The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-09-11


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mnrh worse than her daughter. BY the
same dog; negro. belonging % ihem. was
also biuen. neither OF whom. a vet. have
feli the symptoms Of the disease
THE ATLANTIC GOLD REGION.
Al late meeting in New Haven. of the
American Associalion for the advance
menl Of science. Prof. Roben r. Johnson,
Of Washington, submitted The following
observasicns upon
Tie God Formation Of Kufx csrskns, Tir-
ginis aud Maryland.
The belt or district OF country in which
occur the goId-bcaring rocks Of The Allan-
nc border Of the United SlsIes appears 10
range longiiudinsIIy from Morrill, Ess. 10
South w esi, IN a general direction. not
Ear from N. 50 degrees Z. This direction
10 The result Of a grand number Of obserss-
iions, taken in sII the three States, and al
points where the formation appears 10 be
The most regular and delerminale. I, also
results from general observation Of The
relative position Of the extreme points 1t
which The central axis Of The Gold Dis
srlcis has been noticed. Taking Brook
vile. in Maryland, and tracing by Rock.
vile 10 the point Of crossing Of the Poio-
mac, below The Grea, FalIs--exsending
thence across the Rapahannock 10 miles
above Fredericksburg; thence through Slaf'
ford. Fsuquier. cuIprpper. SpolsyIvanis.
Orange. Louisa, FIuvanna, Buckingham,
Campbell and PIisylvanis, in The Stale Of
virgInia; through Rockingham. Guiliord,
Davidson. Rowan. Cabarrus and Meek
Ilenburg Counties, IN North Carolina. BY
prolonglng the same axis Norih-wesierly,
III passes through part Of York County,
In Pennsylvina, in which Gold 10 said 10
have been detected; aud several hundred
miles further 10 the North eas. II strikes
The tour ofSomersei in Vermont. in which,
according to Prof. Hilrhcock, Geld was
! discovered more than sI,irly years ago.
, As the resnll OF special observations on
! the strike Of the slaIe beds in which The
> gold veins occurred injected between the
I plies Of sedimenlary rocks, the facts OBJ.
served were found between Rockville and
BrookviIIe, in Maryland. where the bear
! ling is N. 30 E.--on the borders OF Spot
sylvania aud Orange counties in Virginia,
N. 20 10 30 Z. in Montgomery Co. North.
] Carolina, at the Russel Mine, N. 80 e.
and in MeckIenburg Co. Al The Smart
Mine, 20 miles South eastward 10 Char.
{ lol,e, the stroke Of the beds being there N.
/. 80 E. These are few Of The points no.
. ,iced, and the results are obtained from
$ numerous obsery yaiions taken o. each point.
I The system Of me.aphoric rocks in
; which The gold bearing veins occur, up
]; pears to have undergone different degrees
Of change in The different paris Of the
tract. While in some paris The original
saiy structure is preserved, IN Others
The laminalion has been partly oblisera-
led. and The texture changed by The evi-
!. dent effect Of heat. In some points to
a which observation has extended, there 10
D evidently an inlemmgling Of rocks Of the
Gueissoid character with such az still re.
9 tain The slaiy structure. In certain parts
!. Of the North Carolina gold regian, The
granitic rocks prevail, and there The suri.
ferrous veins have various directions, sp.
!. parenlly wholly irrespective Of the gener
al trend Of the gold formation. Thus be.
9 tween the town Of Charlolie and the
Catawba River, and within circuit about
!! three or four miles in diameter. are found
veins which have been more or less exsen.
= FsiyeIy worked, with directions running "a
The N. Ga E.; N. Al E.; N. 81 W.; N,
!. 36a E.; and N. "a W.-so that if these
directions were prolonged. they would ID
! some cases be found interesting each OH
d er at righ. angles. In regard 10 the ma
9 ierials or veinslone in which the auriferoui
!. particles are found, they differ very wide
y ly; in some cases the material is an ar
gilalure slate, Of silky lus,er, much in
terspersed with minute cubes OF pyri,es oil
iron or Of copper, or Of both, as at The
i Russell mine on the Newberry, in Mont.
! gomery Co. in North Carolina; in Other
{ cases j, is partly IN quartz and partly in
4 the slaly walls Of The veins; and in Others
n still il is whoIly'in The quartz, being scarce,
$ ly a, all impregna.ed with the precious
meal.
!. The materials which exist in the veins
. are either such as have been acted on BY
& meleoric influences and partly decompos.
i ed. or lying beyond the reach NJ such in.
a nnences have escaped decomposition. and
|. may be regarded as the true exponen,s Of
!. The deeper veinstone. These latter are ia
). general less rich in gold than in the for.
Z mer. chiefly on account Of having los, .
/. par, Of their solid material BY decomposi,
! iion. But the deep ores owe their inierios
value In no small degree also 70 the diff
!. Guilty Of extracting The gold from its com
: bina.ion with the sulphurets. which near
The surface have been reduced BY the com.
. bined action Of air. wafer, and other malx.
rials from the aimospere.