1859.] 



SELWYN GEOLOGY OF VICTORIA. 



145 



yds. 



171. Softcoal 



172. Light fire-clay 



173. Shale and coal 



174. Stony warrant 



1 75. Blue metal (balls of iron- 



stone) 11 



1 76. Strong rock-bands 1 



177. Coal (inferior) 



178. Dark warrant 



179. Strong rock-bands 1 



180. Blue metal 1 



181. Black shale 



182. Coal 



183. Dark warrant 



184. Kock with grey layers ... 2 



185. Blue metal 



186. Grey layers 1 



187. Black shale 



188. Blue metal 1 



189. Black shale 



1 90. Strong blue metal 1 



191. Eock (very hard stone, 



4 ft. 6 in.) 4 



192. Blue metal (ironstone- 



bands, 3 in., 2 in., 3 in.) 2 



193. Dark shale 



194. Blue metal (balls of 



ironstone) 



195. Black shale 1 



196. Coal 



197. Warrant 



198. Coal 



199. Dark warrant 2 



200. Lightrock 3 



201. Blue metal 4 



2(12. Shell-In, 1 I) 



203. Soft blue metal 1 



204. Black shale 



205. Blue metal 1 



206. Black shale 



207. Light warrant 1 



ft. 



in. 





1 



6 



208. 



1 



4 



209. 



1 







210. 



2 



6 



211. 

 212. 



1 







213. 



2 



2 



214. 



2 



1 



215. 



1 



4 



216. 



2 







217. 



1 



1 



218. 



1 



4 



219. 







6 



220. 



1 



8 



221. 







2 



222. 



1 



10 



223. 







7 



224. 



2 



7 



225. 



I 









1 



3 



226. 







6 



227. 



m 



2 



9 



229. 



2 



9 



230. 



2 



6 



231. 



1 



2 



232. 



1 



6 



233. 







6 



234. 







7 



235. 



2 



7 



236. 



ii 



7 



237. 



2 



7 



238. 



3 







239. 







2 



240. 



1 







241. 



1 



1 



242. 



1 



7 



243. 



(i 



3 



244. 



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•> 











yds. ft. in. 



Soft blue metal 2 2 6 



Dark warrant 1 5 



Strong blue metal 4 2 5 



Black shale 1 2 



Blue metal 1 7 



Rock-band 1 4 



Blue metal 2 8 



Dark shale 112 



Black shale 16 



Blue metal 1 2 5 



Coal 1 4 



Soft warrant 2 2 



Blue metal 4 4 



Black shale 14 



Strong warrant 1 3 



Grey layers 2 8 



Strong rock 1 ] 8 



Blue metal and rock- 

 bands 2 6 



Soft blue metal 1 



Dark metal 6 2 



Dark-blue metal 5 



Black shale (ironstone, 



4inches) 2 4 



Blue metal (at top, iron- 

 stone 3 inches) 2 1 6 



Black shale 1 2 



Blue metal 1 3 



Dark shale 10 



Strong blue metal 4 1 '.', 



Hard cank 11 



Strong grey layers 2 2 8 



Rock ' 2 1 8 



Blue metal 10 



Rock 5 2 



Coal 7 



Soft warrant 1 



Dark metal 4 2 7 



Top hard coal 1 10 



Dark warrant 3 



2. Notes on (he Geology of Yi< tori \. liy A. 11. C. Si.i.wyx. Esq. 



(In n letter, dated (icnlo^ieal Sur\v\ Ollicc. Melbourne, 14th Feb. 1859, I" 

 Sir R. I. Murchison, F.R.S., F.G.S., &c.) 



Respecting the impoverishment of gold-bearing quartz-veins in 

 depth, the only evidence I have been able to obtain of such being 

 the case in this country consists solely in the great richness of the 

 older drifts, and the very large lumps of the precious metal so fre- 

 quently found in them, and never, or very rarely, in the solid 

 unmoved quartz- vein. A L31b. and a 12 oz. " nugget" are, so far 



as I can learn, the largesl pieces of solid gold ever known to have 



been procured from a vein in Victoria, Prom about ! a dwt. to 



