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east, is the Golden Bar reef. The country-rocks and the reef also dip to 
the east. The reef stops at the level, and appears to be conformable to 
the country. Centre-country appears to be near the shaft. A small 
“leg” of quartz, 4 inches thick, occurs, dipping to the west. At the 
end of the shaft, and a little further to the east, is a thin leg, dipping 
to the east. At 65 feet in the cross-cut to the west a leg has been 
worked upwards. The quartz here has the laminated structure that is 
usual where the quartz vein is between the bedding planes of the countrv- 
rock, and it contains payable gold. At the end of the western cross-cut 
(100 feet from shaft) is a fold, and in this, at the lower level, and above 
No. 1 level, spurs of quartz have been worked. In the stopes over the 
level a width of from 5 feet to 10 feet of mixed quartz and slate is being 
crushed, with payable results. Sixteen feet to the west of the shaft, in 
the western cross-cut, is a small leg of quartz, 4 inches thick, that yields 
1 oz. of gold per ton, so the manager informed me. The dip of the 
country-rocks is nearly vertical to the leg at 65 feet; there the beds are 
much contorted. Faults occur in this, as well as in the lower level. 
On the No. 2 level, at 50 feet to the east of the shaft, the country- 
rocks dip to the east. A fault, dipping to the west, crosses the level. 
Quartz, 2 feet thick, occurs. Above the fault the pitch of the country- 
rocks is to the north. In the northern level the leg rises and bends over, 
forming a saddle-reef. The eastern leg averages 3 feet of quartz and 
country-rock that is payable. The pitch of the saddle is to the north. 
In the western cross-cut, off the southern level, and 40 feet above, in the 
stopes, spurs are being worked in centre-country. 
At the intersection of the cross-cut and No. 2 lode level centre-country 
occurs. Going southwards from this point is a well-formed lode, 1 foot 
thick, between smooth, regular walls, the quartz being payable. This 
is the western leg of the saddle. The corresponding eastern leg, which 
flips to the east at about 85 deg., is followed down below the level for 
50 feet in a winze; it consists of payable quartz. Above the level this 
leg is worked for a height of 60 feet. 
A characteristic of this mine is that thin but rich quartz veins, that 
conform to the strata, occur, and these partake of the foldings of the 
strata, and appear to be payable wherever found. Besides these “ legs,” 
there are also present spurs, containing sufficient gold to be profitably 
mined. Very little cross-cutting has been done so far, but the cross-cuts 
should be extended, and no doubt other quartz reefs would reward the 
quest. To the west of the present operations two lines of reef have been 
worked, evidently with good results. The structure of the mine is com¬ 
plicated, and it will be necessary to have a survey and plans made of 
the whole group of mines, so as to elucidate their structure and the condi¬ 
tions under which auriferous quartz occurs. Such a survey should greatly 
assist in the development of these mines, and should inspire confidence 
in them by making the facts known. 
The group of leases, on most of which work is being done, are, begin¬ 
ning at the northern end— 
1. The Robbie Bums. 
2. The Golden Bar, No. 1. 
3. The Golden Bar Extended. 
4. The Golden Bar. 
5. The Golden Bar South. 
