The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-15 00:00:00

MIXING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWARK.—After four days working of this mine
5,000 ounces of crude bullion were forwarded to
Belmont, Nevada, and were taken to the assay office
of the Manhattan mill for smelting. The bullion
was produced by the mill of the Centenary Com-
pany in the Newark district. This is considered a
marvellous result, and gives promise of a rich return
from the Newark district.
THE SWEETWATER MINING, DISTRICT.—Recent
important discovery of gold-bearing quartz lodes,
in Windriver Range of the Rocky Mountains at the
head of the Sweetwater River, Dakota territory,
United States of America ; 43 degrees N. lat. 32
W. long. from Washington ; 100 miles N.E. of
Fort Bridger, 60 miles N. of Hamsforks of Green
River, 30 miles N. from the route of the Pacific
Railroad.—These mines show a superiority over any
new discoveries yet made, and the developments
give ample evidence of their permanency. Ten
thousand dollars in gold (equal to £2,000) have
been extracted from the ores of the Cariza Ledge,
worked in a common hand mortar. A large quan-
tity of immensely rich ore has been extracted from
the " Miners' Delight" ledge, and from many other
lodes in the same district. There is an abundant
supply of wood, water, and grass, surrounding the
mines. The climate is healthy. In October, 1867,
there were over 400 inhabitants in the district, and
a great number of persons on the road to the mines.
At a meeting of the citizens of the Sweetwater
Mining District, held October 23d, 1867, in South
Pass City (name of the settlement near the mines),
wasnty judge, and two associate judges
organised, to be named Carter
aConuenmt.
and other officers, were elected ; a city government
ye o; u
an tcyo u
for South Pass City was formed, city officers elected,
a code of laws for the city adopted, &c., &c. Ar-
rangements were made for the starting of a news-
paper in the early spring of 1868.
The shipment of bullion from Florida mine from
Nov. 17, 1866, to Nov. 12, 1867, amounts to
$105,563 35c. It has, in addition to large and
well-arranged steam-hoisting works, about 1,000
feet lineal measure of tunnels and avenues open for
future use, a steam-engine of 50-horse power, ex-
cellent graded roads, and all the appliances requisite
for profitable mining. Although not every mine
on Lander Hill will open and work itself without
capital, the Florida, under the able and economic
management of Major A. E. Sherman, has almost
accomplished that feat, and others in all probability
can be made to do as well.

As at present the Valley District is exciting great
interest in Nevada
as a discovery of marvellous
wealth, we give the following account extracted
from the IVall-street Journal of the 28th Dec.:—
" From Professor Widney we learn of the disco-
very and organisation
of the district of Pleasant
Valley. The mineral bearing veins of the locality
were discovered a few months since, but the district
was organised only about ten days ago. The new
district is situated three miles cast of the eastern base
of the White Pine range of mountains, and about
10 miles east of White Pine District, consequently
100 miles nearly due east of Austin. The country
of the district and neighbourhood is made up of low
isolated hills of from 300 to 500 feet altitude, sur-
rounded by pretty but small valleys, which, with
the hills, are abundantly supplied with grass, while
to the west, towers the lofty White Pine range,
clothed in as dense a forest as crowns the Sierra
Nevad 1, affording timber and fuel for Pleasant
Valley and the districts and country surrounding.
A few springs arc found, furnishing water for all
needed purposes of domestic use and steam works,
but no running streams exist in the immediate vici-
nity. The minerals, or float rock,' were first found
by Mr. A. J. Leathers, who was also the discoverer
of White Pine District. List spring his camp at
White Pine District was visited by a herd of hun-
gry Goshutes, and during a momentary absence of
the proprietor, the Indians, unable to withstand the
temptations of a well-prepared dinner for a party of
miners, waded into pots and platters:without wait-
ing for knives and forks, and were busily engaged,
tooth and toe-nail, when the indignant and incensed
cook and proprietor surprised them by returning.
Impulsively he grasped a cudgel and proceeded to
give Dlr. Goshute a pummelling, but the gaunt