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ores sent for assay have given remarkable results, and raised hopes that, 
though not of value as iron ore, they might be worked for the gold they 
contain. The results obtained vary widely, and to settle this point samples 
were secured personally, and these have been assayed with special precau¬ 
tions, at the Mines Department Laboratory, by Mr. P. G. W. Bayly per¬ 
sonally, wth the following results: — 
Sample of limonite from the principal exposures, about 3 miles northerly 
from Mirboo North (Funston’s Allotment).—Assay gave—Gold, a trace; 
silver, nil. Sample of quartz grit, \ mile north-east from above—Assay 
gave—Gold, a trace; silver, nil. The trace of gold was, in each case, only 
detected by the combination of a large number of assays, and was very 
minute. Other assays, shown to me, were as under:—Mirboo North, iron 
ore (limonite). 
Assays. 
School of Mines , Ballarat — 
Limonite, gold, 15 grs. per ton. 
School of Mines , Bairnsdale — 
20 lbs. sample of limonite. 
Metallic iron, 51.3 per cent. 
Gold, 8 dwts. 9 grs. per ton. 
Silver, 4 dwts. o grs. per ton. 
School of Mines , Bairnsdale — 
Bulk sample of 1 ton 8 cwts. 2 qrs. 6 lbs. 
Gold, 6 dwts. 2 grs. per ton. 
Silver, 9 grs. per ton. 
Gold left in residue, 9 grains. 
Metallic iron, 47.6 per cent. 
Assays made of a sample collected by Professor Gregory showed no 
trace of gold. The samples collected bv me confirm this, and I have no 
hesitation in saying that the iron ore outcrops, examined by me are barren 
of gold and silver, except for a mere trace of gold. 
[.Report sent in 25th May, igo5.\ 
SOME GOLD MINES AT MALDON. 
(no. II on locality map.) 
By E. J. Dunn, F.G.S., Director, Geological Survey. 
During a short visit to this interesting and productive gold-field, some 
of the mines were descended, and salient features noted. 
The South German Mine. 
This mine has the deepest shaft on the field, 2,000 feet to the bottom, 
where a plat is cut, but nothing more has been done. For many years 
this mine was one of the most regular gold producers, as a shoot of auri¬ 
ferous quartz extended down from the 430-feet level, and from this steady 
yields were obtained that insured dividends for many years. A fault cut 
off this productive shoot, and since then prospecting work has been carried 
on from level to level, but without much success so far. The shoot of 
good quartz only occupied a short length of the channel—about 13 feet. 
