Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-23

THE TlfIANl GUILD lttsloN.
There are a number OF Americans !
here who are about 30 rtnrt Co. tho |
Tipuani (Tip.o1-wah-ncl gold fields. |
A MIR Yost and his wife from Denver
recently arrived. ana two young ohio !
man. Masars. scott md Rnthhuu OF
Lima. who represent the nCshlcfa ana |
other capitalists ~ columbus. are now
there pfoapecung. The most important
Undertaking In this country iH that 90
"A psnycr syndicate W. the charge OF
h. 3. and c. e. Wilson Of Denver. from
whom get the following Information.
The syndicate has concession of
seven miles along the bed OF the Tip
uaui river. and II has had powerful
dr,der corstrucfoi with which 10 can
dredge the river bed 10 n depth N
FORTY feet and 90 bod rock Tho dfuige
wna mndc at Denver and WIS tested
there. II was constructed 20 thIt it
could be- sent here Ia pieces. ANA n H.
now being taken into thc gold region
on the backs % mules ana Indians.
The whole dredgc weighs eirht t1nr.
but no section " u Weights moro than
igs pounds. while the average piece u
not heavier than scvonty-hvc pounds
Tho cost 81 getting the drcdre from
Denver 10 the mine viii be- moro than
10000. n took more than six months
to get II here and IT, journey ON tn
.a mine ia attended with al sorts N
dangers n has 10 go over high noun
tain pasFcs. 10 he carried along tn
edges OF urociplccF. In some places
ll1mnH will transport u and nj others
men win have 10 do the work This
machine has % capacity Of 200 yards "
Gravel day n viii be- nut in the
river and viii uNcnvatc pits Co bed
rock. tho gravel coming NJ being
washed upon the drcdgc. Tho bed rock
will be swept ana Hcrnpod by men In
diving suits ana the prospects are
that vnst amount " gold VIII be-
secured. The Tipunnl river ~ one N
the most fnmoua Of the Bolivian gold
streams. II was worked IN the days
o. the incns and the snanlnrdH have
had large amounts from u. The Tipu-
ami h a rushing stream 700 feet wide
iylng on the eastern side N Cordliera
about two weeks travel from Ia Pas
The river flows into the Mancri and
thence Into the noni In which ~
waters fnd their way 10 the Amazon.
In the rainy season II ~ a rushing tor
rent and the Indians cannot work In
H. II II 20 deep that with their crude
methods of panuinE with wooden bowls
they have not been able 90 got tn the
bed rock N the center OF the river, al
though they stlii wash along the edge
Of the Htrenm every year with pront.
1hey stand In the water ~ TO their
wnis,a and scrapc the gravel together
With their feet until they have made
little pile. They then dive down ana
gnthor painful. often getting q ~ 20
cents out of PAINFUL N gravel. just
the other day a nugget Of tho shape n
pear, weighing two and ono-haif
ounces. was taken out. There was
stanlhrd Who worked the bed OF the
/ river 90 slight extent years ago. he
had bucket brigade II Indians. who
equipped with rude covskln buckets
and standing on notchod nolca trnt
Served nH ladders, passed the gravel
hid water from one Ia the other untii
d lh,y reached The top. u took two
9 and II o. said that the man took out
CURING Tour years $40 900 In gold.
! Ahoihor story. which " questioned. IL
mat ~ took cut 300 pounds OF gold In
slnfl' year. ana another r. that he
llhn'd out fG3 pounds IN I've hours
INC pit whore this spanlard worked
vas about seven miles above the
clnlmH owned hy tho Denver mon, n
WV. " w. raid, only twenty foot square
| Vold " also found upon the Yani river
which u not far from tho Tipunni ana
In southern Bolivia.
SOME PERUVIAN GOLD REGIONS
The Peruvian gold ncld that Is now
| alHartlng the most attention IN The
SSatlhaya district, This II not = great
ulll.hee from cuEco, ana can bo
| reached by i've days travel on mule,
and on foot from the branch Of fbs
| Atequina Puno railroad. which In OK.
| tended toward that city. You have ~.
railroad for the Carnhnyn On "A muie
ana 70 two days down hill. then Nv,
uags up hlll ana during the last day
| you go down again Tor a distance of
about 1900 feet, This last iourney
~ made on foot. and IL takes sbou,
elght hours. You then fnd yourself in
a region that n covered with trees and
| one where the vegetation In ainost
| tropical. a river runs through Ii. ana
W ihlh the Indians have been wnshlnr
| Eold Tor centuries, These Indians are
the descendants, Il Il supposed. on M,
lncas. They are nemi.clyllireJ AN
can be- got 10 work FOR you Tor 20 cents
| dnN. Up until recently an ~ ~.
sold from this part Of Peru was from
/ placer wanhlngu. The chief worE To-
| day N In the quartz mines OF gantn
Domingo. out of this mine no o0o
| ounces ~ gold Were taken In cirb,oN,,
months, ana II was later ON sold a. az
| American syndicate for Sasg noe
whether the mine n only a noehci ~
| NOT n not yet known. The ore -
| tuId, runs vcN pockety. though some ~.
| lhr quartz hah run as hiGh ua fiaO 0nn
| % the ton. Tho ore that N nov ~
ing worked turns out about 500 n 81.
ton, This 10 helng put through N ~
ainmp-mlll. This mine was boueb, ~,
the syndicate b. California No.,
named ilnrdlgon, who came to so,,,h
| America tu investigate the rubber h,,"i
ness ana got into mining. no No.
aged the property Tor while. but ~,
successfully tie bought n iot az 49,
| ncnslve machinery without conslderi,,,.
how he could get Il 20 the nina
was In too heavy pieces to be earrtd.
| thefe, ana some N u lH now lvlne 49,,
the ron1 The syndicate has nov "
now mnnngoment with Mr. Y l.;
spearo, a wcll-kn0Wr mining man ~,
colorado NJ ~ Peruvian head. M.
u-iHland mat ihe prospects ~ tho nnins
are good, although 40 yet no ior,ls
amounts N gold haYo hocn taitsn mi,
THE BEST GOLD or THE woRI.n
Just above Lake T,lcaoa. nosr ~.
Bolivian boundary az Po,o. p1ri, M,
ife Eold mines which nro doing wan
My lhlufmnunn concerning thia rep.iop
u from Mr. Charles W ncllowa ' sn
american PROPRIETOR who ia now In NJ
employ 81 the sanlo Domingo mine ~.
bellnMH aas recently prospectod In iii,
There are NJ pOto placer Al
now turning out $50. 900 wnrth ~" arg
every three months Tho M kall
nne. Hnmr NJ TN pureat ~" w
world They arc wortlb, me
with one hydraulic. hut me-, w nun
| think unn thirty tsrlsh a. NNAAAt