"It is singular that the immense mineral treasures of this region, far surpassing the wildest dreams of hidden and fabulous trea sures of the dreamy, imaginative Orientalist, should be directly under the noses of the in habitants, and remain undiscovered or unno ticed until this time.''

[In 1559 or '60, we were on Duiikard creek and throughout the neighborhood. We stayed one night at the house of "Squire" S. A.