The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1877-04-11
RICHES FROM TIE SIX IEs.
The Gigoafic Mass d,ttt... TsH III Diamond
luHsg, Ncraia A Qaser Story.

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la From toe Euleisa New ssn.sncl.1
/ Ahont four O'Clock IN lie morning uf
jthea1illof January, m immense huiy.
glowing with intense briilinney. came
rushing across tile face III heaven. iilu-
lninating the earth with the lighr of tiny.
/ It,ravel.d ii M obligne dir, r,riioi,, from
/ the southwest 10 the northwest, and in-
simultaneously 4 shock ~aa felt that al
most threw The few spectators 1T that
eariy hour from their feet.
| About ten days ago Mr. sWher'er. who
cultivaits Il ranch II, Diamond Valley,
and who Is also III tho stock business,
came miot town and left most rrrnarka-
! BILE substance with All assayer. MIR.
Wheeler had u smalierinaof ofmetaIlurgica
| fkilowledge. and, il seems, had tested tho
compound wifl,a blow. pipe and other
means within his reach, and detected the
presence Of tile precious metals, but was
unable to determine tile value.
Tie piece submitted to the assayer was
about as large rs n hens egg, and imnle-
diately attracted his attention by its un-
usual weight and peculiar color. ii heing
of pnrpiish-black shade. and where IL
had been broken off tie main body pre-
senting laninated stratification that he
failed tortcOgnize. MIR. Wacke expended
the whole nigntina series Of experiments.
applying every known test to the article,
aud detecting The presence of iron, nickel,
cadmium. lead, silver, gold, zlnc, copat,
silica and phosphorus. There was also u
residnum 10 each assay, TO which Professor
Warke was unable to deierollne the pro-
peries, but he hopes by the use Of the
spectroscune to classify IL.
A surprising feature Of the ore IL ex~
cessise nialleabil.ty and ductiiity, a shlnil
portion Of II being reduced by hammer
Ing To u film not exceeding -hundredih
Of an inch III thickness. He has sent
portionof il 10 the San Francisco Aea-
DENY of Sciences, and alsD to Prof. Sill
liman. Of New Hnven, and In the Tcan-
time Ii srtcSerutins his researches. Prof.
Wacke has found ihas the substance will
reacIi 1857 IN silver and si2 III gold per
ton.
| The strangest part Of The story remains
toLe told: aud now, that Mr. Wheeler has
duly recorded bi- eiaim and perfected the
title, wc feel at liberty TO disclose the
facts. Un ihs morning nf the 7lh Of
January, Mr.. Wheeler Was almost throwR
from lis brd Us siol.iil shock. Gets
ting up and looking out o. the window, he
observed III the foot nf the mountain an
| immense mass glowing 4. white heat
mud If intense brightness. Hastily
dressing. he approached - near A. ln,ssi-
Lle. aii, found that the object hly just ut
tile foot of Tile Diamond mountain range.
butil,e heat was - great that lie could
not go withina thousand yards Of tlls
spot.
He KEEP, his own counsel. and nIade re-
peaieh attempts u rracli II, hM did nat
succeed until the l4th inst; When ithad
cuolr,i sufficiently 10 allow lin, i, break
of the portion brought % toan. The
main body will measure about sixty feet
III height, eighty-Sescn feet III Width.
aud il three hundred and thirteen feel III
length These nre the proportions ofths
body visible. and it's probable that ~
much moIe II Undecided III the earth. Mr..
Wheeler calculates tha. :llcrc ARE at least
a,OJu,OOO inns IN sight. and fit will work
anyMhetenearth The assay he will extract IN
immense sum from Tie mass.