cuts through these 
beds in a westerly direction. There does not appear to be a well defined 
reef, but large masses of “ spurry ” quartz, about 50 feet in length, have 
been worked between the surface and the 100 feet level, but not the 
whole taken out. The present otvners state that nearly ^2,000 worth 
of gold has been obtained altogether. There are outcrops of quartz ex¬ 
tending in a southerly direction, and a shaft has been sunk at the junc¬ 
tion of the Tylden and Kyneton roads. From this point, a well marked 
quartz reef extends N.W. for a long distance, but beyond surface pros¬ 
pects nothing has been done to test it. 
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Hardy’s Freehold Mine. 
About half a mile N.W. from the Cecil Rhodes mine is Hardy’s Free¬ 
hold shaft, 150 feet deep. Considerable work has been done here, and 
quartz, with much mixed sulphide, is strewn about near the shaft. Anti¬ 
mony occurred in large amount in this reef. Some payable results are 
said to have been obtained, but no records are available. Nothing has 
been done here for many years. 
Ford Bobs Mine. 
About 600 yard east of the Hardy’s Freehold mine is the Lord Bobs 
mine. The shaft is 75 feet deep. The reef is said to be 2 or 3 feet 
thick, and to have been worked to a depth of 50 feet. The quartz is 
said to have yielded from 4 to 9 dwts. of gold per ton, and the last 
crushing is reputed to have given yk dwts. per ton, but the heavy charges 
for cartage and crushing rendered the working unprofitable. 
Treasure Trove Mine. 
Five hundred yards westerly from the Hardy’s Freehold mine is the 
Treasure Trove. From a depth of 20 feet, 40 tons of quartz are re¬ 
ported to have given 2 ozs. per ton. Subsequently a company sank a 
shaft 130 feet deep, and then ceased operations. Four chains north of 
the Treasure Trove mine a ridge, of quartz, about J-chain across, runs in 
a N.W. direction for about \ mile. On the S. side of this a tunnel has 
been driven, intersecting this large quartz body, but as nothing further has 
been done, the clone appears to be of little or no value. 
The above occurrences are all on private property. The quartz veins 
generally occur crossing the beds, and do not appear to be well defined 
bodies, still the profitable work carried on at the Cecil Rhodes mine renders 
it desirable that more work should be done on the other areas that have 
been proved auriferous. 
Mr. Kerr, of Kvneton, accompanied me, and I am indebted to him 
for the names of the several mines, and for the particulars about the 
yields. 
[.Report sent in nth May , igoy.~\ 
