Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-17


Gates, its resurrection Of the 2neieH
forms in this day OF alleged progress anc
the fact that British court is bound tC
decide on the legitimacy tN the descend
ant of him who c0nspire6 the murder o.
their favorite and most ,hivalrous SOW
ereign. BY this decree )f Justice Ar
mould el0. 900 a year are guaranteed tC
Aga Khan as the one entitled 10 the rev.
enues Of the order Of ssassins."
From the hicago TlmesI
The third series Of Lectures on "COlo-
rad5n and her resources, by Prof VIII
liarn Denton, was delivered at Crosby's
music hall, to a highly respectable and
attentive audience. Tht' topic for the
evening was the mineral resources OF
/ Colorado.
The speaker promised that mountains
were the greet storghagsss Of mineral and
metallic wealth, the world over. The
/ iron and coal of England were found in
I her mountainous districts: the metals Of
{ Germany, in the Hartz mountains; OF
( Norway, in the D1trafield mountains /;
( the gold of Russia, the diamonds Of India
all were found among the hills and
I mountains. There was an apparent ex-
ceptiOn in the case Of California, where
( gold WIS found in the yj.lieys, but even
/ then it had been originally washed
( down from the mountains. The great
chain Of the Rocky mountains from the
southern end Of South America, away
up to the Russian POSSESSIONS Of North
America, was, as far as discovered, q vast
place Of deposit for all kinds Of precious
snd valuable metals. There was the
famous silver mine Of POtosi, Is Coo feet
above the level Of the sea, which had
yielded SINCE its discovery, $40, 600, CO.,,
coo, of gold and silver, and the mines Of
the Incas with their fabulous wealth,
those Of Central America, aud just above
Il those of Chir,qui, the long worked
mines Of Mexico which had already
yielded more than 3 O0J 900 900 "a shown
by tie reeords, those of New Mexico still
above, where solid masses of silver, one
Of them Weighing 200 pounds, had been
discovered, and tie next tONew Mexico,
the mines Of Colorado. In all of these
cases the gold aud silver was found in
the mountains, and thefe could be little
doubt that the metals pervaded this great
chain as Iar as il extended.
The question is often asked Why
does gold exist in the mountains The
reply wss, that such was not the fact.
Gold exists under Chicago to-day. Il
exists all over the earth. II man could
mine it deep enoggh and cheap enough,
he could fnd gold upon any spot of the
hHbitabls surface. The explanation OF
the fact that it is only found in noun
famous districts, is that the mountains
hive lifted the gold to the surface. The
esrth, he repeated, had been in a fiery
fluid condition, the ed tor Of the Times
to the contrary Notwithstanding,
snd It's centre was 50 still. Of.
course all the metals being in this
hIid condition, they would naturally
arrange themselves In the order Of their
specific gravity. Aud If the earth had
cooled gradually they would have re-
NAMED so. But such had not been the
case, and ut various times the outer crust
o. the earth's surface had found itself too
Isrge for the mass within. / would not
H. The consequence was, as is often
seen in the case Of "a drying and Withered
apple, that wrinkles were produced upon /
the surface, and crevices had been |
opened up 10 that surfsce. This wink /
ling had caused the mountains. The /
metals had been brought to TIE surface I
by the elevation Of portions of the crust (
into mountains, and also had forced their I
way up through the crevices before re- /
ferred to. These last were the true /
metallic veins.
And here arose another question In /
what manner we're these deposits Of ore I
made In these Crevicesg This was .
matter abou. which there was great [
diversity Of opinion. There were vari- .
Gus theories, all of which, the speaker
thought, contained q portion Of truth /
f'at Hut gro.lf no III Of them alone would cover
The Sirst theory Wis that OF infiltra-
tiOU. = tea-ketJle sitter long use viii .
f111H Ia huvra ffaras tF rrrafFars FsF,v--
ering is entire inside surface. IN the /
same way As the molten fluids had as
ceuded the crevice, The various metals
Of which it was COMPOSED had been de
posted upon It's sides, and had been left
there when the water had returned TO
the center.
The second theory vas that Of iuiae-
ton. The vast quantities of molten
matter pouring up through the splits
and ereYices had brought great masses
of gold with them, ald sometimes had
reached clear % the surface, letting over,
and remaining upon the earth's crust.
This was the case in the Lake Superior
region, where vast blocks of copper
as high as 200 tons had been
found. 1t was also tue of Nova Scotia
and California, where, however, the
gold thus found was always impreguated
Tie third theory was segregation,
bounded on the law Of attraction between
PARTICLES 4 the same metals for each.
Il was the same rule which attracted
persons of like temperament to each
other Solid balls az the sulpharet Of
iron were found on the shores near the
cliffs of Dover, which had been washed +
up from the 0OttUIl of the sea. The
PARTICLES laying scattered as they were in
the mud and sand of the oceans bed.
had been mutually attracted 10 each
other and had fornnd these solid balls
Cases were known in England where,
after tIe water hod been pumped from a
long deserted lead mine, crystals Of lead
had been found cliCgiUg to the walls,
the iutimitessimal lead par
-icIes existing In the water.
4 fourth theory wts that Of sublima-
lion, or the rising Of minerals TO the sur
face in the shape Of vapOr. Water,
quicksilver, iron snl even gold under
lie hea. OF the 0xy-itydrogan biowpipe,
would pass away IN the shape Of yapor.
lust so the heat Of the interior of the
earth iissolves these metals into vapor,
and if nothing but tle metal itself was
present, the yapOr would lodge upon The
walls of the creviets ia crystals. But
instead Of that, it uuites with ether
metals, sulphur particularly, and so
idulterated Is found IN the shape Of sui
ohurets Of sll the various metals. The
}nly pyre metal folnd in the world is
meteCric iron. The FapOr of gold, how
.vpr, unites with other metals much
ess readily than an.y Of them, and is sell
lom found except ia combination with
sulphur.
The lecturer then proceeded to treat Of
he mineral wealth Of Colorado. It's
real wealth was in It's vast deposits Of
coal and iron. Thlse two articles were
be wealth Of the world. They formed
.o-day the right arnt Of England's power,
and she trembles 10 fear Of their pro-
spectlve exhaustion. The United States
need fear no such catastrophe. There
were, within its boundaries, coal and
ron enough to last the world for billions
1f years. There wire four kinds Of coal:
The anthracite, bitIiminCus, Ignite and
petroleum coal. '1f these all but the
irst were found in vast quantities in
Colorado. When The lecturer first
visited Colorado and saw the loads
Df hard wood flr purposes Of fuel,
be thought that ere long that couu-
try must fall into a decline. But
before he left. he had ascertained that
she had not only sl the coal she could
ever use, but would be able to supply the
world for ages upon ages to come He
had himself discovered in a canon, near
The Utah line, vein Of petroleum coal,
1ne ton Of which would yield 130 gall
Ions Of oil. The lectursr here made u
thrilling references. to a section Of Colo
RADIO which his glide had described to
him as +" the Cd q -dest country you
ever saw 1t Wis q vast eSpsnse Of
surface Of hard rock, perfectly bare Of
.ree or shrub or grass, or indeed of any
hing that could support q living thing.
Away it stretched for coo miles Of bare
-ocks wind swept and clean, with ter h