Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-27

tive methods Of gold mining we're n
operation for our edlncatiou- Here
we cav the shovel and the pack
the sspsu" and the cradle" the slulee
Washing. with Old hAlt-century miners
~ show hos &c VA al done.
As the editorlA4 exeursloulsts fiied
down the bank, in long lines. blasts
were fired A. sAlutes, and an exhibition
or blast-hydrsal,c mining shown US
Near the place where the tables were
set, the great giants were made to work.
throwing four and SAX inch streams OF
water Sndsr eighty 20 one hundred
pounds OF pressure. directed around
and behind immense rocks. eating their
Nav back Of these ooulders and gravel
banks. melsng and throwing the same
ala most aston Ishlng, rate ana distance.
From the banks against which these
powerful streams were directed, the
water flowed away with = Tremendous
roar and rush, loaded with sand. grav-
ell. earth and gold, into sIuices where
there are various devices for separat-
the gold. THIS 10 lively work, and
nobody bat one familiar with the
process has any business with II. We
were told that . mans chances for life
were better standing before . cannon.
firsd 1T MN. than before one Of these
giant streams OF water.
Presented . Gold Brick.
After about an hours work the
"Gants" were shus Off for . general
clean up in the siuices. The result was
$3.50 In gold. which Was cast into bar
and presented to the National Editorial
association by Doolittle & Gould Of the
Gold Run mine. The association after
wards voted to have il cast into q
handsome gavel with proper inscrip-
tions and for the y. +. As future use.
II was estimated that complete clean
up of the sluices would yield about
s., 900 more, which WAS to be cast into
. memorial bar for the governor of the
state.
The people Of California, and espec-
tally those directly interested In the
mines, are very anxious TO have by
druhc mining resumed, and their plan
IS to build great dams across the can
yons and valleys below points where
the placer mines are located, thus to
catch and retain the gravel ana sand
which otherwise would be carried on
20 the Hat lands and river below. II
this shail be done, they say that about
10000 900 every year could be taken
from the placer mines of Nevada
unity alone Assuming that such an
output OF gold would prove of general
oenefit to the country at large, II IS
proposed to ask congress to make an
appropriation TO build the necessary
dams. Their main argument Is and
will be thas such an appropriation to
build the necessary dsns will
be- TO maintain md protect navi-
CATION IN lower Sacramento. With
out doubt . large production of
gold IN the United Sta.es is OF gen eral
benefit to the people At large, and the
suggestions and demands of California
with regard to the resumption of
placer mining are at least worthy of
candid consideration. The mine own.
ers claim the gold to be worth more
than all the farms that would be
flooded and filled up by the debris
above. We found . number of Grand
Rapids people who had left mere for
the gold fields forty years ago.
Largest Nugget OF Gold.
The largest nugget Of gold ever
found in California was In November,
1851, at Carson Hill, Calaveras county.
Its weight was 1875 pounds troy,
valued q. S43, 534. Calaveras has been
noted for the production of the pre-
clous metals. There has been a steady
gold production since 1t was first dis
covered. and it is reported that the
yield still continues IN paving guam