The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-11-02

literary friend said that cit was found in the sand OF
almost all the streams in the eastern portion OF the
man, acquainted with the district reported the fact
IN nearly the same words and the other day man,
scholar from Hai-yang said that 1t was found in
Inc rlvueis In his neighb0rhoOd But while II thus
appears 10 pc very widely distributed there are
several places which stand out preeminent The first
kieudien, seventy II there are three II to mile)
:. E. from Lai-chow, latitude 81 degrees IL min.
n, longitude 120 degrees L. and nincty-hvs II n +.
Oh rng,lu Marvellous stories relating 70 Inc ricn.
ness OF the quartz and the sand are current
among the people, which, OF course, have 10 be
taken cum Graalo sails. was told that a teacup-
yield two ounces OF gold and that 100 catties OF the
sand was worth about 1000 cash; l was also IN
lormed That many years ago man came arod
$4,000 ounces after paying all expenses and no on
Two or three years ago q company OF respectable
men, belonging to the neighborh0od, made pr0po-
sal TO the Chi-hen mandarin to work the mine, but
he demanded ~, 900 taels in hand before lie would
allow them TO commence operations. They offered
5000 taels, but did not venture on larger sum,
more especially as they could not tell how much
more might be demanded after they had commenced.
The mandarin remained memorable. and so the pro-
ject was given up. / mention this to show why
few care to engage in the mining Of the precious
and government, ana they have no scrupies in the
matter Of squeezing. The mandarins also say that
they are afraid OF disturbances among the workers
OF such mines. Another place famed as market
for gold dust is Ku-hien about eighteen miles west
by south from ChefOO. u Is procured In the
streams which now from the Lau-sze. shan
have passed several old gold washings on the banks
OF the river which flows past the town. A third
place Is kow-tew near Nng-ha sixty Ii southeast OF
district 100 II TO the southwest Of Chu-chng, Ion.
ll9 degrees As minutes T., lat 50 degrees minute NJ,
the village OF Kwun-sae and finished my work, in
CURED OF the innkeeper-as my custom was-about
the products OF the district. He told me OF won-
derlal hll about ten i south OF where we were,
which he affirmed was full of metals. 1t was called
the hill OF the "Seven precious thngs' and yielded
golu silver, copper lead tin IRON and coal. He fur
the Ming dynasty, but was now forbidden. Deeming
ms story to be too good to be true, sent out my
assistant TO inquire quietly about it, and he returned
Affirming that the matter was wei known,
and that two or three persons independently
confirmed tho innkeeper's report. Though
no one cares to engage in the regular operations of
mining for the already stated yet any Is
at perfect liberty to search the streams Accord
inGly every year good many Of the natives engage
In this employment. They often find nuggets Of
varying size, which is great temptation to perse-
we're In spite OF failure. And yet last year have
been told that the gold washers made an average
about one dollar per day in the district Of Tshya
Onlcinl Notification to Miners.
Whereas It has come under the observation OF the
undersigned that encOuragements have been fnds-
cfeetly held out by the public press and other
wise towards an innux INTO TINS country OF
for the gold reported to have been discovered In
Shangtung; and whereas formal request has
authorities here, under instructions from the Tsung
Ii Yamen, TO prohibit the resort OF foreigners to
the interior Tor INNING purposes Notice Is hereby
given that the undersigned can on no consideration
whatever further the objects Of their nationals in the
direction indicated until In the discretion of the
high authorities at Pekin existing prohibitions shall
have been modified or removed and meanwhile
hey hereby inform their countrymen that they will
Dc prepared to support the authorities In maintaining
treaty stipulat0ns.
A. TETTENBORN
ii. =. HANSEN.
W. H. MEDHURST.
GEO. F. SEWARD.
GEO. BASIL. DlXWELL.
+. Il. FORBES.
SHASGUAR. AupUST l. IS6S