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THE Geological Survey of Queensland has published a very complete description of the Charters Towers goldfield by Mr. J. H. Reid (Publication No. 256). Although this was for long the most important goldfield in Queensland, and had, in fact, for many years the largest gold output of any of the individual goldfields in the whole of Australia, no full account of the geology of the field or of the nature of the ore deposits has yet been published, so that the issue of the present monograph is fully justified. Furthermore, had the issue of such a work been delayed much longer, it could never have been carried out effectually, as many of the mines are now closing down. The goldfield was discovered in 1871, and ten years later the gold production was close upon 75,000 oz. of gold bullion; in 1887 this output had doubled, reaching 151,500 oz.; and in 1899 the highest output, namely, 319,572 oz. of fine gold, was attained. From that time the production has been a steadily declining one, the drop since 1912 having been particularly rapid, until in 1916 the output was only 33,107 oz.
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The Charters Towers Goldfield . Nature 104, 515–516 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/104515a0
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