A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . rne, the discovery of large deposits of gold in that district of the colony. In a sec-ond Parliamentary blue book, issued February 3, 1852, it is stated that 79,340 ounces ofgold, worth £257,855 7s., had been previously forwarded to England; and that the gold 676 GOLD. fields of the colony of Yictoria rival, if they do not exceed in value, the first discoveredgold fields of New South Wales; the total value being then £300,000; and but a littletime afterwards abo
A supplement to Ures Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines, : containing a clear exposition of their principles and practice. . rne, the discovery of large deposits of gold in that district of the colony. In a sec-ond Parliamentary blue book, issued February 3, 1852, it is stated that 79,340 ounces ofgold, worth £257,855 7s., had been previously forwarded to England; and that the gold 676 GOLD. fields of the colony of Yictoria rival, if they do not exceed in value, the first discoveredgold fields of New South Wales; the total value being then £300,000; and but a littletime afterwards about half a million sterling. Mr. E. Hargraves, commissioner for Crownlands, announced from Bathurst, that no part of California which he had seen has producedgold so generally and to such an extent as Summerhill Creek, the Turon River and its trib-utaries. For the purpose of conveying a correct idea of the conditions under which the greatestquantity of the Australian gold occurs, three plans have been selected from different dis-tricts. The first of these {fig, 313) represents a longitudinal section along the course of the 313. 1. Auriferous drift. 2. Boundary of workings. 3. Boundary fence. 4. Creswicks Creek. west quartz vein in the Clunes gold-mining field. We have here, as indicated by the darkerportions of the wood-cut, the quartz vein shown in section, with the shafts sunk, and thelevels driven upon it. The lighter portions of the figure resting on the quartzose rock is anauriferous drift; and on the left of the section the great basaltic formation is shown. 314 °„ I P 1 5 ; 3 4 cz~ ^ OASALT rc 91A11 1. The town of Ballarat East 2. The main road. 3. The Red Streak-lead. 4. The Creek. 5. Old Post-office Hill, with quartz reef. 6. Basalt escarpment south of Golden Point. 7. White flat recent auriferous alluvial deposit. 8. Tarrowee Creek. 10. The Gravel-Pits lead. Mi .I li trtu ^.liaft? ^uIlk into the ancient auriferous alluvial Quartz reef beyond
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