126 Remarks on the Gold Mines of Virginia. 
and zealous assistance of Mr. Forrest Suepuern, whose minute 
acquaintance with the topography and peculiarities of this portion of 
the country, and whose knowledge of the sciences, which have a 
bearing on this subject, qualify him for extensive usefulness in this 
department of service, and justly entitle him to confidence. 
Gold Districts of the Virginia and New England Mining Com- 
pany, in Louisa County. 
This tract, recently belonging to Mr. William Walton, contains 
1934 acres, and joins to the rich gold tract described above, and now 
the property of the Virginia Exploring and Mining Company, ex- 
cept that a narrow tract, called the Triple Fork, intervenes, which 
tract belongs to the Goochland Mining Company. This tract, which 
is about two hundred yards wide, does not differ materially from that 
of the Virginia Exploring and Mining Company. Like that land, 
this contains gold, but it has been only imperfectly explored. ‘Two 
years ago, ashallow excavation was made, and by the use of a rocker, 
a few pennyweights were obtained each week, amounting in ten 
weeks to 680 pennyweights in the whole, and it is expected that the 
work will be resumed. 
This tract appears to be a continuation of the same gold region, 
its geological structure being the same with that of the rich Walton 
territory above named. Slaty rocks form the common basis of the 
whole territory, and upon them lies gravel, then clay, and then soil 
and forest. 
This portion of land is intersected by six veins of quartz, three 
of which appear very distinctly in the public road, one more ob- 
scurely, and one of them is believed to be the identical vein* which, 
near Mr. Walton’s house, is very productive of gold ;—no reason 
appears why it should not be equally productive here, but as it has 
not been opened, this cannot now be positively known, and it must 
be decided by future exploration. 
No thorough investigation has, as yet, been in any way made upon 
the tract; mining has not been even begun, and only a few impert- 
fect trials have been instituted for surface gold, by washing the gravel 
and other loose materials. As far as these trials have been made, 
they decidedly favor the opinion expressed above, as to the nature of 
* On the authority of the county surveyor, Mr. Richardson. 
