Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-10-24
>soLo.r,gLps OF GUIANA.
An Arizona Miners Pros pecsing Touf
Among Them.

an Arizona M1nef'o ffOopecv108 TOUT
Among Them.
Thomas Dalgleish, m old Arizona
miner, has written an account Of his
own personal adventures among "The
Gold.Field Of Guiana" for the Century.
Mr.. Dalgleish says:
The first fine placer on the Cuyuni was
found In 1903 by Frenchman named
Jacobs. His outfit was furnished by
two Portuguese named Carrara and
Rosa. They took out from two hun
dred to three hundred pounds a month
for two or three years, the gold being
worth one hundred and ninety-five dol
lars a pound. When I reached there,
in 1893, the placer was In full work.
ing order. Jacobs Is said to have dis
posed Of his gains at Monte Carlo;
Carrara died insolvent; Rosa left a
few thousands; that Is, in brief. the
history Of the owners of one Of the
richest placer-mines in that country.
The mine was sold In 1905 for fifteen
hundred dollars, and Jacobs Is now
simply an employee In the placer. The
Barnard Syndicate has taken out a
great deal of gold from placers situat-
cd on the Potaro River; but 1t Is my
impression that placer.mining Is about
over unless new territory Is opened up.
Quartz-mining Is still in Its infancy.
There are at present two quartz-mines
in operation on the Barlma River, with
good showing; but they are In the dis
puted territory, and, think, have been
obliged to shut down. Quartz on the
Cuyuni Is finely defined. although there
II not a quartz-mine on the river at
present; but In all probability good
Quartz-mines will yet be worked In
British Guiana.
At present 1t Is impossible for n poor
man to prospect to advantage In that
country. He must purchase all his
provisions at Georgetown; buy or hire
O boat; pay big wages to his captain
and bowman; and give security for
the wages of his men, and pay for their
food. have known only one or two
poor men who have made a stake out
there.
After prospecting three or four
months, which Is very fatigulng and
trying to the constitution of the strong.
est, man may find nothing; but he
will have learned a good deal. Then
he may take notion, II he has few
hundreds left, to buy another outfit.
This time he may find creek that
will pay him one or two ounces a day
In the ton. When that much Is got In
the ton sluiccs are soon put In, which
yield two or three times as much gold.
II he has the good fortune to keep his
health and to find gold. he has to carry
his yield to Bartaca Grove. where he
passes through the gold station. Here
every man, both laborer and master,
II searched. Some think this very dis.
agreeable, but I see nothing objection
able In the law, which Is a great pro.
lection to the placer.owner. the oh.
5cct being to prevent lab0rcrs and 9TH
crs from stealing gold. At George
town he must carry his gold to the
Commissioners office, where he gets
Q permit to pay the royalty Mt another
government Office. after which he may
sell It to the banks.
Miners IRE not allowed to sell gold In
the bush or In Georgetown. Each day
Q miner must enter his find In his gold
book, and II an inspector should come
along and find gold that was not en-.
tered he might conGscate II. This ID
why a miner must buy his entire out.
1t In Georgetown, ana have money
enough to see himself through before
no starts. All the British colonial off.
cials, at least all that came In contact
with, arc polite ana gentlemanly. !
have met foreigners who think their
laws are very stringent, but would
rather be where there Is some law than
on the other side Of the Yuruan, where
there Is none.