Show Desolation inVal in Val Wake Vale e of I Gigantic Gold Dredges A Automobile lIo tourists through the part purt of oC California are liable to have their attention attracted to mountains of oC cobl cobblestones frequently toI I 0 Se n 11 Sometimes these the e plies piles are art 50 W or W U feet feel and several e hundred feet Tong Ions They are lire niver n beautiful and they add nothing to the landscape In fact they are eyesores but there Is little prospect of or their removal ul These plies piles are arc the lie accumulation of or the gold old dred dredges es Kl antic constructions which eat ent their way nay through the land and lease e a n trill trail of or desolation farm ramm lands and orth udo an brought up by the operators and left In ruin for tor the land landIs landis landIs Is useless for any purpose whatever after the lie passage pass e of ot the tIle dredger These machines cost about a quarter or of a 8 million dollars but the cost or of operation Is very ery small mall A large quan quantity of or the earth must be treated to toreco reco er a small quantity of ot the yellow metal but at that the business Is very profitable The stones taken talen from Crom the soil soli are useful only to grind up for tor cement but the th piles plies standing today ill III offer crushed stone sufficient for tor forthe the demands of or the entire country for tor many years Washington years Washington Star |