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Wyndham; Hall’s Creek, 32 miles South; the Brockman, 10 miles to the 
South-East; the Ruby, about 15 miles South ; and the Dockrell, about 40 miles 
to the South-West. 
The whole line on which gold has been found being about 100 miles in length, 
running in a North-Easterly direction, but it will probably be found to extend 
over a much greater length, as rocks of a similar character extend all up the Ord 
Valley to the Burt Range. 
The Panton. 
Between the 180-mile post on the telegraph line and the Panton River 
Crossing, which is five miles further South, a fairly rich patch of alluvial diggings 
was discovered along Grant’s Gully and the Dead Finish Creek. 
Looking to the South and South-East from the telegraph line, a large flat or 
basin, about five miles wide, is seen to extend in the direction of the Panton River, 
covered with low rounded hills of clay slate, the whole being surrounded by high 
rough hills, with the huge razor-backed feldstone dyke, called the Mackintosh 
Hills, which run North and South, ending abruptly to the Westward. The gold 
obtained here was of a very good quality, but very little work is now being done 
on this part of the field, as most of the rich deposits in the creek beds have been 
worked out. 
There are two series of reefs on this field, the first of which, striking North- 
East and South-West, consists of true veins. Although small in size, they can be 
traced for a considerable distance at the surface, and it is on this series that most 
of the claims were taken up. The second series appears at the surface as large 
quartz blows, striking East and West, cutting across the smaller veins, but they 
cannot be traced for any distance at the surface, and up to the present gold has 
only been found in one reef at the extreme Western edge of the field, close to the 
Mackintosh Hills; but it is highly probable that others will also prove auriferous 
at their intersection with the smaller rich reef. 
These reefs are often accompanied by veins of ealeite, mostly massive, and a 
large quantity of good water is met with at a comparatively shallow depth, whilst 
the rocks are clay slate and schists, having much the same strike as the true veins. 
Great difficulty will necessarily be experienced in working these reefs, as they 
are mostly small; the stone, although apparently rich in gold, contains so many 
other minerals Horn which it is difficult to separate it, and the large amount of 
water in depth will require extensive pumping plant to keep the mines dry. On 
the other hand, the stone is of a very promising character, the reefs are well 
defined, and give every x>romise of going down, and on one or two of the areas the 
reefs are large enough to work economically. There is a large supply of good 
water and plenty of timber close at hand both for mining purposes and for fuel. 
The Duffer Rush. 
This small field is situated about half-way between the Panton and Hall’s 
Creek. From the little information which can be obtained about these old work¬ 
ings, they do not appear to have been very good. 
Mount Coghlan. 
A little to the North-East of these diggings a reef was taken up, as some 
very rich specimens of gold-bearing stone were found, but it has been abandoned 
for want of capital. 
Hall’s Creek. 
Hall’s Creek is 212 miles by the telegraph line from Wyndham, and 304 miles 
from Derby; a little below the township it flows into the Elvire, which in its 
turn discharges into the Ord River. 
