...to, Mr. Selwyn gives the following description of the auriferous tertiary gravels of Victoria : — " The igneous rocks associated with them are strictly...where the gold occurs, almost invariably consists of a water-worn quartz gravel. That there are gold drifts marking at least three distinct deposits, the...

...of the Pliocene series, and in some instances it has evidently been continued to a period that.could not be chronologically separated from the most recent...where the gold occurs, almost invariably consists of a water-worn quartz gravel. That there are gold drifts marking at least three distinct deposits, the...

...age of these deposits Mr. Selwyn observes as follows: " The exact period in the Tertiary epoch, where the gold drifts commenced, is at present exceedingly...where the gold occurs, almost invariably consists of a water-worn quartz gravel. That there are gold drifts marking at least three distinct deposits, the...

...of these deposits Mr. Selwyn observes as follows : " The exact period in the Tertiary epoch, where the gold drifts commenced, is at present exceedingly...where the gold occurs, almost invariably consists of a water-worn quartz gravel. That there are gold drifts marking at least three distinct deposits, the...

...of these deposits Mr. Selwyn observes as follows : " The exact period in the Tertiary epoch, where the gold drifts commenced, is at present exceedingly...where the gold occurs, almost invariably consists of a water-worn quartz gravel. That there are gold drifts marking at least three distinct deposits, the...

...drifts, that contain fossil marine auimals. Neither has any gold been obtained from beds below the knows fossiliferous Tertiary strata. The volcanic rocks,...where the gold occurs, almost invariably consists of a water- worn quartz gravel. That there are gold drifts marking at least three distinct deposits, the...

...of these deposits Mr. Selwyn observes as follows : " The exact period in the Tertiary epoch, where the gold drifts commenced, is at present exceedingly...where the gold occurs, almost invariably consists of a water-worn quartz gravel. That there are gold drifts marking at least three distinct deposits, the...

...fossil marine animals. Neither lias any gold been obtained from beds below the known fossilifcrous Tertiary strata. The volcanic rocks, consisting chiefly...dolerites, basalts, trachytic porphyries, &c., are iii many districts inter-stratified, in contemporaneous layers, with the sands, clays, and gravels,...