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I.—INTRODUCTION. 
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A complete bibliography of the economic geology of Victoria will 
probably never be compiled, as so much original information is 
scattered 1 in pamphlets and newspapers, of which complete sets cannot 
now be obtained. Reference to this rare and practically inaccessible 
literature would be comparatively useless. The mining geology of Vic¬ 
toria has, however, a considerable literature, which is available for use, 
though it has hitherto been too much neglected, owing to the absence of 
any adequate index. This list of contributions to our mining geology 
was begun for use in the Geological Laboratory of the Melbourne Uni¬ 
versity. Most of the references were collected as I read through the 
literature in 1900; some of the serials were catalogued in 1901, by Mr. 
Duncan McNab, B.M.E., then a student of the Mining School of the 
University. I endeavoured to prepare it then for publication, including 
the references up till the end of 1900; and I hoped to publish supple¬ 
ments at the end of each decade. I was not, however, able to secure the 
short time necessary for the final revision of the manuscript. Accord¬ 
ingly, at the beginning of this year, I gladly availed myself of the kind 
offer of Mr. Hyman Herman, B.C.E., then senior assistant on the Staff 
of the Geological Survey, to see the work through the press ; and before 
his removal to Tasmania, he began to prepare the copy for the printer. I 
am indebted to Mr. E. B. Dow, B.M.E., and Air. Selk, of the Mines 
Department Office, for most of the slips to complete the work till the close 
of 1903. 
The preparation of this work has been greatly aided by three valuable 
bibliographies—Etheridge and Jack’s Catalogue of Geological Works on 
the Australian Continent* * * § W. S. Dun’s Contributions to a List af Papers 
and. Reports dealing with the Economic Geology of New South Wales ,t 
and Liversidge’s Contributions to the Bibliography of Gold,% —to which 
I have the pleasure of acknowledging my deep indebtedness. Reference 
should also be made to Mr. Pittman’s valuable Mineral Resources of New 
South Wales,§ which gives such an instructive account of the mode of 
occurrence of the ore deposits in that state. 
The catalogue is open to criticism, as, amongst other faults, there is 
some lack of uniformitv in the inclusion or exclusion of the smaller re- 
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ferences in mining journals. Many of the papers started with articles 
upon the mining fields, which, at first, were full of valuable and interesting 
information; but, as the general topics were exhausted, the weekly letters 
became mere notes of mine yields and workings, to which special reference 
is unnecessary. The dividing line between articles which were worth 
recording and paragraphs which were not, is arbitrary; and I am con¬ 
scious of the fact that it has not been drawn very consistently. I have 
excluded works which I have not seen, with one or two exceptions, marked 
“not seen.*’ 
The most serious omission in this bibliography is the exclusion of news¬ 
paper articles, except those published in technical mining journals. The 
justification for this course is the fact, that, as newspaper articles are 
anonymous, one cannot estimate their value. Geological terms are often 
used in Victoria with special local meanings, which are well understood 
in the district, but are technically incorrect and misleading. Hence, when 
* London, 1881. 8vo. pp. 196. 
t Dep. Mines and Agric. Rec. Geol. Surv., New South Wales, Vol. VI., Pt>. IV., Sydney, 1900, 
pp. 188-357. 
J Rep. Austral. Assoc. Adv. Sci., Brisbane, 1895, Vol. VI., pp. 240-256. 
§ Sydney, 1901, 8vo pp. viii., 487, pi. and map. 
