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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



rite shales, protogine, steaschistes, jade, &c., occurring 

 under occasional modifications not necessary to enume- 

 rate here. For the details, the reader is referred at 

 once to the section. Within the limit of 3200 feet, com- 

 prehended by this diagram, the following veins of quartz 

 occur, commencing from the east: 



1. Small vein, showing 4 inches only in the adit, near 

 the outcrop, auriferous. 



2. Another of 6 inches, under the like circumstances, 

 auriferous. 



3. Vein proposed to be worked, varying from 6 inches 

 to 3 feet, containing auriferous pyrites, which yield from 

 1| to 2 ounces of gold per ton. 



4. Averaging 2 feet, the pyrites and quartz of which 

 yielded on experiment 1| to 2 ounces of gold per ton. 



5. From 3 to 5 feet ; one-third of this vein is estimated 

 to yield § ounce to 1 ounce per ton; one-third from | to 

 1| ounces, and the remaining third, 4 ounces to the ton. 



6. From 3 to 5 feet wide ; if selected in two kinds, it 

 is calculated that one-third will yield | of an ounce per 

 ton;, and the remainder 2 ounces of gold per ton. 



7. Undetermined, quartz vein. 



8. Another. 



9. Another. 



10. Vein from 2| to 3| feet wide, undetermined. 



11. Vein not auriferous. 



Of these eleven veins, sis are ascertained to contaifi 

 gold, which is capable of being obtained by the usual 

 process of amalgamation or concentration. 



Only the third, fourth and fifth are intended to te 

 worked, according to the system projected for the m 

 ning operations here. 



From the extraordinary development and the uni- 

 formity of position of the stratified rocks in this region^ 

 of which those of the Gold Belt form a small portion, arid 

 from the contemporaneous character of the auriferous 



