The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-11 00:00:00

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Silver Bead (Nevada) Reporter.)
LANDER COUNTY MINES.—Some of the mines of
Lander County are turning out large quantities of
ore, and producing no inconsiderable amounts of
bullion—that is, for " razor-back" veins. The last
quarterly report gives the total amount of ore
worked at 2,091 tons, which yielded in currency the
sum of $390,570 84. The amounts produced by
some of the principal mines are given below, from
the quarterly report published in the Reveille:—
Mahattan, 760 tons, yielding $251 20 per ton, and
91 tons, yielding $284 59 per ton ; Mont Tenabo,
527 tons, yielding $63 32 per ton ; St. Louis, 1071
tons, $lB2 14 per ton ; Diana, 82 tons, $209 40 per
ton ; Buel North Star, 68+ tons, $239 05, and 211
tons, $157 56 per ton; Timoke, 52 tons, $292 31
per ton; Florida, 621 tons, $199 37 per ton, be-
sides a number of others producing lesser amounts,
but of equally high grade ore. The amounts given
above are all computed in currency.
THE YEARLY PRODUCT OF NYE COUNTY.—The
books of the County Assessor show the following
annual product of two of the leading mines of Nye
County :—From October 1 to December 31, 1866,
the Buel Mill—now Belmont Company's—reduced
904 tons of ore, producing bullion of the value of
$52,712 24, being an average per ton of $5B 31 ;
the three months following—January, February,
and March, 1867-554 tons and a fraction were re-
duced, yielding $33,041 39 or $59 64 per ton ; the
next quarter, 125 tons 1,3331 b., producing $6,903
02—554 39 per ton, and 676 tons, 1,0101 b., which
produced $26,439 77, or $39 08 per ton. These
amounts, added to the production of the quar-
ter ending on the 30th of September, of
73G.tons, yielding $28,857 88—539 33 per ton—
and 21 tons, yielding $837 06—539 86 per ton,
swells the total product of this mine for the past
year to $148,790 36 in coin. The aggregate
number of tons of ore worked is a fraction over
3,017—averaging very nearly $5O per ton. It is
reduced in a ten-stamp mill, at best but an inferior
one, by the wet-crushing, process, by which it is not
claimed that more than Go per cent. of the silver is
saved. In connection with the fact that the mine
from which the ore was obtained is practically in-
exhaustible, and can be made to furnish almost any
amount of ore, the above figures will furnish a basis
upon which to estimate its great value. During
the same period the Murphy Mine, of the Twin
River Company, situated in Ophir Canyon, as is
shown by the books of the assessor, have yielded as
follows :-Ist quarter, 6261 tons, averaging $132 49
per ton—sB3,oo7 96; 2d quarter-1,1611 tons,
averaging $B4 18 per t0n—597,775 08 ; 3d
5 quarter-8,050 tons, averaging 92 94 per t0n—
574,863 17 ; 4th quarter-800 tons, averaging
$134 43 per ton —5107,544, maki:ig a total of
$363,190 21 in coin in a twelvemonth. The aggre-
gate quantity of ore worked is 3,3931 tons, and the
average yield per ton a fraction over $lO7. We are
informed that the Murphy Mine is now in a condi-
tion to supply ore for another mill of equal capacity
as the one in use—a number of levels having
already been run which disclose hundreds of feet in
length along the vein, and for a depth of near two
hundred feet a compact mass of solid ore some ten
or twelve feet thick. This vast metallic mass is said
to surpass anything of the kind ever developed in
the State, and as our information comes from a
competent source, we do not doubt it ; and the
Murphy to-day could doubtless be made to produce
more profit for its owners than anything ever found
upon the Comstock, though by reason of some
stock-jobbing operations said to be on the lapis
there seems to be a desire in certain quarters to

conceal for the present its true merits.—Silver Bewl
Reporter.

The Lincoln G,ll Company (Limited), having
already received apPlieations for a considerable por-
tion of the shares (20,000) :offered to the public,
and a telegram having been received that the new
40-stamp mill was at work successfully on the de-
Posit, under the superintendence of Mr. George
Attwood, whose great experience of mining and
Milling in California is- well known, the share list
will be closed on TuesdAy, the 10th inst. for town
aPplicatims, and on Wednesday morning, the 11th
inst., for country applications. This is most satis-
factory, and from the well-known names connected
with
ndeveloped enterprise, we feel confident that
the company will be conducted on bona fide prin-
ciples, and profitable results may confidently be
looked for.

(Frolic the San Francisco Mercantile Gazette.)

