Show PAVED WITH GOLD auriferous reefs in france tho discovery of gold at gencsi six miles from laval in the department ot cayenne mayenne Ma yenne france has caused great excitement in the district local landowners are regarding themselves as possible millionaires an interesting story Is told hy mr an engineer in charger of an antimony mine near gencsi who found the precious metal he was an glysing the getuso from tho mine when he discovered gold and soon satisfied himself that theore yielded fifty grammes aier ton about 15 grains this induced him to prospect tha district with the result found a gold bearing reef several miles in extent which he says ts as rich as many of the reefs Iri Australia where he worked for fourteen years the mineral is not payable at the surface but 16 feet down M obtained twenty two grammes of gold to the ton at present the stone is being used for paving the lo 10 cal roads several paving stones picked haphazard produced forty per ton more remarkable were the results obtained from washed mud taken in the district from thirty to forty grammes of gold to the ton being recovered mr has communicated his discovery to the ginders gi who though somewhat skeptical have started to prospect the district |