100 ‘TIN DEPOSITS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
mine the main leader, which has been followed, and which is only 
a few inches in thickness, has also a north-east course ; but the 
rock, which is a hard haplite, somewhat resembling a coarse elvan 
in character, is traversed b innumerable small strings and veins 
of quartz and tinstone which intersect the country in every direc- 
tion, and form a perfect network of veins. 
The Buchart Company has long since become defunct ; but even 
now Chinamen are working the vein, and presumably making it 
pay, although they are only “ fossicking” and crushing the 
specimens with a pestle and mortar. ; 
Lying to the westward of this claim Partridge’s mine is situated, 
and in this another vein of similar character has been met with, 
also coursing north-east, but the rock in which it occurs is a soft 
decomposed granite, and although there are several thin veins 
there does not appear to be so complete a network as in the other 
localities mentioned. ‘The deposit is, however, of considerable 
interest, and the following section will illustrate the mode of 
occurrence of the ore. . 
Section across Partridge’s claim. 
a. Granite. b. Vein, carrying tinstone. c. Alluvial tin. d, Soil. 
The alluvial tin has been found on either side of the granite spur, 
but at no great distance from the ridge, and close to the vein, the 
nite was literally paved with tinstone. It would appear pro- 
has not hitherto proved to be rich. 
Gash VEINS IN SLATE. 
osely associated with those deposits last described are some 
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which, while not appearing to be of much economic value, are still 
These leaders are seldom more than an inch in width, and consist 
chiefly of quartz with large well-defined crystals of tinstone ; but 
_in one case, in Taylor’s claim, a vein of this sort has widened 
