Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-11-24
GOLD IN ABUNDANCE.
Millions i'm the Sands of the Con-
necticut Valley


Springfield Chemist Has Something
10 Say About Profitable Gold Mining.
Gold i'm great abundance, and in such
condition as to be marketed with profit, eX-
lists all about here. At least this is the won
derful information which Chemist Charles
Mayr of Springfield imparts TO a coun-
try now struggling with the silver problem.
According to him there is no reason for
going to California to secure our gold, but
right here in old New England, where the
land has for ages been counted good for
little or nothing, and where occasional ru-
mors of the discovery of rich gold or sill
yer deposits have been enough to drive the
whole communities of the most COnserva-
tive citizens into a state of frenzy and eX-
citement bordering upon madness, there
are deposits of yellow metal easily worka-
BILE, and rich enough to make hundreds of
poor mortals mullimlIiOnaires.
Mr.. Mayr gave this startling information
to the world through the columns of the
Springfield Union. He explains the mat
ter in a long letter, some selections from
which follow. He says:
Few people know that the value Of the
sand in the Connecticut valley alone in
gold exceeds 81, 500, OOO,O 600, or about twice
the whole worlds supply of gold.
During recent experiments with new
and rapid assayng method, | have found
the sand in this vicinity to average about
20 cents per ton in gold, that is one grain
of gold in 5000, 600 grains Of sand The
amount found varies very much. Sand
used on Vernon street yielded 40 cents per
ton, sand near Westfeld IL cents per ton,
near Watershop pond 90 cents per ton /;
sand of unknown local origin Sl.5O per ton,
concentrated sand, lower level. - per ton,
and from Dalton 20 cents per ton.
The gold occurs in specks, inyisibeeven
to the best microscope, entirely untouched
by panning or matchmaking process, but
readily cXtractable by chemical methods.
For these latter methods the sand is even
an excellent sand. in that it contains not
much pyrites and but little carbonates.
The cost of working local sand may be
said TO be:
Labor Of shoycling, handling, SC per ton
Chemicals, process, Zoe per ton
Depreciation of machinery, etc, BE per ton
zoe per ton
Hence sand which shows about 30 cents
per ton Of gold might be- handled with
good profit, allowing for additional eNpend-
itures. Along with the gold, small quaint
ties of copper and nickel platinum metals,
together with rare chemicals, are found,
and in working on a large scale would form
quite an item Of profit 1t seems, there
fore, quite possible to discover localities
where sufficient gold is found to pay recov-
cry, even in this vicinity. The cost Of a
chemical plant to treat about 100 tons
day would not exceed $1,000
People have become gold crazy nowadays.
but without reason. Gold is not scarce at
all; the only regions free from gold are
sedimentary younger limestone and sand
and gravel from it.
The water of the ocean, which contains
one grain of silver in 100000 grains,
contains also about one grain of gold in
30,OOO,OOO, which, in all the water OF the
ocean, amounts to not less than $40, 900
coo, 900, or about 100 times the present
supply Even this amount is eNtrac,able.
Surprising ship to have its copper bot
tom connected with the negative pole Of
small dynamo aboard and a basket of coke
hung in the ocean, connected with the pos
tive pole, such ship might collect enough
silver, gold and copper TO make it pay.
ne Nuolt LIOulu OF the world contains
gold. Philadelphia Is built on a clay con-
tanning 80 cents per ton Of gold, a perfect
ly workable amount. 1t is a low estimate
to say that with the improved recent meth
DDS especially OF chemical extraction, the
people of the United States could produce
5000 1000, 600 OF gold in one year if their
attention was given TO that line of work.
There is surely 100000, 600, 900 worth of
gold in sight of the United States alone. |
doubt whether the worlds supply Of silver
is as great as of gold at least at present
values. All kinds of metallic ores. like
magnetic iron ore, pyriteS, copper pyrites,
etc, contain much more gold than quartz
rock or sand. In Europe they work arsen-
ical pyrites containing - per ton to great
advantage. In the telluride of the gold
district in Telsobanya PENNSYLVANIA 800
pounds of tellurum and 200 pounds of
gold are produced annually, the first worth
about $50 to $50 per pound, from about
5000 tons of rock
Gold is not subject to tariff and legsa-
ton, politics and fluctuations. The world
can take up 5000 to 10000 millions of dol
lars, and the United States can easily fur
nish it; then We may again 90 silver hunt
ing, and the supply OF metal money is
brought to more healthy relation between
values and standard.