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they are, however, spread over a vast extent of country, 
and each one is remote from the other. During our 
journey we passed over hills and valleys of lower Silurian 
age that are undoubtedly auriferous ; we saw the volcanic 
plateaux underneath which lie gravels already yielding 
gold; and we are convinced that, with the extension of 
prospecting operations, new and rich fields will be opened 
up by the gold miner both on the west and east of the 
Tambo, as well as on the flanks of the Great Dividing 
Range. 
We have in another place recommended that tracks be 
cut for the purpose of facilitating explorations in these 
parts of Gippsland. 
silver. Argentiferous galena is found in the limestones in the 
basin of the Snowy River and in other localities towards 
the north-east. 
From the Dargo River, the Dargo High Plains, the 
Thirty-mile Creek, and Donnelly’s Creek, ores, some of 
them pyritous, have yielded as much as 18 oz. of silver 
per ton. 
Tin- Black oxyd of tin has been found in the basin of the 
River La Trobe, near Mount Fatigue, and near Corner 
Inlet. Nearly all the areas occupied by granite yield 
more or less of tin-ore ; but up to the present time very 
little has been done in Gippsland towards the collecting 
and saving of this valuable product. 
copper, lead All that is known to the Government officials in the 
antimony, 
&c - Department of Mines respecting the occurrence of the 
ores of copper, lead, antimony, zinc, the metal bismuth, 
the ores of manganese and molybdenum, have been 
already communicated to the public in various reports, 
and it is only necessary to direct attention to these, where 
the prospector will find recorded the results of careful 
