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locality. The depth of the overlying red soil, the mottled clays, and the 
wash all combined is about 8 to 12 feet, and the run of payable wash 
-appears to be about 1 chain wide where the dredging plant is at work. 
A section is as under : — 
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Fig. 13. 
Sketch Flan of Copper Lode at Accommodation Creek. 
Granite. 
The quartz pebbles are of granite veinstones and they are frequently 
studded with fine needles of black tourmaline. Specks of cassiterite the 
size of currants and up to that of raisins are not uncommon in them. The 
cassiterite is of the peculiar brown colour that characterizes the ore in this 
district. It is not so thoroughly rounded as it is further down the creek. 
The paddock so far excavated is about f acre in area, and from it 
over 8 tonsi of tin ore is said to have been won. This should be very 
profitable to work, but some difficulty has been experienced through em¬ 
ploying unsuitable plant. A Jenning’s pump was at first used but is now 
dismantled and a dredge is being worked. 
