Volume 12 (1866) (428 pages)

86 Bie Wining aul Scientific Dress. ——— ali Heing Smavy. “CALIFORNIA. The immense rains which have prevailed since December have given ample assurance that the coming season will give us a bountiful harvest from the hydraulic and other placer wines of California. No doubt much damage has occurred by the swecping away of flumes, ditches and other improvements, hut the neverfailing energy of our mining friends will soon replace them, and their losses will be more or less compensated for hy the liheral supply of water, and the washing away of refuse tailings, ete. : The important hranch of qnartz mining is gaining vigor thronghout the whole coast. For several months the stock in many of our incorporated companies has heen going through a concentrating process, and hctter management may he expccted hereafter. ‘I'wo anda halfyears ago people were murtgaging their property, to huy stock in noknown mines. Now we hear of the examination and purcbase of mines by ; parties able to work them. The comparative results of the two classes of investment, so far’ as honest people are concerned, can be easily foretold. Axpine County.—The mines in Silver Monn. tain district are meeting with attractive results, and the value of our mines in this portion of the State muet soon become apparent. We are obliged to our reliahle friend for the following? ; ‘ Marx.eevitte, Jan. 29th, 1866.—Editors Mining and Scientifie Press:—Yhe Mullen company, in Mogul district, have struck a ledge of dark looking quartz, six feet thick. This claim was loceted for an extension of . : the Morning Star, and a tunnel started so as to tap tbe ledge several hundred feet deep; hut after running a short distance they came in contact with a ledge. After following it.a few feet they proceeded to cut through it, and fonnd some very good rock. The ‘ore is of a’ dark, iron color, appearing as if filled with base ‘metals. It Shows-some ruhy silver. An assayi was made to-day’ by Dr. Waters of this ‘place, . ! proving $38 per ton. This assay was sampled from a quantity of the rock, é0 as to get an average. ‘The Doctor thinks it will work very easily. The ledge is prohably a spur from the Morning Star. The point cut is not more than fifty feet below the surface. As the ledge leads iuto the hill it is quite likely it will improve. The walls arc well defined. The lode ig accompanied with mud casings,'and the rock is easily taken out with a pick aud shovel. H, M. George Washington Company.—The Monitor Gazette, alluding to the circular of the’ Secretary, Mr. W.D. Root, saye: We learn with pleacure that their affairs so long in'rather a mized state are assuming a business-like shape, and will soon he square and true. From recent letters received hy the Secretary from 8. A. Hawkins, Esq., Superintendent of the mine at Silver Mountain, and published with the addrees, we shonld judge the work there to he in a most prosperous condition and the tanuel near the long-sought ledge. Rieh Croppings—J. HE. White sent down to us, on Thursday evening, some samples of top rock from the St. Lawrence claim, in Scandinavian Cafion, that exhibits the pure plata. The St. Lawrence is a northern extension of the Wide West, and from the appearance of the qnartz eent ns, we should pronounce it Buckeye No. 1.—Silver Mountain Bulletin. The last named paper encouragee the disposal of a portion of the claims of the Buckeye Co., No.1, to an Eastern company for whom the Messrs. Pilkington Bros. are agents. Cazaverse County.—Hill Claim.—Thompson Wilson & Co.; have a claim on the side of Douglas Hill, on which they have suuk a shaft twenty-seven feet, and have run a drilt ahout twenty feet in one direction and in another ahout fifty, from which they are getting very good pay dirt, with every prospect of striking it better as they approach the bed-rock. The dirt+is cemented gravel and hard to wash, which is the case with most of the pay-dirt in this hill. . McGarr and McMiniman are drifting dirt from their claim which prospects well, and from which they expect to get good pay. Their shaft is about thirty feet deep ; from the hottom of which they have driftcd about two hundred feet on Jordan Hill. Barker, Anert, Shaw & Co, are getting from siz to eight dollars to the hand from their hydraulic diggings, employing five or six men. The Nohle Copper Mining Company have . eight stamps aud the same uumber of struck the main vein. This will give encouragement to other proprietors in the vicinity. Marin County.