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Do not expect to find it, however. The search will 

 prove like that of Dr. Cook at the Shark River marl- 

 pits. It has been found, and will be again and again, 

 but only by mere chance will you come across a speci- 

 men of it. 



I do not know that the Quaker settlers ever believed 

 that gold would be found near here, but the Swedes did. 

 Here is a story from Campanius's quaint account of Xew 

 Sweden, as Jersey was then called : '* Lindstrom . . . as- 

 serts that there is a great quantity of gold, and relates a 

 fact in support of his assertion, which happened in the 

 time of the Swedish governor, John Printz, and is as 

 follows : ^ Once an American Indian went to pay a visit 

 to the said governor, and observing that his wife had a 

 gold ring on her finger, asked her why she wore about 

 her such paltry stuff ; w^hich, the governor hearing, he 

 asked the Indian if he could procure him any of it, and 

 said that, if he did, he would make him very fine pres- 

 ents ; to which the Indian replied that he would, for he 

 knew a mountain that was full of it. The governor 

 then showed him cloth of various colors, with lead, gun- 

 powder, mirrors, and several other things, and said to 

 him, ^'I will give you all these if you will get me a piece 

 of that stuff as a specimen. I will send two of my men 

 with you to get it," but the Indian would not consent to 

 that. " I will," said he, " go first and bring you a speci- 

 men, and then it will be time to send somebody with 

 me." Some days after he returned, and brought a piece 

 of ore as large as two fists, which the said governor 

 caused to be assayed, and found it contained much gold, 



