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coarse, and very much waterworu and rounded, of a very different character to the more 
ess angular particles obtained from the gullies. The washdirt went from 1 oz. 
0 as ligh as 25 oz. of gold to the load, averaging nearlv 3 oz. to the load. 
^ ihe most northerly point at which this load has been worked is about 300 
of ^'tb river, and about the same distance west of the townshij^. The depth 
bei ( ^ became shallower opposite the township, 
sUde^ deeji. Just north of Gahn’s Tflat the surface is being worked by a 
^ ing company. The water for sluicing is pumped up from the river flat into tanks 
^ a small engine. The q^uantity of water was quite insuflicient for sluicing on a largo 
fe\ to make it pay. The returns have been very poor, with the exception of a 
small nuggets which were met wilh. The drift spreads out over Gahn’s 
^ a an then crosses a low ridge known as Eed Hill. The depth here was only about 
whole of it was worked, yielding about 3 oz. of gold to the load. The 
it 1 ^ coloured red with oxide of iron. Towards the south of Eed Hill 
Hih ‘ieeper, and is about 15 feet deep. Immediately south of Eed Hill is White 
grad drift changes quite suddenly to a white colour. Erom this point it 
100 f ^ llrieker, until at a distance of miles the shafts are from 90 to 
depth, and tlie lead has s^iread out from a couple of hundred yards to 
to tl' *'1'^ ° gold Jiero being more disseminated, going only about i-oz. 
eaus'^1 4*1*'^' ' greater depth to which the shafts had to be sunk to bottom 
fb: abandoned. Very little pros])ectiug has been done 
point to ascertain whether 
concentrated. 
dow la,te jirospccting party which was receiving Glovcrnmcnt aid simply put 
thoro close proximity to the old workings at both ends of the lead. To 
g^„j. ^ series of holes, connected with drives, should be put right 
^ m rift some distance in advance of the last working places. 
hub ^ Murray Creek, 3| miles south of the township, 
cut without any results. 
iiiff o "f*" seasons, when there is plenty of wmter about, men make a living fossick- 
of 1 ° old workings. It might pay to sluice the whole ground over if the difficulty 
or obtaining water could be overcome. 
I^urgc quartz reefs occur in the schists on both sides of the lead, 
posed of a hard, glassy, barren-looking quartz. 
Sand P uorthorn side of the river, between a point opposite Charters Creek and 
simiH uiown as Milkman’s Point, very rich gold has been obtained in a drift 
drift* ^^0 exception that granite boulders are more numerous. The 
outh of 
a chauiicl exists in which the gold would ho more 
The3- 
are 
een Eocky 
deal of surfacing 
gyp between 40 and 50 feet deep. A large portion of this ground is 
sinl "" account of tlio groat amount of water inetwiib. Ectw 
‘ andy Creek the wasli went G oz. of gold to tbo load 
nas been done here too. 
man’s C ^ was worked on tlie south side of Sandy Creek, opposite China- 
“^A ^ ^ miles up above its junction, with the river, 
consid bi* the age of these drifts it is impossible to say more than that they are 
prob iT^ than the alluvial deposits of the present watercourses. It is very 
soiitl^ f R Pf is impossible without a detail survey to define its extent 
iin, Creok, but much of the country coloured Pliocene Tertiary on Uaintree’s 
map IS recent alluvium. ' 
of tl PPi'^mmau s Gully was exceedingly rich throughout its whole length. The bed 
® gu y is \ery narrow, and the gold was therefore concentrated iii a small space. 