—The Ewing claim, near Bolinag. has struck a vein of twenty per cent., copper ore two feet thick, and is taking large quantities for shipment. Nevapa County.— We extract from recent dates of the Nevada Gazette as follows: At Hunter Hill, Clay & Co. have struck the pay lead and are taking out very rich cement in considerahle quantity. Their mill will be started immediately. Cozzens & Garher, whose: mill is situated betwecn Red Dog and You Bet, have been crushing extraordinary rich cement during the past week or two, and expect to make a hig clean-up. Denois McKeon and others are putting up pipes:and other fixtures to work a hody ot hy. draulic claims near Peck’s Ravine, to the right of the ridge road leading to Rough & Ready. The claims cover some twenty-five acres of land; have a good outlet, and are believed to be rich. They were worked by McKeon some six years ago, and paid very well by the old siuicing ptdcess., Water is reported plentifil at Little York and vicinity. The Transcript says: Miners are engaged in ground sluicitig in the ravine just bélow the . , Union Hotel, in the city of Nevada. The ground in-that neighborhood is said to.be very rich,,and old miners tell us that.an immense fortnne could he: taken out along the line of Main street. From the Grass Walley National: A splen-. ' did ledge was discovered:a few days since, about three miles helow Nevada. It ie called the “ Git-up-and-git.” Some very rich rock is being taken out of Hueston Hill. It is almost, if not quite as good ag that from the Ophir Hill. Lee’s mill, now heing constructed on Ophir Hill, is nearly completed. It will undoubtedly be the fiuest quartz mill in tbe State of California. * Stiles’ quartz mill, near Nevada, is now kept constantly at work upon rock from the Star Spangled Banner ledge. They are ranning pane iu use. The rock ie payiug well. ‘ The tamoue Watt claims have been worked out to the line, and operations suspended. The Watt Brothers have been successful miners. and seem to enjoy to a remarkable degree the good will of their neighhors. They own an interest in the Kurcka mine, one of the richest in this region, and will continue mining opcerations, probably for some time to come. ‘The first extension on the late Watt claim at Rocky Bar, or Massachusetts Hill, is that of the Stockbridge Compauy—the next that of Con. Reilly and Martin Ford, and another that of the French Company, of which A. B. Brady is Superintendent. Ex Dorapo.—The Placerville Mirror says : Two thousand tons of copper were shipped ‘from the Latrohe miues during the six nontbs ending January Ist. It is expected that the quantity will he considerably iucredsed in the next six months. ‘Ihe mines are very close to the Placerville and S. V. R. R. Saasta Counry.—The Courier reports the following: On the 13tb Jan., the Highland Company cleaned. up $4,747.91 from a two weeks run. During the year ending December 31st, 1865, the Company took out $67,249.12, and paid between eight aud nine thousand dollars to each share inthe company—tive sharee in all; and their mioe is now looking better than when they commenced work January lst, 1865. The editor of the Cozies discloses his belief that “Salt Pork Ridge” is ricb in gold, and which are tbe Dan. Wehster, Pacific, Jefferson, adds : * who will try it? A company of six ininers could do it witbout trouble, and make a_. fortune by it.” . Washington Company.—T his company took out of their claim, durisg the year 1865, $2¢,-. 112 59, but have uot paid a dollar in dividends. . This is the oldeet miue in the county, and is) more fully proved thanany other. By the lst) of.Mareh the Washington will in all probability be proved for twenty years’ work, and then dividends will gladden the hearts of shareholders for a long time without intermission. Siprra Counry.—J.F. Cowdrey, Esq., has} leased the ledge of the Slug Caiion Quartz Co.,. and resumed work with a 5-stamp mill, says the Downieville Advocate. Sacramento Counry.—The Telegraph says the minds at and near Folsom are all paying wages. Tbe mines at New Diggings, which have been recently discovered about two miles from Folsom, are making from four to five dollars a day to the hand. Yousa Cousry.