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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1891)
C4 WEST SHORE. The uid ban ol the Fraser river bare long been known to be rich in gold, but no meant (or iecnring it have ever been devised. The scheme of taming tbe river from it channel, ai was done with the Feather river, in California, could not be need in tlili Inatance, m the volume of tbe river is too great, and in placea where the richest ban are located the banki are of neb a nature ai to render the undertaking too formidable. Two miners, of New Westminster, have recently invented a machine which they claim will enable tbera to work these bars as easily as though entirely above water. The machine consists of a scow on which are fixed a boiler and engine, which furnish the power for operating a set of buckets much tbe same as an ordinary marine dredger. The endless cbain carrying the buckets is so arranged that it can be raised and lowered to salt the varying depths at which It is desired to work. Tbe material brought to the surface is dumped Into sluices, where It Is made to pass over riffles and blankets supplied with quicksilver, which takes np most of the gold as it passes over. After leav ing the scow tbe tailings fsll Into a second sluice wbich lies on tbe bottom of the stream and which is also provided with blankets and rlllles. This second sluice Is also supplied with a rotary brush, which, together with the action of (lie current of the stream, carries away all tbe gravel and sand, the quicksilver taking np what gold may have been missed by the first sluice, Tbe submerged sluice Is provided with steam appliances by which It Is easily raised to tbe surface for examination. Tbe inventors are now engaged in constructing a machine which they Intend putting to a practical teat in tbe near future. Should It prove to be a success there are other streams where it could be made to do good work. 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Application lias been made to the British Columbia parliament for a charter to build a railroad from Kamloops northward, by way of tbe north fork of Thompson river, to the Cariboo country. The company making the application lias an abundance of capital, and should permission be granted will begin work Immediately and push it to an early completion. The Car iboo It one of the richest mineral sections of British Columbia, but Is at preaent practically shut ofT from the outside world, the only means of Ingress and egress being by freighting teams and stages. A railroad operating in that section would give a wonderful Impetus to Its growth and develop ment, and large areas of country now lying wild would be reclaimed and converted Into one of the best producing sections of the whole province. The Bolts Water Company, of Boise City, Idaho, It engaged In sinking an artesian well on a piece of land located near the state penitentiary in that city. 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