t T it f fr r JOLD U PAn FAR FROM PHOI 10 HOME IE I i tY 1 It will vill wi be lH l remembered me d that about a J year c r ago the foreign forein n pre press dj s 0 p v. v were tilled filled with stories stories of the gold In l Madagascar In 1 Island Hand land off oft the east pas cO coast cOll ll of cit n Africa Tales o of won wonderful finds cr were ver exploited for foJ a few ew weeks and andS S then tho Iho fever an anti and lIttle has b IJ cn from rom Madagascar la ag scar gold field unU within the past week when Iho tho eon consuls IA of l C Uio Uc United nl d Slates States have spoken the help u word about It i. i Consul Hunt of has hus k made mule a careful In Investigation In largely ii- ii it tile the lic Interest t of or such RH as asi Rt i mu may have ha been h by the tho tales I of or treasure to be le picket pIcket up tip for fO the a asking an and he gays sais will vili 1 be IH of in interest In- In tere terest to terest-to t tto to lo the the men of or mines nes nel m In the i United d States lat S Says S Consul Hunt First of all al ample capital I Is necessary sary ar asIt S' S costs about 5 a 5 a a du day L for tor tori i prospecting ep expenses This Is the thu es estimate es- es of ot mining J men As' As Asto to M to health i and und climate a miner milel must W e sound q and tt robust to succeed as I It Is quite unhealthy in the thc mining and prospect ing log districts and often orten difficult t to se secure so- so e- e 4 cure curc an any food but rice the foo food l of or tho the 2 J nat natives The English language Is not Sj known outside of or the large of nf 1 L rJ population The languages n spoken n aro aru arut t Malagasy anti and French and head head r J j I n could bo be bo J made a e with the French 4 officials or cn with wih the native laborers f without the thu kno Je knowledge o of or the the two Iwo tongues tongue Those who have hU lived long llong v in iii 11 th the colony olony and ant know local cus customs oms cu ons i succeed he best t in mining a adventure r Xo No gold bearing rec reefs of value have lave I yet et been Leun cr discovered d there thele not notwithstanding ih- ih standing tho the reports published he in French and South African pall papers as asto to the he discovery Cl o of rich gold reefs In the tho southeastern tern ln part halt of or the thc I inland Jl In fact the concessions tome some tome fifteen t Ii In number were sveio sold old to a South African syndicate and the Share on thy thu Johannesburg stock exchange Se Set Sev- cial ial experienced mining milLing men were nt over to examine the concessions an and then lien published a report which was doubtless Intended d to serve HrC a pur PUI pose Care should be taken h by everybody everybody every ever body before investing or 01 moving Alluvial luJ deposits bearing gold re receive re- re most attention in tn Madagascar and und sonic bonio tomo of or th these sc enterprises have ha 1 become 11 permanent and profitable Al Alluvial Alluvial Al- Al lal 11 mining aiming promises ruml cs to become u IL I valuable industry in time lime The rue plan Is IsI Isto to tn peg out ou a claim with wih a n circumference nee lice not nol exceeding a radius of 1 kilometer kilo kilo- meter mile plant a sig- sig I I nat post rost t in III tho ho center of or it bearing u a I i signboard written In the tho French lan language nii- nii i Iua guage e stating the tho name of or the pros pros- I IH vector clor the tile character and amI nature of tilt tho tl deposit he hc has discovered and the date of or planting the post t. t Afterwards he lie mu must t sent send end In hl his plan traced due north on a scale of tenth one-tenth millimeter milli meter ono Olie four hundredths of or an anInch Inch to th the tho district mining commissioner commis with the Sum sum of or as tax for or the Iho prospectors prospector's li Ii- Ii l- l cense Ho He le then may ma- ma create a na native latho la- la na- na lye tive village about hl his concession if possible los and amI engage the te natives to toan topan topan pan an out the gold in the tho wooden dishes and make mako malc their returns to him ac accordIng according according ac- ac cording to 10 arrangement for which ho pays them at the tho rate rte of or about 19 cents tier per grm gram Finally on pa payment of a tax of or 5 per pei l cent on the tho output to the government he ht mR may dispose of or orI it I to tho ban bank Up fYI to the present It Is 11 impossible to tu operate mining concessions in an any other mann manner r A while Ito man can not do tin the tho work personally and anti preserve o his hiM health Sluice boxes ha have been heen installed In- In stalled but not hot with wih an any success as the natives do tie not care car to give up the system of nr panning it out oui out In view of or orthe the tile pre present en outlook then It I would har hardly ly iia pay par a a person to expend d tho thu amount required J to travel so 10 great greata reat reata a distance unless he ho h has considerable capital nl at hIs and Olid Is In to search of or adventure as well a wealth r