Evening star., 1932-08-04

pie Creeks glory are being combed
for overlooked veStigeS of the wealth
they once held" says the Minneapolis
Journal as 1t pictures "the bearded
and grizzled optimists who for half q
century and longer have haunted the
valleys Of California, taking out just
enough gold here and there to yield
meager living, now joined by an
army Of younger men, most Of whom
know little or nothing of gold or Of
mining" The Journal points out that
sit is not generally known that the
world today is producing more gold
annually than at any time between
1870 and 1908" and suggests that 1.-The
higher its value. in terms of commodi-
ties or labor, the more of it will be
gotten out"
zone good result of the depression
is renewal of the search for gold, and
all over the belt of North Carolina pros
pectorS are pecking away and bringing
up ores of varying value, some of con-
tent giving promise of profitable re-
turns" announces the Charlotte OBJ
server, as it praises the metal Of that
State. North Carolina gold Is said to
be 'yellower' than the gold produced in
California, and, what's more. the ores
here assay a heavier production of the
yellow metal to the ton than any ores
known. Our people walk over gold
mines every day. What can be done
to bring up the ores and transfer the
gold from the ground into the pockets
of the people? If the Government
lends hand to the West, it certainly
should extend helping hand to the
South" claims this paper.
The Walla Walla Daily Bulletin ex-
claims: "Goldl Goldl The report
spreads like the wind, and already
scores, even hundreds, of restless men
have Shouldered packs with their crude
mining equipment and started the over.
land rush to the wild country that
holds out the attractive diggings to the
few who are fortunate. But how diff
ferent the picture Of today will be from
that Of decades ago when Walla Walla
was at a high pitch under the conta-
giouS fever of the fortune that lay over
the hills"
Not only from the dark recesses of
the earth is gold being taken, but the
sea is being forced to give up its long
inundated treasures. To this the APP
pleton Post-C Crescent calls attention,
saying: Had one listened intently the
other dav to the soft Eastern breezes
there might have been heard a cry
that has lighted the fires of human pas
sion and greed ever since commerce
set the mark Of SelfiShneSS upon the
yellow metal 1t was the cry of Gold,
gold, the Egypts gold at lastl as the
first gold bullion and coin was raised
from that sunken liner of the coast of
France. After four years of effort, gold
and silver bullion and British sovereigns
valued at millions of dollars have been
uncovered and are now piled in heaps
upon the salvage ship Artiglios deck
with every heave Of the grab" Noting
that new methods in deep sea diving
developed by the Artiglio's crew promise
interesting possibilities for undersea eX-
ploration, this paper suggests: Many
ships and countless millions lie about
the muddy bottom of the sea. What
other riches or sources of adventure
the ocean depths may hold. no man
knows"
A similar effort Is to be made in the
Atlantic Ocean. 65 miles off Cape
Henry, where lies the Merida, which
sank on May II, 1911. The Baltimore
Evening Sun advises that what makes
the salvage of the vessel an enterprise
worth considerable effort is the fact
that its passenger list included some OF
the wealthiest persons in all Mexico,
and they were carrying to what they
hoped would be safety some four mill
lions in money, gold and silver bullion
and jewels"
CocoS Island, in the South Pacific, is
again Turing gold hunters, notes the
Atlanta Journal, referring to expedi-
tions to that olden haunt Of pirates in
the South Pacific" in search of treas
ure tabled to be worth between rs and
rs million dollars-a treasure that has
long proved a will-o' -the-wiSp," accord
ing to The Journal. But" comments
this paper, analyzing the persistence of
the search. "it isn't the gold merely that
these smitten hearts desire; it's the sea
wind the lonely beach, the forest tangle,
the very hardship and danger that lift
life above hun1dEum in their foreta5te
if not in reality. Men will ever be
hunters and sailors; and the wilder the
chase, the more perilous the voyage,
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