Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1895-08-01

When it was said few years ago
and obscurely, that certain portions q
Vermont contained gold in paying
quantities, people laughed. Gold IN
Vermont? Nonsense! Nobody ever
heard of such a thing.
Well, there is gold in Vermont, ana
they are getting it out Of the earth IN
paying quantities at the present gay
You have only to 60 up to Bethei,
on the Boston and Maine road, take 2
wagon for four miles across country
until you reach the White river. there
ask for the gold mining company, ana
the native who gets good living out
OF this industry will take you over 70
a field and the river lying between two
mountains, or at least very high hills.
There you will see long sluice run
ming about three-quarters OF a mile up
the river, guarded on one side by stone
work in anticipation Of spring fresh
cts. You will see cradles, mining pans
and all the paraphernalia that distin-
guishes a mining camp. There is a
good deal Of difference in the miners,
however. The company employs only
Yankees. BY and by they will get
Italians to do the rough work. But
at present they find it policy to keep
friendly with the inhabitants OF tn
country, and pay them good wages.
LAY OF THE LAND.
Well, the native takes you over to a
man clad in rough overalls, holding a
pan in his hand and anxiously watch.
ing every dip as the mud runs over
the rim.
The Journal man was introduced to
Nelson Morkell, the superintendent
and general manager Of the concern
He was well known in Boston two OF
three years ago, and for long time
was closely identified with John Stet'
sons enterprises, both in general bust
ness and theatricals. Morkell is al
old Western prospector, and he swear'
that never before, in any part of tht
West, did he find such natural clay
of the land"for gold as in this particu
lar section OF Vermont.
"Look here, he said. "You canno
deny the evidence Of your own eyes,
and he dumped the spade full of dir
into his milling pan and then begaI
working it. Gradually the mud oozet
away and black sand appeared, which
was all that apparently remained. Thi
he dried in the sun and then gent,
blew on it. Then began to appear
small specks Of gold, hardly large
than dust, but distinctly gold.
..Now," said Morkell, ''in that on
pan can count ABOUT so to 100 colors
IlColor is the name of a speck of gold.
Twenty would pay well. Ihave takel
this magnetic sand, which, by the way
OF itself is worth $40 ton, for il
amalgam it strengthens steel by one
third and makes the best quality il
1.-THE world. This black magnetic san,
lis purely metallic, and in it you inva
|riably find gold. AT present we ar
only doing alluvial mining. TIL
ground is rich enough to pay WE'LL"
HOW IT PANS OUT.
| ssI calculate-and | say it withou
|any exaggeration whatever--that W
can get from $3.50 to $3.50 ton out 0
this dirt. have had it assayed il
Boston, and express myself as beinl
thoroughly satisfied if the ore turn
Tout 1925 to the ton. The experts as
sured me that $3.50 was the very least
and it might run more than that"
"By and by, on the opposite noun
tain there-the Vulture as tits calle'
I'VE will be working on quart
mining. | fee: sure that when we &c
to bed rock we will find plenty OF ric
pockets. Why not? know the la
Of the ground. But you cannot seer
to make people believe that there
gold in these regions. You probabl
have not heard OF gold in Canada
i Well, know man who had CLAIM
there and got $235,0OO Of free gol'
tout Of one pocket, and there is plent
left on the claim yet. These hills tina
YOU see here are continuation of tn
same range in which all that gold wa
found.a
Iook here!" and Mr.. Morkell drey
from his pocket small medical phia
a containing several small nuggets AM
d lot Of dust. .This is the result, h
said, ssof three pans that worked my
self, and this is mere surface work
When we get down about three or fou
feet more we shall strike the old be-
of the river. Then lexpect to find
great deal more gold than here. Blu
at any rate, am very well satisfied a
lit is"
EXPERIMENTS SO PAR.
$50 far, have only had seven me
working, because we have been eA
perimenting more than anything elst
: But now | am satisfied have foun
the right spot, and shall bring up
: large force of Italians from Bosto
and keep the sluices going all tn
, while. AS it is, we have built three
, Quarters of mile Of sluiceway. w
, have all our cradles in position, an
we have made satisfactory progress i
sinking shaft, which already NOR
than pays for itself on the very SUI
face"