﻿March, 1857.] 



ELLIOTT SOCIETY. 



101 



MARCH 2d, 1857. 



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

 W. H. Wright, Esq., Acting Secretary. 



Donation to Library. 



Prof. L. R. Gibbes presented Espy's Second Report on 

 Meteorology. Upon motion of Dr. Frampton, the thanks of 

 the Society were tendered to Prof. Gibbes. 



The President read a paper on the Accentuation of A^ames 

 in Natural History. Referred to the Committee of Curators. 



MARCH 16th, 1857. 



President Lewis R. Gibbes in the chair. 

 W. H. Wright, Esq., Acting Secretary. 



Dr. Frampton presented the following written Notice of an 

 Ore of Argentiferous Galena 



I submit for the inspection of the Society some lead and a 

 globule of silver obtained from Galena ore, taken from Morgan's 

 Mine in Spartanburg District, about 14 or 15 miles from the Court 

 House, and near the Limestone Springs. The ore in question is 

 imbedded in a matrix, consisting of copper pyrites and peroxide of 

 iron; 2 grammes of the ore yielded 2 milligrammes of pure 

 silver; from 27 grammes and 5 centigrammes of the ore we ob- 

 tained 19 grammes, 2 decigrammes, and 5 centigrammes of lea. 

 This Mine, we are informed by Prof. Shepard, is situated in the 

 midst of extensive woodlands and near a deep rivulet. A Mine so 

 rich in lead and possessing so many natural advantages, should it 

 ever be rendered easily accessible by a good road, and even be 

 able to command moderately cheap labor, would prove a mine of 

 wealth to its fortunate possessors. 



Prof. Shepard, who has inspected this Mine, and to whose kind- 

 ness I am indebted for many interesting particulars concerning it, 



