Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-12
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On motion, Q vote OF thanks was rem.
dsred to these officers for the able and
effective manner in which they have dis
charged their respective duties.
CABINET DONATIONS.
Prof. w. Frank Stewart, Librarian.
then proceeded to exhibit and describe
to the Society the following interesting
and valuable donations to the new cab
met Of the Society:
By Jerry H. Job. County Clerk OF
| Humboldt county-A box Of choice
specimens. consisting Of native copper.
crystalline copper in combination with
crystals Of lucits from Lake Superior;
peacock copper ore and two very beauti.
iul specimens Of c~rystallized copper
from England; spotted agate from Cali.
fornia; a very rare specimen Of anslssite
or sulphate OF lead from Arizona; also
specimens Of orpimsnt or arsenic ore.
etc.
BY W. Frank Stswsrt-An extensive
and very rich collection, consisting Of
lead. copper and silver ores from Walker
river; native silver ore, sulphuret OF sill.
yer. s~tsphanits. pyrolucite or binoxids
Of manganese. . rich specimen Of cop
per-bearing silver ore. stedefeldtits.
chslcedony. obsidian. or volcanic glass,
from which the Indians make their
arrow heads. and Q very rare specimen
OF pisolits from Paradise Valley and
other portions Of Humboldt county.
Nevada. :
BY ]. w. Fisher OF Gold Hill-A
Mexican dollar OF l8i9, the year he came
TO California. 1t was q well-worn speci-
men, having been spent thousands Of
times for whisky and other pioneer
requisites, until Fisher arrested 1t in its
dissoluts career and saved 1t for future
reference.
BY Mrs. /. F. Thompson Of San Fran
cisco, formerly Of Virginia City. . very
rare and valuable collection OF curiosi.
ties from the Sandwich Islands. COM
prising Q neat ornamental bag or reticuls
made from the seeds OF the tamarind,
and q most beautiful wreath ingeniously
constructed from the stalk OF the pump
kin vine by natives Of Hawaii.
Specimens OF lava from the lava beds
Of Kilaues, the famous volcano OF
Hawaii, in constant srupion-a sea OF
burning lava. twelve miles across.
A neat little cup made from Q coooanut
shell. handsomely polished, BY natives
Of Honolulu.
Amost beautiful wreath Of feathers,
principally Of . golden color. and called
BY the natives eli" or feather wreath.
The eli" 10 made by the natives OF the
Hawaiian Islands from the feathers OF q
peculiar black bird. called the 100"
pronounced Oh.oh), Q species now al
most extinct. This rare bird car.
ries but four Of these small and
beautiful feathers, two under each
wing. and the wreaths they are
made into have o fixed commercial value.
20 on account OF their rarity they are
principally held a. heir looms In the
royal family. or by the native chiefs, and
Whenever offered for sale they bring
from SIS to $50 each. 1t is from these
same very rare feathers that the cele-
brated {" feather cloak I" IL made, In o
OF which Lunslilo, the late king OF the
Sandwich Islsnds was buried. This
eli" was presented by Governor Ks-
pama, Q native chief to Mrs. Thompson,
Who now In turn presents IL a . worthy
contribution to the cabinet OF the Pho
nesrs.
On motion, Q vote OF thanks was re-
returned to the donors OF these valuable
contributions. and especially to Mrs. /.
F. Thompson.
GOOD OF TIE SOCIETY.
Under this head Professor Stewart re-
marked that he was going shortly to
take o trip to the East. There Is con-
siderable interest manifested in New
York and elsewhere In that section in the
mines and minerals Of this coast. especial
" Of Nevada. He would like the pivi-
legs Of selecting q few duplicate speci-
mems Of ores and minerals from the
cabinet Of the Society to carry with him,
together with other samples he had
| collected to show to the people Of the
East - specimens Of the ore from our
mines, promising to return them. On
motion, he was unanimously granted the
privilege.
Meeting adjourned.
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