Volume 11 (1865) (424 pages)

The Alining, and Scientific, Dress, The late: storm has enabled the miners everywhere, out of the river beds, to get fully at their winter’s work. “The gniches are alive . with regular ‘mining operations or prospectors. The hydraulic miuers are also in their element, and have an abundance of woter for their, mammoth operations. A new impetus has . also been given tn prospecting for quartz. Hundreds of new ledges will te opened daring the winter, and the solt mountain ground will everywhere be turned up in, search of its pre-. cious treasure. ‘The owners of extensive placer mines -sre now calculating nn a most snceesstal: season's, work. there will, be at least one-third more placer mining this season than there was last winter. “The renewed -interest in oor mines, both quartz and placer, by capitalicts . heretofore noted, is continued with increasing zest, and bids fair to far exceedthat of any previous period. A ‘better understanding anpesrs “to prevail between labor and capital throughout the State. The Sacramento Bee thinks that if the miners will only adltere to thcir resolntion.of holding a convention, many obstacles, now in the way of their prosperity will be satisfactorily ‘6vercome. A large amonnt-nf ores in the rough, copper, gold ‘and silver, are now being sent Eastward, mostly on English account. This has now become @ permanent and important feature in the mining business of the Pacifie coast, and of California in particular. ALFINE Cocrry.—We learn from the Gazeite, pnblished at the town of Monitor, that the Leviathan mine, under the direction of KE. Arnold, the newly elected Superintendent, is having a road built from Bagley Valley to the works of this company for tbe purpose of facilitating the laying iu of winter supplies. it being the-intention of the eompany to see the inside of their ledge between this and spring. Ata meeting of the Trastees held this week, . oor old friend William Miller, now residing permanently in Monitor, was elected secretary of the Leviathan company. The contractors on the Mowyer ledge are engaged in cutting across the Icdge,-aud find it very slow work. ‘The quality -ol the. rock im: Pigg ‘as they approach the ceuter of the edge. As.arale the pay vein of ‘ore in all of our main ledges lies next the hanging wall, the distance to which in tbis case is not known. All interested are hopeful. paca, The Mullan Tunnel is now in a little over 300 leet, and by survey inimediately beneath the croppings, the distance now to be overcome beitig merely the dip or pitch, which it is thought will soon be done. The Silver Mountain Bulletin, pablished at Silver Monntain, gives the antiual financial reportof Buckeye No.1, stating the amonnt of money which has been raised by assessments for the year ending November Lith, 1865, and the manner and purposes for which it has been expended. ‘The example is a guod one, and nue which should be more universally followed. Yhe Chronicle, published at Markleeville, says that the survey of the route for the contemplated flame from Cary’s will, in this coauty, to Empire City, Nevada, is beirg pushed forward with every possible dispatch. ' Neyaps.—The Transcript says the water mills in and about Nevada have now an abundance of water for power. Mr. Stiles is trying an interesting experiment by substitutiug stone instead of iron for shoes in bis pans. ‘ Some excellent quartz lodes have been prospected in the vicinity of Rogers’ ranch, in Deer Creek. The Star Spangled Banner ledge promises to become one of the best in that section. ‘The company will soon have upa first-class 20-stamp mill. The engine has already been purchased in San Francisco. Some of the Nevada county papers are complaining, because the proprietors of the old Pittsburg claim in Nevada, residents of this city, allow that valuable mine to stand idlo. It was last workod by Weeks & Co., ona lease of three years, at $190 per month. They took out $120,000 in the Jast cighteen moths. The proprietors hold the miné at $75,000, The Grass Valley Union says that the mine of Messrs. Welsh, Shartleff & Mather, on ate Cregk, is being vigorously worked. The proprietors ‘of the ‘Kate Huyes mine, located on Kate Hayes Hill, are quietly bat steadily pashing work in their claias. ‘Ubey have now ac incline down one hyndred feet, and have comIt is estimated that . and punping. ‘This machinery will be first-. elass, and will cost some eight thousand dollars. = A cake of reto reported as the rock fran the Scndder Flat inine. Another cake, valned at $1,8u0, was the proceedi of forty lodeg of rock from the Howe wine, in Wood's Ravine, op Deer Creek. The ‘Hydraulic Mines.