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The Cellar line outcrops about 75 ft. east of the Lady Rose shaft, 
and is the only reef so far worked in the mine. The reef dips 40° 
west, and has been worked down to the 316-ft. level. The quartz is 
irregularly distributed, but wherever met with is payable. At the 
present time a shoot over 90 ft. long, and averaging 14 in. wide, is being 
worked over the 255-ft. level. It will probably be found, as work 
proceeds, that the reef prospected so far is really following a slide, and 
that ultimately it will take a more nearly vertical course both above 
and below the slide. The shoot is pitching south, and will probably 
he found to he the continuation of the stone formerly worked on the 
surface on the Cellar reef, 200 ft. north of the shaft. In the bottom 
level, 316 ft., the reef showing in the drive is 6 in. to 5 ft. in width, 
and dips 40° west. 
The Lady Rose reef outcrops to the north of the shaft. Two shafts 
have been sunk upon it—the Blue shaft, about 180 ft. deep, and the 
Ladderway shaft, 90 ft. deep. Some rich returns were obtained from 
these shafts by former parties. The reef is small and irregular. From 
the surface to a depth of 90 ft. it dips to the east, and below this 
point it dips to the west. The line is cut in the Lady Rose shaft at 
93 ft., and cross-cuts 11 ft. and 27 ft. in length intersect it at 137 ft. 
and 172 ft. respectively. At the 255-ft. level a drive north-westerly 
along a small fault passed through a 2-in. vein carrying gold. This 
is probably the Lady Rose line. 
The Railway reef outcrops 80 ft. west of the Lady Rose shaft. It 
has been worked on the surface to the north of the shaft, and the 
drive on the fault at 255 ft. is being extended to cut the line. This 
drive will cut the reef below the old workings, and payable stone may 
be expected here. 
An interesting development in connexion with the mine is the occur¬ 
rence of scheelite. The cross-cut west at the 316-ft. level passed through 
a 6-in. vein of quartz and calcite, dipping 40° west. Fifty feet to 
the south this vein junctions with the Cellar reef, and shows 5 ft. of 
quartz and calcite, carrying a high percentage of scheelite. Beyond 
this point irregular bunches of scheelite occur on the hanging wall of 
the reef, and the face of the drive 50 ft. south shows 18 in. of quartz and 
calcite, still carrying a little scheelite. Since the discovery at this level, 
the manager, Mr. Thomas Martin, has obtained a specimen of scheelite 
from mullock knowm to have come from the shaft at a depth of about 
180 ft. This specimen probably came from the upward continuation of 
the same vein as indicated in the transverse section of the mine. 
The mineral contains no impurities, and an assay made by Mr. 
Bayly, at the Geological Survey laboratory, gave 80 per cent. ^3f tungstic 
acid. 
The dowmward continuation of the shoot being worked over the 255-ft. 
level has been proved in an intermediate drive below that level, and, in 
order to work it, the 316-ft. level will be driven north. This level should 
also be extended south to test the reef in that direction. The stone has 
a tendency to occur in flat makes, showing the necessity of prospecting 
the reef by rises if it carries no stone in the drive. 
The prospects in the bottom level both for gold and scheelite justify 
further sinking before the upper levels are completely worked out. 
