Volume 08 (1864) (474 pages)

The Mining and Scientific Press, 67 the company supposed to bo in nflluent cireumstances. These form, ns near as I could learn, nll tho reliable nad developed quurtz mines of ‘Tuvlumae count in and bout Sunora. In tho same spirit in which some peuple suy there is no copper west of Copperopolis, others say there are no mines in ‘uolumne connty worth a straw. I huve already proved the fultaey of the former azsertion ; 1 believe . have now done the same for the latter. Will these veracious nnd well-informed persons give me a list of elafins in Whshoe, Reese River, Tnmboldt, Fort Mohave, Mexico, tdaho, Devil's Gate, Infernal Ridge, Dinbolical Caton, Fiends' Creek, or ney other distant, or hifalntin-named plaee, 1,000 miles nway, that, with tho same imperfect mode of working. will pay the samo amount of mouey from one yenr’s end to another? ‘They cannot do so. My word for it, Tuolumno eounty will soon vindicate herself in this matter ; then men of large meuns, who nre minus a few supertluous dollirs, and espeeially mon of finited means, why have spent al? by this foolish maniu of “bobbing ‘round.” will regret their spectacles were so dull that they eould uot see where the trump eard Iny, aud huw foolish it wag to seek “over the hills and far nway” the fortune or competency, as the case muy he, which they had only to stretch out tbeir hands unl grasp at home. Here, at Jamestown, all that is wonted to change the very face of things, is m good reliable 30 or 40stamp mill, erected on this same “mother ledge.” As far as I ean aseertain, every ton of it, even the croppings, will pay $10, and, with the facility of getting the reek, that rate uluve would give a splendid interest ou the expenditure. Ihave understood that Donaline & Ryn, or some other monied firm, did innke a proposal to certain parties to put up a 15stamp mill for a half interest in the,elaim. The Trip to the Mines-——Mariposa, CONTINUED, Oso Vianney, or Bear Vater, named, I snpposo, after some grizzly wonarch of the chapparal, is surronnded by the fvot hills of the Sierras, aud is in sight of their everlastiug suow-eapped summits. The vulley is splendidly situated, and from the cursory glanco which we took of tho town wo should judge that considerable lusines inust be transacted there. The Fremont company have n large firoproof store in the eeutre of the town, nnd keep n full variety of goods. The hotel is well kept. Mariposa is one of the riehest counties on the Pacific coast, yet the very erroneous opinion is eutertuined, in California, as well ag in the Enst, thnt the eight squaro lengues gronted to Fremout has taken up the riehest portion of the county. It is'true thut so great a monopoly as this, deadens much individual enterprise; but nevertheless, mineralogieally speaking the richest portion of Mariposa is not iuelnded in this Fremont gobble. A. great belt of eopper is stretched across the foothills of Mnriposa county; more particularly in and arouud Lornitos, one meets even better indications than are generally seen in Calaveras county, and many a rood of nuriferous ground remains unwashed for want of water, while the hills are white with quartz veins, and almost every stroke of the pick turns up the preeious metal. ‘To the miner and prospecideu is good, but it does not go farenough. Instead of a 15-stamp mill, with a haff-interest in ove elaim, let them double the size, and take a proportionate in. terest in al the claims. Tlicy can have half Whis. key Ilitl deeded them on these terms. As it is, the elums nre of little or no use to their owners, simply beeuuse they have not eapital to pnt up proper machinery. ‘I'fiey can make a comfortable living now, nnd that’s all. ‘They kuow and feel it would be better for them to give half their claims away, hecause the other half, worked throngh a good mill, would give them a fortune, rather than to keep the whole comparatively useless as it is. If the purties below are serious in this matter, n negotiation sueh as I mention can he made very easily. I would advise them to see Judge Prestou or Messrs. Harris & Co. Such an arrangement, if carried out, would be of iinMiense tmportanee to the county, and result in large profit to all concerned. And now I must retrace my steps. It has taken . ine somewhat longer than I desired to get through ; but I trust my labors will not in the end he found profitless cither to your pnper or to the great interests it represeuts. Here, as elsewhere, I ain not eonseious of having made a misrepresentation of any claim, good or bad. 1 ain satisfied that in the day of her prosperity Tuolumne county will not forget the Minine Puss. L. H. Tue Drart.