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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-10

throughout the world and can estimate
its size and the directions toward which
it is going.
A CHAT WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE
MINT.
II was by appointment OF Director
Preston that called at the treasury de-
partment this afternoon found HIM in
his private Office in the mint bureau with
several large sheets of figures lying be-
fore him. After word or so OF greeting
he said:
81 think that the gold product for 1897
will amount to more than $500, oo @, 900
There is big increase going on in nearly
every gold region oil the world, and the
amounts in sight are now greater than
ever In 1892 the gold product OF the
world amounted TO $3.50, 900. 600. In
1895 it had reached the 1900, DOC, 600
point, and this year it will rise at least
$50, 900, 900 more.
MORE GOLD FROM EVERYWHERE
''In what part of the world is the big
gest increase, Mr.. Preston2" | asked
"We find that more gold is being
mined everywhere, replied the director
of the mint. South Africa will turn out
more than ever this year. My reports
from Australasia indicate that there will
be great increase there, and the United
States will have one of the biggest out
puts of its history"
what part OF the United States do
you refer tor"
ITO almost every gold region of the
country" said Director Preston "We
shall produce at least $685. 90 worth
OF gold during the coming year, and it is
question with me as to whether this
will not be the biggest gold yield of our
history. IT was estimated that we pro.
duced $4,000, 600 in 1858. That was
when the early gold regions OF Califor-
mia were at their best, but the means
of estimating the amounts taken out
were not SO good then as they are now;
and think that sixty FIVE millions was
probably an over estimate. Our increase
in 1896 has been aboutI Sc, 900, 600 over
that of 1895, and we will have consider
ably. more Of an increase during the
coming year."
CALIFORNIA IN 1897.
docs California still yield large
amount OF goldF' asked.
YES" replied the director of the
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and discovering new ones. II is a
strange thing, but men walk right over
good eold fields again and aean when
prospecting and it is sometimes ars be-
fore rich find is discovered. This was
the case with the Cripple Greek dst'ict
The men who went to Pixies Peak years
ago walked over the Cripple reek telds
and fortunes laid there undisturt ed with
in few miles of Denver for a genera
ton Notwithstanding they were surround
ed by the best gold mines OF the world"
THE GOLD OF AUSTRALASIA.
GLOW about the Australian mine.2'
eve get vast amount of gold every
year from Au tralasia, " replied the di-
rector OF the mint Some of the best
managed mines OF the world are IN New
Zealand I he gold is reduced there to
some extent by the cyan de process
There ave gold mines in Tasmania, and
gold is now found N many d. ierent parts
OF Australia, which were for years con
sidtred worthless. Some OF the best
mines are now N western Australia.
They are very dlfi-ult to reach, ard
what is known as the Coolgardie district
is almos, in the desert Prospecting in
this p 1T Of The wo Id requires camels to
carry the provisions and tools, and the
camel t1ere takes the place which tt e
doDkty has IN the Rockies The great
trouble is the lack of water, which in
some quarters il almost as costly as
wits y"
THE AFRICAN GOLD FIELDS,
"How about the African mines, Mr..
Pres o., what are they doing this yeain"
There is great increase going on in
the output OF South Africa. We get re-
tun' from there every month, and the
amount of the gold product is steadily
rising. II the experts are to be believed
there viii be no falling of in the African
supply for yeas to come"
Speaking of experts, Mr.. Preston.
where do the best mining engineers
come from1"
THE Americans lead the world today
as mining experts and mining
engine ers, - replied Mr.. Preston. you
Will find large number OF our mining
engineers in South Africa. 1t was an
American who FIRST announced what is
now believed to be the correct theory as
to the South African gold formation
This mans name was Curtis. He was
the son of George Ticknor Curtis, the
literateur. Mr. Curtis held that the gold
'tNio Vi WtIt III lIle SHAPE
OF an immense basin, which had been
turned up as it were by the forces of ma
ture. He said that he thought that gold
would be fou nd 10 exist down 10 a great
depth. This has since been ascertaned
TO be the fact. Some of our best infor-
nation concerning the gold fields OF
South Africa comes from MIR. Hamilton
Smith, the mining expert OF the Roths-
childs. Hamilton Smith is Kentucky
man, who has acquired high standing
as mining engineer. He estimates
that we shall see the day when the Rand
district will surpass the whole United
States in its gold output, and tia. at no
distant time II Will turn out 500, 900 90
worth OF gold and upwards year. Mr..
Smith was sent by the Rothschilds to
Africa to report upon the god there.
