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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12711524765).jpg 398 <br> PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Mar 7 <br> having been disturbed as for instance on Flour-bag Creswick <br> Creek where the auriferous layer sometimes crops out on the top of <br> a hill and is separated from the next depression by a ridge of slate <br> Fig 3 ” Superficial auriferous deposits at Flour Bag Creswick Creek <br> Slaty Ridge <br> Slate-rock <br> whilst on both sides it is found at a depth of 30 and 45 feet below <br> the bottom of the existing gullies which run nearly north and south <br> See fig 3 <br> A great portion of these inequalities of the gold-charriage are so <br> covered by the more recent alluvium that the relief of the present <br> surface does not in the least correspond with that older bed In <br> direction also or strike it differs entirely from the modern water- <br> courses as for example at Creswick Creek where the auriferous run <br> crosses the flat formed by the present creek and proceeds to Flour- <br> bag White Hill the New Rush a place which I opened <br> and which has turned out the richest in this locality Hard Hill <br> Little Hard Hill Iron Hill and down to Large Point In <br> practice it is therefore useless to put down a hole according to the <br> relief of the soil although I am informed it is not so at Forest Creek <br> on the Bathurst side <br> The inequalities above described I am inclined to ascribe to a <br> disturbance at the period of the eruption of the basalt although I <br> must admit that I have not observed proofs of it in the slaty rock <br> and I should infer that its beds had been raised and sunk like wedges <br> in the direction of its cleavage <br> Thus far I have only spoken of one gold charriage; but in <br> Ballarat I believe we may distinguish two ” 1st the deep bed <br> with boulders of moderate size ; 2nd the shallow bed with large <br> boulders <br> The deep bed of Ballarat is formed of several lines as the dig- <br> gers say or ancient water-courses of no great width which although <br> they crop out on the Ranges attain a depth of 120 and 130 feet <br> and have acquired for Ballarat its great celebrity <br> The course of this deep-sinking charriage is as follows ” <br> 1st line the Eureka which I believe will join with that near Penny- <br> weight Flat ; 2nd the New Chum Canadian Donald's Flat and <br> Gravel Pits this being the furthest point at which deep-sinking has 35614986 110213 51125 Page 398 Text v 11 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/35614986 1855 Geological Society of London Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 11 1855 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 35614986 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/35614986 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-23 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12711524765 2015-08-26 20 59 00 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1855 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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