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to indicate on their lines of extension, northward and southward, 
where nlining explorations would be attended with a fair chance 
of success. It must be understood, however, that the sequence of 
the gold-fields of each belt, in relation to lines of strike, can only be 
i n d i ca ted ap pro x i m a tely. 
The Geological Sketch-map of Victoria will be found a valuable 
adjunct to the perusal of these remarks, and if intelligently used 
by intending prospectors, will assist them to conduct their opera- 
tions with reasonable prospects of success. 
The westernmost gold-field in Victoria is that of Moyston, 
where a moderate extent of alluvial ground and one or two rich 
lines of reef have been worked. The reefs after being followed 
with good results to a depth of 400 feet or more, are at present 
un worked, though by all accounts there are good inducements to 
attempt to trace them further. Approximately in the line of 
strike of the Moyston reefs is the Frying-pan gold-field, where 
some good finds were made, though little is being done at present. 
The continuation of this belt northward and southward is likely 
to contain other alluvial deposits and quartz reefs. 
The next belt eastward is a very important one, containing as 
it does Stawell, and the diggings northward and southward, the 
Great Western, Armstrong’s, and Ararat gold-fields. An area of 
exposed granite breaks the continuity of this belt between 
Stawell and Great Western; but there is every reason to expect 
that by following the strike of the rocks uorthward from Stawell, 
more gold-bearing “ shoots” will be found in the quartz reefs, and 
fresh alluvial deposits opened up in the gravels and conglomerates. 
Ararat, though of great extent and richness as an alluvial field, 
is so far unimportant as regards quartz mining; but it is difficult 
to believe that where the alluvial has beeu so productive, there 
are not rich quartz reefs in the vicinity, either in the hills or con- 
cealed beneath the alluvial deposits. The main lead of the Hop- 
kins Valley, the outlet of the principal leads of Ararat, is likely 
to prove rich where its position has lately been ascertained by 
means of diamond-drill bores, just where, after a deviation to the 
east, away from the auriferous belt, it re-crosses it agaiu south- 
eastward from Kangaroo Point. 
The southern, and so far unexplored, extension of the Ararat 
belt should pass in the direction of Yalla-y-Poora, where out- 
crops of Silurian rocks are shown to exist on the Geological 
Sketch-map. Careful prospocting is to be recommended in this 
locality. 
Eastward from the Ararat and Stawell belt lies that of Navarre 
and Landsborougli, on the southern extension of which, towards 
Buangor, there appears to be good scope for the prospector. 
Next to the eastward lies the belt containing St. Arnaud, 
Stuart Mill, Bed Bank, Moouambel, Percydale, Amphitheatre, 