—'Vhe hydraalic miners in the vicinity af Quaker and Hunt's) hills are commencing work. One set of dig gings in Sargent & Jacob's claims have already been started, and three will soun be realy. The Dutch conipany have already commenced’ rted gold, valucd at $3,000, 78 . readyou: . ee . "Nhe Manzanita Hill claims have also been started. Maltinan & Co. have water enough in their own ditch, and several large streams are plying against. the bank. Work is started nn these claims onusnally early, and no doubt a large aniount of ‘gold will be taken out this seasun. Williamson & Co., owners of the Lost, Hill claims, will resume work in a few days. Lust seuson, these claims, which had not been worked for six or eight years were fitted np at an éxpense ol four or five thensand dollars ‘Ibis winter the claims can be worked to good advantage. ‘Ihe miners of Gold Flat have commenced aperations. At.Moor's Flat and all the way down the Ride ta French Corral, wator is abundant and everybody is busy. 3 Excelsicr Disipiet.—Prospecting at Summit City has been saspended forthe winter. Nearly’ all have left the place except those who pro;ose to winter there. ‘'he owners of the California mill bave made arrangements by which they will be able to continue running all winter—at least they will not be stopped by-either cold westher or deep snow. Mr. Tibbetts, the enter. prising express-man, has made arrangements by which he will be cnabled to keep the residents there in commnuication with the oatside world, until the returning spring shall again unlock the icy gates of winter to ordinary traveling. We trust his experiment will prove .as profitable-as it certainly is enterprising and daring ; for it is né sniall thiag to brave the winter Storms of tbe npper Sierra. Promas.—The Crescent Quartz company, according to the Quincy Union of the 25th ‘instant, had cleaned up during the previons two weeks over $17000. The rock from the third level proves mach richer than any hitherto taken from the mine. This level is one handred and ninety-five feet from the snrface. Another shaft has been commenced directly on the ledge at this depth, which is now sank aboat'twenty-five fcet,and shows an increasing -ricliness' as they descend—the ledge still retaining the sane thickness. .T his company has now fifty-six stainps running, and still the supply of rock sceins inexhaastible. ‘ Youra.—We learu from the Marysville Appeal that the Sweet Vengeance company has resumed work, by letting a contrsct for sinking a new shaft. ‘he, same paner learns that dnr. ing the week abont 250 shares in the Pennsylvania company have changed hands at from $15 to $20 per shsre. ‘Lhe sellers are few. snd at the rate of $15 there arc evidently more buyers than sellers. ‘I'wenty dollsrs-and upwards is generally asked. The repatation of the Brown’s Valley mines .is evidently working to the “ upper grade.” ‘TuLaRE.—The -Hate. mine, in Clear Creek district, Talare cowmty, has been sold to Messrs Loveland, Hagerman and others, of San Francisco, for $20,000. ‘The ronnd sam of $100,000 has been offered and refused fur the Mex ead. ney mine. Neiswander, Pard and Donald have some fine leads on Neiswander Hill, which they are working with a 5-stamp mill, and clearing about $5,000 every week. Shalts are sunk on some of these last-mentioned leads to tbe depth of 175 feet. VIRGINIA CITY AND VICINITY. The Virginia City Huterprise says that prospecting in the State of Nevada is at rather a low ebb at present, and there will be but little done in the more.suowy regions till spring. ae Stat Weareable to glean but very few mining items of any especial interest, tbis week, from the Virginia pipers. The Enteprise says that it has long been the conviction of many that an exceedingly rich quartz vein must pass through Cedar Hill, north of the towu. ‘fhe reasons for thinking so are that -float rock full of free gold abounds on the eastern slope of the hill, and thatthe dirt on that side of the hill pays with but a gn,aj] head of water $100" per day to the hang for washing. Although a considerable amount of work’ g-been done, on the hill, up to the present, lime the Jead from which alt this gold rock came has not been meaced the erection of machiuery for hoisting work, and 2 ‘Wiitibers*of~others “are* almost are at present engaged in hauling rock and . sale Lhydmalic: diggings for crashing. There. is a difference ol opinion as 10 whether this rock and dirt comes’ {rom the tupof a lead reaning resaltof one week's crushing of'. throuzh the, hydranlic elaimw, or whether it is ‘float or a slide Ivum a lead above ; but, be this ‘as itinay. it is certain that there is an