The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-01

be found a plentiful supplyof the praoio--
metal. The Alaskan rivers and stroa15ttS
give evidence of auriferous ab1In5eq-a--S
and the Asiatic and European DoIar. a.
proaches also furnish these indicationsN t-
Despite the intense cold which prevai1,
over all the approaches to the pole durir-.
INC greater portion OF the year, it is eri57
dent that the earth's crust is here of - A.
than the usual thickness. This evidorSsss
lies in the fact of the ~
can1c character of much of - ~
circumpolar region in the co1os ne
geysers of boiling water, and when - a. a.
considered that vast area is entiroI-.
unknown not having been trodden by
human Ieet SINCE the last great cataclvsr5
IL IS lnferrable that there are other -
dences only awaiting the explorer " +
the Ural mountains, which form a mart -
the boundary between Europe and a SIC
and which project nOrthward to the 90
OF Kara, are deposits of asbetOs ell
platinum, diamonds, gold and IRON. and III
IniugS lhulcaIe that IN the prepolar time
TINS region must have been a veritaLie
Arcadia. A point on the southwest -, -,,'to
OF Greenland, just few miles soutb ~
the arctic circle, enjoys the distinction ~
having the only known mine of crvolira N
the world. This is an ice-capped NO.
on Cape Desolation and is only accessibIs
to vessels of unusually sUanch co1strTr.
ton. U1-
Very early in the century a Cero,,
prospector named GOlseck. who landed a.
Cape Farewell, which is the southern AZ.
tremity of Greenland was the 10
European to make this discovery. ReiT,,
told of this curious stone by a native bs
proceeded up the Arsuk Fiord. Wen 70
the place, and at the waters edge e,-,
the outcropping of the white. soft syIb-
stance which the natives used in dressiDc,
pelts, rubbing it on the heshy side vbar55
It's action was much like that of soan
The material was then named crvolite
meaning ice stone, and the prospect0r had
found the foride of sodium and aluminium
the substance having a cOnsiderab BILE com,
mercla1 value, as alum, salsoda, bicarboD-
ate OF soda and other substances hav1nq
value are its products. This crvolite DE-
posit is very peculiar. 1t occurs at fbe
base OF mountain slope, in the form of
an oval pocket or chimney, its longer
and shorter axes being 100 and 300
feet respectively, extending down
ward at an an angle of forty-five to the
horizon. The sides, as far down as tha
eXcaVatlOMeXtends,a are of gray granite
aud the formation was also covered win
this rock. In the absence of any mora
specific information as to geological
characteristics it may be surmised thai
bAIlo NA4tlAIGy ia SOlub DdSL age QlQ ia
as vent hole for some spOuting gevser
and may, at one period, have spoutad
water highly charged with the substances
mentioned, held in solution. 1t is a most
unique mine, being simply a huge shaft
worked in benches and extending slant.
ingly down into the earth Being close
to the arctic circle, it is near the sixtieth
parallel, and is farther north than are
the Russian penal mines in Siberia AL
fbnnnh fhic f,oalrat
mined since 1864, as the excavation covers
1900 square yards of superficial area. the
depth reached is not very considerable
being only 100 feet
1t may seem like a contradiction of
terms to speak of an animal mineralogv.
and yet it is fact that there are islands
in portions of the circumpolar district
that are really quarries, if the term be-
allowable, of animal remains, bones and
tusks, ivory of the finest kind, of a guam
tity warranting a one-time aggregation
of animal forms to which all that now
exists on the earth hardly affords a COM
parison. If we survey the present animal
construction on strictly mechanical lines
it seems incredible that colossal monsters
should once have existed carrying tusks
more than Is feet long and weighing
singly over 300 pounds, yet the evidence
goes to show that not only were there
herds of those forms, but that they
were also myriads in numbers. The polar
region is one vast cemetery of the re-
mains of a world of bygone fauna, and on
a scale of aggregation that would proba-
bly, exceed that of the combined world at
present. The time has gone by for our
earth again to possess the conditions Of
such reproductive vigor as produced both
the earlier fauna and fora. Without a
doubt time will come when this frigid
storehouse will be opened up and its
treasure made to respond to human needs.
1t is even well that some things can be
placed out of the common reach, as coal,
gas and petroleum all illustrate with
what reckless greed we waste when once
we have access to the stored resources Of
nature