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Show m1iiaUo DimII. One of tho most romirkablt of all do-posits do-posits of silt t r Is ut tho Broken Hill inhiM In Australia. At that jlaco tin I reclous nmUtl Is found lyiugln au tnor ut us lode. UhubHcnruggestcil by Mr (leorgo Batborland that this great dcjsH of tiller wm left by alarge wilt lako tint luu now dissn,rarel, but ttaiks of whoiio former oxUtenco oro clearly to bo According to this Interesting thoor) lUotailt Iiko was fitrmod cf ImprUnned ocean water, A largo quantity of which was caught lu a ixutiu between ranges of hills wLen Australia was liftM out of tho sea. This water gradually baked and was evaporated away, Inning do pewits of thu mlnoral and other matter that il ha 1 held lu solution. If this low U correct, tho great ctore of sller nt Urokiu Hill fs n ikh girt U" stowodb) thohcn upon tho land; tut man hat discovered tho precious deposit, unlreizedU iu lib e;iwu.lty of thu lord c f the earth Youth's Cuiip.iuIou |