exceed. ingly rich vein somewhere in tbe hill, which, /sooner or later, will ve fornd. Sume two or three companies on Cedar Hill are getting out ore fur crushing. A. lorce of four men are , now at jyerk,.upon, the Utah aniue, drifting in ground hitherto unbroken, in search of the continuation of the Comstock vein. . . ee 2 5 The Gold Hill News says that a lot of roek from the Mammoth ledye,im Eagle district. has been received st Guld Hill to be worked by mill process. ‘he rock looks well, and resembles Gold Hill top rock. An assay’ went upwards of $800. ‘I'he company have» tnnnel if some 900 feet, and think that in’a, short time they will strike the ledge. “Several compani 3 fare at work in that district, ranniog ‘tunnels int» their respective ledges. The iinpressivu appears to be that the wines in that cislrict have a fine prospect ahead. c The experiment of working over the old quartz tailings below Gold Canon promises to provea decided success. “Ihe editor of the Union hus been the recipient of 6.78 ouneés of amalgam, the proceeds of one thousaud pounds F “lof these tailings, worked by Mr. A. Basset, swith his new barrel process, at his mill, ‘in! seren-nile canon. From experiments lately nude by Mr. Basset in’ working tailings, the process that he is now using will uudoabtedly prove asuccess. REESE RIVER. , r We give from the Revielle the following digest of the mineral resources of Lunder county, prepared froin the annual report of Charles O. Barker, County Assessor. He says tliat go'd, silver, copper, sulphur, Icad, iron, and aluust every other mineral, are found within the limits of the county. Cuval has not yet been found. ‘here ig oue extensive sait, marsh which is being success!ully and profitably worked. An excelleut quality ol liinestone.is found in alinost every section. ‘fhe number ol silver niues is legion; those most developed are about Austin. ‘Some of the lode$ are two handred feet thiek. ‘I'he deepest iucline as yet does not exceed 300 feet. Water is foand ut from 50 to 100 feet. he cost of milling ore average $75 per ton. ‘T'lere are now in operation in the city sixteen steam and three waterpower quartz mills. He finds it impossible to give the whole namber of mining companies, wild-cat, and otherwise. The Ruby district, located abont 100 miles north-east of Aéstin, is very highly spoken of. {t coutains an abundance of water, abounding with fish and fowl. It was discovered and located by Mr. ‘Tennehill and party, who locuted twenty nine ledges for the Anstin Mining company. ‘The ledges are large, varying from tive to twelve feces thick, and are geuerally foand in feldspathic granite, and in slate. aud limestone. .Assays have Lecn made ol the nres obtained from fourteen ol' the ledges, and tbey all exhibit silver in handsome qmantities. ; A The Twin River district, according to the Reveille, continues to attract attention, Prol. J. i. Clayton, Mr. Clink—agent lor parties iv London—Col. Rust, and Mr. Herman Camp, ol New York, and other persons of note, have . recen'ly visited and inspected the district with the view ol parchasing mining property. ‘Ibe Murphy ledge is being worked with a large force, under the snperintepdence of Captain Shears. All the machinery fur the company’s mill had arrived. ° Work is progressing with energy and system on several other ledges, and -the result generally is very gratifying. Some lorty or fifty men will be employed during the winter on the different mines. The Yankee Blade district has lately been visited and carefully examined by Mr. M. Angel, formerly editor of the Reveille, and a genUeman well qualified tn jadge correctly ia miting matters. His report was more particularly devoted to a, series ol ledges belonging. to the Hiberdia enmpany, eleven in number; but also contains general allasious to inany other miues in -the ¢istrict.* ‘Vhe“wines generally . are reported as promising rich developments, requiring only tinve and a reasonable amount of capital to prove their valae. In tbe San Francisco district the Liberty miue is said to present the largest. body of rich . chloride ore yet discovered in the entire Reese River country. No sulphurct ore has yet been found in the district. The Nye Coanty News mentions a3 a heavy mining transaction, the report that James P. Sargeut, President of the ‘loiyabe Mining company, has sold to Col. Rust, on account of Eastern capitalists, fonr ledges situate in tbe ‘win Liver district, tbe celebrated Vulcan, generally accounted oneol the best. there, going ‘ound. Teams. among the number.The precise'terins of the have not been made public, but it is no7 Snith, Agent. ‘ditt to mills‘on American Flat from