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timber question will be far more serious, particularly at the South end of the field, 
where there is nothing; but mulgar. 
Extent. 
The gold-bearing belt, as far as at present worked, extends in a North and 
South direction for a distance of about 100 miles, but it will probably be found to 
extend in patches all the way South by Boodauo and Mt. Kenneth to the Yilgarn 
Goldfield, as it is on the same belt which runs South to the Mt. Barren Range on 
the South coast. 
To the North-West it is either suddenly cut off or thrown to the Eastward by 
the change in the strike of the country, which here runs North-East and East; 
the rocks, too, lose their auriferous character, being replaced by hard crystalline 
and granite rocks. 
It is highly probable that this belt will be found to run in the direction of 
Windich Springs, but it is difficult to trace owing to the auriferous rock being 
mostly covered by the desert sandstone formation. 
To the Eastward rich patches of auriferous country seem to be met with 
wherever the more modern formation has been removed; and from Sir John 
Forrest’s description of the country there is every probability of gold being found 
all the way to the South Australian boundary along the lines of depression where 
the old rocks outcrop. 
To the Westward there is little prospect of the field extending, as it lies 
immediately to the Eastward of the main belt of intrusive granite, which is about 
100 miles wide, in which, however, there are one or two little patches of likely- 
looking country. On the Western side of this belt, at Yuin, gold has also been 
found, but this is on the same line of country as Kendinup, the Darling Range, 
Bindoon, the Wongan Hills, and Peterwangy, and although it may be a very nice 
little patch, an extent of rich gold-bearing country is not likely to be discovered, 
THE DUNDAS GOLDFIELD. 
Gold was discovered some years ago on this field by Mr. Moir, but it was not 
till 1892, whim Messrs. Mawson and Kirkpatrick discovered a rich gold-bearing reef, 
that this belt district attracted any attention. 
The belt is narrow, and seems to be the Southern extension of the Coolgardie 
line, but South of this it has not been traced. 
There are three or four lines of gold-bearing reefs, but the gold-bearing stone 
rarely outcrops, so that a good deal of prospecting is necessary. 
The reefs that have up to the present been opened up are well defined and 
rich, having all the character of true lodes. They strike North and South, dipping 
to the West at a high angle. There will be abundance of water when shafts are 
put down, and there is any quantity of timber on the spot; this, considered with 
its proximity to the South coast, which is a little more than 100 miles, and the 
good rainfall, should greatly facilitate the working of these reefs. 
No alluvial gold has yet been found here, and there does not seem much 
prospect, as the gold-bearing reefs have not been denuded. 
THE EASTERN DISTRICTS. 
At York, fj*om time to time, gold finds are reported, but these have never yet 
proved of any value, but there is not the slightest doubt that a gold-bearing belt 
