Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-08-28
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VIRGINIA GOLD

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This nriicle it appears Increases daly--we have il
from unques.onable authority that much OF IT is sold
every week Valuable discoveries Of this metal are
nor conhned to one neghborhood--Sp ottsyvana,
Orange, Stafford anil Louisa ali said TO have Weld
edit; the most considerable vet obtained has
been from the hrs named county a company of about
dozen IN that county make IL their regular pursuit
searca Tor 1t, and their profits far have averaged
above i've dollars day for each hand employed
oaoy as toy acquire more experience may increase
-ne present process is most SIM !e-they shovel up
tina earth into vessels pour water it, and stir the
whole until The earthly particles are in state of sou
ton when il is drawn OF, and the sediment searched
Tor the precious metal which is found in all sizes from
thai OF the heat OF pin TO walnut
We have been told that OF The owners of the most
productive spot in SpottsyIvAnia county, in passing
through Orange. noticed such indications OF mineral that
he gave the proprietor hundred dollars an acre for
i've acres OF old field he began to work, and an
quaintanoe calling TO him was induced TO pay thu
whole amount OF the purchase money for the least va
liable moioy OF the Ave acrss--ihey both at work
and have already realized handsome sum OF money
above all their advances.
Cold and its annities are common topics of CONVEX
sation In most Of the counties named and the mos,
binary persons are heard using scientific terms that
we've months since they probably had never heard o.
Extract Of letter from a citizen Of North Carolina
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have recently made hasty tour through the gold
region OF our State, where its minor wealth has been
most developed In the county OF Burk every branch
seems TO afford less of the precious metal n
generally found from four six feet below the sur
lace Tn stratum OF blue clay in,ermyed with gravel
and stone OF various sizes II has the appearance Of
having been washed down from the adjoining mou aims
and may he considered iepoe Of gold rather than
mine for after digging o suHi Gent ep,h to reach
the stratum in which IL scoms 10 be embedded YOU rare.
W go more than FOOT in depth before You get
entirely through IT, and very often reach bed Of rock
6uch IS Tho richness ani vaus OF thess deposes in ma
ny places, that hands isboring in them make from two
to i've dollars psr day each. There is, however no
permanencY 10 mnss Of this character, these aliu-
vial deposi'es will soon be robbed OF all their value
from the sa's with which they worked, and resort
must be had 10 The bills mountains from which
presume, II was originally washed. Here q regular
system oil mining operations will he carried on by mon
OF SKIN and capital At present operations
RED on to great disadvantage for the OF skill and
the want Of machinery, except be IN the county OF
Mscklsnburg where they have erected mills and other
fixtures suited to the purposes that promise much and
great Improvement in the sysieIn Of obtaining the gold
from thc ore. Machinery IL also beginning 10 be en-.
goysd throughout the counties OF Davidson, Rowan
Guliod Cabanus and Rutherford; but we arc sadly d,.
cient IN capital 10 carry mining that oxte Mt which
our mines wonld justify From the best estimate I can
make OF the present proGct Of the mines in operation
(most Of which have visited IN person. think may
venture 10 they yield $50 900 per week, and are
ncreasing rapidly The prospects justify the belief that
our State will furnish two millions Of dollars worth Of
gold mex, year, and an increase Of million annually
for The next four or 6ye years. ~. g. Tel