Volume 12 (1866) (428 pages)

Tire Dining, wd» Seleutific: Press, mass est a _ ining. Suite OALIFORNIA, Whore Prumas.—The Quiney Union of the 3a inst. says that the new smelting furnaces at Genesee Valley wager fired-np, for the firat time, oue day, this week.-A qnantity; -of copper ore was sinelted, “end the furnaces worked to’ a charm. The company, think” they have got “the ata thing gaited,” and we hope they. have, -.-., Wr ‘A. ‘Bolinger. has purchased, he, interest . of JA! Blood in ‘the. Crescent Quartz company, of Indian Valley," Mr. Blood pwiigd 166 shares. ‘*~ Burre.—The proprietor of the National Hotel, at Oroville, digging a'well'struck gravel at tle depth-of seven or eight'feet,’ “hel has . ! panued ont half a dollar to ‘the hueket:.” we 'Signra——The Messenger ‘says: i For, the. week ‘endiug ‘Tuesday’ evening last, mild, ainy. weather, and: the disappearance of! snow has been rapid in the extreme. ,, Though usually at, this.season,a warm rain, is, looked . . upon, with disfavor, . this last has, we hear; start ed watcr all over the county, with a prospect of . ! a continnons and hounteous snpply. We think . ! the diggings all through this,range were never in better condition, nor the. beryget: 2) gold more Drones now. ’ Atpine.—The Chronicle says that the ite. pioneers of Alpine connty are ee ‘but industry, rid one by 0 one their elatiish are “expdsibg deposits Of ri rich 31 ore. A few days sines, aledge. of « Inahle ore was strack inthe Mol-” t mpany’ ‘s toopel, at Mogul. The ledge 18 feet in ‘width, and thefore is’a (EST Saka white quartz, and assays, alter’ careful sampling, $38 to the tou in silver. Tt. contains. .no. gold, and scarcely a trace of copper. It is the intention of the,company to send ,their_ore,.to the Pioneer Quartz'mill and keep it running steadily.’ ‘' Little Mogul”. bids fair,to, be the first district in'-Alpine county, having a claim . snfficiently developed to keepa mill supplied with ore. The Pioneer, ‘Quartz Mill is said’ to be. one “of the. hest, appointed mills of its size: onthe Hast side of the mountains. ‘fhe Monitor Gazette says that''Mr. Coffey, on€. of the principal owners of the Sherman, is: ut ‘work: developing the same, and with exceflént pros’ pects. The Santa, Eulalia, company is steadily at work, and :éxpect.to pierce their ledge: after, running their tunnel forty-five feet’ further. — The ledge i is said to be eighty, feet thick, . The . Morning Star’ Company expect to reach their . shaft with the tnoncl inside of,two weeks, when a large quantity of ore will hs within reach,’,, The .Anerican T, & S. M. Co., having: ron their tunnel 200 feet, have Struck'a body . g of arsenical pyrites: or mandie, so, friable that . it rapidly falls to pieces ou exposure ‘to the air. The indication is considered, a good one. . ,» In the’ Silver Mountain District, a, mseting'’ of the stockholders of the Buckeye Co.No. ie was lield of, the 5th inst, to take into . consideration the propriety of leasing: ‘the, mine.’ It} was voted todo so. Work is going ahead on: the MLagateat Preise ania, ‘Washington, and, Buckeye-No.'2: “The Lady Franklin’ company . has-szspended operations ‘until they can get over es) to put onthe shaft, © """ ‘NeyanikA’ quantity of s0ek, consisting of: a ‘hundred tons.or‘inore, from the ‘falbert ledge, Willow Walley, ‘now heing crashed at the Oriental mill, promises to yield fully $50'to the . ton. .It is the ‘intention ‘of thé company to. erect steam: hoisting works on the’ ledge. oo John Spayth, some . two: cweeks since, says, the' Gazetle, discovered a “quartz ledge, about ten miles above Nevada, on Deer Creek, which is likely to ‘prove one of the mostvalatle in the “county, On. his: returu to Nevada, he'. brought a Specimen, ‘which, on ‘being ponnded up and washed: out, yielded $640.75. The specimen was. nearly pure gold. Spayth has organized, a ‘company, and patinen ith’ his partuers: to further prospect and: stake off the claim. "Lhe ledge is said to be twelve feet in width: 'The exact locality of the, ae pt not been’ made. ue oll ponte oir Spangled (Bauney re. flea: been ed up: It consists of, ten; Stamps. at, present, But, ; arranged’ for ten. more; rdtiven ‘by a 40-horse power éugine. The ‘Sulphurets are concentratediand. suliscquently worked in one : iof, Hop. kits’ pans. » The company. will. also have their . new. hoisting and pumping works, ip operation’ in a few days, after whieh the mill wil be, fully supplied’ ‘with. rock ;At Grass ‘Vall Fy i canlo a AS, é) pefiaticed hy reason’ of" the “bad. condition ot), the"tdads} in’ ‘corisétjubnoe of whiely iti is difiienlt to keep'up the supply of wood, and” the inills last, we , had, ‘ti . was. built:, ata distance . from th the mines, haye the 2 addition12 