Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-23
THE EVENING NEWS.
SUPPLEMENT
Facts about Gold.

ALLOW: sometimes copper and iron. Some
metallurgists / old that gold occasionally
occurs as q sulphuret. II is known 10
occur in several other mineral cOmbina-
tions. 4 mineral sometimes known as
graphic gold" occurs in TRANSATLANTIC,
in narrow veins which traverse porphry.
The name is due to the peculiar arrange
ment of its crystals, which resembles
anthony. This is a highly valuable ore OF
about the following average composition -
Tellurum, 60, gold so, silver 10, equal LOO.
Prccipitated with the above ore is also another
mineral known as aurotellurlte, of whltish
brass color, composition about as follows -
Tellurium II, gold Is, silver II, lead II,
equal 100. A mineral known as "gold ANAL
gam" has also been found in the platinum
Tepion of Columbia, South america, conf
posed as follows Mercury $40, cold 3S.40,
silver 42l. equal 100. This metal occurs in
small white grains, about the size Of a pea
easily crum6ling. Native gold occurs III
beautiful arboreScent shapes, and sometimes
in beautiful crystals and tiliform shapes. The
nuggets and scales Of placer gold arc always
worn and usually flattened into scale like
form. With regard to its native purity, cut
of II ASSAYS recorded by Dana, Of gold from
nearly every portion of the globe, the lowest
was COOS; the highest 1896. Among the
curosities OF gold, F. Alger has described
crystal of gold obtained i'll this State, octa-
hcdral in form, OF the extraordinary size Of
tive-sixteenths of an inch. The crystal is
cavernous, the faces concaye about the
center.
Crystals of gold seldom occur in an isolat-
ed form but when found should be carefully
preserved as cabinet specimens, for which
purpose their value is much greater than
ha.- tb pg,tf,.,g
a beautiful specimen of fat flifOrm GOLD,
taken out quartz mine IN Iuoumn" coun-
ty. Quite quantity (seyeral OunccsJ was
taken from 4 crevice intermixed with clay.
After the clay was washed away, the gold,
under Il glass, presented the appearance Of 4
tangled mass Of ribbon shaped fibreS, con-
tinuous in length, and almost as thin as gold
leaf.
Next to iron, gold is the most widely diff
fused metal on the surface OF the globe. II
occurs in nearly every geological formation.
1t is nineteen times heavier than water, and
is the heaviest of all known metals with the
execution Of platinum. Previous to the min
eral discoveries in California and Australia,
the chief part Of the gold which found its
way into use was derived from the Russian
mines, gold is the first metal spoken OF in
the Bible. The earliest mention Of it is in
Genesis ii, IL, wheG; it is alluded to as being
found in the land, 81 Havilah, where the
Euphrates and Tigris unite. The sacred
writer mentions this fact IN immediate con-
nection with his description OF the Garden Of
Eden he moreover says that the gold Of
that land is good"
The entire quantity Of gold which has been
taken out OF the earth, to the present time,
is set down at nine thousand millions OF
LII Ell aStS
mated at three millions, which, welded inlo
a solid mass, might be contained in a cube
of eleven feet. We condense the following
additional facts from the Merchants Maya
zine:
The relative value Of gold to silver, III the
days of the patriarch Abraham, was one to
eight at the period Is. [. lOOO, 1t was one to
twelve; Is. c. 800, It was one to thirteen; u
the commencement Of the Christian Ira, Il
was one 10 nine; A. d. 500, it was one to
eighteen: A. d. 100, it was one 10 eight
AD. 400. il was one to eleven 4. D. 1913,
il was one TO thirteen; A. d. 100, it was one
TO fifteen and half; which latte. ratio, with
but slight variation, it has maintained to the
present day.
Gold was considered bullion in Palestine
for a long period after silver had been current
as money. The first mention Of gold money
in the Bible isin Dayid's reign. ID. C. 1861
when that king is said TO have bought the
tbresh;nr aoor of Ornan for six Hundred
sheEeIs Of gold by weight. In tie earlier
n.riod of Grccian history the quantity of the
precious metals increased but Slowly, the cir-
culatinc medium did not increase in proper
ton with the quantity Of bullion. In the
DAYS of early Greece, the precious metals
existed in great abundance in the LevlRt.
Cahul ard Little Th;bet (B. C, sou we're
shnn6,nr in pold, Itsccm 10 be a well asccr-
ta;nnJ f,ct tbst il was obtained near the ,ur-
fscn. so that countries which formerly
r;cIjod tL. r,nt,I in grert abundance arc now
cn,frcly destitute of II Crrsus (B, c. JGOl
c c"n I'd, ,he Golden Stot(, which contained on.
LnndroJ anS rtv.tbrce Grains Of nure metal.
Darius coined ,ldTIcS, containing one hun
dred and twenty-fonr Grains of pure gold,