The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1850-08-14

aiioid IRON The Immense q1antiiy tha, exists
sufficient curln,nenl aud eomI ensa'ion to
three fourIhs. al least, of all The suoc,fiuous
labor Of the United States"
The following notices Of he different mines,
and OF late discoveries, are from the Pacific
News:
GOLD NEAR SAN JOSE.
THIS discovery, it is hoped. will prove but
one OF series equally important. The mines
alluded TO are situated In tsnse of low hills,
lylag in The valley of San Jose, between the
Contra Cos'a and Coast ranges OF mountains,
and four or five miles above tho Pueblo -
The gold is found 10 the fvrm OF ore-one spe.
cies being clearly micaceous sandstone the
other blue, compact stone, resembling tai
cose slate, without the slary texture. Sever.
al specimens have been assayed, the hle hest
assay yielding s7t cents to the pound ; the
iosest about 25 cents. So iha, it may be
sale computation q, over twenty cents TO eve.
ry pound of orc for The whole mine. What
IS little singular 10 the case, The people ai
San jose think II 10 q silver mine, while there
IS not enough Of this metal 10 the ore for the
necessites Of The assay. A company from
the city have purchssrd the mining fight ii
tho whole ranch, consisting Of several leas sues)
upon which the niue is located, al d are a.
bout TO commence extensive operations with
appropriate machinefy.-N N,rs If Jene ION.
RICH DISCOVERY OF VEIN GOLD.
There is no douoi on our minds that the
mineral wealth OF California will be found IN.
calculably greater than even The mos, san.
gulne have hitherto imagined. Every days
discovery goes to conftm this opinion; aud
facts within oor knowledge warrant US IN say
ing that the present season will bring to light
the most startling developements in vein or
laaGz mining. Ii 10 the low. or secondary
hills fcv huHd cd fee, IN heish, only, in the
San Jose valley, rich mnos OF gold ote are
found, Of ehlch We spoke yes.eiday, wha.
may nh be lookts for 10 the explorations a.
mong the nounat.. .anses on either side T.
And II such results are found ,n The coast
mountains, where no one expected much gold
10 exist, what will no, the foo, slopes of the
Sierra Nevsda disclose to the searching en-.
terprise that is now actively employed amidst
'her gnrges, and on the borders Of their
streams
We are led to these remarks from certain
remarkable discoveries of quartz gold, which
have lately come to our knowledge from an
unques,ioaable source. Several gentlemen
engaged IN mining upon one Of the northern
rivers, IN their explorations in the adjacent
mountains during the pas, winter, came up.
on VEN of quatiz where the pure ore was
observed in threads and spangles, beautiful TO
lock upon, An examination took place, spe.
ciuiens taken from various parts of The rock,
aud such rude tests as were al hand uppiied,
with the mos, satisfactory and even sstonish.
ing results. The veia is about thirty feet
vide, and in some portions so rich as 10 pro.
duce a dollar 10 an ounce of rock. A p,ece
was knocked OF weighing fourteen pounds,
and submit ed TO the action of the heat IN
blacksmith forge, when the amount Of thirty.
two dollars was smelted from the rock No,
hall Of what it contained could be got out IN
such why. her specimens have yielded
from dollar to two dollars to pound of the
rock, and the quantity Of it 10 represented as
literally nexhaystible. We shall havs some
specimens from these mines 10 week or two,
when sc shall probably speak of it aga,n =
The mother mines OF California arc yet to be
discovered, Of which the gold in the rivers
aud ravines are but the d,slusegrs,ed partl.
of Jane l2h.
GOLD ON FEATHER RIVER.
The steamer Eldoradc, which came down
last night, brings the intelligence ,hs, the
greatest excitement prevails on Feather river,
in consequence Of the discovery Of vas, bed
Of gold bearing quartz, said to exceed 10 quau.
tiiv and richness even the epecimens from the