Volume 17 (1868) (428 pages)

The Mining and Scientific Press, 231 Iearns the following from Yuba district : ‘The iill of the Grecnhack Co. is engaged inerushing ore from the Atlantie ledge, which is yielding vonsidcrable bullion. The Eaglish Co. has fine mills, which they propose to set np on some rich ledge, and they are aow making acritical examination of the Lucy Phillips, which will be purchnsed hy them if results are satisfuctory. The Monavk Co. havo purchased, recently, 1,000 feet of the Atlanta lode, and are cnguged in erecting a mill and taking out ore. They paid $225,000 for 1,000 feet of the richest portion of the Atlaata. The Minerva ledgo has a reputation for richness— has no snperior in the Yuhadistrict. A tuanet has beeu driven into tho mountain, which strikes tho lead at a point 150 feet below the surface, where the ore is immeusely rich, coptaining both gold and silver, with hut very little bascr motal. MONTANA. Helena Post, Sept. 25th: §. F. Molitor & Co., yesterday, cast the smallest ‘* hrick” oa record in the Territory. It weighed lialf an onnce. The Graadville 10-stamp will, at Georgetown, Deer Lodge County, is nearly completed, and will commeuco ruuning aext week on rock from the Minnesota Icdge. This ledge has been developed hy three shafts, 30, 40 and 80 ft. in aepth respectively, and by cuts rnn acrossthe ledge. ‘The . width of the lode varies from 22 to 27 ft., and there already seems to he quurtz eaough in sight to run upon a year without stopping. The great value of the rock does not coasist ia any extreme richness, but in the very evcg maaner ia which the gold is distrihnted, It is expected that the ore will yield $15 to the ton for the full width of the ledge. A correspondent at Nelson’s Gulch writes: The Nelsoa mines are far from worked out. The hed-rock flume ia the lower portioa of the guleh, owaed by Messrs, Pierce & Spiers, is yielding well. Taylor & Co’s claim, just ahove, is paying half an ouuce perday tothe man. <A few claims further up the grouad of Norton & Co. are yieldiag from $7 to $9 per day to the hand. Still further up the gulch, Mr. John Miry is takiag out from $5 to $9 per day to the inau. A few claims ahove this last, Messrs. Hardihrook & Co. are constructiag a drain ditch, by means of which they expect to bo able to work some very rich ground. Next above the drain ditch is the hed-rock flume of tho Swedish Co., by means of which-is worked some of the richest grouad in the Yerritory. As high as $12 to the pau of dirt has been obtained, and from $3 to $5 prospects are frequently secured. Oa Thursday lust $10 in gold was obtained from one shovelfull of dirt. Although a searcity of water prevents this company from washing the dirtfrom more than one set of timhers per day, it is still enabled to clean up from $90 to $135 daily, or au average of about $25 per day to the haud. ‘The quality of the gold obtaimed is not excelled for tineness hy any in the Territory. A short distance above this flume, and opposite discovery claim, a tunnel is being rnn into a bar which is expected to afford facilities for working somo of the richest ground in Montaaa, The earth excavated 1a the prosecution of the work pays wages, or $4.50 per day. Ahove this point nearly every claim is worked with good results. The Deer Lodge Jndependent says: The Clearwater mines pay only $3 per day to the man, aud most of tho stampeders have gneto Oregon. .Wallace’s Bar, in Deer lodge County, has a pay streak 300 feet in width, aud has been thoroughly prospected for 2,000 feet in length. One compauy has averaged $21 per day to the man, another Compauy 15 per day to the man siace the time the har was discovered. It is thonght that other claims will pay $50 per day to the haad.A prospecting party of 20 persous was to leave Missouri a week ago for the head of Milk River.During the past seasou, most of the claims at Rocker City have paid from $8 to $16 per diy to the hand. .'Vhe quartz of tho Rumley & Bugher silver lode yields $50 per toa. Tue St, Louis and Montana Co. have leased tuis lod@until May, 1869, and will pay the owners half the net product of the ore iu payment for the use of the mine.The Hauaver mill has taken a large contract to ¢rush quartz from the North Atlantic lode at $11 per ton.The quartz taken from the discovery claim of the Only Chance lole, at Highland, yielded an average of ¥15U per tou in an arastra since work was commeuced upon it. It is to have a mill erected in the spring. A correspondent writing from French Gulch says: Gold