Buried Rivers of Gold Mine series - 55 Henders Road Broomfield, HEPBURN SHIRE
From VPARL1877-78No68.pdf, pp 26 / 41
CRESWICK DIVISION.
Mr. James Stevenson, Mining Surveyor and Registrar.
So much confidence is felt in the district in the value of the known leads that a few weeks ago £1,000 was given for 114 acres of a freehold known as Dyke's, with a royalty of 71/2 per cent, and an under taking that work would be begun in December last . The leads, so far as known, are three in number, all apparently having their rise in Spring-hill, and growing deeper as they travel towards the plains.
There is a large increase in the yield of gold (nearly 5,000 ozs.) for this division during the quarter. This increase is principally owing to the improved yields in Cameron's Freehold, Dyke's Freehold, and the De Murska companies. The average yield from quartz is slightly smaller, although the total yield is larger, caused by a greater quantity of quartz having been operated on the small leader found at the of Eaglehawk Gully, and mentioned in my former report, although very rich, has not yet resulted in leading to a payable reef.