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The following is short notice of the first Gold founl

 in North Carolina, which is extracted from Notes

 to Philips Mineralogy," by Samuel L. Mitchell,

 of New-York, published in 1918.

 "Meadow creek, branch of Rocky river, a principal stream of the Pee Dee, in Cabarrus county, N. C., is more remarkable than any of the Fredonian States, for native gold A. bout the year 1903, grains and Jumps to the amount of S15 1000 were gathered. The first piece was found by boy, who was cxercis- ing himself in shooting small fishes with his bow and arrows. The masses were of differ ent weight, from gold dust to the unparalleled bulk of lump of nearly 28 pounds. The heaviest of these natural specimens lost only 15 per cent. on being melted and refined. The smaller and lighter of them lose only from 3 to per cent. The grains of gold are found scattered among the sand.

 "The rocks are of the primitive formation, and the gold is disseminated among their ru- ns.

 "The specimen which I received from Governor Alexander is of rich and beauti- full yellow, and is blended with particles of quartz. The Director of the Mint reported, that during 1904, about S11, 1000 of the golden money coined there was from the gold of N. Carolina

 "For a year or more after the first discove- ry, pieces were occasionally found of and , pounds weight, and great number of the size of small grains; and the last heard o this gold finding business was, that quicksilver had been employed by the workers, for sepa- rating the minute particles of gold from the sand.

 "The sands of Long creek, about IS ulile' form Meadow creek, have also afforded golt dust. Whenever the maize and cotton art weeded, and the business of the plantation i in advance, the proprietors have been in thu habit of taking their laborers to the stream and of washing and searching for gold. B, conducting the undertaking in this manner, was found that it not only paid wages, but af forded profit. Experience has proved, tha