I n n !c e i)' s t a t e m
i0. black-lead, ahiHiimWflatë pahd albeftos rs faidkote ifeutaA&i'a fèirry
Miner a i
H
of limeftone. In Rhode ifland there are 'mined aridfo^ppèr ;
and at Diamond Hill a variety* of turioiis -fto'nfesl* 'On¥he **b<ó$l£S£*of
the Ctmneöicut is*a lefad mine, But too fexpdnfiye'ttf w’eHe; and-fer^ris
alfo found, with talcs, and cryftals- o f various colours, TlMffflbhrg
' ill Hew York is a filver mine; and lead, zinc, and mangatefb, ‘^itb
copper - and coal. •1 Gy^fum, HÖc, albeftos/1 alfo tcchf-dn Ae^tfenTivi
province. In New Jeffe5y ;af ridTcopp'er ‘ttine i p
tended to have been difcovered by a flame vifible in the I f f i H g B
oFthb ’gblÜfÏ ibinesVn -ÏTuogary .* Tin!' .W^dfe
produce !iron; óre ; butf Virginia; Q f f i g S S f f lK
A lump of gold ore was found’ near the(&lls of theyivei5, Ra^ffiihod,
^rabahly rolled down from its'fource, or that^MÖe r f t ó M l t t
There are lead mines which yield-from fifty ho gfghtf pod nfl s fromgnb
hundred of ore: copPer anè ffeldck lead affe :aW$Md*'
abundance óf'èxxell.eni%alf'ön ’both/fidéri M M J H B
tèénd^coVereS .by" a.boy t n ^ p h r f d i S g H Q R S n f
towards the Miffiflippi and Ohio; ‘and at lK t ^ ^ ^ g 0 penor^®|y:
but this valüaljle mineral » fchfefly worked In
feem very extenfive? Limeftone, is rare on thejetó of feéEluegi^e;
but there is a vein of rhafbje which;croffes James rivèr. Amethyfts,
or violet-coloured cryftals,f|are alfo‘found in Virginia; and it is probable
til at the emerald mentioned b y ' M r. Jéfferfon was only a.green cfyftal.
North Carolina is crofted by a long ridge/pf limeftone, in. a Youth
wefterly direction, but no minerals feem to have been difcovered. . In
the territory fouth of the Ohio, what, is called ftonc-coal-is found in the
Cumberland mountains, dr great Laurel ridge, (fuppofefl by fome tó be
of great heightj) and there are fait fprings near the üppër’branches of
the Tennaflee. In South Carolina there ;|fe faid to be appearances of
filver and lead, with abundance of iron ore, and quarries of frde-ftone;
but the cparfe diamonds are probably mere cryftals of quartz. ' Georgia,
the 'moft fouthcrii ftate, is of a rich fo il; but bëfides. a:' bank of oyfter
# Native copper is found.on the river Tonnagan, which runs into Lake .Superior.
Mackenzie, *H. t f j l 1 | | |
CHAP . I V H A f H R A i l ’ G E O G R A P H Y .
fhells, ninety1 iinles fr6ixi,!vh^ Tea, there-, fedfefe «no mineral ogle dif-
cb^ry?^^' ♦
Thdrb'^re^feverarrhiherdhwat^s, 'o f^ - i^ r o t l ie s ,? in drffeferillpro-
vmM^pf*fhe< iflhltltr noKe^fi^iftinguilhed ehilheiti^ike
Bath, w A i x ’-rfi^Map^'lhl Inyffee pfdvin^^'Verih'ont, or^ii^'G’ reM1
w ilil^ 'ibiefeYp in
twe^^- three ycttrs,. hn '-n.fio t l a f e v e r a l
another at Stafford in Conneaicut. Thofe of Saratoga, in tli^jfpijhiio
« j w i f ' * Vifh’ fingblat-
I 5 al11 *i/ e i f a £i 'thdfe1 df
tb ^ p ^ c cm n lr ^ a fybeat^^^^^^^
jne^'lffeGrge^inTenhl^iyahia1 bh thd4i i iW’A ' l l .
' ° K n
^Wo warm fpith^ocfeur m*'Vi rgr n l i , ’ opfe‘p f
th§nfUl2'V "raeft^are called the^Tpring|%f_;i(Wgilfa‘ ; hflt otfrefs^fcofe;
, .A bitu^^usTpriqgt^ts | E
c°v^^gOn the ^ L t| ,p r G e n ^ l .WalHingtpn,8 t^ifchl|lffly' Ghps' fire'
T?I fpmp time. ‘I ;h eW fV p r ln g l^ ^
' ^V-d^iiere are ofliers.’in toe.RrQyiiip'emf Tehnaifee.
toV'n d a reittar]|ab^rpring
4feg||$ *P a h ^ ^ v tffie, which jamernj^ed ^iih..matter probably eat,
carenuA;,.s-
Thej natural qqfi®fttie^vo£< tfie *ljteted, £ta,tq§ are nu-giorqqs, and ihaye1
beeij inveftigatfed with that laudable attention, which has. been par-
ticularly direifted - by .the Englifh towards fuch intereffiing appearances.
Befides. the irruptipn pf the river Tatomak through.the Blue Mountains,,
and- other objetSts, already mentioned, the principal uncommon features
of nature fhall be briefly indicated from Mr. Morfe’s American. Geography.
' In Vermont there: is a remarkable impendent ledge .or.-rocks,
* Oyfters are however found in the rivers- at a; coniiderable diRanc'e froin the tea, a.i appears
fri.m Mr. Weld and other authors. -According to Irnlay, 135,. there is -a very rich vein o£ ,
espper on the;, river Wabalh.
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