Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-02-11
THE BOTTOM DROPPED OUT OF
GOLD MINING IN VERMONT.
Urom tho Barre Tlmes,)

ITHE BOTTOM DROPPED OUT OF
GOLD MINING IN VERMONT.
G7rom tho Barre Tlmes)
The bottom has dropped out of gold
, mining in Vermont SO effcctualy that
thoe" who were planning their "getrich-
quick schemes up hero in the mountains,
may now 20 back to the plough and the
scytho and be content to plod a surer but
slower road to maintenance and possibly
aiiluence. as the word means in this state.
Each succeeding attempt and failure to
extract gold from tho hills and tho
stream Of Vermont pounds home the truth
OF The belief that god-minins in Vermont
can never be made to pay sufficiently to
warrant the time and money put into the
undertaking. 1t is probable that the
amount II money sunk in equipment md
purchase Of supposedly gold bearing terri
tory is not covered in any case by the gold
removed from the property But still
so;ae reopic will cling 10 tho delusion that
gold can b. secured in paying quantities.
and they VIII sink thousands upon thou
sands Of dollars IN buildings and machin-
cry, only to have the attempt end in a fiZ
zle. The report of the abandoning OF OPP
eratons in the Deerfield valley illustrates
the foolishness OF the expenditure. For
two years experiments have been made
in various sections of that locality. but the
results We're not enough to warrant the
belief that there arc any rich mines In
that region, while the thousands OF dollars
are lied up and constitute the only as
ect.
t., . " 80" "a VI t'oh' 40 ~"
~ ,nt,o 80 =, 10y. b.n" ~ nar,
the Stale geoloEist in his annual report,
says. 1t is widely distrbuted but it is.
so far as | know, always in so small
T,r '.' ~ ~ ', ,n II -
obtainod." with that idea firmly fixed.
the sdvico which tho State Geologist
gives in the same report ought to be
particularly valuable Professor Perkins
says. Il believe that there is far more
gold TO bc Cotton from the crops which
may hc raised on Vermont farms. un-
certain ana dlscouraslne as farming some
times may be. than can he pounded
from rho e,nns If orr st r-,,'' !. " iI,'Ic
/ - the onthus. 'srn. money and labor which
Put into rriitlees search for gold h,I
zone into farm ifnnfover,ort during tba
last nfty yo,rs, Vermont would bc richie
to-day. ! hone that no one VIII rls.in-
Idcrqtcr1 thc aooye re,1arks II &c NOT nt
all my intention to diecourarc any form
of fninin.. which can in any WV holm
IN the dcIel"pmont OF the mInera! We lth
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their own towns to vote yes At tho coming
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