<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Das uranfängliche Gebir<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />ge um <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H2375590 https://www.geonames.org/3628423"><choice> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>San</expan> </choice> Felippe</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in der <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008413"><choice> <abbr>Prov.</abbr> <expan>Provinz</expan> </choice> Caraccas</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />hat Kupfererz (<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002561 https://www.geonames.org/3648873">Aroa</placeName>) <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> Goldwäschen im <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010035 https://www.geonames.org/3627431">Río de Santa Cruz</placeName><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Man findet Goldstükk<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">-</supplied><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Körner zu 4–5 Piaster <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> einzelne Indianer <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />haben in 1 Jahr an <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />100 Piaster Gewinn von <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />der Wäsche gehabt. Die<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />ses Gold erregt wie <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />überall (<placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010966 https://www.geonames.org/3121058">Guadarama</placeName>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0004771 https://www.geonames.org/2926978">Fichtelgebirge</placeName>, <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010488">Riesen<lb break="no" />gebirge</placeName> …) die Begier<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />de<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> die ursprüngliche <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Lagerstätte zu finden<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Da hier wie in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">Euro<lb break="no" />pa</placeName> die Natur leider! <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />auch viel <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral">Schwefelkies</name> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />hervorgebracht hat, so <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />schürft man überall<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />wo man etwas gelbes <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />blizen sieht. So hat <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />man von jeher bei <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />dem Städtchen <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005135 https://www.geonames.org/3648522">Bar<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />quecimento</placeName> in der <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0008861">Savanna de la Miel</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />geschürft. Die Stükke<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />die man mir zur Un<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />tersuchung gebracht<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> zei<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />gen<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> daß dort der <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral"><choice> <orig>Glim̅er</orig> <reg>Glimmer</reg> </choice></name><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">-</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>od.</abbr> <expan>oder</expan> </choice> <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral">Thonschiefer</name> in <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral">Alaunschiefer</name> übergeht, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> daß diesem Lager von <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />derbem <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>xllisirtem</orig> <reg>Kristallisirtem</reg> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral">Schwefelkies</name> mit <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral">Quarz</name> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> einem weißen<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />milden, nicht mit <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Säuren aufbrausenden, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />blättrigen<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> in schmalen <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Prismen Kristallisirten <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Fossil von Perlemut<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />terglanz (<name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral">weiß Blei<lb break="no" />erz</name>?) vorkommen. In <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="9v" facs="#folio_9v" />der Nähe ist das Ge<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />stein verwittert <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />man samlet dort Cappa<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />rosa, unreinen <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral">Eisen<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />vitriol</name>. Ist das <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="mineral">Gold</name><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />wie <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002202 http://d-nb.info/gnd/100242855">Proust</persName> im Granit <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />der <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0010966 https://www.geonames.org/3121058">Guadarama</placeName> ent<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />dekt<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> im ganzen Ge<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />stein vertheilt, fein<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />eingesprengt <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>od.</abbr> <expan>oder</expan> </choice> ist der <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Schwefelkies goldhaltig <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> wäscht das Wasser <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />aus dem verwitterten <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Schwefelkies die Gold<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />atome zusammen. Die <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Größe der gefundenen <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Goldkörner entscheidet <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />schlechterdings nicht dafür, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />daß es derb auf Gän<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />gen einbricht. Ich <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />kenne keine Goldwäsche<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in der man nicht einmal <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Goldkörner von ½ Zoll <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />gefunden. Die wälzen<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />den <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> stoßenden <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Wasser hämmern die <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Goldplättchen <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>zusam̅en</orig> <reg>zusammen</reg> </choice>. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />Die 3 Besizer der Kupfer<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />mine von <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0002561 https://www.geonames.org/3648873">Aroa</placeName> sind (in <placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H2375590 https://www.geonames.org/3628423"><choice> <abbr>S.</abbr> <expan>San</expan> </choice> Felippe</placeName> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />lebend:) <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0014134"><choice> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Don</expan> </choice> <del rendition="#s">Francesco</del> <lb />Lucas Mendoza</persName>, <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>D.</abbr> <expan>Don</expan> </choice> <persName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005996">Mi<g ref="#typoHyphen" /><lb break="no" />guel España</persName> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>u</abbr> <expan>und</expan> </choice> ein <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><placeName xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0005249 https://www.geonames.org/2960858">Biskaÿner</placeName>.