The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-07-02

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WIN uca pleasure 70 my oeioss our readers
'ne Psi'ceass o. sn's discovery.
n canine Scotcn mechanic who mas resided foi
several yess. n the South, and by care and indus.
ny mas saved somethlne,s BY which he recently
ouiS houss Tor himself on lot OF ground whleh
ne purchased in Lafayette, the otAsr day, yhile
examining the earth thrown up from well being
dug oa ha premises, observedsevefal silsefy look.
ing sPecks amspg il which, as the bright sun
ccktihued to fall on them and his attention con.
tnued to be1irected more and more 10 the same,
left him lntlosesson to doubt these spscks were,
what they Appeared to be, granules Of silver dust
Stimulated by the bright hopes which these
shining particles excited, he passed the greater
part Of that night in carefully washing down sew.
eral pouDds Of his mud. till he had left as many
ounces. With this specimen Of hin" diggngs /" he
found his way, early rs possible, to the United
States Mint, and handed it to ~ of The officers Of
that establishment, with request that it should BE-
analyEea~s request which was agreed to. he pay
ing thes essary fee, and day was named on
whichf ~ mould again call and hear the result
We may be assured that the much longed for day.
when. 1t did arrive, found him again ~ the Mint
Here he learned, 70 his infinite delight, that his
authorizations had been fully realized; pure silver
had been found in his specimen Of the Lafayette
clay in about ons per cent, proportion, which he
was further assured, would be 2 Nost lucrative
mine to works provided the deposis would prove
any wag extensive and equally rich. Nov that
there was no doubt remaining mat q valuable
silver NINE nad been discovered on MS lot In
Lanyette, the next dihculty TO be overcome was
the working OF 1.-THE separating OF the ore from
its impurities.
His first thought was TO bring right of the many
tons OF his mud down 70 the Mint, to have it ex-
taeted and coined there, but ne found that no.
tnlng conld DC done with 1t at tnat establishment
MI such'ne as the silver was separated from its
DINER impurities, and ne did not require much ex'
horetnG 70 set, Immediately about accomplishing
inns INST sfep, ~ Laboratory, however, exists in
me soutn lot the purpose, and he had neither
the necessary knowledge nor means to take his
shver OUT OF Inc mud and how to get 1t out was
the it'dd1e 10 % solved.
rof TINS purpose, ne was diFected to scientific
ge".em1n N TINS Guy, known 10 possess both tine
he
Went. Ine gentleman referred 20 has, we under
s'and. MADE many chemical examinations OF the
oeposi@ Of tne river In this ne1ghoorhood and has
also written something learned on the subject We
oehose' w. no mas u la'e oeen engaged In exam
ming Inc same win inc AID OF the microscope, but
never succeeded IN detect the presence OF silver
we can, therefore, understand with what aston
II not chagrln also, he learned that he,
VIVID ai' ~ chemlcai IDS and opt ical appliances,
nao oeen outstrpped IN the discovery OF silver in