The Camp Fault again Lead Ore 



line of the Camp Fault was crossed, and we found our- 

 selves once more on the Carboniferous Limestone. Thus 

 this new coal-field was extremely narrow, but we deter- 

 mined to land, and if possible map its lateral extension 

 along the line of the fault. Two days' work sufficed 

 to show that the field was quite small, having a total 

 extension of three and a half miles from north-west to 

 south-east, and a maximum breadth at right angles to 

 this of one and a quarter miles. 



As the coal seams only occurred over a portion of 

 this area and the coal was of poor quality, the field was 

 evidently of little value. 



The great fault now claimed our attention, and we 

 were much disappointed to find that there was not a clear 

 section of it in the valley of the main river. Just after 

 entering the coal-field, however,, we had passed the mouth 

 of a small tributary which, judging from the amount of 

 foam upon its surface, had recently flowed over a steep 

 and rocky bed. This was more likely to yield a clear 

 section than the wider and less steep valley of the 

 Hutton. 



Entering the tributary valley, we found ourselves in 

 a beautiful glade with many magnificent pine trees, but 

 this rapidly narrowed, and we came to the mouth of a 

 canon, which we ascended by means of a canoe for a 

 distance of about half a mile. The sides of the canon 

 were vertical, and yielded fine sections of the ganister 

 beds. 



After negotiating two rather dangerous rapids, we 



were eventually able to effect a landing, and to scramble 



along ledges of rock and over large fallen blocks, until 



we reached the line of the fault. The gorge was now 



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