The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-02

per day IN gold Every one hears OF the
Cripple Creek countr1 and OF the i'm
inefse gold finds there / was Informed
the oLner day BY ger tieInan pm business
IN Colorado that they have plenty OF q.
and by the large shipments The United
states assay ONCE az Denver - shipping
gold here, we are led 90 believe his state
ment- IN fact, we are a great gold-2To-
ducine nation.
a glance over the country Will convince
most any any one Of mat fact In Alaska
they report large hnds II gold. Last year
she shipped to the mint AT san Francisco
elplot IN gold. Glance al " ashlngtOn,
oregon and Idaho. ] can take you 70 To-
calities In Idaho whore they have been
mining gold since ISL and are sun AT q,
ana to-day if they could get capital 10
invest In modern machinery and use bust
ness methods could. Iu my opinion, more
than double their output. Some OF the
flenesL unds have been made IN the sal
mon river country, l1ano- had q seIH-
pie or ole that assaye1 over Sb,VD per
ton, but on an average Jne ore ran about
so Per ton. sBut that pays II properly
handled.
Then there is what is known as tine
-Camas Gold Belt ia Alturas county.
The difficulty here. as eIsWhere. Is that
the ore IS very base, and therefore, hard
10 work. but the ore is there and ! think
there is a future for that section. In fact,
an through the west we see gOld-minlng.
Let US come east, pass the Dakotas, Min
nesota has Commenced 10 scnd gold 10 the
mint in small amounts. Michigan has long
been known as "A gold producing state.
TO up through Canada. Nova Scotia, come
down 10 Name and ermOnt, then to the
southern states commencing with Mary
land, and see II you DO not agree with
the statement made above that we are a
great Gold Nation.
Yet you will add. or some one will. as
there Is always some one TO throw cold
water on little enthusiasm, that We
do not get enough 10 meet our needs.
Well, that can be answered in one way,
ana thai Is TO my mind one OF the rea-
sons. Look at the methods used. IT you
unHfH End hot
there are men washing gold IN the old
fashioned crude way. / was Informed the
other day by mining engineer that he
saw men washing gold, ana they hauled
II some distance By means of slow old OK
carts, only hauling sou or 700 pounds al
time, and used an old tin pan with holes
were making a fair living. Upon being
asked what they would sell for. they put
ihe price SO high he could not consider
II. Georgia shipped S9S,00 IN gold to the
minis last year. What could she ship If
modern business methods were intro
duced? This is only one Incident in many
that can be seen in any part of the United
States. Some OF the richest specimens of
gold ore are found near the city of Wash
lngton. | have not only heard this, but
have seen them. a certain United states
senator has 2 mine near Washington, and
in his office Ia Washington he has col
lection of some of the richest specimens
of free gold ore. but for some reason. I
am Informed. the mine has never paid
expenses. Director Preston reports that
NuAtliE inc. ihhl year Inc OAisAildA AltlOSllS
of gold al the minis and assay office of
the United States, including gold contain
ed in silver deposits, and purchases, was
1856 1853 standard ounces. of the value of
81 .909, 5l3S, showing an increase, as com
pared with the previous fiscal year, of
1858 1915 standard ounces, of the value
of s25. 459, 671.Sl.
The value Of redeposits of gold during
the year was $50 0;3, 032 n, an increase over
1898 OF $6h6i2. 5sl4 making an aggregate
increase in the total amount deposited
during the year of $780, 102 .95. This
does not include what was used in the arts
and sciences of the country. The out
look for 1895 is much brighter