The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-07-27

naru oloW at INC ii"n's VI Uno IT, no
eminent Sceologl'ts oi EuioPo, n"
0uess, professor Vi geolosy av ~ ~
yerslty OF vienna, VINO m mas. recently pun ~
llsheu a WORK upon VI
omnizod Fnronean agtboritvin his sneciaI
sSbere he moi onIv has aimedin this able
oppd ;nyaIuabIo ho.k to Garner and ar
ranoo tha b:StoricaI facts and the statis-
tics If the ~nroduction Of cold, but also
w SnnnIv tbo nreviouslv Lacking infor
mot;an ahout monevHwhicb is not
analI oven AMONG those who most affect
snerial tnowladge on the sutherland at
the same time TO annlv clearly formula.
tad Laws 70 the eronon,ic nhanomena
witneoood
Frnm the otondnoirt of the oeologist
Prof Suess nronon as a demonstra,
tod fact that taxing alI.the GOLD eyer ex-
covated from thn remote Egyntian era Of
Pamooos IT Jnyn 70 tho latest d;scoy.
ar;es tbora hos not been enongb nf if
unoortboI +n instifr The oanar9l estab.
Tsbment Of tbe Sinaie.money standard Of
ooId oantondaJ far Lv q c.rfo;n ucbool If
800 80 " Pn,ana !nd 90 It'll reoson
JdaS bo fnd for tbot Jamond tbot he on.
nosos 20 IL w. stronn nrnbo LiIit1 tIif :
po9.ID ~ '1loIs ooatmr;oe I'M
h n anb or "tod' oil tha aor,h,s roId rn'
Inc present stock OF goid, increased oy
all WHEN may De herealIer extracted,
estimated at any maximum mat can be
i~ntelligently assumed, Herr ouess man
tains, must be, relatively, so small that
we cannot ratlonally escape from the
conclusion that, IN the course OF a lew
hundred years, there will net be nearly
enough gold at the disposition OF man-
kind for money uses: From this con
clusion there is no escape, he a1llrms,
when one, calmly surveying the earth,
notes the small extent of 1t which geo
logically affords Tie least nope OF furnish
ing future g~old'1lelds at all adequate TO
supply the increasing demand for this
precious metal And 1t is upon this
point the work OF this German scientist
is singularly valuable.
lie says that the precious metals nave
three separate sources winch mar The
geological Transformation OF their com
ponent matter IN the outer strata OF the
earth. In the brSt class gooId n SILVER
are found infinitely disseminated IN the
rocks. mus, goid Is 1ouhd Oiehueo WIN
platinum n Other metals, as al NlJhl-
Tapil, IN the Oural FOUNTAINS put so
f.w are the localities, IL so small the
product, that TINS source Is nov 10 De
taken into account IN estimating the
worlds resources ior maintaining
a metallic money system A second
source he places IN the seams or assures
which have resulted from Voicahic
forces, and to winch belong the famous
bonanza mines OF Nevada, the loaes OF
veins OF New Granada ana OF the carPa,,
than mountains also OF victoria anu
Queensland, ana some OF the ,gahgues
OF New Lealanu- Inc third or last
source are the Ptdcer ana nuVlal golu
fields CT California, AustralIa, New HGal-
and, and the Ourai ana hiVerihe us
trlcts OF northern ASIA, the goiu oeP09-
its of which have had thelr origin III tne
chemical operation Wrougnt Dy the ar,
together with the meGnanlGa dl'Place-
ment ana removal anecteu ny water
These ever active, powerful Transforming
agents dlscomposed the clder strata ana
transported them 10 Ihe D5us Ill WnIcn
they are iounu, ana which are "orKeu
by hydraulic processes.
Herr sues Piaces the aggregate pro,
duction or gold ron lo d6 10 II close 3l
1876 at about o,Zoo,oOo,oVo OF "hich
all but S39l,o oO,ooo was drawn eAclu
slVely tle laSV hientioieu ctaas Vi
sources, whlch consequently must Oe re,
garded as the only substantial held OF
gold-supPly IN the luture' IN TINS rela-
ton, the geological lesson, according 10
this mlnentsaVaht u.s. that tne production
OF gold must uepehd essentially upon
those parts OF the earth where, 1or a GER
tain time, the primitive ROCKS were eI-
posed to decomposition, ana consequently
as those sections are relatively very III
considerable, ana 50 much OF ihem q
already been OF thelr gold
that we must reach the CONCLUSION nat,
at this very tlme' more una nan OF al
the gold which can eve DC extracted
possibly from tne earth by human lao0ri
ingenuity, ana perseverance mas ALREADY
come into The OF man, ana lutther
that the PERIOD OF ultimate exhaustion
must come with the greater rapldlty
because OF the intensely greater scale
with which mining is now carried on by
aid of moder improved machinery anc
processes Tor extracting and deuucihe
ores to bullion, together with the grea'
depths hat are now reached and *
plored. Therefore, the period at whicI