New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-11

in the sloppy water pryng every chnk and creyce
adhs ont each small hollow IN the rock dspo sitting
the mud and paste carefully IN gold-paps anu 'hen Yum
ing ii out painful at time into the siuices'
THE YELLOW DUST AT LAST
When evening there still remains io' VI "o" "
do, but the owners mean TO clean up the sl'ees ~
so, after few minutes consultation TWO men ono
and 20 of TO the head Of the line of boxes 10 n 'Do
water of, while the rest of lis shut .upour h'e '"
away our spoons, and are glad enough To he srou anu
do nothing but make idle guesses at what the result OF
the DAYS work will be- Until the boxes are opeheu'
last the two men come back the clear stream vi "" "
no longer rushing through the boxes ana we e,"''
eagerly around oraning our necks forward anu snouo
ing each other for place. while one by one inc lasc
toms which are pierced with small round notes. are
taken ont Then Is tho supreme moment, and rs each
bottom comes up with jerk press closer stu ana an
Ahr OF satisfaction through the party as lhe gnu
is exposed lying in shining drifts and hlocks against '
rifles in the bottom of the suloes How tehPb "
looks There is good deal of black sand ana ie" pep
bes mixed with it, but for the most part is pure god ID
coarse dust and nuggets running high as three and
four dollars apiece. 80
Various guesses are made nj the moment while inc
opening goes on ranging all the way from two 10 heen
Lupdrei dollars But il is the novice VINO guesses uS"
est for gold looks TO inexperienced eyes much more tha
il really is in dust When it has all been gathered
ND and roughly weighed the two hundred dollar guess Is
found TO the nearest for it barely weighs apound ana
half which, allowing Tor the pcrcentageof black shu
means about $3.50 Still $3.50 is good enough Counting
all the work that has been done upon the claim
scarcely makes two dollars and hair day 70 the nun
or not half the ordinary wages OF labor IN lese paris,
But the work which has taken so long has been Hoae 4r
for an II tO-mOroW's clean MP dor there Is aloucI
good DAYS work here in the exposed rock SHOWS a.
much it will make nearly five dollars ior eN IN Conc
work done Then in three or Tour DAYS lheie Nm ~,
another clean up and 80 on WEEK. atr n owners
have every TO be satisfied a Few dl = ao Coz
true men took over SloO from G 1ae G' oat
above here their first clean up ana nave taAon o"'
- i'm W.
lut on the Otner hand, was yesteI1N " nolSG "
tyouty-acre- claim which two men nave neei Moihlns
Tor months for plug of chewing tobacco for soihc
NIGHTS past too have occupied the same DUNK WIN
gentleman from Portland who came ont TWO nonis az
will an elaborate outfit. has prOspcced score or 80 o
miles of country has sunk eighty three holes ana So9u
deal Of money without finding color oil gOd thc Nnoe
time Tomorrow he goes back TO Portland disguised
So ths twill be accepted good enough news IN camp
and as tamped back to Eagle CITY coniesscd 10 ny
self that in spite of the mud and ithe water tc ne&Ny
rubberboots and .oVeras and all the nara Work 70 NC
gone through there remains something undenlaDy las-
cInatng in mining and the last hail h0ur OF ciei!us
M with the first sight "a the bright goa ndAes UP loI
many disagreeaOle things endured.