The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-01-14
TWO CENTS.


The Collaborating Quartz or California.
MR.. KINGS REPORT ON THE SUBJECT TO ruE srAr.
DEPARrMENr-Mk. wRlGnT's SPECIMENS AND IN
yEST1GATloNS.
[Fron the Pacific News Nov 3o1
In our last publication, alluded briefly to the in
terest which had been excited by the hbop ~
some hne specimens OF gold bearing quartz said b
whole mountainous region, which forms tue western
slope Of the Sierra Nevada We have since had op
portunity o examining these specmes and Of sfearnng,
more minutely the character OF the rock the tests 70
which It has been subjected and the results which 1t
has given We desire to avoid all exaggerated stats-
men upon subject in regard to which the attention
OF the world Is already sufficiently Awakened yet
Gated In regard character and structure Of this
vast mountain range appear TO surpsas
in Importance, any previous discoveries ia the gold
gion which have yet been made public. We are glad
to learn that the whole subject will very soon bs
brought in an authentic shape to the attention OF the
TO the Department Of State At Washington by the Hon.
T. futer King As early a. June last Mr. King devoted
two entire months TO laborious exploration OF the
whole region and fully matured bis Conclusions In
gard to It, His lsbors were interrupted by q severe
and protracted Illness but his will bs
completed and Will doubtless, We trust, reach WASH
ingt.n before the discussions upon the California
question shal have come up in Congress We hazard
nothing In saying that the facts and the vie to be
set forth in this report will the public at
'snton and interest to an extent almost If not alto
ss,hsr, unrxsmpled by any similar document As Call
torAans, We await its publication with i'm mpatencs
Mir. King We learn, will take TO Wsshington with him,
full collection Of specimens Of the gold forna'ions
both pure aud in union with the quartz, which will
fully illustrate and demonstrate with almost msthe-
nscsl cesness his theory Vt the gold region OF Cali
fsrnia
The particular spccimens which we have seen, Of
these quartz mountain quarres, are 10 the possession
OF Nh Wright, one Of the members Of Coogrsss elect
fron Caiorh!a, who will take them oa to Washing
ton Ia the steamer OF the lst Of December They
sist tor the most part Of small pieces OF quartz rock
generally Of browpish tinge and, in some instaacss
presenting the app, arsncs OF slight incpient decay
decomposition OF the rock formation In all these
specimeps the COLE points particles very slight
ho~evsr reveals the gold more clearly. Besides these
pieces whch MIR Wright has him self selected with
great the tarest average OF the general
appearance Of spoImous and very numerous veins, or
ouarres Of quartz there Is also one larger fragmcn Of
the ssme rock weighing should suppose, ten
twelve pounds from all parts OF which the gold prorudss
plainly in sstate almost pure. rhis sisge frssmeat
OF quartz, which MIR Wright by no means regards -
sample of the qusrries but which he pro-
TO be the richest rock specimen he has seen,
IL found by the most careful specific gravity test
sppiisd to 1t by Mr. wright 10 contain pure gold to
the amount OF 6beut six huadred dollars THIS piece
OF rock understand from Mr. Wright IL destined to
be laid las memorial from the California mountains,
suppos- upon the table Speaker Of the House
OF Representatives. Its appeal, We think, will BE-
needed.
But the interest Importance attaching to this
to any other single and Isolated fragment speoiasn
however peculiar and curious and rich itself Ia very
tligbt and even In comparison to thai
which belongs to the more numerous ffagmsats of
quarts, In which very little gold meme be dis
tously selected by MIR Wright this spot the fair
est average pecmens Of whole veins and qaarre said
to sweep yisiby In sinusus and broken lines through
the whole western slope Of the Sierra Nevsds and to
form vast masses Of msuntsin rock large enough and
numerous enough to freight many times AL the
psves and commercial marine Of the world Mr..
Wright has spent he Informs much OF the past
among the mount aims collecting his samples Of the
quartz In different Localities and subjsctins the yield
OF gold from them In very many instances to the moss
rigorous tests.