Hill is payiag from $15 tu 75 per day to the hand. Shenavigan Gulchis paying from $15 to $18 per day to the man. About 200 meu are at work at! the Freach Gulch diggings, and are makiug good wages. The Virginia Democrat says: The bedrock fluine of Poole nad Orr yielded 4,300 as the result of a two weeks’ run recently. NEVADA. Winnemucca Aryent, Oct. Ist: Mr. Kelly laforins us that the new tunael in the Golconda mine, aow iu 75 feet, south of the old shatt, has developed a four-foot vein rich in miucral. Holt’s mill is progressing, and will be finished sometime this fall. Tho Union correspondent writes: Mining matters remain about as wheu TI last wrote. The Pioaeer Co. struck the Aga memaon ledge ten dnys ago. The vein is said to he a wide oneand well charged with good mineral. Expect to go up to see it next week, and will then report. The Inskip boys report favorable developments. The Arizona wags along as usual. Plenty of good ore to keep both mills running day and night. Reene River. Austin Teveille, Sept. 26th: White Pine is rich, but Lander Hill appears oceasionally with a rich streak. A ton of ore extracted from the Saratoga mine in Lander Hill, which has been just reduced at the Manhattaa mill, gave a pulp assay of $1,497, During the week ending this date, there were produeed at the Mauhattan mill, 34,684 ounces of hullion. Sept. 28th: The Centenary mill, in the district of Newark, is one of the productive works of this part of the State. Mr. Folsom shipped on Saturday last 26 bars of bulliou, valued at $32,413; this swells the amount shipped by him to that firm during the preseat month to $84,409.90. The larger part of this bullion was produced from ore obtaiaed from the Eberhart South in the district of White Pine; the remainder was produced by the Chihuahua mine of the Centenary.Co. This mine presents an unusually fine appearauce, and is supplying five stamps of the mill with ore, ‘Lho editor has seen some coarse powder resulting from two ounces of the ore produced bythe Red Mountain mines, which was pulverized ia a mortar. There was perhaps half a teaspooaful, one-third of which was fiae gold. The estimated yield of this quality of ore in the mill is $250 to $300 per ton. Choico specimens of ore showed little bunches of free gold, and in some iustances quite large pieces of gold. The South American miae in Lander Hill, is oue of the valuable mines of the district. Fifty-seven tous of the first class ore, which were reduced at the Manhattau mill, yielded an average of $302 per ton. Sept. 30th: We saw to-day at tho assay office of Boalt & Stetefeldt, the pulp of 13 lots of ore, which presented the liveliest display of colors and tints. There were five shades of drab, two of reddish brown, besides various other tints. Oct. 2d: The Manhattan Co. shipped during the mouth of September just passed, bullion to the amount of $130,776. 91. Mountain Champion, Sept. 26th : On the dividing line between the 1#] Dorado South mine and the El Dorado North, a shaft is being sunk for the purpose of prospecting both claims. It is about 80 feet deep, and discloses a fine body of ore from the surface downward. The pay streakis from two to three feet wide, of rich chloride ore. Highty feet south of tho boundary line, Leon & Co. have sunk an incline to the depth of 180 feet, at which point the body of pay ore is six feetthick. Ma*ses of fiuc ore have been extracted from this incline. About 110 feet south of this work the compaay has commenced au incline fiveft. wide and six feet high, which is to be sunk to the depth of 500 feet, with levels cutting the ledge at intervals of 100 feet. During the past summer a cousiderahle part of the ore takeu out of Leon & Co’s miae was prought to this cityfor reduction, but preparations are hcing made to work the ore in that district in the future. The next importaut mine ou the great ledge is the El Dorado North, belonging to the Belmont Co. The Champion learned from the foreman of the mine thata great hody of rich ore had just heeu struck in tbe general incline which is being sunk on tbe line of demarcation between the two mines. Full two feet of the ledge yields ore which is estimated to pay from $6,000 to $10,000 per ton. It is characterized as the richest body of ore yet discovered in the district. Col. Buel is working the Transylvania and Highbridge miaes of the LGelmont Co. with vigor. The developments in the former mune are of a solid character. At thesligbt depth of 105 feet the ledge is seven feet thick, aud is producing