Quartz Reefing in the West Indies.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 122, 12 March 1872, Page 7

Quartz Reefing in the West Indies.

£\- Some months ago a small island in the . Curribbeau Sea, known as the TJiniita, and "J iibont 800 miles south of Trinadad, while a ' |^ cni o cx l ) l° rt!( i under the direction of Agassi/, V-Aus- found to contain gold. The rock is cifßluartzosc, and quietly a few individuals ob{{Qiined possession of the island, and these ingiSlividuals—all Americans—will not dispose any interest, although last week several '■ r .tiilcvs from English capatalists in London lT f» vero rccc rved—information having reached ingjjhcm through the Custom House, it is supji ■ although every arrangement had been til |l *° keep the matter as quiet as possible. [.The gold is free and easily amalgamated, . *n<Hn purity in the veins of the quartz. j Forty veins have been discovered on the t- Island, and five arc now being worked, and '4 -the ore is being received from ships at the works, in Greenville, in Hudson dif ' c ' nmt y- The works arc running night and e -| - * }■■■ . The ore is now, with perfect machinery, L | fielding 00 dollars per ton, and they arc only l !B° tting ° llO tllir<lof tllc S ora \ bnt thc failings fflmre being saved with the view of running tfgyhem through, the improved machine being Epmtrocted for. All the gold ore seen by our ■reporter, who tested the specimens first as glumped out on the wharf,,will yield 180 dollars per ton. This great discovery is be--IJSIC e( * *° C kkely to build up a very imporaJ»a„t enterprise in the Hudson county. The rich aR % rkhcst ores of California