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"The number of mines which hare been in operation since the opening of the district is about 10 • • • of these only two are now at work, the Geraldine and Oakagee. The chief causes of the abandonment of many mines has, in my opinion, been the mode of working and want of capital or its proper employment. The manner in which these mines are or have been worked, mostly is in conformity with the anxiety of those interested to receive immediate returns by the expenditure of little capital."

"The following information with regard to the depth of the lowest workings and the quantity of ores raised, is all that I can gather from authentic sources:—

The total amount of lead ore exported from 1860 to 1865 was 1,363 tons. Copper ore exported during the same period was 4,500 tons."