84 
FOREIGN ORES 
668. Rich Silver Ore, con¬ 
taining 90 oz. of auriferous silver 
in 100 lbs. 
From the Theresa lode, near Rosa 
Winze, in Mine Schmidtnerinn 
Stollen, Schemnitz, Hungary. 
669. Silver Ore ( Weisserz, 
Argentiferous Mispickel). 
Braunsdorf, Saxony. 
670. Galena, with Fahlerz, 
containing 3 per cent, of Silver. 
From the Mine Turandot, near 
Wissen, on the Sieg. 
671. Sulphide of Silver. 
Guadalcanal, Spain. 
Presented by Henry Southern. 
672. POLYBASITE. 
Mexico. 
673. Antimonial Sulphide of 
Silver, in veins of quartz travers¬ 
ing clay slate. 
El Corro de PronTio, Fresnillo, 
Mexico. 
674. Antimonial Sulphide of 
Silver. 
Fresnillo, Mexico. 
67o. Red Silver Ore. 
Zacatecas, Mexico. 
676. Rich Silver Ore. 
From the Comstock Vein, Vir¬ 
ginia City, Utah Territory. 
Presented by Melville Attwood, 1860. 
j 677. Silver Ore. 
! From the Mine “4 Amigos,’' or 
I “ 4 Friends," Arqueros, Co- 
quirnho, Chile. 
I Presented by David Ross. 
! 
I Wall-case 23. 
Shelf I. 
678. Natia^e Silver. 
Mines of Tourinsk, District of 
Bogoslovsk, Russia. 
1 Presented by the Imperial Mining In¬ 
stitute of Russia. 
679. Silver Ore, with Ame¬ 
thystine quartz, &c. 
Mexico. 
' 680. Sila'er Ore, Sulphide clis- 
1 seminated in Veinstone. 
I Biscania Mine, Real del Monte, 
\ Mexico. 
j 
I 681. SiLA^ER Ore, Sulphide 
with blende. 
Terreros Mine, Biscania Vein, 
Real del Monte, Mexico. 
I 
I 682. SiLA'ER Ore. 
I Biscania Vein, Real del Monte, 
Mexico. 
Nos. 679 to 682 presented by John 
[ Taylor. 
Ores of Gold. 
Besides the examples in which Gold is found comparatively pure in 
lodes and in stream works, a number of the A’einstones or matrices of 
lodes are exhibited, in which particles of Gold are disseminated, often 
invisible, but yet in sufficient quantity to render them available, as ores 
of this valuable metal. 
Shelf II. 
683 to 685. Native Gold, in 
quartz. 
Mines of Beresow, 18 wersts from 
Ekaterinhourg, Uralian Moun¬ 
tains, Russia. 
Presented by the Imperial Mining In¬ 
stitute of Russia. 
686 & 687. Auriferous Vein, 
composed chiefly of iron pyrites 
and quartz, Avith Avails of talcose 
slate. 
Vaucluse Mines, Orange Co., Vir¬ 
ginia, U.S. 
688. Auriferous Vein-stuff. 
From a lode 8 feet wide, at the 
South Whim Shaft, 10 fathoms 
level, Vauchise 3Iines, Virginia. 
689. Auriferous Vein-stuff, 
rich in gold. 
From a lode about 2 feet wide in 
the 7 fathoms level, Vaucluse 
Mines, Virginia. 
Nos. 686 to 609 presented by Thomas 
Crosse. 
690. Natia^e Gold, in a vein¬ 
stone. 
North Carolina, U.S. 
Presented by John Taylor, jun. 