—Brown’s Valley, Jan., 1866. Editors Press :—The importance of the mines of Yuba county is such that I deem it hut just and proper that your readers should, from time to time, learn something ahout them. As to Brown’s Valley, tbe general despondency in mining and mining transactions bas, during the last two years, greatly retardcd the devclopment ofour mineral resources. Lack of faith bas kept back the needful means, without which there can certainly he no successful mining: . , ‘ Our quartz claims suffered much even from the first rains of the present season. ‘The Jefferson comnany, for instance, lost nearly two months’ time in pumping and changing machinery, pumps, ete. They have, however, still amost substantial ledge: of ricb quartz, and will soon he ready again to declare their regular monthly dividends of $20 per share. The Dannehroge company have again found. tbeir former pay streak. and would he doiug well if it were not for the too great volume of water they also have to contend with. The new machinery (30-horse power} of the Yuha company is giving good satisfaction ; the company is already taking out good quartz, and things, generally; look encouraging in this . The Pennsylvania company will resume work within a few days. The parties now holding the stock of this company are ahle and willing to develop this claim without any further interuption. : There are, certaiuly, a great many good quartz clainis at and around Brown's Valley, . but as to the so-called Pennsylvania lode, on Pennsylvania, Burnside, Paragon, and, perhaps, other clainis, there can he no doubt but that it will soon be found to he onc of the very hest on this coast: It is, therefore, much to he regretted. that, for lack of means, many of these claims are not worked at: all. It is; indeed,a pity to see so many of our miners aod enterprising citizens hciding their steps and risking their moncy, time, and, perhaps, their lives, in far distant countries, when we have so many promising and good mines close at hand. Besides Brown’s Valley, we have in Yuba county @ ereat many other quartz veins, which, certainly, would prove remunerative if they were but worked and managed with the same economy, knowledge, or experience, which we generally deem requisite in order to succecd in our own private business conccrus. Five dollars per ton will cover all expenses in working quartz in Yuba county. About French own, near the Oregon House, may he seen more good and substantial quartz ledges than can, perhaps, be found in this or any other mining district in California. So far, searcely any attempt has been made to prospect them. Some, however, have heen pros-/ pected, aud, according to assay metnoranduins, which I have secn myseif, they seem to pay. from $30 to $40 per ton—-nainely, ahout $20] iu silver and $20 in gold. Our hydraulic diggings at Smartsville must. still be considered as leadiug claims in Calilor. via. ‘The fatnous Blue Gravel claiin continues . to be the wonder of the county. The Clarks’ claim, which but a short time ago became the property of Mastern capitalists, will soon be piping ; the bed-rock tunnel being about completed, a rich harvest iS near at hand, ‘I'he claims of the Nevada Reservoir Ditch company are paving better this year than ever before, and the clcanings-up from thcir Blue Point, as well as Union claims, are most satisfactory. Under the able inauagemeut of R. L. Crary, the Presideut, tle works of this company cannot fail to attract the attention of capitalists who can easily perceive that, with a comparatively stnall outlay of money, the claims ean be made to yield fully as much as those of the Biue Gravel company. M. NEVADA, The Nye connty News says: Mr. Evans, of Mammoth District, came into the. office, and showered upon-our table, from a large buckskin wallet, several silver bricks, whicb, though small in size, were uone the less valuable, as evidences of the richness of the mines of Mammotb District. Tbese “ specimen bricks” were obtained by a rude process of reduction, the ore being worked in a quicksilver flask, then baked in a commen bake oven, and also amalgamated in an oven. The following is the result of the workiug : From eight pounds of Silver Cloud rock, there were 334 ounces hullion obtained. Tbe Silver Cloud is rich iu silver, and also tontains a large amount ol base metal, and in order to save the silver, requires ekillful workiug. From two lots of Almaden rock, of twenty pounds each. thcre were obtaiued 25¢ aud 23¢ ounges hulliou. From the General Average claim, twenty pounds of rock, 32g ounces. This was fine looking bullion, and we think sbows a good “ general average.” From two lots of Vigilante ore, of seventeen and twenty pounds, we have 114 and 2 