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THE WORLD'S FAIR
<br />number of small fortunes have Uemr mode Uy les-
<br />red swtdstmte (wldch is exposed Yor sevetnl miles along ~~?~
<br />flue of the nnudler ;uldw _4
<br />~co strnek Pockets in these veins Trom whicU
<br />I the rnllroad track). hr French gulch west of thn Oro (nine ,
<br />ly) was mad,. nndar q;n Y ,.
<br />who
<br />r , (ken from flue to flay thmtsand dollars eucU• and lust Uelow the town of Dlllou (ten miles north of Breck- YYYp
<br />on," at. the R'orld's Fnl e h~c
<br />Yotnrndo gold nugget was taken from this hill, ~ mu•idge), a efmllar outcrop of IDue is to be seen. These ~~„?
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<br />there wm•e none of the Ta rst.
<br />: larg y.,'
<br />°tt n :s "Tom's Bab It weighed, after Ucing thor- lime outcrops should receive the careful a[tent(on of [Ue fi
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<br />ction, its great Ueuuty and d's Kn
<br />llc rle~n~~d, ns described above, 1.50 ounces, or thirteen prospectors, as rich ores of gold or slh•er are likely [o Uc
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<br />". leaf, et}sndhzsd, q~ire " ~ceight. '(fore thou $_0,000 were taken out
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<br />' stone
<br />found where the Ilme forms a contact with either san /
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<br />ok the prizo. rn}
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<br />nds,
<br />whicU 1t was found in less than hvo doss or Quartzite; the probaUilities for (lading large veins of car- ! ~
<br />tines are gcuontllS te[errsl• the PocKct 1°
<br />rm Other mfggets weighing eleven pounds, six Uonate ores in the eiclmty of lime contacts should also Ue p ~
<br />use the gold is found in rn.o m
<br />number weighing over a Pound each have
<br />kept in mind and all traces of lead or iron should be care- !
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<br />Hated, retorted and turned N nds and :;
<br />mKen out. ~ fully ccamined.]
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<br />vithont the rs pease o[ haal ^ ver
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<br />The mountains on the right Uank of the Blue r :
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<br />rated at a mill. The n S Hoosier pass to the mouth of Htdlaaa gulch present the ~~ _
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<br />ricksilver, and after the qoi .
<br />ORTUNES TAKEN OUT BY LESSEES. ~ ~ I same general appearance of a granite Uase croPptug out
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<br />This w
<br />the dirt and ,and ate e , F P
<br />boldly, with red sandstone and lime higlmr uP•
<br />aeezed throng]: u chamois s ~
<br />Tohn P. Campion collection of FarncomU Uill gold i
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<br />a hard ball o` ;old and qnl -The .
<br />n::icU will be exhibited at the Paris eshibftion, 1{ go
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<br />fuvorable
<br />the forma£mn is
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<br />removed US !:cafing the "gets.
<br />ound nugget and mans smaller ones. The or-
<br />of great rfcUness is, according to tradition, within its ,
<br />aich the gold 'onllion is sent rains a ,s-p
<br />leerion i> valued at $15,000. The largest "Pan of gold" dens.
<br />On the eastern slo a of the Teu }Tile rouge, from Spruce
<br />beset.
<br />cx'm•k the Parucnmb min rc mken ;,rat anywhere, so far as known, was taken out
<br />mcomb Uill in taking out a large Pocket.
<br />F m•eck to ]Iiners' creek, the metamorphic rocks Predominate,
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<br />ember that the chances for ' a
<br />he Boss on
<br />of standard size was Placed on the floor of tUe
<br />t' and the veins found are chicily fissures; in the vicinity o
<br />with silver and ~.:
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<br />'at the heads or on the slds old P:'
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<br />t and the chunks of gold and wire mats were Put into Ct stal Lake lead is the Uase of the arc,
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<br />11t the other vefus north of GrfsYal. Lake and on
<br />some gold -
<br />remain near]} s goad as Pan as tllec were taken out of the vein. It was found .
<br />" lead is freQUent1S absent and iron or copper
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<br />found on ParncomU hill, ~ ~ ro Put Ote Bat Pieces of bold around the edges of
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<br />takes its Place as a Uase in Lhe ore.
