H.—9.

The following table will show the results obtained by underground diamond drill in prospecting or gold in quartz-reefs in Victoria from the 27th April, 1880, to the 24th November, 1884: —

Total distance bored, 14,234 ft. 4in. in 1,952 days, averaging 7ft. 3Jin. per day, which equals 2 miles 55 chains 67 links lineal measure. Deducting Sundays, it took 6 years 12 weeks and 2 days to bore this distance. Altogether, there wore 37 bore-holes put down.

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Name of Company. District. n £•6 T3_ 1-9" fa <D Bemarka. Grt. Northern Crown Stawell 1 Ft. in. 506 8 13G 0 Ft. in. Days. 44 20 Ft. in. 11 6 6 9J No gold. Horizontal bore from No. 3 level. 519 8 642 8 Scotchman's United l 91 5 8J Vertical bore from bottom of shaft; ldwt. 18gr. from 71b. of core at 361ft. lOin. Depth from surface, 343ft; angle from perpendicular, 1 in 5 ; quartz 4in. thick at 54ft., in which gold was seen. Put in from 756-ft. level, horizontal. 2 505 2 116 4 4 120 6 1,145 4 32 3 3 8J West Scotchman's 1 500 0 73 6 10 Horizontal bore, dipping 1 in 6 from 853-ft. level; gold from core at 350ft. averaged at the rate of 23dwt. per ton. Vertical bore from bottom of shaft, 2,409ft; no gold. Put in at 728-ft., level, 5° from horizontal. Vertical bore at 728ft. from surface ; gold in core taken from reef at 284ft. Vertical bore at 1,200ft. from surface. 1,200ft. from surface ; angle of bore, 65° ; gold in core from reef at 307ft. 1,200ft. from surfaco ; angle of bore, 53° from vertical ; gold in core, 355ft. 1,400ft. from surface ; angle of bore, 8ft. in 10ft.; gold in core, 190ft. 1,500ft. from surface ; angle of bore, 50° from horizontal. 1,080ft. from surface, vertical bore. 1,505ft. from surface, vertical bore. 1,700ft. from surface, horizontal bore. 1,700ft. from surface ; angle of bore, 45°. 1,030ft. from surface ; angle, 1 in 5 from vertical. 1,500ft. from surface, horizontal bore. Vertical bore at 520-ft. level. 500 0 Magdala 1 521 0 72 7 3 2 3 502 0 298 5 58 48 8 8 6 2J i 5 498 3 499 7 87 72 5 9 6 11 6 399 1 46 8 8 7 304 0 39 7 9J 8 39 4 3,061 8 4 9 10 Oriental 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 506 6 530 5 166 9 136 1 500 4 301 9 515 1 61 60 11 11 74 33 57 8 3J 8 10 15 1 12 4 6 6 9 2 9 0£ 500 0 2,656 11 3rown Cross Eeef United Ditto 1 2 309 1 71 59 7 0J 1,318ft. from surface ; angle, 1 in 4 from vertical; splendid prospects of gold at 473ft. 1,800ft. from surface ; angle, 1 in 10. 809 1 5 1 3arolina 1 500 4 39 12 10 782ft. from surface ; angle, 30° from vertical. 500 0 500 4 North Scotchman's 1 500 0 46 10 10J 400ft. from surface, 9° from vertical. 3reat Southern .. 1 78 4 78 4 8 9 9 Vertical bore from bottom of shaft. Prince Alfred 1 2 499 11 499 4 46 45 10 10J 11 1 No remarks. 1,780ft. from surface, vertical bore. 325 7 999 3 New Albion 1 325 7 30 10 10 537ft. from surface, 33° from vertical. Big Hill 1 346 0 90 3 10 450ft. from surface ; angle, 45°. 515 C 346 0 Pleasant Creek Cross Reef 1 515 6 67 7 8J 700ft. from surface, vertical bore; gold seen in core at 505ft. Alfred Tribute 12,080 8 1,610 400ft. from surface, horizontal bore ; gold in core at 251ft. 350ft. from surface, horizontal bore. Sandhurst Ditto 1 2 281 6 483 7 765 1 60 68 4 8 7 1J Koch's Pioneer 1 397 2 04 6 2 400ft. from surface, horizontal bore. 397 2 1,162 3 192 Eaglehawk Union 700ft. from surface, horizontal bore. 1,000ft. from surface, horizonGal bore. 1,000ft. from surface, horizontal bore. Maldon 1 2 3 440 9 308 8 242 0 74 43 33 5 llj 7 5 7 4 991 5 150 1,952 Total distance bored with underground diamond drills. 14,234 4