Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-12-09
annuity Of $1,000 and a patent Of no.

annuity Of $4,000, and a patent Of no.
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The Pittor Regent Diamond, so cal
led, now in the handle of the sword of
State Of the King of France, weighs 1877
carrots. Itis perfectly colorless, and,
from its size, proportion and purity, is
considered the finest diamond in the
world, although not so large as some
others. 1t was first purchased by Mr..
Pitt. the Governor of Rencoolen. About
$4,000 were expended in cutting and
polishing it, process which occupied
more than two years, and was sold to
the Government Of France for $25O,OOO
In l79l, the price of this diamond was
estimated by a committee Of jewellers.
according to the usual rules, at upwards
of G400, 900, or about 100000. sa
Another very beautiful gem is the
ton,malime, at first found only in the East
Indies, out recently in Connecticut; the
specimens imperfect. In 1899, this mi
neral was discovered in Paris, in the
county of Oxford, and Professor Sill
man pronounces the gem equal to the f.
nest East India specimens, and superior
to any stone yet found in the United
States. 1t possesses the remarkable
characteristics Of becoming electrical
from heat and has great polarity. 1t
is perfectly transparent in looking
through it from side to side but in look
ing through it from end to end, however
small the specimen, it is Opaque. Near
ly all the precious stones, except the dia-
mond, have been found in North Amer
lea. The crown jewels in France con.
tain some ofthe amethyst found in Nova
Scotia by the early French settlers.
The garnet, emerald, amethyst and to-
paz, have been found in Connecticut, and
every year is discovering that the bleak
shores and hills of New England con.
tain their fair quota of beautiful gems.
The metals of silper and gold have been
used from time immemorial as the rep.
resentatlves OF all kinds of property, and
have been discovered in all parts of the
globe. The prevailing notion that these
metals are not TO be found in the North
ern latitude. is not in accordance with
fact. The Gold region ofNorth Carroll
ma and Virginia has been accurately
traced to the southern part of the State
Of Vermont, and a specimen Of native sill
yer, in flamenis about four inches in
diameter, was found, a few years since,
in a stone wall near Portsmouth in New
Hampshire. But silver and gold mines
are found throughout Siberia, the north
ern part ofEurope, and in Sweden, Den
mark and Norway in fact 10 the whole
northern part Of Europe and Asia.
There can be little doubt that they exist
through the northern part of our own
continent: or that the great mineral de-
posite upon the surface of our earth is
contained in that vast chain of mountains
that stretches through both continents Of
America, from Cape Horn to the North
Pole. They seem to be full Of inexhaus-
tible stores of all the metals but lead.
The mines of Potosi, in South America,
the richest in the world, were discover
ed only about 200 years ago, and then
by mere accident. ~t,e4 ss
As to lead, there is one vast mine that
extends from the falls of St. Anthony on
the Mississippi TO the border of Mexico,
1900 milesin length & unknown breadth;
the most extensive yet discovered, and
containing lead enough for the whole
world. Mines have been opened through
all the mountains south of Mexico, and
nearly I9-20ths of all the silver and gold
in the world comes from these. sources.
Three hundred mines or excavations are
openeded in Mexico alone. Some Of
which produce $2,OoO,OOO annually.
The yearly produce Of silver and gold
in the world is estimated by Humboldt
to be about Gl2,OOO,OOO of gold and
920,00O.000 Of silver. h5se
lq We find the following in a late Boston