Hn. al diftculty i in getting rock. The Union is informed that the Watt Bros. have > purchased a half interest in the. mining clnim known.as.the Rush and Laton gronnd, op Ophir’ Hill’; a first exteusion ‘south, of the celebrated Ophir Lead, owued by Messrs. }and Houston. “They wilt’ erett, an exten: . mill uponi;the, iiiide at an’ erly day: ml The Watt Brothers haye sal ‘their Jnterest \THill, to the Enbekbridee aoe The, ‘portion. of the mine owned by the “Watts”. ‘having . been . . i taken up in superficial: claims, has heen worked . : e est haye bonght their improve ments, with, which to ‘work their grdund, An offer equiva: ‘re weed hy Iti is reported . that, the: “Allison, stinente is now. .tarning out gold in. almost fabulous ‘quantities? iThe: rock: being crushed is'taken'‘trom a’ d&pth! lof seven hundred feet, and yields at the rate of: ‘31/800 a tia !--The yield--of the ro¢k _efushed: fin the mill, for the "past moith, is said to have] jheen at ‘the. rate. of. $200,000. a.weeki—that iamouat having been cleaned up ‘each Satarday . night, forfour weeks past. At this rate, the’ nine would turo out ten million dollars ‘per ecg gg _ Exeelsior District. —The Virginia, ‘Union says that.the owners of the. Enterprise » claim, in this district, are: prosecuting: the: work: of} taking out, theirrich paying rock: very. ‘lively. Quite a hole has.been mnde in.their old. starting place,.a shaft some-forty feet deep having heen supk in it, athe bottom of syhick better ore than ever has’ been obtained, “Auother, shaft has been commenced: west’ of the old ot. quality of rich ore. The company’s nil, being ‘put up by Messrs, Goss’ & "Lambert, of eA praia Sep will he.finished .and in running order in the course of fifty days, and’ then we, may expect to Hear of sich, a yield: of: the . precious inetal.as will astonish as; asthe roek assays bigh up in the pay figures. Few, leads havé heen located in'Hxcelsior District which. prospect less tban 520. per ton; which ore ean’ be mined and worked flere for less than half thatsnm. Waters. & Co. made an assay’ aday. : or two:ago of tock fron the Daniel Webster claim,-which yielded atthe rate. of $8,454' 06° to' ‘the ton. A gets of rich aicked rack, of. course. , _ Took. ~The ‘TFoolumne Cour ier’ seems on Pacifie Plat (Blue: Gulch), naxr Algerine, last week, had the good fortune to coms across. ed out sari . faead -dollars,: “and? still continue the pleasing pastime; monch more of the stuff-being jo ‘sight. Last Saturday, a Mexiean prospecting.on Whisky Hill, below’ Jamestown, ‘strock-a oeket andina few hours took out a panfall of very rich specimens. On Wednesday, a miner on Wood’s creek, picket!’ upia chispa‘worth: twelve dollars. We also. have heard of a streak of luck that some gentlemen‘of Sonora-have fullen into, but ate, requested nof, make. the . Tp ee public at’ resent. : : The Mount. Fannie mide, in ihis county, 0 on’ Friday Febraary: 2d; cleaned: up’ $6,000 as noe product of el ‘days’ wor ‘days’ work. . “4 CaLavers’ he San’ Andrés. Begiiter }says that P2°As) Bordwell © 'Co.,on Centre: Hill have‘struek--some very rich dirt ih thei; claim, ftom whieh they expect te get good pay, if it continues to » yield _a as well as it ptpspects. They havelbeen at. ‘work fora long=time, and have speut cousiderable money, and much time in opening the claim, and have at last found dirt which promises to pay thein for their labor. . They deserve, success, for they are industrious and hard working miners. i ee Amapor.—The Amador ‘Ledger: says, ‘the Butte Ditch Company ‘Have completed the laying down of-their large iron pipe” that eon 'veys water on the top'of. Tunnel \Hill: . hn, wotks wel]; and ‘meets their most « eye . expectations. Quite a number-of, miners are . getting ready to go'to work ia that locality. ~ The Dispatch says that Captain Little; Denning and Burwel; owners of, the Blue. Jacket quartz ‘lede,. bave heen--offered $30,000 for. thefr interest in this lode.’ ‘The aniourt offered is satisfactory. but. the. terms.of payment do not suit. ‘The -parties: negotiating for this valuablé lode are ‘ageots” fori" ‘eémpany of New Work ae = ne stat { stamps . ii operation ip the mill of the Coney, lode, do’ crease of ‘four stamps sioce the mill . ‘The. proprietors intend toadd four, mote stamps: withia the next’ month.The enterprising . compnnywhich: owns the Rane é and fifty cents; ahouts.” That paper: learns that a company f aavay S. 10, her mill last week on riday , bhe: stampa ‘stamps. 7 EES Wu, -Dick ‘Howard, who: ‘has for: ‘some weeks past beea energeticnlly prospecting in Hunt's guleh for quartz, at last has the. pleasant satisfaction ,of seeing his labors rewarded bythe develop-’ ment, of a,wwell defined ledge; ‘abut three feet lin width, literally dotted with gold.