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At times two or three parallel dykes lin. to 18in. wide occur, separated 
by well laminated quartz. At other places the laminated quartz forms on 
one or other side of the dyke, and again elsewhere on both sides. In this 
Tespect the lode in part bears a striking resemblance to Cohen’s lode, at 
Walhalla, but differs in this feature, that the lode here is interbedded. The 
dyke is undoubtedly newer than the quartz which is apparent when the reef 
is intersected by the horizontal dyke, fragments of laminated stone being 
found included therein. In the inclined dykes and reef this character is not 
so apparent, but nevertheless appears similar. In the back of the stopes at 
100 feet (70 feet vertical) above the level the dyke is nearly 4 feet wide, 
'with 3-in. of lode on a footwall dipping west 65°. With the dyke of such size 
and a small and impoverished lode further work here was not thought 
advisable, but an extension of the main rise for prospecting purposes should 
be considered, as the bulge in the dyke may contract at any time or the dyke 
assume a horizontal course and leave the lode-channel, when the lode may 
be found of workable size. It should be borne in mind, however, that the 
shallow workings above this part (shafts Nos. 7 and 8) do not appear to have 
met with profitable stone, and those to the north and the south reported better 
success. The south stopes at from 430 feet to 650 feet from the main shaft 
proved the interlaminated dyke to extend to at least 100 feet vertically above 
the horizontal portion, and what appears to be portion of another horizontal 
dyke comes in at 65 feet above the level (or 60 feet above the main dyke) at 
1)30 feet south of the shaft. At this point a spur made from the footwall of 
the lode and carried some rich specimens. The back of the stopes here 
shows the lode much broken by the dvke. In the extreme southern end 
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of the stopes 100 feet further south, the lode, from 6-in. to 8-in. of payable 
quartz, appears to be above the disturbed portion ; the inclined dyke still 
iorms the foot-wall and is 4 feet thick, dipping west at 55°. Further work 
at this point is contemplated and an effort should be made to hole through 
to Nos. 10 and 11 shafts, which lie within 30 feet north from the rise at 90 feet 
irom the south face. About 60 feet of rising on the lode should give a 
sufficient height for the holing through if on the same lode channel. 
With regard to the distribution of the gold, it has been found within the 
last two years that in stoping above the 250-ft. level a more extensive develop¬ 
ment of auriferous stone existed than was supposed from previous workings. 
So far as can be noticed, the shoot of gold in this part of the mine appears to 
be associated with the portion of the lode where the interlaminated dyke 
occurs, and the stoping limit appears to have been regulated by a break in 
the lode caused by intrusion or faulting rather than any deterioration in the 
quality of the stone, which up to the disturbance was of payable values for a 
length of 200 feet. 
No. 2 (325 -ft-.) level . —At this level the plat was cut on the western side of 
the shaft. At a distance of 25 feet from the shaft the cross-cut intersected a 
reef track associated with which there was some laminated stone on which a 
drive southerly was put in for 70 feet. At this distance the drive 
swings out to the track of the western lode and, at 250 feet from the main 
cross-cut, there are stopes which connect to the 250-ft. level. The reef at 
the northern end of the stopes varied from an inch or two up to 18 in. in width. 
At 360 feet south of the shaft a horizontal dyke occurs on the floor of the drive 
parallel to that exposed in the level above and similar in appearance. This 
dyke pitches south and has a sinuous course horizontally. Above the dyke 
some very rich stone was met with. The stopes above the dyke at this level 
are about 300 feet long. Underhand stoping, 7 feet deep, extends between 
400 feet and 500 feet from the shaft. At the latter poinUa roll occurs, 
a large mass of poor white stone with laminated payable quartz on either wall 
