Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1914 — Gold In Natural Pocket. [ARTICLE]

Gold In Natural Pocket.

There Is no more Interesting character in California than that class of prospector known as the “pocket banter." In certain sections of the moantains the rich gold are contained in small scatter**! pockets near the surface. The poctfet miners often discover many rich deposits by tracing the particles of gold In the soil H> their sources. As soon as a pocket is gouged oat and colors of gold are no longer shown the place is abandoned. In- one pocket in Trinity county as much as $45,000’ was yielded la a tow feet