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275 ft. Level .—In the south drive at this level the lode was 7 ft. in 
width for a length of 90 ft., and it then broke up into spurs with no 
sign of a wall. Sloping was carried on for a length of 140 ft., 90 ft. 
being to the south of the cross-cut and 50 ft. to the north. The slopes 
at the south face are 20 ft. over the level, with a maximum height of 
40 ft. over the cross-cut; the lode varies from 3 ft. to 8 ft. in width, 
and consists of a fractured body of quartz with secondary pyrites on 
the joint surfaces. At 40 ft. south of the cross-cut a winze was sunk 
35 ft. to the fault (slide). A lode formation ranging from 8 ft. to 
10 ft. in width with a slight dip to the west was proved, and an inter¬ 
mediate level was opened out north and south at 30 ft. below the main 
drive, exposing at 25 ft. from the winze a lode 10 ft. wide in both faces, 
and valued at 4 d’V^s. to the ton. This lode formation ends abruptly on 
the fault. 
At a depth of 375 ft. another level was opened. In the plat a large 
low-grade lode formation with a well defined wall dipping to the west 
at 65° and carrying 6 ft. of solid quartz and several feet of spurs, 
was located. In the east cross-cut at 40 ft. from the shaft a body of 
quartz dipping east at 45° was met, differing from the lode in the level 
above, which had a westerly dip of 80° to 85°. In the south drive on this 
formation, quartz of fair value was followed for 60 ft., and the east dip¬ 
ping formation was driven on south to 90 ft., where a west dipping fault 
pitching to the south cut off the stone. This fault was followed to 
165 ft. from the main cross-cut, where it passed underfoot, carrying in 
its drag a little quartz. Two cross-cuts westerly were put in from the 
south drive, ISTo. 1 at 70 ft. and 2 at 160 ft. respectively. In the 
Ho. 1 south cross-cut the east dipping lode attained a height of 7 ft. 
at 4 ft. west of the main drive before being cut off by the fault, which 
dips to the west at 40° and pitches south at 25°. Over this fault, 
at 25 ft. west, a crumpled anticline occurs. On this fold black 
slate and quartz spurs exist, and in the west face at 40 ft. from the 
main drive there is a west dipping formation consisting of laminated 
quartz, the upper portion of which is cut off by an east dipping fault. 
The spurs and bodies of quartz in this cross-cut carry a little gold, but 
are not payable. 
In the Ho. 2 south cross-cut the main fault shows at 4 ft. west of the 
main level, and below this there is a lode formation of fair quality. 
Owing to the influence of the fault, it is not possible to say if this is the 
continuation of the east dipping formation as followed to 90 ft. in the 
south drive, or whether, taking the fault as a hanging wall, it may be 
a west dipping formation. Beyond the fault the strata dip west at 
45°, and at 15 ft. west of the main drive, a small fault was cut dipping 
east. 
At 145 ft. south of the cross-cut a rise was put up on the fault 
which dipped west ^at 75°. This rise followed the fault drag, being 
in poor stone up to 40 ft., where the main fault (slide) was cut, 
above which 25 ft. of fair grade stone was risen on. About 30 ft. north 
of the rise an incline cross-cut met the main fault at 37 ft. At 45 ft. 
south of the main cross-cut a rise was put up on the east dipping lode; 
which was followed for 12 ft. to where the west dipping fault cut off 
the stone. The west dipping fault was followed for 19 ft. to a point 
below the winze sunk from 275 ft level, and a little quartz was met 
with in the drag. Ho lode being located, a vertical rise of 30 ft. was 
put up in blank country to connect with the intermediate level. 