ounces. From the Bowers, eight and a quarter pounds ofrock, 15g ounces; Uncle Sam claim, ten pounds of ore, 18g onuces; scven pounds Josephine, oue-half ounce ; ten pounds Sunlight one-half ounce, abdut one-half of which was gold. Should the weather continue favorahle, it is expected that the mill of W. T. Jones, will be in operation next week, and the ahove workings are merely tests to see what may he expected. The niiners of -Mammoth District are all hard at work, taking out good ore, and the prospect seems good for the erection of a number of mills iu that District the coming season. : Among tbe claims heing most vigorously worked near this town, with gratifying results, we might mention the Stonewall. Indianapolis, Pleiades, Brown, Mountain Brow, Yolo, Clipper, Utica, Vanderblit, Revenue, North Star, Warreo, and many others. : We predict that with tbe opening of spring, we shall see such a swarm of miners upon our hills, as will aston‘. ish even the most sanguine of the old pioneers. Bucxere Muu.—The mill of ‘the Buckeye Mining Company, near Silver City, hds been attached. The mine is said to he a good one, but the new fangled machinery is ne go. The quartz was to have been ground in what resembles a series of spicc mills. Jt wouldn't work. Enterprise. : : REESE RIVER. The Reveille reports : Hunt's mill, at Indian Springs, will soon be in operation. The Lee mine at San Antonio is being worked steadily, and a large amount of ore has already been taken out; aud from the size ol’ the vein and the excellent quality ofits mineral, it will easily keep the mill in motion. * ESMERALDA. From the Aurora Union: Mr. Williams, one of tbe fortunate owners of the Didua ledge at Hot Springs, brought in with him on Monday last three hundred and ten pounds of bullion. A shaft with a large ariount of aesorted rock in it hus lately been discovered on Lust Chance Hill. The rock has ‘doubtless heen pilfered lrom the Del Moute mine. , There has heen a great deal of this kind of business carricd on of late. A word to the wise is sufficicat. NORTHERN MINES. at Owyhee.—The Oregonian tells us of a ledge called the Rising Star, which surpassing as it does even the Poor Man’s ledge, must be acknowledged to cclipse any previous discoveries in all Silver-land. ‘The speciinens hrought to Portland were fully eighty-five per cent. pure silver. ‘There is said to he any quantity of the rock in the ledge. It shows the character ol the ledge very intelligibly. In drilling, the drill passed through solid eilver, and the casing sbines out as bright asa half-dollar. The same gentleman brings from Owyhee a few diamonds, which will hear inspection.” Rich Discovery in Montana.—The Montana Democrat, of January 10th, says that one of the richest discoveries of gold that ever happened in that Territory bas been made near the mouth of Sun river, on the south side of tbe Missouri, and within forty-five miles of Fort Benton. The gulch is very exteusive, and the dirt yields twenty-five dollars to the pan. There was a regular stampcde from the town of Helena for the new diggings—more than a thousand persous having left, and every horse, pony end wagon at Helena being pressed by the adventurers, who wish to secure claims. THE ARIZONA MINES. The Miner of January 10th, says: B. Phelps Esq., of New York, for himself and others, has purchased of Heury Wickenburg, the discovery claim inthe Vulture lode, containing tbree hundred feet, and embracing the most of the chimuey of the lode. Report’ places the sum paid at fifty thousand dollars. Doctor Phelps has a millon tlic way here, The Vickroy mill will, it is said, be placed on the Sterling lode. Major Geueral Doubleday, and other prominent gentlemun; are co-operating with the Prescott Consolidated Mining Uo., to procure machiuery. We bear of several large mills being shipped from Sau Francisco, for Prescott, and the. indications are, that we shall have lively times in tbe mincs duriug the spriug and summer, Bewnetr, of the New York Herald,ia building a new printing-office on the former site of Barnum’s museun. ‘Tbe cellar will be over thirty fect deep, to accommodate the mammoth power-presaes used in printiug that paper. Tue people in the vicinity of Havilah, Tulare county, beld a meeting on the 14th ult., and passed resolutions in favor of a new county, to be called Keru. By the new fire alarm system in New York no bells are rung, but each eugine company will be iuférmed by telegraph in its own house, of the locality of the fire.

