Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-08-18


resulted in his instant death. A coroner's inquest
wac held, and its verdict was in accordance with |
tina universal sentiment, that II was the result OF
accident. The deceased was very promising
youth, and his sudden and unexpected death has
excited but feeling of regret for his untimely
fate, and COMMUNICATION for his afflicted relatives
The Charlottesville =. Gaz. says, cit cannot
be disguised that the upper country il universally
sickly this summer. We have been visited by
more than one epidemic; and our immediate
vicinaee has not been exempt from the iavages OF
disease" There being local cause of disease, il
IS ascTioed to the alternate excess OF drought and
moisture. The same paper gives US account
81 va nmoh Cucumber which grew in the gar
den ct gentleman in Charlottesville 1t was
measured on the l2.h inst. in the presence Of wit
nes'es and was found 10 be screen feet t,co inche,
and h0yia length. /, grew in one week TWEEN
~ SIX inches. The seed will soon be for ds;ri
button.
N. CApoLINA.--Tl Tire Gold Mines in this .tate
are not only attracting public attention. but becom
Iny source of wealth. We have seen various
accounts OF ticn, from which make the fol-
lowing summary: What il commonly called tie
Gold Mine Of North Carolina, is situate a lite 10
the Southwark from the Salisbury Hills. The re-
glon IN which The gold - found, is abou, 20 rnilc-
square. On the surface lies stratum of dark
brown or back earth, of the thickness of two,
'hfte, and n some places four feet. Below lies
enc OF tight colored sand, from To Is inches in
thickness, which contains the PARTICLES OF Gold.
- great number oil worimcn employed in
collecting the II cal. Their manner of proceeding
H. ). 10 remove the black earth from the surface.
then hey collect TIE light coorcti sand, to be
Wdshe aud examined The first washimgs remove
80 Hhch oil the earthly ard sandy substances, that
hey are enabled TO begin to discriminate and Sc
'ect some OF the me'alic particles. Sill, however,
IRE washing Ia co tiHued til It Ire a>cert, ed that
no hhS Dut crihy matter remain; when por-
non ui sand IL taken up and examined The ,ro
ces IL lne;Ines called grading, from the maci inc
Which l. used, which rocks the sand like cradle
In which child i. 10 KEEL. Although i, is now
many years since PARTICLES o. COLO were found in
tne above ne ghaorhood, still il does not appear
mat the snus OF the mine il yet discov ed IL is
TACT well known, that PARTICLES of the heavics,
metals, especially of Gold, carried to area,
stance iFom the places OF their formation. When
'hey once become mingled with sand or fine ear,hy
ana vegetable substances, they become so concrete
'ha' the flowing OF waters from rsins, or from the
streams, probably move masses OF ,hi. he,erose-
heous matter along their course. Ret we kaow OF
no instance IN winch il has appeared that masses
OF Gold have been found far from their place OF
lofnia'Ion. And It IS d:ficu;t OF belief! that il
shoh'i DC the case with this particular metal on
account OF It's grea, specific gravity. AID it, being
ttways iOuud in pure metallic state From the year
1919 TO the year 1929. there was sent 10 the H.
nited States Mint, gold from the above neichbor
nood amounting on an average 10 about : 1000 per
ahnum. In the year 1925, above Si7 900 a.
mount was sent. And it Is to be observed. that
curing lie above period, gold bullion in Errore
U"c !" premium, and arar OF the product of the
ttodh Carolina Nine wa4 shipped but the ouon,i,v
Is not known. From all the .bov. con.iler,,io,-
an from the fact that a Ium:er of heavy masses
OF gold have already been found, we conclude tina,
we S'suS, or original vein OF the above gold mine
WIZ not long remain concealed, and that another
new source OF riches viii! be developed to the u
m n
heSs'sF, giving all account of The Geologv of th,,
stale, says urge pieces OF gold are found in hi.
region, although Their occurrence is somewhat rare
fieces OF loO, 1Oo or 600 pennyweghts ara met
with, ard one mass was found that weighed 2sIl,-
MS was dug up BY a negro at Reeds Mine. with
81 q .ew incles OF the ridce. It's yalue was TO-
wards souOo. Various marvellous storie. are toId
respecting this rich mass as tina, i, had been seen
oy God tun;ers at night, reAcc.inc so brilliant
'iSh wheT ihey drew 10 il with torches as IN
:errIfy them and deter them from further eyar,n,
lion. Bat all stories of this kind was .se,-cd
ny MIR. heed, the old proprietor, were mere fables
NO unusIa. circun-tances attended the Discovery
OF this mass. II is pity hat 50 fine a ,,iec.
should not have been reserved for \ sp.ri,ne, 7,
would probably have brought more than j,s intrin
SIC worth, and might have ador ned In, colIcc,ions
OF roy"ity' bltn was melted down and cast into
bars soon after it was found. Another mass
Weighing o"" pennywelSh', was found on the sur
Of he
"dNil anu by recent statements in the newspa-
pers, learn, that since my visit, q rieca b,.h.a,
l0ini al faTke:s Mine, that weighed four hounds
bNd eleven ounces. The largest riece Lith,r,o
founG III Europe, weighed % ounces this was
net WITH AT The mines Of Wicklow, in Ireland T.
~ said, chat piece OF gold was found in Peru in
she year la<so, of the WI. of - pounds A ,,o
Teiier IN Paraguay reports, that when PROTECTING
part CT one OF the highest mountains in that coun9
try i.!i down about 30 years ago, pieces of Gold
weighing from two TO fifty lbs each, were found
'h H' I'ePoris nave lately been circulated in the
newspapers, OF still larger pieces having bee, fou,d
IN small Island near TortoIa in the We, rnI,ies
but haze no well authenticated accoYnt If ans,
'nass pi Gold having been found tina, weighed more
than h';y pounds, and the above statements sho,.
chat the discovery of a mass OF more than a few
olnces IN weight, Is rare occurrence in any coun-
try. Purifiers Mn: is situated four miles Sou,b
OF the IadEn, in Montgomery. The soil is snuff.
coloured and ferruginous, ard is richly impregna-
Ted with Gold. The principal excavations have
been made on the banks of small rivuet that runs
norm INTO the iadkln, where tire auriferous sira-
tum occurs at depth varying from three IN siv
feet Recently the earth for WASHING b,s leo,,
transported to this s'ream from cultivated fell
80 or 60 feet above II. The circumstances remark
cd at THIS place, are so similar TO those of Reed
Mine, already Tehearsel, not TO require a nore
particular recital. The Gold Mines are rented =,
yarisus rates, the proprietor receiving from one
fourth to one-third, according to the renuia,ion NJ
the Mine. Parker's Mine rents as high az one half
The Cold cbisnel at these Mines is of almost I'm
e1ualled purity, being % carats fine tina, l. %
parts out OF ~ are pure Gold The remainder il
ohVe' anu copper 1t IL usually when found, KEEP,
~ goose guns, ana exchanged by weight, cOnsii.
tu'ing part of the currency Of the coxo,rv Al
most every man in the imrno-i;o,o ..;.:-..1 -