Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31

ronn;niS. and especially IN ,hc creek :
Chat ilow from thcm. Src.: quantities
OF gold har" been found The whole
region. - ::ci. seems 10 have been
more q ,HSH pcppared wiki grains OF
""!d. date "f gold nour gold and
%i"h'i nuggets AZ IL is row. the roun :
try ~ co"ored with piles OF gravel the
tai''ncs from which the gold has been
washed. aad here arc also S"s.; gravel
beds Tint marx tho WORKINGS Of the
,asse! properties, such as those OF the
Pionecr Mining Company
The 'Ion.,r prupe:.;i.s arc ~ ANA
'b"ui Anr:! treek. and The, include
t!i' sit. IT In" original discover,
There ~" hundreds o. mon working
ih"tc. bGi ,ire. are scattered about 50
that they DO no: seem To le MANY
III" most "f the work i nov done by
machinery. aud a single man ami n
''achin" viii accomplish what il took
hundreds OF men 10 do in til. past
f'ir chief agent in getting out the
sold is water. which burst, forth iron,
p,pcS ~ streams rs big around rs u
i"!"SEaph nolc and often several hun
Gred feet 'onc. Tho fore" nr thes ,
streams is such that they would cmt
. mann III ~" IT nc tried 10 cross
"'e. Ih"| are 50 strong N"u cannot
'l"rr" 'h"m with an ny. '"h"y are
cont against tho hills aud they lift
~ rocks and gravel and 8ho", them
IN clouds through tho air ~ ono
point ~ NJ! trip to-day ono ~ these
&irc"ihs canic .iwcen me ana jhc sun.
and til" sand gave! and water conf
p"s;n. At, toes ~ all the ,o'ors OF I'll.
i:inbuw
MitH or MINING DONE
WITH HnDRtii.ir LIFTS
stood for awhile ana watched the
men woriiins. They were ciad III
slicke"s aud white rubber nouts that
'aach"d 10 their waists. onc nrn Gi-
rccicd the pipe from which the stream
came. THIS was 50 hung nu pivot
that II could bc moved with the touch
of q finger aud made 10 carry The
gold hearing Garth whore ;hs man
willed. 'rh" water boiled ana foamed
~ il struck thu glacial il. III which
the golden gravel is bedded |, melt
c' tn. lee ana tore the earth away
from it aud carried the mas al earth
aud gravel Ia the hydraulic lifts, In
ui.e place | saw such streams moving
mountains al gravel and every where
they were forcing their sold. sand and
gravel up 'he pipes into the siuice-
boxes
The most of tho mining here is doue
with hydraulic lifts. The siuicc boxes
"a" great trourhs about a. VIDE a. u
wdson-hed and perhaps u" feet long.
Their sides are Two feet ia height
and IN the notion are steel sraiinSs.
known as rifles which catch the gold
a. the stream al gravel aud water runs
oNcr them. These SluiCc boxes arc
,nadc III steel. 'rhey are inclined at
IN angle OF about 20 degrees and are
supported OH ;resile- work, the top
bcia- at an altitude Of nifty feet oil
more above the ground At the uppei
end "i III. sluicc hos there Is steel
p.pc. AZ biz around rs the chest OF a
,.,t-.. Ii. f..i, ~ g.
10 the ground. This is connected with
the hydraulic stream. ;t"u the Watel
sent from the pipes nave described
forces the gold bearing earth. gravel
and rock NJ through this pipe into
the slui,e box The gold is 50 heav!
tina; i drops 10 the hottom Of tho box
within the urst thirty al forty feet.
and i caught in the rifles, and the
force IT tin" stream is swcb that IL car
rieS away the refuse. stones and other
material.
During my Nisi; To- the mines ! walk :
ID with Mr., I.indchcre up the steps
that led - these Sluices. and looked
down upon the foaminG muddy rivers