The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-24

ION worA Bolsy-a has produced
more sasu & 1s.9 31DGsa worts %
s.iyer She now stands third
aDons the silver producing countries. and
n what American rniring prospecf9rx here
tel. me - fsas. she bids fair 10 9oon come
% the front rich gold territory. l
went Cur yesterday n watch weeks
ciean-up OF ilttis piacef mine which be-
songs 20 number 81 Boiivlanz o. La Paz.
The digging we're On the ChuguiaggiIl3
river. which rflns By me city rot t&o niles
from Shere + am writing This river has
cut galey several hundred feet deep in
the side of the plateau or basin in which
la Pax = situated and above thc cut a
hgb wall 81 gravel extends 70 what is
Known a. the Alto. far above the city II
II IL this gravel thar she gold IL found.
A score % Indians were a. work digging
down the hill. carrying OF the gravel In
rhseioafro4s and dumping * into 'rougha
or siuics boxes through which water from
the river *as coDducfsd. on the bottom
Of the troughx we're Iron ladders or frames
- LAD that they would catch the hefy.er
paTts Of grave ard gold az the water car
NED the dirt on into ths river There was
no quicksilver used. and the miners de-
pended entirely upon the weight Of the
xoic 10 catch the particles as they went
through. Shortly after ! arrived the wat
r esz turned partially OF and tho gravel
pannsVs for gold The pann.ng was done
~ Three indians. who aat win their bare
Ags ia the water On he sides Of the
a;uic.s and dipped the gravel up Into
wooden bowls Just about az big a. those
which we use Tor making bread or chop
ping hash. These b0gie are the gala-wzsh-
6x pans OF the Indians Thev are called
bhteSs, and are 20 be found Ia al the min
fpg regions Of Peru and Bolivia. The
miners dipped the bowls Of gravel from
Time 10 time into the water. and. mixing
the gravel with their hands caused the
dirt 70 flow of. NOW aud then they picked
UP handful Of gravel. and after look ng
u over, cast IL back into the siu!ce box
A. they went on you could see little yellow
bis OF metal among the dark stones AT
81 While the grave was all washed out
and in each bowl thereswas a little pile u
gold pebbles or small nuggets There was
no gold dust, the deposits ranging from
bits Of pure gold the size Of the head of a
vn TO nuggets big a your l.itle finger
nail. One OF the nuggets which | saw
taken out weighed m0re fhau half an
ounce. and Il was woy rs told. al
least SIC The total amoG. D. ned up was
not large. but it was a ot This coarse
gold.
The 0ottvtan Gold Fteida,
went out to this mine with MIR H. II
BHstsr. If Philadelphia. ard Prof. A. A.
Hard. Of Denver. Prof Hard Is a we'll
known mining engineer. and lac has been
brought here by Mi asrater ia connection
Aah sou~ philadephia capitalists. who
Dave taken up large placer claim on the
palka river about thlgty miles from la
a. he Ffarf If sAA
mountain They have tested the property
thoroughly. and II promises Ia be one OF
TIE great placer mines Of the world The
hsi hydra ulle machinery for its develop
mepi has already been ordered from SAP
francisco, aid within a few months they
I'll begin active Work The machinery Is
GIL made IN sections no pleC. weighing
moFe than 10 pounds a. Il must 60 to tho
mines on the hacks Of mules Prof Hard
has Travelled extensively over this part %
the Bolivian mining regions lie tells me
there * no doubt bal, that there - a
great deal % gold hese. Said he 10 me
to-day:
II believe that she whole mountain rang.
running from Mount Soran. or IramJYu, "a
Il IS here called, io Mount il,uanI A dis
tance Of 10 miles contains quantities II
gold and | Saan not 80 SURPRISED /! th. 20
10 here within a (es years 4 gold excite
ment equal IL tae kload.ke. This range
forms a mountalu wall cuata ming SQlIl. ~
the highest psaks on ihe glohe The for
mation l. curious one. l. has many
alternate layess % gravei anal clay ana
IL seems 10 ne that ihr Who'll country be
tween herr sna iAke TSticaca gs 81 Sesii~
meutary dspo9t Nhi p Mas during The
ages unde- tie sea 'h OILY tho peaks
Of she usuufaigS saoNl ing si-nsr It Whvr-
ever prospecting has hsen fore lu this ac.
posit very coaf~e Eo}o has tccn found