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that i it was band “ore of se oe seg a8 aa al- 
the ‘ime no the disc of 
f ) the 
re) isc a eels was informed iat a 
il w as produced from this ore, which’ was not 
aah SI 
of platina, spit as they acknowledged, it was 
7 fused, and burne ith a blue flame. I suspected 
of that metal in the ore. Pi rennctet a minute account of 
the process.—* The materials, namely, the ore, charcoal, 
borax, &c. were put into a crucible—Emetic “tartar, in 
considerable Hels was added to make the ore “spe 
out” thé metal Po was afterwards tried with ie 
same view, but but was not found | to be st strong enough “to make 
igure wore.” ” After the account of the process, it was 
not difficult to account for the production ne antimony, it 
being obviously fo from the Emetic ar. 
At Concord near the western limit of ti gold coun- 
iry, the metal is found 4 in small grains in the streets and 
gullies, after every rain; and the gullies frequently disclose 
the stratum of gravel and mud, well known as the reposito- 
ry of the gold. Washings on a more limited scale are 
conducted here. The clay is not so dense at this place 
as at ata ade ot more ferruginous and full of span- 
gles of eae mica. This stratum rests on gneiss: 
those “ihn were over the Slate formation. 
Pa vA a is situated on a small stream four miles 
wes fthe river Yadkin. As in the instances already men- 
ince were numerous in the low grounds ol 
The earth at this place whi on onta 
of a deeper red than that at er of i seas mines. 
be gold found here i is chiefly in flakes and” grains. ~ Oct 
ally however pieces are met with which weigh 100 
ota and ul and very recently a mass has been dis- 
coveret weighed four pounds and eleven sa a 
This is said to have ie found at the depth of ten fee 
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