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Kentucky Gazette And General Advertiser
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
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In Cabarrus County, North Carolina, children of Mr. John Reed discovered a bed of pure gold ore while fishing in a creek on his land. The find includes a 28-pound lump estimated at 27 pounds of pure gold, worth over $5,600, promising great riches to the proprietor.
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A bed of Gold Ore has been lately discovered in Cabarrus county, in this state, in a creek running through the land of Mr. John Reed, a native of Hesse Cassel, in Germany, which promises to be a source of great riches to the proprietor. The metal was first found by two or three children of Mr. Reed, who were fishing.—They brought a few pieces home to their father as a curiosity, ignorant of its value. On examination, the ore was found not only to be gold, but gold of a very pure quality. Since this discovery, these little boys have picked up daily from 100 to 120 penny weights (worth upwards of £20 sterling) but the proprietor has lately found a lump of the ore of twenty-eight pounds wt. which, it is supposed, fluxed will yield 27 pounds of pure gold, and is worth upwards of 5,600 dollars! These facts are assured to us by one of the members of our general assembly from Cabarrus, now in this city, who has in his possession two specimens of this precious metal, one as it is found and the other as it is purified.
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Cabarrus County
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Lately Discovered
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lump of ore twenty-eight pounds wt. worth upwards of 5,600 dollars; daily 100 to 120 penny weights worth upwards of £20 sterling; promises to be a source of great riches to the proprietor
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A bed of Gold Ore has been lately discovered in Cabarrus county, in this state, in a creek running through the land of Mr. John Reed, a native of Hesse Cassel, in Germany. The metal was first found by two or three children of Mr. Reed, who were fishing. They brought a few pieces home to their father as a curiosity, ignorant of its value. On examination, the ore was found not only to be gold, but gold of a very pure quality. Since this discovery, these little boys have picked up daily from 100 to 120 penny weights. The proprietor has lately found a lump of the ore of twenty-eight pounds wt. which, it is supposed, fluxed will yield 27 pounds of pure gold. These facts are assured to us by one of the members of our general assembly from Cabarrus, now in this city, who has in his possession two specimens of this precious metal, one as it is found and the other as it is purified.