LIST OF WOODCUTS. 
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. 1. Diagram, section of ground on wliich Ballarat West is built, 410 
2. Diagram to illustrate the varying rock strata cut througli hj 
different mining companies. It represents at the top the 
natural surface and soil ; below this the dotted bed repre- 
sents the first rock come to, next, the shaded bed represents 
a bed of clay, then another bed, the 2d rock, next a bed of 
clay, below it the 3d rock, next, a bed of drift, and below it 
the 4th rock, under which lies the gutter, the lowest 
shaded portion forming the floor of the whole, being the 
slaty reef, as it is termed — the original surface of the 
country, ....... 412 
3. Diagram of the run of several gold leads round Ballarat 
swamp, ....... 414 
4. Diagram showing section of a gutter with level shelf on one 
side, on which gold is often found, . . . 415 
