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Show ODD THINGS ABOUT GOLD. Great Variation In Color of the Precious Pre-cious Metal. Pew people know the teal color of gold, because It is seldom seen except when heavily alio) ml, which makes It much redder than when it is pure. The purest coins ever made were tho flit) dollar pieces which once were In common use in California Their lolnage was abandoned tor two reasons' tlrst, because the loss b abrasion was m great, and second, because their inlet ioi could be bored out and filled with lead. The differ-unco differ-unco in weight was so small thnt It could not he noticed in shell largo pieces. They v. ere octagonal In shape and were the most valuable coins ever minted and cli ciliated All gold Is not alike vvieu ir fined. Australian gold Is dlstlucll) redder than that taken In California Mote-over, Mote-over, placer gold Is mote yellow than that which Is taken fiom ipinrtz. This Is ono of tho in) stories of metallurgy, berauso the gold lu placets comes from thnt which Is In nunrt. Hold taken from different pincers will vnty In color. The gold In the Ural mountains moun-tains Is the reddest In the woild 'I ho Sundii) Magalnc. |
