New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-14

guided b. the ski and Judgment Of Ar Augusta;
Leland, gentleman largely oonvsrssnt wiki nil
ing operations. AMI VINO Gas been from ne trst
equally interested with NJ Wright in al the re-
searches which nave been made
The astonishing results brought OFT By these d.
vesriastions is that II partIc1-sr and vcry Il
tensive veifi four pound. q this rock yielded. 1po
the average. Ell worth u pure god. vsued 81 -.o
b the ounce that IS % say the yield o. god from
these average samples Of TIE rock 10 tns pa-tlc--
az vein 6 nearly g 10 each pound & oGsTz. IL
W~iykt exii citec % us two small masses = Cd
Each abo-, he s.ze ard shape q 2 axe m-sEet
,sl and b0th preventing tie ga u-e,e1 aPPea--
t1ce q god extracted and cc-ecte1 - tLe g Z o.
Quicksilver One Of these contains sCC1t n,
vurs god. and !. the largest yield winch has been
ob.ained from 'o1r pounds d tie rock 10 quescol
Jo4 othe- contains about 80 and . tie sna est
wed which has been obtained from any Of tie ex-
periments upon the rock Of this vein. We under
sand that the ,9s,s applied have bee. sometimes
the operation q quicksilver. and sometmes me
test Of the comparative specific gravity q ne pure
quartz and the gold-beeriDg quartz
Inc samples 81 The rocS which = Wright has
tested have been taken from Easuy different VEINS
III 10 saraple tested. has the yiec been ess tnsI
one dollar % the pound 4 quartz IT, sTsraRe
yield q the different VEINS has been. As cster1anec
b. the samples from one dollar sEf hal t5 '"o
dollars y tNe po1nd Of rocE
tousling character of the results which have been
thas arrived - Mr Wright inlorrs IS tila' he as
recently oouversec with an Intelligent ReAtefna.'
r0~ IN fl6s co8ut~y who has been long coE'erssnt
la tie &c pacify d an overseer, WITH HiLn2 oPe,a
tons as carried On ia the quartz 'eins o. IeotE'a
Prom tbs source, NJ Wright earns TINT ti,eea
h,rpe steam power. working twelve slsmps VI
stamp about thousand bushels Of quartz rock Ia
d.y-each brslel O. quartz weighing about el2ify
r,.uds Il q cents worth u gold Ii Yielded iron
each bustel q eighty pounds me c1sness - con
sIered 2 good uue. On Georgia " the 'le.G De ~
cents 20 the bushel. The profit y .sTse No" lhs
...LI Of theroca which NJ Wright hfs collected and
rested instead Of beng a quarter oi dollar cr hhf
dollar r. The - pounds - ia one great ven" nesf
q. e. t0ore pound Absie this Ia view o. possible
Co., probable mistake Orin view Of the superior fied
o. single richer VEN . a. average q e, ~ - y.
. of half dollar b TIE pound and the result So
-smaius o. every pow %! view almost oguaii ~
,ogied and rn9tnentc1s
Tie whole question -. does loid- a-.ng quartz
making shy approx maflon o. Any s0ch we'd. exist
u California 10 vast aud .nexhoustl5.s masses p
Ga Tins msin point the recent investigations @
Mr Wright oolncdc entirely with the 0bsera
ms and conclusions Of NJ KING. and with tine
testimony a all the explorers OF the region with
20 HON re have couverscd They al agree that
large number a. veins o. quartz permeate vsibly
tie western slope o; ile Sierra Nevada running
mainly from north t. south and throwing our
rsuchcs from tie main lines. q intervals, 30 every
m and In a. directions Nr Wright wc earn.
f. 50 vel assured a. the roalitv OF the results a.
which lie he's arrived that in connection with h.
rtuers. he has already NJ large expense
d Gcnd 4 number Of men - work. on ono % the o-
.llitcs which he has observed AID which he states
90 be- apparently, scarcely more promising than
many others-has sent for mule load OF quartz
r'ck, % take with hun 10 Washington, across the
i,thmus-aud has already forwarded 10 Tie Allan.
&c side large order Or machinery suitable for
I mining operations which he contemplates
IL conclusion, we have only 10 aid that We put
nh such statements these under q tui sense
d. our responsibility 70 the public. We aver moth
q Of our own knowledge. for % rs tbs niorma
ton is ~ new and as surprising os we are pcrsuad
"a, that Il VIII be 60 most OF our readers, both here
nnd in the Atlantic states We would say nothing
mc1nsdcrolely TO aeeravsto tho gOid mama my
where IL has already produced. m the gold region
California. aud on the routcs % u. terrible scenes
a. indy dual suffering, disease and dclti-sccnes
leore which the boldest 81 III may well quail and
tom which tie hardest frame may well shrlak
way. Bot our information comes 10 rs at first
land, from sources Of unqueshonable integrity nnd
intelligence, and appears b be the result Of very
thorough aud deliberate Investigation. In rs gen.
crs ontlines il has lad the fun sanction Of the most
ninent minds among as IL Nppnses us OF state
oi facts Of the highes, Importance t. California 20
tHc mining interest every where. aud, IN word 10
the whole commercial and financial world
II these facts turn out 10 have been accurately
Investigated mud accurately stated. it seems 10 us
that neither Ia the wet dcgings nor Yet IN the dry
dicgings, arc the future mining operations OF tns
state to 60 on but on the contrary. ia those pr
mevd masses Of rock IN which the gold was form
e ,, IN viii n il still lies inbedded aud uexhsesr
lie OF which al the gold IN al It's forms, scattered
through the ravines and bars Of The rvsr. Is only
ne inconsidcrahle chance wGshings or abresioas
and which the hand even Of ihs most adventurous
and intrepid miner among u, lss YET scarcely
'1uched Such information SO derived aud SO
vouched for we have deemed it cur duty 20 LAY
sfors the public without delay