‘ Mr. H's «{:claim is believed to he~ot the same . lode with " Coney and Bde Taeket.’ © apnuty an PIRGINIA CITY AND VIC avi . “The Gold, Hil News, gays that fitiesiee ce fof pallies for the past-fewdays, has heen light, not ‘Neeanse! the ‘ro: ji does hot’ yield as” ‘snuch mérly, but. from the fact that.the. horrid, condition of, the roads. will not. permit, the teams,to mgre than keep the,.milla.:half come plied, while the. dumps are half full. “The Exterprise gives the follgemne enuméra‘Jtiou of assessments recently levied :—The Globe Mining. cotipany has ‘levied! “ain assess. ‘. heot “of ‘one-dollarper share ; Hale & ' No.’ ",. .cross, of twenty-five’ dollars , to the “Share ;, Noith Comstock Ge and S.M. company, agsess-, meat. No, 8, 0f tiventy-five cents per share,; oe company,.ten, dollnrs, per share; Rogers:S, ‘M. company, Flowery District,: ‘three ‘dellars= per ‘share ; Kentuck Mining compatiy, Gold Hill District, bns rescinded assessment of seventeen dollars and fifty cents per share, . whiéh was’ day of Deéenther,. 1865." "rhe Same com 1 the, first day of, February, levied an a ntof sexen dollars Lady ‘Bryan G.and S. M. company has levied an, assessment.of onedollar . per-share; MounteBlanc G.and.S. M/eomPaO two dollars and fifty cents per share. “The Mariposa’ mill, at’, the; foot of ‘Cedar Bill, has lately been thoroughly overhauled, the old Howland, rotary battery. thrown out, and -a. hepa straight 12-inch stamp battery. substituted. . he six Smith .paus “have béen” tarned/"into’ Wheeler ‘pans, -hy permission’ of‘ Wlieélet’ & . Randall; patentees. ' fie puns; thus improved, ane. considered even better than: the, regulor ; Wihseler. pao, inasmueh. as theyare wider-and . deeper-thonthe original Wheeler pan.’ ‘We pans wete’ altered ‘at the Pibneer “Foundry; where patterns for such alterdtions still’ tenialn. . The “ariousimprovements made have ‘increased the.capacity of the mill from to: twenty tons.per twenty-four hours. ‘he Mariposa mill seems in.a fair way to SS more profitable: than evér before, -.“By actual ‘survey it has” in aseertained that the-rich deposit of ore. lately “struck: by: the Hale & Norcross Is seventy-nine feet‘south" of the south line of the Savage. The RCrreY was ‘iijadb“Dy the Savirge Com paiy!” “ “The Kentuéke Comipany are ‘taking ‘out a preg quantity of excellent, ore, . " mi er. ik REESE RIVER. .,; -; Sax Axtonyo ie Nye Couxry,, rey, ” ‘entific Jb Pi tir ‘several weeks we have, been in regular receipt ol your valuable { paper, in wheb-‘Tisee yon invite commnaications from’ all .points, particularly from where mining. is beitig cartitd on. Being’ myself ole of the founders of this district, and having ‘resided here almest continuously for two years, and beiog Pretty well ‘acduaintéed swithats merits hand prospects, I will assume'“to give you, from time “to'tine atte" “ite Br thé cas }going” a Te iil inountain, about ten'miles' east and: west. ay. forty miles north and sogth, ,, It,is bounded on the east by Monitor: Waller 2! and on" the wor the continues its ome enon, and. ‘merges into . * Death Valley.” *Sna--Antovio lies about one hundred miles south from. the city of Adstin, sixty miles southeast from: Iune;and fifty miles hortheast from Silver Peak District . The. thoutitains in this portion of thé couo, try seem to have: been broken up aad Scattered ia isolated _Inass¢s, rather than formed” in ‘con-. b $j nected. Tatizes. i ‘ Ahout, twenty: five miles southwest Mordor Antonio, a lone_mountain of granite rises to the hicht of 3.000 Pebg above the valleys. ‘This isthe only granite’ wt we iy tthe section iy tlie, cotinttys::/ La ,otber places, vast: nae of eet are seen, that, TIS unedopectedly, and from isolated mountains. ‘The mountains where th mines-are” folind' are composed almost, if Tot: quite exclusively, of argilacéous' slate. To'the horthward -and-eastward the rocks are composed of'the older volcanic productions basalt and the} jOlder lavasy1 tere’ ih oho 8 fv AS ay ual,,in,, this, the , Reqse. River. region, Ho meialliferous Veins are found jn the volcanic . . ta phe slate ‘ja this “district has, 2 . differerit:lithologieul character fron that’ tisually found in this country," and its structure, resem: bles’ shalé more thant thnt’bf! any other district. It is probalily of mora regent genlogicnl epvehi . Oneida . quarte: lode, started twenty aldo . than the Wlate fouud furthér to the aorthWard . richness of our mines. «.