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_. For the last nineteen years all Brazil is not estimated to have ex-. 
ceeded an annual average of $1,240,000. . Peru, which, from 1752 
to 1801, had yielded annually upwards of 2,000,000 dollars, by the. 
last accounts, produced nothing worth mention. By a report from 
the Executive government of New Grenada to Congress, it is stated 
_ thatthe mines in 1822 produced 1,270,000 dollars, as would appear 
~ of'silver and. gold, and this amount has been since greatly diminished. 
North Carolina possesses adventitious advantages, in a healthy 
country, abundant supplies, cheap labor, dnd prompt returns. The 
 auriferous veins of North Carolina, crop out at the surface, and in 
this state, such treasures are obtained by slight movements of loose 
materials, as in some countries are collected at great depths. 
Great waste has been committed in Mexico; extensive amalgam- 
ation works have been destroyed in civil war, and the mines have 
become filled with rubbish and water. In many of the Hispano- 
American mines, necessary supplies and aids are obtained with dif- 
ficulty. Atthe Etoria Mines in Mexico, a small timber fora stamp- 
ing mill costs $600; and to the St. Ana mines in Colombia, now work- 
ed by English capital, nothing can be transported except on the 
heads and shoulders of Indians, access even by mules meine imprac- - 
ticable. 
We are not informed whether Congress have acted upon the subi. 
ject of the North Carolina Mint, the demand for which appéars to 
be reasonable, provided it interferes with no important principles of | 
national domestic policy. : 
* * * * * * 
The following facts are cited from the official report of a direc- 
tor of the mint, (Dr. Moore,) for the last year, 1830. 
The coinage effected within that period, amounts to $2,306,875 50 
comprising $295,717 50 in gold coins, $1,994,578 in silver, and 
$16,570 in copper, ; and consisting of 7,694,501 pieces of coin, viz. 
Half Eagles, © 57,442 pieces, making $287,210.00 
Quarter Eagles, 3,403 do. do. 8,507 50 
Half Dollars, 3,712,156 do. do. 1,856,978 00 
Dimes, 770,000 do. do. 77,000 00 
ae Dimes, 1,230,000 do. do. 61,5000 00 
Cents, 1,414,500 do. do. 14.145 00 
Half Cast, 487,000 do. do. 2,435 00 
zs 7,674,501 $2,306,875 50 
