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Show A GOLDEN ISLAND IN VERSION P There is some stir in Windsor county, Vermont, on the subject of gold mining; min-ing; occasioned as the Burlington Free Press explains, by the following circumstances cir-cumstances : "An Island has been formed at one point in the White river, by tke yearly wash of mud brought down from the hill sides for miles by the rapid stream. It is of about fifteen fif-teen acres, and has for years been cultivated cul-tivated and used as a pasture, with good profits to its owners. It once formed part of the property of the late Merrick Gay. Last summer a man named Saltry, an Englishman by birth, as wo are told, well informed, well educated, edu-cated, in mining and metallurgy, and having practical experience in the California Cal-ifornia gold regions, got His eye on the island, and having made what investigation investi-gation ho desired, leased it of the pro-sent pro-sent ownor for a small sum, $;"0 the j first year and $100 a year thereafter, with some privileges and additions, as wo are informed. Before long it was noised about that Mr. Saltry was find-! ing gold in paying proportions on the j island, and he was not long without; plenty of oilers lor rights to dig, the owner himself paying $500 for one. , Mr. Baltry does not intend to dig, himself, him-self, but to let out the whole territory in small tracts ; and probably as soon as Spring conies, the island will be worked all over. The soil is black sand, in whioh grains of gold of more or less fineness can be seen with the eye. A quantity of gold washed out by Mr. .Saltry and sent to New York for assay, gave the value of the ore at $1,080 to the tun. |