Volume 12 (1866) (428 pages)

_—— 134 Ghe Mining and Scientific Dress, ining Sumy. CALIFORNIA. Nevana County —The Nevada Gazeite says that a lot of one hundred aud ten tons of rock from the Tolbert ledge, erushed at the Oriental mill, was cleaned up on Saturday, of last week, and yielded between eleven and twelve hundred ounces of amalgam. We do not know how much the amalgain retorted, but even at four or five dollars an ounee, the yield would be large. The ledge is being worked steadily, and we understand that the owners purpose erecting steam hoisting and pumping works immediately. The Grass Valley Union says that Frank Morse. who has long owned an interest in the Essex Ledge, on Mill street, has succeeded in buying out the conflicting titles to the claim, and now owns some two thousand feet; he intends erecting machinery upon it dnring the next mouth. their claim, forty-seven sacks of which have been shipped to the Pioneer mill at Markleeville, to be worked. We learn from the Monitor Gazeite that the company owning the Lady Franklin, or Fremont lode, in Scandinavian Canon, have got their ledge, and that it is all the most hopeful stockholder could wish. They have a mass of clay which proves to be rich in chloride of silver, and intermixed with fine looking quartz, showing ruby silver in remunerative quantities. They had previously passed through this, and thought it worthless. This occurrence shows the necessity of watching closely for new developments in our mines as the work of exploration proceeds—and the importance of having superintendents thoroughly versed in and educated to their business. The workmenin the Morning Star tunnel struck through into their shaft a few days since, thus insuriug good ventilation in the future progress of their work, and relieving the Company from the necessity and expense of artificial ventilation. The Nevada Transcript says that a considerable amount'of prospecting is being done) about Rough and Ready, and no doubt rich ledges will yet be opeued. The gold found in the channels in that vicinity is all wash gold and hears unmistakable evidence of having come from quartz ledges. These ledges will yet be found, and those who search diligently are bound in good time to be rewarded. The editor has seen some specimens from the Sherman ledge, which is located about three miles from Rough and Ready. The rock contains a large amount of free gold and rich sulphurets. The Excelsior Mines.—It is stated that the snow is gradually disappearing froin the hills in Excelsior. Several claims on Old Mau Mountain are being worked. The California mill is crushing ore from the mines of the company. The Eclipse mill will shortly start up. Many persons who left last fall are returning to the tines. The people are anticipating lively times in the spring. Two hundred pounds of rock taken at random from the White Mountain lead, worked at the Mariposa mill in Virginia city, yielded $36 per ton. ‘This rock was not selected, but was taken from aeross the width of the lead. Parties have offered to erect a 20-stamp mill for half the mine. Whether the owners will aecept the offer remains to be seen. The lode is seventy five feet wide and well defined, and can be traced southerly three miles. .The Fredonia mine, situated in Meadow Lake district, has been sold recently toa New York company. The amount paid for the property was $20,000. The Fredonia is regarded as ainong the leading mines of the dis. trict, though not so well developed as a aumber . of others. Puacer.—A gentleman who has had much experience in hydraulie mining about Dutch Flat, expresses the opinion that good hydraulic claims can be found in the vicinity of Auburn, and is now on a visit there for the purpose of finding suitable ground upon whieh to commence work. The editor of the Stars and Stripes hopes his surmises may be correct and the undertaking a suecessful one. The same paper adds that almost the entire section between Auburn and Grass Valley is a mineral region, traversed by numerous ledges, the golden richness of which will some day astonish many an “honest miner.” Not many years hence we expeet to see numerous quartz mills erected upon some of these ledges. Capital and more practical quartz miuers is what we need in this seetion. Amapor.—The editor of the Tree Press has been presented with a beautiful specimen of gold-bearing quartz, by Ruffino Barni, agent for Jose del Carmen Rodriguez, owner of the celebrated “ Cerro Rieo” vein in this county. The specimen literally sparkles all over with gold and is the richest we have ever seen. The vein is situated on Bear Creek, about two miles from the town of Colorado, and eight miles from Mariposa. he editor thinks it isa fortune to its Iucky possessor. Monterry.