‘) duction of five cents. —— San Antnbio was first discovered in October, 1863, by some Mexieans.! THe fumotts Liberty ledge was the first location made: ‘This miue has been worked during,,the. past year to a depth of two hundred and fity. leet, aud though ho Water has made:its appearaneetin the niine, the game rich ore is found at'the bottom of the incline. Some thirty tons of” “ore have been taken from this mine, bauléd' and’ reduced ‘at the Austin mills, at .a0 uot eat 9125 per ton,.and then yielding a clenr. profit to ‘ihe oe of $200 per ton. The lowest yield’ ‘Was $317 per ton. ‘he vein’ is-from’ fonr to Six feet thiek, its course is ‘wos th’ And . sonth, ‘and dips} nt an angle of "40° to, the east. "Several a horses ” have oceurred during the, working. of the incline, still the vein-has resumed its nsnal regularity. It has solid slate érossings, with . elay selvages. ‘The “* Liberty-” is pronounced by all who have seéh it, to be the: largest. yein of rieh chloride ore. yet “found, in. the whole Reese River country. ,In many places. down the incline large: sheets ‘of horn’ silver (the purest kind of* chloride of silver)'eaty be seen, and taken off with a pen-knifeWork on the Liberty has heen temporarily. snspended, for the porpose of erecting hoisting: works, after which the mine will ‘be workelf” steadily; and will surely prove 2 eae of great, prolit ‘a its lueky owners. I speak more:. pnr ticularly. of ‘the: Tibarty in this, Irom the fact: of its being thé’ first'‘discovery af the district,and" its having the.’ most work done, aud ‘Naving sent owny the largest amount of rich ‘ore. But, in, speaking of the merits of any one mine, I, an not wish.to detract from! the merits of. others;: alk of savhich I will . speak in due time. eo San Antonio is-but little known, to' the” outside pores from the, fact of, its isglated situation.) It was discovered’ at the .time ofthe crisig of 1863, and but few of the early locators have. been able to hold on to their mines? « But the day long wished fot‘ts now adv: ancing. and we can see throngh thé’ sifting elyals . ‘of ,adversity evidenee of our future. prosperity. ¢ Mr. Wm. {1. L. Barnes, lawyer of your ity, ond Mr. Geo. Hunt, of Gold Till; assisted” b W. C. Ralston, of theBank of: ‘California; . have nearly completed’ a first-clags ten stamp mill, with four roasting furnaces, and all the appliances for the rednetion of, all kinds of ores. The amalgamation will he hy the: barrel « ‘process, and under the immediate ‘supervision “of Mr. E. N. Riottle, formetly of tlie” assiy office of Theall & Co., of ' ‘Austin. "Mr, Biottle isan expetienced and, cempetent metallurgist, and from jnumerous, assays’ and «workings of’ ores from . this district, he is .well satisfied of the my og 410) Woy 4 id t Mr. Enunt has full ebarge of the whole works, and deserves great credit for the efficient manner in which lre-has*pnshed forward work on the mill, as well as for’ thie good judgment displayed i in assisting the Lee Company: in get. 1, ting out ore for the: employment of his mill.» Bejore this letter reaches. you, we :will' hear the steam whistle echoing through our hilly ind . . volleys, and the clattering stainps’ will’ send hew eneouragement to, the miners cabin door ; the miner, in return, will enter. his, mine with renewed vigor to extrnct the precious metal. .In my next, ] will give yon a fnll deseription® tof the working of our * Pioneer Mill,” in all its details, as “well asa brief, shotice ‘of . 'soine other! of our leading mines, , The. Potomae, Cruzes, Lee, Rigby, Vv ulcan and, J.as Animas, ond many other rieh ledges nre deserving’ of 1% hetter uotice than: E-can give;and only: wait capital and machinery to astonish” the’ “vorld with their richness. Atithe regular annual’ meeting of our Dis“trict, held a few days since, Mr. J. P: Comter was elected President: "W: Li:Stevens, Secre; . tary, for the ensting year, ap osyl Comter, . Esq., wns re-elected our District, Recorder. We have verycold weather’ op, here; plenty of ice and snow, and fine toonhieht nights. All we lack is aa importation of ecrinoline, o few straps of bells, and wesnught eujoy life as we were wont to do in’ eee ceo hefore, we ' left America, a. io Tuawtre. ap Tar Furure oF -Aneercan’: Custis: -Horare . Greeley gives it as.his opinion that. the chief cities of ‘the United States will ‘rank,.in : the census of 1900, in the following order: I, ‘New York); 2, Philadelphia ; 3). st Louis ;: 4 Ohi‘eago; 5, Cincinnati; 6, San Francisco ; 7: ig Baltimore ; 8, Boston; 9, poylerstng eecmponds 7 5 P Bluff are on a water eek this, winter.’ Ditech Company. heretofore’ hes ‘charged twenty ceots per inch, and the. “maers: demanda Tee The result is, dull times in that section. »When tbe matter will, be , compromised or settled no one seems, to kaow, ; New Frovrryo Minis. -—Stock tothe amount, of $16,000 has heen takeb, by. leading’: citizeas: of Vaca Valley, iu a Company, organized for ;the purpose of estnblishing a steam flouriog mill # that vicinity. 1.

