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Talus formed by Partial Destruction of Barry town Lead — The Barrytown lead, between Fagin’s 
Greek and Canoe Creek, partly by the action of the creeks breaking through it and partly by the 
formation of a talus at the foot of the terrace cliff, has yielded up a considerable percentage of its 
gold, and this now lies buried in or under the more recent accumulations formed as just described, 
or that have been brought down by the different creeks that intersect the lead. 
Canoe Creek to Stiller River. — It is somewhat remarkable that scarcely any of the small rivers 
between Canoe Creek and the Buller Kiver have yielded payable gold from the recent gravels of 
their present beds, and this in the face of the fact that many of the high-level teraces have yielded 
handsomely. 
Lower Buller Valley. — In the Lower Buller itself little or no gold has been obtained till its 
sands came within the action of the tide. 
In the Waimangaroa River, above the township, most of the gold- workings are being carried 
on in the recent gravels of the bed and banks of the streams. The gold is of a coarse description, 
and, probably, has been derived from the auriferous Maitai slates that, east of the granite belt, are 
developed throughout the watershed as the fundamental rock, on which rest the Cretaceo-tertiary 
or Cretaceous coal-measures. 
In the Buller Valley from the foot of the Gorge to the Inangahua Junction. — Below the junction 
of the Little Ohika the shingle of the river-bed and of the terrace-banks, where any such are 
formed, are mainly granite detritus brought down by the Big Ohika or bv lesser streams, or mere 
falls of granite rock from the precipitous mountains on each side of this part of the gorge. 
There are no gold-workings on the beaches of this part of the gorge. At and opposite the Twelve- 
mile, gold-workiugs have been and still to some extent are carried on. Above this point, to the 
“ Old Diggings at Berlin s, a few miners are scattered along the banks of the river working portions 
of the banks, but preferably washing on the beaches when the river is low. At and near Berlin’s 
a number of claims are still being worked, all of them situated on what must be regarded as recent 
deposits by the river. 
Above Berlin’s to the Inangahua Junction there are, at the present time, no workings on the 
bed or in the immediate banks of the river ; but at Grainger’s Point, near Coal Creek, one or two 
claims are being worked on the point, at an elevation considerably above the river, so that properly 
this has to be considered under a following heading. 
Buller River from the Inangahua Junction to the Lyell. — Within the past twelve months beach- 
workings ‘were in operation on the river-beaches opposite the Inangahua Junction. Further 
up the river a number of river-claims are being worked, and here also is situated the Cock 
Sparrow Dredge. Alluvial flats of moderate width continue up the river to the bridge, a mile and 
a half from the Lyell Township, and on the northern bank of the river there are also bush-clad 
terraces reported to be gold-bearing that must be considered as coming under this head. 
In New Creek, making junction with the Buller, below Lyell Bridge, the alluvial deposits of 
the bed of the creek are mainly derived from the auriferous slates that form the neighbouring 
ranges and hills, but they do not seem to carry much gold. 
Upper Buller Valley. 
Buller Gorge from Lyell Creek to Fern Flat. — From the bridge below the Lyell to the mouth 
of Lyell Creek there are a number of claims working on the east bank of the river, but the water- 
supply being limited, the present workings are less extensive than the ground available might 
warrant, though this at best is but a narrow strip along the brow of the deeper part of the gorge 
through which the river flows. Above the junction of Lyell Creek the same character of deposit 
prevails — namely, a ledge on the slope of the range on one or other side of the gorge (usually on 
the north side), below which, in a narrow channel, the river makes its way. These deposits are 
mostly worked for gold, but with appliances, and such a water-supply as makes it evident that 
with improved means far greater returns might be obtained. These deposits, though generally 
above high-flood mark, are, nevertheless, to be regarded as having been deposited by the river 
during the modern period. 
In Lyell Creek the recent alluvial deposits are mostly confined to the bed and immediate banks 
oi the creek, where small flats lie upon one or other side of it. Lyell Creek and some of its 
tributaries were rich in gold, the greater part of which has been directly liberated to the shingle of 
the creek from the auriferous slate ranges, along which it finds its way to its junction with 
the Buller. Part of its gold, however, and certainly that of some of its tributaries, has been 
derived from older gravel deposits, a remnant of which is preserved on Manuka Flat, a high-level 
deposit situated between Lyell Creek, the Eight-mile Creek, and the Buller River. 
In the Maruia Valley all the narrow flats that lie along each or either bank of the river must 
be considered as belonging to the series of deposits under consideration. That at and above 
Castleana s is the largest in extent, and also the highest above the present channel of the river ; 
but, having regard to the volume and power of the stream, these river- flats are as much due to 
recent action as are others along the valleys of lesser streams that, holding the same proportionate 
relationship, are undoubtedly regarded as due to the action of the stream, in such times and 
manner that they are correctly treated of under this head. To the junction of the Warbeck all 
the deposits along each bank of the Maruia come under this head. Wherever along the banks of the 
river there are gravels, they are gold-bearing. Iu the Middle Valley, extending from the 
junction of the Warbeck to the junction of the Alfred River, at the foot of the Cannibal Gorge, the 
recent deposits of the valley lie along the lower grounds as narrow river-flats as far as Walker's 
Homestead. Above the junction of Station Creek the low river-flats expand, and at places have a 
width of two miles. Gold is found on the banks of the river iii the lower part of this division of the 
Maruia Valley, but it does not appear to be present in paying quantities above the junction of 
Station Creek. 