the old , derstood that they are such asare likely to prove ‘advantugeuns to both parvies, the erection-ol a» 20-stamp mill on the part ol the parchasers being » part of the.consideration. iS The first bullion from the Silliman ledge, onr ~ Union Hill, was reéently produced, ‘The ore was reduced at the California mill, snd con! sisted of 500 pounds of first-class ove and £115 pounds of second-tlass ore. ‘I'he assay’ of the ; ulp of the Kret-class ore gave $1,316, and ol the second class, $165 of silver to the ton. ‘The bar weighs 664 onnees, ad.is valued ‘ Yat $7031]. ‘This valuable wining property belongs to a Boston company, of which ‘tbns.yd. Johns is Trostee, and Captain Alphens~ ESMERALDA. 7 Anrora, it would appear from the following, ' sninmary, has neither been removed or barged, * both of which disasters lave recently been reported of it. We learn from the Msmeralda Union that Wells; Fargo & Co.,a few days”. ‘sInce, shipped from their olfice iv Aurora four'~ bars ot bullion from the Diana claim at Blind ° Springs, which were worth, per ussay, $1,990. The Dianna is one ol’ the richest claims in the, world, and if it continues to pay Tor a few mmonths as it is paying now, will make its owners wealthy. 1 f “A pack train arrived the same day from Silver Peak, loaded with fifteen boxes: bullion from Martin &° Co.'s claim—the aggregate weight of the bars being 1,05b pounds,.and the 2 ae te ul -estimated valuc about $40,000. At the time’ this amount was sent in the ennpany had fifteen — hoxes more at their mill, which they could not ship for want of the means of transportation.This is all lrom oue.small will. Next year, when larger aid better mills shall have been erected out tlere, the Silver Peak country will astonish the world. <l The Silver Peak district is located about . 120 miles sontheust from Anrora, on the east-ern slope of the Red Mountain range. <Al-. tbough there are supposed to be many valuable tines there, as ye but few huve beeu worked’ to any considerable extent. ‘he mill aboye,” referred to, of Martin & Ca,, is, we believe, the ‘only mill yet erected there. This mill rans ten stamps of 400 pounds each, and’ six of ‘Vorney'’s puns with tliir settlers. The other claims in thé vicinity are the Pocatilla, very rich on tbe surfuce, with a chimney nut-crop of 150 feet across and 300 feet long; the Astor, Empire State, Confidence, Hndson,and Oakland, all, we believe, belonging to Martin & Cn.,and all said to be very promising lodes. a 1 The Citizens’ Prospecting Association made.arrangements with the Golden Age and Empire company for-the purchase of a suitable engine, hoisting and pamping apparatas, to be placed on the deep shaft, when the work, which. has been temporarily suspended on acconnt of water, will be resaiued ‘and yigorously prose° cated to completion. = ‘he proprietors of the Coaster claim have. made a new strike, and found another smull: vein on Last Chance Hill, from which they are getting some very ricb ore. , HUMBOLDT. * The Monteznma, says the Register, is turning out considerable quantities of fine ure> though working light-handed at present. The ‘ boys will not rush the work much till Webber * gets his mill aud fornaces in ranning order, so ~ -as to make esrly returns from ore worked byhim. Ata depth something over 100 feet the ledge isa little over six feet, solid mineral, worth near $200 to the ton. ‘fhe Monteznma. will turn oat more bullion next year than -any ledge outside of Arabia. More discoveries are announced in the Arabia district. Ratherlord, Whitmore, and nther » Arabians, while burning coal, at the spring some five miles west of Arabia, made discovery of aremarkable ledge. it is filty feet wide, apparently of solid quartz, and the quartz bearing ores of autimony, copper, lead, and silver. It has the appearance ot being 1ich in silver, but no test has yet been made. : “ On the Jersey lode work is going nn better than on any other Jedge in the county. ‘The. Atchisons are putting it ahead in # basiness-_ like style—working from fiveshafts,and takingthe ore to the Etna mill as fast as taken out. The ledge is six feet between casings, aud solid ore—the red ore, of the Moutezama. Shafts have been sunk to different depths . within the past three weeks—onec furty feet, one thirtyeight, one twenty-four, and the others seven to eight feet deep—in different , parts of thejtedge. In-all the walls are fnund . good, well cased with clay, and the ledge solid , mineral, as described. Aw incline will be started, into the ledge next week. Work nn: this lode is being prosecuted undér the.ener-’ getic management of Mr. Geo. W. Fox, as fe J » +> ‘22 JOOMLA superintendent. , .

