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origin. Rock sections which 1 liave made t'loni iiuite)ial collected by 

 me at Riverton, neai- Giahanistown, and elsewhere in South Africa, 

 ■certainly contain pebbles of igneous rocks, but, the matrix is free 

 from volcanic material, and has the angidar and typical chai'acters 

 of a normal glacial conglomerate. 



Position of the Deposit. 



The deposit is best found l)y going about 3^ miles about S.W. 

 from Bendigo along the Bendigo Creek to its junction with Kanga- 

 roo Gully at Kangaroo Flat. A further 1^ miles almost due south 

 along Kangaroo Gully, brings one- to its junction with an eastern 

 tributary called Opossum Gully, and the north end of the deposit 

 in question is seen in section on the Avest bank of Kangaroo Gully, 

 about 120 yards south of its junction wdth Opossum Gully. The 

 outcrop is roughly elliptical (see sketch map), the longer axis of 

 the ellipse coinciding almost with the bed of the creek occupying 

 Kangaroo Gully. The deposit is about 400 yards in length from 

 north to south, and the width varies from about 40 to 70 vards. 



Nature of Outcrop of Deposit, and Relations of 

 Surrounding Rocks. 



In places the deposit is masked by recent river alluvium. l)ut 

 generally the rock outcrops at the surface above creek level, and 

 has been exposed probably as the lesult of alluvial mining.' One 

 or two small gullies running east and west cut through the deposit 

 on the west side of Kangai;oo Guly. and in one of these the deposit 

 is seen in contact with vertical Ordovician slates and sandstones. 

 The junction of the two rocks is almost vertical, and both rocks are 

 overlain unconformably by recent alluvial material or hill wash. 



Since Mr. Dunn's examination of the deposit two parties of 

 miners, presumably under the' belief that the deposit was super- 

 ficial, and that alluvial gold would be found below it. have sunk 

 two shafts and a bore into the deposit. 



1'he nxisT iioftherly shaft (shown at F <iii map), and referre<l to 

 in this paper as the main shaft, is 2 feet by 5 feet in cross section, 

 and 24 feet deep. 



