12 Gold Region of North Carolina. — 
ty; the eastern comprises the most fertile, populous and flour- 
ing part of North Carolina.* 
2. The former is generally broken, and in some parts rises 
into lofty mountains ;t the latter presents nothing deserving 
the name of mountain. This character, and the preceding 
are of little value in themselves, but taken in connexion 
with the others, appear worthy of notice. 
3. The western division is as rich as other parts of our 
country, in mineral species, especially in imbedded crystal- 
line — such as garnet, tourmaline, staurotide, oxide of 
ae ee 
* A writer in the first number of the Southern tated fl observes, that “ it 
has long been known that a belt of very fertil comparatively = 
traverses the three sate safe states,” and a Roem in the work und 
view, draws the conclusion that this belt is < indicative of the slate fo Pantin” 
at there are tratts of g land within the limits of the state, is true, but in 
general, the soi! produced by its decomposition is poor, 
on South Carolina especially, i is infamous through all the adjacent country for 
i rility. ar as No ina is concerned, this fertile land is indica- 
tive of the eastern division of the Primitive. 
t I suspect the highest — to a to the transition rocks. The = 
elevated land in this part of the United States, is unquest: 
base of the Grandfather, as is prav Site the fact hat here are the head 
‘large rivers; the kin, Catawba, Tennessee and Kenhawa, noe 
ing the sea by widely different routes, but whether the mountain itself 
over-topped by the nei ing summits of the Roan and Black Mostelavat 
Tennessee and femeorte especial y the me is doubtful. pata says, 
vations a the Uae States, page 43,) “ A si 
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robably be eee a it lies in a salient angle of the western transition, whic 
Sista ubromin of the angeles; including the Grandfather, 
and perhaps the see 
In the accuracy of Maclure’ s pat oriiatond: at the points which he had an 
0 of visiting personally, geologists will re a confidence as un- 
doubting as it is well merited, pat einem to be wished that for the direction 
succeedi had given some slaimaatione of his different routes 
But the circumstance that the long range of old red sandstone, extending 
through not appear , shews conclusively 
that te fi t to west, and as this part of the Alle 
e ild, uninhabited, and difficult passes in the whole 
range it may be contectinea that he did not traverse the mountains at 
place; thatit has never been visite any pe voted to natural science, 
ex Mi 8 hom, both fathtr and son, it was a fav - f 
observation, but they re paid much attention 
A slead kingdom. I had an peak A of sf nog along only the north east 
ern edge of this body of su a point near where th 
Watanga enters Tennessee, across ers rome vuniese the Linneville to the 
ama oration. 1 found plonky of Clay cia, onecnn ai 
rmation. ound pien clay slate, especially around the sides 
of the Grandfather, and such cher eck 4 alon: the tiaedans of Sse 
oceupy the dividing line between the primitive and transition strata. 