—The Monterey Gazetie says: ‘We are repeatedly asked whether we bear anything more of the silver nines that were reported discovered some time since. We are not in receipt of anything definite yet. All that is known is that mines have been found, and there are parties now engaged in thoroughly prospecting them. Nothing definite has been developed as yet, but holders are very sauguine. We will wait and see, and we are assured by a gentleman largely interested and iu every way Teliable that should the result be that anticipated, 7. e., favorable, that he will lose no time in apprising us of the fact. AvPIne,—We learn from the Silver Mountain Bulletin that the Mullan company, at . Among these old companies we notice that the . Indisputable Quartz Mining Comnany, whose Quartz of a very rich character has recently been taken from nearly all tunnels that have tapped their lodes. Vhe Wide West shows equally as good a ledge as the I X L or Buckeye No. 1, aud has commenced a double shaft, well and securely timbered, which is now down fifty feet. 'The ore that has already been taken from the ledge is such as fully justifies the erection of steam hoisting works, which would greatly reduce the eost of workiug the miue. VIRGINIA CITY AND VICINITY, The gold Hill News has prepared a tabular statement of the numher of men employed in the mines at Gold Hill and Virginia City, together with the quantity of ore mined daily. We give the statement as a matter of interest to many who would doubtless like to preserve statistics of this kind: VIRGINIA MINES. No, tons ore ployed. per day. phir o. 45 30 California 6 10 215 Savage.. 176 90 Hate & Nore 40 40 Chollar-Potosi gu Totalic. cccccsesescnscenenantne 662 475 GOLD HILL MINES. No.menemNo. tons ore ploy ed. per day. Bullion. 25 Exchequer, Alpha., 15 Imperial 150 Bacou. 75 Empire 63 Eclipse. 4u Stevenson. 20 Consolidated . 100 60 Su 65 lo Yellow Jacket 175 Kentucky . 10 Crown Point 75 AWE Gy ecco Sunoeco node ace oonene U2 960 Supposing this ore to be worth $30 per ton, the amount taken from the Gold Hill mines, daily, would amount to $28,000 ; per menth, $864,000. The amount taken from the mines of Virgiua, per day, would be, by the same estimate, $14,250; per month, $427,500. . Tbe total amount of ore taken out in Vir-. ginia aud Gold Hill, per day, is 1,435 tons ;) per muath, 43,050 tons. Value per day, $43,-. 050; per month, $1,291,500. -In the above estimate no accouut is taken of any of the mines outside of the two cities of Gold Hill and Virginia. A large amount of prepatory work is now being doue, by which, . according to the News, the nresent yield will be very waterially increased within three or four months. The News thiuks that in view of these facts and the late important developments on the Comstock lode, that district is on . the verge of a new era in a mining point of view. The Virginia Union says that siuce the several rich strikes which have recently been made on the Comstock lode, work upon many claims which had heen partially or entirely suspended, has now been resumed, and several parties who were formerly owners in the old locatious made years ago, north of these recent reported developments, are looking up their old stock, which by force of circumstances had become “ wild-cat” and considered worthless. claim was locuted in 1863, and incorporated in January, 1864, have commenced work on their Mognl, have strnck some very rich rock in claim by sinking a shaft east of street aud north of Taylor. Some fuir-looking rock, showing free gold, has already been found at a depth of ten feet, where their ledge was struck. Considerable excitement is now brewing on accouut of this and other locations on this sainc line, which are being looked up by the former owuers. As the old owners of these lougthrown-up claims are now hecoming wide awake upon the subject, we shall expect soon to chronicle the successful vpening of uumerous valuable quartz veins withiu a stone’s throw of our office. Nine bars of bullioa, worth $7,820 60, were brought into Virginia City on the 16th ultimo, from the Whitlatch claim, Reese River. A new mill is being builtin Mountain Wells District, some three miles from La Plata, by a compauy known as the Connecticut & Nevada. The main mill building will he forty-two by eighty-four feet, and will go into operatiou about the first of April. The company own a lead some ten feet in width, which will average 9100 per tou, by mill process, as the rock assays from $190 to $300. Some ore lately brought to Virginia City! from the new Truckee District assays $138 per ton. ‘lhe argentiferous gulena ores of this. district are very rich, and we hope that some profitable mode of workiug them will shortly be discovered. The Winton Mill, Excelsior District, Nevada