Milford News | 1932-12-01 | Page 8 | Nine Ounces of Gold Shipped from Moab to Denver Mint

'nine ounces of gold i shipped from moab i to denver mint Nine ounces of gold, valued at approximately ap-proximately $1S.50 pet ounce or between be-tween SloO and S175 for the lot was brought to Moab the last of the week by L. C. Chaffin for shipment to the United States mint at Denver, says the Moab Times-Independent. The yellow metal was recovered from the placer claim on the Colorado river '.about six miles be'ow Moab, which is owned by ChaiTin and Clive C Stewart. The nine ounces of gold represented re-presented a week's work for threj men. The gold is extracted from the gravel by means of a home-made sluice box. Water is pumped from the river and the gravel washed th-ough a series of sluices. The gold is collected in screens and riffles on the bottom of the boxes. Price Sun.