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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-23
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Effective October 20, 1897.
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, BROAD
STREET STATION.
$50 A. Nj, Daliy, wan Parior car, lor
Norfolk, Portsmouth. Ola
Point, Newport News, ana
principal stations. Connects
daily with Old Dominion
steamships for New York.
$40 L. NJ, Daily, with Pullman, Tor
local stations, Newport
News, Old Point, Norfolk.
and Portsmouth.
1000 A. NJ, Local train, except Sunday,
for w. Clifton Forge. Con-
meets at Gordonsville for
Orange, Cuireper Calver-
ton, Manassas, Alexandria.
and Washington; at Union
station, Charlottesville, for
Lynehburg; at Basic for Ha-
21oP. NJ, Daily, with Pulmans to Gin
cinnati, Louisville, and ST
Louis. Stops only at impor.
tant stations. Connects al
Covlngton daily for Virginia
Hot Springs. Meals served
on Dining-cars. No. !, Local
Train, except Sunday fol-
lows above train from Cor
louisville to stanton.
$50 p. NJ. Accommodation, except Sun
day, for Charlottesville.
1870 p NJ, Daily for Cincinnati, with
T. +. V. Pullmans to Hinton. w Va.
and Gordonsville TO Cincir-
natl and Louisville. Meals
served on Dning-cars. Con-
meets at Staunton, except
Sunday. for winchester, Va,
and at Covington, Va, daily,
for Hot Springs.
TRAINS LEAVE EIGHTH STREET
STATION.
IL 80 A. NJ, Daily for Lynchburg ana
Clifton Forge. Connects a
Bremo, except Sunday, for
White Hall. except Sunday at
Balcony for Lexington. ana
at w. Clifton Forge with No.
for Cincinnati.
400 p. NJ. Except Sunday. Local ac-
commodation for Columbia
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND,
BROAD-sTREET STATION.
$40 A. NJ, Daily, from Cincinnati
11.l5 a. M, Daily, from Norfolk aud ola
Point.
$50 P. NJ. Daily, from Cincinnati and
ESQ P. NJ, Daily, from Norfolk and Old
| Point.
7:45 2. NJ, Except Sunday from
! ". Clifton Forge.
! TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET
| STATION.
$50 A NJ, Except Sunday, from Column
| bia.
6:2OP. NJ, Daily, from Lynchburg and
| Clifton Forge, and, except
Sunday, from Lexington and
| White Hall.
| JOHN ID. POTTS.
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-23
Dragging Is Not Curing.

Medicines containing opium and
chloroform dry up cough, but that is
not curing. A weak place is left likely
10 end in pneumonia or consumption.
The right remedy must go TO the source
Of the trouble and remove 1t. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is such
remedy. 1t is absolutely safe and qua
ranteed TO cure cough to stay cured.
All druggists sell it. 25 and 30 cents a
bottle. de 20 LII caN wi
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-23
S. ULLr1AN'S SONS.
READ BELOW.
LOW PRICES IN EVERY DEPART
MENT.


