The Kusko times., 1929-03-09

Several days Of hard MWofK nad passed since Larry had visited Nels : Anderson in his blacksmith shop. It was rather late in the evening and Jack had turned in for the night. , Larry was seated on a box and con- tirued to read newspaper that was :. but three weeks old; continued to read in spite of words other than praise from his partner.
 A prospector is wise if, while !. searching for gold, he keeps his eyes 2 open fer other metals" thought Larry and, as usua, his thoughts took the : form of words.
 'I know one prospector that will be 4 wise if he rolls in," grunted Jack. But upon second thought, or rather upon first real thought, he added, 1" ''but what have you?"
 "Well, was just reading, and when s read I usually think. It states here { that there have been good mercury :. showings in the Kuskokwim. Some :. fellows, you know, would overlook that in their search for the yellow !: stuff and"
 "And nothing" broke in Jack. "Call it a day. Overlook mercury, bahl < Anyway I happen to know that mer- .,cury is liquid and I ask you as to what man wants to mine liquid. i. Liquids are used to build bridges over { and otherwise"
 ssYes, mercury is a liquid,' an- swered Larry, slowly putting down his paper and relighting his pipe, "but the mercury of commerce is obtained :. from the sulphide of mercury. It oc- 4 CUTS as a mineral, solid mineral like :. any other mineral. The stuff is called 7 cinnabar."
 ..Upn hearing the name of the latter part of the mineral, Jack was wide :. awake. "What's that?" he inquired. ~ "oh, yes! Cinnabar, to be sure. And Y who said that anyone wanted to find :. the cinnabar from which liquid mer- ( cury is obtained?"
 ."Well, both you and Tiff this gold proposition does not smile upon us, 1. andssmile often" retorted Larry. "You aknow that mercury is now bringing :; $135 flask, according to the papers" "
 "Flask?" inquired Jack, with sur prise. "Is that new name for ton! Flask? Is cinnabar found in Tasks 7"
 "A flask is metal container and is :. made to contain 76 pounds of mercury. This is the way it is sold and is done in this convenience" answered Larry, in partial disgust if not total disgust.
 "One hundred and thirtyt-five dol lars for 76-pound flask of mercury sounds good. Let me see-that fig ures out better than $1.75 per pound What does this cinnabar look like, where is it found. how is it found, what is it used for?" flashed Jack in a manner wholly unlike him. Jack usually was slow of speech, but it seemed as if the liquid metal idea hit in spot that made him question his partner as if he really wanted to know something about it.
 Hold your malamutes," from Lar ry. At least he could talk and he was happy. Hold your malamutes," he continued, land we will travel one trail at time. What does it look like? We'll, as I said before, cinnabar is the sulphide of mercury, and as such it is usually of scarlet hue, but it may be red, brown or even a gray. But usually it is scarlet colod. If cinnabar is rubbed upon unglazed porcelain colored streak will remain that is scarlet or reddish-brow But jasper or red quartz looks like cinna- bar, but quartz will not cave such a streak. Cinnabar can easily be scratched with a knife, but jasper cannot Yt ;s a vorv heavy mineral