New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-20

o. perhaps roy experience Taught ne Nhsse -
Ia, Z ami TIE Use O. rs toois Al nr'' oll -
washing with ny par. not Patnng ny rasC - -,
10 use Tor tne Ersr zen days By tbs '.nns 4 -"
mere Gsed ny leone % a. ounce Gay.
Ia ghng aboa. from place - place Hyia. tae
dirt With nav pan. ! would frequently cone y
earth winch would not psy win ysn' iN"ins
one day pace inst / coneude1 Noale pay i''
working ny mschine t-ied n. but before CIV
ing non toe result u is operations vii give yo1
description CT the machine. TINS was one Of
ms own making, coEst ucted a. tie MlA daring
sov Leisure nour. 1. vss thee feet long. n sds
the Hsutes: weil-se.soned y.ae, sld vas wnst 4,
called the Rocksr-hsving two rockers Ike
a cAild's cradle. vita one cad open pear which l.
placed bs, about ~ iuch high. A5oat Toe middle
vas another above this. AID resry the lengtn
Of the upper hat Of the machine extended A.
apron Of God, the cad toward the bach 81 the
scbine, lthe END not oDseI. inclllins dy~ @'c
% within scoEs .ncaes " TIE bottom. Over the
whole q! This b.. q the n scniLe vss screen O.
copper mailed On the bottom q iraue auoot
three incnes deep. In,o this the esrth IS placed
snd IN cne nsu1 you rock the msc7ine, WINE
with th- O.lsr yog poor on water from pan O.
Upper Of some kiso, rocking al the time TIL tns
gold, ssnd aLd gravel are separated IRON tos
c1a.e stone, and s,e washed DIVA tnroasA iar
machine The earth in which tie gold ., Pas'las
over the apron slotg the bottom Of toe n acnin''
leaves the god Oh +, b. IN time u reaches tu~
lrs. bar. very little gong 80 Tar a. me secon- Oa
so ...e, tnas after = - bic cut TOE insoli.s ].
40, js.t below the first oar, sDd cnsnsta ~.
rcoirna. ron hr one Of t1iied coitn when
,,cAed On. "a 70 have il osg little a. the END
ia order mat the god might lodge there, snd IT,
.,-ro ne Il rhe esr.h that was washing We. n
scleutly rlch y pay. By tni. Arrangement We
.sved the time and trouble Oi tr, iDg Tie sos VII
ny pan Over the space !eit Tor me e1r'n 70 pass
IN 10 me bottom VI the machine placed counter
f..N.. rE.z f.t~t1- IL n AZ a
rnat ie!i from the screen x as washed over toe
aaron Bythisnsans caught about th ee-fOurths O.
,ne gold 10 the end OF the long apron, from winch
conid gstberit with my shestb-knle or iron spoon
gy cutting off ball OF ihs machine. made - g.
mach The less weight, as well a. ouh, to PACK a.
and down the river-oyer the rofts oi Nnic''
x-hen Won have once pessei, you viii see the ne
csssity Of maEiuQ our psck, whatsOever il may
be as light a. II possibly can be, consistent IN
tis utility. When thus cortsiled, ny machine
Weighed IL lbs
Now, let me- return 70 the place where ! wa
about 70 commence operations Alter laying
foundation OF Hat stones, wherein your rocker
you'd play well, 50 ncsr the water mat you
coud esslly reach il with Gipper formed a 8
small tn psD, or a large gourd, ti.d By me ran t.
tue fOrked branch Of a uoe. used the gouro'
snd fould il preferable, o. account 81 beng
hzhtest.1-f comm nced washing Tue drt which
nsd beeu washed before, once II Lot twice. From
this / succeeded ia - ASKING from sZ0 70 $50 PEI
dsy. working hard about eish. hours. After thi,
increase Of god, used my machine, whenever
could had exrth eEoogh ~ make IT an object. Il
is generally thought that one ge's tNotnlrcs
more with machine than with pan. DURING
tae whole Of the time ] ass IN the mines, va
more successful than the generality Of the miners
AT frat suffered from soferess IN every muscle
10 my body my knees aud bach esP' cieiiy, 10 con
sequence OF being almost al the time Ia stoop
Int ter fan VI pei became N
accustomed 10 the position that | 10 longer SUI
Erred ! grew much atronger, and enjoy pro
0nged sleep at night, sleeping from esat 70 ter
noors uulnteTaptedly "a luxury have 10. before
enjoyed for many years. When ~ home Sell
dom slept si.er O'Clock, whatsoever the hour
N SHIT be Of which retired.
