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analyses, and also particulars relating to the working of 
the mines. 
The ores of iron are abundant in many parts of Gipps- iron- 
land. 
From Bennison’s Flat, near Foster, samples of brown 
iron-ore have been obtained, which gave on analysis— 
Metallic iron ... 61-4 = 87-72 Fe 0„ 
2 d 
Silica ... ... 12T 
Titaniferous iron-sand is widely spread in some parts 
along the coast, and good samples have been got near 
Wilson’s Promontory and in other places adjacent. 
When we were at Eagle Point we saw the Mount called 
Nowr-nowr. According to the descriptions furnished by 
Mr. Howitt, it is a hill of porphyry, traversed by dykes 
resembling elvans, and abuts on clay slates of lower 
silurian age. On the Silurians there rest the equivalents 
of the Bairusdale limestones (middle tertiary), and above 
those newer tertiaries. Great quantities of micaceous 
iron-ore are found with the elvans and distributed through 
the porphyry. There are large blocks of ore on the 
southern slopes which Mr. Howitt says are of good 
quality and clean. There is a gentle slope for about a 
mile and a half, from the top of the Mount to Boggy 
Creek, an arm of Lake Tyers, where there is water deep 
enough for good sized vessels. From this point to the 
entrance of Lake Tyers the distance is sixteen miles, and 
by land to the entrance of the great lakes four miles. 
There is said to be an abundance of limestone close to 
the mount, and plenty of timber suitable for charcoal. 
A specimen of this ore was sent to the Department of 
Mines and analysed. The report was not favorable. 
The sample contained a good deal of quartz; so much, 
