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In the Hodghinson Gold Field, among the shales which alternate with sandstones, 
Srits, and conglomerates, Lepidodendron australe, McCoy, has been detected. This plant 
characteristic of the Star Beds (Carboniferous) and of the lower portion of the 
Newcastle (N.S.W.) Coal-Measures. The shales, grits, and conglomerates of the 
Hodgkinson probably represent the series of similar rocks — which, however, are 
Somewhat more altered — extending from Mount Albion to Mount Lucy, although 
the latter the few plant-remains which have been discovered are not in recognisable 
'Condition.* 
On the whole, the stratified rocks of the Mount Albion and Chillagoe Districts 
Biust for the present be regarded as equivalent to the Palmer and Hodgkinson Beds, and 
deferred to the Gyrnpie Division of the Permo-Carboniferous system. They pass, as has 
already been seen, into mica-schists, and finally into granites.* 
A SECOND GEOUP OP MINES IN CONNECTION WITH THE GYMPIE 
FOEMATION OUTSIDE OF THE TYPE DISTEICT. 
HODGKINSON GOLD FIELD. 
This goldfield extends from the divide between the head of the Hodgkinson 
^''cr and Leadingham Creek (an affluent of the Walsh Eiver), north-westward for 
^ out forty miles down the valley of the Hodgkinson. It has already been sufficiently 
oseribed in a previous portion of this chapter. 
Yieid or Hodgkinson Gold Field. 
Tear. 
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1876 
1877 
1878 
1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885 
1886 
1887 
1888 
1889 
1890 
Totals 
Alluvial Gold. 
Oz. 
24,986 
4,000 
4,000 
2,021 
(Not estimated) 
2,941 
928 
(Not estimated) 
(Not estimated) 
(Not estimated) 
(Not estimated) 
(Not estimated) 
(Not estimated) 
(Not estimated) 
(Not estimated) 
Stone Crushed. 
13,218 
25,949 
21,422 
19,472 
10,649 
9,960 
8,032 
7,750 
5,362 
6,333 
2,686 
2,596 
2,993 
927 
130,508 
Yield. 
Oz. 
712t 
29,818 
40,435 
31,654 
25,096 
12,307 
11,567 
7,203 
6,943 
5,553 
4,288 
2,399 
2,325 
1,960 
1,082 
183,402 
t Deduced trom figures in Report ol the Department of Mines for 1881, p. 11. 
t Deduced from figures in Report on the Hodgkinson Gold Yield. By R.L.J,, 1884. 
Total Gold. 
Oz. 
25,6981 
33,818 
44,435 
33,675 
25,096 
15,308 
12,495 
7,203 
6,943 
5,553 
4,288 
2,399 
2,325 
1,960 
1,082 
222,278 
NOETHCOTB ANTIMONY MINES. 
three principal antimony lodes, viz., the Emily, Craig’s, and Matilda, occur 
fro limits of the Hodgkinson Gold Field, nearly in a line running north-west 
^iH +i!^ Leadingham Creek to the head of the Hodgkinson. This line coincides 
strike of the slate and greywaeke country-rock, and with the trend of the 
epert by R.L. j. the Chillagoe and Koorboora Mining Districts. Brisbane : by Authority : 1891. 
