Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-11-30
WHERE 1T GOES.

Every now and then comes surge OF |
inquiry as to where the gold goes, and |
though il echo was questioned after the
fashion Of the popular saying 1t might
answer " where" yet a more tangible
and satisfactory answer may be given.
During the last quarter Of century one
thousand million dollars in gold have
been shipped from New York. the greater
portion OF this vast amount being con-
signed to England Australia has fur
nished like amount to Britain and here
we find an aggregate of two billions sent
TO the worlds center Of commerce and
business. During this time the political
face of the earth has undergone great
change, civilization has advanced, new
countries have been opened up to trade
and commerce, and the beads and shells
of the natives have given place to more
extrinsic medium Of exchange and an
immense amount Of the precious metal is
accordingly used in that direction. The
desire to acquire gold is universal, all the
children of men have il in common, but
we Of the Caucasion race usually have an
accompanying desire to spend 1t. The
gold pieces burn holes in our pockets till
they are gone and as we usually know
where to get more, the absence of what is
spent is rarely more than regretful
memory when times are hard and we get
to musing over former extravaganza.
But in the remote countries Of Asia,
Africa. the East Indies, Egypt, etc., the
faculty OF saving seems to be better de.
veloped, and>s the iusky natives oil
those countries retain hatever gold finds
its way into their regions. Besides the
immense amount required for the wants
OF trade, the inhabitants of the farther
East have lust for boarding gold II
sundry stockings and other like recepta
cles, and love for ornamenting theil
women with bracelets, anklets, neck
) laces, chains, etc., wrought and rolle
J and hammered ont Of solid gold, and 8
: another cause of disappearance is ren
d dered plain. Again, the worlds natives
J. the semi. civilized and the barbarous, &C
8 cept nothing but tangible wealth
!. money. No matter how highly orni
d mented bank note may be, or we'll ext
Q. cuted steel engraving may be placed o
l. piece of green paper, the savage min
n seems to prefer the solid yellow meta
70 and even the hieroglyphics of Spinner
II the portrait of Chase fail to have the de
o sired effect on his uncultured intellec
n The gold they want must have, and wi
g. DO satisfied with nothing else. Then W
N find vast drain every year from Il
e country in the shape Of well-alled Mo-
t. golian pockets. the possessors there
is setting their faces toward the setting 81
ne and returning to enjoy competence
be the Flowery Land. China and Japs
cir may be likened to on enormous spong
int absorbing and retaining great quaint
tai of the golden shower. In addition
be all this may be considered the forty
re fifty thousand pleasure seekers wi
ry swarm annually from the parent hi
es in this country and fly over Europ
dispensing their gold freely and retur
ing shorn of all the golden heet
he and ready to have new crop grow
ay Then comes the immense amount q
es, nually used in the arts and finer me
lb- ufactures, the proportion, though SIN
IN yet apparent, that is lost by the ordina
re- wear and attrition, and it is not such
in mystery after oil. .....