New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-23

GoLD ~ CALIFORNIA The Rocky p ar Min
ipg Company No. 81 Walls; groHer TO California
bound adventurous shares Ia q dam already coz
str0oted ace already cu; through slate rock. and
other works, ensbl;Dg then IN Summer 10 dram =
bar u considerable extent from which they took
oser one hundred pounds d god IN the fer
DAYS Intervening between the completion Of
Their dam and tEe early setting Ia n the
rains aud foods last Autumn They also claim
presumption nght % an abundance 81 the
go.d-imbedding quartz. They offer to sci shares on
terms exceedingly advantageous to practical work.
ers who arc about starting for California and
our acquaintance with some Of the propriet0rs IN
duces us 70 think well Of toe enterprise and com.
mend it 10 the attention and ezsminati5n Of those
bound iOr r. Dorado. 10 man Should 20 at al
much less committed to any particular under.
taking, without tborouch inquiry an1 q clear IN
dersianding 81 what he is b DO. That there is
God enough N California is SIRE though it is not
to be picked up ike pebbles, e 1t saye to be %
tanned even by al who rightly aud vigorously seek
Il Hon g. ". Wright. one OF the Members Of
Congress-, who has Travelled very extensively over
California, supplies the following 70 correspondent
Of the Journal Of Commerce
WAsTI.s rox, Non isv March u.
Hitherto end Tor years ~ come, the gold hunters
vii content themselves with working The 3iiu7,s
rOf dust and small pieces u gold which nave hee1 torn
hom ne his sud mountains BY me torrents snd raius
Tue gold undoubtedly waS originally Undecided ~ the
quartz rock, which there literally mounials Ranges
Of m0uuibns ana hills u snrferous qnsrI eT'end ne
esioe iengi. Of he Sierra Nevada Ffom these quzr1
r..ss ~ Wrch he Member eject from Cal lorna los
brought most interesting specimens.
One Of re specimens, winch he Considers very interest
Il y aTll ~ md @tr
pDse1 r0cs sud which besrs unmist6ksbe msf6s Of time
Il 10 covered ard has been exposed rains and
s.rus iO IL chiefly consists Of solid god lmedfed
IN e quartz He has also number Of bouldefs " god
wh qnarz zoheung u hen and which Of couTae, were
j. aaned ~ lime and iVrreais from toe mountain
Another -7t "i specimens consists OF qnsrk. ~ winch
laAut" particles u gold dstDciy visible ~ he eye
iese are very rlch 10 their product
The next class Of specimens consists ~ IT, ordinary
white and grey quartz Of which there are mountains N
Csl'lia ard IN when no god ! very sppafei u ne
80 bat which Yields Si IN gold 20 four pounds Of rock
TlIs been tested by experiment and saw ball Of
god extracted from four pounds Of he quartz and wOtl
few IT he most intelligent men 10 California are ye,
much acquainted with gold mining and many u them have
atked hr Wright whether that quartz worth WISH.
ibs though ton O It will yield ninety thousand dollars
Dir ". says he make more money wiih pesiie sod
mortar by crushing his rock than a inan can ~ washia
earth How vast, he 20 the yield Of this rock when
machiuefy aud scientific skil shall be applied 10 y
These iniaes have undoubtedly been worked a. some
penod fsr back. Dir Wright states thai al opening was
laey discovered nj ~ lhess quart hills and was
ipiIi 70 DE- char sunk very deep. pom exploring ~
all which regularly ard sklnully propPed te
sides and safely rooted The rock found TO be very
rich IN god and the amount taken from must have been
immense
TINS fact gees Illustrate some Mexican aud Spanish
baiiliOns and indeed histories Of indivduss who have
IN lines past acquired vast and untold treasures hn from
"ha sources Spanish jealousy and cupidy would never
allow 10 become known.
Gen. Santa Anna has the largest and most valuable col
lection Of gold specimens msdesnd they are from
every province IN Mexico.
SOME Of these are very curious aud ont Of the
quartz rocks One Of them resen5ed rod and IL a. hfst
appearance, Work Of art-But on examination there i
found covering Of quartz side Of H. and running
The whole length Gen Santa Anna states hat hs awHys
knew that California rich gold region but that sOno
siil richer
These gold mountains aud placcfs In California are oil
public property excepting Col trrmonts mine which j.
a Of the range and laps 10 h. TINS mine Is hs
properly. All, nearly OIL The rest belongs 10 ~"
lited STATES 6nd IL the mOe valuable 4 al the pUbhc
property. Col IremOnrs nine Is very rch judging from
thc specimens have seen of H.
There are besides The gold IN California, mmeu-e mines
% silver and quicksilver. which not worked 10 any
extent
When Congress lumor 10 resume legislation, 20 10
probable that 'ae attention viii BE- turned 90 Ire regulation
Toy law ct iis ;F0peryits sale and lease. Mr. Douglass
ard oihers End the California members have plans an
views OF The subject.