The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-02-16
The Gold.benring Quartz of California.

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IN our last publication, We alluded briefly to
TIE interest winch had been excited here by the
exhibition ct some hue specimens OF gold bearing
quartz said TO be ionnd III htAl'anauule MASSES
or quarries, through the whoie mountainous re-
gion' winch iormS the western slope ot the Sierra
Nevada we have since had an opportunity oi
examining these specimens, ana "i learning more
hiiln'e'E, ue 'h"aI'rf "' ne l"cH' tne 'e't' ."
Wii'h II mas been sn'lec'ed ana the results "hlch
II mas gwen We desire 10 a'o'u all eNasgefa
'eu 'u'''n'e''a upon ,uoIe'' III ,esnu 7" "i''c"
uie attention "i the Woflh i alreany sn1lteh'y IA
W"hs"eu' YET we heeh IL h't 700 'il'',' 'osay ua'
wy i..'> '''us 'iI'eu " ''oaiu w ''e e"'"''e'
anu s"uc'utc VI 'iiS NaN' hiou'i'i' fahSe appear
10 us "''"geoier !" surPS3' III ,hp"r.''ee' any
previous discoveries Il, inc S"h region Wt''h
nave YET o,c,' maze Pupur. We ARE g''u 'o''nrh
uH' 'iie whoie s"oleet WIN very soon ue DrouSht'
~, ~ "n a"'ieil.' W '"e 'c''''" VI ',e pun
nc III 'le 'orhi u i'll rnn eohiPrGne','Ne re-
Poi, 70 'nr ~, DePupnrh' VI state III washington
u! no." , hu', hn'S
A' carry IL June Hlst' !hr' hll'g ueV"'eu TWO
Who'e ei"ire n''''hs 10 iaoorloHS exploration "'
.:'e Hi'o'e region ana ,u'ly hia'ureu us 'ohciu
s'V',' III REGARD 10 IT, us laoots were interrupt
GU uy severe ana PFo""cted iiiheSS' DVt ms re-
P"' WI. now soon u competed ana VIII oouU'-
- we uu't ic"'iI Washington he''fr uie us
ouNSIo''s upon 'he 'aiii0rinn question shaii nave
oonr up III congress we n"Z,ra ''o's'llg III say
nS u."' .,c E'c'N anu views 70 oe set ior'h III 'i's
''lo' WIN c'"il'i'ahn ,e puDl.c attention ana III
.e>' w u" 'A'c''' "i,''oSI II '"' a''oecule' u''-
'N'lPieu oy ANY siiil',ai u'"u'hent; As oai'or
NAN, we await It's PuD"cn'i"h WIN Nhpat,ehce'
hr. hIiS, we it''fn VIII 'ake WIN nun i'i COL
''''o" " >icc.h'''s oi tle S"iu hfHia,io'' oo'ii
Hv "nu III u'''" WIN 'ne quartz "n'ch VIII iu''
".usu'te "i'u demonstrate WIN almost nil'ii,
c.I''a! ce'iiess' MS theory oi Tie gold region oi
O",r'r'l'' ,n
.l .u' particular specimens with We nave seen
vi ''lc'e quartz mountain iuarrIes are III the pos
SESSION "' MI "flSht' one of the members oi con
G'''' rn't rom Ca'l'orn''' WI" VIII! take 'hem
-" u w ashI'S'oh' ~ t'e steamer o! iSt pe'ehi'
o't ihcY consist i'r tht most part oi small PIE
'cN W oqt"rH f"'h S'hera'Y oi DrownlNh 'llse'
"s'' u, So''e instances l'eseh''nS 'he appearance
VI VI s'7"c "'if'eh' ue'''y, of o'hpo'it'"'' oi
Wv ,'oN "'"ii'"" III All 'hesc sleciih'uN 'he
sn'u l"',"9' VI P""t,e' arc very shsn'iy' III
'"' ''''o'e ID U'e "'"e1 we Inc microscope
.""c'cr' re'eais thS soiu more clearly beSide
"'Is' p,t'e>' ""'yiI W. Ml'snt mas h"seh 'elec-
- W." s''"' '''' "' '"' '''e. "'e'"ee sam
p''a VI VIC so"p'M "l'po"l"uce u enormous anu
j, also one larrer frayn,ent Of the same rock
weighing. we should suppose. some ten or twelve
- ~ ~ III m, ','' W 49,
plainly, in n state almost pure This sinrle frar.
ment Of quartz. which Mr. WRIGHT by M means
regards as an average sample of the Guarries bnt
which he pronounces TO be the richest rock sncci
men lie has seen is found bv tLe most careful snc.
ctic gravity test. as applied TO it bv Mr. WRIGHT
to contain pure gold 10 the amount Of about sir
haadred dollars. This piece Of rock, we unlcr-
stand from Mr., Wright is destined TO be laid (as
a memorial from the calitornjd mo,0itinS, we
suppose upon the table Of the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, Its appeal, We think,
Will be needed
But the interest or importance attaching TO this
or to any other single and Isolated fragment spe-
clmen, however peculiar and curious and rich in
itself Is very slight and even iucon,iierable, in
comparison to that which belongs to the more
numerous fragments Of quartz in which very little
gold or none can be disccrned by the naked eve,
ana which havo been cautiously selected hy Mr..
Wright on the spot as the fairest average spec.
mems OF whole veins aud qunrries, said TO creep
vl,iby in slnuous and broken lines through the
whole western slope OF the Sierra Nevada, and
to form yaStmasses ofmounain rock large enough
ana numerous enough to freight many times over
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