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EXTRACTS FROM ANNUAL MINING REPORT, 1899

Mining, generally, in this portion of the District, has been slack during the past twelve months, and no new finds have been reported.

The Curreki and Myall Queen properties have both been worked with but fair results only.

Other parties have also done a little prospecting, but nothing of a payable nature found. At Paddy's Creek, where Henry Underwood reported having struck the reef 'rich', the result of the year's operations has been disappointing.

Joseph Windross, whose concessions for the purpose of prospecting the beach between Smith's Lake and Seal Rocks have extended for a further six months, has been very ill for some time past, hence there are no results to report. He is, however, having a further machine constructed, by means of which he hopes to do something during the coming year. His chief obstacle to success, he states, is the presence, in an excessive quantity, of osmiridium - a difficulty that he alleges his past experience will now enable him to combat.

The quarrying of alunite at Bullahdelah, and of limestone flux at the Myall Lakes, is still being proceeded with satisfactorily. About 1,000 tons of each of these minerals has been sent away during the past year.