Mining review . ature bywashing or sampling, to see if any formation can be found carrying anygold. If such can be found the question of sinking or otherwise openingit up might be considered. Without some trace at least of values in the outcrop, the expense of shaftsinking is hardly justifiable. (25-11-19.) EEPORT ON THE ROYAL GEORGE GOLD ML\E, TARCOOLA.{Vide p. 297, Record of Mines and Mining Review, No. 23.) The property consists of gold lease , of 20 acres, held by S. , and is situated about 3 miles W. of old Tarcoola township, andabout 1^ miles W. by N. from the Tarcoola Bl
Mining review . ature bywashing or sampling, to see if any formation can be found carrying anygold. If such can be found the question of sinking or otherwise openingit up might be considered. Without some trace at least of values in the outcrop, the expense of shaftsinking is hardly justifiable. (25-11-19.) EEPORT ON THE ROYAL GEORGE GOLD ML\E, TARCOOLA.{Vide p. 297, Record of Mines and Mining Review, No. 23.) The property consists of gold lease , of 20 acres, held by S. , and is situated about 3 miles W. of old Tarcoola township, andabout 1^ miles W. by N. from the Tarcoola Blocks Gold Mine, in slightlyundulating country. The mine has been developed by three shafts. No. 1, or main shaft, isvertical, and sunk to a depth of 144ft., mostly in granite; No. 2 shaft issunk vertically for a few feet, and then on an underlie to the W. to atotal vertical depth of about 104ft. No. 3 shaft is also vertical for 20ft.,and then goes down on an underlie to the W. to a vertical dcDth ofabout 80ft. ^. 5 CHAINS. Plan of Lease. Royal Georgre Gold Mine. All the stoping has been done from the No. 2 shaft, both N. and S., fora total length of 130ft., and extending from about the 70ft. level up towithin 28ft. of the surface. At a depth of 104ft. a level has been driven to the N. from the mainshaft, in more or less decomposed granite, and is connected to the No. 2shaft, and by a devious route finally joins a level from the No. 3 shaft, ata depth of about 80ft. from the surface. No stoping has been done fromany of these drives, which have a total extent from N. to S. of 240ft. The gold-bearing formation cannot be traced on the surface, which showsa thin layer of travertine beneath the soil, and it is difficult to follow itunderground also, without the aid of sampling, as the gold appears to occur 62 in the granite itself, and there is not any defined formation wliieh can befollowed. The prranile is more or less decomposed, and in places showslari,n massos of\aolin, sometime
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