No. 1 Adit.—This
tunnel starts from Back Creek, west of O'Connor's United shaft, and
runs easterly for 636 feet. At 474 feet along it a small lode has been
intersected. This has been driven on for a short distance to the north
and south, but the ground has now, fallen and blocked it. This is the
adit shown in section on Lidgey's Plan.
No. 2 Adit --This adit has been driven for 297 feet from Swanky Gutly to the west of the Panama workings, towards the Belltopper lode.
No. 3 Adit.—The
Missing Link, or No. 3 adit, is about 400 feet to the east of the
Panama adit. It has been driven on a bearing of X. 59 degrees E., for
662 feet, under Belltopper Hill. At 318 feet from its mouth, it
intersects the Missing Link Lode, along which it has been driven
northerly for 623 feet. For part of this length it has been stoped to
the surface (166 feet above), where the lode, underlying to the east,
has been worked from old shafts for 500 feet on a bearing of N. 29
degrees W. Near the mouth of the adit, there is a lode, 15 inches
thick, running N\ 2i| degrees W., which is sometimes called the
Antimony Lode. It has teen driven on for about 20 feet. In this adit
there were seen no signs of folding of the strata. For 200 or 300 feet
along the eastern end of the adit the walls are thicklv covered with
crystals of sulphate of magnesia, which is apparently the reason for
the local name of the "Salts Tunnel."
The Antimony Adit.—The
next adit on the banks of Back Creek and about 400 feet to the south of
the Missing Link Adit, is the Antimony Adit. This has been driven on a
bearing of E. 19 deg. 48 min. S. for about 100 feet to the Antimony
Lode. This lode has been worked in a winze near the face of the adit,
and bv a drive about 30 feet long, on a bearing of S. 26 degrees E.
There has evidently been more work than this done here, but the
workings are not accessible, and I could get no reliable information
about them from residents of the district.
The Belltopper Adit.—This
adit is a mile or more from the Antimony Adit down Back Creek, and lies
to the east of Belltopper Hill. From the western bank of Back Creek,
the adit has been driven westward for 1,043 feet. At 568 feet along it
there is a synclinal fold, with quartz showing. This has been worked a
little distance both north and south. At 1,021 feet
along it there is a drive on a 5 foot lode of quartz. This lode bears
S. 13 degrees E. and underlies at 58 degrees to the E. It looks like
the eastern leg of a saddle reef. It has been driven on for at least 12
feet to the north and 83 feet to the south, but as the ground has
fallen in at both places nothing further could be ascertained.
LAURTSTON.
North Wyndham Adit.—About
1 mile to the north of Lauriston is the North Wyndham Adit. It has been
driven to the east for 530 feet. At 385 feet along it a small lode 6
inches thick has been driven on to the north for 100 'feet. It is
underlying at 46 degrees to the west, and pitching at 19 degrees to the
north.
In the Lauriston district the quartz reefs worked are generally bedded with the strata.
At Drummond North, in the O'Connor's United, and the Panama, the reefs cut across the strata.
[Report sent in 30th August, 1906]
