Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-06-05
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Iac Coz ftsson.--Few persons not residing IN the
immediate vicinity Of the Gold Mines of this State,
have any adequate conception of the extent of the
operations which carried on for procuring the
precious metal In this section Of the State the peo-
pie talk d! the gold mines, but they have very I'M
perfect idea of them, and but little knowedne OF the
vast sums which they annually yield They have
heardot individuals digging ior gold, but they hgve
taken mp the impression, that the amount of la
bo-. directed with the zeal to the cultivation OF
The soil, would create quantity Of produce of great
or value III the market. They are not aware that
SCI nee aud skill have been put in rcquisiton, and
that system has been adopted for working the mines
which ensures regular profits and renders them ex-
tensvely productive. tits true the great desidera-
tum OF labor saving machinery has been but recently
put into successful operation and is confined as yet to
water anu horse power; but preparations making
for that OF steam, also, which will greatly facilitate
the process of obtaining the gold, aud enhance its
proi;l Already there several companies from
the North and South engaged in the business and we
have recently heard of the formation of company in
Baltimore, with capital of $4,000 for working a
mine In Cabnrrus. Indeed, moneyed men from every
quarter of the Union, are purchasing up land for
which they pay eXtravagant prices. Foreign capata-
lists have not thought it beneath their attention to
visit the Gold Region for purposes of speculation
one OF whom informed US, few days since, that he
mad Just returned from visit to the South American
Mines, and that those Of North Carolina greatly e.-
coed them in richness. -
In the county of Meckenburg alones TT Is believed
the amount OF gold dug from the bowels Of the earth
IN each week, produces OOO And It is nothing an
common for the merchants Of the town of Charlotte
when they go on TO make their purcIores 10 carry
with them from 10 to 10 pounds OF the precious me
tai 1t can easily be imagined what life and activity
ia ntqsed every department of business where tho
only Bank which is quired relieve the wants of
the people Is as hSnf Of earth.
To sucn of our citizens as have the abiityand lei
sure for making summer excursions, we would rd-
commend trip TO the Sold Country. The supcr-
attendants of :he mines obligng aud co1amunica
tive the citzeIs proverfia for their hospitality
and the sulubry Of the air is equal to any in the
world. few days spent in personal examination
will give an individual more thorough insight into
the manner of obtaining the gold, than volumes of
description
We are not without hope. from some recent disco
veries, that gold Will yet be found in this fWakel
county. The first discovery of it was made in Ca
barrus, and confined to that county for many years
The limits within which it was then supposed to be
embraced have continually been enlarginp, as peo-
pie have been led to search the country for it, II has
been subsequently, found in the counties of Rutbnr
ford, Burke, Lincoln, Meckcnburg, Rowan, Arson.
Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph Caswell, GuIford'
Orange and very recently i'll Chatham. Is this NOT
sufficient to warrant an examination of the more cen
trail Counties OF the State there being nothing in the
structure or composition of the gold formation to for
bid the belief OF its existence in them also?