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The igneous rock mentioned above is green in colour and hornblendic, 
and probably occurs as a large intrusion along which the Homebush lead 
has in part taken its course near the township. Being only about 30 
chains to the west of Pyman’s Hill, it would probably have a favorable 
influence on the gold occurrences in the reefs, &c., and indicator fissures, 
whilst also accounting for slides, faults, and cross fissures in the strata 
coming within its area of disturbance. (Fig. 23.) 
NOTE — Main boundaries and /sad taken from departmental pi an 
Scale, 4-0 chains to I inch. 
Figure No. 23. 
Sketch Plan. Nicholls and Stratman’s Indicator, Lower Homebush. 
The indicator was found early in July, 1909, and is now held as a 
prospecting claim. The party found good prospects in the surface loams, 
and then uncovered the indicator and cross vein, from which 6 ozs. of 
gold was quickly obtained. Then followed the puddling of the surface 
clay around, from which over 100 oz. of coarse, nuggety gold has been 
won, practically in the grass roots; nuggets of 30 ozs., it ozs., 10 ozs.. 
See., have been recorded 