The Alining, and Scientific, Dress, The late: storm has enabled the miners everywhere, out of the river beds, to get fully at their winter’s work. “The gniches are alive . with regular ‘mining operations or prospectors. The hydraulic miuers are also in their element, and have an abundance of woter for their, mammoth operations. A new impetus has . also been given tn prospecting for quartz. Hundreds of new ledges will te opened daring the winter, and the solt mountain ground will everywhere be turned up in, search of its pre-. cious treasure. ‘The owners of extensive placer mines -sre now calculating nn a most snceesstal: season's, work. there will, be at least one-third more placer mining this season than there was last winter. “The renewed -interest in oor mines, both quartz and placer, by capitalicts . heretofore noted, is continued with increasing zest, and bids fair to far exceedthat of any previous period. A ‘better understanding anpesrs “to prevail between labor and capital throughout the State. The Sacramento Bee thinks that if the miners will only adltere to thcir resolntion.of holding a convention, many obstacles, now in the way of their prosperity will be satisfactorily ‘6vercome. A large amonnt-nf ores in the rough, copper, gold ‘and silver, are now being sent Eastward, mostly on English account. This has now become @ permanent and important feature in the mining business of the Pacifie coast, and of California in particular. ALFINE Cocrry.—We learn from the Gazeite, pnblished at the town of Monitor, that the Leviathan mine, under the direction of KE. Arnold, the newly elected Superintendent, is having a road built from Bagley Valley to the works of this company for tbe purpose of facilitating the laying iu of winter supplies. it being the-intention of the eompany to see the inside of their ledge between this and spring. Ata meeting of the Trastees held this week, . oor old friend William Miller, now residing permanently in Monitor, was elected secretary of the Leviathan company. The contractors on the Mowyer ledge are engaged in cutting across the Icdge,-aud find it very slow work. ‘The quality -ol the. rock im: Pigg ‘as they approach the ceuter of the edge. As.arale the pay vein of ‘ore in all of our main ledges lies next the hanging wall, the distance to which in tbis case is not known. All interested are hopeful. paca, The Mullan Tunnel is now in a little over 300 leet, and by survey inimediately beneath the croppings, the distance now to be overcome beitig merely the dip or pitch, which it is thought will soon be done. The Silver Mountain Bulletin, pablished at Silver Monntain, gives the antiual financial reportof Buckeye No.1, stating the amonnt of money which has been raised by assessments for the year ending November Lith, 1865, and the manner and purposes for which it has been expended. ‘The example is a guod one, and nue which should be more universally followed. Yhe Chronicle, published at Markleeville, says that the survey of the route for the contemplated flame from Cary’s will, in this coauty, to Empire City, Nevada, is beirg pushed forward with every possible dispatch. ' Neyaps.—The Transcript says the water mills in and about Nevada have now an abundance of water for power. Mr. Stiles is trying an interesting experiment by substitutiug stone instead of iron for shoes in bis pans. ‘ Some excellent quartz lodes have been prospected in the vicinity of Rogers’ ranch, in Deer Creek. The Star Spangled Banner ledge promises to become one of the best in that section. ‘The company will soon have upa first-class 20-stamp mill. The engine has already been purchased in San Francisco. Some of the Nevada county papers are complaining, because the proprietors of the old Pittsburg claim in Nevada, residents of this city, allow that valuable mine to stand idlo. It was last workod by Weeks & Co., ona lease of three years, at $190 per month. They took out $120,000 in the Jast cighteen moths. The proprietors hold the miné at $75,000, The Grass Valley Union says that the mine of Messrs. Welsh, Shartleff & Mather, on ate Cregk, is being vigorously worked. The proprietors ‘of the ‘Kate Huyes mine, located on Kate Hayes Hill, are quietly bat steadily pashing work in their claias. ‘Ubey have now ac incline down one hyndred feet, and have comIt is estimated that . and punping. ‘This machinery will be first-. elass, and will cost some eight thousand dollars. = A cake of reto reported as the rock fran the Scndder Flat inine. Another cake, valned at $1,8u0, was the proceedi of forty lodeg of rock from the Howe wine, in Wood's Ravine, op Deer Creek. The ‘Hydraulic Mines.