—It appears from the report of the Provost-Marshal General, whieh has recently been submitted, that up to the lst of Novemher 50,000 men had been procured by the draft. The entire enrollment—seven States not included—nmouuts to 3,113,305 men. One-fifth of the number enrolled in the first class have been called upon. It has generally heen supposed that the proportion of persons enrolled and subsequently exempted from the draft, in our own country, has been vastly larger than that generally observed in European eountries. The Mnrshal shows, by the following statistics, that such is not the ease. He says : It appears from tahles prepared hy the Medieal Tuspector that the ratios of rejeetion for mentn! and physical infirmity in the United States, Frauee nnd Great Britain, for the periods stnted, were as follows: Anas States. France, oe pAuE no Frem in Fro u n 1863 «ISN te'43 1859 184210531860 1861 Ratlo rejected ber 1,000.0. 319.1 324.4 37 835 318 451 Export or Goin rrom Victoria——From tables published in the Victoria Chronicle, it appears .that sinee 1858 tbe amount of $10,200,184 of treasure hus heen exported to Europe aud the United States. “This,” says the Chronicle, “is through the ordinary hanking channels, but our contribution to the genetor we say that no better or richer field presents itself on the Pacific coast than Mariposa couuty. THE TEMPERANCE CAEEK COPPER MINE. Is situated about six miles from Hornitos, in what is called the Chamisal. The company have a shaft about 45 feet deep, and have takeu out some good shipping ore, ranging from 15 to 35 per cent. The ore earries with it black oxides. This mine promises well; work is suspended for the preseut, but should be again eommenced, as no doubt the vein is a promising one. FLOYD'S MINE. This is a gold vein aud is loeated near the Temperance Creek mine, nnd was formerly worked by Mexicans. It hms a shaft down 80 feet and every foot shows quartz earrying gold. Many rich specimens have been taken out of this shaft nnd locked up; one of whieh was presented to us for our cabinet, and for which we desire to express thanks to Mr. Floyd. Tlaving now exhausted the time allotted to us, we returned to Hornitos to enjoy once more tlie hospitality of Mr. Hall, the landlord of the place, who does everything in his power to make tlie traveler happy. Although having suffered much from the loss, hy fire, of his hotel, yet everything was done by him to make our stay pleasant. We hope tbe new house which he has commeneed, and which is heing rapidly pushed to completion, will prove “ eminently snecessful and highly renumerative ” to him. To Dr. Kimball and Mr. Engle we desire to express our thanks for their attention and kiudness, with a firm helief that Hornitos will soon arise from her ashes, like a Phoenix,and becoine more populous than some of her present rivals nearer the bay. A New Rovurs ro Warksr's Dicoinos.—On the third of January, an expedition, headed by Mr. Ifermat Hrenberg. returned to La Paz, having acomplished, to their perfect satisfaction, their ohject, viz, the finding of a shorter and better road to Weaver and Walker mines. They have founda good road, 80 miles shorter than the one beretofore traveled, with plenty of water and grass. ‘his will make the route by La Paz superior to any other. On account of the great weight at the eentre of our ironclads, it has been fonnd dangerous to draw them up on ordianry “shipways” for purposes of repairs. Under these circumstances, Admiral Dahlgreu has hit upon the expedient of heaching said ral stock of precious metals iu the world sinee 1858 fins been double these figures—or upwards of $20,000,000. vessels at hich tide, when the hottoms are to be . cleaued. One end is first beuched and then the . other. It is stated that the plan works well. (Writlen for Uhe Mining and Belentille Iressa.) o From Arizona. Minerarrort, Arizona, Jan. 3, 186-4. One yenr has wrought mony chunges in this part of the world. A littlo more than twelve months xgo nttention was directed hitherward by the swarm of gold-huuters—n motley erew of Mexicans nnd white men—who pnssed up the Colorado, skimming its hanks for gold; uud now we find them far out upon the vergo of the wildest country, on tho threshold of a district only known as the homo of tho apache and the themo vf golden stories, beyond whoso prescribed limits a few hunters and trappers have veutured, who tell of strunge old ruins and beautiful valleys and enrious mountains. Although the Spring months are expected to develop to tho waiting miuers a rich harvest of gold, both in Wenyer and Walker Diggings, an expedition is ou fvot, to be thoroughly organized for starting, iu April next, for tho WHITE MOUNTAIN, So called from tho numerous quartz veins it contains. From its elevation flows the San Franeisco, Salt, Blue, Black, aud other streams, whieh emply into the Gila, all of which are gold-bearing, aud it is not improbable that the next great gold-ficld of tho world will bo found iu that region. The expedition will go at least one hundred strong, under the guidnnce of the veteran old hunters, Capts. Walker and Porter. There has been an impression that the San Francisco Mountain eountry was the great ceuter of the gold region of Arizona, hut the report of Lieut. Ives is unfavorable to it ns beiug 4 gold eountry nt all—the mountain itself being a volcano of recent date. The White Mountain