Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 95
e. The gold is found in minute flakes, asso-ciated with black sand, small garnets and fragments of quartz.It is most abundant at the bottom of gorges opening to thesouth. On the hills above large quartz bowlders are occasionallyseen and angular fragments of quartz are obtained in washingfor gold.… … LONG S RAVINE, WHERE NUGGETSWERE FOUND. The BellviUe Gold Region. - wire gold, interlaced through it. It had evidently fallen fromthe gravel towards the top of the quarry. A plausible theory ofthe presence of gold and of the condition in which it is foundin Deadmans valley is that the transporting…
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