GOLD-WASHING, YALE, BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Since the great discoveries of gold in Australia in the second quarter of the present century, the production of gold in all parts of the world has been steadily increasing. India, South Africa, and now the great Province of British Columbia, have entered into active competition for the supply of the precious metal. Gold-mining in British Columbia is a recent and a very rapidly growing industry, the metal being found in large and paying quantities. Already a considerable population and much capital have been attracted to the workings. The use of water for the purpose of extracting gold from its accompanying “detritus ” is usually adopted where the supply is ample. The high specific gravity of gold (1926) causes the metal to sink to the bottom of the ” flume,” or trough, while the lighter materials are carried off by the current.
