Geology and Mineralogy of Georgia, With a Particular Description of Her Rich Diamond District

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Excerpt from Geology and Mineralogy of Georgia, With a Particular Description of Her Rich Diamond District: The Process of Washing for Diamonds, Their Price and Mode of Cutting and Setting, Her Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron, Manganese, Graphite, Kaolin, Coal, Fire-Clay, Mica, Corundum, Slate, Marble, &C, The legislature of Georgia, from a mistaken notion of economy, have for ages persistently refused to appropriate a dollar for a geological survey of the state, which would develop her mineral wealth equal to more than doubling the value of her real estate amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars, besides bringing into our country an equal amount of capital and skilled labor, by giving the necessary information to those abroad who wish to know the adaptation of this country to their pursuits in life before they will come. Our proud and rich old state, by this culpable neglect, is left a quarter of a century behind the age, and a blank in science!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.