Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-02-28

da,iSn wa. printed. This discovery Illus
tra,rs the fac, ,ha, mOst important econom
icaI discoveries will follow strictly scientific
Investigations. 10 is impossible for seien'
t,6c exploration TO be made without reveal
ing much that is valuable. This copper belt
ough, to be carefully explored another sea-
son particularly as this piece OF native
copper was found near the proposed route
Of the railroad between Olitown aud Prince
ton.
Have YOU heard Of the prospec, OF diseov
iue tn 10 Oxford Couniy' A mass OF til
ore weighing Eve pounds has been fond "a
Paris. Thi. i. the largcs, amount OF tir
ever found in America, and its position IN
dlcates that more OF !, will be found in th'
vicinity You know thata good mine o
tin in thi. country would be worth more
than ten gold mines especially in time o' 4
foreign war. II a blockading ae"i should
ever elose our harbors. We should get nC
tin. unl-.. q mine Of it.hould be discovered
atm anticipating The discovery Of avalua'
be tan mine IN Oxford County from this in
dicauop.
II We ever get into var, too. We shall
.utIsr lor sulphur. Bu, in my repor, have
pointed out abundant resources Of thu. ele-
ment In Name. Our seocsh friends AZ the
S5a,h arc now .ussrne IN ,hi. way and
have sen lately by the paper. 'ha, they
have taken TO the beds o. ryri.e. Tor thei'
Sulphur II !. not very expansive process
70 eI,rae, the sulPhur. !, requires no out
lay eIeyp, the blasting Of the rock. and
large supply Of Gre wood.
When in Montreal experienced the
GREATEST kindne-. AZ the hand. % all The
scientific gentlemen whom saw. and sever
al of the citir-ns. | was not prepared "a
hn4 - great an interest manifested 10 The
Maine Survey Gentlemen who are cncac
Cd in mercantile AI.irs we're ANXIOUS TO heat
all about the result. Of our labOrs. The
Suysrinisnden, Of the Grand Trunk Rail
road gave a return pass to Portland. and oi'
lsrcd the frcc pass over the road the CON
ius season tor scientific purposes. The pro-
ic.siouAl naturalist. al.o freely rendered
their assistance in solving difficulties. W.
are greatly inIebIed 10 Mr.. Billings, the
paleontol,si.i ior the determination Of 70,
al. Al.5 to Dr. Dawson Tor help anon;
the Perry plants. Mr. Billings will des
cr,bs several new ,pcsies u Iribolite. an
shell. from the specimen. showed him. ans
wall pahIi.h the descriptions IA the PrOteed
in.. OF the Portland SoS!siy Of Natural HIS
tory.
The fo-.il. which We collected in the wIlC
lands. have not bxvu examined yet. but
s1psct .oon to begin to study them. Mauy
of them YOU remember we're from locality
Of whose eIi.tence no one ever beard till VI
had emerged into civilization again la,
October.
prc-eu,ed 4 brief .,atemsn, Of the 'eien
uGc results Of our labor. in Maine. before
,he Boston society Of Natural History.
fortnight, ,,ucc. in order to secure the PRIOR
t,y of discovery you know that .cien,'h
men arc Away. anIiou, - receive inielli
c,nc, and u 0, i5r ibisreason that - man!
.J,i.te. Of na,gra! history arr scattered Owe
our country.
You have seen nv larec geological map o
tie State. presume, which ). hung up II
the State House. AN sorry ihA, !, !. >
imperfect. bat was anIiou. TO aseumulA,
uron one map all that !. known nov OF ,h'
geology Of the State. This will serve tw
purro.e. fret. 10 save 10 the Safe the re
.ult. Of all our observations. n we'll u, a.
that eau be gathered irOm Jasksons Rs
rlrt. secondly, 10 show the au'horliie
h,~ much work is NEEDED to gu out tie map
I presume you might have given inc iae'' 1
hg rcpry.sn,eI upon the map which are nos
wanting. had sceu you while the map va
IN PREPARATION. The map Of northern Main
which j. to appear 10 our printed report,
n5v ia the hands Of the photographers, an
D, nearly completed.