is situated, as near as we con judge, between the San Francisco Mountain and the Gila river, between three and fonr hnndred miles easterly from this point. QUARTZ MININO. A year has witnessed the mutations from the feverish excitement caused by new discoveries of rich quartz veins, to the race after capital for their development—the ordeal of humbug—and finally to sober, earnest mining, which, for mony rensons has fallen for short of the first ordent expectations. It’s all fair sailing nntil the rough mountains are attacked. Many thiugs have militated against the quartz mining—the failure of the steamboat company to bring up the supplies shipped hy way of the river, and the general failure of companies to furnish sufficient eapitalto commence work. A few hundred dollars and a thousand sacks was the equipment for a superintendent, and the next vessel was expeeted to bring hack the sacks, full of rieh mineral. Thint these expectations have generally met with disappointment is not to be wondered at; still, throughout the severa] districts from Pecacho to El Dorado Cation, work is heing carried on. In this district (Weaver), a few compauies have worked with vigor and success, developing to their sntisfnetion true veins of copper ore. One company has already taken out enough ore to more than pay the expense of the extensive . prospecting, and I do not mention it as an exeeption, but merely to show thnt the extravagaut expectations before nientioned, have, and may be again realized—but not asa rnle. Some men who linyvo visited this country, from prejudice or iguoranee, have essayed to sciecutifienlly condemn one distriet and exalt another, The simple truth is, they ore nll, geolopieally, “in the snme hoat.” All the veins discovered may not turn out “true veius,” but one or two leads in every district will eontrovert the sweeping, partial judgment passed by some would-be wise men, NOW AND THEN. Less than a yenr ngo, Messrs. Editors, your correspondent pnssed, for the first time, over the road from San Bernardino to Ln Paz. One or two pioneers had ventured to pass over the desert sands with wugons, thinking it a great feat, and at nowatering place was there a station kept—the small pox had driven off the Indiaus, aud the desert was lett to solitude. Now a weekly stage ruus over the roud, and nt every wateriug plaee there is a station, n grocery, and accommodations for man and beast, and the road is lined with .henvy teams, freighting out goods. Tbe season has been a perfess harvest to teamsters. cn nN.

The Mining and Scientific Press, 67 the company supposed to bo in nflluent cireumstances. These form, ns near as I could learn, nll tho reliable nad developed quurtz mines of ‘Tuvlumae count in and bout Sunora. In tho same spirit in which some peuple suy there is no copper west of Copperopolis, others say there are no mines in ‘uolumne connty worth a straw. I huve already proved the fultaey of the former azsertion ; 1 believe . have now done the same for the latter. Will these veracious nnd well-informed persons give me a list of elafins in Whshoe, Reese River, Tnmboldt, Fort Mohave, Mexico, tdaho, Devil's Gate, Infernal Ridge, Dinbolical Caton, Fiends' Creek, or ney other distant, or hifalntin-named plaee, 1,000 miles nway, that, with tho same imperfect mode of working. will pay the samo amount of mouey from one yenr’s end to another? ‘They cannot do so. My word for it, Tuolumno eounty will soon vindicate herself in this matter ; then men of large meuns, who nre minus a few supertluous dollirs, and espeeially mon of finited means, why have spent al? by this foolish maniu of “bobbing ‘round.” will regret their spectacles were so dull that they eould uot see where the trump eard Iny, aud huw foolish it wag to seek “over the hills and far nway” the fortune or competency, as the case muy he, which they had only to stretch out tbeir hands unl grasp at home. Here, at Jamestown, all that is wonted to change the very face of things, is m good reliable 30 or 40stamp mill, erected on this same “mother ledge.” As far as I ean aseertain, every ton of it, even the croppings, will pay $10, and, with the facility of getting the reek, that rate uluve would give a splendid interest ou the expenditure. Ihave understood that Donaline & Ryn, or some other monied firm, did innke a proposal to certain parties to put up a 15stamp mill for a half interest in the,elaim. The Trip to the Mines-——Mariposa, CONTINUED, Oso Vianney, or Bear Vater, named, I snpposo, after some grizzly wonarch of the chapparal, is surronnded by the fvot hills of the Sierras, aud is in sight of their everlastiug suow-eapped summits. The vulley is splendidly situated, and from the cursory glanco which we took of tho town wo should judge that considerable lusines inust be transacted there. The Fremont company have n large firoproof store in the eeutre of the town, nnd keep n full variety of goods. The hotel is well kept. Mariposa is one of the riehest counties on the Pacific coast, yet the very erroneous opinion is