Evening journal., 1913-10-09
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Senator Jones Idea Of the
American Gold Supply
By Holland.

About year after the discovery Of
gold in the Yukon district of the
Alaskan peninsula, and at a time
when the excitement occasioned by
the discovery caused those who re-
membered the California discoveries
Of 1s49 to be reminded of that earlier
excitement. met one afternoon in
Washington ex-senator John P. Jones.
of Nevada. l knew Senator Jones
was developing what was said to be
a small sold mine situated in The vi
cinity Of Sitka. I also knew that he
was esteemed among the foremost OF
the authorities upon the precious
metals and of the geological forma-
tions in the United States in which
gold and silver we're found.
| said to Senator Jones that only
a day or two before | had been in
formed by former Mayor William r.
Grace. OF New York, that he had met
mining engineers from South Africa
who told him that they had not begun
TO develop the gold resources of the
Rand and other South African fields.
and that il was interesting low to
know that on the other side OF the
globe there had been discoveries,
which bore out the prediction by Will
liam II. Seward. then secretary Of
state that gold would he found IN the
Alaska peninsula, or what used to be
called Russian North America
Il sometimes hear rerorts from men
VINO profess to be good authorities
upon the precious metals of the world,
inhmating that we are rapidly sp
preaching the climax or maximum Of
gold production. But these men don't
know what they are talking about,
said the Senator
As we walked along together he
continued In my opinion the sur
face Of the world IS only scratched so
far with respect TO the production OF
geld. Science will show the way not
only 10 fresh gold fields. but also the
way 70 extract with profit gold ores
which in the past were not thought
worth working.
Why, my dear sir the entire Amer
ican hemisphere from tie Arctic
Ocean and Alaska to PATAGONIA, is
lined and scanned with veins of gold
great a d small In my view. there
was one tremendous impulse of ma
turc IN the formative period OF thu
world which resulted in natures al
ohemy. whereby gold was produced
rivers of IT, along the backbone of th'
American hemisphere
"We have only Just begun When
went to Alaska 10 study a little mine
IN the lower part OF the peninsula
made up my mind that the entire
Alaskan peninsula is saturated viii
gold. Further Investigation persuad
ed me Of another thing. Ever since
began the study Of the precious met
! ais, their location. Their geological for
nation and the manner Of mininl
them, have been satisfied that some
where on the North American cont
nent the great mother lode Of goli
existed and that some day adventur
Gus prospectors and explorers woull
discover IT,"
Here Senator Jones raised hi
! hands. and. with a great sweepint
gesture that was intended to cove
! symbolically the remote Northwest
he said: Il am now satisfied that III
mother lode Of gold lies somewhere q
that immense icy and dreary territor
which we call Alaska Il will he dis
covered some dav. because there /
no Difficulty Of geography or climat
which men viii not master in III
pursuit Of gold Furthermore. Tel
you that ! am persuaded that centuI
les will pass before the worlds sur
ply Of gold viii be seriously dimirish
ed"
When Senator Jones spoke 70 me 1
this way the other great discoverie
Of gold in Alaska had not been msd'
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