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Show INTEREST GROWS IN NEVADA'S PLACERS TMacer mining Is now attracting more Intt rest in Nevada than for many years. A dozen or more districts in the state Yielded plncer gold in the early-day operations, op-erations, conducted In many instances by Chinese miners, but the lack of water has long been supposed to preclude successful suc-cessful placer mining. The o.Hy Important Impor-tant operation of this character in late vears has been that of the Round Mountain Moun-tain Mining company in northern Nye county. . In recent months Goldfleld men have hem prospecting the bed and tributary gulches of Tule canyon, un offshoot of Death Valley, In southern Ksnienilda rounty. and have found rich gravel above shallow bedrock nt many points for a oiatanOe of Or miles elota the td of the canyon. Sevenl districts In Hum-botdt Hum-botdt fount y produred placrr gold In hirye quantity. Including American mn-; mn-; von. near trie present town of Korli-est. Korli-est. r; lubbtt Hole basin, thirty miles - north of Iovelnckn: Horn? Creek anyon. at the northern extremity of the county: Dry canvon and Spring- valley, south of Mill City: Barber canyon and Dun glen, east of Mill 'lly. It Is said Wells Knr-o & Co.'s receipts show that Chinese miners shipped $12,-OOO.noo $12,-OOO.noo In icold from lub-r canyon In elubt y;irs In Klko county, the Tns-cnnira Tns-cnnira district, on the lordcr of ln.lc-pendrnc ln.lc-pendrnc valley, and the Hull Hun plaflan, farther north, sent out QUJUltltlOT of P"Id. Rich sravel has been found In tho region dri.ln-d by the lltl.. Salmon Sal-mon rUvr. In tho far north'-rn iart of Klko rounty. and In Hnuaw valley, west of Tusrarora. Nye county. In addition to Ibe Round Mountain pUcers. con- i tains ground that was worked profitably many years sat', and within ' recent months gold was Iwlng Iiikcn from piacarl near Eons mid til Golden canyon, DQBf Srnokry valley. ln Ijind-r county the Copper caxyon plac-r mlno Is now being worked successfully, suc-cessfully, aid a placer Ikhjiii some lhrc. J irs ago resulted In founding tho camp Of Bfcnnock, now nearly descried. Ks-monldft Ks-monldft county has muuy promising fields for placer mining In nildillon to the Tule canyon region. Chinese and while tiilucis produced gold from pl.ic.-rs al Klohdykr, mMway between Goldfleld i a nd Tonnpiib, some forty years ago, and Iheir workings are still lo be seen, flood lulggels, one vslued at IlL'nO. have been tumid here In late years. Cold Mountain, Moun-tain, fUh Ukn valley and the I.Ida districts dis-tricts are said to contain placer ground of greitl value, (if course, the Manhattan Manhat-tan gravida must not be forgotten, pry washing has been successful only under cei tain favorable conditions, but no-whero no-whero In Nevada has tho problem of recovering placer gold been attacked seriously se-riously or with equipment other than that available lo the ;irospeitor. Mining and I Hclentlflo I'ress. |
