The evening times., 1897-08-04

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If the gold Is nuggety, the large nuggets are
found in the upper box, their weigns
OBTAINING them until ali the iighter stAI
has passed through, and the smaller ohes
are held by deeper slat at the out Walu
end OF the bottom OF the box. The piece
or blanket Is, at intervals, taken out ana
rinsed into u barrel, II the gold Is line
mercury is placed at she bottom of the
barrel, as already mentioned
Siuicihg Is always cinpioyed Wnei possi-
Die. Ii requires rgoOu supply oil waeef,
with sufficient head or tall. he process
rs as follows: Pianks are procured ana
forned Into a box OF suitable width anu
depth. Stats are fixed across the bottom
OF the box at suitable intervals, or shallow
holes bored IN the bottom In sucn order that
no particle could run along the bottom In a
straignGIine nj escape witnoutrunning over
a hole. Several or these boxes are then set
up witb considerable slope, ana are ilu.ed
INTO one another at the ends like astoyepipe.
A stream OF water Is now directed into the
upper end or the highest box. The gravel
having been collected, as in the case or the
rocker, it rs shoveied into the upper boX and
Is washed downward by the strong current
OF water. The gold sdeJained b " its weight,
and is held by the Stats or In the holes men
toned. Ii it IL fine mercuryis placed behind
the Stats or In these holes to catch IL. In
TINS way about three times as much dirtcan
be washed as by the rocker and ndconsequentiy
tnree times as much gold Is secured 10 a
they are burned and the ashes washed for
the gold held In the wood
great many of the miners spend Their
time IN the summer prospecting and IN the
winter resort To a method lately adopted
ard which lis called burning" They make
Tires on the surface, thus thawing the
ground until the bed rock is reached. then
Grift and tunnel. The pay dirt is brought
To the surface and heaped in pile until
spring, when water can be obtained. The
sluice boxes are then set up aud the dirt
Is washed out, thus enabling the min er 10
work adv antageousy and prOfitably the
year around. This method has been found
very satisfactory in places where the pay
streak IL az any great depth from the sur
Come which mas been 80 commonly advanced
ny the miners and others that In the ukon
several months In the year are lost in idle
ness Winter usually sets in very soon
ues until the beginning OF une, and is de-
cidediy cold. The mercury falls to 81 de-
grees below zero, but in the interior there Is
SO little humidity in the atmosphere that
the cold is more easily endured than on
tile coast. In the absence of thernome-
ters, miners, it is said, leave their mercury
1ut all night. When they find il frozen
In the morning they conclude that it is too
cold 20 work, and stay at home The tenn
perature runs to great extremes In summer
as wei as In the winter. 1t Is quite a
common thing for the thermometer to reg
lister 100 degrees in the shade
The report rel,s OF lar g gold fin ds in many
other localities ON the British side OF the
boundary line and predicts a great and
lasting gold boom
The report concludes with the statement
that quartz lode showing fine gold in
paying quantities and testing more than
Sloo e. the ton has been discovered nine
teen milcsfrom the Yukon His Information
is that the lode IS from three TO eight feet
In thickness. II am confident he con-
cludes. 'frUr: the nature of tn, gold found In
the creeks that many more quartz lodes and
rich, too, will be found