86 Bie Wining aul Scientific Dress. ——— ali Heing Smavy. “CALIFORNIA. The immense rains which have prevailed since December have given ample assurance that the coming season will give us a bountiful harvest from the hydraulic and other placer wines of California. No doubt much damage has occurred by the swecping away of flumes, ditches and other improvements, hut the neverfailing energy of our mining friends will soon replace them, and their losses will be more or less compensated for hy the liheral supply of water, and the washing away of refuse tailings, ete. : The important hranch of qnartz mining is gaining vigor thronghout the whole coast. For several months the stock in many of our incorporated companies has heen going through a concentrating process, and hctter management may he expccted hereafter. ‘I'wo anda halfyears ago people were murtgaging their property, to huy stock in noknown mines. Now we hear of the examination and purcbase of mines by ; parties able to work them. The comparative results of the two classes of investment, so far’ as honest people are concerned, can be easily foretold. Axpine County.—The mines in Silver Monn. tain district are meeting with attractive results, and the value of our mines in this portion of the State muet soon become apparent. We are obliged to our reliahle friend for the following? ; ‘ Marx.eevitte, Jan. 29th, 1866.—Editors Mining and Scientifie Press:—Yhe Mullen company, in Mogul district, have struck a ledge of dark looking quartz, six feet thick. This claim was loceted for an extension of . : the Morning Star, and a tunnel started so as to tap tbe ledge several hundred feet deep; hut after running a short distance they came in contact with a ledge. After following it.a few feet they proceeded to cut through it, and fonnd some very good rock. The ‘ore is of a’ dark, iron color, appearing as if filled with base ‘metals. It Shows-some ruhy silver. An assayi was made to-day’ by Dr. Waters of this ‘place, . ! proving $38 per ton. This assay was sampled from a quantity of the rock, é0 as to get an average. ‘The Doctor thinks it will work very easily. The ledge is prohably a spur from the Morning Star. The point cut is not more than fifty feet below the surface. As the ledge leads iuto the hill it is quite likely it will improve. The walls arc well defined. The lode ig accompanied with mud casings,'and the rock is easily taken out with a pick aud shovel. H, M. George Washington Company.—The Monitor Gazette, alluding to the circular of the’ Secretary, Mr. W.D. Root, saye: We learn with pleacure that their affairs so long in'rather a mized state are assuming a business-like shape, and will soon he square and true. From recent letters received hy the Secretary from 8. A. Hawkins, Esq., Superintendent of the mine at Silver Mountain, and published with the addrees, we shonld judge the work there to he in a most prosperous condition and the tanuel near the long-sought ledge. Rieh Croppings—J. HE. White sent down to us, on Thursday evening, some samples of top rock from the St. Lawrence claim, in Scandinavian Cafion, that exhibits the pure plata. The St. Lawrence is a northern extension of the Wide West, and from the appearance of the qnartz eent ns, we should pronounce it Buckeye No. 1.—Silver Mountain Bulletin. The last named paper encouragee the disposal of a portion of the claims of the Buckeye Co., No.1, to an Eastern company for whom the Messrs. Pilkington Bros. are agents. Cazaverse County.—Hill Claim.—Thompson Wilson & Co.; have a claim on the side of Douglas Hill, on which they have suuk a shaft twenty-seven feet, and have run a drilt ahout twenty feet in one direction and in another ahout fifty, from which they are getting very good pay dirt, with every prospect of striking it better as they approach the bed-rock. The dirt+is cemented gravel and hard to wash, which is the case with most of the pay-dirt in this hill. . McGarr and McMiniman are drifting dirt from their claim which prospects well, and from which they expect to get good pay. Their shaft is about thirty feet deep ; from the hottom of which they have driftcd about two hundred feet on Jordan Hill. Barker, Anert, Shaw & Co, are getting from siz to eight dollars to the hand from their hydraulic diggings, employing five or six men. The Nohle Copper Mining Company have . eight stamps aud the same uumber of struck the main vein. This will give encouragement to other proprietors in the vicinity. Marin County.