He figures that the amount that probably
exists exceeos one billion collars. He
has also been sent to report upon the
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up OF dust and nuggets, washed out of
the dirt and sand -

up Of dust and nuggets, washed out of
the dirt and sand "
SOUTH DAKOTA.
us there much gold left in South Da-
kotar asked.
Eyes, indeed there is" replied Di-
rector Preston. cat least we get a lot
from there every year. 1t comes from
both the placer mines and the quartz
mines. Some of the biggest stamp mills
IN the world are in South Dakota. The
Homestead Mining company has a six
bundled stamp'mill which pounds away
day and night, yelr in and year out.
MS mine is one OF the most valuable
OF the world, aud sill its ore is of a low
grade. | understand tia, the Roths-
Chi DIS have lrled 10 buy it lime and
again, but that the company which owns
it will not SELL"
SOMETHING ABOUT CRIPPLE CREEK AND
LRADvILLE,
How about the Colorado mines9"
colorado is now one of the richest
mining states OF the Union 1t is nearing
California IN It's yearly output and its
product Is steadily Increasing. The
Cripple Creek III ners claim that thew
~ cunning WI a WORM
OF gold every month. | believe they
over-estimate their output, and | doubt
wheth they are producing more than
1850 COO M nthly This, however, is an
enormous product from a new region.
The big mines there seem TO hold
their own, and new ones are being dis
covered"
rs Stratton still the owner of the In
dereudence miner"
Yes, replied the director of the mint
He is | believe, working hard to keep
his income down 10 SOD 900 a month +"
"How about the Leadvllle mines?"
The mines there are holding their
own. The Little Johnny OF Lead, lille
Is enc OF the richest mines oil the world.
1t keeps on producing vast amounts Of
gold every year. lust now a great deal
OF geld is being gotten from the Breck-
enridge district, which is about fifty miles
from Leadville."
OTHER GOOD GOLD REGIONS.
How about the Utah mines?"
They are We y rich. There is great
deal OF low-gradc ore in them, which is
being gotten out ty the cyanide process.
There has also been decided increase
in the gold product OF Nevada. You
nau pest Keep your eyes on that State.
1t will come to the front in the near
future 1t produced last year nearly
two milo dollars worth oil gold, and
number OF new mines are now being
opened. Both Montana and Ariz ma
will increase Their product this year.
We are getting great deal OF gold
from Washington and Oregon, and, in
TACT, the gold is coming in from every
where"
"What is the cause OF this increased"
"One reason is the low price OF silver.
Though believe there is money in min
ing silver at the present prices. If not
why do they work the mires? One OF
the chief reasons for the increase in the
product OF gold IS the new processes OF
reduction. Gold can be gotten out of
the rock cheaper than ever before. The
old dumps are being worked over, old
mines ave being reopened and there is
an army OF prospectors moving about
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water, or between one and two hundred
tons of gold in cubic mile One of
his estimates is that il all the gold could
he gotten out Of the ocean we would
have more than hundred billion tons OF
god. This is lit good 10 the world.
as no means has yet been discovered
of getting the gold out. The new pro.
cesses, however, are steadily increasing
the possible supply from the regular
sour es. There is vast deal of low
grade god in the south. There is gold
within an hou S ride by carriage from
where we are sitting, which by i'm
proved methods may some day he profit
| ably mined"
THE GOLD OF ALASKA.
"How about the Alaskan gold, Mr.,
Preston? | unders and that there will
be a heavy yield from there thi, year"
"rhere will be some" replied tie di-
rector of the mint, but not Of a very
great am unit We shall probably have
! several million dollars worth of gold
from different mines of that territory.
The Treadwell mine. IN Southern
Alaska, is sure to give us big lump OF
! hold. This mine Is one OF the best
mines Of the world. II is merely bluff
on the edge of the sea, containing low
grade ore. The ore will not run over
three dollars ton, but the gold is so
close to the water and so easily mined
that il costs only dollar and gu rtsr
ton to get it out. The mine has already
paid five or six million dollars, and it is
worth large fortune. II Is operated. |
| am told. after the very best and most
economical methods. 1t has enc of the
largs st stamp mills in the word. II is
III ht.d by electricity, and some thing
Ike million dollars have been spent on
the works connected with il.
THE GOLD OF THE YUKON.
