beautiful ; its locality was kept a secret, but it was said to be cael 
dant. ‘There is lead on the head of Mill creek, Habersham. The 
specimens of the ore furnished to me were in cubical crystals. There 
is a report of mercury taken out of deposits with gold at places where 
had not been used in the stream by the washers. I had no 
ocular proof of the fact, but must rely upon the information of re- 
spectable gentlemen, who affirmed their knowledge of its existence. | 
Silver is associated with the gold at New Potosi, on the Chistitee. 
Garnet, tourmaline, small — prismatic quartz, zircon, &e., 
and varieties of pyrites, are also 
~ I shall enter into no gooey o0 the probable results to the 
from the new pursuit of mining. So far as it may be seen 
in Georgia, I will not anticipate an unfavorable issue to adventurers, 
or to the country; in a country where monopolies are unknown, 
every new enterprise is likely to be carried by some beyond the point 
of discretion; and where sobriety and education are both upon. the 
advance, I may hope that the profligacy which has been the bane of 
society in other mining countries, will not find place, or at least take 
deep root in this. The section described is immensely rich in met- 
als, and the wise will no doubt turn this gift of providence into a 
blessing ;. the country has as fine water and air as is drunk or breath- 
ed in the world, and there is much good land. 
I now pass from Georgia over the Blue ridge, into the western 
parts of North Carolina. This mining section is mostly in the Cher- 
okee country. 1 will not pretend to enumerate all the places: where 
gold has been found. Immediately bordering on the north-west side 
of the Blue ridge, there are fine table lands; the country is high, 
and a northern exposure renders it cold, and the season short for the 
latitude. ‘Twelve miles out of the valley, in Habersham, over the 
ridge to the head of the western waters, makes a change equal to 
several degrees of Jatitude, arising from the eastern declivity meeting 
the sun’s rays, and having the western winds broken off by the moun- 
tain. ‘These lands are formed by the disintegration of hills of the 
Blue ridge ; the rocks and base of the formation is much covered 
up; where the surface is so formed, it would be natural to suppose 
that gold in deposit would lie deep in these western parts, situate 
in Georgia, which includes the upper waters of Highwassa and 
Brass Town. ‘The digging for gold is forbidden by law on the Nan- 
tiale, Valley River. On the head waters of Little Tennessee and 
the Tuckasage, all in North Carolina, gold has been found; how far, 