—'Vhe hydraalic miners in the vicinity af Quaker and Hunt's) hills are commencing work. One set of dig gings in Sargent & Jacob's claims have already been started, and three will soun be realy. The Dutch conipany have already commenced’ rted gold, valucd at $3,000, 78 . readyou: . ee . "Nhe Manzanita Hill claims have also been started. Maltinan & Co. have water enough in their own ditch, and several large streams are plying against. the bank. Work is started nn these claims onusnally early, and no doubt a large aniount of ‘gold will be taken out this seasun. Williamson & Co., owners of the Lost, Hill claims, will resume work in a few days. Lust seuson, these claims, which had not been worked for six or eight years were fitted np at an éxpense ol four or five thensand dollars ‘Ibis winter the claims can be worked to good advantage. ‘Ihe miners of Gold Flat have commenced aperations. At.Moor's Flat and all the way down the Ride ta French Corral, wator is abundant and everybody is busy. 3 Excelsicr Disipiet.—Prospecting at Summit City has been saspended forthe winter. Nearly’ all have left the place except those who pro;ose to winter there. ‘'he owners of the California mill bave made arrangements by which they will be able to continue running all winter—at least they will not be stopped by-either cold westher or deep snow. Mr. Tibbetts, the enter. prising express-man, has made arrangements by which he will be cnabled to keep the residents there in commnuication with the oatside world, until the returning spring shall again unlock the icy gates of winter to ordinary traveling. We trust his experiment will prove .as profitable-as it certainly is enterprising and daring ; for it is né sniall thiag to brave the winter Storms of tbe npper Sierra. Promas.—The Crescent Quartz company, according to the Quincy Union of the 25th ‘instant, had cleaned up during the previons two weeks over $17000.. The rock from the third level proves mach richer than any hitherto taken from the mine. This level is one handred and ninety-five feet from the snrface. Another shaft has been commenced directly on the ledge at this depth, which is now sank aboat'twenty-five fcet,and shows an increasing -ricliness' as they descend—the ledge still retaining the sane thickness. .T his company has now fifty-six stainps running, and still the supply of rock sceins inexhaastible. ‘ Youra.—We learu from the Marysville Appeal that the Sweet Vengeance company has resumed work, by letting a contrsct for sinking a new shaft. ‘he, same paner learns that dnr. ing the week abont 250 shares in the Pennsylvania company have changed hands at from $15 to $20 per shsre. ‘Lhe sellers are few. snd at the rate of $15 there arc evidently more buyers than sellers. ‘I'wenty dollsrs-and upwards is generally asked. The repatation of the Brown’s Valley mines .is evidently working to the “ upper grade.” ‘TuLaRE.—The -Hate. mine, in Clear Creek district, Talare cowmty, has been sold to Messrs Loveland, Hagerman and others, of San Francisco, for $20,000. ‘The ronnd sam of $100,000 has been offered and refused fur the Mex ead. ney mine. Neiswander, Pard and Donald have some fine leads on Neiswander Hill, which they are working with a 5-stamp mill, and clearing about $5,000 every week. Shalts are sunk on some of these last-mentioned leads to tbe depth of 175 feet. VIRGINIA CITY AND VICINITY. The Virginia City Huterprise says that prospecting in the State of Nevada is at rather a low ebb at present, and there will be but little done in the more.suowy regions till spring. ae Stat Weareable to glean but very few mining items of any especial interest, tbis week, from the Virginia pipers. The Enteprise says that it has long been the conviction of many that an exceedingly rich quartz vein must pass through Cedar Hill, north of the towu. ‘fhe reasons for thinking so are that -float rock full of free gold abounds on the eastern slope of the hill, and thatthe dirt on that side of the hill pays with but a gn,aj] head of water $100" per day to the hang for washing. Although a considerable amount of work’ g-been done, on the hill, up to the present, lime the Jead from which alt this gold rock came has not been meaced the erection of machiuery for hoisting work, and 2 ‘Wiitibers*of~others “are* almost are at present engaged in hauling rock and . sale Lhydmalic: diggings for crashing. There. is a difference ol opinion as 10 whether this rock and dirt comes’ {rom the tupof a lead reaning resaltof one week's crushing of'. throuzh the, hydranlic elaimw, or whether it is ‘float or a slide Ivum a lead above ; but, be this ‘as itinay. it is certain that there is an exceed. ingly rich vein somewhere in tbe hill, which, /sooner or later, will ve fornd. Sume two or three companies on Cedar Hill are getting out ore fur crushing.