—The Ewing claim, near Bolinag. has struck a vein of twenty per cent., copper ore two feet thick, and is taking large quantities for shipment. Nevapa County.— We extract from recent dates of the Nevada Gazette as follows: At Hunter Hill, Clay & Co. have struck the pay lead and are taking out very rich cement in considerahle quantity. Their mill will be started immediately. Cozzens & Garher, whose: mill is situated betwecn Red Dog and You Bet, have been crushing extraordinary rich cement during the past week or two, and expect to make a hig clean-up. Denois McKeon and others are putting up pipes:and other fixtures to work a hody ot hy. draulic claims near Peck’s Ravine, to the right of the ridge road leading to Rough & Ready. The claims cover some twenty-five acres of land; have a good outlet, and are believed to be rich. They were worked by McKeon some six years ago, and paid very well by the old siuicing ptdcess., Water is reported plentifil at Little York and vicinity. The Transcript says: Miners are engaged in ground sluicitig in the ravine just bélow the . , Union Hotel, in the city of Nevada. The ground in-that neighborhood is said to.be very rich,,and old miners tell us that.an immense fortnne could he: taken out along the line of Main street. From the Grass Walley National: A splen-. ' did ledge was discovered:a few days since, about three miles helow Nevada. It ie called the “ Git-up-and-git.” Some very rich rock is being taken out of Hueston Hill. It is almost, if not quite as good ag that from the Ophir Hill. Lee’s mill, now heing constructed on Ophir Hill, is nearly completed. It will undoubtedly be the fiuest quartz mill in tbe State of California. * Stiles’ quartz mill, near Nevada, is now kept constantly at work upon rock from the Star Spangled Banner ledge. They are ranning pane iu use. The rock ie payiug well. ‘ The tamoue Watt claims have been worked out to the line, and operations suspended. The Watt Brothers have been successful miners. and seem to enjoy to a remarkable degree the good will of their neighhors. They own an interest in the Kurcka mine, one of the richest in this region, and will continue mining opcerations, probably for some time to come. ‘The first extension on the late Watt claim at Rocky Bar, or Massachusetts Hill, is that of the Stockbridge Compauy—the next that of Con. Reilly and Martin Ford, and another that of the French Company, of which A. B. Brady is Superintendent. Ex Dorapo.—The Placerville Mirror says : Two thousand tons of copper were shipped ‘from the Latrohe miues during the six nontbs ending January Ist. It is expected that the quantity will he considerably iucredsed in the next six months. ‘Ihe mines are very close to the Placerville and S. V. R. R. Saasta Counry.—The Courier reports the following: On the 13tb Jan., the Highland Company cleaned. up $4,747.91 from a two weeks run. During the year ending December 31st, 1865, the Company took out $67,249.12, and paid between eight aud nine thousand dollars to each share inthe company—tive sharee in all; and their mioe is now looking better than when they commenced work January lst, 1865. The editor of the Cozies discloses his belief that “Salt Pork Ridge” is ricb in gold, and which are tbe Dan. Wehster, Pacific, Jefferson, adds : * who will try it? A company of six ininers could do it witbout trouble, and make a_. fortune by it.” . Washington Company.—T his company took out of their claim, durisg the year 1865, $2¢,-. 112 59, but have uot paid a dollar in dividends. . This is the oldeet miue in the county, and is) more fully proved thanany other. By the lst) of.Mareh the Washington will in all probability be proved for twenty years’ work, and then dividends will gladden the hearts of shareholders for a long time without intermission. Siprra Counry.—J.F. Cowdrey, Esq., has} leased the ledge of the Slug Caiion Quartz Co.,. and resumed work with a 5-stamp mill, says the Downieville Advocate. Sacramento Counry.—The Telegraph says the minds at and near Folsom are all paying wages. Tbe mines at New Diggings, which

