MINERALS. 



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incorporated, to search for gold, and manage their 

 common concerns.* 



Specimens of this gold, are in the extensive cabinet 

 cf minerals belonging to the Philosophical Society 

 ©f Philadelphia. 



The amount of gold bullion received at the mint 

 df the United States, at Philadelphia, from North 

 Carolina, since the discovery of that metal is as 

 follows : 



oz, dwt, grs* 

 Gross 778 12. 

 Stand. 804 18 23. 



dolls . cts, mills » 

 Value 14,310 18 5 



Quality from 22 carats 3-4 grs. 



To 22 carats 3 1-2 grs. fine. 



The standard of the 

 United States is 22 carats fine. 



This statement was politely furnished by Mr. 

 Cloud, the melter and refiner of the mint U. S. 



Gold has also been found in small quantity on the 

 upper part of James river, and a single lump of four 

 pounds weight, found near the falls of Rappahannoc 

 river, yielded, according to Mr. Jefferson, 17 dwts. 



In the county of Buckingham, between James river 

 and Appomattox river, have been found, according 

 to the same respectable authority, small lumps of 

 pure gold, from the size of a pin*s head to the size 



* Med. Bepos, 



