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New Gold Mine In Missouri

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
February
Year
1892
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

i-A-iHsor, Mo., Feb. The citizens # I. r.li :(..! are rau -h exeited bv the repoi-t th il .: penuinegold mine has been discovered, tested and found valuable on a place about flve miles southwest of this city. While Alfred Allen, a negro, was sinking a weU; at a depth of aboüt forty-eight feet he struck a layer of sand and gravel of peculiar appearam-e and full of shining particles. Work was pushed forward and the stratum of sands was found to be faiteen feet thick, the deposit beinomueh heavier near the botlom. A fair sample was sent to a chemistin Kansas City. who made an assayer's certifícate showing to the ton, gold, flO5, and Silver 81.60.

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Courier