ore of fiuer. agau muiues. quality than has yet been extracted. The Highbridge, which first gave character to the district, is being worked through a verticul shaft 160 feet deep, aud the indications are thut it will shortly produce valuable ore. ‘The 10-stamp mill of the eormpany at Belmont, will ho furnished with reverberatory furnaces, by which meaas the valuahle ores of the district will yicld a larger proportion of their silver. Wuishoe. [In the Stock Circular, ia another portion of this paper, will he found late miniag aews fron: this district. . Virginia Enterprise, Oct. 2d: We were showu a bar of gold frou the miae of tho Sicrra Nevada Co., at the north cad of tho city. The bar contained $2,118.47 in gold, and $102.65 ia silver—total, $2,321.12. It is the product of 280 tons of ore, worked hy the process common in Califoraia for gold quartz; that is, no amalgamating pans are used. The lot of 280 tons was rua through the hatterics in seven days, being at the rate of 40 tons per day. The whole cost of working does not exceed $2 per ton, whcreas the yield per ton is ncarly $8, leaving a clear profit of $240 per day for the mill. The ore crushed is taken trom a sort of basin upon the side of the hill. It is a deposit of broken quartz and dirt resting above tho regular lead, and there is apparently aa almost inexhaustille supply of the same in the hill, the deposit being some 60 feet in depth aad of an unkuown horizontal extent. The total shipmeat of bullion, for the month of September, from the office of the Pacific Union Express Co., ia this city, was 4,000 ths., valued at $117,766.60. Oct. 3d: The Bonner shaft (the main shaft) of the Gould & Curry miue, day before yesterday, cut through a tough black clay, supposed to be that belonging to the west wall of the lead. The depth of the shaft is now a littlo over 1,100 ft. Wells, Fargo & Co. and Uaioa Express Co. shipped from their offices in this city and Gold Hill during the past week, 9,513 ths. of assayed bullion, valued at $252,979.10. Oct. 4th: The wiaze to conaect the 700 and 900-ft. levels of the Imporial mine is almost completed. The picks of thcse working upward can be distinetly heard by those who are working downward. The company have eight months ore in sight— principally on the 400 and 700-ft. levels. A new miaing district, called Black Mountain, has been discovered about 110 miles southeast of this city, and abont 40 miles southeastof Walker Lake. Abe Bateman and Geo. Lamoreaux, are the discoverers of the new miues. The leads of the new district are gold bearing, and those that have heen located show much free gold. Under the name of the Black Mountain Mining Co., Bateman, Lamoreaux, Burghess and others, have located three very tine leads and have commenced their deveiopment. They have sunk a number of small shafts, run iu open cuts, and pretty thoroughly examined their leads npon the surface, They rigged up,a rude arastra and worked a ton of ore from their priacipal lead, ohtaining a fine yield of gold, notwithstanding the slovenly mode of working. The gold bar which Mr, Batemau brought to this city day hefore yesterday, was melted into a bar and assayed, and proves to be worth $45 per ton—nearly all gold. Mr. Batemau is confident that the ore will pay $80 per ton if properly worked. In working the lot above mentioned, they lost three or four pounds of quicksilver, and must have lost at least halt the gold contained in the ore, as none of the parties were arastra experts. On the sides of the mountain abont the leads of the company are at least 3,000 tons of ore in the shape of float rock, allof which shows an ahundance of free gold. Their principal lead crops out upou the surface for a distance of 3,000 feet. The couutry rock is slate and porphyritic grauite. NEW MEXICO. Santa Fe Gazette, Sept. 12th: News received from the Moreno or Maxwell mines, is that the mines hold out well. But few are at work on account of the scarcity of water, but those who can and do work aro doing well. At New Orleans Flat, last week’s run was 104 ounces, the numher of men employed being only four. Willow Creek is turning out well, as they have some little water left. Grouse, Humbug, Negro, and all the other gulches are now dry. The ditcb is about two-thirds completed; all the most expeusive and most difficult is over, and the ditch could he completed in 30 days if the proper haads could be obtained. ORECOR. Portland Oregonian, Sept. 28th: Quite an interest is again manifosted iu the OkanSeveral places have beeu