Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-04-05

Greenland, in Norway, Sweden, Siberia
and all about the arctic circle The
same theory leads me to believe that
gold in vast quantities will also be
found about the antarctic circle. That
condition of the earth caused the great
deposits in South Africa, and also pro.
duced the deposits of Peru which
caused the greedy and bloodthirsty
Spaniards to slaughter the Incas and
devastate Peru. But the natives there
still guard their secret, and the world
has never yet secured possession of the
real wealth of that country. Vast
quantities of gold must lave been held
in solution along the line of the
equator and suddenly become imbedded
in the quartz before it could escape to
the poles. But the real home of pure
gold is in the frozen regions of the far
north and the far SOUTH"
This is an interesting theory, and
apparently new one. It has attract
ed the attention of those who heard
the statement so earnestly made.
Several scientific men in the National
museum and Smithsonian institution
seem inclined to give the annular the
DRY sufficient credence to warrant sci.
entific investigation.
From these remarks the reader will
at once observe that these Alaskan
gold-seekers are not ignorant, hap
hazard searchers of gold. They are
intelligent, educated, skilled in geol-
ogy as well as mineralogy, and are
going about their work systematical-
ly, as well as earnestly and enthusi-
astically.
. Reverting to the fact that as yet
very little 10 definitely known con-
corning Alaska, one of the gentlemen
produced a manual published in 1S49,
concerning the situation in California.
At that time the publisher of this
manual wrote: II must confess that
I have no confidence either in the
proftableness of the mines in Cali
fornia, or in their permanency. If
California Stacks little in its gold
productions, or the iron market i'm
proves little, the balance will turn
in favor of iron, as to the value of
yearly production"
Think of that. A well-educated
writer and publisher, in 1s49, assumed
that the production of iron in Cali
fornia would be more valuable than
the output of gold. The miner who
produced this publication said: every
little is known of Alaska to-day, and
there are many intelligent people who
think that the gold supply has been
overestimated or exaggerated. But
the contrary is true. There is enough
gold within the arctic circle to sup
ply the world for millions of years."
To show how little was known in
1s49, and what progress has been
made, the gentleman referred to an
other page of the book, containing
the words: "The population of upper
California consists of about 5000
whites and 10000 Indians. The chief
places are San Diego, with good but
not deep harbor; Monterey, on q
large bay having a good anchorage,
and San Francisco, on bay of that
name, which is very spacious, extend
ing upwards of 60 miles from north
east to southwest, and with an aver
age breadth of about 20 miles. The
latter is likely to be by far the most
important settlement"
The gold hunters from Alaska spent
several weeks here, and their state
ments concerning the gold fields, par
ticularly about Cape Nome, where
thousands of miles of coast sand
seem to be EMBEDDING untold millions
of gold, have aroused the gold-seeking
desire in the minds of many. Com
mittee clerks and congressman are
talking of going there, but the con-
gressional elections this year will
probably keep them at home. Besides
the congress will not adjourn until
the summer is almost gone But the
congress will adjourn on March 4,
1901, and then number of our good
people will rush to the golden coast,
like those adventurers of the long
ago, in search of the golden fleece.
SMITH D. FRY.