WARDEN'S REPORT.
Mr. "Warden Pyke, writing from Clyde, under the date 15th inst., reports RvS follows : —
I have the honour to report that on the 3rd inst., I visited and inspected the mine, workings, and plant of the Cromwell Quartz Mining Company, situated on what is best known as the Eendigo Ghilly Reef, about three miles from the Government township of Wakefield, above Cromwell. I have much pleasure in reporting that the company are now in full work, they having purchased and re-erected on their ground the plant of the late Hindon Company. At present only five stampers are at work ; but it is the intention of the company to erect two new batteries of fifteen stampers each, as soon as necessary arrangements can be effected. From the crushings already made, very good results have been obtained in the shape of three fine cakes of gold of excellent quality. The vein or lode has been fairly tested for stone, and has been struck wherever tried for along the line, across the lease ground. It has been wrought to some extent and at a considerable depth in two main drives. The main lode has (approximately) an east and west bearing— the " dip "or underlie having a northern declination and the " strike," apparently, a westerly direction. Some leaders have, however, been cut, which show a north and soutp bearing. On examination of the main drives, I was forcibly impressed by the appearance of the reef. The lode has both face and back as correctly defined as in any mine I have ever visited in Victoria. This is an unusual circumstance in New Zealand quartz workings. There is also a tolerably thick " casing " seemingly richly impregnated with precious metal. The casing, and to some extent, the lode itself, is vividly tinctured with red colouring matter, which I am inclined to think is partly composed of cinnabar, but I have not yet been able to apply such tests as would enable me to speak positively. From the general appearance of the lode, I am led to the conclusion that it is a true vein, and of a very great extent ; and I am further of opinion that the adjacent country will turn out one of the finest reefing districts yet opened in Otago. Encouraged by the success of the Cromwell Quarts Mining Company, other miners have turned their attention to that branch of mining industry. One party has already applied for, and obtained temporary protection for a prospecting claim on a parallel reef, and more are examing the surrounding spurs for other reefs. I will keep the Government acquainted with the progress of the company's works, and of discoveries in the same direction,
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Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 72, 26 June 1869, Page 3
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449WARDEN'S REPORT. Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 72, 26 June 1869, Page 3
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