120 
1,130 ft. from the shaft; from which point the drive was turned north¬ 
westerly and continued for a further 405 ft. Before boring into the 
wash the water was pumped by six 5 ft. strokes per minute on a 
19 in. plunger. Several bores were put up from the north drive with 
the following results :— 
Bore. 
Distance from Shaft. 
Wash Cut at— 
Feet. 
Feet. 
1 
475 
72 
2 
602 
66 
3 
716 
49 
4 
768 
60 
5 
820 
46 
6 
868 
43 
' 7 
898 
40 
Nos. 1 to 5 proved wash with colours of gold. 
Nos. 6 and 7 proved heavy wash with a sample of gold. 
At 847 ft. from the shaft a water rise was put up from a cross-cut 
23 ft. west of the main level. At 882 ft. north the I4o. 1 rise was put up 
and opened out to the east and west in a large body of poor wash. At 
1,120 ft. the ISTo. 2 rise was put up to the wash and opened out and driven 
to the east for 30 ft. with improved prospects, while to the west the 
wash was poor. By October, 1889, an area of wash 600 ft. by 400 ft. 
was opened up, but it proved to be poor and on an uneven bottom. 
One hundred and eighty nine machines were washed for a yield of 
712 oz. 15 dwt. of gold, averaging 3 oz. 15 dwt. to the machine. At 
180 ft. along the north-west drive past the IMo. 2 rise, the hlo. 3 rise was 
put up, and from the top of it a drive westerly cut at 200 ft. the run of 
wash proved in the No. 2 or middle rise. From the middle rise, a 
drive to the east met the rising ground at 200 ft., this drive was con¬ 
tinued in a north-easterly direction under Ajiderson’s mill for a total 
length of 782 ft., and the following bores were put up:— 
Bore. 
Distance from Rise. 
Wash Cut at— 
Feet. 
Feet. 
o 
494 
30 
3 
544 
32 
4 
604 
35 
5 
718 
37 
6 
788 
39 
No. 4 showed no gold. Nos. 6 and 6 cut cemented wash. 
From this drive a rise (New Eastern rise) was put up and wash 
drives started. Only poor wash was located, and a series of terraces 
coming in, operations ceased in March, 1890. 
In the main level north-west drive No. 4 rise was put up at 230 ft. 
from the No. 3 rise, and a drive was then opened out 83 ft. east in a 
strong body of poor wash. 
The result of these workings tend to prove a well-defined lead, 400 ft. 
in width, and resting transversely on an even bottom, trending north¬ 
westerly between 800 ft. and 1,200 ft. north of the shaft, and under the 
present course of Birch’s Creek. The deepest point 380 ft. below the 
sill of the shaft, makes the bedrock level here 1,028 ft. above sea-level. 
[17.9.17.] 