have been recently discovered about two miles from Folsom, are making from four to five dollars a day to the hand. Yousa Cousry.—Brown’s Valley, Jan., 1866. Editors Press :—The importance of the mines of Yuba county is such that I deem it hut just and proper that your readers should, from time to time, learn something ahout them. As to Brown’s Valley, tbe general despondency in mining and mining transactions bas, during the last two years, greatly retardcd the devclopment ofour mineral resources. Lack of faith bas kept back the needful means, without which there can certainly he no successful mining: . , ‘ Our quartz claims suffered much even from the first rains of the present season. ‘The Jefferson comnany, for instance, lost nearly two months’ time in pumping and changing machinery, pumps, ete. They have, however, still amost substantial ledge: of ricb quartz, and will soon he ready again to declare their regular monthly dividends of $20 per share. The Dannehroge company have again found. tbeir former pay streak. and would he doiug well if it were not for the too great volume of water they also have to contend with. The new machinery (30-horse power} of the Yuha company is giving good satisfaction ; the company is already taking out good quartz, and things, generally; look encouraging in this . The Pennsylvania company will resume work within a few days. The parties now holding the stock of this company are ahle and willing to develop this claim without any further interuption. : There are, certaiuly, a great many good quartz clainis at and around Brown's Valley, . but as to the so-called Pennsylvania lode, on Pennsylvania, Burnside, Paragon, and, perhaps, other clainis, there can he no doubt but that it will soon be found to he onc of the very hest on this coast: It is, therefore, much to he regretted. that, for lack of means, many of these claims are not worked at: all. It is; indeed,a pity to see so many of our miners aod enterprising citizens hciding their steps and risking their moncy, time, and, perhaps, their lives, in far distant countries, when we have so many promising and good mines close at hand. Besides Brown’s Valley, we have in Yuba county @ ereat many other quartz veins, which, certainly, would prove remunerative if they were but worked and managed with the same economy, knowledge, or experience, which we generally deem requisite in order to succecd in our own private business conccrus. Five dollars per ton will cover all expenses in working quartz in Yuba county. About French own, near the Oregon House, may he seen more good and substantial quartz ledges than can, perhaps, be found in this or any other mining district in California. So far, searcely any attempt has been made to prospect them. Some, however, have heen pros-/ pected, aud, according to assay metnoranduins, which I have secn myseif, they seem to pay. from $30 to $40 per ton—-nainely, ahout $20] iu silver and $20 in gold. Our hydraulic diggings at Smartsville must. still be considered as leadiug claims in Calilor. via. ‘The fatnous Blue Gravel claiin continues . to be the wonder of the county. The Clarks’ claim, which but a short time ago became the property of Mastern capitalists, will soon be piping ; the bed-rock tunnel being about completed, a rich harvest iS near at hand, ‘I'he claims of the Nevada Reservoir Ditch company are paving better this year than ever before, and the clcanings-up from thcir Blue Point, as well as Union claims, are most satisfactory. Under the able inauagemeut of R. L. Crary, the Presideut, tle works of this company cannot fail to attract the attention of capitalists who can easily perceive that, with a comparatively stnall outlay of money, the claims ean be made to yield fully as much as those of the Biue Gravel company. M. NEVADA, The Nye connty News says: Mr. Evans, of Mammoth District, came into the. office, and showered upon-our table, from a large buckskin wallet, several silver bricks, whicb, though small in size, were uone the less valuable, as evidences of the richness of the mines of Mammotb District. Tbese “ specimen bricks” were obtained by a rude process of reduction, the ore being worked in a quicksilver flask, then baked in a commen bake oven, and also amalgamated in an oven. The following is the result of the workiug : From eight pounds of Silver Cloud rock, there were 334 ounces hullion obtained. Tbe Silver Cloud is rich iu silver, and also tontains a large amount ol base metal, and in order to save the silver, requires ekillful workiug. From two lots of Almaden rock, of twenty pounds each. thcre were obtaiued 25¢ aud 23¢ ounges hulliou. From the General Average claim, twenty pounds of rock, 32g ounces. This was fine looking bullion, and we think sbows a good “ general average.” From two lots of Vigilante ore, of seventeen and twenty pounds, we have 114 and 2 ounces. From the