The workings are confined to an elevated portion of ground 40 or 50 feet in height, about 150 in feet in width and from 700 to 800 feet in length, surrounded by low, swampy ground. The formation is fine grained trap. The richest ore is confined to veins, and consists of zones of quartz and greenstone mixed, extending along the top of the hill with a strike of nearly east and west. There are two of these veins, one on the north and the other on the south side of the hill, about 150 feet apart: but the manager has made repeated tests, resulting in the conclusion that gold is contained to a sufficient extent and sufficiently diffused to warrant treatment of the whole mass between the veins. The quartz in the veins assays exceptionally high, and the greenstone between gives promising returns.

No.1 vein, on the south side, has been exposed by a number of small test pits two or three feet in depth, sunk at frequent intervals, extending over a distance of several hundred feet. Oxidized material is revealed in most cases, with from a few inches to two feet of quartz. A shaft has been sunk on the vein to a depth of 80 feet, but was not in operation and was partially full of water at the time of my visit, preventing ingress. At a depth of 40 feet a drift has been driven eight feet west along the vein. Mr. Triggs informed me that the shaft followed a very rich pay streak for the greater part of the distance, but this dipped so flatly near the bottom that sinking was continued in the foot wall. Several hundred tonnes of rich ore have been dumped separately at the surface, awaiting the erection of a mill. A neat collar and a ladderway have been provided, and a temporary shaft house built.