Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-04-19

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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
Spanards to slaughter the Incas and
devastatc 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 have 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
nor:b and the far south"
This is an interesting theory, and
apparently Il new one. 1T has attract
ed the attention of those who heard
the statement so earnestly made.
Several scientific rpep IN the National
museum and Smithsonian institution
seem inclined to give the annular the
ory sufficient credence to warrant sci
entific investigation.
From these remarks the reader will
at once observe that these Alaskan
gold-seekers are not ignorant, nap
hazard searchers of gold. They are
intelligent, educated, skilled in geol-
ogy as well as mineralogy, and are
going about their work systematicaE
ly, as well as earnestly and enthusi-
astically.
Reverting to the fact that as yet
very little is definitely known con-
cerning Alaska. one of the gentlemen
produced manual published in 1S49.
concerning the situation in California.
At that time the publisher of this
manual wrote: Il must confess that
| have no confidence either in the
profitableneSS of the mines in Cali.
fornia, or in their permanency. If
California slacks 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. \ 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: very
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
1S40, 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 a
large bay having a good anchorage,
and San Francisco, on a 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"
y
| several weeks here, and their state
ments concerning the gold fields par
ticuarly about Cape Nome, where
| thousands of miles of coast sand
seem to be enfolding 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 A.
| 1901. and then Il 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. FPY.
| An electric trolley will be laid be-