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7. AUSTRALASIA. 



Acton, R. Article "Australia or New Holland." Eacijcloj^cedia 



Britcuinica. Ed. 9. 4to. iii. pp. 103-115. 

 A few notes on the general Geology, pp. 107-109. 



Anon. Iron^ vol. v. The Mineral Resources of N. Zealand— Coal, 

 p. 779. Mining in Australia, pp. 522 and 714. 



. More Australian Tin. Iron, vol. v. p. 551. 



Records the discovery of a sample of stream-tin ore, weighing about 

 101b., intermingled with \ oz. of rough reef-gold, at the foot of Mt. 

 Pilot, N. S. Wales. The geological formation consists of superficial 

 deposits on granite. R. E., Jun. 



. Iron, vol. vi. 



On the Coal of Victoria (second notice of the Melbourne Exhibition), 

 p. 645. States that the Coal [? Coal Measures] is about 400 sq. miles 

 in extent, with seams 12, 17, 24, 32, and 48 feet thick. 



Mining in Australasia, p. 646. 



Tasmanian Tin, p. 711. Extract from a report by Mr. Newman on 

 the Mt. Bischoif tin mines. 



The Coal-fields of N. S. Wales. Coll Guard, vol. xxix. p. 446. 



Gives extracts from Reports of returns of the yield. A new section 

 on the Australian Agricultural Company's property will probably add 

 another proof of the correctness of the Rev. W. R. Clarke's views as to 

 the marine fauna and flora of these Coal Measures. R. E., Jun, 



. Queenslander, vol. x. new series. 



1. The Discover}/ of Gold in Austrcdia (no. 2, p. 24). — Gold was first 

 discovered in 1825, on the Eish River, 15 miles N.E. of Bathurst. 



2. Queensland Coals (no. 3, p. 23). — The Coal from a 15-inch seam 

 at Bingera has proved to be the most valuable in the colony. 



3. New Lode at the Moonta Mines (no. 7, p. 24). — A 5-foot lode, at 

 a depth of 100 fathoms ; 3 feet of the lode is composed of solid yellow 

 ore. The average value of the lode is 6 tons of 18 p. c. ore a fathom. 



4. Deep Sinliiifj at Stawell, Victoria {ibid.). — A solid quartz-lodo 

 has been cut in the Magdala shaft, at a depth of 1681 feet. 



5. lieport on the Edwardstoivn Gold-field, by P. H. Selheim (ibid.) 

 — The slates from which the auriferous alluvium is derived are overlaiit 

 by 300 feet of Desert Sandstone, and are only exposed in deox) ravines ; 

 the amount of auriferous alluvium is limited. 



6. Queensland Gems — Ojmls (no. 11, p. 24). — Opals are obtained at 

 the Listowel Mine, Barcoo River, in veins from 8 in. to 16 in. in thick- 

 ness, traversing a " porphyritic and sandstone rock/' R. E., Jun. 



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