Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-02
MIJOR NEWSONiS LECTURE.
Gold in Minnesota as Well as the Blacl
Hills.

The Academy of Natural Scien ces was crowd
ed last night with highly intelligent and
appreciative audience, gathered to listen to
lecture by Major T. NJ. Newson. The Major
was introduced by Mr.. r. o. Sweeny, and
opened his remarks by an allusion to twenty
five years ago, the time he had been in Mime
sofa, and the many changes that had been
wrought during those years. The time when
he rode to Rockford Illinois, the end of the
railroad; the great progress since then-with st.
Paul now populace city. He
alluded to his journey foot to Lake
Superior, then later in a stage coach,
then on the first cars. Now st. Paul has twelve
railroads and AZ, 900 people. He rode over the
ground where Minneapolis now stands, when
there was but one house; now see great city.
He had refused lots at st. Cloud, and could not
realize the progress in these years. Then the
great Northern Pacific railroad started into be-
ing, and he traced the results of that grand in
stitution showing its effect upon the Western
! country beyond st. Paul, and finally pictured
| Bismarck and the great area beyond that inclu-
! ding the Yellowstone, and marked out what
| the future would produce under the
| progressive march of the iron horse. He
then struck the Black Hills; clearly delineated
| it's geological formation; showed where gold
| was found; how obtained; named the various
l
! iting several specimens If rock; described the
| gold country in and about Deadwood; the
placer diggings; how the gold was procured
| the amount Of gold extracted, &c. He also
spoke of the number of gold mills in operation
1 (ffty). how the metal was commercially OBJ
tanned, as we'll rs the amount; how the mills
paid and kept his audience deeply interested
in the description of the chemical analysis OF
the various rocks, showing he was not only
master of the matter practically but chemically
He wove in many original ideas, and spoke
without notes for nearly two hours. After bis
interesting, and we must say, original view Of
matters in the Hills, he demonstrate b,
certificates and facts in his possession, that golc
and silver existed in Minnesota. Geographic
ally considered, be deemed the northern por
ton of Minnesota as we'll adapted for min
eral crop as the Black Hills, and proved by tn
statements of professors who had tested tn
rock on the north shore of Lake Superior, a
Vermilion and elsewhere in Minnesota, that i
contained precious metals in paving quantity
(S20 and upward to the TONI His statement
were positive on this point, and he backed then
up by the incontrovertible proof, that is, proc
in the shape of assays from six of the very
best professors of chemistry in the Unitet
States. He thought the rock in this State wa
Of later date than those of the Hills or rathe
more primitive, 1.-THE Hills being the Oldest
and that it would take more money to work i
as the metal was deeper in the bowels of tn
EARTH nature not having had time to oxyd tn
J iron and let out the tangible gold.
His lecture was interspersed with man
strong hits. and contained great deal of va
liable information, told in an earnest, pleasan
, manner, clearly showing that the majors tri
! to the Hills has not injured bis descriptive Q
Evolutionary powers. His audience was larg
! and greatly interested.