county, Calitornia, isrunning on ore from the Pacific mine. It yields about $70 per ton. The Hale & Noreruss shipped $16,000 in bullion on the 24th ult. ‘Ibe California Company are taking out a considerable amount of excellent ore from uear the surface of their claim. In following the deposits down, bodies of ore may be found which have heretofore been missed by the drifts of the lower levels. The Globe Mining Company, on American Flat struck another vein of water in their tunnel on the 20th nlt. They supposed they must have cut through the casing into the vein. A stratum of water five inches deep, running the whole width of the tunnel was running out at the date of the latest report. ‘The water alone, if it continues is worth a fortune. Work has recently heen again commenced on the old Iudisputable cluim. This claim was located in 1863. ‘The Company are taking out ore for a mill test. The lode is said to he nearly filty feet. wide at a poiut where it is cut by the Best & Belcher tunocl. Purties owning in old cluims located in the range of the late developments are beginning to prick up their ears and look after uncieut stakes and landmarks. The Lnterprise has seen some excelleut ore from the New ‘lruckee district. which was taken to that office hy Mr. P. Williums. In the series are included the Moonlight, 414 feet wide ; the Northeru Light, 7!4 feet; and the Morning Light, 12 feet in width. The ores from these leads assay from 3138 to $600 in gold aud silver. Mr. W.exhibited a specimen of argentiferous galena which assays at the rate of $80 per tonin gold. So large a per cent. of gold has seldom been found in argentiferous galena, REESE RIVER. Location of Reese River Mining Districts. Much attention appears to be directed, at the present time, to the outside districts, which recognize Austin as their commercial center. Throughout the entire of Central Nevada, a number of new mining districts have recently been established, which promise, in the course of time, to prove equal to most of the older localities, the permanency and richness of whose mines is well established. South of Austin there are several districts in the Toiyaba range. On the west side is Washington ‘district ; into which capital is now fiuding its way, but from which no bullion has yet been received. Directly opposite, on the east side of the mountains is Blue Spring district, Itis elaimed that there are quite a number of very important ledges already discovered 10 this district. A large Pennsylvania Company is located here. Immediately south and adjoining is the North Pwin River district ; and still further south is the well known Twin River district itself, where is located the famous ‘Murphy mine. A large amount of Bastera cupital has already been located here. Still south of here isthe South ‘win district, wbere itis said noless than four mills are to be erected the coming summer. From Blue Spring to Twin River is one coutinned series of mining districts ; aud within which it is expected uot less than a dozen mills will be put up the coming season. Some twenty miles west of the Twin River country is Union district, im which there isa; 10-stamp mill in operatiou, and several others in process of construction. ‘Neu miles further west is the Mammoth district. Here two mills are iv process of construction. Several heavy Eastern Companies are located here. To the south of this point is San Antonio district, where a first elass 10-stamp mill has recently gone into operation, and where the prospect is good for the erection of others soon. West of this is the Esmeralda country, which is well known to ovr readers. Still further south is the Silver Peak country which gives evidence of soon becoming an important mining point. A 10-stamp will is ulready in operation there and a 40-stamp mill nearly ready to start; several others are in contemplation. Clarendon district is 150 miles sonthwest of Austin, and filteen west of Volcano district. We gatber the above from the Nye County News. Very rich developments have recently heen made in the Mauhattan Company's mines on Lander Hill. Hunt's mill, at Indian Springs, near the San Antonio district went into operation on the 2nd ult. It is crnsbing ore from the Lee mine, which is said to be very rich. The Confidence mill, at last accounts was about ready to go into operation. The Company’s mine was rapidly heing frecd from water, and will soon be iv a condition to yield a harvest of rich ore. The Revielle is informed that important developments ure being made on the Murphy miue. ‘They have recently taken out ol different excavations from 250 to 300 tons of ore that will easily yield $250 per ton by iill process. EUMBOLDT. We learn, frown the Humboldt Register, that the Arabia mines