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^irection. I was unable to detect any organic remains in this limestone. Nearer 
e creek there was another bed of similar limestone runuiuK in a more northerly 
•iirection. 
“ The reefs run in various directions, but the majority of them have a more or 
^ s easterly and westerly bearing. Most of them are approaching the perpendicular; 
I^ady Margaret lleef, which underlies very flatly to the west, is a notable exception, 
'^eral of the reefs are small ; in many cases they appear to be increasing in size at a 
Ptn, and the stone is quite as rich as in the narrower portions of the reef. The latest 
^etopment in the Paradise P.C. — the deepest shaft on the field, where over 5 feet of 
finartz in width has been cut through at a depth of 130 feet — speaks well for the 
Pi'ospect of the reefs at a depth. 
' T'ho quartz has generally a faint bluish tint, caused by finely divided pyrites 
throughout it. It contains also larger specks of pyrites and minute particles 
' and zinc-blende, though these latter mluerals are by no means common. The 
exists in a very finely divided condition, and it is not often that it is visible in the 
Tuartz. ^ 
diss far as prospecting up to the jiresout has gone, the gold appears to he 
very regularly through the reefs, and not to run in ‘shoots ’ as is usually 
Case. 
1 „ “ Tlie crushings amount in the aggregate to 552 
oz. of g 
return when it 
■old. 
tons, which have yielded 
or a little under 2 oz. of gold to the ton— an oxceptioually good 
- -uou It is i-emcmbered that these crushiugs are from eight different claims, and 
e® ten or eleven separate reefs. 
KAGLAN, calliope, NORTON, CANIA, AND KROOMBIT GOLD FIELDS, 
the T TTiiglan Gold Pield has been in existence since 1867. At the Old Diggings, 
' and the Mount Larcomhe Scrub, considerable quantities of 
The country-rock consists of grey and siliceous 
or quartzites, with occasional conglomerates and 
alluvGi°'“'!^° Diggings, 
slat ^ ^ have been obtained 
and hardened sandstones 
,. uno 
'mestones. 
of ^ 
thi 
6 latti 
er. 
The limestone contains few fossils, but Gidnoids are common, and a species 
^pecten, like A. mulliradiatus, has been detected by Mr. Hands. This sjiecies 
ihe Gympie Beds, and the auriferous strata are probably of the age of 
tQ Duke of Brittany Beef has yielded on an average a little over i-oz. of gold 
^cef -^bout 1,000 oz. were obtained from the reef in a few years. Several other 
i^een worked from time to time 
OldD 
those 
A copper lode has been opened up near the 
‘ggings. 
* Calliope Gold Pield was discovered in 1863. “ Gold has been obtained in fair 
in the beds of nearly all the gullies heading from the Boyne Kauge. Amongst 
and Calliope Palls arc the Nuggetty Gully, Dogleg Gully, Ten Men’s Gully, 
The run westward into Oakey Greek, in Brennan’s Plat, 
the 8^*^ the head of Brennan’s Plat have also yielded gold, and in a gully close to 
here Station and running east a great amount of work has been done ; the washdirt 
^ate tha^ ^*^^t deep. On the slope of the hill patches of alluvial of an older 
fj'^that in the gullies are now being worked, 
nearly Pn Gully, although very patchy, has been the most productive. In 1866, 
20o tw ^ were at work in this gully alone. The number had decreased to about 
Ainei'j later on. Many nuggets up to 5 oz. have been picked up; and an 
reported to have picked up nuggets weighing IT oz. and 73 oz. 
