308 CA VE AND CLIFF D WELLERS. 
and there through the mountain, a sort 
of “ pocket ” system, as miners would 
say. This great buttress or spur is 
1800 meters (something over a mile) 
in length, 1200 meters in breadth, and 
500 meters in height, and runs from 
$1 to $3300 a ton, as would be expected 
in the pocket system of deposits. 
Small deposits have been found of one 
hundred weight or so, however, that 
would run enormously—over $100,000 
to the ton. The gold is not wholly 
in pockets, for it is found distrib¬ 
uted in all parts of the great red hill, at 
least in the minimum of one dollar per 
ton. It requires eight mines to cover 
the tract properly. Enormous works 
were being put in to develop the prop¬ 
erty, and in a few years it will be 
known whether this is the largest 