Tire Dining, wd» Seleutific: Press, mass est a _ ining. Suite OALIFORNIA, Whore Prumas.—The Quiney Union of the 3a inst. says that the new smelting furnaces at Genesee Valley wager fired-np, for the firat time, oue day, this week.-A qnantity; -of copper ore was sinelted, “end the furnaces worked to’ a charm. The company, think” they have got “the ata thing gaited,” and we hope they. have, -.-., Wr ‘A. ‘Bolinger. has purchased, he, interest . of JA! Blood in ‘the. Crescent Quartz company, of Indian Valley," Mr. Blood pwiigd 166 shares. ‘*~ Burre.—The proprietor of the National Hotel, at Oroville, digging a'well'struck gravel at tle depth-of seven or eight'feet,’ “hel has . ! panued ont half a dollar to ‘the hueket:.” we 'Signra——The Messenger ‘says: i For, the. week ‘endiug ‘Tuesday’ evening last, mild, ainy. weather, and: the disappearance of! snow has been rapid in the extreme. ,, Though usually at, this.season,a warm rain, is, looked . . upon, with disfavor, . this last has, we hear; start ed watcr all over the county, with a prospect of . ! a continnons and hounteous snpply. We think . ! the diggings all through this,range were never in better condition, nor the. beryget: 2) gold more Drones now. ’ Atpine.—The Chronicle says that the ite. pioneers of Alpine connty are ee ‘but industry, rid one by 0 one their elatiish are “expdsibg deposits Of ri rich 31 ore. A few days sines, aledge. of « Inahle ore was strack inthe Mol-” t mpany’ ‘s toopel, at Mogul. The ledge 18 feet in ‘width, and thefore is’a (EST Saka white quartz, and assays, alter’ careful sampling, $38 to the tou in silver. Tt. contains. .no. gold, and scarcely a trace of copper. It is the intention of the,company to send ,their_ore,.to the Pioneer Quartz'mill and keep it running steadily.’ ‘' Little Mogul”. bids fair,to, be the first district in'-Alpine county, having a claim . snfficiently developed to keepa mill supplied with ore. The Pioneer, ‘Quartz Mill is said’ to be. one “of the. hest, appointed mills of its size: onthe Hast side of the mountains. ‘fhe Monitor Gazette says that''Mr. Coffey, on€. of the principal owners of the Sherman, is: ut ‘work: developing the same, and with exceflént pros’ pects. The Santa, Eulalia, company is steadily at work, and :éxpect.to pierce their ledge: after, running their tunnel forty-five feet’ further. — The ledge i is said to be eighty, feet thick, .. The . Morning Star’ Company expect to reach their . shaft with the tnoncl inside of,two weeks, when a large quantity of ore will hs within reach,’,, The .Anerican T, & S. M. Co., having: ron their tunnel 200 feet, have Struck'a body . g of arsenical pyrites: or mandie, so, friable that . it rapidly falls to pieces ou exposure ‘to the air. The indication is considered, a good one. . ,» In the’ Silver Mountain District, a, mseting'’ of the stockholders of the Buckeye Co.No. ie was lield of, the 5th inst, to take into . consideration the propriety of leasing: ‘the, mine.’ It} was voted todo so. Work is going ahead on: the MLagateat Preise ania, ‘Washington, and, Buckeye-No.'2: “The Lady Franklin’ company . has-szspended operations ‘until they can get over es) to put onthe shaft, © """ ‘NeyanikA’ quantity of s0ek, consisting of: a ‘hundred tons.or‘inore, from the ‘falbert ledge, Willow Walley, ‘now heing crashed at the Oriental mill, promises to yield fully $50'to the . ton. .It is the ‘intention ‘of thé company to. erect steam: hoisting works on the’ ledge. oo John Spayth, some . two: cweeks since, says, the' Gazetle, discovered a “quartz ledge, about ten miles above Nevada, on Deer Creek, which is likely to ‘prove one of the mostvalatle in the “county, On. his: returu to Nevada, he'. brought a Specimen, ‘which, on ‘being ponnded up and washed: out, yielded $640.75. The specimen was. nearly pure gold. Spayth has organized, a ‘company, and patinen ith’ his partuers: to further prospect and: stake off the claim. "Lhe ledge is said to be twelve feet in width: 'The exact locality of the, ae pt not been’ made. ue oll ponte oir Spangled (Bauney re. flea: been ed up: It consists of, ten; Stamps. at, present, But, ; arranged’ for ten. more; rdtiven ‘by a 40-horse power éugine. The ‘Sulphurets are concentratediand. suliscquently worked in one : iof, Hop. kits’ pans. » The company. will. also have their . new. hoisting and pumping works, ip operation’ in a few days, after whieh the mill wil be, fully supplied’ ‘with. rock ;At Grass ‘Vall Fy i canlo a AS, é) pefiaticed hy reason’ of" the “bad. condition ot), the"tdads} in’ ‘corisétjubnoe of whiely iti is difiienlt to keep'up the supply of wood, and” the inills last, we , had, ‘ti . was. built:, ata distance . from th the mines, haye the 2 addition12 Hn. al diftculty