prospected this summer, and the results are rather encouraging, A quartz mill will soon be taken into the ‘Bohemian mines. ‘Two moro ledges have been discovered which prospect well. Dalles Mountaineer, Sept. 25th: A new miniug camp hasbeen found ahout 30 miles from Picree City, in the Bald Mountain distriet, and about 20 miles from the old Bald Mouutain diggings. The crcek.on whieh this new enaip has heen discovered is about 10 milesin length, and itis thought that paying claims can he fouad on the entire distance. Ancient Mounps Discovrerep m Uran. The Salt Lake Telegraph of September 19th has the following : Prof. Simonin, engineer of miaes, Paris, who is oua tour to the Pacific Coast, informs us that he has made an importaat discovery hetween this city and the Lake, while visitiag the lattcr place duriag the present week. From his correspondence to us, he says that he was accompaaied yesterday by Colonel Head, Postmaster Street, D. Huntineton, Indian Interpreter, aud two workmen to a sand mound, about eight miles west of this place, where they discovered the followiug interesting relies of another time: About eighty arrowheads of flint, cornelian, obsidian, etc.; a great number of human bones burnt: considerable debris of earthen pottery, sonie with a few oraaments; a hard stone of quartz or graaite, some complete aad some hroken, which evidently served to griad grain; a few shells with a hole, which served as a collar, earrings, etc.; some small earthen articles, with a hole in the center for collars, ete.; some bones of animals, whitened by long exposure to the air, asof oxen, and perhaps buffalo, horses, squirrels, rabbits, etc.; but we are not sure that they are of the same age as the remains above mentioned. Mr. Simonin thus continues ; What is to be deduced from these facts ? First, that the system of mouuds discovered in the Mississippi Valley extends perhaps to the Pacific, and that those mounds beloag, secondly, in all the cases to a primitive race of Americans, differeat from the actual Indians, who do not know how to make earthenware, grind wheat or eorn, or do not grind it by the same meaus as the aborigines who coastructed the mouads, aad fiaally, do not burn their dead nor put them under such mounds. Faors about Lanp.—This State contains 188,981 squaro miles, or au area of 120,947,840 acres. It is computed that of this amount 89,000,000 acres, including swamp and tule lands, can be devoted to profitable husbandry. Of the whole area there are now forty million acres fit for the plow. There are also 40,000,000 acresto be classed under the general term of mineral lands, a considerable partof which can also be made very productive agricultural land. Only thirty millions of acres have beeu surveyed, leaviag ninety millions unsurveyed, and not fairly accessible to the settler. Large quantities of this land are held by grant-bolders, whose claims have been confirmed but have not been surveyed. In some instances a grant for 9,000 or 10,000 acres has heen made to cover nominally, 30,000 acres, Under the Acts of June 2d, 1862, and July Ist, 1864, lauds claimed through foreigu titles are to be surveyed at the cost of the claimauts. All foreign grants are to be found in the most favored localities, such as valleys where there are streams of water, and are also bounded by natural objects. If there is five times the quantity of land actually mentioned in the grant, the grantee holds it until the survey has been made, rad be has a direct interest in delaying the survey until the latest possihle day. Hence, large bodies of Government land have never been sectionized, and are uot open for entry, becattse thore is an unsurveyed graut in the neighborhood. Of the whole amount of arable land, 14,000,000 acres are iu the valloys of Sacrameuto and San Joaquin; and about 16,000,000 acres are in tho Coast Rauge. Leside the quautity enumerated as fit for the plow, there is 2 large breadth upon mountaia sides where the vine produces the most perfect fruit Poor lands with a red dry soils are now kuown to be choice localities for the grape. Nearly 9,000,000 acres of public lands in this State have, at various times, beea appropriated for educational purposes, public buildings and internal improvements. Savine By Macutvery.—The number of threshing machines in the United States is set down at 235,000, and it is estimated that they save five per cent. more of tho grain than the flail. This would save totbe country more thau 90,000,000 bushels of grain, worth at least $30,000,000.

