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Since my last visit in July, 1913, operations have been conducted on the 
lines laid down in my previous report, and a definite policy has been carried 
out with encouraging results. At the 425-ft. level the south drive was turned 
westerly and the main line of lode worked in the upper levels was located, 
proving that the drive southerly for a distance of 600 feet from the cross-cut 
was along the eastern track. Shortly after the main or western track had been 
cut, a laminated lode came in ; this lode, consisting of 18 in. to 20 in. of payable 
quartz, was followed from 660 feet from the cross-cut to 880 feet—a length of 
220 feet. After a blank of 6 feet the drive followed another make of quartz 
60 feet in length and 9 inches to 1 foot wide, carrying galena and zinc 
blende. It contained free gold, but not sufficient to make it payable. This was 
followed by another blank of 20 feet and then a fresh make of highly mineral¬ 
ized gold-bearing quartz which widened in 20 feet to 3 feet but tapered out 
in the next 20 feet, leaving a track in the face at 1,013 feet from the cross-cut. 
Further prospecting by means of driving this level is warranted. In the inter¬ 
mediate workings above this level a length of 70 feet of payable stone 
is opened up, the reef ranging from 1 foot to 5 feet wide on a roll. This roll 
is apparently dying out towards the south, being less pronounced in this 
direction. A connecting winze known as Perry’s shows a reef from 12 inches 
to 24 inches wide to the lower level, while a rise on the reef connects with the 
325-ft. level. At the 250-ft. level the south drive has been extended on the 
lode track which is much broken by a dyke, but in the south face a body of 
highly mineralized quartz 5 feet thick is worth driving on for at least 100 feet. 
Future operations should embrace development of the quartz already exposed 
—a total of nearly 300 feet being opened for stoping. The extension of the 
250-ft. and 425-ft. levels further south is advisable, the former on the stone 
exposed, the latter on the track in the face. A rise above the 425-ft. level on 
the most southerly make of stone 985 feet from the cross-cut should be taken 
in hand at once, as a means of ventilating the whole of the workings can easily 
be secured if the quartz continues upwards. A short cross-cut west at 500 
feet south in the 425-ft. level, also one east at 250 feet south on the 325-ft. 
level, are also desirable. 
The operations carried out since my last visit have revealed the downward 
continuation of the lode, which is well defined and regular, and away from the 
influence of the diorite. As work proceeds a scheme for the working of the 
reef at a lower level can be formulated. It is therefore advisable to 
build up a reserve fund which should be forthcoming from the treatment of 
the several thousand tans df quartz ndw in sight. 
[15.9.14.] 
NOTES ON BEALIBA. 
By E. J. Dunn, F.G.S., late Director, Geological Survey. 
Bealiba is 137f miles from Melbourne, on the Mildura railway line, and 
688 feet above sea-level. The country rock consists principally of Ordovician 
strata, apparently well down in the series, like the Lancefield and Bendigo 
beds. Granite is also present. 
Quartz reefs have been worked in several localities, and some of them are 
reported to have yielded well. Two miles north-east from Bealiba the 
Welcome reef has been worked for a length of about 500 feet, and to a depth 
of 400 feet. At the bottom level a cross-cut was driven 150 feet east, and a 
reef was cut, but such an inflow of water ensued that the shaft was abandoned. 
