COLCLOUGH'S REEF, BENDIGO.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 12, 26 January 1870, Page 4

COLCLOUGH'S REEF, BENDIGO.

The subjoined report of operations carried on by the prospectors in Colclough and party's claim since the 10th November, was furnished by Mr F. 0. Lyons (one of the shareholders) for the information of the Warden ; anil a copy of it has been courteously placed at our disposal:—

" . . . . We first sank a shaft 27 feet j deep, about 100 feet east of where we had got the rich stone on the surface. We only broke down a portion of the reef—about four or five tons —not wishing to raise quartz until our lawsuit was decided ; and we are quite satisfied that the stone is payable, having seen gold for the entire depth very evenly distributed through the stone. The reef in this shaft varies in width from one to three feet, and in one place narrows ! into a vein of three or four inches, but opens out again immediately. We have also sunk a shaft, 18 feet deep, about 200 feet still farther east, [ and got some rich stone in the reef ; but we \ gave up sinking it any deeper for the present, on account of the extreme hardness of the rock. We next sank a shaft, 45 feet deep, about 40 feet west of the first discovery, and followed the reef from the surface to that depth. In two places the reef pinches into a narrow rein, but, as in the eastern shaft, widens out again. We have not broken all the quartz in this shaft, but in two or three places where we broke down some, we saw gold. We have also commenced a tunnel about 100 feet from our western boundary, in order to strike the reef at about 150 feet below the crown of the hill, and have gone through a body of rubbly quartz which we believe to be the cap of the reef, as we can get payable prospects by washing with a dish ; and we also found stones with gold visible in them frequently. Within the last few days we have opened along the reef on the surface, and have exposed it for 140 feet in length, and three or four feet deep, but have not as yet broken the stone. There Las been some other work done, such as trenching, and sinking a shaft 14 feet in depth off the proper line ; but I believe I have already mentioned the most important work that has been done. The underlie of the reef is so trifling that it may be considered perpendicular, except in the extern shaft, which underlies south about 1 in 8 ; also in the tunnel it sceiiib | to underlie, but when it forms into solid quartz I I would expect to sen' it go perpendicular. I I may also mention that" it is nearly 100 feet north ; of the surveyed line, which' would make the bearings of the reef as near is possible parallel with the Aurora reef, and, consequently, an j entirely distinct reef from any before discovered."

An application by tbis p-übv for ar. extended, claim is to he heanl before the Warden at next, slitting of the (.'our;,