Show How Gold I Found Gold is found not in big bright lumps as you may suppose but in dirty sand which has only a slight yellow look to it to let you know there is gold in it The biggest piece of gold that was ever found in one lump was only as bias bi-as a walnut It was called I nugget Al Jumps of solid gold are called nuggets > Lumps of gold ore with sand in them and pieces of stone are frequently found as big as a muskmelon but they are not pure gold and have togo through a great deal of preparation before they can be sold for gold Finding gold ot mining is one of the principal industries of Montana and Colorado Little boys not over 10 years old are often very lucky in finding the yellow I nuggets and sometimes a little lad will pick up a quart of them in a day in a little tin pail As a general thing washing the gold and out of the dirt is avery I a-very slow and tiresome work and not at I all pleasant but it is like hunting for field strawberries sometime you find a a big berry and then you forget how tired you areNeto York Ledger |