The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-10-05

werAed VIA sneeeuA
When / discovered that the only
way Of obtaining employment on a
placer was 70 own ono. In the fall Of
1894 I joined fortur with another
miner and started for the Barima
river. We arranged 20 stay two C
thrco- months. and our proviEioas
for that time cost e250 Taking pcs
ssgo on a steamer. we entered the
Burma through the Moro passage
and at Mount Everard were taken
into q boat which. propelled hy pad
dies. was carrying provisions and
men 10 n placer mine near Arakakh.
tho English governments station,
eight OF nine days up
On the way up tho river noticed
mud reefscrossing the Barima every
few miles and ranging In width
from n few feet to 40. ! prospected
somo of them and found n few
spocks of fine gold. which miners
called eyes" think these reefs
indicate assure veins. Wopassed by
several placer mines. but visited
mono until we came 20 the Waremba
syndicate. about four miles below
Araknka and the same distance in
from the river on tho west bank.
While prospecting inland We lost
ourselves In one Of the swamps
which abound In tlIat region. On
our search for camp we crossed NJ
least 20 times q creek running
through the swamp and finally
came to n gigantic cypress tree.
which served as n landmark. Each
attempt that We made to gut out Of
tho swamp brought us back 20 the
cypress tree. Finally wo succeeded
in reaching higher ground. where
we found an old line cut through
narkin. a mining claim BY follow
ing this we succeeded in getting out
It Is impossible to travel through
tho thick underground of that re
gion without a COMPASS. and, Is IN
this instance, even n Compass proves
to be almost useless.
AT our camp near ArAkAka we
hewed a boat out of n Tree and pad
died IS miles up the stream to the
first rapids There / was taken III
with dysentery. which was preva
lent thereabout, and was compelled
TO return TO the hospital at Araka-
ka. While there visited the Ara
kaka Development COMPANY 5 mines
under the management Of Mr.. Ow
ems, an American. This company
was working both quartz and placei
claims which were very rich.
The region Is Of volcanic forma
tion. The quartz lvdges are not -
we'll defined rs on the Cuyuni. bu
eventually, think. the Barima vii
abound in quartz mines. The ledge
run invariably from the northeas
TO the southwest
! The Arakaka Development com
pany owns 60 placer cl1i.-ss. / ma,
explain that placer claims are 10
! Gated ON water cours1 and are 90
feet wide by 1900 in length. Tn
method of working thom Is simple
The ground Is cleared of brush. an
, the first covering of clay Is removes
until the gold bearing gravel Is ez
posed. This Is called stripping
, pit" on the creek. Then a sluics /
put in, TO which the water Of tn
creek is confined. Men are statione
|, on each side Of the sluice TO shove
! in the gravel This is washed by Cd
4 water, and the gold is caught by th
quicksilver i'm the RIFLES at the bO1
tom of the sluice. A "clean up" %
ours every night. and therefore th
minors know just whit they AT
making from day to day. A seotio
4 of the sluico Is moved forward q
they advance up tine Lreek.-''Th
Goldfields OF Guiana. by Thoml
Dalgleisb, in Century.