51-i mounds Granu!ated sugar tor.. -
Light-Brown Sugar, per pound '''' -,
Large Irish Potatoes, peck -
Cooper's Cocoa, best on the Ilaihe'' 1,
per can .......... ,''''''''''''''' u
New Citron, pound ;;; ;'.t.t,,s
New London Layer RalslHs' -
pounds for ....',..- ...;;.'i fc, 20
New Mixed Nuts, pounds lo'''''''
Home Made Jelly .........'.''''''''''
Floating Toilet soap, lot.', ,a, ~
3 lbs New English Wainuts Ioi"''
New Cleaned Currants, pounI 10. .,,er
Fresh oyster Crackers ana CI"eA''
Dust. per pound .........' -
Orange County Creamery buL'e'' .,
finest on the market, per pouHu''''
Jrnportpd SWitZer Cheese, pouHu''''
3-pound can Apple Butter ioT''''''''
New Raisins ........'' ''''''''''''
New CurTauts .......'' ..'''''''' "a
New Figs, Z pounds tor ,.,i <, I'D
VIRGINIA Ample Brandy, per gaI''''''S- ~
Large 4-String BrOoms '''''''''''''
Large cans Pie Peaches ..r''''''''' M
Large cans Pineapple .....,;.,- 49,
Riock Enamel stove Pollsn pi" i,
Mountain-Roll Butter, per pouilu'''' ~
Genuine Timothy Hay, Per '"'''' B
New Prunes, per pound ':''''''''''
california Hams, per pounu -
New Seedless Raisins. per pouhu''' II
. Iorge cans Tomatoes for - -
Nort6 Carolina Roe HerrinG5' hes" no
noS or aoZ Wishing Soda for ........ % 3
Four p String Brooms ........''.'''''''''
Post Sugar Corn, per can ''.''''''''' eo
Box Of 50 Good cigars .''''''''''''''' Ia
sour pickles. per gallon .'....''''''' -
C;T, Mills Shipstun, per cWI'''''''
unite Rpans quart ...''''''''''''''
New Green Peas, quart '.''t,,r''''
. hars Octagon-ShaPe 9o3R r.serves I'D
"a yyn,,rd nail Home Made preserves
iy-pouHuU', D. trU-heat. pound ...........' %
SUIT oranges, per dozen. 5''''''''' "a
SNs1, Taver Figs, per pouhd''''''''
~, Cranbe cries, quart '''''''''''''' a
String Beans, per can i,,,j
C SaaIpo.,i.lTbow or Mixed Pickles, per
cuort .............. ...''. '..l''
quar- quar- Jefferson Washing Powders
for ssa,,c.iiiicd Almonds. per pound. .
itNen , Tump Starch, per pouhu'''' .
~, 49,, Laundry Soap, per Dar'.''
. ,a,,nds palm Nuts for.'.'.'..;'''''' On
Nc brown Sugar, per pQGunu'''''' %
Rest Vanilla Syrup, per galloh ''''''
BIaclxing Brushes ;''''''''''''''
Pa i ~ Ifsans per pound ..........'.
Lima LIMA 1n'norfed Sour Krout, quart. o
~, pecans. pounds Tor ...'''..'' -
~" / emon and Orange feel, ice ~
Sv.eet Country Cider, per salloh'''' ~
~ Dried Peaches per pound..... ~
rilie. Feet. per pound ......;;.:'.':
6 dii5sr King Minnesota Patent
9i Eapilv Flour. barrel ....'......... 10
or sack Rcw Snowflake Patent
IF Family Flour; it's best sold barrel 70
or sack .........sss. 'ss.ss. %
! VI Gus Table Peaches, 3 for. .
on ona I cans Maple Syrup ............ %
IaTge Coc9nut ..s.....'...''.....'.. o
New vs. virginia Comb Honey, pound: 10
Large cans ........ ............. III
60, Table Peaches ...................
Nv, Beans and Peas. quart.,,....
We have a house. full of bargains.
=. ULLMAN'S son,
1870 AND 1872 EAST MAIN STREET.
ITp-Town store, 500 east Marshall.
'Phone $40. fnone %
II will pay you TO call for our complet
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IN SOUTHERN
z~cIK RAILWAY.
Schedule Effective November -i'
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, VA

1900 Night. No. IL, southern sno
daily for Atlanta, AISes,a,,o 10
points South. Sleeper hlcnuIsshs,rv
banviIle Greensboro Salispu,s'
Charlotte Columbia, and AusSu1onns
Sleeper omen at $3.50 4. W, SS'ona
az All stations between NE ~, of
and Danville TO take Oh 90"
pConnects at Danville, salisbury,
and charlotte with the Wasnlnssooth
and Southwestern LIMITED YORK SmI TO 70
AshsyiiIe. Hot Springs, Chattanooo,
ga and Nashville; New ork o ~
Memphis; New Yor6 70 Tampa MsW ana
leans; New a York Coach 20 between
washington and Memphis; SonneSH IN
tons are made FOR al lIei pens ope N
Texas . and Ca CSli 6t Ssa p s'f II
1900 noon. No Q, solid train daiiy ior
charlotte N c.. connects al MOS,
ley with Farmville ana 1890
railroad AT AT KMesyn sdylrso l0s and Dur
ham. and at Greensboro no Dsaien:
ham Raleigh; v and N1 IS, Tniaed
g. sta, Dsp fast mail M solid train, daily
for New orleans and points ~, ~
wbich carries sleepers New YORK 10
New orleans. and New"aoar sai,s.
gaTSSV tn Chattanooga; also. Pull
Jury .oo ~ sIseper every Wednes-
f,Sn Washington to san Francisco
ooo IithN9ut N ,SpaI ~ local. daily. except
"''o sunday la, Tor Keysville and inteTme-
d'ate points. -
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RiChnoND'
S:S9 4 = NJ NJ from Atlanta, Augusta.
Asheville. and Nashyille.
$40 A. NJ, from key Is, ~, AIMS
~, =, ia 60 between Manchester ana
Naopolig Va.
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FREDERICKSBURG ACCOMMODATION
DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS.
~ OBJ DO M MON
NG> STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
lkMAt1sN DAILY LINE
III FOR
" NEW YORK.

