Show III nUA II The from the pen of Charles Chari which ap appears In n the En acid d Mining Journal may bf be of some P interest a as showing th the in III th the way Ir of planer mining In the Oural In Th The f tilt lit rv I Ii ry 1 for lilt 11 r 1 as fl In 10 Ihl Ti Ii aln age t slope Is so 10 flat that thit many of the streams have ve a hardly our rent nt A darn dam G 6 to S I tet hIgh mJ a pond from H 1 to 2 mil mIles long 11 irking is II ot of course ou utterly A At n tr rl avail III I 1 AU 11 lie bed b h i ir n 0 or ti Ih 1111 n b baa to b be pumped to a higher level than It can 11 be brought b by dalle and cUte ditches Cheap methods method ot of mining and w cannot be introduced In a country Steam shovels and nd would be ot of doubtful In a district where he labur Ibur II ver very cheap and skilled labor Li II hard bird to and Lain I Pay a sand nd la is not found In III of till the stream beds that II In the bids ot of streams that are re now There are ancient channels containing good d nd though none nOlle ot of them have bV been beell found with continuous pea pay for Db any consIderable distance The old cba chin nil ot of th the UI river II from Ii to feet higher than lb the present channel aad ud every arr little stream tr am that crosses the old channel h has out the I lag und d completely The pay sand land Is II found on th the between th thee reo P tributaries The sand nd I lii covered by soil 1011 and cia clay varying In thickness from I to mon male than Iban feet teet Tb The avra average thickness or of toll soil In tb the developed mill mines ta Is traIn 10 to 70 feet INt is don cion by br digging bol holes to bedrock It Is II vr very un u uncertain certain work In the val vil Iry Iff one man dug bol boles for tor two summers and wal waa on the point of abandoning his bit claim when ben h he struck pay that yIelded more than I 4 of gold fOld say about HI HIs pay WI was all within a II ce of 1 acres c Th The old channel w was straight for tor 1300 or 1500 ft feet In inthe the adJoining claim but hd had taken a turn not indicated on th the and left It this patch of pay No more pay 11 was found for tor two to miles mile down dDn the valley valle There may bf be another 1 acre of pay within two to miles To malt mek certain that It he not nol been missed In Ina Ina a space apace of two to mile Ion long and one ODI mile wide Wid It Is necessary to dl more than 1001 1000 hole bol averaging eo 60 teet ft dp deep Hot Bor Borla la lug hole has haa proved to be boUt about boUtu u expensive as sinking round shafts a 3 feet teet In diameter The native miners will dl dig shafts Iv bY contract but they will III only work with boring tools tool b by the day and ani they usually succeed BUrld In breaking mo more tools than ground |