Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18
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present proportions. About thirty-four
years ago dredging was first started on
the Molyneux River, New Zealand the
swiftest of rivers. The first operation was
conducted by spoon, curiously wrought
from bullock hide, and steel cutting lip
fastened on the end of a pole. This pole
was pulled in by a hand windlass, placed
on a floating barge made of planks and
barrels. Results were so surprising that
steam was introduced on a dredge, con-
structed with a belt of buckets. This
proved to be the forerunner of the big
steam dredges which are in operation to-
day.
The Fuegan rivers are too small to float
the huge barge on which the dredge sets.
Flotatiou is provided by damming the
river behind the barge. AS the dredgs
eats its way forward a waterway follows.
The dam is made of cast back, used up
for gravel. An almost unlimited supply
of water Is necessary for such work.
Through lack of it some OF the earth's
best gold bearings must remain unhar-
vested. This is sadly true OF a large part
OF Alaska, where the dTedgeable year Is
but three months long, the water being
locked at other times in icy letters. Also
1T is impossible to get coal and machinery
by dog conveys into interior Alaska,
where some of the best placers abound.
Whether glacation cut out and deposited
more gold north or south is a question,
but certainly under the prows Of the
glaciers at the top and bottom of the
world lie hidden great deposits. one differ
ence in the situation north and south is
that Alaska has been explored to limits by
gold experts OF two governments, and by
gold seekers from everywhere while the
southern gold and its possibilities are yet
so new as to be untouched by eminent
eXpertism.
The Contrast of Alaska.
In Alaska a small army OF American
miners-the best, bravest, most alert and
ambitious the world ever knew-searched
and sifted, combed and narrowed for four
teen years, and only found nominal re-
suits. In the face OF starvation and freez-
ing, Of seemingly. insuperable difficulties,
they fought on with increasing courage,
until McCormac in 1894 struck the 1000 ton
IIlondilSe bonanza. History has no par
allel for the campaign and conquest OF
Alaska In contrast how Insignificant and
unknown has been the inquest Of Fuego!
For years Pepper like the dog in the man
ger. defed and held away experience and
capital
All the gold so far secured in Fuego, by
much wear and erosion, shows It has traV-
ened far from the veins where II first
cooled and set. When gold goes travelling
it is with the rush of water or ice, and
when gold has been travelling for ages in
such a sloplng country as Terra del Fuego
some OF 1t fingers on the route in hooks
and crevices in river bottoms, but most,
from the hurry OF Ice and water. will be
swept along until It comes to rest in a
permanent pocket or until met by the
dash of the surf of the sea at the mouth
of the river.
Some OF the Alaskan miners now making
New York hea dquarters until Alaska opens
90, bn ca
pans out $3.50 per day, which is the un-
broken record OF Fuego since 1850, means
something big below. They say, moreover,
that nowhere on the Alaskan coast, not
even at Nome. would such surface sand
pan out similar sums.
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Crab Beach, where I really learned what
hard drinks were and that they seemed to
make the consumers soft, l ran into
wagon with w. L. Harmed on the side-I
mean the name w. L. Harmed on the
side, for the owner Of the name and wagon
is just man and a dealer in near food.
1.-The Sheriff put an attachment on the
automobile in behalf OF Harned-taat Is. he
said he did, for l could not see II, M put
on speed TO see how strong II was l. do
not know yet, for l turned around and saw
nothing, not even the Sheriff. and here l
am"
1ou poor OLD thlng,' l said What a
time you have had! fear even this rest
at my cottage has not refreshed you. but
your auto is at the door, and / am due in
New York this evening TO lecture on your
visit. Small personal matters like the az
unity between us must be forgotten Be
tween the place OF departed shades and
New Jersey there is great gulf fixed.
wider than Newark Bay. You died years
ago and 1 shall never see you again. Just
reflect that am not yet born and you Will
easily forget me" Sneaking down the
walk In his sandals heard him say
Here with loaf Of bread beneath the hou-h,
jug Of wine. a book OF verse, and thou
Reside me ,irsins 10 New jersey,
Jersey itsvlf Nvre Paralise euowi
The present vanished and the past grew
clear. then faded and disappeared. aud
with It omar Khayyam and the motor car,
leaving only Carolyn Wells and the IN
mortal RubaiyaG