Passengers can leave Richmond DAILY
via Chesapeake and Ohio railway at $50
A. NJ. or Richmond and Petersburg rail-
road Norfolk and Western route A.
NJ connecting at Norfolk with Old Do
minion Line steamer. sailing same eve
ming for New YORK.
ALLWATER ROUTE.
Steamship Old Dominion leaves Rich
,oond every Monday at p. NJ. for New
YORK via James river ~
Tickets on sale az hlchmond Transfer
r,dnonanv's 9O3 east Main street; Chesa-
osaIe and Ohio railway, and Richmond
90 petersburg railroad depots. and at
anu anIlul,ranv's Office. 1912 east Main street,
Richmond. BagRage checked through
FREIGHT
>,aw York ana all points beyond can
loi Skinned by direct steamers. sailing
Sron Richmond every MONDAY AND
tRti0a Richmond WEDNESDAY 3 y.
, M Tor Norfolk. connecting with steamer
for TTaND fM closed one hour before sailing
time :,obt received and forwarded, and
fIeisn' hills OF lading issued for ali
tnIous eastern. and foreign ports.
ho''"e FROM NEW YORK.
Dassenxers can ieaVe oaly, except sun
10 Norfolk or old Point Comfort
Connecting with N Nor DIX, and western
ra nirect steamers via James-river routeJ
On On avery SATURDAY passenger ana
ffreigho, and MoNnAY 9reis sltr Ony) a.
Sailing IRON gno, e 81 RRensb si Ts no; =
W saturday, y; NJ.
NJ freight received and forwarded daily.
ercept Sunday.
For further Information apply TO
1912 east Main street,
Richmond. Va.
W 7. Guillaudeu. vice-President and
rrsfsc Manager. New York &C %
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S.ULLMAN'S SON,

1870 AND 1872 EAST MAIN STREET..
Uptown Store, 900 east Marshall.
'Phone SIG. rI n. %.
yrice-Iist. no Sl-Sa. Tu&Th
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-23
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.

IN THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE
CITY or RICHMOND. FANNIE A.
TOWNSEND, WHO SUES, ETC, VS..
FRANKLIN STEARNS, JR., CURA-
TOR, ETC.
Extract from decree entered November
10. 1879
"The Court doth adjudge. order,
and decree that this cause be referred TO
who is directed to take an account of all
claims and demands against the estate OF
Fannie " Chalk, deceased, which may be
satisfactory evidence.
And the said commissioner is directed
10 advertise the time and place fixed upon
bv him for taking such account and proof
of debts in some newspaper published in
the city of Richmond once a week for
four successive weeks, which shall be
equivalent 10 personal service OF such no
tice on all parties in interest"
Offices Of Commissioner Jackson Guy
Nos and Goddin Hail.
Richmond, Va, December !. 1897.
To ANY AND ALL PERSONS OR PAR
TIES INTERESTED:
have fixed on WEDNESDAY, the 18th
day of January 1898, at IL o'clock A. NJ,
as the time and my Office aforesaid as
the Mace for executing the decree, Of
which the foregoing is an extract.
Given under my hand, as commissioner
in chancery of the Chancery Court OF the
city of Richmond. the day and year afore-
said. JAChSON Cyl,
Commissioner.
Henry G. Cannon, p. q. de 2-Thit
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D z QJ D Richmond, FF0l9FicSS
NY l. " Is burs & Potomac.
schedule In Eject November %, 1897
AT II O'CLOCK NOON.
LEAVE BYRD-STREET STATION.

