Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-28
GOLD IN VERMONT.
The Shining Metal Discovered i'm
Considerably Quantities by IA
Herald Reporter. MIR. Earl
and N Representative OF
the Boston Post.
THE PROPHECIES OF SCIBNT-
lists REALIZED.
UNTOLD WEALTH IN OUR
MOUNTAINS.


1t has been well known to few resi-
dents, for several years past, that gold
existed in small quantities in the vicinity
of Rutland. 1t has, however, never been
demonstrated that it existed in any con-
siderable quantity until recently. On
the Fourth of July last, Mr.. Charles L.
Earl, a well-knOwn resident of Rutland,
left the village ostensibly for holiday
excursion, but in reality to visit his gold
! mine, as he had done many times pre-
vious At this time he dug out con-
siderable quantity of gold, and returning
| kept the fact secret until a few days
ago Mr. Earl has been in the habit, for
several years past, of visiting his FL Do
RADIO and digging the precious metal, and
during that time ha- sold former we'll
known jewcler of this place over hun
dred dollars worth of pure gold dust.
A few days ago we published a short
article informing our readers that Mr..
Earl had called upon and showed us
considerable quantity of gold dust which
he had procured from stream in the
vicinity Of Rutland. Our article was
extensively copied throughout the coun-
try; among other papers the Boston Post
published it and sent special reporter
to Rutland to Investigate the matter.
The Post reporter is a gentleman who
has travelled extensively and has visited
almost every gold mine in the world.
He has worked in the California mines
and visited those Of Colorado, Peru,
Brazil and Australia, and Is therefore,
quite competent to judge of the proba-
bic producing capacity of mine. Upon
his arrival in Rutland he called at the
HERALD office, and, accompanied by a
HERALD reporter, visited Mr.. Earl. At
ter considerable persuasion MIR. Earl
consented to lead the way to his II
Dorado, and party was made up to ex-
plore the gold region, accompanied by
a representative of the Rutland HER
AID. and a representative of the Boston
! Post. After a drive of seven miles the
team was left at a farm house, anC
J, armed with nothing but tin pan, the
party trudged across the meadows II
g search of the dust Arrived in view O
! the stream, in the vicinity of which the
e gold region lay an apparently insur
e mountable barrier presented itself to thu
" view of the party, in the shape OF
II cliff about 900 feet high Mr.. Earl
I however, was familiar with the l0calit.
I and understood where he was going
E for, quickly selling twig, he SWUNG
e off and catching twig after twig sool
q reached the bottom of the gorge
l. s'Where you dare to lead, we dare t
. follow" and suiting the action to tn
5 word the rest of the party were soon a
j, the bottom. After tramp up stream
ID few rods, Mr. Earl passed the wor
along that ''we are treading on valuabl
: ground" and the pan was quick
IN brought into requisition.
IN The first pan washed out showed Ut
oil mistakable signs of gold, and in ever
D. painful taken up there was color, and
at several of them were found some yer
:; large and valuable specimens of dust an
" quartz. The fact of the existence
er gold in our vicinity i'll considerab
5" quantities now being demonstrated b
4; yond doubt, the party returned to Ru
ex land. On Monday morning, the tN
n newspaper men desiring to settle Il
p question still further I'M their own mind
returned to the scene of their preyio
n. labOrs, and came home with like resu
to as their previous visit. In this instanc
er- however, they carried implements sui
ID cient to make a good test. They we
ais to work directly, at the rock, and bro
Ith off several panfuls, and in every o
as found unmistakable indications of gol
ed and in several of them considerable
~ 70 the dust. The only question now,
Nd docs gold exist in sufficient quantity
is paw for extracting it Further inves
ap- cations are now in progress, the res'
i've Of which will be laid before the HERA
'oo readers as soon as they are ended.