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old fr o n tie r sm e n , and It w a s in h is
h on or th a t th e C arson v a lle y o f N e­
v a d a w a s n am ed. In th lg v a lley soon
n fter FY eeniont’a trip th e r e ca m e to
lig h t o n e o f th e ric h e st s tr ik e s o f m in ­
era l tr e a su r e th e w orld h a s ever
k n ow n . It w a s th e fa m o u s C om stock
lode, w h ich p rod u ced
m illio n s In
w e a lth and e s ta b lish e d th e fo r tu n e of
m a n y f a m ilie s still p rom in en t.
F rem o n t m a d e h is trip In 1844. It
w a s tive y e a r s la ter. In 1849, th a t the
g rea t ru sh to C a lifo r n ia 's n ew ly d is­
co v ered go ld field s begnn, and it w a s
th e p u ll o f th e C a lifo r n ia gold that
c a u se d th e first d isc o v e r e r o f the
g rea t C arson v a lle y tre a su r e to le a v e
It fo r w lia t he h op ed w ou ld be b etter
In th e G olden s ta te . T h is m an w as
W illia m Ilrou se, a y o u n g in ir m o n , w ho
sto p p e d In th e C arson v a lle y on h is
w a y W est. H e u sed a m ilk pan to
w a sh o u t w h a t lo o k ed lik e p rom isin g
"pay dirt," a n d th e r e s u lts w ere fnr
from d isco u ra g in g .
R ut h e g a v e up
th e r e a lity for h o p es o f rich er str ik e s
fa r th e r on. V et n e w s o f th is strik e
sp re a d . N e s t y e a r a p a rty o f M exi­
c a n s p u t In an a p p ea ra n ce and sp en t l
se v e r a l m o n th s w a sh in g gold until
th e ir su p p lie s g a v e out.
B y th en th e p la c e had been nam ed
G old ca n y o n , b u t th e r e w a s no r e a li­
z a tio n th a t It w a s to r e v e a l an n lm ost
In cred ib le w e a lth , p a r tly In gold, but
ch iefly In silv er .
O n e d ay a m in er by th e n am e o f I
J a m e s F in n e y u n co v ered a m ore p rofit­
a b le cla im th a n u su u l. Soon a f t e f a
w n n d erln g C a n ad ian by th e n a m e o f I
H en ry C om stock to ok a c la im n ear i
F in n ey 's.
In M ay, 185Q, P a tr ic k O 'L oughlln
an d I’e te r O 'ItIley sta k e d a cla im n ear
th o s e o f F in n ey and C om stock and
Im m ed ia tely rea lized th a t th ey had
m a d e th e ir fo rtu n es.
A black and !
cru m b ly kind o f o re w ith w h ich n eith ­
er o f them w a s fa m ilia r cru m b led Into
g o ld In th e ir h a n d s an d th e ir cru d e
ro ck er-ty p e w a s h e r s p how ed h ea v y de­
p o s it s o f p recio u s m etal a fte r ev ery
lo a d had b een w a sh e d . T h ey had
m a d e th e b ig strik e. B u t no so o n er
h ad th ey g o n e to w ork In d ead ea r n e st
thn n C o m sto ck rea p p ea red and on th e
flim sie st b a sis d em a n d ed a sh a r e In ;
th e ir c la im on a te c h n ic a lity h a v in g
to do w ith th e cln lm h e had sta k ed
o u t. T h is th e y g ra n ted . In th is w ay
It c a m e ab ou t th a t C om stock 's nnm e
w e n t dow n Into h lgtory a s th a t o f th e
fu m o u s C o m sto ck lod e, th ou gh h e did
n o t d isco v e r It and w a s le t Into th e
final str ik e on a b a sis th a t lo o k ed e x ­
tr e m e ly flim sy, m ore b e c a u se th e d is­
c o v e r e r s feu red to lo s e a ll o f su ch n
rich c la im an d y ie ld e d w ith o u t argu ­
m en t.
W h en th e cru m b ly b lack gold w a s
ta k e n to San F ru n c lsco fo r a sc ie n tific
a n a ly s is It w a s p ro v ed to h a v e a yield
o f $3,(MX) a ton o f o r e In silv e r and
$ 8 7 6 In gold , so m e th in g n e v e r m atch ed
e lse w h e r e . All w h o sta k e d c la im s a lo n g
t h e fa m o u s lo d e b eca m e w e a lth y In
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m a n ’« is th e r ig h t p o w d er.
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The Gold of Japan
TP TO r e la tiv e ly m odern d a y s gold
' w a s a ra rity In Jn p an . C on sid ­
e r a b le su p p lie s w e r e o b ta in ed from
r iv e r g r a v els, and so m e from q u artz
d e p o s its
th a t
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w o u ld b e w a sh e d from sa n d , but the
c o u n tr y ’s n e e d s fo r m o n e ta ry pur­
p o s e s and fo r r o y a lty m ad e It n e c e s­
sa r y to r e str ic t th e u se o f gold by p ri­
v a t e p erso n s.
T h e o ld -fa sh io n ed m in in g op era ­
tio n s In Ja p a n w e r e p aid fo r In a re­
m a rk a b le
m ann er.
L ab orers
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p lo y e d to w a sh th e g ra v el did not re­
c e iv e a n y p a y at all, on thp th eory
th a t en o u g h go ld w ou ld a d h ere to
th e ir c lo th e s to rep a y them for th e ir
e f f o r t A nd se e m in g ly t h is w a s true.
At a n y ra te th e m in in g co n tin u ed and
t h e la ck o f p a y m e n t p e r siste d for
m a n y , m a n y y ea rs.
In th e e a r ly d a y s a fte r th e op en in g
o f J a p a n to w e s te r n e r s th e r e w n s a
b e l i e f th a t trem en d o u s a m o u n ts of
g o ld w ere t o be fo u n d In th a t land.
T h is fa lla c y had ts ro o ts In th e fa ct
th a t In J a p a n th e r e w e r e m any
“go ld en " o rn a m en ts In te m p le s and
p a la c e s w h ich w ere n ot, h ow ever,
tru e g old , b u t co p p er co v ered w ith
go ld by an e x tr e m e ly c le v e r p ro cess
o r ig in a te d by th e J a p a n e se and still
In u se In th a t co u n try .
W e J a p a n e se " p latin g" p r o c e ss w as
r e a lly o n e o f a m a lg a m a tio n rath er
th a n o f a ctu a l p la tin g as It Is done
to d a y . T h e co p p er b a se w a s h ea ted j
a f te r h a v in g been Im m ersed In plum \
v in e g a r to clea n It th o rou gh ly. W hen
th e co p p er w a s still hot, m ercu ry w a s
p la ced on IL fo rm in g an a m algam ated
su r fa c e .
G old le a f w a s th e n p laced i
o v er th e m ercu ry, and th e w h ole oh- I
,e c t h ea ted to a still h ig h e r p oin t to !
g e t rid o f th e m ercu ry. T h e gold then
rem a in ed In a rn th er th orou gh m ix
h ir e w ith th e su r fa c e o f th e copper. !
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