Amador ledger., 1909-01-15
DOES GOLD GROW
IN THE GROUND.


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the mysterious processes they be-
lieved to be going on IN the earth's
secret crucibles. especially in the
production of gold Science, com ing
into existence, at first laughed at
these dreams of the ancients, but on
Investigating the matter more fully
some of the greatest followers and
dovotees of science have concluded
TINT many of the old traditions are
being strangely and nexpectedly
verified by undeniable facts to-day,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The question, "Does gold grown"
is now ottener answered in the
affirmative than not, and, by growth
is not meant action Synonymous to
that in flower, which, terminating
in the seed. asslmilates unto itself
varying elements from the air and
soil and water, changing these into
stem and leaf and bud; but within
the earth's crusts deposits of the
yellow metal are being continually
fed by hidden process far below tine
surface, out Of reach of human eye
and beyond the knowledge and obser-
walton Of the greatest OF scientific
men.
Miners on returning to worked out
diggings or abandoned shafts have
often discovered rich stores of gold
in places where the vein had pre-
vlously been exhausted; and they
could come to no other conclusion but
that in some unknown way the gold
had reproduced itself underneath the
earth s surface.
Henry S. Burden, a practical min
ing man of California, furnishes the
following evidence:
Gold not only grows, but it is be-
ing deposited in California to-day by
the hot solfatarras at Sulphur Greek,
in Colusa county, where any one who
pleases may see it. 1t occurs with
ciDnabar. free sulphur and bitumen,
combination which probably has
not parallel in any other part of the
world. | have seen cinnabar brought
down from there with crystals of
gold Elm bedded in it. The gold is de-
posted on the outside of silIcious |
rock. in the form of crystals, and is
plainly formed by the evaporation of
aqueous deposits. There are specI
mems of this in the California State |
Museum.
'This all confirms a theory long |
held by me that when gold is found |
in pockets in quartz lodges it has
been carried there by tellurides,
which volatile, leaving the gold be-
hind. This is the way l account for
a singular development up in Coos |
county, Oregon. While doing some
placer mining in certain locality |
there some of the men thought there |
must be a quartz ledge near by from |
which the gold came. So they turned |
on a stream of water and hydraulick
ed ledge which carried an infinI-
tesimal quantity of the metal, except
ing in one hole, shaped like a stove |
pipe and going down no one knew
how far; and this hole was like
chimney from some undergo ound
furnace. for 1T was lined as if with
SCOT with telluride of gold, telluride |
of silver and free gold, and they took
$1,000 out of it.
"rhe Bonanza mine, at Sonora,
Tuolumnec ounty, California, pres
ents another instance that it seems to
me can only be explained in this
way. They we're doing a little min
ing there, and the miners started to
dig a cellar to keep their butter and
eggs cool in summer and ran across a
pocket OF gold so rich that in three
days they had taken 1856 pounds
weight of gold out of it, valued at
5000, 900, and out of the rest of the
ledge they took in all sd, O0O."
From Louis Falkenau once state
assayer Of California, comes the fol
lowing opinion:
"Does gold grow? | admit not only
the possibility, but the probability
that gold may not be a simple ele-
ment, but may be found to be com
osed OF two or more elements. In
deed, 1 believe the time will come
when our list OF simple elements.
now comprising seventy three, includ-
ing the recently discovered argon and
: helium, will be reduced to very
few. Should gold be eliminated from
these and placed in the list of com
s pounds, this would, of course, make
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