The primitive methods, that have been referred to previously, con tinue to be employed with but litre change, according to testimony of faye-witnesses. Methods remain the same, but the inhabitants of the Tommot change constantly, And there is hardly. anything that for sheer human interest will bent th crowds that crouch together in gold-holes of the Tommot. Here are People from all ends of Russia, and from all. walks of life, Tliverate tramps rub shoulders with doctors, teachers, actors, "tschinowaiks," and nillionaries who used to own a couple gold-mines not s0 Tong ago. All are made equals now by the spell of gold, and all can rely upon Dut one faculty—their muscular power, for knowledge and educa tion, origin and past, count for nothing on the Tommat.
Turning now to the output, the usual daily earnings of a man are anything Between 4 and 25 zootaiks. At least this was the average during the summer of 1024, but it was jin many Sestances considerably out done by lucky gangs that some-
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