 The Poverty lode was unusual in that the gold was found in large blocks of quartz.Allegedly the richest pocket of reef gold ever found, more than of gold was recovered from Poverty Reef in 13 months from an area 3 metres wide and 120 metres deep (10 ft by 400 ft).The move to quartz mining led to Tarnagulla taking on a more settled appearance with brick and stone buildings replacing the earlier canvas structures.