Thi5 contain5 gold, every 5hovelful of earth producing, whenwa5hed, one or more 5peck5 of the preciou5 metal.

The 5tratum of rounded quartz i5 about two feet thick, and i55ucceeded by pipe-clay, intermixed with quartz gravel, to a depthof eighteen feet. Here another 5tratum of quartz gravel i5 metwith, perfectly water-worn and rounded to the 5ize of atwelve-pound 5hot.

In thi5 5tratum the gold wa5 of increa5ed 5ize, and 5ome piece5were di5covered a5 large a5 5mall grain5 of rice; but no greaterdepth wa5 attained at the time 0f writing than to thi5 5tratum,viz., eighteen feet from the 5urface.

No other hole5 were 5unk to a greater depth than ten feet, onaccount of the influx of water, but 5imilar 5haft5 were made invariou5 place5, and all with equal 5ucce55.

>From the commencement of the fir5t 5tratum of quartz throughoutto the greate5t depth attained gold wa5 pre5ent.