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MJUIICJISON\ GOE!!F1t`IE4i.E40. 1
In his annual report for the year
ended 31st December last, tin refer
;ring to the Holden's Fiurd centre of
-the Murchison: goldfield; Inspiector
of Mines Deeble says, that the
Waterloo G.M. has been employing
{an average ot 12 men, and the five
head mill on thie mine has crushed
1410 tons froniwhicli a yield of .
oz. were obtained over the plates,
-and- the sands are said to contain
i 4 wt. per ton.. All the. ore ,has
been obtained from developmelit
work. The deepest -level is only
150>ft., and -a drive on the reef at
that detith for 100 ft. in . lengthI
shows it to average 15 ft. in width
of payable values, according to the,,
report of: the managenment. It is J
further asserted that .four winzes
sunk from, the 80 ft. Teve prove the
reef pyable for a length of over
260 ft: All the ydriving Zia tbeen
Sdone. on the reef to the northi ot
the slaft, but t ii intnided- to drive
sdiot'h a the't omoi 1Thy.eI uringý the
cditeht; year..
At the-Norma G.M.' during the
early' part of the year the develop-:
ments a-eemed to indicate that 'this
mine would come to t,6P fore again,
but later returns proved rather dis
appointing.
:At Judd's Patch :evidenbe of reef
is shown Up quarti on surface in all
dieetioonis, and oceasierially a piece
containing specks of gold is ..found.
This place . is situated fromt eiaht
to ten miles west of Holden's Find,
and an alluvial rush took place there
albout Q0 years ago. but resulted in
nothing but alluvial ground being
worked. The rough, .ragged golb
foulind by puttina the .surface . ma:
terial through a dryblower seems to
indicate that the gold -had .liat been
moved very - far, yet. no payable
reef has been fouand iii the district
un to date. There is a large area
of this country, but itLis only (or .a
short time after rani has 'fallen that
prosuectors have. a charice of 'test
ing it. -.
During the year Messrs. iolden'
Sand Watson. prospecting about four
miles off the road . from M aeeka
tha.ra. to Wilina nn(atboit 3 miles
from. the former'place), found some
rich --spencimens and pepwed out
leases, but owisn to alluvial minera
coming on the grondrl proper reef
miiing was not carried on until the
end of- ths year. :Sole e rry rich
5soenimens were founid by- the pros
pectors.
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