Shortstack
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- All Treasure Hunting
While reading an old history book pertaining to the French lands in present day Mississippi and Louisiana I came across this reference by the author:
All this distress, of which I was a witness at Biloxi, determined me to make an excursion a few leagues on the coast, in order to pass some days with a friend, who received me with pleasure. We mounted horse to visit the interior part of the country a few leagues from the sea. I found the fields pleasant enough, but less fertile than along the Missisippi; as they have some resemblance of the neighbouring coast, which has scarce any other plants but pines, that run a great way, and some red and white cedars.
When we came to the plain, I carefully searched every spot that I thought worth my attention. In consequence of the search I found two mines of copper, whose metal plainly appeared above ground. They stood about half a league asunder. We may justly conclude that they are very rich, as they thus disclose themselves on the surface of the earth.
When I had made a sufficient excursion, and judged I could find nothing further to satisfy my curiosity, I returned to Biloxi,
This is the first such mention of copper in Mississippi that I've ever found. Finding this info was more surprising than the mention of gold flakes being found a certain creek in westcentral Mississippi, that I came across last year.
I just posted a map, in the Mississippi Map section, to accompany this post. It's from the same book that this quote came from. Question: What was the distance represented by a league in 1780 France?
All this distress, of which I was a witness at Biloxi, determined me to make an excursion a few leagues on the coast, in order to pass some days with a friend, who received me with pleasure. We mounted horse to visit the interior part of the country a few leagues from the sea. I found the fields pleasant enough, but less fertile than along the Missisippi; as they have some resemblance of the neighbouring coast, which has scarce any other plants but pines, that run a great way, and some red and white cedars.
When we came to the plain, I carefully searched every spot that I thought worth my attention. In consequence of the search I found two mines of copper, whose metal plainly appeared above ground. They stood about half a league asunder. We may justly conclude that they are very rich, as they thus disclose themselves on the surface of the earth.
When I had made a sufficient excursion, and judged I could find nothing further to satisfy my curiosity, I returned to Biloxi,
This is the first such mention of copper in Mississippi that I've ever found. Finding this info was more surprising than the mention of gold flakes being found a certain creek in westcentral Mississippi, that I came across last year.
I just posted a map, in the Mississippi Map section, to accompany this post. It's from the same book that this quote came from. Question: What was the distance represented by a league in 1780 France?
