The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-04-07

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600 -ritir 900 Hrarrli ni ~a.il, q srr4.s 4.s5.
,lIo fi,uf fhn.t Who romHIt 90 loIue -lIl"
-riinran OF trusts uud of regular iwlurlfy,
lull Doe uWl-r of what yu iHrouHnrr &c.
ir- Wiui Ip,u, j. Wny r1tr 10 Iriirtr
rsaailu ufrrn'p 1luul balug 9h'rlu tDt"
20 rIpi possty pu'Np1il'H. ,a,' ald iu'l
,W q se1trl, lui Enll, madf.. n Her",d'irf
H|l ihr following auFsFsu3us.
is uOI tuT lliu purpose ~ as FiE hNHl -
", bat 10 bdug l0sallcrWlRtis iunWnihpl
~ n,ko Ibis r0puupicaliDu,-lu rahhlt 90
Irpplp ol Vermont what b. 90 turir o"'
.iri- 10 present duFo facts uit' 20 In r'DW
,+i Nal''a.'G - Is jfs,I Iei41Gl 7'g'f,--'''id
o. gIid t'fU 'iun tArudnf 'rnW trr
uihrrit TO Uer NVunrrnloudrr
tinny seurr nuo, Prot l'1'uui al .lIOy
r..dr nu extended comparison ui F1id 80
rurus oi Npul Carolina alIl ,a"Aa VI
frt,rU, NOD found ieru ~ nuflrDy rtrem-
clrli other tint lee concluded IIry must
Vnruur rom EigmUiluu Ul tliu n1.ur rlnr'
irr, Wh,rh le pronounced lhr tmnfn-shde
fnidiOHiud lOm hs nrgu1lpi Ino' ll no
Hluey uf tfe T1Hi eide ul lhn ',rr'7 Nl"uu-
ius, lo pbvD lhr oplui0u llint "Hr W1Y tn-
'ipnlr tlc discovery ol gold ~ 'll1 unrr,
Althuuph gold ID found 100 dllrrnnl couu-
80 IN several other rock, uH "rrIlir, purr
70 mica slate, md some rocks "ltiFuvuuH ar
't,t yel 10 nsrorlnllnu will lie iWcnn F.Hfr
20 extensive flUI 81 grr~-glf lu cAulpIlpeH
Nv r0uuiry does not lcflinlu 10 sny, 81 iW.
'ls AI IormmoH, llul the couoty lass
n fbmRi0H
Root DAM ~ lr Eyplurlug Expedition.
',ull considerable party, passed. ac,oss ilrr
.rginn lron Coluuthiu river 10 san Iruncis-
100, in n rapd Journey lhpl allowed OF un ~
,usiye examination pr Iho country ar 0luic
.iFsrt Inc Of nnfch. GA ascending ll,a 10.
NTH river tprrhnps cnrrrl ~ cfrss llg
cidI of hud unar NJ lspslti, 'ir discover
d1he TdicOge s'HC luruuiinu, md though on
'-cNudmp into tli~ pIunv Of ili" wiley of lac
'lsrumrut1 hn leo the rock - p'nre vet DO
constant occurrence of. Lb'tg Qfhi' an foRer
~ lied rocks n Tho vnllcs Of thn stream, that
ilpwed down from the Sierra Nevada range,
rssurcd him Tint tho igmrunn continued
shown "a ru'icr'r sciilrucU'j where lhr p1ry
'e0cnirpcd; Hui hc Described tie racks o1'tw
p enlIntry NJ resembling he gold ltW'n@ fo''a 81
oiFer regions.
Let 40 sec what facts tIicr' mo 20 warrant
u reasonable expectation otGndint gold 10
Tuugc Est Of the Green Mpmuius
IS carly hs 1896 lamp uf native gold
Nas picked up In NowG,uc, weighing l2
uuuccs II H. stated 10 have hrru pare gold,
viii the exception Of Fouic fhUll quHtlH crs'
els attached To- IT, weighing perhaps, hHlt uu
,,tirc. lls sp gr W~s ~. .. TlE i3ri
shows II to hive bron nlloyrd, mud uohrhly
with silver The 1rlruvc slate inrmr''rn rv
Iruds from he middle of hassarhusri'v, ny
through ll1wlcy, Chnrlctnout Uul Rp~-'i ia-
"a Vermont; md il had hcon predicted, 10y
Prof Iiplon, that gold mishl h1 lrGprrlN
sought Cor In the source uC D'rriirld river
Somr Years rgo, I'm the exploration of iron
,piu"s in Somcr.rt, W., nntiyc gold was
iauud nn washing tho sands of,hs river,
Prof Hitchcock himself with another per
y1n, washed &c quarts of th" dirt iukcu utHu'
o. foot below the surface, and oh1iucd 20 or
30 small pieces, weighing uhnu' Z rmllU.:
mud r 'hushc Of dirt washed cryn penny
weights.
Iu,hc Quartz wrh couioiuol lhr iror ORC.
several phcrIcoi p!eces, ofGo'.us lre" 90 q"
pigeon shot were found.
The specimens of the orc Ohio quartz aud
iron, when compared with those bf'hc "cold
ore" from Virginia aud Nurl Caspliur, cap
not hc Distinguished 10y the eye.
II m7ybc remarked tint Gin cvrry cas-" Son
which gold has been found az 'lis place 10
fhp euHn II was avy1ciltrd viii iron 'rrd.-.
., rrnsl1n, companion Of tho Elil in The Cn'-
iiouin washiugs, and Of nearly nll oucr'iu
the world
Three or four miles south Of the Somerset
uiine, piece of nnti,r gold wus fouud, thar
sold for S6S.
There are some similar Ge,sIo be 6oliccd
on the North, in Canada.
In 1881. piece Of n0livs Gpld wAs found
Is
in region Of Tacosc slate, on tho Candle
~ river. weighing 1882 grs. Troy.
During the last summer number OF ptCcs
cs of native gold were carried TO New Haven,
which were obtained on the Cnuditrc river.
.tte weights nt' some or The largest of thcm
were 7} grs.. 742 grs., 1858 prs with, an
nvnrage 50 gr. ofonly - ,, which was ow-
sny 10 "a considerable alloy Of silver. Tiny
were worn smooth like alluvml gold, though
.thuy nro snid to hnvo been found imhcddcd.
The associated minerals md the Tnlcosc
slate rocks closely resemble those of the
mines Of RUSSIA, which nre all n!luyial or grny
al mines.
ia -lsall iarG Of peaxal have hnnn- washed
m Canada with the icrks rocker, aud yield
ed about 81, 90 to the ton of gravel
With such facts rs these OH the North md
the South the State, we rccur to the extent
aud outline of the taicose sInie or gold formn-
lion, as described in the State Geological Re-
port
In Vermont the different formations have
relation to the central ridge OF elevation, the
Green Mountains; and we find them occur
ring in series on the East side, with gem
ernl direction nearly North and South, pnrdi-
lei To the axis Of this rRnge;nnd Of dlfleren,
mud varying widths.
The Geological Report says, y. III: "T'hc
prominent kinds ofrocks which occur East
urthe princiapl range ofthc Green Mountains
in this Stntc are tnlcose slnte mica slate or
Green Mountain Pneiss IA very course mica
Slatce cnlcarero-mca slate, Eneiss proper,
granite, clny.siate. n horn blende slate" Be
ginning ON The South "in Rcadsborongh,
Nottingham, Scnrshurgh, Wilmington, SOM
ersei Dover, SrRtton, marlborough, ia
mach. WinhHtl Londonderry. Lnudgrovei
Weston, Mount Uolly,and Shrewsbury towns
H., ~ al,