Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-06

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uAMIT aFxINsd Eneiinhmsn. Forces
eenesHzlan y nA1xlan6 10 yieldinR $50
e1nc.s q H1ld ~ ze8ulh- QHnxtx kraz
se1 WitNz11xzEau&l diEEHie1 KnnHaM
eltean oanees 70 rs ten. Aew alfuzis
else1EtEits Il Ne DE- knnp valley.
HISS axe tAe REPORTS eae henzH 4
every had. II ne ho1el corridors. i
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l19H4. sgeETuhere. and they knep -
eoio tetsR g kleh pne1snge. AEe shsH
reports trnet Yes every wue1. DaklnI
sAe Eexl Ate years kho 3x1R89a0|
nNazlan6s Z1lnl1nd and tha Ma1abek
eeuntsg en.d nelda are going 10 msaun
l9a ne World. " fhla no ona need haze
any aonok U4lifngBiA and Auatrmsii
- thetf dnzA days VII B.
enlipsad b the discoveries an
e1tp1t e gold IN this Bonsl
Afican eo1AlEys aud that e 10 very dis
tAAs cay. have iosl setuEaed from Il
exiensiss trip thE1nRh TIE Rola beaEfns
eounlEy, sad The ouilook far biz fkineI
% the nsaE future Is esmazkatiy prum
Ialne. And YET, wonid nos advise anv
bodg 30 oome here with the k1ea 81 d
inR anything without pl1nky e capifaE
Il y not . poor mznse oOanlry whesa il
dlxidnal ssdiRRersn can make f0Faune.
wish piek. pAn and shovel. PAYNE
piaesE dlzEings may posniblY Be disesT.
cred LATER bot a psessnf man uhs
should aikenpi WooinQ The golden cali
single handed &c of y0Eo on ne pnoffle
slope wonld 1nd themselves 10 8 fat
uay Of starving 70 death az taking q
shssp harding. ths NEXT thing 20 &. !
know Q road dozen Americans dead
broke IL Cape Town nou waiting fsr
money 20 be sent than % return home
on. II h she cid story With each ane a
them. They came here with enounk
money 30 take them nnt 10 the Txnns-
vaal and 20 tide them oyoR tiH they
could hegin @disEinR R0ld."
oxn san TooE
aau ana talked with bui yesterday.
BE had resigned c $50 month posi-
ton IL Chicago last spring and s1artsd
for this country with 1900, The saving
Of years. He ID nov singing dkinka IN
q thiFa-eless hesR- hall for his hoaEd,
waiting fof Q remittance 30 pay bis pas-
sage back 10 the United States. A few
months prospecting and floating around
without striking anything and he found
himself With empty pockets and Bome-
times even with an esnpiy stomach. In
the absence Of plying placers the only
opening for individual effort Il pros
pectinR. II uan eetg broke Il IL not
always easy TO get anything b do, for
all the labor about the mines and mills
Is dUno b. kafiiEs under the supeFintan
denee Of white fnremen. The outlook
fog tde busted AmeFican Il enythiuo
bat brilliant. In Soma districts gro
visions ara almost - dear a. thy were
IL California 10 l8l9 and 1850. A IS
note does not Am0unt 10 much Ia dis
tricts where everything OF CONSEQUENCES
has 20 be hsnled hundreds OF miles b.
wagon. ! have paid $50 TO reduce
Il 20 American money! q hun.
dFed for dour. 81 Q dozen for
eggs, Is cents q pound for cheese, &I.50
fer & bottle of beer OF can Of con-
densed miik, With other stuff In proper
tion. At these pEiceH fellow prospect
ing oves tbs country for any lsnRth Of
time wants 70 have plenty Of meney.
1he man who reaches tbs gold fields
with but q few hundred dollars will dnd
il used up ssmozt before be knows what
has become Of Is. II be ooold start right
into plsoar digging for his support Il
would be different. but the odds are
al aeainst his bsEnQ able 10 do this at
present. There are plenty Of men IL
Ihe De Kasp valley trying placer min
ing, but they are meeting with indihor
mt success. tried Il fer g couple Of
months Of prospecting and digging, bat
although ] had no tKoable Ia finding
Roid Il was IN such small quantities that
....~.ta s..f ,.nn ~ ar.wnaRtk AZ nor.nan ars&
10 had to give il np. In prospecting fer
luaFiz II 10 also equally important that
l man should
HoT IN GRANTED ron MONET.
Now-a-days q claim has got 10 be op-
med up and proved before it will cell
81 attract capital. Thousands we're
ruined By the mad speculasions Of last
vear, and people are only lust begin
ainn 70 recover from the reaction. |
Twelve months ego everybody Who had |
pieces Of gold quartz 10 show could ind
plenty Of esReF people anxious 70 invss-
Iicate bis claim with q view o purchaa-
ne or partnership. All this has
,hanRed with the reaction. To display |
pocket specimens and talk sell now, ts
o BE- regarded With suspicion or ignored |
sniiEely. all Of this comes OF the lnha- |
ion and the inevitable COLLAPSE Of LASS |
Ipring. Last year eheba mines, that |
lold originally as s., sprung up 70 $26 /
q next 80 no time. From IS 10 Nay ]
md $3.50 By midsummeg, she shares ran
10 TO $500 BY Christmas. Othef mining |
lsocks followed suit. Everybody wac |
Isinsd With Q wild mania for speculation. |
L was California and Consolidated Vir- |
,inia duplicafed. Servant girls In Cape /
rown and Durham and Kimberly drew |
heir little hosSdings from the savings /
1anks and bought 6heba stock, msF- |
,hants sod out their business and men |
houses and real es.
ate 10 swell the sam OF their invest |
country vas for the time /
mad. Lsst spring the /
hubble burst. Hundreds we're rnined. |
Other hundreds aaW the hard earned |
Iavinea Of years swept ruthlessly /
sway, A few promoters made bic for
Innes. Having passed through the |
inevitable frenzy OF geld
islds newly discovered, mining has now
settled down Ia the Transvsal on q solid, |
seusihle basis. Mills are being bFouRht |
irsm England BY tue score In every
sseaues. Ia the WitvaieFsfandt dis
Igiot the Rold-seaginR formation u what
d known a. The ''bankts q SORT
81 conplomerale that e wonder
llIly easy 30 reduee. Banket can
b. reducsd for Ieas than s. Q ten.
il IL compcssd % Q sort Of pebhiy quartz
csmensed together by ane silioiona sand.
A piecs Of ID may be easily crushed be
nealh the foot. and litlle water poured
over q lump viii o9uae u 70 aFumbie e.
onoe. 9unh q ''baukel," and the gold
= contained chiefly In the esmsnt.
Veins Of positive quarts are found Ia
he earsa reefs e. she banket, bgt ths
mills are working exclusively on The
latter; 50 far bankst russ In lodes o.
velns, varying from ore 70 twenty fees
vide. There is srch an abasdanos Of
this material neAF lhe suFf4ee thai Il y
PRACTICALLY rxKxHAusrrnLH.
and a. eeep Is shafts have thns Ear
TEN sark IL holds cEoWdsnG With Veins
nd rsShnaM. Thoasands OF stamfa
nav end rsmuueyaiive employment
ussht On ! day for ye1IH ca banket nov
IN plain siehs. A. pFessnt neaEsg 5
thousand Stamps are working steadily
or banket ID ths Witwaierandt district
alore, and IL L. thsueet that bg tits
tine next year six times that member
vii Be hard at is. The average eieac-
40 ysslda hho1l one and halt ounces