i in getting rock. The Union is informed that the Watt Bros. have > purchased a half interest in the. mining clnim known.as.the Rush and Laton gronnd, op Ophir’ Hill’; a first exteusion ‘south, of the celebrated Ophir Lead, owued by Messrs. }and Houston. “They wilt’ erett, an exten: . mill uponi;the, iiiide at an’ erly day: ml The Watt Brothers haye sal ‘their Jnterest \THill, to the Enbekbridee aoe The, ‘portion. of the mine owned by the “Watts”. ‘having . been . . i taken up in superficial: claims, has heen worked . : e est haye bonght their improve ments, with, which to ‘work their grdund, An offer equiva: ‘re weed hy Iti is reported . that, the: “Allison, stinente is now. .tarning out gold in. almost fabulous ‘quantities? iThe: rock: being crushed is'taken'‘trom a’ d&pth! lof seven hundred feet, and yields at the rate of: ‘31/800 a tia !--The yield--of the ro¢k _efushed: fin the mill, for the "past moith, is said to have] jheen at ‘the. rate. of. $200,000. a.weeki—that iamouat having been cleaned up ‘each Satarday . night, forfour weeks past. At this rate, the’ nine would turo out ten million dollars ‘per ecg gg _ Exeelsior District. —The Virginia, ‘Union says that.the owners of the. Enterprise » claim, in this district, are: prosecuting: the: work: of} taking out, theirrich paying rock: very. ‘lively. Quite a hole has.been mnde in.their old. starting place,.a shaft some-forty feet deep having heen supk in it, athe bottom of syhick better ore than ever has’ been obtained, “Auother, shaft has been commenced: west’ of the old ot. quality of rich ore.. The company’s nil, being ‘put up by Messrs, Goss’ & "Lambert, of eA praia Sep will he.finished .and in running order in the course of fifty days, and’ then we, may expect to Hear of sich, a yield: of: the . precious inetal.as will astonish as; asthe roek assays bigh up in the pay figures. Few, leads havé heen located in'Hxcelsior District which. prospect less tban 520. per ton; which ore ean’ be mined and worked flere for less than half thatsnm. Waters. & Co. made an assay’ aday. : or two:ago of tock fron the Daniel Webster claim,-which yielded atthe rate. of $8,454' 06° to' ‘the ton. A gets of rich aicked rack, of. course. , _ Took. ~The ‘TFoolumne Cour ier’ seems on Pacifie Plat (Blue: Gulch), naxr Algerine, last week, had the good fortune to coms across. ed out sari . faead -dollars,: “and? still continue the pleasing pastime; monch more of the stuff-being jo ‘sight. Last Saturday, a Mexiean prospecting.on Whisky Hill, below’ Jamestown, ‘strock-a oeket andina few hours took out a panfall of very rich specimens. On Wednesday, a miner on Wood’s creek, picket!’ upia chispa‘worth: twelve dollars. We also. have heard of a streak of luck that some gentlemen‘of Sonora-have fullen into, but ate, requested nof, make. the . Tp ee public at’ resent. : : The Mount. Fannie mide, in ihis county, 0 on’ Friday Febraary: 2d; cleaned: up’ $6,000 as noe product of el ‘days’ wor ‘days’ work. . “4 CaLavers’ he San’ Andrés. Begiiter }says that P2°As) Bordwell © 'Co.,on Centre: Hill have‘struek--some very rich dirt ih thei; claim, ftom whieh they expect te get good pay, if it continues to » yield _a as well as it ptpspects. They havelbeen at. ‘work fora long=time, and have speut cousiderable money, and much time in opening the claim, and have at last found dirt which promises to pay thein for their labor. . They deserve, success, for they are industrious and hard working miners. i ee Amapor.—The Amador ‘Ledger: says, ‘the Butte Ditch Company ‘Have completed the laying down of-their large iron pipe” that eon 'veys water on the top'of. Tunnel \Hill: . hn, wotks wel]; and ‘meets their most « eye . expectations. Quite a number-of, miners are . getting ready to go'to work ia that locality. ~ The Dispatch says that Captain Little; Denning and Burwel; owners of, the Blue. Jacket quartz ‘lede,. bave heen--offered $30,000 for. thefr interest in this lode.’ ‘The aniourt offered is satisfactory. but. the. terms.of payment do not suit. ‘The -parties: negotiating for this valuablé lode are ‘ageots” fori" ‘eémpany of New Work ae = ne stat { stamps . ii operation ip the mill of the Coney, lode, do’ crease of ‘four stamps sioce the mill . ‘The. proprietors intend toadd four, mote stamps: withia the next’ month.The enterprising . compnnywhich: owns the Rane é and fifty cents; ahouts.” That paper: learns that a company f aavay S. 10, her mill last week on riday , bhe: stampa ‘stamps. 7 EES Wu, -Dick ‘Howard, who: ‘has for: ‘some weeks past beea energeticnlly prospecting in Hunt's guleh for quartz, at last has the. pleasant satisfaction ,of seeing his labors rewarded bythe develop-’