The Mining and Scientific Press, 231 Iearns the following from Yuba district : ‘The iill of the Grecnhack Co. is engaged inerushing ore from the Atlantie ledge, which is yielding vonsidcrable bullion. The Eaglish Co. has fine mills, which they propose to set np on some rich ledge, and they are aow making acritical examination of the Lucy Phillips, which will be purchnsed hy them if results are satisfuctory. The Monavk Co. havo purchased, recently, 1,000 feet of the Atlanta lode, and are cnguged in erecting a mill and taking out ore. They paid $225,000 for 1,000 feet of the richest portion of the Atlaata. The Minerva ledgo has a reputation for richness— has no snperior in the Yuhadistrict. A tuanet has beeu driven into tho mountain, which strikes tho lead at a point 150 feet below the surface, where the ore is immeusely rich, coptaining both gold and silver, with hut very little bascr motal. MONTANA. Helena Post, Sept. 25th: §. F. Molitor & Co., yesterday, cast the smallest ‘* hrick” oa record in the Territory. It weighed lialf an onnce. The Graadville 10-stamp will, at Georgetown, Deer Lodge County, is nearly completed, and will commeuco ruuning aext week on rock from the Minnesota Icdge. This ledge has been developed hy three shafts, 30, 40 and 80 ft. in aepth respectively, and by cuts rnn acrossthe ledge. ‘The . width of the lode varies from 22 to 27 ft., and there already seems to he quurtz eaough in sight to run upon a year without stopping. The great value of the rock does not coasist ia any extreme richness, but in the very evcg maaner ia which the gold is distrihnted, It is expected that the ore will yield $15 to the ton for the full width of the ledge. A correspondent at Nelson’s Gulch writes: The Nelsoa mines are far from worked out. The hed-rock flume ia the lower portioa of the guleh, owaed by Messrs, Pierce & Spiers, is yielding well. Taylor & Co’s claim, just ahove, is paying half an ouuce perday tothe man. <A few claims further up the grouad of Norton & Co. are yieldiag from $7 to $9 per day to the hand. Still further up the gulch, Mr. John Miry is takiag out from $5 to $9 per day to the inau. A few claims ahove this last, Messrs. Hardihrook & Co. are constructiag a drain ditch, by means of which they expect to bo able to work some very rich ground. Next above the drain ditch is the hed-rock flume of tho Swedish Co., by means of which-is worked some of the richest grouad in the Yerritory. As high as $12 to the pau of dirt has been obtained, and from $3 to $5 prospects are frequently secured. Oa Thursday lust $10 in gold was obtained from one shovelfull of dirt. Although a searcity of water prevents this company from washing the dirtfrom more than one set of timhers per day, it is still enabled to clean up from $90 to $135 daily, or au average of about $25 per day to the haud. ‘The quality of the gold obtaimed is not excelled for tineness hy any in the Territory. A short distance above this flume, and opposite discovery claim, a tunnel is being rnn into a bar which is expected to afford facilities for working somo of the richest ground in Montaaa, The earth excavated 1a the prosecution of the work pays wages, or $4.50 per day. Ahove this point nearly every claim is worked with good results. The Deer Lodge Jndependent says: The Clearwater mines pay only $3 per day to the man, aud most of tho stampeders have gneto Oregon. .Wallace’s Bar, in Deer lodge County, has a pay streak 300 feet in width, aud has been thoroughly prospected for 2,000 feet in length. One compauy has averaged $21 per day to the man, another Compauy 15 per day to the man siace the time the har was discovered. It is thonght that other claims will pay $50 per day to the haad..A prospecting party of 20 persous was to leave Missouri a week ago for the head of Milk River..During the past seasou, most of the claims at Rocker City have paid from $8 to $16 per diy to the hand.. .'Vhe quartz of tho Rumley & Bugher silver lode yields $50 per toa. Tue St, Louis and Montana Co. have leased tuis lod@until May, 1869, and will pay the owners half the net product of the ore iu payment for the use of the mine..The Hauaver mill has taken a large contract to ¢rush quartz from the North Atlantic lode at $11 per ton..The quartz taken from the discovery claim of the Only Chance lole, at Highland, yielded an average of ¥15U per tou in an arastra since work was commeuced upon it. It is to have a mill erected in the spring. A correspondent writing from French Gulch says: Gold Hill is