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<br />y Prices for the ;,old mines Pan "like chips" to keep the gold, piled up in the mid-
<br />There are still large areas open to locatiou on this slope -
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<br /> o{ ihr pan, from falling off to the floor of the drift. also in the Bluc mountains which
<br />of the Ten Mile range ~.r ~ .
<br />. to "get into a rut" and to t,~t tit(. miner tried to Pick rap the loaded gold Pan Ue
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<br />form a continuation of tbs range north from the caumt of
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<br />ions onic, occriooking {he ;d tht. n-eigUt calls so great that YUe edges of the Pan the Ten Mile ricer.
<br />leis disseminated met~tis
<br />t o~ithoui Ueing able to raise the Pan. D. W. Dean (the -
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<br />old Ue, "Gold i= where you .,,t-erer of the Boss) v-as an eSe-witness to the filling of ~ ,.
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<br />;ould tn' all Suunge tonmh lmn, llmugh not an owner in the Property at the time. THE PLACERS OF THE BLUE RIVER- ,
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<br />by assaying. then spectacular cleanup was made bS Sol BarrsYt, in , 11 -
<br /> c; Lich was asix-Pound gold nugget. Daring the
<br />. Frmn the toot of the o'estern side of Hoosier Dnss to the
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<br />forD' does in that Sear he and a helper rooK out and , Grmtd river (a distance of over stxtS miles) tUC caller of ~
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<br />FOR ]NVESTORS AND ro}::h;ec on G53 ounces of gold from Uts ]case on a the Blue is ove great placer field. \\'herecer a triUatml- 't +.
<br />PECTORS. k uP the Gold Flake, also on FarncomU U]Il; he con- enters YUe main stream a golden triUntc has hecn paid ut rly
<br />space allotted to a folder of cd to mke out from 6U to 150 ounces Per week for ( the added auriferous alluvium, until aggregated golden
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<br />ed chie8v to call the aftenllon al tceek's after strikivg the big nugget. ,
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<br />grains are Uelieced to Uc Present, in this So ,~
<br />.o the Privcipul oPPOrtunities r
<br />owns of similar experiences are related of rich Podtets in Quantit}- snflicient to Pas tUe deUt of the nation. These
<br />ld Dace Ueen left Pfacttcally virgin
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<br />:Y characteristics of thin min d p, the numerous gold veins of Farneomb Uill, and the go
<br />great accumulations o
<br />tit of cm pit:tlists who will operate gold
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<br />ecetg Producing mine and ipts for royalties Paid are sttfficienY evidence of their ene
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<br />grmnul tm
<br />dern costly river placer mining 1>lauts
<br />age gold Uelt. A general d ~ There are also a few instances where lessees fmve dredging and other mo
<br />logy of the different hills m e Irrokc" and Uase stopped work witliin less than three along these sixtS miles of Placers.
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<br />'PUe north American Gold Dredg-
<br />of 1503
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<br />c mine of eacU hill }rill pro4
<br />d of a rood Pocket FatncomU hill is the undoubted
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<br />In the spr
<br />anc Placed two dredging Uoats rvltU snitaUle aD-
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<br />uder to warrant a Pen;oa o
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<br />,,,, of the Placer gold in the {,vlches running from p
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<br />k on tUC ricU gold Ucurivg deposits oP t:he
<br />hl 'trun ricer-the sources of the rich gold Placer deposits I
<br />f pliances at wor
<br />an affluent oC fUc Blue. These dredges together
<br />river
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<br />~ uccompmtying this yamp
<br />W tench ;-u1cU Galena, Rlinois and Black gulches and o ,
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<br />W0 cuUic yards of grovel per twenty-tour Uours.
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<br />locatiou of anS hill (
<br />k ;pper Y.lue rifer Set remain for the energetic Prospector .
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<br />fence-Duller I']acer .Mining GOIDpatly Vegan opera-
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<br />i describe all but fhe bea iscr `,11,. ~ e
<br />tions in Dfnc, ]RUB, on the placers at the month of Frevch
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