Show oratonJS HAS 1VE1LTH GALORE Colossal Fortune in a California Bar Oakland CaL March 4Wherc the Sacramento river empties Into Sulsun bay there are 362 acres of black sand and clay sediment In which the owner exMayor M C Chapman believed to be hidden colossal wealth His theory Is that the Sacramento has for ages been carrying grains of gold in its current cur-rent and that where the channel broadens broad-ens a it enters Suisun bay and the force of the cmrent diminishes the I pulverized gold quartz and the black sand washed from the Sierras has settled I set-tled mingled with various sedimentary I deposits until now there are 362 acres having an average depth of deposit land of 25 feet and 2 inches An assayer claimed he extracted 1 worth of gold per ton from the sand but the owner thinks he can extract 25 per ton The sand is greasy and excels the quicksilver but Chapman I says he now has an electrical process I by which ha expects t be able to extract tract t the sold without difficulty |