ment, of a,wwell defined ledge; ‘abut three feet lin width, literally dotted with gold.‘ Mr. H's «{:claim is believed to he~ot the same . lode with " Coney and Bde Taeket.’ © apnuty an PIRGINIA CITY AND VIC avi . “The Gold, Hil News, gays that fitiesiee ce fof pallies for the past-fewdays, has heen light, not ‘Neeanse! the ‘ro: ji does hot’ yield as” ‘snuch mérly, but. from the fact that.the. horrid, condition of, the roads. will not. permit, the teams,to mgre than keep the,.milla.:half come plied, while the. dumps are half full.. “The Exterprise gives the follgemne enuméra‘Jtiou of assessments recently levied :—The Globe Mining. cotipany has ‘levied! “ain assess. ‘. heot “of ‘one-dollarper share ; Hale & ' No.’ ",. .cross, of twenty-five’ dollars , to the “Share ;, Noith Comstock Ge and S.M. company, agsess-, meat. No, 8, 0f tiventy-five cents per share,; oe company,.ten, dollnrs, per share; Rogers:S, ‘M. company, Flowery District,: ‘three ‘dellars= per ‘share ; Kentuck Mining compatiy, Gold Hill District, bns rescinded assessment of seventeen dollars and fifty cents per share, . whiéh was’ day of Deéenther,. 1865." "rhe Same com 1 the, first day of, February, levied an a ntof sexen dollars Lady ‘Bryan G.and S. M. company has levied an, assessment.of onedollar . per-share; MounteBlanc G.and.S. M/eomPaO two dollars and fifty cents per share. “The Mariposa’ mill, at’, the; foot of ‘Cedar Bill, has lately been thoroughly overhauled, the old Howland, rotary battery. thrown out, and -a. hepa straight 12-inch stamp battery. substituted. . he six Smith .paus “have béen” tarned/"into’ Wheeler ‘pans, -hy permission’ of‘ Wlieélet’ & . Randall; patentees. ' fie puns; thus improved, ane. considered even better than: the, regulor ; Wihseler. pao, inasmueh. as theyare wider-and . deeper-thonthe original Wheeler pan.’ ‘We pans wete’ altered ‘at the Pibneer “Foundry; where patterns for such alterdtions still’ tenialn. . The “ariousimprovements made have ‘increased the.capacity of the mill from to: twenty tons.per twenty-four hours. ‘he Mariposa mill seems in.a fair way to SS more profitable: than evér before, -.“By actual ‘survey it has” in aseertained that the-rich deposit of ore. lately “struck: by: the Hale & Norcross Is seventy-nine feet‘south" of the south line of the Savage. The RCrreY was ‘iijadb“Dy the Savirge Com paiy!” “ “The Kentuéke Comipany are ‘taking ‘out a preg quantity of excellent, ore, . " mi er. ik REESE RIVER. .,; -; Sax Axtonyo ie Nye Couxry,, rey, ” ‘entific Jb Pi tir ‘several weeks we have, been in regular receipt ol your valuable { paper, in wheb-‘Tisee yon invite commnaications from’ all .points, particularly from where mining. is beitig cartitd on. Being’ myself ole of the founders of this district, and having ‘resided here almest continuously for two years, and beiog Pretty well ‘acduaintéed swithats merits hand prospects, I will assume'“to give you, from time “to'tine atte" “ite Br thé cas }going” a Te iil inountain, about ten'miles' east and: west. ay. forty miles north and sogth, ,, It,is bounded on the east by Monitor: Waller 2! and on" the wor the continues its ome enon, and. ‘merges into . * Death Valley.” *Sna--Antovio lies about one hundred miles south from. the city of Adstin, sixty miles southeast from: Iune;and fifty miles hortheast from Silver Peak District . The. thoutitains in this portion of thé couo, try seem to have: been broken up aad Scattered ia isolated _Inass¢s, rather than formed” in ‘con-. b $j nected. Tatizes. i ‘ Ahout, twenty: five miles southwest Mordor Antonio, a lone_mountain of granite rises to the hicht of 3.000 Pebg above the valleys. ‘This isthe only granite’ wt we iy tthe section iy tlie, cotinttys::/ La ,otber places, vast: nae of eet are seen, that, TIS unedopectedly, and from isolated mountains. ‘The mountains where th mines-are” folind' are composed almost, if Tot: quite exclusively, of argilacéous' slate. To'the horthward -and-eastward the rocks are composed of'the older volcanic productions basalt and the} jOlder lavasy1 tere’ ih oho 8 fv AS ay ual,,in,, this, the , Reqse. River. region, Ho meialliferous Veins are found jn the volcanic . . ta phe slate ‘ja this “district has, 2 . differerit:lithologieul character fron that’ tisually found in this country," and its structure, resem: bles’ shalé more thant thnt’bf! any other district. It is probalily of mora regent genlogicnl epvehi . Oneida . quarte: lode, started twenty aldo . than the Wlate fouud furthér to the aorthWard . richness of our mines.. «.