A. lorce of four men are , now at jyerk,.upon, the Utah aniue, drifting in ground hitherto unbroken, in search of the continuation of the Comstock vein. . . ee 2 5 The Gold Hill News says that a lot of roek from the Mammoth ledye,im Eagle district. has been received st Guld Hill to be worked by mill process. ‘he rock looks well, and resembles Gold Hill top rock. An assay’ went upwards of $800. ‘I'he company have» tnnnel if some 900 feet, and think that in’a, short time they will strike the ledge. “Several compani 3 fare at work in that district, ranniog ‘tunnels int» their respective ledges. The iinpressivu appears to be that the wines in that cislrict have a fine prospect ahead. c The experiment of working over the old quartz tailings below Gold Canon promises to provea decided success. “Ihe editor of the Union hus been the recipient of 6.78 ouneés of amalgam, the proceeds of one thousaud pounds F “lof these tailings, worked by Mr. A. Basset, swith his new barrel process, at his mill, ‘in! seren-nile canon. From experiments lately nude by Mr. Basset in’ working tailings, the process that he is now using will uudoabtedly prove asuccess. REESE RIVER. , r We give from the Revielle the following digest of the mineral resources of Lunder county, prepared froin the annual report of Charles O. Barker, County Assessor. He says tliat go'd, silver, copper, sulphur, Icad, iron, and aluust every other mineral, are found within the limits of the county. Cuval has not yet been found. ‘here ig oue extensive sait, marsh which is being success!ully and profitably worked. An excelleut quality ol liinestone.is found in alinost every section. ‘fhe number ol silver niues is legion; those most developed are about Austin. ‘Some of the lode$ are two handred feet thiek. ‘I'he deepest iucline as yet does not exceed 300 feet. Water is foand ut from 50 to 100 feet. he cost of milling ore average $75 per ton. ‘T'lere are now in operation in the city sixteen steam and three waterpower quartz mills. He finds it impossible to give the whole namber of mining companies, wild-cat, and otherwise. The Ruby district, located abont 100 miles north-east of Aéstin, is very highly spoken of. {t coutains an abundance of water, abounding with fish and fowl. It was discovered and located by Mr. ‘Tennehill and party, who locuted twenty nine ledges for the Anstin Mining company. ‘The ledges are large, varying from tive to twelve feces thick, and are geuerally foand in feldspathic granite, and in slate. aud limestone. .Assays have Lecn made ol the nres obtained from fourteen ol' the ledges, and tbey all exhibit silver in handsome qmantities. ; A The Twin River district, according to the Reveille, continues to attract attention, Prol. J. i. Clayton, Mr. Clink—agent lor parties iv London—Col. Rust, and Mr. Herman Camp, ol New York, and other persons of note, have . recen'ly visited and inspected the district with the view ol parchasing mining property. ‘Ibe Murphy ledge is being worked with a large force, under the snperintepdence of Captain Shears. All the machinery fur the company’s mill had arrived. ° Work is progressing with energy and system on several other ledges, and -the result generally is very gratifying. Some lorty or fifty men will be employed during the winter on the different mines. The Yankee Blade district has lately been visited and carefully examined by Mr. M. Angel, formerly editor of the Reveille, and a genUeman well qualified tn jadge correctly ia miting matters. His report was more particularly devoted to a, series ol ledges belonging. to the Hiberdia enmpany, eleven in number; but also contains general allasious to inany other miues in -the ¢istrict.* ‘Vhe“wines generally . are reported as promising rich developments, requiring only tinve and a reasonable amount of capital to prove their valae. In tbe San Francisco district the Liberty miue is said to present the largest. body of rich . chloride ore yet discovered in the entire Reese River country. No sulphurct ore has yet been found in the district. The Nye Coanty News mentions a3 a heavy mining transaction, the report that James P. Sargeut, President of the ‘loiyabe Mining company, has sold to Col. Rust, on account of Eastern capitalists, fonr ledges situate in tbe ‘win Liver district, tbe celebrated Vulcan, generally accounted oneol the best. there, going ‘ound. Teams. among the number.The precise'terins of the have not been made public, but it is no7 Snith, Agent. ‘ditt to mills‘on American Flat from the old , derstood that they are such asare likely to prove ‘advantugeuns to both parvies, the erection-ol a» 20-stamp mill on the part ol the parchasers being » part of the.consideration. iS The first bullion from the Silliman ledge, onr ~ Union Hill, was reéently produced, ‘The ore was reduced at the California mill, snd con! sisted of 500 pounds of first-class ove and £115 pounds of second-tlass ore. ‘I'he assay’ of the ; ulp of the Kret-class ore gave $1,316, and ol the second class, $165 of silver to the ton. ‘The bar weighs 664 onnees, ad.is valued ‘ Yat $7031]. ‘This valuable wining property belongs to a Boston company, of which ‘tbns.yd. Johns is Trostee, and Captain Alphens~ ESMERALDA. 