"Wbat is being done in the Yukon
district"
"My information" said The director Of
the mint, lis that the people have been
pouring into the Yukon region for some
time, both on sledges and in boats The
mining season there is just beginning,
Tor The men can work only in the sum
mer. So lar the only mining done on
the Yukon is placer mining. The gold
has to be washed cut OF the river bed,
and the land along the Streams. The
soil is froz=n the greater part Of the
year, and the only time that gold wash
ing can be done is in the hot months of
up The frozen earth and lay it in piles on
the banks of the rivers, so that they can
work the more quickly when the sum-
mer comes. 1t Is very hard work, but
you know men will do anything TO get
gold"
You say, Mr.. Preston. that this is all
placer mining. thought that placer
min ny was pretty well played out, the
world over"
That is great mistake" said the
director. Go d is being wahed out
in almost all Of the god districts.
There are many placer mines in the
diff rent islands of Alaska They are
wasinng out gold all along the Northern
PAcific coast. There are placer mines
at Cripple Creek. Colo ; you can find the
miners washing out gold near Leadville,
and the greater part OF the gold which
we get from Siberia is produced in this
way. Much Of the Russian gold is made
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mint ut produces more than any other
state in the Union. 1t is steadily incfeas-
ing its product, and will turn out some
thing like SIS, 600 worth Of gold tn S
year The people there have reduced
mining to science. They can, | am
told, get the precious metals out cheaper
than the miners of any other part OF the
word. They do even better than the
operators OF the famous Treadwell mine
OF Alaska. Much OF the gold costs them
less than fifty cents ton Large sums
are invested in mining operations, and
the work is done ON such Zig scale
that the cost is cut down to the mini
NUM-"
''F ON what part of California do we
now &c. the most goldl"
The most Of it comes from the
Mother Lode" replied the director OF
the min. 81 his hai always reen the
chief mining region OF California. 1t
runs fiom north TO south through the
state in the mountains back from the
sea coast. There are number OF DIFF
ierent regions along this ode which are
being worked at great profit and in all
so is OF ways. Hydraulic mining is being
resumed For a time the avs were
against this, because the debris made by
washing down the noun aims wa carried
by the rives over the wheat fields, de
stroying them. Then a comm ssion was
organized by which the waste was so
taken care OF that the wheat fields were
saved. There are several hundred of
hydraulic mines now being worked"
THE NEW MINING PROCESSES.
How about the new processes of
miningl Do the Californians use them
10 any EXTENT"
Yes" replied Mr.. Preston. "There
are cyanide mills and chlorination works
all over California Many OF the old
dumps are being worked over, and old
mines are being re-opened A number
of the best of the 90 m mes were
abandoned yea ago on a. count OF los
ing the vein at certain depth. II was
then thought that gsl1 did not extend
very deep into the earth, and when the
miners had gone down 500 or COO feet
and lost the vein, it was believed that
the end o. the gold had come and that
the vein had petered out 1t is found,
however, that by going down little
further the We n may be often rediscov-
cred and sometimes that it will be richer
than ever. This was the case with the
famous Gwinn n inc TSis mine was
very rich. II had yielced foltunes, but
the vein was thought to have played out.
A new company took hold Of it not
long ago. hey sunk the shat a few
feet fuIt er and another big fortune was
opened to view. This S also the case
with the Kennedy mine and others.
CURIOUS PLACES FOR GOLD.
"Anolher theory that has been ex-
ploded," C ntinued Mr.. Preston, is that
gold can only be found IN one or two
kinds of rock. They now find gold in
everything 1t occurs in sands one,
shale, safe and clay. II is ten found
in gravel, and you have seen the state
ments recently pub shed about the vat
amount If the yellow meta which is in
solu ion in the waters Of the sea. There
is man in Australia who has been ex-
perimentng upon this for the last hve
years believe he estimates that tbe,e
is about grain OF gold in ton Of
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gold at Cripple Creek and ctler parts
OF the United States"
"How about the English. Do they
own many OF our gold niinese"
Yes" replied the director OF the
mint. "There is great deal OF English
capital invested in American gold
regions. They have mines in nearly all
parts Of the west, and are on the look-
cut for more"
ADVICE FOR YOUNG MEN.
"Nould you advise a young man to
go into mining, MIR. Preston1' | asked.
Mining is like everything else" re-
piled the director OF the mint IL. re-
quires capital and experience to succeed
in il. The business grows more and
more legitimate every year. and no man
should think OF putting money into the
earth without he knows that there Is
some probability OF getting 1t out If
young man has but little capital, he
should not invest before he has Learned
something OF mining. He should study
the business and seek the advice OF ex-
perts and be sure that the experts are
honest. None OF the large companies
ever put money into mines without send
ing out their experts. Take the London
Exploration Company, for instance.
lhey paid not long ago SI,5oo, 900 Tor
the 'Tom-boy.' They mad it tested for
four months before they consented to
the purchase Such companies have
number OF experts, and they never in
vest without the reports upon the
property are very favorable. When
they buy they usually pay according to
the amount of gold in sight, expecting
TO make thelr money out OF that which
is yet TO be discovered"
"Where would you advise young
man to start il he wanted to 90 into
miniDg?"
