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valleys and alluvia, and the probable occurrence of gold in those 

 that came from rich quartz-reefs. 



Alluvial gold has since been discovered about James Tovrn on the 

 Lampongwana, or Northern Kaap Eiver, and near other streams in 

 the Kaap Valley ; still the area of payable ground, as far as thus 

 known, is not sufficiently extensive to support a large digging popu- 

 lation. A few of the chief alluvial deposits may be noticed in the 

 same order as the more permanent lodes have been. 



e. KaffirSpridt (p. 57-i). — There is a large quantity of loam, gravel, 

 and similar alluvial deposits, along the margin of the river and 

 spruit, as also in their tributary valleys *. I may add that extensive 

 diggings have been carried on during the last two years, near James 

 Town, with a fair measure of success, in the Lampongwana 

 Eiver. 



A digger has secured rights to a large quantity of water (15 

 heads) from the river above ; and as he proposes to bring it to 

 his ground by cutting a race from 15 to 18 miles in length, it is 

 evident that he has found the deposits rich enough to warrant such 

 an undertaking. 



In several places along the Kaap rivers, and even up to their 

 sources about the mountains on the west, good alluvial gold has been 

 found. 



a'. Be Kaap (p. 577). — " In all the creeks good alluvial gold has 

 been found " — at one point in the Kantoor creek " the numerous 

 large nuggets for which the first ' rush ' to the Kaap was celebrated " 

 — at another, " several claims were worked with wonderfully good 

 returns." At a spot south-west of the Kantoor " there is a very rich 

 alluvial, pelding a small proportion of reef-gold from the vein just 

 above . . . and large quantities of waterworn gold from the waste of 

 the conglomerates.'"' Work is being carried on in alluvial wash, and 

 from the fact of a long race and a dam having been recentl}' con- 

 structed to bring on the water, it may be assumed with very good 

 returns f. 



6'. Godivaan Plateau (p. 577), "Barrett's EiisJiJ' — About six 

 miles north of the Kantoor is one of the small depressions, faUiug in 

 a westerly direction, where nuggets were found, just where the road 

 crosses the hollow. The gTound here is almost bare sandstone, 

 covered with a few inches only of soil, in which, and amongst the 

 grass roots, the nuggets were discovered. 



" Poverty CreeTc.'^ — " In the main or northern branch of Poverty 

 Creek, some good gold has been found. . . There has been more alluvial 

 ground worked here, in better form and to better advantage, than 

 anywhere else on the plateau. There are two distinct kinds of gold 

 found at this spot, the position of each kind being clearly defined. 

 From this fact and other circumstances it seems probable that two 

 lodes here cross each other or eff'ect a junction " i. 



" Willey's Creel\" — Many nuggets were found here : one that I 

 saw weighed just under a pound. 



* See Eeport, Nov. 1884. t Report, Dec. 1884. 



:j: Guide to the Goldfields, p. 55. 