. Mining affairs on the Pacific Coast during the
past year have assumed a more substantial and per-
Ranent condition as a source of national wealth
than they ever before attained, and probably in no
like period since the organisation of the State has
this desirable condition of affairs been as much
promoted in California as during the past nine
months. There are a variety of causes which have
tended to produce this effect, the most prominent
being the great improvement introduced in the pro-
cesses for saving the precious metals, which adds
greatly to the profits of milling., and the unprece-
dente'd accumulation and low rates of money in
Europe.
After nearly 20 years' experience, with the re-
markable.amount of bullion in the treasuries of all
the great European nations, the larger portion of
which being the product of this State, the perma-
nence or richness of the mines of California can no
longer be debateable questions. While the detec-
tion and exposure of the frauds perpetrated on
capitalists, in selling them worthless "claims," has
made such frauds impossible, with ordinary pru-
dence on the part of purchasers. We see the result
,of the confidence this improved state of affairs has
engendered in the number of valuable mines re-
cently sold to European capitalists, or for which
they are negotiating.

The success of such purchases is of infinitely
more importance to the State than the success of
the sellers in disposing of them. Every such sale
that turns our satisfactory to the buyers increases
the development of the mines, while every fraud
perpetrated upon them retards the material pro-
gress of the State, by depriving it of the adVan-
tages of increased capital.
With millions of money going a-begging for bor-
rowers, at two per cent. per annum in England,
what better field for investment offers than the
gold and other mines in California? It is not
possible to number the mines in this State that
would be profitable to work with capital at treble
that rate of interest, were it obtainable. The ac-
tive commerce and growing manufactures of the
State absorb all its capital, on interest ranging from
12 to 18 per cent., leaving none for mining ven-
tures at less than 24 to 30 per cent., rates that no
enterprise can successfully stand up under.
With telegraphs and steamers connecting the
two countries, English capital is as much under the
control of its owners in California as it was in the
mining districts of that country less than a quarter
of a century ago. These facts appear to be appre-
ciated, if we may judge by the manner of invest-
ments being made. As these foreign purchasers
prefer thoroughly developed mines, they offer in-
ducements to owners of really valuable claims to
d'evelope them, and aid in driving "wild-cat" stock
out of the field.

Another noticeable feature in the progress of
mining on this coast is the increase in the number of
deposits of minerals, other than quartz, which con-
tain gold. The Lincoln Gold Mine in Placer,
the Quail Hill Mine, in Calaveras, the talc mines
in Placer, Sierra, and several other counties, are
familiar illustrations of such deposits. The profits
derived from working these mines are very large,
though the per cent. of bullion in the mineral is
quite small. But the economy with which it can be
extracted, the enormous proportions of the depo-
sits, and the convenience with which they can be
worked, being generally near the surface, causes it
to be more profitable to work such ores, if only
containing from $3 to $5 per ton, than many quartz
ledges, the rock from which yields from $2O to $3O
per ton.

During the past month another important dis-
covery of this character has been made at Quartz
Prairie, Placer county, where a company of miners
seeking for a quartz ledge on a rich Placer claim,
cut through a stratum of black cement (as they de-
scribe it) of a peculiar appearance, nearly as soft
as clay, which is astonishingly rich in gold. As was
the case on the Lincoln Mine, the miners threw
this valuable substance away, while drifting through
six feet of it, because it did not look like " gold
rock," but accident revealed its richness and made
their fortunes.

The Green Emigrant Mine, located a short dis-
tance to the south of this discovery, is also a re-
markably valuable deposit of this class, the gold
being found in a greenish talcose slate. Nearly
$lOO,OOO worth of the metal has been taken from
this mine in the present year.

It is scarcely possible to believe that these pecu-
liar and valuable deposits are confined to the few
localities where they have been found. The simul-
taneous and wide-spread causes, which there are
reasons for believing formed the gold, forbid the
idea of its formation being confined to a few iso-
lated spots. It is far more probable that intelligent
search will discover a number of such deposits. It
must be remembered that the discovery of gold on.
this coast has been the • result of accident to a re-
markable extent ; accident first revealed is to Mar-
shall in the mill race at Colona ; accident led to its
discovery in quartz ; accident led to the discovery
of the Lincoln Mine ; to the Table Mountain depo-
sits, to the auriferous talc, and now to this " black
clay." Science has had nothing to do with these
discoveries. None of these scientific experts who
have been in this State have ever discovered any-
thing of importance. Their services have been of
great value in explaining the composition of mine-
rals others have found, but to accident alone is due i
the discovery of the various formations in which
gold has been found.
Another important subject, intimately connected
with the, present activity in mining, is the great
attention paid to extracting the metals from their
ores. When it is admitted that not more than 60
per cent.—probably not nearly so much—has here-
tofore been extracted, the loss of the remainder ap-
pears amazing, if we take the product of the State
since 1848 into consideration —4O per cent. of
$1,000,000 lost for lack of skill to save it. ! A better
state of things has been introduced, and it is quite
within bounds to state that the quantity of bullion
obtained by reworking tailings and sulphurets ex-
ceeds $3,000,000 for the present year in California
alone, and is very large among the silver mines of
Nevada, while the improvements in crushing and
amalgamating have increased the product in the
mills fully 10 per cent. over what it was three years
ago.

