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The mine is equipped with a suitable winding and crushing plants 
comprising three Cornish boilers, one 16 in. cylinder winding engine, 
and sinking winch. A 22 in. cylinder engine for the battery, 20 head 
of stampers, and 2 Wilfley tables complete with sand pumps, etc. 
To date about 3,600 tons have been crushed for a yield of 
680 oz., exclusive of 750 tens treated elsewhere, which averaged 5 dwt. 
to the ton, prior to the erection of the company’s battery. 
[2.8.15.] 
Jubilee Mine, Scaksdale. 
On going through the manager’s plans of the Jubilee Mine, Scarsdale. 
a cheap scheme of working this mine suggests itself in the utilization of 
the plant, boilers, battery, etc., on the ground, and the sinking of an 
incline shaft starting from a point about 100 ft. north of the present 
shaft, connecting at the 1,966 ft. level, about 30 ft. north of the mine. 
Such an incline would be about 68° 41' from the horizontal. The 
advantages accruing from such a scheme would be:— 
(a) Short cross-cuts of uniform length—about 30 ft. 
(5) Utilization of existing machinery (the winding engine 
would require new alignment). 
(c) A connexion for an air-way to the present shaft could be 
secured at intervals by short drives. 
(d) The proposed shaft would be in the footwalL country and 
away from the influence of the break, which has caused 
trouble in the present shaft. 
(e) Cheaper handling of ore with skips and bins. 
The disadvantages would be an additional length of haulage—about 
7 ft. in 100 ft., and the consequent wear and tear, which, however, 
would be comparatively small at such an angle. 
Taking into consideration the continuity of the shoot, together with 
the general observed inclination as a guide to its position, such a shaft 
should enable work to be carried to any desired depth. 
[13.3.13.] 
SMEATOA^ RESERVE UAITED MIRE. 
By W. Baragwanath, Senior Field Geologist. 
The Smeaton Reserve Ufiited Company was formed in 1882, and 
secured a lease of private property in the township of Smeaton and its 
vicinity, the greater portion being situated on the eastern side of the 
main Ballarat to Castlemaine road. Shaft sinking was commenced on 
the western bank of Birch’s Creek, at the rear of the Smeaton show- 