payiag from $15 tu 75 per day to the hand. Shenavigan Gulchis paying from $15 to $18 per day to the man. About 200 meu are at work at! the Freach Gulch diggings, and are makiug good wages. The Virginia Democrat says: The bedrock fluine of Poole nad Orr yielded 4,300 as the result of a two weeks’ run recently. NEVADA. Winnemucca Aryent, Oct. Ist: Mr. Kelly laforins us that the new tunael in the Golconda mine, aow iu 75 feet, south of the old shatt, has developed a four-foot vein rich in miucral. Holt’s mill is progressing, and will be finished sometime this fall. Tho Union correspondent writes: Mining matters remain about as wheu TI last wrote. The Pioaeer Co. struck the Aga memaon ledge ten dnys ago. The vein is said to he a wide oneand well charged with good mineral. Expect to go up to see it next week, and will then report. The Inskip boys report favorable developments. The Arizona wags along as usual. Plenty of good ore to keep both mills running day and night. Reene River. Austin Teveille, Sept. 26th: White Pine is rich, but Lander Hill appears oceasionally with a rich streak. A ton of ore extracted from the Saratoga mine in Lander Hill, which has been just reduced at the Manhattaa mill, gave a pulp assay of $1,497, During the week ending this date, there were produeed at the Mauhattan mill, 34,684 ounces of hullion. Sept. 28th: The Centenary mill, in the district of Newark, is one of the productive works of this part of the State. Mr. Folsom shipped on Saturday last 26 bars of bulliou, valued at $32,413; this swells the amount shipped by him to that firm during the preseat month to $84,409.90. The larger part of this bullion was produced from ore obtaiaed from the Eberhart South in the district of White Pine; the remainder was produced by the Chihuahua mine of the Centenary.Co. This mine presents an unusually fine appearauce, and is supplying five stamps of the mill with ore, ‘Lho editor has seen some coarse powder resulting from two ounces of the ore produced bythe Red Mountain mines, which was pulverized ia a mortar. There was perhaps half a teaspooaful, one-third of which was fiae gold. The estimated yield of this quality of ore in the mill is $250 to $300 per ton. Choico specimens of ore showed little bunches of free gold, and in some iustances quite large pieces of gold. The South American miae in Lander Hill, is oue of the valuable mines of the district. Fifty-seven tous of the first class ore, which were reduced at the Manhattau mill, yielded an average of $302 per ton. Sept. 30th: We saw to-day at tho assay office of Boalt & Stetefeldt, the pulp of 13 lots of ore, which presented the liveliest display of colors and tints. There were five shades of drab, two of reddish brown, besides various other tints. Oct. 2d: The Manhattan Co. shipped during the mouth of September just passed, bullion to the amount of $130,776. 91. Mountain Champion, Sept. 26th : On the dividing line between the 1#] Dorado South mine and the El Dorado North, a shaft is being sunk for the purpose of prospecting both claims. It is about 80 feet deep, and discloses a fine body of ore from the surface downward. The pay streakis from two to three feet wide, of rich chloride ore. Highty feet south of tho boundary line, Leon & Co. have sunk an incline to the depth of 180 feet, at which point the body of pay ore is six feetthick. Ma*ses of fiuc ore have been extracted from this incline. About 110 feet south of this work the compaay has commenced au incline fiveft. wide and six feet high, which is to be sunk to the depth of 500 feet, with levels cutting the ledge at intervals of 100 feet. During the past summer a cousiderahle part of the ore takeu out of Leon & Co’s miae was prought to this cityfor reduction, but preparations are hcing made to work the ore in that district in the future. The next importaut mine ou the great ledge is the El Dorado North, belonging to the Belmont Co. The Champion learned from the foreman of the mine thata great hody of rich ore had just heeu struck in tbe general incline which is being sunk on tbe line of demarcation between the two mines. Full two feet of the ledge yields ore which is estimated to pay from $6,000 to $10,000 per ton. It is characterized as the richest body

