GABRIEL'S GULLY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1131, 13 March 1872, Page 2

GABRIEL'S GULLY.

In the prospecting' claim the work of taking in the tunnel is being vigorously proceeded with. About eighty feet has already been driven, and it is estimated that the reef will be cut at a distance of 100 ft further. The cake of gold weigh-

ing loz 16dwt lOgr, obtained from trial crushings of stone from this reef, was sent to Melbourne to be assayed. The assay showed that the gold was 22.3 carats fine. Ten grains only were lost in the smelting. The net price per ounce of the gold was, after paying duty, expense of smelting, and loss therefrom, '-L3 l6s per ounce. In Clayton's claim, No 1 North, the contract for sinking the shaft has been finished. Messrs Clayton and Co. now invite tenders for driving -to strike the reef. In Kitto and party's claim, on the northern side of Caledonian Gully, work is at present suspended, the contractor failing to carry out this work. An auriferous leader was found in their claim, and the work will be resumed. The Amalgamated Companies, not finding the reef as they anticipated, obtained permission from the prospectors to drive along the cap of the reef from their tunnel, in order to ascertain the precise direction the reef trends. After driving about 40ft they found it dipped considerably into the hill. They have abandoned their former workings,, and are now prospecting in their own claim,, on the southern side of the gully. From No. 2 line of reef there is nothing fresh to report.