AT u O'CLOCK NOON.
LEAVE BYRD STREET STATION.
4.IU a. NJ, DalIy, Tor Washington ana
points North. stops only at
Milford and Fredericksburg
Pullman Sleepers TO New
$50 AN, Sunday only, for Washing
ton and points North. Stops
at Eiba, Glen Allen, ASH
land, Taylorsville, boswell.
Ruther Glen, Penola, Mil
ford Woodslane, Guinea,
Summit, Fredericksburg,
Brooke, and Whitewater,
Pullman car
$40 A. NJ, Daily, except Sunday. for
Washington and points
North. Stops at Elba, ASH
land, Taylorsyile, boswell,
Rutner Glen, Penola, Mil
ford, WoOdslane, Guinea,
summit, Fredericksburg.
Brooke and Whitewater.
1900 NJ. Daily, except Sunday, for
Washington and points
North. Stops at Elba Glen
Allen, Ashland, boswell
Mil fora, Fredericksburg,
Brooke, and Whitewater.
Paror car. Also connects
with Congressional Limited
at Washington
7:3o p. NJ, Daily, for Washington and
points North Stops at Elba,
Ashland. boswell Milford,
fredericksburg Brooke. and
Whitewater, and other sta
lions Sundays. Sieeper. Ricn-
mond to New York
ARRIVE gYRD-sTREET STATION.
$40 A. NJ, Daily. Stops at Whitewater,
Brooke, Fredericksburg, Mil
ford, boswell, Ashland, and
Elba, and other stations
Sundays. Sleeper. New York
to Richmond
2:45 p. NJ, Daily except Sunday. Stops
at Whitewater. Il Brook e,
Fredericksburg Sum m {.
Guinea, Woodslane. Milford,
Penola. Ruther Glen Dos
We'll, Taylorsville Ashland.
Glen Allen. and Elba. Par
lor car from Washington.
7:1O p. NJ, Daily. Stops only at Frede-
ricksburg. boswell and Ash
land. and Elba. Pullman cars
from New York
S:30 Z. NJ, Daily. Stops at Wdewatel
BROOK Fredericksburg.
Summit. Guinea, Woodslane,
Milford Penola Ruther
Glen. boswell. TaylOrsville,
Ashland. Glen Allen, and FL
ba. Sleeping-car.
FREDERICKsB'G ACCOMMODATION.
DAILY except SunGayD
400 p. NJ, Leaves Byrd-Street Station.
$50 A. NJ, Arrives Byrd-Street Station.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY except Sunday)
GAP A. NJ, Leaves Elba.
q 20 Z. NJ, Leaves Eloa.
$40 A. NJ, Arrives Elba.
600 y. NJ, Arrives Elba.
c. A. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager.
f. T. ID. MYERS. President. no Is
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PAINTS.

LEwIs's PURE LEAD
LEWISs PURE LlNsEED-oii"
and all material for painting. only the
hest quality kept in stock. write iof
e,otanons. PURCELL. LAID & co"
% wholesale Druggists.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-08-21

will tell you he has brought out $780,
900. Another man will tell you ne
brought out $l25, 900. Then the steam
ers come down to Seattle and give an
other edition of the same thing
1t is a pretty hard matter to get at
the exact amount of gold produced III
the Klondike region and brought to this
country by the steamships which
brought the first reports of the big dis
cOveries.
Some of the men have undoubtedly
exaggerated reports as to their own dis
coveries, but it is impossible to go into
detail and tell wherein they have falsl-
fed.
am confident that every man who
came down on the steamer Portland
brought some gold, and some of them
large quantities-how large only they
themselves know. don't know Moss of
Montana, who said there We're 1000
graves ND there He was never in Daw-
son.
would not like to say that any one
of the men has lied about the amount
of gold that he brought out, but have
no personal knowledge that many OF
the men brought out what they said
they did.
Our steamers brought down about
$2,OOO,0OO. There was 81, 900, 900 taken
out, as near as we could get at it, in the
district last winter. 1t was taken out,
as you might say, in two months time,
by hand labor with pick and shovel.
I don't think there were over 400
men employed in doing this. Mcdonald
got good lot Of that gold. Berry was
benefited as much as any. Phisicatter,
Mercier, Stanton and son, George Null
ligan, Warden brothers, Louis Rowe
and several others got large amounts. l
guess I got my share.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-08-21

