﻿Jan., 1857.] 



ELLIOTT SOCIETY* 



91 



DECEMBER 1 5th, 1856. 

 Robert Hume, Esq., in the chair. 



Dr. J. P. Chazal exhibited to the Society two specimens of 

 ore from the Morgan Mines, Spartanburg District, S. C. These 

 specimens were presented by Mr. Heart, Editor of the Charles- 

 ton Mercury, to the Museum of the College of Charleston. 

 One specimen, the larger, was lead ore, said to yield 103 lbs. of 

 lead to 119 lbs. of ore. The smaller, a copper ore, said to 

 enclose the former, and to contain 27 to 33 per cent, of copper. 

 This ore was referred to Dr. Lingard A. Frampton, from the 

 Mineralogical Sub-Committee, for analysis. 



A second part of Prof. McCrady's paper, entitled " Descrip- 

 tion of Oceania (Turrit opsis) mitricula,8?cP containing gene- 

 ral remarks on the history of this animal was read, but has not 

 been received for publication. 



JANUARY 2d, 1857. 



The President, Prof. L. R. Gibbes, in the chair. 



The following gentlemen, proposed as members at the last 

 meeting, were unanimously elected: 



Henry W. Wright, Esq, 

 Prof. H. R. Frost. 

 Dr. F. Peyre Porcher. 

 Dr. States Lee Lockwood. 

 Dr. G. E. Mantgault. 

 Edvv. McCrady, Jr., Esq. 



The President Prof. L. R. Gibbes, after calling Dr. Samuel 

 H. Dickson to the chair, read the following paper: 



On some points which have been overlooked in the past and 

 present condition of Niagara Falls. By Lewis R. Gibbes. 

 Among the problems presented for solution by the phenomena of 

 this mighty cataract, the most interesting, perhaps, is the determi- 

 nation of the interval of time which has elapsed since first began 