THE FIRST ACT OF THE SESSlON.—Yesterday,
the first act of the session was issued. Its object is to
apply £2,000,000 out of the consolidated fund for the
service of the year ending the 31st of March next.
AD VERTISEMENT.I —Holloway's Pills.— A remedy for
Bilious and Liver Complaints.— Those who suffer from
bile and liver complaints should try the effects of this
valuable remedy, a few doss of which will make the suf-
ferer feel elastic and vi;orous, remove all impurities, give
a healthy action to the liver, and strengthen the stomach.
It bilious attacks be allowed to continue without using
such a preventive, more serious casualties may arise, and
the sufferer be confined to a bed of sickness. Holloway's
pills are an extraordinary remedy, acting immediately in
the removal of acidity of the stomach, indigestion, debility,
and nauseau, preparing the food thoroughly for assimila-
tion, rendering each tributary organ perfoA iu its function
and stimulating the kidneys.

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STA FED sd.

,SIR A. BULLER, M.P., A2' LLSKEAR D.

Sir A. Buller addressed his constituents in the
Town Hall, Liskeard, on Monday evenin:r. He
commented at length on " the political jugglery"
exhibited by the Government in its management of
the Reform Bill, and narrated the tritunphant de-
struction by the Liberal party of those insidious
devices known as checks, which originally tram-,
melled the offer of household suffrage to the people.
Contrasting the determined opposition of Conserva-
tism in former times to all proposals to extend the
suffrage any other way than laterally with their
recent conduct, be said he was unable to endorse
the opinion that the consistency of a party was not
to be counted of greater worth than the acquisition
of good measures. The sacrifice of the political
morality of• a great party was a serious calamity.
The Conservative party had formerly been proud
of its mission, and often as it had unreasonably ob-
'structed the progress of Liberal opinions it could
not bedenied that it haul at times exercised a whole-
some influence in repressing hasty changes and
enforcing deliberate consideration. But it was
questionable whether this departure from the ortho-
dox faith of the Conservatives might not be the
result of a skilful party manoeuvre deSigned to create
a Tory majority in small boroughs where personal
influence was strongly felt by the lower classes,
and money still had its charms as a Political
agent. The bill for putting an end to cor-
rupt practices which the Government hal
promised would be most valuable, inasmuch.
as it would substitute local 'for Parliamentary in-
quiry, but the ballot was the only sure preventive
against bribery. Addressing the newly enfranchised
of Liskeard, he reminded them that the future of
the borough was in their hands, and warned them
that many a formidable enemy of small boroughs
was on the look-out to take advantage of any short-
comings on their part. Turning to the Abyssinian
question, he refrained from blaming the Government
for having been silent as to the state of affairs at
the close of last session, for he was bound to admit
that nothing had latterly come out to justify censure
on this account. He could form no anticipation as
to the result of the war ; the Government had exer-
cised their discretion in the matter, and on them
rested the responsibility. The whole conduct of
Theodore was most humiliating, and in the end our
triumph would, perhaps, be unhappy, while our de-
feat would certainly be disgraceful ; but, regarded
in the light of our future government of India, he
considered the expedition as absolutely necessary.
Looking to the future, he noticed that the question
of. education was destined to engage the attention of
the Legislature ; it was evident that the system at
present in vogue 'had completely broken down, and
it was the duty of the Liberal party to see that a
sounder system was established. Then came the
question of the Irish Church, but he was unable to
say how that should be dealt with, except that
li vested interests should be duly acknowledged.

A vote of confidence in Sir Arthur was unani-
mously agreed to.

THE COSTERMONGERS.