herbs are Wild tansy, white sage and
juniper, Strawberries. raspberries and
crauLcrries are abundant.
l don't believe there is much outlook
for manufacturing, although there is
coal enough up there to support Il great
many factories at CEce, if there WAS
anything to manufacture. The nearest
smelter is at Tacoma, 2,OCO miles away
believe there will be Il s1nelter ut D;w-
son ultimately to trent the silver and
copper ores.
There is plenty Of silver III that GOTH
try, but it is of low grade and would
not pay for transportation to be smclt
ed. In addition to silver, there is lots of
copper. l have picked up chunks of
copper weighing eight pounds. 1t is
found in the beds of the streams
The Indians use copper to make hui
let's Of Other minerals found in the
hills are cinnabar and galena ore. The
formation Of the rock is limestone slate
and granite
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-08-21

are liable to swamp your boat unless IL
is very skillfully handled.
That is mile long. Then there are 30
miles of Link river; then Lake La Barge,
81 miles long. Now we reach Lewis
river, 200 miles to Fort Selkirk, which
is at the junction of the Pelly and Lew
is rivers, which unite and form the Yu-
kon; then 90 miles to White river, 10
miles to Stuart river; Fort Ogilvie, &c
miles; then to Dawson, 40 miles.
None Starving the Way.
never heard of anybody starving to
death on that route. I have heard of
some being lost l never heard of their
dying of hardship. In the winter time
the United States station had mail every
month
would not care to 60 in this winter
and would not advise any one to try
this route / am afraid man who was
not thoroughly familiar with the coun
try or did not have guide would not
be able to get through in the winter,
and even if he did he would suffer great
hardships.
In the summer he would get along all
right.
don't think Dawson will be provi-
stoned this winter to take care of all
those people, because there are not
enough boats on the river to take in the
provisions.
Idon't think the company's boats can
bring supplies into Dawson for more
than 5000 men. There are probably
5000 there now, and more going
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-08-21
GAME AND FISH.
Both Abound In Great Variety and Are OF
Large Size.

Both Abound In Great Variety and Are OF
Large Size.
There are lots of animals and fish in
the Yukon and Klondike districts. The
moss and brush country Is overrun by
mice. They are not rats. There are 40
different kinds of mice. They cause lots
of damage in the stores of the settle
ments.
The fur hearing animals there are
marten; silver, black and arctic or
white foxes; lynx, otter, land otter,
beaver, mink, muskrat. There are no
buffalo now, but we find buffalo horns,
showing that they have existed there.
We shoot moose and caribou fer meat.
Caribou are plentiful; moose are not.
There are lots of bears, black, brown,
grizzly and white. There are no deer ex-
cept the Siberian deer, which are do
nestle and from whose fur the "par
kies' we wear are made. We have lit
tie ground bird, and swallows are thick.
Geese and wild ducks, which breed on
the rocks and rivers i'll the summer
time, are very plentiful. The geese are
SO thick sometimes that you can't hear
yourself talk. During the month OF
August they come south as the sum-
mer ends.
The fishing is good in the Yukon and
Klondike rivers We catch king salm-
on there that weigh from so to 100
pounds, gray ling that weigh y pounds,
Whitefish from l to 30 pounds, lake
trout from to 4S pounds and ling,
sort Of eel without scales, looking
good deal like snake Some of these
weigh 30 or 80 pounds. We catch most
of these by trolling, except the salmon,
which we spear and net. In the winter
we fish through the ice for whitefish,
grayling, pike and ling.
Plenty of building Timber.
We have spruce, cottonwood and birch
timber, all of which is good for build
ing purposes. The hills are quite thick
ly covered with large trees The valleys
have really the best timber. There are
lots of wild flowers in the summer
months. The wild roses are most COM
mon. They are similar to our single
leaf roses here. About the only thing
we have there in the line of medical
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-08-21

houses are mostly free. had bath
house myself At the barber shop a
bath cost 81.
The currency there is mostly gold
dust, and paying is done by weight.
Each establishment has its scales. The
man who makes q purchase throws his
sack Of dust over tho counter. and the
keeper of the store weighs it out. The
basis is $17 to one ounce.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-08-21
THE LUCKY MINERS.