eutertuined, in California, as well ag in the Enst, thnt the eight squaro lengues gronted to Fremout has taken up the riehest portion of the county. It is'true thut so great a monopoly as this, deadens much individual enterprise; but nevertheless, mineralogieally speaking the richest portion of Mariposa is not iuelnded in this Fremont gobble. A. great belt of eopper is stretched across the foothills of Mnriposa county; more particularly in and arouud Lornitos, one meets even better indications than are generally seen in Calaveras county, and many a rood of nuriferous ground remains unwashed for want of water, while the hills are white with quartz veins, and almost every stroke of the pick turns up the preeious metal. ‘To the miner and prospecideu is good, but it does not go farenough. Instead of a 15-stamp mill, with a haff-interest in ove elaim, let them double the size, and take a proportionate in. terest in al the claims. Tlicy can have half Whis. key Ilitl deeded them on these terms. As it is, the elums nre of little or no use to their owners, simply beeuuse they have not eapital to pnt up proper machinery. ‘I'fiey can make a comfortable living now, nnd that’s all. ‘They kuow and feel it would be better for them to give half their claims away, hecause the other half, worked throngh a good mill, would give them a fortune, rather than to keep the whole comparatively useless as it is. If the purties below are serious in this matter, n negotiation sueh as I mention can he made very easily. I would advise them to see Judge Prestou or Messrs. Harris & Co. Such an arrangement, if carried out, would be of iinMiense tmportanee to the county, and result in large profit to all concerned. And now I must retrace my steps. It has taken . ine somewhat longer than I desired to get through ; but I trust my labors will not in the end he found profitless cither to your pnper or to the great interests it represeuts. Here, as elsewhere, I ain not eonseious of having made a misrepresentation of any claim, good or bad. 1 ain satisfied that in the day of her prosperity Tuolumne county will not forget the Minine Puss. L. H. Tue Drart.—It appears from the report of the Provost-Marshal General, whieh has recently been submitted, that up to the lst of Novemher 50,000 men had been procured by the draft. The entire enrollment—seven States not included—nmouuts to 3,113,305 men. One-fifth of the number enrolled in the first class have been called upon. It has generally heen supposed that the proportion of persons enrolled and subsequently exempted from the draft, in our own country, has been vastly larger than that generally observed in European eountries. The Mnrshal shows, by the following statistics, that such is not the ease. He says : It appears from tahles prepared hy the Medieal Tuspector that the ratios of rejeetion for mentn! and physical infirmity in the United States, Frauee nnd Great Britain, for the periods stnted, were as follows: Anas States. France, oe pAuE no Frem in Fro u n 1863 «ISN te'43 1859 184210531860 1861 Ratlo rejected ber 1,000..0.. 319.1 324.4 37 835 318 451 Export or Goin rrom Victoria——From tables published in the Victoria Chronicle, it appears .that sinee 1858 tbe amount of $10,200,184 of treasure hus heen exported to Europe aud the United States. “This,” says the Chronicle, “is through the ordinary hanking channels, but our contribution to the genetor we say that no better or richer field presents itself on the Pacific coast than Mariposa couuty. THE TEMPERANCE CAEEK COPPER MINE. Is situated about six miles from Hornitos, in what is called the Chamisal. The company have a shaft about 45 feet deep, and have takeu out some good shipping ore, ranging from 15 to 35 per cent. The ore earries with it black oxides. This mine promises well; work is suspended for the preseut, but should

be again eommenced, as no doubt the vein is a promising one. FLOYD'S MINE. This is a gold vein aud is loeated near the Temperance Creek mine, nnd was formerly worked by Mexicans. It hms a shaft down 80 feet and every foot shows quartz earrying gold. Many rich specimens have been taken out of this shaft nnd locked up; one of whieh was presented to us for our cabinet, and for which we desire to express thanks to Mr. Floyd. Tlaving now exhausted the time allotted to us, we returned to Hornitos to enjoy once more tlie hospitality of Mr. Hall, the landlord of the place, who does everything in his power to make tlie traveler happy. Although having suffered much from the loss, hy fire, of his hotel, yet everything was done by him to make our stay pleasant. We hope tbe new house which he has commeneed, and which is heing rapidly pushed to completion, will prove “ eminently snecessful and highly renumerative ” to him. To Dr. Kimball and Mr. Engle we desire to express our thanks for their attention and kiudness, with a firm helief that Hornitos will soon arise from her ashes, like a Phoenix,and becoine more populous than some of her present rivals nearer the bay. A New Rovurs ro Warksr's Dicoinos.