continue to improve as the work of prospecting progresses. Work continnes on the Bald Hornet, and the ledge looks better thun ever. .A new ledge, bearing the same character of ore, has been discorered near the Gloriana Series—the ore being as fine as any ever found iu the district. The Daisy, having turned out to entire satisfaction lengthwise and in width, is now having its depth tried. At Oreana, “everything is lovely and the goose hangs high.” Another mill is on the way to the East Rauge. M. Milleson has organized a company to open the Ne Plus Ultra utiue, of Sierra district. ‘‘his company, il we are correctly informed, is composed of solid men. who know something of what a good silver inive is, and that it cannot be properly opened in a day, aud without expense. ESMERALDA. The editor of the Esmeralda Union has conversed with gentlemen, who are practical miners, from Bodie, Silver Peak, Hot Springs and other adjoining camps, and all appear to be sanguine as to the future of their respective localities. ‘he Crescent eompany, at Bodie, is reported to have struck it very rich, but as we have not been able to ascertain the fucts, we merely give the report as we have heard it. There is hardly a week but what large freight teanis are passing through Avrora, loaded with machtnery for some of the adjoining camps, which to us appears rather flattering. Nearly all the ledges in the immediate vicinity of Aurora are owned by incorporated cumpanies, many of whom wilt not work the mines themselves, or allow others to work them. The editor is satisfied that a good portion of these mines will puy well if properly worked, and thinks there should be some provision made compelling thein to work or abandon the miues. Sart Laze.—The Salt Lake Véedeite says: We recently witnessed assays of ores frum the surface of four ledges in Rush Valley, thirtyeight miles from this city, which yielded from one to six hundred dollars per ton. The ore was argentiferous galeua. When we eonsider that millions of tons of such rich ores, easy of access, are the prize awaiting the capitalist, we can form sume idea of the vast wealth and power that willat oo distant day, be here concentrated. Suapows or Love.—Old men’s lives are lengthened shadows; their evening sun falls coldly on the earth, but tbe shadows all point to the morning. There have been many religious, but there is only oue code of morals.

_—— 134 Ghe Mining and Scientific Dress, ining Sumy. CALIFORNIA. Nevana County —The Nevada Gazeite says that a lot of one hundred aud ten tons of rock from the Tolbert ledge, erushed at the Oriental mill, was cleaned up on Saturday, of last week, and yielded between eleven and twelve hundred ounces of amalgam. We do not know how much the amalgain retorted, but even at four or five dollars an ounee, the yield would be large. The ledge is being worked steadily, and we understand that the owners purpose erecting steam hoisting and pumping works immediately. The Grass Valley Union says that Frank Morse. who has long owned an interest in the Essex Ledge, on Mill street, has succeeded in buying out the conflicting titles to the claim, and now owns some two thousand feet; he intends erecting machinery upon it dnring the next mouth. their claim, forty-seven sacks of which have been shipped to the Pioneer mill at Markleeville, to be worked. We learn from the Monitor Gazeite that the company owning the Lady Franklin, or Fremont lode, in Scandinavian Canon, have got their ledge, and that it is all the most hopeful stockholder could wish. They have a mass of clay which proves to be rich in chloride of silver, and intermixed with fine looking quartz, showing ruby silver in remunerative quantities. They had previously passed through this, and thought it worthless. This occurrence shows the necessity of watching closely for new developments in our mines as the work of exploration proceeds—and the importance of having superintendents thoroughly versed in and educated to their business. The workmenin the Morning Star tunnel struck through into their shaft a few days since, thus insuriug good ventilation in the future progress of their work, and relieving the Company from the necessity and expense of artificial ventilation. The Nevada Transcript says that a considerable amount'of prospecting is being done) about Rough and Ready, and no doubt rich ledges will yet be opeued. The gold found in the channels in that vicinity is all wash gold and hears unmistakable evidence of having come from quartz ledges. These ledges will yet be found, and those who search diligently are bound in good time to be rewarded. The editor has seen some specimens from the Sherman ledge, which is located about three miles from Rough and Ready. The rock contains a large amount of free gold and rich sulphurets. The Excelsior Mines.