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Last night a public meeting of costermongers was
held in the Nag's head, Leather-lane, "for the
purpose of considering the amendments of the
Street Traffic Act, properly called the Starvation
Act.' " Mr. Cohen, who occupied the chair, said
the amendment which had been introduced into the
act was scarcely any relief to the costermongers,
and be believed the effect of the measure would be
to cause a great deal of starvation among those
whom it affected. Mr. Wall then moved that Sir
George Bowyer, Lord Elcho, Alderman Lusk,
and the other members of Parliament who have
recently voted in the interests of the coster-
mongers, be written to and requested to become
patrons of " The Traders, General Dealers, and
Street Sellers' Protection and Benefit Society."
The resolution was seconded by Mr. Milton, and
unanimously agreed to. The objects of the asso-
ciation as stated in a circular which is being exten-
sively circulated, are " to unite the traders, general
dealers, and street sellers in a body ; to protect the
united interests of its members when attacked ; to
defend them from unjust and vexatious prosecu-
tions ; to obtain the repeal of enactments fraught
with injury to freedom of trade; to provide a fund to
loan to its members so as to render them indepen-
dent of the extortionate loan lender ; and thus to
raise the position of all persons engaged in the
callings before mentioned, and keep many of them
from the brink of starvation to which they are ex-
posed." Mr. Arnott addressed the meeting in an
indignant speech, in which he said that the coster-
mongers were the most ill-used class of the com-
munity, and that they were now completely left at
the mercy of the " rascally police." Mr. Osborne
said that the costermongers did more good for
society than half the shopkeepers, and that the
convictions for light weights against the latter in
the south of London, as compared with those
brought home to the former, were only in the pro-
portion of 100 to 1.

POLAND.

The British Consul-General at Warsaw, report-
ing to the Foreign-office on the trade and corn-
merce of Poland in the year 1866, declares himself
unable to discern any improvement. The returns
show 2,136 cotton factories employing 12,800
persons, and producing to the value of 5,053,556
roubles ; 1,031 woollen factories employing 8,577
persons, and producing 6,217,913 roubles ; 40 sugar
factories employing 8,528 persons, and producing
3,733,925 roubles. The total number of artisans
and handicraftsmen, including about 40,000 em-
ployed in manufactories workingon agricultural and
animal produce, was returned in 1865 as 92,471, and
the total value of the produce as exceeding 72,000,000
roubles. The want of labour and capital
for agriculture is severely felt. In 1866, the year
under review, many persons were obliged to sell
their corn standing ; these crops were often bought
by Jew speculators, who had little capital them-
selves, and considerable waste ensued from neglect
and mismanagement. It is thought that large tracts
of land will go out of cultivation in the hands of
small proprietors, owing to inability to find capital
for buying seed and paying for labour. Some of
the best cultivated land, however, is to be found in
the hands of peasants who learnt the principle of
agriculture under the old system, and apply the
same now that they are freeholders, bestowing, in-
deed, much more care upon their work than when
they were rendering forced labour. One cause of
the scarcity of cattle for the raising of corn
is the attention given to the culture of beetroot
and manufacture of sugar, which is one of the
most profitable commercial speculations ; beetroot
sugar is protected by a duty on imported sugar.
The cross roads and bridges, now that they are no
longer iu the charge of the landowners, are described
as getting into so bad a condition that they are
almost impassable except in the height of summer or
in hard frosts; and the consequent inconvenience is
immense, especially in the early spring. The popu-
lation of Poland, as shown by the census of 1865,
the most correct census that has been taken, was
5,388,534 ; previous returns were below the truth,
being taken from the returns supplied by the land-
owners for the conscription. Excluding the re-
turns of the custom-house of Wierzbolow, as repre-
senting nearly the exclusive transit to Russia by
railway, the consul puts the external trade of Poland
in 1865 at 31,500,000 roubles, viz., 16,100,000
roubles imports, and 15,400,000 roubles exports,
corn, timber, and wool furnishing nearly four-fifths
of the exports.

Viscount Hamilton, M.P., kit town last evening
to join the Marquis of Aboreorn at the Viceregal Lodge,

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,sHocraivo gurcil„pr -4,27 P.M.WMAN;

On Tuesday morning Mr. Charles Bridges,- an
bli shed and highly-respectable solicitor of Birmingliam,oom
mitted suicide under circumstances of an unusually shock-
ing description. He left his home at about a quarter past
ten o'clock, looking very much as usual, but saying nothing
as to his return, which was his usual custom, or as to
where or for what purpose he was going out. Soon after
eleven o'clock some persons who knew 'him by sight
obiw ved him waiting at the Stechford Station, a little
above the platform. Shortly afterwards an express train
from London to Birmingham approached, when he was seen
deliberately to threw himself across the rails, placing his neck
ca the fc.rther one, his legs being o.eroso the opposite rail. The
epeetators cried out, but in an instant the train
passed over the unfortunate gentleman. It was then found
that his head, arms, and legs were severed from his body and
left, while the mutilated trunk was carried on some dis-
tance by the fire-box of the engine. Domestic r *ction
is said to have disturbed his mind of late, and it would
appear that he had been considering other modes of self-
murder, as a new razor was found in his pocket. Ho
leaves a widow, but no children, to deplore his_untimely
and shocking end.

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