‘) duction of five cents. —— San Antnbio was first discovered in October, 1863, by some Mexieans.! THe fumotts Liberty ledge was the first location made: ‘This miue has been worked during,,the. past year to a depth of two hundred and fity. leet, aud though ho Water has made:its appearaneetin the niine, the game rich ore is found at'the bottom of the incline. Some thirty tons of” “ore have been taken from this mine, bauléd' and’ reduced ‘at the Austin mills, at .a0 uot eat 9125 per ton,.and then yielding a clenr. profit to ‘ihe oe of $200 per ton. The lowest yield’ ‘Was $317 per ton. ‘he vein’ is-from’ fonr to Six feet thiek, its course is ‘wos th’ And . sonth, ‘and dips} nt an angle of "40° to, the east.. "Several a horses ” have oceurred during the, working. of the incline, still the vein-has resumed its nsnal regularity. It has solid slate érossings, with . elay selvages. ‘The “* Liberty-” is pronounced by all who have seéh it, to be the: largest. yein of rieh chloride ore. yet “found, in. the whole Reese River country. ,In many places. down the incline large: sheets ‘of horn’ silver (the purest kind of* chloride of silver)'eaty be seen, and taken off with a pen-knifeWork on the Liberty has heen temporarily. snspended, for the porpose of erecting hoisting: works, after which the mine will ‘be workelf” steadily; and will surely prove 2 eae of great, prolit ‘a its lueky owners. I speak more:. pnr ticularly. of ‘the: Tibarty in this, Irom the fact: of its being thé’ first'‘discovery af the district,and" its having the.’ most work done, aud ‘Naving sent owny the largest amount of rich ‘ore. But, in, speaking of the merits of any one mine, I, an not wish.to detract from! the merits of. others;: alk of savhich I will . speak in due time. eo San Antonio is-but little known, to' the” outside pores from the, fact of, its isglated situation.) It was discovered’ at the .time ofthe crisig of 1863, and but few of the early locators have. been able to hold on to their mines? « But the day long wished fot‘ts now adv: ancing. and we can see throngh thé’ sifting elyals . ‘of ,adversity evidenee of our future. prosperity.. ¢ Mr. Wm. {1. L. Barnes, lawyer of your ity, ond Mr. Geo. Hunt, of Gold Till; assisted” b W. C. Ralston, of theBank of: ‘California; . have nearly completed’ a first-clags ten stamp mill, with four roasting furnaces, and all the appliances for the rednetion of, all kinds of ores. The amalgamation will he hy the: barrel « ‘process, and under the immediate ‘supervision “of Mr. E. N. Riottle, formetly of tlie” assiy office of Theall & Co., of ' ‘Austin. "Mr, Biottle isan expetienced and, cempetent metallurgist, and from jnumerous, assays’ and «workings of’ ores from . this district, he is .well satisfied of the my og 410) Woy 4 id t Mr. Enunt has full ebarge of the whole works, and deserves great credit for the efficient manner in which lre-has*pnshed forward work on the mill, as well as for’ thie good judgment displayed i in assisting the Lee Company: in get. 1, ting out ore for the: employment of his mill.» Bejore this letter reaches. you, we :will' hear the steam whistle echoing through our hilly ind . . volleys, and the clattering stainps’ will’ send hew eneouragement to, the miners cabin door ; the miner, in return, will enter. his, mine with renewed vigor to extrnct the precious metal. .In my next, ] will give yon a fnll deseription® tof the working of our * Pioneer Mill,” in all its details, as “well asa brief, shotice ‘of . 'soine other! of our leading mines, , The. Potomae, Cruzes, Lee, Rigby, Vv ulcan and, J.as Animas, ond many other rieh ledges nre deserving’ of 1% hetter uotice than: E-can give;and only: wait capital and machinery to astonish” the’ “vorld with their richness. Atithe regular annual’ meeting of our Dis“trict, held a few days since, Mr. J. P: Comter was elected President: "W: Li:Stevens, Secre; . tary, for the ensting year, ap osyl Comter, . Esq., wns re-elected our District, Recorder.. We have verycold weather’ op, here; plenty of ice and snow, and fine toonhieht nights. All we lack is aa importation of ecrinoline, o few straps of bells, and wesnught eujoy life as we were wont to do in’ eee ceo hefore, we ' left America, a. io Tuawtre. ap Tar Furure oF -Aneercan’: Custis: -Horare . Greeley gives it as.his opinion that. the chief cities of ‘the United States will ‘rank,.in : the census of 1900, in the following order: I, ‘New York); 2, Philadelphia ; 3). st Louis ;: 4 Ohi‘eago; 5, Cincinnati; 6, San Francisco ; 7: ig Baltimore ; 8, Boston; 9, poylerstng eecmponds 7 5 P Bluff are on a water eek this, winter.’ Ditech Company. heretofore’ hes ‘charged twenty ceots per inch, and the. “maers: demanda Tee The result is, dull times in that section. »When tbe matter will, be , compromised or settled no one seems, to kaow, ; New Frovrryo Minis. -—Stock tothe amount, of $16,000 has heen takeb, by. leading’: citizeas: of Vaca Valley, iu a Company, organized for ;the purpose of estnblishing a steam flouriog mill # that vicinity. 1.