Ill 
In a shaft 33 ft. nortli of the main shaft, a cross-cut west for 10 ft. 
was put in at a depth of 25 ft., but failed to locate any lode; the centre 
of this shaft is only 10 ft. east of the line of lode outcrop. At 1 
chain north of the main shaft a third .shaft was sunk to a depth of 70 ft. 
At 50 ft. a cross-cut was driven west 23 ft., showing no stone. At 70 ft. 
a cross-cut west was driven 10 ft., also without result. South of the 
main shaft at 10 ft. the outcrop of the lode is 8 ft. wide and dipping to 
the east. 
Fig. 39.—Transverse Section, Fig. 40.—tCross-cut from Bottom 
Prospectors’ Main Shaft. of Fourth Shaft. 
(Scale-—80 feet to 1 inch.) (^Scale—16 feet to 1 inch.) 
At 1 chain south of the main shaft a fourth shaft 50 ft. deep 
shows a lode 14 ft. wide at the bottom (Tig. 40). At 2 chains south of 
the main shaft a reef 8 ft. wide was cut at a depth of 25 ft. in a fifth 
shaft. At 3 chains south of the main shaft, in a sixth shaft, at a depth of 
25 ft., the reef was cut into for 2 ft., but work here ceased before 
the width of the lode was proved. At 20 ft. further south the lode, in an 
open cut, shows a width of 5 ft. of solid quartz for a length of 30 ft. 
Samples for assay were obtained from 
1. ISTorth face of Tibbett’s old drive at a depth of 60 ft. (this 
face is about 8 ft. from the main shaft). Lode 5 ft. wide, only the 
footwall portion is exposed. 
2. South face of the 70 ft. level (main shaft) at 12 ft. south. 
Lode 5 ft. 6 in. wide. 
3. At the 60 ft. level in main shaft. Sample taken of 5 ft. of the 
hanging wall portion of the lode. 
4. Two samples taken 5 ft. apart at the 40 ft. level on the north 
side of main shaft at 3 ft. and 8 ft. distant respectively. Lode 3 ft. 
across, with more quartz on the footwall side. 
5. From the cross-cut, shown in Fig. 40, at bottom of shaft, 
1 chain south of main shaft. Lode and schist taken 14 ft. wide. 
6. From trench on ironstone—tourmaline outcrop several chains 
southwards from the main shaft. 
The values obtained by assay were as shown in Mr. P. G. W. Bayly’s 
report attached (see Amalgamation and Cyanide Tests, page 113.) 
I have been furnished by Mr. J. A. Dawson, of Snake Valley, with 
returns of several parcels of ore sent for bulk treatment to various 
works. These were:— 
(a) 10 cwt. 1 qr. of picked stone treated in October, 1912, at 
Edward’s metallurgical works, Ballarat, gave 7 dwt. of gold per 