—It is stated that the snow is gradually disappearing froin the hills in Excelsior. Several claims on Old Mau Mountain are being worked. The California mill is crushing ore from the mines of the company. The Eclipse mill will shortly start up. Many persons who left last fall are returning to the tines. The people are anticipating lively times in the spring. Two hundred pounds of rock taken at random from the White Mountain lead, worked at the Mariposa mill in Virginia city, yielded $36 per ton. ‘This rock was not selected, but was taken from aeross the width of the lead. Parties have offered to erect a 20-stamp mill for half the mine. Whether the owners will aecept the offer remains to be seen. The lode is seventy five feet wide and well defined, and can be traced southerly three miles. .The Fredonia mine, situated in Meadow Lake district, has been sold recently toa New York company. The amount paid for the property was $20,000. The Fredonia is regarded as ainong the leading mines of the dis. trict, though not so well developed as a aumber . of others. Puacer.—A gentleman who has had much experience in hydraulie mining about Dutch Flat, expresses the opinion that good hydraulic claims can be found in the vicinity of Auburn, and is now on a visit there for the purpose of finding suitable ground upon whieh to commence work. The editor of the Stars and Stripes hopes his surmises may be correct and the undertaking a suecessful one. The same paper adds that almost the entire section between Auburn and Grass Valley is a mineral region, traversed by numerous ledges, the golden richness of which will some day astonish many an “honest miner.” Not many years hence we expeet to see numerous quartz mills erected upon some of these ledges. Capital and more practical quartz miuers is what we need in this seetion. Amapor.—The editor of the Tree Press has been presented with a beautiful specimen of gold-bearing quartz, by Ruffino Barni, agent for Jose del Carmen Rodriguez, owner of the celebrated “ Cerro Rieo” vein in this county. The specimen literally sparkles all over with gold and is the richest we have ever seen. The vein is situated on Bear Creek, about two miles from the town of Colorado, and eight miles from Mariposa. he editor thinks it isa fortune to its Iucky possessor. Monterry.—The Monterey Gazetie says: ‘We are repeatedly asked whether we bear anything more of the silver nines that were reported discovered some time since. We are not in receipt of anything definite yet. All that is known is that mines have been found, and there are parties now engaged in thoroughly prospecting them. Nothing definite has been developed as yet, but holders are very sauguine. We will wait and see, and we are assured by a gentleman largely interested and iu every way Teliable that should the result be that anticipated, 7. e., favorable, that he will lose no time in apprising us of the fact. AvPIne,—We learn from the Silver Mountain Bulletin that the Mullan company, at . Among these old companies we notice that the . Indisputable Quartz Mining Comnany, whose Quartz of a very rich character has recently been taken from nearly all tunnels that have tapped their lodes. Vhe Wide West shows equally as good a ledge as the I X L or Buckeye No. 1, aud has commenced a double shaft, well and securely timbered, which is now down fifty feet. 'The ore that has already been taken from the ledge is such as fully justifies the erection of steam hoisting works, which would greatly reduce the eost of workiug the miue. VIRGINIA CITY AND VICINITY, The gold Hill News has prepared a tabular statement of the numher of men employed in the mines at Gold Hill and Virginia City, together with the quantity of ore mined daily. We give the statement as a matter of interest to many who would doubtless like to preserve statistics of this kind: VIRGINIA MINES. No, tons ore ployed. per day. phir o. 45 30 California 6 10 215 Savage... 176 90 Hate & Nore 40 40 Chollar-Potosi gu Totalic. cccccsesescnscenenantne 662 475 GOLD HILL MINES. No.menemNo. tons ore ploy ed. per day. Bullion. 25 Exchequer, Alpha., 15 Imperial 150 Bacou. 75 Empire 63 Eclipse.. 4u Stevenson.. 20 Consolidated . 100 60 Su 65 lo Yellow Jacket 175 Kentucky . 10 Crown Point 75 AWE Gy ecco Sunoeco node ace oonene U2 960 Supposing this ore to be worth $30 per ton, the amount taken from the Gold Hill mines, daily, would amount to $28,000 ; per menth, $864,000. The amount taken from the mines of Virgiua, per day, would be, by the same estimate, $14,250; per month, $427,500. . Tbe total amount of ore taken out in Vir-. ginia aud Gold Hill, per day, is 1,435 tons ;) per muath, 43,050 tons. Value per day, $43,-. 