Oh Metallic Minerals. 343 



It is almost exclusively tlie native copper which has been 

 observed in this country. The sulpliuret and carbonate 

 have been noticed, but it only appears in mere s|)ecks and 

 (bin coating?. On the south side of Lake Superior, and 

 consequently within the boundary of the United States, a 

 vein of malachite has been noticed, which may, upoa 

 examination prove of importance. — (See Jst vol. of the 

 Transactions, pages 2G and 36.) 



Ores of copper are much more usually found in primary 

 than in secondary rocks. 



ORES OF GOLD. 



Gold has not been noticed in Canada, but so near the 

 frontier as to induce me to give the following extract from 

 an American paper, the particulars of which there appears 

 to be no reason to question the accuracy of: — 



" Vkioiont Goi-u. — We some months since noticed the 

 dbvovery, in Vermont, of several specimens of the precious 

 metal, und now learn, from the Boston 'rruvcller, that it 

 has been analized by General Field, who has forwarded a 

 specimen for the Havard University. The Traveller shinies 

 that * the gold was found in the high way, deposited with 

 u quantity of clay, sand, and gravel ; the soil was alluvial, 

 and upon examination it appeared to have been brought 

 down and deposited l»y a small rivulet, from a high hill. The 

 specimen of gold when found, weighed 8^ ounces, wa'^ of 

 u conical form, and had firmly adhering to its base a num- 

 ber of small transparent rock crystals. The gold is soft, 

 ductile, flexible, and malleable. Specific gravity 16-5, 

 and the lustre that of virgin gold. The soil of the region 

 is argillaceous, aflbrding beds of excellent potters clay, 

 and the rocks in situ, are all of the primitive class.'" 



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