Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-08

~ ANAGAsAKI Japan, The little
country of Corea is having an
u industrial and mining boom.
4 It's gold regions are opening
n I'D It's coal deposits are being
prospected and railroads are
A v planned 10 cover every part
Of the peninsula. At Shang-
Ma met Leigh Hunt Of Seattle Who'
IN connection with J. sloat Fassett OF
New York. has one OF the most Valu-
able mining concessions Of this part OF
,ho world. lie has the absolute right
10 country, about as big as Rhode
Island some distance from the Corean
capital, which is rich in gold
This territory has been worked for
ages. but in the crudest manner, The
CONans had no machinery. They wash
ed of the top Of the placer mines. but
were not able to reach the bedrock,
They did little quartz mining by chip
ping out the ore with their soft iron
tools They would make holes IN the
rock and Nh them with fuel. This be-
Ing gniied made the rock red hot, when
they would pour in water and thus
crack the surface, so that they could
chip II OIL The ore thus obtained they
crushed by rolling huge stones over 1t,
They had no pumps and could not 20
deep on account Of the water. The
shafts We're emptied by bailing them
out with gourds which were passed
from man TO man to the surface. Wher-
ever a stream Of permanent water was
struck the SHAFT was abandoned,
HOW AMERICANS NINE GOLD IN
COREA.
Fassett and Hunt have introduced the
BEST modern mining machinery,
They are now operating three mills, or
In all about 80 stamps, and they will
soo1 have another mill, which will give
them altogether l2O stamps, They eX-
pect to put In an electric plant OF sum-
Client capacity to operate all their min.
ing mo.nchtry. and for this water win
furnish The power
! understand that the property Is be-
Ing worked very chcaply ana at great
pfolt, There are about 60 American
ana European experts among tie em-
p.Oyes ana about 1900 Coreans. The
VOieans receive 20 cents a day, and do
not NICK ON long hours. The concession
gives Ih' company the standing trees
Oh the land at so cents gold per
Iord this Us said to be sufficient to
umoer the mines Until lately all the
hauling has been done with the bullock
carts OF me country, but American
wagons are now used and other kinds
Vi our machinery will be imported.
a LAND OF GOLD.
Corea promises to he a second Cali
lorna When ! first visited It IA years
ego ! was shown quilts filed with gold
SusI ana piu-head nuggets The coolies
brought them In and traded them to
we merchants. At that time the coun-
Wy was producing about $3,0UO000
NQ'Ih VI gold a year from It's placer
mines The Yield was even greater
snen ! visited Corea In 1894 just be-
lIoJe the war between China and
sspan although no modern machinery
NAG yet been used.
zen Grea,house OF California was
,ts adviser TO the king He told me
,T Ls mountains were full /of gold and
iaOInas W Power the ,ug Ameri-
,S "elf.t.ah who put The lights into
we Hlns palace, described 60 me how
"J hhs ministers once brought him
"s HIIed with gold dust and mug
~ IN payment OF q bin against the
hb'As Tor electrical machinery. Mr..
aO4er said that one OF the nuggets
way az big as the palm Of his hand
ana about an inch thick. His bin was
~, @tWO and the gold realized more
W au lhal amount when he sold it at
's ulhl IN Osaka, Japan.
49,, iar me Americans are doing the
,n ,n, mining Of much importance. Other
pslI''Vgss'ons have been granted 10 the
~. t''harl- Morgan syndicate. an Eng
, ,1'' voilpany and TO r.. Meyer & 90,
Cs.,a,H'lhs German capitalists. The
toi'al concession Is small. and II adj
Tb' ,Aat held by Hunt and Fassett.
~ English concession Is about half
gffA D. '''' thilEl tNdl ana III rs sltU-
rccfe.gl me south Of the latter. Both
~ ,osllsh and Germans are doing some
o,r,,.. ne success OF the American
Gao, Any Us known throughout the far
fpi u has brought numerous miners
anna , ''alists 10 Corea. who have so
tine r I lAa government that for the
bs., no further mining concessinns are
'sI1g granted. ''' '''''"' "ie
az A"s NEW CoREAN TRUNK
81. LINE.
IS sim "orR on the railroads. however.
surey, Solhg on The Japanese have
~ og5 ~ TO Fusan, the soutbernmos, r nor,
h., ~orea. Fusau has an excellent bar.
agu ,y short distance from Nag.
The e,d va thls road win probably form
The T Tyi oi a corean connection with
can tsS o..'S'sloerian road so that one
Eufopssn 'ue cars In any part Of the
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