of ore yet discovered in the district. Col. Buel is working the Transylvania and Highbridge miaes of the LGelmont Co. with vigor. The developments in the former mune are of a solid character. At thesligbt depth of 105 feet the ledge is seven feet thick, aud is producing ore of fiuer. agau muiues. quality than has yet been extracted. The Highbridge, which first gave character to the district, is being worked through a verticul shaft 160 feet deep, aud the indications are thut it will shortly produce valuable ore. ‘The 10-stamp mill of the eormpany at Belmont, will ho furnished with reverberatory furnaces, by which meaas the valuahle ores of the district will yicld a larger proportion of their silver. Wuishoe. [In the Stock Circular, ia another portion of this paper, will he found late miniag aews fron: this district. . Virginia Enterprise, Oct. 2d: We were showu a bar of gold frou the miae of tho Sicrra Nevada Co., at the north cad of tho city. The bar contained $2,118.47 in gold, and $102.65 ia silver—total, $2,321.12. It is the product of 280 tons of ore, worked hy the process common in Califoraia for gold quartz; that is, no amalgamating pans are used. The lot of 280 tons was rua through the hatterics in seven days, being at the rate of 40 tons per day. The whole cost of working does not exceed $2 per ton, whcreas the yield per ton is ncarly $8, leaving a clear profit of $240 per day for the mill. The ore crushed is taken trom a sort of basin upon the side of the hill. It is a deposit of broken quartz and dirt resting above tho regular lead, and there is apparently aa almost inexhaustille supply of the same in the hill, the deposit being some 60 feet in depth aad of an unkuown horizontal extent. The total shipmeat of bullion, for the month of September, from the office of the Pacific Union Express Co., ia this city, was 4,000 ths., valued at $117,766.60. Oct. 3d: The Bonner shaft (the main shaft) of the Gould & Curry miue, day before yesterday, cut through a tough black clay, supposed to be that belonging to the west wall of the lead. The depth of the shaft is now a littlo over 1,100 ft. Wells, Fargo & Co. and Uaioa Express Co. shipped from their offices in this city and Gold Hill during the past week, 9,513 ths. of assayed bullion, valued at $252,979.10. Oct. 4th: The wiaze to conaect the 700 and 900-ft. levels of the Imporial mine is almost completed. The picks of thcse working upward can be distinetly heard by those who are working downward. The company have eight months ore in sight— principally on the 400 and 700-ft. levels. A new miaing district, called Black Mountain, has been discovered about 110 miles southeast of this city, and abont 40 miles southeastof Walker Lake. Abe Bateman and Geo. Lamoreaux, are the discoverers of the new miues. The leads of the new district are gold bearing, and those that have heen located show much free gold. Under the name of the Black Mountain Mining Co., Bateman, Lamoreaux, Burghess and others, have located three very tine leads and have commenced their deveiopment. They have sunk a number of small shafts, run iu open cuts, and pretty thoroughly examined their leads npon the surface, They rigged up,a rude arastra and worked a ton of ore from their priacipal lead, ohtaining a fine yield of gold, notwithstanding the slovenly mode of working. The gold bar which Mr, Batemau brought to this city day hefore yesterday, was melted into a bar and assayed, and proves to be worth $45 per ton—nearly all gold. Mr. Batemau is confident that the ore will pay $80 per ton if properly worked. In working the lot above mentioned, they lost three or four pounds of quicksilver, and must have lost at least halt the gold contained in the ore, as none of the parties were arastra experts. On the sides of the mountain abont the leads of the company are at least 3,000 tons of ore in the shape of float rock, allof which shows an ahundance of free gold. Their principal lead crops out upou the surface for a distance of 3,000 feet. The couutry rock is slate and porphyritic grauite. NEW MEXICO. Santa Fe Gazette, Sept. 12th: News received from the Moreno or Maxwell mines, is that the mines hold out well. But few are at work on account of the scarcity of water, but those who can and do work aro doing well. At New Orleans Flat, last week’s run was 104 ounces, the numher of men employed being only four. Willow Creek is turning out well, as they have some little water left. Grouse, Humbug, Negro, and all the other gulches are now dry. The ditcb is about two-thirds completed; all the most expeusive and most difficult is over, and the ditch could he completed in 30 days if the proper haads could be obtained. ORECOR. Portland Oregonian, Sept. 28th: Quite an interest is again manifosted iu the OkanSeveral places have beeu prospected