Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-04-05

tensve beds of serpontine and steatte or soap
stone," closely associated. In Waterville, Troy,
Westfeld, Lowell, Eden, Bevderc Johnson,
Sterling, Stowe Waterbury, Moretown and
Rochester Bridgewater and Plymouth, and otIi-
er towns South, as Athens and Grafton, &c. the
latter is found, enclosing or near to the beds OF
scrpentlne. Both OF these, in many instances,
are of superior quality.
In this range, magnetic iron ore is found in
many places, occasionally in large veins and in
crystals diffused in tho rocks, which on decom-
position or disintegration becomes a sand; car
Donate Of lime in one or two places, and small
veins of galena, sulpburct of Iron and copper.
Bordering on aud lying cast of the 1alcose
slate range is The calcaero-Dicn slate re- ion, en-
brocng, howc5er strata of clay slate gness,
horn blende slate and masses of granite !" and
We may add that to great extent the area be-
tween the Talcose slate range and the Connect
cut river is chiefly covered with the family
of states; and we find them graduating into
each other, so that while there are well defined
mica, tacose, -blendc, chorite, and arglla.
ceous slate, they are also so blended as to be
hardly rcierrble to any pr rtlcular one, II may
be remarked that these states are presented in
beds or strata at a high dip, and on account Of
the extensive disturbance they have experienced
and the change Of character produced by meta
norphc agencies, the dip is not uniform over
large areas, but is constantly varying. Trap
dikes are found frequently lntersectng them, in
dicatng the presence oil igneous agencies.
The geology Of all this district may be we'll
described as 1orimitiye and mctamorpic," and
such peologicnl region presents The general
conditions rcGnired.for gold re zion"
Our accuu,is Of the reolory of tie Sierra Ne.
vada in Upper California are vet imperfect, but
on the American fork of the Sacramento, in the
"dirpinps.n the rock under the gravel, according
to The re mort of Rev Mr. LYMAN in the Februn-
ry number of Am. Journal of Science, is "arg-
lite or clay slate, nearly perpendicular" siilgh-
err I'D in the mountains we pas,ed n region of
uneils. and af,erward of granite. which forms
ihe back bone rock of tie Sierra Nevada, or
Snowy Mountains ~ and Ia This ascent. some ~
miles above Suffers, "Ihe onarlz nearly ceases,
and the gold also lin the soil and grayeD so far
as we could discover" On the Stins!aus river,
100 miles Souh from the American, dikes or
beds OF quartz rock, MANY feet in thickness and
often Of great length, pre numerous aud gcner-
ally among nearly perpenJicular strata OF some
form of slate or gre,ss rock, Gold is s1u 10
have been found in Mace in one or Two instances
in these beds OF 1ugriz rock. "Tbu cold rcpion
is as extensive as The State of Conn. ct cut" and
probanlv mu,h greater -,bcir ueoioJv not nm.
like: and this i. 7IIv nyntcssed in The statement
g ,ba, the rocks If Tho S,crr, Noy,I, ro,re ,ro
" VIZ ~" ''S0 ~
P'lu''''fo "nu 'nelu"o'P"ci WHICH accotus eA-
"o'iy wa" 'ne '''a'"o'e' VI 'he eooiosy vi EaS'-
en- te''no"'' "
II h"e oeen 'e'natNeu 'lal uou mas oeen 'ouhu
y, o''o' S''d.u ooS'ueH 'o,oo'o S'"te' nc INCA
si",c '"u az t"e 'a''iy a"oNe mentioned are AZ
'ieu' as W ,'e causes, geheraIy caIled lSneouS'
."H' nave uis'uroeI their general position IRON
o'' I OF s''sht'y lncihed piano. 10 h'gn'
n'iineu VI even perpenGcular POSITION oehu-
~ G,'.Dlns anu oIeaNli'S t'e"'' lucy ure
49, W ','T p'eS'.0 VI t"'e"sNe anu numerous
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anu o"lueS VI Hon ana copper, III
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-, ;G i! .'o $3.50! ~ 1,I"c';"
ana Weyicn,, C'.IJ pao;o,s anJ 10 f,n, ,hn,
o,,Id has hnrn lnn,J On Tho Nn,Iern horIers y,
the S,ae n.., :, ,,s Son,i,rrn no,,ion. srcms r.
Justify an exam,ration of The su Ids The
through or IN the Eastern division of The State
This may easily be done, and at "a small indlvid
ual cost the next summer, by washing the sands
at var us localities in the streams, and especial.
y the lower or deeper portions OF these deposits
1t should be observed that the native place OF
the gold is the quartz bed orvcin, with OCCASION
ally The adjacent rock; that very commonly a
good gold ore, as the Ourlferous quarz is called
shows no gold Oh its surface, even when viewed
and the runs transported 10y the mountain