The sun., 1900-12-09

,,,,,,u.t, pas Got yellow Nps'h' w
:, ~ ~ TENT 'ii,sU Ma' u" '"I"
,,.,,, nj cold. Va fave of '"nt'"'
r,onc,.t faniry. Coumi.oiouct "' 'ort''-
,,o, hIns. that gold IN. ne"u d' '''''" ON
ulacLvol'a leland and would not l' 'n'
,,t.,1 T., Az, o., ,i', wuriiUg g"Id MIN"
hack OF tho pcuitrntl1'y VI I"h'' ""3
Lont tho matter a s"rr"' Sinc" N'hh'snay
Lonlou'ha' ho wo1ll ho iu position v"t' sn" n
,o make tho r1' stI'"Weu' 'hht Wh""'I' y
r.s,i WAS frll of gold Wnon u" GOV 70 ms
on,,s ys-e-dly morning h" seemed grove"
that hls now had leaked ont some W M"
workmcn no had found what 'heY t' '''u
10 be quartz containing g'ld had Hpte"' 'h'
story .,
81 might ns well 'oN I'll about II now, lie
said a. a grono OF newspnpor reporters
oI,sciinuponh.m 'ju.' now "" are ma|'hR
mas, r,.d. to the wooden buildings on Rlk"Ts
Island Tho s'ons hat Is used in makha
,h.se roads is takrn from Blackwell's Isiahd
vhera we hay. gang At work in the quarry
Tht. broken stone is taken In n scow from
U.,kveu's Island to Rker's and men from
the ,vorhholsc level IL along the paths cut out
,,r ou- new roads The other day one OF th"
men who vas A. work found what he believed
20 hoanrggn' 20. s1ll Hc picked II up from
the load brought from 'he quarry on Black
wells leland When ne was asked 10 show
I, Le said nat he had given ii to a friend
.nd that tho friend had taken It TO New York
IA h,vc II -..avcd Then story came
alony that some ,h ,rn.,t from the New York
Health Dcu.r'uon- had got possession Of a
rIcce Of uulrt5 from kiker's Island con-
tanning gold So Will. was over on Rlkcr's
Island picked up what | believed TO be a
niece OF quart and showed II to "A man who
was with mo and who said Immediately that
IL con,ainal g..I "ygmtncd 1t closely
and found small spccks Of gold in IL As
farnsI ,oul,, l.,Ir th, stone had come from
tho RIncky,ll', I.lnud guarrios and going
hc-c I rourd mother n" ,igl who had found
some of the .mari2 We'll got two pieces
oritaud br.uytti over 10 my office here and
evcry on. ,I . c,ani.'cd II said It was un-
do,ht,Ily COLD. 90 de, idrd TO send it TO the
Iri,.l >,,... A.uv once II is my inten-
tio, to r.as. a.. official report on the matter
anil viII ablr 10 30 this after have heard
uc result of the a..av
.,or,r.,s.u,ror said ono of the news
,arrr ,.,r will the discovery of a gold
,,ip. ON rlsrkwcll's Island do away with
civ ty,o. t tho city gets sufficient gold
,,,,,tIomipo IA r,ut,ccityg government"
= cannot answer that question" replied
Nr Iauty "t gold mine owned by the city
Of New Yorb would be- such n novelty that
nronariy thr Mayor might be puzzled as to
what action should be- tlkcn In the matter"
",ouuis,inurr said another reporter, III
the Blackvcll's Island mine pans out more
than enough gold 10 run g. oi;y government
will the city dis ributn t,.c plus to all voters
or only to property ov..cr.;"
That will be a question 70 be decided later
answered the Commissioner. Then a young
reporter spoke up and said
Il should think, ,o!url- l-sioner. that you
yourself should he entitled to the claim for
the reason that YOU discovered It."
no, not dot" rr,.arf"d the representative
Of a German wpeAly dor INNINGS law says
dot mines are public property. You must
first get der ciain copyrlghtened.
You near patented replied the Commits
sioner But where the property IL owned
by the city ol New / ork no one but the city
could put "a claim. Rlackwell's Island is
owned by the city. 30 il the mine is worked
the city wi, get the benefit Of IT,"
"Ther. might bc a gold rush to Blackwells
Island. added another reporter. "Hnd then the
prisoners in the gcnitcnt!arv might get out
and become outlaw. aud there ia no telling
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