Some days cleared 81 the loose stones from
the Top Of the ROCKS, aud s@eeping the dust up
With a broom e ade Of some OF toe plue b0ughs,
nave washed $40 ard Sl2 from these sweepiDes
IN one day. But the a beet places that have
ever found have been in the Bars, where the sand
has been washed ~ OF some slight tara OF the
river. la these places you are obliged gen
orally 10 dig very deep, IRON TWO to SIX ieet
often YOU get well paid. gain, you may
remove great desl Of sand, gravel and stones.
and get r1-ninF. was t.rtunste on several coca
,lOns 10 Il ud rich vein, streak or crevice. One
place " here fell upon wnat the miDers call
stcesk, | vii. show up. IL was place tnat ],
as well as hundreds OF others, was IA the hAbt q
passing daily. lsss prospecting one mofolos v Dei
struck my shovel into THIS place, ana SIT nay ms
chine ia motion-ihis vas before J cut of the hal
4 it. | washed about four hours. When ! came t.
clean cut my machine, weighed my gold, enc
Ound Only e. 50-thst certainly would not T ay
Yet ia the Site DON returned 70 the same place
determined 70 dig deeper IN the morning. hso
been washing the river drit and top sand. Upon
digging down little further f)uns more gold .,
81. A . Inff ffa~ ~ xn.
,os ior four hours, had made ounce. The next
lay returned 10 the same hole. where | had LEI
nv rocker, pick crow bar, shovel and p2n, ovei
night. That day took out two ounces by TIN
time ! had removed nOst OF the gravel, aud w"'
aear the bottom. When | commenced the mex
morning, / carefully removed the remainder iron
the clay which lay upon the top Of the rocks aue
discovered TIE clay nearly covered with particle
If sold, about the SIZE OF cucumber seed and care
fully gathered them from the top ct the clay
While IN the act # ssn H. my eyes ollsted viii
iehght as let the water into the pan 20 wash al
/ he back ssrd. 70 see the rich metal. Ia o.
Is naive bfilliaDcy, glIttenng In contrast.-Ma al,
persons were constantly passing by, and sev
| rral said " Oh, yo1 are wasting t!ne, You g
nothing there - bat ! needed them Rci, AIT
quick scraping my sold into my TIN box, re-
.arned 20 camp, kEowins that there Was on
| Ihing certain. that my psymstter paid well an
| promptly when the work was done. screened
!
ine eI-e-screeD. AID putting the god into n,
o0ckskin bag, ] put the sand into bottle 10 b
subjected 10 the action OF mercury, which e
ecinaiiy takes al the sand from the god BY sn
Jy shssips IL up in gourd or ", oten DO VI, {
Ter which the sand IL washed out by sinking n
,owl quickly into ws'tr. The ~rter rushing !.
washes the ssnd out aud iesves the neIcarl
slesn, after which II Is squeezed through tuci
Kin, and the residue put into = la1e and hca'e
tlil the cold bee mes Of Us natural color. .
seehine ny god ss,hered that nisruing mad owe
ioar ounces the afternoon paid ne nsarly 8
well, GO did the next day but N five or SIX day
bed " orked II ous, and hal % seek for sncths
spot This place was one which had not bee
touched. Such streaks were not O. be met " Il
often, for macy persons had wrtered IN n
mines aud the rocks. soms weighing Two 40
taros tons had been turned over and over sgsi
Che rocks On each side % he river had been soi
open by conpsuies sho cut down small trees al
converted them into levers Tor that purpose
Sometimes dlg ,he dirt cut Of crtvices slia n
| long iron so0on and irowel. and .. times WOO
IND ss or ~ IL piscc nos longer than one b.
! ser. 10 vas curious T. see how i buried Use
Ia tho very depths OF tire iuierst'ces as II 10 eioe
oar search. Oas OF such places We were ob.'s
20 take is with cur shcsth-kn-e, which was !
xsvs worn IN the belt which answered The pa
sos- ol sosreuosrs. ard 60 ~hich was often So
pendeG that very uscinl srtice IN ths mines,