The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18

lost to- circulation. Not long ago two
native princess died in India, each leav-
ing, L. lis supposed, about 5000 900
worth OF gold. One Of these princes
who had his twenty millions stored up
in his vaults. borrowed from the gev-
eminent of India something like ST.
600 600 to- carry SON 4Fis establishment Y
He preferred to pay interest to going
back ON his pile. and when he was ask
ed IL ne could pay his loan on demand,
he replied yes. and that they might call
for IL at any time. a7+s
Another gold hoard was discovered
mot long ago upon the death or the
Maharajah of Burdwan. This was
opened up on the death of the marha-
rajah 1t consisted OF seven rooms fill
ed with gold and silver and precious
stones Three of the rooms were locked
and the doors bricked up One room,
As feet long, ID feet wide and IS feet
high, was filled with gold plates and
cups, gold and silver ornaments and
precious stones In nearly all, of the
rooms vaults were found containing
money, and In one vault there were
ten thousand gold mohurs. All of the
vaults were so protected that tt was
not possible for the government to find
out exactly how much they held, and
even the exact number of the vaults Is
not known This treasure Is now in
the hands of the maharaJah's descend
ants.
THE GOLD IN CHINA.
There is undoubtedly vast amount
of gold in China There are mines in
different parts of the empire, and a
great deal of gold is brought down
every year from Siberia 1t comes to
Picking and rs there melted down inter
small bars OF about the size of the lit
tie cakes known as lady fingers. It
is almost pure, often running. eyer
twenty karads IN hneness 1t is east
in this small shape in order that it
may be boarded and easily passed from
hand1to haa1tfh The officials, who In
many cases make fortunes out of their
office, buy these gold bars and secrete
them, They do not dare to put. their
money into the banks for fear that
= their brother officials may discover
their wealth and confscate it. The
sresult is that such gold bars will bring
two per cent more in Peking than they
viii In Shanghai. There are said to
be more than 100 places in China where
gold is found. In Mongolia there are
a9nambef of mines. and in the SOUTH,
western part of the empire there are
gold workings which are 100 feet deep
The Chinese cannot understand the fall
of silver. 1 was often asked as to it
during my stay in the country Two
years ago-the Chinese many times
putting to me this question in their
queer pigeon English: What for makee
gold so dear ~ They did not speak of
the fall of silver but of the rise of gold
AT the time silver was just about as
low as it is now. I carried my money
In drafts on New York, and usually
received about $3.50 in silver for each
500 of American money l cashed.
q I see from the Japanese newspapers
that there is some possibility of that
country establishing a gold basis. If
this scheme is carried out Japan will
Rave to get it's gold from other coun-
tries, as it's own production is less than
81, 900, 00l a year.. Its gold rnines are
worked by JapaHeSe7l abOrerS who wear
shoes or sandals of straw, the soles of
which are about as thick as your little
finger. These sandals wear out very
quickly, and the laborers then throw
them awaNss During naN-stay In Japan
I heard of a queer gold speculation
in connections with tlfese@eld shoes A
man living near the mines had for.
years collected all the old shoes he
could find and stored them away.
After long time he burned them to
ashes and panned the result, getting
q large amount of gold from them.
The story was told for truth, but, like
many Oriental statements, it sounds
rather fisfiy.
COREsA,S1 GOLDAFIELDS. "a
A great partSoE the gold, Of both
The CoEean miness are said@to be very
rich. Corea is mount an ussand near
" all OF its mountails con fAih minerals.
During my VISIT Ias the country eight
years ago our American minister told
me thar he heIieEea the gold product
amounted to- s.. 000, 900 a year. Gen
Clarence Greathouse, stF1e American
foreign adviser to- the king. described
the#mines as very Valuable and for
eign merchants showed me quilts of
gold dust and little nuggets which
had been broughteto them by the peo-
pie. So far nearly all of the gold got
tensout of Coreae has come from placer
washings. There are. few quartz
mines but these are worked in the
crudest of ways. The loose rock is
pried out with picks or crowbars When
such means fail fire is built upon the
rock, and when it is hot cold water
is thrown upOr it o-+crack it, After
the ore is gotten out it is crushed be-
tween two stones, the under stone. be-
ing fiat and the upper somewhat round,
SO that it can be rolled backward and
forward over the. ore. crushing it.
After it is crushed, the metal is saved
by hand panning.a No pumps are used,
and blasting powder and dynamite are
practically unknown, ~ There is no
quicksilver to gather the gold, and in
all probability the most Of 1t goes to
waste. The mines are the property of
The king, but those. who work them;
undoubtedly steal great part of the
product. A number of foreigners are
row trying to get possession of the
mines, and within a few years they
will probably be- owned by English,
Americans and 4ssians.
-Frs1k G. Carpenter. i.