In all these experiments, Mr.. Wright hs, been
guided by the skli and judgment Of MIR. Augustus
Leland, gentleman largely conversast With minns
tsrested with Mr.. Wright In al the researches which
have been made
The astonishing result brought out by these inves-
tgstiops Is that and very extensive vein,
four pounds Of this rock yielded upon the average
eleven dollars worth OF pure gold valued at sixteen
cellars TO the That is to say the yeid Of gold
from these average ssnpes o. the rock la this psrtcu
lar vcin, rs nearly three dolars for each pound of
quartz MIR Wright exhibited TO as t~o small masses
of gold Srch shout the size and shap Of large
k,t ball, Ind beth presenting the sranulatsd s2psar
srce 81 gold extracted auo collected by the aid Of
quicksilver One Of these contains about twelve doh
lars OF pure geld, and Is the largest yield ~hich has
ben oe'sin'd rom ,oar pouna % ,as Ioem ICON % ,ns
lsrs and s tn. smallest yield bch has been obtained
from any Of the .hp-Timents upon the rock OF this
vein We uId.stand thst the trsts applied have been
sometimes the operation quicksilver. ard sometimes
the tsst of the comparative ,p-chc gravity OF the pure
quartz and the gold bearing quarts.
The samples Of the rock which Mr. Wright has test
ed have been taken from many diaerent veins. In no
sample tested hSs the yiela lees than dssr
to the pound of quarts The yield od the DIFF
fertnt veits has been as d.lerminvd by The samples
from one iolarand hall to two dollars TO the pound
,ings fac, will show the unhsari Of and astopish-
Ing character CT the fesuls which have been thus
riIsd A.. Mr. Wright informs that he has recently
convened with 40 intelligent g-stleuan, nov In this
country Who has been long conyrrsaDt IA the capscy
Of an oysrser with mining operations as csrred on
In the quarts veins Of Georgia Fron this source Mr.
Wright learns that hfteep horfs steam poser, work.
irg twelve stamps viii stamp about Thousand bushels
of quartz Tcck In day-ssch b1shel Of quartz weigh
Ing about eighty pound u twenty i've cents worth OF
gold s yielded iom each bushs OF eighty pounds tas
business is considered good ons In Georgia II the
be 10
Nov the Yield Of the rock which MIR. Wright has col-
isctsd I'd tested In,tssd Of being quarier.efa Oh
lar tslf dollar 10 the s-,entw.hvs pounds, u, In
one great vein, nearly three dousrs TO ons pound.
Abaie this in view II possibs or probable mistake,
gle richer vein, 10 an average OF two dollars, OF
81 dollar, CT of halt dollar, 60 tss pyund,
and the result stu remains, Ia every point OF
view, almost equally uaeAamp pied and monsntous.
The whole Queftion is, dos gold bssriDg quarts
msfpg any sptroSnslon 70 any sneh yield ssls. IN
msin point, the recent investisstions Of Mr. Wright
coincide entirely With the sod conclusions
Of Mr. King and with the tsttmony of all the explorers
of the region with whom bsve oCnversej. They sl
agree tbata large number Of veins Of quarts prrmes's
mainly from North 20 south aud tnro ling b-aachs
nom The main uss at Intervals IA every f1rm andtn
all directions VT Wright We learn y 20 vel aesutsi
the reality Of the results at which he bas arrived,
that in csnnection with his partners ne has slrssdy
at large expense, placed number of men ~ work oa
of the localities which he hr o5serset and which
he states TO be- apparently scarcely moro promihos
than many others mas cent for Due lead OF quarts
eek, TO take sth hm 10 Washington across ihe 18th
mus ana has aircsdy forwarded 20 the Atlantic 'ids
ayvvTdcr Ter machinery suitable tor the minins opss
tic he ~hicL he conte plates.
In copeiuion have only TO add that ws put forth
such statements these under nl sense OF our re-
spon,ibty TO the public We aver nothing OF our
o~D knowledge. for 20 us this Information ~ ns~
aud surprising persuaded hst " VII o. 10
inost Of our readers, both here and IN the Atlantic
states We would say nothing inconsiterstely 70 az
gfkvsie the gold msnis anyuhsf- " mas suse1y pro-
ducsd. In the gold region ~ California anh on the
rout., TO H. terrible scenes of individual suffering,
cnssse and desth- rcenes before which the boldsst
,ritit may well quail and from which the HARDEST
flame mar veil shrink aray. Bus our informsuon
comes t. us first hand from sources Of urqssson-
sbl. integrity snd integence, and appears TO b. the
resuu ot very thorough aud deliberate Investigation
Ia ie general vutiiuss it has had tbs full sanction ~
the eniGSpt minds among va it spprises IA Of
Of t@cts Of the highest imp0rtsnos % Caofris
20 The mining ibtefest every rhsre abd. 10 word 20
the ~bc,s commercial aud hpsaciai world IL tbess
facts Turn cut % have been accurately Investigates,
SUD accurately stated 10 20 "a. tat neither Ia
the wet dggnEs Yet In the dry diggings, are the
future milns operations Of this State 70 20 on bai
ON the coytfsry in those primeva masses of rock IN
which the gOid formed IN which ~ stu ties en-