The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-27
MINERS LICK.

discovery SGIE 81 IISszt NAtSsA iat@%~ -@AA
fosr.sa 20 rich ore steamer has brought
down on one trir more than all the pro-
ducs!on OF Alaska for any preytsus year,
except. perhaps, 1895. IL Is not posstnls
70 get the exact quantities. 20 thar what
ever estimates are made can only be nsads
upon approximate figures. Various re-
ports put tho total amount OF gold 10 be
shipped ou; u Alaska this year at from
91so0.a09 10 gngog.oos Large as that sum
H. there Is a wide difference between II
aud tas $40. 7ss.sli which was taken out
OF The river beds and fhe foothills OF Cali
f7rnfa between isf7 and 1875
fr-4e present generation can scarcely re-
alsze what those bonanza days meant for
caislsruia. That state - supposed cow
to be worked out, yet It's output for ons
year IL eth about SIS. oeo eco. II exceeds
any ether ona state by nearly s. ode.oo .
year, and gives one-;hird Of the entire
product Of the United States. After Sali-
fornis, the chief gold producing state Is
Colorado. which gives about si05oo, go a
year. and then the list drops down TO ..on-
tsna. with less than 100000. South Da-
koia, which Is not generally regarded as
q gold producing state, turns out about
s. 40 90. and Idaho little over 10000.
The statistics Of the worlds production
eli gold aud silver are not available for
later than 1854. bat the total for that year.
SO far as IL may be depended upon. shows
an Increase over isss % about s2i.so.ooo.
the hrEest increase being In Africa, sa.e6o.-
aae. Australia. -. coo. followed by the
United States with an increase OF 1884,
e9a. Australia leads the list OF gold pro-
dueing countries In 1894 with produc-
ton Of sil.el1.oo. the United States taxi
Ing second place with So. $4,000. That was
the largest amount this country had pro-
dsiced slnce ISIS but In 1895 1t had in
creased 70 si5eln0 GO or the largest amount
In eighteen years. with one exception
II wsi be seen from this that Alaska
viii have 10 send out a considerable
amount next year II she hopes to rival
California, or make any appreciable adj
dltlon to the product Of the country.
In iSa5 she United States had again taken
the lead as a producer of gold. Australia
coming second with 81. sas. 800. and Africa
third with "a $500.
Although geld Is found In small guam
titles az over the world. Il has defed at
tenTfs 20 locate IL with certainty by any
ordinary rules Of observation. II is found
Ia such varied companionship that the
prosecution of search for Il is made al
most a matter Of chance. When II is
found In iis native state. "a IL is now In
ALASKA and as " was In California. al
though IN such a tempting form. It's pien-
tf1lneas is quite as errstic as when II f.
present in rock combined with other
metals, On the Atlantic slope very little
Is 10 be had. The chief gold localities Of
North America are on the Cheaudlere
river. near Quebec. and ia Nova Scotia.
other deposits OF old geological periods
are found ln Tennessee and in North Car
olina. On the Pacifie side Of the United
states gold Is found under very different
conditions and on much larger scale
tAan or the Asisn,ic side The whole dis
ta0os from Mexico 10 Alaska may DC SAID
90 he more or less apssferous In the val
ley running up between the Coast range
# California and tire Sierra Nevada. and
sloag the west eeota!Ils Of thu Cascades
rigbt up ;0to pFitish Columbia. and a.
mUch further north "a has been explored
Tesd has heea found The chief bed Of
deposit has been In the Sacramento val
lsy. hut others Of less extent arc known
H the Klamath. Columbia and Frazer
e,yrs basins, IN many Of these valleys
tliuvisi deposits sy developed 70 AZ ez-
teut unparalleled elsewhere. The river
eas0nels being Scr8ered ~ hanks az
tsncAss ~ gravel and sana. rising IN ter
races 20 cons aevahle hejshts 81 t,so asaks
eC the hils. " Chandler Roberts. q she
rsy3 m,n,. London considered the Met
haw s. remRgsao'e instance - thls. ara
6eaerieas e as bavlag sixteen HINES -
suth terraces. fhe htxhez, a}.ou; : so sst
sacve tbe river. VI Coiefsse thege a~c also
tfaees cf yAeae OH terraces as gar back
as 1so feeJ above tae ytver. These sravels
are in places sheusn very GreQrslIy. Eaia
heaEign. sae richest ro.n;s ogsns ,fouaa IN
tae bars or shlnxis eaaks % The river
afseT the summer faaax
slse CarsAoo a1s.ri-t. on the uppe~ Fra
Fsr river Is 81 sts1ilaF farraatios. and
sie.aa very coarse Ea,d. One CT the most
remarkable discoveries was ina; some
yeaEs ar7 at : 3gaon r}vcr. 81 Orcssr
whese tasve was a regular sosa gravel
eg' sse seeaz't. although exceedingly