. The Southern States. One of the best illustrations ofthis first mode of occurrence is illus-trated at the Portis mine in the northeastcorner of Franklin county. Here nodefinite veins are to be seen but thesurface soil, which in places is a finelydivided sandy loam and in other places is a pebbly gravel; all contains particlesof gold and is taken up to a depth offrom a few inches to several feet andwashed for gold. From this mine alonein this way there has been gatheredupwards of a million of dollars worth ofgold. At various other points throughthe Midland counties, as in Montgomeryand Stanle
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. The Southern States. One of the best illustrations ofthis first mode of occurrence is illus-trated at the Portis mine in the northeastcorner of Franklin county. Here nodefinite veins are to be seen but thesurface soil, which in places is a finelydivided sandy loam and in other places is a pebbly gravel; all contains particlesof gold and is taken up to a depth offrom a few inches to several feet andwashed for gold. From this mine alonein this way there has been gatheredupwards of a million of dollars worth ofgold. At various other points throughthe Midland counties, as in Montgomeryand Stanley and others ; in the Piedmontregion as in Burke, McDowell, Ruther-ford and others, and in the mountaincounties as in Cherokee, Jackson, Swain, Henderson and others, a large numberof such gold bearing gravel deposits areknown to exist and many of them havebeen worked or are being worked at thepresent time. Of gold occurring distributed throughthe mass of the rock, a good illustrationmay be found at the Russell mine in. IIVDRAIM.IC GOLD MINING I.N MONHJOMliRV COUNTY, NORTH CAROI.U ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA. i6i Montgomery county. Here there is noindication of a vein, but the particles ofgold are distributed through the taldoseand chloritic schists and slates of thesection. In other words, the rock itselfis gold bearing, and certain seams ofthe rock, which are richer in gold thanthe rest, are worked in the mining oper-ations, and the gold to the extent offrom $3 to $io per ton of rock, is thussecured. Many other mines of thischaracter have been or are being oper-ated in the Midland and Piedmontcounties of the State. One of the mostnoted deposits of this central region isthat in the Gold Hill District, which liesnear the junction of Rowan, Cabarrusand Stanley counties. Veins at thispoint have been worked to a depthof nearly 800 feet, and for a linear dis-tance of more than 1500 feet, and morethan a million dollars worth of gold hasbeen removed from the mine. The vein depos