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and a rise of 40 ft. cut the reef above it. The rise was continued on 
the reef to the 'No. 5 level, the stone not being payable. At the l^o. 
6 level the ISTo. 1 reef has not been driven on. The reef would make 
below the slide if the drive were extended north, hut as there is 40 ft. 
of blank ground on the slide, and also as a drive of 500 ft. is necessary 
to test the shoot near the north boundary of the lease, it would be 
advantageous to drive a new level at 800 ft., giving 180 ft. of backs 
below 1^0. 5 level. The shaft at present is 802 ft. deep. 
The ISTo. 2 Reef. 
The ISTo. 2 reef is probably identical with the reef worked on the 
surface, and known as the Alfred or Alabama reef. It outcrops GO ft. 
west of the hfo. 1 reef, and averages 1 ft. wide. The strike is 
N. 25° W., and the dip is east 85°. It has been extensively worked 
from the surface to a depth of 200 ft. by an open cut and a number 
of shafts. The Ho. 2 reef was first cut in the Golden Bar mine in the 
Ho. 2 cross-cut, 20 ft. west of the Ho. 1 reef. Here it carried rich 
stone, which was stoped for a length of 180 ft, and for a height lof 
75 ft. above the level. The reef is on the slide which carried the Golden 
Bar reef from the surface to 200 ft. It does not show at the Ho. 1 
level. It is in faulted country, and appears to be cut off; but it will 
probably make again in settled country over the slide at 110 ft. west 
in the Ho. 1 cross-cut. Rich stone was got on the surface from this 
reef. A rise on the slide would probably cut the reef above it. 
Between levels Hos. 2 and 3 the reef follows the slide. At the 
Ho. 3 level it is 50 feet west of the Ho. 1 reef. What is considered 
to be the line of the reef was cut in the Ho. 5 cross-cut 50 ft. west of 
the Ho. 1 reef. It carries no quartz. In the Ho. 6 cross-cut laminated 
auriferous quartz veins were cut at 110 ft., 40 ft. west of the Ho. 1 
reef. This is considered to be the Ho. 2 line. It is possible (that the 
reef is further west. It must leave the slide somewhere below the Ho. 3 
level. A winze on the slide below this level, in addition to prospecting 
the reef, would locate this point and definitely fix the position of the 
reef in the levels below. 
Alfred Leaders. 
The reef known as the Alfred Leaders consists of two walls about 
4 ft. apart, with quartz veins between. It extends diagonally from the 
Ho. 1 to the Ho. 2 reef, striking H. 20° E., and dipping 80° north-west. 
It is said to have been worked to a depth of 200 ft., yielding 15 dwt. 
to 3 oz. of gold per ton. At the Ho. 1 level the line was cut in the 
drive south on the Ho. 1 reef 25 ft. from the cross-cut. It carried 18-in. 
stone, but wgs not tested at this level. 
Prospecting Work. 
The prospecting work which has been suggested may be briefly 
recapitulated as follows :— 
(1) A rise on the slide over Ho. 3 level. Ho. 1 reef. 
(2) Rise and extend drive south. Ho. 2 level. Golden Bar reef 
(3) Rise on slide over Ho. 5 level. Golden Bar reef. 
(4) Rise on slide at 110 ft.. Ho. 1 cross-cut. Ho. 2 reef. 
(5) Winze on Ho. 2 reef, below Ho. 3 cross-cut. 
