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being exposed. Beyond this point the gold values were irregular, but prospect¬ 
ing operations in this locality should be undertaken when funds permit. At 
500 feet south of the shaft, across-cut was put in 30 feet west of the hanging wall 
of the lode, and a winze sunk to a depth of 60 feet from this cross-cut passed 
through the lode (which was here only a few inches wide) at 40 feet below the 
sill. When my first inspection was made, this winze was filled with water 
and no lode was reported to exist in it. This information, however, must 
have been available nearly two and a half years ago, and had it been disclosed 
it would have had a marked effect in the subsequent career of the mine. 
Just above the cross-cut referred to, the stopes on the roll show a width 
of nearly 20 feet, thereafter assuming a width of 3 feet to 4 feet when highly 
inclined. 
No. 3 (425-/£.) level .—The cross-cut at this level west of the shaft passed 
through several tracks, including one in the plat not seen in the levels above. 
At 70 feet west, north and south drives were put in on what appears to be 
the same wall as that in the stopes at the 250-ft. level. North on this track 
no stone was met with, but a short cross-cut west at 100 feet from the main 
cross-cut passed through two better looking formations. To intersect these, 
the main north drive was turned west, and 200 feet from the main cross-cut 
it disclosed the western formation 2 ft. 6 in. wide and dipping 64° W. On 
this formation the level was continued for 60 feet when the stone cut 
out completely, only a clean slate face being exposed at the north end 
of the level. 
South from main cross-cut for over 250 feet a track or slide along a bedding 
plane was followed. From this point the drive was turned to a parallel slide 
or pug along a graphitic wall. At 340 feet south a cross-cut west shows two 
parallel tracks, the western one of which is 2 in. wide ; this track appears to 
correspond with the western lode of the level above. At 520 feet south of the 
cross-cut a rise connects by a short intermediate level north to the winze 
from the 325-ft. level. This connexion shows that the drive south at the 
425-ft. level was put in on a wall parallel to that on which the western lode 
exists and distant therefrom about 12 feet. 
Future work at the mine depends largely on the above evidence and it is 
desirable that a short cross-cut be put in westerly at say 50 feet north of 
the connecting rise. 
At present operations are being carried on at an intermediate level at the 
•foot of the winze from the 350-ft. level. This work is useful, for although not 
on the western lode, short rises can be put up to the lode. At the date of the 
survey a short cross-cut east at 31 feet below the sill of the winze showed a 
well defined, highly mineralized lode 8 in. wide, cut through by a dyke 1 ft. 
wide, and having an easterly dip. No displacement of the lode or strata was 
caused by the dyke. Driving north and south on this lode would, if its 
quality were good, afford a suitable position for an intermediate level, being 
in the vicinity of the intersection of the dyke and the reef. In the upper level 
the richer stone was frequently met with in similar positions. 
In conclusion it is apparent that although the reef is of small average size 
the occurrence of rolls adds considerably to the available quantity of quartz. 
Two distinct horizontal dykes and probably a third one occur in the stopes 
above the south end of 250-ft. level. The inclined dyke is only notice¬ 
able above the 250-ft. level, the lower dyke having no vertical offshoot. The 
extension southerly of the 250-ft. level to intersect the formation proved in 
No. 13 shaft is desirable. This work might be pushed on after a connexion 
is made with the No. 10 shaft. 
