Show ACCOUNTS FOR OLD LEGE simple explanation of th the age ay y old 11 myth that surrounds surround the tha golden fleece in the legend of 0 the golden jerew lies hidden the record 0 OE an all and method of the Tib areni the 1 bons son tubal for the collection of 0 gold the T north coast of asia minor produced brodu large quantities of 0 the precious metals metal as well as copper and iron gold found in the gravel as olten often happens still in streams draining troia from co conne regions the gold I 1 in a copper ores ore originally containing amounts of the precious metal 8 a cumulates in the course of 0 ages ageg at gi sometimes forms placers ot of astonish ing richness the ancient Tibar eril washed the dig gold bearing gravel first by booming which concentrated the gold into rel relt lively small amounts of 0 sand tim tia was then collected and washed through sluices having the bottoms lined with Q sheepskins sheep skins the gold would sink lato into the wool while the sand would hi be washed away in the swift current the skins were removed from the tha sluices juices the coarsest gold shaken out and the fleeces still glittering wi the yellow metal were hung upon boughs to dry so that the rest of the gold might be beaten from them an and saved the early greek mariners marinero ma it this process carried honi hom tales of the wonderful riches ot of a lam where a warlike race of miners hung hat golden fleeces upon the trees la it thi the grove of ares after so many millenniums the country of tubal calt caia Is once more coming coining into prominence the natives still cull the high grads copper ore and break it into smalls which they cover with wood and roast to matte they still work the matte in forge like furnaces to black copper which they ship to Alex audretta andretta aal w to ports they still make maka the famous carbonized iron that was cele berated as damascus steel because it was distributed through this mart to the rest of the world after receiving a finish by local damascene workmen these decadent methods that give a hint of the approved practice of tie th father of metallurgy will soon become wholly extinct tor for the modern miner mine Is studying the disseminated copper ores of the black sea coast and an threatening to rekindle on a magnify magn ift cent scale the smoldering fires alrea at tubal cata cain argonaut |