this summer, and the results are rather encouraging, A quartz mill will soon be taken into the ‘Bohemian mines. ‘Two moro ledges have been discovered which prospect well. Dalles Mountaineer, Sept. 25th: A new miniug camp hasbeen found ahout 30 miles from Picree City, in the Bald Mountain distriet, and about 20 miles from the old Bald Mouutain diggings. The crcek.on whieh this new enaip has heen discovered is about 10 milesin length, and itis thought that paying claims can he fouad on the entire distance. Ancient Mounps Discovrerep m Uran. The Salt Lake Telegraph of September 19th has the following : Prof. Simonin, engineer of miaes, Paris, who is oua tour to the Pacific Coast, informs us that he has made an importaat discovery hetween this city and the Lake, while visitiag the lattcr place duriag the present week. From his correspondence to us, he says that he was accompaaied yesterday by Colonel Head, Postmaster Street, D. Huntineton, Indian Interpreter, aud two workmen to a sand mound, about eight miles west of this place, where they discovered the followiug interesting relies of another time: About eighty arrowheads of flint, cornelian, obsidian, etc.; a great number of human bones burnt: considerable debris of earthen pottery, sonie with a few oraaments; a hard stone of quartz or graaite, some complete aad some hroken, which evidently served to griad grain; a few shells with a hole, which served as a collar, earrings, etc.; some small earthen articles, with a hole in the center for collars, ete.; some bones of animals, whitened by long exposure to the air, asof oxen, and perhaps buffalo, horses, squirrels, rabbits, etc.; but we are not sure that they are of the same age as the remains above mentioned. Mr. Simonin thus continues ; What is to be deduced from these facts ? First, that the system of mouuds discovered in the Mississippi Valley extends perhaps to the Pacific, and that those mounds beloag, secondly, in all the cases to a primitive race of Americans, differeat from the actual Indians, who do not know how to make earthenware, grind wheat or eorn, or do not grind it by the same meaus as the aborigines who coastructed the mouads, aad fiaally, do not burn their dead nor put them under such mounds. Faors about Lanp.—This State contains 188,981 squaro miles, or au area of 120,947,840 acres. It is computed that of this amount 89,000,000 acres, including swamp and tule lands, can be devoted to profitable husbandry. Of the whole area there are now forty million acres fit for the plow. There are also 40,000,000 acresto be classed under the general term of mineral lands, a considerable partof which can also be made very productive agricultural land. Only thirty millions of acres have beeu surveyed, leaviag ninety millions unsurveyed, and not fairly accessible to the settler. Large quantities of this land are held by grant-bolders, whose claims have been confirmed but have not been surveyed. In some instances a grant for 9,000 or 10,000 acres has heen made to cover nominally, 30,000 acres, Under the Acts of June 2d, 1862, and July Ist, 1864, lauds claimed through foreigu titles are to be surveyed at the cost of the claimauts. All foreign grants are to be found in the most favored localities, such as valleys where there are streams of water, and are also bounded by natural objects. If there is five times the quantity of land actually mentioned in the grant, the grantee holds it until the survey has been made, rad be has a direct interest in delaying the survey until the latest possihle day. Hence, large bodies of Government land have never been sectionized, and are uot open for entry, becattse thore is an unsurveyed graut in the neighborhood. Of the whole amount of arable land, 14,000,000 acres are iu the valloys of Sacrameuto and San Joaquin; and about 16,000,000 acres are in tho Coast Rauge. Leside the quautity enumerated as fit for the plow, there is 2 large breadth upon mountaia sides where the vine produces the most perfect fruit Poor lands with a red dry soils are now kuown to be choice localities for the grape. Nearly 9,000,000 acres of public lands in this State have, at various times, beea appropriated for educational purposes, public buildings and internal improvements. Savine By Macutvery.—The number of threshing machines in the United States is set down at 235,000, and it is estimated that they save five per cent. more of tho grain than the flail. This would save totbe country more thau 90,000,000 bushels of grain, worth at least $30,000,000.