—On the third of January, an expedition, headed by Mr. Ifermat Hrenberg. returned to La Paz, having acomplished, to their perfect satisfaction, their ohject, viz, the finding of a shorter and better road to Weaver and Walker mines. They have founda good road, 80 miles shorter than the one beretofore traveled, with plenty of water and grass. ‘his will make the route by La Paz superior to any other. On account of the great weight at the eentre of our ironclads, it has been fonnd dangerous to draw them up on ordianry “shipways” for purposes of repairs. Under these circumstances, Admiral Dahlgreu has hit upon the expedient of heaching said ral stock of precious metals iu the world sinee 1858 fins been double these figures—or upwards of $20,000,000. vessels at hich tide, when the hottoms are to be . cleaued. One end is first beuched and then the . other. It is stated that the plan works well. (Writlen for Uhe Mining and Belentille Iressa.) o From Arizona. Minerarrort, Arizona, Jan. 3, 186-4. One yenr has wrought mony chunges in this part of the world. A littlo more than twelve months xgo nttention was directed hitherward by the swarm of gold-huuters—n motley erew of Mexicans nnd white men—who pnssed up the Colorado, skimming its hanks for gold; uud now we find them far out upon the vergo of the wildest country, on tho threshold of a district only known as the homo of tho apache and the themo vf golden stories, beyond whoso prescribed limits a few hunters and trappers have veutured, who tell of strunge old ruins and beautiful valleys and enrious mountains. Although the Spring months are expected to develop to tho waiting miuers a rich harvest of gold, both in Wenyer and Walker Diggings, an expedition is ou fvot, to be thoroughly organized for starting, iu April next, for tho WHITE MOUNTAIN, So called from tho numerous quartz veins it contains. From its elevation flows the San Franeisco, Salt, Blue, Black, aud other streams, whieh emply into the Gila, all of which are gold-bearing, aud it is not improbable that the next great gold-ficld of tho world will bo found iu that region. The expedition will go at least one hundred strong, under the guidnnce of the veteran old hunters, Capts. Walker and Porter. There has been an impression that the San Francisco Mountain eountry was the great ceuter of the gold region of Arizona, hut the report of Lieut. Ives is unfavorable to it ns beiug 4 gold eountry nt all—the mountain itself being a volcano of recent date. The White Mountain is situated, as near as we con judge, between the San Francisco Mountain and the Gila river, between three and fonr hnndred miles easterly from this point. QUARTZ MININO. A year has witnessed the mutations from the feverish excitement caused by new discoveries of rich quartz veins, to the race after capital for their development—the ordeal of humbug—and finally to sober, earnest mining, which, for mony rensons has fallen for short of the first ordent expectations. It’s all fair sailing nntil the rough mountains are attacked. Many thiugs have militated against the quartz mining—the failure of the steamboat company to bring up the supplies shipped hy way of the river, and the general failure of companies to furnish sufficient eapitalto commence work. A few hundred dollars and a thousand sacks was the equipment for a superintendent, and the next vessel was expeeted to bring hack the sacks, full of rieh mineral. Thint these expectations have generally met with disappointment is not to be wondered at; still, throughout the severa] districts from Pecacho to El Dorado Cation, work is heing carried on. In this district (Weaver), a few compauies have worked with vigor and success, developing to their sntisfnetion true veins of copper ore. One company has already taken out enough ore to more than pay the expense of the extensive . prospecting, and I do not mention it as an exeeption, but merely to show thnt the extravagaut expectations before nientioned, have, and may be again realized—but not asa rnle. Some men who linyvo visited this country, from prejudice or iguoranee, have essayed to sciecutifienlly condemn one distriet and exalt another, The simple truth is, they ore nll, geolopieally, “in the snme hoat.” All the veins discovered may not turn out “true veius,” but one or two leads in every district will eontrovert the sweeping, partial judgment passed by some would-be wise men, NOW AND THEN. Less than a yenr ngo, Messrs. Editors, your correspondent pnssed, for the first time, over the road from San Bernardino to Ln Paz. One or two pioneers had ventured to pass over the desert sands with wugons, thinking it a great feat, and at nowatering place was there a station kept—the small pox had driven off the Indiaus, aud the desert was lett to solitude. Now a weekly stage ruus over the roud, and nt every wateriug plaee there is a station, n grocery, and accommodations for man and beast, and the road is lined with .henvy teams, freighting out goods. Tbe season has been a perfess harvest to teamsters. cn nN.