050; per month, $1,291,500. -In the above estimate no accouut is taken of any of the mines outside of the two cities of Gold Hill and Virginia. A large amount of prepatory work is now being doue, by which, . according to the News, the nresent yield will be very waterially increased within three or four months. The News thiuks that in view of these facts and the late important developments on the Comstock lode, that district is on . the verge of a new era in a mining point of view. The Virginia Union says that siuce the several rich strikes which have recently been made on the Comstock lode, work upon many claims which had heen partially or entirely suspended, has now been resumed, and several parties who were formerly owners in the old locatious made years ago, north of these recent reported developments, are looking up their old

stock, which by force of circumstances had become “ wild-cat” and considered worthless. claim was locuted in 1863, and incorporated in January, 1864, have commenced work on their Mognl, have strnck some very rich rock in claim by sinking a shaft east of street aud north of Taylor. Some fuir-looking rock, showing free gold, has already been found at a depth of ten feet, where their ledge was struck. Considerable excitement is now brewing on accouut of this and other locations on this sainc line, which are being looked up by the former owuers. As the old owners of these lougthrown-up claims are now hecoming wide awake upon the subject, we shall expect soon to chronicle the successful vpening of uumerous valuable quartz veins withiu a stone’s throw of our office. Nine bars of bullioa, worth $7,820 60, were brought into Virginia City on the 16th ultimo, from the Whitlatch claim, Reese River. A new mill is being builtin Mountain Wells District, some three miles from La Plata, by a compauy known as the Connecticut & Nevada. The main mill building will he forty-two by eighty-four feet, and will go into operatiou about the first of April. The company own a lead some ten feet in width, which will average 9100 per tou, by mill process, as the rock assays from $190 to $300. Some ore lately brought to Virginia City! from the new Truckee District assays $138 per ton. ‘lhe argentiferous gulena ores of this. district are very rich, and we hope that some profitable mode of workiug them will shortly be discovered. The Winton Mill, Excelsior District, Nevada county, Calitornia, isrunning on ore from the Pacific mine. It yields about $70 per ton. The Hale & Noreruss shipped $16,000 in bullion on the 24th ult. ‘Ibe California Company are taking out a considerable amount of excellent ore from uear the surface of their claim. In following the deposits down, bodies of ore may be found which have heretofore been missed by the drifts of the lower levels. The Globe Mining Company, on American Flat struck another vein of water in their tunnel on the 20th nlt. They supposed they must have cut through the casing into the vein. A stratum of water five inches deep, running the whole width of the tunnel was running out at the date of the latest report. ‘The water alone, if it continues is worth a fortune. Work has recently heen again commenced on the old Iudisputable cluim. This claim was located in 1863. ‘The Company are taking out ore for a mill test. The lode is said to he nearly filty feet. wide at a poiut where it is cut by the Best & Belcher tunocl. Purties owning in old cluims located in the range of the late developments are beginning to prick up their ears and look after uncieut stakes and landmarks. The Lnterprise has seen some excelleut ore from the New ‘lruckee district. which was taken to that office hy Mr. P. Williums. In the series are included the Moonlight, 414 feet wide ; the Northeru Light, 7!4 feet; and the Morning Light, 12 feet in width. The ores from these leads assay from 3138 to $600 in gold aud silver. Mr. W.exhibited a specimen of argentiferous galena which assays at the rate of $80 per tonin gold. So large a per cent. of gold has seldom been found in argentiferous galena, REESE RIVER. Location of Reese River Mining Districts. Much attention appears to be directed, at the present time, to the outside districts, which recognize Austin as their commercial center. Throughout the entire of Central Nevada, a number of new mining districts have recently been established, which promise, in the course of time, to prove equal to most of the older localities, the permanency and richness of whose mines is well established. South of Austin there are several districts in the Toiyaba range. On the west side is Washington ‘district ; into which capital is now fiuding its way, but from which no bullion has yet been received. Directly opposite, on the east side of the mountains is Blue Spring district, Itis elaimed