THE NENTHORN GOLDFIELD.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7442, 16 October 1889, Page 2

THE NENTHORN GOLDFIELD.

ll This is a district where auriferowiraut,! ;e reefe were discovered by McMillan r. party in November last. The fat dl*. I h Covery was made on the terrace ot&j*' southerly side of Deighton Creek, whtehU \ ■y theprinclpal branch of theNenthoraCw&' >y about three miles in a northerly direst!?,' ie from A. Mcßae's farm in Moonlight Valk ? £ A trial-crushing of 3 tons was mtbl r . Klncaid and McQueen, Dunedin, where h r a was crushed, and yielded about; 3o& of go , ] t to the ton; and the adjoininsc claim t }• holders on the north-eaefcerly side sens 2 f £ tons to Melbourne, which wae crushed a< irq Parker's Works at Footecray, and yloldej I loz 13dwt per ton. r i. There are six lines of quarts! reefs wfca, p * gold has been got, running almost parallel I i r# with each other, the general dlrgctijs ' ,* being north-weakand south-east. Sotacoi M ;, the lines vary as much an lOdeg in a more t easterly-and-westerly direction. The mo; l r northerly line is that discovered by Mc !, Millan and party, on which sir licenad |rj holdings have been taken up; the seeonl f . line Iβ known as Crossan , * ftns of reel 031 v which there <la ,o«e Irildlng; Sho thbd js ■ j the Crcesus line, on which there ara' ah 11 1 holdings; the foarih, the Victoria and f 5 Break of Day, oil which there ara fou; 1 , holdings; the fifth is Sidci&lr's lino, 00 i 1 which there are four holdings; asd tU \ \ sixth ie the BeJiance lino, on wMitiier* V ~ are three J4c«jsa«i4,ho{dinK^J _ :siid tfys&Av** "5 three other licensed Holdings out%atei ? mentioned. In all there are thirty liuwi t : holdings applied for, and being aumjwi I" at the time of my viait. Twenty-saraa ci {; these holdings are of 30 acres, and i\s | other three are of smaller areas. i With regard to these quartz lodes, tin : whole of them are segregated veins ton p 2in to 2ft Bin in thickness. McMUlf»'» f reef varies from 41n to 18in In thickna, ; Crossan's reef is only a narrow vein, bet I appears to increase in width m it m \ down : Croeean'e party were engaged, si the time of my visit in sinking a eh&h n ■ which they espect to cut the reef at 45ft g t 60ft from the surface. On the Crossus lia ' a number of holes have been sunk and ; <■- tings have been made, and these have It *' almost every instance cut the rest -Tia f greatest width* of the lode on this lisa fc» f was proved at the time of my visit wa'fc [ '• the Croesus Company's claim, whsro is! showed about 2ffe Bin in thickness. Askß 1 on this company's claim was downft?rMf!>} and the stone taken from it was lytag fa I the surface, showing col din several pto ' On the Victoria and Break of Day linefcj lode is in some places 18in in thickssa, and ha* the foot and hanging-walla t«t> well denned; and on Sinclair's and th Bella ice lines the lodes are tnwtlfgfoft leaders. The distance between HeMHut line and the Reliance line is about chains.' ' ' " ' ' ' . The stratification of the echlatm&sti the surface is nearly horlzonM, fettrfes what could be learned from thO3« vk> , . sinking shafts the strata, ch&sge, sad bedding has the «sme dip aa tne ntt&&->? of the lodes, which goes dowa &H fei angle. The quartz in some plscosjfa^ B ■oft looae character, greatly coloured rft red oxide of iron: in other quartz is solid and hard and "veryctpte . line. In;' come of the cryetslpas <$*& * traces bf copper can he seen, &nd&J^ L ' r antimony, and there' are small speefe » |" ' ealpbate of iron disseminated fatfm'* greatdealottheeto&o. lasonie<sfsfe&#«sJ | shores, are changing, hands at htm f according to the prices paid for mum? I the value of some of the claims jKMp ! * £3,750, and others are • valued hs hfeHs *• . £4,000. .' : With regard to this field, iherc «?* |; number of licensed holdings now | for that will never be worked, anait J | very probable that some of the* 3 ,-,* 1 : I merely taken up with the view of sshi'4 I shares during the Urn© of fcha | Indeed, there are many, people whobm* J that it Is theTicheseqaarta-reeflngal ßl ?-; | that has beea discovered, aad who &s?& X" i chasing shares aifchoagh they h.we b*",* | seen the.field, but are. merely | their opinions concerning its valoc PT *" I Ing specimens that come from tbe I There may be portions of .sop** w^ , I lodes that will pay well for wonoW;* | the surface, but there is nothing toK | high prices being paid at thepre»@% for shares in the beat of the very questionable if these lofea tfUim f: gold'that" will pay for extracting $% . great depth. However, there fe a fiS surface sufficients quarts that gold to pay for working if a emaU*»fj 'i were erected in the district; _ . theclaims are as yet f, to warrant the owners o£ any V claim In putting up machinerf. ,* £S J,t'f,< \ of the claimholdera on the flel?eeft.'A I combine and put a small cruehU!gf*g < with good concentrating api»U«**W 1 order to test their claima properly t erecting expensive machinery. . | ; concentrating machinery is erects® ©jf- , z t deal of the gold will be lost, as spnae«-, g. quartz contains a deal of iron and ara««f - 1 pyrites. Some of the stone 4 though there was a little silver w A "m I unless it were analysed this cottlo* 6 ' j< definitely determined. ~ 3 | There were, at the time of ray rj I sixty to seventy men on the flew, 8$t«« % , doubt the country In this direction 5%"j ! well prospected for quart* reefs. iBo- Ai p a piece of rich stone was shown Bβ § ! Mackay, a miner well known ia «» % | district, who had oa the day of »f . brought the specimen from * ?*&£. L found about six diataot ftea *= h Nenfchorn reefe; but, as he | the ground properly sseurec*. he | teU ixactly where the new discovery «» gU situate. " "" "' ' «j*t] % \ There la a large reef ,\ 1 Creek, about three mUes down from v j the road from Macrae's to Hyde | which has recently been takea | gold has been found In it. 2™£l* P where it crops out on the w° ?nS | width of about Oft. Two ehafto t JJ»Jp rt I some years ago on each «iae o t,TrJj3 | » depfe of from 10ft to 14ft, ■»* ffS I then found, but at that time the ! notd«medpay«»le«orworito& . <■ |