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Show Flrtt to Find Gold In America. North America has counted as a gold-producing continent only b I do the lato 'AVa. But It might well havo dono so tor nearly 200 years. According Accord-ing to tho London Chronlclo, In the , voyago round the world which began i In 1713 the privatoer Capt Shelvocke, found In certain California valKjys "a rich black mold which, as you turn It fresh up to tho sun, appears nn if In ""termlngled "with gold duet Though wo wore a llttlo prejudiced." ho adds, "agalnut tho thought that It could be possible that this metal should bo so promiscuously and universally mingled with common earth, yet w endeavored to cleanse and wash, tho earth from Fomo of it. and the moro wo did tho more it appeared llko gold. In ord'r to be furtbjor satisfied I brought away some of it. which, wo lost la our confusion con-fusion in China." |