Gold from Peruvian Rivers.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1797, 12 January 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)

Gold from Peruvian Rivers.

The whole of the Chuoamba (Peru), says a correspondent in Iron, f®r a number of leagues above and below the Temple of the Sun, is auriferous, and the inhabitants of the province of Huamelies, through which it passes, obtain by washing the sand, and by means of sheepskins, or 300,000 dollars' worth of gold annually. The wool on the skin is cut out until it is about half an inch in length. The skins are then anchored down, with the wool side up, by means of loose Btones placed on' them, in and below the various rapids, in which position they are suffered to remain from six to twenty-four, hours. They are then carefully raised, out of the water, turned 'wool-side downward into a b'atea (tab) of water, and thoroughly washed; the gold falling from the wool of the skin is

finally oolleoted from the bottom of the batea. Sheep were unknown to the Incas, and as they obtained an immense amount of gojd from this Pactolean Btream, it is presumed that they used the skins of the llama (Gamelus lacina of Linnceus) and those of the vicuna (Camelus pcruaniti, ox vicinjna, of Linncsus)." 'The above will not only be of interest to the general reader, but will also furnish a wrinkle to gold miners similarly situated.

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