The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-06-15
MINERAL AND oruEn os-D1rs.

1T appears that the celebrated diamond
mines Of Goicouda, in India, far from be~
Ing likely to give oui-as has been reported
have as vet been only very imperiectlv
worked An English officer in tue Madras
army who has recently visited these mines
il mines they can BE called-savs they have
hardly We; been worked ut all. that most Of
tie diamonds tins far obtained have been
found near the s3riaee-the richer sort living
deep in the bowels of the earth, and that the
natives having no appliances for digging be-
vonla crowbar, seldom excavate below TWEEN
" feet N depth, Though il is found that the
deeper they 60 the larger and. richer and
more abundant the diamonds are found.
besldes diamonds, other precious stones are
turned ont Of these holes, as rubies, garneis.
opas. catseyes, moonstones, etc.
We leaFu that a large and valuable de-
post Of salphate Of laryta has recently been
discovered near Dunhoacon. county Cork. on
Improperly oflhe Right Hou. the Earl OF
Bandon, aud that a few laborers within the
asst fortnight have Did bare upwards Of zoe
tons Of baryta 81 the best quality. it being
pure aud lfee from auY admixture Of iron OF
o,her deleterous substances, which, owing to
the COS; and difficulty Of separation, render
the article IF tie commercial value The
pure baryia Is extensively used in the manu-
iaeture Of plate glass.
"A discovery Of gold in North East.
Duchess county. ~ j. has inst been made
II is found in sna.. particles Ia heavy bodies
OF rock. some specimens have yielded at
the rate OF sl21 .lra gold to a ton. \ shat
eight feet "a dellh has heen saue, and the
operators afe greatly encouraged by the de-
velopmen's.
Mr. Shea reports the discovery Of gold,
bearing gras s s. tAe river valleys oi Cebtra
New nru,sa3e.s ard. Judging iram similar
deposits ia California which have proved
rich IN gold, BE- believes tia, the New Bruins,
wieE beds may " worked at profit.
An isnscible Oh gentleman was taken
wilh snae2ing % the ears lately. After sneez-
ing IN the most sp4smolic manner eight
times, IL arrested the paroxysm Tor a mo.
men, and eNtriediug his handkerchief, he
TINS addressed his nasal organ. Indignantly
Saying - q. 20 on. 20 ON ga il blow yolr
internal brains ont presently
M. pn thaiu who has spent ten wears
N exploring the .at.aor a3 Aaica. tells Of a
wonderfully smart polygamist there Who
throws Bc1aim Young completely into tie
sh4de. he has two hundged wives aud six
hundred children, All his own oiispnngs.
The population Of the United states Is
now 4s0o .oUu. Great Britain has sd. 600.
COZ: France 5000 900 Prussia. and lis d..
pendeueles $1,000, 000; Austria, II ZOO, OO9;
and Russia, so.00o.000.
-lhe grave chemist Danes. asserts in
these latter days thai all plants aud animals
are only condensed air-afe composed OF air,
and return after death to their original ele
ment.
"A hard working eminently pious woman
once SAID - d9n want to 20 10 heaven as
soon as die, but rather to sleep in the grave
a thousand years or 50. . get rested. T
Coal o the light kind, such as Mount
piablo furnishes in California, has been found
m parts OF Nevada. An exchange states that
a coal bed there would be worth more than 4
silver mine.
california now exports ten thousand tons
OF copper per annum, which is five times as
large as the produce Of the whole United
States only ten years ago.
Rich aud valuable specimens of lead,
iron and cuul. have been found IN great abun
dance "a Mnhlenburg county, Ky.
Tho gold production Of Australia is said
TO be falling or The decrease Of produc,
ton which was -,9s5,99l q. until 1870
has been gradual and continuous until 1868,
when il was but |, $50, 597 ounces The sal.
ne Of ali the gold claims in Australia is esii.
mated al So, 494 ,G2O.
West Virginia has a coal bed that extends
over iu,Nt4 acres, aid is seven feet thick.
An American newspaper, writing about
the Caiegta ana Deihi hne says that daring
las tear efaH % cisht corpses were iaken
froLa tGe ears. Victims Ell orer~cr0wd ding.