Show desert dust by johnston As there are a great many people that are becoming interested in placer mining we have decided to devote this entire column to the placer industry the government puts out gold panning instructions but it takes from two weeks to a month to receive them so we are printing the following alons for the benefit of the new beginners equipment one good reliable burro with a kind and obedient disposition one pack saddle one shovel one light pick two full sized gold pans two seamless sacks two pieces of lash rope fifty feet long i one coffee pot one frying pan and a jack ante provisions one penny boi of matches one pound of salt side one pound of coffee ten pounds of kellogg kellogs Kel logs all bran this bran Is very essential one pound of smoking tobacco miners peddlers lers preferred load or pack your equipment and provisions on your burro but be very careful in packing him better snub him to a tree and scotch him then get a good husky boy to help you do not put blankets under the saddle as they might tickle his sensitive skin after packing him see that the load Is well lashed then get a firm grip on the halter rope as there will be places that he will be a little hard to drag then head for the gravel fields pitch camp at the first gravel bed you see provided it Is not over seven miles to water build a neat camp try to make yourself comfortable by this time your burro will begin to need nourishment select a good patch of brush lead him into the exact center of the patch you can hobble him with the lash ropes take one piece and tie it to his left hind leg take one turn around his belly and then half hitch it to his lower jaw take the other alece and tie it to his tall I 1 take it forward and half hitch it to his ears then down between his front legs and back and half hitch it to his right hind leg then take what surplus rope you have left and make it fast to the brush patch by that time it will be time to cook and eat after you have eaten a hearty meal you are ready to start to pan pill both of your pans with any gravel that Is handy take them to the nearest water hole put them in the water right side up then push gently but directly downward after they become completely submerged let them set for one halt hour now you are getting to the point where it takes teul raise the pans carefully to within about three inches of the surface of the water take a pan in each bond hold them on about a forty degree angle then spin them in opposite directions ions at a speed of around two hundred revolutions pr minute continue this until all the and gravel foreign matter bacteria and the tine gold Is washed out leaving nothing but the larger nuggets they should run in size about like black walnuts with the hulls on pay no attention to the fine old its only chaff not worth fooling with continue this panning until you have filled both your seamless sacks when the sacks are tilled sew them with number seven copper wire then lay them about four feet apart get the burro lead him in between the sacks better pull oft your shirt and blindfold the burro with the tall of the shirt there Is nothing that gets any nuttier than a burro around a gold camp especially after being hobbled for thirty six hours loid one sack on each side of the burro see that the load Is well lashed be sure thit the sacks are the if one Is heavier than the other your burro will not track and may develop a shimmy now you are ready to start tor the nearest government mint these mint officials may quibble with ou about the price as there Is an economy drive on among the government officials but just park and pitch camp on their blue grass lawn and make them understand that you will stay right there until you aro paid off at the regular price after your gold has been received and you have been paid off with about a ton of honest to goodness paper money you will be able to donate your outfit 0 o some unfortunate brother and to realize what prosperity la if you are an able bodied man you should complete the job in about |