270 [September. 



Prof. Cresson communicated a note upon a copper coin in 

 the possession of Mr. M. Moore, of Trenton Falls, dated July 

 24th, 1866, viz. : 



There came into my hands last week, a small copper coin of the 

 weight of forty-two grains, in fine condition, very much like in ap- 

 pearance to the quarter-eagle of 1798, figured in Dickeson's Manual. 

 Around the head of Liberty, is twelve stars, on the right of the date 

 1803, is in very minute letters the word KETTLE, two stars being 

 displaced for its insertion ; the word Liberty is not directly over the 

 head, but on the right. I think it a trial piece of the quarter eagle 

 of 1803. 



Mr. Jacob R. Telfair, of the city of New York gave it to me ; his 

 little son had found it in his father's garden at Washington Heights 

 near New York. 



Mr, Lesley communicated extracts from a letter to him 

 from Mr. William Kohler, dated Austinville, Wythe County, 

 Va., June 12th, 1866, as follows : 



Some years ago in your report of the Lead Ores at this mine, you 

 wrote that they are found in an anticlinal formation, which, however, 

 was not easy to make out. This we have verified in the last few 

 years, by driving a new tunnel from the northeastern end of the hill 

 (from the flat on the river) southwestward, striking the ore and 

 going through it. We then had a rock pitching towards us and a 

 lead of ore on each side. That on the left dipping southeast, and 

 that on the right northwest. We first drove on the lead dipping 

 southeast; we left the ore standing over us. Then also the lead dip- 

 ping northwest. Both continue after driving for several hundred feet 

 on them. Taking out the mass of ore over these drifts we found that 

 they connected above. We left open a gangway over the antlcUnal 

 a.ris from the southeast dipping lead to the northwest. I thought it 

 would be gratifying to you, to know this, as your views were quite 

 the contrary of the Professors Rogers, who thought we had regular 



veins (thrown up from below) there. I am, etc., 



Wm. Kohler. 



Prof. Cresson described the appearance of curious lunar 

 rings observed by him at Potts ville and other places on the 

 27th July, 1866. 



Pending nominations Nos. 550 to 555, and new nomination 

 556, were read. 



And the Society was adjourned. 