Bowers, eight and a quarter pounds ofrock, 15g ounces; Uncle Sam claim, ten pounds of ore, 18g onuces; scven pounds Josephine, oue-half ounce ; ten pounds Sunlight one-half ounce, abdut one-half of which was gold. Should the weather continue favorahle, it is expected that the mill of W. T. Jones, will be in operation next week, and the ahove workings are merely tests to see what may he expected. The niiners of -Mammoth District are all hard at work, taking out good ore, and the prospect seems good for the erection of a number of mills iu that District the coming season. : Among tbe claims heing most vigorously worked near this town, with gratifying results, we might mention the Stonewall. Indianapolis, Pleiades, Brown, Mountain Brow, Yolo, Clipper, Utica, Vanderblit, Revenue, North Star, Warreo, and many others. : We predict that with tbe opening of spring, we shall see such a swarm of miners upon our hills, as will aston‘. ish even the most sanguine of the old pioneers. Bucxere Muu.—The mill of ‘the Buckeye Mining Company, near Silver City, hds been attached. The mine is said to he a good one, but the new fangled machinery is ne go. The quartz was to have been ground in what resembles a series of spicc mills. Jt wouldn't work. Enterprise. : : REESE RIVER. The Reveille reports : Hunt's mill, at Indian Springs, will soon be in operation. The Lee mine at San Antonio is being worked steadily, and a large amount of ore has already been taken out; aud from the size ol’ the vein and the excellent quality ofits mineral, it will easily keep the mill in motion. * ESMERALDA. From the Aurora Union: Mr. Williams, one of tbe fortunate owners of the Didua ledge at Hot Springs, brought in with him on Monday last three hundred and ten pounds of bullion. A shaft with a large ariount of aesorted rock in it hus lately been discovered on Lust Chance Hill. The rock has ‘doubtless heen pilfered lrom the Del Moute mine. , There has heen a great deal of this kind of business carricd on of late. A word to the wise is sufficicat. NORTHERN MINES. at Owyhee.—The Oregonian tells us of a ledge called the Rising Star, which surpassing as it does even the Poor Man’s ledge, must be acknowledged to cclipse any previous discoveries in all Silver-land. ‘The speciinens hrought to Portland were fully eighty-five per cent. pure silver. ‘There is said to he any quantity of the rock in the ledge. It shows the character ol the ledge very intelligibly. In drilling, the drill passed through solid eilver, and the casing sbines out as bright asa half-dollar. The same gentleman brings from Owyhee a few diamonds, which will hear inspection.” Rich Discovery in Montana.—The Montana Democrat, of January 10th, says that one of the richest discoveries of gold that ever happened in that Territory bas been made near the mouth of Sun river, on the south side of tbe Missouri, and within forty-five miles of Fort Benton. The gulch is very exteusive, and the dirt yields twenty-five dollars to the pan. There was a regular stampcde from the town of Helena for the new diggings—more than a thousand persous having left, and every horse, pony end wagon at Helena being pressed by the adventurers, who wish to secure claims. THE ARIZONA MINES. The Miner of January 10th, says: B. Phelps Esq., of New York, for himself and others, has purchased of Heury Wickenburg, the discovery claim inthe Vulture lode, containing tbree hundred feet, and embracing the most of the chimuey of the lode. Report’ places the sum paid at fifty thousand dollars. Doctor Phelps has a millon tlic way here, The Vickroy mill will, it is said, be placed on the Sterling lode. Major Geueral Doubleday, and other prominent gentlemun; are co-operating with the Prescott Consolidated Mining Uo., to procure machiuery. We bear of several large mills being shipped from Sau Francisco, for Prescott, and the. indications are, that we shall have lively times in tbe mincs duriug the spriug and summer, Bewnetr, of the New York Herald,ia building a new printing-office on the former site of Barnum’s museun. ‘Tbe cellar will be over thirty fect deep, to accommodate the mammoth power-presaes used in printiug that paper. Tue people in the vicinity of Havilah, Tulare county, beld a meeting on the 14th ult., and passed resolutions in favor of a new county, to be called Keru. By the new fire alarm system in New York no bells are rung, but each eugine company will be iuférmed by telegraph in its own house, of the locality of the fire.