Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-25
IT'S APAYING NINE
SAYS Nj. Frye Of That Gold
Find Near Washington.
sAwYEaS Big INVESTMENT
Ho~ Paying FaE Diwd=nds-ais 500, oco
Investment Surprised His friends
a. Is Gaod RstnEas.

II may be = source Of surprise 70 re-
eeise lbs information aha. there l.
gold niue within ten niles Of tbs dome
81 TIE capitol Nevertheless, It Is
fact that there is a paying gold mine
js1it above the Great falls OF the Poto-
nlas river. !s has been known - 4
luntet number for = great maly years
that geld existed IN that section. The
Little sgreaEg that skirts the foothills
AID eEters tae Potomac river Just above
the Great Falls contains a great deal Of
gcld which Il gathers a. II washes over
the Eolo-hearing quartz lodges OF rock
abose = for . hundred years or more
IL has seen customary for the heads Of
families, in = rude and pristine manner.
- pan of.t q handful ~ the golden
Sand whenever azF youBg lady was
abaut to ~ Inscribed. Jest a lirtle bit
- gold aould is brolgls into the city
4iid made inti q wedding ring for the
oceasioa. Wedding rings from the
htti. stream above the t.i'eat falls are
scattered ali Over tle state 81 Virginia
to-dly lAeF are lsept as precious heir
lconls .sl Tie families IL which the
D..
who have illoan that gold exists
there for a. least hundred years past.
either cal not know how % handle it
o. else 1hey dia not believe that il was
= o. i1Hnd in sufficient quantities
About eisht Years ago q big Tunnel
Wa made for Our aquedsct from the
Great fails az the Potomac 70 the city.
and a. that time IL was noticed that.
about mis or two this side Of the
falls. tsa trnnel posscd through several
lcdres ~ white and rose~ealcred quart
which appeared o. contain gold in some
uncertain quantity. This fact revived
interest in the existence Of quartz gold
usires AMI the New Maryland mine was
sunk Gold. however. was not imme-
cial-ly found IN paying quantities and
the mia- was eventually abandoned II
now apfcars that If hose miners had
oalF used q dttle more headwork IN
Their sca-oh for GOLD. and sunk their
saafGrg . little more 10 one side or run
ont ti.nne.s ia a slaGting direction a
lisf'c way from the bottom OF the shaft.
tiey would have been more successful
AMI might have then found that mining
in Mary land can be made profitable.
Senator Sawyer, Of Wisconsin, pur-
chased = large tract Of land IN the vicin-
~ q the fors.lisen Maryland mine and
placed L in charge Of DR.. Kernpster. the
celebrated scientist. who has been the
family physician OF senator Sawyer for
q great nsany years. Work was re-
snnc,l In the ncighborhood of the old
mice and il has been demonstrated that
COLE ear BE- found thert in quantities
sufficient 20 warrant large expendi-
ttre ~ money. There are now some
half d1zen mines in the country 10 the
nor-h and east Of the great falls. and it
Is current ramon that the owner Of one
Of them h1s just been offered more than
a quarter Il a million dollars for his
hole ia the ground and the land around it.
And here We have been buying and
selling town lots at 50 much per square
foo. struggling tn make little more
none every year By specializing
on surface ground. when, IS a matter
OF fact rigat within our reach there are
great quantities Of gold-bearing quartz
ard we an should have been cut in the
mines instead 81 az work building 4
city That is. II money is the chief end
e man. and IL seems that II IS in the
national capital Bnt the work OF min
ing hss commenced at last and activity
and life are rife in the vicinity Of the
mines Some Of the more hopeful buy-