The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-23

it fell with a lead-like thud. The gold
was in the shape Of three bricks of
about the size of the red clay bricks
used for building. 1t was a part of
the bullion in the vault of the mint
here at Denver, and it formed about
One-tenth of the gold which the mint
now has on hand. One Of these gold
bricks was Of a light yellow. Col
Pickett, the chief of the mint, said
that it had some silver in it. Another
was darker in shade, and this | was
told was gold gotten out by the new
process Of gold reduction, and the third
was yellOwer than any golden eagle
It was almost entirely pure and will
have 20 be much alleged before it can
be used for coinage.
COLCRADO's GOLD PRODUCTION.
Colorado is now producing more gold
than ever. The excitement about the
Klondike has turned the eyes of the
people to Alaska, but the miners out
here are digging away and saying
nothing. The officials of the mint tell
me that they are receiving more of
the precious metals than at any time
in the history of the mint. Mr.. David
Mofrat the mining king, who has now
it is said, bigger income per month
from his gold interests than President
Mckinley gets in a year from Uncle
Sam. estimates that Colorado has pro-
duced something like 500, 000, 900 worth
of gold during the past twelve months,
end he tells me that Cripple Creek
alone is turning out something like ST.
600, 0G0 in gold q month. The big mines
there show no signs of giving out, and
new ones have been opened. The big
Cripple Creek mines are operated on a
fyGEiness basis. They are as economi-
i.ally managed as the department stores
and as systematically worked as are
great manufacturing institutions. The
old gold camps are being reprospected,
and new discoveries are being made.
Said Mr. Moffat to me:
Il think the people are making a mis-
take in rushing to the Klondike. We
have a Klondike here in the Rockies,
which will pay better than that of
Alaska There are plenty Of chances
for young men out here. Only the
smallest part of Colorado has been
prospected, and there are gold fields in
all parts of the Rockies which will
pay for investigation. AS for me, Col
orado is good enough, and 1 don't care
to go to any land where 1t is all ice
three-fourths of the year, and where
you can't get much to eat during the
remainder"
SENATOR JONES ON MINING.
Senator John p. Jones, the mining
millionaire of Nevada, does not agree
with Mr.. Moffat as to the Klondike.
Jones is, you know, one of the most
famous miners Of the world, and has
made half-dozen big fortunes out of
gold and silver ore. 1t was during a
ride with him in a sleeping car the
other day that I asked him his opinion
of the Klondike. He replied:
"The gold discoveries of Alaska are
tese most wonderful that have ever
been made. The discoveries of Austria
liza and California were nothing to
them. When I was nineteen years cd
I went out to California. I started in
at placer mining and from that day to
g this have been more or less interested
in mines I went to California in 1S49.
and was there during the early gold
! excitement. The country was filed up
within a very short time. and you
would meet a score of miners during a