Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1920 — Gold Abundant In Siberia. [ARTICLE]

Gold Abundant In Siberia.

Literally speaking, rivers in the Okhotsk district have golden bottoms, says a bulletin of the British bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Three men working In a primitive fashion in the winter wash out easily up to five funts (66 ounces troy) of gold a day. The Okhotsk deposits contain many nuggets. Nuggets weighing one-half funt are not rare. Last winter one zolotnik (0.137147 ounce troy) of gold cost 20 rubles; at the present time it costs 100 rubles. In spite of the rich deposits in this district, many concessions are not being exploited. A United States firm has explored the mine purchased from Stepanov, and is energetically preparing to work it.