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searching for gold, and only the rudest methods have been em- 
ployed in obtaining it. I was informed that gold to the value 
of $2400 had been taken from one ‘claim’ at Tangier, $1300 from 
another, and $480 from‘a third, although many other ‘claims’ had 
yielded little or nothing. I saw in Halifax ingots and specimens 
of Tangier gold which were valued at about $2000, and at 
Lunenburg at least $250 worth of fine dust which it was said 
had been washed from a single ‘pocket’ on the beach. 
I have recently analyzed some specimens of gold which I ob- 
tained at Tangier and Lunenburg, and the results are given be- 
low. The Tangier specimen was taken from a quartz vein, and 
1s very remarkable for its purity. I find it is surpassed in this 
Tespect by the gold from only one other locality, viz., Scha- 
browski, near Katharinenburg, in Siberia.* The Lunenburg 
gold was in small particles, washed from the sand on the shore. 
Tn preparing for the analyses the gold was boiled in chlorhydric 
acid, fused twice with borax and hammered, and its specific 
gravity taken. The quantity employed in each case was between 
one and two grammes, and the analyses were made according to 
the method used by Rose in his investigations on the gold of the 
Ural mountains. 
An analysis of the Tangier gold, specific gravity 18°95, gave, 
Gold, - - - - - - - 9813 
Silver, ‘ . ‘ ‘ - ‘i - 1 16 
Copper, - . : . > . 
ine - - - - . : - trace, 
99°04 
An analysis of Lunenburg gold, specific gravity 18°37, gave, 
Gold, - : : : é souNete 92-04 
Silver, - - - - - - - - oe 
© ae gs = 2 = = i F. 
he = - - bed . * ome trace, 
99°91 
In some specimens of auriferous quartz from Lawrencetown, 
obtained of Mr. R. G. Fraser of Halifax, I found mispickel, iron 
Pytites, galena, and magnetite, associated with the gold in 
Same manner as at the other localities. In one instanee a crys- 
tal of mispickel had a small particle of gold passing directly 
through its center. The specific gravity of the gold from this 
Place was 18°60, which would indicate a degree of purity between 
tof the Tangier and Lunenburg specimens. The quantity 
obtained was not sufficient for satisfactory analyses. — 
r. Fraser informed me that some time since, in company 
With several others, he made explorations for gold on Sable 
island, and found a small quantity in the sand of which it is 
* *3 Mi , Fourth ed., e 9. 
t aster ral, page 400° Berlin, 1842, 