that there are quite a number of very important ledges already discovered 10 this district. A large Pennsylvania Company is located here. Immediately south and adjoining is the North Pwin River district ; and still further south is the well known Twin River district itself, where is located the famous ‘Murphy mine. A large amount of Bastera cupital has already been located here. Still south of here isthe South ‘win district, wbere itis said noless than four mills are to be erected the coming summer. From Blue Spring to Twin River is one coutinned series of mining districts ; aud within which it is expected uot less than a dozen mills will be put up the coming season. Some twenty miles west of the Twin River country is Union district, im which there isa; 10-stamp mill in operatiou, and several others in process of construction. ‘Neu miles further west is the Mammoth district. Here two mills are iv process of construction. Several heavy Eastern Companies are located here. To the south of this point is San Antonio district, where a first elass 10-stamp mill has recently gone into operation, and where the prospect is good for the erection of others soon. West of this is the Esmeralda country, which is well known to ovr readers. Still further south is the Silver Peak country which gives evidence of soon becoming an important mining point. A 10-stamp will is ulready in operation there and a 40-stamp mill nearly ready to start; several others are in contemplation. Clarendon district is 150 miles sonthwest of Austin, and filteen west of Volcano district. We gatber the above from the Nye County News. Very rich developments have recently heen made in the Mauhattan Company's mines on Lander Hill. Hunt's mill, at Indian Springs, near the San Antonio district went into operation on the 2nd ult. It is crnsbing ore from the Lee mine, which is said to be very rich. The Confidence mill, at last accounts was about ready to go into operation. The Company’s mine was rapidly heing frecd from water, and will soon be iv a condition to yield a harvest of rich ore. The Revielle is informed that important developments ure being made on the Murphy miue. ‘They have recently taken out ol different excavations from 250 to 300 tons of ore that will easily yield $250 per ton by iill process. EUMBOLDT. We learn, frown the Humboldt Register, that the Arabia mines continue to improve as the work of prospecting progresses. Work continnes on the Bald Hornet, and the ledge looks better thun ever. .A new ledge, bearing the same character of ore, has been discorered near the Gloriana Series—the ore being as fine as any ever found iu the district. The Daisy, having turned out to entire satisfaction lengthwise and in width, is now having its depth tried. At Oreana, “everything is lovely and the goose hangs high.” Another mill is on the way to the East Rauge. M. Milleson has organized a company to open the Ne Plus Ultra utiue, of Sierra district. ‘‘his company, il we are correctly informed, is composed of solid men. who know something of what a good silver inive is, and that it cannot be properly opened in a day, aud without expense. ESMERALDA. The editor of the Esmeralda Union has conversed with gentlemen, who are practical miners, from Bodie, Silver Peak, Hot Springs and other adjoining camps, and all appear to be sanguine as to the future of their respective localities. ‘he Crescent eompany, at Bodie, is reported to have struck it very rich, but as we have not been able to ascertain the fucts, we merely give the report as we have heard it. There is hardly a week but what large freight teanis are passing through Avrora, loaded with machtnery for some of the adjoining camps, which to us appears rather flattering. Nearly all the ledges in the immediate vicinity of Aurora are owned by incorporated cumpanies, many of whom wilt not work the mines themselves, or allow others to work them. The editor is satisfied that a good portion of these mines will puy well if properly worked, and thinks there should be some provision made compelling thein to work or abandon the miues. Sart Laze.—The Salt Lake Véedeite says: We recently witnessed assays of ores frum the surface of four ledges in Rush Valley, thirtyeight miles from this city, which yielded from one to six hundred dollars per ton. The ore was argentiferous galeua. When we eonsider that millions of tons of such rich ores, easy of access, are the prize awaiting the capitalist, we can form sume idea of the vast wealth and power that willat oo distant day, be here concentrated. Suapows or Love.—Old men’s lives are lengthened shadows; their evening sun falls coldly on the earth, but tbe shadows all point to the morning. There have been many religious, but there is only oue code of morals.