The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-27


( Siberia is nothing more than a bowling
/ waste OF snow and ice One Of the wild
/ est spread and longest lived jocular uses
to which this popular impression Of ~
IBERIA has been put exists IN the police
force IN almost every large city In
America. Most Of these cities have
/ sparsely settled suburbs. the homes, for
the most part. Of men employed In manu-
featuring establishments An assignment
to police duty in these localities Is In the
nature Of an exile. and So in the language
Of the police. the cop who Is condemned
to punishment Is "sent 10 Siberia" Err
roneous as all these impressions Of 81
IBERIA are when the test Of to-day Is APP
piled yet IL is not the foreigner only who
holds this mistaken belief To the ma
jority OF the Inhabitants Of st. Petersburg
and Moscow Siberia Is as unknown as Il
Is 70 the clay eaters Of the Southern
/ United States. Those Americans who
have asked men Of affairs IN Moscow
what clothes to take to Siberia have been
told that furs always are necessary, ow-
ing to the extreme cold Yet in the
1 Siberian city Of Krasnoyarsk the ther-
mometer for days in August registered 110
degrees and any clothes except those
made Of silk and linen were absolutely
unendurable.
'Let Siberia speak for herself" says
Thomas smith. our consul in Moscow.
She is a country inside Of which the whole
Of the United States could be put with
plenty Of room 70 spare While the
worlds knowledge Of siberia today IS
marvellous compared with that Of even
ten years ago vast portions Of the coun-
try are stil unexplored, even by the
Russians
II will take American mining enterprise
TO open up the wonderful mineral re-
sources Of Siberia. and that Amerca's s
hand in the development Of this country
is not Altogether hidden is evident to
one who stands in the streets OF Tomsk
and sees American moving machines
rattle through on the way to the wheat
fields, or to one who. passing along the
dusty highways Of Krasnoyarsk. sees a
policeman whirling along on an American
bicycle
To-day the New Yorker can go from
this city By way Of Berlin. Moscow and
Irkutsk to Yladivostock, on the Pacific.
in twenty-five days A railway almost
connecting Asia and America at the Ber-
ing straits is predicted Of the future.
There is, engineers say. no obstacle in
the way except the terrific cold Of winter
and the immense fields OF tundra. or
"steppes." through which a path must
be cut. A railway line through such a
country as Northeastern Siberia viii not
be so difficult 10 construct as was the
line Of the White Pass and Yukon route.
Siberia has many cities Of from 10000
to $4,000 inhabitants Hotels supplied
with comfortable rooms, restaurants
which may truly be said IN many cases
TO be palatal. electric lights and tele-
phone connections are not difficult to
ind. One may traverse Siberia with his
hands folded, il he SO wishes: as the ele-
giant weekly vestibuled train Is supplied
with bath. plano, dining saloon. drawing
room, leather sofas, easy chairs and OBJ
servation car. the whole fitted with cleo
trio lights and call bells. The cost OF
this remarkable journey OF 5000 miles.
including sleeper, is only S84. first class.
Antiquated and expensive methods are
in use by even the largest companies FOL
working the placer deposits; these meth.
ods having undergone no improvement
IN the last fifty years At many mines
in Siberia 1000 men and 500 horses are
used on a single property 10 produce gold
not exceeding S2.0OO.OoO a year. In some
cases, as IN the platinum mines OF the
ural this quota Of men and horses is EN-
ployed for an output not exceeding $500.
000. This on ground. too. where the en-
ployment Of dredges and mechanical ex-
cavators IS In all ways feasible. and
where oftentimes the auriferous gravel
could be conveyed advantageously 70 the
washing machines BY wire rope gravity
trans. Mr.. Purington states that. ac
cording TO conservative calculations. Il
mechanical conveyors and improved type.
OF sluices were installed III mines in si
IBERIA at present worked by the old meth.
DDS the gold output Of the Russian en-.
pire would be increased at least three
times over ifs present amount On ac
count OF the general hatness Of the coun
try. mining By means Of hydraulic power
viii never have a great future IN Siberia
but On many districts sufficient grade car
be obtained for the use Of hydraulic ele
vators. For dredging river beds tn,
method OF placer mining now pursued
with such success In California. M0ntani
and New Zealand. could well be employe,
IN the Siberian gold fields. The miles o.
auriferous river beds capable OF being s,
worked. number tens of thousands
The quartz deposits N Siberia are en-
tirely undeveioped. There are probably
to-day not over dozen stamp mill
, operating in the whole country, and It &
doubtful if over $50 stamps are dropping
OF the old type Of roller type gold mills
there are also few But even with tn
makeshift contrivance in use. the opera
tions frequently paw large proits. Deei
mining IS unknown; it Is doubtful il Their
IS a single shaft In the limits of tn
Russian empire which has penetrated
precious metal deposit 90 g depth create
than zoo feet AT water level where IN
free milling ore shops and suiphureis be
gin. work Is discontinued. and except q
two or three Instances along the ura
chain. the working Of concentrates b
: cyaniding or chlorination IS unknown. S
far as known. only one operator has IN
stalled thoroughly up to date milling. cor
certrating and chloriuation plants
{ The difficulties Of Transporting machin
= cry TO such deposits are much less tha
generally supposed. OF high mountains
such as the Rockies and Sierra Nevada
Siberia has practically none. In the eau
casus alone are precipitous peaks an
high passes AS IS well known, the n
terror OF siberia IS penetrated by a net
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