New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-13
GOLD FIELDS.
.crrvrTy IN A REGION LONG THOUGHT
TO CONTAIN PRECIOUS METAL.

-rv COUNTRY COVERED WITH Cl.AIMs-A CON-
p,xy FOR GETTING GOLD FROM SAND
co,ahun,ers DO not always so to the far-away
.,,3 folds and mines to look for the precious
rs,aI Thousands of ambitious seekers after
che yellow metal begin in the back yard or on
,sa farm or in a creek which had never given
any person cause to look for anything of value
:, or near it. There are large tracts of land in
tho State Of New-York which have received ex-
,,,ordinary attention in that direction and
r-sat areas have been secured for mining pur-
noses by people who seemed to be sure that
,bs,e was gold there ready to be taken out. The
Greenfield Hills and the Adirondack Mountains
have been favorite regions for the near-home
,od.seekers for many years. and for over nifty
wars scientists have been employed at frequent
intervals to assay specimens of quartz and sand
in which the valuable metal was contained. In
many houses in that part of the State specimens
s-e preserved which when they were brought
home years ago were shown with fear and
trembling lest the secret Of the gold find might
ret out before the claim" was made perfectly
secure.
Shattered hopes and bitter disappointments
followed most Of these finds. but the search for
rold continued and is being carried on to-day
more industrlously than ever.
One Of the active centres in this industry is
saratoga because it is one Of the few places
where gold has actually been found and the
Elondlke excitement stimulated activity in the
sold-mining business and caused many or the
property-ow to stop digging for new mineral
springs and devote their time to gold During
IN. summer and fall Of 1897 many claims were
fled and ii is believed that every foot of land
from Saratoga to Hadley. a distance Of about
twenty-five miles. has been staked for mining
Even the river bed of the Sacandaga is covered
BY claim. Swamps, creeks and bad lands have
oil been claimed, and staked by cnterprsing gold
hunters and the work seems to be justified BY
the fact that a number of assays have been
made from quartz and rocks in which gold was
.snd in quantities ranging from So 30 to S63 -
the ton.
The mines from which the most valuable rock
Vas taken are situated in Wooilawn Park. in
The towns Of Greenfield. Wilton. Corinth and
Aalley. all in Saratoga County. and the recent
rpOrts from these places cause the natives to
BOX for large influx of prospectors.
The largest company formed thus far for the
purpose Of developing the gold fields is the
scandaga Mining and Milling Company This
COMPANY has erected a plant at cost OF S-"VD'
md its efforts are directed toward extracting
gold from sand The yield has been about 81 or
S in gold - the ton The gold bearing sand
.sak is situated at Hadley. twenty-five niles
from Saratoga near the junction OF the HUI
pn and Sacandayl rivers. 1t is a rocky ana
picturesque region with nothing near the works
save few sawmills: but those who are inter-
eed in the gold enterprise are confident that 1t
Will in time exceed in popularity the Spa when
was known in all parts Of the world when the
Hadley gold fields were unheard Of.
Some Of tho most influential men OF Saratoga
ue Interested in the company. and one Of these
sid:
AS soon as the snow leaves the grouno ois-
ring. crushing baking. smelling and grinding
rl be discussed as famliary IN the places
where Sarat0sans meet as first choice handicap
nudhorse heavy track and sure tip were dis-
FUSED by the same people before gold ecHpsed
he racetrack