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Gold Amalgam

a mineral composed of mercury, 57.40; gold, 38.39; and 481,984 $9,963,500 222,965 4,609,100 silver, 5. It is found in Colombia in 841,638 17,398,200 white grains about the size of a pea, and 495,810 10,249,300 in California in yellowish-white, four- 34 34,085 700 704,600 sided prisms. 0 200 0 300

Golden Chersonese

THE, the Malay Peninsula; so called by Ptolemy and Milton.

GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN or

Golden Eagle

or RING-TAILED EAGLE, a North American bird, Aquila chrysaëtus, sub-family Aquilnæ. It is 32 to 40 inches long, and the wing 35.

The head and neck behind are lightbrownish fulvous, the tail at base white, terminal portion glossy black, and all Mill GOLD DREDGE

Golden Bay

the Bay of Rieselarke, so named because its sands glitter like gold.

Golden Saxifrage

the popular name for plants of the genus Chrysosplenium, a small genus of Saxifragaceæ, consisting of annual or perennial rather succulent herbs, with alternate or opposite crenate leaves, and inconspicuous greenish axillary and terminal flowers.

They are natives of central and northern Europe, the Himalayas, and parts of America. a

Golden Trumpeter

a South American bird, the agami, which emits a deep, rough sound, suggesting that of a trumpet.

Golden Wasps

one of the popular names for the hymenopterous genus Chrysis, or the family of which it is the type. They are not genuine wasps. The wasps proper have a sting, and the "golden wasps" only an ovipositor. See WASP.

Golden Wedding

the 50th anniversary of a wedding. The presents given to the couple should all be of gold.

Gold Hill

a former village of Nevada, 7,000 feet above the sea, and about a mile S. of Virginia City, to which it has been annexed. It has rich silver mines, and several quartz mills. Here, on Mount Davidson, is the famous Comstock lode.

Gold Tooling

in bookbinding, ornaments impressed by the hot tool on goldleaf laid on book-covers, causing the metal to adhere. In contradistinction to blind tooling, which is the tool mark without the leaf.

Goletta

the port of the city of Tunis, from which it is 11 miles N. In the new quarter are the bey's palace, a large dock, and an arsenal defended by a battery. Pop. usually about 3,000, trebled during the visit of the bey in the bathing season.

Gomera

one of the Canary Islands. soldier and politician, born in the prov-