...eighty-two persons, whose names are preserved, that first came over to Jamestown, forty-eight were In a small rivulet near Jamestown was found a glittering,...pronounced this shining sand to be very valuable ore, forgettbg that "all that glisters is not gold." This, of course, carried the frenzy to its height,...

...companions were credulous, it was pronounced to be extremely rich. " There was now," says Smith, " no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold."1" With this imaginary wealth the first vessel returning to England was loaded, while the culture...

...capital and life. Discovering something resembling grains of the metal near the site of Richmond, " Newport loaded his vesbel with worthless earth, and returned to England with the idea that he was exceedingly...

...his ship with this worthless article. To such an extent did this mania prevail, that Smith says, " there was no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refiuegold, load gold." Newport, having completed his cargo, at length returned home. Soon after his...

...vain. The refiners, with their golden promises, made all men their slaves. There was no talk now — no hope — no work; but dig gold — wash gold — refine gold — load gold, such a continual outcry about gold, that one mad fellow desired to be buried in the sands, lest they...

...adventurers entertained the most extravagant expectations of speedy riches in their new possessions. " There was no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold." Amidst this general madness it is refreshing to find it recorded, that " Captain Smith was not enamored"...

...discovered grains of gold in a glittering earth which abounded near Jamestown ; and " there was now no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold." The refiners were enamoured of their skill. Martin, one of the council, promised himself honours in England...

...discovered grains of gold in a glittering earth which abounded near Jamestown; and " there was now no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold." The refiners were enamored of their skill; Martin, one of the council, promised himself honors in England...

...sands of a stream near Jamestown, they set to work, and, as Smith himself reeords, " there was now no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold." The whole colony was mad about gold; and Newport having remained fourteen weeks in harbour, idling away...

...of one-half of them. Their condition was made still worse by a rage for gold that now seized them. "There was no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold." Smith, not indulging in these empty dreams of imaginary wealth, laughed at their infatuation in loading...