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This would average about 6ft. lin. per day during the time that the drill was actually at work; but if the shifting and fixing in position were taken into account it would reduce the amount of work done per day more than that shown by the shifting of the underground drills. These drills have been very successful in going through basaltic rock, sandstone, and shale, or through any rock of a uniform character : the harder the rock the better suited they are for boring. They have been the means of proving the existence of alluvial leads of gold under the basaltic rock in the Creswick District in Victoria, which is now being worked, and -proved to be the best for alluvial mines in that colony at the present time. The Madam Berry Mine was first tested with a diamond drill: several bores were put down which gave satisfactory results. A shaft was bottomed in

Name of Company. District. £■3 R.Q •I'M fa ® -. S Kemarks. •S-arden Gully L G. Consolidated Sandhurst 1 1 Ft. in. 440 4 825 6 Days. 86 153 Ft. in. 5 1J 5 5 iloonta .. n 1 706 6 122 5 9 Gold seen in pieces of core. Work stopped on account of rods breaking and not being removed. No gold seen. himberland Reef .. Castlemaino 1 424 0 43 9 10 The bore was stopped on account of rods breaking and not being recovered. Got colour of gold on crushing and washing small piece of core. Bore abandoned owing to tubing having parted and difficulty in getting rods. down. Got colour of gold by crushing and washing small piece of core. Bore abandoned owing to rods. breaking and not being recovered. Bore not bottomed. Jyinbeline Prospecting Malmsbury 1 427 2 44 9 8J )itto 355 6 59 6 0 302 11 70 4 4 3,481 11 577