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a depth of 200 ft. Subsequently an engine shaft was sunk on the Golden 
Bar reef to a vertical depth of 100 ft.; at this point the reef was cut 
on a slide, and the shaft was continued on the underlay of the slide 
to a depth of 300 ft. The workings from this shaft are shown on the 
accompanying .section of the Golden Bar reef. (PI. X.) 
The Chiltem Golden Bar Company commenced operations in 1901. 
A vertical shaft has been sunk to a depth of 802 ft. The Golden Bar 
reef has not, so far, been found payable below the workings from the old 
underlay shaft, and operations have mostly been confined to the Xo. 1 
reef. Some particulars of the workings on the various reefs are given 
below. 
Golden Bar or West^’s Reef. 
This reef, which is from 2 to 5 ft. wide, has been worked on the 
surface for a length of nearly 1,000 ft. It is reputed to have yielded 
about 20,000 tons of stone, averaging 1 oz. of gold per ton. In addi¬ 
tion to the underlay shaft, the early workings on the reef included 
three open cuts, a tunnel, and two shafts to a depth of 150 ft., known 
as West’s shaft and the South shaft. The Golden Bar reef strikes a 
slide dipping 45° west a few feet below the surface. It goes dowm 
on the slide to a depth of 200 ft., and .then makes below the slide with 
an easterly underlay. Levels were driven from the underlay shaft at 
64 ft., 120 ft., 220 ft., and 300 ft., the depths being measured on the 
underlay. Between the 180 and 220 ft. levels the reef was stoped for a 
length of 120 ft. It was 20 in. wide, and is said to have averaged 
nearly 1 oz. of gold per ton, giving a profit of over £5,000. In a winze 
known as Skerry’s, in the 220-ft. level and 180 ft. south of the present 
company’s shaft, a crushing of 25 tons yielded 18f oz. of gold, an 
average of 15 dwt. per ton, the reef being 2 ft. wide. Further south, 
payable stone is said to have been struck in driving north from the 
south shaft at depths of 50 and 130 ft. The 300-ft. level from the 
underlay shaft corresponds with the Xo. 1 level at 236 ft. from the 
present company’s shaft. At the Xo. 2 level, 343 ft., a cross-cut was put 
out to the reef, a drive 280 ft. along it, and a rise connecting with the 
Xo. 1 level. The reef in the drive was found to be unpayable, a trial 
crushing averaging 3 dwt. Assays taken by Mr. H. Herman^ indicate 
that the reef in the drive increases in value going south, the stone in 
the face being 2 ft. 3 in. wide and assaying 9.2 dwt. per ton. The reef 
here is worth a further trial, both by extending the drive south and by a 
rise from the present face. 
At the Xo. 3 level, a cross-cut has been driven through the reef. A 
rise was put up 70 ft. from the shaft on a wall carrying very little stone. 
Fifteen feet east there is a body of slate and quartz 3 ft. wide; this is 
probably the Golden Bar lode. Mr. Herman’s assay plan shows a value 
of 9.2 dwt. per ton here. This reef has not been tested. 
At the Xo. 5 level the Golden Bar reef was cut in the shaft. There 
are drives on the line north and south from the shaft for 50 and 60 ft. 
respectively. To the south the reef has been stoped for a length of 
45 ft., and it is here cut ofi by a slide 20 ft. above the level. This 
slide was subsequently cut at the Xo. 6 level 110 ft. west of the shaft, 
and the throw proved to be 40 ft. A rise of about 40 ft. from the 
stopes over Xo. 5 level would intersect the reef above the slide, and 
possibly locate a payable shoot. According to Mr. Herman’s assay 
plan, the stone just below the slide assayed 10.5 dwt. and 17 dwt., the 
reef being 12 in. and 19 in. wide respectively. 
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