81 would not like to say" replied
Director Preston. "All OF the gold
states OF the W. st have good properties
and good prospects. Arizona and Cali
fornia are as good gold fields as any.
would only say that the man who does
not understand the business, or who is
not prepared to stay in the gold regions
long enough to learn 1t, had better keep
his money and remain at home"
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Ing dragged from the mountains oil .he
West. The increase is going on steadily.
There was never anything like it before,
and the prospects are that it will be even
,t,,ter in the future. We are having a
food OF gold, not only from the United
States but from all other gold regions.
Iget this information from the director
Of the mint, and it is based upon his re-
potts which come in regularly from all
parts Of the world. The director of the
mint has confidential relations with the
biz smelling establishments and reduc-
lion works Of the United States, by
which they send him statements as to the
amounts Of gold and silver which they
receive. They report whence the metals
come and where they 20. He gets also
reports from the officers Of the mint in
different parts Of the United States. and
his mail brings him reports monthly from
the gold regions of Africa, Australia,
Russia, South America and elsewhere.
The reports given by the smelling estab-
Gshments are Of gold actually melted up
and sent into circulation. They are not
hrrosy estimates of prospectors or mine
owners, but are made up of figures as
reliable as any you will findin the treas
ny department. 1t is through such re-
pors that the director Of the mint knows
ron month to month just how the
i'ieam Of the worlds gold is rising or
allng. Sitting in his office at the
reasury department he can watch this
golden river and its branches as it flows
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THE WORLDS GOLD IN 1897.
with the of the Mint About the Gold Regions
ACna - tho World and Their Enormous output.

- iii, Yea, bigger Than Eve,H HW Exceed s25o 600 The
me ,c If cY6oa-7Ae hyd,anHe Companies and What They IRE
Something tie Alaskan Mines and Goa Of The lnkon-z Tile
% 1,,k District is Being Done in Oah ana South Dako
oDT - r dust,ahaa Something about The .Daa
n 1fqg EneuchiOv the English By Mines and Some Id
t< FL, Young Men as miners
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HE Gold Mining
convention at
Denver this week
will give the pub
lie some idea OF
the e or IN o Il S
a m cunt OF the
I've lilo IN e t a !
which is now be-
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with thankiulness their restoration to
health by the use OF Hoods SArsa-
psrills.
Think OF the vast army who have
been cured by this mediclne-
Mer, women and children, who
have suffered the consequences OF i'm.
pure blood, who have been the vic.
time oil ecrUfula sores. erupttonR, dys-
pepsis, nervousness, sleeplessness.
They have tried other medicines
aud b We siled to obtain relief. They
tried Hoods Ssreapsrills and 1t did
hem good. They persevered in its
Use and it accomplished permanent
ur eP. Do you wonder that they praise
OF and recomme nd IL 20 you?
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Richsrdson's SsrsapsrIIia
Strenl thens the neIv,s and rurifies
the blood; and cur.s Saint Vitus'
canoe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-25

Queen Victoria has just suffered a
very serious blow in the death of An
ME Mcdonald, who for close upon
half a century has been her senior
dresser-that is to say, her principal
lady's maid. The very personiication
of discretion, common sense, tact, and
yet independence of character, Annie,
who was not Presbyterian, but a
Methodist, enjoyed to "a greater de-
gree the confidence of her royal mis-
tress than do many of her majesty s
great court dignitaries and cabinet
ministers. She is frequently referred
to in the pages of the Queens pub
lished diary of her life in the High
lands, always in kindly fashion, and
her portrait, sketched by the hand of
the sovereign herself and handsomely
framed, occupied a conspicuous place
upon the walls of the corridor at Wind
sor Castle beside those of John Brown,
Lord Beaconsield, Dean Stanley,
General Grey, Sir Robert Peel and
Lord Melbourne. Her influence upon
the Queen was vastly superior to that
of John Brown, far greater, indeed,
than any one would be tempted to be.
ieve, and that it was disinterested was
certain by her absolute and blind de.
votion to the Queen, the world in her
eyes beginning and ending with hez
majesty. Chicago Record.