"It is affirmed by scientific gentlemen," fiays tho Post, " that the pressure of the times, if it could be used as a propelling power, would force a vessel across tho Atlantic in twenty-four hours." PURITY OP Goli>. —Tho purest specimens of native gold have been obtained from Schabrowskif, near Katharinenburg, in the Ural. A specimen analysed by G-. Rose, was found to contain 98 #9G per cent, of gold: * Very pure gold has also been found in Nova Scotia; a specimen from Tangier was found by March (Sill. Am. J. 1861, p. 395) to contain 1913 per cent, gold ; another from Lunenhourg contained 92"4 per cont., the remainder, in both cases, being silver and copper, with 'traces of iron. The California^ gold averages from 87*5 to 88*5 per cent., and the Australian 96 t0,966 per cent. In some varieties of native •gold; elg.; Linarowski; in the lAltai,- the percentage of "old is as low as 60; per cent., the remainder "being chiefly silver. There is also an auriferous silver found at Eoinsberg, in Hungary, containing 28 per cent, gold and 62 silver. —Watt's Dictionary of Chemistry.
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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 7, 16 June 1864, Page 2
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186Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 7, 16 June 1864, Page 2
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