Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-06-16
From the Richmond Enquire.
COMMUNICATED
iOLD-SPOTTSYLVANIA coin

NVMmO nlCAIED.
GOLD-SPOTTSYLVANIA GoIRI
Having heard much said of The CA
Mine of Captain William +. White N
his brother Doctor E White, of Sooi.l
wanna couotY, the author Of this wa, iri
ced, through curiosity, TO visit their ssl,,
lishment a short time since, and, 10 h,-
ter astonishment, found them crowned 81
a degree of success, which was ncTedb
He would not venture to assert what
saw, but for his being sustained BY seys
al gentlemen of responsibility. He nd
visited the washing machine, a simple
neat little establishment, which cost ab,
twenty dollars, situated at one olthe6is
water falls IN the whole country. Dur,|
his stay, he saw about sixty bushels Of u
cEag and slate washed out, which yt
the considerable sum of four HUNDRED
lars ofthe precious metal: the geld was
urely pure and smooth, and mostly
grains. His curiosity led him to visit
snot from which was taken such yalui
clay. lie found the dIggers 10 the boa
Of a small rivulet, about four hurdT
Yards from the machine, taking OF
CLAW. in a decomposed state and Fsa
quality, between three aud tour feel o.
the surface, and sending 1t of to be vi,
ed lie stayed about three quarters O
uUur at that pUint, aud while there
twenty or thirty pieces Of value dug p
the hoe; he caused one quart Of the mz
gravel to be washed, which yielded iva
four dollars. 1t had beeI but few
that 1t was ascertained that the branch
so valuable. 1t is now known fTomcg
iments that that rIyulet IS rich iG il
mile in length, as also several oIhenn
farm. The proprietors bad been eng
from the commencement Of their mn
~ operating upon the high lands and
ma,'s about FIVE dollars to the hinl
day upon an average. The surIaa
wb, ch the gold IS found, independent
strean 5, IS very extensive, which
this "a deposit mine, unPfeced'aa
tb,s or anv other country.-lho'e &
men me-, deserve mich credit for the eni'
and unconqueraSle perseverance
which they undertook anc PlO,''.
business. They were Inc Nv
the discoveries, and prove 70 'u'
that their section Of country va, ~,
gold. In its incIpient stage, lO''
mined men would have abano' NV
useless and Improbable, for Ilel
opponents were slow and the ProIn
siderable, which resulted from The s'
practical skill ~ minIngj at the Sair
their incredulous friends eudeaVoie,o-
suade them from the supposed Fo0
project Of looking for gold 10 Dails
which had been wearing out i0' y
half century, and on which no ~
themselves, had thought OF looAPs
they we're not TO be discouraged q
from their purpose. They Tsh'o
mines in the Southern States a.o
ed such knowlcdgeas eaabIeo ~
work to an advantage, which aPp-ji
cessnlly TO their own county; '
within a few months sysiemalicls5
that have not only made con-.
sum Of money, but have ases'l,.s
there is still a greater treasure ye.s
lected. Thus is Iaudable e1'e' c.
determined perseverance and
warded. In addition TO inc NJ
spoken Of they have several 'eu
neighborhood Of high promise s ~,
are about TO work on the min'bg
The author was much pleaSsu . n
it was the regulation Of this e''-,@as,
not to use any ardent spirits
profane language to be u g'Go yGEI