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Beaufort.— This leail. known as Fiei-y Creek, has been workeil from the head of Fiery Creek, through the 

 town of Beaufort, in an easterly dircetion. to its junction with the Waterloo lead. 



Smythesdale. — Rising in the Hard Hills, the Linton lead trends southerly to its junetion with the Standard 

 lead, and lieyoncl that it is called the Happy \"alley leail. whieli, trending rapidly to the east, enters the main 

 .Sniythcsdale lead, which rises near Xintinyliool, ami trends southward through Piggoreet, Cape Clear, and on to the 

 Bitfield Plains. The Snake Valley lead falls northward from the Hard Hills, and junctions with the Preston Hill 

 leail. It is probahle that these two leads will eventually join with the Haddon lead, and the latter junction with the 

 Midas leads. As an instance of the richness of portion of these leads, the Magnum Bonuni claim, covering an area of 

 12 acres, yielded at a depth of 102 feet (i.ti.Si) (unices of gold, \-alue .t;2ti,.').56. 



Rokewood.— The extension of the Mreak o'Day lead, already worked through the township of Rokewood, still 

 further south, remains to lie pioved. 



Bet Het A'alley leads.— This extends from Le.xton, through to Caralulup, Lillicur, and Bung Bong, to Rathsear, 

 in the Avoea Valley. The course of this lead is unmistakably marked by a strip of basalt, from I'to 2 miles in width, 

 which follows the valley, and is VkiuuiUmI on the ea.st and west by lerlges of outcropping Silurian rock. The course of 



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the lead goes northward about SJ miles into Rathsear, where it turns westward, and in about 2 miles further is joined 

 by the Homel>usli lead. Beyond lieie it passes into and down the Avoca Valley, where it is joined by the Avoca lead 

 system. It probably extends past ^Vi-chdale and beyond St. Arnaud, 