7 Anrora, it would appear from the following, ' sninmary, has neither been removed or barged, * both of which disasters lave recently been reported of it. We learn from the Msmeralda Union that Wells; Fargo & Co.,a few days”. ‘sInce, shipped from their olfice iv Aurora four'~ bars ot bullion from the Diana claim at Blind ° Springs, which were worth, per ussay, $1,990. The Dianna is one ol’ the richest claims in the, world, and if it continues to pay Tor a few mmonths as it is paying now, will make its owners wealthy. 1 f “A pack train arrived the same day from Silver Peak, loaded with fifteen boxes: bullion from Martin &° Co.'s claim—the aggregate weight of the bars being 1,05b pounds,.and the 2 ae te ul -estimated valuc about $40,000. At the time’ this amount was sent in the ennpany had fifteen — hoxes more at their mill, which they could not ship for want of the means of transportation.This is all lrom oue.small will. Next year, when larger aid better mills shall have been erected out tlere, the Silver Peak country will astonish the world. <l The Silver Peak district is located about . 120 miles sontheust from Anrora, on the east-ern slope of the Red Mountain range. <Al-. tbough there are supposed to be many valuable tines there, as ye but few huve beeu worked’ to any considerable extent. ‘he mill aboye,” referred to, of Martin & Ca,, is, we believe, the ‘only mill yet erected there. This mill rans ten stamps of 400 pounds each, and’ six of ‘Vorney'’s puns with tliir settlers. The other claims in thé vicinity are the Pocatilla, very rich on tbe surfuce, with a chimney nut-crop of 150 feet across and 300 feet long; the Astor, Empire State, Confidence, Hndson,and Oakland, all, we believe, belonging to Martin & Cn.,and all said to be very promising lodes. a 1 The Citizens’ Prospecting Association made.arrangements with the Golden Age and Empire company for-the purchase of a suitable engine, hoisting and pamping apparatas, to be placed on the deep shaft, when the work, which. has been temporarily suspended on acconnt of water, will be resaiued ‘and yigorously prose° cated to completion. = ‘he proprietors of the Coaster claim have. made a new strike, and found another smull: vein on Last Chance Hill, from which they are getting some very ricb ore. , HUMBOLDT. * The Monteznma, says the Register, is turning out considerable quantities of fine ure> though working light-handed at present. The ‘ boys will not rush the work much till Webber * gets his mill aud fornaces in ranning order, so ~ -as to make esrly returns from ore worked byhim. Ata depth something over 100 feet the ledge isa little over six feet, solid mineral, worth near $200 to the ton. ‘fhe Monteznma. will turn oat more bullion next year than -any ledge outside of Arabia. More discoveries are announced in the Arabia district. Ratherlord, Whitmore, and nther » Arabians, while burning coal, at the spring some five miles west of Arabia, made discovery of aremarkable ledge. it is filty feet wide, apparently of solid quartz, and the quartz bearing ores of autimony, copper, lead, and silver. It has the appearance ot being 1ich in silver, but no test has yet been made. : “ On the Jersey lode work is going nn better than on any other Jedge in the county. ‘The. Atchisons are putting it ahead in # basiness-_ like style—working from fiveshafts,and takingthe ore to the Etna mill as fast as taken out. The ledge is six feet between casings, aud solid ore—the red ore, of the Moutezama. Shafts have been sunk to different depths . within the past three weeks—onec furty feet, one thirtyeight, one twenty-four, and the others seven to eight feet deep—in different , parts of thejtedge. In-all the walls are fnund . good, well cased with clay, and the ledge solid , mineral, as described. Aw incline will be started, into the ledge next week. Work nn: this lode is being prosecuted undér the.ener-’ getic management of Mr. Geo. W. Fox, as fe J » +> ‘22 JOOMLA superintendent. , .