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MOUNT SPURGEON TIN FIELD, 
This field was discoTered in 1886, and has not yet attained great importance. It 
is situated among slates and schists of undetermined age, although it is more than 
likely that they belong, like the Hodgkinson G-old Field, to the Gympie Formation. 
Lodes are known to exist, but the only export as yet has been stream tin ore. The 
“ Annual Eeport of the Department of Mines ” for 1888 gives the amount for 1887 as 
60 tons, valued at £1,800; and for 1888, 370 tons, valued at £18,500. The “Eeport” 
for 1889 gives 130 tons, valued at £6,980, for the year. The Eeport for 1890 gives 
34 Ions, valued at £1,530. 
PASCOE TIN FIELD, CAPE YORK PENINSULA. 
Stream tin has recently been discovered near the mouth of the Pascoe, but the 
value of the discovery has yet to be tested. The tin ore probably came from the 
granite country of the Carr on and Janet Eanges. 
J. 