Men Who Got Large Amounts of Gold Dust.
The Exaggerations.
first heard of the big discovery in
August, 1896 1t was made by Robert
Henderson. He got it out by his gold
pan in Gold Bottom creek, about 20
miles from Dawson. That discovery
was in the form of rather f1aky gold
float gold-that is. the lighter gold,
which is carried along by the water and
does not settle to the bottom of the
creeks.
Water will keep working the lighter
gold down the creek, while the heavier
nuggets will hang back and be found
near the head. l saw this discovery of
Henderson 's-what he struck first. He
had it in bottle, about $12 in mug
gets, shonld think. That was merely
from prospecting 1t was probably three
days after the find that saw it. That
was really the first find which led to
the discovery Of the district.
Have l really seen gold taken out of
this klondike district? Well, guess l
have. PANIED gold OH my own dump
last spring. took out of nine pans on
claim No. %. Hunker creek, ST. in
nugget gold. I saw two pans panned
out by fellow named MERCER and his
partner which paid 5000. They took
about 20 minutes to pan out the two. /
saw Mr.. Lippey when he probably had
$3.50 in one pan. I did not see it
weighed.
o28,OOO In Four Hours.
guess Mcdonald turned out the big
gest work for day. With three men
shoveling in for about four hours he
took out sc pounds, which was worth
between $27, 900 and $2s, 1000. / heard
of other big discoveries which I know
to be correct. / know that Phisicatter
cleaned up 500, 900 as he claimed.
A claim OH Bonanza creek by the
hand labor of four men in three months
cleaned up 500, 900. The claim belonged
to Louis Rhodes. Another one cleaned
up 500. 600 in three months A claim
in the FL Dorado district cleaned up
$125, 900 in the same time. Three men
in the months of March and April pam
ned out of "a feet of dirt 500, 900. That
mine was owned by Leggett, Gates and
Schutes. A fourth interest in each of
two other claims cleaned up $40, 900
apiece.
I'll tell you wh,re they get all wrong
OH these things These diggings have
not been exaggerated and cannot be ex
aggerated. You meet n man, and he
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-08-21
THE PAY STREAK.

THE PAY STREAK.
Miners Must Build Fires to Thaw tho
Frozen Earth.
The first Indication Of the existence
Of gold is to be found in the bed of the
streams. The way they go at it? A man
who has claim there digs hole where
he thinks it will pay to locate it. He
sinks shaft, as they do inside line
and apex mines in the western country.
He sinks this shaft to bedrock, which
varies from to II or 20 feet below the
surface Of the ground.
The ground is frozen to bedrock in
the winter and in the summer also. It
never thaws out. If he does not strike
pay dirt i'll that hole, he goes in a
straight line across his claim and sinks
another hole 80 feet or SO from the first
until he reaches bedrock. He does this
until he locates the pay streak. Then
he starts in and drifts.
Drifting is, after you get to your bed
rock and get your pay streak located,
building a fire along this pay streak
and thawing it out, then hoisting the
dirt out with a windlass and bucket.
The space is small that you have to
start on, but after you work around
awhile you make a larger circle, 80 or
40 feet across, which you work around.
You fire it every night and then hoist
the dirt out. The wood is split up
very fine spruce woodland is laid
around close up to the gravel along the
pay streak. Then it is fired in three or
four different places. Gravel heats
through very quickly. With one fire you
can loosen up and hoist as high as 125
buckets of earth. about 1875 pounds to
the bucket.
Six Pans In q Bucket.
A bucket usually holds six pans of
dirt 30 pounds to the pan. This is
hoisted out with the windlass It is
piled up around the shaft on the dump.
A man has to keep raising his shaft
He will build his shaft first about four
feet above the surface and raise the dirt
Entil 1t is level with that.
Then he will add more to his CURLING,
and so Oh until the shaft is sometimes
30 or 40 feet in depth. The stuff that is
dumped is left until spring opens and
there is running water III the creek.
Then he sets up his boxes and sluices
to wash out the gold. The operation of
sluicing out a ton of this takes about 20
minutes, just as rapidly as four or five
men can shovel it in, all in q CHATTER.
That is washed through the sluices.
The boxes have ripples made out of by
inch slabs laid about half an inch
apart, leaving a crack between for the
gold to settle into. The rock, gravel and
other waste wash away
The refuse goes down the creek and
is left to take care of itself. Gold and
the black sand remain. Black sand is
usually rich in gold, rusty gold. We
usually strike the pay streak near tho
bedrock, and it varies in thickness, be-
ing sometimes 6 or feet wide.
There is no gold in the beds of muck
and vegetation on top. You strike the